press." you have sacrificed nothing. and no one! >> he said you have sacrificed nothing and no one. >> well, that sounds -- who wrote that? did hillary's script writers write it? >> the stewardship of this country needs to be in the hands of the person who has moral compass. who can relate, who has some empathy with the citizens he wishes to lead. this candidate is void of both.

>> donald trump under fire from his own party for his response to the family of a fallen soldier who spoke out at the democratic convention. plus more questions surrounding trump's knowledge of foreign policy. and his possible connection to russia. does he have a relationship with vladimir putin or not? and did hillary clinton actually hear what the fbi director said about the e-mails from her private server? this morning, the democratic nominee is standing by her old defense, the one the fbi's investigation has already found not to be true. it's 5:00 a.m. here on the east coast, 2:00 a.m. out west, this is "way too early." good morning, everyone. it is monday, august 1st, i'm alex witt. donald trump is facing criticism

this morning, much of it from his own party after making controversial remarks in response to the parents of an american soldier killed in iraq. khizr khan took the stage to condemn trump's proposals and statements about muslims. khizr khan said trump had sacrificed nothing and no one and questioned if he had read the u.s. constitution. in a statement saturday the trump campaign responded saying in part, captain khan was a hero to our country. the real problem here are the radical islamic terrorists who killed him. but it did not end there with both donald trump and khizr khan taking to the sunday shows this weekend. >> what sacrifice have you made for your country? >> i think i've made a lot of sacrifices. i work very, very hard. i've created thousands and thousands of jobs. tens of thousands of jobs. built great structures. i've done -- i've had -- i've had tremendous success. >> those are sacrifices?

>> oh, sure, i think they're sacrifices. i think when i can employ thousands and thousands of people, take care of their education, take care of so many things, even in military. i mean i was very responsible along with a group of people for getting the vietnam memorial built in downtown manhattan, which to this day people thank me for. >> do those constitute the sacrifices that you were referring to when you were asking him that question? >> i appreciate his statement calling my son a hero. and making this clarification and statement. i appreciate that. but, it sounds so disingenuous because of his policies, because of his rhetoric of hatred, of division, of dividing us, and that is why i implored him to read the constitution. >> and there's more. trump singled out khan's wife telling "the new york times" on friday he wanted to hear her say something at the convention.

>> it was very nervous, because i cannot see my son's picture, and i cannot even come in the room with his pictures are. and that's why when i saw the picture, i couldn't take it, and i controlled myself at that time. so, it is very hard. >> he said you wouldn't have even let his son in america -- >> he doesn't know. he doesn't know that. i saw him. he was, you know, very emotional, and probably looked like a nice guy to me. his wife, if you look at his wife, she was standing there. she had nothing to say. she probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. you tell me. but plenty of people have written that. she -- she was extremely quiet. and it looked like she had nothing to say. a lot of people have said that.

>> now, republicans in particular have been quick to respond to trump's comments. ohio governor john kasich tweeted, there's only one way to talk about gold star parents, with honor and respect. senator lindsey graham issued a statement saying in part, unacceptable. doesn't even begin to describe it. and without mentioning him by name, both senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and speaker paul ryan rebuked trump's comments directed to khizr khan. in response to the backlash trump's vice presidential running mate mike pence issued a statement saying he and trump believe that captain khan is an american hero and his family like all gold star families should be cherished by every american. on the heels of the dnc cyber attacks we're learning that a computer program used by the clinton campaign was also hacked. the clinton campaign acknowledged on friday what while a computer system it used was hacked there's no evidence that intruders got in to internal campaign networks. a federal law enforcement official tells "the new york times" the attack appears to have come from russia's

intelligence services. news of that apparent breach comes after cyber attacks on both the democratic national committee and the democratic congressional campaign committee's system and according to "the wall street journal" the newly revealed breach on the clinton campaign is part of what cybersecurity and federal investigators believe is a broad pattern of attacks directed by russian intelligence. donald trump raised eyebrows last week when he said he will consider recognizing russia's 2014 annexation of crimea from ukraine and possibly lift sanctions. and in an interview this weekend trump said he is unfamiliar with changes to the republican platform on ukraine and appeared to forget russia's invasion. >> why did you soften the gop platform own ukraine? >> i wasn't involved in that. honestly -- >> your people were involved. >> i was not involved in that. i'd like to -- i'd have to take a look at it. >> they took away the part of the platform calling for provision of lethal weapons to ukraine to defend themselves. why is that a good idea? >> look, you know, i have my own

