he flew the coop in baton rouge, escaping through a mesh fence and leaving his partner behind.h is ob on for the missing eagle. zoo keepers asking for help on his facebook page have already gotten more than 30 calls today of possible sightings. >>> taking a break from world affairs on this 4th of july one of the president's top aides was spotted at a baseball game. ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air >> right in the middle there, who knew joint chief of staff general martin e. dempsey could sing. dempsey belting out the national anthem at the brewers game today backed up by an army chorus. >>> still ahead, a real golden girl on this 4th of july, a doting grandmother who loves baking cakes and throwing elbows on the court, proving it's never too late to be america strong. it's never too late to be america strong. [ female announcer ] love. it's the most powerful thing on the planet. love holds us in the beginning. comforts us as we grow old. love is the reason you care. for all the things in your life... that make life worth living. ♪ ♪ sweet love of mine ♪ h

. >> surd.e di you the eagle soared out of his home at the baton rouge zoo, escaping through a meshed fence and leaving the stunned partner. the search is on for the missing eagles. put out the word on facebook where they got lead and sightings. i would think a bald eagle would be easy to find sooner or later. >> yeah. >> coming up, if you're getting ready to hit the beach this weekend, a rundown of the best books to bring with you. >> later, proof that athletes can be champions at any age. meet a woman, starting a new career as a basketball player at the age of 76. you are watching "world news now." ♪ i feel good i knew that i would now ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by gerber life insurance. ♪ i've got you ♪ ♪ i've got you ♪ ♪ >> these lazy hazy days of summer great days to catch up on reading. >> what is the beach without a good book? a lot to choose from. abc's abby boudreau helps to narrow it down. >> reporter: a summer reading revolution. from self-help and sci-fi to murder/mysteries. we are on a mission, a beach book ambush to find out some of the hotte

. >>> in baton rouge, louisiana.lled the ensnare men who merely discussed or agreed to have consensual sex with an undercover agent. the unenforceable law is the antisodomy law which was struck down by the u.s. supreme court in lawrence v. texas a decade ago. now the sheriff's office is backtracking saying they will no longer enforce that policy. joining me now, the editor in chief for the national magazine "the advocate," which broke that story first but matthew, i know you guys have been covering this. certainly one to watch because the district attorney couldn't move forward with charges against any of those arrested because no crime had officially occurred. now we have this statement from the sheriff's office apologizing saying that the way these investigations were handled made it appear that we were targeting the gay community. that was not our intent." is that to be believed? because this is the antisodomy laws were struck down over ten years ago so why the need to strike up this type of entrapment or this typ

after announcing that he would run for president long was shot in the louisiana state house in baton rouge on september eighth one thousand nine hundred thirty five his bodyguards riddled the assassin with thirty bullets huey died two days later at the age of forty two. his last words were don't let me die i've got so much to do. this if we gave them or would put in after death their own companies which have been treated as adversaries have become the sophisticated allies of the powers that be with the kingfish out of the way the oil companies power in that we see on a grew on a beta and they drilled wherever they wanted it's been a symbiotic relationship for about one hundred years where you have two massive employers the fisheries and they go and it's really become a part of louisiana's called mississippi's culture that big oil needs to happen because it's what keeps the food on people's plates. in nineteen thirty eight the first offshore oil discovery in the gulf of mexico was the creole field near cameron louisiana they drilled in about twelve feet of water there are more than four tho

the bird got out of the baton rouge zoo by -- burrowing a hole. the zoo keepers were stunned.sking people in the area to report any sitings of the patriotic fugitive. >> i'm in for shepard smith. that does it for "studio b." jamie is here with the fox report, 7:00 p.m. eastern. join the rest of your fourth. >> it's independence day and going to declare our independence from the irs. >> we find the irs lock the door and turn off the lights. >> i mean to obliterate it. it is too powerful to burcratic. >> we need to abolish the irs. it's time for them to go. >> welcome. i'm in for neil cavuto, this is "your world." on this day this, fourth of july, what would our founding fathers think about a government agency so out of control, targeting conserv

>>reporter: this week we caught up with them in baton rouge. doing drills. dribbling. and shooting.senior games in cleveland, ohio later this month. >> i think may putting young ones to shame. >> i think soil. rick is here with a look at sports. >> coming up in sports. of a sell brit the fourth with a bang bang play at the plate sleep train's 4th of july sale doesn't just end sunday, it's going out with a bang! through sunday, save on sleep train's most popular mattress sets. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and serta icomfort. big savings and interest-free financing? these deals aren't just hot... they're exosive! sleep train's 4th of july sale ends sunday. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> coming up tonight on 7 news at 11:00. bart negotiations continue tonight in oakland and it looks like they are ready to possibly go late after we caught this pizza delivery. live report from the talks. >> flooding tonight in the east bay. what triggered this river of water. join us tonight at 11:00. >> of we have sports and some baseball. >> what is mo

