hi there, my name is gio benitez with abc news. officials wouldn't say where she is, but she was able to make that call to her aunt, who told propublica that alison was crying and begging me to go get her. she says, "i promise i'll beh e behave, but please get me out of here. i'm all alone." this as we learned of those so called tender age shelters, where some of the youngest children are kept, including babies. a visiting doctor saying she found traumatized children, one crying inconsolably. and this woman sends in deacons to pray with the girls in that shelter. >> every single child gets up and begins to pray to god in a loud voice, please, god, send me back to my parents. i want to see my mommy, i want to see my daddy. >> reporter: but many across the country supported the president's zero tolerance policy. >> did those images of children bother you? >> no. because they're well cared for. we're paying $700 a day per child. if a person goes to prison or jail, they're separated from their children. >> and gio benitez joins us from

tenemos su historia. >> todo ha cambiado, ya se mira diferente. >> ramiro benÍtez volviÓ despuÉs de 20e la sierra de guerrero no encuentra trabajo. viven bajo el nivel de pobreza y el calor que rebasa los 100, estos factores convirtieron a este municio en el corazÓn para la siembra de amapola en guerrero. >> me piden identifacn, me piden todo, escuela, y yo me fui de joven y no tuveestudios. >> de s primeras cosas que ramiro hizo al llegar fue visitar la tumba de su madre que muriÓ en su ausencia.. >> le pido perdÓn, porque no hice las cosas como debÍ.. >> a par que el grn mexicano ha implementado algunos programas de ayuda a deportados la queja de ramiro benÍtez es la misma, y asegura que esa ayuda es casi inexistente. >> los migrantes tampoco han sido el tema en la agenda de quienes aspiran a la presidencia de mÉxico, al menos no hubo una propuesta concreta en el Último debate. >> la verdad es que no se ha hecho nada. >> tenemos que trabajar en la defensa del migrante fuera. >> ¿dÓnde estÁ el gobierno mexicano?. >> no se atiende a los migrante. ramiro guarda la posibilidad de abandon

you know, it's a big world. >> and gio benitez back with us live tonight from therd boor. and gio, we've learned this evening that hhs has now requested that the defense department use military bases to house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, david. officials toured four military bases in case they need them. now, the obama administration actually did something very similar back in 2014, to house 7,000 unaccompanied children. david? >> gio benitez, thank you. >>> we're going to move on tonight to the other news this thursday evening. the e severe storm watch and the deadly flash flood threat, really from texas all the way up to the northeast. a new round of heavy rain along the gulf coast of texas. families forced to evacuate. the pittsburgh area reeling from floods that washed away cars and took the life of one woman there. and we've learned tonight that a young man sucked into a storm drain has survived. abc's marcus moore in the storm zone. >> reporter: tonight, powerful storms on the move, already inundafting part inin i inun

>> gio benitez leading us off. gio, thank you. >>> and as i mentioned a moment ago, the president arriving on capitol hill late today, defiant all day, doubling down on his administration's own zero tolerance policy. but blaming the democrats. the president hugging the american flag after an address to business leaders today. will he agree to what republican senators are now proposing late today? abc's cecilia vega at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president trump arriving on capitol hill to meet with republican lawmakers about the immigration crisis. calling america's immigration system "probably the worst in the world." >> the system has been broken for many years, the immigration system. it's been a really bad, bad system, probably the worst anywhere in the world. and we're going to try to see if we can fix it. >> reporter: with his white house engulfed in controversy, the president now mounting a forceful defense of his policy to separate migrant children from their parents. >> i don't want chil

>> gio benitez with us on this, as well. thanks, gio. >>> we're going to move on tonight to the other news this thursday evening. the severe storm watch as we're on the air across several states at this hour. and the deadly flash flood threat, really from texas all the way up to the northeast. a new round of heavy rain along the gulf coast of texas. families forced to evacuate a motel in mission, texas. the pittsburgh area reeling from floods that washed away cars and took the life of one woman there. and we've learned tonight that a young man sucked into a storm drain has survived. abc's marcus moore in the storm zone. >> reporter: tonight, powerful storms on the move, already inundating parts of western pennsylvania. flash flooding prompting evacuations and dozens of high water rescues. >> there goes a car. >> reporter: near pittsburgh, vehicles floating up to half a mile downstream. nearly three inches of rain falling in just two hours. water sweeping one woman away. she died. 18-year-old ben smith lucky to be alive. >> i

