the cookie monster was arrested last weekend. not the real cookie monster. the one that dresses up like him in times square in new york. just like we do here in hollywood, there are people in times square who dress up like characters from tv and the movies. and they do it to pose for photos with tourists for tips. now legally, the tips are optional, but they get pretty upset if you don't come up with one. on sunday, a woman handed her 2-year-old to elmo and cookie monster. to take a picture this is a picture right here. but after she took it, she realized she didn't have any money and cookie monster allegedly freaked out. she claimed he shoved her 2-year-old and cursed her out because she didn't give him $2. there's a reason he's called the cookie monster and not the cookie gentleman. the monster whose real name is osvaldo lopez was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. that's what he looks like on the inside. i have to say frankly, i'm not surprised that cookie monster had an outburst. because i think it was just a few months ago, yo

then he started filming. >> is this the elusive loch ness monster finally caught on camera?'s the perennial question, isn't it? he really didn't know what it was he'd filmed. >> for 50 years this grainy, 62-second film has captivated the world. >> it was analyzed by the royal air force in 1965. they measured the object you can see in the film. and they say it's six feet wide across, five feet high out of the water. it moves up to ten miles per hour. as it's moving it gets lower in the water. their assessment is it's not a boat, not a submarine. so it must be some form of unknown object. >> despite inconclusive evidence, monster hunters and tourists flock to the shores of loch ness hoping to get a glimpse of nessie. >> we came for a whiskey tour. we said we've got to see nessie. hopefully he'll show up for us. >> but sightings are rare. >> since 1991, i've been full-time living on the side of loch ness hunting for whatever the explanation to this mystery is. >> steve feltham's father brought him to the loch in 1970 when he was just seven years old. he's been obsessed with the

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monster sued the city over a probe into the marketing of the drinks. in san francisco today users were surprised by the suit. >> i don't know if they should be involved in it. >> reporter: he says the popularity extends to college students and adles. >> we have a lot -- and adults. >> we have a lot of people that need an energy drink so we sell a lot. >> reporter: the lawsuit seeks civil penalties for what the city calls unfair business practices. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the california supreme court ruled that officials can ban medical marijuana dispensaries. the court ruled unanimous in a legal challenge involving riverside. it says the medical marijuana dispensaries can cause crime, congestion and blight. supporters say it will make it more difficult for those who need medical marijuana. >>> more details, hundred 180 cities ban cannabis clubs -- 180 cities ban cannabis clubs. san francisco restricts where clubs can be located and oakland and san jose limit the number of clubs in operation. >>> supporters of medical marijuana protest

we don't have monster in our blood. >> you would call him a monster? >> yes. yes.ts. there will be no phone calls. he's dead to me. >> "outfront" tonight, melissa moore, her father is the serial murderer known as the happy face killer. he killed at least eight women, signed his anonymous confession letters with a smiley face. he is currently serving life sentences in prison. of course, she saw him there with her when she was just a little girl. melissa. thank you so much for coming "outfront." we don't have monster in our blood. you were just a teenager when your father did these things and then when he was convicted. did you have a hard time conveying that about your family? >> i did, erin. what was really difficult was when the news broke i was 15. i went to high school the next day after i found out about my dad. and then to my surprise, my peers, my friends, their parents had watched the news, too, and so when i arrived to school that next day, they were advised by their parents to not associate with me, to not be my friend. and so i took this like guilt by ass

he asked monster to lower levels and monster says it's drinks are safe but the fda is investigating reports that five people have died after consuming the drinks. the response from herera, quote, i intend to litigate to reform their marketing practices which i believe clearly violate california's consumer protection laws. >> all right. turning back to the fire danger we're experience gs around the bay area. >> three factors and ingredients. rising temperatures and dry conditions. and now, increasing winds. there is a look at live doppler 7 hd. a few thin, high clouds passing through the sky in association with this dry cold front. it's associated with winds we're experiencing with this front they're stronger. live view right now of the western sky, and we've got temperatures 64 degrees now in san francisco. 69 in oakland. nompblg live view of the golden gate bridge. you can see thin, high clouds. 85 degrees in santa rosa. 83 in livermore, 69 union city. flying out to take a look at our graphic rendering of downtown oakland. clear tonight. red flag warning in affect until 6:00 tomorrow eveni

