abc's brandi hitt is live in los angeles with the latest on efforts to contain it. brandy. >> reporter: hi, rick, yeah fire crews are cautiously optimistic with the massive rocky fire now 12 percent contained. the weather is expected to cooperate over the next three days but when the winds pick up each and every afternoon just one hot spot flareup could end up taking out more homes. fast moving flames and a blackened sky over northern california.

brand -- brandi hitt has more. brandi: it has forced more evacuations. >> we haven't had the opportunity to get in there and secure that line. brandi: the fire is so massive, they don't know how many homes have been destroyed in central washington as the more fire victims return to survey the damage. >> i'm too old to start over again. one day at a time. brandi: just last week, three firefighters were killed overrun by flames. the resources here stretched so thin fire crews from australia and new zealand are arriving to help. with thousands of volunteers stepping in. >> i feel responsibility. to do what i can. brandi: 72 large wildfires are burning in the west, including the new fire threatening homes in southern california. mountain resorts are helping spraying water cannons usually used for making snow. it's that kind of resourcefulness john said saved his home. he built a concrete dome house and put it to the test this week riding out a wildfire inside. >> after the fire passed, i came outside and there was no d

brandi hitt shows us the reunion. brandi: welcome home a hero. alek skarlatos' family welcomed him. >> it was unreal. i was so grateful for everyone that showed up. >> in the exclusive interview with abc news, the army national guardsman said he and his two childhood friends on vacation together saw a man suddenly appear with an ak-47, his first reaction was trying not to die. >> i immediately recognized what was happening. i just thought there is no way. no way this is happening right now. we just acted. i didn't have another conscious thought for the next few minutes. brandi: spencer stone who underwent surgery to reattach his thumb is still undergoing treatment in europe. anthony sadler a 23-year-old college student was honored in their hometown of sacramento wednesday. >> all of us felt pride. brandi: the men have become international icons receiving the highest medal from the french president. barack obama reached out to comend and congratulate them on the courage and quick action. all three humbled. >> it's overwhelming. i didn't expect thi

brandi: the bear was eating his garbage. that brings up a good point. bears can smell food three to five miles away. so don't put in a bare container and don't leave food in the car. kimberly: coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- more money for the purple line. where the $20 million will go. a woman attacked attacked in a y section of arlington. historic moment in cuba. american flag raised in havana again. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. announcer: "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: a fifth woman attacked in arlington in three weeks. the latest case the woman was assaulted last night after 10:00 on south frederick street north of columbia pike. jonathan: now the police rush to determine if the cases are related. in each attack a woman was walking by herself when a man snuck up and tried to assault her. maureen: we're live in arlington where the neighborhood is on high alert. rich? richard: this woman was walking alone. she had been dropped off from work. walking up this hill. she noticed a guy off to the right. acting strange. carrying a stick.

brandi hitt, abc7 news.berly: coming up on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- the white house launching a new fight against heroin. the plan to stop drug trafficking. plus, decades after a serious crash, a woman is reunited with the firefighters and the medics who saved her. the emotional meeting is just ahead. trump continuing to gain ground. tonight, why he is connecting with the voters and what it might mean for the republican party. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. announcer: from abc7 news, a breaking news alert. leon: the breaking news from fairfax county where it may have been years in the making a case has been filed against a police officer who has been indicted for the death of john geer. jeff goldberg has late-breaking details. jeff: the breaking news in the newsroom, i just got off the phone moments ago with don geer, the father of john geer who says this afternoon he was given a call, got a call from the fairfax police department telling him that the special grand jury indicted officer adam torres on second-

brandi weaver-gates is in jail because she couldn't make bail.convicted, she could spend 14 years in prison, david. >> a sad story all the way around. thanks. >>> when we come back here tonight, the new mystery in space, what someone spotted, a ufo? you decide after the break. >>> also the one supermarket you might want in your neighborhood. some saying it could predict a jump in the value of your homecoming up. rituals happens at the water's edge. here, they must look their best. smooth, beautiful skin is an advantage. the others can only hide in shame. introducing the new dr. scholl's dreamwalk express pedi. my heart beaagain!,000 times a day sending oxygen to my muscles. so i can lift even the most demanding weights. take care of all your most important parts with centrum. now with our most vitamin d three ever. you can help children all around the world grow up strong, thanks to walgreens partnership with vitamin angels. when you get vitamins here... ...you change lives everywhere. you're down with crestor. yes! when diet and exercise aren't

