across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style that's become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money? or just laugh at the absurdity of it all? hip-hop -- it came from nowhere else. it could have come from nowhere else but the bronx. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la ♪ >> anthony: this is the bronx. you've probably heard about it. you may even have a pretty solid image in your head of what it looks like, what it is like. or, maybe, you can't picture it at all. the south bronx sounds familiar, as a bad thing. and the bronx, at one time, was said to be "burning," wasn't it? for the most part, the bronx is overlooked, the never visit

mel man wrote, he is a true loyalist. now, again, being politically active or a loyal republican are not disqualifying characteristics for a supreme court nominee, not in my book anyway. let's think back to the 2004 election. let's look at ohio where you volunteered. ohio was wuj of 11 states in 2004 where republicans working to support the reelection campaign also worked to put anti-gay marriage amendments on the ballot. these state constitutional amendments passed, all 11 of them. the text varied state by state, but generally the amendments defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. the amendment sent a clear message to lesbian and gay couples that their unions were not equal in the eyes of the law. now, you were a campaign worker in ohio. you remember the group lawyers for bush, cheney as a lawyer and as a student of the constitution, how did you feel about the right to marry being put to popular vote? >> senator, i don't recall any involvement in that issue during that campaign. i remember going to ohio -- >

mel, we love the big show. thanks. >> i know. >> appreciate it. >> this morning, more than 1,000 people in charles country though are actually without power. the winter storm knocking power out more than 14,000 people yesterday and county department of emergency services opened in overnight mnl shelt to give residence a worm place to stay. metro has been working to restore the power. remember track the weather 24/7 on the go to mobile device down load the "fox 5 news" and "fox5" weather the app store times are free. >> attacking a staff member at lg fwxt community center norm west. andrew cook got into a verbal confrontation with someone at the community center sunday. she's aus sooed of threat itening the victim and he broke the door and shattered glass when he left. he's charmed with destruction of property and assault. >> and dealing with rodent issues again. this location is on the 2300 block of wisconsin avenue northwest. grocery store voluntary closed during inspection due to failure to mip mizes rodents

st mel. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys. rep there's also a number ofrnin embassies and embassymbasy personnel in this neighborhood g as well so police protectionprot is something that they aret thea quite used to but now there are even more patrolsare happening here in thisev in this neighborhood. now, the incident that was incis reported to d.c. policepolice happened 7:30 friday night. n it was not reported to policeole until the next afternoon butnoot according to the victim, itim, i was endured for three hours on u friday night. she told police that she was as tied, taped up sexually assaulted and robbed.robed police haven't given out a lotnu of information about themation t investigation but we can tellat you it hapiopbuened inside one f these multi-million dollarlliond homes and neighbors here are are on high alert.alr >> it's shocking.t's shog. you got the obamas coupleoue blocks away. safest neighborhoods in thee entire -- the entire city.tire >> reporter: and the home hom also adjacent to the embassye he will salve

for thus morning, mel. >> good morning, steve, allison. we have two different committees to put proposals on paper the bill to be scrutinizes over the next few days to see if republicans were able to keep proms of lowering cost of health insurance without reducing coverage. >> the ways and means proposal calls

mel? larry, brexit will formally start today when a letter-- signed by britain's prime minister teresa may-- is presented to european union council president donald tusk around 7:30 this morning, our time. article 50 -- which basically ree a divorce from the e-u. may signed the letter yesterday. today's move is the beginning of a two-year countdown to the final split. the two years will be used to settle the terms of the divorce. this comes after a vote back in june where the people of britain chose to leave the union. happening right now - a third straight day of severe weather. overnight - violent storms hitting the south - and claiming their first casualty. the growing death toll, still ahead. but first, sunny

