67-year-old's attorney is claiming this wasn't the first such incident, alleging an employee at dickey's barbecue pit burned her tongue a month earlier. it's sodium hydroxide or lye. >> the company didn't notice there was a hazardous substance, it wasn't properly labeled or controlled. >> reporter: dickey's did not comment on the new allegations. she drank the tainted tea earlier this month after an employee mistook the substance for sugar mixing it in. the district attorney is likely deciding whether to file criminal offices this week. >> they are treating it with the seriousness it deserves. >> reporter: dickey's restaurant saying the worker involved no longer works for the company. adding the entire dickey's family is saddened by the event that is occurred in utah and takes this incident seriously. >> i want there to be change. to whatever extent there needs to be change so it never happens again. >> reporter: abc news, los angeles. >>> a nice story. a christmas card gave u.s. troops in afghanistan such a boost, they want to find the boy who wrote it. >> we have to get through every s

my next guest, christopher dickey is the editor for the daily beast. and chris voss is the with fbi. chris, is there blood on the hands of those paying ransoms in similar circumstances? >> thank you for having me on. first of all, i would like to say what happened with james foley was cowardly. james foley was an honorable man. what our western allies have done is helped create the problem. this idea of ransom that they open the bank vaults to people and give them all the money they have has made it worse. it fed the problem. >> is this more about inspiring terror or a funding stream? the new york times reports $125 million in the last five or so years alone is put forth to isis because of the campaigns. >> terrorist organizations that get into kidnapping very soon come to learn that kidnapping can be a lucrative thing to do when entities and governments respond by dumping out truck loads of money on top of them. it starts out with terror, but it becomes a lucrative things to do. >> christopher dickey, i watched the video. i wish i could unwatch it. yo

christopher dickey is foreign editor for ""the daily beast."" chris voss is a lead kidnapping negotiator. chris, let me begin with you. is there blood on the hands of those of our allies who have, in contrast to the united states, been paying ransoms in similar circumstances? >> thank you for having me on. what happened with james foley was a cowardly thing to do. james foley was an honorable man. what our allies have done has added to the problem. it's helped create the problem. this idea of a ransom that they simply open their bank vaults to these people and give them all the money they have has made it worse. it's fed the problem. >> is this more about inspiring terror or creating a thunding stream? "the new york times" reported that $125 million in the last five or so years alone has been put forth to isis because of these campaigns. >> they've learned that kidnapping can be a very lucrative thing to do when different entities and governments respond by dumping out truckloads of money on top of them. it starts out intended to inspire terror

. >> reporter: they're claiming this wasn't the first such incident alleging an employee at the dickey'scue pit also burned her tongue a month earlier on the same substance. a degreeser made up of lye. >> to me it means that the company was on notice there was a hazardous substance that wasn't properly labeled or controlled. >> reporter: dickey's restaurant did not immediately comment on the new allegations. harding drafk the tea earlier this month after an employee mistook the substance for sugar accide accidentally mixing it in. the district attorney currently investigating says he will likely decide whether to file criminal charges by next week. >> our office is treating this with the seriousness it deswerves and we want to do the right thing. >> reporter: dickey's saying in a statement the worker involved in making the toxic tea no longer works for the company. adding the entire dickey's family is saddened by the events that occurred in utah and takes this incident very seriously. >> i want there to be change to whatever extent there needs to be change so this never happens again. >>

christopher dickey, bob baer, please stay with us. we will bring you back after this break. and the jumpoff point for that conversation, authorities here are trying to eliminate that threat before it becomes a rate but one former high-ranking intel official says, as i mentioned to christopher dick kirk only a matter of time until isis find a way to hit the u.s. here at home. we will break down that possibility. >>> later, when you hear the word napa, you probably think wine. how today's earthquake may affect you the next time you look for your favorite bottle. that's ahead just after this brake, this hour. geico's been helping people save money for over 75 years. they've really stood the test of time. much like these majestic rocky mountains. which must be named after the... that would be rocky the flying squirrel, mr. gecko sir. obviously! ahh come on bullwinkle, they're named after... ...first president george rockington! that doesn't even make any sense...mr...uhh...winkle. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> u.s. officials

obviously, jay dickey has over the years become a friend and we've both influenced each other and we both agree that this research is so important. it is a matter of life and death and jay dickey would today say that was a mistake and we need to do everything we can to get the research going again. >> an important discussion considering how many people are dying, and i appreciate you two joining us today. >>> americans spend billions on health and diet products, how are we supposed to know what to buy and eat these days? countless mixed messages about what's good for us, what's bad for us, certainly not more than in the last couple of weeks. focusing on saturated fats, red wine or dark chocolate or gluten is a poison or gluten free is a positive fact. andrew wile,ing university of arizona health sciences center, he is a columnist for prevention magazine and a best selling author, true food, seasonable, sustainable, and pure. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> let's start with saturated fats. the ones that effect most people, for centuries we have been told, don't eat high fat

