making news in america this morning, the president doubling down. the new fallout from his racist tweets targeting four minority congresswomen and the strategy behind the president's attacks. will it work? miracle rescue in the woods. a california mother lost for days on a hiking trail says she was chased by a man with a knife. her ordeal and the emotional reunion with her family. breaking overnight, crisis in puerto rico. tear gas is fired at protesters demanding the governor resign amid a massive corruption scandal. what he's saying this morning. plus, caught on camera, a popular amusement park ride comes crashing down to the ground. unexpected catch. fisherman reel in this great white shark after it drags their boat for miles. and the 9-year-old girl who

may have helped police crack a case, all thanks to her drawing skills. good tuesday morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. we want to get right to the big story. president trump stepping up his attacks on four minority members of congress saying they can leave the country if they don't like it. >> the four freshmen lawmakers fired back calling the president racist and xenophobic accusing him of carrying out the agenda of white nationalists demanding he face impeachment. while most republicans remain silent, the president insists many people love what he is saying and mona kosar abdi joins us from washington with more on the fallout from those attacks. mona, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump's racist tweets seem to have unified the democratic party to rally behind these four congresswomen of color that the president continues to attack, but now

it's the republican party that remains split over whether to condemn or condone the president's behavior. the president reigniting his attacks on four freshmen lawmakers that have been the target of his racist tweets. >> they hate our country. they hate it i think with a passion. >> reporter: and doubling down on his incendiary remarks telling all four women of color to, quote, go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. but three of the four born in new york, michigan and connecticut. >> does it concern you that many people saw that tweet as racist and that white nationalist groups are finding common cause with you on that point? >> it doesn't concern me because many people agree with me. >> reporter: only ilhan omar, a naturalized citizen, was born outside of the u.s. in somali. omar hitting back on msnbc's "rachel maddow." >> we're not going to allow him to continue his throwing of the garbage that constantly comes

out of his mouth. >> reporter: and so did rashida tlaib, alexandria ocasio-cortez and ayanna pressley calling his tweets a distraction and vowing to keep the focus on the policies. >> i encourage the american people and all of us in this room and beyond to not take the bait. >> that's why we fight for education for all children through college. and so we'll stay focused on our agenda. >> reporter: the republican party remaining largely silent only a handful coming forward to denounce the president's tweets. >> the president of the united states has a noble and unique role to unite the country and to draw on all people regardless of their race, their color, their national origin. >> reporter: and now house democrats plan to vote on a resolution that strongly condemns president trump for his tweets. janai and kenneth, pelosi urging her republican colleagues to join them. >> and, mona, we will continue watching the fallout from that. thank you for joining us. as people on both sides of

the aisle react to the president's attack, others are looking at the political strategy behind it. >> the president's tweets have now prompted democrats to rally around four congresswomen with far left views who have been trying to shake up their own party for months. this morning, democrats are jumping to defend those four minority congresswomen urged by the president to leave the country. >> i mean it's a flat racist attack. he said they should go home. he should go home. he should go home. [ applause ] for real. >> reporter: president trump's attacks appear to galvanize the democratic party. >> democrats have been struggling with internal divisions. those went away as the soon as the president hit send on this tweet. this has united democrats and reminded them of the stakes of what it means to be united in opposing this president. >> reporter: and while some republicans have tried to dodge the controversy altogether. >> i hadn't read that but i will go check it out. >> reporter: others are speaking out. the party's only black senator, tim scott, called the

president's remarks unacceptable personal attacks and racially offensive language. susan collins called them way over the line but some trump supporters claim the tweets were not racist because he never explicitly mentioned race. >> how can you say this is not demagoguery? how can you say it's not playing on people's prejudices of people of color going back to your homeland? >> he didn't mention color. >> he doesn't have -- oh, you're right. so you're saying -- >> when you disagree with people of color, that doesn't mean you disagree with them because of their color. >> reporter: analysts say the president's strategy is to rally his base, look strong on border control and appear to be a political outsider. >> there is a percentage of the population that is going to agree with the president on this and also strongly disagree with how the media and how democrats are going to frame this by calling it a racist tweet. as we go forward and report on this story and look for reaction from republicans, there will be a good number of americans who say that the president did not say anything wrong. >> reporter: republican senator

