marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> coming up, the big-time art deception.ceived museums for 30 years. >> his fake paintings ended up in famous museums. and he's never been charged with a crime. >>> the man who has no real training in art duped dozens of museums to accepting his fakes. he never asked for money. he just gave the paintings away. >> not only has he never goneo jail for his deceptions, he's now the subject of a new documentary. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: he may be the most successful art forger in american history. painting incredible copies of great works of art. and convincing museums across the country they're real. >> they didn't believe me. i found 46 museums in 20 states with more than 100 pieces he's offered up to these institutions. >> reporter: mark landis got away with it for nearly 30 years. his exploits and the story of how he was exposed, all documented in the film "art and craft." he created his fake masterpieces. >> i use color pencils. >> reporter: so he could give them away. in this scene, the filmmakers follow land

for more on the story we turn to marcy gonzalez live in new york. >> reporter: sarah already today one of her clerks did issue a marriage license to a scowm -- same-sex couples with dave's name missing. dpielt a court order -- despite a court order she will not give marriage licenses to same-sex couples. she said she also left with an -- she said she is left with an improper -- impossible choice. davis return to work after spending five days in jail. davis stayed in her office saying she won't interfere, but will not authorize any licenses. any unauthorized license that they issue will not have my name or my title or authority on it. instead the license will state they are i should punitive to a federal court order. >> reporter: the controversial clerk claims she doubts the validity of those certificates and the issues while she was in jail. today on her first day back in the clerk's office, she is met by supporters and those calling foreto do the job she was elected and court ordered to do. and davis filed an emergency appeal on friday asking for a delay in the mandate that she issue

marci gonzalez is with us right now. that speech at capitol hill we were talking about garnered a lot of attention. what can we expect to hear from him today? >> reporter: he'll be speaking at the u.n. general assembly today. expected to touch on some of those hot button issues we heard him discuss on capitol hill. the refugee crisis, poverty and, of course, climate change which he's been very outspoken about. he'll be the fourth pope ever to address the u.n. in its 70-year history. he's expected to speak for about a half hour. >> and marci, with nearly 200 heads of state in town for the u.n. general assembly, what a week to be here, what an intense week for security especially for nypd. what kind of extra precautions are in place for today's events? >> reena, security has been and will continue to be very, very tight. there are thousands of extra officers on duty. and the most traffic closures, get this, in new york city history. later today about ten miles of roads will be closed. an absolute traffic nightmare for ever

abc's marci gonzalez with the details. >> reporter: a desperate search for the missing. mothers and children swept away when flash floods tore through this part of utah along the arizona border. [ screaming ] two packed vehicles stopped on a gravel road when a wall of powerful rushing water hits them from behind. >> flash flood was so significant it overwhelmed them and pushed them into the channel. the vehicles were rolled several hundred yards down stream. >> reporter: just three of the people pulled to safety. the other 13 who were in those vehicles now either dead or missing. the youngest child reportedly just 4 years old. >> he's starting to build a heck of a dam. >> reporter: officials saying many residents here in the headquarters of warren jeffs' polygamist sect may not have known about the flash flood warning. some brought to safety at the last second. >> that's pretty powerful. >> reporter: in the tight-knit town of hildale search teams scouring the banks and digging in the early morning darkness, looking for any sign of the victims. marci gonzalez, abc news, n

marcie gonzalez, abc news new york. >>> with you believe a minimum wage of $19 an hour?> the stecity of berkeley is considering it. last year the council became one of the first in the bay area to adopt steep minimum wage increases. >> we are live in berkeley now with the story, leanne? >> reporter: well, let's jump to the year 2020, shall we? now, if you work here in oakland, the minimum wage will be close to $15 an hour more or less depending on inflation. but if you step just a little bit back, you will be in berkeley making $19 an hour. clearly this will affect businesses on both sides of the border, that's if the berkeley city council approves it tonight. this woman has owned the coffee shop on university avenue in berkeley for three decades. a minimum wage of $19 in five years is not sustainable he says. >> i don't want to be negative about it but i can't foresee how you could do that without jacking up all the other prices around us to move with it. >> reporter: just last year the city council voted to increase the minimum wage to $12.53 an hour by october 2015. a

