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their pet. this is a boy who loves to play. >> it gives me a lot of joy to see the dogs with their family. >> he is so nervous about his dog dying. he thanked me like five times. >> everybody in life needs to find their purpose. for me it was really helping people with their animals. >> to nominate a hero go to cnn heros.com. that's it for us tonight. thanks for watching. "ac 360," right now. good evening. we begin tonight with the race for the white house, a race that president obama says is already awash with republican rhetoric that he said is inflammatory not conducive to good policy or good politics. more on his comments later. first, donald trump, his comments on immigration and his criticizing john mccain, they don't seem to be hurting him among republican voters. we know this because the first national cnn orc poll since the
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comments, zrump leading the pack with 18%. jeb bush is second with 15%. followed by scott walker. cruz, paul, and rubio. we are entering crunch time. the first republican debate is under two weeks away. some observers say it may be driving the ramped up rhetoric candidates needing to get noticed. donald trump is very good at getting noticed. sarah muiry reports. >> reporter: what's behind the so-called trump bump? the man himself gave his explanation to cnn's jake tapper. >> this is more than me. this is a movement going on. people are tired of the incompetent tent politicians in washington that can't get anything done. >> reporter: it is a movement fueled by dissatisfied voters 53% of the republicans say the government in washington doesn't represent their views even though their party controls the house and the senate. and 52% of republicans say they want trump to stay in the race.
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while just 33% want him to drop out entirely. now, trump's rise in the polls is drawing president obama into the fray. weighing in from his trip to africa the president accused other republicans of ramping up their rhetoric to keep up with the brash billionaire. >> when you get rhetoric like this maybe it gets attention, and maybe this is just an effort to push mr. trump out of the headlines. but it's not the kind of leadership that is needed for america right now. >> reporter: that criticism aimed square lee at another gop hopeful, mike huckabee who referenced the holocaust in this controversial comment about the president's nuclear deal with iran. >> he is so naive he would trust the iranians and he would take the israelis and basically merch them to the door of the oven. >> reporter: the remarks sparked a shark rebuke from democratic front-runner hillary clinton. >> comments like these are offensive and they have no place
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in our political dialogue. >> reporter: as well as president obama. >> you know, the particular comments of mr. huckabee are i think part of just a general pattern that we've seen that would be considered ridiculous if it weren't so sat. >> reporter: fellow republican jeb bush also urged the former arkansas governor to tone it down. >> the use of that kind of language just wrong. this is not the way we are going to win elections and that's not how we are going to solve problems. >> reporter: late today huckabee remained defiant. >> i will not apologize or recant because the word holocaust was unvolked by the iranian government. they used that very word. >> sarah joins me now. there is backlash against huckabee's comments. is anyone standing up for him? >> reporter: one of his gop rivals rick santorum said huckabee was absolutely right saying it was clear that iran wants to wipe israel out. this gives you an idea of how
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people like jeb bush and mike huckabee and rick santorum with competing for different edges of their republican party as we get closer to the original caucus and primary states. >> joining me now, michael cohen who works for donald trump as special counsel and vice president of the trump organization. also anna navarro, a republican strategist a supporter to jeb bush and adviser to other political candidates as well. first of all, the poll numbers, you have to be happy where mr. trump is right now? >> yes, i'm sure mr. trump is happy leading the field almost a full straight month and top of the field for over five weeks. that doesn't mean he is going to.stop. he is going to continue to hit the campaign trail. he is going to continue to bring his message of making america great again to the people. >> as he prepares for this debate -- donald trump in front
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of ka wrasse a lot, he has been on speaking tours but debatesing -- >> mr. trump hasn't debated ever before. jeb bush has not been debating in 13 years. >> everybody is trying to lower their expectations. >> simply because this is going to be the single most watched debate. >> especially for a primary. >>. that is largely because of donald trump. >> it's only because of donald trump. >> he is parading. people love the turning of the process into a reality show, the same way that they tuned into the shows because they like the outrageousness. they like it in the politics. >> i don't think this is just about television shows chasing ratings. this is poll driven. i mean this is -- when he started to be a serious candidate at the top of the polls, poll after poll after poll -- that's when the coverage really exploded. >> anna this is not reality
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driven. >> it is a little bit of both anderson. >> this is not reality driven anna. what this is is donald trump's complete disdain for what's going on right now in our government. look at what's going on in the iran deal. this is just terrible. and donald trump has been saying you need to have real deal makers. and you need to have them in order to make america great. we have to be strong. we have to have -- >> let me ask you mr. cohen. does donald trump agree with mike huckabee's comments? he is offended? >> he is not offended by the statement. what he is saying to the american people is without a strong america we do not have a strong world. if we have a weak america we are going to have a weak world. we need to lead. we need to be humble. we need to be sincere. but what we need to be is we need to be strong. >> do you believe at the debate we are going to hear more
