end quote. speak for yourself. >> about the telligent thing? >> intelligence that's right. good to be back with you, patti ann. >> take care, folks. "happening now" starts right now. jon: some 30 fbi agents arriving today in chattanooga tennessee, to try to determine the motive in last week's horrific shooting spree that left five servicemembers dead. good morning to you this is "happening now." i'm jon scott. >> i'm heather childers in for jenna lee. nice to be with you. jon: good to have you here, heather. >> they have found nothing, no link linking the gunman, 24-year-old, mohammad youssef abdulazeez to overseas terror groups. but some of his writings and interviews with his parents reveal a disturbing picture of a man who reportedly failed a drug test, was preparing for bankruptcy and was facing an upcoming court appearance. and now memorials are taking place to remember the five men who were murdered.

jon: senior national correspondent john roberts live in chattanooga, tennessee with the latest for us. john? >> reporter: jon, patti ann good morning to you. activity going on behind me outside the recruiting center. fbi finished up its job. people putting up a tent, the community mom merle that has grover own last several days looks like will be here for a time. the fbi took away from the home of mohammad youssef abdulazeez some writings older in nation, some of them ramblings many according to a family representative written when he was very depressive state as he has been off and on for the past few years. the representative told me in fact that abdulazeez suffered from depression since the age of 12 and 13. has been off and on medication to treat it. antidepressants. struggled with alcohol abuse. lost several jobs, including a job at perry nuclear power plant

in ohio outside of cleveland. he was facing as you alluded to, july 30th court date. the family confirms that abdulazeez traveled to jordan in 2014 to stay with his grandfather to stay way from friends the family quotes as bad influences. they're looking at who abdulazeez may have met with during the trip. did meet with radical groups and terrorist organizations. he was described upset about it war in syria. on his return he didn't like the fact a lot of civilians particularly women and children were being killed. he was said to be angry at assad and not the united states. all of this seems to have come to a head last tuesday for some reason abdulazeez rented a silver mustang decided to go on what is described as 72-hour bender, roaring around mountain roads in chattanooga until 3:00 on wednesday. may have done that on wednesday

night. and one person told me that he may have decided sometime during that time that he was going to commit suicide. and that for some reason he was going to do it in hurt rousely spectacular fashion. nobody can pin it to anything he he said, wrote or any attitude during the time or weeks and months leading up to it. back to the memorial here, this started as a small thing around a light standard aarp thursday evening a couple of flags and flowers. it has grown into 200-foot long absolutely i could say hard rendering mem more for the five servicemembers that died -- heart rendering. there are rumors that the westboro baptist church may show up to disrupt things. a real show of things. across chattanooga we're seeing signs, big electronic billboards, seeing chattanooga strong. all the flags are at half-staff.

people in chattanooga are questioning flags are half-staff here why are they not at half-staff in the white house? jon: so many questions to be answered left there in chattanooga. john roberts, thank you. some new action in america's election headquarters as ohio governor and former fox news host john kasich gears up to announce his presidential bid tomorrow. it will make sim the sick tenet republican in the race for the white house. -- 16th. it becomes before the first gop presidential debate to be held by fox news and held in governor kasich's backyard. we have bret baier, anchor of "special report." 16 official candidates on the gop side. john kasich's job is continues america that we need a six teenth right? >> right. he is out with a new ad, web

video, describing his life, his accomplishments and his history. all that we can tell this is a seven figure buy by a super pac supporting kasich. his announcement tomorrow will throw him into the race and the latest poll out had him essentially tied for 10th. as you know the top 10 candidates in average of five national polls will be on the stage in cleveland for our debate august 6th. fox news and facebook and, you know this late in the game it is interesting to get in at this moment but, we've seen bumps in the polls for people after they announce and kasich could see the same thing if he gets a lot of attention in coming days. jon: just about all of the other candidates got a fairly significant bump from the exposure that you get when you make announcement. people start to listen to you read your thoughts, pay attention to your name. the hope apparently is that case i can can get snuff of -- kasich

