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The officer knew instantly something was wrong. he looked around, no adults nearby. and then suddenly toddler disappeared from his view. the cop scoured the park and found the boy gasping for air in a pond. as cnns stephanie elam shows us, the officers body camera captured stunning video of his dramatic rescue. >> reporter: had police officer aaron bullmer arrived at topekas central park any later the outcome could have been tragic. he was responding to a robbery call. what he found was a 3-year...

Door was standing open. >> reporter: elijah he a parents didnt realize their youngest son figured out how to undo the locks. since he was wearing socks, he maids no noise as he slipped out. father and son were reunited at the ambulance after officers heard him yelling for elijah. thankfully, elijah is okay. what do you think would have happened if officer balmer hadnt spotted elijah in the park? >> i fear that i would have lost a child that day. >> he would have drown. i would have said 30 secon...

Conversation. >> joining us right now, cnn correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, there are a lot of threads into this investigation and everything is swirling around the white house. >> where we are right now is robert mueller, former fbi director, is now the special counsel in this case. hes really going to pick up the investigation where the doj left off. hes not going to have to start from scratch. and statement that the same timr takes over the investigation from the federal government side of th...

Launched near the west coast and landed in the sea of japan, also known as the east sea. is kim jong-un sending a warning to the u.s.? cnns alexandra field has more from seoul. >> reporter: hey there, fredricka. kim jong-un and the regime in north korea clearly that they will not be cowed, not by the sanctions that have been levied against north korea, not by threat of the further sanctions issued in the aftermath of another ballistic missile launch just one week ago. one week later they are fir...

After he got home, he endured another fight, struggling for years with alcohol, drugs and ptsd. when he eventually got his life together, he realized that many of his fellow veterans were still in need of his help. >> id see veterans on the street. marines do not leave anyone behind. we take our dead and our wounded with us or we dont go. and that pledge means the world to any one of us. and so to see that code being broken shocked me into action. >> see the action that bob adams took to help hi...

Here is whether or not the comey firing had anything to do with this investigation into russia. obviously weve heard press reports and we at cnn have been able to confirm from sources close to comey that he did believe that the president was attempting to pressure him to stop that investigation into michael flynn, the former national security advisor. but hes not sure whether or not that rises to the level of obstruction of justice. fred, one thing to point out is that republicans are really hop...

Well make sure this never happens in virginia. >> the bills fate is uncertain at this point, but the question remains will the democrats message resonate with voters and change the gops future? lets continue the conversation, bringing back cnn politics reporter eugene scott and political reporter for "the washington post" political blog, the fix, amber phillips. as we admire mr. perriellos ability to get that in one take because you have one ambulance, lets talk about the message here, eugene. d...

From coming in to the dotcom space and we can do better in preventing it coming into the.gov, and were doing a better job of that, thats another defense that the trump administration ought to roll out as fast as possible. >> congresswoman jane harman, thanks very much. >> thank you, jim. i want to return now to our other big breaking news story this hour, a mass shooting at ft. lauderdale airport. five people are dead. eight others are wounded. the airport remains shut down. the suspect, howev...

Where you are. these are the first images we have seen from egypt pretty much all day. youre an experienced journalist, worked at cnn for a long time. have you ever seen anything like quite like this against the media. >> reporter: no, this is a concerted campaign to intimidate -- intimidate and confiscate equipment and its having an effect. it is stopping us getting to the story in many cases. its tough to get out where we are. it is not only the pro-mubarak supporters. its even people on the s...

Anderson cooper and our cnn colleagues are reporting from. but we vow to bring you their stories. >> the egyptian government must demonstrate its willingness to ensure journalists ability to report on these events to the people of egypt and to the world. >> protests spread across the region. what does it mean for israel? is an explosive situation about to get much worse? this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight," the story the egyptian government does not want you to know about. good e...