and south florida is our home.ear-old son we adopted five years ago as a newborn, and naturally as a couple we love each other. we want to be married. we deserve that. our son deserves that. and we want to move forward. we could have chosen another route. we could have gotten married in another state that has legalized gay marriage. why? florida is the place we live, work, own a home. so we deserve that right here. we're moving forward with, you know, us getting married and potentially helping every gay and lesbian couple who wants to get married in the state of florida. >> tell us about what the ruling means on friday and the next steps. the attorney general almost stepped in immediately after the judge's ruling. >> indeed. there was an appeal filed almost immediately, you're correct. we couldn't be more pleased with the ruling. it's important to get a great ruling from a trial court when you're expecting an appeal. so you have a great foundation, really something wonderful to work with. and this opinion couldn't

. >> reporter: at the islamic foundation of south florida, he's wrapping up food parcels for the localommunity. these boxes are sent out to needy people of all faiths, and he says part of his job is to promote a greater understanding of islam. >> we stay more focused on the peace side, on the individual side of nurturing what islam truly is, which is a peaceful religion. >> reporter: the concerns about islamic extremism in countries with large muslim populations is on the rise. the pew research center surveyed people in more than a dozen nations and found many are increasingly worried. >> if you look at countries like lebanon, jordan, egypt, tunisia, turkey, in all of these countries, the percentage of people who say they're worried about extremism is higher this year than it was last year. >> reporter: for those concerns and the increased attention on extremists also make the job harder. he's a spoke person for the muslim community in south florida and says all the negative publicity isn't helping build bridges. >> to always have the answer for the crazy extremists abroad is very unpr

the giants showed it in south florida and as last night. oh, man, you just have to see it to believe it. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> hey, if you open a busiester day, the as had 76 games left. 36 at home and just one east coast trip left. the planets align just right. and against another first place team. and hoar is manny remember the bat problem back in june, well, the crowd let him know about it and he spoke with his bat in the seventh. it was 4-2 in the ninth and then it is walk off time and the as win it 5-4 in south florida. and the giants playing with the marlins. this is yard. three run job and the giants led 8-0 and they won 9-1. >>> british open in royal liverpool, and it is mechanic else--and it is rorys world and the rest of the world is just living in. he had that kind of day in a round of 66. other end was tiger woods. needed this just to play the weekend. yes, he is at plus two after firing a 77 yesterday. tied for his second worse round in any major that he has every played. but hey, it is tiger woods. no patter what he does, you jus

that's university of south florida todd chandler. he's 6'0". 320 poupd. a defensive lineman.atch the guy squat. that's 700-pounds on the bar. you can see the pole bending. watch the guy. [ cheers and applause ] >> fires up the entire team. that's the guy you want on the field. >> that's awesome! >> he did not give at all. that guy was a defensive lineman. look on the other side of the ball for the university of iowa. big 10 offense i have tackle brandon serp. he does a hang clean. 434 434 pound on the bar. >> oh, boy! he's going to do more than one. two, and three! wow! wait! four? no. can't quite get the fourth. it's hard enough to stop. it's been a little bit since we've checked with our old buddy. last time we shot him people were shooting cacti into the face. i will say equally dumb. you're about to see from the por stunt. that's him in the wheelchair. they light it on fire. and he'll be lit on fire as well. now he's going to get pulled by the car over the ramp. you're thinking what happened to him? everyone starts running toward him. you think that's smart they had a pol

technically it's a deal but it's a kind of firefly that is very, it's very mythical as well as even south florida where i grew up. they're sort of a folktale or sort of folklore that the women just to pin them on addresses and their love and air, sort of the kind of mating ritual. a courting ritual really. so that's part of the title but it's also the name of my uncles osha star in the book which is kind of where i grew up in a way, kind of where i came to really connect with my culture and my heritage by working in the cuban grow sugar in miami. so the book takes its title from that store and also sort of the idea of prince of los cocuyos, the idea of a village. the old adage it takes a village. it was going up the book centers a lot about growing up being sort of ushered and connected to my heritage, my cuban american heritage through all the various people in the village, in my team unity. so the star plays a central role in that with all the customers and all the regulars that i would form relationships with. so that's the gist of the title. sorry, i'm elevated daschle our lease i feel like i

