you know the fair is the best things in life and tonight with this cidents it becomes a terrible, terrible tragedy. >> a fun night at ohio state fair turns tragic as one person is killed. >> palace intrigue a battle between trump aides brewing over potentially leaked information. reaction and fallout over the president's unexpected transgender military ban. >> a huge win for the men as team usa captures the gold cup titlele -- title. "early today" starts right now. good morning.

i'm philip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. tough overnight in ohio, disaster strikes in columbus on the first day of the ohio state fair. a ride mall functions killing one person and injuring seven others. it led to this disturbing scene. the pendulum crashed into something and broke a part sending riders flying through the air. one witness said she was in line for the ride and saw the disaster unfold. >> it was at its highest points. i saw somebody fall. a minute later the whole row of seats fell off and hit the ground. >> three of the injured were hospitalized. there's no explanation what caused the deadly malfunction. the ride was checked over several times this week and inspection team signed off on it earlier in the day. john kasich ordered a full investigation into the incident and ordered all fair rides shut down until additional safety inspections can be completed.

after politico published a report that anthony scaramucci stands to profit from his new appointment, releasing his financial disclosure form leading scaramucci to tweet in light of my financial disclosure form which is a felony i'll be contacting the fbi and justice department and used the #swamp and insinuating reince priebus is behind the leak. it's not clear this was actually a leak in the first place, much less an illegal one. "the new yorker" said the fbi was contacted. and laid the blame on priebus. the white house is trying to build a case that reince priebus is a leaker. but just a couple of hours ago scaramucci deleted his previous tweet and knocked down claims he's blaming reince priebus

posting is wrong. tweet was public notice to leakers that all senior administration officials are helping to end illegal leaks. no word from the president or department of justice on this. >> lawmakers and military men and women trying to understand new marching orders coming from the white house. the president made the unexpected change in military policy barring transgender men and women from serving in the armed forces. it was a stunning reversal from mr. trump who vowed to fight for the lgbt community during his run. >> ask yourself who is really the friend of women and the lgbt community? donald trump with actions or hillary clinton with her words? i will tell you who the better friend is, and some day i believe that will be prove -- proven out big league. >> protests erupted immediately after the president's policy decision. almost. >> including some in the

pentagon, were caught offguard. for more how this played out, kristen walker. >> reporter: good morning. a shocking reversal in military policy from president trump on wednesday barring transgender service members and overturning an obama service policy that lifted the ban. the move came as house republicans were trying to pass a spending bill filled with president trump's filled with campaign promises including more money for his border wall. they asked the administration to intervene. the latest report shows medical costs for transgender troops is a small fraction of the overall budget. all of it sparked a big backlash. no one could give specifics how or when the new policy will be implemented. today the president will speak at a first responders event as

headlines over the embattled attorney general and fight for health care reform continue to dominate. >> thank you. the tsa is implementing new security measures on domestic flights putting more scrutiny on large electronics which means slower lines. any device larger than a phone will have to be placed in a separate bin for screening. it will not apply to pre-checked security lines. announcement comes about a month after the u.s. enhanced security on all 180 airlines that fly into the country. passengers should plan for longer waits. there's really just no way that you can start dumping more items out of a bag and somehow keep the lines going at the same speed. >> the tsa is already testing the measure in ten airports and will expand nationwide in the coming months. a teen accused of live streaming a car crash that killed her sister appeared in a california court for the first time in the case via

teleconference. the 18-year-old pleaded not guilty to all charges including gross vehicular manslaughter and dui. she was driving with her 14-year-old sister and another teen when she lost control and crashed. she streamed the aftermath on instagram while sitting next to her sister's body. if convicted she faces more than 13 years in prison. >> senate republicans were dealt another blow in their quest to dismantsle obamacare. seven gop members voted with democrats to fight off a direct repeal of the bill. the vote was the second defeat for republicans in just two days >> let me tell you, somebody needs to go over to that senate

and senate a knot in their ass. >> that reaction comes after "in the last three days republican men in the house have threatened their female colleagues. >> representative steve scalise is now out of the hospital but will continue say he is in good spirits and looking forward to returning to work. >> it has been so hot in eastern

tennessee. one church decided to have some fun with it. short and sweet, just how we like it. >> bill karins is watching our thursday forecast. how are we looking, bill? >> some interesting features out in the pacific that there have an indirect impact in southern california. this is when you get two tropical cyclones that they spin around each other, called the fujiwhara effect. this is going to send some pretty large waves up towards southern california. surfers are smiling. risk of rip currents also through from phoenix all the way to boise. the area keepsou ytoday.

still the 3 in looks like the weather pattern doesn't chang much to the west. for the weekendsing jordyn pore cape cod they were able to avenge a loss to jamaica would yearsing a in the semifinals. this is the united states' sixth gold cup title and their first since 2013. >> way to go stars and stripes. musicians on the move. kidd rock is taking a major step toward a run at the u.s. senate. overnight justin bieber had a

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leading the news this morning the chairman of the senate judiciary committee is firing a warning shot to president trump will no way will they consider a second attorney general this year. jeff sessions, the president says he remains disappointed in. pete williams joins us for more. >> reporter: people here at the justice department from the attorney general on down will be watching to see if today brings another presidential slap, but the president's base of support wants the attacks to stop. while jeff sessions was at the white house for a national security meeting, president trump gave him another slap tweeting why didn't ag sessions replace acting fbi director andrew mccabe. sessions shows no signs ever stepping down after a week of presidential attacks over his decision to stay out of the russian meddling investigation because he campaigned for trump. sessions turned up the heat on cities that won't help agents deport illegals here illegally. the attacks accomplished one thing, rallying conservatives to sessions' aid.

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