a college homecoming celebration in clemson, south carolina took a south carolina clemson, celebration homecoming a college new at 10... (justine) (justine) (justine) new at 10... a college homecoming celebration in clemson, south carolina took a dangerous and scary turn. a floor collapsed during a clubhouse party--- injuring at least 30 people. (jrs) cellphone videos captured the exact moment floor gave way. kim hutcherson has a closer look and we warn you the video is graphic. a dance party-suddenly turned into a scene out of a horror movie.the floor underneath giving way.... swallowing dozens of people dancing. jeremy tester, witness: "i saw like 60 people just like fall straight through the floor just crazy how it happened. i saw people holding their arms. i saw people with a bloody leg stuff like that. "the celebration took place at an apartment clubhouse about three miles from clemson university.authorities say at least 30 people were sent to hospitals with broken bones and lacerations.chief jimmy dixon, clemson police department: "it could have been a whole lot worse. there coul

the woodlands apartment complex in clemson. police responding just after midnight when the first floor of this building behind me gave way to the basement below. party goers tell me they'd never seen anything like it. everyone was having a good time at a dance party at clemson just after midnight when suddenly the floor fell out from under them. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: at least 30 people sent to the hospital. luckily no one was trapped in the rubble. >> [ bleep ]. >> the accident happened hours after the clemson tigers won their homecoming football game. party goers gathered at clemson's woodland apartment and suddenly the center section of the first floor gave way crashing to the basement below. >> i know that there was a good number of clemson students but i also think there was some local residents that were there as well as possibly even some parents. >> reporter: according to clemson city police, most of the injuries were broken bones, fractures and lacerations. amazingly though no one was killed. >> we're just thankful

students from clemson university celebrating on a packed dance floor. you can see them jumping up and down to a popular song when suddenly the gro people screaming in te. plunnto the basement. >> the floor broke! >> reporter: cell phone video capturing this man struggling to hold on to what's left of the floor boards. first responders rushing to the woodland apartment complex around 12:30 this morning, treating 30 people for injuries. >> as of right now from i know they have seven extra traumas. unknown how many other people. the whole floor collapsed. >> reporter: this 20-year-old stepping off the dance floor just as it went down. felt that something was weird. that's when everyone collapsed and the guy behind me disappeared. everyone was on the floor and people were screaming and there was wood sticking up from the floor boards. just like turning around and seeing a bunch of people who used to be on the second floor and now in the basement was really surreal and people were crying. it was just a lot to take in at one time. >> as you can imagine, autho

>> reporter: the party coming just hours after the clemson tigers' big win against north carolina. hundreds of party-goers packed into the room. for some, lucky to be alive. >> it was a crazy moment. i'll never forget it, for sure. >> reporter: we reached out to the fraternity to find out what exactly happened inside here, but we haven't heard back. meanwhile, police are investigating. philip and marlie? >> all right, tammy, thank you. >>> saudi arabia issuing fresh denials in the killing of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. in an interview with fox news, the saudi foreign minister doubled down on claims that crown prince mohammed bin salman knew nothing prior to khashoggi's death. and as new security pictures were released of khashoggi before he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul, members of congress say they aren't buying this latest story. nbc's sarah harman joins us now from london with the latest. good morning, sarah. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, marlie. after weeks of insisting otherwise, saudi arabia now admits that khashoggi was killed inside the s

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again, at an apartment complex near clemson university.roperty management said party goers were dancing together. that's when part of the floor opened up and fell into the basement. we do want to warn you, the video that you're about to see is disturbing to say the very least. it shows the moment the floor collapsed beneath dozes of people. take a look. >> this is the video as it happened right there. >> right. there's no audio. this is from social media, but you can see the people falling through the hole as the floor opens up. we are hearing that 30 people were injured but none of the injuries are known to be life threatening. they have been hospitalized with broken bones as you can imagine. we'll continue to follow this breaking news story and bring you breaking news. >>> mystery surrounding the death of a washington post journalist. the u.s. president now openly casting doubt on the narrative from saudi arabia about how jamal khashoggi died. you'll remember the saudis initially died any knowledge of his disappearance on october 2nd but

