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here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: f five years, caylee goodwin has been dreaming of going bigger. >> this is what i look like in this dress, without the procedure. >> reporter: but was scared of the commitment. not anymore. >> hi, caylee. good seeing you again. >> reporter: introducing the 24-hour boob job. >> it's my anniversary. i got this really great dress. and i'm kind of hoping that it will be a bigger night than most. >> reporter: the 27-year-old is part of the latest trend in cosmetic surgery. not an extreme makeover. but a fast and fleeting fix. she is ditching the push-up bra in favorite of a new procedure that takes 20 minutes and lasts about 24 hours before the breasts deflate to their original shape. >> it's for someone who has a nice shape to their breasts. but they just want to be a little more full with cleavage. >> reporter: starting at $2,500, the price increasing by cup size. norman rowe, a manhattan plastic surgery is one of the only doctors in america to inject a saline solution into patients' breasts to give them instant fullness and lift. >> i can give a pa

linzie janis, thank you. >>> we move on now to an anniversary. it was 40 years ago today that richard nixon walked out of the white house for the very last time. the only president to leave office. now we're hearing his personal recollection from the final moments to an interview he gave to a former aide. here's abc's washington correspondent, jeff zeleny. >> reporter: richard nixon's famous last words from the oval office. >> i have never been a quitter. to leave office before my term is completed is of harm to every instinct in my body. but as president, i must put the interests of america first. >> reporter: we know what happens next, but for the first time in a generation, we hear it in his own voice. >> all of the family was gathered in the west hall, and then suddenly they all got up and came around and surrounded me, sort of a huddle, sort of a family embrace. saying nothing. and saying everything. >> reporter: he recalls how that day, august 9th, 1974, unfolded. and how he said his good-byes to those around him. >> spoke from the heart. t

here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: today the tiny heroes from the south side of chicago stepped out to their field of dreams. the jackie robinson west team stacked up against nevada's mountain ridge team in their second game of the little league world series. these 13 boys making it here against the odds. and making history as the first chicago team to get here in 31 years. >> it means a lot to represent our citiment we know they're supporting us back home. >> reporter: entire city bursting with pride and marveling at their impossible journey. >> they're setting goals and they're reaching them. >> reporter: hundreds of fans turning up again today at watch parties across chicago land. stores ordering t shirts by the hundreds. tonight these talented youngsters struggling against the sheer size and power of their las vegas rivals. losing by 11 runs. >> driven to center field. >> reporter: don't count these 11, 12 and 13-year-olds out yet with one win and one loss. they still have a shot at the title. >> it's a dream come true. >> reporter: linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> they

linzie janis, thank you. meteorologist jeff smith of our new york station, wabc is here. jeff, where should we look for that severe weather? >> we are tracking a couple zones. one of which is over the plains from kansas up through nebraska, iowa, up through minneapolis. we're talking strong winds, large hail, potential for tornadoes in that orange zone. a small area from washington d.c. to new york city. strong winds and flash flooding the main threats. a lot of destabilization occurred in the atmosphere during the day. tomorrow that shifts kansas city up to peoria, chicago and detroit. another situation where you could have strong winds and large hail. >> when it comes to labor day monday forecast, it's a tale of two countries. >> it's a dichotomy between east coast and west coast. check out the weather across the west, nearly perfect. the only fly in the ointment a couple showers. otherwise sunny and nice. again, severe weather over the midwest. just general showers and thunderstorms up and down the east coast. >> hoping everyone stays safe. jeff smith, thank you. and w

abc's linzie janis with the latest details. >> reporter: tonight, a state of emergency declared in the toledo area. with more than 400,000 residents unable to drink or even boil their tap water. panicked families lining up to get emergency supplies being trucked in from all over the state. overnight, officials issuing an urgent notice after chemists found unacceptable levels of toxins in the water supply. the toxins capable of causing liver and nervous system damage with symptoms ranging from nausea to numbness. >> until we know further, i believe it would not be a safe practice to use water for human consumption and/or for animal consumption. >> reporter: by morning, some supermarkets selling out of bottled water as people filled up shopping carts, even entire cars. >> if i don't have water, my baby doesn't eat. so -- that's going to be an issue. >> reporter: schools, restaurants and businesses across the city closed. >> they won't be able to wash dishes. or get it on places it can be ingested. they won't be able to wash their vegetables or some of their food. >> reporter: the toxins

