rebecca had printed.ne was from a man with an unusual screen name. >> he had a screen name. i believe it was cowboyforyou67. >> the communication was very sexualized. >> the printout showed that rebecca and cowboyforyou67 had exchanged sexual pictures over the internet. hers were more modest than his. >> he attached a picture of his penis with a ruler right next to it. >> you could tell rebecca was trying real hard. she was lonely. >> investigators were fairly certain these e-mails were from the man with rebecca and fred at the bar on the night of their murders. >> this is my ten-inch cowboy is how i think she referred to him at the bar. certainly a material witness to perhaps the last hour or hours of the lives of fred and rebecca barney. >> the cowboy had also provided this picture, but since he was wearing sunglasses, there was no way to identify him. investigators turned to the tulsa police cyber crimes unit. >> i'd venture to say every crime that occurs these days probably has a digital component. th

herreally valued relationship with rebecca. would have been heartbroken of aar that it was a bit charade but they did none the when their sons were in trouble and when they you were professionally down hearted, help and enable one another. relationship was as complicated as the personalities. you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> on history bookshelf, hear from the country's best known for the pastrs decade every saturday 4:00 p.m. earn. programs anye time, visit our website. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on 3.pan >> now you can keep in touch from current events from the capitol with c-span radio on audio now. call to hear congressional and "washington journal" program. also hear audio of the five networks sunday public affairs programs beginning at noon eastern. 202-626-8888. long distance or phone charges apply. >> next on american history tv, about the history operations in the united st

rebecca huismann was working as a topless dancer at the time of her murder.s something she had not planned on but she needed the money. >> she was a very beautiful young woman and trying to make some extra money so she and her fiance could get married. >> after rebecca was finished work one october night in 1999, a bouncer took her to her car and she drove away. as she drove up to her apartment, someone, possibly a customer from the strip club, may have made an advance. whatever happened, the killer fired with a .45 caliber handgun. >> i need an ambulance. >> what is the problem there? >> my girlfriend. i just woke up and i noticed she wasn't with me. so i go out there and she's out in her car and her door's open, and i go out there and she has blood all over her face and i can't hear a pulse or a heartbeat or nothing. >> the motive clearly wasn't robbery. nothing in her vehicle had been disturbed. rebecca's purse was still there. >> it looked like, to me, based on my experience, that it was a personal crime. just because shooting somebody in the face one tim

dan and rebecca? >> so many more questions to be answered in this case. jeff, thank you. >>> let's get the rest of the morning headlines now, with mr. ron claiborne, as always. good morning, sir. >> good morning to you, dan and rebecca and rachel. happy flag day. we begin with breaking news overnight. a plane carrying dozens of paratroopers shot down overnight in ukraine. military officials say the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft rocket, as it was trying to land. all 49 onboard were killed. the u.s. has accused russia of providing pro-russian fighters with tanks and rockets. the kremlin has always denied arming the rebels or separatists. >>> and nearly 60,000 philadelphia train riders will have to get another way around this morning after hundreds of rail workers went on strike in that city. this shutdown affects 13 train lines that carry the commuters between the city and the suburb. and to and from philadelphia international airport. the workers walked off the job after negotiations failed to reac

here in the studio with us right now is rebecca cooper. she has written a book called "diets don't work she's also founded rebecca's house, eating disorders and treatmentprogram. and i have to say i agree, diets don't work. absolutely. absolutely. >> so tell me how you came up with the idea for the book. i think that you probably had an eatingisorder yourself? >> yes. after years of recovery, i actually started workingith people who had problems with -- at first i was more like yo-yo dieting and i realized that the devastation that's caused by the failed die wias having a big imct on people's self-esteem, along with setting them up to get into disordered eating. i found out too that dieting actually changes the brain chemist and some people progress into eating disorders. >> when did you recognize this in yourself? >> in myself, not until i had years of recovery, years of recovery did i start -- in fact a lot of this information is new. we didn't even know about how the brain was involved in the eating disorder. >> so tell me a little bit

