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good evening, in for diane tonight. it's great to have you with us on a tuesday evening. we do begin with that line of storms on the move right now. it's been a terrifying 24 hours for so many families, some close calls with flash floods. look at the radar this hour, the severe thunderstorms and powerful winds moving across much of the east. this is college park, maryland a short time ago, the wind whipping the trees, the relentless rain and this tonight. look closely at that car, there was a family inside, the father and daughter clinging to a tree. as i mentioned at the top, the mother inside swept away for miles. tonight here, her survival story and let's get right to it all. meteorologist ginger zee tracking it again tonight. it's going to be another tough evening. >> it is. david, already 50 severe storm reports at least. that number is going to go up, we know that. 17 states threatened by flood watches from california to maine. tonight we take you inside the storm. >> reporter: tonight, thunderstorms taking over the skies of new york city. major highways and airports shutting down for a time around the big apple. cars foolishly plowing through flash floods in new jersey. very similar scene in ohio, causing frightening accidents like this for a family near cincinnati, their car hydroplaning in heavy rain, hitting a poll and falling into a flooded ditch before washing away from the road. >> because of that water going out fast, where it was stuck in the tree, so i climbed up a little bit on the tree and waiting for some help. >> reporter: dad and daughter straddling a downed tree for safety. the water sweeping mom another four miles away. >> when i found him and the baby hanging onto a tree above the car, she -- they were -- he was screaming that his wife drowned and she was screaming the same thing over there, "my husband and baby drowned." so a pretty happy reunion when we got them together. >> reporter: remember it only takes two feet of fast-moving water in a flash flood situation to move a vehicle, even a big suv like this. two feet takes you right there to the top of the rim. that is not a lot of water. in arizona, monsoon rains filling the streets. georgia arneson swears the water wasn't that deep when she entered the intersection. >> just like a minimal amount, like a little puddle. all of a sudden the water came rushing through with tree debris and lord only knows what, wood, everything just came flying at my car. >> horrific ordeal. ginger back with us looking at the next 24 hours. >> that's right. there's a pocket in the mountains, but i wanted to show you the severe storms along that cold front tonight, who has to be on the lookout. from raleigh all the way up to new hampshire. we've seen even tornado warnings in maine, david. we're watching that for tonight. then the cold front will move on. tomorrow we're going to get rid of it along the east coast. until then, the flash flood potential is there, locally over three inches from south carolina up through new england. afternoon tomorrow, david, is when we see things dry out along the east coast. behind it, whether you call it refreshing or cold, kansas city this morning woke up to a record 54. >> 70s and 80s as highs, ginger, thank you. as you know, the other major weather headlines out of the west tonight, the bone dry conditions caused by the record drought, and firefighters are trying to get the upper hand on a large wildfire in northern california. the bully fire as it's called is now covering more than 6,400 acres. dozens of homes are in the path of the flames. we have learned tonight that the drought is forcing possible new water restrictions in california. families may be told that they can't wash their car with their hoses, no spraying down driveways and sidewalks and possible severe restrictions when it comes to watering their lawns. the governor has been begging residents to conserve water and yet water usage, we're told, is still going up. now we turn to that horrific scene playing out in moscow tonight. you can see behind me the deadly train disaster as thousands were headed to work, subway cars jumping the tracks, chaos in the tunnel, twisted steel and look at this, victims pulled from the wreckage, so many with bandages wrapped around their heads. abc's kirit radia on the scene all day as they've been pulling passengers out. >> reporter: the morning commute turned into chaos. passengers trapped in the mangled wreckage. >> there was an abrupt stop and the lights went off, this man says. then fire and smoke. we were blocked in. in all, at least 22 dead, over 160 injured. this is the entrance to the station near where the accident took place. they've been bringing victims out throughout the day and now these emergency workers are going back in with heavy equipment to try to get to some of the victims and the bodies that have been trapped for hours. it all took place 275 feet below ground, the train speeding at 45 miles per hour when it skipped the track and jack-knifed. authorities ruled out terrorism but the cause is still a mystery. what is clear is that today's crash is a wakeup call not just in russia but the u.s. where federal administrators have warned that the country's largest transit system are billions behind on repairs. tonight investigators say they still don't know whether the cause was a faulty line or a defective rail area. with millions traveling this subway system every day the race is on to found out. david? >> kirit radia on the scene all day, thank you. meantime to the fast-moving developments tonight in the middle east. last night here on "world news" we reported on talk of a possible cease fire, egypt offering to broker the deal. yet tonight the new warnings and the evacuations under way yet again at this hour. abc's alex marquardt in the region again tonight. >> reporter: cheers today as a young crowd watched hamas rockets launch. hopes for a ceasefire dashed. israel answering the fire with air strikes of their own and prime minister netanyahu tonight vowing to step up the campaign against hamas. today, the first israel casualty -- a man hit by a mortar while in gaza. medical sources say almost 200 civilians have been killed. on the streets of gaza today, those we spoke with rejected any talk of ceasefire. they say israel is laying siege to gaza, denying it goods and basic rights, making life here miserable. >> i want to continue defending our rights until we get something. it's not just sending rockets without meaning. >> reporter: and david, tonight more than 100,000 people here in gaza are getting recorded calls and text messages from israel's military telling them to evacuate their homes, warning that more strikes are imminent. israel sending the unmistakable message that hamas's rejection of the cease fire will now have consequences. david? >> abc's alex marquardt in gaza, thank you. we're going to turn next here to the horrific images out of afghanistan tonight, the after math of a deadly suicide bombing, at least 89 people killed when a car packed with explosives detonated near a busy market and mosque. some are calling this the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the u.s. invasion began 13 years ago. back here at home and to a hart stopping moment for one mother, all of it caught on tape. her children trapped in a hot car, scrambling to get them out after it's believed she locked them in by accident. bystanders jumping in to help her, the children okay tonight and it comes as we all become more vigilant about the dangers of those fast-rising temperatures. we've seen the pleas on tape, the fathers, the police officers putting themselves in hot cars to show us how dangerous it is, the beads of sweat on their faces there. abc's linsey davis tonight with the fears for that mother and the new push for technology to help everyone. >> reporter: watch as these frantic shoppers, one wielding a hammer, try to rescue two small kids locked in the backseat of this hot jeep. finally, a woman slides through the window and opens the door. that woman is the children's mother. here she was earlier, inside the store with the kids. when they left, she says she accidentally locked the children in the car. it was a blazing 96 degrees. in the hot sun, it only takes 10 minutes for a car's temperature to increase 19 degrees. a small child could die from the heat in less than 15 minutes. so, the desperate mom called on these good samaritans to help, gabriel del valle recorded the rescue. >> i was like, man, this is really relevant right now, and everybody's worrying about this. >> reporter: each year, roughly 40 children die of heat stroke in hot cars. at least 17 this year alone. many because parents simply forget their kids are in the back seat. this week, a new petition called on the white house to fund research into a high tech solution. many cars already have camera technology to monitor what's going on outside of your car. ford is reportedly working on camera technology to monitor the inside of your car after you've left it. it could alert parents if a child is still in that car seat, but the new technology is still years off, which is why parents are making their case with video diaries online. >> i can barely breathe out here. >> reporter: a parents' common sense still the only solution. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> linsey, thank you. now to the northwest tonight and to washington state and to a mystery in the water there, a popular vacation spot, a lake, making hundreds of swimmers sick. abc's matt gutman tonight on what authorities believe is the culprit. >> reporter: it is a beloved summer haven for families. >> on weekends it's packed, yeah, it's packed. >> reporter: but tonight horseshoe lake is closed and health officials are scrambling to determine what turned its placid waters into a hazard after more than 200 swimmers got sick. luckily none were kids at this summer camp. >> we got a call this morning from a concerned parent in an e-mail that just said they had heard reports about a potential problem with the lake. >> reporter: that problem still a mystery tonight. health officials have ruled out e.coli. they now suspect a virus like norovirus, that vicious stomach bug that you often hear about on cruise ships. horseshoe lake has had a norovirus outbreak before and water samples are being sent to the cdc in atlanta. >> we were going to have a family reunion out here this weekend and so now i have to get ahold of everyone and let them know it's going to be somewhere else. >> reporter: the question for all of us tonight, how can you tell if there's a danger in the lake your family swims in. experts say there are a few things you can do to protect yourself in lakes like this around the country. never go in if it's overcrowded. when you get out, wash your hands, and never drink the water. officials tell us horseshoe lake should be open again before too long. matt gutman, abc news, miami. now to an abc news investigation tonight. the fbi is on the trail of an alleged art scam conspiracy, using an artist so skilled at making fakes they're accused of making millions off of fake masterpieces. see if you can tell the difference tonight. we put this up in our newsroom earlier today, side by side there a mockup of the real thing, one of them a fake. i got it wrong. the trouble is for so many buyers who have been duped, this is hardly a laughing matter, losing millions. tonight abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross and his team tracking down one of those alleged scammers with a paintbrush. listen to how he explains himself tonight. >> reporter: with the works of big name artists going for tens of millions of dollars, it's no surprise that away from this elite auction house, the big money has attracted a flock of crooks, including this new york art dealer selling masterful fakes. for example, one of these is authentic mark rothko, the other a worthless fake. many people leaving a big art auction couldn't tell which was which. >> definitely this one. >> definitely the one on the left is fake. >> i know rothko pretty well. it's not easy. >> the right is on the right and the fake is on the left? >> reporter: the fake rothko, which once sold for $8.3 million, is one of dozens of look-alike works that authorities say were created by one of the great fakers of all time who left new york last year as the fbi began to close in. but now abc news has found him, in china, in a tiny studio apartment in shanghai. his name is pei shen qian. he was working in times square drawing portraits of tourists when he says he was recruited by two new york art dealers to create fake masterpieces that would sell for a total of some $80 million. >> my intent, he told us, wasn't for my fake paintings to be sold as the real thing. but authorities say qian actually forged the signatures of some of the artists he copied. he told us, i was shocked that people mixed them up. but the scam went on for years until this london billionaire, pierre legrange, realized he had been conned when he paid $17 million for this supposed painting by jackson pollock. experts discovered the yellow paint in the painting was not sold until 14 years after pollock's death. it turns out it was the work of the accused times square faker. the two art dealers who allegedly recruited the artist have also been charged in the scam. one has pleaded guilty, the other is under arrest in spain. many of the fakes were sold through one of new york's most prominent art galleries, which has gone out of business because of the scandal. >> you and your team tracking them all the way down in china. brian, thank you. and this just in tonight, word that former secretary of state henry kissinger underwent on aortic valve replacement procedure earlier today. the 91-year-old kissinger is said to be recovering tonight and resting comfortably. our thoughts are with him and his 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one city reopening an old wound with a possible solution >> and tonight a mystery in the mountains. why have many bear cubs been left behind as orphans this year? >> it's going to be really dire. i think we need to be doing all we can now, in the event that mother nature doesn't provide. >> that is the man that wrote regulations that could send the water police to your door. you can be fined $500 for using too much water. good evening, everyone. >> despite six months of pleas for water conservation, the drought strategy appears to be backfired. in january, governor brown called on us to reduce by 20% it's gone up in california by 1%. moments ago the state water resources board approved a $500 day fine for water wasters. abc7 news alisa harrington joins us. there are people feeling the pinch. alisa? >> reporter: these could push more people to let their lawns go brown. glenn keeps his trees blooming by watering every day. >> i'm using a sprinkler. >> the state water board could limit watering gardens to two times per week or face a fine. up to $500 per day. >> i don't think it's fair. he might not have to thanks to residents that are cutting back they may ask people to reduce by 15%. they have policing methods for water wasters >> we'll send out a staff person with a
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>> new research is showing it's not just cute but essential for your little one's speech development. here's linzie davis. >> hello, mikey. do you know who i am? >> reporter: just like in the movie "look who's talking," we've all spoken in this high-pitched, highly exaggerated language known as baby talk or parentese. >> oh, yeah, she's gone. >> reporter: a new study shows our babies may be benefitting from the babbling. according to researchers at the university of washington in seattle, dolg dolling out the da, da, das may improve speech development. >> for the first time it is evidence the brain is working on it well before they have the capability. i don't think it is ever too early to talk to the baby. >> reporter: using a noninvasive brain scanner, the study monitors 7 to 11 and 12-month-old babies listening to sill be si syllables such as da and ta. researchers noticed an activation in the part of the brain that coordinate speech production. >> hello. how are you? that's the kind of speech that we think allows babies to mirror what they ought to do. >> reporter: so in the interest of brain development. >> hi. >> reporter: i make sure my little guy gets an earful of parentese daily. >> hi, my precious. >> reporter: besides, who could resist? linzie davis, abc news, new york. >> oh, baby is so cute. so true how they tell you say don't talk down to your baby. and they absorb language. especially around 2 years old. >> there's a fine line between baby talk and babble. you don't want to dumb it down too much. >> absolutely right. it's true. coming up, the world's largest yo-yo, so big it needs to be hung from a crane. and why mcdonald's has become a hot spot for some brides and grooms. that's ahead in "the mix." there's a lot to talk about there. stay with us. that's notthat's dirt r carpet, creeping in. send it running with resolve high traffic foam. its foam power removes three times more dirt than vacuuming alone. all while neutralizing pet odors. don't just vacuum clean . resolve clean. in pampers cruisers. they adapt at the waist, legs and bottom, with up to 12 hours of protection for all the freedom to just play. pampers. sometimes come out with spots? well, those spots are actually leftover food or detergent residue. can we help prevent this? 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>> they did it a few year ago and are expanding it to 15 stores. you can have your wedding in mcdonald's in hong kong. the packages start at $300 to $1200 and they come with the apple pie cake. mcdonald's apple pie cake. >> well, then that's a reason to have your wedding at mcdonald's. >> apparently it's only in hong kong. they don't rent out mcdonald's in the states yet. i don't know. would you have a wedding at mcdonald's? psw they still have the cookies and cream smoothy? >> those blended things? >> i would do it if they had that. remember peter griffin, the dad from "the family guy." he looks and sounds like him. hr [ inaudible ] >> this is part of the 2014 allentown comic-con. that man you see there is robert franzese and he apparently plays real-life peter griffin at conventions since 2012. what do you think? >> unb this morning on "world news now," extreme weather. the storm system sending dangerous downpours and floods to the east and a miserable heat wave and fires to the west. accuweather tracks is all. military might in the mid east. the rocket fire exchanges between israel and gaza. this morning's urgent deadline from israel after a political push for peace failed. mystery illness. what's made hundreds of people sick after swimming in a lake. the public health alert and the all-out investigation. and political pressure for hillary clinton on the stage of "the daily show." jon stewart finds new ways to ask the potential presidential candidate the big question. did america get an answer? that's in "the skinny" on this wednesday, july 16th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you on this very busy wednesday. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm devin dwyer. glad to have you with us. a lot to talk about today. we're looking at the mid east closely and the weather here at home. >> we begin with the weather. >> we begin with the storms hitting millions of americans with soaking rains and dangerous flash floods right now. >> rescuers have been on the move plucking people from rising waters across the country. and in california there's not enough water to go around. here's more from abc's susan saulny. >> reporter: thunderstorms across the mid-atlantic states and in new england. flash flooding forcing lanes to close on i-95 in new haven, connecticut. cars plowing through watery streets in new jersey. a very similar scene in ohio, causing accidents like this for a family near cincinnati. their car hydroplaning in heavy rain, hitting a pole and then falling into a ditch before being washed away. dad and daughter straddling a tree. the water sweeping mom another four miles away. in pennsylvania a 12-year-old girl is in the hospital after heavy floodwaters swept her into a drainage pipe. the water pushed the girl a half mile before firefighters could rescue her. >> i was swept under and i tried to look back to see if my sister was there. and i'm trying to yell, and i couldn't, because i didn't want to open my mouth so i didn't get anything in my mouth. >> reporter: the west also got a taste of nature's fury. a fast-growing wildfire in southern oregon charred 25,000 acres. california continues to suffer from a severe drought. those unseasonably chilly temperatures that have been lingering around the midwest, expect them to move south and east before the weekend. reena, devin? >> thank you, susan. this unusual weather system has actually split the nation in two. >> there's a heat wave in the west. powerful cold front pushing east. accuweather's jim dickey continues our coverage. good morning, jim. >> a strong cold front marches its way to the eastern seaboard producing widespread downpours in the early morning hours in the east coast. again, it's marked by a push of chilly air nosing in out of the north and west. you see it swirling upper level low here across the great lakes. many spots challenging record lows through the early-morning hours across the northern plains, upper midwest. down to 49 in pierre. 54 this morning in chicago. reena and devin, back to you. >> thanks, jim. a developing story in the mid east this morning. israel is warning residents of gaza they should leave. an apparent prelude to renewed air strikes. this comes after hamas rejected an egyptian truce proposal and instead launched more rockets at israel. the white house said it is concerned about the innocent civilians on both sides. >> israel has a right to defend itself. that is a right we have articulated and defended on multiple occasions and i'm willing to do so now. what we would ask the israelis to do is to exhibit some concern for the safety and welfare of innocent civilians who are at risk of being caught in the cross fire. >> officials in gaza say the death toll has gone past 200. this conflict now entering its second week here, reena. >> yeah. what's fascinating to see, we thought at the beginning of the day yesterday that there would be some sort of a cease-fire in place. so hopeful. and now possibly tilting to a larger scale war. you're looking at pictures there inside the gaza strip. today a significant development bit israelis. they thought at 9:00 a.m. their time they were -- israelis had agreed to a cease-fire. gaza, hamas militants clearly did not agree to that and they're now -- israelis are now targeting the political leadership. not just where these rockets are being launched from, but we're hearing reports that the significant political leader of hamas, mahmoud zahar's home may have been targeted. that's developing and expanding hour by hour. >> a lot of concern about a ground invasion. those israeli troops amassed on the border and everyone watching that closely this morning. >> we will have more developments and more in our next half hour. no one is claiming responsibility for a deadly suicide bomb attack near a busy market and mosque in afghanistan. the attack on tuesday killed 89 people and wounded dozens others. the taliban issued a statement denying involvement saying, quote, it strongly condemns attacks on local people. former secretary of state henry kissinger is recovering from heart surgery this morning. the 91-year-old retired diplomat is resting here at a new york hospital where he had an operation to replace an aortic valve. this, of course, isn't kissinger's first bout with heart trouble. he had an angioplasty procedure in 2005 and triple bypass in 1982. a popular vacation spot west of seattle is closed until further notice. hundreds of people have come down with a mystery bug after swimming in horseshoe lake. abc's matt gutman explains how health officials may be close to identifying the problem. >> reporter: it is a beloved summer haven for families. >> on weekends it's packed. yeah, it's packed. >> reporter: but horseshoe lake is closed and health officials are scrambling to determine what turned its placid waters into a hazard, after more than 200 swimmers got sick. luckily none of them kids at this summer camp. >> we got a call from a parent, a concerned parent and e-mail that said they heard reports about a potential problem with the lake. >> reporter: that problem still a mystery. health officials have ruled out e. coli. they now suspect a virus, like the norovirus, that vicious stomach bug you often hear about on cruise ships. now water samples are being sent to the cdc in atlanta. >> we were going to have a family reunion here this weekend and now i have to get ahold of everyone and let them know it will be somewhere else. >> reporter: the question for all of us, how can you tell if there is a danger in the lake that your family swims in? experts say there are a few things you can do to protect yourself in lakes like this around the country. never go in if it's overcrowded. when you get out, wash your hands and never drink the water. officials tell us horseshoe lake should be open again before too long. matt gutman, abc news, miami. new questions for general motors this morning after documents suggest the company kept silent about the causes of some fatal crashes. "the new york times" reports the automaker knew more about the detective ignition switch than it told government agencies. "the times" says gm avoided answering when it asked if it knew what was causing those crashes. president obama got a rare chance to drive a car, even if it was a virtual drive. he used a visit to an automatic research facility to push for new technology that will allow cars to talk to each other and actually prevent accidents. he also said he supports highway fundinging bills pending in congress. presidents in office are almost never allowed to drive for safety and security. here's some proof that with the right advertising you can sell any car no matter how big of a clunker it might be. look at this commercial by an australian ad man. he is selling this 15-year-old hatchback with 116,000 miles and lots of dents. you wouldn't know it. >> yeah. it's worth maybe $1,000 tops. but he makes it seem more like a million bucks. after all, it has matching seats. the commercial cost him $8,000 but he says he wanted to show off his skills. >> i need this guy to come and help me sell my car. 1998 car in desperate need of advertisement. maybe he can help me get a few more dollars. >> the owner is david johns of sydney. he's seen in the ad. he is a digital video specialist. that can explain how fancy it looks. and he really does want to sell it. close to 400,000 views on you tube. >> 64,000 bids apparently. it launched a bidding war. this video, pretty amazing. >> one was only $20. >> got to go. >> got to go. coming up in "the skinny," girl power, a brand new female superhero. and later, expert advice for parents glued to their smartphones when the kids are calling out for attention. what a hangup for moms and dads. you're watching "world news now." ♪ it's the loveliest thing ♪ and the bell goes ring ading ding ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by cascade platinum. ews now" weather brought to you by cascade platinum. these don't look clean. 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[ laughter ] do you like that office -- would you like that office -- would you like to have corners or it not to have corners? >> you know, i think that the world is so complicated, the fewer corners that you can have -- [ cheers and applause ] >> stewart ended the bit by saying it sounded to him that she declared for president. what do you think? >> totally sounded like it. fewer corners. dead give away. i think he may have got the closest to getting an answer. >> she's been asked about every which way over the last few months. >> he may have beat us. i hate when that happens, jon stewart. >> great moment for sure. and from a possible woman president to a new woman super hero. marvel comics has announced thor, as we know him, becomes unworthy to the hammer and the title of thor will pass to a woman. who that woman is isn't clear yet. >> it's not me, okay. marvel calls her only a brand new female hero. unlike any thor we have seen before. >> all right. pretty awesome. were you a comic book -- >> i was not at all. i have nothing to say. >> moving on. a new reality series premiering tonight might capture your attention and it might draw some fire. >> mtv's "virgin territory" features 15 virgins between 15 to 18 who are either saving themselves for their future spouse or actively looking to have sex. >> sex is something you want to save for your wife. >> no ringy, no dingy. >> i was waiting for that special someone. >> party time, baby! >> i'm actively looking for someone to lose my virginity to. >> i need help. i want to be good at it. is there a class that you can take? >> critics say the series puts virginity in a bad light almost ridiculing it. mtv says its aim is to elevate the discussion of responsible sexual health. we have come a long way from "the real world" when they put random people together. >> i would be watching that. interesting. check that out. what discussion about sex would be complete without a drag queen? >> or king for that matter? >> jenny lewis released a video featuring anne hathaway and kristen stewart like we've never seen them before. ♪ >> some of hollywood's a-list ladies dressed up as dudes and they still look good. 