abc's ryan owens on what this father said tonight. >> reporter: hanna anderson is finally back home in southern california tonight, after a harrowing week that ended with fbi agents shooting her accused kidnapper in the idaho backwoods. >> as for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. she has been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. >> reporter: the 16-year-old found out the father is her only other member of her immediate family still alive. the sheriff says the teen had no idea the man accused of kid 23457ing her a week ago, 40-year-old james dimaggio killed her mother and brother. >> she was a victim in this case. she was not a willing participant. she was under extreme duress. >> reporter: tonight authorities reveal dimaggio shot at them before an fbi agent killed him and rescued hannah. they say he went to great lengths to cover his tracks. police say hannah mayo her life to these four horse back riders who appeared on "gma" this morning. >> they were back country people in california. think didn't fit out in those idaho mountains. >> reporter: when they saw the amber a

abc's ryan owens has the latest. >> reporter: hannah anderson is finally back home in southern california after a harrowing week that ended with fbi agents shooting her accused kidnapper in the idaho backwoods. >> as for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. she has been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. >> reporter: the 16-year-old just found out her father is the only other member of her immediate family still alive. the sheriff says the teen had no idea the man accused of kidnapping her a week ago, 40-year-old james dimaggio, allegedly killed her mother and 8-year-old brother. their bodies found in his burning california home. >> she was a victim in this case. she was not a willing participant. she was under extreme duress. >> reporter: dimaggio shot at them before they shot at him and killed him. that's his blue car camouflaged under that debris. hannah mayo her life to these four horseback riders. >> they said they were back country people in california. they didn't fit out there in the idaho mountains. >> reporter: when they saw the amber alert, they called police. >>

abc's ryan owens has more. >> reporter: this man says his deeply religious parents forced him into gay conversion therapy at the ripe old age of six. >> i was worried in school, wait a second, is my wrist too limp or am i walking a little too girly. i would feel terrible about it. >> reporter: he's one of the young people who lined up to tell their horror stories to new jersey law makers. stories of shock therapy. >> i was stocked repeatedly by people who had my parents permission to torture me. >> reporter: chris christy signed that bill, citing the american psychological association's finding that trying to turn someone from gay to straight poses serious health risk, direction, substance abuse and even suicide. new jersey becomes the second state to do so. california banned it last year. christy, a catholic republican who may have his eye on the white house explained his views this way on cnn. >> i've always believed that people are born with the predisposition to be homosexual. >> reporter: this type of therapy remains perfectly legal for adults. we visited a gay convention camp nea

abc's ryan owens has the latest. >> reporter: hannah anderson is finally back home in southern california after a harrowing week that ended with fbi agents shooting her accused kidnapper in the idaho backwoods. >> as for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. she has been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. >> reporter: the 16-year-old just found out her father is the only other member of her immediate family still alive. the sheriff says the teen had no idea the man accused of kidnapping her a week ago, 40-year-old james dimaggio, allegedly killed her mother and 8-year-old brother. their bodies found in his burning california home. >> she was a victim in this case. she was not a willing participant. she was under extreme duress. >> reporter: dimaggio shot at them before they shot at him and killed him. that's his blue car camouflaged under that debris. hannah mayo her life to these four horseback riders. >> they said they were back country people in california. they didn't fit out there in the idaho mountains. >> reporter: when they saw the amber alert, they called police. >>

abc's ryan owens on the case again. >> reporter: mayor filner, are you going to resign? it may finally be over. mayor bob filner loading boxes into his suv outside city hall last night. >> good to see you guys. >> reporter: affiliate kgtv has learned mayor filner is prepared fo resign tomorrow if the city council signs off on a deal. the 70-year-old is accused of sexually harassing 18 women. >> a hand that went to my but tok and i was shocked. >> reporter: many don't want taxpayers to pay him another cent. >> his parting gift should be good riddance instead of a handout. >> reporter: especially according to his critics because he's become such a punch line. some voters want him recalled before he can quit. they say resignation is too easy for a man who has embarrassed america's 8th largest city. ryan owens, abc news, san diego. >>> now to the breaking headline we've been following all day from wall street. real concern today when commuters suddenly froze, stocks halted, no one knew what was happening at the nasdaq as americans and their 401(k), their retirements were for

