. >> biles is from springing texas, just north of houston -- spring, texas, just north of for her. she won four gold medals and one projection. >>> soon you'll have the option of taking -- bronze. >>> soon you'll have the option of taking the train to winter park ski resort. the train ran from 1940 until 2009 but was discontinued over cost. amtrak is now partnering with the resort to bring the train back. winter park will announce details about train times and tickets tomorrow. i'm excited about riding this this season. >> you have to go never done it. just go to do it one time. ski season is not here yet, but still we can plan early, right, kathy? >> it certainly feels closer. >> it would be so fun and it does make you think about skiing. a chill in the air and some beneficial moisture, something we could definitely use. >>> outside now most of the rain has ended in the city. cloud cover and fog. up in loveland they're getting ready, just a few weeks away from opening day. it's such a pretty pictures. you'll be able to see those snow capped peaks driving into work tomorrow. 68 deg

. >> biles is from springing texas, just north of houston -- spring, texas, just north of houston where they had a parade she won four gold medals and one projection. >>> soon you'll have the option of taking -- bronze. >>> soon you'll have the option of taking the train to winter park ski resort. the train ran from 1940 until 2009 but was discontinued over cost. amtrak is now partnering with the resort to bring the train back. winter park will announce details about train times and tickets tomorrow. i'm excited about riding this this season. >> you have to go if you've ski season is not here yet, but still we can plan early, right, kathy? >> it certainly feels closer. >> it would be so fun and it does make you think about skiing. a chill in the air and some beneficial moisture, something we could definitely use. >>> outside now most of the rain has ended in the city. the roads are cloud cover and fog. up in loveland they're getting ready, just a few weeks away from opening day. it's such a pretty pictures. you'll be able to see those snow capped peaks driving into work tomorrow. 68 deg

. >> but while this is big news for voters in north carolina, texas and wisconsin, 13 other states still have voting restrictions on the books for the first time ever in a presidential election. joining me now is johnson. co-director of the voting rights project at the lawyers committee for civil rights and zachary roff. national reporter for msnbc digital. he's author of the new book on voting rights, the great suppression. thank you both for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you. >> so some big wins but still we have a lot of fights a head. what should voters in those 13 states expect in november? >> they can expect that when

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prince ending his career in north texas but remembers great times in both detroit and milwaukee. especially milwauke, that's where i started out. that's what got me here. without those two teams and cities, i wouldn't be here and wouldn't have this time. this time. closer to home... chase anderson on the mound tonight. he's coming off a loss in arizona but a quality start then to go along with two wins before that no-decision. joel de la cruz on the other side for atlanta. 7:10 the start from miller park. longtime sports anchor john saunders has died. saunders was a fixture on espn programming for 30 years. his cause of death not immediately known. saunders is his wife and two daughters. he was 61 years old. we'll be feingold: that's my grandfather with a brand new truck. it was one of the first to come out of this plant in 1923. but today, too many good manufacturing jobs are shipped away because of a tax code that actually rewards companies for exporting jobs. let's close the corporate loopholes- that will save taxpayer money and help business create jobs here. i'm russ feingol

officers arrested fred barlow on tuesday night on north texas street. the 61-year-old suspicious behavior he charged at officers. he appeared to be intoxicated and he took him to the solano county jail. in the jail barlow got involved in a struggle with the jail staff and had an unknown medical emergency. paramedics took him to a medical hospital where he died. >> new at 11:00, the sheriff investigators say a passenger in this jeep grand cherokee fired a bb gun out of the window and hit a person in the head. the sheriff's office released pictures of the jeep taken from a surveillance camera. it happened around 8:00 at east 14th street in san leandro. another incident happened a few minutes later. the jeep has tinted windows and chrome wheels and the first number of the license plate is seven. >>> a millionaire tech mogul plans to appeal his sentence. abc news was at the halve justice as the judge sentenced shahal to a year in county jail. the founder of start ups of click agents and blue lithium was labeled the most eligible bachelor. he pled guilty to

