. >>> and the cincinnati zoo offering sympathy, but no apologies for killing a gorilla to save a little boy. hear what officials are saying forced them to take action. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> nice to see you. it is tuesday, may 31st. the secret service springs into action for bernie sanders. four protesters tried to storm the stage in oakland. secret service stepped in to protect the candidate. watch here. >> step away. right there. right there. >> we're good here. >> we don't get intimidated easily. >> one of the protesters was picked up and carried off with the hands cuffed behind his back. bernie sanders was fine. he carried on with his stump speech. it is unclear who the protesters are. this is always scary. as for the campaign, one week left until the california primary where sanders expects a strong showing will prove he is a viable candidate. >> this is not the first time candidates faced security threats. last friday, trump's motorcade sped off after protesters threw things at it in fresno, california. in march, a man trumped a barric

this is a very emotional time at the cincinnati zoo. it's unprecedented. 've never had to kill a dangerous animal in the middle of an emergency situation. the zoo's been here 143 years. that's saying a lot. it is a big loss to the cincinnati zoo, harambe was one of the most magnificent animals, a critically endangered species, we're one of the key players in captivation and endangered species. early morning i've never seen so many people here at 7:45 in the morning on a holiday and it s w showed whether people are off or not, they came because they really cared. the purpose of this is different, a chance for people to share their feelings. there were tears and hugs, people who knew harambe the best, his keepers shared a lot of stories about him. but everybody at the zoo feels the loss, there's no doubt about it. that does not just mean a dozen or so keepers in our primate department or couple hundred zoo employees but we have 1,000 volunteers at the zoo. we have hundreds of thousands of people who are members of this zoo and, of course, the entire community

progressive choice. >>> another top story, dozens of animal rights advocates held a vigil at the cincinnati zoothe gorilla killed to protect the 4-year-old boy. the zoo facing backlash over the decision to shoot the gorilla after the boy slipped through a barrier saturday and fell into the animal's enclosure. here is jamie yuccas. >> reporter: cincinnati zoo officials say the child climbed under the railing, through wires and over a wall. he ended up in the gorilla exhibit's mote, 15 feet below. the gorilla did not attack the boy, but officials felt because of the animal's massive size, it was a life threating situation. we do want to warn you that some of the video you are about to see is disturbing. >> reporter: onlookers screamed as the gorilla scooped up a 4-year-old boy and carried him through the mote of the cincinnati zoo and botanical garden gorilla exhibit saturday. the child's mother can be heard calling to her son offcamera. >> mommy loves you. i am right here. >> reporter: the boy can be heard screaming. >> the gorilla has the the child. and is dragging him around the pen. >> report

jummy: backlash is growing against the cincinnati zoo after an endangered gorilla was shot and killed when slipped into its enclosure. zoo officials are defending their actions and maintain the sue is safe. some of this video may be disturbing. "screaming" the cincinnati zoo under fire, following its decision to put down her ron bay -- harambe. after authorities say a three-year-old boy climbed over a barrier and plunged 15 feet into the moat. with his mother watching in horror from above. >> this child was being dragged around. his head was banging on concrete. isand animal rights group --. if there was a public barrier on the facility, we would not be standing here. >> the zoo maintaining it was not negligent and the zoo caper finds thekeeper situation tragic for everyone. >> it was a situation where there is a strange thing here that i don't know -- what do i do? parents taking heat forne, asking they be held what happened for not maintaining control of their child. >> the exhibit is set to reopen this saturday. jummy: hate speech will be deleted from your favorite social media sit

a 4-year-old boy is recovering at home today after falling into the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo. >>> a 4-year-old boy is recovering at home today after falling into the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo. we're getting the first look at the cell phone video of the terrifying scene. >> reporter: witnesses captured this chilling moment inside the cincinnati zoo's gorilla exhibit when the 17-year-old gorilla grabbed a 4-year-old child. >> you heard a splash and people are yelling, there's a boy in the water. there's a boy in the water. >> reporter: kim and her family watched in disbelief. the primate grabs the little boy across the enclosure. harambe looked as if he was trying to protect the boy. >> i don't know if he thought we were coming in but then he pulled the boy down further away from the big group. >> reporter: o'connor said she heard the 4-year-old saying he wanted to jump into the gorilla's habitat. the boy's mother also tending to several other young children. >> the little boy himself had already been talking about go in, go in, get in the water and his mother is li

