hi there, my name is gio benitez with abc news. officials wouldn't say where she is, but she was able to make that call to her aunt, who told propublica that alison was "crying and begging me to go get her." she says, "i promise i'll behave, but please get me out of here. i'm all alone." this, as we learned of those so-called tender age shelters, where some of the youngest children are kept, including babies. a visiting doctor saying she found traumatized children, one crying inconsolably. and this woman sends in deacons to pray with the girls in that shelter. >> every single child gets up and begins to pray to god in a loud voice, please, d,en smed back to my parents. >> reporter: but many across the country supported the president's zero tolerance policy. >> did those images of children bother you? >> no. because they're well cared for. we're paying $700 a day per child. if a person goes to prison or jail, they're separated from their children. >> and gio benitez joins us from the u.s./mexico border tonight. you've been talking t

>> gio benitez leading us off. gio, thank you. >>> and as i mentioned a moment ago, the president arriving on capitol hill late today, defiant all day, doubling down on his administration's own zero tolerance policy. but blaming the democrats. the president hugging the american flag after an address to business leaders today. will he agree to what republican senators are now proposing late today? abc's cecilia vega at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president trump arriving on capitol hill to meet with republican lawmakers about the immigration crisis. calling america's immigration system "probably the worst in the world." >> the system has been broken for many years, the immigration system. it's been a really bad, bad system, probably the worst anywhere in the world. and we're going to try to see if we can fix it. >> reporter: with his white house engulfed in controversy, the president now mounting a forceful defense of his policy to separate migrant children from their parents. >> i don't want chil

>> gio benitez with us on this, as well. thanks, gio. >>> we're going to move on tonight to the other news this thursday evening. the severe storm watch as we're on the air across several states at this hour. and the deadly flash flood threat, really from texas all the way up to the northeast. a new round of heavy rain along the gulf coast of texas. families forced to evacuate a motel in mission, texas. the pittsburgh area reeling from floods that washed away cars and took the life of one woman there. and we've learned tonight that a young man sucked into a storm drain has survived. abc's marcus moore in the storm zone. >> reporter: tonight, powerful storms on the move, already inundating parts of western pennsylvania. flash flooding prompting evacuations and dozens of high water rescues. >> there goes a car. >> reporter: near pittsburgh, vehicles floating up to half a mile downstream. nearly three inches of rain falling in just two hours. water sweeping one woman away. she died. 18-year-old ben smith lucky to be alive. >> i

gio gio benites leading us off tonight. >> reporter: first responders racing to get survivors out of the building. >> come on guys, we've gotta go. >> reporter: people inside the elevator trying to figure out what happened. >> somebody was shot. >> several shots have been fired, um -- possible uh -- shotgun. at least 10 shots heard. >> reporter: cell phone video appearing to show police leading suspect jarrod ramos away in hand cuffs. >> there were several officers heavily armed, heavily armored screaming at us. >> reporter: ramos appearing in court today. he tells the judge i will not cooperate. prosecutors say he planned his attack and hunted >> there was one victim that had attempted to escape through the back door and was shot at that point. >> i called the police as soon as i was under the desk. i was not able to talk to them. i don't feel i could do it in a manner that wouldn't tip off our location to the shooter. >> reporter: handing his phone to a reporter. she texted her mother. crime reporter phil davis also hiding under a desk. he could hear the gunman reloading his >> it

as gio reported, that suspect had a grudge against the newspaper. tonight the threatening words he used before. what we learned about the woman he once knew from high school. here's pierce thomas on that part of the story. >> reporter: jarrod ramos, accused murderer, led out from "the capital gazette" in handcuffs, after a rampage that may have had its roots seven years ago. it began with this newspaper article in 2011, "jarrod wants to be your friend." a frightening account of ramos stalking a high school acquaintance on social media. at one point telling her, "have another drink and go hang yourself." the online encounter ending with him pleading guilty to harassment. >> how angry was he? >> incredibly angry, the malice dripped off this man in court. >> reporter: the woman moved from the state, in fear, but ramos still simmering. furious about the article's publication. filing a defamation lawsuit that was dismissed against "the capital" in 2012 firing off these tweets at the people who wrote it telling one journalist hell awaits and to two editor

