good morning, i'm janai norman. >> i'm kenneth moton. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning. an outpouring of grief for 29 lives cut short in back-to-back mass shootings. the rampage in el paso, texas may have been an act of domestic terrorism motivated by hate. but police are still baffled by the gunman in dayton, ohio. full coverage straight ahead. cesar sayoc, the so-called maga bomber, is scheduled for sentencing today. sayoc pleaded guilty to sendin pipe bombs to prominent democrats and congressmen last fall. a funeral mass will be held later this morning for saoirse

kennedy hill following by a private burial. the 22-year-old boston college student died thursday of apparent overdose. three people recovering after a weekend of shark attacks off the florida coast. a fisherman was bitten off key biscayne and just hours later two others suffered bites near new smyrna beach. those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 5th. good monday morning. a very tough weekend with news. >> a very solemn morning here in the u.s. >> and that is what we're starting with. two more senseless mass shootings shattering two communities and dozens of innocent lives. >> mourners gathered in dayton, ohio overnight to sing and pray for the nine people killed there while enjoying a night out on town. police say the sister of the 24-year-old gunman was among the dead as he opened fire outside a bar. he was wearing body armor and a mask and armed with an ak-47 style assault rifle. as people panicked and ran for their lives, police shot and killed the shooter within 30

seconds. >> it was awful. the bouncer shut the doors and told everybody -- >> he said, get back. >> get back, get back away from the windows. >> we heard people saying help. >> help, help, hear people screaming. i went back to the door, i said, hey, let us out. no, you got to stay. no, let us out, people need help out there. and actually the owner knows me and he's like, yeah, if he's wanting to go, let him go. they opened the door, unlocked the door and let us out, and we ran back down to where we was actually sitting at, and that's where everybody was just laid out everywhere. i mean -- 16, 17 people. >> where you had been sitting? >> where we had been sitting. if we'd probably still been sitting there, we probably would have been in the line of fire. >> absolutely incredible. and speaks to the amount of damage that could be done. that gunman killed within 30 seconds, still managed to kill nine people and injure more than two dozen others. police say if the gunman was

able to enter the bar, it would have been catastrophic. and at this point they are still searching for a motive. >> we are hearing about heroic actions from bouncers, employees, other people who barricaded those doors of businesses, who safeguarded others, who laid over people. first responders who were there so quickly to help the injured. and that woman who spoke with our eva pilgrim overnight said they were trying to help one of the victims, give cpr to one of the victims, and they were not able to save that victim. authorities are considering hate crime charges against a suspected gunman accused of a shooting gun rampage in el paso, texas. >> a local soccer team were among those holding a vigil last night. they gathered to pray for three parents wounded in the shooting while fundraising for the teams. police are handling the attack as a domestic terrorism case. they believe the 21-year-old suspect was driven by hatred for mexicans. he's accused of opening fire at a crowded walmart, killing 20 people.

>> after these people start running you could hear the different fire rate. pop pop pop pop pop, trigger finger. he's going, going, going. >> the senior citizen lady that i tried to help, and i couldn't, and i just told her to move faster, and she couldn't move faster. so i left her there. and i needed to get out because the shooter was getting closer and closer. and so i was just -- just -- i just told her to get down and hide. >> el paso county is more than 80% latino. thousands of mexicans legally cross the border every day to work and shop in the city. >> and that's got to hit home for so many people who go to a local walmart and see those youth teams out there fundraising. and to hear there were parents who were among the victims. we're getting new details about the horror from those who survived the attack, among them one of the injured parents from that soccer team. she pretended to be dead after she was shot.

abc's will carr has more. >> reporter: mirabella was raising money for her daughter's soccer team outside of walmart when the attacker started firing. >> he shot eight rounds. i had to pretend i was dead. all i could say is, god, please take care of my children. >> reporter: coming face to face with the killer. >> he was the calmest person ever. he didn't say anything. just plain hatred. and just -- anger. >> reporter: the gunman shot her in her arm and foot. he also wounded norma coca's daughter and son-in-law, her grandson a witness to the carnage. >> the lady died and their parents get shot. just, my mommy, my mommy got shot, my mommy got shot. >> children, no children in any world should see things like that. >> reporter: i asked that victim what her message is for the shooter. she says that hate can't cure hate.