the forecast in just a few moments, but first, abc's linzie janis on what we're seeing right now. >> reporter: tonight, heavy rains triggering dangerous flash flooding from colorado to kentucky. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the rising waters catching these drivers in west virginia by surprise. >> holy cow. >> reporter: parts of indiana getting blasted with ten inches of rain in just 24 hours. forcing fire crews to rescue people. this mobile home park, flooded. entire neighborhoods across the hoosier state also under water. >> we had so much rain, it just started coming in through the backyard and our house is completely surrounded in water. >> reporter: in chicago this evening, a storm lighting up the sky. below, streets looking more like rivers. cars unable to pass through, simply stranded. huge hail pelting the ground in kansas. the storm bringing with it 60-mile-per-hour ones. and in the south tonight, the battle not with the water, but the heat. >> it's hot. >> very hot. >> reporter: and from the heat to the bitter cold. in utah, snowy mountaintops as temperatures dropped to 25 de

it happened overnight at a packed and swanky club and abc's linzie janis is on the story. >> reporterreds of partygoers rushing out of an l.a. nightclub this morning with their hands up. >> get out of the street. >> reporter: moments earlier chaos inside everyone hitting the deck after gunshots rang out. the west hollywood club packed with stars in town for the mtv video music awards including hip-hop bad boy chris brown. brown posting this video of himself dancing at the unofficial pre-vma party he was co-hosting. lapd confirming two men and a 19-year-old woman suffered gunshot wounds. this tmz footage reportedly shows one of those victims, rap moogal marion suge knight co-founder of death row records. he's expected to be okay. police now investigating some eyewitness reports that brown may have been the intended target. after the shooting, brown seen defiantly standing on a table then leaving in his car. brown who is on probation for beating ex-girlfriend rihanna later tweeting "it's disappointing that we as a society can't have fun or enjoy ourselves without any altercations someti

abc's linzie janis has the story. >> reporter: it's the show that has got parents talking.u-series the extreme guide to parenting. >> i always do this before i do anything. >> really? >> reporter: parents like shera and andy adler exposing their n unconventional parenting approach. they practice an eco cache sheer shamanistic approach. we caught up with them at their home. >> i observe nature and i appreciate and try to feed and sustain my family based on the natural cycles that exist on the earth. >> reporter: the adlers make a habit of incorporating aromatherapy, crystal therapy and meditation into their children's busy lives. their son yona according to mom and dad is an indigo child with a sixth sense. >> i can just sense things when i'm halfway asleep. >> reporter: they're one of nine unconventional and unfiltered families on the show. >> whoo! >> reporter: and while it might be tv gold, some parenting experts argue that the show exploits children. >> my concern is that it doesn't allow a safe place for children just to be a kid. >> reporter: future episodes will dive

good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, paula.icago woman and her boyfriend have now been officially charged with murder. the morning, indonesian police are awaiting the results of an autopsy. the girl's mother may have fought back while being bludgeoned to death. the charges are based on witness testimony and crime scene evidence. this morning, 19-year-old heather mack has swapped her suite up a the upscale st. regis hotel for a jail cell. >> no cameras. >> reporter: mack and her boyfriend, 21-year-old amateur rapper, tommy schaefer are now charged with the murder of mack's own mother. 62-year-old chicago socialize sheila von wiese mack. the couple are accused of killing her last wednesday then stuffing her half naked body in this blood-stained suitcase. police say they put it in a taxi telling the driver they would be right back. but never returned. authorities tracking them down later that day at another hotel. the young couple seen here being fingerprinted, telling investigators they had escaped after being kidnapped by an arm

linzie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan.ge ruled that one of the two being charged with first degree intentional homicide is not competent to stand trial. his ruling based on the testimony of two mental health experts who evaluated her. this morning, 12-year-old morgan geyser is set to move to a mental health facility after a wisconsin judge found she isn't mentally fit to defend attempted murder charges. geyser and anissa weier also 12 both in court friday being charged as adults. the two accused of stabbing a friend 19 times in order to please a fictional online character known as slenderman. two mental health experts saying they believe geyser's incompetent. one doctor saying she said she sees and speaks with fictional characters like voldemort from "harry potter." >> despite our very serious conversation she would laugh absent anything that would be relevant. >> reporter: another judge says he believes geyser is unable to help her attorneys in her defense. >> she doesn't really care what happens to her prison sentence be

