clayton sandell. abc news, denver. >>.race since the death of fellow driver kevin ward jr. stewart missed three nascar events since his car struck and killed ward during a race in new york earlier this month. stewart has not been charged in ward's death. but the investigation is still ongoing. >> now the story everyone is talking about this morning. joan rivers is in the hospital after suffering a heart attack. she went into cardiac arrest after throat surgery. her daughter says the 81-year-old comedienne is resting comfortably surrounded by family. rivers has said she will never retire. in fact, just the night before, she appeared at an event here in new york. >> turning to the growing isis threat in the middle east and how the president, islamic militant group, released a chilling bit of propaganda. captured syrian soldiers stripped to their underwear, forced to march in the desert before being executed. but this ruthlessness getting a surprising reaction from the white house just days after approving surveillance flight

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and if you do the right thing, eventually, you'll get a second chance. >> reporter: clayton sandell, abc news. >>> and on monday night, our partner with espn, will air a special report, "olbermann presents pete rose, 25 years in exile." >>> a trial in the headlines tonight. and not like what we've seen from a political couple in trouble. on the stand, former virginia governor, bob mcdonald. the charge, political corruption. but it was very personal defense that riveted the country today. and abc's david kerley has it. >> virginia governor, bob mcdonald. >> reporter: he appeared the polished politician, with convincing confidence. talked about a possible presidential candidate. but behind the portrait of bob mcdonald, was the emotional wreckage of a troubled, dissolving marriage. she would yell at me, she told lawyers, accused of working with his wife, to trade access for luxury gifts and cash. that's why the troubled marriage is key to mcdonald's defense. arguing that things got so bad, with wife, maureen, they couldn't communicate enough to trade their position for privilege. but pr

abc's clayton sandell tells us what happened next. >> reporter: the girl in this video is 9 years old. from the east coast with her family visiting a popular o en es i in 2008 when an 8-year-old boy fired an uzi, it recoiled, killing him. there's no federal law prohibiting children from shooting ranges. in pennsylvania, one range we found kids have to be 12 or older. in california, 7. one texas range allows kids do pull the trigger as young as six. some firing ranges like the centennial gun club in colorado say that is too young. >> we've chosen not to let a 9-year-old shoot in our club. >> why? >> they're still developing. there's a strength issue, a maturity issue, competency issue. >> reporter: today we fired the same caliber bullet. you can see the kick. a powerful force that some firearms experts say may be too much for kids to handle. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >>> and we have a big headline to tell you about tonight, a lawsuit filed by parents across the country worried about children's sports and concussions. the parents are asking the governing officials of soccer lea

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: it's a game they have been waiting to play for 47 years. west all-stars are the first chicago team to reach the little league world series championship since 1967, taking on south korea. after a nail-biting victory against las vegas. >> it's over, chicago wins the united states championship. >> that was real fun. i'm a celebrity. >> i don't like losing. it's just -- it's like a girl dumping you. >> reporter: all of chicago, it seems, is watching. >> these kids are from a tough part of town, tough part of the city that's -- big burden of crime and gun violence. what they have had to overcome is substantial. >> reporter: in a week affected by some pretty grownup news, players like 13-year-old mo 'ne davis had a distraction. >> we're going to be friends forever. >> reporter: and coaches like dave be lisle, reminding us all what's important. >> there's no disappointment in your effort, the whole season. it's been an incredible journey. >> reporter: the kids from chicago's south side played hard, but in the end, south korea took the win. >> it c

abc's clayton sandell tells us what happened next. >> reporter: the girl in this video is 9 years old. from the east coast with her family visiting a popular tourist attraction monday near las vegas, a shooting range called bullets and burgers. >> give me one shot. >> reporter: the instructor, 39-year-old charles vacca switches the gun to full automatic. but when she fires, she loses control, accidently shooting vacca b vacca dead. >> it's like losing a brother. these aren't employees or associates. these are family. >> reporter: the shooting is tragic clee similar to this one in 2008 when an 8-year-old boy fired an uzi, it recoiled, killing him. there's no federal law prohibiting children from shooting ranges. in pennsylvania, one range we found kids have to be 12 or older. in california, 7. one texas range allows kids do pull the trigger as young as six. some firing ranges like the centennial gun club in colorado say that is too young. >> we've chosen not to let a 9-year-old shoot in our club. >> why? >> they're still developing. there's a strength issue, a maturity issue, competenc

