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Concussion and three small spinal cord fractures. However, shes conscious and okay. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 8th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you all. We begin this half hour with the death of a 10yearold boy during a family outing at a water park. Caleb schwab was riding on the slide in kansas city, kansas, the tallest in the world 17 stories high. The name means insane or crazy in german. Riders have to follow some strict rules. Theres no word, though, on how this accident took place. We honestly dont know whats happened. Thats why an investigation, a full investigation is necessary. All our rides are inspected every day. And our rides are inspected by an outside party at the start before the season starts. The water park will be closed yet again today because its lifeguards may be too sdrau t distraught to work there. The first fatality since the park opened seven years ago. To politics, donald trump looking to get back on message as he delivers an economic speech in detroit. Hes been struggling in the polls as well as in several states. He tried to mend fences with the republican establishment, offering delayed endorsements to House Speaker paul ryan as well as senator john mccain. And he reserved his harshest attacks for Hillary Clinton. Your voice, your vote. Heres devin dwyer. Reporter down in the polls, donald trump delivered a new line of attack. The people of this country dont want somebody thats going to short circuit up here. Reporter the republican nominee trying to use clintons words against her. What i told the fbi, which is truthful, is consistent with what ive said publicly. I may have short circuited it reporter trump pouncing as clinton widens her lead in a new abc news poesht poll. Clinton up eight points, gains among women and support among democrats. Trump, on the other hand, struggles to win over some republicans like Ohio Governor john kasich. I wish that i could be fully enthusiastic, i cant be. Reporter trump facing strong disapproval for his treatment of the muslim parents of a fallen american soldier. Hillarys comments dont get the same attention that trumps do. Reporter a proclinton super pac releasing a new ad featuring a goldstar mother talking about her outrage at how trump treated the khan family. When i saw donald trump attack another goldstar mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. She was standing there. She had nothing to say. I would like to tell donald trump what it feels like, the sense of emptiness that only losing a child can bring. Reporter trustworthiness still a problem for both nominees. Clintons running mate trying to reassure americans their administration would be more transparent. The bottom line is this she made a mistake, and she said over and over again, i made a mistake, and ive learned from it. Im going to fix it, and i apologize. Reporter devin dwyer, abc news, washington. One more issue involving donald trump. Theres another mexican official whos dismissing trumps promise to build a wall and force mexico to foot the bill. This time its mexicos foreign minister who called the idea absurd. She said that they would never consider it, and she added that the real issue is not a problem about a wall but a problem about narrow minds. Hundreds of protesters gathered last night in chicago two days after the release of videos related to the Police Shooting of 18yearold paul oneal. The videos show Police Shooting at a stolen jaguar that oneal was driving. Then oneal veers right into a police cruiser, crashing headon. Theres no video of the actual shooting. Thats Something Police are investigating. Police investigating the Fatal Shooting of a man while he was playing pokemon go. 20yearold calvin riley was playing the game near san franciscos fishermans wharf. Police are collecting information from surveillance cameras. Authorities say the suspect did not take any of rileys property or attempt to rob him. They have no motive for the murder so far. From what we know, there was no confrontation. Nothing said back and forth. It was senseless, came up, shot him in the back, and ran for nothing. Investigators are asking anyone in the park at the time of the shooting to come forward. Its not clear if the attack was related to the game. A fundraising website has been created. Now to a skydiving accident over the weekend in california. The men were diving in tandem, attached, when a parachute failed to open. The skydiving company was in the news earlier when a plane with 15 passengers took off and landed upside down. Pistorius is being treated for minor wrist injuries sunday. The former track star told officials he was injured after falling out of bed and did denying that he attempted suicide. Hes serving a sixyear sentence for the murder of his girlfriends death. Before the death, pistorius was planning to retire after the rio games. At home, hundreds of firefighters battling a fastmoving brush fire in the San Bernardino mountains. The socalled pilot fire has forced the evacuation of dozens from their homes. The fire grew 1,000 acres within just hours on sunday. Its now burning about 55 miles east of los angeles near silverwood lake. And gulf coast florida residents are being warned they may have to evacuate their homes this week. Heavy rains and flooding are expected from pensacola to tampa with as much as 12 inches in some areas. The downpours are also likely to cause road closures and extend into alabama and georgia. The lowpressure system will linger at least through thursday. So bad, in fact, all of the deep south will see showers and storm today. The wet weather extends all the way from the gulf up into the Tennessee Valley and across to the carolinas. There will also be rain later in the Central Plains and southern rocky. Atlanta, new orleans, and miami all heading for highs around 88 today. Highs in the northeast and midwest about the 80s. Only reaching 81 today in los angeles. It will be much cooler in the northwest. And its getting cheaper and cheaper to drive. The average price for a gallon of selfserve regular gas this morning is 2. 12. Thats 13. 