>> look he's a monster. it's interesting. he's a full blown monster. patients that have compulsions like this will describe themselves as a rampaging monster. they are aware of it in one moment and then in another won't see it and be fully consistent with the monster behavior and not understand the implications of their actions. in this case they want to take care of these creatures and got them chained up in the basement. he's a monster let's make no mistake about that. >> if you look at the picture on his facebook page. that come fired his mugshot to give viewers a sense that people can just -- people you don't see into a person's mind and soul when you see a picture. and then on facebook he wrote, miracles do happen. god is good. this morning i woke up to the sound of a chirping cardinal. yes, come on spring. i mean -- >> nobody is pure evil. one of the great shall we say, i don't want to say victories but one of the things i was grateful fortin jodi arias case not everyone's mind works like yours does or mine. people's brains work differently. when

chief meteorologist paul deanno has more on how this monster storm roared to life. >> it was a monster. think about this. one mile wide from one side of the tornado to the other was 5,280 feet and it all came together so rapidly. let's look at the satellite image. zoom things down to central oklahoma. pretty calm morning but we knew things would get active but didn't know it would be this active. the same spot got hit over and over again. the reason why this part of the country is called tornado alley is because they get this. they get very warm, humid air coming up from the gulf of mexico and at the same time on the other side of a front they get cold, dry air. where those two duke it out, you can often have severe weather and in this case you had very strong tornadoes which form right along that boundary which is right over top of observations. now, tornado intensity goes from ef-0 to ef-5. 0 can be up to 65 miles an hour. the one today had sustained winds in the entire mile of 200 miles an hour or stronger and the chopper caught the ending of the tornado. rarely do you see this. it

he asked monster to lower levels and monster says it's drinks are safe but the fda is investigating reportshat five people have died after consuming the drinks. the response from herera, quote, i intend to litigate to reform their marketing practices which i believe clearly violate california's consumer protection laws. >> all right. turning back to the fire danger we're experience gs around the bay area. >> three factors and ingredients. rising temperatures and dry conditions. and now, increasing winds. there is a look at live doppler 7 hd. a few thin, high clouds passing through the sky in association with this dry cold front. it's associated with winds we're experiencing with this front they're stronger. live view right now of the western sky, and we've got temperatures 64 degrees now in san francisco. 69 in oakland. nompblg live view of the golden gate bridge. you can see thin, high clouds. 85 degrees in santa rosa. 83 in livermore, 69 union city. flying out to take a look at our graphic rendering of downtown oakland. clear tonight. red flag warning in affect until 6:00 tomorrow evening

you're some scary monsters. some scary monsters? my philosophy is that, like our children, we're human, too. but we're also role models, and intense anger can frighten children. that's why it's particularly important for us to recognize and control our flash points, especially on those dark days when it seems like your children know just where and when to push all your wrong buttons. woman: that kind of hurts my feelings when you call me a monster. that makes me sad. you're still a monster. i'm sorry that you feel that way. you're a monster. what kinds of things get under your skin when you're working with children? which one of your buttons do they push that can send you over the edge? woman: they are. they're going to grow. you're right. stevie, you needed to just look at the plants. o.k., let's just sit down and look at them, o.k.? we're going to have to fix this plant and put all the dirt back. this--you may take a seat, samantha. man: first of all, you have to go into it with a lot of patience. and when that becomes short-lived

so do i think he's a monster? i think he's a human being who did monstrous things and we need to understand them, for many reasons. >> what are the aspects to his character that you have read or seen about in the last week that tell you that really, what's behind it is some sort of personality flaw, i guess. >> i wouldn't call it a personality flaw. i'm not going to diagnose him from this distance, as i always say, but let's talk about what's been revealed. this is somebody who has been abusing women since 1989. that's clear, that's in the record. he's been on probation, this is not the first time. this may very well be the escalation, the end point, of a long history of abusive behavior. >> how do you explain, though, xavier, the number of friends, even family who say -- >> because we ignore abuse. we ignore abuse. there are people in your life who you've run across, i bet, and the people listening to us, who know somebody who is an abuser but we ignore it because we stay ignorant to the warning signs. in all the

