diana perez, abc news, new york. >>> riders can get a freebie on ac transit.hers good for five rides across the bay. the hand-outs will take place june 26th, from noon to 2 at the temporary terminal in san francisco. trans bay trips normally cost $4.10y each way. >>> right now the transportation commission is meeting and set to approve a plan give free bus rides to 40,000 low income youths in san francisco. the plan was contingent on five million dollars this regional transportation funds. officials have to determine how to raise the remaining one million needed. >>> still ahead, jpmorgan chase's ceo gets heckled during capitol hill testimony and hints that bank executives will have to forfeit pay. >>> new report contradicts the number of lay-offs by bankrupt solar panel manufacturer in california. >>> some inspiring news. the amazingly young baseball coaches who help younger kids win a championship. copd makes it hard to breathe, so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science ad

diana perez, abc news, new york. >>> riders can get a freebie on ac transit.uchers good for five rides across the bay. the hand-outs will take place june 26th, from noon to 2 at the temporary terminal in san francisco. trans bay trips normally cost $4.10y each way. >>> right now the transportation commission is meeting and set to approve a plan give free bus rides to 40,000 low income youths in san francisco. the plan was contingent on five million dollars this regional transportation funds. officials have to determine how to raise the remaining one million needed. >>> still ahead, jpmorgan chase's ceo gets heckled during capitol hill testimony and hints that bank executives will have to forfeit pay. >>> new report contradicts the number of lay-offs by bankrupt solar panel manufacturer in california. >>> some inspiring news. the amazingly young baseball coaches who help younger kids win a championship. now's a great time to get at&t u-verse tv. make the switch! [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse -- now with free hd -- for only 25 a month for six months -

diana perez, abc news new york. >> if his alleged acts are true, it says he deserves punishment. and it brings closure to the alleged victims. >>> all right. pretty nice looking day early on. then the clouds came in. a gray day, temperatures running cool on a northeasterly breeze. it sweeps in cool air off the atlantic waters. humidity is moderate. beautiful looking day early on, though, show you a few pictures from across the state. this is our view from summit ridge looking at the western sky. in the state capital at the u.s. naval academy, mid-shipmen, looking bright early, a beautiful view where the sunshine became a little less abundant later in the day. clouding up. no showers, no storms, though on the radar. maryland's most powerful radar all sweeps scan clear with the exception of a couple of light showers out west toward washington and garrett county. things generally speak looking fairly nice weather wise. low to mid-commit commit. typical high temperature this time of the year would be 80. so on the map we're about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than average. it's courtesy of

diana perez has more. >> reporter:rightening sight in colorado from the sky bright orange flames cutrough the forest, smoke billows 100 feet in the air stretching to nebraska and wyoming. on the the fire has destroyed 100 structures, many homes. one person found dead in a cabin. >> we managed to get up there to cool often remnants of that building. ultimately, they found what is believed to be human remains. >> reporter: home video captured the moments before kyle's home was engulfed. >> pretty much have to start over. >> reporter: across from the flames dozens wait to hear if they will have to do the same. >> it is really difficult to sit and wonder if you have to start your life over again. >> reporter: some progress has been achieved. by monday this wildfire charred 41,000 acres. making this a david vs. goliath battle. the fire was sparked by lightning saturday and fueled by dry conditions and wind. those same conditions have sparked more than 100 other smaller wildfires across the west. in new mexico, 435 square miles burned, thousands forced to evacuate last weekend in the state

diana perez, abc news, new york. >>> investigations underway in two bay area cities after suspiciousres last night one martinez at a mouse in the 400 block of h street it went from a smokey attic fire to flames shooting out of the home. that home is in foreclosure. officials say there had been problems with squatters. the house was empty, nobody injured. damage estimated at around $60,000. >>> livermore firefighters trying to figure out why a house fire spread so quickly last night it put one woman in the hospital. crews discovered a gas leak that pg&e had to seal. the battalion chief stopped short of calling the fire suspicious but did note it burned unusually fast. investigators could not examine the scene until this morning because of the safety issues. >>> southwest airlines investigating a mysterious odor onboard an oakland to burbank bound flight that prompted the pilot to turn the plane around. amy it started with a flight attendant's complaint. >> reporter: that's right. i spoke with the flight attendant's fiancee. she was feeling nauseous the pilot decided to turn around. th

