making news in america this morning, donald trump is on damage control after saying second amendment supporters might be able to stop hillary clinton. overnight trump is clarifying his comments as the clinton campaign says he's encouraging violence. we're live in washington. breaking overnight a deadly shooting during a gun demonstration. a woman and inary 70 hit with a live round. firefighters pull a woman from a burning building. we have new video of the dramatic rescue. and 21 and counting. michael phelps adding two more gold medals to his treasure chest and the women's gymnastics team living up to the hype and beyond.

come true, simone biles. we say good morning. politics and donald trump embroiled in yet another controversy this time accused of a veiled assassination attempt. >> during a rally in north carolina he suggested people in favor of the second amendment could possibly stop hillary clinton. despite a wave of criticism he insists he was not encouraging violence. we get the latest from abc's rule maggie. maggie, good morning. >> good morning. another off the cuff remark from donald trump has landed him hot water. this time he's being accused of encouraging violence against hillary clinton. what began as donald trump attacking rival hillary clinton about the second amendment. >> hillary wants to abolish second amendment and if she gets to pick -- >> quickly turned. >> if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although the second amendment,

know. >> reporter: clinton's campaign pounced tweeting a person seeking to be president of the united states should not suggest violence in any way. her running mate, senator tim kaine said it's comments like these that make trump unfit for the oval office. >> they just reveal sort of a complete temperamental misfit with the character that's required to do the job. >> reporter: trump's campaign is not walking anything back. the candidate saying overnight that he wasn't talking about violence. but was trying to rally support. >> i think you're talking about favor of the second amendment and they have tremendous political power and i think they really are strong, they united and, in fact, the national rifle association just came out and they agreed that that is absolutely the way they feel too. >> reporter: the nra is defending his comments and like trump also warns of a clinton supreme court nominee. donald trump is right. if hillary clinton gets to pick her anti-second amendment. supreme court judges there's

the former new york mayor blaming the media. >> anything they spin out the press eats up like it's gospel. it is quite clear what donald trump said was that because of the second amendment issue there is going to be a tremendous amount of political power in the hands of the people who want to protect the second amendment. >> reporter: clinton says she supports new restrictions on gun ownership but does not want to overturn the second amendment. 's least. new polls show clinton up in several key swing stays with a slight lead in ohio and significant lead in pennsylvania. kendis and diane. >> trump will be in florida and virginia today. we'll see if he has any more controversial comments, maggie, thank you. meanwhile, hillary clinton is trying to distance herself from the father of the orlando nightclub shooter after he turned up at one of her rallies in florida. >> sadique mateen was spotted in the crowd as she spoke about the

actions but known himself for controversial comments and she said it was open to the public and unaware of his attendance "absolutely famous" the event. breaking news overnight in southwest florida where an officer accidentally shot and killed a woman during a training exercise. authorities in punta gorda say mary knollton a shooting but something went very wrong. >> during the first scenario in a horrible accident participant mary knollton was struck with a live round and she was pronou pronounced deceased. >> she moved to florida from minnesota. the police officer involved has been placed on leave as an investigation is now under way. also breaking overnight gunfire broke out in ferg, missouri, during a demonstration for michael brown.

death. witnesses say the shots were fired after cars sped through the crowd hitting a protester. police say there's no evidence anyone was actually shot. brown's shooting by white police officers sparked national protests but a grand jury and the justice department cleared the officer in that shooting. speaking of the doj releasing its report on the department, on the baltimore police department a year-long investigation found a pattern of racial discrimination that includes illegal stop, searches and arrests of african-american black man fatally injured in police custody last year. they call the relationship broken. a massive wildfire burning in san bernardino mountains moved to 1 square miles. it is threatening thousands of homes. mandatory and voluntary evacuations are under way right now. schools are closed. 1400 firefighters are battling

contained. over to the olympics now where swimmer michael phelps picked up two more gold medals last night. first he won the 200 meter butterfly reclaiming the top spot after a stunning loss in 2012. >> less than an hour later he anchored the men's 4x200 fr freestyle relay although the u.s. was well on its way to victory by the time he got into the pool, the 31-year-old phelps has now won three golds at rio, three more races to go. 21 golds so far in and fellow american swimmer katie ledecky picked up her second gold in rio on her way to what could be a historic run for her. she held on to win the 200 meter freestyle. that actually is normally her weakest event. she crushed the world record in the 400 on sunday. the u.s. women's gymnastics team is also dominating. the team scored last night of just under 185 was more than 8 points ahead of silver medalist russia. that's the biggest margin of victory since 1960.

