♪ ♪ a top doctor's group is urging doctors to stop looking for heart disease in all the wrong places. >> american college of physicians say doctors are ordering too many tests. they're expensive. and the frequent false positives add more tests and more expense. fresh scrutiny this morning. fashion powerhouse dolce & gabanna, by the same a-listers they adored. elton john is leading the charge against the designers, calling for a boycott. they're the dynamic duo behind iconic red carpet looks. designing for celebrities like channing tatum and. but one star is saying no to dolce & gabanna. elton john boycotting the brand after comments to "panorama.” an italian magazine. dolce is quoted as saying, you were born and have a father and a mother. at least that's how it should be. taking aim at children can be alternative methods, calling them children of chemistry and synthetic babies. dolce & gabanna were romantically involved for 20 years. john and david furnish have two sons born by a surrogate. >> i'm the happiest guy in the world right now. they brought more joy to me, than anything in my life apart from my partner. >> reporter: the proud father posting a photo on instagram saying how dare you refer to my beautiful children as synthetic. and shame on you for wagging your judgmental fingers at ivf. your archaic thinking is out of step with the times like your fashions. i shall never wear dolce & gabbana again. other celebs also weighing in. victoria beckham, tweeting her support. sending love to david, zachary, elijah and all of the beautiful ivf babies. courtney love, i just rounded up all of my dolce & gabbana pieces and want to burn them. dolce and gabbana not backing down. i did not expect it from a person i believed to be intelligent like elton john. dolce saying, i'm aware of the fact there are other types of families. and they are as legitimate as the one i've known. gabana adding, it was never our intention to judge other people's choices. we do believe in freedom and love. >> huh. >> it was really buzzy on the internet today about this whole entire thing on facebook and twitter. a lot of women, especially my generation, have gone through ivf, have done surrogacy. it's something i've thought about in my generation of women. there are a lot of women having -- it's like stabbing us in the heart by saying something like this. it hurt a lot of people. i saw on facebook and twitter, shouldn't we have more tolerance if a man has an opinion. doesn't he have a right to an opinion? >> you have a right to disagree and boycott that opinion. i've been boycotting them for a long time. their stuff is too expensive. >> really? >> yeah. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ with temperatures finally warming up, people and their pets are rediscovering the great outdoors just in time for spring. the global pet expo showed off a bumper crop of pet accessories. and joining us is dickey debartolo. the giz wiz. good morning. >> i have fun stuff. unfortunately, about 2 million dogs are kidnapped every year. and people go into stores and restaurants. and they just leave their pets outside. if you do that -- i would never do that. but this is called safe spot. it is a locking leash. this is the doggy collar. that locks here. the other end, you pop out this end. this goes around something immovable, a parking meter or a tree. you can adjust the length of it. >> couldn't you cut it? >> there's a steel cable inside of it. and this locks. and you take the key with you. most kidnappings are a run and grab. they're not going to fuss around with this. they'll get a dog that's less secure. that's safe spot. these are condiments for pets. >> for pets? >> for pets. we use ketchup and mustard. they are condiment-like. but they have vitamins and nutrients. we have petchup. we have bark b-q. we have muttonaise. and they have them for cats. there's >> do they taste good? >> i don't know. i didn't want to open them before the show. but since i got them, my dogs have been at the box they came in. sniffing, scratching. yeah. they do like them. this is new from hyperpet. this is a small mini cannon for smaller dogs, you pull back on them. the further back you pull, the further you go. we don't want to break equipment. i just pulled it back to the first notch. i forgot to put the ball in. when you pull it back, if the dog has picked up the ball several times and it has, you know, stuff on it, you push down on it. don't hit the tv. >> that's fun. might be also fun for a toddler. >> not bad. not bad. this is neat. this is called doggy pet maze from buster. when you throw snacks down, they eat them in a second. you throw the snacky things in here. and they have to figure out, should i push it with my paw and get it to come to the end? or pull it out with my tongue. it makes it into a game. >> do they ever give up? >> again, i didn't try it. i didn't want things to be slobberish before the show. >> one display model. >> any idea what this is? what that is used for? >> this looks like in the mommy world, a breast-feeding pillow. you didn't expect that? >> no breast-feeding of dogs. this is puppy bumper. you can see on the package, you have a tiny dog that's small enough to run through the pickets of your fence, you put this and his head can go through. but the rest of him won't go through. the puppy bumper. >> and the cone they have to wear? >> i don't think so. there's video on their website. and this goes on the collar of the dog so it doesn't slip off. >> that's a great idea. >> hand me that last thing. a snack duo. day in the park. this is neat. there's a wall down the center of this. this side is for dry food. this is for water. when you get to the park, you push down on this. and you have a little portable bowl. >> that's genius. i could use this for running. >> yes. and you can hang it from your backpack or whatever. >> you find the best of the best. >> neat stuff. next month housewares. >> i look forward to that. dick, our giz wiz. to get more on the products, check out gizwiz.biz. or head to our facebook page wnn fans.com. take cover. you're watching "world news now.” you're watching "world news now." that's what i like to call, the meta effect. 4-in-1 multi-health metamucil is clinically proven to help you feel less hungry between meals. experience the meta effect with our multi-health wellness line. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because it gives me... zero heartburn! prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. you clean with soap and water, about a thousand times a day. but germs might still be there. new lysol tap top will change the way you clean. it kills 99.9% of germs without harshness, to help protect your family. lysol tap top. start healthing. i started playing rugby when i was about 12... and pretty much haven't stopped since. i don't really think about my hair too much... but, i started going gray kind of early... and it's just not me. only just for men easily targets gray with a comb-in applicator. so you get a natural gray-free look. guaranteed. just you and the look you want. just for men. you get used to stale odors in your mudroom. you think it smells fine, but your guests smell this... febreze air effects works instantly to eliminate odors you've gone noseblind to. smells like a field of awesome in here. so you and your guests can breathe happy. thank you for calling colonial penn life insurance company. i'm glad i was able to help you today. hi, my name is jonathan lawson and i'm a customer service representative for colonial penn life insurance company. insurance can sometimes be difficult to understand, but here at colonial penn, we make it simple. alex trebek has been representing colonial penn for over ten years and is here to tell you how we do it. thanks, jonathan. i'm happy to be here with these knowledgeable colonial penn representatives. i know that customer service is a priority for them. i've been representing colonial penn for over ten years talking about their guaranteed acceptance life insurance. if you're 50 to 85 write down the toll-free number on your screen and call for free information. with this insurance, there's no medical exam, no health questions either guaranteed. you cannot be turned down because of your health. your rate will never go up and your benefit will never go down due to age. it costs just $9.95 a month per unit. that's less than 35 cents a day. call them now. you'll be glad you did. at colonial penn we've been serving our customers for over 50 years, and we have over half a million life insurance policies in force that help cover funeral costs, medical bills, credit card balances or other final expenses. we're committed to our customers. we make insurance simple! (representatives speaking) ♪ ♪ like a what? >> you look like a -- >> like a what? >> a rap superstar irish. >> an irish rap superstar. there you go. >> a little irish jig to give us a start. >> let me do this. we're going to do "the mix.” let's get through it quickly. shall we? i don't want my momma to see me like this. st. patrick's day. let's roll the video. doing st. patrick's day all over the world. here are just some pictures from all over the world. switzerland, going to the coliseum. the great wall of china. the chicago bears stadium. these are just lovely sights from all over the world. everybody getting in on this st. patrick's day. now, our intern, marcus, have put together facts for us. i did not know this. there are no female leprechauns. >> are you sure? again, he's the intern. interns know what they are talking about. no female leprechauns. did you know that? >> i did not know that. >> and there's 16 places in the u.s., named dublin. alabama, california, maryland. georgia, arkansas, et cetera. >> i hope they go all-out on st. patrick's day. >> those are the sights. beautiful sights. >> you can own a piece of the emerald isle with kick starter. it's called jar of ireland. it's like soil that you get. it's a jar of irish soil. so far 16 backers. only a few hours. it looks like 61 euros have been pledged. they have a goal of 3,000 euros. in each jar, you get 100% genuine irish pete. perfect for irish family or friends. i have no idea what the u.s. agriculture department thinks about this. i once brought in a banana from jerusalem. and a little dog sniffed it out at newark airport and asked me to return it. i lost the banana. i had a 1-year-old child that was not happy. >> they took your banana? >> they do. >> you cannot bring in fruit. or agriculture products. they have a little dog that sniffs it out. i don't know how they're doing it. but they're doing it. >> one more. at least one more. try to get through two. world's shortest st. patrick's day parade in arkansas. my home state. why is it the shortest? because it's on the shortest street in the country that's functioning. it's a 98-foot-long street. bridge street in hot springs. just outside of little rock. this is hot springs. people go there for the hot springs and the spa. it's 98 feet long. that's about 5 1/2 chevy suburbans. that will fit on the street. they do a nice little parade. long-standing tradition. shortest parade in the country. >> you remind me of a leprechaun. >> don't take -- don't take the clothes off anymore. >> i think we should bump in and out of each show with this. may the luck of the irish be with you from "world news now.” and our lucky leprechaun t.j. holmes. this morning on "world news now," new charges against robert durst. the millionaire could face the death penalty in the murder case cracked open by his apparent confession. full details ahead. flood emergency. neighborhoods washed out as the midwest deals with record water levels. and those waters leaving massive chunks of ice, cracking roadways and creating a complete mess in low-lying areas as the winter thaw continues. and trial by fire. an incredible rescue caught on police body cam. only two weeks on the job, a sheriff's deputy busts into this burning house to pull a woman from the flames. and it was a star-studded night on "dancing with the stars.” chock full of cha cha chas, flips and a huge standing ovation with hollywood royalty cheering them all on. details ahead on "the skinny" on this tuesday, march 17th, st. patty's day. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now". top of the morning to you. i'm reena ninan. that's like an irish -- that's my version of the indian girl trying to be irish. >> is this your favorite holiday? >> i was into it. we had green cream cheese, which i threw up after eating in the third grade. >> oh, wow. tell us more about your dealings as a child. >> let me tell you about my dealings as an adult. did you get an e-mail from oprah winfrey? >> about -- >> about an hour ago. >> about a something -- her and deepak, right? >> manifesting through success. i signed you up for a free meditation. >> was that you? oh, my lord. >> i want to tell our folks at home. >> yes. >> they're doing a 21-day free meditation. you can listen on your ipod. it's 21 somedays. it's called manifesting through success. it's about quieting your soul. i thought you could use it. >> you're the one stirring my soul up most days is the problem. >> that's true. >> that's why i feel the need for quiet time. >> got this excited. oprah wants you -- oprah is inviting me to something. it was you. >> it was me. >> wow. that kills my joy. >> you should try it. >> okay. we have a lot of breaking, serious news. that case -- just fascinating america. >> people are captivated by this thing. and good reason for it. you have been keeping up with this. this bizarre case. the billionaire real estate heir, robert durst. now, we have another twist and turn. he's facing gun and drug charges in louisiana. >> in addition to a murder charge in los angeles. if he's convicted for the death of his friend, susan berman, prosecutors could seek the death penalty. >> they alleged durst laid in wait at berman's home, before killing her execution-style. with more on this case, now, let's turn to abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: robert durst in a new orleans courtroom. his attorney insisting the real estate heir is not guilty in the shooting death of his friend susan berman in 2000. >> bob durst didn't kill susan berman. >> reporter: a contrast to durst's chilling apparent confession. >> what did i do? killed them all, of course. >> reporter: which aired for the first time on the finale of hbo's documentary series "the jinx.” >> there it is, you're caught. >> reporter: the six-part series profiled berman's death as well as the unsolved disappearance of durst's first wife, kathy, in 1982, and his neighbor in 2001. in that case, durst was acquitted. after claiming self-defense. in interviews for the documentary, he repeatedly insisted he was not a killer. off camera, in the bathroom, apparently unaware his microphone was still on, the bombshell audio was recorded. it wasn't until two years later that an editor discovered it and handed it over to police. justice. >> it was so chilling to hear it. >> reporter: the 71-year-old was taken into custody on saturday at his new orleans hotel where he was registered under a fake name. and according to the police report, he had a gun. the lapd, which issued the warrant, says the hbo series had nothing to do with his arrest. the fbi believes when he was arrested he may have been trying to flee to cuba. his attorney denies that. he is expected to be brought back to los angeles to stand trial. t.j. and reena? u.s.-led air strikes have hit suspected isis targets near the iraqi city of mosul. video here shows equipment being targeted. iraqis are getting more help from iran. this morning's "new york times" reports that iran has deployed advanced rockets and missiles to help fight isis in tikrit. it's also estimated that two-thirds of the iraqi fighting force has been trained and equipped by iran. this image from aleppo. burned out buses used as a shield against sniper fire. secretary of state john kerry saying the u.s. will have to negotiate with syrian president assad to remove him from office and end the civil war. assad responded by saying only syrians can decide his fate. relief workers are trying to reach vanuatu's remote islands. the tiny nation was virtually destroyed by a monster cyclone. dozens are dead. thousands have been displaced by the storm. at least 80% of the homes and other buildings were partially or completely destroyed. radio and telephone communications are improving but remain patchy. the ohio river is slowly receding from its highest level in two decades. >> many roads and low-lying air yas are closed and homes flooded in new richmond, ohio. >> reporter: record snows melting fast. spring warmth and rain. a formula for flooding emergencies across the midwest. the ohio river, tugboats barely squeezing under bridges. dumpsters look like river buoys. and beneath this water, a murky mess. homes damaged. >> it's creeping in. it's seeping through the foundation right now. >> reporter: this is main street in new richmond. you can hear the water pumps going. even though the river is receding, areas like this are going to be slow to drain. most businesses are right up on the river, including the community bank. inside bank manager, tammy swisshelm, took creative measures to protect that cash. >> in a ziploc bag. get all of the air out. and lock it up. >> reporter: just like a sandwich. >> nice and dry. >> reporter: in louisville, the search continues for 67-year-old steven miller, swept away by floodwaters this weekend. >> just hold on to my faith in god that my dad's out there. >> reporter: extreme weather out west, too. in portland, oregon, wind gusts near 60 miles per hour, ripping down this scaffolding. back here in new richmond on the river, nearly in the river, getting to the critical 58-foot mark. hasn't been this high for nearly 20 years. it's a large river. it takes some time to drain. we'll be in flood stage through thursday. rob marciano, abc news, new richmond, ohio. let's give you a look, now, at your tuesday weather. no rain in the forecast for the ohio valley. but cold air is rushing in. rain moves across texas, with the heaviest in laredo and san antonio. showers are forecast in the northwest and northeast. >> the high temperature for today's st. patrick's day parade in new york is 55. much cooler for cleveland's big event, just 42. the high for savannah's big parade is twice that, about 85. 47 near the green chicago river. 60 in denver. and 91 in phoenix. ice is jamming the river just south of toledo. that's endangering a horse farm. the wall of water and ice moved in quickly, right to the stables. a similar flood more than 30 years ago resulted in a dike around the farm. but this year's ice floes pushed the river over the wall. some of the ice was as much as 30 feet high. we got an incredible rescue to show you now. this was from a burning house. it was all caught on video. the pictures you're seeing from deputy james collins' body cam. a caller reported people were trapped inside the home. he didn't hesitate as evidenced by this body cam. he is breaking windows, trying to find people inside. the deputy ended up pulling one woman through a window to safety. he had the lady -- he had to later be treated for smoke inhalation. collins has only been on the job as a deputy sheriff for two weeks. well, an unforgettable flight for a pilot in the midwest. he managed to walk away from this crash after his plane ran out of gas. the flight was en route from chicago to monroe, wisconsin, when he got into trouble. the accident knocked out power to the small town nearby. a surprising announcement from a rising nfl star. 24-year-old chris borland of the 49ers. he's retiring. after playing one season. borland, number 50, seeing there, led the niners in tackles last year, says he's leaving the game why? because of concerns about head trauma. he tells espn he wants to be proactive. but once you have the symptoms of head trauma, it's too late. the team says it respects his decision. >> i think that's incredible. >> this is unheard of in this -- this is the way -- what presence to think about that. you can make a lot of money. but it's not worth it if you can't enjoy it down the road. this is incredible. >> he's a really good player. >> he is a baller. yes, he is good. >> that's the correct term in american football? >> you can call anybody a baller. george stephanopoulos is a baller. if you're good at your craft. >> do you tell george this to his face? >> we have a handshake thing worked out. >> and you say, hey, george stephanopoulos -- hi. i don't feel comfortable saying that. >> we have to spend more time together. we have to. or maybe less, right? >> oh. hillary clinton, the e-mail controversy still, boy, causing problems for her. a new cnn poll shows unfavorable views of her are increasing. and perceptions of her as honest and trustworthy have dropped. more than half of the respondents say she hasn't explained herself enough. while her favorability rating is still strong, 53%, it is down. oregon, the first state to adopt automatic voter registration. anyone who is not registered to vote but has interacted with the department of motor vehicles will receive a ballot in the mail. the move is expected to add 300,000 new voters to the roles. oregon was the first state to hold all elections with mail-in ballots, as well. on this st. patrick's day morning, you can find all sorts of irish stuff in the most unexpected of places. here's a pretty cool example. >> the irish shooting star, if you will. not because of what's in the sky. but look at the water there. green, white and orange, from left-to-right. just like the irish flag. >> this photo was taken on sunday night. that's not ireland. it's actually lochness in scotland. >> we'll take it. cool picture. >> do you see the lochness monster there? >> i can't make it out. >> look closer. coming up, why gisele and prince harry may be retiring from their current career paths. respectively. they're not switching with each other or anything like that. >> yes. we'll have to explain that. first, a little bracketology, for those struck by march madness. why the most obvious pick may be the best. reena, sports with reena, we'll have a segment. you don't want to miss any sports involving reena ninan. you're watching "world news now.” >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by finish quantum max. 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"the jinx," the life and deaths of robert durst. the filmmakers had just confronted durst about similarities in his handwriting and that of an anonymous letter that alerted the lapd that susan berman was dead. >> can you tell me which one you didn't write? >> no. >> reporter: durst still mic'd, alone in the bathroom, muttering to himself. >> there it is. you're caught. >> reporter: the director, andrew jarecki, on "good morning america," said he turned the tape over to police months ago. >> when we finally found that subsequent admission, what happened in the bathroom, we contacted them and said we have something more. >> reporter: and saturday night, a day before that episode was to air, durst checked into this plush hotel in downtown new orleans. >> he came in here. and he checked in under an alias. that name, ward everett. police say they arrived here around 7:00 p.m. they arrested him. they said he was in possession of a weapon. a smith & wesson .38. durst, waiving his right to fight extradition. his attorney dismissing what some are calling that confession. >> that's pretty slick. will probably get him an emmy. >> reporter: we spoke to the lapd about the uncanny timing of that arrest. they tell us that a tipster watching the show called in. and that tip led to durst. matt gutman, abc news, new orleans. u.s. officials say the letter from 47 senate republicans sent to iranian leaders is causing difficulties in those international talks with iran on its nuclear program. the lawmakers wrote that any deal could expire the day president obama leaves office. the president addressed the issue in an interview with vice news. >> i'm embarrassed for them. >> yeah. >> because it's not how america does business. for them to address a letter to the ayatollah, the supreme leader of iran, who they claim is our mortal enemy. and their basic argument to them is, don't deal with our president 'cause you can't trust him to follow through on an agreement. >> mr. obama and other officials insist they're not going to make any deal that would allow iran to acquire nuclear weapons. it's election day in israel. and the big winner or loser may be the peace process. >> benjamin netanyahu's party was trailing when the last polls were taken. that's this past week. and so, he's making a last-minute bid to pick up more right-wing votes. >> abc's molly hunter in jerusalem joins us now with more. good morning, molly. >> reporter: good morning. it's a big day here in israel. and gearing up to be a really tight race. but the way the system works here, reena and t.j., we could be looking at a long few weeks. at this hour, polls are open. but it's complicated. 25 party lists. and more than 1,000 knesset candidates. all eyes are on prime minister netanyahu. he's the longest-serving prime minister since ben-gurion. and analysts say this is a referendum on the man himself. facing off is isaac herzog. a center-left leader who wants to repair relationships with washington, resume negotiations with palestinians. and his campaign hard on domestic economy. all issues that netanyahu has skirted in the campaign. he's damaged that relationship with washington, as we've seen. he said yesterday, there will be no palestinian state if he's re-elected. and he hasn't talked much about the domestic economy. so, reena and t.j., israelis have a big decision today. but it may be a few days until we know how they come down. >> i know. people are very eager to hear what happens. do we know, molly, yet when the results will come in? any sense? >> reporter: reena, we'll see the first exit polls at 10:00 p.m. local. no one is putting too much stock in those numbers. we'll get the first official results on thursday. here's where it gets complicated. that will tell us how many votes each party list got. just because you got the most votes doesn't mean you get in the top spot. we could see a situation, which analysts predict, where herzog comes out with the most votes, but isn't able to get a coalition. netanyahu, who may lag behind in total votes is able to put together a coalition and hold on to his job. >> molly, a lot on the line, based on the results we get. including the nuclear negotiations going on with iran. what impact could the election have on that? >> reporter: absolutely. washington is watching this election closely. it matters to the united states, t.j. what i can tell you, israelis are not going to the polls about iran. or about security. so, while netanyahu has spent time in washington, speaking in english, speaking to americans, on iran, on security, herzog has been speaking to israelis on domestic issues that really matter. they're going to the polls today for domestic economy. for housing prices and for cost of living. while iran is playing big overseas, i can tell you that's not what's most important here in israel. >> abc's molly hunter. thanks, molly. keep us posted in jerusalem. at the boston bombing trial, police officers described the night that led to the death of tamerlan tsaranev. they said tamerlan and his brother, dzhokhar, were firing at them and throwing bombs. they described seeing dzhokhar run over his brother and drag his body about 30 feet. earlier, jurors saw the boat where dzhokhar was hiding at the time of his arrest. a senior state department official has been arrested for stalking and voyeurism in d.c. daniel rosen is already facing a charge of soliciting an underaged girl for sex. police say they have evidence of rosen using his cell phone to record women while they undressed in their homes. the evidence was discovered after his arrest last month. the women in the videos do appear to be 18 or older. record high temperatures in the plains states have produced a spike in wildfires. the mercury reached the 80s and 90s yesterday near omaha. this highway had to be closed because of smoke and flames. and further south, in northern oklahoma, a blaze consumed 23,000 acres. officials telling residents to evacuate. and a highway could be closed. the warm weather not going to last. >> it will come back. >> i hope so. cold air moving into the plains and midwest overnight. most of the area will be dry today. rain will move across texas and into northern oklahoma. there's also rain in the forecast for the northwest and northeast. but just showers. >> above normal temperatures in the northeast today. in the 50s and 60s in the 70s and 80s in the south. mid 40s around the great lakes. after a record high yesterday, denver will only manage 60 degrees today. we want to give a tip of the "world news now" hat to a group of health care workers at a children's center in atlanta. >> they're going about their business without hair. last friday, the workers joined a bunch of male colleagues to have their heads shaved and raise money for charity. >> one of the nurses did it to show the kids she cares for what an inspiration they are. she calls having her head shaved a wonderful experience that was emotionally overwhelming. cool of them to do. >> and that nurse, she's been at the hospital for 23 years. she says that working for these kids with cancer gives her much more than she could possibly give them. so touching. and that's so true. >> just a gesture like that means a lot to those kids. good for them. good for you. coming up, hillary clinton's deepening crisis over the missing e-mails. a potential white house -- house investigation now looming. it started to impact her poll numbers before her expected presidential candidate ever gets off the ground. and rumer willis. she was the star last night on "dancing with the stars.” how did it feel to have mom and dad in the audience? 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the u.s. and the stability of the region. and another chance. pete rose, baseball's greatest hitter of all-time, making another plea to be reinstated to baseball. could the man once called charlie hustle find his way to the hall of fame? it's tuesday, march 17th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." i just want to know. good morning, everyone. i'm reena ninan. this is t.j. holmes. happy st. patrick's day. welcome back to you. and a pinch for not wearing green. >> really? o'ninan? really? o'hell. good morning. here we go. >> look what the luck of the irish brought us today. >> what is it if -- you pinch somebody that's wearing green, is it bad luck to you? >> what is it? jack, our resident irish? >> i'm not sure. >> nobody's sure. >> you have to pinch them back. if they are wearing green. >> i'm supposed to pinch you back? >> you're not wearing any green. give me a break. >> oh. please. can we zoom into that? >> i don't -- i'm not going without here, now. >> he has a little -- >> these are very important cufflinks to me. and they are there. it doesn't have to be so in your face with the green. >> all right. okay. >> i'm supposed to pinch you back? >> you're supposed to pinch me back. >> what's a proper place without getting in trouble here? >> why don't we begin with the news. good morning to you. good to be back. >> welcome back. >> good morning. yes. we've got some drama in the courtroom. testimony. this bombing trial going on in boston. you've been keeping an eye on it like we have. police officers there describing the gun battle that broke out with the tsaranev brothers four days after the bombing took place. >> jurors visited the boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured. tom llamas is in boston. >> there are explosives here at the scene. >> reporter: the suburban streets of watertown, massachusetts, turned into an urban war zone. during a showdown with police. in court, an officer testifying that older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev fired first saying the shootout lasted eight minutes. in this photo shown in court, the brothers are crouched behind an suv they carjacked. police say the tsaranev brothers were shooting and hurling bombs at several officers. >> there's hand grenades and automatic gunfire. >> reporter: most of the explosives, pipe bombs. here's one that didn't detonate. one watertown resident telling the court, he saw dzhokhar light a fuse and hurl a backpack that turned out to be a pressure cooker bomb. officer joe reynolds, first on the scene, said, it shook me to my knees. my ears were ringing. but tamerlan ran out of bullets, police tackling him. that's when eyewitnesses said dzhokhar jumped into the suv and sped towards his brother. prosecutors say this photo, capturing the moment. dzhokhar ends up running over his brother, who had been shot, leaving a gory scene on the residential street. tamerlan would later die. but dzhokhar escaped. as the manhunt continued, the entire nation was monitoring. >> the thing that struck me, they heard that gunfire. and they started to applause. saying go get him. >> reporter: dzhokhar discovered hiding out in this nearby boat. >> all units report. movement in the rear of the boat. movement in the back of the boat. >> reporter: jurors seen this image of dzhokhar surrendering and getting an up-close look at the boat, with dzhokhar present. something the defense asked the judge for, to build sympathy for the boston bomber, to show the more than 100 bullet holes in the hull. back on the street where it went down. and you see how residential this neighborhood is. one thing that didn't work for the defense. a police officer testified tamerlan tsarnaev was throwing pipe bombs like a baseball, but dzhokhar was lobbing them like a hook shot. tom llamas, watertown, massachusetts. yet another high-profile case to talk about. real estate heir robert durst is now charged with crimes in two states. prosecutors in l.a. have filed a first-degree murder charge against him for the death of his friend, susan berman. that was 15 years ago. authorities in louisiana, filed weapons and drug charges against him late last night. durst was arrested in new orleans on saturday. as for durst's recorded statement at the end of that much talked about hbo documentary series, the director of the series says his team was in contact with authorities long before sunday's finale. >> when we finally found that subsequent admission, what happens in the bathroom, we contacted them and said, we have something more. >> the filmmaker says because he's likely to be called as a witness in any durst trial, he's going to stop speaking to the media. police say the timing of the arrest had nothing to do with the airing of the documentary series. there was concern that durst might flee the country. hours before a surprisingly close election, the israeli prime minister is throwing a monkey wrench into the peace process. benjamin netanyahu says if re-elected, he said there won't be a palestinian state. it's a last-ditch appeal to hard-line voters. netanyahu trailing in polls to a liberal candidate who does favor restarting peace talks. the polls taken last friday. russian president vladimir putin is shrugging off rumors about his recent disappearance. putin appeared in public on monday for the first time in more than a week. his absence sparked speculation about everything from the state of his health, his hold on power, some saying he had a baby with his girlfriend. he said about the rumors, it would be dull without gossip. before returning to public view, he ordered a massive military drill in the arctic region. back here at home the american aide worker that contracted ebola in west africa has worsened. his status is downgraded. from serious to critical on monday. he's being treated at the nih in maryland. his name and age have not been released. he works with partners in health. 12 other individuals that work with him are being monitored. the suspect of the shooting of two police officers in ferguson, missouri, was not targeting police, according to his attorney. 20-year-old jeffrey williams appeared in court to answer the charges. his attorney also says williams was not aiming at the demonstrators that gathered in front of the police station, either. the prosecutors still said it's a serious crime. >> regardless of who may be an intended target, you hit somebody, that's still an assault in the first-degree and a class-"a" felony. >> the attorney says the police used excessive force. >> he says williams had bruises on his back, shoulder and face. and a knot on his head. a police spokesman says the claims are false. the university of maryland's women's la crosse team is at the center of an ugly scandal. five upper classmen have been suspended indefinitely for writing threatening text messages to freshmen players. the squad has been practicing without any contact drills. the women apologized in a statement, calling their behavior inappropriate. pete rose is formally making another plea to be reinstated to baseball. the game's all-time hits leader has been banned from the game since 1989 because he bet on the cincinnati reds while managing the team. baseball's new commissioner confirms he's received rose's request for reinstatement. and he will consider it. rose's previous requests for leniency of two former commissioners were not even considered. another sports note for you. tim tebow has had a workout with the philadelphia eagles. the heisman winner hasn't played in the nfl since 2012. since then, he's been working in television. you might have noticed. including appearances on a little show we call "good morning america.” tebow didn't discuss contract possibilities with the eagles after his workout. a lot of people rooting for him. and tim tebow is 27 years old. a little too old to be looking for a job in the nfl? you can still model at 27. >> model? >> yeah. in the modeling world allows you in. >> you're not capped out at 27 in the modeling world? >> no. people in their 30s. i think 35 is sort of it. residents of a retirement community in britain are showing you can never be too old have to some fun. fundraising calendar here. >> they re-created scenes like "dirty dancing.” this is hogwarts express in harry potter. >> and "wizard of oz.” and "star wars.” all the residents in the photos are 64 to 93. coming up, we've got a very festive st. patty's day. it's a theme. first, an a-list boycott. >> top of the line fashion designers dolce & gabbana under fire for remarks made. elton john and others are fighting back. check out our behind-the-scenes pics on instagram. abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." . watching "world news now." c . i'm glad i was able to help you today. hi, my name is jonathan lawson and i'm a customer service representative for colonial penn life insurance company. insurance can sometimes be difficult to understand, but here at colonial penn, we make it simple. alex 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(representatives speaking) ♪ like a what? >> you look like a -- >> like a what? >> a rap superstar irish. >> an irish rap superstar. there you go. >> you could sing us a little irish jig to give us a start. >> let me do this. we're going to do "the mix.” let's get through it quickly. shall we? i don't want my momma to see me like this. st. patrick's day. let's roll the video. doing st. patrick's day all over the world. here are just some pictures from all over the world. switzerland, going to the coliseum. the great wall of china. the chicago bears stadium. these are just lovely sights from all over the world. everybody getting in on this st. patrick's day. now, our intern, marcus, have put together facts for us. i did not know this. there are no female leprechauns. >> are you sure? again, he's the intern. interns know what they are talking about. right? he says there are no female leprechauns. did you know that? >> i did not know that. >> and there's 16 places in the u.s., named dublin. alabama, california, maryland. georgia, arkansas, et cetera. >> i hope they go all-out on st. patrick's day. >> those are the sights. beautiful sights. >> you can own a piece of the emerald isle with kick starter. it's called jar of ireland. it's like soil that you get. it's a jar of irish soil. so far 16 backers. only a few hours. it looks like 61 euros have been pledged. they have a goal of 3,000 euros. in each jar, you get 100% genuine irish peat. perfect for irish family or friends. i have no idea what the u.s. agriculture department thinks about this. i once brought in a banana from jerusalem. and a little dog sniffed it out at newark airport and asked me to return it. i lost the banana. i had a 1-year-old child that was not happy. >> they took your banana? >> they do. >> you cannot bring in fruit. or agriculture products. >> one banana. they have a little dog that sniffs it out. i don't know how they're doing it. but they're doing it. >> one more. at least one more. try to get through two. world's shortest st. patrick's day parade in arkansas. my home state. why is it the shortest? because it's on the shortest street in the country that's functioning. it's a 98-foot-long street. bridge street in hot springs. just outside of little rock. this is hot springs. people go there for the hot springs and the spa. it's 98 feet long. that's about 5 1/2 chevy suburbans. to give you perspective. that will fit on the street. they do a nice little parade. long-standing tradition. shortest parade in the country. >> you remind me of a leprechaun. >> don't take -- don't take the clothes off anymore. >> i think we should bump in and out of each show with this. may the luck of the irish be with you from "world news now.” and our lucky leprechaun t.j. holmes. this morning on "world news now," new charges against ro this morning on "world news now," new charges against robert durst. the millionaire could face the death penalty in the murder case cracked open by his apparent confession. full details ahead. flood emergency. neighborhoods washed out as the midwest deals with record water levels. and those waters leaving massive chunks of ice, cracking roadways and creating a complete mess in low-lying areas as the winter thaw continues. and trial by fire. an incredible rescue caught on police body cam. only two weeks on the job, a sheriff's deputy busts into this burning house to pull a woman from the flames. and it was a star-studded night on "dancing with the stars.” chock full of cha cha chas, flips and a huge standing ovation with hollywood royalty cheering them all on. details ahead on "the skinny" on this tuesday, march 17th, st. patty's day. