news. the dow surges to a record high, but washington may bring it crashing down. and then the man responsible for 12 murders. you know he heard voices, thought he was being followed, reportedly suffered from ptsd but he still got security checks. was it an oversensitivity to mental issues that did that? plus his mother today spoke out for the first time. you're going to hear what she had to say. police find two cars in a muddy lake with bodies inside, a lot of bodies inside. and these cars, you won't believe it. have they just solved a 40-year-old mystery? let's go outfront. good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight we begin with the breaking news. a record high stock surge today. the dow jumping 147 points. now, the dow and the s&p closed at new highs. you know, i just think this is so significant. nearly five years to the day

after the financial crash and crisis when this country is still facing an unemployment crisis, a major milestone and a good one for the markets. well, the reason for the record, the fed announced it would not stop the flow of easy money, and it is that easy money that's been keeping interest rates at rock bottom levels for the past five years. so what does it mean? brent wilsey is outfront. brent, it's great to talk to you again. i know you know this better than anyone. first of all, do you believe in this rally? would you actually buy into it? >> erin, i've got to say i'm happy about the rally, but we've got to be cautious here. when i look at things right now, we have to realize we're at lofty levels, and today just gave us another push above that. if you ask if i believe in the rally, i'm about 30% or so in cash, not because i'm trying to time the market, but because i started selling companies because they hit their target sale prices and i can't find anything to buy to replace those companies. erin, you've known me for a long time. i'm usually optimistic.

i'm not so optimistic this time. i'm a little cautious. >> you're cautious about buying in. what about the fed? the reason this happened today is everybody thought the fed was going to say, look, enough. we're not going to give you this criskrispy kreme doughnut every single day. we're going to pull back, we're putting you on a diet. but then when the fed said, no, we're going to let those doughnuts keep flowing, people thought markets would surge, interest rates will stay low. does this mean that people shouldn't worry about rising rates? shouldn't worry, for example, about things like trying to refinance a mortgage or buy some sort of a big ticket item now because interest rates are sure to go higher and quickly? >> i would say that they have a little bit of reprieve here, not to worry for a little bit longer but maybe a couple more months. they said today they're going to watch it and so forth. there's no set date. but what this should do is keep rates low. the auto sales are on fire. autos, i talked to a guy today and he goes i couldn't resist

buying a car because my payments are so low. the housing market is continuing to do well. we've got good things but it's not going last too long. eventually we'll take away those doughnuts and people will have to go back on that diet. take advantage of that now because it's not going to last that long. >> i like calling a ford pickup truck a doughnut, it sort of is in a lot of ways, good to talk to you again, sir. our second story outfront, we have breaking news also in the investigation of the washington navy yard shooting today. it's a horrific scene inside building 197. according to our barbara starr just reporting in the past few minutes, we can tell you what it looks like in that building. at this moment officials are telling barbara there's still blood everywhere, extensive damage, bullet holes and broken windows. it could be several weeks before that build is even able to reopen. there are also more stunning details tonight on how a local navy base failed to report disturbing behavior by the gunma gunman, aaron alexis, just weeks before he shot and killed 12

people. reports that could have saved those lives. jim sciutto is outfront with the latest. >> reporter: what we learned is when alexis with the rhode island police with this disturbing story of being followed, of being controlled with a microwave machine, of hearing voices, that while the rhode island police reported that to the rhode island naval station, that account went no further than there. it did not come to the navy here in washington, so still very serious questions as to how this was allowed to happen and at the same time still this overriding question as to why this happened. why did he do this. with aaron alexis' motive still unclear, two mysterious clues. newly discovered etchings on the shotgun he used. better off this way and my elf weapon. information investigators are still deciphering. today secretary hagel and chairman of the joint chiefs dempsey detailed measures to

prevent this from happening again. two department-wide reviews of security at military installations and the granting and renewal of security clearances. >> well, obviously there were a lot of red flags, as you noted. why they didn't get picked up, why they didn't get incorporated into the clearance process, what he was doing. those are all legitimate questions that we're going to be dealing with. how do we fix it? >> for aaron alexis, the list of missed red flags is alarmingly long. from two arrests to reports to police that he was hearing voices, to two recent self admissions to veterans affairs hospitals for insomnia. despite this report his security clearance granted in 2008 was valid for ten years without review. >> where there are gaps, we will close them. where there are inadequacies, we will address them. and where there are failures, we will correct them.

