here is marci gonzalez. >>reporter:winds ripping across the shoreline almost as high as the sighs of relief. >> it didn't look bad. >>reporter:arthur coming ashore as a category 2 hurricane. it flooded roads, caused power outages and set off reported tornadoes. >> the feeling was just collapsing behind us. >>reporter:not as severe as a number of people including the governor of the north carolina feared. >> this is a dayr good day. day -good day.no casualties we. >>reporter:the vacationers on the rest of the out, banks that rode out the storm the aftermath of arthur is just a day at the beach. >> it was supposed to be beautiful this weekend. they were not mandatory evacuations so we thought we would stick it out. >> it's not a bad plan the sun is peeking through. the weather is supposed to be nice. some towns are planning to hold the fourth of july festivities tonight. marci gonzalez nags head. >>> and 90 minutes and counting at the parkway. the pre-party is underway. the weather is cooperating on the ben fr

and marcy gonzalez with the latest from the scene. >> thousands of israeli troops in gaza looking for and destroying secret hamas tunnels, a key they say to stopping the militants from launching future attacks on israel. [siren wailing] >> on this first full day of israeli's ground offensive, air strikes also continue. at least 17 hamas militants reportedly killed, and prime minister benjamin netanyahu says asthma has fires more rockets, isra israel's operation can expand keep ee eer -- deeper into gaz soon. and palestinians are rushing from their home trying to find safety. we were sitting in our house, this woman cried. they started shelling us, and we went to a relative's house and they started shelling there. >> no nation should accept rockets being fired into its borders or terrorists tunnelling into its territory. >> he adds that the u.s. and allies are concerned about the loss of isn't lives. palestinian officials claim of the more than 250 people killed in the past ten days at least 60 were children. >> this is not an attack on hamas, it is an attack on the palestinian populat

marci gonzalez, abc news, nags head north carolina. >> you can track arthur's path with the storm tracker 6 live app it gives you access to live radar and hourly weather it's a letters with audio warnings. >> police are investigating a deadly shooting in atlantic county in newtenville section of boon -- buena vista township. the 30-year-old was found with two gunshots to the neck. >>> a young man dialed while on a fraternity hiking -- died while on a fraternity hiking trip. he died on the overnight trip. they say they ran out of water and he lost consciousness on a trail. his family said he was left in the woods with no shoes or water and expected to torched his way out. police -- to find his way out. police believe the death was accidental. >>> two former wing bowl champions will compete for the crown in coney island. son i -- chestnut set a world record last year carving down 69 -- scarfing down 69 hot dogs in ten minutes. his goal this year is to devour 72 dogs. >> a teenager foster child suffers a setback in finding a forever family. >>> it's a real life wolverene spotted in a place h

marcy gonzalez has more. >> reporter: the wind and the rain is heading this way. loading up and leaving town ahead of tropical storm arthur. >> if it's manldz to her you have to go -- mandatory you have to go. there's no decision to make. the manned doar evacuations for the arturo -- outer banks, north carolina. >> it's hard to get into the hurricane spirit when it looks like this. >> reporter: misleading sunshine as arthur makes its way north threaten to go bring 80-mile an hour winds and coastal flooding to north carolina. >> the people who live down here full time, enthough it's a 1 they are taking it seriously. >> reporter: with hurricane watches and warnings in place, the governor is declaring a state of emergency. >> we have rip currents out here with the storm coming in. >> reporter: as the storm comes in, business owner's worry about customers heading out ahead of the normally busy july 4 weekend. >> we're doing a good business today, but we have heard about people leaving. if they leave our business is going to go down. >> not the best timing, but a lot o