we extend our heartfelt thanks for the quick action by the cincinnati zoo staff. we know that this was a very difficult decision for them and that they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. the gorilla exhibit remains closed. zoo officials expect it to reopen next weekend. jay gray, nbc news. >>> i'm mark segraves outside the national zoo here in washington where zoo goers were talking about the gorilla from cincinnati who was killed saturday after a 4-year-old boy went through a barrier and then fell into the moat. dramatic video shows the gorilla thrashing the young boy in the water. ultimately, zoo officials shot and killed that gorilla. today while most of the people we talked to didn't want to cast judgment on the mother or the zoo they're keeping a closer eye on their kids while they're here. >> well, we asked you earlier in the show to weigh in on our nbc washington flash survey. do you think the cincinnati zoo made the right decision to shoot the gorilla? you can see the no is winning. you can keep voting and sounding off on the nbc washington facebook pa

we extend our heartfelt thanks for the quick action boy cincinnati zoo staff. this was a very difficult decision for them and that they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. the incident comes just one week after zoo keepers in santiago, chi e, shot and killed two lions after a man jumped into their den, took off his clothes and began taunting the animal. in cincinnati the exhibit is temporarily closed while a memorial grows for the gorilla who had just celebrated his 17th birthday. gorillas can live up to 50 years old in the wild and captivity. right now there is an online petition on change.org urging charges against those parents. they want them charged with neglect. more than 100,000 people have signed that petition in the last 24 hours, but so far police have not indicated any plans to press charges. chris. >> blake mccoy in cincinnati. thank you. >>> up next, we'll turn back to the race for the white house. libertarians picking their ticket. is this the moment for them to move into the mainstream? i'll speak with the vice chair of the libertarian party,

he was raised in the cincinnati zoo. lowland gorillas are an endangered species. critics of how the situation was handled have created a facebook page for the gorilla. so far it has received more than 41,000 likes within hours. the person who created the page says its purpose is to raise awareness for the gorilla's murder. >>> all right, to the weather now as we take a live look at the conditions outside. you can see oracle arena in the distance. another beautiful, warm day around the bay area. let's go to bill martin in the weather center with the latest on the forecast. >> it was warm out there. these are the highs we achieved. 80 in vallejo, 93 in fairfield, one of the hot spots. highs tomorrow will be warmer. you saw the flag blowing in that live camera julie was talking over. the winds are blowing briskly on shore. it's much cooler in pacifica and half moon bay. there's twin peaks. you see the fog being capped down like that. the cooling influences don't get inward into the valley. so temperatures with the continued stunting of the fog back against the hills,

>> quickly if i could say one thing, ten seconds, the hanna family, columbus zoo, cincinnati zoo, zoois a terrible tragedy. however, we've given over tens of millions over last years to the gorilla world. i happen to have a three miles from where the gorillas live in rwanda, mountain gorillas. however, what you see, you hear the screaming going on, you hear the screaming going on, watch that gorilla's response, by the way. he doesn't know what's going on. this is a silver back, not a female. he hears the response, you see from the face, he's alarmed. yes, he looks at the child there. what happens when you tranquilize the animal? whether a gorilla, whatever animal it might be, research in the wild with gorillas, i've seen what happens. i know what happens. when that dart hits the animal, you can imagine, the animal -- it's like a shot, he jumpgs. what would happen -- he jumps. what would happen if he had the little boy? i've seen a silver back grail take a green coconut which you can't bust open with a hatchet go like this. beyond the strength that you even know. choice between human l

>>> serious questions for zoo officials in cincinnati. an endangered gorilla is shot and killed to save a boy who climbed into their enclosure. we will tell you why zoo officials say that force was necessary. hard to watch. welcome back to the holiday edition of "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm alison kosik. happy memorial day. it's 30 minutes past the hour. tropical storm bonnie slammed into the carolinas wrecking the holiday weekend for many with heavy rain and widespread flooding along coastal south carolina and now bonnie is heading north. our team coverage begins with cnn's jennifer gray in south carolina. >> reporter: christine and alison, what is now left of what was tropical storm bonnie being stubborn across south carolina. stalling out leaving flooding rains across the areas in the state. sunday, portions of i-95 completely shutdown. as we know, i-95 is the major interstate that a lot of people use to get to the coast. with it memorial day, lines of traffic with people stuck in cars for hours as they slowly exited the

what is the real story on the tragedy at the cincinnati zoo? parked a polarizing national debate. it all began saturday whether zoo coopers decided to shoot and kill a rare gorilla after a 4-year-old boy fell into that gorilla's habitat. some animal rights activists say the ape was trying to protect the boy and blamed the zoo for not having safer barriers. others are blaming the boy's parents and even suggesting they should face criminal charges. a national geographic explorer is with us, and eric is a criminal defense attorney. the one question i am hearing a lot from people on social media is why didn't they just tranquilize the gorilla? >> well, i'm sure that would have been the solution that everyone wanted. however, for the little boy, that would have been incredibly dangerous because a tranquilizer dart hurts. once that gorilla feels that ouch, his response is to become more agitated and more stressed out. the tranquilizer doesn't take immediate effect. all you would have is an even aeng g angrier and more confused gorilla are still more t

