surveillance video shows the officer rolling on the sidewalk trying to put out the flames on her at a dallas area shopping center. two good samaritans came to the rescue and investigators say they were responding to a report of a hand who smelled of gas and officers tried to talk to him he set himself on fire. two other officers suffered minor burns. we are following breaking news in the east bay where two people are rushed to the hospital after an apartment fire. two beloved pelts were rescued. >> the arrest of a high priced prostitute causes authorities

dallas, texas area, you get the attention this morning for good and bad reasons.ve a horrible drought, three-year drought in some cases, you need the rain, but you are getting it all at once, i-35 closed in both directions now north of the denton area getting 4 to 5 inches of rain in the last couple hours. these were the downpours we were afraid of. there's flash flood warnings, hardly any rain in the dallas area so it's to the north of you at this time, but it will sink to the south, and wichita falls picking up an inch of rain, which is great, they have historic drought, driest three-year period ever seen, and now we are getting the rainfall we need. there's more on the way. the green on the map shows light rain from oklahoma city down near towards austin. it's the thunderstorms that could give us the torrential rain in a short period of time. by the time it's done, the bull eye's is from dallas to little rock to shreveport and oklahoma city from today, tonight, and even tomorrow. we could have damaging wind and large hail is possible this afternoon. the rest of

border, well, overnight they layed on or at least anouned a new event, holding a round table in the dallas area. the governor of texas has been very critical also invited to talk about this unfolding crisis on texas' southern border. after a tax in the gaza industrial by israeli forces. among the targets of the palestinian homes. spending the day searching for survivals in the rubble, stephanie decker is in gaza, she filed this report act an hour ago, as even more attacks were with upway. this is going on throughout the day. may will come in with the jets and strikes. this is just along towards the northern side of gaza, which is gaza city. so it's hard to keep track how many there are. and you just saw it happen it's been going on like this all day. people are telling you they are terrified what a night will bring. so people are extremely. >> ands that our stephanie decker as the bombs were reigning down. the israeli cabinet authorized it's army to call up 40,000 reservists. now gathering along the border preparing for possible offensive. more from southern israel. >> what we are seeing is the

surveillance video shows the officer rolling on the sidewalk trying to put out the flames on her at a dallas area shopping center. two good samaritans came to the rescue and investigators say they were responding to a report of a hand who smelled of gas and officers tried to talk to him he set himself on fire. two other officers suffered minor burns. we are following breaking news in the east bay where two people are rushed to the hospital after an apartment fire. two beloved pelts were rescued. >> the arrest of a high priced prostitute causes authorities thousands of miles away to re-open an investigation there. >> a thief makes off with a package delivers to the front door of a peninsula hope but a wanting going out to neighbors this >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good friday morning at action. thanks for ending the week with us. >> say that again. >> "ending" week. >> friday! >> we will check now on the forecast. mike? >> good morning, everyone, it is the end of the week and we have another day of cooler-than-average temperatures before the warming trend tomor

even a severe thunderstorm just east of the dallas area. so, looks like dallas and ft. worth, you're okay, but driving east of town on 35, you could get into some big storms heading into areas of oklahoma or even arkansas, for that matter, maybe even northern louisiana a little later today. that's where the rainy spot will be. there will be some hit-or-miss storms in florida and also in upstate new york. we're still watching the tropical disturbance in the atlantic. looks like it could bring squally weather towards puerto rico on sunday. as far as development, not as favorable as it was yesterday, so it looks like it probably will be a tropical storm by the time it gets near puerto rico. a rainy day, but it shouldn't be a lot of destruction or anything like that. >> all right. >> and the east coast looks okay. >> still chilly out here, as you can tell by the long sleeves. >>> okay, fascinating insights revealed by personal e-mails involved with the irs controversy. >>> plus, fire crews work franticly to keep the yosemite blaze away from america's treasured grove of sequo

north of the dallas area in denton. one rain gauge, a weather reporter out there, nine inches of rain since midnight last night. now, i-35 is closed in both directions, and that's where the police enforcement are saying some really bad flooding is occurring on the roads. they are going to have to do water rescue to get north to the denton area where that thunderstorm complex has lingered for much of the evening. out in the west how about that? pasco, washington, with 109 temperatures yesterday. it was warmer there than wraen where in the desert southwest. vegas and phoenix at 107. i know we have tied and broke heat records in interior washington state. we have pretty much dried things out in arizona, so we're not expecting any rainfall during the day today. we'll still be very warm. 108 in phoenix. 106 in vegas. this is about where we should be for this time of we're. notice medford still pretty warm, and we haven't seen any signs of that warmth in coastal, california. they continue to be rather cool july. only any he's

