Zoo Gorilla's Death Sparks Outrage; Airport Security Breaches
ROMANS: Authorities are investigating the family of the 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo. There's growing outrage over the decision to shoot and kill the silverback gorilla, Harambe, in order to save that little boy's life. Animal rights activists and some everyday Americans are calling for criminal charges against the little boy's mother. The online outrage has been just really, really interesting. We get more from CNN's Jessica Schneider this morning.</s>JESSICA SCHNEIDER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John and Christine, Cincinnati police are delving into the details about what transpired on Saturday. Specifically, they say they're investigating the parents and the mother to find out what happened in the minutes before that child came face-to-face with that gorilla. The mother, in particular, has come under intense scrutiny on the internet. Twitter abounds with criticisms about her, saying she should have kept a closer watch on her son. There's also a petition circulating online that's garnered more than 400,000 signatures. People saying that she should be investigated. Now, at this point we don't know a lot about the family. They've only released a statement saying that their child is safe and that they're grateful to the zoo. We also know that the mother works at a daycare right here in Cincinnati. Now, as for the zoo, itself, police say they are not investigating it because it falls under the purview of the USDA. The zoo was last looked at and inspected by the USDA in April. They did have a citation in March for leaving a door open. A polar bear then got out and went into an employee room. But there has never been a citation against the zoo concerning that gorilla enclosure -- Christine and John.</s>BERMAN: All right, Jessica, thanks so much. Doctors in New Jersey confirm the birth of a baby girl who is suffering from microcephaly caused by the Zika virus. The unidentified 31-year-old mother came down with the virus in her home country of Honduras. Doctors say she came to the United States in hopes of getting medical care for the baby. She was taken into the emergency room at Hackensack University Medical Center on Friday. The child is the first to be born in the New York region with the Zika-linked brain disorder.</s>ROMANS: The Transportation Safety Administration, the TSA, taken to task over potential security flaws at America's airports. TSA data shows an average of 2,500 security breaches a year at airport perimeters and key access points. The government accountability office blames the TSA for failing to update security standards for the airports to follow.</s>BERMAN: Mandatory evacuations are underway this morning after seven people were killed in record-breaking floods that hit parts of Texas. (Video playing) Look at this video right here. The rain just coming down in sheets. Local authorities in San Antonio say the storm system dumped up to 22 inches of rain in just a few hours. You can see what it did to the streets there, submerged in water. The swollen Brazos River in Richmond has risen to levels not seen since 1913. Officials in Fort Bend County, just southwest of Houston, say they have made more than 120 water rescues. The rain and potential flooding not over yet. Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has more.</s>DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Unfortunately, John and Christine, the forecast calls for more rain for central and eastern Texas. The upper-level pattern drawing south from the four corners region, eventually making its way towards the Gulf of Mexico, really tapping into that moisture-laden air. That is going to allow more showers and storms to form today and through the rest of the work week. The National Weather Service has flood watches and warnings, likely to be expanded across much of Texas. Look at our high-resolution radar imagery. You can see the thunderstorms really firing up, thanks to the daytime heating from the sun. This is a very saturated environment. Additional rainfall of three to five inches could lead to more flooding today, and again, through the rest of the work week. The rest of the country -- lots of sunshine across the New England coastline. It's starting to warm up over the interior western half of the U.S. Take a look at the temperatures today for the Big Apple, 81, Detroit, 84, Charleston, 88, Atlanta, a sizzling 92 -- back to you.</s>ROMANS: All right, on the first day of June. OK, thanks for that Derek. Let's take a look at what's coming up on "NEW DAY" this morning. Alisyn Camerota joins us. Hi there.</s>ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR, "NEW DAY": Hey, guys, great to see you. We have a lot to talk about in this show today. We're going to have much more on Donald Trump's epic rant against what he called the dishonest, sleazy media. The media that dared to scrutinize his fundraising for veterans groups. Hillary Clinton says Trump was shamed into giving the almost $6 million to vets and that her record is better. So we have lots of reaction to that on both sides. Also, new polls show where the race stands between Clinton and Trump today. We're also following new developments in the death of the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo. Police are now investigating the parents of the little boy who got into that animal's enclosure. What consequences could they face? That's still a big conversation happening across the country guys, so we'll talk about that, too.</s>ROMANS: It sure is. All right, thanks, Alisyn for that. Fifty minutes past the hour. ISIS is turning to taxes. Why the terror group is forced to impose heavy fees on its own followers. We've got that next.