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>> no. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement officials tell us over the next couple of days they'll resume that search in a different part of the island from where robyn was last seen providing her family with a sliver of hope that unlike hool holloway they may yet find out what happened to her. >> and they're clinging to that hope. matt, thank you very much. now back at home. to politics. president obama wraps up his midwest bus tour to illinois. texas governor rick perry joining mitt romney up in new hampshire. all talking jobs and the economy. jake tapper is on the road with the president and the president sharpening his economic pitch but learning this morning he'll roll out a new jobs program after labor day. >> reporter: that's right, george. president obama heads off to martha's vineyard for ten days of r&r tomorrow before before you leaves white house officials are telling reporters that upon his return in early september after labor day, president obama will deliver a major address about the economy and deficit reduction where he will be proposing a whole series of new measures to promote meaningful jobs and growth. this is in addition to the other measures we've been hearing him talk about such as a payroll tax holiday, infrastructure bank structure reform. in addition to that. he would propose ways to pay for these programs through spending cuts and tax increases elsewhere. this is part of the president's plan to propose this to congress and if they do not pass it, he said he will run against congress providing the american people a choice for the november 2012 election. >> we've seen some of that on the bus trip. now to my exclusive interview with donald truru. he's been keeping a lower profile since bowing out of the race but trump is taking meetings with the gop field. the website should trump run is still going strong and the tea party favorite is tougher than ever on president obama. and as you'll see he's also quite taken with the newest candidate in the race, texas governor rick perry. >> i think he ahe a very impressive guy with a very good record so it'll be interesting to see how he does under the spotlight. i think he's going to do well. >> he already has a reputation from shooting from the hip that ben bernanke if he went for a quantitative easing number three, printing more money -- >> printing more money to play politics at this particular time in american history is almost treacherous or treasonous. >> do you agree with that. >> he's using an expression. >> harsh expression. >> everyone made such a big deal. >> you don't believe this in some way shows he's not ready? >> oh, i think he's very ready. hey, he's like everybody else in this country we're all frustrated so i think he has the right to show some emotion. >> that headline in texas, more than a third of the jobs created in the entire country. >> a great headline. >> but what about beneath it. some people look at it saying it's due to population growth. low wage jobs. >> i think at this point america would accept anything whether it's great jobs or okay jobs. we need jobs. we're losing jobs to china, india, so many other countries. >> how about mitt romney? >> i don't know him. and, you know, it's interesting, sarah palin called. avenue a lot of respect for her. michele bachmann called. she was here last week. the only one i really don't know is mitt romney. >> he has a similar background to yours. he says his 25 years in business is what sets him apart and that's what america needs right now. >> i think that's a good point but if you look at his governor record it wasn't stellar. there are pretty negative things with respect to mitt romney which, frankly, he's going to have to overcome. >> what do you make of michele bachmann? is see electable? >> she is a great, wonderful woman. i got to know her a couple of weeks ago and she is just energetic, very smart, i think she is badly treated by the press, much as sarah palin is in my opinion. >> "newsweek" cover. >> i thought the "newsweek" cover was a disgrace. >> let's talk about taxes. warren buffett made another splash saying it's not right, he a billionaire pays 17% when his secretaries and receptionists pay more. isn't he right about that. >> there's many different views on that and i can also tell you that a lot of people will go elsewhere to do business if you start taxing. you will have a mass exodus. if you go back to certain companies, for us to be subsidizing oil companies is absolutely insane. and, frankly, the oil companies really facilitate opec. the worst abuser we have is opec. oil should be selling at $25 to $30 a barrel. every time this economy gets a little bit of a head of steam they raise the oil prices. >> you part company with the tea party here. you would be willing to close those loopholes. >> absolutely. when explained to the tea party i can't imagine will stick up for exxon mobil or some of these big oil companies making a fortune and paying relatively little in taxes. >> trump didn't sign on to buffett's plan. while he may be willing to pay higher taxes his corporate colleagues are not. >> i'd be willing. i put country first. not n necessarily everybody doe that they're not patriotic. in many cases they're not patriotic. they're business machines and say, thank you very much, i appreciate you letting us know. we're moving to switzerland. then you know how much you get, nothing. >> more than half of the country today is willing to consider a third party candidate for president. i was talking to mayor bloom berg. he says it doesn't matter, the system is rigged. an independent cannot win. do you agree? >> i think it would be difficult to win but the way the system is right now with the republicans, everybody hates them, with the democrat, everybody hates them, with the president who is doing a horrible job and his ratings are very low, i feel that an independent candidate could actually win. >> hard to win in the electoral college. >> if the right person ran like trump, if the right person ran, i believe that candidate could win. >> as for his past focus on president obama's birth certificate -- >> there is a real question about the birth certificate. >> trump says he got the president to release it but then -- >> it was sort of strange that all of a sudden that for years and years he wouldn't produce it and when all of a sudden i put the heat on him he finally begrudgingly -- >> but he did produce it. >> he produced something. he produced something. i don't know what he produced. >> i can't believe you're raising a question about that. >> you're trying