. >> and gio benitez back with us live tonight from therd boor. and gio, we've learned this evening that hhs has now requested that the defense department use military bases to house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, david. officials toured four military bases in case they need them. now, the obama administration actually did something very similar back in 2014, to house 7,000 unaccompanied children. david? >> gio benitez, thank you. >>> we're going to move on tonight to the other news this thursday evening. the e severe storm watch and the deadly flash flood threat, really from texas all the way up to the northeast. a new round of heavy rain along the gulf coast of texas. families forced to evacuate. the pittsburgh area reeling from floods that washed away cars and took the life of one woman there. and we've learned tonight that a young man sucked into a storm drain has survived. abc's marcus moore in the storm zone. >> reporter: tonight, powerful storms on the move, already inundafting part inin i inun

abc's gio benitez is in el paso, texas. gio, you're learning where the babies are now being taken and you also have more this morning on the 6-year-old heard on that heartbreaking audio recording asking if she could at least talk to her aunt after she was reportedly separated from her mother. what have you learned, gio? >> reporter: that's right, david. that little girl was able to memorize her aunt's telephone number. she couldn't understand why she was alone in one of those shelters. that's mexico right there. this is that border. advocates said it's desperation that brought them here. this morning, behind the barbed-wire fences a first aerial look at a tent city just outside of el paso in tornillo, texas. where children play soccer on a dusty field and walk in single file. some here among the more than 2300 recently separated from their parents. [ children crying ] >> reporter: and this morning, those haunting cries, reportedly from young children taken from their fathers and mothers just hours earlier, sparking even mor

hey, gio.e, prosecutors say the actions of the officers weren't criminal. in that now viral video, more than 7 million people have already seen it, and it sparked an intense debate online. some of you siding with the officers. others with the young woman. it was the violent memorial day weekend arrest caught on camera. >> stop. >> reporter: stunned beachgoers watching as an officer in wildwood, new jersey, wrestled 20-year-old emily weinman to the ground, her 1-year-old baby nearby. police say the incident escalated when they spotted the young mother with a bottle of alcohol on the beach. they asked the underaged woman to take a breathalyzer test which she says she passed. body cam video showing what happened next. >> i'll give you one more chance to give me your last name. >> you're not going to lock me up. you can't lock me up. i didn't disrespect you. >> okay, what's your last name? >> you don't need my last name. >> that's it. get over here. >> don't touch me. >> you're about to get dropped

michael. >> all right, thank you so much for that, gio. go to ginger with the latest on those wildfires out west in the heat that is moving in. good morning to you, ginger. >> good morning, michael. hot and dry. that's been the name of the game for the last couple of weeks and it's really resulting in large wildfires. 11 of them from colorado to this one here in new mexico, northeastern new mexico where there's more than 36,000 acres now burning. that is a large, large wildfire. look at laguna beach, california. their issue there as the skies fill with smoke, the brush has not burned there for almost a century and so they've got a lot of fuel and we'll fuel the fires even more when you have that ridge of high pressure bringing in the heat. phoenix under an excessiveea warning again today. las vegas, 107. palm springs, 110. this will keep going and this weekend we see another bump in temperatures so we'll follow this for the next week at least, amy. >> we know you will, thank you. >>> now to that breaking headline about facebook under fire

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, the 911 call for help near this florida lake. >> 911,what is your emergency? >> i think, um, an alligator got this lady. >> reporter: 47-year-old shizuka matsuki, walking her three dogs late last week at a popular florida park, when a 911 caller described the unthinkable. >> you think an alligator got the lady? >> yeah. her two dogs came running back out to the parking lot, and i walked all the way back of the park, and one dog is still hanging out in the water, and i seen a huge alligator. >> reporter: matsuki's body was later pulled from the lake. authorities capturing and killing the 12-foot alligator, later finding a human arm inside its body. david, wildlife experts telling us alligators are most active dusk to dawn. that park in davie, florida, has been closed since the attack. david? >> gio, thank you. >>> when we come back, the new alert about jelly fish on the east coast and what you should do. at least 1,200 swimmers affected already. >>> the deputy attacked responding to a call. the officer opening fire. we'll be right back. e

