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good morning, america. breaking overnight, crime scene in chaos. international investigators blocked from the site where malaysian flight 17 crashed and burned. >> the debris field goes miles. >> but our reporter was able to get in. the shocking things we've discovered as the world waits to find out who did this. northwest burning. tens of thousands of acres of flames and out of control. forcing residents to run, some 100 homes have been destroyed. >> all you could see was fire just everywhere. >> so when will the hot, dry, windy weather end and finally give firefighters a chance to gain the upper hand? caught on camera. the video sparking outrage this morning. a father of six dies after being arrested on the sidewalk by new york city cops. >> i can't breathe.
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i can't breathe. >> street protests expected today over whether officers used an illegal choke hold to bring him down. and killer caffeine. a teen's death linked to a product 25 times more powerful than your morning coffee. what you need to know this morning about the fda's important new warning. hey, good morning, everybody. we're going to get right to the breaking news on flight mh17. the plane ripped out of the sky over ukraine. here's what we know this morning. president obama pointing the finger at rebel fighters in eastern ukraine, fighters who are backed by russia. he says they used a russian made surface-to-air missile to shoot down the plane perhaps even with russian technical support. >> and we also know that one american was among the victims. quinn lucas schansman was 19 years old with joint u.s./dutch citizenship.
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he's 1 of the 298 dead including 80 children, 3 of whom were infants. also this morning, growing international outrage over the fact that rebel fighters in eastern ukraine were not allowing investigators to reach the scene of the crash. we have team coverage of what is a fast-moving story at this hour, and we begin with abc's kirit radia who was able to reach the scene and what he found is shocking. kirit. >> reporter: good morning, dan and bianna. i'm standing right in the middle of where the bulk of the plane landed. and as you can see, almost nothing survived. just a part of the landing gear here, part of the engine there and burned body parts everywhere. this morning, international investigators complain that the rebels that control this area won't give them full access to the site. the smell hits you even before you see it. jet fuel and death. the wreckage still smoldering. every white flag a body part. among the debris a child's toy, a backpack, someone's suitcase. anywhere else in the world the crash site would be roped off
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and crawling with investigators. not here. only a few rebels to keep watch and local emergency workers. international investigators still haven't arrived. the team who arrived last night said the rebels did not grant them full access. president obama says the u.s. has evidence the rebels shot the plane down. >> evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile that was launched from an area that is controlled by russian-backed separatists inside of ukraine. >> reporter: one rebel blasted those claims. [ speaking a foreign language ] telling us it was the ukrainian military who did this. among the dead, an american student on his way to join his family's vacation. >> it's so useless. it's so senseless what happened. >> reporter: also killed, three infants, almost bringing the u.s. ambassador to the united nations to tears. >> as we stared at the passenger list yesterday, we saw next to three of the passengers names a capital "i." as we now know, the letter "i" stands for infant.