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: it's a game they've been waiting to play for 47 years.he jackie robinson west all of hires are the first chicago team to reach the little league world series championship since 1967. today, taking on south korea. after a nail biting victory last night against las vegas. >> it's over. chicago wins the united states championship! >> all of a sudden -- >> i don't like losing, it's just -- it's -- it's like a girl dumping you. >> reporter: all of chicago, it seems is watching. >> these kids are from a tough part of town, tough part of the city that's a big burden of crime and gun violence and what they've had to overcome is substantial. >> reporter: in a week infected by pretty grown-up news. players like 13-year-old mo'ne davis offered a refreshing distraction. >> it's over. >> reporter: the first girl ever to throw a shutout. hurling that 70-mile-per-hour fastball. >> we're going to be friends forever. >> reporter: then there were coaches like dave reminding us what's important. >> there's no disappointment in your effort and the whole tour

david. >> clayton sandell tonight. thank you. i want to bring in chief meteorologist in the weather center at wpvi in philadelphia tonight. i know you're tracking this closely. >> these storms are on the move pressing to the east. that means the west will be drying out. the focus of the severe weather and potentially flooding rains now shifts up to the northern plains and the midwest. especially northern missouri. looking at for more than three inches of rain with possibility of flash flooding and even severe storms with hail and isolated tornados possible. that futurecast shows you a cold front from canada will spread the heavy rain into the tennessee valley and in the midatlantic by sunday night. in the meantime, tomorrow morning it's not going to feel like the dog days of summer at all. we have a taste of all with winds out of the north. morning temperatures down into the 60s. detroit, in the 50s and cleveland into the 40s for your saturday morning. you may want a jacket. it's not going to feel like summer at all. >> thank you

reena, devin. >> our thanks to clayton sandell there. hundreds of people spending the night in shelters as he mentioned. others, though, are riding out the storm at home. we spoke earlier to former abc news photographer ginny vicario. she's now retired in hawaii about the biggest fears for her house. >> the biggest fear are trees falling on our house. we have these very, very tall albezios, which is an invasive species, and they're very brittle, and they're about 70 feet high, and they tower on the sides, and so we're a little worried about them. we can hear them breaking and cracking and trees falling all over the place, so we're hunkered down. we're in the dark, and it's starting to get really noisy out there. you know, it's a little scary. >> scary is right, especially since this storm is going to be followed by hurricane julio. >> our coverage continues now with accuweather meteoroligist mark mancuso, who is tracking the storms. mark, take it away. >> okay, as we take a look at our satellite picture from the pacific here, you can see

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: tonight, u.s.ecret service agents have joined the hunt for whoever triggered this -- >> get your hands up! >> reporter: a police s.w.a.t. team bursting into the littleton, colorado, office where jordon mathewson was playing a live video game with other players watching. >> the caller stated that he had just shot multiple people. >> reporter: but police say that 911 call was a hoax. it's called s.w.a.t.'ing, made by someone using software to disguise their phone number, identity and location, triggering s.w.a.t. teams that swarm in on innocent people. some say they have even had mild atta heart attacks. first it was hollywood. bieber, seacrest and cyrus have been victims. but s.w.a.t.'ing is spreading. seatlle in june -- >> i shot my dad with a licensed ar-15! >> reporter: a few days ago near orlando -- >> i shot my mom! >> reporter: now he says what happened to him is part of a new trend. >> they really like the anonymity of being online and being able to get away with stuff. >> reporter: the fbi e

clayton sandell, abc news, kailua-kona, hawaii. iselle is packing wind gusts of 70 miles per hour.ategory 3 hurricane. >>> our coverage continues with accuweath accuweather's jim dickey. >> good morning, reena and devin. iselle is bringing powerful winds and torrential rainfall. gusts of 60-mile-per-hour. going to be power outages to deal with. torrential rain, in some cases, five, six inches. flooding a concern, along with that, the threat for mudslides. iselle will depart by local time early morning. it will be off the big island, move off to sea, clipping oahu, with outer rain bands. not a direct impact. then, we track julio into the weekend. the good news is, this powerful storm might stay north of hawaii. reena and devin, back to you. >> thank you, jim. our coverage continues in our next half hour with a live update from the big island. stay with abc news all morning long. >>> six american students stranded in africa by the ebola outbreak are coming home. but not right away. their study abroad program was om supposed to last a few weeks. this ebola outbreak has killed more tha

