Terrifying tumble. Look at this. A man plunges 70 feet down three waterfalls. There he is. Injured, but he somehow survived an incredible ordeal. God, i just want to live. Hes now telling his story to gma. Go go and buckle up. It is time for the indy 500. Racers revved up. The driver hoping to keep a family legacy alive. Its only right an andretti wins. Will he take the checkered flag . Hey, good morning. Happy to have cecilia vega in for paula this morning. A morning when a lot of people along the east coast are watching their memorial day plans go pearshaped. Youre looking at a live shot from folly beach, South Carolina, where Tropical Storm bonnie is expected to hit within hours and our rob marciano is tracking the storm. Hell have much more on that coming up. Rough surf there. But we do start with the pictures that are absolutely terrifying. The heartstopping moment when a 4yearold boy tumbles into a zoos gorilla enclosure and comes facetoface with a 400pound silverback. As hard as
The rookie racer winning the indy 500, making it across the finish line on fumes. The risky decision that paid off and his emotional victory. And good morning, america. Happy memorial day. And what a win for rookie driver alex rossi beating out the odds at the indianapolis 500. His amazing story coming up. Ginger, you were there. Such a special race, 100th running. And then for that to happen and then he ran out of gas. Then he ran out of gas. You could have called him a droid. We should also say its great great to have sara haines back from Maternity Leave wearing the hot pink. How are you feeling . Im feeling i have makeup on, clothes that arent sweats. This already made my day. Nobodys spit up on you yet. I havent had to solve a world problem like why hes crying again. Were so happy youre back. Pictures coming up later in the broadcast. Also on this memorial day, were remembering those who have sacrificed everything for our country. You are looking live at the tomb of the unknown so
Flyer frustration boils over to airlines as they air their grievances with the tsa on capitol hill. Heading into a busy Holiday Weekend, now airlines are pitching in to help out. Feldenkrais, feldenkrais, feldenkrais. Thats correct. [ applause ] and for the second straight year, two students will share the National Spelling bee title. The winning words and what they even mean. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news here in new york. Im annemarie green. Today, president obama becomes the first sitting president to visit hiroshima where seven decades ago the United States dropped the first atomic bomb. Early this morning, mr. Obama arrived at a Marine Corps Air station about 26 miles southwest of the city. Hell travel to hiroshimas Peace Memorial park to place a wreath. The bomb killed an estimated 140,000 people. He did not apologize for the bomb or president trumans decision to use it but acknowledged a massive loss on that day that would endure for decades. 71 years ago
Southeast this memorial day weekend. The weather has not turned dangerous yet, but powerful surf and rip currents have beachgoers on alert along the South Carolina coast. The forecast in a moment, but, first, David Begnaud is in charleston with the latest. David . Reena, good evening, the outer bands of drop a cal storm bonnie are already hitting the North Carolina coast but look behind me as you look in the ocean people are still swimming, trying the waves, thrill seekers and surfers determined not to get out of the water and thats why the lifeguards ar are stilln duty here and the palms along the coast, wherever you are in South Carolina from the northernmost part to the southernmost part if you live on the coast you will see rain from this tropical system, with have a picture of what it is like this morning when the beach was packed here. People out for the memorial day weekend, not sure if they knew a tropical system was coming but, but they came and then so did the rain, and thats
71 years ago, death fell from the sky, and the world was changed. President obama makes an historic visit to hiroshima. We come to ponder the terrible force unleashed in the notsodistant past. Streets under water. Yards are under water. Severe thunderstorms bringing the threat of more damaging tornadoes to the central and southern plains. Fire [ bleep ] the building started shaking. People flying for the memorial day holiday can expect long security lines. Man, i better get out early. I dont want to miss my flight. We had a big day. We hit the 1,237, right. 1,237. Trump cannot get near most powerful job in the world. It is up to us to say no the u. S. Has discovered its first known human case of a superbug, one that cannot be killed by known antibiotics. The more we look at drug resistance, the more concerned we are. Korean airlines evacuated 300 passengers and crew from an aircraft in tokyo after smoke came from its left engine. A pair of navy warplanes collided off coast of north car