. >> the gator was coming after him. on top of the water, he was coming. >> a florida teen's brush with a deadly wild alligator. another teen attacked by a shark. only one man knows what to do in a situation like that. jungle jack himself jack hanna. when politicians attack. a congresswoman versus a war hero. >> you know what, she's running for congress. >> i think that mr. walsh is being very irresponsible in his words. >> tonight, tammy duckworth fights back at congressman joe walsh who accused her of making too much out of her war record. plus, michael phelps, mark spitz. i'll get him to set the record straight, who's the best, spitz or phelps? >> the peak of both your power, who would win? i would like to say selfishly maybe i'd beat him. >> inspiring advice for today's olympians and his harrowing escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. the whole world watching. this is "piers morgan tonight." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> deadly danger in the great outdoors. a florida teenager lost the

gators, let me show you something here, piers. gators also hunt with vibrations. right back in here, i don't know if you can see that -- i hope you can see the gator, because i'm not getting any closer to it. sensors are back in here. they pick up vibrations in the water. also, what happens to a lot of people if they're caught, they're feeding gators, they relate food to people. that's why we try to tell people -- we'll get to the bear in just a second. gators have a very small brain. they've been around since the dinosaur era. they've come back by the thousands. you'll get hit by lightning before you get attacked by a gator. i think 22 people have lost their lives in 65 years. that's a terrible thing to happen. again, lightning kills more people probably than that happens. again, the sensor's here. they have double eyelids, by the way. you can see how their jaws are. this is a small one. i think -- you said his was 11 foot. this is only a 5 footer right here. can you imagine the size of the one that got that young man? two, three times bigger than this one. who k

some friends there yelled out to him gator, gator but it was too late. >> when the gator is about rightfrom me, i take my left hand and i grabbed skin up underneath him, trying to control him. >> but the alligator fought back and chomped right down on the guy's arm. and that teen says he suddenly had a huge choice to make. >> he started pulling me down and i knew it's either this bone or i have got to lose this arm or i'm going to die. >> so he he says he wrapped his legs around that alligator and finally pulled himself free. paramedics rushed him to the hospital. we have a picture of the guy recovering. it's hard to look at. can you see the gator took his entire right arm below the elbow. the kid tells fox he wants revenge and that the gator's head would make a nice arm rest. tough guy. trace gallagher live with us. trace, he knew there were gators there. there had been gators there long before we got here. why we jump in? >> because he says every time he has gone out there the gators have always swam the other way. this time when the friend said a gator is coming he thought quote they

the animal came out of the nowhere in the river and he grabbed the gator's children, -- gator's chinhe gator responded by chomping down on his arm. >> he started pulling me down and i knew, it is either this, i have to lose this arm or i am going to die. so i took my feet and put it on his mouth and tried to jerk my arm off trying to break it free and i got close enough to where i could put my foot and do a last snatch and swam to the bank. >>shepard: you are tougher man that i but his right arm below the elbow was gone. he was rushed to the hospital and we have a picture of the teen recovering. might be hard to look at here. here it is, though. the kid says he is glad that the gator took his arm, wow, because he fears his air -- he steers his air boat with his left arm. what else does he have to say down there in florida, trace? >>trace: the kid said he and the buddies are on the river all the time, boarding or swimming and his friend said a gator was coming his way, he thought his friend was messing with him, a few seconds later he was in the fight for his life, using a technique t

gators, let me show you something here, piers. gators also hunt with vibrations. right back in here, i don't know if you can see that -- i hope you can see the gator, because i'm not getting any closer to it. ptwhryo lleoe s i think 22 people have lost their lives in 65 years. that's a terrible thing to happen. again, lightning kills more people probably than that happens. again, the sensor's here. they have double eyelids, by the way. you can see how their jaws are. this is a small one. i think -- you said his was 11 foot. this is only a 5 footer right here. can you imagine the size of the one that got that young man? two, three times bigger than this one. who knows, three, four minute, some people say 20 minutes at a time. by the way, one last thing. they can outrun any man on land. they can run 20 yards quicker than any human being on earth. they also can leap forward. you just can't go up to a gator thinking he's sleeping because they feels the vibrations. >> it's not just alligators, jack. as i was saying at the start of the show. there have been a lot of sig