. >>> a north texas second grade teacher to parents about her viral. here is the letter parents received. she explains research has been unautomobile to prove that student performance so she would not be formally assigning homework this year. >> take what you have learned in the classroom. apply it outside of the classroom. that is what i hope they are doing. i hope they go outside and go home and use it. >> and, instead of homework, the teacher suggested parents spend their evenings eating dinner as a reading together. playing outside. here is an idea. getting to bed early. >>> well the rain coming down here in hula bay. 79 degrees. temperature was 92 degrees about a minute ago. four one-hundredths in the way of precipitation. that's a good way of seeing showers. these continue to push to the southeast. no rain at this location. clouds. boiling clouds. mostly well west of the location. a southwest wind, the rainfall two one-hundredths. at the loews don cesar, awaiting some showers. the northeasterly flow adds a little extra heat. highs 92 to 93. in th

north carolina's voter i.d. law. >> a appeals court ruled that texas's strict voter i.d. law and it means that everyone had been able to vote in wisconsin this november whether they have an i.d. or not. >> but while this is big news for voters in north carolina, texas and wisconsin, 13 other states still have voting restrictions on the books for the first time ever in a presidential election. joining me now is johnson. co-director of the voting rights project at the lawyers committee for civil rights and zachary roff. national reporter for msnbc digital. he's author of the new book on voting rights, the great suppression. thank you both for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you. >> so some big wins but still we have a lot of fights a head. what should voters in those 13 states expect in november? >> they can expect that when they get to the polls they're likely to be asked for iflt d. and to know that they have the i.d. that's required. each of these 13 states had restricted i.d.s. they're not the same across the board so they need to be prepared and before

ever done and it's not something that is done very often"now the remains are at the university of north texas- at a lab- one of only 9 in the country- that specializes in extracting dna from buried remains. the lab operates under a federal grant, making it a cost-effective choice for kenosha co. often favored by a lot of agencies because it's at no cost to the agency." todd matthews is the director of case management and communications for the national missing and unidentified persons systems or namus.while infant cases are tricky becasue there are no fingerprint or dna records, matthews says there's a good chance dna ?will be? extracted from the remains "the likelihood is very high"// "long leg bones arm bones are the ideal place to get the dna, and they have a very good track record of getting that according to both matthews and local dna expert- professor fred anapol of uwm- a lot of it depends on the conditions in which the remains were found. including remains -- the "the factors are going to be the weather. if it's a cool climate, there's not going to be that rapid of decomposition. how

southwest finding its way into the midsection of the country, a few storms across the pan handle of north texas, some flooding i florida with three to four inches of rain in a couple of days down there. in fact, the totals are gone right now, but in orlando 77 hundredths of an inch, wichita 95 hundredths of an inch. they just had an inch of rain the other day, so they are about as wet as they want to be at the present time. overnight, 82 degrees, 99 degrees for tomorrow as those temperatures react a little bit to that moisture coming from the south, and 91 on wednesday as javier gets the moisture in here. and then we are back to triple digits by friday. >>> well, it could very well be a starting wide receiver on most any other team in the nfl, the story of jer ron brown. we are going to talk a little cards plus brandon williams making a little bit of an impact as well, plus the latest news >>> you're watching fox 10 sports with jue lacava in hd. >>> this is about the time at a little antsy, when players would like to see someone other than a teammate lined up on the other side of the ball, a ti

. >> reporter: this is the note a north texas second grade teacher passed out to parents. the homework policy, there is no homework. instead, the teacher wants kids to eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside, go to bed early. she says studies have not been able to prove homework improves performance at school. >> i thought it was good. >> if we have to bother him doing homework and spend 30, 45 minutes reading and on the computer just so he can finish his assignment, there is really little or no time to spend time as a >> i think homework keeps students prepared, organized, and ready for college. >> they need to go over what they have learned in school earlier in the day and make sure they understand it. >> i think you can do both. you can do homework first and then you can have time with your kids or you can do both at the same time. >> there are many studies that have found that homework has almost no benefit for elementary and middle school students. you start to see the benefits when kids reach high school. >>> hundreds of people have commented on this post

ever done and it's not something that is done very often"now the remains are at the university of north texas- at a lab- one of only 9 in the country- that operates under a federal grant, making it a cost-effective choice for kenosha co. "i think it's often favored by a lot of agencies because it's at no cost to the agency." todd matthews is the director of case management and communications for the national missing and unidentified persons systems or namus.while infant cases are tricky becasue there are no fingerprint or dna records, matthews says there's a good chance dna ?will be? extracted from the remains "the likelihood is very high" "long leg bones arm bones are the ideal place to get the dna, and they have a very good track record of getting that dna""yeah, i'm sure they're going to find some dna" according to both matthews and local dna expert- professor fred anapol of uwm- a lot of it depends on the conditions in which the remains were found. including ?if? the person had a proper burial which in this case baby john doe, did. but the environment also plays a role. 3 "the factors are