lindsey graham who called trump a bigot three years ago on the campaign trail said monday that the president should, quote, knock it down a notch. but when asked about trump's tweets on fox news, he accused the four democratic congresswomen of being communists. >> we all know that aoc and this crowd are a bunch of communists, they hate israel. they hate our own country. they're calling the guards along our border, the border patrol agents concentration camp guards. they're anti-semitic. their anti-america. >> analysts also say a key part of the president's strategy is trying to make those four congresswomen the face of the democratic party. meanwhile, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has yet to address the president's tweets and is expected to discuss them at a news conference today. meanwhile, president trump is moving to block nearly all central american migrants from applying for asylum at the southern border. a new rule taking effect today will prevent migrants from seeking asylum in the united states if they've traveled

through another country first. that means many migrants would have to apply in mexico first. the aclu calls the rule unlawful and is planning to sue. breaking overnight thousands of puerto ricans took to the streets demanding their governor resign amid a corruption scandal. police launched tear grass and pepper spray at the crowd. it came hours after an online chat was leaked in which governor ricardo rossello made profane and sexist comments. he says he will not resign. a judge says he will decide thursday whether to grant bail to alleged sexual predator jeffrey epstein after a bombshell revelation about what was found in his safe. to make their case that epstein was a flight risk, prosecutors revealed that piles of cash, diamonds and a passport with a saudi address were found in his safe. they say the expired passport had epstein's photo but a different name. the wealthy financier is accused of abusing underage girls. two alleged victims confronted him in court. one said epstein is, quote, too scary to walk the streets. >> the most powerful testimony

was not from any of the lawyers in there. it was from these two brave women who prepared to step forward and talk. >> epstein's attorneys are fighting to keep him under house arrest in his new york mansion until his trial. they say epstein is willing to pay up to $500 million to assure the judge he is not a flight risk. a gas company employee is dead after an explosion destroyed a home in southern california. 15 other people including three firefighters were injured. the explosion is being blamed on a gas leak. investigators say a contractor was working on a property in marietta but didn't call to have the gas lines marked before he started digging. time now for look at your weather for this tuesday morning.> od morning. to the mid-mississippi river valley as barry slowly exits to the north. the rest of the region hot and

dry. as we make our way to the north across the northern tier into the plains, a frontal boundary stalled out leading to isolated to strong to severe storm as some of those heavy rainfall from barry work their way toward the great lakes region. eventually we'll get some of that into the northeast but before so we're talking building heat and humidity here through tuesday and wednesday. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. coming up, scientists find a jellyfish the size of a human. we'll show you. also ahead, the disaster at this amusement park caught on camera as a popular ride comes crashing down. and later a disturbing discovery. police find a missile while

a great white. we got a great white. back now with fishermen

reeling in this great white shark in stance bay. they say it dragged their boat for two miles and nearly took an hour to bring it to the surface. they eventually released it. and if you think that shark was big, look at this jellyfish. scientists off the coast of england found a jellyfish the size of a human, but they say even at this size the species does not pose a serious threat to people. well, breaking news this morning in the case of an american scientist murdered on the greek island of crete. suzanne eaton's body was found last week in a world war ii bunker. police say a 27-year-old greek man has confessed to eaton's murder. they say the suspect is a married son of a priest reportedly told officers that he intentionally hit eaton with his car. a police source says a camera captured images of the vehicle. local media report that police believe the murder was sexual. also overseas in india, it seemed like a normal day at this

amusement park, but then this pendulum-type ride broke apart and crashed to the ground. at least three riders were killed. nearly 30 others were wounded. all the victims were adults.the. an investigation is under way. back in this country, a scare involving this plane carrying amazon packages after landing in baltimore. officials say one of the brakes malfunctioned causing smoke to billow from the landing gear. no one was hurt. amazon expects the plane to be ready for its next flight. an old trend is apparently new again when it comes to footwear. industry analysts say sales of crocs are soaring especially among teens. it's now the 13th most popular footwear brand among average income female teenagers. two years ago it was ranked 30th. one teen says everyone she knows has a pair because they're ugly. she says it's a form of rebellion. crocs were a big hit in the 1990s. the stock is now a hit again with investors. those kids. >> i love your crocs.

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we're back with an important milestone for the town of paradise, california. travis and victoria sinclair are the first people to move into a home rebuilt after last year's historic wildfire. >> 86 people died in the fire which destroyed 11,000 homes. so far the town has issued only 84 building permits. we turn now to the california hiker found alive after she was missing for four days. >> sheryl powell says she was forced to leave the trail she was on after a man started chasing her with a knife. this morning an overjoyed southern california family has been reunited in a hospital bed. rescue teams found 60-year-old