. >> that's nick schiffrin reporting, and christopher dickey is here, a reporter for the daily beast in washington, and welcome. >> always a pleasure. >> let's talk about the tubeses. the talks have been challenging so far, and how do both sides gent beyond a three-day truce? >> well, i think it's going to be very tough. what you were going to see is the succession of brief truces, and then a new interruption of hamas and bombing by israelis, and it's going to go on and on. the status quo will be one of kind of low level violence, rather than anything resell ling real peace, and what that's going to mean, the kind of reconstruction that nick was talking about now is going to be slow in coming if it comes at all. and the whole 3-kilometer strip around the israeli border with gaza that was completely leveled in the fighting is going to stay leveled for a long time. it's really going to be hell to live in gaza for anytime in the near future. >> they say that if people had chosen hamas, they wouldn't be in this situation. is there any sign that the palestinians are beginning to loss fait

a heat wave hitting the middle of the country, let's check in with accuweather meteorologist jim dickeylatest. good morning. >> good morning, dan. brandi. heavy thunderstorms expected out across the portions of the nation's mid section. the plains in particular, watching kansas, watching nebraska heavy storms, late, bringing flooding rain. a battleground between dryer, cooler air, upper midwest, northern plains and heat and humidity in place across the mississippi valley, many spots easily in the triple digits. we're also tracking two tropical systems having an indirect impact. this is hurricane cristobal not making landfall on the east coast here. going to stay offshore. but going to keep some rip currents and high surf in place along the eastern seaboard. meanwhile, off the west coast, off baja, california, powerful hurricane marie, which is weakening but that will keep dangerously high surf along the west coast, too. dan, brandi, back to you. >> jim, thank you for that. >>> new this morning, a shooting instructor in arizona has been killed by a 9-year-old girl who was learning to fir

a woman walks into dickey's in salt lake city. pours a cup of sweet tea from the beverage bar, takes one zip and tells her husband i think i just drank acid. >> she was immediately in severe pain. she had a very strong reaction and her husband rushed her to the nearest hospital in river ton. there are nor guaranties she is going to survive. >> reporter: doctors flew january harding to the university burn center where she remains in critical condition, sedated under strong pain meds and hooked to ventilator unable to speak. she can only respond by nodding her head. how did it happen? a worker, mixed in industrial chemical in the tea thinking, it was sugar. the chemical, sodium hydroxide, is commonly known as lye is used to clean grease of a fryer and drill. this is sodium hydroxide in generic form. comes in smaller crystals. we don't know what the packaging was looked like and marked and how long employee worked there. dickky's is cooperating with vision. they believe it is accident and interviewing employees and surveillance video

this has to be cast in that light if the americans are going to do anything. >> chris dickey, come backuch. >> thank you, brooke. >> i really appreciate it. >>> coming up next, what's happening in syria and the middle east. but police are calling it a case of mistaken identity when a mother was stopped by officers, handcuffed, held at kun point with her kids in the car and her vehicle didn't even match the description of the car these officers were looking for. did police go too far? we'll discuss that after the break. hi. i'm henry winkler. and i'm here to tell homeowners that are 62 and older about a great way to live a better retirement. it's called a reverse mortgage. [ male announcer ] call right now to receive your free dvd and booklet with no obligation. it answers questions like how a reverse mortgage works, how much you qualify for, the ways to receive your money, and more. plus, when you call now, you'll get this magnifier with l.e.d. light absolutely free. when you call the experts at one reverse mortgage today, you'll learn the benefits of a government-insured reverse mortga

i want to bring in christopher dickey now. foreigneder to of the "daily beast." as well as phillip mud oo, used to be with the cia. this is an incredible piece of detective work going on here. one pinpointing possibly the location where this took place. which frankly makes since sense. near an isis strong hold. how valuable is that investigation? i wonder wonder if there is a danger here. if you reveal you know the location, possibly, and you know the killer, doesn't that encourage them to go into hiding so you can't get them? >> yes. it changes the equation as far as they're concerned. if you know exactly who they are and where they are and they know you know, they are going to move. but the question here is what is called actionable intelligence. if the cia or any other organization were able to put things together the way that belling cat this website put it together, which i hope they can do, the whole question would be, can they do it in time to catch the people in this location. >> before they move. >> before they move. i'm sure those people moved long ago.