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>> reporter: back at the crash site, the rebels say they'll facilitate an investigation, but so far that has yet to begin. it's been raining here today, and all of this evidence and so many of the bodies are still laying out exposed to the elements. now nearly 48 hours after the crash. dan and bianna. >> a complete disrespect for the dead. kirit radia, thank you. let's bring in abc news aviation consultant colonel steve ganyard who is in london. steve, good morning. the fact that the crime scene is so totally unsecured, how badly does that set back the investigation? >> dan, i've got a little bit of a different take on this. you know, i think the past 24 hours we've had the president come out and confirm what happened, and that is that a surface-to-air missile system that was russian in origin brought this aircraft down and so i think we really know what happened. getting to those black boxes isn't going to tell us much. the black boxes will only say this was a perfectly good airplane right up until the
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impact of that missile. getting to the crash site could provide some forensic evidence, perhaps things like residue from explosives or some metal fragments, but i think right now what we really need to do is get to that crash site and preserve some of the dignity of the dead and of their loved ones. >> yeah, i mean it's hard to call that anything other than an outrage. given this situation and given that we're in an active war zone here, how do we get to the bottom of this and find out who is to blame? >> right, that's going to be the challenge because we know that the rebels had this weapon. we know that it came from rebel territory. we saw two weeks ago nato intelligence officials were briefing that they saw the russians giving training to the rebels on this sophisticated tactical mobile surface-to-air missile system. so there are lots of pieces of evidence now, but i think we're going to shift from a mind-set of a crime scene investigation to an intelligence investigation to try and figure out how was it that these missiles came to be into rebel hands, and it'll probably most likely point back
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to moscow. >> why would it be in anybody's interest, though, to shoot down a commercial airplane? why do you think they would have done this? >> right now i can only imagine that it was not done deliberately. if the rebels were given a little bit of training on these surface-to-air missile systems they probably weren't told how to use all the capabilities of that system to determine the difference between a commercial and a military aircraft. they probably just saw a blip on the radar, locked on and pulled the trigger, but i think what happened here is that mr. putin gave some delinquent children a can of gasoline and some matches, and he's now shocked to find out that they started a fire. >> it's horrifying. all right, colonel steve ganyard, our aviation consultant reporting in from london this morning, thank you. >> and our thoughts and prayers, of course, with the loved ones who lost so many people and of course it bears reminding this is a human tragedy. nearly 300 lost souls and we're starting to hear some of their stories and the twist of fate surrounding that doomed flight. circumstances keeping some
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people off the plane saving their lives while others wound up last-minute passengers. abc's david wright has their incredible stories from kuala lumpur. david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. across this country, flags at half-staff, people here still grappling with the disappearance of malaysian air 370 now mourning the loss of flight 17 too, and we're hearing stories today from the lucky few ticketed passengers who ended up not getting on board that plane. barry and izzy sim tried to fly out on mh17, but the flight was oversold. there weren't enough seats for them and their baby. >> i was going to change my flight to be on malaysian airlines, and then we couldn't get both on the flight this morning, so we changed it to the klm one. >> reporter: that decision saved their lives. >> just shock. you get that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. >> we were supposed to be on that flight, and obviously, you know, something was watching over us and say, no, don't get
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on that flight. >> reporter: australian newlyweds simone laposta and juan jovell had tickets on mh17 coming home from their honeymoon. >> we've got some pretty good guardian angels. >> reporter: they ended up flying home a day early worried about getting over the jet lag in time for work. >> so we changed that flight to wednesday. >> we're feeling lucky but at the same time, you know, just our hearts bleed for these families that, you know, expected their loved ones to come home. >> reporter: flight attendant sanji singh swapped on to h17 at the last moment. in march his wife also a flight attendant swapped off flight 370. she lived. he's now gone. dutch cyclist marten de jonge has been lucky twice. booked on flight 370 in march and on flight 17 thursday, both times he ended up not boarding the fateful flight. here in malaysia there's truly a sense that lightning has struck twice.
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the agony still fresh for those flight 370 families, now dozens more sharing their grief. dan? >> lightning striking twice, david wright, thank you. this is a disaster that could change the face of commercial aviation. the flight path over eastern ukraine was technically open for business on the day mh17 was shot down. dozens of flights crossed the space that day and, in fact, planes regularly fly over war zones all over this planet, so could this crash change that and what kind of impact will it have on us flyers? abc's jim avila is at reagan national airport in washington this morning. jim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. when we board a flight we know where we're going, but we rarely think about the route the pilot is taking. for the shootdown of this passenger jet, that may change. add ukraine to a growing list of hot spots international airlines are required to avoid. north korea, yemen, the sinai peninsula and syria. a big chunk of airspace.
