mark olberholtzer of texas city, texas, was out deer hunting a year ago when he got the call from the office that isis fighters in syria were tweeting out shots of his black ford f-250? now sporting a serious new gun rack. sot - plumber "i was shocked." olberholtzer says when he sold the truck in november of 2013, the dealer told him they'd remove the decal so as not to risk scratching the paint. but evidently they never did. according to carfax, the vehicle was auctioned off a month later in houston. from there it went all the way to mersin, turkey? before ending up in aleppo, syria. yelp page. but it's no laughing matter. the plumber says he got death threats and suffered a serious loss in business. he's suing the dealer. sot plumber "we're suing for a million dollars, i believe i lost that much work and the stress on everyone around us." the dealer blames the auction house, noting: "it is unfortunate that the customer has had to go through this." david wright, abc news, new york. abc's david wright reporting. now... to a consumer alert from contact - 13-. yet another report tonight

. >> reporter: mark ober holdser of texas city, texas, was out deer hunting a year ago when he got the call from the office that isis fighters in syria were tweeting out shots of his black serious new gun rack. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: he says when he 2013, the dealer told him they'd remove the decal so not to risk scratching the paint. but evidently, they never did. according to carfax, the vehicle was auctioned off a month later in houston. from there, it went to turkey before ending up in aleppo, syria. those photos turned up on his yelp page. the plumber says he got death threats and suffered a serious loss of business. he's suing the dealer. >> i believe i've lost that much work. >> reporter: the dealer blames the auction house, noting it's unfortunate that the customer had to go through this. york. >> david wright, thank you. >>> when we come back here tonight, new reporting what was behind that crash, right into an american hotel lobby? >>> you'll remember the debate, we covered it here. the football players taking out the referee. who was responsible? the players or the c

interview as many former children who were in the camp as possible. >> cspan: where is crystal city, texas? >> guest: crystal city, texas is located 120 miles southwest of san antonio, which is my home, about 35 miles from the u.s. -mexican border. the lights of the internment camp could be seen from mexico at night because the land there is incredibly desolate. it was in fact chosen as the enemy alien internment camp that housed multiple nationalities-germans, german-americans, italians, italian-americans, japanese, and japanese-americans-the only camp that housed multiple nationalities of families during the war. and it was chosen in large part because it was in such an isolated location. and if you wanted to have a camp like crystal city internment camp, it was a very good place to locate it. >> cspan: how did you find sumi? >> guest: well the first thing is that it was a long journey to sumi. i first learned about this camp many years ago, 42 years ago, when i was a student at the university of texas. and i met a remarkable man, alan taniguchi, who was the dean of architecture. now thi

reporter: amidst all the gunfire, blood shed and overall chaos in syria right now this truck from a texas cityer ended up in the center of it. this picture shows the former mark one plumbing truck carrying heavy artillery, a terrorist group tweeted out the picture and ever since then the chaos in syria hit home for this family-owned business. >> his secretary was recently called an isis soos [ expletive ] so just not flattering things. but also some were scary. some were people i'm going to come kick your [ expletive ]. you don't want to be an american get out of here and i'll help you go. >> attorney craig elan lanified a lawsuit on behalf mark one plumbing against autonation. it was supposed to remove the company decal before selling it and obviously that didn't happen. >> the son started to take the decals off and was told don't do that. you might scratch the paint. we will do it. >> autonation resold the truck at an auctioning in d dallas an someone from turkey bought the truck and had it shipped out of the country from the port of houston. i talked with a spokesman for autonation over the