our coverage continues with accuweather meteorologist, jim dickey.he pacific. both of which are approaching hawaii. the first of which is moving over the big island as we speak. that is iselle. it's going to bring powerful winds. we're talking gusts 50, 60, 70 miles an hour plus to the big island of hawaii, moving over, directly over hilo. that is going to cause some power outages, along with heavy rainfall. 5 to 6 inches of rain in some locations. that will cause flooding and mudslides. it will be quick to depart by the early morning hours on friday local time. it will already be back over open waters and push out. staying to the south of oahu. julio approaches and looks like it will miss to the north but likely bring another burst of heavy rain. back to you. >> thanks, jim. here's the forecast for american mainland. showers and thunderstorms in the northern rockies and western plains. also in the lower midwest and ohio valley. most of the south will get rain, too. sunny and pleasant from the great lakes across to new england. >> phoenix's high temp

our coverage continues with accuweather meteorologist, jim dickey. >> we're looking at two storms overic. the first moving over the big island. that's iselle. it's going to bring powerful winds. 50-mile-per-hour, 60-mile-per-hour, 70-mile-per-hour. to the big island of hawaii. moving over hilo. that's going to cause power outages along with heavy rainfall. five or six inches of rain in some locations. it will be quick to depart. by the early morning hours on friday local time, back over open waters and staying south of oahu. bringing the outer rain bands to honolulu. and julio will approach over the weekend. it will likely bring heavy rain. >> here's the forecast on the american mainland. showers and thunderstorms in the northern rockies and western plains. also in the lower midwest and ohio valley. most of the south will get rain, too. sunny and pleasant from the great lakes across to new england. >> phoenix's high temperature will break 100 today. but dallas will be up there, too. it will be in the mid-80s for denver. memphis and new orleans will be in the low 90s. >>> also breaking

. >> if -- christopher dickey, foreign editor at "the daily beast" joins me now.er, if the united states attacks isis and we attack them in syria, does that then not align us with the syrian government? i mean, do we become allies with the syrian government and, or is it a bit more complicated than that? >> oh, it's all a lot more complicated than that. basically, what's going to have to happen is that the united states, which has played a kind of a dirty game with the free syrian army, giving it little bit of arms, little bit of training here and there, is now going to have to ramp up its relationship with this guerilla group that's opposed assad and give it the wherewithal to start fighting against isis, and i think that's the plan. the other thing is the united states with drones and air power can do a lot of damage to isis. isis does no anti-aircraft capability. it has been on a role because nobody has used air power against it. but once air power really comes into play, i think that a lot of its assets can be damaged or taken away from it, including some of t

a former employee of dickey's barbecue in south jordan, utah, said it was accidentally mixed into a bag of sugar a month ago. last weekend 67-year-old jan harding took a sip and immediately coughed it out thinking it was acid. she was rushed to the hospital with severe burns to her mouth and throat and is currently not able to speak. police are waiting to see what happens with her condition before moving forward with any arrests or charges. >>> a woman who was arrested in the 1991 murder of her 5-year-old son in new jersey will remain in jail for now. she was arrested in florida earlier this month more than two decades after the investigation began. a judge denied a motion to set bond or release her. she told authorities her son, timothy, disappeared at a carnival in middlesex county. the remains were found later. another court hearing is scheduled for september 4th. >>> from our south jersey bureau, a former burlington high school band teacher is accused of having sex with a student. police charged christian reynolds on thursday. they say the 30 year old had a sexual relationship with

accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has the forecast. >> good morning, brandi and dan.racking two systems causing issues here headed through the holiday weekend. the first bringing storms eastward through saturday, sunday on towards our labor day moves towards the eastern seaboard. the second, that's going to spark widespread severe weather especially sunday as it moves its way into the northern plains from the midwest cities from fargo, minneapolis, keep an eye to the sky. talking large hail, even dangerous tornadoes. brandi and dan, back to you. >> all right, jim, thank you for that. >>> a volcano in iceland is now erupting causing concerns on both sides of the atlantic. hundreds of earthquakes have rocked this area and some lava is pouring out of a fish sure. iceland has just issued a red alert. that is the highest for airline flights near the volcano. four years ago air traffic to and from europe was disrupted by ash spewing from another volcano in iceland. >>> also another volcano affecting flights in the southern hemisphere after a significant eruption, an ash clo

. >>> our coverage continues with accuweath accuweather's jim dickey. >> good morning, reena and devining 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 than 1,000 people in 4 countries. but the students tell abc news, they are safe and happy. >> we have not made any contact with anyone that h

. >> for the latest on those storms we turn to accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. good morning, jim. >> good morning, reena and devin. holding on to heavy downpours across the west. here today continued flash flooding issues. we have he's been drying out through the rest of the week. downpours continue, as well, along the coast here, the carolina coast down into florida and, of course, keeping a close eye on hurricane bertha. not going to make direct landfall. it's going to be steered out to sea moving off to the north and east but will produce rough surf and rip currents for the entire eastern seaboard. >>> the cleanup is underway where flash flooding damaged dozens of homes. it created a giant wall of mud and debris. at least a dozen homes have been deemed unlivable. a couple who just got married returned to find their dream home buried and their beloved dogs nowhere in site. >> we knew that our dogs were missing. we're now realizing that they're gone. it's too much. >> reporter: overnight some mountain roads were re-opened stranding thousands by the mudslide. >>

. >> for the latest on those storms, we turn to accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. good morning, jim. >> good morning, reena and devin. holding on to some heavy rainfall across the west but trying forward in time. this is what we've been seeing since the weekend. pumping in that moisture this week breaks apart the next couple of days allowing it to paper other off. the gulf coast and across florida, iselle will be the iffers to move in. powerful storm but weaken and before it does will pass over hawaii later this week. reena and devin, back to you. >> thank, jim. >>> the cleanup is underway where flash flooding damaged dozens of homes. sunday's storms created a giant wall of thick mud and debris that's ten feet deep in some points. at least a dozen homes have been deemed unlivable. a couple who just got married returned to find their dream home buried and their beloved dogs nowhere in site. >> we knew that our dogs were missing. we're now realizing that they're gone. it's too much. >> reporter: overnight some mountain roads were re-opened freeing thousands of people

. >> and accuweather meteorologist jim dickey shows us where the worst of it is hitting today. >> good morning, devin and michelle. after producing flooding across the great lakes on monday and across the mid-atlantic yesterday, storm system tracking into new england going to bring some heavy rainfall. going to produce more in the way of flooding talking a widespread area of 2 to 4 inches of rain that includes new york city, boston, up towards montreal, again, watch out for flash flooding and river flooding into the day. into the northwest the storm system continues to move in. we'll see some severe thunderstorms here. the main threat, powerful winds. devin and michelle, back to you. >> thanks, jim. >>> tributes by fans of robin williams are piling up at movie landmarks across the country. they are mile posts of a legendary career cut tragically short as this morning we learn new details about the troubled star's final hours. abc's kirk hawkins has the story. >> reporter: in a news conference the coroner confirming earlier suspicions actor and comedian robin williams committed suicide.

here for your part you found that you would be a fool to sign my junior bach or be an actual back to dickey i grew to love you pretty good shall i get you back many of those sheltering underground osieck. and desperate attack you know where the idea is that you know up here sure you're not sure if there are a group we really are not here. as we are speaking merely to city drops out like cows are a constant problem here the lines were apparently repaired just before we arrived not done is really the way to look at it but i really don't know. if it and here in the really there is no data to really build out with very very big needs is the reason shelter under almost every apartment building in lugansk and there really empty this is a not a basement that the has recently become home to local residents and it's not that they hide here at the time of intense shelling and remodeling you can see literally leave here every family has its own place here like an apartment building but underground in one of the corridor or a school meter the youngest resident i've seen here so far he has many of the f