5 cents less than it was just a month ago. Almost half a dollar less than this time a year ago. California has the highest prices. South carolina the lowest. Gas prices are being driven down by falling oil prices. Okay. Now to quite a milestone. The Miami Marlins Ichiro Suzuki has reached a milestone with a triple off the wall in denver. That was his 3,000th hit. Hes the 30th Major League Baseball flyer do so and the first is from japan. Only one other player hit the 3,000 milestone with a triple, paul molitor, suzukis hitting coach while in seattle. The marlins beat the rockies 107. Hes 42. Might be a little bit of an asterisk next to him. You think . A lot of those hits were during his nightmare japan. Fine. His time in japan. Fine. Debbie downer. The yankees Alex Rodriguez calling it quits after new york plays tampa bay friday night. His fourth time with 696 home runs. He may be a first in the number of headlines over his career. Heres abcs adrienne bankert. Reporter Alex Rodriguez counting down the days. I love this game, and i love this team. Today im saying goodbye to both. Reporter the new york yankees releasing the controversial lightning rod from his contract. The 41yearold emotionally reflecting on his career. At 18, i just wanted to make the team. Reporter the slugger, plagued with troubles his last several seasons. Suspended in 2014 for performance enhancing drugs. And this year, a miserable one on the field. Striking out more often than scoring. Arod himself admitting the struggle. Its been very painful and embarrassing to sit on the bench. Reporter the shakeup shocking to his fans. I grew up watching him, and i kind of feel like hes being forced out. But thats the powers that be that made the decision. Its not a farewell to the franchise. Arod will remain as a special adviser to the team through december of 2017. And the yankees still on the hook for his salary next year, 21 million. He hasnt been a really productive member of this organization or professional baseball in a long time. Reporter love him or hate him, hes still a major crowd draw. Bleacher seats for arods last game already skyrocketing to more than 400 face value. Abc news, new york. This is not the way the nfl planned to begin the 2016 preseason. The league canceled sunday nights hall of fame game between indianapolis and green bay because of poor field conditions in canton, ohio. You can imagine it put quite a damp or what was a weekend of celebrations for the 2016 hall of fame class. Eight more men now have busts in canton including brett favre, you see there. He said what drove him was hearing that his father tell a High School Coach that the young quarterback could play better. I spent the rest of my career trying to redeem myself and make him proud. And i hope i succeeded. I think so. I think he probably has. He did. Favre also said that he had fun had in his 20year career. And sometimes he couldnt believe that he was being paid to play the game. Good for him. Aaron rodgers was there. Watched that and not the bachelorette. Really into that, huh . Yeah. Coming up, the u. S. Taking first place in the medal count at the summer Olympic Games in rio. Were bringing home the gold in a number of events including swimming and gymnastics. Well have complete wrapups ahead. And a heart stopping video of a crash along an arizona highway caused by drivers tailgating. What you need to do to stay safe on the road. Youre watching world news now. 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Scored its first individual swimming gold medal of the summer olympics in rio. Michael phelps has another gold to put in his crowded medal closet, i imagine. He has a different apartment for it. What are the highlights . Were going to see tonight exciting stuff. As we head into day three of the games, the United States is leading the medal count with 12. While the weather in rio has proven unpredictable, american athletes are performing solidly across the board. In windy rio, athletes getting literally and figuratively blown out of the water. Rowing teams canceling their events after gusts reached up to 35 Miles Per Hour, knocking over fencing and ripping off banners. In the pool, Katie Ledecky shattering a world record in the 400meter freestyle to take the gold. Earlier that day she anchored Freestyle Relay Team to take silver. Michael phelps helping the mens team take a gold. Earning his 23rd gold medal. The Gymnastics Team dominating the first round. An unheard of 10 points ahead of the chinese team. Threetime champion simone biles leading the way with electrifying routines on the balance beam, vault, and on the floor. There were still stunning upsets. Venus williams and her sister, serena, losing a doubles tennis match for the first time. Venus also lost a single match earlier in the day, but serena is still in the running to take it again in rio. Serena was the best serena in london ive ever seen. I can only hope i get there again. That was insane. Reporter other nations had to deal with setbacks off the field. Kenyas track and field manager sent home and facing investigation following the release of a video showing him offering to protect athletes from drug tests. And one entire team banned. They failed the para athletes. Their medals over morals mentality disgusts me. Reporter now remember, guys, team russia is still competing in the current games. Although more than 100 athletes were banned as part of the same doping scandal. In fact, the International Olympics committee ignored recommendations to ban russia outright and got a lot of criticism for it, guys. All right. Not a great day for the williams sisters, but a pretty good day overall yesterday for team usa. What happen today . What are the big highlights . Overall, huge. 12 excuse me, 12 medals overall, theyre ahead. Tonight well see the first woman to wear a hijab for the American Team compete in fencing. Were also going to possibly see for the first time in 92 years female womens rugby take home a medal tonight. Thats right, the womens rugby team could go for the bronze. Female gymnastics tonight and tomorrow. It was fun watching some of the parents in the stands during the gymnastics. Aly raze mans parents looked like my parents watching the pickup games going like there and this. Swaying along with her. Reenacting it with her. It was cute to watch. I think any parent