way. >> it opened up a lot of conversations around the room that day. >> reporter: cameron polom, abc women attending the university of central oklahoma are likely double checking to make sure their windows are locked after a stranger crept through a sorority's unlocked window over the weekend. 2:00 sunday morning one of the students woke up to find a stranger sitting on the edge of her bed. when officers got there they found 41-year-old randall scott ashton on the balcony. apparently had been sifting through the girls' laundry trying to steal panties. >> that would freak me out. that is scary. >> yeah. they should get high-tech quality security in there or something. >> none of the women in the sorority house were hurt. scott is charged with burglary and one count of indecent exposure for dropping his pants hours earlier in a grocery store. >>> tampa bay rays are thinking spring. this morning clubhouse staff will load up the team truck with equipment and supplies needed for spring training. rays pitchers and catchers are set to report at charlotte here's tom korun with the rest of the morn

many women saying that advice -- goes way too far here's abc's gloria riviera. women across the country?sounding off over the cdc's new guidelines on alcohol and pregnancy. mos navy jacket: it just makes no sense to me. // mos pink jacket woman: are you serious? is this really what you feel comfortable telling your wife, your sister, your daughter? gfx & gfx pullot? v/o: while many women support the cdc's long standing warning about the dangers of drinking while pregnant - the new guidelines hit a nerve?because they go further?telling health professionals to: "advise a woman to stop drinking if she is trying to get pregnant or not using birth control with sex." v/o: outage exploding on social media?calling the advice: v/o tweets: kate.l.maxwell @katelmax : patronizing, reactionary sexist. mos woman in the boundary in terms of what women can do with their own bodies. sot dr. jennifer ashton chief women's health corresponden "this is perhaps the right intention, with a very wrong execution." v/o: the cdc points out half of all pregnancies in the us are unplanned. m

opening up about her painful medical condition, shared by millions of women, that's at least temporarily putting her career on pause. abc's deborah roberts has her story. of the busiest women in hollywood. directing, writing, starring in her hbo hit "girls." >> i worked very, very hard to overcome the challenges of my nontraditional body type. >> reporter: but just two weeks before the season five premier, dunham made a surprise announcement announcement, saying she'll not be able to promote the new season due to a chronic health condition called endometriosis, through a rough patch with the illness. but people love her because she not only shares her truth and has done it in her personal life and also on screen. media came quickly for the actress with one woman sharing her own experience. writing i'm level four. thank you for being so honest and open about this. another, thank you for your bravery. you could have easily kept this private. >> she doesn't just say like this is what's going on with me. she also goes a step further and >> reporter: dunham first shared her battle with the condition back on november on her blo

it said women should refrain from drinking alcohol because the risk to babies is too high. now many are saying that is going way too far here's abc's gloria riviera. women across the country?sounding off over the cdc's new guidelines on alcohol and pregnancy. mos navy jacket: it just makes no sense to me. mos pink jacket woman: are you serious? is this really what you feel comfortable telling daughter? gfx & gfx pullot? v/o: while many women support the cdc's long standing warning about the dangers of drinking while pregnant - the new guidelines hit a nerve?because they go further?telling health professionals to: "advise a woman to stop drinking if she is trying to get pregnant or not using birth control with sex." v/o: outage exploding on social media?calling the advice: v/o tweets: kate.l.maxwell @katelmax : patronizing, reactionary [and] sexist. mos woman in headscarf: i feel like they are over-stepping the boundary in terms of what women can do with their own bodies. sot dr. jennifer ashton chief women's health corresponden "this is perhaps the right intention, with a very wrong execution." v/o: the cdc points out half of all p

