look at these pictures. a man hanging there, literally for dear life. imagine doing that for more than two days. we'll meet the man who managed to hold on 10,000 feet in the air. and emergency at miley cyrus' house. police responding to 911 calls. but it was a prank. the shocking, new trend, affecting one of hollywood's hottest stars. good morning to all of you. we are all here. and, boy, still talking about what we saw last night. robin has started her summer vacation. picked a great time to do it. she can stay up late and watch all the sports. george, you'll be back next week. waiting for you. nathan adrian, though. last night, the guy who touched out a win. the closest of calls. 0.01 of a second. overshadowed his entire career by michael phelps and ryan lochte. but touching out the australian james "the missile" magnussen. you think of all the prep coming down to 0.01 seconds. and lochte and phelps dueling in the pool today. it should be the best race of the program. the 200-meter individual medley. can't wait. >> love to see the team spirit. that was great. and the unbeatable duo of misty may-treanor and kerri walsh. dropped a set for the first time. it was a mere speed bump. >> that was so great. i could not look away. and the biggest heroes of these olympics, perhaps, the fab five. the american gymnasts who grabbed gold and won our heart. two of the team will take center stage in the individual all-around. gabby douglas, otherwise known as the flying squirrel. and aly raisman. and we cannot wait to cheer them on. >> let's get to our olympic best in london and abc's bill weir. bill? >> amy, glimpses of blue sky on a glorious day six here in london. so good to be back with you. what a story in the gym last night. both of danell leyva's parents were cuban gymnasts. his dad swam across the rio grande. later, slipped off of the pommel horse over the weekend. took the blame for team usa missing the medal. but came in last night hunting for redemption. and another amazing chapter in their american dream. it began with the fatherly pep talk. a kiss on the head, tug on the ears. and then, danell leyva pounded through the floor routine. landing a statement of resolve. but on that treaded pommel horse, a flubbed dismount seemed to spell another night of shame. he must have found resolve under that lucky towel to attack the vault, to wind around those parallel bars, smooth as honey. and maybe a bronze medal for the pride of miami. but the elation, golden. meanwhile, in the water, the women's 4x200 freestyle, began with a pedicure. but the aussies kept it tight until georgia bulldog ailson schmidt brought home gold. with one sprint up the pool and back, nathan adrian added his name to the marquee by nipping james "the missile" magnussen by 0.01 seconds. shocking the australian star and himself. >> to win gold, oh. wow. i almost started crying in the water. >> at home, many people felt the same way. the last clash of the duel in the pool will happen today, as phelps and lochte face off in the 200-meter individual medley there. phelps won this event in athens and in beijing. but lochte beat him in the semis yesterday. it should be epic. three olympics, kerri walsh and misty may-treanor never lost a set. until a pair of australian sisters. that made them angry. they marched toward their third gold. and after days of frustration, it's so good to see our genteel hosts get their first gold. team u.k. got it when helen glover and heather stanning rode to victory. four years ago, glover was a p.e. teacher and didn't know which end of the boat was the front. she lied in an ad. and the unit in afghanistan exploding with joy when they crossed the line. and bradley wiggins this morning, becoming the first brit to win the tour de france. he took gold in the time trial. now, every boy in england is trying to grow two-foot red side burns like that. if you like your olympic news fresh, not frozen, jump on my twitter feed. and we'll keep you posted, josh, throughout the games. >> all right. bradley wiggins, superheroic. it's nice to see sun behind you, bill. we'll be right back with you. if the olympics are about wonder, they're also about redemption. and boy did the men's gymnastic see that after they took olympic bronze. didn't turn out as planned. but you better believe this is gonna serve as a huge motivation for everything from here on out. the man wanted gold. let's look at our updated medal count. familiar countries all. the germans, now, working their way into the top five. they're all chasing the two powerhouses at the top. china and america figured to trade the count back and forth. will the u.s. add to the gold lead? two american gymnasts could do it. gabby douglas and aly raisman, hunting for gold today. and to discuss it all, olympic gold medalist, shannon miller, joining us from london, to size up their chances. before we get to their chances, however, shannon, danell leyva, last night. redemption was his. he tweeted he wanted the gold. but for us watching back home, what a sight to see. >> he definitely won the bronze. as you said, we thought we were out of it at the very beginning. he did. but danell, this man believes. he believes in team usa. he believes in himself. and he believes that it is never over until you stick that final dismount. and it was just an amazing sight to watch, see him fight back through the entire competition to grasp that bronze. >> turning to the women, taking their first team gold since 1996. the disappointment of jordyn wieber seems far in the rear-view. her teammates will be going up against russia. how do you handicap it? >> this is going to be huge. you have victoria kamova of russia. she got second at last year's world championships to jordyn wieber. she is fighting for that gold medal. she's looking spectacular here through the qualifying rounds. she's got to put a floor routine together tonight to seal that gold medal. but she's going to be hot on the heels. gabby douglas, who is looking amazing. she had mishaps on the floor, as well. she could raise her score. and the surprise for many, aly raisman, coming on so strong with a spectacular floor performance right at the very end. knocking jordyn out of the you'll around competition. >> you can only pick one for gold, though. shannon, you're the expert here. who do you like standing on the highest podium? >> it's so tight between the girls. i have to go with gabby douglas. >> all right. what a smile that would be. shannon miller, the most decorated olympian in our history. now, to a terrifying