officers arrested fred barlow on tuesday night on north texas street. the 61-year-old suspicious behavior he charged at officers. he appeared to be intoxicated and he took him to the solano county jail. in the jail barlow got involved in a struggle with the jail staff and had an unknown medical emergency. paramedics took him to a medical hospital where he died. >> new at 11:00, the sheriff investigators say a passenger in this jeep grand cherokee fired a bb gun out of the window and hit a person in the head. the sheriff's office released pictures of the jeep taken from a surveillance camera. it happened around 8:00 at east 14th street in san leandro. another incident happened a few minutes later. the jeep has tinted windows and chrome wheels and the first number of the license plate is seven. >>> a millionaire tech mogul plans to appeal his sentence. abc news was at the halve justice as the judge sentenced shahal to a year in county jail. the founder of start ups of click agents and blue lithium was labeled the most eligible bachelor. he pled guilty to

. >> reporter: the dna will be sent to the university of north texas. no word when the results will come back. >>> caught on camera, a holy hold-up in arkansas. pastor accused of robbing a convenience store. you can see on the surveillance counter with his shirt over his face and demanding cash there. when the clerk refuses, a robber said it was a joke and then he leaves. about an hour later police say the same pastor robbed a nearby walmart store, that store clerk says he can't believe this all happened. >> i'm actually a passenger. i don't know any passenger that would play that kind of sick joke. rich enjoying family time at a local resort. >> green grarks a lot of clearing and stuff and if it gets close we'll leave. >> reporter: this woman lives more than an hour south but rushed up she heard about the fire. >> our friends called us on their honeymoon and said there was a fire at the ranch. so me and about five other of us drove up here to get all their trucks and trailers and horses try to get the cows move somewhere safe. >> police hoping they sta

. >> would you ever show your mother the north texas message ? >> -- text messages? >> no. >> reporter: here is the sample of the text, super flue some [beep] on your face, blue [beep] and then andrew tells me he got a threatening phone call. >> he said this is the denver because d. p.d. said so when he called to report the threats. so if you ever have a road rage issue with a licensed truck, you can always report the d. o.t. number to this federal site which we have linked to you on this story on the denver 7 app. >> that was a story. thank you, marshall. >>> and the gridlock on i-25, do you see it was just approved for the project, and that's -?just for a study. it will look at upgrades >>> help from colorado is on the way to louisiana after the defer stating, historic -- devastating, historic floods. the red cross calls this one of the biggest reresponses since -- responses since hurricane sandy. >>> in louisiana more than 10,000 people have had tt evacuate their homes and the red cross opened 50 shelters. >>> well, some scattered showers moving through peak. here

helped open up the mean greens dining hall at the university of north texas. she is awesome. we are in the process of hiring another chef and more folks who share a passion for saving animals, as all of you do. in addition to universities and working with k-12 school districts, the government, and more. politico recently said that the humane society of the united states is hitting the meat industry where it hurts. they are convincing institutions to cut the amount of meat they are serving, and it is working. [applause] botts: none of this would be possible without all of you. we are making the world better place one plate at a time. [applause] >> ken botts, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is martin rowe. i am going to be your moderator this evening. this part of the planner is entitled effective strategies for farm animals. it, am calling mansplaining ending factory farming. if anyone found a lost silver macbook, please contact me after the plannery. martika or contact clare staples on facebook. i will leave that information at the information desk. silver macba l

. >> in a north texas town , the teacher, not so much of a fan either. story is taking off. >> it's a story first reported in fort worth, texas and now it's gone viral. if you are a home work hater, you will give this teacher's policy an a-plus. this is a note passed out the parents, the policy, no home work. instead, the teacher wants kids to eat dinner as a family together, play outside and go to bed early. she says studies have not been able to prove home work improves performance at school. >> i thought it was something good. >> reporter: in the district, mom alexandra, wishes her son could spend time with the family each day. >> spend 30, 45 minutes reading and on the computer to finish assignments, there is little or no time to spend time as a family. i think home work keeps students prepared, organized and ready for college. >> reporter: local mom, beth casey, says family time is important. she says home work is important too, for her young son. >> they need to go over what they learned in school earlier and make sure they understand it. >> you can

