Victory as Michael Phelps and ryan lochte go headtohead with a photo finish now heading for the finals and Carmelo Anthony setting a u. S. Olympic scoring record as they edge out australia in a nailbiter. Were live in rio for all the action. Good morning, america. Usa, usa. How about Katie Ledecky, pushing team usa to yet another gold medal in the pool. And look at her teammates, reach out, grab her hand at the end. Another gold for team usa. Big day ahead. Amys tracking all the excitement in rio. It is so exciting here, guys. Team usa dominating in the water and on the bike. Finishing strong, celebrating there with her 5yearold son and we have her amazing story just ahead. Okay, amy. Well get back to you. First that breaking news, a massive fire in maryland taking down an apartment complex. Firefighters rushing to save survivors. More than two dozen people taken to the hospital. Abcs Gloria Rivera is on the scene in silver spring, maryland. Good morning, gloria. Reporter good morning, robin. The scene here is utter destruction. Officials say they still dont know what caused the fire and explosion but you can see crews are still on the scene working to put out hot spots. Overnight, a massive fire engulfing this maryland apartment building. At least 25 people rushed to the hospital as firefighters race to put out the blaze. An eyewitness took this video of what the massive flames looked like just a few feet away. County police on scene advising people trapped on 7th and 3rd floor. We got a report of people trapped on the 4th floor. Reporter watch as two residents escape the smoke filled top floor climbing out on to a waiting fire ladder. Residents forced to jump from upper story balconies. Children dropped by their parents from windows. Five to seven people still unkoltunovaed for as nearly 200 rescue workers responded to the inferno. Witnesses reported hearing a loud boom. Nearby homes shook as debris like this door scattered across the street. It appears there was some sort of explosion. All i heard was a big boom and it sounded like an earthquake. Really bad to see that fire going up and going up. Reporter First Responders setting up a makeshift triage station on site. People seen dazed. Bandaged as the fire rages. The fire chief saying that before emergency crews got on the scene there were multiple civilian rescues. Neighbors saving neighbors, search and rescue teams will stay on the site until everyone from those 28 apartments is accounted for. George. Okay, gloria, thanks very much. We move on to breaking news from the border. New details emerging on a foiled suicide bomb plot in canada where Police Killed the suspect. Martha raddatz has all the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. Canadian authorities believed the planned Suicide Attack on a major city in canada was imminent. S. W. A. T. Teams and the bomb squad swarmed a residence about an hour north of the u. S. Border where 23yearold aaron driver was hiding out eventually killing him in a hail of bullets. Canadian television says driver planned to use a homemade bomb to carry out the Suicide Mission in a public area with the goal, george, of creating mass casualties. And, martha, he had been on their radar. Reporter he had. He was known as an isis sympathizer who posted on social media. Although there is no evidence yet that he was directed by the terror group. But he had been previously arrested. Police say he once published instructions for aspiring jihadists to reach syria and referred to nonmuslims as enemies. Thank goodness they stopped him. Thanks very much. Thank goodness, indeed. To donald trump not backing down on those Second Amendment comments seen by some as a threat against Hillary Clinton. His rival now reacting and Abcs Cecilia Vega has the latest from the Clinton Campaign trail in des moines, iowa. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter robin, good morning to you. This is not going away for donald trump. He says those Second Amendment comments were designed to unite Second Amendment supporters but Hillary Clinton speaking out about them for the first time here in iowa says her opponent is inciting violence. Overnight the republican nominee doubling down on those controversial comments about clinton and Second Amendment supporters. From florida we need our Second Amendment reporter to virginia. We have to protect our Second Amendment which is under siege. Reporter but clinton telling supporters her opponent is inciting violence. We witnessed the latest in a long line of casual comments from donald trump that cross the line. Reporter but trump continued his attack on clinton and president obama with a new accusation. Isis is honoring president obama. He is the founder. He founded isis. And i would say the cofounder would be crooked Hillary Clinton. Reporter this morning, a new batch of just released state Department Emails raising fresh questions about whether favors were exchanged for donations to the clinton foundation. Trump is pouncing. Pay tore play. Called pay youre not allowed to do it. Its illegal. Reporter while Clintons Campaign says Hillary Clinton never took action as secretary of state because of donations to the clinton foundation. And weve also just learned Hillary Clinton is expected to release her 2015 tax returns. That could come as soon as tomorrow. Ten years worth for her new running mate tim kaine, a likely move to put pressure on donald trump to release him. Trying to smoke him out. Lets bring in matthew dowd for more. This was supposed to be the economy