to do a little number and i think that's fine but i will tell you two things. number one, i'm very proud of the job i've done and gotten a lot of credit and as far as what he produced that's for others to determine. >> you sat twinkle when he talks about running. that's almost certainly not going to happen but he does want to play a role in the presidential race. >> that is apparent. all right, george, thank you. now to the latest twist in the strange story of the teen heiress caught in a plot that may have been masterminded by international businessman paul peters. she is now speaking out about her terrifying hours. sharyn alfonsi, you've been tracking this for us. >> learning more about the man arrested. apparently he had a taste for the finer things in life. for maddie pulver and her family an end to a terrifying mystery. >> had di, how are you feeling? >> very relieved. >> reporter: outside her sydney home confident police tracked down the man who terrorized her two weeks ago. >> i'm pretty sure we've got him. >> we're feeling good. >> reporter: paul douglas peters might be the last person you'd expect to be charged with such a chilling crime. well educated investment banker from a privileged background who enjoyed fine wine, pilot lesses and polo. he has three daughters one the same age as madeleine pulver. >> anything i waunts to say to the pulver family or to madeleine's family. >> it's all surreal. >> reporter: pulver was studying for exams in her bedroom when a masked man walked in. he told her, sit down and no one needs to get hurt forcing a black box against her throat, looping a device like a bike chain and looking it and attaching a ransom note to instruct her to count to 200. i'll be back. if you move, i can see you. she sat petrified for ten hours as police freed her only to find out it contained no explosives. prosecutors believe peters was trying to extort money from her father. peters apparently once worked with a company with ties to him but it's unclear whether the two men ever crossed paths. >> this really goes to the mentality of the person committing the act. this is anger, this is rage and there may be a little personal in this. not permanent perhaps toward madeleine, the 18-year-old but maybe it's personal towards the father. >> reporter: so how did police link peters to this? apparently the masked intruder left an e-mail address on that note and said once the family e-mailed he'd instruct how much to send and where. police traced peters down after he logged into that account. not exactly genius criminal work there. >> no, it's not but thankfully looks s ke maddie is doing well. >> she looks great. >> thank you. to josh elliott for the other top stories developing right now. good morning. >> good morning. we'll begin with president obama voicing new concerns today over possible terror threats as the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approach. the president told cnn he believes a cooperative terror strike as with 9/11 is less likely to occur than one carried out by a lone wolf. he said the biggest concern now is a massacre by a s sgle person like the one we saw similar in nor way. >> the body of a missouri toddler has been found. we told you about breeann rodriguez missing for more than a week. a neighbor could be fessed to suffocating her. he is the father of three and lived just a few houses down from breeann's family. frightening moments at orlando's seaworld when lightning struck the discovery cove water park. eight were hurt but no one took a direct hit. 19 in the u.s. have died after being hit by lightning this year. finally, well, another blupdzer on the campaign trail for michele bachmann. she rolled into south carolina to elvis' song "promise land" then took a minute to pay tribute to the king. >> before we get started, let's all say happy birthday to elvis presley today. >> bachmann had her dates mixed up. tuesday, was in fact the anniversary of elvis' death. she did later correct herself, however. >> her heart was in the right place. >> i suppose. >> i love the smile she had as she was doing it. let's get to melissa magee in for sam this morning. >> good morning, george. we'll start out with the relentless heat across texas. once again your dallas high temperature, 105 degrees making this the 51st day of triple digit heat, houston, no better. over the next five days temperatures for the most part will be in the triple digits. some relief in the weekend. temperatures there in the 90s, beautiful across the northeast today. >> and more of the nation's weather coming up in the next half hour. >> as you know kids all over the country are getting ready to head back to school even in joplin, missouri, where communities were obliterated by that tornado three months ago n a town completely destroyed they made a promise to rebuild their schools and keeping it today. abc's david muir is there. david? >> reporter: when you see joplin nearly three months later it's really extraordinary when you look at some of these neighborhoods they have tried to wipe the slate clean. foundations, all that remain in so many of these neighborhoods. they are also trying to do the same with the schools here. today is the first day the children are heading back. as we drive through joplin in places it's hard to recognize where neighborhoods once stood. but that's not entirely bad here in a city desperate to turn the corner and today a giant step. how are you doing? we walk into this old strip mall. today it becomes the high school. did you think this would be possible three months ago? >> yes, we did. >> reporter: you did. the superintendent here dr. c.j. huff is somewhat of a hero. he was convinced he could get schools opened on time and today he makes good on that promise. >> now, let's get to work. god bless. >> reporter: so many children ready and for them. >> here every backpack has a p laptop fort for every student. >> yes. >> reporter: donated outfits. so many sewn by hand. >> i hope you'll enjoy it. i'm praying you have a great day in school. carol from texas. >> what goes around comes around. someday if it's somebody else's team. we'll be there for them. >> getting ready to start the school year. we met laelly after the tornado sleeping with her entire family on red cross cots their home destroyed but they all survived and today she is go back to school as a sophomore. >> i'm sure it will be a lot of hugs. >> reporter: so many smiling faces. donations from all over this country, really all over the world, buoying a community as it fights to come back. >> boy, that city has so much >> it really does. so important for them to be back in school and on time. good for them. thinking of them still. coming up on "gma," tragedy in beverly hill, the shocking death of a reality star on "real housewives." what really happened? 