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Hitt gives us the first look. im old enough. >> battle begins! >> oh! >> reporter: its a fight to the death. robot versus robot, using saw blades and flame throwers, back in the arena for a new season of "battlebots" on abc. and this is one of the fierce competitors, chomp. >> chomp is definitely a girl. chomp is a very serious lady. >> reporter: designed and engineered by 25-year-old zoe stevenson and her team. >> i wanted to use flame, originally. >> reporter: and chomp has that, along with th...

Girls excited to compete against her this season. >> just because were a team of 16-year-old girls, dont underestimate us. >> reporter: and thats exactly what the shows co-founders were hoping for. >> its that spark for a young person to want to get into engineering. >> oh, hello! >> reporter: stephenson let us drive chomp, which isnt easy. >> sometimes i sort of -- you wait, you aim, you try and line it up. >> reporter: shes a $20,000 robot that took three months to build with the help of spons...

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Doing all they can to help. the man who led the attack on the muhammad cartoon contest in texas was in open communication on twitter with a known isis recruiter who posted this -- "its time for brothers in the u.s. to do their part." yet, while social media companies say they aggressively act to stop such traffic, most dont have a policy to routinely notify authorities about it. >> the law says if social media are aware of child pornography they have to tell police authorities. but they have no ...

Also ahead, a terrifying ordeal involving a four-inch-long centipede, a teenage boy and a trip to the emergency room. thats later. meet chomp, one of the fierce competitors in this season of "battlebots." how its creators plan to inspire the young to become engineers. >> well all right, then brandi hitt! thanks for recording that tease for us. also dont forget to check out our behind-the-scenes pics on instagram, abcwnn. instagram, and facebook abcwnn.com. septic system breakdowns effect ove...

October. turning to country music, tim mcgraw is giving back to some troops providing mortgage-free homes to veterans this summer. hes partnering with operation home front to give 36 homes away to service members free of charge. >> the singer is currently on tour and plans on giving away one house in each of his remaining concert stops. its not the first time mcgraw has done this. since joining "operation home front in 2012," hes actually given over 100 free homes. >> yeah, the project mcgraw ...

Back some 20 years ago. a major civil rights group is calling for the removal of all confederate flags and symbols nationwide. the head of the southern leadership conference issued the call after a prayer vigil last night in mississippi. the group plans to pressure the governor to remove the confederate symbol from the mississippi state flag. and tv land is pulling the southern-based show "dukes of hazzard" from its lineup. the decision was blasted by one of the stars of the show john snyder...

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