in north houston, texas. police followed the vehicle for miles..... until the truck crosses an intersection... is hit by a car... and then.... it slams into another truck. scene.... with guns drawn. a devistating accident in killeen, texas. one person was killed when the gasoline tanker exploded.. and a ball of fire engulfed both vehicles.. then spread to a convenience store. some nearby homes had to be evacuated. the flames also destroyed a fire truck. chopper -13- fast and first on the scene..... when a transformer..... at "the river mountains water treatment facility".... caught fire.... this morning.... it caused the facility to briefly... shut down. on what happened. marissa intro the facility is back up and running now-- officials here said they shut it down for safety reasons-- take vo after the transformer caught fire earlier this morning. chopper 13 was fast and first over the scene-- you can see how much smoke was above the facility this morning. according to a representative with the treatment facility-- the call came into fi c explosion--

he is a graduate of richardson high school right here in north texas. [applause] please think an opportunity to introduce yourself to steve during the intermission. is my pleasure to invite the president and ceo of the george w. bush presidential center to the podium. he will introduce our first panel discussion. mr. ken hirsch. [applause] ken hirsch: thank you very much. the performance from the dallas theater center, i want to thank joel farrell. and all the great performers for that treat. also the charming and witty chair, julie hirsch. [applause] i was born at night but not last night. the bush center is a special place. this is my first week on the job. it is a little bit humbling to present tonight is very humbling panel. i want to thank even more than the fuel to prizewinners, the absolute wonderful public servants who have helped and served this country in summary capacities. i want to thank haley barbour, the former governor of mississippi. general michael hayden the former director of the cia. leon panetta, the former secretary of defense. am

. >> reporter: ca at a north texas grocery store, when he saw a woman crying. he walked up to the stranger and offered to help. to brighten her day, he paid for the woman's groceries and told her she was beautiful and made her smile. then he walked away. casey is a server at arple b ee's. later that night, a family member walked in, completely u nconnected to the whole thing. they ordered one flavored water, worth everybody 37 cents. cheapest thing on the menu. then left a $500 tip and a note. >> casey, i want to thank you for being the person you are. on one of the most depressing days of the year, the death of my father's three-year anniversary, you made my mother's day wonderful. >> casey didn't know it, but that $17 grocery bill he paid obviously was worth so much m ore. >>> still ahead, a local wrestler picks up some olympic gold. >> and an errant elbow leads to a redo for u.s. runners in rio. >>> thousands of wastewater. that sounds sanitary. >> spilling into a creek in prince george's county. >>> and right after the break, residents try to salvage what i

this front will stay mostly north. texas, you'll see a lot of rain, austin, 3 or 5 or more. flash flood watches out for that part of texas through sunday. also severe weather potentially across parts of northern michigan, chicago, i think you'll see some showers. this has very fall-like air behind it so it'll start to feel country. >> thank you. so much pain on the ground in louisiana and donald trump is now leaping into the fray touching down in the disaster zone and taking aim at president obama. this as the candidate deals with another campaign shake-up. chairman paul manafort is out and abc's mary bruce is on the story from our l.a. bureau. mary, good morning to you. >> good morning, well, dan, trump's never fit the mold of a traditional campaign but he's left without a single top adviser who has e latest makeover. this morning trump's campaign chairman is out. paul manafort resigning amid a massive campaign shake-up tanking polls and controversy about his ties to russia. >> i think my father didn't want to be distracted by whatever things that paul was dealing with. >>

. >>> a north texas couple is suing the maker of crocks after their toddler's foot got caught in an escalator. it tore off an extensive section of skin requiring emergency surgery. it claims the crocs are poorly shutting down. it's due to the invasion of privacy lawsuit by hulk hogan. it filed for bankruptcy. peter thiel revealed his private campaign against the site. this week gawker agreed to sell itself to june vision. >> and uber is rolling out self-driving cars in pittsburgh. they will be able cars with a smart phone app. the cars will come with human backup drivers to handle any unexpected situations because uber is still testing the service, and the rides will be free. >>> twitter has launched its own war on terror. they have suspended more than 2 00,000 accounts for terror related activity. it follows a string of recent attacks around the world. after facing accusations of not doing enough to stop terrorism on its network, twitter more than 80% since last year. >>> and back to the olympics. an american has held onto the title of the world's greatest athlete. >> acht >> ashton eaton. a