in el paso, will carr, abc news. >> and a good message there from that victim. in the meantime, president trump is offering condolences and condemnation after the shootings. >> he says hate has no place in our country, but many of the 2020 presidential candidates say the president's words are to blame for the mass shootings. more now from abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: heading home from his new jersey golf club, president trump vowing action but offering no specifics. >> hate has no place in our country. and we're going to take care of it. >> reporter: his chief of staff used the alleged el paso shooter's own wo attack was not about president trump. >> i hate to draw attention to the manifesto. but if you actually go and look at it, what the guy says is that he's felt this way a long time before donald trump got elected president. no politician is to blame for that. >> reporter: but many democrats running against him say the president is directly to blame. former texas congressman beto o'rourke, who calls el paso home, says there's no question

the president is fueling racism. >> calling those in africa [ bleep ] and saying he'd like to have more immigration from nordic countries, the whitest place on planet earth, he is an open, avowed racist and is encouraging racism in this country. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders calling out president trump, tweeting stop your racist, hateful, anti-immigrant rhetoric, your language creates a climate which emboldens violent extremists. just three months ago this scene at a rally in panama city beach, florida. president trump at first laughing when a supporter in the crowd suggested shooting immigrants. >> but how do you stop these people? >> shoot them! >> you can't -- there's no -- that's only in the panhandle you can get away with that stuff. [ cheers ] >> reporter: this spring in the oval office the president said he does not view white nationalism as a growing threat.

>> do you see today white nationalism is a rising threat around the world. >> i don't really. i think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. >> reporter: and president trump says that he will be making more remarks here at the white house. it is unclear at this point what exactly he plans to announce. right now the flags are flying at half staff. cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. >> you saw many presidential candidates, democratic candidates speaking out. some of those candidates have blamed the nra for lobbying against gun control. >> the nra issued a statement after the shooting saying they want to find solutions to protect everyone, and that, quote, the nra is committed to the safe and lawful use of firearms by those exercising their second amendment freedoms. we will not participate in the politicizing of these tragedies. and we see how this happens every time. >> right. >> it is very much so a rinse and repeat. condolences, praying for the victims, and it does go back to

the political sphere. >> we saw that over the weekend there were a number of people calling out senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, who has blocked some bills, obviously the democratic-led house has been pushing through some bills but they actually have to pass the senate as well. so there has been a lot of chat on social media, a lot of political analysts talking about the pressure on mitch mcconnell after these incidents as well. mitch mcconnell put out a statement obviously condemning these incidents as well over the weekend. but as you mentioned, we are in the political arena even just hours after these shootings. >> even on twitter #massacremitch was trending. and i read an article in the "washington post" that came out two days ago. the american academy of pediatrics issued for the very first time a statement about the dangers of racism. and we bring that up because at least in the case of el paso, that shooting is being investigated as domestic

terrorism. it is believed that the shooter posted hate-filled writings beforehand, that he allegedly said he wanted to kill as many mexicans as possible. and so in this article, pediatricians are talking about the impacts of racism on young people, on our kids. you heard a mom just a moment ago, look at the youth here at the vigils. there were kids fundraising for their soccer teams who were there when they started hearing gunshots. this comes years after there were 20 children killed in sandy hook. so these things are impacting the youngest people in our country. a study published last year in jama "pediatrics" found an increase in teenager stress in 2016 and 2017. we know the exposure to racism, the health impacts that can have on adults. now we're seeing the impacts that can have on kids. we're seeing the impacts in society, back-to-back shootings, 13 hours apart, 29 people dead. >> we've been trying to hold it

together here and it's been tough this morning as we report these facts. a lot of times people say, we don't want your opinion, we want the facts. well, those are the facts and it's having an impact. stay with abc news and our coverage doesn't end here. we will be right back.

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♪ we're back and stayi the attack that killed 20 people at a walmart in el paso is being treated as domestic terrorism. authorities are considering hate crime charges saying the 21-year-old suspect wanted to kill as many americans as possible. police in dayton, ohio are still trying to determine what drove a different gunman to open fire outside a bar killing nine people. his own sister is among the dead. he was shot and killed less than 30 seconds after the rampage began. in other news the family of one of the teenagers accused of murdering a police officer in rome is back home in california. >> they say their fight to see that their son gets a fair trial is only just beginning saying they, quote, have a plan in place to get to the truth. here is abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: the family of one of the two american teenagers accused of murdering an italian

police officer hugging outside of their california home, returning from visiting 19-year-old finnegan elder in a rome prison. >> he was okay. tired, remorseful, and scared. he has our full support, and we stand by his side. >> reporter: a family friend reading a statement on their behalf, calling officer mario cerciello's death a tragedy but saying they believe there's more to the story. >> the public has an incomplete account of the true versions of the events. it is said, however, the truth will set you free. we hook forward to the truth coming out and to our son coming home. >> reporter: elder is accused of stabbing the unarmed officer 11 times with this seven-inch blade as he responded to what police call a drug deal gone bad. elder's childhood friend, 18-year-old gabriel natale, also being held in italy in connection with the murder. police say both teens confessed. natale's father tells abc news in a statement, gabriel never imagined there would be a confrontation and did not know

his friend was armed. he only became aware of what actually happened after his arrest. natale's lawyers have reportedly filed a request asking the judge to release him while the investigation continues. both teens face a maximum of life in prison if convicted. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to marci. brazilian prison authorities are shaking their heads over an attempted escape this weekend. >> they say an inmate tried to walk out of a prison dressing up as his daughter, wearing a girl's face mask, a long dark wig, jeans, and a pink shirt. get this, he left his daughter behind inside the jail. >> wow. but they say his nervous behavior gave him away. he's now in a maximum security unit facing new charges. >> i feel like i saw this in a movie. >> yeah, "mrs. doubtfire."

