Im going to try for an uptown girl announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im michelle franzen. Im devin dwyer. Its great to have michelle with us today. Digital anchor. Weekend gma. We have seen your face all the time, more often on the other side of the camera. We are often talking to each other. And reena ninan is reporting in israel. Look forward to her reports this week. Good to be in here. And lots of news to talk about this morning. Including new details in that roller coaster accident that left riders rather stranded for five hours in maryland. First responders say riders were sitting upright, a few had cramps, back pain, dehydration, but there were no major injuries. Abcs jeff zeleny has the latest on this frightening ordeal. Reporter a wild ride becomes a wild rescue. 24 people suspended for hours. High above the Six Flags Theme Park just outside washington. They call it the jokers jinx, a roller coaster from 060 in three seconds. Watch here in this theme park video. The ride twists and turns with no pauses or brakes. Six train cars abruptly stopped. Leaving passengers stranded at least 75 feet in the air. Fire fighters reached the riders, handing out food, water and umbrellas to shade them from the blistering sun. From the scene, fire chief marc bashoor tweeted this will be a long term rescue. He tells abc news there are no early signs of injuries. More than three hours after their ordeal began the rescue started. It took hours, stretching into the night. One by one, passengers lifted to safety in a towering ladder truck. A carefree summer day at the park suddenly becoming anything but. Jeff zeleny, abc news, washington. That must have been quite a harrowing experience for them. Stranded there for hours in the heat, not knowing when, help was coming. So hot there. 75 feet up. And i have never seen this before. But they actually handed out umbrellas to the passengers while waiting up there. So they could shield the sun. Five hours, that ride is normally 56 seconds. Under a minute. They were up there a heck of a long time. Unclear why it got trapped, stuck there at the top of the ride. Thankfully wasnt upside down. Officials say computer glitches sometimes make it stop. Hopefully figure that out again. Breaking news now from suburban st. Louis where looting and vandalism has broken out. Some people seen smashing store windows and carrying away merchandise. Some streets were lined with cops and riot gear being yelled at and taunted by angry residents. The violence followed a protest over the death of an unarmed teen by police. Still plenty of questions this morning about the weekends car racing tragedy in upstate new york. That one left one young driver dead. 20yearold kevin ward jr. Crashed saturday night in the small dirt racetrack. He jumped out of his car, pointing in the direction of three time nascar champ tony stewart, you saw him there. Stewarts passing car struck ward killing him. Just an unbelievable tragedy. Our hearts go out to obviously kevin and his family. Stewart pulled out of yesterdays nascar race. Authorities called him visibly shaken as they questioned him about the incident. The sheriff says there is no evidence to support any criminal intent. But the charges havent been ruled out. Tony has done the exact same thing as kevin ward jr. Did over the weekend. In fact, the history of car racing is full of similar examples, drivers getting out of their cars, to confront another. Abcs paula faris reports. Reporter road rage its an alltoofamiliar scene in the world of racing. A sport where tempers can flare. This is not what the series needs nor either one of these drivers. Mixing it up in the pits there. Drivers routinely put themselves in harms way because experts say thats the nature of the sport. But sometimes it goes too far. Get to the back bumper. Reporter they take off their helmets. Hurl objects at drivers. Hurl objects at opposing drivers. Even kicking a competitors windshield. There have been calls for tougher rules to keep drivers from running on to the track. This is something that happens all the time in all forms of racing. Stewart has done it himself in the past. So, if there is anything that would change, i would have to say that might be it. Reporter or in this case, watch as the driver hops out of his car, runs on the track, gets dragged by another driver. Slams into the wall. Then starts chasing the car again. Until track security intervenes. While this weekends tragedy may bring change to the track. The need for speed will still push some to the edge. Paula faris, abc news, new york. Quick thinking and heroism by three eyewitnesses saved an idaho family after a plane crash. One even reported the accident before their private plane hilt the ground and caught fire. He knew the plane was in trouble right after takeoff. Unable