abc's ryan owens with the story behind that photo finish. >> here's the line. quiet acceleration got there. >> reporter: the horse named quiet acceleration may have had a good reason to accelerate and win that race. this snapshot of the photo finish seems to show the jockey has more than the reigns in his left hand. look closely. prosecutors say that's a buzzer. it sends an electrical shock to the horse. >> and head for home! >> if you were going to shock him, this might have been the place, because you see the acceleration right here as he starts to gobble up the leaders. >> the inquiry is a stew world'sard's inquiry -- >> reporter: tonight, prosecutors say that's what 43-year-old roman chapa did, charging him with a felony. unlawful influence on racing, based largely on that photo taken january 17th at this racetrack near houston. in this video from lone star park, chapa talks about preparing for a race. >> get a feel of the horse before i go into the gates. >> reporter: chapa's track record at the track is questionable. he's been suspended twice before. once

more from abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: the second the pope walked off his plane in manila, his papal cap blew off. perhaps a divine sign this trip to the philippines would not go as planned. still, pope francis was determined to meet with survivors of the 2013 super typhoon that devastated the tacioban region. then, to celebrate, outdoor mass for 15,000 of the faithful. the pointiff donned a poncho but, once again, the weather here proved too much. this time a tropical storm approaching. the pope telling the crowds he had to cut the mass short and fly out four hours early. i'm sad about this, truly saddened. we barely had time to get to the airplane. it turns out the pope cut it close. just as he left a plane carrying government officials overshot the runway. no one was injured, but a young woman as killed when a gust of wind toppled scaffolding near the stage where the pope had been. tonight, the pope is back in manila where tomorrow he will celebrate mass outside again. as millions much catholics are expected to attend. ryan owen, abc news, los angeles. >>> and here at home a troub

here's ryan owens. >> reporter: it looks like a relaxing ride over the hills of southern california. but when the wind shifted this balloon starts to fall and the pilot has to find a safe place to land -- and fast. he flies just above cars but doesn't make it. >> basically put the balloon basket down into a treetop to slow us down before we touched down. >> reporter: the big day, even more memorable for this bride and groom. but also a reminder, balloon rides don't always go as planned. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: this one hit power lines last summer, and crashed into a massachusetts neighborhood. another power line accident in virginia, killing three. fortunately, that's rare. according to government statistics, in the past decade, there have been 119 accidents and incidents with balloons, and 18 deaths. it may be the most majestic ride imaginable, but sometimes, things can and do go wrong. even on your wedding day. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> ryan thank you. >>> next to the economy and to a blockbuster headline from wall street today. investors buying into burgers, turning one

here's ryan owens. >> reporter: here's the view of from the driver's seat of an albuquerque city bushursday morning, as it approaches a busy intersection thursday morning. other cameras onboard show the driver and her five passengers. notice the green light. and just a second later. watch again. police say the van runs a red light, crashes into the bus and forces it into a home. passengers are thrown from their seats. >> call 911! call 911! >> reporter: inside the house, a woman watching tv. >> all of a sudden, like the wall just came in and hit the couch, i got hit by a bus and nothing's broken. >> there are more than 60 vehicle-into-building crashes every day. more than 3600 injuries a year. almost 500 deaths. >> you guys okay? >> yes. >> reporter: in the aftermath of albuquerque crash, cameras even catch passengers and the driver helping each other. police say the van's driver will be cited for running a red light, causing a crash that somehow everyone survived. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >>> when we come back tonight -- breaking news who says they might run for president again

here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: the blockbuster "american sniper" starring bradley cooper as legendary sniper chris kyle has a real-life sequel, and it's about to start here in texas. >> he said that he killed two guys they went out to a shooting range. like he's all crazy. he's a psychotic. >> reporter: that's the sister of double murder suspect eddie routh, the marine veteran accused of gunning down kyle and his friend chad littlefield two years ago at this gun range outside ft. worth. they brought routh here to help him cope with his ptsd. two weeks from today, jury selection begins. routh's attorney tells abc news, the oscar-nominated movie "could possibly affect our ability to pick a jury." he also says his client will mount an insanity defense, based on ptsd. >> sacrificed enough. you let somebody else go. >> reporter: kyle's widow, taya played by siena miller in the movie, isn't buying that defense, as she told our dallas station wfaa. >> that's not ptsd. >> reporter: legal experts say insanity might be a tough sell for the jury too. at least 800 potential jurors have been summo