let's get to rebecca here who has her second half story. what is it, rebecca?g overweight equities, underweight fixed income. we agree, we think rates will be rising alongside a better u.s. economy. in erm thes of regions with we've been overweight u.s. and developed europe over the last year. i think there's room to rise. but i thnk there's catchup possible in japan and emerging markets. emerging markets is still selection being key. country and company. in terms of japan, you know, over the next ten years i'm skeptical they make the turnaround. over the next year, perhaps you've got stabilization in china. recovery in the u.s. and europe. higher yields means higher dollar yen. good for japanese exporters. more boj action coming. i think cjapanese stocks can ply catchup. >> in terms of the middle east and energy, japan imports all of its oil. >> absolutely. that is the big risk to this view. if we got a sudden escalation and brent goes from 115 to 120 and stays there, that would be probably the biggest risk to this view. if that happens you're also going to ge

. ♪ it's friday friday got to get down on friday ♪ >> now see how rebecca black is responding. >> toe of the hateful things they have to say. >> i would rather stick my [ bleep ] in a blender and drink the pulp. >> that guy is brutal. >>> it doesn't take an expert to see that something definitely is not going right here. but watch when this guy's chute deploys. that's no good. twisted up. that's bad. what makes it more dangerous, he's out there with a group of people flailing out of control. watch when we see from somebody else's camera what happened here. watch this. midair collision. >> what? >> they crash into each other. now look at them both. >> oh, my gosh. >> spinning, flailing out of control, plummeting down to earth. listen to the guy's reaction who has the second angle. specifically look at the guy in the yellow chute once he gets hit. look how many times he flips around. watch it here in slow motion. you see that guy just out of control, hits into his buddy's chute. both of these guys had to cut away and use their reserve chutes. >> please tell me the reserve chutes worked

. >> to introduce the president, klees welcome rebecca. -- please welcome rebecca. [applause] >> good morning and thank you. i certainly never thought any of you would know my name. a few short months ago, i sat down in frustration over some things that my family and most families i know struggle with. i addressed a letter to the president. i never thought i would get a response. i am proud to show my children, you can speak up about what needs changing and people will listen. [applause] yesterday i sat down with the president for an honest and heartfelt conversation. despite the circumstances, i was put at ease. this was an opportunity to share our family's take on issues we believe affect all families. i walked away knowing i was truly heard. way, thissome small story inspires others to reach out to their leaders and communities about what matters most to them. thank you. [applause] now i am honored to introduce the president of the united states. [applause] chief plays] >> hello, minneapolis. [applause] how is everybody doing today? you look good. it is good to s

rebecca realized she needed to think about how her career would unfold.he took out student loans and enrolled in saint paul's college and retrained for a new career as an accountant. they had to sacrifice for their kids and one another. last year they were able to buy their first home. they have a second son. they love where they work and ben's new job lets him to be home for dinner each night. [ applause ] president obama there in minneapolis, minnesota. talking about the economy and a couple named rebecca and ben he spent some time with. the president is going to specifically talk about some ideas to help the middle class in this country. specifically raising the minimum wage. we should let you know we're streaming the speech on our website. we'll stream the entire thing on msnbc.com. >>> up next new developments on a story we've been following from the beginning. the police chief from a small town in south carolina who say she is lost her job because she's gay. >> that's all i want to do is get back to my job. i want to fight and give back to the town

rebecca? >> jeff zeleny, thank you. >>> and we turn next to the severe weather. over 20 million americans in the threat zone this weekend. new storms brewing across the center of the country, bringing more rain to the already soggy cities, like minneapolis, where this lake has nearly swallowed this water-side bench. 11 tornadoes reported across five states yesterday and overnight, including this ominous sight in kansas. in the west, the fire and smoke from arizona, where mandatory evacuations are still in effect tonight. the forecast in just a moment, but first, abc's linzie janis with a look at the wreckage. >> there's a tornado! >> reporter: tonight, residents in kolfax, wisconsin, bracing for fresh storms after this tornado tore through the town friday, ripping off roofs, downing trees and scattering debris. in minnesota, it's water, not wind, that's the enemy. as reporter josh rosenthal from our minneapolis/st. paul station kstp shows us. >> residents along the minnesota river valley are b

