>> reporter: dave sharpe calls his pit bull cheyenne his savior. and that's no exaggeration. she saved his life. sharpe served with the u.s. air force security forces in saudi arabia and pakistan. after two near death experiences, he returned home with severe post traumatic stress disorder. >> before i met her, i was a wreck. i was out of control, start fights for no reason. >> reporter: deeply depressed and filled with rage, he decided to end his misery with his pistol. >> cocked it back, put it right in my mouth, and i sat there and i cried for about a minute or two. and i was this close to pulling the trigger. >> reporter: that's when cheyenne, who was then 6 months old, came to his rescue. >> she came up behind me and she licked my ear and she gave me this look of, what are you doing, man? like, who is going to let me sleep in your bed? listen, if you take care of me, i'll take care of you. good girl. >> reporter: sharpe realized at that moment he had something to live for, but he didn't stop there. he decided that what saved him might save others like him. so he started

. >> reporter: dave sharpe calls his pit bull cheyenne his savior. that's no exaggeration. she was just a puppy, she saved his life. sharpe served with the u.s. air force security forces in saudi arabia and pakistan after two near-death experiences he returned home with severe post traumatic stress disorder. >> before i met her, i was a wreck. i was out of control. i would start fights for no reason. >> reporter: deeply depressed and filled with rage, he decided to end his misery with his pistol. >> cocked it back. put it right in my mouth. and i sat there and i cried for about a minute or two. i was this close to pulling the trigger. >> reporter: that's when cheyenne, who was then six months old came to his rescue. >> she came up behind me and licked my ear. she gave me this look of, "what are you doing, man?" like," who is going to let me sleep in your bed. listen, if you take care of me. i'll take care of you." good girl. >> reporter: sharpe realized at that moment he had something to live for but he didn't stop there. he decided that what saved him might save others lik

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i-80 from des moines to cheyenne and from rapidity to helena.n soaks i-ho in tennessee, i-10 along the gulf coast and i-25 in the rockies. >> heading to the airport today, you could expect delays in boston, kansas city, new orleans and miami. >>> well, first lady michelle obama araising some eyebrows after she stopped at the shake shack. you can do that. mrs. obama ordered a burger, a fries and milk shake totaling 1,500 calories in that's because some says this goes against her anti-obesity campaign. she long has said everything in moderation including moderation and confessed to a weakness for french fries and who among us doesn't have that? >> if you can say you never can have them again that's all you want. >>> michele bachmann has risen to the top of the polls. there is controversy over the center that she and her husband run. >> undercover video was taken inside the center after her husband denied he tries to cure gay people. abc's brian ross investigators now. >> reporter: michele bachmann tells supporters her husband marcus has been the k

. >>> as the morning commute gets under way it drenches i-25 from denver to cheyenne and i-15 from l.a salt lake city and wet on 94 from fargo to chicago. i-64 from charleston, west virginia to louisville, i-80 on new york to pennsylvania. >>> airport delays possible in new york, philly, d.v., denver and charlotte all over the map. >>> here now a story that's sure to ruin the weekend. a new study confirms most of us know this, americans are getting fatter and fatter. a dozen states topped 30%. >> among the consequence, soaring rate of diabetes, in 1995, four state has a diabetes rate over 6%. now 43 states have rates over 7%. >>> all right. not good. >>> a new book due out next week suggests that barack obama sr. discussed putting his son up for adoption. >> sally jacobs uncovered a memo in the honolulu office of the ins. the mother was making arrangements with the salvation army to give the baby away. president obama has said he's absolutely convinced that did not happen. all right. well, overseas, arrests are expected today in london as the hacking scandal involving a british tabloid

wet on i-80 from des moines to cheyenne and on i-5 in the pacific northwest. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in atlanta, new orleans, minneapolis and denver. >>> when casey anthony walks out of jail sunday she'll have a $1 million check waiting for her if she's willing to tell her story. radaronline has proof a picture of the actual check made out to casey marie anthony from altaie lohr. he's hoping to score the first on-camera interview. no word on whether she'll take him up on the offer. >>> in dallas an offer for affordable housing triggered a mad dash that left eight injured. thousands raced across a parking lot to apply for section 8 vouchers. some of them have been waiting since the night before. officials processed up to 5,000 applications but only 3,800 vouchers are available. >>> the justice department wants more time to get rid of the don't ask, don't tell ban on gays in the military. last week a federal appeals court ruled that the policy should end immediately. but now the justice department is asking a court to rethink its decision. >>> congress als rethinkin

