for "nightline" i'm brandi hitt in los angeles. >> no excuses.ing with the stars" airs on abc? head to our "nightline" facebook page and let us know your favorite contestant. >>> next falling into a quicksand of corn may sound like a plot twist in a horror movie. actually it happened to this guy and he lived to tell us about it. mouths are watering, and stomachs are growling. or is that just me? it's lobsterfest red lobster's largest variety of lobster dishes all year. double up with dueling lobster tails. or make lobster lover's dream a reality. but here's a reality check: it ends soon. you've been part of the family for as long as i can remember. and you just mean so much to all of us. the holidays wouldn't be the same without your crescent rolls. we got you a little something. we got you jeans. it's about time. pipin' hot pillsbury crescent rolls. make easter pop! well, i drove grandpa to speed dating this week, so i should probably get the last roll. dad, but i practiced my bassoon. and i listened. i can do this. everyone deserves ooey gooey

for "nightline" i'm brandi hitt in los angeles. >> no excuses.ll you be rooting for on monday when "dancing with the stars" airs on abc? head to our "nightline" facebook page and let us know your favorite contestant. >>> next falling into a quicksand of corn may sound like a plot twist in a horror movie. actually it happened to this guy and he lived to tell us about it. mouths are watering, and stomachs are growling. or is that just me? it's lobsterfest red lobster's largest variety of lobster dishes all year. double up with dueling lobster tails. or make lobster lover's dream a reality. but here's a reality check: it ends soon. >>> finally tonight, you're about to find out what it's like to fight for your life after being plunged deep into a dark and airless abyss. the villain in this story? wait for it -- corn. >> reporter: june 26th 2013. it was a sweltering summer morning in the cornfields of iowa. by all accounts a routine day for eric baker. little did he know it would almost be his last. >> on the farm you're always around dangerous things

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>> brandi hitt tonight. brandi thank you. >>> and to boston and new instruction from the judge in 2 case of convicted bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. the jurors now must decide if he will get the death penalty. they reconvene in a week. tonight, the judge warning jurors not to attend the boston marathon or even watch it. >>> now, to atlanta, and a new development after that massive cheating scandal. elementally school teachers prince pals convicted, handcuffed. tonight, an emotional day in court. teachers in tears. a judge sentencing them to prison. some up to seven years. telling them to take responsibility. those teachers maintaining their innocence, saying they were pressured to raise test scores or risk losing their jobs. >>> we turn now to the race for 20 2016, the president, hillary clinton vying for the white house and that strategic trip to iowa. the candidate grabbing a bite at chipotle. eight years ago, if you remember it was big crowds and landing in choppers in iowa. this time, much different. abc b kr

in los angeles brandy hitt, abc 7 news. after that interview tune into abc 7 news at 11:00 to hear from a woman who cheered jenner on in the 70's. >> i remember thinking what a fantastic athlete. alison: will she be applauding tonight? with one local transgender woman hopes bruce jenner's star power can lead to better understanding and acceptance. our stephen tschida shares one woman's journey tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. leon: issue of gender identity has one school district rewriting its rule books. changes being considered in fairfax county. alison? alison: well, it looks like our region is home to two of the best playgrounds in the country. the harry thomas sr. play space in d.c. and the clemmy john park in mclean are second and fourth on the early childhood education's own annual list. the website is a resource for parents and educators. playgrounds in missouri and ohio come in first and third. you can see the entire list at wjla.com. leon: how would you like to be the kid that tests those out? alison: and give your

