And harassment. The companys response. Plus, a hollywood actor known for always playing the villain plays the hero. How he helped rescue a baby from this crash. On the run. The zebras that led police on a wild chase. And outnumbered. The unusual problem in this town. No boys have been born here in nearly a decade. Now the race is on to explain why. Good thursday morning, everyone. Im janai norman. And im gio benitez in for kenneth moton. We begin now with a new development in the el paso massacre. The suspects mother has now revealed she contacted police weeks before the shooting. A family Attorney Says she was worried her son wasnt mature enough to own a highpresident trump traveled toh cities reeling from the mass shootings. He was met by hundreds of protesters and took aim at his political rivals. Abcs Mona Kosar Abdi is here now with the new details. Mona, good morning. Reporter good morning, gio and good morning to you, janai. President trump says his visits were warm and welcome then attacked local lawmakers who he says mischaracterized his trip. President trumps calls for unity and healing overshadowed by his polarizing visit to console two grieving communities. President trump and first lady melania first landing in dayton and releasing this image there greeting staff thanking First Responders and consoling victims. All over the world theyre talking about the job youve done as police, as law enforcement, as First Responders. Reporter but outside the hospital doors, hundreds lining the streets [ chanting ] a similar scene as air force one touched down to el paso. His words for sparking violence. A lot of this, all this anger he has promoted across the nation, and he needs to stop. Reporter Authorities Say the suspected shooter, 21yearold patrick crusius, targeted mexicans in particular. Inside the el paso walmart. Crusius stated its a response to the hispanic invasion of texas mirroring trumps language a few months ago. Trump defending his words. I think my rhetoric is it brings people together. Reporter were also learning that crusius mother called police weeks before the shooting concerned about her condition son owning an aktype firearm. Lawyers say she was transferred to a Public Safety officer who stated her son was legally allowed to purchase the weapon. They said the call was informational, not a safety concern. Today an Ohio School Board is the das school record. Classmates say he was someone suspended from high school for compiling a rape and kill list. The district so far has refused to release those records citing privacy law, janai and gio. Mona, we will be watching to see what the district decides. Thanks for joining us this morning. In the aftermath of the massacre, the Trump Campaign is defending ads it posted highlighting the word invasion. The ads warned of an invasion of migrants at the border. A White Nationalist screed believed to be written by the gunman rails against a socalled hispanic invasion of texas. But the Campaigns Communications director said, quote, democrats and the media are trying to make it impossible to oppose illegal immigration without being called racist. Were now hearing from the bouncer who saved dozens of lives inside a bar in dayton as the shooter approached. Jeremy ganger put his life on the line trying to get as many people into that bar as possible. He says he was willing to die as he stood at the door. Did you look at him . Yeah, i looked at him right in the face. He had a dead stare. I would have died before that guy came in. No way was i going to let again anybody get hurt. I was going to try to stand my ground the best i could. The next thing i know hes being shot by the officer. He says he would do it all again. He spent three days in the hospital for shrapnel wounds and he says hes planning to go back to work because if he doesnt, he says the shooter wins. Breaking overnight, four people are dead after a stabbing rampage across orange county, california. Authorities say the suspect who is now in custody carried out the stabbings and robberies over a twohour period. Police say he had no apparent connection to the victims. Authorities have not provided a motive. And a developing story from tennessee where a possible killer is on the run. Curtis watson escaped from the west Tennessee State penitentiary area yesterday. Hes described as extremely dangerous. After he vanished, the body of a prison employee was found in her home on the grounds. Watson is considered a person of interest in her death. Now to the Tennessee Woman who has a lot to celebrate after she became a onewoman movement. Activists, celebrities and human rights organizations all rallied around her cause after she was sentenced to life in prison as a juvenile. This morning, cyyntoia brown is enjoying her first full day of freedom exactly 15 years after her arrest in 2004. Because of her extraordinary record of rehabilitation, that she was a candidate for executive clemency. Reporter brown now 31 was sentenced to life in prison for killing a man when she was 16. Prosecutors at the time said she shot a man she was trying to rob but her lawyers claimed it was selfdefense and she was being forced into sex trafficking. When i was 16, i did a horrible thing. And i have carried that with me this whole time. What i did was horrible. Theres nothing to say to justify you cant justify it. You cant. You know, i killed johnny allen. Hes gone. Reporter former tennessee governor bill haslam commuted her sentence on his last day in office. I do think we made the right decision, but we tried to make it kind of absent all the nice. Reporter her case garnered National Attention for years drawing support from highprofile celebrities including rihanna and kim kardashianwest. This morning, kardashian tweeting, yes