Killed by sharks while snorkeling in the bahamas now breaking their silence. Jordan said, mom, theres another shark coming, and thats the last thing that jordan said. The change theyre calling for to make sure this doesnt happen again, only on gma this morning. Rideshare solution. As parents brace for the school year to begin, the new way to get your children as young as 3 where they need to go. Lucky to be alive. Im in the middle of quebec trying to get my sos to work. The pilot crashing into the wilderness, recording everything he did to survive. How he led rescue crews right to him. His survival story this morning. And celebrating a literary legend. Tributes pouring in for Toni Morrison, the nobel prizewinning author whose novels changed america. And we certainly do say good morning, america. So many celebrating the life of Toni Morrison this morning. She had such a way with words, in fact, i posted this on my instagram when she said your life is already artful waiting, just waiting for you to make it art. You know, she was 40 years old when her first novel was published. That was in 1970. Which is amazing. Shes such a trail blazer, the first black woman to win the nobel prize in literature. Also awarded the medal of freedom from president obama in 2012. Were have more on that coming up. We start with President Trump. Hes under pressure, facing protests as he heads to dayton and el paso to meet with First Responders after those deadly mass shootings. It could be a tense day. The president already targets his critics on twitter. Kyra phillips at the white house with the latest. Good morning, kyra. Reporter good morning, george. Some members of the El Paso Community not necessarily rolling out the welcome mat for the president s visit citing his history of inflammatory rhetoric so now as he prepares to deliver another message of unity President Trump is also ramping up attacks on one of el pasos own. Hours ahead of his trip to the border town of el paso, texas, President Trump lashing out at former congressman beto orourke, a staunch critic of the president and one of the most highprofile members of this grieving community. People in el paso by and large do not want to see him here. Understand he is part of the problem. Part of how we got to this point. Reporter the president tweeting, orourke has a phony name to indicate hispanic heritage telling the 2020 democratic candidate to be quiet. Orourke firing back in a tweet of his own saying, 22 people in my hometown are dead after an act of terror inspired by your racism. El paso will not be quiet and neither will i. Those comments from the president happening on the heels of his own calls for unity amid tragedy just two days ago. Now is the time to set destructive partisanship aside. So destructive. And find the courage to answer hatred with unity, devotion and love. Reporter meanwhile this morning, many people in the El Paso Community are uneasy about the president s return to the city. Why would he want to come . He has promoted a lot of this all this anger. He has promoted it across the nation, and he needs to stop. Reporter on the front page of the El Paso Times, the biggest newspaper in this predominantly hispanic community, an open letter written by the papers editor inviting the president to, quote, change your view of our border community, asking him to experience this city with a deep tradition of racial harmony and writing, the hatred that came to us came from an outsider. It did not come from el paso. Todays visit marks the president s second trip to el paso this year. In february, he held a rally talking about undocumented immigrants and the border wall, even with el paso being one of the three safest major cities in america. George, the fbi now considering federahaterime and federal 21yearold suspect, which, as you know, carries a possible death penalty. George . Kyra phillips, thanks very much. Robin . As we know, george, the president will also visit dayton this morning, the scene of that deadly mass shooting where nine people were killed. This as we learn new details about what happened in the moments before the gunfire. Abcs eva pilgrim is there and has the latest for us. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, robin. We knew the shooter and his sister came here to the oregon district, and at some point, the two got separated. This morning for the first time we are seeing those moments before he opened fire on this bar. This morning, police are investigating this Surveillance Video from inside a dayton, ohio bar obtained exclusively by cnn. In the video cnn says you see 24yearold connor betts who allegedly killed nine and injured dozens more the moment he enters a bar with his sister and a friend more than two hours before the massacre wearing shorts and a tshirt. Hes seen here stopping by the entrance and speaking to the bouncer at the door before exiting reportedly just before 1 00 a. M. Minutes later returning wearing a mask and wielding an Assault Rifle firing into the bar across the street. Among those he killed, the sister he was reportedly with just moments earlier. Police in the alleged shooters hometown of bellbrook, ohio, reading a statement on behalf of his family. The betts family is shocked and devastated by the events of sunday morning in the oregon district and offer their most heartfelt prayers and condolences to all the victims, their families and friends. Reporter the fbi is saying the gunman had a fascination with mass shootings. His exgirlfriend telling us that on their very first date, he showed her video of a mass shooting. Michael . All right, thank you so much, eva. With all of that, the country is on edge after those mass shootings. There was a scary moment right here in times square overnight. Hundreds running and hiding when they heard a loud bang thinking it was an active shooter but really it was a motorcycle that backfired. Gio benitez is outside here in times square with the very latest. Good