And also looking for a mysterious religious leader gone missing. Did he radicalize the young men who carried out this mission . And remembering a comedian with a conscience. The legendary dick gregory. The activist breaking barriers. When they say this show features living color, you Better Believe it. Fans and famous faces remembering his legacy this morning. Good morning, everyone. We want to welcome you to the show on this eclipse eve. Were counting down the total Solar Eclipse. Just one day away. The first in the continental u. S. In nearly 40 years. Were all over this thing. We have a team spread around the socalled path of totality. Including rob in oregon and ginger in nashville. Will cloudy weather eclipse the eclipse . The forecast and more coming up. Protests across much of the country. One week after the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia. At that White Nationalist rally. The largest gathering this weekend in boston, where tens of thousands utterly overwhelmed what was billed as a free speech rally. Where at least one far right figure was expected to speak. Incredible images. There were classes with police. Stephanie ramos was right there. Good morning, stephanie. Reporter paula, dan, good morning. The free speech rally demonstrators were totally outnumbered by counterprotesters. The Police Commissioner tells me his department was ready for this. People who showed up to counterprotests were passionate. Few were rowdy. Similar scenes played out across the country. Across the country, tensions running high as protesters and police swarmed the streets. Tonights rally protest has concluded. At this time, you are being asked to leave. Reporter in dallas, people gathering against white supremacy. Police on the scene in riot gear and on horseback. [ chanting ] this is is what democracy looks like. Reporter in atlanta, thousands of people marching in an antihate demonstration. Lets tear down hate. Love will conquer hate. Reporter while in memphis, hundreds gathering to call on the removal of a confederate statue. [ chanting ] hands up. Dont shoot. Hands up. Dont shoot. Reporter and in boston, at least 40,000 people streaming through the streets. According to police. Trying to stop this free speech rally, out of concern that it would be a platform for white supremacists. Despite denils from the groups organizers. That rally featured at least one white supremacist speaker. But it ended quickly. Thats when things got heated. Anybody coming down here, come down with a gas mask coming down here. Reporter this man chased out of the park, running toward police as crowds chant after him. [ chanting ] run, nazi, run. Reporter police forcefully pushing protesters back. Making at least 33 arrests. I wanted to come out and confront them head on. I didnt want to miss this change. Reporter this, just a week after the death of Heather Heyer in charlottesville when violent protests turned deadly. And more rallies are planned for today. Theres one in laguna beach, california, where people are planning to call attention to victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants here in the u. S. Counterprotesters are already there. Dan . Paula . A tough time in america. Thank you, stephanie. President trump was watching and weighing in on twitter from his golf club in bedminster. His response to last weekends violence in charlottesville created a foir storm when he mentioned the neyonazis and koupt protesters in the same vein. David wright is with the president and has more. Including the firing of trumps senior adviser. Reporter good morning, paula and dan. The president is getting ready to head back to washington, d. C. Tonight. Hard to believe this is the last day of his 17day working vacation. Hard to recall another president ial holiday thats been quite so tumultuous. Including the protests in boston this weekend, one week after charlottesville. [ chanting ] run, nazi, run. Reporter as these scenes played out on the streets of boston, the president watched anxiously in bedminster. Looks like many antipolice agitators in boston. Police are looking tough and smart. Great job by all Law Enforcement officers and boston mayor marty walsh. The boston major shot back sharply. Today, boston stood for peace and love, not bigotry and hate. We should work to bring people together, not apart. Trump didnt take the bait. He tweeted, our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protests in order the heal. And we will heal. And be stronger than ever before. Trumps administration could be in need of healing, too. His former chief strategist, steve bannon in a new interview, said no administration in history has been so divided among itself. Later this week, the president heads to arizona for a political rally. Potentially courting controversy there. Donald trump, our next president of the United States. Reporter trump has reportedly hinted he may pardon former Maricopa County sheriff joe arpaio. And sheriff joe arpaio. Great guy. Reporter he fashioned himself americas toughest sheriff. He was found guilty of criminal contempt after defying a federal judges order to stop racial profiling. Hes due to be sentenced in october. Trump is also not on the best of terms with arizona senators. This past week, jeff flake criticized trumps response to charlottesville, and published an op ed criticizing trumps immigration policy. Trumps relationship with arizonas