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now". top of the morning to you. i'm reena ninan. that's like an irish -- that's my version of the indian girl trying to be irish. >> is this your favorite holiday? >> i was into it. we had green cream cheese, which i threw up after eating in the third grade. >> oh, wow. tell us more about your dealings as a child. >> let me tell you about my dealings as an adult. did you get an e-mail from oprah winfrey? >> about -- >> about an hour ago. >> about a something -- her and deepak, right? >> manifesting through success. i signed you up for a free meditation. >> was that you? oh, my lord. >> i want to tell our folks at home. >> yes. >> they're doing a 21-day free meditation. you can listen on your ipod. it's 21 days. it's called manifesting through success. it's about quieting your soul. i thought you could use it. >> you're the one stirring my soul up most days is the problem. >> that's true. >> that's why i feel the need for quiet time. >> got this excited. oprah wants you -- oprah is inviting me to something. it was you. >> it was me. >> wow. that really kills my joy. >> you should try it. >> okay. we have a lot of breaking, serious news. that case -- just fascinating america. >> people are captivated by this thing. and good reason for it. you have been keeping up with this. right? this bizarre case. the billionaire real estate heir, robert durst. now, we have another twist and turn. he's facing gun and drug charges in louisiana. >> in addition to a murder charge in los angeles. if he's convicted for the death of his friend, susan berman, prosecutors could seek the death penalty. >> they alleged durst laid in wait at berman's home, before killing her execution-style. with more on this case, now, let's turn to abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: robert durst in a new orleans courtroom. his attorney insisting the real estate heir is not guilty in the shooting death of his friend susan berman in 2000. >> bob durst didn't kill susan berman. >> reporter: a contrast to durst's chilling apparent confession. >> what did i do? killed them all, of course. >> reporter: which aired for the first time on the finale of hbo's documentary series "the jinx." >> there it is, you're caught. >> reporter: the six-part series profiled berman's death as well as the unsolved disappearance of durst's first wife, kathy, in 1982 and the murder of dursts's neighbor in 2001. in that case, durst was acquitted. after claiming self-defense. in interviews for the documentary, he repeatedly insisted he was not a killer. off camera, in the bathroom, apparently unaware his microphone was still on, the bombshell audio was recorded. it wasn't until two years later that an editor discovered it and handed it over to police. >> it was so chilling to hear it. >> reporter: the 71-year-old was taken into custody on saturday at his new orleans hotel where he was registered under a fake name. and according to the police report, he had a gun. the lapd, which issued the warrant, says the hbo series had nothing to do with his arrest. the fbi believes when he was arrested he may have been trying to flee to cuba. his attorney denies that. he is expected to be brought back to los angeles to stand trial. t.j. and reena? u.s.-led air strikes have hit suspected isis targets near the iraqi city of mosul. video here shows equipment being targeted. iraqis are getting more help from iran. this morning's "new york times" reports that iran has deployed advanced rockets and missiles to help fight isis in tikrit. it's also estimated that two-thirds of the iraqi fighting force has been trained and equipped by iran. this image from aleppo. burned out buses used as a shield against sniper fire. secretary of state john kerry saying the u.s. will have to negotiate with syrian president assad to remove him from office and end the civil war. assad responded by saying only syrians can decide his fate. relief workers are trying to reach vanuatu's remote islands. the tiny nation was virtually destroyed by a monster cyclone. dozens are dead. thousands have been displaced by the storm. at least 80% of the homes and other buildings were partially or completely destroyed. radio and telephone communications are improving but remain patchy. the ohio river is slowly receding from its highest level in two decades. >> many roads in low-lying areas are closed and homes flooded in new richmond, ohio. >> reporter: record snows melting fast. spring warmth and rain. a formula for flooding emergencies across the midwest. the ohio river, tugboats barely squeezing under bridges. dumpsters look like river buoys. and beneath this water, a murky mess. homes damaged. >> it's creeping in. it's seeping through the foundation right now. >> reporter: this is main street in new richmond. you can hear the water pumps going. even though the river is receding, areas like this are going to be slow to drain. most businesses are right up on the river, including the community bank. inside bank manager, tammy swisshelm, took creative measures to protect that cash. >> in a ziploc bag. get all of the air out. and lock it up. >> reporter: just like a sandwich. >> nice and dry. >> reporter: in louisville, the search continues for 67-year-old steven miller, swept away by floodwaters this weekend. >> just hold on to my faith in god that my dad's out there. >> reporter: extreme weather out west, too. in portland, oregon, wind gusts near 60 miles per hour, ripping down this scaffolding. back here in new richmond on the river, nearly in the river, getting to the critical 58-foot mark. hasn't been this high for nearly 20 years. it's a large river. it takes some time to drain. we'll be in flood stage through thursday. rob marciano, abc news, new richmond, ohio. let's give you a look, now, at your tuesday weather. no rain in the forecast for the ohio valley. but cold air is rushing in. rain moves across texas, with the heaviest in laredo and san antonio. showers are forecast in the northwest and northeast. >> the high temperature for today's st. patrick's day parade in new york is 55. much cooler for cleveland's big event, just 42. the high for savannah's big parade is twice that, about 85. 47 near the green chicago river. 60 in denver. and 91 in phoenix. ice is jamming the river just south of toledo. that's endangering a horse farm. the wall of water and ice moved in quickly, right to the stables. a similar flood more than 30 years ago resulted in a dike around the farm. but this year's ice floes pushed the river over the wall. some of the ice was as much as 30 feet high. we got an incredible rescue to show you now. this was from a burning house. it was all caught on video. the pictures you're seeing from deputy james collins' body cam. a caller reported people were trapped inside the home. he didn't hesitate, as evidenced by this body cam. he is breaking windows, trying to find people inside. the deputy ended up pulling one woman through a window to safety. he had the lady -- he had to later be treated for smoke inhalation. collins has only been on the job as a deputy sheriff for two weeks. well, an unforgettable flight for a pilot in the midwest. he managed to walk away from this crash after his plane ran out of gas. the flight was en route from chicago to monroe, wisconsin, when he got into trouble. the accident knocked out power to the small town nearby. a surprising announcement from a rising nfl star. 24-year-old chris borland of the 49ers. he's retiring. after playing one season. borland, number 50, seeing there, led the niners in tackles last year, says he's leaving the game why? because of concerns about head trauma. he tells espn he wants to be proactive. but once you have the symptoms of head trauma, it's too late. the team says it respects his decision. >> i think that's incredible. >> this is unheard of in this -- this is the way -- what presence to think about that. you can make a lot of money. but it's not worth it if you can't enjoy it down the road. this is incredible. >> he's a really good player. >> he is a baller. yes, he is good. >> that's the correct term in american football? >> you can call anybody a baller. george stephanopoulos is a baller. if you're good at your craft. >> do you tell george this to his face? >> we have a handshake thing worked out. >> and you say, hey, george stephanopoulos -- hi. i don't feel comfortable saying that. >> we have to spend more time together. we have to. or maybe less, right? >> oh. hillary clinton, the e-mail controversy still, boy, causing problems for her. a new cnn poll shows unfavorable views of her are increasing. and perceptions of her as honest and trustworthy have dropped. more than half of the respondents say she hasn't explained herself enough. while her favorability rating is still strong, 53%, it is down. oregon, the first state to adopt automatic voter registration. anyone who is not registered to vote but has interacted with the department of motor vehicles will receive a ballot in the mail. the move is expected to add 300,000 new voters to the roles. oregon was the first state to hold all elections with mail-in ballots, as well. on this st. patrick's day morning, you can find all sorts of irish stuff in the most unexpected of places. here's a pretty cool example. >> the irish shooting star, if you will. not because of what's in the sky. but look at the water there. check oupt the colors. green, white and orange, from left-to-right. just like the irish flag. >> this photo was taken on sunday night. that's not ireland. it's actually lochness in scotland. >> we'll take it. cool picture. >> do you see the lochness monster there? >> i can't make it out. >> look closer. coming up, why gisele and prince harry may be retiring from their current career paths. respectively. they're not switching with each other or anything like that. >> yes. we'll have to explain that. first, a little bracketology, for those struck by march madness. why the most obvious pick may be the best. reena, sports with reena, we'll have a segment. you don't want to miss any sports involving reena ninan. you're watching "world news now.” >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by finish quantum max. weather brought to you by finish quantum max. 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"outfront" we begin with writing news. tornados massive ones touching down across the midwest. kansas and oklahoma warnings of more to come. oklahoma city right now in a "tornado emergency." this is a pretty incredible image. this is a tornado we have just confirmed touched down west of wichita, kansas. a tornado warning as i indicated now for the whole metro area of oklahoma city. millions of americans in the path of these incredibly dangerous storms tonight. these are live pictures from just moments ago. a tornado touching down outside oklahoma city. people being urged to take cover. the airport there now evacuated. no passengers no employees. and that emergency now for tornados has been extended. it's not just oklahoma city. it now includes moore, oklahoma the city that this whole nation saw flattened by a tornado just two years ago. our meteorologist jennifer grey is tracking the breaking news. jennifer how does it look right now? you're looking at a whole lot of storms it appears converging right in these highly populated areas. >> yeah absolutely. we've been tracking these for the last several hours. and we just got word that a tornado emergency right now for portions of norman. if you are in the norman area take cover. we had reports of brief touchdown around 48th street north side of the campus ou's campus. so we are looking at very strong storms that have had a path of destructive and violent tornados. we've seen large tornados with this storm. passed through newcastle just a few mopes ago. moore is getting very heavy rain. we or the lookout for these strong storms to continue on the same track. they're just on the south side of oklahoma city. their airport has evacuated. they sent everyone to the tunnels underneath a safe spot. so if you are in the norman area the area of 36th avenue northwest between there and 48th street and especially right around west franklin you need to take cover. this is heading to the northeast at about 25 miles per hour. and so norman the area that we are watching right now. looks like it's to the south of moore. it's going to pass just to the south of there. get into your safe spot. this is a fluid situation. you can see the ominous-looking pictures on your screen. and the scary part about this is a lot of these storms are what you call rain wrapped. the tornado can be wrapped in rain. you look out your window you don't see anything but there well could be a tornado inside there. take cover if you are in that tornado-warned area. >> that's terrifying. it's incredible when you can see them from afar. but perhaps even more terrifying when you don't even see it coming. thank you very much. we're going to be monitoring this minute by minute watching the radar, talking to our storm chase chasers. also tonight our other big story, major questions about the case against six officers charged in the death of freddie gray. an attorney for one of the police officers charged in gray's death says that his knife was illegal. now, that is crucial. because if true it makes his arrest completely fair. it's a major claim that could derail part of the case against the police. the attorney demanding investigators hand over that knife. meanwhile the prosecutors, marilyn mosby, says in a statement "i refuse to litigate this case through the media. the evidence we have collected cannot ethically be disclosed, relayed or released to the public before trial." she is standing by her original bombshell allegation. >> the knife was not a switch blade and is lawful under maryland law. lieutenant rice officer miller and officer narrow illegally arrested mr. gray. >> very major statement. she says the arrest never should have happened. she based her major charged on that knife being legal. what kind of knife about freddie gray carry? the answer to that question is now at the very center of this case. athena jones is "outfront" live in baltimore. athena she's talking about the state of maryland but the rules in baltimore city are different for knives. what are you learning about this crucial question? >> what we're learning is that there's a lot of disagreement over whether the knife freddie gray was carrying was legal or not. there are also people questioning whether maybe the knife was legal in the state of batltimore -- or the maryland but not legal in the city of baltimore. motions that have now been file the by two attorneys for two of the police officers in this case, those motions don't mention city code city code in baltimore. they both say "gray's knife was not lawful under maryland law." of course we haven't seen the knife. why does all of this matter? it matters because it goes to determining whether it was legal to arrest freddy x-ray in the first place. was freddie gray's arrest illegal? it's a crucial part of the argument made by prosecutor marilyn mosby in charging six baltimore police officers in in his death. >> the blade of the knife was holded into the handle. the knife was not a switch blade and is lawful under maryland law. >> reporter: which is why mosby is charging three of the six officers with false imprisonment and argues gray should never have been arrested in the first place. but lawyers for arresting officers edward fairnero and garrett miller say she got it wrong and the life was illegal under maryland law, demand the state produce the knife to prove they're right. neither lawyer would speak about pending litigation. according to maryland state law, a knife is illegal if the blade automatically deploys with the push of a button without manual assistant. >> legal or illegal all comes down to a spring? >> absolutely a spring essentially. this is the one that kind of gets closer to a switch blade or automatic knife. it's got a spring inside. it clicks or flicks the rest of the way open. bang. >> spring-assisted but still legal? >> reporter: if successful the knife argument could derail the case xwaeps officers says a former prosecutor who has been critical of the charges and how quickly mosby filed them. if the knife is illegal -- >> those two arresting officers will be completely exonerated. her whole case depends, against those two, depends upon illegal arrest. >> reporter: meanwhile the mayor is calling for the justice department to investigate the baltimore police department to determine whether they have violated residents' civil rights. >> i'm asking the department of justice to investigate if our police department has engaged in a pattern or practice of stops, searches or arrests that violate the fourth amendment. >> reporter: a similar doj probe of the ferguson missouri police department found serious civil rights violations. attorney general loretta lynch is "actively considering whether to open such an investigation." one more thing, erin. the baltimore mayor also said today the baltimore police department will get body cameras by the end of the year. >> i know very significant development as well. athena jones reporting from baltimore "outfront" tonight. jeremy elbridge a former prosecutor in the baltimore state attorney's office he work with marilyn mosby, the prosecutor for four years, he knows her. cnn commenter lamont hill and legal analyst paul cowin who served on the defense as well as the prosecution side of things. as athena points out, this is a crucial piece of evidence. this knife, it's really at the heart of this case in many ways. it is the reason officers gave for the arrest right? they said we stopped him because he was running, we found this knife, it was illegal. that is their justification for the knife. so if it -- for the arrest. if it turned out that the knife was illegal, that they are in the right in the arrest what does that mean for the case? >> what it means is that the state is going to have a very difficult time proving these charges. what it comes down to is that the crux of the state's case is that this knife is illegal. when you look at the baltimore city code there's argument any sort of spring assistance in this knife should show it in fact was unlawful. the defense attorneys have jumped forward, quickly filing these motions in an attempt to either litigate this at the preliminary hearing or if these officers are indicted jump on immediately when it's transferred to circuit court. >> this one officer owns facing full murder charges. there are two that i know the knife is very central to. but the officer facing murder charges, second-degree murder officer goodson, the man who was driving the van. if the knife was illegal and therefore the arrest justified, does it affect his case the case against him for murder? >> i think due to the fact that all of these individuals are charged together, if there comes down to be a credibility issue with regard to the charging documents, a credibility issue with regard to the state's case it is obviously going to affect all of the officer's charges. undeniably there will be greater impact with regard to the two officers involved in the infancy of the stop and recovery of the knife. undeniably, if this knife is found to be lawful that's going to be a giant stain on the charge by the state's attorney it's going to change the public idea. we haven't chosen the jury so the public is going to hear this information. ultimately it may well be considered should this case go to trial. >> you hear marilyn mosby, she was definitive about the issue. the arrest was lawful the gun -- sorry, the knife -- was legal. right? if those things are wrong and she was so definitive how can that not hurt the credibility? >> it absolutely would hurt the credibility of the case of the charges documents, of everything. it's hard for me to imagine she would be wrong. not because i have an investment in believing her or not, she has it in front of her, the law is clear. you need a spring. one-handed knife that can open up with spring action. they had a week ten days to look at this knife to determine if it was legal or not. the sense we got from the press conference was that it was clearly not illegal. >> she was definitive not nuanced. >> i can't imagine she'd strategically put bad information out there. >> one of the defense attorneys is saying, give us the did 95,the knife. >> i think the idea for her, first of all not have to respond to these thing in the media. every time they make a request which is filtered through the media, they're on the defensive again. that could be -- you can speak to this -- a great defense strategy. >> she'll have the right -- she'll have to turn over the knife to the defense eventually. it's only a question of timing. maybe it's premature now. but certainly as the case goes on they have a right to look at the evidence. >> to the point that mark's making she wouldn't have been so definitive if she didn't think she was right. maybe she's wrong, maybe there's a gray area where does the spring pop or not pop or something that's nuanced. because then it gets to the question of, let's say they stopped him, they found the knife. you have to prove, don't you, that the officer knew the knife, for a fact. if there's a gray area that the officer may have thought that knife was illegal, even if he's wrong, the arrest is still justified, isn't it? >> absolutely. you have to set the whole case up to understand what was going on. the lieutenant and the two other officers are on bike patrol. they see freddie gray running suddenly. so they pursue him. now they're within their rights to do that. he's in a high-crime neighborhood. when they stop him, though to handcuff him and take him to the station, they have to have a crime. so the knife becomes very very important. and remember two of those officers are working for the lieutenant. they're going to come in and say, the lieutenant said there were grounds to make an arrest how can you blame us? there go two cops in the indictment right there. now you've got the lieutenant. and she's looking at the knife saying well it's a legal knife. it was described as spring-assisted and those are generally illegal. one other thing, even here in manhattan, home depot and some of the other major stores that sell hardware were investigated by the manhattan d.a. because they were selling illegal knifes without knowing it. they got advice from their lawyers. their lawyers said looks like a legal one to me. >> it didn't sound definitive. >> if the cop on the street says i don't know it's got a spring i thought it was an illegal knife, that's a pretty good defense that it wasn't a pretext arrest to punish freddie gray. >> the narrative right now for many of us is this was a pretext. >> pretext, they're mad because they had to chase him, he had a long record and you know what let's teach him a lesson. so they throw him into the von without any good grounds, give him rough those rough rides, he breaks his spine. so this -- >> this changes it. >> those 2 two off cert. >> for those two officers. >> thanks to alley are all three of you. as we try to get to the heart of this case some of these questions are crucial. next new dash cam video. police pull their guns on a car that had -- was full of black parole officers. were they racially profiled? 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>> assault in the civil context of the law is being threatened with force. that's an assault. >> reporter: ramapo police say they made the stop because they were responding to this 911 call. >> and i saw a plain chevy navajo -- impala car with four buying people get out of it and i thought they had bullet-proof vests and shields on -- >> the 911 call did not identify you by race. >> we can only go from the tape that was released by the people that we are suing. >> reporter: ramapo police referred no one cnn to the city's attorney who says the actions of the police officers involved were reasonable under the circumstances. there was a 911 call indicating suspicious activity. the attorney says the parole officers had not notified the police they would be in town, a common courtesy and were allowed on their way promptly after they were identified. neither the parole officers nor their attorney would say how long they were held but they were clear on how they felt they were treatmented. erin the attorney representing the parole officers says that this would not indicate how much they are suing the police for, but they say at the very least these officers should be disciplined for what happened that day. >> jason carroll, thank you very much. i think the chance to talk to them brings a lot to light. former new york city police officer bill stop ton, political commentator van jones. bill you were shaking your head through that whole piece. you say there's no way this was racial profiling, why? >> well show me other than people saying it's racism show me the proof where it actually is racism. they were responding to a legal call. four people with bullet-proof vests on. i watched that video many many times. i see no racism. there was no words of racial epithets. there was no assault. they were doing their job. >> they were doing their job. all right, van, as jason carroll mentioned in the piece, the call to 911 the police were responding to the white officers didn't mention race they just said there were big people in the car wearing bullet-proof vests. so you don't even have race in the call to 911. how is it racial profiling? >> well listen. we will see as more facts come out. i can tell you why those officers may have felt that it was racial profiling. first of all, you have numerous incidents across the country where actual african-american police officers undercover have been shot by white officers. probably what their expectation was, that the minute they got pulled over and said we're cops they've got their shields on that they would be treated like law enforcement officers. instead, that did not happen. apparently the behavior stayed aggressive. listen you've got to remember you've got to ask yourself at each stop along the way, would someone have called the police on a bunch of white guys wearing what to me look like police -- typical police tactical gear? would they have called -- would the cops have come out with guns right away? every steppal the way you have to ask the question was there racial bias here? i think it's reasonable to believe, given the pattern, that maybe something did happen. >> bill he does have a point. the problem with racial profiling in many instances is it isn't clear. it isn't obvious. somebody didn't use a word. nonetheless, it happened. let me ask you the parole officers did not notify local police they were coming. that's usually a university courtesy that they make that kind of call. as paul points out there's no law mandating they do that it doesn't always happen. maybe in a small town there was a reason they didn't want to maybe they knew some officers had a relationship with the person they were going after. there could be a back story we don't know is the point paul was making. does that change this? >> absolutely not. with respect to mr. jones, i think it's racism to call it racism. where less than a week ago we have a police officer, not a white cop, not a black cop, a cop, that was summarily executed shot in the head. these cops go out every day. they were responding to a call. four people in bullet-proof vests. in today's climate of terrorism, of people impersonating police officers they did nothing wrong. i think it's a far overreach with the facts as they are today to say that's racism. i think that's wrong. because what you're doing to every honest cop across the country, you're making them not want to do their job. and what's our recourse when that happens? >> van? >> i mean that is just ludicrous and offensive and just completely out of line. to say that people -- you don't know what was said or not said in that situation, you don't know what the standard practice is for other people who are doing the same job who are white in that area. those people may say, listen, every single time people have had this kind of experience. for you to say it's racist to raise the question i think is wrong. this is part of why we have the breakdown in communication. i was trying to be very polite earlier and say it could be. you come back and call me a racist and call these other people who are fellow law enforcement officers racist for exercising their right under our constitution. that is the problem. we've got to be able to have a conversation where we look at these ambiguous facts and try to work our way through. i think it's inappropriate for you to call us officers racist. i think it's wrong to do that. they have a right under our constitution to rate these claims and have them adjudicated in a court of law and that is exactly what they are doing. >> follow the facts, that's all i say. >> i appreciate it and we'll follow that story and have that conversation. 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"outfront" is captain paul tip moneys on the ground with the oklahoma highway patrol. captain tip moneys i know where you are. you've described zero visibility there's no much rain. you're trying to get to affected areas that have been hit by tornados. you haven't been able to get there. what kind of damage are you seeing? >> debris from homes businesses in the area. i know we have been able to confirm there was a semi blown over and we're trying to get update. there's debris everywhere. there's a lot of water on the roadway making it also difficult to get through. >> and in terms of the storms themselves i understand because it's raping so hard it's not even at this point you can see when a tornado's coming it's too hard to discern it. >> that's correct. it is raining really hard in the southwest part of the city right now. and visibility's almost zero. >> how concerned are you, captain, about the damage? i know you're not able to get to a lot of places. but homes, businesses destroyed. people obviously at risk. do you have any sense of how bad it is? >> well, just based on past roar you have to be really concerned. those areas have been affected numerous times in the past by these storms or storms in the past. and you have to have a high degree of concern for those people and businesses in that area. >> captain timmons, appreciate you taking the time, stay safe. as we said the oklahoma highway patrol trying to get to people already hit by devastating tornados. we keep watching that breaking news. meantime more breaking news. a verdict. an investigation has found the new england patriots probably tampered with footballs ahead of that crucial playoff game in their run to the super bowl. the other way of putting this would mean cheated. cheated by making footballs easier to throw. the report states "it is more probable than not that two team staffers released air from the footballs." and the bombshell, tom brady, also indicted. investigators say the star quarterback was "at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities taking place." if that's true tom brady lied to the country again and again. >> i didn't alter the ball in any way. when i picked those balls out, at that point, to me they're perfect. i don't want anyone touching the balls after that i don't want anyone rubbing them putting any air in them taking any air out. i would never do anything outside of the rules of the play. i'm not a conspiracy theorist. i don't know what happened. i mean, i -- i have no explanation for it. >> so will the nfl punish one of the biggest stars in football history? our coverage begins "outfront." >> deflategate still grabbing headlines. >> reporter: tom brady and the pop culture echo chamber for all the wrong reasons. >> i think you're pretending to know less than you actually do. >> whaaaaaat? >> reporter: is the patriots quarterback a cheater? or the all-american squeaky clean qb kids love? tom brady being asked that himself. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. >> reporter: the very accusation challenges a career-long built goodson. on his facebook page he posts pictures of the goofy boy who despite a solid college football career prepared this resume for a nonfootball job just in case he wasn't drafted. he was, deep in the sixth round. no one knew his name until a sudden injury struck patriots quarterback drew bledsoe. lee steinberg remembers that moment clearly because he was bledsoe's sports agent. >> did tom brady's ascension surprise every sports agent? >> i think it surprised everyone. you don't expect a sixth-round draft pick to come in and become the dominant quarterback of his time. >> reporter: he's defied expectations since. >> you only get so many time-outs. >> reporter: in the commercial world bucking the trend, taking on very few sponsors a deliberate snub of potentially millions of dollars. part of an image tightly managed and controlled. his one fumble to that image, brady dated actress bridget moynihan. they publicly split when she was pregnant. boff moynihan gave bird brady was already dating supermodel gisele bundchen a public mess quickly forgiven by male and female sports fans. >> is that something fans care about? >> the fact that he married the highest-paid model in the world, good for him. >> reporter: but spygate followed. in 2007 the nfl fined the patriots for cheating videotaping signals from their opponents. >> how did tom brady come out of spygate? >> untarnished. he's been teflon-coated. movie star-handsome. rarely makes an offensive statement. >> reporter: people are talking about him as a cheater. >> americans don't like cheaters. if one person in the world has a real chance to have people believe him, it's tom brady. >> now cnn sports analyst, nine-year veteran of the nfl, former nfl player such as you. you heard tom brady say again and again, i know nothing, didn't know anything was wrong, never would do it not in a million years. this report says that is likely not true. how bad is this for the players, that perhaps the greatest quarterback of his generation if not more than that may have point-blank lied? >> it's a bad look. ted wells spent 108 days over three months investigating this. doesn't matter whether i think he did it. ted wells said it's probable that tom brady was aware of what was happening, that jim mcnally and the official locker attendant and the assistant equipment manager pushily deflated those footballs to gain a competitive advantage. and to me that is a big, bold statement that here we have this untouchable, as we saw in the package, an untouchable superstar involved in a second case of cheating. you had the patriots with spygate years ago. >> right. >> they were videotaping other teams' sidelines. the hammer was brought down on them then. $500,000 fine to bill belichick, head coach. $250,000 to the organization. loss of a first-round draft pick. and here we are again just years later, same situation, trying to gain a competitive advantage. the investigator ted wells said that it is probable that not only did it happen but that also tom brady was generally aware of it. >> i mean incredible. that would mean they won a super bowl under false pretenses. that's one of the greatest crowns in world sports. this is a league that suspended a linebacker for smoking pot. okay? if you get suspended for smoking pot, which is becoming legal in states across the country, what happens when you point-blank lie about inflating -- deflating footballs, getting ready for one of the greatest games in american sports? >> that's a great question erin. you look at that situation. smoking marijuana. it's conduct detrimental to the league. then what is cheating? how detrimental is that to the nfl? the greatest sports league in the united states, one of the best in the world, if not the best. so now you have this scenario where roger goodell is going to look at this report. if he finds it's probable that this happened and that it again is a second offense of cheating in this situation, you have to think he's really going to bring down the hammer in this scenario. we talked about what they were initially. i think they're going to at least fine the organization the $500,000 -- excuse me, belichick was fined $500,000 that case. the organization was $250,000. they lost that first-round draft pick. i think they're these going to hand down that sort of fine to give perspective did players. what are the players saying? i talked to a hall of fame player just moments ago on my way here. and he said that there's no way tom brady first of all didn't know about this. he also said i would take away the super bowl title from the patriots and i would suspend tom brady four to six games next season. those are big words from a star player hall of fame player in the nfl. >> those are very big words to suspend him four to six games and take away that super bowl title. something that people outside sports who 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and its ability to go up or down and not stop him from descending it into the grund. making sure nobody would see him. >> reporter: according to the new report the selected altitude decreased to 100 feet for three seconds. then increased to the maximum value of 49,000 feet. less than two minutes later, the selected altitude was 100 feet. until it stabilized at 25,000 feet. the flight never left its scheduled path so air traffic control didn't notice the altitude changes. >> unless the plane is equipped to stream the data and they decide to stream the data of the aircraft performance from the flight and someone's monitoring it they wouldn't have noticed. it was clear the pilot didn't notice for another reason. the front lab was inoperative and he apparently went clear to the back. he was gone for four minutes. >> reporter: it appears it was a dry run for what he would do later on same morning on board the same plane during flight 9525. lieu bits waited until the captain left the cockpit, locked the door, and set the plane's altitude to 100 feet. he directed the jetliner into the mountains, killing all 150 people on board. and this is just a preliminary report. the investigation is still very much ongoing. but these new details speak to how much planning was put into lubitz's suicide flight. not only was it deliberate but it was also premeditated. now, the airline, germanwings, refused to comment on the report. however, attorneys for the families they just put out a statement. they say that these latest -- this latest information just highlights the fact that there needs to always be at least two people in the cockpit and there needs to be improvement as it relates to detecting and treating psychiatric illnesses among pilots. >> rene thank you. joining me "outfront," our aviation analyst miles o'brien. the german magazine "bield" spoke to someone on that earlier flight. you can imagine how everyone on that earlier night feels. lucky, guilty perhaps. he said he did notice the pilot having to go to the bad room in the back of the plane. he didn't notice the plane go down in any way. it wasn't noticeable in terms of altitude changes. i guess my question to you is if someone's in there setting it from 100 feet to 49,000 feet back to 100 feet that doesn't register anywhere? with anybody? >> the plane was already in a cleared descent from about 39,000 feet to 21,000 feet. and so for him to spin the knob below the assigned altitude of 21,000 feet wouldn't change what the plane would do. if he'd gotten to 21,000 feet and hadn't changed it would have kept descending but there wouldn't be wild gyrations based on knob turns. because the plane was already in a descent. nobody would have noticed, including the captain. >> you feel everything's automated. what mary was saying there's no reporting back. there's no okay this guy tried to set to it 100 feet. if you saw someone try to do that you'd know you had a problem. >> well here's the thing that's kind of interesting. it is rarely used but it is used in europe. there is a capability for air traffic control to read what you have selected not your altitude but what you have selected for altitude as well as your speed heading. it's called mode sierra enhanced. it is possible he was checking to see if this particular sector had that capability. the air traffic controller if he had seen it probably would have said excuse me where are you going right now, germanwings? and that might have been what was going on. >> wow. that's fascinating. even more sinister when you think about it that he was testing to see if they did notice. thank you very much miles. 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"outfront" tonight, a state official saying hillary clinton's use of her own private e-mail was not acceptable and now her husband saying that wealthy donors got preferential treatment treatment, now some are speaking out. >> bill clinton is hardly out of the picture and now defending his wife over donations to the clinton foundation. >> did any of those donations effect secretary clintons policy. >>? >> no. she didn't know about a lot of them and we had a policy when she was secretary of state that we would only continue accepting money from people that were already giving us money. >> the campaign is trying to move on from the new book clinton cash that questions whether any of her secretary of state decisions were influenced by foundation donors. >> there is just no evidence even the guy that wrote the book apparently had to admit under questioning he had a shred of evidence out there that it would fly. and it won't fly. >> she may have weathered this storm even though americans are split on her honesty and trust worthiness. >> and bill clinton sounded less than joyful about his role in this race. >> this is going to be an endless and long campaign. to be effected you have to be mad. so i guess i can't get any votes. >> and even as hillary clinton tries to get those votes, questions are waiting back in washington from her time as secretary of state. on capitol hill today, republican senators grilled a state department official offer her use of a private e-mail server. >> you're asking me if i would be concerned if a cabinet member deliberately set up an e-mail account to circumvent the laws? >> that is correct. >> in theory yes? >> in theory? >> yes. >> and she has her own date with a congressional theory over her e-mail and the attacks at the consulate in benghazi. >> and this will be an unprecedented sight, a presidential candidate taking her oath before a televised congressional theory. >> jeff zelleny, thank you very much. we'll be right back. when you're not confident your company's data is secure the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. we monitor network traffic worldwide, so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. be sure to check out my interview with sir elton john on the home page of cnn. we talked about aides, and the in-vitro fertilization and the designer and the royal baby. be sure to set your dvr to watch "outfront" and we start with anderson cooper. there are reports of tornados and warnings for parts of oklahoma kansas city and nebraska right now. and we we are -- we are live at the weather center right now. what is the latest? >> you with see tornado washings -- warnings in effect and some warnings in the exact spots we saw t