this is in clemson, south carolina. you can see the video here the people at the party trying to crawl out of this pit. >> so many questions here. let's go ahead and get straight to polo sandoval. what do we know so far? >> reporter: you see the pictures, the incredible when you find out that there were no serious injuries reported according to police there in clemson. this happening near the clemson university campus. 30 people sent to area hospitals when the floor at a common space there at this apartment complex essentially began to buckle and then failed into the clubhouse's basement. we are told that, again, about 30 people had to be hospitalized. this was a private party that was being held there. a group had reserved that space to hold that gathering when just after midnight, about 12:30 a.m., that is when this happened. authorities are now investigating. we should note that many happened not very far from the clemson university campus. a very busy weekend to this homecoming and, obviously, many people out and ab

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on "world news >>> this morning on "world news now," chaos and panic after a floor collapsed at a clemson off-campus college party. dozens were injured where the floor gave way. students tumbled into the massive hole. we have the latest on the investigation. >>> the group of migrants with dreams of entering the united n move, fleeing violence and poverty behind. >>> new this half hour, the touching story of a college football superfan. >> he predicted his underdog purdue would beat mighty ohio state. and guess what? they did. for him. for tyler. >>> and one hitchhiker's ride of a lifetime. the musirave om mico ustria acelic th a l 's in "the skinny." it's monday, october 22nd. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> that's kind of interesting. it's just weird because he thought -- he was like, man, chris evans was always my favorite chris. >> now he's got a new one. >> exactly. we'll break that down a little bit later on. >>> but we're going to start with the panic on the dance floor. dozens of people now recovering after that weekend party that turned into chaos. it happened at

. >> off the campus of clemson, a college party filled with dancing and fun turns to terror as the floor gives way, injuring dozens. >> to florida cleaning up after hurricane michael and that including arming themselves to protect from looters. >> if they got a pistol, the shotgun will do harm. >> if someoneway. >> busy weekend including a marathon wedding mid-race. 500 milestone for drew brees and hefty fines and suspensions in the nba. don't fight it. a brand-new week is upon us. "early today" is right now. >>> good morning. i'm marley hall. >> i'm philipp menna. president trump is threatening to pull out of a nuclear arms agreement negotiated decades ago with russia. national security adviser john bolton will kickoff two days of high stakes talks to find common ground. live from washington with the latest. good morning. this treaty dates back to the reagan era, right? >> exactly. 30 years ago when presidents reagan and gorbachev made history signing this historic inf treaty that banned missiles that can travel 3500 miles. in other words, from russia to the u.s. or vice-versa. that has

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clemson first responders rushed to the private reception hall around 12:30 sunday morning. treated at area hospitals with various injuries, including broken bones and cuts, but miraculously, no life-threatening injuries. >> all i could see was feeling myself falling like this, and i wake up, because i blacked out. i see girls everywhere with blood all over their face and everything. >> it was a lot of chaos. you could hear screams. screams i have never heard before except in movies. there is blood everywhere. i saw some really, really bad injuries. >> reporter: this morning, investigators are working to determine just what caused the floor to collapse. linsey davis, abc news. >>> a police officer in coral springs, florida is accused of using excessive force on a 14-year-old girl during an arrest at a shopping mall. the officer is seen repeatedly hitting the girl. while she is pinned to the ground, police officials say the officer's actions were within their policy, but the teenager's mother is angry. she says what the officer was not justified. >> he went totally overboard

it was supposed to be a joyous occasion, a college party to celebrate homecoming weekend after the clemson university tigers scored a big win, but just after midnight cheers abruptly turned to screams at an apartment complex in south carolina, dramatic cell phone video shows people dancing at the off-campus party when the floor gives way sending them into a free fall leaving people piled on top of each other. dozens were injured, and tonight survivors are sharing their harrowing stories from those terrifying moments. tammy leitner starts us off from south carolina. >> reporter: celebration turning into chaos in just seconds at this homecoming party. when the floor suddenly collapses. >> the floor broke. >> reporter: sending dozens of people plummeting several feet down into the basement. >> the whole piece, i saw that fall on a girl? ricardo arroyo shot this horrific video, bodies piled on top of each other, some desperately trying to climb out, others too stunned or injured to move. >> a lot of students in pain, a lot of bloodshed. i saw a lot of open wounds, not something we anticipate s