abc's ryan owens has that. >> reporter: he had the world holding its breath, jumping from a helicopter dressed as james bond and gliding with that union jack parachute right into olympic stadium in london last year. but mark sutton wore another kind of suit, a winged suit. what people can do in them may be as dangerous as anything 007 ever did. he even had a youtube channel to demonstrate how he could maneuver around majestic mountains. today the 42-year-old leaped from a helicopter 10,000 feet above the swiss alps and slammed into a mountain and died instantly. this man has done similar jumps hundreds of times. here he is gliding around the matterhorn. look closely and you'll see a plane flying by him. >> the people that are doing it accept the risk. if you are doing this it's because you dreamed of it. if you die living your dream, so be it. >> reporter: it's a sport undeniably cool, allowing humans to take flight to thread a scary needle, like plunging through this hole in a chinese cave, with all with such precision the best can hit a balloon this close to the ground. it's so thril

abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: friday night in texas. thousands of high school players will take to the field tonight. this early in the school year, many have already learned one lesson. what a concussion feels like. >> i blacked out, was dizzy, kind of saw stars. >> i went to the locker room and everything was just like a blur, like nauseous, really dizzy. >> reporter: so what's being done to keep these players safe? >> work up and through. eyes up! >> reporter: nearly 3,000 youth leagues in all 50 states have adopted new standards for tackling, teaching kids to keep their heads up -- the best way to avoid a concussion. >> we're helping change the culture of the game. >> reporter: the nfl-funded program is called "heads up football," and critics say it's little more than a pr campaign. at the college level, teams like virginia tech placed sensors into the foam of players' helmets to record the power of hits in g's. anything over a certain level and the team doctor gets a page. despite those efforts, the numbers are alarming. a recent s

ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >>> and we have a note tonight, we've learned more about this explosive car crash caught on tape. watch the left side of your screen. a semitruck goes airborne, erupting into a fireball. inside a driver and his 7-year-old son. it happened in indiana. the father and son only suffered minor injuries. and the father now says he swerved to avoid a car that had drifted into his lane. investigators are studying that tape tonight. >>> and you're about to learn now that not all vacations are created equal in america. congress with still so much work to be done, has given itself the kind of rest and relaxation most americans can only see in their dreams. abc's david kerley has our washington watchdog now. >> reporter: talk about a mad dash today. members of congress leaving the capitol. grabbing their bags, heading home for a five-week vacation. gone. with time running out to pass some big pieces of the country's business, including a budget. >> when you are at work, you are working until you get it all done. then you go on vacation. >> reporter: citizens vacation

abc's ryan owens has that story. >> reporter: san diego, one of america's most beautiful cities spent its summer embroiled in a very ugly scandal. its mayor is m.i.a., hasn't been spotted at city hall in a month. >> i have diminished the office to which you elected me. >> reporter: the 70-year-old disappeared after releasing that video. he went to rehab for two weeks after 16 women accused him of sexual harassment. >> he ran his finger up my cheek like this. >> he groped me on my back side inappropriately. >> reporter: today he spent a second day with attorneys in mediation. his resignation may be on the table. radio host mike slater has talked about almost nothing else for six weeks. >> one of the reasons why people are so fired up about this is because they know if they did what mayor filner did, they would be fired in a second. >> reporter: these women have gathered hundreds of signatures on a recall petition. >> as long as mayor filner is going, we're going, too. >> reporter: the democratic mayor does have supporters but his real base of support might just come from comedians. san

ryan owens is there with the newest turn. >> reporter: will he stay or will he go? still an open question. the mayor is reportedly ready to resign, but only with strings attached. and at this moment, the city council is meeting to decide if they can accept the mayor's conditions. >> just before city council members adjourned to consider his fate, they heard from one of the women who says she harassed here. >> i hope you will consider the nature and degree of the deplorable behavior the mayor has kpunted. >> reporter: many are hoping this will bring an end to the six-week scandal consuming the city. 18 women, one of them a grandmother. >> every day i went to work, i had butterflies in my stomach. >> he ran his finger up my cheek. >> reporter: it got so bad they set up a hotline for women to call. he tried apologizing, went to rehab, but angered many by leaving the program early. so what does mayor fill ner want to simply go away? well, the terms of this agreement are being kept confidential at this hour, but a lot of taxpayers here in san diego, david, do not think h