>> reporter: one change the defense department is not considering so far is making mental health counseling an automatic disqualifier on security clearance applications, in large part to avoid stigmatizing posttraumatic stress disorder. >> i still remain in that camp, that a man or woman should have the ability with treatment to overcome them and then to have a fruitful life and gain employment, including inside of the military. >> reporter: today as co-workers were allowed back into the scene of monday's horrific shooting, aaron alexis' mother spoke publicly for the first time about her son. >> i don't know why he did what he did, and i'll never be able to ask him why. aaron is now in a place where he can no longer do harm to anyone, and for that i am glad. to the families of the victims, i am so, so very sorry that this has happened. my heart is broken. >> obviously that coming from the mother. i know, jim, sort of capturing everybody to imagine what she's thinking and to imagine how the

families may respond to that. i know that you're also learning something very important tonight about this whole question of not just about security access but whether anything could have been done to make this less horrific than it was. there are reports capitol police responded to the scene but were called back. obviously if true, could be crucial. what do you know? >> reporter: no question this was particularly a capitol hill tactical team, so kind of like a s.w.a.t. team trained specifically to respond to these kinds of events, attempting to come here to the navy yard as the shots were still being fired, called back by a commander. now, this may have been protective at the time, they didn't know if there were other shooters and they were called back because there were other units responding here. still we learned today that the capitol police are launching an investigation to see why that happened and also could that team have prevented some of the violence that took place here, erin. >> jim, thank you very much. we appreciate that reporting. still outfront, the gop. does the gop have plans to be,

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our third story tonight outfront, found alive. a 14-year-old georgia girl safe after she was abducted from her home on tuesday. police say she was taken by two men. they had broken into her mother's home and demanded money and jewelry. perez's mother told them she didn't have anything and police say the men shot the family dog and kidnapped the teenage girl. martin savidge is outfront in clayton county, southeast of atlanta. i know over the past couple of days a lot of people have said these stories don't end well, obviously not the case, a miraculous one. but now that she is rescued, what do police think happened in this kidnapping? >> reporter: well, that is a very good question, erin. good evening to you. i should point out that she is back home tonight. we know by a couple of ways, the police cars that are still blocking her street and guarding

her home and neighbors that have seen her say she looks remarkably good regarding the things she's been through and there was a huge bouquet of welcome back balloons all of which to this community and to much of the nation came as a welcome relief. this was a glimmer of good news and delivered at a very hastily called news conference this afternoon. here is the chief of the clayton county police department talking about what went down and how this girl was returned. >> she's been reunified with her family. we currently have two suspects in custody. we're looking at some other suspects, and i'll let the fbi talk about that later. she was recovered at a location in conyers, georgia. the investigation is still active and still -- we're still receiving phone calls as we speak. >> okay. so the two important answers there are she's found and she's safe. the rest of it is still pretty

vague ooerchgs though we had that lengthy press conference that was given by both the federal and local authorities. two suspects in custody, but not the two suspects whose image had been put out there and widely distributed, so they're considered to be still on the loose. and how was she recovered? in other words, was she found at the home wherever she was being held or was it that she was dropped off by somebody? there are just so many questions here. and the real question that still haunts this neighborhood was, was this really a random act or was somehow the victim and the suspects connected in this case? the fbi said that was something that they were still investigating but the way they answered that implied there is still a lot more to be found out here. so those are the serious questions, but right now the celebration is simple. she's safe, she's home, and let's be happy with that. erin. >> and obviously that is what matters the most. as you say, a week of such horrific news that you want to have that positive news.

but as you said, two in custody, not the ones whose pictures were up. obviously that begs a lot of questions. but they said they're looking into others. i mean do you know anything about the people that have been either taken into custody or they're looking for or is that still a huge question mark? >> there's some little things that have been dropped out there but they planted some pretty big seeds. one of them is a mexico national, that brings up an international connection. another one is what they call a long-term professional criminal. so there are long criminal histories here. the connection, we're still waiting to see that. >> all right, thank you very much, martin savidge. many questions to be answered on that. now our fourth story outfront, colorado's deadly floods. the raging waters we've been showing you over the past days have killed six, left nearly 450 stranded and still at this point not having food and water. help, though, is on the way because there has been this.

