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>> when mecham asks him to put the satchel down, it sets smith off. >> well, you might have a warrant. >> when he started backing up, i immediately knew then, thats a telltale sign of when someone is not compliant that theyre the guy youre looking for. >> corporal mecham pleads with him to stop. dont do this. dont do this. >> i really thought he was going to run, and then a foot chase would ensue and possibly him be tasered, different things like that. thats what i meant when i said lets dont do...

Urgently making efforts to the reveal e repeal testimony countrys human trafficking law. >> there are people who are backing up, who are protecting the interests of the millionaires who wraz money for -- raise money for trafficking. >> reporter: in 2012 she helped pass a tough b anti-trafficking law. >> we have more than 1,000 people in jail. if the locals back a lot of those traffickers will go out of jail. roimt this work is deeply personal for her. she says she was fired moved to act after he...

And as soon as people -- water recedes, starting the cleanup in the residential areas and the businesses. >> diane, lets talk about pacific. we understand the river is expected to crest there this evening, topping some 35 feet. its likely to shatter records there, not records anyone wants to shatter. what is your biggest concern for area residents? >> our biggest concern right now is getting the cleanup done and, like russell said, getting our sewer system back up and running. >> sewage is a rea...

>> appreciate that, ron. stay warm out there. >> you bet. i want to go back to missouri where theres major flooding. we just heard from governor jay nixon, who has activated the national guard throughout the state to help with the response. im joined by missouri mayor mike livengood. give us a sense about how bad it is in your neck of the woods. >> okay, well, first, its crested here. the river that has given us our problems, it has crested. so thats a good thing for us. we crested at an all-t...

This one guy, this one guys backing up, literally feet away from two monster sized trucks. >> the video shows huge pieces of both vehicles flying toward him as he scrambles to get out of the way. somehow he manages not to get hit. but hes caught, among a bus, a truck, and a fuel pump. this cant be good. >> you can see the look on his face changes from sheer terror to sheer shock, and now this kind of moment of disbelief like, what just happened? >> the man is visibly shaken, staggering out of ca...

The hall, and his future looks dim. >> my son is brandon maxwell. hes 19. >> im charged with second degree murder. theft of motor vehicles and leaving the scene of a fatality. i never meant to hurt anybody in my life. im more of the type of person to help them before i hurt them. >> though brandon maxwell entered a not guilty plea, he speaks openly about the event. he says he was high on meth when he stole a van. according to police reports, the owner, a 45-year-old wife and mother rushed out to...

His neck out and eats the paper. >> he swallowed it. he swallowed it fast, too. >> even without the note the twinsburg police find plenty of evidence in the suspects car. >> on the passenger floorboard we came across a bag full of money and on the drivers side we found a loaded handgun on the floorboards which had been right at his feet. >> the suspect, john ford, is convicted of this robbery and two others in the akron area. surveillance video from the bank seals the federal case against him. t...

Fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. its what you do. put the fish in the cooler! >> at the tulsa county jail, kenneth witty is regarded by the staff as one of the better-known troublemakers and we got a small taste of that ourselves. >> kenneth was always messing with me in one way or another, whether it be i was doing a walking shot and he would start off at a nice pace and i would be backing up, but then he would slowly start to increase his speed and i would try to ...

Case there are flood related power outages. in the city of charlotte, north carolina, crews are clearing tree branches and other debris from creeks to prevent them from backing up in all the heavy rains. >> if this creek were to experience two inches of rain in an hour, if this debris was here, this water would come over the road and the road would have to be shut down. >> reporter: emergency officials are urging drivers not to drive through standing water if they cant see the road because you n...

Making that direct impact and downpours creating a deluge. we have team coverage today. jonathan. >> reporter: as you can see behind me the storm system continues to drive heavy surf. right now the biggest concern is this heavy rain thats causing problems all over. much of north carolina is under flood watch as we speak. the governor declaring state of emergency for all 100 north carolina counties. its not just coastal areas but inland communities including charlotte county where crews have been...