to that end, the university of south florida recommends strong consideration of the development of a singular unique one of a kind research clinical and outpatient treatment facility. this initiative is intended to be a collaborative venture between the department of defense, the veterans administration and usf in order to meet the health and welfare needs of our veterans and their families. usf remains committed to providing the nexus to foster research collaborations in pursuit of excellence and the rehabilitation adjustment, resilience, and reintegration of wounded warriors and their families into civilian life. our nation's dedicated heroes from all wars deserve to have the benefit of the best research and services available in order to return to productive lives as members of our society with jobs and homes for the sacrifices they and their families have made for our country. thank you again for holding this hearing and the opportunity i have to submit this testimony. >> thank you, general. mr. goldstein, you're recognized five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. every day in a

derek harvey, director of the global initiative on civil society and conflict at the university of south florida. ambassador, let me start with you. these latest developments, the proclamation of the islamic state that sort of a parastate. what do you think it means in the wider context of this conflict? >> well, obviously it's a threat to further attempts to stabilize the region, which you have pointed out suffers from a. of instability. but as far as the people are concerned whatever you may say about sykes-pico, they certainly created the map as we know it now. the people of iraq think of themselves as iraqis. the people of syria think of themselves as syrian. and the people of lebanon think of themselves lebanese. this borders that these borders simply do not exist will not agree with the people of the middle east. do you. >> do you think it will be a failure. >> yes, will "t" will notaries --it will not resonate with the arabs of the region. >> but doesn't it up the ante, we might say, to create this multi national territory, try to hold onto it, and say that you are ambition, your long-ter

drivers will face wet roads stretching from the great lakes into the ohio valley and in south floridaflooding conditions will blanket a wide swath of the west from texas into idaho. >>> if you're flying today, airport delays possible in denver, salt lake city and miami. >>> and back to the news now, the case of a new hampshire teenager who returned home after vanishing nine months before. >> the man charged withkidn kidnapping abigail hernandez is being held on a $1 million bail. nathaniel kibby's house is an active crime scene. they try to figure out if she was there all along. >>> a florida mom is vowing to fight charges she was neglectful for letting her son walk to the park alone. nicole ganey was arrested by the port st. lucie police after they saw her 7-year-old son at the park. an officer wrote that the child was unsupervised in an area where many sex offenders live. the park is a 10 to 15-minute walk from his home and her son had a cell phone. >>> here's a tough day that only got worse. that kid leans on his mustang while a texas cop wroting speeding ticket. that's when a pick

south florida, the pitching has been phenomenal lately.inning six of the last nine games. 60 strikes, seven innings, terrific night. danny espinosa, a soft line to the center, coming around to score. bryce harper, hustling around, 6-0, nationals, but giving up four runs in the bottom, they relieved and gave up this walk hit, and ugly night with what a collapse. he gave up four hits, the marlins went on to beat the nets with a walkoff. word is spreading about the redskins. despite last year's three in 13 finish they are now being touted as the sleeper team of the nfc. healthy, shawn jackson is a game changer, jason hatcher gives the defense giddyup when days healthy. jane rudin wanted to see who could tackle and to stick their nose in there, he did not think the team could tackle very well. there they were in richmond this morning, trying to keep their hats on, deliver a good old-fashioned slobber knocker. >> it was good to tackle some guys that we had not seen tackle ever and guys who had trouble tackling seeing if they're tackling was up

to that end, the university of south florida recommends strong consideration of the development of a singular unique one of a kind research clinical and outpatient treatment facility. this initiative is intended to be a collaborative venture between the department of defense, the veterans administration and usf in order to meet the health and welfare needs of our veterans and their families. usf remains committed to providing the nexus to foster research collaborations in pursuit of excellence and the rehabilitation adjustment, resilience, and reintegration of wounded warriors and their families into civilian life. our nation's dedicated heroes from all wars deserve to have the benefit of the best research and services available in order to return to productive lives as members of our society with jobs and homes for the sacrifices they and their families have made for our country. thank you again for holding this hearing and the opportunity i have to submit this testimony. >> thank you, general. mr. goldstein, you're recognized five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. every day in a