could sympathize. Special moments. Thank you for joining us this morning. Coming up, the crash on an arizona interstate caught on video. What one driver was doing that nearly caused her life. Video. What one driver was doing that nearly cost her her life. World news now continues after this from our abc stations. Welcome back. Were always told how dangerous it is to fol were always told how dangerous it is to follow another car too closely, especially on the highway. Rarely do we see a dramatic and frightening video that shows how dangerous tailgating can be. Reporter this car caught on camera careening out of control. The horrifying highspeed accident, a graphic display of the dangers of tailgating. Watch again. The driver in the green ford quickly reacts to avoid a mattress on the road. Swerving and hitting the truck in the next line and then the rocks on the left flipping across this arizona interstate. The driver, a 23yearold from texas, miraculously walks away unscathed. Her life saved because she was wearing her seat belt. Arizona Authorities Say she was driving too closely to the vehicle in front of her and didnt have enough time to react to the mattress. So how long does it take to respond . A total of about a second and a half to see something, react appropriately. And a second and a half doesnt sound like much. Does it really make a difference . It can when youre at high speeds. That second and a half may mean youve covered 100 feet or so in that time that your brain is processing this. Thats precious distance youve lost. A rule of thumb when driving on the highway, give three seconds of following distance. Find a fixed object, when a car passes it, count. If you get to the marker before three, youre too close. Police telling me tailgating doesnt save you time that Road Conditions and timing of traffic lights play a much greater role. Abc news, los angeles. And that threesecond rule, by the way, is for optimum daytime conditions. You have to do it longer at night. Exactly. Well be right back. 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We often tell you about chance encounter really changing the lives of total strangers. This one is really a doozy. One uber driver in philadelphia is now in brazil to watch his own son compete in the summer olympics because of the kindness of a random customer. Reporter ellis hill, the proud olympic dad, now able to be in rio to cheer on his son thanks to a chance encounter behind the wheel of his uber. Thank you very much for everything, liz, youre the greatest, ill tell you. Reporter when hill picked up liz willock for a ride to a business meeting he couldnt help but beam about his 22yearold son who is making his olympic debut in shot put next week. My son will be competing, doing his very, very best, and ill will hollering and supporting him 150 . When hill revealed he sadly couldnt afford to be there in person, his backseat angel sprang into action. Two of my friends said start a gofundme. Reporter in two days, the page set up by the Health Care Executive swelled to over 8,000. Enough for hills air, hotel and meals with plenty left over for sightseeing and souvenirs. Were definitely going to be friends for life. For sure. I want to take a look at that medal when it comes back to darby, p. A. Reporter abc news, new york. Thats so great that he gets to see him. Beautiful. Yeah, obviously he could have done it on skype, but now he gets to do it in person. Thats not the same thing. Very cool, and congrats to sarah hanes sarah haines on being named cohost of the view. Thats it for this half hour. Follow us on facebook at wnnfans. Com and on twitter and instagram abcwnn. Instagram abcwnn. This morning on world news this morning on world news now, war of words on the campaign trail. The trump and clinton campaigns are looking far clean start to the week after a week of drama and distractions for the race for the white house. Well hear you donald trump and its your voice, your vote. How are voters in swing states coming along with their decision . Well hear from voters still on the fence and some lifelong republicans and democrats who this election say theyre switching teams. Identity thieves found a new way to get their hands on your money. How many of them are hijacking victims cell phone accounts and what you can do to protect yourself. And a major milestone in rio. Michael phelps adding another gold to his collection, but theres trouble some athletes are having when it comes to the instructions in the bathrooms or lack thereof. How do you turn on that faucet . Well explain later in the mix on this reunion, monday august 8th. From abc news, this is world news now. We do say good morning to you. Im kendis gibson. Not nick watt. Im diane macedo. They might have forgotten who we are. Reunited and it feels so good its a good thing we have that intro. Yes. It was just too much. The move went well . It went well. Im now a new yorker. Tax bracket went up by 20 . Do you feel different . No longer d. C. Do you feel rough and tough . Im talking with an accent again. Its awesome. It comes right back. And a good vacation. You went down two makeup tones darker. The Makeup Artist panicked. A little sun. Never hurt anyone. Shes using my powder now. And we begin with donald trump, right where we left off. Attempting to hit the reset button after damaging missteps. Hes set to deliver an Economic Policy speech in detroit this morning as he slumps in the polls. The latest abc News Washington post poll Shows Hillary clinton with an eightpoint lead. 50 to 42 . Trump is fighting to turn things around. He launched a line of attacks against clinton. Its your voice, your vote. We get more from devin dwyer. Reporter down in the polls, donald trump is trying a new weapon. Hillary clintons own words. Unstable Hillary Clinton, and you saw that. Did you saw that where she basically short circuited . Reporter trump pouncing on clintons answer to a question about her emails. I may have short circuited. For that i will try to clarify. Reporter mocking the line on social media i may have short circuited reporter and on the stump. The people of this country dont want somebody thats going to short circuit up here. Reporter going so far as to say her rival is losing her mind. It amazing