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some of the clemson university students coming together to celebrate homecoming.turn. these are the seconds before a packed party took a turn in clemson, south carolina. the video shot after midnight on sunday shows dozens of dancers jumping in unison before falling through the clor. this was the clubhouse of an apartment complex. young partygoers are seen plummeting into a basement below. the remaining revelers stood on what was left of the floorboards. jeremy tester remembered being two feet from the dance floor when it gave out. >> when are the song came on, everybody was jumping around. that was about to go through the time and they kept going. >> 30 people were sent to the reports with injuries including broken bones and lacerations. the police chief said none of the injuries were life-threatening. >> for could have been a lot worse. there could have been entrapments and deaths involved. >> investigators are looking for a cause, looking at factors like capacity of the room and structural integrity. the complex was built in 2004. we should mention that there w

celebration turns to terror in clemson, south carolina. >> the floor broke. broke. >> i was two feet from where it happened and i saw, like, 60 people just fall straight through the floor. >> reporter: 30 people were injured when the floor of an apartment clubhouse collapsed during a party sending people tumbling to the basement. >> literal floor fell. >> reporter: amazingly, no one was trapped, and no one suffered any life-threatening injuries. >> it really took minutes for firefighters to get there. police to get there. got there quick. i mean, i did see, like, people because we were held there for a long time, i saw people with, like, holding their arms and, like, i saw people with bloody legs and stuff like that. >> reporter: clemson police say most of the injuries were broken bones and cuts. >> it could have been a whole lot worse. there could have been entrapm t entrapments. there could have been deaths involved. but any time that you've got people that are trying to have a good time, any time that you've got people that are there trying to enjoy themse

a floor collapsed last night as people danced at a homecoming party near clemson university in south carolina. 30 people were hurt. >> reporter: a homecoming party turned into a terrifying students were at a party in the clubhouse of an off-campus apartment complex jumping and dancing when the floor suddenly gave way. >> started jumping. boom, all you seen was black. just falling and everybody's hands was in the air. everybody piled up. it was scary. >> reporter: video captures one man struggling to hold on to the floorboards. a 20-year-old walked off the floor just as it collapsed. >> by the time i had put one foot out the door, i felt that something was weird. that's when everyone just collapsed and the guy behind me disappeared. everyone was on the floor and people were screaming. there was wood sticking up from the floorboards. >> i had my hands in the air. i feel myself falling like this. >> reporter: first responders rushing to the scene. >> in fractures and broken bones and lacerations. it could have been a lot worse. there could have been entrapment. there could have been dea

this was in clemson, south carolina, near clemson university. police say 30 people were taken to hospitals. property management says people were dancing together. you're going to see this. when part of the floor opened up wide and they fell into the basement. warn you, the video you're about to see is disturbing because it shows the moment the floor gave way. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> wow. >> disturbing. >> terrifying to see just what they went through there. at this point we understand none of the injuries are life threatening. several people taken to hospital with broken bones. we'll bring you any new developments as we learn more information. >> certainly. just happened a few hours ago. >>> other stories that we're following. 2,000 people have left the migrant caravan that was headed for the u.s. they're now back in honduras. that according to the honduran foreign ministry. the country's president is promising to offer jobs, aide, assistance to those who came back. >> but there are stil

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it happened just before 12:30 near clemson university. the center of a first floor clubhouse collapsed into a basement. medics took 30 people to the hospital. none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening. the floor suddenly gave out. many clemson students were celebrating after yesterday's homecoming football game. we will stay on this story and bring youuptes we now to an abc 7 news exclusive. a little girl is safe and back with her family after a scary ride in the south bay. her father left her in the car while making a stop in a convenience store. a thief got in and took off. we talked to the girl after she was reunited with her parents. it's a story you will see only on abc 7 news. >> i'm only in kindergarten. >> reporter: saddie is a 5-year-old to tell her friends. >> i had a new friend of kayla. now i have a friend named alena. >> reporter: she slept in the back seat of her dad's suv as he parked at the >> i parked in front of the store. i double-checked to see if she was -- everything was cool. the guy gave me my change back.

