mayberry, you ready to comply? >> no. >> no? okay. mr. mayberry, you ready to comply yet?>> why not? >> i want to talk to the lieutenant. he made me a deal. i want to talk to the lieutenant. >> after you change, we'll let you talk to the lieutenant. >> you think i believe that? >> yep. >> you promise me? >> yep. we went back in and asked him again. he decided to take off the sneakers and the shirt. and we gave him the gown. we took him in the shower, told him how to wash away some of the o.c. spray. >> coming through. >> when we place somebody, we strip them down, put them in a green smock, we put them in a room by themselves that they have nothing. it may seem, you know, inhumane to keep somebody that way, but you what people need to understand is that it's for their protection. we're not in their heads. we don't know what's going on. we don't know what they're thinking. and this protects the inmate and protects us from any litigation because we can show that we did everything we possibly could to protect the inmate from harming themselves. >> mayberry has now been back f

. >> that lack of corporate accountability has left the mayberry sisters angry. their ninety six-year-old mother erytha suffered dementia. so they put her in what they thought was a good nursing home - in oklahoma city. >> when the daughters began to notice some of erytha's personal items missing, they came up with a plan to do something about it. >> we said well why don't we put a camera in the room, because then we could catch the theft. so we put the camera in the room and never expected, never saw any thievery, saw the abuse. >> they saw a nurse's aid forcing a latex glove into their mother's mouth. while police took action, the state health agency did nothing. in their frustration to make the case public, the mayberrys turned to wes bledsoe. he's been fighting at the state level to make elderly care homes accountable for the last 13 years, after he says he lost his own grandmother to gross neglect. >> the family gave me the video to release to the media, and people are just outraged and stunned by it. >> "the horrible torture of an elderly woman caught on ta

. >> but my father was born and raised in mayberry, and my mother stiff lives there. eanld andy griffith was the sheriff. >> a tense confrontation with an armed man in a truck has been unfolding all day long in farmington. >> dub's son-in-law, was covered wall to wall on local media. >> he was basically parked light here. >> yes. >> you were one of the people on the scene here. >> my response time was seven minutes after the call came. first officers arrived, two officers arrived within four or five minutes. >> you are an experienced law enforcement guy, you founded the swat team. did you offer your help? >> oh yeah. >> what happened? >> they had me stay back. >> they could trust the officers on the scene but that confidence evaporated when the two officers grew to dozens. >> how many officers were here altogether? >> over 100. >> 100 officers? >> 46 swat officers. >> for one guy? >> he was in his truck had a gun to his head. >> sharp shooters took positions on roofs then the military whrear came in. >> they came in with an armored vehicle. they moved it just past tha

no city this size will ever be like the mythical mayberry the chief says but police can take significant to keep it from becoming another ferguson. >>> from michigan to washington where the white house is criticizing a letter 47 republican senators sent to iran. the obama administration says the letter could undermine nuclear talks. it warns iran's leaders that any deal with the president could be overturned by a future president. the white house called the letter an attempt to undermine the foreign policy efforts. >>> the fbi has lowered the reward to a disappeared agent to $5 million. u.s. officials suspect iran of holding levinson, which iran denies. . >>> in guatemala, an unlikely resource is empowering women. >> we have a story tonight about the most low-tech clean-energy economic solution to a group of women in ecuador. we're talking about earthworms and how these creatures have transformed the lives of women in a small farming community. earthworms are kept in a trough with waste that normally ends up in landfills. the women recital that waste, and then turn it into fertilizer tha