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degrees inw, it's 70 arlington. sunrise over arlington. sun up at 6:23 a.m. not even a cloud in the sky. today e mostly sunny day ther few patchy fair wea clouds developing. district. in cumberland. comfortable northwest of the metro. a warm day but not too humid. temperature high and a light breeze. tomorrow, we have a chance of a few storms mainly in the afternoon. >> all right, thank you. we are following a developing story from prince george's countyity this morning. f a e are on the scene o cher vijayvale drive. into abc deo just ws show police escorting someone from the home. fficers say they found a woman who suffered trauma to the body. on have more information abc7 news at noon. as have another update that is russell armstrong in a happy moment, the husband of one of the real housewives of beverly hills. but in an shocking off-screen twist he was found dead, apparently he hung himself. what pushed him over the edge? we'll get into that in a minute. >> you see them arguing a lot about their marriage in the show and the summer danger you need to know about before your kids go swimming again if they haven't headed back to school already. what could be lurking in your local watering hole. >> this is a scary one. this debate over how young is too young to look sexy. the latest installment. they have push-up bras for girls. >> teens, yeah. >> there is a big toefrl over this a little bit. >> cup sizes. it was just worth it to see your face like that. that is ahead. the real tragedy for a reality show star. the shocking death of the husband of one of the real housewives of beverly hills. >> i watch the show every week. it was tough seeing this couple on screen together. they just didn't seem to get along to say the least. but it appears russell armstrong's problems ran even deeper than what we saw on the show. his lawyer says he was drowning in debt trying to support the real housewife's lifestyle. millions watched taylor and russell armstrong's marriage unravel on "the real housewives of beverly hills." >> ready? >> yeah. >> when he says it's time to go it's gem time to go. russell drives the bus in most of the relationship. >> reporter: she filed for divorce. los angeles police say russell armstrong hanged himself in this mansion at the age of 47. >> a real housewife of beverly hills found dead. >> reporter: they helped discover the body. behind the couple's on-air spats was a darker reality. taylor armstrong told "people" magazine "i felt like i was dying inside." she claimed he would grab her and grab her air. >> he said this show has pushed us to the limit. >> reporter: she claimed at a batter's women's shelter she was physically abused as a child. >> what many of you may not know i'm a child of domestic violence. >> once we realized she got to that point in her marriage she walked away. russell armstrong's attorney said they had big financial problems. >> it ail came crashing down like a house of cards. >> reporter: the armstrongs were facing a 1$1.5 million lawsuit and was inundated with debt and he claimed the show was straining his finances. >> they ended up running out of money because the show doesn't pay them enough to keep that persona in the real world. each month was a challenge to pay their $50,000 -- >> reporter: with a new season about to start -- >> i feel like a breaking. >> the real housewives are rallying around taylor and their young daughter kennedy. russell armstrong told a friend in the days before he died that reality tv had destroyed his life. bravo had no comment on that direct allegation. the show is currently in production and according to "hollywood reporter" the network is waiting 24 hours as to whether they will postpone the seng season. >> thank you. joining us now is hollywood publicist howard bragman who represents two of the stars of "real housewives of beverly hills" and dr. january net tyletyle taylor. thank you both very much. howard, you know a lot of people are saying it's because of the show, pointing to the show and saying that led to the suicide. what do you think? >> i'm just not buyuyg it, robin. ultimately russell armstrong last to take responsibility for his life and his death. he wasn't a really wonderful guy. and what the reality situation does is shine a lot of light on that. if you have skeletons in your closet they're going to come out and that's exactly what happened to him. people take fame so callously in this country and say it would be great to be on a reality show but if you haven't lived a perfect life you can bet in this transparent world that is going to get out there. >> i see you shaking your head in agreement. there is something that russell said and he said this show has literally pushed us to the limit. to "people" magazine. armstrong, talk to us about the psychological effect it is -- it has on someone watching your life play out on television like that. >> well, reality is real people and real problems but i think the bigger issue here is what pushes people to suicide. certainly he had the risk factors for it. he recently got a divorce, has financial pressure and the stress of the show and certainly added stressors play a part but most who commit suicide have an underlying mood disorder whether depression or bipolar disorder and we can't comment on how he was personally but understand this was the tragic loss of a life and look at how to prevent that from happening. >> not making it solely about ing on a tv show but should people be screened a little bit better going on these shows. >> most are screened and with reality we want to see over the top personalities which may not highlight how they cope but most are screened on reality shows. unfortunately suicidealty -- >> we don't know what bravo is going to do. right now it's scheduled to come back in a couple of weeks. how do you have the program back on and he is very much a part of it, russell armstrong. >> i think you handle it with great dig think the and respect. the last thing you want to do is exploit this but don't want to avoid it and hopefully janet is right. you can can shine a light on some of the issues and see some that led up to it and if we can help others deal with their problems before they get this bad, that would be a great benefit from the show and i think it can do that. >> as you said you represent two of the women on the program. when you talk to a client, what do you tell them about going on a program like