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a healthy baby is worth the wait. this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," america grieving the lives lost in two massacres. >> the shooting rampages left a combined 29 people dead and dozens more injured in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, both occurring within 13 hours of each other. >> it was complete chaos. people start running. and that's when i start hearing shots fired. and bullets were just -- >> stories of survival. families diving for cover, doing whatever they can to survive the shootings. >> americans across the country are comingn on, and they are demanding change. >> hate has no place in our country. >> president trump is condemning the carnage in both cities, vowing to take action, but he is

still coming under scrutiny. >> we have full coverage on the double mass shootings on this monday, august 5th. good monday morning. thank you for joining us. it was this time last week we were telling you about a mass shooting in california at a garlic festival. and we begin again with the horrific carnage in two american cities this time, back-to-back mass shootings, leaving at least 29 people dead and dozens more wounded. >> a lone gunman opened fire at a walmart in el paso, texas, killing 20 people. hours later another shooter struck, gunning down nine people in dayton, ohio. the massacre in el paso unfolded as families packed the store, many of them doing back-to-school shopping. the attack is being treated as a domestic terrorism case. the 21-year-old suspect could face hate crime charges. >> hundreds of mourners gathered in el paso last night, attending several vigils in honor of the victims. president trump has ordered flags at the white house and federal buildings across the country lowered to half staff. abc's david muir has more from

el paso. >> go, go, come on! >> reporter: terrified families, hands up in the air, running for their lives past armed police. evacuating this el paso mall. the first call coming in 10:39 saturday morning. >> run! >> reporter: there was chaos. some of the shoppers recording as they made their escape. posting online. s.w.a.t. teams responding to reports of an active shooter, and they soon realize that gunfire is inside the walmart. >> we need tactical units to go ahead and start responding to help support the walmart. >> they're busting guns in walmart right now, somebody got shot. >> reporter: inside the walmart thousands of shoppers, 100 employees. authorities say the 21-year-old was armed with an assault-style rifle and authorities believe, based on what they've read and what they've heard from him, he was there to shoot as many mexicans as possible. that mall here in el paso is just five miles from the u.s./mexico border.

witnesses say the rampage began in the parking lot. the gunman, they say, shooting his way in. >> he just walked into walmart very confidently, and you know, it looked like he was on a mission. >> reporter: inside, shoppers, family members crawling on their stomachs, seeking cover under benches, whatever shelter they could find. the gunfire relentless. [ shots ] kendall long and his wife kiano. >> people running yelling shooter, shooter! he starts pop pop pop pop pop! he's going, trigger finger, he's going, going, going. >> a senior citizen lady that i tried to help, and i couldn't, and i just told her to move faster, and she couldn't move faster, so i just told her to get down and hide. >> reporter: the police chief here in el paso at a loss for words. >> you hav

when i first got into this job, i never knew there was an order to blood, but there is. and until you firsthand see that, my description of it as far as horrific would be unserving as far as what that scene looks like. >> reporter: about 20 minutes after that first shot was fired, they had the suspect in custody. >> right now we have a manifesto from this individual that indicates to some degree, it has a nexus to a potential hate crime. >> reporter: authorities say the assault-style rifle similar to an ak-47 and several magazines were recovered at the scene. >> this individual came not from within the community but outside of it. in this country, we have a gun violence epidemic. but we also have a hate epidemic. and until we confront that hate and until we confront the weak gun laws that we have, we're going to keep seeing this. >> reporter: so many victims here from babies to senior citizens, and the toll staggering.

20 dead, more than two dozen injured. >> our thanks to david there. in the dayton, ohio rampage, police killed the masked gunman less than 30 seconds after the first shots were fired but he managed to kill nine people, including his own sister. >> mourners interrupted the governor with shouts of "do something" and "make a change." investigators are still trying to figure out what motivated the 24-year-old shooter to target the popular entertainment district armed with an ak-47 style assault rifle. >> had a vest on, earmuffs, just started blowing bullets everywhere. i'm safe. there is casualties everywhere. >> i instantly start trying to run. i realize my cousin wasn't at my side. when i look back, that's how i was able to see that people were actually falling from being hit from bullets. >> police say five officers ran toward the gunfire and engaged the shooter. they said they have no reason to believe the dayton attack was motivated by bias or linked to the shooting in el paso.