here's ryan owens. >> dallas is going to win! the dallas cowboys are known as america's team and it seems one politician who'd like to be america's next president is a big fan. yes, that's new jersey governor chris christie hugging cowboys owner jerry jones after dallas beat detroit. >> i've been a cowboys fan 43 years. >> reporter: but wait a minute -- new jersey is where the new york giants and jets play, and the cowboys' archrivals, the eagles are just across the bridge in philly. so -- #chrischristysucks was trending on twitter last night, even one giants fan even drudged up the bridge-gate scandal. jerry jones should sign gov. christie to play or defense, he's great at stopping drives. on the radio this morning, the usually outspoken governor sounded more like a long-suffering fan. >> we haven't had a heck of a lot of success for a lot of cowboys fans. so what are you angry at me for? believe me, i will take all the abuse i'm taking from some of these folks in return for cowboys playoff wins. >> reporter: on facebook, the go

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abc's ryan owens with the dramatic story tonight. >> reporter: robert allenby has won pga tours and earned millions. how did he end up looking like this? after he says he woke up in a hawaiian park next to a homeless woman. >> a dramatic ordeal. all i could think of was just getting to safety. >> reporter: allenby said he was abducted and robbed after a night of drinking friday. at this honolulu wine bar friday. drowning his sorrows after he didn't make the finals. >> i got hit. knocked out cold. i was thrown in the trunk of a car, i have been told. and then dumped about six miles to seven miles away from where i was. >> reporter: allenby said he woke up a few hours later in a park park, the married father of two, a homeless woman told him a group of men dropped him there, cash, credit cards and phone all gone. >> he helped me get out of there and pay for a taxi to get back to my hotel where i wanted to be safe. >> reporter: tonight, detectives in paradise still have a lot of questions of his account of that night, and will only call this a second-degree robbery. ryan owens, abc news, los

>> ryan owens from texas tonight. ryan, thank you. >>> and there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. the abc news investigation. take a look at this "survivor" contestant. paddling the boat there. then able to jump into the water. turns out, he's a former nfl star who collected worker's comp. how does he now explain then being able to compete on "survivor" to our brian ross tonight. >>> also the new report out this evening about cars. nine of them with no highway driver deaths. did your car make the list tonight? >>> and rock legend tom petty, speaking out tonight about this song. what he had to say to this very popular artist when we come back. u. guess what: your insurance company will only give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. >>> also, the new report out back. eciate before it's first oil change?" you ask. maybe the better question is why do you have that insurance company? with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see ca

abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: they're digging up the ground around the suburb of irving. epicenter of 11 quakes in 24 hours. they're not exactly the big one. the strongest, 3.6. but they rattled nerves caused a few cracks and a whole lot of calls to 911. >> my house just shook like the dickens. >> yes, ma'am, we just had an earthquake. >> reporter: the tremors even have north texas children jumping under their desks. >> drop to the floor, take cover. >> reporter: irving schools holding drills at all 38 campuses drills last week these kids might have only heard from california or some other hot spot more used to the earth moving. a lot less shaking here in dallas today. although this afternoon, there was a small quake, a 2.7, about 25 miles outside of town. the question remains tonight, could this be natural or is it man-made? the result of all of that oil and gas exploration? david? >> ryan owens in dallas tonight. >>> tonight, honda in the headlines, fined $70 million for failing to report more than 1700 claims of death and injury over the last 11 years. that's the large

>> ryan owens in dallas tonight. ryan, thank you. >>> tonight, honda in the headlines, fined $70 million for failing to report more than 1,700 claims of death and injury over the last 11 years. that's the largest civil fine ever against an automaker. >>> we turn now to a medical headline. what's being called a game-changer in the fight against those deadly super bugs, resistant to modern drugs. 2 million americans are infected every year. 23,000 die. but tonight, word of a groundbreaking new weapon. the first new antibiotic in more than 25 years. so, let's get right to dr. richard besser. and rich, you were telling me, this is a major development. >> reporter: it is. it's very exciting. people may not know, but most of the antibiotics we have come from harnessing chemicals that microbes make that kill other microbes. but we haven't had a new antibiotic in almost 30 years, because we've tested all the microbes and harvested those antibiotics. but we know there are billions of germs, microbes that live in the soil, we

ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >> an emotional moment captured on video as a minnesota man makesop of alaska's mount mckinley. that's him. he claims to be the first solo climber to reach the more than 20,000-foot summit during january. the coldest and the darkest month on north america's highest mountain. the winter winds top 100 miles an hour and the temperatures often fell below mns 60. minus 60. it took dupreist 29 days. this is his fourth attempt in as many winters. to celebrate his website said he ate a salad and macaroons and local denali beer on the way home. i argue he can do better than a salad. let's head over to drew for a look at the forecast. >> much more than a salad. talking about weather and talking about mainly cloudy skies tonight and a mild overnight period. live doppler 7hd is dry. a live look from the golden gate bridge camera and we will show you the fog is thick in some areas. you will be waking up to a scene similar to this. even now the visibility is dropping in spots. half moon bay is less than two miles visibility. santa rosa with a mile and a quarter v

ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> chris christie just sent out a tweet.about. >> come an, people. seriously, let the man celebrate. doesn't have to run again for governor in new jersey. going to be running for president presumably. this is known as america's team. if you want to get on board with a winner that the country loves. >> that's an awkward hug. why did jerry jones leave him hanging? >> he didn't have anybody to celebrate with. >> it was awkward. >> this is terrible. look at that. that's a big old hug. jerry might have gotten scared. here comes christie. >> you might have a future at espn. >> no. >> what's the voice? t.j. holmes. new segment. >>> when we come back, i don't know how we'll top this. it's "skinny" time. >> we are going to top it. it's "bachelor time." she was hanging out with the bachelor yesterday. that's my tease. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. tt2wút3n@ $" bt@q),x tt2wút3n@ $" "a@q9 < tt2wút3n@ $" bm@q2+0 tt4wút3

ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> oh. another robbery attempt took place near pittsburgh.ice are calling it a first, a bank hold up at a drive-thru. yeah, a drive-thru. a woman passed a note to a teller threatening she had a bomb. police arrived literally within seconds blocking the woman's suv. as the bank was evacuated a bomb squad used a robot to check the vehicle. no explosives were found. >> drive-thru. >> we are laughing but there is an elementary school across the way. they had to evacuate the kids and move them to a high school. >>> okay. we have another great criminal for you here. another crook coming up next half hour. this one caught in the act not by police. but in a window. this embarrassed thief hung out to dry and the confused witnesses that stumble on an absurd scene. that's coming up. >>> and a treat of all treats. pancakes versatile breakfast food offers so many variations. we will have more ahead inside "insomniac kitchen." teaching you to chow down like a champ. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from

abc's ryan owens has the latest. >> reporter: a brutal scene off a texas highway.s carry bodies out of the wreckage of a prison transport bus. the vehicle now crushed and buckled metal after it collided with a train. >> there's a lot of debris and trash all over the train tracks. i did see them taking out the bodies in to the ambulances. >> reporter: at least ten on the bus are dead. eight prisoners and two corrections officers. emergency crews taking five others to the hospital. investigators say the bus was on the way from abilene to el paso when the driver apparently came upon another crash near odessa on an icy overpass. they believe the driver may have swerved and hit black ice. it slammed in to a moving freight train below, dragging the bus some 200 yards. the train car ripped open, spilling its contents all over the tracks. >> you can see coach bags, toys, papers. >> the national transportation safety board is now investigating. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >>> checking the thursday forecast, heavy rain from a new storm system moving in to the seattle area

