This morning on gma. And the greatest, simone biles making history with her fourth gold in rio flipping in a flawless floor routine on the final night for americas final five and from the mat to the track, that heartwarming moment, putting spirit ahead of medals. And youll meet the american man called the olympic selfie king who called his boss saying i cant return to work until he lands the one star that got away. Can our team help him get to the finish line . Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is Good Morning America. And we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. And what a stunning night at the olympics. Simone biles as you said, david, making history with her fourth gold in rio. She is just incredible. And take a look at this, simone on the cover of Sports Illustrated along with Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps and they simply just say the greatest. That they are. These athletes may not have won a medal but they won our hearts and a lot of praise. Abbey dagostino and Nikki Hamblin helping each other up on the track. Boy, that was a moment. More on that i head. Start here with the breaking us nor for our viewers in the west. Rescue operation off the coast of san juan, passengers told to abandon ship. Fire reportedly on board. Abcs gio benitez is following late developments here this morning. Gio, good morning. Reporter david, good morning to you. We dont know if anyone has been injured or killed. Considering there are more than 500 people on board rescuers are doing everything they can right now. A tourist capturing this billowing black cloud of smoke pouring out of this passengers ship. The coast guard rushing to the scene to rescue the 512 passengers trapped on board. Hes visiting puerto rico and shot 24 video. We noticed this boat, the smoke has gotten worse. It looks like its leaning to the side reporter theyre assisting passengers, advising them to abandon ship. It runs regular daily ships between the Dominican Republic and puerto rico. I havent seen any lifeboats coming after the ferry. I have seen the coast guard responding. Reporter the ferry was due to arrive at 8 00 a. M. Eastern time just a stones throw from its final destination when it caught on fire. Were still learning more details about this ship. It was built in 1989, it weighs some 27,000 tons. It makes the same trip every day. That trip takes 13 hours. This happened just an hour before the ship reached its final destination. David. Now to a massive new wildfire in california. The blaze forcing more than 82,000 people from their homes. Part of the highway between l. A. And las vegas is now shut down. Abcs Lauren Lyster is on the front lines for us in San Bernardino county, good morning, lauren. Reporter good morning, robin. The flames raging out here all night and morning. We have been seeing scenes like this, structures burning to the ground. Homes take at the remains of these cars. The fire roaring through here. At terrifying speeds. Overnight, this fastmoving wildfire in San Bernardino county exploding growing nine times the size in less than 12 hours. This is a monster of a fire that is moving faster than any other fire ive seen in a very, very long time. Reporter 18,000 acres charred. Structures destroyed. Zero percent contained. So you cant got in here and fight . No, thats how how much heat was in here. Reporter the smoke staying put but flames burning violently. Look at this whirling firenado. More than 2,000 people forced to evacuate tuesday leaving their homes to more than 750 firefighters on scene and fate. Theres fires all around it. All around it but the firemen are doing a wonderful job. Thank you. Please save us. Reporter two firefighters injured after their truck was overrun by flames. The fire overtaking an historic route 66 diner and this giant mountaintop cross. Further north, the clayton fire near lake county now 35 contained after claiming 175 homes and businesses and 4,000 acres. All that destruction blamed by authorities on this man, 40yearold anthony pashlik. Part of the puzzle that the investigators have to figure out is try and get inside the mind of the arsonist. Reporter the alleged arsonist suspected of setting this fire and a number of others in Northern California is due to be arraigned in court today. And here, the Weather Forecast is not looking good for crews battling this blaze with more heat and gusty winds expected today. Robin. Just incredible those pictures behind you. We turn to ginger with more on that forecast. David, this is not just california. There are 26 large wildfires are burning in the west from colorado to wyoming, utah, nevada, so many other states dealing with this, those fire warnings are on. Heat is on from medford to seattle, were talking 90s and 100s. Then the wind. Gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour in some of those mountain passes. David. Thank you so much, ginger. Robin. Abcs tom llamas is on the trail in wisconsin. Good morning, tom. Reporter its a new day for the Trump Campaign. When he said he doesnt need a pollster, hes promoted his pollster to Campaign Manager. As he hopes to extend his base hes brought in an ultra conservative to campaign ceo. Donald trump shaking up his campaign. Hiring Steven Bannon chairman of breitbart news. Trump saying in