diana perez, abc news, new york. >>> and today, we'll show americans in the country, just how important ohio is to the november election. as mitt romney and president obama make stops there. here's abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: today in the battleground state of ohio, a high-stakes showdown between president obama and mitt romney over the economy. the candidates are expected to speak within minutes of each other. for mr. obama it's his first economic speech of the general election. and it comes amid fears by some democrats that his economic message is not working. speaking in washington yesterday, romney gave a prebuttal to the president's speech. >> my own view is he will speak eloquently. but the words are cheap. and that the record of an individual is the basis upon which you determine whether they should continue to hold on to their job. >> reporter: polls show the president is having a tough time selling his message. in a new abc news/"washington post" poll, 54% of independents have a negative view of the president's economic plan, to 38% positive. but romney's scores are not

diana perez. >> do you have two passwords for just about everything?something like 1234, coming up next after the break the dangers that can come with having to many passwordss in noncommon. >> the heat was on big time today. when detroit gets to 95 degrees what does it mean for maryland? we will talk about it. . >> if that's not intruding i don't know what is. >> a mother out aimed after her son was strip searched. those and more coming up. . >>> new video tonight, a woman going through security at the airport is patted down. being a former agent herself the woman thinks the screening wasn't done right and she complains to a supervisor and then angryly demonstrates what she thinks happened by groping the other woman. she was arrested. the tsa said the screening was done according to the rules. >> we have a north carolina mom upset with her son's school. her 3ered grader was strip said after being accused of taking a classmate's money. he returned a dropped 20-dollar bill to a girl but he was accused of taking it. she said the principal took him into t

here's abc's diana perez. ♪ >> reporter: they sang about it back in 1963. today, we're living it. heat wave paging its way across the country, 13 dates in the northeast are under heat warnings and advisories. temperatures in new england spiked 20 degrees in 24 hours. >> the summer is here. yeah! >> reporter: the steamy conditions kept new york's cooling centers full. but not everyone can stay inside, because some people work outside. >> i'm drinking water all day. drivering and drinking all day. >> reporter: not a bad idea. especially since there's so many people that want to be out here. but remember, you've got to take it easy. >> the heat wave is only going to last two days. wednesday and thursday are going to be extremely uncomfortable. >> reporter: the cdc says between 1979 and 2003, more than 8,000 people died in the u.s. from heat exposure. and the mercury is up in the midwest, too. in milwaukee, asphalt paver kent taylor sits on that truck ten hours a day. >> i got like the hottest job out here. >> reporter: firefighters in colorado have been dealing with the hot, dry cond

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diana perez reports, the governor's disease hunter, on a desperate hupt to find the source. >>> the nation's top detectives are urgingly trying to find and contain the string of e.coli. the problem, they are not sure where to start. >> they want to figure out what the product is and get it out of the market before it sickens the kids or anyone else. >> so far more than a dozen people contracted what officials believe is the same deadly string of e.coli. it carries a genetic fingerprint that produce as toxin and could cause reaction. and new orleans, 21-month-old baby girl died of the disease last week. the largest is in atlanta, where they have five cases. >> cases are linked. that would suggest that there was a common source somewhere around the way. we just don't know where. >> there's no concrete evidence for the source yet. a likely culprit is under. and as we break the grills, officials are reminding us to clearly cook your food well. >> most of the people here, are adults. a little child got sick and died and they have to be very careful. >> more government agencies are starting to get

diana perez has all the details. >> reporter: the emergency on jetblue's flight left no one hurt but there was widespread panic month passengers. >> we're trying to work this situation. >> reporter: that's the captain moment after the plane started making steep turns around lurching violently back and fourth. one passenger called it four hours of hell. through it all a flight attendant tried to reassure passengers saying if i'm not scared you don't need to be. >> jetblue said the captain was forced to declare an emergency and return to vegas. but help couldn't land right away. the plane was carrying too much fuel and had to burn it off by circling for three hours. the front wheels also stopped working. when this finally landed, it was towed to the gate. once they were on ground a passenger tweeted the crew are super heroes. others like a conservative columnist tweeted frustration aing it turned into a vomitor ium. all the passengers made it out of vegas that night but on a different plane. the faa has hope -- opened an investigation to see what went wrong. >> coming up, many people c

