. >> reporter: chris van meter, a purple heart recipient, survived a roadside bomb in iraq and forced to refinance his home to repay $46,000 in bonuses. >> thousands of soldiers paying money back. >> reporter: ryan who served in iraq refused to pay. >> i felt totally betrayed. >> reporter: they waived his bonus repayment, but he's not dropping the case for the sake of his fellow soldiers. abc news, new york. >>> all right. thanks. unbelievable in some cases, the california national guard tells abc news it's waived repayment of $37 million of those bonuses, but many have already repaid them. >> many are continuing to pay them. some who, one particular woman rent payment or car payment every month to the army, $650 a month. >> that's the hard part. those who counted on this money after factoring into the day-to-day payments. >>> coming up, the self-proclaimed liberal redneck who's become a viral sensation. >> yeah. he is shaking up the notion of being both liberal and a redneck. you're watching "world news >>> "world news now" continues ? tell me, why they have to go and make things so

the candidates are state delegate kathy july got -- szeliga and democrat chris van hollen.uestions will be posed by our panel. dr. ann cotton, director of the schaeffer center for public policy at the university of baltimore, and myself of wjz-tv. the recipient of the opening statement was determined by coin toss. it took place just moments before. the moderator can repeat the questions for the candidate if needed. candidates cannot interrupt one another. time of for each question is 90 seconds. timekeepers will warn candidates when they have 30 seconds left. one minutes will be allowed for rebuttal. rebuttals fore time later in the debate. each candidate will also be given a minute for closing statements. mr. van hollen: it is great to be here. thank you it but he for watching. i had maryland families and work with them to deliver real results for our community and for our state. that is why i have teamed up with our pdas, to win a historic investment, and why worked with our veterans to support our wounded soldiers. every bread will join your other just the day. i'm proud

chris van cleve, cbs news, arlington, virginia. >> chris: experts say overwhelmingly 94% of crashes are caused by human error including drinking and driving, not wearing a seat belt, speeding and distracted driving. >> denise: too many people texting. that's for sure. >>> a new study is out on the secret lives of squirrels. sorry. had to. researchers at northern arizona university claim male squirrels are a bunch of lazy no good slackers who spend their days lounging around and the female squirrels do most of the hard work. why is this not surprising. >> they care for babies, find nuts and store food away for the winter. just saying. >> chris: they are exactly like humans. [ laughter ] >> jeff: oldch >> jeff: squirrels haven't caught up with the times yet. >> denise: these aren't millennial squirrels. >> i saw one of the squirrels looking like don draper. >> when i think of a squirrel story i think of squirrel! >> jeff: national lan people evasion. >> here is an update on the track. florida, yeah, if you know anybody in florida and planning a trip to florida in the next time getting the

senate debate took place between a leading candidates, republican delegate kathy schlaga and chris van holland. verbal punches were exchanged. she called van holland a washington insider and she was knocked for supporting donald trump. before this, a very unusual out burst. >> you have to leave now. >> i'm a candidate for u.s. senate in maryland. choices are. >> that was green party candidate margaret flowers. she did not reach the 15% threshold in the polls to be part of the debate. >>> the pokemon go game that captivated young people across the country this summer got a political twist. the new app is called hillary, donald go. at certain locations people are able to show their support for the favorite candidate. a college student developed in the political process. >>> when talking about the casting of votes and rooting for your favorite candidate, coming up at 6:30, we'll take a look at the number of people who have already voted. >>> police say a pilot showed up drunk on the job. now he has been arrested and grounded. alcohol on the pilot. listen to what one of the passengers said

chris van cleve, cbs news, dulles national airport, virginia. >> denise: you may be surprised to learn this, the federal aviation administration says the number of pilot-alcohol violation sincere actually very low. 10 in the past year and 111 in the last decade. >> chris: now for a cleveland 19 news consumer alert thinking refinancing, rates continue to fall. the mixed rate is 3.4% fix popular for refinancing now 2.78%. >> hey, the wait is over. just in time for the holiday season wouldn't you know it. apple rolling out a series of new mack computers, the first time in four years they have done this. look for 1 macbook pros in the next couple of weeks and the product line overshadowed by apple's i- phones and i- pads. >> denise: wal-mart is upping the customer service game this christmas season not with better black friday deals or cyber monday deals, quicker checkouts. the retail giant is deploying thousands of holiday helpers and will direct customers to shorter lines and those helpers will you don't lose your place in line. >>> emojis aren't just for texting. the first set were desi