here's abc's geo benitez. >> victims coming out, victims coming out. >> police are confirming two downt this point, two down. >> reporter: the number of casualties quickly rising. >> four down. >> reporter: we now know the number to be five killed, all of them journalists, at least two more injured. >> heard a loud noise, incredibly loud bang. saw a guy holding a gun. the door of the "capital gazette" had been blown to pieces. >> several shots have been fired. possible shotgun, at least ten shots heard. >> reporter: tragedy hitting home for this local newspaper in annapolis, maryland, the "capital gazette." early this afternoon finding themselves at the center of a national story. an active shooter situation unfolding inside the newsroom. >> he entered the building with a shotgun. and he looked for his victims as he walked through the lower level. >> all units limit your transmissions. do we have any kind of intel on our shooter? >> white male with a ponytail. >> reporter: in about 60 seconds, authorities responding, running inside, engaging the suspected shooter. minutes later the sus

here's another look at how drones are already saving lives with abc's geo benitez. >> reporter: in theath of a natural disaster, drones are increasingly going beyond just looking down on the devastation. drones are also saving lives. from flying a safety line for the swift water rescue of two stranded boys in maine, to south carolina where a drone's thermal imaging found stranded kayakers in the dark. in the lone star state the public safety uas response team was one of the first groups to dispatch drones in emergency situations. >> you get five or six of these things in the air, there's pretty much nothing that we can't cover with these things from the air. >> reporter: abc attended one of the response team's training exercises. simulating an active shooter scenario. volunteers playing frightened schoolkids and teachers, mannequins on the ground representing the wounded. and the mansfield police department in north texas, their weapons, paint balls. pretend b in a matter of moments. >> got him. >> reporter: let's watch again. this time with our cameras fixed on that aircraft. the firs

here's abc's geo benitez. >> today i signed an executive order. we're going toeep families together. but the border is going to be just as tough as it's been. >> reporter: after days of protests -- images that sparked outrage and mounting pressure, today president trump reacting signing an executive order to place an end to the separation of migrant families at the border. >> we are keeping a very powerful border and it continues to be a zero tolerance. we have zero tolerance for people that enter our country illegally. >> reporter: but for the thousands of migrant children that have been separated from their families, there's no telling how many more nights they will have to spend alone. how difficult is it to reunify them? >> when the family arrives, you have one immigration case. when you separate them, you then create two separate immigrations. so now the child or children have one case, the parent has another. the parent can get deported and their children left behind. >> reporter: it happened to 10-year-old samuel. he spent the last eight mo

here's abc's geo benitez. >> i'd also like to ask you how i can help, to these children to reunite with their families as quickly as possible. >> reporter: on a surprise trip to mcallen, texas, first lady melania trump visited the front lines in her husband's battle over illegal immigration. talking to workers at the new hope children's migrant shelter, meeting some of the children who have been torn from their families. the first lady spent a little over an hour peppering workers with questions. >> those children, how many times they speak with their relatives or families per week, for example? >> well, the children are allowed to communicate with their family twice a week. they get to have a phone call. >> reporter: the shelter is home to 55 children. 27 boys and 28 girls ages 12 to 17. most came from guatemala and were unaccompanied minors. only six of them separated from family. >> this is a classic role for a first lady. i think melania trump knows how to play that role very effectively. go down there, ask some questions, interact with people, speak to the cameras, to focus the att

gio benitez leading us off from maryland tonight. >> come on guys. we gotta go! >> reporter: tonight a new look at first responders racing to get survivors out of the "capital gazette" building. where five people were killed in cold blood. inside the elevator chaos and confusion. >> several shots fired. possible shotgun. at least ten shots heard. >> reporter: marjorie rock a nurse who had dentist apartment upstairs shooting this cell phone video showing police leading jarod ramos away in handcuffs. >> there were several large officers heavily armed screaming at us. get your hands up. get your hands up. >> reporter: ramos appearing in court where a judge ordered he held without bond. he tells the judge i will not cooperate. prosecutors say ramos planned his attack and hunted his victims. barricading the back door to the newsroom so they couldn't escape. >> there was one victim that attempted to escape through the back door and was shot. >> reporter: an intern at the "capital gazette" watching in horror from inside the news room feet away from the gunman. >> i call

