making news in america this morning, donald trump picking a new fight. angry during a news conference, launching an attack on reporters amid questions over donations to veterans, plus, a possible third party candidate revealed. we're live with the details. flooding emergency. texas towns underwater. a jeep getting swept away as rivers crest overnight. hot tub hideout. a suspect on the run trying to outsmart cops by jumping into a jacuzzi. made it to the halfway mark in the year. good wednesday morning, everyone. we're going to start with donald trump's tirade slamming

sleazy. >> trump held a combative news conference to explain exactly how much money he collected during his big fund-raiser for military veterans and where it all went. >> but trump railed against reporters who questioned him including our own tom llamas. >> what i don't want is when i raise millions of dollars, have people say, like this sleazy guy right over here from abc, he's a sleaze in my book because you know the facts -- >> brutal. hillary clinton couldn't wait to pounce on trump's comments. >> for more on the democrats and trump's tongue lashing straight to kenneth moton, a good guy all around. good morning. >> >> reporter: good morning. the billionaire announced 40 veterans organizations received a total of $5.5 million. but things got downright contentious when trump was asked about the timing of the donations. this morning, the political talk is all about a

the presumptive nominee took on the media after questions were raised about his donations to veteran groups. >> everybody said who got it, who got it and you make me look very bad. >> reporter: in january he claimed he raised $6 million for the vets but his campaign manager suggested the total was less. he made his own million dollar contribution last week under mounting pressure to release the recipient list. when asked by abc's tom llamas if he had a problem with exaggerating the truth, trump unleashed. >> i'm not looking for credit. but what i don't want is when i raise millions of dollars have people say, like this sleazy guy right over here from abc, he's a sleaze in my book. >> why am i sleaze. >> you know the facts and you know the facts well. >> can i ask fair questions. >> is this what it's going to be like if you're president? >> reporter: calling it a stunt on cnn by hillary clinton. >> it took a reporter to shame him into actually making his contributi

money to veterans. >> reporter: but clinton still has a primary fight to worry about. bernie sanders has been crisscrossing california drawing huge crowds ahead of tuesday's primary. >> if we win here in the largest state in our country, we're going to go marching in to the democratic convention with incredible momentum. >> reporter: the reality clinton has a big delegate lead. she got a big endorsement from governor jerry brown and tomorrow she'll kick off a five-day swing through the golden state where polls have her and sanders in a dead heat. linzie and kendis. >> very important to see what happens on tuesday there in california. kenneth moton for us in d.c. >> thanks. a possible third party candidate has been identified as david french. >> yes, he is a conservative writer, constitutional lawyer and iraq war veteran. a source involved in the effort to recruit an independent alternative to donald trump tells abc news that french has had serious discussions about ag

french tweeted last night, i'm incredibly humbled by and grateful for the many expressions of support. we want to switch gears and get to the flooding emergency that is taking place across texas. >> we start in northeast of san antonio where floodwaters swept away that jeep which had only been parked for a few moments. the driver had left it there and there was no one else inside. north of this area officials say the swollen brazos river crested last night. more than three feet above its previous record flood level and say river levels in that area will remain high for up to three weeks. and here is a look at the radar. still plenty of rain coming down in areas of texas that hardly need any more. now to a stern warning from the state department for people planning to travel to europe this summer. be careful. it warns that several high-profile events could be targets including this month's european soccer championships in france. the tour de france and the catholic

day in poland. concerns about terrorism in europe have remained high since the november attacks in paris. back here in the u.s., a tsa says it had a pretty good memorial day weekend after complaints about long lines earlier in may. the average national wait time according to the tsa for screening was less than ten minutes. in tsa precheck lines it was less than five minutes. ex-cop and convicted killer drew peterson is looking at more prison time. a jury in suburban chicago deliberated about an hour before finding peterson guilty in a murder-for-hire plot. an inmate testified that peterson wanted to have the prosecutor who put him behind bars killed. peterson is serving a 38-year sentence and faces up to 60 more years in prison. and new details are emerging about this weekend's shooting spree in houston. army veteran dionisio garza fired 212 times before a police sniper killed him and police

some sort of depression. they think he acted alone not as any part of any terrorist group and left rambling messages taped to the walls of the tire shop where he killed a customer. to the north, thousands of canadians are expected to begin returning home today after almost a month following that massive wildfire. thousands of structures were lost in ft. mcmurray but 90% of the city remains intact.