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smartphones and too little time paying attention to their kids. here's abc's nick watt. >> she's doing it. he's doing it. i'm always doing it. let's be honest, we all do it. we spend time with our kids but we are frequently staring at our phones at the same time. i'm always doing it. let's be honest, we all do it. we spend time with our kids but we are frequently staring at our phones at the same time. it's bad. >> you may be actually undermining the child's sense of to yell at me to get m life. your body is there, but your plus heart isn't. >> there have been times when i'm looking at my phone and my son has to yell at me to get my attention. >> is that right? >> yep. but "new york times" tech writer and father of two says the ws. tphone is actually a plus for parenting. >> it's actually allowing us to be with our kids at times where in the past you may have had to stay in the office. >> reporter: but, lay down some laws. >> my wife sets rules for me. one rule is never during dinner, never while we're eating. >> i think what you need to do is say to your child, i'm not going to talk to you right now, i'm going to be working on my cell phone. and then when you're done, a a short while later, you stop and i'm going to spend time you say, and now i'm going to spend sometime with you. >> reporter: this is something i feel guilty and bad about every single day of my life. you're telling me i should be okay with it? >> i think you >> i think you should feel less guilty. >> reporte >> reporter: about this. one second. >> reporter: n one second. nick watt, abc news, playing with my smartphone and my child. >> oh, nick watt always -- and my child. >> you never do what nick did there. >> no. >> no, no. >> what do you think >> use common sense, i think, is you have issues with yo >> what do you think? do you have issues with your y the nd, you know -- our?inner reservations by the y.replace. >> at this hour? >> absolutely. >> what? he does this in between the the . r daughter. -- >> your poor daughter. i pity you. >> oh, boy, noel. well, don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> more news coming up from abc news. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news no "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. at 1-800-dentist, we're about one thing. helping you find a dentist you'll want to go to for the rest of your life. we've helped over 8 million people find that dentist, and we can do the same for you. call 1-800-dentist today. ♪ good morning. i'm devin dwyer. >> i'm reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." hundreds of thousands of people living in the gaza strip have been warned by israel to leave ahead of looming air strikes. this after hamas refused a cease fire offer. we go to the region live in a moment. the tinder dry conditions in the west have sparked dozens of wildfires. especially in northern california and idaho. dozens of homes are in harm's way and some residents have been told to evacuate. opposing demonstrations were held in a small arizona town after reports that a bus load of immigrant children were on its way. one group welcomed the children and the other said noncitizens should be turned away. and it's going to cost more to satisfy your chocolate cravings. hershey is raising prices because it is paying more for ingredients. other candymakers are likely to follow hershey's lead. those are some of our top stories this wednesday, july 16th. this is "world news now." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. we begin this half hour with a lot of news coming out of the mid east and those renewed threats by israel after hamas rejected a proposed cease-fire. >> that's right. thousands of residents living in the gaza strip have been warned to get out ahead of looming air strikes. in fact, aaron katersky joins us live from jerusalem with the latest. >> reporter: reason nash >> reporter: reena, gaza is bumping and israels are ducking rockets. and the fighting stretches now in to a ninth day after hoping for the cease fire disintegrated. the israeli military has been warning tens of thousands of palestinians by phone, by text, by leaflet to leave their homes for their own safety. listen to these messages. you should not return to the premise until further notice. whoever disregards these instructions and fails to evacuate immediately endangers their own lives, as well as those of their families. now, in some cases and in some places, hamas has been using the loud speaker from mosques to tell people to disobey those instructions. israel said it would strike areas where a high volume of rocket fire has originated. in fact, just in the last few minutes, the sirens sounded again in tel aviv, followed by the familiar thuds of the iron dome intercepts. hamas fired more than 1200 rockets and mortars at israel and israel has hit more than 1700 targets in gaza, where the death toll has surpassed 200. reason nashgs reena, devin. >> so much speculation, as you know, about a possible israeli ground invasion in to gaza. what are you hearing from jerusalem right now? is that looking more likely? >> reporter: so far, israel has been reluctant to push in with ground troops except for one quick incursion with some navy commandos in the last couple of days, but that possibility is back on the table after the cease-fire crumbled. and it was really a unilateral cease-fire. hamas militants say they were never consulted so they rejected it outright, saying it wasn't worth the ink it was written on. what it did do is effectively put that possibility of a ground invasion back in play and the tanks and troops remain massed on the road toward gaza. >> always surprised when they conflicts take place between hamas and israel, how the people there, we don't hear a large upcry in the gaza strip. is there pressure now on the ground on the leadership of hamas to do something and maybe give in to a cease-fire agreement? >> reporter: i think quite the opposite. there seems to be pressure to hold out and continue the air strikes until hamas has something to show for the 200 dead people and the vast destruction in gaza. life there is miserable. the place is a disaster. it's been blockaded by israel. egypt has shut the rafa crossing, which is its main supply line. people need things. and without getting anything from israel, it seems as if the people are willing to tolerate more pain. so they can get some kind of concessions. >> and we -- john kerry, secretary of state john kerry, has offered to come into the region to possibly mediate this. but egypt, which has always been the broker with these talks, with these cease-fire talks, has been pretty adamant about trying to negotiate something between israel and hamas. >> reporter: in fact, we are learning more about what prompted the latest cease-fire offer, even though it seems the united states is a bit out of the loop. we are told it was pressure from secretary of state kerry to offer to come here to jerusalem or to cairo to push the sides together. both sides said, no, we don't need you here right now, but that may have been the impetus to get the israelis and egyptians talking about a cease-fire. the problem is, they seem to have excluded hamas from those conversations. so hamas militants rejected that offer. the military wing called it a joke and said it would have amounted to a complete surrender. >> yeah. it looks like they need something, though, to sort of save face with the people. aaron katersky reporting live from jerusalem. always terrific reporting. thank you so much. >> stay with abc news all morning long for crisis in the middle east. our other major story this morning, the latest batch of wild weather taking aim on the east coast. lightning, hail and driving rain moved into the mid-atlantic. a tornado forecasters warned about never materialized. high winds brought down huge trees in silver spring, maryland. they crushed homes and cars and knocked down power lines, leaving many families in the dark. thousands were also without power in connecticut where drenching rain forced many drivers to navigate flooded streets. water overran a busy section of interstate i-95 in new haven, forcing several lanes to shut down. and rough weather in the midwest has forced swimmers to abandon beaches along lake michigan. warnings were posted about hazardous beach conditions involving high waves, rough surf and dangerous rip currents. several waterspouts were spotted throughout the day. meanwhile, the midwest and great plains could have record lows this morning while its triple-digit heat out west. >> it's part of a huge system dividing the country in half. accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has the latest on. jim, good morning. >> good morning, reena and devin. keeping it unseasonably cool here this morning out across much of the nation's midsection. many spots challenging record lows. 50, bismarck. 