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Billionaire Donald Trump has extended his lead over the Republican presidential field, while Democratic overall frontrunner Hillary Clinton now trails underdog Bernie Sanders in the key early voting state of Iowa, polls showed on Sept.10. 

A television reporter and a cameraman were shot and killed live on air diring an interview in Virginia, US on Wednesday.

The station, WDBJ7, a CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, identified the reporter as Alison Parker, 24, and the cameraman as Adam Ward, 27, Reuters reported.

Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Aug. 26 morning while conducting a live television interview, the station said. 

The incident occurred at about 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 GMT)  during a live broadcast in Bedford County, when shots could be heard, sending the reporter and the person she was interviewing  screaming and ducking for cover. 

Two people working on a live TV broadcast were killed on Wednesday morning at the Bridgewater Plaza near Smith Mountain Lake in Franklin County, Virginia, according to the TV channel WDBJ TV’s website.

WDBJ7’s photographer Adam Ward and reporter Alison Parker were killed in the incident, their station reported. Ward was 27 years old. Parker just turned 24.

Real estate magnate Donald Trump moved to the top of the 2016 Republican presidential field in a CNN poll released on July 26, edging out rival Jeb Bush and gaining support from Republicans in the last month despite a series of controversial statements. 

With flashes of flesh and impressive resumes, Miss USA was crowned July 12, after the pageant was shunned by major networks following controversial comments on Mexican immigrants by presidential candidate Donald Trump.