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> they confirm one victim was a u.s. citizen. the 19-year-old was born in new york city and had dual citizenship with the netherlands where he lived. his father has an address listed in menlo park, but neighbor had say -- say he hasn't lived there in years. his grandfather was on vacation in the u.s. when he found out about the crash. >> big boy. very lively. you just hope none of the children or the grandchildren go before you. now it has happened. >> he was traveling to indonesia to see where his grandfather was born before heading to bali for a family vacation. passengerthe passenget plane were dutch. the plane was flying from amsterdam to malaysia. 44 malaysians were on board. a third were airline employees. >>> a large group heading to a conference in australia was on the plane. aid uh sigh tee president -- society president was one of six delegates confirmed killed, but up to 100 more could have been on board. several dozen ucf researchers are attending the conference that starts on sunday. many knew him personally. >> he i

marci gonzalez is there. >> reporter: hurricane arthur made landfall as a category 2 bringing widespread flooding and power outages and tornados. >> when i got my kids in the living room, i started to head to the, the ceiling was collapsing behind us. >> reporter: arthur moving north up the coast. more than 400 miles wide taking aim on the outer banks. on hatteras island evacuations were mandatory and elsewhere, many vacationers visiting for the july 4th weekend had to move out before the severe weather moved? moved in. >> we're packing up to safer grounds and hope they call us back. >> no heading back to the beach just yet as arthur continues to pummel the shoreline. we have winds and rain with a possible storm surge up to five feet there's serious concerns about flooding, marci gonzalez, abc news, nags head north carolina. >> 4:53, "good morning america" will have live coverage at 5:00 a.m. >> dogged determination they are . >> welcome back, the action cam is taking a live look there at the stage set up for tonight's wawa welcome america concert, you can see it live by being there or b

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> they confirm one victim was a u.s. citizen. the 19-year-old was born in new york city and had dual citizenship with the netherlands where he lived. his father has an address listed in menlo park, but neighbor had say -- say he hasn't lived there in years. his grandfather was on vacation in the u.s. when he found out about the crash. >> big boy. very lively. you just hope none of the children or the grandchildren go before you. now it has happened. >> he was traveling to indonesia to see where his grandfather was born before heading to bali for a family vacation. most of the passengers on that plane were dutch. the plane was flying from amsterdam to malaysia. 44 malaysians were on board. a third were airline employees. >>> a large group heading to a conference in australia was on the plane. aid uh sigh tee president -- society president was one of six delegates confirmed killed, but up to 100 more could have been on board. several dozen ucf researchers are attending the conference that starts on sunday. many knew him personally.

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> they confirm one victim was a u.s. citizen. the 19-year-old was born in new york city and had dual citizenship with the netherlands where he lived. his father has an address listed in menlo park, but neighbor had say -- say he hasn't lived there in years. his grandfather was on vacation in the u.s. when he found out about the crash. >> big boy. very lively. you just hope none of the children or the grandchildren go before you. now it has happened. >> he was traveling to indonesia to see where his grandfather was born before heading to bali for a family vacation. most of the passengers on that plane were dutch. the plane was flying from amsterdam to malaysia. 44 malaysians were on board. a third were airline employees. >>> a large group heading to a conference in australia was on the plane. aid uh sigh tee president -- society president was one of six delegates confirmed killed, but up to 100 more could have been on board. several dozen ucf researchers are attending the conference that starts on sunday. many knew him personally.

. >> abc's marci gonzalez is there in nags head, north carolina. marci, good morning. >> good morning, reea and tahman. the wind and waves are calm here along the beach. a mild lead-up to the storm gaining strength in the atlantic and heading this way. loading up and leaving town, ahead of arthur. >> if it's mandatory, you have to go, so there's no decision to make. >> reporter: those mandatory evacuations in effect for hatteras island, north carolina, as residents and vacationers on the rest of the outer banks brace for the brunt of the storm. >> we're going to weather it out. if it gets bad enough that we have to leave, we'll go. it's hard to get into the hurricane spirit. >> reporter: when it looks like this. >> when it looks like this. >> reporter: misleading sunshine, as arthur makes its way north. threatening to bring 80-mile-per-hour winds and coastal flooding to parts of north carolina. >> the people that live down here full-time, you can bet even though it's a 1, they're taking it seriously. >> reporter: with hurricane watches and warnings

