this morning on "world news now," behind bars. >> the county clerk kim davis choosing jailtime over a deal in that same-sex marriage standoff. what she said to the judge and what lies ahead for davis and the many couples seeking a marriage license. pleading the fifth, the former hillary clinton staffer refusing to testify over her e-mail scandal. why this could spell trouble for her campaign with the rest of the candidates looking to pounce. help on the highway. the alarming new trend of drivers taking action on the road. stopping other drivers from reckless and dangerous maneuvers. but could these good samaritans be causing more harm than good. and talking body. the medical mystery rof involving a woman hearing things. all the sounds from inside her own body. bones creaking, her heart

beating. every move. what does it sound like anyway? it's friday, september 4th. from abc news, this is "world news now." really? >> is this officially labor day weekend the end of summer? >> it's the unofficial end of summer. >> the unofficial end. >> i believe it's the 23rd or something. >> ginger zee did say it's going to be hot in september. i'm taking that as a continuation of the summer. someone backstage said ginger zee is pregnant. >> everything's always hot. that's one way to look at it, too. it's hot all over the country. >> college football heating up. >> i love it. best time of year. >> a lot of people think that. we'll begin with the defiant county clerk at the center of a national debate jailed over staunch opposition to same-sex marriage. >> a judge found kim davis in contempt of court for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. most of her deputy clerks have promised to comply with the law. the governor says all citizens

will be able to be married today. more from abc's marcy gonzales. >> reporter: cheering, and outrage outside of this federal courthouse in kentucky. strong reactions to a judge finding a county clerk in contempt of court. putting her behind bars for this. >> we're not issuing marriage licenses. you can appeal. >> since the supreme court's june ruling in support of same sex marriage, kim davis has repeatedly turned away gay couples refusing to issue any marriage licenses testifying that her conscience will not allow it. >> under whose authority are you not issuing licenses. >> god's authority. >> reporter: davis who has been married four times maintained in court while her past may not be perfect, she is entitled to her religious freedom. >> kim davis is prepared for consequences because the other consequences she would not want

to risk, and that is being unfaithful to god. >> the aclu filed the motion saying while she has a right to her religious beliefs she is obligated to follow the law, the group requiring her pay a fine but the judge taking it further, ordering her to stay in federal custody till she agrees to issue marriage licenses. >> we do not want to see that. we're sad it came to it, and again, the judge did his job by following laws. >> reporter: the judge explaining his belief that this is the only way to make sure davis complies. her legal team responding to the ruling saying this is not the america the founders envisioned. marcy gonzales, abc news, new york. marcy, thank you. police are searching for the suspect in a shooting at sacramento city college that left one student dead. the two other victims are also students, one is in critical condition. police say four people were arguing and one of them pulled out a gun and shot the others. at one point, the college was on

lockdown. but it's all clear now. it's unknown if the shooter is also a student at the school. prosecutors in south carolina say they'll seek the death penalty for the suspect in the charleston church shootings. dylan roof faces nine counts of murder in state court and charged with federal hate crimes. in recommending the death penalty, the prosecutor said some krimts are so heinous they require the most serious punishment the state can give. >> services will be held monday for the illinois police lieutenant found shot to death. investigate rds say video from a homeowner's security system could provide crucial clues what happened to the officer. gio benitez reports. >> detectives following new leads in the dramatic search for the three men police believe killed lieutenant joe gliniewicz saying they've obtained crucial new video. >> we have retrieved as late at last night what we believe to be some significant video. >> reporter: that video coming from a house near the area where the 52-year-old officer was shot

and found dead. the lieutenant was shot way down there, and in his last recorded call, he said he was chasing two white men and one black man. they could he have come running across this field over these railroad tracks and right into the view of a home cam la right in this neighborhood. >> there is a good probability they are still somewhere in the area. tensions are high here. a woman made a false report she saw two men running. helicopters were launched and 140 officers scoured the area. this as gliniewicz's widow delivers an emotional message to the community. >> joe was my best friend and my world, my hero. he will truly be missed by all of us. >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, fofl lake, illinois. >> one attack on a police officer near boston turned out to be a hoax. the officer himself accused of making the thing up. the 24-year-old rookie in massachusetts claimed a gunman fired shots into his cruiser before it crashed and burst into flames.