. >> a clemson university homecoming party came crashing to a close last night when the floor suddenly collapsed. tanya rivero has the dramatic video. >> this cell phone footage shows the moment the floor collapses. and captures the chaos and destruction when dozens of party goers plunged to the floor below in a massive crush of bodies. >> the floor broke, the floor broke. >> i'm jumping i had my hands up in the air and next thing all i could see was feeling myself falling like this, and i wake up because i blacked out and i see girls everywhere with bloods all over their face. >> it started as a homecoming celebration, organized by the kappa alpha psi fraternity. but early sunday morning the thumping musk of a private dance party in the clubhouse of an apartment complex near the university had revelers jumpg a. within the literal floor fell. >> that proved too much for the floor. >> the fact that you see big football players in there, crying and stuff like that, cuz they messed up, asking for help and stuff, yeah. that's something i don't wush on anybody. >> reporter: at least 30 peop

it happened near clemson university. police say the center of a first floor clubhouse collapsed into a basement. medics took 30 people to the hospital. none of the injuries appear to be life tl-threateninlife-threa. dozens of people were jumping and dancing when the floor gave out. many were celebrating after yesterday's homecoming football game. we will stay on top of this and bring you updates as we get them. >>> now to an abc 7 news exclusive. a little girl is safe and back with her family after a scary ride. her father left her in the car while making a stop in a convenience store. that's when a thief got in and took off. we talked to the girl after she was reunited with her parents. >> i'm in kindergarten. >> reporter: saddie is a 5-year-old to tell her friends. >> i have a new friend kayla. >> reporter: around 4:00 this afternoon, she slept in the back seat of her dad's suv. >> i parked right in front of the store. i grabbed a drink. i went, i double-checked to see if she was -- everything was cool. the guy gave me

he is also the director of the clemson cyber institute. and in addition to that, received the dean's award in research from the college of architecture, art, and humanities. don't you do natural science, as well? where's the chemistry and biology here? vernon has written at least 25 books or edited them. he's published more than 200 scholarly articles. he's a distinguished scholar of lincoln among other things. vernon and i compete as to who can wear the best lincoln tie. at conferences. i got mine at the u.s. capitol historical society. they have great lincoln ties. but in any event, i give you vernon burton, who will tell you about the importance of the 14th amendment. [applause] >> i appreciate you lowering expectations. it's always a hard act to follow paul, and to try to get my timer on, and of course i can't. ok. well, i taught the american south for 34 years of university of illinois, and then i wrote the book, "the age of lincoln." then i moved home to south carolina, where i had grown up. the land of lincoln. then i discovered peo

it happened early this morning near clemson university. a crowd had packed into a clubhouse at a local apartment complex. as soon as the deejay changed the music to more upbeat the crowd started jumping. then the whole floor gave way falling onto the ground floor below. 30 people were hospitalized, some with serious injuries. >>> new at 11:00 according to tesla founder elon musk, the future of high speed transportation is only about a month and a half away. he said tonight his boring company will open one of its futuristic traffic tunnels in southern california in december. reporter greg mills is in hawthorne with the story. >> reporter: how about something like this for a high speed transportation system under los angeles county? on twitter elon musk replied to a person who tweeted that video, pretty close actually to what he is planning under l.a. twitter is all atwitter after elon musk tweeted his 23 million followers this provocative post. "the first tunnel is almost done. opens december 10th." an employee from his spacex company told

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it happened at an apartment clubhouse about three miles from clemson university and it's unclear what) it's been 150 years since the hayward fault erupted. emergency services in the east bay remembered the disaster ... by educating the public on emergency plans for when the next big earthquake hits. kron 4's alecia reid has details. these families are experiencing a simulated 8- point-0 earthquake. it's been 150 years since the great quake on the hayward fault. and another one is due any day now. residents should be prepared.the last major earthquake that hit this fault line was larger than loma prietaand i think that's something people shold keep in mind. they say oh i lived through loma prieta it wasn;t that big a deal .... it wasn't as big as something that could hit here.on sunday, there were preparedness demos for children, and adults. including search and rescue teams, with a dog that picks up a victim's scent ... and equipment used in emergencies. if we have to look for a victim, we look inside the camera in the hole and it moves back and forththe hayward fault line is currentl