me actually. Honestly, i dont think shes all there. Reporter the latest attacks as clinton makes gains. The polls showing support from women at the highest level and fewer voters viewing her unfavorably. The poll reveals serious concerns about trump. Twothirds says he has the wrong temperament. Almost as many say hes unqualified and untrustworthy. On this week, the former acting cia director said trump has been manipulated by the russian president. Mr. Trump simply heard putin compliment him. He then responded by complimenting him. He never thought that he might be being played. Reporter a battle over mental qualifications for the presidency far from settled as clinton warns about trump over email, he may still beat me. Reporter trump endorsing the House Speaker, paul ryan, as as well as senators john mccain and kelly ayotte. He says he plans to focus back on the economy this week. Investigators are trying to piece together exactly how a 10yearold boy was killed at a kansas water park. Caleb schwab died while coming down the tallest water slide in the world. Its not known how the accident happened. The boy is the son of a state legislator, and the kansas city park was hosting elected official and their families. The park will be closed over fears the life guards wont be able to concentrate. This is the first fatality at the park. Overseas, new details in the suicide bomb attack in germany that injured 15 people outside a bar. Officials say a member of isis was in contact with the bomber who has been identified as a syrian seeking asylum. The attack last month which killed the assailant has been claimed by isis. And a terrorist in france, the suspect cleared of being the getaway driver in the Charlie Hebdo attack is accused of trying to join isis in syria. He was found on the Turkish Border and is awaiting extradition to france. Back at home, after two weeks firefighters are making progress against a wildfire in northern california. The big sur blaze is 45 contained, and some evacuation orders have been lifted. The fire has already destroyed dozens of homes. Also in california, fastmoving brush fire in the San Bernardino mountains forced the evacuation of dozens of people. The pilot fire grew to 1,000 acres within hours on sunday. The area is sparsely populated. Hundreds of firefighters are now battling that fire. Now to the olympics and day two. American swimmer Michael Phelps adding to his crowded medal case. He now has 19 olympic gold medals. He swam the second leg as the u. S. Beat out france in the 4 by 100 relay. He has the most medals of any athlete ever. Impressive. In gymnastics, the womens threetime champion simone biles and aly raisman led the way. Overall, the medal count is looking good for team usa. The United States leads with 12 medals overall. China in second with eight. Italy and japan tied with seven. As far as golds, the u. S. , china, and australia are tied with three apiece. One woman who seemed destined for gold is instead in intensive care this morning. The woman was leading the road race when that crash happened. She suffered a concussion and three spinal fractures. Matt gutmann has more. Reporter the dutch cyclist recovering in a hospital. Skidding into that turn earlier wobbling, then launching over the handlebars into a concrete gutter. Shes down. Reporter and the jeers of zika by brazilian fans contagious, spreading from the soccer pitch to the pair of americans at the Beach Volleyball stadium. [ chanting ] rios woes not all manmade. Galeforce winds forcing the suspension of rowing events, and the Paralympic Committee slapping a stunning ban on all russian paralimpians. Russia accused of staterun doping of disabled athletes and now the unflinching condemnation of russia cheating. I believe the russian government has catastrophically failed its paraathletes. Their morals over medals mentality disgust me. Reporter the ioc booting a track and field coach, accused of soliciting bribes over drug tests. Kenya says theyll face an investigation. Amid the turmoil, the games go on. Earlier we spoke with the First American ever to compete in a head wrap. She said her faith made fencing a perfect sport for her. I had to have long sleeves and pants, and with fencing its a unique opportunity for me to be covered and fit in with my teammates. Reporter muhammad has become so recognizable that she came in second to be the u. S. Flag bearer here after Michael Phelps. Speaking of fencing, Alexander Massialas taking the silver. Mat gutmann, abc news, rio. A stunner in the tennis competition. Venus and Serena Williams are out. The sisters suffered their firstever loss in the olympic doubles competition. They fell in straight sets to a duo from the Czech Republic. The sisters came into the tournament as top seeds after winning wilmington last month will wimbledon last month. The loss stopped their 15 match olympic winning streak. On the mens side, the day did not start well for juan martin del potro. The u. S. Open champ, hes stuck in an elevator for 40 minutes sunday morning. He was rescued by some of his fellow countrymen. Members of the argentinian Handball Team helped him out. But the day did finish well. He knocked off world number one, novak djokovic, in the first round. Okay. It ended up a little bit on the bright side for him. Yeah. Maybe that was part of the training. Center yourself in a stuck elevator. Meditate for 40 minutes in an elevator. Coming up, the new worry about Identity Theft and cell phones. How thieves are targeting victims cell phone accounts, buying new phones and leaving people with hefty bills, and how you can protect yourself. And why democrats are increasingly worried about pennsylvania. Why the keystone state is seen as a pivotal swing state and why donald trump is predicting a victory. And remember, you can weigh in on facebook at wnnfans. Com. And check out our new insta stories on our instagram account. Youre watching world news now. Youre watching world news now. Youre watching world news now. The worst thing about toilet they dont stay in the toilet. Disinfect your bathroom with lysol bathroom trigger. Lysol power foamer. And lysol toilet bowl cleaner. They kill 99. 