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making news in america this morning -- pushing back. donald trump at his daughter's graduation as a new controversy swirls around the presumptive gop candidate. what he's saying about a new report detailing how he allegedly treats women. and president obama is taking his own shots at trump during another commencement speech. we're live. extreme weather, officials sounding the alarm overnight. a flash flood emergency. neighborhoods surrounded by water with more rain on the way. plus, where record-breaking cold is settling in this morning. and a swimmer gets a big surprise when a shark latches on to her arm. she went to the hospital with the shark still dangling there. and wrong turn. a woman drives right into the lake and she's blaming her gps.
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good monday morning, everyone. we're going to start with the race for the white house and president obama putting donald trump in his crosshairs. >> that's right, the president turned his commencement address at rutgers university into a sharp indictment of trump without actually saying his name. he slammed trump for his stance on immigration, muslims and trade and he warned the graduations to shun those who embrace ignorance. >> in the meantime, trump is refuting a blistering report about the way he treats women. we get the latest right now from abc's megan hughes joining us from d.c. good morning, megan. >> reporter: president obama during his remarks at rutgers made it very clear he's not going to be sitting on the sidelines this summer. he's going to be involved in this campaign season. meanwhile, donald trump was at a ceremony himself. donald trump at the university of pennsylvania, attending his daughter tiffany's graduation.
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playing the role of father as he's facing attacks for his life as an alleged playboy. "the new york times" report detailing unwelcomed romantic advances, unsettling workplace conduct and unending commentary on the female form. the chairman of the republican party admits trump has some explaining to do. >> look, these are things he'll have to answer for. >> reporter: trump is pushing back at "the new york times" calling it a lame hit piece. at the same time, the president is taking swipes at him at rutgers. >> suggesting that we can build an endless wall along our borders and blame our challenges on immigrants. it's not cool to not know what you're talking about. that's not challenging political correctness. that's just not knowing what you're talking about. >> reporter: trump is also accused of making phony calls, pretending to be his own pr and getting skewered by "saturday night live." >> mr. trump is the real-life
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inspiration for iron man. who am i? i'm his publicist. john pepperoni. >> reporter: and hillary clinton in kentucky has her hands full. attacking bernie sanders for the auto bailout, while striking donald trump on foreign policy. >> it's not just offensive but dangerous. >> reporter: clinton makes her case again today in kentucky which holds its primary tomorrow. bernie sanders is campaigning in puerto rico. diane, kendis. >> all right, megan hughes live in washington for us. thank you, megan. and we have breaking news from kabul, afghanistan, a city is on lockdown overnight in response to a massive protest there. tens of thousands of demonstrators from an afghan minority group are protesting the proposed route of a power line. the u.s. embassy has also issued a warning to any americans in the city to limit travel today. and in iraq, a series of attacks by isis have left at least 30 people dead.
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14 of the victims died when a gas plant north of baghdad was hit by a team of suicide bombers. despite the latest attacks the u.s. diplomat in charge of fighting isis says the terror group is losing ground and he adds that isis is leading the -- losing the ideological battle as well. some dramatic scenes overnight from south texas. many streets flooded in corpus christi with stalled vehicles and accidents reported. the flooding was severe enough to float away at least one heavy dumpster. strong winds and hail are also expected along the gulf coast. the ground is as you know already saturated. on the weather radar right now, you can see that storm system spreading from texas eastward into louisiana, and the southern plains. since march 1st, get this -- that region has received two-times to three-times the normal rainfall. and it's an interesting story as far as temperatures go, mid-may temperatures feeling more like march.
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possibly record-breaking cold this morning. take a look at some of the numbers, 30s in vermont and western pennsylvania. 40s in new york and mid-40s as far south as raleigh. >> all right, ready for summer. in a bit of a role reversal, police in london had to remove an air marshal from a transatlantic flight. before taking on l.a. u.s. air marshals are not allowed to drink for four hours before a flight. the united airlines flight was delayed two hours because of the incident. the air marshal was released without charges because he hadn't broken any british laws. to the world he to worshipers at a jehovah witness's hall he was brother nelson. they held a private memorial for the artist. hundreds attended the invitation-only gathering, including sheila e. as well as comedian sinbad. prince's family was not there, but his sister says there will be an official memorial for the artist in august. it's been three weeks since queen elizabeth turned 90 but
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she's still celebrating. >> yes, so, this latest birthday bash for queen elizabeth was star-studded extravaganza. featured actress helen mirren. it featured dancers and some 900 horses. >> that's all? 900 horses. the entire royal family was also in attendance, including prince harry and prince william and duchess kate. >> and queen elizabeth herself arrived by horse-drawn carriage. she turned 90 on april 21st. but the official birthday bash will take place on june 11th. >> it's good to be the queen. >> it is. so, a commencement ceremony brought some former political adversaries to the same side. vice president joe biden and former house speaker john boehner shared a hug at notre dame's graduation sunday. it was time to talk about their
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relationship on capitol hill. >> let's get something straight right off the bat, i don't like john boehner. i love him. >> awe. the vice president also visited the university of pennsylvania to see his granddaughter naomi graduate. and donald trump was there. his daughter tiffany is graduating from the same class. >> i don't think they shared a hug. >> no. still ahead -- forced to stay indoors. an american town terrorized by bees. and see this incredible image of a swimmer coming to shore with a shark latched right on to her. plus, caught on camera. a tractor-trailer full of metal, turning over on a bridge. a tractor-trailer full of metal, turning over on a bridge.