. >>> a north texas couple is suing the maker of crocs after their toddler's foot got caught in an escalator. according to the lawsuit, the escalator tore off an extensive section of skin requiring emergency surgery. it claims the crocs are poorly designed. crocs says it does not comment on pending legislation. privacy lawsuit by hulk hogan. guamer filed for bankruptcy after it was ordered to pay hogan $140 million in damages for publishing a sex video. and billionaire peter thiel revealed his private campaign against the site. this week gawker agreed to sell to see univision. >>> and uber is rolling out self-driving cars in pittsburgh. people will be able to the cars with a smart phone app. the cars will come with human backup drivers to handle any unexpected situations because uber is still testing the service, and the rides will be free. >>> twitter has launched its own war on terror. the website has suspended me than 200,000 accounts for terror-related activity. the spike in suspensions follows a string of recent attacks around the world. after facing accusations of not doing enough to s

all across the country, whether it be georgia, north carolina, texas, over and over again, the naacp has been in the lead on this issue with partners. make no mistake, we stand with partners, but we have to be clear about this. marched in alabama to washington, d.c., on what we call america's journey for justice, 1004 miles in the heat of the summer. why? we were pushing for the reform and the protection of divine voting rights act in terms of the voting rights advancement act. this organization has given more sacrifice in terms of securing the franchise. that their question here is, where are we with respect to this presidential campaign? we reached out to both candidates. we have asked them to debate the issues. we have engaged in twitter storms. we have petitioned certainly the debate commissions to put the right questions on the agenda. during the primary season, we pushed for these candidates to debate the issues of not just black america are african-american america, but america in terms of our civil rights agenda, and we continue to press the case. as we enter into the final d

in the texas and north carina cases the jedges, the district court judge in north carolina, the dissentings in texas, they pointed out that the plaintiffs in those cases could not couple with a single witness in either case that was going to be unable to vote because of the voter i.d. laws. charles: a little bit of a better day for the stock market, helped by oil. my stock market report coming up. you don't want to miss it. charles: $400 million in all kinds of foreign currency in iran as four american hostages were being released, all at the same time. and my gum and it was uncomfortable. just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. super poligrip is part of my life now. charles: the dow in the midst of a 7-day losing streak coming in this morning. the good news is it was the smallest loss for a 47 day losing streak. there is one thing that's clear in is a lot of anxiety out there. we have an earnings recession. a tepid job market. then the ceo kate spade made and remark, they missed earnings badly. the reason why, several factors contribute to our second quarter

heavy rain is a threat in eastern and north central texas. >>> if you're flying you can expect airport delays in houston, dallas, memphis and washington, d.c. >>> a 12-year-old girl is at the center of a social media firestorm because what she did over her summer vacation. >> she is a skilled big game hunter. despite a flood of criticism they are unapologetic. >> reporter: a 12-year-old hunter from utah under fire after posting these images on social media posing with a giraffe, zebra killed while hunting with her dad in africa. >> it's something i cherish and enjoy and want other people to see what i've experienced. >> reporter: they took the hunting trip last week. one of many over the past five years. they say all hunts were legal. but online outrage, some c arya aryanna sick and an animal hater. some are defending the father/daughter duo writing let the haters hate, hunt away, ariana. >> we'll never apologize for being a hunter. >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> there's new details on the armed robbery of ryan lochte and three u.s. swimming teammates in rio. lochte s

he is a graduate of richardson high school right here in north texas. [applause] please take an opportunity to introduce yourself to steve during the intermissions tonight and tomorrow and look at the carb of sketches that he will be developing throughout the program. [applause] is my pleasure to invite the president and ceo of the george w. bush presidential center to the podium. mr. ken hersh. [applause] ken hersh: thank you very much, keven. the performance from the dallas theater center, i want to thank joel farrell. and all the great performers for that treat. also the charming and witty chair, julie hirsch. she is also here tonight that had absolutely nothing to do with the performance, but we absolutely have to recognize her for her attendance this evening. [applause] i was born at night but not last night. the bush center is a special place. this is my first week on the job. it is a little bit humbling to present tonight is very humbling panel. i want to thank even more than the pew lis zer prize winner who's are with us tonight, the absolutelyl