can get enough of the bump what his predecessors have done and get up on the fox stage to be one of the contenders. >> obviously that is his hope. we should point out if you're not in the top tenure invited to a forum on fox news earlier in the day. we'll use some of that material later in prime time, not only in the debate but afterwards. kasich has an interesting pitch. he has a pitch as an ohio governor. that he portray as very successful term, two terms now and getting, winning re-election 86 out of 88 counties. he had, we should point out a democratic challenger who had his own problems in the race but yet he did win overwhelmingly, kasich did. he has a history of being on capitol hill, being chairman of the budget committee on the house side that helped balance a budget and he has a history on the armed services committee. so he has a long resume'. the question whether he really

identifies with voters. one person put it, there is a midwestern bluntness without a northeastern edge about kasich. some people say he can be prickly at times. we'll see you who he sells to voters in new hampshire iowa, and nevada. jon: i remember being assigned covering him working for another network before fox news even launched, he was traveling the country as budget committee looking for everyday solutions to help balance the budget. lo and behold he and other members of congress managed to do that. quite an accomplishment. it hadn't been done in decades at that point. lo and behold he did it. plus he has his resume' further burnished by two seeming successful terms as governor of ohio. >> well, that's right. he is pitching himself as somebody who can get stuff done in washington and work with the other side of the aisle. there are drawbacks to john kasich. he takes some hits from within his own party for his acceptance of medicaid, for example in

ohio. there are some who have a problem with that. he explains it. he talks about it. he has been on the stump essentially in new hampshire for a while doing these town halls. he has also went around the country pitching a balanced budget amendment for states to sign on and have a convention to get a balanced budget amendment in the constitution. so he has a number of things that are attractive to the gop and number of things that have people scratching their heads to see if he can take off. jon: we'll see if he makes it by the august 4th deadline to get into that fox news debate. bret baier, plenty for to you talk about tonight on "special report" i'm sure. >> thanks, jon. >> also talking about this. history made today in washington where hours after the u.s. and cuba restored full diplomatic ties, cuba officially inaugurated its embassy in d.c. with its flag here for the first time in more than a century. chief washington correspondent james rosen is live for us at

cuban embassy in d.c. hi, james. >> reporter: heather good afternoon from washington where 11:59 p.m. last night and for some 50 years beforehand the building behind me was known as the cuba intrasection in washington, a locust of cold war espionage intrigue. at the stroke of midnight is officially became the cuban embassy in washington. cuban's foreign minister, bruno rodriguez was here to preside over the hoisting of the cuban flag above the building. that happened half hour ago. most of the protesters you here are fervently pro-castro. there is small contingent of u.s. officials present led by assistant secretary of state roy berta jacobsen and they were silent. raising of u.s. flag there is awaiting in havana awaiting secretary of state john kerry which we confirmed will occur august 14. august 14 john kerry heads to havana his aides said.

this afternoon, kerry will receive the foreign minister, bruno rodriguez at the state department. jon: a first since the '60s. a spokesman for kerry said the topics of two men will hardly represent any change at all from those of the last six decades. >> we began a conversation that i suspect will continue about on human rights which we know is going to be a part of this new relationship. we have had conversations about migration and i think we made it clear publicly that going forward we both agree, both countries to have conversation about fugitives in law enforcement. >> reporter: one other piece of business that occurred today. at 4:00 a.m. eastern time inside the atrium at the state department known formally as the hall of flags, the insertion of cuba's flag in the alphabetical place. the 4:00 a.m. time we're told for safety reasons as a scaffold was involved. follow me on twitter,@james

