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ryan owens, abc news, killeen, texas. >> that gun shop owner is a hero as far as i'm concerned. wow. >> certainly on top of his game. >> scary, all right. >>> let's take a look at your weather from around the country on this friday. rain from the gulf coast, little rock, memphis, nashville and louisville. showers and thunderstorms around minneapolis, chicago and detroit. also stormy in the northeast from new england down to washington, d.c., and humid with near triple-digit heat in georgia and the carolinas. some heavy downpours in the southwest. >> phoenix hits 105. 90 in salt lake city and 74 in seattle. upper 80s from fargo to detroit. 79 in boston, 85 here in new york and 90s from baltimore to miami and dallas. >>> and coming up next on the show this morning, a republican rising star sent to the hospital. how governor chris christie is coping this morning. >>> and tiger woods makes a big announcement about his future. >>> what if there is a debt default? today the treasury department outlines what will happen at its meeting in new york with 20 of the largest banks which ofte

ryan owens, abc news. >> all right. in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great day, everyone. thanks for watching.

here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: arthur jones was hiding in plain sight.an with a gambling problem living in this las vegas home, working at this casino. the 72-year-old was declared dead decades ago. detectives thought he had been murdered by the mob back in 1979. in reality, he sold his seat on chicago board of trades. to settle a massive gambling debt. walked out on his wife of 17 years and his three children and simply vanished. >> if they're willing to creating an incredible ruse and then creating a new eye debitty that does not touch his old world. >> reporter: in this criminal complaint, jones told authorities that he had lots of identities. from illinois, he said that he moved to florida and lived as richard lage. two years later, jones headed to california, where he settled in for nearly a decade as richard sanders. next stop, nevada, for the last 20 years he had been known as joseph richard sandelli. no one caught on. until he was tripped up doing something so routine. renewing his driver's license. he was using somebody else's social security nu

>> ryan owens tonight. ryan, thank you. we want to turn now to accuweather meteorologist justin povick in the weather center tonight. and justin, you and i have been talking about this at length, the drought, the high pressure just sitting there over texas and several states. is there any relief in sight? >> reporter: david, no relief in sight for the lone star state. in fact, a handful of states encompassed by this extreme heat wave across the south plains, the third driest ever across the state of texas, the third worst drought ever. and we are looking at conditions not improving throughout the next week. >> as we look to the week ahead for the rest of the country, you say in many parts, this heat is simply going to reload? >> reporter: that's right. the south plains taking the brunt of the heat early week, but that shifts gears, furtherer up north, backcknto the great plains, south dakota. and then has eyes set again on the east coast as we move ahead into late week. >> and so here we go all over again. justin povick, th

here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: if these women look like hell on wheels, they are.ou're in austin, texas, the capital of the lone star state and the cradle of modern-day roller derby civilization. yes, ready or not, roller derby is back. and it's all grown up. >> let them hear you if you love them, ladies and gentlemen! >> reporter: meet margaret thackler. by day, a mild-mannered math and science teacher. so beloved by her students she was voted teacher of the year. >> okay, we'll do it. >> reporter: a wife and mother of two. but by night -- >> i like knocking people down. >> reporter: she is -- >> olivia! >> reporter: olivia shooting john of the hot rod honeys. how did this young mother go from teaching trigonometry to kids to body-checking grown women? >> one of the girlfriends that i played soccer with said she wanted to try out. and i thought, well, i'll go with you as a supporter. >> and you didn't know what it was? >> i had no clue. i didn't find out until five months later. what even the game looked like. >> reporter: each team has a skater called the jammer

abc's ryan owens explains how he managed tototay under the radar. >> reporter: arthur jones was hidingight. a man with a gambling problem living in this las vegas home, working at this casino. the 72-year-old was declared dead decades ago. detectives thought he'd been murdered by the mob back in 1979. in reality, he'd sold his seat on the chicago board of trade to settle a massive gambling debt, walked out on his wife of 17 years and his three children, and simply vanished. >> a person can disappear if they're willing to put the energy into creating a credible ruse, then creating a new identity that does not touch his old world. >> reporter: in this criminal complaint, j jes tells authorities he had lots of identities. from illinois, he says he moved to florida and lived as richard lage. two years later, jones headed to california where he settled in for nearly a decade as richard sanders. next stop, nevada, where for the last 20 years he'd been known as joseph richard sandelli. over the years he'd been arrested a half dozen times. no one caught on. until he was tripped up doing someth

