overturn knox s conviction and may lead to her freedom. that will not happen before september. another high-profile case here in the u.s., casey anthony s attorneys could rest their case in her murder trial today. it remains unclear whether she ll actually take the stand, though. that s right. once again, yesterday anthony s father was questioned. abc s t.j. winick joins us now with all the details. good morning, t.j. reporter: good morning, peggy and daniel. ththjury in the casey anthony trial could get the case sometime next week. it was an emotional day for casey anthony s father george. forced to recount that day in december 2008 when his granddaughter caylee s remains re finally found. up to that moment, had you held out the hope that caylee would be found alive? absolutely. every day from july 15th until the day we were told it was caylee. reporter: the former police officer gave some of the most damning testimony yet against casey. on trial and facing the death pen
sheen had that big, crazy thing at the plaza hotel. oh, right. she was there with them, right? she and the girls were staying in the eloise room, a really fancy room, and the girls named the new baby. so that s probably what that s all about. interesting. let s move on now to chris hansen. you might know him from to catch a predator. they set up these sting operations to try to catch accused child molesters or guys trying to get together with teenage girls or boys. in any case, he apparently has been caught in a different kind of sting operation himself. oh, dear. now this is all allegedly and apparently. but evidently the national enquirer was following him around and discovered that he was cheating on his wife with this younger woman. we should say, the national enquirer, not necessarily the beacon of journalism. but they ve been right before. they broke the rielle hunter/john edwards story. agreed. we ll have to see what happens here. but he could be in a l
folks are looking at chest x-rays as opposed to a c.a.t. scan and what would show up on either of those. you can see a lot more in this case with a c.a.t. scan. and then the huge break in the amanan knox case. dna experts say the evidence collected from the crime scene was unreliable and possibly tainted. could this crucial legal victory lead to her release? of course, her parents in seattle have been at the trial and they ve been in italy following this since the beginning. they ve never given up. never given up hope. of course, we still have to wonder what really did happen. there s such mysteries. right, and if it does turn out after all the proceedings are over that she s not guilty this will be one of those incredible cases of injustices. also, a dna testing of a different kind. why a florida homeowners association is asking for dna samples, not from humans but from their dog. i think you know where we re going with this one. it means bust out the poop scoop because if y
techie. these turtles know how to use twitter. of course. what turtle doesn t use twitter on a regular basis? hello! in this case they re tweeting in response to abc s katie couric who asked, hey, jfk turtles, what are your plans for july 4th? the turtles said, we re having a barbecue at the beach outside runway four, bring the family. they also talked at one point how it takes forever to get their shell on and off at security so they went straight to the runway. i am really glad that katie asked them because i too was wondering what the turtles were doing for the fourth. now we all know. if you want to logon and see what the turtles are up to you turtles on the tarmac.les. this last story is about this comic book. i think you should take it from here. it s actually a comic book that celebrates s.e.a.l. team 6 after the raid on osama bin laden. i think it s going to be pretty cool. it s coming g t fairly soon. based on a book but very supersecret s.e.a.l.s. yes, they are.
this morning on world news now, cancer breakthrough. the amazing step forward in the fight against america s leading killer. what millions of people need to know about testing for lung cancer that could help save their life. it is thursday, june 30th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m daniel sieberg. rob nelson is on assignment. and i m peggy bunker. there are more than 94 million former and current smokers out there who are at high risk for getting lung disease. but a new report shows that a simple ct t an could help drastically change their odds of survival. the amazing results of this study coming up in just a moment. really impressive, some of the news earlier said really the ct scans can help pick it up but perhaps that s not the case. right, and previously we were talking about maybe doing