here's marci gonzalez. >> this is part of the dark underbelly of american society.ism, the bigotry, and the entire conversation that we're having here tonight. >> reporter: she spoke for just under nine minutes. roughly half of the airtime given to elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. but still, maryann williamson put her stamp on the bate. >> h some people yore docyou se something wrong about using the instruments of government to help people. >> reporter: her message at times may have been more cosmic than political. >> if you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark, psychic force of th h colle collectivized hatred, i'm afraid that the democrats are going to see some very dark days. >> reporter: she seemed to have piqued the interest of the audience at home. before the debate began, bernie sanders was the number one searched candidate. but after, maryann williamson was on top. >> it was different t was new. >> reporter: and the republican party seemed to agree with donald trump jr. and lindsey graham saying she won the debate, though considered

here's abc's marcy gonzalez. >> reporter: we've seen the videos parents-to-be excitedly cutting intong a box of balloons. their loved ones gathered in anticipation. then the big moment. gender reveals have become a modern tradition almost as common as baby showers. with expecting parents pulling out all the stops. ♪ who run the world ♪ who run the world ♪ girls >> reporter: others ending in near disaster. >> video tonight a father revealing the gender of their baby ignited a massive wildfire. >> we did the whole thing. >> reporter: but now the woman who helped start this viral trend is questioning what that first glimpse of pink or blue represents. >> you know, it's been an evolution of thought, you know. and nobody was thinking about gender like we do now in 2008. i wasn't thinking about it. i thought there's pink or there's blue. >> reporter: in 2008 when jenna carvanitasing learned she was pregnant with her first child she couldn't wait to surprise her family with the sex of the aby. >> we had a little difficulty getting our family started. so when we got pregnant with bianca we w

. >> abc news reporter marci gonzalez has the details. >> a new privacy concern with facebook.he social media giant confirming it hired outside contractors to listen to and transcribe users' audio chats on its messenger app. they explain they brought the contractors in to make sure the voice messages were being correctly interpreted saying users opted in to having their conversations transcribed. >> it's about what was there in the fine print and a lot of people have opted in frankly to a lot of things they probably would be surprised they opted into. this is one of those things. >> according to a new report from the bloomberg, people hired to listen to the conversations said although the messages were anonymous, they were troubled by their work calling it unethical. >> critics are saying this is an invasion of privacy that the rules are not crystal clear to the users and in particular, this is troubling coming from facebook which just paid a record $5 billion fine to the ftc because of privacy issues. >> big tech companies including amazon and am faced scrutiny recently for co

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> wow. incredible.an you have a meatball sub with no meat? subway seems to think so. it's jumping on the plant-based protein trend by offering a meet bawl sub made by beyond meat that makes meatless alternatives to beef and pork. subway will beginning selling it at 700 restaurants for a limited time starting in september. >> it looks like the real thing. >> it does. >> tastes like the real thing. >> some people say it's really close. >> we have to do this soon. >> the gilroy rodeo begins tonight as the community is still reeling from the garlic festival tragedy. the increased security measures. >> the school year is about to start in oakland, but the start in oakland, but the districtcalifornia phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones, - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. call or visit and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> consumer news, ford recalling thousands of suvs because of even flip over. >> 7 on your side's michael finney has the details. >> model barely out. they caught this quick. ford is recalling almost 14,000 2020 ford explorers and lincoln navigate persons there are two issues. first some of the suvs might be missing the manual part release cover which can cause a lever to be activated by accident and possibly set the car in motion. the second is with the instrument panel. some of the suvs might still be in factory mode which disables warning alerts and sounds. if you have one of these suvs, contact your dealer. >>> the irs is warning those with significant tax debt their passports may be in jeopardy.rf may even revoke current passports of someone with seriously delinquent tax debt. who is that? those who owe more than $52,000. if that's you and you're planning on traveling outside the u.s., you might want to contact the irs for expedited processing in order to get your passports. consumer reports is urging the federal trade commission to take ac

marci gonzalez joins us with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.m's family and people living in the area. investigators say there have been no credible sightings of that inmate leaving them with little to go on as they urgently try to track him down. this procession through memphis, the hearse carrying corrections administrator deborah johnson's body leaving the coroner's office as the manhunt for the man accused of killing her intensifies. >> he could be anywhere. >> reporter: curtis watson was charging time for aggravated kidnapping. according to to court affidavit he was considered a minimum security prisoner and released for lawn mowing duties at 7:00 wednesday morning. an hour and a half later he was seen driving a golf cart outside johnson's home off prison grounds. officials say it was there that watson allegedly sexually assaulted and strangled the veteran prison official. johnson's co-workers concerned when she didn't show up for work and going to her home at 11:30 a.m. and finding a cord around her neck. >> we don't understand -- i don't