. >> reporter: the dallas area got served some texas-sized traffic nightmares.y a foot of rain in just six hours near valley view. drivers had to be rescued. others abandoned their cars. flooded roads shut traffic down for miles. at this store, you had to slosh to shop. >> looks like we're going to get another round of it. it may be pointless to start cleaning at this point. >> reporter: they are cleaning up in colorado. rain flooded streets and soaked restaurants. hail blasted car windows. >> lost my back window. >> reporter: sirens warned people to get to higher ground. this really gives you an idea of the power of water. yesterday this channel was empty. there was only dirt here. but the floodwaters brought all of these giant boulders and rocks downstream. some of them are as big as cars. this was manitou springs a year ago. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: but this time, the waters were tamed by a $4 million project that's not even finished yet. including this 20-foot-high wall, meant to steer the deluge away from neighborhoods. >> we're extremely happy. consider

welcome to larry king our special guest destroy in dallas area the person writer and producer she appeared in the wigs series lauren about sexual assault in the middle and she is in her fifth season as the intelligent over achieving and determined spencer racing in a.b.c. family's head t.v. show pretty little liars that airs tuesday nights at eight eastern the shows recently picked up for two more years yes i never heard it shows they usually picked up for thirteen weeks one tell you how do they know to use i don't know how they know it i guess that's just what they wanted to do it's a very rare thing and it's been unprecedented on our network especially most as on our network a.b.c. family go from the five seasons so for us to go fully to seven it's pretty incredible tell me about the show. the show is about four best friends who are high school who are held together by a sort of single queen bee frenemy named allison diller and tests and she's sort of takes these four very different girls and makes a friends group and then on one of the last summer parties before their sophomore year of

the 20-year-old computer science mayor was interning with a tech company in the dallas area. >>> it's not unusual to fly from california to nevada. minnesota or wisconsin but the way these people are doing it is a little different. we'll show you the 50th anniversary of this 1600-mile flying competition. >>> i don't think the average person can say they delivered their own son. >> we talked to bay area parents who have a great story to tell their son about the day he was born. >> this is the last time. this is it. this is it. >> it was football but with a different type of ball for the last time at candle stick. the final memories from 50 years at the stadium. the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds. >>> it's official the sports era has come to an end at candle stick park. the last game was played tonight and it wasn't football but futbol. ktvu's debora villalon is live at the stick with how fans can take a look at history before it's all reduced to rubble. >> reporter: next sunday august 3rd will be a free fair well community day here for everyone to come, take tours, take pictures so

but dallas area has a plan to shelter them. i will speak to the judge proposing that when we come back in a few minutes. >>> the head of the va apologizing to veterans and their loves ones. he admitted to serious problems in the agency and calling the inaccurate reporting of wait times indefensible and unacceptable. molly has more on what else sloan had to say. the acting secretary of the va said there is progress in cutting down the wait list in the veterans administration or vha. >> the vha reached out to over 650 and made 543,000 referials for veterans to get service. this is in the last two- month period. >> reporter: he said there are more clinic hours and looking to buy a state-of-the-art scheduling system. he asked congress for help. and he's hiring more people. >> you would need 10,000 additional staff? i think you were talking about some 17.6 billion that you are requesting? >> yes, ma'am, i know it sounds like's huge number. >> reporter: the price tag concerns those on the committee who poured hundreds of millions in

rights group was posting pictures on social media like these of people walking the aisles of a dallas area took offense, she organized petitions and boycots turning target to change their policy. christina, how concerned with this change in policy is target about losing customers? >> well, it is a very interesting question, brook. to be clear, it's not really even a policy, it's just a request at this point. this goes to your question about not wanting to alienate customers on either side of this debate. it's really hard not to do that. if target is just quiet about the whole thing, the anti-gun group could say they're supporting the gun side of the equation. it is a tough call for retailers. as for whether or not this impacts their bottom line, it's too early to tell. they have statements against carrying guns in their stores, so it's hard to tell at this point, not to mention the fact even with we do see a sales decline, it will be hard to assess whether that is tied to these statements and press releases at the end of the day. >> what if it is legal in a specific state. can the stores l