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so why did malaysian air flight 17 pass over a combat zone thursday? because that area wasn't closed down above 32,000 feet, and the doomed 777 was flying at an unrestricted 33,000 feet when the missile brought it down. abc news aviation consultant john nance says the plane may have been flying legally, but it was still flying unwise. >> when you're flying over a war zone, it doesn't matter if somebody says, well, you're okay above 32,000 feet. maybe you want to be a little bit more conservative. >> reporter: after the missile strike, all airspace over eastern ukraine was closed. an expensive detour for airlines who lose time, about ten minutes to fly around the combat zone and $1500 per flight in fuel costs. but despite the cost in time and money, this week the biggest aviation lesson may be more caution from regulators and pilots in times of war. >> we've got to be much more proactive about staying clear of
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any possible hot zone in terms of combat on the ground. >> reporter: but in the air all those simultaneous war zones on the ground carve out thousands of miles through a popular air corridor with some of the world's heaviest traffic. pilots, passengers and airlines now thinking a lot more about what's below us as we travel by air. bianna. >> thinking a lot more about that flight path. all right, jim, thank you. and that concludes our coverage this morning of malaysian flight 17. of course, we'll continue with all breaking news and top developments on abc news and abcnews.com, but we're going to turn now to the massive western wildfires. the worst tearing through washington state, some 100 homes destroyed. hundreds of square miles blackened by the flames that firefighters are struggling to get under control. abc's brandi hitt is on the front lines in pateros, washington, with more. brandi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan and bianna. imagine coming home to find this, your house is gone, and all that's left is a metal staircase.
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as this fire continues to spread this morning, more evacuations are now under way. this morning, fierce flames are tearing through central washington. [ sirens ] >> reporter: the carlton complex fire exploding overnight to more than 160,000 acres and destroying some hundred homes. the town of pateros so ravaged, a metal billboard is seen here melting away. >> all you could see was fire just everywhere. >> we just watched my friend's house go down. >> reporter: alex hernandez had to break the horrible news to his friend over the phone. >> all right, take care, man. >> reporter: that a fireball wiped out his home. >> we thought we had it saved last night, and it's gone now. >> reporter: this morning, two more nearby communities are now being evacuated as a wall of fire bears down on these residential areas. and stubborn wind-whipped flames push fire crews to their limits. >> right now they're just stopping the fire from spreading any farther down the road. >> reporter: it's been a hellish week of wildfires barreling through tens of thousands of
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acres across five states. leavenworth, washington, is one of the hardest hit towns. >> it really looked like the cauldron of hell to see flames everywhere. >> reporter: and take a look at this, a charming state park reduced to ashes. >> the state is going to do everything humanly possible to reduce the risk of these fires, which is still extremely acute. >> reporter: the flames are also downing miles of power lines and leaving an entire town of 600 people without electricity. >> all the power and water is off, and we heard that it's probably going to be up to a month before we can get some electricity back. >> reporter: this morning residents are praying for rain but preparing for more heat and gusty winds, and in this brutal battle between firefighters and mother nature, one fire chief says mother nature is winning, dan and bianna. >> brandi, thank you. striking to hear that man describe it as the cauldron of hell. we'll stay on top of that story, of course. there was a lot of other news breaking overnight. and for that, including the latest on hamas and the battle
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against israel in the gaza, we'll get it over to ron claiborne. >> hey, good morning to you, dan and bianna. good morning, everyone. we begin in the middle east where there's been renewed heavy fighting between israeli forces and palestinian fighters as the israeli military pushes deeper into the gaza strip. israeli commanders say the expanded air and ground offensive could now take a couple of weeks. the death toll on the palestinian side estimated at about 300 people. one israeli civilian was killed by a rocket attack and a number of israeli soldiers have been injured. this comes as u.n. secretary ban ki-moon heads to the region to try to broker a cease-fire deal to end the bloodshed there. and potential legal problems for the automaker subaru. a federal lawsuit is accusing subaru of failing to tell customers about a defect that could lead to engine failure while the vehicles are being driven. the models affected are the 2011 through 2014 forester, the 2013 legacy, outback and crosstrek as well as the 2012 and 2013 impreza.
