abc's t.j. holmes has this story. t.j.: angel hernandez has been calling balls and strikes as a major league umpire for nearly 24 years. >> the call from angel hernandez. t.j.: now he's calling foul against major league baseball. the cuban-born such suing the league for racial discrimination, pointing the finger at joe torre, now executive vice president overseeing baseball's umpires. according to the lawsuit, since torre's arrival, there has been only one nonwhite umpire assigned to the world series, and the 55-year-old claims he has not been promoted to crew chief despite having more experience than nine of the 10 umpires that were promoted. >> he's pleading with angel hernandez. t.j.: he alleges the bad blood started in this game back in 2001. torre was outraged over this call, getting in hernandez's face, torre was tos >> angel hernandez, something happens to one of the teams. t.j.: he claims "torre took to the media to insult him," saying he gist wanted to be noticed, and once torre assumed his role with mlb in 2

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but this is t.j. mcdaniel's first time inside and possibly his last chance to escape a similar fate. >> the judge told me he wanted me to get a feel how prison is. he said my life is like this. right now. if he send me to prison, he said for a sentence and he feel my life is going to be over with. he said if he give me a chance to demonstrate that i'm going to be all right and i can succeed and be successful in the community, then i'm going to be able to get out. now that i'm here, i have got to follow all instructions, do my program and stay out of trouble. >> four fingers. so you nervous coming today? >> no, not really. >> why? it's prison. >> why wouldn't you be nervous? killers in here. thugs. >> it's everywhere. that's my life. >> what you out there doing? houseling dope? >> no. >> stealing? carrying weapons? >> carrying weapons. >> you were carrying a gun, i guess, right? >> yeah. >> why? >> i didn't want to be victimized. >> you want to shoot somebody first before he shoot you? >> no, i just wa

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. >> t.j.onths old, and i've already started to collect data on his behavior, things that he might be interested in, a bee that's flying by-- things that we need to work on so that when he's a guide dog he can ignore those distractions. >> reporter: that's where i.b.m.'s watson comes in. so far, watson has analyzed half a million billow bites of behavioral data and noose just the beginning. >> it's enabled guiding eyes to uncover insights that they couldn't previously do with the resource that they had. >> reporter: the system was able to predict with 100% accuracy which dogs would make it to graduation. >> come on, buddy! >> reporter: it cost $50,000 to produce a guide dog, whether they graduate or not. improving the odds for picking puppies will not only stretch the charity's precious dollars. it will give dogs like t.j. an opportunity at a rewarding life. don dahler, cbs news, yorktown heights, new york, new york. >> mason: t.j. just haches to be the name our director and he liked that story

here's abc's t.j. holmes. >> reporter: many teens are on their phones more than 6 1/2 hours a day.f of them, text. nearly all use social media apps. but it may tot be entirely their fault. do these kids get help from some of these apps? help in getting hooked? >> of course, they get hooked. the games and the social media designers want people to come back. >> reporter: take snapchat, the superpopular social media app. it has a clever way to keep teens coming back. if you and a friend send a photo every day for three days, you now have a streak. if you dent send a experts like dr. jodi gold, says snap streaks can create a high or can i of friendship, that have some upset if they drop a streak. >> this is important to teenagers. >> reporter: 18-year-old friends have a 405-day streak going. that means they've been sending each other a photo of something every day for more than a year. these girls, so invested in their streaks, if this hour glass pops up meaning a streak is ending and they can't get on to the app, they ask their moms to send snaps for them. >> did you do it? >> reporte

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>> my name is t.j.. >> what if i said this was yours? would you like it?thank you. >> it is from me to you. >> thank you. >> there are no words for this moment. just happy tears. >> thank you. >> god bless you. >> larry didn't need any help. his excitement was help enough. it practically launched him into his new room. >> this is what happens when you're excited. after a rundown of the knobs and doohickeys, larry put on his sunglasses and gave it a whirl. >> this is supercool. i don't mind because i think that is my purpose here. >> that purpose is says made his dream come true. >> it is emotional for me and it is a wonderful thing. >>> a lot of smiles there. larry is being treated at the rehab institute in spokane washington. they have care for kids and adults. >>> right now at 6:00, a woman says nothing is going to stop her from driving the beltway after someone opened fire and killed her husband as he drives. >>> she is being called an innocent victim by police. the person who pulled the trigger is still out there. mike, what is she telling you about th