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gio benitez is at the border outside el paso, texas.e's got the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is a port of entry here in tornillo, texas. beyond this entrance, there's a tent city, that's where families are being processed and some are separated. this morning, new video from inside the country's largest immigration processing facility in mcallen, texas. 1100 men, women and young children crammed into what looked to be cages. small bodies wrapped in plastic sleeping bags sleeping side by side. overnight on her fox news show, laura ingraham facing criticism for comparing these conditions to camp. >> since more immigrants are rushing to the border more kids are being separated from their parents and temporarily housed in what essentially are summer camps. >> reporter: her remarks come as child advocates release heartbreaking new audio. >> daddy! >> reporter: purportedly recorded at an unspecified facility camp. you can hear what appears to be children sobbing for their parents. then a voice that propublica says belongs to

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>> thank you, gio. we're joined now by keith cyphers, he was in the building when the shooting went down yesterday. thanks for joining us. so glad you're okay. i know you were working right across the hall from "the capital gazette." tell us what you saw and heard. >> yes, thank you, george. my office, the sales office i work in, is right ac"theross cat they have a glass-front door. the place for my desk is situated. i can just kind of lean to the left and see directly from where i'm sitting all the way into their lobby and i was on the phone with a client when i heard this noise, this incredibly loud noise. so loud that i knew something was wrong. i thought maybe something had -- >> like an explosion? >> like an explosion, yeah, i mean, it was more than a noise. i could feel it in my chest and so i leaned out, i leaned out from my desk as i often do to look out into the hall and into "the cap dal gazette" office and the door was gone. their door was gone shattered in a million pieces on the ground in t

good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning again, david.will reunite families after the prosecution of their parents and there's no telling how long that will take. in minnesota overnight president trump using his stunning immigration reversal to rally his base. >> we're going to keep families together but the border is going to be just as tough as it's been. >> reporter: the crowd chanting. [ chanting "build that wall" ] >> they're not sending their finest. that i can tell you. and we're sending them the hell back. >> reporter: in the oval office the president ending the policy with a stroke of a pen saying that allowing families to be detained together while their cases are reviewed is, quote, the right thing to do. but this morning, still more than 2,000 children recently separated from their parents at our nation's borders including the very young. >> mommy! >> daddy! daddy! >> reporter: the associated press reporting babies and small children are being housed in tender age shelters like this one in brownsville, texas. "the new york tim

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where he is uncomfortable is gio politics. this is a fight he wants but it makes him small, it diminishes the office. >> joe, when you were there, did you encourage the players to speak their minds or to protest? because we hear so many people who are fans of the sport say i just want my sport. i just want to watch it. i don't want to have to think about all this other stuff. where are you on that? >> yeah. i think the league understood that these players have a platform. they have a platform to do good. there were a lot of people uncomfortable with it being around the national anthem, and i think before trump got involved i think there were four or five players who were kneeling. trumped called them sons of bitches, 300 kneeled, including some of the owners with them. >> from the president's viewpoint, he sees that as he baited them into this. >> sure. >> and that nfl ratings were down. television ratings were a little bit down last year, which the president claims credit for. >> it's more connected to the change in the way p

but one thing missing from the video, their other daughter, 2-month-old gio grace. we got were these wrinkly feet. >> jennifer lawrence. reuniting with her ex. and we have a look at flip or flop as theirers toed deal with awkwardness. >> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music] >>> american animals star evan peters talked to "e.t." about his cameo with ryan reynolds >> i'm thrilled to be here tonight to present this honor to my very good friend. >>> reuniting with an ex can be jennif lawrence andirector for darren aronofsky. she greeted him with a small hug and a kiss last night. i guess the big question will be, can they work together again? >> for the right amount of money, i wet they could. tarek and christina el moussa are working together again. after their high-profile divorce, they're back tonight for season seven of "flip or flop." >> i got a date. >> what d

ch.a, ha you very real appreciate it. >>> president trump, you saw him in gio's piece, he was not just hing in on the shoinut he also made some news overnight about his pick for the supreme court. he says he will make his announcement on july 9th, ten days from now. he will be interviewing potential candidates at his golf club in new jersey. over the weekend that's where he'll be spending this weekend but he raised some eyebrows when he said he will not be asking the contenders about roe v. wade, the case that legalized abortion in this country. white house correspondent tara palmeri is in new jersey this morning. tara, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. that's right. president trump said he'll be announcing his supreme court nominee in less than two weeks and he'll be working this weekend to narrow down his top picks. he said he's down to five, and two of them are women. this morning, the countdown is on. >> look, i like them all. but i've got it down to about five. >> reporter: aboard air force one for a weekend of golf with his family, president trump revealing to

