. you know the fair is the best things in life and tonight with this accidents it becomes a terrible, terrible tragedy. >> a fun night at ohio state fair turns tragic as one person is killed. >> palace intrigue a battle between trump aides brewing over potentially leaked information. reaction and fallout over the president's unexpected transgender military ban. >> a huge win for the men as team usa captures the gold title. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm philip me

>> i'm frances rivera. tough overnight in ohio, disaster strikes in columbus on the first day of the ohio state fair. a ride mall functions killing one person and injuring seven others. it led to this disturbing scene. the pendulum crashed into something and broke a part sending riders flying through the air. one witness said she was in line for the ride and saw the disaster unfold. >> it was at its highest points. i saw somebody fall. a minute later the whole thing hit the ground. >> three of the injured were hospitalized. there's no explanation what caused the deadly mall function. the ride was checked over several times this week and inspection team signed off on it earlier in the day. john kasich ordered a full investigation into the incident and ordered all fair rides shut down dill additional safety in

after politico published a report that anthony scaramucci stands to profit from his new appointment, releasing his financial disclosure form leading scaramucci to tweet in light of my financial disclosure form which is a felony i'll be contactsing the fbi and justice department and used the #swamp and insinuating reince priebus is behind the leak. it's not clear this was actually a leak in the first place much less an illegal one. t"the new yorker" said the fbi was contacted. the white house is trying to build a case that reince priebus is a leaker. just a couple of years ago scaramucci deleted his previous tweet and knocked down claims he's blaming reince ie

tweet was public notice to leakers that all senior administration officials are helping to end illegal leaks. no word from the president or d department of justice on this. >> lawmakers and military men and women trying to understand new marching orders coming from the white house. the president made the unexpected change in military policy barring transgender men and women from serving in the armed forces. it was a stunning reversal from mr. trump who vowed to fight for the lgbt community during his run. >> ask yourself who is really the friend of women and the lgbt community? donald trump with actions or hillary clinton with her words? i will tell you who the better friend is, and some day i believe that will be prove convenient out. >> protests e

decision. almost everyone were caught offguard. for more how this played out, kristen walker. >> reporter: good morning. a shocking reversal in military policy from president trump on wednesday barring transgender service members and overturning an obama service policy that lifted the ban. the move came as house republicans were trying to pass a spending bill filled with president trump's filled with campaign promises including more money for his border wall. they asked the administration to intervene. the latest report shows medical costs for frantransgender troop a small. no one could give specifics how or when the new policy will be

at a first responders event as battle over the attorney general and fight for health care reform continue to dominate. the tsa is implementing new security measures on domestic flights putting more scrutiny on large electronics which means slower lines. any device larger than a phone will have to be placed in a separate bin for screening. it will not apply to pre-checked security lines. announcement comes about a month after the u.s. enhanced security on all 180 airlines that fly into the country. passengers should plan for longer waits. there's really just no way that you can start dumping more items out of a bag and somehow keep the lines going at the same speed. >> the tsa is already testing the measure in ten airports and will expand nationwide in the coming months.

streaming a car crash that killed her sister appeared in a california court for the first time. the 18-year-old pleaded not guilty to all charges including grows vehicular manslaughter and dui. she was driving with her sister and another teen when she lost control and crashed and she streamed the aftermath on instagram while sitting next to her sister's body. if convicted she faces more than 13 years in prison. >> senate republicans were dealt another blow in their quest to dismantsle obamacare. seven gop members voted with democrats to fight off a direct repeal of the bill. the vote was the second defeat for republicans in just two days and to say some republicans were upset by the slows an understatement. here is congressman buddy carter. >> let me tell you

needs to go over there and snatch a knot in their ass. >> that reaction comes after another house member athleteened to duel susan collins if she wasn't a woman. in the last three days republican men threatened their women colleagues with shooting and beating. the senate will take a vote that could see amendment after amendment offered up until gop relationship put their skinny obamacare repeal bill on the floor to vote. there's no guarantee even that will past. >> representative steve scalise is out of the hospital. but he'll continue intensive inpatient rehabilitation. fortunately medical officials say

looking forward to returning to work. it has been so hot in eastern tennessee that one church decided to have some fun with it. their sign says too hot to keep changing the sign. god good. hear more sunday at 10:00 a.m. too hot to keep changing the sign. >> bill karins is watching stormy weather. >> heavy rain will move from the middle of the nation to the east coast. we're watching now, a lot of heavy rain and round of thunderstorms in kansas city. this is through saturday morning. anywhere you see the blue that's one inch of rain. red is two inches of rain. nail winch, southern pennsylvania and mid-atlantic region, d.c. through southern new jersey. that's the story as we watch friday looks

travel day. and also very hot today in texas. here's a closer look at your day ahead. temperatures have cooled off a little bit. a nice day in des moines, kmik, sioux falls. but south of that rain still very warm and humid. dallas, oklahoma city. i'll let you know coming up we'll tell you when that rain storm will hit new england or not. >> united states men's soccer team captured the 2017 gold cup on home soil. the team was able to avenge a loss to jamaica go years ago. the gold cup determines the continental champion from north and south america and the caribbean. this is america's sixth gold title.