police say the officer fired into his own car. the incident triggered a manhunt, shut down schools, put the town on lock down. he has been fired and facing criminal charges. it's official. donald trump promised not to run as a third party candidate. in new york on thursday, amid much fanfare, the billionaire signed a loitty pledge. during the first debate, trump was the only candidate not to make the pledge. the front-runner now says he will support whoever wins the nomination. >> so i will be totally pledging my allegiance to the republican party and the conservative principles for which it stands and we will go out and we will fight hard and we will win. later in the day, trump stumbled through an interview with a conservative talk show host when asked about the qods force in iran, he mistook them for the krufrds and didn't seem to know the major differences between hamas and hezbollah.

>> hillary clinton's former chief of staff spent 9 1/2 hours testifying behind closed doors about clinton's private e-mail. but another staff staffer is refusing to testify citing the fifth amendment. cecilia vega is covering the campaign. hillary clinton's former chief of staff ushered into a closed door hearing on capitol hill, grilled all day by the house committee investigating benghazi and clinton's private e-mail server. but brian pagliano, the former i.t. worker who helped set up that server in clinton's new york home, is refusing to answer questions, invoking his fifth amendment rights against self-incrimination. the republican chairman of that committee saying -- >> you're free to glean whatever inference you want from the fact that he did. >> reporter: clinton's campaign calling pagliano's decision to not testify disappointing, saying in a statement clinton has made every effort to answer questions and be as helpful as possible, and has encouraged her

aides, current and former, to do the same. and hillary clinton herself will testify in these benghazi hearings next month. cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >> thank you. a federal judge has tackled the national football league for a loss. he ruled that the nfl acted improperly in suspending quarterback tom brady in the scandal over deflated footballs. that means that the super bowl mvp can play for his new england patriots in next week's season opener. we'll have more on the story in our next half hour. voluntary recall on kraft singles has been expanded. they recalled an additional 335 cases of cheese slices yesterday saying a problem with the packaging film -- t the film ca stick to the cheese after the wrapper is removed. customers should return the product to stores for refund. today's report on unemployment could have an impact on your finances

regardless of your job status. analysts predict the august jobless rate will drop slightly to 5.2% and today's labor department figures are expected to show 220,000 new hires last month. a sign of steady growth. the fed is considering increasing interest rates this month if the economy appears table. this might be a good weekend to stay home but the low fuel prices are encouraging 35 million americans to travel. most of them crowding highways, beaches, parks are likely to be overflowing, too. you may have trouble finding space on the sand much less the parking lot. the drop in oil prices also making airline prices cheaper 0 so airports will be jammed, too. if you're traveling good luck. you may want to save your vacation money for next year. six flags will be adding new attractions at every one of its 13 locations. they include a new roller coaster, water slides, thrill rides and two of something called dark rides. >> a dark ride?

>> the world's largest theme park great adventure new jersey gets its 14th coast, it's called total mayhem. rider ans flip head over heels at least times and feel weightless and then vomit. are you into this? do you like going to this -- >> i don't go out of my way to go to them. as soon as i get on, i'm first terrified and exhilarated. there's a wooden one in san antonio called the rattler. it was wooden. no longer there. they replaced with steel. that was scary. some of these new coasters have seats that face each other so that you can see the fear in your friends' eyes or worse. >> there's a worse situation i can think of facing somebody going down a roller could i have thor. >> there could be unfortunate projectile situations that could discourage you from further use. >> coming up, the amazed baby reminding us all of the miracle of life. first drivers taking drastic

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plane were hurt when they crashed into trees near a soccer field in new jersey. the men had been surveying the hudson river when they reported engine trouble. the ntsb is investigating the exact cause of the crash. police are looking for the woman who robbed a bank in southern pennsylvania or maybe it's a man. actually, they're pretty sure this is a man dressed as a woman and wearing a dark curly wig. he handed teller a note, hen fled with the cash. >> kind of looks like zoo lander. >> like andy pettite. >> really? >> a little bit. >> that dude doesn't need the money though. well, now to a possibly new and dangerous trend on american roads. could good samaritans stopping reckless drivers. >> clayton sandell shows us why police are raising concerns. >> reporter: shawn french says he had to do something. snatching the keys from a driver he says was dangerously erratic, scraping walls on this ohio freeway at 80 miles an hour.