near-miss at one of the nation's busiest airports. three commuter jets came within minutes of a possible collision at reagan international airport. abc's jim avila is there with the latest. >> reporter: the three commuter jets all flying for u.s. airways and collectively carrying nearly 200 people onboard, were in the process of taking and landing at washington's reagan international airport, when they nearly collided in mid-air, around 2:00 p.m. wednesday. >> traffic will cross downfield. >> reporter: with the storm approaching, air traffic controllers, just over in warrington, virginia, changed the direction planes were flying into and out of the airport to avoid shifting winds. did they tell controllers at reagan? "the washington post" reports that information was not passed along. and two planes were launched in the path of another flight that was landing. >> washington tower, unable to reach you. >> stand by. >> reporter: tower controllers saw the mistake and turned the inbound flight south, just 12 seconds from possible impact with the other plane. >> we were cleared to the river there. what happened? >> stand by. >> we have to get on the ground here pretty quick. >> reporter: overnight, the faa confirmed the near-miss to abc news. saying it will take appropriate action to address the miscommunication. meantime, u.s. airways says, it's working with the faa. and safety is its top priority. you can hear the tension in those controllers' voices. about two weeks ago i was given a tour by the faa inside that control tower. you could see that, in fact, one controller controls both the takeoff and landings with an assistant. there's a supervisor behind he or she. >> jim avila, in washington, thank you. scary moments there. let's turn, now, to abc's paula faris with a look at today's news. >> good morning. we begin with breaking news. three alleged al qaeda operatives have been arrested in europe. let's get right to abc's nick schifrin. nick, what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, paula. the men have been arrested in southern spain. what makes this is worrying it's reportedly the first time they were found with explosives. the three may have been planning an air attack since they were training to paraglide. they were attending training camps in pakistan. al qaeda has hit spain before. they blew up trains in 2004. what makes this more worrying, just in the last few weeks, al qaeda issued a message looking for spanish-speaking lone wolves. paula? >> nick schifrin, live for us this morning. thank you, nick. and the united states is taking a more active role in the uprising in syria. there's word this morning that president obama has authorized the cia and other agencies to offer support to the rebels who are trying to overthrow president bashar al assad. however, that report does not include weapons. there's been a security breach at a u.s. nuclear facility which is supposed to be one of the most secure sites in the world. three peace activists, including a nun, managed to break into the grounds surrounding the y-12 national security complex in tennessee. that's where the gott stores weapons-grade uranium. "the wall street journal" says the protesters cut through fences, got past guards and then defaced the building, triggering the highest security alert there since 9/11. and a security of our financial markets is once again in question after a software glitch set off wild trading swings on wall street. look what happened to the stock of one tech company, soaring 300% yesterday. the problem, it was traced back to what's being called a rogue algorithm at a new jersey brokerage firm. the program sent millions of trades flooding into the market, affecting hundreds of companies. the trades were later canceled. a massive fire broke out early this morning at this refinery in tulsa, oklahoma. this oil refinery. no injuries. the fire is under control and is being allowed to burn itself out. and finally some dramatic from this store in texas. you see the clerk stand up to stretch. then, the car drives right through the wall, sending him flying across the floor. you guys, the clerk is okay. the woman behind the wheel, charged with drunk driving. but just to be clear, the next day, people hung up a sign outside that says, this is not a drive-through. just in case you didn't know. i think we need one of the signs behind us. >> he didn't get injured. that's incredible. paula, thanks so much. now, to an abc news exclusive about james holmes, the shooter at a colorado theater less than two weeks ago. news from kmgh in denver, raising questions about what his university may have known before the shootings. abc's mark greenblatt joins us with the very latest. mark? >> reporter: good morning, amy. one victim remains in critical condition here at university hospital behind me. but the attention has now turned to the psychiatrist who treated james holmes, as we've just learned that she's hired two new civil attorneys. this, as we also learned that she may have reached out and expressed concerns about holmes' behavior to some of her colleagues nearly six weeks before the shooting. for weeks, the world has been wondering, did anyone see signs this would emerge from a seemingly ordinary ph.d. student. abc news has learned psychiatrist dr. lynne fenton, who was treating holmes at the university of colorado, was also a key member of the school's threat assessment team. in fact, these documents abc uncovered showed fenton actually wrote the university's policy on threat assessment. what's more, our affiliate kmgh is reporting exclusively, by early june, fenton notified other members of the team about her concerns about holmes' behavior. but on june 10th, three days after holmes bought an assault weapon, he tells the university he's quitting. so, the larger threat assessment team never had a formal meeting and never intervened, thinking they had no control over holmes after he left. at the very time experts say it should have been a red alert. >> that's a signal you should intensify your efforts, not walk away. under those circumstances, most well-trained assessment teams would have gone into action. >> reporter: but listen to what the university chancellor claimed early last week. >> to the best of our knowledge, we did everything we think we should have done. >> reporter: words under fire now as those close to the victims now ask could this all have been prevented? now, we reached out to the university of colorado and asked them, did dr. fenton express any concerns with some of her