abc's gio benitez has the details. >> reporter: he's a respected pilot accused of living a double lifey day, an bruce wayne wallis is a united airlines pilot recognized with top awards. but by night, court documents allege he goes by bruno and runs a massive brothel operation in texas. >> it is the largest operation of this type that i have been associated with. >> reporter: the alleged high flying criminal appearing in court monday, prosecutors say he acted as a pimp to at least 20 women charging them each $400 a week to use a room in one of the brothels. wallis reportedly running the operation out of his black hummer managing nearly a dozen brothel apartments in the houston area. the alleged evidence? $50,000 in cash that police say they discovered in wallis's and text messages between him and his employees. one saying, it's my job to keep you guys safe. wallis's attorney says he's ready to fight. >> it's hardly the case of the century that the state makes it out to be. >> reporter: his alleged accomplice, this woman, tracey tanner, a suburban mother of five. >> she's in a very, very

gio benitez, abc news, westfield, new jersey. >> good for them for doing the right thing. >> yeah, but it's a beautiful house. it's unfortunate. they're suing the former owners for what they say is basically fraud. >> when we come back, why the hottest show on broadway is being accused of racism. >> and the bombshell dropped on anderson cooper. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny, so skinny >> all right. time now for the skinny. topping our headlines this morning, the casting call controversy surrounding broadway's hottest show. i was surprised by this one. >> it is shocking. "hamilton" has been praised for its ground breaking multiethnic casting of actors portraying america's founding fathers. >> but the show has sparked controversy, posting on its website a call for nonwhite men and women for the broadway's upcoming tours. >> at least one civil rights attorney says that may have run afl law, and the stage actors union says that language is a no-no. it's not in compliance with their rules. >> producer jeffrey seller

abc's gio benitez has the story. >> reporter: with new york city bracing for powerful winds, officials trying to avoid this. it was less than two months ago, when that massive crane came crashing down. >> oh, it broke! >> reporter: officials were in the process of securing it when it collapsed, killing one person, injuring several more. wind advisories stretch from d.c. to boston. gusts could reach 50 miles per hour. the weather in the northeast, remnants of a severe sunday in the midwest. >> why are we outside? >> reporter: tornado sirens going off in crofton, kentucky. >> holy moly. >> reporter: and hail falling hard in harrisburg, illinois. >> wow. >> reporter: cranes in new york, officials here are demanding that they all be secured. inspectors are going to be doing random spot checks at sites like this one. they're not taking any chances. gio benitez in new york. >> with all of that in mind, we want to look at the forecast because it could be a rough commute in the northeast with those gusty winds and rain and snow. in the west, heavy snow and powerful winds from salt lake city to

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gio benitez, abc news, bayonne, new jersey. >> when we come back, "the bachelor" now into the homestretchvely lady will win the grand prize. >> is it a prize? >>> and speaking of prizes what leonardo dicaprio said last night to the woman who was engraving his oscar. "the skinny" is next. night to the woman who was engraving his oscar. "the skinny" is next. ♪ skinny so skinny >> hey, welcome back. "skinny" time. if the bachelor was a sports competition, we would now be down to the championship game. >> oh, yeah, you're right. it's just bachelor ben and his two favorite women left right now. joining us with details of how we got to this point is our senior bachelor. he's broken up. >> was it really that bad? >> there were a lot of tears. i'm trying to hold myself together for the segment. i figured instead of roses i would bring tissues for you folks. fa e on the blow, caila, our girl lauren b. and jojo. off to jamaica we go. roll that beautiful bachelor footage. that's caila. the river date with ben. you could tell that caila had something on her mind. she was melancholy as ben said. >> it

and abc's gio benitez tonight with that driver and the deputy who saved him. armed robbery, caught on a cabby's surveillance camera. watch. >> this is a robbery. man, give me all your money, man. give me everything you got. now. >> all right, all right. >> reporter: what is going through your mind? >> give him what he wants and get him out. i don't want to get hurt. there's a cop behind us. there's a cop behind us. >> what's the problem? let me see your hands. get out. >> reporter: while you're going through this, there's an officer right behind you. >> i spotted the lights, blinking behind me. >> get out. get out. >> reporter: this was my guardian angel. >> reporter: that guardian angel, deputy terry eley. when the light turned green and the cab didn't move, he got out of the car. suspicious it was an escalating and get this. after the deputy arrested the passenger, cabby ralph faletto went right back to doing what he's been doing for 25 years. driving his cab. gio benitez, abc news, reading, pennsylvania. >> gio, thank you. >>> and when we come back here ten