john mayberry jr. crushes this one. three homers on the day for the nets. the nationals 13-4. >>> orioles fans out in sarasota. top 067 the fourth, scoreless game p.ry. give ra gets every bit of this pitch. bottom of the 7th now. birds on the board. they're down 3-1. the o's hoping steve pierce can bring only offense this season. the orioles, they get within one but fall to the rays. wizards in action tonight. big game. >> they need to really get momentum going. >>> that's going to do it for us. nightly news is up next. we hope to see you back battle for iraq. we meet some americans on the ground in the fight against isis. the major offensive under way to retake a key part of that country. dramatic rescue. a toddler saved from a deadly car crash. as seen through the eyes of first responders. >>> high alert. home explosions on the rise in colorado and what's behind the dangerous trend. something you might not expect. >>> and making waves. a group of teens attempting a feat few would dare and learning life-lessons along the way. >> announcer: this is "nbc nig

a sheriff born in mayberry, he was the law but a death in the family turned him against the swat team he created. find out at aljazeera.com/americatonight. >> in our fast forward segment a different pot boom. users seeking outs a more potent high have cooked up concentrated substance he like hash oil. "america tonight's" lori jane gliha looked into a explosive problem. >> reporter: cannabis concentrates called dabs are one of the most fast growing parts of the industry. concentrates could reach up to 90% thc content. at this private marijuana social club on the outskirts of denver almost everyone is dabbing. while dabs can be manufactured safely using expensive commercial equipment a rising number of home cooks are trying to make concentrates by watching how to videos on youtube. >> you squish it down. >> the house is on fire the house is on fire. >> the concentrates are as dangerous as meth labs now. >> kevin is a federal intelligence analyst and tracks the are extraction labs. >> they are holding a pyrex dish that has gas expelling out onto their clothing, onto their person, once th

. >> the boy's familiar at camp mayberry helped give the boy the surprise of his life.ear-old rowan has a disorder that doesn't allow his bone marrow to function correct correctly. he has spent nearly 1,000 days in the hospital. he set to head to seattle in hopes of fine ago bone marrow donor but before taking off the soldiers at camp mayberry wanted to grant his biggest wish to be enlisted in the army. >> i have an eight-year-old son and a 15 month old daughter it's great to see rowan have -- be so strong and so independent in his current situation. >> i want to help others and help people. >> he wants to help people. >> general ryan gave rowan a stetson an pair of spurs the general says the gift recognizes rowan's ability to move forward and think positively. >> stetsons are good hats. >> they are. >> last week we told you about the colorado dog who found a purple heart missing for 10 years. >> tonight the award is back with the family of its recipient of that heart. fox' has the story. >> reporter: with a smile on her face and a medal pinned to her collar, smuckers t

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. >> reporter: while farmington looks like a yankee version of mayberry, beneath this norman rockwellacade is a town hit hard by drugs and domestic violence. >> we end up seeing 10% of the people 90% of the time. >> reporter: so the gift cards help form connections and build community trust. >> i just wanted to thank you guys for doing the right thing and making my job a little bit easier. >> well, thank you for doing this. this is a neat program. >> you're the reason why we do it. >> reporter: an idea so simple it might just work. harry smith, nbc news, farmington, new hampshire. >>> and that will do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. thank you for joining us. for all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> right now at 6:00 ellen pao on the stand today. and her testimony giving critical details about what she says goes on inside one of the nation's premier capital firms. good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. >> be careful what you write from your company e-mail account. today e-mails from years ago took center stage in the ellen pao criminal case. she was pep

. >> reporter: while farmington looks like a yankee version of mayberry beneath this norman rockwellcade is a town hit hard by drugs and domestic violence. >> we end up seeing 10% of the people 90% of the time. >> reporter: so the gift cards help form connections and build community trust. >> i just wanted to thank you guys for doing the right thing and making my job a little bit easier. >> well thank you for doing this. this is a neat program. >> youe the reason why we do it. >> reporter: an idea so simple it might just work. harry smith, nbc news, farmington new hampshire. >>> and that will do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. thank you for joining us. for all of us at nbc news, good nigh victim all grown up and breaking her silence. >> her explosive new interview, now on "extra." >> he was 35. she was only 13. >> i'm just shocked. >> her innocence shattered, april price reveals her nightmare at the hands steven collins. >> and how she got the news he had confessed to their dark secret. >> the exposure happened aure happened a couple of times. >> kim kardashian th