brandi hitt has the latest. brandi: an entire section of motel 6 demolished. a massive explosion heard miles away ripped through the building tuesday night. employees reported a gas leak but the manager is hailed a hero for pulling the fire alarm and evacuating the motel minutes before the explosion. >> i got them together. brandi: the blast threw first responders to the ground. two firefighters for hurt and the gas company worker trying to hit the leak was hospitalized with critical burns. >> he was on the retaining wall. when it exploded, he disappeared. >> among the 65 guests, two men remain unaccounted for. search crews are combing through the rubble but say the men may not have been in the building at the time of the explosion. >> one quarter of the motel is now gone. police say they are treating this as a criminal investigation until evidence proves otherwise. in los angeles, brandi hitt, abc7 news. kimberly: well, they said they would do it and they have. the hackers who breached ashleymadison.com posted customer information online. the dating sight for

>> jimmy: anyone here want apricot brandy? no? >> i think it's like you're -- if you're an old person maybe it's a nice end of the day top? i don't know. i just made that up. >> jimmy: yeah. >> people like a sweet thing. all right. so it's a half an ounce of the sloe gin and half an ounce of the apricot liqueur. >> jimmy: okay, and it's called "the millionaire." oh, this is good there. >> it's called "the millionaire." >> jimmy: yeah. >> and then -- so it's everything sweet and then just the lime juice. so balance that baby out. >> jimmy: and then you shake it off? >> and then you shake it out with some donald trump branded special swarovski ice. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: a beautiful thing. >> it's very beautiful. >> jimmy: we make the best ice cubes. >> it makes it -- >> jimmy: it is the coldest ice you've ever had. [ laughter ] beautiful thing of ice. the coldest. trust me. it's fantastic. [ light laughter ] >> and it makes a cocktail that's huge. >> jimmy: it is so huge. >> it's huge. >> jimmy: you don't pronounce the h. you just

abc's brandi is in los angeles with details. brandi? >> fire crews are cautiously optimistic with the massive rocky fire now 12% contained the weather is expected to cooperate over the next three days but when winds pick up, each and every afternoon, just one hot spot flare up could take out more homes. fast moving flames and a blackened sky over northern california. the out of control rocky fire tripled in size over the weekend. now scorching more than 93 square miles with no end in sight. >> we burned off 20,000-acres in five hours. that's incredible. >> at least two dozen homes have 12,000 people ordered to evacuate. left wondering if their houses near clearlake will be spared. >> thank you, thank you, thank you to all of the fire people that are out there. >> it's the largest of at least 21 wildfires now burning in california. including a blaze that killed four service firefighter david rule last week. his fellow colleagues and friends stood at attention to honor his service today. conditions are so dry across the golden state as th

reporting live in los angeles, brandi hitt, channel6 "action news." >> thank you, brandy. >>> to politicsial frontrunner donald trump took a break from the campaign trail to perform his civic duty. just 90 minutes ago he left a lower manhattan courthouse after he spent the day waiting for jury duty. many other republican candidates spent the day at the iowa state fair trying to win over voters. wisconsin governor scott walker emphasized the action he has taken to lower unemployment rates in his state. >> you want someone who can win and get results and not compromise. i'm the candidate to send to the white house. >> the latest national poll puts trump in first place, 13 points ahead of his nearest competitor dr. benn carson. >> new jersey injury chris christie continued his fight for votes today with an attack on hillary clinton. christie says clinton has a lot of tough questions to answer including lingering concerns over her private e-mail account she used while secretary of state. christie recalled the bridgegate scandal that marred his time in office and said she has create add double

reporting live in los angeles brandi hitt, channel6 "action news. thank you. >>> the body of whitney houston's daughter bobbi kristina has been laid to rest in a new jersey cemetery next to her mother. a hearse carrying the 22-year-old bobbi kristina left a funeral home in westfield headed to fairview cemetery followed by two suv's carrying relatives. fans gathered outside to show their support. >> such a tragic time and i just want to show my gratitude and my support. you know, life is too short so we all should come together. >> bobbi kristina died in hospice care july 26th, 6 months after she was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her suburban atlanta townhome. >> police in memphis tennessee have released a new photo of a man wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a belief. 29-year-old tremayne will burn struggled with officer sean bolton in what started as a routine traffic stop. will burn was allegedly in the middle of a drug deal which would have led to a misdemeanor citation and fine the now he's wanted for first degree murder. >>> comed

