gio benitez has more. >> reporter: venus williams under the spotlight but not for the usual reasons. she is being blamed for a traffic accident where a passenger in the other car ultimately died. here's a map from the police report. at the intersection in palm beach gardens, florida, three weeks a the report says williams cut across in front of a car. that car t-boning williams,78 year old passenger jerome barson was head trauma and died. the police report says williams advised she did not see the other car and also says that she is at fault pofor the accident. williams' spokesperson saying she entered the intersection in a green light and expresses her deepest condolences to a family who lost a loved one. police do not believe she was distracted or under the influence of alcohol. so right now no charges and no citations for williams, but please are still investigating. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> coming up, it's shaping up to be a pretty raunchy weekend at the box office. >> we'll tell you were critics are dealing will ferrell and amy poehler a losing hand. it's straight ah

abc's gio benitez has the latest. >> reporter: venus williams under the spotlight but not for the usual reasons. according to police the 37-year-old tennis star is being blamed for a traffic accident where a passenger in the other car ultimately died. here's the map from the police report beach gardens three weeks ago the report says williams cut across in front of a car. that car t-boning williams, 78-year-old passenger jerome barson was rushed to the hospital for head trauma and died two weeks later. his wife who was driving survived. the police report says williams advised she did not see the other car and also says that she is at fault for the accident. williams' spokesperson saying she entered the intersection on a green light. this is an unfortunate accident and venus expresses her deepest condolences to the family who lost a loved one. and in the report police do not believe venus williams was distracted or even under the influence of alcohol so right now no charges and no sigh takes for williams but police are still investigating. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> a woman who

gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> well a warning now about this next story. the man you'll see somehow only suffered minor injuries. but it is tough to watch. he was crossing a street when this happened. take a look here. whoa. the security camera recording the entire incident, the man who was struck by the bus getting back to his feet after sliding down that sidewalk and then he walked into a pub that was right there. do you blame him after something like that, the guy deserves a drink. >> of course. >> or five. >> y and deserves to play the lotto after that. >> a sheriff's deputy in ohio must be embarrassed after he was ratted out by his own dash cam video. >> this is the view from the police cruiser. it shows the vehicle and the officer in a bit of a chase game. the vehicle actually starts rolling backward as the officer is conducting a traffic stop. deputy eventually picks up on what's going on and chases down the car, hops in and stops it before it reaches an intersection. >> there were no injuries involved other than the deputy's pride which i'd say too

david. >> gio benitez with us. gio, thank you. >>> the heat wave closing schools in the east. more than 30 reported tornadoes in the past 24 hours. let's get to meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. rob, good evening. >> reporter: hi, david, just sizzling here in the northeast. cool front dropping south stirring up strong storms in new england through the ohio valley. that larger system will prove for an active evening across the plains in nebraska and south dakota. chicago, st. louis, kansas city, they'll stay hot through the week. the northeast will cool down. david. >> all right, we're waiting for it. rob, our thanks to you. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday -- breaking developments in the texting suicide trial. the young woman who was in high school at the time, accused of urging her boyfriend in a text to take his own life >>> and that dangerous police chase on the highway, trying to escape officers in reverse. police forced to make a big decision about the suspect. we'll be right back. last year, he said he was going to d

abc's gio benitez with the latest report. >> reporter: tonight in what may be the first account of the collision that claimed seven american lives attributed to the captain of the cargo ship that struck it. reuters reporting the skipper told ship's owners that he flashed lights to signal the "uss fitzgerald" before the crash. and that he says the destroyer failed to take evasive action, suddenly veering into the ship' s path. >> there is negligence involved. two ships are not supposed to hit each other, and if both ships follow the rules the way they are supposed to be followed, they simply will not impact each other. >> reporter: abc news has not independently confirmed reuter's report of the captain's account. and the navy tonight is not commenting while it investigates why the ship slammed into the side of the uss fitzgerald. slicing through the destroyer's berths where over 100 sailors were sleeping. the crew scrambling to save the ship -- sealing off the flooded area so the ship didn't sink. and japanese investigators are analyzing the black box from that cargo shippi, looking for

>> gio benitez leading us off. gio, thank you. let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee. she's tracking it for us tonight. ginger? >> reporter: and david, there is a severe thunderstorm less than 90 miles southwest of us right here and we are not alone. it feels downright tropical, for a reason. the remnants of cindy, plus a cold front causing a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of new jersey, back into west virginia, and look at the one back in arkansas and western tennessee. the tornado watch still in kentucky. let's take you through the timing. with the flash flood potential, as gio just said, for one to three inches to fall very quickly. the storm timing even brings another very strong line overnight into early tomorrow morning for washington, d.c. look at 9:00 a.m. in new york city. headlines out west, portland, oregon, now in the heat advisory. could get to close to 100. david? >> ginger zee with us tonight. ginger, thank you. >>> these storms already impacting air travelbut there s another scare today. passengers onboard a jet blue flight from new york to florida

gio benitez, new jersey. >> you don't want to smell like food, huh?, you need to triple bag this. great. now there's going to be, now there's going to be a bear attacking me. >> you want some? >> again. no, i'll pass. >>> coming up, our financial expert standing by with other tips you need to know this summer to help you save money. >>> and the big surprise for a former homeless teen who rose to the top of her class and a disco queen who paid her a very special tribute. ♪ i got all my life to live ♪ >>> all right, so admittedly, we can all use some extra money on summer vacation, and here with some tips to come up with over $500 in just over four weeks. >> yeah. >> is our finance expert, vera givens. just that quick. i am an all ears. you say change your withholding. >> average tax rate is $3,000. if you change your withholdings, you get it so it comes out just even, that's putting $250 back in your pocket every month. >> but don't do it for the rest of the year. >> that's your tip, not traffic -- >> there is a survey or study that came out that said