senior senator is not much better. Not since john mccain gave the dramatic thumbs down on the Republican Health care reform bill, ensuring its defeat in the senate. That phoenix rally could be some fireworks. Dan and paula . Fireworks, david, thank you. And we want to head to our nations capital. Thats where we find martha raddatz. Our chief Global Affairs correspondent. Busy prepping for an edition of this week. We always love it when youre on the show with us. Good morning to you. Always happy to be here. Good morning to you both. Regardless of why steve bannon left and who is responsible for his departure, lets go back to the quote. That he gave to the Washington Post last night. We just saw it in the piece. No administration in history has been so divided among itself. With bannon gone is that likely to change the warring factions in the white house . I think it will change the dynamics in the white house. Look who you have left. A bunch of generals. Wall street executives. And you have family. I think that group has certainly gotten along, gotten along Better Together than they did with steve bannon there. Well have to think about the influence steve bannon will have on the outside. Going back to breitbart. He said if the Republican Party on capitol hill gets behind the president on his plans and not theirs, it will all be sweetness and light. One big happy family. But bannon added that he does not expect sweetness anytime soon. Well have to look at his influence outside the white house. Hes not been known as a purveyor of sweetness thus far. Let me talk about this week for trump. After the comments about charlottesville, trump was rebuked by members of his own party, business leaders, military leaders. This morning, the New York Times has a fascinating series of interviews with trump supporters. Who dont seem that bothered. I want to show you a quote from a 35yearold executive named parson hicks. Lets be honest. The people who are currently outraged are the same people who have always been outraged. Do you see trump losing support among his base . I saw that story, as well. As you know, tan and paula. I have crisscrossed the country over the last year to talk to voters as well. That base, that core base remains very, very strong when you talk to voters. I have heard quotes like the one you just gave me. This is who they elected. They look at donald trump. They think hes strong. They think he speaks his mind. They think the media is off base and elitist. I think that is representative. The problems he has are with those voters who couldnt decide in the end and finally went with President Trump. Those are the voters who are now looking at him in some ways and saying, maybe i made a mistake. One of the most fascinating dynamics in America Politics right now. Martha, thank you very much. A reminder. Martha will have much more analysis on the fallout after charlottesville and the president s response later the this morning on this week. Time to move on to the Solar Eclipse. Tminus one day before the event. Rob is in lincoln beach, oregon. The first place in the u. S. Where theyll see the total eclipse. Rob, good morning to you. Good morning, guys. Its a is celestial show like no other. 99 years in the making. And yes, its going to first make landfall, if you will, right here. You dont need a telescope. Everyone is excited. All you need is is these protective glasses. Theyre cheap. But theyre mandatory. Were at moes, an iconic place here in lincoln city. Where the employees are camped out because theres been such a huge influx of people. Theres normally 8,000 people in this town. Swelling to 100,000. In the state of oregon, about a Million People rolling in. That shadow touches base. We need clear skies. Cloud cover forecast. Most of the northwest should be clear. East of the coast range for sure. Idaho falls looks good. Lincoln. And eastern parts of nebraska. Kansas, a system rolling in there. Were worried about that. Nashville looks to be okay. Charleston. A lot of moisture there. Speaking of nashville, my partner in all things weather and science, ginger zee is in tennessee. Just as excited as i am. No doubt about that. Hey, g. Z. Hey. Good morning to you, rob. Good morning, everybody. These honkytonks behind me on lower broad, as the locals call it, are quiet right now. This place will be jampacked on monday. The Visitors Bureau says its difficult to estimate how many people will be coming in for the total Solar Eclipse. They say this city of 660,000 could feel like 2 million. A city known for country music. Now getting a new claim to fame as one of the best viewing spots for the onceinalifetime event here in nashville. Hey this family traveled all the way from philadelphia just to get into the path of totality. Its going to feel pretty cool to have it all bright and then completely dark in a matter of minutes. Reporter i got to hear a special eclipse tune. Ive been waiting for an eclipse song. From north carolinas mike waggett. Once in a lifetime, can you see the eclipse reporter cruising down broadway. We came across dozens of vendors selling pins, tshirts and this seller. How many for the glasses . 7. See it. Thats the iso number. 