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WJLA ABC World News Now May 11, 2015

Deflate deflategate stand alcandal. And this Close Encounter with a family of bears in Yellowstone National park has prompted a reminder to tourists for the Summer Travel season. The rules say visitors have to stay 100 yards away from bears at all times. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 11th. Were starting once again seems like weve done this. It is the season. It is the season for this nasty stuff. Nasty weather. Now, weve seen an outbreak of tornadoes and severe storms over the weekend. A tornado struck a high school in lake city iowa. About 150 people were inside at an awards ceremony. They had to rush them to the basement with about two minutes to spare. Abcs Richard Cantu has the weekends weather extremes. Reporter salvation from the sky. The Texas National guard rode to the rescue as stormswollen flood water turned deadly. One by one, victims were plucked from harms way. Rescuers repelled down ropes and sent their cargo off to safety. These two men were sent clinging to dear life of their pickup truck. If you have to be rescued, you want to be rescued by these guys. Reporter one by one, they were lifted to dry land. The flooding turned roads and streets into watery graveyards for many automobiles. And if it wasnt water, it was wind. Do you see any rotation . Reporter more than 50 reported tornadoes tore across the heartland. The worst, this ef3 tornado that carved a path of destruction through cisco, texas, tearing roofs from houses and bark from trees. One person died. I lived in cisco over ten years now. I havent seen anything like this in a long time. Reporter high winds swirled these deck chairs into a pool. Farther north, a spring whiteout in colorado. In south dakota a narrow escape as a tornado destroyed the church and much of the town. Elsewhere, record snow. 13 1 2 inches the most ever recorded in a may storm. Richard cantu, abc news, new york. The Severe Weather is on the move this morning. More than 50 Million People in the threat zone today. And Accuweather Meteorologist Paul Williams has the latest for us now. Good morning to you, paul. Thanks. Good morning, t. J. Marci. The storms that caused havoc for the folks in texas and oklahoma its shifting towards the east. It will ruffle the feathers of the folks in the Mississippi Valley region. The area of red thats covering into a Northeast Corner of texas and into the memphis area and then to the north. But not only there. Watch this. Its farreaching. It will reach into illinois and indiana. And bring with it some strong storms and possibility of tornados. T. J. . Marci . Thanks, paul. People across mississippi are mourning the deaths of two Police Officers shot and killed during a traffic stop. Four suspects arrested over the weekend are heading to court today. Two of them facing capital murder charges. Benjamin dean and la cory tate were the first officers killed in the line of duty in hattiesburg in 30 years. Dean leaves behind a wife and two kids. Tate gist graduated from the Police Academy last year. And police in new jerseys largest city are looking to a shooting incident at a motorcycle event. One person was killed three others injured when someone opened fire at newarks annual blessing of the bikes. The people that were hurt suffered nine lifethreatening wounds. This brings the number to 29. Thats the number of homicides weaver seen in newark so far this year. As the Baltimore Police department comes under scrutiny after freddie greys death, were learning of thousands of suspects that were too badly injured to be admitted to the city jail. Over the last three years, Correctional Officers refused nearly 2,600 detainees in police custody. Some had visible head injuries and broken bones. The Baltimore Police department is a subject of a Justice Department civil rights investigation. Thousands of people gathered in baltimore last night to see prince play to a soldout arena in honor of freddie grey. The rally for peace concert were put together following the riot and protests across the city. Prince song his song, baltimore, that was written for grey. Former president jimmy carter cut short a trip to south america after not feeling well. He was in guyana to observe the election. But he returned to atlanta, instead. No information released about the condition of the president. He is 90 years old. New Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, Jameis Winston, fighting back against the woman who has long claimed he raped her. Winston has filed, now, a lawsuit, a countersuit, against her. Saying her claims against him are all about greed. Abcs Ron Claiborne with the details. Reporter Jameis Winston, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers new 25 million quarterback, took to the practice field. But after the field, winston was playing a different position. On offense in court. Filing a countersuit friday against the woman who says he sexually assaulted her in 2012. Last year she alleged rape. But in the countersuit, he says Jameis Winston did not rape erica kinsman. She has launched a false and vicious Media Campaign to vilify mr. Winston to get him to pay her to go away. Winston is claiming that the suit filed against him, claiming a Sexual Assault damaged his reputation. Hes going to put on evidence to show that he lost potential endorsements. Reporter winston claims the twoed a consensual sex. Kinsmans lawyer said, the counterclaims will place all of his prior misconduct and history front and center. In a case alleging injury to his reputation. Kinsman, a Florida State coed turn her story in the hunting ground. I want to know like why me . Reporter but winston was never charged. Prosecutors said because of insufficient evidence. Ron claiborne, abc news, new york. We get some new details about californias bullet train, which was connect the l. A. And the San Francisco bay areas. Projected ticket prices would make it among the cheapest fares. The train from l. A. To San Francisco would be 86 bucks. We dont know the real price until the 200mileperhour train is completed some time in 2028. Now, it was the best mothers day ever for a woman in texas. All because one of her babies is finally home. One of her babies. That baby one of a pair of twins, already beaten lots of odds. Juju