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 m
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. Waterslide 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
I just wanted to make the brazilians proud because they chose me to represent them. . . Ant girl from ipamema. Meet the girl behind the lyrics as hoda sits down with the woman who inspired brazils most popular song. 1962 is happy. I want to know who is the girl from ipanema. Today, ay . I got that sunshine in my pocket . . Got that good song in my feet . Hello to my friends and family in boston, massachusetts. Im in rio. Big shout out to usa womens volleyball and our baby, Kimberly Hill . Dance dance dance . Good morning to our family in portland, oregon, washington, d. C. , hartford, connecticut. My brother and my dad. Hey, chicago . Just dance dance dance come on . Welcome back, everyone, to a special split edition of today on a monday morning, the 8th day of august 2016. 9 00 in the morning here in rio. 8 00 back on the east coast of the ed weve got a big crowd gathered on copacabana beach. Im here with hoda and al and billy bush while savannah is back home holding down the fort. Sa
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 allie riceman led the way. Overall, the medal count looking good for team usa. They lead with 12 medals. 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 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 zeke zika ] rios woes not all manmade. Winds forcing the suspension of rowing. With russia accuse
All by herself down the stretch. You are seeing the greatest of all time. Thats going to give them a significant lead. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. . . . . It is a party on the beach in rio. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Take a look and listen to some of the performers from the third were happy to have them here with us this morning. As if hoda needed another excuse to dance. Wait a minute. I want to point something out. Theres something for you. And then theres something for the girls. Do you remember on Opening Ceremony night the guy who kind of stole it . Oiled up and beautiful man from conga. That was friday night. That was friday night. And this is monday morning. We thought it was a dream. Come here, mr. Tonga. Come to mama. How about this guy, right . Thats pita. Wow. We knew there was a lot of oil