you have who would you say much in your pocket be actual back to dickey i grew to live three pretty good how are you going you know those sheltering under ground to seek and desperate. i can't wait yet you know you go up here sure you're not she right before you believe what i hear. as we are speaking electricity drops out like cows are a constant problem here the lines were apparently repaired just before we arrived not down the street the way you. look at it but i really don't know. if it here in the winter is a direct you don't go out with varying degrees or shall turn to roll most every apartment building in lugansk and there really empty this is another basement that the has recently become home to local residents and it's not that they hide here the time of intense shelling and remodeling you can see there is really live here every family has its own place here like an apartment building but underground in one of the categories go meter tell me i'm the youngest resident i've seen here so far as many of the fears of the older people here. paul says here there's still a lot of the go

. >> our coverage continues now with accuweather meteorologist jim dickey mark man kus co-who is tracking the storms. mark, take it away. >> okay, as we take a look at our satellite picture you can see the hawaiian islands. here cops a cell and behind it is julio. julio is an environment favoring development. it has certainly strengthened here. but as the cell approaches the hawaiian islands it is encountering some wind shear, the waters are marginally warm so what we're looking at is a weakening system of the that's very important here. this system is weakening as it approaches the hawaiian islands but nonetheless the weather will be intense on the big island as we're closest to the center of circulation, center of circulation just off to the southeast and wind field, tropical storm-force winds in orange. very small area. hurricane hunters are having a hard time finding hurricane-force winds. nonetheless as this interacts with mountains we will see hurricane-force winds and areas of trees being knocked down, power being knocked out and intense rainfall so it's certainly going to be quite

reporter: the conditions expected to deteriorate beginning today as accuweather meteorologist jim dickey explains. >> the first storm to arrive will be iselle, arrives here late thursday night local hawaii time. gusty wind, 50, 60 miles per hour, downing tree, causing flooding across the region. >> hawaiians stocking up at the grocery store and taking the forecast seriously. >> got water, got food and put gas in the car. >> this is due to hurricane iselle and hurricane julio. >> only two hurricanes from made landfall since 1949 both making landfall on the island of kauai. >>> also happening right now, hundreds more oregon residents are out of their hopes this morning because of a wildfire. the new blaze is racing along the columbia river gorge pushed by gusting winds and firefighters worked through the night to protect buildings but the steep slope started with tinder and dry grass only fueling the blaze. more are getting ready to evacuate if necessary. >>> now to the latest on the worsening ebola outbreak. a state of emergency declared in liberia where close to 300 people have died. >>

our coverage continues at accuweather with meteorologist jim dickey.rning, jim. >> good morning, devin, michelle. after bringing flooding to the detroit area on monday, then baltimore, d.c., yesterday, storm system crawl eastward. now the heavy rain, flooding rain aimed at new england. watching the corridor from burlington, vermont done to long island. northeast ward boston, we're talking 2 to 4 inches of rainfall. locally higher amounts here through the day. again, flash flooding, river flooding major concern in these areas. across the northwest, storm system continues to push in, bringing rain and storms here. a few will be severe especially eastern oregon, idaho, packing gusty winds, packing large hail. into the southwest, moisture drawn to the four corners. heavy thunderstorms through the late part of the day, flash flooding and the threat for dust storms. devin, michelle, back to you. >> thank you so much, jim. >>> we are learning more details this morning about the death of actor robin williams. investigators say it was his personal assistant who

i h i had chris dickey on the show yesterday. i asked him about this sudden sense of urgency. >> what's obama's first challenge? it isn't what to do about isis? it is what to do about the american people. the american people don't want to go to war in the middle east. then, you have an american journalist decapitated. that, in a sense, gives obama what he needs to push things forward against isis, even if we are not very well prepared and we don't know what we want to do. we do know that isis is presenting a bigger and bigger problem, not only in the region but potentially here at home in the united states. >> so you heard chris say, right, that the foley execution, horrible as it was, in his words gives obama what he needs to push things forward against isis. do you think, josh, there is some truth to that analysis? >> of course. the bottom line is the obama administration has long said in public and private, one of the reasons they don't want to intervene in syria is because the american people don't want them to. the james fol

