tripoli. will leader moammar gadhafi flee or stay and fight? a man in new mexico rescues a little girl who is about to be kidnapped. being called a hero, but now he could be deported. take a look in the back of that pickup truck. yes, it's a stroller and there's a baby inside. find out what happened next. but first, let's get to libya and the situation their right now. libyan officials are denying that moammar gadhafi and his family are looking to leave tripoli. that as leaders are closing in on the strong hold. one spoke to our sarah seidner. >> reporter: how long do you think before you are able to push into tripoli? >> hopefully in a couple of days. >> reporter: a couple of days? you think it will be that soon? >> i think so. we are controlling 80%. >> now if gadhafi is not leaving, he could be planning a last stand in tripoli. our matthew chance is in the libyan city right now. matthew, gadhafi has been in power for 42 years. is it possible he could leave? >> reporter: i would not really act. as far as public statements have gone, so far, alina, the leaders have denied any preparations being made for colonel gadhafi or his family to leave libya. to the contrary, what colonel gadhafi is saying in gathering in the central swear in libya, they will defend tripoli, but he will lead that fight from the front, as it were. certainly, his public statements are not confirming helps rumors or rebel claims that he is positioning himself to leave tripoli. i would not entirely rule that out. who knows what is being negotiated behind the scenes. >> matthew, there are reports that residents are fleeing tripoli and there is a crime wave under way. what are you seeing there on the streets? >> reporter: we are not seeing either of those things. one of the reasons for that is we are confined to the luxury government hotel in the center of the city. we are not allowed to leave except without the government-minded folks. it is difficult for us to get a sense of what is happening in the city. certainly, the people we have spoken to on the trips we do get taken on in and around tripoli, people are very angry. people are very fearful as well. not least because that every night now and this has been happening over the course of the last week. nato has been stepping up air strikes off various positions inside tripoli. they have been told what they consider to be military installations. the military installations are in residential areas. this is an impact on ordinary libyan citizens living in tripoli because of the air strikes. a terrifying thing happening several times a night now. >> and that has been going on for weeks. matthew chance live for us in tripoli. matthew, thank you very much. more pressure on syria as the president assad battles to remove him from power. watch. a scary situation there. opposition spokesman says 29 people were killed yesterday when security forces fired on protesters in several locations. this video is from earlier this month. the eu is calling for an embargo on syrian-crude oil. on thursday, washington imposed stiff economic sanctions on syria. oil and gas make up about one-quarter of the syrian economy. back in the u.s., the car that played a central role in the casey anthony case is now scrap metal. an assistant for the attorney representing anthony's parents say the car was crushed in a junkyard. the prosecutors say the odor in the trunk was human decomposition. convicted criminals and those who pose the greatest threats to national security and public safety are the undocumented immigrants most likely to be deported under a new policy outlined by homeland security chief janet napolitano. her department will focus on criminals and those who violated immigration laws as they be begin reviewing the 300,000 deportation cases that are backed up in federal courts. a senior official says right now nearly 80% of deportation cases involve people without a criminal record. he is being called a hero, but now fears about being deported. antonio diaz's wife says he has been living in the states for years illegally. last week, diaz witnessed a girl being grabbed and chased the van until the van crashed and diaz grabbed the girl. >> just the fact it could have been us. it could have been us as worried parents longing for her to come home. i don't know. just the fear of what could have happened. >> the 29-year-old van driver has been charged with kidnapping and child abuse. a bizarre scenario playing out involving three men convicted of killing three boys in west memphis, arkansas. these are the 1993 mug shots of jason baldwin and jessie misskelley and damien echols. they pleaded guilty, but maintained their innocence after being set free. >> we told them nothing but the truth. we were innocent. they sent us to prison for the rest of our lives for it. we had to come here. the only thing the state would do would let us go only if you admit guilt. that is not justice. >> i'm tired. you know, this has been going on for over 18 years. it has been an absolute living hell. >> even when you are in prison, you have to worry about your own safety. it doesn't matter what the crime is, you have to worry about your safety. >> prosecutors say the three were safe to set free. google goes global. take a look. google is expanding its street view to brazil's amazon and rio rivers. the web search engine is training people to collect images of the region. google wants to give a sense of what it is like to live and work in places most