reporter: contributing factor, perhaps a perfect storm of environmental and biological variables. some sharks feed on turtles and small fish close to shore. drought conditions could play a role, among other things. certainly warm water this year, higher sill lynntys, bait fishes in the water, turtle nesting season, all factors that would promote more sharks on the beach. reporter: one of the attacks happened near a pier in north carolina. too close for comfort for fourth of july weekend surfers and holidayers. the other day i saw about a five-foot sand shark and it was within eight feet of me. but stayed out in the water. it s its natural habitat. we re in its home. have to be aware and of your surroundings and be careful. reporter: the likelihood of
fireworks. we do it the evening of july 3rd. it s the 29th year. we ve never had a failure of any kind in the past. any other shows for tonight? no, not in our town. there are other shows in the valley but not here. hopefully you ll figure out what happened here. so it won t be repeated next time. virginia egger, thanks so much for your time. have a good day. happy fourth of july. to you, as well. beaches along the care lena coast are on alert for sharks this weekend. with almost double the average number of attacks so far this year, what s drawing sharks so close to shore? we ll have a live report from one of the beaches that s keeping a close eye on the water. virgin islands nice so nice
lisa, maria and never listened to with the comments on immigration they re making. thank you so much. we ll continue this conversation. continuing especially considering how much this has impacted the business dealings of donald trump and he s still number two nationally here. all right. thank you, both. thank you. july 4th terror threat not just affecting celebrations here in the u.s. a british air base also cancelingite july 4th fun. does that let terrorists think they ve won? plus, south carolina lawmakers on monday will consider a bill that would remove the confederate flag from the state capitol. why passing that won t be a slam dunk.
released. is that really the extent of the injuries here? yes, that is the extent of the injuries in a crowd of 20,000 people. so we feel very fortunate that that was the outcome from what appeared to be quite scary from the outset. absolutely. i know that you re trying to figure out what happened here and that an investigation was launched immediately after this happened. has anything anything been figured out yet? no, not as of this morning. of course, it was, you know, mid evening when the accident occurred. so everything was secured and our fire district and the producer of the event immediately went to work to try determine what the cause of the accident was. was this the first kind of show or do you guys do this often? for the fourth of july? we have an annual july
white, and blue in vancouver. enjoy this one. coy wire, thanks. a lot of news to tell you about this morning. the next hour of your new day begins now. america on alert, security beefed up across the country. many heavily armed and on guard against the potential july 4th terror attack. look at this, a fireworks malfunction, nine people hurt in this misfire in colorado. a shell explodes in the launch tube instead of in the air. swimmers are weary. along the carolina coast after ten shark attacks already this year. that s almost double the average. why more sharks could be coming closer to shore. good morning, i m alison kosik in for christi paul. i m victor blackwell. as millions celebrate the fourth