but one thing missing from the video, their other daughter, 2-month-old gio grace. we got were these wrinkly feet. >> jennifer lawrence. reuniting with her ex. and we have a look at flip or flop as theirers toed deal with awkwardness. in the face of senseless violence, we need hope. i'm jeff bleich. preventing violence has long been my cause. after columbine, i led president clinton's youth violence commission. i joined joe biden to reduce domestic violence, helping boys become men. i beat the nra in court, defending gun laws that save lives. today, a new generation is rising, and this is our moment. in the streets and in the capitol, i'll stand with them. jeff bleich. democrat for lieutenant governor. i thought after sandy hook, where 20 six and seven year olds were slain, this would never happen again. it has happened more than 200 times in 5 years. dianne feinstein and a new generation are leading the fight to pass a new assault weapons ban. say no to the nra and yes to common-sense gun laws. california values senator dianne feinstein >>> american animals star ev

here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, one of the 26 students charged in the hazing death of 19-year-old tim piazza, taking responsibility and pleading guilty to nine charges, including four counts of hazing. 21-year-old ryan burke and his attorney speaking with the "centre daily times." >> this is a tragedy and he is anxious to make amends. he decided to step forward, acknowledge and accept the responsibility. >> reporter: that evidence, surveillance video showing burke giving piazza a handle of vodka during a hazing ritual at penn state's beta theta pi fraternity house, where a drunken piazza fell down a flight of stairs. the students waiting 12 hours to call 911. >> we have a friend who is unconscious. he hasn't moved and we probably need an ambulance. >> we didn't ask for a plea agreement. none was offered. we didn't think that was appropriate. we came to court. we acknowledged responsibility. and he's prepared to be sentenced. >> reporter: piazza's parents have spent months going to court, sitting in silence and tears, listening to graphic testimony. now they plan to speak in court

everyone survived and gio benitez is here with the story.eporter: oh, michael. good morning. yeah. this video is incredibly reamatic, the man is alive and . now of you may find it disturbing but law enforcement officials believe it is important you watch because this warning ahead of the summer travel season could save a life. watch as this car barrels down the florida turnpike at full speed before slamming into a and look closer. the passenger ejected. watch as he flies through the windshield and lands 30 feet away near the toll booth. >> when we talked to the driver, he doesn't remember the crash. >> reporter: according to the crash report, the driver was either asleep or fatigued at the wheel. >> i think a lot of people think that they can get through it either by drinking coffee or shaking themselves awake, but this is a problem. >> reporter: these kinds of accidents are dangerously common. approximately 10% of crashes are caused by driver fatigue. we've seen it happen in video after video like this woman falling asleep behind the wheel

good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning.it can hurt so this morning, we are taking a deep dive into this issue as you hit the beach this weekend. it's the perfect summer day. sun, surf and jellyfish? well, this is what people in florida are waking up to, slimy stinging jellyfish swarming their beaches. >> i was just swimming and as soon as i got out i had a burning sensation in my neck. >> reporter: 28-year-old tonya's leg swelling and red. >> most painful thing i've ever felt. >> reporter: they are just 2 of more than 1,200 florida beachgoers stung by jelly fish just this week. those purple flags flying warning of dangerous marine life. even the lifeguards aren't immune. >> this week i've been stung a few times. if you absolutely do not want to get stung don't go in the ocean right now here in volusia county. >> reporter: captain tamra malfours of the beach safety ocean rescue say it's the result of a perfect storm of winds and currents. >> when you go in the water you don't see them at all until you feel the sting. >> repo

thank you so much, gio. >> thanks, gio. >>> now to the nba finals and that big win for the golden stateors overnight. they're just one win away from taking it all. abc's t.j. holmes is in cleveland and, t.j., a disappointing night for the cavs and for my two teammates. is a three-game lead impossible to overcome? >> reporter: how should i put this, robach. their motto here for the playoffs in cleveland is whatever it takes. they have it plastered all over the arena and they tweet with whatever it takes but it will take a miracle. even on a night when steph curry couldn't make a shot, another warrior superstar went off. >> james, up and under, throws it off the backboard. oh, what a perfect pass. >> reporter: with this alley-oop to himself. >> a tremendous god-given ability. >> reporter: lebron james made the play of the night. >> off the backboard. >> reporter: kevin durant, though, was the player of the game. >> kevin durant way outside. delivers! kevin durant from downtown. it's a six-point game. >> reporter: the warriors superstar lit up the cavaliers with 43 points. >> durant fires