one of the nation's largest air operations in nearly a decade since hurricane katrina. 1100 people have been rescued thanks to these crews. anna cabrera is outfront in longmont, colorado, with another part of the story. an unbelievable part we are so excited to share. dogs are digging through the rubble and mud. the horrific situation in colorado and saving lives tonight. here they are. >> it's go time for nebraska task force one. 80 members of an urban search and rescue team dispatched by fema. >> we're going to a trailer park to check out if anybody is still there. >> today's mission includes chief, a 4-year-old golden retriever from the search dog foundation. >> come on, chief. >> he's one of four dogs help outing in the colorado floods. chief is very highly trained. he's evaluated on his intelligence, his drive, adaptability and, of course, his nose. >> this way, chief. >> reporter: this is job is to find people who may be trapped,

especially in places with rubble and debris. >> go through. >> reporter: places like this mobile home park in evans, where flood waters buckled roads, splintered wood and moved homes off foundations. the whole team moves methodically through each property going door to door, front to back, making sure nobody is inside. >> how often does chief find somebody? >> very rarely will a dog ever find somebody. that would be a big, big deal. but we have to know 100% sure. >> reporter: the benefit of having chief is his quickness and agility as he works his way over large piles and through knee-deep water. >> this way, chief. >> reporter: canine search specialist andrew pitcher listens closely to chief's bark, which could signify a human that needs help. >> there will be a difference in the bark. focused, alert, he would stay there. this is just pure adrenaline rush right now. >> reporter: since their arrival in colorado, this team has covered more than 100 miles on

foot. so far, they haven't found anyone buried, but they have helped track down some of the missing. >> if there's a dog that's going to find somebody, it's going to be chief. >> reporter: today more buildings cleared, a success in its own right. and more good news, the number of people who are unaccounted for continues to drop. in fact here in boulder county, we're down to just four people unaccounted for. that's down from 109 yesterday. mother nature certainly helping the search and rescue crews now as they do their work. a little cloudy now. we had a pretty good rain shower just a few minutes ago, but the forecast tomorrow calls for mostly sun. back to you, erin. >> thanks very much. anna reporting live from colorado tonight. south of the border, mexico getting hammered by serious deadly storms at the same time. 80 people have died so far and the hardest hit is a city many of you no doubt are familiar with. the resort city of acapulco.

tropical storm manuel triggering landslides and floods ripping apart roads, collapsing bridges, swallowing homes and cars. at this hour relief supplies are running low and nearly 40,000 tourists are there stranded. the terminal at the city's airport, as you can see, is totally under water. some of that water is going up to the barriers, which is about at your waist level or higher. you can see complete devastation there. still outfront, police pull two muddy cars from a lake in oklahoma. inside the bodies of six people. these people, though, have been missing for a long time. a major cold case break. we'll be live at the lake. plus a newly crowned miss america will be with me live tonight. she was called a terrorist by some when she won. she responds, outfront. our shoutout tonight. a man flirts with certain death. my customers can shop around--

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our fifth story outfront, could two cold cases from decades ago finally be solved? sort of out of the blue, i mean this is like what you read in one of those scandinavian murder mysteries. officials say two muddy cars were pulled from the bottom of a lake in western oklahoma, and they contain the remains of six bodies. now, investigators say one car may belong to a teenager who disappeared with friends in 1970 and the other car could be linked to a case before those teens went missing. authorities are on the scene in foss lake, oklahoma, trying to gather additional evidence, trying to find out if this is related. ed lavandera is outfront with

this bizarre story. >> reporter: these cars have spent more than 40 years submerged at the bottom of foss lake in western oklahoma. investigators can peel apart the metal and hardware with their bare hands as they look for clues. two corroded rifles, a muddied wallet and purse, and the remains of six people, three in each car. it's one fluke discovery that might have solved two long-forgotten mysteries. in 1970, three teenagers in a 1969 camaro disappeared. the mystery of what happened to jimmy williams, michael rios and leah johnson made headlines in the local newspapers. and the year before in april of 1969, john alva porter and two friends were driving around in a 1950s chevy and never seen again. more than 40 years later, two cars matching those same descriptions were found sitting right next to each other in this lake. >> it's been so long. it's been 44 years, you know.