abc's ryan owens is inside that gun shop in killeen, texas, tonight. ryan? >> reporter: good evening to you, diane. police believe the attack was actually supposed to happen today. as you said, it was thwarted when this young soldier came all the way here to texas, he was based 800 miles away in ft. campbell, kentucky, and stopped at this gun store. the clerk here had a feeling he might be up to no good. investigators say this young soldier has been battling the army almost since he joined it. >> i don't want to deploy because i believe i can't both deploy and be a muslim. >> reporter: 21-year-old naser abdo didn't want to fight in afghanistan, but sources say he was more than willing to cause bloodshed at home. after being arrested, he told officers he wanted to get even with the military and chose ft. hood because of the 2009 attack here where major nidal hasan allegedly killed 13 and wounded 30. he told them he wasn't going to target the military post, but a nearby restaurant popular with soldiers. he told them his plan was to set off two bombs, then shoo

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awesome. >> reporter: for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, austin, texas. >> oh, my.ight on "nightline." to m. with the weather. >> hello, robin roberts. right t re in "gma's" backyard of times square. by the way, robin, who wins the coolest haircut ofhe day award? chase does. where are you from? >> sandusky, ohio. >> by the way, that is the coolest haircut of the day. i show want this haircut. i don't know. to the boards, so many things going on. our twitter and facebook pictures were alive on ways to keep cool. my favorite may be headed to the mountains. allegany state park is cool. another cool spot, into the northwest, sometimes happens, the west coast is kind of the opposite weather pattern of what's going on in the rest of the nation. with this dip you'll see temperatures in the 60s and 70s. another cool spot, fly to seattle. enjoy the cool temperatures. >> we are live in times square. all that weather was grout to you by at&t. oh, lara. >> hello, sam. a reason i'm surrounded by these mini avengers. hi, we are with the one, the only captain america. chris evans

ryan owens, abc news, dallas-ft.nternational airport. >> that story is phenomenally angering to many of us. save your receipts and get your money back. >> please do. what a big mess. all the people who have been furloughed. 4,000 workers have been furloughed since the faa was shut down. >> so much in washington not getting done, not being resolved, impacting all kinds of things. now you can't fly without getting kind of screwed over a little bit. >>> other news now. walmart executives are thinking out the big box with their latest venture, streaming movies online. the world's largest retailer has started streaming movies the same day they're released on dvd. walmart bought a video streaming service and has 20,000 titles that can be viewed online. up to $6. purchase prices start at five bucks. the move challenges both net flicks as well as itunes. >>> and the u.s. postal service is beginning a study of more than 3,600 post offices to see which ones should be closed. that's more than one in ten of ailing agency's retai

ryan owens reports on how common this breach of etiquette really is. >> match point for the no. 1 women player in the world. him if her opponent runs for the net for a most unusual fault. if but the match must go on. sort of like the show. just ask veteran hue jackman. if he kept his cool as you see in yes the cell phone video obtained by tmz. which is more than we can say for the teacher whose students just had to take that call. if. >> give me the phone. >> or the former white house press secretary. if you too? commentator tina brown wanted to throw her on live televisio television. the truth is cell phone have almost become part of the constant chatter of cable news. >> it's a cell phone violence. >>reporter: at least dan turned his off. barney keeps on talking. >> step in long before. >>reporter: it appears neither he nor his cell phone has a mute button. abc news dallas. >> that's funny. it changed few years ago it was the kid that had them all the time now everybody ourselves included. if make that call. >> okay. >> collin is here. part with his