49 in pierre. falling to 55 before the sun rises in minneapolis. you have to remember, the atmosphere works in waves where it dives down across the nation's midsection. and keeps the cool air in place. a seesaw effect reaching across the northwest. that keeps the heat wave going across washington, oregon, nevada, many spots in the 90s. a couple of spots in the triple digits. this pattern will not be holding that heat as we head forward in to next week. in particular, they will be spreading back out. major warmup will come in to the northern plains. reena and devin, back to you. >> thanks, jim. drought-stricken california is cracking down on water wasters. state regulators have approved of fines up to $500 a day for residents who waste water on lawns, landscaping and car washing. the state has been urging residents to cut usage by 20%. a survey found water consumption has gone up 1%. some scary moments for shoppers in an upscale mall in las vegas. gunfire erupted in a food court in what police say was a gang-related shooting. both the victim and suspect fled down an escalator to the parking lot and on to the road. as a precaution, some stores locked their doors, preventing shoppers from leaving until the danger passed. an oregon teenager said he cried when emergency crews finally pulled him from the base of a raging water fall where he had been trapped for hours. john napierkowski was cooling off at a popular swimming hole in southern washington when one of his legs got caught in the rocks. luckily he is 6'7" tall which helped him to keep his head above water until rescuers arrived. he is being treated for hypothermia and bruising but doctors say he'll be okay. well, an outdoor farmers market catering to medical marijuana users in los angeles has been shut down temporarily. a judge ordered the closure after city officials said the market is a public nuisance violating city zoning codes. the market had huge lines over the fourth of jushlgs july, causing major traffic jams. this year's all-star game was more of a tribute than a competition. derek jeter of the yankees was playing his final midsummer classic. both fans and fellow players showed he was the most beloved players. mike trout of the angels, though, was the most valuable player last night. he tripled in the first inning to score jeter and later added a double. the american league came out on top and won 5-3. even before the game, major league baseball was making news. already in the past 18 months pro football and basketball have welcomed their first openly gay athletes. there hasn't been one in pro baseball yet, but abc's susan saulny reports the sport is ready. >> reporter: major league baseball took a swing at making the big leagues a more tolerant place for openly gay ballplayers with commissioner bud selig welcoming back one of the game's own, billy beane, to be the league's first ever ambassador of inclusion. >> we want the people who make a living in our game to be who they wish to be. >> reporter: right now, there are no openly gay, bisexual or transgender players in baseball. beane went public about his sexuality only after his playing days ended in 1995. >> and here is billy bean. >> reporter: in his new role, the former journeyman outfielder hopes to provide guidance for players who choose to remain silent as he did. >> baseball is proving they are going to continue to lead instead of follow and watch by the sidelines. >> reporter: the league banned discrimination based on sexual orientation but wanted to go a step further. as the sport of jackie robinson, the principles of equality and inclusion are bedrocks of the game. 2014 has been a year of firsts for gays in sports. in february the brooklyn nets' jason collins became the first openly gay active player in the nba. and in may the st. louis rams drafted michael sam, making him the first player in the nfl who is out of the closet. >> having a gay man be the symbol of this and having a gay man really drive the direction of what major league baseball does, that's super important. >> reporter: beane is expected to train players and the league's partners in combating several different forms of discrimination, including sexism and racial prejudice. reena, devin. >> susan, thank you so much. the new york city fire department is adding something to its annual calendar. a woman firefighter. dania mines is one of 41 female firefighters in the department. she's an 11-year veteran. she says she always wanted to be in the calendar but until now it was men only. >> she was the only woman who auditioned for the 2015 edition. all proceeds from the calendar go to charity. good for her. you know, at one point she was an emt and then got into fire fighting. her parents said, don't do it. it's a man's job. why would you go do it? >> here we go. coming up, finding new ways to ask hillary clinton the big political question. wait until you hear her latest answer on "the daily show." a television reunion 16 years in the making. the child stars from "the wonder years" all grown up and sharing secrets from their hit show. first, fooling art lovers worldwide with high-quality fakes. the big money involved and who's cracking down. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by tide pods free and gentle. on stains. how about... both? new tide pods free and gentle free of dyes and perfumes with a deeper clean than the leading free detergent. that's still gentle on skin. new tide pods free and gentle. pop in the best of both worlds. ♪ shameless is a struggling immigrant artist who is now tied to an $80 million fake art conspiracy. >> the fbi is hot on the trail of another alleged ring of scammers. but abc's chief investigative reporter brian ross and his team caught up with one of them halfway around the world. >> 3 billion -- >> reporter: with the works of big name artists going for tens of millions of dollars -- >> sold. >> reporter: -- it's no surprise that away from this elite auction house, that big money has attracted a flock of crooks, including this new york art dealer selling masterful fakes. for example, one of these is an authentic, another a worthless fake. many leaving a new york art auction couldn't tell which is which. >> definitely this one. >> this one. the one on the left is the fake. >> i know rosco pretty well. it's not easy. >> the real on the right. the fake on the left. woo! >> reporter: the fake roscoe which once sold for $8.3 million, is one of dozens of look-alike works that authorities say were created by one of the great fakers of all time, who left new york last year as the fbi began to close in. now abc news has found him in china in a tiny studio apartment in shanghai. his name is pei-shen qian. he was working in times square drawing portraits of tourists when he says he was recruited by two new york art dealers to create the fake masterpieces that would sell for a total of some $80 million. >> translator: my intent, he told us, wasn't for my fake paintings to be sold as the real thing. but authorities say he actually forged the signatures of some of the artists he copied. and he told us, i was shocked that people mixed them up. but the scam went on for years, until this london billionaire, pierre lagrange, realized he had been conned when he paid $17 million for this supposed painting by jackson pollock. experts discovered the yellow paint in the painting was not sold until 14 years after pollock's death. it turns out it was the work of the accused times square faker. many of the fakes were sold to a prominent new york art gallery which has now gone out of business in the wake of the scandal. brian ross, abc news, new york. my question is where were the art experts before the auction? before the $17 million exchanged hands? that is a good fake. >> probably examining your art artwork. look at that. >> i am pretty good with a brush. >> you are good at childhood painting. >> what is that? a cow? a dog? i have no idea. >> from your kindergarten class. >> we'll be right back. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. hd 3 ♪ have a little help from my friends ♪ ♪ all i need is a little have a little help from my friends. it was a little before my time, but millions of families relive that classic beatles tune every week 25 years ago or so for a jolt of '60s nostalgia. >> "the wonder years" i'd love to see a remake of it. the classic american family struggling to find its way through the tumultuous vietnam war years and the kids grew up before our eyes. now they're all reunited after 16 years. we're "up all nightline" with abc's chris connelly. ♪ when a man loves a woman >> reporter: in 1988 "the wonder years" first episode had this first kiss between kevin arnold and winnie cooper. >> one good thing about getting your first kiss on camera is you know for sure it's going to happen. >> we were both scared and nervous and didn't know what was going to happen or if we were going to do it right. >> do you breathe in through your nose? do you hold your breath? >> reporter: now the cast of the set in the '60s dramady. the parents and josh who played kevin's best pal reunited for the first time in 16 years. "the wonder years" cast members seemed to avoid the child star pitfall. >> that was our parents. our parents kept us really grounded. >> we all had a really strong work ethic. don't be a child of entitlement. >> reporter: b4@+ó(y child actor. saviano is a lawyer. though some fans think paul was played by a shock rocker. josh, how many times a week do you get asked if you are marlin manson? >> he just got asked on twitter two seconds ago. >> many. i think it was the first internet rumor. and because of that it doesn't die. >> reporter: fred savage would leave acting behind, get an english degree from stanford, and become a director of such tv series such as "modern family." >> i'm doing what i wanted to do from the time i was a little kid. lucky. >> fred, you are one