looked and punched the gator. then went under. >> fred said the gator attack seemed to come out of nowhere. >> the gator was coming at him, on top of the water as fast as he could. coming. >> reporter: gary beck was on shore but jumped in to get fred and the other boys out of the water. >> he said, my arm is gone. he was freaked out, obviously. >> reporter: friends were in the river with him, say langdale knew exactly what to do. >> here's been around alligators all his life. he is smart enough to know if he offers his arm, he won't take his torso. he was smart to take the risk. >> reporter: teens here are very well aware of the presence of alligators in these waters. wildlife officials say this happens to be a very active time for alligators. >> very active mating season. they're very active. any type of commotion in the water is potential food. >> reporter: fish and wildlife officers say there had been reports of two gators called in from that same area earlier in the day. the bite spawned a three-hour search to

the gator went straight for him as soon as it saw him in the water. saw the gator he tried to grab it first and fought it first. >> i took my left hand and grabbed the skin underneath him trying to control him and he kept going and i wrapped my legs around him and he went and dove. >> that is when the gator bit down on his arm and he knew if he didn't get free he would drown so he put his feet on the gator's mouth and that's when the gator bit his arm off right below the elbow. he said he does not care about his arm. he is just glad he got away with his life. >>> tracking dogs have not picked up the cent of the mountain lie on. it a lacked a map in his sleeping pass oop july 1st. he was treated for cuts and bite wounds. >>> the nation will try again to repeal healthcare reform. here is more on why it is largely a symbolic vote. >> reporter: house republicans will likely succeed in their reform vote but it will hit a deadend in the democratically controlled senate. even if they can't get through congress now, they are not beforing -- giving up. >> we a

fish and while life officials hunted didn't and kill the gator that attacked the 17-year-old.his friends say the gator swam straight to him but the teen's arm bit it and pulled him under the water. he was swimming in a river northwest of miami. his friends say the teen has been around alligators all his life and knew exactly what to do. >> he is smart enough to know if he offers his arm it won't take his torso. >> fish and wild life say it is gator maying season and taxes are not uncommon. surprisingly his friends say the gator attack probably won't stop em from returning to the river. >> i think i would want to stay away after that. >> scary. >> we have heatwaves to talk about. >> a little cool in the city. >> that's where you can go the city, the coast, where we see fog still hanging around absolutely those are the places to get clean air and cooler air. a little haze from emeryville towards san francisco this morning, off in the distance clouds are clinging to the coast and bringing free conditioning. santa cruz still cloudy also. you will get sun and hit mid to upper 70s b

wildlife officers found the gator after a three-hour search. and recover credit card but surgeons were unable to attach it. >> police state is actually very unusual for a gator to attack a person in this area, but they have been known to go after dogs and other animals. >> it wasn't for that sent it, man to the hospital. it was a bristle from a stainless steel brush. it got lodged in his intestinal tract. the center for just these control points people to pay close attention to what's on the grill surface. >> 34 -year-old jena mcgregor had the honor of carrying big old porch to the windsor health -- carrying the olympic torch to the windsor castle. >> i love that the queen had her hat and her pocketbook the doorway of her castle. >> weatherwise we did have a couple of thunderstorms today. all of this is calming down now, there is upfront stalled just talk to ourselves dot a lot of wind submitted to push those thunderstorms along,. >>> temperature wise, 74 degrees in baltimore. it's a warm summer night and we could top out at 90 degrees this aft

fish and while life officials hunted didn't and kill the gator that attacked the 17-year-old.his friends say the gator swam straight to him but the teen's arm bit it and pulled him under the water. he was swimming in a river northwest of miami. his friends say the teen has been around alligators all his life and knew exactly what to do. >> he is smart enough to know if he offers his arm it won't take his torso. >> fish and wild life say it is gator maying season and taxes are not uncommon. surprisingly his friends say the gator attack probably won't stop them from returning to the river. >> i think i would want to stay away after that. >> scary. >> we have heatwaves to talk about. >> a little cool in the city. >> that's where you can go the city, the coast, where we see fog still hanging around absolutely those are the places to get clean air and cooler air. a little haze from emeryville towards san francisco this morning, off in the distance clouds are clinging to the coast and bringing free air conditioning. santa cruz still cloudy also. you will get sun and hit mid to upper

