. >> reporter: last summer louise was hoping for a quiet night in her sarasota florida home.ything but. >> i was washing my dishes and all of a sudden i see this man with an assault rifle pointing at my face with a flashlight or white light. >> reporter: the man turned out to be a police officer who entered her home at gunpoint. after more than 30 minutes louise and her boyfriend were let go with no explanation. >> no apologies, nothing. >> reporter: louise contacted a lawyer and learned she had been the latest victim of a secret police surveillance device known as stingray. >> we're committed to helping customers access, analyze, and store information. >> reporter: today it is believed more than 100 local and state police agencies are using the device often without judicial oversight. >> reporter: data images you need them now, without question. without delay. >> reporter: the stingray mass ka raids at a mobile phone tower, tricking a suspect's personal device into granting police secret access to records, texts, and other personal data. we tried talking to the sarasota poli

web developer and recreational fisherman rory o'connor is in sarasota, florida, visiting his parentsnd spending the afternoon fishing off siesta key beach. while in the water, o'connor often mounts a portable video camera to his kayak. >> i fish alone. if i catch a big fish, nobody's going to believe me. plus i can brag to my other kayak fishing friends, hey, look what i caught. >> but o'connor has no idea of the heartbreaking fish story his camera is about to catch. he's been out for a few hours when he hears something, but this is no fish. >> i looked over my left shoulder, and i saw a dog. my first thought was why is he coming straight at me? you know, i was a little worried he was going to try to attack me or something, but as he got closer, i could tell he was really in distress, just by the look on his face. i knew he needed to get out of the water, so i just grabbed him by the collar and hauled him on to the back of the kayak. i have this little milk crate that i keep my fishing gear in. so, i went over to the nearest boat to ask them if maybe they had lost a dog. you didn't l

. >>> orioles fans out in sarasota. top 067 the fourth, scoreless game p.ry.ets every bit of this pitch. bottom of the 7th now. birds on the board. they're down 3-1. the o's hoping steve pierce can bring only offense this season. the orioles, they get within one but fall to the rays. wizards in action tonight. big game. >> they need to really get momentum going. >>> that's going to do it for us. nightly news is up next. we hope to see you back battle for iraq. we meet some americans on the ground in the fight against isis. the major offensive under way to retake a key part of that country. dramatic rescue. a toddler saved from a deadly car crash. as seen through the eyes of first responders. >>> high alert. home explosions on the rise in colorado and what's behind the dangerous trend. something you might not expect. >>> and making waves. a group of teens attempting a feat few would dare and learning life-lessons along the way. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. substituting

. >> we interviewed ken rainey, a sarasota police officer. people don't have the correct picture about why a cop reacts the way he does. >> i feel like the perception and the public was the officer murdered that person. but what really should be considered is that officer is saving his life against somebody who is violently attack being mix. >> deas justiceattacking him. >> the fix may take the form of a so-called consent decree, that is sort of a blueprint for reform, under the watch of an independent monitor. this process can take years and cost millions of dollars. it is the type of process shepherded by guys like my next guest, james ginger, a former police officer who has handled consent decrees in los angeles albuquerque. james if a police chief sees you walking in their door, are they in trouble? >> not necessarily. it depends on the attitude of the agency, the attitude of the chief, the attitude of the community. these decrees are settlement agreements are executable without animosity or fear. as long as there's a spirit of cooperatio

os and yankees in sarasota. manny machado was 2-2 before this, sixth inning gets one to go right up the middle. that would be enough to get jonathan scope home. os up 2-0 after that. birds would go on to win the final for this one. 3-1. and you're never too young to make "sportscenter" top 10. eighth grader candice libell after pennsylvania made it after this one handed shot from her own free-throw line. that was over 60 feet away. clearly, play of the day. it made number two on "sportscenter." it would have made number one on our list. and a final note -- ravens have traded the veteran nose tackle. >> like that shot that she took. >> exactly. >> very good. >> crazy. >> you should pick up a few hints from her. >> i can say something. >> all right. doug. what's the latest? >> more rain and some fog. look at the storm scan. patches of rain here. more coming across the mountains to the west. periods of rain tonight. areas of dense fog, too. but we'll clear it out by tomorrow afternoon and warm into the 60's. 50's w