wetten i-70 from denver to kansas city and i-80 from cheyenne to omaha. >> if you're taking to the airort delays arereossible in atlanta, kansas city, denver, salt lake city and phoenix. >>> and recapping our top story now, casey anthony could walk free as soon as tomorrow after jurors found her not guilty of murder. she was convicted of only four minor charges and considered time served she could be released from jail. >> jurors in the case refused to speak with reporters about their deliberations and their identities are being kept secret. >> n towell, their decision to acquit her sent off shock waves around the nation. >> that was true outside the orlando courtroom where hundreds gathered day after day during the trial. some could not believe the verdict. >> i think they did improve their case and i think for the first time in a long time we saw justice whether it was justice people wanted or not. if they can't prove their case the constitution of the united states with no evidence, you have to set them free. >> you do realize you're greatly outnumbered. >> i don't care. i don't car

i-15 from salt lake city to las vegas, i-80 in des moines, omaha and cheyenne could be wet and thunderstormsm jacksonville to new orleans. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in denver, minneapolis, atlanta, and charlotte. >>> well, a bizarre case is unfolding in washington state this morning where a seattle man is facing charges of murdering a 7-year-old girl near chicago in 1957. >> prosecutors say that jack ma cull lo was arrest bid police at the time but said he had been on a train from rockford to chicago when the girl was abducted. his alibi held up for 54 years until his train ticket turned up unused. he is a former police officer with a history of sexual enantibioticle abuse claims against him. >> to another high-profile case. casey anthony jurors are meeting for deliberations. >> diana alvear is joining us from orlando with more. diana? >> reporter: peggy and daniel, good morning. six hours, that's how long the jury spent in deliberations on their first day. and they have a lot to consider. the prosecution did theiei best to leave a lasting and devastating impression of

flooding on parts of i-25 from albuquerque to cheyenne. rain soaks i-70 from kansas city to lil, i-40 across tennessee and i-10 from new orleans to jackson, also wet on 95 around the carolinas and virginia. >> let's talk about the airports now. if you're flying, you could face some delays in miami, denver, new orleans, d.c. and salt lake. >>> well, a hearing is scheduled for the polygamist family gaining fame on a new reality show. >> they are the stars of "sister wives" and now they are filing a suit challenging utah's law against polygamy. as abc's dan harris reports, they insist they have a right to be left alone. >> she is a sister from the same mister, and he's a brother from another mother. >> reporter: you may not approve of the life cody brown lives with his four wives and their 16 children on tlc's "sister wives," but they say they have every right to live now. now their renowned constitutional attorney, who is not a polygamist, is set to ask the federal courts to decriminalize the practice. his argument, the browns are consenting

also on i-25 from cheyenne to albuquerque.i-70 from denver to utah and on i-5 in the pacific northwest. rain drenches i-10 and 20 from houston totohreveport. and from miami to the carolinas. >>> if you're taking to the skies airport delays are possible in atlanta, new orleans, denver and minneapolis. >>> health officials in massachusetts have voted to drastically limit the kinds of food that kids can buy while they're at school. they're getting rid of sugary drinks and also food made with artificial sweeteners among other changes. >> exactly. it's all in an effort to battle childhood obesity and then there are two highly respected doctors that suggested obese kids be put in foster care. here's dan harris. >> reporter: harvard's dr. david ludwig, one of america's premiere childadd obesity experts, says in in a prestigious medical journal some carefully selected situations some of the 2 million extremely obese children should be taken from their parents. >> taking a child away from their parents is a drastic action, but when we

document the the kind of creeping the indians gave the pilgrims that on the track at the time the cheyenne gave custard at little or bit torrent. so i just said hi to you in a native language. [laughter] and all stuck there because that was my big step has been able to stand in front of a group, tripping when it, no makeup and what make up the fairly stated on my face and still pull up the announced to talk. having electricity go up this morning at 2:00 is nothing compared to what i've been to in the past. >> as miss oklahoma, you're forced into the spotlight not only is it represented the state coming as we all know once were put in the spotlight, were suddenly asked to represent all native people. how did she balance that? how did you become a nod to care for native people, but without taking out the representative of the whole? >> mainly because i never felt really nirmal. will really come if you read the book, it's hard for me to think of myself as being nirmal. so i can't speak for other people because i'm not nirmal. i only speak for myself. but there were a lot of people. there are