it's a whole new species of gator. see just how much the gator has evolved at johndeere.com/gator. me is barry spodak who is a threat assessment expert who has worked with a number of federal and local law enforcement agencies and we have learned of your expertise from your daughter who is ale va youed member of t-- who is a me of our staff and a valued member at that. and i want to go to something that governor hickenlooper said. we have no excuse, but we would like to understand what this is all about? >> in terms of motivation, candy, what pushes people to do acts like this comes from the work of robert fine and others who look at what makes people becomes a sas s-- assassins, an even though we don't know the specific motive in this case, we know that the most common motives of people who carry out acts like this is one to draw attention to themselves, and gaining notoriety or fame, and in some cases to perceive what they see to be an injustice, you know, to avenge something that was done to them. to bring attention to an injustice that they see going on elsewhere in the world o

we had him via skype from the gator pen. and he got very, very, very close to his friend, chomper.ell, this is a video that he just uploaded showing us how they practice learning gator behavior in a pool. >> when you're in a shallow pool, at least you can use your legs to hopefully run away. there's no way you're getting away from a maneater quickly when you're swimming with them. >> they're built for the water. we're not necessarily built for the water. you might be a fast swimmer, but there's no guarantee you'll be able to swim away from this thing. oh, boy. they've got to have the mouth taped shut, right? >> in this case because this is a training session. but he does say it's not foolproof. at any given point, that thing could come loose, so you have to be extremely careful. >> startle the gator by jumping in cannonball style. i'm sure that made his friend feel more comfortable. >> in a way it's a good thing because you never really know what's going to happen. you have to be alert and you have to be aware of anything that can go wrong. >> did you learn that in your last gator

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the gator bit off his right arm just below his elbow. >> he said my arm's gone. he was freaked out obviously. >> reporter: alligators are a familiar sight in the river for fred and his friends. >> for some strange reason, this one wanted to charge. i don't know why. >> reporter: his friends say the attack won't keep them out of the water. >> especially not fred. he will be the first person back in. >> reporter: wildlife officers found the gator after a three- hour search. they killed it and recovered fred's arm but surgeons were unable to attach it. >> they say the alligator attacks are rare. since 1942, 224 people in florida have suffered some major bites. 22 of them have died. >>> it's 4:36. another cooler day for our region. howard will have more on a possible warming trend at 4:48. >>> prince george's county police unveil a new high-tech tool to help officers deal with armed suspects. >>> at 4:50, a childhood disease is making a return. federal health officials have issued a warning to the most at risk groups: pregnant women and babies. >>> keep it here. your

the gator took-off his right arm below the elbow. wildlife officers later caught and killed the gator, and retrieved his arm. but, doctors couldn't reattach it. his friends says he's in good spirits because the gator took his right arm instead of his left, which he apparently uses to steer his airboat. the men coming out next to the chicago investment firm being investigated by the fbi ... applying for mortgages may get easier for some ... and a lunch break peregrine financial group is being investigated by the fbi for a $200 million accounting irregularities and missing funds ... the firm has been banned from accepting new customer accounts or trading certain positions ... google is close to a set amount on a settlement to handle the probe on tracking software using the safari browser ... if you are considering for refinancing a mortgage or buying a new home the consumer protection bureau is considering using a simpler form with planning language information on cost and risk ... walgreen's will pair up with mobile application for ph

