some family members in sarasota county, florida are very glad they looked.. before jumping into their swimming pool. take a look at this! eight-foot alligator was hanging out at the bottom of the pool. after running back inside-- the family contacted authorities. they brought in a wildlife trapper, who got the alligator out of the pool. but it didn't go quietly. the gator was eventually removed unharmed, and released back into the wild. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen patchy fog for the morning rush humidity back up mainly cloudy today with few showers & pm t-storms today partly sunny, scattered showers and thunderstorms possible (40%) highs: 75-80 winds: southeast 5-10 mph today mostly cloudy, showers & t-storms ending early lows: 60-65 winds: east 5 wednesday partly sunny, showers possible (30%) highs: near 80 winds: west/southwest 5-10 mph parade peril. out of control people to the hospital. how it happened.. coming up z2cpsz zi0z y2cpsy yi0y what is thit's like a little vanilla tastey thing. a vanilla bean? mmm. they chopped it up in little pieces.

up next, we have nick calling in from sarasota, florida on our independent line.aller: good morning. i know that the mainstream media and the democrats want these special counsels for the russia probe. i'm for those because i think in the end, it will exonerate him and we will find of all these flynn -- ascept for far as political discussion come i think we will find that they are exonerated. the democrats love special counsel so much, we need for more. one for benghazi, one for the irs, one for fast and the furious and one for the clinton s. i suggest president trump orders jeff sessions to do just that. host: trey gowdy is a favorite to lead the house oversight committee. republicans on capitol hill say led the house into the 2012 attacks on american diplomatic benghazi. and beng in the news comes as congress been jason chaffetz of utah -- congressman jason chaffetz of utah would be leaving next month. greg is calling on a republican line. what are your thoughts on the latest in the probe into russia which has now reached the white house? caller: truthfully, i j

joe is on the line from sarasota, florida, on the independent line. hi, joe. say that when to recent republican politicians, gave tax breaks to the run for e when they governor, hether a senator, a president or any office, who do you think they people in the millions, that 1%, that is why. the americans, cut social ng to security, medicare, medicaid. well, covered, so that means half of that, at least borders and the their cans talk to representatives and they don't voters.to the i don't know why this, vote for and republicans, them, mention, half of they are going to be sick and a to of people, they are going -- whether in a big city, a small city. think about ed to that. host: okay. what take a look at senator ron widen, who is ranking member of the finance committee said wednesday about cdo score on the republican's healthcare plan. finally, the next 10 days, we be crucial.going to senators and house members will memorial day he recess. i have five town hall meetings scheduled for oregon and what going to be doing, using that time to make sure we can in its

. >>> temperatures reached 89 degrees yesterday in sarasota county, florida, so you can't really blamean alligator for taking a dip in a family's pool. they called the deputies and they escorted him to a new refuge. >>> a catfish was thrown on the ice last night in pittsburgh during game one of the stanley cup playoffs. for millions of people who suffer from lower back pain finding relief can seem almost as painful. finally the search is over. drug-free aleve direct therapy®. a tens device with high intensity power that uses technology once only available in doctors' offices. its smart wireless design lets you control its intensity for deep penetrating relief at the source. the power of relief is in your hands. aleve direct therapy. find yours in the pain relief aisle. are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. >>> our top stories this morning. drama in the texas state house as demonstrators protested the state's tough n

joe is in sarasota, florida.y the way, the news conference tillerson,ary o we just played that program just before this program started. joe is on the line from sarasota, florida, democrat. what are your expectations here? caller: just look at the record. 9/11, 14 terrorists, osama bin laden. again, iran. 1970's. they took hostage americans. we need to make peace. iii. not need world war i get it. in the 1970's, we depended on saudi arabia. gas. we just need to make peace. that is the point. that is the period. like i said earlier, osama bin laden, 9/11, the connections. host: joe, to your point about making peace, how hard or harder ory is it about -- hard how easy is it to make peace? caller: diplomacy. just look at history. two world wars. first world war, number one maneuver to, a second world war two, a numbers are second world war. innocent people died. we need to make peace. war,then, the first world it was not a nuclea even nuclea. network did not exist. -- that word did not exist. they banned syria, chem

ts put in his increase circumstance population high-risk pool in and doctors had to petition the sarasota, and present to the governor's board and people going through that, they life-saving procedures like kimmel's son did on t.v., they will be out of luck and hit 50 and 64 between because that is when your body starts to break down. is from experience, that is all i want to say and i hope have you comments. you. host: jimmy kimmel got a barack obama after his speech he made on his show about his son saying, well said, that is why we fought hard for the aca, and why we liketo protect it for kids bill and he congratulations, from the president. set to appear twice week. senate judiciary committee today, that hearing 10:00, you can watch on c-span 3. the hill reporting he will on thursday behind closed doors for house intelligence hearing, the the hill add its comes day after illary clinton, democratic nominee for president blamed comey in part for her defeat. freflorida, democrat's line. hi. caller: hi, pedro. are you? good.r: oh, i was thinking there is a lot of people out there like me