from abc's ryan owens. >> he's earned millions. how did the 43-year-old australian end up looking like this after he says he woke up in a hawaiian park next to a homeless woman. allenby said he was abducted and robbed after a night of drinking with his caddy and friend at this honolulu wine bar on friday. drowning his sorrows after he didn't make the cut at the sony open golf tournament. his caddy said he left allenby at the bar to drink somewhere else. allenby said he would pay the bill and meet him in ten minutes and never did allenby said he woke up a few hours later in a park, six miles from his hotel near waikiki. the married father of two was told him a group of men dumped him there. cash, credit cards and phone all gone. that's when the golfer said an unidentified man gave him enough money for a cab back to his hotel where he snapped the selfie and called police. detectives in paradise have a lot of questions about allenby's foggy account of that night and will only call it a second degree robbery. ryan owens, abc news, los

ryan owens.> reporter: the horse named quiet acceleration may have had a good reason to win the race. it shows the jockey has more than reins in his hand. more prosecutors say it is a buzzer that sends an electrical shock to the horse. >> head for home. >> if you were going to shock them this might have been the place. you see an acceleration right here as the gobbles up the leaders. >> the inquiry is -- >> reporter: prosecutors say that's what 43-year-old roman chopa did. charging him with unlawful influence on racing. largely taken from the photo seen here. in this video from lone star talk he talks about preparing the horse. his track record is questionable. he's been suspended twice once in 2007 for using an electrical device on a horse and once in 1994 for using a nail to make a horse run faster. this time, the jockey told them the picture was photo shopped. that someone is trying to frame him. if convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison. ryan owens. abc news dallas. >> officials suspen

questions about his foggy account of that night and will only call this a second-degree robbery, ryan owens, abc news los angeles. >>> from hawaii to the philippines, where pop francis made history celebrating mass before a sea of faithful. even more remarkable because of the rain with all of those millions of people one little girl moved him. here's abc's lama hasan. >> reporter: the turnout -- 6 million strong -- making this the largest papal outdoor mass ever. just like his flock, the pontiff wearing a yellow poncho. the faithful braving the rain, lining the route to hear his call to protect the young saying -- >> we need to care for our young people, not allowing them to be robbed of hope and condemned to a life on the streets. >> reporter: and among the 6 million -- one striking moment -- a 12-year-old homeless girl rescued by the church, tearfully asking the pontiff why god allows children to become victims of crimes and why they suffer. the pontiff offers his blessing in his native spanish and embraces her, offering these words -- "there are some realities that you can only see throu

ginger zee here with the big change coming but first, ryan owens from texas. >> reporter: in a screen one witness described as brutal firefighters removed the bodies of ten people from the wreckage of a texas prison transport bus. two corrections officers and eight inmates are dead. five others in the hospital tonight, after the bus hit a patch of ice on this west texas interstate at about 7:30 this morning. investigators say the bus driver may have swerved to avoid another icy accident on this overpass west of the city of odessa. it apparently flew off the highway and crashed into a moving freight train below. >> there is a lot of debris and a lot of trash all over the train tracks. >> reporter: ice also coated parts of the mid-atlantic this near raleigh, north carolina drivers struggled to stay on the road. from spinouts to jack fived semis. in virginia troopers responded to a whopping 344 crashes this morning alone. also tonight, we are hearing the frantic 911 calls from drivers stuck in that massive chain reaction crash in michigan last week. >> oh my god. there's more coming at m

ryan owens abc news dallas. >> death row records founder knight accidentally ran over and killed a friend another man today as he was trying get away from attackers in los angeles suburb. knight planning to turn himself in thunderstorms confident that once the investigation is complete knight will be exonerated. >> rod mckuhan has passed away. tell. >> his music and voice recordings won him an oscar made him one of the best selling poet in history. l he was born in oakland. he said he endured abuse at the hands of his stepfather and ran away from home at the age of 11. eventually celtsed in san francisco where he read poetry and performed at the purple onion. he died this morning of respiratory arrest in beverly hills. he was 81. >> another note from music. tom petty says no hard feelings about the similarity between his hit i won't back down and sam smith hit stay with me. ♪ ♪ won't you stay with me. ♪ ♪. >> sam smith has agreed to give co-writing credit of his grammy nominated single to tom petty and jeff lynn. here's their version. ♪ ♪ stand my ground turned around. >> he wrote on the