abc's marci gonzalez joins us now with this bizarre story. eporter: good morning. police say they have been called to that property multiple times for problems between the suspect and the 38-year-old victim. we're told she is in stable condition this morning. investigators now looking at her social media for possible clues about a motive. this morning, a former u.s. olympic athlete charged with attempted murder, accused of shooting a woman who trained and lived at his new jersey equestrian facility. >> we have one person down with a gunshot wound. >> reporter: according to the police report, the victim called 911 last wednesday saying, michael barisone shot me. i've been shot twice. >> it looks like two gun shots to the chest. >> reporter: officers responded to barisone's farm finding the woman identified by a friend as lauren kanarek. woman bleeding on the pavement. >> our police responded within minutes. they took mr. barisone into custody rapidly and immediately began providing treatment, first aid to the victim. >> reporter: police said ba

here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> please let him free. >> reporter: i.c.e.storming multiple food processing plants wednesday in the largest single-state immigration crackdown ever, nearly 700 people taken into custody, some of them parents whose children learned the news after their first day of school. >> i need my dad by me. my dad didn't do nothing. he's not a criminal. >> it's just very heartbreaking, especially to hear a child that's crying out for their parents, you know. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, acting secretary of homeland security, kevin mcaleenan, tells abc news 40% of the people detained in that raid have been released with parents getting top priority. >> the biggest challenge is the fact that we're seeing so many vulnerable families and children crossing the border. >> reporter: meanwhile thousands of migrants remain in facilities across the country, including this holding center in yuma, arizona. >> our border stations are really police stations, they're not equipped for handling humanitarian issues. that's why we built temporary

here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: gender reveals have become a modern tradition.aby showers. with expecting parents pulling out all of the stops. ♪ others ending in near disaster. >> video tonight of a father revealing the gender of their baby ignited a massive wildfire. >> reporter: now the woman who helped start this viral trend is questioning what that first glimpse of pink or blue represents. >> you know, it's been an evolution of thought, you know. nobody was thinking about gender like we do now in 2008. i wasn't thinking about it. i thought, there's pink or there's blue. >> reporter: in 2008 when jenna learned she was pregnant with her first child, she couldn't wait to surprise her family with the sex of the baby. >> we had a little bit difficulty getting our family started. so when we finally got pregnant with bianca, we were so overjoyed. >> did you want a boy or a girl did gender matter to you? >> it really didn't. we were celebrating a milestone in our pregnancy. >> reporter: they threw a party where she cut into a pink cake announcing a girl, then poste

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here is marci gonzalez. >> this is part of the dark underbelly of american society. bigotry, and the entire conversation that we're having here tonight. >> reporter: she spoke for just under nine minutes, roughly half of the air time given to elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. but still, marianne williamson put her stamp on the second democratic debate. >> i almost wonder why you're democrats, you seem to think there's something wrong about using the instruments of government to help people. >> reporter: her message at times may have been more cosmic than political. >> if you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark psychic force of the collectivized hatred that this president is bringing up in this country, then i'm afraid that the democrats are going to see some very dark days. >> reporter: no matter, she seemed to have piqued the interest of the audience at home. google trends showing before the debate began, bernie sanders was the number one searched candidate. but after, marianne williamson was clearly on top. >> people are gushing over it b

abc's marcy gonzalez with the details coming in. >> reporter: tonight, the theme once stood here leveled. emergency responders in wisconsin rushing to the scene. >> a fire and ambulance are requested to county highway and [ inaudible ] for a house that exploded. >> reporter: officials in the town of lebanon say that explosion around 8:45 this morning killed a man they believe was asleep inside the home. >> manawa ambulance and fire you are requested [ inaudible ] for a house that exploded. >> reporter: the blast so powerful, witnesses say it shook the entire neighborhood and sent debris flying hundreds of feet from the scene. right now, investigators out there trying to figure out what led this to deadly explosion. tom? >> thank you. >>> now to the severe weather and flash flood threat in the center of the country and heading east to start the week. heavy rain and flash flooding washing out roads in tucson, arizona, record rainfall swamping drivers in little rock, arkansas. and a funnel cloud part of severe storms in washington state. the storms stretching to the east coast by tuesday. a

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> activists are intensifying attacks on brazil president forecord number of wildfires right now in the amazon rain forest. environmental organizations and researchers say the fires devastating the region were set by cattle ranchers and loggers who want to the utilize the land. the activists say the brazilian president is to blame for relaxing environmental controls. >> the world's held organization says microplastics in drinking water don't appear to pose a health risk at current levels. that comes in the group's first review associated with plastics in tap and bottled water.r,opffn its report was limited saying more research is needed. experts say it's still too early to say microplastics in water with harmless. starting next year, climbers are heading up mt. everest will no longer be able to carry single use soda bottles hoping to cut down on the vast amounts of trash left behind on the mountain and surrounding vils. volunteers cleared up more than 6,000 pounds of trash last year from the mountain. >> i an special guest made an appearance in

