making news in america this morning, the president is hitting the campaign trail today with hillary clinton heading to a key battleground state. donald trump is asking some tough questions about their trip before it even starts. the mistake in massachusetts that caused a large boom to go bust. the barge on fire. new video overnight. and we have breaking news from italy after an american student was found dead in rome. police made an arrest that has plenty of people on both sides of the atlantic wondering what happened. late night joy for nasa now that it's juno spacecraft is orbiting jupiter after a trip that took five years to complete. how soon will we see what it sends back to earth?

a good tuesday morning to all. we begin with hillary clinton poised to hit the campaign trail for the first time with president obama at her side. >> clinton will fly to chasht with the president this afternoon on air force one. meanwhile, donald trump is questioning the trip defending his latest controversial tweet as well. let's get the latest from abc's adrienne bankert joining us here in studio. good morning, adrienne. >> good morning. the holiday weekend is over. the convention is looming and all seen the # iamwithher. >> once rivals now political partners. commander in chief and hillary clinton will be speaking this afternoon at their first joint rally in charlotte. >> it kind of sends the signal of party unity. >> reporter: political insiders say it's obvious president obama is the best person to help restore trust in clinton's

getting out on the campaign trail is going to be indicative of how secretary clinton and her campaign is going to structure that strategy. >> reporter: and defeat donald trump. the president began lashing out against the gop nominee following the orlando nightclub shootings. >> we hear language that singles out immigrants. and suggests entire religious communities are complicit in violence. where does this stop. >> reporter: and last week he went off without calling trump by name but again referencing those controversial immigration policies. with word of today's trip donald trump tweeted who pays? which might add fuel to trump's fire as he lambasts clinton over accusations that a recent tweet featuring this six-pointed star graphic was anti-semitic. on the fourth of july trump saying hillary clinton's trying to link the star of david with a

sheriffs is ridiculous. she's just trying to divert attention from the dishonest behavior of herself and her husband. and, of course, that conversation on twitter has continued. the criticism over the trip to north carolina today by having both hillary clinton and the president on air force one according to the white house, though dnc or relevant committee would reimburse the government but taxpayers still end up footing part of that bill. >> the vice president will join her as well in pennsylvania friday. new hints from both parties as each side continues to search for a running mate. sources say the clinton camp is vetting julian castro as a vice presidential pick while donald trump met with joni ernst who is being vetted for the vp job along with christie'sty, newt gingrich and mike pence. extra security for the fourth of july seems to have paid off. other than wet weather in the

east no major problems at the parades and fireworks celebrations around the country though there were shots fired in miami and pittsburgh after the fireworks displays. >> a tense start to the day in the middle east. three terror attacks in saudi arabia yesterday all suicide bombings one happened outside one of islam's holiest sites, the prophet's mosque in medina. it follows attacks in bangladesh and still finding bodies. as baghdad residents mourn the victims iraq has executed five convicted terrorists. the move appears to be an attempt to restore faith in the government's ability to protect it citizens. nearly 5,000 iraqi civilians and security force members have been killed in militant attacks. now to breaking news in that death of an american college student whose body was found in a rome river. italian police say they arrested a homeless man in connection with h

he had just arrived for an exchange program when he disappeared. investigators suspect he may have been the victim of a robbery since his wallet and cell phone were missing. last night solomon was remembered by friends and former classmates in wisconsin. >> everybody knew beau and testament to our community. it's a school district family and i know that everyone will come together and support each other through this tough time. >> his family describes him as a gifted athlete who underwent many operations in a battle with cancer. an explosive divorce in new york central's park that injured a student. a hobbyist or experimenter was behind that blast they believe. they're doing tests on the compound that blew up to learn a little bit more about it but they do not believe the device was intentionally designed to hurt people. today a new trial gets under way for an officer in connection with the death of

he is the highest ranking officer and rice has pleaded not guilty to charges. gray died after suffering a fatal spinal injury in a police van. his death led to days of rioting. 365 million miles away, the nasa spacecraft juno entered jupiter's orbit after five years. >> the cameras were switched off. no pictures of the moment it reached the desty nation but there was a lot of joy at the jet propulsion lab in pasadena. >> i can't put it into words. can you imagine what it might feel like but to have it to know we can go to bed not worrying about what's going to happen tomorrow. pretty awesome. >> and the scientists have promised close-up views of the planet when it skims the cloud tops during the 0-month $1.1 billion mission. >> it arrived just about ten minutes before midnight on the east coast.