the fbi released a new statement overnight expressing concern that domestic violent extremists could be inspired by these deadly attacks. >> for more insight on both shootings we turn to former fbi counterterrorism official and abc contributor steve gomez. what are investigators and fbi looking for now? >> good morning. right now they are gathering evidence from both crime scenes, and they are basically putting that evidence together in support of charges in the case of the el paso incident. the dayton incident, since the person is gone, they're still going to gather the evidence to be able to establish what the timeline was of the incident, and from there, based on the evidence, they are going to be able to learn from this incident. they're going to try to figure out what the motive is for these suspects. and based on the motive, then they can put information out to their local law enforcement partners and pretty much, you know, the whole public, because this is something that everybody needs to learn from in order to

figure out how do we stop this from happening? >> and steve, so the el paso incident, we know federal authorities are investigating that as an act of domestic terrorism. that suspect was taken into custody alive. and we know that that suspect is believed to have posted hate-filled writings beforehand, possibly to an online chat board which has been connected to other mass shootings. talk about how that will impact the investigation, what can be learned from that. >> well, in these types of cases, they're going to try to throw the book at the suspect. and basically that means they are going to try to bring as many charges and the most severe charges on the suspect in court as they can. whether it is state capital murder charges or whether there are going to be concurrent federal charges, such as some type of domestic terrorism charge, hate crime charge, federal firearms charges, to try to get as much of a sentencing or it's a possibility there could be a death penalty resulting from this. they want to send the message to

the public and to other people out there that are considering this kind of activity. now the problem is that these types of suspects, they sometimes don't care about those types of charges and what could be the result of that in court. and in the case of dayton, even though we don't know the true motive, he went down shooting. he basically died from the incident. so some of these suspects sometimes don't care about the ramifications in court. >> steve, so when we read over that fbi warning, it really struck me that they warned about a threat posed by these domestic terrorists essentially. and now we're hearing of a potential copycat incident where a man in florida was arrested in hillsborough county for making an active shooter threat at a florida walmart. talk about that concern of copycats. >> this is a huge concern. right now we've had three attacks in one week, two in 24 hours. so any of these types of suspects that are out there that are considering an act of violence, that are considering

some type of shooting attack at a location, they usually pick a large location where there are a number of people in crowds. if they see these types of one, two, they're seeing the notoriety, the public attention that they are getting. so they may be considering going out and doing the same type of attack. law enforcement knows this. they want the public to know this. the public should all be on alert, high alert right now, thinking, is there a person that they have encountered in the last 24, 48 hours or in the last week that exhibited some kind of violent tendencies or extremist rhetoric? if they have encountered somebody like that, they need to report that to law enforcement right away. >> good point, steve. >> steve gomez, that's important to know. we are talking about soft targets, just like last week, a festival, now a walmart, an entertainment district. steve, thank you so much for joining us this morning. president trump plans to make a formal statement about the back-to-back mass shootings later this morning. >> he told reporters on sunday he has already spoken with fbi director christopher wray,

attorney general william barr, and members of congress. he says the shootings have to stop and perhaps more needs to be done in regards to gun control. the president also offered his condolences. >> hate has no place in our country. and we're going to take care of it. we've done actually a lot. but perhaps more has to be done. but this is also a mental illness problem. if you look at both of these cases, this is mental illness. >> several democratic presidential candidates, including beto o'rourke and senator bernie sanders, blame the president's anti-immigrant rhetoric for the el paso shooting. acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney says the attack is not about trump. and as both communities grieve, the fbi is asking anyone who knows anything about either gunman in el paso or dayton to contact law enforcement. >> officials are also asking for blood donations in both cities and anywhere across the country. find information on our abc news website. our coverage will continue here on "world news now," "america this morning," and later on

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welcome back. recapping our top stories, the pair of mass shootings shocking the nation. sources say a gunman in el paso, texas told police he was trying to kill as many mexicans as possible. the 21-year-old suspect who could face domestic terrorism and hate crime charges is accused of killing 20 people. police are still trying to determine why a shooter in dayton, ohio killed nine people, including his own sister before he was shot to death by officers. we're also covering other news this morning including three people who are recovering from shark bites. >> two of them were bitten within minutes at the same beach. zachary kiesch has the story. >> reporter: beachgoers in florida on high alert after three shark attacks on the same day. the first incident happened saturday near miami where a fisherman was bitten and rushed to a trauma center. friends say the man was fishing on a 23-foot boat overnight off key biscayne. just hours later, two other attacks by new smyrna beach known as the shark bite capital of the world.

