reeves. overture" plays ] >> nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater defender of the law. return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when from out of the past... [ echoing ] >> ten years after the civil war, as the nation stitches itself back together, chaos rules the indian territory, the most dangerous place in the wild west. but deputy u.s. marshal bass reeves fights for the rule of law. >> [ groaning ] >> what's it gon' be? [ horse whinnies ] come on here, boy. >> the lone ranger symbolizes the protagonist of the american western. >> get in there. >> but yet people don't know who he is. the lone ranger closely resembles the career of bass reeves. >> like the lone ranger, bass reeves is a figure of mystery. but where the fictional hero chooses to hide his identity with a mask, bass reeves's name and face have been overlooked and obscured by history. >> bass reeves the new deputy? >> yes, sir. >> bass reeves is one of only a few dozen deputy marshals who served

>> bass reeves arrested 3,000 dangerous felons with little backup, no radio. coming from a law enforcement background, that is amazing to me.

marshal bass reeves fights for the rule of law. >> [ groaning ] >> what's it gon' be? [ horse whinnies ] come on here, boy. >> the lone ranger symbolizes the protagonist of the american western. >> get in there. >> but yet people don't know who he is. the lone ranger closely resembles the career

reeves, a former tampa police captain says he feared for his life when he shot oulson. he says reeves threw a cell phone and a bag of popcorn at him. he threw the popcorn. >> they're admitting those facts, and those facts are now fair game on cross-examination in a case. >> that's not true. we're stand by the position that we stated all along, that he was not the aggressor. >> reporter: gloria gomez, fox 35 news. >>> orlando city soccer club will have to wait just a little longer to enjoy their new stadium near downtown orlando. it's not expected to be ready until march of 2017. mike synan explains where there is a delay. >> reporter: the team announcing today that soccer fans are going to have to wait until 2017 to see soccer team in their new stadium, and basically this thing kind of ran off track when they were waiting on state government money that never came. so once the team decided to build the stadium anyway with their own money, they were already behind the eight ball in terms of time. late in the 2016 season or possibly even in the playoffs, but now they say w

reeves went to complain to a manager. why did he not respond? has been would not be dead if he had resolved the issue on his own. >> reporter: nicole said she is not suing in civil court but she knows exactly how long reeves should be locked up if convicted. >> for the rest of his life. >> reporter: she says their 3- year-old daughter is still having trouble understanding.>> sometimes she talks about him like why can't he come back?>> then unexpected comfort sets in like when they were watching >> she said daddy knows these clouds are my favorite color. it just hit me. and i am thinking everything around us is him speaking to us. >> reporter: do you forgive curtis reeves? >> i don't think i am there yet.>> reporter: nicole and her daughter are outside right now making this day about celebrating chad's memory. i asked her attorney and he said this could drag on until 2017. back to you. >> nicole olsen also gave her thoughts today on the interview. head to our website at www.abcactionnews.com. >>> we are monitoring an active scene in st. petersbur

richard reeve reports. richard: this cell phone video was taken shortly after the pedestrian crash that took the life of the 19-year-old. >> very horrible, very sad. richard: just after 6:00 friday morning, she was crossing 197 when a northbound suv struck her. witnesses say 66-year-old driver had the great light. the woman was not using the crosswalk. >> they do it all the time. i have seen them jumping back and forth. richard: driver say even during the early morning rush, this can be a very busy street. a challenge for anyone trying to cross. >> this is always bad. richard: family members do not know where she was going at the early hour. they and others hope the police come up with answers. >> i'm very sorry for the family of the person. richard: richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: the driver who hit the pedestrian has not been charged. the crash happened just after 6 a.m. the sun was not up until about 7:30 a.m. her family said she had been attending community college. the secret service is a north dakota

then that's when inmate reeves tries to take something off his tray.ce, and then that's when the fight starts. >> if reeves can convince disciplinary officer hale that he did not instigate the fight, he could return to his dorm. if not, he could face up to 60 days in segregation. >> i mean, now is the time to explain your situation, and i'm gonna tell you, don't lie to me, because i've already watched the tape, and i know what happened, okay? go ahead. >> we just started fighting. i feel like if i wanted to really fight him like that i'd have -- you know what i'm saying, caught him off the camera we'd have fought where i wouldn't have to deal with you all right now. >> when i watched the video, it showed me that you were trying to take his food from his tray. >> i was gonna move his tray out of my way 'cause he was sitting where i was sitting at. >> well, i mean, you sat down at a chair, and then he sat down at a chair. i mean, where did you want him to go to? >> right, but where he was sitting at is where i was sitting, 'cause he got to the table befo

