abc's alex perez is there. >> reporter: kim davis spending her first day out of jail at home.eleasing this picture saying she's reading the hundreds and hundreds of fan letters she's received. saying she's happy god's people are not huddled up in a corner but are standing strong. she was released tuesday, after six days behind bars after refusing to issue same-sex couples marriage licenses. walking out to "eye of the tiger." ♪ rising up >> reporter: getting a hero's welcome from throngs of support others rallied by gop presidential hopeful mike huckabee. >> reporter: word the rock group survivor is suing mike huckabee for unauthorized use of their song. judges ordered davis not to interfere with her deputy clerks who started issuing marriage licenses to all couples when she was detained. the deputy clerk handling marriage licenses say he would continue to issue the licenses even if davis ordered him to stop. davis is expected back to work on monday. alex perez, moorhead, kentucky. >> a big day come monday there. >>> coming up, finally, the reason for the beef between katy perr

abc's alex perez has more. >> under whose authority are you not issuing licenses? >> reporter: a tense standoff in a small kentucky town, the county clerk, kim davis, refusing to issue any marriage licenses because of her religious objection to same-sex marriage. david moore and david ermold together 17 years trying to get a license from davis ever since the supreme court made marriage a right nationwide getting turned away again. >> she needs to give us the application. >> reporter: and again. >> still waiting. >> reporter: davis telling the courts she was ekzing her right to religious freedom but the supreme court refusing to intervene on behalf. >> you absolutely had disrespected us. >> you're treating us like second class sit dens saying we don't have the same rights as you do. would you do this to an interracial couple? >> a man and a woman, no. >> reporter: the clerk insisting she is standing up for her beliefs. >> i simply told you all i'm willing to face my consequences awe you will face your consequences when it comes time for judgment. >> not everybody be

abc's alex perez reports that despite a court order to issue the licenses davis is sticking to her guns. >> reporter: county clerk kim davis defiant, her husband at her side arped with a handgun tucked in his waistband. waiting for inside, another gay couple looking for a marriage license. >> your interpretation of the bible does not trump the constitution. >> no, this is not. >> my god is loving. >> >> davis asking a federal judge to allow her to deny marriage licenses to same sex couples while her case makes its way through the courts. the controversial clerk catapulted to the spotlight in july with this cell phone video. david moore and david ermold arriving for a marriage license. >> if i can mention, i have the letter from the governor's office stating that all the county clerks are to issue marriage licenses. i also have the supreme court ruling. >> reporter: davis turning them away. they tried again in august and again same result. >> when you heard her say she's working under god's authority, what did you think? >> you are not in the church. i respect religion. i respect people,

abc's alex perez has more. >> reporter: >> under whose authority? >> under god's authority. >> reporter: a tense standoff in a small kentucky town. county clerk kim davis refusing to issue any marriage licenses because of her religious objection to same sex marriage. david moore and david ermold, together 17 years, trying to get a license from davis ever since the supreme court made marriage a right nationwide. >> getting ready to go into the county courthouse. >> reporter: getting turned away again. >> you need to give us the application. >> reporter: and again. >> like i said, we are still not issuing licenses. >> reporter: davis telling the courts she was exercising her right to religious freedom but the supreme court refusing to intervene on her behalf. >> you absolutely had disrespected bus. you're treating us like second class citizens, telling us we don't deserve the same rights that you have. that you've enjoyed your entire life. would you do this to an interracial couple? >> a man and a woman, no. >> reporter: the clerk insisting she is sta

>> alex perez in kentucky tonight. alex, thank you. >>> there is a major development in that mysterious death of a veteran cop outside chicago. the father of four, nicknamed g.i. joe on the force found dead one week ago. police now say dna from the crime scene does not match his dna. they're now comparing that sample to fbi data bases and swabs from 50 people in the area. and a major headline about that surveillance tape showing three men, officials tonight saying all three men have been interviewed and ruled out as suspects. >>> we turn now to baltimore, the new headline in the freeddie gray case. his spine nearly fivered after being thrown in the back of a police van. tonight, gray's family reaching a sentive $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the city. six police officers are facing criminal charges in gray's death. >>> we're going to turn now to the extreme heat from coast to coast, just as millions head back to school. and look at the map tonight. a heat wave brewing not only in the east, but triple digit

here's more from abc's alex perez. >> reporter: the showdown ending in jail. the county clerk led away, cheers and boos from the crowd. at issue, kim davis' refusal to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, insisting in testimony, quote, my conscience will not allow me. >> she's been ordered to stay there until she's willing to change her mind, until she's willing to change her conscience about what that belief is. >> reporter: davis can resign, but if she doesn't and refuses to comply, the federal judge who ruled her in contempt can keep her in custody as long as she stands her ground. the controversial clerk at odds with the june supreme court ruling making marriage a right nationwide. >> under whose authority? >> under god's authority. i simply told you all i'm willing to face my consequences as you all will face your consequences when it comes time for judgment. >> we don't have consequences. i don't believe -- >> not everybody believes what you believe. >> that's your choice. >> reporter: that couple among those suing the clerk. >> she is not above

