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David muir is next. I appreciate your time. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. For sandhya patel a tonight, bracing for a possible hurricane. Tropical storm dorian gaining strength right now in the atlantic. Forecast to become a hurricane as early as tomorrow. The islands, then puerto rico and why florida and parts of the east should be paying close attention as we head into the labor day holiday. Ginger zee standing by with the newest track just in tonight. Breaking news. The verdict late today. Th...

>> if you can get suspended for being stupid, this was stupid. >> reporter: ray paulick is a veteran horse racing expert. >> you dont mess with the franchise. the derby is such a big deal to churchill downs. they really cant afford to have this tarnished. >> reporter: in a statement tonight, churchill downs cited bafferts prior history of failed drug tests saying, "reckless practices and substance violations that jeopardize the safety of our equine and human athletes, or compromise the integrity...

Little girl has been shot at 26th and lawndale. >> reporter: the 7-year-old girl was shot in the neck, an innocent bystander when a gunman targeted someone else nearby. >> the shooting yesterday was reprehensible. >> reporter: ironically, the press conference had been called to talk about what police said was progress, reducing violence in october. >> im disgusted but committed to doing everything we can to find the cowards that would engage in a gun battle where our children were trick-or-treat...

Court found that johnson & johnson was responsible for this epidemic and the cause of so much pain to oklahoma. >> reporter: opioids are blamed for more than 6,000 deaths in oklahoma since the year 2000. the state blamed johnson & johnson for misleading marketing to doctors and patients that the state says downplayed the risks. 48 states and more than 2,000 local and tribal governments have now sued drugmakers. >> but johnson & johnson did not cause the opioid abuse crisis here in oklahoma or an...

>> it just became time for me to tell my story. and i hope it helps empower other women to come forward with their story, because it is not easy. >> reporter: in a statement tonight president trump says ive never met this person in my life. shes trying to sell a new book. that should indicate her motivation. it should be sold in the fiction section. the statement goes an to say, quote, it never happened. he points out there is no evidence and he questions carols political motivation. >> and that...

Body suit and into a dressing room. >> the minute he closed the door, boom, he threw me up against the wall and tried to kiss me. it was so shocking to me. >> reporter: she says he forced himself on her. it lasts three minutes. she pushes him off and runs out of the dressing room. a friend of carrolls confirmed to nbc news that carroll told her about the alleged attack the next day. >> it just became time for me to tell my story. and i hope it helps empower other women to come forward with their...

Thats evidence of a depraved mind, in my view. >> reporter: in a statement tonight, officer noors attorney argues he should have never been charged, and says his actions were consistent with his training and departmental policy. if convicted, he faces up to 35 years behind bars. david? >> alex perez, thank you. when we come back tonight, the major headline involving ringo starr. and the deaths of two american college students. separate cases in bermuda and in mexico tonight. and what were le...