Killing two, injuring dozens. The investigation right now. Blackout mystery. New york city plunged into darkness for five hours when the power suddenly goes out. Threue elevators and subways. J. Los concert in Madison Square garden coming to an abrupt end. The search for answers right now. Wild ride. This Whitewater River raft plunges 30 feet down a waterfall with six people on board. The heroes who raced to save them. Can you feel the love the duchess and queen bey feeling the love at the the lion king. What beyonce told meghan about baby archie and the parenting advice jayz gave prince harry. Our cameras there to capture it all. And good morning, america. Welcome to a new week. That was some night at the the lion king premiere. A few people showed up. Reallife royalty meeting music royalty right there on the red carpet that i think was technically yellow. Thats right. Such a sweet hug between the two of them. Elton john was there as well. So many great moments. Were going to have more on that ahead. But first, we begin with the flood threat as barry moves north this morning. Eight states are on alert and the gulf is still facing dangerous rain. Rob starts us off from mandeville, louisiana with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, robin. You know this lake. It was filled to the brim even before the storm. Theres a view from our drone. You still just hoy angry it is this morning. That left a trail of destruction across the state. This morning, the effects of barry being felt as far away as florida. In panama city beach, beachgoers forming a human chain to help save two distressed swimmers caught in a strong rip current. Those monstrous undertows turning deadly for one person there. Head towards the beach. Theres going to be multiple subjects in the water. Reporter 40 others rescued sunday. The category 1 hurricane slamming communities from louisiana and mississippi north to missouri with intense flooding and powerful winds, up to 60mileperhour wind gusts ripping off the roof of this airport hangar. The hurricane swirling winds whipping up three reported tornadoes in the state. Downed trees splitting homes in half and power lines littering the roads. Utility crews restoring to over 150,000 customers. Up to ten inches of rain swamping parts of mississippi and over a foot in louisiana. The torrential rains inundating roads, homes and businesses. The tombstones at this cemetery entirely submerged. Some areas facing up to 15 inches. Look at this wave action off lake pontchartrain. A full day after landfall, the storm surge just relentless. A good three feet of water still pushing into this neighborhood. Nearly 100 people rescued from high waters. This man and his dog airlifted to safety by the coast guard. Even with barry far removed, it is a boiling tempest this morning. Thankfully the surge from the lake has receded. At one point, it was over 400 yards inland, 3 or 4 feet deep. If youre thinking this is early for a hurricane making landfall, you bet it was. The last time this happened was back in 2005 when that hit louisiana. Later that year, it was katrina. Robin, we are certainly hoping history doesnt repeat itself this year. Youre right about that, rob. Thank you. The threat is not over yet, isnt that right, ginger . Thats right. You can still see the circulation from barry centered over arkansas. Its counter clockwise. Some of the heavier bands down to texas so youve got flood alerts. You have flash flood alerts up to illinois, paducah, kentucky, memphis, tennessee, included so who will get it when . It looks like its very slow moving north to northeast. Itll start to pick up in pace as we go through the midweek but talking about rain reaching all the way to western new york and western pennsylvania. On the order of two to three inches from what is left of barry but some of the heavier bands from arkansas to mississippi today could leave six to ten inches, george. Wet start to the week. Ginger, thanks very much. To washington now where President Trump has sparked a storm of outrage after a series of racist tweets targeting members of congress who are women of color. He wrote they should, quote, go from, ignoring the fact they are all citizens, three of the four born in the u. S. Our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce tracking all the latest. Mary, the president was trying to divide democrats. It appears to be backfiring. Reporter while the president may have thought he could exploit tension between Democratic Leaders and these progressive members, instead we are now seeing democrats coming together rallying behind these members and calling out the president for these racist tweets. From congress thats a racist tweet. Reporter to the campaign trail. It is absolutely racist and unamerin,isn old trope. Reporter President Trumps latest twitter tirade is being slammed as racist and xenophobic. Without naming names the president sunday called out progressive democrat congresswomen tweeting, why dont they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done, adding, these places need your help badly. You cant leave fast enough. Its not the first time trump has taken aim at these women of color who have been sharply critical of his immigration policies. A group of people that came from i dont know where they came from. Reporter the congresswomen came from cincinnati, detroit and new york city. Only one of the group, representative ilhan omar, a somali refugee, was born outside of the u. S. Shes now an american citizen. On twitter the minnesota representative wrote, trump is stoking White Nationalism because you are angry that People Like Us are serving in congress and fighting against your hatefilled agenda. Ayanna pressley of massachusetts shot back, this is what racism looks like. We are what democracy looks like and were not going anywhere. And from congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez of new york, mr. President , the country i come from and the country we all