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in san francisco a little fog did not damper the fireworks display at the famed fisherma s wharf. the lines for the show started forming in the afternoon. an invasion of toxic green algae in south florida appears to be deepening. >> fourth of july celebrations were

packed beaches were closed. the governor has already declared a state of emergency in four counties. residents now describe the smell as putrid and vile and reports of people claiming they have headache, respiratory issues. those who gave up on wall street, today is the first day of trading in the second half of the year. year to date the dow is up 3% and the s&p is up about the same amount. nasdaq is down just about 3%. now, but about the only thing experts can agree on at this point is that for the rest of the year it's unclear what direction the market will go. and adele spent jewel 4th in the u.s. as she prepares to kick off her north american tour after delighting fans across europe opening her 2016 tour stateside in st.

she'll wrap it up on november 15th in mexico city. one of the biggest jackpots in lottery history is up for grabs tonight. the mega millions is worth at least $449 million. that's after no winning ticket was picked up friday night. >> the seventh largest u.s. jackpot ever and it's worth $313 million if you take the cash payout. but the chances of getting all those numbers right is 1 in 259 million. >> but yet we try. >> good luck, everyone. when we come back the moment thousands of onlookers knew something wasn't quite right at their fireworks display. a police takedown and it was caught on camera. what the cops are saying now about this. ♪ "pretty woman" plays♪throughout of course you go all out for date night...

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wearing traditional garb. >> he turned out to be a visitor. he was a businessman and now it's triggering an international controversy. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> there is a male in a full headdress. >> reporter: in 911 call to police in avon, ohio, triggering an international response. >> with multiple disposable phones pledging his aaegis or something to isis. >> reporter: a desk clerk tells her sister she believes there's a terrorist in the lobby. that sister calls police. >> there he. there he is, get on the ground. >> grab his hands. cuff him up. get that phone away. >> reporter: the suspect is a businessman from the united arab emirates. >> i'm tourist and this not good. >> yeah, it's not good. >> reporter: but soon police realize the report is false. he was visiting the u.s. for a heart treatment suddenly faints. >> you okay?

islamophobia says the u.s. is seeing a recent spike anger sometimes directed against innocent muslims. marriott which owns the hotel says this was a terrible misunder standing saying hotel employees will be getting training in diversity and inclusion. the police and mayor are sorry too. >> there were false accusations made against you. and those are regrettable. >> reporter: and as for that hotel desk clerk officials tell us she may still be facing criminal charges over that false report. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> and we have new video just in overnight of a fireworks mistake in massachusetts. two barges caught fire during celebrations in plymouth. authorities are blaming a malfunction. witnesses say the show was going on for at least ten minutes when there was suddenly a large boom followed by a burst of flames and spread to a second barge luckily no injuries reported.

girl being praised as a real champion. chloe smith found an olympian's gold medal and returned it and belonged to joe jacoby. he won it during the 1992 olympic games in barcelona. >> he said it was one of several items stolen from his car. chloe was taking a stroll when she spotted it. jacoby gave her a $500 reward. >> not a bad reward. >> there was an expected patriotic moment at a july 4th major league baseball game in l.a. >> not exactly planned. a trained bald eagle flu around as part of a pregame ceremony. instead of returning to its handler it decided to liberate itself maybe inspired by the message of freedom and soared right out of the stadium and the crowd went wild. it was found safe. you know where he went? it actually flew to the zoo's van. they found it waiting right next to the van in the parking lot. >> it kne

>> enjoyed some temporarily freedom and decided i'll go back. >> i know where i'm fed. the dodgers by the way did win that game against baltimore. >> maybe the eagle brought them luck. for more on sports to our friends at espn. >> good morning, america. welcome in to "sportscenter." lisa kerney with max bretos. bottom second, we pick them up. chicago up 3-0. one on for kris bryant. takes cody reed deep to center for a two-run homer. top fifth. cubs up 8-0 and tyler holt hits one to left center. bryant making the catch but watch this. collides with albert al mora jr. and bryant leaves the game and cubs announce a lower left leg contusion and cubs win it 10-4. number one overall pick ben simmons making his nba debut. utah summer leue

number one pick going against the number three pick jalen brown of the celtics. that will drop. 10 points, 8 points, 5 assists and eight minutes. cramping up and started in the third quarter. would continue again, the coaches for the sixers very happy with his condition. playing in some altitude and there about four minutes or so to go in the fourth. cramped again. he would depart. he will not play tuesday with the sixers as they continue in the utah summer league. celtics win the game by eight points. the big game about kevin durant, all the latest tune in to "sportscenter" with the free age agency frenzy. >> thanks for joining us. up next in "the pulse" president obama takes the mike in the white house surrounded by some celebs. fireworks in the nation's capital. why did they get so much attention last