. >> sarasota in florida has massage chairs and a movie theatre for its customers to lounge in. there is a dog park at this subaru dealership in texas. >> what we wanted to do is really create something special for the customers to make them feel that this is the only place that they should be coming. >> making customers comfortable maybe too comfortable. luckily, these buzzers remind you where you are and off you go. >> obviously it feels like you are taking the car all the showroom floor. >> driving away the car clean and repaired and the customer a bit refurbished too. >> kristine johnson, cbs news long island new york. >> today marks the start of the first ever cross-country road trip for a car without a driver. delphi automotive is so confidence in the safety of its driver less vehicle it is setting the course from san francisco all the way to new york. the car won't be entirely empty. an engineer for the company will sit behind the wheel as a precaution. coming up, a teenage businesswoman who can write her own checks with a pen she made. >> >> nair: we close tonight with a

they look at the events in ferguson. 43-year-old juan sanchez had been an officer with the city of sarasota florida police department for 15 years. the truth of the matter is any time you come into an encounter with a police officer, there is a weapon. there's always a weapon. every encounter i have with anyone there's a weapon, there's my weapon. and losing my weapon means losing my life. when i look at what happened in ferguson and the evidence that clearly says that the suspect went for the officer's weapons, there's not a question of whether he should of engaged him with a firearm or not. when someone tries to take the officer's firearm away, they made that decision. >> sergeant kenny has been with the police department for nine years, both his parents from cops. >> what about the police officer? here he is, 6 foot 4, skippy. the bad guys, huge. he committed a robbery and is attacking a police officer. now there's a scuffle over a gun. you don't understand what it's like to be given the task of winning every situation, and i'm 5 foot 11, 170. 95% of the people i come across are tougher

sarasota the o's trying to pick up their first win of spring training. taking on the blue jays. strikes out carrera here. gonzalez no runs allowed. bottom of the third, been a long time since we've seen this guy. two on for chris davis. crush the back. that is a three-run homer. the o's take a 3-0 lead. they go on to win this game 5-0 is your final score. college basketball a couple of teams in action tonight locally. american beats lehigh the quarter finals of the patriot league tournament they'll play colgate on sunday. katherine winners over alverne ya. congratulations to both of those. >>> ever wonder how fast a preying mantis can jump? >> no. >> me either. >> from takeoff to landing takes less than a tenth of a second. that's literally faster than you can blink. >> kind of a rough landing. >> british scientists -- >> can i see it? >> never said it had to be graceful. british scientists recorded the video while studying the preying mantis' precision, they call it. they sway their head sideways as they prepare for a jump. you got to go the other way. that dude is coming after

>> giant gator was photographed on a course near sarasota. the pictures of course went viral. some people have questioned whether the pictures are photoshopped, but the man who took them the man who saw that gator with his own eyes says they are for real. i'll take a mulligan on that one, thank you. >> yeah. >>> commuters may have to cough up more money soon to get to work. next the increases that could be coming to new jersey transit. >>> five minutes before 5:00. new this morning, septa says it's making its subway safer by cracking down on turnstile sufshz surfers. they arrested ten times more than two years ago. officials say that's helping cut down on thieves that steal riders' cell phones. the youths had gotten onto the subways by not paying. >>> and from our trend bureau the head of new jersey transit says she will try to keep possible fare hikes as low as possible. but the transit chief said an $80 million budget gap is forcing her to look at all options. the last fare hike happened five years ago. service cuts also came with it. >>> philadelphia city officials will bre