ryan owens is tracking the developments. from our l.a. newsroom including whether allenby was drugged. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, paula. that golfer is still in hawaii. he's fine other than a very sore head and a story of abduction and robbery that has police scratching their heads. >> edge of the fairway for robert allenby. >> reporter: how did pga golfer robert allenby go from looking like this to this? the 43-year-old australian snapped this selfie hours after he believes he was kidnapped from this wine bar in hawaii and woke up battered and bruised in a public park four hours later. this morning, the father of two tells abc news i should be okay. just in a lot of pain. >> he's a bit sore, obviously. he's got a sore head. >> reporter: allenby's caddie said the attack followed a round of drinks friday night after the golfer failed to make the cut at the sony open in honolulu. >> at 10:30, i left to go to another bar. he was going to be another ten minutes behind me. when we came out, robert was gone. >> reporte

abc's ryan owens has more on the new steps police are taking to stop these criminals. >> reporter: likehis playing out coast to coast, thieves smashing through stores trying to grab the here in dallas it's happened 20 times this month. they hit this nail salon last week. >> this car came back and forth at least seven times at very high speed. >> reporter: dallas business owners have had enough. so have police. they're forming a special task force to deal with the recent rash of smash and grabs. >> a lot of these stores are small convenience stores. they're individual owners trying to run a business. >> reporter: police suspect the bandits might be part of an organized ring because the smash and grabs have all happened between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the morning targeting smaller atms that only weigh a couple hundred pounds and the thieves are gone within 90 seconds. one more thing they all have in common they're almost always caught on tape but here's the problem. all of these thieves are wearing hoods and they're driving stolen vehicles. which they almost always ditch. bandit as cross the

for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> and they're going to keep going after themecause some of these atms can have about $20,000 in them. >> they need gps trackers on those machines and then maybe they'd be able to find the criminals. >> that's a good idea. >> that's a great idea. >> okay. >> consultant company right there. >> always doing business. >> always doing business. >>> you know, one of the images that's been going viral from the massive snowstorm was this guy shoveling the finish line of the boston marathon. the mystery of who he is has been solved and this morning, he's telling us why he did it. it's the good deed dominating headlines. a single person captured on camera clearing a boston street during tuesday's storm but take a closer look. they're not just shoveling any old road but a special part of the city, the boston marathon's finish line. the photos instantly going viral. but the good snow-maritan's identity a mystery. the city police department even tweeting help boston solve a blizzard of 2015 mystery. #whoshoveledthefinishline. the so-called b

ryan owens.ccelerate and win that race. this snapshot of the photo finish seems to show the jockey has more than reins in his hand. look closely. prosecutors say that's a buzzer. it sends an electrical shock to the horse. >> head for home. >> if you were going to shock him, this might have been the place because you see an acceleration right here as he starts to gobble up the leaders. >> reporter: prosecutors say that's what 43-year-old roman chapa did. charging him with a felony, unlawful influence on racing. based largely on the photo taken january 17th at this racetrack near houston. in this video from lone star park chapa talks about preparing for a race. >> get a feeling for horse before i go in the gates. his track record is questionable. he's been suspended twice before. once in 2007 for using an electrical device on a horse and once in 1994 for using a nail to make a horse run faster. this time, investigators say the jockey told them the picture was photo shopped. that someone is trying t

ryan owens abc news los angeles. >>> turn to the super bowl match now. it is set.tle. patriots this was not the game folks. beat the colts 45-7. turning in a near-perfect game. the second most lopsided championship game we have ever seen. tom brady threw three touchdown passes including one to the left tackle. blunt ran for another three scores. the defending champion seahawks this was a game for the ages folks. they won the nfc championship. they were down 16- 0 in the third quarter. wilson had a rough game four intersenses. but they came back to score 15 points and 44 seconds to get the game in to overtime. they had to recover an on side kick and scored in overtime. you see him doing his thing. it will take green bay a long time to get over this one. >> i don't blame them. >> if they lose this one. you see russell crying. >> i don't know what is better the emotional part or where they turned it over. >> i knew that was wilson. who was the guy riding his bike around bennett. >> he was celebrating. >> why was he riding the bike around. >> there he is. heading to th