aboard their 12 foot rig, we caught the first gator and shawn throws out the first line hooking the gator'st long, which makes it a legal catch. >> it's beautiful, really. that's beautiful. >> but the night is young and they let it go. >> he's gone. >> for the next three hours of chasing, the trammels would spot gators but they would disappear under water as soon as they spotted us. >> red eyes. >> it's midnight and this alligator shows his face. >> come on buddy, come on up. don't be afraid. >> at about five feet long, some people may be wondering why? >> we eat the meat. i don't see it any different than the prepackaged meat in the grocery store. >> with the giant catch next week they will have 120 pounds of meat, enough to last months. >> let's get hand sanitizer out. >> that's a mom thing to say. >> yes. >> is it safe? >> it is safe. we have only had two accidents reported. both of those were fairly minor. we had one person that actually got bit on the hand. >> biologist, ricky flint, the hunt coordinator. >> she will be right at the edge of the boat. >> took us right to a female gator'

get close to the gator and able to unhook or release the fish and the gator still got the fish. >> the way he reacted, and unafraid, it makes me feel like it happens all of the time and the same gator is stealing the fish. >>> when you go golfing you have two choices, you can walk and get a cart if you want or maybe soon you can do this. this is the golf board. their catch phrase is surf the earth, because that is what it looks like. this is the kick starter campaign and go 18 holes in one single charge and do it like a part skateboard and part surfboard thing, and it can go up steep hills and carry your bag and clubs. three ways to ride the thing around the course, and the makers of the thing says it gives you a core workout, because you have to keep the balance and if you are surfing or skateboarding, you can keep up. and the groundskeepers say it is easier to maintain the grounds with this thing. >> and surf legend laird hamilton was a consultant in designing the golf board, and there are little footholds there to strap in, and the guys make it look like souper easy to use >> this w

he was very upset at this gator. >> get out of here! >> and that's the moment the gator got the tarpin and started swimming away with it. there you can see the head of the gator with the fish in its mouth like, hey, thanks, dude. >> he's looking back taunting the guy. >> meanwhile, the line is still attached to the fish. >> oh, man. >> reel yourself to the gator. give him a whack on the head with a paddle. >> he does get closer to the gator and is able to unhook or release the fish and the gator got the fish. >> the way he reacted like how unafraid he was. i feel like this happens to him. like this same gator is always stealing this guy's fish. >>> most accidents on two wheels can usually be avoided. i've got two vehicles that prove the opposite. bang! that's cody anderson. he's a bmxer out of oklahoma city. >> what are you trying to do? >> he goes down really hard. he was trying to jump back out from the wall and land on the rail with the pegs of his bike and then slide down that rail. doesn't quite make it. looks like he took the time

any other gator facts that you got? >> uh, no. think they were going for record length for this one. >> huge. >>> time for a look ahead. immigration demonstration in washington. 100 women plan to protest outside of offices. >>> the first lady wants us to drink more water. michelle obama is continuing her efforts to get children and families to eat and drink better with an event in wisconsin. >>> happy birthday to indianapolis colts quarterback andrew luck, who is 23. jennifer hudson turns 32. and "dallas" star linda gray, a classic. >>> keep it here. i'm richard lieuy along with bill karins. have a very good thursday. >>> new this morning secretary of state john kerry now is in geneva meeting with russian leaders hashing out a plan over syria. we'll have the latest developments. >> keeping things calm, what the seahawks are telling their fans as seattle gears up for the big game this weekend taking on the 49ers. >> video in of a big rig crash, the fuel spill that tied up traffic for hours. >> we head north to another bridge, that

so the gators kept growing and growing.ators grow well in to old age and if left long enough, some grow to 19 feet. that's the length of an average rv. so we set out to find them. >> going slow because you don't want to spook them. >> reporter: after hours of watching gators hide under water, this one showed his face. >> i hear him. while beth didn't net one of the big ones on the hunt, hours later, another team caught a 741 pounder. a new record. don't mistake these for calm waters. out here it's "jurassic park" under the mississippi river. abc news, the mississippi delta. >> this is comforting. the state of mississippi requires hunters attend a mandatory alligator hunting safety course before they are allowed which is a good idea. because if you just decide let's go get some gators. could be dangerous. you have to know what you are doing. >> hunting season is ten days. i'm sure they're out every day. you have only a ten-day window. so if you don't get the big gator -- >> when you get it what do you do with it, sell it? do