good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning.s served 18 drinks in less than 90 minutes. ryan burke is one of the young men who served him that alcohol. he's pleading guilty to hazing and alcohol-related charges. his attorney suggesting the evidence was just too strong. this morning, one of the former members of what was penn's state beta theta pi fraternity awaiting sentencing. >> mr. burke decided to step forward his earliest opportunity to acknowledge and accept his responsibility. >> reporter: 29-year-old ryan burke burke pleading guilty to ninoltipi ke of 26 us to mak. former fraternity me charges was seen on surveillance video giving piazza a handle of vodka during an alcohol-fueled hazing ritual which ended with piazza eventually falling down a flight of stairs. piazza's fraternity brothers taking 12 hours to call 911 after finding the pledge inebriated and unconscious. >> there are too few words to describe a loss so great. this young man understands that. condolences go to the piazza family. >> reporter: piazza's grievin

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gio benitez has more. >> reporter: more than 2300 children sit in limbo, waiting to be reunited withchildren seen in art class. in virginia, a math lesson and a game of soccer, and for the first time, we see a baby being rocked by a caretaker at a so-called tender-age shelter. those images released after a report said babies and toddlers in those shelters were crying and in crisis. but still no answers for others like this woman detained in seattle. her 5-year-old son in a san antonio shelter. [ speaking in foreign language ] telling us from jail, she imagines how desperate her son is all alone, and she is fighting to reunite with him. protests from pennsylvania, to the capital, to the tent city in texas where mayors demanded families be reunited immediately. ruben garcia helps families on the border and says there's no one agency that keeps track of separated families. >> in a normal situation, that gets very messy. and now we're talking about more than 2300 kids. >> correct, correct. and the parents of 2300 kids locked up in different places. >> reporter: but for others like escoba

here is gio benitez. >> reporter: the 911 call for help near this florida lake. >> 911, what is yournk an alligator got this lady. >> reporter: she was walking her dogs late last week at a popular florida park when a 911 caller described the unthinkable. >> you think the alligator got the lady? >> yeah. her two dogs came running back out to the parking lot. one dog was still in the water and i seen a huge alligator. >> reporter: her body was later pulled from the lake. authorities capturing and killing the 12-foot alligator later finding a human arm inside its body. alligators are most active between dusk and dawn. and that park in davie, florida has been closed since the attack. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> i've lived in florida, you have to be very careful around those lakes. you have to assume there could be one of those gators. >> fatal gator attacks are very rare. we'll keep you updated on it. >>> coming up in the next half hour why the russian president putin was doing his best not to gloat. >>> but first, are you tough enough? survival school's in session and we'll than

gio benitez has more. >> reporter: one of the 26 students charged in the hazing death of 19-year-oldesponsibility and pleading guilty to nine charges, including four counts of hazing. >> he is anxious to make amends. >> he decided to step forward at his earliest opportunity. >> reporter: that evidence, showing him giving piazza alcohol. the drunken piazza fell down a flight of stairs. and the students waited 12 hours to call 911. >> we have a friend here who's unconscious. >> we didn't ask for a plea agreement. none was offered. we didn't think that was appropriate. we came to court, acknowledged responsibility, and he's preparing to be sentenced. >> piazza's parents have spent months going to court, and now are waiting for the sentencing. the piazza family attorney says they're pleased to see one individual take responsibility and they want the others to do the same. burke will be sentenced at the end of july. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> we are getting our first look this morning at police body cam video showing a oklahoma sheriff's deputy helping save a boy's life. >> a wo