there have been four incidents at the beach in the last week. saturday one woman was bitten on the hand, another male was bitten on the foot. this summer has seen a rash of shark sightings and attacks up and down the east coast. drone footage captured a shark swimming between two surfers at satellite beach in florida. >> i was yelling to them, hey, there's a shark, there's a shark. i don't think he heard me because he fell off his board at just the wrong time. >> reporter: less than a week ago in jacksonville, surfline.com caught this, the moment 23-year-old pro surfer franco rourke struggled to stay above the water after he was bitten. >> you have all the teeth, the rows of teeth, kind of just clamped onto my arm. >> reporter: up the coast in new jersey, a fisher caught this video of a great white. and this weekend officials in cape cod and nantucket closed several beaches for part of the day after more than ten sharks responded. >> our thanks to zachary there. stay with us, we've got a great uplifting story that you'll have to hear after the break. cape cod and nantucket closed several beaches for part of the

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that lifts you up in the middle of the night. 1968, music artists like marvin gaye, aretha franklin were lighting up the charts. >> in a harlem neighborhood a different group of artists was getting together to create a special museum celebrating and promoting black art in america. >> today is a particularly exciting day because it is the opening day of the studio museum in harlem exhibition for our artists in residence. this is a partnership across two incredible institutions, the studio museum in harlem and moma ps1. this is part of a larger partnership that has these institutions collaborating during monumental parts of their own history. in studio museum's case, we're in the process of building a new building. ♪ >> i think most people knew that the studio museum was going to be closed for a number of years.

and because it plays such a crucial role in the artist community, certainly in the african-american artist community, i think those of us around town with other institutions all felt a real responsibility to help out in any way that we could. ♪ >> since its founding in 1968, the studio museum in harlem has been devoted to rethinking, reimagining, and in many ways through the exhibitions, our programs, rewriting the canon of our history. the decision to work with the museum of modern part and moma ps1 happened organically. we're working around the city with museums and arts organizations. >> i was excited about it. this opportunity to work with two institutions at once. one as prestigious as moma. i'm from hamilton heights. it's a neighborhood in harlem. and i lived there my entire life.

over maybe the past two decades i've seen the neighborhood change a lot. i don't know if it will be the same in the future. a lot of these houses have been renovated and stuff. these houses have been here for like decades. this museum is very important because it's one of the hallmark cultural institutions within harlem. and i think to have a really beautiful, really flourishing community, the cultural centers are really the center of that. when i think about harlem and the cultural centers, i think about the studio museum. the body of work that i created for the studio museum show is as much about my memories of harlem as it is about harlem as it is in the present moment. all those images were inspired by just being an individual walking down the streets of harlem and different people that i saw, different people within my community. i think art can be a universal language if people are willing to participate in it. art is dependant on its

audience. >> at the studio museum we welcome the opportunity to bring this year's exhibition to a new audience. in some ways our audience in harlem had always been diverse. people came from all over the city, the country, even the world, to see the work of artists of african descent. >> it's an exciting opportunity to think about what these next steps mean for our institution, ways that we can engage new audiences, new publics, be thinking critically about what the future of the institution should look like. >> we look forward to the moment that we open the doors on the new studio museum in harlem. what we hope is that we will continue to present artists of african descent to show our collection, to have our residency program. but we also hope that in that new building, we'll begin again to think about how art and culture can be an important part of the community, of the city, and of the world. >> just so beautiful there. a big thanks to our producers, ginger and michael, for bringing us that incredible piece there. >> ginger shot that, she's living her best life right now in ghana. loving the work that she left behind for us.

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>> diane took the words out of my mouth, this is going too far. >> our friends at french's sent this to us over the weekend. it's been in the freezer here at "world news now." they're saying that this is the first time that our mustard has gone from the squeeze to the freeze. >> uh-uh. can i -- you know, let me smell it. >> we've got two spoons here. >> oh! i'm not. i wouldn't dare. >> here we go. let me just -- let me just get that in there right there. >> all right. zoom in. yuck! >> tangy. >> straight mustard? straight mustard? >> not straight mustard. i do -- so one of the reviews said it had like a cotton candy taste, but when you really get in there? >> yeah? >> tangy. >> is this something that you would order at home? would you eat it with candied hot dog bits? >> i think people should try it. >> you see he keeps going back for more bites. >> i know. i like ice cream.

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this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. horrific would be unserving as far as what that scene looks like. >> this morning on "world news now," the nation in shock. at least 29 people are dead and more than 50 are injured from two back-to-back deadly mass shootings. this morning we're learning more about the gunmen behind both massacres. >> while the alleged dayton, ohio gunman was shot down, el paso's alleged gunman is already facing the death penalty. >> this as americans come together to pay respects for the fallen. >> in the meantime, as can be expected, the gun control battle is under way between lawmakers. hear how president trump and 2020 democratic candidates are reacting to the dual mass shootings. we have full coverage on this monday, august 5th. good monday morning.