diana perez, new york. >> of course, you can note weather wherever -- know the weather wherever you go. just down load our app. kelly, back to you. >>> on hot days like this, it really is important to rear -- remember that the scorching heat can be dangerous. never leave your pet or child in a hot car. the inside of the car can heat up to 200 degrees very quickly. more than 2345 children are killed each year after being left in hot cars according to the national highway traffic safety administration. leaving a pet or child in a hot car sill legal in our state. make a habit of looking in the back seat before walking away from the car every day f your spouse is take the child, have them call you to make sure the dropoff was okay. maybe leave your purse or briefcase in the back seat so you'll have to turn around and check it out. if you do see a child or pet locked in the car and you cannot find the driver, call police right away. >>> another way to cool off in this heat, hit the bee. admission is free for families under 11. the counties will has 26 water front parks, walking paths and pl

diana perez, abc news. >> at 10:30 abc news will have a brief special report as the queen mark the end. tonight you can watch the jubilee concert which is hosted by katie perry starting at 9:00 on abc 7. >> the royalty know how to throw parties like none other. >> they do. >> we are looking at 57 degrees this tuesday morning. >> still to come, fans will notice -- will go to extreme lengths to own a piece of nfl star donnell drive for. we will show you a >> coming up at 5:00, montgomery county police trying to determine what led to a fiery crash that killed one woman. >> jury selection begins today in the child sex abuse trial against former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. >> i went into complete panic mode just screaming. i have never experienced anything like that in my life. a terrifying experience for men in massachusetts. how he caught on fire after applying sunscreen. "good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> glad you are with us on this tuesday morning, june 5. good morning, i am s

diana perez, abc news, new york. >> maybe it will warm up lake michigan.there as a child. >> it must be freezing. >> it's cold but refreshing. >> how refreshing does it get, like 67, 68? >> i don't know the temperature, but i prefer it over the ocean, because you go in the ocean, you have to rinse of all the salt. but not when you go into lake michigan. >> refreshing, okay. >> very refreshing. >> here's a look at the rest of the weather. heavy rain in south florida. showers around the carolinas, tennessee and central pennsylvania. thunderstorms in texas and oklahoma. it's going to be stormy from st. louis to cleveland. >> 80s from the pacific northwest to the rockies and over to the ohio valley. phoenix climbing to 109. mostly 90s across the south. >>> all right, on this first day of summer, a little skinnydipping might be understandable, except swimming isn't permitted in this phoenix lake. and certainly not swimming naked. the man seemed to be enjoying himself, though. >> every time authorities thought they had him, he slipped out of their grasp. police

diana perez has more. >> a accusers have described in graphic detail what they say jerry sandusky did to them when they were boys. they testified the former penn state coach course, fondled, and even raped some of them in schools showers and home or hotel rooms. prosecutors presented what they said were love letters and called eye witnesses, including assistant coach mike mcqueary, was said that he saw sandusky engaged in a sexual act with a child. as the prosecution rests what many courtroom observers say is a strong case, it is the defense's turn. its strategy includes questioning the accusers' credibility and motivation for coming for all these years later. it's a bit because of money or because they were troubled youth, but they are lying, that is what the defense will say. >> sandusky underwent psychological testing over the weekend and his attorneys are likely to use the results to portray him not as a pedophile but as a man suffering from histrionic personality disorder that leads him to act dramatically for attention. >> it is a clever move on the part of the defense. they hav

diana perez has the latest. >> reporter: in the testimony, the prosecution's last witness covered her face and sobbed on the stand. last week victim 9 said he learned to just deal with being assaulted by sandusky. his mother felt gilly for urging him to spend time with the coach. never connecting the bathroom troubles to the abuse he was subjected to. >> i wonder why he never had any under wear in the laundry. there was never any under wear, any socks. that was odd. the defense was calling the first witnesses. a friend and coach talked about the schedules. another called sandusky a great guy but admitted waiting for everything to happen before making up his mind. and most witnesses the defense asked how common it was for people to share showers at penn state. >> the idea to convince someone that what he did was right by trying to establish that people shower all the time, i don't think takes you very far. >> reporter: aside from the character witnesss, they will undercut the motives of the victims. they plan to present evidence that shows sis actions those of a pedophile. he suffers f

diana perez, abc news, new york. >>> everything kicks off this morning at 5:30 our time. we will have a live look back there around 6:30. time for a check of our roads. not nearly as congested as across the pond. >> reporter: not at all. heading out to the harrisburg expressway, traveling southbound, a five minute ride from padonia to 695. and that good news will continue if you are in howard county. here's a live look at interstate 70 right at columbia pike. no congestion in the area. it will be a nice easy ride making the drive over towards the beltway. as far as the south side of 95 is concerned, here's what it looks like. here's a look at the west side of the beltway the we will get to 95 in a second. but everything up to speed here at liberty road. just an 11-minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95 and if you are using the south side of 95, no delays to talk about. traveling north through the tunnels. or south down toward 495. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic and here'slynette charles with the forecast. >> good morning. yes, we are looking