because for years nobody was allowed to hunt them so the gators kept growing and growing.into old age, and if left alone for long enough, some grow to 19 feet. that's the length of an average rv. so we set out to find them. >> just go really slow because you don't want to spook them. >> reporter: after hours of watching them hide under water, this gator showed his face. >> i hear him now. he's mad. >> reporter: while beth didn't net one of the big ones on the hunt, hours later another hunting team in the delta caught a 741 pounder, a new record. don't mistake these for calm waters. out here it's jurassic park underneath the mississippi river. gio benitez, abc news, the mississippi delta. >> you can see the full story later on "nightline." we thank you for watching tonight. we're always there at abcnews.com and from washington d.c. i'm diane sawyer. we'll see you right back here again tomorrow night. >> we have team coverage on the fire tonight. and we've heard from people who have had to evacuate their homes. >> and where we've learned no criminal charges will be filed. a

and have a lot of gator meat to go around. >> a lot of gator meat to go around.gator taste like? chicken. chicken. it always tastes like chicken. a cross between chicken. i have been checking some high cuisine sites and they say the tail meat is precious. it took so long to get the alligator out of the water that one of the girlfriends of the man sent him a text message at 4:00 in the morning ask, are you still alive? barely. thatigat gator was huge. >> one of the points of fascination of watching "swamp people" which is that they shoot these alligators and they'll say, i bet this thing weighs 400 pounds and then a technique of bending the head over and then slide these things. >> i have not seen it. is the gator alive at this point? >> no. the interest group most upset about this is the gator. >> you only have a quarter-size target on the top of the alligator's head to kill it in a humane manner. will he do it and every time they go to commercial right before they do it and every time i'm like i don't know what's going to happen. >> you owe to america, chris cuo

there may be 900-pound gators lurking in the mississippi! let's go gator hunting! >> you go. somebody who knows what they are doing down that. not first-time gators on hunters but experienced hunter, i would go. >> have fun. >>> coming up, remembering a big moment in american history when alabama changed forever and integration came to that state's schools. we will have the story. is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. ♪ [ dad ] jan? you raise her spirits. we tackled your shoulder pain. you make him rookie of the year. we took care of your cold symptoms. you take him on an adventure. tylenol® has been the number 1 doctor recommended brand of pain reliever for over 20 years. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. hearty cheeseburger. creamy thai style chicken with rice. mexican-style chicken tortilla. if you think campbell's 26 new soups sound good, imagine how they taste. m'm! m'm! good! [ jen garner ] what skincare brand is so effective... so trusted... so clinicall

this huge record-breaking gator caught in mississippi. this is not a toy. nightmares. and no, it's not smiling, zoraida. >> it looked like it was smiling there with the guys. >> it weighed more than 720 pounds. 13 feet long. one very big one, overweight happy alligator. now we're hearing from the guys who caught this obese alligator. dustin and ryan bachman and their friends are amateur first-time gator hunters. and shockingly, they say catching it was not easy. >> we actually tried for three hours to get this gator in a boat. and we couldn't do it. we just had to drag him to a sandbar and sit and wait for a cole and another friend to come load him in the boat. >> by the time we got home, we started checking record books and taking measurements of him. we actually got a tape measure and realized we got a fairly large gator. >> you can hear the excitement exploding in their voices there. the question, what do they plan to do with this alligator? they say they're going to turn him into all kinds of mementos. and yes, they will have plenty of gator meat to go

every week we have a new record with a gator. good thing the gator is not alive.the gator? you wouldn't even if it was dead, would you? look at you. >> i have wrestled an@alligator. >> four guys caught their own gator in lake seminole, georgia. 13 feet, 10 and three-quarter inches long and it took all four to hold it up. >> big alligator. we have been doing a lot of these alligator stories. a lot of people say this is not fun for the alligators. they point out. just sayin' okay. >> the big alligators don't like this one bit. >> thank you for sharing that perspective. >> that perspective is out there. >>> coming up. >> might look a little bit different but they all want to do the same thing. they you will want to be accepted for who they are. >> controversy sparked when a high school tells a 16-year-old cheerleader with downs syndrome to take a seat. ♪ [ jen garner ] what skincare brand is so effective... so trusted... so clinically proven dermatologists recommend it twice as much as any other brand? neutrogena®. recommended by dermatologists 2 times more than any

