. >> bruce wayne wallis, an >> bruce wayne wallis, an esteemed and well-regarded united airlines pilot is facing charges of running a string of brothels in the houston area and abc's gio benitez joins us in studio for the story. good morning, gio. >> paula, dan, good morning to you. prosecutors call this a major arrest. a case involving dozens of people with more possible arrests on the way. allegedly at the very center of it all, a pilot with a secret side gig. this morning, an alleged high-flying criminal accused of running a massive string of brothels in houston. >> let's begin with mr. bruce wallis. >> reporter: united airlines pilot bruce wayne wallis taken into custody wednesday after allegedly acting as a pimp to at least 20 women charging them each $400 a week to use a room in one of the brothels. wallis and his alleged accomplice tracy tanner reportedly managed nearly a dozen brothel apartments in the houston area including one at this office building and here in this apartment complex that was once home to president george w. bush in the 1970s. all part of the crime according

bay day, an bruce wayne wallis is a united airlines pilot recognized with top awards. but by night, court documents allege he goes by bruno and runs a massive brothel operation in texas. >> it is the largest operation of this type that i have been associated with. >> reporter: the alleged high flying criminal appearing in court monday, prosecutors say he acted as a pimp to at least 20 women charging them each $400 a week to use a room in one of the brothels. wallis reportedly running the operation out of his black hummer managing nearly a dozen brothel apartments in the houston area. the alleged evidence? $50,000 in cash that police say they discovered in wallis's and text messages between him and his employees. one saying, it's my job to keep you guys safe. wallis's attorney says he's ready to fight. >> it's hardly the case of the century that the state makes it out to be. >> reporter: his alleged accomplice, this woman, tracey tanner, a suburban mother of five. >> she's in a very, very scary place right now. >> reporter: united airlines telling abc news, we hold our

bruce wallis. >> reporter: united airlines pilot bruce wayne wallis taken into custody wednesday after allegedly acting as a pimp to at least 20 women charging them each $400 a week to use a room in one of the brothels. wallis and his alleged accomplice tracy tanner reportedly managed nearly a dozen brothel apartments in the houston area including one at this office building and here in this apartment complex that was once home to president george w. bush in the 1970s. all part of the crime according to assistant district attorney, lester blizzard. >> i have never seen an organization quite as large as this one. >> reporter: court documents allege that authorities discovered $50,000 in cash at wallis' home and text messages between him and his employees, one saying, it's my job to keep you guys safe. 18 women were also taken into custody, court records showing services online and lured clients to the locations. >> we are now really trying to work our way up the organization and not just concentrating on the low-level people. >> reporter: wallis was a highly respected pilot recognized i

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$50,000 in cash that police say they discovered in wallis's home. along with dozens of firearms and text messages between him and his employees. one saying, it's my job to keep you guys safe. wallis's attorney says he's ready to fight. >> it's hardly the case of the century that the state makes it out to be. >> reporter: his alleged accomplice, this woman, tracey tanner, a suburban mother of five. >> she's in a very, very scary place right now. >> reporter: on wallis, united airlines telling abc news, we hold our employees to the highest standard. we are assisting the authorities and we have removed this employee from his flying duties. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> well, apparently the pilot's attorney says the whole case is overblown. >>> and this might be the newest prosecution of the world's oldest profession. >> that's what the attorney said, right? >> yeah. >>> well, coming up, the legal drama in real life for william shatner. >>> and how an ultrafamous co-star of meryl streep's taunted her on the movie set. the inside dirt next in "the

