ryan smith, abc news, new york. >>> still might take. they're set to graduate on may 21st. >> for a lot of people the clenched fist means solidarity. it also means strength. mandela used it several times and getting out of jail. it would be interesting to see where this goes. >>> coming up, overcoming enormous odds on the road to victory. >> why one wounded warrior isn't it in just to win it but for his young son. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" ♪ >> in orlando this week, everyone is a champion at this year's invictus games. >> but they are games and there is some fierce competition. and this be morning, one of those wounded warriors is overcoming some massive odds not just to the compete but to provide something invaluable for his young son. we are up "up all nightline" with bob woodruff. >> the stories you're about to hear embody the true meaning of invictus. >> reporter: the invictus games, a competition for wounded service members shown on espn attract the likes of presidents, royals. >> we are invict

ryan smith, new york. >> really see the play there at the end.airly graphic, as well. >> but the thing is, i've actually played lacrosse in high school. when you're going for the ball sometimes, it's easy to just, you're focusing on the ball not necessarily looking at what's around you. there is a responsibility as a player to be aware of that, but at the same time when you're playing sports, these kind of things can happen. >> did you ever have a concussion as a result. >> not from lacrosse. i did from soccer interestingly enough. the difference people sometimes don't realize. in women's lacrosse you don't wear helmets. but the rules are different. you're not supposed to penetrate a sphere around your whole head. with guys lacrosse, they whack each other all the time. you have helmets. >> it's not just about football injuries we should be concerned about in getting these concussions and having long-term effect but soccer, as well, wrestling. >> lots of -- you know what no one talks about, most frequently. the whole point is to give your opponent

. >> now the school is under fire for its handling of sexual assault cases and ryan smith has the detailsreporter: a stunning shake-up at baylor university. president kenneth starr demoted and head football coach art briles fired after a law firm investigating the school's handling of sexual assault allegations finding baylor's response to sexual violence claims wholly inadequate and sacking the football program in particular. saying it chose not to report sexual violence and dating violence and reinforced the overall perception that football was above the rules. >> that this went on in the name of football at baylor should just disgust every single one of us. >> reporter: just last year two players convicted of sexual assault, jasmine hernandez telling "outside the lines." >> they keep coming out saying oh, by the way, a similar situation happened to me when i went to the school. >> reporter: coinciding with the football team's rags to riches rise. with briles at the helm, big 12 champs, two of the last three seasons. to his players, i am no longer the head coach, stay strong. starr sayi

abc's ryan smith has the story. >> what is this guy doing?g her under arrest is what he's doing. >> reporter: when julie mall was stopped by police on posh bald head island, she told "the charlotte observer" this was the last thing she expected. >> and then he pushes me down into the ground, puts his knee on my back. >> reporter: why? her husband recording. the mother of two handcuffed and lauter jailed in leg irons. police charging her with resisting arrest and child abuse. the video raising new questions about the limits of police conduct during arrests. the idyllic island off the coast of north carolina, accessible only by boat, and the only way to get around? by golf cart. the arresting officer claiming the malls were intoxicated, uncooperative and obstinate. the charges eventually dropped, but for julie mall, the incident won't soon be forgotten. >> now i just have the memory of being shoved to the ground by some guy for reasons i can't even fathom. >> reporter: ryan smith, abc news, new york. >>> this incident actually happened last jul

here's abc's ryan smith. >> what is this guy doing?under arrest is what she's doing. >> reporter: when julie mall was stopped by police on posh bald head island, she told "the charlotte observer" this was the last thing she expected. >> she pushed me down on the ground, his knee on my back. >> reporter: the crime? letting her 11-year-old son drive a golf cart. the mother of two says she was cuffed and jailed in leg irons. police charging her with resisting arrest and child abuse. and tonight, the video raising new questions about the limits of police conduct during arrests. the idyllic island off the coast of north carolina, accessible only by boat, and the only way to get around? by golf cart. the arresting officer claiming the malls were intoxicated, uncooperative and obstinate. the charges eventually dropped, but for julie mall, the incident won't soon be forgotten. >> now i just have the memory of being shoved to the ground by some guy for reasons i can't even fathom. >> reporter: ryan smith, abc news, new york. >> a lot of reactio