rebecca? >> potentially some big changes ahead. jim avila, thank you. >>> also from washington tonight late word that president obama is moving forward on filling the top job at the va. administration officials say the president is set to nominate bob mcdonald. former proctor and gamble chairman as secretary of veterans affairs. coming just 48 hours after mr. obama received a scathing internal review of the va recommending a total restructure amid the growing scandal of veterans waiting months for medical care. >>> and we head over seas now to iraq where the iraqi military is stepping up its attack against those surging militants, isis. and those government forces are fighting back with the help of the united states. the fiercest battle is settled around tikrit. and abc's hammish macdonald reports from iraq tonight. >> reporter: with helicopter and u.s. intelligence support, iraq 's military is trying to push isis out of the city where saddam hussein was born. america has delivered 75 hellfire

this week, it was rebecca erler's turn.etter to the president about her struggles making ends meet. >> i got a chance to start a conversation about what a lot of the people i know are going through. >> with the president's poll numbers approaching record lows, after bearish stories from obamacare to the v.a., democratic strategists say the looser the better. >> oh, it's an election year. so there's no question that the president will visit not just those important states but those not so important districts. so i'm sure that there's a little bit of politics in all of this. >> no surprise with the midterm election bat with republicans under way, is the claws are coming out. >> they don't do anything! except block me. and call me names. >> the president prefers the bear, and aides say he's out to convince americans that washington can be more than the circus where he's not the popular exhibit he once was. >> i don't want you to ever forget that and i don't want you to be cynical. cynicism is popular these days, but hope's bet

. >>> rebecca got married and she shared on youtube the entire experience. >> i'm rebecca and this is had her guests learn three different dances. this is one of them snoets sneets. >> they're dancing to pit bull s the ng concekeisha'stimb father/daughter dance and the song was "i hope you dance" by leann womack. ♪ i hope you dance >> wow. >> he's a talented guy. he sang the song while she danced with her dad. >> to tell us more about it we have rebecca via skype, "right this minute." welcome to the show. you took your wedding very seriously. any chance anyone is calling you like super bridezilla. >> i was going to say, i'm like the bridezilla from hell but, you know, actually i was actually quite mellow. i think because i had done so much planning before the actual day, everything was so like to a timeline that it was all smooth. >> i feel like you thought about this day since you were probably about 2. and now that it's all over, what are you going to do? >> i really want to focus on videos. i love to do sketches. i produce -- i love doing comedy and i thunk that there's just a lot

. >>> rebecca got married and she shared on youtube the entire experience. >> i'm rebecca.his is halfway hitch. >> she had her guests learn three different dances. this is one of them. she's dancing to pit bull featuring kesha's timber and how she selected her bridesmaids and the father and daughter dance. and the song to that was i hope you dance by leann womack. ♪ i hope you dance >> wow. >> he's talented. he sang the song while she danced with her dad. that is pretty awesome. >> that seems like a whole dream wedding. >> to tell us about it we have rebecca via skype "right this minute." you took your wedding very seriously. any chance someone is calling you super bridezilla. >> i was just going to say, i'm like the bridezilla from hell. he was quite mellow. i think because i had done so much planning before the actual day, evething to a timeline that it was -- it was all smooth. >> i feel look you thought about this day since you were probably about 2. and now that it is all over, what are you going to do? >> i want to focus on videos. i love to do -- i love doing comedy.