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especially in south florida? >> there has been and certainly rick scott did everything he could to ensure that president obama would not be re-elected and he tried to suppress the vote, along with many of his republican colleagues in tallahassee. what we have done has been fighting it and i am so proud to be on the ticket with charlie crist, because when push came to shove in 2008, he was governor and nobody in the republican party wanted him to extend voting hours and he said that's just the right thing to do to allow people to vote. i'm going to extend the hours, and there were amount of people mad at him on the other side, but i'll tell you those of us on the democratic side were so proud of him for doing the right thing, and that's what he's going to do when he gets back to tallahassee, win the race for the people. >> were is this race going to be won as you see it? >> i think it's going to be done knocking on doors, we're doing a ground becagame, we have a lot the obama team. it literally affects the future

when castro took power in cuba in 1959, waves of cubans began leverage for south florida, seeking newes and ready fining the city's culture. >> absolutely no work. >> brown: one of the exiles was an architect named candella. he was asked to create a simple steel grand stand as a venue for power boat races. >> i wanted it to be special because i realized it was fantastic and, therefore, i was facing a fantastic responsibility. >> brown: he had a far more ambitious work boasting a 360-foot long cantilevered roof made from poured in place concrete. you think of this as a scrumture? >> i do. >> brown: it's a piece of art. i believe that strongly. in terms of materials, this is a very honest material. >> brown: what does th mean? it means, if you think about it, a lot of architectural and structural process you use a variety of materials that are covered, have another skin, but behind the skin is the true bones of the building. when you use poured in place concrete, the true materials of the building is expressed on the outside. >> brown: the stadium on the december 1963 and while serving

emergency response, south florida counties cleared the way for a 600-bed detention center and took inusands of haitian men, women, and children, some unaccompanied. even as the official u.s. policy continued to be to deport any migrant who floated to america's shores undocumented with the exception of migrants from cuba under the cuban adjustment act in its so-called wet-foot, dry-foot policy which allows them to stay so long as they reach the shore. there's an exception to that blanket denial of refugee status to all other migrants. it's called temporary protected status. a homeland security department designation allows people from countries considered too dangerous or too unstable to safely send people back to, to remain in the country, though not on a permanent basis. haitian activists in miami pushed for tps for haitians and finally got it on january 21st, 2010. at the same time, the u.s. undertook a massive rebuilding and resettlement effort inside haiti to encourage its nationals to stay in their country. you cannot prohibit people from moving under international law if they fe

they'll be opening more restaurants in south florida. florida is booming by the way.same time, fiestab will opening more polo tropical locations in the less penetrated northern florida market and opening aggressively outside of florida. in particular, ten locations in texas this year. second concept, taco cabana is not expanding that quickly. it has a strong presence in texas, so fiesta's knowledge of the texas market as well as the existing distribution platform should help them to grow polo tropical brand. meanwhile, they're testing a more upscale version which they plan to open in florida over the next three years. they should have three powerful consents. which is more than many more large restaurants have. so you have one brand that's expanding incredibly rapidly. and hey, in other words this is company that's telling it, you know what, we have a lot of irons in the fire. i like that. how, fiesta trades at nearly 29 times note share estimates. there's the caveat. the long term growth rate clocks in at 20% it's not cheap. if i'm -- that's why if i'm going to recom