this and how to be prepared for what could happen? >> i tell them to go in with their eyes wide open that reality tv is not always reality, that there are going to be situation, there are going to be pressures and you have to have a really good center and a good balance and understand who you are, what your merge limbs are and be willing to d dw a line in the sand if the producers say we want you to do that, you have to say that's not me. >> sometimes it's difficult for them because they're always trying to one-up the other, it seems. dr. taylor, you work on a program where every day people can come on and solve their problems. how difficult is it, though, to come on television and to expose your issues like that. >> what i found is most people don't communicate so whether it's a doctor's office or whether it's an office on a tv show, the opportunity for people to talk is important and i think you have to have parameters in terms of knowing who is maybe at risk to not come on and expose themself. we screen for individuals who may be psychotic or suicidal who really may not be together enough to push the limits and i think that's what we have to be conscious about especially as technology and social media. we are blurring the lines between reality and boundaries and have to keep that center as howard said and come in with our eyes wide open. >> excellent points from both of you. back to tyler, thank you, howard, thank you very much. time now for the weather and melissa magee from wpvi in for the vacationing sam champion. >> west coast, quite the light low in phoenix. impressive shots of lightning thanks to that monsoonal moisture which is typical this time of year. the threat will continue across phoenix. temperatures though in phoenix, 106. it is warming up. los angeles with a high temperature of 81 degrees. sunny and 71 now in the district. sunny but notnd too humid. storms to more especially in the afternoon. we >> and that's the weather report. it has been brought to you by amazon. >> melissa, you're getting a lot of shoutouts from your peeps back in philadelphia. they like the color and everything. >> woo-woo. >> can i get a woo-woo? 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[ m male announcer ] join us t the walter washington convention center on august 26th for a live roundtable discussion inspired by the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. well, we all have our very favorite food but how many of us would drive almost 3,000 miles to get them? it is what david schuller did. he went from his home in jackson, mississippi, to get that. apparently his own slice of heaven. town spa pizza in stoughton, massachusetts, where he loved the pizza so much he spent $1200 on a 150 pizzas and drove from stoughton to jackson. he got them partially cooked. so you cook them halfway, sack couple pack them then you get them back. >> where would you go? >> i would go, as it turns out about 3,000 miles. we all rounded up our own food stops and here with my cull of favorites in-n-out burger as a proud californian, there is no finer burker in all of the land, animal style. they are so wrapped up in making sure their ingredients are that fresh, they don't want -- if you open up one in times square, irma's south southwestgrill, best mexican i've ever had, so, robin, you're up. >> the guy was trying to get out of mississippi. i want to go back. shrimp po boar. this is the best from my place, pirate's cove, and it is just -- mary maroney's, the gumbo and bobby will ship it to you. yoyodon't have to drive. >> anywhere in maine for fried claims but little rock arkansas for stake at doe's eat place in greenville, mississippi. >> lara? >> far and why? >> i would go for stuffy's stuffed clams and walk across the street and get guacamole. >> but she'd do it in high heels. >> shows a little bit of a workout en. >> ole! hi parents, it's going to be such a big school year. your kids will each take care of our class hamsters, lewis & clark. then i'll tell them the story of pluto, the sad little planet that was. i'll introduce them to some new friends, the fractions, and some cold blooded ones, the dinosaurs. 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a new controversy -- controversy over teenage girls and how they're dressing. we'll get into a fashion trend causing a lot of controversy, i know that josh, you have a lot to say about it. >> it's absurd and i feel like we have to weigh in on this like twice a week. why are we doing this. >> no, girls, you can't do that either. >> just a blanket statement. >> so many of you weighed in we finally do have a winner. tens of thousands of entries and votes. unforgettable top ten list and in just a little bit we are going to r real your most beautiful place. >> sort of a surprise winner, but, boy, what a stunning place it is. >> it was a great series. >> we'll get to your amazing shot you made at the end of the program. >> what might you be discussing. >> we'll get to that after the news. >> oh, that. oh, that heaven sent piece of -- >> now that we showed it we don't need to show it in the pop news. >> i will say this, i am so embarrassed at how happy that made me. absolutely terrible. can we debt to the news please? oh, we are going to begin with that stoto in aruba possible motive has now emerge in the disappearance of an american woman and abc news learned e exclusively they're looking into an insurance policy worth reportedly $1.5 million taken out by gary giordano. they found blood behind a restaurant where they were last seen together. president obama continues to the theme of this week's bus tour with a major speech after labor day. the white house announcing this morning that he'll unveil ways to help the economy and reduce the deficit. a new mexico man could be america's best and certainly bravest neighbor. when he saw a 6-year-old girl from his street being taken away by a strange man he sprang into action and helped save her life. abc's abbie boudreau has the story. >> my little sister, she's missing. >> how old is she. >> she's 6. >> reporter: what began like a horror film. >> my little sister is missing. >> reporter: ended like a blockbuster when an everyday day became a super hero. >> we run to see what was going on and saw he was taking a little girl. >> reporter: antonio chacon and his wife were steps away from their neighbor when she was suddenly lone into a minivan. >> i weepts don't know what happened to her. >> reporter: he hopped that his own car and chased the van. >> i decided to go for the little girl and bring her back to her mom. the alleged kidnapper, 29-year-old phillip garcia eventually crashed no a