of us never see. meteorologist reynolds wolf taking a look at the weather. that is cool stuff. >> amazing stuff. amazing stuff. >> you probably already knew about this? >> are you saying i'm a tech geek? >> i think i am. >> i think you would be right. i am a geek. i'm a geek that follows weather. we have a ton to talk about today. we have rough weather across the midwest. the same time in the tropics, we have two systems that we are watching. one a named storm and one that may soon become a named storm. things are heating up. rough weather in parts of pennsylvania last night. we will touch on that, too. alina, great to have you here. reynolds, thank you. coming up, a story that really makes you wonder what was she thinking. take a look at this video. in case there is any doubt, what you are seeing is a woman in the back of a pickup truck hanging on to a baby stroller with a baby inside. i'll show you how that plays out next. nationwide insurance, what's up ? what's vanishing deductible all about ? guys, it's demonstration time. let's blow carl's mind. okay, let's say i'm your insurance deductible. every year you don't have an accident, $100 vanishes. the next year, another $100. where am i going, carl ? the next year... that was weird. but awesome ! ♪ nationwide is on your side it's great to have you here. you're on. >> i am on. could you hang on a second here? i'm trying to have a sip of my coffee. we came back faster than i thought. what would you do if you were driving along and in the truck, you spotted a baby stroller with the baby inside? it happened in florida. we just happen to have the video. a florida woman, kiona davis was sitting next to the stroller. you see her hanging on to it. she said she was hanging on to it and did not realize how dangerous it was for the baby in the stroller. davis was arrested and charged with child neglect. 911 was flooded with calls. >> 911. >> there is a truck going down mason avenue baby stroller in the back of the truck with the baby in it. >> it is not my child. i was watching a child for my friend. i got my first child when i was 16. >> there is an excuse i have not heard out before. we reached out to davis' attorney and he did not return our calls. the department of family and children is investigating. they are saying no child should ever ride in the back of a pickup truck. they could be thrown from the vehicle and suffer serious injuries. all children should be properly restrained in moving vehicle was child seats for children aged 5 and younger and seatbelts for children of all ages. well, flash floods in pennsylvania. >> horrific story. >> serious stuff. you have a lot of weather going on. including a tropical storm. let's get to it. >> the first thing is we have to talk about what happened yesterday. a mother and two children that are dead after a flash flood that struck parts of pennsylvania. it is one of the situations where you have the rain that falls heavily, alina. when it happens, things pile up quickly. a mother with two children. they were pinned by the flood waters into a tree and, of course, beyond the reach of rescuers. there are still people missing as we speak. this happens every single time there is flash flooding. we tell people you never want to drive through water with flooding. that was the situation. >> obviously you never expect something like this to happen. heavy rains were in the forecast? >> you are right. you are definitely on to it. there was heavy rain in the forecast. did they expect this scenario play out? not at all. let me show you something else. we have a chance of rough weather. this time off to the west. namely into the ohio valley and in places like st. louis. you have the area of low pressure. this frontal boundary. by late afternoon, especially, is where we could see strong storms and the potential for flash flooding. keep that in mind. you have to be careful. one of the key components to having the weather get rough in spots has to do with temperatures. if you have high temperatures and a frontal boundary coming through, that is enough to make you have a very unstable atmosphere. with that, the chance of the strong storms. 86 in new york. 69 in los angeles. the high in houston is 99. 84 in new orleans. we are keeping an eye on the tropics. we have the latest storm. this one happens to be harvey. not expected to have any effect on the united states. it could effect belize into sunday. it will be a heavy rain producer. there is a chance for flash flooding there and maybe mudslides. farther back out in the inter convergence zone. this is a 70% chance from the national hurricane center to see this become a named storm. if that holds true, it will bring it to the west. it will extrapolate out and it will more through san juan, puerto rico and jamaica and cuba is in the mix and south florida. we are a long way and each and every day that passes, this system could really veer. more to the north or south or diagonal. uncertainty with this at this time. this is the season we have to really watch the tropics. >> it has been fairly quiet as seasons go. >> it goes all the way through november 30th. there is a lot of time we could see more development. >> don't i know it. i used to work in local news in florida. i covered many a hurricane. thank you very much. coming up, what would you do if you found millions of dollars, $45 million to be exact and you kept it and no one noticed? 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