. >> you're watching monster beverage. >> suing monster saying marketing highly caffeinated drinks tosay the critical part is that the caffeine content was too high and the energy drink makers have to have caffeine content. >> any sniff of regulation for any industry is always a bad thing. monster's defense has been that monster beverages don't have much more caffeine than a cup of coffee and then you think why not have a cup of coffee. >> you have already seen a decline in sales growth. you have seen margins under pressure. again, those from the fundamental stand buoyant are ones you want to pay attention to. >> always see those rumors. >> let's talk about titanium dioxide. there are a few times that we are able to talk about this and i thought i would take the opportunity to talk about it. an ingredient which is used to increase the opasty of pant and plastics. typically used to make white paint more white. with any sort of producer, the issue is the falling price of tio 2. if we were able to chart it, it's not really a liquid market. >> i know you say that. >> if the prices have co

this monster is going to have to come to trial, unless he makes a deal. i hope this prosecutor throws the book at him. he needs to spend every day of the rest of his life in a jail. and these women are going to have to put up with it. that was elizabeth smart's biggest fear and she did incredibly well two days on the witness stand. i talked to her one day. she said my biggest fear, john, is that the jury, they'll find this guy insane and he'll be put into a mental institution and releases in four or five years. but thank god that jury, that jury will realize that he's just a horrible, coward pedophile. they sentence him to life without and elizabeth got her justice. those couple days she was on the witness stand were -- these women will have to go through this and get prepared mentally for this trial. >> john walsh, don't go anywhere. i want to get your take on how he's cases were handled and a neighbor cried tears of horror after police say what happened a few doors down. we'll have that emotional reaction. new car! hey! [squeals] ♪ [ewh!] [baby crying]

>> he's a goner. >> the monster is a goner. he left the door unlocked or whatever he did, whether he did it on purpose, maybe he wanted to get caught. maybe time was up. maybe he was inside too much and wanted to get caught. >> if you could talk to gina, michelle and amanda, what you would say? >> i would tell her i'm sorry that you had to go through this. i was thinking about these girls being missing and i'm just grateful that they're home and you know, out of that horrible house. i just tell them, i'm sorry for what ariel done. because, see, not much -- it's felix, i know him for a long time. and when i find out that ariel had gina, i just broke down. because it's shocking. ariel, we know this guy for a long time. >> this is gina's father? >> yes, felix. you've got his daughter? and you go around like nothing? you even went to the vigils? you had posters? you gave his mom a hug? and you've got his daughter captive? and do what people are saying? the police or whatever? >> who does that? >> yeah, who does that? >> monsters. >

monster says it's the unfairly single out by city attorney hererra who has questioned the safety of monstersergy drink. had he era asked monster to lower the caffeine level and add warning label to the can. monster claims the drink are safe for adults in moderation. food fda is investigating reports that 5 people have died after consuming energy drinks. the response late today from hererra i intend to lit gate this case axwres i feel in. to reform irresponsible marketing practices. >> more to bring you here this tuesday night. trail of terror. coming up. investigators link the boston bombers to over sea million ta tan. did they inspire the older brother? >> plus a wild police chase in los angeles. camera capture every crash. wait until you see how this thing ended. >> every time i'm in ♪ i do big blue and yell oychlt hear from young man come up with annan them for the golden state look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only wa

that includes monster's sponsor ship of preteen athletes. only the fda has over sight over its product. >>> 19-year-old rebel, a friend of the boston bombings suspect was released on bell today. he was charged with lying to investigators. phillip poe is faced up to 8 years if convicted >>> >>> lauren hill was sentenced to three months behind bars today with failing to file tax returns. former member of the fugee is sent to one year of -- hills already paid in full of the more than $970, 000 in back taxes and penalties. >>> senate voted today to pass a bill -- the prose as a whole would require retailers sell more than a million dollars merchandize online to collect state sales tax from all buyers. a handful of other e commerce retailers to collect taxes. >>> wall stret was mixed on a quiet day of tradeing after selling records that's week. wal-mart is the top company on the list of the largest revenues. while market has been number 1 for the past ten years. another bay area company, apple was number 6 on that for chan 500 tune 500 list. >>>

