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

dorothy would have said that rebecca was more talented than she. she would have agreed, and that if she, dorothy, could write like rebecca, she certainly would have. but dorothy was a straight shooter. she wasn't manipulative. whatever she said, she meant. and she really valued her relationship with rebecca, and she would have been heartbroken to hear it was a bit of a charade, but they did, nonetheless, when their sons were in trouble and when they were professionally downhearted, they would have commiserated and enabled one another. but i think their relationship was as complicated as the personaliti personalities. >> so thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> you're watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span 3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. >> now you can keep in touch with current events from the nation's capital using any phone anytime with c-span radio on audio now. call (202)

rebecca huismann was working as a topless dancer at the time of her murder.t was 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

rebecca's always been older than what the rest of kids have been.it was a little harder for her. with alicia, it's just--it's an everyday thing. >> mcfarland: davon, brie, rebecca, and alicia got the proper diagnosis. they began treatment right away. it's helped them stave off the onset of puberty so they can experience the rest of their childhood. >> i couldn't imagine going through the things you have to go through as a teenager at that age. you know, being a six-, seven-year-old having to deal with the hormones and all the other things that go along with puberty, you know, they need to be kids. >> [laughs] [playing piano] ♪ >> mcfarland: having precocious puberty does not have to have an impact. children can experience their childhood. with early diagnosis and the array of treatment options available, a child can grow normally without any long-term consequences. that's it for this edition of healthy body, healthy mind. i'm dr. scott mcfarland. see you next time. if you'd like to see this program again or watch any of our other healthy body, healt

rebecca? >> a smart move. abc's mike boettcher, thank you. >>> and meantime, up and down the east coast, millions are cleaning up in the aftermath of hurricane arthur, which brought heavy rains and flooding to new england. this car sitting on a flooded highway in new bedford, massachusetts. and in nags head, north carolina, near where arthur first made landfall late thursday, this man trying to cross a highway that's been turned into a river. arthur is now a post-tropical storm and moving off the coast, and we're tracking its latest movements, but first, abc's alex perez on the new threat to beach-goers this holiday weekend. >> reporter: tonight, the cleanup is just beginning. in new bedford, massachusetts, arthur inundating entire neighborhoods with water, dumping up to eight inches of rain. most of it in just six hours. many here now salvaging what they can after the storm left basements under water. >> water was right up to here. >> reporter: flooded streets stranding drivers. >> look at it. it's past the c

. >>> rebecca's been gone for about two years.his is the day she came back and said hello to the family's pet. oh! >> so sweet! the dog is excited. >> and remembers her! and remembers her and ynt believe the luck of his day that rebecca is back. the dog is so excited -- >> it pees. >> even better! oh! oh, my gosh. did it faint? the dog fainted of joy. >> get out of here! >> the dog was so overcome it made the dog pass out? >> yes. watch. >> oh, my goodness! >> it's out for just a swift second. gets back up and falls other again. comes back to her. >> oh, my gosh. >> and rebecca comfort it is a little bit. someone else pix the doggy up. comfort it is more and the dog starts to do it again. it's like young girls at the elvis concert. this dog whimpered and cried. >> it's so precious your dogs love you to death. >> is she okay, by the way? >>> dude gets lit on fire -- >> and now pulled by the car over the ramp. >> what could possibly go wrong? >> she's getting a surprise performance from her friends. suddenly two people turns into mo

y'all show some love for rebecca taylor! [cheers and applause] >> hi!ou had to pull some moves out to get this ipad. >> i did. >> what kind of moves you got, rebecca? >> well, i mean, i had to do this move... >> of course; the one. >> which, i think, everybody knows. i can't do it on tv, though, 'cause i'm not beyonce. she owns that. >> so, but then, you had other things that you just kind of, like--oh, so you added that. >> little hair flip. >> oh, the hair flip? >> i mean, you got to throw a hair flip in. >> that's ipad-worthy right there. that's ipad-worthy. >> oh, i mean, it was. >> it won. i like that. well, we want you to win something today. >> me too! >> we want you to win a lot of money, so let's see the money we have for you in round 1. >> okay. >> let's see what everything is. >> that looks pretty good. >> that's all of the money available. i'ma have that scrambled up so we won't know where it is. my guy, dennis, he does that. he scrambles things. >> okay. these are all of the categories

