(victor blackwell/ cnn correspondent) "ok, so so you're saying barack obama took took the country into afghanistan post 2009 is that that what you're saying?" (katrina pierson/ trump spokeswoman) "what i'm saying is the policies barack obama and hillary clinton, that was obama's war, yes." trums sarcastic, "but not that sarcastic." ((nia wong)) >>> 8 news now is your local election headquarters for all the races and political news that matter to you... on air and online at las vegas now dot com./// ((nia wong)) >>> coming up on 8 news now. >> crazy pita is celebrating their 10 year anniversary with the josh stevens foundation. how you can help right after this break. more heat to come, but a chance of rain and "now, live...this is 8 ((nia wong)) >>> welcome back to the valley's news leader. it was a hot saturday and it's not expected to slow down anytime sooner. keely breland joins us with our forecast. (( )) what to expect. heat continues. near record highs early this week. possible thunderstorms later this week. ........................ pretty quiet throughout the southwest. arizona

i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. behind him, speaker of the house, paul ryan, john mccain as well, after hesitating to do so earlier this week. >> in our shared nation, to make america great again, i support and endorse our speaker of the house paul ryan. paul ryan. good. good man. he's a good man and he's a good guy. i hold in the highest esteem senator john mccain. for his service to our country, and i fully support and endorse his re-election. >> meanwhile at a gathering of black and hispanic journalists hillary clinton took questions from reporters after the first time in more than eight months and offered this explanation after she repeated a debunked blame on her use of a private e-mail. take a listen. >> so, i may have short-circuited, and for that i will, you know, try to clarify. because i think you know, chris wallace and i were probably talking past each other. because, of course, he could only talk to what i had told the fbi and i appreciated that. now, i have acknowledged repeatedly, that using two e-mai

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. nld "new day" starts right now. >>> what do you have to lose? >> donald trump making a passion in addition pitch to american voters. >> they can make him read new words from a teleprompter. but he's still the same man. >>> it's been confirmed to the miami beach area. >> what if you are a pregnant woman living in that neighborhood? can you imagine the toll that must take on you. >> when you get this much rain in this area, it's devastating. >> come on down, love to have you. >> i want to thank donald trump for coming to louisiana. he brought attention to our state. >> president obama will travel to louisiana on tuesday. >>> and attention on lochte. >> an unprecedented triple-triple for usain bolt. >> i can't think of another athlete since muhammad ali that has so captured the public imagination. >>> and good morning to you. also ahead this hour, a travel warning in miami, florida, where the zika virus is spreading. and now many families are in that really -- a pad place. worried there.

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. we're starting with the arrests this morning as what mississippi authorities describe as a heinous crime, two nuns stabbed to death in their homes. >>> police say this man, rodney harrison broke into the house and killed them. authorities are trying to figure out why that happened. they were serving one of the state's poorest countries. when they didn't show up for work, their co-workers called police. their car was left abandoned more than a mile away from their home. friends and family say they're going to remember these two as outgoing and compassionate. >> it's sad, my aunt and sister margaret, they lived their lives to try to make the world better for the people who have nothing. >> now, a wake is going to be held tomorrow for sister held and sister merril. and a memorial mass is for sunday as well. >> a national day of mourning meanwhile in central italy just days after this earthquake hit that area. >> right now, funerals for dozens of victims. italy's prime minister and presid

cnn's victor blackwell has this week's "beyond the call of duty." >> i saw an officer pull behind me. moved over the the lane hoping he would pass me, but he didn't. >> reporter: when then 31-year-old brianna byrnes was pulled over that august night a year ago, she had no idea the traffic stop would change her life. martin county florida sheriff's deputy stopped her for swerving out of her lane. >> her hands were shaking. you could tell she was not that normally nervous. >> reporter: she had good reason to be nervous. >> after a brief conversation, she just came clean. >> i had two bags of heroin and paraphernalia. >> i've never had it where somebody is open and says, i have narcotics in the car. >> reporter: she says she explained her years long struggle with opioid dependency and that she and her mother had spent the day calling detox centers but had no luck getting into one. but for her it wasn't just that the compute allowed her to tell her story, it was that he listened. >> he was there to help me, and he did just that. >> i don't judge anybody. >> reporter: brianna was arrested

i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell.illary clinton was in a room full of journalists on friday, explaining her bungled answer into an fbi investigation about her use of a private e-mail server, arguing that a trump presidency is wrong for america. cnn national correspondent, suzanne malveaux, is tracking that story for us. >> america is better than donald trump. >> reporter: hillary clinton laying into donald trump at a conference for black and hispanic journalists in washington. >> we need to stand up as a country and say that donald trump doesn't represent who we are and what we believe. >> reporter: clinton was asked about her claim in a pair of recent interviews, that fbi director james comey said her public answers about her e-mails were truthful. here is what she told fox news sunday. >> after a long investigation, fibl director james comey said none of those things that you told the american public were true. >> chris, that's not what i heard director comey said. and i thank you for giving me the opportunity to, i