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that history work blizzard could hit the texas panhandle cities of amarillo lubbock and also into oklahoma. up to 15 inches of snow could fall overnight. the region is under a blizzard warning through monday. still to come -- the nightmare after christmas. tonight, severe weather rips a community apart. >> it's like a nightmare! gerard: deadly tornadoes moving across several cities. chloe: the wind is slowly starting to die down across the area tonight, but we are temperatures tongerard: at least four people are dead tonight after storms ripped through north, just south of dallas. several homes were destroyed, trapping people inside, closing the dallas fort worth international airport for about an hour. residents say it happened quickly. >> it was like a scary calm. we do not know whether to stay or leave, and then we were our house has nothing. and then one street over his total distraction. gerard: residents remain under flash flood and tornado warnings.news 3 your weather authority, and we will check our own forecast. we have a bit of a cold snap overnight. and by that i mean below free

and said, you can't believe this. >> reporter: that's his old truck, now 7,000 miles away from texas city, texas, with quite the gun rack in back. there it is in action. isis militants firing the anti-aircraft gun, the logo and the company phone number as clear as the intentions of those >> i really at first thought it was just somebody playing with us. >> reporter: the plumber, mark oberholtzer, says when he traded in the truck to a dealer, they told him they'd rather remove the decal so as not to risk scratching the paint. but when these pictures started popping up on extremist twitter feeds a year ago today, it became clear the dealer never removed it. tracking the truck on the used car site carfax, it went from an auction in houston, texas, to mersin, turkey, from there ending up somewhere near aleppo, syria, in the hands of jihadists. oberholtzer says death threats started pouring in over the switchboard. >> she was getting constant calls, threats, nothing about plumbing. >> reporter: now those photos pop up on his yelp page. they even made it on to the final episode of "the colbert

. >> reporter: the phones are ringing off the hook at mark one plumbing in texas city all because of this photo postete on twitter feed. >> look at this picture. mark's company logo and his phone number, still clear as day on the side of that truck. >> yes, a texas plumber's work truck showed up in syria. although pickup truck, desert, giant machine gun, that could still be texas. >> mark oberholtzer o os mark 1 plumber and claims no bun at the dealership that bought his truck told him the decals would stay on it. >> the plumber has received thousands of threatening phone calls. people accused him of supporting terrorists. the calls contained threats of violence, property harm, injury and even delts. oberholtzer is suing the dealership for $1 million. the dealership isis looking into exactly whwh happened. i could see why he'd be very upset about it. >> absolutely. that's his businessnd his livelihood. his reputation is important. >> now we know remove your decals off of your stuff before you sell it. >>> and "sports illustrated" has unveiled serena williams as its sportsperson of the

pockets of rain in the northwest, east texas and north florida too. >>> if you're flying airport delays possible in minneapolis, denver and salt lake city. >>> ever wonder what happen ss to your old car or truck when you trade or sell it in, many are shipped overseas. >> that proved a a nightmaor a texas business. ever since this photo of a truck used by isis went viral, mark-1 plumbing has been getting threats and abuse and business is way off. the company owner is suing the auto dealeraying it didn't do enouough to he him. >> if they had just tried to work with me and tried to tell what happened with the truck, i probably wouldn't have done this but it has affected my bususiness. >> wants $1 million in damages. >>> police say a disgruntled customer drove his truck through the lobby of this comfort inn in oklahoma. surveillance video you see shows two people jumping out of the way just seconds before the doors and then the front desk, the driver was apparently angry over not getting a cash refund. he faces severalal serious charges. >> wow, reminiscent of a famous scene in "terminator." >>> no charges however when a florida panhandle h

. >> reporter: the phones are ringing off the hook at mark 1 plumbing in texas city all because of this photo posted on an islamic militant group's twitter feed. look at this picture. mark's company logo and his phone number still clear as day on the side of that truck. >> yes, a texas plumber's work truck showed up in syria. still be texas. >> mark oberholser owns mark 1 plumbing. he claims no one at the dealership that bought his truck told him the decals would stay on it. he also says the plumber received thousands of threatening phone calls. the dealership says it's looking into what happened. >>> spril has unveiled se rina williams as its sports person of the year. just this year she won three grand slam titles and 53 of her 56 matches. but this morning not everyone is happy for the tennis star. horse racing fans complained on twitter the triple crown winner was snubbed. >> and espinoza says, the real winner is -- p with a picture of the thoroughbred horse. most believe that american pharoah deserved this award. the magazine said it's more than williams' accomplishments on the it s