. >> reporter: the dallas area today got served texas-sized traffic nightmares. nearly a foot of rain in just six hours near valley view. drivers had to be rescued. others abandoned their cars. flooded roads shut traffic down for miles. at this store, you had to slosh to shop. >> another round of it, so it may be pointless to even start cleaning at this point. >> reporter: they are cleaning up in colorado tonight. rain-flooded streets and soaked restaurants. hail blasted car windows. >> lost my back window. >> reporter: sirens warned people to get to higher ground. this really gives you an idea of the power of water. yesterday this channel was empty. there was only dirt here. but the flood waters brought all of these giant boulders and rocks down stream. some of them were as big as cars. this was manitou springs a year ago. this time the waters were tamed by a $4 million project that's not even finished yet, including this 20-foot high wall, meant to steer the deluge away from neighborhoods. >> we're extremely happy. considering that the project is not completely

posting pictures like these on social media web sites of people walking up and down the aisles of a dallas-arease and started organizing boycottses urging target to change their policy and now they have, but let's flip the script because in the town of rifle, colorado. that's right, rifle. in a restaurant called shooter's grill you can openly carry a gun and so can the waitresses. take a look at the sign on the door. all guns are welcome here and as you can see in the picture, the waitresses free to jot down your burger order with a loaded gun in the holster. their 27-year-old owner was the first to carry a pistol and so the waitresses liked the idea and so they, too, started packing heat, but there are strict rules in place, one of them being to keep all weaponses holstered unless the need arises. so let me bring in the owner of shooter's grill. lauren, thanks for coming on. >> you this for having me. i appreciate it. >> i mentioned the name of the town. it's called rifle. it's shooter's grill. this is hunting country in colorado. what has the response been to your armed waitresses? >> well, u

men from a pro gun group called open carry texas toting rifles in a store in a dallas area. that set off another kind of protest. a gun control group called moms demand action for gun sense in america. they chimed in to protest as well. both of them tugging at the strings of companies trying to convince a lot of major american corporations, including target, to take a stand and make it public. cnn "money" correspondent christina joins me now. target is no small company to come out and say, all right, we're doing it, we're taking a stand and here it is. >> that's exactly what it is, it's a pr stand. it's hard for these companies to enforce this kind of a policy. they're just asking customers not to do this. to your point, they're responding to potentially these groups out there like moms demand action that are appalled by these pictures of customers with large firearms in target. >> so the weird thing is you say pr, but there's a huge segment of society that would say that's not pr, that's bad pr. i guess they have to take a stand. >> well, if you are a gun activist and you w

gary thomas who serves as the president and executive director of the dallas area rapid transit. thank you for joining us. mr. casey, we'll start with you and move down the aisle. as i said, your full statements will be included in the record. please try to summarize in five minutes or so, then we can get into back and forth. >> good morning. chairman menendez, senator warren, i want to thank you for the opportunity to testify in the federal role of bringing this nation's public transportation infrastructure to a state of good repair. i am joseph casey, general manager of the southeastern pennsylvania transportation authority, septa, located in southeastern pennsylvania. septa is the sixth largest operator in the country and the largest in pennsylvania. septa provides 1.2 million daily passenger trips which are essential in supporting the southeastern pennsylvania region. last year, americans took 10.7 billion trips on public transportation, yet at a time when ridership reaches the highest levels in 57 years, the industry continues to fall behind and the investment required to br

republican governor rick perry has apparently changed his mind when the president lands in the dallas areavernor perry, we are told, will indeed meet and greet him at the airport according to the white house and that will give them a bit of time to talk before they get on marine 1 to discuss tens of thousands of undocumented children detained at the border. time to turn to the money lead. what if the big one comes in not in california, but oklahoma. oklahoma experiencing an explosion in earthquake activity. it's had more earthquakes than california this year. why? well, a new stud ney science magazine links this update to a controversial drilling practice, an industry that forms one of the pillars of oklahoma's economy, but as martin savidge reports, after all of the shaking someone might want to inspect that pillar for cracks. >> reporter: in oklahoma, earthquakes are in the news. >> having an earthquake right now, our lights are shaking quite a bit here. >> the day we arrived there were three earthquakes magnitude 3.0 or greater before lunch. >> these three were all before noon today. >>