ryan smith has the story. >> what is this guy doing? >> you are under arrest.rver this was the last thing she expected. >> then he pushes me down into the ground. puts his knee on my back. >>reporter: why. she let her under age son drive a golf cart. her husband recording the mother of two handcuffed. and later jailed in leg irons. police charging her with resisting arrest and child abuse. and tonight the video raising new questions about the limit of police conduct during arres arrests. ideallic island off the coast of north carolina accessible by boat and the only way to get around by golf cart. arresting officer cleming they were swox indicated uncooperative and obstinant. charges eventually dropped but for julie the incident won't soon be forgotten. >> now i just have the memory of being shoved to the ground by some guy for reasons i can not even fathom. >>reporter: ryan smith abc news new york. >> tsa taking action to reduce long wait times at airports. today the agency replaced head of security with the forker head of security at lax. o'hare airport has b

here's ryan smith. >> reporter: february, 2013. dawn breaks cold and clear on a tuesday morning in denver, colorado. and as morning turns to midday, a question hangs in the thin air of mile high city, where is kelsie schelling? the vivacious 21-year-old recently discovered she's pregnant. now she's late for work at this denver housewares store. >> she didn't show up for work. i tried calling her, i think from my cell phone and the store phone. couldn't get a response. >> reporter: at his hardware store in holyoke, colorado, kelsie's father doug also has trouble connecting. >> and i thought, "well, i'm going to call and see how she's doing." she didn't answer her phone, which is pretty rare. >> reporter: tuesday turns into thursday, and the silence gets louder. concern morphs into panic, especially for her mother laura. >> all of her friends, like, started contacting us saying, you know, "we've been trying to reach kelsie and we can't reach her." and when that happened, that is, like, when i got really, really scared. because i just

ryan smith has more. >> he was once charged with righting the wrongs in society. the former federal judge best known for investigating bill clinton's affair with monica lewinsky. but now kenneth star out of baylor university after they revealed that the school mishandled and in some cases silenced sexual assault cases on campus. >> the school chose not to report sexual violence claims, discredited complainants and reenforced a perception that football was above the rules. >> recently two football players convicted of sexual assault and the result sacking the football coach, who led the team from the rags to the riches of college football, capturing the title in two of the last three seasons, commanding an annual salary of nearly $6 million. he texted his players, i am no longer the head football coach. >> and star saying to the victims, i am story who were not treat with the care and support they deserved. >> he did not know of the allegations of violence until 2015. stephanie met personally with star in september to discuss her own sexual assault. >> i wish they

ryan smith, abc news, new york. >>> still unclear how long that might take. a lot of people the clenched fist means solidarity. it also means strength. mandela used it several times and getting out of jail. it would be interesting to see where this goes. >>> coming up, overcoming enormous odds on the road to recovery. >> why one wounded warrior isn't it in just to win it but for his young son. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. they don't help single moms. hi. hi. what happened to our house last year? it flooded. and the water flooded out. yeah. the red cross arranged the hotel for us. they gave me that break, that leverage, to be able to get it together and... take care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. babies aren't fully developed until at least 39 weeks. a healthy baby is worth the wait. ♪ we are the champions, my friend ♪ ♪ >> in orlando this week, everyone is a champion at this year's invictus games. >> b

and abc's ryan smith is here with his story. >> reporter: good morning, he was the definition of a longt, 66 to 1 odds to win. only his second race on a oval track and his first month. he stretched that fuel to the last drop and for him so far, he had to be towed to victory lane. >> you just won the indy 500! >> reporter: sunday's historic indy 500 fueled by fumes. the drama coming in spades. rookie driver alexandra rossi running out of fuel as he vick to tors youly crossed the finish line. after making the gutsy move to stretch out his last tank of gas in the final laps the other guys stopping to refuel. >> save fuel. >> reporter: rossi using every drop to cross the finish line. >> it's about riding it out. to be able to pull that off was mind-boggling. >> reporter: the california native is the first rookie to win since helio castroneves littered with can countless crashes. one driver slamming against the wall at full speed. cameras capturing this dangerous collision in the pit between teammates. but for rossi who needed a little help arriving at the big celebration -- >> we'll be towe