marci gonzalez has that story. >> reporter: tonight a 13-year-old boy recovering after what's being calledreak accident on this massachusetts beach. >> his mom said, get the life guard. get the life guard. >> reporter: an umbrella launched into the air by a gust of wind, piercing the boy's left arm. >> went up in the air, hit a couple of ladies in the head and then came down and impaled the poor boy. >> reporter: first responders rushing him to the hospital. the consumer product safety commission says an estimated 2,800 beach umbrella injuries were reported between 2010 and 2018. earlier this year this close call, an umbrella narrowly missing this toddler in south carolina, and scenes like this one, so concerning several senators are calling for tougher safety standards. >> something is wrong when any consumer product can so easily take off and kill someone. >> reporter: it only takes a wind gust of about 20 miles an hour to turn umbrellas into projectiles. experts say using anchors or weights can make all the difference in keeping them secure. tom. >> need to be careful out there on the b

here's abc's marci gonzalez. ♪ >> reporter: it is a wild night in beverly hills. ♪ music pumping on theexotic poolside performances. >> yeah, whoo! >> reporter: but this andy warhol-themed bash isn't just for fun, and it is a lot of fun. this event has one goal, sell this brand-new $15.6 million house. >> i think a wine and cheese openhouse is circa 1990. we never do that. in this market, you really want to make your house stand out. you want to keep the buzz going. >> reporter: there is a building boom in los angeles. mansion size, with multimillion dollar spec homes springing up all over l.a.'s poshest neighborhoods. right now there are 60 homes on the market that cost more than $20 million. >> i'd say in the $10 million to $20 million range, you probably have about 60 or so coming on in the next 18 months. and i would say in the $20 million and up you probably have 30, maybe 40 coming on in the next 18 months. ♪ let's get to work" >> reporter: they're stars of the netflix reality show "selling sunset." >> we are far and away the number one real estate team in west hollywood. >> what

here is abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: the family of one of the two american teenagers accused ofurdering an italian police officer hugging outside of their california home, returning from visiting 19-year-old finnegan elder in a rome prison. >> he was okay. tired, remorseful, and scared. he has our full support, and we stand by his side. >> reporter: a family friend reading a statement on their behalf, calling officer mario cerciello's death a tragedy but saying they believe there's more to the story. >> the public has an incomplete account of the true versions of the events. it is said, however, the truth will set you free. we hook forward to the truth coming out and to our son coming home. >> reporter: elder is accused of stabbing the unarmed officer 11 times with this seven-inch blade as he responded to what police call a drug deal gone bad. elder's childhood friend, 18-year-old gabriel natale, also being held in italy in connection with the murder. police say both teens confessed. natale's father tells abc news in a statement, gabriel never imagined there would be a confronta

abc's marci gonzalez is here with the story. reporter: dan, good morning. this was a bad situation that kept getting worse. he was trapped on a remote trail. he didn't have a phone or food with him. at one point a bad storm moved through. he said he had no doubt about how this would play out. >> i knew i was going to make it. >> reporter: he has a broken hip and an incredible survival story. howard coats pinned between this overturned four-wheeler and a tree after a crash, helplessly waiting to be found for three excruciating days. >> not sure exactly how it happened. it ended up on top of me.treeua tattoo. >> reporter: the 66-year-old said he was out for a quick atv ride near his me he overturned becoming trapped just before nightfall thursday realizing quickly there was no way to free himself and no way to call for help. >> the first night or so i saw the police helicopters. they were flying all around me. they couldn't see me. >> reporter: he was resourceful. doing what he could to survive. >> took the top off my tool box and

abc's marci gonzalez joins us from our los angeles bureau with the latest. rning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. the first thing they did after that 6,000-mile trip home from italy where finnegan elder is being held was share a brief update, saying they've learned more about what led to that officer's death and, in their words, have a plan in place to get to the truth. overnight, the family of one of the two american teenagers accused of murdering an italian police officer, hugging outside of their california home, returning from visiting 19-year-old finnegan elder in a rome prison. >> he was okay, tired, remorseful and scared. he has our full support. we stand by his side. >> reporter: a family friend reading a statement on their behalf, calling officer mario cerciello rega's death a tragedy but believing there's more to the story. >> the public has an incomplete account of the true versions of the events. it is said, however, the truth will set you free. we look forward to the truth coming out and to our son coming home. >> reporter: elder is accused of s

abc's marci gonzalez is here with more on that story, plus potentially life-saving information. ter: dan, good morning to you. incredibly, the baby was found just in time and is in stable condition this morning. abandoned in the woods without so much as a diaper. had it not been for a man walking past, hearing her cries, officials in maryland saying this baby girl likely would not be alive this morning. >> we were very fortthn wawalkg spring believe she was just a few hours old when she was left all alone on a 90-degree day. >> we're just happy for the child and feeling badly for the person who felt they needed to do this. >> reporter: investigators now trying to find the newborn's mother, hoping to learn why she didn't bring the baby to a designated safe haven dropoff. >> this is a law to where anyone can come to a fire station or a hospital to leave their new child without questions asked, and we'll be able to take care of them. >> reporter: officials using this case and that of baby india. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: found abandoned in a plastic bag in georgia earlier this summ