. >> reporter: chris van meter earned a purple heart in iraq. he's refinanced his home to cover the $46,000 the military says he shouldn't have gotten. >> i think we really got screwed. and i think it was a slap in the face. >> reporter: both were members of the california national guard, enticed by the more when the pentagon was trying to fill the all-volunteer force from 2006 to 2008. only after the incentives were paid did the pentagon realize not all soldiers qualified. >> in most cases, the soldiers didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: the story first reported by the los angeles times involves about 10,000 soldiers who owe approximately $20 million. the vfw calls the efforts to get the money back insulting. >> this cannot stand forward now. that's why we asked the department of defense to waif all further outstanding debt for these veterans. >> reporter: tonight they're looking closely at this matter. these former soldiers say they're already paid. >> i'm proud i was able to support and defend the constitution. >> i did everything they as

. >> month after month we were eva: chris van meter, a purple heart recipient, survived a roadside bomb in iraq now forced to refinance his home to repay $46,000 in bonuses. >> you still have thousands of soldiers having to pay this money back. eva: but bryan strother who served in iraq refused to pay. >> i felt totally betrayed by my commanders. eva: after strother's filed a lawsuit, the pentagon waived his dropping his case. sheldon: a major offensive is underway. adrienne: we will have a behind the scenes look -- and melinda davenport will travel to new york. adrienne: him on world news. we go behind the scenes with davidmuir. sheldon: melinda davenport is back from new york and had a chance to sit down with them for a look of the stories behind the headlines. >> this is abc world news tonight. melinda: critics have called the ones watch. the team is buzzing, preparing for the broadcast. we are on the set of world news with david muir, taking you behind the scenes and i talked to david about what this election means for politics in wisconsin. david we are are bombarded with : informa

. >> chris van meter refinanced his house to cover a $46,000 bill. the white house says they'll get another chance to appeal. a fair hearing that for many soldiers has come at a very high price. controversy, defense secretary ash carter is also weighing in tonight on the fight against isis, as iraqi forces continue their push on mosul. carter is revealing that a new offensive will be launched within weeks on the isis capital in syria. nbc news pentagon correspondent hans nickels sat down exclusively with secretary carter today in paris. >> 11 days in and more than 2,000 coalition bombs, rockets appeared to hold their lines outside of mosul today, as iraqi forces moved more than 1,000 civilians out of harm's way. and u.s. secretary of defense ash carter telling nbc news in an exclusive interview that the u.s. and its allies are already looking across the border to syria, to the islamic state's self-proclaimed capital of raqqah. the plan? simultaneous campaigns against mosul and raqqah. >> it starts in the next few resourcing both. >> so the assault on

wednesday at 7:00, live on c-span, democratic congressman, chris van hollen and republican kathy shilega. at 10:00, a debate for the florida senate. between republican senator, marco rubio and democratic congressman, patrick murphy. live thursday night, republican senator, kelly ayotte and democratic governor, maggie hassan debate for the election seat. watch key races on the c-span network and listen on the c-span radio app. c-span where history unfolds daily. >>> knew, now, a debate from washington state. this is courtesy of the washington state debate coalition and seattle city club.

. >> while carterays some soldiers knew or should have known they were ineligible for >> chris van meter bill. the white house says they'll get another chance to appeal. a fair hearing that for many soldiers has come at a very high price. an thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> in addition to the bonus controversy, defense secry tonigh?t on the fight against isis, as iraqi forces continue eih on mosul. carter is revealing that a new offensive will be launched within weeks on the isis capital in syria. nbc news pentagon correspondent hans nickels sat down exclusively with secretary carter today in paris. >> 11 days in and more than tion bombs, rockets and shells. still, the state civilians out of haway. and u.s. secretary of defense ae telling n news in an exclusive interview te s. ats allies are already looking across the border to syria, to the islamic state's self-proclaimed capital of raqqah. the plan? siltaneous campaigns against mosul and raqqah. >> it starts in the next few weeks. and that's long been our plan resocing both. pable of >> so the assault eans t this r pl.' whateexha and

