Im on the edge and gone. And the dodgers dream of a perfect game going, going, gone. Nine innings of no hits destroyed by this walkoff home run. And gone. Could this cover have been their jinx . And good morning, america. There is a lot of news to get to this morning. We want to get right to that hurricane watch. Its happening on the gulf this image from nasa. That is Tropical Storm harvey from space. Its massive. And it is gaining strength right now. Evacuations under way in some parts of texas preparing for the worst stocking up on supplies. We want to go right to ginger tracking the storm. Good morning. They are right to prepare for the worst. This will be a heavy rain event and flooding that could impact life and property. Weose both this weekend. Tropical storm harvey that fmed overni redeveloped and you can see its about 300 miles south and east of brownsvi max sustained winds right now, m at 10 Miles Per Hour. There are hurricane watches, Tropical Storm warnings and a for a large area but this flood watch extends to san antonio for up to 20 inches of rain. We have to get to the track in a couple of moments. But first our matt gutman standing in water ins christi. Eporter hey, good morning, ginger. Right, water is the major story now. Check this out. The water here off Corpus Christi is like a bathtub. 87 degrees which is great if you want to go swimming very bad for a storm. Itically turbo charging harvey and all morning long our phones have been buzzing with hurricane warnings texas is very much on its toes this morning. This morning, texas declaring a state of disaster with city as600mile stretch of the gulf of mexico bracing for catastrophic rainfall. We need people to be aware. Reporter harvey churning toward the texas gulf coast upgraded to a Tropical Storm overnight. Major cities including houston and san antonio forecast for a deluge of over a foot of rain from this plus potentially devastating storm surge. Were going to have flooding. All bayous pot a residents there emptying chefs. Many Stores Selling out of basics including water. Some of the wat batteries. Just getting ready for it. And Emergency Responders preparing for the worst this morning. Local Law Enforcement practicing for potential helicopter rescues. College campuses under mandatory evacuations and drivers warned to avoid the roads as main thoroughfares are shut down. 12,000 students could potentially be locked out of the local university here. Theres sandbagging operations all over is as far away as new orleans, 55 that wont b to handlehe. We tk ginger the timing. I know thats important to everyone so as it gets going the next 24 become a c landfall Early Saturday Morning, just south of Corpus Christi in this latest track. Then it sits around and thats going to be the problem. It does not move much and thats where youll end up getting significant rainfall. Some of the warnings have up to 25 inches locally. A wide swath of 8 to 15 inches and you can see it goes all the way as matt was saying up through louisiana. Storm surge, two to seven feet. Huge waves that we will talk about in just a bit and, guys this is going to be a big storm, not just because of the storm surge but because of that rain much like Tropical Storm alison. Look at these images from 2001. This was only in quotes a Tropical Storm but if we remember there were 5 billion in damage more than 20 people dead. 30,000 homes in houston lost because of the rain george. Boy, a rough weekend coming for the gulf. Okay thanks very much. We turn now to the big powerball winner. One Ticket Holding the key to that more than 750 million jackpot. It is the largest prize ever won by a single ticket and it was purchased at the handy Variety Store in watertown, massachusetts, and that is where we find abcs gio benitez. He is there with the stores owner who imery happy this morning, gio. Very happy, good morning. Im actually joine store te me congratulations becausere you are. Thank youveore for 11 as happened be very happy,yeah. Her store now gets 50,000. Yep. Because of this. But i wanto go ahead and take a because you might have some of these winninumbers ap prize. Winning ticket at this store hit all of those winning 16 23 26 and tha powerball 4. That lucky winner could get the a lump sum of 480 million. After a lastminute rush for tickets across the country. At the height of the rush sales 10,000 per minute and over in texas, were talking about more than 60,000 per minute and you know what it turns out this is the fourth time massachusetts has sold a winning Powerball Ticket. So a lot o here amy. Thats true and you mentioned you should hook at your ticket because there are a lot of millionaires waking up this morning and they might not even know it yet, correct . Reporter thats right and you got to look at that ticket. Even scan it at the store to make sure that you dont have one, but there are six 2 million prizes right now and there are 341 million prizes right now. So im going to go look at that ticket because i dont think i looked at it close enough. Imnd right now, gio. Thank you. George. Good luck to both of you. The latest from president the white house after a western tour marked by striking shifts in tone. First that fiery attack on the media and fellow republicans in phoenix then a call for unity and healing in reno. Our chief White House Correspondent jon karl has the story. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. It was a defiant twoday trip out west where the president aimed some of his harshest attacks at fellow republicans. As the president returned to the white house overnight, he ignored questions on whether he plans to pardon controversial sheriff joe arpaio. On his trip out west the president did a political version of dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde. After tuesdays 75minuteis critics. I always hear about the elite. I went to better schools than they did. I was a better student than they were. I live in a bigger more beautiful apartment and i love in the white house too which is really great. Reporter on wednesday, he talked of love and unity. It is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. Reporter the two speeches just hours apart were shockingly different in tone. We are defined by our shared humanity by our citizenship in this magnificent nation. I really think they dont like our country. I really believe that. And by the love that fills our hearts. I hit them with neonazi. I hit them with everything. Reporter in arizona the president also lashed out at the states two republican senators. Prompting the speaker of the house to issue a plea for republican unity instead. I think the president feels thats a strategy that works for him. I would just say i think its important we all stay unified. Reporter in arizona the president also threatened a Government Shutdown if congress does not fund his border wall something that is not sitting well with fellow republicans, paul ryan said, nobody wants a shutdown and Mitch Mcconnell put out a statement saying he has a Good Relationship with the president saying we are working together to develop tax reform and infrastructure legislation to grow the economy and create jobs to prevent a government default and fund the government so we can advance our priorities in the short and long terms but, george youll notice in that