. >> reporter: she's talking about this frightening scene at the 7-eleven on cook street in waterburye a look at what happened to her. she was standing at the counter when this suv slammed into the store and almost ran her over. peterson didn't know how close of a call it actually was until we showed her the surveillance video. it turns out she was planning to check out at the register where the car eventually crashed and she changed her mind at the last second. >> i think i'm very lucky. my angels are looking over me, because after seeing that video, it's hard to watch. >> reporter: she says she was buying a lotto ticket when suspected drunk driver kennedy dowdel plowed through this place and struck her in the back. >> i just know i felt that sharp pain and i kind of got pushed up against the register. >> reporter: but the threat wasn't over. she jumped on the counter to get out of harm's way when dowdel put this suv in reverse and backed out of the store. >> i'm pretty mad because i would never in a million years imagine that would happen to me. >> reporter: waterbury police tracked

this story surprised a lot of people in waterbury, connecticut, because this guy is actually a militaryan. now, he did appear in court yesterday. he currently faces charges of third degree assault and operating under the influence. now, according to court records, police did ask him to take a sobriety test when they caught up with him. and this is what he said. quote, i ain't taking no test. i'm drunk and i know i will fail the test. >> well, that's pretty much all they need, right? it's a bit of a confession there. >> yeah. >> he was so close to killing somebody. i mean, so close. >> the customer was taken to a local hospital and did suffer some minor injuries. but she is doing okay. >>> this video is getting a lot of attention on the internet, and what happened before it is causing some controversy, as well. this video was captured by a man who was on honeymoon island on st. patrick's day. >> this video picks up after the officials realize he is not breathing. >> they just tased this guy because he was being violent. >> the sheriff's office in pinellas county, florida said james barne

now this came monday fight in waterbury, connecticut. drives7-eleven. just misses that woman. the store and leaves. he sped away. he was arrested shortly thereafter. wow. drives in, simply leaves. that woman standing right there was just grazed. she's okay. still ahead on "way too early," why are you awake? your tweets, texts and e-mails are next. [ male announcer ] this is the network -- a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions... [ beeping ] ...to bring all the rig results. it's the at&t network -- doing more with data to help business do more for customers. ♪ uh, trouble with a car insurance claim. ah, claim trouble. [ dennis ] you should just switch to allstate, and get their new claim satisfaction guarantee. hey, he's right man. [ dennis ] only allstate puts their money where their mouth is. yup. [ dennis ] claim service so good, it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can always count on them. u

getting more that there could be a problem in the south bay as the drive northbound on highway one a waterburys a row. >>mark: the man responsible and a dui hit and run it was back in a sense of this court room for sentencing. here is video from the scene back on august 4th of 2011, that is 19 year old ryan white was walking with his family in the crosswalk in was hit by a video -- hit by a vehicle after attending a giants game. the judge would not allow cameras to show its face in the court room however prior to being sentenced, vargas spoke words of remorse. >> your honor, i would like to say that i am remorseful. i am remorseful towards the white family. and a that this has been very difficult for them and for everyone involved in this. this is a tragedy. i have learned so much out of this. i am determined to turn things around for them >> vargas was sentenced to one year behind bars and three years of probation. he also receives a one felony strike. >>mark: friends and family gathered at an antioch cemetery to bury a father and his nine year-old daughter who were hit and killed while on a

he's worked for the associated press and the "waterbury connecticut republican." next call, cal?ou for taking my call. i heard your guest say he thought the recession left two years ago. you see one out of six americans right now on food stamps. the second point i want to the make very clear, we cannot afford another four years of barack obama, we really can't. with his deficits of $1.2 trillion and $1.7 trillion every year, we'll get up to $2 trillion. we cannot afford to keep him. host: peter coy, any thoughts? guest: the first swon an effectual issue and the second one is an opinion. i agree with the caller on the factual one. when people say the resegended, they mean it in a very technical way. what they mean is that the g.d.p. and other key indicators, industrial production and so on, stopped going down at that point. if you look on the charts, you'll see that was the bottom, around june 2009, and then there was a rise since then. but remember, it's like if you fall down a well and then you start climbing out of the well, you're still down in the well for a long time and tha