i have worked with the cincinnati zoo. ey're one of the greatest conservation organizations on the planet. this is one of the country's most important urban zoos. millions of school kids living in an inner city environment connect with nature through the zoo and brought back a species on the brink of extinction. these are great folks. i would find it hard to believe they wouldn't employ every level of compassion and expertise to find an alternative. and who's to say what would have happened and how he would have reacted if something else had occurred? >> and that's the thing. you know, we were talking about it. >> i can't say it or think about it. >> yeah. we would be having a very different conversation. >> of course. >> if this ended differently for this 3-year-old. >> you asked the key question and jeff provided the key answer and glad to hear it from him. despite the emotion of oh my god this beautiful, majestic animal killed, the reality is we don't know what the gorilla may or may not have done in an instant. therefor

many of them were talking about that incident at the cincinnati zoo. >> that's right. mark segraves reports, people had some mixed reaction to it. he's live outside the national zoo for us tonight. mark? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. you know what happened in cincinnati, those kind of incidents are rare and don't happen very often at all. here at the national zoo they do have gorillas. they're kept in the ape house behind glass walls seemingly impossible for people to make their way into that pen, but the lion's den here is similar in that there is a fence and a moat barrier. someone did try to jump over the fence a year ago. the video is dramatic. a mother's cry to her son can be heard. as others watch frightened and amazed. the gorilla is sceeen hovering over the 4-year-old boy and then dragging him through the water. zoo security kills the 400-pound endangered silverback gorilla. >> there must have been a better way, but there wasn't. >> reporter: this father said he would have taken action. >> i would have jumped in there. yeah. there's no way. i would have got

you. >>> outrage all around following the death of harambe, that rare silverback gorilla at the cincinnati zooe a little boy who had slipped into the animal's enclosure. the zoo's director defends the decision, saying the boy's life was in danger and if you don't know fgorillas when you look at this you might not see what an expert would. we have shana stigerwall, reporter with the cincinnati "enquirer," following this story. and we have richard johnston scott, he was a gorilla keeper for 46 years. now, in 1986 he was the keeper of a gorilla named yambo and that gorilla was in a similar situation wound up projecting a little boy who fell into his enclosure. he wrote about this in his book. i thank you both for being here. let's start with what's happening right now on the ground. shana, you have layers of questions here. why was the kid not near the parent? how did the kid get into the enclosu enclosure? where are we on those u understanding on those points? >> yesterday the cincinnati zoo held a press conference and gave details about what happened. what we know is there's a stainless steel b

trump weighing in on the controversial death of harambe, the 17-year-old gorilla put down at the cincinnati zoowant to warn you the images are graphic. the cincinnati police investigating the circumstances leading up to the 400 plus pound gorilla being shot and killed, the 4-year-old boy who gained access to the exhibit. more than 400,000 people have signed a petitioned for harambe's law to hold the zoo liable as to negligence. >> do officials are defending their decision. >> that child's life were in danger and people who question that were monday morning quarterbacks or second-guessers don't understand you can't take a risk with a silverback gorilla. we're talking about an animal with one hand that i've seen, take a coconut and crunch it. >> joining me now from miami is zoo miami communications director, ron mcgill, the zoo that loaned harambe to the cincinnati zoo. ron, cincinnati zoo officials are defending the difficult decision to put down harambe. do you think this zoo had any other options in rescuing the child? >> no. absolutely not. we 100% support the cincinnati zoo's decision. it wa

kill k the gorilla believing the boy by was in imminent danger. >> very emotional time at the cincinnati zooun presidented we never had to kill a dangerous animal in the middle of an emergency situation. the zoo has been 143 years so that's saying a lot. its a big loss to the cincinnati zoo. we did not take the shooting lightly. but that child's life was in danger people who question that or are monday morning quarterbacks or second gu don't understand, you can't take a risk with a silver back gorilla, three times bigger thaa a man, six times stronger thing that it is a dangerous animal. an animal with one hand that i've seen take coconut and crush it. >> online petition calling for l the boy's parents to be charged has now thousands of signature's. the mother of the four year old posted a message on this facebook saying quote as associate we are quick to judge. i keep a tight watch on my kids. accidents happen. the child has since been released from the hospital. he is back home tonight. ton the zoo has now been open to the public but the gorilla exhibiteg will be closed until further notic