marcy gonzalez, abc news, philadelphia. >>> the dalai lama is at the mayo clinic.ical evaluation. the tibetan buddhist canceled all plan planned visits. >> in seattle, the duck boat company involved in the deadly crash with the charter bus is temporarily suspending operations. the announcement comes after federal investigators say the duck boat was supposed to have one of the axels repaired in 2013, but for some reason did not. the state inspector wiles look at all of the rides. five international students died in that crash. 13 people are still in the hospital. >>> and now to the race for the presidency. a reality check for donald trump. new numbers are showing trump is in a statistical dead heat with dr. ben carson and a reality check for hillary clinton. >> i am leading every poll nationwide. i am leading every state. >> for months that was true. but the new national poll shows the outspoken billionaire neck and neck with the low key neurosurgeon. >> i think it says a lot for the american people because it means they are not necessarily listening to the pundits,

marci gonzalez has the story. i: county clerk akeem davis singh despite a court order she refused to give marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing religious objections. she said she is left with an impossible choice. >> my conscience or my freedom. my conscience or my ability to serve the people i love. work afterturned to spending five days in jail for her refusal. while she will not issue licenses one of her clerk's already has today. davis stated she will not interfere, but will not authorize any licenses. >> any issued licenses will not have my name, title, or authority on it. stated the license will they are issued pursuant to a federal court order. she doubts the validity of those certificates and those issued while she was in jail. her first day back she was again met by supporters and those calling for her to do the job she was elected and court ordered to do. >> davis files an emergency appeal on friday, asking for a delay in the mandate that she issues marriage licenses. the court still hasn't respo

marcy gonzalez is in philadelphia with more. >> reporter: pope francis saying farewell to philadelphia, boarding his flight back to rome. >> you please pray for me. i blows yess you all. >> reporter: the pontiff celebrating mass with hundreds of thousands of overjoyed people packing this philadelphia parkway. they waited in line for hours to get through security check points just to catch a glimpse of this papal parade and hear his message. the pope started his final day in the u.s. meeting in private with victims of sexual abuse. promising accountability within the church. >> translator: god weeps. sexual abuse in children, these cannot be maintained in secret. >> reporter: the people's pope demonstrating his passion for the disenfranchised. >> i stand before you as a brother. >> each hug and handshake as heartfelt as the love he shared with the littlest in the crowd. those crowds mostly cleared. as people made their way out of here, we heard them loudly clapping. this time not for the pope, but for the law enforcement officers who helped make this such a safe and successful papal vis

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> we're now to the campaign, donald trump signed the republicanoyalty pledge. this means trump will back the gop's 2016 nominee for president, if it is not him and skip a potential third party bid. this came after the ahead of rnc traveled to new york to make a direct plea to trump. >> i will be totally pledging my allegiance to the republican party and the conservative principles for which it stands and we will go out and we will fight hard and we will win. >> the decision comes just weeks after the billionaire refused to make such a promise in the campaign's first debate. the only candidate on stage not to make the commitment. they believe a third party bid by any established republican could destroy the efforts to take back the white house. it is not legally binding by the way. >> there's a new case of legionnaire's disease but things are starting to return to normal. seven inmates have the disease. tomorrow the indoor showers will reopen. inmates had to use portable showers after the first case last friday. limiting water use stopped the disea

marcy gonzalez takes a look at a river rescue underway. >> two vehicles filled with mothers and their children, 16 people in all were stopped on a wall of wateren a hit them from behind. >> it push them into the channel. severalcles were rolled hundred yards downstream. >> 13 are either dead or missing. the youngest child reportedly just four years old. -- furthernit town disaster narrowly averted as rescuers pull a group of women from a stranded vehicle, fearing they too will be washed away. the red river taking anything and nearly everything in its path. from flooding to wildfires, still raging in california, and they have destroyed nearly 600 homes now and are threatening thousands more. the valley fire, only 10% contained, is tearing across more than 6000 acres. a 72-year-old woman died when she was unable to escape her home in middletown. have been000 people displaced. around here, we are enjoying perfect weather. yesterday, we had a brush fire in prince george's county. the longer we go with no rain in sight, i am afraid brushfires are going to become more and more of an issue.