and lebron james adding Cyntoia Brown welcome home. While in prison brown earned two College Degree answer mentored other Young Offenders and wrote a memoir free cyntoia and even got married behind bars. This is a story of redemption. Thats what you want out of your prison. Reporter brown first released a statement saying while first giving honor to god, i look forward to using my experiences to help other women and girls suffering abuse and exploitation. And brown is requesting privacy before granting any interviews. Her book is being released in october. Janai. Former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich may soon get out of prison. President trump told reporters last night that he is seriously considering commuting the corruption sentence of the former Celebrity Apprentice contestant. Blagojevich has served 7 of his 14year sentence. Well time now for a look at your weather for this thursday morning. This tornado touched down in springfield, new jersey. Video shows how hard it was to drive in the area with debris there flying around. The storm also flooded roads across the philadelphia area and as far north as connecticut where several people had to be rescued. Airport delays were up to five hours long. Lightning was a concern around norfolk, virginia, where a church was hit but no major damage. Todays temperatures, hot across the south, cooler in the midwest. Look at great falls, montana, a high of 94. Coming up, the growing concern about a link between ecigarettes and seizures. But first the largest immigration raid of its kind in u. S. History. Details on where hundreds of undocumented immigrants have been arrested. Plus, olympic star simone biles emotional new interview. Why she says she still cannot trt mnti. Anhoywood moar who is used ain pl aer a r crash l. Stick around. Were back with this rescue of a 6yearold boy. Look there, he was about to fall from the fifth floor of that building when those men rushed in to save him. The boy had been locked inside a bathroom and tried to crawl down the drainpipes of the building in chechnya. Thankfully hes okay. Unbelievable video right there. New details now about a major immigration raid. N reed across ocumented mississippi. They were rounded up at Food Processing plants. Its being called the largest immigration sweep in one state in u. S. History. Managers of those plants could also be facing some charges. Now, the raids have left some Young Children without parents. Community leaders housed some of the children at shelters overnight. The fda is investigating nearly 130 cases of people suffering seizures after using ecigarettes. The agency says its received 46 dozens of new reports of people, especially young adults, suffering seizures after vaping. Users also reported fainting or tremors but doctors have not yet established a clear pattern or cause. The amount of accumulated nicotine in the bloodstream saturating the brain and making the brain irritable and potentially leading to seizures is something that can occur with vaping devices that would not be typical with other forms of smoking. The fda says its unclear whether ecigarettes caused the seizures. They also note the cases occurred over a tenyear period. Big changes are coming to pizza hut. The chain is planning to close about 500 restaurants and reopen them for carry out and delivery only as the company puts more emphasis on takeout instead of dining in. Well, an actor known for playing bad guys turned into a reallife hero in l. A. Danny trejo helped save a special needs child from this rollover crash. The boy and his grandmother were trapped after another car ran a red light and hit their vehicle. Trejo crawled into the wreck and helped free the little boy. He was panicked, and i said, okay, we have to use our superpowers, and so he screamed superpowers, and we started like yelling superpowers, and i said, do this. Macho. Macho, and so we got kind of like a bond, i guess. Wow. Trejo is best known for the character machete hes played in several films. He said everything good in his life has been a result of helping others. Good to keep in mind. I love that. All right. Well, coming up right here, some zebras send police on a wild chase. But first the group of famous models taking on victorias secret demanding the company fight Sexual Misconduct and harassment. And later, the big news about tvs biggest awards show. Stick around. G news about tvs biggest awards show. Stick around. 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And it comes as leslie wexner, the head of victorias secrets Parent Company, speaks about his relationship with disgraced financier jeffrey epstein. This morning, dozens of supermodels are walking the walk in a movement that now has victorias secret under the microscope. More than 100 models and times up supporters including supermodel christie turlingtonburns and former victorias secret Angel Doutzen their name to an open letter sent to the ceo asking the company to take action to protect its models against Sexual Misconduct and sarah ziff says because how theyre hired and fired at will, speaking up could be a major career risk. A lot of times our agencies are trying to make the brand happy. Were disposable. You know, we come and go. It makes us that much more vulnerable and makes you feel like you can be replaced, so you dont want to speak up. Reporter the open letter follows allegations of Sexual Misconduct by several industry photographers and allegations that leslie wexner, the head of the Parent Company knew that financier jeffrey epstein, who is accused of exploiting and abusing dozens of minor girls, would try to pass himself off as a victorias secret talent scout allegedly using his friendship with wexner to get close to young women. In a letter