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. >> the first astronaut to take one to space was wally schirra on his mercury mission. he was an amateur photographer, and they got some more in order to train with them and then, of course, take them to space. >> how important was photography in space? >> it's really fundamental to everything that we understand as people who can't go their ourselves. it's a tremendous value to scientists who started to study weather from space. so, this is kind of the early phases of learning about the earth. >> now they're sought after by collectors, some selling for six figures. so, looking to provide shelly a cash cushion and a crash course in selling space memorabilia, rick cigel asks his friend, a new hampshire auction executive, bobby livingston to unload his rare hasselblad. >> that's the first time he told me that he -- he was dying, that he had cancer. i'll never forget it. >> livingston knows rick's anxious to complete a sale quickly but must verify the camera is an original that flew into space. turns out it isn't that simple. rick bought it from mercury astronaut gordon coo

prosecutors say wallis ran six brothels with at least 20 women working for him. their services were allegedly advertised online. authorities say they paid the pilot $400 a week. united says wallis has been removed from his flying duties. >>> well, gerber announcing a voluntary recall of two types of organic baby food because of packaging defects. that could make the food susceptible to spoilage while being transported and handled. it i and fruit baby food. for more information check out our website, atmfans.com. >>> want to show you a wild scene in mesa, arizona. a man being pursued by cops gets out of his vehicle at the stop light and tries to steal a motorcyclist's bike and they get into a fight there before the suspect returns to his own vehicle and then leads police on a chaotic chase. cops are right there behind him. that guy on the left is a police officer who is armed. they went through several streets and freeways during rush hour traffic. it only ended when the suspect crashed his vehicle. >>> in north carolina, hungry bear is the main suspect in a rash

(wally) yep... our area made the top five... on an eyebrow raising list... of "sin cities." 3 (walter the website "trulia"... which covers the housing and rental market... studied 150 american cities... and looked for signs of the "seven deadly sins"... you know: wrath, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride and sloth. but they defined those characteristics in certain ways: for instance, wrath is represented by violent crime numbers... for gluttony: it's binge drinking and smoking rates... and for pride, they looked at the number of tanning salons and plastic surgery offices. (jen well, tampa finished fourth in the country... we're not greedy or lazy... but we are off the charts in the "lust" category... that's because of the high number of "adult entertainment establishments" we have here. one-and-a-half times more than the average city they studied. the hulk hogan trial probably bumps up our "racy" factor, too. 3 3 (jen) so what city is number one? new orleans! (walter) and get this... las vegas... which is *nicknamed "sin city"... 3 ((jen)) he was the pretty

wallis reportedly running the operation out of his black hummer. managing nearly a dozen brothel apartments in the houston area. the alleged evidence, 50 grand in cash that police say they discovered in wallis' home. along with dozens of firearms and text messages between him and his employees. one saying, it's my job to keep you guys safe. wallis' attorney says he's ready to fight. >> hardly the case of the century that the state makes it out to be. >> reporter: his alleged accomplice, this woman, tracy tanner, a suburban mother of five. >> she's in a very, very scary place right now. >> reporter: wallon wallis unit airlines saying we are assisting the authorities and removed this employee from his flying duties. wallis will appear in court again in may out on $15,000 bail. he and tanner each could convicted. this morning, police are sure that more arrests are on the way. >> they are, all right, gio, thank you. >>> now to a big announcement from one of nascar's most popular stars, dale earnhardt jr., who suffered from concussions in recent years s

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wallis will appear in court again in may out on $15,000 bail. he and tanner each could face 20 years in prison if they're convicted. this morning, police are sure that more arrests are on the way. >> they are, all right, gio, thank you. >>> now to a big announcement from one of nascar's most popular stars, dale earnhardt jr., who suffered from concussions in recent years saying he wants to donate his brain to science. abc's linsey davis is here with that story. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning. when you think about nascar crashes you don't think about concussions necessarily, not until now at least. nascar's most popular driver might have just changed all that with a single tweet. it's the tweet that is putting nascar in the fast lane. thrusting it into the national conversation about concussions. nascar's pose popular driver dale earnhardt jr. announcing he's planning on donating his the two-time dpaet 500 champion tweeting a "sports illustrated" article about three former nfl players donating their brain for research and he will