on the hate side we go to baton rouge, louisiana, where a sheriff set up a sting operation to catch thosenasty gays and book them on old already decla declared unconstitutional sodomy laws. he asked guys if they want to go back to his place for sex. when the guy said yeah, i'll go back to your place, when they get there, they're arrested. can we cut off the state of louisiana. no more stimulus sex to bobby jindal. >> i think he already cut it off. >> john: that's true, that's true. >> bobby jindal is doing that himself. yay. >> john: does it surprise you that louisiana that these guys can misuse taxpayer funds by doing something that is illegal? you can't arrest guys. >> and constitutional. >> john: there is nothing conservative about this. >> i think when you say come to my house for sex and you get there they're arrested, that is a problem on the constitutional level. >> this is louisiana. they still run on the napoleonic law. >> john: what will it take, everybody have a gay cousin? >> that's right, when they start roughing up the gays, look at me. i'm a freak. >> it's one of the poores

he was doing a movie in baton rouge. and he said, come and meet him.so i don't go. and now cut to six months later. and now we're at the vanity fair party after the oscars, and i'm standing with quentin and christoph waltz. and quentin goes look who's here. and i turn around and it's don johnson with his wife. and i immediately start crying. >> jimmy: that -- >> no, but like really, i had a few too many, let's be honest. >> jimmy: right. >> but it was so embarrassing, i was like oh, my god, you're don johnson, i have your -- i love you for your song and i have it on my phone and here it is on my phone and can i play it for you. and he's so embarrassed and his wife is so embarrassed for me. my boyfriend is like diane, you really -- you need to stop talking. "no, but i love you." >> jimmy: this is a photograph from that moment. and you really are -- [ cheers and applause ] it looks almost like a dui mug shot. wow. >> it's so embarrassing. and he actually had to say i'm walking away now. >> jimmy: your boyfriend is josh jackson, very nice guy. he's -- wel

. >> one of the things we do in baton rouge, we have a mentor protege program.ese kids are not -- we put ownership mentality versus consumer mentality. when we -- >> as long as they say they don't want to be a radio talk show host. i don't need any more competition. >> well, we find that ownership mentality versus the consumer mentality and show the kids in the community the only way they get out of poverty is on their own. >> that's a good point. then they will own their own house and business and car. yes, in the corner. >> i'm charles butler. >> hi, charles. >> hi. i listened to everyone talk here and really appreciate your point of views. i've been a republican since '72 out of the university of michigan. but the issue here is that we have not focused on is illegal immigration and immigration reform. we have people who are talking about legalizing 12 million people and bringing in another 33 million guest workers who are going to impact people who are at the lower society owe economic entry level jobs of this country. >> they just said that this week in that

after announcing that he would run for president long was shot in the louisiana state house in baton rouge on september eighth one thousand nine hundred thirty five his bodyguards riddled the assassin with thirty bullets huey died two days later at the age of forty two. his last words were don't let me die i've got so much to do. this if we gave them or would put after you almost dead their old companies which have been treated as adversaries have become the sophisticated allies of the powers that be with the kingfish out of the way the oil companies power in the e.c.n. a grew on a beta and they drilled wherever they wanted it's been a symbiotic relationship for about one hundred years where you have two massive employers the fisheries and big oil and it's really become a part of louisiana's called mississippi's culture that big oil needs to happen because it's what keeps the food on people's place. in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight the first offshore oil discovery in the gulf of mexico was the creole field near cameron louisiana they drilled in about twelve feet of water there are

. >> this week we caught up with them in baton rouge doing drills, dribbling, and shooting in preparationor the senior games in cleveland, ohio, later this month. >> that was lindsey janus reporting. nearly 100,000 athletes from all 50 states will compete in 19 sports during the nationalsennor games which begin july 19th. >> coming up next on the saturday morning news, is there a blip in the housing market? why it's taking longer for bay area homes to sell. >>> and here's a live look now from the golden gate bridge. we've got some fog and low clouds out there this morning. lisa argen will let us know if that will keep temperatures cooler today. abc7 news this morning will be ri >> here is a live look now from our abc7 news roof cam. we have some fog and low clouds out there this morning, especially here in the city of san francisco. that leads to cooler, mild temperatures today. the super-heated housing market may be showing signs of a cool down. multiple bids aren't coming in as fast as a few weeks ago, nor or overbids. business and technology reporter david louie tells us about a sunnyv

