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this next video a rookie dirt biker by the name of josh got together with godfrey. >> it's like the spirit of a wolf. >> a veteran freestyle motocrosser. you would think he is there to help josh out. >> get the hell on the bike. >> they don't take it easy on him. they start jumping the guy right away. >> moto rookies? >> i need a lot more speed? >> oh, yeah. triple that. >> what? >> i want you to jump off the bike. >> they didn't have a pit for him to land in. he just bit it on the dirt? >> he dfrg they said. you don't trust these guys when you're doing this stunt. >>> baby bear party. ♪ >> they are as awesome as completely impossible to understand. like this first little guy. >> i understand him. i've been there myself. >> this black lab loves onion and garlic potato chips. his head is stuck in the bag. >> that's not good. neither is good for a dog. onion and garlic can be toxic in large amounts for a dog. >> and the bag can be suffocating. >> he is having a bloody great time. >> yes, i do agree. he's having a hard time. that is going to be the cleanest piece of trash in the trash can. >>

i am autria godfrey.rted with jack taylor and the traffic center, who has a check on your monday morning commute. >> not sure what is going on southbound on 123 with this early and abrupt delay. hopefully it can be quickly cleared. virginia northbound on interstate 95 after the cleanup the accident was cleared quickly on the left shoulder. the metro rail on the red line this morning, no longer a single track between rhode island avenue's. has cleared.lyn it new problems in the district on the d.c. side of the 14th street rich. accidents on the center lane and a broken down vehicle on the freeway as you walk the 11th street ridge just before the tunnel. maybe your forecast will sound better than my traffic. >> it gets better. very: spots, a few places still flirting with freezing, ok and ellis at 41, 47 in gaithersburg, only 34 degrees in manassas. some of those lower lying areas are going to be seeing the cold temperatures. 54 degrees by 11:00. 60 degrees with mostly sunny skies this afternoon. temperatur

. >> good thursday morning i'm autria godfrey it is now 7:26 a.m.dinette down at 644, tractor-trailer slammed into jersey wall, to write lanes blocked. is stacking up getting out of landmark headed southbound and you can see the traffic they're not moving past at this. 66 eastbound is low to recover from gainesville heading towards the beltway. this is a 21 mile ride that is taking one hour and 10 minutes. all lanes are open. a pedestrianing may have been hit along colesville road at fenton street remain onand rescue the scene, traffic been detoured through the area. traffic coming at us is northbound colesville road, they are able to get past the scene. forecast seems cold. >> we are still well below the average, but better than yesterday. 36 degrees at reagan national. it 28.ill factor is a few scattered clouds on our camera there. the regioncross especially off to the west, a couple of flurries in the higher elevations and western maryland should be dryus around our metros. it will be gusty. temperatures are the 40's but will fill like -- but wil

autria godfrey, abc 7 news. >> thank you. today was just like the first day of school. >> no one had heard from him for tragedy has struck this tightknit aviation community again. another flight instructor killed during a training run over the weekend. i'm brad bell. coming up, how are these pilots coping? investigating the death of one of their own. the body of a lieutenant fire safety officer was discovered wednesday morning in the basement of an east north avenue home. six hours before the responded to a fire at a vacant house next door but they were pulled from the scene. investigators say he was cleared but never responded on his radio. his body was found after an off-duty firefighter spotted his suv outside the home. they're now trying to learn how he died. >> newly elected senators and elected representatives came in to meet their future colleagues. kai jackson is at the live desk with more on the freshman class coming in. >> an exciting time. the two major parties rarely agree on much, but the newcomers agree they hav

autria godfrey sat down with a cohost, brad paisley and carrie underwood for what we can expect on country music business -- busiest night. >> they are back, and you can bet, better than ever. brad paisley and carrie underwood are suiting up for their seventh time hosting the cma awards. the old pros are ready. >> we know whatever happened, we've got this. but the dynamic duo have loads of laughs and some lighthearted jabs lined up for their fellow singers and songwriters. >> every year we've had quite a bit of input and we've worked very hard atrying to the timely as well as topical. we don't limit it to country music news. >> the 48th annual cma awards will feature user contributes an all-star lineup of presenters vying for the top honor, entertainer of the year, miranda lambert, keith urban, blake shelton, and last year's winner, george strait. it is his 83rd nomination. don't be surprised if kerry seems extra cautious. one.s after all plus allas she been emotional at , any mood swings? >> yes. >> i do tend to get emotional, usually in a good way, i'm really happy. quick she is so great