there's a lot of things in between there that we can't answer because we don't know. it's like through the years, what happened, what happened? it's just a mystery, we don't know. >> reporter: debbie was 13 years old when her grandpa porter vanished. >> he was here one day and the next day he was gone. i mean no trace. no, you know, clue at all. i mean his bank account was there, his house was locked up, utilities were on. you know, he just walked away. >> reporter: alvie porter as he was known performed in wild, wild west shows riding bulls around oklahoma. porter's oldest son is now 85 and suffering from dementia. after investigators stopped looking for his father, he acted as his own detective, hunting down every clue he could. >> you spent a lot of time looking for him? >> you betcha, still looking for him. this is going to help me a whole lot. >> reporter: last week oklahoma highway patrol divers were testing new underwater sonar equipment when they discovered

the two cars. it wasn't until the cars were pulled out of the water that the bones were found inside. divers went back in the water and found even more remains. the oklahoma medical examiner will use dna to identify the bodies. it could take days, maybe even years to positively do that. alexa white's mother was john porter's sister. she hopes they can finally find the answers that have eluded their family for four decades. >> it has been difficult not knowing what did happen to her father. she never had that closure or the peace of mind or comfort. always that uncertainty, and why did it happen, what did happen, why can't we find what happened. and i'm hoping that this will bring closure. >> reporter: erin, now investigators are having the corroded cars pulled away. what is fascinating about this

story and eerie to think about, you heard from debbie there in the piece. she used to bring her young children out here to that marina you see in the distance. the cars were found there at the end of that boat ramp. she used to bring her kids out here to skip rocks on the lake. she had no idea that the answer and the clues to her grandfather's disappearance was literally just feet away under water. erin. >> it is incredible and this story so riveting. it's amazing to stand there and see those cars behind you. thanks to our ed lavandera who is live there at oklahoma at that scene. still outfront, our top story with the dow at a record high, but gridlock in washington may bring it crashing down. the battle between potus and the gop. plus an officer very quickly charged with a felony. was the trayvon martin case the reason? and police say a man murdered his wife and posted a picture of her body on facebook. now new video released showing the moment, the moment of

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welcome back to the second half of outfront. syrian president bashar al assad speaking tonight in an interview with fox news. he says syria does in fact have chemical weapons.

dennis kucinich asked assad whether he's willing to open chemical weapons sites to inspectors and here's the reply. >> we didn't say that we are joining partially that agreement or that organization. we joined fully. we sent the documents and are committed to the fully requirements of this agreement. >> assad says it will take a year to destroy the stockpiles and cost a billion dollars, which is optimistic. it's just a fraction of what experts have told us it would cost. back in the u.s., former secretaries of defense leon panetta and robert gates criticized the way the syrian conflict has been handled by the president of the united states. both said they would not have drawn a line in the first place, a red line. gates, who served under presidents bush and obama also said the middle east is a powder keg and to use force is throwing gasoline on the fire. president obama sent a letter to iranian president that according to the white house says, and i'll quote, the u.s. is ready to resolve the nuclear issue in a way that allows iran

to demonstrate its nuclear program is for exclusively peaceful purposes. now, this is a dream come true for iran which has insisted the united states allow a nuclear program. in an interview tonight with ann curry of nbc nightly news, he said iran would never develop nuclear weapons under any circumstances and that he has, quote, full authority to make a deal with the west. he also said that sounds pretty definitive, but iran has said this again and again. and some remain dubious. for example, expert kenneth katzman tells us iran's supreme leader will almost certainly veto any deal if he thinks it rules out the option of iran developing a nuclear weapon in the future. cnn has obtained diary excerpts belonging to jennifer alphonso. she's the woman whose death was posted on facebook by her husband, derrick medina. in the diary entitled "the mind of an insane woman" she depicts a troubled marriage.

during one shopping trip his eyes wandered which made her blood boil. she wrote i find myself uncontrollably jealous. this surveillance video purportedly shows the final confrontation between the two. in our sixth story outfront, the united states facing a government shutdown again. this is just 12 days away and the biggest story in this country and, frankly, the biggest national security threat it faces. congress has to reach a deal. if it doesn't, it's embarrassing, it's avoidable and ensuring that our aaa debt rating, washington is too dysfunctional to govern. today speaker boehner and president obama said they want to avoid a shutdown. >> there should be no conversation about shutting the government down. that's not the goal here. what i will not do is to

create a habit, a pattern whereby the full faith and credit of the united states ends up being a bargaining chip to set policy. >> the truth is, though, both sides are okay with the shutdown if they don't get their way. boehner says the house will pass a budget bill that defunds the president's health care law. that's obviously a nonstarter and the president is making political hay out of it. >> imagine a situation in which a democratic speaker said to a republican president i'm not going to increase the debt ceiling unless you increase corporate taxes by 20%. and if you don't do it, we'll default on the debt and cause a worldwide financial crisis. >> so is a shutdown inevitable? outfront tonight, republican congressman jason chavitz. good to talk to you, sir. i know you have very strong opinions on what needs to know done but passing a government funding bill that does not fund

