The former nfl quarterback and a 44yearold grandfather. There have been rumors he might make a comeback and then late today, a very different and worrying headline. Abcs david kerley has the very latest right now. Reporter over 20 years quarterback brett favre took a pounding. The last hit of his career in 2010 knocked him out. Its one of the few times i kind of went blank there for a while in my career. Just the way i guess i slung around on the turf. Reporter three years after his career ended, favre said hes frightened about the toll the game has taken. Today telling espns washington radio 570 that he has experienced memory loss. After 20 years god only knows the toll. This was a little shocking that i couldnt remember my daughter playing youth soccer. It was just one summer, i think. Reporter espn looked at the science of concussions, 60 percent are headtohead like a sledge hammer to the head and it only takes 15 milliseconds. Thats why the nfl instituted new rules about head hits and paid out three quarters of a billion dollars to former players. Favres admission came as his name came up as a replacement quarterback for an nfl team. Its not the First Time Since he retired but he has the same answer. Its flattering but there is no way im going to do that. Reporter favre, a future hall of famer is one of the biggest names associated with the nfl concussion problem. He says he has considered having tests done on his brain looking for a buildup of proteins which could be a sign of concussion but he says he hasnt done it yet because there isnt much treatment now even if they do find a problem. Even with the changes that the nfl has made, critics argue the game in america is still too violent. These questions just not going away. Thank you, david kerley for this late breaking news. Also tonight a new and dangerous drama on the high seas, americans taken hostage by pirates. The story straight out of a movie playing across the country, but this is real and the americans were singled out, chosen by the pirates for the frightening journey. Abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross on the story with the very latest details. Reporter it was broad daylight as the pirates attacked the american supply ship, the c receiver, low in the water and hardly designed to repel an assault. According to u. S. Military officials, the crew was sorted by nationality and only the two americans were taken captive. You take an american you get a good price. At the same time you can bring a lot of heat on you, too. Reporter the last known position of the ship was about 15 miles off the coast of nigeria, on the western side of africa. 30 percent of u. S. Oil comes through these waters and they are increasingly a hot spot of piracy. Its a very attractive place to operate in terms of the ransom that you can get and the damage that you can do to the industry. Reporter two americans are believed to have been taken to land, known havens to a number of pirate and militant groups that have captured other american and Foreign Oil Workers before demanding ransom. Oil worker texas richards was held for months there. They threatened to kill us, banged us up a little bit, slapped us around with the rifles and put us in the boats. Reporter the u. S. Says there is no current American Military operation to free the hostages. Unlike the dramatic case portrayed in the current hit movie captain phillips when u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. S were brought in to rescue the captain from smoly pirates. The real captain told abc news pirates are part of a sea captain. If you dont want to deal with piracy you need another job. Reporter teams have now been assigned overseas and at the homes of the families waiting for word from the pirates. In the best case Officials Say it will come down to a negotiation over money often dropped by parachutes or transferred with the help of local nigerian officials who have been known to take their own cut of the loot. Thank you, brian. Now to washington where there were fireworks today about the troubled obama care website. Center stage some of the people who built the site, Congress Asking how did they get it so wrong. Abcs chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl was there. Reporter today even democrats joined the outrage over the disastrous launch of the obama care website. This is unacceptable. It needs to be fixed. Amazon and ebay dont crash the week before christmas, and pro flowers doesnt crash on valentines day. Reporter with the contractors who built the website in the hot seat, we learned more about just how much it all costs. The two largest contracts alone, 375 million. For a comparison, thats over twice as much as apple spent developing the iphone. After footing the bill, the American People deserve something that works or start over. Reporter the contractors place some of the blame on the administration for last minute changes. The contractors also said they only had a matter of days to test the site before it launched. Months would be nice. Reporter they said they warned the administration of potential problems. Despite it all, the white house insisted today there has never been a reason to delay the health law. Delay this by a couple months, had it tested and maybe had a smooth rollout. If you are asking me do we wish there had been a better and more effective website on october 1st absolutely. Reporter as for the woman in charge of it all, health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius was in arizona today visited an obama care call center. No one has been fired. I have had frequent conversations with the president and committed to him that my role is to get the program up and running. Reporter but the white house still wont tell us how many people have been able to enroll, only that the number is in the thousands. As for that march 31st deadline when people have to either enroll in Health Insurance or pay a fine, the white house says there is no reason to delay that. Another Health Headline as well tonight. Thank you. A big headline about something in millions of American Homes right now, prescription painkillers like vicodin. Late this afternoon word the fda is taking drastic action to try to curb the use of these pills. The plan would allow fewer refills. After three months patients would be forced to go back to their doctor before getting more medicine. Patients would be required to take the prescription to a pharmacy. No more doctors simply phoning it in. And tonight two families tied together by tragedy are grappling with a reversal of fortune. Michael skakel, a Kennedy Family cousin awaiting word that after 12 years in prison he can walk free on bail until there is a new trial. At the same time, the family of martha moxley, the 15yearold who died, are vowing that they will fight. Abcs amy robach has that story. Reporter tonight Michael Skakel is requesting release from prison while he awaits a new trial for the 1975 halloween murder of his neighbor and friend, martha moxley. The 15yearold was beaten to death with a golf club that was later traced back to a set owned by skakels late mother. The famous cold case brought against skakel in 2002 after a friend testified he had confessed privately to him. Publicly he has always maintained his innocence. What i do every day is