up next, monster beverage versus san francisco.ster sues after the city wants to ban marketing for kids. all energy drink energy -- industry may just want to grab as an ex. we will explain. can you ever have to much "money"? i doubt it. ♪ ♪ melissa: so, san francisco wants to stop monster beverage from marketing its energy beverage to kids. now mostar is striking back, suing the city saying it is violating the company's constitutional rights. the case and final results could have huge implications for the multibillion-dollar energy drink industry. joining me with more, defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. always nice to have you on the show. what you think? is said to still have a leg to stand on? >> this seems to be all the rage . you can't have a so the more than 20 or 24 ounces. the arguments, 312 oz. this lawsuit, it's 96 pages long. i think that the city attorney from sentences go is during a little grandstanding. monster comes right out and says the ground a starbucks as 360 milligrams of caffeine. our drink has wo

this comes at the fda investigate reports of deaths linked to monster beverages. agency said the reports to not approve the drinks cost any deaths. >> and al denys is responding says " i strongly disagree with monster legal contentions, and i intend to litigate it pleasantly to reform there is possible marketing business practices. with that lead clearly violate california's corporate tax and laws. >> let us take a look outside the ride for the toll plaza moving well. it is clear, windy, and dry and it will be hot today. more on that in a minute. wow, iw,'ve been claritin clear for 10 days!s! when yenour allergies start, doctdoors recommend taking one non-drowsy claritin every dayy duridung your allergy season for continuous relief. 18 day ds! 17 d17ays!s! days o. liveli claritin clear.r. every erday.y. >> the south bay peninsula ride still looks good. we still have the closure at highway 29 due to the fire. >> the time now is 5:31 a.m.. >> just driving here to the broccol berkeley hills area. its just dead and dry. this makes for an expose of a fire scene. this i

his own family calls him, quote, a monster.ut his lawyers say this. >> well, i think that the initial important trail by the media has been one of a, quote, monster, and that is not the impression that i got when i talked to him for three hours. >> not a monster? according to reuters, the base many where the three women were held had change coming from the wall and dog leashes from the ceiling. that have the women were restrain with duct tape in positions which led them with bedsores. today he is pleading not guilty. joining me from cleveland, tom meyer, the investigative reporter from wkyc who got the exclusive interview with castro's lawyers. tom, thanks for coming back on the show. >> good evening. >> what struck you most in your interview with the castro strategy? >> well, what struck me is that they met with them for three hours in isolation at county jail. they came away with the impression that castro is a regular guy. that everybody in this town and across the country is trying to demonize him before they know the entir

. >> here is a look at the monster tornado. a series hitting across oklahoma. it struck southwest of oklahoma city in the central part of the state. the danger still is not over tonight. right now a tornado watch remains in effect for most of the central and eastern part of the state. this comes after a series of tornadoes ripped across the region effecting states from the great lakes to texas. >> and we have just gotten updated. 51 people have been killed. many of those were children. that is updated numbers. our chief meteorologist bill martin has been tracking the conditions. this was a monster tornado, some cases two miles wide. incredible. >> that is what we are hearing. most of the tornadoes that touched down today, massive tornado outbreak but this one tornado, records -- based on the tornado, two miles wide. most tornadoes are thismassive. there is still activity going on tonight. more tornadoes are in the forecast. rotating storms can become severe. they can produce tornadoes. that is where we are now. this is the area, eastern oklahoma right now. seve

. >> the press sweeps into oklahoma following a monster twister. report ought death and destruction. some using the tragedy to push their agenda. has obama spin man jay carney found a new groove. >> before you decide somebody is culpable i think you need to get the facts. >> on the panel this week, judy miller, cal thomas, jim pinkerton, contributing editor to american conservative magazine and ellen ratner and grip ard grenell the spokesman to the last four ambassadors to the united nations. fox news watch is on right now. >>> i believe we must keep information secret that protects our operation and people in the field. to do so we must enforce consequences for those that break the law and breach their commitment to protect classified information. but a free press is also essential for our democracy. that is who we are and i'm troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable. >> jon: president obama attempting to quiet the backlash over his administration's spying on jour

our chief meteorologist has more on how today's monster storm roared to life. paul. >> it was a monster. it is hard to believe it was a mile wide. a series of tornadoes. there were a few dozen, but the one that did the damage was that ef-5 tornado over moore. it was on the ground for an hour and it was a mile wide with 200 mile per hour winds. how do storms like this form? you have to have warm and humid air on one side of a front, very cold, a much different air mass on the other side. you can get rather strong tornadoes that is exactly what happened today. here's video to show you of what that tornado looked like from cell phones. that is a monster storm. anything in its path was destroyed. here's the not so good thing. as we move forward, that same division of air masses is going to be there tomorrow. it is simply moving to the east. more large and deadly tornadoes are possible in arkansas and louisiana coming up tomorrow. we'll talk about our local forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> even season journalists had a hard time believing what they saw today