to gain enough altitude. Three men independently raced to the soccer field. The door was open. My first thought was they got out theyre fine. But there was no one around. I was like, no, theyre still in there. When we got in there, the flames were coming in. Heat was coming in to the cockpit there. And we had to work fast. The Good Samaritans pulled the pilot, his wife and daughter out of the wreckage moments before the fuel tank exploded. All three passengers were hospitalized but are very lucky to be alive this morning. In iraq for a Third Straight day, u. S. War planes carried out air raids trying to beat back isis. They come as iraqs embattled Prime Minister struggles to hang on to his political power. Resisting calls for his resignation. Making accusations the countrys new president violating the constitution. Abcs Chuck Sivertsen has the the latest. Reporter u. S. Bombing runs like these battered isis positionsen iraq. U. S. War planes were sent into action after president obama decided to expand the u. S. Military role in iraq. Saturday, 11 20 a. M. Eastern time. Fighter jets and drones, destroyed an armored personnel carrier. Threatening an iraqi minority group. 20 minutes later, u. S. Aircraft struck three more targets. It was a followup strike destroying another. At 3 00 p. M. Eastern. The final target of the day was demolished. The president reportedly met with his National Security advisers three times in less than 24 hours. To retool u. S. Military policy in iraq. That includes protecting thousands of refugees who are trapped on a mountain. And threatened with death by isis fighters because of their religion. Our attention is focused on preventing an act of genocide helping the men, women and children on the mountain. Reporter some 15,000 of them have managed to escape. U. S. Military cargo planes have already parachuted them 3800 gallons of water and 16,000 meals. The president says he has no particular timetable for success. This is going to be a long term project. Reporter isis forces much tougher than expected. They threaten erbil considered iraqs safest city with the u. S. Consulate and hundreds of u. S. Citizens. Will the new air campaign turn the tide . Much more effort will be required to achieve a positive outcome. Reporter how much more is the question dogging president obama as he tries to enjoy his summer vacation. Chuck sivertsen, abc news, new york. After a month of heavy fighting in gaza another attempt at peace this morning with a new ceasefire agreement. Explosions could still be seen on the gaza skyline last night ahead of the deal brokered by egypt between israel and hamas. A similar threeday truce last week collapsed. And fresh violence over the weekend. Nearly 2,000 people have been killed over the past four weeks. Now to South Carolina where Severe Weather has claimed more lives. A woman is dead, a man traveling with her is missing after flash flooding caused by heavy downpours. 5 to 6 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. The two had gotten out of their car after it got stuck and were swept into a storm drain. New yorkers saw a very rare weather phenomenon. A dust devil on a baseball field yesterday afternoon. Like a tornado but much less powerful and lasts a shorter time. This one only a minute. And here is a look at your weather this morning. It will be hotter than usual in the northwest. Very wet in new mexico and colorado. Eastern half, heavy rain, thunderstorms and showers today except for the northeast which will be bright, sunny today. The heat will be on in los angeles. 80s in l. A. Kansas city, atlanta, washington. Close to 100 degrees in portland oregon. Not far behind in dallas. Memphis and atlanta will be in the upper 80s. Mid 80s for the midatlantic states. Depending on where you are, maybe its not too late or early to check out the socalled super moon. If you think you missed it. Here is what it looked like. A super moon. A full moon happening at the same time as the moons closest approach to the earth during orbit. It appeared 14 bigger and 30 brighter than when it is farthest away from earth. Now if you missed out on the super moon. Dont worry there is another one scheduled for september 9th. We should run outside and go see it. We should. It was beautiful, saw it along the skyline. See, michelle, she runs out. They say, next months moon will be bigger, brighter. Little fun fact before i move on. I am a geek here. I learned, 49 moons could fit inside the earth, did you know that . Did not know that. Didnt know that. Tiny. I geeked out. Who know that . Narcissism in the kardashian home. Thats not new. Who is selling an entire book filled with selfies . Also ahead, taking taco bell upscale. The expensive new ingredients including, lobster is the hot new trend in the restaurant business. You are watching world news now. 