charged in the death of freddie gray are demanding marin mosby be removed immediately. there's a motion filed just tonight insisting that mosby is bias in favor of the gray family and the protesters who took to the streets of baltimore of gray's death. the motion points to the statement that mosby made the day she announced the charges when she said in part -- listen to her. >> to the people of baltimore and the demonstrators across america, i heard your call for no justice no peace. >> she continued to say i will seek justice on your behalf. this is your moment. calling the charges against the officers baseless. the attorneys also leveled a totally new accusation against the prosecutor. they say the lead attorney for the gray family billy murphy, served as mosby's personal attorney in the past. and they go on to highlight that the gray family attorney is mosby's mentor and a major financial supporter of her. sara sidner is outfront tonight. how serious are the charges against the prosecutor? >> reporter: well the defense certainly think theys they're serious. if you talk to some people they say those will get thrown out. we'll have to wait and see what the court does. i want to go down through a fuf of the things that are listed. this is a lengthy document. some the things mentioned we knew about, the husband that's a councilman mr. mosby is a councilman in the same district where they live and where gray was killed. a lot saying hey, this is a conflict because she could give personal or political gain to her husband because she did the charges, that the community there wanted. also that she knows some of the witnesses, has a relationship with the witnesses. that is one of the charges. that these defense attorneys are making. that she has this personal relationship with the gray family attorney. that being a big one that she would not be able to separate trying to please this attorney because of their personal relationship. her husband also of course having a personal relationship with the attorney. it talking r also talks very much about the speech she made to the public when she knead the anuancement to the public about the charges to the officers saying she went through the details of the charges and that those who heard it it was going to be very difficult to get a jury to be very fair in this case because they listened to the details. believe me these are just charges. of course they're not convicted of this. but hearing this from the state's attorney early on will prejudice any members of the jury potentially. we talked to her about a few of the conflicts, namely the ones with the personal attorney because that is something also that the police association did talk about that they had this relationship with mr. gray's family attorney. also we asked her about the relationship with her husband, the conflict that has been brought up there. here is what she had to say about all of that on monday when we asked her. >> there is no conflict of interest. i mean i'm going to prosecute -- i'm the baltimore city state's attorney. my jurisdiction covers every district in baltimore city. there's a number of crimes that take place in baltimore city unfortunately in the district we live. where is the conflict. i have to take myself away from every case or crime that takes place in west baltimore. that makes so sense. >> reporter: so there you know the two sides. the attorneys if for six officers charge saying she should be removed or her office should be removed from the case and she herself saying absolutely not. i'm going to do this and i'm going to go forward with the prosecution. >> all right. thank you very much. she's standing her ground. outfront now, criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor paul call land along with van jones. paul you've actually read these hundred pages. you've gone through it. what's your verdict? >> i had said early in the weak i didn't think there was a conflict here. i thought it was a close question. having read the papers i've changed my mind. i think there clearly is a conflict. billy murphy who represents the family was her personal attorney not in like a real estate closing or something nonpersonal, but something involving an ethics complaint that was made against her. so you get very close to your attorney in that sort of thing. her husband, of course represents the district most heavily affected by the crime. she made a statement that only part of that statement was aired by the press. you played a little more of it tonight if which she literally called out to the demonstrators and said i bring you justice, and she went beyond that and said that this would result in structural changes in the system in baltimore. now that sounds like a political statement, not the statement of a fair and object ty prosecutor. so i think when you combine all of those things together the public would have to look at her and say she can't be fair and you should have a special prosecutor. >> all right, van, there were people on the other side saying this in ferguson. now the other side they're saying it here in baltimore. paul said he's changed his mind when he read this and thinks she should step aside. >> no with i mean i -- first of all, the court, the judge is going to throw this out immediately. first of all let's be very very clear. this is just absolutely ludicrous as far as i'm concerned, number one. you say that she can't represent the prosecutor's office in this case. her job is to prosecute wrongdoing wrongdoing. she pros kurts wrongdoers in that neighborhood every single day. the police have never said hey, you live in this neighborhood you can't prosecute. number two, the family attorney a representing the family in civil court, not in criminal court. as a prosecutor she's not a judge. she's not the jury. she's not supposed to be neutral. once she figures out there's wrongdoing her job is to do what she's doing, the go after the wrongdoers in her view. that's what prosecutors do. >> van, very surprised to hear you say that. because i know that you called for the removal of the ferguson prosecutor and the prosecutor in the staten island case the garner case saying that they were in a conflict of interest situation because they worked with the police and their core responsibility was working with the police. now she does the same thing. >> absolutely. >> you didn't call for her removal. what's the difference? >> two things. one, this is the exact opposite situation. in that situation they were not going to bring charges guard because of the close relationship. she's going against -- >> you called for their removal before they announced charges. they were presenting the case to the grand jury. >> because -- exactly. because the people in ferguson had already said and they were right, that that district attorney was wrong. by the what way, if you want to talk about selective outrage, i didn't hear you expressing outrage when the prosecutor in ferguson came out and said the most inflammatory unprofessional stuff when he said he wasn't going to bring the charges, he gave a half an hour speech that was completely inflammatory and ferguson burned to the ground within the hour. >> i made a lot of comments that were critical of him during the course of the case. >> fros courts are supposed to be tough on wrongdoers so she's doing her job. >> let me just play again exactly what she said on this issue of no justice no peace and then i'm going to continue to read something else she read. rhett me play it again so our viewer consist hear it. >> to the people of baltimore and the demonstrators across america, i heard your call for no justice, no peace. >> she continues then to say i will seek justice on your behalf this is your moment. obviously the attorney believe the itch occasion of what she's saying is justice is conviction the people on the street want a conviction. that's what justice is. you get a conviction you get justice and you get peace. if you look at it that way, it does sound bias. isn't her job to put charges on the facts? >> erin, are we now saying we're shocked that a prosecutor wants to get a conviction in a case she's bringing forward? prosecutors do this every day. they say i'm going to put somebody in jail every day. the only reason we're upset and shocked is you have a prosecutor saying this about police officers. three of these officers are african american. so you have a prosecutor saying i saw wrongdoing someone is dead in my city. i am going to go after them. that is justice. i'm passionate about it and that's wrong? every prosecutor in america needs to be fired if that's wrong. >> there's a code of professional responsibility that applies to prosecutors and it requires them not to make inflammatory statements that would tend to affect the trial process. now i find that anybodin'ty wouldn't view that as an inflammatory statement. >> where were you in ferguson. >> you have to go back to hear what i said in ferguson. what i said was the justice department made a big mistake contradicting the local prosecutor by doing a parallel investigation at the same time. they blew that case in ferguson. >> be honest. >> let's not blow this case because she's got a good case against some of these cops. she has no case against others. why blow the case? get a prosecutor in who's neutral and can put a good case together. >> i thank both of you very much. sorry van, and paul. thanks to both of youp. i's not just in baltimore where yaw have the debates going on. across the country there's another police department under fire. this is an incredible case. that is unto 3,000 cases. in san francisco racist and homophobic texts between 14 officers are throwing 3,000 criminal cases into question. dan simon is outfront with our report. >> is san francisco the new ferguson? [ bleep ]. >> ferguson is here. >> the unlikely comparison comes among the troubling disclosure of racist and homophobic text messages exchanged between more than a dozen of fran police officers. texts causing a major stir. do you celebrate kwanza at your school in the reply, yeah we burn the cross on the field. in another text quote, they should be spade. the response i saw one an hour ago with four kids. >> the messages that were being traded between the officers were horrendous. >> it's why the san francisco district attorney george gascon is investigating some 3,000 cases in which the officers were involved cases that could potentially be tainted by perceived racial bias. >> this is an area that we cannot afford to look the other way. >> in some cases criminals will have to be let go. eight active cases have already been dismissed. >> are we talking about a lot of cases where people were wrongfully arrested or accused because they're african american? >> we don't know the answer to that today. you know we'll get to the answer. i'm fully committed to do soing. >> the texas messages surfaces earlier this year in a federal case involving a san francisco police officer on trial for corruption. sergeant ian fer men jer was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being found guilty of stealing drugs and belongings from suspected drug dealers. the tekts were sent or received by 14 officers in 2011 and 2012. there were hateful words used against gays mexicans and philippine philippine philippine noes as well. >> if i offend anybody, i'm sorry. i'mlytruly, truly sorry. it's banter among friends. >> these disgusting text messages have exposed what some civil rights activists have complained about for years, that there's an element of racism within the police department. reverend brown is the head of the chapter of the naacp. >> we're 45% of the population. i know ferguson is over in missouri. but in terms of attitudes, practices and outcomes as it pertains to justice for black people in this city we are ferguson. >> reporter: well the san francisco police chief declined or request for an on camera interview but said that the department has no tolerance at all for homophobic or racists behavior. he's recommended that at least eight of the officers be terminated. and erin it just goes to show you that even in sflan, a city known for diversity and inclusion, we're not immune to these kinds of problems involving police. >> those text messages that you're sharing sounded like some of the e-mail we heard out of ferguson. outfront next tom brady shrugging off deflate charges. is brady untouchable or will he be held to the same standards as others. a new fbi warning against isis prompts a massive boost of security in mill taye bases across america tonight. an unprecedented storm system is barrelling down on 20 million american, tornadoes, heavy rain hail a possible hurricane off the coast of the carolinas. it's a massive, massive storm and we have a live report coming up. 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>> well my athletic career is better than my academic career. i'm usually used to reading xs and os. >> noed a submission of guilt. sile and move on. if he had read the 243-page report it would have seen that it alleges more probable than not that brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities. this is not the first time his character has come into question. in 2007 many wonders whether belay brady knew his ex-girlfriend was pregnant when he broke up with her and began dating super model gisele bundchen. many of his sfans have not waird. >> i'm a new england girl and i'm going to stand by tom brady 100%. >> people that love him still love him, people that hate him still hate him, you know. he's pretty bullet proof around here. >> he's earned the nickname teflon tom. but now critics are coming forward. shannon sharp tweeted brady must be suspended for a minimum of two to four games. cleveland head coach saying this i've always had a lot of respect for him, but i lose a lot of respect for guys who cheat. and usa today's chris chase, his ego is far too big to admit he lied. witness his smirking sitdown with jim gray on thursday night. >> tom it looks like you picked a pretty friendly place to reappear. >> thank you guys for being here. thank you very much. >> the question is will the applause last. >> if you're a patriots fan, tom can do no wrong. i think that brady is certainly the john f. kennedy of the sports world. what i don't think is this might tarnish his legacy somewhat. >> well we'll have to see about that. the nfl says that no decisions have been made about any sort of punishment at all. the nfl has a lot of options that they could be putting on the table. they could suspend him, they could fine him or they could simply do nothing at all. >> thank you very much. let's bring in sports agent drew rosen house. he represents three patriots players. so obviously the story affects pim personally. also with me the former linebacker for the san diego chargers sean mayorman. i know you see the story differently. drew you heard tom brady last night, you saw tom brady last night. he was in a friendly room. that's going to make your body language and everything very calm. so some it may appear smug and to a lot of people it did appear smug and disingenuous. what did you think in. >> the guy is one of the am. time greatest players in the history of the nfl. he deserves the benefit of the doubt in my opinion. i know this report came out. but i want to see what the league is going to do with it. quite frankly there's a lot of probables, a lot of maybes a lot of dots that are connected. but it takes more than that to come down and enforce a serious penalty. i'm represented players who have been punishedly the nufl unfairly and the appeals have been heard and we've had the rulings overturned. i'm sure tom brady's legal team is chomping at the bit to take a shot if the league disciplines him in a heavy handed fashion. there's not a lot of hard evidence here. >> sean, you say and i think you tweeted last night, like a pep rally. those were your words. >> it was a pep rally. you heard more cheering than anything else. we didn't see that. i feel like his attitude is he knows the league won't come count on him as much or as hard so he's taking the approach. whether he says he's guilty or not, it doesn't mat are. his approach to this whole thing is you know he won't be held accountable as much as anybody else. if this was anybody else other than tom brady, they would have been suspended at this time. if he's just find most players in the nfl are going to be outraged because they know if they were put in the same situation, they would have been suspended. >> on the point, you're talking about the circumstantial evidence. there's a lot of it and it's important. but as you poind out, you've got to put the dots together to with stand an appeal. but there is a common sense test here ap and brady talked abtd his football preferences in the past. here he is a couple of years ago talking talking. >> when he scores like a touchdown, it spikes the ball and it deflats the ball enand i like that because i like the deflated ball. >> obviously i'm putting out for circumstantial evidence. but i'm makes a serious point. this is a guy who can touch a football and know whether it's been deflated. even if you can't prove if he knew who or when it was deflated when he touched it he would have known it was deflated. isn't he therefore responsible? >> erin i'm sorry. i think this thing is so overblown. the patriots beat the colts because on that day they were the better football team. >> but how will you ever really know that if they did it by cheating? >> it was football. because they ran for like 250 yards. blunt won that game not tom brady. i think this is overblown. look they're a very successful team he's a successful guy. i think this thing is blown out of proportion. they're a great football team and they won the super bowl and they didn't win it because of the supposeds deflated footballs that tom brady knew about. i'm not into suspending guys and fining guys over innuendos. i'm an agent. i support the players. i'm looking for the nfl pa backing it up. if he cheated and they can prove it he should sb punished. >> if he came out and said you know what i had a little bit of air taken out of the ball this is the way i like to throw the ball. fine him. let it be that. it's the fact that he has no knowledge of the entire -- like he didn't know. there's 243 pages of evidence show that he did at least know about it. at this point he should have been fined if he came out after the game when he found out and it was made public. now he should be punished and the organization should be punished as well. >> everybody deserves to handle things with the media differently. i believe that the patriots organization should not be punished if bill bill la check or the other players organizationally weren't involved. i don't think it's fair to punish the patriots a bit. if this was an isolated incident i don't think you can punish the patriots organization. >> sean you were suspended for four years for violating the nfl's rules or performance enhancing drugs. what do you think tom brady deserves? 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[♪] the voice of the wild within. breaking news at this hour military bases across the united states are right now under heightened alert. increased security tonight after an fbi warning that isis was par geting them. as we speak the security level is at bravo, which means the threat is increased and a predictable threat. so that's important. and as you can see, it moved up from the lower leveling. bravo the yellow. the threat has not been at this level since the tenth anniversary of the 9/1 is attacks. jim shoe to is out in washington tonight. this is a significant thing for them to do the move the level up when they're talking about specifics. what exactly prompted this isis fear and warning? >> well, i'll tell you it's because the british jihadi tweeted out the name and address of a u.s. military officer this week, he's the man who's believed to have pushed the texas gunman to attack. and this is not the first time isis has done this. last year they published the names and addresses of some 100 members of the u.s. military. and we know that hay have pushed isis orders in canada. there were a couple of other recruits there who used their cars to attack men in uniform. >> and jim, they're also saying they're going to increase the fbi is going to increase its surveillance of people that think are going to do something for sigh sis in the united states. we've heard from former cia agents there could be tens of thousands of people that have under surveillance. how can they monitor those people closely? sfl there have to be multiple layers of monitoring. the numbers you here are hundreds of investigations and thousands who have checked out a jihadi website, followed someone from isis followed someone on twitter. then the judgment is who do you consider serious enough to put full surveillance on. the texas gunman they put him under investigation but not full surveillance. that attack happened and we saw that in texas. they have thousands of guys there. they didn't get the "charlie hebdo" attackers right either. that's why in the wake of this you have the fbi director calling all of his officers saying we need to look at all of the suspects to see if anyone needs heightened monitoring. >> ijim shoeciutto. we have a large tornado on the ground in texas right now, part of a massive dangerous storm system bearing down on 20 million americans tonight. from cnn to texas people are bracing for an incredible and dangerous storm vortex. at this hour at least four tornado watches are in effect. this is an area as you can see here, that's already been hit with massive funnel clouds leaving paths of devastation in its wake. top left that one in cnn, it was intense fires, there was one north of dallas lightning hit a natural gas -- well, you can see the damage there. threatening the east coast, the first named storm of the hurricane season, a major storm called ana, barrelling towards the carolinas bringing heavy rains, high winds, coastal flooding and according to our latest metrological forecast the storm is growing in the strength at the minute. jennifer gray is out front at the storm prediction center in norman oklahoma. we're talking about a rare unprecedented storm system that you're looking at right now. >> yeah. we are looking at major storms we're looking at snowstorms in the rockies open a tropical system. it's sort of the weather trifecta here this weekend. we're looking at dangerous storms on the texas/oklahoma line. we have tornado warnings in effect for cotton and jefferson counties in oklahoma and clay county in texas. there are reports of a tornado on the ground there. if buyers area as well as hastings hastings. we have been looking at a couple of other tornado warnings in texas just a little bit southwest of wichita falls. this one that we're speaking of the tornado possibly on the ground it is actually to the northeast of wichita falls right on the texas-oklahoma line. this is not the only night of severe weather. we've been talking about severe weather pretty much every single night this week and the threat continues. as we go today, saturday and even into sunday, and we could see it ramp up more tomorrow. swre a moderate risk of severe weather, especially in central and western oklahoma that does extend south into north texas. you mentioned we're here in norman at the storm prediction center. the men and women here are hard at work. they're issuing watching and warnings in connection with the national weather service. they'll be working around the clock to get the warnings out quickly so everyone can stay inform pd the biggest thing, stay ahead of it. know what's going to go on this weekend, especially if you're in the areas of the highest risk and now what to do have a plan to stay safe. >> thanks very much to you. and the unprecedented line of severe storms is causing damaging winds, drenching rains. we talked about the hail and the serious tornadoes. ryan young is outside of oklahoma just north of the texas state line. you've been driving around storm chasing. what have you seen? >> reporter: well we've been driving for two or three hours now. my photographer is guiding us down east. and we have been seeing heavy hail. you know it's a sound you won't forget. we've pulled off to the side of the road a couple of times. this is what we noticed. the day started with just light rain and then all of the sudden -- >> and it looks like obviously we lost that shot. the weather out there is pretty terrible. so with some of these live shots and technology we're not always able to have to have them consistently. next an american ebola survivor thought to be cured has a stunning relapse. out in public living a normal life but ebola was still alive inside him, inside his eye. plus another craig's list killing, a teen selling his car online found dead after taking a potential driver for a test drive. a special report on the murders on craig's list. it's possible your personal information may be at risk. research shows that if your information is compromised due to a data breach you are 6 times more likely to become a victim of identity theft. now is the time to get protection. sign up today and lifelock will begin monitoring your personal information, including your social security number alert you about suspicious activity and if needed, take steps to help restore your losses. you only have one identity. protect it with the best. lifelock. when you're not confident your company's data is secure the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. we monitor network traffic worldwide, so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. tonight, ebola in an american's eye. an american who had been given a clean bill of health after being hit with ebola suddenly was in great pain. he found out the ebola was still alive and in his eye. he's what we know. dr. ian crozier was helicoptered in atlanta ebola. in object he got the clean bill of health. and then two months later he was back in the hospital. his left eye was in great pain. his iris had turned in this blue that you see here to green and as you can see, the pup l had dilated incredibly. and tests showed that while his blood was declared ebola free that eye still full of the cyrus. dr. sanjay gupta is outfront. this is a bizarre story. it's a frightening story. the first question is he gets the clean bill of health two months later the ebola was in his eye. how was he able to survive and was it alive the whole time in his eye? did it migrate? >> most likely it had been in his eye all along. interesting thing about the eye is that they're sort of immune privileged meaning that cells that fight infections have a hard time getting to certain places. so ebola the virus or it could have been any virus, if it gets in the eye, sometimes the body has a harder time clearing it. that can happened in certain parts of the brain as well and your cartilage. likely hae had the infection from the beginning. it's not in his blood anymore which is what gave him the clean bill of health. this but because he's having these semp toums, they put a needle in his eye and when they pulled back some of the fluid, they found the ebola virus in that fluid. >> you're talking about places in the body. this is incredible. that it's hard for immune cells to get to things can survive, in cartilage, parts of the brain, the eye. when this doctor -- as this country was told the doctor was healthy, back in public no longer contagious. obviously they didn't know or expect that the virus would be in his eye. how can he know he wasn't a risk to others around him if the ebola was still there? >> it's a great question and a question that we put directly to the doctors who did the procedure. they were the ones who had the most contact. i should mention first of all that we've known about the possibility of ebola lingering in the eye for some time. even back in the outbreak of 1995 in africa there were some patients who squebtly were found to have the virus if their eye a couple of months after they were declared ebola free. it wasn't new. but what these doctors did was interesting. they -- around the tear duct they took the tears and the area and looked for the ebola fist before they did the tap. after they did the tap they found the ebola in the eye itself. after that they looked at the tears again and they didn't find ebola. they're confident that they're not contagious that he's not spreading this virus to other people. from a public health standpoint, that was really important. >> his iris as we saw went from blue to green and the pupil dilated significantly. it became all black. that's the normal and that's what happened to his eye. why would that happen? >> you know it's interesting. again we asked the ophthalmologist this and they say it's a bit of a medical mystery. you'll appreciate this because you have blue eyes. blue eyes you basically don't have any pigment in the eye. when light is shining into your eye, it refrkts. people who have darker eyes has a mel la anyone. could it have been the virus itself causing pigmentation of his eye and then when the virus cleared his eye started to go back to a more normal color. typically what we hear is this does happen when the eye changes color, it usually stays that way. in his case it went back to its normal color. could be some indication that the amount of the ebola virus has gone down. >> a medical mystery. thank you so much. >> you got it erin. thank you. and outfront next a craig's list seller meets a potential byner a parking lot. a lot 0 you may have done the same thing. but now the police say the buyer killed him. next the surprising number of kralg's list deals that turn deadly. pot comes to colorado and the locals are fighting back. the american dream is terrifying. american history is the history of the scary thing being the exact thing we have to do. cross that ocean. walk on that moon. fly. none of this makes rational sense. it only makes american sense. here, the hard things show us who we are. leaving your job to start your own thing. having a kid when you still feel like a kid. signing a 30-year mortgage on a home. scary sure but no match for our colossal self-belief. we're supposed to do scary. without scary, we don't get to be brave. buy in. quickenloans/home buy. refi. power. 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>> i want to talk about this business story, something wew3 tackled with our panel yesterday, thee1 news from the yahoo! ceo marissa mayer. basically telling herxd employe they need to come to the office, right,jf no more telecommuting. she's facing backlash and not justxd coming from xdemployees, ÷meganame in big business, richard branson.t( what's he saying today? >> yeah, brooke,çó that's right3 richard branson coming out this morning sayinge1 that yahoo! ce marissa mayer is makingq a huge mistake. he actually called her decision backwards. he'sq saying, quote, we like to give people the freedom to work where they want, safe in the knowledge they have the drive and expertise to perform excellently, whether they're at their desk or in their kitchn& q8e also adds,e1 andw3 this isq] funny, yourst( truly has never worked out of an office and never will. butiáp lot ofxd people are argu that thise1i] might really compromise yahoo!'s ability to attract and retain talent. some saying that peoplejf who wk from home actually end up being more productive because they don't haveñi thet( added distran of drive bye1e1 meetings and ca focus on a single task through tracked on other smallerzv wor related tasks. we spoke to jennifer owens, the media. she saysñi she was verynb disappointed with the yahoo! decision. >> at the same time, we weret( talking to panelists yesterday -- forgive me. >> i think that ju%y5aok ae1 b statement like this is veryce1 backwards thinking. and i think that they -- if they have problemokq employees-zit i not the working from home that is causing the 3wproblem.]pa&h% it is the, you jfkoknow, it is whatever managing thata5&emplor it is that employee isñr a problem. whatever. you have to look at these things as an individual case, and asq trueerself recently, she of all people should unde2j p'd the importance of that work-life balance, brooke. >> with her two week maternity leave she caughtt( açó bit of f on. i was going to say a lot of our panelists at the samee1jfok tim( look, working face to face with people is great, they're able to get catalystñr ofxd ideas,qxd e just walking into people, grabbing lunch. you can see it from bothq ways. i'm curious, zain,z( when you lk at the hard numbers, how common is working from home these days? >> okay, well,t( e1statisticwis 10% of employees work from home on a regular basis. not that many. but 98% of companies today offer employees at least one type of say aex policies are embedded in company culture. itfá really justt( t(e1de0"3qái% some companies are| love telecommuting because it saves the company money. the more people working in-house, the greater the cost. things like phonei]xd lines, e1 costs, cubicle space, costs companies money. >> zain asher, thank you, t(zai ation's midsection here. xdjf a late february blizzard.ñr feel ba9for that guy.ok something is goinge1 onxdfx(%q!