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the suit is demanding a recall and unspecified damages. and president obama will meet with several central american leaders next week to try to carve out a plan to curb the influx of child migrants coming into the u.s. with a meeting in washington, d.c. with leaders of honduras, guatemala and el salvador and it's going to be next friday and comes as the administration struggles to win approval in congress for $3.7 billion to expand border security and deal with that immigration crisis. and quite a rescue in pennsylvania. a 14-year-old boy got trapped inside a vertical structural beam of the elizabeth bridge. the boy climbed into the 18-inch diameter beam -- don't ask why -- and he was then unable to move. it took 20 agencies 2 1/2 hours to free him using a harness. the teenager suffered only minor scrapes. his father welcomed him home by telling him -- imagine this -- he's grounded. and a couple caught on surveillance video allegedly stealing a replica of a baby
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dinosaur from a museum in north carolina have turned themselves in. logan ritchey and alyssa lavacca both 21 years of age are now facing felony charges. the video appears to show ritchey shoving the dinosaur which is valued at about $10,000 into lavacca's bag. if i'm not mistaken that is a replica of the edmonotosaurus regulis from the late crustacean period, not the early crustacean area. >> more valuable. >> i remember that. yes. those are some bad dudes. we're not done. police say the video after was released. the dinosaur was found in the back entrance of the museum. someone brought it back. and some kids in east texas are lucky that they escaped the jaws of this huge eight-foot-long alligator. they were swimming in a pond near their home in wood county when the gator chased them out of the water. thing.
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wouldn't want to mess with that thing. wildfire officials came in and took the gator away to a local alligator farm, so they say. i bet you never see that alligator again. back to you. >> all right. a little bit of cynicism at the end of the newscast. ron, thank you. we do have an important health warning this morning. the fda now telling americans to stay away from pure powdered caffeine. this is a dozen times stronger than what's in your coffee cup right now, and it's being blamed for the death of a teenager in ohio, and abc's michelle franzen is here with more on the story. >> well, that's exactly right. >> we know about caffeine and caffeine pills. this is caffeine powder and it's a potent and widely available stimulant that is popular with athletes. health officials now say small amounts can be deadly. that after an ohio teen overdosed. logan steiner was a standout high school student and wrestler in ohio. just days away from graduating in may when his brother found the teen unresponsive at home. his death shocked the community. >> he was just a terrific kid. i mean, he was a role model. i mean, they loved having him there. >> reporter: the autopsy report that followed was even more shocking. the county coroner finding the
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cause of death a lethal amount of caffeine in his system, more than 23 times the amount found in a typical serving of coffee or soda. his family learning after his death he was taking caffeine powder. >> it leads into cardic arrhythmias, which is a speeding heart and it leads into seizures and those are two things that took his life. >> reporter: caffeine powder is a popular stimulant, experts say, that is easily available in pure bulk form online and is not illegal. the fda warning this morning even a teaspoon can pack a lethal punch of 25 cups of coffee. >> and we found out that this was being sold in bulk form in a powder form, and it was being used by young people, and it was just to give them an edge because most of them like all of us thought, well, it's innocuous, you know, it can't hurt you. >> reporter: and the fda says it is still investigating caffeine powder and may consider taking regulatory action. steiner's death has also triggered ohio lawmakers to look
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at possible legislation. >> that's unfortunate. we haven't heard of this, so let's bring in abc's chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser for more. what is your take on this? >> i mean, yeah, this is really important. i think we've developed a cavalier attitude around caffeine. low levels in adults, it'll make you more alert. it'll help you focus, but this isn't low levels. this is a high level, and what we're seeing is thousands of people ending up in the er every year because of taking in too much caffeine. this product, one teaspoon with the amount of caffeine that's in 25 cups of coffee. >> what makes the powder so much more potent? >> well, it's pure caffeine, and what we know from that is, you know, you drink too much coffee you're going to get a little it? rememberry, you may have trouble sleeping, but you take too much of this, and it's truly toxic. you're going to get disoriented. you may have an irregular heartbeat. you may have seizures and it can lead to death. this is a very serious issue and it's legal. >> and as michelle said, right, the fda is looking into this, but you think they should be