after a nearly 2 hour struggle the gator was theirs. >> to get one that big it is so rare. a lot of people don't get gators that big. now are we going to beat it? >> the guys have hunted and company toured alligators together for more than four years. >> you wouldn't think it was sad if they caught it coming after you. >> before you leave the house let's go to the first degree weather update with maria molina. >> people are waking up to snow and a whole lot of it, right? >> states like montana and wyoming and idaho especially the hire elevations. we are talking significant snowfall as much as 1-2 feet of snow out here. the snow will be kicking around as we head into tonight. if you are doing driving out here please be careful. we have cooler temperatures moving in behind the storm system the snow levels will be dropping today and tonight some of the snow could be making it across the valley floor across the northern parts of the rockies. east of the rockies it is incredibly quite across the center of the country and the great lakes and

one gator weighed in 741 pounds, the other, 723 pounds.were just massism not only the heaviest alligators ever caught in mississippi but the longest with the heavier gator measuring more than 13 feet. >> that is huge. >> yes. >> hopefully whatever that was, it's a crane. >> yes. long lost vincent van gogh painting is now on display. >> cure rateors unveiled an 1888 work by the dutch mastor called sunset at momojier the museum director called the discovery a once in a lifetime exkbreerns, they spent two years investigating the work before declaring it is authentic. he painted it during his high point of his career as an artist living in southern france. >> beautiful. >> yes. >> this is a live picture here. >> you can see 100 homes are threatened. spencer christian is here now with a look at conditions out there. >> it's hot and dry. the winds have been sort of light. humid down to 18%. temperatures up atop mount diablo into low 80s tomorrow. so there is some heat out there. you can see pattern we have now, sunny skies and warm conditions in

gators 13 feet long. 737 pounds. he said it took hours to pull him in but it was worth the effort. >>> coming up next in our 5:00 hour a huge fire still burning  near mt. diablo. we want to take you live out there this morning. we will continue our team coverage of the growing fire and the mandatory evacuation. >>> also a deadly weekend on the streets of san jose. more on the latest homicide and why san jose state police are involved in the case. >>> we have breaking news in the east bay where there has been a fire. we are hearing there are injuries involved. one of our reporters is arriving at the scene. we'll let you know about this coming up. >>> big difference between coastal temperatures and inland. it looks like one more day of hot temperatures. plus near 100 degrees. 5Ñ >>> an out of control wild fire continues to burn near mt. diablo this morning. we will tell you about the extra resources being called in here and the latest figures we just got on the acreage that has been burned. >>> we are live in clayton

share the gator meet with friends, mound the head, make it a wallet. >> how did they catch the gator,ctually reeled it in and they shot it. i actually read the whole story. it fascinated me. >>> from gators to high tech, high-tech companies hope to get us hooked with another device called the smart watch. apple and google all rumored to be tweeting one. and scott stein is from cnet. tell us about samsung smart watch. >> it's been known that samsung was going to have one and announcing it alongside a new phone. smartwatch has been out there but not among big players. pebble watch. mystic shine which has activity. that's kind of useful because what do you use these for? reallier other than monitoring what's already on your phone. i think a lot of people are already into the idea of keeping an eye on their health a little more and how they're walking but they may not be power using. i think that samsung is trying to get into the market by doing that. >> i know you can't get an alligator wristband -- >> not yet. >> as you point out you what does it offer that our phone doesn't offer or so

steven morris going for a couple touchdowns, five gator turnovers really did in florida today. could be in the top 25 poll next week. it would be the first time they've made an appearance in the top 25 since 2010. they've won four straight games for the first time since 2008. >> to the nfl where the cincinnati bengals hope to do something this season that's never happened in the 45 year history of the franchise, make three straight trips to the playoffs. if they do it, the defense will be a huge reason why. jessica taft sat down with one of cincinnati's young defensive stars. >> last season, he was the leading tackler north cincinnati bengals, racking up 127. he wasn't even a starter until week three, making the feet even more impressive, it marked the best season ever by a rookie free agent in bengal history. expectations are he and the improved bengals are high this season. >> we're in a high division, we have browns, and ravens and they're not nothing easy. for us, it's doing the little things right. >> what a difference a year makes. he sounds like a veteran now, but to tru