>> 23-year-old beauty queen brandi lee weaver gates leaving court after being charged with several felonies. according to the criminal complaint, she told her friends and family that she was diagnosed can stage 2 leukemia back in 2013. since then, police say several benefits have been held in her honor raising $14,000. >> there were some inconsistencies such as, um, miss gates's hair was always there and never falling out. um, she did not know the name of her doctors and other things like that. >> reporter: stock says he tried to contact her doctors in places brandi said she was treated for her cancer. >> it was discovered that she had never received any type of treatment at any of the locations. >> reporter: stock says it was an elaborate plant. weaver-gates shaved her head and even took long trips for fake treatments tricking her own sister. >> her sister would have to stay on the first floor while miss weaver-gates would go up to the second floor and allegedly receive her cancer treatments. anywhere between six to eight hours then she would emerge from the elevator. >> reporter: authorit

. >> brandi chastain says what's happening here is so much bigger than football. >> it's such just a microcosm of what dad being involved in sports with their daughters. life lessons. challenge yourself. have a voice. >> reporter: daughters and dads teaching each other a thing or two working as a team. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> so awesome. as a farth with two girls, i remember the powder puff days. i scored a couple touchdowns. >> you have a daughter. >> jessica played baseball when she was a little tyke. better than all of the guys. most of them. >> weather is cooling down. here's live doppler 7 hd. fog at the coast and cooling we've felt across the bay area. no triple-digit temperature readings today. downtown san francisco looking eastward. under mainly blue sky. air quality improving. friday and saturday we'll have good air quality across the bay area. here's the view from east bay hills toward mt. diablo. fog will expand overnight beyond the bay and locally inland. average high temperatures the next few days and air quality will continue to improve. breathe freely. large a

as of now, that show will go on as scheduled. >> brandi, thank you. >>> michigan police say there may be a sniper targeting freeway drivers. they're investigating after at least five motorists reported being shot at on two major reads roads between the end of july and last week. there may have been others. no one has been injured. three years ago the area was at target i've sniper with more than 2 shootings. >>> the governor of washington says the largest wildfire on record in his state is not just a local fire. he's calling it a statewide slow motion disaster. governor jayincely joined are firefighters on the lines as they battled the fire. a spokesman says all the lines are holding. red flag warnings were posted. cooler wet weather is on the way. >>> rescue crews are fanning out across the caribbean island of dominica after tropical storm erika's deadly rampage. it washed away cars and buildings. an elderly blind man and two children were killed when a mudslide crashed into their home. at least one other person was killed and more than hey dozen are still unan accounted for. >>> eri

here's abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: an entire section of this motel six in bremerton, washington, demolished in seconds. >> motel six, report of an explosion at your location. >> an explosion heard miles away ripped through the building tuesday night. bathtubs and other debris thrown from the motel. >> i saw everything else blow straight up and start raining down. >> reporter: employees and guests first reported a large natural gas leak. >> i was breathing that gas. i was, my room was completely full. >> reporter: but as manager tonya heins is being hailed a hero for pulling the fire alarm and evacuating the motel just minutes before the explosion. >> some of them may have children that are guests. i'm happy to see their little kids and see them all together. >> reporter: the blast threw first responders to the ground. two firefighters were hurt and a gas company worker trying to fix the leak was hospitalized with critical burns. >> when i watched the explosion, he was on that is retaining wall. and when it exploded, he disappeared. our prayers go out to his family. it could have

brandi hitt, channel 7 eyewitness news. shirleen, back to you. >> brandi, thank you. stay with eyewitness news and abc news for continuing coverage of the unrest in ferguson. head to our web site, abc7ny for developments throughout the day. we will keep you updated on our twitter and facebook pages. >>> legionnaires has killed 12 people so far. it is the topic of a new york city council hearing today. they say they have the upper hand on the outbreak and are working on legislation that requires monitoring of cooling towers. those towers can be the breeding ground for the disease. the council hopes to have a new law ready by thursday for a vote. the outbreak sickened 113 people since early july. >>> sandra lee heads back into surgery today to deal with complications from her double mastectomy. the long time girlfriend of andrew cuomo had surgery in may. she was in the hospital last week due to an infection. on her facebook page, the 49 year odd food network star was up -- 49-year-old food network star remains upbeat. >>> what kelly rutherford's ex- husband accuses her