godfrey, abc 7 >> live, from the abc 7 center, this is abc 7 news at 5:00. on your side. >> i'm just stunned. have no idea what would cause two people to do that. 5:00, torture, deceit and a bloody escape. stunning allegations against two accused of attacking a former boss. police now say when they arrested alecia schmuhl and schmuhl, the couple's car was soaked in blood. and andrew schmuhl was wearing just a diaper. >> it's all the details couple faced a judge on accusations. thece holmes is live with story and how this played out. horace? thatll, it played out in home right there behind me. it all started when alecia schmuhl, according to prosecutors, was fired from her job. couple'sded up in the suv with her husband in nothing but a diaper. >> in court today, prosecutors allege on sunday night, andrew schmuhl and alecia schmuhl drove of miss schmuhl's former bus. a policeosing as officer, gained entrance. handcuffed the man, locked his wife in a bathroom and allegedly what prosecutors call a tar chur session -- torture session. beat the man, stabbed him r

autria godfrey, abc 7 news. >> what a disappointment to all those people. >> be careful, folks. >> trendingow, those accusations against cosby, three women recently claiming they have been assaulted by him. today nbc announced they are scrapping the cosby tv comedy underdevelopment. video, the comedian refuses to respond to the allegations. >> i don't talk about it. >> bill cosby's lawyer strongly denies the allegations against his client, calling the latest claims from the actress false and outlandish. she's the third woman in recent weeks to claim she had been drugged and sexually assaulted by cosby many years ago. >> it is me saying something about bill cosby, who is like a god to everybody in the world, but are you kidding me? who's going to believe that? though cosby? >> video released today shows cosby earlier this month at a new exhibit featuring his art collection, repeatedly rejecting questions about the allegations from an ap reporter. >> we don't answer that. >> i wanted to ask if you wanted to respond at all about whether any of that was true. >> there's no response. >> for deca

. >> it came, as a complete shock, doyle beck sat at home in godfrey, illinois monday night, watchingis little ceasar's burn to the grounds. >> i know that it is not my customers. >> this was beck's first business venture. his first little ceasar's, now, he owns three, including two in illinois, but this one holds a special place in his heart. >> the people of ferguson have been great for me. they pay my bills. they feed my family. you know, and we feed their families. >> beck admits the scene is overwhelming. but this is not the first time the store has been a target. it took a hit during the good friday tornado of 2011. >> came right through the front of the store, and took whole store, all but three walls. >> rebuilt a year later moved on. then earlier this year beck and family woke to up flames inside their own home. >> after quite the year, custom remembers helping by setting up go funds me site raising money to help beck. but he says that money will go straight to his employees. >> pay them as much as possible to keep them employed, at least through the holidays. if i can do tha

first gem ma godfrey looking, all you giant fans back there -- >> i don't like the giants.ime to take on risk overseas and we'll tell you where. more "halftime" next. ♪ >>> welcome back to the halftime show. earl yes on squawk on the street you saw the interview they did with doubleline founder jeffrey gundlach, he weighed in on a number of things, including interest rates and stocks including tesla. here's what he said. >> i like tesla. tesla is it's the batteries. it's all about the batteries. i think they could ultimately almost change society. i think tesla really has an ability to be a major, major deal. it's risky. because you're right, it's at a high valuation. i like it. >> there's no revelation from jeff whether he's long the stock or not. just saying an opinion during this exclusive interview. what do you think? >> i mean jeff's a big fan of innovation in general. he did a conference last spring and the idea was talking about the telegraph and how samuel morris essentially changed the world. he's looking at tesla, it has that kind of potential, he's in good compan

. >> even for the experienced ert team members like deputy david godfrey, walking into a riot like this one that happened in the early '90s could be a frightening experience. >> even in the smallest scenario we're outnumbered probably four to one. we come out in the yard in a disturbance like this, there can be 200, 300 inmates in the yard. and you're trying to put down a riot with 10 to 12 deputies. that's probably the scariest aspect of it, just the sheer numbers. >> okay. good job, guys. excellent. had a lockdown in about a minute and 30 seconds. that's a record. >> after each training exercise deputies are critiqued and evaluated on their performance during the drill. >> do it like we train you, bring it up and snap, bring it up and snap it. when you get out there and things get real tight and people are throwing things at you, you know, that's the last thing you think about. you think about snapping it, don't. because if it breaks on you, all you've got is a big club. and that's not going to do you guys or your team or anybody else any good. >>> next, "lockup" takes you inside 900

