this morning on world news now, sentencing day. casey anthony returns to court in just a few hours and she could walk out a free woman. but even though she s been acquitted on murder charges her problems are far from over. it s thursday, july 7th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m daniel sieberg. rob nelson i ion assignment. and i m peggy bunker. as casey anthony prepares for a major court date today, we are getting more inside information on her case. as the jurors and also anthony s defense attorney tell their stories to abc news. it s fascinating to get this sort of insider perspective on what went on, especially with that juror who reveals they really struggled with this case, it wasn t as obvious as maybe some people thought,t,lthough they only deliberated for a short amount of time. we re going to say, though, as many people have opinions on
charges for having allegedly stolen money from a friend and forged checks in that friend s name. and of c crse we will be seeing casey anthony at her sentencing hearing later on today. we will find out just how long, if any time at all, she will be spending in prison. peggy, daniel? diana, thank you. speaking of high-profile legal cases, notorious mob boss whitey bulger was back in boston 16 years after he fled the city, this time in handcuffs. the 81-year-old reputed mob boss and fbi informant pleaded not guilty to participating in 19 murders, as well as scores of other crimes dating back to the 1970s. families of victims and former law enforcement officials sat alongside bulger s two brothers for the arraignment. another landmark in the road to overturning don t ask, don t tell policy. a federal appeals court has ordered the u.s. government to immediately stop enforcing that policy. although don t ask, don t tell was officially repeaead in december, it still has been held up in
or women based on their sexual orientation. president obama is meeting with top lawmakers today at the white house to talk about the looming budget crisis. questions about the budget, also jobs and the economy, dominated the president s first-ever town hall meeting hosted via twitter. abc karen travers shows us the tweets. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, peggy. good morning, daniel. it was a presidential first. a twitter town hall where the questions and the answers sounded quite familiar and very similar to what you d hear in a presidential press conference. president obama kicked off his first twitter town hall with a tweet of his own. i am going to make history here as the first president to live tweet. reporter: over the next hour, the president took questions on a range of issues. from taxes to housing to the space program. he even got a question about job creation from a familiar foe. our next question comes from someone you may know. this is speaker boeh
has cue the tears. so fantastic. there you go, that s right. technology to the rescue in th case. let s move on now to working like a dog. we re talking about the end of the 40-hour workweek. the study looking at how the 50-hour work week is evidently the new normal. i was hoping you were going tess. i knveryf1 o 8:00 to 6:00 work hours instead of 9:00 to 5:00. this putting pressure on more people to k nihts we work 80 hours a week here so we re used to that. on that same note, if you are working 50 hours, 60-plus hours a week, you might decide to pull a ferris bueller and call in a lot of pedo ien - sorry. you ve been coughing and bling your nose, have a3 i don t know if i >somenitiy here you go, daniel. they say sick leave is one of the most brilliant inventions in history. however, according to this article, they say only amateurs take sick days when they re actually sick. it s like kar youick,week youllyly don t have the sicdays
this morning on world news now, on alert. terrorists may be trying to blow up jets using surgically implanted explosives. they re called body bombs and they could be the latest threat to our skies and airport security is now on the lookout. it s thursday, july 7th. announcer: frfrom abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. and i m peggy bunker. terrorists have tried to hide bombs in shoes, also bombs in underwear. now they ve apparentnt figured out how to have a surgeon implant a bomb in somebody s belly. wel explain the security threat and what it means to airport check points. hopefully not more delays. but a very disturbing story and something obviously worth looking into. a lot of determination to continue this threat of terror. even just hearing the stories