channel 13's jodi whitworth shows us why car collectors support it... and police officers have their concerns. 103201 - were kind of entering a new age of car ownership where there is a pride of ownership is unprecedented since the 60s not many customers are willing spend a hundred grand on a new car... 142500 - this is the 2016 corvette, this is the z06 model but those who do -- buy for looks... 112902 - millions and millions of dollars are spent developing these beautiful cars the front plate is a turn off for car collectors and enthusiasts... most sports cars don't come with a front license plate bracket. 101007 - the license plate would be located at the nose of car, somewhere between the logo to half way through the grill car experts at shottenkirk chevrolet say not only is the attachment aesthetically unpleasing .. it could also ruin the performance of the car members of the house transportation committee proposed a bill to get rid of together 030727 - i think the physical characteristics trump the license plate tag itself - josh byrnes but those

deputies say ronnie whitworth eisenhower in the shoulder on gilbert road. they say he then drove off and crashed a few miles away on highway 27. whitworth was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. >>> new this morning, south carolina's department of transportation secretary wants legislators to spend money on the crumbling highways rather than send the money to counties. secretary christy hall says the agency's lack of funding means those crumbling, highly- traveled road are on a 24-year paving cycle compared to the industry standard of 10 years. the budget being debated in the house this week is expected to include roughly $400 million for roads. but the proposal 17s $185 million of that to counties to fix less traveled secondary roads that don't qualify for federal matches. >>> today you can weigh in on plans to raise the cost of bus fares. cat is restructuring its weekly pass. it's also considering raising and possibly removing the 10- ride pass discount. the meeting is at the government center at 5:30. commissioners will also ge

kayna whitworth has the latest. >> reporter: el nino-fueled with deadly force. from inglewood, california, trees crashing down onto cars. >> i didn't expect this to happen. >> reporter: to san jose, where heavy rains were the likely culprit this in in collapse. >> we've got wires down, we've got accidents, we've got rescue responses. >> reporter: the system, briefly knocking out power to l.a.'s airport. lightning setting this palm tree ablaze. over the weekend north of sacramento, a woman drowning in floodwaters after the car she was in went around a roadblock. crews are sawing through this huge phi cuss tree that crushed two cars and blew out the windows of that one and this storm o storm may have moved through quickly but left lasting damage. kayna whith worth, abc news, los angeles. >> here's what's lapping today on the weather front. light rain still in northern california and the pacific northwest. violent storms from texas to the gulf region. some areas of the south could get a foot of rain. unusually warm from the dwraks to the northeast where it will >>

deputies say ronnie whitworth shot his girlfriend, brandi eisenhower in the shoulder on gilbert road. then they say he drove off and crashed a few miles away on highway 27. woodworth was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. >>> more permanent changes are coming for pageland's police department. chief larry brown announced he will retire. brown has been on leave for four months because of a sled investigation that is still open. despite our questions, officials still have not said what the investigation is about. earlier this month the city named county sheriff jay brooks as the interim police chief. chief brown has been working under sheriff brooks. >>> today charlotte city council will meet to talk about the plan to turn the old the charlotte-mecklenberg school district wants to buy the land and build a kindergarten through eighth grade school. last week city leaders decided to delay the vote on the sale until april. today's meeting is at noon. >>> turning to weather now, you might notice it feels a little bit better out there when you head out. vicki graf i

ronny lee whitworth, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill and possession of a firearm by sky 3 the first news helicopter over the scene on gilbert road yesterday. authorities say 34 brandy eisenhaur was treated at the scene. whitwork crashed the truck while trying to flee and was arrested. >> john: ing a school until clover may put cameras in classrooms after abuse of special education students. some of the allegations include children being forced to eat in the closet and child sitting on a toilet 90 minutes. at last night's meeting, the superintntdent decided he would liking to be do more research before making a recommendation. there is no time line on when the clover school board will discuss the topic again. we have the full investigation report under the story on wbtv.com. >> christine: officials at unc charlotte are investigating two new cases of the mumps on campus. the mecklenburg county department of health alerting this brings the total number of cases involving the school to four. the health department is telling students faculty and staff to s