. >> gio benitez with us. gio, thank you. >>> and next tonight, the heat wave closing schools in the east. a tornado watch also in effect. more than 30 reported tornadoes in the past 24 hours. this one destroying a building in southeast wyoming. let's get to meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. rob, good evening. >> reporter: hi, david, just sizzling here in the northeast. 99-degree record high in newark england through the ohio valley. that larger system that brought the storms yesterday, will prove for an active evening across the plains in nebraska and south dakota. that all moves to the east. bigger cities under the gun, chicago, st. louis, kansas city, they'll stay hot through the week. the cool do. vihed.rtnollaswit >> all right, we're waiting for rob marciano, our thanks to you. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday -- the alleged murder spree. the major break. a mother and her two daughters found dead and another couple killed as well. >>in the texting suic

here's gio benitez. >> reporter: in this morning's "g ma first look," five children rushed to the hospital after apparently coming face-to-face with chlorine gas monday night. the children suffering respiratory burns, stomach irritation, and vomiting in what pool operators are calling a freak accident. >> really worry. >> reporter: here's what officials believe happened. the water pump stopped circulating water. chlorine built up in the pipe and when it started working again, it released that chemical buildup as a small cloud of chlorine gas right into the water, then evaporating into the air. the cdc says pool chemical injuries make up more than 5,000 hospital e.r. visits each year, nearly half of the patients under 18. coming up at 7:00, we'll tell you how to keep your family safe at the pool. with your first look, i'm gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> a former uber contractor pleaded no contest to stealing $25,000 worth of uber rides and food deliveries. the district attorney says 25-year-old bernie martinez worked at uber's san francisco office and used his password to give ride cre

abc's gio benitez is here with the latest on the case. ng, gio. >> reporter: michael, good morning. police just released this video and it seems to show just about every second of the long field sobriety test as you're about to see he struggles all the way through. >> you know the reason i'm out with you now? >> no. >> it's because you're stopped in the road. in the middle of the road. >> reporter: our first look at the dash cam video from tiger woods' arrest just after 2:00 a.m. on memorial day and woods' car is stopped on a main road. he's fallen asleep. the car still running. >> do you remember what happened when my partner came up behind? >> no. >> do you remember being asleep in the car? >> no. >> you don't? >> reporter: they ask him where he's coming from. he says california. but he's really in his hometown in florida. >> where are you coming from? >> l.a. >> from where? >> l.a. >> from l.a. okay. where are you coming from right now? >> headed back down to orange county. >> reporter: you're headed down to orange county. >> yeah. >> o

abc's gio benitez on the scene tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a scare in one of new york's busiest neighborhoods. as carbon monoxide in a building just 3 blocks from the world trade center began seeping through the floors. those inside, overcome, escaping outside and laying down on the street trying to catch their breath. >> in e first floor of the basement people were passed out and people were out on the street at that time. >> reporter: 32 sickened in all, as authorities rushed in to contain the emergency. this 65-year-old building manager with leukemia carried twx people on his shoulders up >> i had to back downstairs there was two ladies still downstairs and luckily i was able tbring tethr:em ut psaltal 8:22 am. 911 callers initially believing this package which had been opened near the leak caused people to collapse. but the bomb squad cleared that package. >> we found a defective boiler down in the basement with some kind of broken pipe that was producing the co. >> reporter: and david, those 32 people are still recovering tonight, they're expected to be okay. officials say carbon monoxid

here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, this new york city hospital under siege, a gunman on a deadly rampage. >> confirmed shots fired. okay at the time, units, confirmed shots fired. >> reporter: police say dr. henry bello, a former employee, smuggled a rifle into the hospital under a white lab coat, then opened fire. >> multiple victims are shot at this location. perp is armed with a rifle. multiple victims shot. >> i saw a doctor run by with a gunshot wound to his hand. i don't remember which hand, and he was bleeding everywhere. and that was when the police came and basically the hospital was on lockdown, and i panicked and went to a room. >> reporter: patients and employees, scrambling to take cover. >> they called code silver. patients told to go to their rooms and close the door. >> reporter: one couple and their newborn, locking themselves in the bathroom of their room. the gunman killing one. did you hear the gunshots? >> four or five shots. >> reporter: dozens of officers, descending on the hospital, searching for the shooter. trying to start a fire on the 16th floor. >> re

