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phone video now viewed 2 million times online. one writing the cop should be fired immediately. others saying the police was just doing his job. the police department defending the officer, saying he was following his training. the department told us that nine minutes at gun point were unfortunate and the officer was waiting on backup delayed in rush hour traffic. the driver was cited for speeding. ford may have an explanation for carbon monoxide leaks in police patrol vehicles. new images and video were revealed that show unsealed holes near the muffler and rear of cruisers. the holes were not properly closed. officers have complained about being overcome by fumes. ford is in austin, texas trying to repair the more than 400 vehicles taken
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there. and we have a medical alert about cancer and young adults. fatal cases of kolo rectal cancer has been on the rise. those cancers are typically more advanced and deadly in young adults because screenings are not recommended for most under the age of 50. doctors are unable to explain the reasons for the increase. an australian woman is making medical news of her own because of something she swallowed a decade ago. doctors found a two and a half inch piece of the braces that she used to wear. a decade ago. lodged in her intestines. they made that discovery after she went to the hospital with severe abdominal pain. the woman says she didn't remember swallowing the braces. are you okay? >> how do you not -- over the last decade.
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woke up in the morning, braces missing, no idea what happened. >> i just had really bad mexican food for ten years straight, just felt a little discomfort. >> hopefully she's feeling better now. more medical news. fans of moscow mules, you know those. may be putting their health in danger. >> the drink is usually served in a copper mug. the combination of the metal and the mule's ingredients could actually be poisonous. copper should not come into contact with acidic foods, and that includes the lime juice found in a moscow mule. in other news, would you like to know what kendis got me for christmas? >> a set of copper mugs. >> a set of copper moscow mule mugs. >> i was trying to speed the process up. >> now i know why. >> didn't work. >> coming up -- still here, buddy. coming up, a consumer alert about your personal safety when using apps to buy
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ever ♪ >> he's considered the founding father of crossover country, and now family and friends are mourning the passing of legendary singer, songwriter, tv and movie star, glen campbell. >> he was the ultimate slash, right? >> quite a long resume. >> campbell died at the age of 81 after a section-yeix-year ba alzheimer's. he sat down for a great interview with terry moran. >> reporter: let's begin this by just listening to "wichita lineman". ♪ i am a lineman for the county ♪ >> reporter: it's got to be the best song ever written about a telephone engineer. jimmy webb wrote it, glen campbell made it a hit and he sang it thousands and thousands of times around the world. >> well, wichita hit me right on
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♪ amaam a lineman for the count♪ ♪ and if it snows >> reporter: and it's just one of so many great songs glen campbell has sung and played for 60 years and more. ♪ like a rhine stone cowboy >> reporter: "rhine stone cowboy ♪ ♪ and your path is free to walk ♪ >> reporter: "gentle on my mind." and that's him playing one of the most famous guitar licks ever on the beach boys "fun fun fun." >> i have been blessed, i really have. i figured it out that i'm not that bright, but god gave me a break. >> reporter: that's glen's wife of almost 30 years, kim. she's becoming his memory, his connection to the life they've shared. and he knows that. >> i tell you, boy. the verse in the bible that says if a man find
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you've found a good thing. did i find you or did you find me? >> i think we found each other. ♪ the world's been good to me >> reporter: you know, glen, it is a brave thing to continue to perform. a lot of people get a hard diagnosis, and they focus on their health. >> i don't know how brave it is. i ain't felt anything yet. it's just lookin' around, when's it going to get here? ♪ >> reporter: right now, though, glen's still singing, still giving the gift he was born to give. and his children are by his side in his band. ashley on keyboards, shannon on guitar, cal on drums. alzheimer's is a hard journey, but there is a grace to be found in it. as we say good-bye, we see just how much those who live with this disease mean to us, how wonderful each and every life is. ♪ i am a lineman for the county ♪