. >>> another big gator has been taken. this one in florida.k at this guy. 737 pounds of reptile hauled in after an hours-long struggle. he was spotted along a river in central florida not far from orlando. last month, hunters in mississippi captured a 654-pound gator. >>> residents of a san diego neighborhood saw this over the weekend. can you imagine? a panda-shaped hot air balloon coming down. narrowly missing several homes and trees. it's the same balloon that once landed in the middle of major highway. is it the same pilot? >> might be time to retire the panda. >> landed in oz, too, i think. no one was hurt in saturday's incident. the neighbors say they like seeing the balloons up close. maybe not that close. >>> another williams to tell you about. her name is serena. for the 17th time, she's a champion of a grand slam tournament. serena williams had to work against victoria azarenka in the u.s. open women's final. but for the first time in this tournament, she actually lost a set. but she powered through. and in the end, she was too much.

gators were once endangered.cky flint, the hunt coordinator, says there are too many. for many people here, alligators are problems on their property? >> absolutely. goldfish ponds. swimming pools. highways. under the deck of a house. >> reporter: and this weekend, in the dead of night, i headed out with the family on their reptile-wrangling rig. some people wondering, why do you do this? >> we eat the meat. i don't see it any different than the prepackaged meat in the grocery store. >> come on up, buddy, come on up. >> reporter: within minutes, they spot the first gator. but they decide to let this one go. the next one wouldn't come so easily. for the next three hours, we saw the gators. they would disappear as soon as they saw us. just going slow because you don't want to spook them. finally, they find what they've been looking for. >> i hear him now. he's mad. >> reporter: it's not your average family outing. >> i'm going to say 5'1". >> reporter: but even on the bayou, motherly instincts take over. >> let's g

. >> reporter: just the small sunday snack of crickets for the al gators at d.c.'s national aquarium. they will be on their way to a brand new home and the staff doesn't want any upset stomaches on moving day. day the gators are heading to georgia but the majority of fish, reptiles and other animals here will be making the trip up i-95 to the national aquarium in baltimore. >> we've a truck we're going to make four runs per week.eek they're going to come down.own we're going to pack up an malz and bring them back up there. >> reporter: operations director david lynn said s eight squareium is beingg forced to shutdown because of necessary renovations to the t department of commercee building. >> the next phase cuts thets power to our facility. we can't stay here any longer. some options that potentially rerouteing power, but economically it wasn't a good idea. >> reporter: it's much smaller than its baltimore counterpart so the sea creatures have been wowing visitors for generations. it's moved location severalal times, but until now has remained in operation in d.c

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it's a giant gator. a record setting gator caught in the mississippi river near jackson. this was over the weekend. it looks fake. it weighed more than 700 pounds, measures more than 13 feet long. >> it's got a double chin. >> a little porky. it's not the longest ever caught in the state of mississippi, but it is the heaviest. >> that's a fat alligator. how does an alligator get so fat? >> i don't know. i worry about what he's been eating. >> do you think metabolism? he's a big boned alligator. he's hefty. >> yes, yes. you are trying to compare them. coming up -- >> for 49 hours, the wind blew like heck. it was rough. >> that was superwoman. she is the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage. at 64 years old, how did she do it? the inspiring story, coming up. >>> just want to go over to meet my friend. >> he's back. dennis rodman back in north korea meeting with the leader there, kim june un. what they plan to discuss. this is serious. a man who doe. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem

both breaking records for largest gators ever caught in the state.bert griffin the third and his wife scoring an invite to the marine corps ball. >> we invite you to the 2013 marine corps ball. >> now that we got the invite out of the way. here is 10 great reasons why you should go with us. >> we have awesome dance moves. >> that is jimmy j and his wife press tol they are diehard redskin fans pretty good dancers, too. this will be his last ball. rg3 says he can't attend the ball it is the night before the redskins play the chargers. >> what a cute couple. a lot of personality. >> 50 shades of grey coming to life. johnson landing the role of anastasia steele the daughter of melanie griffith and don johnson. his leading man will be charlie hunnam the author of james brook news on twitter. >> have you read the book? >> no. >> have you read the book? >> yeah, no. >> coming up if you are about to start your day with a fat free yogurt you may want to rethink your breakfast choice. >> it may have the reverse effect. >> two rival high school coaches tackling

