(sot-cornelius austin/ saving animals) "if a dog could talk, he'd have a lot to tell you... like i always tell everybody, it's not the dog it's the people.. it's the people." (nats) chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles ((christianne klein)) >>> people in the southeast are dealing with something pretty uncommon there... wildfires! >> the multiple states effected by the flames right now... and what's making things worse for firefighters... that's next on the valley's news leader./// announcer: you're watching 8 news now at hate off its popular platform. the company says over the next few days... the company will add harassment. twitter says it's expanding its mute feature to let people filter out words and phrases they don't want to see in their mentions. the company is also revamping its abuse reporting system so that people can report harassment and hate speech directly./// ((christianne klein)) >>> and google wants to help you figure out what's real and what's fake. the tech giant says it will now ban fake news sites from using its online advertising service. facebook also

. >> reporter: cornelius austin scours the streets of days a week looking strays -- for strays or neglected animals. >> i love working with dogs. seeing dogs in a comfortable place. >> he is finding abandoned dogs that were trained by criminals to become vicious weapons. >> i have seen dogs that have come from the shelter and through my class and they have >> authorities said they had seen a surge of dogs used to help commit crimes. >> they have been using cases of robbery and rape and assault. attorney ken phillips works on cases involving dog bites. he says some felons are using dogs like these instead of guns. to avoid being sent back to jail. >> felons are not allowed to have weapons anywhere. they know the vicious dog can be used as successfully to commit a crime as a gun or a knife. >> turn to the left. >>ti training some of the animals received and he is helped rehabilitate hundreds of aggressive dogs like this pitbull named dolly. >> he had severe dog aggression. he has done a 180. >> while he admits not every animal can be saved he says he owes it to the dogs to try. >> they have a

. >> reporter: cornelius austin scours the streets of los angeles six days a week looking for stray or neglected animals. >> i love working with dogs. seeing dogs in a comfortable place -- >> reporter: more and more he is finding abandoned dogs that were trained by criminals to become vicious weapons. >> i have seen dogs come to the shelr scars all over their faces. they had been in a battle. >> reporter: authorities say they have seen a surge of dogs used to help commit crimes. >> they had been using them in robbery, rape, assault. >> reporter: this attorney works exclusively on cases that involve dog bites. many criminals are using dogs instead of guns to avoid being brought back to jail. >> they know that a vicious dog can be used as successfully to >> to the left! >> reporter: austin works to reverse the training some of the animals received. he has helped to rehabilitate hundreds of aggressive dogs such as this pit bull. sumac this is severe dog aggression. he has done a 100 -- >> this is severe dog aggression and he has done a 100 degree turnaround. >> reporter: he says he owes i

dog trainer cornelius austin scours the streets of la looking for pets that have been used by felons to commit crimes and they use dogs instead of gun to avoid going back to jail to get caught. >> felons are not allowed to have weapons anywhere. they know the vicious dog can be used as successfully to commit a crime as a gun or a knife. >> interesting. in his classes austin works he has helped rehabilitate hundreds of aggressive dogs. >>> while three cows were stranded following the big new zealand earthquake. >> you could see them on their own little island of land right here. what it took to get to those animals and rescue them. >> and, as we take a look, we have clear skies afternoon skies around here. in two days we could see snow >> for the news you need when you need it, like us on facebook, twitter, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, >> the education programs offered by theater cans open doors for high school student ins our area. >> it is a great thing. here is our critic at large greg moody. >> one of the greatest aspects of funding comes in the form of education. a chance for students to se

dog trainer cornelius austin scours the streets of los angeles - six days a week - looking for stray or neglected animals. he says many felons use the dogs instead of guns to avoid being sent back to jail. in his classes - austin works to reverse the training som he's helped rehabilitate hundreds of aggressive dogs... and while he admits not every animal can be saved, he says he owes it to the dogs to try./// ((christianne klein)) >>> the cermonial lighting of the 23rd annual holiday cactus garden is expected to get underway shortly at ethel m chocolates. ((paul joncich)) ((paul joncich)) >> and that's where we find tedd florendo ahead of the ceremony. (((>>>nice day today with temps still above average in the 70's again and unseasonably mild coming off a warm weekend. still no 80's this time around to bring us to tie the record of 80 degree temps set back in 1950. but we will remain warm to mild for at least a few more days before it begins to get colder ........ ........................... ............ for the east part of the valley where we're typically warmer since we're lower i

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. >> reporter: dog trainer cornelius austin scattered showers the treats of los angeles six days a week, looking for stray or neglected animals. >> i just love working with dogs. you know? seeing dogs in a crt >> reporter: more and more, he says he is finding abandoned dogs that were trained by criminals to become vicious weapons. >> i just seen dogs come to the shelter and come through my class and stuff all over. you know, they have been in a battle. >> reporter: authorities say they have seen a surge of dogs used to help commit crimes. >> they have been using cases of robbery, rape, assault. >> reporter: attorney ken phillips works exclusively on he says some felons are using dogs like these instead of guns to avoid being sent back to jail. >> felons are not allowed to have weapons anywhere. they know a vicious dog can be used as successfully to commit a crime as a gun or a knife. >> turn to the left! >> reporter: in his classes, austin works to reverse the training some of the animals received and is helping to rehabilitate hundreds of aggressive dogs like this pit >> reporter: he a