they're all o-k...and reeves says the reeves says: "obviously being a mom of two young kids, it really affects you but you have to put your emotions aside. i mean, this is what we train for year round. when i first got home, i of course seen my two children and i just wanted to hug 'em and love on 'em." eight people ended up old, each found in separate units. we have a 10 time saver traffic alert to let you know about for the upcoming week. you can expect alternating lane closures at the downtown tunnel starting tuesday night. there will also be lane closures on i-264 near the downtown tunnel and the berkley bridge overnight: mostly cloudy. relatively mild. lows: near 40. winds: light west to north. sunday: cloudy with rain developing through the mph. monday: sunny, but chilly. highs: mid-30s. winds: w 10-15 mph. no complaints as pleasant. we are tracking another storm system that will move across florida and off the coast of south carolina. even though this storm will move out to sea, it'll be possible some wet snowflakes could mix in north and west of the metro. the rain will develop

officials say reeves escaped last night around 9:00. reeves is facing burglary charges. he was last seen wearing the south carolina department of corrections tan uniform. if you have any information about his whereabouts, call 877-349-2310. a deputy checking on a domestic disturbance was shot at several times when someone fired on his car. >> richland county sheriff leon lott says deputy christopher bagby's car was hit three times this was late saturday night on camrose court. sheriff praised his deputy for not firing back because it was dark and he couldn't see the suspect or if anyone else was around. >> we had one thing that was going for us that night and it was cold. our deputies were dressed for the cold. he wasn't dressed for the cold. >> lott says other officers found 23-year-old arkeem breeland in the woods and took him to the hospital because he had been in the cold. breeland is a felon on probation and by law couldn't have a gun. he was released from prison two weeks ago. we are learning more about a shootout involving columbia police this afternoon. authoriti

richard reeve is live to sort it out for us. rich?167 elementary schools might be polling places on primary day, march 1. given the political climate right now, there is some concern by safety from officials and even talk about closing some schools. view elementary school hardly looks like a political battleground, but that is exactly the concern schools like this are used for polling places during the super primary, march 1. one idea offered up, no classes that day. what majority, fight for something? >> sure. are most concerned about a gop loyalty pledge, in which voters have to sign a statement saying they are republicans. trump says it violates civil rights. if they refused to sign, polling officials by law have to deny them a ballot. >> election officials saying you cannot have a ballot is about the most contentious thing you can say on election day to a voter. richard: there were concerns about trump supporters causing "mayhem." board members denied this was about any one candidate. >> there are multiple candidates, which means

reeves was hit sitting in the the back seat and his cousin, st. lieu i rams pyer in the back seat. >> i don't know what got in me to oup on my kids and as i'm laying on them i could still feel the bullet coming through the seat hitting me and i was screaming oh lord. they are going to kill me and my kids. >> it seemed like they were shooting for ever. i'm thinking lord please dent let it strike one of my kids. as i'm asking, are you okay,

and reeves will be a free man. if it does *not apply, the case will go ((walter deputies say: a former marine caught a thief in the act and shot him after they got into a fight at a pinellas county home. it happened sunday afternoon on "whitney drive" in largo. 3 ((walter)) according to investigators: the homeowner was trying to protect his property. neighbors say: he fired a warning shot and when the thief kept coming... he shot one more time. fox's evan lambert has the story. 3 i looked out the door and i saw the rescue squad and i looked further and i seen all the cop cars. suzanne halstead says sunday afternoon crime scene tape and commotion interrupted the usual quiet in this largo neighborhood.pinellas county deputies say just before 2 a burglar broke into a two-story shed behind a home on whitney drive.the homeowner--wayne nundy--according to property records--discovered the burglar in his backyard.. deputies say he got into a struggle with the intruder and shot him once.halstead says the criminal chose the

. >> do you forgive curtis reeves? >> i don't think i am there yet yes investigation say here he is curtis reeves admitted to the shooting of haskell county which followed an argument over texting in the theater during the previous. within the past few days, nicole olson sought -- filed a civil lawsuit blaming the land developer, theater and single theater employee. >> mr. reeves went to complain to a manager about a specific problem, why did he not respond? my husband would not be dead if he had resolved the issue on his own. >> also says she is not ready to sue reeves in civil court. meantime a stand your ground laws and hearing for reeves was rescheduled for several months from now full further delaying the criminal case. >>> prosecutors the volusia county asked the judge today for more time to figure out how this week's u.s. supreme court ruling on florida's death penalty statute will affect the death penalty case against luis toledo. they want to delay his murder trial set for next week is that augustine. kathi be

superior court, richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: also when the district, the police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a man as he headed withfrom a night out friends. his grieving family is asking for your help. died after getting hit by a car on minnesota avenue southeast early yesterday morning. he was walking when a blue or possibly black chevy suv speeds through the intersection and never stops. family members say that butts was the father of four. they are urging the driver to turn themselves in. big headlines tonight, a terror group is using donald trump in one of its recruitment videos. is should bob, -- al-shabab highlighting trump's call to ban muslims from entering the u.s. ago, hillaryong clinton falsely claimed that isis was using donald trump and recruitment videos. tonight, a different terror group is featuring him and propaganda. the first known terrorist recruitment video featuring donald trump is getting a lot of attention. it features the republican front-runner's recent comments about musli

richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: unbelievable, thank you. our other top story, the redskins take on the packers tomorrow at fedex field. robert burton joins us with a preview of the game. redskins fans feeling confident. i won oneah, if point $3 billion, i would buy the redskins and you would not see me here anymore. just kidding. redskins fullback to really young said they remember their last playoff game. he can barely contain himself. the first play of the game i could not breathe because i was so excited. we were up 14-0 and after that everything went downhill. i remember every play like it was yesterday. robert: how pumped are you to get back? >> i'm extremely pumped. i'm not hyperventilating or villanovai come from and they do not really play in big games. i'm nervous. we are kind of used to this stage. robert: jeez, a little trash talk. what is better, the skins beating the packers tomorrow, or $1.3 billion? kimberly: oh, come on now. robert: the skins winning, of course, is better. robert: show me the money, robert. big changes in th

richard reeve joins us from first night alexandria. how is it looking out there? richard: leon, old town is booming right now, people everywhere. king street is divided partly into way roadway, and over here people walkway area, thronging towards the river to see the fireworks. what an incredible night. ♪ richard: it is a musical, festive night in old town. a family-friendly alternative to the bar scene. >> we are chilling out a little bit. ♪ richard: an event that draws up to 12,000 people. it'sople are having fun, lit up, there is lots of music and arts on the streets. 28 venues, least from cool jazz -- >> organized chaos, that's true, but it's organized and fun. to this elementary school gym, transformed into a kingdom of fun. >> i think it's cool. richard: pretty much anything that you would want to see your do. >> you feel like you can just let your kids go and have fun and they will be safe. richard: celebrating the final night of 2015. >> people are coming out in droves, and the weather is gorgeous. richard: not a bad way to ring in the new year. >> a perfe

curtis reeves is accused of shooting and killing chad oulson in an argument over texting. oulson's wife and her attorneys filed a civil lawsuit against the movie theater, claiming negligence. the complaint says they had a responsibility to de-escalate the situation-- but instead did nothing. reeves will appear in court later this year. in hillsborough county-- remember zombie cat? we're now getting .te on how the little guy is doing. here's how "bart the cat" used to look. he was nicknamed "zombie cat" because he clawed his way out of shallow grave after being buried by accident. bart was in bad shape when he went but with a little t- l-c... his foster parents say he is thriving. bart is in foster care right now--but the couple is looking into adopting the cat. on the business watch-- a new report suggests car prices won't be going up. plus-- one american city is suffering from a serious bedbug problem. fox's charles payne has the details in "fox means business." slug: bc-fox-92-fox- drawings... three lucky people got the winning numbers in the powerball jackpot! one of th

live in a delphi, maryland, richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: nine metro workers were arrested for theft, including seven station managers. roz plater has the details of the bust. the arrests took place between july and october last year. what may be most surprising is most of the workers arrested were metro station managers. metro says the complicated scheme was discovered last july. nine employees from various stations were caught stealing from the system using smartrip cards. >> wow. that's surprising. steve: in -- roz: in some cases, they target riders who do not have enough money left on their paper fare car to exit. he would keep the paper card, then let them exit through the emergency gate. they would collect the paper onto theiroad it smartrip cards. and they would sell the summer trip card at a discount. >> that's disgusting. roz: the agency will not say how much money was stalin, but this was not a coordinated theft ring. two of the workers were custodians, the other seven were metro station managers. >> you would hope they kno

in arlington, richard reeve, abc 7 news. of support and criticism as d.c. mayor muriel bowser drops thousands and blizzard fines. she said it would not be fair to penalize senior citizens for not getting out to shovel. that sets a bad president and fails to hold people accountable. the mayor will also avoid all of the store emergency parking tickets. kicked and assaulted for taking metro, groups of teens have been targeting random riders, putting passengers on edge. tonight we are hearing from a witness. tom roussey has the safety concerns and what is being done. christmas,le before december 21, there was an attack at a station. oneerday, there were two, near gallery place, the other between union station and judiciary square. all of these happening in this one little area of the red line. tonight metro has confirmed to us they are putting extra police presence in this area. mike, who asked not to be identified, got on the red line at about 5:00 thursday afternoon. 20-plus younga, people appearing to wear school uniforms got on. it was crazy. the kids took

richard reeve, abc 7 news.eon: a tough day on wall street, stocks taking a nosedive , making it a rough start. this is all tied with events across the globe. jonathan elias with what this means for us. jonathan: it was the worst way for the dow in three months because of what's going on in china. your economy right now is not in great shape. the chinese stock market slipped 7% yesterday, halting trading, setting off a slump in asian and european stocks. as stocks dropped, so did oil prices. they are now at the lowest level in 12 years, and something in the near future looks bleak. >> we think the chinese market will resume losses the next time trading resumes. that will probably translate into further problems in the u.s. market. jonathan: it is not now all bad news. for the small investor, analyst say do not panic because it is only july. for those with 401 k's, just give it some time. we will keep an i on the market for you. jonathan elias. back to you. leon: this weekend it is possible that some group of peo