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specifics? he as repeatedly said that the government in mexico is spending illegal immigrants across the border. i talked to him about that. he said at the border himself when asked about this he said he had seen evidence of it. when asked if he had seen evidence he said yes, i have we will be showing you the evidence. he hasn't done that. >> when he was setting up the cameras actually caught people jumping over the fence. we know this is going on. we have 11 million illegal immigrants. >> but that the mexican government themselves are not just doing a good job stopping people but are actually sending people across. >> stopping them? they are telling them to go. that's the problem. >> is there any proof that donald trump is going to offer. >> if donald trump has the proof, donald trump will provide it. what we know is that there is a real serious problem in this country with illegal immigration. >> no doubt. >> and donald trump brought it to the forefront. >> anna finally with you, the
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more candidates push back against donald trump, the better he seems to be doing. >> i agree with you. i think part of it is this perception by voters that he represents antiestablishment which i think is ironic because he has been part of the establishment. he hasn't been you know -- you hasn't been getting donations from lobbyists, he has been giving donations to every side both sides, which he freely admits. but he has been able to capture the imagine afgs voters and seeing him as antiestablishments. this is the first time with mike huckabee's comments that we are speaking of something other than donald trump the last month and a half. >> donald trump spoke about iran and said once we destabilize that area iran is going to take over. >> jeb bush has been invited on cnn every single day and has yet
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to appear. donald trump, whether you agree with what he is saying he is appearing. i have talked to him twice. jake tapper talked to him twice in wide raining interviews that have gone for more than 30 minutes. there are not a lot of candidates doing that. jeb bush is not. >> he hasn't shown up on cnn. he is invited. >> i'm sure at some point he will if nothing else at the cnn debate in september. he gave a wide ranging interview today today to telemundo in perfect spanish. he has given a number of interviews. nobody has been more accessible to the press than jeb bush. >> i would disagree with that. i would say that nobody has been more accessible to the media than donald trump. and the reason why anna why everybody is interested in mr. trump, they are not looking regarding the debate. what is the american people looking for? do you think they are looking for a great debater or a job
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creator? that's what donald trump is talking to the american people about. he will bring business back to america. he will turn around and he will create immigration reform and he will do all the things that are necessary. unlike your guy, who is great at talking. >> anna i want you to be able to respond and then we've got to go. >> i'm glad to see that mr. trump's minions are just like him. all they do is come to tv and insult other people and throw offenses. >> it's not an insult. the american people deserve better. >> listen you are a great reflection of the guy you represent, congratulations. >> as you are, as well. >> michael, anna, we thank you for coming on. >> coming up the boat that two 14-year-old florida boys were in has been found. still no signs of the missing teens since last friday. we have got the latest on the search and speak with the boys' moms next. also later, i don't know if you have seen this video, a
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last seen friday near jupiter florida buying gas for their boat. the boat was found capsized yesterday. a life jacket found in the water. there is no sign of the boys themselves. their families are certainly not giving up hope. i'm going to speak to the boys' moms in just a moment. first, martin savidge joins me with the latest on the search. what have we found out? >> reporter: the good news is that the coast guard is still classifying this as a search-and-rescue operation. officially they believe there is hope. not just the family saying there is hope. and they actually say, anderson given the water conditions they are seeing out there it's possible a person could survive in the water four to five days. the search area now is st. augustine and north. it moves but it has become for molk used due to the finding of the boat. >> what happened? were there storms in the area? >> reporter: officially they don't know. other than we know that yesterday the coast guard found
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it upside down and when a rescue swimmer went into the water he noted that the cover to the outboard motor was off. that indicates there could have been some motor trouble. again, we don't know when the boep capsized. it was stormy -- florida stormy. storms in the afternoon, squalls, no tropical storms but even those can be severe in a small boat. >> the families have founded the perry and austin rescue found to help cover costs. you can donate at go fund me.com/perry and austin. joining me now are the missing boys' moms pamela cohen and carly black. pamela and carly, thank you for being us. i cannot imagine what these last few days have been like for you. what's your understanding carly, of where the search stants stands right now? what have authorities told you? >> i think, from what i've been told is that it's still in full force. and i mean they have brought
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out every resource they have. and they are using everything they have to find our boys. and they truly believe that they are going to find them. that they are out there, and that they are going to find them. >> and pamela your son perry -- i mean both these boys they n.o.w. know their way around boats, they know how to operate on the water, right? >> yes. both boys are very very comfortable on the water. we've both always said they are just as comfortable on a boat and on the water as they are on lands. they have avid fishermen. they are avid fishers. they are extremely athletic and very skilled and knowledgeable about being on the water. which is one of the reasons why this search-and-rescue has maintained the force that it has. because there is such strong belief that they will be rescued and found very soon. >> and carly, it's been reported they were traveling to the bahamas. is that your understanding?