digits here in sanders' neighboring state, amid new questions, did her own supporters words about women abc's cecilia vega, one-on-one with former president bill clinton tonight. >> hi, my friend. >> the hotter this election gets, the more i wish i were just a a former esident and just of the next one. careful of what i say. >> reporter: the former president taking on a new role in this campaign -- attack dog in chief. hitting bernie sanders. >> i mean, when you are making a revolution, you can't be too careful about the facts. >> reporter: clinton accusing some sanders' supporters making offensive commentsonline. >> vicious trolling. and attacks that are literally too profane, often, not to mention sexist, to repeat. >> reporter: today, when i asked about those charges -- do you thk the sanders company is playing dirty? after a long pause, finally, an answer. >> no, i believe we ought to and if there is -- and i think we should be straightforward and transparent about all of this. >> reporter: bill clinton, not the only hillary surrogate on the offensive. former secretary of state madeleine

many women saying that advice goes way too far. here's abc's gloria riviera. >> reporter: women across the country, sounding off over and pregnancy. >> it just makes no sense to me. >> are you serious? is this really what you feel comfortable telling your wife, your sister, your daughter? >> reporter: while many women support the cdc's long-standing warning about the dangers of drinking while pregnant, the new guidelines hit a nerve, because they go further, telling health professionals to advise a woman to stop drinking if she is trying to get pregnant or not using birth control with sex. media. calling the advice patronizing and reactionary and sexist. the women we spoke to, telling us they can be trusted to make smart, safe choices. >> i really do feel they are overstepping their boundary in terms of what a woman can do with their own body. >> this is, perhaps, the right intention, with a very wrong execution. >> reporter: the cdc points out, half of all pregnancies in the u.s. are unplanned. many women don't know they are pregnant for sever

many women saying that far. here's abc's gloria riviera. take out today in bold women across the country?sounding off over the cdc's new guidelines on alcohol and pregnancy. mos navy jacket: it just makes no sense to me. // mos pink jacket woman: are you serious? is this really what you feel comfortable telling your wife, your sister, your daughter? gfx & gfx pullot? v/o: while many women support the cdc's long standing warning about the dangers of drinking while pregnant - the new guidelines hit a nerve?because they go further?telling health professionals to: "advise a woman to stop drinking if she is trying to get pregnant or not using birth control with sex." v/o: social media?calling the advice: v/o tweets: kate.l.maxwell @katelmax : patronizing, reactionary sexist. mos woman in headscarf: i feel like they are over-stepping the boundary in terms of what women can do with their own bodies. sot dr. jennifer ashton chief women's health corresponden "this is perhaps the right intention, with a very wrong execution." v/o: the cdc points out h

women but not all of them. if convicted, franklin faces the death penalty. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >>> it appears the sexual assault case against bill cosby is going to proceed. a suburban philadelphia judge has denied the comedian's appeal of the judge's refusal to dismiss the case. cosby's lawyers insist he had a promise from a previous district attorney that he would never be charged. cosby could get ten years in prison if he's convicted. >>> a new recommendation this morning in the effort to detect autism early. a leading u.s. advisory panel has concluded that there's no need to screen all children between 1 and 30 months old. the group of experts say more research is needed to assess the benefits and harms of universal screening. but parents are advised to keep an eye out for the early signs of autism. >>> and despite all the attention the tap water in flint, michigan still isn't safe. recent tests show lead levels in hundreds of homes are twice as high as hazardous waste and investigators warn that may be too high for filters to handle. flint residents have

last night on abc's "the bachelor," 11 women started. 11. started off with the one-on-one date.d amanda. she's the divorced mother of two. excuse me. they went on a hot air balloon ride. and you can say that their connection really took off. get it? okay. >> because they took off. >> the thing about amanda is, anybody who was watching noticed how many times she said the word "like." she said the word "like" like way too many times. >> that's a code. >> i'll tell you what, but, like, amanda got the like rose. let's, like, move along. rapidly. >> i like her. >> group date. espanol class. they were hablaing espanol. learning how to habla espanol. ben getting down on one knee again this whole thing. then they learned all that they used all that they learned to buy some groceries. then they did some cooking. olivia, who the world hates now, was cooking on a team with ben. these two people who ran the restaurant where they were doing this whole thing said that ben and olivia's food looked like dog food. so that was as if to say it didn't look good. the cooking contest was won by jubil