colleagues on that threat assessment team? they're not commenting, citing a protective gag order from the court. i did talk to one of fenton's new aattorneys. and he's not talking either. amy? >> thank you, mark. now back to london, the sun is shining. now to bring you the faster and stranger side of these games, which could come only from abc's bill weir. >> hello, josh. the mayor of london is a conservative chap, whose political strategy includes playing the occasional bafoon. yesterday, he supplied the most amazing moment. zip lining across the park, until he ran out of steam and dangled like a tea bag. but he was polite, saying may i trouble someone for a ladder? and they had him in front of a cat. from the olympic rings from the tower bridge. even from the international space station. this makes michael dukakis in the tank -- canada's rowers could not beat the mighty germans. but that did not stop them from partying like they did. and you have to love the rowing tradition of taking the man who steers and tossing him into the thames. splash. it's fun to watch the celebrities react to the games on twitter. especially samuel l. jackson who has taken time from filming every movie in the planet, to comment on every olympic sport on the planet. he appears to be glued to the tv set. and you have to do it in a "pulp fiction"/"snakes on a plane" voice. uh-oh. pommel horse next. that's like balance beams for dudes. and there's salty language in there, which you want from samuel l. jackson. there's a lot of, i want this mother -- pommel horse out of these mother -- olympics. you can follow our stream on twitter. we'll keep you plugged in. >> the man does a lot with 140 characters. >> especially when bill weir reads them back. >> yeah. you know who is also a good follower of the olympics, sam champion. they get no better. what do you have? >> i don't know if i'm good at olympic tweets. we have a lot in doubt. 220 counties by the department of agriculture, which brings the total to 1,500 counties in drought in america right now. 32 states rolling through that. one of the reasons is the big heat. yesterday 115 in oklahoma city. today, 110. that 115 is the warmest readings since 1936, the dust bowl days. and we need to tell you about tropical depression number 5. watching that storm. not expected to be hurricane level. but probably tropical storm. that's the weather around the nation. >> it will be sunny and hot today. first a great time-lapse. this is on the left-hand side. rolling in.fog only too clear on out of the sun comes up. lapse.time- temperatures right now around 70 degrees. 70 in gaithersburg. 60s in the shenandoah valley. 76 in the district. on our way to the mid >> that last of hottest cities brought to you by target. we'll have more of america's weather in the next half hour. >> thank you, sam. still to come here, police star swarming miley cyrus' home after what they thought was a home invasion. it was a prank. we have the details. and the cougar defense. a father convicted of stealing nearly $2 million, begging for leniency. he says his ex is a cougar and a bad influence for their daughter. and the pop superstar meets camelot. the budding romance between taylor swift and the son of robert kennedy. 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>> yes. a budding romance between taylor swift and the youngest kennedy. new details on what his family says about her. let's say it's mutual admiration all around. >> it should be. we're going to begin with the all-points bulletin that sent police, fire and rescue to pop star miley cyrus' home. they were responding to a 911 call about a home invasion, only to find out it was all a hoax, called swatting. paula, you're back with details. >> the swatters are typically young computer hackers working alone or in groups. sometimes they select their victims meticulously. other times, it's completely random. this case, they chose miley cyrus. telling emergency personnel shots had been fired and an armed hostage situation was under way. this was the scene outside pop star superstar miley cyrus' north hollywood home just last night. the lapd along with fire and rescue squad members raced to the location after receiving a report of a possible home invasion. >> we responded to a call of kidnap in progress, one person stopped. >> reporter: officers established a perimeter. and with guns drawn, approached the house. >> we checked the residence. there's nobody at home. we believe it's a prank call at this time. >> reporter: miley cyrus, who was not home at the time, appears to be the most recent victim of swatting, when a 911 call triggers law enforcement, by pretending there's a crime in progress. listen to this 911 call that sent a s.w.a.t. team to an atlanta radio personality's home this june. >> i just shot my wife. >> you shot your wife? >> i guess you're going to have to find out. i'm going to shoot someone else soon. >> reporter: it turned out to be a hoax. >> a 3-year-old, a 6-year-old and my wife. it wasn't just me being targeted. >> reporter: anyone can be swatted. and increasingly, they are. law enforcement is cracking down. >> not only is it bad, it is a crime. if we are able to determine who committed this crime, we will arrest them and prosecute them. >> this doesn't just endanger the possible victims. there's a massive financial burden. the fbi says each swatting incident costs law enforcement $10,000 on average. and there's the legitimate life and death situations that is taken away from, as well. >> to beware of. now, the man convicted of stealing $1.7 million is using an unusual reason to ask the court to go ease s on him. he says he deserves it because his sexy ex-wife has turned into a self-proclaimed cougar and is bad influence on their daughter. >> good morning. willard ross lanham is the investor or the man who likes to party. willard lanham is asking for leniency this morning, because he fears for his daughter if left with his ex-wife, lara, a self-described cougar. >> a cougar really is a woman that's going out and meeting young guys. and tend to click with people younger. >> reporter: call it the cougar defense. lanham, once a hot-shot consultant for the department of education, lived lavishly with his then-wife 15 years his junior. and named the street after her. >> it was normal. he was making money. i don't think anybody would say, where is this money coming from because it never was huge. >> reporter: in march, a jury found lanham guilty of fraud. he's facing 20 years in prison. but lanham is asking for