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>> no i don't believe that to be true. i believe they went out fishing like they said they were. there was a storm that came through that afternoon around 2:00. they were out there. i think the boat capsized. i'm not sure when or where. but you know i think they just -- they had a mishap somewhere along the line. these boys have been out there doing this forever. it's not knew to them. they -- they -- they prepare for these situations. you know you are taught what to do. you are told what to do. you know? it's not like they are beginners at this. >> they town like the kind of young men you would want to be with in a situation like this. that they know. >> absolutely. >> how to deal with these situations. >> i say all the time -- i've said since this started i would want to be with austin or perry, i mean, either one of them. they are strong strong young men. >> yeah. and that's something important to keep in mind. pamela perry, i understand there were restrictioning on
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where he could go and what he could do on the boat. correct? >> yes, there were. you know we've all been 14 at some point. and it's equivalent to a child that gets his driver's license. and if you put a restriction you are only allowed to go within a ten-mile radius of your house. i can guarantee you almost every single child that has their driver's license has gone beyond that. that's what kids do. they push the boundaries and they push the limits when restrictions are put on them because they want to really feel independent. i'm not -- i'm not mad at him for. that i mean i was a kid, too, and i understand that. but it's -- it's something that happens. and i think a lot of people think about -- but the boys are only 14 years old. what were they doing out on a boat? we live in a boating community. and this is part of the life-style here. we are surrounded by water.
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the boys are raised on the water. they are raised on boats. it really is second nature to them. and they are very very comfortable. they have the knowledge. they have the skills, just like i said earlier. and they are going to be okay. >> yeah. well i hope they are found quickly and brought back to you very, very soon. pam lark thank you so much. and carly, we'll be thinking and praying for you. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you so much. just ahead, the initial autopsy findings fore for bobbi kristina brown have been released whitney houston's daughter as the district attorney determines whether or not to bring criminal charges. details ahead. you know when you book a fabulous vacation cause the photos look amazing? but you get there and find out it's far from amazing.
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a six month vigil has ended for the loves ones of bobbi kristina kroun brown. the 22-year-old daughter of singers whitney houston and would bey brown died yesterday in a hospital. autopsy results do not show an obvious underlying cause of death or significant injuries. more lab tests are pending. brown's death comes six months after she was found facedown unresponsive in her bathtub. we have more. ♪ >> turn around. come on george turn around. clab your hands. >> reporter: two booum beautiful and talented women gone before their time. mother and daughter together on gma's summer concert series in 2009. >> my name is bobbi kristina, just want to say clap your hands. >> reporter: ten years earlier,
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a near mirror image, happier times. the death of 22-year-old bobbi kristina ends a long and painful era. >> facedown. >> reporter: january, brown was found facedown in the bathtub of her atlanta home. she was placed in a medically induced coma. in june she was transferred to a hospice facility. her father said in a statement, chrissy was and is an angel. my completely numb at this time. my family must find a way to live with her in spirit and honor her memory. our loss is unimaginable. the loss hard to come prehen three years after her super star mother whitney houston died in a similar manner in the bathtub of a las vegas hotel. bobbi kristina brown's death
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under the microscope. just days after she was transferred to hospice care the trust set up by her mother filed a $48 million lawsuit against this man nick gordon who whitney houston took in to live with them when he was 12 years old. he was raised as bobbi kristina's brother and after whitney's death they became romantically involved. the suit claims gordon was physically abusive that he knocked out two of bobbi kristina's teeth and alleges they had a loud argument the day bobbi kristina was found unconscious in the bathtub. the lawsuit also says gordon lied to get control overy claiming they were married. withdrawing $11,000 from her account while she lay in her coma. >> mom, i would never hurt anybody. >> i know. >> in march, gordon was on the dr. phil show his mother and dr. phil trying to get him to accept rehab. gordon admitted to using alcohol and xanax before the interview.
