once these pitbulls do come from nowhere and attack, i'm hoping i can use this knife to protect myself and dog. >> reporter: neighbors reported three separate dog attacks within blocks of each other. the first was on lyndale avenue where two dogs viciously lay tacked her dog on president back porch killing him within minutes. sunday another woman said three dogs dragged her and her rescue dog across her driveway honestly avenue. >> it's very, very never wracking to know -- like janice said, you feel something will lay tack you, these two dogs. >> reporter: the latest run-in with the two dogs attacking sunshine as he was gardening. >> the black one came around in front of her. that's when i struck the big dog and hollered at him. otherwise, they would have

probably done a number on her. they work as a team. >> reporter: just this morning he brought out a club for a stroll in a local park. animal control said they checked out the hear this morning. right now they're not early stages of an investigation. >> many of the bite cases we have occur when people get in between animals they're fighting. if you recognize the risk quickly, get your animal indoors, that's the best way to go. >> reporter: animal control said bested on sworn statements violations and charges could range from menacing to dangerous dogs. >> animal control said they can't comment much on this case because the investigation is still out there but they urge people to keep an eye on their animals and always have the pets on a leash even if they're going off the property. >> we'll take you to harford county somewhere sheriff's

deputies pulled -- smoke was coming from the home on top view drive. they went into the home looking for people. he didn't find any. instead, he rescued a dog. several fire companies responded and put the fire out in 19 minutes. we'll take a look clear skies now being replaced by high cirrus clouds starting to build in from west to east. that will be the deal for the rest of the evening. 71 in the city. double sixes toward glen burnie. still mild toward frederick, 72. 72 in perry hall. the evening planner into the 60s at 11:00. a few upper 40s as you get out toward frederick county, but double sixes to 71 tomorrow. more clouds and sunshine. while it's into the 60s and 70s, let's go west of the

mississippi river. it is cooling down. we'll show you that inside maryland's most accurate seven- day forecast. an elderly couple escapes from their burning hoax. it happened on the second floor. this quickly spread to the third floor. the fire department called a second alarm. one of the people who lived there, a 91-year-old man. >> he said he smelled smoke and she was down stares cooking. all that stuff will be replaced. so everybody's okay. that's all that matters. >> it took the fire department less than 20 minutes to put the fire out. >> did you hit the bottleneck coming in? it's a mess. one lane of russell street closed down so bge could update utilities.

the city sen couraging drivers to find another way in and out at the end of the day. they're suggesting key highway. the work around the horseshoe continues. it is expected to last until next july. >> what seemed so close yesterday is looking farther and farther away. that's perfect in the dark. looks like the senate hammered out a deal. then this morning it happened and the house floateds it own plan to count irthe senate deal. >> the white house immediately rejected it. late today john boehner said the house will vote on a plan that reopens the government and oi voids hitting the debt ceiling tonight. the feeling of being in little bow is catching up for federal furloughed workers. >> many got their last paycheck over the weekend and now they're having tough choices whether they will pay their car payment or mortgage.

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with no delivery fee, but that is gone, too. well, there are five days left before the komen race for the cure this weekend. teams are gearing up for the big day. >> one of the biggest and most successful is from the school in owings mills. >> stay strong. there's a rainbow after every storm. >> reporter: there are hundreds of messages just as touching on this tree on the garrison forest grounds. >> there's a teacher that had a mother. she lost her moth tore breast cancer, so she wrote her name on a reb bon. some of it is just about awareness and some of it is more personal. >> reporter: students didn't stop with the tree. aside from a break in the uniform, there are several ways to show their support. they are just four of the fifth graders who helped put together

this quilt. it's also the fifth grade that has led the campus wide event razing $800 in the lower school. the team has a lot to keep up -- live up to this year. last year they were the top school in the state, raising $15,000. >> a big team for raise for the cure. >> a lot of people registered for our team. >> reporter: among those on tell gfs is cross country coach david ber dan. he's brought school spirit, excitement and dedication to press breast, to new levels, winning the race the past four years. he said it's all about supporting survivors and people still suffering. >> seeing the survivor walk. it's incredible. >> there are a lot of service projects at garrison but press breast awareness is the --

breast cancer awareness is one that all get involved. katrina bush reporting. >> he said he's a little bit sore. he just ran the baltimore marathon this past weekend but is expected to run this weekend. >> four years in a row. we'll see you on sunday. we live here. we race here. that's the slogan maryland is using for race for the cure. we bring you the story of one marylander and how she's helping to save lives right here. >> i'm the manager of the program at st.ing aness--ing ing a -- agness. >> we provide premammogram --