her mother was rebecca young. rebecca young made flags for george washington. what you see also is a display of the typical tools at the time that would have been used for making the flag. we include a little disk of pins. pins we are extremely expensive item at the time. actually would have been a very precious gift if a beau was giving it to his girlfriend. we also have a graphic behind me that shows the size of the star-spangled banner when it was made and the size of the footprint of mary pickerskill's house. it was a small house. the flag was bigger than the house. all those wonderful paintings of women sitting with 40-foot flags in their laps making the flag didn't happen that way. the flag actually had to be taken over to clagget's brewery and they were able to lay the flag flat. it was probably made in three sections then pieced together. mary worked on the flag. the commission was given to her. her daughter caroline purdy worked on the flag. she had two nieces helping and an indentured servant working in the house who was in service to learn how to sew

the torture and murder of his 21-year-old daughter, rebecca.e moment, his focus is on his ability or inability to purchase snacks and supplies from the jail commissary. >> first thing i ordered was coffee, freeze dried coffee, 3 ounce. go down. ordered one. insufficient funds. cocoa, five pack, insufficient funds. and i ordered sweet and low, ten pack, that's 50 cents, insufficient funds. pretty bad when you don't have 50 cents. soups are 60 cents. i ordered three of those. that was $1.80. insufficient funds. and one pepper pack, i was really hopeful on this one, insufficient funds. that's really bad when you don't have 25 cents. everybody should have 25 cents. just to feel like an american, you know. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the american way, apple pie, ice cream. >> lance butterfield is an inmate that teams to do his time well. he's an older guy in a jail full of younger inmates. he seems to get along with them. >> i try to convert some of the younger kids on how lame it is to be sit in your cell for 22 hours and then come

welcome, rebecca. nice to have you here.is the question, do you think they will be successful? >> well, i think they'll probably be successful in one way or the other. i'm not sure they're going to get an exemption request, but they may get an experimental certificate that lets them do the exact same thing that they requested. >> well, are we splitting hairs there, or -- i mean, eventually, are they going to be able to use drones to deliver products? >> well, i think eventually. the question of whether they'll be able to do that is whether it makes sense financially. there's already a very robust delivery system in this country. there are issues they're going to have to deal with with the drones. ultimately, we don't know what the faa's final regulations are going to look like and how expensive they're going to be. >> anybody else as excited about the possibility as i am, or am i getting carried away with a pr gimmick here? >> i just picture my, like, nephew, a high school kid with a bb gun, shooting down drones. >> oh, yeah

>> please, come to the front. >> thank you very much. >> rebecca evans, commissioners and i am here on behalf of the sierra club and we support, and i want to respond to the housing comment, there is housing going up and i live less than a mile from here and there is new housing and new housing that is being built and a lot of other priority development areas in the city and no return for this and i have used in my lifetime not to be a part for the citizens of district two, district three, and the china town and the part of city that could use recreation space. >> any further public comment. >> the question has been called. >> please come forward. >> who made that rule? >> come forward. >> thank you for being here. >> my name is tina and i am all for this. i just have to make a comment. i have been president of russian hill neighbors for four years, when this subject came up, and supervisor ferrill suggested it and i said, having four neighborhood groups in the north east sector of san francisco has about as much chance of succeeding as surfing in a tsunami and so i just have to applau

rebecca cooper, abc~7 news. >> thank you.ext on abc~ 7 news at 6:00, a new plan to help commuters skip past a busy road in northern virginia. >> tiger woods supposed to get back in contention in the british open. but by this reaction maybe you can guess what's going hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waiting for him. (vo) the longest-lasting midsize sedan in its class. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. >> alexandria and arlington broke ground on the potomac transitway. when completed it will link the braddock road metro station to the pentagon city metro station. the first phase of the project opens august 24 between braddock road and crystal city. >> the traffic and construction might be a little bit of a hassal to get -- hassle to get through initially. bu

