. ♪ >> liam: hope, this is a lot to process, for and steffy. >> steffy: you -- you can't just apologizend take her away! i haven't even gotten -- this is all happening too fast. [ cries ] >> hope: steffy, you have been a wonderful mother to beth, and i will always be gfu you, but it is time for her to know me. >> ridge: but maybe we should all just take a little time to see what's best for the baby. >> brooke: hope has lost enough time with her daughter. they shouldn't be apart one more minute. >> hope: we won't be.& >> steffy: hope, please... this is beth's home.

y >> steffy: beth? i adopted b-beth? >> liam: yes. >> steffy: no. that's phoebe. she's phoebe. >> hope: i know it's hard to take in, and it's a shock. but it's true. you've been raising my daughter. >> brooke: all this time... hope was in mourning... and your son knew! >> ridge: well, we don't know that. >> brooke: ridge, why would they lie? >> ridge: all they do is lie! >> brooke: he married hope knowing that -- >> ridge: we'll deal with thomas. we'll talk to him. right now, i'm concerned about steffy. there's a lot of pain coming her way, and she doesn't deserve it.

. >> steffy: liam, what are you doing? >> liam: steffy... this is beth. she's alive. >> steffy: no, that's not her. that's phoebe. >> liam: this is beth. [ laughs ] [ beth babbles ] this is my daughter.

>> steffy: oh, thanks, but tiffany's on her way. she's been a big help when amelia's not available. >> ridge: are you okay? >> steffy: yeah, yeah. it's -- it's just a lot. all of a sudden, you hear phoebe is beth. but flo will talk to liam, she'll straighten everything out. she'll put it to rest. and i'll never have to hear it again. >> flo: please say something,

. >> brooke: not as much as i appreciate what steffy did for them. >> ridge: [ sighs heavily ] >> brooke: you know, it was a huge sacrifice for her. and it definitely took a lot of strength to let them walk out that door with their child. >> ridge: i should have stayed with steffy. >> brooke: ridge, she didn't want you to. >> ridge: she thought beth was her daughter. there was no reason for her to doubt flo's story. >> brooke: nobody could have imagined. but beth is alive. and i am very, very excited about that, being her grandmother. >> ridge: [ exhales softly ]

paso shooting is now at 22. 2 of the patients died at a local medical center this morning reporters steffi el paso with the latest on how the county there is seeking state and federal funding to help the victims and first responders. >>el paso county commissioners court held an emergency meeting today to make sure that the county acts fast to help with ongoing needs from a financial standpoint, el paso community foundation and county attorney spoke about having one point person to identify all sources of grant finds out there to help families with funeral costs hospitals and witnesses with mental health services, but there's no timeline or exact outline on when those funds will be made available the key to any collaboration is constant acacia. >>and so by sort of establishing this protocol that allows us to communicate clearly with the right person and have faith in each other that we're going be able to disseminate this. >>el paso county judge says that some of the grant funds could help with prosecution fees. we know so far is that on the state and federal level authorities are pursuing

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and steffi thanks again for joining thank you. next charity says it will charter flight to help migrants stuck at sea. the charity open arms is condemning the policy the fleas far right interior minister matteo salvini. otherer rescue vessels have been forbidden entry to its holy waters to help. of a hundred migrants have been stranded for two weeks now on a ship in the mediterranean. still a tanker off the coast of lampedusa the open arms with schools of migrants left on board. of the twenty seven minus finally transferred to shore and headed for mainland attorney for humanitarian reasons. the nation's bellicose interior minister though is sticking to his guns demanding the rest go elsewhere. spain has an open porch with a spanish ship that's been at sea for eighteen days. why don't they go to spain you know in eighteen days they could have come and gone from a pizza and foreman terra at least thrhree times this is a political b battle foror the ticket.. f for the openn arms charity stuffff though it's anythingng pot o one of the

>>steffi lee shows us what's next for families and patients as they work toward healing. >>the family assistance center opened up today here at the el paso convention center this is where people can get additional counseling services. from one patient earlier who says that he's for support that is coming into his community. he had the chance to can we put. get to end. >>the first thing about how the lazard is mind when the shooting happened his nephew javier rodriguez to come an end to us. to pull them to wear. it when we hear. kate mission you heard us. javier died in front of him is. will see. mean i get better. shun the top you was shot in his foot shattering bone in damaging soft tissue. he has at least 3 surgeries ahead and will get help from this device to stabilize his bones, it's very important for for us to try to get him the best chance for one salvage as possible and today starts that process his doctors tell us if they can save his foot it will take many months before october you can put weight on his leg. a top us doctors says he shows a tremendous amount of

almost 120 years later steffi and i moved out runs the lincoln i's ations anti-pollution department on string for those issues because the gold producing families do not want to address individually or getting the environmental impact of the mining industry and do you think it's it's going in there on the right track on the goodly. yes there is significant progress achieved this far in terms of my main companies dealing effectively with environmental impact how does the chamber of mine every convicted human health impact assessment regarding the tellings the mine tunings not it's not that i'm way off ok so we don't some. bench shows the same scientific analysis that he has shared with the residents back in the township you never heard about that and i don't know ok. what does that make you think now it's quite concerning for me and i think something should be done do you think that the mining industry that you represent have a responsibility in this numbers. i think it is with our member companies mind we do have the responsibility. do you leave close to the mind. why not even me. i me

opened fire on back to school shoppers in a walmart killing 20 and injuring more than a dozen others steffi. >>at the walmart shooting in el paso with the very latest. and good morning from el paso you can see behind me this memorial has grown significantly outside this walmart where the shooting happened people have been stopping by to pay their respects. often on this morning be the kindest they'll pass a strong that is the theme within this community and this memorial is one of several ways people have shown their support to the community as law enforcement continue investigate the crime scene and try to piece together what exactly happened in this deadly attack. now over the weekend to be held 2 vigils on sunday evening, one of the las americas immigrant advocacy center in an interfaith vigil at a local park not far from this walmart el paso wins with candles over there and stood together also highlighting and continuously pressing backe again on the team about being el paso strong one local nurse we spoke to says she witnessed that type of strength among her hospital staff working fami

el paso steffi lee back to you. people that el paso walmart store where back to school shopping when those shots rang out. many of the big national chains are now stocking equipment designed to protect students from gunfire right in the school supply aisle, there's a brand called guard dog that selling bulletproof backpacks at stores like office, max and home office depot. they sell anywhere from pitino $10200. the company that makes the backpack says that sales spike this time of year. they also say that they want parents and students to be prepared not scared. >>i personally think whether it's with their builder backpacks or not it's not certain that conversation on school safety possibly actors years active shooter situations. >>well the manufacturer says the backpacks can stop a bullet from a 44 magnum handgun. people in el paso jumped into action to help one another as best they could following the shooting there were massive calls for blood donations. so many people showed up and came forward to help the blood