unusual at the santa rosa correctional institution, a maximum security prison located on the florida panhandle. >> but today, there's a downpour inside c dorm, and it has nothing to do with the weather. >> well, an inmate break the sprinkler head on the cell in, what was it, 12, 10, i believe. we'll shut off the water to the cell to minimize the damage. have the inmate submit to restraints, and then we'll deal with the issue from there. >> the water is flowing from the cell of inmate troy wagner, who is serving 20 years for aggravated assault and attempted sexual battery. wagner says he broke the sprinkler head by accident. it all stemmed from an incident earlier in the day. >> i was angry and mad and i had slung feces in the cell. when i get upset and angry, i end up doing things like that. >> like that? you've done that before? >> yes, ma'am. >> really? so, what does that gain you? how does that help? >> it don't. it don't help me at all. it just puts me in more worse and worse and worse spots. >> wagner had spread feces all around his cell, including the sprinkler head, and he says he was o

those storms extend all the way down south to the florida panhandle.t for flooding along with strong powerful winds. very different story across the west. heat wave continues in the northwest. reena and devin, back to you. >> thanks so much, jim. >>> a terrifying ordeal for an ohio family whose car was swept away by rushing waters. the father managed to grab his 3-year-old daughter and climb a tree, where they were stuck for an hour. the mother was swept four miles away calling for safety and crying for help. each thought the other had drowned until they were reunited. >>> other our other major story this morning, a possible breakthrough to end the deadly conflict in the middle east. after a week of fighting now israel and hamas are seriously considering a cease-fire proposed last night by egypt. the plan calls for bringing the violence to an end today, opening gaza's border crossings and holding talks in cairo within two days. president obama welcomed the idea at a white house dinner celebrating ramadan. >> we are encouraged that egypt has made a prop

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bernie saunders, a socialist, jeff miller a conservative from redder than red florida panhandle. includes $10 billion to allow veterans to go to private care, private doctors if they have to wait more than 14 days to get into a va facility to see a doctor. also if you live more than 40 miles away from a va facility, you can get private care. there is $2 billion tony to build some 27 new facilities or at least new facilities, va facilities from around the country. bernie sanders as i said is the chairman of the senate veterans affairs committee, lauded the agreement this morning in washington. >> when veterans get into the va system they feel pretty good about the quality of care that they are getting. i hear this all of the time. problem we're having with access we're going to deal with it now short term with emergency care. people going to private doctors and so forth. longer term i hope the va will have the doctors, nurses and the culture to make sure that every eligible veterans in this country gets timely and quality health care when he or she needs it. >> reporter: and tony

. >> 30 miles away from pensacola, in the small town of milton on the florida panhandle lies a compoundhat's never on the itinerary of local tour buses. but once a week another bus, one nobody willingly rides, passes through the gates of the santa rosa correctional institution, florida's toughest maximum security prison. >> we get between 40 to 70 inmates a week, by school-sized buses that are secure. >> everybody get your shirts tucked in, get your i.d.s out. >> we get intakes from all over the state of florida. they can be new inmates coming in through the reception center or inmates coming from other institutions that their level, custody levels change. >> watch your step. watch your step. >> they'll come in through our bay. typically, they'll have their property with them. we'll identify them as they come off the bus, then drop their property and we'll go through their property individually. >> get the knots out of the bags. if you have your bag with a knot in it, get it undone. >> we're trying to do this as expediently as possible and making sure there are no weapons or shanks that

. >>> located on the florida panhandle, pensacola is home to the naval air station, the primary training base for many of america's top military aviators and home to the legendary blue angels. >> aten-hut. right-face. forward march. >> 35 miles away, a military cadence pierces an otherwise quiet morning. >> up in the morning at the break of dawn. >> we are veterans standing strong. >> we are veterans standing strong. >> the marchers have all served time in the military, but now they're serving time at the santa rosa correctional institution, one of the toughest maximum security prisons in the state of florida. >> don't come back in these blues. >> don't come back in these blues. >> these inmates are receiving extensive programming specific for veterans that will assist them upon their release from the department of corrections into society. >> you are doing a good job. >> thank you, sir. >> the goal of santa rosa's veterans program is to return a sense of honor and responsibility to former servicemen whose lives have gotten off track. the veterans selected for the program, some of whom d