bingo for brandy raised 14 you this dollars. investigators first caught on through an anonymous tip. >> there were inconsistencies such as miss gates hair was always there and never falling out. she did not know the name of her doctors and other things like that. >> reporter: up investigators also contacted centers including johns-hopkins in baltimore where weaver-gates claimed she was under going treatment. >> in speaking with all of the locations, it was discovered she never received any type of treatment at any of these locations. >> reporter: instead police say it was all part of the plan, weaver-gates they say shaved her head to fake treatment trips, even duped her own sister. >> her sister would stay on the first floor while miss weaver-gates would go up to the second floor and allegedly receive her cancer treatment. there is many people out there that have family, friend, neighbors that are affect with some form of cancer and unfortunately you have people out there that take advantage of that. >> reporter: weavergates fri

one of the spokesmen said that the man is making plum brandy. he says it's that time of year. he is making it. he won't abandon his home and project. reporting live in lake county, i'm joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> a massive explosion at a wear now china sends hundreds of people running for their lives. take a look at it. a bright orange mushroom cloud shoots hundreds of feet into the night sky. at least 17 people are dead. beijing news outlets say that hundreds of people are injured. some are critical. the explosion happened in the port city of tianjin about 75 miles east of beijing. [ sound of explosion and foreign language ] >> that's what it was like. the force from the explosion so strong, it shattered windows, knocked doors off buildings. the blast happened late wednesday night at a warehouse for hazardous materials. the first blast triggered other explosions as the fireball tore through nearby businesses. it was so strong people thought an earthquake had hit the area. firefighters were able to bring those flames under control. they are just letting it burn out. they are comb

here's abc's brandi hitt. >> unbelievable. >> back on the campaign trail and back to bashing his rivals and the media. >> sit down. go ahead. >> i have the right to ask the question. >> no, you don't. you haven't been called. >> i have the right to ask the question. >> go back to univision. >> reporter: donald trump lashed out at journalist jorge ramos at the news conference before his event in iowa and eventually security kicked the anchor man out. ramos was eventually let back in to face off with trump. >> i'd ask you a question. do you agree with that? we have tremendous crime. we have tremendous problems. i can't deal with this. >> reporter: this was just the latest attack. the republican candidate has been using twitter to take aim at challengers like lindsey graham, george pataki and fox news anchor megyn kelly even retweeting someone else's comment calling her a bimbo. that prompted her boss to demand an apology. then there's yeb bush, trump's new favorite target. >> he doesn't have the energy or capacity to make our country great again. that i can tell you 100%. >> bush brushed

more now from abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: with at least 90 large wildfires now burning in the west, the 30,000 firefighters on the ground are stretched so thin. the army is now being called in for the first time in nearly a decade. >> soldiers, you know, we're hard workers and it just comes natural to us. >> reporter: 200 active duty soldiers from joint base lewis-mcchord have been deployed in washington state to battle relentless flames tearing through chelan. here you see a black hawk helicopter crew gathering water and just seconds later making this air drop over a northern california wildfire. that military might also desperately needed to save hundreds of homes threatened in washington. >> we had a really big, big living room. >> reporter: carol jenkins' homes is one of several destroyed. >> i didn't take any family pictures or anything like that. i did not think anything was going to happen. >> reporter: in northern idaho more than 40 gone. another two dozen lost in oregon and in drought-stricken california where 18 wildfires are tearing through hot, dry terrain, firefighters

brandi, thank you so much. >>> there's more rain in the forecast for the southeast today. there could be more scenes like this one in charleston, south carolina. more than 3 inches of rain clogging the streets turning roads into rivers, part of a storm system dumping rain as far north as west virginia. in new york, it was the third straight day of temperatures over 90 degrees making it the big apple's first official heat wave in more than two years. today's heat indexes could be in the triple digits in the northeast. here's justin pavek with the latest from accuweather. morning, justin. >> phillip and reena, thanks and good morning to you. in the pacific northwest, fire fighting conditions unfortunately not looking to improve but rather to deteriorate throughout the next couple of afternoons. increasing winds expected along with low humidity and lots of heat not to mention the extreme drought which continues. so fires will continue to burn from near spokane southbound to boise. northeast, more heat and more humidity. that's the big news later on this afternoon. i think it

