wind gusts and hail in the texas panhandle.ome fog on i-5, from los angeles north. >> it's a good day for air travel with delays possible only in atlanta and new orleans. >>> some disturbing, new details emerging this morning surrounding the kidnapping of southern california teenager, hannah anderson. >> we're learning more about hannah's dealings with the suspect before she was abducted. and what those horrifying final moments may have been like for her mother and brother. unsealed search warrants are painting a grisly scene at the home of the andersons' long-time friend, james dimaggio. they say hannah's mother and 8-year-old brother were tortured before killed and the house was set on fire. a crowbar and what appears to be blood found near christina anderson's head. even the family's dog, shot dead. earlier this week, hannah's father acknowledged it would be a tough road ahead. >> as for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. she has been through a tremendous horrific ordeal. >> reporter: in her postings on the socia

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severe storms around the texas panhandle. scattered showers from south dakota to minnesota. thunderstorms for much of the east coast. and in the west, from new mexico, to colorado. >> mostly 80s in the rockies. 70s in the upper midwest. 90s in t the southeast. 80s from boston to atlanta. >>> still ahead, a star-studded dispute. which actor left the movie set because he wasn't getting $3 million for less than a week of work? >>> plus, an international manhunt is under way, after investigators say a teenage girl was abducted from her own home. this morning, the plea from her father. >>> and reducing the risk of dementia. what doctors are saying about a connection between alzheimer's and your blood sugar level. >>> and welcome back. a new day brings new trouble for another megabank. this time, jpmorgan chase. the biggest u.s. bank says it's facing a criminal probe by the justice department over bad mortgages. it admits that investigators have concluded that the bank violated securities laws. this comes just one day after we learned that the government is suing bank of america.

severe storms around the texas panhandle. scattered showers from south dakota to minnesota. thunderstorms for much of the east coast. and in the west, from new mexico, to colorado. >> mostly 80s in the rockies. 70s in the upper midwest. 90s in the southeast. 80s from boston to atlanta. >>> still ahead, a star-studded dispute. which actor left the movie set because he wasn't getting $3 million for less than a week of work? >>> plus, an international manhunt is under way, after investigators say a teenage girl was abducted from her own home. this morning, the plea from her father. >>> and reducing the risk of dementia. what doctors are saying about a connection between alzheimer's and your blood sugar level. >>> and welcome back. a new day brings new trouble for another megabank. this time, jpmorgan chase. the biggest u.s. bank says it's facing a criminal probe by the justice department over bad mortgages. it also admits that investigators have already concluded that the bank violated securities laws. this comes just one day after we learned that the government is suing bank o

as we continue to travel further to the east, central portions of the southern panhandle and tracking plume of moisture newer new orleans. now back to you. >>> thank you very much. it is incop receivable that a son could finish writing his father's last novel. had he finished before his death, it would be his 46th novel. salinger died at 87 years of age after suffering from a stroke. >>> and one of the great mysteries may soon be solved. we may now know what j.d. salinger was working on for the last 15 years of his life. there will be at least five additional books to be released, possibly drawing on his world war ii experiences and interest in eastern russia. the last salinger novel was released in 1960, "the catcher in the rye". he died in 1981. >>> the first lady was the 18th annual arthur ashe recipient of the award at the u.s. open for her efforts to get people physically involved. after doing push-ups with the tonight show host, if she were to pick up a tennis racquet, she would probably be very good at that also. that is it for al-jazeera america. we will have more news at the

that's where you're going to see heavy rains swamping parts of the florida panhandle and areas along the gulf coast. the rains are even saturating areas as far north as the carolinas where some roads there under two feet of water this weekend. i want to bring in chad meyers to talk about all the severe weather. dan simon is in idaho. chad, i want to start off with you here. this is crazy. it's insane to see this extreme weather throughout the country. you're looking at the florida panhandle where it doesn't seem to let up. >> if you had a weekend vacation in panama city, you didn't have a good time. ten inches of rain in about 48 hours from friday night to sunday night. it just never stopped raining. i got a couple new things from noaa. philadelphia, these are the wettest six months ever on record for these cities. the rain continues. we have this stationary front. fm it just will not move. where it's been raining it continues to rain and it's not going to change today and it's not going to change tomorrow. over the weekend we had a little tropical connection too. that storm could ha