today, heartbreak and disbelief for fans in south florida. >> i'm thinking i don't know why you would leave this the situation. >> reporter: in ohio, excitement is building. a community once scorned, opens its arms to welcome back a hometown hero who played his first seven nba seasons in cleveland. >> thank you, lebron. you have done a wonderful thing for cleveland. all is forgiven. we love you. >> reporter: a rabid fan base starving for a champion in any sport for 50 years. >> all right. so now that he's made the decision, 12 hours later, twitter is still buzzing right now. we'll share some coming up in sports. back to you. >> thanks, diana. a california mother is getting national attention after she was pulled from a concert for bringing her infant and recorded it on her cell phone. >> you are putting your child in danger of being crushed and the loud music. i need you to come over here. >> it's illegal to have my child at a concert? >> child endangerment. we'll talk about it out here. >> reporter: megan christoferson had her child strapped to her chest. concert security spotted the

. >> the notorious bad boy had his date in court today in south florida on drunk driving charges stemming arrest six months ago in miami. a hearing for a plea-bargain. that's not all. >> his on again off again affair with selena gomez. it is now apparently off. apparently, she reportedly told the troubled star to get lost on the fourth of july. the 20-year-old decided to go to miami and party with booze. in a state where the legal drinking age is 21. >> selena will want the old thing back. you'll see. she keeps coming back around. >> did she call and let you know, hey, tah. >> no too, young for me. sort of like -- rihanna, chris brown. keep going back. it's fun, exciting. he is the biebs. >> i like you are an expert in his love life. >> well, yeah -- i am an expert in all men who are smooth with the ladies. no, not so much. stage director shaking her head. and next, good news for a couple rising stars. >> the cast for "star wars" episode 7 produced by disney just grew by two. crystal clark, and pip anderson. relative unknowns, crystal clark an american, studying drama in the scottish city

like the gulf coast, south florida, temperatures also big range from 71 in cleveland to 90 in richmond and norfolk right now. locally we've got temps which are mostly in the #s on. that's 93 -- 80s. that's 93 yesterday before the storms came in in the amp. today we're up 207 in college park. 87 fairfax and waldorf this afternoon and joint base andrews at 85. reagan national is also 85. so we've got an area of low pressure spinning in the upper levels bringing in much colder temps. only going to be in the upper 60s in chicago today. there's that front. we saw the dew point difference and the storms. there's the front. the front is coming toward a pretty rich atmosphere so we have that risk of severe weather all in yellow. main threats will be damaging wind gusts. minor threat will be large hail. the futurecast shows the storms by 2:00, especially north and west of town coming through 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. by this evening we've got some strong storms developing, potentially south and east of town and it's going to be around for several hours this evening, especially d.c. south and east. hope

. >>> a close encounter over the skies of south florida. a pilot there recorded video of a drone on a collision course with his helicopter. this is what pilot paul bart saw coming towards him at a very high speed. he was in the air shooting video of a charity race back in may when the unmanned aircraft appeared in the sky. >> it came at us. it went right underneath us. if that drone had hit my tail rotor and taken me down, i would have come down on 2,000 people in the street. >> the pilot followed that drone back to the home of the man operating it. his name is jeffrey. he says he did the best to keep the drone out of the helicopter's aircraft. both men called the federal aviation administration and the police. the faa is working on stricter rules for drones. >>> being caught drinking underage is the least of one hawaii man's worries. 20-year-old kevin mosley was arrested by the fbi monday for getting drink on a british airways flight from l.a. to monday and making threats. crew members say he had a bomb, spit on and threatened to kill flig