so we begin here tonight with abc's alex perez from kentucky. >> reporter: the showdown ending tonight in jail. the county clerk led away, cheers and boos from the crowd. at issue, kim davis' refusal to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, insisting in testimony today, quote, my conscience will not allow me. >> she's been ordered to stay there until she's willing to change her mind, until she's willing to change her conscience about what that belief is. >> reporter: davis can resign, but if she doesn't and refuses to comply, the federal judge who ruled her in contempt can keep her in custody as long as she stands her ground. the controversial clerk at odds with the june supreme court ruling making marriage a right nationwide. >> under whose authority? >> under god's authority. i simply told you all i'm willing to face my consequences as you all will face your consequences when im comes time for judgment. >> we don't have consequences. i don't believe -- >> not everybody believes what you believe. >> that's your choice. >> reporter: that couple among those suing the clerk. >> sh

abc's alex perez in county with what the judge is now saying tonight. >> under whose authority? >> under god's authority. >> reporter: today a tense standoff in a small kentucky town. county clerk kim davis refusing to issue any marriage licenses because of her religious objection to same sex marriage. these men together 7 years trying to get a license from davis ever since the supreme court made marriage a right. getting turned away again and again. davis telling the courts she was exercising her right to religious freedom, but late last night, the supreme court refusing to intervene on her behalf. >> you absolutely had disrespected us. you're treating us like second class citizens, telling us we don't deserve the same rights that you have. would you do this to an interracial couple? >> a man and a woman, no. >> reporter: the clerk insisting she is standing up for her beliefs. >> i simply told you all i'm willing to face my consequences as you all will face your consequences when it comes time for judgment, plain and simple. that's your choice. >> reporter: davis saying to issu

>> alex perez tonight. alex, thank you. >>> we turn overseas tonight and to a growing humanitarian crises we've been reporting on here. families, parents and their children trying to reach safety and a better life. from turkey tonight, this image of a little boy. it's difficult to see the man carrying his body. a refugee from syria, he died crossing the mediterranean, his family trying to get to europe. abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran reporting in from the region tonight on the smugglers and what they're charging every one of those family members for a journey they might not survive. >> reporter: the children's corpses washed ashore overnight. police gently carried them off the beaches in the morning. officials say two overcrowded boats crossing from turkey to the greek island of kos capsized, at least 11 dead. another shocking tragedy in this deepening crisis, this exodus. at least 350,000 people have fled war, terror and poverty entering into europe illegally this year. and more than 2,300 h

for "this week," alex perez. >>> governor mike huckabee joins us now.nk you for joining me this morning. he'll be going to kentucky tuesday. some dissenting voices in the conservative movement. i want you to respond to something in the american conservative. he says that the supreme court makes a ruling we don't like, we are obliged to obey the law or be willing to suffer the consequences. what we cannot do and what the government cannot permit is open defiance of settled law. what is your response? >> well, he would have hated a abraham lincoln, because abraham lincoln avoid. to say we have to surrender to injury dishl supremacy. we had so many different presidents including jefferson, jackson, lincoln, there were other founders like hamilton, adams who made it very clear that the courts can't make a law, the constitution is expressly clear that that's a power for congress. it's encome bent upon congress to code my that into law. >> how is this different from 1967 the supreme court ruling that struck down bans on interracial marriage? if a clerk at tha

here's alex perez. >> reporter: kim davis, spending her first day out of jail. reading her hundreds and hundreds of fan letters. saying she's happy god's people are standing strong. she was released tuesday, spending days behind bars. walking out to "eye of the tiger." >> thank you all so much. >> reporter: tonight, word the rock group survivor is suing mike huckabee. tonight, the deputy clerk handling marriage licenses saying he would continue to issue them even if davis ordered him to stop. davis is expected back to work on monday. >>> we turn overseas to our reporting from the front lines of the exodus in europe. and new images of the high stakes of this journey. a tent city in hungary. and migrants pushing past police. the camerawoman, kicking a young girl. and alex marquardt with the outrage over that camerawoman, and what she does next in the video. >> reporter: today, hundreds of refugees, pouring over this fence. a woman, slipping her child underneath. the growing flood of people determined to get through this gateway to europe. but hungary is cracking d

