when ericka doolittle bought this house, she thought it was the perfect home for her.you see a lot of nice stuff. >> on the surface, it looked good. >> reporter: she was dazzled by the location, the fresh coats of paint and the new kitchen appliances. >> it was a little scary to take that step forward on my own. >> reporter: the seller, a house flipper, who had purchased the property just eight weeks prior. ericka paid $302,000, her life savings, even though an inspector told her there might be problems. she decided to buy it as-is. >> the problem was deeper than i anticipated. >> reporter: among the problems, loose, hazardous electrical wires, leaks in her sewer, and on top of it all -- >> the house wasn't attached to the foundation. pretty big concerns. >> reporter: and a year later, she found two feet of water under debris in the basement. >> when the workers got down there, there was a lake. there was a lot of flooding issues. under the house. >> reporter: water. >> water under the house. >> reporter: back then, ericka was told the damage would cost $15,000 to fix.

ericka doolittle thought she was getting the deal of a lifetime, too, in this oakland home.g it as is. you walk into the house. and you see a lot of nice stuff. >> absolutely. on the surface, it looked pretty good. >> reporter: but beneath, something her inspector cautioned she might find. more than $15,000 in hid costs. from loose, hazardous wires to leaks in her sewer. and a year after buying, erica found two feet of water under debris in the basement. >> there was a lake. a lot of flooding issues. >> what flippers are good at is doing surface repairs and not handling the structural repairs that are sometimes needed. >> reporter: ericka called in jennifer and steve clark, husband and wife flippers. who say there are insider secrets to spotting a potentially bad flip. in your utility rooms make sure the dryer and heater are vented out of the house. >> they take the easy step. they drill a hole in the floor, so she had carbon monoxide coming back into the house. >> reporter: your switches should be on the wall and not in the molding. an afterthought. >> it was an afterthough

ericka tracking the changes in the weather center. >> high there, >> this is a six-hour loop moving through frederick county clipping northern and southern frederick county. now that activity has really kind of settled down and here in the immediate belt way. we stayed completely dry, though it was a little bit on the muggy side, current temperature is still 89 degrees in downtown washington. 89 in college park and in rockville. 90 in german town. when you factor in the humidity, it feels like it's 95 degrees in alessandria. 92 in buoy. 95 degrees in rockville. as we head into sunday, it is going to feel even hotter than that. we'll take a look at the feels like forecast, i'll let you know when you can expect thunderstorms in your own backyard coming up. bruce, back to you. >>> we're monitoring breaking developments in the middle east right now, israel, ordering residence to leave the area for their own safety. israeli army is stepping up its offensive against the militants. tonight the u.n. security council is calling for a cease fire expressing serious concerns for civilians on both sides

let's talk about this now with ericka souter from the square.com.lame the wife for a messy home. we cover it all the time in the stir. >> women feel trapped in the same notions about what it means to be a wife and mom. so much on our plate it's just not about cooking and cleaning and making sure there's toilet paper in the bathroom. >> why do you think this struck such a chord? is it that or because women are in many cases working? >> yeah, a lot of cases women are bringing in 50% of the household income or spending just as much time with the kids doing things that are important, and this guy gets it. he gets that we need help and he's speaking out about it. that's not something a lot of men have done. >> no, i agree and i have said this before. i am a neat freak myself, but you know what, i know, and my kids are older and this has to be age appropriate. what about getting your kids to help. as you play, we don't move on to the next thing until we all clean and everybody clears the table and everybody helps with something. >> sounds so good. i like

violent crimes in the past, the relaxed atmosphere in cosmo allows security officers like sergeant ericka let down their guard. >> i feel comfortable with her doing my hair. i mean, it's just like if you go out and in the free world getting your hair done, you're taking a chance with somebody doing your hair. >> ladies, i need for you to return your shears, please. >> but at the end of the day, these hairstylists are still convicted criminals. and any sense of freedom is short-lived. >> being in prison, it's going to keep me out of trouble, i know. 'cause i don't want to come back. i don't want to come back. i want to stay at home. at first i was all big-headed about it. but i don't want to be here. this ain't no place nobody wants to be. >> up next, one inmate gets her freedom while another contemplates a lifetime behind bars. >> if only i could go back and not do it but you can't. >>> jessica mcmahon has been an >>> jessica mcmahon has been an inmate at the prison for almost a year. but today she's going home. >> don't make me cry. good-bye. you'll be okay. >> drugs are the reason she e