>> doing great from south florida.to see you, new york. >> his voice is a little scratchy because doctors placed tubes down his throat during his treatment. kevin, who has 25 stitches and several cuts and bruises, says he's doing great. >> you know, kevin, people are thrilled that you are okay, but you know there are many people that are saying, what in the world were you thinking? >> i should have packed it up a little bit earlier than i did, though. when that gale force wind picked up to 70 knots, 60 knots, and it carried me across the street, that was a little dangerous. i regret it a little bit, but i learned. >> kevin taught himself how to kite board and says he's been doing it for four years. he's thankful he has no memory of the whole ordeal, but he surprises everyone with what he says next. >> the next time i'll be out there, but i'll be packing up a little bit earlier than i did this previous time. >> so you would still go back out there in a tropical storm, is that what you're saying? >> definitely. >> video

the snails have been a huge problem in south florida for the past three years. >>> do you have an unexplained rash? check your iphone for that. a san diego boy ended up in the hospital with an itchy body rash. testing is the ipad had nickel, which many people are allergic to. nickel rashes can be uncomfortable and sometimes need to be treated with steroids and antibiotics. if you're concerned, put a case on your tablet. >>> did you get much work done? apparently not. the world cup drained the bay area financially. san francisco racked up more than $9 million in productivity loss because of the world cup. most of the games were during business hours, as you might recall. that was the fourth highest productivity loss in the nation. l.a. topped the list with about $19.5 million. new york city was second and chicago rounded out the top three with a loss of more than $10 million. russia, by the way, hosts the next world cup in 2018 and germany won the cup yesterday. >>> the giants and a's have the next few days off for the all-star break, but the giants still making news. our exclusive ballpark ca

the fill business a valiant effort if you will last night have of their own in south florida, marlon byrd and codey ash i hit back to back home runs to tie the marlins in the eighth inning but it was extra time that did in the phillies as well. marlins scratched out a run in the 11th inning and phillies lose their fifth straight, the final, five-four. phillies and marlins back at it again tonight, cole hamels starts for fightins. >> so hard to see that loss. >> that was tough, tough, team u.s.a. great watch parties all over the party. >> very exclusive ones. >> yes, there you go. >> yes. >> checking it out. >> well, still ahead on "eyewitness news" jill wagner has your preview from wall street from new york. >> but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3. >>> two people are in critical condition and nine more injured in the food truck explosion at third and wyoming in north philadelphia. investigators say that huge explosion was triggered by a propane tank. >>> police marked several shell casings near ninth and tillman streets in chester where five people were shot just after

and a sign of the times-- the library at the university of south florida has announced that it will soonart lending out drones to students. it's believed to be a first on college campuses. a school official said each of the five-pound drones, that come with a video camera, will be used to map the campus as well as for engineering and marine science projects. in case you are wondering, the students will be working under the supervision of faculty. as we mentioned earlier, hari sreenivasan was at the aspen ideas festival in aspen, colorado this week. while there, he had a conversation about a different aspect of internet privacy-- or the lack of it-- about all the information companies are gathering about you and how they use it. his interview was with julia angwin, a senior reporter at propublica and the author of the book "dragnet nation." >> post edward snowden has the conversation changed are more people aware in the last year of not just nsa and the data they are gathering, but all the data a that exists? >> yes. i think people are more aware. it is still surprises me how much people

[inaudible] okay. 100 block of south florida street. the building is better. my grandfather built it in the early 1920s. it was considered a real innovation. he called it a trend to block building, and it got praised -- kallison block building but it got praised the architectural magazines because they picked up the motive of the old spanish missions but don't have done that. he put that on this building. today, it is pretty well built. a day it's a national historic register, and there are people who want to restore the building, which would be wonderful because again that's part of our tradition in our culture. and it's a wonderful building. i remember as, again, i'm a little boy, and they moved the dnc operations from -- the main store is now an annex to the san antonio public, san antonio courthouse, or county court as. that building is still there. again, as children, and it was this kallison work ethic which went through at least three generations. when we were 11, our member being 11, 12 years old and we were sent over to that building to the feed and s

wondering about katherine, the great white, she's hooked a big old u-turn, is heading back to south florida one, and who knows, maybe at some point this summer she could be headed to a beach near you. david? >> katherine on the move tonight. matt gutman, our thanks to you as always. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. for diane sawyer and all of us here at abc news, have a good evening. good night. >> california lawmakers making a run for the border tonight how they hope to ease the immigration crisis. >> a tanker truck blocks a thoroughfare the roadway is still closed >> san francisco has had a big car theft problem, even where the mayor lives. >> and tonight a woman makes jewelry out of guns. her hobby has become a coast to coast cause. >> tonight abc7 news has access in the bay area to documentary footage of the central america immigration crisis, the children pouring across the border to texas are coming here as well. good evening. >> the delegation of california lawmakers headed to central america to deal with a growing crisis. this is to intervene in whatthe governor ca

the road trip comes to an end in south florida.