government is trying just as hard to keep a secret al jazeera, sarasota florida. >> an aircraft after la guardia airport slid off the runway and struck a fence. all 127 passengers and five crew escaped from the plane. there were no serious injuries p family members of a dead argentinian prosecutor say that the independent forensic tests show that he was murdered. he was found dead in his home in january just hours before he was due to testify in congress against president kristina. the results from an independent team seem to confirm what almost everyone in argentina already suspected. that the prosecutor did not die by his own hand. >> iraqi waltzed to let you know that he did not have an accident, he did not commit suicide, he was killed and his death is an assassination of unknown proportions. that deserves answers and in my opinion on the part of the institutions of the republic. >> alberto was found dead in his apartment from a gunshot wound to his head. state forensic studies found no gun powder on his hans but refuse to rule out suicide. he dies the night. >> he was to deliver

kimberly halkett, al jazeera, sarasota florida. >>> now here's jo. >> the l.a. kick off a new season on friday. but recent talks over a strike have been a destruction. they final agreed to a deal on wednesday. players were concerned that they wouldn't be able to represent themselves after the age of 28. >> as much as we can be. with all that has gone on in the background. we can only be as focused as we can, and prepare ourselves mentally in the right way, which we have been with the training we have been doing. so hopefully we can just get to the game on friday. >>> alex rodriguez has played his comeback for the new york yankees after sitting out a season for doping. it seems he hasn't lost his touch. sending the ball into the outfield a number of times. their regular season starts against toronto in april. >>> bangladesh have won their group a match against scotland at the cricket world cup. scotland batted first. kyle hammering a career-best 156 as his side went on to post a total of 318 for 8. but bangladesh were just too strong reaching 322 for 4 for a sixt

. >>> over in sarasota orioles hosting the phillies at ed smith stadium. tillman making his spring debut, gets jeff francoeur swinging here one strikeout and one hit allowed over two scoreless innings for tillman. top of the fifth, andres blanco facing brian mattis and blanco takes the lefty deep to left, solo shot and that is all it takes. the phils beat the birds 1-0. >>> college hoops, no shortage of talented teams to root for this month. the final a.p. poll released. uva ranked third. the georgetown hoyas get back in the mix at 23. and the most amazing turnaround the maryland terrapins ranked eighth in the country and just announced head coach mark turgeon, coach of the year in the big ten with wisconsin's bo ryan. a split decision. the terps finished up the regular season with a win over nebraska last night, 26 regular-season wins the most in program history. maryland finished tenth in the big ten, finished second in the conference. they're going to play the winner of indiana northwestern in the quarterfinals of the big ten tournament. that game on fr

preseason baseball to sarasota the phillies and baltimore.olaco hitting into the hotdogs and hamburgers in short left field. the only run of the game. that must have been exciting preseason game. phillies win one to nothing. >> villanova ranked fourth in the country. it's the beginning of the tournament season. nova plays their first big east tournament game against seton hall or marquette. not tough competition they lost last year in the first round to seton hall. still number two seed last year ncaaa tournament but maybe a lesson learned. >> i just feel like, you know when say to them, anything can happen we got to be prepared to play. they lived it. they lived losing in the first round. they lived getting beat in the second round of the tournament. they understand your point a lot more clearly. >> you know here's what i'll say about conference tournaments. they're almost meaningless any more. because villanova could lose the first game and i still think they'll be a one or two seed most likely at two. virginia lost the other night. they wi

this giant gator was photographed on a course near sarasota. the pictures went viral, of course.eople questioned whether the pictures are photo shopped but the man who took them says they're real. >>> take a mulligan on that one. a local college is getting ready to show off an art exist that is nearly a century in the making. we're going to meet the amazing artist behind these works of art next. she has quite an inspiring story to tell and it is not just about art. >>> glenn? >> sunshine for now. but big changes are coming. tracking a lot of rain coming through part of the weekend. when it is going to arrive and how long it is going to last just ahead. as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $200 back when you upgrade to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $200 back. hurry call now it's your last c

