john donvan, abc news. >> those bones are now in a building in the farm. by federal law, they belong to him. "gma" first thing in the morning, david muir right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. good night. d.c. police are investigating the death of a hospital patient days after a fight with security. the severe weather leading to more dramatic water rescues in south carolina. >> half a minute remaining. what a finish. redskins come back in the final minutes of the game to beat the eagles. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] heldr: the redskins illegally the eagles well into the second half until the eagles came back and then things theted in favor of redskins. robert burton is live at fedex field with more on the redskins. robert: we thought it

and tonight abc's john donvan is there as one heads off to college after an amazing recovery. but as you'll see, the therapy is far from a magic solution. >>> the other day a teenager named jake exhorn completed a rite of passage. >> i feel good. i'm really excited. college. >> moving in. remarkable? because it's what you don't know about jake's early childhood. his essay to get into college. >> this is my college essay. "between the ages of 2 and 4 i had autism." >> reporter: that's right. autism. what jake had when i first met him 15 years ago and introduced his story then like this. this little boy is named jake. he's being asked to do what for most kids comes naturally. making eye contact. he could not talk. he could not follow an instruction. as his mother told us back then. >> it was like his circuit breaker's just -- like he had them on and they just one by one just clicked off. >> reporter: and then by his second birthday they began to see the telltale signs. >> come on, jake, ready to go? >> all the kids were playing and laughing and he was supposed to couldn't find h

here's john donvan. >> reporter: what a reversal of fortune. and she's still only ten weeks old. > i'm thinking that i love this little girl. >> reporter: abigail jones, born with a tumor iher brain. jujust as th also knew she would have down syndrome. >> they felt like that the tumor was malignant. it was huge. >> reporter:r: when heparents advised that surgery was too risky, they took her home, loved he took pictures, and waited for the inevitable. >> we didn't even set up a nursery or buy anything past newborn or three months clothes. >> reporter: but the expected downturn? it didn't happen. the pictures show it. abigail these past two months was eating, growing, thriving, and d then a dtor contacted at boston's children's hospital offered a different inion. >> he said we shouldn't give her a death sentence right now. >> reporter: instead, they decided to go for an operation in boston only ten days ago. >> the doctor came out and told us that he got the tumor out and they did not think it was s malignant and he did not think it was going to

john donvan, abc news. >> those bones are now in a building in the farm.nd by federal law, they belong to him. i hope that barn has a lock. "gma" first thing in the morning, david muir right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. good night. >>> next at 6:00, tables turned. new amazing video shows the san francisco man fighting off a gunman inside of his garage. >>> an evening on an east bay lake turns tragic for a sales force employee. >>> tonight we learn more about the man being called a hero after the organize e -- oregon shooting. abc7 news at 6 starts right now. >>> hello and thank you for joining us. tonight authorities are searching for a 31-year-old san francisco man last seen swimming at an east bay park. he was on a beat with several people when it took an water. they jumped into the lake but he was never seen again. >> reporter: dive teams will continue searching the lake until dark tonight and then again tomorrow morning in what has now back recovery mission. several sales force employees were on a team-bui

john donvan, abc news. >> john donvan, one of the best story tellers we have i think. >> absolutely. he's great and what a wonderful story, as well. just imagine to be back in that era 10,000 years ago. >> i don't imagine. i'm there almost every day. >> just riding your mammoth there. >> this is on my day off. >> what is it with the circus hat in the nice top hat. >> that was when i visit abraham lincoln don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> coming up, more news from abc. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. informing insomniacs for two

john donvan, abc news. >> john donvan, one of the best story tellers we have i think. >> absolutely.rful story, as well. just imagine to be back in that era 10,000 years ago. >> i don't imagine. i'm there almost every day. >> just riding your mammoth there. >> this is on my day off. >> what is it with the circus hat in the nice top hat. >> that was when i visit abraham lincoln don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> coming up, more news from abc. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> making news in america this morning -- weather disaster. cars underwater. homes surrounded. hundreds of rescues. historic flooding with no signs of slowing down. we're tracking it all. >>> tracking joaquin. the hurricane slam lg bermuda right now. new clues discovered in the search for a missing ship caught in the hurricane. >>> shark attack. a teen in the hospital, his hand badly injured. >>> small but mighty. the fearless pet scaring away the bears. >>> well, good monday morning to you. we begin with the killer stor

john donvan, abc news. >> john donvan, one of the best story tellers we have i think. >> absolutely. he's great and what a wonderful story, as well. just imagine to be back in that era 10,000 years ago. >> i don't imagine. i'm there almost every day. >> just riding your mammoth there. >> this is on my day off. >> what is it with the circus hat in the nice top hat. >> that was when i visit abraham lincoln don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> coming up, more news from abc. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. informing insomniacs for two >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. our top stories right now we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> historic deluge. a drenching storm still hovering over south carolina as millions struggle to cope with the worst flooding in decades. rescuers are on the move as those raging waters trap 00 drds of people in their cars. a full report coming up. >> survivors of last week's oregon college shooting are sharing details of the ordeal. one young woman pretended that she was

here's john donvan. >> reporter: when the crane first starts lifting, it doesn't look like much. how about now? it helps to imagine what it used to look like. this woolly mammoth, turned up in a field where drains were being placed, used to grow soybeans. laying down some drains, he hit some bones and called the university of michigan. letting them come out and pull it all out of there. >> it's been overwhelming for me to have this many people out here. >> reporter: the rules say the farmer gets to keep it if he wants. >> we're hoping it will end up in a museum. >> reporter: while the scientist, he has some theories. >> it was an adult male, probably in its 40s, probably lived between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago. >> reporter: that puts humans here in prehistoric michigan at the same time. the theory goes, it was hunted by humans, and put in a pond for preservation. soon enough, it will all be soybeans here. but it's hard not to wonder what else might be down there below the surface. >> those bones are now in a building in the farm. and by federal law, they belong to him. i hope t

abc's john donvan has the details. >> reporter: when the crane first starts lifting, it doesn't look like much. now you see it? how about now? of course it helps to imagine what it used to look like. which would have been something like this. so this woolly mammoth, minus the wool, turned up in a field where drains were being placed by a farmer. >> right where we're standing. right here. >> reporter: laying down some drains, he hit the bones and called the university of michigan, letting them come out and pull it all out of there. >> it's been overwhelming for me to have this many people out here. >> reporter: the rules say the farmer gets to keep it, if he wants. >> we hope it will end up in a museum. >> reporter: the university of michigan scientist has some theories. >> it was an adult male. probably in its 40s at the time of its death. and 15,000 years ago. >> reporter: that puts humans here those same 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. the theory is that the dead mammoth was hunted by humans. they stored it in a pond, holding it down by these three rocks as an anchor, to keep it refrig

abc's john donvan has more. sunny days keeping the clouds away >> reporter: the street, yes, this street is getting this new face, julia, with hair of orange, eyes of green and what you cannot see right off with autism. >> and she has some behaviors like not looking at you directly sensitive to noises and lights, but when she comes together with abby and elmo she shares not only these challenges but what she shares in common. >> reporter: of course, introducing julia, a girl with autism who can speak and not all digital programming and into this storybook called "we're amazing, 1, 2, 3" well in keeping with the tv show's mission, different but the same, old news on "sesame street," a show that as it happens a lot of kids with autism have always loved to watch. >> these "sesame street" campaign is really helping them see that they're not alone and for kids that don't have autism and their family, they are learning about what autism is and how kids with autism are not that dissimilar to themselves. >> reporter: wh

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