white house invitation to attend a round table along with religious and community leaders in the dallas area this afternoon. >> i think that despite all of the differences that exist when it comes to policy between governor perry and this administration, there should be a level at which we can agree that it's important for this humanitarian situation to be addressed. >> the president's strip to texas comes a day after he asked congress for $3.7 billion in emergency funds to deal with the crisis. here is house speaker john bainer in the past hour. >>> the president's request it's all about continuing deal with the problem. we've got to do something about sealing the border and ending this problem so that we can begin to move on with the bigger question of immigration reform. >>> now the senate homeland security committee is holding a hearing on the border crisis. witnesses including fema administration and border patrol commissioners have testified about the government's response to the flood of immigrants. nbc mark potter has been reporting on the immigration battle for years now. he joins u

>> schwanbeck: this day, the focus was on a family who purposefully moved from oklahoma to the dallas area high school football. that's against state athletic rules. brett and his photographer billy bryant head for southlake carroll high to confront the coach. brett knows that reporting takes time. >> [lips popping] yeah, i think they may be onto us. there was a trainer-- yeah, they're looking at us. they know we're here. okay, whatever. i'll deal with it. okay, go get your camera. hurry, hurry. you know your quarterback still lives in oklahoma? >> did you know the protocol of checking in before-- >> did you know your quarterback still lives in oklahoma? >> schwanbeck: after brett confronts the coach, the athletic director steps in. >> okay, then let's sit down and talk about it. >> sure, absolutely. >> we'll give you a call. >> all right. >> if you're living in southlake, your house in oklahoma has to be on the market. well, it's not. not only is it on the market, but daddy's got a huge brand-new business in oklahoma city. and by the way he responded to us--i.e., throwing a bag of ice at

white house invitation to attend a round table along with religious and community leaders in the dallas area >> i think that despite all of the differences that

that you're invited, since you are the leader of one of the largest congregations in the dallas-fort worth areaildren into the general population. >> well, and first of all, i doubt i would be on the president's invitation list or even his christmas card list because of some of the things i've said on fox. >> no doubt. >> but this is not about a partisan politics. frankly i don't care whether the president goes to the border. i want him to secure the border and he has the ability to do that right now. he said just a few weeks ago he doesn't need congress. he has a pen and a phone. it's time to use that and issue one of those executive orders to protect our borders and protect children in the process. >> pastor, we had attorney general greg absent on our program a couple weeks ago saying he was considering suing the federal government for the expenses incurred for medical care, for crime, for education. you said you just spoke with him. what new are you hearing from him? >> well, it is truly, he says, a humanitarian crisis. i want to remind you rick perry and greg abbott are compassionate people

marine 1 land here behind this building where president obama, rick perry and other leaders in the dallas area will be meeting. president obama just shuttled over from dfw airport and had had a one-on-one meeting on marine 1. rick perry met the president at dfw and they met privately in the chopper ride over to love field airport where we are and that took a little less than 15 minutes and now they're inside. we are told they do have the opportunity to continue their one-on-one dialogue inside the building behind me, but we're still waiting on updates on what was said we're told, and the president may have to make comments with various community leaders in dallas that are discussing the immigration crisis issue and they'll continue to strip through texas, wolf? >> are they letting cameras in there and will we see live in this exchange the president has with these faith leaders and the governor? >> reporter: we won't see it live. we will have some video to share here shortly. the traveling news media pool that travels with the president is in the process of doing that and we'll be trying to tur

. >> around 2002, the real estate market in the dallas/ft. worth area of texas was booming, and david nixon made a fortune. >> he had a very big personality. he was always smiling. he was always happy. he liked nice things, nice clothes, nice cars, nice women. >> nixon primarily sold real estate in grapevine, texas, just outside dallas/ft. worth. >> it's a very vibrant city, very suburban. there is some money here, but the main focus is the lake. people want to live by it and have very nice homes around it. >> but david's idyllic life started to unravel one sunday night when his ex-wife walked into police headquarters to report him missing. she said he didn't show up for a dinner meeting with their 10-year-old son that evening, which was very unusual. she said he wasn't returning telephone calls either. >> david nixon was a great father who kept in contact with his son, even though he was divorced from his wife, and would constantly keep in contact with him. >> i can't really put my finger on anything. i just have a gut feeling that there's something ab