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after all the games are over, wally szczerbiak and georgia state head coach ron hunter have all the highlights and analysis on inside march madness presented by buick only on trutv. notre dame has lost 13 straight in the tournament when trailing at the half. they were down 41-29 at the break tonight. jim: and if they can be patient with the basketball out on the spread, what a perfect time for possibly a back-door cut. imbalanced. verne: yes they do. pflueger gets it to vasturia to demetrius jackson. 55 seconds to go. nine on the shot clock. jackson turns the corner. adjusts. bonzie colson, no. rebound. jim: once again, don't let the three-points dictate your shot attempt right here. verne: notre dame has a couple of fouls to give. 25 seconds remaining. vasturia. 10 on the shot clock. it's in the hands of zak irvin. five on the shot clock. three, no. jim: and a foul. verne: and they do. jim: i don't think that look is what john beilein was trying to i thought about five seconds ago that he was looking to get a time-out. and that rule has changed now where the coach from last year could have ca

. >> the guys are watching "wally" or something like that, she says, i'm getting bored, why don't you come upstairs with me? it's probably pretty interesting. but you can't be so sure. >> seriously, if she goes that far, she may not be into you? >> she may have a boyfriend. >> i don't think girls are the problem. i think it is guys being shady. >> well, i would like this quote, ladies are -- >> i think it's best to keep your wits about you and continue to look for signs. >>> one thing that i take great like in is this. the first one involves this girl at a nightclub. and she's trying to go down the stairs. >> it was beautiful. ah! >> this all went down literally at the nightclub. >> in north england. >> yeah, they posted it on their facebook page. apparently she's a regular. >> why is that not surprising? >> onto these fellas. they played a little raquetball. and then -- >> ooh! ah! >> he went to swing and hit the dude right in the back. and that stung a bit. >> can we watch the the woman of the video falling down again? >>> it's double the trouble with -- >> they have gotten into the

temperatures are in the 40s. 46 wally, 45 drum, 47 the fayetteville, 44 wilson, 45 rocky mount. we have a few showers moving through the main band. the ban is moving down the i-95 corridor. it does appear that the largest area for precipitation is down around pinehurst and moving into four bragged and also -- fort bragg and back to smithfield. that is the area that's getting the moderate rain but most of it is light and will continue to move to the ease. you still see scattered showers out of the west even mixed precipitation in the higher elevations. the flow is going to keep way and so we will continue with the showers. the best chance to now tell 4 am. they will just the light showers that moved through. still looking for amounts around a 10th of an inch. by the way, the other thing you might need to know the clouds could linger on sunday so it will be a cool morning tomorrow with the clouds hanging around as you head out to church. let's take a look at the sunshine for your sunday. starting out cloudy but will get sunnier in the afternooooso we will split the difference. the

after all the games are over, wally szczerbiak and georgia state head coach ron hunter have all the highlights and analysis on inside march madness presented by buick only on trutv. notre dame has lost 13 straight in the tournament when trailing at the half. they were down 41-29 at the break tonight. jim: and if they can be patient with the basketball out on the possibly a back-door cut. and they're going to get it imbalanced. verne: yes they do. pflueger gets it to vasturia to demetrius jackson. 55 seconds to go. nine on the shot clock. jackson turns the corner. adjusts. bonzie colson, no. rebound. jim: once again, don't let the three-points dictate your shot attempt right here. verne: notre dame has a couple of fouls to give. 25 seconds remaining. vasturia. 10 on the shot clock. it's in the hands of zak irvin. five on the shot clock. three, no. jim: and a foul. jim: i don't think that look is what john beilein was trying to pull off on the sidelines. i thought about five seconds ago that he was looking to get a time-out. and that rule has changed now where the coach from last year could have

why he's now accused of a *second attack. 3 ((wally plus: it's primary day... for several more states. and one candidate is back in the bay area today... fighting to keep his campaign afloat. 3 3 ((walter)) good morning.. and welcome to good day tampa bay... at 4:00. i'm walter allen. ((jen)) and i'm jennifer epstein. those stories in a minute, but now, a first look at your 3 3 3 3 a developing story in south tampa this morning. police are investigating a deadly shooting. 3 it started just before eight last night at the gardens at southbay apartments. that's in the 67 hundred block of south lois avenue. police say there was a fight at the apartments that carried over to *this scene, on south quincy street. that's expected to recover. officers are not naming anyone yet..... and no arrests have been made. fox 13's shayla reaves is covering the story for us. she'll bring us a live update, in our next half hour. 3 an update now, on padi the dog. he was the dog saved from being euthanized last summer, after biting a child's ear. and now... a woman claims padi has bi