% tire. this is kansas city, missouri, lookxd closely, ifokq you would. that snowçó drift, that snow drt in texas is close to three feet( deep. brrr. chadlpçó myers, i'm cold lookin this. chad is in the weather center. stand by. i wantxdñi to go first to erin mcpike, who i was e-mailing earlier saying, please stay warm, you say you haveq been so far. by the looks of yourxd surroundings, it looks chilly.xi >> reporter: the worst of the storm rightlp no7ñ" is over. it looks to be sleeting a little bit right now. but the storm itself is over. that does notfá éñ mean the pai e1 tell you. we haveok gotq about 38,000 pow outages still in kansas city. about 10,000 more infá texas an more+ in oklahoma and let me sw you why, brooke. look at ñie1this. the snow here is really, really heavy. if you get hit with something like this, it is reallya5ñr goo and bringing down power lines. ñ outages. also, 20 miles south of here, in belton, missouri, there was a whole building that collapsed because of this heavy snow. you know, last week, we were in wichita, and we sawu peo#s+ñ rooftops, because you want to get thatxd heavy snow off, so y building collapses like we had earlier today. brooke? >> erin m÷cpike, to all the people in kansas ñicity, put th snowballs down. move further away from the cars, they're zipping too close behind you. >> they are. >> that's the first thing i thought. like, move away. maybe the biggest difference between this storm and theñi la one, the winds. >> oh, yeah. >> pretty blowy out there. >> tremendousw3xd winds. especially parts of texas,ok kansas, even into nebraska and iowa. things are calming çów3down, th, brooke, right now. we don't have blizzard warnings. the heaviest snow backñi to western oklahoma ande1 amarillo. now the snow is here, almost omaha, des moines, across i-80, instead to the south where it was a couple of days ago. a lot of moisture, though, is being hogged by the 2@cn. this is great news. when we see this, we know that the snow amounts at the lo!z weather guys, even we putñr out are not going to make it. not going to gete1qçó up to 18,) running out, it is taking the moisture out of the storm and taking the punch out of what could be the snow part of the storm and it is raining out rather than snowing out. there is still going to be snow. chicago is still going to be in it. we saw ted there, the rain he had all day changed t(over to snow. they'llt( get a good 6 to 10,lp aurora and parts to the north. we have the snoweuu(sj here to prove it. now it has 6 to 10 inches, no longer the punch of 21. that's good. >> we'll take than rain instead of the snow. chad myers, thank you very much. husband wanted to kill people and eat tp]9ñ but, is an insane desire the same thing aslp committing a crime? 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[ male announcer ] new icy hot advanced cream. the first with 2 max strength ingredients for long lasting relief. pain over. have to warn you right out of gate here, details on the next story are disturbing. new york police officer on trial right now accused of planning to kidnap, cook, and eat women including his own wife. she is the one who told the fbi and she was the first witness to testify against him. this is gilberto valle, charged with conspiracy to kidnap a woman and take a look at his apartment. this is where prosecutors say he logged on to these fetish websites, made these deadly plans with people from all over the world. now, his neighbors couldn't believe what was happening, apparently, right next door. >> it sounds like a movie, not anything real. >> it is kind of thing you only see on tv, really. the fact that it is in the building makes it extra. >> and he's a police officer. >> even worse. >> now it is up to a jury to determine if this man is guilty of conspiracy to kidnap. cnn's national correspondent deborah feyerick was in court yesterday. she joins me now from new york. and also cnn legal analyst sunny hostin. so, deb, can you hear me? sunny -- >> i can hear you. i'm listening to you from a television just behind me. here it is. okay, go ahead, brooke. >> we'll roll with it, deb feyerick, my first question to you is what is the feeling inside the courtroom today? >> you know, it is really fascinating. what prosecutors now are trying to do is they have put several women on the stand who actually knew gilberto valle, what they're trying to do is establish that some of his alleged targets were women who he knew either from high school or from college, and they're going over text messages and e-mails about the kind of relationship they had. so far there has been nothing really explosive, nothing showing that he was in any way stalking them. almost a casual conversation that you would have with any friend. but they are trying to establish that, in fact, he did know them. and so that when he's talking to other people online, that, in fact, they're about specific people. however, the defense is saying, no, wait a minute, look, yeah, did he mention this woman's name maureen? yes, he did. but, he changed details like the last name, the college, the age, how he knew her, where she lives. so what the defense is trying to say is, well, of course he was fantasizing about certain women he knew, but it doesn't mean he was actually setting them up to actually be victimized. that's what they're trying to show. >> if there is no evidence, sunny hostin for you, this is a as fascinating legal angle, at what point does one cross the line from having delusions, fantasies of committing a crime, to actually committing a crime? >> are you sure you're not a lawyer, brooke? that really is the legal -- >> i've been talking to you for a long time. >> that's really the crux of the issue here. when does it turn -- when does this sort of dark, sick, twisted fantasy become criminal, when does it become a crime. i say it becomes criminal when you take that step in furtherance of the fantasy. so, yes, perhaps you know the person, and perhaps you are on the fetish website, but you're changing the terms and you haven't approached the woman, you haven't grabbed the woman, you haven't kidnapped the woman, you haven't done anything in furtherance with the sick, twisted fantasy. without that, i can't quite see how the prosecution gets over that very difficult hurdle. remember, this is beyond a reasonable doubt, in a federal criminal prosecution. i'm kind of -- i'm a little worried about the prosecution in this case. >> deb, does he testify in his own defense? will we know? >> it is not clear whether he's going to testify. brooke, i have to tell you, this is a courtroom, this is a very sore august courtroom. i spent months covering the story of martha stewart, the u.s. embassy bombing trial. and listening to this particular trial is really interesting, the fact they brought on the wife, the one who initially basically discovered or uncovered this behavior, saying that, you know, he never really wanted the baby that they had together, that he became withdrawn, he became remote. a young couple. there was something very almost strange about her particular testimony, even when the defense lawyer said, look, why didn't you come and talk to us about what it was you experienced? she said, why would i want to do that? he's trying to kill me. however, and this is the point that sunny makes, that is you've got to look at the charges. he's facing a conspiracy of kid na napping, also accessing a database. so two counts, that's all. when i heard prosecutors give their opening -- >> go ahead, sunny. >> i think the second count is the slam dunk count. if he in fact is a law enforcement, dabbled into a database and broke into a database for other than law enforcement purposes, hey, as a federal prosecutor, that's the easy charge. you got that person. that's the hook. the other piece of it, while it may be strange in the courtroom, and it may be salacious, that's not enough to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt. >> we'll be watching entirely bizarre. sunny hostin and deborah feyerick, ladies, thank you very much. coming up here, when you are covered in ca tootattoos, you'rg to stand out in a crowd, especially when that crowd is in north korea. look at him. dennis rodman takes a trip to one of the most secretive states in the world. ] [ angry gibberish ] [ justin ] mulligan sir. mulligan. take a mulligan. i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. 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he's the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. a vatican spokesman says he will keep the name benedict xvi, still addressed as his holiness and, take note, you can call him pope emeritus, emeritus pope. got it, moving on. one year today since george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin. here is what he told police about what happened that day. >> he said, you're going to die [ bleep ]. >> now he maintains it was self-defense, but martin's parents say he was racially profiling their son. zimmerman is charged with second degree murder. his trial is set to start june 10th. there is also a stand your ground hearing coming up sooner, april 22nd, that could last two weeks. if the judge finds zimmerman is entitled to immunity, there will be no criminal or civil trial. for the first time in three months, a rocket fired from gaza has landed in southern israel. no one was hurt. but that attack fueled more fears of another spiral of violence, like the one that led to a week-long war back in november. the rocket attack today follows the death of a palestinian militant in an israeli prison. making news today, former senator chuck hagel survived the filibuster. now president obama's pick for defense secretary could see a vote in the full senate as soon as this afternoon. keep in mind, all of this happening on the same day that obama's nomination for treasury secretary jack lew cleared the senate finance committee an heads to the floor. that is expected tomorrow. coming up, slamming a spaceship into an asteroid on purpose. yep. that's the game plan for keeping the earth out of harm's way when another space rock comes hurdling towards us. will this work? 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it should if you saw "armageddon" in the 1990s. here's what i want to tell you now. there is a team of scientists planning to do precisely that. their mission is this, to slam a spacecraft into a near earth asteroid. remember this? this teeny-weeny dot. looks teeny-weeny to you and me. blink and you missed it. it was two fridays ago we watched this live. that was the nearest the world came to being hit by an asteroid of its size. so, our own space guru chad myers joining me here. we also have miles o'brien, he's with me. miles, let me begin with you. i want you to explain the theory behind this. flying a perfectly good spacecraft, presumably unmanned, into an asteroid, why? >> i would not volunteer for that mission. that is for sure. you know, anybody who played a little bit of pool or snookers or billiards understands what's going on here. you hit it and presumably the ball goes in the other direction. in this case the asteroid. it is a small moon, but the idea is to send two spacecraft out there, one would plow into the tiny little moon which orbits around the asteroid, 8/10 of a kilometer in diameter. and the second spacecraft would see what happens. did it change the orbit, or change it in just enough of a way that if it were headed for earth and we should underscore the point that this particular asteroid is only going to come 6 million miles away from us, if it were headed for earth, could we nudge it out of harm's way. that's the idea. >> that's the point, could we nudge it so we don't end up getting hit. we know this group. chad and i were joking, the government always has an acronym, aida is the acronym. they decided on this asteroid target, tell me about this particular asteroid. >> as i say, it is really just -- it is two rocks. one big one, one smaller one. they won't hit the big rock because the changes that they might perceive would be a little too subtle. they'll hit the little one, kind of like a little moon around it if you will, a binary system to use the term of art in space. and they'll see how much they can move it. now, one of the important things to think about is if we did, in fact, have a big rock headed our way, the kilometer or bigger, it could cause a really bad day for all of us, what would you do? how big a rock would you have to send? would you send a nuclear bomb and blow it up nearby? what happens if in the process of trying to nudge it, you blast it to smith reasesmithereens an have additional rocks. >> these are a lot of ifs. >> we need bruce willis is what we need. >> if i'm going to take you back to monty python, a two ounce sparrow can not carry a one pound coconut. this is a giant rock and you're going to hit it with a little spaceship. it is like a mosquito hitting your windshield. that doesn't slow your car down. >> ever so slightly it does. >> ever so slightly. >> a lot of mosquitos in theory would in fact do that. the idea is if you spotted an asteroid, headed our way, headed to cleveland, let's say, i just picked that out of my -- >> cleveland? >> don't worry, cleveland. you have 50 years to do something. you could send something up to ding it out of the way, or plant a rocket with a thruster on it and with a little thrust could send it ever so slightly away from earth. you have a chance. unlike the dinosaurs, we have the ability to look out there, see something and do something about it. >> bye-bye dinosaurs. we know how that went with them and the big old asteroid many a moon ago. miles o'brien, thank you so much. he's an official asteroid hunter, astronaut. >> ten years away. >> yeah, we'll see. chad, thank you. up next, it is here, the hot topic face-off. have you heard about this 9-year-old, 9, 10, i've seen two different ages, blowing ining internet. now his parents are making news because they're being investigated. we'll show you part of the rap video. dozens of republicans, they pulled this about face on gay marriage. what does it mean for the conservative movement? 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>> i would like to make sure that everyone is clear that it is not lil' poopy. we must pronounce the apostrophe and capitalize it. if filling your kids' head with crap was illegal, the whole site would be shut down. i feel bad for rappers because how bad must they feel that a 9-year-old can do their job as well as they can. >> he's some part of some big rapping circle. >> they're huge. o? >> jackie, what do you think? >> there was lil' bow wow and lil' romeo, lil wayne. this one is hanging out with diddy. listen, if you're going to bring his father up on charges, you might want to look at those moms on dance moms as well with their behavior, not saying there is anything wrong with what they're doing, but we don't know there is -- >> honey boo boo, sorry. >> we'll go there later. >> there is one thing this is good for and it is good publicity for him and it is raining money on him and his father. he even tweeted, he had 5300 twitter followers, he tweeted, i told my mother i would not spend a day in prison. i have eight different ways to make $8 million. >> let me read what dad says. i love my son, i adore my son. he's not doing anything wrong, he's not doing drugs or drinking alcohol. there are other kids killing kids, doing drugs, molesting, he's just singing hooks. he's not hurting anyone. >> i dressed up as elvis presley when i was 8 years old and we all know how he turned out. i think at a certain point -- >> brooke, i'll play the voice of reason. lil' poopy's parents are full of crap and the pun is intended. is there a line that says, i should be signed to disney. that's where a 9-year-old should be signed. he should not be smacking women with donkey booties on their butt, he should not be in the club where people are popping bottles. this is the height of inappropriate parenting and i'm glad people are taking a look at it. this is the worst example of a -- >> is this a legitimate case of child neglect based upon the superficial reading we have seen of it? >> if anybody else had their kids in a club where people were popping bottles and shaking their donkey booties, they would be arrested. the club would be shut down. >> it is entertainment. i think he understands it. i think his parents understand it and they'll make a lot of money because we're all talking about it. >> bow wow, lil' romeo and diggy never did this. >> my little 9-year-old girl is still learning right from wrong. and to put a child in this situation, i'm with you. i think the parents are nuts. is it illegal? no. >> we'll wait and see where the investigation goes. let me move on. we're talking about new jersey governor chris christie, the political powerhouse, with sky high approval ratings. just got snubbed, big time, by one of the most important conservative conferences of the year. why is he off the invite list? could it be pictures like this? we'll go there. next. before and didn't know where to start. at angie's list, you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. no company can pay to be on angie's list, so you can trust what you're reading. angie's list is like having thousands of close neighbors where i can go ask for personal recommendations. that's the idea. before you have any work done, check angie's list. from roofers to plumbers to dentists and more, angie's list -- reviews you can trust. i love you, angie. sorry, honey. how did i know? 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>> first of all, 75 republicans who are fringe now at best and have all but been driven out, you talk about huntsman, whitman, these are people who lost their elections, who were easily dumped early in the primaries because they were for these kind of things, it is not a sea change in the republicans. as far as the republic, you're right. i don't know which of the five of us have changed our minds, statistically speaking, i think, you know, i certainly have always been for it. but the idea that somehow the republicans are now somehow on board because of this list of republicans is absurd. >> do you think -- >> all i'm saying is that is representative. >> do you think the 75 republicans could have any kind of influence on any of the red states? >> i hope that that's true. i don't see it happening, though. i think the problem is the entrenched congressional districts make sure you have a guarantee that there is a baseline of republicans who are against it, just like they're against women's rights, just like they're against immigration reform, who are hard lining against it. it would be nice -- >> it goes to a bigger issue, really. it goes to a bigger issue. are we going to go, is the republican party going to go with politicians who can be elected? or are they going to stay with their traditional values and stick with -- >> some view it as principle. that's the issue. >> exactly. are they going to abandon this? >> right. >> jacque, you're listening to this back and forth. what do you think? >> i was going to say, the republicans, i think, that party had a huge awakening after the last presidential election. and looking at the thoughts of the american people. and i think if they want to do well in the next presidential election, they better pay attention to the growing number of people that support things like gay marriage. sure, most of the people who signed this document are not in office, but it will be interesting to see what republicans that are in office will take a stand on. >> and how much the supreme court justices actually take this document into consideration here. let me move on. jawn, you get the first crack of this. chris christie. the big news, this year's sea pac is giving governor chris christie and may possibly, underline possible, 2016 presidential contender chris christie the cold shoulder. they say organizers did not invite him to the event, which is set to happen next month near d.c. do you think slap in the face or did he dodge a bullet? >> i think it is a slap in the face. for them to snub him and speculation is because of his support of president obama after hurricane -- after the hurricane that ravaged his region, if that is the case, it just goes to show these conservative organizations, they're more concerned with propaganda, personal agenda, and recycled rhetoric and not the things that americans are concerned about right now. they're concerned about safety. they're concerned about a politician giving up on the partisan stuff and being concerned about their well-being. and that's what chris christie is doing. >> it is suicidal for the republicans to do this. this is a guy who has a 70% approval rating in new jersey. >> but approval rating because of things they're opposed to. that's the issue. sea pac is not indicative of the overall conservative message of the country. >> they have sarah palin coming. they have mitt romney coming. >> giuliani in 2007. >> what was the question? >> i said sea pac said no to giuliani in 2007, but at the same time, as we point out, he's running for re-election in a blue state. at the same time, perhaps it doesn't give democrats as much fodder for ads. >> it will come back to haunt him if he did go. >> maybe conservatives are still irked at him based upon what he said to john boehner when they tabled that -- >> do you go with people who can get elected? do you stand behind them or do you go with people who are close to the values, the values that the core republicans want. that's why you see karl rove who is advocating for the elected route, starting his own pac, it try to get people who can get elected elected. >> karl rove is in the game of marketing, not politics. he's in the -- his job is winning elections, not governing. and -- >> but he wants to win. you can't govern if you don't win. >> chris christie actually is in the business of governing right now and the sea pac conference is all about people who are not considered in governing, just on either winning or showing off their bona fidas as their new ilk. >> what values? who do you want representing america? secretary of state john kerry or honey boo boo child. that's right. she is going global and it begs the question, which defines america more to our allies? is it our politics or our pop culture? we're talking about that next. n. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? 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>> we know politics is far more important, but people love pop culture and they love honey boo boo. she's already popular in the countries where this show is playing. it is really unfortunate that something like, you know, a diplomatic visit by john kerry is, you know, not even getting coverage the way honey boo boo coming to your country is. >> i think we're overlooking the -- >> i think europeans are smart. they understand the difference between american entertainment and they understand the difference between that and john kerry coming. and, also, the difference between dennis rodman showing up in north korea. what is that all about? >> i love -- >> the political -- yeah. >> go ahead. >> go ahead, sorry, yeah. i was saying, i think we're overlooking the political ramifications of the honey boo boo strike. essentially what we're looking at here is they send gangnam style, we send honey boo boo. they launch a nuclear missile, we send dennis rodman. i think there is an escalation going on here we need to be concerned about. >> are we not fearful that they think honey boo boo is reflective of us as a american -- >> no. we send lincoln and then we send dude where's my car? right? >> i beg your pardon! we didn't send it, they asked for it. >> for years, african-americans hated the images of us that europeans have seen. i was once in japan, and the kids there looked like they had rummaged through the boys in the hood closet wearing all ubu and rock a wear and stuff like that. >> i kept thinking, if you have seen clips of the show and they have to use subtitles for some of what they're saying. how do you translate that to spanish? i don't know. >> they're providing -- >> they're putting a dictionary out. they're putting a dictionary out. yeah. >> no. >> yeah, online. >> i also happen to think there is some silver lining in all of this, that honey boo boo's ratings for halloween were 3.1 million or 3.8 depending on the stats you look at and they're falling. the next special after that was 2.1. so maybe we're not going to be saddled with honey boo boo for as long as we think. >> thank you, guys, so much for coming on. little rappers and honey boo boo and chris christie in the mix. coming up, it was one of the darkest days in rock 'n' roll, 11 people crushed and killed at a stampede outside of a who concert. that was 33 years ago. those fans that waited in line for two days to get tickets to that show, guess what, they finally get to use them. stick around. ♪ [ male announcer ] whether it's mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... lauren's smartphone... or kevin's smartphone... at&t mobile share makes it affordable for the whole family to share data on all their devices. and when you connect a tablet, you save $100. ♪ at&t. rethink possible. as congress bickers over budgets, huge news involving the price of your home. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. tragedy on vacation. a hot air balloon full of tourists crashes to earth. but why? plus, scientists just discovering a fast moving comet. but it is not earth in its cross hairs, it's mars. and more than 30 years ago the who canceled a concert. but, tonight, they're doing something extra special for the fans who kept their tickets all these years. hi, everyone. welcome back in studio 7. i'm brooke baldwin. it is the world's deadliest hot air balloon crash in two decades. just two people survived when this balloon filled with tourists exploded in the skies high above egypt. look at the pictures. this is what is left. 19 people were killed when it came careening to the ground. they were tourists. they were from france and belgium, britain, hong kong, japan. they were taking in the sites of the ancient city of luxor when the explosion happened a thousand feet above the earth. that's just shy of the height of the empire state building. ian lee is live for me in cairo. we are hearing there are two people who survived, may have actually jumped before this balloon crashed towards earth. can you just take me through what exactly happened? >> reporter: that's right, brooke. right as the balloon was coming down, it was about ten feet off the ground when things started to go awry, the pilot of the hot air balloon and one of the passengers jumped out. the balloon then caught on fire, sending it straight up into the sky, a thousand feet, up into the air, before it finally stopped and then came plummeting down to the ground. the two people are in the hospital, right now. but the head of the civil aviation authority is in luxor, he's investigating what took place. they said that the hot air balloon was operating legally and it had fulfilled all the requirements to operate, although the chamber of tourism says that the company that operates the balloon has had some infractions and they were going to be looking into that right now. egypt has had a history of hot air balloon accidents. four years ago over the span of a couple of months, 80 people were injured in hot air balloon accidents, in luxor. the government shut down the hot air balloon industry for six months to investigate. they said they implemented reforms that should have worked. didn't work this time. right now all the hot air balloons in luxor are grounded. >> tragic. ian lee, thank you. a snowy blow to the nation's midsection here. it is late february. we're talking blizzard. check it out. kansas city, missouri, going nowhere fast for the second time in less than a week. poor guy trying to change his tire here. snow drifts in texas, close to three feet deep. we have ted rowlands live for us in chicago's o'hare international airport. ted, stand by for me. i first want to go to erin mcpike, in kansas city. erin, how are things looking out there? >> reporter: actually, brooke, the storm has stopped and the roads are actually clear. and i want to show you this. we're actually at the time where we can see lovely sludge, yuck. so that -- that means it is time for the cleanup to start and kansas city's mayor estimates with last week's snowstorm cost the city about $2 million. they think that this week's snowstorm will cost just a little bit more because it is heavier snow, and that means more trees have come down. but by and large, brooke, people we have talked to here are actually very happy about this snowstorm because this is really dry, this area here. it is the third consecutive year of a drought. and this snowstorm has brought much needed moisture, brooke. >> okay, so we have some sludge and moisture in kansas city. thank you, erin. ted rowlands, to you in chicago. never fun. cancellations, flights at o'hare. tell me, give it to me straight, what is the current situation? >> reporter: 230 flights, that's straight up, brooke. as straight as i can give you. the reason, of course, is the snow. it is blowing snow. it is falling for about two hours here. so you've got 230 flights already canceled here at o'hare. most of them proactively because of the weather. another 50 flights at midway. those folks on those planes didn't show up. take a look at the security line. there is nobody here. actually for the flights going out, the passengers are not feeling the pain of the lines, the terminal here in at american is virtually empty. there are a lot of flights still going out. chicago is a city familiar with snow and icing and getting planes out continually still, despite the snowfall. whether that will change later in the day, we'll have to see. they expect the snow to continue for the next few hours overnight in chicago. for now, planes are leaving 230 canceled, that's about 20% of the flights. 80% of the flights are getting in and out of o'hare. >> check your flights ahead of time. it ted rowland at chicago's o'hare. thank you. now to this, olympian oscar pistorius holding his own private memorial service today to honor the woman he shot and killed back on valentine's day, 29-year-old reeva steenkamp. the double amputee olympian stands accused of her murder. he says he shot her by accident, thinking she was an intruder. the memorial service for the law graduate and model is happening tonight at the home of pistorius' uncle where he was staying since he was release on bail last week. pistorius is banned from returning to the home he shared with steenkamp. that is now a crime scene. attorney general eric holder is the latest obama cabinet chief to warn about the effects of impending budget cuts. he talks today in washington. >> if this so-called sequester goes into effect, it will not only curtail the department's ability to support our state and local partners, it will have a negative impact on the safety of americans across this great country. our capacity to respond to crimes, to investigate wrongdoing, to hold criminals accountable will be reduced. >> so now we have heard from attorney general holder. we also heard from ray lahood, transportation secretary who says the cuts will cause all kinds of flight delays. the agriculture department warning of food inspection furloughs, and possible closures of meat and poultry plants. gloria borger is in washington, all kinds of scary scenarios we have been hearing. other than issuing these dire warnings, is anyone doing anything to try to prevent the cuts from kicking in by friday? >> no. you know, just watching the pictures of erin in the snowstorm, i was thinking, it is like we know this huge storm is coming to the country, but nobody is buying a shovel. okay. nobody is getting together and talking. they're trading charges. they're playing a preblame game if you will. and each side is sticking with its own vision. i think the president is really making a calculation here that once these cuts go into effect, and, again, we have to say it is not all going to happen at once, it would happen gradually, but once these things go into effect, the president believes that the country is going it blame the republicans more than it will blame him. >> talk about the president, we saw him speaking earlier this afternoon, in virginia. he's warning of this -- his words, trickle down effect of defense industry cuts. meantime, house speaker john boehner, he went out, essentially said that the president is trying to score political points, even started swearing. gloria, how are the two sides crafting the message here so that everyone thinks it is the other guy's fault, you know, once the pain kicks in. >> you know, i think that's what -- that's exactly what they're trying to do. but my point is that at a certain point, if these cuts kick in, and if they're hurtful, as we think they will be, i think what the public is going to start to ask is why didn't you do something to prevent it, and that's where i think the risk of the white house is, because the president is, after all, president of the united states. and so at a certain point, and it is very hard to tell, brooke, when that happens, but at a certain point, public opinion starts to shift. right now it looks like most people would blame republicans. more people would blame republicans than the president. but, that can really shift easily. you see that poll there, 45 to 32%. but it could shift if people don't like what they see and they say, either a pox on both houses or perhaps maybe the president ought to have a way to lead out of this. >> we have known about this for some time, haven't we, gloria borger? 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goodwill visit, documentary shoot with some of his harlem globetrotters, ready toman saode is no timing involved here, but he tweets he's looking forward to meeting kim jong-un. his agent says rodman wants to tell him the only way to go is peace, not war. quarterback tom brady will stay with the new england patriots three more years at a cut rate price. what's the price? $27 million, according to sports illustrated. but it is a win-win. the pats can cut deals with other players without hitting the league's salary cap. and in theory, that will surround brady with more talent to help them return to the super bowl. the deal also puts brady one step closer to retiring with the team that brought him to the nfl. brady can afford to take one for the team. he's married to gisele bundchen, the highest paid super model in the whole world. according to the latest measure of customer satisfaction, the american customer satisfaction index looks at evaluations by something like 70,000 consumers. satisfaction with e-commerce websites overall is up more than a point. but it is down for online travel companies by 2.6%. the biggest decline of all categories. the survey also finds there is very little difference in the customer satisfaction ratings among travel agencies. and parents, if your kids run up the big bill buying virtual goodies through free kids kid kids apps without permission, it is almost payback time. if a judge approves a class action lawsuit, as many as 23 million people will get a credit in the itunes store. zain asher is in new york. zain, how do parents qualify for the credit? >> hi, brooke. apple will send notices to the owners of the accounts affected to qualify. customers have to prove three things. number one, they were charged for these purchases. they didn't give their password to the kids, and that they already haven't received a refund. this all stems from a lawsuit filed against apple a couple of years ago by a group of parents, upset when their kids were able to make what are called in app purchases, things like buying add ones to games and other apps without their permission. they say apple made it too easy for kids to buy games. it turns out in some cases children were actually racking up hundreds of dollars in extra charges during that window. there have been software updates since then that require users to re-enter passwords when making in app purchases and adjustments that can be made in the ios system that give parents more control. now, it is part of the settlement, apple will give itunes credit for people that were charged $30 in virtual goods or less. those claiming more than $30 can ask for cash. >> zain asher, thank you. now, did you hear, 72 is the new 30? that's the word from german scientists who studied men in japan and sweden. i know, you're like, what? they found that advances in medicine and health care mean we're now healthier in our 70s than our early ancestors were back in their 30s. that means a 30-year-old hunter/gather aer faces the sam risk of dying as a 72-year-old. life expectancy has risen more in last century than it did in the previous 200,000 years. > ♪ ♪ i'm throwing my arms around if you plan to watch morrissey on jimmy kimmel live tonight, sorry. make other plans. the singer has canceled in a case of principle over promotion. morrissey is refusing to appear on the same evening as stars of duck dynasty. you heard about this show, this anti-reality show about a family that makes duck calls. the former front man of the smiths is a well known animal rights activist. here is what he says, quote, as far as my reputation is concerned, i can't take the risk of being on a show alongside people who in effect amount to serial animal killers. the jimmy kimmel show will go on with duck dynasty and without morrissey. if you enjoy seth macfarlane's turn as an oscar host, hope you kept it on your dvr, because he swears he's never doing it again. carlos greer, why not? i heard ratings were huge. >> keep this in mind. he said this before he hosted the oscars. he was asked this question. he said he had a lot on his plate, it is a very long and grueling job, and he said he probably wouldn't want to do it. it was going to be a one-time thing. it is not because of all of the criticism. >> apparently, let me show you this tweet, let's throw the tweet up on the screen. he was tweeting back and forth with a fan, and so he's back with a fan, would you host the oscars? no way, a lot of fun to have done it, though. i want to move on and talk about this big reveal today, the cast of the next season of "dancing with the stars." who will be dancing? >> i think it is interesting we're not going to see some people there. chelsie hightower will not be on the show anymore. one of the biggest shake-ups, we won't see bad boy maks chmerkovskiy, sorry. >> say that five times fast. >> sorry? yeah. exactly. >> what about andy dick. that's a recipe for -- >> andy dick may be -- exactly, he may be the new bad boy. he has a very controversial history. we'll see if he'll be able to paint himself on the dance floor. some other people will be there. your typical mix of athletes, singers, reality stars, wynonna judd. >> who else? >> wynonna judd, she has to battle it out with fellow country star kellie pickler. reality of real housewives of beverly hills star lisa vanderpump will be on the show. we mentioned andy dick. boxer victor ortiz, and comedian d.l. hughley. >> would you do it if asked? >> would i? you know what, i don't know. it seems like a pretty fun show. >> you've seen their abs once they're finished with the season. i would be like, yes, sign me up. sign me up, carlos greer. thank you so much. good to talk to you today. we want to continueeeking out over space, we like to do on the show. just when we got over the meteor that slammed into rush, we' edm hearing now that a comet is headed toward mars. chad myers. >> we find a comet, we find an asteroid every day and think it will hit something. >> is that what we think about -- we don't think that about the comet, do we? >> mars, hitting directly, plus or minus 650,000 miles. >> not odds -- >> my truck will never go that far. if it does impact, it would be a big deal. it would probably put some water back on to mars, not enough to make lakes or oceans. but this thing is moving at 35 miles a second. it would be a pretty big impact, wouldn't break the planet, but happens all the time, and it happened millions of times over the cosmos. comets are out there floating around, just primordial soup out there floating around. >> primordial soup? >> billions of years old, stuff that never became a comet, a planet, a star, just out there flying around. just kind of stuff. and eventually, 3-d space, this stuff interacts once in a while. they found this 74 days ago. they don't know the exact track. they don't know if it gets close to the sun, will the track change a little bit because of the gravitational pull. but cool to look at. >> chad myer, thank you very much. now ali velshi is up next. talk to me about your money, ali. >> a lot of discussion about whether the forced budget cuts that go into effect this weekend are actually going to hurt people. i'm going to talk to the mayor of philadelphia who will tell us how this is going to affect people living in cities across the country. we'll be right back with more of that. capella university understands rough economic times have led to an increase in clinical depression. drug and alcohol abuse is up. and those dealing with grief don't have access to the professional help they need. when you see these issues, do you want to walk away or step up? with a degree in the field of counseling or psychology from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to make a difference in the lives of others. let's get started at capella.edu from the cnn money newsroom in new york, i'm ali velshi. this is your money. three days to go, forced budget cuts are more likely to happen than not. an estimated 2.1 federal workers face furloughs. 