the program educates parents health and we are a big part of the go red for women campaign at abc 11. we are ready -- wearing red as well. a group of local military wives get mark cuban to fight at their business offer. the employe the -- they employee military wives. making it easier to keep a steady job. the founders say they hope to keep going and keep growing and keep helping military spouses as they grow in their business all across the country. 48 hours from now we will have the super bowl champions in north carolina. mark armstrong on the road with the panthers in the bay area tonight. mark: we are hoping that and many people are thinking that. at least two out of three people aren't big on the panthers to win this one. course but pretty huge news. louisville self imposes a postseason ban. no acc or ncaa tournament for mark: welcome back to california. days away. first of all some good news, news. thomas davis and jerod allen, ron rivera both set to start on sunday. the team totally healthy except playing. joe mays or has the disney credit card and got to charge it up a bit. >>

abc's deborah roberts has her story. >> lena dunham's one of the busiest women in hollywood.g, writing, starring in her hbo hit "girls." i worked very, very hard to overcome the challenges of my nontraditional body type. >> just two weeks before the season five premiere, she made a surprise announcement saying she would no o not be able to promote the new season due to endometriosis writing on facebook, i'm going through a rough patch with the illness. it's time to announce. >> she didn't have tonounce it but people love her because she shares her truth and has done it in her personal life and also on screen. >> reporter: the love on social media came quickly for the actress with one woman sharing her own experience. writing i'm level four. thank you for being o another, thank you for your bravery. you could have easily kept this private. >> she doesn't just say like there is what's going on with me. she goes a step further and tries to help educate. >> she first shared her battle with the condition on her blog called the sickest girl posting these photos after a surgery posi

earlier tonight on abc, bachelor three women and ben carson he's still hanging in there. but this week was hometown date week. hometown dates are a magical moment when the bachelor gets a chance to look into a father's eyes and say, sir, i care about -- your daughter as well as the three other daughters i'm currrrently ming out with on helicopters. but it's easy to get caught up. as if this is all normal or acptable. but it isn't. and sometimes you have to stop and say what hell is goingon? this was a pretty excellent exchangeetween jojo and her mom tonight. >> i'm falling in love with him and i'm so scared, mom, i'm so scared. i jt don't want to get hurt. >> you're not going to get hurt, you're beautiful. >> i know but i'm just like -- it's so hard for me. i didn't know if ias going to be able to like open myself up again after my last relationship. >> but you did. and he was right by next to you, right? >> yeah, mom, i'm just -- it's there's threether girls still involved. >> oh. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh. does she not know how the show works? jo

educates parents about the importance of heart health and we are a big part of the go red for women campaign at abc 11. we are ready -- wearing red as well. a group of local military wives get mark cuban to fight at their business offer. the employe the -- they making it easier to keep a steady job. the founders say they hope to keep going and keep growing and keep helping military spouses as they grow in their business all across the country. 48 hours from now we will have the super bowl champions in north carolina. mark armstrong on the road with the panthers in the bay area tonight. mark: we are hoping that and many people are thinking that. at least two out of three people aren't big on the panthers to win this one. we are talking panthers of course but pretty huge news. louisville self imposes a postseason ban. no acc or ncaa tournament for mark: welcome back to california. super bowl 50, less than two days away. first of all some good news, some expected but still good news. thomas davis and jerod allen, ron rivera both set to start on sunday. the team totally healthy except for the guys we k

there will be special red hats for survivors: you can park and meet at the women's club. on abc action news.com, under story links. >>> 5:07. if you are looking for nothing do right now, the festival is happening in sarasota enjoy live music and greek food and greek wine with craft beer. it is at the st. barbara greek orgeat cox church. the doors open at 11:00. the festival runs until sunday night at 8:00. there's free parking and admission is $4. >>> you know, in just a few miles away, hundreds of new parking spots will become available for anyone spending some time in downtown sarasota. the state street garage is having a grand opening at 10:00 a.m. this morning on the sixth floor of the garage adding 400 plus parking spots the garage is located right in downtown sarasota between lemon avenue and orange avenue. they will also have four spots for electric cars so they can charge the cars there. >>> they will have bike storage. wanting to park downtown. >>> great news there. the weather is looking fantastic. you want to bring the extra layer if you are heading to the greek festival tod