for "good morning america," alex perez, abc news, morehead, kentucky. >> alex, thank you. >>> we turn now to that breaking news on the migrant crisis. here are the new pictures out of austria as thousands of exhausted people cross the border on buses. this happened just hours ago after days of being stuck in hungary. these are desperate families fleeing war and looking for a new life, and abc's alex marquardt is at the austria/hungary border. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this is a very happy morning for thousands of refugees like those you can see right here mind behind me who have now crossed into austria after being blocked by hungary from leaving but austria has now welcomed them with open airports. they will soon be boarding these buses for the next chapter on their very long journeys. this morning thousands of wet and weary refugees poured across the border into austria, exhausted but smiling, waving and cheering after being blocked for days by hungary from leaving on trains, the refugees, mostly syrians fleeing the war, decided to make the 150-mile

alex perez, abc news, kentucky.. >> following the death of an inmate, officers will undergo a different kind of training. >>> abc7 news was in san jose yesterday as protesters demanded more for inmates. >> a warning for bay area drivers this labor day weekend. the chp is now in their maximum enforcement period and they will be through monday night. they will help drivers in need and also look for impaired drivers. 2015 has proved to be one of the deadliest on the road in recent years. there have been 120 deadly collisions since this time last year. that's 20% increase. >> there's definitely an increase in traffic volume. more motorists on the road, more cars on the roadway and more people driving impaired. >> more people driving distracted. all lumped together and have contributed to this up tick of fatalities in the area. >> the chp says slow down, wear seatbelts and be courteous to fellow drivers. >>> state health officials are warning people about eating imported cucumbers that are linked to salmonella and the in

abc news reporter alex perez has more. [applause] >> the moment they have been waiting for. >> i feel like i'm a person. >> a feeling echoed by the five other same-sex couples who got licenses from the deputy clerk. >> i know it's just a piece of paper, but this is a huge deal. >> a far different scene from what happened on tuesday when county clerk kim davis refuse today issue david moore and david ermol a marriage license. >> under whose authority? >> under god's authority. >> the couple denied three times since the supreme court legalized gay marriage nationwide in june. davis jailed thursday, held in contempt of court, refusing to comply with the law. even arguing the marriage licenses that are issued are not valid. >> they aren't worth the pap they are written on. >> i support kim davis. i think you will see god's people rise up like they never have before. >> davis, one of 17 clerks, who sent letters to the company in july, saying issuing marriage license toss same-sex couples goes against their deeply held religious

alex perez with what the clerk is now saying from behind bars. why she argues those marriage licenses are still not valid. >> reporter: the moment they'd been waiting for. >> i feel like i'm a person. >> reporter: a feeling echoed by the five other same-sex couples who got licenses today. >> i know it's just a piece of paper. >> reporter: a far different scene from what happened here tuesday, when county clerk kim davis refused to issue moore and ermold a marriage license. >> under whose authority are you not issuing licenses? >> reporter: the couple, denied three times since the supreme court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. davis jailed thursday, held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with the law. >> they're not worth the paper they're written on. >> reporter: the controversy dividing this small community. >> i support kim davis. i think you're going to see god's people rise up like they never have before. >> reporter: davis, one of 17 county clerks in kentucky, sending letters to the governor in july. saying issuing marriage

abc's alex perez on what that county clerk is now asking for. >> reporter: county clerk kim davis defiant today, her husband at her side, armed with a handgun tucked in his waist band. waiting for her inside, another gay couple looking for a marriage license. >> your interpretation of the bible does not trump the constitution. >> amen! >> reporter: davis today asking a federal judge to allow her to deny marriage licenses to same sex couples while her case makes its way through the courts. the controversial clerk catapulted to the spotlight in july with this cell phone video. david moore and david ermold arriving for a marriage license. >> if i can mention, i have the letter from the governor's office stating that all the county clerks are to issue marriage licenses. i also have the supreme court ruling. >> reporter: davis turning them away. they tried again in august and again yesterday. same result. >> you heard her say she's working under god's authority. what did you think? >> you are not in the church. i respect religion. i respect people, people's faith, but this is a civil instituti

here's alex perez. >> reporter: tonight, kim davis, spending her first day out of jail at home. saying she's reading the hundreds and hundreds of fan letters she's received. saying she's happy god's people are standing strong. she was released tuesday, after six days behind bars after refusing to issue same-sex couples marriage licenses. walking out to "eye of the tiger." getting a hero's welcome from thousands, include, mike huckabee. >> thank you all so much. >> reporter: tonight, word the rock group survivor is suing mike huckabee for unauthorized use of their song. judges ordered davis not to interfere with her deputy clerks who started to issue licenses to all couples while she was detained. tonight, the deputy clerk handling marriage licenses saying he would continue to issue them even if davis ordered him to stop. davis is expected back to work on monday. david? >> alex, thank you. >>> we turn overseas to our reporting from the front lines of the exodus in europe. migrants fleeing violence in their homelands, trying to get to germany and austria. and new images of the hig