as abc's ryan owens reports. >> reporter: investigators say this young soldier has been battling theploy because i believe i can't both deploy and be a muslim. >> reporter: 21-year-old naser abdo didn't want to fight in afghanistan. sources say he was more than willing to cause bloodshed at home. after being arrested he told officers he wanted to get even with the military and chose ft. hood because of the 2009 attack here. where major nidal hasan allegedly killed 13 and wounded 30. he told them he wasn't going to target the military post but a nearby restaurant popular with soldiers. he told them his plan was to set off two bombs then shoot any survivors. police say the attack was imminent. >> we would probably be here today giving you a different briefing had he not been stopped. >> reporter: greg ebert is the man who stopped him. a former marine and police officer who works at this killlln gun store. he got suspicious when abdo arrived in a cab on tuesday. then bought six pounds of gunpowder, three boxes of shotgun ammunition, and a magazine for a semi-automatic pistol. he paid $2

our ryan owens is in texas to talk more about its worst drought and costliest drought in history. ryan? >> reporter: this is lake trtris, texas, or what's left of it. it's been an awfully long time since anyone could use this slide, which may explain why some here are actually praying for a hurricane. rancher skeeter stoles can barely believe his eyes when he looks at this pond that's supposed to provide enough water for his cattle. but his tape measure doesn't lie. where there used to be 12 feet of water, there are cracks in the mud almost a foot down. >> we would love to see a tropical storm with rain and moisture and not a lot of wind. it would hit the spot. >> reporter: the last nine months have been the driest ever recorded. some area lakes are so low, officials shut them down. their warm, stagnant water is a breeding ground for toxic algae and bacteria. animals are suffering, too. rescuers found these starving and dehydrated. even the bats, which have become a bit of a tourist attraction hanging out under this bridge in austin, are so desperate for food, they've started emerg

abc's ryan owens joins us from l.a. with the latest. ng, ryan. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. halle berry says she is extremely frightened of this man. she asked for and was granted this restraining order against 27-year-old richard franco. he's unemployed and this morning he's locked up. what police say unfolded at halle berry's home in the hollywood hills is nothing short of terrifying. all weekend police say a stalker tried to get inside. saturday he allegedly jumped the fence and was chased away by one of berry's employees. sunday, officers say he came back, jumped the fence again and this time came face to face with berry through her kitchen window. he ran off. but late monday nightht he show up again, finally caught by the actress' private security detail and arrested. >> stalkers are out to connect with an idea that doesn't really exist. >> i'm always careful now. >> reporter: paris hilton recently spoke exclusively to the show "the insider" about her stalker, 36-year-old james rainfofo arrestete just last wek for violat

abc's ryan owens is at that shop in killeen, texas, and joins us with the very latest. good morning to you, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. this is the same gun shop where the last soldier accused of trying to attack ft. hood bought his weapon. this time, the clerk was suspicious and called police. a call they say stopped a diabolical plot that was about to unfold. greg ebert works part-time at this gun shop. it's a good thing this ex-marine, this retired cop, happened to be here tuesday. >> i asked myself, you know, what is the potential for a problem? and if i'm uncomfortable, i'm unbashful. >> reporter: the young soldier who made him uncomfortable is 21-year-old private naser abdo, a muslim who had been battling the army almost since he joined it. >> i refuse to go to afghanistan because it was against my islamic conditions. >> reporter: he wanted out. but military investigators say they found child pornography on his government computer. so, on the fourth of july, abdo went awol from ft. campbell, kentucky. investigators believe he came to ft. hood to sta

ryan owens is at the dallas/ft. worth airport with details and when fliers find out about what is going on, they get steamed. >> reporter: hold on to your hat. we know how much you love baggage fees and change fees and how about the fees to talk to an actual human being? well, get ready. they're about to pour more salt into that wound. the airlines just got a huge tax break. since washington can't get its act together the faa is partially shut down, no one to collect that long list of taxes hidden in your tickets. so, of course, those airline executives are giving you a tax break too, right? actually, they raised ticket prices and pocketed the difference. >> instead of going into consumers or the government's pocket the whole amount is going into the airline's pocket. >> rick seany runs f farecompare.com. >> airlines rank below customer satisfaction so the guy that has your taxes is not going to to give them to you anyway. >> reporter: perhaps the airlines were hoping no one would notice. how much was your ticket. >