. >> reporter: while farmington looks like a yankee version of mayberry, beneath this norman rockwellcade is a town hit hard by drugs and domestic violence. >> we end up seeing 10% of the people 90% of the time. >> reporter: so the gift cards help form connections and buil community trust. >> i just wanted to thank you guys for doing the right thing and making my job a little bit easier. >> well, thank you for doing this. this is a neat program. >> you're the reason why we do it. >> reporter: an idea so simple it might just work. harry smith, nbc news, farmington, new hampshire. >>> and that will do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. thank you for joining us. for all of us at nbc news, goo night. . >>> lights, camera access. >>> how bad did it get? dr. phil/nick gordon moment that no one saw coming. >> please don't put this on tv. >>> as

. >> oh, yes, where you have gone, andy griffith, mayberry has apparently up and left us. sheriff kent ellis fights real crime nowadays. >> the crime you see here is the same crime you would see in any city, just a smaller version. >> neighbors tend to know more of each other's business than they might in tuscaloosa, for example. which can be a bit of a nuisance, as you're about to see, if you need to keep a secret, especially, for example, if your secret is about murder. to begin with, this thoughtful young woman was just a girl of 17 back in '07 when it things started coming apart in the way things do when parents don't talk about it. kelsey mayfield saw that troubled look in her mom's eyes, her mom, teresa. >> i could tell she was just very stressed. >> was it ever clear to you what she was stressed about? >> money would be the main thing. she just wanted to make sure she had enough money to take care of her family. >> a lot of that going around of course moundville not excepted. kelsey's dad had to work two job, neither of which paid very well, just to keep his head ab

top of the second, a little trouble for scherzer now facing john mayberry jr.s him yard to left. scherzer went two innings, gave up one run on 29 pitches. right now the mets they lead the nationals 4-3. that game still in the fifth inning. tomorrow the nats are back at it. they'll take on atlanta in orlando. >>> let's move on to hockey now. the capitals start a five-game home stand tonight and they'll do it without alex ovechkin. he is out for the first time this season with a lower-body injury. ovi played in 96 straight games and a big blow tonight for the caps against minnesota. to vech lin leads the league with 43 goals and is tied with teammate niklas backstrom in points with 67. ovi has scored four goals in the caps' last two games, both wins including the game-winning goal in each of those contests. >>> to the hard wood. the wizards practicing this mourning preparing for the miami heat. they come to town tomorrow night. just one win in their last eight games for the wiz kids. they top 100 points just once during that stretch. the offense struggles have be

mayberry just swallowed one of the arms off his eyeglasses. >> the doctor says they can't afford thee's crazies here and dangerous people. and they're look at me like i'm a weakling. >> a young first-timer is found

. >> it's fantasy land its mayberry really is. it's a very small town, mile square, 2750 people, it has everything a small town needs. >> reporter: the magazine analyzed data from over 500 municipalities in the state measuring things sump as tax rates, access to highways, crime and household incan come. it described pennington as the perfect quaint small town meets farmland feel with stellar schools, almost nonexistent crime and affordable housing. the number one ranking comes as no surprise. >> we can walk to school. my kids get to walk to school, they can walk with their friends. we have a great main street. >> reporter: do you like living here? >> yes. >> reporter: tell me why? what do you like about it. >> i like that i have a good school. >> it's a community atmosphere and as far as the police department is concerned, we try and make sure that everybody feels safe day and night. >> reporter: the magazine called pennington a one horse town in the best possible way. along main street, with its unique stores, local pride is evid