rebecca jarvis is with us, and barbara corcoran with a warning.it looks so easy. 1 in five flips doesn't turn a profit. this modest three-bedroom, buying it for $150,000. what did it look like? >> awful. the yard was a jungle. >> reporter: so, they invested an additional $150,000. finally, a $275,000 listing. an open house, and waiting. >> we have a bidding war. >> there's never been a better time, but you have to know what you're doing. it takes longer and costs more than you expect. >> reporter: if you do want to get in the game, plan for prices. don't go overboard. renovations that cost more than 23% lose money. and sell early. back in charlotte, a deal. a $25,000 profit, they're splitting three ways. if you're out looking for listings this weekend, finding a home is half the battle. as we've seen all week, home prices rising makes it a whole lot harder. >> always great to have you, rebecca. >>> when we come back, the near miss that could have meant no phone or internet for all of us. >>> and the lesson learned from this image here. the "instan

found rebecca's jewelry box intact.e the shadows on the top from where the jewelry was laying inside. >> the charred mementos and family photos are painful reminders of the past. bianchi-peters also strives to create positive ones. >> i know that sammy would have been honored for your hard work. >> she's started the just love foundation. named for the tattoo worn by rebecca and matching stencil worn by sammy. the foundation funds an annual scholarship to send a child from a low-income home to a local performing arts school. >> sammy loved to perform. it was sammy's safe place and we're gonna fight this ugly, horrible event by providing as much love and positivity as we can. >> the ochoas were arrested the morning following the fire and the story was widely covered on local news. >> brother baron ochoa was interviewed and police found scratches on his neck, head and shoulder area. >> the little girl's father conrad ochoa smelled of the strong odor of the karen lane fire. >> the person interviewing conrad stated very clea

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here's rebecca jarvis. >> jimmy: john is just hours away from the most important meeting of his life.> it doesn't get any bigger than walmart. >> jimmy: he's pitching his product to walmart. so many of us have dreamed of inventing a million-dollar idea. and on this day in arkansas, over 500 american inventors have the opportunity of a lifetime. >> here comes trouble. >> jimmy: from monogrammed diapers to handmade toy trucks and camouflage wedding bands. >> we're excited you're here. it's a big day for everyone. >> jimmy: but it's a critical moment for the retail giant. just today announcing that its u.s. ceo, bill simon, is stepping down, after five-straight quarters of declining sales. inside these tiny rooms, inventors will make their pivotal pitch, hoping to secure that all-important deal with walmart. but it won't be easy. >> who are the sharks? >> jimmy: you could compare the stakes here to swimming with the sharks of abc's hit show -- "shark tank." this is all part of walmart's $250 billion commitment over the next ten years to stock its shelves with products made in the usa. jo

here's abc's rebecca jarvis. >> this is it. >> john is hours away from the most important meeting ofis life. >> doesn't get any bigger than wal-mart. >> reporter: he's pitching his product to wal-mart. so many of us have dreamed of inventing a million dollar idea and on this day in arkansas, over 500 american inventors have the opportunity of a lifetime. >> here comes trouble. >> reporter: from monogrammed diapers to hand made toy truck and camouflage wedding bands. the world's largest retailer holding the first ever open call for products mahk)[ here in the u.s. >> we're excited you're here. it is a big day for everyone. >> reporter: but it's a critical moment for the retail giant announcing the u.s. ceo bill simon is stepping down after five straight quarters of declining sales. inside of these tiny rooms, vicini inventors will make their pitch hoping to secure a deal with wal-mart but it won't be easy. >> who are the sharks? >> you can compare it to swimming with the sharks to abc's hit show "shark tank." this is part of wal-mart's $250 billion commitment to stock shelves with pro

i am rebecca cooper.is and every susundayand have a g great weekd. >> this weekn "governmt matters." >> we have government regulation that i is too o heavy-handed. >> the comments are in. whats next for net neutrality? up some deals for them with the government. >> japan's ban on weapons exports. how will u.s. companies react? >> definitely giving consideration to protected activity. >> insight from one of the industry's top lenders. when "government matters" starts right now. >>

here's abc's rebecca jarvis for our series, "reality check."when ericka doolittle bought this house, she thought it was the perfect home for her. you see a lot of nice stuff. >> on the surface, it looked good. >> reporter: she was dazzled by the location, the fresh coats of paint and the new kitchen appliances. >> it was a little scary to take that step forward on my own. >> reporter: the seller, a house flipper, who had purchased the property just eight weeks prior. ericka paid $302,000, her life savings, even though an inspector told her there might be problems. she decided to buy it as-is. >> the problem was deeper than i anticipated. >> reporter: among the problems, loose, hazardous electrical wires, leaks in her sewer, and on top of it all -- >> the house wasn't attached to the foundation. pretty big concerns. >> reporter: and a year later, she found two feet of water under debris in the basement. >> when the workers got down there, there was a lake. there was a lot of flooding issues. under the house. >> reporter: water. >> water under th