they came for a swim. >> the gator was coming after him. on top of the water. as fast as he could pedal. he was coming. >> reporter: gary beck was on shore, but jumped in to get fred and the others out of the water. >> he said my arm is gone. and he was freaked out obviously. >> reporter: friends in the river with him said langdale knew exactly what to do. >> he is smart enough. he know fist he offers him his arm, he won't take his torso. he he was smart and took the risk. >> these teens are very well aware of the presence of alligators in these areas. >> just after mating season, the eggs are already laid. the alligators are still very active. any type of commotion in the water, is potential food in their eyes. >> reporter: fish and wildlife officers say there had been reports of two gators called in from that same area earlier in the day. the bite spawned a search. trappers also hauled in several are the gators in that time. lang dale's friends say it's part of their world. >> will this stop you from getting in the river again? >> no. esp

he knew that the gator clamped down on him.able to free himself so essentially what he did is broke off his right arm to get away from the gator. can you imagine that? >> yep. that's terrible. i hope i'm never in that predicament where i have to decide whether to save my life. but, you know, alligators are wild animals. they're very dangerous. we're very fortunate that more incidents like this doesn't happen. >> sure. apparently, he was in the water because he and his friends didn't have enough money to put gas in the boat so they decided that they would swim and they saw that gator and they thought, you know, with any luck, they won't pay them any mind. that gator, sir, apparently had been tagged and it was a nuisance and it was going to be captured and taken out of there later that afternoon so if the kid would have waited a couple of hours, he might still have his arm today. one of the other problems is this is mating season, apparently for gators and that amps up the trouble level for people as well. >> yep. mating season,

if this gator really wanted to eat him like a dog snack, he probably could do it. >> this gator knows he's in show business, he has a cushy job. i have a great job. all my food comes from this guy, i'm not going to eat him. >>> we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the floating inrument panel. it will show you wh kind of amazing technology we have. i know you're saying, what the heck is that? >> this is the floating instrument panel in the front. the back looks like a long cylinder. >> it is not a submarine? >> no. it is used for oceanic research. the university of san diego's university of oceanography goes vertical. >> what? >> it starts horizontal and 30 minutes later, it can be vertical. i'm pretty sure the cylinder is what gives it the buoyness to stand up without tipping over. you can use this in heavy sea. you have storm coming, want to measure something a certain way you can stand this up opposed to having it horizon tall in the water. >> there have to be people on that. >> yes. see those people on the decks. that has to be horrible going from vertical to horizontal. wher

he also says he wants the head of that gator so he can rest his prosthetic on the head of the gator,megyn: unbelievable. trace, thank you. >>> we've got breaking news out of egypt. moments ago where the showdown between the new president and the old guard just went to an ugly new level. that is after the break. and one of the tax hikes president obama did not talk about yesterday was the big increase coming in the so-called death tax. the fight over this plan just ahead. plus, remember this? >> what is wrong with the 32,000. they earned the money. want to pass it on. >> no, they did not. they will be dead. no, they will be dead. ll also f, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our support teams are nearby, ready to help. it's no wonder so many investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical e

. >> i got maybe about 30 yards away from the bank and my friend starts yelling gator. >> the gator wasing after him on top of the water. his tail was wagging back and forth. he was coming. >> i have to lose this arm or i'm going to die. >> oh, boy. wildlife officers searched for the alligator. it took them three hours. they found it and killed it. they recovered his arm but surgeons were not able to reattach it. >>> this is a peak year for a dangerous illness with a horrible cough. pertussis. more than 16,000 cases were reported by the end of june. that's more than double for the same time last year. whooping cough is very contagious and can cause death in worst case scenarios, especially in babies. that is why everyone who is going to be around a newborn or infant needs to make sure immunizations are up-to-date. pregnant women too are being told to get a boos sister, the shot -- booster, the shot. why the increase? the agency tells us pertussis is cyclical. it has stronger and weaker infection years. but not enough vaccinations are part of the problem. >>> if you think the kids are lo

the teenager was swimming in the three feet of water when the gator attacked him. luckily the al gator let him go after he started to fight back. >> glad i'm not dead or i didn't lose a limb. >> his grandfather attempted to run the gator over with a boat but missed. later the teen and his grandfather came back and killed the alligator. >>> all right, superheros are now taking over a park in san diego beginning this morning. >> stay with us this morning because the week of geek chic better known as comic-con. we're going to get you why this attracts thousands of comic book lovers every single year. >> also new information this morning about the ruling that says pit bulls are inherently dangerous. what you need to know. >> dryer and less humid today. those details coming up. >> good morning lynette there are no problems on 695 at harford road. how traffic is shaping up on 83 coming up on "good morning maryland." >> news time now 5:33. as we go to break the national aquarium in lake mason there in the background. beautiful shot of baltimore's inner harbor. we continue