team score on every event and many are saying this is the best gymnastics team ever. >> well, we're killing it right now in rio. take a look at the medal count, the u.s. in first place with 26 including nine gold medals, china is in second place with 17. well, breaking overnight a strong earthquake felt in california. the details coming up. a man is dead after being shot while leaving a house party. this morning we have the 911 call made by the suspected shooter. plus, a nicu. the danger found forcing them to

catch a break. the radar shows storms in florida still stretching down the gulf coast. some big rain totals in the past 24 hours more than 6 inches in cross city, more than 5 inches in panamaty and nearly 2 in st. petersburg. a moderate earthquake rattlratt rattled northern california. it struck about 100 miles east of sacramento. people in the bay area say they felt the quake which is pretty far away. two aftershocks followed. noep injuries. the kansas water park where a young boy died last weekend re-opens this weekend but the water slide will remain closed for the rest of the season. 10-year-old caleb schwab died while coming down the ride in a three-person raft and new details are emerging about previous safety concerns and claimed the lap belts were not secure enough. there are questions about the safety of carnival rides after an accident at a county fair in tennessee.

and a 6-year-old suffered a traumatic brain injury after what inspectors said was a mechanical failure. her 10-year-old sister and another 16-year-old are in stable condition. delta is expecting some more cancellations today. the airline is trying to recover from the computer outage. three days ago that grounded thousands of flights around the world. well, according to flight aware, delta has more than 100 flight cancellations today and dozens of delaysnd say it was caused by an equipment failure at their headquarters in atlanta then computers failed to switch over to backup power. well, facebook is now blocking the ad blockers starting today software used by annoying ads on facebook will no longer work. instead they're attempting to offer better ads rolling out new preferences to give you more control over the types of ads that pop up on your page. when we come back, sprinting across the runway.

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local highways because of poor visibility. now for a look at this morning's driving conditions. expect rain and thunderstorms in the midwest. south and northeast today. >> if you're flying airport delays are most likely in new orleans, new york city, phoenix and minneapolis. the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man is in the national spotlight. >> this time in new york new york. curran rodney thomas was shot heading to his car. the suspected shooter called 911 before thomas was gunned down. abc's mara schiavocampo with the details. >> reporter: newly released 911 calls placed just moments before a fatal shooting. >> we've got a bunch of hoodlums out here racing. i am locked and loaded. >> reporter: officials say they believe the caller who never left his name is the man who shot and killed 20-year-old koran rodney thomas as he was leaving a party in the neighborhood early sunday. >> i fired a warning shot and,

hit. >> reporter: police say 39-year-old chad cameron copley fired a shotgun from inside his garage around 12:30 a.m. hitting thomas who was just passing by this mailbox on his way back to the car. >> they have firearms and we're gonna secure our neighborhood. >> reporter: now copley charged with murder. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> four new people have been diagnosed with the zika virus in miami. according to the florida department of individuals likely contracted the virus through a mosquito bite. that brings a tote alf locally transmitted cases to 21. the department still believes that active transmissions of the zika virus are only taking place within a one-square-mile area. the knee neonatal intensive care unit at a washington, d.c. hospital is being disinfected after a bacteria was discovered on three infants. all babies were transferred from prince george's hospital in maryland as a precaution.

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and scherzer still has a no-hitter going. no-hitter broken up now in the seventh. jose ramirez going to add to the damage. deep fly off the wall. lynn dhoore comes to score and indians go on to win, 3-1. tigers and mariners. we'll pick it up bottom 15. victor martinez put the tigers up 5-4 with a solo home run in the top half. bottom half kyle seager had a three-run homer earlier that tied it in the eighth. nelson cruz brought home and justin upton. adam lind is on third. may have seen him slide into third base. only question is it long enough? off francisco rodriguez, the answer is yes. lind in there throw up the line, mariners take it 6-5 and 15. seventh walkoff win of the season. back to you.