rosen fnc. right after this live shot i will tell you which country, both the united states and cuba, had to send letters to before all of this could go down officially. back to you heather. >> a little tease there. i will have to log on to your twitter in the commercial break. thanks so much, james rosen live for us. jon: u.n. security council quickly and unanimously endorses the nuclear deal between iran and six world powers including the u.s. the agreement aims to curb iran's nuclear program in exchange for what could be hundreds of billions of dollars worth of relief from international sanctions. david lee miller is live at the u.n. in new york city. david? >> reporter: jon, the vote is now over but the controversy remains. as you mentioned a little after 9:00 this morning the u.n. security council voted. it was unanimous. acceptance of the agreement that would end sanctions, economic sanctions against iran if that country complies with the terms

of the agreement. but despite this agreement there is no love lost between the united states and iran. ambassadors from both countries exchanged very harsh words this morning. u.s. ambassador, samantha powers specifically mentioned the four minutes either unjustly detained now or missing in iran. she says this deal does not diminish concern over their fate. she also accused iran of destablizing the region. listen. >> this nuclear deal doesn't change our profound concern about human rights violations committed by the iranian government or about the instability iran fuels beyond its nuclear program from its support for terrorist proxies to repeated threats against israel to its other destablizing activities in the region. >> reporter: iran's ambassador speaking moments later again repeating that his country's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. his country's supreme leader issued a fatwa pens nuclear

weapons. he says this turns a new chapter accepting agreement and lashes out at the united states for accusing iran supporting terrorism. >> it is ironic the distinguished ambassador the united states accuse my government of destablizing the region and terrorism. the country that invaded two countries in our region and created favorable ground for the growth of terrorism and extreme system not well-placed to raise such accusations against my country. >> reporter: we also heard today from israel's u.n. ambassador. he did not attend the security council meeting. israelis are not a member of the security council but he did lash out at iran and the agreement. he said iran was awarded as he describe ad big prize. he called today's actions a tragedy and catastrophe. he said iranians are now laughing in everyone's face.

one last thing to note here the united states congress now has some 60 days to decide on whether it is going to approve the agreement but even if it does reject it, what happened today at the united nations is now binding international law. back to you. jon: david lee miller at the u.n. david thank you. >> still to come a teenager goes missing and officials asking the public's help to find her. why the race against time to find this girl, lindsey king is especially urgent. greek banks reopen after the country reaches a new bailout deal but money troubles are far from over for the greek people. new measures they are facing. we want to hear from you would you vote for the next likely gop white house hopeful governor john kasich? visit foxnews.com/happeningnow and click on "america's asking."

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jon: right now new information and some crime stories we're keeping an eye on. a former convict charged with murder for the deaths of two people during a crime spree. he will appear in court today. 35-year-old anthony lord is accused of several shootings friday in northern maine. three others were injured. the sheriff's office in darlington, south carolina, is asking the public's help to find this missing 17-year-old. lindsey kate king left her home in her wife 2005 chevy pickup. officials say she is diabetic and does not have her medication. police arrest a prime suspect, 30-year-old martin martinez, after two women and three girls were found dead in a modesto, california home. he once had the relationship with one of the women and was father of one of the girls. heather: banks are reopening today in greece after being closed for three weeks as leaders scramble to avoid devastating financial collapse. people are still only able to withdraw about $65 a day and now

massive tax hikes are going into effect. amy kellogg is live in athens, greece. amy? >> reporter: hi, heather. well the vat tax, which is basically what we know as sales tax, is practically doubling on a lot of items here. it is going from 13% to 23% on certain food stuffs, on restaurants on things people deem to be essential as well however interestingly enough books and newspapers are capped under this new scheme. now the banks did reopen today after three weeks of closure. this woman we spoke to kind of threw up her hands said she had taken a ticket with her number in line. it was 303. she would come back in a few days. capital controls remain in place. over $40 billion have left the country in the last few months. greeks will now be able to withdraw $455 in one go per week, instead of $65 per day but

they can't cash checks and send money abroad without official dispensation. some estimate the damage to the economy of these controls is over 300 billion school -- $300 billion to the economy in the last three weeks. >> damage to the economy is very large. people standing in cash machines and wasting their time waiting to get some money out of it. industrial production. >> reporter: that includes people not being able to get raw materials they need for production certain materials even for farmers. farmers, by the way are among those who are facing imminently some new taxes on their income. they will be set to double under the new deal. >> translator: no way we can pay the money the greek government and european union are demanding us. no possibility to pay, not only for me, not only from farmers but from all sections of the economy.