. >> today lindsay lives in a small rural town on the florida panhandle with her husband, two young childrennd a menagerie of pets. >> sometimes i like to just come and sit outside and just look around. it's our own little sanctuary. >> but the past never fades away. lindsay still cherishes memories of her mother. >> i like this picture because my mom looked more like this one before she passed away. >> lindsay's husband, blake, is a corrections officer at a florida state prison. they've been married for six years. >> i never thought i'm going to marry someone that works at a prison. it just turned out that way. just knowing things about prison life i guess helps me to know what my dad had to face every day. and this one was when he had first went to prison. >> how did you feel when you was in there? >> i was hurt and sad that my dad was in prison, but then i was angry because i felt alone. >> she thought about how her dad was in prison and the rough life she had. i would ask her about it and she would come out more and more, and she finally came out and told me the whole thing and i was hop

specifically going to be across parts of southern mississippi and alabama, also western parts of the florida panhandleoastal areas of the carolinas. so, heads up if you live in the city of charleston, southern parts of georgia. you could be looking at more severe weather, and the concern is going to be yet again large hail, some damaging winds and tornadoes that are possible. now, ahead of this storm system, we have very hot temperatures, well into the 90s, and a lot of humidity as well. some of these heat could be as hot as 112 degrees. and we do have heat advisories in effect out here. that's florida, georgia and coastal areas of the carolinas as well. that's before those storms hit. you do have dangerous amounts of heat. now, this cold front is also ushering in some very chilly air, especially for this time of the year. in cleveland, you're going to be well below average. your high temperature only 67 degrees, low 70s in the city of chicago, but take a look at areas farther west, heather and ainsley. upper 90s forecast in the city of dallas. and as far as travel goes, do expect to see delays along

anywhere in the risk area from north carolina down through parts of mississippi, even part of the florida panhandleugh new >> reporter: thanks, ginger, david murphy on the terrace. we've got plenty of sunshine breaking out from behind the clouds across the most of the region right now. temperatures are in the low 70s and it's a little bit muggy. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 85 is today's high, it will get windier today. while there's a chance of spotty thunderstorm a couple of neighborhoods, most of you miss that. tomorrow, refreshing, high of 80. 84 and 85 wednesday and thursday, still pretty nice. back to >> i just love this little face. so i wanted to give her a chance. go ahead and throw in. >> back to you. >> back to you guys. thank you so much. >>> okay. kick off the heat index with one of the top stories from time.com overnight. what do millennials think about marriage? i discovered from amy i am not one. 18 to 34? >> yes. >> almost half of millennials would support a two year marriage trial period before tying the knot or calling it quits. no paperwork approach. the beta app

anywhere in the risk area from north carolina down through parts of mississippi, even part of the florida panhandleugh new >> taking a look at prince word, frederick, 75 degrees. downtown, 73's, 79 martinsburg. mid-eighties this afternoon. an isolated showers as humidity drops back by this evening. tomorrow, a refreshing near 80 degrees. it looks like a pretty nice stretch. >> i just love this little face. so i wanted to give her a chance. go ahead and throw in. >> back to you. >> back to you guys. thank you so much. >>> okay. kick off the heat index with one of the top stories from time.com overnight. what do millennials think about marriage? i discovered from amy i am not one. 18 to 34? >> yes. >> almost half of millennials would support a two year marriage trial period before tying the knot or calling it quits. no paperwork approach. the beta approach, highlighting how millennials see life as a work in change. isn't that living together? >> they are so millennial. >> that's the consecutive option. >> the presidential option, it's four years and then you can leave. >> it's like a presidential sui