linzie, thank you. bring in criminal defense attorney and former judge, ada poza, for more on this. so can you talk to us about the difference between not being mentally competent and insane? we know the attorneys are going for -- >> that's going to be the ultimate goal. mentally incompetent means at this point she is unable to assist in her defense and she's unable to act appropriately in court. she is unable to understand the severity of the charges against her. what happens now is a judge has committed her and now is trying to restore her competency so they'll re-evaluate her every three months to see if she understands the severity of the charge, she can go ahead and assist in her defense, and at that point if she is restored to competency, she'll come back to court, she'll have to face the charges and that's where we'll see the judge saying -- excuse me, the defense attorney saying, okay, now she's competent but she wasn't guilty at the time for reason of insanity. >> the defense, what they're hopi

abc's linzie janis has more. >> reporter: ah, the tress of planning a wedding.ll your big fat greek hair out. >> do we have to go in? >> reporter: but even if a large formal walk down the aisle ends in a bride war, you may still be on the path to marital bliss. according to a new study by the national marriage project, couples with 150 guests or more at their wedding reported having higher quality marriages than those who had smaller big days. >> the number of guests at one's wedding might also reflect the amount of support that the couple has for their relationship. >> reporter: the study wasn't able to account for a number of factors like the wallet size of the father of the bride. >> is that dollars, $1200? >> reporter: or if the weddings cost as much as a kardashian's and some couples like "sex and the city" big and carrie who never made it through the front door of their wedding. >> i let the wedding get bigger than big. >> reporter: may disagree but the authors say the more wedding witnesses, the more likely couples will commit. just one more reason to con

abc's linzie janis here with this story. good morning, linzie. >> i'm not sure brave is a strong enough term to describe this little boy. not only did he fight off an alligator with his bare hands, in the aftermath of the attack, he was calm and collected. he battled it out with an alligator and won. >> i just immediately hit it, and it let go a little, so i -- >> reporter: now amazing us with his tale of victory from his hospital bed. >> first i thought someone was just playing with me, and i didn't know what happened. i reached down to go grab it, and i felt its jaw, i felt its teeth. >> reporter: the 9-foot-long, 400-pound creature forcing him to literally fight tooth and claw. >> i immediately hit him a couple times, and it was slipping, and that's why i got to scratch it. >> reporter: escaping with as many as 30 teeth marks all over his body. >> hey, what's this, and i pulled out a tooth and showed it to me, and i said, oh, well, i want to put it on a necklace so then i could tell all my friends. >> reporter: while on a

as abc's linzie janis reports.he party where it happened was hosted by one of music's best known bad boys. >> reporter: hundreds of party-goers rushing out of an l.a. nightclub with their hands up. moments earlearlier, chaos insi. everyone hitting the deck after gunshots rang out. the west hollywood club, packed with stars, in town for the mtv video music awards. including hip-hop bad boy, chris brown, brown posting this video of himself dancing at the unofficial pre-vma party he was co-hosting. lapd confirming two men and a 19-year-old woman suffered gunshot wounds. this tmz footage reportedly shows one of those victims. rap mogul marion sug knight, co-founder of death row records. expected to be okay. police now investigating some eyewitness report that brown may have been the intended target. after the shooting. brown seen defiantly standing on a table. then leaving in his car. brown who is on probation for beating ex-girlfriend rihanna, later tweeting, it's disappointing that we as a society can't have fun or e

linzie, thank you. >>> let's get some perspective from the crash from espn's marty smith. good morning, marty. we know that stewart is expected to race in just a few hours at watkins glen, considering the loss of young life, the trauma involved, is this a good idea for him to race? >> i don't think it's my place to answer that question, quite frankly, i think that's up to nascar and local law enforcement who released him because he was so cooperative with them. he's expected to race today. so, if all of those entities feel like he's able to race, then that's fine. now, i will say, he'll have quite a mental challenge ahead of him. as you heard the report there, he's visibly shaken. sheriff povero said, quote, he was extremely upset in giving his statement to police. so, it will affect him, i'm sure. but he's supposed to race today. >> marty, you have been covering nascar for decades, could nascar intervene before race time and tell stewart, this isn't a good idea to race today? >> they can, but i don't think they will. because they have nothing to do with this. nascar didn'

but we begin with abc's linzie janis with more. the details of this deadly crash. >> reporter: the crash taking place at featured race ahead of today's big nascar event. around 10:30 p.m. last night, kevin ward, a younger driver is run off the track and crashes into the side wall and then exits his car on foot. you can see him there, pointing, that's when nascar's tony stewart hit and killed him. overnight, officials confirming nascar superstar tony stewart is cooperating with an investigation into a deadly crash on an upstate new york racetrack. stewart was driving in a race in canandaigua motorsports dirt track, where kevin ward jr. loses control, crashes into the wall. that's when eyewitnesses says, ward angrily exits his car on foot, pointing. according to investigators, after another racer swerves to avoid ward, tony stewart's car strikes the young driver. ward was rushed to a nearby emergency room. but this morning, sheriff phil povero confirming he has died from his injuries. >> tony stewart was visibly shaken by this incide