abc's t.j. holmes has more on that story. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: robach, good morning, and we have seen, of course, horrific injuries in sports from time to time. we have never quite heard one like this and in a sport where crowds are told to be quiet there was one deafening sound in this crowd of thousands. this young lady on the ground screaming, help me, help me. it was a hard fought duel between two tough opponents. but in a split second, it all changed. >> help me. help me please. >> reporter: american bethanie mattek-sands grabs her right knee screaming in pain as her challenger watches on helpless. replays show the 32-year-old charging the net when her right knee buckles and she falls to the grass in agony. her opponent climbed over the net and catching a sight of the injured knee immediately calls for a doctor. >> help me. help me. >> i've never seen anything like this and i panicked a little bit as well. tried to comfort her as much as i could but you -- i mean, you could feel the pain. >> reporter: mattek-s

t.j. smith remembers texts. dionay smith was shot and killed sund sunday. t.j. smith says it appears his brother was shot by someone he knows who may have taken advantage of his brother's kindless. smith spoke. >> enough with the hash tags and rips and t let's stop. >> reporter: the commissioner says the investigation is making good progress. >> i hope to have an announcement within the next day or two at the very latest. >> my heart goes out to t.j. and his family. >> reporter: at city hall mayor used the case to make the argument for tougher gun laws in the city. she said she will seek emergency legislation in the next session of the legislature to make illegal gun possession a felony. >> we have had a difficult time trying to get the state to understand it. at this particular stage i have to be concerned about what happens in baltimore city. >> reporter: targeted what she says is a link between violence and methadone clinics. these pictures show an apparent open air drug market. >> look

nancy: but t.j. holmes has why it didn't live up to the hype. reporter: jaws were dropping over the highly anticipated race of the summer. michael phelps versus the great white. >> i will try. never backed down from a challenge. this one will be a tough one, though. >> shark experts tested the speed of the great white. calculating a strong 100 meters in 36.1 seconds. then the gold medalist tried to beat that time. the shark next to him is a animated replica, super imposed on the screen after the race fell s gave the shark a race for his money but it wasn't enough. the great white won by two >> i don't like taking silver medals but i'll take one against a great white. >> man versus beast. always good tv. in 2013, nfl superstar chris johnson raced the fastest cat for nat geo wild. the cat won. in 2001, dennis northcutt raced an ostrich on sports science and the bird won. it garn tiered 8 million views -- garnered 8 million views online. but olympian jesse owens raced a horse in 1936. unlike most of his successors, he actually won. nancy: that was

abc's t.j.s has the details. >> reporter: a youth soccer league is telling parents to stay quiet at their kids' games. >> we just felt as a board that it was time in a leadership way to do something to get people's attention. >> reporter: this memo dubbed silent september sent to the parents of the 30,000 youth players explains come soccer season in fall all parents and visitors should be silent. just enjoy your player. >> it makes the kids uncomfortable. >> reporter: for the parents watching interest the stands the redwrakz to this was mixed. >> i think it's a great idea. i think it's going to benefit the children as well as the referees. >> i was a little surprised because i'm one of those that enjoys at times coaching from the sidelines. >> reporter: t.j. holmes, abc news, new york. >> now, you never really know what you're going to see during a stage of the tour de france, as the riders were gust of wind blew a big umbrella onto the road. >> luckily they saw it in time to avoid it. got to ho

thanks, t.j.e'll check back with you later but let's check in with rob with more on the dangerous heat in the northeast. hot outside this morning. >> hot again today heat advisories across the heartland and east with temperatures that will feel, well, up and over 100 degrees in some spots. even a heat warning for philadelphia. couple the heat with the humidity and what it feels like outside is 107 today in richmond, 101 in philly and 102 in washington. your heat index right now is brought to you by sprint. >>> good morning! i'm meteorologist mike nicco from "abc7 mornings." more morning clouds but still a lot of sunshine, just barely some changes this afternoon. heat only for the weekend. we'll be back to average beginning monday. one of the bigger changes today will be the breezes. they'll be back once again north of the bay bridge. that's going to keep you 71 at richmond, 66 in san francisco, 80s in the south bay and north bay, even some 90 in our east bay valleys. my accuweather seven-day forec

