Its memorial day, may 30th. A wicked weather weekend turning deadly in some regions. Texas flooding claims five lives and dangerous rip tides move up the east coast. New details vounlding a 400 pound gorilla killed after a 4yearold boy fell in his enclosure at a cincinnati zoo. Libertarians pick their candidate to battle the donald, they reveal a person to take on trum am. Police have new leads on a deadly shooting in houston. A rookie running on fumes wins the indy 500 and we hohn yort fallen on this memorial day. First look starts right now. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us today. At least five people are dead
and three more missing after Severe Weather triggered devastating flooding in the plains. Four bodies were found in washington county, texas, alone after two feet of water flooded the area in hours. Three people were in their cars when floodwaters swept them away torrential downpours led to damage. One man and his son were trying to evacuate an rv park when swept off the highway by floodwaters. The weight of the water even collapsed the roof of the local newspaper office. Over in rosenberg, some roads are covered by more than eight feet of water. And the rising brazos river forced evacuation of 2600 inmates. And take a look at this. This video was recorded inside a school bus that was dropping kids off after school. The bus now resembling a boat wading through floodwaters. Bonnie weakened to a tropical depression but is still slamming the carolinas in georgia with heavy rain, winds, and high
surf. At least one beach goer is reported missing. Drivers trying to get away in South Carolina had to form a caravan line just to stay on course. And over in north charleston, residents in this neighborhood parked on think lawns to escape the street now turned into a river. One homeowner was recording rising floodwaters as this is came close to his front door. Bonnie is joining us tracking bonnie and all thats in her wake. Its been a very active weekend. For memorial day, were looking at the threat from tropical depression bonnie. Watch out for dangerous rip currents. Keep in mind this storm is very, very slow to move out. So with the movement to the north at 3 miles per hour, well be talking about bonnie well into this week. I think well still see plenty of rain it from as well. A risk for Severe Weather this is right into central and southern plains. Two Million People at risk for
severe storms. We saw a lot of this this week. I hate to see it again for texas. Large tail and damaging wind. Not to mention the wind. That rain is in the forecast through the middle of the week. Your memorial day, into the midatlantic and new england. Stormy in the southern plains. Looking beautiful to the west. Nice mild temperatures. Youre warming up quite a bit as we go through the middle and endst week on the west coast. The numbers are going up. But it doesnt look too bad. I think we have nice weather. Well have to keep watching that storm with my name. Betty . Yeah. Be nice to us, bonnie. Both of you. Thank you. Terrifying moments at the cincinnati zoo this weekend. A mother watches in horror as her 3yearold son falls into the gorilla exhibit and violently dragged by a 400 pound silver back. At times the primate drags the boy and other times it appears to be protective. But with no time to spare, zoo keepers acted with lethal force to save the boy. We have the tense moments caught on camera. No ten minutes of terror. Mommy is right here. This cell phone video showing a had 400 pound gorilla and behind him in the corner of his exhibit a 3yearold boy. Suddenly screams. The gorilla dragging the boy through the water then stops. Can you hear the mother talking to her son trying to keep him calm. Mommy loves you. Im right here. At one point, the boy looks up and the two briefly touch hands. The gore yailla stands him up a then drags him away. Zoo keepers say they had no choice. A tranquellize woehr have taken too long and they had to put the gore yale down. We rescued the childs. Youre talking about an animal that is over 400 pounds
and extremely strong. All sorts of things can happen in a situation like that. The gorilla is an endangered silver back. The zoo celebrating his 17 rnlg birthday the day before he was kill killed. The boy was taken to the hospital but he is going to be okay. His mother was watching several children when he slipped through the mote. The boy had been talking about wanting to go in. Go n get in the water. And his mother is like, no, youre not. No, youre not. The zoo now reexamining the barriers around the exhibit. Mean while, some mourning the gore yales death are questioning the killing pointing to other examples of gorillas protecting children who fell in exhibits like this incident in england 30 years ago. Or this gorilla in 1996 in chicago who cared for an injured boy and carried him to zoo keepers at the exhibit door. But this case, much more unpredictable. A boys life in danger, a risk
zoo keepers wouldnt take. Frightening video there. Republicans may have finally recruited the Third Party Candidate theyve been wishing for. Conservative bill kristol posted this on twitter. Just a heads up over the holiday weekend, there will be an independent candidate with a strong team and a real chance. The never Trump Campaign calls the update meaningful. Donald trump himself derided the news writing bill kristol has been wrong for two years and embarrassed loser. But if the gop cannot control their own, then they are not a party. Be tough, rs. The Republican Party has to be smart and strong if it wants to win in november. They cant allow light weights to send up a spoiler indy candidate. A named independent candidate, the race for president goes up to four after former new mexico governor gary johnson won the libertarian nomination for president at the partys
convention this weekend. Now johnson fully embraced the never trump montra and best path fort. Taking him on on the fact that he wants to deport 11 million Illegal Immigrants, taking him on on wanting to build a fence across the border, thats nuts. Taking him on when he says that mexicans are murderers and ra rapis rapists, absolutely call him out on what is really racist. Its just racist. Meanwhile, trump took a part in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally on the national mall. The bikers raise awareness of unaccounted for pows and soldiers missing in action. Trump ridiculed Hillary Clinton, called reporters low lives and his best to bring rally goers to his side. Hillary is talking about jobs. She doesnt know anything about jobs. She thinks the va is doing good. Did you see her statement a couple months ago . The Veterans Administration is doing a good job. If she think thinks doing a good