thank you for joining us. the second monday in a row where we are talking about mass shootings, this time two of them. we begin with the shock and grief sparked by those two mass shootings in one weekend leaving dozens of families devastated. the first gunman took aim at shoppers at a walmart in el paso, texas. and then a shooter took fire in downtown dayton, ohio. the shootings took place within 13 hours, leaving at least 29 people dead. >> police believe the rampage in el paso was motivated by hate but it's not yet clear what prompted the attack in ohio. president trump has condemned the shootings and ordered flags lowered to half staff. this morning new warnings from the fbi in the wake of the two deadly rampages in el paso and dayton. >> it sounded like poof poof poof poof. >> it's the worst thing i've heard in my life. >> reporter: witnesses caught in the chaos when the shooter opened fire in dayton's downtown district, killing nine and injuring 27. >> you just hear shots from back of you when you turn around, you're looking, you instantly drop from the first time, then

you hear more. you're looking. and as you're looking there's a guy just running down, he's got a gun in his hand. >> reporter: surveillance video shows people running for their lives and police shooting at the suspect, who was shot down in 30 seconds. >> it was like walking into a room that dominos have just fell over, and you don't know what pieces to pick up. >> reporter: overnight abc's eva pilgrim spoke to witnesses who tried to help one of the victims. >> i want to know. i want -- i wanted to tell the guys who were working on -- >> everybody did what they could do to save everybody that was laying there. there was -- everybody was doing everything they could do, you know. citizens, dayton pd, once the medics got there, they was helping. it was -- it's just -- heartwrenching. >> reporter: in el paso a parade of mourners carry sunflowers at a vigil to honor the 20 people gunned down at this walmart. dozens of others injured in the

deadliest mass shooting this year. >> horrific would be unserving as far as what that scene looks like. it will leave an impression that you will never forget. >> reporter: authorities believe this video shows the moment after the suspect was taken into custody. the fbi suspects the victims were targeted because they were hispanic. >> we are treating it as a domestic terrorism case. and we're going to do what we do to terrorists in this country, which is deliver swift and certain justice. >> reporter: the shooter's hate-filled message on social media has the fbi warning of the threat posed by domestic violent extremists and hate crimes. authorities say a man intrigued with the weekend's shootings was arrested for making an active shooter threat at a florida walmart sunday. >> this type of behavior seeks to instill fear in people, and it will not be tolerated. >> again in texas the 21-year-old suspect could face domestic terrorism and hate crime charges. in ohio police say the nine dead include the sister of the

24-year-old suspect. the governor was speaking to a vigil overnight, the crowd was actually chant "do something." >> president trump offered his condolences to the dayton and el paso communities. he says, quote, hate has no place in our country and we're going to take care of it. the president says the mass shootings have to stop but did not provide details or a specific plan. he did, however, suggest perhaps more work is needed on gun control. >> we've done actually a lot, but perhaps more has to be done. but this is also a mental illness problem if you look at both of these cases. this is mental illness. these are people -- really people that are very, very seriously mentally ill. >> president trump plans to make a formal statement about the back-to-back shootings later this morning. the white house is pushing back against claims that his rhetoric contributed to the violence. and the 2020 presidential candidates looking to replace president trump are speaking out

about the shootings. former vice president joe biden tweeting, we can't fix a problem if we refuse to name it, white nationalism. former texas congressman beto o'rourke, who calls el paso home, blames the president for the shooting, saying his anti-immigrant rhetoric stokes racism. senator bernie sanders and others are calling for immediate action on gun control. >> and in line with that the top democrat in the senate is calling on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to take immediate action on gun safety reforms. senator chuck schumer wants mcconnell to call an emergency session to vote on an emergency background bill approved by the house. he said the guns used in the shootings would not have been accessible if there was an assault weapons ban. but mcconnell gave no indication that he plans to cancel the summer recess. after going home to kentucky, he broke his shoulder in a fall. o'connell's spokesman said he's working from home as he recovers. now as we turn to obviously the messages, the response, some

political messages as well. we see some of the posts that are out this morning with, ban weapons of war from the "new york post" here. and then from the "new york times," you've got that one right there. >> "the washington post" actually here. it just breaks it down, it says, two cities, 13 hours, 29 deaths. >> and from "the new york times," one shooting massacre follows another, shaking a bewildered nation. just some of the headlines we're seeing this morning. i'm sure there were lots of people woke up sunday morning, you heard the news, you were thinking that maybe this was an update on the shooting from saturday in el paso, only to realize that this was a whole other shooting in a whole other community in another part of the country. and, i mean, it's just added to a long list of those shootings. >> and here's the list right here. just a stark reminder. in las vegas, 58 people killed. orlando, 49 murdered. virginia tech, 32 massacred.