. > good morning, i'm ericka von tiehl i'm going to get right to over to katie.to like today. we're starting off a little cooler. it's a nice bright start for you, bright sunshine, a blue sky and eventually a couple of clouds do build in. you can see that there is some activity off toward northwest. i don't think we have to worry too much about that unless you're heading up to the poconos where you might see an isolated shower or storm. otherwise a nice start. it's cool, it's comfortable. it's definitely not meeting the standard of late july, but we do heat up into the low 80s eventually. a shower or storm may return to the forecast. > bob. >> good morning, everyone, 7:56, a disabled tractor trailer heading north trying to get on the pennsylvania turnpike. we're looking live at the mid county interest staining and that disabled is on the rap pes to head east on the turnpike. when you come out of the tolls look for a delay. the freeway, we're bumper to bumper on the 295. that's the easy pass express ramp. back over to you. >> updates at 8:25 and up next on cbs, th

let's bring in pop culture and parenting expert, ericka souter.oung daughters. if you put in any other religious group, any other ethnicity, it would be outrageous. yet, it's acceptable when we say girl. can a commercial change this? >> it can. it treads on our biggest fears as parents. we want to make sure our girls have a positive self-image. that's hard to do at times. they should be sugar and spice and everything nice. they're not supposed to be tough. but they can be strong. and this ad campaign can help change that image. >> it seems when they're younger and the girls don't have that negative stereotype? what changes the perception by the time they get to their mid-teens. >> all of the kids are doing the same thing. and then, boys want to play ninja warrior and the girls want to play princess. you see the division around 5, 6, 7, 8. it gets exacerbated when it hits puberty, because girls are thinking about boys. that means girlie and falling into the stereotypes. that's what happens when it hits puberty. >> i'm a father to 9-year-old girls.

ericka souter, always great to have you. so easy to do it. become a problem for some? >> the problem with teens they have no perception of privacy growing up in an age where no one keeps secrets and put themselves on display and can post something anywhere any time and communicate with everyone and that poses a problem because they're sharing too much. >> and when do they become self-conscious? i mean i know that even when people -- we were out here and great people that come all around the country to take pictures with us and sometimes i'll see a post and see, i don't think i look so hot. i'm an adult. for a teen that can be pretty difficult. >> for a teen, sometimes it makes them focus too much on their body. they're so concerned looking cute and doing the sexy pout and flirting with people online but also opens them up to a lot of criticism. so it can also affect their self-esteem in a negative way. >> i say to my kids, anything you post online is there for perpetuity. it lives on. is that the message? >> yeah, that is the message. we actu

a story by ericka warner continues, the surprise developments coming on congress's final day of action were an embarrassing setback for speaker john boehner and his leadership team as a small group of tea party lawmakers once again upset their plans. that from a.p. reporting today. today, as mentioned, was supposed to be the last day in session before the august recess. the house has now adjourned for the day but will return for slatesive session tomorrow. friday morning at 1:00 -- 10:00 eastern. we'll have live coverage on c-span. the sflat is still in session. in fact, a series of votes just got under way on the senate floor on emergency spending for border security, v.a. health care and highway funding. you can watch live coverage of the senate on our companion network c-span 2. most of the funding for the emergency spending bill to deal with the issue of unaccompanied children crossing the southern border. we show you some of that debates now from the floor of the senate earlier beginning with jeff sessions followed by aapproach races chair bar remikulski. >> the people of the unit