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>> i want to let all you guys know i did everything possible in the world to protect them. >> substance abuse possibly an issue in bobbi kristina's life as well. she was photographed smoking what appeared to be a bong and appeared seemingly impaired on her own realities series the houston on their own. at the time she was only 19 years old. >> i'm going to make it now. it's going to be good. >> reporter: in the weeks before she was found in the bathtub there were potential warning signs. bobbi kristina lost control of her car after a tire blew crossing into oncoming traffic and colliding with another car. the friend she was with and the person in the other car, both hospitalized. and then this -- >> some kind of domestic dispute. >> reporter: a 911 call reporting fighting at bobbi kristina's residence. but when police arrived no one was home. a representative for nick gordon says they have no comment on the civil lawsuit at this time.
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the investigation into bobbi kristina brown's death has been turned over to georgia's fulton county district attorney who has not indicated if criminal charges will be brought. >> as we saad an autopsy completed today has not solved the mystery of how bobbi kristina brown died. there is a lot to talk about. i want to dig deeper with cnn legal analyst sonny haase tin, and dr. drew pinsky. does the houston family believe that nick gordon played a role in her death? >> they really do. from the very beginning in january, i was told that they were very suspicious of his involvement in this tragedy. i was told anderson that she was missing teeth, that they found some injuries on her body. this is when she was first brought to the hospital. and they certainly were very suspicious about his involvement. they did not think he was being transparent. >> but there is no evidence of that physical abuse so far that's been released?
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>> my understanding is when she arrived at the hospital -- this is what i was told. >> what you are told by sources with continue family? >> within the family. >> so they would have -- just for objectivity here they would have a vested interest in getting that message out? >> absolutely. i want to be clear about that as well. >> sure. >> but they certainly told me that they saw injuries on her body that they felt those injuries were consistent with some sort of struggle. she was missing teeth and they were very, very suspicious about his involvement. which is why they did not allow him to come into the hospital to see her, did not allow him to go to the hospice. even in her last days he was not allowed to be near her. >> dr. drew what happened to her, not only incredibly sad, but bizarre, the similarities bow her mom passed away and how she was found. unavoidable to make the comparison. >> it is buy czar. she has no unlying medical
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conditions other than what was the consequence of her drowning. when a young person dies or drowns or is in a fee fairious circumstance when they die you have to think drugs and alcohol n. this case there is no doubt that drugs and alcohol will loom large here. there is one thing for sure nick gordon did not help in this situation. that is for sure. >> whatever happened it seems like a lot of it is going to boil down to how much evidence was gathered immediately after she was found because a lot of that evidence is now gone. >> i think that's right. i mean we certainly know this investigation has been opened at least since january. my understanding, anderson is that there were toxicology reports when -- that resulted from when she first arrived there. they have pictures of those alleged injuries. and so i don't know how difficult it will be to prove a case like this. i understand that law enforcement has kept it close to the vest is what i'm bg being
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told by people within the family but that they have been very cooperative. they want answers. they have been seeking those answers for a long time and they are very much grieving mourning at this time. while they expected this to happen i don't think that you can really prepare yourself for something like this. >> doctor i mean clearly, they would have taken toxicology or blood tests tested her for drugs and alcohol immediately i assume when she got to the hospital? >> for sure. i want to say something quickly about the missing teeth. that's a dramatic feature this story. but people need to be aware that when there are resuscitations in the field. she was dead in the field. that's why she had severe hypoxic brain injury. that's they put tubes in out in the field. sometimes they can knock teeth out becauser doing everything fast and they are trying to save a life. just because there are teeth missing doesn't mean heist in necessarily did it. she is been gone -- people talk
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about medically induced coma. no, she was gone when she arrive arrived the medically induced part was to prevent the seizures from the brain damage. coming up it's one of the worst cases of fraud ever. the victims, severely disabled workers. wait until you hear who is allegedly pocketing more than $2 billion that should be helping disabled workers get jobs. in keeping them honest, ahead.
