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A London man hopped in a cab to protect himself from a group of assailants who smashed through a window, stabbing him repeatedly ... with a dashcam capturing it all.

Shocking video -- currently circulating on social media -- shows the terrifying attack ... kicking off when a cab carrying several passengers arrives in East London in the early morning hours last month.

Watch the video ... the London cabbie's dropping off three guys, speaking excitedly with one of them -- a totally relaxed, normal end to their ride that quickly turns harrowing.

J.D. Vance is trying to claw his way out of the "childless cat lady" controversy ... purr-suading everyone he's not a cat hater, and claiming people totally missed his point.

Donald Trump's running mate appeared on "The Megyn Kelly Show" Friday ... claiming haters are too busy fixating on the sarcasm in his old 2021 comments and not enough on the supposed wisdom he was trying to drop.

The U.S. Senator from Ohio attempted to clear things up ... saying the real point he was trying to make was having kids and becoming a parent was good, and seriously shifts your perspective in a major way.

Jason Aldean's concert featured an unwelcome surprise -- not another country star, but a fan who got onstage ... this before he got laid out and carried out, which we have on video.

TMZ has obtained footage from Savannah, Georgia's Enmarket Arena -- where JA was performing Thursday night -- after a man hopped onstage ... only to get manhandled by uniformed officers, who lifted him up and dragged him outta there.

Watch -- a man who appears to be a security guard is already holding the dude down just feet away from the country music star ... yelling in his face before cops rush over and nab him.

Bianca Censori's not letting anyone dictate her style as she steps out for lunch with her hubby, Kanye West ... in a daring, summer-ific, boob-bulging outfit.

The model ignored Chateau Marmont's business casual dress code Thursday ... rocking a micro bikini top that was clinging to her for dear life, desperately trying to contain all her eye-popping cleavage. Mind you, this was as she arrived in the lobby of L.A. hotspot -- not a poolside fit.

BC finished off her barely-there ensemble with a pair of seriously racy matching booty shorts -- oozing her usual body confidence as she hopped out of Ye's Cybertruck.

"Hawk Tuah" girl Haliey Welch is swinging back at Nick Kyrgios ... she says she doesn't wake up in the morning and hate on other people, unlike the tennis star!!!

We got the viral sensation at Beverly Hot Springs in L.A. and our photog asked her about Nick saying there's no longer a correlation between fame and talent.

Haliey -- who went viral for her street interview response, referencing fellatio in her unique way -- tells us she's not going to let Nick get under her skin.

An arrest has been made in the fatal stabbing of a woman in San Dimas, CA, which saw another woman strolling down a residential street with a Samurai sword and gashes on her leg.

Weichien Huang was booked on suspicion of murdering her wife Chen Chen Fei on July 18 ... according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept, which says Huang attacked Fei with a Samurai sword during a domestic dispute at their San Dimas-area home.

Huang also allegedly attacked Fei’s mom ... who managed to snatch the sword away from Huang and flee into the street to get help.

The mother of George Floyd's daughter is weighing in on the police-involved shooting that took Sonya Massey's life ... calling on Kamala Harris to help end this endemic killing.

Roxie Washington -- who shared her daughter, Gianna, with George before he was murdered -- tells TMZ ... her heart is broken for Sonya's family, and she says this incident only further reminds her of how unjustly George was taken from his own loved ones in 2020.

We're told Roxie and Gianna actually watched the body cam footage of Sonya being shot together -- and needless to say, it brings back memories for her ... which is why she's throwing her support behind President Biden's VP, the only person she believes can fix this.

Charli XCX and Kamala Harris are the collab heard around the world, and while the lime green memes of the presidential candidate are flooding social media, Kamala's not the only star in the spotlight having a Big BRAT summer!

Charli recently dropped her 6th studio album titled "BRAT" and took to Twitter and called out, "kamala IS brat." The singer defines BRAT as: "That girl who is a little messy, likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes ...."

The phrase is actually a term of endearment amongst the Gen Z'ers ... and gives Kamala edge and "rizz" 😜!

Big stars like Meg Thee Stallion, Amelia Gray and Bhad Bhabie have been livin' their best BRAT lives -- showing off their braless fits, posing with cigs, scraggly street style, and owning TF out of their trashiness!

