The Samsung Galaxy. And football frenzy. The big season kicking off today. Were live at espns college game daye in ft. Worth, texas. Lee corso putting his head on the line. The predictions and the excitement as we say all good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] hey, good morning. We promised that nobody here will put an elephant on our head. At least thats not in the plan thus far. Yeah, never in the plan. Never in the plan. Good morning on this holiday weekend. Also coming up this morning weve got some breaking news were covering on the migrant crisis. So much human drama. This video just coming in, thousands of tired and hungry people, many of them children, finally arriving in austria after being stuck in hungary. However, this struggle is far, far from over. Well have the full story coming up. Yeah, germany said they expect almost 800,000 by the end of the year, and thats just an estimate. But we do want to start here with the big story here at home. A mass migration of a very different variety. The tens of millions of americans hitting the highways and airports this Labor Day Weekend. The great escape is fueled this year by low, low gas prices, but there are concerns this weekend including dangerous rip currents at some beaches. Rob marciano is standing by, but were going to start here with abcs mary bruce who is on route 50 in maryland. Hi, mary. Reporter hey, paula, good morning. While like so many other americans, we are hitting the road this morning, and we are not alone. So many others already out headed for vacation trying to beat the big rush. This morning, 35. 5 million americans traveling to celebrate the end of summer. I think just arrive early and try to have some patience. Reporter analysts are predicting over 2. 6 Million People will be taking to the skies. Many people will be on the rails where riders will face increased security and, most of all, the roads. Here at the maryland highway operations center, their cameras are carefully monitoring the brutal traffic on what experts say is the busiest travel day of this holiday weekend. Millions of cars clogging the highways, family road trips fueled by lower gas prices. The National Average now 2. 41 a gallon. More than a dollar cheaper than this time last year and 24 states are reporting gas prices under 2 per gallon. Many drivers already making big plans for those savings. I guess thats a drink for me when i go out tonight so or this weekend. You are the second person who has told us that theyre going to spend their savings out at the bar. Well, i mean, its Labor Day Weekend. You want to get out and have fun so, hey. Reporter now, if you want to beat the crush of traffic on the way home, experts say, stick to the timetested advice, hit the road early. Traffic is expected to Start Building up on monday, and it will only get worse. Dan. Mary, thank you. As paula mentioned just a moment ago, one big concern this weekend, rip currents on some barbs, so lets go to rob who has more on that and on the College Football forecast. Rob is in ft. Worth, texas, on the set of Espns College Gameday. Hey, man, whats going on . Well, lots more to talk about football later in the broadcast but i want to touch on whats going on. We have dangers on both coasts, dan. First off the lightning thats been fired up across much of the state of florida in the last 24 hours, dangerous lightning strikes there. We had over 90 reports of storms across the eastern half of the country with thunderstorms and then the rip currents. Want to show you this video out of southern california. This is firsthand stuff from lifeguards that were making rescues the past couple of days, just ongoing rescues with these dangerous rip currents that are out there. A big swell out of the south coming in. You got four and fivefoot sets, that relentless pounding on the beach is whats creating those rip currents from San Francisco to los angeles all the way down to san diego. Separately weve got the monsoon flow thats going to create more in the way of thunderstorms and maybe some dust storms across the desert southwest, so be aware of that. And for traveling this holiday weekend, the next couple of days some thunderstorms not only across the Northern Tier and parts of the southeast. Should be warm and dry across the northeast and also warm and dry here in the dallas ft. Worth area because that is where [ cheers and applause ] espn gameday is, baby, Sundance Square in ft. Worth, and the offensive for the game tonight, alabama versus wisconsin, temperatures in the 90s. All right, guys, theyre excited. Much more fun coming here from texas in just a little bit. Rob, well check in with you in a little bit. And it is the end of summer, which means that more people can now start taking a closer look at the candidates and the race for president. Your voice, your vote 2016 and democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton who remains entangled in an email controversy, she sat down for her first oneonone interview in weeks before going on to ntwademela perry where she raised up to 500,000 for her campaign. Abcs devin dwyer has details from the white house this morning. Good morning, devin. Reporter hey, good morning, paula. A fascinating interview with hillllary clinton who says she doesnt feel good about those growing public views of her as dishonest and untrustworthy and now shes on a mission to change peoples minds. Under a cloud of controversy overnight, Hillary Clinton took her campaign to paradise. Puerto rico. Reporter an island summit on health care with no mention of her email. Clinton trying to turn the page as summer comes to a close. I feel that i have questions to answer, which i intend to do at every turn. Reporter clinton offers no apologies for handling classified information on her private server, but in the rare sitdown interview, she does say this. At the end of the day, i am sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions, and