i am ileana ros-lehtinen and a member of congress from south florida. little rescue pup us sevenhas been with years. she is a calming influence in the crazy office. she is checking out who wears food, anybody going to pet me or walk me yea? i never thought it would work out as well as it did. we did it when she was a puppy and now she is a staff member. sometimes she's this and interviews with me with constituents but more often than not she is in a corridor of the office where she has moved in. >> she jumps up on the laughs of four-star generals and licks them in the face. >> we wanted you to know bloomberg is the only business news service being offered on amazon fire tv. if you missed any of the interviews, you can watch them on bloomberg on apple tv that features live streaming and on-demand videos. stay with us. another check of the market movers is on the other side of this break. wall street trending higher. ♪ >> get the latest headlines at the top of the hour on bloomberg radio and bloomberg. that does it for this edition of bottom line. i am ma

saturday night 6,000 miles from the middle east, family and friends gather near the university of south floridao express their disgu disgust. they have no qualms showing strangers this jarring photo of kadir following the beating. >> he's such a good kid. i can't see what he would have done that could provoke such an attack. such a disgusting inhumane attack report roar israeli police say kadir was throwing rock at officers and they retaliated speaking from jerusalem, his mother says her son is in the hospital and is police custody. >> i can't touch him. i can't get near him and i can speak to him. report roar this troubling video has caught the attention of u.s. diplomats. the state department told us, we are profoundly troubled by reports that he was severely beaten while in police custody. and strongly condemn any excessive use of force. we are calling for a speedy, transparent and credible investigation. and full accountability for any excessive use of force. >> the boy's family is echoing that call. >> look at what they did. look at what they're doing, and this is not justice much this is

those storms extend all the way down south to the florida panhandle.t for flooding along with strong powerful winds. very different story across the west. heat wave continues in the northwest. reena and devin, back to you. >> thanks so much, jim. >>> a terrifying ordeal for an ohio family whose car was swept away by rushing waters. the father managed to grab his 3-year-old daughter and climb a tree, where they were stuck for an hour. the mother was swept four miles away calling for safety and crying for help. each thought the other had drowned until they were reunited. >>> other our other major story this morning, a possible breakthrough to end the deadly conflict in the middle east. after a week of fighting now israel and hamas are seriously considering a cease-fire proposed last night by egypt. the plan calls for bringing the violence to an end today, opening gaza's border crossings and holding talks in cairo within two days. president obama welcomed the idea at a white house dinner celebrating ramadan. >> we are encouraged that egypt has made a prop

collective memories of operation pedro pan reached a peak between 1998 and 2 inwhen wvpt channel south florida made several acumen trees about pedro pan -- several documentaries about operation pedro pan and several books were published. the research was not struggling motivated by academic curiosity. in a letter to monsignor bryan tosh, he admitted he sought paint a positive picture of the exile, which he felt was especially important in light of previous negative portrayals like those found in the book. 1999, if i drove cuban boy -- was rescued off the aast a five year old -- five-year-old boy was rescued off the coast. his mother died. his miami relatives immediately claimed him as their own while his father called for his return to his island home. overnight, the ely and gonzalez custody battle infused the contest with memories of peter pan with a painful new urgency. the small boy became, for miami's cuban-americans, a symbol of all of the 14,000 pedro panists whose parents had similarly taken great risks to secure their freedom and future in the united states. returning him to castro's c