. >> reporter: chris van wagner revealed what he says is a page from the black book police found at cook's apartment with names of women he met. the search warrant said it included disturbing statements of kill and sexual desire. but van wagner argues "killed" is no proof his client stalked anyone. >> you tell me what it means? it doesn't appear to mean anything. >> reporter: prosecutors say the allegations date back to march of last year. the first woman who went to police said cook choked and assaulted her for more than two hours at his apartment on october 12th. then, as news of his arrest spread, around the university of wisconsin, more women came forward, one claiming cook inappropriately touched her repeatedly in a ballroom dance class. >> what is most disturbing about this case? >> i think it is probably the s >> reporter: this woman runs dane county rape crisis center which is counseling at least one of the women. >> he individually got to know the women for the purpose of sexually assaulting them. >> reporter: in high school in minnesota cook played the guitar and was voted class

chris van cleev explains how those bags work. >> reporter: this demonstration shows flaming laptop is put in a fire resistant bag. >> open the bag, fire proof gloves are in the bag. >> reporter: thomas connolly's company makes the hot stop. it can with stand temperatures -- >> there will be noise, there will be booming but it's going to be within this bag. could blow up like a beach ball fire proof components holding that to let it burn itself out. >> we had a sales device that caught on fire. >> reporter: after a year ago, the virgin american inputting the containment bags on all planes. and this samsung phone that started smoking, now delta and other carriers are the technology. >> once a battery starts to implode on itself, it continues until all of the chemical has run out and so it does take a lot of liquid in order to make sure that we reduce the heat. they burn very hot and fast and it can be for quite a long period of time. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration warning that transferring a burning appliance into a burn bag may be extremely hazardous. should avoid tou

sign, and peak forever, just one of those things that will come as our cities grow. >> reporter: chris van cleve for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> the old zipper merge. >> i didn't know that is what it was called. >> now we knew. >> really a lot of foot traffic in the neighborhoods tonight. >> yes, busy sidewalks tonight, all of the kids, holding their pillowcases but they have specialty bags and pumpkins now. >> last time i went out, i had a rock, charlie brown. >> rock in your bag. >> i got treats. >> the weather has been a general treat today, whether you get rocks or candy. hopefully you get candy and not rocks tonight. it will be a decent night. it could be worse. it is chilly as we goat spoiled this weekend. anyone who trick or treated saturday and sunday knows how warm it was but we have a nasty storm last night as well. give or take. it is quiet outside. no problems, everything is looking a-okay. let take a peak at the our live neighborhood network which is showing a beautiful sunset just getting started. 55 degrees right now in palmyra at palmyra cove nature park in new jersey. you

chris van cleve explains some of the top mistakes happening behind the wheel. >> reporter: donovan testmer was about to start his senior year with high school. the teen's girlfriend was speeding, lost control and hit a tree. donovan was not wearing a seat belt. he was ejected and killed instantly. >> i cannot even describe what it felt like in that moment, to be standing on the crash site looking down at the a yellow tarp knowing that my son was underneath it. >> reporter: almost a decade later speeding remains the top mistake teens make behind the wheel. of the nearly 14,000 fatal crashes involving teen drivers over the last five years, more than 4200 involved speed. >> i think one of the kind of disturbing things that is not getting any better. >> reporter: tara johnson from triple a says its survey found parent were more guilty of bad driving then their teens. 65 percent complain that parents were worse then teaching their children to drive then a decade ago. >> when parents set strict rules before their teen before they get behind the wheel those teens have less crashes. >> reporter: a

. >> reporter: drug chris van holland. he easily found tenuouser names and log ins and vulnerabilities to would allow an attacker to upload files to the website. >> they can doe face the website. that's bad. people have used legitimate illegal files. >> reporter: and john delany in maryland. a spokesman for congressman delany says he takes security importantly and is looking for ways to improve always. they. van holland's campaign team said we are looking into regular upgrades to the website including the securty >> our expert says there are many free or inexpensive security plug ins to fix these risks. for help securing your website visit our nbc washington app and click on investigations. >>> this story sparked outrage from coast to coast. the pentagon has asked thousands of soldiers who served in iraq and afghanistan to repay their signing bonuses given after they reenlisted. apparently, the soldiers didn't tonight the california national guard says they welcome the attention because they want to let those soldiers know

she stood between republican kathleen zelegga, and democrat chris van holland, and she asked why >> if i'm excluded from the discussion, when i'm on the ballot? >> you have to leave now. >> dr. flowers, i'm a candidate for u.s. senate. and this is how you're treating a candidate? >> as you can see, flowers was removed from the stage. both zelegga and van holland said they would agree to flowers' participating. but the debate organizers said she failed to meet the requirement of having at least 15% support in recent polls. the candidates are running for barbara mikulski. >>> it's been a knockout, drag down election. i don't think anybody would disagree with that. but there's a local election. nobody com -- campaigning. >> we sent northern virginia bureau chief, peggy fox to find out why. >> lesli, there actually are people running for town but they do things differently here in tiny historic hillsboro. >> reporter: you've probably driven right through hillsboro on your way to harpers ferry. or the charlestown racetrack. >> they will be backed up from here to the red light. >> the tiny t