. >> the guy who does the poll lives in sarasota. he goes on the street, here i am again. >> best in the world. >> what about malibu? no beaches in california. >> we have nice beaches around here. fair.ather for us will be it will not be picture-perfect. we saw the fourth of july, labor day. i am trying to put a good spin on this. >> we have other holidays. >> exactly. the heaviest rain we had earlier this afternoon and it is the evening hours. now it's long gone, off toward philadelphia. a few lingering showers are there for a few more hours. we may see a few come tomorrow, but not a lot. gaithersburg, germantown, damascus. you looking at a light shower at this time, but nothing severe. this is out in the next 30 to 45 minutes. just a few lingering showers are out there. download your stormwatch seven weather app. we have a few showers and forecast for your upcoming weekend. if you are not going to be near your computer or tv, this is a great tool to have. it is free and easy to use. temperatures outside our 57 degrees. 50 and frede

that's an eight-foot-long alligator at the bottom of a pool in sarasota, florida, the trapper got itre anyone was injured but the gator as you can see there did struggle quite a bit. >> stay out of the ocean and dodge the sharks now gators in the swimming pools. >>> drivers should watch out for flooding along the gulf coast. roads may be wet in a lot of the interior northeast and up through the rockies and watch out for puddles in the northwest. >>> if you're flying airport weather in new orleans. >>> and new this morning tiger woods is apologizing to both his fans and many others as he explains his arrest on a dui charge. >> he says it was caused by a mix of prescription drugs but the arrest added mortarish to what has already been a tough spot for him in his golfing career and personal life. abc's gio benitez has more. >> reporter: tiger woods speaking out after being arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence early monday morning. the 41-year-old saying alcohol was not involved. quote, what happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. i didn't realize

florida and the ten in the entire country with its sparkling powdery white sands, siesta beach near sarasotalorida is number one. ocracoke beach on north carolina's outer banks is third and rounding out the top 10 is kiawah island south carolina. the annual list is compiled by dr. beach, steven letterman, one of the world's top coastal experts. >> ♪ now that your rose is in bloom, a light hits the gloom ♪ >> okay. we can assure you no seals with flippers or two legs were hurt making this promo. the creative geniuses at discovery channel have done it again for this year's shark week promotion. their ad features seals singing kiss from a rose when a great white shark leaps out of the water and swallows him you'll be seeing begins july 23rd. >> first time i saw it i was like whoa, how about that. >> good fun. >> and for you to tune in. >> and people are talking about it so they're happy. >> absolutely doing that. >>> so we're talking about seeing the sun. what a wonderful sight it was. >> it didn't go away. it's been there. that sunshine is also popping just a couple of showers here or there. o

police in sarasota lassoed th big guy. he was not giving up without a fight.hey eventually wrangled him into a truck. he'll be released back into the wild far, far away from people. good thing. we'll have one final look at the forecast when we return. ralph northam: being a pediatrician has taught me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam, and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. >>> weather wise watch out for a few thunderstorms late this afternoon into the evening hours, especially northwest of d. c. itself. tomorrow a few more isolated storms in the afternoon. then get ready for thursday. it is the pick of the week, sunshine, low humidity, eat your lunch outside on thursday. the weekend not a washout, but it's also not looking

to see when you dive into a pool an eight foot alligator taking a morning swim in this until it sarasotalorida. wild life officials called a trapper who remove the gator from a pool. it will be relocate todd a more appropriate swimming hoxt yikes. we have been following travelelves of celebrity shark mary lee. the great white was swimming closer to our area. latest ping from the shark tracker app shows mary slee off the coast of wildwood, 16 feet long and weighs 135 pound and another tagged great white pinged on saturday at the mouth of delaware bay near cape may. >> mary lee and the sixt sco kid. kid.shark >> sharks, alligators. >> be careful. >> watch where are you going to be cooling off. >> we'll be watching rain. >> more rain in the forecast. big surprise. this month has been so wet. hopefully we can kick the rain out of here as we head into june which begins thursday. let's change up the weather pattern to bring out the shades and pack away umbrella umbrellas. let's look at the weather computer. 64. our high temperature not current temperature now. our high temperature on this memo