thanks, t.j. we'll check back with you later but let's check in with rob with more on the dangerous heat in the northeast. hot outside >> hot again today heat advisories across the heartland and east with temperatures that will feel, well, up and over 100 degrees. even a heat warning for philadelphia. couple the heat with the humidity and what it feels like outside is 107 today in richmond, 101 in philly and 102 in washington. t-storm. highs: 94-98 feels: 100-105+ winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy. warm and very muggy. lows: 72-78 winds: sw 5 mph friday: still hot and humid. scattered pm storms. some strong to severe. highs: 89-94 winds: sw to nw 5-10 mph today: very hot and >>> in this heat if i could be your mother drink lots of water and grab lots of shade and give those working on the roads a bit of a break today. >>> a major break in the case of those four missing men in pennsylvania. we'll tell you what authorities discovered and the person of interest arrested again. >>> then why th

thanks, t.j.e'll check back with you later but let's check in with rob with more on the dangerous heat in the northeast. hot outside >> hot again today heat advisories across thewith tempeg to feel up and over 100 degrees, heat warning for philadelphia. you couple the heat and the humidity. 107 in richmond. 102 in philly. heat index is brought to you by sprint. >> reporter: good morning everyone, david murphy here with an update from accuweather. we're dry across the region, stuff down there is just ground clutter. the big to her is how warm and humid it is. upper 70s in most neighborhoods and feels like the mid to upper 80s. as we go into the afternoon, oppressive heat and humidity is still there. 97 is the high, heat index values as highs 105. there could spotty strong storms and muggy tomorrow. of a break today. >>> a major break in the case of those four missing men in pennsylvania. we'll tell you what authorities discovered and the person of interest arrested again. >>> then why there is a he

. >> t.j. is four months old and i've already started to collect data on his behavior, things that he might be interested in. a bee that's flying by, things that we need to work on so that when he's a guide dog, he can ignore those distractions. >> reporter: that's where ibm's watson comes in. so far watson has analyzes half a million kill oh bites of behavioral data and that's just the beginning. >> it's enabled guiding eyes to uncover insights they couldn't previously do with the resources they had. >> reporter: the system was able to predict with 100% accuracy which dogs would make it to graduation. it costs $50,000 to produce a guide dog whether they graduate or not. improving the odds for picking puppies will not only stretch the charity's precious dollars, it will give dogs like t.j. a better chance at a rewarding life. don dahler, cbs news, yorktown heights, new york. >> good boy! >> that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back

t.j.olmes has more. >> reporter: angel hernandez has been calling balls and strikes as a major league umpire for nearly 24 hours. >> a call from angel hernandez. >> reporter: now's calling foul against major league baseball. the cuban-born ump is suing the league for racial discrimination, pointing the finger at joe torre. according to the lawsuit, since tory's arrival, there's been only one non-white and the 55-year-old says he has not been promoted to crew chief despite having more experience than nine of the ten. he alleges the bad blood between the two men started in this game back in 2001. joe torre was outraged over this call. getting in hernandez's face, joe torre was tossed from the game. >> something happens to one of the teams. >> reporter: hernandez claims torre took to the media to insult him. hernandez just wanted to be noticed over there, and once he assumed his role, the notion that hernandez wanted to be noticed permeated his evaluations as an umpire. >> it's hard to know w

joe t.: shopping for t.j. maxx. lemonis: t.j. maxx -- what is that customer? -jack: discount.count. they gonna come here and spend 20 bucks? -joe t.: right. -jed: they do. lemonis: now i want to be clear with you guys. i'm not saying this is a bad idea. joe t.: after this conversation, i don't think it's a good idea, though. lemonis: well, but we don't have the data to say whether it's good or bad. this space, with the variables that we've talked about, scares me. let me talk to these guys for just a minute. jed: okay. lemonis: the problem that i'm having with these guys is they basically just pull [bleep] out of the air. "we'll just go to a location and we hope the rent's gonna work out." you're not gonna do that with my money. we're in the business of building a box, marketing it, polishing it, perfecting it, and then having somebody say, "i'll take one. i'll take one." that's what a franchise is. we are not in the business of leasing space and building [bleep] out. joe t.: and if it happens the way it happened the first time, i'm gonna be sleeping on the bench over there, t

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