abc's gio benitez with the details. >> reporter: tonight, venus williams under the spotlight, but notfor the usual reason. the 37-year-old tennis star is being blamed for a traffic accident where a passenger in the other car ultimately died. here's the map from the police report. at the intersection? palm beach gardens, florida, three weeks ago, the report says williams cut across in front of a car, t-boning williams. the 78-year-old passenger was rush to the hospital for head trauma and died two weeks later. his wife, who was driving survived. williams advised she did not see the other car, and says she is at fault for the accident. her spokesperson saying she entered on a green light. this is an unfortunate accident and venus expresses her deepest condolences to the family who lost a loved one. in the report, police do not believe venus was drarkted or under the influence of alcohol. tonight, no citations or charges for williams, but police are still investigating. tom. >> gio, thank you. >>> next to the severe weather watch at this hour. thunderstorms on the- tonight. 15 million pe

here's abc's gio benitez. >> you know the reason i'm out with you now? >> no. >> 'cause you're stopped in the road. in the middle of the road. >> reporter: that video capturing the moment police say they had to wake tiger woods up in his mercedes, stopped in the middle of that florida highway with two flat tires. woods bewildered, thinking he's in california. >> you're headed down to orange county? >> yeah. >> okay. do you know where you're at right now? >> ah --i do not know. >> have you been drinking tonight? >> no. >> no. are you sure about that? >> yeah. >> reporter: woods did pass two breathalyzer tests for alcohol, but told police he takes multiple prescriptions, >> you're gonna recite the entire english alphabet in a slow, nonrhythmic manner, meaning you're not going to sing it, okay? do you understand the instructions? >> i do. >> okay, what were the instructions? >> not to sing the national anthem backwards. >> reporter: tiger woods struggled for an half-hour. he's due in court next month and could face jail time if ultimately convicted gio, tha

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: the parade of young penn state defendants, filing into court, somber faced. about to witness the horrifying video of the last night of tim piazza's life, shown only in the courtroom. >> they had to go from station to station, chug alcohol. >> piazza visibly drunk, downing at least four drinks in just minutes during the february fraternity party. two hours in, piazza falls 15 feet, banging his head. his unconscious body carried to a couch. a brother pouring beer over him, an apparent attempt to wake him. just before 2:00 a.m., someone else appears to slap the 19-year-old in the stomach. >> they treated him like a rag doll, like he was road kill. >> the video does show one brother, kordel davis, extremely animated, later recounting the night to robin roberts. >> i said we should call 911. >> reporter: his parents left the courtroom just before the agonizing video was shown. >> they want to remember their son as the young, bright, handsome, full of life person who he was. >> reporter: david at the end of the video, after nearly 12 hours, piazza was

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, the numbers tell the story.oast of cape cod alone 150 great whites are expected this summer. in 2014, there were about half that. already this month, we've seen this shark possibly a great white, lurking right next to a fishing boat right there. this 14-foot great white was tagged there a few years ago -- and was just detected near virginia's coast on sunday. cape cod first responders now training for shark attacks, and posting these signs warning beach goeers. they say the growing seal population, what sharks feed on, is to blame. >> the probability of a shark attack is extremely low. but it doesn't mean you don't use common sense when you're going into the ocean. >> reporter: they're hoping to avoid scenes like this. people screaming to get out of the water at this alabama beach two weeks ago, spotting sharks in the shallow water. and tom, expers say there are a few things you can do to avoid sharks on beach, swim on sunny, clear days, but not at dawn or dusk -- that's when shark feed. tom? >> a good time to s

and abc's gio benitez leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, with a deadly mix of flash flooding and severe storms, cindy is not done yet. >> my husband's trying to help. >> reporter: alabama hit hard. rescuers forming a human chain, rescuing a woman from her sinking car, just in the nick of time. >> there she is. she got out! >> reporter: the car completely submerged. west of birmingham, where several people were hurt when an ef-2 tornado blew through. they're cleaning up flattened holmes and businesses. our steve osunsami is there. >> behind me is what used to be an oil service station. you can see the winds were strong enough to basically tear this place in two. this was part of a wall. >> reporter: in dayton, ohio, a heavy rain at a thunderbirds airshow possibly contributing to an f-16 flipping on a runway. the two passengers taken to the hospital. >> they had been coming in and executed a missed approach because of the visibility and rain. >> reporter: in perry county, illinois, up to five inches of rain swamped vehicles, big and small. this road in mid land, michigan, has a river runn

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abc's gio benitez has all those details. good morning, gio. >> reporter: robin, good morning. is saying that his confession video was the only real evidence linking the then teenager to the crime. but also says that in it investigators took advantage of his vulnerability to get the answers they wanted to hear. >> i am innocent of the rape and murder of teresa halbach. please help me if you can. sincerely brendan dassey. >> reporter: this morning brendan dassey, one of the central figures "making a murderer" may soon be a free man after a decade behind bars for allegedly helping his uncle steven avery kill photographer teresa halbach. on thursday a federal appeals court ruled his confession seen here in the documentary taken when he was just 16 years old and without any adults present was coerced. >> be honest. you went inside, didn't you? >> yeah. >> you went in the trailer? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: the three-judge panel writing that the line of questioning used and dassey's inconsistent story confirm that this confession emerged not from his own free will, but from the will of