. >> but the man who began his career as sir dickey began his career in london.e put his studies on hold to serve in world war ii. after the war he appeared in several war-themed movies, like "the great escape", with steve mcqueen. attenborough played a number of character roles as well, among them the circus ringmaster in "dr. doolittle." but he soon found himself drawn to the other side of the camera. >> it's what i love. i'm not a great movie director. i'm a storyteller. and i love, beyond anything else, working with the actors, and finding the way to making an actor believe that what they are about to do is the best performance that they've ever given. >> attenborough was knighted in 1976, but his true crowning achievement was producing and directing the epic bionic, gandhi. >> i was bankrupt several times. i had to mortgage my house. my family suffered to a certain extent. i placed things at risk because i cared about it so much. >> if we obtain our freedom by murder and bloodshed, i want no part of it. >> in the end, it paid off, fwaundy won eight academy a

happened in south jordan just outside salt lake city. 67-year-old jan harding ordered a sweet tea at dickey'se pit on sunday. police say, unfortunately, that sweet tea was two-thirds cleaning solution. a solution typically used to clean deep fryer equipment. harding's attorney says that cleaning solution looks a lot like sugar. >> she took a sip and immediately coughed it out and spat it out, and her first words to her husband, she turned to him and said i think i just drank acid. >> right now police say it appears to have been an accident, but they are still investigating. the restaurant's franchise owners released a statement saying their thoughts and prayers are going out to the victim. >>> a state of emergency is now in effect in new hampshire over the use of the synthetic drug known as spice, or smack. as jennifer eagen reports, at least 41 people overdosed in this week alone. >>> a product called smack has caused at least 44 overdoses in manchester and concorde since monday. >> i found four people in one day od'ed. it was ridiculous. >> it was declared a state of emergency. >> some of t

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. >> reporter: but the man known as sir dickey began his career some five decades earlier in london with a scholarship to the royal academy of dramatic art. he put his studies on hold to serve in world war ii. he appeared in several movies like "the greatest cape" with steve mcqueen. attenborough played a number of character roles, number one the circus ring master in "dr. dolittle." >> but he soon found himself drawn to the other side of the camera. >> i'm not a great movie director, i'm not on a tear, i'm a storyteller, i'm a craftsman and i love beyond anything else working with the actors. and finding the ways of making an actor believe that what they're about to do is the best performance that they will ever get. >> attenborough was nighted in 1976 but his true crown of achievement was directing "ghandi" a film that took him 30 years to make. >> i was bankrupt, i had to sell my house. my family suffered to a certain extent. i placed things at risk because i cared about it so much. >> we obtain our freedom by murder and bloodshed, i want no part of it. >> in the end, "ghandi" won eig

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so just this week i talked to chris dickey, foreign editor of the daily beast.ts or terrorists in general. he said essentially they're a bunch of young men, full of testosterone and they want fame. he explained the traits they share in common. here he was. >> tnt, testosterone, almost all young guys. some of these guys may be older. narrative. that's very important. they may not be oppressed or grown up oppressed but passionately identify with some oppressed people, maybe their own, maybe somebody else's. finally, theater. they want to project themselves on the world stage. >> they want the fame. >> they want this fame, want to carry out spectacular acts, whether 9/11 or the beheading of an american journalist. >> let's take this a little bit more, the psychology of these potential terrorists with tony lemieux, investigator for study of terrorism and responses to terrorism. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> do you agree with he said, the testosterone narrative and theater? >> on some level there's some accuracy. it is important to recognize plenty of women ge

christopher dickey is an editor of the daily beast. >>> saud government' governmentn sponsoring an ultimate conservative version of islam. , council of foreign relations last week he published an opinion piece in the new york times entitled saudis must stop exporting extremism. thank you for joining us. saudi arabia donate$100 million to the united nations two weeks ago to fund a counterterrorism agency. that money could be better used funding a counterterrorism in saudi arabia in itself. >> thank you for having me. firstly, saudi arabia giving $100 million to the u.n. doesn't account for the $10 billion estimated by the u.s. state department that the saudi governors, supporting wahadism. saudi arabia especially the saudi government's more extreme form in-house, the more extreme clerics inside the country those haven't been reined in, they roam freely in muslim holy places, they have control of the muslim holy place et cetera and the public places and a global presence through many of the embassies. saudi arabia's record on this is mixed very mildly and i think the king and his advisors can