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general this year. jeff sessions, the president says he remains disappointed in. pete williams joins us for more. >> reporter: people here at the justice department from the attorney general on down will be watching to see if today brings another presidential slap, but the president's base of support wants the attacks to stop. while jeff sessions was at the white house for a national security meeting, president trump gave him another slap tweeting why didn't ag sessions replace acting fbi director andrew mccabe. sessions shows no signs ever stepping down after a week of presidential attacks over his decision to stay out of the russian meddling investigation because he campaigned for trump. sessions turned up the heat on cities that won't help agents deport illegals here illegally. the attacks accomplished one thing, rallyi ing

sessions aid. don't resign says national review. breitbart called sessions a man that embody the movement that elected donald trump. >> there's no need to treat him this way. no need whatsoever. >> reporter: white house aides know he's not resigning told directly by the attorney general's chief of staff. the president's spokeswoman sounded like he might be allowed to stay. >> you can be disappointed in someone but still want them to continue their job. >> reporter: those close the president's attacks have stung but the attorney general hope to stay in a job he loves. we're doomed. millions of people on the streets and we got to do something. and we got to do it now. [ laughter ] ahhh. >> makes you miss that

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now at 4:26, police doing what a lot of people do each morning, walk the dog. now a search under way for a killer along a popular area trail. president trump sparks surprise and for some, fear. what we're learning about his ban on transgender people in the armed forces. it's a part of the game. >> you're out of here. >> bryce harper ejected from last night's game. the moment a lot of people will be talking about at work this morning. 4:26 our time right now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. all of that in just a minute as well as a look at traffic and weather. >> jack taylor is i

melissa. as well as a look at weather and traffic. a massive police presence in fauquier county. a death investigation under way on black well road. a body was found near the dumpster behind the store. justin finch is on the way to gather details. a live rorp at the top of the hour. let's take a look at your forecast. >> because the humidity starting to creep back in. >> just a little bit -- >> you know the fog comes back in. >> this is another saying. >> i don't know the saying. but yes, eun, you are right. there's a little more humidity in the air. what's going to happen today, we'll notice more clouds around. we have a chance for isolated thunderstorms later in the day. we have a weather alert for tomorrow. we

thunderstorms in your friday forecast. you don't want to be caught off guard. make sure you have you are umbrella. 69 in clinton. not as cool as it was yesterday morning. pretty cool. 76 by 9:00 a.m. we'll talk about the rain chances coming up in a bit. let's check the traffic with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> sheena, good morning. it's relatively quiet. thankfully, a couple things going on. the outer loop on the beltway, branch avenue, crews have been blocking up the single right lane. not causing any kind of a slowdown. 66 westbound inside the beltway. gleeb road, the -- no delay eastbound. off to a nice start for a thursday morning. i'm sure things will schang. back to you. >> breaking news in the district. a man was shot and killed on

the street is near orr elementary school. the police have not identified the victim who died the at the scene. we're working to find out the condition of a person shot in riverdale park. this is video from 54th avenue. we've called out to police for additional information. developing this morning, bipartisan criticism of president trump's decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military. a series of tweets yesterday. the president cites the burden of tremendous medical costs and disruption as the reason for the policy. it's putting transgender service members in limbo right now. >> they're concerned about what happens next and whether they can be kicked out of the military altogether. in an interview only on news 4, we spoke to mia mason. for the majority of her 18-year military career, she served as michael. she began to transition to a

was discharged. when the ban was lifted in 2015, she was back. she's afraid of losing it all. >> now, i may be forced to lose all of my benefits again. i may be forced to repay everything again. i may be dishonorably discharged. those are things that hurt me. those are things that i feel are harmful not only to me but to everybody else that is currently serving. >> mia says despite the policy change, she will keep fighting. we'll hear from former secretary of the army eric banning, the first openly gay man to hold that position. find out why he says he doesn't believe the policy will ever go into effect. getting ready to pull an all nighter in the health care, it's known as a vote rama. a skinny repeal of the repeal act. it would include a repeal