white, and blue in vancouver. >> enjoy this one. coy wire, thanks. a lot of news to tell you about this morning. the next hour of your "new day" begins now. america on alert, security beefed up across the country. many heavily armed and on guard against the potential july 4th terror attack. look at this, a fireworks malfunction, nine people hurt in this misfire in colorado. a shell explodes in the launch tube instead of in the air. >> swimmers are weary. along the carolina coast after ten shark attacks already this year. that's almost double the average. why more sharks could be coming closer to shore. good morning, i'm alison kosik in for christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. as millions celebrate the fourth

of july holiday, officials are warning, asking you, be vigilant. >> across the country from michigan to new york, new jersey, washington, all ramping up security efforts, bringing in extra law enforcement as officials warn celebrations could be the target for terror attacks. >> so far there have been no specific threats but intelligence officials say there has been an increase in chart in the days leading up to the anniversary of the nation's founding. >> covering this story from every angle this morning from how officials are tracking the threat to the extra security you'll see on the streets of new york and d.c. start with sunlen serfaty live at the national mall. >> reporter: good morning to you. hundreds of thousands will gather here on the national mall later today. while this sort of major security presence, it isn't anything new for washington during the fourth of july, those particularly strong warnings coming from the intelligence community warning of a potential attack, have officials on edge.

ramped up security. in those washington, 18,000 feet of fencing to protect the national mall. special patrols at washington landmarks and a heavy police presence, authorities say, in those seen and unseen ways. >> we prepare for worst-case scenarios and we have contingencies in place should they occur. we don't anticipate that they will. >> reporter: much of the anxiety stems from a bulletin issued by the fbi and department of homeland security warning of potential attacks by isis this holiday weekend. u.s. officials say, there's no intelligence about specific or credible plots, but there has been an uptick of chatter from isis, encouraging followers to attack. homegrown violent extremistser supporters of isis in the u.s.

>> in the year of social media and phenomenon like isil, unlike al qaeda of the old days, there doesn't have to be and won't necessarily be a commanding control relationship between somebody who instigates an incident and isil as an organization. there are self-radicalized, self-organized people on social media. >> reporter: these so-called lone wolf attacks are a challenge for the intelligence community, much harder to pick up ahead of time. it's not just in washington. police forces across the nation including new york, philadelphia, and los angeles, are on high alert and not just in the streets but online. >> there are people assigned, monitoring, monitoring, social media, and known websites. >> reporter: looking for any specific -- >> that's correct, any kind of watch words. so it's constantly being monitored. >> reporter: these threats likely won't go away with the holiday. law enforcement officials are also worried about a potential

attack give than it also is the holy month of ramadan, which lasts until the 17th of this month. so likely this sort of anxiety, increased security posture could last until then. >> so sunlen serfaty, thanks. from the national mall we head to penn station in new york where boris sanchez is covering the security effort there's. so, boris, governor cuomo calling new york a top target for threats. how is the security different there? i live there, there's a lot of security every day. what's different this time? >> reporter: here in penn station seeing an expanded law enforcement presence. 42 million americans are going to be traveling this holiday weekend. officials are focusing on travel hubs like penn station. yesterday andrew cuomo announced extra patrols and staffing at emergency operation center in the city, aside from the fact law enforcement tells us snipers and spotters in key, strategic

locations throughout new york city. also scanning for explosives and radioactive devices from land, sea, and air. we also know they have 7,000 cameras across the city looking for any suspicious activity. officials tell us they will be ready for any kind of attack. >> when you look at that diversity of techniques, you also see that they are following the isis call and the isis call, as well as that of other terrorist groups, has been to use what you have on hand and that means if you can make a bomb, you're a bomber. but if you can't, use a gun. you can't find a gun, use a knife. if you can't use a knife, use a car. when we look at that, that is a broad spectrum of threats and it's something to prepare for. >> reporter: the governor also asking new yorkers to stay vigilant, look for anything that seems out of place. and report it to officials

immediately. clearly, this will be a busy weekend for law enforcement, alison. >> any indication so far fewer people will come out to watch the fourth of july festivities in light of this perceived threat? >> reporter: not really. i've spoken to several people and they noticed the expanded law enforcement press sense but it's not something that bothers them. most people i've spoken with want to have a happy fourth of july. >> hopefully they will. boris sanchez from new york, thanks so much. >> talk more now, cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director, tom fuentes here in studio. here with me, cedric alexander. cedr cedric, pick up on something boris reported 7,000 cameras monitoring from the ground, from the air, on the water, every city ain't new york city. >> right. >> there are finite resources. how does someone in your position, in local law

