>> copeland: yeah.s fractures in my tibia, and three of them were almost full breaks through the bone. and i was being told by several doctors i would never dance again. >> whitaker: but seven months later, with a plate in her leg she was back on her toes. she had to build her way back, but soon w dazzling audiences once again. ballet has lifted misty copeland from poverty, over assumptions about race and through injury. but she wants it to take her higher. she dreams of making the leap to principal dancer, the most elite position in the ballet world. do you see that in your future? >> copeland: for the first time ever, i do. >> whitaker: if misty copeland is named principal dancer, she would be the first african american ballerina to get that title at american ballet theater. company director kevin mckenzie could decide this season whether she gets that promotion. she's already getting the chance to dance starring roles. last month, with the washington ballet at the john f. kennedy center for the perfo

misty copeland lives in new york city.itan opera house where american ballet theater performs. it's 3,000 miles and a world away from where she began. if there is such a thing as the wrong side of the tracks, that's where misty copeland grew up. she, her divorced mother, and five siblings moved around like nomads. down on their luck they ended up here in this hotel on a busy street in gardenia, california. the whole family piled into two rooms. she hadn't been back until almost two decades when she returned with us. >> what's it like being here? >> it brings back so many feelings and memories. >> good? bad? >> a little of both, but just some really hard times because i was so embarrassed about it. >> living here. >> yeah. i think that's why when i saw the sign i was expecting it to be so much bigger because in my mind at that time it was just like this thing that was so huge that i wanted to hide from. >> she'd play with her brothers and sisters on the balcony. she imagined the railing outside their rooms to be her private

copeland takes off, running as fast as he can. he is heading right toward the sheriff court officers. so he turns around and runs the other way. now officers are surrounding him from all sides. there is nowhere to go, except out the window. but instead of crashing through, copeland bounces off the bulletproof glass. this is probably a good thing. if he had been successful, he would have fallen almost 35 feet into the street. realizing the futility of the situation, copeland lays down on the floor and surrenders to the court officers who surround him. and if you think running from the law is a bad idea, check out what this driver did in our next video. an suv crashes through a garage door in spokane, washington. but what is most unusual about this suspect is that he isn't fleeing from the cops, he is trying to turn himself in. the garage door he has just driven through is part of the spokane county jail. sergeant donald hooper is the supervisor on duty that day. >> it was a slow sunday morning. not a lot going on, just dealing with

. >> joining us on the phone, robert copeland, he lives just outside wichita falls, and you sent us pictures you have taken of the west fork of the trinity river. give us an idea of what you are seeing. >> joe, like you say, it's been a long time since we have seen this much water in this area. two lakes fed by the wichita river and the trinity river runs on to ft. worth, has not seen that much water in a long time, and way out-of-bounds along the highway, and you can see in the pictures i took, it got crazy there for a few days. water across the roads in several places, a lot of detours going around, so it has been kind of crazy, but i am not complaining. i am a farmer, so i will take it. >> you have been seeing a lot of evacuations where you are? >> they have evacuated people in wichita falls, and as far as i know that's the only town that has been hit really bad, and they evacuated anybody half a mile from the river evening from what i have heard. >> in past floods in that area, how does this compare? >> i think it was '07 or '08 the last time we had this much rain, we got 20 inches over

miss copeland as well. we were just so happy to see them in our school. they stop.the children. they formed a line. they were bringing things in. they went to visit the classrooms. i really believe the children, not just the children, but the adults felt that people remembered us and people were going to help us. >> well, we certainly are remembering you in our thoughts and prayers this week, and darlene copeland, congratulations on all that you do for those kids. they're lucky to have you as a pre-k teacher and watching over them and helping to guide and influence them. thank you so much four your time. enjoy your saturday afternoon. >> thank you. >> yes, you're welcome. that's it for me on this special edition of weekends with alex witt. alex rivera is next. francis will bring us reports from baltimore on what's become of the celebration and the aftermath of charges against those police officers, and i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern time. have a good one. just show them this - the american express card. don't leave home without it! and someday, i ma