here's abc's gio benitez. >> driver. stick your hands out the window. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, we're seeing that moment alleged shooter jason dalton was captured. he's quickly handcuffed and taken into custody. this, as we're hearing new 911 calls from the shooting scenes. >> one car is okay. the other one is a mini van and >> reporter: dalton is accused of killing six people that night, three weeks ago. a surviving 16-year-old girl now seen smiling with her cyster at the hospital. police now revealing new details. after his arrest, the 45-year-old allegedly telling them that uber literally took over his mind and body and that the app made him feel like a puppet. dalton allegedly describing the logo as a devil figure, saying, "it was almost like art financial intelligence that can tap into your body." and david, a judge had ordered dalton to undergo a mental come competency evaluation. we're waiting for word on that, david. >> gio benitez with us. gio, thank you. >>> and to your health tonight, and a maj

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: three students under fire for what's seen in this surveillanceeo. >> i'd like to report the fact that me and my friends were just jumped on a bus for being black. >> just after 1:00 a.m., ariel agudio, alexis briggs, and asha burwell, all 20-year-old college students at the university of albany claiming they were the only black students on a city bus when they were called racial slurs and hit by several boys. surrounded by white students and feeling threatened, they fought back. two of the girls called 911. >> it was a racially fueled time. we were three black girls shoved jumped by like 20 white people. >> reporter: the university and city officially launching an investigation, leading to the release of this video. surveillance from inside the bus that night. >> it definitely looks like it wasn't what the girls said it was that happened. >> reporter: this week all lee girls in court pleading not guilty to charges of third degree assault. burwell and agudio also charged with falsely reporting an accident. and the videos alone don't make clear exa

they say, because of something here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: on a normal street in a normal neighborhood in new jersey, tonight, a mystery about one house. this family, with three small children, bought the house in 2014 for $1.4 million. and say they immediately started receiving ominous letters from someone who called himself the watcher. apparently threatening the children, writing, "do you need to fill the house with the young blood i requested? once i know their names, i will call to them and draw them to me." the new owners can't figure out who is behind those letters. so, they put what was to be their six-bedroom dream house back on the market, for a much lower price. they are suing the people who sold them the house for not revealing they, too, had received a letter. but those sellers say there was no threatening language in the one they received. not all conditions need to be revealed right away? >> correct. in new jersey, as the law stands right now, social conditions do that would be suicides in the home, murders in the home. >> reporter: the family says they're r

gio benitez, abc news, westfield, new jersey. >> gio, thank you. >>> when we come back tonight, a majorevelopment involving the family on vacation, falling ill because of something they was sprayed. >>> also tonight, the royal rescue. look at this image. touching down in an air ambulance there. what the patient said after learning it was prince william and the prince's response tonight. >>> and then, america strong. quite literally. the grandmother tonight, setting the bar. the bar. don't go away. people say i'm getting better. ne's ever said that. but i'd like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. he's just happier when he's playing. but he's terrible. for the strength and energy to keep doing what you love, try new ensure enlive. only patented ensure enlive has hmb, plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. and its clinically proven formula helps you stay you. oh. nice shot. new ensure enlive. always stay you. nobody's hurt, but there will you totastill be pain. new car. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three quarters of what it takes to

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here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: for the second time this month, the anthem of the seas is heading home early, but royal caribbean says it's because of the weather, not because ten people a day are reporting symptoms of norovirus. the cruise line tweeting that a "severe forecast storm" is to blame and that norovirus in a small percentage of 6,000 passengers "didn't affect the decision to return." an abc news forecast map shows the ship now racing to beat the storm, and arrive on wednesday. ahead of that oncoming storm that will hit on friday. this just weeks after the very same ship took a ferocious beating from 30-foot waves and 120-mile-per-hour hurricane-force winds. passengers forced to hunker down. >> the water kept coming above were in an aquarium. >> reporter: and those passengers have already filed suit. now royal caribbean says it's just trying to be extra cautious, as that new storm approaches. that ship will arrive right here on wednesday morning. gio benitez, abc news, bayonne, new jersey. >> when we come back, "the bachelor" now into the homestretch. which lovely lady