. >> gio benitez is in annapolis. >> police are confirming two down at this point. two down.ournalists. at least two more injured. >> he entered the building with a shotgun. and he looked for his victims as he walked through the lower level. >> all units limit your transmissions. do we have any kind of intel on our shooter? >> while male with a ponytail. >> reporter: in about 60 seconds, authorities responding, running inside and engaging the suspected shooter. minutes later, the suspect who police say used a shotgun to carry out his assault was surrounded and taken into custody. >> the shooter is in custody and being interrogated at this time. >> reporter: the suspect is identified as 38 year old jarrod ramos, who may have had a long-running feud with the paper, having sued the paper in 2012 after it reported he pled guilty to criminal harassment. the paper reporting on what was already public record. heavily armed police trying to get people out safely. people evacuated, hands in the air to a reunification center at a mall. on twitter, phil davis wrote, gunman shot through

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abc's gio benitez is here with more. all right, gio, what's going on? >> oh, cecilia, good morning.llion views already and this morning, it's a high-speed he said/she said. the man and his ex pointing the finger at each other. it was a viral video so wild it almost seemed hard to believe. a man clinging to a car speeding down a florida highway at nearly 70 miles per hour holding on for dear life for nearly 15 minutes. but it was very real for junior francis and his ex-girlfriend behind the wheel. >> you're on top of the car. >> yes, i'm on top of a speeding vehicle. >> reporter: francis said he thought he was going to die. >> she's in the car and i'm on top of the car. >> okay, sir, i'm letting them know. >> i'm going to need help. >> reporter: he said it started with an argument when they both wanted to use the car and still live together. >> she turned the engine on, dropped it in reverse and started driving out and that's when things took a turn. >> reporter: 22-year-old francis telling wplg his ex got to the driver after seat first and francis showing us how he held on. >> it wa

.>> they don't want to gio much information about the what we believe to be a single shooter acting alone. that is what i'm reading, gleaning. they do not' to talk about the identity, this is ongoing investigation, here his comment. >> around 2: 40, we were called to 888 in an app leg annapolis t of active shooting, our officers quickly secured that building we continue to get people out of the building to safety. we're in evacuation mode. at-this-point i can confirm we have injuries, we had an active shooter situation in the building. annapolis, we have injuries, i can't give the extent. 1 the building is se secure we'l give more inform. i don't have any information on the suspect. at-this-point we believe it is one suspect. we don't anticipate a mass major casualty with hundreds of injuries. reporter: since that time we have learned there are 55 5 fatalities, this paper, capital gazette is one of the oldest, established in 1884, parent company is baltimore sun. have you police that have gone to that parent company's building, they released a statement saying out of precaution and here i

gio benitez has the story. >> reporter: oh, robin. exactly the kind of story we need.t, injured, deaf hiker and a persistent husky that did everything to save her life. this morning, a reunion between human and dog. if 21-year-old amelia milling looks happy to see nookie the husky, it's because she says he saved her life. just last tuesday milling who is deaf was hiking and fell 300 feet down a snow-covered mountainside colliding with a large boulder before falling another 300 to 400 feet. nanook practically catching her fall. >> at first, i thought maybe he was a wolf, but then i saw the collar with the tag on it and it said, tour path guide, and i said, oh. he's here to help me. i don't have to help him. >> reporter: nanook, aka nookie, a trail guide dog trained to help lead lost hikers back to the route staying with the injured woman. the two camping out overnight, nookie never leaving her side. >> that helped me to have some more motivation to keep going. >> reporter: the next morning almost 24 hours after first falling, milling attempting to leave trying to cross

gio benitez is here. gio, that doctor is now out at the hospital? >> reporter: that's right, robin.he's been suspended and the hospital is apologizing to the young man who was rushed to the e.r. after collapsing at basketball practice, apparently suffering from a severe anxiety attack. take a look. >> i'm sorry, sir, you were the least sick of all the people who are here who are dying. >> reporter: this is the treatment 20-year-old samuel bardwell says he received after waiting three hours to see a doctor in this california emergency room. >> you picked your head up. now don't try to tell me you can't move. sit up. sit up. sit up. i'm having you sit up. >> i can't get up. >> you need to sit up. he won't let me -- >> she's yanking my arm. >> you want us to wheel you to your house in the gurney? >> that's not what i said. >> reporter: the college sophomore was taken to the hospital by ambulance after collapsing at basketball practice monday night. bardwell says he suffers from debilitating anxiety attacks and says he told dr. beth keegstra parts of his body were numb, in pain, and tha