so, apparently that's a guy driving a stolen front loader an being pursued in anchorage, alaska. after stealing it police say the man rammed it into ray liquor store and stole several bottles. when he was finally cornered, guess what, he failed a sobriety test and was arrested. some new detays in the killing of that zoo gorilla in cincinnati. police are now looking at possible criminal charges against the parents of the boy who fell into the animal's enclosure of the the 3-year-old boy is recovering at home after suffering a concussion. the gorilla was killed to protect the child sparking outrage. the zoo officials say they are trying to figure out what can be done to prevent this from pp

our cameras actually captured crews already making changes to the barriers at the gorilla exhibit. some california beaches shut down after a shark attack have re-opened. but the section of shoreline in orange county closest to where a woman was bitten over the weekend remains closed. the shark left her with teeth marks that stretched from her shoulder to her pelvis. experts believe a great white is to blame and the size of the bite suggests it was over ten feet long. the victim was swimming more than a mile offshore. part of her training for an ironman competition. scary. a consumer alert this morning. general mills is recalling 10 million pounds of flour. an outbreak of e. coli sickened 3 people in 20 states. half of those victims said they ate something homemade with flour and some wondra signature kitchen brands eating raw dough or

myspace compromising more than 360 million accounts. time inc. which owns myspace says the data included user names, passwords and maeeiles e addresses. it was founded back in 2003 and overshadowed by facebook. hackers could sell that online and could be used to compromise other accounts or in phishing scams. when we come back a scare in the air. ceiling panels inside a plane falling off during flight. plus, the shocked expression on a woman's face, the big surprise that she got in the delivery room. music: "pretty woman" with roy orbison ♪ of course you go all out for date night... ♪

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some incredible images after a rough landing caused damage inside an airliners. >> yeah, talking about the united airline 767 from houston which bounced on the newark airport runway a couple of times before the pilot aborted the landing. that caused ceiling panels to fall inside the jet. it landed without incident further at least. about a half hour later passengers cheered. there were no injuries. just that plane. well, in charlotte, north carolina, a man needs to find a new place to live because of the damage his home sustained when it was hit by a bus. there was a driver and 22 middle school students on the school bus had it plunged down a 30-foot embankment. it came to a stop when it hit the husband and a tree. the stunned homeowner called for help. >> i need police and medic. a school bus just went careening into my house. >> do you know if any kids are on bus? >> no, i just heard the crash. i'm getting dressed now to go outside. i hear them

students suffered minor injuries. an investigation is under way to find out why the accident happened. the house has been condemned because of structural damage. so visitors to yellowstone national park are warned to keep a safe distance from the wildlife and you're about to see exactly why. a tour rice tried to take a close-up photo of an elk. even as her guide told her tavis a bad idea and you see why, the elk knocked her over and after she picked herself back up she promised the tour guide it won't happen again. >> i guarantee you it'll happen again but it won't be her. that literally scared the bejeezus out of her. >> i'd say so. the first rule for visitors on the yellowstone website is stay at least 25 yards away from wildlife like elk. more for bears and wolves and, of course, don't feed the animals. it looks like a suspect on the run from police in anaheim, california, ended up in hot water literally. >> yeah, so officers found the man hiding in a backyard

tub. they say the suspect had sped off after they tried to pull him over for a traffic violation. he crashed his car and made a run for it but didn't take long for policeo find him in that hot tub. maybe he thought it was a hot tub time machine sort of thing. seen the movie a few too many times. now to sports. the cleveland cavaliers are now in the bay area ahead of their nba finals rematch with the warriors. >> the cavs arrived at san francisco international airport yesterday. see the fellas there. they posed for a group picture first. the finals start tomorrow night right here on abc. as for last night's sports let's get highlights from our guys at espn. >> good morning. it's "sportscenter" from los angeles. stan verrett, neil everett talking baseball with the nba and stanley cup final both off on tuesday. >> the cubs haven't lost a jake arrieta start since the millard fillmore administration. millard fillmore was a big

good game to watch. adrian gonzalez, maui on his mind. or rhett that cruised through the first six. going against scott casmir, he was cruising as well. justin turner, strikes out looking. arietta seven innings, 8 ks. brought in clayton richard which seemed like a good idea but it wasn't, gave up three straight hits and this will drive in a run. the floodgates open and the dodgers win, 5-0. giants and braves. denard span has a short attention span. first pitch he sees, he's got a base hit. next one, second pitch overall ground out to second base. sixth inning, this is the third pitch he sees. jumps all over that one too. jake peavy celebrating his 35th birthday and part of the