. >>> temperatures reached 89 degrees yesterday in sarasota county, florida, so you can't really blame alligator for taking a dip in a family's pool. they called the deputies and they escorted him to a new refuge. >>> a catfish was thrown on the ice last night in pittsburgh during game one of the stanley cup playoffs. fans later spotted the suspected fi fish tosser being tossed himself. penguins lost, 5-3. >>> coming up later on "cbs this morning" al franken stopped by with his new book. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." for finding relief can seem sualmost as painful.ck pain finally the search is over. drug-free aleve direct therapy®. a tens device with high intensity power that uses technology once only available in doctors' offices. its smart wireless design lets you control its intensity for deep penetrating relief at the source. the power of relief is in your hands. aleve direct therapy. find yours in the pain relief aisle. are you one sneeze away from being vo

joe is on the line from sarasota, florida, on the independent line. hi, joe. say that when to recent republican politicians, gave tax breaks to the run for e when they office

siesta beach near sarasota, florida was named the best of the best.beach, you will need a passport. number 2 on the list is-- kapalua bay in maui. and number three is ocracoke beach in north carolina. you can see the whole list on our website... w-j-l-a-dot-com. it's xx and we're just getting started. a suprising move from the fbi. the latest on the probe between russia and the the latest on the probe between russia and the tru8mp presidential campaign good morning washington. today: mostly cloudy to partly sunny chance spotty shower, breezy gusts to 30mph highs: 75-80 cloudy isolated shower, winds diminishing lows: 58-63 saturday: humid, ycnce duringy e sty t-stormsst chance during the afteronoon 5pm ghs: 73-78 sunday: humid, am fog, cloud / sun mix ae ofa yower ghs: 70-79 as president trump's international tour

an 8-foot long alligator was taking a dip in the backyard waters in sarasota county florida.rities called a trapper to relocate the alligator to a safer more appropriate location. >> really doing his spins there getting his aerobic workout in. >> that's what he would have done to somebody who got in the pool. that's how they join us under. >> shoshana is coming up later. she'll have a better tip. >> minus the alligator. >> we're bracing that term temporary inconvenience for permanent improvement. in several spots, one of them being spring garden street. they're going to repave it eventually but here by the art museum it's a rough ride. same situation in feast of east -- east falls. it's all torn up, it's bumpy, it's a mess. might want to stay down on ridge avenue instead and they're working pretty much all day except for the rush hours on both spring garden and henry. back to normal schedules today on mass transit with delays already on the norristown high speedline because of some equipment problems. karen. >> little bit of patchy fog in one or two spots. it's not a big issu

to see when you dive into a pool an eight foot alligator taking a morning swim in this until it sarasota florida. wild life officials called a trapper who remove the gator from a pool. it will be relocate todd a more appropriate swimming hoxt yikes. we have been following travelelves of celebrity shark mary lee. the great white was swimming closer to our area. latest ping from the shark tracker app shows mary slee off the coast of wildwood, 16 feet long and weighs 135 pound and another tagged great white pinged on saturday at the mouth of delaware bay near cape may. >> mary lee and the sixt sco kid. kid.shark >> sharks, alligators. >> be careful. >> watch where are you going to be cooling off. >> we'll be watching rain. >> more rain in the forecast. big surprise. this month has been so wet. hopefully we can kick the rain out of here as we head into june which begins thursday. let's change up the weather pattern to bring out the shades and pack away umbrella umbrellas. let's look at the weather computer. 64. our high temperature not current temperature now. our high temperature on this me

. >> reporter: his replica now on display in sarasota, covers half the length of a football field. than 150 circus wagons, 59 train cars, ticket booths, concession stands, all by hand and all in exacting detail. do you have any idea how much you've spent? >> no, and nobody needs to know. >> reporter: his model captures the magic that the traveling circus held. a spell cast on anyone looking for adventure, even after ringling ditched the big top in favor of the air conditioned comfort of arena. you hear people talk all the time about running away and joining the circus, and you did. >> we did. we get to tell people that. and people go, yeah, yeah, oh, you did? you really did run away and join the circus? >> reporter: karen and greg became part of a traveling troupe of clowns for ringling. they actually met at clown college. in fact, greg was a teacher there. he now runs the international clown hall of fame in baraboo. >> reporter: is it as romantic a life as it sounds. >> definitely, well, i think it's morrow me romantic now. >> in hindsight. >> it is. it's like a lifestyle. >> repo