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mel. >> they cannot have everything. they have a snow day. >> but thank you very much. >> no. >> it's ugly snow day. not the kind you play in. it's mostly sleet for good majority of us. >> slushy and nasty. >> slushy and nasty let's get to it mixed bag here and transitions back to snow foremany of us before it winds down. we may three in some spots. snow, sleet, rain, that's what we're looking at on radar. it's a wintry mess and wintry mess out there early this morning. 4 washington look at wind khold and if you get a cop he whipped norm at 21. all right. as i mentioned, that remains mind me of my morning bowl of serial. that is everything out there. en including sleet, freezing conditions an allowing everything to freeze up hard on sidewalks and roadways. we have sleet accumulations for parts of area. snow accumulations to 5" northen west and plain old rain if are you south and east of town. heavy rain at that. commute what there is of it is not going to be pretty one even in places where it's raining in southern maryla

good morning, mel. you can bet that bill will be scut niceed to see if the republicans can lower healthcare without redousing coverage and propose the gop legislation does keep a few provisions of affordable care accountable. people with preexisting conditions could get insurance and children can stay on their parents' health plans until they turn 26 and government would also provide tax credits for people who want tobuy their own health insurance. the bill repeels tax penalties that insurance and reduces role of the federal government. health analysts looking at the bill say they believe it means fewer people will likely have insurance coverage. >> it's important to remember this is just beginning of debate not the end. this bill has to pass the house. and then it has to go to senate where there's some you know very contentious issues ahead. >> and so house committee members say they plan to start voting on different bills parts of the bill the amendments of the proposals and that process is supposed t

. >> mel ash of mad monk records and bookstore knows american music. >> it's american music. he's maybe our american beethoven. >> monk grew up with his songs and watched how he helped transform the american music scene. he remembers his first of three live concert. in connecticut in 1972, the police insisted people remain in their seats. >> he says i don't want to hear any of that. kick the chairs out. the cops came out because there was supposed to be no dancing. he launched "johnny be good." >> fans across the bay area also remembered berry and his contributions fondly he also brought such a gift of music and witness through that. >> he's sort of one of the last era of musicians that really paved the way for so many different types of music. >> things changed after these guys showed up. >> for mel ash it would always be more personal though. one of his good friends played with chuck berry in providence where ash worked at the time. >> it was just a thrill for him to be playing with the master. you know, a legend. he says chuck berry was always very gracious and he always e

melanie alnwick is live in upper marboro with more on this story, mel. >> good morning, guys, prince george count question here is by far the largest school system to be affected by this call out. a message went out to school parents and the school community by email and it was also posted on the web site. around 7:30 last night that is not a lot of notice for now 127,000 students who do not have a cla today. in a letter from superintendent kevin maxwell he apologized for the inconvenience noteing a call-out was urged by action of women's march on washington. 1700 teachers and 30% of transportation staff requested that personal leave. maxwell said schools simply don't have the staff or substitutes to fill absences and also said the board of education takes no political stance on day without a woman demonstration. board memberal exing ander member alexander wallace understands the action. >> as a person, proud feminist. i understand the call of the organization's mission. and i understand the dire need for that statement to be heard. and to the employees that requested personal leave

when can you tell us, mel? >> good morning, guys, portions of stedwick road were shut down. you can see here the condominiums complex center court in montgomeryville aming and command senter is there in middle courtyard of sendwick court here. a sixth district officer responded and then around 11:12 p.m. the officer called for help saying shots were fired and fire and rescue personnel were needed. first responders came tractor-trailer scream and they found a man suffering from an pa parent gunshot wound. they started cpr and transported him where he died. following normal protocol the man will be identified once next of kin is notified. we're also told the officer is a five year veteran of the department and again following with montgomery county police department policy, we're told that that officer will be identified sometime today during normal business hours and he will be placed on administrative leave during the investigation is. detectives from major crimes division are investigating everything that happened here all of the events surrounding this and they're asking a

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his name is mel chen. he worked with her on a project here at the corcoran school of design and art and he also was a close friend. in fact, he said he had dinner with her on sunday. he described her as a brilliant person, always the first to smile. she embodied a life of kindness and generosity: mel chen, a friend and project director says he had dinner with corrina on sunday night. we asked if she may have expressed any concerns about her life being in danger. >> never. never. no, no. our departure was full of warmth, lover. >> reporter: chen says corrina was a woman of action and would leap to help someone in need. she also wanted to end violence against women. >> she recognized that the liberation of men is part of that process. to the person who did this her, you are too late. you failed. corrina mehiel was already liberated and emboldened so many people to fight for their beliefs. her spirit will continue. >> reporter: meanwhile d.c. police still at the scene of the crime today. yellow tape still blo