. >>> still to come on abc action news, a paddle board journey that is about 1400 miles long. how these women believe this >>> download the new abc action news app for your phone. search for it in your favorite >> here is today's three things from the list. a study tests the night vision skills of a dog against a cat. the cat wins paws down. more differences between pups and kitties. kitties have better short-term memories. both fido and fluffy like to watch tv. dogs recognize images while cats want to hunt them. more lists on the list coming up at 7:00 on your action news station. >> two women are nearly finished with a voyage on paddle boards. >> the pair are traveling to key west all the way from new york city. the goal of the trip is to encourage people to get outside and take better care of themselves and valuable resources. along the course of their journey the two say they have seen a lot of plastic in the water. they hope people will learn from their trip and be less wasteful with plastic products. >>> dozens of people hitting the treadmill at the tampa ymca. tuesday. the tampa ymca i

women. marci gonzalez, abc news, el paso, texas. is now on the national register of historic places. the building is home to the new orleans saints and has hosted hundreds of concerts but is best known for being the shelter of last resort for thousands of evacuees during hurricane katrina. the national register designation includes protections and tax benefits for the property. but the state agency that manages the dome is concerned the status could slow down improvement efforts. shelley: comcast is now offering a credit to customers impacted by an outage on monday. on demand video, local and cable television went out for about an hour and a half in markets across the country including new hampshire. a spokesperson says customers can get a credit for a day' s worth of video service. credits will vary depending on the customer. you can now take your pet on an amtrak train with you. the railroad is expanding a pilot program that lets small pets on routes including boston, philadelphia, new york, washington and other cities. service animals can still ride for free. tom: you can bring al

reporting live in studo-- christina grijalva-- abc 9 news jenna: today women of siouxland gathered to be inspired and empowered together. the organization, iowa women lead change held its second annual siouxland women leadership conference at the marina inn today. 400 women and 125 college students gathered to hear speakers on the topics of body language, feedback, and 25 exhibitors were also there to sell books and provide health tips. the regional manager of the health tips. the regional manager of the organization says their mission is to inspire, lead, and motivate women. "the goal of today's conference is to have women be educated, motivated, and inspired when they leave here...the women that we work with on this conference are the women who really are going to make that happen" says bobbi segura, regional manager of iowa women lead change. jenna: many were excited about the keynote speaker... winona laduke. the harvard educated environmentalist has spent her life helping native american groups. she also ran for vice president twice, alongside ralph nader. "women, we share a lot

abc news chief women's health correspondent dr.nifer ashton spoke about the possible risk of talc powder today on "good morning america." >> the data is all over the place. kind of inconclusive. some studies show a doubling of the risk. some studies show a 20% increased risk. some studies show no link. >> legal analysts says it doesn't bode well for johnson & johnson, who face 1,200 similar cases around the country. >>> coming up next, the intense effort to give this litt >>> fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. >> a severely malnourished sea lion that was rescued near moss landing is recuperating today. we were at the marine mammal center in sausalito. this year, the 1-year-old male sea lion was examined by veterinarians at the center. staff members say it's been days, maybe even weeks since the sea lion ate. >> so sometimes when these animals come in that way, they are using their last bit of energy to try to make it. but fortunately, we can see many of them turn around just with good nutrition

women. this morning his mother tells abc action news her son was set up. >> is he looking to go to prison? three different women? all i know is, i mean, he wouldn't hurt that fly. i know that. i mean -- after what happened in illinois, being charged with something like that i can't see him doing something like that again. >> beagle is also charged with violating probation for an aggravated stalking case. his mom said that happened out of state and says her son wasn't guilty of that either. >>> an 18-year-old woman clearwater is expected to be in court this afternoon. camry clark and a 15-year-old are accused of stealing a master key from a maid's cart. police say they broke into four different rooms on valentine's day and stole more than $1,200 worth of electronics and valuables. now some guests are concerned about the hotel's policy of keeping master keys secure. >> is it that easy to swipe it? most of the times i'm more concerned about the people coming in, just the maid service. more worried about that, didn't even think of someone else taking the key and coming in. >> the hyatt regency