shot and killed in the cinema in wesley chapel a criminal case against the admitted shooter curtis reeves still pending, now a civil suit has been filed against the theat they're unwittingly brought -- theater that together. >> they don't have to know for that the violence will happen. it only has to be reasonable foreseeable. >> reporter: abc action news legal analyst jeffrey with chartslable schwartz -- peck should have responded immediately. >> he didn't send an usher in, he didn't go himself. >> reporter: that led to the argument over olsen using his cell phone during the previews and the former tampa police captain getting into a scuffle. he shot him in the chest with a gun not legally allowed in the theater. it's another item that olsen say makes the theater responsible for her husband's death. >> reeves attorneys are using the stands your ground law as his defense. no trial date has been set yet. it's still on the chilly side and temperatures this afternoon will be in the mid-60s, not bad in comparison to what we've seen lately but still a little below average. i'll show you when w

richard reeve, abc 7 news. seven pedestrian struck by a car early in the new year, and now a driver is facingdui charges. he bumped a car, which pushed it up into the sidewalk, striking seven people. the victims were hospitalized. at this point, no word on their conditions. kimberly: we are starting the new year with cold temperatures, but we will see a good amount of sunshine this weekend. steve rudin has the outlook. kimberly, a cold start to the new year, and this is just the beginning as the core of the coldest air is on its way. outside the belfort furniture weather center, 34 potomac, same aspen hill, dale city 30 degrees. the wind out of the west northwest, adding a little extra chill to the air. it feels like 30's closer to town, but the further north and west, it feels like the middle 20's. satellite and radar, quiet and dry, skies clearing. the temperatures will plummet overnight. , but the coldest temperatures, allowing county, montgomery county, frederick county.- loudon the good news is for the ski

richard reeve is live in the newsroom with more. richard: these court documents give a sense of how blatant the scheme was. prosecutors say it went undetected for years and involved millions of dollars and a network of 130 people, including d.c. youth services employee mark bell. the numbers from the department of you three of the location services are staggering. authorities say that bill and co-conspirators established using they theft ring information to file 12,000 fraudulent income tax returns. the false tax returns filed 2013 sought5 and refunds up to $40 million from the u.s. treasury. the stolen identities include names and social security numbers from the database but also use names of alzheimer's patients, dramatics, and incarcerated citizens. the department of treasury eventually issue $2.4 million of fund checks. kevin brown pled guilty to federal charges in 2013. bill lost his job with the city that same year in the city -- bell lost his job with the city that same year, 2013. will likelydeal he only serve a maximum of

richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: rich, thank you. it was a terrifying condo fire that played out yesterday. now we are hearing incredible stories of rescues from this fire.i building amazingly, nobody was seriously hurt, thanks to the brave first responders. jay korff has some of those accounts tonight. jay? jay: while we do not know the cause of the fire, the one thing that we are certain of is that a couple of very heroic firefighters went up there and plucked folks out. >> ok, do you see flames or smoke? >> yeah, a lot of flames and smoke. jay: as fire raced through this adelphi condo complex wednesday night, frantic 911 calls came in. two elderly residents were trapped. chillumrefighters from firefighting use the long reach of their ladder to get to the couple before the flames got to the couple's apartment. 40 feet in the air, bitter cold conditions, flames roaring away, they carefully guided the husband and wife down. >> i do not care about the fire. these two people needed to get on the ground. jay: in the midst of the rescue,

we start there with richard reeve. rich, what are you seeing now? , i cannotlison resist. we have this awesome virgin snow . let's check this out. look, guys, 3, 4, 5 inches. it is many challenging night, not only for the folks dealing with this but over there at the gas station. so many of them are closed. it is many challenging night for plow drivers and folks looking for gas. whether on the snowy loudoun county parkway, or at a gas station parking lot -- >> we have a lot of snow and i think it's getting worse. richard: some drivers are fighting uphill battles. you come back and it's the same. almost as frustrating as trying to start this snowblower. >> it's impossible right now. richard: then there is this storm oasis. >> i was very busy. richard: on this challenging , this route 28 service station is one of the few in the area with any gas left. >> i was driving five miles looking for gas. it's like finding gold. it is like gold, and the gas station operator says he thinks he will run out of gas by 6:30 in the morning. with the snow come it's unbelievable, and the wors

live in leesburg, richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, rich. right now, montgomery county is working to make good on a promise. ike leggett promised all streets would be possible by 7:00 a.m. the clock is ticking. roz plater has a look at the progress in montgomery county. roz, how does it look? roz: they have a little less than eight hours to make that happen, but i suspect there are pockets of the county like this one in potomac -- if you look this way, there is a narrow path. that path was dug out for a single car, but that was dug out by the residents themselves. looking this way on windsor drive, all the way to where would be the main road, that has not been touched. neighbors say they have not seen a single county plow since the storm began friday. there are dozens of homes still snowden. one neighbor said a handful of residents grabbed snowblowers and shovels and carved out a single lane so they could have a way to get out. >> there is a lady down the street six months pregnant. she was a little worried. undergoinglatedy chemotherapy and

