Concussion and three small spinal cord fractures. Shes said to be 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 tenyearold boy during a family outing at a water park. He was riding on the water slide in kansas city kansas, the tallest in the world. The name of the ride means insane or crazy in german. Riders have to follow some strict rules. Theres no word 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 before the season starts. Guards may be too distraught to work there. Its the first fatality at the park since it opened. Zplrchl donald trump is looking to get back on message. Hes been struggling in the polls, and he tried to mend fences with the republican establishment of
Spinal cord fractures. Shes said to be 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 tenyearold boy during a family outing at a water park. He was riding on the water slide in kansas city kansas, the tallest in the world. 17 stories high insane or crazy in german. Riders have to follow some strict rules. Theres no word 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 before the season starts. The water park will be closed guards may be too distraught to work there. Its the first fatality at the park since it opened. Zplrchl donald trump is looking to get back on message. Hes been struggling in the polls, and he tried to mend fences with the republican establishment offering d
Hospital. He was treated for minor wrist injuries on sunday. The former track star told officials he was injured after falling out of bed and is denying he attempted suicide. He is serving a six year sentence for the murder of his girlfriend before her death pistorius was planning to retire after the rio games. At home hundreds of california firefighters are fighting firefighters. The pilot fire forced the evacuation of dozens from their homes. The fire grew to 1,000 acres. Its now burning about 5 5 miles east of los angeles. And gulf coast florida residents are being warned they may have to evacuate their homes. Heavy rains are expected with as much as 12 inches in some areas. The downpours are likely to cause road closures and extend to alabama and georgia. Its going to be so bad all of the deep south will see the wet weather extends all the way from the gulf up to the Tennessee Valley and across to the carolinas. There will be rain later in the Central Plains and southern rockies. A
Shocked the world with his own pics. Could it be a scourge on the world this summer . Its in the skinny othis monday, august 8th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. Im ndis gson. 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 wer its not knownhe fell or Something Else went wrong. Riders must be 4 and a half feet tall and go down in a raft holding three people. Officials are stunned. The water slide opened two yrs ago. The german name means insane. Its the biggest water slide in the world. Marci gonzalez has more. Park turning tragic. We saddened to shara young boy died on a ride this afternoon. Family with him at the time of t aident. The park immediately closing down. Investigators rushing to the scene working to figure out at went on on this gianwater slide. Its built as the tallest water slide reaching higan theth statue of liberty. This shows the 168 foot plummet. R
And we are grieving with them. We are live with the latest on the deadliest attack on u. S. Law enforcement since 9 11. Today, friday, july 8th, 2016. This is special edition of today. Tragedy in dallas with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its friday morning. We have willie in for matt. We are waking up to a shock, 11 officers shot in dallas, five of them have been killed. Lets get right to this breaking news. Heres what we know. It started before 9 00 local time in dallas, a march protesting this weeks officerinvolved shootings just wrapped up. As we were killed and four from the Dallas Police department and the fifth was a dallas area Rapid Transit officer. President obama spoke earlier this morning and said he was horrified by the attack, and called it vicious, calculated and despicable. Lets start with Gabe Gutierrez at the scene. Reporter it was a protest against Police Vi