melissa smith says when the woman stands on the corner on the weekends plenty of people give her moneyut recently when smith was getting gas she saw the woman in her usual spot but then after panhandling for awhile, the mother, son and a man get into a mercedes benz. now, smith claims the couple was in the car laughing and countering money and equally disturbing the little boy wasn't in a car seat nor did he have a seat belt on. when the couple stopped at another shopping center to panhandle again smith started taking pictures so she could show her friends. the couple has no business, in her opinion, asking for money if they were driving an expensive car. >> next thing i know she picks up this big boulder about this big, goes over her head so i don't know if pregnant people can do that, but it was pretty big. over her head and coming at me with this rock. >> so again we're just hearing from that one woman, melissa smith and of course i posted this picture on my facebook page. we're getting a lot of feedback. we encourage you to post your comments perhaps i'll read some of them on air a

. >> reporter: but what melissa smith says she saw next blew her mind. >> they went into a mercedes-benzi thought, wow, a mercedes-benz? >> reporter: smith gave her photos to our friends at kgtv, she says, so others won't duaret duped. kgtv thinks they find the same hand handler. she said very little. driving a mini van, not a mercedes. this looks like a professional panhandler. >> i think it is difficult. because it takes everybody's attention away from the real need of those who have vulnerable. >> reporter: homeless charities and outreach programs say we shouldn't give a dollar to a panhandler. we should give it to charity. >> it maximizes the dollar and ultimately will relate to ending homelessness by creating homes. >> reporter: last month in oklahoma, a similar seen. a man confronts a begger getting into a new car. >> thursday, i did not eat to give you $4 and you drive a better car than me? >> reporter: but there's no law says you can't beg for money and drive a nice car. nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >>> when we come back here tonight, the 911 calls. the family trapped in tha

melissa smith says when the woman stands on the corner on the weekends plenty of people give her moneyently when smith was getting gas she saw the woman in her usual spot but then after panhandling for awhile, the mother son and a man get into a mercedes benz. smith claims the couple was in the car laughing and counting money. equally disturbing the little boy wasn't in the car seat. in fact, he didn't even have a seat belt on. when the couple stopped at another shopping center to panhandle again, smith's started taking pictures so she could show her friends that according to her the couple had as no business asking for money if they were driving an expensive car. >> next thing i know she picks up this big boulder about this big, goes over her head so i don't know if pregnant people can do that, but it was pretty big, over her head and coming at me with this rock. >> now t-a bystander saw the confrontation and called 911 but the couple and the little boy had left before police arrived. smith says she wants people to know about this couple because she believes they are using their son t

. >> melissa smith said she saw this pregnant panhandler and her son at this east lake plaza every weekendean, there's a pregnant lady with a little boy and is down on her luck. the dad comes out on the weekends and stands with them. >> reporter: she held a cardboard sign. >> please help. >> reporter: plenty of people did. >> lots of people give them money. >> reporter: she was getting gas when she saw the couple at the usual spot. >> they were leaving and i noticed they went into a mercedes benz. and i thought, wow, a mercedes benz? >> reporter: she shook her head, got in her car and drove away. low and behold they were in front of us. and here they are counting money, laughing. their not in a car seat or seat belt. >> and there you go. of course that's not all beggars. stick up for the beggars, they should try to get a job somewhere. there's always jobs you can get. but this is common. it's common. >> well, a pregnant panhandler, you have to admire the woman's work ethic. she could be at home sitting on the couch stuffing her face, instead she's in the boat pulling an oar. however, i wou

. >> reporter: melissa smith says she saw this pregnant panhandler and her son at this east lake plaza's a pregnant lady with a little boy and down on her luck. the dad comes out on the weekends and stands with them. >> reporter: she held a cardboard sign. >> please help. >> reporter: plenty of people did. >> lots of people gave them money. >> reporter: smith says she was getting gas when she saw the couple at the usual spot. >> they were leaving and i noticed they went into a mercedes-benz. i thought wow, a mercedes-benz? >> reporter: she shook her head, got in her car and drove away. >> lo and behold, they were in front of us. here they are counting money, laughing, their little boy is not in a car seat or seat belt, he's all the way in the front seat with them. >> reporter: smith watched them drive to another plaza. >> she sat there with the sign, he goes, parks the mercedes and they put up the sign and not less than five minutes, here she is getting money from all these people. >> reporter: she took pictures of the woman and little boy. she said the woman saw her. >> next thing i k

hate to reduce it to this, melissa, but when i look at ways to profit from it, i hear gun sales are booming, and to me that says i've got to start looking at the shares of smithsome of the other gun manufacturers to take advantage of that. melissa: oh, goodness. jeff, what do you think? [laughter] i know the show's supposed to be about money -- >> i understand. melissa: it's tough to take it in the middle of the conversation when we're talking about people arming themselves. jack? >> public safety is the most important thing. i hope they can get in front of this before it gets out of control. melissa: we're going to leave it there. thanks, guys. >>> six years in the senate all comes down to tonight. keystone may be decided by one vote. plus kmart is it again this season, hoping to strike gold twice with another viral ad. at the end of the day, it's all about "money." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ melissa: i'm melissa francis with your fox business brief. steel makers on a roll, global mergers this year have already hit the $3 trillion mark. that is up 50% from the same time a year ago and is higher than in any full year since 2007. reasons include cheap credit and lofty stock pric

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