swear to is the United States. The tweets getting a strong united response from democrats. The president is an illegitimate racist occupying the white house who has defined himself over and over again. I am freaking appalled that the president of the United States conducts himself in such a disgraceful and racist way. Reporter while nancy pelosi has been sparring with the freshman progressives, shes making it clear. She has their backs, tweeting, when Donald Trump Tells four american congresswomen to go back to their countries he reaffirms his plan to make America Great again has always been about making America White again. Now, while democrats have been quick to condemn the president , the silence from republicans is deafening. So far Top Republicans are not weighing in. They are not denouncing the president s comments or defending him while the president this morning is digging in tweeting, so sad to see the democrats sticking up for people who speak so badly of our country. George. Okay, mary, lets bring in senior white house senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega for more on this. Cecilia, this is about as explicit as the president has ever gotten in a tweet like this, but he has a history of making these racist appeals. Reporter yeah, he does, and this one will be tough for people here in the administration to spin and, frankly, impossible to defend. This phrase, go back where you came from, has a painful history. We know racism against minorities and immigrants in this country is nothing new, but as you just said a president normalizing it in such a public way, lets look at it. Birtherism, he promoted that Conspiracy Theory that barack obama was born in africa for years and he launched his campaign saying mexicans were rapists, and of course lets go back to charlottesville where he said there were very fine people on both sides. Now what he is doing with these tweets is really harkening back to the age old racist notion that white is american, that people of color are not. That they are other, that immigrants are not part of this country. Hes advocating for an us versus them mentality. You know, while we havent so far, george, heard from republicans denouncing these tweets, i will tell you the White Nationalists are loving it. One prominent website saying this morning, quote, this is the kind of White Nationalism we elected him for. That is really something. As you point out, the fact that republicans havent spoken out even though they did speak out in the past it shows how theyve united behind the president , at least Republican Leaders have. Meantime, this comes, cecilia, at the same time last week the president was touting these immigration raids in major cities that were supposed to take place yesterday. It appears that didnt really come off. Reporter yeah, you know, ten large cities this was supposed to happen in around the country. 2,000 some odd documented immigrants, they fell far short of expectations, these raids that the president said would happen. There were only a handful of operations that took place around the country. Were told by sources that they looked more like routine enforcement actions. The big question this morning, george, though, is did these raids not happen because the president telegraphed them in advance . You know, we know that leaders in cities where these raids were supposed to happen say the president is purposefully trying to scare these immigrant communities. We know a number of people did not answer their doors. They were coached essentially and told not to answer their doors if i. C. E. Knocked and didnt have warrants. But immigration advocates, george, tell us this threat is still not over. They believe the raids could happen later today or later this week when people head back to work. Right, they could unroll all week. Okay, cecilia vega, thanks very much. Amy. George, now to that mysterious blackout that left tens of thousands of new yorkers in the dark. Power was knocked out for more than 70,000 customers. Hundreds of people were stuck in elevators, others were stranded on the subway and there are there are still problems this morning. Abcs Erielle Reshef is outside in times square with the latest on the investigation into what happened. Good morning, erielle. Reporter good morning to you, amy. Theres still an urgent hunt for answers this morning after more than 30 blocks of the city were paralyzed saturday night. Some iconic landmarks including some billboards right here in times square going dark, a main bus terminal still without airconditioning this morning. We have a major blackout. Reporter this morning Electric Company con edison investigating why a large swath of manhattan plunged into darkness. More than 72,000 customers without power on a steamy saturday evening. We have to make sure it doesnt happen again and the system is designed in such a way that it doesnt happen again. Reporter some neon billboards in times square pitch black. On iconic broadway, lights out, but that didnt stop the musical cast of rock of ages from taking the show outside. It goes on and on and on reporter stoplights at busy intersections off, leaving pedestrians to step in and direct traffic. Emergency responders racing to roughly 400 elevator rescues. Theres people trapped in elevators in both towers. Reporter underground nearly 3,000 passengers stuck or left waiting for trains. And a Jennifer Lopez concert at Madison Square garden cut off. Theyre asking everybody to evacuate. Reporter during those eerie five hours new york city mayor bill de blasio trying to reassure new yorkers from the president ial campaign trail in iowa. Lets get all the facts and then well assess what to do. Reporter returning home the next day facing questions about his re you have to be in charge wherever you are. Im in regular touch with my folks confirming the situation is being handled properly. [ cheers ] reporter the streets of new york erupting into cheers as the city that never sleeps