Thats one small step for man. This morning we speak oneonone with apollo 11s flight director about the near disaster that day. What worried him most. Plus new video overnight, a man climbing down this highrise fleeing a fire. A once in a lifetime opportunity, the rare sighting of what could be the biggest great white shark in the world. And middle seat makeover. The worst seat on the plane is finally getting an upgrade. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us as we head into a steamy weekend. 175 million americans under weather alerts right now as a heat wave warms up for the weekend. Today the feel like temperature in half the country will be 100 degrees. Look at some of these pictures. Triple digits all the way from nebraska to new york. But forecasters say its the duration of this extreme heat that is the biggest concern. This morning the summer scorcher turning downright dangerous. Triple digits are expected today from the rockies to the east coast. Forecasters calling it the worst heat in years. They say these conditions will last through sunday with 87 million americans living in cities that could hit record highs. Hartford, connecticut, or washington, d. C. , places that have not seen 100 plus degrees in three years. Philadelphia and new york, its been seven years. I think all four plus dozens of others are going to see that century mark this weekend. Reporter organizers canceled this weekends triathlon in new york city because of the heat and after last weekends big blackout in the big apple, the Power Company is insisting the power grid will hold up. Weve got over 4,000 crew members on the ground ready to respond to outages as they occur. Reporter in chicago a heat index of 116 degrees is possible. Commuter trains are being ordered to slow down. The oppressive heat will even make it harder to get around. The metro trains moving along these lines will more slower these steel tracks expand creating problems. Reporter it comes as noaa releases new data showing last month was the warmest june on record for the planet and nine of the ten warmest junes on record have come since 2010. And in phoenix an air conditioner repairman has been found dead in the attic of a home. His death is believed to be heat related. So stay cool out there and well have a closer look at todays forecast in less than five minutes. Now to President Trump looking to distance himself from the ugly thing that played out at his latest Campaign Rally. The president said he was not happy with the chants of send her back aimed at congresswoman ilhan omar. The president claims he tried to stop the crowd, but the video shows otherwise. Meanwhile, congresswoman omar is fighting back after returning to her home district. Abcs Mona Kosar Abdi has the latest. Good morning, mona. Reporter good morning, kenneth. As the fallout continues over the president s tweets telling four congresswomen of color to go back to countries they originally came from, the president is defending his words while distancing himself from a chant that mirrored his language. This morning, President Trump trying to distance himself from a chant that erupted at his last Campaign Rally directed at congresswoman ilhan omar. I was not happy with it. I disagree with it but, again, i didnt say i didnt say that. They did. Reporter this was the moment wednesday night when the crowd began repeating, quote, send her back as trump criticized omar. Omar has a history of launching vicious antisemitic screeds. [ chanting send her back ] reporter the chant playing out for 13 seconds. The president telling abc news he tried to stop it. I didnt like that they did it and i started speaking very quickly. Reporter but as you can see as the crowd grew louder, the president paused, looked around and didnt continue his speech until it died down. [ chanting send her back ] reporter as the president repudiated his supporters behavior he fell short of saying he would stop them going forward. Well, these are people that love our country. I want them to keep loving our country. Reporter meanwhile, supporters of omar expressing solidarity as the lawmaker returned to her home state of minnesota. It is really great to be home. [ applause ] reporter and offering this message to her constituents. I know there are a lot of people that are trying to distract us now, but i want you all to know that we are not going to let them. Reporter and many gop lawmakers also publicly condemned the chant without denouncing the president. House minority leader unfair to hold the president accountable for the words of his supporters. Quite a week in washington. Mona, thank you. New tensions between the u. S. And iran after an american warship destroyed an iranian drone. President trump says the uss boxer took defensive action when the drone approached and ignored calls to stand down. It happened in the strait of hormuz, the vital oil passageway where a u. S. Drone was shot down by iran last month nearly leading to a military strike. In japan investigators are trying to figure out why a man burst into an animation production studio screaming you die before setting the building on fire killing 38 people. They say he did not work for the studio. Its japans worst mass killing in decades. Back in this country a man made a deathdefying climb and climbed 145 stories down. The fire apparently started in the trash chute filling the halls with smoke. Four residents and three officers suffered smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion. A close call for students heading home from summer camp in san antonio. Flames engulfed that bus. More than 40 children were on board as it started to shake. The driver got everyone off when they started to smell smoke and burning rubber. We moved about 100 yards away from the bus, and as soon as we got there and we were safe like the fire just like engulfed the bus. Thank goodness theyre all okay. Church Officials Say the fire started in the engine. As promised time now for a look at your hot Weather Forecast for this friday morning. And a good morning to you once again. Definitely drink plenty of water today. The heat is on. We have excessive heat watches around the new york city area across pennsylvania and back to the west as well. The heat wave continues with tripledigit heat. Last time we hit it five years ago. Boston, new york, philly and baltimore. Its been a while so the heat is certainly building and, of course, we always watch the real feel numbers. What it actually feels like when you step outside. Drink plenty of water as it could feel like 110. For accuweather, im meteorologist chris nallan. Coming up, a makeover for the middle seat. The worst airplane seat gets an upgrade. But first missing in the Mojave Desert. The growing mystery surrounding a womans disappearance