we extend our heartfelt thanks for the quick action of the cincinnati zoo staff. we know that this was a very difficult decision for them and that they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. the gorilla exhibit remains closed. zoo officials expect it to reopen next week. jay gray, nbc news. >> we've been asking thoyou to weigh in on this controversy. so far most of the people who have answered the pollay no, they did mark segraves visited the national zoo today and found a variety of opinions there. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows what happened after the 3-year-old boy made it through the fence and into the goril gorilla's pen falling into the moat. the endangered gorilla named harambe can be seen thrashing the small boy through the water as the boy's mother can only watch and comfort the helpless child. zoo officials shoot and kill the goril gorilla, rescuing the boy. >> i think it was very sad that there wasn't more protection for the gorilla if people accidentally fell in. >> reporter: parents were shocked. >> oh, my god. they did save the baby. >> rep

the zoo has responsibilities to protect the animals and also to protect and make sure that people can't have access to the animals. when you take a look at the situation in cincinnati, do you see that there are ways that this zoo could have better proerk protected this animal and this little boy? he was small enough to squeeze through that little fence, that gate, and then fall into that moat. >> hindsight is 20/20. i've not seen the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo for a long tilg time. but i guarantee you that the incredible staff will reevaluate this and try to do everything they can to ensure it doesn't happen again in the future. it's very hard to ensure against human error. and i think that they will reevaluate all of that. it doesn't take away from the tragedy that's happened. but hopefully we can all learn something from it. >> ron mcgill, thank you so much. obviously it is a delicate balancing act when you're fwauk trying to protect and preserve these endangered species and of course weighing that against the needs to protect people who are there who are trying to appreciate that. so ron, we appreciate your time. thank you so much. >>> we are also tra

we're learning new details about a horrible tragedy that unfolded at the cincinnati zoo yesterday a fouryear old boy and zoo offerings fearing the boy's lifr shot and killed thein gorilla. the boy wasn't seriously hurt. more from fox's jane messmess letter. >>reporter: horrifying moments at the cincinnati zoo after a four year old boy wound up inp the gorilla enclosure. oh, my god. a 400-pound gorilla dragged the boy around for 10 minutes asinut dozens of families looked on. a boy has fallen into the gorilla gauge and the gorilla is slamming the gorilla into thehe wall. hrough a barrier of the pen and fell into the moat. he was being dragged by the gorilla and then the gorilla gor taking him to one end of the habitat and the little boy had started screaming. attacking the boy but could easily have killed him.av so a decision was made shoot too kill the gorilla. the zoo said it had to be done to safe the boy's life. they are very endangered animals. there aren't very many in captivity. the teen chose to kiln sted of tranquilizing the gorilla because a dart would have takene too long to ta

zoo. thousands of inner city kids in cincinnati learn about nature and connect to wildlife through the zoounately, this was a terrible connection and a terrible tragic moment. >> some of the video that's playing besides you as you're speaking, jeff, is that moment where the gorilla dragged the baby by the foot. and i think we've all seen gorillas swinging their off spring but i've never seen them drag their own that way and i don't know if that was telling to the zoo keepers was not behaving the way he would normally with a small, one of his own. >> it's a terrifying observation to make but the truth is these gorillas have incredibly complex and diverse behaviors. sometimes we see altruism and sometimes we see them step up to defend a baby adolescent but sometimes we see aggression. just like we see in human beings, the complex array of emotions that we can display, the same is for these gorillas. and i have seen examples where primates in the wild, for example, like chimpanzees, dragged other animals around. it's not unheard of to have a very nerve-wracking moment like this. the great cha

it was a warm day. >> more than 50 cheetahs have been bred in captivity here at cincinnati zoo's mastafrica. they're a small population of them in the middle east, still but they're primarily a savannah species. they like open areas. >> hilker has loved cheetahs her entire life. >> i saw cheetahs at our cincinnati zoo in cages when i was a little girl. >> cheetahs are one of the world's most endangered cats. >> from 100,000 of the early 1900s, down to 10,000 today. that's a terrible slip. >> sarah is one of the stars of the cincinnati zoo's cat ambassador programs in schools. helping to raise funds and awareness. >> we have bought land in africa to make it safe for the cheetah. we have given money to many cheetah projects in africa where cheetahs are saved from traps. this funny little zoo on the ohio river has made a big difference in cheetah conservation. >> on this june day, national geographic is using special slow-motion cameras racing alongside the cheetahs on a 410-foot track. hoping to capture a new world-record sprint. >> cheetahs are the fastest animal in the world because t