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♪ i can't wait for pitbull. >> i know what we're doing friday. so time for "the pulse" and we start with a close encounter with an elephant for the terminator, arnold schwarzenegger, that had him using the line, has that la vista, baby. >> within that jeep. on safari in south africa. schwarzenegger in that jeep. the huge bull elephant distracted but it wasn't long before it came back to the jeep chasing it as it speeds away. >> okay, so he understandably was writing online, schwarzenegger said that he was in awe of the elephant and admitted that some of them, quote, had to change our pants after the incident. but he really

>> it is funny. he knew it was going to happen. you hear his voice in the jeep and they say, you know, is the elephant going away. he said, no, it's preparing to charge us and that's exactly what happened. they got lucky they were able to go in the right direction because they would have been reversing if it had charged them earlier. terrifying. this will be a good birth story to tell when the baby gets a little older. check out mom's shock. >> look at this woman's face. >> after she told that her new bundle of joy is a boy. that's because the parents had been told it was going to be a girl. >> yeah, and they were showered with pink gifts in the weeks lead up to the delivery. i'm sure the store also take returns. mom said she was at a loss for words. couldn't believe it. it says it all over her face. >> how do you not realize that? okay. so the word selfie already in the dictionary and now it's been memorialized. the houston suburb of sugarland has a new bronze statue o

girls taking a selfie. oh, gosh. >> oh, wow. >> it's part of a ten-piece collection recently placed around the town but this is the one that's causing a stir. >> yeah, some social media critic question -- they question the message it sends or why the town actually spent public money on it. the cultural arts manager said it shows a common activity in the public square and that it was donate snider not ready for that. >> no. some golfers struggle to keep the ball out of the water. but one guy had a tough time keeping himself on dry land. >> check this out, the golfer caught on camera going out on a limb for a perfect shot. there he is. positions himself on the edge of the hazard, takes his best swing, oh. but check out his friends. they're hysterical. >> nobody is like going, hey, let me check you out. are you okay? nope, nope. his friends. >> howling. >> hysterical. >> you knew that would happen. more news after this.

waking up with us at good morning washington. today is the first day of june. it is also the first day of the meteorological summer... and it will certainly feel like it. good morning washington. toss to eileen today: patchy am fog. partly cloudy. warm & humid. isolated pm thunderstorm. highs: 81-87 winds: se 4-8 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. mild and muggy. patchy fog. lows: 61-65 winds: e 5 mph thursday: partly cloudy. pm thunderstorms possible (30%) highs: 78-83 winds: se 5 mph

495 @ connecticut -- 395 south of seminary breaking overnight.

were sleeping-- police in capitol heights were on the scene of a reported homicide. our cameras were rolling as detectives investigated in the 800 block of kayak avenue. police tell us that a man was shot in a vehicle at that location. police have not released any details on a possible motive for the violence. covering metro.. police make several arrrests after a vilolent robbery on the green line. 18-year-old eric king is under arrest for for armed robbery and assault. it happened last week near the suitland metro station. police say the victim was robbed of his phone, wallet, and shoes. he also needed medical treatment after getting pistol whipped. police are still looking for additional suspects. today.. nearly 40-thousand verizon wokers are expected back on the job. the union agreed to a tenative contract agreement that includes 13-hundred new call center jobs and raises over four years.. union members will vote on the deal after returning to work. d-c's restaurants- a

ranking! the people who hand out michelin stars for dining- want to do an entire guide dedicated to the district! it will be just the fourth city in the u-s with the distinction. choosing which restaurants make the cut -- is a complex process. michelin says its anonymous inspectors are already dining out in the city in preparation for the first d-c guide. it will go on sale october 13th. michelin guides currently exist for new york, san francisco and chicago. it's xx and we're just getting started. terror warning. the state department releases a new alert for americans traveling abroad. could safety threats make you rethink that summer vacation.

investigation now underway after a terrifying encounter in an ohio zoo. who police say may be facing charges.. good morning washington. today: patchy am fog. partly cloudy. warm & humid. isolated pm thunderstorm. highs: 81-87 winds: se 4-8 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. mild and muggy. patchy fog. lows: 61-65 winds: e 5 mph thursday: partly cloudy. pm thunderstorms possible (30%) highs: 78-83 winds: se 5 mph

395 -- 495 @ connecticut turning now to