kathleen shlaga called chris van holland an insider. set to win the seat. >>> developing right now is a search for a woman. rochelle simms was last seen at the ken more club. if you know where she might be, call police. >>> a pastor accused of stealing money from his congregation will face a judge. pastor terry millender of victorious life church ands service on sunday. they're accused of duping the congregation of more than a million dollars. they thought they were investing in a safe and guaranteed venture to fund small businesses and poor and emerging countries. prosecutors say the money went into a high-risk foreign currency exchange fund and the personal expenses of the pastor and his wife. >>> tonight is the season opener for the washington wizards. tonight, the first step, of new coach. scott brooks is leading the wizards. they haven't won a championship since 1978. we've had tough seasons, hoping the new coach can turn things around and another washington team to root for. >> it is off to london for the washington redskins. they

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chris van shows us that the replacement phones over heat. some retailer was no longer operating them. >> it got really hot. if it was in my pocket i don't know if i was able to take it out of my pocket. >> three owners of the list placement galaxy note 7 says their phones have over heated. the same problem reported with the original device. those phones were recalled last month after two dozen reports of burn injuries due to the batteries. damage ackerman says he's not surprised by the production halt. >> there's been enough cases in a short period of time with the replacement phones so they didn't have a choice if they can't identify the problem immediately. >> now three major carriers, at&t, t-mobile and verizon says they'll stop exchanging the original phone with samsung's new replacements urging customers to power down their devices and return them. >> we're so fortunate she wasn't injured or severe burned. >> andrew of minnesota says his daughter's replacement galaxy note 7 over heated while she was holding it last week. michael clairin

some like chris van meter already paid their debt. >> that was really tough to swallow. it really was. >> reporter: refinancing his house to cover a $46,000 bill. the white house says they will get another chance to appeal. >> presently it's those individuals that need to be treated fairly as well. >> reporter: a fair hearing that for many soldiers has come at a very high price. ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> in addition to the bonus controversy, defense secretary ash carter is also isis as iraqi forces continue their forces on mosul. they'll begin on the isis capital in syria in a few weeks. hans nichols sat down exclusively with secretary carter today in paris. >> reporter: 11 days in and more than 2,000 coalition bombs, rockets, and shells. still the islamic state appeared to hold their lines outside of moved more than 1,000 civilians out of harm's way. u.s. secretary of defense ash carter telling nbc news in an exclusive interview that the u.s. and its allies are already looking across the border to syria to the islamic state's self-proclaimed capital of rocca

chris van vliet, cbss, rockville maryland. >> and new research funded by ford reveals a full third of teens are waiting until they are 18 to get their driver's licenses. then they are not subject to graduated licensing laws that may result in more fatal crashes. graduating license laws place limits on young drivers and credited with reducing teen crash risks by as much as 30 percent. and reward is being offered to anyone that knows who this person is. take a look. police say this suspect, shot a robbery at mr. hero sandwich shop in cleveland heights. the robbery happened on friday. officers say the victim was working at the sandwich shop when a man walked in. shot the teen. took the money from the register. 15-year-old taken to the hospital where he died. and anyone with information is asked to call cleveland heights police. >> and while accusations swirl about donald trump. hillary clinton i largely silent. but that doesn't mean her campaign is remaining quiet. ryan noble explains how high profile friends are helping out. >> next president of the united states. >> reporter: it is a m

chris van cleeve has teenagers' top mistakes. >> reporter: donovan was to start his senior year of high school. while out with his friends the teen's girlfriend was speeding, lost control and hit a tree. donovan wasn't wearing a seat belt. he was ejected and killed instantly. >> i can't even describe what it felt like in that moment. to be standing on a crash site looking down at a yellow tarp >> reporter: almost a decade later, speeding remains the top mistake teens make behind the wheel. of the nearly 14,000 fatal crashes involving teen drivers over the last five years, more than 4200 involve speed. >> i think one of the kind of disturbing things is that it's not getting any better. >> tara johnson from aaa says its survey found parents were often more guilty of bad driving than their teens. 65% of driving instructors complained that parents worse at teaching their children can a decade ago. >> when they set limits they at this pointic will i have less crashs. >> after speed, the most common mistake they make is distracted driving. >> i thought it was snap chatting actually. he said h