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: u.s.service agents joined the hunt for who ever triggered this. >> put your hand up! >> reporter: a police swat team burst into the office where he was playing a live video game with players watching. >> the caller stated he shot multiple people. >> reporter: police say the 911 call was a hoax. it's called swatting. made my some one using software to disguise their phone number, identity and location. triggering swat teams that swarm in on innocent people. some say they have even had mild heart attacks. first hollywood, bieber, seacrest, cyrus, all victims. swatting is spreading. seattle in june. >> i shot my dad with a licensed ar-15. few days ago near orlando. >> i shot my mom. >> matthewson says what happened is part of a trend. gamers getting swatted by their opponent. >> could be any one of thousand of people watching. they really liked the anonymity of being online. and being able to get away with stuff. >> reporter: the fbi estimates there are roughly 400 swatting calls every year.

thank you very much, clayton sandell and tracking all this developing weather julie durda of our abc miami station wplg. julie, good morning. >> i'm no stranger to that but our friends in the hawaiian islands are and had to deal with iselle yesterday and we are watching hurricane julio just east of the big island. now, this is expected to push toward the west-northwest. the big concern with this system, it's going to slow down its forward progress as we go into tomorrow. the good news is the actual center of circulation of this system will stay well offshore but those outer bands could bring even more rainfall to parts of the hawaiian islands that had to deal with heavy rain already. i'll have more on this and some severe weather that occurred yesterday in the southeast and more on the nation's forecast coming up. dan and paula. >> thank you very much, julie. >>> let's turn it over to ron claiborne with developing news. hey there. good morning to you. >> welcome to our merry little band. >> i love our merry little band. >> so far so good. good morning, everyone. we tart in orlando, f

clayton sandell has the story. >> reporter: finally out of the hospital two weeks after a single sipemical, lie, used to clean the deep fryers, mixing it into the drink. now it's happened again. >> it was bubbling on my tongue. >> reporter: this time in colorado, 7-year-old riley chase going to the hospital after this shake. >> it was just like you were drinking a very strong cleanser. >> reporter: lisa chase said the manager said an employee left the chemical cleaner in the sink, and filled with vanilla syrup thinking it was clean. >> it just burned all the way down. >> reporter: they accidently sold the bad batch to two other customers who also had to be taken to a hospital. federal regulations require hazardous cleaners to be stored away from where the food is prepared. and businesses are supposed to provide proper training for employees handling chemical cleaners. >> they need to be held accountable, could have cost people their lives. >> reporter: in a statement, dairy queen told abc news this was an isolated incident and the employees responsible had been reprimanded. the rest

our coverage begins with abc's clayton sandell on the big island. >> reporter: honolulu beaches werestorms tore across the pacific toward the hawaiian islands. as iselle and julio approached, residents batten down. >> we're on the waterfront. nothing to block the wind. >> roof damage. older homes, could have structural issues. flying debris, potential, as well. >> reporter: bracing against the battering winds. >> this plywood will keep anything flying away from my windows. >> reporter: the heavy gusts are already churning up the surf, tempting some boogie boarders to take hazardous chances. >> do not get out there. it could be very, very dangerous. >> reporter: gas lines are long, as provisions grow short. splice of bottled water already running dry. >> all of the water is gone. >> reporter: and sandbags in scarce supply, too. a growing worry as the islands are getting their first taste of expected heavy rainfall. >> rain will be stuck over the wind ward areas, wringing it out, wringing it out. >> sandbags are sold out. i have a roll of duct tape. this will slow the water down, right

the state has not been in a situation like this for decades, and abc's clayton sandell is in hilo, hawaii, with the very latest. clayton, good morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning, dan. iselle is now gone, but there is still plenty of cleanup to be done, and now everyone is nervously watching for julio, now just about 600 miles offshore. this morning, crews are breaking down debris after the first tropical storm in 20 years brought large waves and heavy winds to hawaii's big island threatening the area with landslides as residents dig out of the damage. >> anybody here? >> reporter: iselle's fury helped destroy this structure. powerful gusts leveled hundreds of giant trees that took power lines down with them. crews are scrambling to get the lights back on. >> it was scary. it was scary. >> you don't really experience winds like that here in hawaii. >> reporter: tractors are helping clear the path for people cut off from the outside world. drivers stranded on roads and tourist destinations turned into boarded ghost towns. >> everything is okay, you know, except for no power, no w