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tougher on this thing. >> well, the rules that govern supplements and products like this are an absolute mess. the fda considers this a food product, so manufacturers can put it in everything from waffles to syrup. supplements can use it, as well, and they don't have to tell you how much is in there. "consumer reports" when they looked at it said that the labels are often very misleading. it's an area where fda is going to do more research and hopefully the rules will change. >> particularly when you think that when you walk into a store, something over the counter, it's not going to be dangerous, right? >> in particular for children. adults have a much higher tolerance than children. the academy of pediatrics want parents to know energy drink, caffeine, not good for kids. >> adults, stick to coffee and tea. right? >> right. that's the way to go. >> dr. besser, thanks very much. >> thanks, rich. meantime, a check of the weather, and we want to welcome back meteorologist julie durda from our abc station in miami, wplg. good morning, julie. >> good morning. we are expecting to continue to watch the fires roar over the northwest and have fire warnings
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in effect for northeastern washington. a very dry air mass, low humidity and high winds are expected again for the northwest. a big concern for the firefighters out there. with those increasing winds and low humidity, it's not good news for our friends across the northwest. let's head to the southeast where we wish we could take all this rain across the gulf coast states and the southeast and take it to the northwest. they are expecting more rain today. flash flooding will be possible up to 2 inches from new orleans all the way into the panhandle. now, that rain will start up towards the mid-atlantic states as we go to the end of the weekend but check out what a refreshing day it is for the northeast. temperatures well below average feeling more like fall instead of summer. that's a look at the national forecast.
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>> dan and bianna, have you been able to enjoy this beautiful weather? it's been refreshing here in the northeast. >> it's amazing. finally. >> yes, i took a nice long run outside yesterday. keep it coming, julie. great to have you back. and coming up here on -- yes. >> a long run? >> yes. >> a jog. >> silly question. let me tell you what's coming up next on "gma." the valentine day's murder trial. this is a wild case. the alleged mistress of the man accused of killing his wife taking the stand, so were these two lovers? and caught on tape, did police use an illegal choke hold to arrest a man who ended up dying after this takedown? the protest planned after the accusations and outrage that police went way too far. plus, brad pitt makes a fashion statement. why his choice of outfit is getting so much buzz up ahead in "pop news." >> we know you were running. >> he was jogging the other day, as well. other day,
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shocking image >> don't touch me. >> we're looking at shocking images. five new york city police officers tackling a man who ends up dying while in custody. the mayor of new york is demanding a full investigation and there's going to be protests planned today, as well. >> this video is really horrifying, and it's going viral this morning making a lot of people really angry. the mayor of new york city bill de blasio postponing his vacation to italy by a day for an important meeting with community leaders. there are protests expected. there are charges this morning that proper procedures were not followed during the arrest. we'll have much more on this story which is breaking at this hour coming up. but first the man on trial accused of killing his wife on valentine's day. >> authorities in illinois say nathan leuthold, a former baptist missionary, shot his wife to make way for his alleged
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mistress. the prosecution and defense laying out their case in court and abc's reena ninan is here with more. good morning, reena. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. the couple met that alleged mistress when she was just a girl during a mission trip to lithuania. and when she turned 18, they sponsored her so she could study in the u.s. now, prosecutors are making the case she's the she's the reason nathan leuthold not only broke his wife's heart, he murdered her on valentine's day. this morning nathan leuthold is behind bars accused of murdering his wife on valentine's day last year. prosecutors say so he could be with his alleged mistress, aina dobilaite. >> the motive? his real valentine, their 20-year-old lithuanian sponsor student. >> reporter: leuthold called police to report that his wife, denise, was shot in the head during a home invasion while he was out running errands, but prosecutors say he staged the whole thing. >> i observed some kitchen cabinets open and some kitchen drawers on the floor. i felt that this was not an ordinary burglary.