. >> around 2002, the real estate market in the dallas/ft. worth areas was booming, and david nixon made a fortune. >> he had a very big

. >> on the night of darrell north's murder, the dallas/ft. worth area was hit with a driving rainstorm, causing flash floods and power outages. the storm was so bad, darrell sent his construction crew home early, but he stayed behind because he had a 5:00 p.m. appointment with curtis pope. they were going to discuss quality problems with the swimming pool pope was installing at the hotel. pope was having financial problems. his company was headed towards bankruptcy, and darrell north was his only large client, although it's unclear whether darrell knew this. no one knows what the two men said to each other. but prosecutors believe curtis pope snapped and attacked darrell with a knife. darrell was caught off guard, and struck pope in the face with a paper punch, causing the nosebleed. pope stabbed darrell over 40 times. as he lay dying on the floor, a drop of blood from pope's nose fell on to darrell's pants. >> there's no way he could have explained away how his blood was dripped on to darrell north's pants. >> we knew we had eliminated any possible inn

a flash flood watch in effect through tomorrow afternoon in the dallas and ft. worth area. >>> they certainly don't need more rain in rhode island, but it is coming. flash flood warnings have been lifted in new port county. they have seen two inches of rain this week. now, a new round of thunderstorms could trigger more floods. >>> boston and surrounding suburbs submerged this morning. severe thunderstorms also pounding southeast massachusetts. >>> a 12-year-old pennsylvania girl should be counting her lucky stars after flash floods sucked her into a storm drain. >> wow. >> she was checking out the flooting with her friends on monday. she ended up being pulled hundreds of feet underground. >> it was scary, dark scary. my mom helped me through, though. i was thinking of my dad, my mom, my new mom, my sister, my brothers. i was just praying that i would make it through. >> after she emerged from the other end of the storm drain, she was swept a half mile down. she was able to grab on to tree limbs helping to make it out with bumps and bruises. john, this is why you look from

i-35 major high north of the dallas/ft. worth area closed to the north of denton. we have picked up 6 inches of rain and thunderstorms in three hours. that's a pretty epic rainfall. i imagine when the pictures start coming out of that region we are going to have a lot of flash flooding to deal with. that is going to continue through this region and some of the storms work their way through the dallas area during the morning rush hour so we will watch you for that. also beneficial rains up there around wichita falls who has seen one of the worst droughts in the last three years in the city' history so take the inch of rain last night. shreveport to on dallas 2 to 3 inches widespread. if you get one of those thunderstorms over you can pick up 4 to 6 inches in a hurry. the cooler air has arrived and not really chilly but the humidity is lower than it has been. pittsburgh at 52 degrees in the morning. may even need a light jacket there. no light jacket needed new york city to d.c. beautiful afternoon and perfect summer weather and low humidity and temperatures in the m

dallas. hundreds of illegal immigrant children could be in the area in the next month.many taxpayers are saying elected officials never gave them a chance to speak out before the decisions were made so they're doing it now. >> i just can't believe my country would be part of that. >> reporter: a group of protesters gathered waving flags. and holding signs. >> we are out here in the attempt to try to wake america up. >> reporter: it's their way of soliciting report and speaking out illegal immigration, the amnesty of protecting children who cross the border i willlily. >> we want our elected leaders to follow the law. >> reporter: it was a similar scene on arlington on friday in a controversial challenge over the prices at the border and dallas county's decision to temporarily how's 2,000 unaccompanied children who crossed into the country illegally. >> it's not our job to take care of them. they need to be sent back to the countries they came from. >> reporter: these demonstrations are part of a two-day national protest against the immigration reform. >> that's wrong. >

on it for a couple of days, to set up a meeting between the president and local officials in the dallas area to discuss the situation on the border. there are a number of nongovernmental organizations, including nonprofits and even some faith leaders in dallas, who have been trying to mobilize some resources to assist in the effort to meet the basic humanitarian needs of those who have arrived at the southwest boarder and attempted to -- border and attempted to enter the country without authorization. the president welcomes the efforts of those who are trying to contribute constructively to addressing this problem, and we're seeing local officials and even some members of the faith community in dallas try to do exactly that. the president's supportive of those efforts, and that's why we were seeking to set up a meeting with those individuals. when governor perry sent a letter to the white house yesterday indicating a desire to meet with the president, we thought it made sense here to extend an invitation to governor perry to allow him to participate many that meeting with other texans who ar