123122. Otherwise, youre getting fake glasses. Reporter there it is. Is that beautiful . Reporter millions travelled all over the country to get a glimpse of that total solar eclip eclipse. In lincoln center, oregon, these friends from new mexico booked their trip two years ago to get the perfect view. Were having a blast. Reporter and in madras, oregon, thousands camping out. One with a stateoftheart telescope. Others with total eclipse wine. So one of the tshirt vendors we met yesterday came in from washington, d. C. In one afternoon, he made 1,000 in tshirts alone. The Visitors Bureau says they expect overall spending to be 28 million just here in nashville. Paula and dan . You can imagine what that will do for the commerce tourism across the country. Were really interested in the Solar Eclipse wine that you mentioned. Maybe you can bring some back. Reporter okay, ill try to go steal it. Well see you a little bit later in the show. Thank you, ginger. Dont miss abcs live coverage of the Solar Eclipse tomorrow. The live coverage starts at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. Right here on abc. Dont forget to share your photos with us. In other news, Ron Claiborne has some news. Good morning. Are you ready . Yeah, im ready. Youre still shuffling. Im still organizing. Good morning to you. Paula. Dan harris. Good morning to you. Diane. Good morning, everyone. Begin with breaking news out of spain. Police announcing they have linked three rental vans to the main fugitive in last weeks terror attacks there. That suspect, 22yearold younes abouyaaquob. Police still searching for him this morning. Police say all three vans were purchased with abouyaaquobs credit card. Hes accused of driving one of those vans into a crowd of people last thursday, killing 13 people. Theyre also on the lookout for a local imam who may have had a hand in radicalizing the men. Involved in the terror plot. Meanwhile, mass is being held in spain this morning to honor the victims of those attacks. North korea releasing a warning overnight ahead of tomorrows joint military exercise between the u. S. And south korea. In an editorial, north korea calls the planned exercises an explicit show of hostility. Warning that it could escalate to actual fighting. Theres been increasing tension in the region. Since President Trump and north korean officials exchanged threats last month. Breaking overnight, iraqi forces are launching an operation to take back tal afar. One of the last isisheld territories in iraq. And in florida, investigators say two Kissimmee Police officers killed this weekend did not have enough time to return fire after they were shot. 45yearold Everett Miller shot officers Matthew Baxter and sam howard. Baxter died shortly after the shooting. Howard died saturday. Miller, a marine veteran with a record of Mental Illness made threats against police on facebook. If you didnt get a chance to buy a Powerball Ticket this weekend, i didnt. I, and or you, have another chance. There was no winner last nights drawing. The jackpot now swells to 650 million United States. The next drawing coming this wednesday, the 23rd of august. The winner stands to collect the Third Largest u. S. Lottery prize ever in the history of the world. Of mankind. Of mankind. Finally, not the usual excitement from a bachelor party. But its certainly something these guys will not forget. A group of eight men had to be rescued by the coast guard Early Saturday Morning near the isle of palms off the coast of South Carolina after the boat they were on got stuck on a sand bar. Oops. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Still not clear how they got stuck. Bachelor not in paradise. At least theyre not telling anybody. The imagination. Right to the culprit. At least nobody walks away with a face tattoo. Speaking of partying. Just want to point out that today is the birthday for one ron ronald claiborne. Happy birthday. That is incorrect. It is on this day a year from now is my birthday. This one doesnt count. Hes always legalistic. You know what we got you . A total eclipse. A day late. Thank you. Just for me, paula. Appreciate that. Were going to get you more tape. Ron loves his tape. Thank you, ron. Were going to go back to marciano. Back to ron, for real, happy birthday. Back to rob in lincoln beach, oregon. Hey, rob. Hey, of course, you know, my gift to ron is more elbow room today. Thats why happy birthday, buddy. Thank you. Many more coming your way. Were live in lincoln city, oregon. Obviously large crowds outside, if youre enjoying the show tomorrow and additional Severe Weather tuesday. Thats a look at whats going on weather wise, heres a check of the local forecast. Check it out. Reporter all right, rob were dry on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan, lots of sunshine up over the horizon. Theres the airport, everything looking good. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast going for a warm high of 88 degrees, lots of sunshine today in the 60s and low 70s right now. Low humidity all the way. So a great sunday. Tomorrow, well call it mostly sunny foree clips monday. One model has us clouding up more well keep our eyes on it. Program. It is a coasttocoast block party. Its all about the food when it comes to the eclipse, too. Speaking as a bostonian, are they allowed to do clam chow d they dont own clam chowder. There may be litigation. Im going to eat it any way. This morning, were celebrating the life of a civil rights activist and comedian, dick gregory. Fans are paying tribute to the man who so brilliantly used humor to fight against racism and to fight for social justice. And ron is back for more. He had some brilliant quotes. He really did. Dick gregory died in washington yesterday. He once said humor can no more find a solution to race problems than it can cure cancer. True. But his edgy brand of comedy made a lot of people, white and black, at least do some hard thinking about those problems. Dick gregory was a trail blazer. In the early 1960s. I think any baseball player having trouble. Thats a great sport for my people. That is the only sport in the world where a negro can shake a stick at a white man and it wont start no riot. [ laughter ] reporter his first big break was an appearance on the tonight show in 1962. He only agreed to go on the show if he could sit down with host jack parr after his routine. Before then, africanamericans would have to leave the set after performing. When they say this show features living color, you Better Believe it. Reporter one of the first black comedians with crossover appeal to white audiences, he would become an outspoken activist for civil rights. You can always laugh at problems thats right. Everybody in the whole world knows this is wrong. Then you can make humor and enlighten people. Reporter he marched in selma, alabama, in 1965. Protested the vietnam war. Often staging hunger strikes. Later in his career, he went on to perform in tv specials. Never losing his hallmark edge. I came back in last month. Cnn. Mr. Gregory, you think well ever catch bin laden. I said we . I aint looking for him. [ laughter ] im still trying to find out who my daddy is. Reporter this morning, reaction to gregorys death. Whoopi goldberg calling him a fall on your face laughing xheed kran. Singer john legend produced a film about him saying dick gregory lived an amazing, revolutionary life. A few years ago, he was asked how he wanted to be remembered. He said im the turtle. Hard on the outside. Soft on the inside. And willing to stick your neck out. He was 84 years of age. And certainly willing to stick his neck out. An important time to be having this conversation in america. Absolutely. And very, very funny comic. Absolutely. One of the jokes i read he said he spent nine months at a sitin at a lunch counter. When it was finally integrated, they didnt have anything he wanted to eat. All right, ron. Thank you for bringing us that story. Coming up on gma, the eclipse is just around the corner. You dont need fancy equipment to enjoy the viewing. The tools you may find in the kitchen cabinet. The Little League world series goes big. Why major leaguers will be taking to the field. Its coming up on gma this sunday morning. Keep it here. Coming up. While other Insurance Companies just see a truck, we see something youve worked really hard for. So why not give it the protection it deserves. With some big news about type 2 diabetes. You have type 2 diabetes, right . Yes. So let me ask you this. How does diabetes affect your heart . It doesnt, does it . Actually, it does. 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Accuweather says if you like today and the way it started, youll like the rest of the day. Lets go outside to david murphy in for chris sowers, hi, david. Reporter nydia, comfortable this morning, lots of sun, 71 degrees in philadelphia. 67 in trenton. 66 in allentown. Low humidity this morning. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast shows a nice summer afternoon, high of 88. Lots of sun, low humidity. Tomorrow well go with a mostly sunny skies for the eclipse. High of 89. Humidity might tick up as the day goes on. Theres a stubborn model thats clouding us up a bit in the afternoon and producing a shower most of us them arent. For now well go with a good eclipse weather pattern. Thats it for action news, were back in a halfhour. Im nydia han. Welcome back to gma. And thats a recreation. Its happening right now. Look out the window. Happened a day early. Oh, no. You missed it a precreation. To be technical . Everybody, you may wonder what story is eclipsing all others today. Its the total eclipse. Not the eclipse of the heart. She cant resist making puns. I apologize, everybody. The eclipse is apology accepted. The big story. Lets get back to ginger in nashville, who is counting down the hours. Hey, ginger. I love that youre still apologizing for paula. Wonderful. Always. Thats on a loop. Were live in nashville. Happy birthday, ron. Gotta get out there. Oh, thank you. I want to tell you about nashville. It is the biggest city in the path of totality. Get this, 50 of the United States population lives within a days drive. So thats a big reason we expect such a huge influx of people here to nashville. Also, just to explain, its a onceinalifetime event here in nashville. The last time it happened here, 1478. The next time it will happen, the year 2566. If you dont feel like moving in the future, you have to see it monday afternoon. We have seen several highway signs. Theyre all warning of heavy traffic. Thats what small towns are worried about. Like hopkinsville, kentucky, with all the people coming in. Theyve set up cooling centers. People from all over descending on small towns. There is a small town we need to get to this morning. Kelly, kentucky. Clayton sandell is there with people who are really excited. For this total Solar Eclipse. Clayton . Reporter hey, good morning to you, ginger. Were here at the kelly little green men days festival. What do aliens have to do with