. >>> police say bruce wallis was running a prostitution ring they say he ishas been taken off flying duties. >>> a recall effects tourag and cayenne volkswagen automobiles. >>> a man is resisting authorities after perching 24 hours in a tree. he refused to leave his jail cell yesterday for a bond hearing. he was arrested wednesday after spending 25 hours in a 80-foot seq sequoia. >>> a teen swam for her life to escape her country. she was on a boat carrying 20 people heading from turkey to greece last year. when it started to sink, she jumped into the freezing water and pushed it to shore. she could qualify for a swim team made up of refuges in this summer's games. >>> still ahead, madonna is law in a controversy outside her multimillion dollar home in new york city. the delicious taste of nutella takes pancakes to a whole new level. nutella. right now at kohl's... take 25% off nike apparel, shoes and accessories for the whole family. but hurry kohl's 25% off nike sale is this week only! kohl's. a woman in china was hit, then plowed over by a minivan. when the driver finally stopped,

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robert wally of all of the states. north carolina has the earliest primary. >>> voters in michigan, mississippi, hawaii, and idaho today. at least 150 republican delegates up for grabs. democrats are choosing candidates in two of the states. michigan election officials are expected record turnout there. we'll have more on why that state may play a big role coming up in about 15 minutes. >>> new this morning, a fire in cumberland county damages a law office. >> it happen on dix street in fayetteville. firefighters saw heavy fire and smoke coming from the building. >> you can see crews on scene with two ladder trucks. the office is home to downing and downing attorneys. they were closed for the day, so no one was there and no one was hurt. at this point, crews are trying to figure out the cause and cost of the damage. >>> it was two years ago today that malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared without a trace during a flight. >> the search continues for the wreckage. one piece has been recovered, found this week and are

verne: if you live in the eastern time zone, welcome to after all the games are over, wally szczerbiak and georgia state head coach ron hunter have all the highlights and analysis on inside march madness presented by buick only on trutv. notre dame has lost 13 straight in the tournament when trailing at the half. they were down 41-29 at the break tonight. jim: and if they can be patient with the basketball out on the spread, what a perfect time for possibly a back-door cut. and they're going to get it imbalanced. verne: yes they do. pflueger gets it to vasturia to demetrius jackson. 55 seconds to go. jackson turns the corner. adjusts. bonzie colson, no. rebound. jim: once again, don't let the three-points dictate your shot attempt right here. verne: notre dame has a couple of fouls to give. 25 seconds remaining. vasturia. 10 on the shot clock. it's in the hands of zak irvin. five on the shot clock. three, no. jim: and a foul. verne: and they do. jim: i don't think that look is what john beilein was trying to pull off on the sidelines. i thought about five seconds ago that he was lookin

wally szczerbiak and georgia state head coach ron hunter have all the highlights and analysis on inside march madness presented by buick only on trutv. notre dame has lost 13 straight in the tournament when trailing at the half. they were down 41-29 at the break tonight. jim: and if they can be patient with the basketball out on the spread, what a perfect time for possibly a back-door cut. and they're going to get it imbalanced. verne: yes they do. pflueger gets it to vasturia to demetrius jackson. 55 seconds to go. nine on the shot clock. jackson turns the corner. bonzie colson, no. rebound. jim: once again, don't let the three-points dictate your shot attempt right here. verne: notre dame has a couple of fouls to give. 25 seconds remaining. vasturia. 10 on the shot clock. it's in the hands of zak irvin. five on the shot clock. three, no. jim: and a foul. verne: and they do. jim: i don't think that look is what john beilein was trying to pull off on the sidelines. i thought about five seconds ago that he was looking to get a time-out. and that rule has changed now where the coach from