they're right into maryland, panhandle of west virginia.eather headlines for today, it's going to be warm and muggy and we do expect to see som

i was panhandling on the streets for drug >>> reality starlet alexis neiers had become, in many ways, the symbol of the bling ring, or at least the one with the most face time. >> did you guys see it? >> the only defendant in the case whose arrest was dramatized on her own reality show. >> at first, i was like, is this -- is this the producers playing a trick on us? are they trying to get some extra drama going here? what did we do last night that could have been bad? >> you might think getting arrested was the low point of alexis' life. but she says she's actually already hit bottom. >> i wasn't living at home with my family. i was living at a best western on franklin and vine, doing drugs every day, all day long. i was panhandling on the streets for drug money. >> it wasn't the life anyone had envisioned for the pretty brunette growing up in the affluent l.a. suburb of oak park. both parents worked in the entertainment industry. mom was a former lingerie model. >> i was definitely not a conventional mother. >> andrea is alexis' mom. >> my daughter grew up with incense burning in the

the texas panhandle, a big bulk of oklahoma. the difference between today's forecast and yesterday, we were looking for the weather in missouri. that's the relief i can give you knowing you are not going to have the severe thunderstorms. more rain in the forecast today. all the way through saturday night, this is the troublemaker. here is the cold front. slowly and i mean slowly making its way across. with that, all the moisture pooling up out of the gulf brings heavy showers in the northeast. watch the timing of this. how fast it goes and whether it stalls out. it will impact the rain we are seeing the next several days into the northeast. here is what we know about the southeast. forecasting heavy rain. two to three inches. atlanta, one to two inches. now the northeast, we are going to see, it depends on where the heavier thunderstorms are. there are place that is won't see much. if you get the heavy downpour, you have a threat for flooding. >> thanks for the warning, we appreciate it. >>> a wildfire is raging out of control a

it is like when i see a guy who is panhandling and he is really good at it. like, jesus, if you applied that kind of an ingenuity in your panhandling to something else you would probably be a billionaire. >> i was walking down the street and saw this guy in new york city. it was awhile back before i moved to the great state of idaho and there was a guy with a cardboard sign with a chair and it said i willisen to your problems for $3. that's a brilliant idea. >> then why did you kick me in the face? you could have moved on your merry way, but you had to harass me. >> andy, i remember the time when a bunch of your cats actually worked together to steal your car and drive it to new jersey because you hadn't been feeding them for awhile. it was quite an achievement. >> do you have a question that has to do with the story, greg? you know what, i don't need a question. this is what i will say -- >> are you beginning with here is the thing? >> no. >> what is your favorite cat? >> the thing is, greg, i don't know if you noticed this, but the exended up having to pay

an idea of how much falls, well, 2 to 3 inches in the panhandle and parts of the gulf. more in the nation's weather. for now, back to bianna. >> i still can't get over the images of the fire tornados. thank you. >>> turn overseas to egypt. a key american ally. that interim prime minister is considering disbanding the must -- the muslim brotherhood, enraging protesters. hundreds believed to be killed in the last week alone. now there's concern over the fate of pricelesantiquities being destroyed at the country's museums. mohammed lila is keeping a close eye on the developments from cairo. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. the muslim brotherhood is continuing its defiance, announcing more protest marches, all set to begin within the next few hours. this morning, cairo woke up to this, the heaviest police presence we have seen in days. the army's armored vehicles on every major street, even guarding tahrir square, so central to the democratic revolution two years ago. it comes as the ongoing violence continues to spiral out of control, with angry civilians now taking up a