a statement, theyre extremely capable, highly qualified people who love to win and know how to win. Keeping paul man ji afort on as chairman. America first. America first. Im asking for the vote of every africanamerican citizen strucking in our country today who wants a different and much better future. Reporter trump asking for the africanamerican vote in front of a nearly allwhite crowd in west bend, wisconsin, a town thats 95 white. The Democratic Party has failed and betrayed the africanamerican community. Reporter the gop nominee vowing to clean up urban areas by instituting more law and order. The problem in our poorest communities is not that there are too many police, the problem is that there are not enough police. Reporter trumps newly focused message comes amid reports hes getting advice on the debates from former fox news chief roger ailes. The Trump Campaign downplaying any help from ailes saying in a statement, mr. Ailes is not advising mr. Trump or helping with debate prep. They are longtime friends but mr. Ailes has no formal or informal role with the campaign, but Campaign Sources telling abc news trump is going to ailes for advice on those debates. The two meeting over the weekend at one of trumps new jersey golf courses. And when ailes was ousted from fox last month, following accusations of sexual harassment, trump stood by his side. Ive always found him to be just a very, very good person and by the way, a very, very talented person. Reporter and this morning, Hillary Clintons email scandal is back in the spotlight. The fbi has turned over classified documents including their notes of the investigation and their interview with clinton to congress. Republican lawmakers want to know why she wasnt prosecuted. The Clinton Campaign says this is merely an attempt by republicans to keep this issue alive. David. Yeah, the emails are not going away. All right, tom llamas this morning. Tom, thanks. Lets get right to abcs matt dowd and, matt, first off, a new interview with donald trump last night about all this talk that he should pivot and heres what he said. I want to get your reaction on the back side. I am who i am. Its me. I dont want to change. Everybody talks about youre going to pivot. I dont want to pivot. You have to be you. If you start pivoting youre not being honest with people. So, no pivot, no reset and then, overnight, another major shakeup, is that a reset . Hes trying to reset his campaign without resetting himself, david. But i think the problem here is that when your Football Team is losing and your quarterback is throwing interceptions and fumbling, changing your line coach and assistant coaches isnt going to affect this. It sounds to me like theyve doubled down on the fact theyll let donald trump be donald trump. The problem with that, it only gets you to 40 or 41 and thats not a victory. As you know, matt, 82 days left until election day. A lot of people at home saying it cant get here fast enough. With the trump team facing tough numbers in the battleground states now against Hillary Clinton, how important does that make the first debate for donald trump and really for clinton . Does she have to be ready for anything, even some of the most uncomfortable topics thrown her way . Well, its the most important moment left in the campaign and for each side of this. Donald trump is the only way he can change the dynamics of this race, david, in this. He cant its no longer a state battle its National Battle and he has to change the National Battle before any states come in line. Hillary clinton basically, if she performs well at that debate and responds to him well, she puts this race away in that first debate. Its all its the entire ball game that first debate. Matt dowd, always appreciate your insight, thanks. Louisiana, now, facing historic deadly flooding. Search teams going door to door looking for survivors as the waters rise. Rob marciano is on the scene for us. Rob, good morning. Reporter this is main street in one of the hardhit towns in louisiana. Piles of debris ready to be hauled away. While the water has receded here. Its still high across much of the state. This morning, residents across louisiana scrambling to save what they can. Everything that i had is gone, everything. Reporter many starting the painstaking process of cleaning up. 40,000 homes damaged. Were seeing the water line on the buildings and it looks to have been about seven feet. Its like the end of your life, end of your world. Having to start over like that. We worked so hard for it. Reporter devastating floods still ravaging parts of the state. Rivers still rising as the water flows south. Tossed and abandoned cars just littering this landscape. This Drainage Ditch became a raging river, toppling and submerging fullsize pickup trucks. Many cars still inaccessible as drivers wait for waters to recede. Over 11,000 homes destroyed. Families unable to return home. We got out safely. All our friends are safe so thats the main thing. Reporter in denham springs, nine out of ten homes suffering damage. Whats your biggest concern . Well come back. Its just going to be a long road. Just raw emotion on very little sleep. Its a painful cleanup process. In the antique district things just, breaking this glass window. I talked to one of the store owners here, he said