pray to god and to martha that whoever did this crime is brought to justice. Reporter skakel is serving 20 years to life. He is connected to the kennedy dynasty through his aunt, ethel, the widow of robert f kennedy. Rfk jr. Is his cousin. It was an attractive narrative because of this kid who had connections to my family had gotten away with murder. He didnt convict murder. Reporter that conviction has been thrown out by a judge ruling that his Trial Attorney did not provide a constitutionally adequate defense. How unusual is this . Its almost unheard of to win it in a high profile case with a very well paid lawyer. A very well known lawyer . I was sloked reading this ruling. Next week is the 38th anniversary. Her mother waited 21 years for the first one. I will be there. You will be at the new trial. Every day i possibly can. Reporter marthas mother dorothy also told me that this new trial wont change the evidence, saying to me, quote, he is guilty, he is definitely guilt. Diane, she also told me she still has confidence in our justice system. Thank you so much, amy. Now we want to bring everyone up to date on the girl simply known to the world as maria. The little girl found living at a camp with a couple in greece, a bulgarian woman now claims she is marias real mother and gave her to the couple, she said, because she could not care for her. She says no money changed hands. A dna test will determine if the woman and maria are, in fact, a match. And an uproar tonight on an age old debate in american families. How tough should adults be when teenage kids drink at parties in terms of the conscience and also the law . Tonight a dad who is supposed to enforce the law is under fire for his choice. Abcs Senior National correspondent jim avila has that story. Reporter delaware shores notorious beach week and a photo the Maryland Attorney general now running for governor wishes had never been taken and certainly never published in the baltimore sun. Thats doug ganzler, highest ranking Law Enforcement officer in his state in the middle of what some admit was underage drinking. There may have been some College Students or others drinking beer. Reporter when the story broke he said even if kids were drinking he had no moral authority to stop them. A little different than the advice he handed out in this Public Service announcement. Its never too early to talk with your kids about smart ways to say no. Did you set a good example about going into a party and participating. Participating . Im walking through. It shows you taking a picture. I did not take pictures. Is that your hand in the cell phone taking pictures . No. Thats my hand i guess im reading a text. Reporter in fact, a second picture appears to show him looking at more than his phone. By the end of todays press conference conceding i should have probably been more observant and determined if there was drinking going on. Reporter at least 24 states hold adults libel in some way for accidents, injuries or damage done by teenage drichkers. Parents are the leading influence in their kids decisions to drink or not to drink. A moral test many parents face with their teens and one the Maryland Attorney general would like another shot at. Jim avila, abc news, washington. And now a picture of a night. The royal family released the official pictures of prince georges christening today. Look, the new family, then both sides of the family tree, on one side the royals, on the other the middletons. And this one, four generations of monarchs. Were kind of partial to the one with the chubby cheeks. Seeing is believing. Its real money tonight. We got this family eye glasses for just 7. Well show you how your family can save, too. The hit movie gravity, the amazing acrobatics for sandra bullock, tonight see Something Real and just as amazing. Were back in two minutes. And his new boss told him two things cook what you love, and save your money. Joe doesnt know it yet, but hell work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. 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Here he is in his audition tape for this years young scientist contest. With the ingenuity of an education edison. The 11yearold from ft. Lauderdale and his family huddled in a closet as hurricane wilma whipped overhead in 2005. Watching as the storm brought flooding damage and death. So peyton, whos been solving math problems since he was three, set off to solve a problem all by himself. You want to start by going to the science room that i set up upstairs . Reporter yes. Okay. His invention . A sand less sand bag. So i used salt in my bag. And i used that so that the water inside my bad would be heavier than any approaching water. Do you have any idea what hes saying . No, not really. Reporter but heres the tlangs. Regular sandbags are heavy. Peytons are lighter, making them easier to carry. Thats because theyre filled with chemicals and salt and only expand when doused with water. And that also means less water gets through the cracks. When you add it to water, it expands. Whoa reporter like any scientist he knows that field tests are a must. Im safe behind your barrier here. Reporter engineers say peytons invention is the real deal. He would be a fantastic student here. Reporter until then peyton who won his contest by the way will keep tinkering. Hes an 11yearold inventor and hes america strong. Matt gutman, abc news, ft. Lauderdale. Peyton is applying for a patent for his sand bag. Thank you for watching. We leave you with the white house bathed in pink to mark Breast Cancer awareness month. Well see you again right here tomorrow night. Ancer awareness month. Well see you again right here tomorrow night. Tonight a major new Safety Initiative at bart. How labor and management cooperating on a plan to prevent tragedies on the tracks details of the new deal with unions and a new call to heal wounds of bart Labor Relations and well follow up on the officer involved shooting of a teenager. Why deputies were fooled by the air gun he had and a rare interview with an influential artist now dabbling in 21 century images. That breaking news is in San Francisco. A big rig crashed and is dangling over the death 280 over highway 101. You can see this big rig right here this, is on connector ramp from 280 to southbound 101. Northbound 101 which runs beneath is closed now as a result. There are incredible traffic back ups in this area. Looks like a movie. Dangling like that. No word on how this happened but we know the driver is okay. And was standing by the truck not too long ago but he got the scare of his life. The resulting traffic is just enormous. You can see just a moment ago there is a forklift there. That is the load this truck was carrying. Sky seven continues to pull wider, you can see lanes beneath the overpass. Traffic is stopped. There is concern this could fall beneath. Yes. All freeways and around the area are a mess if the Helicopter Shot continues to pull back. You can imagine this time of the day what the result will be. There we go. We pan back you can see traffic is at a stand still. Not going to go anywhere for some time it is a mess were going to be following this on twitter for you and will bring you updates throughout the newscast on the situation. Good news. The driver is okay. Well, good evening. Im dan ashley abc