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what kind of monster does this? >> reporter: it's the question that haunts everyone, victims, police, an entire city. how did 52-year-old ariel castro become the monster that has horrified america? i found some of the answers on the back shelves of a corner grocery inside of the so-called house of horrors. here ariel's uncle tells me the castro family story. >> he was a sweet person. >> reporter: castro was born in a small rural town in puerto rico. his family came to cleveland when he was 6. he grew up on the city's near west side, a working class neighborhood where work was getting harder and harder to find. relatives say ariel was raised by his mother and didn't get along with his father. he dropped out of school in the tenth grade. ariel taught himself to play bass, and he joined a band, playing salsa and merengue in clubs around town. he was popular with band mates. that's where bianca cruz met him as a child. >> i remember going to concerts and spending time with the band backstage. >> friends saw two very dif

what kind of monster does this?covering his face in shame, ariel castro can't hide from the world now. what kind of person would do such a thing and how could he get away with it for so long? daisy cortez and her daughter bianca cruz knew ariel castro and joining me now. welcome to you both. daisy, if i may start with you, to put in context the background between you and ariel castro, you lived in cleveland from 1988 to 2005 and your late fiance, roberto, was the leader of the band that he played in, is that right? >> yes. yes. >> you got to know ariel castro well. what kind of man is he? >> well, i knew him through 2002, 2003, 2004, during this period. i was working in tv and radio, i was covering the story, and when i was attending the event with director of the band, i was having a lot of time to spend with him, too, during the break time. very normal person, very, you know, peaceful, relaxed, friendly, and to me, i'm in shock about all this news. i was sharing this story with him about the missing girls in cleve

when school lets out for a lot of kids, they can head directly to "monsters universe." billy crystal and goodman are back as mike and sully for the prequel to "monsters inc." >> those who love the first movie, they were 6, 7 years old. now they're in college. so are we. >> during this exclusive first look at the film the talented duo explained how it began with a little voiceover 101. you guys are going to take me through is when mike and sully first meet. >> what am i doing? james p. sullivan. >> listen, it was delightful meeting you. whatever that is. if you don't mind, i have to study my scaring. >> you don't study scaring. you just do it. >> that was awesome. >> it was funny because we started off separately recording us separately. somebody got the bright idea to bring us in together. and it just exploded. >> ready? one, two, three. >> it's crazy. somehow they'll catch a thing like this -- because i was the ultimate one-eyed catch. >> really? i think there's a little more to it than that. >> they were great fun to watch. to do, we do a lot of this. >> whoa. but you

san francisco's city attorney takes on monster beverages. in the lawsuit against the company filed yesterday, dennis herrera says monster is "unique" among energy drink makers in its aggressive marketing to young children. monster contends the city attorney "overstepped his authority" in trying to force the company to curb its marketing. the fda is placing a new hepatits c treatment by abbvie on the fast track. the drug- maker says the potential breakthrough cure is showing promise. the drug is in the third phase of clinical trial. currently there is no vaccine for hepatitis c. it pays to win, especially if you're involved with the bernie madoff case. lawyers and consultants have made an estimated $701 million off of the case. legal teams are still attempting to uncover over $17 billion lost throughout the massive ponzi scheme. most of the legal fees were paid to a single firm, while about $300 million went to dozens of other law firms. yum! brands is on the defense following a meat scandal in china. the owner of kfc and pizza hut says there

. >> a monster, hateful. i hope he roethlisberger in that jail. i don't even want them to take his life like that. i want him to suffer in that jail. to the last extent. i don't care if they even feed him, after what he's done to my life and my family's. >> i feel the same way. >> called a monster by his brother and today we're learning more about this monster. joining me now is the associated press reporter megan. thanks for being here. >> reporter: thanks for having me. >> i understand that you have reported on other family members who would agree that he's a monster. >> reporter: yes. i interviewed several of castro's ex-wife's relatives and they described him as a monster. they described a man who had a twisted sense of humor and a terrifying rage. they said castro beat his wife relentlessly, he shoved her down a flight of stairs, he broke her nose and ribs. on one occasion, he shoved her into a box and closed the cardboard flaps over her head. his wife was kept a prisoner in her own home. castro would lock the doors from inside so she couldn'