i'm leading an effort to bring 2,000 children here to the dallas county area.ess needs to act. they need to do their job, too. >> all right. thank you very much judge jenkins. let me ask you, was this a moment -- you heard david gergen earlier talking about the president should have gone to the border. something democrats and republicans have said, but the president lass chosen not to do even though he knows it's become a political lightning rod. if he had gone to the border, his berlin wall moment like for john f. kennedy and said don't send your kids here. don't accepted yosend your kids. would that have worked for him or would he have come off as callous and alienated many in his party. >> this wouldn't be the magic bullet that would solve this issue. because this is a complex issue. sh is a matter of pull factors there and push factors here in the united states. the president has a bully pulpit. he's got a platform. this crisis needs to be addressed. he should have used every opportunity he has to address it and so show that he's in control. he can show he'

none of the threats contained actual toxins but all shared a common link, mailed from the area around dallas, texas, and that's where the f.b.i. today arrested hong minh truong. newly released court papers say evidence collected from truong's computer and trash link him to the mailings and a motive that he had a long rung grieve answer with federal law enforcement. in 2002 truong told police he heard voices in his head adding the f.b.i., dea, and police were after him and beaming radar into his body. truong is now held on a charge of sending hoaxes through the u.s. mail. no one was hurt by the mail but first responders spent thousands of man-hours and likely millions of dollars reacting to the potential threats. >> brown: democrats and the future of the l.a. clippers may have just been decided in a court of law. that's next. . get help right away if you have swelling of the face or throat, or trouble breathing. tell your doctor your medical history. and find an arthritis treatment for you. visit celebrex.com and ask your doctor about celebrex. for a body in motion. visit celebrex.com and ask

none of the letters contained actual toxins but all mailed from the area around dallas, texas and that's where the f.b.i. today arrested hong minh troung. letters link him to the hoax mailings and the motive might be found in records revealing troung had a long grievance with federal law enforcement. in 2002 troung said he heard voices in his head, saying police were afterhim and beaming radar in his bod y. he is now held on a charge of sending hoaxes through the u.s. mail. no one hurt by the mail. first responders spent thousands of man-hours and likely millions of dollars reacting to the potential threats. >> brown: thank you so much. democrats and republicans in congress agreed on a deal for healthcare to veterans in the wake of the v.a. scandal, providing $17 billion to cut wait times for he can by hiring more doctors and allowing vets who can't get virginia appointments to get outside care. the future of l.a. clippers may have just been decided in a court -- of law, that is. that's next. get help right away if you have swelling of the face or throat, or trouble breathing. tell your

we had thunderstorms overnight and a lot of people will be woken up east of dallas area. lfur springs to tyler, texas. big thunderstorms rolling through and western new york thunderstorms overnight and they are still continuing but watch out if you're around the oswego, new york, area, north of syracuse and look like the storms rolling your way half hour from now. later this afternoon in the northeast isolated storms, including new england, hartford, new york city and albany and most of the day is dry and hit and miss shower late in the day and warmer today. d.c., 86 degrees. maybe it's time to turn that air-conditioning back on. heading to the tropics now that august is around the corner. august and september are two peak months in the hurricane season. still watching this tropical depression and looks like a tropical storm later today and puerto rico has to deal with it on sunday. tuesday, it should be somewhere off the bahamas and it does not look to approach the u.s. at this time. we will keep an eye on it. it could be a close call but right now, we are looking okay. f

but rain will be in parts of florida and the dallas/ft. worth areathunderstorms today. and heavy rain which could extend to denver and new mexico. >> and temperatures have reached the 80s in the northeast, the upper 70s along the great lakes. highs in the 70s for most of the midwest. but billings could hit 92. and the same for albuquerque. >>> most of us get that wornout look on our jeans by, well, just wearing them out. sticking them in the washing machine. >> that's right, but some japanese designers are using a new method to create that lived-in look. they wrap them around old tires and rubber balls and give them to zoo animals. look at him there with the tiger. the lions, tigers and bears, bite, claw and slobber on the denim until they're designer jeans. >> they don't come cheap. a recent auction, they sold for $1,200 a pair. can you believe that? it's part of a project to raise awareness about animals. and all of the money was donated to the world wildlife fund. it's all for a good cause. >> would you wear a pair of jeans like that? >> i would l