. >>> now to the scare at cincinnati zoo after a little boy fell into the gorilla closure. the terrifying moments were captured on video. >> oh my god. >> go down -- >> okay, everybody back up. >> reporter: tonight a young boy recovering after coming face-to-face with a 400-pound goril goril gorilla. for more than ten minutes onlookers including the boy's mother watch in horror after authorities say the 4-year-old crawled through a barrier at the cincinnati zoo gorilla exhibit making his way through the bushes and plunging ten feet below. >> the child has fallen into the gorilla cage. >> reporter: you can see the gorilla's left arm make contact with the boy in the shallow water. the boy scoots back, the gorilla lifts him up and swings him across the water. >> the gorilla rushed the boy, but did not hit the boy. he almost was guarding the boy with protecting him. >> reporter: with the animal holding the boy between his legs, a zoo worker takes him, shooting and killing the endangered 17-year-old silver back gorilla. rescuers rushing in, pulling the boy to safety. >> the rest

the hanna family, the columbus zoo, cincinnati zoo, all of us love the gorillas. and the zoos over the last 30 years. therefore this is a hard decision. we were just talking about the dragging. remember something, this is a silverback male gorilla. i happen to have a home in rwanda about two miles from the gorillas, the mountain gorillas. i have been going there since 1982 so i have been working with them in the wild as well as zoos for 40 years. this is a silverback male. you have screaming going on. you have this thing that drops in the moat that looks like a gorilla. when i first saw him jerk that child and go through the water with it, why is he doing that? because you look at the face on this animal, you know about gorillas, that is something you don't want to see in a silverback gorilla, trust me. i have seen a gorilla, a big sillerback take a green coconut, it takes a hatchet to open it up, they can squish it like a marshmallow. everybody is asking why didn't they tranquilize the animal. i have done research on gorillas when they had to tranquilize them. th

this word from the director of the cincinnati zoo. heart broken. king about the entire staff at the zoo in mourning after the death of this endangered gorilla. the zoo staff made the on the

and he was very special. >> reporter: harmbe was one of 11 western lowland gorillas at the cincinnati zoo, one of two silverbacks the zoo had plans to use them in their successful breeding program. jerry stone refuses to second guess the decision to kill harambe. >> the people who work there had this terrible decision to make. >> reporter: a similar incident outside chicago in 1996 saw a very different outcome. in that case a 3-year-old who also fell into an enclosure was protected by a female gorilla. >> that was blake mccoy reporting. the boy's mother was not charged in that 1996 case. and police in cincinnati say this mother won't face charges either. they say there is no evidence of a crime. the gorilla exhibit could reopen as soon as this weekend. >>> verizon workers now have a new contract and will return to work tomorrow. union workers have been on strike for nearly seven weeks. the new contract adds about 1,000 new call center jobs and pay will go up 11% over the next four years. employees will vote on the deal after returning to work. >>> holds on long and that one hits bryce. >>

the cincinnati zoo said had t had no choice but to kill a 17-year-old gorilla after a 4-year-old boy . the boy climbed through a barrier saturday. the zoo said he was in imminent danger. he's all right and home with his family now. animal rights advocates blame his mother for not paying attention. >>> and severe weather has killed at least six people in texas. two more bodies were found along flooded streams yesterday. one woman died when her car was swept away by a flash flood. on the east coast, tropical depression bonnie is expected to move north along the south carolina coast leaving up to six inches of rain in its path. >>> a new study finds colon cancer rates are declining overall which is good, but among americans under 50 years old, the rates are increasing. dr. jon lapook explains why. >> reporter: three years ago, at age 33, dave went to the doctor with a stomach ache and was diagnosed with widespread colon cancer. >> i'm still perplexed as to how this all happened. >> reporter: he's part of a disturbing trend. over a decade, the number of colon cancer cases in people under

a story that has everyone talking as outrage grows following gorilla harambe's killing at the cincinnati zoo to save a toddler. >>> mother nature continues with more storms on the way and eight lives lost in just the past few days. >>> a prominent republican promises to reveal a new candidate to take on the gop front-runner. >>> a nasty case of road rage in florida goes terribly wrong and paying a speeding ticket about 22,000 pennies. >>> the splash brothers take game seven and win over the thunder. "early today" starts right now. good morning to you. i'm dara brown. it's a story americans cannot stop talking about and cincinnati's zoo officials defend their decision to kill an endangered silverback gorilla. we also learn cincinnati police have no plans to file charges against the parents of that boy despite the outcry they be held responsible for the gorilla's death. nbc has the latest. >> reporter: outrage over an incident at the cincinnati zoo when a 3-year-old boy fell into the gorilla enclosure on saturday. for 10 agonizing minutes people watched, including the boy's mother who cried ou