light pole and was arrested. officers found packing tape and tie-down straps hidden near the crash site. inside the van a glove, black tachle and a leather tool. >> the potential for what could have happened to this young girl, i don't even want to think about it. >> reporter: chacon is doing what any good father would dodo he says. abbie boudreau, abc news. >> hear hear. meanwhile, here's diane sawyer with a reprue of tonight's "world news." >> as you know, joplin was devastated by that deadly tornado. but you're going to see firsthand tonight on the first day of school what a lot of heart and a lot of generosity from around the world accomplished. you'll want to be there in jop pin tonight on "world news" in thanks, diane. finally might be the greatest story of all time. an australian lost his license for driving his cooler while drunk. he admits to having a few drinks while building his motorized cooler. was arrested while giving a test drive. said he didn't understand that would be a motor vehicle, that thingg with a motor and wheels. if he had just been riding a horse he would have been okay. >> oh, wow. >> i have too many p pces to go here. >> no sense of humor. >> no. >> it's turning inside. >> it was a low-speed endeavor. gr great. i dare you t ttop that. >> the man is driving a cooler. ank you very much and welcome, everybody, to the "pop newss het index" would you like a new dr. seuss book? 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[ laughs ] ♪ now to the new bodywear stirring up a lot of debate as to when it too young to wear message are teenagers getting about self-image. linsey davis has been talking to parents about the controversy. ♪ ♪ do you want me do you need me baby ♪ >> reporter: it's called the drew. a push-up bra designed to boost more than just a young girl's confidence but add two cup sizes. american eagle calls it the double whoa and it has some doing a double take because this are bra is being marketed to girls as young as 15 years old. >> two cup sizes? yeah, no. no. i would not be okay with that. >> but to me it's a little too much for a 15-year-old girl. >> it's ridiculous and nobody needs that much padding. >> reporter: american eagle's website has one review where someone commented it gives so much push-up that other bras don't let me show off. other sites have multiple comments posted like that's what's wrong with the world today, young girls are rushed into being sexy by the clothing companies and, ah, the hyper-sexualization of young girls, get them young so they feel insecure. "seven te "sevenmean magazine -- >> girls want to be pretty but they don't want that i canny sexual attention but just feel good in their clothes and feel pretty and that's what she is bras are about. >> reporter: and some moms agree. >> this is for a teenage that has less confidence. >> reporter: when abercrombie & fitch was met with similar outrage, they pulled their push-up padded bikinis that targeted 7-year-olds off the shelves and then there's this french line of lingerie for tiny tots recently featured by fashionista. its kiddie bras and underwear aimed at 4 and 12-year-olds is raising eyebrows. >> for pushing the sexiness on our teenage children is inappropriate. >> reporter: the question remains, is the push-back to these push-ups warranted or does it simply give young girls self-esteem an extra lift? for "good morning america," linsey davis, abc news, new york. we want an expert to weigh in on this so we have back with our sexologist and author of "third base ain't what it used to be" dr. logan levkof. >> it seems like we keep asking this too soon, too young, too sexy. what is your take on this latest one? >> it's not really a big surprise that 15-year-oldses want to look sexy juggling all these feelings and desires. my problem with these and rhinestone thongs for young girls which we have out there too that's not really for them. it's about them being viewed by other people and that's the part that's so tricky. >> how about the boys? is it kind of what they are expecting and how they play into this. >> boys get their own doze of you're not good enough but not as ubiquitous as the ones for girls and boys start to assume girls have to look a certain way. anything that deviates from that is unattractive. and it sets up a real big gap between the genders especially when they're just starting to learn about each other. >> how does this affect a boy's perception of a young girl. >> it totally skews them and start to make them think their only value can in how they look and definitely not the message we want anyone to get. >> we were talking about this, logan. is it generational? it seems like every time every generation -- i can't believe you're wearing that or doing this. are we making too big of a deal or should we make a big deal of had. >> in cases like this we should make a big deal. not that we're showing new amounts of skink. we'll get past some of that but the messages you're not good enough. you've supposed to be look at and objecty tied by other people and no parent, no care-giving adult should ever think that's okay. >> you talk about the parent, the caregiver and i know somebody is like, oh, what do i do? do i talk to my child about this? how do i handle it so i get the outcome that's best for my child? >> i fear sometimes parents start to see all of this everywhere and think maybe i'm just being uptight. i shouldn't do anything about it. it's to the a big deal but i think we have avenue lost some of that instinct wall -- >> that's it. >> tell your child why you don't want them wearing this or feel that their beauty is measured by this. >> as we talked about before, it's so helpful if you can talk and have the discussion. >> it's a back and forth. listen to them also and give your values too. >> different for everyone. it's not one size fits all. what about the little tissue. >> tissue seems very pale in comparison. we don't want to make your teens feelelike they have to be viewed in a certain way. >> thank you, as always. we want to hear from you. too sexy, too soon or no big deal? vote now using the "gma" app on your smartphone or go to our website, as well. now to a "gma" exclusive. we were riveted by the story of taylor stein in "the new york post," a mother longing to adopt a second child. the road to adoption became something of a spy chase. taylor went undercover wearing a wire to bring down a ring of criminals selling babies. we'll talk to taylor in a minute but dan harris has the storm of a brave mom fighting incredible odds. >> this is one confident, happy, lovable baby. >> reporter: what taylor stein endured to bring home her son