. >> but we begin with abc's marci gonzalez, live in nags head. marci, good morning. >> we are feeling it here on the outer banks with the strong wind gusts and sustained winds up to 75 miles per hour. and we are bracing for the eye to pass through here any minute. hurricane arthur lashing north carolina's coastline. making landfall overnight near cape lookout, as a category 2, with more than 100-mile-per-hour winds. the storm, breaking flooding, widespread power outages and reports of tornadoes. >> first thing when i got my kids in the living room. then, we took them to the bathroom. and we were headed into the bathroom, the ceiling was just collapsing behind us. >> reporter: arthur then moving north up the coast. nearly 400 miles wide, taking aim on the outer banks. on hatteras island, evacuations were mandatory. and elsewhere, many vacationers visiting for the july 4th weekend, chose to head out before the revere weather moved in. >> i think it messes up the holiday for everyone. >> just a bad situation. there's nothing else you can really do. >

abc's marci gonzalez has more from the outer banks. >> reporter: arthur's outer band hitting florida'sringing rain, and rough seas. >> we can see the waves are pretty high today. so, we are going to keep a close eye on them. >> reporter: floridians waiting out the first storm of the atlantic hurricane season as it makes its slow northern turn up the east coast. >> if it were -- something that looked really dire, you might want to batten down the hatches or go some where else. you know? away from here. but not this. this, this is just going to be a breeze. >> forecasters say arthur is gaining strength. off the carolina coastline. >> storms are coming? >> we are staying. not going anywhere. we are here. >> reporter: but north carolina's governor, warns hurricane hardy y residents noo take the storm lightly. >> i want to reiterate don't put your stupid hat on. usually most injuries occur right before a storm or after the a storm. >> reporter: the governor declaring state of emergency in 25 counties ahead of the storm which forecasters say could make landfall or brush the shores of the out

. >> marcy gonzalez, abc news. >> thank you. >>> lets switch live to sara bloomquist in jenkintown where the ukrainian community locally is reacting to this news. >> reporter: well, monica, i am outside the ukrainian educational cultural center here. they are trying to keep an open mind as to who may be responsible, these of course are ukrainians, and given the ongoing conflict, they can't help to look to russia believing they are involved and they are sad for their fellow ukrainians and dealing with this now in this already troubled area of the world. >> oh, no. >> this is mark's reaction after hearing that a passenger jet crashed in the ukraine. the executive director of ukrainian cultural and education center. he says if it was shot down the most likely culprit is the russian military. >> the most likely scenario is that it was shot down by the russian military, i don't know if the separatists have access to these types of weapons. >> there has been a violence pro russian uprising, and the tensions have increased. and there were other incidents where ukrainian aircraft were shot down

and marcy gonzalez with the latest from the scene. >> thousands of israeli troops in gaza looking forestroying secret hamas tunnels, a key they say to stopping the militants from launching future attacks on israel. [siren wailing] >> on this first full day of

abc's marci gonzalez has some refreshing suggestions. >> reporter: school is out.oking for ways to ward off the summertime blues and get the kids out of the house it doesn't have to be pricey. there are plenty of free activities for children. you just have to know where to find them. cool off with a free tour of the ben & jerry's factory or sweeten summer at home base of hershey's chocolate. for details on those and hundreds of factories across the country offering a peek inside with most cost check out factory tour usa.com. try beating the heat at the movies. some chains, theaters and bow tie cinema offer free screenings for kids. looking to get the kids moving. skate into summer at a roller rink. kids skate free.com for a participation near you. or work on scoring a strike with your children with free bowling. find out how at kidsbowlfree.com. just a few of the ways to liven up summer break without breaking your budget. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> so what do you do with your kids during the summer? >> popsicles. make popsicles. so easy. takes forever.

marcy gonzalez has more. >> clean up after yesterday's severe weather. more than two inches of rain fell in an hour. andresult flash flooding mudslides, leaving homes damaged and roads impassable. more flash floods are expected in mexico -- in new mexico and colorado. the threats sending travelers running for cover. three more tornadoes touched down yesterday in massachusetts. it included an ef2. 120 mile-per-hour wind ripped roofs off homes. it flipped cars. >> it is unbelievable. the first tornado ever recorded there. >> it is not supposed to happen here. right now, we are following some breaking news from the mac donald's corruption -- from bob mcdonnell's corruption trial. getting word from jeff goldberg about what is happening with the case. we want to tell you what we have learned up until this point. according to our collie, he says this morning the attorney for --reen make donnell says theirhe marriage had broken down and they were barely on speaking terms. court thattold the marine had some sort of relationship with jonnie williams that some wou