just four years, saying his 17-year-old daughter can't rely on his ex-wife, calling her emotionally unstable. his attorney writes, laura is going through a highly ostentatious mid-life crisis. conducting herself as a teenager and dating men in their 20s. >> i'm not sleeping with these kids. these are my friends. will i date eventually? yes. if he's younger, great. >> reporter: the label cougar is one that laura posts on a blog that chronicles the exploits of women over 40 who use dating sites to meet younger men. and in 2009, lana launched her own website, the housewives next door, to launch this pin-up calendar. >> we took great pictures. were they sexy? yes, they were. were they raunchy, no, they were not. lanham says she shut the site down for her children. but the blog is making a comeback. his ex-wife doesn't wish britain upon him. but cougar or not, her life is now none of his business. >> let this go. let us go. deal with your own life and stop messing up ours. >> well. willa willa willa willard lanham said you get a sense of her lifestyle. lanham is appealing the conviction. and we have one of the calendars coming for you, josh. >> that's great. >> i'm just going to -- >> moving right along. october was an especially interesting month. >> seriously. this dramatic rescue, this can follow that. a hiker in california. take a look at this. hanging on a ledge for more than two days. facing death, even writing good-bye notes to his family. it was then that a rescue team did what the hiker thought would never happen. defying gravity and saving his life. abc's ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: just think of dangling up there. literally hanging on for dear life. imagine doing it for two seconds. now, meet the man who did it for more than two days. >> i've never been in a position to say, how much am i willing to do to stay alive. >> reporter: larry bishop is an experienced hiker. the 64 snapped this picture before climbing to that peak behind him near fresno, california. on the way down, he took a wrong turn and got stuck on the slick granite face of the mountain. he took this photo, too. almost 10,000 feet up on a 45-degree angle. >> i basically hoped that i had the stamina and the determination to bear the pain and hang on. >> reporter: he had no water, ate plants to survive. during the day, the view was spectacular. but the sun beat down on him. he was dehydrated and delirious. >> i wanted to see saviors. i wanted to see people who would rescue me. >> reporter: but there was no one there? >> yeah. >> reporter: he started a good-bye notebook to his wife and daughter. >> i love you. i'm sorry i can't make it. >> reporter: detailing the most difficult hours. >> i'm very tired. groggy. worst 24 hours in my life. hope someone has their rescue squad coming. >> reporter: they did. and finally found him 52 hours into his ordeal. bishop didn't think he could hold on much longer and neither did his rescuers. two of them risked their own lives to sprint several hundred feet up that slick rock. >> just dashed. made a mad dash up. >> reporter: just in the nick of time? >> yeah. i think so, yeah. >> reporter: from there, a helicopter brought him to safety. >> i was not finished with life. >> reporter: for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, fuelton, california. >> it is hard to imagine what he endured for two days. but again, he is okay. as is our sam champion, back, now, with the weather. >> hey. let me just say, these numbers shouldn't surprise us after the summer we've been through. but it still does. when you see this list of cities that are the hottest july they ever recorded. and the hottest month ever for some of them. like indianapolis. i mean, it still is an impressive number on the board. there's more heat we have to get through august. here's what happens in the northeast. not the big, soaking storms we had yesterday. where storms are likely to erupt is along that stationary front. minneapolis, one or two. chicago, as well. detroit, even buffalo will get strong, rumbling storms out of this. here's where the heat moves out of the northwest, like seattle, bellington. 86 degrees by saturday. portland, 95. >> 76 right now. on our way to 93. day today. humidity in the air. after rolf. 934 the high at 4:00 p.m. >> all of that weather was brought to you by famous footwear. coming up, the country star and the kennedy. how the headline-grabbing new and the kennedy. how the headline-grabbing new romance really began. his teen face. ghting it n because i didn't just get him a pair of nikes, i got him the pair of nikes. look - he can barely control himself. 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abbey douglas and aly raisman will have a chance to add to it in london. adding to the team gold. the first team gold since 1996. we'll have the secrets of the powerhouse fab five's success. we are working with props today. danell leyva goes nowhere without his. >> his whoopie. >> his blanket. >> robin is enjoying summer vacation. george back here on monday. we have a full and raucous house inside. we have a fascinating story coming up about the latest trend in team fashion, shapewear. girls as young as 13 are wearing it because they say it improves their looks. could it be taking a toll on their health? a surprising story parents should hear. we also have duchess style at a discount. kate's been taking the gold with her looks at the olympics. and we have her looks for much less. and tory johnson, speaking of a lot less, as amazing "deals and steals" on everything you need to look your best this summer. discounts, up to 60% off. and they just for "gma" viewers. >> if you know someone whose not watching "gma" and they want a discount, they better change the channel. >> change the channel immediately. logon because it's only while supplies last. lots going on over across the pond with the olympics. but not the only thing going on in europe. paula faris has the other top stories. >> in europe, authorities have arrested three suspected al qaeda operatives in southern spain. there's reports the men have explosives. the police believe they were plotting an attack, perhaps some kind of airborne attack because the men had been learning to paraglide. and the faa is investigating a near-catastrophe at washington's reagan airport. 