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how is it looking, mel? >> pretty bad. kind of torture us. you stand and get pelted in the face with these little granular pieces of ice. it is really not fun. it's not what a lot of folks expected here. joining me now montgomery country fire and rescue chief. scott you said it's bad drive ago around out there even though not heavy snow. >> 3 to 4" but now it's compacted with sleet and ice. it is really slick situation. while clouds are doing their thing you have interfaces where you have piles of snow and it will be a while before the roadways are supportive of volume of commute we're formally accustomed to. >> good decision for mtion county to close. >> good decision for everybody that cannot come out here. it will take us awhile to get over there and forecast gets us of it midday we'll need time to get together? >> yes, so far you have not had too many things to respond to during this event. >> we had a few trees and power lines and polish you'd across the kupty and traffic is just starting it's just after 5. don't venture out stay in and

mel chen says he had dinner with corinna on sunday night. we asked if she may have expressed any concerns about her life being in danger. >> never, never. no our departure was full of >> reporter: he says she was a woman of action and would leap to help someone in need. she also is wanted to end violence against women. >> she recognized that the liberation of men is part of that process. to the person who did this to her, you're too late. you failed. corinna mehiel was already liberated and he will boldened so many people to fight for their beliefs. her spirit will continue. >> reporter: meanwhile d.c. police still at the scene of the crime today yellow tape still blocking the sidewalk along 14th street northeast. the investigation also taking them to beltsville maryland. this picture of a person of interest was taken at this convenience store. an employee telling us police were here wednesday and again this morning and there is this picture, corrina's prius with kentucky plates. police say they captured this image on a traffic camera and sa

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hey, mel. >> reporter: good morning,r: go, guys. yeah, so we're trying to get a a sense here of how far this of hf closure goes.ar we're at livingston road and route 210 indian head highway.h this is the service road closest to us median thendi where you see the gray suv, s that is the northbound lanesouns of 210. but it looks like a portion of o the southbound lanes could behbb affected as well just right righ here at this intersection as investigation area is prettyatia wide. i now, as you guys said, it was 12:15 this morning when thish collision happened.ision ha we uppnderstand that the whiteie vehicle crashed into the grayay vehicle. ve the white vehicle then rolledrod and caught fire. r when police responded here,spon that he did reach in and theyn were able to get a male who who was trapped in the white carte c out of that vehicle.v there was a police officer whofo was slightly injured we're told, an arm or the hand, werene he don't have a ton of to of information on the extent ofione the police officer's injuries er there.'s

mels mels wow, busy day, john roberts on top of it all, thank you. >> reporter: thanks, melissa. >> eric: after watching the republican healthcare bill crash and burn the president appears to be opening to working with democrats after that gathering of senator and their spouses at the white house reception. as we showed you the president was optimistic. is there any basis for his confidence? will the democrats actually work with him on anything? national political reporter for real clear politics joins us as does jos. can he pick up democratic support for any legislation and which democrats, if any, do you think would side with him? >> yeah. it's a great question. i think the interest in working across the aisle is not mutual for a lot of these democrats. they're looking at a president with a very low approval rating. a president that was just burned bywn party. and they're not seeing a lot of incentive at this point to really work with this president, particularly since the mid terms are coming up next year. now, there is a group that the president could target. of course there are ten

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. >> live in upper marboro with more, mel, good morning. >> good morning, guys, the school system wants to be clear that this was a decision not because of the protests but literally they had no choice. they were taking a stand on the movement itself. prince george county by far the largest school system to be affected by this call out. the message was sent through e male a.m. posted on school web site 7:30 last night which is not a lot of time for parents try to figure something out for the 127,000 students who now do not have a classroom to go to today. now, letter from super intend enter dr. kevin maxwell apologized for inconvenience noting call-out was action urged by organizers of the women's march on washington. as you me 1700 teachers and also 30% of transportation staff requested that personal leave day. maxwell said absences compromised school system ability to transport students and provide safe productive learning environments and told parents the leave request increased significantly during the day yesterday forcing decision to keep students at home. now, some parent we spok