46,000 temporary or contract workers with good paying jobs and benefits could lose their jobs. 3.8 million americans collecting jobless benefits will see those slashed. fed chair ben bernanke weighed in today, said the u.s. economy will drop .6% as a result of the forced spending cuts. >> given the still moderate underlying pace of economic growth, this additional near term burden on the recovery is significant. moreover besides having adverse effects on jobs and income, the lower recovery will lead to less actual deficit reduction in the short run for any given set of fiscal actions. >> he sort of doesn't say it in the easiest way possible, but he thinks it is bad if those forced budget cuts go through. according to new figures put out by the white house, states relying on defense spending will be hit hard. in california, 64,000 civilian defense employees will face furloughs. in virginia, 90,000 will face furloughs. in oklahoma, 24,000 civilian military workers will be put out of work. pennsylvania will see 26,000 civilian defense employees furloughed. but in states like pennsylvania, nondefense programs will see cuts too, $26 million. in primary and secondary education funding will be cut. $21 million in funding for children with disabilities. across the delaware river in new jersey, that state will see funds cut for education, $29 million. $12 million for primary education. $17 million for special education. and we'll see cuts to defense related funding of $59 million in new jersey to army and air force operations in the state. joining me now is mayor -- philadelphia mayor michael nutter. his city sits on the delaware river, separating pennsylvania from new jersey. the economy of philadelphia is affected by the fate and the cuts in both of those states. good to see you. i tweeted that you were coming on, interesting tweets from people. let me ask you this one, somebody says if only cities could figure out how to work without federal money. is that possible? you're going to see those head -- can you live without federal money. >> if they would allow us to have our own printing press, we could just print the money ourselves. ali, this is astoundingly irresponsible. here we are, as you laid out, three days before whatever this is, this sequester, hits us, almost impossible at the ground level to truly determine what the impact will be, though you laid out the larger figures in terms of the state. but there are children in head start or early head start who may not have slots very soon. seniors who will be hurt. those with mental illness not getting service. college students not able to get served with work study jobs. public safety and police and fire services could be affected. and our military families not getting their health care. civilian workers at the department -- >> what do you say to this? >> what is the point of all this? >> you are the mayor of a city that had budget problems for some years. it is hard to get as much money as you need to run the city. you had to make cuts already. what do you say to those people out there, you know who say, hey, look, we got to cut this. the deficit is too high. we spend too much money, the debt is too big. everybody has got to -- i get that. i understand that. we made those tough decisions in '08, '09, '10 and continue to make them today. we do them in a balanced fashion. a combination of responsible cuts, targeted, strategic, and we put additional revenues on the table. as tough as that is, but these are tough jobs. if people ran for these jobs, no one asked us generally to take these jobs. if you want to make tough decisions, and be in these kinds of jobs, that's what goes with the deal. mayors could never get away with the kind of stuff that is going on in congress right now. you know this town as well as i do. if i had said to myself, well, maybe we'll have trash pickup next week or maybe this service or maybe that service, people will go insane and the same thing is happening coming down to the states and local governments. it is irresponsible. >> you know i love philly, i spend half my time there. here is something that is going to affect a major city, as the federal jobless benefits get cut by as much as 10%. how is that going to play out in a city like philadelphia or for that matter cities similar to philadelphia across the country? >> first of all, our unemployment rate is still much too high. but, you know, the money that people are getting through unemployment, they're spending, in the economy. the fed chair said in his own way, going to slow things down. we're coming out of the recession. why is the congress irresponsibly almost pushing the nation, our cities, our great generators of the gross domestic product, why are they pushing us back into a double dip or a second kind of recession? they need to get together, do their job, so that everyone else can get a job. and we just -- we implore the congress to work with president obama on strengthening the middle class, strengthening our economy, and getting people back to work, not throwing them off into unemployment. >> mayor michael nutter, always a pleasure to talk to you from philadelphia. thanks very much. and from the cnn money newsroom, that's it from me. same time tomorrow. i'm out. 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>> you know, i don't know where i would be without that pregnancy center. it took -- they took me in, they gave me a place to stay, you know, they fed us and educated me, and really gave me the confidence i needed to be the mom that i am today. and i just really don't know where i would be without that place. >> let me ask you, pattie, i know you heard of these teen pregnancy shows, shows like "16 and pregnant" and teen mom spin-offs and look at you and the success and your book, and this film, i'm curious if you're at all concerned that these success stories sort of glorify the hardships of being a teen mom. >> you know, sure, that's always a concern of, you know, you don't want teen pregnancy being glorified in any fashion. but, you know, i don't know if it is correct, but i've heard the statistics have gone down for teen pregnancy with all the attention being on them. >> this thursday, you are starting your campaign, you're hoping to raise $10 million. what is your message to teen girls? 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who is matt damon? i'll take 8-letter crossword clues "p" for $1,000, please. what is... a palomino? (laughs) yeah, we'll accept that. um, 8-letters for $800. what is... parallel? yes! way to go. isn't it fun when it comes to you at the last second? makes you feel good. (laughter) all right. we're gonna take a break. back in a moment. you're gonna love this one. tracey rhys from new york is in the order of the blessed saint scully the enigmatic. yes, well, it's, uh, some people would call it an internet cult. we prefer to think of it as a cyber-abbey, uh, devoted to the wisdom of the character of dana scully from "the x-files." i see. the brothers and sisters in saint scully. i made one brief appearance on that series years and years ago, and people still ask me about that. oh, i--believe me, the sisters will want to know all about my time on "jeopardy!" and what alex is really like. okay, good. laura sikes jambon. hi. french for "ham." from rochester. had a pygmy goat in college. why? i did. uh, for the cuteness factor. yeah. well, there are a lot of other things that are cute. how 'bout a little cat? i had a little cat, and one time my little goat... but the goat ate it? ate a chunk of her fur. she didn't enjoy that. no. billy also enjoyed eating a lot of things, like a 3-wick candle, an entire bag of hershey kisses, and unfortunately, he met his demise by eating a bag of quikrete. (laughter) that's not-- wait, wait a minute. was it a 60-pound or an 80-pou, because... alex, you're being insensitive. (laughter) you're right. (laughs) uh... (laughs) a.j., i don't want to talk to you. (laughter) uh, who's in charge here? you have command of the board. make a--make a selection. all right. uh, let's go with, uh... i can't follow that. you can't follow that. not so gay paree for $200, alex. all right. (laughs) what is a guillotine? i'll take not so gay paree for $400, please. who are the vikings? uh, gay paree, $600. and that is the île de la cité. a.j. uh, gay paree, $800. um, let's just go with $800. $800. puts you into a tie with laura. here is the clue... who is caesar? julius? you are right. uh, gay paree, $1,000. what are huguenots? i'll take i'm just swamped! for $200. what are ants? no. a.j. what are termites? lot of 'em down there. uh, swamped, $400. what is the okefenokee? i'll take i'm just swamped! for $600. what is the nile? uh, swamped for $800. what is louisiana? swamped, $1,000. and that would be the great dismal swamp. less than a minute now, a.j., to complete the round. election year, $1,000. what is "ranger rick" santorum? $800, please. what is eye of newt gingrich? uh, before & aftfor $200. who is ronald mcdonald trump? i'll take election year before & after for $600, please. who is pee wee herman cain? and now the (beep) oh, darn, we won't get to it, and this is a fun category. $5,200 for a.j., who's back in the lead. laura right behind him. tracey on the board with $2,400. she's gonna go first in double jeopardy! closed captioning sponsored in part by... all right, tracey, takek at these categories as we get the double jeopardy! round started. we start off with... not "30 rock"... ooh... all of those letters coming up in each correct response. where would you like to start? don't mess with taxes, $400. what is the luxury tax? i'll take 30s rock for $400, please, alex. who is dylan? bob dylan. uh, 30s rock. what is "brick house"? $1,200, 30s rock. what is guns n' roses? no. good guess, but it was 38 special. a.j., back to you. 30s rock $1,600. what is thirty seconds to mars? uh, 30s rock, $2,000. who is the dave matthews band? and you add to your lead. you're at an even $10,000 now. let's go with, uh, nixon's enemies list for $400. what is united artists? uh, nixon, $800. who is namath? uh, nixon, $1,200. what is the "washington post"? uh, nixon, $1,600. who is goldwater? uh, nixon, $2,000. who is jane fonda? for $2,000. don't mess with taxes, $800. what is a stamp tax? no. laura. what is a tariff? i'll take the tell-tale heart for $400, please. what is an electrocardiogram? ll-tale heart, $800. what is an artery? "ography" for $400, please. wwhat is choreography? tell-tale heart, $1,200. what is angina? tell-tale heart, $1,600. here's sarah... palpitations accompanied by dizziness and shortness of breath may indicate a problem with these parts of the heart, such as the aortic and pulmonary ones, that permid flow in only one direction. what is a valve? tell-tale heart, $2,000. an opportunity for you to, uh, put this game away. you have $10,000 more than your nearest opponent. $1,600. okay. (chuckles) here's the clue for you... what are electrolytes? yes. $19,200. "ography" for $800, please. nography? "ography" for $1,200. what is cinematography? "ography," $1,600. what is cartography? uh, "ography," $2,000. what is ethnography? no. laura or a.j.? what is... demography? laura, you pick. i'll take how novel! for $2,000. and we're running out of time, laura, and you can see the score. you have less than 50% of a.j.'s total. well, i'd like to make it true daily double, alex. hello. $17,200 if you are correct on this... um, what is... "the natural"? yes! yes! aah! (laughs) um... (laughs) go again. how novel!--$1,600. what is... uh... uh... oh, too much time. ugh. "the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy"? sorry, a.j., not quickly enough. laura, pick again. i'll take how novel!--$1,200. s laura, pick again. what is "slaughterhouse-five"? how novel!--$800. what is "catcher in the rye"? i'll take don't mess with taxes, $2,000. what is ad valorem? (beep) whoa, we won't get a chance for that. you're at $22,400 now. laura has moved up nicely to $17,600, and tracey's gonna be around for final. she has $1,200. here comes final jeopardy! category--united nations. and the clue will be revealed right after... this. ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run off to the bathroom. ♪ i'm fed up with always having to put my bladder's needs ahead of my daughter. ♪ so today, i'm finally talking to my doctor about overactive bladder symptoms. 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"what is spanish?" he does have a good poker face. did he we--bet enough? taki to $35,201, and a 2-day total now of $56,002. what a finish. what a game. ng himk you all so much. back tomorrow to wrap up the week. see you then. promotional consideration provided by... this morning on "world news now" -- the trial of george zimmerman now in its final hours. the emotional closing arguments continue later today. >> plus, rising rates. if you are in the market to buy a home you might want to do it soon as interest rates climb to levels not seen in years. >> and, listen up -- if you are a woman who works these hours, late night, and we know lots of you out there do, some important medical news this morning about the link between night work and breast cancer. >> in "the skinny," a new low for paparazzi. what some photographers had to say about little suri cruise. it's friday, july 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ >> back. not a repeat. from six months ago. >> this is all old news. >> right. >> welcome back. one night only. >> one night only. just here -- filling in for john. feels good to be back. caffeinated ready to roll. >> you have been doing great during the daytime hours. you have just been rolling. >> they've been working me. working me. >> working hard. >> been to boston for hernandez. back july fourth. philly. south africa, back in may. got to finish the show. got to pick up barbara walters' dry cleaning in a few hours. i do everything at abc -- clean the floors in the afternoon. >> we keep you close and busy. >> i do it all here. let's get to the news of the day. we begin this half-hour with jurors preparing to pass judgment on george zimmerman. they'll hear closing arguments from the defense this morning. >> by afternoon they will begin deliberating this emotionally charged case. abc's marci gonzalez reports now from florida. >> reporter: the jury now halfway through hearing closing arguments in the george zimmerman trial. the state wrapping up the case trying to pull at the heart strings of the six women who will decide zimmerman's fate. at least one juror turning away as the prosecutor bernie de la rionda showed an autopsy photo. >> this is one of the last photos that will ever be taken of trayvon martin. and that is true because of the actions of one individual, the man before you, the defendant, george zimmerman. >> reporter: for more than two hours the prosecution tried to convince the jury, trayvon martin didn't deserve to die. calling zimmerman a "wannabe cop" who targeted a teenager who was simply walking unarmed in his neighborhood. >> he automatically assumed that trayvon martin was a criminal. >> reporter: the defense will present closing arguments their final effort to convince the jury zimmerman killed the 17-year-old in self-defense. zimmerman pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. maintaining that martin attacked him, leaving him bleeding and with no choice but to shoot. his only expression or gesture, a silent denial of the accusations against him. >> the man before you, the defendant, george zimmerman, the man who is guilty of second degree murder. >> reporter: the defense will present closing arguments in the morning. the jury is expected to begin deliberations in the afternoon. they will have a choice -- convict george zimmerman of second-degree murder or manslaughter, or let him leave this courthouse a free man. marci gonzalez, abc news, sanford, florida. >> thanks a lot, marci. in other news this morning, a surreal journey for some survivors of asiana flight 214, revisiting the scene of the deadly crash. they arrived on the tarmac of san francisco international. some shedding tears, others just clearly stunned by the extent of the damage. most say reliving the experience with one another helped them come to terms with their terrifying ordeal. >> we're all tied together through this event, whether we want it or not. other people walked away, uninjured. but they might still emotionally be, whether they know it or not, in need of assistance. >> as crews begin clearing debris from the tarmac, investigators say they found no evidence of mechanical or electrical failure in the plane. their focus now will center on what the pilots did in those chaotic seconds before impact. >> 24 body have been found in the aftermath of that canadian train derailment. investigators say they believe at least 50 people died in the accident. so the search goes on for more remains. the u.s. owner of the runaway train has been heavily criticized for not visiting the site until four days afterwards. >> such a heartbreaking story. oh. >> it is. >> after a grueling debate, lawmakers in ireland approved the country any first ever abortion bill. the restrictive measure legalizes abortion in exceptional cases where the woman's life is at risk because of a pregnancy. the marathon debate ran past midnight with both side shouting insults at each other. opponents fear that the bill is the first step in granting wider abortion rights in this largely roman catholic country. >> that was one of the biggest thing s they were worried about. one of the deepest things th were debating about is whether or not to create this three doctor panel which is a very bizarre idea. create a three-doctor panel that would be able to determine whether or not a suicidal woman could have an abortion if she was on suicide watch or if she had claimed she wanted to take her life. >> or would carry out the suicide if denied the abortion. >> right. >> such a bizarre little subplot of the whole debate. but they really got into the intricacies of the bill. look what happened in texas with the crazy debate down there. one of the topics very strong issues. >> it continues. absolutely. moving on to this. now suddenly sticker shock, sticker shock when it comes to mortgage rates. they're so low, or were for so long, but that is not the case any more. abc's david muir has a look at what's next. >> reporter: if you blinked you missed them. historically low mortgage rates suddenly on the rise. average rate, 30-year fixed mortgage, 4.51%. a two-year high. it was just more than six months ago it was 3.31%. if that doesn't seem like much of a spike. look at what it does over 30 years. take a full mortgage on $200,000 home, the monthly payment at the historic low just months ago, $877 a month. at the new rate that jumps to $1,015, a month. difference of $138. it adds up quickly. over 30 years, that's an additional $49,517 on that mortgage. >> hi, abc. >> hi, david. >> reporter: we first met the evangelistas in ann arbor, michigan, six months ago. the reason they went for the new home, not surprising. >> mortgage rates so low, the best time. a steal. >> reporter: they and their children are loving their new home. if you took out a full mortgage on their same home today, the monthly payment would be $384 more than when they bought it. which is why lisa handler is on the hunt in atlanta looking for a new home for her family for some time now. >> we were taking our time. now we are under the gun. >> reporter: why the spike in mortgage rates? economy overall is doing better. the fed will do less to help move the recovery along, buying fewer treasury bonds which had been keeping mortgage rates low. which is my mary blanchard told us it is pushing buyers to get in knowing rates are on the rise. >> a deluge of people rushing to lock into the rate. david muir, abc news, new york. >> here is a look at your friday weather now. heavy rain in the southeast. stormy through the great lakes into the dakotas. more monsoon style rains over the rockies. check out the big chunk, middle section of the west that is sunny and dry all day long for you. >> another scorcher across the south. lots of triple digit temperatures. a gorgeous mild day along the west coast and cooling off here in the northeast. dropping in fact, into the 70s. except for our studio where it is about 98 degrees. refuse to turn on the ac. even though i sweat. >> now, now, it is on. it has been on. i dressed with long sleeves, just for you today. >> because you know i like it cold. >> the air has been on since you walked through. already cooler than it usually is. and here i am. >> i am stanking. it is hot. i am sweating through the suit. telling you. no ac. >> that's disgusting. >> come on, that is the essence of summer. >> oh. >> ha-ha-ha. >> it is summer, obviously, silly season on tv, every season on this show. >> case in point, the latest offering from the sci-fi channel. don't do that. debuted a few hours ago -- this was called "sharknado." a disaster pic that features a tornado filled with what else, great white sharks descending on los angeles. >> i smell oscar. >> oh god. an expert says they must have spent hundred of dollars on the special effects. it is also, generating tons of tweets overnight. >> dozens of dollars were spent on it. >> dozens. >> on all of that. >> a classic. >> you know what. i cannot wait to see that. >> look at that. >> i will be watching. >> oh! >> didn't see that coming. >> oh, no. >> let me guess. >> what is his name, from 90210. saves the day. kills them with bats. the whole time. going to grab it by the what -- >> by the what? >> that looked worse than "jaws." >> what people will invest their money in hollywood. unbelievable, man. >> that guy did look like matt gutman. do you think he is moonlighting as an actor. >> abc don't pay like it used to. >> coming up. scientologists lost one of their celebrity followers. details coming up in. ♪ the skinny >> uh-huh. but first an important medical story for women who work the night shift like i do. researchers say may be at a higher risk for breast cancer. we'll tell you why coming up next. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by swiffer sweeper. >> announcer: "w ews now" weather brought to you by swifer sweeper. how much dirtcan we 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[ lee ] it goes under all the way to the back wall. i came in under the assumption that it was clean. i've been living in a fool's paradise! oh boy... there you go... morty just summed it up. the next 44 years we'll be fine. oh. ♪ [ female announcer ] stress sweat smells the worst. and secret clinical strength gives you four times the protection against it. secret clinical strength. and can cost thousands of dollars to repair... thankfully, the powerful dual action formula of rid-x has enzymes to break down waste and time released bacteria to reduce tank build up. d-tic maintenance. welcome back. we have several important medical stories this morning to tell you about starting with what may be in your apple juice, quite possibly arsenic. starting today, that may soon change. the fda for the first time is setting the same limits for inorganic arsenic in apple juice as it allows for drinking water. this move after dr. oz made national headlines last year about dangerous levels of the chemical. the arsenic incidentally comes from pesticides used in crops. >> why would it take dr. oz to alert the nation, "hey, there may be arsenic in apple juice" and change the standards. >> that worries about what is in things we are drinking and eating. the stuff you give your kids. great. >> small steps. uh-huh. >> medical news this morning, health alert for all the women who are up and working at this hour. >> scary news here. including you, here we go. a new study warning working at night, uh-huh, may increase your risk of breast cancer. here is abc's senior medical contributor dr. timothy johnson. >> reporter: breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer in u.s. women. the latest study to find a connection between breast cancer and working nights appears online in "occupational and environmental medicine." researchers compared over 1,100 breast cancer patients with a like number of women who have no history of breast cancer. about a third of the women worked at jobs where they spend at least half their time on evening or night shifts. the breast cancer risk was more than twice as high for women with 30 years or more of night shift work. in this study the risk was even higher for women in health occupations. scientists suspect that it may involve melatonin which regulates daily body rhythms. and they think increased light exposure on night shifts may depress melatonin production and increase cancer risk. i'm dr. timothy johnson. >> apparently worse if you work nights for like long term, 20, 30 years. worsens the chances. scary though. >> here is the deal. go out and get some sun. every day you try to make it a point get outside. get a little sun. get out there, not be depressed. whatever it takes. scary stats. >> another perk for the overnights. >> great. when we come back, a brand new low for the paparazzi. >> what they had to say about little suri cruise. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >> oh, i have missed "the skinny." good to have it back in my life just for the night. >> welcome to "the skinny." but we do want to begin. we have some rare photos. a couple superstars that are together. this is a rare sight. this is rob nelson and his mama. >> oh, look at that. see. >> she came to visit yesterday. stopped by for the first time she told me. she was a little upset this is the first time rob has brought her around. and they took, they took some pictures on the set. of course, mama being mama. she was taking care of robbie's hair. we also learned a tiny tidbit about the celebrity next to me. mama calls him robbie. >> that was the worst mistake she made saying robbie in front of the staff. only her and my dad get away with that. mom was here for her birthday. and brought her to the set to help celebrate. had a good time. everybody was nice. took a picture with you. got to sit at diane sawyer's desk. she was ecstatic. >> could not contain her excitement. kept calling us celebrities. which i thought was very sweet although a bit over the top. she had no idea. >> she had a good time. you have to bring her around more often. >> she stayed up to watch the show. sure she is in new jersey having a stroke on the overnight news. >> call your friends. >> exactly. >> good trip, mom. good to see you. >> yes. >> great. happy birthday. happy mother's day. a little thing. >> all wrapped in it. i was in africa for mother's day. >> and back to not embarrassing news by rob nelson. >> robbie. >> if you didn't hate the paparazzi, now you do. now you have a reason here. apparently, suri cruise, famous daughter of tom and katie, in new york, an altercation outside the hotel where the paparazzi started harassing this little girl. take a listen. >> we love you, suri. >> suri, you little brat! >> if you missed that, the photographer saying "suri, you little brat." calling her out. >> another photographer, hey, dude, that's a little girl, stop using that language. he dropped the b word on little suri cruise. mama katie. not happy about that. this shows you the scumbags that some of the paparazzos are. disgusting. >> gives celebrities around the world to go to law makers saying we need laws on the books that don't allow the men to get this close to our children. we're the celebrities. our kids have nothing to do with it. >> amen to that. >> that's just my opinion. moving on to this, exclusive information we have, apparently, leah remini from "king of queen" has quit church of scientology. >> oh. >> yeah, she -- now this is according to a source. apparently been subjected to years of interrogations what they're calling thought modifications. finally she just quit. this may stem all the way back to, speaking of tom cruise and katie holmes, their wedding in 2006. a blogger out there saying that she apparently went up to the leader of the church and asked an innocent question -- "hey, where is your wife?" he said to her, reportedly, "you don't have the bleeping rank to ask about my wife." >> oh. >> she took this to heart. she has been sitting on it for quite some time. as a result of that question. she was put through interrogations, black listed within the church. according to reports. she ditched it altogether. a rep for scientology, denying all the claims. no word on what leah is saying. >> fascinating little group, the church of scientology. good luck, leah. >> very interesting. >> yes. >> sophia vergara has given an interview to "harper's bazaar." this is what she says -- i shower, do hair and makeup. for me, it is like shaving. i don't believe in a natural look. she is saying, you know what, ladies, don't believe what men tell you, never go without makeup or hair. always get it done. she does not believe in the natural look. she says, gisele bundchen. the only one who can pull it off. >> allowed. >> every day, hair and makeup. hey. >> my only problem, when it come to sophia, regardless what is going on with the face. that's not what most men are paying attention to. just saying. >> it is okay to go with the natural look is what he is saying. >> we'll be right back. is . e'll be right back >> right back. ♪ there it is. come on. whoa. >> i caught it. >> right on your dress. >> sorry about that. >> that's okay. you got excited. >> i got you with the tip. >> well, what are we going to do? >> ha-ha! >> it happens. it happens. >> it has been quite a week for news headlines and our heads are still spinning. >> yeah. >> everything from high drama, murder trial in florida and reproductive rights. but clearly topping the headlines, the plane crash in san francisco. here now is our "friday rewind." >> oh, my god! we just saw a plane crash. >> it seemed to be arriving perfectly. then all of a sudden it, it tilted up. sort of like, 70 degrees. and it landed on its tail. it crashed with a thud. a real loud like smash to the concrete. >> and finally the plane stopped and it was like a -- a silence for some time before people start, you know, realizing we are back alive. >> abortion is the only medical procedure where the result or the expected outcome is the taking of a life. >> this bill is about bullying womens and taking away their rights and helping somebody get through a republican primary. >> do you know whose voice that is in the background screaming? >> yes, definitely. that's georgie. and i hear it. i hear him screaming. >> i thought it was george. >> whose voice is it? >> george zimmerman's voice. [ indiscernible ] >> i don't -- just, you know, that he had the audacity to smirk at us. that's how i take it. >> i am getting stronger each day. and having my privacy has helped immensely. >> i would say thank you for the support. >> i may have been through hell and back, but i am strong enough to walk through hell with a smile on my face. >> there is too many interesting women i have -- i have -- i have not had the experience to know in this life because i have been brainwashed and -- that was never a comedy for me. ha-ha. >> all right, dustin. >> want to tell you about "world news now" extra. >> in case you missed it, best and the most fun moments from the week. all posted online. just for facebook fans. good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson in for john muller. >> i'm diana perez. here are some of the top headlines we are following this morning on "world news now." >> home buyers are facing sticker shock now that mortgage rates have shot up. they're now at a two-year high. >> there is an emotional debate over how to divide the $11 million donated following the sandy hook shooting. one plan currently being considered is to give each family who lost a loved one $281,000. >> for the first time, the fda is setting the same limits for arsenic in apple juice as it allows for drinking water. the move comes after dr. oz made national headlines last year about dangerous levels of the chemical. >> two pennsylvania teens managed to put the kibosh on a kidnapper, chasing him on their bikes and rescuing the 5-year-old he snatched from in front of her house. those are just some of the top stories on this friday, july 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." i like this new walking thing that y'all do. >> see, we get up. >> gives me a chance to stretch. >> do a stretchy stretch. >> feels good. and stretch, i like it. this is, hot in here, good to air out. >> that is disgusting. >> it's truth. men know what i have been talking about. sitting down all this time. come on now. >> women who have men in their lives know what you are talking about too. >> there you go. >> happy summer to you and yours. >> welcome, rob nelson. >> yes, i am new here. very uncomfortable on the show. as you can tell. >> john muller is back from his vacation as you can tell. >> yes, i have been beaching it up for months. >> well, welcome. >> good to be back. good to see you and all you insomniacs. here for the night. maybe one day next week. filling in. >> you are welcome any time, any time. >> kind word. little bit of news on this friday morning. good morning, everybody. we begin this half-hour with the latest from the scene of the doomed asiana jet crash in san francisco. crews have already started clearing giant pieces of the plane from the tarmac. but investigators say their work has only just begun. so far, they say they found no evidence of electrical or mechanical failure. >> some survivors of the deadly crash relived their ordeal making an emotional visit back to the wreckage. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: it was a caravan to commemorate their survival, about 30 passengers of the asiana flight 214 with family were taken by the ntsb back to the wreckage. some gathering in a circle reflecting on the violent triple 7 crash they lived through. >> some became emotional. some, started crying. others were like disbelief. >> they're running out -- >> reporter: as the nearly 300 passengers ran from the burning jet some called 911. we're hearing their pleas. >> she is severely burned. she will probably die soon if we don't get help. >> we are working on getting additional ambulances to you. >> reporter: for some frustration. >> we've been on the ground, i don't know. 20 minutes a half-hour. we're almost losing a woman here. we're trying to keep her alive. >> reporter: san francisco fire officials say within 18 minutes, 17 rescue vehicles and ambulances were on the scene or on the way. and what about the pilot learning to fly? he saw a flash of light second before reaching the runway. but reported to the ntsb we learned that it did not affect his performance. this jet hit so hard on the tail section that a first responder who walked through the plane found the front in pristine condition and the back a mangled mess, part of the floor r away. fire destroyed nearly the entire rf. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> i think when a storye this happens you can't help but think ev ou been on,t tion a plane, the first bit of turbul i just think --methke i just t's manyinceke have seen this. it rattles everybody's nerves. if there was pilot error involved in this there are going to be lawsuits and investigation for years relate thi >> i think whether it was pilo involvement or nhere years. the simple fa thaven been a mechanical, electrical, and essentially now they're really foche ps. this is goingt. they have the black box. listening to 911 calls. there was a delay in the 911 calls and people reaching the people who needed help but also apparently after this plane crash landed, the pilots came on and said everyone stay in your seats. it wasn't until a flight thd saut. saw flames reaching a 90-second delay. all kind of things are co about in the st >> the good news, vast mori of folks involved in th crash in this country sive. 95%. still little advice here. the rear of the safe they sasit fiv an exit. >> know where the exits are. >> exactly. thahe >> moving oher the six jurors in the george zimmerman trial hear closing arguments this morning from the defense. they're expected to begin libe f yesterday though, prosecuto argued that zimmerm bd assout m confrontation. o confrontation. o later. 11 women were brutally murdered, many of them sexually assaulted. but with no dna testing in the army '60s, the prime suspect was never prosecuted. more from abc's john schifrin. >> reporter: after nearly 50 years investigators now believe they have dna evidence connecting long-time suspect albert desalvo to the last of the boston strangler slayings. at a press conference thursday, the nephew of that victim, mary sullivan, the 19-year-old found strangled in her boston apartment in 1964 was thankful authorities never gave up looking for the killer. >> i have lived with mary's memory every day. my whole life. and i didn't know, nor did my mother know that other people were living with her memory as well. and it is amazing to me today to understand that people really did care about what happened to my aunt. >> reporter: desalvo confessed to the killings but was never convicted. >> that confession has been the subject of skepticism and controversy from all most the moment it was given. it was not admissible in court. >> reporter: he was later sent away to life in prison on other charges where he was stabbed to death in 1973. dna testing was not around at the time of the original murders, but with samples recovered from a blanket where a body was found, authorities were able to make a familial link. desalvo's remains are being exhumed to find an exact match. john schifrin, abc new, new york. >> it is a big day for the pakistani school girl who nearly died when shot in the head by the taliban for promoting education for girls. malala yousafzai will give her first public speech this morning, taking place at the united nations. the address to a special gathering of young people comes a day after her 16th birthday. >> such a remarkable young lady. oh. inspiration to so many. >> light bulbs were invented back in the 1880s. but the chicago cubs didn't start using them at wrigley field until 1980s. guess what? now the team is leaping into the millennium with plans to install, yep, a jumbotron. as you can imagine not everybody is happy. the city has finally granted permission for the team to put in the 5,700 square foot structure in left field. but local alderman and owners of the famous rooftops where fans watch games they're furious saying the jumbotron would cut into their views and ruin the quality of life in that neighborhood. >> staunch opposers to that. ooh, boy. >> she doesn't look like a weight lifter at all. but a young woman managed to lift a truck off her father's legs this week and save him from severe injury. al simons says he is lucky his daughter rachel was with him as he worked on the brakes of a jeep liberty. one of the jacks holding the jeep collapsed pinning his leg. >> quick thinking. >> ouch. >> right away. strong. alert. in the game. for me. because i don't know what would have happened if she wasn't here to rescue me. >> paramedics say simon's injuries would have been much worse if not for the quick actions of his daughter. >> daddy's little girl saved the day. not bad. >> ooh, boy. that's incredible. death valley national park officials have a message. just because it is hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk -- doesn't mean they want you to go do that. >> oh, lord. >> with the temperatures hovering around 120 degrees recently. would-be diner cooks, yeah, they are lining up literally trying to fry eggs. and leaving the gooey mess behind. park rangers, yeah, they're sick of cleaning up after everyone's frying fiasco, so, please, knock it off. >> i don't know that this is a story. >> i just think you need some kind of hobby or some kind of boost in your dating life if what you are doing is literally going to fry an egg in a hot park. you should be in ac. if you're a news reporter doing this, it takes sense. proving how hot it is. or baking cookies inside of your car. that makes sense. we have done all of that. if you are a random person frying an egg, you need a stove. >> yeah, come on now. how about an omelet? anybody can fry the egg, onions, peppers, monterey jack. >> why are you doing it on the sidewalk? >> put it in a skillet so you can eat it. >> can't get a skillet. i go to wafflehouse. >> come on, people. luckily for them, supposed to be rainy these days and for the rest of your friday forecast. here it is. it will wash away all the fried eggs. expect heavy rain in the southeast. storms over the great lakes into the dakotas. more monsoon style rains over the rockies. sunny, dry in the midsection and the west. >> those park rangers are not >> ha-ha. whoo. >> hereweek try the veal. roll the prompter down, there you go a cross the south, plan on a day of sing t mild along the west coast. cooler i e n >> dropping into the 70s in the northeast. >> that's good. >> this area right here. >> and a warm front. >> dropping into the 70s. up into the 90s. ha-ha-ha. >> things are rounded out around the country. >> it is always hot back there. coming up, an unbreakable bond. i'm spitting -- introduce you to three young people who have formed an unusual, amazing family. >> also ahead, what do you think this song actually says. rock the cash box? 