marci gonzalez, abc news north w york. >> this is that polar vartex. >> we're -- vortex. >> we're notupposed to say that. >> the worst of the weather is to the east and improving conditions overnight and tomorrow wait until you see the forecast for tomorrow. i'm excited. i'm going to make you wait until the very end of this one. outside we have some clouds and storms well to the east at this point. they are racing off toward the east at 25-30 miles an hour. for the district at this point we're pretty much done with the worst of the weather. 79 degrees and dew points are still in the lower 70's so the actual cold front has yet to move through. college park, earlier this afternoon, wind gusts at 44 miles per hour. rain totals round .25 inches and the temperature has dropped to about 70 degrees. an inch of rain and wind gusts earlier, and winds have settled down. the final stop is reston. they are the jackpot area in terms of rain totals. a little over 1.25 inches. wind gusts not so bad for this afternoon. for the most part their storms have come to an end. on the severe thunderstorm wat

marci gonzalez has the latest. ♪[ music ] >> prayers and finally some respect for the victims of malaysiairlines flight 17. after the remains of the nearly 300 people on board were left for days at the crash site in ukraine, today the first bodies were brought to the netherlands. grieving family members gathered as the caskets were carried off the planes. the procession winding through the streets. thousands of people stopping to honor the lives lost. others gathering in this church on this national day of mourning in the netherlands where most of the victims were from. as the task now begins of identifying the remains, there is still no official answer as to who shot the plane down. >> who put their finger on the trigger, we still need to find that out. but suffice it to say the russian separatists could not be doing what they were doing without [ indiscernible ] >> more crucial evidence at the scene in eastern ukraine. investigators there now despite the dangers, with two more ukrainian military planes reportedly shot down today, just miles away. >> it's a challenge to the whole interna

marcie gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> and the investigation is now under way after a deadly planerash in taiwan. 47 people died and 11 were injured after a trans asia airways turboprop crashed on taiwan's western coast s the plane was reportedly making a second attempt after a post-typhoon severe storms. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4, the search for a suspected burglar, and what one local start-up is doing to find out who this woman is. >>> and teaches parents a lesson. a new campaign about raising kids. >>> plus -- ♪ >> a new at 4:30, the new video poking fun at kim jong-un, but not everybody is laughing. >>> and 7 on your side, michael finney is taking yours questions on facebook and twitter. he will answer them live here alternates bit later. >>> if your question is, how's traffic on the skyway? the answer is brutal. this is downtown san francisco, oncoming traffic trying to get on to the lower deck. that is gridlock. the same story for those trying to get to 101 south on the right-hand side. back with more on abc >>> cover scanty rosa, berkeley, san jose and all bay area,

marcy gonzalez is on north carolina's island. >> tropical storm arthur churning in the atlantic, a band mandatory evacuation order as they prepare to get the blunt of the storm. >> we watch the path. this will happen overnight. this will likely become the first hurricane can of the atlantic season. it gets to north carolina on shore midnight friday. >> reporter: the governor declaring a state of emergency in 25 counties with the anticipation of coastal flooding and winds gusting more than 80 miles an hour. >> let's hope for the best, pray for the best, again, don't put your stupid hat on. let's be smart. >> reporter: despite red flag warnings up and down the east coast with rough surf and dangerous rip currents, many vacationers are staying put. >> yeah, i'm going to stay. >> what are you going to do? >> reporter: business owners worry about the others packing up and changing their 4th of july plans. officials in the outer banks expect a 25% decrease in business on this normally booming holiday weekend. >> biggest weekend of the year, for sure, yeah, but they will all leave and not come

marcy gonzalez has the details. >> lightning and rain. sending people running for cover from coast-to-coast. severe storms knocking out power, stranding more than 100 people on the monorail at disney world. in baltimore, the yankees -orioles game cut short because of this downpour. arizona, an inch of rain fell in eight minutes, causing flash flooding. in 8-year-old and her father had to climb a tree to escape the rising water. rv was a flip and this semi-toppled. today, more the same is expected. than 84 million americans bracing for another day of extreme summer weather. >> the areas that could see wind topping 60 miles per hour go from northeastern arkansas through parts of tennessee. cleveland, here along the east coast and in parts of the midwest. today and into tomorrow, it will feel like early fall, with temperatures dropping to as much as 25 degrees below normal. >> you have some photos of some cool clouds. >> we will get in on the severe threat and the heat and humidity. the cool down eventually. we have to get through some storm