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>> ryan owens, thank you. >>> paula deen is back in the news tonight. a judge dismissing the lawsuit that led to the chaos within her food and tv empire. a former employee accused deen and her brother of racial discrimination and sexual harassment. the two sides agree to a settlement without money changing hands. deen has already lost millions of dollars when companies severed ties with her, including the food network and walmart. >>> and word tonight of a new arrival at the national zoo in washington. a giant panda gave birth to a cub this afternoon. no name yet. but mama picked up her cub immediately and started cradling it. today's birth comes as matt gutman got a look at the twin pandas in the atlanta zoo, the first twin pandas born in the u.s. in 26 years. "pandamonium" tonight. i had to. >>> so much more ahead here on "world news" this friday night. coming up with the extreme storms on the way this weekend, what happens when power lines come down on your home, on your car. tonight, how to get out alive, and get this, the floor mat in your car coul

ryan owen is in boise with the latest. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. hannah is with her father this morning. she's in good shape, at least physically. yesterday, she met with a view visitors, namely the horseback riders whose tip blew this case wide open. it wasn't just those heros in uniform who saved hannah anderson. >> hannah's coming home. >> reporter: it was these sharp-eyed civilians on horseback. >> just had a gut feeling about him. >> reporter: these four came across the 16-year-old and her 40-year-old kidnapper last week in idaho. hannah was wearing pajamas, appeared scared, kept looking away, and muttered i think we're all in trouble now. when they saw the teen's picture on tv, they call police. and hundreds of federal agents descended on the woods. first spotting the car friday morning. police just released the pictures of how he tried to cover it up with limbs and brush. saturday, from the air, they discovered a camp site to surprise dimaggio, members of the fbi hostage rescue tea

abc's ryan owens on what this father said tonight. >> reporter: hanna anderson is finally back home in southern california tonight, after a harrowing week that ended with fbi agents shooting her accused kidnapper in the idaho backwoods. >> as for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. she has been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. >> reporter: the 16-year-old found out the father is her only other member of her immediate family still alive. the sheriff says the teen had no idea the man accused of kid 23457ing her a week ago, 40-year-old james dimaggio killed her mother and brother. >> she was a victim in this case. she was not a willing participant. she was under extreme duress. >> reporter: tonight authorities reveal dimaggio shot at them before an fbi agent killed him and rescued hannah. they say he went to great lengths to cover his tracks. police say hannah mayo her life to these four horse back riders who appeared on "gma" this morning. >> they were back country people in california. think didn't fit out in those idaho mountains. >> reporter: when they saw the amber a

ryan owens, abc news, boise, idaho. >> such a tragic story.ill really not clear at this point. >> the fbi not giving a lot of details. one of the things we have been able to confirm through sources is that the cat had a lot to do with this. because if you remember the two couples found them along the way, the trail when they were hiking. said they were carrying around a cat. one said what are you trying to do, track mountain lion with the cat. the fb one of the things they were able to do, separating them from the mountain hikers, was they had a cat. >> very interesting point. the poor girl did not know about her mom and brother being dead. the fbi had to tell them after the interview process. while on the run she didn't know. >> had no idea. kept in the dark throughout the entire time. moving on to this new this morning. tragedy at a baseball game. a fan at atlanta's turner field fell to his death during the braves' home game last night. after a longthy rain delay. 90 minutes. investigators trying to find out how he fell. and the second fatal

abc's ryan owens has the details. >> i offer deep apology, certainly to all of the citizens of san diego. >> reporter: minutes after throwing in the towel, soon-to-be former mayor bob filner, spoke directly to those 18 women who have accused him of sexual harassment. >> i had no intention to be offensive. >> reporter: but even as he apologized, filner seemed to suggest part of the blame belongs to those women. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. but there's hysteria that's been created. and many of you helped defeat, is the hysteria of a lynch mob. >> reporter: the 70-year-old democrat may still have his supporters. but the city council voted unanimously to accept his resignation late friday, after hearing scathing comments from a fed-up public. >> this mayor needs to be out of office. >> i'm opposed to paying any of bob filner's legal bills. >> do not let this man off. >> reporter: filner exits with a pension of $80,000 a year. and taxpayers are still on the hook for some of his legal bills. several of the women who accused him say it's worth it to get him to go away. >> it's clea

