so it was kind of hard to get my weapon back if the holster. reporter: ariel castro stole his victims freedom and lost his own. karen travers, abc news, washington. after more than a month, former nsa whistle-blower edward snowden is out of the airport and somewhere in moscow. granted a one-year temporary asylum. the white house is furious threatening president obama may decline president putin s invitation to an upcoming summit at the kremlin. so much political intrigue on this one. i know. i know. no one really knows where snowden is. but obviously, he still fears for his safety. not exactly, it s good news for him, he gets out of the airport. there is a long road ahead for him to be a free person. a one-year temporary asylum. makes you wonder what is going to happen after a year. right. right. it s sort of a middle-of-the-road decision by putin. a lot of lot of repercussions there. to be continued. the state department closing its embassies across the muslim world t
misunderstood. nightline correspondent, cynthia mcfadden spoke to the experts. reporter: ariel castro took full advantage for his right to speak, for 16 minutes he alternated between self pity and apology, defiance and remorse. through it all, stunning delusion. most of the sex that went on in the house, probably all of it was concensual. reporter: perhaps, mr. castro cannot bear to see himself the way the rest of us do. saying repeatedly he is not violent. not a monster. he called himself a victim. saying, as a child he had been sexually assaulted and is now addicted to porn. the judge made short order of that. you have been a victimizer. reporter: surely mr. castro is right about one thing. he is a sick man. is ariel castro a sick man or just an evil one? well, i think he himself seems confused about that. i think society is as well. he has some sort of a sexual disorder. he certainly describes the fact that he feels driven by a force that he doesn t fully understand.
they shut down the san francisco b.a.r.t. system for four days last month. both sides are battling over pay, pensions, and health costs. b.a.r.t. s two largest unions say the strike would begin sunday evening and make a mess of the monday morning commute. flash flood warnings are posted this morning for parts of north carolina. and other sections of the southeast get a break from their soggy summer today. all the rain has brought severe flooding and dramatic scenes. abc s steve osunsami reports. reporter: behold the power of a flash flood at christian camp in the north georgia mountains, swift water rescue crews had to pull two frightened teenage interns to safety after rushing water swept their truck on to a small island. it was literally under our feet. we are like we got to go. reporter: the water came in a hurry thanks to five inches of rain that fell in places, washing out roads and trapping families in their homes. in gilmer county, families along the coosawattee river
some of what they re finding is a real surprise. abc s linzie janis has been talking to the animals. reporter: pets are always this easy to read. there is a lot of jumping, tails wagging. he ll stick out, like, his lower tooth like this, huh? reporter: researchers say there may be some, shall we say, misunderstandings between us. scientists in japan used high speed cameras to track doggy facial expressions in different situations and found similar patterns in how they behaved. they say raised eyebrows, perilously the left one means, i would like your attention. they notice the dog s left ear moves back when coming across a stranger, which expresses fear. kind of looks away. try to look at her. looking away. a sign that she is not very happy. reporter: in dog-speak that means i m being polite. avoiding confrontation. cats are more complicated. in britain animal scientists came up with a self-help video for cat owners looking to decode their mysterious ways. like this kitty r
faced down the man who held her captive. days turned into nights. nights turned into days. years turned into eternity. i knew nobody cared about me. he told me that my family didn t care. reporter: knight was 21 years old when castro lured her in. with promises of a puppy for her son. amanda berry 16 when she was abducted. today she is 27. gina dejesus, just 14 when the ordeal began, now 23. gina was my teammate. she never let me fall. i never let her fall. she nursed me back to health. when i was dying from his abuse. reporter: michelle was the only victim who came to court. she is 32 years old but so small her rescuers thought she was a child. she was a tiny tower of strength. as she spoke, ariel castro s eyes never left her. but this is the moment he registered emotion. i spent 11 years in hell. now your hell is just beginning. i will overcome all this that happened, but you will face hell