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(victor blackwell/ cnn correspondent)"ok, so so you're saying barack obama took tookthe country into afghanistan post 2009 isthat that what you're saying?" (katrina pierson/ trump spokeswoman)"what i'm saying is the policies barack obama and hillary clinton, that was bama's war, yes." yes." his comment about obama and isis sarcastic, "but not that sarcastic." 3 3 parts of the south are underwater.we have details about...what one state's governor is calling..."unpreced ented and historic" flooding. 3 and we have some spectacular video of a twister of fire in the pacific northwest.more to come on that.rebecca? 3 3 3 3 3 3historic flooding has forced thousands of people from their homes in louisiana.the rain is still falling and their governor says its only going to get worse. cbs news correspondent omar villafranca is in hammond, louisiana with more. 3 national guard used a helicopter to rescue a man clinging to a tree branch in louisiana saturday.more than a thousand people had to be pulled to safety after historic flooding.(sot paulette short/flood victim) our house is gone under, ou

. >> i'm victor blackwell. new day starts right now. >>> shamed u.s. swimmer ryan lochte says he's to blame for an incident at a gas station turning into an olympic international scandal. >>> trump made an aggressive play for the african-american vote. >> i want our party to be the home of the african-american voter once again. >>> the "new york times" unraveling donald trump's global finances, reporting the businessman has twice as much debt as previously disclosed. >>> raphael's mother is pregnant in miami, where zika is spreading. >> i don't want to be outside unnecessarily. ♪ >>> welcome again to sunday. also ahead this hour, after two weeks of olympic competition, the closing ceremony is tonight. coy wire is live in rio with what we can expect, coy? >> reporter: put your dancing pants on. the closing ceremony will be a celebration. simone biles will bear the flag for the u.s. the skies in rio are weeping this morning because it's the final day of the games. >>> u.s. swimmer ryan lochte says he is, quote, 110% sorry. the four-time olympian called h

cnn's victor blackwell has the story of an officer who went above and beyond the call of duty. >> i sawnd me. i moved over to the lane hoping he would pass me, but he didn't. >> reporter: then 31-year-old breanna burns was pulled over on that august night a year ago, she had no idea the traffic stop would change her life. martin county florida sheriff's deputy justin albauer stopped her for serving out of her lane. >> her hands were shaking. she was abnormally nervous. >> reporter: she had good reason to be nervous. >> after a brief conversation, she just came clean. >> i had two bag s of heroin a paraphernalia. >> i've never had it where somebody is open and says i have narcotics in the car. >> reporter: she explained her year-long struggle with opioid dependency and they spent the day calling detox centers and had no luck getting into one. it wasn't just that the deputy allowed her to tell her story. it was that he listened. >> he was there to help me, and he did just that. >> i don't judge anybody. >> reporter: breanna was arrested that night. just before he took her to her cell -- >

. >> i'm victor blackwell. your "new day" starts right now. >>> the only way we could lose, in my opinion, i really mean this, pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on. >> this is the biggest load of bull i ever heard. >> he refuses to do what ever other presidential candidates in decades has done and release his tax return. >> the folks out here say they did not expect it to happen this way. they thought they'd get some rain and some flooding maybe up to their front pomps. terrifying scene out here in st. helena parish. at this point, more rain to come. >>> michael phelps making olympics history again. breakout star simone manuel also breaking history becoming the first african-american woman to ever win an individual swimming event. >>> well good morning. we're going to begin this morning with the race for the white house. and donald trump who headed to connecticut tonight where he's going to rally supporters. >> yeah, and trump's visit to connecticut which hasn't voted for a republican candidate since 1988 comes

. >> i'm victor blackwell. we're following breaking news in milwaukee. police pleading for calm after an angry crowd turned violence. >> police didn't say why the suspect was first confronted, but said he had a, quote, lengthy arrest record and was carrying ining stolen gun. in the hours that followed, at least four businesses and a car were all set on fire. >> a police officer was send to a hospital after being hit in the heed with a brick. at a news conference, the mayor pleaded with parents to keep their kids at home. >> if you're a mother who is watching this right now and your young son or daughter is not home and you think they're in this area, get them home right now. get them home right now. if you love your son, if you love your daughter, text them, call them, pull them by the ears and get them home. >> what have we learned, ryan? >> reporter: right now we're outside the police department. we've seen light police activity all night long, police officers and firefighters were working over time as they were trying to deal with all the fires around