chang with the details. Reporter a joyous mothers day gift. Doctors giving the okay for one of those formerly contained twins to leave the hospital and go home for the first time on her own. They had been facetoface hearttoheart sharing every breath for the first ten months of their lives. Their mother hoping to hold them each separately. To do so they had to undergo risky surgery at texas Childrens Hospital in houston. When you think about the potential risks, what goes through your mind . I have this peace of mind this faith in god, that hes got control of it. We have to separate things. And then we have to put them back together. We have to reconstruct them. Reporter the 26hour surgery, a doublesuccess. Four three, two, one. Separated. Reporter the twins face many more operations. Here in the hospital for their first birthday partyparty. The middle names are hope and faith. Now all are hoping that the other will be home soon too. Juju chang, abc news houston, texas. The doctors at that hospital are saying that the other twin should be healthy enough to go home join her sister in the next few months. The next few months. What a good mothers day story. Right there. I love it. Tweet. Coming up we are barely into the month of may. Halfway through the month. And summertime danger is lurking in the waters. This great white has been spotted speeding up the east coast. And it is no ordinary shark. Weve seen this one before. Also the mothers day surprise for one mom in texas. 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The owner of a dealership was gunned down outside of his home. And now, the search for his killers. Kendis gibson. Reporter police are investigating two attacks on one man. Joseph stewart, gunned down in a Home Invasion weeks after calling 911 on attempted robbery. When youre shopping for a car you want three things. Reporter police dont know if it was the same attackers that shot him last thursday night. A neighbor hearing the gunshots dialed 911. They heard gunshots. And saw a black male run across the street. Reporter Police Investigating if stewart was twice targeted. Stewart reported a robbery in late april. Claiming a jeep pulled up behind him. The men attempted to rob him. But stewart was able to escape. Im kind of terrified because it happened ten feet away from my bedroom. Reporter the community in shock. Stewarts cadillac dealership tweeting were deeply saddened by the loss of our friend, joe stewart. Tributes pouring in on facebook. To a dear friend you will always be with me. My heart is pounding. It doesnt feel real. Reporter the grief, deepened by the mystery surrounding his death. It possibly could be a robbery that went bad. But at this point, we dont want to speculate. Reporter Police Say Many of stewarts neighbors hear then saw the shooter running from his garage. They say they may have some leads on a description. Kendis gibson abc news los angeles. All right. And coming up its summertime. And people its danger dangers lurking in the water. Are you on twit centerter . Of course. Are you following the shark yet . Do i need to be . We have a celebrity shark. We talk about jaws lurking. This is a big sucker here. But people are trying to would you believe, keep up with it and get closer to it. They want to get a sighting. Theyre not running from this thing. And following the shark on twitter. The shark has a personality. You have to follow the shark on twitter. Done. Sold. Its mary lee shark. Yes. You see it here. The shark is actually tweeting as it makes its way along yes. Along the east. The shark is tweeting. It is making its way along the east coast. Well explain. Theres a lot more to this story about the shark. You see me . Im looking it up now. You need to follow this shark. Youre watching world news now, folks. Z tt0w tn hn 4 w7< tt0w tn hn el ]0p tt0w tn hn ed [24 tt0w tn hn 8h;lh tt0w tn hn kzh 4 tt0w tn hn nhsj8 tt0w tn hn 0phm tt0w tn hn sh]o tt0w tn hn uehi 0 tt0w tn hn 7hhb . D were going to need a bigger boat. Oh that line. Thats become a part of pop culture. Right . Anever changed the way we feel about sharks that movie. Yeah. Maybe now were going back the other way. We feel differently. Apparently a huge fan of sharks. I didnt know this about you. Now, we have a celebrity shark, this mary lee. You have to see this thing. Now, sharks are cute and cuddly. If you say so. Im not going that far. Some think is a danger. Others like me think theres a celebrity lurking in the waters right now. I think youre doing Public Relations for this shark. You are just talking this thing up. This great white shark has been spotted speeding up the east coast. But clearly, no ordinary shark. The shark is apparently a celebrity. Abcs linsey davis will explain. Reporter just off the coast of new jersey the return of a massive 3,500pound, 16foot great white shark, being tracked racing up the east coast. A celebrity in her own right, named mary lee. She spent most of last year off the coast of georgia and south carolina. Last month, she moseyed up to virginia waters. In the last few days things changed dramatically. Mary lee, bolting up the eastern seaboard. Most recently spotted off new jersey. Near long beach island. Mary lee. Big girl. Reporter she was tagged in cape cod three years ago by a Research Organization named osearch. I named her mary lee after my mother. My parents have done so much. I was just waiting and waiting for a special shark to name after her. Reporter every time her dorsal fin surfaces above the water, it sends a signal. I had to call the authorities in Jacksonville Beach because mary lee reporter got too close . She was within 200 yards of a surf spot in a public pier. Reporter mary lee has traveled 20,000 miles ss since she was tagged. And experts say she is making her way to cape cod. My guess is that cape cod is a breeding site. Reporter making waves and creating a buzz. Linsey davis, abc news new york. Are you following . Im following. Im reading the tweets now. Yes. Mary lee has a sense of humor. Retweets. Retweets. Had a tweet in there about going to the sushi bar. Theyre tracking this thing. Yon track the shark yourself. Its heading out, away from the coast a little bit. So you can keep an eye on this shark. Again, yes, im a shark fan. Im a fan of this shark. Hes adorable. 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