diana perez, abc news, new york. >>> and a little bit of lighter news here. take a look at this picture snapped by a colorado traffic agent. yeah. that's a gas can strapped into the child restraint seat. the child, meanwhile, he's wearing an adult size lap belt which is way too big, of course. well, this mom of the year candidate told police that the toddler regularly managed to get himself out of the child restraint seat. >> classy. the kid just has a diaper on. >> give the kid a cigarette. have some fun. >> some people just shouldn't procreate. >>> a family in honolulu is outraged after their toddler was mistakenly given a cocktail on a dinner cruise. 3-year-old michael kai was about halfway through his drink when he started turning red and acting unruly. his mother then tasted the oj and discovered it had a little vodka in it. a little screwdriver. instead of getting an apology, she got this reaction. >> one of the server just walked to me and approached me and said, hey, be hush hush. don't get too loud because we don't want like other tourists to know. w

diana perez, abc news, new york. >> thanks to diana. tonight is the final day of celebrations.e, reception, carriage procession and you can get front row seats to it all from the royal jubilee concert. our abc news special is hosted by katie couric. it starts at 9:00 eastern, 8:00 central. >>> another major story we're following, five tsa workers are now out of their jobs because of a security lapse at an airport in florida. it happened in ft. myers, and in addition to the five people fired, 38 others have been suspended. the problems started when a whistleblower reported agents were not conducting some random patdowns. an investigation confirmed the allegation. >>> jury selection is set to begin this morning in the case against jerry sandusky. the former penn state assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing boys. given the extensive media coverage of this particular case, legal experts say finding impartial jurors is a major challenge. prosecutors were so concerned they asked for jurors to be brought in from another county but the judge refused. >>> joran van der slo

abc's diana perez has the details. >> reporter: jerry sandusky was loved and respected at penn state. but at home, the defense witness known as victim one, told jurors he was a sexual predator. a pedophile that hand-picked boys from his second mile charity. victim one, an 18-year-old, described the abuse in sobbing detail. sobbing as he told jurors that the first time sandusky performed oral sex on him, he was just 11. after rubbing, cracking my back, and rubbing his hands down back of my shorts and blowing on my stomach, he put his mouth on my privates. he said the incidents happened on nights he slept at the sandusky home. jurors teared up. put their head in their hands. victim one continued. except this time, he sat there and looked at me. and said something along the lines of, it's your turn. he made me -- he made me put my mouth on his privates. >> when someone violates you, it alters your dna. it changes you from the person you were, to the person you have to be, which is a person who has to live with this horrific atrocity. >> reporter: the alleged victim told his mother and a

abc's diana perez has details. diana, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this is another twist to a mysterious story that continues to evolve. what we know now is that there are bigger clues. they all align from gps on aguiar's boat. we know the path he took. but the question remains, what happened after he stopped? guma aguiar is worth $100 million. his wife and mother have already gone to court, battling over control of his fortune. now, there's new speculation that could suggest the 35-year-old oil tycoon is still alive. here's what we know. this is the last known image of aguiar leaving his home to board his boat. and this is his boat, about seven hours later, washed ashore, without him. after an exhaustive search by the coast guard, nothing turns up. his mother says he's dead. but his wife's lawyer thinks something else. >> if guma aguiar indeed died as his mother said, within hours of his disappearance, notwithstanding the facts that look like it was staged. >> reporter: did he stage the whole thing? attorney bill scherrer is able to use the boat's g

abc's diana perez has more. aula, day three of jerry sandusky's trial was once again full of graphic testimony. three more alleged victims took the stand. one of them told jurors sandusky not only assaulted him, he also threatened him. every day the prosecution presents another witness, jerry sandusky's role of mentor to underprivileged boys is being further destroyed. the jury heard from three more alleged sexual abuse victims. now 25, a man known as victim ten, told jurors that at 11 years old, sandusky during a playful wrestling match in the coach's basen't, pulled down his pants and performed oral sex on him. "i freaked out. i was scared," victim ten testified. then he says sandusky threatened him. he told me if i told anyone that i would never see my family again. the prosecution's next witness, known as victim seven, told the jury about encounters that didn't evolve into sex. he remembered feeling uncomfortable when the former coach put his hands down his pants. he says he is now repulsed by chest hair. a f