. >> melanie alnwick mel live on capitol hill with the details for thus morning, mel. >> good morning, steve, allison. we have two different committees to put proposals on paper the bill to be scrutinizes over the next few days to see if republicans were able to keep proms of lowering cost of health insurance without reducing coverage. >> the ways and means proposal calls calls for dismantling obamacare taxes and mandates and expanding health savings account and providing monthly tax red its to people who don't get thurns slew work sfwt president's goal is to give people choices and let them perfect the insurance he want for friend and family and not what washington forces them to buy. this is real and important distuvrption between where we are now in that individual and small group market and where we wanted to go. >> energy and commerce plan calls for patient and state stability fund giving states flexibility responsibly unwideing obamacare medicade expansion and strength eping medicade. some came from the tax credit cop september. >> there's a big divide between in essence conserv

mel smell there with the latest for us at 6. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, wisdom, alley son. montgomery countsy po very long investigation overnight. they just packed up maybe about a hour ago. it definitely brought a lot of equipment out here a lot of police assets and social media people are talking saying they saw 50 police cars and two k-9 dogs 'investigation focusing if you go straight back here center court condominiums montgomeryville ladies and gentlemen to where the light is on that building on the sidewalk that's where primarily we saw a lot of police attention this morning. let's take you to video that we shot just a little while ago. we can tell you that police said this started out as call for a theft. a sixth district officer responded scene and it was about 11:12 p.m. when the officer called for help saying shots were fired and fire and rescue personnel were needed and first respond areas rivd and found man suffering from a gunshot wound. they started in back of ambulance and continued that cpr and tra

sam: we are in northwest washington not far from george washington university where we spoke with a mel chin, the visiting professor who brought mehiel here to help with the corcoran art gallery. i appears he was one of the last people to see herself alive. >> we had dinner sunday night. sam: mel chin working with the corcoran gallery said corrina mehiel came from north carolina where they worked together on another project. she came to helm him and was on the way back sunday when he last saw her. >> she was supposed to leave the next morning. sam: she never made it out of d.c. found tied up and stabbed to death in an apartment she was staying. her car missing, presumed to be taken from the killer. the police put out this interest as a person of interest seen insaid this 7-eleven where route 1 crosses belts avenue. in capitol hill, the neighbor believes he saw her prius leaving the street as part of the city surveillance program and he said he turned images over to police. we are withholding the images he believe it's of the suspect unless police confirm them. chin was asked why mehiel

. >> reporter: artist mel chin was the last person to see corrina mehiel alive. >> i'm gdevastated. >> those in this neighborhood are understandably shaken. >> it's a little bit scary because she pretty much fits any profile. i guess the first thing i thought about when i saw the story is i was going to get some bigger dogs to keep me safe. >> reporter: police say this man is a person of interest seen here on a beltville convenience store surveillance picture. they also need to find corrina mehiel's car. they hope the yellow diamond shaped bumper sticker on the back will jog somes >> it's terrifying but there's a lot of crime in this neighborhood. and i think there's a lot of crime that's not being reported and i don't know why. >> reporter: mehiel was planning to drive to north carolina on monday. she was going to return to d.c. and continue helping chin with the exhibit. she didn't show up in north carolina. coworkers came to this apartment where she was found. a killer remains at large. now, mel chin has said he does not recognize that man, that person of interest in that surveilla

and he senses that it's being taken away from him by mel anya and he says in the past tense he says but i could have been so good. i could have done such a good job, it's like he could be president and it was china, he's thinking i know what to do, i know what's going on and i know how to fix this and i could fix it, i have no strings attached . i'm willing to take this on, nobody else is and then it's at that point mel anya says well, if you want to do this then you have to do this but she warns him you will win. she wanted to make certain he understood, you're not going to increase your market share area did you go for this, be prepared for the fact that you're going to win. >> there was always this chatter. that he really didn't want to win, he wanted to increase the brand and be more famous. >> that he would just sort of take, even the sense he would take his marbles and go home, he would give up the nomination or something but you found at the end of the campaign he was working harder than hillary clinton, he was at a lot more events and he really wanted this. >> and there's a part