abc's kayna whitworth at the l.a.x. >> reporter: george, good morning. so the police here at l.a.x. are obviously closely following all of the events as they have unfolded here in belgian. because they know what's going on, following the situation, you'll see increased security as you're walking through which i have done. i have walked through most of the terminals this morning and you're seeing extra police officers. you're also seeing some extra dogs on hand as well. there are some bomb units on this level, but police officers are telling me that's business as usual here at l.a.x. obviously the safety of their passengers is paramount and it is every single day. but as they monitor the events in belgium and as they unfold, they're willing to make any changes they're need to in their deployment strategies. again, the safety of their passengers is paramount. at this point at los angeles international airport it is business as usual. >> thank you very much. >>> with more on the security measures here in the u.s., pierre thomas is with us also, former commissioner, former police commis

kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >>> cindy parlow cone also from the u.s. national team was the first person to say she's going to donate her brain. chastain has said sometimes she will go into a room and think why am i here and wonder is this from 40 years of playing soccer >> and you know, football has gotten a bad rap for this, but a lot of other sports are concerned about this, as well. mma fighting as well as hockey. it might not just be a concern for football itself, but as we can see, soccer also. >> girls in sports, every single mom friend i know that has a daughter who plays sports they play soccer very often. it's a huge worry for parents of female athletes. >>> coming up, the celebrity who sang her way out of a speeding ticket. >> and david hasselhoff once again taking to the beach. will he take off his shirt in "the skinny" next. e take off his shirt in "the skinny" next. ♪ skinny, so skinny >> our lead story in "the skinny" this morning has to do with politics again. and a celebrity joining the political debate. >> we haven't heard from her i

kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> here's what's happening today on the weather front. light rain still in northern california and the pacific northwest. violent storms from texas to the gulf region. some areas of the south could get a foot of rain. lakes to the northeast where it will feel like april. >> 40s in seattle and boston. 50s in denver and great falls. 60s in minneapolis and detroit. 70s in l.a., dallas and washington, d.c. >>> police in northern california have a mystery on their hands. it boils down to where is a woman who led police on a dangerous chase. >> okay. this is the woman. 51-year-old sharon turman has been on the run since sunday. >> my goodness, in this thing. she was driving this min in ivan painted to look like the mystery machine from the scooby-doo cartoons and abandoned the van and fled on foot. the van has been towed. she faces a slew of charges once she is caught. ruh-roh. >> we have a preview of what she'll say once she's caught. she would have gotten away with it if not for those rascally kids. >> oh, boy. >> maybe there were a few scoob

>> kayna whitworth. >>> there is sti much more this thursday. the manhunt under way at this consider armed and danrous. schools today temporily placed ockdown. families told to lock their ors. we'll late details from the scene. >>> also, the major debate tonight, and we want you to weigh on is the popular high school teacher forced to resign. a student stealing a private photo from her phone, sharing it with other students. e school firing the teacher it. >>and later tonight, we coul't believe it. the 11ear-oler, watch th -- he is about to hit aole in one. unbelievable. your body was made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to a biologic, ask if xeljanz is right for you. xeljanz is a small pill for adul with moderate to vere ra for whom methotrexate did not wowo well. xeljz can reduce joint pain and swelling in as little as weeks, and help stop further joinindamage. xeljanz can lower your ability to fht infections, including turculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections,, lymphoma, and other cac