ideas. he's not going into ukraine, okay? just so you understand. he's not going to go into ukraine. all right you can mark it down, you can put it down, you can take it -- >> he's already there, isn't he? >> well, he's there in a certain way but i'm not there, you have obama there and frankly that whole part of the world is a mess under obama. >> fighting allegations that the kremlin might be supporting his candidacy, donald trump is denying a relationship with russian president vladimir putin. despite earlier claims to the contrary. >> do you have a relationship with vladimir putin, a conversational relationship, or anything that you feel you have sway or influence over his government? >> i do have a relationship. and i can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today. he's probably very interested in what you and i are saying today. and i'm sure he's going to be seeing it in some form. but i do have a relationship with him. >> i will tell you something, if i'm putin, i'm not happy about it. and i know for a fact he's not happy about it. when i went to russia with the miss universe pageant he

contacted me. and was so nice -- i was in russia, i was in moscow recently, and i spoke indirectly and directly with president putin, who could not have been nicer. >> i have no relationship with putin. i have no relationship with him. >> but if you have no relationship with putin then why did you say in 2013, i do have a relationship. in 2014, i spoke -- >> because he has said nice things about me over the years. >> yeah, you said for three years, '13, '14 and '15 that you did have a relationship. >> no, look. what do you call a relationship? >> i'm asking you. >> he treats me with great respect. i have no relationship with putin. >> so, on friday, an aide to trump told nbc news that they had tried to set up a meeting with putin in moscow, this during the 2013 miss universe pageant there and that what trump meant by direct communication was a gift and note from the russian president. in an interview yesterday, hillary clinton tried to recharacterize the fbi's finding on her handling of classified information, after presenting

with some statements of -- presenting her with some statements about her private e-mail server. >> after a long investigation, fbi director james comey said none of those things that you told the american public were true. >> chris, that's not what i heard director comey say. and i thank you for giving me the opportunity to, in my view, clarify. director comey said that my answers were truthful, and what i've said is consistent with what i have told the american people. that, there were decisions discussed and made to classify retro actively certain of the e-mails. >> but in a congressional hearing on july 7th, director comey directly contradicted what you had told the public. >> secretary clinton said there was nothing marked classified on her e-mails, either sent or received. was that true? >> that's not true. >> secretary clinton said i did not e-mail any classified material to anyone on my e-mail. there is no classified material. was that true? >> no, there was classified material e-mailed.

>> as for clinton's claim that director comey called her statements truthful, "the washington post" gave it a rating of four out of four pinocchios. hillary clinton is headed to omaha, nebraska, today after covering more than 600 miles over the weekend by bus. clinton and her running mate senator tim kaine set their sights on the critical rust belt states of pennsylvania and ohio, making nine stops over three days. ahead of their final rally in columbus, ohio, yesterday the duo made a stop at a small business in ashland. there the democratic nominee hammered donald trump over his controversial comments on the parents of army captain humayun khan saying this is not the first time trump has exhibited this kind of behavior. >> he has throughout the course of his campaign consistently insulted and demeaned individuals, groups of americans, people around the world, and and one doesn't know

where the bottom is. it's hard to imagine anyone who has ever run to be president of the united states saying any of what he said. and the accumulation of it all is just beyond my comprehension. >> at the columbus rally, senator kaine also attacked trump, challenging the credibility of his promises. >> i want to ask you a question, and i hope you'll ask everybody this question, and that is this -- when donald trump says believe me, does anybody here, i mean even come close to believing this guy? i mean, do you believe even one word of what he says? that's my attitude. not one word. not one word, folks. not one word. and that's what we've got to do on this trail, convince others that they shouldn't be so

gullible to fall for trump's no details promises either. well, she lost her longtime job as head of the democratic national committee just last week, and now there are new since debbie wasserman schultz could have more trouble than expected holding onto her congressional seat in florida. a new internal poll by her democratic challenger tim canova shows her holding just an eight-point lead. it was taken last week after she announced she was resigning her post amid the outcry over the dnc-leaked e-mails controversy. her opponent has raised more than $2 million and received the endorsement of none other than bernie sanders who, of course, had been accusing schultz of using the dnc to boost hillary clinton's campaign. still ahead here on "way too early," the cdc confirms the first home grown transmission of the zika viers here in the united states. we're going to tell you what health officials are doing to try to keep it contained. plus a state of emergency declared in one maryland county after major flooding sweeps through that area. the very latest on the recovery. an a check on the forecast ahead

