making news in america this morning breaking overnight an alligator attack at a popular walt disney world resort. a toddler pulled underwater as his parents watch. the father trying to wrestle his son away from the gator. new details from authorities just in. the orlando nightclub shooting investigation is now turning to the shooter's wife. what did she know about the plot, plus, more survival stories from inside the club. hear a woman's terrifying moment when she was locked eyes with the shooter. war of words. hillary clinton and president obama in a joint attack going after donald trump and angry and impassioned moment from the president blasting the presumptive nominee. overnight trump responding. and a record breaking swim. a young boy braves the rough waters around alcatraz.

and we do say good wednesday morning. it's been a rough week for people in orlando. for the third time in less than a week the area hit by tragedy. >> this time the scene is in the grand floridian resort and spa where a 2-year-old was dragged into a lagoon by an alligator. they were on vacation visiting from their home in nebraska when they decided to attend movie night on the shore of that resort. tragedy overnight at disney world. a 2-year-old boy snatched by an alligator and dragged underwater at the upscale grand floridian resort and spa. >> the family was out relaxing. the father was there nearby and the child was playing in the water, just a foot or so into the water

up and attacked. >> he saw this happen? >> yes. >> reporter: a team of 50 officers are searching into the morning hours for the toddler who was on vacation with his family from nebraska. >> we're not leaving until we recover the child. >> reporter: authorities say the boy's parents jumped into the lake and tried to wrestle him away from the gator. >> the father entered the water and tried to grab the child, was not successful in doing so, at some point i'm told that the mother also may have entered the water so the parents diligently tried to get the child. >> reporter: witnesses say they saw an alligator in the water before the attack and describe it as being between four and seven feet long. authorities say there have been no other recent reports of similar alligator attacks at the lake. there are also no signs warning people of gators in the area but signs posting against swimming in that lake. now to the investigation in the orlando

the fbi is now asking questions of the gunman's family on both coasts. >> yeah, that's because in video obtained exclusively by dailymail.com we see agents leaving the california home of the gunman's in-laws. it is believed the shooter's mother-in-law and one of her daughters lives at this home and the attacker's wife is coming under scrutiny. >> lana zak is in orlando where survivors have been telling their stories, as well. lana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. yes, from these survivors many still in the hospital we are learning grim new details including how the shooter may have been laughing as he killed. >> i guess he must have thought i died with my eyes open and i just kind of kept staring at him. >> reporter: 20-year-old tiara parker stared at the gunman while her cousin lay dying. the two girls were on their way out when the first shots were irfooed. >> people are getting hit by bullets like blood is everywhere. >> reporter: they tried to hide in the bathroom as police

>> the shooter came into the stall. they killed him. i watched him die. >> reporter: the s.w.a.t. team pulled them out but kyra didn't make it. >> my cousin had the brightest future in front of her. >> reporter: so many survivors of the orlando massacre watched friends die that night. investigators are now focusing on the shooter's wife, noor salman trying to determine if she had information that could have prevented the tragedy. law enforcement sources say that salman allegedly went with her husband to buy ammunition prior to the attack. abc news has also learned that salman allegedly suggested to the fbi she tried to talk her husband out of harming anyone. if true, she could face criminal charges. investigators are also pouring over the shooter's phone looking for connections to the gay community. a decade ago the shooter met this man who didn't want his face shown. >> he asked if i was gay and because i wasn't out at the time, i told him no, i'm not and he sai

would definitely be my type of guy. >> reporter: we're also learning that the shooter's wife may have actually accompanied him here to the nightclub previously. investigators are trying to determine if that was as a patron or to scope the site. kendis, diane >> that's lana zak live in orlando for us. lana, thank you. now to politics and donald trump is firing back after getting slammed with a one-two punch from president obama as well as hillary clinton. they hammered trump as he responded to the orlando shooting by once again calling for a ban on muslims entering this country. this morning a joint attack aimed at donald trump. >> are we going to start treating all muslim-americans differently. >> trump's words will be, in fact, they already are a recruiting tool for isis. >> reporter: hillary clinton and president obama saying trump is out to destroy american values. >> that's not the america we want. it doesn't reflect our