a little too much rain in the southeast, as more showers and storms coming in in the panhandle of floridaattered flood warnings in effect, and look at the predicted rainfall, still heavy over some of that area. so we're expecting to see more flooding across the southeast. not much rain in the forecast here to the northeast, although there is some rain around there today. that rain will clear out, and this is cooler air that is moving in. minneapolis is 80, 79 in chicago. the cooler air will be pushing south and southeast. our temperatures will be dropping in the northeast, not before they warm up to 80 degrees today. and then showers and storms moving through washington, d.c., and that will be followed by cooler air. 87 and dropping to 80, 81, and 84 saturday sunday and monday. the weekend looks pretty good, because this is low humidity and comfortable temperatures. richelle. >> thank you very much. i'm richelle carey be sure to visit aljazeera.com to stay on top of all of the day's news, and keep it here for "people and power," that is up next. thank you so much for your time. do have a

the panhandle of florida still has some. again, statered thunderstorms. adding on to what you have already been saturated with if the last week or so. really, the whole summer because that's been the pattern. temperatures cooler along the stationary front. some places like atlanta had record low high temperatures, really, really cool. >> this weather report has been brought to you by nutella. and i always get that wrong. record cool high is how you should say it. or record minimum maximum. >> record minimum maximum? try saying that three times fast. right? >> it's like the cloud quiz yesterday. i don't get it. >> how do you say it? it's been really cold in the southeast. >> thank you, ginger. >>> coming up on "good morning america," the fight to keep an african dictator's son from keeping one of michael jackson's iconic gloves. why the u.s. government is leading the fight. >>> and we're chilling out, and why not? it's national soft ice cream day. i bet you didn't know that. our salute to america's favorite dessert is coming up. yum. to america's favorite

we have heavy rain already falling across the panhandle of florida. look at the torrential downpours from louisiana to the panhandle of western florida. it's the moisture coming off the gulf of mexico. other than that, the rest of the country is nice. low humidity, upper >>> well, the humidity has found its way to the bay area this morning. we have 50s and 60s tonight and patchy fog in downtown san francisco and a sea breeze to keep the temperatures from getting too hot today, but there on the satellite radar why it is so humid, moisture coming up from the south. highs today inland, 50s and 60s for san francisco, but tomorrow, it turns hotter inland and upper 90s in the valley, an increasing chance of isolated showers as moisture comes in early next week. >>> that's your latest forecast. >> thanks. >> up next, oprah's big comeback. could her movie role win her an oscar? first this is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] with box tops for education and safeway's ten percent back to school program, now there are two ways to earn cash for your kid's scho

. >> we will watch bands movingovn through in western pennsylvania moving down into the panhandle ofmaryland. >> that's really breaking up as it hits the drier air.er >> as the front comes throughmes you can't pick them out of the forecast yet. >> no repeat of last night for sure. >> the frontal boundary tomorro slipping through the areabo producing a morning shower. i don't think it will be widespread. >> it keeps pushing to the south. >> look at this. >> a visiter from canada. >> canadian high pressure willgh slip south p of the great lakes bringing a beautiful saturday with lots of sunshine. lower humidity. in fact you will feel the difference tomorrow afternoon an winds come out of north at 10 to 15 miles an hour. for tonight a couple of showers can't be ruled ow around frontrn and maybe isolated thunderstorm. 72 degrees. >>> changeable thunderstorm andd shower and 85 degrees. when the front comes through skies will brighten up and skies out of the north and refreshing direction bringing us into what we think will be a lovely afternoon. >> here is how things start friday. a few s

there is a lot of gulf moisture coming in on the panhandle of florida with rain there. the temperatures will climb to 80 degrees across the south. cool air approaches, but showers and strong thunderstorms are possible and we could see that again this afternoon and this evening. that cool air will oh slowly work its way out from minneapolis almost up to 80 in chicago. memphis is at 81, and southeast there dealing with temperatures closer to 90 trying to warm up to the 90s. we have tropical storm trami causing rain and flooding impacting that region. >> stay tune for no more news, u should also visit www.america.aljazeera.com. thank you so much for your time. keep it right here throughout the day. >> for 300 years, the most powerful nations on earth grew richer and stronger on the profits of the slave trade. over twelve million men, women and children were forcibly transported from africa on slave ships like this, to the colonies and plantations in north and south america. today slavery is illegal on every country on the planet. but the truth is, slavery did not die in th