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oh, that's a great song. >> but the famous line from it is i need you more than want you. >> i need you more than want you, and i want you for all time. the wichita lineman's still on the line. ♪ is still on the line ♪ still on the line ♪ and i'm doin' fine >>what a voice. it's amazing. his songs have actually stood the test of time. >> yeah, they have. and what a couple. our thoughts are with her, obviously. >> and a beautiful thing for their family to have been able to share their music all together. we wish them well this morning. we're going to switch gears and talk about an app to buy and
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like an old tv perhaps, but police are now warning they can also be magnets for criminals. >> so on sites like ebay, these are local sites requiring face-to-face meetings. >> reporter: it's an easy way to make fast cash. use an app to post an item you want to sell, wait for the highest offer. >> you agree to meet in a specific location. >> reporter: but safety expert and former police detective steve carden warns sellers and buyers to beware. >> you are a risk level. >> my body went numb. >> reporter: she took what she thought were all the right precautions when selling ipad on the app offer up. she met the buyer in a community center parking lot and brought her mother-in-law and son with her. but she says they were robbed. >> the only thing that they didn't take was my personal cell phone and my mom's ipad that we were ll
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across the country seeing so many of these crimes, they're setting up safe meetup spots like these in california, connecticut and florida in their parking lots, for buyers and sellers to safely do business. >> criminals do not want to commit crimes at the police department. they know that their likely hood of being arrested or getting caught for the crimes that they're going to commit greatly increase when they come to the police department. >> reporter: the app offer up providing many of the signs for police departments, telling us in addition to safety features built into the app, to date we have shipped close to 5,000 meetup signs to police departments around the country. and tens of millions of people securely buy and sell billions of dollars in second hand items. short of a police station where else can you meet? >> a public place, a lot of people and a place that has surveillance cameras.
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♪ ♪ stop, drop ♪ shut'em down open up shop ♪ whoa, whoa >> video of roughriders riding through times square. i thought there was a dance to this, but i guess not. >> it goes like this. >> some motorcycle gangs may be getting a bad rap. >> here in new york city one group is proving to be a god send for new moms. here's rachel scott with the story. >> reporter: this biker group takes a few things very seriously. their motorcycles, their decorated jackets and delivering pasturiz
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what? what is that? these bikers are delivering donated breast milk to babies who need it for free. it started when the milk bank realized they needed a quicker way to deliver. >> i thought wouldn't it be great if we had a group that delivered milk in and out of manhattan for us? >> reporter: the sirens were thrilled and even began embracing a new name "the milk riders". >> we pull up at the dock here at the milk bank. they have prepackaged it in like freezer bags and boxes that are safe for the milk to travel in. we strap it on the bike and head out. >> reporter: that box ends up in the hands of mothers who need it. this mother's daughter was born with a serious disease. >> we tried formula, and she was vomiting and vomiting. it was to the point of
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>> reporter: this is how much breast milk her mother pumps in just one week. it's 30 milliliters. and this is how much baby ariela needs to survive. >> at this point, it's our only source of nutrition, so had we not had the milk bank to provide us with milk or have this breast milk, i don't now where ariela would be. she would be on iv in a hospital. >> reporter: for these bikers, it's time on the road well spent. >> i have such a big passion for my bike, and to be able to help someone it's awesome. >> reporter: new relationships borne out of necessity and nurtured by generosity. >> i can't tell you how grateful we are to the sirens. they get the milk out to the babies that need it. they could be saving a baby's life by doing that. >> reporter: rachel scott, abc news, new york. >> such a creative initiative. who woulha
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this morning on "world news now." north korea's latest missile threat. >> the regime with a new warning against the u.s. territory of guam in the pacific, where american forces are stationed right now. this just hours after president trump said the united states would unleash fire and fury on the north if the threats continued. breaking overnight, the intense manhunt for the suspect in the murder of a rookie police officer is over. the suspect taken into custody a few hours ago. then another day, another line of severe storms moving east. torrential rains triggering flash floods and dramatic rescues along its path. and the new science behind your instagram photos and your mental health. researchers say
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