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>> reporter: according to police the murder weapon was a glock 40, the same type of gun leuthold himself owned but is missing. they also found internet searches for how to muffle a gun, hitting someone over the head to knock them out and lethal injection. other defense attorneys deny any affair. the prosecution read a day planner entry from leuthold's wife saying, "i know you want me dead. why do you want to humiliate me by running around with a 20-year-old?" >> he couldn't start his life with her until he ended denise's. >> reporter: on the stand the alleged mistress questioned about a text message leuthold sent her just 15 minutes after calling 911 to report his wife's murder. >> do you remember texting back the word "interesting" with a smiley face. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> translator: could be. >> reporter: leuthold has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder charges. if convicted, he faces 45 years in prison. the defense says the evidence isn't there, but prosecutors say
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the relationship he had with the college student was much more than just a sponsored student. >> i know, reena, you'll be following it. thank you. >> meantime, let's turn to ron for another update of the morning's top story. >> good morning, everyone. we begin in ukraine and the outrage over international investigators being blocked from the site where the malaysian airliner crashed and burned. this comes as president obama says it appears they used a russian made surface-to-air missile to shoot down that aircraft. back here at home, firefighters in the west are battling several raging fires, the worst whipping through washington state. 100 homes there have been destroyed and hundreds of square miles are now blackened by the flames. and three states are suing the makers of a 5-hour energy drink for allegedly deceptive and misleading advertising. the company is accused of not having accurate evidence to back up their claims of boosting energy without the crash that typically follows a caffeine high. and finally, take a look at this. this is a rare baby rhino born at the san diego zoo six days old.
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this black rhino spent the day as young rhinos do, exploring its new surroundings. black rhinos are critically endangered species. there are only about 5,000 left in the wild. >> so cute. >> it's amazing how you can take any animal no matter how fierce and make them a baby and all of a sudden they're cute. >> and they're adorable, right. even ron thinks he's cute. >> that is fantastic. i like that little pet rhino. >> yeah. >> till they get very big and then, boom. >> i got that. >> then they kill you. >> yeah. >> way to end a happy story. >> all of a sudden it got very dark in here. >> real dark. meantime, let's get a check of the weather and over to wplg by our miami meteorologist julie durda. ron. >> wow. i didn't even know -- all right. ron. tell us how you really feel over there. all right, well, good morning, america. we are waking up to some very comfortable weather across the midwest. now, you have seen temperatures in the 50s for overnight lows with highs in the 70s across the whole midwest throughout the week. the warming trend begins now and
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instead of feeling like fall, my friends, here comes summer. we'll see highs today in the low 80s. i want to take a live look outside. look how gorgeous it is out there. now the last time i was there by talking about bright sunshine so i'm not going to sing it. you can sing it at home. absolutely gorgeous so let's move on. we are expecting a warming trend to begin as we go into early next week and do have an excessive height warning in effect. minneapolis, you will definitely feel like summer on monday. a temperature of 94 degrees. kansas city, the 90s. as we get into early next week, as well as detroit. so where is this heat coming from? all from the southwest. check it out, temperatures well into the triple digits. and phoenix, las vegas, yuma, a nice coastal area looking at comfortable conditions would be san francisco in california as well as 78 in los angeles. i believe ron took a nice vacation the
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don't touch me. don't touch me. >> this is the shocking and really wrenching video gone viral of new york city police tackling a man on the street. they say he was resisting arrest for illegally selling cigarettes. >> yeah, five policemen were tackling him. eric garner who repeatedly complained that he couldn't breathe suffered a heart attack and later died at the hospital. the city's mayor trying to calm the growing outrage promising a full investigation as ron is here with more on the story. hard to watch that video. >> that's right, bianna, and not just growing route rage, but growing controversy over this incident which took place on new york city's staten island. the suspect in a tense standoff for awhile with two police officers who were trying to arrest him then a