a cincinnati zoo official defends the decision to kill the silver back gorilla in order to save the 3-year-old boy. and the cincinnati police had no plans to file charges against the boy's parents. nbc's blake mccoy has the latest. >> reporter: outrage over an incident at the cincinnati zoo. when a 3-year-old boy fell into the gorilla enclosure saturday. for ten agonizing minutes onlooks watched including the boy's mother who cried out the him. at one point the 420 male silver back named harambe dragged the boy through the water. >> mommy loves you! >> reporter: zoo officials opened fire, killing the gorilla and rescuing the boy. zookeepers defended their decision. >> naturally, we did not take the shooting of harambe lightly. but that child's life was in danger. >> reporter: a fire storm, people upset that the gorilla was killed. many blame the boy's mother, who runs a day-care center. many are urging she be charged with negligence. in a facebook post, the mother defended herself. as society, we are quick to judge how a parent could take their eyes off the child. i keep a tight watch

one driver reported moving just three miles in 3 1/2 hours. >>> we talked to you about how the cincinnati zoo'sll a gorilla is sparking outrage. a 4-year-old boy came face to face with a 450 pound male gorilla. the zoo says the boy was dragged and thrown before the gorilla was shot and killed. >> his family says he is home and doing just fine. you know jack hanna from many national tv appearances over the years. he joins us now. jack, good morning. >> morning. >> you have been doing this other 40 years. we have all seen the video now several times. what do you see about the gorilla's behavior that perhaps we don't. >> the hanna family, the columbus zoo and the zoo world, this is a terrible tragedy, but we have given tens of millions to the gorilla world. i have a home three miles from where the mountain gorillas live in rwanda. watch that gorilla's response. he doesn't know what is going on. and this is a silver back, not a female. he is alarmed. yes, he goes to look at the little child, what happens when you tranquilize the animal. i have seen what happens, i know what happens. that dart hits

we have a preview. >>> the cincinnati zoo with a full defense in the decision to kill the gorilla to hy they were compelled to take action. i have seen it 50 times. i gasp. >>> welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. 28 minutes after the hour. the secret service jumps into action to protect bernie sanders in california. overnight, four protesters tried to storm the stage in oakland. the agents stepped in to protect the candidate. watch here. >> step away. right there. right there. we're good here. >> we don't get intimidated easily. >> as you see, bernie sanders was fine. one protester was picked up and carried away by secret service with his hands cuffed. bernie sanders went on with his speech. the animal rights group direct action everywhere is now claiming they were behind the stunt. denouning bernie sanders support for animal an agriculture. as for the campaign, one week left until the california primary where sanders hopes a strong showing against hillary clinton could prove he is still a viable candidate. >> this is not the first time in just thi

going on to say we extends our heartfelt thanks for the quick action by the cincinnati zoo staff. we know that this was a very difficult decision for them and that they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. the zoo says the exhibit barrier is adequate and officials are looking at whether there's a way to improve. to see hopes to reopen the attraction by this weekend. >>> this is a great time to get a look at mars. even without a telescope. this week the red planet is a mere 47 million miles away. the close effort it has been in more than a decade. from now through friday it is visible to the naked eye just look for a bright reddish star in the southeastern sky. >> hope the fog doesn't interfere too much. >> away from the water you're going to see mars just fine. san francisco, yeah not so much. half moon bay you were stuck in the fog for most of the day. memorial day for you is only 59 degrees. danville was 37 degrees warmer. a high of 96. st. helen a 93. mountain view the perfect temperature 78 degrees. look at all the fog rolling over san francisco. amazing video post sunset.

terrifying moments after a child fell into a gorilla enclosure at the cincinnati zoo. next the drastic action zoo officials say they had to take and the social media backlash that's now following. >>> and new developments in the killing of a novato high school student. the third arrest made in the case and the charges he now faces. i have asthma...

we thank the heartfelt thanks for the cincinnati zoo staff.this was a very difficult decision for them and they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. he was an engang dangered lowland gorilla. some animal lovers are blaming the parents for his death. a makeshift memorial has been put up at the zoo. they have been putting down flowers in memory of the gorilla. the zoo was reopened to the pup lick but the gorilla exhibit will be closed. no matter how much criticism that family gets they are grateful to have their son alive. >> what a tough decision to make, though. >> thank you so much, kelly. >> as you can image social media has been explodeing with mixed but passionate reaction to this story. >> aleta says so upset i don't care how many children and parents were watching if you bring the kids to the sgloot you need to watch them all. >> todd says i have no doubt the goir ril law had no ill intentions to the child unfortunately in human eyes that is too rough. >> they did the right thing and can't take a chance with a child's safety. >> nick