richard reeve has the investigation happening now. richard: that little boy is recovering at the hospital tonight. it appears that his wound is not life-threatening, but the police have a lot of questions. how did a two-year-old get a hold of the gun, and what was a doing unsecured? unsecured? it doing [no audio] richard: we had an issue with the story, but apparently the young boy's father told the heice he was taking a nap, heard a noise, he came out and found the child bleeding. cryinged 911, there was in the background when the call came in. the police arrived and found the boy wounded in the leg. he was transported. his wounds are not life-threatening. again, the police have questions why the weapon was out. in maryland, you were supposed to have a weapon inside of a gun cabinet or have a gun lock on it. a lot of questions asked the police investigate. richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: thank you. d.c. police have identified the suspect who they believe shot two school administrators monday. they are searching for a 23-year-old.

in waldorf, richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: three people are in the hospital after a pair of serious on the inner5, loop between connecticut avenue and georgia avenue. fire crewscounty responded to the first crash when a car came along and hit the fire truck and flipped. all lanes were shut down for more than an hour. the driver of the overturned car is in serious condition, no firefighters injured. another cold day tomorrow, but temperatures are moving up. here is meteorologist you've written with the outlook. that sounds good. steve: the temperatures not as cold as yesterday at this time, improving temperatures. it's only getting better the next few days. outside the belfort furniture weather center, 25 potomac, 30 falls church, 31 springfield. the wind has diminished, so not worried about the wind chill factor. the clouds are increasing, especially across southern maryland, which will keep temperatures up overnight. nighttime lows from 20 to 30, the wind light out of the north and east. the big football game sunday and

curtis reeves admitted to the shooting, the suit alleges not enough security was in place to enforce their no-gun policy and not enough training for employees that didn't respond fast enough before olsen was shot and killed. fact that they believe that this would not have happened if the theater by and through its manager mr. peck had done what mr. reeves apparently asked him to do when he went to the desk just before the shooting took place. >> the trial date hasn't been set, attorneys claimed he used the stands your ground law as their defense. >>> a suicide bomber attacked a polio vaccination center in southwestern pakistan this morning killing at least 14 people including 12 police officers. that bombing occurred just before vaccination teams were to leave on a three-day immunization campaign. so far no group has claimed responsibility, polio workers and their police escorts have come under attack in pakistan in recent years. militants accused the workers as working as spies for the u.s. >>> more trouble on the korean peninsula. south korea fired warning shots after soldiers spot

richer relieve -- richard reeve has that. vdot scrambling, now dealing with tonight's conditions. they are still trying to find out, but behind me the garages, they are loading these trucks with salt and sand. the biggest concern was the andm in the days to come snowplow drivers and regular drivers are getting ready to deal with these major storms. snow crews are scrambling overnight preparing for the winter crunch. >> slippery. was not expecting it. not happy. night's wednesday snowfall is giving drivers a taste of what is to come. >> i'm going to take the metro tomorrow. virginia,n northern 300 plow trucks are gearing up to pretreat additional roads after the morning commute. seen snow. richard: he just moved here from arizona. he likes the near dusting, but is ready. >> it's terrible, especially if you don't have the right tires. richard: do you have the right tires? >> no. richard: thursday nightb,y vdot will have 4000 trucks loaded up. >> it's still better than new york. i was living in new york, and it's already bad up

reeves went to complain to a manager about a specific problem. why did he not respond? walk back to the movie theater, my husband would not be dead if he had resolved the issue on his own. >> and a lot more with nicole is coming up at 6:30 here on action news including when the attorney thinks she could finally get closure and the case could go the trial. also more of the interview posted right now on my facebook page. >>> check in with meteorologist saline and noticeably you -- shay ryan and noticeably you know a couple of degrees warmer. >> it depends on where you're at but within five degrees so we're off to a pretty decent start to the day. temperature-wise. i still put the boots on because you know, let me a minute. i'm a wimp with cool temperatures. so i bundle up. long sheaves boots that's me. all right so the futurecast this morning showing what we're seeing outside this morning. and it's just -- which is that we are absolutely dry. but very cloudy out there. and we're going to continue to see a lot of cloud cover today but very little if any rain. in fact aroun

and they will learn t tat life matters from antoine reeves who was shot back i november along with his cousin. he's an nfl player. he plays for the st. louis rams. he was shot 11 times as he covered his two kids from that gunfire. >>> today we'll find out what will happen to two teenagers accused of bringing a ing aing a gun to school. investigators have to iron out details before the case can move forward. this all stems from an incident on tuesday at appal low middle school in hollywood. cops say one boy brout a school to show his clbssmate, and another student found it and told an adult. >>> breaking for you overnight, three american women are dead after a bus crashed. this happened in honduras. two were students at new york city's bernard college who had been in honduras on a humanitarian mission. video and photos from the scene show the bus off the road and resting it at the bottom of a hill. it apparently flipped over a couple of times. 30 other people also injured in that crash. 12 of those s siously hurt. >>> time 5:36. still a lot more ahead. parents on high alert after a man