abc's linzie janis takes a sneak peek. >> reporter: when it comes to fashion at this year's u.s.n, don't look at the players. check out the ball boys. their tight black tops may be the most technologically advanced t-shirts on the planet. >> introducing polo tech shirt designed to help you get a healthier, more informed life. >> reporter: capable of tracking heart rate, calories burned, breathing, stress levels, even coaching you through your workout. >> your breathing is shallow. breathe deeper. >> reporter: the polo tech shirt by ralph lauren packed with sensors embedded in the fabric. no need for wristband or clunky heart rate monitors. this is the only bit of hardware in the shirt. >> that's it. no other wires. >> reporter: the little black box sending data straight to your smart phone. >> state of the art. >> reporter: hard working ball boys like eric, test driving the prototype tees expected in stores next year. >> let's see how fast i can get eric's heart rate up. giving this guy a workout. all right. well done. how do you feel? >> i feel great. >> you are sweating. >> a l

linzie, good morning to you. >> reporter: she was having a procedure on her throat when she went intoac arrest. she's been in a medically induced coma here ever since and this morning no word on her chances of making a full recovery. this morning sources tell abc news that joan rivers lay unconscious in a new york city hospital. doctors keeping her sedated until they are more comfortable with her condition. the comedian has been under supervision for nearly 48 hours, since thursday morning when she was rushed to the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest during a procedure at an endoscopy clinic. her recovery likely hinges on how long she was without oxygen. >> every minute that the brain goes without good oxygenated blood flow can cause serious damage. >> reporter: melissa rivers describing her mother's condition as serious and asking for prayers. just hours before her procedure, rivers was on a new york city stage making people laugh in typical joan fashion. >> i saw what's going on under my chin, i don't want to be the one the president has to pardon on thanksgivi. >> in less than

linzie, thank you. >>> now to the wild weather out west. tinderbox conditions in parts of california this morning with fires sweeping through parched forests. nearby residents told to get out. that as the southwest deals with the flip side, flooding. abc's brandi hitt is in los angeles with more. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. parts of the southwest are getting hit with record-breaking rainfall. we're talking down tours of just two inches in just two hours. none of that rain is falling in the wildfire hot spots that need it most. overnight, five states are battling extreme weather out west. california wildfires sparked by lightning causing governor jerry brown to declare a state of emergency after already issuing mandatory evacuations. and raging fires in washington and oregon continuing to tear through dry forests and brush, threatening to destroy more homes. across the southwest, the concern is flooding. torrential rains turning the streets in albuquerque into rushing rivers. drivers abandoning their vehicles. so

linzie janis has the latest. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, paula. the first part of the holiday weekend already a washout for millions of americans. parts of louisiana saw nearly eight inches of rain saturday. kentucky, five inches. those rains triggering dangerous flooding. and it's not over yet. some 40 million people are in the threat zone for more severe weather today. overnight, flash flooding and lightning. dampening the holiday weekend for millions across the southeast. in alabama, mississippi, louisiana, heavy rain turning roads and rushing rivers. residents wading to safety. this man was in the process of repairing his lake george, louisiana, home from the last flood. now it's submerged again. his neighbor's home in trouble, too. >> we've got, i mean, enough damage here, you can't have anything in your garage. >> reporter: and they may be the only ones. but these kids are carefree, slashing around in the streets. >> rain our shine, y'all have fun. >> reporter: in gainesville, florida, torrential rains drenching gators fans on opening night.

linzie mentioned a bit of this. it comes into lake erie and it kind of looks like pea soup, you see it there. water's so crucial to our efshd lives. >>> well, a second missionary stricken with ebola is expected to fly tomorrow to the u.s. for treatment. nancy writebol's son says his mother is still struggling but there seems to be improvement. writebol's colleague dr. brantly also improving after he was admitted to emory's quarantine unit over the weekend. attack that killed ten people at a u.n. school sparked international outrage. the seven-hour cease-fire is being called a temporary humanitarian window going into effect now as the palestinian death toll tops 1,800. here's more from abc's terry moran. >> reporter: carnage at yet another u.n. schoolhousing refugees in gaza. an israel air strike left dozens wounds and the innocents who took shelter here traumatized. this is the third u.n. school hit in ten days and it's a rare, blistering criticism of israel from the state department. the united states is appalled b