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struggle, and an hour and a half later, that suspect dead at a local hospital. now come questions, did police follow standard arrest procedure, or did they go too far? this video taken by a bystander captures the drama as it unfolds. >> let go. >> reporter: watch. it shows two plainclothes police officers confronting 43-year-old eric garner, his crime, allegedly selling loose cigarettes. >> i'm minding my business. please, just leave me alone. >> reporter: finally the officers try to physically arrest him. garner appears to resist. one of the officers puts his forearm around garner's neck as other officers join in to wrestle the man down. from the ground garner cries out. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> his eyes rolled in the back of his head and then he just was not responding whatsoever. >> reporter: garner was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead about an hour later. his cause of death unknown. >> nobody should have to die
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while being arrested. but mr. garner's medical condition may have been the cause of it and not the action of the officers. >> reporter: the mother of garner's infant daughter anguished and angry. >> they murdered him. they hurt him. they killed him, you know. >> reporter: new york police commissioner william bratten acknowledges the video appears to show an officer applying a choke hold on garner, a move prohibited by the nypd. >> it's defined in the department's patrol guide that this would appear to have been a choke hold. >> reporter: now police and prosecutors work to find out why this arrest resulted in the suspect dying. p p and new york city's mayyor, bill de blasio says he watched the video of garner arrest on thursday and calls it troubling de blasio was supposed to leave for vacation to europe but postponed it for one day and on staten island protests over the incident are planned led by the activist al sharpton, all of this while police internal
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affairs investigators and prosecutors launch separate investigations into what exactly happened. >> the mayor trying to simmer tensions down. >> this is going to be tense for awhile. you can imagine. >> a lot of questions. >> ron, thanks. >> thanks, ron. and coming up on "gma," the most popular person on facebook. why so many fans are finding a lot to like. >> i was surprised when i found out this. >> were you? >> ooh. "pop news" after a quick break. i'll take care of you during the break. "pop news" after a quick break. i'll take care of you during the break.
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to put that into perspective for you, facebook said that if all of shakira's fans joined hands, they would wrap around the world four times and if they all howled, that sounds random, but like shakira did in her hit song, the sound would be louder than 58 million planes taking off. >> who are these -- >> someone did some intensive homework. and it wasn't me. the grammy award winner appeared to be blown away by her record-breaking feat and she posted this message for her fans. >> thank you so much for your support, for your loyalty, for your love. it's really unbelievable. thank you so much. >> that makes me love her even more, by the way. consider my like 100 million and 1. beyonce is getting her very own exhibit at the rock and roll hall of fame. costumes from her videos and super bowl performance will be on display starting this tuesday. now, remember this one from her music video "sweet dreams," and this costume is from the "run the world" video. also on her show is her -- i hope i say this right --
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givenchy gown from the 2012 met gala. now, technically beyonce isn't eligible into induction into the hall of fame until the near future, 2027, but, hey, it's beyonce. she breaks all the rules. >> she could be the one person. >> she rules the world. >> she goes by queen bey so -- and brad pitt has always been style savvy but this could be his best yet. check out this t-shirt he was spotted wearing in a french airport. it appears to be a picture of the star and his fiancee angelina jolie hand drawn by one of their kids. angelina has spoken in the past about their children making homemade jewelry and stationery. so this could well be another design effort from one of their brood. we want to hear from you at home. show us pictures of things you're wearing that your kids have created. in-box us at facebook or tweet us @gma. i can't wait to see some of these gems. and finally a feline -- this one is for dan harris -- with a fear of thunderstorms.
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luckily this cat has the perfect escape plan. and i'm out of here. that is one clever kitty. how cute, dan. >> very cute. >> that's very cute. absolutely. >> dan is impressed. >> she hates storms too but -- >> look, a storm over and over. >> there were three storms in a row in one night. >> that's really cute. very cute. thank you very much, sara, for a wonderful "pop news" as always and for personalizing it with a little cat at the end for me, i appreciate that. we'll be right back with a big announcement you do not want to miss. keep it here. cement you do not want to miss. keep it here. ♪ at famous footwear we're not just selling back to school shoes, we're selling straight up confidence. we've done our homework to find the hottest shoes to send your kids back in style. like our exclusive shimmer print converse high-tops. anybody sitting here? only at famous footwear. famous footwear. victory is yours.