and the wool and cotton costume worn by actor george reeves in the 1950s television show "the adventures of superman." the truth behind how the fiction began is as fan tasiccal as the tales these then would tell. many of the original creators to be born in the u.s. looking not to save the world, but just to survive in it during the great depression and then world war ii, when the country desperately needed heroes. these weren't established artists in their 40s and 50s, these were teenagers. >> yes, they were very young, looking for work. they were often discriminated upon because they were the sons of immigrants, most all of them the sons of jewish immigrants. >> reporter: so some cloaked themselves, changing their names to fit in and get published. stanley lieber became stan lee. the co-crow yeah for -- creator of spiderman and the hulk. jacob kirtzberg transformed to jack kirby. robert kahn disguised himself as bob kane. co-creator of batman. and jerry siegal, who conceived of superman, even reportedly from this first superman cartoon in 1941, super heroes would take flight as the grav

reeves says this case hits close to home. honestly being a mama to the who cares. it really affects you but yes but emotions aside i mean this is what we train for year around you know i first got home i see my two children that's when i got hung on them love on them. reeves said this was the biggest fire she's assisted on it was also the first time she was handed a baby. still ahead a story you won't wanna miss every exam until your family do not have the right thing you don't that's what you're former ga selling mattresses the traditional way isn't the best way. most are made in a large factory, and shipped hundreds of miles to a retailers warehouse, where they're marked up and up before finally selling and delivering them at the original mattress factory we take a straightforward approach. we have eliminated the extra steps and created a direct line from our factory to you. breaking overnight about seventy five u s troops are in burkina faso right now after al qaeda militants attacked a hotel in west africa. government officials say at least twenty three people

richard reeve has that story. this is an extraordinary example of what kind of power a large amount of snow has on a roof. this happened yesterday at about 5:00, and part of this roof collapsed under the weight of all that snow. it was a lot of snow in this area. this is the sound of maximum snow. >> it was a blizzard. you looked at the window and it was a wide-out. richard: shepherdstown, west virginia, buried under 40 inches. >> it has been a long day. four-wheel-drive trying to get a grip on roads that were not snow coated. >> my vehicle was parked in front of the house. my son kept saying, mommy, it looks like a big white whale. richard: more snow here than anywhere else on the east coast. >> i saw on facebook that shepherdstown won the blizzard award. richard: but that can cause problems. >> it sounded like snowballs hitting the window. richard: she was behind the counter when part of the roof buckled from the heavy snow. >> he said that he heard a creek and then it just blew over. richard: in harpers ferry,

and they will learn that life matters from role model antoine reeves who was shot back in november along with his cousin. he plays for the rams. he was shot 11 times as he covered his two kids foreign policy same gunfire. >>> today we'll find out what will happen to two teens accused of bringing guns to school. they were in a ft. lauderdale courtroom yesterday, but investigators have to iron out details before the case can move forward. this stems from an i want on tuesday at apollo middle school one boy brought a stolen loaded .9 millimeter to school to show his classmate. and another student told an adult. >>> outside for a live look looking o oer downtown cameras. your time is 4:39. let's get you right backover to ryan with a look at that forecast. >> clouds moving in, eventually showers will find us, as well. but right now first alert doppler, all the shower activity contained in the kee and straits. you see a lot of noise here. not shower activity, just radar beam picking up into some of the clouds here. roadways are dry. i think we get through the conditions. but take an umbrella w

mother kathleen reeves knows his death won't bring her daughter back - yet wanted bolin to feel the pain she's felt all these years. before the execution, authorities say bolin was calm and in good spirits... meeting with a spiritual advisor and his wife - who by law... cannot witness the execution. d-o-c says she can claim his body - or the state will bury him. suspects are behind bars accused in an "isis-related terror plot." one man was arrested in houston, the other in sacramento. the houston suspect is 24-year- old omar faraj saeed al hardan. sources say-- he became radicalized after moving to the u-s in 2009. the federal indictment alleges that al hardan attempted to provide material support and resources to a known foreign terrorist organization. we're staying on top of a developing story out of polk county. a lakeland couple faces charges of child abuse -- for the way deputies say they tried to discipline their 10- year-old daughter this week. investigators say steven sanchez used a stun gun to threaten the girl and her siblings into doing work around the house. a man who works w