gio benitez, abc news, albany, new yorking. > ji go will have more on that later on today. when we can come back, are george clooney's days numbered in front of the camera? >> and rapper 50 cent finally finds a buyer for his 21-room "the skinny" is next. skinny, so "skinny." >> topping our headlines this morning, george clooney promising never to age on the big screen. >> the actor while doing a promotional tour for his latest movie "hail caesar" told the bbc he has no intention of growing old in front of the camera. >> i think nobody really wants to see anybody really age. it's a very unforgiving thing .the camera is. so aging becomes something that you know, you try to do less and to pick the films that work best for you. >> you know some would say at least he has an option. most women in hollywood don't have that option to say i'm not going to. it's hard for roles. but he's gorgeous. come on, clooney. clooney says his great love is directing and that it's much, much more fun and infin natalie more fun to be directing. i bet he'll be a great director to work with. >> that

here's more from abc's gio benitez. >> we've got two officers down. we need somebody. >> reporter: you're listening to the moment two indiana deputies serving a warrant ended up in a gun battle. >> fired, county! >> we got shots fired. >> i've been hit. >> reporter: 27-year-old deputy carl koontz and 35-year-old sergeant jordan buckley coming face to face with a gunman when they went into a house. the deputies returning gunfire, but it was too late. the force, dying from those wounds. buckley is still recovering. >> they got inside the residence and they were met with gunfire. we plan for it, but you're never fully prepared for that situation, if it is truly unknown to us. the alleged suspect is dead and his identity has not been released. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> investigators in western pennsylvania say a retired state trooper was behind a toll booth robbery which turned deadly. the retired trooper clarence briggs was killed in a shoot-out with on duty troopers. they say briggs robbed two toll collectors at gunpoint. one collector was kil

gio benitez, abc news, bayonne, new jersey. >> when we come back, "the bachelor" now into the homestretch grand prize? >> is it a prize? >>> and speaking of prizes what leonardo dicaprio said last night to the woman who was engraving his oscar. "the skinny" is next. (boy) grandpa, look what i got! (woman) oh dad, wait 'till you see the bike we got for jake. (narrator) hearing loss happens gradually with age... making it easy to ignore. yet most older americans aren't getting their hearing tested. untreated hearing loss can keep your loved ones from enjoying what they cherish most. (woman) dad, can you hear me? (narrator) don't let that happen. speak up about hearing loss. you'll be glad you did. ♪ skinny so skinny >> hey, welcome back. skinny time. if the bachelor was a sports competition, we would now be down to the championship game. >> you're right. it's just bachelor ben and his two favorite women left right now. joining us with details of how we got to this point is our senior bachelor. he's broken up. >> was it really that bad? >> there were a lot of tears. i'm trying to hold myself

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gio benitez, abc news, reading, pennsylvania. >> incredible the timing there. by the way, and the cab company just installed those surveillance cameras about a year and a half ago. >> good timing. > yeah, exactly. >> coming up in our next half hour, a medical new jersey in disguise. how a woman thought she had the flu when she was having a life-threatening heart attack. >> but first the coup who figured out how to fly around in a private jet for free. they're sharing their secrets. you're windchill watching "world i want to fly like an eagle to the sea fly like an eagle let my >> okay. can i get you that shazam invention. >> flying anything oer than coach can be very expensive. but if you're savvy enough, you minimum cost. private jet for free. it's possible. t.j. holmes shows us how. >> reporter: forget long security lines or fighting for overhead spsce. flying 30,000 feet in the lap of luxury just got a whole lot more affordable at least for gilbert ott and lawyer la burns who scored a flight on this private t for free. >> the look on our face definitely told

here's gio benitez. >> i'm going to revoke bail -- >> reporter: tonight, owen labrie is behind bars, violated his curfew. the now 20-year-old convicted last fall of misdemeanor sex assault on an underage schoolmate at st. paul's school. his victim testifying at trial. >> i was raped! >> reporter: labrie was acquitted of felony rape charges, but was convicted of luring an underage girl by computer, and was sentenced to a year in jail. he was out on bail pending appeal. but last month, a reporter for "vice" spotted him on a train and began tweeting about their conversation. "he's in town visiting his girlfriend." that launched an investigation. >> your honor, he lied to the jury. he lied to your honor. and now he's been walking around, not only with his chin up, but with his nose up in the air snubbing your honor's court order. >> reporter: the defense arguing he was traveling to meet with lawyers and attend a lecture for his classes. >> so he chose, wrongly, your honor, admittedly, to try to fly he's sorry. >> reporter: david, the judge said no matter the reason, labrie violated that