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finally this morning we have some big news here that is both exciting and a little bit sad, and it involves my blood teammate and co-pilot, bianna golodryga. we have worked side by side for more than four years and i have enjoyed every second of it. however, you now have a big opportunity. >> yeah. we are not getting a divorce. this is not a separation.
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we're still going to be in each other's lives but i'm going to take on a big new role as news and financial anchor on yahoo! joining our partner katie couric and there i'll get to cover the in-depth and important stories we all love. this new position means the world to me especially because abc and yahoo! have a partnership, so i will always be part of your family on camera and off. >> great, yes, i'm going to hold you to that. i just want to say this is an amazing opportunity. you are going to be amazing at it. we are, as you said, great partners with yahoo!, so you'll be back on this show and all of our shows every time you score a big interview, which i think is going to be frequent. can i just briefly add that these have been four amazing years? >> four years. >> four of the most enjoyable years. >> and you've never once called me bianca on air. >> i haven't. >> good for you. >> i've come this close on a couple of occasions. so we have you for a few more weeks. >> yes. >> and when you go in early august, we're going to celebrate you and toast you and roast you just a little bit, maybe bring up some of the more embarrassing moments. >> please. please.
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>> absolutely. cannot resist it. >> the waterworks are starting so we're going to end the show right now. we'll see you tomorrow. and as dan said, i have a few more weeks here. >> no, really. >> no, no. >> it was all -- we all -- >> no. no now from abc7 news -- >> good morning, i'm katie marzulo. several marin county restaurants are suing a u.s. interior department in order to save drake's bay company. ken salazar violated federal laws when he denied a lease extension. restaurants will lose access to
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locally harvested oysters, drake's bay announced it will close down at the end of the month. nearly 400 sam transworkers will get a 9% pay raise over three years. according to the mercury news, the new agreement is retroactive to july 13th and grants a 3% raise over three years. the contract will cost the transit agency $1.5 million in the first year. it applies to bus drivers, maintenance workers and customer service representatives. japanese pop culture will take center stage in san francisco this weekend. happening today the city kicks off its 2014 j-pop summit festival in union square. the sixth annual summit will feature food, fashion events and music. the festival runs today and tomorrow. let's find out how the weather is going to be to that. meteorologist francis lawson in
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for lisa argen this morning. >> we've got clouds around the bay area with live doppler 7 hd. we'll start to see the clouds clear back to the coast later on. being replaced by some filtered sunshine. low clouds over sfo, some flight arrival delays 30 minutes. temperatures now in the 50s and 60s. katie? >> thank you, frances. up next, a tech start-up takes the law into his own hands to try to catch a thief. investigators now on the investigators now on the scene of a npower, tthe will..., investigators now on the scene of a mobilizing to take on the world? you don't know "aarp." aarp and its foundation are taking on hunger with 29 million meals donated. drive to end hunger teams with local agencies to reach the hungriest among us. if you don't think feed the hungry when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp." find more surprising possibilities and get to know us at aarp.org/possibilities.
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♪ live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. good morning, everyone, i'm katie marzulo, it's 8:00 a.m. on saturday. we start off with a quick look at the weather, here's meteorologist frances lawson in for lisa argen. >> looking from emeryville to the west. we see the marine layer deeper than we expected. it might take some time for low clouds to dissipate. as we take you above the clouds, we'll see some high clouds starting to pass through this afternoon. inland areas will be a touch warmer today. you'll reach the upper 80s along the coast and in san francisco, the clouds and fog will stick around throughout the day. temperatures near the mid 60s and then around
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