hi there, my name is gio benitez with abc news.she is, but she was able to make that call to her aunt who told pro publica that alison was crying and begging me to go get her. she said she promised she'd behave, but please get me out of here. this is where some of the youngest children are kept, including babies. a visiting doctor said she found traumatized children, one crying inconsolably. and this woman sends in deacons to pray with the children. >> every child gets up and begins to pray to god in a loud voice, please, god, send me back to my parents. >> reporter: but many across the country supported the president's zero tolerance policy. >> did those images of children bother you? >> no. because they're well cared for. we're paying $700 a day per child. if a person goes to prison or jail, they're separated from their children. >> reporter: and now that that executive order has been signed, the big question, when will these families be reunited? we just don't know. this is usually a very difficult process and now we're talking

abc's gio benitez is in el paso, texas. gio, you're learning where the babies are now being taken and you also have more this morning on the 6-year-old heard on that heartbreaking audio recording asking if she could at least talk to her aunt after she was reportedly separated from her mother. what have you learned, gio? >> reporter: that's right, david. that little girl was able to memorize her aunt's telephone number. she couldn't understand why she was alone in one of those shelters. that's mexico right there. this is that border. advocates said it's desperation that brought them here. this morning, behind the barbed-wire fences a first aerial look at a tent city just outside of el paso in tornillo, texas. where children play soccer on a dusty field and walk in single file. some here among the more than 2300 recently separated from their parents. [ children crying ] >> reporter: and this morning, those haunting cries, reportedly from young children taken from their fathers and mothers just hours earlier, sparking even mor

. >> reporter: my colleague geo benitez was there. >> as a mother what do you tell your kids when theyee these pictures on television? >> that we're very lucky and we have to stand up for people that don't have voices. >> free our children now! >> reporter: faith leaders responded in washington. >> this practice ends today, right now, without hesitation, without another statement, it ends right now! >> reporter: that moral responsibility shared by some in washington. >> what country is that? this is the united states of america! >> reporter: representative elijah cummings visibly emotional. >> we need you to remind him that this is the united states of america. it is a great country. we need you to stand up and for those children. >> reporter: senator bob menendez playing sounds of those crying children on the senate floor. [ crying ] >> how do you submit the cries of innocent children to the congressional record? >> reporter: members from the president's own party saying a more prominent fix is needed. >> a lot of us have said publicly we'd like to see this fixed. that i don't think t

. >> that was geo benitez reporting. >> le comet successfully swam the atlantic for cancer research. i can barely make it across the pool. >> with a little. >> doingy paddle. >> world news tonight with david muir is next. >> i'm kristen and he. >>> tonight, the president punts, holding his own event. after disinviting the champion philadelphia eagles, instead many in the crowd today for the president, white house staffers. calling it a celebration of america, after he learned only a handful of eagles players were going to come. and tonight, the controversy of this image. the player praying before a game, speaking out now after this image was used to make it look like the eagles were kneeling during the anthem. >>> the urgent alert at this hour from authorities. volcanic debris is coming down yet again. and new images tonight, families trying to outrun giant plumes of ash. some buried alive. >>> the heartbreaking headline here in new york city tonight. a name known to so many, designer kate spade, famous for her handbags and women's accessories, found dead inside her apartment. the le

here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, one of the 26 students charged in the hazing death of 19-year-old tim piazza, taking responsibility and pleading guilty to nine charges, including four counts of hazing. 21-year-old ryan burke and his attorney speaking with the "centre daily times." >> this is a tragedy and he is anxious to make amends. he decided to step forward, acknowledge and accept the responsibility. >> reporter: that evidence, surveillance video showing burke giving piazza a handle of vodka during a hazing ritual at penn state's beta theta pi fraternity house, where a drunken piazza fell down a flight of stairs. the students waiting 12 hours to call 911. >> we have a friend who is unconscious. he hasn't moved and we probably need an ambulance. >> we didn't ask for a plea agreement. none was offered. we didn't think that was appropriate. we came to court. we acknowledged responsibility. and he's prepared to be sentenced. >> reporter: piazza's parents have spent months going to court, sitting in silence and tears, listening to graphic testimony. now they plan to speak in court

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, orlando police warning residents to stay away as they try to negotiate a surrender with a barricaded suspect. the standoff began just before midnight when officers responded to a domestic dispute, a woman accusing her boyfriend of hitting her. >> i heard shots, gunshots -- bop, bop, bop, bop. >> patient will be the officer. >> at some point there was an exchange of gunfire where one officer was shot. it is a very serious, significant injury. >> reporter: police say the suspect, 35-year-old gary lindsey, jr., seen here in a previous booking photo, then barricaded himself inside this home with four children inside ranging in age from 11 to a 1-year-old. police believe two of the children are his, the other two are his girlfriend's. >> it's a bunch of kids and it's really worrying, something that i really didn't imagine could happen here. >> reporter: david, the suspect has a lengthy criminal history. he's a convicted felon and had been arrested for domestic violence and arson. david? >> gio, thank you. when we come back the cabin explosion