they put 1,000 more new taxes on us they won't get the money they demand. >> reporter: but the european union will be watching to see these taxes are paid. this farmer, heather, told me since 1945, after world war ii every sunrise brought a more prosperous day for him, except for starting five years ago each day has been grimmer and grimmer. when you dig a little bit deeper, you see there are other complicating factors like one of his big markets is russia which is excluded because of political problems going on between russia and the rest. this is pretty complicated though the deal has been pretty much agreed for the european union with further bailout. greeks are incredibly nervous how they will pay the new taxes and move on with their lives. heather. heather: amy kellogg live from greece. thank a shark attack caught on live tv. how this professional surfer was able to fight off a great white that after him in the middle of the competition. plus new details on the

washington, d.c. mansion murders, expected to be revealed today as the accused killer makes his appearance in court.

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already know. more about the dna evidence on the pizza crust. we may hear more about evidence heather. we may hear about footprints outside of the door. potentially could hear something about complies which -- accomplices we're expecting to hear. hard to believe someone could do this by themselves. heather: jonna, same thing? >> preliminary hearings are for nal fallty. own thing that has to be proved to keep the defendant behind bars. there is certainly enough here. the dna on pizza crust is alone. this guy was not friends with the victim. would not invite him over for pizza. there was no legitimate reason for him to be in the house. that alone would keep him behind bars. i would like to see other evidence because no way this man acted alone. heather: do he have this to release the other evidence at this point no. >> no. the defense attorney can question the evidence, and police involved in some investigation. there were also federal agents involved in this investigation.

during the questioning there may be more evidence that comes out but the prosecution is going to try to hold that information close so they don't give as much information, to try not to sort of tip their hat. that will be a big part of it as well. heather: where would it move from here? after this hearing today what happens next? >> let's assume pro form ma. he is not going anywhere. probable cause element will be there. the next phase is usually motions and then trial. so, whatever they cull from this preliminary hearing will form the basis for eventual trial. heather: you alluded to this when you talk about the dna on pizza crust. do you expect the case to move forward pretty quickly? >> it could move forward pretty quickly. only thing that would slow it down they want him to come forward with who helped you. that might enter plea negotiations to avoid the trial but he will be the best information. heather: investigators do believe that is the case. >> that is what they believe. the other thing that might hold it back a little bit, he

switches attorneys once maybe twice. >> three times. >> as he continues to do that we see in other cases causes delay, new attorney is brought up to speed. there is sign some disagreement between the attorney and his client which usually sign of not a strong defense. heather: causes a delay now but when about when a verdict reached down the line, coo that be just cause to have retrial or anything like that? >> not the fact he is switching attorneys. what that depends on what happens during the actual trial. heather: okay. >> it is, i think the fact he is switching attorneys goes more towards the fact he may be a challenging client who has his own ideas how he wants to handle his defense. we heard his ex-attorneys speak out and say he wouldn't hurt a fly which seems a little bit ridiculous. >> not only has this been been arrested for this crime but he was picked up numerous times for violent acts which makes me infuriated he was on the streets to allow to do such a horrible thing here. heather: other piece of evidence still missing is the $40,000.

what element will that play into the case? >> i suppose that will enter into motive which nobody has to prove. if they link the money to the defendant or defendants that will be nail in the coffin are. why 40,000? who split it up. that could be another thing i didn't think of now. what if the guy is paying private lawyer with the funds. that is absolute no, no. that could be a reason for a switch. heather: we'll hopefully some of those questions are answered in hearing today. jon? jon: donald trump as you probably know under attack from republicans as well as democrats for his controversial comments on senator john mccain's vietnam war service but trump is not backing down. who he says is to blame for the backlash he is facing. plus, parts of the country facing their first heat wave of the year. and boy is it hot and humid out there. any relief in sight? we've got the foxcast coming up.