how many officers you have and how many people will take vague of that and maybe talk about the panhandling. and we have 48 officers who are trained under the old system but whenever that training is available we sign up for it >> do you see - i'm glad you know the numbers off the top of your head. do you see them being used >> we've seen a big spike in people with mental health problems. i read every single report that comes into central station and i come in in the weekend hours to go through any box. everyday my officers are putting psych codes a 50, 51 code. i had one officer who got a broken hand and another officer had his thump schaffer and another officer a broken leg in 3 places. i used to walk a beat and i really would like to have two beat officers walking it's too dangerous now. it's dangerous and it seemed like so many mentally ill people they have been dropped off from other cities and it's a disservice to the city and i'm really concerned about hearing about the officers and i am wondering if the c it program to make sure that the officer gets the training and address the c i

tomorrow it's going to be widely spread across much of the eastern half all the way from texas/oklahoma panhandlegland states. the big apple, d.c., boston, these are the areas that you will find drenching rain that could lead to flash flooding and we can't rule out the possibility of tornadic activity. towards the south, still sizzling hot at houston, 38 degrees. although the humidity level is still very low, 5% in some areas and windy as well. so if the dry thunderstorms across this area ignites wildfires, that's going to be widely spread. extreme fire danger taking place again here. in europe the heat still prevails. the jetstream is still meandering down to the south in the west and to the north in the east. it is bringing severe weather across this area. this has already ignited funnel clouds in germany and hail have been reported, winds of has been reported in czech republic. it will be continuing this way. but we're still talking about the heat which is covering eastern and southern parts of europe. temperatures are in the 30s, and that's good to be continuing. so here as well, please, plea

traffic signals and green bicycle lanes along the emmbarcadero and cell street near golden gate's panhandle. >> this is very helpful to drivers letting them know there is a bike lane here. >> the city could do even more such as cepenhagen. >> cars know when bike traffic is going to be coming and going >> reporter: tonight, the san francisco coalition of cyclists said they have been calling for a resign of full son streetolsom street south of market. >> reporting live, janet kasiama, channel 2 ktvu news. >>> a marine pled guilty is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow. >> under a plea deal, a judge is expected to sentence 37-year-old chris bucary to three years of probation for the death of whi. >> he was riding carelessly and run three lights about he struck him as he was crossing the street. >>> and in san lorenzo shgs, several residents called 911. >> we checked with the coroner and expect to learn the victim's name in the next hour or so. >> investigators say he did not live in the neighborhood. >>> after unusual delay, the prosecution delivered its closing arguments of joseph naso, accuse

veer weather around oklahoma and texas panhandle. more flash flooding in kansas, missouri. rainy, colorado and new mexico. >> mostly 80s in the rocky. triple digits. phoenix, dal lalgs. 80, atlanta to boston. >> we have never seen a story quite like this one. we will get right to it. a woman in denver start aid company making diapers for chickens. >> okay. >> huh. >> the important part of it again. diapers for chickens. >> i guess they're quite messy. never owned a chicken. for the many folks now keeping backyard flk flocks. diapers cut down on the spread of germs from all that stuff that gets caught in the diapers. >> okay. chicken diapers. following a warning from the cdc about outbreak of sal ma nellmo linked to bird kept in homes. >> this is popular. people greg their own eggs. awe thought you were talking chickens and diapers. that's what's catching on around the country. it seems like it is difficult to get the diapers on the chickens. >> yeah, right. >> right. >> get your eggs and all the other stuff in there. >> hire somebody to clean up. >> eh. awe calling up. amaz

already we have flood advisories in effect for parts of the florida panhandle, alabama, georgia, and into the carolinas, and that's probably going to grow worse over the next 48 hours or so. now today i think the belt of heaviest rain will be in the northern gulf and along the gulf coast into southeastern jo and also portions of south carolina. that's where the chance for heaviest rain will be. and if we go into the weekend, our rain potential is showing widespread areas of 1 to 2 inches of rain, but where you see those yellows and oranges, 2 to 5 and in some cases more than 5 inches of rain will be possible along portions of the gulf coast. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. >>> a strong earthquake rattled central new zealand this morning. the 6.5 magnitude quake was centered about 65 miles west of wellington and was followed by several strong aftershocks. some capital buildings were evacuated as people ran for cover. closer to the quake's center, homes were damaged and a bridge was destroyed, but no serious injuries have been reported. >>> and today the national transportation saf