reena and phillip. >> so true, brandi. thank you so much. >>> as she mentioned there, the los angeles area is coming off its hottest stretch of days this year ending just ahead of today's first day of school for the l.a. unified school district. workers have been making sure school air conditioning units are up and operating. district has more than 30,000 classrooms here in the northeast, another scorching day on the new jersey shore. readings there in the 90s yesterday. everyone at the beach being told to stay hydrated. they can expect more of the same today. dangerous heat indexes and poor air quality. our coverage continues with meetologist justin pavek. good morning to you. >> thanks and good morning to you. the heat is on on then tuesday and right into midweek on wednesday, the reason why high pressure off the coast is funneling those hot winds. not going to be especially windy. we're talking about temperatures in the 90s. it's going to feel like it's close to 100 degrees new york city, philadelphia, d.c. and baltimor

brandy weaver-gates, of state college, waves her preliminary hearing on theft charges yesterday.horities say that the 23 year-old told her friend and family that she had leukemia. several benefits were hosted in her honor. the miss pennsylvania u.s. international pageant winner has already been stripped of her title. >>> teenage daughter of comedian rosie o'donnell has been found safe in our area chelsea o'donnell was found in barnegat township ocean county. on the web site rosie o'donnell tweeted quote thank you for all of the help and light. spokesmen says that chelsea ran away from home and was last seen by her family august . o'donnell said chelsea stopped taking medications for undisclosed mental illness. >>> police are investigating the death of the local man in had hawaii trying to save a suicidal friend. authorities say that 24 year-old tommy bennet fell from the 14th floor of the university of hawaii dorm room ledge. been president was trying to remove his friend when they bet fell. his friend survived and is in critical condition. bennet attended dunk town high school e

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heroes saluted, fallen comrades remembered and with swills of brandy, a toast from the doolittle raidersir raid launched april 18, 1942 did, indeed, same improbable. but jimmy doolittle's volunteers flew anyway. there were five extra crews and everyone wanted to go. one raider remembered. one individual offered a thousand dollars to anybody willing to give up his seat but there were no takers. 80 raiders took off that morning and just over a year ago at the national museum of the u.s. air force three surviving raiders met to commemorate it. the raiders may have been few that day but they weren't alone. as their motorcade rolled forward, grateful crowds came into view. as their eyes turned upward, b-25s soared overhead. . the gratitude of an entire nation there for each of them to see. so a few weeks later when the raiders met to clink goblets one last time it would have been easy to think of so many empty cups with sorrow. but i hope they remembered all that had been gained instead. morale for a nation, achieved through their bravery, freedom for millions, secured with victories of free

secured with victories of free people and bonds of enduring friendship, strong as the brandy used tothe gratitude of a nation that hasn't forgotten, a nation that won't forget. lieutenant colonel dick cole and sergeant david thatcher saw it that day outside of the air force museum. and this saturday on the 73rd anniversary of the raid, these survivors with see another reminder when they present the medal we bestowed today to the very same museum. today we hope these veterans and the family of every raider veteran will see and hear too. so let me invite general hudson to join us on the stage. come on up, general. it is now our high privilege on behalf of the american people to present the congressional gold medal, the highest civilian honor congress can bestow in honor of the doolittle tokyo raiders. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the director of the national museum of the united states air force, lieutenant general john hudson, united states air force, retired. [ applause ] >> leader mcconnell, assistant democratic leader durbin, leader pelosi, house majority whip scalise and

in los angeles, brandi hitt, abc7 news. kimberly: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a major project means fewer lanes for you. we tell you when the changes start. jonathan: but first how low the prices are. go look at the effect the market has on the gas prices. we have that for you up kellye: 5 million people in this country have alzheimer's disease, a disease that can't be prevented, slowed or cured. in my hand is a glass, cup if you will. this is just one of the me vents held every year that raise money for alzheimer's disease. we have experts here. you see we have a lot of purple in the health center now. that is because the experts are here taking your call. if you have any questions call 703-236-9220. back to you. kimberly: thank you. the national average for the gas prices is down to $2.57 a gallon. that is down two contracts from yesterday. 86 contracts in the last year. jeff barne takes a look at impact at drop in crude oil prices. jeff: summer drivers are enjoying the lowest gas prices they have seen in years. >