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captured. fbi searching for clues that what led a man to shoot five servicemen in a shooting spree. former special agent tells us what they are looking for. a surfer stop as heart stopping shark attack and caught live on tv. heather: breaking on the east coast the summer's first heat wave with temperatures soaring and it is hot making it feel like 110 degrees in some spots. hopefully not where our laura engle is standing outside of our studio in new york city. lauren how does it feel out there? >> reporter: heather it feels like a sauna out here. it will get a lot worse. dangerous conditions, so many people have to be careful of. i want to show you our temperature reading here as soon as the bus goes by. we just hit 90 degrees. the national weather service kicked in a heat advisory warning for new york city.

this warning is in effect for philadelphia and parts of new jersey until later tonight. people on the streets of new york say they are doing everything they can to stay cool? if you're not near the ocean or not near a swimming pool, you have to run inside, grab some heat, enjoying a nice adult beverage or something like that with the air-conditioning all around you. >> reporter: now these advisories come out when the combination of heat and humidity makes it feel like at least 95 degrees for two con executive days. big apple is expected to being 100. philly new jersey, they will see a heat index of up to 109. temperatures in the upper 90s and dewpoints in the low 70s. new york city mayor bill de blasio is urging residents to stay safe. >> this kind of heat can be dangerous. people have to make smart decisions. people of course have to stay hydrated. don't stay out in the sunny

longer than you have to. be aware of the challenge of this circumstance. >> reporter: people are flocking to the beach in boston too which could see its hottest day of the year today. washington, d.c. had its hottest day of the year yesterday with a high of 98 degrees. electrical use an also a concern. here is one of those pieces of advice you don't want to hear, set your thermostat at 78 degrees. that is what city leaders are saying. they want to avoid rolling blackouts or brownouts. put it there and hopefully you will be all right. heather: that is very, very warm. behind you, laura, the temperature dropped from 90 to 89 while you're talking. maybe somebody is listening to you up there. thank you laura. >> reporter: all right, heather. jon: i think they opened the door and air-conditioning hit the thermostat. presidential candidate donald trump faces a growing backlash for refusing to back down from his controversial comments from senator john mccain and his military service.

trump saying mccain was only considered a war here because he was captured in vietnam. many called for him to apologize to senator mccain but trump is digging in his heels and blaming the media for the firestorm of criticism. talk about with our media panel alan colmes fox news incident indicated radio show, alan colmes show of course. tammy bruce, fox radio talk show host and fox news contributor. those two have been feuding for a while. there was a rally in phoenix last week for donald trump. john mccape called the people who attended crazies. so there is an ongoing feud there but what about trumps remarks about mccain's war service? trump now says it is media's fault for overblowing isn't. >> you can almost fill in the blanks when it comes to what trump won't back down from. this really i have to say is not really about trump at all. the tribune has a great article

about this is the dissatisfaction of the american people and how he is representing that at this point. i think though that i was shocked frankly, finally to see that the republican conservative media turned into a pack of wild dogs and i never thought that they could manage that. i would like it turn ad little more to the left though but i think that trump is clearly pers some degree with mccain. i also think though this is about the fact that trump hit number3one in the latest "fox news poll." they saw this as opening. he certainly gave them a place to hang their hat but it really has been 24/7. i have to say in the midst of all this during, on twitter and media over the weekend we had memorial of for the chattanooga victims fifth sailor died. a lot of that took second seat to this news. jon: you're saying unfortunate he is getting -- >> i think that this has been a mission. it has been 24/7. seems to be an obsession because i think now people, including the media certainly, legacy media feels this is opportunity to go after trump.