rebecca stevenson, what are we seeing here? >> this hot air rises up and it creates a cycle of air rising and falling and it's still very dangerous conditions of north central area of washington state. when we talk about the size of the washington state fire the carlton complex, it is raging through oklahom credit the okan, just approaching the size of the city of los angeles. it is also nearing the size of the all time record fire in 1902. in fact in some comparisons it is the same size if not bigger. so we're watching this closely. zero percent containment at this point. the winds are allowing all this dry brush and timber to just rage in flames all the way up to the ridge tops. temperatures cooperating, they dropped 20 to 30° since yesterday but the smoke is thick. the gordon valley fire, the picture from idaho, that fire under control and all those wildfires in oregon over the course of the next day. >> rebecca stevenson, thank you. >>> hollywood ledge legend james garner has died. a career that spanned six decades. >> the

and here's abc's rebecca jarvis with another look at skimming. >> reporter: he may look like an ordinarye-thru attendant. but he's actually a brazen credit card thief caught on tape. >> i would have never pointed my finger at the drive-thru because you're sitting right there. you're watching them use your card. >> reporter: let's see that again. he's swiping an unsuspecting customer's credit card not once but twice. first the legitimate charge for the food. then again on a separate device called a skimmer that allows crooks to steal your credit card info from right under your nose. a lesson richard norris learned the hard way. >> he had gotten me three different times. >> reporter: he had never given much thought to his morning ritual stopping at mcdonald's -- >> may help you? >> reporter: -- for his guilty pleasure. >> can i have a large sweet tea, please? >> reporter: until he and his wife noticed mysterious charges popping up on all three of their credit cards. >> so he was able to skim all three cards at the same location. >> reporter: those golden arches. when the cops checked the s

abc's rebecca jarvis is with us, and barbara corcoran with a warning. >> reporter: on reality tv, it>> the bigger the disaster, the better the makeover. >> it's not easy. >> reporter: in the real world. >> if you think the business of flipping a house is easy. it ain't. >> reporter: new numbers show one in five flips doesn't turn a profit. in charlotte, north carolina, these women are working on their first flip. this modest three-bedroom, buying it for $150,000. what did it look like? >> awful. >> it was a dump. the kitchen floor was sinking, the yard was a jungle. >> reporter: so, they invested an additional $60,000, gutting the kitchen, removing the chimney. and enduring poison ivy. finally, a $275,000 listing. an open house, and waiting. >> you dropped the $250,000, you're done. hope we have a bidding war. >> there's never been a better time, but you have to know what you're doing. it takes longer and costs more than you expect. >> reporter: if you do want to get in the game, plan for delays. today's average flip takes 101 days. to complete. don't go overboard. renovations that c

abc's rebecca jarvis with a consumer warning for everyone tonight. >> reporter: eric man hit the realstate jackpot. >> this was a flip? >> this was a flip. >> reporter: buying this brooklyn home for $1.2 million. in just three days, he painted the walls, sanded the floors, added a $300 chandelier, relisted it and sold it for $2.1 million. >> did you think you were lucky? >> i was extremely lucky. >> reporter: it's the wild world of house flipping. flips are up 16% since last year and 114% from the year before. erika dolittle thought she was getting the deal of a lifetime on this newly renovated oakland home, buying it as-is. >> you walk into the house and you see a lot of nice stuff? >> absolutely. on the surface it looked good. >> reporter: beneath, something her inspector cautioned she might find, more than $15,000 in hidden costs, from loose wires to leaks in her sewer. a year after buying, she found two feet of water under debris in the basement. >> there was a veritable lake. >> a lake? >> reporter: what flippers are particularly good at is doing surface repairs and not handling

tonight, how to make your house appealing in this hot market, and abc's rebecca jarvis also shows you what not to do. >> reporter: an eagle, a dragon and in living room, a lifesize ostrich. welcome to the million dollar mansion that might just be one of america's most unsellable houses. real estate agent elka roberts has been trying to sell this castle outside of chicago for more than two years. and is still looking for that elusive buyer. >> it could be a knight. >> reporter: of the round table. unlike the other houses in the neighborhood, this one has a custom drawbridge, a sky high chimney, its own tower and a massive pool. the flintstone element. but when it comes to resale value, this castle is under siege. it's price plunging by over $200,000. castle like this one? to sell a >> very difficult. >> reporter: from this custom colorful home in georgia to this unique indiana mansion, over 2 million existing homes are on the market right now. the highest level in almost two years. so if you're looking to sell your own castle, "shark tank's" barbara corcoran says keep these cardinal ru

