a deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake. and in school one of the tennis shoes rivalries will resume at the australian open. carry all speech encouraged to set up a fall from match. hello our top story this hour president xi jinping says china is facing a grave situation as the world s most populous country scrambles to contain a deadly new virus at least 41 people have died after contract ing the new strain of corona virus it can cause flu like symptoms and in extreme cases lead to shortness of breath and pneumonia more than 1300 people have now been infected on the chinese mainland with hospital struggling to deal with the outbreak around 50000000 people are affectively in lockdown after transport links were suspended to and from the city of 100 the epicenter of the outbreak and then also to surrounding cities as well where the virus has already crossed borders 38 cases have been reported in 11 other countries along with the chinese territories of hong kong and macau. scott has o
Concussion and three small spinal cord fractures. However, shes 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 10yearold boy during a family outing at a water park. Caleb schwab was riding on the slide in kansas city, kansas, the tallest in the world 17 stories high. The name means insane or crazy in german. Riders have to follow some strict rules. Theres no word, though, 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 at the start before the season starts. The water park will be closed yet again today because its lifeguards may be too sdrau t distraught to work there. The first fatality since the park opened seven years ago. To politics, donald trump looking to get back on m
Want somebody thats going to shortcircuit. All this as we learn about the results of a new abc Washington Post poll that points to good news for clinton. And going for gold. The victories for team usa on the first day of competition. The teenager taking aim and stealing the spotlight. And the swimmers adding to our medal count, as gma sits down with Serena Williams. I have so much fun playing with venus. Her big hopes at the big games. Good morning, everyone. Great to have you with us. Were going to get to all of the olympic action coming up. Including key early victories for the usa on the court and the field. Both the Mens Basketball Team and u. S. Womens soccer teams off to a strong start. Usa. They are off to strong starts. But were starting with the breaking news involving the disgraced former olympian, Oscar Pistorius. Were learning this morning tht he was sent to the hospital after being found in his prison cell with injuries to his wrists. Hes denying it was a suicide attempt.
Set of racy pics. Could it be a trend, an epidemic . A scourge on the world this summer . Its in the skinny on this monday, august 8th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. Im kendis gibson. 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 water slide. Its not known if he fell or Something Else went wrong. Riders must be 4. 5feet tall and go down in a raft holding three people. Park officials are stunned. They say theyve never dealt with Something Like this before. The water slide opened two years ago. The german name means insane. Its the biggest water slide in the world. Abcs Marci Gonzalez has more. Reporter a day at the water park turning tragic. Waterslide in kansas city, kansas. We are saddened to share a young boy died on a ride this afternoon. The young boys family with him at the time of the accident. The park immediately closing down. Investigators rushing to the
Simone biles leading the way with electrifying routines on the balance beam, vault, and on the floor. There were still stunning upsets. Venus williams and her sister, serena, losing a doubles tennis match for the first time. Venus also lost a single match earlier in the day, but serena is still in the running to take it again in rio. Serena was the best serena in london ive ever seen. I can only hope i get there again. That was insane. Reporter other nations had to deal with setbacks off the field. Kenyas track and field manager sent home and facing investigation following the release of a video showing him offering to protect athletes from drug tests. And the entire russian they failed paraathletes. Their medals over morals mentality disgusts me. Reporter now remember, guys, team russia is still competing in the current games. Although more than 100 athletes were banned as part of the same doping scandal. In fact, the International Olympics committee ignored recommendations to ban rus