free mammograms. i clearly believe -- some didn't have the money to get a mammogram. how can you not want to be a part of this amazing event that saves lives. >> you can join us in the battle against breast cancer. there's still time to register or donate. it's coming up sunday in hunt valley. log on for a link. if you can't make it out on race day, you can watch it live on abc2. our live coverage starts sunday morning at 7:00. all right. to bel air we go. a lot of sunshine starting to see the clouds coming in back no play. we're talking about the sunset

at 6:30 so 12 minutes off of our in the. 46 dew point. barometric pressure is comfortable. that fair weather threshold, just a gentle easterly wind. so the bay looks good. so, if you're staying out late, temperatures falling from the 60s into the 50s. 54 in town tomorrow morning. a little bit cooler to the north and west and double sixes gets up to 71. we hit 71. that's good news. normally around 61. so the sunshine rein -- reigned supreme over central maryland. temperatures are comfortable, still into the 60s. woodbine at 61. 66 glen burnie. 64 as you get toward chester

town. one is this coastal storm that delivered us all this rain. it's stuck there. it will continue to spin. you'll notice cloud cover. that will work toward the west. there's another storm system, a big mountain snowstorm pushing into the northern plains. it will start to fall apart but there's some moisture working. i think this will expand into western maryland tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. in central maryland we're not anticipating rain chances to be all that great. future weather doing a good job showing the scattered showers. it will brake up going over the mountains and some clouds. by thursday afternoon, thursday evening there will be another storm system over the tennessee valley. that will bring wet weather thursday night going into friday and big changes in the temperature department. so 60s, low 70s over the mid- atlantic, a few upper 50s toward boston. beyond that, west of the

mississippi river chilly air. 42 in denver. so that cool hair is poised to move as we go into this weekend and next week. comfortably cool. most spots in the low and mid- 50s. tomorrow increasing clouds, 71 to 75. so a really comfortable afternoon. by the way, it's going to get a lot cooler. you'll notice this. by next weekweek below average temperatures, low to mid-60s for the afternoon highs and 30s and 40s for your overnight lows. so for tonight 50 was a good number. comfortable night. 72 tomorrow. as we go into the forecast for wednesday night, 56 degrees. seven-day forecast, 70s the next couple of days. 60s by fridays.

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welcome to "world news." breaking news tonight. a direct warning about a do downgrade of america's credit. a direct hit on american finances. and all because of the chaos in washington. bullied to death. a 12-year-old takes her own life. young class mates arrested, charged by a sheriff. >> quit being their best friend and be their best parent. and, courage under fire. the video of the american soldier who risked everything for his brothers.

good evening. we begin with breaking news that affects every american tonight. america's top credit rating is officially on the line. a major agency now threatening a downgrade, lowering america's sterling financial status in the world. and all because hard line members of congress have brought the u.s. to the brink. so, what does this mean for a frustrated nation tonight? we have two reports, starting with abc's chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: it is a warning shot to the nation. fitch, one of the major agencies that judges america's financial health, saying tonight that america's aaa credit, among the best in the world, is now in danger of being lowered because the political brinkman ship could increase the risk of a u.s. default. a startling warning that, because of the showdown in washington, america may not be able to pay what it owes. >> the deadline is looming.

rating agencies are talking about downgrading us as early as tonight. again. >> reporter: two years ago, when one of the big agencies downgraded america, it triggered one of the worst days for your money in wall street's history. the dow plummeting 635 points. a 401(k) worth $100,000, losing nearly $6,000 in just one day. analysts say even if this time around, america escapes its mess without a downgrade, the u.s. still facing serious issues ahead. without a deal this week, experts warn of a domino effect. not just the dow plunging, but higher interest rates, more expensive mortgages and car loans. consumer spending less, leading to job loss. what happens thursday if there is no deal? >> thursday is going to be something that we've never experienced before. if there is no deal, we will see significant pressure on our markets. >> reporter: selling? >> absolutely. >> reporter: think of it like this. america is now on probation. put there by one of the main watchdogs that tells the world whether it's safe to own our

debt. the nation can be taken off probation, but his or theically speaking, these sorts of negative watches, they lead to down grades, which can be very painful and costly for the country, diane. >> how long before they make up their mind? >> reporter: it could be as many as 90 days or we could be here in three days with a decision. >> it could happen that fast? >> reporter: it could happen that fast. >> all right, rebecca, thank you. let's go straight to washington. abc's chief washington correspondent jonathan karl there, tracking that day of chaos and confusion. jon? >> reporter: diane, tonight, the obama administration is saying that looming credit downgrade showing just how urgent it is that congress act right away. as one senior white house official just told me, if congress does not move by tomorrow, we are, quote, taking a very big risk. audrey morrison, who was injured in a training accident while serving in the michigan national guard, drove all night to deliver a message to washington. end the government shutdown now. >> it's kind of getting kicked while you're already down.