. >> how dare he, you know, put up this facade and be this monster, you know? i don't even think monster is a good enough word. >> this evening, fbi moved out boxes and tack lights inside. >> a horrifying ordeal. when we come back, a woman who suffered a similar ordeal. vrj soesh a >> if that story soundsly similar, dugard endured 18 years of captivity. top, she and her mere, terry, seched the hope award from the national center for missing and exploited children. >> i want to say what an amazing time to be talking about hope. stherp they were eventually rescued in 2009. >> another miracle happened yesterday and three girl alive. and i feel the same relief and joy that i felt when jaycee was returned to me safely after 18 hellish years. >> there are problems on the bay ridge. broken steel rods are raising concerns. is there more trouble that we don't know about? >> yeah, i don't want to hear anymore mistakes happening, you know. >> kind of worried. >> reporter: bay area drivers say snapping steel rods on the new bay bridge have them nervous. a problem jerry bro

monster disputes the safety concerns. last week monster sued herrera for demanding they lower the level of caffeine in their drinks and also to stop marketing to kids. >>> guess what, we're one step closer to an internetwide sales tax. senate passing its side of the bill last night. >> scott mcagree says it will make something as simple as selling a pack of gum far too complicated. >> "time" magazine says it might tax bubble gum as a candy, some as a candy, others food, others might not tax food at all. that would be one of the complications online retailers would face. say los gatos taxes differently, you would have all kinds of permutations ordering off the internet. as you mention, the senate has passed the bill which would force retailers to collect tax, but the house might not pass it. the house is controlled by republicans. they may not vote for a new tax. to be fair, it's not really a new tax. you're supposed to pay sales tax on everything you buy whether or not the retailer charges sales tax or not. you're suppose

and then that monster in mid michigan, rated ef-2, it was one of six confirmed tornadoes in michigan. ashley is relieved. her house was destroyed, but her

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in 2011 joplin was devastated by a monster twister that killed 158 people. joplin officials say they want to help others the way they were helped. >>> and more severe weather is threatening that disaster zone. >> accuweather's jim dickey has a look at what's ahead. >> good morning, john and diana. still tracking strong to severe thunderstorms here through these early morning hours. that line stretching from the great lakes all the way down back on to the plains watching storms reform here just off to the south of moore where a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 7:00 a.m. central time. this is likely where our action is going to start here for our tuesday. another active day on tap. same ingredients in place as we saw monday. drier air sweeping out of the deserts. a cool, dry air mass being brought in out of canada while humid air, deep moisture being drawn off the gulf of mexico. the three draw together, air explodes violently upwards and we see these strong thunderstorms form. tornadoes the threat around the arklatex. damaging winds as far north a

. >>> a monster lawsuit is brewing in san francisco. the monster beverage company is suing the city over demands the company reduce the amount of caffeine in its energy drinks. the attorney is unfairly singling it out when caffeine is readily available in other beverages including coffee. monster insist its products are safe. >>> now trending on ktvu.com, a two-year-old girl gets a life-saving operation in the u.s. thanks to stem cells. hannah warren was born without a windpipe and was unable to breathe, eat, drink or even swallow on her own, that is until earlier this month when doctors in illinois gave her a new artificial windpipe made from her own stem cells. this is video of hannah having her first taste of a lollip op. you can see much more by going to ktvu.com and clicking on hot topics section. >>> and new details about attempted poisoning at a south bay starbuks. neighbors of the suspect expressed shock about her arrest. >>> warm, dry, and turning windy. coming up, which areas are looking at heightened fire danger, how long it'

my father is a monster.s for the very first time. >>> so first jodi arias is put on suicide watch after her murder conviction and now she's in the psych ward. what prompted this move? that is coming up. good morning, everyone. welcome to this special edition of "early start." >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. i'm live in cleveland, ohio. it is friday, may 10th. it is 6:00 a.m. in the east, and it's shocking new details this morning about the private hell that these three women suffered for ten long years inside this house of horrors right behind me on seymour avenue. prosecutors say aeririel castro operated a private prison, torture chamber inside his home. he's being held on $8 million bond. he is charged with kidnapping and rape. an aggravated murder charge could come next. this is for the alleged killing of all the fetuses. and a cnn exclusive this morning, the daughter that is closest to ariel castro speaking out about the charges against her father. listen to angie gregg describe the moment when she learned