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. >> quijano: today the director of the cincinnati zoo said officials had no choice but to kill a gorilla after a 4-year-old boy entered its exhibit saturday. the gil dragged the child through water and was extremely agitated. but animal rights activists are outraged. here's jamie yuccas. >> cell phone video captured the terrifying moments. (screaming) >> the gorilla has the child and is dragging him around the pen. >> reporter: the boy's mother could be heard calling to him. >> mommy loves you. i'm right here. >> reporter: the gorilla's death caused a furious reaction from those critical of the zoo's decision to kill the april. thane maynard said tranquilizing wasn't an option. >> we did not take the soothing of harambe lightly, but that child's life was in danger and people who question that were our monday morning quarterbacks, and second-guessers don't understand you can't take a risk with a silverback. >> reporter: wildlife expert jack hanna tells cbs he agrees 1,000% with the zoo's decision. >> they made the correct decision. a human being is alive because of the decision the cincin

a story that has everyone talking as outrage grows following gorilla harambe's killing at the cincinnati zoo to save a to do letter. >>> mother nature continues with more storms on the way and eight lives losted the past few days. a prominent republican promises to reveal a new tenant take to on the gop front-runner. >>> a nasty case of road rage in florida goes terriblily wrong and paying a speeding ticket about 22,000 pennies. >>> the splash brothers take game seven and win over the thunder. >>> it is a story americans cannot stop talking about and cincinnati's zoo endae endangered silverback gorilla. they have no plans to file charges against the parents of that boy despite the outcry they be held responsible for the gorilla's death. >> reporter: outrage over an incident at the cincinnati zoo when a 3-year-old boy fell into the gorile riilla enclosure on . the boy's mothers cried out to him. at one point, the 420-pound male silver back named harambe grabbed the boy's ankle and dragged him through the water. zoo officials opened fire, killing the gorilla and rescuing the boy. zookeepers de

animal rights activists protested outside the cincinnati zoo today, following the killing of a gorilla there >>> animal rights activists protested outside the cincinnati zoo following the killing of a gorilla over the weekend. saturday a 4-year-old boy fell into the gorilla exhibit. that's when a 17-year-old silverback started dragging the boy around. zoo officials said the situation was life-threatening so they made the decision to put the gorilla down. today animal expert jack hanna said if they shot the gorilla with a tranquilizer it would have taken time to take effect and would have angered the animal. >> what you're going to do when he's holding that child and he gets shot? you wouldn't want to watch what would happen. i wouldn't even -- we'd be sitting here today going, why in the world did they do that? >> zoot's director says the gorilla exhibit barriers were safe, that they'll further evaluate if it can be safer. >>> thousands of people kept off a popular southern california beach memorial day because of a shark attack. lifeguards pulled a woman from the water in newport beac

. >>> zoo officials in cincinnati facing serious questions after they made the call to kill a gorilla to save a boy who climbed in. was the use of force necessary? what zoo officials are saying. welcome to a holiday edition of "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm alison kosik. it is monday, may 30th, memorial day. tropical storm bonnie slams into the carolinas wrecking the holiday weekend for many with heavy rain and widespread flooding along coastal south carolina. now bonnie is headed north. whose memorial day will bonnie disrupt next? we have jennifer gray in south carolina. >> reporter: this is what is left of tropical storm bonnie. practically stalling out leaving flooding rains across some areas in the state. in fact, portions of i-95 completely shutdown. that is the major interstate that a lot of people use to get to the coast. with it being memorial day, lines of traffic with people stuck in cars for hours as they slowly exited the interstate and had to detour around the flood. conditions are expected to improve over the next couple days. however, on and off showers cou

deadly shooting of a gorilla at the cincinnati zoo. the nearly 450-pound gorilla shot by zoo workers when the 4-year-old boy fell into the gorilla habitat. >> mommy is right here. >> look at this. harambe the gorilla towering over 4-year-old boy. the boy fell into the gorilla's home at the cincinnati zoo. >> mommy loves you. i'm right here. >> this amateur video shows harambe carrying the 4-year-old child with him. moments later the gorilla dragging the 4-year-old further into the exhibit. >> this child was being dragged around. his head was banging on concrete. this was not a gentle thing. the child was at risk. we're very fortunate that he is okay. >> within moments the zoo making the difficult decision to kill harambe in order to save the child. >> naturally, we did not take the shooting of harambe lightly. but that child's life was in danger. >> now, some say the shooting was justified because the gorilla could have easily killed that child. but others are furious over the shooting of the gorilla. some people even calling for the p