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driver crossing the hudson river. a tractor-trailer carrying a load of steel overturned friday as it passed this car just north of new york city. luckily, the car's driver just tapped on the brakes to give the truck a little bit more distance and there were no injuries reported. unfortunately, that was not the case in texas, where at least two major investigations are under way after a deadly bus crash, 8 people died, 44 people were hurt. investigators haven't talked to the driver who was severely injured. they're looking into the company's safety record. they have twice been ordered to take one of its buses off the road to fix issues with the brakes and the emergency exits. it's not known if that bus was the same one that crashed. facebook's ceo plans to sit down with conservatives to discuss the social media site's political leanings. facebook has taken heat amid
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accusations its trending stories section is biased against the right. and a senate committee looking into facebook's practices. in the meantime the world's largest cruise ship has set sail for the very first time heading to the uk from france as tens of thousands of people waved good-bye to the vessel. it took nearly 3 years and nearly $1 billion to build the "harmony of the seas." the ship's bigger than the eiffel tower if it was laying down. enough cabins for 6300 people. it heads to florida later this year. and at the box office, captain america held off the money monster and the darkness. disney, our parent company, had the top two films this weekend with captain america: civil war outperforming those new release. with nearly $37 million. "the jungle book" came in second with $18 million.
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sight, especially when seen from orbit. this time-lapse video taken from the international space station just over 200 miles above us all. american astronaut jeff williams points out that they get 16 sunrises every day. they also celebrated a milestone just a few hours ago, the 100,000th orbit of the earth by the space station. drivers will have to watch out for wet roads in much of the country and flooding in the central plains. and storms and lightning could cause some airport delays for you, if you're flying through denver and houston. the coast guard has called off the search for a missing cruise ship passenger in the gulf of mexico. >> 33-year-old samantha broberg went overboard last week. the coast guard searched all weekend covering more than 4,000 square miles. surveillance video shows her sitting on a railing on the ship's 10th floor and falling backwards into the water.
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the ship returns to port this morning. in georgia, a pilot was killed when his stunt plane crashed during an air show near atlanta. witnesses say that biplane was engaged in some kind of maneuver and was unable to pull out of the dive due to high winds at the time. it hit the ground as horrified spectators watched. the faa and ntsb are looking into the incident. a massive cocaine bust are calling colombia's largest drug haul ever. the drugs were found in an undergone hall on a banana farm. three people were arrested. authorities believe the drugs belong to the biggest cocaine trafficking organization in the country. this morning, the worst appears to be over for a northern california community attacked by killer bees. it's believed that the bees became agitated after an amateur beekeeper destroyed their hive in the bay area city. of concord. they're blamed on the death of two dogs and stinging several people. some of those people had to be
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hospitalized. police told residents to stay indoors. >> they were super aggressive. they were following after us and going after us and banging on the windows. it was like a horror movie. >> no doubt. there are still some isolated bees in the neighborhood and caution still advised for many residents. in florida, a shark took a bite out of a swimmer and would not let go. the woman walked out of the water with the shark's jaws still clamped down into her right forearm. it stayed there even after it was killed. the victim was taken to the hospital with the shark still attached to it. the woman was part of a group teasing that shark. time now for some sports including a big bench-clearing brawl. >> here with the highlights, let's go to our guys at espn. >> good morning, america. kevin connors, john anderson. we're not going to fight. but that doesn't mean other people that you're going to see will not.
