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. >> reporter: on this quiet street in bucks county, pennsylvania, jen betz said she knew "somethingasn't right" at the home of 51-year-old lee kaplan. >> i knew it. so that's what i'm going through. i saw these little girls, their face. i saw them often enough. that i knew that they were crying for help. >> reporter: calling a child abuse hotline to report her suspicions about the home, where she saw several girls, all in blue dresses. police scouring the property, where they say 12 girls ranging from 6 months to 18 years old lived with kaplan. the 18-year-old, authorities say, telling police kaplan fathered her two children. he now faces charges including statutory sexual assault. her parents, who arranged for the then-14 year old girl to live with kaplan, charged with endangering the welfare of a child. they claim the other nine girls found in the home are also their daughters. jen betz says she called the child abuse line once before a few years ago. >> i've been looking at them for years, watching, going by that house and i feel like i could have done more. >> reporter: her neig
. >> reporter: on this quiet street in bucks county, pennsylvania, jen betz said she knew "somethingasn't right" at the home of 51-year-old lee kaplan. >> i knew it. so that's what i'm going through. i saw these little girls, their face. i saw them often enough. that i knew that they were crying for help. >> reporter: calling a child abuse hotline to report her suspicions about the home, where she saw several girls, all in blue dresses. police scouring the property,...
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jen betz says she called the child abuse line once before a few years ago.'ve been looking at them for years, watching, going by that house and i feel like i could have done more. >> reporter: her neighbors, thankful tonight she picked up the phone again. >> jen is basically a hero. jen took it upon herself to take the initiative and make the call. >> they are away from a potential serious predator. at the end of the day they are nowhere near him. >>> now we turn to overseas and the a developing story out of egypt air 8 on 4. the voice data machine is being downloaded. french experts have now joined the effort. the flight disappeared one month ago today. >>> to japan and a mssive protest on the island of oak that what. 10,000 people rallies on the u.s. base there. an around contract esch was arrested after the murder of an american woman. >>> to the showdown in oakland that basketball fans have been waiting for. it's do or die in game seven as the warriors host the cavaliers. will steph curry and the warriors rally back and take it on their home court or wil
jen betz says she called the child abuse line once before a few years ago.'ve been looking at them for years, watching, going by that house and i feel like i could have done more. >> reporter: her neighbors, thankful tonight she picked up the phone again. >> jen is basically a hero. jen took it upon herself to take the initiative and make the call. >> they are away from a potential serious predator. at the end of the day they are nowhere near him. >>> now we turn to...
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jen betz air, woman who lives near the home, called police after growing suspicious of activity at the, a phone call that eventually led to their rescue. >> just made the call. i don't know, just an instinct. you notice these little children, little girls, only little girls, and they would be outside very sporadically. very rarely you would see one or two. >> reporter: the victims had no birth certificates and were not enrolled in any of the local schools there. the girls are now in the state's care. police haven't said anything about their condition but police have brought in an expert on amish culture to help interview the the girls. >> ninan: turning to the race for president, donald trump campaigned in nevada and arizona today. anti-trump demonstrators took to the street in triple-digit heat to protest against him. here's jerick julianna goldman. >> and we're going to beat hillary, and it would be helpful if the republicans could help us a little bit, you know, okay? >> reporter: at his las vegas rally, donald trump said it's time for republicans to rally around him. trump noted he
jen betz air, woman who lives near the home, called police after growing suspicious of activity at the, a phone call that eventually led to their rescue. >> just made the call. i don't know, just an instinct. you notice these little children, little girls, only little girls, and they would be outside very sporadically. very rarely you would see one or two. >> reporter: the victims had no birth certificates and were not enrolled in any of the local schools there. the girls are now in...