obtained overnight by abc news, wexner responded, i have spent time reflecting and searching for answers as to how this could have happened. My heart goes out to each person who has suffered unthinkable pain, and i pray for their healing. In the face of all these very serious allegations, we felt that we couldnt just sit silently and not say anything. Reporter victorias secret telling abc news, we are always concerned about the welfare of our models and want to continue to have dialogue with the Model Alliance and others to accomplish meaningful progress in the industry. And, meanwhile, wexner continues to distance himself from epstein saying that epstein misappropriated vast sums of money from him. All right, janai, u. S. Olympic champion simone biles is blasting usa gymnastics in a new interview claiming she still cannot trust the organization in the wake of the larry nassar sex abuse scandal. Biles revealed last year that she was one of dr. Nassars victims. She says she is still traumatized and says there is no manual for healing from the scars of abuse. The Gold Medalist says shes reminded every day of that abuse and spoke wednesday as she began pursuing her sixth championship title. Its hard coming here for an organization and having had them fail us so many times, and we had won gold. Weve done everything that they asked us for even when we didnt want to, and they couldnt do one damn job. You had one job. You literally had one job and you didnt protect us and its really sad. Its just hard and we try to work through it, but itll take some time. Im strong. Ill get through it. But its hard. She is strong. Biles says that she is in therapy to try to heal. Nassar was given a life sentence after pleading guilty to multiple sex crimes. Well, turning to texas now, it wasnt your average police chase outside san antonio. Officers were after a pair of zebras. You see the stripes there. They apparently crossed a river and went galloping through one neighborhood. One of them was caught. That other zebra is still on the loose. If you see a zebra this morning, give police a call. And they can be rough. Zebras can be rough. Its on the loose. Be careful. Up next in the pulse, the town with an unusual problem. Unusual . No boys. Also ahead, one of the most famous tourist sites in the world portrayed in so many movies is now offlimits. Plus, Macaulay Culkins very grownup reaction to news about a home alone reboot. Bets are excited about the potential of onceweekly ozempic®. 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Its time to check the pulse, and we begin with a crackdown on tourists in rome. Yeah, you can no longer eat, drink or sit on the spanish steps. What do you do there . Like gregory peck and Audrey Hepburn did in roman holiday. Well, its you. Yes, mr. Bradley. Or is it . Officials say rome is one big open air museum and visitors should show some respect or face fines up to 450. But the citys own tourism website touts the spanish steps as a great place for, quote, a pleasant rest. Just dont sit down. So much for when in rome. Next right here to the town with an unusual problem, no boys. Do we mind . A village in poland hasnt seen a male birth in nearly a decade. Even the Volunteer Fire Department is staffed by mostly women. Who run the world. The problem is so bad the mayor is offering a reward to the couple who has the first boy. More experts are now trying to figure out an explanation and whether environmental conditions play a role. Really is fascinating. Absolutely. 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Well see a whole lot more sunshine, but those breezes are going the keep us cooler than average. Well talk about how much longer coming up in the foreca forecast. There was an earlier crash in the east bay direction, but so far the ride to the bay bridge is problem free. Here is a live shot of the san mateo bridge. Looks like they turned the camera around moved it a little. Traffic is flowing well across the san mateo bridge in both directions. As we check out the usual slow ride on 580 westbound, it is looking great right now. Green tracy to dublin, only 30 minutes. No delays on westbound 4 as you make your way i understand concord or 101 southbound into san francisco. Abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area, focusing on an issue that affects us all, housing. The governor is supporting a bill that would cap rent increases across the state. Abc 7 News Reporter amy hollyfield. Those who live you in New Buildings or built in the last ten years, dont get excited. This would not apply to you or most Single Family home that are for rent. For older buildings, this plan would limit rent increases. The governor has offered his support of the bill. The plan is to keep rent from going up more than 7 each year. He says a rent cap bill in california is long overdue. The proposed law would prevent landlords from evicting renters without a reason. Ideas similar to this had failed at the ballot box and the legislature. Interest groups like the Apartment Association that represents landlords opposes the idea. But this bill aims to try again. Now it has the boost of the governors support. Live in dublin, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Weve been reporting on the bay area housing crisis and looking for solutions for the last week. Go to abc7news. Com betterbayarea and click on the image for housing crisis. Its 4 30 if youre just joining us. Good morning. Here is a look at weather and traffic, hi, mike. Hi everybody. Here is a look at the winds. Look how fast they are. The sea breeze cranking up overnight. 32 in fairfield. Its brought in or introduced dryer air and overturned the atmosphere a little bit and thats why were not seeing as much cloud cover. In the explorato