after hiking with her husband. Later the message in a bottom thats been found after 50 hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman hey [bicycle bell rings] turn here. There. Excuse me. Uh. Uh. [indistinct announcement on p. A. System] so, same time next week . Well, of course. Announcer put away a few bucks. Feel like a million bucks. For free tips to help you save, go to feed the pig these roller coaster riders near washington, d. C. Spent more than two hours on this ride late thursday. That coaster got stuck near the top of the tracks at six flags, maryland. Crews eventually rescued everyone, but no word yet on why that ride stalled. A bizarre accident near chicago sent one child to the hospital. The boy was hit in the head by debris that crashed down after two rides collided. He reportedly suffered a head injury. No one on the rides was hurt. State officials are investigating. In arizona a man who wife vanished one week ago while hiking in the Mojave Desert says he is desperate to find her. Her husband robert says after he stopped to take a picture, she was gone. He also says police told him he is a suspect in her disappearance but he denies playing any role. We always tell each other before we go to bed at night how much we love each other, so whoever has her, please release her. No questions asked. Robert thomas says he believes she may have been picked up and driven away. Police say so far they found no evidence of foul play. Water service has been restored to the city of ft. Lauderdale, florida, after a massive water main break. The break left the entire city without water for much of the day thursday. A subcontractor hit a pipe that supplies water to a Treatment Plant cutting off the citys water supply. A temporary fix is expected to hold until that pipe is replaced. A boil water notice remains in effect. The friendly skies may be getting friendier for passengers who hate getting stuck in the dreaded middle seat. They may soon have a more comfortable option. The faa has just approved a new design that staggers the seats with the middle seat position slightly behind and slightly lower than the aisle and window seats. The Startup Company behind the design says this configuration offers more room to spread out. At least one airplane reportedly plans to install the new seats on 50 planes. No word which airline. Middle seat, not bad now. This is brilliant especially when people are encroaching in your space. I know. Im already in the middle. Give me some arm room. Coming up, a massive marijuana bust. Nearly 15 tons of it. Also, its one of the most controversial plays in sports history. Now a lawsuit over the rams saints no call play is moving forward. 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Help prevent this talk to your doctor or pharmacist today about getting vaccinated against whooping cough. Were back with the new images of the moon to celebrate tomorrows 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 landing. Nasa released these images which have been digitally stitched together from the photos the astronauts took on the moons surface. Meanwhile, were getting a whole new perspective of just what happened that day. Abcs david kerley sat down with apollo 11s flight director. He described the moments of joy that nearly turned into a disaster. Reporter were marking 50 years since the remarkable achievement of landing a man on the moon and the story of, houston, mission control. This is the desk of the flight director, and for many of the missions, it was gene kranz who could sit here and look up at these projection screens as man was landing on the moon. Were stay for t1. Reporter gene kranz was one of the apollo flight directors, one of the leaders in the room. Kranz was on duty for the lunar landing. He is the one who had the final go, no go decision. Okay, all flight controllers, go, no go for landing. Retro. Go. Guidance. Go. Control. Go. Reporter but it didnt go as planned. Our final training run, we exercised those alarms, and i always go back and think what we would have done if we would have seen those for the first time. Reporter alarms dealt with but another alarming problem. The planned landing site was covered in huge boulders, so Neil Armstrong started flying manually. That means hes burning the limited precious fuel. 30 seconds. I think Many Americans sometime in their life have driven when the gas gauge in the car reads empty. That was the condition that we were on. The eagle has landed. At the instant of landing the people in the viewing room started cheering, stomping their feet, applauding, right on down the line. Touchdown. Override off. Okay, keep the chatter down in this room. For all mankind. Reporter 50 years later what did landing the man on the moon and bringing him back safely mean for the country and the world and for gene kranz . It really demonstrated the power of free and open society. Reporter gene kranz who used his experience on apollo 11 during apollo 13 when an oxygen tank exploded and there was worry of getting the crew back. As kranz told his team at the time, failure is not an option. Stay with abc news and our streaming live channel for coverage of all the events marking 50 years since the apollo 11 mission. Some heated moments on capitol hill as lawmakers discussed the crisis on the southern border. They demanded answers from the secretary of Homeland Security about conditions at migrant detention centers, especially the treatment of young children. You feel like youre doing a great job, right . Is that what youre saying . Were doing our level best in a very challenging what does that mean . What does that mean when a child is sitting in their own feces, cant take a shower. Come on, man. Whats that about . None of us would have our children in that position. They are human beings. A lot of emotion there from congressman Elijah Cummings who said the United States is the greatest country in the world and, quote, we can do better. Deputies in Southern California have seized nearly 15 tons of marijuana that was being grown illegally and arrested more than two dozen people and also confiscated 37 guns including rifles, handguns and a shotgun. Investigators say these crops tend to be environmental hazards because the growers use illegal chemicals. Turning to sport, the legal battle over that noncall during januarys nfl game is far from over. A louisiana judge says a lawsuit over the missed pass interference call during the saints rams game can proceed. Four people are suing the nfl for fraud. The lead plaintiff who is a lawyer wants to know if the officials were disciplined. 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He says if the department ever needs him again, hll four of them from the same family. They got service from him and som