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[ female announcer ] so how long have you been living flake-free with head & shoulders? since before jeans were this skinny... since us three got a haircut. since my first 29th birthday [ female announcer ] head & shoulders. the number one dermatologist recommended dandruff brand. ♪ ♪ i'm just waiting on a friend ♪ >> a smile relieves a heart that grieves. those immortal words in the rolling stone song for from 30 years ago. >> never more appropriate than now, in our next story about three lives and an unbreakable bond. here's abc's bob woodruff. >> reporter: leroy sutton was 11 years old when his future was suddenly changed. walking to school he was run over by a train losing both of his legs. as a double amputee, the only dartanyon crockett, his team mate on their high school wrestling team. >> he has his struggles, i have mine. >> get on my back. jump on. dartanian has a challenge of his own. legally blind, born with leber's disease, so nearsighted, he reads inches away from the page. two wrestlers, one who can't walk, carried around by the one who can't see. theirs is a brotherhood forged through the shared struggles of broken homes and meager resources but remarkable positivity. >> they weren't bitter. they had just been dealt a really lousy hand. >> reporter: lisa fenn is the espn producer who first told their story. >> from where i come from there is really not too much of a future in that neighborhood. >> reporter: with the espn broadcast the boys received an avalanche of financial generosity from around the country with no one to help them navigate what to do next. lisa stepped back into their lives, helping them to apply to colleges and manage their finances. >> you can't go into environments like this and earn the trust of two boys like this who have needs like this and then just walk away. >> she cared enough to stay and help us out. >> reporter: with that leroy want to college. dartanyon won a spot on the u.s. paralympic judo team. his first call -- >> hey, lisa, i am going to london. i love you too. >> reporter: so lisa and leroy were there in london, cheering and watching as leroy won critical matches and earned a bronze medal. >> i did it, lisa. >> you did it. you did everything. i am so proud of you. >> reporter: next month this remarkable family will be there when leroy graduates from college. >> she is like -- like another mother. me and dartanyon, we're brothers. we're brothers. and she just created the family like she was the missing piece to the family. >> there are angels among us. that's for sure. >> you almost never see a story where someone steps in to help two people are lost in their ways. that is incredible. the fact that she would do that. and the bond that they have created. >> oh, yeah, it is a family in more ways than one. incredible. >> absolutely. >> we'll be right back, everybody. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from ou ♪ big wheel keep on turning proud mary keep on going to keep on burning rolling rolling rolling on the river ♪ ♪ rolling rolling rolling on the river ♪ >> my girl tina! >> we have all done it. sung a song, loud and proud, and realized we were singing the entirely wrong word. >> now there is a list of the most misheard lyrics of all times. let's take a listen to a couple of them and see what most people thought they were. number one on the list and "blinded by the light" this was manfred mann's earth band. they sing, revved up like a dues. runner in the night. and 52% said they thought "wrapped up like a douche when you are rolling in the night ♪ totally different thing. >> rolled up in a douche. >> that is a total -- that's not the lyric. that is not -- >> that's what happens in this area. >> people misunderstood the lyric. >> how do you roll up in a >> they got confused on a summer's eve. >> then there is this, jimi hendrix, purple haze. the lyric -- excuse me while i kiss the sky. 90% of people thought he was saying, excuse me while i kiss this guy. >> i love it. >> ha-ha. >> after the show. then diana's favorite. rack -- rack? rock the casbah. 14% of listeners say the clash is singing rock the cat box. like, meow, the cat box. not diana. you actually think -- you thought it was something else. >> rock the cash box. lock the cash box. lock the cash box. there's cash in it. got to lock it up. >> you thought they were singing. about the 7-eleven night manager, locking the cash box. >> and classic from elton john the one and only -- -- hold me closer tiny dancer. 14% of the people thought he said, hold me closer tony danza. oh, from "who's the boss fame." no, no, not that. that is not correct. >> that makes sense. i could see how people would think that because he was famous. clearwater revival sang -- and one of my favorite bands, a bad moon on the rise. but there were some folks who thought they were singing about a different kind of moon. 12% thought the lyric "there is a bathroom on the right." >> oh, really? >> sit. sit your butt down. sit it down. there is not a bathroom -- >> no, a bad moon on the rise. >> it's right here. all right. i was confused. >> not a bathroom. >> finally, guns-n-roses. rocking paradise city. >> this is ridiculous. >> ridiculous. >> 10% thought axel rose was saying take me down to a very nice city. come on. not a lyrically complicated song. >> that's what you get. >> paradise city. not very nice city. >> that's what you get. >> lock that cash box. c box. ical expenses, i looked at . 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pacific rim, not a porno, an action adventure flick that pits human kind against monstrous sea creatures. >> i get it -- >> it pairs, a seemingly obsolete special weapon to drive back the attack and save the entire world teetering on the brink of apocalypse. check it out. >> i do not need your sympathy or admiration all i need is your compliance and your fighting skills. if i can't get that then you can go back to the war that i found you crawling on. >> uh, tension. reviewers say pacific rim is a solid modern creature feature, bolstered by fantastical imagery and sense of fun. reviews on this one are pretty mixed. dana stephens of slate saying pacific rim has the ability to make monster walloping strong again. but joe morgenstern says his head is still ringing and hurting from long stretches of this aliens versus robots extravaganza. that are no better than the worst brain-pounders of the genre. >> wow! >> another big movie opening this weeken "fruitvale station." i have never heard about it. this is scoring 93%. on rotten tomatoes. it loosely reconstructs the 24 hours of oscar grant iii unarmed black man shot in the back by a white bay area rapid transit officer in san francisco features moments both tragic and touching. >> you going to leave me, going to leave me again. what kind of mom is you? i am here by myself. >> based on a true story, by the way, "fruitvale station" touches a raw nerve on the issues of law and order, violence and race. as for the reviews they're raving. kenneth turan of "los angeles times" calls the directing debut of ryan coogler, an outstanding film. by any standard. still, not without its critics. as scott tobias, coogler pokes, prod his audience at every turn. leaving not much mystery about how they're supposed to feel. >> oscar buzz around the movie. interesting how it is received in light of the zimmerman trial and all of that. >> good point. one to watch. >> announcer: more americans choose abc news to see the whole picture. this morning on "world news now" -- the trial of george zimmerman draws to a close with emotional closing arguments. how the prosecution tried to sway the jury and what happens next. plus -- >> if you google natalee holloway, how many impressions would you get? if you google unique harris who is missing from d.c., the story is not the same. >> missing kids, missing stories. why some say minorities are left out when it comes to coverage of crimes. and later -- >> it is something amazing, you know. then you recognize your daughter's handwriting. it is something else. >> something else indeed the a message in a bottle. the amazing chain of events that led a mother to reconnect with her late daughter's past. it's friday, july 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> coming up with a way that we would have introduced rob to you once again. just late on the draw. robbie is back! >> back again. filling in for the night. john taking vacation time. gone four months. filled in a few weeks ago. back for a one night stand. so good the last time the i just had to have some more. >> i am having you back. just for one night only. >> exactly. >> remind you. >> that's right. jog your memory, girl. good morning, everybody. good to see you insomniacs out there again. a lot of news this friday morning. the six-woman jury deciding george zimmerman's fate will hear from the defense this morning. >> the prosecution had its chance yesterday to convince the jurors once and for all that zimmerman is guilty. abc's matt gutman was in the courtroom. >> reporter: it was a closing argument laden with emotion. >> a teenager is dead. he is dead through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. >> reporter: and theatrics. >> he is skipping away. la, la, la. that's what he is claiming. >> reporter: the prosecutor, bernie de la rionda suggested zimmerman lied about screaming for help that night. >> why is he able to yell if the defendant claims the victim -- how is he going to talk? or is he lying about that? de la rionda using powerpoint, the foam mannequin and zimmerman's word to convince the jury that zimmerman murdered trayvon martin for the way he looked. >> he automatically assumed that trayvon martin was a criminal. >> reporter: and again, jurors shown pictures of martin's body. >> this is one of the last photos that will ever be taken of trayvon martin. and that is true because of the actions of one individual, the man before you, the defendant, george zimmerman. >> reporter: one juror turned away. another seemed to nod in agreement. as de la rionda ripped into zimmerman's credibility. do you believe there is an innocent man sitting over there right now. throughout, zimmerman stared blankly. his lawyers' chairs swiveled towards the prosecutor. his pointed straight ahead until this moment. >> the man before you, the defendant, george zimmerman, the man who is guilty of second degree murder. >> reporter: you saw zimmerman looking almost detached. his attorney tells me he is under immense pressure and he knows his life is permanently changed. if convicted he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. if he is acquitted, his attorney says he may spend the rest of his life in hiding only a semi free man. matt gutman, abc new, sanford, florida. >> before we get to what is going to happen tomorrow, the defense is going to present their closing arguments. a lot of people talking about the prosecution, use of props whether that was effective or not and the props they used also whether or not that made sense. the skittles they used that a lot. and the iced tea. things trayvon martin had with him. what they were trying to do i heard an expert say this they're trying to convey to six women this was an innocent child. and these items link him to being a child. now he is dead. >> that's not lost on the attorneys here. all-female jury, some of them mothers playing on the angle. a dead teenager, perhaps going for more emotional appeal to the jury. all the legal analysts i listened to say the prosecution did not hit a home run on this. probably a better closing than presentation. you know of the case. you have to wonder, obviously the defense gets its turn, three hours. they have been sequestered, haven't talked to each other. the door closes in jury room in a couple days, the wonder the unleashing of the conservation what that will be like for those jurors big decision and community on edge. >> because they have been sequestered. you almost have to expect that plays a part in it. where they're going to, you don't want to think they are going to want to go home. and get it over with, but they're antsy at this point. listening to quite a lot. interesting. moving on to this. >> survivors of doomed asiana flight 214 visiting the scene of the deadly crash. arriving on the tarmac at san francisco international, some shed tears, others just stared. shocked at the sight of the wreckage. most agreed sharing their stories with each other helped them come to terms with the trauma. >> we're all tied together, whether we want it or not. other people walked away uninjured. but they may still emotionally be, whether they know it or not, in need of assistance. >> so far investigators have not found any evidence that the plane had electrical or mechanical problems. that means, of course, that they're looking more closely at what the pilots did in the moments just before touchdown. >> one of the nation's most notorious serial killings may have just been solved. the man long believed to be the boston strangler has apparently been linked by dna to the strangler's last victim. albert de salvo confessed to murder that terrorized boston in the early '60s but it was ruled inadmissible. dna testing was not around and he was never prosecuted. the family of the final victim just 19 years old is thankful that detectives never gave up. >> i have lived with mary's memory every day, my whole life, and i didn't know nor did my mother know that other people were living with her memory as well. it's amazing to me today to understand that people really did care about what happened to my aunt. >> emotion and relief in his voice. in 1973, de salvo was stabbed to death in prison serving a life sentence on other charges. his remains will be exhumed to find an exact dna match. >> painful, necessary meeting was held last night in newtown, connecticut, to decide how to divide $11 million in donations to sandy hook families. a preliminary recommendation to give $281,000 to each of the families of 26 children and educators killed at the school last year. the families of 12 surviving children who witnessed the shootings would each get $20,000 and two teachers injured would get $150,000 between them. >> two pennsylvania teenagers are the toast of their town this morning. after chasing down a kidnapper and rescuing a 5-year-old little girl. police in lancaster say the girl was playing in front of her house when a man in a brownish colored sedan, snatched her and drove off. two neighborhood boys spotted the car, followed on their bikes for about 15 minutes. when the car stopped they got the girl to jump out into their arms. this morning she is safe. and reunited with her family. sometimes we do get happy endings. >> uh-huh. fun fishing trip. another happy ending. turned into a nightmare for the family after the boat capsized off the coast of maryland. john was tossed into the water with his dad, sister, 9-year-old niece and 3-year-old nephew. he left everyone clinging to the boat to get help. he swam for five hours, battling rough tides, rains, wind, he was so exhausted by the time he reached the shore he couldn't walk. he crawled to the nearest house. >> just not knowing what was going on with them while i was gone. it was getting nastier and blowing harder all the time. not knowing if we will find them when we got back out here. >> you know, sent up a little prayer. he said all of a sudden my feet hit the sandy bottom. come out, i look around the corner and there's a man standing on my deck. he kept saying i need to save my family. >> here is the happy ending part. they were rescued. the family had been in jelly fish infested water for eight hours. amazingly though none suffered significant injuries. >> good financial news this morning. stocks will open today at record highs after fed chairman ben bernanke said the central bank would continue to support the economy. the dow rose 169 points to close at 15,461. nasdaq meanwhile rose to its highest level in nearly 13 years. finally maybe a good time to check the 401(k) statements. huh. historically low mortgage rates are now, a thing of the past. the average rate of a 30-year fixed mortgage is now at 4.51%. that is a two-year high. just more than six months ago, 3.31%. high mortgage rates are actually a sign that the economy is doing better. >> a day that yankee fans had anxiously anticipated the captain. derek jeter back in the lineup for the first time after nearly nine months of ankle surgeries and rehab assignments. >> unfortunately though, his return, short-lived. the crowd was a little thin. but welcome, jeter, with a standing ovation. in his first at-bat. he rewarded with an infield single. later he drove in a run. in the eighth inning, jeter's thigh muscle tightened up and that was that. the team is awaiting mri test results. jeter should be ready to play tonight. >> stands might be more packed hopefully. >> with the lady probably. >> coming up a mother's emotional discovery. the message in a bottle sent by her daughter and found two years after her death. >> the story that need to be told. the group making it their mission to get the word out and track down minorities who are missing. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by no no hair removal. er: "world news now" r brought to you b o hair removal. welcome back, everybody. we heard from the three women who courageously broke free from ten years of captivity in the house in cleveland. >> but there are many other women still missing and minority groups say their stories are all too often omitted from all the headlines. >> abc's steve osunsami has more now on race and reporting. >> reporter: long after the search for the three missing women in cleveland grew cold. >> you have a missing friend? >> reporter: dereka wilson and her sister-in-law natalie were still burning a candle for gina dejesus, sharing her photos and working the phones until the very day she came home alive. the wilsons believe they're answering god's assignment trying to help families find missing persons who they believe the authorities and we in the media have forgotten. all because the victims are of color or poor. >> this young lady is missing. >> reporter: since 2008 they helped police bring more than 120 people home. their days start early with tips from anonymous sources who call in or send messages on line. if you have any information -- they canvas streets with photos of missing children and find what they can to share with police. >> if you google natalee holloway, how many impressions would you get? if you google unique harris who is missing from d.c. the story is not the same. our people deserve to be found. we deserve awareness. >> there is someone who loves them too. >> absolutely. >> reporter: twice a month they pull together a support group of families still searching for their sons or daughters. >> what do you think is happening. the assumption that we are not, really missing, we are hiding out. we are not of that class that someone would actually take us. >> reporter: one study confirms their fears showing that even though black americans are more than a third of yearly cases, less than 20% make the national news. the wilsons say that news coverage matters. after new york investigators had given up on 16-year-old michele greene, they went on abc's "the view." >> our mission is to get the word out. about missing kids ignored by the media continues today. >> hours later there was this tearful reunion. >> it is a moment every one of their families desperately needs. >> doesn't matter what your skin color is. if your loved one is missing, you feel the same exact way. your heart bleeds the same exact way. >> give props to steve osunsami filing the story getting it on the air. a fair criticism you hear of the media including this network. i'll say it. there is not coverage of missing people in this country unless it is an attractive white woman. that happens a lot. >> it's true. it's a sad state of affairs that people are delivering the news, you or me. have you heard of any of the girls. we hadn't. we know who natalee holloway is. like they said, doesn't take away the fact that holloway is missing and hurts for her family. there are other families hurting as well. >> no life is more important than another. especially when they're missing. thank you, steve. still ahead in this half hour, a message in a bottle brings a bittersweet reminder of a voice that has long been silent. >> this bottle washed into the waters off long island waters, a dozen years ago by a 10-year-old girl has been recovered. and a welcome surprise off to the girl's mother coming up. >> in our next half hour, important information for women who work nights. listen up, diana. a new study shows you could be at higher risks of breast cancer. we'll tell you why and what you can do about it. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ i hope that someone gets my ♪ message in a bottle >> welcome back, everybody. it was the quintessential message in a bottle launched by a 10-year-old little girl in the waters of long island. well, that was 12 years >> welcome back, everybody. it was the quintessential message in a bottle launched by a 10-year-old little girl in the waters of long island. well, that was 12 years ago. the bottle has been recovered. this emotional story is our "favorite story of the day." kimberly richardson of wabc has more. >> reporter: surrounded by friends in the mountains of switzerland these would end up being the last few hours of sedoni ferry's life. >> she felt very free there. >> reporter: she was happy? >> she was happy. free and had her own identity. >> reporter: mimi tells me that evening in april, 2010 she got a call from the boarding school sedoni was attending her only child had accidentally fallen off a cliff. the 18-year-old was dead. >> every time i do something, i wonder like what would she say? >> reporter: that wonderment now wrapped with astonishment all because of this bottle and what's inside. mimi's convinced a sign from sedoni. she tells me a message of peace and hope. >> i'm gone, mom, i know you are sad. but i am here. >> uh-huh. >> you want to see inside. >> reporter: yes. inside a faded message from sedoni, mimi believes her daughter wrote at 10 years old. at that time, she was a playful little girl that tossed the bottle into the water. when she was with a friend in patchogue. >> what does it say? >> be excellent to yourself. if you get this, call your number. >> reporter: a quote from "bill and ted's excellent adventure" her favorite movie, which ironically is a nod to time travel. it ends up this past december, these workers were cleaning up after sandy, found the bottle in the sand, called the number and returned the bottle to mimi. >> i can't describe it is something amazing, you know, when you recognize your daughter's handwriting it is something else. >> reporter: a bottle that means so much to so many people including sedoni's best friend who was at that final gathering. >> it is amazing way to remind us that she is still around. >> reporter: kimberly richardson, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> talk about a silver lining from the storm. >> a gift for the mom for sure. >> hang on tight to it. that's beautiful. >> coming up next, everybody, grannies that still got it. >> oh, yeah. grannies that still got >> oh, yeah. oh, we are loving this little story. >> welcome to "the mix," everybody. this is my favorite story of the day. >> got to be. >> we are talking about the golden sisters, a trio of elderly ladies who have re-enacted a few things. one is kim kardashian's sex tape on youtube if you would look to see it. one thing they're doing is twerking, in case you don't know what twerking is, the latest dance craze taking over the internet. >> uh-oh. yes, indeed. >> a pair of 74-year-old twins and their 82-year-old sister. >> yes, indeed. >> seasoned. >> all kind of gyrating, leaning, whatever that was. >> looks like -- >> now you have got to know what twerking is. you can twerk. >> people would rather see you twerk. i'm here for the night. you need to twerk. >> one of them halfway does the twerk. >> right at the moment where she was twerking. >> anyway. that's for you guys. ha-ha! ♪ 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the market to buy a home you might want to do it soon as interest rates climb to levels not seen in years. >> and, listen up -- if you are a woman who works these hours, late night, and we know lots of you out there do, some important medical news this morning about the link between night work and breast cancer. >> in "the skinny," a new low for paparazzi. what some photographers had to say about little suri cruise. it's friday, july 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ >> back. not a repeat. from six months ago. >> this is all old news. >> right. >> welcome back. one night only. >> one night only. just here -- filling in for john. feels good to be back. caffeinated ready to roll. >> you have been doing great during the daytime hours. you have just been rolling. >> they've been working me. working me. >> working hard. >> been to boston for hernandez. back july fourth. philly. south africa, back in may. got to finish the show. got to pick up barbara walters' dry cleaning in a few hours. i do everything at abc -- clean the floors in the afternoon. >> we keep you close and busy. >> i do it all here. let's get to the news of the day. we begin this half-hour with jurors preparing to pass judgment on george zimmerman. they'll hear closing arguments from the defense this morning. >> by afternoon they will begin deliberating this emotionally charged case. abc's marci gonzalez reports now from florida. >> reporter: the jury now halfway through hearing closing arguments in the george zimmerman trial. the state wrapping up the case trying to pull at the heart strings of the six women who will decide zimmerman's fate. at least one juror turning away as the prosecutor bernie de la rionda showed an autopsy photo. >> this is one of the last photos that will ever be taken of trayvon martin. and that is true because of the actions of one individual, the man before you, the defendant, george zimmerman. >> reporter: for more than two hours the prosecution tried to convince the jury, trayvon martin didn't deserve to die. calling zimmerman a "wannabe cop" who targeted a teenager who was simply walking unarmed in his neighborhood. >> he automatically assumed that trayvon martin was a criminal. >> reporter: the defense will present closing arguments their final effort to convince the jury zimmerman killed the 17-year-old in self-defense. zimmerman pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. maintaining that martin attacked him, leaving him bleeding and with no choice but to shoot. his only expression or gesture, a silent denial of the accusations against him. >> the man before you, the defendant, george zimmerman, the man who is guilty of second degree murder. >> reporter: the defense will present closing arguments in the morning. the jury is expected to begin deliberations in the afternoon. they will have a choice -- convict george zimmerman of second-degree murder or manslaughter, or let him leave this courthouse a free man. marci gonzalez, abc news, sanford, florida. >> thanks a lot, marci. in other news this morning, a surreal journey for some survivors of asiana flight 214, revisiting the scene of the deadly crash. they arrived on the tarmac of san francisco international. some shedding tears, others just clearly stunned by the extent of the damage. most say reliving the experience with one another helped them come to terms with their terrifying ordeal. >> we're all tied together through this event, whether we want it or not. other people walked away, uninjured. but they might still emotionally be, whether they know it or not, in need of assistance. >> as crews begin clearing debris from the tarmac, investigators say they found no evidence of mechanical or electrical failure in the plane. their focus now will center on what the pilots did in those chaotic seconds before impact. >> 24 bodies have now been found in the aftermath of that canadian train derailment. investigators say they believe at least 50 people died in the accident. so the search goes on for more remains. the u.s. owner of the runaway train has been heavily criticized for not visiting the site until four days afterwards. >> such a heartbreaking story. oh. >> it is. >> after a grueling debate, lawmakers in ireland approved the country any first ever abortion bill. the restrictive measure legalizes abortion in exceptional cases where the woman's life is at risk because of a pregnancy. the marathon debate ran past midnight with both side shouting insults at each other. opponents fear that the bill is the first step in granting wider abortion rights in this largely roman catholic country. >> that was one of the biggest thing s they were worried about. one of the deepest things they were debating about is whether or not to create this three doctor panel which is a very bizarre idea. create a three-doctor panel that would be able to determine whether or not a suicidal woman could have an abortion if she was on suicide watch or if she had claimed she wanted to take her life. >> or would carry out the suicide if denied the abortion. >> right. >> such a bizarre little subplot of the whole debate. but they really got into the intricacies of the bill. look what happened in texas with the crazy debate down there. one of the topics very strong issues. >> it continues. absolutely. moving on to this. now suddenly sticker shock, sticker shock when it comes to mortgage rates. they're so low, or were for so long, but that is not the case any more. abc's david muir has a look at what's next. >> reporter: if you blinked you missed them. historically low mortgage rates suddenly on the rise. average rate, 30-year fixed mortgage, 4.51%. a two-year high. it was just more than six months ago it was 3.31%. if that doesn't seem like much of a spike. look at what it does over 30 years. take a full mortgage on $200,000 home, the monthly payment at the historic low just months ago, $877 a month. at the new rate that jumps to $1,015, a month. difference of $138. it adds up quickly. over 30 years, that's an additional $49,517 on that mortgage. >> hi, abc. >> hi, david. >> reporter: we first met the evangelistas in ann arbor, michigan, six months ago. the reason they went for the new home, not surprising. >> mortgage rates so low, the best time. a steal. >> reporter: they and their children are loving their new home. if you took out a full mortgage on their same home today, the monthly payment would be $384 more than when they bought it. which is why lisa handler is on the hunt in atlanta looking for a new home for her family for some time now. >> we were taking our time. now we are under the gun. >> reporter: why the spike in mortgage rates? economy overall is doing better. the fed will do less to help move the recovery along, buying fewer treasury bonds which had been keeping mortgage rates low. which is why atlanta realtor, mary blanchard, told us it is pushing buyers to get in knowing rates are on the rise. >> a deluge of people rushing to lock into the rate. david muir, abc news, new york. >> here is a look at your friday weather now. heavy rain in the southeast. stormy through the great lakes into the dakotas. more monsoon style rains over the rockies. check out the big chunk, middle section of the west that is sunny and dry all day long for you. >> another scorcher across the south. lots of triple digit temperatures. a gorgeous mild day along the west coast and cooling off here in the northeast. dropping in fact, into the 70s. except for our studio where it is about 98 degrees. refuse to turn on the ac. even though i sweat. >> now, now, it is on. it has been on. i dressed with long sleeves, just for you today. >> because you know i like it cold. >> the air has been on since you walked through. already cooler than it usually is. and here i am. >> i am stanking. it is hot. i am sweating through the suit. telling you. no ac. >> that's disgusting. >> come on, that is the essence of summer. >> oh. >> ha-ha-ha. >> it is summer, obviously, silly season on tv, every season on this show. >> case in point, the latest offering from the sci-fi channel. don't do that. debuted a few hours ago -- this was called "sharknado." a disaster pic that features a tornado filled with what else, great white sharks descending on los angeles. >> i smell oscar. >> oh god. an expert says they must have spent luns hundreds of dollars on the special effects. it is also, generating tons of tweets overnight. >> dozens of dollars were spent on it. >> dozens. >> on all of that. >> a classic. >> you know what. i cannot wait to see that. >> look at that. >> i will be watching. >> oh! >> didn't see that coming. >> oh, no. >> let me guess. >> what is his name, from 90210. saves the day. kills them with bats. the whole time. going to grab it by the what -- >> by the what? >> that looked worse than "jaws." >> are you kidding me, man? >> what people will invest their money in hollywood. unbelievable, man. >> that guy did look like matt gutman. do you think he is moonlighting as an actor. >> abc don't pay like it used to. >> coming up. scientologists lost one of their celebrity followers. details coming up in. ♪ the skinny >> uh-huh. but first an important medical story for women who work the night shift like i do. researchers say may be at a higher risk for breast cancer. we'll tell you why coming up next. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by swiffer sweeper. >> announcer ews weather brou by swifer swper. how much dirtcan we manufac? more than you think. very little. 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[ lee ] it goes under all the way to the back wall. i came in under the assumption that it was clean. i've been living in a fool's paradise! oh boy... there you go... morty just summed it up. the next 44 years we'll be fine. oh. ♪ [ female announcer ] stress sweat smells the worst. and secret clinical strength gives you four times the protection against it. secret clinical strength. and can cost thousands of dollars to repair... thankfully, the powerful dual action formula of rid-x has enzymes to break down waste and time released bacteria to reduce tank build up. d-tic maintenance. welcome back. weave se welcome back. we have several important medical stories this morning to tell you about starting with what may be in your apple juice, quite possibly arsenic. starting today, that may soon change. the fda for the first time is setting the same limits for inorganic arsenic in apple juice as it allows for drinking water. this move after dr. oz made national headlines last year about dangerous levels of the chemical. the arsenic incidentally comes from pesticides used in crops. >> why would it take dr. oz to alert the nation, "hey, there may be arsenic in apple juice" and change the standards. >> that worries about what is in things we are drinking and eating. what else don't we know? the stuff you give your kids. great. >> small steps. uh-huh. >> medical news this morning, health alert for all the women who are up and working at this hour. >> scary news here. including you, here we go. a new study warning working at night, uh-huh, may increase your risk of breast cancer. here is abc's senior medical contributor dr. timothy johnson. >> reporter: breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer in u.s. women. the latest study to find a connection between breast cancer and working nights appears online in "occupational and environmental medicine." researchers compared over 1,100 breast cancer patients with a like number of women who have no history of breast cancer. about a third of the women worked at jobs where they spend at least half their time on evening or night shifts. the breast cancer risk was more than twice as high for women with 30 years or more of night shift work. in this study the risk was even higher for women in health occupations. scientists suspect that it may involve melatonin which regulates daily body rhythms. and they think increased light exposure on night shifts may depress melatonin production and increase cancer risk. i'm dr. timothy johnson. >> apparently worse if you work nights for like long term, 20, 30 years. worsens the chances. scary though. >> here is the deal. go out and get some sun. every day you try to make it a point get outside. get a little sun. get out there, not be depressed. whatever it takes. scary stats. >> another perk for the overnights. >> great. when we come back, a brand new low for the paparazzi. >> what they had to say about little suri cruise. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. in times of joy, in moments of grief, we are there. when the world looks for truth, broadcasters come through -- even when all else fails. today, with more ways than ever to experience the moments that transform our lives, americans still choose broadcast television and radio more than all otheined. we are the local broadcasters of radio and television. ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >> oh, i have missed "the skinny." good to have it back in my life just for the night. >> welcome to "the skinny." but we do want to begin. we have some rare photos. a couple superstars that are together. this is a rare sight. this is rob nelson and his mama. >> oh, look at that. see. >> she came to visit yesterday. stopped by for the first time she told me. she was a little upset this is the first time rob has brought her around. and they took, they took some pictures on the set. of course, mama being mama. she was taking care of robbie's hair. we also learned a tiny tidbit about the celebrity next to me. mama calls him robbie. >> that was the worst mistake she made saying robbie in front of the staff. only her and my dad get away with that. mom was here for her birthday. and brought her to the set to help celebrate. had a good time. everybody was nice. took a picture with you. got to sit at diane sawyer's desk. she was ecstatic. >> could not contain her excitement. kept calling us celebrities. which i thought was very sweet although a bit over the top. she had no idea. >> she had a good time. you have to bring her around more often. >> she stayed up to watch the show. sure she is in new jersey having a stroke on the overnight news. >> call your friends. >> exactly. >> good trip, mom. good to see you. >> yes. >> great. happy birthday. happy mother's day. a little thing. >> all wrapped in it. i was in africa for mother's day. >> and back to not embarrassing news by rob nelson. >> robbie. >> if you didn't hate the paparazzi, now you do. now you have a reason here. apparently, suri cruise, famous daughter of tom and katie, in new york, an altercation outside the hotel where the paparazzi started harassing this little girl. take a listen. >> we love you, suri. >> suri, you little brat! >> if you missed that, the photographer saying "suri, you little brat." calling her out. >> another photographer, hey, dude, that's a little girl, stop using that language. he dropped the b word on little suri cruise. mama katie. not happy about that. this shows you the scumbags that some of the paparazzos are. disgusting. >> gives celebrities around the world to go to law makers saying we need laws on the books that don't allow the men to get this close to our children. we're the celebrities. our kids have nothing to do with it. >> amen to that. >> that's just my opinion. moving on to this, exclusive information we have, apparently, leah remini from "king of queen" has quit church of scientology. >> oh. >> yeah, she -- now this is according to a source. apparently been subjected to years of interrogations what they're calling thought modifications. finally she just quit. this may stem all the way back to, speaking of tom cruise and katie holmes, their wedding in 2006. a blogger out there saying that she apparently went up to the leader of the church and asked an innocent question -- "hey, where is your wife?" he said to her, reportedly, "you don't have the bleeping rank to ask about my wife." >> oh. >> she took this to heart. she has been sitting on it for quite some time. as a result of that question. she was put through interrogations, black listed within the church. according to reports. she ditched it altogether. a rep for scientology, denying all the claims. no word on what leah is saying. >> fascinating little group, the church of scientology. good luck, leah. >> very interesting. >> yes. >> sophia vergara has given an interview to "harper's bazaar." this is what she says -- i shower, do hair and makeup. for me, it is like shaving. i don't believe in a natural look. she is saying, you know what, ladies, don't believe what men tell you, never go without makeup or hair. always get it done. she does not believe in the natural look. she says, gisele bundchen. the only one who can pull it off. >> allowed. >> every day, hair and makeup. hey. >> my only problem, when it come to sophia, regardless what is going on with the face. that's not what most men are paying attention to. just saying. >> it is okay to go with the natural look is what he is saying. >> we'll be right back. go with t natural look is what is saying >> w be right back. is . e'll be right back >> right back. ♪ there it is. come on. whoa. >> i caught it. >> right on your dress. >> sorry about that. >> that's okay. you got excited. >> i got you with the tip. >> well, what are we going to do? >> ha-ha! >> it happens. it happens. >> it has been quite a week for news headlines and our heads are still spinning. >> yeah. >> everything from high drama, murder trial in florida and reproductive rights. but clearly topping the headlines, the plane crash in san francisco. here now is our "friday rewind." >> oh, my god! we just saw a plane crash. >> it seemed to be arriving perfectly. then all of a sudden it, it tilted up. sort of like, 70 degrees. and it landed on its tail. it crashed with a thud. a real loud like smash to the concrete. >> and finally the plane stopped and it was like a -- a silence for some time before people start, you know, realizing we are back alive. >> abortion is the only medical procedure where the result or the expected outcome is the taking of a life. >> this bill is about bullying womens and taking away their rights and helping somebody get through a republican primary. >> do you know whose voice that is in the background screaming? >> yes, definitely. that's georgie. and i hear it. i hear him screaming. >> i thought it was george. >> whose voice is it? >> george zimmerman's voice. [ indiscernible ] >> i don't -- just, you know, that he had the audacity to smirk at us. that's how i take it. >> i am getting stronger each day. and having my privacy has helped immensely. >> i would say thank you for the support. >> i may have been through hell and back, but i am strong enough to walk through hell with a smile on my face. >> there is too many interesting women i have -- i have -- i have not had the experience to know in this life because i have been brainwashed and -- that was never a comedy for me. ha-ha. >> all right, dustin. >> want to tell you about "world news now" extra. >> in case you missed it, best and the most fun moments from the week. all posted online. just for facebook fans. check out america making news in america this morning, final countdown. the case that captivated the country comes to a close. the fate of george zimmerman will soon in the hands of the jury. but not before one last pitch from the defense. we're live with the latest. removing the wreckage. new video just in of the plane that crashed in san francisco, as crews finally start to clear the runway. arsenic concerns. it's already known that apple juice contains the chemical. but now, the government is cracking down amid outcry from parents. and you will likely hear the word sharknado today. well, what is it? and why is it getting so much attention? ango