. >> i thought the issue was date -- gators. five sweeps all clear. skies crystal clear, as clear as they get. look at baltimore. do you see even one cloud? the answer is no there's not a cloud in the sky, nor has there been one all day long. that is our story and we're sticking to it. 73. wind north pat -- at five. we're low 30.0. the abc2 app,ed check out our weather tab page. into the 70s again tomorrow. mid-70s by 4:00 or so. a bright sunny scenario as we look at that next day planner. beyond that we will look for temperatures to run in the low 70s throughout the next hour or two and cooling into the evening into the 60s. eventually in the 50s, a few upper 40s. 70 at the beach. 64 in the mountains, so if the all that cool in dare rete county -- garrett county. that was the first for our state. from the north a light breeze, just enough to keep things refreshing. we have a clear sky over the region and a c over the east coast. late flight out of bwi. doesn't get much better than this. the other weather maker is way up into canada, a coast aloe and

. >> my name is alvin williams and everyone calls me gator. in here because it has to represent something, you know, but that's prison life. >> alvin got his nickname while working as a sparring partner to a heavyweight boxer. >> every time he gets me to the ropes, he jabs me hard, and i get upset and i say, man, you're hitting me too hard. he kept on doing it. i took my gloves off. i kept on attacking him, and i knew i could not beat him hand to hand, so i bit him. when they broke us up, they wiped off the blood, it was in the shape of a gator. i don't know how i hit him or anything. >> what is your nickname? >> cocoa joe. >> people in the start call me hustle. >> skunk. ksr and stinky because it sprayed me. >> everybody said i kind of looked like dracula and people started to call me drac for short and it kind of stuck. >> cocoa. is that for cocaine or cocoa man, what is that? >> i don't know. they gave me that name. >> you have to hustle, and being quick, that's how i got the name hustle. >> ben quick. i don't know how i got that one. >> co

this time it has to do with the so-called fav gators who are supposed to help people wade through thestem to sign for health coverage. the florida department of health is saying that those navigators can't operate inside county health department offices. >> the state department of health put out a notice saying navigator its couldn't, quote, conduct activities on the grounds of the health department. >> stephen: yes, we need to keep the health care navigators away from the uninsured. because shouldn't the search for health care really be more about the journey? (laughter) besides, besides, folks, just who are these navigators? they could be dangerous. i mean just listen florida attorney general and friend's mom you had a crush on pam bondi. >> these navigators will help our consumers throughout the country most personal and private information. tax return information, social security information, and our biggest fear, of course, is identity theft. >> stephen: yes, these navigator kos steal the identity of the uninsured poor. that could ruin their credit rating. that's why florida is p

. >>> 19th ranked florida gators lost their who broke a bone againstension. he is done for the year. he may have been tipped by his back-up who went 8 to 14 to guide the gators to a 31-17 win. with boyed heads, ucla remembered a fallen teammate who died when a car struck and killed him. the bruins ran their first place with only 10 men on the field. pasquale's spirit being player number 11. uca beat 59 to 13. >> in the n.f.l., the early games feature green bay at cincinnati, detroit at washington and houston at baltimore. the mark e 4:25 game goes down in san fran situate cisco. colts square off against the 49ers t the sunday night game features 2 and 0 chicago at 0 and 2 pittsburgh. >>> baseball, the topsy turvy race got another shake-up saturday. the pie rates found themselves tied with the reds for the wild card coming into their saturday night affair. pirates led 3-2 when a 2-out to duke to and pittsburgh with aj burnett on the hill dealing strikes. 12 strike-outs for his 9th win of the year. pie rates take control the top wild card spot with their 4 to 2

. >> they've got it all in florida, bears, gators. 52 incentreville. a little cooler toward kent island. expect thetemperatures to warm up tomorrow and the next several afternoons. enjoy. one year-since i received the itbest gift i will ever get... a life saving marrow transplant from my big sister, sallie-anne. and right now my first and only wish is simple. that you support the be the match marrow registry. if more people are on the registry, there will more people who can find a marrow match. you have the power to save a life and make somebody else's wish come true. >>> that was it for us tonight. >> let's make it a great day tomorrow and happy birthday to oj again celebrating his 44th birthday and what a celebration it was for he and his beautiful wife and their friends. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] it's time healthy gets a dose of happy. new yoplait greek. bye-bye, stir. so long, sour. hello, happy. it's time to lick the lid again. ♪ >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, justin timberlake, and from "romeo & juliet", hailee s

