making news in america this morning -- the search for answers after a deadly shooting in houston. a gunman took lives, opened fire on a police car, even a helicopter. now the hunt is on for a motive. it will be a soaked holiday for millions of americans from texas to new england. rain causing record-setting floods as remnants of bonnie come up the eastern seaboard. and it was a frightening turned deadly scene inside a gorilla enclosure, a child fell in the enclosure right next to the animal. his mother's comments. the growing controversy over how the zoo handled it. and wings over the wall. the world's famous dare devil's latest feat, even using himself as target practice. his wild ride ahead.

and we say good morning on this holiday. it's an uneasy holiday in texas, where we start with that wild shooting spree in houston. >> when it was all over two people dead and several injured, including some law enforcement officers. >> nearly 24 hours later, police have so many questions, such as whether a second gunman was involved and what happened. >> get in your home! >> reporter: a peaceful holiday calm shattered by gunfire. houston police say that a man walked into an auto detail shop and shot a man customer dead. 10:15 in the morning, two men armed with guns, police say at least one of them opening fire in the streets, blowing out car windows, igniting a gas station. that began a shooting spree that ended hundreds of rounds later. with the first shooter dead. >> we have eight shooting victims, two constables.

two suspects. four citizens. >> reporter: police initially thought they were looking for two suspects. now they say they're taking a second look at that second man who was wounded in the hospital. one gunman apparently opened fire indiscriminantly. one woman shot in her car. this driver narrowly escaping being hit. >> and then it went through that seat and it came back through that seat. >> reporter: five police cars were shot up. this cruiser was hit 21 times. >> we don't know if he was out to, you know, target law enforcement and wait for them to get here. if he was going to shoot people randomly. >> reporter: the gunman even had a military-style ar-15 rifle. that he used to put five bullets in a police helicopter. a s.w.a.t. officer ended the mayhem. >> the only law enforcement officer who fired a weapon was the s.w.a.t. officer who fatally struck the shooter. >> reporter: police now searching for a motive. and get this, one of the police cruisers had 21 bullet holes but amazingly the officer inside was

not injured. there was also a fire at a gas station next door believed to be started by the gunfire. millions of americans are spending the long holiday weekend indoors, seeking shelter from severe storms drenching two major sections of the country. >> in central and southeastern texas the storms have turned deadly, six people now confirmed killed in the widespread flooding. coast guard and other emergency crews have rescued several people from homes and cars trapped by rising floodwaters. tropical depression bonnie is hovering over the east coast, bringing heavy rain, flooding and rough tides. at least eight inches of rain have pounded areas like south carolina packed with tourists for the memorial day weekend. and those looking for a way out found themselves stuck for hours because of the high water that shut down roadways including a section of interstate 95. >> and guess what, the nasty conditions will be sticking around. >> accuweather's paul williams joins us now with the holiday

forecast. good morning to you, we have the influence of bonnie still creating downpours along the east coast, courtesy of a high-pressure system that will guide that along. but the big story right now as we're speaking, the strong thunderstorms still rumbling throughout portions of texas, with widespread scattered storms throughout the overnight. the central portions of the state up toward the panhandle of texas. some of these storms will blossom into dangerous tornadoes. diane, kendis. >> okay, paul, thank you. turning to politics on this memorial day weekend. donald trump is making a direct appeal to u.s. veterans. promising to make their lives better. >> and bernie sanders is campaigning hard in california as he faces a new call to step aside. abc's kenneth moton has the latest from washington for us. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: new this morning, the libertarians have picked a nominee. and this year's third-party candidate can be a real spoiler. this memorial day is the unofficial start of the summer

and the 2016 race is heating up. >> we're going to rebuild our military and we're going to take care of our veterans. >> reporter: sunday, donald trump was in washington revving up support at the rolling thunder motorcycle ride. the event brings awareness to prisoners of war. and service members missing in action. but it's trump's comments about one former p.o.w. john mccain that's getting new attention. >> i like people who weren't captured, okay. >> reporter: the only former gop nominee to endorse trump, decorated veteran bob dole said that trump needs to apologize. bernie sanders continues to call out donald trump and his democratic opponent hillary clinton. sunday night, sanders rallied thousands in fresno ahead of next week's california primary. the state's senator and clinton's supporter, senator dianne feinstein said it's time for him to bow out. >> he ought to be able to read the sign post. if he did that, he would know that it's all but over. >> reporter: but the candidates in the race have a new opponent. >> for the nominee for president of the united states, governor