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tasked with putting severely disabled americans in jobs is being investigated by the department of justice. inside source tell cnn it is one of the worst cases of fraud and mismanagement they have ever seen in a federal agency. more than $2 billion supposed to have been used to provide jobs for disabled people is instead being funneled elsewhere. as a result tax dollars earmarked for disabled workers are actually putting workers out of work while government contractors are raking in millions. drew griffin. >> reporter: randle love is exactly why the program exists. at the top of his career he was diagnosised with a spinal cord tumor. >> hold on. i'm coming. >> reporter: it crippled his body, but not his mind. no longer able to work at an office he sought work from home and found it in a federal program. he will tell you the job cured him. >> it gives me if you would, a sense of being worthwhile. i get up just like everybody else in the morning and i go to
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work, too. i'm not disabled. that's why i say it's it's a cure for me. >> reporter: his job comes through a federal program with strict rules. to get a federal contract, the government requires 75% of a company's work be performed by people who are severely disabled. according to the government that means employees who are not capable of engaging in competitive employment people like randle love who would not otherwise be able to work. but this spring it was all taken away. and randle love says what happened to him and other disabled workers isn't right. >> it is a little bit shady to me. very shady to me. >> reporter: the company love worked for lost its contract when the government awarded the work to a different bitter. the new company is being accused of not hiring enough severely disabled workers according to a lawsuit. though denying it and saying they are well within complyians multiple sources tell cnn they
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believe it's just one of many companies violating the law and raking in hundreds of millions of dollars. >> these are contracts that are supposed to go to employers who employ people with disa disability. >> doing the right thing, at least in my mind doesn't mean that you put 16 disabled people out of work. doing right thing also means, in my mind that you don't replace them with people who don't have disability. >> reporter: the problem is centered in a little known federal program called ability one. along with its outsourced management group source america they manage and award about $2.3 billion in federal contracts every year. multiple sources say these two organizations are being investigated for and accused of such wide scale corruption it's among the worst case of financial fraud they have ever seen in a federal program. our sources say as many as half
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of the federal contracts under this disability program may be operating in violation of the law. >> the majority of the individuals that were being hired were not severely disabled. >> reporter: even though you are supposed to have 75% or more of your work staff being disability abld. >> in my experience in the ability one contracts that i work on maybe 20% from disabled truly weren't capable of finding employment elsewhere. >> reporter: this manager who wants to remain anonymous says the federal contractor making ten was millions of dollars would hire just about anyone who walked through the door, and no one bothered to check. >> so you could say 100% of my employees are severely disabled. >> correct. >> and no none of them are.
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>> right. because there is nobody checking. >> cnn heard the same allegation allegations from numerous sources all across the country. source america says they conduct online statements. how does it happen? ability one's commission is made up of presidential appointees but it outsources the management of the program to the nonprofit agency source america. source america recommends and according to our sources virtually decides who gets the contracts. worth $2.3 billion. every year. former congressional investigator rich buttel says it is a recipe for corruption. >> the crass are now being funneled to a very small group of ten large companies that are getting way more than their fair share. >> reporter: buttel and numerous other sources are telling cnn the staffers who are essentially handing out federal contracts at source america are heavily influenced by top officials at
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the very same agency. and those officials are often connected to the businesses that get the contracts. >> you have actual advisers and board members in these private organizations who are themselves business owners. and so they can award themselves potentially, contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. a perfect set up for waste and abuse. >> reporter: no one from source america would go on camera but in a statement the group flatly denies the allegations. no one involved in making award recommendations, the statement reads, is employed by an organization seeking those contracts. and source america denies board members even involved in the evaluation of contract bids. that's all left up to the ability one presidential commission, whose executive director also declined an on camera interview with cnn and each refused to respond to any specific questions citing penlding lawsuits.
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cnn has learned those lawsuits may be just the beginning. at least four separate inspectors' general offices now have active investigations into the dealings of ability one and source america. and the department of justice has opened its own investigation. >> this is an important investigation. it seems like it would be easy to check. people are either disabled or not, right? >> that's right. if they checked. which we are hearing they don't do. they look at the paperwork and as long as the paperwork is okay and on file this presidential commission seems to believe everything is okay without having any proof whatsoever. >> any actual inspections, that doesn't take place? >> very rare. we are finding even when they do happen -- even when violations are pointed out, those are overlooked. take this -- in the last few years, anderson 80 letters went out to companies -- 80 letters went out to companies that basically said hey, why aren't you hiring enough severely
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disabled people? in half of those cases the companies didn't even pore to respond. they didn't even try to explain it because according to our sources those companies knew nothing would happen to them. this has gotten the advocates for the disabled up in arms. investigative agencies are looking into corruption and the possibility of racketeering charges. up next a deadly road rage incident. two vehicles two drivers, each calling 911, each with a different take on what is unfoldsing. the panic and the gunfire. all of it caught on tape. we'll play it for you. also a frightening scene caught on video. a mother and her son riding on an escalator when the floor beneath them collapses. the mother is sucked under and dies. she is being haled as a hero what for what she did for her son. details when we continue. well, we have 30 years of customer records. our cloud can keep them safe and accessible anywhere. my drivers don't have time to fill out forms. tablets. keep them all digital.