we've had a lot of collaborations with clemson and carolina. nearly enough with musc, but there's a business that came to south carolina, it's in anderson county, it's called arthrex. they moved from minneapolis, to florida, and then about a year ago to anderson. and the reason they did is because anderson university is there, they're mainly nurses, they had technical college, and they entered into a relationship with clemson. so the next step is to get them to enter into a relationship -- and they make surgical instruments, very high-tech. to get them to enter into that kind of relationship with musc. i think that is the way that we grow. >> thank you. representative smith? >> there's, charles, so many things that need to be done to improve access to health in south carolina. under your watch, south carolina has among the worst health care outcomes, but we pay the most for it. that has to change. and as governor, it will change. and as a matter of matter of fae talked about the effort to train more nurses in south carolina, henry, under your w

near clemson university. witnesses describe feeling the floor rocking and then hearing a loud boom before the floor caved in. it's happened before. last year, six people were hurt at a party when the third floor of a student housing complex collapsed near the university. leroy pierson was at the clemson party. >> all i could see is just falling like this and then i wake up, because i blacked out, and i see, like, girls everywhere with blood all over their face. >> reporter: party goer nicole dennis also fell. >> crazy, like you never think you're going to go to a party and the floor is going to cave in. >> clemson university says they're monitoring the situation and offering support services to the affected students. the city's planning and code department will investigate to determine if the 14 year old building had structural issues or if it was over capacity that night. we reached out to property management and they have not gotten back to us. >> group of students said they did a lot of praying after survi

i kind of followed. >> jeremy tester was an eyewitness at that party in clemson. again, 30 injuries but no loss of life and no serious or life-threatening injuries there. >>> russia's deputy foreign minister says by moving to end a longstanding nuclear agreement, the u.s. is bringing the world back to the cold war. president trump announcing yesterday that the u.s. will terminate the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. the deputy foreign minister, as you might imagine, demanding some explanation here and he is already talking about the possibility of retaliatory efforts, some measures there. joining us to explain why president trump wants out of this treatmenty is cnn senior correspondent frederik pleitgen from moscow. fred? >> reporter: hi, layla. the russians sunday morning are coming out with a lot of statements and a lot of anger and frustration here on the part of the russians. they are talking already about catastrophic consequences with all of this saying the u.s. is trying to blackmail russia. the u.s. says this treaty is no longer in its interest. h

it happened in clemson, south carolina. the first floor collapsed into the basement and the medics took 30 people to the ohospital, one from of the injuries appear to be life threatening, but other videos showed people jumping and dancing when the floor came out. many clemson students were celebrating after the homecoming victory over north carolina state. >>> and after a scary ride in the south bay, a little girl had a scary ooh ride. her father left her in the car at a quik stop when a a a the car can, and little sadie-rae was reunited with her parents. it is only a story are on a bshbc 7 news. >> i am in kindergarten. >> reporter: she is only 5 years old and has a story to tell. >> i have a new friend kayla and now i have a friend alina. >> reporter: at 4:00 this afternoon, she slept in the back of her dad's suv as he parked at story road and leeward drive. >> i parked in front of the store and i grabbed a drink, and i went to double-check to see if everything was cool can, a, andy gave me my change and then the car was

. >>> a clemson university home coming party came crashing to a close when the floor suddenly collapsed. we have the doctormatic video. >> reporter: this cell phone footage shows the moment the floor collapses. and captures the chaos and destruction when dozens of party goers plunged to the floor below in a massive crush of bodies. >> the floor broke. >> i'm jumping, i have my hands in the air and then i feel myself falling like this. and then i wake up because i blacked out and see like girl. s everywhere with blood all over their face. >> reporter: it started as a home coming celebration organized by the fra teternity. but us early sunday morning, the thumping music of a private dance party in the clubhouse of an apartment complex near the university had revelers jumping up and down in unison. that proved too much for the floor. >> the fact that you see big football players in there crying and stuff like that because they are asking for help, that's something i don't wish on anybody. >> reporter: at least 30 people were taken to hospitals. 25 of them clemson students target universiac