job, then ive been wasting a lot of time. I know the vets. They are miserable what w. What is happening. While i continues to make end roads, hold youdz like bill kristol and Eric Erickson are strictly against him. Arnold schwarzenegger couldnt confirm he would endorse trump. He said he would announce support in his own time and way. Bernie Sanders Campaign may hinge all hopes on the california primary. But the candidate is not entirely against being on the same ticket with Hillary Clinton. Sanders says hes drafting an appeal letter to super delegates, he also did not reject a vp slot on clintons ticket when asked. A community is on alert this morning after a shooting spree in houston. Police described the scene as chaotic. A gunman with a rifle in tow fired bullets randomly hitting seven people. Gunfire also struck surrounding vehicles, a Police Helicopteroverhead, even a nearby gas pump that burst into flames. A bomb squad was called to the scene to detonate a suspicious item. The swat team killed the gunman. One is investigating as a potential second shooter and two officers have been released from the hospital. Shark attacks reported on both coasts of the sust gave beach goers quite the scare over the weekend n california, a woman with large bites on her upper torso and shoulder were a victim of an apparent shark attack. The incident prompted officials to close down a three mile stretch of newport beach. Helicopters flew across the shoreline look forg signs of a shark. But no sightings yet, the bite may come from a sea lion. A florida teen was bitten by a shark while swimming in two feet of water. Several witnesses jum independent to hept boichlt he sustained severe injuries to his leg and is recovering in a homent. Pope francis celebrated three hollywood actors over the weekend. They all received medals at a vatican event on sunday. The actors were all ambassador ford the Vatican Foundation for schools that meet. The mission is to achieve social integration and a culture of peace by linking technology with the arts. An event organizers stress the importance of celebrity involvement in this project saying they can trans mitt important values. Just ahead, a flight you wont want to miss. Plus, incredible land slides caught on camera. We have those details straight ahead. Our. Stomach watch this . Yikes, that ice cream was messing with you, wasnt it . Try lactaid, its real ice cream, without that annoying lactose. Lactaid. Its the milk that doesnt mess with you. Its more than a nits reliable uptime. And multilayered security. Its how you stay connected to each other and to your customers. With centurylink you get advanced technology solutions, including an industry leading broadband network,
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directions. So far, 80 of surrounding territory has been recovered. The countrys Prime Minister told the estimated 50,000 remaining his dents to leave the city or stay indoors. City is one of the last major Islamic State strong holds in iraq along with the countrys second largest city mosul. It was a deadly memorial day weekend in chicago. A string of over two dozen shootings killed four people and injured 40. 15yearold ver on yak lopez was shot and killed while riding in the passenger southeast a car. The uptick in violence comes despite efforts by police to deploy additional officers. Five months into this year so far, over 200 people have already been killed in chicago. Lets turn to china. Take a look at this terrifying moment caught on camera. A landslide pummels down a mound an side right as a car was passing. Luck lit passers by make a narrow escape from being buried alive. Wow. To sports now. Jordan spieth going for his first professional win in his home state of texas at the colonial. The second ranked player in the world started the day with nine straight pars. Then caught on fire in the back nine. Six birdies. This is the eighth career victory for the 22yearold and his first since his disastrous back nine at the masters. Now alex ander rossi, the winner of the indianapolis 500 in his rookie run at indy. Rossi was able to overcome the fuel tank running on empty and 661 odds. To grab the checkered flag and celebrate with a chug of milk. Nascar held the longest race of the year, the cocacola 600 at charlotte motor speedway. Martin truex jr. Came away with the first win of the season. He dominated that race setting a new nascar record by leading 392 out of 400 laps. And on the european tour, James Morrison hits a hole in one and guess what . He wins a car. Its not just any car though. Morrison takes home a 142,000 bmwi8. Look at that beauty. Not too shabby. Good day for him. All right. Well he is known as the human arrow. And on sunday, jeb corlis lived up to that namedropping out of a helicopter wearing a wing suit and attempting to hit a target over the great wall of china. We have more on his wild ride. Reporter the starting line, 6,000 feet up. The finish, a paper bulls eye the size of an apple, suspended over the great wall of china. Rock my world. Reporter all jeb had to do is make history, hit the target at 120 miles an hour. This is a project about precision. This was a project about doing something that is really, really hard. The 40yearold made a name for himself Cheating Death with jumps from the worlds tallest buildings. The sky park in singapore, malaysias towers and flights
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7th primary. Crammed into an rv, they embarked on a 12 city tour of california. They are joined by sanders supporters and hope to bring out the vote in major cities across the state. Hillary clinton meanwhile has her own army of celebrities, musician katy perry has hit the trail for her and while garion son wrapped up the libertarian weekend, one owe poen nebt that race tried to drum up support in his own scandalous way. Take a look. And you can tell about it reaction he does strip down, my
friends. All right, thats your morning dish of scrambled politics. I want to bring in our political reporter, good morning, daniel. Thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. Bill kristo