9 of germs including e. Coli. To clean and disinfect in and out of the toilet. Lysol that. Dads dont take sick days, dads take nyquil severe dave, im sorry to interrupt. I gotta take a sick day tomorrow. The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. Well, officials fear the death toll will rise after the capital of mav was hit of macedonia was hit by a freak rain storm. At least 21 people are dead and 77 others injured in what one weather official called a water bomb. More than 1,000 people had to be rescued from the rushing waters. The Fatal Shooting of an unarmed black man is sparking outrage in chicago. Hundreds of protesters blocked traffic and forced street closures on sunday night. The protests started after videos related to the shooting of paul oneal were released friday. Police chased oneal after he allegedly stole a car. None of the videos show the moment he was shot. New concerns over Identity Theft thats costing people hundreds if thousands of dollars. A growing number of thieves have figured out how to hijack cell phone account and stick the victim with the bill. Reporter a growing threat in the palm of your hand. Identity thieves hijacking your cell phone. My family let me know their phones werent working. Reporter lindsay and mark herd immediately called their carriers and discovered criminals crafted a fake i. D. And took over their accounts buying three brand new iphones on their dime. I think they got ahold of my online account. They said they went in and checked a couple different times if i had upgrades available. Reporter this kind of cell phone hijacking is on the rise. Over 2,600 cases in january of this year alone. More than double the cases three years ago. Why is this fraud growing . You dont really need to prove a great deal in order to walk into a store and either change a service or do an upgrade. Reporter and if crooks get access to other personal information like your credit card, the damage can go beyond your phone. They saw close to 11,000 of charges i didnt make, and they call my cell phone to see if its actually a fraudulent charge or not. The thief actually has my number. He can say sure, yeah. Reporter to protect yourself call your cell phone carrier and set up a pin number or pass code. That serves as an extra layer of security for your account. Abc news, los angeles. A lot of people are focussed on the password on their phone and keeping that protected, but this isnt about getting into the phone itself. Its the account. Its even more brazen as a result. We had a story where a hacker was threatening a woman and saying stop cancelling my purchases. And it sounds the same. This guy is answering that guys phone. You can approve the charge. Youll be compensated. Brazen. Coming up, a secret revealed about an actress, what her suicide squad costar has revealed about her latenight drunken behavior and it involves prince harry. Boom. How is that for a tease . First, why democrats are worried about pennsylvania. Why the states been reliably blue but could swing red and what swing voters are saying about clinton versus trump. Youre watching world news now. World news now continues after this from our abc stations. World news n we exactly three months away from election day as team trump and team clinton scramble for the swing states. One state has democrats, theyre worried. Its pennsylvania. Its a blue state for decades. Its threatening to turn red over a growing concern about trade as well as, of course, jobs. Reporter the growing concerns i heard about trump is potentially a big deal. Take beth haney. You voted in 2012 for who . Romney. Reporter this time . Im not sure yet. Traditionally i vote republican, but im a little concerned with trumps outbursts. Reporter is there anything he could do to bring your around . Yeah. Get serious. Be a little bit more president ial like he said he would. Reporter if trump can combine narrow wins in bucks county with big turnout in his rural strongholds, hell have a real chance to win pennsylvania without these suburbs, the numbers dont add up. So trump needs white collar voters like brad bernstein. Who did you vote for in 2012, obama or romney . Romney. Reporter this time . Hillary. Reporter quite a change. Why . Just the policies and hes trump is a little too far out there for me. Reporter would this be the first time you voted for a democrat . In my lifetime, yes. Reporter but trump is winning over some former democrats. Like eric chamberlain, a doylestown Small Business owner. I voted in 2012 for obama. Reporter you ever voted republican . I have not, but i am this year. Im voting for trump this year. Reporter why . I dont trust hillary at all. She wanted to be a politician her whole career. Staying in a marriage is something that bothered me a little bit, too, i think. Reporter does anything bother you about donald trump . Theyre both horrible. I dont know who to pick. Theyre both horrible. I just think that hell surround himself with great people. Thats what i think. He wants to win. So i think his cabinet is going to be amazing. I will gladly lend you reporter still, those comments about the khan family put veterans and their families in a difficult spot. I was very upset. My dad is a korean war vet. It just broke my heart. Its just recent antics have been unappealing to me as a mother, a woman, and in general. Im just not sure hes the right man for the job. Reporter but in classic bucks county, fashion im not sure that hillary is the right answer. Now, id love to see a woman president , absolutely, but i dont know. Reporter door knockers take note. Rachel mcfillen of bucks county, pennsylvania, like many of her neighbors, up for grabs. Martha raddatz, abc news, washington. In the latest polls Hillary Clinton is up 11 in pennsylvania, and every election year, some people call pennsylvania fools gold for republicans. They always think theyll win it on a president ial year and it doesnt happen. Mitt romneys last rally was in pennsylvania. And he lost it. Three months, well see how it plays out. Yep. 