brandi hitt reporting from los angeles. >>> now a new terror arrest in connection to what authorities was an inspired plot to attack american soldiers. alexander blair accused of failing to report a felony in connection to the alleged plan to place a bomb near the ft. riley military base in kansas. blair accused of knowing about a plan purportedly crafted by 20-year-old john booker who the feds say planned on joining the u.s. army so he could kill american soldiers on behalf of isis. >>> and millionaire real estate heir and murder suspect robert durst indicted by a federal grand jury in louisiana charged with illegal possession of a handgun. the indictment could make it more difficult to send durst to extradite him to california to face murder charges there for allegedly killing a longtime friend back in2000. durst was arrested on the eve of the final episode of the documentary "the jin on his life. >>> now to newly released video of a deadly brawlout side of a walmart in arizona. watch as police officers and members of a large family engaged in a chaotic fistfight. at one point an of

brandy hitt, abc news, los angeles. alison: still to come here at 4:00, some of prince george's county's finest honored for some work in their tough situations. a look at this year's valor award honorees. scott: a store clerk wasn't going to let a robber hit and run with his store. how he fought back and okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. and dough that rises naturally. with no chemical leaveners. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. and try great tasting gluten free freschetta. ask for it at your local store. alison: prince george's county honored outstanding public servants today. mike conneen introduces us to the men and women who rushed into difficult and dangerous situations in some of the most notable emergencies of the past year. mike: august 16 2014 is a day prince george's county police corporals will never forget. >> look back and think about how the situa

abc's be brandi hitt has more. >> reporter: for the millions of sleep deprived americans tossing and cell phone, computer or watching television before bed might be the problem. some scientists suggest if you are going to be plugged in before you sleep, try to pop on these while you stream, orange-tinted glasses. >> everything is clear. they block out the sun. oh, yeah, i got to get me some ♪ >> putting the old school blublockers back. instead of the sun, blocking the blue light that comes out of your electronics. >> blue light during the day keeps you awake and at night is disruptive and interferes with the ability to sleep. >> reporter: for some people it might be odd watching television with a pair of these on. >> i know a number of gamers that swear by this. >> reporter: a study followed 13 teenage boys for a week. found that those that wore the blue light blocking lens before bed felt significantly more sleepy than those wearing clear glasses. >> regulating melatonin cycle. that allows your body to wake up and go to sleep naturally. >> reporter: doctors say the glasses don't hav

here's brandi hitt. >> reporter: tonight, accusations of excessive force. after falling off a horse that authorities say the suspect stole, police officers appear to taze the suspect. he's then punched and kicked 50 times in the next minutes. tonight, all ten deputies are on paid administrative leave. they were serving an unrelated warrant when he fled the scene. >> this is as bad, if not worse than what they did to rodney king. >> reporter: it's up to the distursue charges. >>> tonight, a new terror arrest at home. an fbi sting in kansas. inspired by isis plotting to join the u.s. military hoping to attack right here in america. pierre thomas has the story. >> reporter: the fbi claims 20-year-old john booker junior had a diabolical plan, to join the u.s. army so he could kill american soldiers on behalf of isis. >> today's threat was real and booker was fully committed. >> reporter: booker's mission to target ft. riley, kansas, allegedly began a year ago when he tried to enlist in the army. but he wrote something on facebook that caught the attention of au

here's brandi hitt. >> reporter: tonight, accusations of excessive force. after this scene was captured on camera by knbc. after falling off a horse that authorities say the suspect stole, police officers appear to taze the suspect. who is seen putting his hands behind his back. he's then punched and kicked 50 times for the next two minutes. >> i am disturbed and troubled by what i see. it appears to be excessive by what i see in the video. >> reporter: tonight, all ten deputies are on paid administrative leave. they were serving an unrelated warrant when he fled the scene. the sheriff said deputies recognized him because of his criminal past. once convicted of attempted robbery. >> this is as bad, if not worse, than what they did to rodney king. >> reporter: the suspect was treated for minor injuries and is now behind bars. both the sheriff's office and fbi are investigating. the names of the deputies are not being released due to death threats. >>> tonight, a new terror arrest at home. an fbi sting in kansas. the 20-year-old under arrest. inspired by isis