ryan owens, abc news, boise, idaho. >> given the circumstances this is a wonderful ending to the storying the mother and her brother and an entire family shattered. >> yes, the strange family connection he has with his dad who did something sort of similar. it's just one of the craziest stories. they say he went to a bad place to sort of hide out. not only are the hikers and those people who are on horseback who saw him, but intersects by the trail. so, you might be out in the wilderness, but a lot of people out there with you as well. >> what he was counting on was this vast space he was in, 2.3 million acres. he was expecting to go unnoticed. the horseback riders saw him. not only able to at that moment say there was something wrong. because they, they noticed immediately, they were looking away, shuffling their feet. she was wearing pajama bottoms. he wasn't properly dressed. to go hiking. and they remembered them and went back home they knew immediately that was the girl authorities were looking for. >> job well done for the folks. >> absolutely. thankfully she's home. >> you bet.

ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >> story gets stranger with all of the stuff going on.do you make of this? >> it is hard to tell. it is important we do want to point out, this has not been corroborated by authorities. this is what hannah is saying. her side of the story. the search warrants have been unsealed. we do know there was a horrific scene that was found at the home, at the garage that burned down with the two bodies inside them. there's no real clues that the mother and brother were actually tied up. which is what hannah says in one of the postings. this is just strange. the relationship she may or may not have had with her captor. >> a lot of phone calls between them. >> the day she was captured. 13 phone calls. both phones were shut off at the same time which could have happened when he abducted her. she mentioned that he asked them to come to his house which is how her whole family ended up there. authorities have figured out she was actually picked up from cheerleading practice and never seen after that. so that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. there's a

ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >> so experienced.at those unbelievable pictures. >> yeah, a sad story. you see them. when you have the helmet cam. doesn't look like they're going so fast. when you see things far away. plane, bird, or the balloon. really no way to tell by just looking at him how fast they're going. going 145 miles an hour. >> unbelievable. >> imagine slamming into the side of a mountain going that quickly. no way you can survive something like that. >> awful, awful. >> moving on to this, ahead in the next half hour. bridging the transition from war time to peacetime. >> with one of nature's gentle giants. the story of one vet who is paying it forward for a new generation of vets. >> ahead in the next half hour, getting in shape can cost a fortune. we will show you how to save dollars while shedding pound. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ >>> and a problem that generations of our war heroes have encountered after fighting with valor, not bei

here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: mordacai levicitz said his parents forced him into so-called gayd age of six. >> i was worried in school, is -- oh, wait a second, is my wrist too limp, or am i walking too girlie. and i would feel terrible about it. >> reporter: one of the young people who lined up to tell their horror stories to new jersey law makers. stories of shock therapy. >> i, a child was shocked repeatedly by people who had my parents permission to torture me. >> reporter: the new jersey governor chris christie signed the bill outlawing the therapy for minors citing american psychological association finding trying to turn some one from gay to straight poses serious health risks -- depression, substance abuse and yes, even suicide. new jersey becomes the second state to do so. california banned it last year. christie, a catholic republican who may have his eye on the white house, explained his views this way on cnn. >> i have always believed that people are born with, with the predisposition to be homosexual. >> reporter: this type of therapy remains legal for adults. we v

for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, san diego. >> extraordinary statements from the mayoright. >>> now, to the overnight jailhouse interview, of two roommates who were plotting to kill police officers. both of these people are loudly defending themselves. and this is just the latest example of criminal charges involving so-called sovereign citizens. an anti-government movement classified by the fbi as domestic terrorists. and abc's gio benitez is here with the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. investigators say they were watching the two for four months. the alleged plot discovered in an undercover sting. now, from jail and court, the two share their skepticism for government and police. overnight, in new jailhouse interviews, convicted felon david brutsche and devon newman, a new grandmother, are speaking out. >> the government uses the police to violate the rights of the people. >> reporter: 67-year-old newman says, she's no terrorist. >> yeah, right. i have not harmed anyone. i have no intention of harming anyone. >> reporter: she denies the allegatio

ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >> to me, troubling about that kind of counseling, troubling period>> and you know, they could feel bullied. they can feel. if an adult decide to seek that type of counseling. >> sure, why not? >> maybe, he or she is making an adult choice. but to put a kid in that situation. >> sure. >> i'm -- obviously something that doesn't seem like a good idea if you ask me. >> the kids are being sent by their parents. which is for me even more disturbing. >> christie saying he doesn't believe being gay is a sin. andsome people a sompeople are . >> might be his platform we are looking at. the beginning of it. let's move on to the rest of the story for today. in a classic case of being a sore loser, a robber returned to the scene of his unsuccessful crime and tried it again. pennsylvania convenience store clerk grabbed the gun of his masked assailant. who was holding him up. he fled and returned for his gun back and asked if he could have some money. the clerk wasn't feeling generous. instead of -- >> he took the money. >> yeah. $1,000 reward for the arrest of the

ryan owens, abc news, san diego. >>> and today at the white hoe they turned back time for some slightly aging super stars. a 1972 undefeated miami dolphins, honored 41 years late because their victory visit was cancelled because of watergate. the born leader, head coach shula, now 83 using a scooter but he remembers back when he was carried off the field. the tough tank, larry, broke his nose about ten times, also came to remember. and boyish quarterback bob greasy still camera ready at age 68. they are still the only super bowl champions with a perfect season. talk about forever young. >>> still ahead right here on "world news," hold onto your wallet, the new hot spots tonight, including a hotel lobby where it's most likely to be stole en, how pick pockets are out in force. >>> and the newest member of the first family got us wondering, what is the wildest thing a dog ever did at the white house. we'll show you. ♪ [ male announcer ] ever wonder why no other mouthwash feels like listerine®? because no other mouthwash works like listerine®. in your mouth, bacteria forms in layers. lister

here's ryan owens now. >> reporter: on the same day kidnapping victim hannah anderson made her first public appearance since her ordeal -- at a fundraiser in southern california thursday -- authorities released more search warrants detailing what authorities found in james dimaggio os burnt home. they sdafrd letters from hannah in the home, but will not reveal the contents of either. >> this was not a spur of the moment homicide/arson. this was well thought out. >> reporter: detectives found ammunition, an arson wire, incendiary devices. the documents also reveal investigators believe dimaggio set off two separate blazes. one in the house where the charred remains of hannah's 8-year-old brother, ethan, were found. and one in the garage, where firefighters discovered hannah's mother, christina, facedown under a tarp, next to a crow bar detectives suspect was the murder weapon. according to those same court documents, hannah and her alleged kidnapper, called each other approximately 13 times on the day she disappeared. investigators will not elaborate on those calls but insist hannah i

abc's ryan owens this evening on the moment authorities knew they had to act fast. >> hannah's comingome. >> reporter: hannah anderson is being reunited with her father tonight, in no small part thanks to these horse back riders. >> she did appear frightened. >> reporter: around noon wednesday, they spotted the 16-year-old and her accused kidnapper. family friends james dimaggio. thursday night, one of those riders, a retired sheriff's deputy, reported that sighting to authorities. >> and the amber alert was on the television and i told my wife, i said, that is that girl we seen on the mountain. >> reporter: hundreds of federal agents descended on the rucked idaho backwoods. and at 8:00 friday morning, they found dimaggio's car hidden under brush. saturday afternoon, a plane spotted what looked like a camp si site. members of the fbi hostage rescue team dropped from a helicopter and hiked 2 1/2 hours through treacherous terrain. the fbi will not deal what happened next, except to say dimaggio was given every chance to surrender before he was shot at 5:22 saturday evening. authorities

ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >>> and next now tonight it is one thing to be a notorious batterike the new york yankees alex rodriguez. it's another to have an opposing pitcher hit you with the ball. red sox pitcher ryan dempster seems to have done it on purpose. what's the truth and what's the explanation? >> reporter: take the most vilified athlete in professional sports, the new york yankees alex rodriguez, and their arch rivals, the boston red sox and you get this. pitcher ryan dempster called it an innocent mistake. >> i was trying to pitch inside. >> ryan dempster is a national hero today hitting him as he should have. >> reporter: in boston it was the hot topic on sports talk radio. >> i thought it was great and i salute him for doing what so many of us would have wanted to do. >> that was unprofessional and silly. >> those words coming from a player fighting a 211-game suspension for cheating and obstruction baseball's investigation into the company that allegedly supplied rodriguez and nearly a dozen others with banned substances. >> a-rod just can't stay out of the hea