scarlet: misty copeland is certainly a big name out there, but everyone needs one of her.is the biggest the united states right now, scarlet, we will see you coming up in a few minutes. we will see you at the top of the hour at 12:00 -- 2:00 p.m., eastern standard time. muchg up, we look at how at revenue these networks hope to bring in this year, that is coming up, next. ♪ mark: welcome back, this year's upfront presentations are in the mail, that is when broadcasters and cable channels show off their channel lineups to get big money. spend moneyers closer to the fall air dates. sweeney,e is paul director of media research for entertainment, paul, what did we learn that came out of the upfronts. did the numbers decline or are they going to rise? paul: a lot of investment by all of the broadcasting cable networks and some very high quality, high crossed -- high-cost programming with a list talent, so the networks are investing a lot of money up front for their fall season. l theuestion is, wil advertisers spend money on that? if you talk to all of the broadcast and cable n

. >> charlie copeland chair map of the delaware republican party said he served his country and citizensith hon are and dignity. >> our coverage of the life and death of beau biden continues on 6abc.com. we'll have live reports later this morning on "action news." >> it is 7:5 now we learned name of new jersey state trooper killed in a crash yesterday morning. the trooper has been identified as 24-year-old anthony raspa based out of the of hamilton township station mercer county he and his partner were driving in monmouth county when squad car hit a deer. his partner suffered minor injuries. >>> new this morning a two vehicle crash sent two people in the hospital in philadelphia overnight happened near 40 and girard avenue parkside section at 11:are 15 last night. impact of the car caused one vehicle to rollover briefly trapping the two people inside. and a 50-year-old woman and 12-year-old boy were taken to the hospital in stable condition. no word yet if either driver faced charges. >> there's new trouble this morning for former house speaker dennis master she is accused of sexual misc

>>> two large school districts will have new leaders next fall, neshaminy superintendant robert copeland steps down affective july 1st and an interim superintendant will be appointed until his replacement is made. they are searching for a superintendant since last summer. >>> rowan university is putsing a spin on an old tradition, the school is having an entire commencements week with six ceremonies in four days 950 students in science, and math and health professions and math and science received their diplomas. >>> time now forever the check of our "action news" traffic report this afternoon. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> we'll commence the afternoon drive with pretty big problems here in camden an overturned tractor trailer we are watching northbound lanes of 676 past 42 and at this point no traffic is getting by the overturned truck as they attempt to overright it the traffic is needed to stay over on the walt whitman bridge and that is extra crowded. a broken down vehicle in the backlog but that is towed out the way. but i-76 in camden shut down because of o

the show tomorrow night on hbo we do this intro and we interviewed six other major drummers stuart copelandat ringo meant to him as a drummer, his technique and the sound he made which is one of the reasons he was inducted? >> also ringo, what a lot of people don't realize is after the beatles breakup in 1970 everybody expects paul and john will be commercially successful. first three or four years, from '70 to '75, ringo was rolling out the hits it was he and paul who had the most hits. >> one after another. that body of work is what we really celebrate in the induction ceremonies because it's unlike other ceremony wes see a lot. it's the same acts doing the same songs and winning this award. this show really celebrates a body of work of all these -- >> and for young people who don't -- aren't too familiar with ringo's career you look at songs like "photograph," "it don't come easy" you look at his "ringo" album from '74, '75, it's impressive in its own right. >> and it's still constantly played. it's an opportunity for younger people to see him which is a reason that when we put the show

we introduced an introduction to ballerina misty copeland.was a young girl who liked to dance at the boys and girls club. just like shanise. >> have you ever been to lincoln center before? >> no. >> what do you think? >> it's big. >> yeah. >> reporter: a trip to the ballet for a girl finding her footing in life. and it's for young ladies like shanise and kids like her not only in this country but around the world that we're riding on this trip from boston to new york. we have about 100 miles to go. some of it unfortunately in the rain. but we'll keep doing it. hopefully we'll arrive in the plaza on thursday morning. we hope all the people watching this will go to our website and learn more about red nose day and give generously. >> you've got to tough ride today but i'm thinking about shanise and the other people this ride will help will keep you going. thanks matt. >> thanks. >>> again >>> >> again, if you'd like to contribute you can go to today.com/red nose day or text "today" to 80077 for a $10 donation. >> and catch the star studded red