we begin with rebecca jarvis on why there's no end in sight. >> reporter: tonight, americans paying more to fill 'er up this summer than they have in six years. the average price nationwide, $3.68 a gallon. in scale, a staggering $4.12. prices popping as families like the merritts hit the road for vacation. >> it's a good thing we have this car, because the last car was fairly inefficient fuelwise. >> reporter: their annual trip from chicago to martha's vineyard, already 4.5% more expensive than last summer. and it could get worse. if prices at the pump spike to $5 a gallon as some analysts are predicting, the merritts will go from paying $312 to a whopping $424 on gas.

dan and rebecca. >> thank you.o have you here as always. >>> coming up on "gma" -- they call it the ez jet. is it really that easy? don't miss our special edition of dad testers. to see what the dads have to say about it. >>> and who is alex trebek? he's the big winner on his own jeopardy show. details ahead in "pop news." details ahead in "pop news." own jeopardy show. details ahead in "pop news." say "hi" rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles ] i'd do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brilliant new way to take care of his teeth. clinically proven as effective as brushing. ok, here you go. have you ever seen a dog brush his own teeth? the twist and nub design cleans all the way down to the gum line, even reaching the back teeth. they taste like a treat, but they clean like a toothbrush. nothing says you care like a milk-bone brushing chew. [ barks ] bentaste-free andr,re likedissolves completely. chew. and unlike

rebecca? >> confidence is key. paula, thank you so much. >>> remember you can catch the all important usa versus belgium game at 4:00 on tuesday on our partner network espn and of course lots tomorrow, too, two other big games beginning at 11:30 eastern time. >>> we have much more coming up. could you be handing over your credit card to a thief. the brazen new scandal robbing victims under their noses. >>> do the right thing. 25 years later snubbed for the best picture is winning praise this weekend. how it changed the course of history for president and mrs. obama coming up in our "instant index." this is kathleen. setting up the perfect wedding day begins with arthritis pain and two pills. afternoon arrives and feeling good, but her knee pain returns... that's two more pills. the evening's event brings laughter, joy, and more pain... when jamie says... what's that like six pills today? yeah... i can take 2 aleve for all day relief. really, and... and that's it. this is kathleen... for my arthritis pain, i now cho

that is what rebecca wrote. her income is enough by childcare.t costs more each month than their mortgage. as i told rebekah, when michelle and i were their age, we had good jobs and we still had to deal with childcare issues. we couldn't figure out, some months, how to make ends meet. they forgo vacations so they can pay off student loans and save for retirement. our big splurge, rebekah wrote, was cable tv so we can watch team usa in the olympics. [applause] they go out once a week for a pizza or burger. but they are not splurging. at the end of the month, things are tight. this is a wonderful young couple who are working hard. all across this country, there are people just like that. all in this audience. you are working hard, you are doing everything right. you believe in the american dream. you are not trying to get fabulously wealthy. you just want a chance to build a decent life. but sometimes it feels like the odds are rigged against you. i think sometimes what it takes for somebody like rebecca, and even when it is heartbreaking and hard

we're very happy to have rebecca jarvis and rachel smith with us. classes up the desk on a sunday morning. we want to wish a very happy father's day. we asked you to send us your favorite father's day pictures. we got a great response for all of you, including a special entry, there's ron claiborne, and his dad, earl. >> he passed away, it's coming up on 20 years. i miss him every day, really. a great guy. >> well, if he raised you, he's definitely a great guy. >> thinking of earl and all of the dads out there. and we have a special edition of our "gma" mom testers segment, in honor of those dads, this time it's the dads putting those as seen on tv through the paces. including the bacon bowl. >> i find the idea extremely compelling. >>> we're going to start here with a parental nightmare, three kids at a father's day weekend parade, catching fire at a mishap involving a cannon. and mara schiavocampo is on the scene. >> reporter: good morning. almost the unthinkable. those in the crowd rushing to help. that terrible accident happened at the beginning