thank you very much, clayton sandell, and tracking all this developing weather meteorologist julie durda of our abc miami station wplg. good morning, julie. >> paula, now the big concern is hurricane julio spinning just east of the hawaiian islands, just east of the big island this morning. you can see it wrapping around the center of circulation. plenty of rain bands, the big concern for our friends across the hawaiian islands that will provide for rough surf. it keeps the circulation of julio just to the north of the hawaiian islands which is good news but does slow down as we go into tomorrow. big concern for our friends in that area as we just had to deal with iselle is bad news for them. all more on the severe weather across the east coming up. >> thank you very much, julie. let's turn it over to ron with developing news. hey there. good morning to you. >> welcome to our merry little band. >> i love our merry little band. >> so far so good. good morning, everyone. good morning, dan. we start in orlando, florida, where there was a tense standoff between an armed murder suspect and de

clayton sandell, hawaii. >> spencer christian is tracking those storms. still a couple of hours before the rain really begins to fall. >> that's right, larry, just a few hours away but steaming directly towards the big island is hurricane iselle. here's a look at our radar image. you can see both storms, iselle the first one and julio the second one. iselle is expected to make landfall later this evening possibly as a strong tropical storm and hurricane julio is not far behind. this is the timeline. we expect it to make landfall 8:00 p.m. hawaii time with maximum sustained winds at 70 miles per hour and pass westward south of honolulu tomorrow. couple of days later here comes what will then be tropical storm julio passing mainly north of the islands but possibly dealing a glancing blow with strong gusty winds and heavy rain. right now we have a hurricane warning in effect for the big island, tropical storm warning in effect for the remaining chain of islands. you can see winds are just beginning to get a little gusty in some spots now, anywhere between 25

ginger zee is here, but first, clayton sandell on the big island for us. >> reporter: here on the big island of hawaii, utility crews are out working to clear trees that the storm slashed to the ground. and completely blocked highways. power outages put nearly 25,000 in the dark. >> it was scary. it was scary. >> you don't really experience winds like that in hawaii. >> reporter: riding out the storm overnight, we watched those wind speeds jump up. >> right now it's 9:00 p.m. and the winds are 30 miles per hour. it's now midnight and the winds are gusting to 50 miles per hour. >> reporter: but the big story on the big island -- all the big water. some areas soaked with a foot of rain. the rainbow falls yesterday. and here's what it looks like now. so much water streets were flooded. as the storm moves east, famous waikiki beach is empty but amid the damage, some beauty. a rainbow on the island of maui. david, this will give you an idea of the danger and power of all that water. this is the wailuku river here in hilo. the level has risen 13 feet in just the last 12 hours. and tonight,

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: he was charlie hustle, wracking up more games, at-bats andn history. >> there it is. number 4,192. >> reporter: the man once destined for the hall of fame was banned for life in 19895 cuesed of not just betting on the game but as manager on his own team. >> oh, boy. oh. >> uh-oh. oh, boy. they're going to grab pete. >> reporter: now a new baseball commissioner is taking office and pete rose is renewing his plea. telling espn's jeremy shap his quarter century long punishment is enough. >> you broke the cardinal rule? >> i did. >> how would could some one who loved the game so much. >> good question. we all make mistakes. i made a big mistake. >> his next, autographing the legal document that sealed his fate. >> it was a mistake. i didn't read the fine print. to this day i have no idea what, what my lawyers would accept a lifetime suspension. >> reporter: a lot of baseball fans still haven't forgiven rose. now 73. the league told us it is too early to say. if rose might have a fan in the new commissioner. >> i have been led to believe that amer

too many bud lights. >> reporter: for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> oh right. >>> speaking of party, ginger zee is always where the party is and she's up in central park before we can get there. hey, ginger. >> hey, we made it in the crowd. we are all branded with brad paisley. let me see this. i want to borrow this. donna from new jersey, thank you. look at this crowd. they are so ready for some brad. a little warm-up now straight to the forecast. flash flooding issues in illinois and that is where we begin in southern illinois, marion, some 2 inches in some places, central illinois had quite a bit of rain too and now what i want to show you is not only where that rain is moving, to give you an idea what is happening for your labor day from west to east, here it is, you got the showers from kansas city up through the great lakes and i want to give you one little piece, one little piece >> 65 degrees. grab a jacket on your way out. mostly sunny skies, low humidity. comfortable this afternoon. >> all that weather brought to you by the laughing cow, brad p