morning, gio. Reporter michael, good morning to you. So many were enjoying a night out here in the crossroads of the world, times square. Then suddenly they heard that sound and caused total panic. This morning, its a sign of the times. Watch as a typical evening in times square turns into panic. All of a sudden i heard like this kind of muffled pop. I was, like, oh, what was that . Reporter that pop, a motorcycle backfiring, but hundreds of people thought they heard gunfire and they run for their lives. The chaos captured at multiple angles on live treatment from earth cam webcams. I had had about one or two seconds to like think, oh, is this really happening and i just started booking it. Reporter it happened before 10 00 p. M. Last night. Some taking cover inside stores and restaurants. This image taken inside the disney store. I watched, like, five or six people get trampled, and it was pretty much a stampede of people sprinting as fast as they could. They were knocking over tables, knocking over the chairs. Reporter the nypd reassuring the public that there was no active shooter tweeting, please dont panic. The times square area is very safe. It was a similar false alarm outside this mall in utah. Here a sign had fallen making a large bang. The resulting skirmish yet another symptom of a nation on edge. And here in times square we just learned this morning that six people were taken to the hospital last night. They had minor injuries, but its yet another reminder that you have to be thinking about exit plans. Michael . Thank you so much, gio. People definitely on edge. You saw the injuries just from that incident here in times square. Thats true, michael. The shooting in el paso and the one at the gilroy garlic festival just a week and a half ago are leading to growing concerns about the domestic terror threat. Investigating the Food Festival shooting as a possible case of domestic terrorism. Chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has more. Hes there in washington for us. Good morning, pierre. Reporter robin, good morning. As the fbi seeks a motive in that garlic festival attack, theyre trying to determine if the killer was pursuing some kind of sinter ideology. That mass attack being investigated as a possible act of domestic terror. Authorities revealing the suspect allegedly planned to target churches, religious groups, governments and political parties. That means two possible acts of domestic terror in less than a week. The el paso mass shooting also a potential act of domestic terror and this morning u. S. Law enforcement officials facing two urgent threats, not only domestic terror but a new era of mass killers inspired by previous massacres, robin. Youre seeing that in new revelations about what happened in dayton and that really has law officials extremely concerned. Reporter thats right, robin. Dayton police revealing last night that the killer there was obsessed with other mass killings. Its an ongoing phenomenon authorities are seeing over and over. Secret Service Officials telling me last night an obsession with a previous attack is a recurring theme of mass killers. Just think about it. In his online rant the el paso shooter references the new zealand man who recently killed all those muslim worshippers in that country, and that one was inspired by the racists who killed the black parishioners in the church shooting. The more mass shootings, the worse it gets, robin. All frightening. Pierre, thank you. The pressure to act is mounting on President Trump and congress with growing bipartisan support for new gun regulations, including red flag laws designed to take guns away from dangerous individuals. Our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill with the latest. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Congress is under increasing pressure to do something, and now it seems these red flag laws are gaining some momentum. And they may just be one of the few measures that actually have a realistic chance of getting through congress right now. Now, republican john thune, the number two republican in the senate has said he is confident that congress can find Common Ground around these red flag laws. Weve already seen republican senator Lindsey Graham put forth proposed legislation. It does seem that President Trump is supportive of this idea. Now these red flag laws would help keep guns away from people who are believed to pose an imminent danger by allowing family members or police to request a Court Temporarily restrict people they think are a threat from accessing a firearm, and george, while democrats do support these red flag laws, they do say they are far from enough. Yeah, theyre going to keep up the pressure on background checks and republican members calling for background checks and the door still open to congress coming back early. Reporter yeah, george. Democrats right now are keeping up the pressure on republicans demanding they hold a vote on universal background checks, and we are slowly seeing a growing number of republicans being open to this idea. While were also seeing other republicans going much further. Congressman mike turner of ohio, a republican, former mayor of dayton whose daughter actually escaped the shooting says he supports measures to prevent the sale of militarystyle weapons and highcapacity magazines. Neither the house or senate have announced any plans to come back to washington to tackle this. Speaker pelosi is leaving open the possibility that Key Committee members could come back to do work on this. We saw that back and forth between President Trump and beto orourke. Youre going to see major speeches today as well from former Vice President joe biden and cory booker. Reporter yes, george. Joe biden will go further than he has in the past, really taking on the president in his harshest language yet. In a speech in iowa he plans to say the president offers no moral leadership, and shows no interest in