wednesday at seven at lock on c-span, chris van hollen -- at 7:00 on c-span, chris van hollen and kathy szeliga. at 10:00, a debate between republican senator marco rubio and democratic congressman patrick murphy. thursday night at 8:00 eastern, senator kelly ayotte and governor maggie hassan debate for the new hampshire senate seat. now until election day, watch key debates from house, senate, and governors races on the c-span networks, c-span.org, and listen on the c-span radio app. c-span -- where history unfolds daily. jim: it is the debate. i don't know if you heard any of that. we are back live at temple university, the debate between toomey and mcginty, one of the highest profile senate races in the country. we have invited our candidates to come off the podium for this segment. one has, and one has decided ash -- decided -- mr. toomey: i'm going to join you. jim: thank you, sir. we are going to start with a question that was sent to us on twitter. we can start with ms. mcginty. this is from -- it should be on the screen here. here we go. "how will you proceed with the future sti

will chris van cleave explain also the controversial move. >> i stay in that lane as long as possible and then i merge into it. >> can you really blame deanna when the other cars line up in the right lane, all that empty pavement is on the left sitting there unused. now some traffic engineers are saying go. use that space. >> so it's ok to cut? >> it's ok to take turns. >> kansas is one of at least eight states to t as the zipper merge system. the state department of transportation put up signs asking drivers to use both lanes and take turns near a bridge construction project outside kansas city. >> kdot's finding what this does is bring predictibility to the commute. they know it takes five to six minutes to get through the work zone even in peak traffic. from the air, you can see the cars keep moving about and they come together like the teeth of benefits of zipper merging including up to 50% shorter lines, a reduction in speeds around construction workers, and drivers reporting less anxiety and frustration. the transportation officials in other states aren't entirely convinced. cal

sot - chris van meter: you to pay. sot - bryan struthers: i felt totally betrayed by my for the sake of his fellow soldiers. aircraft carrier - v that was eva pilgrim reporting. a washington think-tank says -- the world's most powerful military - makeover. the center for a new american security -- wants -- the pentagon -- to scrap its 40-billion dollar -- aircraft-carrier program. the center recommends -- canceling the ford-class aircraft carriers. instead -- they say -- spend the money -- on the b-21 bomber -- new submarines -- and the battle for mosul. intense fighting -- now underway. abc's -- martha raddatz -- reports -- iraqi and kurdish fighters -- backed by the u-s -- are closing in -- on the largest isis stronghold -- in iraq. script: the resistance has been fierce. nats a suspected isis suicide vehicle today speeding towards a convoy of advancing forces?those forces opening fire. after one narrow miss, then another, finally the car is struck, catching fire. nats the gunfire also intense saturday on the some of

. >> reporter: chris van meter, a purple heart recipient survived a roadside bomb in iraq, forced to refinance his home to repay $46,000 in bonuses. >> you have thousands of soldiers having to pay this money back. >> reporter: brian who also served in iraq, refused to pay. >> i felt totally betrayed by my commanders. >> reporter: after brian filed a lawsuit, the pentagon waived his bonus repayment. he's not dropping his case for the sake of his fellow soldiers. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> amid the controversy, the california national guard tells abc news it's already waived repayment of $37 million in bonuses. as you can see, that doesn't mean everyone is now debt-free. >> thousands of soldiers are still on the hook for a lot of money. that's what's making news in america this monday morning. >> do stay with us for "good morning america." and come find us at atmfans.com. have great monday, everybody, right now on abc 15 morning, a live look outside. all clear. overnight the i-10 stack was shut down right up the interchange. we will tell you what dps is telling us right now. >

wednesday at 7:00 live on c-span, democratic congressman chris van hollen, then the debate for the florida senate between republican senator marco rubio and democratic congressman patrick murphy. and live thursday night at 8:00 eastern republican senator kelly ayotte and democratic governor maggie hassen, debate for the new hampshire seat. watch house and governors races on the c-span networks. c-span.org and listen on the c-span radio app. c-span, where history unfolds daily. >>> to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the national historic perez indication act, an event hosted with parks director robert stanton. this is half an hour. >> good morning. welcome to the united states capitol visits center. my name is beth plemens. and have i the pleasure of being the center's chief executive officer. we're delighted to have you here today as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the national historical preservation act. our exhibits and education team have planned a full day of activities, and i do hope that you can fit those into your schedule, as many of those activities as possible. on decem