>> and parkland, 17 killed. and of course in december 2012, sandy hook elementary where 26 people were killed, including 20 children. and, i mean, we've reported on this plenty of times before. i was working in orlando, and pulse, and sunday morning i had deja vu waking up and having my husband say, x amount of people killed in x city. it is shocking. it breaks your heart. it makes you wonder how many more, how many more times, how many times we'll go through this. >> many of you at home probably know if you follow me on social media, i spent the weekend with my family. and i think about el paso. i think about the fact that those people were targeted because of the color of their skin. and i think about -- i can't even fathom my little sister, who's in college, someone targeting her. for the color of her skin. and i think when it comes to

racist acts that lead to mass murders, mass killings, it's incumbent upon us to call it out, to root it out. because we know that person, that suspect, that type of person, can be your neighbor. they could be the commuter in the car next to you on your commute to work. they could be in your workplace. and we should call it out for what it is. shine a light on it and root it out. because that's the only way to fight it is truth and light. and i think about those families. i mourn for them. and we do a rinse and repeat in this country. >> absolutely. >> i will tell you today, this morning, that every single victim for every single shooting for every one we cover, i think about, i pray for, and we should all do the same. >> for every american out there, it is terrifying. again, these are soft targets. this was a walmart. this was an entertainment district. this time last week it was a food festival.

and you think about the schools. the movie theaters. all of the places where now you're looking over your shoulder and thinking about danger when you should be thinking about fun. so it is heartbreaking, and here we are again. >> in the end, good will prevail over these evil and demonic forces that again we will call out. we're following other stories this morning. iranian forces have seized a ship in the persian gulf suspected of carrying smuggled fuel according to state media reports. seven crew members were detained. no word yet on their nationality. this is the third vessel seized by the revolutionary guard in the past two weeks. saoirse kennedy hill, 22-year-old granddaughter of late robert f. kennedy, will be remembered at a funeral mass in the cape cod village of centerville. a private burial service will follow. an autopsy showed no signs of trauma. toxicology reports are pending.

most parents will tell you nothing is more fun than watching their kids play soccer or tee ball or any sport. >> a new study from the aspen institute finds on average, kids spend less than three years playing sports and are quitting by age 11. the main reason, according to kids and parents, is too much pressure. it's all about winning than actually playing or fun. >> so espn is working with the aspen institute on a new campaign called "don't retire, kid." i like it. it kicked off with a public service announcement showing a young athlete holding a news conference to talk about his retirement. the campaign will feature well-known stars from all over the sports world encouraging kids to stick with sports, plus plenty of resources to help parents keep their kids playing. >> that's a good little bit of encouragement, a little lighter to start your morning. stay with us. we'll be continuing to follow that big news from over the weekend and we've got more news also coming up. s also coming up. news also coming up. ♪

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the horrific mass shootings in both texas and ohio. police in dayton say it took less than 30 seconds to take down the gunman there who opened fire outside a bar, killing nine people, wounding many more. they're still searching for a motive in that case. and federal authorities are weighing hate crime charges against a suspect in el paso. the 21-year-old is accused of the rampage at a walmart near the mexico border that killed 20 people and wounded more than two dozen others. investigators believe he posted a racist anti-immigrant diatribe online shortly before the attack. in other news we're learning new details this morning about those three women killed in the collapse of a sea cliff at a beach in southern california. >> the women all related to each other had gathered to celebrate one of them beating cancer. here's abc's kaylee hartung. >> reporter: new details on the victims of the beach day tragedy in southern california. three members of the same family killed when a giant 30-foot slab of rock slid off a cliff, crashing down on the people below.

>> everybody goes down on the beach every day. and people -- i saw people crying because they're like, well, i was just down there. >> reporter: what was to be a beautiful day at the beach, the family writes in a letter, was shattered. they gathered to celebrate. elizabeth cox recently beat breast cancer. she was killed instantly. her sister julie davis and davis' daughter, ann clave, were also killed. both seen here in a family photo. the family says the nature of the accident and the loss is incomprehensible to all of us. officials believe naturally occurring beach erosion caused the collapse. the family says two others injured were spared significant injuries. kaylee hartung, abc news. >> our thanks to kaylee there. rapper a$ap rocky is back home awaiting the verdict in his assault trial. >> the u.s. government reportedly sent a letter to sweden warning of a negative consequence if rocky wasn't released. he returned to los angeles after his three-day trial wrapped friday. rocky was jailed and charged after a fight. he says it was self-defense. president trump urged sweden to

release him. a verdict is expected on august 14th. when we come back, country music's biggest stars getting together for a powerhouse performance in nashville. and why hollywood is calling prince charles. "the skinny" is next. "the skinny" is next.

