GMA3: Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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Have you seen any dinosaurs?

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What kind of question is that?

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On August 14th.

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I think that our neighborhood has moved.

**Tori Johnson** (0:10)
We're in the past.

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Summer ends on Oak Street. Run! From producer GJ.

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Abrams and Hathaway, Ewan McGregor.

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We're gonna survive.

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The End of Oak Street, directed by David Robert Mitchell.

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Rated PG-13.

**Will Reade** (0:27)
May be inappropriate for children under 13

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August 14th.

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From ABC News headquarters in New York City, this is GMA3.

**Will Reade** (0:37)
Hello, hello everybody. Welcome to GMA3. I am Will Reade.

**Hannah Batah** (0:40)
I'm Sophie Plague here with Hannah Batah, and we are so glad you could join us on this Wednesday. Yeah, happy to be here at Midway Point through the week and happy to bring you guys some incredible news as we reach the endpoint of our week. Coming up, the miracle baby who is home, happy and healthy after undergoing groundbreaking surgery in the womb. We hear from the five months old parents.
And the game-changing experimental new food allergy treatment that could save lives. We'll tell you how it works.

**Will Reade** (1:04)
We got a great show in store for you, but we're going to start with the latest on those devastating wildfires in Washington state. As the man accused of starting one of the fires faces a judge for the first time, Alex Stone is in Spokane. Hello, Alex.

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Hey there, Will. Yeah, so many families are coming home to this. Where there is very little left, this home is owned, was owned by a newlywed couple. They've only been married for two months. They've got children, they've just been moving in here. Now, they've got to figure out what they're going to do. And we are learning about the escapes that people made to get out of this area, the incredible ways that they were able to get away. Take a look at this video of families actually using boats to get out of the flames. This is on the Autumn Lane fire, which is one of the three fires burning here. Last night, I talked to one of the men on these boats. He told me they had to get out, and they jumped in their boats. They spent the last Saturday night huddled on a marina. Eventually, they were able to go back in on Sunday, and thankfully, their home is still standing. But they've been helping firefighters. They've been battling back flames themselves. Any time the flames creep closer into their neighborhood. The man who's accused of starting the Old Trails fire, which is the one that burned all of these homes, he was in front of a judge briefly yesterday. Prosecutors saying the 37-year-old was seen crouching down in trees. I can believe starting that fire and, guys, people who live here, they say they don't know what they're going to do. They've got to decide, do they rebuild and work on trying to stay here and coming back? Do they take their insurance money and decide that they're going to sell their land and go somewhere else, something all the wildfires we've covered that go through neighborhoods, people have to decide. They've got a long road ahead, guys.

**Hannah Batah** (2:46)
Yeah, tough decisions ahead for that tight-knit community there.

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Alex?

**Hannah Batah** (2:49)
Hard images to see as well. Absolutely. Thank you. Well, now to McDonald's with a new warning amid slowing sales. Elizabeth Schulte joins us with more. Elizabeth, this is really quite the change for the fast food giant.

**Elizabeth Schulte** (3:00)
Yeah, Hannah, good to see you guys. So McDonald's is warning about what it calls a challenging consumer environment. Sales at its US restaurants from April through June grew at the slowest pace in more than a year. The fast food giant had rolled out a big slate of deals to try to attract diners who are frustrated with high prices. But McDonald's admitted that some of those deals just fell flat. For example, it had launched an under $3 menu in April. You could get, for example, sausage McMuffin for $1.50 and McDouble for $2.50. But only about two-thirds of the franchises actually ended up offering that menu at the suggested prices. McDonald's CEO says all the promotions that it offered at the same time actually led to confusion for staff and customers and said it is tough to break through when you have that many messages out there. We know that these fast food value wars have gotten very heated with chains like Burger King, Wendy's, Subway all offering competing deals. But we are seeing people, some people just skipping restaurants altogether. Actually, a new AP Nork poll out this week found more than half of Americans have cut down on eating out in order to pay for other necessities, guys.