." >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest prison in the state, the elayn hunt correctional center. although the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979, the look is anything but modern. armed officers on horseback, work crews farming the land, and no air conditioning. in the next hour, you will meet some of the men doing time, including a former nfl player and two aspiring boxers who win the opportunity to compete against a rival prison. >> a mile and a half from the banks of the mississippi river, what appears to be a toll booth is the entrance to the elayn hunt correctional center. this all-male facility houses more than 2,100 inmates. >> every monday and tuesday the reception process will start at about 5:30 in the morning. the inmates will come from the various parish prisons and other d.o.c. facilities and they will all pool here. >> the men arriving today have been convicted of a wide range of crimes, everything from marijuana possession to murder. >> i'm here for one count of rape, three kidnappings, and aggravated burglar

he and his wife were visiting new york or on the way to visit it, they were coming in from t baton rougethe impact knocked his camcorder out of his happened. passengers said they had gotten no warning that anything was out of the warning at all. no brace yourself or anything. they said that after their jet slammed on to the runway, smoke filled the cabin and anything they had not secured just went flying all over the place. cell phones, books, whatever. aviation officials say at least six passengers and the sikx cre members went to hospitals suffering minor injuries. brian and calista foster are with us now. we should get out of the way first, you were breaking the rules. you had your camera on during landing which we know is a felony. i'm kidding. it is illegal, but i'm glad you did it. because we have an idea now of what was going on. y'all got no warnings. >> no. >> and you're thinking you're just coming to new york, so you video as you land. and then what did you think when the thunk happened? >> i videoed all of the taking offs and landing that we had done because we had caught a co

. >> in the state capital in baton rouge. >> what was the issue? >> it basically is a disgruntled constituent who -- there was financial dealings. i don't recall the specifics of it. but he had a lot of enemies, a whole lot of enemies. assassination was on his mind as well as the minds of the staff who tried to protect him. >> what did the fellow senators think of him? >> not much. there were probably a few that -- that southern senators engaged in some of the same kinds of oratory. but one senator who despited him beyond definition was joseph t. robinson from the neighboring state of arkansas. joe robinson was the majority leader. he's responsible to make the trains run on time. and huey long was the guy standing out there making sure the trains did not run on time until he finished his extended speeches, recipes for pot liquor, oysters, very amusing. but people said, the senate is going to blazes. the senate is not getting anything done. what's going to happen to the senate? this is the new deal. this is trying to clean up after the great depress

but i had grown up in privilege as a young, white girl in baton rouge, louisiana and i only knew african american people as our servants. i moved into the st. thomas housing projects and african-american people became my teachers of the other american how things work. if you were poor and if you were black, how the police treated you, how everybody had somebody in prison. what happened in the public schools where you could get to be a junior and you can't read a third grade reader. i realize the privilege i had grown up in. it is not that i was more virtuous. so then i began to learn about justice and that's what led me to death row. i got an invitation one day hey, you want to write a letter to somebody on death row. if he's on death row in louisiana, he's poor. i'm here to serve the poor. i didn't know boo scat about the death penalty. that's what dead man walking is, my journey getting into this as tim robbins loves to say the nun got in over her head. she didn't know what she was doing. it's true. i didn't. that's the way i wrote the book. i wrote it in present tense so when the read

workers at the baton rouge zoo say one of their bald eagles broke out of its enclosure yesterday duringough some of the mesh covering there eagles kept in captivity are usually incapable of flying. this one quite case numberrably took off. >> this one surprised us it can fly quite well. if it can make it on its own, we don't know that yet. if we can't find it, hopefully it can hopefully qui find her and bring it back to us. >> the bird was on loan from the fish and wildlife service. zoo keepers asking you if you see it just leave it alone. let them know. of course, no fourth of july would be complete without nathan's hot dog eating contest. oh, those fries are so good too. well, it was a record-setting day at new york's coney island. how much did they eat? wait until we tell you how many franks that champ had to eat today, mustard, yellow belt. that's what they win. next. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve

on the cover of "rolling stone," michelle is calling from baton rouge., michelle, how are you doing? >> caller: yes. i wanted to make a comment. i could care less about a picture but i hope when the boston bomber goes to trial the system quits picking people from off the streets who have no law background, no nothing about the law. you put these people on trial and people -- to me, whether you kill somebody or stole a candy bar out of walmart if you know nothing about the law never been to school for law that's the case, take some of the students that's in college that study prelaw. that's why casey anthony got off. that's why zimmerman got off. that's why a lot more people will get off. even with juror b36 putting her husband on the jury selection. he was a lawyer. but i'm getting sick and tired. the system failed that child. trayvon. right down here in baton rouge. >> bill: michelle, i appreciate hearing from you. i have to tell you absolutely. we're tired of -- i don't worry too much, i must say about dzhokhar tsarnaev getting off but it could happen.

