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Vehicle systems safety guidelines say recreational users could not conduct surveillance or photograph persons in areas where there is an expectation of privacy without the individuals permission. did the operator the one whose drone was shot down did they need merediths permission to fly over his property? >> well, i mean the common law says from the ground to the sky, thats the old school rules. in this case were a new territory here and probably would have been a good idea to say hey, were sho...

Invading privacy. it could be self-defense against aggressive robots. thats not what most think but you can see where they are coming from. >> in the meredith case its a drone hovering over his teenage daughter sunbathe income a bikini in the backyard. what is the difference between that drone and a peeping tom? >> its pretty close. if you rush this to a logical conclusion, everyone carries guns and were shooting drones out of the skies. amazon wants to fill the skies with drones. if we blast aw...

Up about this. >> it seems inhumane. i appreciate that. thank you so much. a kentucky man is facing criminal charges for shooting down a drone that he says flew over his backyard. william meredith sid the drone appeared to havre a camera onboard and hovering over his backyard where his daughters were sun bathing. >> reporter: flying the drone. one of americas fastest growing hobbies. for others its sport, to shoot them down. but in one kentucky neighborhood, a neighbor with a drone and the oth...

Our affiliate. >> reporter: new video of the moment when 47-year-old william meredith gets arrested for sh t shooting done a drone. meredith used that 12-gauge shotgun to bring it down after he says the drone was hovering over a yard where his two girls were sitting. >> he didnt tell the truth. so set the record straight. >> reporter: for the first time, the owner of the drone fires back against merediths claims. >> stop telling everybody we was hovering in his yard, and his neighb neighbors, to...

This light-up seat which is cool because we have done this at night. >> at night? >> disco seat. >> you can do it at night which is super, super fun. >> it goes between two trees. its really easy. >> what is the weight restriction? >> 250. youre good. >> 250. thank goodness. >> you know, really sturdy grips for kids. >> so you guys got my jan cam? are you ready, america? here we go. youre going to bring this zip lining to your backyard. >> everyone loves it. >> a party. super fun. >> you did it!...

Dean with the janice cam on her head. >> its a gopro on her head. >> is this the look or what? >> its summertime. we all know that. so we want to talk about what we can do outside for summer. sinclair is here. meredith, you have a website called her sdmeredithplays.com. >> thats right. like you said, last weeks of summer break. if you zip lined on vacation you can now bring it into your backyard. this is a slackers zip line. >> jeannie is going to demonstrate. >> put this between two trees. >> t...

>> we were in our own yard. had he never stopped over my house, we wouldnt be having this conversation. >> reporter: meredith does regret how he reacted with the police. >> that officer did an excellent job of keeping a bad situation from getting worse. >> reporter: both men say the facts will prove theyre right. >> if somebody was flying in my backyard ten feet hovering, looking around, playing peekaboo under a canopy, i would shoot it down, too. the problem with willy is hes not telling the tr...

To steal? you know, its an invasion of privacy. >> this picture, neighbors saw it too. >> cant say i blame that dad. police charged meredith with criminal mischief and wanted endangerment. he says he wont apologize to that owner of the drone. what a story. this one might be the worst parking job ever. who is this here? terrible parking out of scotland actually. someone captured the 17 minute video of two women battling to fit their car in that small parking spot. they nearly hit other cars bac...

Trace. >> megyn, in the months since admitting that he "acted inexcusably from molesting five underaged girls when he was a teenager including his sisters, 27-year-old josh duggar has put his political career on hold stepped down from his position at the family research council, and moved back to arkansas from maryland. duggar has also largely stayed out of the public eye until this week when he went on instagram to post a picture of his new baby daughter saying "announcing the arrival of meredi...

Your tsunami. >> im a very public -- your family? >> im a very public person. my family, ive involved for a half century with my wife and my kids have their separate lives. theyve pursued their own careers. meredith has had a rich rich life with a lot of achievements. but its not been about television and about being in the public. most of all, what i didnt want to show up every day on some website, tom brokaw has cancer, so everybody would look at me in different ways. i was involved in produci...