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Thats my tide plus. Its raining tacos from out of the sky tacos i wish it was raining tacos. I could go for one right now. I could eat a taco right now. We could swing through taco bell. What do you say . Think so. Theyre hoping to feast, get it, feast, on americas shifting taste. Theyre actually opening a new restaurant with a different menu. Its part of a trend called fast casual dining. Higher quality food with fewer processed ingredients but still in a hurry. Abcs brandi hitt checked it all out. Reporter you wouldnt know from looking at it but this is taco bell. The Restaurant Company that brought the waffle taco and fiery doritos loco taco supreme is going upscale. Serving up brisket in texas and lobster from the north atlantic. In a 9 taco. All at this restaurant in huntington beach, u. S. Taco company. The latest trend as fast food chains struggle to survive competing against fresh and natural fast casual options, chipotle. And panera which have seen their sales rise 13 . Compare that to fast food chains with sales below 5 . Even mcdonalds is trying to keep up offering mccafe lattes. And popeyes revamped to focus on louisiana roots. U. S. Taco opens monday. More restaurants are on the way. The company hoping it will help them rise above the fast food fray. Brandi hitt, abc news, huntington, beach, california. What do you think caviar tacos . Lobster tacos. Wheres my lobster tacos. Traditional seafood its raining tacos this is from my chichis days. Chichis, a blast from the past. I do table side guacamole. Make it spicy. Spicy, i like that. Dishing up the lobster tacos there, right . I was. And then i hide things in my sombrero. A show for the kids. Didnt have that there. Coming up, last nights teen choice awards. Who is taking the prize for their hot fashions . Member of the Kardashian Family cashing in once again by publishing her selfies. Next in the skinny. Announcer world news now continues after this from our skinny so skinny well, time to check out the skinny. Topping our headlines this morning. Billy joel, christie brinkley, together again at least for an evening. Remember the piano man, featured brinkley in his classic video uptown girl back in the 80s. A few nights ago, joel had the opportunity again to serenade his original uptown girl. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] whoo uptown girl i see her in uptown world [ indiscernible lyrics ] the 60yearold supermodel had front row seats at the Madison Square concert, as camera crews caught her in the jumbotron at the end of the song. Looking at pictures brinkley posted from the concert on instagram including one selfie captioned hes still got it. And brinkleys daughter sailor filming from the front row there. Last night, a big night in the entertainment world brought out hollywoods biggest and brightest stars. Thats right. The teen choice award gave us a look at some of the hottest fashion trends. Lets check out some of the red carpet looks that had everyone talking. Selena gomez looking very classy here in an allblack pant suit. Simple yet elegant ponytail. Singer Ariana Grande in a slim white number. Two big trends seen throughout the night. Bold colors and midriffs, both seen here on the lovely jordin sparks. As always fashionable taylor swift, there she is, following the midriff trend. As well. Thats right. A word youll be hearing. Midriff. Thats right. Rounding us out pretty little liar star, lucy hail, short red dress. Looking good last night. Well, kim kardashian, as you know, michelle who . Kim kardashian . Famous for being kim kardashian. The product she is selling. Her upcoming book, selling, surprise, surprise, her on the title. Titled kardashian selfish. All 352 pages include selfies she took. A years worth. The project started, took 1,200 selfies on a trip to thailand. She was going to make it into a go tow photo album for her husband kanye west. Now, you can have a copy too, or give the as a gift, 20 next april. Affordable. Coffee table book. Another moneymaker. Writer on the show true detective do you watch the show . I watched a couple of them. He is denying that he ripped off another writer. There had been claims that nick pitsaloto, borrowed work from horror author thomas legate. Claims centered specifically on the dialogue of detective russ cole. Hbo said all the work is original. Controversies with plagiarism, hollywood, politics. Make it original, people. Stick to your own comedy. All right. Hbo says theyre standing by the writer on that. All right. More to come. Stay with us. More to come. Stay with us. More to come. We do . I took the trash out. I know. And thank you so much for that. I think we should get a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Right now . 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