this morning, we'll show you how to survive a gator attack.fox & friends" starts right now. >> it's one thing to have suntan lotion or bug spray but to be worried about gators, too. >> there's no spray or lotion to protect that. >> i will look forward to hearing how you fight that off in case you're planning down a trip to florida or the everglades or anywhere like that. >> well, this particular guy whose life was saved by his quick thinking credits a tv show "swamp people" and in fact, we've got somebody from "swamp people" on to tell us what you can do to make sure the gator doesn't go into the death roll and take you down with it

. >>> a florida teenager is attacked by a gator. the 17-year-old came face to face with a gator while swimming in a river. the teen pushed against the reptile to get free but not before the gator took bite off of his right arm. >> when i was swimmingming throwing my arms, it got this one. he did a death roll and broke all the bones, everything in it. i felt it gone. >> wildlife officers found the gator after a three hour search. they killed it and recovered fred's arm but surgeons were unable to reattach it. >>> we're about to get our first look at the internal investigation at penn state in the wake of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. former fbi director lewis free has handled the investigation and will issue his report tomorrow. it's expected to reveal whether school officials concealed his crimes for more than a decade. >>> new developments in the murder of an innocent 12-year-old in east baltimore. the three young men charged in the case plead not guilty to his murder. mike hellgren was in court for their employee. >> sean

. >> a gator just got my friend.in the water. >> kaleb gave himself first aid to try to stop his bleeding. he was eventually airlifted to a hospital. authorities later caught and killed the alligator. they were able to retrieve kaleb's arm but it was too late to reattach it. this isn't how he planned to start his senior year of high school in the fall. considering what happened in the terrifying moments underwater, it's remarkable he's alive. we had a chance to speak earlier. >> so, fred, it's been a week, pretty amazing week for you. how you doing? >> pretty good. >> yeah, yeah. are you in a lot of pain? what kind of things have you been doing to try to deal with now what's a massive loss, your arm? >> just texting people. that's all i can do in this hospital bed. >> you're stuck in bed for a little bit. what have doctors told you about your prognosis? >> they said i should be able to go home in the next week or two. and whenever they first brought me in, that my arm was pretty clean, and whenever they went to clean

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it's a whole new species of gator. see just how much the gator has evolved at johndee.com/gator. >> eric: the massacre in colorado, a horrific tragedy, that's major news story this weekend. here with her commentary, liz trotta. >> everybody has a comment on what went wrong in colorado. for my money, one of the best things said about the framework within which this happenedas written by rand, a very estimable novelist. she wrote, the spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default, by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles. my point is that instead of talking about this young man may have been a narcissist, he may have been a victim of ptsd, post traumatic stress syndrome, he may have been a psychopath. of course, we have heard nothing about the sciek -- psycheopathy. or gun control. that all of these things are possibly the reason for the slaughter that happened in colorado. nobody wants to think of what was called basic pri

it's a whole new species of gator.ust how much the gator has evolved at johndeere.com/gator. >>> we will keep you updated throughout the morning on the movie theater shooting colorado. >>> as the midwest suffers through its worst drought in more than 50 years, it's not only destroying crops but killing fish too. this is a pond in arkansas. the heat, lack of rain are drying up the pond and the fish are running out of oxygen so thousands of fish are dying. this isn't too uncommon and some of the bigger fish may survive. >>> word that syrian forces launched an all-out assault in the capital damascus after an incredibly violent week. nearly 1,000 people have been killed in fighting across the country in the past seven days. the u.n. failed to take action to stop the bloodshed. cnn's ivan watson joins us from near turkey's border with syria. thank you for joining us today. are they right now battling for control of the turkish/syrian border? >> at this stage it looks like the rebels have made some gains there. for the third