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♪ time to check "the pulse" and the results of some fourth of july eating competition, of course, first the nathan's famous hot dog eating contest at coney island. joey "jaws" chestnuts regain ee his title. >> 17 more than anyone else yesterday. in the women's competition. mikko sud ocho won. after a meal of hot dogs, how about dessert the goal of the mile high key lime pie eating contest in key west, the first to eat a nine-inch pie without using

>> must be nice and neat. a florida resident on his honeymoon won this year. elian zeller finished in under 63 seconds. i'm guessing cleanup took a little longer. >> can you imagine his wife kissing him after that. >> come on over honey. things were more dignified in washington, d.c. >> see this beautiful photo. kendrick lamar and janelle monae took the stage. >> and president obama couldn't resist making a special shoutout to the birthday girl. his daughter malia. >> just because it's the job of a father to embarrass his daughter -- [ cheers and applause ] it just so happens that when we celebrate our country's birthday on the same day that we celebrate my oldest daughter's birthday, so happy birthday -- ♪ happy birtay

>> may have been a little embarrassed but did give dad a nice big hug and the event was moved inside to the east room because of last night's rainy weather in the nation's capital. that kind of subdued the normal -- >> speaking of that bad weather in d.c., also put a little bit of a damper on another independence day celebration and tradition in d.c. but organizers used a little bit of tv magic to make up for it. >> so the clouds made it hard to see the fireworks display during a capitol fourth. a live broadcast so producers mixed in clear fireworks footage from previous years. well, that didn't make a lot of social media fans too happy. >> understandably so that's file footage. that wasn't this year's fireworks. viewers slammed it as fake with one tweet labeling it the milli vanilli of fireworks and producers owned up to it saying it was a patriotic thing to do. >> they did it for america. >> if

this week that could provoke some rain, possible storms today. good morning washington. and i'm jummy olabanji. autria godfrey has the day off. toss to veronica

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being called a big success this morning. rain during the day kept thousands of people away, but not law enforcement. streets were blocked by buses, cruisers, and military hummers. officers were on bikes, horses, and foot. security teams searched bags, and monitored the crowds from

there was concern during the day that the fireworks and the capitol fourth concert would be canceled because of the rain. but the show went on as scheduled. spotty showers last night threatened a bunch of fireworks shows. college park's fireworks will go on tonight at 9 at the university of maryland. same for greenbelt-- at buddy attick park. gaithersburg will have fireworks friday night-- weather permitting. we've put a complete list of the postponed shows for you on our website at wjla.com. a man who allegedly tried to rape a 24-year-old woman in wheaton is in custody this morning. police say he was arrested quickly, because his intended victim fought back. she says a gospel song she'd been listening to right before she was attacked gave her the strength to defend herself. the woman says she was walking

night shift at wendy's when a man approached her on georgia avenue. the woman says she immediately recalled the gospel song, "i am not alone." she then grabbed the knife, and ran back to wendy's, where a manager called 9-1-1. 19-year-old darrionte hebron was arrested shortly afterward. on the hill -- house lawmakers are expected to vote on gun control, next week. that's according to speaker paul ryan who made the announcement during a confernece call with g-o-p leaders. the move comes after democrats staged a sit-in last week and pledged to continue when the session resumes after the july fourth holiday. also on the table -- a mental health bill... which isn't directly related to gun control... but many mass shootings are carried out by people with mental health problems. a newly formed group of gun control advocates plans to march to the u.s. capitol

the group is called "d.c. moms and dads for rational gun safety legislation." the activists will meet at 7:15 a.m. in lincoln park.. at 11th street and massachusetts avenue southeast. they'll begin walking to the capitol at 8:15 a.m. they hope to convince lawmakers to pass tougher gun control legislation. it's xx and we're just getting started. the driver of an ice cream truck in critical condition this morning after being gunned down in edmonston, maryland. and two surges down -- on to the next one -- as round three of safetrack on metro begins this evening. good morning washington. this just in overnight.