abc's ryan owens this evening on the moment authorities knew they had to act fast. >> hannah's comingome. >> reporter: hannah anderson is safe and being reunited with her father tonight, in no small part thanks to these horseback riders. >> she did appear frightened, but i thought it was fear of the horses. >> reporter: around noon wednesday, they spotted the 16-year-old and her accused kidnapper, family friend james dimaggio. thursday night, one of those riders, a retired sheriff's deputy, reported that sighting to authorities. >> and the amber alert was on the television and i told my wife, i said, that is that girl we seen on the mountain. >> reporter: hundreds of federal agents descended on the rugged idaho backwoods. and at 8:00 friday morning, they found dimaggio's car hidden under brush. saturday afternoon, a plane spotted what looked like a campsite. to surprise dimaggio, members of the fbi hostage rescue team dropped from a helicopter and hiked 2 1/2 hours through treacherous terrain. the fbi will not detail what happened next, except to say dimaggio was given every chance to

ryan owens has the story. >> it's been a special day for me. >> reporter: a day most couples would like videos has become almost as much a part of the ceremony has that first case. >> i wasn't remembering a lot of stuff because i could go back to the video. >> reporter: or so she thought. months after they wedded in march, the nationwide company they hired to produce the wedding video, disappeared. the phoenix office was apan donned. the phones disconnected. >> you put all of this money and time into it. now, we have no video. >> my heart sank. i was like, oh, my gosh. i'm so hangry. >> how can someone do this? i was sad. i was angry. >> reporter: our phoenix affiliate repeatedly tried to contact the former owner. so did we. all of our attempts were unsuccessful. >> for weeks, we've been investigating a wedding video business that shout down. >> reporter: joe duci put out a request. >> if you are anybody from urbane wedding video, right now. just bring any raw video you have here. >> reporter: two freelance editors who worked with urbane answered that call, dropping off three hard drive

abc's ryan owens is there with the very latest. ryan, good morning. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. an extremely violent overnight here in north texas. eight people shot, four of them killed. two of them were found in the suburban home behind me. that's where police say the ex-girlfriend was found. after he apparently first tossed some sort of explosive device in there. we're told when police arrived, the suspect actually pretended to be among the injured. he is at the police department now. before he got here, police say he stopped at another home in south dallas, two dead as well. among the injured, two children. a 13-year-old and 11-year-old boy. >> oh, what a sad, sad story. ryan owens. thank you so much. >>> well, a terrifying scene at a fair in minnesota, after a rodeo bull broke loose. sending families with young children, as you might imagine, running for their lives. eight people were injured when a 1,200-pound bull escaped its pen. it was on the run for 15 minutes before it was finally and thankfully captured. >>> o

abc's ryan owens has the story. >> good to see you guys. thank you. >> reporter: the circus may finally be leaving town. mayor bob filner spotted loading boxes into an suv outside city hall. kgtv reports the 70-year-old embattled mayor is going to resign today, if the city council approves a settlement agreement, hashed without behind closed doors this week, with attorneys for the city and his many accusers. >> he asked me to work without my underwear on. >> he groped me on my backside inappropriately. >> it was a hand, back to my buttocks. and i was shocked. >> reporter: that last woman is the 18th to come forward and accuse filner of sexual harassment in the last month and a half. >> i diminished the office to which you elected me. >> reporter: he tried apologizing. he even went to rehab for a few weeks. but the drumbeat for him to go, just seems to get louder. voters here have been gathering signatures to throw him out of office, before he can quit. >> come to the mic. >> reporter: talk radio is relentless. >> we've been talking about th

and abc's ryan owens has the latest. >> the phone calls weren't phone calls.exts because he was picking me up from cheer camp. and he didn't know the address or like where i was. so, i had to tell him the address. and tell him that i was going to be in the gym and not in front of the school, just so he knew where to come get me. in the letters, were from like a year ago when me and my mom weren't getting along very well. we would talk about how i could deal with it. and i told him how i felt about it. they weren't anything bad. they were just to help me through tough times. >> reporter: hannah anderson has appeared publicly at two fund-raisers since her kidnapping. but this is the first time she's spoken out about her ordeal. the 16-year-old sat down with "dateline nbc's" dennis murphy. >> in the beginning, i was a victim, but now, knowing everyone out there is helping me, i consider myself a survivor instead. my mom raised me to be strong. >> reporter: this morning, the young survivor is having to deal with what some would consider even more bizarre allegatio

