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
Ctions in the bathrooms or ck thereof. How do you turn on thafaucet . Well explain later in the mix on this reunion, monday august 8th. Rom abc news, this is world news now. We do say good morning to you. Im kendis gibson. Not nickatt. Im diane macedo. They might have forgotten who we are. . Reunited and it feels so good . Its a good thing we have thatntro. Yes . The move went well . Ch. It went well. Im now a new yorker. Tax bracket went up by. Do you feel different . No longer d. C. Do you feel rough and tough . Again. Talking witan accent its awesome. It comes right back. And a good vacation. You went down two makeup tones darker. The Makeup Artist panicked. Neve anyone. Shes using my powder now. And we begin with donald trump, righthere we left off. Attempting to hit the reset button after damaging ssteps. Hes set to deliver an economic policypeh in detroit thisorning as he slumps in the poll. The latest abc News Washington post poll Shows Hillary cnton with an 50 to 42 . Trump is
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
U. S. Beat out france in the 4 by 100 relay. He has the most medals of any athlete ever. Impressive. In gymnastics, the womens threetime champion simone biles and allie riceman led the way. Overall, the medal count looking good for team usa. They lead with 12 medals. Italy and japan tied with seven. As far as golds, the u. S. , china, and australia are tied with three apiece. One woman who seemed destined for gold is instead in intensive care this morning. The woman was leading the road race when that crash happened. She suffered a concussion and matt gutmann has more. Reporter the dutch cyclist recovering in a hospital. Skidding into that turn earlier wobbling, then launching over the handlebars into a concrete gutter. Shes down. Reporter and the jeers of zika by brazilian fans contagious, spreading from the soccer pitch to the pair of americans at the Beach Volleyball stadium. [ chanting zeke zika ] rios woes not all manmade. Winds forcing the suspension of rowing. With russia accuse
Streamed, differential alerted her neighbors. The woman was taken to the hospital where she is expected to recover. Police say together officers and residents were able to stop a serious crime in progress and make an arrest. Live in the news tropical room henry lee. Just after 11 00 a car hit a 47yearold man walking across boulevard. Employee at a dennys restaurant was taken to to the hospital after a pickup truck crashed into the restaurant. You can see workers trying to sure up the woman. Wall. Witnesses say the man was behind the wheel in this parking lot. You can see the white pickup truck over there. Witnesses say the driver put the truck into reverse, came out of this driveway out here on mallory boulevard. You can see it is a busy street, before crashing into the dennys restaurant. We have video of the truck in the restaurant earlier today. The driver was uninjured. His wife was in the passenger seat. She had a few bumps and bruises. It happened before 11 00 a. M. Fremont fire w