. >> there is a lovely book by peter godfrey smith, darwinian populations and natural selection. that is the title, where he introduces some elegant diagrams which let you see in addition to the pure cases of natural selection, the sort of parade cases of natural selection, there are lots of processes which are like natural selection in one or two or three features but are not classic cases. the development of the nervous system in the individual brain is very much a matter of generation, lots of extra neurons which compete and only some of them get to survive and populate the region and the rest are absorbed and lead to another generation. the very building of a brain is the clause i evolutionary process. once you built a brain, the learning in the brain is another clause i evolutionary process. there has been no dearth of theories of evolution in the brain hypotheses over the last 50 years or so. i think it is fair to say it is the only non miraculous, non question begging model we have of how a nervous system can start in one state and improve itself through learning from taki

godfrey george is the fifth doctor to die of the virus since the outbreak began. more than 500 health workers have contracted ebola in all countries impacted by the virus, just over half of them have died. in the u.s., state officials continue to impose restrictions on health workers who have treated patients in west africa. in louisiana, officials told health workers who have recently been in the hardest-hit countries not to attend a tropical medicine conference this week, saying -- "we see no utility in you traveling to new orleans to simply be confined to your room." researchers say the move will hinder progress at the conference on fighting ebola. at least 24 migrants have drowned after a boat carrying them from turkey toward romania sank in the black sea. a number of people remain missing. the obama administration has condemned regional polls in eastern ukraine which elected elect pro-russian separatist leaders. russia has recognized sunday's elections while ukraine's president has threatened to scrap an autonomy deal for the eastern regions of donetsk and lu

godfrey george is the fifth doctor to die of the virus since the outbreak began. more than 500 health workers have contracted ebola in all countries impacted by the virus, just over half of them have died. in the u.s., state officials continue to impose restrictions on health workers who have treated patients in west africa. in louisiana, officials told health workers who have recently been in the hardest-hit countries not to attend a tropical medicine conference this week, saying -- "we see no utility in you traveling to new orleans to simply be confined to your room." researchers say the move will hinder progress at the conference on fighting ebola. at least 24 migrants have drowned after a boat carrying them from turkey toward romania sank in the black sea. a number of people remain missing. the obama administration has condemned regional polls in eastern ukraine which elected elect pro-russian separatist leaders. russia has recognized sunday's elections while ukraine's president has threatened to scrap an autonomy deal for the eastern regions of donetsk and lu

. >> i am autria godfrey.erage and myersville and places that will see snow this morning. jack taylor is watching on the roads for us. , i want to get to jacqui jeras. rain across the area and we are keeping a close eye on the temperatures. they are mild an

. >> good morning, 8:57 a.m., i am autria godfrey.rday into tonight, but it will be warm. you will want the sunglasses as the sun comes up, it will be blustery at reagan national airport. temperatures across the region in the lower 60's. possible thise afternoon, 74 is the record at dulles and reagan national. we will be close to that this afternoon. the cold front moves through my tomorrow, meaning we are back down into the 50's. >> thank you for watching. more coming up here at noon. a sere retirement. a new home. earning your diploma. providing for your family. real associates, using walmart's benefits to build better lives for their families. opportunity. that's the real walmart. announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael." today, one of our favorite funny guys, tim allen. and from the series "gotham," ben mckenzie. plus, stray's stuffing on today's edition of "live's" superstar thanksgiving secrets revealed. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by isney-abc domestic television] announcer: now here are kelly ripa and mi

i am autria godfrey.in the morning commute. >> unfortunately not much better. we have wrinkles in quantico. both directions of interstate 95 trying to get into the base. military drop -- military dogs were tracking movement once again in both directions. accident activity blocking the right centerline, majorities with it, eastern avenue with the better news on eastbound 50, austin 295 north reopening all travel lanes sometime before the end of the week. on cap today, not quite as good as yesterday, quite a bit of cloud cover here and there, most of us cloudy already, continuing throughout the day. the satellite radar shows rain showers fizzling as they try to on the bestay chance of rain. temperatures will cool down and become breezy late on friday and into the weekend. thank you. we are of course keeping an i on tuesdays election results. go to wjla.com. we will see you at 8:56 ♪ ♪ you were someone else ♪ but in my mind in my car ♪ and it's raining hard on broadway in nashville, tennessee ♪ ♪ i can't bel