for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> lucky. >> man, thank goodness she isy. >>> we turn it over to ginger. severe weather in the forecast. >> almost 100 severe weather reports monday. look at this from south carolina, that stunning lightning strike. to this video out of minnesota. some places around minneapolis had 6 to 7 inches and another couple yesterday with damaging wind, hail reported and today, that same cold front will slide to the south and east. if you are anywhere from detroit down through indianapolis, evansville is included, cincinnati too, the biggest threat would be damaging wind and hail and most of it in the afternoon and evening. look for that 4:00 to 7:00 period and see a brief spinup of a tornado but that's the pocket we're watching. heat building from the deep south up into the plains. >> good morning. we are waking up to a nice start. of we have variable cloud cover. 74 degrees at reagan national. we are taking look at the saddle -- satellite. sunny expecting partly skies with a straight shower possible. the high temperature will be in

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> in omaha, a tragic dose of reality for a rowdy television show.he show "cops" was shot and killed during an attempted robbery at a wendy's. so was the suspect who was armed. only with a pell eet gun. the fir mast major accident for "cops" on for 25 years. his officers had no choice but to open fire. >> the defense has rest in the corruption trial of former governor bob mcdonnell, and his wife, maureen. the mcdonnell's oldest daughter, testified she loves both of her parents and revealed painfully personal details about their crumbling marriage. the couple says they could not have conspireden a corruption scheme because they have barely spoken for years. after court, mcdonnell seemed upbeat. >> now that everybody has been released. all of it, all of my children, everybody can be in the courtroom. it is a great feeling of support as we close the case. >> prosecutors may call one more witness today. then final arguments expect fried day. >> you can add soccer to list of sports with concussion controversies. a group of soccer players and parents filed

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: it is a game they have been waiting to play for 47 years.enson west all-stars are the first showing team to reach the little league world series championships since 1967. taking on south korea. after a nail-biting victory against las vegas. >> it's over! chicago wins the united states championship! >> that is like, like a celebrity. >> i am just like a girl dumped me. >> all of chicago it seems is watching. >> these kids are from a tough part of town, tough part of the city. big burd in of crime, gun violence? what they had to overcome is substantial. >> reporter: in a week infected by pretty grownup news. players like 13-year-old mo'ne davis offered a refreshing distraction. the first girl ever to throw a shout out. hurling the 70 mile per hour fastball. >> we're going to be friend forever. >> reporter: then coaches like dave belyle, reminding us what's important? >> there is no disappointment in your effort in the whole tournament in the whole season. it has been an incredible journey. >> reporter: the kids from chicago's south side played

abc's clayton sandell has the story. >> i think you're getting s.w.a.t.' >> reporter: they're searching for the 911 caller who brought s.w.a.t. teams on this unsuspecting gamer. bursting into this littleton, colorado, video game company wednesday guns drawn as the whole thing streams live online. >> the caller stated that he had just shot multiple people. >> reporter: officers thinking they had an active shooter set up a perimeter evacuating businesses, locking down nearby schools, but police now believe it was all a hoax, a disturbing prank called s.w.a.t.'ing. take this fake 911 call a couple years ago. >> i'm going to shoot someone else soon. >> reporter: that one sending cops to miley cyrus' front door. now police say video gamers are making the phony calls to get s.w.a.t. teams racing to the homes of their opponents. >> this is not a game. it's not an online game. we have real guns with real bullets and there's a potential for tragedy. >> reporter: it's becoming so common that jordan matthhewsonm the s.w.a.t.-ee told other players he knew exactly what

abc meteorologist ginger zee with the new timing for all of this, but first abc's clayton sandell is in hawaii for us tonight. >> reporter: there is a state of emergency here and you can see they're closing beaches and we are already goat lg wind gusts of about 25 miles per hour, the weather here about to take a dramatic turn for the worse as iselle makes a direct hit. tonight iselle is packing powerful winds, high surf and heavy rains all aiming right at paradise. as not one but two hurricanes bear down on hawaii, schools are closing and shelters opening. the governor has the national guard on alert. >> we're prepared for immediate response. we have our resources in place. >> reporter: for jeff and lori, here from seattle, the timing couldn't be worse. >> we're getting married saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. the plan right now is to get married on the beach at sunset. >> the week we decided to come, there's two hurricanes and we just had an earthquake. >> reporter: across the islands they're scrambling to get ready, plywood to protect windows. there are long lines for gas and supplies