3 commuter jets came within 12 seconds of colliding yesterday. the tower was not aware and scrambled to change the routes in the nick of time. and warning signs less than two months before the colorado theater shooting. abc news hz learned that the university of colorado psychiatrist who was treating him was so concerned about his behavior, she notified the school's threat assessment team. however, the team never took action because holmes dropped out of school just a short time later. now, to london and day six of olympic competition. the u.s. has just tied china in the medal count with 30 apiece. there's 18 medal events today. the big one, another showdown between michael phelps and ryan lochte. not only is lochte swimming that race, he has a backstroke final just before taking on phelps. also today, everyone looking forward to this. american gymnasts aly raisman and gabby douglas compete in the competition. one highlight, the beach volleyball team won two games to stay alive for another gold. and the gold medal winners better get ready to pay up to the irs. this is just wrong. according to research done by a tax reform group, olympic athletes are liable to pay income tax on the medals earned and prizes received at the london games. gold medal winners receive $25,000. so, they can expect to pay about 9,000 of it to the tax man. and the family feud over michael jackson's children shifts back to court today, as the process begins to name his mother and nephew, t.j., as co-guardians. mother jermaine jackson is calling for an end to the bitter dispute, saying the family is still emotional after losing michael. and finally, talk about living on the edge. it's hard to see because this video we're going to show you was taken from a phone. but look at the size of this pothole that hoopened up on the street of new york. imagine going out to your car in the morning and seeing that. the hole opened up after a water line broke beneath the street. josh, i know you're going to ask, who owns that car? >> who owns that car? >> her name is annette flood. >> no, it's not. >> annette flood, everybody. >> no way. >> yes, way. >> feeling for you, annette. "pop news" will cheer her up. and you, i hope. good morning, everybody. they say they're just friends. they keep saying that. they've been denying rumors of a romance. but the pictures seem to tell a different story. ashton kutcher and mina kunis, seen cuddling on their way to bali. the actor currently going through a divorce from demi moore is taking the "black swan" star to a resort on the southern peninsula. >> they could be friends. >> doing friendly activities. >> nothing says friends like a five-star resort in bali. >> will you be my friends? take me to bali? and now, for a really different look for some of hollywood's funniest men. will ferrell, jack black, jason segel, transforming into ghosts, hitchhiking to the haunted mansion. and russell brand channeling captain hook. two new portraits by annie leibovitz. it will be part of disney's dream series, with celebs posing in character. and disney is our parent company. but we have to admit, the pictures, pretty magical. always fun to see. america's new golden girl, also quite beautiful and showing off a little extra sparkle. blake lively, fittingly of glamour for gucci's perfume. lively is heading for the hills. the commercial was reportedly set at an estate in l.a. the film by nicholas winding, he is the director of "drive." this fall, blake will be back on the small scene for the final season of "gossip girl." looking forward to that. xoxo. >> nice. and finally -- thank you. when danell leyva took home the bronze of gymnastics, that looky towel was right there. we saw him drape it over his head and shoulders during events to keep his focus. now, it has its own twitter handle and almost 10,000 followers. it's almost like linus and the security blanket. only leyva is wearing a shiny bronze medal under his. >> with the cars on it. >> congratulations to him. >> if it works, it works, right? >> he recovered. he takes the bronze. so, sammy, what do you have? skoourt blankets out there? >> we get together here. the pmc. the pan math challenge. we're raising money for dana farber right? >> we're raidsing money for dana farber, in the jimmy fund. >> how much money do you need to raise? >> we're going to raise $36 million. 100% of that goes to the jimmy fund for cancer research and treatment. if you want to donate, go to pmc.org and look for e-gifts. >> you can make a difference as these folks are riding 190 miles? >> over two days. >> all right, everybody. get the legs and fannies ready. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on we want to show you. we'll start with the heat. we'll give you the forecast for the northeastern area. we're including boston in there. there's a lot of heat there. take it easy. also, into philly and washington, as well. here's where the heat watches and warnings are out. oklahoma city, dallas, shreveport, little rock, memphis, still back into that heat. in the northeast, the temperatures coming up. >> bright sunshine in the early fog out to the west. 78 degrees in washington. up to 68 in winchester. gaithersburg as well. low to mid 90s today. 93 for the high. sunshine. you do not need the umbrella today. expecting pop up storms this weekend. next >> you may actually get my vote for cutest, cutest audience member. and your sign says madi says hi. who is madi? >> me. >> you are? so, who are we going back to? >> lara. >> yep. >> thank you, madi. thank you, sam. here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." the secrets of the fab five, the young gymnasts who won the gold and america's hearts. and the newest teen fashion trend, shapewear. they say it improves their figures. but what is it doing to their health? and kate scoring at the olympics. how to get her gold medal looks for less. all that and more coming up on "gma." sweetie, you have to scrub it first. no you don't, honey. yes, you do! don't! i've washed a few cupcake tins in my day... oh, so you're a tin expert now. whoa nelly! hi, kitchen counselor here. he's actually right... with cascade complete. see cascade complete pacs work like thousands of micro-scrubbing brushes to help power away tough foods even in corners and edges. so, i was right, right? i've gotta run. more dishwasher brands in north america recommend cascade. yeah go hide. one, two... 