. >>> after a long wait, gator hunting season kicked off in mississippi this weekend. you could say it was a huge success. one group caught a 13-foot, five-inch garrettor. another broke weight records with their 727-pound catch. that thing is huge. >>> for business and cnbc's jackie deangelis. good morning. >> good morning. wall street playing a little catch-up after the holiday weekend. investors could react today to positive economic data out of china. the dow coming off its fourth straight losing week and the worst month since may of last year. >>> cbs and time warner cable ending their dispute over programming fees. time warner cable has restored cbs for customers in new york, los angeles and dallas after a month-long blackout. >>> microsoft striking a deal to buy nokia's smartphone business for $7.2 billion. the company's second largest deal after it bought skype for $8.5 billion. microsoft and nokia have been partners since 2011. that's when nokia started using windows software on his lumia smartphones. >> interesting stuff. thank you, jackie. >>> it's the third

hunting trip to raise funds for his 2014 re-election campaign. >> florida governor rick scott's gatorundraiser is shot down. >> alligator hunting man. >> i am going to say that alligators are ornery because they have all them teeth and no toothbrush. >> the number 2 trender, burning man. >> i am a fire starter. >> a pickup truck with the bed loaded with qurans in a smoker like the kind you use to flavor meat. >> he took kerosene and doused them in the parking lot of mcdonald's. he was potentially driving a bomb down the road. >> a radical pastor's latest stunt lands him in handcuffs. >> his followers insist the rights are being trampled? >> this is america. >> is this america? i am sorry. i thought it was america. >> i can burn a bible, i can burn a quran. whatever i want to do, thank god for the first amendment. >> if we told him clearly if you violate the law we will arrest you and put you in jail. did he and we did. >> today's top trender, ted talks. >> it is every bit as true now as it was then and we need 100 more like jesse helms in the u.s. senate. >> the texas senator wants to

. >>> it took three gator hunters four hours to wrangle this guy from the mississippi river over theeekend. 13 feet long, this big catch is still not the longest gator ever caught in mississippi, 2 inches shy of that but officially the heaviest at 727 pounds. >>> a international love/hate fest for the two unknowns play the lead for "50 shades" don johnson will play steele. the complainant she is not plain enough and he is not hot enough. the movie opens next august. >>> the unofficial ends of summer vacation is here but princess cruise is out with celebrities people would like to go on vacation with. number one is hugh jackman. 18% want to hang out with justin timberlake and 40% of women would want to hang out with ellen degeneres. 31% of ma lillians would like to take a vaca with ashton kutcher. hey america, even though she doesn't need them, cheryl burke is cha-cha-ing in depend silhouette briefs for charity, to prove that with soft fabric and waistband, the best protection looks, fits, and feels just like underwear. get a free sample and try for yourself. humans. even when we cros

all sorts of time and effort to subdue this monstrous 620-pound gator wednesday., florida, long-time friends harris woodsby and matthew fellows say they tracked this 560-pound gator for years but they got him. they reeled in the 12 1/2 footer earlier this month and call it the catch of a lifetime. >> that's a swamp dragon. >> that's a better name than alligator. >> we've seen that a few times now. we have oversized gators. >> yes. >> what do they eat? >> i have no idea. >> you. you. >> there's a plentiful supply. >> small children. >> if they're that big they're clearly getting a lot of food. >> i wouldn't let it eat you. >> we'll move on to the political gut check. three days from a potential government shutdown and the war of spending bills continue. house speaker john boehner already saying that house republicans will reject the senate bill expected to pass today while president obama is accusing republicans of gaming the system and making the rest of us pay for it. john king is here to break it all down for us. the war of words is nothing new. they think they'

but a-1/2 gator says she did not treat and the current helped her swim faster in some areas. she finished her swim after spending 53 hours in the water. >>> gold medal feeling victory for wrestling fans around the world today. the olympic committee announced the sport will rejoin the olympic program in the 2020 games in tokyo. it had been dropped by the community back in february. wrestling was featured in the olympics in greece and all of the modern games but 1900. wrestling beat out bids for squash, baseball and softball to be reenstated. >>> and it is no longer rumor, it is official. grammy winner bruno mars will perform at the super bowl. the announcement was made ahead of today's game. it will be play february 22nd at met life stadium in new jersey. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,, [ trina ] i'm a student at devry university. and these are my roommates. this is one of my favorite professors. and so is this. this is my academic advisor. and also my cheerleader. and when i finish my degree in business... a new job, at a great company... that's the graduation present i want. [