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latest on the case and the couple. >> and i am going to call you scum. >> you know what? i'm out of here. >> reporter: there's something about watching a train wreck that makes joe and theresa giudice riveting television. they're famous for epic fights on the "real housewives of new jersey." >> hey, joe. >> what? >> i'm tired of -- [ bleep ]. >> joe! >> reporter: now the giudices are in the fight of their lives starring in a different kind of televised drama after posting bail to the tune of $1 million. 39 counts in total including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud. they're both expected to plead not guilty. >> they're alleged to have made false statements to both the bankruptcy court. >> money they allegedly used to fuel their spending binges. >> that's cute. >> it matches the water. >> reporter: it's hard to know if fans tuned in out of envy or just to ridicule the cringe-worthy excess constantly on display. >> what people do not know, bravo does not pay a fee for clothes, for hair, for makeup. if you throw a party at your house and bravo comes to televise it, to film it, you're paying the cost. >> reporter: wild spending sprees are nearly a trademark for the giudices, dropping $120,000 cash on furniture for one room. $9,000 for a set of curtains alone. amidst all the lavishness, theresa and joe are charged with fraudulently applying for a variety of loans, claiming theresa was an executive assistant using fake w-2s. a u.s. attorney charges joe of not filing proper tax returns for years and hiding the income theresa earned from being on "the real housewives." for theresa, conviction could mean up to five decades behind bars. joe giudice, an italian citizen, could even find himself deported back to italy. the reality couple said nothing outside court. when asked if she was worried about her son's possible deportation, she kept it classy. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm juju chang. >> wow, keeping it classy. >> that's not the only thing the family did. there's all kinds of things. on the way into court, joe slapped a camera away to which his lawyer said, please don't do that. he said calm down. on the way back home, joe's dad frank giudice not only gave the finger to some reporters who were out there, but once they all got home, he turned around and showed them his backside. good measure. full moon today in new jersey. >> apple doesn't fall far from the tree, as they say. >> yikes. and she made good money. $750,000 a season. nothing to cough at. >> back in court in august. so we'll see. >> yes. still to come -- taking flight. >> we'll introduce you to a guy they call jetman who is soaring high above the earth at nearly 200 miles an hour. later, jailbreak, inmates escape out the window. embarrassment for law enforcement. >> announcer: "world news now" cont all right. our next story about a guy who is a rocket man without a rocket. >> his jet powered contraption lifts him above the earth at twice the speed of an average freeway ride. he showed off his invention at the air show in wisconsin. it was his first u.s. flight. we get more from jason zimmerman in oshkosh. >> reporter: jumping out of a helicopter, yves rossi, known as the jetman conducted his first ever north american public performance while visiting oshkosh. >> to have the opportunity to come as a performer here and trying to inspire other people as, yeah, human flying. it's really -- gratifying. >> using a carbon kevlar jet wing with four engines, the swiss aviator propels through the sky reaching a speed of 150 miles an hour. he is able to control every maneuver through a throttle attached to his hand. rossi says he took his first flight in 2008. >> you are so happy because you are the first time soloing in the air. the airplane. the first time you will have to land somewhere, it is a little bit like that. >> reporter: the faa requires rossi to maintain an altitude of 2,200 feet. however he prefers to stay above 3,000 feet before activating a parachute for his descent. >> at first just looked like a little black dot up there. he would curve. turn his head. could turn to the left and the right. he's knows what he's doing. >> you could tell what he was doing. did a roll. waved. neat. amazed. absolutely. awesome. >> reporter: with the jetman being a crowd pleaser, he is planning to add a second one, adding a jet man within three years. recently he began training a student. >> i was the lucky guy. i had the crazy idea. impossible. now i am in front of you. you have seen me. that's possible. >> wow. >> wondering how he landed. cool. >> jason zimmerman in oshkosh. might look like he is brand new at this. in 2008, crossed the english channel. flown over rio, flown in formations, war bird. passengers, air crafts. >> no big deal. been doing it for years. >> taking your wings out, john. >> you know. i can give you a ride if you'd like. i can give you a ride itch you like. welcome to "the mix," everyone. if you have ever wondered what happens in a one-minute span on the internet, we have an answer. a website called qme apparently created an infographic which we'll show you. all information from pc magazine. business insider. it is small. you went be able to see it. i'm going to pull out five of the ones i thought was incredibly interesting. in 60-second span, 2 million searches on google. 72 hours of video uploaded to you tube. million e-mails are sent. 278,000 tweets are sent out on twitter. an incredible amount of information going across the waves. >> how many hours of video? >> 72 hours. >> how do they store it? >> how do they store it? how do you store 72 hours of video. servers must take up football fields. >> just how -- talking cash here. everyone uses amazon. $83,000 of amazon sales, all the other websites selling stuff. $83,000 in one minute of in the internet time. >> pretty amazing. >> it is pretty amazing. doing everything on the internet. speaking of time on your hands. prisoners of guantanamo bay. not going anywhere. they read a lot. what their favorite book is? >> koran. >> you may think so. "fifty shade of grey." >> jim moran, made the revolution after touring the top facility. more than a dozen high value prisoners say the "fifty shades of grey" series of erotic novels are the favorite reading material. >> how is that possible. western society. book, very much. >> yeah, you know. >> sexual in a lot of ways. >> the "s" word. they read the series in english. offered to have it translated. the quote from the democratic representative says, i guess there is not much going on. these guys are going nowhere. >> have you read it? >> i have not. >> i have been told i should. >> maybe we can do some selections here on the mix. >> i'm okay. thank you very much. >> okay. moving on to this. want to show you video posted on youtube by brett jones. just a guy driving along in his van. all of a sudden, superman knocks on his window. rolls down the window. superman asks him, has he seen spiderman. then he glides off. so the guy, not knowing what is going on, turns his camera to the other side. guess who is hanging around? there he is. >> somebody is looking for you. apparently the guy in the van had no idea what was going on. he drives off laughing at his this morning on "world news now" -- anthony weiner's appeal. the new york mayoral candidate refuses to quit the race, despite his sexting scandal. the latest dirty campaign secrets revealed as weiner faces even more challenges. instant freedom. the inmate's escape from the big house out a little window. the manhunt for the prisoner and the embarrassing situation for law enforcement. real estate rebound. the soaring prices on the housing market. who wants in? who wants out? and the cities experiencing the biggest surge. no way. glamorous superstar sharon stone is refusing to do something despite all the intense pressure in hollywood. that's in "the skinny" on this wednesday, july 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> sharon stone looks amazing. >> looks amazing. >> 50? >> 55. >> wow. she -- 55 must be the new 30. she looks incredible. better than a whole lot of other hollywood stars who have gotten work done. >> yes. let's get started. we are going to begin with new york city mayoral hopeful anthony weiner. once again, digging in his heels. >> facing a near free-fall in his popularity. it hasn't stopped him from releasing a new campaign video even as his campaign appears to be imploding from all directions. the one minute long video posted on weiner's website yesterday evening. >> i know that there are newspaper editors and other politicians that say, boy, wish that guy weiner would quit. someone wants to come out something embarrassing in your private life, you got to talk about that for a little while. >> reporter: but that's all that anyone ever seems to be talking about. his ever-widening sexting scandal came up again last night at a campaign stop at new york's city island with weiner getting confrontational. >> i will not go in the corner and curl up because someone found out something embarrassing about me. >> reporter: that embarrassing something is hitting the air waves nationwide. one of weiner's indiscretions, cindy leathers sat down with howard stern. >> you had to say to yourself this guy is one sick puppy, right? >> totally. especially after the first scandal happened. >> the online porn site, thedirty.com has published extreme nude images of what it says is anthony weiner. meantime, weiner's campaign appears to be shaking down to its very foundation. former intern olivia newsy published a tell-all expose in the daily news, alleging weiner staffers joined the campaign to curry favor with weiner's wife, huma abedin for her connection to hillary clinton. that triggered a fiery and obscenity laced response by the communication director barbara morgan basically denying newsy's claims. still, weiner is remaining steadfast. >> quit isn't the way we roll in new york city. >> all right. well latest polling numbers show anthony weiner's support dropped a full 10% over the past week from 26% to 16%. israeli and palestinian negotiators plan to meet in two weeks after wrapping up the first round of talks in years. representatives from both sides sat down with president obama at the white house. secretary of state john kerry said their goal is to work out a comprehensive peace agreement within nine months aimed at leading to an independent palestinian state. the next meetings will take place in the mideast. army private bradley manning will soon find out how much time he will have to spend behind bars. sentencing begins this morning following a mixed verdict in his court-martial for releasing 700,000 classified documents to wikileaks. manning was acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy. but he was convicted of a slew of other charges, including espionage and computer fraud. he is facing a maximum sentence of 136 years in prison. intense manhunt under way after a jail escape in arkansas. you won't believe the video. abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: the inmate on the phone is about to make a break for it. the arkansas man dives through the window that lead to the jail waiting room just ahead of the deputy who does the same, but not quite fast enough. yes, a felon with a rap sheet a mile long runs to a waiting getaway car sunday afternoon and he is still on the lam. >> with all our past dealings with mr. stell, he should be considered armed and dangerous. >> reporter: 30-year-old derrick estell, convicted burglar serving hard time in the state penitentiary was transferred to the jail at hot springs for a court appearance on 26 new charges. investigators say his dive to freedom, watch it again, that window is just a foot high and 2 1/2 feet wide. was more sophisticated than it looks. >> this was an elaborate plan and totally unexpected. >> reporter: investigators are watching the tape for clues. see the man in the blue shirt. investigators say he was an accomplice, distracting the deputies on duty. he is now in custody. then there is this woman, still on the run. police say she was waiting in a getaway car. passenger door open. the couple ditched this minivan a few minutes later. an elaborate scheme to get a hardened criminal out of the big house through an awfully small window. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. a pittsburgh medical researcher has pleaded not guilty in the poisoning death of his wife. dr. robert ferranti faced a judge after waiving extradition from west virginia. prosecutors say that he bought more than a half pound of cyanide not related to his research. they say he also took steps to delay medical care for his dying wife. three former penn state administrators ordered to stand trial on charges they tried to cover up the jerry sandusky sexual abuse scandal. prosecutors say ex-president graham spanier, along with the school's former vice president and athletic director, failed to tell them bay report that sandusky molested a boy in a locker room shower in 2001. spannier says he is innocent. no trial date set. the long wait for major league baseball to take action against alex rodriguez could be about over. today's "new york daily news" reported that a-rod and eight players will be suspended for using illegal drugs by end of the week. rodriguez expected to face longer punishment. the league believes he interfered with the investigation. a-rod's attorney says any suspension will be appealed. accusations of wrongdoing by tsa officers spiked by 27% in two years according to just-released government report. it shows agency employees often received light punishments for sneaking prohibited items past scanners or napping on the job. one instance of misconduct. tsa agents were accused of taking bribes from drug traffickers in l.a. >> somebody bypasses the screening process, takes a bag around a checkpoint, that is a serious offense. that stuff need to be, to be, immediately corrected. >> the report highlights another big problem, over 3,000 instances where screeners showed up late, not at all, or left the job without permission. >> amazing. tsa claims to have zero tolerance policy for these kind of things, but there have been so many reports, it really raises questions about how they're tracking their employees. >> right. the question is what kind of oversight is happening? we have pictures of them sleeping on -- not like we are in a break room and sleeping. snuck into a break room with the cameras. right there in the open in the airport. napping. that's kind of unacceptable. especially since us passengers are like you have to do this, you have to go through the screening process. we have to take our shoes off, pack a certain way, bring things a certain way. get to the airport working with tsa agents who are like i will let my family and friend through. if you know the right person, you can bring anything you want through. >> in defense, i am sure, there are excellent, outstanding tsa people. >> i know some they're great. >> seems too many aren't. get this worked out. at least four workers injured by an explosion and fire at the propane plant in central florida are still listed in critical condition. flames out now. intensity of the fire is a apparent. canisters that exploded are strewn around the ground. the heat melted cars parked nearby. investigators believe last night's blast and fire was caused either by equipment malfunction or human error. parts of italy recovering from a tornado outbreak. one twister caught on camera from the inside out as it touched down near milan. a man inside his apartment with a cell phone rolling as shredded debris swirled outside. thanks to his huge picture windows, he had an incredible view of the tornado spinning a few feet away. fortunately, only a handful of people were injured. let's take a look at today's weather here at home. clear early with rain late among most parts of the east coast. showers. thunderstorms around the great lakes, as well as the parts of the plains and rockies. sunny skies for the entire far west. >> 76 in l.a. but into the 80s for the rest of the west coast. couple triple-digit readings on the map. phoenix, dallas, boston, chicago. 81. slightly warmer than that in new york. okay. maybe the headline for this one should be, nik wallenda eat your heart out. >> from china where a tightrope walker set a brand new guinness world record for walking between two hot air balloons. take a look at that. about approximately a 54-foot walk. it took him over 38 second. not bad. probably could have been done quicker, he says, had he not had to squat down once to maintain his balance. >> the fifth time he set a guinness world record. last name has 13 letters. that's why we will say "nice job there, buddy." >> give it a try, his name is aisikaier wubulikasimu. so congratulations mr. wubulikasimu. there we are. falling off our pronunciation cliff. >> say that ten times fast. >> no thank you. >> good job, diana. coming up -- who is topping the list of hollywood's highest paid actresses. >> and from bust to boom in real estate market. the sudden spike in real estate prices. what it means if you are anxious to buy or sell. you are watching "world news now." ♪ know you are not alone i'm going to make this place your home ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by consumer cellular. and can cost thousands of dollars to repair... thankfully, the powerful dual action formula of rid-x has enzymes to break down waste and time released bacteria to reduce tank build up. d-tic maintenance. the coffee you drink adds up over the years... causing deep, set-in stains. crest 3d white whitestrips go beyond where most toothpastes can reach, safely removing stains below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a $500 treatment. crest 3d white whitestrips. ♪ ♪ know you're not alone because i'm going to make this place your home ♪ good news for homeowners. new numbers show housing prices have jumped more than 12%. >> in two cities, big ones, they're posting all-time highs. more now from abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: enrique, like so many other americans, has been watching the housing market heat up. he wants in. >> i am sure there are deals to be had. just tough to find them. >> reporter: nowhere is that true than in america's neighborhood in the south and southwest. the cities hardest hit by the housing collapse today showing the biggest rebound in prices. the areas hit hardest hit by the housing collapse showing the biggest rebound in places like miami where enrique lives. up 14%. phoenix, las vegas up 20%. san francisco, up a whopping 24.5% since last year. >> i do think housing is going to kick into a higher gear. that means we are going to build a lot more homes and stronger house price growth. >> reporter: a challenge for first time home buyers. >> difficult for people of my generation to go ahead and purchase a home. they are competing against people that are offering with all cash offers. >> reporter: used to be first time buyers made up almost half of home sales. this year with prices surging, investors with cash are tipping the scales. but economist mark zandi says the bigger picture points to something that could help everyone. >> because housing is key to the economic recovery. we won't get unemployment down unless we get housing up. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> while this is definitely good news, it's still not where we used to be. pre-2006, we have places that are still not 5%, there's a couple places that are just 5% to get to where they were prehousing bust. those places san jose, honolulu, san antonio. we are still 25%. a lot of other places below where we were in the 2006 bust. >> nevertheless, a lot better than a year or two ago. they do expect next year sales to slow down a bit, because the interest rate is starting to creep up. >> they expect the interest rates to go to 5% or 6% by next year. that's a significant jump considering they were in the 3s earlier this year, end of last year. >> if you are out there, refinance now. >> yes, yes, yes. coming up an update on the royal birth. another story about the royal birth. this time telling you kate [ middleton had a tough time in the delivery room. >> something superstar sharon stone is absolutely refusing to do. it's next in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. - ( snaps, clatters )playing ) that sounds awful. 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( rock music playing ) ♪ we weren't born to follow. ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ highest paid actress in hollywood. got a guess? paying attention in the meeting? >> i was. i know the answer. >> angelina jolie, everybody. they were paying attention, good. she earned almost $7.6 million more than the second ranked woman, jennifer lawrence, in the past 12 months. >> jennifer lawrence is second ranked? that's more breaking news than angelina jolie being first. >> $32.8 million, angelina jolie between june 2012 and 2013, $12.9 million more than last year. boy, she's on a roll. her huge salary comes despite not starring in a movie since "the tourist" three years ago. she directed and wrote in the "land of blood and honey." shot disney's movie, makes $15.2 million for. the list number 10 going to number 1. jennifer lawrence, kristen stewart, jennifer aniston, julia emma stone, charlize theron, julia roberts, lastly at the top, angelina jolie. >> guess that makes sense. all of the big names. >> not too shabby. >> wish one of them would be my friend. just take me out to lunch, ladies. check this out, sharon stone. 55 years old. looks stunning. now she is telling a magazine, the new you magazine, she says doctors have tried to persuade her into having cosmetic surgery. she has been able to refuse the knife. she has shunned plastic surgery. she tells the magazine, i can't tell you how many doctors tried to sell me a facelift. i have gone so far as having some one talk me into it. when i looked at pictures of myself, i thought what are they going to lift? yes, i have come close. frankly, i think the art of aging well, there is this sexuality to having imperfections. it's sensual. she even says she has no problem with plastic surgery whatsoever. if you have something to fix, go right ahead and fix it. i don't think there is anything wrong with cosmetic surgery, think it is great. don't think it is all right to destroy yourself. >> 100% right. if you have something to fix, i can see it. in business, something is drooping or whatever. but if you are just getting a little older, just roll with it. >> if you are aging like she is, you don't have to do anything. she looks amazing. >> easy for her to say. >> a lot of people when they reach 55, things start to droop. distort, your face doesn't look the way it used to look. all kind of things are happening. amazing doesn't need a thing. nothing drooping on jennifer aniston's body these days, she revealed her stripper diet. ready for this, the secret weapon. kale. a lot like spinach i guess. green vegetable. kale. apparently how she got in shape for her new role in "we are the millers" where she plays a stripper. 44-year-old wears a bra and panties, a strict diet. i did eat it every day. she says. when she cheated instead of bite of potato chip or cupcake, she had kale chips. all about the kale. >> oh, gosh. >> you know she was in "horrible bosses" where she was also very sexy, a sexy doctor/dentist. wondering if she is trying to get away from the rachel thing where she is the friend next door. and she is doing this like crazy new transformation. you go, girl. >> it's working. really quickly, kate middleton, everybody wants to know the answer to this. did she have a painkiller-free birth? the answer is yes. the daily mail is reporting the duchess went the natural route through her 11-hour labor. >> gee whiz. >> assisted only by a rotating team of four midwives and three doctors. the whole thing she had done with not a painkiller in sight. >> bless her heart. man, if i was a woman, i would say, give it to me. of all the women we talked about, she is the bravest of them all. u know, you... bababababa ladies! let's not fight dirty. hi, cascade kitchen counselor. see, over time... new cascade platinum's triple cleaning formula delivers brilliant shine that finish gel can't beat. it even helps keep your dishwasher sparkling. new cascade platinum is cascade's best. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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my wife and i it has been a challenge at times ll o >> brian goes on to say that i feel women have been sold down the river,t work. there isn't any more respl job than wn he >> jamie has this idea, an old-fashioned appon on my kitchen count in face, no choice to see it. not a computer calendar that i have to remember to log on to. >> post it? post-its are i leave po sun or ir a overwhelmed and i might forget some -appm rlal i have medication that knocks me out in ten minutes. if i am stressed out and don't for the day, i take my meds and i am in la la land. i'm not sure i recommend that one as much. >> don't try that unless you are darle recomme, st or get ducis to work and put devon to work. >> put devon to work. man, he's 1. >> devon need to start vacuuming. ducis. chore chart. let's get to it. >> you work. ducis works. no reason why ducis should be helping out with the dishes. you both work. >> is he good that way? >> he helps with everythin >> devon, this freeloading kid, ws fon. half hour. don't miss updates at facebook, wnnfans.com. and at twitter. good morning. i'm di good morning. i'm diana perez. >> i'm john muller. here are some of the top head lines we are following on "world news now." sentencing begins today for army private bradley manning. a military judge acquitted him of aiding the enemy but could spend the rest of his life in prison for spying and charges. linked to widespread leaking of government documents. manhunt on in arkansas for the prison escapee, armed and dangerous. the inmate got out through a window and ran to his girlfriend's waiting car. they're both now on the run. a new government report find there have been nearly 10,000 cases of airport security screener misconduct and their misdeed are often going unpunished. a chinese tightrope walker set the guinness world record for walking between two hot air balloons. the balloons are about 54 feet apart. he walked between them in just over 38 second. those are some of the top stories on this wednesday, july 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. welcome in to the wednesday. the tightrope guy is incredible. probably would have been quicker than 38 second if he didn't have to bend down to regain his balance. >> or wasn't walking between two balloons in the air. that, too. >> that may have something to do with it. maybe. maybe. >> maybe. we begin this half hour with unscripted drama for one of the real housewives of new jersey. >> teresa giudice and joe, indicted on charges they hid their fortunes and lied to get loans to before they got on the show. abc's jeff zeleny has the latest. >> reporter: a real mess ahead for this real housewife of new jersey who found herself in court facing fraud charges. a taste of reality for two stars of reality television. >> you don't have to stick the camera in my face. >> a drama playing out in a real courtroom before a real judge. a stark dose of reality for cast members of "real housewives of new jersey." teresa giudice and husband joe made famous on the bravo reality show made their first appearance on a federal fraud indictment. the charges carry a prison sentence of 50 years. >> the investigation went on for a pretty long time. >> reporter: a chaotic scene outside the courtroom in new jersey. their televised fiction colliding with real life. teresa may be best known living a lavish lifestyle. >> i'm the queen. >> reporter: and losing her temper at fellow jersey housewives. she was stoic saying only yes when the judge asked if she understood the charges against her. according to court documents. prosecutors say the couple lied when applying for loans and mortgages. she is also accused of hiding her "real housewife" income when filing for bankruptcy in 2009. >> we are confident we have enough evidence to convict the defendants beyond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: she and her husband, each released on bond, vow to fight the charges. but he is not a u.s. citizen and could be deported to italy if convicted. >> a very unhappy day. she is a grownup and she will deal with it. >> reporter: defense attorneys say the judge cannot hold the antics from the television show against his clients. >> we tried to prevent any prejudice from seeping in. >> reporter: it is a long legal road ahead for this couple. their next court appearance august 14th when they enter their plea. until then the judge says they can't leave new york or new jersey. john, diana, back to you. >> jeff, thank you. another high-profile television personality will be the focus of a court hearing in london today. nigela lawson, star of "the taste" divorcing her husband the advertising baron. in court weeks after he was caught on camera choking her at their favorite london restaurant. the couple said to be worth more than $200 million have been married for ten years. a long wait for major league baseball to take action against alex rodriguez could be just about over. "the new york daily news" reporting a-rod and eight player will be suspended for using illegal drugs by end of the week. rodriguez to face a longer punishment. the league believes he interfered with its investigation. a-rod's attorney said any suspension would be appealed. a california college student left forgotten in a dea holding cell reached a settlement. daniel chung spent four days in the cell with nothing to drink or eat and spent five days in the hospital for dehydration, kidney failure, cramps and perforated esophagus. he lost 15 pound. the dea apologized with no explanation. new york city mayoral hopeful anthony weiner is digging in his heels, despite his popularity taking a nosedive. the embattled former congressman dogged by a widening sexting scandal. speaking into the camera he says he won't quit the race for mayor because quitting isn't what new yorkers do. setback this morning for embattled san diego mayor bob filnes as he faces accusations of misconduct from an eighth woman. the san diego city council will not let taxpayers pay for filner's legal bill. unanimous vote last night at a closed door meeting. his latest accuser has come forward. >> i turned my head at that moment. on the side of my face i got a very wet, saliva filled kiss including feeling his tongue on my cheek. i was appalled. i was disgusted. i couldn't believe the arrogance of this person willing to do that to somebody that was there on a standard professional meeting. >> lisa curtain is an administrator at a local college. she says the encounter with filner in 2011 when he was a congressman. >> okay, she is accuser eight. >> you know that expression, where there's smoke, there is fire? >> when there are eight smoke stacks, there is probably a whole lot of fire. he's refusing to step down and says he is going to get some therapy. >> these, like this last one, the -- the sad tale of what happened there allegedly. these are like really over the top instances, aren't they? >> my gosh, these things are out of control. she had been married for 25 years at this point. obviously, he knew she was married and that didn't stop him from doing it. >> you hear the cases. you wonder if something was taken the wrong way. no taking what i heard the wrong way, if, in fact, it's true. >> wet saliva, tongue, hard to take the wrong way. intense effort to recall him. get him out of office. they need 100,000 signatures to move ahead with the recall campaign. and, i don't have any information on how far along they are with that. but if accuser after accuser continues to come out, i have a funny feeling they will not have a problem getting signatures they need. >> i think you are right. moving on to this. president obama meets with capitol hill democrats after pushing for tax reform. yesterday, the president was in tennessee. he is offering republicans a simpler corporate tax code in exchange for more spending on programs to create jobs for the middle class. but top gop leaders immediately threw cold water on that idea. >> i will offer something serious people in both parties should be able to support. >> the tax hike it include will dampen any boost business might otherwise get to help our economy. >> republicans want to link a corporate tax overhaul with changes in the individual tax code. >> the battle over banning big sugary drinks goes on here in new york city. a state appeals court says mayor bloomberg overstepped his authority ordering a ban on high calorie drinks. the ruling is a setback. he well keep on fighting. health alert this morning over a nasty stomach bug that sickened hundred of people in 15 states. investigators in at least two of the states say they have narrowed down the cause to a popular prepackaged salad mix. abc's dr. richard besser has more. >> reporter: it has taken more than a month. but at least in two states, iowa and nebraska, a culprit has been found. salad. a prewashed mix of lettuces, cabbage and carrots caused the outbreak that sickened 219. this is not your run of the mill bug. the average weight loss is around ten pounds nvd can last for more than a month. investigators found a common connection between the sick people. they had all eaten the same salad mix at home, in restaurants, or at catered events. health officials won't say the name of the brand involved but say it is no longer on the shelves, so no one in the states is at risk anymore. while people in two states have an answer, investigators in the other states work to figure out if the same food has made their people sick. >> we keep hearing about outbreaks from fresh produce. a few things you can do to protect yourself. if you buy unwashed produce, wash it well before you use it. for the prewashed stuff, reach into the fridge and get one that is very cold. one that is very far from expiration date. when you get it home, discard any broken leaves. use it right away. dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. >> i am notorious for not washing my fruit. >> i'm notorious for not washing my bagged salad i feel like it's been done. there you have it. a look at your weather. need an umbrella along most of east coast. thunderstorms in the rockies could produce localized flash flooding and showers on the northern plains and the great lakes. >> going to be 79 in detroit. 