abc news reporter marcie gonzalez is in philly. >> reporter: thousands of people packing the streets of philadelphia to see pope francis. >> he's the people's pope. >> he's amazing. >> everything he says we can relate to. >> reporter: the city of brotherly love showing a whole lot of it. the holy father of the catholic church. welcomed by the rocky theme song, the pope arrived in philly this morning. his tender affection warming hearts even before he left the airport, making an unexpected stop to give this blessing. the pontiff celebrating mass. then heading to the birthplace of the united states. outside of independence hall, standing at the same lectern used by abraham lincoln used to deliver the gettysburg address. he shared a message about religious freedom. >> translator: too often those most in need everywhere are unable to be heard. you are their voice. >> reporter: before celebrating at a huge festival kicking off the world meeting of families, the event that prompted this papal trip. at that festival tonight, performances from aretha franklin and all of this ahead of another

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> we're now to the campaign, donald trump signed the republicanledge. this means trump will back the gop's 2016 nominee for president, if it is not him and skip a potential third party bid. this came after the ahead of rnc traveled to new york to make a direct plea to trump. >> i will be totally pledging my allegiance to the republican party and the conservative principles for which it stands and we will go out and we will fight hard and we will win. >> the decision comes just weeks after the billionaire refused to make such a promise in the campaign's first debate. the only candidate on stage not to make the commitment. they believe a third party bid by any established republican could destroy the efforts to take back the white house. it is not legally binding by the way. >> there's a new case of legionnaire's disease but things are starting to return to normal. seven inmates have the disease. tomorrow the indoor showers will reopen. inmates had to use portable showers after the first case last friday. limiting water use stopped the disease from

. >> here is marci gonzalez. >> reporter: today more donald trump drama. refueling his battle with fox news tweeting that he won't do anymore shows on the network claiming they treated him unfairly. but on other networks, he's been touting his success in the polls and get something laughs last night on the late show. >> is there anybody you'd like to apologize to right now yourself? >> no. >> reporter: his rivals also unapologetic. marco rubio on fox questioning trump's ability to tackle the big issues. >> i think up to now he hasn't really answered serious questions about national security. and until he does, there should be concern. >> reporter: carly fiorina on the trail today also going after trump and hillary clinton. >> i have been clear and consistent in saying that hillary clinton has lied about benghazi, about her server, about her e-mails. >> reporter: clinton has denied those claims and these. >> she was the original birther. >> reporter: former secretary of state on the tom joiner morning show disputed accusations that during her 2008 campaign

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marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: officers trying to track down the gun men who killed onets in the town of fox lake nervously wait for their capture. >> i am shaking. i am honestly shaking. >> reporter: lieutenant joseph gliniewicz was shot to death yesterday morning as radioing in. >> pepper spray, shots were fired. >> reporter: the vague description he gave only saying two of the men were white and one was black is still all investigators say they know about the killers explaining they're scouring surveillance video from the area looking for any sign of the men and relying on the public. >> all it takes is one tip or good lead to break the case wide open. we are vetting through those. we have hundreds of those coming in. >> reporter: gliniewicz, a father of four and army veteran has been on the force for 32 years and was weeks away from retirement. today attorney general loretta lynch sharing her condolences and her concerns about what she describes as an uptick in violence across the country. >> it is a sad fact now that no one is safe. >> reporter: investigators in ill