abc's brandi hitt is there. >> reporter: new surveillance video of this tense shoot-out in ferguson,i on the industry of michael brown's death shows a different angle, one police say captures 1-year-old tyrone harris seen here reaching for a gun. the teen was later shod and critically wounded by officers. the city is on edge after several days of protests and more than 140 arrests. demonstrators shutting down roads and blocking entire freeways. now amidst a state of the emergency, heavily armed men calling themselves the oath keepers are roaming the streets claiming to protect people. >> if the police did their job, we wouldn't have be to there to begin with. >> reporter: some believe their presence may escalate things. >> make certain people think maybe i should doing that, that's a bad idea especially right now. >>> most protesters refuse too allow the destructiveness to overshadow their peaceful movement. >> activists plan on staging more demonstrations in the coming days despite the dangers or any clashes that erupt on these streets. brandi hitt, abc news, ferguson donald trump i

brandi hitt, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> and getting between new jersey and staten island will be a challenge this weekend. the may i don't know bridge will be close -- bayonne bridge will be closed until sunday afternoon. the closure is necessary for maintenance work on the span. it will be closed to traffic again monday afternoon. >>> the best time to enjoy a cocktail to what is better than awesome, the new words in the dictionary. a run in on the track for the world's fastest man. and you might be surprised by his response. also, one store thinks it's not too early for christmas shopping. what walmart is doing to help you prepare now. go get help, boy. go get help. go get help! right now! if you're a cat, you ignore people. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. go on kitty, kitty... >>> some students in the bronx designed a mural to point out and driving. they unveiled the mural today. it's big and beautiful. one side shows a drunk driver in a blurry scene with dark tones. the other is a sober driv

bingo for brandy and photos showing her bald and wearing a mask as far back as 2013 allegedly holding at least four major fund raisers. >> her last fundraiser in april of this year raised between $13,000 and $14,000. >> $14,000. >> police say she lied to her own family making her sister drive to fake appointments at johns hopkins. at one point police say she drafted a fake medical bill from the hospital. if true the charges of theft by deception could keep her locked up for 14 years. she has not entered a plea yet but the organizers already stripping her of her title saying she must return that fashion crown. >> unbelievable. >>> diplomatic relations between u.s. and cuba will take a major turn tomorrow. >> what does that mean for travelers hoping to make it to the island? michael finney joins us live. >> tomorrow is a huge day. tomorrow secretary of state john kerry will raise the stars and stripes once more at the u.s. embassy in cuba, a major step in relations. what does that mean to you? you may have heard you can book direct flights and travel restrictions are easy but that is mo

brandi hitt has this story. >> reporter: the streets of ferguson remain calm but that could soon change. protesters are planning more demistrations. as we saw last night, tensions rise when the sun goes down. protesters doused with mace in another face-off with police in ferguson, missouri. nearly two dozen demonstrators were arrested overnight after officers claim they were attacked with rocks and frozen water bottles. this group of armed when who call themselves the ost keepers. >> we're just protecting people. that's all. >> reporter: the growing tension and protests shuting down streets and highways mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of michael brown. but monday's disruptions were much more calm than the bloodshed just 24 hours earlier when this gunfight erupted between two rival groups. the police chief even caught off guard during an interview. amid the chaos, an 18-year-old was shot by officers. harris remains hospitalized charged with ten felonies. violence sparked by are a few is overshadowing a peaceful message meant to enact change. >> it doesn't stop me from

alcohol helps preserve it so they four brandy over it. a lot of brandy to duel with this so it gets measurey and they do it every year and they say it is good. >> fruit cake is good. i like it i don't eat it -- but all right when i used to eat it. it is okay. >> like -- 30-year-old man channeling ben. >> contagious. [laughter] >> fruit cakes -- got a bad rep. not that bad. rob he's frowning and stuff. everybody. >> who likes fruit cake? do you? tweet us. ire that all say nothing way. >> tweet if you like fruit cake at juliet huddy at antwan lewis i don't think there's anything wrong with fruit cake. >> ines rosales -- doesn't either? no. nose curled up and everything. >> let's talk about the rain that's around the tristate here's the shot that came in from vanessa sally out from rockville center, look at the roadways this is ponding on roadway it is that is a problem through the morning especially if you're coming through long island. and some of the major roadways may have some problems out there too. so watch out for it here. here's wha