. >>> also this morning, giant gators. it seems rather redundant. -- that is a dinosaur. we have dinosaurs breaking records in mississippi right now. yeah. as long as you're here in times square. dinosaurs on "gma." >> wow. >>> and then, switching gears. this is a story that has us all talking. notes given to kids from their school reporting their body mass index. it is known as fat shaming. and it's led to dieting for preteen girls. >>> we're going to begin with that shocking case in california where a grade school principal is in custody for shooting her husband and leaving the body in a field. aditi roy shows us what her friends and family are saying about this mother of three now charged with murder. >> reporter: bakersfield police say 46-year-old leslie chance is a murderer who killed her husband of nearly two decades and abandoned his body near an almond orchard. but those close to chance, say they continue believe she can hurt anyone. >> i've never seen her raise her voice. >> reporter: lisa has been friends with her for seven years, working

not the longest gator.rtment of fish and wildlife weighed him, 727 pounds, the heaviest mississippi gator ever! not bad for first-time hunters. by the way, they nicknamed it elmer, because when they put the gun in the water and shot it, the barrel bent like a banana and looked like an elmer fudd cartoon. they named it elmer and now in a deep freeze in a meat processing plant. i don't know what they plan to do with it. >> no. poor elmer. hanging out at the bottom of the water minding his own business having eaten probably six, seven meals a day to maintain that kind of weight and these guys shoot him three times in the head. anyway, not a good day for little elmer -- big elmer. >> not a good day. >> thank you very much. >>> all right. coming up here on "america live," not america's newsroom. that's where i was this morning, we are minutes way from a very significant moment in this whole question of the crisis in syria. the secretary of state, secretary of defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs, these are

the court ruled that bonds 2003 grand jury testimony hindered investigation gators broke into elite athletes use of performance enhancing drugs. well, a bit of history was made on the golf course. with a look at this mornings sport. >> good morning. friday the 13th, a very lucky day for mr. jim furyk. now whether or not he claims the trophy and the big check, this is what everybody will remember, he was tearing it up at the b.m.w. championship, he carted 11 birdies and an eagle at 43 years young, he becomes just the 6th player ever to shoot the magical 59 score. he is sitting at 11 under par, and he is tied at the lead going into today's third round. to baseball. a great season by orioles slugger chris davis has just gone legendary, with this home run friday night, davis became the second oriole to hit 50 home runs in a season, and the third major leaguer ever to hit 50 home runs and 30 doublings. davis' orioles beat the blue jays 5-4. well, there was another type of home run over in pittsburgh, in the fourth inning, the pirates launched one to right field, and off the wall. around the bases

and he may have been wally tipped by his back-up, tyler murphy, 8 for 14, 134 yards to guide the gators to a 31-17. >> the bruins ran their first play with only 10 men on the field. pasquale being player number 11. >> to the proceeds, here is a sampling of some of the angels on tap in the envelope n.f.l. -- n.f.l. the mark e 4:25 game goes down in san francisco where colts square off against the 49ers and luck's jim hawaii har because. 2 and 0 chicago at 0 and 2 pittsburgh. >>> to baseball, the topsy turvy race got another shake-up saturday. the pie rates found themselves tied with the reds for the wild card coming into the saturday night affair. pirates let 3-2 when alvarez popped a 2-out base hit to pay justin morneau. >> that's all they needed with aj burnett on the hill and dealing. burnett, 12 strike-outs for his 9th win of the year. pie rates take control the top spot by winning their game 4 to 2 with cincinnati. now, with a 4 and 14 record in september, texas was suddenly out of the wild card looking in as they took on the royals. bell trade's rbi single, part of a 2-1 inning. ga

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. >> an >>> and stopped and stared down by a gator. >> hey, come on now. >> nervous laughter. >> how agitating an alligator had this kayaker scared silly. ) trick or treat! mmm! thank you! mmm! m! you said in a focus group, febreze just masks the smell. find the smelliest item in your home. this is febreze free, it has no perfume. now it smells clean. it doesn't have the odor. you're welcome. [ male announcer ] new febreze free. odor elimination without masking. >>> check this video out and tell me what you think is happening. >>> oh, is it a paintball gun i hear that snap, snap, snap? >> yep, this is a drive-by shootout with paintball guns. this is in a neighborhood in miami. it is just now going viral but it was posted back in november of 2012. the poster in the video says it was shot on halloween. so it looks like these guys were having some halloween fun. but it is a little crazy. >> there is a car that drives very fast, also shooting back toward guys in this home. >> this will be a lot of fun for the people that knew what it was like a cool, nighttime paintball fight. for everyb