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, the 911 call for help near this florida lake. >> 911,what is your emergency? >> i think, um, an alligator got this lady. >> reporter: 47-year-old shizuka matsuki, walking her three dogs late last week at a popular florida park, when a 911 caller described the unthinkable. >> you think an alligator got the lady? >> yeah. her two dogs came running back out to the parking lot, and i walked all the way back of the park, and one dog is still hanging out in the water, and i seen a huge alligator. >> reporter: matsuki's body was later pulled from the lake. authorities capturing and killing the 12-foot alligator, later finding a human arm inside its body. david, wildlife experts telling us alligators are most active dusk to dawn. that park in davie, florida, has been closed since the attack. david? >> gio, thank you. >>> when we come back, the new alert about jelly fish on the east coast and what you should do. at least 1,200 swimmers affected already. >>> the deputy attacked responding to a call. the officer opening fire. we'll be right back. e

here is gio benitez. >> reporter: the 911 call for help near this florida lake. >> 911, what is yournk an alligator got this lady. >> reporter: she was walking her dogs late last week at a popular florida park when a 911 caller described the unthinkable. >> you think the alligator got the lady? >> yeah. her two dogs came running back out to the parking lot. one dog was still in the water and i seen a huge alligator. >> reporter: her body was later pulled from the lake. authorities capturing and killing the 12-foot alligator later finding a human arm inside its body. alligators are most active between dusk and dawn. and that park in davie, florida has been closed since the attack. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> i've lived in florida, you have to be very careful around those lakes. you have to assume there could be one of those gators. >> fatal gator attacks are very rare. we'll keep you updated on it. >>> coming up in the next half hour why the russian president putin was doing his best not to gloat. >>> but first, are you tough enough? survival school's in session and we'll than

gio benitez has more. >> reporter: one of the 26 students charged in the hazing death of 19-year-oldesponsibility and pleading guilty to nine charges, including four counts of hazing. >> he is anxious to make amends. >> he decided to step forward at his earliest opportunity. >> reporter: that evidence, showing him giving piazza alcohol. the drunken piazza fell down a flight of stairs. and the students waited 12 hours to call 911. >> we have a friend here who's unconscious. >> we didn't ask for a plea agreement. none was offered. we didn't think that was appropriate. we came to court, acknowledged responsibility, and he's preparing to be sentenced. >> piazza's parents have spent months going to court, and now are waiting for the sentencing. the piazza family attorney says they're pleased to see one individual take responsibility and they want the others to do the same. burke will be sentenced at the end of july. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> we are getting our first look this morning at police body cam video showing a oklahoma sheriff's deputy helping save a boy's life. >> a wo

gio benitez has more. >> reporter: more than 2300 children sit in limbo, waiting to be reunited withchildren seen in art class. in virginia, a math lesson and a game of soccer, and for the first time, we see a baby being rocked by a caretaker at a so-called tender-age shelter. those images released after a report said babies and toddlers in those shelters were crying and in crisis. but still no answers for others like this woman detained in seattle. her 5-year-old son in a san antonio shelter. [ speaking in foreign language ] telling us from jail, she imagines how desperate her son is all alone, and she is fighting to reunite with him. protests from pennsylvania, to the capital, to the tent city in texas where mayors demanded families be reunited immediately. ruben garcia helps families on the border and says there's no one agency that keeps track of separated families. >> in a normal situation, that gets very messy. and now we're talking about more than 2300 kids. >> correct, correct. and the parents of 2300 kids locked up in different places. >> reporter: but for others like escoba