obama care which i know a lot of people want to know is a nonstarter. obviously it can't pass the senate. it's even dividing republicans in the house. so why do you think that's the way to go? >> well, i don't think it necessarily divides the republicans in the house. look, i was elected too, just like the president was. we're talking about fully funding the government at its current levels with the exception of obama care. now, we're not here to just gravitate to what harry reid wants to do. the united states senate will have to have this debate. in the house we're poised to pass this on friday and the senate should then take this up and begin their deliberations. >> the "wall street journal" likened you and others like you to kamikazes, that you were going to blow yourselves up as the torpedo striking the giant u.s. aircraft carrier, which is obama care. love it or loathe it, it is big, it's three years old, it's passed. it's passed again. it's passed the supreme court. it's there. and the "wall street journal" wrote about this this way, in

terms of your taking on the president. if this works, it would be the first time. the evidence going back to the newt gingrich congress is that no party can govern from the house and the republican party can't abide the outcry when flights are delayed, national parks close and direct deposits for military spouses stop. sooner or later, the gop breaks. the kamikazes could end up ensuring the return of an all democratic rule. is that a risk you're willing to take? >> that's awfully dramatic. nobody is talking about killing each other on doing those types of things. we're talking about fully funding the government. nobody is talking -- nobody is talking about a government shutdown. what we're talking about is not funding obama care, which we believe is an absolute disaster. the democrats themselves, the chief sponsor of it called it an absolute train wreck. it's not ready for primetime and it would be disingenuous to fund something that is not ready for primetime at this pointing. it's just not a responsible thing to do. >> and, look, a lot of people agree with you. but the truth is, is that if you

don't fund obama care and you go ahead and fund everything else, you are going to cause a government shutdown. that is the truth. >> no, no. that's the democrats choice. that's the president's choice. >> if he accepts not funding his signature achievement of his entire presidency. >> that's not -- i didn't come here to rubber stamp what the president was supposed to do. look, we're going to take a vote. there's 435 members of the house of representatives. if the majority vote that way, it will be passed to the senate. that's the constitutional role and responsibility and that's what we're poised to the in the house. >> let me ask you about what speaker boehner said, though. he said in march, do you want to risk the full faith and credit of the united states government over obama care? that's a very tough argument to make. he was basically saying we can't defund it, that would be a crazy thing to do at this point, even though he doesn't like it. now, of course, he's going along with that in part because of people like you and your strong views on this. did you force his hand? >> well, look, if we were doing

what we were supposed to be doing, the united states senate, for instance, would be passing appropriation bills. we'd be going through regular order. i wish the american palm beach li -- public and the national media would force the hands of harry reid to say let's get back to regular order where we have debates and we have votes, not just wait until the last second and do a continuing resolution. this is about a 75-day funding mechanism. it's hardly the end of the world. we're talking about fully funding all the rest of government. we're not talking about a shutdown. to say otherwise would be irresponsible. >> all right. well, obviously a lot of people do, but this is going to be something that goes down to the wire. congressman, i'll look forward to talking to you again as this happens the next 12 days. please give us your feedback on that interview and his views on defunding obama care. our seventh story outfront is an unarmed man shot and killed by police. now the events surroundings the death and the reaction from the charlotte police department are causing major controversy.

>> 911, hello? >> i need help. >> where are you at? >> there's a guy breaking into my front door. >> there's a guy breaking in your front door? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was around 2:30 saturday morning. police say the man in question, jonathan farrell, a motorist, apparently seeking help after a car crash, immediately approached the three responding officers. one used his taser to try to subdue the 24-year-old. officer randall carrick allegedly shot farrell ten times, killing him. they later found he was unarmed. less than a day later, carrick was behind bars charged with the death. >> he's a murderer with a badge and a gun. >> reporter: but carrick's attorney says the use of force was justified. he did not elaborate. >> it's unheard of. >> reporter: another lawyer who frequently defends police officers says he can't remember a case where an officer was