i'm autria godfrey. let us get a check with the morning commute.avin. 270, things are not too bad, often on delays, going from frederick always doodling divide. just after west montgomery avenue, route 28, earlier crash activity off to the right shoulder. left lane for the locals is blocked. on 255 northbound at cedar lane, that earlier accident activity now all clear way. no reported problems. a warm coat might be the uniform of the day. >> yes, to help block some of that wind. it is 51 degrees in d.c.. lots of 40 zero the suburbs. you add in the wind, it is a little breezy, it feels cooler than that, feels like 40 in gaithersburg. 45 in quantico. the winds are going to be picking up by mid to late this morning. partly cloudy skies, with highs to the mid to upper 50's. weekend starts rather pleasant. more clouds roll in on early sunday. high temperature around 50 degrees. >> thank you for watching. we will have another news update for you at 7:56 a.m. news is always on it ♪ oh here we go ♪ ♪ >>> look at these incredible shots. all part of our gopr

>> well, that day he -- as i said, he knew i had written monologues for godfrey cambridge and he said -- he asked me if i was working on anything, and i said yes, i'm working on an earthquake -- a few earthquake jokes because i had just experienced my first earthquake in l.a. which was really just a big tremor. but to me it felt like an earthquake. and i was working on jokes about that. and he said, well, come up to my bungalow after i'm finished shooting and we'll work on it. and i thought, well, that's cool. i'm getting to write with bill cosby. that should be fun. we went up to his bungalow afterwards. he made me a drink. the same drink that he knew i liked that he'd made over lunch, which was a bloody mary, which he topped off with a little bit of beer and he called it a red eye. >> right. >> and i drank that while we were talking. i imitated the way i heard the earthquake sounding. we were talking. i drank the red eye, the bloody mary. and very shortly after that i just -- i passed out. i woke up, or came to very groggily with him removing my underwear. >> and you said that you -

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he used to call me midget, because i'm 5'3", and he knew that i had written comedy for godfrey cambridgeed shooting and go up to bungalow and work on some comedy with him. and i thought, whoa, that's neat. that's a good idea. and i told him i was working on a bit about earthquakes in los angeles. >> yes. and then what happened when you got to his bungalow? >> so we went up to his suite, and he knew that i liked to drink bloody marys and he topped them off with a bit of beer, which he called a red eye. and i drank one of those and -- which he made for me. and the next thing i remember is being on his couch with him taking my clothes off. and feeling very drugged and very hazy. >> and so he took your clothes off and then he sexually assaulted you? >> no, first i said to him -- he was starting to, and i said, i have an infection -- i thought i was being clever. i said, if you have sex with me, your wife will no, she'll catch my infection. and he very quickly made me give him oral sex instead, which was horrible. >> so, joan, that was in 1969. and why, why have you waited so long to tell peo

. >> and i thought you were going to say and samantha godfrey, welcome back. >> i remember the name. how did that alarm feel? >> it sounds like a baby crying, but it's so great to see everybody and all our friends behind the scenes. it's fun. too much of that vale video and you may have some waterworks. >> out on the plaza, people welcoming you back from maternity leave. look at that one. >> i was up all night working on that sign. >> great to have you back. we'll have visits with vale later on. meanwhile, look who is back from chicago after a late night. >> it was a thrilling night and so glad it all went off amazingly. >> nik wallenda. >> nik wallenda, making history again with two walks over the city. >> a nail biter. >> it was. huge crowd turned out. >> it's good to have you here. we'll have more on nichlt k's amazing feats later on. >>> let's get to our top story this morning. and it's a sad one. a choice by brittany maynard, that 29-year-old who became the face of death with dignity movement to end her own life. tamron has the latest on that. good morning to you. >> brittany ma

. >> i thought you were going to say samantha godfrey. >> i can remember the name. how did that alarm clock feel? >> i'm goed to 3 a.m. but it sounds like a baby crying. it's great to be back to see everybody and all of our friends here behind the scenes so it's fun. but you may have water works. >> sun's out on the plaza. women welcoming you back from maternity leave. look at that one. >> i was up all night working on that. >> even got it spelled right. >> great to have you back. we'll have visits with vale. look who is back from chicago after a late night. >> it was a thrilling night and just so glad it all went off amazingly well. nik wallenda making history once again with the two walks over the city of chicago. it was incredible. >> a nail biter. >> it was. huge crowd turned out. >> it's good to have you here. more on nik but to our top story. it's the choice by brittany maynard t 29-year-old who became the face of the controversial death with dignity movement to end her own life. tamron hall has the latest. good morning to you. >> good morning everyone. britta