wren was truly extraordinary. >> i love you so much. >> reporter: stein lives in l.a. right now but she's originally from new york city, a bold-faced name on the social circuit. several years ago she decided she wanted to adopt a second child and a friend introduced to her to an attorney named hilley neiman and she had a baby for another couple but the couple walked. >> i never knew the intended parents' names but i didn't have the appropriate information. i think when you're looking for a family or a child, i think we find ourselves incredibly emotional and vulnerable. >> reporter: she went forward with it wiring money to neiman but two weeks before the baby was born she got a call from the fbi. they told her they believed the people she was negotiating with were crooks. she ra greed to wear a wire and got neiman to make incriminate statements on tape. neiman and two others were arrested including ily national known attorney named teresa erickson. federal prosecutors say it worked like this. they recruited surrogate moms from the u.s. for between $38,000 and 45,000 as and sent hem to the ukraine where the laws are lax to have the embryos implanted. when the sur greats reached the second trimester shot shopped the baby around to rich, desperate couples. >> the price ranged from 100 to $100,000. >> the good for news taylor stein, she was able to not only get some of her upon back but she contacted the surrogate mom, paid her bills and was able to keep the baby. >> i do believe that wren makes us a complete family. for "good morning america," dan harris, abc news. >> what a beautiful boy and taylor stein joins us now. how is he doing. >> he's unbelievable. i feel like he knows what's going on. he's so aware and just rising to the occasion. >> he is just gorgeous. >> thank you. >> but let's get to this story, it does sound incredible. you're sounding very hard to adopt a baby in los angeles, no desperate, you really want a baby then you meet this woman, this attorney hilary neiman. what did you she say. >> i was going through the los angeles foster adoption system and it was complicated especially for a single mom. more trion than i've actually heard and when hilary contacted me, the timing was right. i was raw. i didn't know what to do and my girlfriend told me her attorney had a baby boy that had just -- become available, and she thought that he would be a good opportunity for me because i was looking for a boy or child who didn't have a home. >> you know that sounds strange. you want a boy very badly and she comes up with a price, it was, what, $180,000. that must have made you think what's going on. >> that was negotiated from the baby i lost prprr. she had come to she with a baby before. >> you're willing to pay this because you want this babab boy and then the story gets a little bit stranger again, so that baby, they say, oh, no, that's not going to work out but we have a new boy. that's which was a little bit curious but, again, when you want a family and your dreams are sort of dangling like a carrot you just get caught up in emotion and lose your judgment and something seemed real and i suddenly became i don't know if i was obsessed but he was my son. >> two weeks before you're supposed to get him, you never met the mom, you get the call from the fbi asking for your help, and, you know, most of us wouldn't do in that situation. you agree to them them out and wear the wire but you wrote your own script. >> i did. the two kwib agents were great, they were like rock stars. this he came to me. you could tell they were very committed to this -- to this case and they told me what i wanted to say. i said after dealing with this attorney or a year she's not going to buy it. let me do it my way so i told them how i wanted to do it and rehearsed it and voila, they decided it was a good plan. >> and it worked out. >> yeah, we were working together high-fiving each other when we came up with a good >> what was the great idea, the ring is brought down. you keep wren he is doing fantastic but what do you want every other parent who wants a paeb in this situation. what do you recommend this do. >> this is a "new moon" technique. we'll see a lot more of these cases because there is such, you know, a supply and demand problem. you know, there are a lot more infertile couples, there's less of a stigma attached to single motherhood. single-sex couples so this is something we have to watch out for and i believe if transparency is not there there's something wrong. >> you have to know what you're getting into. taylor stein, thanks very much. >> thank you. we'll be right back. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >> and good morning to you. i am cynne simpson at the clock 27. here is lisa baden with a check traffic. there is an accident near the memorial bridge on the george washington parkway northbound leaving the airport to get to the bellwether. we have delays on 270. from a live slowing shady grove road. it is stop and go after this camera onto the beltway on the side and we will take to the stop and go traffic the beltway from old georgetown road. car fire at georgia is now under control virginia, north al i-395 has delays from duke street off the 14th street bridge dc size of on the the bridge. a beautiful today -- a today with a lot sunshine. fox is a live look at fair -- and fairfax with blue skies cloud in the sky. 75 degrees in the district and 60's north of town. will be worn today but not too humid anywhere. 68 degrees in winchester. 90 will be the high temperature not too few minutes sunset andof tomorrow there is a chance of a storms mainly in the afternoon and evening. 92 degrees by sunday. the husband of a murdered journalist and social life is expected in court today. the 47-year-old was arrested with a connection in 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of the other top six. thousands upon thousands of you guys voted and you picked your number one. it's kind of a surprise, right, you guys, the number one spot? beauty of a spa and we'll reveal it coming up on "gma." >> again, it's what you selected to be the most beautiful place. we're going to bring in juju chang. juju! >> hello. >> group hug. group hug. feel the love. >> i know. >> they've been married hy eied years. there are people that feel they can predict the future. you're working on a "nightline" special in prime time. >> there are psychics who make a lucrative living of predicting the future. there are others who just dabble in telling a few, you know, ghost stories basically but regardless, the question is, can any of them prove that they have psychic powers in a controlled