inches from southport, florida, look at what's going to happen over the next several hours along the panhandle. going to be intense. anywhere 2 to 4 in the next 48. going into atlanta, charleston, charlotte, you're not over this rain yet. houston, there are some areas of texas that desperately need rain and we have been watching that tropical low, still looks like it could clip the south end of texas. a little good news at the end there. >> ginger zee, thank you. >>> now to the string of bear attacks tonight. nearly half a dozen attacks in the last 48 hours. several people injured. among them a little girl. the first attack in yellowstone national park. another one, 70 miles in idaho. another attack in colorado. just tonight, word of a rescue in alaska. a mauling in the middle of the evening. they wore night-vision goggles to find him. abc's linzie janis tonight. >> reporter: this 12-year-old was going for a jog, training for her favorite sport when she came across a bear. >> and she had seen a bear out of the corner of her eye. >> reporter: her grandfather said she started to run faster but t

of a 61 year old man that i met in the housing clinic living in a subsidy in a building near the panhandle. there was so much drug dealing in the building that the landlord decided that he would not let any of the buzzers work. unfortunately this man was getting home delivered meals and they could not continue to deliver to him because the buzzers were not working. this is a man who is living with aids. totally unnecessary. >> wow. >> there is also i think a pervasive pattern of insensitivity of property managers and owners to lgbt older adults. many of our older adults are living in housing that is somewhat affordable, but that has not had a major renovation or repair in so many years that the units are actually dangerous to live in. i also want to say it's unusual in the business world that property managers and tenants have such an adversarial relationship. i know of no other business that customers and consumers relate to the same way with owners as they do in the city with property owners and managers. we also helped an older adult try to get into mary helen rogers. once again it was

florida, researchers have been given permission to dig up the grounds of a former reform school in the panhandlequez reports they're searching for the remains of boys who were sent to that school between 1900 and the 1950s. >> reporter: these crosses are a modest tribute to the 96 boys who died in state custody at the arthur d. dozier reform school. >> there's always been a part missing. my brother. >> reporter: richard's 13-year-old brother thomas was sent to dozier in 1934. he died a month later. what was that like for your family? >> devastating. devastating. that's the only way i know to explain it. >> how did you and your family find out that thomas was dead? >> sent us a letter. >> what did the letter say? >> that he was dead and he was already buried. >> reporter: former students have long claimed beatings were routine at dozier. some even suggested murder. >> we found 20 or so individuals that actually died within the first three months of arriving here. >> reporter: last year anthropologist angela kimmerle's team from south florida used radar and soil appal sis to discover 50 unmarked g

some moderate rain that is just now coming into western maryland, just now making its way into the panhandle of west virginia. this is the second wave of rain. we had the first wave come through this morning. now that's south of us. getting a couple moderate showers northern neck of virginia, parts of southern maryland. that's tibing to advance to the south and east. right now, the close-up view of the radar is showing right around the metro area, we have just a few light showers. now just to our south and east, those are going to be continuing to advance off to the southeast of us. right now, i'm watching this area of some moderate rain. there's even some thunder and lightning associated with that. it is way up into southern pennsylvania. that area of moderate rain is probably going to be into the metro area. and for the events on the mall, unfortunately, by around 2:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon, we'll begin to see that moving in. we'll take a look at that in detail. and we'll look at the rest of your week and weekend in a couple minutes, aaron. >> reporter: before the events started to get

in effect from these storms, and there is heavy rain predicted in the next 24 hours right on the panhandlef florida up through georgia, north and south carolina, flood warnings remain in effect. sunday and monday we dry out and temperatures will start to warm up just a bit. speaking of a change in temperatures there is cooler air coming down over the great lakes but really beginning to heat up. almost up to 90. excessive heat watches in affect for that area. cooler air is coming in from the northeast. ahead of that cool air we get rain and it moves right through southern pennsylvania and fell apart in washington, d.c. once it closer out its nice and comfortable over the weekend. look at the temperatures dropping, barely climbing over 60 degrees. that doesn't last monday, tuesday, wednesday. we're back above 80 with partly cloudy skies. take a look at the headlines coming up next. >> hello, i'm tony harris, and you're watching al jazeera, our top stories. a tour bus carrying national guard troops has crashed in north carolina. the crash occurred in mooresville, north carolina, 250 miles nor