>> monsters. >> people that have no heart. they feel no heart, no feelings, dead. >> onil, the same thing? >> same thing. i just want also the families to get the justice to the fullest extent. and i don't want ever, ever to see anything like that happen to anybody in this world. i know that it's happening and we have no control over it, but if i can do something about it, i will. to stop something like that, i would never let anything like that happen, go onto my worst enemy. this has tore my heart apart. this has killed me. i am a walking corpse right now. and there's god up there that knows. god's up there and knows that me and pedro are innocent on this. we didn't have the slightest idea of this going on. >> why are you talking to me? >> i wanted the world to know that i did nothing such, i am innocent. like i said, if i'd known anything, i would not keep my mouth shut. i would have done something because i can't believe that ariel was committing such a hateful crime for this long amount of time. acted like nothing happen

this guy loves the m word monster or monstrous. that's all he calls christians.sn't that make him a religious bigot. isn't he blinded by the fact that he is fighting islamophobia while doing christian phobia. >> bob: you use the word monster a lot too. >> only when describing you in a lovable way. >> bob: i think this is as dana point out. when i was in the white house too you have real fruit cakes come in there to make their pitch. >> dana: particularly the carter white house. >> bob: yeah, particularly the carter white house. there are maybe element of the christian movement on the very fringe but i think it's a little dangerous to be speaking about this as christian monsters is a pretty indictable offense as far as i'm concerned. and any time you use -- take a whole religion like christianity and you paint it in that kind of -- with was an incidence where the military was so indoctrinated in political correctness that that they could not identify even when he told them specifics how he was going to kill. they did nothing about it so i'm wondering if he can get

this is a monster system that has touched down a few miles west of wichita.ou hearing any reports of anything damaged in that area? >> no, i have not heard of any reports of anything damaged in that area and my fire chief and police chief and the people that we have in our emergency center have not reported anything. currently i'm outside kind of looking at the damages. >> i can hear the wind! i can hear it. >> looking at the damage in the neighborhood and the neighbors are walking back and forth down the street trying to see how much damage was done to various different homes. it is just we are not hearing that there has been any damage with the exception of we had some structure, trees that fell on homes and power lines that are down. i think i heard over the scanner that one power line had fell on top of a car with a family inside of it but the family is safe. >> mayor brewer, we are about to run into a commercial break. stay tight. we'll be he right back. thank you. [ male announcer ] this is betsy. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthr

>> monster, hateful. i hope he rots in that jail. i don't even want them to take his life like that. i want him to suffer in that jail. to the last extent. i don't care if they even feed him, what he has done to my life and my family's. >> i feel the same way. >> martin savidge will join us with his exclusive interview later this hour. let you know what you think. there's a lot ahead. follow me on twitter. i will tweet throughout the hour. >>> next up, our breaking news. the associated press reporting the justice department secretly collected the phone records of a lot of reporters and editors. the a.p. just going public with what it calls a massive and unprecedented intrusion. we will take a look at what could be behind this. we'll also take a closer look, also ahead, the verdict in the trial of a philadelphia abortion doctor accused of first degree murder. it's monday. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure,

day weekend filled with funerals here in moore, oklahoma, 24 people died here last week when the monster twister hit. ten of those victims were children. today, president obama met with storm survivors. he got an upclose and personal look of the destruction, homes that were wiped off the man when the ef-5 tornado tore through this oklahoma city suburb just after 3:00 p.m. last monday. the president touched down this afternoon and spent about four hours on the ground. >> this area is known more than its share of heartbreak but people here pride themselves on the oklahoma standard, what the governor called being able to work through disasters like this and come out stronger on other side. that what we have been seeing this week. from the forecasters who issued the warnings to the first responders who dug through the rubble, to the teachers who shielded with their own bodies, their students, oklahomans have inspired us with their love and their courage. >> homeland security secretary napolitano was here meeting with state and local governors including the oklahoma governor fallin offering f