abc's ryan smith is here with the latest on the case. ning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, robin. kendalle holley says her life changed with one hit, a concussion causing blow to the head during the game. now her family claims those who are supposed to protect her failed to keep her from harm's way. the parents of a former high school lacrosse star claimed this hit caused their daughter kendalle holley to suffer a traumatic brain injury leading to pain and suffering. mental anguish and permanent scarring. now they are suing the county and the florida state ale association. also named in the lawsuit eleanor, the former florida high school player of the year who hit her with her stick during a scramble for the ball. >> we need to bring attention to this matter before another child gets something worse. >> reporter: illegal slashes are not unusual in competitive lacrosse, but the holleys believe the trainers, coaches and refs should be held accountable for keeping kendalle in the game even though she showed signs of a concussion. >> i went

abc's ryan smith has the story. >> reporter: tony gwynn was one of baseball's icons inspiring fans around world until his death at age 54. now his family say big tobacco rode his coattails to big profits targeting the star since his college days. >> there it is, number 3,000 for tony gwynn. >> reporter: he was one of baseball's most popular hall-of-famers. >> tony gwynn has done it. >> reporter: tony gwynn, the 15-time san diego padres all of star known for his sweet swing and smokeless tobacco in his cheek before his 2014 death from salivary gland cancer at age 54. >> i hate to say it but i'm a tobacco junkie. >> reporter: this morning's gwynn's family going to bat for him suing big tobacco. he spoke about his addiction several times during his career. >> if he had known how addictive and harmful to his health dip was he wouldn't have started using it. >> reporter: the lawsuit filed against several tobacco companies and individuals including philip morris' parent company altria group saying they conducted a marketing campaign specifically targeting african-american men. to sell smokeless

abc's ryan smith is here with the story behind that tape. rning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, george, this woman's luxury vacation turned into a tumultuous ordeal and now their lawyer telling us they hope videos like these hold police officers accountable. >> get out of the car. >> what is this guy doing? >> placing her under arrest is what he's doing. >> reporter: this is the moment julie mall's idyllic family vacation turned into a nightmare after a police stopped for letting her 11-year-old son drive a golf cart. that evening the malls were enjoying a sunset on picturesque bald head island. julie and her husband scott even snapping this selfie together. then, according to the "charlotte observer," their son asking to drive the cart back to their $1,000 per night rented cottage when moments later officers stopped the family. >> get out of the cart. >> i sort of fall to my knees and then he pushes me down into the ground, puts his knee on my back. >> reporter: as mall waits for other officers to arrive the situation escalates. with her h

abc's ryan smith is here with more. >> reporter: kenneth starr's investigation into bill clinton's affair the presidency, now starr losing his post as baylor president and coach art briles out of a job after the mishandling of sexual assault claims leaving the school's board, quote, shocked and outraged. he was once charged with righting the wrongs in society. the former federal judge and solicitor general best known for investigating bill clinton's affair with monica lewinsky. but this morning, kenneth starr out as president of baylor university after an investigation revealed the school mishandled and in some cases silenced sexual assault claims on campus. this report from independent investigators claiming the school chose not to report sexual violence and dating violence claims against multiple players. improperly discredited complainants and reinforced an overall perception that football was above the rules. recently two baylor football players convicted of sexual assault, another arrested. the scandal sacking football coach art briles who led the team from the rags to the riches of

smith. prominent house republicans. ryan serves as speaker at their pleasure. they are among those now endorsing donald trump. ryan at this moment holds out. on this day, trump indicating there are positions he is ready to compromise on. new remarks on his controversial proposal to temporarily ban muslims from coming into the country. take a listen to what he said. >> have you decided whether you'll back off on the ban? i realize it was a temporary ban but with an unlimited temporary period could go on forever. >> sure i'd back off on it. we have exceptions and again it's temporary. >> those comments could have everything to do with today's meeting happening soon at rnc headquarters. the muslim ban proposal is one of the big reasons republican leaders have been denouncing donald trump so loudly including house speaker paul ryan. he went out of his way to distance himself from trump when it came to this proposal. today's meeting under the microscope. trump/ryan, reince priebus, all of them will be in the first meeting. after that first meet, the one that's going