enforcement, determine which celebration, which landmark to watch when you only have so many officers? >> oftentimes you only have so much available resources. of course in a particular time like this, a lot of work that we do depends on intel information that we receive. so we can distribute our resources accordingly. i give an example here in de kalb county, georgia, for example, you have stone mountain, there expecting today of 100,000 people in that park. so we are putting out all of the necessary resources that we have available, working with our state, local, and federal partners as well too. so at a time like this regardless of what city you're in, whether new york city, small town in alabama it really doesn't matter. all of the available resources and support from all agencies come together to support large communities and small communities, very much as we can. we tend to do a very good job at it. >> i'll come out to you with the bulletin we've reported on to

local law enforcement. how much more are these departments afforded? is it just the bulletin that's made public or supportive information, support documents that's sent as well? >> victor, in virtually every major city in the country, the fbi and the state and local law enforcement agencies work together on the joint terrorism task forces. now, the officers from the departments that are assigned to that work full time, they have top-secret security clearance, access to everything. in the event something comes across, the local police agencies will be notified. it's just there has not been anything specific received this holiday recording any particular attack related to the hole day as mentioned, isis has put out this continuous drum beat of go kill and now in particular, during ramadan, they've told everybody in the world go kill, and you get extra rewards in heaven if you do. we immediately, last friday, saw

at beginning of ramadan, three attacks on three continents. luckily not here. so, the fear they have and the fear that we all have is not that there's something, you know, huge that's going to happen but with 330 million people in this country, it really only takes one to take a butcher knife out of their kitchen, run out and attack someone and we've got an intelligence failure. that's the problem if one person is deciding to do something and doesn't post anything on social media or tell his friends or family, you're asking law enforcement to read their minds, which can't be done. >> which puts a lot of the onus on every american. i mean, without the chatter, cedric, you've got to go to people in their neighborhoods to -- i don't want to say watch or surveil but be aware of anything that seems out of the ordinary. >> one of the most viable resources are our communities. certainly think about what tom just mentioned, think about the fact you do have and can have

lone wolves. we work off of as much intelligence information as we can. in local communities, regardless where we are, it's very important that we all are very vigilant but it's important if we see something, truly say something. it can't be a slogan. it has to be a part of the whole strategy of what we do. so, our communities across the country play a very significant role in working with law enforcement, helping to assist if we see something, over this period of time, this holiday period, very important that we share that information with our local agencies. >> tom, quickly, ahead of this weekend, is it likely that fbi agents have gone beyond just surveying some of the people under question, that they've gone to meet with them and speak with them? >> they've been doing that continuously. the decision is a difficult one to decide when to arrest people, when to take the case down. if you think you have everybody in that conspiracy identified, there's nobody else out there

that you'll miss that can go do an attack because they're warned when you arrest some of their partners, they'll take the case down. and if they have enough evidence to prosecute. they can't just take people into custody. this is america. we can't arrest people for what they're thinking. they actually have to start something as an overt act toward committing a crime. >> thank you both. >> thank you. failure to launch. a misfire at a fireworks display in colorado leaving several people hurt. a live update, next. plus -- check this out. close call for a fisherman in florida. he was casting for grouper but got a bigger bite than bargained for. what can the reason be for more shark attacks and sightings along the east coast. a baby floating in the water alone almost a mile from shore. you may be surprised how she got there. that's coming up. leave early go roam

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new this morning, a fireworks display turns frightening in colorado. listen to this. >> oh! whoa! >> what's going on? >> low lying one. >> fireworks. >> whoa! >> oh, my god, that's not good. >> that malfunction happening during a show last night. nine people injured. instead of firing into the sky, a shell exploded in its tube and then it landed in the crowd. joining me now on the phone is virginia egger, the town manager of avon, colorado. thanks for joining us. >> yes, thank you. good morning. >> good morning. so we know that nine people were trited for minor burns and then

released. is that really the extent of the injuries here? >> yes, that is the extent of the injuries in a crowd of 20,000 people. so we feel very fortunate that that was the outcome from what appeared to be quite scary from the outset. >> absolutely. i know that you're trying to figure out what happened here and that an investigation was launched immediately after this happened. has anything -- anything been figured out yet? >> no, not as of this morning. of course, it was, you know, mid evening when the accident occurred. so everything was secured and our fire district and the producer of the event immediately went to work to try determine what the cause of the accident was. >> was this the first kind of show or do you guys do this often? for the fourth of july? >> we have an annual july