abc's marci gonzalez has story. >> reporter: a desperate search for the missing, mothers and children swept away yesterday when flash floods tore through this part of utah along the arizona border. two packed vehicles stopped on a gravel road when a wall of powerful rushing water hit them from behind. >> the flash flood was so significant, it overwhelmed them and pushed them into the channel. the vehicles were rolled several hundred yards downstream. >> reporter: just three of the people pulled to safety. the other 13 who were in those vehicles now either dead or missing. the youngest child reportedly just 4 years old. officials saying many residents here in the headquarters of warren jeffs' polygamist said they would not have known about the flash flood warnings. some brought to safety at the last second. >> pretty powerful. >> reporter: today in the tight- knit town of hildale, search teams scouring the banks and digging in the early morning darkness looking for any sign of the victims. meanwhile at least one of the survivors from those vehicles that were swept away is still in the

our coverage continues live in philadelphia with abc's marci gonzalez who saw plenty of good will including some that was directed at the police. marci? >> reporter: yeah, it was a really touching moment that we saw earlier this evening. it was after the pope left and the crowds were starting to clear out. i was standing here doing a live shot and just before it, we started hearing people cheering and clapping and so we looked down, and this is the video i took from my iphone. you see these lines of police officers and the crowds clapping, and they're yelling thank you. just so much gratitude that this did turn out to be such a safe, successful event and that was just the first time we saw that. we saw it one more time after that, almost the same scene replayed. already just a touching and somewhat surprising moment here just showing all of the positive energy and the gratitude here in philadelphia. >> and also, marci, we've heard a lot about how this pope can reach out to people from all walks of life. now there's this what, pop rock album coming out? tell us about that. >> reporter: this

marci gonzalez has the latest. marci: a simple science experiment in a pencil box. >> just like this one. marci: landing the 14-year-old in handcuffs. >> they told me i committed a crime of a hoax, a fake bomb. marci: the allegation stunning who said the so-called bomb was actually a digital clock he rebuilt over the weekend. and brought to show the engineering teacher. but another teacher saw it first, was concerned and called police. explaining that the freshman's explanation wouldn't help. >> he only said it was a clock and was not forthcoming about any other details. >> the police say they took him into custody out of abundance of caution but realized the award-winning young scientist didn't mean to alarm anyone and they decided not to file charges. still civil rights advocates question whether this was discrimination. >> i don't think it would be a question if his name wasn't muhammad. marci: his father is meeting with the principal to discuss the three-day suspension from school. alison: that is it for "abc7 n

that's abc's marci gonzalez reporting this morning from philadelphia. >>> right here in new york, presidenthe united nations generally assembly ahead of that address, he told the u.n. summit that the u.s. is committed to a new blueprint to eliminate poverty and hunger around the world. the president called it moral outrage that many children are just one mosquito bite away from death. >> and also on the president's agenda today, a meeting with russian president vladimir putin. the two leaders have not spoken face to face in nearly a year. we get a preview now from abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: on the agenda at the putin/obama meeting, russia's build-up of troops in ukraine and aircraft in syria where putin is helping to prop up one of america's most hated dictators, bashar al assad. putin speaking through a translator with 60 minutes. >> translator: there's no other solution to the crisis than strengthening the effective government structures and rendering them help in fighting terrorism. >> reporter: putin looking to get back on the global stage even calling gay rights activist elton

ab clrks news reporter marci gonzalez has more in an exclusive interview. >> facing fresh r fresh courter ground. in her first interview after months of violating a supreme court ruling and refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, she tells abc she's willing to go back to jail. >> i can't put my name on a license that doesn't represent what god ordained marriage to be. they don't have her name, don't list the county and note that they were issued under court order. that, the aclu argues in a suit filed yesterday goes against the judge's demands that davis not interfere, which she denies. >> people will question why if your moral conscious someone else's happiness. >> i think dignity is something that you find within yourself. >> and while davis has received encouragement from around the world, she is also still the target of hateful reactions. >> what probably hurts me the worst that my god does not love me or that my god is not happy with me. >> but davis says that isn't stopping her. and she's not alone. clerks in at least five other states are also seeking exceptions