of the best actors i have ever worked with for sure, and if you ever wanted to act again, you should, because i think you're awesome. >> reporter: for a generation of boys -- >> hi, paul. >> reporter: -- winnie cooper embody the girl next door, if you lived in paradise. >> i would tell people, look, it was slow motion. it was the music, the whole setup, the narration lifting me up on a pedestal. come o i can't take a lot of credit for it. >> reporter: in college she would co-author a ground breaking math theorem. she and savage hear from fans irked by the show's ever wistful finale. >> have a nice life. >> i got asked, why didn't kevin and winnie end up together. >> no. >> i would say three times a week, i'm heartbroken. i just watched the last episode. i was like it is just a tv show. >> reporter: i'm chris connelly for "nightline." >> kevin and winnie didn't get together? in my head they did after the show ended. how could they not get together? i believe abc should do a remake of "wonder years" with them getting divorced to whoever they married, getting remarried and having a modern family. how's that? any tv executives watching? >> you are making the sell. >> the dvd, we will be looking for that coming out. stay with us. we're coming back with more news. >> i loved "the wonder years." medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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what's your -- >> you know, i have spent so many years commuting, i kind of prefer a home office. that's where i wrote my book. it was on the third floor of our house, so that works. >> do you have a favorite shape for that home office? do you like -- would you like that office -- let's say, would you like that office -- would you like to have corners or would you like it not to have corners? >> you know, i think that the world is so complicated, the fewer corners that you can have -- [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: that was enough of an answer for stewart. >> it sounds like to me, if i may, you have declared for president. >> reporter: as you can see, devin and reena, that got a huge laugh from the audience, that was very supportive of clinton, any mention of that 2016 talk. >> thank you. >> what do you think? is she running? >> i hate when jon stewart gets more answers than we do. >> she's been asked a myriad of different ways that same question. i think i -- that takes the cake as the best, most creative. >> it totally is. >> -- stab at it. >> jon stewart does such a good job and always fascinating to see how lots of key players in politics make sure to make their rounds there. but it's a tough thing to do. you have to have personality. you've got to be a little edgyn these people all love their dentist. they also have one other thing in common... we helped them find that dentist. because finding a dentist that you'll be comfortable going to, that you trust, is hard. at 1-800-dentist, we've helped over 8 million people find that right dentist and we can do the same for you. so don't put it off any longer. call 1-800-dentist today. ♪ this morning on "world news now," mid east crisis. this morning tension and violence between israel and hamas after a key deadline passes. the military bombardment and the political deadlock. violent storms. the dangerous downpours and floods across the country as an unusual weather system unleashes its fury from east to west. fear in hollywood. superstar sandra bullock and the intruder who was outside of her bedroom door. and it's not her first real-life scare. >> we used to have three-year restraining orders. it has now been extended to ten years. >> the actress, her stalkers and her need for security hit home. it's wednesday, july 16th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. on this busy wednesday. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm devin dwyer. it is a very busy wednesday. we are watching news in the middle east. >> we thought there would be a cease-fire yesterday. the israelis agreed to it. the rocket fire stopped and it seemed like potentially we could be inching toward an even larger, drawn out war. rocket sirens sounding again in israel this morning. >> this follows hamas rejecting a proposed cease-fire with israel. alexander marquardt has been there from the beginning of the latest conflict and is joining us live from gaza city. good morning, alex. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning, reena and devin. overnight israel stepped up its air strikes on the gaza strip, targeting the home of senior hamas and islamic jihad officials. we understand at least one home, that of senior hamas official mahmoud zahar has been flattened. this as palestinian militants continue firing salvos of rockets into israel, setting off warning sirens across the south and central parts of the country, including tel aviv, where we understand the aaron dome, anti-missile shield, did intercept several of those rockets. this follows of course the disappointment over the failure of the cease-fire yesterday, which had been proposed by egypt, agreed to by israel, which abstained from air strikes yesterday morning for around six hours. but hamas and the other groups here whole-heartily rejected it, saying they had not been consulted on the finer points of that cease-fire deal. prime minister netanyahu of israel saying he then had no choice but to expand operations against hamas here in gaza. and just before midnight last night, around 100,000 residents of eastern and northern gaza received reported phone calls and text messages from israel's military, telling them to evacuate their home by 8:00 this morning. that was around two hours ago, warning of imminent air strikes. that begs the question of whether a ground invasion would soon follow after that. you still have tens of thousands of israeli troops massed along the border between gaza and israel. the death toll here in gaza has climbed this morning to more than 200. we believe around 80%, according to the united nations, are civilians. yesterday israel saw its first civilian death. a man killed by a mortar shell on that border. so, the fighting here continuing unabated. neither side showing any signs of letting up. >> alex, you've been on the ground there for nine days, talking to palestinians on the ground. is there any sense they're putting pressure on the political and military leadership to put an end to this or is it more leaning towards trying to get the israelis to sort of save face and get the israelis in somewhat of a defeated position, if there's any way to do that? >> reporter: well, even with this incredibly high death toll, just over 200 this morning, you are not seeing pressure from the civilian population on the militant groups to stop rocket fire. people we have spoken to across gaza say they support the continuing firing of rockets. not because they want to kill israelis or punish israel but because they want something out of a cease-fire deal. they don't just want quiet for quiet. they don't want their lives to resume to normal. they want something out of israel that will make their lives better. they want borders to be open so goods can come in and more freedom of movement. so, they don't want a cease-fire right now, most of them. >> that's going to make it incredibly hard, it sounds like, to back off and have a cease-fire. >> very difficult. alex, thanks for joining us. abc's alex marquardt reporting live from gaza city. >> stay with abc all morning long as we get live updates from our correspondents in the middle east. our coverage continues on "america this morning" and "good morning america." our other major story this morning, the violent storms that tore through the east are starting to taper off. the rain came down fast and furious across connecticut yesterday. many drivers there had to take their chances trying to make it through flood roads. the water also overran a busy portion interstate 95 in new haven, forcing several lanes to shut down. wild weather also pummeling farms in wisconsin. take a look at this. hail came pouring down, covering the ground in sturgeon bay, 4 inches deep. the huge hailstones battered crops, damaging fruit, breaking branches and shredding leaves there. abc's ginger zee has more on the severe storms popping up from the southwest to the northeast. >> reporter: thunderstorms taking over the skies of new york city. major highways and airports shutting down for a time around the big apple. cars foolishly plowing through flash flooding in new jersey. very similar scene in ohio causing frightening accidents like this for a family near cincinnati. their car hydroplaning in heavy rain, hitting a pole and then falling into a flooded ditch before washing away from the road. dad and daughter straddling a downed tree for safety. the water sweeping mom another four miles away. remember, it only takes two feet of fast moving water in a flash flood situation to move a big vehicle, even a big suv like this. two feet takes you to the top of the rim. that's not a lot of water. in arizona, monsoon rains filling the streets. georgia swears the water wasn't that deep when she entered the intersection. >> like a minimal amount, a little puddle. all of a sudden the water came rushing through with tree debris and lord only knows what, wood, everything, just came flying at my car. >> reporter: and after all that mess, the chill. well, relatively. you can see the numbers there. only in the 70s and 80s. some places like dallas dropping 20 degrees. a lot of people liking it. others saying, hey, where did july go? either way, ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> well, the problem in northern california hasn't been not enough water, which means threatening wildfires. the