to see you. thank you so much. we appreciate it. my pleasure. and the mayor in denver, colorado is now calling for an fbi investigation into a possible police cover-up. that starts our stories far and wide. police surveillance cameras captured the beating of a 23-year-old man. it appears michael de herrera is only talking on his cell phone. although officers said he hit them twice. well, the city s safety manager said the beating was not excessive. but now the mayor calls the video disturbing. i don t swing. i don t blade. i m on the phone. the only thing i hold on to is my phone. when i go down, i m out. and that s when he continues. and now to fort worth, texas where dramatic video shows a police chase and a very serious crash. take a listen as a driver pulls a u-turn on the highway. doing a u-turn on the freeway. y all watch out. he is now back northbound in the southbound lanes. northbound in then a terrible crash as the driver slams into an officer s car. and check o
reporter: de herrera and johnson have now settled a lawsuit against the city, and when this video finally came to light, charges against the two men were dropped. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. now to a developing story in iraq. dozens are confirmed dead and more than 100 people wounded in an apparent suicide bomb attack in baghdad. the target, an army recruitment center. iraq is recruiting soldiers while the u.s. plans to ship out combat troops at the end of this month. a federal appeals court has indefinitely blocked same-sex weddings in california. county clerks were ready to start issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples as early as wednesday after a lower court judge s order last week. but the appeals court stepped in, stopping any more same-sex marriages while it decides if california s gay marriage ban is constitutional. pakistan s floodwaters have now affected an estimated 62,000 square miles. the u.n. says 2 million acres of crops are lost. the human to
morning in central arizona. now that a missing 4-year-old has been found. searchers on horseback found travis mitchell about a mile and a half from the spot where he was last seen sunday night. travis told his mom that he just got lost while playing with other kids. he suffered no injuries after spending a night in the woods. denver is seeking federal help in investigating an alleged case of police brutality. the mayor has asked the fbi to investigate the videotaped incident which involves two men outside a nightclub. clayton sandell is in denver. reporter: on a snowy night in april 2009, denver cops have shawn johnson on the ground. he s under arrest after being kicked out of this nightclub. his friend, michael de herrera, worries cops are being too rough so he calls his father, a sheriff s deputy, for advice. just then, officer devin sparks grabs de herrera and slams him to the ground. the officer repeatedly strikes him with a small metal club. de herrera blacks out and says he d