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>> you know, this team has such heart. i cried when they won the gold. >> reporter: meet gabby douglas. her nickname, the flying squirrel. when she was 14, she moved out of her virginia beach home and in with a host family just so she could tin with the be. >> life is not easy. you have to fight and refuse to quit. >> reporter: now, gabby's on the world stage. and it seems not even she can believe it. just the other day, she tweeted, just talked to the president of the united states. wow. such an honor and an amazing feeling. take it from 1997 gold medalist and member of the magnificent seven, shannon miller, gabby is olympic gold. >> she will be a superstar coming out of these games. >> reporter: another superstar, team captain a aly raisman. she drinks chocolate milk to replenish her muscles. and it's working. she tweeted, i can't believe we did it. >> the things i'm doing, i'm afraid to do. but you have to have a positive attitude and block out the fears that you have. >> reporter: jordyn wieber is a high school senior with nerves of steel and a razor-sharp focus. when she's not dreaming of winning the gold, she's dreaming of something else, justin bieber. and from london, she tweeted her team was having sweet dreams of their own, with their new medals under their pillows. >> i want to go to the gym and practice hard every, single day. it's been part of my personality. >> reporter: as champion dominique dodd knows, it takes more than personality to win it all. >> you have to have talent and the right people surrounding you. >> reporter:s be 15-year-old kyla ross, the baby of the group. she trains up to 35 hours each week. and teammate, mckayla maroney. in her yearbook, she said one of her goals was to be in the olympics. she can now check that off the list. >> i've seen a number of great gymnastics teams in my day. these are just special in their own way. >> reporter: the fab five, there they are. the youngest, just 15 years old. the oldest, 17. they have made so many personal sacrifices just to be here in london. you can bet, we'll all be cheering when they go for gold tonight. >> absolutely, cecilia. we'll be there. thanks so much. now, to a surprising fashion trend among young teens. shapewear. they wear it for the same reasons their moms do, to flatter their figure. but could it be taking a toll on their health? here's abc's bianna golodryga. >> reporter: what do kim kardashian, and oprah winfrey have in common? they admitted to wearing spanx under items like prada. the undergarments are must-have items for millions of women, hoping to look more svelte. now, the kind of shapewear products that were made with grown women in mind, are attracting a much younger audience, teenagers. >> they have it for middle school, high school and throughout college. >> reporter: turns out miley cyrus and teens as young as 13 are turning to spanx and spanx-like products to make their waist look smaller, their bodies slimmer. >> you have the training bra. and you have the spanx. everyone wears them. >> reporter: we sat down with girls, ages 13 to 17, allah cross players from new york. the girls are among a growing number of teens who wear tight-fitting shorts that work like spanx. the girls tell us they wear them everywhere, on the field and off. >> i wear them under everything. to school, and to sports. i wear them. under jeans, you don't want to see you have a muffin top. >> muffin tops are bad because -- they're just unflattering. and it makes you stand out for the wrong reasons. >> reporter: even thin girls, they tell us, are obsessed with tight-fitting spanx. >> more and more, the skinnier girls think they're bigger than they are. >> reporter: jill of "real housewives of new york" fame says she's not surprised of the growing interest of teens and shapewear. her daughter, alley, started wearing shapewear at age 13. >> nobody wants to see body parts rippling. it's not attractive. >> reporter: jill invited me into her showroom, to see the shapewear she designed with teenagers in mind. it's called skweez. >> it is selling like wildfire. >> reporter: i have been wearing it since i was 13. i'll probably wear it until i'm 63. and it's as necessary. >> reporter: but the growing trend worries this medical adviser for "consumer reports." you are squeezing the body too much. you are placing pressure on a nerve or squeezing internal organs. >> reporter: she has treated 13-year-olds for shapewear problems. and child psychiatrists say teenagers obsessed with creating the illusion of a flat stomach is setting themselves for a host of problems. >> you are never satisfied with your body. >> reporter: their argument is that it's being helped, not hurt. >> it normalizes the girls' body figures and evens everybody out. >> reporter: if they feel too tight, teens should try a looser style or shouldn't wear it at all. but that's easier said than done, according to these teens, who say most would rather be uncomfortable than appear fat. >> it doesn't matter for now. just look good. and that's what happens the most right now. >> reporter: for "good morning america," bianna golodryga, abc news, new york. >> we did reach out to spanx for comment. they said this. our mission is to help women feel great about themselves and their potential. and regarding the medical issues for teens using their products, they said, in 12 years of selling shapewear, we never had this issue. lara, over to you. >> thank you, amy. and kate, the duchess of cambridge is on the cover of "vanity fair." her style has been turning heads at the olympics. tra tracy lester is here to tell us how to get kate's look at a fraction of the cost. >> we're excited that the games are in london. it means more opportunities to see kate middleton out and about. >> i want to start with the gray dress. the gray and white sort of plaid she wore. started playing ping-pong, looking so chic in it. >> it's from hobbs, known as a hyde street store. a chain store that specializes in trendy stuff. it's not like she wears designers. but she wears things that will work for the average woman's budget. >> you were able to locate one of these. we were told they were sold out. and you, at "glamour." was able to secure one. >> it's available at hobbs.co.uk for $55. >> why do you like this dress so much for real gals? >> this is a flattering shape. it cinches at the waist and hides everything else. a classic kate. >> another thing we saw was kate at the national gallery, looking chic at the opening of the olympic exhibits. >> she was in electric blue stella mccartney. love that she champions so many british designers. this is a color that's universally flattering. hers had sleeves. she's a royal. she can't show too much skin. our version is sleeveless, which is great for august. it's from banana republic's monogram collection. and she had a necklace on. hers was