thank goodness, a human being is alive because of the decision the cincinnati zoo made. >> reporter: the death is sparking outrage toward the child's mom. an online petition called "justice for harambe," has 200,000 signatures and wants the boy's mother to face charges. kim o'connor says just moments before she took this video, she heard the young boy and mom arguing. >> "i'm going in, no you're not. i'm going to go in, no you're not." >> reporter: o'connor then heard the splash. >> he was pulling the boy by the ankle under water for a long time, a 4-year-old. as he pulled him up, his head banged as he was climbing up. that's the part they didn't see. >> reporter: the boy's family released a statement that said the boy is home and doing just fine, and said we extend our heartfelt thanks for the quick action by the cincinnati zoo staff. we know this was a very atfficult decision for them and that they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. the zoo says the barriers are adequate and officials are reoking at whether there are g.ys to improve. they hope to reopen the gorilla exhibit thi

cincinnati zoo is an incredible zoo. they connect millions of urban kids every year to nature.ica and protecting gorillas and saving rhinos. it's a tragic event. it is hard for us on tuesday morning to tell them what should have been done. >> you do understand his behavior and some said he was protecting the child, even though it was a male gorilla. is there a chance that he was protecting the 4-year-old? >> that is a great question. here's the thing. just like human beings, these gorillas are great apes, they are primates. they have complex behaviors a and -- but in the incredibly stressful, chaotic situation like this, who was to know where this gorilla was going to go? we can look at examples in the past where children -- where a child has fallen into the exhibit and the gorilla has saved and cuddled that child, we have seen that before. we have seen the other side of that where because of no fault of the gorilla or a chimp because of human error and negligence, a human being was critically injured in a situation like that. it could have gone either way. >> indeed. well, jef

deirdre: a 4-year-old boy fell into a rare gorilla's enclosure at the cincinnati zoo. the zoo's director made the decision to shoot the animal to protect the child. jack hannah says the zoo director made the right call. as a director of a zoo also in ohio, this hits super close to home. what's your take on the situation? i have worked with gorillas for over 30-something year. i have a home in rwanda. i can tell you when i first saw this on tv, when the child is there, he jerks the child, you heard the noise in my ear, but the people are screaming, the silverback. they have a human in theren do the alarm call. the girl gorillas go in the building. people screaming. all of a sudden he drags that child. that's a dead giveaway for me. i witnessed it in the wild. i witnessed it in the do long cal parks. i'm telling you that child would not be here today if they had not acted. deirdre: you are saying the silverback's job is to protect his tribe and the women are screaming. >> this animal is confused and upset. somebody would say why don't you tranquilize the animal. let's say

i'm never going back to a manual brush. >>> welcome back, the cincinnati zoo is under fire after a zood an endangered gorilla. others say the zoo did the right thing. the 400 pounds grab add 3 years old child who had fallen into its enclosure. >> they had no other choice. we want to warn you that no, ma'am of the video you are about to see is hard for some to watch. nbc's blake mccoy has the story for us. >> cell phone video capture tg horrifying moment of a three years old boy coming face to face with the 400 pounds. you will hear his mother's desperate calls. >> visitors watched the gorilla picked the boy up and dragged him through the water. >> oh my god. >> i heard the splash and people were yelling, you know there is a boy in the water. >> witness, kimmel conner, says the boy wanted to go in the water. the boy flipped but the railing and passed wires to enter the enclosure. >> ten agonizing minutes go by before zoo keepers make a difficult decision to shoot the gorilla. >> it is a great big animal. it is seen by our professional team that it is a life-threatening situation. >> so

gorilla cage at the cincinnati zoo and coming face to face with a 400-pound gorilla. horrified people watched as the gorilla violently dragged the little boy around. the family released a statement saying they are thankful that he's safe and that he's home doing just fine. we have more on the video and the zoo's response. we do want to warn you it is quite disturbing. >> reporter: cell phone video captured the frightening scene at the cincinnati zoo when a 4-year-old boy whose mother was tending to other children fell into the gorilla exhibit and was grabbed by a 400-pound silverback. witnesses very horrified. >> people were yelling. there's a boy in the water. there's a boy in the water. >> reporter: the video shows the 17-year-old primate here to protect the boy at times. witnesses also saw the animal drag and throw the child. the child wasn't under >> all sorts of things can happen in a situation like that. he certainly was at risk. >> reporter: more than ten minutes after the boy fell into the enclosure, the zoo's dangerous animal response team killed the endanger