Off with about $7,000 worth of goods. police say the heists are being pulled off by several gangs. they believe the high price of gold is one obvious motivating factor. a pair of robbers were caught on camera in central florida and one of them may look a little familiar to you. the first man was wearing a black mask when he held up a 7-eleven near orlando in the middle of the night. his accomplice was sporting a bright yellow spongebob squarepants mask. they managed to get away with the entire drawerful of money. police say the men fired shots in the store but no one was injured. spongebob, always a little tricky. the new york hotel housekeeper accusing dominique strauss-kahn of sexual assault expressed gratitude at her first news conference. nafi diallo spoke at a brooklyn church where she thanked supporters. she says she s coming out publicly to be strong for her 15-year-old daughter as well as other women.
Diallo said she wanted to make it clear certain allegations were not true, including one0ç report she was working as a prostitute. tropical storm don is making its way to south texas where they are looking forward to much-needed rain. the e storm is on track to blow ashore tonight or early tomorrow. seral inches of rain should fall. as abc s diana alvear reports it may not be enough to bust the drought. reporter: it may not look like a storm is on the way. but emergency management teams in galveston, texas, are preparing for tropical storm don s arrival. it s going to be pretty fast and by friday night, this thing s going to be making landfall. so we re not talking, you know, something that you can watch for the next seven days because it s going to be over with. reporter: and that s disappointing news for the lone star state. 75% of it is mired in a miserable drought. the last nine months, the driest ever recorded. this pond used to provide water for cattle. 12 feet of water,
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resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, july 26th, 2011. good evening, i m terry moran. and tonight, we re going to bring you a major broadcast exclusive on a scandal that has rocked the globe. a hotel maid in new york city accuses a top banker, dominique strauss-kahn, of sexual assault. but the maid s story, her whole story, in her own worlds, has not come out until now. she has come forward, out of the shadows, to speak. and joining us now is abc s robin roberts who has the come peopling first television interview with the maid. for two months, she held her silence, she spoke with you. this is the voice that has been missing from this case, really, in public. what did you make of her? reporter: well, she wants a jury to find out what they make of her, not a reporter, not the public and she s concerned that that won t happen, and that s part of the reason she came forward, terry. she wanted to put a f
I want him to know you cannot use your power when you do something like this. god is my witness. i m telling the truth. from my heart. god knows that. reporter: dominique strauss-kahn s lawyers deny any wrongdoing by their client and say there is no evidence of forced sex. diallo s attorney says, no, that she was forced to have sex. she is planning to file a civil case on wednesday. diallo says speaking out was not an easy decision. i never wanted to be in public. i never want to be in public. but i have no choice. now i have to be in public. i have to tell the truru. reporter: strauss-kahn s attorneys question the timing of diallo going public, saying she s trying to force the prosecution to move ahead with the case. and say what she is doing is, quote, an unseemly circus. robin roberts, abc news, new york. so many complicated elements to the story. it s true. the journalists who have spoken