reeves says this case hits close to home. honestly being a mama to the who cares. it really affects you but yes but emotions aside i mean this is what we train for year around you know i first got home i see my two children that's when i got hung on them love on world professional reeve said this was the biggest fire she's assisted on it was handed a baby. well still ahead a story you will want to miss every saturday until your family do not have the right thing you don't mess with her daughter destiny hope a former gang breaking overnight about seventy five u s troops are in burkina faso right now after al qaeda militants attacked a hotel in west africa. government officials say at least twenty three people were dead witnesses say two car bombs exploded outside the splendid hotel last night. mobile gunman reportedly attacked the building taking hostages heavy gunfire erupted again this morning as french forces work to free an unknown number of hostages still held inside already a hundred twenty six hostages have made it to safety officials say for the militants ar

reeves will appear in court later this year. and remember zombie cat from hillsborough county? we're now getting an update on how the little guy is doing. here's how "bart the cat" used to look. he was nicknamed "zombie cat" because he clawed his way out of shallow grave. bart was in bad shape when he went to the humane society. but with a little t- l-c... his foster parents say he is that foster family says--they are now looking into adopting bart. here is a look at the stories we are working on for six o clock. breaking news. one of the three winning powerball tickets was sold in florida. another was sold in california. even people who did not win are dancing at the convenience store that sold it. plus: you decide 2016. we are taking a look ahead at tonight's g-o-p debate. nd out why this one will be a little different. then all new: good news if you are looking to buy a new car this year. prices are expected to stall.

pfox 13's shayla reeves is live pfor news sarasota county right pnow. pyou're taking a look at all the pdamage, the sun comes up. pdevastation is even more clear, pright? p>> absolutely. plaw was we're getting a closer plook at how extensive this pdamage actually was. pand what a tornado can do to a pfour bedroom three bathroom phome. pright now you're looking a house pin the cul-de-sac off bay pvillain in sarasota. pthat roof collapsed. pthe second floor destroyed. pyou could still see remnants of pwhere there was once a shower, pthat the air conditioner there pin middle of the driveway. pand just bits and pieces of eople's lives here in the pmiddle of all of this debris pleft behind. pright now we are getting a pbetter understanding of the lace here on sunday. pin fact a neighbor described for pme coming right down here to pthis particular home. pand seeing firefighters agency pthey worked to save one of his pneighbors trapped upstairs in pthe corner area just on the pother side of where there once pstood a shower. pthey had to physically rescue pher

pand it was supposed to happen pthis morning but again reeves' pattorneys met with judge on pfriday and asked for more time. pand the judge granted it. pthe judge has asked for status pupdate in march. pif judge decides that this stand pyour ground defense does apply pto the case state will have to ptoss out second degree murder pcharge and reeves will be a fun pfreeh man if judge decides it pmove to trial. pthis morning we've got good news pfor you, fox 13's shayla reeves pis live to explain why a little paway. phey shayla, good morning. p>> reporter: hey, good morning pto you, russell and laura. pcertainly something that i'm psure a lot of folks would be pglad to hear. pany relief especially on 275 palong this time of the morning. pwell we can tell you starting ptomorrow, you'll likely see some pchanges there on i 275 pnorthbound. pand this is a change you'll see pas they get closer and closer to pwrapping up this stretch of that plong-term construction project. pso here's what's on the way. pyou can expect to see some pchanges in the traffic pattern, pwhat you'll also see is new pali

her mother kathleen reeves has waited ha long time for justice. >> i'm still alive. i guess as long as it goes on i will be good. >> reporter: i fully expect to see katherine reeves sited in the front row of the witness room tonight when the curtain goes up which is scheduled to begin precisely at 6:00 p.m.. >> and what are the chances? that could possibly halt the execution? >> reporter: yes, there are. i spoke with his attorney a few moments ago. he struck out for the second time today with the 11th circuit court of appeals. he's now appealing his case to the united states supreme court. it's his last chance, his last effort to save the life of oscar ray bowlen and light is dimming for that. >> all right mark douglas live tonight at the state prison in stark, thank you. >>> the sound of chain saws in a south tampa neighborhood are greatly upsetting one homeowner. a developer is putting up a new home and taking down three large trees. the developer has permits to take down the trees and will plant a number of trees to replace them but robin smiley doesn't like it. i

two years ago, police say curtis reeves shot and killed chad oulson during an argument over texting. nicole oulson is suing cobb theatres and a theater employee claiming they didn't enforce the company's prohibition on weapons. the suit alleges that as a direct result of the defendant's negligence, oulson also suffered permanent physical, psychological and economic damage. she is seeking damages in excess of 15 thousand dollars and a trial by jury. governor rick scott is kicking off his "million miles for a million jobs" tour today. and he'll be making a stop in tampa at u-s-a-a at 1 p-m. during his state of the state address on tuesday, governor scott urged lawmakers to cut one billion dollars in taxes. he also called for the creation of 250 million fund to help with job growth in the state. working to figure out what the supreme court's decision to strike down florida's death penalty means for inmates. they also want to look at whether taxpayers will be on the hook for re- trials. the supreme court finds that florida's system is unconstitutional. they say it wrongly gives power to