severe storms around the texas panhandle. scattered showers south dakota to minnesota.utheast. upper 70s and 80s in the northeast. >>> all right. we know there is plenty to see while visiting the nation's capital -- the white house, capitol, monuments, mall now see something completely natural. >> yeah, call these the goats of capitol hill. yes, the goats of capitol hill. they have been brought in to the historic congressional cemetery to basically eat away vegetation that is overgrown. vines, poison ivy, unwanted small plants. even debris that's fallen to the ground. the goats are eating it all up. >> could use those in my backyard. of course, as they eat, they're also fertilizing, if you know what we mean. >> of course they are. >> the feeding frenzy is going on right now and will go on until next monday. apparently they even eat poison ivy. >> doesn't bother them at all. they love it. um. >> telling you. >> i am not sure what to do -- what to say about this. >> of course, the fertilizer part could be a little dicey, right? >> and, there you have it. there is your sto

one path has it heading towards the florida panhandle, an area prone to tropical flooding. we were there last year. charleston, south carolina was soaked wednesday. cars stalling, people pushing and treading through the overflowing streets after up to six inches of rain. in columbus, georgia, a playground drowned. so many of you tweeting me, "sick of it." she's not far off. this summer has been exceptionally wet. alabama, georgia, virginia and the carolinas had one of their top five wettest julys on record. florida had their number one wettest. when soil is already full of water and then you get those heavy rains on top of it, it comes to the surface more quickly, pooling, flooding and causing chaos. the national hurricane center is giving the tropical low over the yucatan about a 50 percent shot of becoming a tropical cyclone. if it does do that it would be called vernon. either way the next weekend in the southeast is going to be a mess. look at this. this is how much rain is going to fall. anywhere from five to ten inches in that deep green area, including tallahassee, t

they'll be digging up the ground of a former reform school in the panhandle searching for the remainsf boys who were sent to the school between 1900 and the 1950s. manuel bojorquez has the story. >> reporter: these crosses are a modest tribute to the 96 boys who died in state custody at the arthur g. dozier reform school. >> it's always been a part missing. er brother. >> reporter: richard varnadoe's 13-year-old brother thomas was sent to dozier in 1934. he died a month later. what was that like for your family? >> devastating. devastating. it's the only way i know to explain it. >> reporter: how did you and your family find out that thomas was dead. >> they sent us a letter. >> reporter: what did the letter say? >> that he was dead and he was already buried. >> reporter: former students have long claimed beatings were routine at dozier, some even suggested murder. >> we found 20 or so individuals that actually died within the first three months of arriving here. >> reporter: last year, anthropologist erin kimmerle's team of the university of south florida used radar and soil analysis

three inches, if you are anywhere from mobile, in through southern parts of alabama there, into the panhandle of florida. and atlanta gets back into that surge of moisture. they've seen way too much rain. not only this month, but this year and there's more to come as we go through the week. >> all right, ginger zee, thank you. >>> now, to the spike in bear attacks we told you about last night re. this is the time of year when they start preparing for hibernation, looki for food. tonight here, the 12-year-old girl attacked in michigan, describing the horror for the first time. here's abc's linzie janis now. >> reporter: 12-year-old abby weatherall has been home from the hospital for just a few hours, and he's bravely talking about the moment she was attaed by a bear as she was jogging home from her grandparents' house. >> i take off running from the direction i came from and it just -- it got me and it tackled me down and it clawed me and stuff. and then it kind of walked away a little bit and then, so, i got up and started running again, and then it came back and got me and then i was -- i ju