me to give you a typical indian greeting, i didn't know if he meant the kind that the dakota and cheyenneave little customer at big horn. so i just said hi to you in my native language. [laughter] so, and i'll stop there because that was my big step on being able to stand in the front of a group dripping wet, no makeup and what makeup there was sliding down my face and still pull it together enough to talk. so having electricity go out this morning at 2:00, it was nothing compared to what i've been through in the past. [laughter] >> well, um, as miss oklahoma, um, suddenly you're thrust into the spotlight not only as a represent thetive of the state, but as we all though that with native people once we're put in the spotlight, we're suddenly asked to represent all native people. how did you balance that? i mean, how did you become an advocate for native people but without, you know, taking on that representative of the whole? >> well, i think mainly because i probably never felt really normal. and so i never -- well, normal, really the way if you read the book and see how i grew up, it's

every year more workers are killed that were killed in the civil war battle of cheyenne. huntington workers died in the hundreds. most of the time that never entered this correspondence. joanna grogan -- a lot of stuff is written -- it turns out joanna grogan made $1 investment. she worked in a major hotel. by the time they were done she died -- very incompetent doctors. her hospital bill amounted to two years and she would have to work two years to pay the bill for the hospital. huntington doesn't want to pay the bill but realized more than she did. bile of the local people, the undertaker and all the doctors. stacey this as a chance to make some money off of that. what they have done is taken on somebody on such a colossal scale they have no idea what they have gone into. they won't cheat policyhunting. what it does do is break the law down so they settle for much less or get nothing at all. this is joanna grogan axe -- farm with five children. none of them had shoes. final details come in. this was a typical -- where you came from was county clerk embattled school fund

it is kit carson comes to rescue a woman has been captured by i think the cheyenne. is too late.what they do is they kill oppressors and right away. and in going through the stuff that has been captured he begins going to the debris in the camp and he finds the novel. the novel is about kit carson rescuing women from the apaches. kit carson sits down and starts reading the novel. kit carson is upset because in the novel he saved the women. this time he lost the women. for kit carson begins to realize here's an actual historical character now constructing himself out of these kinds of myths. buffalo bill cody who i think is a great genius of the american west produced is the one who understood this. what he understood is the west itself could become a commodity. buffalo bills wild west show which never calls itself a show will take the actual people or involved. which met in buffalo bill's wild west show is indians who had fought oscar within joined buffalo bill bill's wild west show to fight custer in onstage and in the arena. and before wounded knee which buffalo bill will go ou

have fun in cheyenne frontier days. wish i was going out there. giddy up! see you later.ch dana on "the five" not the rest of this week but next week and forthcoming. coming up on our show, while we watch washington play games with the debt, you can't help but wonder what does it mean for your bank account or 401k? dave ramsey is here to answer your question. it was nancy pelosi who promised to drain the swamp. remember that? but congressman wu is allowed to stay until the debt debacle is worked out. does that seem hypocritical? do they need that vote? we report, you decide. >> we've got a flood. this is where the rubber hits the road, the nose breaks the grindstone, and the angels start second guessing where they tread. ♪ call 1-800-steemer with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. only one calcium supplent does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. >> quick headlines now, the hotel maid accused of the -- accusin

and warm all the way to the northeast and 86 this portland and chicago is muggy at 88 and cheyenne, 90 106. and human. so, everybody across the eastern part of the country is hot and across the host and to the pacific northwest, cool, and san diego is 74 and 68 in seattle. we continue to stay warm tomorrow, 99 in rapid city and 97 in minneapolis and 94 in chicago and monday, same story, climbing a few degrees with 100 degrees breaking out in the none plains. the heat is on. it will be hot tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday and it will build in the eat. check on your neighbors, stay cool, stay inside, and try to stay outside in the main part of the day. clayton? >>clayton: in the hot summer days, cool and delicious ice cream and july is "national ice cream month." we are celebrating national ice cream month, ronald reagan designating it so in 1984. this is important because new we have to learn how to make ice cream using your marble slab creation. >> what people do they come to the floor, select the flavor, and there are lots of flavor, we have a board, we tell you to pick your f

. >> reporter: welcome to zip code 82052, halfway between laramie and cheyenne.id you think you were going to find when you got here? >> well, i didn't know. >> reporter: there's only one paved road, winding path which used to be buford's schoolhouse. it ends at the front door of the only home in town. think you'll ever have a stoplight? >> i certainly hope not. >> reporter: he's got the only snowplow in buford, the only tow truck. the only gas for miles. do you think this qualifies as a town? >> in wyoming? it's almost a city. >> reporter: tell that to don's only neighbors. wyoming ground squirrels. buford wasn't always this small. once a railroad town, it boasted some 2,000 residents. the rain still runs through buford. only these days, they just don't stop anymore. >> when the railroad went away, the town went away. >> well, the whole town did, yeah. >> reporter: betty lives a county away and has been watching buford slowly fade from the map for some 90 years. but she said don saved it. >> yeah, i think don likes it out here. >> reporter: he's become sort of a