clemson university,till trying to make sense of this homecoming horror.a fun, offcampus fraternity party quickly turned ton terror w the dance floor atva a p apartment clubhouse collapsed. >> one of our friends was like, stop jumping. stop mping. it was so loud. no one heard her. you hea creek, creek. d the whole thing fell. >> reporter: dozens of peoplegi plng below, landing in a mass of tangled bodies. the dramatic moment caught on cell phone videos, from many angles. >> i heard somebody scream and they just fell. the view of that was terrible. >> reporter: darius wched helplessly as his friend disappeared. >> i fought to get up.i ot my friend's hand and got up. and i turn around and start recording. >> reporter: what made you take out your phone andhe shoot video. >> it's crazy. the floor really fell. you don'tee that a lot. we fell through the floor. >> reporter: >> reporter: 30 people were hurt, suffering broken bones and lacerations. but incredibly, there were no life-threatening injuries. >> i had to get stitche because my knee was cut open. >> rep

the floor giving way during a clemson homecoming celebration. more than two dozen injured. here's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, dozens recovering after that shocking moment. a clubhouse floor collapsing, sending people plummeting into the basement. watch here. partygoers dancing at the off-campus apartment complex near clemson university, when the crowd is suddenly swallowed. the celebration of the school's homecoming win over north carolina state turning to chaos as people clawed their way out of this gaping hole. this man seen desperately clinging to a floorboard. 12:30 a.m. sunday, the calls for help pouring in. >> unknown how many other people. the whole complex has collapsed on them. >> reporter: leroy pearson describing pandemonium. >> i was falling like this. and then i wake up, and i see girls everywhere with blood all over their face and everything like that. >> reporter: 30 people transported to the hospital. >> to my knowledge, at this time there are many fractures, broken bones, and lacerations. >> reporter: the police chief says there is an investigatio

. >> reporter: an off campus party near clemson university nearly took a tragic turn early sunday morning. >> it was a bunch of fun at first. we started dancing, just the party just had started like jumping. >> reporter: a crowd packed into a clubhouse at the woodlands, an apartment complex that's popular with college students. >> around like 12:00 is when everybody started coming in and the deejay changed the music and once he started playing fandido everybody started jumping. >> reporter: dozens of partygoers fell through the floor and into the building's basement. 30 of them were hospitalized. >> you got the sensation where everybody was jumping. next thing you know i'm jumping. i had my hands up in the air and the next thing all i could see is feel myself falling like this. >> reporter: according to clemson university, the party was hosted by the kappa alpha si fraternity. >> any time you've got people trying to enjoy themselves and the next thing you know the floor collapses, you can take it from there. >> reporter: officials were working to determine how many victims were clemson st

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>>> dozens of clemson university students are lucky to be alive after a floor gives way at the party on campus this homecoming weekend. wow. police say 30 people were injured saturday night when the floor collapsed and party goers plummeted in the basement. >> everybody is jumping. i had my hands up in the air. i feel myself falling like this. i wake up because i blacked out and i see girls everywhere with blood all over their faces. >> five stitches on my leg. it was a slash and bad cut from people grabbing me and jumping over the wood that had been in there. >> the authorities say no one suffered life threatening injuries. mostly broken bones and la laceratio lacerations. >>> a manhunt under way for the suspect in the killing of a georgia police officer. police say 18-year-old tafaree maynard is still at large. charged with assault and murder in the death of officer antwan toney. he was answering a call of a suspicious vehicle. >> i was talking to him as he was pulling up to the call. he wrapped up. he said i got to go. i have to take this call. i'll call you right back. the last t

. >>> dozens of clemson university students are lucky to be alive after the floor gives way at a campuskend. wow. police say 30 people were injured saturday night when the floor collapsed and the party goers plummeted in the basement. first responders were there within minutes. no one suffered life threatening injuries. mostly broken bones. police are investigating what happened. >>> a manhunt under way for the suspect in the killing of a georgia police officer. police say 18-year-old tafaree maynard is at large and charged with assault and murder in the shooting death of officer antwan toney. he was answering a call us -- suspicious vehicle. a second suspect has been charged with assault. >>> the new york police department pulling thousands of body cams from service after one explodes. the department says an officer noticed smoke rising from the body cam on saturday. shortly after he yanked the camera off, it exploded. no one was injured. about 20% of the nypd's 15,000 body cams are the vievu model. cnn reached out to the parent company axon for comment. >>> and let's talk sports. patr