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. >> gio benitez is in annapolis. >> police are confirming two down at this point. two down.ournalists. at least two more injured. >> he entered the building with a shotgun. and he looked for his victims as he walked through the lower level. >> all units limit your transmissions. do we have any kind of intel on our shooter? >> while male with a ponytail. >> reporter: in about 60 seconds, authorities responding, running inside and engaging the suspected shooter. minutes later, the suspect who police say used a shotgun to carry out his assault was surrounded and taken into custody. >> the shooter is in custody and being interrogated at this time. >> reporter: the suspect is identified as 38 year old jarrod ramos, who may have had a long-running feud with the paper, having sued the paper in 2012 after it reported he pled guilty to criminal harassment. the paper reporting on what was already public record. heavily armed police trying to get people out safely. people evacuated, hands in the air to a reunification center at a mall. on twitter, phil davis wrote, gunman shot through

played for around madrid between two thousand and one and two thousand and six before replacing rafa benitez's manager in two thousand and sixteen he won one hundred four of the one hundred forty nine games in charge of madrid twenty nine were drawn and that would just sixteen defeat he won nine trophies than all including the champions league titles his departure make them just the second coach off to get behind kids in two thousand and thirteen to leave a club straight after winning it that and also help to fail when one league title to spanish supercuts and two fifa club while cups are sports correspondent lee welling talks about the reaction to the dons departure. within this short response to this absolutely has to be a surprise because he's a young manager relatively forty five years old and has just won the biggest competition in european football actually world cup football three times in succession what a success he's my that job so to suddenly broke away from not will certainly have people questioning it wondering why he's doing it but the more you hear from the down about this the m

gio benitez is at the border outside el paso, texas.e's got the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is a port of entry here in tornillo, texas. beyond this entrance, there's a tent city, that's where families are being processed and some are separated. this morning, new video from inside the country's largest immigration processing facility in mcallen, texas. 1100 men, women and young children crammed into what looked to be cages. small bodies wrapped in plastic sleeping bags sleeping side by side. overnight on her fox news show, laura ingraham facing criticism for comparing these conditions to camp. >> since more immigrants are rushing to the border more kids are being separated from their parents and temporarily housed in what essentially are summer camps. >> reporter: her remarks come as child advocates release heartbreaking new audio. >> daddy! >> reporter: purportedly recorded at an unspecified facility camp. you can hear what appears to be children sobbing for their parents. then a voice that propublica says belongs to

abc's gio benitez is there on the scene with the very latest.morning to you, gio. >> reporter: oh, michael. good morning. it's just incredible, isn't it? apparently this ground was so saturated here that this tree just fell right over. and we actually have a wide shot so you can see how massive this tree actually is. you can see right through the house. it split it down the middle. that is actually the owner's bedroom right there. he left right before this thing bantatinso tv. sousincredible, thankful, that they were not hurt. they were out of the house and out of harm's way at least but, boy, this was just one of the many issues we saw across this country. overnight, a terrifying flight and urgent emergency landing after hard-hitting hail smashed the nose of this american airlines plane in el paso, texas -- >> we have virtually no forward visibility. >> reporter: -- and cracked the cockpit's windshield. >> it started hailing and you could just hear it on the plane. and the plane just dropped. it was so scary like people started screaming. >> re

abc's gio benitez is in el paso this morning. what are you learning?reporter: we just don't know how long that process will take and some experts really worry this morning that some of those children may never be reunited with their parents. we've seen their faces, children side by side behind metal fencing, sleeping under foil blankets, and heard their voices in this recording first obtained by propublica. >> mommy! >> daddy, daddy! >> reporter: now this morning, the big question, what is next for the more than 2,000 children recently separated from their parents at our nation's borders? ruben garcia on the front lines. he runs a shelter helping migrant families. in a normal situation, that gets very messy. now we're talking about more than 2300 kids. >> correct, correct. >> and? >> and the parents of 2,300 kids that are locked up in different places. >> reporter: and we now know those in federal care include the very young. the associated press reporting that babies and small children are being housed in tender age shelters like this one in brownsvil

abc's gio benitez is at jfk with more.h, those passengers were i'm sure terrified. >> reporter: oh, absolutely, cecilia, good morning. some of those passengers were tweeting from the plane calling it their worst nightmare and in just a moment, you are going to see them with their hands in the air, all because of a radio issue. overnight, the fbi swarming the tarmac at jfk after a hijacking scare. >> i counted 20 emergency vehicles, red lights, blue lights. it was really scary. >> reporter: after a radio issue on jetblue flight 1623 caused pilots to lose contact with the tower for ten minutes, the radio silence triggering the hijacking false alarm. police and fbi agents surrounded the plane and passengers seen with hands in the air. jetblue releasing a statement saying that, while communication was re-established via alternative channels, authorities responded in an abundance of caution. >> what is he doing? >> reporter: and in atlanta overnight, authorities racing onto the tarmac after this. >> there is somebody running ar