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brandi hitt, abc news los angeles. >>> singer justin timberlake and his wife jessica beal welcomed theirto the world. the actors' representatives say he and his mom are doing well and daddy justin is ecstatic. >>> changes coming to ucla. the faculty has approved a new policy that requires most future undergrads to take a course on diversity. the faculty voted for the requirement by a large margin ending an effort that began two decades ago. most other uc campuses require diversity courses. >>> just ahead a north bay woman tells us she was molested by a high school basketball coach. and now she's seeking justice. >>> i'm drew tuma. temperatures warm today. we're going to get hot in some spots on your sunday. we'll take a look at your on his quest, jack ventured far and wide. through dust, fog and rain. until he smelled something legendary. garlic herb butter. jack knew what to do. take the cowboy with him. and that's how the buttery jack came to be. our juiciest, butteriest craviest burgers ever. the new buttery jack burgers from jack in the box. >>> a north bay woman is accusing her high

for "good morning america," brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >>> and dr.unglasses, the screen glasses i guess you call them. >> that's right, yeah. >> i'm so glad you're doing this. we all know these blue screens at night keep you from going to sleep. >> yeah, it's a problem. more and more people are having trouble sleeping. it's not all about the blue light but if you think about it in prehistoric times the sun would go down, we get sleepy and we go to bed and a lot of that they think is the blue light component of sunlight but now the sun goes down and we have all of our electronic devices, anything with an l.e.d. is putting out blue light and what they found is you block it with orange, orange, orange filters and your hormones change. and you get sleepy. >> you think this works? >> well, you know, there are only a few studies and small but it makes a lot of sense. melatonin is the hormone that makes us sleepy and blue light interferes with that. the other thing is there's not a downside. it's not like a sleeping pill so it strikes me as something worth

abc's brandi hitt has the frightening story. >> reporter: this morning, uber driver gerald montgomery to burglarize a passenger's home just hours after dropping her off at denver international airport last week. >> i saw the pick in the door. >> reporter: police say what montgomery didn't count on was the woman, natalie's roommate, being home. amy kissinger allegedly discovering this tool in the back door. >> i said, can i help you with something and he said i'm a friend of natalie's. >> reporter: kissinger texted natalie, who replied she wasn't expecting anyone. natalie thought it might be her uber driver and forwarded her this receipt. >> she sent me a screen shot of his picture and it was the same guy. >> reporter: kissinger calling police but montgomery took off leaving his burglary tools behind and officers tracking him down five days later. >> there was evidence left behind that concerns us greatly that he might have done this somewhere else. >> make people aware this might happen. >> reporter: the popular uber ride share app is used in 260 cities around the world but has become

los angeles deputy fire chief spoke with abc's brandy hitt about the rescue. >> if they would have stayed up there, they didn't escape, yes could have been very detrimental to them. reporter: because the building was constructed in 1963 it had no automatic fire sprinklers. it wasn't the law back then. in fact according to the office of the state fire marshal, sprinklers weren't required in any california residences until 1979. even without sprinklers, the fire was out in an hour and 20 minutes. seeing that heroism first hand left one young man wondering about his future career choice. >> that makes me want to be a firefighter. reporter: today, firefighters are escorting business owners inside the building to gather their belongings and you can still see damage this is along olympic boulevard. the cause of this fire remains under investigation. one firefighter did have to go to the hospital but was treated and released. in los angeles, kaina wentworth, abc 7 news. leon: that's it for us tonight at 5:00. a lawyer killed and now a second woman is arrested. the new charges in the stabbing dea

here's abc's brandi hitt. >> i was tired, exhausted. >> reporter: it was willa junior's infamous nap that forced this alaska airlines flight to make an emergency landing. the baggage handler was trapped in the cargo hold when the plane took off. >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with abc news junior says he dozed off while stacking luggage. a bag then suddenly fell on his head. >> next thing i knew, i woke up, pitch black. all i could hear was the engines. and in my mind i was just like, this is not happening. >> i'm trapped in this plane. >> reporter: junior reached 911 on his cell phone but the call cut out. >> please. >> reporter: so he started banging away at the ceiling. listen. you can hear him from inside the cabin. before his rescue he even sent this final text message to his mom. "i love you." junior is now apologizing for inconveniencing passengers but says he fell asleep from being overworked and has learned his lesson. >> we work really hard out there. we didn't take lunch after seven hours of working. the job is hard, you know, stres