ryan is neither a gifted legislator nor word smith.e could have easily, instead of saying he would not support donald trump had noted trump's accomplishment at becoming the nominee is all the more impressive because the republican establishment and congressional leadership fought him tooth and nail all the way. no republican leader attacked trump harder than did ryan. despite his responsibility to remain neutral as speaker and chairman of the republican national convention. yet, the increasingly precious and petulant ryan is not quite ready. claiming he would support the party's nominee. >> we're going to support whoever the nominee, is you know why? the republican primary voters make that decision, that's who we respect. i do believe that we will be able to unify as a party and i believe whoever our nominee is going to be, we'll find a way to make a unified front work. my job is to help unify our party. it's to take all pieces of the conservative movement in the republican party and stitch them together, especially after a primary. lo

so absolutely, whether it's paul ryan or paul smith in idaho, or you know, paul jones in texas.campaign. >> well, it's going to take more cajoling from some people. an open letter to speaker ryan, in which he says what he wants out of the meeting. let me read you a portion of this. there are people in the party right now that are sitting on the sidelines waiting to see what you will do. until you endorse him from many republicans and cone certific e conservatives, stand firmly against the hostile take over. not just of the republican party, but of the very essence of conservativism. what do you say to conservatives who feel there has been a hostile take over by donald trump and don't want paul ryan to get on board? >> i think the idea that it is a hostile takeover is probably one of the most ridiculous things i've heard this week and i've heard some pretty ridiculous things. this wasn't a takeover. this was an election, and the people have come out in record numbers and supported donald trump. i think one of the big things that's being lost here, and everybody is missing somethi

smith. he says he will take on muslim extremists. >>> panel weighs in on whether the gop can unite around donald trump. >>> paul ryan, i don't know what happened. i don't know. he called me two, three weeks ago was a very nice conversation. i figured routinely he'd be behind it. and he -- the other day just in a big surprise. i have had so many endorsements. >> donald trump just moments ago still surprised by house speaker paul ryan's statement he's not ready to endorse donald trump. and it's mostly up to trump to unify the party. let's bring in our panel charles hurt of the washington times. amy walter from the cook political report and charles krauthammer. i got to say that was a pretty remarkable thing to see paul ryan being booed at a trump rally. his statement didn't just surprise trump, but most of the political ward. i should say that ryan walked it back slightly saying he's happy he's going to be meeting with donald trump on thursday. but where do things stand right now, amy? >> this is a party we've been talking about this for some time now, charles, especially that is broken apart. i don't know how it gets put back together.

smith on the fox news desk. more on the back and forth between donald trump and house speaker paul ryan. who say the two may have irreconcilable differences and donald trump may be ready to even cut a deal when they meet on thursday. that's still ahead. >>> conservatives still talking about running a conservative candidate as more republican establishment balk at supporting him. donald trump has not demonstrated that temperament or strength of character. he has not displayed respect for the constitution, not a consistent conservative. all reasons why i cannot support his candidacy and lindsey graham won't vote for trump either. frump responding if i got beaten as badly as him of all the other candidates he supported i would not be able to give my support ear. eric erickson is a fox news candidate and you're behind the movement, mr. ericson, to look for a third-party candidate now. who is it going to be? >> well, that's part of the problem is finding one. a lot of names are being circulated, ben sass and tom coburn are at the top. list for a lot of people. the deadline for a write-in cand

ryan and donald trump will find more to agree on rather than disagree. on. >> his opinion, rich thank you. >> bring in larry elder radio talk show host liz smith good to haverning what do you make of the race results last night bernie sanders winning over hillary clinton. >> look it is not great for hillary that she hasn't locked it down now and shows a lot of enthusiasm is with sanders, but i think the way that she is handling it the way democratically party is handling it very smart not trying to push him out not trying to create a civil war in democratic party like we see on the republican side so that is good. but all in all i think a lot of democrats are infers she has not sealed the deal. >> especially, larry considering she seems to want to focus her campaign, and her -- her attacks on donald trump rather than her direct opponent. >> that is right, not great understatement. the polls show that people who supported bernie sanders primarily were concerned about the economy, they are economicalanxious same reason donald trump supporter donald trump overlap here, hillary in serious trouble quinnipiac poll has come out showing donald trump one point behi