. >> reporter: south florida is home to billions of mosquitos. one can drive you crazy.hat if there were an app for that? >> i don't know. it sounds far fetched. >> reporter: there is an app. the sonic repeller. >> you feel mosquitos? no. >> reporter: scientists say the app is based on a theory emitting a high end frequency that developers of the app claim mosquitos found distasteful. >> putting out a frequency supposed to imitate the male wing. >> reporter: he listened to the frequency and so did i. >> barely hear anything. >> unless you literally put it against your ear. >> reporter: opinion among the swatting public is mixed. one saying impressed. after 20 minutes no mosquito. another found this app will have no effect on any species of mosquito. the company who makes the app says on its website it is not 100% cover but will ease the pain of mosquitos biting you. >> more skeptical. >> a mosquito is right here. >> just in case you missed it carey sanders decided to try the app on his own. live on the "today" show he stuck his arm into a box of 5,000 hungry mosquitos an

. >>> in south florida, four are dead and a dozen others injured in a fourth of july boating accident. the boaters were out when three vessels crashed near miami. rescuers struggled in the dark to find out how many were killed, injured or missing. the boats were out watching the fireworks display. the boats may have been rushing back to the marina after the show was over. weather for us. brittney? >> that's right. this is weekend number seven. we could see nice conditions next monday which would make two months stral mont months straight. i'm tracking the heat wave in my forecast. >>> relatives are speaking out over the loss of four young children in this neighborhood. i'll have that when nbc 10 news comes right back. frds ♪ come have fun at sesame place with everyone's favorite furry friends. enjoy rides where you can splash... and whirl. and, play in the all-new cookie's monster land. with 5 exciting rides, a monster clubhouse and more! get unlimited visits and more with a season pass for six payments of $18. ♪ meet me at sesame place! . >>> investigators are still trying to determi

wondering about catherine the great white, well, she's hooked a big old u-turn and is heading back to south floridaand who knows? maybe at some point this summer she could be headed to a beach near you. matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> all i hope is my beach has a tracking device to figure out where it is. i hope so. i don't want to end up in the water with one of those. but i'm glad they're on the rebound i guess. >> they said one report puts the shark population off the california coast at more than 2,000 alone. and matt was here a couple weeks ago. he says he's been out, as you see, doing numerous shark stories. they've proven over and over again that they have increased in the waters. i don't know what they're eating. >> well, seals apparently. but in the '80s they were fished pretty heavily, to the point of depletion. good to see them back. >> all right. >> if you like sharks. >>> when we come back, big news. really big news out of buckingham palace this morning. >>> and a take on pharrell's "happy" video. you've got to see this one. by weird al yankovic. check it out in "the skinny." yankovic

florida that say, "no", large powerful groups are standing up to this. on the other hand you have big business looking at this. this is a microcosm of the debate, playing out in south-west florida. >> thank you so much. >>> when we return - alaska's wildlife. >> i don't think anyone that visits, if they did, ride along with the anchorage police, they'd have a rude awakening. >>> growing diversity leading to new challenges in a place you least expect it. gang violence has come to town. al jazeera america. >>> these days it seems there are few places in which kids are immune from the perils of the streets. take alaska. in the minds of many it conjures up images of an outdoor paradise. there's another reality - the growing presence of street gangs, many organised around ethnic identity. michael oku travelled to anchorage to take a closer look at the problem and what is being done to address it. >> hang on a second. i suppose i'm supposed to go code 3. we'll go a little faster. >> reporter: lately every night in the land of the midnight sun has been busy for this officer. this evening he's been on patrol for half an hour. when a report of a stabbing crackles through th

florida everglades triggering outrage and environmental worries. there's more to it. adam may reports that many of oil wells are on hold, for how [ chanting ] >> south-west florida has become the latest battle ground in the search for oil. new techniques are making it possible to drill in areas where it was difficult. many say the resulting waste water will be toxic. >> i hope people realise it's about clean water. >> these women have been fighting the oil wells around the everglades for months. they live next door to a drilling location. >> it's about 400 foot from here. this is part of the watershed that fits the ever glades. >> if the oil field goes in, it means noise, dust and trucks passing by the durantes homes. as part of the drilling millions of waste water laced with chemicals will be ipp jected into the ground. they fear it will poison the water supply. >> we need clean water and air. it's not political. it's a right. >> the fears became reality after our original report. the oil-drilling company, called dan hughes, was cited for injecting a chemical gel into the ground. dap hughes was fined -- dan hughes was fined. the company pulled out