live in new york, marcy gonzalez, abc news. back to you. >> thank you. here is a breakdown of the nationalities of the passengers and crew members that we know of, according to abc news. 154 dutch, 38 malaysians including 15 crew members, 27 australian, 11 indonesians, 6 brits, 4 people from germany, belgium, and 4 passengers were french. there were filipinos and one canadian on board. nationalities of 43 remain unknown. >>> as marry mentioned this is the second tragedy involving malaysia air this year. malaysia flight 370 disappeared during a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing march 8th. that aircraft also happened to be a boeing 777. investigators believe flight 370 flew off course, intentionally or by accident, and crashed in the indian ocean, 239 people on board. >>> the 777 is one of the most popular wide body aircraft in the sky used by several major carriers including u.s. airlines like united, american, delta on long haul international routes. two engine jet first entered passenger service in 1995. it's known for having a good safety record. our

abc's marci gonzalez is in nags head near north carolina's outer banks. >> reporter: arthur churningesidents there and in the rest of north carolina's outer banks communities prepare to get the brunt of the storm. >> as we watch the path this will likely become our first hurricane of the atlantic season. it gets to north carolina onshore, midnight, friday. >> reporter: the governor declaring a state of emergency in 25 counties with anticipation of coastal flooding and winds gusting more than 80 miles an hour. >> let's hope for the best. pray for the best. again don't put your stupid hat on. let's be smart. >> reporter: despite red flag warnings up and down the east coast with rough surf and dangerous rip currents many vacationers are staying put. >> yep, i am going to stay. >> what you going to do? >> that's what we'll do. >> reporter: but business owners worry about the others who are packing up and changing their fourth of july plans. officials in the outer banks expect a 25% decrease in business on this normally booming holiday weekend. >> if they're all going to leave and not com

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> developing news in the middle east. promising actually.srael and hamas have agreed to a humanitarian cease-fire to start tomorrow morning for 72 hours. the white house and the united nations both say they have gotten assurances that all parties to the conflict have agreed to the unconditional cease-fire. the two sides have also agreed to use the time to negotiate a more lasting truce. more than 1,400 palestinians have been killed during four weeks of fighting, including many civilians. at least 59 israelis have also died, most of them soldiers. >>> amid the chaos in gaza there are actually some stories of optimism. a palestinian woman gave birth to quadruplets today. the doctor posted this photo on twitter of the babies in the incubator. three boys and one girl doing well. in the hospital where those injured in the fighting have been treated. >> republican congressman eric cantor used his farewell as house majority leader to criticize the direction he says the country is headed. >> now, unfortunately, we've seen that dream erode in recent

here's abc's marci gonzalez. ♪ >> reporter: prayers and finally some respect for the victims of malaysia after remains of nearly 300 people on board were left for days at the crash site in ukraine, the first bodies were brought to the netherlands. grieving family members among those gathered at this airport as the caskets were carried off planes. ♪ >> reporter: the procession of hearses then winding through the streets. thousands of people stopping to honor the lives lost. others gathering in this church on this national day of mourning in the netherlands, where most of the victims were from. as the task now begins of identifying the remains, there is still no official answer as to who shot the plane down. >> who put their finger on the trigger? we still need to find that out. but suffice to say the russian separatists we believe fired this in general, could not be doing what they're doing without the russians. >> reporter: the black boxes in england to be analyzed. but more crucial evidence remains at the scene in eastern ukraine. international investigators there now despite the danger