unifying the nation while down in south carolina, cory booker will be giving a speech on White Nationalism and gun violence at the Mother Emanuel Church which, of course, saw that horrific shooting four years ago. Mary bruce, thanks very much. Michael . All right, george, were now going overseas to new concerns about isis gaining strength in syria. A new report from the pentagon is raising the alarm. Our senior Foreign Correspondent ian pannell has the very latest. Good morning, ian. Reporter yeah, good morning, michael. This is what many people feared and warned would happen. Isis reforming a resurgence in syria and iraq. The u. S. Led coalition estimating there are between 14,000 and 18,000 fighters still active. Now this new pentagon report warning that isis has resurgent cells and is active in the huge camp for internally displaced families. Last month women and children raising the black flag of isis. Were not talking about the caliphate but instead this is about what the report calls isis transforming into an insurgency in syria. So seeing things as we have in iraq like targeted assassinations, ambushes and suicide bombings. This comes as americas kurdish allies in the region who are leading the fight against isis are warning if turkey sends troops across the border into their area, which turkey is threatening to do, they will no longer be able to guard 10,000 isis prisoners currently in jails there. The build up there is tense, all right, thanks, ian. We move to the latest on that severe storm system that hit the midwest with damaging winds and hail, millions more in its path as the system moves east and, ginger, of course, is tracking it all. Good morning, ginger. Good morning, george. Let me start you out in baltimore, maryland. Can you imagine walking out the window after a storm and seeing this . The cars are swimming in the streets there. It took three to four or five inches to fall very quickly to take down trees there. Let me show you what was happening in south dakota where they reported 70 to 80 mile per hour, or even more than that, gusts. Damage from those storms. You saw that shelf cloud coming across the land. These types of images, i think we see them again today. This is the area i want you to watch. There is one front, wisconsin back to nebraska has a shot at doing it, but if you are burlington to baltimore to charlotte, i want you to watch throughout today, the afternoon and early evening for winds in excess of 60 or even 70 miles per hour. Guys . Keep that in mind. All right, ginger. Thank you. Now this morning we are celebrating the life of one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. Yes, Toni Morrison. The trail blazer, Nobel Prize Winner wrote majestically about the black experience in america and linsey davis has more on her life and career. Incredible. Good morning to you, robin. In addition to being a masterful wordsmith today Toni Morrison is being remembered as a world class human being who as president bill clinton put it challenged our consciences to confront injustice, large or small. Reporter a master story telling, Toni Morrison told the untold stories. Filling the void and silence of the africanamerican experience, women in particular, and the impact of racism in the u. S. A literary genius forever woven into the fabric of american life, with novels like the bluest eye, song of solomon and beloved, which won her the pulitzer prize. It was eventually turned into a movie starring oprah winfrey. I was never gonna leave you. Reporter she posted this on instagram, calling her the empress supreme among writers. A magician with language who understood the power of words. Toni reaches us deeply using a tone thats lyrical, precise, distinct and inclusive. She believes that language actors towards the place where meaning might lie and the rest of us are lucky to be following along for the ride. Reporter president barack obama who awarded morrison the president ial medal of freedom in 2012 calling her a National Treasure tweeting, she was as captivating in person as she was on the page. What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for awhile. The pinnacle for me as a writer is really the writing, the next book, doing it better and better every time out. Reporter the first black woman to receive the nobel literature prize, she said her writing was a result of being a hungry reader, who wasnt finding what she wanted to read in a book store or library. Her books will serve as an inspiration for years to come. You know what i wanted to be, i wanted to be Nobel Prize Winning author Toni Morrison. Reporter in her nobel acceptance speech, she said, we die. That may be the meaning of life, but we do language. That may be the measure of our lives. Morrison was 88 years old. Of course, she was also a professor at princeton and she once said that she told her students, when you get these jobs that you have so brilliantly trained for just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power then you. I can say shcertainly empowered me as an eighth grader reading the bluest eye. I know. I was 10 years old reading the bluest eye, and i agree with what oprah said. Toni morrison truly understood the power of words and the way she used them. Yes. A true gift. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, linsey. Following a lot of other stories this morning. Coming up, an abc news exclusive. The family of a young woman killed by sharks while snorkeling in the bahamas is breaking their silence calling for a major change after her attack. And were going to take a look at this video right here. A pilot crash landing his plane in the wilderness revealing how he survived. What he did to lead rescuers right to him. Thankfully he is doing well. But first back to ginger. Yes, and lets get straight to the hot cities brought to you by subaru. Good morning, america. I hope you heard that little tune. I hope you did. Its wednesday. You feeling it . Hump day. I cr