th this morning on world news now tough questions about this morning on world news now tough questions about two convicted killers and their escape from prison. how did their alleged accomplice help them and for how long? and are police any closer to finding them ten days later? two shark attacks on the same beach in less than two hours. the victims a boy and a girl. their serious injuries, the bloody scene, and how strangers tried to help. racial uproar. the white naacp chapter leader who claimed she was black. the anger building. who s demanding her resignation? and later, mcdreamy s dream. patrick dempsey from grey s anatomy performs on the racetrack. his new career revving up in the skinny on this monday, june 15th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now.
rachel dolezal has canceled the group s local meeting that was set for tonight. she was expected to address allegations that she has been passing herself off as an african american. two of dolezal s adopted brothers are the latest family members to insist she is really white, and some naacp members are outraged. i don t think she is worthy to be a leader. so, in my opinion, we are going to ask that she resign, step down. dolezal s brother says she asked him not to blow her cover. he compared her transformation to living in blackface. turning to politics, jeb bush making it official today. the former florida governor will formally announce that he is running for president, hoping to follow his father and brother into the oval office, but he s playing down his famous family name. more now from abc s tom lamas. reporter: on monday a big
eating infected, raw shellfish. but people with weakened immune systems can pick it up just by bathing with open cuts and scrapes. some members of the naacp are calling for the president of their spokane chapter to resign after she canceled a meeting set for tonight. she was supposed to address allegations that she lied about being black. well, now two of her brothers are disputing her claim. more on the controversy from abc s kendis gibson. reporter: shocking allegations from rachel dolezal s own adopted brothers, outright accusing the embattled spokane naacp leader of lying about being black. she took me aside when i was over there and told me to make sure that no one found out where she was actually from and for no one to know anything about her previous identity and that she was going to change her identity and for me not to blow her cover. reporter: 37-year-old dolezal embroiled in a firestorm of controversy following revelations that she s actually caucasian, despite clai
job application. her brother telling abc news dolezal s transformation from this montana-born and bred blond started years ago. she basically totally changed her skin color with makeup, changed her hair, and at one point in time she had her voice a little bit different. reporter: the brothers do believe dolezal has done a lot of good for the african american community in spokane. anger, however, rising among some in the local community. at this salon, many expressing their outrage. and i would rather her to have been herself than to try to confuse me or deceive me into being something that she s not. reporter: dolezal was expected to elaborate about her racial identity at a meeting here monday night in spokane but decided to postpone it, for in her words, continued discussions with naacp leaders. kendis gibson, abc news, spokane. now to news overseas. u.s. air strikes in libya have targeted the mastermind of a deadly attack. the libyan government says the militant leader link
blood in the water coming over with the whitewash. kid was in shock. he was still coherent. both kids are out of surgery and their conditions have been upgraded to fair. the beaches will be back open today, but lifeguards are, of course, warning people to be cautious. there s also a new danger on the gulf coast beaches, a flesh-eating bacteria linked to shellfish. at least seven people have been infected just in florida and two have died. the bacteria enters the bloodstream through open cuts or scrapes and it loves warm saltwater. in biloxi mississippi, earlier this year 25-year-old jennifer mcleland lost her leg after becoming infected. the doctors woke me up and told me i didn t have a leg. the disease can also be contracted by eating raw or improperly cooked shellfish or just coming into contact with it. people with weakened immune systems are the most at risk. pressure is mounting for the head of the naacp chapter in spokane as questions swirl about her racial identity.