>> reporter: she's worried her disability checks will stop, and so is disabled veteran gary benanatti. >> we don't need the bandage ripped off our wounds. that's what this is. >> reporter: it's nearing zero hour. the house is making one last ditch effort to pass a bill the senate has already declared dead on arrival. and amid all the last-minute scrambling, president obama tonight, in an interview with wabc, says he doesn't even know if he can negotiate with john boehner anymore. >> there have been repeopled situations where we have agreements, then he goes back and it turns out he can't control his caucus. >> reporter: and if a deal is struck, they are only talking about a temporary fix, setting up another sky is falling showdown in a few months. house republicans are in disarray tonight. they are so deeply divided, they may not be able to pass anything anymore to help forstall this crisis. in fact, diane, what i'm hearing from top house aides, privately,

is that they believe that they are simply at the end of this process, just going to have to accept whatever the senate passes, if the senate can pass anything. in other words, diane, after all of this, bringing the economy to the brink, the republicans, the conservatives who drove this, will have nothing to show for it. >> and this would be tomorrow, jon? >> reporter: pretty much has to be tomorrow. that deadline is thursday, the day after tomorrow, so, something has to move. it has to move quickly. but right now, we are still in that statele of absolute deadlock, diane. >> all right, as you say, after all this. jonathan karl at the white house tonight. and now, we held out west, to a mystery inside one of the nation's busiest air ports, l.a.x., los angeles international. who is planting small bombs made of dry ice? abc's david wright on the new clues around the airport tonight. >> reporter: at the nation's third busiest airport, a mystery and a manhunt, for the

person who has been busy this week, planting homemade bombs. in employee bathrooms at l.a.x. and even on the tarmac near jumbo jets. all four of these devices were found in restricted areas, parts of the airport where passengers aren't allowed to go. three of them found here last night at the tom bradley international terminal. the other one found sunday. it explosions in terminal 2, all the way across the parking lot. authorities have been quick to reassure the traveling public. >> no links to terrorism at this point. >> reporter: they say the devices are dry ice bombs. >> just put some water in there. >> reporter: youtube is full of examples of kids making them for fun. as the dry ice melts, the gas has nowhere to go. but they can be dangerous. california law treats them just the same as pipe bombs. >> somebody will go to prison over this. >> reporter: today, the lapd and the fbi are reviewing security camera footage, looking for the culprit.

in all likelihood, a disgruntled employee. someone with access to restricted areas, and it would seem, a motive for mayhem. david wright, abc news, los angeles. and tonight, a sheriff in florida has done something extraordinary. he said, it is time to toughen our approach to young bullies. they should stand and be sentenced. he's issued a wakeup call to parents everywhere, saying parents have to watch out when their children use words as weapons. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: the sheriff's message was clear -- words can kill. >> there were statements that said, "you should drink bleach and die. nobody likes you." >> reporter: the polk county sheriff's office is charging a 14-year-old and in an unprecedented move, a 12-year-old for felony aggravated stalking. the girls, charged as juveniles allegedly terrorized 12-year-old rebecca sedwick, who committed

suicide last month. >> was this a contributing factor to her jumping off the cement towers on that fateful day? we believe that it certainly contributed. >> reporter: naming the minors and brandishing their pictures the sheriff said the tipping point for the arrests were these comments, one of the suspects allegedly posted saturday. >> ", i bullied rebecca and she killed herself but i don't give a --" and you can add the last word yourself. >> reporter: sedwick's family said the abuse started here at this school. and when sedwick's mother pulled her from the school, the abuse poured in online. up to 15 girls ganging up on rebecca. >> she should be here. she should be here to see justice getting served. >> reporter: the sheriff sending a message to would be bulliers and their parents. >> if you don't discipline your children and if it rises to the level of a violation of law, don't worry. we'll discipline them for you.