courier, phillip's responsible for picking up money from various nightclubs throughout the dallas/ft. worth area the day's money, as far as work was concerned. >> he's aware it's potentially a dangerous job. and he has a background in law enforcement. so phillip always takes several precautions. he never tells anyone what he does for a living. he always changes up his routine at which clubs and banks he goes to and at what time. >> if a person knew that, they were close to phillip. >> even after ten years of running his own money courier business with no major problems, his wife, barbara, is still nervous whenever he goes out. >> i was on him about stopping it. i was saying, you're getting too old, you need to be at home. i don't like you having to leave out at 2:00 in the morning, get home at daybreak. you should be at home in the bed sleeping. >> when he doesn't come home at his usual time, she's worried but tries to stay calm. an hour later when a phone call comes from the hospital, barbara's worst fears are realized. >> i said, is he all right? and she says, we'll talk to you -- we can't giv

it'll be a hot day from areas from denver to dallas. phoenix yesterday was 116 for a record high. talk about beautiful friday. you can get away with not working and going to the beach on the east coast. gorgeous. slight chance as a storm on saturday. it gets hotter. another decent weekend. we've had a string of east coast weekends that have been -- we're on nine or ten in a row. >>> coming up we're going live to the middle east with a report from ayman mojadidi whether hope remains for a ceasefire. >>> we'll switch gears when we come back to the water cooler. these actors have millions of youtube viewers. what got them there. never go to break angry if you're a tv couple. you can't go to break angry. awe! hey. i'm ted and this is rudy. say "hi" rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles ] i'd do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brilliant new way to take care of his teeth. clinically proven as effective as brushing. ok, here you go. have you ever seen a dog brush his own teeth? the tw

and you can see the smoke in the area, and central washington there, even down into oregon, even in canada, dealing with these fires. this is roughly the size of the dallasroplex and so we're talking about an incredible area, over 100 homes have burned, and so the situation not getting any better any time soon. we're looking at the smoke now offer much of the country into canada because of the fires and because the wind has driven the smoke to cover much of the country, just incredible courtesy of noaa right there. the situation like we mentioned not getting much better with temperatures still staying warm especially down to the south, where temperatures are going to stay in the 90s especially as you head down towards salt lake city. seattle of course warming back up into the mid-70s and boise seeing temperatures in the upper 90s, so the heat will continue. we actually have heat indices in the plains, in the triple digits for the coming days. of course, more "new day" right after the break. did you know a ten-second test could help your business avoid hours of delay caused by slow internet from the phone company? that's enough time to record a memo. idea

dumped on the area on thursday into early this morning, and some were stranded nearly 3,000 residents lost power. national weather serve hazes a flash flood watch for this afternoon for dallasworth area and points north, this is what people around here were going through earlier this week with our severe storms. >> this stretches from dallas to the oklahoma border. >> a mess. >>> all right. well, later this afternoon i will be watching the home championship. >> british open. >> you did say if you get tonight hot head in the the ball you know what it would be hit by. >> he was on the wrong side of the tiger woods drive on the 17th hole. >> there it is. >> ouch. >> donk. >> so, it was, shot, at the royal golf club where they are playing it this year. >> dit bounce. >> it bounced and smacked within of the marshals right there in the head. >> wow. >> so it bounced. he has his eye on the ball i think. >> wow. >> but i think, anybody notice how tiger is doing? didn't he do real well in the back nine. >> i think he did. >> i will not say nothing. >> okay. >> he is what, di? five birdies in the last eight holes. >> nice. >> okay. >> last eight holes including that shot on the 17th,

area, this is abc7 news. >>> welcome back, 4:42 on wednesday morning. happening today, president obama is headed to dallas to meet with governor rick perry of the crisis on the united states border. the president will be joined by religious and local leaders during a discussion about the humanitarian crisis where unaccompanied children are showing up by the thousands loan the border but rejected an offer to see the problem first-hand by taking a visit to the border. the president is asking congress for $3.7 billion to deal with the problem. >>> the president spent time rubbing elbows with locals in denver and made a surprise stop at a restaurant and poolhall downtown area. colorado governor was need to greet the president and take him on a game of pool. >> no word who won. >>>ç this afternoon, l.a. clippers' owner donald sterling

