making news in america this morning, a young boy dies while riding the world's tallest water slide. details about the victim and the 17-story ride that's raised safety questions in the past. losing ground, donald trump stepping up his attacks on hillary clinton as polls show him in a summer slump. the republicans still dealing controversies as he prepares to lay out his economic policy. we're live in washington. breaking overnight a fast-growing wildfire forcing people from their homes. plus, sandbagging under way as the sunshine deals with tropical downpours and fears of flooding. and golden boy. michael phelps does it again taking home his 19th gold medal. plus major upset involving

good monday morning. we'll get started with the sad new details we're learning about the amusement park accident that killed a young boy. >> caleb schwab was the son of a state lawmaker and died riding this ride in kansas city. >> the slide is 168 feet tall and park officials aren't saying how caleb died but the park will be closed again today as the investigation gets under way. let's get more now from alex perez. >> reporter: authorities investigating what went wrong at this popular kansas city water park. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time. >> abc news learning the 10-year-old of scott sh swab died while riding what's known as the tallest water slide in

park. >> it still brought tears to my eyes that someone else lost their child. that's my child's age that i'm sure they thought was safe. >> before the ride opened two years ago many raised questions about its safety. especially after watching these early safety tests showing sandbag dummies flying off the slide. the ride's opening delayed at least three types while the park reworked it adding seat belts. >> they had tes and had to tear it down and rebuild a portion of the ride. quite possibly this incident is not going to be a result of a mechanical issue. more possibly a result of a human error. >> reporter: alex perez, abc news, kansas city. >> we turn to the race for the white house. donald trump shifting his focus to the economy today after more than a week mired in personal feuds as well as slumping poll numbers. >> as hillary clinton gains

establishment and stay on message. we get the latest now from abc's maggie rulli. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump is trying to resource his downward spiral by taking his campaign on the offensive. attacking hillary clinton, supporting his fellow republicans and laying out his plans for our economy. donald trump refocuses today with a policy speech at the detroit economic club that he says will help americans. he's also endorsing speaker paul ryan and john mccain for re-election, something he refused to do last week and some hold-outs within the gop are coming around. george p. bush, the texas land commissioner and son of jeb bush who refused to support him says it's time to put the party first. as the gop scrambles to unite hillary clinton continues to make gains. an abc news/"washington post" poll shows her lead extended by eight points. comments made about vladimir putin, mike morrell on "this

already been manipulated by the russian president. >> from mr. trump's perspective he simply heard putin compliment him, he then responded by complimenting him. he never thought that he might be playing. >> reporter: yet trustworthiness remains a problem for both. clinton's running mate says their administration would be more transparent. >> the bottom line is this she made a mistake and she said over and over again i made a mistake and i learned from it and >> reporter: clinton meantime, says she's not taking her lead for granted. an e-mail to supporters says trump could still win if he spends enough to convince voters. and like trump she'll also be giving a speech in detroit on the economy this thursday. kendis and diane. >> all right, that's maggie rulli live for us in washington, maggie, thank you. let's move on to breaking news in southernively california where a fast-moving pfeifer has forced dozens from their homes. the blaze called the pilot fire

matter of eight hours. hundreds of firefighters on the scene with zero containment burning about 55 miles east near of silver wood lake. residents along florida's gulf coast are bracing for flooding. heavy rain is forecast where officials are handing out sandbags. some could see 1 to 3 inches each day this week and all that could come within an hour or two making flash flooding even more likely. and as you can see that storm, the cover the entire deep south all the way up to tennessee valley and carolinas. heavy rain and thunderstorms are also likely throughout the region but beautiful weather can be expected more to the north. let's get now to the olympics and american swimmer michael phelps adding to his already crowded medal case. >> if you can find room for it. he has 19 olympic gold med amounts swam the second leg as the u.s. beat out france in the 4x100 relay.

medal. >> he's going to need a room. united states first swimming gold in rio came from a member of the women's team 19-year-old katie ledecky broke her own world record as she took the 400-meter freestyle and knocked nearly two seconds off her own mark. next in her sights tuesday night's 200-meter freestyle taking place then. and there was a stunner in the tennis competition, venus and serena williams are out in the doubles fell in straight sets to a duo from the czech republic. this ends their 15-match olympic winning streak. well, the red, white and blue has a lot of gold going into today's action. look at the medal count, the united states leads with 12, china in second with eight, italy and japan, tied with seven, and as far as goals are concerned the u.s. and china and australia all tied with three apiece. not bad. still ahead the alarming new

this morning. a woman who was killed while out jogging. the emotional new plea from her mother. a cross country flight forced to land after a passenger tried to open the cabin door. hear what investigators are

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investigating. sunday's protests remained peaceful. the government has a warning about the dangers of drowsy driving. a new report concludes driving while drowsy is responsible for thousands of deaths each year and racking up more than $100 billion in damages. experts say drowsy driving hasn't reached the attention of drunken or dress tracted driving partly because diagnosing the problem is more difficult. walmart is expected to announce a major ago which says today buying online retailer jet.com for $3 billion. ceo of jet.com to lead walmart's online division for at least two years. walmart is hoping to become more competitive with amazon, which took in nearly $100 billion in sales last year. the average price for a gallon of self-serve regular this morning is $2.12. not bad. that, by the way, 1 cents less than a month ago and almost a half dollar less than this time one year ago. california pretty pricey, the