apologizing after a controversial recommendation to women involving refraining from drinking alcohol not only during the pregnancy but also before and after ... abc's gloria rivieria has more. "women across the country?sounding off over the cdc's new guidelines on alcohol and pregnancy. it just makes no sense to me. are you serious? is this really what you feel comfortable telling your wife, your sister, your daughter? while many women support the cdc's long standing warning about the dangers of drinking while pregnant - the new guidelines hit a nerve?because they go further?telling health professionals to: "advise a woman to stop drinking if she is trying to get pregnant or not using birth control outage exploding on social media?calling @katelmax : patronizing, reactionary [and] mos woman in they are over- stepping the boundary in terms of what women can do with their own bodies. dr. jennifer ashton corresponden "this is perhaps the right intention, with a very wrong execution." the cdc points out half of all pregnancies in the us are unplanned. many women don't know they are pregnant f several weeks?possibly, unintentionally, putting their child

women angry. some saying the advice aimed at protecting unborn children went too far. abc's gloria riviera has the details. >> reporter: women across the country sounding off over the cdc's new guidelines on alcohol and pregnancy. >> it just makes no sense to me. >> are you serious? is this really what you feel comfortable telling your wife, your sister, your daughter? >> reporter: while many women support the cdc's long-standing warning about the dangers of drinking while pregnant, the new guidelines hit a nerve because professionals to advise a woman to stop drinking if she is trying to get pregnant or not using birth control with sex. outrage exploding on social media. calling the advice patronizing, reactionary and sexist. the women we spoke to telling us they can be trusted to make smart, safe choices. >> i really do feel they're overstepping their boundary in terms of what a woman can do with their own body. >> reporter: this is, perhaps, the right intention with a very wrong execution. >> reporter: the cdc points out half of all pregnancies in the u.s. are unplanned.

abc columbia gervais. >> welcome back. carolina women in an extremely important match on sunday night in college station, texas and the panthers begin their journey to super bowl 50. mike gillespie has more in the sports minute to win it. we start with women's basketball. carolina on the road at college station, texas. taking on 10th ranked texas a&m. carolina down one. dish down to asian wilson. 27 points, 10 boards for wilson. great night for her and mitchell in the fourth gives caroline why a seven point lead and the gamecocks don't look back. they finish this game on a 20-9 run. the gamecocks now 21-0. 9-0 in the sec. switching over to the nfl, they have officially arrived. the panths officially touching down in the bay area on sunday afternoon to begin the super bowl 50 festivities. cam newton going with the zebra patterned pants channelling his inner cher. we'll have coverage all week long. doesn't this look lovely? to hawaii we go, 2016 pro bowl. fourth quarter, team irving up 42-7. jaemis winston finds hutchins team irving beats

abc." >>> the national women's political convention will now come to order. >> this is the first national of women to be held in 100 years. it is nonpartisan. nearly 1,000 women of all ages and all political persuasions are attending. >> we didn't really have time to organize, but women read it in the paper or they saw it on television, and they started their own caucuses in their own cities and their own states. >> we will, we must, attack the most difficult issues. we might as well do it because they're going to call us all those names anyway. >> gloria steinem had been a writer at "the new york herald tribune." she was a very compelling figure who had a great way of translating the ideas of feminism to the mass marketplace. she and a bunch of her friends began "ms." magazine. >> all revolutions it seems start with a typewriter and three crowded rooms over a bar. and the new york headquarters of the magazine "ms." is no different. it's a magazine designed to serve as a forum for the women's movement. >> the movement itself comes out of telling the truth about our lives. so it just makes

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