week. Donald trump had his speech on monday. Hillary clinton today speaking on the economy but, of course, its being dominated by other things. First off on donald trump, is he digging himself into a hole with these Second Amendment comments or are we overblowing it . I think probably both. Hes digging himself in the hole and the media pounced on it in a way thats exacerbated it. Any reading of it he didnt actually threaten Hillary Clinton but it was a stupid remark that hurts him in the long run. This is the problem with donald trump. He cant stay disciplined long enough on one topic in order to break through and get the numbers back with Hillary Clinton. Meantime, you got more emails coming out on Hillary Clinton and a report in the New York Times up to 100 Democratic Party officials have been hacked so likely more releases to come over the next few months. The question is, is this baked in for voters or will this new information really hurt . George, you know, every time we watch the campaign it looks like a marvel comic movie as if russian hackers, a guy climbing the building, villains in the course of this race, i think this is embarrassing, but the question is, when they come out whether its really, really harming her in the course of this. We saw that the emails released in the course of the Democratic Convention took down the chairwoman of the party. This is problematic because it feeds a story that Hillary Clinton among the majority of the country dont feel they can trust her. At the same time shes expanding the electoral map right now. Democratic officials talking about moving into states like georgia which democrats havent won since 1992 and North Carolina which president obama lost in 2012. Well, the great thing about this, george, is that actually looks for the first time in a long time well have a National Race because the map is so big for Hillary Clinton now and the map has become much smaller for donald trump. Its no longer eight target states in the course of this. We have now expanded the map probably for the biggest time since the 80s in the course of this so maybe the majority of the country will be part of the conversation. Youre saying still keep an eye on those third party candidate, third and fourth party candidates. Gary johnson and jill stein. Yeah, george, this is like a race an olympic race in the swimming pool. When all the splashes is going on in the middle of the pool look for the people on the outside lanes that can get through it without the wake. Gary johnson could Gain Momentum and if he gets in that president ial debate, the first president ial debate there is no telling what could happen in this race. That could make a big difference. He has to gain points to get there, 15 threshold. Matt dowd. Thanks very much. We turn to that attempt to scale trump tower in manhattan using suction cups to make his way up 21 floors before Emergency Responders pulled him inside. Abcs gio benitez is outside trump tower and has the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter robin, good morning to you. It was a tense and dramatic scene here as we watched that man hang off of this building and now were told this morning all he wanted to do was meet donald trump. This morning, a reallife spiderman in Police Custody after scaling new yorks trump tower wednesday afternoon. Now hes undergoing a psych evaluation. Watch as the selfprofessed trump supporter from virginia ascends to the buildings 21st floor using industrial grade suction cups. The stunt lasting three hours. He was probably looking at another six to eight hours on the wall. This type of climbing is well known to be incredibly slow. Slow enough for authorities to cut through several glass windows then grabbing the daredevil, pulling him to safety. I reached out, i took hold of his hand and i said, sir, you need to come with me. Reporter hundreds of bystanders and pedestrians on the ground captivated. Even from inside witnesses shocked. Oh, my goodness. Police say the unnamed man. Who released this video manifesto tuesday was heading up to the 56th floor home to, you guessed it donald j. Trump. Im an independent researchers seeking a private audience with you to discuss an important matter. Reporter and while donald trump has only responded on twitter to thank those Courageous Police officers, it seems he can count on the stuntmans vote. Be sure to get out and vote for mr. Trump in the 2016 election. Reporter and this morning that man is getting his psychological evaluation and once thats all over he will be arrested and charged most likely with Reckless Endangerment and trespassing. Robin and george. All right, gio, thank you. Gridlock when that was happening. All kind of strike scenes happening in this campaign and we move on to the olympics. More gold. Katie ledecky leads them to victory as Michael Phelps and ryan lochte kick up their referrrefer epic rivalry. Nailbiting races and team usa stars giving their all as they go for gold. For Katie Ledecky of the United States. As expected, the u. S. Women win gold in the 4x2. Reporter call them the golan girl, katie led leading her team to victory in the womens 4x200 freestyle relay in a neck and neck race. Watch as ledecky pulls ahead of australia in the final leg. Winning a full second behind and now a full second ahead. Reporter the u. S. Women now winning this event five of the last six olympics. Looking pretty smooth again. Reporter and swimming superstars Michael Phelps and ryan lochte going headtohead in the 200 individual medley semifinals. Phelps