after all the games are over, wally szczerbiak and georgia state head coach ron hunter have all the highlights and analysis on inside march madness presented by buick only on trutv. notre dame has lost 13 straight in the tournament when trailing at the half. they were down 41-29 at the break tonight. jim: and if they can be patient with the basketball out on the spread, what a perfect time for possibly a back-door cut. imbalanced. verne: yes they do. 55 seconds to go. nine on the shot clock. jackson turns the corner. adjusts. bonzie colson, no. rebound. jim: once again, don't let the three-points dictate your shot attempt right here. verne: notre dame has a couple of fouls to give. 25 seconds remaining. vasturia. 10 on the shot clock. it's in the hands of zak irvin. five on the shot clock. three, no. jim: and a foul. verne: and they do. jim: i don't think that look is what john beilein was trying to pull off on the sidelines. i thought about five seconds ago that he was looking to get a time-out. and that rule has changed now where the coach from last year i think john wanted to call a time-ou

verne: if you live in the eastern time zone, welcome to after all the games are over, wally szczerbiak and georgia state head coach ron hunter have all the highlights and analysis on inside march madness presented by buick only on trutv. notre dame has lost 13 straight in the tournament when trailing at the half. they were down 41-29 at the break tonight. jim: and if they can be patient with the basketball out on the spread, what a perfect time for possibly a back-door cut. and they're going to get it imbalanced. verne: yes they do. pflueger gets it to vasturia to demetrius jackson. 55 seconds to go. nine on the shot clock. jackson turns the corner. adjusts. bonzie colson, no. rebound. jim: once again, don't let the three-points dictate your shot attempt right here. verne: notre dame has a couple of fouls to give. 25 seconds remaining. vasturia. 10 on the shot clock. it's in the hands of zak irvin. five on the shot clock. three, no. jim: and a foul. verne: and they do. jim: i don't think that look is what john beilein was trying to pull off on the sidelines. i thought about five second

he produced vifrt wally every beatles recording. martin said he was immediately taken by the humor of the fab four when they first met. after inviting them to abby road studio in london, he asked them whether there was anything they didn't like about the setup. i don't like your tie for a start george harrison famously replied. ♪ >> reporter: martin described his feelings after a concert in 2002. >> i did very little. i just played two pieces. but the warmth from the people touched my heart. it was overwhelming. >> reporter: he served in the royal navy during the second world war, was married twice, and father to four children. tributes have flooded in: with more than 50 number 1 hits in a career that spans six decades, the guinness book of world records, named him the most successful producer in history. he became sir george 20 years ago, and today the music world is mourning the loss of a masterful producer. charles stratford, al jazeera. ♪ >>> and don't forget you can always keep up to date with all of the stories we're repor

after all the games are over, wally szczerbiak and georgia state head coach ron hunter have all the highlights and analysis on inside march madness presented by buick only on trutv. notre dame has lost 13 straight in the tournament when trailing at the half. they were down 41-29 at the break tonight. jim: and if they can be patient with the basketball out on the spread, what a perfect time for possibly a back-door cut. imbalanced. pflueger gets it to vasturia to demetrius jackson. 55 seconds to go. nine on the shot clock. jackson turns the corner. adjusts. bonzie colson, no. rebound. jim: once again, don't let the three-points dictate your shot attempt right here. verne: notre dame has a couple of fouls to give. 25 seconds remaining. vasturia. 10 on the shot clock. it's in the hands of zak irvin. five on the shot clock. three, no. jim: and a foul. verne: and they do. jim: i don't think that look is what john beilein was trying to pull off on the sidelines. i thought about five seconds ago that he was looking to get a and that rule has changed now where the coach from last year could have calle