witnesses say state trooper jermaine saunders shot daniel kevin harris almost immediately after getting out of his patrol car. some add that harris may have been trying to communicate with the trooper in sign language. saunders pulled harris over for speeding. quote an encounter caused a shot to be fired. harris died at the scene. saunders has been placed on administrative leave pending investigation as is procedure. those chilling cries are from the 14-year-old boy captured here moments before he planned to blow himself up. potentially killing scores of others in northern iraq. officials believe he was trained and brainwashed by isis. take a look at this dramatic scene where saufsers shake with fear as they attempt to remove

boy's waist. that of course is the wrong video there, but more than 1,000 americans unexpectedly invaded canada on sunday with inflatable rafts and inner tubes. the boaters were taking part in the river party when strong winds blew them off u.s. waters and into canada. many of the floaters were rescued, some were so afraid about getting caught without swim back to the u.s. it took 19 hours and 19 bus loads to get everyone back across the border. new details on president obama's to louisiana later today, but first, tropical storm gaston is building. is there anything to worry about? >> he's third in line and unfortunately it does look like it will intensify to a hurricane. but it takes it to the central atlantic so that's great news there. we also have to watch this one in the days ahead.

the bahamas in the days ahead. we'll be watching the chance of severe weather today. that's a look at the big weather picture across the nation. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. temperatures are still very hot in the southern half of the country. we'll be having some stray afternoon thunderstorms from jackson, to mobile, to new orleans. tampa and jacksonville, florida, still a nice day in raleigh with lower humidity. mideast. and how about this gorgeous picture from an aircraft above phoenix as the dust storm hit sunday evening. what as incredible image. "early today" is back in two. met tomorrow... ? for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ? tomorrow, tomorrow... ? ? i love ya, tomorrow ? in the largest heart failure study ever.

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final days of the indiana state fair. these state troopers with their own take on their own take on car pool karoake. a record number of people are unable to get into their homes as over two feet of contaminated water persist in many areas. president obama is headed to the region today. joining us from washington is edward lawrence. how's the community there preparing for the president's visitda others have some sharp words for the president. president obama will be in baton rouge later on today. he did not cut his two-week vacation short in order to go see this flood damage. some criticize that move. republican candidate for president donald trump capitalized it on thursday. he toured the damage area. he also handed out and met some of the folks who were affected by this. now, the louisiana governor

bring national attention to this problem that's happening there. the governor went on to say that a presidential visit that early could have hampered relief effort. still some 60,000 homes were damaged. 13 people have been killed. still some people point out that president obama did not visit baton rouge in july when two police officers killed a black man there. he did not visit baton rouge when three police officers were ambushed and killed. betty. >> all right. thank you so much. today as well. and we now know full details of the horrific alligator attack that killed a young boy back in june. a final report released by the florida fish and wild life conservation commission said he died from drowning and a crushing bite. it's classified as a predatory attack. the report said the father reached into the alligator's

it will not sue the resort. a statement released on monday requested privacy saying quote, we are focused on the well being of our family. that is our priority. stay home and rest up. that's what doctors are ordering aretha franklin to do. shows have been developed including one at radio city music hall. this is the first time franklin has called off a health reasons since 2015. she plans to return to the stage in november. death by bag pipe. that is what british doctors say killed a 61-year-old bag pipe player in what appears to be the first of its kind. the instrument's moist and dark interior provided an ideal breeding ground for fungus. the case now serves as a warning to other bag pipers and wind players, don't forget to clean

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well, a source tells e news that u.s. olympic gold medal swimmer is crumbling under him following his robbery tale and we may know some of the reason. more on that. so what do you know? >> reporter: well, good morning, betty. so what we've seen over the last 24 hours is these sponsors for lochte dropping like flies. in the last 24 hours alone he's lost sponsors on everything from skin care to speedo, ralph lauren and a skin care company

public relations fiasco last week in rio. another is what's happening to allergy sufferers with the major cost rise in epipens. it's really putting a pinch to their pocket. since 2007 the price has hiked significantly. back in that year you could get these for around $100 and now they're going for over $600 so a major problem for these severe of course another sorry weir watching is what is happening with the price of oil. we've seen a major plunge in prices since the rally we saw over the last week and now a note from goldman sachs saying they expect prices to stay 35 to $50 a barrel. they say country is going to come back online from countries, so some major questions going forward for these oil markets. >> thank you so much. just ahead, which lord of

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