seting? well, we worked with one foundation that put $1 million in the bank to put that question to the test. calling all psychic, abc's interns are spreading the word. there's a million dollar cash prize for anyone who can demonstrate supernatural power. the man with the checkbook self-taught mentalist. a half dozen psychics volunteered to take the test, including a medium, tarot card reader and palm reader. after confirming it does exist let's meet our first contestant. >> i'm jesse bravo. i'm a stockbroker by day. but by night i'm a psychic and i speak to dead people. >> a psychic stockbroker. >> reporter: how is your portfolio. >> it's okay. >> reporter: are you crazy? >> i think we're all crazy. >> reporter: here are the rules for jesse's test, 12 envelopes, photos of 11 random people and one very famous dead person. to win jesse has to locate that dead person 9 out of 12 times. hi, jesse. go ahead. thank you very much. the odds of winning by luck are about 1 in 5 billion but jesse, of course, isn't counting on luck. >> what i tried to ask, whoever is gone please show me what sort of envelope they're contained in? >> reporter: but the spirits didn't answer. jesse's first pick was this girl and she's very much alive. attempt after attempt. >> this one is a live person. >> reporter: strike two. >> we know he's dead. >> i'm considered very good at what i do and, boy, am i bombing. >> reporter: after another failure. >> internally i was crumb iing. >> it's jest's last chance. >> i'm trying different techniques. >> this one is. >> it's right. >> it's right. >> reporter: he might have failed but he says it was with the test itself. >> asking an envelope, an inanimate object to answer a question is a tough thing to do and maybe there's other people that can do that. i'm not one of them obviously. next up two more contestant, a tarot card reader and palm reader. their tests require 12 subs. we get short written biographies from each subject. >> cover everything from past tense, present tense, a little bit of their character, whether they're humorous or serious type person. one other thing. >> we want to hide ring, callouss. you can tell so many things from the fingernails and hands. >> i'm strict orders whether not to reveal somebody will win but i interviewed a psychic afterwards who did not win and i said do you believe you're not psychic. she said, no. is there any that would prove to you you're not psychic? >> she said, no, absolutely not. >> there are the believers and nonbelievers. >> the believers and nonbelievers don't just lend themselves to the people psyching help but it really is -- i sat down with the arguably the world's most renown reader and there's been a question i dogged me for a quarter of a century and i sat with him and he said that, as well. he said, look, for all the naysayers, i don't really care. there are certainly enough who do believe. >> can i tell you josh's story, it was so powerful. >> he was sharing it with me yesterday. it's beyond belief. 9:0000 central, 10:00 tonight o abc. josh, okay to have you. juju, always nice to have you. >> robin, guy, good morning. folks from all over. beautiful tart here in new york city, folks in florida, detroit and boston as well. we'll get you wls courtesy of our affiliate in chicago, clouds are moving on in but a quiet start, showers are likely by the afternoon. we'll take you from coast to coast starting out across the east coast and atlanta, 90 degrees, still hot in dallas with a high of 105. strong storms on the way in denver, hot but till not bad in phoenix withth some thunderstor later. sunny and 75 right now but nothing to plan around weather just a lot of sunshine and warm and not too humid. umbrellato have your and the tomorrow in the >> this weather report has been brought to you by dove's beauty bar. robin. >> i'm way over here. i'm way over here. i'm so far away. great to have you here. >> you too. >> all right. can you believe this happened from time to time. a woman who did not know she was pregnant. one young mother's startling story, ah, but she delivered welcome back. can you imagine being pregnant the entire nine months and having no idea? only to wake up one day and give birth? tlc has an entire show dedicated to this called "i didn't know i was pregnant" in its second season. the woman of a back's pain really was a baby. we traveled through her house to find out about the story that is so unreal but more common than you can imagine. >> it was the most unreal experience i've ever felt in my entire life. >> reporter: last year 31-year-old andrea curry put on an extra ten pounds age couldn't figure out why. >> i thought i was just gaining weight because i had been stressed about a few things. >> reporter: she had already given birth once to a healthy baby boy named tyler so she thought she knew pregnancy signs. >> when i was pregnant with my first son i didn't -- the reason i found out i was pregnant was because i stopped getting my period. i was having morning sickness. >> reporter: what andrea didn't know was that two years after giving birth to tyler she was pregnant again. take a look at the difference. andrea during her first pregnancy and this is andrea during her second. >> i had my period the whole time so nothing really shot up a red flag in my mind that i would have been pregnant. >> reporter: until one night last october. >> my back pain really started when tyler and i were in here playing. i didn't know what was going on so i decided to call 911 as the pains proceeded to get worth. >> reporter: her fiance helped her make that horrifying call. >> i need an ambulance. >> what's going on? >> she's having severe abdominal pain and she's kind of bleeding and she's about to pass out, i think. >> do you think she's having a miscarriage. >> i never had a miscarriage so i don't know what that would be like. >> okay. is she still conscious right now. >> yep. >> she is still breathing right. >> yep, she's standing up. she's just in a lot of pain and she feels like she needs to push something out. >> reporter: an ambulance arrived a few minutes later as tlc re-creates "i didn't know i was pregnant" and not long after that a very unexpected new family member arrived. >> the one ambulance lady in the back was telling me that she saw a head and umbilical cord there. >> reporter: fortunately the baby was healthy and healthy. his name, alex. today, brad and andrea couldn't be happier with their new son and andrea has managed to put the behind her while learning some new lessons. >> having alex was, you know, a shock but it was also, you know, one of the greatest things in the world. unfortunately, it had to