it won't make us more safe. it will make us less safe. >> reporter: in his most forceful comments yet of the campaign season the president blasting trump's call for a ban on muslim immigration. >> this is a country found often basic freedoms including freedom of religion. we don't have religious tests here. >> reporter: trump has said the president and clinton must call the orlando shooting radical islamic terrorism or else resign. >> there's no magic to the phrase radical islam. it's a political talking point. it's not a strategy. >> in the end it didn't matter what we called bin laden, it mattered that we got bin laden. >> last night at a campaign rally in north carolina, trump firing back. >> we want to live in a country where gay and lesbian americans and all americans are safe from radical islam. >> and once again both presint

action on gun control. >> enough talking about being tough on terrorism. actually be tough on terrorism and stop making it easy as possible for terrorists to buy assault weapons. >> and this latest exchange escalating as one new poll shows hillary clinton with a 12-point lead over donald trump in a general election matchup leading him 49% to 37% and we should note some of this polling was conducted after the labrorlando attack. hillary clinton and bernie sanders met face-to-face as clinton wrapped up primary season, rather, with a victory in washington, d.c. the 90-minute private meeting blocks from the white house was expected to focus on unifying the party and stopping donald trump, but sanders still has not endorsed clinton. he says he's looking to advance his progressive agenda and transform the democratic party. >> well, now to severe weather that's on the move. flash floods swamped parts of southern minnesota yesterday. some places got up to 6 ihe

at least 8 tornadoes touched down as part of that storm system. and taking a look at the radar you can see that severe weather on the move. chicago, detroit, the threat zone for today. still ahead, facebook is tracking even more of your daily activities. plus, a killer's confession. a terrorist takes to social media livestreaming after an attack. see the dramatic moment a hero disors a gunman on a rampage all caught on camera.

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chilling video from that terror attack in france. in it the attacker confesses to killing a police officer and his female companion then lists other prominent people he planned to target. it was recorded in the dead couple's home. the suspect who was killed by police had served time in prison for recruiting for isis. a major deal could soon be announced between iran and boeing. tehran says it has finalized an agreement to buy more than 100 new planes with a price tag of about $25 billion. if the deal goes through it would be the largest commercial agreement with a u.s. company since the sanctions were lifted. and facebook's new ads will track which stores you visit. those new ads can include an interactive map showing the store location and facebook will then use your phone's location services to see if you visit the store after you saw that ad. google also tracks in-store visits. first lady michelle obama sat down with oprah winfrey for a first of its kind summit called the

women. they discussed how women could empower themselves particularly in the workplace and in managing work/life balance and expectations. >> i am always irritated by the you can have it all statement and you're beating yourself up and feeling less than because you aren't having it all. it's a ridiculous aspiration. >> even with all the help she gets she says you can't have it all and mrs. obama said she thought her husband was crazy for wanting to be president but she's glad she was able to use her platform to change some lives and she also spoke to the men in the audience saying just be better. >> just be better. okay. thanks. >> not that they all weren't necessarily but try to be better husbands, better father, more engaged? hard to improve on perfection. >> that's true. there you go. >> when we come back, an intense standoff at a walmart. why investigators say a longtime employee went in armed with a gun. and record

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not unheard of. >> get your skis out. for a look at morning road conditions, some severe weather is a threat for chicago, detroit, indianapolis and cincinnati. you'll see showers in the pacific northwest as well. >> if you're flying airport delays are possible in chicago, detroit, atlanta as well as charlotte. we are following breaking news this morning from orlando yet again where a little boy was snatched by an alligator at disney world right in front of his horrified parents. >> dive teams and helicopter crews have searching the seven seas lagoon since late last night when the 2-year-old was dragged underwater by the alligator. both parents rushed into the water trying to pull the boy out of the gator's grips but they are not able to do that the father was actually injured during that effort. searchers say they won't leave until they find that little boy. a texas s.w.a.t. team shot and killed an armed man who was holding hostages inside a walmart store. amarillo police say he was an employee who cament

and fired his gun into the air sending terrified shoppers running for cover. then he went into a back office where he held two hostages until the s.w.a.t. team came in. now, police say the man was angry after being passed over for a promotion there. this is newly released surveillance video showing the heroic efforts of this student, john mace and successfully disarmed a gunman who killed one opportunity and wounded two others in june of 2014. now, the student pepper sprayed the shooter and then took the gun away from the scene. now, mace returns and holds the man until help arrived. now to an important update for anyone heading to the olympics or worried about the zika virus. the world health organization says there is a very low risk of further international spread of the virus as a result of those games in brazil. the w.h.o. reaffirmed its previous advice that no restrictions should be placed on travel to countries with the virus