diana perez has the details. hey, diana. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. this is the case of the beauty pageant turned ugly. one contestant claims the whole thing is fixed. pageant officials deny it. and the guy in charge is questioning a beautiful girl's beauty. last weekend's miss usa pageant had it all. the glittery gowns, barbie doll makeup, and all of it only outshined by a nail-biting finale. >> miss usa 2012 -- rhode island! >> reporter: and just like that, the most beautiful girl among really, really beautiful girls got a sash, a crown, and everyone was just so happy for her. right? wrong. miss pennsylvania, sheena monnin, says all of this is rigged, a staged stage. so she gave up her state crown. but she isn't high-heeling it out quietly. on facebook she called the pageant fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent, and trashy. then a bombshell. "i witnessed another contestant who said she saw the list of the top 5 before the show ever started." monnin says that contestant knew the top five in order. the pageant is firing back, flatly denying her

abc's diana perez is joining us with the very latest. hi, diana. >> reporter: rob and paula, the testimony on tuesday was so graphic it brought some jurors to tears. the defense called its second w witness known as victim one. jerry sandusky was loved and respected at penn state. but at home, defense witness, known as victim one, told jurors he was a sexual predator a pedophile who hand picked boys from his second mile charity. victim one, an 18-year-old, described the abuse in graphic detail. sobbing as he told jurors that the first time sandusky allegedly performed oral sex on him he was just 11. after rubbing, cracking my back, and rubbing his hand down back of my shorts, and the blowing on the stomach, he put his mouth on my privates. he said the incidents happened on nights he slept at sandusky's home. jurors teared up. put their heads in their hands. victim one continued. except this time he sat there and he looked at me and said something along the lines of, it's your turn. he made me, he made me put my mouth on his privates. >> wh

abc's diana perez is joining us with more on the case. hey, diana. >> reporter: rob and paula, it was yet another intense day inside the courtroom where jerry sandusky stands accused of sexually assaulting young boys. the prosecution called three more alleged victims. prosecutors continued to present evidence on day four of their case against jerry sandusky. the jury heard more emotional, some times graphic testimony from three more alleged victims. the men told different versions of the same lurid tale, unwanted sexual advances and assault in penn state showers. sandusky's basement or hotel rooms. when they were just boys. >> there is a pattern and that pattern is being, is going on over time and who ever the victims are are being subjected to basically that same pattern. >> reporter: in one startling moment an alleged victim testified sandusky fondled him then admitted to loving the coach and feeling abandoned when he stopped calling. >> the jury betrayed each and every one of these boys, each and every one of them. it was a betrayal tha

diana perez has that story. great to have you here in the studio. but this story is so disturbing. >> it is. you hear it over and over again. this time, it was 30-year-old kenneth robinson. he told police he got distracted. instead of dropping his son off at day care, he went straight to work. his toddler strapped in the backseat. one of robinson's co-workers made the call to police. >> 911? >> i need an blons at patton. a child's been left in the car. >> reporter: it's the frantic 911 call, after someone finally noticed a 2 1/2-year-old boy sitting in his father's sweltering car for two hours. >> is he breathing? is he breathing? he's breathing. >> reporter: the temperature inside the car, topping 100 degrees. witnesses say the little boy's face was red. but he was alert before being rushed to the hospital. his father, 31-year-old kenneth scott robinson, seen here visibly distraught, telling police it was all just a terrible mistake. >> he had -- intending to drop the child at day care. but he returned to work. >> reporter: just this week, this mas

abc's diana perez has the latest. >> reporter: dozens of new fires have erupted around colorado and utah0,000 acres are burning. close to 30 structures destroyed and 800 people have been forced from their homes. janice taylor and her husband lost everything. >> we have the memories we just don't have the paper that they're on. >> we can't show enough empathy and compassion for those who are victims of the fires. >> reporter: crews blame the high wind for moving the fire but it's the dry trees and brush that continues to provide the there and in colorado the scorchingis actr. temauredenv spiked to me thdegr hitting a record breaking 105 on monday. leaving crews working around the clock to contain blazes across the state to suffer in the heat from the sun and the fires. >> mother nature, i mean, it is d ofand the winds that they've battled for question they're heroes. >> reporter: the waldo canyon and high park wildfires have swallowed swaths of land, spreading to more than 90,000 acres combined, and destroying hundreds of homes. >> this is not the fire season. that's yet to come. asnto ug