here now abc's brandi hitt. >> sick and tired.he legend of the seas described part of their vacation now on dry land in san diego. brook fagen is one of the 133 people falling ill. >> i was in and out of the bathroom for quite awhile the day. >> i need to be quarantined. >> one day earlier the celebrity infinity docked in san diego following a norovirus outbreak that sickened 100 passengers. but there have also been nightmare vacations like the car carnival triumph two years ago. >> the boat caught on fire this morning. >> both cruise lines saying their ships have undergone a thorough sanitizing, but families on the legend of the seas next voyage aren't taking chances. >> i have clorox wipes. i'm going to clean everything else again. >> passengers who fell ill on the last voyage have been given a credit for two free nights on another cruise. the legend of the seas is set to sail again after a thorough scrub down. brandi hitt, abc news, san diego. >> today is april 15th one of the most infamous dates of the year because it's a tax

abc's brand hi brandi hitt rode along with the highway patrol in an undercover bust of this potentiallydeadly entertainment. >> reporter: chaos on the streets south of los angeles. >> right there. >> reporter: abc news on an exclusive ride along with undercover officers as they hunt down potentially reckless riders spinning out of control. in what are known as sideshows, illegal mob scenes and street races like these that have turned into a showdown with police. is street racing ramping up? >> yes, we believe so. they think it's us versus them mentality. >> reporter: in february, cameras captured this deadly street race in los angeles. watch the mustang on the left swerve into a crowd, killing two people. street racers also shut down l.a.'s busy 105 freeway in december. scenes like these becoming all too familiar from oakland to southern california. >> hopefully we can curve some of this behavior. >> reporter: more than 100 officers flooded streets sunday evening boxing in this swarm of more than 200 cars. at least ten people arrested on a variety of charges including street racing. hun

brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> i will try anything. >> anything. >> anything. >> interestinged to ensure seamless -- i'm not going to tell you what it is. because we're wearing this. >> tell me. >> we're together in this. >> it is sex. >> that's the best way -- >> that's the best way to go to sleep. according to our notes here. >> what if your wife is at work? what do you got for me now? put on the orange glasses? >> i would be happy with your orange glasses. >> why are you laughing? this is not funny. i'm struggling. >> i think the idea of you in orange anything. my dress looks nice. >> wow, look at this. in we were a '70s rap group before rap was invented. we'll be right back. rap group before rap was invented. we'll be right back. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny so skinny. >>> topping the headlines in "the skinny," a health scare for taylor swift, particularly her mother. i need to make that clear there. >> not the pop star. she is known for sharing nearly every intimate detail with her fans and today she tweeted out a br

abc's brandi hitt has the very latest. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning, lara.about heroic rescue. if you look five stories up that's where this massive fire sparked. two people trapped inside gasping for air are now safe this morning. watch as these firefighters risk their lives to rescue a couple stuck in this office tower inferno. it all happened when 175 firefighters from 30 different companies swarmed the building near los angeles' staples center after a blaze broke out overnight. this helicopter flying above providing light for the firefighters working on the roof while others move floor to floor checking for people trapped inside using these ladders. that's where they found ricardo molino and his wife vivian. >> we were suffocating. >> reporter: ricardo called 911 trapped in the thick smoke. >> i thought i wasn't going to make it. i had a bad heart problem. >> reporter: firefighters reached vivian first gently lowering her down the six stories to safety followed by ricardo. the building had no sprinklers which is legal. >> buildings of this nature, someti