come on. is my husband on there? i think that s probably him. very interesting, they actually did this in different languages as well so you can t just say it s an american kid, i want this, i want that. they say it s all different languages, all different people can whine. even adults can whine. i want to move on to the next story! geez, daniel. all right, let s move on to time magazine. this is a story that deals with nude hiking, trail hiking. i love it. look out for ticks, though. in germany this has been going on for a while. evidently folks in switzerland want to start this up. they re not sure if it s going to be permitted there or not. bit of a controversy going on. you can imagine these hikers out in the buff. yeah. you don t want to fall down. the great outdoors. right? at least for some people. you know there s a great place to do that. sheboygan, wisconsin. we re talking about sheboygan, wisconsin, because number one it s fun to say. right? the second re
this morning on world news now, legal fight. the judge in the casey anthony case lays down the law in his orlando courtroom. how attorneys got themselves in trouble in the high-profile case of an accused child killer. it s tuesday, june 21st. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m peggy bunker. i m daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. testimony resumes today in the casey anthony case after the judge s warning brought the trial to an abrupt stop. we ll explain what made him so angry and why he thought the attorneys actions could lead to a mistrial. imagine that, after all this time in this case. you know there s so much attention on this case. in fact, you know, the state of florida somewhat stopped, they re all really watching this closely. cable news, it s everywhere. people can use it for grandstanding or what have you.
peggy and daniel? it s an important distinction talking about this ruling they weren t saying necessarily they didn t have a legitimate case, or that their argument wasn t valid, just that as a class action it wasn t applicable. that perhaps the plaintiffs had filed under something wrong. however, there were other portions of it where this is where the dissension came among the justices where they said, really, in fact ruth bader ginsburg said you can t have a majority ruling on something that the minority has endured. she said it s more subtle than that, some of these things the women felt they were slighted by. one of the comments is one employee should doll up a little bit more. that s what one of the plaintiffs was told to do. obviously far-reaching ramifications for this ruling. now to the political showdown involving anti-government protesters and the president of syria. the u.s. is adding pressure demanding syria s leadership move to democracy or get out of the way. alex
affect pending class action suits against costco, goldman sachs and other corporate giants. karen travers has details on this and reaction. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, peggy, good morning, daniel. the plaintiffs in this case, six female walmart employees, claim they can prove the retail giant discriminated against all its female employees. the supreme court was not convinced. it s a blockbuster unanimous ruling. the supreme court ruled that one of the largest class action lawsuits in history could not go forward against retail giant walmart. in a statement, walmart said the court made the right decision. the plaintiffs claims were worlds away from showing a company-wide discriminatory pay and promotion policy. but on one critical issue there was disagreement. the court split 5-4 on ideological lines and ruled there were too many women in too many different jobs to group together into one lawsuit. the courthouse door will be closed on millions of women and others w
prolonged droughts. we re seeing more weather extremes. reporter: dry conditions are turning brush into tinder. it s so bad in florida, crews are having to hose down shrubs and grass. and it s not just flames causing chaos. on sunday, thick smoke forced texas officials to close interstate 45 for five hours. and while these are terrible circumstances, there is one bright spot. so far, no deaths have been reported from wildfires. peggy, daniel? the storm hugging mexico s pacific coast has strengthened to a hurricane with winds topping 75 miles an hour. hurricane beatriz is bringing heavy rain and flooding to resort towns in its path. some areas could get up to 20 inches of rain. but beatriz is not expected to make landfall. forecasters say it will gain a little more strength before turning back out to sea. there s snow on the ground in colorado on this first day of summer. up to 5 inches of snow came down yesterday in the state s high