tonight, breaking news. the skydiving disaster involving a navy s.e.a.l. the memorial day weekend stunt gone wrong. the s.e.a.l. forced to ditch that parachute, then slamming into the hudson river. plus, the white house family crisis. president trump's son-in-law jared kushner accused of wanting to set up a back channel to speak with russian officials. this, as the investigation into the trump campaign and possible russian collusion heats up. are people close to the president now suggesting kushner take a leave of absence? water park emergency. this 10-year-old somehow surviving after flying right off this steep water slide. holiday storm threat. deadly flooding in the heartland. the severe weather pushing eastward. and, crash landing.

tonight, how that driver is doing. and good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. and we begin with the memorial day sky diving event going wrong near the statue of liberty. that is his empty parachute floating into a parking lot. he had tried to save himself by cutting loose. here's linsey davis. >> reporter: tonight, the memorial day stunt going terribly wrong. >> priority one fall, parachute down. >> reporter: an elite navy skydiver, free-falling high above the hudson river when his chute fails. >> his chute didn't open. >> reporter: witnesses say when the skydiver was in trouble it looked like he bailed out of his chute. seconds later plunging into the water. >> one of th

guys just went down in that area. >> reporter: the coast guard pulled him out near the statue of liberty. >> that's gonna be by the liberty marina, liberty marina. that's gonna be for a parachute jumper down. >> reporter: he was rushed to a nearby hospital, but his injuries proved too severe. >> our hearts and our prayers go out to his family and i ask for all of your prayers for the navy s.e.a.l. community who lost a true patriot today. >> reporter: and this haunting image, his empty parachute weaving through high-rise buildings in jersey city, new jersey. landing here, twisted and tangled in parking lot. and tonight, an investigation is under way to find out what went wrong. that skydiver part of the navy's elite jump team, the leap frogs, known for pulling off high-flying stunts. this incident comes two years after a deadly jump. when a navy leap frog and army skydiver colliding midair in front of a crowd of thousands in chicago. >> it was scary.

it was a moment of silence. >> reporter: the army ranger was killed after hitting a high-rise. the other jumper, miraculously survived with only a broken leg. >> linsey, officials have not released the name of that s.e.a.l., but the jump was part of a larger event taking place this weekend? >> reporter: that's right. they were scheduled to land here at liberty state park as part of today's fleet week festivities. a time-honored tradition in new york city. tom? >> linsey, thanks so much. next to president trump's return home, and shifting developments around jared kushner's role. the question facing intelligence and law enforcement

did he set up a back channel with the russians? robert mueller, wanting to find out more. this, amid some strong pushback emerging from european leaders, following president trump's trip. president trump calling that trip a home run. here's david wright. >> reporter: tonight, at the white house, damage control. the president, finally back from his first big foreign trip. >> i think we hit a home run no matter where we are. >> reporter: but instead of doing a victory lap, he's circling the wagons. today, the president's daughter ivanka spotted consulting the private lawyer trump has retained to handle the russia investigation. her husband jared kushner is the latest administration official to come under scrutiny. he is not a target of the investigation according to sources, but he does face enough questions that some in the

president's inner circle now privately say, it might be time for kushner to consider a leave of absence. first and foremost, why did kushner try and set up a secret back channel with the russian ambassador, even after u.s. intelligence agencies concluded that russia tried to meddle in the election? >> i do think there ought to be a review of his security clearance to find out if he was truthful, if he was candid. if not, then there's no way he can maintain that kind of a clearance. >> reporter: the president's allies on capitol hill stand by him. >> look, i think jared has said that he's more than willing to answer any and all questions. >> reporter: the president's son eric on fox news last night. >> it's all nonsense, i mean really it's a witch hunt. it's really, really insane. >> reporter: the president himself is clearly frustrated the russia story continues to be such a distraction. today he railed against the leaks that have been keeping the story front and center.

many of the leaks coming out of the white house are fabricated lies made up by the fake news media." the president would rather the focus be on his trip. a great success for america, hard work, but big results, he tweeted today. at least two of america's allies don't see it that way. today german chancellor angela merkel expressed doubts about britain and the u.s. [ speaking foreign language ] "the times when we could completely count on others are over," she told supporters. a lesson she says she learned in the past few days. the new french president, emmanuel macron, who seemed to snub trump at the g7, dodging right to greet merkel first, now says his famous white-knuckle handshake with trump was a "moment of truth" designed to show he's no pushover. macron told a french newspaper, "it wasn't innocent."