cartier. $78,000. we didn't have the royal dugt. we went with the r.j. graziano investigation for $65. >> i love it. it looks chic. >> classic kate. she has that -- >> you are having a moment over here. >> finally, there was a great e questry yen look. and they were lamenting for wearing the sports gear. >> rebecca aidington was saying i'm crazy for the shoes. and she wore the same kay to the e questry yen event. a great thing for a day with the horses. she had the blazer on. her version was by smyth. ours is from zara. >> she loves the hyde street stores. these had the gold buttons that hers did. l.l. bean. >> and i love the look. the tight jean with the high heel. kate does it again. you've re-created three of the great looks. we've got all of the details on our website. we want to thank tracy so much and "glamour" magazine for securing these looks. check out goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! for all of the details. thank you, ladies. gorgeous stuff. more to come. coming up next on "good morning america," we have "deals and steals" up to 60% off. plus, they're only for our "good morning america" viewers. call your friends if they're not watching us. they need to turn now. tory johnson is next with amazing "deals and steals." stay with us, everybody. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning, i am cynne simpson. it is a 8:27. local backlash over a chick-fil-a controversy. customers who stance on the chain's marriages packed chick- stores in order to show support. many became outraged as mayor gray tweeted against this. the washington post reports controllers let two planes take a landinghe path of yesterday. say there may have been in this half of the weather flight changes. >> 66 is a better story. eastbound delays our brief in centreville and manassas. 395ne is complaining on from the beltway to the pentagon. nothing to complain about on the beltway. let us go live. traffic across american legion. looks great. to 70, and minor crash. is clear. adam caskey. >> clouds of cleared on out. sunshine overhead. some called off to the west, is .uickly burning off washington. of town.rthwest cumberland, 68. martinsburg, 69. today.ay humidity in the air. sunshine. need the umbrella for a few days. weekend. >> thank you for watching. another news update coming up in minutes. ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. 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[ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. ♪ and good morning to you, america. great crowd out here in times square. great, and the flags. as you can see. oh, what a morning it has been. of course, robin has started her summer vacation. george, back here on monday. the last of us, all sprung up, happy to have amy robach here. tomorrow, the only place to be. the sensational, the one and only ne-yo, taking center stage at our party in the park. and we are giving you a chance to vote on which questions you want ne-yo to answer. go to our page and reply. what's the toughest part being of a dad? how do you stay in such great shape? tune in tomorrow to see what questions we're going to ask him. come on down. what a day it's going to be in central park with ne-yo. >> this -- we're all up with josh now. >> look at that. and did you know "good morning america" viewers never pay retail? great deals on cosmetics, shoes and more. you'll save money on all the stuff you will love. nascar superstar, trevor baines, is here. the youngest star to ever win the daytona 500. he's here to do a little game. challenge on. challenge on. i can't wait to tell you what it is. >> i can't wait to fail miserably at it. >> challenge on. >> it requires junk food. >> i don't know about that part. maybe the driving. that's about it. >> we're going to do it. >> right. >> we're going to do something. >> what's happening? 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"the bourne legacy." it has everything you love in the series. action, passion, conspiracies. it's a complete package. and the man who brought it all to life, tony gilroy, about to join us. first, let's look at what he brings to life. fans are counting on 41-year-old jeremy renner to take the "bourne" series to the next level. he's playing the lead in "the bourne legacy," the fourth installment in the wildly successful bourne series. the brave behind the series, tony gilroy, the writer of all of the previous bourne series, pulls double-duty. writing and directing "the bourne legacy." this is the first time the series won't star matt damon. >> i've been at it for 13 years, i can't believe it, on this franchise. and building it up in a variety of ways. how can you do a sequel that keeps jason bourne alive? matt damon set the bar so high. >> it's a great acting part. we need world-class, platinum actors. >> reporter: so, gilroy and his team added a new character, aaron cross, played by renner. >> it's a huge responsibility, i suppose. it doesn't change anything, however. if i work 10 days on a movie or 100 days on a movie, it's the same amount of commitment. >> reporter: gilroy hopes that commitment on-set ultimately translates into a seamless performance on screen. saying movies should be much more fun to watch than to make. this one is awfully fun to watch. how was it to make it? let's ask him. tony gilroy, academy writer. and now, director. you wrote the first three. then, you decided to get behind the camera, as well here. does that, to a degree, help you achieve yo vision to another level? >> i think, yeah. i mean, directing is the final control. i mean, if you're writing well, you're seeing a movie in your head. but it's a director's medium. my involvement in the first three was really -- was really outside of production. ideas. >> but it was propulsive. and the trilogy plays out. where does this movie come from? >> this movie came out of desperation. since matt had gone, jason bourne was no longer in the picture. they talked to people and try to figure out where to go next. and i was lucky enough to have one of those conversations. >> we hear it was a massive search for your two leads in jeremy and then rachel. what allowed you to get them both involved? >> jeremy was not available for months and months. his name finally popped up as we were getting desperate. and frank marshall and i ran over to berlin and sat down and had dinner with him. he was exactly what we were looking for. rachel, i cast right away. she was there on monday. by wednesday, she was cast. >> they're great -- also, you have edward norton there. who is