>> he's got a kid in the car. >> with a child in the back seat. >> i was very upset. i have two kids and i would never put them in that situation. >> french pauls the man over and keeps him from leaving >> there she goes. just like this ohio driver last week. >> stop the car. >> stopping a woman swerving off the road. both have been hailed as good samaritan heroes but police warn their actions could be day. >> taking matters into your own hands is almost never ever recommended. you don't know how aggressive they're going to be against somebody they feel is a threat to them. >> that ohio driver charged with child endangerment and losing control of a vehicle. french says he would do it all over again. >> i'm still shaking over it. >> clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> whoo. i'm not sure i would do that. >> yeah, you always err onside of let the police handle that. >> let 911 handle that. give them a call. coming up, do you hear that?

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welcome back. now the story of a woman who used to hear way more than she ever wanted to. we're not talking about

surroundings. >> what she was hearing was coming from inside her own body. she had to do something about it. paula faris has her story. >> reporter: just like the comic book hero daredevil, enhanced hearing sounds like an amazing superpower but imagine if you could actually hear your own body's every sound, every move all day long, your heart beating. your eyes moving. your bones creaking. this is what life is like for rachel pine. drastically enhanced hearing. every tiny move her body makes is amplified. >> it starred almost all the time every day. i could hear my neck mulls moving like different things inside my body. when you tell people that, they're like you're crazy. >> reporter: worst, it was debilitating. she stopped all hobbies and worked only as much as she had to. >> i would end up in bed usually before noon and lay there.

i couldn't watch tv. it was too loud. basically had to lay there and hear my heart beat and feel my brain spin. >> reporter: nine different doctors and not a single diagnosis. constant dizzy spells with no answers till she found dr. quintinen. a surgeon at ronald reagan medical center who diagnose aid rare condition, superior semi circular canal dehissents. >> the inner ear the organ in charge of balance and hearing has an abnormal opening in the bone. you tend to hear it your own voice andnings moving inside your body. >> reporter: rachel was thered her experience had a name. >> we got in the elevator and i was crying. >> reporter: ucla discovered a minimum surgery fix plugging the tiny hole through a small incision the size of a dime in the skull. her surgery takes about two hours. >> inside your skull. come down to this point and i know that her hole is right

there. right there. so that's where i want to point this green pointer. right here. you see the green pointer shows me that's where i need to go. >> reporter: for many patients, ruts are immediate. >> we do the surgery in about 90 minutes and they say my symptoms are gone. >> reporter: and that's exactly what happened. >> when i woke up from surgery, knew i was better and i had no more dizziness. i was talking to the nurse when is i woke up. i was ready to get up and go somewhere. >> reporter: now rachel has her life back, happy too hear normal sounds again and grinning from ear to ear. paula faris, abc news, new york. can you imagine? >> i just can't. people must have thought she's crazy. wouldn't you think you're crazy? the average age of diagnosis is 45. >> you go almost your -- at least half your life never knowing what it is. >> crazy. right? >> wow she got help though. coming up, the friday mix.

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yeah. >> and now it's time for "the mix." >> yes, it sure is. when you really start to think about it, the miracle of life is incredible. it will blow your mind. imagine explaining that to a baby. there was one guy here, he is the host of brain games. jason silva. >> check it out. >> it's like a steak with a brain. you're meat that grew up inside your mother. you're like a wet aware android. you're grasping all this information as you're growing, you'ring, you're slowly emerging. >> that's how i feel about it. that's crazy. i got here. it looks like he's taking it all in or wants him to let go. something. >> that's great. totally great one. it's that time of year where you're focusing on lunch boxes now. lease a blogger, a lunch box

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this morning on "world news now," sitting in jail. the controversial decision to jail that kentucky clerk for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. and the clerk's decision to remain in jail. the standoff now taking a new turn. donald trump's loyalty pledge. taking a sharpie to the political pac promising to support whoever wins the republican nomination. the stakes being raised even higher, but was there a bigger deal involved? and new this half hour, an alarming story for everyone traveling this weekend. >> travelers being groped at the airport. tsa agents caught using security as an excuse to cop a feel. plus, the imposters posing as agents to do the same thing. and when cookie met sally. the hilarious remake of that famous deli scene with the cookie monster playing the role of billy crystal. their