jan harding drank iced tea that contained a solution from dickey's barbecue here a few weeks ago.now lamz that in july an employee stuck her finger in a sugar container, licked to test for lye, and her tongue started to bleed. harding remains in critical condition. now to an unsettling aspect of the global village created by social media. imagine someone stealing family pictures that you have posted and tried to pass off. it happened to a many month mother, and here's nbc's andy devine. >> reporter: it's as simple as clicking a mouse, and pictures of your children can be ripped from social media and in the hands of a stranger. >> i think she just is sad, lonely, doesn't have a family. wants children. >> reporter: that's how brandy beckham describes a woman who snatched photos of her nearly 1-year-old babies paezly and presley. >> changing their names, the birthday saying she adopted them and we died. >> reporter: it sends any mom's mind racing. >> i was scared. very scared she was going to come and take my kids, that she wanted them. >> reporter: monroe county sheriff david hoffma

accuweather meteorologist jim dickey continues our coverage. good morning, jim. >> good morning.uth, and florida, down into florida as well. that's producing continued flooding issues. and, of course, keeping a close eye on hurricane bertha. the good news, this storm will not be making landfall on the east coast, but as it does turn to the north and east, it is going to produce some rough surf along the coast headed on through midweek. rip current threat will be fairly high all the way north towards cape cod. in the eastern pacific, tracking two storms, both of which, fairly rare are headed generally toward hawaii. this is monster hurricane iselle, category 4 storm, weaken as it moves its way toward hawaii. behind it right now, tropical storm julio. again, hawaii needs to be paying close attention to these storms as they approach into the weekend. reena and devin, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> that bad weather in florida triggered severe turbulence in the air. an allegiant airlines flight, had taken off from ft. lauderdale to north carolina and hit a rough patch. a flight a

meteorologist jim dickey tracking it all from accuweather.o you. >> good morning, reena, devin. a frontal boundary stretches all the way from the east coast back on into the midwest. in the midwest, heavy thunderstorms continue through the early morning hours. flooding will be a major issue here. for the storms continuing through the day into the northeast. cooler air has moved in. much more comfortable out there. we hold on to storms into new england. meanwhile, hawaii bracing for impact here with two hurricanes headed their way. first, iselle moves in late thursday night, local time. bringing gusty winds. torrential rainfall. reena, devin, back to you. >> thanks so much, jim. >> here is a look at the rest of today's weather. besides the heavy rain jim mentioned in the plains. mississippi valley and ohio valley, look for showers and thunderstorms in the northwest. >> phoenix and dallas will reach triple digits today. mild temperatures along the west coast. low 80s around the great lakes. and in the 90s in the south. >>> well, we are hearing

martin fletcher, chris dickey, appreciate that. >>> when we come back today, a video that has gone viral. and it's frightening and a little disturbing. they call this man nascar's nastiest driver. did three-time nascar champion tony stewart intentionally hit a fellow driver over the weekend? we're going to talk to a writer who spent a lot of time with stewart himself. get his take. don't go away. two medium cappuccinos! let's show 'em what a breakfast with whole grain fiber can do. one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate hold the whip, two espressos. make one a double. she's full and focused. [ barista ] i have two cappuccinos, one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, a medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate hold the whip, and two espressos -- one with a double shot. heh, heh. that's not the coffee talkin'. [ female announcer ] start your day with kellogg's frosted mini wheats cereal. with whole wheat goodness on one side and a hint of sweetness on the other, it's a delicious way to get the nutrition you want. it's a delicious way [meow m

dickey's barbecue grill. >> and apparently now we can show this video.o anything for love. she's 22 years old and was arrested accused of stealing a $3.99 of maddog 20/20. the reason, she wanted to see her boyfriend in jail. he was arrested hours earlier and she missed him and, you know, love is -- love is tough. >> they have visiting hours. >> she doesn't sound like a rocket scientists to me. not clear if she was allowed to see her boyfriend. >> i love how you have the hip name. >> i'm surprised they still make it. >> i had some the morning. yeah, it is. >> i have no idea. i have no idea. >> is it wine? it's wine, right? >> it's fortified wine. >> by the way, is she going to end up in the same jail she's in? a coed jail? she didn't think that out. >> get to the bottom of it, rick. >> look at the weather maps as you wake up this morning. a great picture sent in to me from just right around southeastern arizona. look at all that green. that green is because the monsoon that i obsessively talk about here on this show. a lot of rain there. over ten inches.