brandy hip is in los angeles with details. >> a state of emergency in colorado. more than 3 million gallons of this yellow toxic sludge has poured into the river at an alarming 550 gallons per minute. >> we're encouraging people to stay out of the river. >> it's caused by the epa, now now scrambling to clean up the mess. they accidentally released the water stored in an abandoned mine. it's now as far south as new mexico where the governor got an aerial look at the damage. >> you see something that your mind isn't adjusted to see. >> new data released by the epa shows at its peak it had 300 times the level of arsenic and 3,500 times the normal level of led. >> i'm here on my property and i can not shower, i can not cook. this is my place of peace. >> that toxic water is expected to approach lake powell and the grand canyon. as wildlife officials begin testing the impact on fish colorado's governor says no timetable has been set for clean up. >> i'm hopeful and i would say i'm optimistic that the majority of this is going to flush through. >> it's not known what t

on trump's approval from this critical group. >> that's a key question for sure. >>> "outfront" is brandy roderick, the contestant donald trump was speaking to when he made that comment back there 2012. thanks for joining us. looking back at that moment on the "apprentice" were you offended. >> obviously not. i didn't remember the comment. i actually had to go back and rewatch the clip. i think it was taken out of context. if you watch the clip, it's not like he said, you would look great on your knees. it was nothing like that. in my experience, i've always had a great experience around donald trump. it has been positive. it has never been negative or derogatory. so that's been my experience. >> in the debates, it was part of a list of comments that donald trump has made towards women that he had been derogatory towards women, demeaning towards women. a lot of women were offended when they heard the comment that he had made towards you. does it bother you now when you think about it? >> no. because in my situation and some of the others, it was all on television. he is the host of a real

when i got there i met the owner of the bark are all old brandi gave me a tour. >> he never had kids of his own so he was like that cool uncle and he tosses the keys when he is away. you can draw hearts party with your friends. >> this bar also has the most expensive bathroom door in all of new york to the value, $20,000. it's a famous art so that the value of this work. >> and the drinks. >> one of them is called the what why. bartenders want people to enjoy their time at the bar and the other drink i had was -- so i asked kyle what is in the first lady and what ingredients? >> love. what else is in here other than love? >> for those of us who live in manhattan i've been there a bunch of times and you can google it. if you google -- west village it pops up. this is why people and manhattan to don't go to these things because there are a million there. it's not that much of a secret. >> kara i appreciate you debunking my entire story but when i was theere i spoke to a tourist that had no idea there was a bar there's so legitimately and that's the thing turn new yorkers know about the

brandi hitt has more. >> reporter: two years after mimi lee and stephen findlay's marriage unraveled, the former couple is in an ugly legal battle over the fate of the embryos, lee desperate to save them. >> babies. i'm their mom. i would do anything for them. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, the couple decided to create and preserve five embryos. >> critically important. >> reporter: but this signed consent form shows in the case of divorce, the embryos should be unfrozen and discarded. >> it's still an agreement. >> reporter: in court findlay is asking the judge to order they be destroyed. >> her legal argument is this wasn't a contract between us. it was a form we filled out. that's not an easy argument to win. >> reporter: thanks to medical advancements, hundreds of thousands of frozen embryos are preserved across the u.s. lee 46 says these five are her last chance to have children. with the judge's decision expected in the next four months. stephen findlay told the court he is concerned his ex-wife would manipulate the situation

twenty-three year-old brandy lee weavergates find herself behind bars facing felony charges.say she scammed thousands of dollars from her family and friend by telling them she was diagnosed with stage two leukemia in 2013. since then the the investigators say benefits were held in her name, latest in april. bingo for brandy raised $4,000, investigators first caught on through an anonymous tip. >> there were inconsistencies such as miss gates hair was always there and never falling out. she did not know the the name of her doctors, and other things like that. >> reporter: investigators also contacted centers including johns-hopkins in baltimore where weaver-gates claimed that she was under going treatment. >> in speaking with all of the locations, it was discovered she never received any type of treatment at any of the locations. >> reporter: instead police say it was all part of the east lab break plan, weaver-gates they say shaved her head to fake treatment trips and duped her own sister. >> her sister would stand in the first floor while miss weavergates with go to the seco

