our viewers saying that was painful to watch. so bad it is memorable. that s crazy. moving on now to animal beat. we have a real life tortoise to tell you about today who we think might just be the fastest tortoise we have ever seen. take a look. here it is. this guy, racing after a remote controlled truck in the kitchen. he has a realtor tis. moving those legs. big leg action. never catches the truck. puts up a pretty good fight there. what do you think, michelle? little taunting there. a ride in the truck. he gets to it. going to get it. whoever is driving the truck. our hats off to the tortoise this morning. taking us back to michigan now for an adorable story. meet 18-month-old holly. a yellow labrador, a working dog. volunteers her time at a local courthouse. she is a dog that helps witnesses, particularly children when they take the witness stand. the dog has been trained to sit
call the number on your screen now. i m sleeping with my television on i m sleeping with my tv on finally this half hour, the latest responses to our ice bucket challenge for als, which makes this our favorite story of the day here on world news now. we put out our challenge earlier this week. first i got soaked. take a look here. out at the beach. you are the one who started all of this. the throwdown here on world news now for a good cause. made a donation, too. hope you guys do the same. thanks for naming me. michelle followed up. lovely. then one of our favorite world news now guests, tupperware
our viewers saying that was painful to watch. so bad it is memorable. that s crazy. moving on now to animal beat. we have a real life tortoise to tell you about today who we think might just be the fastest tortoise we have ever seen. take a look. here it is. this guy, racing after a remote controlled truck in the kitchen. he has a realtor tis. moving those legs. big leg action. never catches the truck. puts up a pretty good fight there. what do you think, michelle? little taunting there. a ride in the truck. he gets to it. going to get it. whoever is driving the truck. our hats off to the tortoise this morning. taking us back to michigan now for an adorable story. meet 18-month-old holly. a yellow labrador, a working dog. volunteers her time at a local courthouse. she is a dog that helps witnesses, particularly children when they take the witness stand. the dog has been trained to sit
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more evidence just how bad his aching back really is. woods says his doctors advised him not to play or practice golf right now. he says his back muscles need time to heal and be rehabbed. woods missed the cut at last weekend s pga championship. and now removed himself for consideration for the next month ryder cup matches. and now to a remarkable athlete, so remarkable we thought that she its the star of our favorite story of the day. she is 99-year-old ida keeling who just set a new world record for her age group of 99 in the 100-meter dash. incredible. ida, great, great grandmother. she stands 4 6 , just 83 pounds. at a meet in akron, ohio, she blazed the meters in 59.8 seconds. look at her go. hold the age group record in the women s indoor 60-meter dash. way to go, ida. love that. says she got into running in 1967 after sad news. two of her sons murdered three years apart. says it raised her spirits. love her advice.