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No vomiting or defecating with his feet on the seat. You mean thats not socially in rio . No. No. Peeing like a dog the fishing part maybe, but the rest is frowned upon. And this was discovered by the u. S. Water polo team. Alex bowen trying to figure out how to turn on the shower. When he twists the faucet for the sink, the shower turns on. Isnt that how all showers work . Very cool. So things are working out smoothly in rio. Things are also working out smoothly for one man, 56yearold leroy black. Until he died things were working out smoothly. This is in the post here, his obituary on, bid wears posted here in the press of atlantic, in new jersey. So one of those is by his wife. That was thoughtful. The other is by his girlfriend. They both posted obituaries not knowing in some parts its kind of identical. The first halves are totally different. The second halves are word for word identical. The first one mentioned the wildfire, but the second one says hes survived by family and his girlfriend. He died the coroner says leroy, you snake. Leroy. Dont hate the game, the player. Dont hate the player, hate the game. He died of lung cancer, but im thinking that there was a little bit of heart palpitations trying to control two women. Thats possible. Now guinness book of World Records has been set. This one involves some dancing robots. 1,007 robots organized by a team from china. This is at a beer festival. Each of the robots the whole thing is controlled by one mobile phone, and they had to dance for a full minute. Several of them were disqualified for falling over or stopping, but enough kept going. Let me get to this woman. Shes been waiting 100 years for this. So this is a grandma in illinois. Marie pope. How else to celebrat in their neighborhoods. In their schools. Even in their own homes. Exposure to violence can have a devastating and lifelong impact. Through Community Action and leadership at the national level, were identifying the children who need our help. Im attorney general, eric holder, and im asking those of you who have a role in a childs life to take action. Through your attention and early intervention, we can help children in need to heal, to thrive. Together we can change their lives and their futures. Join the Justice Department in defending childhood. This morning on world news this morning on world news now, tragedy at the water park. A family is grieving this morning after their 10yearold son died going down a slide. Were get the behind the scenes look at the park known for its massive ride. And the president ial race taking a turn through detroits rock city setting up a battle of the bands for clinton and trump campaigns. See why the latest polling data provides a look at what the campaign may be looking at. And a midair take down. A crowded Cross Country plane of forced to change course when a passenger allegedly attacked a Flight Attendant. The latest in a series is of similar incidents. We have the details. And the rivalry between Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom is threatening to break the internet. The pop star caught in the nude again days after Orlando Bloom shocked the world with his own set of racy pics. Could it be a trend, an epidemic . A scourge on the world this summer . Its in the skinny on this monday, august 8th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. Im kendis gibson. Im diane macedo. We begin this morning with tragedy at an Amusement Park over the weekend. A 10yearold boy died while on the worlds tallest water slide. Its not known if he fell or Something Else went wrong. Riders must be 4. 5feet tall and go down in a raft holding three people. Park officials are stunned. They say theyve never dealt with Something Like this before. The water slide opened two years ago. The german name means insane. Its the biggest water slide in the world. Abcs Marci Gonzalez has more. Reporter a day at the water park turning tragic. A boy killed on this massive water slide in kansas city, kansas. We are saddened to share a young boy died on a ride this afternoon. The young boys family with him at the time of the accident. The park immediately closing down. Investigators rushing to the scene working to figure out what went on on this giant water slide. Its built as the tallest water slide reaching higher than the statue of liberty. This file video shows the 168foot plummet. Riders reaching up to 45 Miles Per Hour. The name means crazy or insane in german. The ride so risky once every rider climbs the 264 steps to the top they hear this. Theres a risk reporter a twopage safety warning. Abc news getting special access when the ride opened in 2014, even getting a look at the testing. Sandbags strapped into boats go flying off the side. Originally capable of launching people up to 70 Miles Per Hour and reaching formula one acceleration, so fast engineers had to slow it down. The opening delayed time and time again. Park officials confirming the park was inspected for weeks before it opened this summer. Investigators are on scene in kansas city. Were told the park will be closed. Abc news, Marci Gonzalez. We turn our focus now politics. Donald trump shifting his focus to the economy after a week mired in personal feuds as well as slumping poll numbers. Trumps policy speech to the Detroit Economic Club this morning just days before Hillary Clinton addresses the same group. Hes expected to lay out a vision that talks about cutting taxes and regulation and boosting middle class wages. Polls show trump trailing clinton by eight points nationally. Twothirds say he has the wrong temperament. Almost as many say hes unqualified and untrustworthy. After tangling with members of his own party, trump is now turning his attention back to clinton. He suggested that secretary clinton was mentally unfit calling her unstable, unbalanced and unhinged. Former acting cia director mike morrell, a clinton supporter, said trump of being manipulated by vladimir putin, calling for his mind games. He heard putin compliment him, he responded by complimenting him. He never thought that he might be being played. Trump fired back calling Morell A Clinton flunky and a lightweight who made serious bad calls. At least 39 people are dead after remnants of hurricane earl ravaged make. Earl triggered mudslides across eastern mexico. At least 28 people died in mudslides in the mountainous regions. Authorities are searching for residents reported missing. Meanwhile another one formed off the Pacific Coast on sunday. On the other side of the gulf of