A guest on FOX Business suggested Vice President Kamala Harris slept her way to the top live on the air -- and he did so by invoking none other than the now-viral Haliey Welch.

Author Alec Lace went on the network earlier this month to talk shop, and it quickly became clear he was no fan of Dems or the VP, especially when he referenced her in very vulgar terms.

The shocking moment is just now going viral because of Harris' presidential campaign.

Watch ... Lace was trashing Kamala, calling her the "DEI Vice President" and saying the Democratic party's prospects are grim. Then, he called KH the "original Hawk Tuah girl."

The guys who had a whale land on their boat out in the open seas are luckily fine now -- but in the moment, they saw their lives flash before their eyes ... and we got the full story.

Ryland Kenney and Greg Paquette -- the two friends forced to scramble from their boat after the huge sea mammal landed on the engine -- stopped by "TMZ Live" Wednesday to recount the life-or-death moment ... and it certainly sounds dramatic.

It started out as a regular fishing trip -- but Kenney and Paquette say things quickly went south when the humpback whale breached and came crashing down on their vessel.

Check it out ... the guys say Ryland had a fish on the line when the sea creature crashed down on the boat flipping it -- and them too -- into the water off the New Hampshire coast.

Matt Gaetz used the FBI Director's testimony on Donald Trump's assassination attempt to score political points ... veering off the topic to question him about Joe Biden's cognition.

The controversial congressman just took his turn firing off questions at Director Christopher Wray ... and, while his colleagues have asked a series of questions about the attempt on the former prez's life, Gaetz instead focused on Biden dropping out of the race.

Gaetz asks exactly when CW first noticed Biden's "cognitive decline" including when Wray might've started noticing Biden not picking up on some things quite as quickly in their briefings.

Thomas Matthew Crooks rigged multiple explosive devices to blow up and had a remote transmitter at Donald Trump's rally ... this, according to testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray.

The federal bureau's top man's currently testifying in front of a Congressional Committee about the shooting that nearly claimed the former President's life ... and, he says the law enforcement agencies recovered three bombs, presumably set up by Crooks.

Check out the clip ... Wray says they found three total devices -- two in his car and one in his home -- all with the ability to be detonated remotely. There were receivers at the scene for two of the devices, and Crooks had a transmitter to detonate them.

The Paris Games got a good omen ahead of their official kick-off this week ... the moon rose perfectly inside one of the Olympic rings that had been set up on the Eiffel Tower!!

Check out these stunning images from France -- as the moon crawled into the night sky ... it couldn't have taken a better path for one lucky photographer who happened to be at the iconic monument at just the right time.

Not only did the orb cross through the center ring -- it created some other amazing visuals as it danced around the Games' symbol.

Kathy Hilton caused a bit of a stir at a Los Angeles fashion show, bumping into a model as she walked the runway – and the embarrassing moment was caught on video.

The 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star attended Monday's event to support fellow cast member Sutton Stracke. Other 'RHOBH' stars were also in the crowd, namely Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Bozoma Saint John, Erika Jayne and her mom, Renee Chahoy.

Watch ... Kathy was standing on the runway chatting with Renee when the statuesque model struts up behind her and places a gentle hand on her back to guide her out of the way.

The "Green Dress Girl" from TikTok is looking past all the negative comments on her viral post ... 'cause she's looking forward in hopes of landing a gig with Beyoncé!!!

Rachel Parrish -- BKA her TikTok handle @raechristine___ -- recently went viral after her critique of club culture sparked a major online conversation ... and she joined us on "The TMZ Podcast" to tell us how her life's changed.

Despite being incessantly mocked for her club fit -- a green dress and some white heels -- Rachel says she's mostly ignored the haters and focused on the positives ... like being recognized in the airport.

Yellowstone National Park tourists were sent scrambling after an unexpected hydrothermal explosion occurred at a geyser there ... which left a destructive scene in the aftermath.

The incident took place Tuesday around the Biscuit Basin area of the park -- which is just over 2 miles away from Old Faithful. Luckily, there were no reports of injuries following the explosion ... however, it caused damage to the sightseeing boardwalk.

Biscuit Basin's parking lot and boardwalks are temporarily closed in order to prioritize visitor safety ... with YNP's geologists currently investigating the event. They say the hydrothermal explosion was not a sign of an impending volcanic eruption ... and said there's been no changes to the Yellowstone region as far as they can tell.