. >> reporter: gators say the 34-year-old navy reservist and i.t. contractor had a well documented history of mental health issues. they say there is no indication that alexis was targeting anyone specific when he opened fire. vinita nair, cbs news. >>> the fbi is helping with the investigation into the mall massacre in kenya. agents arrived yesterday. at least 67 people were killed by al shabaab militants, the al kaeda-linked group that took over the nairobi mall. but numerous uncounted bodies remain in the rubble of the collapsed floors. the militants stormed the mall saturday afternoon. last night the leader said for the first time his group was behind the attack. >>> at united nation, today representatives from iran and six other countries will discuss how to proceed with the next round of negotiations over iran's nuclear program. iran's new president hassan rowhani told the "washington post" that he wants to reach a deal within three to six months. they asked him why he didn't want to meet with president obama when they were both at the u.n. >>

police, he we are now hearing that three police officers have died and one more security guard at the gator entrance to the consolate. and over 18 people injured. the death count could go up considering the injured. they are civilians and security force as like. >> jane, how did the attack end? it seems as though the consolate security were able to gain the upper hand eventual on the attackers, but how did it unfold? >> reporter: it started with a loud explosion which would have been the car bomb itself. we believe the highjackers exited the car and tried to continue through the gate into nba to the consolate itself. this is called a complex attack here and it's very common with the taliban these days, not so common in this city in the far west. it's considered to be a fairly safe city, but in kabul these attacks happen very offense. complex attacks that involve gun 3w59less abattles as well a wele bombers trying to enter very secure areas. the u.s. consolate is in a building that was was once a thole. it's considered to be a fairly secure area. any diplomatic mission of the u.s. in this co

some men with a gator aid bruct, broom and a cardboard box box brought in to change this out. it was delayed in the fourth inning when players started swatting at the bees in the outfield.ou so. >> i am amazed that trick works with the gatorade, the box and the broom. >> so do i. >> i feel like a picnic and a -- >> wow, wow. >> would you think at a basebalb game you would have something more complicated than a gatorade box and a broom. >> i know. >> i've seen other bugs flying y around at the games.t t >> i don't know they call a delay. when it's hot and humid we getet bugs but not that like. >> you are probably right. >> we'll do weather for you. nice weekend. most of the weekend yesterday turned into a decent day. >> it sure did.d. >> at least weatherwise.. >> sportswise. >> i know. don't remind us. >> sorry about thank 58 thisis morning in washington. 54 in leonardtown. we're cool.we just a few degrees below where we typically be this time of year. 48 in manassas. a couple of 40s last hour. temperatures being held up a little bit. a little bit of a cloud deck to the north.

for themselves -- he won the heisman and two national championships while playing for the florida gatorsver broncos. starting off as a backup quarterback. then building on his records. and winning infamy after throwing an overtime game- winning pass to beat the celebrated pittsburgh steelers. but now, he can't seem to catch a break. >> "if he's going to stay in the nfl, he has to play another position. he can't play qb he's lost sort of the ability, what little ability he had to play qb." >> reporter: but tebow says his faith in his future remains steadfast. on saturday he tweeted: "i will remain in relentless pursuit. of continuing my lifelong dream of being an nfl quarterback." >> reporter: a determination he's shown >> "i feel like in every situation there's a learning opportunity in life, not only in football, but in everything you do in life.". >> some showers around >> some showers around i ke up to alistingon my shlder e bltersere oozing anpainl to touch. i ent 23 yea as a putyll bged up marshal ani'vy but e wot pain 'vexperienced i ent 23 yea as a putyll bged up marshal ani'vy wa

three so obviously there's lots of media attention focused on this vote off in russia and abroad five gators are taking part but it's widely recognized that it's acting in mirrors that he said back in and the candidate from the opposition i've seen the wyly who are the real arrivals in this vote to mr no one is hoping for a second round however according to you or several opinion polls conducted earlier hopefully you will be able to see their results on your screens and now it's more likely that he said to him will be the winner of this election in the first round whatever the outcome would be hugo looks in a while he has already received the green light from the of the audience to stage a rally to meet with his supporters on monday in moscow but again these figures from the opinion polls are not eggs. board or not preliminary results and of course will have to wait for the final figures to be announced it is expected that will happen before the end of the d. to see the real picture since everything may change and it may be completely different story altogether now to ensure the transparency