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commandser sent him and his brother on their suicide missions. his brother blew himself up elsewhere in the city. all this less than 24 hours after that horrific suicide bombing at a wedding in turkey. the turkish president saying the bomber there might have been as young as 12, but officials now hedging on the claim. there's a bloody history of using children as suicide bombers. the u.n. says the appalling tactic is on the rise around the world. abc news, london. family, frenlds, and neighbors gathers in north carolina to remember a man fatally shot pi police. the family said they want answers about what happened. harris was killed after an attempted traffic stop. he led police on an eight mile police before he was shot. his family says he was unarmed. police have not confirmed that. many are wondering i
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was being chased by the police. and a lost court battle to keep guns out of classrooms. in texas y a professor asked a judge to impose an injunction the stop the law from taking effect. the judge ruled against him. and transgender students. the injunction applies across the country. the judge said schools that want to accommodate transgender students can do so. the obama administration is expected to appeal. a new homework policy is going viral and probably making the teacher popular with her students. >> this is the note a second grade teacher sent home to parents of her school in fort wor worth, texas. it says there will be no formal homework. homework will only deal with what
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during the day. she wants them to do eating dinner as a family and play outside. where was that teacher when i was in second grade? >> we need to vote her as teacher of the year. there have been research and studies that say unable to prove whether homework improves student learning. coming up, pokemon go fueling another frenzy. a stampede of humans looking for a fake little animal. >> and this olympic moment. we'll tell you why that pole vaulter stopped right in the middle of his event. >> first, a look at today's temperatures. hot in phoenix.
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♪ ♪ >> so the man behind that sound heard by generations of children watching sesame street, well, he's passed away. he was one of the only musicians to successfully carve out a career as a jazz harmonica player in fact he was influenced by jazz greats like charlie parker. he also toured with bennie goodman. his harmonica was featured in the score for midnight cowboy. he was 94. >> the scene out of taiwan looks terrifying. a huge crowd in this wild rush through the streets of taipei, taiwan. it looks like they're running from something dacngerous. they're all just looking for a rare pokemon. the pokemon
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rushing to catch something that spawned near a popular park. >> this is pretty much a similar scene for me at the buffet when it comes open on time. now to miami. officials say containing transmission of the zika virus already more difficult than in other areas. >> because of high-rise buildings and south winds make spraying for the air impractical. >> everyone is doing something to contend with the zika virus. >> reporter: florida is bracing for more cases of zika virus by hole mosquitos as the state deals with the new hot zone. this woman and her husband are expecting their first child. she stays indoors and covers up with long sleeves outside. >> it takes one mosquito body. and it can affect the rest of our lives. and we're not willing to take
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>> reporter: and she has reason to mother. a mother who acquired zika virus while traveling gave birth in miami to a problem with retina problems. it was horrible, she says. this as children head back to school. one of the first lessons, zika virus. >> what we know about the zika virus. >> it's very scary. but the school prepared us well. >> reporter: doctors are worried about the unknown. what zika virus can mean for others beyond pregnant mothers. >> we don't know much about how to deal with older children that have been inflected. >> reporter: and most of this iconic ocean drive is in the zika virus zone. that will affect tourism. the governor saying he'll send an additional $5 million for zika virus preparedness. >> scary times in miami for many people. >> and expanding now. coming up, the military veteran who made a splash on dancing with the stars. >> how he's usi
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you might remember a man who delivered stunning performances on dancing with the stars despite being a double amputee. >> he's talking about his recovery in a new book. we're up with juju chang. >> reporter: long before dancing with the stars made him a household name. before he was a magazine cover model, before he was a commercial success, noah galloway was struggling to rebuild his life when he lost nearly everything in the splash of an explosion in iraq. >> there were several times i laid there and thought it would have been easier if i died. it would have been better if i died. >> reporter: his painful journey back, he recalls in
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living with no excuses. his second deployment was cut short by a drive in a humvee. >> what was it like to wake up and realize i'm not only indestructible but no longer the protector? >> that hurt me deep. >> reporter: after returning home to alabama, noah still faced emotional scars, using alcohol to fill the void his injuries left behind. >> reporter: tell me about the night you got a dui. >> that officer changed my life because he arrested me. i had a lot of police officers that they felt sorry for me. >> reporter: what did that week in jail mean to you? >> it's sad, but it's true. i met a lot of people in there who had way worse situations they found themselves in that are harder to dig out of. i wasn't at that point yet. >> reporter: noah says fitness set him o
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through competing in races he found a new mission pushing himself over seemingly impossible obstacles. what was your reaction when people would say you can't do that? >> i'm going to find a way to get it done. don't challenge me. >> reporter: his success landing him one of his biggest challenges. ballroom dancing. despite a documented lack of rhythm, noah quickly became a fan favorite with emotional dances like this one to american soldier, ultimately placing third. >> if it weren't for the people voting for me, each week i was on the show, another part of my story was shared in dance. >> reporter: his newfound celebrity protellipelling even missions. we followed him to the national medical center. reuniting with the men and women who helped him learn to walk
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pushing prosthetics. >> veterans were pushing prosthetics to a level they had to start improving. >> you were one of them. >> reporter: perhaps most importantly. >> did you ever watch dancing with the stars? >> i have i have. >> i was on it. >> he was on it. >> yeah. >> what? >> serving as an inspiration to patients on the same path. for night line, i'm juju chang in alabama. so great. when you're in a situation like that and sometimes it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel to have someone that says i went through what you're going through or something similar and look where i am now. >> and such a beautiful moment with the kids. ju ju pointed out on instagram, he took her for a ride in his backyard. she said next time you're paid up on your insurance premium. it was rough. >> it's an adventure.
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♪ >> cheap thrills keeps coming back. >> i think it's the song of the summer. >> it probably is. now that's been settled. finally, before we completely put the rio olympics in the rear-view mirror, a special moment featuring an american medalist. he's one of the best pole vaulters in the world. >> but that didn't matter when he came down the runway. we have his story. >> reporter:
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happen right here. the olympics moment you didn't see. an american moment, watch the approach about to happen. he stops right before the vault as he heard the national anthem. standing at attention the 23-year-old from mississippi taking a risk on the qualifying jump to pay his respects. it turns out he's a second lieutenant army reversist. >> i had this usa across my chest. when i'm on the world stage, there will be people watching. >> they were, and so are we. stopping for that anthem and then going onto win the bronze. that second lieutenant army reversist, proudly holding the american flag. david muir, abc news, new york. >> it kind of gets you chills. such an amazing moment to be able to see him do
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he's going at quite the clip there. >> that's the thing. i wonder if he could have gotten hurt trying to stop like that in the middle of the vault. >> it wouldn't matter. >> we should point out that he's not the first person to do something like this. usain bolt got a lot of press last time around and this time for all the melg medals he won, but this is him giving an interview four years ago. >> he stops the interview. when the star sprangled banner started during another medal ceremony. he stopped talking and just stood respectfully. after the song was finished, he finished the interview. >> that's the news for this half hour.
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donald trump laying out his immigration policy. >> he's offering specifics on who he intends to deport. meanwhile we're getting new details in clinton cliehillary e-mails. >> rapid fire, more than a dozen wildfires burning across western states right now with more than half of them in a large part of washington state. this as fire crews in california finally able to gain the upper hand in their fight against the flames. and there were scary moments inside the store. an suv came crashing through the window. we'll tell you what caused the driver to lose control. >> and other drivers becoming a smash hit in a different way. the car olympics going viral. unlike in o,
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