i take responsibility, and it wasnt the best choice. Reporter voters view of Hillary Clinton has slumped to a 23year low, just 41 in a new gallup poll have a favorable opinion of the former secretary of state. Waiting in the wings, Vice President joe biden. He wants to challenge clinton but is struggling with grief over the recent loss of his son beau. The relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the Emotional Energy to run. Reporter for republicans the clinton email scandal has become a laugh line. I think it was on her server, but it was wiped clean, so were not sure. Mr. Donald j. Trump. Reporter but theyre not laughing about frontrunner donald trump who as of signing this pledge this week now swears allegiance to the republican party, then seemed to stumble on Foreign Policy. Are you familiar with general soleimani . Yes, go ahead. Give me a little go ahead, tell me. Well, he runs the quds forces. Yes, okay, right. Reporter trump dismissed it all as gotcha questions but his rivals see an opening on Foreign Policy where trump is less experienced and that is likely to be front and center in the next debate. Dan. Yes, it is. Devin, thank you. For much more on this, lets bring in abc news political analyst, the ace, matthew dowd. Hey, matt, want to talk about trump in a second. Let me start with hillary. Does this semiapology stand any chance of putting this story to rest . I dont think so. I think that this is only going to continue because as you know that theyre going to keep releasing these email records. Every month theres going to be a new batch of email records, and then she has to testify before the committee in october. I think this is going to stay for quite a long while. All the while joe biden waiting in the wings contemplating getting in. Waiting to see how vulnerable she is. Let me ask you about donald trump. Speaking of vulnerability, he has been teflon don. Does this gaffe on Foreign Policy dent his reputation in any way really . I think among his voters right now in the short term, no, not at all. I think the fear for him is that this happens two or three or four more times i think because part of the story on donald trump is that hes all style, no substance. And if this happens multiple times, then i think its a problem. This one time, its not going to hurt him in the short term. Very quickly, tell us about that policy you were just mentioning to paula and i out of florida. Yeah, there is a new poll out of florida in the republican primary, donald trump is first, ben carson is second and jeb bush in his home state when he was supposed to be the leading candidate nationally is third in his home state. Third. That says a lot about this race right now. Matt dowd, thank you very much. Youre welcome. Paula. Thanks, dan. And we move now to the gay marriage battle in kentucky. The conaboy clerk jailed for refusing to issue licenses to samesex couples because of her beliefs and she remains in jail saying this is a fight worth fighting. But while shes behind bars, those licenses have now been handed out at her office. Abcs alex perez now reports. Reporter hugs and cheers. We got it. Reporter for robbie blankenship, his partner jesse cruz and the five other couples getting licenses from a deputy clerk. Feels like a person. Reporter a stark difference from what happened here earlier this week when county Clerk Kim Davis refused to issue them a marriage license. Im not discriminating because im not issuing licenses to anybody. Yeah, you are. Absolutely. Reporter the couple, one of several, denied licenses here since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide in june. Under Whose Authority are you not issuing licenses . Under gods authority. Reporter davis jailed thursday, held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with the law. I want everybody else backing away. Reporter but even from her jail cell through her attorney, davis arguing the marriage licenses are invalid. Theyre not worth the paper that they are written on. Reporter a claim the county attorney disputes. Thats what the bible says. Reporter davis could resign, but if she chooses not to and doesnt comply, the judge could keep her in custody until she follows the law. If our government can bully you, then theyre going to make everybody bow down to what they want to do. Reporter her husband saying she wont give up. I dont care. They cant bully me. Reporter davis and her attorneys now plan to file an appeal to the judges Order Holding her in contempt. For good morning america, alex perez, abc news, morehead, kentucky. Alex, thank you. We want to turn now to that breaking news on the migrant crisis in europe. Here are the new pictures out of austria as thousands of exhausted people cross the border on buses. This happened just hours ago after days of being stuck in hungary. These are desperate families fleeing war and looking for a new life, and abcs Alex Marquardt is at the austria hungary border. Alex, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan. This is a very happy morning for thousands of refugees like those you can see right here behind me who have now crossed into austria after being blocked by hungary from leaving but austria has now welcomed them with open arm s. They will soon be boarding these buses for the next chapter on their very long journeys. This morning thousands of wet and weary refugees poured across the border into austria, exhausted but smiling, waving and cheering after being blocked for days by hungary from leaving on trains, the refugees, mostly syrians fleeing the war, decided to make the 150mile trek to the austrian border on foot. Wheelchairs and on crutches, old and young. See, see, sick. Reporter shes sick . Yeah, yeah, sick, but why didnt help . Reporter along this entire march the only food and water the refugees have been able to count on are donations from local hungarians. And you can see that the scene is so emotional for many of them that theyre