charged within 24 hours of an incident. >> i have spoken to officers who are saying things like who's got our back? you know, did they charge too quickly without reviewing all the facts? >> no justice. >> reporter: some in charlotte are questioning the use of force in this case. >> young black men are shot down in the streets, even by police officers, chp seems to be okay to shoot first and ask questions later. >> reporter: charlotte police chief rodney monroe declined our request for an interview, but scott mcclatchy does not believe the actions the night of the shooting were racially motivated. >> it was a very panicked, frantic call that regardless of the race of the person trying from the woman's perspective to break in, i believe the police response would have been exactly the same. >> reporter: the farrell family says they believe their son's case is a reflection of just how violent our society has become. for outfront, alena machado,

charlotte, north carolina. i want to bring in mark o'mara, cnn analyst an defense attorney. of course you know this face very well, he represented george zimmerman in the trayvon martin murder trial earlier this year. okay, mark, good to talk to you. you heard the story but the optics here, white police officer, young unarmed black man shot, killed. the white officer now charged with a felony of voluntary manslaughter. did the trayvon martin/george zimmerman case where it took almost two months for charges to be brought influence the decision to charge the white police officer so quickly in this case? >> well, it very well may have. what may have happened was the police officer or the department looked at it and said that we need to make a decision quickly for fear of what happened in the zimmerman case, because obviously the delay in charging the zimmerman case led to this ground swell of concern. ing of -- having said that, another issue to look at is the forensics they may have had available. we don't know very much yet but i will tell you that a couple of

relevant issues to look at and decide what happened that night is not just how many shots, although ten certainly seems excessive, but if the shots happened at close range, suggesting that the victim, eventual victim of the shooting was very close and, even more importantly, if the trajectory of the shots were sort of perpendicular, suggesting that he was still advancing, that might lend some insight and credibility to why the officer shot. on the other hand, if he was far away, 10, 15 feet away or, god forbid, if there were shots put into the victim when he was on the ground, that's certainly going to suggest why they may have charged him so quickly with the crime. >> right. so obviously some unknowns, at least to us at this point. >> a lot. >> you just heard in that report, and something wore well aware of. look, some are saying african-american men are unfairly profiled in america. this is something charles barkley has said to me. he agreed with the verdict in your case, but he also has experienced that himself. it's something the president has

talked about. it's reality. but do you think race played a role in this death? when you think about this situation, if a white guy is running down the road at a white cop, would he have been so quick to shoot? >> well, we have to look at what the cops are thinking about to begin with. they had 2:30 in the morning, they had a woman who was screaming that there was a sort of home invasion, at least according to her, violently knocking on the door. the other thing the woman told the police was that she was looking for a gun. now, obviously that doesn't mean that mr. farrell was armed, but when a gun enters the mix, the cops respond at a heightened level of concern or fear. now, when they look at it and when he was coming towards them, did they look at him and for a moment say he's black, i'll act a certain different way? there's no evidence to support that. i certainly hope it didn't happen. but we've talked many times, you and i, erin, and other people that there is this concern about the way black males are

identified in the system, both from interaction with police and then arrest, so we have to be very, very careful. >> mark o'mara, thank you very much for helping us cover this story as we're trying to get to the bottom of it. outfront next, the newly crowned miss america has highlighted diversity has one of her greatest assets. there was major controversy just minutes after winning her crown, people calling her unamerican, people calling her a terrorist. she is outfront live with me on set next. a judge tells a couple that they can't name their child messiah. well, who's to say a higher power has intervened? and the shoutout tonight, a near miss. this video out of australia. a 20-year-old man disregarded warnings and proceeded to walk across train tracks. hope not see the express train traveling at him, coming riotgh at him. the train hit just enough of his leg to knock him to the ground. obviously a miracle, he's not seriously injured. maybe he was texting. the shoutout goes to the police who charged him with entering a rail crossing when warning

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controversy over the crown. for the first time in the 93-year history, miss america is a woman of indian heritage. >> your new miss america is miss new york. >> she was crowned on sunday night. and within minutes of that emotional win that you see there, she was greeted by something shocking. a lot of hateful and racist tweets. some people calling her a terrorist. another person saying if you're miss america, you should have to be american. well, tonight, nina is taking on her critics and joints me "outfront." were you surprised when that happened? there's that moment. you're crying with joy and shock and i don't know. watching your face, watching you is an amazing thing. >> yes. >> but then those tweets happened. did you expect it? >> i did expect it. it was something i had

experienced when i won miss new york, and i knew should i win miss america, i was going to experience it on a larger level and scale. it was an unfortunate situation. but for the negative tweets i received, for one negative tweet, i received dozens of positive tweets and support from not only indians but americans across the country and from the world for that matter. it's been an honor. >> you didn't feel it was just indian-americans, for example? >> right. absolutely. >> i know obviously they were incredibly excited, right, as they should have been. but it wasn't just that group. >> and actually this morning i saw a new video tweeted out by students of duke university and they had tweeted a video about cultural competency and their hashtag was stand with nina. and that was incredible to have that. >> you met with vanessa williams today, right? >> i did. >> one of the most gorgeous women in the world. first black woman to ever win the title back in 1983. she received unbelievable backlash at that time.