host: next visit mary, sarasota, for the. good morning. caller: -- sarasota, florida. good morning. good morning. does the united states have a place in the conflict that really seems to be a reformation of islam? a conflict between sunni and shia, and is this any different than the reformation that martin luther led to reform catholicism? my second question -- host: mary, hold on. we will get a response to the first and follow-up. guest: i would not characterize this as a reformation movement at all. this is more like a conflict between two sectors that go way back. i would deemphasize the fact and emphasize that this is the state of saudi arabia and iran competing over influence regardless of sector. lets her member in civil war in 1960's, the saudis back the shia people and the same zaidiyyah. so, it is not about sect, it is about interest. there is no equivalent of a reformation movement going on in the middle east. host: mary, your follow-up. caller: my follow-up question is, how can we have confidence in president obama and the administration when we have seen what has happene

. >> phils and orioles in action today in sarasota.fense in this game but hernandez did his best chase utley imitation at second. ryan howard went were for three but the lone run off the bat of andres blanco who launched a solo shot in the fifth. phillies edge the orioles one to nothing. >>> well, at least somebody is coming back after all the crazy moves the last couple days that saw lesean mccoy and germ maclin departing the eagles nest. they have resigned brandon graham. the linebacker agreed to four year deal worth a reported $26 million, 14 million of that guaranteed. he's expected to take over the spot left vacant with trent cole's release. the former first round pick has thrived with the move to a three-four defense had five and a half sacks last year making the most of his opportunities when he got them. >>> when the flyers season ends they'll likely look back at this past weekend as the moment they let it all slip away. it's crazy to think saturday they were just 14 seconds away from being only two points out of the final play

one moment it opened last year was called university town center in sarasota, florida.neral, the market is full. in the last six years or so there has been a decline. the shrinking of supply. we supply growth has averaged less than 1% per year. supply growth is low. the top malls are rising -- betty: rate has gone up 17% last year? >> much higher than inflation. betty: simon needs to do in acquisition. they tried general growth and could not get that done. >> he doesn't. he has a strong balance sheet and good internal growth. he has a cost of capital advantage and sees it as a good opportunity. the macerich portfolio is $22 billion. senior management owns about 3.5% of the company. if he feels he can get this done without too much initial damage it would be an attractive long-term investment for the company. betty: simon wants to focus on class a properties. they want to get rid of their strip malls. >> they spun those out last year. betty: great to see you. thank you so much. much more ahead. what do investors think of the great gm buyback? the activist investor, harry

the sarasota teenager to occur own life after three boys sexually assaulted her while she was passed media. meanwhile another legal battle involving audrey's family is already under way. maureen kelly spoke to a man who claims to be audrey's biological father was been served with a restraining order. >> reporter: michael lazar rent roll down in tears when he talked about the upcoming trial. but at this point is unclear if he will be able to attend. he claims that he is the biological father of audrey pot. but his efforts to establish paternity have failed in court. and last year he was shot down by the judge when he tried to join audrey's family on the rente will the suit. now he's been hit with a temporary restraining order from audrey's debt. lawrence pot. the document claims he has been stalking is sending harassing e-mail and facebook messages. that he has been driving by the pot summit calling house and had the upper and hang up. it also alleges that ever since a lazarus are large the location of audrey's great flowers left by her family have been stolen latch was delighted. the

. >> you can so from sarasota, florida, to spokane, but there's not going to be a nonstop. >> they'rerket that's a very peculiar thing. >> because it doesn't work. it doesn't work. >> so you can -- >> that's your opinion. >> gordon's point is if you compete on price you're going to get the situation -- well let's look at the chart of the xal. the airline index. i wish i could go back farther. you look at the price. in your article, you said something like the reason they got into trouble, because there was too much of a free market. gordon which i never had seen that phrase before. that's an actual phrasing there. the free market is just too free. >> you love a free market. >> but you said it was too free. >> well you had a combination -- >> as he would say moron managers and too much money going into an industry that doesn't make sense. >> there's how the index is. >> everything on that chart is almost irrelevant except for lit really the last year. >> if you add up every year that american has been in business they've lot money. >> right. >> for 20 years a zero return on investment.