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Even worse, the officer didnt hesitate. call it an informal adoption. >> i dont know how to explain it but if you were looking at my sophomore year compared to like today, you would see a totally different kid. i think ive matured in every aspect of life. ♪ >> reporter: nearly three years later, the family beaming as the one-time failing student graduates from high school. >> ant in i michael schultz. >> reporter: this summer he plans to enlist in the military. officer shepherd knows that some...

Become the third child he and his wife never planned on having. >> i cant imagine my life without him around. and i dont think anybody else can either. >> reporter: dan simon, cnn, phoenix, arizona. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello, thanks for being with us on a friday. we begin with another major revelation about who else was inside that meeting room as president trumps son, donald trump jr., and top aides attempted to get dirt on hillary attempted to get dirt on hillary clinton...

Here on the scene. weve seen the helicopters buzzing by trying to make some water drops, but, hey, its that time of year again where youre talking about very hot temperatures and a lot of vegetation for these wildfires to rip through and what were deal wig now in california, fred. >> sad situation. thank you so much, dan simon. and while many are protesting for a better life in venezuela, a max exodus of those looking for a better future. half are children. ahead, venezuelans trying to make li...

Remain. cnns dan simon is in santa barbara county, california. two large fires are burning close to you. any indication whether firefighters are close to contains them? >> reporter: a very small level of containment thus far, fred. difficult terrain. cooler today. hopefully firefighters will be able to get an upper hand on this blaze. where we are. a boy scout camp, or at least thats what it was. you can see these burned-out vehicles. this camp had been around for 50 years, and really within a m...

Then a few months later, my opponent would admit tens of thousands of refugees from the middle east were trying to take over our children and convince them how wonderful islam is. >> and joining me now is dan simon. you are there in seattle. this is at the first time the. ninth circuit has been tasked with this citing. so whats different now? >> thats right. you had a seattle federal judge originally rule against the administrations first travel ban that was followed up by the court of appeals. ...

Is devastating the midwest. levees are failing in northeast arkansas. we will have the governor on later this morning. the rising in mississippi and missouri rivers raising fears of levee breaches in missouri. we have sfhave cnns dan simon missouri. hard hit when water comes over the levee. everybody knows it takes a long time to pump it back out, dan. >> reporter: chris, it has been a very difficult several days. this area has gotten pummeled by rain. the nearby merrimack river has spilled into...

Morning. the forecast this weekend is supposed to be good. that is good news. just north of st. louis where the mississippi river and missouri river converge. there is concern that area has not crested yesterday. folks watching that closely. alisyn. thank you, dan s. . cnn has the latest on the forecast. chad? >> alisyn, we have 27 rivers in flood stage or still going up. as dan was saying, cape girardeau. 48.5 feet. the rivers are still rising south of the bubble of water is located. the heav...

Dan, what do you see? >> reporter: its been a very long week for the folks in this community. they got pulmoed by rain that caused the river to overflow and flood some neighbors. you can see that they are trying to pump out the water. they also got the sandbags here. you got some 500 homes in the region that have been impacted in some fashion. its just been a huge headache. but the good news is the skies are clear today and the water levels are beginning to recede. just north of st. louis where ...

Matches their boardi ining pass. in this case children dont actually need identification. they are exempt from those rules. so in this case that child didnt have identification. we cant find a delta policy that says that the child needs to sit with a seat with his or her name on it. but we have reached out to the airline to get some sort of clarification. >> videos making things very complicated for the airlines. thanks so much. happening right now the midwest bracing for a new round of flooding...

>> lets move it! >> reporter: created just a big enough hole to climb through? >> yes, she was able to make it out. so i instructed her, lets go. i grab an arm, your neighbor grabs an arm. and we pull her out of the car. >> are you okay? you went over that. >> okay. >> i was just at the mercy of whoever was going to come and save me. it happened to be tim and thank god for that. >> you good? >> reporter: because she knows without his initiative and grit, she likely would have died in the smoke-f...