ryan owens is there with the very latest. ryan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, to you, amy. an extremely violent overnight here in texas. eight people shot, four of them kimmed. two of the fatalities were found in the suburban home behind me. that's where police say the gunman murdered his ex-girlfriend after he apparently first tossed some sort of explosive device in there. we're told when police arrived, the suspect actually pretended to be among the injured. police have identified that suspect as erby bowser. he is at the pice department now. before he got to this home, he stopped at another home in south dallas, where he thought his ex-girlfriend was. she wasn't there. but that did not stop him from shooting four people, killing two. among the injured this morning, amy, a 13-year-old and 11-year-old boy. >> what a sad, sad story. ryan owens. thank you so much. >>> a terrifying scene at a fair in minnesota, after a rodeo bull broke loose. a family with young children, as you might imagine, running for their lives.

for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >> still has that comic side, right?> look how great he looks at 87 years old. >> yeah. >> wow. >> there's the headline. dick van dyke has a great life. >> exactly. >> he said somebody's looking after me. looking after the car. they sure were. scary. glad he's all right. >>> now, though, we must turn to a string of scary shark attacks in hawaii. two more in just the past week. and now, the latest victim is just 16 years old. abc's neal karlinsky has the story. >> reporter: 16-year-old jimmy napiahe is lucky to be sitting in the hospital this morning and he knows it. he was surfing his favorite spot on hawaii's big island, when a shark, eight to ten feet, attacked. >> he hit me so fast, i didn't know what was going on. >> reporter: his friends were surfing alongside and couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> the shark came out by the leg. i was shaking already. it was so close to the shark attack. >> reporter: he suffered 30 deep cuts to his legs. but says he fought the shark. >> i got hit. and then, i got bit. and th

ryan owens is there with the very latest. ryan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, to you, amy. an extremely violent overnight here in texas. eight people shot, four of them kimmed. two of the fatalities were found in the suburban home behind me. that's where police say the gunman murdered his ex-girlfriend after he apparently first tossed some sort of explosive device in there. we're told when police arrived, the suspect actually pretended to be among the injured. police have identified that suspect as erby bowser. he is at the police department now. before he got to this home, he stopped at another home in south dallas, where he thought his ex-girlfriend was. she wasn't there. but that did not stop him from shooting four people, killing two. among the injured this morning, amy, a 13-year-old and 11-year-old boy. >> what a sad, sad story. ryan owens. thank you so much. >>> a terrifying scene at a fair in minnesota, after a rodeo bull broke loose. a family with young children, as you might imagine, running for their live

abc's ryan owens has more in los angeles. ryan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, josh. you're right. this is our first look at hannah since her kidnapping. it was a quick glimpse. but she certainly looked like any other healthy teenage girl, who somehow found the strength to appear publicly, despite everything she's been through. >> back up. >> reporter: hannah anderson was swarmed by cameras as she got out of the car. and rushed inside to thank those who gathered at a hometown restaurant for a fund-raiser. >> she was with all her family. everyone, all her friends. everyone she would want to see after something like this. she is just a soldier. and she handled it like a champ today. >> reporter: the 16-year-old did not want the media inside. her father had this message. >> hannah sends her love. she's doing good, day by day. and we'll just keep moving forward from here. thank you very much. >> reporter: also this morning, three search warrants just released, show kidnapping suspect, james dimaggio, had no

abc's ryan owens has the latest. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. these are the search warrants. they reveal gruesome details about what dimaggio allegedly did to hannah's mother and brother. and the frantic effort to find the teenager before something awful happened to her, too. on the day james dimaggio allegedly set his house on fire and kidnapped 16-year-old hannah anderson, firefighters found the bodies of hannah's mother, christina, and 8-year-old brother, ethan. according to newly-obtained search warrants, they had been tortured. this morning, those warrants are also raising questions about what happened in the hours before that fire. in court documents, investigators say, an unnamed person picked hannah up from cheerleading practice around 4:00 that afternoon. soon after, detectives say her cell phone was turned off. police say dimaggio's phone was also turned off about the same time. at some point before that, investigators say hannah and her alleged kidnapper called each other approximately 13 times. >> it's extremely important for law enf