♪ skinny just gimme the skinny all right, guys, it is a tough monday morning in the news department. but we want to lift you up. it's the middle of the night so we are doing "the skinny." and we're starting with the only thing bigger than the belt buckles and boots in nashville were the powerhouse performances at last night's cma fest. country music's biggest stars all came together to celebrate. >> cma fest which took place in june, but aired last night on abc spotlighting first-time collaborations and crossovers and a night full of superstar performances there. you see them all lined up. tim mcgraw, luke combs, miranda lambert. all these folks who were there. also the big one people were talking about, lil nas x, who

also performed the first time at cma fest. looks like it was a fun time. >> yep. and of course he did "old town road." >> of course. ♪ i'm gonna take my horse to the old town road i'm gonna ride till i can't no more ♪ ♪ gonna take my horse to the old town road i'm gonna ride till i can't no more ♪ >> all right, that trio was a hit along with show-stopping performances from so many others including carrie underwood, luke bryant. the show, which as collaboration of country music and not an awards show, big celebration there over the weekend. >> people were also celebrating this news. apparently beyonce here and the whole gang -- i mentioned others. kelly, michelle, destiny's child reuniting? "the sun" reporting queen bey is in talks with kelly and michelle to reunite the group sometime next year.

>> i don't think we're ready. music came right on time. 2020 will mark two decades of the trio becoming one of the most successful charting girl groups ever. the new report suggests that beyonce wants to celebrate that milestone with new music and a tour inspired by the recent success of the spice girls reunion. as soon as they announce it, kenneth, we've got plans in 15, 20 different cities. >> destiny's child recently seen together during beyonce's set at coachella. if that was any indication, a full-scale reunion is exactly what fans have been waiting for. we knew a reunion at some point, a reunion tour. does it feel like it's been long enough, though? >> yeah. >> trust me, look, i could have beyonce solo, i could have her in group, i want it all, the jay-z on the run tour. >> you go on tour, we'll be there. next up, could one member of the royal family be ready to become box office royalty?

prince charles could share the big screen with daniel craig in the next james bond movie. >> the second in line to the throne has been offered a role after visiting the set of the untitled james bond 25 film, a source saying he's the epitome of everything british and that bond fans would love it. >> prince charles wouldn't be the first member of the royal family to appear on screen alongside james bond. the queen made an appearance with 007 in an olympics opening ceremony video in 2012, and of course now the newest royal, one of the newest, duchess meghan markle, she's got a long history of acting. >> yes. we should see her in something as well. love that. also across the pond, a big day for duchess meghan celebrating her 38th birthday sunday and her first birthday as a mother. members of the royal family taking to social media to send birthday wishes. >> prince harry posting this photo of the duchess of sussex writing, happy birthday to my amazing wife, thank you for joining me on this adventure, love, h. >> prince william and duchess

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look at me. i'm black superman. >> you're crazy. >> damn, he really is black superman. >> idris elba, dwayne johnson, and jason statham all proved to be supermen, propelling "fast and furious" spinoff "hobbs and shaw" to number one at the box office, taking more than $60 million. >> rounding out this weekend's top three films, our parent company's "the lion king" and "once upon a time in hollywood." speaking of big numbers, how does this sound? $23 million. >> that's a big number, that's how much new england patriots quarterback tom brady is set to be paid this year.

a reported two-year contract expense with $8 million pay increase. >> it comes a day after brady celebrated his 42nd birthday on saturday. yesterday brady tweeted out this photo of his original draft card saying, never forget where you came from. >> that pay increase, that's definitely not your typical 3% to 5%, right? >> yeah, i wouldn't say so. all right, so how's this for a humble beginning? a baseball fan showing off his skill at a stadium speed pitch cage ends up landing a minor league contract. >> a story that sounds like it was pitched straight out of hollywood. here's our friend maggie rulli. >> reporter: he's a real-life rookie of the year. or a jim morris from "the rookie." nathan patterson goes from a regular 23-year-old dude with a dream to a professional baseball player. after stepping into a speed pitch radar booth set up for

fans at a july rockies game, patterson threw some serious heat, an impressive 96 miles per hour. his brother posted the video online and it blew up. the oakland a's were calling him with a deal just a few days later. >> the percentage of prospects who do something like what nate patterson did, who can make it to the major leagues, the odds are so stacked against you to do that. the reason that this story so is interesting is because it doesn't happen very often, if at all. >> reporter: patterson hadn't played since high school but stepped back on the diamond last august. then in the middle of his training he almost lost it all after a car accident. patterson dedicated himself to physical therapy, joining a rec league to stay in shape, working to be ready for this moment. on instagram patterson calls the journey a roller coaster and thanks his family for always supporting him in his dream. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. >> that is so cool. >> thanks to maggie, yeah. >> great for him. >> 90 miles per hour on the radar gun? >> you've got a future. >> yikes and an arm.

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morning america." have a great day. happening now in america this m eshourle9 people dead in two american cities. overnight crowds demand action, chanting "do something" at a vigil for victims in dayton. >> while in el paso where 20 people were shot and killed at a walmart near the mexican border, a message of resilience and love overnight. >> el paso, we are telling the rest of the world that if you come into our community and try to scare us, we will not cower. if you try to come into our community and spread hate, we will respond with love. >> this morning the powerful stories of the victims including a young mother killed while

shielding her 2-month-old fr