here's abc's linzie janis with the latest. >> reporter: the tiny heroes from the south side of chicago of dreams. the jackie robinson west team stacked up against nevada's mountain ridge team in their second game of the little league world series. these 13 boys, making it here against the odds. and making history as the first chicago team to get here in 31 years. >> it means a lot to represent our city. we know they're supporting us back home. >> reporter: an entire city bursting with pride and marveling at their impossible journey. >> they're making an example. they're setting goal. and they're reaching them. >> reporter: hundreds of fans turning up again at watch parties across chicagoland. stores ordering t-shirts by the hundreds. these talented youngsters struggle against the sheer size and power of their las vegas rivals, losing by 11 runs. >> this one is driven off to center field. grand slam! >> reporter: don't count these 11, 12 and 13-year-olds out yet. with one win and one loss they still have a shot at the title. >> like a dream come true. >> reporter: linzie janis, abc news

thank you very much, linzie.ppreciate it. >> thanks. >>> and tracking the story is meteorologist jason nicholas from our abc station wews, good morning, jason. great to have you here. >> hey, paula, great to be here and good morning to you. we had the flooding rains yesterday. the good news is those areas that were hit so hard yesterday, indiana into portions of eastern kentucky and west virginia, a break today, however, no break as we head farther out west, the northern plains, the northern rockies, 2 to 3 inches of rain possible today. severe weather also possible. check it out here in the bull's-eye, we're talking about the dakotas, also into western sections of minnesota, the chances are there for strong winds, some hail, even an isolated tornado. and, hey, we're in the middle of our tropical season across the atlantic. you wouldn't know it. only two named storms. this here could be number three, cristobal. take a look at our forecast models on this. they do diverge just a bit, but it's still early in the gam

we begin with abc's linzie janis she is outside the trace track tonight. >> reporter: this is the very basic track where that horrific accident unfolded. nascar great gary stewart is known for competing with drivers much younger than himself. but tonight police can't to know exactly what events led to the death of 20-year-old kevin ward, jr. tragedy at this upstate new york racetrack. three-time nascar champion tony stewart hits and kills driver kevin ward, jr. this video posted on youtube shows ward getting out of his car apparently trying to confront stewart. the video has since been taken down. during the race, ward's car spins out hitting the wall and ward gets out of the car and angrily walks on to the track. as stewart's car passes, it appears the car's right rear hits ward. ward rushed to a nearby emergency room but died from his injuries. local police investigating the incident. >> are you looking into the possibility that stewart may have swerved at the last minute deliberately waiting to the last minute to get out of the way? >> this is on ongoing investigation. we are lookin

the latest from linzie davis. >> reporter: an update on the condition of joan rivers.s learned the comedienne is unconscious and has been ever since she was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering cardiac arrest during a procedure at an endoscopy clinic. doctors are intentionally keeping the 81-year-old sedated and under close supervision until they're more comfortable with her condition. her daughter melissa, by her side tonight saying her mother's "condition remains serious but she is receiving the best treatment and care possible. we ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts as we pray for her recovery." her recovery largely depends on just how long the comedienne was without oxygen. timing is critical. in cardiac arrest, the heart suddenly stops beating. if oxygen does not get to the brain, it can become severely damaged in just four to six minutes. white it's not clear exactly what kind of procedure rivers was having, over 50 million americans undergo endoscopy each year. 60% of the complications with this kind of procedure are heart related. whi

>> reporter: for "nightline" i'm linzie janis in minneapolis, minnesota. >>> next, she's got a new singlew sound. wi what taylor swift has to say about her musical rebirth with "shake it off." avo: get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card on new 2014 turbo models or lease a 2014 passat s for $189 a month after a $1,000 bonus. >>> once upon a time a 14-year-old girl from pennsylvania moved to nashville to pursue a career in country music. seven grammy awards later, taylor swift is officially changing her tune. so what does the future sound like for a country crooner gone rogue? here's abc's amy robach. ♪ ♪ got nothing in my brain [ cheers and applause ] >> to announce her latest news, taylor swift took to the digital sphere. streaming into homes around the world. >> we have people from brazil to canada to norway. i have a song i'm going to play new like 30 seconds. ♪ ♪ and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate ♪ ♪ i'm just trying to shake, shake, shake ♪ ♪ shake it off ♪ shake it off >> who were you telling to and what's your message in the song? >> the message in the song is a problem i th