marci gonzalez, abc7 news. jonathan: we are just now more than a week away from pope francis' trip to america. the last-minute touches are made to make sure everything goes smoothly. >> getting in and around town will be very difficult during next week's papal visit. i'm suzanne kennedy. coming up at 5:00, i will tell you what you need to know to make sure that you are not stuck in gridlock. jonathan: we want to invite you to join us. abc7 wednesday night for hour-long special on the pope's visit. "the people's pope in d.c." airs at 8:00 right here on abc7. alison: well, you may have needed a sweater when you left the house this morning. it's really feeling a bit like fall out there. chief meteorologist doug hill has a check of the forecast. hi, doug. doug: hi there. it started out with incredibly cool weather this morning. in fact, this morning the temperatures around the area were the coolest they have been in a good three and a half and four months in many spots. a lot in 50-degree range. some in 40's. 48 in

marci gonzalez, abc7 news. jonathan: well, coming up for us on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- trouble for a white house staffer. how it stems from a shooting at her own home. kimberly: plus, furniture spat. how it's moving off social media. jonathan: they are starting from scratch in tokyo. why the logo for the 2020 games scrapped. jonathan: barvetta singletary was an assistant to the president with the white house clearance. a few weeks back she and an officer got in a fight at her home about another woman he might be dating. she took his cell phone and gun and faired a shot at him when he would not give her his cell phone password. this is coming to us from the police. and singletary is indicted on first-degree assault among other charges. kimberly: we need to warn you. some of you might find the cell phone video disturbing. investigators in texas are looking into a fatal deputy-involved shooting caught on camera. it shows two sheriff deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call. they shoot and kill a man with

abc's marci gonzalez joins us now with more. >> a difficult day for him and other loved ones who were in that courtroom listening as prosecutors shared how they believe the little girl was killed and what happened next. >> the horrific details of little bella bond's death laid out today in court. an emotional outburst as bella's mother rachelle stood wincing behind a glass partition charged with accessory to murder after the fact. her boyfriend michael mccarthy stoic charged with first degree murder. the prosecutor claiming mccarthy punched bella in the stomach for being unruly at bedtime, then reportedly called the girl a demon saying it was her time to die. >> when ms. bond looked at bella her head appeared to her to be swollen, and her face was gray. she knew her daughter was dead. >> prosecutors claimed the 2- year-old's body was put into a plastic bag and left in the family's refrigerator for days before bond and mccarthy dumped seaport. the girl's remains washed up in a massachusetts park in late june with investigators spending the three months since trying to identify baby doe

marci gonzalez here now with the story. >> an emotional service but one with a lot of laughs too, about 500 people gathered today at a church just a few miles from the tv station where ward and parker worked, sharing stories about a guy loved ones say was just about impossible to dislike. cameras kept at a distance as friends and family members said goodbye to adam ward. mourners arriving here and to yesterday's viewing wearing the colors of his alma maters, virginia tech and salem high school, teams he spent his short life cheering on, now showing their love for him at his funeral and on the field. >> little bit we can do just to say we love you and we are soar. >> reporter: the 27-year-old camera man was killed along with reporter alison parker during a live report last week on roanoke tv station wdbj, the duo known for their warm, upbeat personalities were shot to death which a -- by a former coworker who later committed suicide. friends refusing to focus on the violent way their lives ended, instead, sharing how they lived. >> the way he has been described as an adult is the way he

marci gonzalez, thanks again. >>> and a sign of the times this morning as thousands line up in new york to watch the pope's every move. >> take a look at this telltale photo going viral right now. everyone glued to their smartphones as the pope goes by except for that sweet little old lady there in the front. she's the only one fully enjoying the moment, a smile on her face totally technology-free. >> i bet you, kendis, she will have the best memories because she wasn't looking for the camera button on the iphone. >> exactly. she won't have any instagram mers, but she will have the best stories to be able to tell her grandkids. of course, we're going to have much more live coverage of the pope's visit throughout the morning here on abc. >> the pope has prayed for more than 700 muslim pilgrims who died in a stampede in saudi arabia near mecca. officials say the deadly crush appears to have been caused by two waves of pilgrims meeting at an intersection. they say high temperatures and fatigue might have been factors in the disaster. the deadliest event to afflict the hajj in more than two