family finding a massive gator sitting at the bottom of their pool in sarasota, florida.ssional trapper struggling with the beast, trying to pull out, the alligator was trying to perform a death roll to get him in the pool. that gator later released into the wild. what if you are on a night swim? heather: i don't go for night swims. 20 minutes until the top of the hour, the trump administration vowing to wipe terrorists off the earth but what is the first step? by wiping them off the internet. next guest is a cybersecurity expert, he says we can learn about terrorists from their social media profiles. rob: the best golfer that ever lived could be hitting rock bottom right now. what tiger woods is now saying about his dui arrest over the weekend. >> campus protesters furious after their temper tantrum goes public. you weren't supposed to see it. ♪ over our neighbor's fence. and once we do, we see wonder waiting. every step you take, narrows the influence of narrow minds. bridges continents and brings this world one step closer. so, the question you asked me. what is the ke

. >>> many people take a swim on memorial day but one family in sarasota, florida got quite a surprise. a nearly eight-foot long alligator was found swimming on the bottom of their pool. when deputies arrived that alligator was relaxing on the bottom of the pool but the video shows it spinning, splashing, and struggling as a trapper pulls it out of the water and then leads it away so it can be released elsewhere. >>> take a look at this. show ponies on a memorial day parade in wisconsin breaking free. they ran and jumped on a sidewalk and entered a section of the crowd. three people were hurt but are expected to be okay. police say those ponies may have been startled by fireworks. >>> there is a new effort underway to help military spouses find work. oftentimes they're left without employment when the family is forced to move. >> reporter ellison barber reports on the new website that helps the military spouses find work. >> reporter: she's a military wife, but she had a career. >> i absolutely loved it. >> reporter: she graduated college and received a law degree. in 14 years she has

a mother of four hit a 9-foot gator crossing interstate 75 in sarasota. she and the kids are okay. the gator, not so much. alison: amazing. a japanese billionaire paid the highest price ever at auction for a painting by an american artist. he spent $110,500,000. it is in an elite club. only ten other works sold for more than $100 million. nancy: president trump is off on his first overseas trip to put an tornado a wild week in d.c. politics. exhausting week for staffers on the hill as well as those stephen tschida is in north west with the exhale now that the week is done. everyone is saying t.g.i.f.! stephen: oh, yes. sidewalk cafe and bars filling up. you can see the politicos showing up to blow off steam. especially after the roller coaster of the week ahead. >> a stressful week for those who work in the political world. >> i think it is terrible. tough environment to work in. they do need to get away and have fun. >> monday the "washington post" reported that president trump had given russians highly classified intelligence. tuesday, we learned recently fired f.b.i. director ja

happened in sarasota county. a trapper got the animal out of the pool and it took it to a safer location out of the wild. stunning video so i wanted to share that. >> that's why you don't mess with florida. they will bite you every time. >> it will. >> thank you, jess. >> this morning we want to congratulate our colleague david louie. >> he's celebrating 45 years at abc 7. david joined abc 7 news in 1972. he was one of the first asian american tv reporters in the bay area and he's been on the air the longest. he took a minute to talk about his career. >> keep wondering how long can a career last? we've been fortunate at abc 7. we've been surrounded by great people, producers and writers and managers who get it and are focused on doing the best we can. >> he is such a pro and such a great guy. all of us at abc 7 so proud to call david a friend and colleague. congrats, david. >> always so calm under pressure. really appreciate that. >>> at 6:00, a plan to open shops inside bart stations put on hold. the multimillio

. >> surprise visitor in a family pool. 7-foot alligator in the pool of a homeowners in sarasota, florida report that reptile at the bottom of the pool. deputies had to call out the florida fish and while live conservation commission. the trapper came and removed and relocated the unwanted guest. so there's still that running of the bulls thing in spain unwhat about run of the bulldog. annual event at a minnesota race track. four dozen dogs compete in the race all have iing for the title of top dog. fox's matt fin has more. >> reporter: in spain there is the drama of the annual running of the bulls. but in minnesota, they have their own tradition the running of the bulldogs. each year canterbury park goes to the dogs the horse race track hoping to bring in a different crowd. we're doing weiner dog raises for awhile and it's so popular with families, with kids, we want to at tract people who may not come out to the races for another reason. >> most these pine sized pups are ready to run as fast as their stubby little legs will take them. >> this is penny. yeah. you want to say hi. >> repor