we heard from a lot of other families like ben and rebecca. they count on policies like paid leave to juggle everything. we had business owners who said they became more profitable when they made a family life easier for their employees. more companies are deciding that workplace flexibility and higher wages is good for business. more cities and states are deciding it is good policy for families. the only holdout standing in the way of change for tens of millions of americans are summer, -- republicans -- some republicans in congress. i want to be blunt. you justtch the news, see that washington is a mess. the basic attitude is everybody is crazy. if you actually read the fine print, it turns out the things you care about democrats are promoting. we are just not getting enough help. my message to republicans is join us and get on board. if you're mad at me for helping people, join me and we can do it together. [applause] we will do it together. i am happy to share the credit. [applause] you're mad at me for doing some things to raise the minim

here's abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: justin prim isn't just a bike messenger. he's part of a new wave of self-employed go-getters, capitalizing on something called the sharing economy. online market places where you relate out things you own, hike your home, your car, or even random stuff lying around your house. but how about making money by renting out yourself? cashing in on your own spare time by doing odd jobs. >> i'm a task rabbit. >> i'm a task rabbit full-time. >> reporter: lea is the founder of task rabbits. it's an online portal that links thousands of people to clients that need an extra pair of hands. a hlittle extra time. >> saving the day, one task at a time. >> reporter: don't half. some of these people are earning six figures. >> i could argue the most valuable asset someone has is their time and their skills. >> reporter: when did you move into this space this >> we've been here now about three years. >> reporter: lea quit a cushy job at ibm six years ago to create task rabbit. >> i started the company in september of 2008 at a time when the st

abc's rebecca jarvis is here with more.ebecca, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan and bianna. if phil mickelson was rattled at that tournament in ohio, he hit it very well. this morning, new details are emerging about the insider trading investigation. pro golfer phil mickelson, known for winning the masters three times, this morning in the spotlight for another reason. the fbi and s.e.c. confirmed to abc news, they are pursuing an insider trading probe involving mickelson. las vegas gambler, william "billy" walters and outspoken billionaire investor carl icahn. the investigation centers on trades made by mickelson and walters. a golf course owner and poker buddy of icahn. a source says both men traded chlorox stock in late 2011. just as icahn was mounting an attempt to take over the company. now officials want to know if he shared information related to the failed bid with walters and whether walters passed along that information to mickelson. >> i have done absolutely nothing wrong. and that's why i've be

abc's rebecca jarvis has this story. >> reporter: air travel.. to ease the experience, airports around the country have gone through a major renovation with its new upgrades and amenities, they're cashing in on their captive audience. >> if you can capitalize on someone that is frazzled and lost and trying to make their way to the gate but still offer something that is going to be enticing for them to purchase, then you've done your job and you've connected with that type of passenger. >> reporter: holly buckner knows exactly what passengers want in an airport. >> airports are one of my favorite places. >> reporter: her company has been tapped with overhauling the airport experience nationwide. >> passengers are expecting more out of airports than ever. >> reporter: she calls it the golden hour, the time between security and boarding which travelers are forced to sit. americans spent $1.5 billion at airports, up 14% over the last three years. >> i can get luxury brands,ky have an experience, and i can fly. >> reporter: san francisco was awarded

four years earlier rebecca was a senior student at brown and michelle was the freshman chancellor of the public schools. when liebowitz saw the tie-in cover holding the grilled, singing to clean house, she decided the nation's capital is where she would start her care career. they believed they had a chance to show the rest of the country with was possible when an urban school system decided to judge the teachers by their merits to set high expectations for everyone to up the classrooms and to help the kids that had been most poorly served in the past by refusing to keep doing things the way they've been done before. she got placed in an elementary school in mt. pleasant named after the founder of the u.s. naval academy george bancroft. it was a bumpy beginning. six weeks into the first year she was switched from first to third grade to replace a teacher that had a nervous breakdown in front of the children. since then she had two stable years to hone her craft and she felt like she was starting to border and prays that she often received yet as she turned onto the sidewalk that stre