crying. Small breaks gave marchers a chance to get a break and massage their aching feet. As dusk fell it looked like the journey would take days. Where will you sleep . In the woods. Reporter in the woods. But then late last night, the government announced they would send buses to ferry the refugees to the border. They got on suspiciously thinking they may be taken to camps. But as the sun rose, they streamed into austria, friendlier territory, one step further on their long journey for a better life. And, dan, the hungary chapter may be over for some of these refugees, but thousands more are still pouring into this country and weve just learned that another march has just set out from the main train station in hungarys capital to come to this border. This crisis far from over. Dan. Absolutely. There are its a good chapter for these people who just arrived in austria, but theres so many people coming behind them and these countries are going to have to figure out how to deal with it. Finally the world is stepping up, but these people are leaving everything behind, as you mentioned, theyre fleeing war, theyre fleeing terrorism all in search of a better life but everything they left behind. So many children among them. We want to turn things to ron with the other top stories were tracking right now starting with a scary scene at one of the most elite military schools. Thats right, paula. This is actually an annual tradition at west point. It is a pillow fight between freshmen, class members but it took a violent turn, this one becoming a bloody brawl. Check this out. This video posted online showing the cadets bashing each other with pillows, some of them had hard objects inside, 30 cadets were injured, some of them knocked unconscious. The kids were supposed to be wearing helmets but the video shows as you see there, many of them did not. This incident happened two weeks ago but officials at the u. S. Military academy just confirmed the melee to the New York Times earlier this week. The search for three men believed to have shot and killed veteran Lieutenant Police lieutenant joe gliniewicz. Investigators say they received several videos, some from traffic cameras, that may show the two white men and one black man who are the suspects. The videos have not been made public. Police are offering a 50,000 reward and a new 24hour staffed tip line in the case has been set up. And new England PatriotsQuarterback Tom Brady is speaking out for the First Time Since a judge overturned his fourgame suspension in the deflategate saga. Brady taking to his Facebook Page to thank his supporters and the federal judge in new york city who decided in his favor. He went on to say, i am sorry our league had to endure this. I dont think it has been good for our sport. To a large degree we have all lost. Brady and the patriots, the defending champions, open the season next thursday against the pittsburgh steelers. And Rosie Odonnells daughter who just turned 18 years old traveled to a new jersey courtroom and convinced a judge to lift an order barring her from having contact with steven shearer, the man accused of sending her obscene messages. Chelsea, of course, was 17 when she was found in shearers home hours after rosie reported her missing. The judge also reduced shearers bail, but he still faces charges of having inappropriate communication with her when she was still under age. And take a look at this dramatic rescue video caught on dash cam, Police Dash Cam in maryland. You see the car there in the distance in flames. This after a crash early friday. A Police Officer goes racing in there to try to get the driver out, who was trapped inside of that burning vehicle. He and the other responding officers had to smash the cars windows to get the driver out. That driver now in Critical Condition with severe burns. And finally, more proof that a cell phone, if you had any doubt, could be a life saver, in ohio, the owner of this drivethrough is lucky to be alive when his cell phone literally stopped a bullet for him. Security cameras rolling as someone in the backseat of this suv, watch this, opens fire through the glass, its going to happen here in a minute, shooting the store owner right in the chest. Luckily for him, he just happened to be holding his Samsung Galaxy right in front of his chest at the exact same spot where the bullet would have hit him. That bullet remaining lodged in the phone. Wow. Police are still looking for the gunman. A flip phone probably wouldnt have stopped that. And dont say im paranoid but im now carrying my iphone and every one i ever had in the past. Where is your blackberry . Its a dangerous world out there, folks. Those arent even operating. Hes just carrying them as shields. For selfprotection. Ron is bringing back his beeper which he only recently and reluctantly gave up. Coming back. To a lifesaving mission of a very different variety. It is happening off the coast of california. An enormous blue whale is tangled up in finishing line. Rescue workers have been trying for hours to free it. And, sara, you have the latest on this story. I have never seen a whale like this. And im sure the pictures will speak for themselves. As exciting and breathtaking as it is, its hard to see this beautiful animal tethered to a buoy that could cause problems if rescuers dont find a way to set it free. Overnight, dangerous conditions halting the unprecedented rescue of this massive blue whale off the coast of southern california. A whale watching tour rushing to rescue the largest animal on the planet after spotting it tangled in a commercial fishing line. Everybody has worked together to try to help this whale. Reporter our los angeles station kabc on the water less than 50 yards from the more than 100ton giant in distress. Look here. Thats its blowhole as it surfaces. This is the first time that we have ever seen a rescue of an entangled blue whale. Reporter rescuers dropping gopros into the water a