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grandchild. you sense the anger the panic, and then you hear the fatal gunshots. randy indicate reports. >> don't shoot! >> reporter: those were the last words kathy gonzalez spoke before her husband was shot dead. ] gunfire ] >> he shot my husband. >> reporter: her husband a 44-year-old, was shot right in front of the couple's young daughter and grandson. this is the man who shot him, 51-year-old robert doyle. the two florida men had crossed paths just two and a half minutes earlier, during a road rage incident with each car calling 911 to report the other. >> driving a full size truck with a trailer. you don't drive like idiots. >> i have a truck, some maniac in the thing following me trying to run me off the road. >> doyle warning operators he is heading home where he has a gun. >> my gun is cocked and locked.
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>> reporter: when the other man tells him he is heading to doyle's house the operator tells him not to go there. >> no no no. >> reporter: he goes anyway. he be heard yelling at the house before the shots were fired. gonzalez's wife meanwhile was pleading for police to send help. >> he has got a gun. get somebody here now. >> reporter: it was too late. doyle shot gonzalez once paused and fired four more shots. the sheriff told us gonzalez was shot once notice chest and three times in the back. doyle fired five times but the sheriff says they believe gonzalez was hit four times. >> reporter: dole's wife quickly told the dispatcher what her husband had done. i don't know how many but he fired multiple times. the man kept charging on him. >> reporter: doyle then forced gonzalez's wife out of the car
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until police areeved. >> he is making me get out of my car with my daughter. >> reporter: a neighbor whose vehicle was struck by one of the bullets told reporters he always thought of doyle as a good guy. >> it is a shock to everyone that knows him. he is not a violent man. >> reporter: doyle was charged with second degree nurd and three counts of aggravated assault. he is out on bond wearing an ankle monitor awaiting his court date. >> randy, was the victim really charges the guy who shot him? >> it's unbelievable that it even got to this point because it was about two minutes and 234 seconds from the time they called 911 to the time they ended up in his driveway. and doyle who was the shooter, got home, and then gonzalez apparently pulled up as well decided to walk onto his driveway. and that's when he was shot apparently once in the chest. then depending on who is telling the story, it sounds like gonzalez, the victim started walking back to his truck which had his wife his daughter and
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grandson in it. but one of the witnesses said i saw my neighbor shoot someone in the back who was trying to run away. but doyle's wife who was on the phone with 911 told the dispatcher that the victim gonzalez was charging the shooter. if he tried to use the stand your ground defense that's going to come into play, the shots in the back. another stunning story. this one from china. i want to warn you this video is definitely tough to watch. we are freezing it right before the worst part of it. you might want the look away for a moment. a horrific scene was caught on surveillance video at an shopping mall. a mother and young son are righting an escalator when the floor collapses at the stop. the mother pushed her son to safety, she got sucked in and crushed to death in a matter of seconds in the machinery. how does something like this
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happen? >> so many people here are asking that question because according to people who were at the mall there are no warning signs, the escalator was moving. however there is an indication that mall employees knew there was something wrong at the panel at the top of the escalator. they knew it was loose for the a full five minutes yet there were no maintenance crews there. obviously the escalator kept moving and this mother and her young child were able to get on. and then of course you saw what happened. her maternal instinct took over. she was able to push her son to safety. but we freeze the video. just a few seconds later you see one of the women at the top trying to grab her arm but lost her grip. it took them four hours to fine that mother as they dismantled the escalator. horrifying. >> i mean she is sucked under the he is ka light or within a matter of seconds. and the mall employees waiting for the woman at the top of the escalator, did they actually
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know? you said it was kinds of known that the plate was loose. is that why they were up there? or were they regular greeters? has the malary leased a statement or anything related to this? >> so that's the big question is what were those women doing? were they speaking to this mother? were they trying to warn her there may be a loose panel at the job or was that their job. sometimes here in asia you see staff members whose job it is to help people get on and off an escalator or elevator. it's not uncommon. clearly there was nothing to stop customers from getting on it. city officials are blaming this on human error. they say again a full five minutes there was warning and yet they didn't stop the escalator for repairs. yet the mall has not answered our repeated phone calls and the maintenance company kpobl for the escalator also hasn't commented. >> that does it for this edition
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