zimmerman, rebecca good to have you. much. >> thanks so much. >>> ukraine, it is the worst fighting yet between ukraine border soldiers and pro-russian militias. al jazerra's david indicater was caught in the middle of gunfire early today. >> reporter: if you can make out that's the actual base on fire. >> down! >> the violence has raged since ukraine launched its offensive against separatist a month ago. here is david's report from lou afternoon. >> reporter: ukraine again border guard. troops insides thought to number around 70, have been surrounded by a force estimated to be up to 500 strong. ukrainian jet fighters were scrambling flying missions over the city where where where it's claimed the attack was being coordinated firing out flares to guard against surface to-aramisals, heavy plumes are billowing mike are raising above the skylines the local authoritieses says one of the many sites taken over bicep test forces air raids have been opened for civilians as the fighter escalates, the region near the russian board

together they were known as the to rebecca's. the 603rd graders that they would soon as court up the spiral stairs past the main office and the colorful mural depicting columbus's arrival in the new world to room 121. children as china's three and old as 11 stood or sat in clients across the gym floor waiting to be escorted to their home runs. parents received last-minute registration and information forms while interpreter's move back and forth between groups to make sure each family understood what was required. near the gym door ms. leibovitz approached a young boy she had heard the second grade teachers complain about. how are you doing, harvey? did you have a great summer? size nearby to girls smiled at each other, new friends, perhaps. each still holding with one hand the letter for father, each performing her own distinct parallels. and this is the principal of the charter school. in the new apartment she moved into after the separation that was a long time coming to close to the bathroom door and quietly get herself ready

rebecca stevenson joins us. rebecca. >> the windstorm across tehran, 60 miles per hour was the official record he speed. as can you see the complowd passed through area the sky went black and on a cell phone we captured an imrerve photo. temperatures dropped from 91° to 66°. after 20 minutes of this and a 20-car pileup, they finally got some rain moving in. snapped trees was a common occurrence in the area. we're starting to focus on anew area further in mexico to the south. tropical depression has now been named 2e. parts of central america and mexico with expensive rainfall especially -- excessive rainfall when it moves into the mountains and mudslides as well. we have, guferl of mexico by the end of the week. yes we have potential for tropical development in the gulf of mexico by the time we get into the next weekend. john. >> all right rebecca we'll be watching. coming up, clean air acknowledge the new rules for emission from coal plants. >>> and drones to to fighting force. force. >> it was a day of humilia

scam ruining people's dream vacations something you need to be on the lookout for and here is abc's rebecca jarvis. ♪ >> reporter: i bet right about now you are dreaming of a beach vacation? or maybe a family trip to a big city. this summer, lots of people will be ditching the fancy hotels for apartments, booking them through web sites like air b & b, and brbo, watch out for vacation predators. those online offers aren't always what they seem. that's what happened at this house in lake tahoe, for our vacation predator case number one. fake ads online. i should have thought, wow, you know, $400 a night this house is amazing. how could that be? i thought, maybe we were lucky. >> cherry mccaffrey booked this house in south lake tahoe last summerfor the extended family, all 14, on homeaway.com. >> her cousin joyce along with her husband and daughter got there first. while sherri was still on the road they walked right in. >> it was totally unlocked. >> sprawling, big place. >> the square feet. >> fully decked out. >> i felt like singing. i was so happy. >> there was just one problem. >> so i ca

the first trip, to a woman named rebecca who wrote to president obama about her struggles. the white house said president obama is meeting with rebecca to see what her life is day to day. >>> aaa released its annual travel forecast for the fourth of july. experts say it could be one of the busiest holiday weekends in years. maybe not on the road. gas prices are expecting to have some people change their plans as they're expected to be the highest in decades but low airfares could make up those numbers. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> the numbers will be climbing today. big storms overnight rolled through. they're out of here. the clouds are thinning out. this is a live view from the nbc10 studios. we're in the 70s right now. foggy skies in philadelphia. the wind has shifted a bit. that's good news. that will start to change things humiditywise. this afternoon, the humidity will be a bit lower than it was yesterday during date. this morning, we're starting off with a steamy 81%. improving view from cape may. we saw some s