carrying this behind the scenes. and it's interesting. you look at your body of work. your heroes aren't necessarily good. your villains aren't necessarily bad, especially in edward's character. he believes himself to be a patriot. >> yeah. we're talking about people that are -- we have a lot of people that are keeping us safe. he's taking the burden of that moral responsibility on himself. and with his eyes wide open. >> this isn't just again springing from whole cloth. you're doing a lot of research here. and i was watching this movie thinking, how much of this might even be sort of true? how much did you find in your research? >> this isn't science fiction. there's a huge appetite -- there's no drug-testing in war. anyone who is skeptical, if they leave the movie and go online for ten minutes and list a few key words, they'll find out all of this is on the horizon. >> it's remarkable. and it does link it together very quickly. you don't have to have seen the first three to enjoy this one. >> no. we were conscious of that making it. we road tested it to make sure. if you've seen the other three, it should enhance the other three. you should be able to watch this one on its own. >> tony gilroy, again, congratulations. "the bourne legacy" opens august 10th. please, go see it. coming up here, some of us have needs for speed. i don't think i'm going to get we have a very exciting competition going on. we're going head-to-head to see who can change a tire on one nascar -- right? one nascar race car like the one behind us. we're happy to have trevor bayne here this morning to teach us a thing or two. the youngest winner of the indy -- the daytona 500. the great american race. >> that's it, man. >> 20 years old, you managed to make that happen. >> the day after my birthday. i just turned 20 years old. it was a pretty good birthday present there, i guess. >> wow. amazing. someone told me when you're driving, you guys are going -- it's something incredible. like 1,000 yards a second. is that right? >> i don't know how many yards it is. >> like a football field you cover. >> 218 miles per hour is the fastest i've ever gone at michigan speedway. it's an average of about 200 miles per hour around the racetrack. pretty fast. >> and josh was telling me you don't have the steering wheel like we do. it's somewhere up to here. >> we probably look like grandmas when you're driving. you have to hold on to that thing. if you think of fighting somebody with a broomstick. you have more leverage here. and it's just more comfortable, not that you fight people with broomsticks often. if you're holding the steering wheel -- >> some of us do. >> you hang on better and you have better feel of the race car. our cars are built around us as a driver. the seats are custom-fitted. the steering wheel fits you perfect. you need to get it right there where you need it. >> all right. now -- >> how many tires have you been changing, trevor? >> i've not changed many. i came out to pit practice to see how hard it was. i'm not going to lie. it's harder than you would expect. >> josh will do what you tell him to do. and we're a team. >> are we going against each other? what are we doing here? >> let's do it. >> all right. let's do it. >> okay. all right. >> i just wanted to do that. >> can they explain it? let's get the experts in here. how do you change a tire? how do you change a tire? >> i can help you out a little bit. but the good news is, you have a good-looking race car here with the 2013 fusion. we have to keep it in one piece here. >> we will. >> don't break it. >> we break it, we're in trouble. >> it's josh and me against sam and amy? >> how do you do this? what are you trying to do? >> i'm going to take the lug nuts off, right? >> with that thing. >> you're going to put the new tire on. >> okay. >> help me do the first one. >> let's see it. i want to see it done. >> okay. >> are you ready? >> all right. >> here we go. >> amy, team amy, let's go. >> all right, sam. >> let's go. >> go, go, go. >> no, no. use -- >> there you go. >> go. two more. two more. >> pull it off. >> nice. >> you need the lug nuts. >> stick that thing on there. >> go, go, go. >> here we go. >> go, go. >> yes. >> yes. >> i feel way too good about this. >> all right. how did we do? how did we do? >> we might have went a lap down there. but it was okay. >> what did you think? >> monday at 8:00, i need you in north carolina for a picker trial. >> okay. you felt good about it. >> i felt really good about it. >> this weekend. this weekend, by the way, the next sprint cup race is saturday? >> sunday. >> sunday. all right. can't wait. >> i'm going to be there. and i'm going to bring my team. >> that's nice. lara, i have to tell you, that was amazing. that was great. >> and did it in high heels. oh. >> push in on the heels. again, trevor, congratulations. good luck this weekend. we'll be right back. yeah. there's trevor bayne again. he's getting set to run the big race. nascar at pocono. you remember a few weeks ago, lara, like fighting, fighting the stick shift here on the streets of new york. how she didn't take out all the photographers again is beyond me. come on, lara, just drive. the parking brake was on. the parking brake was on. it is fire to say, our lara spencer, looking for redemption on the mean streets of new york city. and look what she just did. despite my terrible efforts, she worked it out. lara spencer, give it up to you. nice job. >> that's loud. >> what could possibly go wrong? >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. good morning, i am cynne simpson. it is 8:56. today marks one year since robyn vanished in aruba. members heldamily vigil last night. and there is a main suspect. he has spent time in aruba, but has -- >> new speed cameras across the city. it will issue warnings until 3, and then after that tickets. here is lisa baden. time -- time is money. will be right on time. 66 eastbound is better. 395 a little bit of volume. unfortunately, a crash on the between rockville pike mormon temple. will take you to the traffic. wreck is on the inner loop. they are waiting to get around crash. traffic is looking at wreck. it is after rockville pike but before conn. bright hazy sunshine of in the district. the kennedy center there. monument on the right side. earlier.ome fog degrees in frederick. a the in annapolis. to 934 the high. a good day to get outside. bright sunshine, so have the spf. even hotter tomorrow. the weekend. >> thank you for watching. we will be back here at noon "live with kelly" is next.