sheryl powell alive after missing for four days in a remote part of the national forest. >> they found sheryl alive? >> yes. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: this is the moment family members were told powell had been found dehydrated and exhaased by resilient. her son says powell left their campsite to take her dog for a walk. and that's when she says she was chased by a man with a knife and got lost. >> chased her down the hill and she ran away and she was too scared to take the path because she thought he was following her so that's why she wasn't where they expected her to be. >> reporter: the hiker's survival skills kicked in but after a certain point she could barely walk. >> she ate a cactus and she traveled at night mostly to avoid too much dehydration. >> reporter: using thermal imaging from the air and dogs on the ground search crews combed the dangerous terrain. on monday rescuers first found miley, that five-pound yorkie

poo and a short time later sheryl. >> all of a sudden they found the dog and they found my mom like pretty close afterwards. >> everything happened so fast, we're so happy. >> reporter: sheryl's family including her husband of 42 years saying they kept faith that she would be okay. >> nothing counts anymore. nothing in the world counts anymore. this is a miracle. this is a miracle of miracles. >> sheryl's family expects her to be released from the hospital soon. police have not commented on whether they're trying to find that man with a knife. now to a shocking confrontation in ohio. a white security guard has pleaded not guilty after pulling a gun on a black police officer in uniform. alan gaston visited a local irs office while he was on duty. the security guard told the officer he needed to put his weapon in his car, so the officer decided to leave the building instead. that's when the guard pointed his gun at the deputy. >> i basically prepared myself to be shot at that moment bracing for a shot.

there's really no way to know how you've going to act when there's a gun pointed at you and when you think you're going to lose your life. >> he is suing the guard and security company. overseas police in italy have seized a msi and a stash of automatic weapons while raidingen alleged neo-nazi group. the arrest follows an investigation into italian citizens who took part in the russian supported insurgency in ukraine. former olympic boxer pernell whitaker has died after being hit by a car. he won a gold medal at the 1984 olympics and held six world titles. pernell whitaker was only 55. there's a new strategy to catch a gator on the loose in chicago. the city has now hired a trapper from florida. the gator dubbed chance the snapper has been hanging out in a lagoon in a city park. officials believe it was illegally dumped there. the mayor ordered half the park closed in hopes that the peace and quiet will lure the gator to the surface. >> we'll see. up next in "the pulse,"

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♪ it's time to check "the pulse" and we're starting things this morning with a young girl's artwork that is now part of a police investigation. >> officers near provo, utah, used sketches by 9-year-old simona to identify a suspect. her parents say she saw the crooks, likes to draw and drew the pictures for police. >> and her sketch of the truck was a carbon copy of a surveillance image of the suspect's vehicle. police are confident they'll find the owner. way to go. >> good job by her. well, next we're celebrating

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making news right now. a man in south san francisco facing drunk driving charges for an eighth time. critics saying current dui laws just rpbaren't working. considering more than doubling the bag fee. good morning on this tuesday, july 16th. >> we had a little bit of spitting on our windshield today. >> you told me that this morning and i had to use the wipers as well, and this morning as we look at live doppler 7, the fog is back with us in hayward and napa and down around parts of

oakland. as you head out this morning, grab the jacket. temperatures are in the 50s to lower 60s. we're slightly cooler today. that breeze kicks up and we'll get some clearing but it's going to take a little bit. we will talk about the rest of the day, the rest of the week in a few minutes. good morning. >> we don't have any major issues to talk about on the board. we have one collision reported, westbound 80 near the truck scales. two vehicles are involved, but not sure if we have injuries or lanes blocked. that's totally in the green so far this morning. i will keep an eye on that. it's foggy out there today. seeing a little bit of that on the san mateo bridge. a san jose homeowner is cleaning up this morning after a car crashed into a home. it happened just after 1:30 this morning, and you can see part of a tire from the vehicle on the side of the street leading up to

the home, and fortunately no injuries were reported and not clear at this point what caused that crash. two of our big egest issues homelesses and challenges on bart have now come to a head. >> abc7 news reporter, jobina fortson live at sfo. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. airport officials are telling us homeless people are riding the last train down from the city here to the airport and are looking for a place to sleep. it's posing some security issues, and crimes like stolen bags inside the airport. the airport commission is set to approve a memorandum of understanding that bart today can increase security on sfo bart station and it includes adding a bart police station, and giving bart access to

airport communications and installing new barriers at the bart station. t"the chronicle" is reporting i the last two years duty managers and officers who patrol the airport have seen contacts with homeless people triple in number. bart does sweeps with the last two trains of the night and once they reach sfo, the employees and officers are assigned to screen people coming off the trains and ask where they are going. here's what the deputy chief told us. >> it's generally a large group, between 20 and 30 people, and it happens every single night. >> so what is the solution? bart is working with sfo and homeless advocates to make a task force and