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez has the latest developments. >> reporter: today more rockets fired,ore lives lost. the fighting between israel and hamas now the most intense it's been since this conflict began two weeks ago. already more than 550 palestinians have been killed, according to the health ministry there, most of them civilians. several losing their lives today when israeli tank shells hit this hospital, inciting outrage. >> we are soldiers in the army? no. we are not soldiers. we are civilian people doing our jobs here. >> reporter: no explanation from the israeli army, which has maintained their offensive is aimed at stopping hamas from firing more rockets into israel and destroying tunnels like the one they claim gaza militants use to sneak into israel today. ten of those hamas gunmen were killed as they reportedly tried to reach a neighboring town. >> the name of the game here is unknown. we don't know. we don't know where it is now. >> reporter: in the past two days at least 20 israeli soldiers have died. among them max steinberg and nasim sean carmeli, two americans

abc's marci gonzalez has a preview. >> reporter: more outrage, toward general motors. survivors and families of those who died, are in washington, d.c. for today's senate hearings, in which gm's ceo, mary barra, will testify, as she will face intense questioning about the delay of recalling vehicles. victims say barra won't make time to deal with them. part of healing always includes knowing your loved one is acknowledged. barra did meet with families before testifying back in march. >> all of the accidents are very tragic. and we're deeply sorry for those. >> reporter: that's before gm issued its own internal report, detailing the wrongdoing. fresh accusations. "the new york times" saying it has documents that appears to show gm was not open with federal investigators and avoided giving explanations for some of the crashes that killed at least 13 people. a new senate bill introduced is aimed at stopping something like this from happening again. the hide no harm act would make it a crime for anyone working for a company to knowingly conceal information that a product c

with more, here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: the permits in hand, the shelves stocked. history in the making for washington state. >> we're not. not till tuesday. tuesday, yep. >> reporter: recreational marijuana sales become legal in washington and retailers are getting ready for the rush of customers. >> there could be anywhere up to 10,000 people here. there will be cops out on the streets looking for those people that are just too excited to wait till they get home. >> reporter: this comes two years after washington residents voted to legalize marijuana sales for anyone over the age of 21. it passed at the same time in colorado. >> there you go. >> reporter: which started allowing sales back in january. >> have your i.d.s ready. >> reporter: already business there raked in $70 million giving the state 11 million in taxes but washington is starting out slower. of the more than 300 legal marijuana shops expected to eventually open, only about two dozen including just one in seattle have permits to start sales. still, growers are struggling to meet what they expect to

here's abc's marzy -- marci gonzalez. >> reporter: this is more than a badly broken leg. it's evidence of an amazing survival story. >> the situation turned into a life or death scenario. >> reporter: greg hein was hiking alone, 13,000 feet up in an isolated area of the sierra nevada earlier this month when a boulder slammed into his leg. he couldn't walk and knew it would be days before anyone started looking for him. >> kind of incapacitates you. >> reporter: so he wrapped his leg in an air mattress, made a splint out of hiking sticks and a belt, then slowly dragged himself down the mountain to an area where rescuers would be able to see him. >> i was going to crawl out or someone was going to rescue me. >> reporter: for six days he survived by eating bugs and drinking melted snow until finally a search team spotted him. >> they were directly over me and didn't see me and then when they did i breathed a deep sigh of relief. >> reporter: now home from the hospital, the pain still intense, but the perspective he says he gained, priceless. >> having those six days of just

more from marci gonzalez. >> reporter: more rockets fired. more lives lost.amas, the most intense it's been since this conflict began two weeks ago. already, more than 550 palestinians killed, according to the health ministry there. several died when tank shells hit this hospital, inciting outrage. >> how can we do our work? we're soldiers in the army? no. we're civilian people doing our job here. >> reporter: no explanation from the israeli army, which has maintained firing more rockets into israel and destroying tunnels like the one they claim militants use to sneak into israel. ten of the gunmen were killed as they reportedly tried to reach a neighboring town. >> they're trying to -- the name of the game is unknown. we don't know. we don't know where the terror stops. >> reporter: 20 israeli soldiers have died. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> the white house says the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border is dropping significantly. but governor rick perry of texas is sending 1,000 national guard troops to the area, saying he's had enoug