brandy hicks, channel 6 "action news." >>> we are now 45 days away from pope francis's visit to philadelphia, restaurants and businesses located within the traffic box, the restricted zone are still wondering what they will have to do to stay hope while the pope is here, mayor michael nutter and law enforcement is getting ready to answer the questions and will likely give details later this week and meetings will be held with business owners including those at the reading terminal market. >>> "action news" is twoing to pope francis' home town, argentina. >>> a white house staffer under arrest, why police say she fired a gun at a police officer. >>> and a prison bus crashes on an arizona highway, find out what the inmates did after the accident. when we come right back. >>> officials and areas down scene from the colorado mine spill are demanding answers, the environmental agency accidentally released the spill of gold mine waste water during an inspection yesterday, the 3 million gallons included high concentration of arsenic and led and other harmful medals and now they want to know about l

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pennsylvania is in hot water. 23-year-old brandy lee weaver gates allegedly faked her fight with cancerle thousands of dollars from well wishers. police say she shaved her head and faked receiving treatment. she was arrested tuesday, charged with theft by deception and receiving stolen property. her miss pennsylvania crown has been revoked. >>> in miami a terrible crash between an ambulance and a fire truck. a grandmother and two kids were being transported by ambulance when it collide would a fire truck. a dozen people including seven firefighters were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >>> time now to get down to business. with cnbc's landon downey. >> the market staged a major comeback wednesday and could be pointed higher today as investors' concerns about china's move to lower the value of its currency eased. now reversing a 277-point loss to close down just a fractionally. china's efforts to devalue the yuan are raising worries that the world's second-biggest economy may be in worst health than others thought. nbc universal is investing $200 million in vox m

brandi hitt with how to cash in. >> i'm getting ready to sell this. >> reporter: each dress, shirt and accessory shelly removes from her closet, she counts as money in her pocket. >> once i started adding everything up, easy $10,000, easy. >> reporter: that's because instead of throwing her used clothes away, she has been selling them for the last 25 years. >> i actually started supplementing my income with it so it's a win-win. >> reporter: all part of the growing resell market with revenues now topping $16 billion a year. stores like crossroads, clothes mentor, buffalo exchange and plato's closet are opening used clothes shops across the country. in one week she made $500 at this palm desert clothes monitor. >> go -- mentor. >> they get paid cash on the spot. >> to get the most cash for your clothes, experts suggest they are gently used, that means no holes or stains. they need to be clean and follow the last two to three years in style trends. >> even less expensive clothes you can resell? >> absolutely. forever 21 is a big one. >> she says some items may only get you a couple dolla

abc's brandi hitt with the latest. >> reporter: a state of emergency in colorado.an 3 million gallons of this yellow toxic sludge has poured into the anamus river at an alarming 550 gallons per minute. >> we're encouraging people to stay out of the river. >> reporter: the environmental disaster caused by the epa scrambling to clean up the mess. crews accidentally released the tainted water last week stored insides an abandoned mine. >>> the waste now spreading across more than 100 miles of a once pristine river, as far south as new mexico where the governor got an aerial look at the damage. >> you see something that your minds is adjusted to see. >> reporter: new data released by the epa says at its peak the sludge had three times the normal level of arsenic and 3500 times the normal level of led. >> i'm on my property and i cannot shower, i cannot cook. this is my place of peace. >> reporter: that toxic water is expected to on that project lake powell and the grand canyon. as wildlife officials begin testing the impact on fish, colorado's governor says no timetabl

pennsylvania beauty queen is now behind bars accused of scamming people out of thousands of dollars, brandy weaver gates apparently faked having cancer and raised thousands of dollars, she shaved her head and when so far as to trick her own sister. >> the sister would have to stay on the first floor and many weaver gates would go to the second floor to get her cancer treatments, six to eight hours and then she would reemerge from the elevator, an anonymous tip led to the investigation. she is now being held on 150,000 there's bail. >>> a group of kayakers quick thinking helped them get rescues from the arizona wilderness. >>> they are a few hours into a two day trips when they hit rough rapids and two logs punctured their kayaks, they rationed their food and water and after nine hours of trying they got a text to go through asking a friends for help and then they got creative. >> we thought well, maybe someone will fly over, lets put an sos sign up the bank. there was a nice flat area, and tons of try wood all around. >> sure enough state troopers in a helicopter spotted the giant sign from