the victim's attorney now claiming an employee at dickey's barbecue stuck her finger down into the sugarked it to test for lye. then her tongue started bleeding. the company is not commenting this morning. back to you guys. >>> a marine saying what the president won't. his warning for isis that will have you proud to be an american this morning. any way you wear them. chico's leggings. we're famous for our legs. at chico's and chicos.com. we make surprising things. things that push limits and shift perceptions. we make things that go farther, and exceed expectations. the all-new chrysler 200. america's import. making sure you pay the right price for a new car just got a whole lot easier. introducing the kelley blue book price advisor. the powerful tool that shows you what should pay. it gives you a fair purchase price that's based on what others recently for the same car and kelley blue book's trusted pricing expertise. it all adds up to the confidence that you'll get a great deal. that's just another way kbb.com helps you make a smart new car decision. >>> on the heels of defense secret

janet harding drank the tea in dickey's barbeque, and it burned her esophagus and mouth.lowing a inspection, and now police are waiting to see what happening with harding's condition before they proceed. >>> and now at international speedway, there is more of the incident that tony stewart struck and killed michael ward. and now drivers are required to stay inside of their vehicles unless they are in fire. ward left the car after the caught period and walked down the track and hit by stewart. stewart said he is not going to be participating in this week's race in michigan. >>> this is a bizarre story about a thief who pulled off a heist in a three-story closet in texas. and then it got more bizarre. the alleged burglar sent a houston press writer some of the items stolen, and the self-proclaimed thief first called the press writer and using a voice mod lay torsade that every single item that the socialite had in the 3,000 square foot closet was fake. and detectives will go over the items with roamer to see if they actually belong to her. and home is where the -- oh, i rea

a bag of sugar that ended up in the iced tea dispenser. 67-year-old jan harding drank the tea at dickeys severely burning her esophagus and mouth. >>> nascar has announced a new rule ahead of this weekend's race at michigan international speedway following an incident in which tony stewart struck and killed kevin ward jr. in a sprint cup race. drivers will now be required to remain in their race cars after accidents until safety workers arrive unless they were at risk from fire or smoke. last saturday after stewart appeared to clip ward's car, ward left the car during the caution period, walked down the track and was hit by stewart. stewart said he will not be participating in this weekend's race in michigan. >>> a bizarre story. it's about a thief who pulls off a heist in a three-story closet in texas and it just got a little more bizarre. the alleged burglar reportedly sent the houston press writer some of the items that were stolen. self proclaimed thief first called the press writer and, using a voice modulater said every single item that socialite had in her 3,000 foot closet was fa

. >> accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has the latest on the storms and hurricanes in atlantic andg. >> good morning, reena, devin. holding on to heavy rainfall across the west. drying out as we look forward in time. this is the heavy rain we have been seeing since the weekend. produced by an upper low spinning over southern california. pumping in the moisture this weekend breaks apart through the next couple days allowing the rain to taper off a littlee bit. southeast, downpours along the coast. gulf coast, across florida. of course, watching hurricane bertha. the good news this storm not going to make direct landfall. it will turn out to see. the next couple dates. keep the rip current threat fairly high. eastern pacific. tracking two storms, this is hurricane iselle, this is tropical storm julio. both making a path toward hawaii. iselle first to move in. powerful storm. weakens before it does pass over hawaii later this week. reena, devin. back to you. >> thank you, jim. moving on. some congratulations this morning to a remarkable young swimmer. >> yeah, 16-year-old sherry lot s

. >> reporter: police say harding got the iced tea at this dickey's barbecue pit and it shows a heavilyl cleaner was mixed in with the ice tea in large quantities. the cleaner made up of sodium hydroxide or lye is known to cause severe burns to the mouth, throat and stomach if swallowed. >> it would burn the tissues in your mouth and down in your esophagus. >> reporter: police are interviewing employees and checking surveillance cameras, but say they now believe it was an accident. that the powdered cleaner may have been mixed in by an employee who mistook it for sugar. the restaurant part of a national chain said in a statement at this time we are fully involved in cooperating with all parties. >> we did contact the salt lake county health department after the incident took place and they said it was safe and did leave the restaurant open. >> if the people working in the restaurant industry could be made aware of the potential, the danger it's worth it. >> reporter: for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, los angeles. >> you see something like that. >>> time now for the w