poinciana boulevard northbound approaching reeves road. use pleasant hill road . silver road at hastings could be blocking. the drive at i-4 westbound crossing over the st. johns river bridge, it is getting busier but we are not seeing any massive delays. seminole into our age is looking good. -- into orange is looking good. traffic both directions looking good in and out of downtown orlando. jason: people who live in an orange county condo complex woke up to a dangerous situation. michelle: six people treated for one building evacuated because of this week. -- the sweep. alex: it was a generator that was left on inside one of the units that was producing this gas. the building here is being renovated and it was construction workers who left that generator on. we just talked to a couple of residents who were evacuated and they say they are very concerned about this situation and they are certain the complex has handled the situation. they are left with no place to go and told by the fire department the red cross will not help them to have another place to stay in

reeves filled it was only a matter of minutes that could have spared her daughter. >> it was probably the timing. 15 minutes either way they would have missed each other. >> reporter: her body was later discovered off a rural road in pasco county. >> i can't understand the number of times he stabbed her. it must have been for the joy of it. >> reporter: over the years he had several trials, retrials and courtroom drama even marrying one of his defense attorneys. >> i'm sad he could not be hanged. that would be the ideal >>> hillsborough county commissioners moved forward today with ethics reform. a 10 investigates reports exposed questionable behind the scenes influences. the action were prompted by our series of the controversial consultant. hillsborough will add language to the county's lobbying ordinances and tighten up the public records policies after we showed commissioners were not turning over e-mails from private accounts. >>> expect to see governor rick scott on tv around the state. he is launching a million dollar ad campaign in hopes of persuading legislators to back his t

richard reeve is live working the story. do we know anything more? or anything about the possible suspects? richard: they have a look out now for two hispanic juveniles. six to 17 years old. you can see the detectives here, working the phone and trying to talk to people to find out what happened. we will show you the scene. this is in front of the sears appliance shot. it was a scuffle and a juvenile male was stabbed. we don't know if that person was a student at the wilson high school across the street or not. this is a vague description now. they will continue to look. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: thank you. an f.b.i. counterterrorism agent caught on video hitting a teenager will avoid serving a day in jail. as montgomery county reporter kevin lewis shows us, the decision will led the agent keep his federal job and his gun. >> the f.b.i. agent said he was acting in self-defense in a domestic altercation. a jury found him guilty of second-degree assault. but today a judge waved all jail time. he could have received ten years in

jailer reeves is at the accident scene in st. petersburg. the motorcyclist did something lots of us would and it may have made the situation worse? >> we learn this motorcyclist actually tried to avoid the crash but couldn't do enough. in fact, he experienced his brakes locking up. he lost control and authorities say that's what caused him to that information is coming from the pinellas county sheriff's office and detectives are still investigating. here's what else we have learned. this was right around 8:00 in the evening in st. pete off doctor martin luther king junior street north. it was there authorities are telling us corporal joe miner started to pull out of the business parking lot and across the road. shortly thereafter that's when the motorcyclist tried to avoid impact with the cruiser but ultimately the two connected. we are told medics transported that cyclist for his injuries. corporal miner is said to be okay. at this point we have learned the motorcyclist was wearing a helmet when this crash occurred and authorities tell us t

county sheriff's office after the incident - fox carolina's adrian acosta has her story. 3 mandy reeves townes says she left this md360 clinic behind me not only with medical bills but thousands of dollars in car damage after sombody didn like the way she parkedlast saturday started off pretty bad for mandy reeves townes townes"i tripped over a door andndell and i thought maybe my arm was broken"townes drove herself to this md360 in powdersville to get help"i parked a little crooked, still in the lines but a little crooked"she got good news from the doctorbut outside bad news was waiting"i came out and saw said 'it was impossible for me to get in my car 3 you parked too close, learn to drive"townes says the note wasnt so bad"its not just trying to say hey you're a bad parker..its a punishment for doing something we are all guilty of doing"but the note isnt all townes found"then i noticed scratched marks down the side, they went around both sides and scratched all four doors the estimate i got was about one thousand dollars" townes filed a report with anderson county sheriffs office who

widow of the man shot and killed inside a wesley chapel movie theater is moving two years ago curtis reeves shot and killed chad olson over an argument over texting. nicolle olson is saying they didn't enforce the company's prohibition on weapons. olson suffered permanent physical, psychological and economic damages. she is seeking damages in excess of $50,000. >>> today the state's top leaders are working to figure out striking down the florida's death penalty and what it means for tax payers and if taxpayers retrails. it wrongly gives power to the judge, not the jury whether the killer should be executed. attorney general pam bondy is working with lawmakers to edward covington is on death row for the murder of a 26-year- old woman. >> maybe the future ones, the judge has to go by what the jury says. >> there are 390 inmates on florida's death row. 96 are from the bay area. >>> 14 people are dead after a bombing in pakistan. here's a look at headlines around the nation and the world in your 60 second scan. attacks targeted a polio vaccination center before it opened in southwestern pakista