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Explain more than a century of anecdotal evidence? why a majority of presidents were first-born sons. ? >> bond james bond. >> reporter: how does it explain why so many younger kids go into comedy or perhaps most telling, how does it explain why prince harry just seems cooler than wills. >> theres a possibility that its not the actual order in which we were born but the social roles imposed on us. >> ooh, yeah. you have siblings? >> yeah. >> what order? >> what would you say? >> youre firstborn....

Vets. >> what i think he should do is apologize to the families and those who have served. >> reporter: top republicans are hammering trump. >> its offensive ridiculous and i do think it is a disqualifier as commander in chief. >> reporter: but trumps not backing down. >> what could john mccain have done not to be captured. >> those who have been tortured a lot get no publicity. >> reporter: the poll has donald trump with the biggest lead by far of any republican yet. the big question is what th...

Movie. >> we went to new york and we went to the premiere, and we saw all the celebrities. >> reporter: as for teaguen, hes also moonlighting as an ivy leaguer. >> biology i would like to become a scientist. in the future, id like to see cancer as treatable as a headache. that would be the ideal future for me. >> reporter: amy robach abc news new york. >> incredible kid. >> we should put effort into making that sentence a reality. that cancer is treated like a headache. wow, what a kid. think wh...

Most famous scientist says its time to go find it. steven hawking has been working at this since he was a young man. >> a similar equation -- >> reporter: now teaming up with a russian tech billionaire, offering $100 million to search for aliens. the ten-year mission, to boldly listen for cosmic communications like no human has ever done before. scanning more of the sky faster than ever. it will be 50 times more sensitive than ever. detecting detecting with no more energy than a light bulb. even...

Power couples calling it quits. miranda lambert and blake shelton announcing their divorce, coming as a surprise to many fans. in a joint statement, they said this is not the future we envisioned. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday july 21st. from abc news, this is "world news now," with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. we begin this half hour with a search for answers in the death of sandra bland, the young black woman found hanging in a texas jail cell three days after she was p...

We begin -- >> its a little too late to leave it at this point, isnt it? >> we talked about it yesterday. everybody misunderstood me. we talked about the ethical breach. i was talking about transparency in the news. and i think that its okay to be on television if you are transparent about your world view. and your leans. he clearly has them because he worked for the clintons. and everyone thought he could la about the la bottom miz himself. >> hes a liberal democrat and thats fine. but what is ...

Immigration. now say their little town east of los angeles cannot absorb busload of immigrants. >> we are going to get -- >> i dont think it is quite right for them to deposit them here. they should be in washington, d.c. on the doorstep of obama. >> some in the community concerned the border patrol will release the immigrants many of whom are women and children at the local bus station as we have seen the federal government do in texas border towns. as many as 350 crossings a day, in south texa...

>> reporter: he had no question she was the right person for the job. she was at the pentagon on 9/11. in 2009 she had just become the head of a navy strike force in the arabian sea when a soon to known american sea captain was captured by somali pirates. >> i was three days into the job when we got word phillips had been kidnapped. >> reporter: now the second highest ranking officer. >> the navy picked the best >> my rank today lets them know that they can go from junior enlisted to admiral. >>...

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. im tahman bradley. >> im reena ninan. really not a defeat in my eyes. they played so hard those boys at the world cup. >> played their hearts out. they will get a heroes welcome for the fourth of july when they get back here. quite a scene. lots to talk about with soccer coming up. >> absolutely. also storms. weather. always have weather it seems like. >> it does. >> ever not a weather issue. recovered from the winter now. we...

Guidelines regulating parasailing. the ntsb can recommend all operators be licensed by the coast guard which doesnt sit well with sydneys mom. >> reporter: the ntsb calls for regulations but cant enforce them how does that make you feel? >> makes me sick. >> reporter: they support regulation and are working with the coast guard. sydney went back to the hospital to say thank you. >> i want to cry. >> i know. i know. >> reporter: she has undergone multiple surgeries. >> even if you think she is go...