the officers have been put on administrative leave pending an investigation and abc's gio benitez hashe story. >> reporter: this is the dramatic video leading to the suspension of two police officers. >> get on the ground before i -- >> reporter: police say a man reported seeing the suspect, daniel dunkelberger, steal a cell phone and charger and that's when they confronted him first with a taser, then with a baton. >> get on the ground! doesn't that hurt? >> reporter: watch with the suspect on the ground one of the officers hits him again. >> yo, he didn't do anything. >> reporter: the witness recording the video speaks out clearly concerned about what he's seeing. >> i totally understand but he doesn't deserve to be hit after. >> after what? >> he's on the ground. >> he's handcuffed now. >> he was on the ground and you are hitting him. do you want to see the footage? >> show him the footage. >> reporter: the city manager saying a full investigation is now under way. >> i think it would be grossly inappropriate for any member of the leadership of this community not to be concerned. >

abc's gio benitez is here and, gio, this isn't the first ocean that he's crossed. >> it's not, michaelatlantic from massachusetts to france but the pacific has never been done before and for eight hours a day he'll be in water swimming more than 5,000 miles. this morning, the swimmer who already conquered the atlantic 20 years ago begins a truly unthinkable swim. the rough seas of the pacific ocean from tokyo to san francisco. overnight beginning his swim off the coast of japan and broadcasting on facebook live. >> there we go. he's starting. >> ben is starting his swim. >> reporter: ben lecomte beginning the swim side by side with his two children speaking with us just moments before taking that plunge. >> there's more than one challenge. on the top of the list you have the water. the cold water. >> reporter: lecomte's journey 5,500 miles, 6 months, 8 hours a day at a time. >> i have to eat 8,000 calories per day so if i don't eat it lose quite a bit of en i'm weig sthatll. >> rter: he fastle the pacific's rough weather, cold waters, some of the ocean's top predators and giant patches

good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey there, robin, good morning.a. people come here to walk, run, do outdoor yoga but take a look, this morning it is still closed off, and right there a small memorial for the woman who lost her life. this is the 12'6" gator believed to have attacked and killed a woman while walking her dogs near a florida lake. >> i just want pistols out. since we have confirmation that the alligator is in here. >> reporter: authorities say, around 9:45 a.m. a witness reported seeing shizuka matsuki with her dogs at this park. moments later they say she disappeared. her dogs found wandering alone one badly injured. >> i think her dog was attacked and tried to come to her dog's aid and, you know, paid the price for it. >> reporter: authorities capturing the gator just hours after matsuki went missing and the wildlife commission closing the park while they investigate. >> there's a gator about 300 feet away from us in the middle of the lake. he's just been kind of floating around the area. >> reporter: residents who live in this gate

i'm gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> this visit by kim kardashian to the white house changed thee of alice johnson, a woman serving a life sentence for a drug conviction. kardashian and johnson got a chance to meet face-to-face. kardashian went to her home in south new hichb. kardashian saw johnson's story on twitter and kept pestering the white house to get a meeting with president trump to commute johnson's sentence. >>> 5:16 now. no more late fees at berkeley's public library. starting next month, overdue fees which cost unto 25 cents per day and capped at $5.00 will be suspended. library of firms sficials say i give low income people more access to the books. >>> sprint's plan to offer unlimited talk, text and data for 15 bucks a month ended up getting a little too much attention. the company is ending the promotion. "usa today" reports that sprint will stop offering the deal at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. >>> vhs tapes, dvds, blu-rays, streaming making just about all of them obsolete. >> making for tough times for bay area video rental businesses. the last rental shop in berkeley is

with your "gma first look," i'm gio benitez. >>> google strucking to recruit women.its latest annual diversity report irt shows not much have changed over the last year. >> google employs about 85,000 people. women make up 30.9% of the workforce. that's just .10 of a percentage point more than the year before. whites are at 53%. frak and latino workers grew .10% to 2.5 and last week's shareholders aga again -- google has been dealing with a lawsuit over gender discriminati discrimination. >>> 5:17 now. do you not have time to go to the dmv? now you can spend your weekend doing. starting tomorrow some offering saturday service from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. no behind the wheel driving tests will be conducted on saturdays. make sure to check before you go. you can find a list of bay area dmv locations offering saturday service on our website, abc7news.com. >>> another chance for dub nation to meet one of the warriors players and celebrate the teep's back-to-back nba titles. center zsa zsa aza pachulia signing autographs. wrist bands to the first 250 fans on a first come f