>> please, come to the front. >> thank you very much. >> rebecca evans, commissioners and i am here on behalf of the sierra club and we support, and i want to respond to the housing comment, there is housing going up and i live less than a mile from here and there is new housing and new housing that is being built and a lot of other priority development areas in the city and no return for this and i have used in my lifetime not to be a part for the citizens of district two, district three, and the china town and the part of city that could use recreation space. >> any further public comment. >> the question has been called.

>> please, come to the front. >> thank you very much. >> rebecca evans, commissioners and i am here on ha

abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis tells us about it. >> reporter: for these american inventors, today is the chance of a lifetime. their big ideas could be the next million dollar must-have product for sale on walmart shelves. joe ertel from iowa and his grandson with their family made toy trucks. marcia martin from little rock selling these personalized baby shower gifts. >> here comes trouble. >> reporter: they're all here as part of that new promise from walmart, to spend $250 billion over the next decade on american-made products for their stores. economists estimating that could create 1 million new jobs in the u.s. >> they know that this is not a pr thing, that it is an economic thing. for the first time in over a making sense to these things in the u.s. >> reporter: after a year of declining sales and criticism for low wages, wall know knows it's good for their image. for three years on "world news," the made in america team has been introducing us to inventors around the country. remember last fall, david muir took us inside walmart's headquarters as american

and tonight, abc's rebecca jarvis shows us how to find a hidden treasure in a neighborhood you love.st-time home buyers alison hardy and her husband, david, had their heart set on their dream neighborhood -- grant park in atlanta. >> the homes are beautiful and it also has this really great charter school system that we want to be a part of. >> reporter: their wishlist -- three bedrooms, two baths and enough space for their growing family. plus, a price tag under $300,000. >> this is a pretty house. we looked at this one. but it was out of our price range. >> reporter: they were getting priced out. this similar home going for $350,000 and this one for $319,000. >> we were going to have to leave the neighborhood we had really fallen in love with. >> reporter: but experts estimate there are about 1.7 million undervalued homes on the market today. so, they went looking for a hidden gem. >> you should never shy away from the house that looks terrible. you have to go in and see what's so terrible about it. >> reporter: rob smith has helped countless families like alison and david. >> a go

this is far from over. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> now to washington to a fiery message from president obama involving immigration reform. republicans firing back, and we have reported here on the surge of young immigrants, children, crossing into the u.s. from mexico, often without their parents. today the president spoke directly to the american people but he also put congress on notice, saying if you don't vote on immigration reform, he will take executive action instead. abc's senior white house correspondent jim avila just back from the border. and we wanted to know how much power does the president really have? >> reporter: we saw it ourselves, our cameras along with the border patrol as they confront the surge of central american mothers and children overrunning south texas, right into the arms of agents, pleading for sanctuary. a frustrated president obama calling these crowded cells filled with young children a humanitarian crises that can only be fixed by immigration reform. today announcing he can't wait on the republican house anymore. >> i'm beginning a new effort to fix a

rebecca sein reports. >> reporter: these are the first images of onet flight recorders from mh-17 in hand of an emergency worker, filmed a day after the plane came down in eastern ukraine. the leader of the main separatist group says the black boxes are now under his control. and that they will be handed over to international authorities. >> translator: those objects have been delivered to dondon and remain under my control. we wait for experts, in this case, the international civil aviation organization, and we are ready to hand over those technical objects from the pla plane. >> reporter: three days after the tragedy, more than 200 bodies have been recovered. but there is outrage over the way they have been handled. on sunday, rebels reportedly forced emergency workers to hand over dozens of bodies and loaded them on to refrigerated train cars in terez, 15 kilometers away. monitors from the european security organization, the osce, verified the bodies were from the malaysian airliner. >> i don't want to be too gruesome but it's a very, very difficult scene to watch. we were told th