fireworks. we do it the evening of july 3rd. it's the 29th year. we've never had a failure of any kind in the past. >> any other shows for tonight? >> no, not in our town. there are other shows in the valley but not here. >> hopefully you'll figure out what happened here. so it won't be repeated next time. virginia egger, thanks so much for your time. >> have a good day. happy fourth of july. >> to you, as well. beaches along the care lena coast are on alert for sharks this weekend. with almost double the average number of attacks so far this year, what's drawing sharks so close to shore? we'll have a live report from one of the beaches that's keeping a close eye on the water. ♪ ♪virgin islands nice ♪so nice

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whoa, incredible video there capturing a man swimming for his life after a shark flipped him off his kayak into the middle of the ocean. ben chancy fishing for a goliath grouper when the eight-plus foot bull shark knocked him into the shark -- i shouldn't say shark infested, sharks in the water off the coast of florida. quick thinking captain swam to safety on a support boat. but then, crazy enough, hopped back into the kayak to finish what he started and unhook the massive meat eater. he spoke to cnn last night about his adventure. >> i played it to safety and we

flipped the kayak back over. at that point in time i felt like the shark had won the battle. i thought i was winning but when he flipped me over i felt like i lost the battle and it was kind of vin didcation hopping back in, finishing it off. it like if you fall off a horse, get back on. >> he didn't let the near-death experience shake him. he was back in the water yesterday. >> so this shark attack, or thistthi shark encounter comes when the east coast is on heightened alert. the latest attack on ocracoke island, a man barely escaped and left a trail of blood from the water on to the shore. nick valencia live along wrightsville beach. one, great assignment for you this morning on the beach. two, is there a general fear or are people just alert and aware? >> reporter: good morning, victor. i was out with locals last night

and it was certainly a topping of conversation but not a general concern. more of a heightened aawareness, if you will. this summer seems to be an active one for shark bites and it's something everyone here seems to be talking about. a rash of shark attacks off the carolina's coast. this year, already at least ten attacks. that's nearly double the yearly average for north and south carolina in one month. another 11 attacks happened in florida. the shark bites so frequent, they could surpass last year's totals in the united states. >> it actually must have come in the wave because i didn't see anything. >> reporter: survivor tells cnn's anderson cooper swimming in north carolina's outer banks with his 8-year-old son when he was attacked. >> i started shouting, shark, shark, everyone out of the water, at the same time i'm punching the shark, trying to get the shark away from me, went over to obviously grab my son.

>> reporter: contributing factor, perhaps a perfect storm of environmental and biological variables. some sharks feed on turtles and small fish close to shore. drought conditions could play a role, among other things. >> certainly warm water this year, higher sill lynntys, bait fishes in the water, turtle nesting season, all factors that would promote more sharks on the beach. >> reporter: one of the attacks happened near a pier in north carolina. too close for comfort for fourth of july weekend surfers and holidayers. >> the other day i saw about a five-foot sand shark and it was within eight feet of me. but stayed out in the water. it's its natural habitat. we're in its home. have to be aware and -- of your surroundings and be careful. >> reporter: the likelihood of

being bitten by a shark is 1 in more than 11.5 million. more likely to be struck by light fling or become president of the united states than bitten by a shark. planning on going into the atlantic ocean over the weekend, keep your head on a swivel. swim in groups and try to avoid swimming at dawn or dusk, when sharks are most active. >> nick, thank you so much. >> i'm still afraid. >> you bet. >> you'll be okay. >> can i surf, still? >> yes. presidential election still 16 months away with a crowded field what are voters looking for? plus -- a 10-month-old baby drifts out to sea as her parents watch helplessly from the beach. we'll show you the frantic rescue, coming up. is allergy se, will you be a sound sleeper, or a mouth breather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicines alone. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right.