the south bay locations it will be warm here as well 89 expected for san jose, 80 in sarasota and santa cruz mostly sunny and 800 for the afternoon. along the peninsula 89 in redwood city, 79 san bruno and in the city of san francisco will be a beautiful day and 750 with mostly sunny skies. half moon bay low 70s for tomorrow, gorgeous depending on how you like it, you have your pick. if you're going to tahoe it will be a cool start in the upper 80s-low 40s saturday and sunday mostly sunny skies for the afternoon and low 60s and dry conditions expected for a there. here's a look at your expense -- extended forecast with the bay area always in view. temperatures continuing to warm for the inland communities on sunday. we see the fog come back maybe a little bit of an onshore breeze around the bay could allow slightly. but it continues as we get into monday, tuesday and by wednesday we are back into the mid-70s for our inland communities and low 67. you don't like that kind of weather? well enjoy the next few days print >> i'm not complaining. >>> frank sommerville joins us with a look at

an 8-foot long alligator was taking a dip and then some in the backyard waters in sarasota county floridacalled a trapper to relocate the alligator to a safer location. >> wow. concertgoers in north jersey got a big surprise during a steven vanzant show. the boss bruce springsteen played four songs. vanzant is a member of springsteen's e street band. during the show saturday night vanzant jokingly called springsteen a planned to is out -- friend who is out of work. >> a photo on that students decideed to skip. >> final goodbye. details about little pete's farewell block party. ♪ my friends know me so well. they can tell what i'm thinking, just by looking in my eyes. but what they didn't know was that i had dry, itchy eyes. i used artificial tears from the moment i woke up... ...to the moment i went to bed. so i finally decided to show my eyes some love,... ...some eyelove. eyelove means having a chat with your eye doctor about your dry eyes because if you're using artificial tears often and still have symptoms, it could be chronic dry eye. it's all about eyelove, my friends. ♪ ♪ with simp

the beach is located on a barrier island off the coast of sarasota. capula bay beach in maui came in second. that's the news update at this hour. >> a florida professor says the best beach in america is in florida. >> i know, i know, although he has picked other beaches in the past. >> okay. in all fairness -- >> that place is awesome, we know that as well. >> sue, thank you very much. >> you got it. >>> let's go to phil lebeau who has a news alert on general motors. >> let's take a look at shares of general motors which have been down more than 2% for basically the last hour to hour and a half after a class action lawsuit was filed alleging that the company uses diesel emission defeat devices in more than 700,000 of its full-size pickups. we now have a response from general motors. the company says these claims are baseless and we will vigorously defend ourselves. the dura max diesel, the engine in these full-size pickup trucks, complies with all u.s. epa and carb, the california air resources board, their emissions standards. so again, general motor

. >> shannon: a family pool near sarasota with an uninvited visitor.the pool, the owners were about to take a swim when they noticed he was lurking around the bottom. the gator was safely relocated to a different location. that's just what happens in florida. >> bill: vandals wanted after open copenhagen's aerial statue was painted red. they were protesting whale hunting. she was hosed down and they got all that stuff off. >> shannon: i thought she looked good in red. >> bill: who can argue? we have to run, we hope you have a fantastic weekend and we'll see you tomorrow. >> shannon: "happening now" starts right now. >> jenna: we began with a fox news alert. the white house pushing back against targets against the president son-in-law. i'm jenna lee. >> jon: i'm jon scott. the president calling the push against kushner fake news. >> jenna: the staff shakeup at the white house, press secretary sean spicer is scheduled to hold the daily news briefing at 2:00 p.m. eastern time and there'll be a lot of questions about who is in and who's out. a space for a

surprise visitor taking a dip in sarasota pool. 7-foot alligator that's what they call the depth pool out of the pool. homeowners called police for help who in turn call the florida fish and wildlife conservation to wrangle that gator. they finally removed it. able to relocate the unwanted pool guest. now, tell me you'll be able to get in that pool. >> no. >> drain it all. >> there might be alligator in there. >> or coming to join you. >> no swimming at night. >> definitely when you want to call in the experts. >> just like when he do we it comes to not just the forecast but learning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls it's time to go to school. >> all ears, teach. >> i hope you kids enjoyed your weekend. >> because we're back in class. >> bes business. >> mostly stalling because i don't have a lesson prepared today. >> oh, no. >> all right. let's do it. sunshine you know whatnot a lot of that today we'll give that big fat c. unfortunately that's what your tee which are got in school. humidity c. we'll still build a little bit today of our cold front. afternoon temps in the 70s give