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including councilmember rebecca kaplan. >> i am running for mayor of oakland. >> reporter: who threwer name in the hat just this month criticizing quan for trashed streets and what she is calling a lack of basic city services in oakland. >> she is not exactly been a major opponent to anything that i've done. right? and i'll put my record against her any day. >> reporter: in oakland, mark kelly, kpix 5. >>> a crowded field seeking the top office. the biggest challenger could be rebecca kaplan, former kpix 5 political analyst joe tuman and another city councilwoman libby schaaf. >>> bay area congress wan nancy pelosi was in an unlikely place today. texas. and she is there to get a better understanding of the immigration crisis. there's been a surge recently of children going to alone and making it across the border illegally. since october, the border patrol has caught 52,000 of them. it's left lawmakers scrambling to find a solution. >> the fact is, these are children, children in families, we have a moral responsibility to address this in a dignified way. i wouldn't even say bipartis

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so abc's rebecca jarvis showed you what happened to one family putting thousands of dollars back in their pocket and how you can do it, too. >> reporter: 2-year-old shifts through his blocks, his parents from san antonio, texas, are still shifting through a pile of medical bills from his delivery. $15,000 from childbirth. we brought in our consumer advocate to try to cut down that bill. step one, ask for an itemized bill. compare the two and contest any service that you don't remember getting. comparison shop even after the fact. >> call up your hospital and say, excuse me, the guy down the street is charging 80,000 less. >> yes. >> reporter: doing that the houks found they were being charged three times. and able to negotiate 12,000 off their bill. consider hire a professional like copatient. >> we're seeing some sort of error in overcharge in the bills we review. >> reporter: almost all of them. >> yeah. >> they bill in such a way to say that ronan was sick at delivery. that she needed special attention, that wasn't the case. >> reporter: they'll even help you apply for special grants a

rebecca stevenson is joining us. >> triple digit heat in california and then severe weather breakoutom colorado to texas and continuing eastward tonight. right now you are looking at video we had seen come in from colorado and places around denver even. details on these storms and where they are now, next. ow, next. >> i find it immoral to destroy something like this >> an epic fight to preserve a way of life. >> we ask for strength as we take on one of the most powerful forces on the globe >> a battle for the very soul of this state, but is time running out? >> it's a wholesale effort to buy government... fault lines al jazeera america's >> ground breaking... >> we have to get out of here... award winning investigative documentary series wisconsin's mining standoff on al jazeera america >> as rebecca just mentioned severe weather has impacted a number of communities in colorado. this video you're about to see was captured on cell phone, 40 miles west of colorado springs. when a tornado touched down on a golf course. >> when i looked down i see there's a man with a huge blow to the r

including councilmember rebecca kaplan. >> i am running for mayor of oakland. >> reporter: who threw her name in the hat just this month criticizing quan for trashed streets and what she is calling a lack of basic city services in oakland. >> she is not exactly been a major opponent to anything that i've done. right? and i'll put my record against her any day. >> reporter: in oakland, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> volunteers wasted little time today immediately following today's campaign kickoff they hit all 7 districts to get out quan's message. >>> the field is crowded with almost 20 candidates in the race. the biggest challenger to quan could be city councilwoman rebecca kaplan, former kpix 5 political analyst joe tuman, and another city councilwoman libby schaaf. >>> a libyan militant charged in the 2012 benghazi attacks is on u.s. soil tonight. and his first appearance in federal court today was a swift one. under heavy security. wendy gillette reports. >> reporter: ahmed abu khatallah pleaded not guilty in federal court in washington saturday. he is considered a key leader in the atta