. >> two miles south of the texas border, lies the city of reynoso, panasonic, black and decker and lg electronics call it home. the city is a source of cheap labor for these global giants with tens of thousands of workers bussed in and out of their shifts each day. reynosa the capital of employment the billboards read but behind the campaigns of smiling workers we found a different reality. >> can you tell me what happened to your right arm and the fingers of your left hand? >> 26-year-old los castro was born and raised in raynoso, 26 months ago he went to work for a company and stamped the lg logo on front of tvs. just the second day on the job there was an accident. >> like many of his co-workers, castro had little to no training before being put on the assembly line. reynosa's factories often run 24 hours a day to keep up with global demand. but to add insult to injury, companies like lg electronics have found a way to limit their liability when workers get hurt. it is common for big companies to contract smaller more anonymous ones to manufacture parts before final assembly. just

we've been talking about breaking news out of texas, tornadoes near dallas. the city of garland was especially hit hard. five of the reported fatalities happened there. all those victims were in their cars when they were suddenly struck by a very powerful tornado. joining us on the phone to talk about this is garland emergency management public officer. the sun should be coming up that hour. give us an assessment of what happened there last night. >> well last night at about 6:45 is when the tornado hit. southeast part of our city. [ inaudible ] >> it appears we have an wish the signal of joe harn. perhaps we can hang up and renext. joe, this morning as the sunrises is dealing with a place that was hit so hard by one or multiple tornadoes. you're seeing images of the aftermath. people saying these things come out of nowhere while they were on the roads, it knocked the power out, and killed five people, we understand. i believe you're back with us, joe. we got you here on the air. update us on what happened last night and what you expect to deal with this morning. >> w

city for $140 a night night. >> yes. it can b eright. shall we go to texas, your home state. >> yes, san antonio. cities, but people spend $70 bill billion in the state in 2014, and continues san antonio which is at the middle of it for millennials. and the culture there with the river walk. >> my beststriend is from san antonio. a the river walk is gorgeous. >> yes shgs, and a lot of the the great r talk. an w talking about austin there with the foodies and the music. >> i went to austin high school. >> you went there austin high? >> yes, loile yal forever. sglf and what is the mas maroons. >> hmm, purple. >> and this is another one of those year-round destination, and all of the cities in texas are affordable year-round, and san antonio being one of them. >> and thep mexican food. >> and stay at the omni right on the river walk, and just over $200 a night, and stay in downtown san antonio at places like the fairfield inn for under $120 a night. >> in tuluan which is one of the mostooked spots in mexico. and it is near cancun, and it is a lot of fun, but people are rook looking f alternate to can

texas. san antonio, a city best known for the alamo, but just a short trip away it's the at&t center with aning of boxing is already underway andx it tks native, omar figueroa jr. will put his record on the line as he faces a fellow former champion , antonio demarco. that's tonight's main event.

an honest city probe. >> the texas teenage ever who made headlines for having so-called affluenza has been detained in mexico. 18-year-old ethan couch and his mother, police believe he fled after showing an alleged probation violation. two years ago, he killed four people driving drunk. he received ten years probation when lawyers used the affluenza defense, saying a privileged upbringing spurred his poor decision. >>> rahm emanuel in cuba addressing the latest police crisis. over the weekend, they killed a 19-year-old man with emotional issues as they respond to a domestic disturbance. they shot a 55-year-old woman accidentally. emanuel is calling for an immediate review of police training when it comes to approaching people in crisis. oversea, two people were allegedly planning a terrorist attack in brussels on new year's eve. police arrested the two on sunday and monday. officers searched several homes, finding military clothing and isis propaganda, no weapons or explosives. it was a major step in liberating isis militants out of the main government complex yesterday. the victory i