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 ca saympgnhe's encouraging violence. we'rlive in washington. breaking overnight, a deadly shoong durg a gun demonstration. a woman in her 70s taking part in the shooting simulation hit with a live round. the details just coming in. and 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

twting ornight dreams do me true. >> oh, yes, they do. and we say good morning to you on this wednesday. politics and donald trump embroiled in yet another controversy, this time accused of a veiled assainatn attempt. >> during a rally in north carolina trump suggested that people in favor of the second amenent could possibly stop hillary clinton. now, despite a wave of criticism, trump insists he was not encouraging violence. we get the latest from abc's maggie, morni. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. another off-the-cuff rem donald trump has landed him in hot water. but this time he's beingccus of eouraging violence ainst hillary clinton. what began as donald trump attackllaring riclinton about the second amendment -- >> hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the second amendment and, by the way, if she gets to pick -- >> if she gets to pick her ned.

lks,lthough the second amendment, people, maybe there, don't know. >> reporter: clinton's campaign immediatelyednc tweeting, a person seeking to be president of the united states should not t violence in any way." her running mate, senator tim kaine, says commes like ese th 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: tru campan is not walking anything back. the candidate saying overnight that he wasn't talki about support. thpower of people that are in t favor of the second amendment, and they have tremendous political power, and i think they really are strong, they're united and, in fact, the national rle aociation 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

nothing we can do." and former new york mayor also defending the republican ing the media. anything the clinton campaign spins out, the press spins out like it's gospel. the fact is, it is quite clear what donald trump said was that because of the second amendment issue, there is going to be a trendous amount of political por in the hands of the people who want to protect the second amendment. >> reporter: clinton says she suts some new restrictions on gun ownership but does not want to overturn the second amendment. it's another trump controvsy at a time when he needs it the least. new polls show clinton up in several key swing states with a slight lead in ohio and a significant lead in pennsylvania. kendis d >> and trump will be in florida and virginia today. we're going to see if he has any more controversial comments. maggie, thank 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 dique mateen was spotted in the crowd as clinton spoke

mateen has condemned his son's actions but is known himself for ntroveial comments and the clincampai said the rally was open to the publ and they unaware of mateen's attendance until afterwards and clinton disavows hisuprt eaking news overnight in southwest florida where an officer accidentally shot and killed a woman during a training exercise. authorities in punta gorda say -yolmary knowlton was among a group of residents taking a class in community policing and was involved in a role play with an officer, which was to simulate a shooting, but something went very wrong. >> during the first scenario in a horrible accident, participa struck with a live round. ly she was transported toee memori hospital where she was pronounced deceased. >> kwlton had moved to florida from minnesota. been placed on leave as an has investigation is nower way. alakinreovernight, gunfire broke out in ferguson,

for michael brown. protestead gathered to mark the se anniversary of brown's de witnesses say the shots were fired after a car sped through the crowd hitting a protester. police say there's no evidence anyone was actually shot. brown's shooting by a white police officer sparked national protests, but a grand jury and the stice department cleared the officer in that shooting. > d eaking of the doj, it's releasing its report today on the department, on the baltimore police department. a pattern of racial found discriminati tincludes illegal stops, searcs an arrests of afr-aricans. the investigation was prompted by a death of freddie gray, a black man fatally injuin police custody last ye the report calls the relationship between the police and community brok a massive wildfire burning in the san bernardino mountains of california has now spread to more tn 12 square miles. the pilot fire about 60 miles east of l.a. is threatening sands of homes. mandatory and voluntary evacuations are under way right now.

1,400 firefighters are battling the fire, which is only 6% contained. over to the olymcsow where swimmer michael phelps picked up two more gold medals st night. first he won the 200-meter butterfly reclaiming top spot after a stunning loss in 2012. >> and less than an hour earlier, later, rather, he anchored the men's 4x200 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 at rs , three more ce 21 golds so far in his lifetime. >>felld american swr katie ledeckpied up her second gold in rio on her way to what could be a storic run for her. she held on to win the 200-meter freestyle. that actually is normally her weakest event. ledecky crushed the world record in the 400 on sunday. the u.s. women's gyms team is also dominating. the team score last night of just under 185 was more than 8 points ahead of silver medalist russia. that's the biggest margin of

the americans had the highest team score on every event, and many are saying this is the best gymnastics team ever. >> yeah. well, we're killing it right n in rio. take aat tk medal count. the u.s. in first place with 26 including 9 gold medals, china is in second place with 17. well, breaking overnight, a stroarthqu in e felt california. the details coming up. and a man isd after being shothile leaving a house party. this morning we have the 911 call made by the suspected plus, infants evacuated from a nicu. the danger discovered in the hospital forcing the patients to be moved to another facili. oh, look... ...anothi-wrer antkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. utrogena? rapid wrinkle repair works... ...in one week.

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no trap. he tracked it. he got it. 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 a 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 e 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 ird se. only question is it longenough? off francisco rodriguez, the answer is yes. lind in there throw up the line,

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replacement one and he flipped it inside out. >> w, did seem to bother phelps. he held the team's ld to win the gold. his coach prepadre him sore an yngling at his teammate, what happened. the green color of terat in the diving pool didn't bother some of the divers. they say it actually hpe 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 probably algae indicating the pool had noteen properly cleaned night. >> 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 andhere w no risk to the ders. >> st. trick' day early. the pose may be coming to a seball adium. >> didn't work out for this guy, the nfl, tim tebow is trying his hand at professional baseball.

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? donald trump is on the defense today over remarks some claim incited violencegainst hillary ton. trum says when he suggested that second amendment advocates mit be able t clinton, he was referring to their political power. not violence. >illary clinton has disavowed srt from the th the orlando nightclub shooter sadique mateen attended e rally but he was not invited. a police officer in southwest florida is on leave after he accidentally shot and killed a woman during a training exercise. the woman takg part in a le pla with the offic whi was supposed to simulate a shooting. but she was hit with aive round. taking a loo at today's weathe d and sunny with gusty winds f much of the st. heavy rain in the southwest and in the midwestever sweather minneta and the dakotas. heavy rain in pts of the south, asl as northeast.

you neededication and training from a very early age. you also need a lot of confence. >> you have to be driven and one u.s. gold medalist sd hwod win a medal. hete it in a book. he was only 8 years o at the time. here's a amy rach. >>orter:his 21-year-old enomphyanurphy winning his first gold m and settle a new olymps regard for the 100-meter backstroke at his very rst summer games. thing he's been dreaming of at 8 writi thisook he called "my swimming life" dedicg it to his mom, drawing heright there on the left. a drawing of fel at the bottom and the goldedal he one day he dreamed of winning writing i hope to becomen olympian. when i grow up i hope i will broke the world records. i wantbe the best swimmer in the world. his mother katie telling u she remembers all those hom movie

of gruelingompetitions right there by hiside through it all as she remembered something else, t lookf determination and focus in ryan's eyes then and now. ryan will be gngor his nd gol on thursday night and,f ur, his mom katie will be right there cering him on from the stands. amy robach, abc news, rio d janeiro. and very cool and youan see how drivene was and very close to h mom. >> i liked seeing his mom in the stands to all nervous and all excited. he got little well. >> busy day i rio. it looks like it's raining. 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 thoseconditions. >> ts what's making news in

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