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so shoppers in mexico who went to the mall to try to weekend were surprised when the storm followed them inside. in fact, over on the right there, you can see a waterfall coming through the ceiling, maybe the store was selling swimwear? >> they might need it. that's what the drive will look like across the gulf coast and much of the south. southern rockies, upper plains and parts of missouri too. >> storms can cause problems in atlanta, charlotte, new orleans

here in new york police are searching for clues in the brutal slaying of a new york city jogger. talking about karina vetrano who went for a run last week and never returned home. her body was later found by her father. retired firefighter. >> for the first time we're hearing from her grief-stricken parents who thanked investigators for their work and vetrano's mother had a clear message for her daughter's killer. >> the whole entire world knows what a piece of filth that you are. >> police say they don't believe vetrano knew her killer. hundreds gathered for her funeral over the weekend and there's now a $10,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. oscar pistorius back in a south african jail after being treated at the hospital for wrist injuries. he told officials he was injured when he fell out of bed.

attempt. pistorius is serving a six-year sentence for the murder of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. a college student was playing pokemon go during a popular tourist attraction. cal very riley was playing near fisherman's wharf. police are collecting footage from cameras. authorizes say the suspect did not take any of riley's property or attempt to rob him. they say they have no motive for that murder. a passenger on a spirit airlines flight assault after an alleged air rage incident. he was taken down by a fellow passenger after witnesses say he attacked a flight attendant and tried to open the cabin door. the man appeared to be impaired. the flight heading from tampa to los angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in phoenix. a parking fail turned out to be an expensive mistake in washington, d.c. the driver of that mercedes-benz roadster attempted to parallel park but as you can see didn't go so well.

457. that ferrari goes for $300,000. you can see that crash drew quite a bit of attention. the driver of the ferrari was ov overheard saying that's the dumbest thing i've ever seen. >> probably hyperventilating after seeing that. >> i'm not sure the owner was laughing when making that remark. >> no, not at all. after riding the bench for the past several week, alex rodriguez, well, he bowed to the inevitable yesterday. is retiring at the end of the week. >> he will still be paid the full $27 million for this season and another 27 million for next year. but he leaves the game four short of 700 home runs. >> this is a tough day. i love this game and i love this team and today i'm saying

starting next season a-rod will be a special adviser to the yankees. and the 41-year-old rodriguez is free to sign on with another team for the best of the season although that's unlikely. >> pricey adviser there for the yanks. another 40 something player did reach a milestone yesterday. >> our friends at espn have the details. >> good morning, america. i'm john, that's kevin. we're here to talk about sports. specifically baseball and a guy who had 3,000 hits, not on there. >> just one on sunday but, right, 3,000 over the course -- actually more than that because he played in japan to start things out but we get to here from sunday. ichiro off the wall and that is a triple and as john said that is the 3,000th hit in his major league career. first player born in japan to reach that milestone. he had 1278 hits in japan before coming to major league baseball. congratulations. the hall of fame game

canceled unplayable field conditions. bad paint job, logo at midfield got yucked up. players and coaches expressed safety concerns and despite the best effort of the ground crew, they were scrubbing and washing and scraping and shoveling, they couldn't get the field ready and so they said, no mas for the football. >> big weekend in canton, no game. >> big punch to the gut. football and we get none. >> i'm with you. it's not like in the grand scheme of things it's not a very important game at all but marks that football is back and the people of america like the football. thursday is when the preseason begins in earnest. for john anderson, i'm kevin connors. >> up next in "the pulse." historic win. an athlete in rio taking her country's first ever medal. this one going viral, a wedding dance routine that

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top stories on this monday, the world's tallest water slide is closed while investigators look into how a 10-year-old boy was killed on the ride. it forced the opening of the ride to be delayed two years ago because of safety concerns. delta, check for delays. the airline is having computer issues tweeting overnight its systems are down. pictures on social media show long the check-in counters. some areas could see 15 inches of rain in florida. a front remains over the region through thursday. today's weather, the entire south will see heavy rain while a beautiful day in the northeast. scattered rain across the rest of the country. and finally from us this morning a new weapon for identity thieves preying on thousands of unsuspecting victims. >> they found a new way to swipe your personal information and get your hands on their money.

vulnerable. abc's lauren lyster explains. >> a growing threat right in the palm of your hand. identity thieves hijacking your cell phone. >> my framily let mow know their phones weren't working. >> lindsay and mark called their carrier discovering criminaling crafted a fake i.d., fooled store clerks and took over their accounts buying three brand-new iphones on their dime. >> i think what hatched is they got ahold of my online account because they said they had gone in and check a upgrades available. >> reporter: this kind of cell phone hijacking is on the rise. over 2600 cases in january of this year alone. more than double that three years ago. why is this particular fraud growing? >> you don't really need to prove a great deal in order to walk into a store and either change a service or do an upgrade. >> reporter: if crooks get access to other personal information like your credit card, the damage can go beyond your phone. >> they saw, you know, close to

make and they called my cell phone to see if it's actually a fraudulent charge or not. the thief actually has my number. he can say, sure, yeah. >> reporter: to protect yourself experts say call your cell phone carrier and set up a special pass code or p.i.n. number serving as an extra layer of security. lauren lyster, abc news, los angeles. >> people are focused on keeping a password on your phone. this is hacking your account. >> more bold. >> it makes you that much more vul naeshl because in many so cases you don't know it's happening and take out other accounts own only find out when you get the bill. that's what's making news in america. >> do check us out at

we have to get right to breaking news. a brighten -- frightening situation overnight. >> one person is dead after a situation that had police departments all over the area on high alert. meg shaw has more on >> reporter: yeah, good morning, terrence and chris. i can tell you that the suspects in the overnight incidents died. i'm at mlk drive and east 105th street and it's an active scene. this is where's short chase with police ended and this is where the suspect shot himself. look at the mug shot. this is the suspect. 42-year-old leonzo beauford. police say he is responsible