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here's now abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: the soccer star known for that celebration at the world cup, coming forward about the dangers of the sport. announcing she will donate her brain to research on cte, the degenerative brain disease linked to concussions. >> brandi is such an iconic figure for a big chunk of our country that hasn't really been focused on the concussion issue. >> reporter: as a college player chastain did suffer from two concussions, now a mom and a soccer coach, she's concerned about the damage all those headers may have caused. >> she is having no symptoms and she's living a normal life, but she is so well aware of what could be awaiting her. >> reporter: chastain telling "usa today" "but as you grow older, you sometimes say, gosh, am i losing my memory or did i used to forget when i went into a room what i went in there for?" adding she hopes the research will protect younger players. cte can only be diagnosed after death, and has been found in numerous nfl hall-of-famers and male soccer players but so far never in a female athlete. >> new research links as

we first learned about it on fusion and abc's kayna whitworth is getting an inside look. >> reporter: when most of us think of sororities we think of images like this. but she's turning that image on its head creating a similar experience digitally. her exclusive online group is the 21st century's answer to friendly neighbors. but it's ladies only. online sorority, what's your take on that. >> i think that's what it is, it's women getting together and doing all kinds of stuff. >> reporter: nearly 2,000 ladies in the l.a.-based girls night in. ranging in age from 1860. getting into the highly selective group is tricky. at least three veteran women in the group have to nominate new members and they have to be deemed worthy of entry. >> the ebb exclusivity. they call members who are not active the lurkers who might spill the secrets that allows it to be this really supportive, bare all your dirty laundry. >> reporter: posts from politics, relationship advice, designated drivers. of course, fashion guidance. me asking if my outfit looked like pajamas. it's been three minutes. and there ar

abc's kayna whitworth shows us the new dashcam video. >> reporter: a summer night in ft. worth, texas. officer courtney johnson responding to reports of a prowler carrying a knife. when he says he sees a man matching the description. 55-year-old craig adams. the encounter captured in this newly released grainy dash cam video. adams goes down to one knee. seconds later, a blast. adams wounded in the shoulder. in his hands, a large barbecue fork. that officer now indicted by a grand jury for aggravated assault by a peace officer. >> we believe that the officer acted in a way that demonstrated to us that it was unintentional, but we also realize there is legal ramifications for his actions. >> reporter: officer johnson claims the shotgun malfunctioned, that he didn't mean to fire. >> this particular shotgun has been known to discharge. >> reporter: adams' family says he's bipolar and was off his medication that night. they say he had just stepped outside of their home for some cool air. >> craig is a very good -- he's a very soft-natured person. not confrontational at all. >

abc's kayna whitworth is there. >> reporter: a desperate rescue effort. pounding on windows to save passengers from a derailed commuter train that crashed into the freezing wattrain. >> i need an additional three ambulances to this location. >> reporter: the ace train, filled with more than 200 silicon valley commuters, leaving san jose at 6:38 p.m. less than an hour later, at 7:15, near disaster. the train ripped from the tracks plummeting 50 feet into the creek below. >> we started seeing water coming into the bottom of the train. >> reporter: 14 injured, nine sent to hospitals. the uninjured walking two miles to safety. heavy rains pounding the region for days, making the area prone to mudslides. officials think that's what brought a tree down on the tracks. >> less than an hour before this incident occurred, there was another train that went through here with no incident. >> reporter: officials say it's a miracle no one was killed. right now, they are pulling that car from the water opt the tracks using cranes. union pacific officials tell me they hav

deputies charge ronnie whitworth with assault with a deadly weapon. chopper 9 sky zoom flew over as breaking news at 6:00. investigators say he shot brandi eisenhower in the 200 block of gilbert road just after 5:00. eisenhower was shot in the shoulder. deputies say he drove off after the shooting, but crashed a few miles away and was taken into custody. >>> tomorrow, the mother of a baby police say was murdered by her father will be back on the stand. bodrick, the child's father. he's charged with killing the six month old at a charlotte motel in 2012. today, he admitted they waited a day to call police when the child stopped breathing. to come up with a story. >> he told me to tell them that aleah was holding her and she dropped her. >> he didn't make her say anything. he will be cross examined tomorrow. >> charlotte city council members again talked about a plan to demolish a popular hang out and bar in elizabeth. 125 multifamily apartment units and 15,000 square feet of retail. that means restaurants like jacks would be demolished. it come months