woke up from the massive blackout. And authorities have ruled out a cyberattack or any criminality here but con edison says it could take weeks to figure out extlwhat cseth msive outage. They say they willri okay, ele, thank you very much. We move to that Amusement Park accident caught on camera. The ride fell apart in midair, crashed to the ground with people on board, and diane macedo has the latest on the investigation. Good morning, diane. Reporter george, good morning. This incident is horrifying, and the whole thing was caught on cell phone video. You can see the ride full of people swinging back and forth. Onlookers watching. Everyone seemingly having a good time and suddenly that ride snapped and that bottom half came crashing down. Officials in ahmedabad, india say two people were killed instantly. Both in their 20s. 29 more were injured and at least three are in critical condition. Now an investigation is under way as authorities try to figure out what went wrong here, george. As you said this happened in india but this is a pretty common ride. Reporter it is. Thf cald thscery. Its one of those that swings back and forth like a pendulum. Its a popular feature in Amusement Parks all over the world, but we still dont know how many of those are this exact ride or imitions. In fact, the Italian Company that makes the discovery has another one of its rides was also involved in a fatal accident a few years ago, also in india. Either way, though, george, authorities worldwide will watch this investigation closely to try to ensure that whatever went wrong here doesnt happen again. Thanks very much. Robin. To the investigation under way into the mysterious death of a beloved civil rights activist. Sadie robertsjoseph who founded an africanamerican museum in louisiana. Alex perez has the latest. Reporter this morning authorities searching for answers after the body of 75yearold sadie robertsjoseph, a beloved member of the baton rouge community, was discovered on friday stuffed in the trunk of this white car just miles from her home. Her family shattered. Her niece desperate for answers. We are devastated. Were devastated that someone has actually killed her and put her in the trunk of her own car. Reporter seen speaking here o h tlen of our past. Reporter robertsjoseph was a civil rights activist who founded the africanamerican History Museum in baton rouge. Police digging for answers. Why would somebody do Something Like this to her . You know, we dont know. Thats what were trying to figure out. My detectives have been working overtime and we do know there was a time when she was last seen, and a time when she was when the body was discovered and were working on that time frame and focusing in on what happened between that time. Reporter baton rouge mayor Sharon Weston broome devastated. I have no idea why someone would do such a heinous act or commit such a heinous act, for someone who had nothing but love for this community and love for people. Reporter and authorities have not identified a suspect or a motive. The police chief here tells me he has two teams of investigators working this case around the clock. Robin. All right, alex, thank you so much you so much. She was so beloved in that region. I hope they get answers soon. New trouble for travelers. Another airline is extending the grounding of their boeing 737 max jet stretching into november. Abcs david kerley has all the details. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, amy. Summer travel has already been affected. Now some are wondering whether the holiday season, christmas and thanksgiving could be affected by another airline canceling flights all the way into november. Its American Airlines that says that it is canceling flights until november 2nd joining united, which is also canceling into early november. Southwest remains in early october. The problem here, other issues have been found with the 737 max and that software fix is still not submitted to the faa nor these aircraft to flight. W, tho isepting tcod mo intner, ary. Familiar with the fix that that is not the view of those who are working to get this aircraft back into the air. Amy . All right, david. I think for anyone who flies a lot, take your time, you know . Make sure its all good. Got a good point there. How about that recordbreaking wimbledon match yesterday. Roger federer and Novak Djokovic going headtohead, fivehour showdown. Fifth set tiebreaker it went to. Djokovic ultimately winning taking home his fifth wimbledon title, 16th grand slam and so how did he celebrate . Well, weve been watching in recent years. You know, yeah, go ahead, take a taste. Mmmm. Thats become a tradition after his wimbledon wins. He said in the past as a kid he dreamed of winning wimbledon so like every child he dreamed of doing something crazy. He actually achieved it. I bet you that grass tasted great. Im sure it did, especially after five hours. He was hungry. Okay, we are following a lot of other headlines this morning including this terrifying moment that was caught on camera. You see this raft with six people on board go over a l in. Well talk about the warning signs they missed and how they survived. Good thing they had on their life jackets. And why Jeffrey Epstein could get out of jail as early as today, but first lets go back to ginger. Yes, and im going to take you to washington state. This is called the powerline fire, now more than 5,000 acres burned and a very low contain i want at this point. Unfortunately, we have more fire watches in place from las vegas through utah, arizona and heat advisories as far west as San Bernardino county for 115 to 120. Thats the type of heat were talking. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First the select cities sponsored by walmart. Good monday morning. Im lisa argen. Waking up to clear sky in san francisco. Should be a nice day until the winds get going later on this afternoon. Well see temperatures coming down a few degrees. And lookin