wednesday, the florida panhandle up through the carolinas thursday. thursday into friday.the outer banks bringing strongest winds and heaviest rain. reena, tahman. become to you. >> steph, thank you. now to the fallout from the closely watched supreme court decision on obama care and birth control. by a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled the hobby lobby craft store chain does not have to provide all forms of birth control for employees. the chain's owners are celebrating what they see as a milestone for religious freedom. >> we are truly thankful for the decision that allowed us to continue operating our family business according to our principles. >> for the first time we have a court endorsing an employer, making choices for an employee based on employer's religion. >> the white house says the decision creates health risks for women and now congress should step in to make sure they get coverage. >> another challenge facing the white house. the relentless flow of women and children from central america crossing the u.s.-mexico border. secretary of state kerry leads high level t

anywhere in the risk area from north carolina down through parts of mississippi, even part of the florida panhandlethrough new mexico. flash flood watches. >>> good monday morning. i am meteorologist mike nicco with the microclimate forecast starting with low clouds and upper level clouds as moisture comes from the south bringing a chance of a shower today and tomorrow. dry air on wednesday. narrow range of temperatures all seven days. san francisco is seasonal and 80's and 90's inland and seven-day forecast shows upper 50's and up to the >> i just love this little face. so i wanted to give her a chance. go ahead and throw in. >> back to you. >> back to you guys. thank you so much. >>> okay. kick off the heat index with one of the top stories from time.com overnight. what do millennials think about marriage? i discovered from amy i am not one. 18 to 34? >> 18 to 34 i would say. >> almost half of millennials would support a two year marriage trial period before either formally tying the knot or calling it quits. no paperwork approach. the beta approach, highlighting how millennials see life as a wor

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florida. back here in the texas panhandle we're under a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of new mexico, oklahoma and north texas. tomorrow strong winds, large hail and damaging winds. now here's what i was talking about, david, that rain, hefty at times through saturday. look at parts of oklahoma into arkansas. you can see some areas getting over five inches. so if you get a half a foot of rain in a couple of days it's going to be a big deal. elsewhere, the chill, but it's feeling good for a lot of folks waking up in the 50s and 60s. >> ginger, thank you. >>> the other major headline as you know in the weather department is from the west tonight still in the grip of an epic drought. this picture says it all. on the left bright green, that's artificial grass. on the right the real stuff, completely burned up. tonight the new restrictions for families when it comes to their watered. abc's david wright with those on patrol as firefighters work to knock down those fires raging in the dry conditions. >> reporter: across the west, no fewer than xx wildfires. the bully fire in northern california has c

how this panhandler's story reached people thousands of miles away, and the people who could help him the most. straight >> heartwarming reunion for a man and his family, a man living in florida on the streets homeless and alone. >> yes, he is originally from indianna. his family there saw images of him positioned on social media. police say john was panhandling outside store in florida when two teens beat him up for little bit of cash. undercover cop saw the entire ordeal, and intervened. his family says they'd no idea where he was, his sister, wait to go see him again for the first time in years. >> good samaritan paid for his flight back home. >> good for that person. >> 4:57. local family giving their three year old daughter marijuana. in order to stop her suffering, the result, and why her parents say it is their only option. >>> also, ahead, from fox 29, a mother is arrested for letting her seven year old walk alone to the park. the danger police say lives just around the corner, why the mom stands by her >>> this is fox 29 morning news. >>> good morning, local health alert this morning, more than dozen people may have been exposed to a rabid kitten. what you need to kn

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florida streets homeless and alone. >> he's originally from indiana. and his family there saw images of him posted on social media. and police say john was panhandling store in florida when two teens beat him up for his money. undercover cop saw the entire thing and quickly got involved. his family says they had no idea where he was. this is his sister waiting to so him again for the first time in years. >> john! >> oh, my god! >> good samaritan paid for his flight back hole. he's fed he can driver who been saving up money to buy a new c car. >> that is so nice. >> a family so devastated by the death of their little dog they couldn't bear to look at their pet's favor are the couch so they threw it outside. what happen next they say restore their faith in humanity. >> take look at him. lebron he'll smoke you. >> philadelphia elementary students are calling out the king lebron james. they say their teacher can take him. what their doing to get the basketball great's attention so they can prove it next. >> rainfall chances will increase headed in >> quite the memorial sprung up on tennessee lawn. it started last week when police say a dog broke in a ne