mexico, heavy rain and flooding along the gulf coast from tampa to pensacola. Some communities could see one to three inches of rain this week. All the rain could come within an hour or two making flooding more likely. Residents should prepare for evacuations and road closures. As we look at the weather, needless to say, you can see right there whats going to happen on the gulf coast. There will be showers and storms for practically the entire southeast. There could be a few afternoon showers in the Central Plains and the southwest. Temps will hit 88 for more of the south, but dallas will top out at 102. The northeast, midwest highs in the 80s. Cool in the northwest only reaching room temperature. To new york city, and police frantically searching for clues in the brutal slaying of a new york jogger. Karina vetrano went for a run on tuesday and never returned home. Her body was discovered by her father, a retired firefighter. For the first time on sunday we heard in her grief stricken parents. They thanked the investigators. The mother had a message for the killer. The whole entire world knows what a pathetic, puny, weak piece of filth that you are. Police say they dont believe she knew her killer. Hundreds gathered for the funeral on saturday. Theres a 10,000 reward for information that could lead to an arrest. A suspect in an air rage incident charged with assault. It forced the spirit ails flight to make an Emergency Landing in phoenix. Eva pilgrim with more. Reporter this man in handcuffs after terrifying moments on this packed crosscountry flight. I jumped on the guy and restrained him. Got his hands behind his back. A 64yearold taken down by a fellow passenger after witnesses say he attacked a Flight Attendant and tried to open the cabin door. The spirit flight headed from l. A. To florida forced to make an Emergency Landing in phoenix. Moments later police board the plane and arrest the man who they say appeared to be impaired. Hes facing Assault Charges and is the latest passenger arrested on a flight. Sit down enough you dont put your hands on my Flight Attendant reporter an American Airlines pilot taking down an unruly passenger in charlotte on monday after this. The man slams into a Flight Attendant. Several passengers fight to subdue the man in the red shirt. Finally restraining him with tape and seat belts on a russian plane. In june, two fighter jets escorting a delta flight to the ground after a passenger made threats against the plane. He was walking up and down the aisle staring at people, acting unusual, anxious, rubbing his chest, and wouldnt sit down. Reporter the Flight Attendant association telling abc news theyre seeing more and more cases of unruly passengers. The leading cause . Alcohol. Eva pilgrim, abc news, tampa. Over the weekend over a dozen dolphins were rescued after they were stranded in shallow waters off cape cod. Some of the dolphins were able to refloat in the water, but two of the dolphins regrounded themselves a second time. They had to cart them in a vehicle up the beach to take them to safer deeper water at a release point. You can see the humanitarian effort that went into place to try to get them to safety. Its complicated rescuing these animals because theyre not meant to be out of water even in transport. Theyre sensitive to the movement. We hope that one ends successfully. Coming up, the latest headlines from the summer olympics in rio. The u. S. Leads with a medal count of 12. Well look at how team usa is performing. And the revelation about one suicide squad star. That story ahead in the skinny. Youre watching world news now. World news now weather brought to you by american advisors group. Visors group. Now. World news now weather brought to you by american advisors group. \ \ [ chants ] that would be the crowd at the womens Beach Volleyball match between poland and the u. S. Shouting zika at the americans. It may be the fallout from hope solo wearing mosquito netting and holding insecticide in a picture on social media. The americans called the chant energizing even though they lost. Nothing funny about what happened on the cycling course yesterday. A cyclist remains in intensive care after this crash. The dutch cyclist suffered a concussion and spinal cord fractures. Shes said to be conscious and okay. It came a day after an italian cyclist suffered a broken collarbone in a race. The mostdecorated olympian in history has added to his large collection. American swimmer Micheal Phelps now has 19 gold medals and counting. How do you say 19 in portuguese . The u. S. Womens Gymnastics Team stormed into tuesdays all around final. She might have made it up. Jim ryan with the recap. Reporter Michael Phelps made his 2016 olympic debut in the pool for the 4by100meter freestyle relay showing why hes the mostdecorated american swimmer in history. He won another gold medal. That gives him 23 olympic medals. Rising swimming star Katie Ledecky did the 400 meter free style. She won a gold medal after picking up a silver on saturday. Katie ledecky breaking her own world record. In the 100 meter womens butterfly, the u. S. Defending woman took the bronze. Sweden took the gold. The u. S. Womens Gymnastic Team romped on sunday in the qualifying. Behind the 19yearold super star simone biles, the american women finished nearly 10 point in front of china. Biles, a threetime World Championship finished ahead of aly raisman. They are all in the all around or event finals. Biles and raisman both. Serena williams was victorious, but she and her sister lost their first round match for the first time. Stunned by the Czech Republic team. 64, 63. Our thanks to jim. Its exciting enough to win your countrys firstever olympic medal. Now imagine what it feels like if that medal is gold. Majlinda kelmendi knows. She is kosovos first olympic champion. She won a judo final. This is her first olympics since declaring its independence from serbia eight years ago. I should point out i was checking on my phone, the medal count for our respective countries, portugal and belize are still at zero, goose eggs. Goose eggs over here. The contingent walked through so quickly on friday, blanked, missed it three of them. When we come back, how Justin Bieber is trying to outdo Orlando Bloom in a competition. And