abc's rebecca jarvis shows how to protect yourself. >> reporter: travis hartinger remodeler did turning kitchen from this, into this, and like so many of us do he posted his review online. >> i will never use them for the two bathrooms we're getting ready to redo. >> reporter: that's when he was slipped with this legal letter, the contractor accusing him of making a false posting, pulling the plug on his ten-year warranty. experts say it's a growing issue, retaliation after customers post critical comments on everything from handymen to don tests, even meals. >> these lawsuits are a form of bullying. they're a tactic to silence your critics and force them into submission to pull down their negative review. >> reporter: but some small businesses say they rely on word of mouth and sometimes a negative comment is unfair and devastating. consumer advocates say when posting reviews online, keep these guidelines online. phrases like, i think, and in my experience. get evidence. any problems, snap a photo. and read the fine print before signing any contract, make sure there's no clause forbidd

eric: rebecca, does this happen often?is it common if one is sentenced to death is then tried again for something else? >> it's very rare for -- there aren't many murder convictions in general in this country any longer. we have seen it before because what you're really seeing here is most likely a serial killer if the dna connects him. now, the reality is it's probably a good idea to try him because he may have a defense to those two crimes. so although he is sentenced to death in virginia, dan's right, we don't know what the appeals process will be there, we don't know if the trial came through in their issues that then he's found either another trial or something else. so let's hold those separate. because for his defense, actually, it's beneficial to have both separate and have a defense be on those -- defense on those two cases as well. eric: all right. we'll see what the judge says. meanwhile, there's another bizarre and strange story we told you about yesterday. remember this? two 12-year-old girls from wisconsin ha

we don't know if rebecca young was working on the flag, but we assume she was probably providing guidance to her daughter on this very important commission. the flag was made in 1813 in baltimore. at the time baltimore was already under a blockade, it was very hard to get materials. and when you look at the flag you can see the number of seams that are in each of the stripes, you can see the number of piece thanks were done to the stars to create enough fabric to be able to create this enormous sized flag. >> when mary received this commission she was paid $405 for this flag. that is a massive amount of money for anyone in 1813. so the amount of money also helped her purchase much of the wool that needed to come to be made for this flag. most of the wool came from britain, i believe. and so you have to think about, okay, we're using british wool for an american flag, and yet we're blockaded by the british and we're at war with britain. >> this is, mary was a much younger woman when she made the flag. but the photo image we have is a sketch that's hanging in her home outside of baltimore.

rebecca brooks was acquitted of all charges.ndon samier ma grilling or wood reports. >> reporter: the phone hacking scandal destroyed careers and a famous british newspaper to say nothing of the pain caused to its victims according to many it has further undermined public faith in judgeis journalism. >> phone hacking involved only a small section of the president but obviously news of the world, somehow the lunatics managed to be put in charge of the asylum and it became an industrial scale electronic fish being expedition. >> reporter: members of the royal family, celebrities even the inning 60 victims of crime, everyone was fair game. once the full skate scandal emerged driven by public outrage the politicians were forced to establish an official inquiry in to how best to control the excesses of the press. it recommended new self regulation backed by law. an element so far rejected by prime minister david cameron. then there was the apparent coziness between those in power and those tasked withholding them accountable. andy co

abc's rebecca jarvis tonight. >> reporter: retired couple john and nancy donor love to travel. and were planning the trip of a lifetime to new york city this fall. >> we're trying to travel farther away. >> while we can. >> reporter: like so many, they turn to a vacation rental site, a popular way to find lux accommodations. without the price tag of a hotel. after clicking on the sites and right in their in-box. free laundry service. airport transfers and a 20% discount seemed like a great deal. he accepted it. wired the cash. even got a thank you e-mail with the rental agreement. then -- >> the website disappeared and i said what's going on here. >> reporter: what about the company's address listed on that rental agreement? we tracked it down. in london. but no business there. just this innocent guy's home. >> as far as scams go, this is an epidemic. >> reporter: here's one way they do it. you see home for rent online but a scammer is waiting to intercept your message and send you a offer without the real owners ever even knowing. we traced the apartment to a legitimate listin