at one point she said there was an angry minority that felt i tarnished the crown. it rocked me to my core. did any of this rock you to your core? your parents were born, raised, grew up in india. >> right. >> you are first generation -- did anything make you think twice? >> about ever competing for miss america? >> no, just how people responded, about how you feel about your country. >> i have always -- it's something i've grown up with with a stereotype, which is why i started my platform celebrating diversity for cultural competency. that's a cause i've been promoting for three years now. >> right. >> i have always viewed miss america as the girl next door, but the girl next door is evolving as the diversity evolves. she's not going to be the same person come ten years down the road. going into this, i wanted to be the first indian miss america to be that symbol of a new face for the organization, and let the younger girls know regardless of race, their economic status, i'm

living my american dream right now. >> beauty pageants are a complicated topic. >> they are. >> a lot of women are thinking she's so put together, so amazing, so poised. and some of them are probably thinking, but she did a beauty pageant. so let me just confirm this. first of all, you're using your winnings to try to pay for some of your medical school, right? >> absolutely. >> i want to get your reaction. there's a proposed law in france that would ban anybody participating in beauty pageants if you're under 16 years old. parents could go to jail for two years and $40,000 fine. one man said let our girls not believe that their worth is based only on their appearance. to get to miss america, you participated in pageants all through your childhood. >> correct. >> do you think that pageants should become a relic of the past. >> i participated in the outstanding teen program when i was 16. and through that program, i gained $25,000 in scholarship money and because of that i was able to graduate debt free from the university of michigan.

and now that i'm applying to medical school, i just won a $50,000 scholarship from the miss america organization and i won $10,000 from winning miss new york. so i have $60,000 to put towards medical school. and that's what i love about the miss america organization is that it is so scholarship based. we provide $45 million of scholarships available to young women across the country. >> so you're not ever feeling like, gosh, i'm judged too much by how pretty i looked and amazing i looked in that dress. that's why a lot of people watch miss america, let's be honest. >> that's true. very true. why we have a swim suit competition, we cater to the media and that's the reality. but what many people don't see is the ten-minute private interview we have with our panel of judges. and they ask us any kind of question is fair game. and that's where miss america is won because you have to be well spoken. you have to be able to talk about your platform. >> all right. well, i wish you the best of luck and thank you so much. and by the way, thank you for bringing in your crown. >> absolutely. >> i was going to ask to put it

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it's official, messiah is allowed to keep his name. not talking about that messiah, we're talking about this messiah. the story we've been following for more than a month. in august, a tennessee magistrate ruled that the parents of this little fella, messiah deshawn martin would have to change their son's first name because, quote, messiah is a title held only by jesus christ. who knows what this adorable messiah really is, right. but seriously, as you can imagine, that didn't sit well with the parents. they challenged the decision and today a judge ruled forcing the parents to change the name of their child is unconstitutional and that this little guy is messiah. now, some people might be offended by that decision, but we celebrate it because in america church and state are separate and parents should be allowed to pick their kids'

names. there are some unusual ones out there that nobody wants out there, but do you want the legal system to decide which names are okay and which aren't? and when it comes to the religious overtones in this case, consider this, the most popular name on planet earth is mohammed. anderson starts now. erin, thanks. good evening, an exclusive look at the historic flooding that's devastated so many homes and lives in colorado. the water that swallowed roads, bridges and houses, the rebuilding will take years. also ahead tonight, a 24-year-old man bruised and bleeding tries to get help after his car crashes in the middle of the night. instead of help, he's shot dead by a police officer. did race play a role? we begin, though, with breaking news. chilling new details about the gun the navy yard shooter used in monday's massacre. the killer apparently etched or carved two phrases into the shotgun. one saying, quote, my elf weapon. the other saying, quote, better off this way.