an eclipse . Wel well . Well, in august 21, 1955, there was an apparent alien encounter here. Now the folks, the true believers are wondering if some will come back. Hopkinsville and kelly, kentucky will be the dark center of the universe. Were the point of greatest eclipse. Reporter as the moons shadow races over, this area of western kentucky is a bulls eye. Making it an eclipse tourist magnet. Its a onceinalifetime thing. Almost every person that sees it, its the biggest event of their life. Reporter campers are pitching tents. Ballooning the population of 32,000 to as many as 150,000 people. This is interstate 70 in missouri. Every few miles you get a sign like this, warning drivers that traffic is going to be heavy on eclipse day. Hopkinsville spent 500,000 gearing up. Paying for extra police and cell phone towers. But they believe eclipse business will bring a 30 million jolt to the local economy. We have little green men. We celebrate aliens. Reporter down the road in kelly, they hope the little green men days festival will raise money to build a community center. This is where it all happened . Yes. Reporter it happens on the night Geraldine Sutton stith believes aliens landed on her fathers farm. I had people say theyre not coming down. Will they be back . Who knows . Kind of exciting. Kind of scary. Reporter and keep your probes to yourself. Now, while the kelly aliens may or may not be real, the Economic Impact is. They normally get about 3,000 people at this festival. This year, they expect 20,000. Paula . Dan . Clayton, this story had you written all over it, considering some of the places we have sent you. The star wars convention. By the way, theyre tickling your back right now. The aliens . You might want to the other guy. Right there. To your left. Reporter oh, geez. Clayton, thank you so much. Thank you, clayton. Lets check the forecast from rob marciano, which, by the way, if you translate marciano, it means martian. So he may be touching down at various spots in the path of totality. Youre brilliant. I knew you were going to go there, dan. You did . Im nothing if not predictable. Good morning, guys. People will come in droves weve loaded our kitchen and brought in staff to sleepover because we know roads will be packed. They are camping out right here. Sleeping bags and pillows in the middle of our dining room. Reporter lets talk about the forecast theres a threat of clouds for the northwest, looks good, clouds in the mid section of the country potentially obscuring some of the visibility. Everybody will see it, wear the glasses during the entire city. Lincoln, nebraska might see clouds and clouds in charleston, as well. Good news in the tropics, things are calming down at least for the moment. Thats whats going on weather wise and restaurant wise. Heres the local forecast. Reporter all right, rob were dry on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan and plenty sunshine around today. High of 88. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, some models suggesting we might cloud up a bit in the afternoon, tomorrow high, 89. Heres the clam chowder. I dont know, dan. It may have new england beat. Im just saying. I know theres a lot of pressure. These guys may rough me up. Dont say that. You know what . Dont anger the bear this morning. You cant trust rob, hes from mars. So theres that. Rob, thank you very much for your blatant new england bashing this morning. We appreciate it. That and the forecast. Coming up on gma rob can bring back some clam chowder for me. I will indulge, okay . He heard that message loud and clear. He did . Coming up, the eclipse is not just for sightseers and tourists. Why scientists are viewing this as a unique and vital opportunity. Were going to talk to a scientist after the break. And pickles and ice cream are so yesterday. Youll never believe what Serena Williams is craving during her pregnancy. Diane will have that story ahead. In pop news. Is that true . It is. It is. Thats cool. Feeling good in slim fit . Thats cool. Looking fabulous in my little black dress . Thats cool. Getting the body you want without surgery, needles, or downtime . Thats coolsculpting. Coolsculpting is the only fdacleared noninvasive treatment that targets and freezes away stubborn fat cells. Visit coolsculpting. 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Its exciting to everyone from casual viewers to hard core scientists. Lets bring in lucianne walkowicz, the chair of the action astrobiology at the library of congress. Good morning to you. Good morning. Theres been all the talk about the glasses. You say that a ritz cracker, and i have one here. A whole jar of them here. A ritz cracker will do the trick. Anything with a tiny hole will do the trick. Even if you have no chance to get to the glasses, youll still be able to project an image of the sun. So, you can use just a sheet of paper with a hole in it. You can use a cracker so you can eat it later. Or you can look for the sun streaming through trees. Thats my personal favorite. Is that anywhere that you would have dappled sunlight. The tiny holes between the leaves will project hundreds of images of the crescent sun while its in eclipse. Nice. What can scientists learn from an eclipse . For scientists so study the sun, one of the challenges is that the central disk of the sun is very bright. It makes it difficult to see the outer edge, the corona. That well