placing first with lochte behind him coming in a close second. Both will swim in the finals tonight. Phelps hunting for his 22nd gold medal. And there is chalmers. Nathan adrian winning bronze in the 100meter freestyle. And Nathan Adrian gets the bronze. Reporter josh prenot taking silver and a surprising win for the u. S. Diving team. That was beautiful. Reporter sam dornin and Michael Hixson somersaulting into silver in the mens synchronized springboard, the highest american finish in this event. A disappointing night for the u. S. Mens Gymnastics Team. Oh. Who finished seventh and 14th. Japan taking gold. And Gold MedalistKristin Armstrong pedaling to her second gold in cycling. Watch as the 42yearold collapses to the ground after crossing the finish line shedding tears of joy. Her 5yearold son leaping into her arms. For him to experience this, i think that is an experience that every mom would love to bring their child. Reporter here armstrong shows off her new gold medal lucas who were happy. She is a 43yearold woman today. Happy birthday to her. Two reasons to celebrate big today, george and robin. What else are you looking forward to today . I got a lot to look forward to but mostly im so excited about the u. S. Womens gymnastics. Simone biles and aly raisman take on the world in the individual allaround so i will be there to watch that and then phelps and lochte will go headtohead in the highly anticipated 200meter im finals. A lot to watch. Jesse has his eye on that matchup as well and the medal count overnight. Thats right. As of right now team usa leading in gold medals and overall medal count, china is second place, japan, russia, australia round out the top five. My florida gators. Athletes doing outstanding, won five medals so far. Thats more than 196 different countries. They have a chance for a sixth medal tonight with ryan lochte swimming and another florida gator, conor dwyer who is going to be live on the show with us coming up in just a little bit, robin. I know youre proud. Thank you. Someone that both of us knew very well now to the life and legacy of legendary Sports Reporter and host john saunders. So many remembering the longtime espn anchor and member of the abc family who massed away wednesday at the age of 61. And here are todays Sports Reporters. Reporter john saunders, the legendary and versatile espn sportscaster hosted and provided playbyplay coverage for nearly three decades. Simply put, he was the real deal. Congratulations to the National Champion texas longhorns. Reporter ill always remember my dear friend for his warmth, his distinctive baritone voice and his hearty laughs. Tuesday night baseball reporter for the past 15 years john hosted the Sports Reporters a sunday morning roundtable discussion with his insightful commentary, his calm, cool and collected demeanor, john tackled issues of the day. One of the most ridiculous things ive heard is someone questioning the leadership of an africanamerican athlete by saying he isnt black enough. Black enough for who . There was another africanamerican some labeled not black enough, now they call him mr. President. Reporter among his many roles at espn he covered College Basketball with the late jim valvano. Their partnership on air blossoming into a friendship and when jimmy v. Passed away, john became a Founding Member and served on the board of directors for the v foundation for Cancer Research championing the cause as his own. Oh, he was a proud canadian. He never hid his love for hockey but it was his family that he loved most. His wife want do and daughters aaliyah and jenna. For the espn family, a significant loss. I have some shocking and sad news to report to you. Reporter espn president john skipper saying he was one of the most significant and influential members of the espn family, as a colleague and a mentor, he will be sorely missed but most certainly not forgotten. Not at all. So much to his legacy and many in the espn family were reaching out to each other before the news broke. I gave you a call, jesse. You had already heard from some producers there, something so special about him. Yeah, you know, the world lost a great human being and a great father and a great colleague, but even a better friend. He was so good at tv. I was always in awe of him that way working with him. He made me better at my job. I was lucky to work with him but more than that he made me love this profession so much more because i spent all my time with john laughing and smiler. A real mentor. The reason i did nfl primetime which really put me on the map is because of john. He stepped down to do baseball and he was the one that shoved me in the boss office and said ask for that job. He was great but, you know, as great as he was an even better human being and im a better person as a broadcaster. That he was, yep. Hes going to be missed. He will be. Lets move on to rob. What do you got . As a viewer he was just a joy to watch. No doubt bit. Connecticut there was a tornado in north haven, ef0. It skipped ahead toward long island we have last 24 hours, severe rainfall in Nora Muchanic and parts of utah new mexico and parts of utah and arizona. This front gets hung up. We could see rain in the works five inches in pittsburgh. Where it is not raining, its going to be very, very humid. Reporter good morning, everybody, im meteorologist, karen rogers. We could see a couple of showers and thunderstorms popping up near lancaster and reading watch for this with the humidity. Lots of clouds out there, in Atlantic City youre seei