gary johnson! >> reporter: over the weekend, in orlando, two-term new mexico governor gary johnson emerged as the libertarian candidate. polls said a good group of voters are looking for an alternative to trump and clinton. they believe they have a real shot this year. diane and kendis. >> all right, keeping things interesting. thanks, kenneth. want to get to some breaking news right now from iraq, where a new offensive to retake the city of fallujah from isis has started. federal police units along with army units backed by the iraqi air force, entered the city from three directions this morning. the u.s.-led coalition has been providing air support in the week leading up to the assault. the numbers are reaching staggering levels as bodies of more migrants

are being recovered from shipwrecks in the mediterranean. it's believed that more than 700 people have been killed in three separate wrecks since wednesday. survivors as well as bodies of the dead arrived in southern italy. and more breaking news this morning -- from mexico, where a soccer star has been rescued from kidnappers. take a look at this image of alan pulido, just being released by mexican authorities. he's now undergoing some medical evaluations. pulido was intercepted by armed men after leaving a party saturday night not far from his home. no group has claimed responsibility and no ransom demand was at least been made public. a wingsuit dare devil has defied gravity, this time at the great wall of china. he dropped 6,000 feet from a helicopter and then soared through a paper target on the great wall. >> wow, you can say he nailed it. he said this was all about precision, and he's done with the death-defying stuff at least for now.

he's retiring from that. coming up -- possible shark attacks on both coasts this holiday weekend. we have details straight ahead. plus, the mother of the boy who made it into the gorilla enclosure at a zoo speaking out, what she's saying about her own parenting. and an explosion right in the middle of a motorcycle race. see the bizarre chain of events that caused it. stay with us. stay with us.

a florida teenager is recovering after being bitten by a shark near jacksonville, the boy was rushed to the hospital to be treated for an eight-inch bite behind his right knee. he was surfing with his father when the attack happened. the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

and in southern california, a shark may be to blamed for injuries suffered by a swimmer in long beach. and on this memorial day, we're learning that flag sales are soaring, a wisconsin flagmaker says its sales are up 15% from this time from last year. partly due to this being an election year. the company's chief operating officer said it's more than that there's been a rise in patriotism. x:men apocalypse was easily topped at the box office but didn't do as well as expected. it pulled in $65 million over three days. but alice through the looking glass from our parent company disney, flopped. when you think of coconut-flavored goodies, the color white usually comes to mind.

this sweet treat is anything but. >> the new hot ice cream of the summer is jet black, it's called coconut ash. the unique new flavor was created by a new york ice cream parlor morgenstern. >> i'm sure it probably tastes better than it looks. >> i hope so. when we come back -- a trio of good samaritans come to the aid of a woman who said she was out with a friend. and the changing border in the carolinas. that change is having some serious consequences. change having some serious consequences. ...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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hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. a wild explosion and it's caught on camera. take a look there during a race. what happened, one rider spun out and another ran over the bike's gas tank and the fireball results. there were no major injuries and eventually the race in spain was restarted with all the riders, except the one who spun out. believe it or not his bike was ruined. here at home, this weather is creating some major challenges for drivers on the east coast, especially along the i-95 corridor. where you're likely to find flooding. and you can plan on similar conditions from the gulf coast to the canadian border. if you're planning to fly, heavy rains could cause delays in new york, philadelphia washington, d.c. storms in dallas and houston. the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo remains closed this morning.

following the weekend shooting of the gorilla inside the enclosure. >> zoo officials said making the decision to kill the animal in order to ensure the safety of a child. abc's marci gonzalez reports from cincinnati. >> oh, my god! >> okay, everybody back up. >> reporter: a young boy recovering after coming face to face with a 400-pound gorilla. >> mommy loves you. i'm right here. >> reporter: for more than ten minutes, onlookers, including the boy's mother, watch in horror after authorities say the 4-year-old crawled through a barrier, making his way through the bushes and plunging ten feet into the moat below. >> i heard her yell that's my baby. it was loud and chaotic. very traumatizing. >> reporter: you can see the gorilla's left arm make contact with the boy seated in that shallow water. the boy scoots back. the gorilla seemingly lifts him

up, sweeps him across the water. >> stood over him in a protective stance. he wasn't harming the child. seemed that the gorilla was scared as well. >> reporter: with the animal holding the boy between his legs, a zoo worker takes aim. shooting and killing the endangered 17-year-old silverback gorilla named harambe. >> a loud bang. >> reporter: rescuers rushing in, pulling the boy to safety. while the rest of the zoo is open, the gorilla exhibit is closed. people have been coming by here all day, leaving flowers in honor of the gorilla. protesters outside of the zoo questioning why the worker didn't instead use a tranquilizer. >> in an agitated situation, it may take quite a while for a tranquilizer to take effect. >> reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, cincinnati.