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professor mel chin said mehiel was about to return to north carolina when he saw her. he was the last person to sea her sunday evening. >> we had dinner together on sunday night. she was ready to go back to the studio to get things together again and work on the project. i'm devastated now, when i heard it. it's inexpressible how much of a loss it is to myself and everyone who sam: we will have more on this story on "abc7 news at 5:00". including video from one of the neighbors on the 14th street who believes he saw the victim's car leaving perhaps after the murder. reporting live in northeast washington -- northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you. we turn now to the war on terror now and the investigation in the deadly attack in london. as molly hunter reports, today police identified the man who drove into that crowd on westminster bridge. molly: tonight, london is playing tribute to the victims. honoring those killed including 48-year-old police officer keith palmer, stabbed by the attacker. >> doing what he loves, protecting our city, protec

it will be cold for anybody stapting out for festival activities today, right, mel? >> yeah, let's hope they have a lot of heaters there at the welcome stage here on the tidal basin where there's several groups scheduled to start performing at noon today to kickoff the cherry blossom festival and big question will there be cherry blossoms with the peak bloom date comes as you mentioned you know first they pushed it up and now back and peak bloom scheduled between the 19th and 22 and another big question is whether there will actually be a peak bloom. queev been frying to take a close look at blossoms here and you can see why the lighter covers are flowering staplings. we're at least a couple hour here into what is the danger zone where the cherry trees can lose up to 90% of mroomz. 4 degrees is mark there. it looks like we're not getting north of 4 until almost 10:00 this morning. it's a question as to how long can they deal with that ultra cold weather before they lose too much of it. and soom of it depends on what stapling again the trees are blooming in. and good

mel ths of ice out there? >> yes. >> i love that. >> we're looking forward to that. >>> here's sports. >> this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. xfinity will way you experience tv. >> denise, erika, it's danny pommells from csn. since florida won its second straight national title in 2007, noad it past the sweet 16, a trend that continued with villanova bowing out in the second round today.6 play. badgers get it to nigel hayes who makes the base line move for the the cats get a final look. plenty of time to draw up a goes to josh harden who walks it up the court, keeps it himself . the defenders for the badgers there tie him up. that was nova's best chance. they take it on the chin from the badgers in the second round falling 65-62. here's video of the teammp r. a bittersweet end to college careers for a group of seniors that never lost two games in a row or any they've ever played. jay wright and his remaining players forced to wait until next year. >> great college basketball game. just fun to be a p

everybody who told mel this picture... everybody who told me i couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't, i could, and i did. it is a victory for us all. for? it signals the attention we should pay to our brand. i would attention we should pay to our brand. iwould be attention we should pay to our brand. i would be very hurt and upset if someone thought i was going around and defacing british memorials. the residue is still there, when you google it it will come up. so i'm glad she went for it and forget the fact that katie hopkins is very controversial, just protect your brand. because the residue stays. it shows you social media is not a free for all. and she did imply she had defaced a war memorial and when jack munro did imply she had defaced a war memorial and whenjack munro said to her, well, can you apologise and she would have accepted an apology, katie hopkins refused to do that and she dug herself deeper in by calling jack monroe social anthrax. so it got worse and worse and now she is faced with a bill of over £100,000 and

. >> also on the carpet, mel b, seven days after filing for divorce. her wedding ring, gone. the 41-year-old spice girl reportedly has a pre-nup to protect her $60 million fortune. >> she is what we call a trooper. she is holding up. very difficult. i'm impressed with her. >> she lost her father. her marriage is over. but you know, she is strong. girl power wasn't just a brand. she lives it and breaths it. >> strong woman. america's got talent is 30th on nbc. >> also making news, surprising shakeup at tv's dance mom. abby lee miller announced she's out. >> you're finished. >> i literally dropped the bomb on her. >> the controversial dance coach seems to be having another one when she quit the show on instagram and called out the producers. i just have a problem with being manipulated, disrespected and used by men who never took a dance lesson this n their lives and treat women like dirt. >> i have been doing other costume designs, making costumes, running downtown, buyi buying costumes for seven seasons. my agent says this is ridiculous. you're wasting your time and not getti