i'm gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> this visit by kim kardashian to the white house changed thee of alice johnson, a woman serving a life sentence for a drug conviction. kardashian and johnson got a chance to meet face-to-face. kardashian went to her home in south new hichb. kardashian saw johnson's story on twitter and kept pestering the white house to get a meeting with president trump to commute johnson's sentence. >>> 5:16 now. no more late fees at berkeley's public library. starting next month, overdue fees which cost unto 25 cents per day and capped at $5.00 will be suspended. library of firms sficials say i give low income people more access to the books. >>> sprint's plan to offer unlimited talk, text and data for 15 bucks a month ended up getting a little too much attention. the company is ending the promotion. "usa today" reports that sprint will stop offering the deal at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. >>> vhs tapes, dvds, blu-rays, streaming making just about all of them obsolete. >> making for tough times for bay area video rental businesses. the last rental shop in berkeley is

with your "gma first look," i'm gio benitez. >>> google strucking to recruit women.its latest annual diversity report irt shows not much have changed over the last year. >> google employs about 85,000 people. women make up 30.9% of the workforce. that's just .10 of a percentage point more than the year before. whites are at 53%. frak and latino workers grew .10% to 2.5 and last week's shareholders aga again -- google has been dealing with a lawsuit over gender discriminati discrimination. >>> 5:17 now. do you not have time to go to the dmv? now you can spend your weekend doing. starting tomorrow some offering saturday service from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. no behind the wheel driving tests will be conducted on saturdays. make sure to check before you go. you can find a list of bay area dmv locations offering saturday service on our website, abc7news.com. >>> another chance for dub nation to meet one of the warriors players and celebrate the teep's back-to-back nba titles. center zsa zsa aza pachulia signing autographs. wrist bands to the first 250 fans on a first come f

against the angels and tweeting a picture of "the capital gazette's" seat and the press box and gio benitez is there where several vigils were held overnight. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, those vigils making it to the front page of this morning's "capital gazette." you see that photo right there with that ominous headline, suspect swore oath to kill. this morning we are learning so much more about that suspect. overnight candlelight vigils across annapolis remembering the five lives lost inside "the capital gazette" building thursday. rachael pacella is a reporter at the paper and was injured in the >> what do i want the world to know about my colleagues? that i'll miss them. >> reporter: reporter wendi winters, editorial writer gerald fischman, editor, john mcnamara, sales sinlt, rebecca smith, and editor and columnist robert hiassen all killed, police say, by the suspected shooter, 38-year-old jarrod ramos seen here being led away in handcuffs right after the shooting. other cell phone videos capturing the chaos. survivors evacuating the building. >> five more. fi

abc's gio benitez is here with more. all right, gio, what's going on? >> oh, cecilia, good morning.llion views already and this morning, it's a high-speed he said/she said. the man and his ex pointing the finger at each other. it was a viral video so wild it almost seemed hard to believe. a man clinging to a car speeding down a florida highway at nearly 70 miles per hour holding on for dear life for nearly 15 minutes. but it was very real for junior francis and his ex-girlfriend behind the wheel. >> you're on top of the car. >> yes, i'm on top of a speeding vehicle. >> reporter: francis said he thought he was going to die. >> she's in the car and i'm on top of the car. >> okay, sir, i'm letting them know. >> i'm going to need help. >> reporter: he said it started with an argument when they both wanted to use the car and still live together. >> she turned the engine on, dropped it in reverse and started driving out and that's when things took a turn. >> reporter: 22-year-old francis telling wplg his ex got to the driver after seat first and francis showing us how he held on. >> it wa

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gio benitez is here. gio, that doctor is now out at the hospital? >> reporter: that's right, robin.he's been suspended and the hospital is apologizing to the young man who was rushed to the e.r. after collapsing at basketball practice, apparently suffering from a severe anxiety attack. take a look. >> i'm sorry, sir, you were the least sick of all the people who are here who are dying. >> reporter: this is the treatment 20-year-old samuel bardwell says he received after waiting three hours to see a doctor in this california emergency room. >> you picked your head up. now don't try to tell me you can't move. sit up. sit up. sit up. i'm having you sit up. >> i can't get up. >> you need to sit up. he won't let me -- >> she's yanking my arm. >> you want us to wheel you to your house in the gurney? >> that's not what i said. >> reporter: the college sophomore was taken to the hospital by ambulance after collapsing at basketball practice monday night. bardwell says he suffers from debilitating anxiety attacks and says he told dr. beth keegstra parts of his body were numb, in pain, and tha