>> reporter: matt gutman, abc news, lakeland, florida. and tonight, the former m mayor of san diego is back in the headlines. you'll remember bob filner, forced to resign after 17 women accused sexual harassment. today, he pleaded guilty to charges involving three of those women. he will be sentenced to three months of home confinement. and another new update tonight on madeleine mccann who disappeared seven years ago. there has been an overwhelming response to the new crime documentary that aired last night. an avalanche of tips. nearly 1,000 calls and e-mails and after seeing the so-call ed images of a man spotted carrying a small child that night, several different people have given detectives the same name. a man, they believe matches that description. and from portugal, we head to rio, in brazil. tonight, the iconic statue,

looking down on the great city. as police are taking drastic action. millions of visitors will soon flock to rio for the world cup and then the olympics. so, what will that country do about the dangerous circle of hell swarming the hills? "nightline" anchor dan harris has this report tonight. >> reporter: good evening, the very word of ryo conjures images of sun and sand. but with the world cup and the olympics fast approaching, police are scrambling to clean up rio's vast criminal underworld. this is a war for paradise and we went to the front lines. just minutes from iconic beaches with names like copacabana and ipanema, there are massive shanty towns called "favelas," most of which are effectively ruled by violent drug gangs. this is an open air market, this is his best seller, this is $5 american of cocaine, his best seller. complete with piles of color

coded drugs. i mean, it blows the mind to be in this place where everybody's selling drugs. no police. nobody's batting an eye. it's just business as usual. and this -- just keeps going and going. is what's known as a crackland. it's amazing. there's just no fear of the police. just smoking right out in public. in another crackland, this one, the length of an entire city block -- they've got kids here. we found this 16-year-old crack addict. we wanted to go to the source of this misery, the drug kingpins. in a tiny room down a back alley, we scored a very rare interview with a drug lord, draged in gold and carrying a semiautomatic rifle. he demanded we conceal his identity. given how serious the crack epidemic is here, do you worry at all about selling that to the community?

then, he surprised us with a question of his own. i took a moment to absorb this comment, and then the drug lord started chuckling. fair point. fair point. now, as rio prepares to host millions of sports fans, police have launched a war to uproot the gangs. but this urban counter-insurgency campaign is massively controversial, because rio's police have a long history of brutality and corruption. just look at this video of a police helicopter firing wildly in the middle of a neighborhood while in pursuit of a drug lord. it's extraordinary video and the police defend their tough tactics, but we met many people in rio who said, point blank, they would rather live under the gangs than the police. they have harrowing stories and videotape of policebrutality. much more on that tonight on "nightline," diane.

>> all right, thank you, dan, for being here and it is great to see you at the new anchor of "nightline." >> reporter: thank you. >> and you can see his entire report, as dan said, on "nightline." that will be tonight. and, it's a modern family secret. what are all these dads admitting that they do that nearly everyone does? tonight, a new study about children, parents and yelling. and also, a true american hero. why the president called him an example to everyone today. we're back in two minutes. [ male announcer] surprise -- you're having triplets. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees.

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whole family. >> reporter: who can say they've never yelled at their kids especially their teenagers? a problem the "super nanny" was often brought in to deal with. >> you don't tell me anything. you do what i tell you to do and you shut your damn mouth about it. >> reporter: and it's not just reality tv. >> i've been having problems with my daughter. >> reporter: the dads at this father's group in new jersey, part of parents anonymous, were honest enough to admit it. how many of you have ever yelled at your child? but a new study contends, even an otherwise loving home, yelling, especially when it is mixed with name calling an insults, can cause the same problem for young teenagers as hitting them. depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. the johnson-tuggey clan in cleveland say they don't curse or use put-downs, but they

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and finally tonight, what it takes to be a hero. today, the medal of honor was awarded to a soldier who was outnumbered and outgunned, and the video captured the video of what he did next. abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the sun had not yet risen when captain will swenson and his men made their way into an afghan village. that's when it happened. >> we start receiving fire. >> reporter: an ambush. pinned down, swenson returned fire for 90 minutes. his men hit. sergeant first class kenneth westbrook, bleeding from the neck, losing consciousness. bullets flying all around him. the enemy now so close, they called out for the americans to

surrender. swenson ran to westbrook, lobbing a grenade and carrying him the length of two football fields. a helmet cam captured the moment. that is swenson, his haelmet of. risking his life by being out in the open, using an orange tarp to guide the helicopter in. he helps westbrook onto the helicopter, making sure he is secured. and then this. watch. so quickly, so instinctively, swenson gives westbrook a tender kiss on his brow before racing back to the battle where he would help rescue others. >> i wanted to convey to him that i was proud of him and that his fight was over. that was an act that shows that bond that every soldier, every sailor, every airman and marine has with their fellow service member. >> reporter: the story of captain swenson's heroismlost f

army bureaucracy. bull wh but what he did that day, in one of the deadliest regions in afghanistan, a place we have visited many times before, had to be recognized. the man swenson helped to that helicopter would eventually die, but at the white house today, his family and the families of the others captain swenson tried to help, were there to honor him. a soldier who risked everything for his brothers. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> and a nation joins that salute. and we thank you for watching. always there at abcnews.com. "nightline" later. and i'll see you tomorrow night. good night. a

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