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jen betz says she called the child abuse line once before.ears ago. >> i've been looking at them for years, watching, going by that house and i feel as though i could have done more. >> reporter: her neighbors thankful she picked up the phone again. >> jen is a hero. jen took it upon herself to take the initiative and make the call. >> they're away from a potential serious predator. at the end of the day, they are now nowhere near him. >> reporter: law enforcement telling us they received several calls on the property. police investigating how these girls lived. they're now in custody of the county. in bucks county, pennsylvania, adrienne bankert, abc news. >> police also arrested that girl's parents the 18-year-old's parents. apparently they told police they had gifted their daughter to this man for helping them out with financial difficulties. >> and she was reportedly there from the moment that she was 14 years old. by the way, all three of those adults being held on $1 million bail at the bucks county facility this morning. >> thank god f
jen betz says she called the child abuse line once before.ears ago. >> i've been looking at them for years, watching, going by that house and i feel as though i could have done more. >> reporter: her neighbors thankful she picked up the phone again. >> jen is a hero. jen took it upon herself to take the initiative and make the call. >> they're away from a potential serious predator. at the end of the day, they are now nowhere near him. >> reporter: law enforcement...
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. >> reporter: once again, jen, betz saw blue dresses whenever she saw the young girls, blue doors.ning in the backyard. everything was blue. and that told her there's something really wrong here, ashleigh. >> the something really wrong is that you have to have a court, a judge sign off and parents sign off if you want to marry your under 16-year-old off to someone. that's pennsylvania code. so they are in a lot of trouble. jean casarez, thank you for that. we'll continue to follow that story. i also have this into the show as well. >>> donald trump's newly fired campaign manager given first on the record statement. awfully short. i stand by the fact mr. trump is a great candidate and is better than hillary clinton ever will be. end of quote. not end of story. thank you for watching "legal view." wolf is going to pick upright after this. with no contract. and give you talk, text and data with unlimited carryover. it was amazing! that's ninety days of nothing-but-net (buzzer) for less. america's largest and most dependable 4g lte networks. android smartphones start at $19.99. or brin
. >> reporter: once again, jen, betz saw blue dresses whenever she saw the young girls, blue doors.ning in the backyard. everything was blue. and that told her there's something really wrong here, ashleigh. >> the something really wrong is that you have to have a court, a judge sign off and parents sign off if you want to marry your under 16-year-old off to someone. that's pennsylvania code. so they are in a lot of trouble. jean casarez, thank you for that. we'll continue to follow...
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. >> reporter: this neighbor jen betz said she had to call authorities. >> it made me call. >> reporter: some believe to be members of the amish community and now reaching out for help in the case. authorities don't know how long the girls were living in caplan's house and holding all three adults on $1 million bail. >> caplan has been charged with three counts of assault and unlawful contact and corruption of a minor. police are not saying if the other children were victims of abuse. craig. >> morgan, thank you. >>> visitors at disney are morning warning of alligators. today, many questions remain about why those signs were not there in the first place. nbc's kerry sanders on the story this morning. kerry, good morning. >> good morning. efforts at disney now are fully in place to keep the tourists and alligators as far apart as possible. remember, disney's property is about the size of san francisco and its reclaimed swamp land. experts say you will never get rid of all of the alligators. >> reporter: this morning on the closed beach where lane graves was killed on tuesday, a temporary
. >> reporter: this neighbor jen betz said she had to call authorities. >> it made me call. >> reporter: some believe to be members of the amish community and now reaching out for help in the case. authorities don't know how long the girls were living in caplan's house and holding all three adults on $1 million bail. >> caplan has been charged with three counts of assault and unlawful contact and corruption of a minor. police are not saying if the other children were...
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. >> reporter: neighbor jen betz said she had to call authorities. >> they look fearful every time you see them. that's what made me call. >> reporter: they are believed to be members of the amish community and now are reaching out for help in the case. authorities don't know how long the girls were living in caplan's house and are holding all three adults on $1 million bail. caplan has been charged with three counts of assault and unlawful contact and corruption of a minor. police still aren't saying if the other children were victims of abuse. craig? >> morgan radford for us this morning. thank you. >>> visitors at disney are waking up to new signs this morning warning of alligators. days after a gator killed a 2-year-old boy there. but today, many questions remain about why those signs were never there in the first place. nbc's kerry sanders remains on the story this morning. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. efforts at disney now are fully in place to keep the tourists and alligators as far apart as possible. remember, disney owns property about the size of san
. >> reporter: neighbor jen betz said she had to call authorities. >> they look fearful every time you see them. that's what made me call. >> reporter: they are believed to be members of the amish community and now are reaching out for help in the case. authorities don't know how long the girls were living in caplan's house and are holding all three adults on $1 million bail. caplan has been charged with three counts of assault and unlawful contact and corruption of a minor....