a stalled front threatening to soak everyone from the carolinas to the florida panhandle.cking the weather. >> it will not let up. it's raining, what do you do, go to your apartment, want to hang out. this is what happened in georgia, they go to their apartments and now they had rain go into the fair road apartments. their furniture was rolling around in the rain, their cars you can see the water level to the car doors. this is not the only place this is going on. take a look at the map. flood warnings stretching anywhere from the florida panhandle, all the way to the carolinas. where you see the bright green, that is flood warnings. that means it's imminent and already occurring in those areas. of course, more watches posted because even more rain is expected into the forecast. let's talk about what has been happening. look at the amount of rain since june. anywhere upwards from 20 to 30 inches of rain. how above normal is that? the southeast does get rain, but take a look. we're talking about ten to 15 inches above normal for this time of year and the stationary front is

two to three inches in the red zone, from mobile into parts of the florida panhandle, right there, just north of atlanta. >> all right, ginger zee with the whole picture tonight. ginger, thank you. >>> now to the spike in bear attacks we told you about last night here. this is the time of year when they start preparing for hibernation, looking for food. and tonight here, the 12-year-old girl attacked in michigan, describing the horror for the first time. here's abc's linzie janis again tonight. >> reporter: 12-year-old abby wetherell has been home from the hospital for just a few hours and she's bravely talking about the moment she was attacked by a bear, as she was jogging home from her grandparents' house. >> i take off running from the direction i came from and it just -- it got me and it tackled me down and it clawed me and stuff. and then it kind of walked away a little bit. and then, so, i got up and started running again. and then it came back and got me and then i was -- i just thought, i should play dead. and so, i heard that you should do that. and then, so, i was just laying

the threat remains to the florida panhandle. with the ground saturated, residents are keeping a watchful eye on the gulf. they are concerned about what a tropical storm or hurricane this season could mean. like much of the southeast, gulf port has been pounded by record rainfall, getting nearly 5 inches in 2 hours at one point. that caught people off guard. twenty-two streets here were flooded. downtown businesses are cleaning up from as much as 18 inches of water now, of course, gulf port and the gulf coast are no strangers to heavy rainfall; but residents here say the recent storms flooded parts of the city that didn't flood during hurricane katrina back in 2005. charlie and gale? . >> manuel thanks. >> if police officers arrest you, do they have the right to search your smartphone. the obama administration believes the answer is yes. however two federal courts disagree. now the white house wants the support to settle the issue. former fbi assistant director. he was a police commissioner in new york and in los angeles. >> now

heavy rain yesterday across the panhandle of florida. those peaches which are spectacular, not getting much summer action unfortunately. rain streams in across areas of new orleans over towards panama city. some of the moisture making its way to the mid-atlantic. we will see rain around the mid-atlantic and a little rain across long island and a sprinkle or two around d.c. and in towards new york city. out across the west you look very, very good. a little more monsoon action. the next couple of days may be picking up a little more. that's good news to get a little more moisture out of the season if we can. slgts severe weather possible across the northern plains, temps warm, 92, 93 in denver. east coast, 79 caribou, 73 new york, 77 in atlanta. yes, it is still mid august, guys. >> thank you, rick. >> thank you very much. remember when the president, president obama, claimed during his first campaign he would bring a new tone to washington? he would work with congress, bridge the partisan divide? that was not the tone yesterday during th

of rain over the weekend, the florida panhandle and alabama got in on that.or us, just a scattering of showers northwest of us, probably will not affect the chicago area today and tomorrow. we start the day sunday with a couple of fog patches in the morning and see the fair weather cumulus clouds developing in the afternoon. nationally there are flood watches in the southwest, southeast and advisories for wildfires and fire out to the west with blood advisories: in the monsoon thunderstorms, expected to go into utah. they could use some of those farther north to put out some of those fires in idaho that have been burning and sending smoke through the air there. here's our forecast. the podgy bob byrd of this morning with a little haze in the air with mostly sunny skies and a high of 85 today. winds will become a light easterly of the lake in the afternoon. little like the breezes but 85 expected as a high. fair, warm and pettifog tonight. low is 63. a little haze in the air and light winds. tomorrow air pollution at she day with his the sunshine and moderate