. >> a celebration turned to chaos in clemson, south carolina. look at this video.g, partygoers as the dance floor collapsed. look at it there. sending students falling into the basement below. more than 30 people had to be rushed to the hospital. polo sandoval joins me. everyone survived, there were no deaths as a result? >> a few broken bones, some lacerations, but they say it would have been much worse. especially when you look at the pictures. we don't know at this point what caused the floor to give way at this fraternity homecoming party held about three miles away from clemson university. there were dozens of men and women celebrating after a football game in which their team came out on top. you can see the moment the floor gives out under their feet. they were dancing, jumping up and down. authorities are asking if they could have played a role. possibly overcapacity could have been an issue here, and they're taking a close look at the building which we're told was built in 2014, according to property management. i should mention that authorities are not on

the celebration took place at an apartment clubhouse about three miles from clemson university. the victims were sent to hospitals with broken bones and lacerations. it's unclear what caused a huge chunk of the floor to collapse. witnesses say the injured fell about 15-feet. <"i saw like 60 people just like fall straight through the floor just crazy how it happened. i saw people holding their arms. i saw people with a bloody leg stuff like that. "> authorities are still investigating the incident. (grant) british prime minister theresa may says she condemns racial abuse...after a man on a european airline made racist remarks about a fellow passenger.. the incident happened on ryanair.... which is being criticized for not removing the man from the plane.. it all started when a woman in an aisle seat did not get up when a man wanted to get by and take the window seat... what followed was a nasty scene...with the man insulting the 77-year-old woman....and referring to the color of her skin. a british man recorded part of what happened back october 15th...and decided to release it o

. >> reporter: these were the seconds before a packed party took a terrifying turn in clemson, south carolina. the video shot just after midnight sunday shows dozens of dancers jumping in unison to the music before falling through the floor. they were attending a private party inside an apartment clubhouse. they are seen plunging into a floor below. others tried crawling to safety. on cnn's new day, jeremy tester remembered being few feet from the dance floor when it gave out. >> everybody was jumping around, getting rowdy. you could hear the floor about to go through. it just -- they kept going. >> reporter: 30 people were sent to area hospitals with injuries, including broken bones and lacerations. clemson's police chief says amazingly none of the injuries were life-threatening. >> it could have been a whole lot worse. there could have been entrapments, there could have been deaths involved. >> reporter: investigators now looking for a cause of the collapse, looking at factors like capacity of the room and its structural integrity. property management tells cnn the complex was buil

clemson first responders rushed to the private reception hall around 12:30 sunday morning. about 30 people we then treated at area hospitals with various injuries, including broken bones and cuts. miraculously, no life-threatening injuries. this morning investigators are working to determine just what caused the floor to collapse. coming up at 7:00, we'll hear firsthand from a partygoer about the ordeal. with your gma pheufrt look, gma first look, i'm lindsay davis. >> under fire. a racist insult to a woman seated in his row. it happened on a flight from barcelona to london on friday. the man apparently refused to sit near a black woman and demanded she be moved. other passengers came to her defense and asked flight attendants to kick the man off the flight. the man was allowed to stay on the plane and the woman was moved to another seat. ryanair has seen this video and reported the incident to police. >>> three people are missing after a fishing boat caught fire south of san diego. the crew of the nearby vessel contacted the coast guard after spotting the boat. they pulled

you're looking at a homecoming party near clemson university early sunday.eople are dancing, jumping up and down. then all of a sudden the floor on the first level gave way. people go crashing into the basement there. about 30 people were hurt. clemson university's president says the school's support system is absolutely available for any student affected by this fall. >>> switching gears for a moment, a u.s. general was wounded in an attack that killed two senior afghan provincial officials officials. the attack targeted a group that included the senior u.s. commander in that country. yesterday a spokesperson for nato's resolute support mission confirmed that army brigadier general jeffrey smiley is recovering from one gunshot wound sustained in that attack. smiley was hit by gunfire during an attack carried without by the governor's body guard. he also killed the brief, intelligence chief and wounded the governor. >>> let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. another big hurricane on the way. >> mother nature put on a show o