>> and david joins us live from the white house. the president comes home amid all these political problems and now rumblings he may be retooling his press operation? >> reporter: that's right. there's talk of getting rid of sha sean spicer and the briefings altogether, and a team of lawyers reviewing the president's tweets. >> thank you. now, to a child flying off of a waterslide and slamming on to the concrete below. the video is a little bit graphic, but we're told he's okay. here's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, a heart stopping video from an amusement park in northern california. a 10-year-old boy tossed to the pavement from this three story waterslide. hitting the pavement.

witnesses say he was badly shaken, but somehow only suffered scrapes and bruises. >> seemed to be okay. came right up and immediately went to the first aid room where he was assessed by staff. >> reporter: the park saying the ride had been tested scores of times. this incident coming less than a year after 10-year-old caleb schwab was killed on the world's tallest waterslide in kansas. this month, his family receiving a $20 million settlement. there have been at least 29 deaths on waterslides since 2010. estimates of up to 4,200 people a year end up in the e.r. with injuries from waterslides. officials vowing not to re-open the ride until they fix whatever caused this close call. they're considering making safety changes, but

they know exactly what went wrong. tom? >> thank you. now to the deadly shooting spree shattering the holiday weekend in mississippi. at least eight killed in several locations. the suspect's chilling confession on video. saying he kept going until he ran out of bullets. here's stephanie ramos. >> i just want the love of my family. i just want the love of my wife. >> reporter: tonight, the takedown. that suspect under arrest accused in a horrific shooting spree. >> i ain't fit to live, not after what i done. >> reporter: authorities capturing 35-year-old willie corey godbolt, who they say killed eight people in mississippi, one a sheriff's deputy. handcuffed, godbolt talking to a reporter. >> i was having a conversation with her stepdaddy and her mama and her, my wife, about me taking my children home. somebody called the officer, >> reporter: investigators saying it started with a call about a domestic dispute at a

home late saturday night. gunfire breaking out, three women and that deputy killed. a.p. reporting his wife escaped. and the women who died, her relatives. two boys discovered at a second home. then a man and woman at a third house. the deputy identified as 36-year-old william durr. described as a mild-mannered officer who worked with youth groups. godbolt saying he was planning to die as well. >> i ran out of bullets, suicide by cop was my intention. >> reporter: he faces seven counts of first degree murder, and one count of capital murder, which could lead to the death penalty. >> thank you. and we're learning more about the stabbing attack on an

emotional words of one of the women they tried to help. marci gonzalez with the latest. >> reporter: tonight, one of the teenagers harassed by an alleged white supremacist is haunted by what happened. >> they lost their life because of the way we looked and that man. >> reporter: the man targeted them in an anti-muslim tirade. >> he told us to go back to saudi arabia and get out of this country. >> this white male said, you can't disrespect these young ladi ladies. then they started arguing. >> reporter: authorities say christian then pulled

knife. two of the men were killed. >> these two men died heroes. >> reporter: a third victim is still in the hospital tonight in serious condition. >> i just want to say, thank you to them and their families. that i appreciate them. because without them, we probably would be dead right now. >> reporter: christian faces several charges including murder, and is due in court tuesday. investigators are still determining where federal hate crime and domestic terrorism charges could be filed. and we're following breaking news out of north korea. south korea's news agency saying that north korea has launched a new

the agency saying kim ordered its mass production throughout the country. and now to a large section of the country hit by damaging winds and storms. rob marciano on the dangerous storms now pushing east. >> reporter: extreme storms marching across the heartland this holiday weekend. torrential rain and wind gusts over -- 70 miles per hour. punishing southern missouri, dumping hail the size of baseballs. >> i've never seen hail this big. >> reporter: downed power lines, trees torn in half, powerful winds flipping this trailer over, crushing two cars. >> we looked outside and it was just like a hurricane. >> reporter: in branson, two dead and one missing after flash flooding swept away their car. >> i've got a car in the water with people trapped.

>> reporter: and in joplin, this giant shelf cloud, a sign of powerful winds moving in. the same storm lighting up the night sky in tulsa, oklahoma. and torrential rains on southern illinois. trees uprooted in memphis, tennessee, and knocking out power to nearly 200,000. >> and rob, thankfully the indy 500 is now over. >> reporter: it is, but an hour and a half after the race ended, the skies opened up. it's still raining, a lot of thunder and lightning. fans still remaining asked to evacuate. flood watches across west virginia, ohio with rough weather, parts of texas. a messy monday for new york, diminishing in the afternoon. and thunderstorms extended into

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>> straight ahead at 6:30, rumbling through the capital. rolling thunder reaches a milestone. the military members who never came home. of a rose.le gesture to give it to someone you do not even know, that sacrifices their lives to defend our country. anchor: plus, flowers for the fallen, the growing project that drew hundreds of volunteers to arlington national cemetery. >> it is supposed to be the unofficial start of summer, but you would not know it by the weather. josh is tracking another round of rain tonight. now, abc seven news at 6:30, on your side. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kimberly: good evening, i am kimberly suiters.