gio benitez is still in el paso. that little girl we heard crying for her aunt, we've heard more about her? >> reporter: yeah, robin. good morning, she and her mother are now hoping to be reunited soon. but, you know, we're also learning that so many of these children aren't even by the border anymore. they've been sent to shelters all across this country. and some have been reunited. this morning, some of those children separated at the border reunited with their families. a senior white house official telling the associate press around 500 children have been reunited since may. unclear how many are still being detained with their relatives and whether president trump's executive order had an impact on their status. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: this, as we're learning more about that clear voice captured in that audio recording of children's cries. >> mommy! >> reporter: that audio first obtained by propublica. 6-year-old jimena. she's from el salvador. shown here with her mother, she was heard begging

gio benitez starts us off on the scene. in annapolis, good morning, gio. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. yeah. you showed that front page. the journalists there vowed to publish this paper today, but i want to show you the opinion page, because it is intentionally blank. there's just a few words there, today we are speechless and the names of those five victims. the urgent call for help happened just after 2:30 p.m. >> emergency response. "the capital gazette" newspaper in annapolis. in just 60 seconds, local police already arriving on the scene. this cell phone footage shows terrified employees scrambling to get out. >> several shots have been fired. possible shotgun. at least ten shots heard. >> reporter: authorities evacuating the office complex. at least 170 trapped inside. exiting the building with hands raised. inside the newsroom, reporters and editors fled for cover, recalling the moments of terror and anguish for those trapped inside as gunshots erupted. phil davis, a court reporter, described it as a war

gio benitez has the story. >> reporter: oh, robin. exactly the kind of story we need.t, injured, deaf hiker and a persistent husky that did everything to save her life. this morning, a reunion between human and dog. if 21-year-old amelia milling looks happy to see nookie the husky, it's because she says he saved her life. just last tuesday milling who is deaf was hiking and fell 300 feet down a snow-covered mountainside colliding with a large boulder before falling another 300 to 400 feet. nanook practically catching her fall. >> at first, i thought maybe he was a wolf, but then i saw the collar with the tag on it and it said, tour path guide, and i said, oh. he's here to help me. i don't have to help him. >> reporter: nanook, aka nookie, a trail guide dog trained to help lead lost hikers back to the route staying with the injured woman. the two camping out overnight, nookie never leaving her side. >> that helped me to have some more motivation to keep going. >> reporter: the next morning almost 24 hours after first falling, milling attempting to leave trying to cross

it is the team's first championship ever and abc's gio benitez is here with all the action.he city and the team -- excited is an understatement. >> they had a good night, michael. good morning. the washington capitals joined the league in 1974, 44 years ago, and they hadn't won a stanley cup until last night. >> the capitals have won it. >> reporter: for the first time in history the stanley cup is coming home to washington. >> the capital of the country is the capital of the hockey playoffs. >> reporter: the washington capitals defeating the vegas golden knights 4-3 to clinch the nhl title. thousands of long suffering capitals fans packing into the streets in washington, d.c. jubilation in a sea of red. an explosion of joy when playoff mvp alex ovechkin appeared on the jumbotron holding the cup. t.j. oshie who made headlines for taking the subway to these games was filled with emotion thanking his father who is suffering from alzheimer's. >> he's here tonight. i don't know where he's at, but this one will stick with him forever. you can guarantee that. >> reporter: and by t

everyone survived and gio benitez is here with the story.eporter: oh, michael. good morning. yeah. this video is incredibly reamatic, the man is alive and . now of you may find it disturbing but law enforcement officials believe it is important you watch because this warning ahead of the summer travel season could save a life. watch as this car barrels down the florida turnpike at full speed before slamming into a and look closer. the passenger ejected. watch as he flies through the windshield and lands 30 feet away near the toll booth. >> when we talked to the driver, he doesn't remember the crash. >> reporter: according to the crash report, the driver was either asleep or fatigued at the wheel. >> i think a lot of people think that they can get through it either by drinking coffee or shaking themselves awake, but this is a problem. >> reporter: these kinds of accidents are dangerously common. approximately 10% of crashes are caused by driver fatigue. we've seen it happen in video after video like this woman falling asleep behind the wheel