all be able to see during the total eclipse. So, in the case of an eclipse, the moon does a very perfect job of blocking out that bright light. So we can study the outer layers. The reason you would want to do that is that that creates what we call space weather. Streams of radiation. And particles that can impact us here on earth and affect our power grid. Our Communications Satellites et cetera. I was going to ask you about animal behavior and whether i should be watching my cats during the course of this eclipse. Apparently, the answer is, no. So thank you very much for coming on this morning. Really appreciate it. And so do the people at ritz cracker. Dont miss our Team Coverage of the Great American eclipse starting tomorrow at 1 00. As paula puts one to my face. Right here on abc. And dont forget to send us your photos or videos. Coming up on gma, the major league news at the Little League world series and a dream of a lifetime. For some young players. What are they doing there . Is that the dougie . Theyre not eating ritz crackers. Is that the dougie . Theyre not eating ritz crackers. Where youll find advanced technology, precision Treatment Options and truly compassionate care. Start here with a team of experts who treat only cancer. Every stage. Every day. Its not one thing we do. Its the only thing we do. Start at Cancer Treatment centers of america. The evolution of cancer care is here. Learn more at cancercenter. Com experts Appointments Available now. So its an extra 5 off on all tyep, all this. All this. The moment you realize you can save big, even on the small stuff. You get an extra 5 off everyday on items big or small with your lowes advantage card. The toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. If you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. Help stop the journey of gum disease. Try parodontax toothpaste. Rok y . We got pencils, yes we do wideruled notebooks, scissors, glue weve got ice cream. Sprinkles, too everything you need to ready, set, go back to school. Welcome back, everyone. We are spotlighting the Little League world series today. Yes, its usually all about the kiddos. This year, the major leaguers are coming to town. The pirates and cardinals will be playing in williamsport. Espns all over the coverage. Thats where we find espn analyst jessica mendoza. Good morning to you, jessica. Good morning, paula. Exciting here in williamsport. Sounds like a busy day. We have the st. Louis cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates playing. Can you explain what thats all about . The first time in major league history, well have two teams playing here in williamsport, pennsylvania, around the Little League world series. It will be a low capacity crowd. It will be such an intimate field. You think about all the Little League kids are going to fill the stadium. The Major League Players will be at the Little League games. Such a special event. Interaction between the big leaguers and the little kids. What a great moment that is going to be. The Little League world series started, of course, thursday. Already riveting story lines. Yeah, we have had a perfect game from the team from greenville, north carolina. And also, the team from venezuela, struggled. With everything happening there. Politically. You think about the struggles that they have had. Only one bat. Major League Players have stepped up to pay for their travel for them to be able to be here. At the end of the day, you walk around this place, you see the interaction. I mean, these are kids playing a game that they love, theyre playing pingpong. Swimming, interacting the. Kids from mexico, japan, south korea. All over the world. Its like a miniolympics. A huge passionate game of baseball at the same time. Its passion. I love kids. They can learn so much from sports. Including standing up against bullying. What can you tell us about the Player Initiative . Major League Baseball has joined forces with espn and x games to change the bullying landscape across the country. Over 10 Million Students a year are bullied across the u. S. The shred hate campaign is to choose kindness, stop the bullying. Youre here around all these boys and girls here at the Little League world series. Getting along. Figuring out ways to be able to be around each other. I love this that major League Baseball and espn have joined forces. Jessica, love hearing you call games. And thanks for joining us this morning. Thank you so much. Enjoy that game, by the way. What a great atmosphere. Dont miss the classic, the st. Louis cardinals versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. 