be done in this way, but ever since he's been in my life, it's just been so much more happiness and i couldn't have asked for a better family. >> and the new season of tlc's "i didn't know i was pregnant" begins tonight. coming up next where is "gma's" most beautiful place in america? you chose it. we reveal it and josh knows it coming up next on "gma." dancing there. people are dancing there, lara. >> that's right. >> here we are. we are so happy this morning after a long, long trek through a summer trying to find america's most beautiful place. we narrowed it down to ten, the soaring mountains and beautiful lakes, the seashores and all the rest -- almost 100,000 votes of yours later we have our most beautiful place in america, i am proud to announce it is sleeping bear dunes, michigan. [ cheers and applause ] >> and coming up now -- >> regal mountaintops, breathtaking blue waters. you sent us thousands of images of your most beautiful places in america. and it was hard work but somehow we managed to narrow them down to ten of your favorites. asheville, hauck income, append, colorado, cape cod, massachusetts, destin, florida, grand teton, wyoming. lanikai beach, hawaii, newport, rhode island, point reyes, california, sedona, arizona and sleeping bear dunes, michigan. we showed you the sites and thousands more of you told us your favorite. your most beautiful place of 2011 is the sleeping bear dunes, lake view. jim nominated it saying it is peaceful and serene where gazing out into the world and realizing that the universe is truly a ma jesty cal and magic history and humans are just a part of it all. a remarkable land scape crafted by ancient fwlash sures 64 miles of sand, 26 inland lakes, two islands, countless shipwrecks and those monumental sand dupes but the beauty of this area doesn't stop with the sensational scenery. the small town rounding the park are full of the makings for a perfect vacation. charming architecture, cozy inns and especially lots of good food. >> good? >> really good. >> reporter: one of the biggest fans just happens to be one of our favorite chefs, mario batali called "heart and vine." >> i spend my entire summer here on lake michigan because it is beautiful, has farmers and great food artisans and magazine enough vent fresh water. >> how far would you say we are from the lake? >> reporter: a mile and a half away from the beach. for a sweet treat pop in for his cherry themed store. >> you're in the largest cherry growing region of the world. he has over 170 products for sale, plus the dried cherry, cherry salsa,ery gin, gerry n cherry baked goods, cherry pie. >> stop by crystal river outfitters. >> countless people paddle down the crystal river but before you leave up to, make sure you head one final time to see those great dunes. to really appreciate why you voted the sleeping bear dunes national lake shore this year's most beautiful place in america. >> just gorgeous. >> it is absolutely gorgeous. i do -- look, we're not planning them. we have a couple shoutouts to give to your great states. very proud, michiganders and now joining us via skype about his special love affair with the most beautiful place in america is, well, our chef and your, mario batali. how are you? again, we heard the love you have for this place but what is your connection to sleeping bear dunes? >> well, my wife susie went to college there and we started coming up to visit some of her friends maybe a decade ago and started renting one week, two weeks and spend the entire summer in paradise. >> somebody who has seen the world -- what struck us it looks like nothing else in america. >> it is remarkable in its beauty, in the people, in the farmland. in the way they conserve their beautiful nature. it is a remarkable place and it's kind of like mayberry, just perfect little americana. >> with cherries. we better put themm down. tell us about this amazing breakfast you brought us. cherry cross at that time that. >> looking at a cherry crostata, butter and olive oil, very simple to make and buy your cherry jam made here at the peninsula. >> it's lara. i think there's more than a little butter in this, my friend. it is delicious. question for you, when you go swimming there how cold is the lake. >> i would say right now we're in the high 70s, low 8 os. when it's a hot day and cooler than that but it is refreshing and perfect and clear and you can see all the way to the bottom even when it's 30 feet deep. truly significant. >> the dunes that the place is named off, we were told the views of the lake from the top of those dunes is absolutely singular. >> well, you're overlooking the manitou island, a drop-off of 200 feet. the kids run down and run back up. it is outstanding? >> what's for dinner tonight? >> look, overlooking this beautiful look from an old-style cottage. the cook makes our dinner. >> if we leave right now we could just about make it. joining from america's boast beautiful place, mario batali, that is going to be a great show. go to our facebook page. hit like, enter, fill out the form. if you win, all expenses paid to new york to see "the lion king." it is incredible. >> we asked earlier are push-up bras for teens too soon? you voted. i want to meet the 15% who say it's no big deal. 85% of you said too sexy too soon. robin will to leave early so for robin roberts and all the rest of us, good-bye. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. and good morning at 8: 56. i am cynne simpson and we turn baden with a look at traffic. south bound to 70 delays after 118 to an accident happened on southbound 270 near shady grove road. traffic is slowly moving out of germantown. loopll take to the inner weold georgetown road where traffic around a bend connecticut ave. improving.ke it is it looks like the accident is on on the beltway. there is an accident on the d.c. side of the 14th street bridge. a lot of will be sunshine out there today. tomorrow, you want your umbrella afternoon.he beautiful sunrise over arlington with bright blue skies and no clouds. clouds see fair weather bethe afternoon and it will not to a humid, 75 and the district right now. it will be near 94 the afternoon with mostly sunny skies and tomorrow we will have a chance showers or downpours and a brief thunderstorm in the afternoon. we have new developments about the investigation into the of the disappearance of a .aryland woman sources confirm that garry giordano to get a $1.5 million insurance policy on robin gardner. she disappeared two weeks ago. giordano has been beaten by a robot police. thanks for watching and we will be back at noon. 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