statement, no mention of the border wall and i am told that mcconnell and the president have not spoken in more than two weeks and their last conversation was a tense phone call where the president was essentially shouting at mcconnell over the russia investigation. Tense times in that showdown looming fast. We saw yesterday Hillary Clinton speaking out, an excerpt of her book coming out in september where she talks about that moment in the debate with donald trump where he was looming behind her. Lets listen. Well what would you do . Do you stay calm keep smiling and carry on as if he werent repeatedly invading your look him in the loudly and clearly, back up you creep. Get away from me. I know you love to intimidate women but you cant intimidate me. So back up. She might wish now she had said that but this book is going to be coming out in september when all these other big issues are hitting. Reporter it shows she will not hold back and, george the presiden never ended. Thanks very much. Lets bring in matt dowd for more on all this. Matt, yesterday you talked about jekyll and hyde President Trump, and one of the things were seeing the public at least, in the most recent poll the quinnipiac poll showed by 6231 21 margin the public believes that President Trump is a divider, not a uniter. George i think this is a huge problem on two fronts first for the president politically. The American Public does not see him at all in any way as a moral leader that can unite the problem. A problem for him but for the country you and i talked before the inauguration and i said to you, i thought we were at as great a divide in our country as we were entering the civil war and if were in that situation today and dont have a president the American Public trusts then we have a huge problem getting to the common good and if we cant get to the common good then our democracy becomes very problematic. Even less likely to get to the common good to come to unity if in september we have a Government Shutdown and maybe a default on our debt. Well yeah that goes straight to Donald Trumps vulnerability which was he was a businessman. Hes going to make government work. Hes going to bring people together and do all the things and make it like a business and if we go at a situation and the government is shut down because of threats from the president , it even makes it harder to move forward. Okay matt dowd thanks very much. New developments into the investigation into what caused u. S. Officials to fall ill in cuba. We are now learning more about what may have led to hearing and memory loss and whether it involved a sonic attack. Abcs Victor Oquendo is in miami with all of those details. Good morning. Reporter good morning, amy. Some of those officials were medically evacuated right here to miami for immediate treatment. This happened months ago but the investigation is still very much ongoing. This morning, troubling new information about those american officials working in havana cuba who suddenly fell ill. Yes, there is a pattern taking place here. Yes, there is something there is something going on. Reporter but the u. S. Government doesnt know exactly what happened or who was behind it and now several Government Agencies including the fbi are on the ground in havana to find out what why at least ten american Staff Members and their families started experiences strange and severe physical symptoms in late 2016 including hearing loss and according to our miami station wplg memory loss, loss of balance and vision issues. Sources telling abc they appeared to have been targeted by a sonic device that produced inaudible audible booms, human ear much like a dog whistle. Tony are you there . T sounds like something out of a hollywood movie, not even iron man was a match for this sonic device but in real life they can cause permanent damage. If this is a type of weapon the type of device that could be used in other places i think theres real reason for the state department to be concerned about our diplomats in other countries where we have tents relations. Reporter while the investigation deepens those officials that returned home are being treated and closelydoctors. Those incidents have caused a variety of physical symptoms. Not eve experienced the same type of symptoms. Reporter cuba denying any in res involv u. S. Expelled two cuban diplomats from washington, d. C. According to the state department there are american staff mes who chose to stay and continue working in havana and for them medical professionals were brought in for an evaluation. Amy. All right, victor thank you. Doorstep of the National Football league more than 1,000 supporters of quarterback Colin Kaepernick rallied outside League Headquarters on wednesday. They claim kaepernick who remains unsigned this year has been blacklisted for taking a stand against Police Brutality kneeling during the national anthem. His supporters are demanding the league pass a rule that would protect players from any retaliatory actions resulting from personal protests. But critics say its kaepernicks performance on the field thats to blame for his lack of a job this season not his protest. George. Thank you. There are new questions about how beach towns are protecting their shores after images like this sharks hunting fish near the hamptons and theres been a recent surge in sightings at cape cod with one politician recommending dramatic action. Abcs eva pilgrim is here with the story. Reporter its not that anyone wants to see in the water with them at the beach, that fin sticking out. Fatal shark attacks are rare but recent great white shark encountetakep people safe. This morning, controversial proposal protect packed end of beaches from sharks prompted in part by two Close Encounters just this week. Monday just feet from swimmers on cape cod beach a great white shark was caught on tape attacking a seal. Listen as the beachgoers panic. Screaming running out of the water. I heard a lot of screaming and yelling. Then yesterday another shark. Theres my board. Theres the teeth. Reporter taking a bite out of this paddleboard at a beach a few miles away. The man unharmed by the shark. It actually launched him in the air and got right back up on his board and paddled to the shore. Reporter both beaches briefly closed but for some the encounters too close for comfort coming after a summer filmed with terrifying images of beachgoers uncomfortably close to the endangered predators. In may dozens of great whites surround a paddleboarder in california. Paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks. Reporter in cape cod a county official saying it is of tefore someones child is killed and proposing a controversi mitigate the threat. His plan to toss baited drum lines near beach destinations using hooks to catch and kill them. The backlash fierce. Experts saying the idea is illconsidered incriminate and will not influence beach safety. Now, what freaks us out, Scientists Say sharks being in the areaf a healthy ecosystem. Theyre there to feed not on us but on the seals and in both of those cases in massachusetts there were seals in the water nearby. That explains it. You, eva. There is the saying i think weve alls no crying in baseball but tell that to fans in los angeles this morning. 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