kayna whitworth, in the middle of the storms battering california. >> reporter: el nino-fueled thunderstorms pummeling the west with deadly force. from inglewood, california, >> reporter: to san jose, where heavy rains were likely the >> we've got wires down, we've got accidents, we've got rescue responses. >> reporter: the system, briefly knocking out power to l.a.'s lightning setting this palm tree ablaze. our neal karlinsky in pacifica, where el nino's fury condemned these apartments earlier this winter. >> reporter: they're so worried about this building falling over the cliff, they had scheduled to demolish it today. but they've now had to delay made conditions here so dangerous. >> reporter: over the weekend, north of sacramento, a woman drowning after the car she was riding in went around a roadblock. crews right now are sawing through this huge ficus tree that crushed two cars. it blew out the windows of that one. and david, this storm may have moved through quickly but it left lasting damage. there's another car buried right there. david? >> kayna, thank you. >>> to that severe stor

jodi whitworth has more... 103201 - were kind of entering a new age of car ownership where there is a pride of ownership is unprecedented since the 60s not many customers are willing spend a hundred grand on a new car... 142500 - this is the 2016 corvette, this is the z06 model but those who do -- buy for millions of dollars beautiful cars the front plate is a turn off for car collectors and enthusiasts... most sports cars don't come with a front license plate bracket. 101007 - the license plate would somewhere between the logo to half way through the grill car experts at shottenkirk chevrolet say not only is the attachment aesthetically performance of the car members of the house transportation committee proposed a bill to get rid of front plates all together 030727 - i think the physical characteristics trump the license plate tag itself - josh byrnes but those against the bill say it could make their jobs more difficult... 090824 - if you take on plate away its 50 percent less opportunity to identify that car - sgt. jason bryan police say having both sets of plates is not meant to

the ladies and the ben are opening up to abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: months of roller-coaster emotions on the 20th season of the bachelor. >> i'm sad. >> i'm in love with you. >> reporter: all coming to a head tonight for the high highly-anticipated women tell all. "good morning america" takes you behind the scenes as a women and a chicken prepare to face each other. >> hey, jubilee. i bet you have a lot to say tonight? >> yeah, yeah. >> it's going to be good. >> reporter: host chris harrison showing us where all the drama goes down. >> those chairs don't look supercomfortable. >> that's part of it, you want to make them uncomfortable comfortable. >> reporter: one of the most controversial, confident women of the season, oliva. >> i would love more, more time with him. >> reporter: blindsided after being left behind on a beach in this jaw-dropping rejection, getting her turn in the hot seat, she's defiant at first. wanted to hear from oliva. the twins weren't going to let you out of there. hoping her stint on reality tv doesn't derail her plans of being a journalist. >> if any

i don't want to say bye. >> reporter: for" kayna whitworth, abc >> i love ben's mom. we asked who you think ben iso choose? 37% said jojo. and 63% said lauren. bachelor ben and a special guestw live in times square tomorrow. great to have rachel" >> thanks for having me. >>> let's get things started with frozen. a frozen surprise reunion that will send chills down the spine of any fan. kristen idina they posted this video of bell t was actually cut from the movie. take a listen. to me. josh postd that. she was singing that at 10:00 a.m. so spot-on. who knows maybe we'll hear that- >> sequel, maybe. >> yes, finally guys, ginger, as you know, has been very, very busy this past week. she's heading tothe stars" of course. and here she is rehearsing with val. over the weekend, ben and a surprise guest came in thing or two. take a look. >> he doesn't look toopetition, right? 2watu#@m4 bt`n,:$ tt2watu#@m4 "a`n<6@ tt4watu#@m4 " dzlq :\x jx8 [ cheers and applause ] a super day here on "good morning america." with superman henry cavill for the latest on the new batman v superma