we have a number of watches in effect across georgia and the panhandle. the ground already saturated with heavy rain. otherwise ainsley and heather we have been talking about how cool it is in the midwest. very fall like. but we are expecting a big pattern shift temperatures going to be feeling more like summer. take a look already today 93 rapid city upper 80s in new york city. >> we were wondering if summer was going to come back. >> it was teasing us as if there was more to come. >> while you were sleeping, vacation officially ending after a week long trip to martha's vineyard. he squeezes one last round of golf. with the president of world bank. president obama will meet with financial regulators today as they look for a way to strengthen the financial system. >> now to another fox news alert the president's first order of business as he does return home might deal with the growing crisis in egypt. new overnight suspected militants ambushed police officers killing 24 people this after the egyptian army admits killing dozens of brothers and prisoners a

flooding the next couple days is we are expecting more rain for two, 3 in the state of also the florida panhandleast now we are seeing a significant shift. 93 degrees for your high temperature 94 in rapid city. heating up in new york city today we will be reaching a high temperature at 88 degrees. >> thank you maria. >> the standoff between a british newspaper and national security agency has now intensified and there are new questions this morning about the security of your cell phone data. doug luzader is live in washington with the latest. good morning, doug. >> the guardian newspaper behind all of the nsa leak stories said the british television agents have seen the destruction of hard drives to make sure no more information sees the light of day. edward snowden was detained after being at the airport for nine hours. he had his memory devices ceased. they were tipped off about it. >> it was provided by the british government. this is something that we had an indication it was likely to occur. it is not something we requested. >> they may not have opposed it either. >> i think the white house

they lived in the panhandle of texas. my grandfather made his living his entire life as a tenant farmer, and when he was in his mid-'60s suffered a massive stroke. from that point forward, he lived the rest of his life in a nursing home. he was partially paralyzed and had a very difficult time forming words because of his paralysis. when my mother and siblings and i would pile into my mom's old volkswagen and drive to visit him, we would pick him up at the nursing home and keep him in his home for the weekend with us. at some point on several of those occasions he would beckoned me into the kitchen, and i would sit with him at their old formica table, the one that has the silver band that goes around the side. as you can imagine, he is sitting there in his wheelchair, me with my tiny legs stuck to their plastic chairs on a hot summer day. it was a lot of hard work. it was slow, and it could be very difficult. it was challenging, not just for me, -- for him, but me as well. invariably on those occasions my grandfather woul

the santa rosa correctional institution located in florida's panhandle. >> pretty much predominantly two thing, anger and fear. okay? if you go out acting like an [ bleep ], you're going to be treated like an [ bleep ]. if you step out of line, you're going get put back in line. >> except for a few brief periods, jack has been in florida prisons since 1977. he's been at santa rosa for the past year. >> the one thing this place will do, it will do one of two things. and this is not physical. this is all mental. it will either break you down. you will be filled with hate, anger, you know. the other sway you try to just -- you have to stay focused and after a while that become as way of habit. you don't even think about it. you know? you see a bad situation, you try steer away from it. you know? >> currently one of the more than 2,800 inmates housed at santa rosa. those considered to be the worst of the worst for assigned to the close management unit. >> we have the largest close management population currently in the state of florida. those inmates are more assaulted and more disruptiv

veer weather around oklahoma and texas panhandle. more flash flooding in kansas, missouri. rainy, colorado and new mexico. >> mostly 80s in the rocky. triple digits. phoenix, dal lalgs. 80, atlanta to boston. >> we have never seen a story quite like this one. we will get right to it. a woman in denver start aid company making diapers for chickens. >> okay. >> huh. >> the important part of it again. diapers for chickens. >> i guess they're quite messy. never owned a chicken. for the many folks now keeping backyard flk flocks. diapers cut down on the spread of germs from all that stuff that gets caught in the diapers. >> okay. chicken diapers. following a warning from the cdc about outbreak of sal ma nellmo linked to bird kept in homes. >> this is popular. people greg their own eggs. awe thought you were talking chickens and diapers. that's what's catching on around the country. it seems like it is difficult to get the diapers on the chickens. >> yeah, right. >> right. >> get your eggs and all the other stuff in there. >> hire somebody to clean up. >> eh. awe calling up. amaz