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rockville, melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> mel, thank you very much. developing this morning d.c. police are searching for several missing people including three children. first on your screen is 14-year-old shanai aboyd last seen saturday 4,000 block 6th street southeast. >> and looking for sherea pain last seen 4700 block of first street last west. >> and late last night a 10-year-old girl winter went missing. she was last seen in blue pants and pink and gray north face jacket carrying a backpack. if you know anything about the missing kids d.c. police wants to hear from you. >> that's right, wisdom, those missing children's cases 'many others in the news rontly are the reason d.c. counsel ill member treon white is holding a council meeting tonight called "where are they now? " it's eld exel ka academy northeast. there's not an increase in missing children instead they say they're using social media more to get the world out about those that go missing. >> search is on phone missing elderly man. william jackson was last seen in december and reported

let's turn to mel brooks now, republican congressman from alabama. he sits on the armed services as well as the foreign affairs committee. congressman, good to see you. thanks for your time this afternoon. >> my pleasure. >> let's start with the speech last night. how does president trump pay for more spending on defense, infrastructure, the wall? how does he do all of that while also promising to lower corporate and individual taxes? >> well, i don't have the answer to that at this point but i'm anxiously awaiting the kinds of details that we need in the house and senate to actually conduct an investigation that covers the kinds of things that you're talking about and on a myriad of different issues that allows us to be in a position where we can examine it and crunch the numbers. as most everybody in america should know right now, it's just a matter of when, two years, ten years, 20 years, we don't know when it's going to hit us but we know it will hit us if we continue on the financial path that we're on. as a consequence, we have to be more respo

. >> next, mel gibson signed on to play mark's father while john lithgow will play will ferrell's dad. >> don't be surprise fed a box office superstar comes to mind when you watch "the arrangements." some have been saying the plot of the show remind them of tom cruise's life. "e.t." on-line got to the bottom of the comparison. >> the arrangement is a romantic thriller about a contract marriage in hollywood. >> ladies and gentlemen, kyle west and megan morrison. >> a mega movie star pays a struggling akes it $10 million to be his wife. that's the arrangement. >> they meet at the screen test and immediately are smitten with each other. he asks her out and then she gets this proposition. >> on this week's episode, nude photos of the actress surface on the internet. >> when were these taken? >> a year, maybe. >> josh henderson's role has been compared to cruise. josh's character is a member of the group called the institute for higher mind. some reports have noted the similarities of the story line to cruise's involvement to scientology. >> are you worried about any an backlash from a cer

george washington university visiting professor mel chin was wondering why mehiel was still in town. he says she was in town to help him and was supposed to leave on monday morning. she was staying in a friend's apartment. >> generous gift of friends who were livering there. heifer need to be be established was established, too. michelle: chin described her as brillianted and she embodied a life of kindness and generosity. horace: a police officer facing drunk driving charges tonight for the second time. earlier this morning officer first class christopher brown clipped a tractor trailer and crashed a cruiser on the guardrail. he left the scene but returned and was later arrested. officer brown was arrested in 2012 while crashing a cruiser under the influence. this this case he p guilty and discipline and not fired. michelle: still ahead hanging on for dear life. what saved the worker after the scaffolding he was on collapsed. michelle: customers and the businesses have been furious about parking changes. now a lawsuit on the table. i'm jeff goldberg. details are coming up. horace: a

. >> you mean to mel -- >> bingo. that's exactly what you do. get two ounces of it, put it in one of these plastic bags, mail it to them in philadelphia. they will take it and in a two to three-day process where they can turn that into wool, a wool blend. then they turn it into something that could coat a watch. >> that looks like something my cat threw up this morning. >> it's waterproof. >> how much? >> $199. but they are sold out of the silver and the gold. they are back ordered. they haven't come out yet. they do come out on april 1st. >> that's ridiculous. >> i love pet owners. >> they do come out on april 1st. >> oh. really? >> i totally bought this. i really bought it. i didn't buy it. >> it's a joke. >> bring you these two videos two sides of the same coin. that coin is drones. start by the lake. his drone off in the area. he's got some experience with this drone. in fact, he's got some experience with this lake. many times he's been able to fly across 1.7 miles and back again. today things aren't quite going according to plan. it's a wi