7 00 p. M. Eastern. On espn. Dan and i are going for st. Louis. And our bookends are going for bits. Our bookends. Go bucs. Ron on his 64th birthday looks like a 7yearold with that he looks like a 7yearold. And diane. Your hat looks better. Im a little bit jealous. My fitted cap doesnt fit quite so well. But im working on it. You wear it well. Pop news is next. Yes everyones got to listen to mom. When it comes to reducing the sugar in your familys diet coke, dr. Pepper, and pepsi hear you and were working together to do just that. Bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. Smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels, and reminders to think balance. Because we know mom wants whats best. More beverage choices, smaller portions, less sugar. Balanceus. Org its our back to school beeone cent evente. At office depot office max. 10 pack pens, one cent. Composition notebooks,scissors, and plastic folders all one cent each hurry to office depot office max. Taking care of business. You brush your teeth diligently. Two times a day right . But 80 of bacteria arent even on teeth. Eughty purschunt . colgate totals different. It fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums. Protecting 100 of your mouths surfaces. Colgate total for whole mouth health. Ithats why i use excedrin. Hold because of a headache. It has two pain fighters plus an amplifier and for some, headache relief starts in just 15 minutes. Now moments lost to headaches are moments gained with excedrin. baby aughs like this little guy, sam. Pets he eats blue wilderness. Its proteinrich, grainfree and made with more meat to satisfy the wolf spirit that lives in every dog. Right now, buy one select blue wilderness bag at petsmart and get 2 free cans or tubs. Because every dog still has a little wolf in them. And now, when you buy any bag of dog or cat food we give a meal to a pet in need. Its that simple. Petsmart for the love of pets. All right. Time for pop news. Were still geared up for the Little League world series. Lets talk pop. Starting off with Serena Williams. Most moms to be experience cravings. Any good marter in knows thats time to hit the supermarket. And apparently, tennis superstar Serena Williams and her fiance reddet cofounder Alexis Ohanian are no different. Theyre just like us. Sort of. I was told there would be cravings. I was not told they would be these. These are her cravings right now. Its amazing. Its amazing. So, yeah, that was asparagus. Artichoke. He has a cart full of green vegetables. She said she was trying to eat much healthier during her pregnancy. No pickles and ice cream so far. Ill eat that any way. Hot sauce with one. Peaches with another. And turkey sandwiches with my third. Those arent that weird. Millennials may be taking the term fur babies too literally. Have consider them starting children. Half believe raising a pet is a situation similar to parenthood. They shop for things like organic food. Bpafree plastics. I shook my head at first. And i realized, im a millennial, i have a pet bunny. I feed him organic vegetables. What do you think, parents . Having gone from cats to a toddler, quantum leap. Nothing prepares you. My training is not paying off. And your bunnys name is frank. He has a real person name. All right, finally, we have to get to the last story. Because we love food holidays around here. Today is a very special one. You have to guess. Can you guess what today is . National Ron Claiborne birthday day. Bacon. National bacon lovers day. So of course, we have bacon on the set. Paula, special for you. Can i have all of this . Yeah. Really . Oh my word. The best part about bacon holidays. There are three of them. I love you. Thank you for thinking of me. National bacon day. InterNational Bacon day. And theres National Bacon lovers day. You know a food is awesome when it needs three separate holidays. Thank you very much. Great pop news. Happy bacon day. Happy birthday, ron. You make getting up at 4 00 worth it. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Have a great day. Thank you. Have great day. B good morning im nydia han along with gray hall. Coming up on action news sunday morning, a clerk stabbed during an argument with a customer. Details on what happened inside a center City Convenience store. Plus, standing vigil, supporters of frank rizzo spend the night at his statue protecting it from vandals. Dave. Reporter lots of sunshine across the region, looking bright the rest of the way, what about about eclipse monday . Well have details from accuweather. Fios is not cable. Were a 100 fiber optic network. And with the new fios gigabit connection. You get our fastest. Internet ever. With download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. Switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for 79. 99 a month online for the first year. Plus hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for two years, all with a twoyear agreement. And switching has never been easier. Get out of your contract with up to a 500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. Go to fiosgigabit. Com 9 00 a. M. , sunday, august 20. In the news, a clerk at a center City Convenience store is stabbed and Police Believe the violence erupted over cigarettes. Two dozen people are hurt when a limousine bus crashes in the Lehigh Valley overnight. Plus, another chance of becoming an instant multimillionaire. The powerball drawing is growing again. Those stories, in a moment, but first, david murphy is outside tracking the accuweather forecast, how is sunday shaping up to be . Reporter its starting out nice, low humidity and sun up over the horizon. Feeling warm in the suit jacket, i dont know how much longer that will last on the terrace. Satellite and radar you can see how cloud cover swept through earlier. We might have cirrus clouds during the day, but it will be bright. 73 degrees in philadelphia. Same thing in wilmington, still in the upper 60s in allentown, reading and lancaster. 07 in trenton, 75 in millville. 75 in cape may. Dewpoints are low, were just slipping to 59 in philadelphia. So anything around 60 is not all that humid thats what
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