it has nothing to do with embracing john mccain but everything to do to try to -- >> not just legacy media. digital media. it is conservative media. where was the conservative media with this level about the swift boating and smearing of john kerry? quite a double-standard we're searing here. same people quite upset about this were pretty much silent when john kerry, jeb bush this turns out, came out this morning, sent a letter praising the swift boating of john kerry but of course denouncing the what is going on -- jon: some of the swift boating was done by john kerry's platoon-mates. >> that doesn't makes it right. they did it and john mccain spoke out against that. that doesn't make it right regardless who did it. we're talking about the media, conservative media didn't come out -- >> i have to agree here because you're looking at this gin sentiment anyone who served there is to be no critique. when you look back there was clearly major critique, maybe it

wasn't the republicaning after kerry directly, there certainly wasn't this outrage about going after a man who had won a number of awards. look i happen to truth coming out about john kerry but i was looking at some of the conservatives going after trump thinking wait a minute, you seem to be kind of generally okay with what was happening to john kerry. >> here is another reason the media coverage is so important. it says a lot about the character of the other candidates. ted cruz has a book out attacking other republican, yet he won't go after donald trump, using excuse he won't to after other republicans. what does that say? ben carson did rope-a-dope. good for rick perry saying this is not befitting someone from president of the united states. that shows leadership. >> shows an opportunity. >> these are opportunities, yes. >> that's it. you're looking, i would like some much this anger and rejection to be turned on obama for leaving four of our

americans in iran. i would like for us to discuss why those -- >> not leaving four americans in iran. >> why the troops were murdered in chattanooga because they were disarmed. >> that is what you would like to do, attack obama. >> i would like for people to discuss the president of the united states commander-in-chief going to party after murder of five individuals. >> spending a weekend with the individuals. >> that should be the conversation. >> scott walker who the supreme court of wisconsin just said we're going to hide do away with all the documents concerning what which let you off the hook b how about the flip-flop of marco rubio on immigration. media is not covering -- >> this proves that the conversation about obama going to party after a major terrorist attack frankly in this country, is something to be discussed but instead, everybody wants to go after trump because he was mean to john mccain. be honest, john mccain will not be affected by what trump said. jon: john mccain says it is time to move on. >> even mccain agrees.

jon: tammy bruce, alcan colmes. >> thank you. heather: detectives in tennessee piece together the details as they try to determine why a young man went on a shooting spree killing five servicemen. what they have learned about the gunman. outing on a lake turns into a terrifying ordeal when a boat suddenly goes up in plame. what happens? >> it blew up. i shot out. and this.

jon: let's get a look ahead what is coming up on "outnumbered" at top of the hour. andrea, harris, what do you have? >> hi, jon. u.n. security council unanimously endorsing iran nuke deal despite the country's supreme leader insisting the agreement won't change its policies towards the u.s. so was that the right move. >> death to america that's what they think. hillary clinton's campaign reportedly telling its young supporters to zip it when it comes to speaking with reporters. what can team clinton be worried

about? >> oh, lots of things. you will be surprised at my answer. the best age to get married revealed. hint, if you think waiting longer is the answer, you could be wrong. >> but i waited. >> that means i'm wrong. >> all that plus our #oneluckyguy. "outnumbered" at top. hour. back to you. jon: that is an argument for the ages. >> yeah we can't wait. we're warming up jon. jon: see what you have to say. thank you, both. heather: dozens of fbi investigators they're in chattanooga, tennessee working to figure out what led a young man to go on a mass shooting spree killing five servicemen last week. before the massacre, mohammad youssef abdulazeez sent an islamic verse to a friend but officials have not found anything apparently tying him specifically to terror groups. mary ellen oat tool, was an fbi special agent for 20 years and forensic science major at georgetown university.