abc's marci gonzalez on that. >> reporter: there are concerns about a vital life line here in the outer banks. take a look at this. this is the bonner bridge today connecting the i wislands of th outer banks. as arthur approaches they're worried that a major storm surge could cause serious damage, leaving communities cut off from the rest of the islands. here's why they're concerned. this is some of the damage hurricane sandy did, battering and buckling roads, isolating towns. they will be watching that bridge closely tonight, david. >> our thanks to marcie, david, matt, ginger, we're tracking arthur at abcnews.com throughout the night and much more on "nightline" and tomorrow morning on "good morning america." >>> in the west tonight that wildfire raging across the napa valley, wine country, now more than six miles wide, more than 200 homes evacuated. the earth bone dry. one sliver of good news to pass along, so far those famous vineyards not in danger and no one has been injured. >>> emotions are running high in southern california tonight, cameras inside a fiery meeting in the town o

after the death of a teenager, the fda is taking action, and abc's marci gonzalez is on the story. >> reporter: tonight new warnings from the fda about a potentially deadly form of caffeine. >> we had never seen this before. >> reporter: caffeine in powder form, sold legally online. a small amount could be fatal. just two months ago it was blamed for the death of this high school athlete in ohio. >> he was just a terrific kid. i mean, he was a role model. >> reporter: the coroner says 18-year-old logan steiner died after taking the supplement. the amount of caffeine in his body, 23 times the amount found in a typical coffee drinker. >> you take too much of this and it's truly toxic. you're going to get disoriented, you may have irregular heartbeat, you may have seizures and it can lead to death. >> reporter: because the powder is marketed as a dietary supplement, it doesn't face federal regulations like caffeinated food. the fda is investigating, considering taking, quote, regulatory action. >> when you talk about caffeine in the form of food, coffee, tea, soft drinks, really generall

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> stay with abc news for continuing coverage of the two international incidents. tonight on world news, a report of the major offensive going on there and the rebels accused of shooting down the malaysia airlines jetliner. >>> and then hoping to provide veterans with health care and jobs, and the va will set up a mobile hospital at the danza college. it will be open to veterans, and they can get the first wellness check done and there will be a career fair with 75 employers. >> anybody can come in with no wait and no appointment necessary and they can come in and enroll in the va in one day. that's any veteran from any generation. >> and it will take place this saturday from 10:00 in the morning until 3:30 in the afternoon. it will be in the front parking lot in cupertino. >>> and then the new social robot that may help your family stay more connected. >>> plus, there is no slowing down this 105-year-old. the big honor she will have this weekend. >>> i am spencer christian, and looking at the skies over downtown san jose, sunny and blue now but clouds a

. >> hurricane arthur has knocked out power to thousands in north carolina, marci gonzalez has been thereiding out the hurricane in nags head. alter art lashing the north carolina coastline making landfall as a category 2 with 100--mile-an-hour winds. >> when i got my kids in the living room, i took them to the bathroom and we were heading to the, the ceiling was just -- to the, the ceiling was collapsing behind us. >> reporter: arthur moved up the coast taking aim on the outer banks. on hatteras island evacuations were mandatory. >> it's a bad situation there's nothing you can do. >> we're packing up to head to safer grounds and hope they call us back. >> reporter: no heading back just yet as arthur continues pummeling the shoreline. and now that we have daylight once the rain let's up a bit people will be able to to go out and assess the damage. one of the major concerns was coastal flooding with a possible storm surge up to 5 feet. abc news nags head, north carolina. >> a little wind there. >>> happening today, two former wing bowl champions will compete for the hot dog eating contest

marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> that's it for abc 7 news at 5:00,. >> the news continues on abc 7 news at 6:00. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> this is abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. >> first at 6:00, preparing for a big shift in d.c.'s marijuana laws. >> when the clock strikes midnight, d.c.'s efforts to decriminalize marijuana possession will take effect. bureau chief sam ford is live to explain what the new law will mean. sam? >> proponents are saying in this case that they hope that it means fewer arrests for a simple possession of marijuana of less than an ounce. while the police union says they are concerned that officers will just stop enforcing it because they find the new regulation so confusing. you almost have to see somebody using it before you can make a stop or an arrest. >> i feel so glad. because i do marijuana. >> for people like tieesha the may adjust mean a fine of some sort. >> not wasting time, not wasting money. >> not excited are police officers. >> a convuluded mess. it's going to be difficult to enforce. >> police w