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health authorities in florida, they are waging a door-to-door fight to contain the spread of the zika virus. health officials have been going to the homes in the area to collect urine samples from residents. they're concentrating on a one square mile area where the four victims live but the mayor says the city's been spraying areas to combat mosquitoes. >> we haven't had any mosquitoes come back positive to the zika virus so we're not entirely sure how this was -- how they have asquared the virus here. >> test results from those samples could come back today. england is warning pregnant women to avoid travel to florida. the town of ellicott city, maryland, is devastated. the city declared a state of emergency in the wake of a flash

flood and the scenes of floodwaters which swept through that city's historic district are unbelievable. look at that. two people were swept away. but thanks to the heroics of countless good samaritans at least 120 people were rescued. >> i will never forget seeing that video of the human chain saving that person out of that car. i'll never forget that. because that tells me what people in ellicott city are like. >> that is extraordinary. and it all happened after almost six inches of rain fell during a two-hour period saturday night. that's what caused a nearby river to rise more than 13 feet. at least four buildings on the city's main street were totally destroyed. dozens more suffering significant damage. wow. >> incredible. >> bill karins, my heavens. >> you think maybe the mountains of colorado we had pictures like that in the mountains of virginia and west virginia. this was only 15 miles from downtown baltimore. of that six inches of rain, three fell in 30 minutes. and that is a lot of water in a short period of time.

it is a little hilly in that area, and pretty incredible stuff. that was right around 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. saturday night when those incredible images happened. and we did lose two lives on that. and flash flooding is one of the deadliest killers in this country. so we still have a thread of more flash flooding. few areas in new jersey saw significant flash flooding over the weekend. it was gloomy, super humid air mass still remains. we still have a flash flood watch for the trenton area north of philadelphia to reading into the northern portions of new jersey and again the ground is so saturated. we're going to get a couple of additional thunderstorms this afternoon. one or two inches. that will produce additional flash flooding problems. hopefully nothing like what we saw there in the devastating video. one lone thunderstorm along the jersey shore. cape cod light rain and north carolina is drying out. this afternoon with all the humid air in place if we get any sunshine we're going to have scattered thunderstorm all through this region from southern new england down to the south. here's the radar at 5:00. you notice some scattered storms everywhere you see the red and

yellow is thunderstorms. light green are just some showers. north carolina to charlotte to raleigh northward, scattered hit and miss showers and maybe even a few downpours. i do not expect horrible problems at the airports today, which is good. just some stray thunderstorms. here's the 24-hour rainfall forecast. again, it's patchy areas of heavier rain, eastern north carolina, the st. louis area could get some significant rain. i know we have some big flooding problems we'll talk about later in missouri and maybe half an inch of rain around new york to d.c. so today's forecast, very hot from texas all this in the middle of the country. they still have the heat we've going on near 100 degrees. cooler, beautiful air in the great lakes. showers and storms from d.c. to new york. notice d.c. i expect more sunshine for you. that's why you could hit 90. only in the 70s from new york city northward where it should stay cloudy through the day. even into tuesday, it begins to dry out in the east. a stray shower or storm but this is one of the first really soupy, cloudy wet weekends we had in the east. a lot of areas were in a drought. some of the rain was welcome. just not what happened in

maryland. >> it's august. what are you going to do. we've got another month to get through for sure. thank you very much, bill. still ahead, we're just days away from the opening ceremonies of the 2016 summer games, and the u.s. athletes have just arrived in rio. we're going to talk about that next on "way too early." ♪ using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the fruit... veggies... and herbs needed to create a pop-up pick-your-own juice bar in the middle of the city, so now everyone knows... we have some of the freshest juice in town. see what the power of points can do for your business. learn more at chase.com/ink see what the power of points can do for your business. he wrecked the rec room this summer. his stellar notebooks will last through june. get back to great. this week, these items just one cent each.

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he gets the bunt down. runner coming home. cubs win! >> he drops down a pinch-hit squeeze bunt scoring the runner to give the cubs a 7-6 walkoff victory and in miami why the marlins derrick dietrich ended up shirtless on the field at the end of yesterday's game against the cardinals after going 0 for 20 without a hit in the last ten days the slumping dietrich belts a line drive into left center field plating the winning run for his first career walkoff hit the marlins mob dietrich in celebration on the field ripping off his jersey and doesn't seem to mind there after the 5-4 win. look at that. now, finally, just days away from friday's opening ceremony u.s. athletes arrived in rio ahead of the olympic games. but with one exhibition game still to play stateside team usa basketball got the fun started early on yesterday's plane out of chicago to houston.

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donald trump, you're asking americans to trust you with their future. let me ask you, have you even read the united states constitution?

i will -- i will gladly lend you my copy. you have sacrificed nothing, and no one! >> that moment from the father of a fallen soldier was one of the most memorable of the democratic national convention. but trump just couldn't let it go. and when it comes to hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server it appears she standing by a familiar defense, even though the fbi has already proven it false. plus, federal officials say they know what likely caused that deadly hot air balloon crash in texas. the deadliest ever in america. it is 5:30 here on the east coast, 2:30 out west, this is "way too early."