bully fire has consumed more than 8,000 acres and 18 buildings. some residents have been told to evacuate. officials say it is only 20% contained. in idaho, there are 20 fires burning in the boise national forest. there's a voluntary evacuation for about 60 homes. firefighters have called for reinforcement as they battle the flames in some rough terrain. some of the smaller fires are close to containment. but firefighters worry the biggest will get bigger and they can't handle them. a prominent immigration activist and journalist has been released after being briefly detained by the border patrol. pulitzer prize winner jose antonio vargas, who's lived and worked in the u.s. illegally for years, was arrested in mcallen, texas. after his release, vargas thanked those who stood by him and asked this question, how do we define american? pope francis is weighing in on the u.s. immigration crisis. the rome an catholic leader says there's an urgent need to welcome and protect the thousands of children crossing the border alone from mexico and central america. the pope called on the international community to rise to the challenge and adopt new forms of legal and safe migration. well, to presidential politics now. and the pressure on two high-profile possible candidates. massachusetts democrat elizabeth warren says she has no interest in the white house but that hasn't stopped an enthusiastic band of supporters from setting up a facebook page, twitter account and even a new website encouraging senator warren to run. hillary clinton made her third appearance on "the daily show" last night. jon stewart opened up the show telling his audience, clinton would publicly and definitively declare her candidacy, which of course drew huge applause from the crowd. obviously, that proved not to be true. then stewart took a different tact, asking clinton whether she prefers an office with corners or without them. get it, as in the oval office. she still wouldn't bite. we will hear more from hillary clinton in the next half hour. bitter news for chocolate lovers. hershey is raising prices. that's right. cocoa prices are soaring. prices for milk and nuts are also up. the average increase for reese's pieces, kit-kat bars and other products will be about 8%. it's the first price hike for the country's biggest candymaker in three years. it will likely lead competitors to raise their prices, too. if chocolate is too much for you, you may be able to substitute cappuccino-flavored potato chips. it is one of four new flavors from frito-lay this summer. the other finalists in the annual contest are wasabi ginger, cheddar mac and cheese, mango salsa. these are all potato chips. customers will be able to vote online for their favorite and the person that suggests the winning flavor will win $1 million. >> wow,. a matchup harder to imagine than coffee-flavored potato chips. apple and ibm. the former rivals are working together to create simple to use business apps and hoping to expand the use of iphones and ipads in the business world. just 30 years ago apple and ibm were battling over personal computers. cable giant comcast is apologizing for a nightmare service phone call that's been heard millions of times online. tech journalist ryan block wanted to cancel his service but that led to a 20-minute call with an aggressive comcast agent. block started taping it halfway through. >> we'd like to disconnect. we'd like to disconnect please. >> okay. so why is it that you don't want the faster speed? help me understand why you don't want faster internet. >> help me understand why you can't just disconnect us. >> i'm trying to figure out why what it is about come bast service you don't like? why it is you're not wanting to keep that service. >> because this -- this phone is a really actually amazing representative example of why i don't want to stay with comcast. >> oh, that went on and on and on. ryan, we've all been there before. comcast says it's embarrassed and will apologize to block and his wife and said the call is not consistent with how their agents are trained. most of us who work in television news had our share of run-ins with snakes but they are usually the upright lying variety. >> in huntsville, alabama, they ran into a snake in their sales office and it turned out to be a rattler, coiled up in a corner, actually, sitting on a sticky trap. >> before anyone could grab onto it, it slithered through a hole in the wall, which is where it remains as far as we know. >> i hate snakes. glad we are done with that story. coming up -- >> none under the desk. in "the mix," how would you like to play with a six-foot wide yo-yo? 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>> new research is showing it's not just cute but essential for your little one's speech development. here's abc's linsey davis. >> hello, mikey. do you know who i am? >> reporter: just like in the movie "look who's talking," we've all spoken in this high-pitched, highly exaggerated language known as baby talk or parentese. >> oh, yeah, she's gone. >> reporter: a new study shows our babies may be benefitting from all that babbling. according to researchers at the university of washington in seattle, dolling out the da, da, das may improve speech development. even if they can't talk back yet. >> for the first time it is evidence the brain is working on it well before they have the true capability. i don't think it is ever too early to talk to the baby. >> reporter: using a noninvasive brain scanner, the study monitors 7 and 11 to 12-month-old babies listening to a series of syllables such as da and ta. researchers noticed an activation in the part of the brain that coordinate speech production. >> hello. how are you? that's the kind of speech that we think allows babies to mirror what they ought to do. >> reporter: so in the interest of brain development. >> hi. >> reporter: i make sure my little guy gets an earful of parentese daily. >> hi, my precious. >> reporter: besides, who could resist? linzie davis, abc news, new york. >> oh, that baby is so cute! so true how they tell you say don't talk down to your baby. and they absorb language. especially around 2 years old. >> there's a fine line between baby talk and babble. you don't want to dumb it down too much. >> absolutely right. it's true. coming up, the world's largest yo-yo, so big it needs to be hung from a crane. and why mcdonald's has become a hot spot for some brides and grooms. that's ahead in "the mix." there's a lot to talk about there. stay with us. cdonald's has become a hot spot for some brides and grooms. that's ahead in "the mix." there's a lot to talk about there. stay with us. that's notthat's dirt r carpet, creeping in. send it running with resolve high traffic foam. its foam power removes three times more dirt than vacuuming alone. all while neutralizing pet odors. don't just vacuum clean . resolve clean. in pampers cruisers. they adapt at the waist, legs and bottom, with up to 12 hours of protection for all the freedom to just play. pampers. sometimes come out with spots? 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>> they did it a few year ago and are expanding it to 15 stores. you can have your wedding in mcdonald's in hong kong. the packages start at $300 to $1200 and they come with the apple pie cake. mcdonald's apple pie cake. >> well, then that's a reason to have your wedding at mcdonald's. >> apparently it's only in hong kong. they don't rent out mcdonald's in the states yet. i don't know. would you have a wedding at mcdonald's? psw they still have the cookies and cream smoothy? >> those blended things? >> i would do it if they had that. remember peter griffin, the dad from "the family guy." he looks and sounds like him. hr [ inaudible ] >> this is part of the 2014 allentown comic-con. that man you see there is robert franzese and he apparently plays real-life peter griffin at conventions since 2012. what do you think? they often say, "i wish i had done this sooner." don't put it off any longer. call 1-800-dentist today. ♪ this morning on "world news now," extreme weather. the storm system sending dangerous downpours and floods to the east and a miserable heat wave and fires to the west. accuweather tracks it all. military might in the mideast. the rocket fire exchanges between israel and gaza. this morning's urgent deadline from israel after a political push for peace failed. mystery illness. what's made hundreds of people sick after swimming in a lake. the public health alert and the all-out investigation. and political pressure for hillary clinton on the stage of "the daily show." jon stewart finds new ways to ask the potential presidential candidate the big question. did america get an answer? that's in "the skinny" on this wednesday, july 16th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you on this very busy wednesday. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm devin dwyer. glad to have you with us. a lot to talk about today. we're looking at the mid east closely and the weather here at home. >> we begin with the weather. >> we begin with the storms hitting millions of americans with soaking rains and dangerous flash floods right now. >> rescuers have been on the move plucking people from rising waters across the country. and in california there's not enough water to go around. here's more from abc's susan saulny. >> reporter: thunderstorms across the mid-atlantic states and in new england. flash flooding forcing lanes to close on i-95 in new haven, connecticut. cars plowing through watery streets in new jersey. a very similar scene in ohio, causing accidents like this for a family near cincinnati. their car hydroplaning in heavy rain, hitting a pole and then falling into a ditch before being washed away. dad and daughter straddling a tree. the water sweeping mom another four miles away. in pennsylvania a 12-year-old girl is in the hospital after heavy floodwaters swept her into a drainage pipe. the water pushed the girl a half mile before firefighters could rescue her. >> i was swept under and i tried to look back to see if my sister was there. and i'm trying to yell, and i couldn't, because i didn't want to open my mouth so i didn't get anything in my mouth. >> reporter: the west also got a taste of nature's fury. a fast-growing wildfire in southern oregon charred 25,000 acres. california continues to suffer from a severe drought. those unseasonably chilly temperatures that have been lingering around the midwest, expect them to move south and east before the weekend. reena, devin? >> thank you, susan. this unusual weather system has actually split the nation in two. >> there's a heat wave in the west. powerful cold front pushing east. accuweather's jim dickey continues our coverage. good morning, jim. >> a strong cold front marches its way to the eastern seaboard producing widespread downpours in the early morning hours in the east coast. again, it's marked by a push of chilly air nosing in out of the north and west. you see it swirling upper level low here across the great lakes. many spots challenging record lows through the early-morning hours across the northern plains, upper midwest. down to 49 in pierre. 54 this morning in chicago. reena and devin, back to you. >> thanks, jim. a developing story in the mid east this morning. israel is warning residents of gaza they should leave. an apparent prelude to renewed air strikes. this comes after hamas rejected an egyptian truce proposal and instead launched more rockets at israel. the white house said it is concerned about the innocent civilians on both sides. >> israel has a right to defend itself. that is a right we have articulated and defended on multiple occasions and i'm willing to do so now. what we would ask the israelis to do is to exhibit some concern for the safety and welfare of innocent civilians who are at risk of being caught in the cross fire. >> officials in gaza say the death toll has gone past 200. this conflict now entering its second week here, reena. >> yeah. what's fascinating to see, we thought at the beginning of the day yesterday that there would be some sort of a cease-fire in place. so hopeful. and now possibly tilting to a larger scale war. you're looking at pictures there inside the gaza strip. today a significant development bit israelis. they thought at 9:00 a.m. their time they were -- israelis had agreed to a cease-fire. gaza, hamas militants clearly did not agree to that and they're now -- israelis are now targeting the political leadership. not just where these rockets are being launched from, but we're hearing reports that the significant political leader of hamas, mahmoud zahar's home may have been targeted. fast developing and expanding really hour by hour. >> lots of concern about a possible ground invasion. those israeli troops amassed on the border and everyone watching that closely this morning. >> we will have more developments and more in our next half hour. no one is claiming responsibility for a deadly suicide bomb attack near a busy market and mosque in eastern afghanistan. the attack on tuesday killed 89 people and wounded dozens others. the taliban issued a statement denying involvement saying, quote, it strongly condemns attacks on local people. former secretary of state henry kissinger is recovering from heart surgery this morning. the 91-year-old retired diplomat is resting here at a new york hospital where he had an operation to replace an aortic valve. this, of course, isn't kissinger's first bout with heart trouble. he had an angioplasty procedure in 2005 and triple bypass in 1982. a popular vacation spot west of seattle is closed until further notice. hundreds of people have come down with a mystery bug after swimming in horseshoe lake. abc's matt gutman explains how health officials may be close to identifying the problem. >> reporter: it is a beloved summer haven for families. >> on weekends it's packed. yeah, it's packed. >> reporter: but horseshoe lake is closed and health officials are scrambling to determine what turned its placid waters into a hazard, after more than 200 swimmers got sick. luckily none of them kids at this summer camp. >> we got a call from a parent, a concerned parent and e-mail that said they heard reports about a potential problem with the lake. >> reporter: that problem still a mystery. health officials have ruled out e. coli. they now suspect a virus, like the norovirus, that vicious stomach bug you often hear about on cruise ships. now water samples are being sent to the cdc in atlanta. >> we were going to have a family reunion here this weekend and now i have to get ahold of everyone and let them know it will be somewhere else. >> reporter: the question for all of us, how can you tell if there is a danger in the lake that your family swims in? experts say there are a few things you can do to protect yourself in lakes like this around the country. never go in if it's overcrowded. when you get out, wash your hands and never drink the water. officials tell us horseshoe lake should be open again before too long. matt gutman, abc news, miami. new questions for general motors this morning after documents suggest the company kept silent about the causes of some fatal crashes. "the new york times" reports the automaker knew more about the detective ignition switch than it told government agencies. "the times" says gm avoided answering when it asked if it knew what was causing those crashes. president obama got a rare chance to drive a car, even if it was a virtual drive. he used a visit to an automatic research facility to push for new technology that will allow cars to talk to each other and actually prevent accidents. he also said he supports highway funding bills pending in congress. presidents in office are almost never allowed to drive for safety and security. here's some proof that with the right advertising you can sell any car no matter how big of a clunker it might be. look at this commercial by an australian ad man. he is selling this 15-year-old hatchback with 116,000 miles and lots of dents. you wouldn't know it. >> yeah. it's worth maybe $1,000 tops. but he makes it seem more like a million bucks. after all, it has matching seats. the commercial cost him $8,000 but he says he wanted to show off his skills. >> i need this guy to come and help me sell my car. 1998 car in desperate need of advertisement. maybe he can help me get a few more dollars. >> the owner is david johns of sydney. he's seen in the ad. he is a digital video specialist. that can explain how fancy it looks. and he really does want to sell it. close to 400,000 views on you tube. >> 64,000 bids apparently. it launched a bidding war. this video, pretty amazing. >> one was only $20. >> got to go. >> got to go. coming up in "the skinny," girl power, a brand new female superhero. and later, expert advice for parents glued to their smartphones when the kids are calling out for attention. what a hangup for moms and dads. you're watching "world news now." ♪ it's the loveliest thing ♪ and the bell goes ring-a-ding ding ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by cascade platinum. ews now" weather brought to you by cascade platinum. these don't look clean. 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[ laughter ] do you like that office -- would you like that office -- would you like to have corners or it not to have corners? >> you know, i think that the world is so complicated, the fewer corners that you can have -- [ cheers and applause ] >> stewart ended the bit by saying it sounded to him that she declared for president. what do you think? >> totally sounded like it. fewer corners. dead give away. i think he may have got the closest to getting an answer. >> she's been asked about every which way over the last few months. >> he may have beat us. i hate when that happens, jon stewart. >> great moment for sure. and from a possible woman president to a new woman super hero. marvel comics has announced thor, as we know him, becomes unworthy to the hammer and the title of thor will pass to a woman. who that woman is isn't clear yet. >> it's not me, okay. marvel calls her only a brand new female hero. unlike any thor we have seen before. >> all right. pretty awesome. were you a comic book -- >> i was not at all. i have nothing to say. >> moving on. a new reality series premiering tonight might capture your attention and it might draw some fire. >> mtv's "virgin territory" features 15 virgins between 15 to 18 who are either saving themselves for their future spouse or actively looking to have sex. >> sex is something you want to save for your wife. >> no ringy, no dingy. >> i was waiting for that special someone. >> party time, baby! >> i'm actively looking for someone to lose my virginity to. >> i need help. i want to be good at it. is there a class that you can take? >> critics say the series puts virginity in a bad light almost ridiculing it. mtv says its aim is to elevate the discussion of responsible sexual health. we have come a long way from "the real world" when they put random people together. >> i would be watching that. interesting. check that out. what discussion about sex would be complete without a drag queen? >> or king for that matter? >> jenny lewis released a video featuring anne hathaway and kristen stewart like we've never seen them before. ♪ >> some of hollywood's a-list ladies dressed up as dudes and they still look good. 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