cnn's victor blackwell is reporting.to experience what officers deal with on the streets daily and tragically it cost her her life. >> it just doesn't seem real that the greatest light in our life is gone. >> reporter: in a heartbreaking irony, the tragedy that dimmed that light was not supposed to have been real. steve folden's 73-year-old mother mary nolden had volunteered to participate in a fake emergency in her coastal florida community when she was struck by a real bullet in what police are calling a trainingtr accident. it was hosted by the punta gourd ka police department, billled as an opportunity to meet the officers and learn about the tough choices they have to make. but he says his mom signed up for a different reason. >> we had been talking two nights before about, you know, bad things were for the police in this nation after all the shootings and the -- she wanted to show her support. she wanted to make it clear to them she supported them. >> reporter: during the first role play scenario of the night, nold

cnn's victor blackwell is covering the story. he joins you live with an update.y one question. it's the simplest. how did this happen? >> no one at this point knows how it happened. this is being called a tragic accident. i've learned in the last 30 seconds that the chief of the punta gorda police department tom lewis will update reporters in about an hour and of course the first question is how did a live round get involved with this scenario. typically we're told by the police department that blank guns are used for this citizen police academy. that's what mary knowlton, the 73-year-old woman, was participating in last night when she was shot. this is an opportunity for local people, about 35 of them last night, to tour the police station, to see the equipment they use and to participate in this scenario. a shoot or don't shoot scenario. we're told that there are three participants. this was the first of the night. two volunteers and one punta gorda police officer. in this role play, naree knowlton was playing the role of a police officer. they use blanks for t

victor blackwell explains in this edition of "beyond the call of duty." >> i saw an officer pull behinddidn't. >> when then 31-year-old brianna burns was pulled over, she had no idea the traffic stop would change her life. the sheriff's deputy, stopped her from swerving out of her lane. >> her hands were shaking. you could tell she was abnormally nervous. >> she had good reason to be nervous. >> after, you know, a brief conversation, she just, she just came clean. >> i had two bags of heroin, and paraphernalia. >> i've never had anybody where somebody says i have narcotics in the car. >> she said she explained her years long struggle with opioid dependency, and they called detox centers, but no luck getting in for one. but for brianna, it wasn't just that the deputy allowed her to tell her story, it was that he listened. >> he was there to help me, and he did just that. >> i don't judge anybody. >> bre nianna was arrested. >> i let her know that, you know, that she could call me if she needed to, and that i wished her the best of luck. >> after a short stint in the county jail, brianna

. >> i'm victor blackwell. new day starts right now. >>> shamed u.s. says he's to blame for an incident at a gas station turning into an olympic international scandal. >>> trump made an aggressive play for the african-american vote. >> i want our party to be the home of the african-american voter once again. >>> the "new york times" unraveling donald trump's global finances, reporting the businessman has twice as much debt as previously disclosed. >>> raphael's mother is pregnant

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. we're starting with donald trump back on message.e is mocking hillary clinton at a rally, questioning her mental health and saying he has a winning temperament. >> she is a totally unhinged person. she's unbalanced. i've always had a great temperament. you know, i win. i have a winning temperament. >> the latest polls show he's not winning among voters. the poll shows clinton and kaine with an eight-point lead over trump and pence. >> reporter: following what has been described as his worst week yet, donald trump stuck largely to his talking points in new hampshire where a recent poll has him down 15 points to hillary clinton in this crucial battleground state. he did what republicans were hoping he would do last week, go after hillary clinton, hit obama and focus on the things that are important to his supporters, including immigration and fighting terrorism. trump also used hillary clinton's own words against her during an interview last week. she said that she had short circuited when asked about her e-mails. >> in front of some f

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. we're starting with donald trump back on message.g her mental health and saying he has a winning temperament. >> she is a totally unhinged person. she's unbalanced.

. >> i'm victor blackwell. nld "new day" starts right now. >>> what do you have to lose?n in addition pitch to american voters. >> they can make him read new words from a teleprompter. but he's still the same man. >>> it's been confirmed to the miami beach area. >> what if you are a pregnant woman living in that neighborhood? can you imagine the toll that must take on you. >>

. >> i'm victor blackwell. >>> i support and endorse our speaker of the house paul ryan.elly ayo

. >> i'm victor blackwell. we're following breaking news in milwaukee.urned violence. >> police didn't say why the suspect was first confronted, but said he had a, quote, lengthy arrest record and was carrying ining stolen gun. in the hours that followed, at least four businesses and a car were all set on fire. >> a police officer was send to a hospital after being

. >> i'm victor blackwell.ld lose, in my opinion, i really mean this, pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on. >> this is the biggest load of bull i ever heard. >> he refuses to do what ever other presidential candidates in decades has done and release his tax return. >> the folks out here say they did not expect it to happen this way. they thought they'd get some rain and some flooding maybe up to their front pomps. terrifying scene out here in st. helena parish. at this point, more rain to