51 days ahead and getting our first look at the medals that will be awarded during the summer games. organizers unveiled the design in rio de janeiro. more than 30% of the silver and bronze used is recycled and the gold has no pittsburgh. the penguins didn't get any medals but one big hunk of medal, the stanley cup. >> they will celebrate with a big parade and valrally. last night's actions from espn now. >> good morning, america. max and the coach with you. the "a" team a lot to get to. let's start in the nation's capit capital. cubs and nationals, game two of that series. max scherzer was dominant in game one. jason heyward. blood pressure single off gonzalez. bryce harper can't make the play but trying to throw out dexter fowler who was on his horse. he scores. then tied at

how about this, amora -- addison russell scores and that would be your game winner, cubs win, 4-3 is your final. something really exciting brewing in wnba, the minnesota links one shy of wnba record for most win starting a season, 10-0. they do everything right and they take care of their opponents in an early stage. sylvia fouls with the flush there. lindsay whalen to maya moore, moore always involved. 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and gia perkin, 21 assists on field goaling and improve to 11-0 setting a new wnba record and l.a. sparks improve to 10-0. >> that will do it for us. he is max. i'm the coach. have a great wednesday. take care. >> all right, you too. coming up

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>> i thought it was going to be easy at first but then after i got out there the tide was pushing me all around. i was about to quit but then i kept on going. >> it's crazy. he's crazy but we're very proud of him. >> proud because he set a new world record, of course, but james had some more practical motivation as well. his dad had promised him $100 if he completed it and then throughout the course of the swim downed it to 200. james' next goal to swim the length of the golden gate bridge. >> probably for 300. >> a little bit of an overachiever. a couple of famous dads from two different generations got together for facebook's inaugural q&a over facebook live. >> talking about ceo mark zuckerberg and, of course, surprise guest here jerry seinfeld who sat down for a session about the joys of int interacting with a machine but things got a little bit awkward when seinfeld seemed bored with talking up facebook's features and, well, he schiffed the conversation to a little humor. >> now, this person

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mostly cloudy. chance of pm thunderstorms. more humid. highs: 81-86 winds: se 5 mph tonight: mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms. patchy fog. lows: 65-70 winds: e 5 mph thursday: mostly cloudy. chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially late. highs: 77-82 winds: e 5-10 mph

breaking overnight. while many people were sleeping, g-w memorial parkway finally reopened after a tour bus crash. one passenger was killed when a tour bus collided with a car near stratford lane. in all-- 19 people were treated at the hospital for injuries, three of them critical. the cause of the accident is still under investigation. right now-- a virginia man is waitinto

related to a brutal home invasion. back in 20-14, police say andrew mcclean forced his way into a mclean home, and tased, stabbed, and shot the couple inside. they survived. schmuhl could face life in prison when he's sentenced tomorrow . his wife will stand trial in september for her alleged role in the attack. exciting news from the national zoo. we were waiting in suspense after zoo workers posted a positive pregnancy test on social media. turns out -- one of the zoo's six orangutan's, "batang" is expecting. the zoo made the announcement tuesday . the baby is due in september. this will be the first baby orangatan born at the national zoo in 25 years! it's xx and we're just getting started. a terrifying attack. an alligator snatches a toddler in the middle of a disney

doing now-- a fatal tour bus accident shuts down a local parkway. the latest on the roadway, and the accident investigation. coming up. good morning washington. today: partly to mostly cloudy. chance of pm thunderstorms. more humid. highs: 81-86 winds: se 5 mph tonight: mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms. patchy fog. lows: 65-70 winds: e 5 mph thursday: mostly cloudy. chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially late. highs: 77-82 winds: e 5-10 mph

overnight work getting cleared up. no major issues. baltimore washington parkway heading northbound, work in place but you can get by. no delays. we are accident free. in virginia, 95 moving very well.