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bernie sanders and martin o'malley will campaign in iowa. some or all of the candidates may also have to answer questions about donald trump. support in the polls surging for the republican candidate despite all of the controversy he's attracted. cnn's senior washington correspondent joe johns has the latest. >> reporter: former new york governor george pataki launched an online petition urging merged to stand up to trump, after calling on his gop rivals to denounce the former reality tv star. >> these comments about mexicans that are so divisive, flat-out run. >> reporter: calling pataki a terrible governor of new york who couldn't be elected dogcatcher if he ran again. a change of heart from when pataki was governor and trump donated to his campaign. but companies doing business with trump appear to agree with the former new york governor, cutting ties with the real estate mogul observe the controversial comments made at

his campaign announcement. >> they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. they're rapists and some, i assume, are good people. >> reporter: macy's saying they no longer sell trump clothing. nbc universal and univision backing out of carrying the miss usa and miss universe pageants, partly owned by trump. >> what nbc and univision did to these young woman disgraceful. they never had them in mind. >> reporter: the chief execute i've of reels dismissed the remarks. >> i agree, comments are ridiculous. >> reporter: former contestants reject trump's rhetoric. >> i think it's extremely dangerous to generalize a population and attribute hateful comments to them. >> reporter: trump remains steadfast in his position, it'lling cnn's don lemon his statement backed up by a 2014

fusion report of central women being raped traveling to the border. >> go to fusion, pick up the stories on rape. >> that's about women being raped. it's not about be criminals coming across the border entering the country. >> somebody's doing the raping, don. >> reporter: amid the controversy, trump has surged in the polls. now up to second place nationally, and in the early voting states of iowa and new hampshire. victor and alison, donald trump is running strong in the polls, especially early voting stated, even as headlines have gotten worse and worse for him. the trump campaign says controversy surrounding his business deals and politics are two different things. what's true either way, trump spent another week on center stage in the presidential campaign taking the spotlight off of virtually everybody else in the race. >> all right, joe johns reporting for us this morning. thank you so much. in an attempt to understand why trump is surging in the polls

we've got to ask, what are voters looking for in 2016. in some ways an election is a referendum on the sitting president, possibly shortcomings. look back over the last quarter ken tri. th then-governor bill clinton, replaced out of touch george h.w. bush who broke a new new taxes pledge. 2000, bush promoting candidacy return to tradition values in the white house after clinton fatigue, the sex scandals, impeachment hearings. 2008 then-senator barack obama, championed message of hope and change after the war in iraq. let's talk more about this. joining us for more, cnn political commentator and democratic strategist, maria cardona and republican strategist lisa booth. of course, general themes from those years. but maria, i want to start with you. have voters tired of the nuisanced approach and they want

a tough talking donald trump? i mean, chris christie's campaign slogan telling it like it is. he's not saying in that statement but telling it like it is. >> well, it's interesting victor, because elections are about the future. voters are looking for candidates who are going to tell them what they are going to do for them and for their families to make sure that they have a secure future to make sure they're able to make ends meet and succeed not just for themselves but for their children and grandchildren, frankly. i think what you're seeing right now is the early polls really don't matter because if you remember, in 2008, you know, in iowa, you had huckabeeactually won. 2012, rick santorum won the iowa presidential primary. so, you know, those are definitely important contests. and what you're seeing is that donald trump is surging. but i think he's surging because

he is talking to a very important but very loud and extreme sliver within the republican primary that is older, that is whiter and certainly angrier, i think, than the rest of the electorate. i think it's dangerous for republicans, though, to keep quiet about donald trump's comments because it's going to continue to cement this perception that the republican party is a party that is anti-immigrant, that is anti-latino, that is anti-multi cultural and that is anti-progress and that is what voters are looking for for their candidates, is progress for the future. >> so, lisa, i want you to listen to some of how the gop presidential candidates reacted to trump's statements about mexican immigrants. watch. >> i don't think donald trump's remarks reflect the republican party. >> the comments were inappropriate. they have no place in the race. >> i don't agree with it. >> when you label a group of people as rapists and drug dealers, it's more about you

than it is them. >> are those responses strong enough? i mean if they want to cast themselves as straight talkers, telling it like it is, they've got to offer more than kid gloved statements in reference to trump, right? >> well, victor, i would ask someone like maria, where was the outrage when vice president joe biden said you can't walk in to a 7-eleven or dunkin' donuts without a slight indian accent. we've had candidates in people in both sides of the aisle have have said inflammatory things that are incentive and wrong. this is america, we have freedom of speech. this targeting of donald trump by businesses and especially the city of new york with bill de blasio leading it is crazy. you know, it way too much. it way too extreme. yes, his comments were insensitive. do they reflect the republican party as a whole? absolutely not. >> insensitive you describe his comments? >> they're inflammatory. but, look, we have freedom of speech here.