infantry regiment, and i'd like to give a shout out to my friends back at home in baton rouge, louisianace day. ♪ ♪ let's play: [ all ] who's new in the fridge! i help support bones... [ ding! ] ...the immune system... [ ding! ] ...heart health... [ ding! ] ...and muscles. [ ding! ] that can only be ensure complete! [ female announcer ] the four-in-one nutrition of ensure complete. a simple choice to help u eat right. [ major nutrition ] nutrition in charge. arthel: independence day, a time to remember the sacrifices made for our freedom, those who have served and be those still fighting today. our troops in afghanistan celebrating the day by holding a naturalization ceremony. here's a little bit of that. >> for some of you and your families, that struggle has been very difficult. but regardless of how you have arrived at this point, on behalf of your fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines and on behalf of your fellow citizens, congratulations. i am very proud to serve with you. god bless all of you, and god bless the united states of america. arthel: colonel oliver north is stream

. >> he is the chief law officer of east baton rouge, and he doesn't know the law?ted or told -- pick up the newspaper you redneck moron! >> see, now there you go, judging southern religious people. >> stephanie: from the sheriff's office. at first a spokesman said it didn't matter that they were ruled unconstitutional a decade ago, they were still arresting men for it. not the girls, though. >> of course not. >> stephanie: we're not talking about the girls. we'll need to put that under surveillance for a little while longer. >> we're going to need a lot more evidence to decide -- >> stephanie: that's not dirty enough yet. >> oh, you are getting there. you are getting there. oh, yeah. >> stephanie: oh, yeah. [ banjo music ] >> woo doggy! >> stephanie: on sunday the sheriff's office issued a lengthy news statement claiming the officers had not set out to target or embarrass any part of our law-abiding community. they started with the belief that children were in danger. will somebody please think about the children? in the park where police met the men and that deput

cnn's newest correspondent, rosa flores, is here with more from bat t baton rouge. good to have you here. >> big story. lots of conversation. good morning to you at home. what's really interesting about this is that we've been covering a lot of weiner's events since all of these raunchy revelations have come out. new these ones. aphe's received applause and support at every single appearance which makes you wond wonder, is that what's keeping him in the race? >> as a candidate, you should have moral values and right now, i think that his moral values are shot. >> reporter: harsh words and even a harsher reality for embattled mayoral candidate anthony weern. his poll numbers plummeting from first to fourth in a new quinnipiac university poll. the survey conducted after a new round of lewd internet chats were revealed. take a look. the former congress map support dropping 10 percentage points in just five days. from 26% to 16%. >> this i'll leave this to the people of the city of new york to decide. period of conversation. >> reporter: his vow to stay in the race ange

. >> and dale says it's baton rouge, louisiana, that's the worst.s? >> boston. we got a vote for boston. >> good one. >> pittsburgh? yeah, pittsburgh back there too. >> you would think new york is terrible. but none of us see the cabbies crash, they just honk their horns a lot. 34 minutes after the hour. we have fox news headlines for you. the driver of a boat that slammed into a construction barge on the hudson river friday is under arrest charged with vehicular manslaughter. police believe he may have been drunk when they crashed sending a bride to be and the best man in that wedding party overboard. authorities pulled a woman's body from the river yesterday that does match a description of that bride. the best man is also presumed to be dead. the couple was set to marry in just two weeks. >>> well, it became the iconic photo following the september 11th terror attack. why was it almost excluded from the ground zero memorial museum? a new book out next month claims the museum's creative director and other staffers felt the image was, quote, too am

host: leroy, baton rouge, louisiana, democrat line. caller: the stand your ground law does not make any sense. i'm living in a neighborhood, but if i've -- it is not the greatest neighborhood, but if iran out of my house every time somebody was walking down the street, there would be a lot of killing going on in the nation. host: keep going, please. guest: i forget the man with the red tie's name, but he keeps talking about obama. it is president obama. it is disrespectful. host: bo. caller: i would like to say the same thing. i do not know how i stand your ground law applies on a public street. you had marissa alexander fire shots into the air and she is facing 20 years. from a republican standpoint, she was in her home. the other aspect is how does the public street apply to stand your ground. host: why don't we consider the first part about the public street. guest: sure. the issue is do you have to retreat as far as possible customer somebody -- possible question mark somebody comes up to you -- possible? somebody comes up to you,

rouge,eroy, baton louisiana, democrat line.aller: the stand your ground law does not make any sense. neighborhood,a but if i've -- it is not the greatest neighborhood, but if iran out of my house every time somebody was walking down the street, there would be a lot of killing going on in the nation. host: keep going, please. man with theet the red tie's name, but he keeps talking about obama. it is president obama. it is disrespectful. bo.: caller: i would like to say the same thing. i do not know how i stand your ground law applies on a public street. marissa alexander fire shots into the air and she is facing 20 years. from a republican standpoint, she was in her home. the other aspect is how does the public street apply to stand your ground. host: why don't we consider the first part about the public street. guest: sure. the issue is do you have to retreat as far as possible customer somebody -- possible question mark somebody comes up to you -- possible? somebody comes up to you, and can a reasonable person defend themselve