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: it is a game they have been waiting to play for 47 years. jackie robbenson west all-stars are the first showing team to reach the little league world series championships since 1967. taking on south korea. after a nail-biting victory against las vegas. >> it's over! chicago wins the united states championship! >> that is like, like a watching. >> these kids are violence? what they had to overcome is re shout out. hurling the 70 mile per hour forever.. >> reporter: then coaches like dave belyle, reminding us what's important? >> there is no dippointment in your effort in the whole tournament in the whole season. it has been an incredible admiration and but the entire cou n sandel a get thatve good story ot. it lived of to its name. wait till you hear howuch it paid out. >> in ou next half-hour, wireless wars. kochl petition between cell phone companies right now. do you feel lucky. a vegas slot machine, infamousl. >> in till now, a long time holding out. abc's mara schiavocampo has e story. shows.d performances. >> you guys rock! >> reporter:

but let's get right to abc's clayton sandell on the big island of hawaii right now where iselle is makingall. contemplatening. >> reporter: good morning, amy. we are really feeling the power of iselle right now. you can see the winds are really kicking up and all around the town of hilo, the power is completely out. hurricane iselle has just been downgraded to a strong tropical storm but it's still packing 70-mile-per-hour winds and plenty of danger. overnight the big island of hawaii pummeled with some big waves. drenching rain and powerful winds. the town of hilo in the bull's-eye for iselle's fury. >> this is a unique situation. it's unprecedented. we haven't had anything like this happen. >> reporter: it's crashing down on highways and power lines and electricity out to 25,000 hopes leaving people in the dark. the only light from power lines catching fire. right now it's 6:00 p.m. and the winds are teddy at almost 20 miles an hour. it's now 9:00 and we're seeing winds over 30 miles an hour. it's now midnight and we're seeing gusts up to 50 miles an hour. some of the 200,000 tourists i

>> all right, it's going to be busy there for clayton sandell in the hours to come. get now more on the storm's path and what we can expect over the next few hours. >> iselle made landfall just after 2:30 eastern time. there's still quite a few impacts that we need to talk about, it made that landfall five miles east. watch this. the satellite image shows you how quickly the friction of the big island killed that thing. whatever's left will take this track south of the island. so not everyone out of the woods. our eyes turn to julio, right now a very strong category 3. just north. we'll be tracking this all throughout the morning right here on "good morning america." george? >>> now to the crisis in iraq. president obama authorizing air strikes to protect americans there and humanitarian airdrops, food and water to help tens of thousands of iraqis under siege by the brutal islamic militant group looking to take over iraq and threaten america. abc's martha raddatz broke the news and joins us from washington. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. it'

lucius robbi hasn't been seen in a week and we have more from abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: friends, family and volunteers are desperately searching this vast mountain wilderness for any sign of 21-year-old lucius robbi. >> we're very, very worried at this point. >> reporter: it's been one week since robbi pakced his car and set out from horseshoe bend, idaho, heading for missoula, montana, to start his junior year in college. but never showed up. >> it was his first day in school and he's not the kind of boy that would miss that. >> reporter: his family says he is a skilled outdoorsman who worked summer as a rafting guide. they say he planned to explore along the way, even bringing along two orange kayaks. >> the plan was drive halfway, camp someplace, maybe do a day hike. he's an avid kayaker. >> reporter: overnight a new clue in the search. volunteers scouring through gas station surveillance footage spotting what appears to be robbi's car in garden valley, too, tuesday afternoon, just 30 miles from where he started. about 20 minutes later his family says his cell phone was picke

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: he was charlie hustle, wracking up more games, at-bats and>> reporter: but the man once destined for the hall of fame was banned for life in 1989, accused of not just betting on the game, but as manager on his own team. >> uh-oh! >> oh, boy. they're going to grab pete. >> reporter: now, a new baseball commissioner is taking office and pete rose is renewing his plea. >> get over it. >> reporter: telling espn's jeremy schacht his quarter-long century punishment is long enough. >> you broke the cardinal rule. >> i did. >> how could someone who loved the game so much -- >> that's a good question. we all make mistakes and i made a big mistake. >> reporter: his next mistake, autographing the legal document that sealed his fate. >> it was a mistake because i didn't read the fine print. and to this day, i have no idea what my -- why my lawyers would accept a lifetime suspension. >> reporter: a lot of baseball fans still haven't forgiven rose, now 73. the league told us, it's too early to say if rose might have a fan in the new commissioner. >> i've b