where was the outrage in response to comments that vice president biden has made? but, look, the only reason that donald trump is surging, to so to speak now, he has incredibly high name i.d. in 2011, michele bachmann polling at 17%. it's irrelevant right now. donald trump will not be the republican nominee. there's absolutely no way his unfavorables above 60%. look, he's not going to be the republican nominee. i think this outrage and the amount of attention he's garnered is ridiculous. >> maria? >> here, that exactly i think underscores the danger i was talking about. when republicans start to dismiss or try to excuse donald trump's comments -- >> there's no excusing, there's no -- >> hang on, lisa, hang on, hang on, that is where this perception of the republican party who, by the way, needs more than 40% of the latino vote

to even think about winning the white house, mitt romney got 27%. john mccain got 31%, never close to wing the white house. do you really think that if republicans continue to dismiss these comments as either not being serious from a candidate who is not serious or like lisa says, ridiculous comments, do you really that latinos are going to ever take any -- >> maria, do you really think -- >> -- any nominees or any one of the candidates coming out of the republican party seriously? >> hang on. >> hold on. hold on. >> hang on. lisa, hang on. >> last word here. >> this is -- it's exactly why the reason why i'm saying this because i have worked in politics for so long and this is exactly what i have seen in 20 years of working in politics, the latino vote is growing. the latino vote is massively activated because of donald trump's comments. they are going to go after him. they are going to go after the

republican party for not saying anything that is strong enough to dismiss these comments. and for continuing to use latinos and immigrants and, frankly, multicultural population that is growing in this country as a punching bag. it just not going to happen anymore. so republicans really need to be careful here. >> lisa. >> where was -- >> lisa, last word. >> where was the outrage when you have vice president biden who said derogatory and racist remarks? where was the outrage there? it only exists when comments are made on the right and that's wrong. nobody is defending trump's comments. >> you just are defending his comments, lisa! >> let lisa finish. >> the latina vote is incredibly important and nobody is saying otherwise. look at polling, the issues that latinos care about the most are jobs. they care about education. i think those are issues that republicans are going lead strongly with. >> all right.

lisa, maria -- >> and never listened to with the comments on immigration they're making. >> thank you so much. we'll continue this conversation. continuing especially considering how much this has impacted the business dealings of donald trump and he's still number two nationally here. all right. thank you, both. >> thank you. july 4th terror threat not just affecting celebrations here in the u.s. a british air base also cancelingite july 4th fun. does that let terrorists think they've won? plus, south carolina lawmakers on monday will consider a bill that would remove the confederate flag from the state capitol. why passing that won't be a slam dunk.

security across the nation is ramping up this morning. officials are boosting police presence at firework shows and landmarks. concerns are much higher this year with terrorist networks taking to social media to urge supporters to carry out attacks. the terror warning is extending overseas. a british air base used by american airmen canceled its fourth of july celebrations given rising threats and the state department is ordering all diplomatic posts to review their security. to talk more about this, let's bring in cnn military analyst lieutenant general mart hurt ling. good morning. >> how do you go ahead and assess security when it comes to these bases and it it comes to these diplomatic posts? >> well, the cancellation of the event at the raf were

unbelievably tough decisions to make by the commander on the scene. but you sometimes have to make those decisions, alison, based on threat assessments, the intelligence streams that you're getting, some types of things that you have information on that may be the general public does not. it's a tough call to make. i've had to make those calls before based on, in one case i remember in italy, in 2011, we had to cancel a fireworks display based on a union issue and a strike going on outside the base. so these are the kind of things commanders get paid to do. >> more like better safe than sorry? >> right. it's all about prudence and making sure that the people under your control and their family members are safe, as best the conditions that you can make give them that opportunity. >> now, earlier this week cnn reported on a solar arrest for carrying ar-15 rifle into a north carolina mall. officials say brian wolfinger brought the rifle in order to

have pictures taken with. he was charged with going armed to the terror of the public. so here's my question to you, how does an incident like this affect directives that we hear all of the time, see something, say something? you know hour, do you sort of, you know, comprehend how to do that knowing that he was just walking in to take a picture? >> i hate to say this, but soldiers have a term for this kind of action, it's called case of the dumb ass. this happens all of the time with young people, not understanding implications of their actions and in this in case, i'm sure the company commander and the first sergeant of that young soldier certainly had words with him afterwards but it goes to the fear that we have in our country today of the things that are going on. this is something that would have been considered an incident and probably not made it out of fayetteville, north carolina, a few years ago but today, because of this overwhelming fear that someone with a weapon is going