she will hopefully provide more insight to us. thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> all the fbi agents are headed to chattanooga today. we know what happened. five brave, heroic, dedicated marines murdered in cold blood but what we do not know is why. so in an effort to find an answer to that question, what will the fbi agents be looking for? >> well, they will be looking for information about every aspect of the shooter's life. they will be looking for information about his psych tick issues. they will be looking for social issues. they will be looking for information about friendships, his guns his travel overseas and they will tie it all together. there will be not, there will not just be one thing that will be important. it is totality of the circumstances. heather: do you think there were red flags that were missed in this particular case? >> i have to say i'm really stunned by the red flags. i have worked on and researched

some of these cases and here's what i can say succinctly. young men in this very vulnerable age group, 18 to 30 are at higher risk for violence when you have certain mental health problems and you have drug or alcohol abuse and you have access to weapons. access to an assault weapon in your home should have have been a red flag. i mean there is no other way for me to say it. but those risk factors are incredibly important for every family in the united states to understand. when friends and family members see that, that has to be reported. there is no way around it. heather: but that is not to say that every individual, you know, who is on medication, who is diagnosed being depressed or who has issues with drugs and alcohol turns to souch violent behavior? >> no, it doesn't but it does mean if you are in that age group and you are a male in that age group and you have certain

mental health issues like depression, bipolar disorder schizophrenia, there are indications that there is suicidal ideation and you have access to weapons and you're also abusing prescription drugs and alcohol, that is a volatile cocktail and family members will most likely be aware of that, feel helpless, not sure what to do. i can say at that point we're asking families to come forward to mental health and or law enforcement. that sets that loved one you have, that family member, that sets them apart. heather: i want to ask you about the trip to jordan. he spent seven months there. reportedly when he returned friends said he was upset over the war in syria. he had changed in behavior or attitudes but there were no overt or outward signs of radicalization. what about that? >> i would say that trip to jordan and what he learned, the information was probably not in

depth but it could have fueled his idea eages already. ideation. it could have formed what he was already doing. his life had number of issues. he was losing his job. there were reports that he could have to file for bankruptcy. he couldn't find a job. now all of sudden you find almost acceptable reason to act out violently. it could be incorporated what already is standing idea that i've got to blame others and suicide and even homicide is a viable option for me. heather: we'll see what investigators determine in terms of finding out why he did this. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. jon: unwanted guest crash as surfing competition. how surfer mappings to fight off a shark on live television.

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heather: welcome back to "happening now." six people breathing a sigh of relief after their boat exploded on a florida lake with them on board. fire and smoke, look at this visible from the shore, rising into the air. two people with slight burns, if you can believe it just on their legs but no one had to go to the hospital. the boaters say they had to jump for it after a loud noise came from the engine. >> we heard like a gunshot and the boat just like blew up in our face. >> blew up. i shot out. and -- >> everyone jumped off the boat. we just got away from it. heather: officials let the boat continue burning as they worked to keep fuel from leaking into the water. the cause of that explosion is still under investigation. jon: professional surfer narrowly escape as shark attack. three-time world champ mick fanning, getting a shock of his

lifetime during the televised finals of a world surfing competition in south africa. a great white attacked him sitting on his board waiting his turn. paul tilsleyly joins us live. paul? >> reporter: the kills theory that sharks attack only in warm water is stone dead. it is winter in south africa. the temperature is no more than 50 degrees fahrenheit. the shark was easily big enough to kill him. 12 feet long. the shark crept up behind him in classic attack mode. billions watched live on tv and fanning mother's saw the fin slice through the water. the shark knocked him off his board. rather than getting away, under water fanning punched shark. jet-ski and patrol boat got between the surfer around the shark and shaken fanning got away unhurt. this is first time a shark was seen attacking a sufferer during

a competition. this area, j-bay was infamous for shark attacks. a man was killed here two years ago. the competitions like this one african leg of the world surfing league championship, happen here pretty much monthly basis throughout the year. why do they risk their lives in the search for a perfect way? because as j-bay's tourist department that the beach at j-bay has the best right hand surf break in the world. but it is dangerous. i can vouch for that, jon. once i was riding surf near her on my jet-ski and a great white came up right beside me. jon? jon: wow, paul tilsley, personal experience there. thank you paul. heather: too close for comfort for me. new next hour of "happening now." commuter nightmare after a section of busy interstate just collapses. how did this happen and when will the highway reopen? fire incident at nascar. didn't exactly happen on the

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