the officers have been put on administrative leave pending an investigation and abc's gio benitez hashe story. >> reporter: this is the dramatic video leading to the suspension of two police officers. >> get on the ground before i -- >> reporter: police say a man reported seeing the suspect, daniel dunkelberger, steal a cell phone and charger and that's when they confronted him first with a taser, then with a baton. >> get on the ground! doesn't that hurt? >> reporter: watch with the suspect on the ground one of the officers hits him again. >> yo, he didn't do anything. >> reporter: the witness recording the video speaks out clearly concerned about what he's seeing. >> i totally understand but he doesn't deserve to be hit after. >> after what? >> he's on the ground. >> he's handcuffed now. >> he was on the ground and you are hitting him. do you want to see the footage? >> show him the footage. >> reporter: the city manager saying a full investigation is now under way. >> i think it would be grossly inappropriate for any member of the leadership of this community not to be concerned. >

abc's gio benitez is at the beach in asbury park, new jersey with more. jellyfish can really sneak up on you, right? when they do, it can hurt so this morning, we are taking a deep dive into this issue as you hit the beach this weekend. it's the perfect summer day. sun, surf and jellyfish? well, this is what people in florida are waking up to, slimy stinging jellyfish swarming their beaches. >> i was just swimming and as soon as i got out i had a burning sensation in my neck. >> reporter: 28-year-old tonya's leg swelling and red. >> most painful thing i've ever felt. >> reporter: they are just 2 of more than 1,200 florida beachgoers stung by jelly fish just this week. those purple flags flying warning of dangerous marine life. even the lifeguards aren't immune. >> this week i've been stung a few times. if you absolutely do not want to get stung don't go in the ocean right now here in volusia county. >> reporter: captain tamra malfours of the beach safety ocean rescue say it's the result of a perfect storm of winds and currents. >> when you go in the water

abc's gio benitez has the story. >> i had never heard of anybody being hit with one, no. >> reporter:anie taubin taking the stand in a massachusetts courtroom describing the moment that a foul ball hit her in the face while watching the boston red sox play the minnesota twins at fenway park in 2014. >> the feeling of shock and emotion of, oh, my god, what just happened. >> reporter: taubin now suing team owner john henry and the red sox for negligence. she's asking for $9.5 million saying the foul ball entered an area that was previously protected by a glass barrier that had been removed and not replaced alleging that gave her facial fractures and neurological damage. >> i heard my bone, the bones in my face crack and i just felt an enormous amount of pain. >> reporter: an estimated 1,700 fans are hurt each year by batted balls at major league baseball games. that's at least twice every three games. >> look out. oh, my goodness. >> reporter: just last year a little girl was hit by a foul ball at yankee stadium. her father saying she suffered multiple facial fractures and bleeding in h

gio benitez has been following this story from the start.d morning. prosecutors have said tim piazza was served 18 drinks in less than 90 minutes. ryan burke is one of the young men who served him that alcohol. he's pleading guilty to hazing and alcohol-related charges. his attorney suggesting the evidence was just too strong. this morning, one of the former members of what was penn's state beta theta pi fraternity awaiting sentencing. >> mr. burke decided to step forward his earliest opportunity to acknowledge and accept his responsibility. >> reporter: 29-year-old ryan burke burke pleading guilty to ninoltipi ke of 26 us to mak. former fraternity me charges was seen on surveillance video giving piazza a handle of vodka during an alcohol-fueled hazing ritual which ended with piazza eventually falling down a flight of stairs. piazza's fraternity brothers taking 12 hours to call 911 after finding the pledge inebriated and unconscious. >> there are too few words to describe a loss so great. this young man understands that. condolences go to th

abc's gio benitez is here and, gio, this isn't the first ocean that he's crossed. >> it's not, michaelatlantic from massachusetts to france but the pacific has never been done before and for eight hours a day he'll be in water swimming more than 5,000 miles. this morning, the swimmer who already conquered the atlantic 20 years ago begins a truly unthinkable swim. the rough seas of the pacific ocean from tokyo to san francisco. overnight beginning his swim off the coast of japan and broadcasting on facebook live. >> there we go. he's starting. >> ben is starting his swim. >> reporter: ben lecomte beginning the swim side by side with his two children speaking with us just moments before taking that plunge. >> there's more than one challenge. on the top of the list you have the water. the cold water. >> reporter: lecomte's journey 5,500 miles, 6 months, 8 hours a day at a time. >> i have to eat 8,000 calories per day so if i don't eat it lose quite a bit of en i'm weig sthatll. >> rter: he fastle the pacific's rough weather, cold waters, some of the ocean's top predators and giant patches