abc's kayna whitworth this evening on the officer who now claims he never meant to shoot. he now blames the gun. >> reporter: a summer night in ft. worth, texas. officer courtney johnson responding to reports of a prowler carrying a knife. when he says he sees a man matchi 55-year-old craig adams. the encounter captured in this newly released grainy dash cam video. johnson draws his shotgun. adams goes down on one knee. seconds later, a blast. adams wounded in the shoulder. in his hands, a large barbecue fork. that officer now indicted by a grand jury for aggravated assault by a peace officer. >> we believe that the officer acted in a way that demonstrated to us that it was unintentional, but we also realize there are legal ramifications for his actions. >> reporter: officer johnson claims the shotgun malfunctioned, that he didn't mean to fire. >> this particular shotgun had been known to discharge. >> reporter: adams' family says he is bipolar and was off his medication that night. they say he had just stepped outside of their home for some cool air. >> craig is a very go

paris to see the real moulin rouge, a nyc paris perfume experience, dinner at the precinct with andrew whitworth, pappy van winkle bourbon experience, create your own beer at rivertown brewing and more! a look out over the city from later today at 4 on the now cincinnati... cincinnati...the investigation after a woman attempts to hide a child in her carry-on luggage. luggage.plus the increasing shortage at the airport... that's making your wait time longer. and if fatigue holds you back from making the most of your day... we have your options to keep your energy up.join tanya o'rourke and me for the now cincinnati... today at 4. let's get one last check of your forecast.rain and lowered visibility due to the showers and plentiful ground level moisture, will be a constant feature throughout your thursday, so don't leave home without your umbrellas and take it easy on the roadways. highs today remain unseasonably warm around 64 that's 9 on your side at noon for this thursday.we'll see you again at four for the now cincinnati. cincinnati.and don't forget - keep 9 on your side - at your download the

ben set to make his final choice between lauren and jojo and abc's kayna whitworth is coming through the clues and she has an exclusive sneak peek. >> reporter: who is bachelor ben set to wed? >> my heart in two different places. lost. i'm a lost man right now. telling the two women lauren and jojo that he's in love with them both. >> i love you, too. >> reporter: on last week's episode on women tell you all, ben said he's sure that he's found the one. but which one? 25-year-old flight attendant lauren. >> you look beautiful. >> hi, ben. >> reporter: a front-runner from night one. >> you're too good for me. >> reporter: then there's 24-year-old real estate developer jojo getting off to a slower but more playful start. >> hi. unicorns do exist. >> reporter: helicopter ride in las vegas literally the turning the tables on their leadership. tonight, ben will have the decide between the two. his parents voicing their concern. >> knowing that ben could be in love with two women is disturbing to me. his final choice? they're not the only one struggling with the big decision. lauren gets em

but it makes me stay up at night. >> reporter: for "good morning america," kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> and the bachelor the women tell all airs tonight. at 8:00/7:00 central right here on abc. see an extended sneak peek of tonight's episode at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo!! >>> a relationsp debate that's online. walking down aisle should be an accomplishment. dederah roberts has the story. >> let me teach you how to be single. >> reporter: the women of how to be single said you don't need it. in fact for many women tying the knot isn't exactly like hitting the jackpot. >> i noticed for a long time getting married is put on a much higher pedestal especially for women than other academic, professional, volunteering or hobby-related successes. >> reporter: take 27-year-old natalie brook sharing in a huffington post article she's had it with marriage being viewed as a major accomplishment. you dent have to have a braiain, drive or special skill set to get married. you just have to have a willing partner. >> don't get me wrong marriage is a huge event. i don't think it's

kayna whitworth, thanks so much. >> boy, that could have been so much worse. >>> we're going to move on to a big day in the race for the white house. republicans facing contests in four states and democrats battling it out in two as our new poll shows ted cruz closing the gap with donald trump nationwide. abc's tom llamas is on the trail in jackson, mississippi. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the polls are now open here in mississippi and we know that mayor michael bloomberg will not be entering the race for president while mitt romney will play an active role recording a robocall for marco rubio. it's not an endorsement but the message is clear don't vote for donald trump. at a mississippi high school donald trump rallying a crowd inside and outside with four states voting today, trump laying it on thick. we have the greatest potato group in the world, idaho. i love idaho. i love idaho. i told them, i just tweeted, i said i love your potatoes! >> reporter: as he finds himself taking fire from an all out ad war against him. >> donald trump hasn't served