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> a reporter put former vice president dick cheney on the spot today. he answered questions with a correspondent on the website politico. he seemed a bit stumped when asked questions about the clintons. take a listen. >> whose judgment do you recollect more? bill or hillary? >> well, i didn't vote for bill, and i don't expect to vote for hillary either. >> that was diplomatic. cheney's wife lynne and their older daughter liz also took part in the questioning. >> if every there was a loaded question. >> think the look told it. >> clearly not a supporter. let's get a check of the forecast. spencer, there are kind of weird conditions. couldy in the city. >> increase in huchlts that has given the day a sort of muggy feel. it's quite an unusual pattern. here's a live look at the doppler. i just looked over that. i hit the button too soon but here's a look at high temperatures so far. 100 in cloverdale, 101 in fairfield, 102 in antioch. upper 90s at concorde. you can see it's been hot in the locations, yet we have these clouds over the golden gate righ

marci gonzalez with what he did to stay alive. >> reporter: he had no cell signal.o try to call for help. he was way too far way from civilization for anyone to hear. he struggled for days. down a mountain alone, hoping someone would find him. >> i entertained the idea of potentially dying a couple of times. >> reporter: this morning, the bandages cover the painful reminder of how close this hiker came to death. earlier this month, greg hind was hiking alone, 13,000 feet up california's mount godard when a boulder came out of nowhere. smashing his leg, breaking it so badly, he couldn't walk. he says his family didn't expect him home for another two days. so he had to tough it out until someone noticed he was missing. >> i was going to crawl my way out or someone was going to rescue me. >> reporter: he spent the next five days drinking melted snow. eating crickets and moths, and carefully making his way down the mountain. >> used my left foot and my right hand to maneuver over rocks the first four days. to get down to the lake, i left the splint on my leg. >> reporte

marcie gone -- gonzalez is live in nags head.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt, the winds and waves are calm a mild start to the storm that's gaining strength in the atlantic and heading this way. loading up and leaving town ahead of tropical storm arthur. >> if it is mandatory you have to go, there's no decision to make. the mandatory evacuations in effect for hatteras, north carolina. >> we'll weather it out, if it's bad enough we have to leave and have to go, we'll go. it's hard to get into the hurricane spirit when it looks like this. >> reporter: misleading sunshine as arthur makes its way north threatening to bring 80-mile an hour winds and coastal flooding to north carolina. >> the people who live here if you meant, you -- full time, yon belt it's only a 1 they are taking it serious. >> reporter: the governor has declared a state of emergency for 25 counties and lifeguards from florida to the carolinas are already seeing the effects of arthur. >> we have rip currents out here as the storm comes in. >> reporter:

here is abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: the permits in hand. the shelves stocked.istory in the making. for washington state. >> we are not until tuesday. >> tuesday. >> tuesday, yep. >> reporter: recreational marijuana sales become legal in washington and retailers are getting ready for the rush of customers. >> there could be anywhere up to 10,000 people here. there will be cops out on the streets looking for those people that are just too excited to wait till they get home. >> reporter: two years after >> reporter: this comes two years after washington residents voted to legalize marijuana sales for anyone over the age of 21. it passed at the same time in colorado. >> there you go. >> thank you. >> reporter: which started allowing sales back in january. >> have your ids ready. >> reporter: already the legal pot business there has raked in $70 million, giving the state $11 million in texas. but washington is starting out slower. of the more than 300 legal marijuana shops expected to eventually open, only about two dozen, including just one in seattle, have permits

marcie gonzalez has the latest on today's air attacks. >> sirens blaring in israel, warning of more airraids from palestinian militants. that rocket, one of several today aimed at tell avive. stopped by israel's iron dome system. closer to the gaza border, people are taking cover in bomb shelters as tensioned between israel and hamas escalate. >> it's scary just to be around the noises and the bombing and everything. >> israel responded to the onslaught of rockets saying its military has hit about 100 targets in gaza, including this, the home of a reported hamas leader where at least six people were killed, including two children. along with increasing the air offenses, israel is now considering a ground invasion of gaza, authorizing the army today to act evaluate as many as 40,000 reserve troops. >> we cannot compromise with death. we cannot compromise with rockets. we cannot compromise with the assault of the area. and we shall stop it. >> and an israeli official says no efforts for a cease-fire are under way right now, adding he does not expect an end to the attacks from either side