a hollywood legend fires back at her critics. The skinny is next. Back at her critics. The skinny is next. Hollywood legend fires back at her critics. The skinny is next. Skinny so skinny all right, time for the skinny. Topping our headlines, the rivalry between Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom is heating up social media, you could say. Putting the skinny in skinny dipping. Apparently anything orlando can do, Justin Bieber can do better just days after bloom was caught on camera whipping off his swim trunks to paddle board with katy perry, triggering a frantic search to find the uncensored photos, bieber now one upping his rival. Bieber was caught on camera dropping trow in hawaii as he took a daring dip in the ocean. Sadly we cant show you sadly . We cant show you those photos, but we can show you these tamer photos from his vacation frolicking in the water with a giant pink flamingo inner tube with friends during a relaxed and more pgrated moment. A lot of people going on line you were worried to read that line about the pink flamingo werent you . Where are we going . You can look for yourself and try to figure out who wore it better. Bieber or bloom or didnt wear it. Exactly. Next, to a new revelation about actress cara delevingne. She and her suicide squad costar robby and their exploits. Now robby says she takes the cake, so to speak when she confided that she often drunk texts britains prince harry late at night. They partied with harry late last year in london at a bash held by a model where he joined them in a photo booth along with a princess of york, and an mtv reporter. Robby says she has harrys phone number, but while they do often text each other, she admits shes not as quick to reply as he is, saying hes quick to text. While she keeps him waiting for a response for weeks. Thats why harrys still single. Uhhuh. Back to l. A. , shall we go . And lily tomlin, the actress, had some pointed words to say about certain mean critics. She was honored with a career Achievement Award by her frankie and grace costar, jane fonda. Shes appeared on tv for decades. Laughin, murphy brown, and the west wing. She said that Television Critics tend to be much more nicer than some of their peers in other areas of entertainment. She singled out one broadway critic who she says is a critic no more. Referred to her as horse face not once, not twice, but three times. Trying to hammer that home. Tomlins award this weekend came on the heels of a Lifetime Achievement in january. And finally, for residents of one residence in new york, lucille ball is scary no more. This statue revealed portraying the queen of comedy as wild eyed and a poisonwielding demon, some said. The sculptor offered to redo it for free, but the town declined. At long last, look at that. Scary lucy was replaced with this statue with more recognizable hair, her trademark arched eyebrows and rather than baring her teeth like a rabid dog, a lovely smile. Scary lucy will not be cast away into the fires. Instead, shell be moved to another part in the park where she can terrify people for generations to come. It was done to mark her birthday which was this past saturday. Happy birthday. Its never much, just whats left after i break a dollar. 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The critics may not have liked it, and you may not be laughing, but suicide squad set an august Box Office Record raking in 135. 1 million record in north american ticket sales. They need to make 750 million to break even. The movie has a long way to go. Is that a comedy . What hole have i been in . 135 million, impressive. And rounding out this weekends top three, jason bourn with a little more than 22 million, and bad moms at just over 14 million. Well, it wasnt a bad mom, but more like a father figure who did an amazing thing for one blushing bride from pittsburgh on her wedding day. When the father of the pride couldnt be there to give her away, she got the next best thing. Reporter when jenny stepian walked down the aisle this weekend in pennsylvania it has been the best day of my life. Reporter the man whose arm she held would not her father. That would not have been possible. Her dad, michael, was gone ten years already, snatched from his little girls life in a murder. Who was this person walking by her side . On your right youll see a parking lot. My aunts wearing white pants reporter a person she would not meet until the day before the wedding when she had to talk him through the route to the church. He was in need of a heart ten years ago, and she got jennys dads heart. Jenny grew up knowing a living part of her father was out there. Weve been talking to him and writing letters and calling. Reporter but it was all Long Distance until jenny wrote me a letter and said, if youre willing, would you walk me down the aisle . Thank you so much for coming. Are you kidding . Me . Reporter and so there they were in the moment of their meeting, jenny closer to her dads beating heart than shed been in years. So close she reached to feel that beat, and on this, her wedding day, that was possible. Abc news. I love that story. You know, thomas had been waiting 16 years when he finally received that heart. Was very close to death. What a wonderful moment for both of them to live through that. Dont miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans. Com. This is abcs world news now informing insomniacs for two decades. Ng insomniacs for two decades. Making news in america this morning, a young boy dies while riding the worlds tallest water slide. We have new details now about the victim and the 17story ride thats raised safety questions in the past. Losing ground, donald trump stepping up his attacks on Hillary Clinton as polls show him in a summer slump. The republicans still dealing with the fallout of a number of controversies as he prepares to lay out his Economic Policy. Were live in washington. Breaking overnight, a fastgrowing wildfire forcing people from their homes. Plus, sandbagging under way as the Sunshine State deals with tropical downpours and fears of flooding. And golden boy, Michael Phelps does it again taking home his 19th gold medal. Leading team usa to victory. 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