some call this "mayberry of the midwest." >> there's a lot of farms out there, still. and then there's some subdivisions that have crept in. you've got the grocery store, bowling alley. very simple, very, just kind of easy. >> reporter: but johnsburg is also a village with a secret, a lingering 12-year-old unsolved mystery that still has people talking. >> i can't really think of a bigger news story. >> i would say everybody had an opinion. >> i think there's somebody who knows exactly what happened. >> reporter: what happened to brian carrick, a likable 17-year-old high school junior, who one friday night vanished, from inside the grocery store where he worked as a stock boy, just five days before christmas. amanda marrazzo covered brian's disappearance for "the chicago tribune." >> he was excited about christmas. there was no indication for him to run away. >> reporter: his father, william carrick, an electrician, says his youngest son was always by his side. >> wherever his dad went, his dad said he'd be in his hip pocket. he was an entrepreneur, started making mone

national guard granted his wish making him an honorary soldier during a surprise ceremony at camp mayberryas a tough road ahead already enduring 71 operations and dozens of blood transfusions. for now he's living the dream. >> thank you. this is the best day ever. [ applause ] >>> that's a fox watch across america. rowan, our hats go off to you and we will pray that you get better. >>> even after a crash or a smaller incident travellers you may be one of them, become more concerned about getting on an airplane. the national institutes of health in fact, says 20 million americans have a fear of flying. some even change their jobs, give up their hobbies because of it. but behavioral specialists are coming up with a number of ways to help people get back in the air. brian youunis is here to explain. >> people say a recent crash makes them less likely to fly. psychologists say their phone rings off the hook. the news is a trigger for those with aveo phobia the fear of flying, turning an anxious flier into a down right miserable one. >> i would get sick before i went on the airplane. i would ge

sort of systemic oversight over all of these departments so that it is not a series of races to mayberrys are happening in everybody is firing police cheese and the department of justice has to come and times. you can create a better system of oversight through looking at the county. amy: and reverend sekou: the feelings on the ground in ferguson? reverend sekou: many are still in shock having seen an officer go down and having heard the gunshot. so there is definitely an uneasiness, there is a concern that this movement will be blamed for the shooting of these two officers. and we nonetheless will continue to raise our voices in a rich tradition of nonviolence and bear witness to the reality that has been set forth by the department of justice. and quite honestly try to keep track of all the grieving, of all the weeping, of all the wailing that has been going on in the small hamlet of ferguson. we will continue to organize in such a way that we highlight the structural violence and the structural racism that has been manifest through the municipal courts and policing systems in greater s

it could be mayberry if not for what happened here so many years ago.doned home homes. >> we just saw the presidential motorcade cross the bridge. we know president obama has been on the bridge shaking hands with the crowd there that's what's going on tomorrow. what's going on tomorrow as well? >> tomorrow is the more established traditional jubilee celebration where they will commemorate the march by reenacting the march. so while it's a process of things that continue to go on, it's a commemoration. there are a number of different concerts going on. i believe one of the networks is having a concert and there are other local community groups having musical celebrations. >> trymaine lee, we are looking forward to seeing that and you out there tomorrow. thank you for your great work, we are watching live coverage of the crowd in selma, alabama, crossing the edmund pettus bridge. president and the first family are walking across the bridge. the motorcade went by as they are there to pick up the president on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. you're wa

it is like sheriff andy taylor from may mayberry came to d.c.ps on the beltway to fix your tire. pick up something you dropped. that is wes. so feel free. if you need a helping hand any time to call wes. 202 [ laughter ] -- 320-2153. congratulations to the wes scruggs. >> from the most stressful tot the least stressful. you look on the crew sheet. and growif you see wes there it gives the whole crew a sense of calmness. >> whatever it takes, he'll get it done. >> there is a switchness on port 4. >> if you pose any technical problem to him. he'll sit here for a moment -- actually an eternity it seems and you see his gears turning. >> my problem solver. my mr. fix-it. >> he does all the maintenance in the field. the white house the capitol, the state department the pentagon. >> he is if real backbone on capitol hill and other places around washington where these stately old buildings need to be connected to the modern world. and he has done that. >> if he didn't design it he probably had i input on. >> mcgooifr. >> ma gooifr. >> modern day macgivr