dallas in the wake of president kennedy's death. we have scenes of one of those arrests in the downtown area. liceman was shot in the vicinity of a downtown movie house. >> paul bentley. >> how did you approach him? >> i approached him and as he approached him, the man hit mcdonald in the face. with his left hand, was reaching for his pistol with his right hand. and as he reached for his pistol, i grabbed him along with two or three other officers. >> what did he say after he was arrested? >> he just said this is it. it is all over with now. crowd cg sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering and i found myself in the middle of this parade honoring america's troops. which is actually quite fitting because geico has been serving the military for over 75 years. aawh no, look, i know this is about the troops and not about me. right, but i don't look like that. who can i write a letter to about this? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifte

dallas mr. obama says perry raised four areas of concern and made suggestions. >> useful question for the governorn boehner, mitch mcconnell and other members of the texas delegation is why won't you give us a bill to give us additional resources to solve the problem you say is urgent? >> the president says if congress passes hi request he'll have resources to take steps perry recommended. >> donald sterling said he would never sell the los angeles clippers he vowed to spend his life suing the nba and said his wife, shelly had deceived him. and is challenging her decision to have him declared mentally unfit this, is over remarks made to a former assistant a few weeks ago. mrs. sterling said her husband should be examined for alzheimer's disease as she approached him after testimony, he shouted "get away from me, you pig". >> there is a gun fight in an east bay park tonight between nature lover that's want to continue shooting on public land and those who want to continue outdoors in peace. in east bay hills there is an owes yeahsis. listen, you'll hear something you don't expect to hear in nature.

dallas mr. obama says perry raised four areas of concern and made suggestions. >> useful question for the governor, john boehner, mitch mcconnell and other members of the texas delegation is why won't you give us a bill to give us additional resources to solve the problem you say is urgent? >> the president says if congress passes hi request he'll have resources to take steps perry recommended. >> donald sterling said he would never sell the los angeles clippers he vowed to spend his life suing the nba and said his wife, shelly had deceived him. and is challenging her decision to have him declared mentally unfit this, is over remarks made to a former assistant a few weeks ago. mrs. sterling said her husband should be examined for alzheimer's disease as she approached him after testimony, he shouted "get away from me, you pig". >> there is a gun fight in an east bay park tonight between nature lover that's want to continue shooting on public land and those who want to continue outdoors in peace. in east bay hills there is an owes yeahsis. listen, you'll hear something you don't expect to hear in na

however, the dallas morning news is reporting that certain texas sheriffs in that area would rather have more deputies. the influx of children is overwhelming the courts. there's a backlog. the white house says the number of unaccompanied kids arriving at the border has dropped significantly from last month and house minority leader nancy pelosi has been accused of changing her stance on deportations. in an exclusive interview, i asked her if she had changed her views. >>> some have said you reversed your stance on the 2008 federal law that is probably providing some unintended consequences right now for unaccompanied minors being able to stay. how do you see the policy issue and the debate going forward in the current state in washington right now? >> regardless of ones interpretation of my view on the 2008 law, i don't think that the law should be changed in an appropriation bill. if there's a concern that people have about the law, let's have that debate in a comprehensive immigration reform conversation and debate on that legislation. but let have that hold up what we should be doing

area. as the assassination was taking place, a dallas businessman called abraham and stood behind that lowe wall looking down at elm street. >> as he's making the turn, it is half way down there. i had a shot. and then we heard another shot or two. it was one or two. >> where did the shots come from? if the shots did not all come from the book depository window, then there was most likely some form of conspiracy. >> i think that the massive head wounds where the president's head was bologlown apart came f an angle in the grassy knoll. he struck and his head doesn't go back this way. but it goes back' over this which way which is consistent for that shot. >> unless the law of psychics were not working that day, the reaction of the president tells us where that shot came from. >> some critics say you can clearly see the explosion of the bullet on the front side of the president that that certainly indicates that it would obtain from the front. >> i don't believe any physicist has ever said that. quite contrary, it does indicate the bull will he was coming from behind. it's a minor explosion.