" erika burch was at a texas walmart-- when holding the girl's hair and holding it on the shopping cart..... she says she heard the little girl pleading with the man to let go. saying "please stop. i promise i won't do it again. please stop." she called 9-1- 1...police arrived but the man wasn't arrested. "people are telling me i'm wrong for stepping up for this child, but you can discipline a child without dragging them by the hair of their head especially in walmart." no charges have been filed. the cleveland police department and child protective services are now investigating things got tense on capitol hill today... the c-f-o of wells fargo was in the hot seat over fraud accusations. "stumpf says: i'm going to have the board do their process. warren says: you are going to have no recommendation at all? stumpf says: i... warren says: ever? at any point in this process? stumpf says: whatever the board accepts, whatever they do i will accept and i will support. warren says: you are not passive here. if you have nothing to do then what are you doing serving as chairman of the board? "

erika burch was shopping at her local walmart in texas when she saw this, a father appearing to pull his daughter's hair while he pushed the grocery cart. >> i said, you need to let her hair go now and he told me i needed to mind my own business. and i said right now that little girl is my business and you're going to let her hair go. the dad and alerting authorities, the mother of four posted this photo to facebook. shared more than 242,000 times with at least 24,000 comments and over 42,000 likes. >> i received over 900 private messages in my facebook. >> reporter: so many comments calling erika a hero saying bless you for helping a child and glad you confronted him but others writing, she needs to mind her o >> i don't care what they think. i know it's wrong and i don't regret doing it. >> reporter: ultimately the child was allowed to leave the store with her father and now the local police department has filed this report for possible injury to a child. child protective services joining the investigation. telling abc news that while investigations are confidential, it is typical

as for erika burch she said she would step in again. >> i'm not the president. i was just some, you know, somebody shopping in the grocery store. it's not okay to pull a child by the hair of their head. i don't care what they've done. >> very powerful pictures. burch says of the almost 900 private messages she received most were congratulating her for stepping in. as for that investigation, part of the reason officials say they father is because she didn't have any visible injuries. robin. >> martha, thank you. joining us ericka souter and dr. richard besser. thank you. let's get into this. all right. now, there is a distinct line and a difference between discipline and abuse. ericka, do you think this woman did the right thing. >> i do think she did the right thing. you are allowed to discipline your child. so if you see something injured or assaulted? that should be a barometer. but there are risks associated with that. now, the parent who's doing the hitting could turn their rage toward you so you kind of have to be prepared for the situation kind of turning

the store by her hair, a it has many upset in those photos are now everywhere on social media,p erika burch were shopping when she took multiple incidents of the video and then post them to social media begging people to make them go viral said that she saw him pau his daughter around the aisles and confronted him after she girl was in trouble for not standing close enough to the cartrtlo. >> i said you need to let her hair go in his hegemony to mind your own business and while he was dragging her go cavs same please stop your hurting me. >> man was not arrested, police and child protective services are now investigating, one's village thought about this incident so here is what you those are some of the things that people have said on social media and also it is live on facebook, as gabe spiegel is manning the facebook page their seems to be the response it is g mixed bag that perhaps some are too quick to judge, they don't know what's happening and in this day and age especially wit social media >> haven't heard anything from the father? >> , he said to the wall and to the wall into micro

(erika burch/ witness) "he told me, i grew up just fine and do you see any of her hair without dragging them by the in walmart." after taking the photos, the woman called 9-1-1. child protective services is now investigating the family. two homeless men are now being hailed as heros... for turning in that bag full of pipe bombs in new jersey-- possibly saving hundreds of lives. you'll remember the pipe boms were found just one day after the explosions in new york. the two men say they were on a walk sunday night, when they garbage can. it looked like it was up for grabs, so one of them took it. but they were shocked when they looked inside. "i said we need to go to the police station right now i had seen enough pictures of pipe bombs and different devices in books, magazines. i knew what i was looking at as soon as i saw it." police used a bomb robot to detonate the device. the men say they don't consider themselves heroes. they're just glad they were in the right place at the right time. a go fund me account was set up as a way to thank the men. it's raised more than 12-thousand dollar

(erika burch/ witness) "he missing?" (butted with) "people are telling me i'm wrong for stepping up for this child, but you can discipline a child without dragging them by the hair of their head especially in walmart." after taking the photos, the woman called 9-1-1. child protective services is now investigating the family. v on capitol hill in washington.. . senator elizabeth warren is getting some major praise for going after the c-e-o of wells fargo, john stumpf. the bank is accused of opening millions of credit and bank accounts withoutu permission. (sen. elizabeth warren/(d) massachusetts) "you should resign. you should give back the money you took while this scam was going on and you should be criminally investigated." warren went onto slam the c-e-o for firing 53-hundred employees, but not letting go of any senior executives linked to the scandal. she also noted how the aggressive sales tactics helped a north carolina teacher is now on administrative leave-- because he stomped on an american flag as part of his l

(erika burch/ witness) "he told me, i grew up just fine and do you see any of her hair missing?" little girl plead with him to stop. burch claims the girl was being punished for not standing close enough the cart. child protective services is now investigating but no charges have been filed. back here at home.. a mothers says her 7th grade autistic son went missing from school. and she claims she wasn't told about it until days later. it's a story you asked us to investigate. talia-ferro says she's not sure how long her son was outside of talia-ferro says he left the school and ended up at a church across the street. since the boy is doesn't speak, she says nobody told her about what happened until several days later. 12.18.48 someone should have called me 50 someone should have called me, someone should have called his father the clark county school district sent us this statement, saying... "the school's top priority is safety and their prompt action resulted in the student being returned to campus first time her son has left class. she wants this to be a wake-up call to parent