one more note on that n a now-deleted facebook post, a mother said he has a concussions and a few scrapes. she also said, quote, society is quick to judge. she keeps a tight watch on her kids and accidents happen. three southern californian women are being created. the women claim they saw a man dropping something into a woman's drink while she was in a restroom. one of the good samaritans went to the restroom to let her know. >> i got up and went to the restroom and i found if her in there and i just said, this is weird, but we saw that guy you're with put something in your drink. >> they said surveillance video also saw the same thing. the man was arrested. the three good samaritans have posted a photo on facebook. >> to sports now and this weekend's champions league soccer. final ended with spain's real madrid winning its 11th european title. but their opponents had a moment

to savor at all. >> he scored the tying goal. he celebrated by running to the stands and kissing that woman right there. >> for a little while. >> now, she's his girlfriend. makes it a little less -- >> awkward. >> the glory faded however when real won in a penalty kick shootout. >> so, real madrid got the last laugh. >> that's right. ronaldo scored the winning goal. >> game seven of the nba's western conference finals is tonight. the winner between golden state/oklahoma city advances to face cleveland. as for yesterday's sports let's get the highlights from espn. good morning, america. kevin connors and john buccigross. sunday, at the great american race it took place and always a tremendous tradition. >> it's really some cinderella stories, people coming from behind. 100th running of the indianapolis 500, the greatest spectacle in racing.

absolutely. it was a rookie who stole the show, alex rossi. chose to stay out on the track near the end of the race when others stopped for fuel. the gamble paid off. crosses the finish line and then runs out of gas shortly thereafter. what a moment for him and his crew. and, yeah, plenty of vitamin d for everybody. the traditional milk bath afterwards. sunday night baseball. mets dodgers, clayton kershaw on the mound. we pick this one up with kershaw out of the game. kershaw went 7 innings. curtis granderson just out of the reach of yasiel puig. the mets tie it up at 2. top nine, same score, bases loaded and adrian gonzalez delivers. dodgers win by a score of 4-2. >> that's all for us. all right, up next in the pulse, not your usual day in the lecture hall.

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>> that's right. next up, pulling an all-nighter. that can take a toll on college students. you have to get some sleep at some point. >> that brings us to this the university of washington, this lecture hall here where a storm surge was a topic of a lecture and then this happened -- this might be the best part yet. the guy who was asleep there gets up off the floor, grabs his backpack and walks out the hall as if nothing happened. >> the guy delivering the lecture then just totally rolled with it. as if nothing wrong happened. but we saw it. many spectacles this weekend not just parades and barbecues. >> boats held together by duct tape intentionally. >> it was literally sink or swim for the entrants and not all of them -- >> there was a lot of sinking.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. glad you are with us. >> i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. it is monday, may 30, memorial day. mike? >> good morning. we start with live doppler hd. can you see the clouds along the coast. nothing pushing too deep. nothing inland. there will be a surge the next hour. before it goes back to the coast. that is where the clouds are. the rest of us are baking. 60's at the coast, mid-80s at bay and inland. in the low 80s to 90 around the bay and inland at 4:00, and 50s at the coast. 70s for the rest of us at 7:00. back to you. >> we will get a check of the

traffic. on southbound 680 near highway had there was a solo car crash in the clearing stains. i bring you a look from the bay bridge toll plaza camera, all moving smoothly. we will monitor it. all the largest memorial day events in the nation takes place today at presidio. the special tribute in part will be paid to the african-american units of the army. later called the buffalo soldiers. amy hollyfield has the preparation. amy? >> look behind me. you can see every tombstone has a flag placed at a it. they are blowing a little bit. it is windy. it is chilly. in you are coming to the ceremony bring a jacket. it starts this morning at 10:30. it is one of the largest in the country. more than 2,500 people attend each year. there are a lot of flags, more than 35,000 veterans and their families are buried here.

theyill pay tribute to a few different groups, including the veterans of the korean war. this comes as san francisco is building a korean war memorial to open this summer. some think this is the perfect place to honor veteran of the korean war. >> it is very appropriate this location in san francisco because the many that came through san francisco, came back through san francisco. >> today there will be special tributes to the vietnam war and to the buffalo soldiers, the six units of all african-american soldiers in the united states army. the army ban the lead the veterans here at 10:30 with the ceremony starting at 11:00. >> this morning a pair of vietnam era helicopters will ride at the 113th annual memorial day service in hard at 10:00 a.m., the only traveling