. >>> check out this smash and grab from south florida when a sledgehammer didn't do the trick, theycrashed the truck through the front doctor of an atm and gotqqe with a bunch of phones and ipadded and may be the same robbers who rip off another store around the same time. >>> the young humback whale is back in the ocean after hmm 40 -- almost 40 hours stuck on a beach in australia. staff from seaworld made a special bet to pull the whale back into the water. >> officials at general motors say they will not re-call nearly two million pickup trucks even though though drivers say rusted out break -- brake lines almost caused the trucks to crash. they say it's up to drivers to get their brake lines checked. >> ordinarying to the ntsb this affects full-side pickup trucks and suv that were made -- including the chevy silverado. jerry willis is with us. gm is getting it left and right. >> they say it's a maintenance issue. they say they have safety kit you can buy. they're available through the dealers and the aftermarket based on time studies should cost $500. >> seriously. >> so you fi

. >> two people in south florida, struck days apart. a maryland school eviscerated. and most disturbingly, more than a dozen people hit, two fatally, after separate strikes at the rockies national park over the weekend. >> lightning remains one of the most dangerous things. >> but for all of these media events, the question remains, are lightning deaths really increasing as meteorologists all over the globe have speculated. what do the numbers show in terms of trends and lightning strikes? >> the numbers show us as we look specifically at the number of people killed by lightning the last few years, that number has been in decline over the last ten years. >> reporter: he takes us through the nerve center of their facility. >> there have been over 6,000 strikes. >> reporter: he's watching lightning activity in retime on radar. activity that has dipped at least in terms of its lethal impact. the average is 51 lightning-related deaths a year. the two colorado fatalities bring 2014's total to 12. >> only having 12 for the whole year is a step in the right direction. >> re

. >> he lived in south florida with his wife and his six-year-old son adam.is wife had taken his son to the local shopping mall and left him alone to look at video games. >> she says i'm going to go two aisles and pay for this lamp. you stay right here. >> adams disappearance started a huge search. >> i never forget the first night. this has going to be parents who lost their child to a drunk driver or woman who had a miscarriage. who would take a six-year-old boy. he went on a national media campaign begging public for help. >> the contributions are well over $120,000. >> 16 days after adam went missing, he was in new york, he heard the awful news. the severed head of a little boy was found in a canal. >> i trashed that hotel room. the security came in. calmed me down. they brought a doctor. i said i've got to do the toughest thing i've got to do in my life. adam's body was never found. neither was his killer. soon after his funeral, he went speak to the medical examiner who told him not to have adam die in vain. then in 1988, you don't know wa -- he started

. >> an opportunity not only for our community here in south florida, but throughout the rest of the region. opened doors for a lot of people who have at any denied, even though they have places in other areas. >> in trifecta, three people giving life to three strangers >> words can't describe how i feel right now. i wanted to cry, but ... >> adrianna hopkins reporting for us tonight. all of these surgeries were successful, and the prognosis for everybody involved is good. >>> and remember you can always get the latest health news on our website myfoxphilly.com. click on the health tab there. >>> well, a local woman is proving aids is just a -- age is just a number. >> this grandmother is jumping out after plane and pursuing a life-long dream. that's coming up. >>> also ahead, baseball gives back major league stars are using their celebrity to help people in need. the organization they're people in need. the organization they're tethe wonder of summer is that i never know what kind of adventure awaits. the days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. and, thanks to volvo,