ryan owens is in boise with the latest. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. hannah is with her father this morning. and we're told that she's in good shape, at least physically. all thanks to those horgback riders who tip blew this case wide open. it wasn't just those heroes in uniform who saved hannah anderson. >> hannah's coming home. >> reporter: it was also these sharp-eyed civilians on horseback. >> just had a gut feeling about him. >> reporter: these four came across the 16-year-old and her 40-year-old accused kidnapper james dimaggio last week in the rugged backwoods of idaho. they said that hannah was wearing pajamas, appeared scared, kept looking away, and muttered, i think we're all in trouble now. when they saw the teen's picture on tv, they called police. and hundreds of federal agents descended on the woods. first spotting dimaggio's car friday morning. police just released these pictures of how he tried to cover it up with limbs and brush. saturday, from the air, they discovered a camp

abc's ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: for 16-year-old hannah anderson, the journey home from the rugged back country of idaho was quick. a flight, courtesy of the fbi. recovering from what happened there will take far longer. >> as for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. he's been through a horrific ordeal. i'm proud of her. and i love her very much. >> reporter: hannah told investigators that her kidnapper 40-year-old james dimaggio, was armed with a rifle and a pistol. she says he fired at least one shot at the fbi hostage rescue team before an agent shot him dead saturday. only after her rescue did hannah learn dimaggio, a long-time family friend, allegedly killed her mother and her 8-year-old brother. their bodies found in his burning home. >> it became very clear to us, very clear, that she is a victim in every sense of the world in this horrific crime. >> reporter: the sheriff wanted to make that clear after the four horseback riders who stumbled upon hannah in the woods thought she muttered, i think we're all in trouble now. they called police after seeing her a

abc's ryan owens has more on the story. >> first degree murder guilty. >> reporter: the jodi arias casenspired a tv movie -- >> action! >> i'm just your dirty little secret? >> reporter: is about to get its real-life sequel. this morning, judge sherry stevens is expected to decide when the retrial of the penalty phase will begin. she said she'd like to start picking a new jury next month. >> ma'am, were you crying when you were shooting him? >> i don't remember. >> reporter: they will not hear the entire case again. >> the simple question before you is do you -- >> reporter: their only task will be decide to if arias should die for murdering her ex-boyfriend mormon businessman travis alexander back in 2008. >> any juror who gets on there from this jury pool and says that they don't have any familiarity with this or haven't made up their mind, i think would probably need to be strapped into a polygraph. >> reporter: still jodi arias' attorneys are hoping her retrial will not be as high profile they filed this motion to keep cameras out or to at least forbid the trial to be broadcast live

ryan owen is in boise with the latest. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. hannah is with her father this morning. she's in good shape, at least physically. yesterday, she met with a view visitors, namely the horseback riders whose tip blew this case wide open. it wasn't just those heros in uniform who saved hannah anderson. >> hannah's coming home. >> reporter: it was these sharp-eyed civilians on horseback. >> just had a gut feeling about him. >> reporter: these four came across the 16-year-old and her 40-year-old kidnapper last week in idaho. hannah was wearing pajamas, appeared scared, kept looking away, and muttered i think we're all in trouble now. when they saw the teen's picture on tv, they call police. and hundreds of federal agents descended on the woods. first spotting the car friday morning. police just released the pictures of how he tried to cover it up with limbs and brush. saturday, from the air, they discovered a camp site to surprise dimaggio, members of the fbi hostage rescue tea

abc's ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: for 16-year-old hannah anderson, the journey home from the rugged back country in idaho was quick. a flight curtesy of the fbi. what happened there, will take far longer. >> as for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. i'm proud of her. and i love her very much. >> reporter: hannah told investigators that her kidnapper was armed with a rifle and a pistol. he fired at least one shot at the fbi hostage rescue team before an agent shot him dead saturday. only after her rescue did hannah learn dimaggio, a long-time family friend, allegedly killed her mother and her 8-year-old brother. their bodies found in his burning home. >> it became very clear to us, very clear, that she is a victim in every sense of the world in this horrific crime. >> reporter: the sheriff wanted to make that clear after the four horseback riders who stumbled upon hannah in the woods, after she muttered, we're in trouble now. >> without you, who knows how long this would have gone on? my family and i are eternally grgrateful. some of you might fd the amber alert an