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>> boy, odor a contact hitter. in more ways than one. imagine something like this going down in major league baseball game. it in fact did. a little retribution. the bat flip from jose bautista, from last year's postseason. you remember it well. later, bautista coming in hot at second base and odor takes exception to the tune of a thunderous right hand. eight ejections in total. there will be some suspensions coming. guys losing money. all right, game seven in the east, toronto and miami. we the north all excited. third quarter, kyle lowry spins, hits the jumper. derozan, jumper as well. the duo scored or assisted on 30 of the raptors' 33 third-quarter points. i mean, they pulled away in the second quarter. lowry, again, for three. they win by 27, 116-89.
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it will be the cavs/raptors in the eastern conference finals. when you see the odor thing, i kept thinking of batman. it should pop up and just go pow! that's recall i got. >> warriors/thunder, game one in the western conference finals tonight. for john anderson, i'm kevin connors. good morning, america. >> all right, thank you, guys. up next in "the pulse," a wrong turn because of a gps? ends up sending this woman right into a lake. and safe at home, a softball player makes an amazing play to score a run. ng play to score a run. oh, look... ...another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair works... ...in one week. with the... fastest retinol formula available. it's clinically proven to work on fine lines and... ...even deep wrinkles. "one week? that definitely works!" rapid wrinkle repair. and for dark spots, rapid tone repair.
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i like what you're doing with the place. >> you like it. you're welcome. >> television first on "the simpsons." >> at the end of last night's episode homer simpson answered live questions from the viewers as the show aired on both the east and west coasts. first time an animated show has ever attempted this and here's how it looked. >> let's go to hannah. your talking to homer. >> hi, there, homer. my question to you is, who do you like more -- lenny or carl and why? >> let's see, i like lenny because he's the black guy and -- wait a minute, no. carl is the -- wait, let me get back to you when i figure out who's who. >> okay, so, it was done through what's called motion capture technology. it tracked the real-time head and arm movements of the actor who provides homer's voice and
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immediately animated them on air. there was a five-second delay. >> but don't believe your gps tells you. an ontario woman ended up in lake huron. granted it was a dark, rainy and foggy night. but she said she just followed when her gps told her turn, she did, she went down a boat ramp. >> but she managed to lower her window and swim to shore and her toyota was pulled out the next morning. police say that she's going to be fine. but just a little embarrassed. they're not pressing any charges right now. and the class of 2016 is getting some extra credit for being clever. >> we're seeing some graduation caps on social media. some are protesting student
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loans like this one, that game of loans. this student with the same idea, with the caption -- help me, i'm poor. >> and other students used some popular memes like the crying jordan. >> and there's a reason for this. 2016 the graduates will have the highest debt, ever. about $37,000. west point softball player is earning congratulations after what are some considering an amazing play. she may want to go into track and field after this. >> yeah, it's army batting against lehigh in the playoffs. watch carefully. she was going to be out by a mile until she jumped over the catcher. spun around midair and touched home plate. army won the game, by the way, 3-1. >> mlb could probably use her for skills. >> the yankees could definitely use a player like that. we'll have more news after
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning at 4:28. >> good morning, 4:30 club. monday came around fast. i am natasha zouves. >> and over to mike nicco. >> it is too bad. >> yes. monday. >> live doppler hd shows a ragged layer of clouds. the many layer is not that strong. faster sunshine. warmer temperatures. from sutro tower can you see all the way over to the east bay hills. sun is up at 5:59 through the broken clouds. you will need shades by noon, 50s and 60s and 70s and by 4:00, total sunshine and after the coast, it will be bright. 76 around the bay and 82 inland and warmer the next couple of days. >> sue? >> quiet this monday morning. san rafael shows beyond north
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gate mall and the civic center no delays. an early accident near central san rafael. to the san mateo bridge, a 14--minute drive is clear. from hayward to foster city. we have a connection north 880 to westbound 92. it is closed. until 5:00 a.m. we have an accident up and over the altamont pass in the center divide. more road work in a few minutes. >> developing news, a man is dead after a shooting in san leandro last night. police are trying to determine in a car crashed near is connected. we are tracking the details. amy hollyfield? >> yes, natasha, we got details in the newsroom overnight. i want to show you the large crime scene in san leandro. they have a couple of blocks proposed off with claim tape on east 14th street 139th and 137th and they will be here a
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while. this is video ofar crash, two cars involved, a minivan crashed into a night pole and knocked it over. police helped the victims in the car but they fund the people in the minivan last the scene the people were told to go over to the senior community center. it was rented for a private funding. there was someone shot lying on the walkway. witnesses describe what they heard. >> we heard shots. we seen in the windows and everyone was running. >> the man who was shot died at scene. police say though do not know if he was attending the event. they are not sure how the car crashed ties into the shoeing. in it does. they are working to put this together. they will brief the media in a press conference at 9:30.

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