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ou who talks to your dermatologist about stelara?. ? time to check "the pulse" beginning with michael phelps and a wardrobe malfunction seconds before his turn at the freestyle relay. >> phelps usually wears a usa cap with his own mp logo on the forehead as he prepared though to jump in the pool for the race's final leg he tore the cap. someone quickly handed him a replacement one and he flipped it inside out.

phelps. he held the team's lead to win the gold. his coach prepared him sore anything yelling at his teammate, look what happened. the green color of the water in the diving pool didn't bother some of the divers. they say it actually helped because the water wasn't blue like the sky. >> but it was blue the day before. and the water in the adjacent pool was also blue. now, the theory is it was probably algae indicating the pool had not cleaned overnight. >> the other theory it was some guy who usually turned the chicago river green was there taking care of it. not true. olympic officials say the water was tested and there was no risk to the divers. >> st. patrick's day early. the pose may be coming to a baseball stadium. >> didn't work out for this guy, the nfl, tim tebow is trying his hand at professional baseball. the former heisman trophy winning plans to hold a workout

gary sheffield among those who say he's a natural. >> tebow turns 29 this weekend and hasn't played pro football in four years and hasn't played competitive baseball since high school. >> i wish him well. and perhaps this is a nominee for should we say mother of the year. >> she told her kids they could have the wi-fi password by texting a photo to her of completed chores including a clean kitchen. and she made sure that they couldn't use an old photo of the specifying there had to be a box of crackers near the stove. >> very smart. so the photo for whatever reason is being cited as an example for other parents, but we're talking about -- i mean most parents don't know how to change the wi-fi password. >> it doesn't work very well if you need your kids to help you change the password. you might give them an idea of how to hold you accountable. >> exactly. more news after this. i'm billy,

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donald trump is on the defense today over remarks some claim incited violence against hillary clinton. trump says when he suggested that second amendment advocates might be able to stop clinton, he was referring to their political power. not violence. hillary clinton has disavowed support from the father of the orlando nightclub shooter sadique mateen attended the rally but the campaign says he was not invited. a police officer southwest florida is on leave after he accidentally shot and killed a woman during a training exercise. the woman was taking part in a role play with the officer which was supposed to simulate a shooting. but she was hit with a live round. taking a look at today's weather, dry and sunny with gusty winds for much of the west. heavy rain in the southwest and in the midwest severe weather for minnesota and the dakotas. heavy rain in parts of the south, as well as northeast. so to be an olympic athlete you need dedication and training

you also need a lot of confidence. >> you have to be driven and one u.s. gold medalist said he would win a medal. he wrote it in a book. he was only 8 years old at the time. here's abc's amy robach. >> reporter: this 21-year-old phenom ryan murphy winning his first gold medal and settle a new olympics regard for the 100-meter backstroke at his very first summer games. something he's been dreaming of since he was a boy. at 8 writing this book he called "m to his mom, drawing her right there on the left. a little drawing of himself at the bottom and the gold medal he one day he dreamed of winning writing i hope to become an olympian. when i grow up i hope i will broke the world records. i want to be the best swimmer in the world. his mother katie telling us she remembers all those home movies long hours of practice and years of grueling competitions right

as she remembered something else, that look of determination and focus in ryan's eyes then and now. ryan will be going for his second gold on thursday night and, of course, his mom katie will be right there cheering him on from the stands. amy robach, abc news, rio de janeiro. and very cool and you can see how driven he was and very close to his mom. >> i liked seeing his mom in the stands too. all nervous and all excited. he got a little teary-eyed as well. >> busy day in rio. it l 70 degrees right now in rio. they're an hour ahead on the east coast. >> i don't think the rain will bother michael phelps as he swims again today. another possible gold medal. that would make 22. >> he will feel at home outside with those conditions. >> that's what's making news in

new at 4:30, severe storms move through northeast ohio. overnight news tracker catching wires down, trees hit by night ling and lots of damage. >> the other big issue, thousands of people across our we have team coverage all morning long following the storms. nick foley at the live desk. and sarah phinney with an update on the power outage totals, and kristen byrnes looking for traffic issues. >> and let's look for samaria theodore. are we done with the severe weather? >> with conditions like this, so humid outside, we could see a few more rounds through the next few days. and let's focus on what is going on outside right now.