that no one on this street has insurance and likely this street alone, millions of dollars in losses. David, robin. Thank you, rob, so much. I have so many family and friends in that area and they just talk about that storm, they know it wasnt a hurricane, but in many ways it was so much worse. It just hovered over. The water keeps rising. Were thinking of you. Historymaking night at the olympics. Simone biles adding to her legacy as one of the greatest ever. Abcs t. J. Holmes is there at our olympic desk in rio Holding Things down another exciting day yesterday there in rio. Good morning, t. J. Okay, good morning to you, guys. Yes, can you believe the olympics are over . The rio olympics for simone biles. They have no more gold to give her but other usa Gymnastics Team members have reason to celebrate this morning as well. Also, a u. S. Track and field star won a silver medal but then immediately gave away a diamond ring. Overnight, the games said goodbye to the gymnastics competition but not before more glory for the red, white and blue. She makes everything look so easy. Reporter it was the perfect ending for the nearperfect rio olympics of simone biles, the american sensation looked to bounce back from a bronze in the balance beam putting her game face on for the finals in the floor exercise. The biles, she was the first in the world to complete this skill. Reporter leaping higher, tumbling faster and shining brighter than everyone else. And shes just got so much power. Reporter biles grabbed another gold, her fourth of these games. She leaves rio the most decorated u. S. Gymnast, aly raisman also medaled in this event, scoring silver with this nearperfect performance. Watch the height. It just keeps going up and, bam. This is pretty good. Reporter the u. S. Men also celebrated last night. American danell leyva won two silver medals. Oh, my. Reporter one for this routine in the parallel bars and another for his soaring performance on the high bar. First American Woman ever to win a 1500meter olympic medal. Reporter a stellar night for the stars and stripes in track and field as well. Team usa picked up three medals. And not a bad way to start. Reporter the u. S. Men finished one and two in the triple jump. After the competition silver medalist will claye climbed into the stands and proposed to his fellow track star girlfriend queen harrison. She said yes. And team usas Abbey Dagostino and new zealands Nikki Hamblin collided in the womens 5,000 meter. Abbey dagostino helping Nikki Hamblin back up. Reporter the american injured her ankle but still finished the race in pain. The runners came together for a hug before dagostino left the track in a wheelchair. Now, some happy news about those two runners, yes, they ended way behind in the race, but they got exemptions. Theyll still be able to race in the final. Also, a shocking result here. Kerri Walsh Jennings and april ross, the volleyball duo lost in the semis. This was the first loss ever for kerri Walsh Jennings in the olympics. Remember, she had a huge collection of those gold medals, guys. Quite a shocker there. That was a huge upset there. All right, thank you, t. J. Well get back to you in a bit. But well take a look at the medal count. The u. S. Leading the way, 84 including 28 gold medals, china, Great Britain, russia, japan round out the top five. Joining us now someone who knows something about winning olympic medals is Gold Medalist dominique dawes. We really have appreciated you being with us these last couple of weeks. Its been a lot of fun. Come on. This u. S. Gymnastics team was expected to do well. But a recordsetting olympics for them. They the final five have done spectacularly well. Im so impressed with these young girls and simone biles lived up to the billing, shes walking away with four olympic gold medals and an olympic bronze medal. That one slipup she had on the balance beam, i know at the end of the day shell be beating herself up over that because its the mentality of a gymnast but she has to leave feeling very satisfied. What does she do for an encore . Do we worry about that right now, enjoy it, i remember when i came back from the 92 olympics when i was 15 years old i was back in the gymnastics gym the next day because i loved the sport so much and i was still a kid and believe it or not this young girl is still a kid so hopefully she thinks about another olympics games in four years but enjoy this moment. Yeah, i am glad you said that. Were always so looking ahead. And enjoying the moment like that. Youre a threetime olympian and you were part of the 96 magnificent seven and so you know what theyre facing in the weeks ahead. Theyre professional athletes so its all about securing endorsements. Look at times square, youll see a lot more of simone biles and shell impact thousands and thousands of young kids. Well see, ginger, i can see you as a gymnast. Youre too sweet, robin. I want to give you some new information this is unfortunate. Now that fire has jumped to 30,000 acres exploded really. 103 the High Temperature in San Bernardino today. We can see record fall in places like portland, oregon, 100 as you head into your thursday. Medford, youll do it. Seattle, all of you are going to warm up as we head into the weekend. 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