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>> reporter: good morning, carol. you saw it in those comments. the debate and the controversy raging online. people are questioning the zoos decision and the parents action or potential inaction, but the zoos director says he refuses to cast blame. he refuses to point fingers. and is also calling out the monday morning quarterbacks. >> we did not take the shooting of harambe lightly but that childs life was in danger arer the cincinnati zoo standing behind their call to kill the gorilla named h...

Courage and act if they see someone in danger. gadi schwartz, los angeles. all right, im betty nguyen. this is "first look" on msnbc. like us on facebook. "way too early" starts right now. its the story everyone is talking about and the decision many people are questioning. was the cincinnati zoo right to shoot and kill an endangered gorilla after the toddler elle into the enclosure? >> beyond the right decision. you have the animal and the human decision. when they go after each other, when...

In central texas the brazos river swelled to record breaking levels. its blamed for nine deaths since friday. three other people are missing. the cincinnati police department is led into what led to a young boys fall. the review is related to the actions of the boys parent spa. the gorilla was shot and the boy was rescued. back to hardball. its totally unscripted and it works. you cant hide from the public. they really get to understand you as we all understand you, chris. >> welcome back. t...

Fallujah is dire with very little food, water, or medicine. >> and the situation is worry som in the makeshift camps as well. later this hour, i will talk with a refugee official about whats being done for the hundreds of families who have fled fallujah. now, the director of a u.s. zoo where workers killed a rare gorilla says they made the right decision. >> zookeepers shot the ape after a young boy fell into its enclosure. now some say the zoo and the childs parents are both negligent. >> loo...

Of the enclosure, but level of parenting going on. we will look at those. then, we will talk to animal specialists about the behavior and the options. what they really were considering there in the ten minutes that they took before they made the decision to kill the gorilla. we will get you into the world of politiciapolitics. a bit of a scare for bernie sanders. secret service grabbing bernie sanders shielding him from protest protesters. they rushed the stage. why? who were they? what did they...

My co-anchor. he is amazing. im going to miss him so much. but we wish him all of the best because you are going to shine as you take this next step along your career path. >> thank you so much, rosemary. >> im going to miss you so much. >> thank you. cnn hired me after graduating from ucla. i was lucky at that. i was fortunate to be sent to the middle east, throughout africa and on many stories and to be here by your side during this simulcast to witness world history. i will miss you. its beca...

Death of the cincinnati zoos silver back gorilla harambe. the zoo is defending its decision to save the child by killing the gorilla. many anti-rights activists say that decision should be questioned and the parents of are the boy that snuck into the enclosure should be held responsible. live from cincinnati, this is not going away. how is it continuing to exist? how is it making manifest there on the ground? >> yeah, chris, there is wide-ranging outrage online. hundreds of thousands of people s...

Oh, my god -- >> reporter: after a 3-year-old boy fell roughly 10 feet into this moat saturday coming face-to-face with the 450 pound 17-year-old silver back. >> this child was being dragged around. his head was banging on concrete. this was not a gentle thing. >> reporter: outrage congretinu to grow over the decision to shoot. a petition online garnering nearly 300,000 signatures demanding authorities investigate the little boys parents for not watching their child. the #justiceforharambe on tw...

Deal with the remnants of bonnie. a lot of tropical moisture out there. but most of the rain will be concentrated across parts of eastern united states over the next couple of days. >> 22 now before the top of the hour. the final 22 minutes of the day. donald trumps biggest challenge to win the white house, winning over multicultural women. well talk to the former president of telemundo about how he can pull that off. >> more on the child who climed into the gorilla -- climbed into the gorilla c...

Encounter. those ten terrifying minutes the child spent inside the zoo exhibit, causing the endangered silverback to lose his life. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> reporter: the horrifying scene playing out in front of the boys mother. >> mommy loves you! im right here. >> reporter: at one point, 17-year-old harambe and the 4-year-old boy appear to look at each other. >> be calm! be calm! >> reporter: then, the gorilla lifts the boy up and drags him to the other side of the moat. zoo officials mak...