to do something untenable, you have these reactions on a national basis. it's unfortunate, but it's the environment we live in and i think all of us really need to take a deep breath and say that isis is not as big as we think they are, as they are being portrayed, and we have to control our fears about this organization. >> i don't think i've ever going to forget that category, can i say it it? >> i wouldn't try it. >> lieutenant general mark hert ling, thanks so much. >> have a great fourth. >> somebody needed to say it. glad he did. >> me, too. this fourth of july will not be all about the celebrations in south carolina. the naacp is about to hold a confederate flag protest at the state house. we'll go into that, next. when you're living with diabetes, steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead.

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cautiously optimistic. but as the day grows near, my optimism level is rising. this is a tense debate. many legislators, including the governor herself has been receiving threats from around the country and the south. many of my colleagues are just ready for the flag debate to come and to come down. we anticipate next thursday or friday being the day in which we can finally lower the flag and place it in a museum where it belongs. >> when you say bringing down the flag, placing it in a museum where it was found. there's a new cnn poll that says 50% of respondents believe it's more of a display of southern pride. only a third, 33%, believe it represents a symbol of racism. so what do you attribute that? >> first and foremost, we know what this meant to dylann roof.

and for many african-americans, i want say 95% of african-americans hold disdain for that flag in their heart. there's a wide swath and whole group of individuals, not only in south carolina, but throughout the count industry, who see that flag as something other than prideful. and today on this fourth of july -- sorry. >> i want to jump in here while you're talking about this because we have limited time. but you talk about african-americans who likely have a disdain for that. when we polled the african-americans, there's something that is counter inintuitive here. of the respondents, 54 and younger were more likely to call for flag to come down, to discontinue products being manufactured with it. and for state flags to be changed, to get rid of the confederate imagery, more so than counterparts, 55 and older. you would imagine older african-americans would want it down because they remember the civil rights movement when it went up.

>> well, i'm not sure that's counterintuitive. i think there's a young generation of americans and south carolinians who want to move forward. the whole generation in the state of south carolina don't necessarily see the divides of black and white. i oftentimes tell people that the challenges of our generation are moving from black and white to the haves versus the have-nots. there's a very large group of south carolinans who want to see that flag come down. we just hope sooner than later because the temperature is rising quickly here in south carolina. for all parties involved, we want to make sure we get all them here on monday and get the flag down thursday or friday. >> the vote, if it is to take it down, it comes down immediately? >> i believe the governor will shine the bill.

and when she signs it, i expect it not to be a great ceremony, i just expect a young man to go out there and lower the flag and pack it up and put it away. it's been up since 1962. this state has been through a lot of trauma over the past decades and more specifically the past few weeks and months. i think when that flag comes down we'll be able to breathe a sigh of relief. but we also understand the flag coming down is not the end of anything, just the beginning of a long journey we have in south carolina for healing, reconciliation and moving our state forward. >> bakari seller, cnn contributor, thank you very much. >> happy fourth of july to you and all the americans watching. >> to you, too. the next hour starts in a moment. the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. ♪

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look at this. just here in the video you see a 10-month-old baby girl, she's by herself drifting out to sea. here's the important part. pretty unbelievable. her parents apparently forgot they had put her in this floating crib in the water. >> they forgot. the parents said they weren't even aware their daughter had drifted a football field away from the turkish coast. thankfully those in the water spotted the baby before she got even farther away. the coast guard was able to rescue the child and return her to her parents. stunned beach goers erupted in a pause when the baby was safely back in her mother's arms. how do you lose track of a 10-month-old baby? i don't know. >> they have her in this fisher price floatie and she's gone! >> oops!

all right. stay right here, we've got a busy morning of news. >> next hour of "your new day" starts right now. security dominating this fourth of july holiday. law enforcement out in large numbers and they are asking everyone to be vigilant this fourth of july. plus, shark attacks. ten attacks down the east coast already. should people be afraid to go into the water? and checking out this sign telling cuffed passengers in the police van to enjoy your ride. a city that has a real struggle between police and its citizens in some respects are now investigating this. good morning, i'm alison kosik in for christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. >> as many celebrate t