81, in chicago. all 80s all the time along the east coast. 81 in boston. 89 in miami. much of the same for the west coast. 82, seattle. 86, sacramento. the annual battle to the nation's big cheese. probably no surprise here. taking place in wisconsin. >> wisconsin. all right. the american cheese society's annual competition to find the best cheese. the judges and their white lab coats evaluate cheeses on taste, consistency and appearance. >> this year the whole thing is bigger than ever. some 1,800 cheeses from around the country and throughout americas are being judged. winners will be announced on friday. >> where else but wisconsin? >> what's that? >> where else but wisconsin? >> what is your favorite cheese? >> havarti. like it all. cheddar. depends on the mood. >> sharp or mild? >> sharp is good. you know what i have a hard time. trying to become more sophisticated and eat french cheeses, the ones unpasteurized and stinky. having a hard time. >> hard. little hard. my favorite is munster with hard salami in a sandwich. >> lovat. >> provolone, salami and ham, oil, vinegar. >> wine, with parmesan cheese, crumble it up, opposed to the thing you put on your pasta. that's me, parmesan and munster. >> a plan. wine is good too. sign me up. coming up -- our question for parents this morning -- how young is too young to pierce your child's ears? also ahead, this young michigan woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her husband. what the husband had to say in score the has so many shaking their head. later on, why man's best friend could be good for business. should your boss allow you to take your degree to work. i think so. you are watching "world news now." ♪ i've been taking care of business every day ♪ ♪ taking care of business every way ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. with head & shoulders? 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murder-for-hire fell apart after a co-worker murfield first asked to do the murder-for-hire fell apart when she was put in touch with an undercover detective. video shows a wife welling to pay $50,000 for the hit man to shoot her husband in the face, kill him quickly was the plan. tuesday, she asked for mercy. >> thank you. >> reporter: in criminal cases victims have the right to address the court. most ask for punishment to the fullest extent of the law. but when jacob murfield began to talk -- >> i wholeheartedly forgive my wife in this act of hatred. >> reporter: he spoke of forgiveness and supported his wife's request for leniency. >> before this she has been a wonderful person. a wonderful wife. i'm sure as you know we have two young children. >> reporter: jacob murfield acknowledged punishment was needed, but together he and his wife julia have two young children, children he said that needed their mother. >> i just ask for a lighter sentence if you could, please, sir. >> chilling stuff. the prosecution was arguing for, you know, a maximum sentence saying that she was talking with this undercover agent posing as a hit man as if ordering groceries. cool and calm. how to kill him. >> listen, here's, i understand you forgive. yeah. fine. you are married. you have kids together. okay. i understand. this is above and beyond. >> sleep with my eyes open living in the house. >> my gosh, this poor guy. obviously not thinking straight. i cannot believe him. maybe i'm going overboard with my opinions. just my opinion, guys. i think he's absolutely not in the right state of mind. >> somebody wants to kill me. >> kind of done with you. even if you are the mother of my kids. that's it. this is, this is the problem that i have with it. not only did she say i need you to kill my husband. it's going to be easier than divorcing him. i don't want to be judged by my family. she also agreed to pay him $50,000 with her husband's life insurance proceed. >> $400,000 worth. we'll be right back. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our ♪ beautiful like diamond in the sky ♪ ♪ beautiful like diamonds in the sky ♪ ♪ shine bright like a diamond all right. a supermodel known for her outspoken opinions on parenting has sparked controversy over piercing a child's ears. >> gisele bundchen released a photo of her 7-month-old daughter with her ears pierced. some are asking, how young is too young? >> reporter: it is no secret photos of gisele bundchen are known to turn heads. it is this sweet snapshot of gisele and her 8-month-old baby, vivian lake, that has people talking. at issue, the tiny gold studs in baby vivian's ears. the photo posted on instagram received 58,000 likes. the moms we spoke with were split over the piercing question how young is too young? >> for me personally, yes, i wouldn't do it to my daughter. >> going to end up getting them pierced. every girl likes them pierced. >> reporter: bundchen has two children with husband tom brady is no stranger to parenting controversy. in 2010, the supermodel made waves when she told harper's bazaar uk, "there should be a worldwide law that mothers should breast-feed their babies for six months." she sparked conversation as an advocate for all natural at home birth. >> at that moment, i felt like i could conquer the world. >> reporter: as for the piercing controversy. say the whole thing may just come down to culture shock. >> i think what a lot of people don't realize is this is something very pop flar gisele's culture. she's brazilian. in latin america, it's very common to get your infant daughter's ears pierced. >> while it may be common in any other cultures, the question on many moms' minds, is it safe so young. our medical expert says yes. >> nothing is without risk. again an area of the body hat overall has a low risk of infection. >> all right. so, what do you think? >> our facebook question of the day -- how young is too young to pierce a child's ears? log on to facebook page, wnnfans.com and share your thoughts we will share them here. what do you think? >> a cultural thing in my opinion and i don't have any problem with it whatsoever. i remember my older sister karen in my house. it was a big controversy, i think when she was a teenager to get her ears pierced. >> initially? >> in the '70s. >> first? >> first one. big controversy. you know kids don't remember the pain. just do it young i say. >> very cultural. her daughter. nobody else's daughter. nobody on twitter or instagram has a right to have an opinion. >> no problem with. nobody has a right to have an opinion what she does. 2, 3 months old. i have no recollection. definitely before a year old. >> okay. beautiful. incredibly low travel prices, i can afford to cross more things off my list. this year alone, we went to the top of the statue of liberty and still saved enough to go to texas, to a real dude ranch. hotwire checks the competition's rates every day so they can guarantee their 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office. that's why this is our "favorite story of the day." here's abc's dan harris with more. >> reporter: this is what lunch break looks like at the corporate offices of urban, an apparel company in philadelphia. this is what nose to the grindstone time looks like inside at the desk of emily nedder who works in bridal alongside her britney spaniel riley. >> cutest thing i have ever seen. >> nice throughout the day to peek down. that's what i see. riley being cute. >> reporter: urban has a policy allowing employees to bring their dogs to work. >> it changes the tone of the workplace? >> it definitely changes the tone. you could be having a serious meeting. >> reporter: according to a small scientific study, having your dog at the office can reduce stress and boost employee satisfaction. more employers are adopting dog-friendly policies. amazon, ben & jerry's, google and congress. there are rules. >> keep them on their leash. no barking. obviously, the outside area is for playing and pottying and all that. >> reporter: have you ever been walking anywhere in a hurry in the building and stepped in dog poop? >> no, i have never seen it inside. >> reporter: katherine brings fritz to every meeting and swears he is not a distraction. i am not sure i agree. if you have this five minutes a day, your day would be vastly improved. you have this all day? >> definitely makes the day better every day. >> reporter: enormous employee morale program she says, and it is totally free. are you a good boy? dan harris, abc news, philadelphia. >> oh. >> very cute. >> you need to got a dog and bring the dog to work. >> deal. can you swing that? >> we'll put our dogs right here. get my dog from my mom's house. put him right here. i love you, cookie. >> the dogs must want to horse around with the other dogs. i can't see how it goes smoothly. >> a leash. vaccinated. don't feed them at the same time. just a few tips from the experts. >> i would love to have a dog at work. >> put him right here. introduce you to our dogs. >> yeah, you are right. this morning on "world news now" -- airport insecurity. federal investigators uncover tsa agents sleeping on the job, stealing from passengers and leaving their posts without permission. where the revealing investigation heads next. intense explosion. the propane blasts one after another that shook a central florida town and even melted parts of cars. >> in my 36 years of fire service, i have never seen anything like this. >> what investigators now say about the blasts and why it could have been so much worse. courtroom crackdown. a serious legal reality check for the feisty extravagant couple of "real housewives of new jersey." >> she's scum. i will call you scum. >> i'm out of here. >> now this couple faces a fight more fierce than anything you've seen on their tv show. it's wednesday, july 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. all right. happy hump day. >> happy hump day. >> almost there. >> weekend in sight. let's get to it. a new government report detailing some disturbing trends at the tsa. agents caught asleep on the job, stealing from passengers. >> and the behavior isn't just annoying. it could be a danger. abc's lease stark explains. >> reporter: tsa agents sleeping at the airport, abandoning their posts, even stealing from passengers. look at this. in an undercover investigation by abc's brian ross, ipads were left at security checkpoints with a history of theft. nine out of ten were returned. but watch here in orlando, the screener picks up the ipad left at the checkpoint. ross later tracked it right to the screener's home. >> is it here? >> no, sir. >> reporter: a tracking alarm on the ipad proved otherwise. the screener was fired. the new government report found nearly 10,000 cases of screener misconduct since 2010 including nearly 2,000 instances where screeners were sleeping, not following procedures, even letting relatives bypass security. in one case a screener actually left the checkpoint to help a relative check in and then came back with the family member's bag and allowed it to go around security. another screener saw that, insisted the bag be screened. there were prohibited items inside. what happened to that first screener? nothing more than a seven-day suspension. >> somebody bypasses the screening process, takes a bag around a checkpoint, that is a serious offense. that stuff needs to be, to be immediately corrected. >> reporter: the report highlights another big problem. over 3,000 cases where screeners showed up late, not at all, or left the job without permission. it may sound relatively harmless. it's not. >> when people see things are not very well controlled, they start to see what else they can get away with. >> reporter: tsa says it has zero tolerance for misconduct and holds its employees to the highest ethical standard. but the report found the agency is doing a poor job of tracking offenses and not always meting out the punishment it should have. lisa stark, abc new, reagan national airport. a freak accident killed a baby in new jersey. an out of control bus struck a lamppost sending the pole crashing onto a baby stroller. the 8-month-old baby girl inside died. witnesses say a police officer worked frantically to save the child's life, but to no avail. the driver is expected to undergo tests for drugs and alcohol. three children hurt when a cadillac plowed into their kansas city day care center. police say the car was parked and had no driver in it when it was hit from behind by an suv pushed into the center. two children were trapped underneath for a few anxious moments. the driver of the suv was also hurt in the accident. sentencing begins this morning for army private bradley manning, a day after he was acquitted of the most serious charges against him. >> manning could spend the rest of his life in prison for leaking classified government documents. details now from abc's karen travers. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, john. good morning, diana. bradley manning was charged with the biggest release of classified documents in american history. but on the most serious charge of all, aiding the enemy, the government could not get a guilty verdict. army private first class bradley manning stood rigid as the military judge read the verdicts. guilty on almost all charges. espionage, theft, and computer fraud. but on the most serious charge of all, aiding the enemy, manning was found not guilty. >> on the biggest charge in the case, the government ends up leaving the courtroom with its tail between its legs. >> reporter: the verdicts came more than three years after manning was first detained in iraq, suspected of leaking a video of a 2007 helicopter attack there that killed civilians. he was later charged with the november 2010 leak of more than 750,000 classified documents to wikileaks. by far the biggest release of classified material in american history. manning never testified during his two-month court-martial. as part of an earlier guilty plea on less serious charges, manning explained he released the documents to spark a debate about foreign policy and to show the true cost of war. his defense attorney is seen here describing the army private as a young, naive soldier who thought he could make the world a better place. wikileaks founder, julian asange, said the trial was unfair and called manning a hero. >> bradley manning's alleged disclosures have exposed war crimes, sparked revolutions and induced democratic reform. he is the quintessential whistleblower. >> reporter: bradley manning's family said they were disappointed in the verdict but happy that their son did not intend to aid america's enemies. his sentencing could begin today and he could face up to 136 years in prison. john and diana. >> thank you. more information trickling in about the deadly train disaster in spain. the driver was on the phone at the time of the crash. he had taken a call from a rail official and was reading a document. the train was going almost twice the speed limit when it hit a curve and slammed into the wall. 179 people were killed. the driver hilt the brakes just seconds earlier. a follow up on the giant fire at a propane plant in central florida that broke out yesterday morning. it could have been caused by human error or even equipment malfunction. abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: to families nearby who could hear the explosions -- it sounded like someone was popping giant metal popcorn. >> you could almost tell it was metal because of the sparks. it was like glitter in the sky. >> reporter: what you are hearing in the video are 20-pound propane canisters on fire and exploding. more than 53,000 of them produced at this plant and familiar to any one who has ever used a backyard grill. lisa hough recorded video. >> you hear all those chemicals blowing up? >> i'm scared. >> thought something ran into my house, like a mack truck. >> you thought a mack truck hit your house? >> yes. or we were under a severe terrorist attack. >> reporter: rescuers had to be rushed to the closest hospitals. five fighting for their lives. firefighters trying to put down the flames were beaten back by these canisters that turned into rockets. the flames so hot they melted cars. >> in my 36 years in the fire service, i have never seen anything like this. >> reporter: across the country, there are other industrial facilities the government says are hazardous. in florida, 231 petroleum gas dealers like this one. investigators here believe this was an accident. steve osunsami, abc news, tavares, florida. we have a health alert this morning over prepackaged salad mix that has poisoned hundreds of people in at least 15 states. the stomach bug, cyclosporine. they have pinpointed the cause to certain prepackaged salad mix. they won't name the brand, but they assure the public that the mix has been removed from store shelves. >> if you are at home panicking you may have this in the fridge, here is my advice. throw all prepackaged salad in your fridge away. if it has been taken off the shelves, go back to your supermarket and buy something else that has not been infected. that way your family will be safe. if you don't want to throw it out if you spent a lot of money and don't want to throw it out, prewash it before you use it. >> a good idea. >> even in a bag. >> even in a bag. cyclospora is no ordinary stomach bug. average person loses 10 pounds. symptoms last a month. >> incredible if you think about a stomach bug. you are miserable if it is a day. >> if you weren't miserable, i would invent the cyclospora diet. losing ten pounds would be good except that you are miserable the whole month. >> quickly, the cdc says they are not clear if that is the cause of all of the diagnosis. there might be something else they haven't discovered yet. moving on to this. we were reporting this story on april 1st, you would think this was an april fool's joke. it's not. the folks at 0-2 are out with this video. a video, thumbs in training. >> love it. some obvious references there. sparring with chicken nuggets on hooks. it's all part of a device called the thumb belt. to build up your thumb strength and stamina. >> that, of course, is so you can use your smartphone longer and without pain. because they want to justify this whole thing, the company actually quotes a hand therapist who says we tone, train, maintain muscles. prevent rather than mend. and look after our precious limb. >> build up the thumb strength. thumb wrestle. that's always a good one. >> wouldn't texting help you build up your thumb strength anyway? >> i guess so. but if you want to be a champ -- ever see some of those. >> my 18-year-old niece. >> yes, something about teenage girls. lightning fast. smaller fingers. dudes are challenged. my thumbs are like -- i'm always making a mistake. >> sausage fingers. >> auto 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jersey" are free on $500,000 bond each after being indicted on 39 federal charges. >> prosecutors say for more than a decade teresa and joe giudice defrauded banks and the federal government. abc's juju chang has the latest on the case and the couple. >> and i am going to call you scum. >> you know what? i'm out of here. >> reporter: there's something about watching a train wreck that makes joe and teresa giudice riveting television. they're famous for epic fights on "the real housewives of new jersey." >> hey, joe. >> what? >> joe! >> reporter: now the giudices are in the fight of their lives starring in a different kind of televised drama after posting bail to the tune of $1 million. 39 counts in total including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud. they're both expected to plead not guilty. >> they're alleged to have made false statements to both the bankruptcy court and to -- >> reporter: money they allegedly used to fuel their spending binges. >> that's cute. it matches the water. >> reporter: it's hard to know if fans tuned in out of envy or just to ridicule the cringe-worthy excess constantly on display. >> what people do not know, bravo does not pay a fee for clothes, for hair, for makeup. if you throw a party at your house and bravo comes to televise it, to film it, you're paying the cost. >> reporter: wild spending sprees are nearly a trademark for the giudices, dropping $120,000 cash on furniture for one room. $9,000 for a set of curtains alone. amidst all the lavishness, teresa and joe are now charged with fraudulently applying for a variety of loans, claiming teresa was an executive assistant and using fake w-2s. the u.s. attorney charges joe of not filing proper tax returns for years and hiding the income teresa earned from being on "the real housewives." for teresa, conviction could mean up to five decades behind bars. joe giudice, an italian citizen, could even find himself deported back to italy. the reality couple said nothing outside court. when asked if she was worried about her son's possible deportation, she kept it classy. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm juju chang. >> wow, keeping it classy. >> that's not the only thing the family did. there's all kinds of things. on the way into court, joe slapped a camera away to which his lawyer said, please don't do that. he said calm down. on the way back home, joe's dad frank giudice not only gave the finger to some reporters who were out there, but once they all got home, he turned around and showed them his backside. good measure. a full moon today in n jersey. >> apple doesn't fall far from the tree, as they say. >> yikes. and she made good money. $750,000 a season. nothing to cough at. >> back in court in august. so we'll see. >> yes. still to come -- taking flight. >> we'll introduce you to a guy they call jetman who is soaring high above the earth at nearly 200 miles an hour. later, jailbreak. inmates escape out the window. embarrassment for law enforcement. all caught on camera in the next half hour of "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. all right. our next story is about a guy who is a rocket man without a rocket. >> his jet powered contraption lifts him above the earth at twice the speed of an average freeway ride. yves rossi showed off his invention at the air show in wisconsin. it was his first u.s. flight. we get more from jason zimmerman in oshkosh. >> reporter: jumping out of a helicopter, yves rossi, known as the jetman conducted his first ever north american public performance while visiting oshkosh. >> to have the opportunity to come as a performer here and trying to inspire other people with what i'm doing as jet man, yeah, human flying, it's really gratifying. >> reporter: using a carbon kevlar jet wing with four engines, the swiss aviator is able to propel himself through the sky reaching speeds of 150 miles per hour. he is able to control every maneuver through a throttle attached to his hand. rossi says he took his first flight in 2008. >> you are so happy because you are the first time soloing in the air in an airplane. the first time you will have to land solo, so it is a little bit like that. >> reporter: the faa requires rossi to maintain an altitude of 2,200 feet. however he prefers to stay above 3,000 feet before activating a parachute for his descent. >> at first just looked like a little black dot up there. he would curve. turn his head. he could turn to the left and the right. he's knows what he's doing. >> you could tell what he was doing. did a roll. waved. it was really neat. i was amazed. it was awesome. >> reporter: with the jetman being a crowd pleaser, he is hoping to expand and planning to add a second jet man within three years. recently he began training a student. >> i was the lucky guy. i had the crazy idea. impossible. now i am in front of you. you have seen me. that's possible. >> wow. >> wondering how he landed. cool. >> jason zimmerman in oshkosh. it might look like he's brand new at this. he's done this 600 times privately. in 2008, crossed the english channel. flown over rio, flown in formations with war birds, passengers aircrafts. >> no big deal. been doing it for years. >> taking your wings out, john. >> you know. i can give you a ride if you'd like. welcome to "the mix," everyone. if you have ever wondered what happens in a one-minute span on the internet, we have an answer. a website called q-me apparently created an infographic which we'll show you. all information from pc magazine. business insider. it is small. you won't be able to see it. i'll pull out five that are incredibly interesting. in 60-second span, 2 million searches on google. 72 hours of video uploaded to youtube. 204 million e-mails are sent. 571 websites are created. and 278,000 tweets are sent out on twitter. that is an incredible amount of information that is going across the waves. >> how many hours of video? >> 72 hours. >> how do they store it? >> how do they store it? >> how do you store 72 hours of video? servers must take up football fields. >> just how -- talking cash here. everyone uses amazon. $83,000 of amazon sales only. think of all the other websites selling stuff. $83,000 in one minute on the internet time. >> pretty amazing. >> it is pretty amazing. doing everything on the internet. speaking of time on your hands. prisoners of guantanamo bay. not going anywhere. they read a lot. what their favorite book is? >> koran. >> you may think so. "fifty shade of grey." >> according to u.s. congressman jim moran. he made his revolution after touring camp seven, the top security prison that holds more than a dozen high value prisowners. he says the "fifty shades of grey" erotic series are the favorite reading material. >> how is that possible. this is a western society book, very sexual in a lot of ways. >> the "s" word. they read the series in english. offered to have it translated. the quote from the democratic representative says, i guess there is not much going on. these guys are going nowhere. what the hell? >> have you read it, by the way? >> i have not. >> i have not either, but i've been told i should. >> maybe we can do some selections here on the mix. >> i'm okay. thank you very much. >> okay. moving on to this. want to show you video posted on youtube by brett jones. just a guy driving along in his van. all of a sudden, superman knocks on his window. rolls down the window. superman asks him, has he seen spiderman. then he glides off. so the guy, not knowing what is going on, turns his camera to the other side. guess who is hanging around? there he is. >> somebody is looking for you. apparently the guy in the van had no idea what was going on. he drives off laughing his belly. >> who sho this morning on "world news now" -- anthony weiner's appeal. the new york mayoral candidate refuses to quit the race, despite his sexting scandal. the latest dirty campaign secrets revealed as weiner faces even more challenges. instant freedom. the inmate's escape from the big house out a little window. the intense manhunt for the prisoner and the embarrassing situation for law enforcement. real estate rebound. the soaring prices on the housing market. who wants in? who wants out? and the cities experiencing the biggest surge. no way. glamorous superstar sharon stone is refusing to do something despite all the intense pressure in hollywood. that's in "the skinny" on this wednesday, july 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> sharon stone looks amazing. >> looks amazing. >> 50? >> 55. >> wow. she -- 55 must be the new 30. she looks incredible. better than a whole lot of other hollywood stars who have gotten work done. >> yes. let's get started. we are going to begin with new york city mayoral hopeful anthony weiner. once again, digging in his heels. >> facing a near free-fall in his popularity. it hasn't stopped him from releasing a new campaign video even as his campaign appears to be imploding from all directions. the one minute long video posted on weiner's website yesterday evening. >> i know that there are newspaper editors and other politicians that say, boy, wish that guy weiner would quit. someone wants to come out with something embarrassing in your private life, you got to talk about that for a little while. >> reporter: but that's all that anyone ever seems to be talking about. his ever-widening sexting scandal came up again last night at a campaign stop at new york's city island with weiner getting confrontational. >> i don't quit. new yorkers don't quit. i'm not going to go into the corner and curl up because somebody found out something embarrassing about me. >> reporter: that embarrassing something is hitting the air waves nationwide. one of weiner's indiscretions, cindy leathers sat down with howard stern. >> you had to say to yourself this guy is one sick puppy, right? >> totally. especially after the first scandal happened. >> the online porn site, thedirty.com has published extreme nude images of what it says is anthony weiner. because it says new york deserves better leadership. meantime, weiner's campaign appears to be shaking down to its very foundation. former intern olivia newsy published a tell-all expose in yesterday's "new york daily news" alleging weiner's staffers joined the campaign only to curry favor with weiner's wife huma abedin for her connection to hillary clinton. that triggered a fiery and obscenity laced response by the communication director barbara morgan basically denying newsy's claims. still, weiner is remaining steadfast. >> quit isn't the way we roll in new york city. >> all right. well, the latest polling numbers show anthony weiner's support dropped a full 10% over the past week from 26% to 16%. israeli and palestinian negotiators plan to meet again in two weeks after wrapping up the first round of talks in years. representatives from both sides sat down with president obama at the white house. secretary of state john kerry said their goal is to work out a comprehensive peace agreement within nine months aimed at leading to an independent palestinian state. the next meetings will take place in the mideast. army private bradley manning will soon find out how much time he will have to spend behind bars. sentencing begins this morning following a mixed verdict in his court-martial for releasing 700,000 classified documents to wikileaks. manning was acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy. but he was convicted of a slew of other charges, including espionage and computer fraud. he is facing a maximum sentence of 136 years in prison. intense manhunt under way after a dramatic jail escape in arkansas. you won't believe the video. here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: the inmate on the phone is about to make a break for it. the arkansas man dives through the window that leads to the jail waiting room just ahead of the deputy who does the same, but not quite fast enough. yes, a felon with a rap sheet a mile long runs to a waiting getaway car sunday afternoon and he is still on the lam. >> with all our past dealings with mr. estell, he should be considered armed and dangerous. >> reporter: 33-year-old derrick estell, a convicted burglar serving hard time in the state penitentiary was just transferred to the jail at hot springs for a court appearance on 26 new charges. investigators say his dive to freedom, watch it again, that window is just a foot high and 2 1/2 feet wide. was more sophisticated than it looks. >> this was an elaborate plan and totally unexpected. >> reporter: investigators are watching the tape for clues. see the man in the blue shirt. investigators say he was an accomplice, distracting the deputies on duty. he is now in custody. then there is this woman, still on the run. police say she was waiting in a getaway car. passenger door open. the couple ditched this minivan a few minutes later. an elaborate scheme to get a hardened criminal out of the big house through an awfully small window. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. a pittsburgh medical researcher has pleaded not guilty in the poisoning death of his wife. dr. robert ferrante faced a judge yesterday after waiving extradition from west virginia. prosecutors say that he bought more than a half pound of cyanide not related to his research. they say he also took steps to delay medical care for his dying wife. three former penn state university administrators ordered to stand trial on charges they tried to cover up the jerry sandusky sexual abuse scandal. prosecutors say ex-president graham spanier, along with the school's former vice president and athletic director, failed to tell police about an allegation that sandusky molested a boy in a locker room shower in 2001. spanier says he is innocent. no trial date set. the long wait for major league baseball to take action against alex rodriguez could be about over. today's "new york daily news" reported that a-rod and eight other players will be suspended for using illegal drugs by the end of the week. rodriguez is expected to face a longer punishment because the league believe he's interfered with the investigation. a-rod's attorney says any suspension will be appealed. accusations of wrongdoing by tsa officers spiked by 27% in two years according to a just-released government report. it shows agency employees often received light punishments for sneaking prohibited items past scanners or napping on the job. in one instance of misconduct, tsa agents were accused of taking bribes from drug traffickers in l.a. >> somebody bypasses the screening process, takes a bag around a checkpoint, that is a serious offense. that stuff needs to be, to be, immediately corrected. >> the report highlights another big problem, over 3,000 instances where screeners showed up late, not at all, or left the job without permission. >> amazing. tsa claims to have a zero tolerance policy for these kind of things, but there have been so many reports, it really raises questions about how they're tracking their employees. >> right. the question is what kind of oversight is happening? we have pictures of them sleeping on -- not like we are in a break room and sleeping. like we snuck into a break room with the cameras. right there in the open in the airport napping. that's kind of unacceptable. especially since us passengers are like you have to do this, you have to go through the screening process. we have to take our shoes off, pack a certain way, bring things a certain way. then you get to the airport and working with tsa agents who are like i will let my family and friend through. if you know the right person, you can bring anything you want through. >> in defense, i am sure there are excellent, outstanding tsa people. >> i know some they're great. >> seems too many aren't. get this worked out. at least four workers injured by an explosion and fire at the propane plant in central florida are still listed in critical condition. with the flames out, the intensity of the fire is apparent. canisters that exploded are strewn around the ground. the heat melted cars parked nearby. investigators believed the blast and fire was caused either by equipment malfunction or human error. parts of italy recovering from a tornado outbreak. one twister caught on camera from the inside out as it touched down near milan. a man inside his apartment with a cell phone rolling as shredded debris swirled outside. thanks to his huge picture windows, he had an incredible view of the tornado spinning a few feet away. fortunately, only a handful of people were injured. let's take a look at today's weather here at home. clear early with rain late among most parts of the east coast. showers and thunderstorms around the great lakes, as well as the parts of the plains and rockies. sunny skies for the entire far west. >> 76 in l.a., but into the 80s for the rest of the west coast. couple triple-digit readings on the map. phoenix, dallas, boston, chicago, both to 81. slightly warmer than that in new york. okay. maybe the headline for this one should be, nik wallenda, eat your heart out. >> from china where a tightrope walker set a brand new guinness world record for walking between two hot air balloons. take a look at that. about approximately a 54-foot walk. it took him over 38 seconds. not bad. probably could have been done quicker, he says, had he not had to squat down at least once to maintain his balance. >> the fifth time he set a guinness world record. his last name has 13 letters. that's why we will just say, nice job there, buddy. >> i'm going to give it a try. his name is aisikaier wubulikasimu. so congratulations mr. wubulikasimu. >> almost as tough as actually doing the job there. >> there we are, falling off our pronunciation cliff. >> say that ten times fast. >> no thank you. >> good job, diana. coming up -- who is topping the list of hollywood's highest paid actresses. >> and from bust to boom in the real estate market. the sudden spike in real estate prices. what it means if you are anxious to buy or sell. you are watching "world news now." ♪ know you are not alone i'm going to make this place your home ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by consumer cellular. and can cost thousands of dollars to repair... thankfully, the powerful dual action formula of rid-x has enzymes to break down waste and time 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up 14%. phoenix, las vegas up 20%. san francisco, up a whopping 24.5% since last year. >> i do think housing is going to kick into a higher gear. that means we are going to build a lot more homes and see stronger house price growth. >> reporter: a challenge for first time home buyers. >> difficult for people of my generation to go ahead and purchase a home. they are competing against people that are offering with all cash offers. >> reporter: it used to be first time buyers made up almost half of home sales. this year with prices surging, investors with cash are tipping the scales. but economist mark zandi says the bigger picture points to something that could help everyone. >> because housing is key to the economic recovery. we won't get unemployment down unless we get housing up. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> while this is definitely good news, it's still not where we used to be. pre-2006, we have places that are still not only 5%, there's a couple places that are just 5% to get to where they were prehousing bust. those places san jose, honolulu, san antonio. we are still 25% in a lot of other places below where we were in the 2006 bust. >> nevertheless, a lot better than a year or two ago. they do expect next year sales to slow down a bit because the interest rate is starting to creep up. >> they expect the interest rates to go to 5% or 6% by next year. that's a significant jump considering they were in the 3s earlier this year, end of last year. >> if you are out there, refinance now. >> yes, yes, yes. coming up, an update on the royal birth. another story about the royal birth. this time we are telling you if kate middleton had a tough time in the delivery room. >> something superstar sharon stone is absolutely refusing to do. it's next in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ highest paid actress in hollywood. got a guess? paying attention in the meeting? >> i was. i know the answer. >> angelina jolie, everybody. you were paying attention, good. she earned almost $7.6 million more than the second ranked woman, jennifer lawrence, in the past 12 months. >> jennifer lawrence is second ranked? that's more breaking news than angelina jolie being first. >> $32.8 million, angelina made between june 2012 and 2013, $12.9 million more than last year. boy, she's on a roll. her huge salary comes despite not starring in a movie since "the tourist" three years ago. she directed and wrote "in the land of blood and honey." shot a disney's movie which she'll make $15.2 million for. the list number 10 going to number 1. jennifer lawrence, kristen stewart, jennifer aniston, emma stone, charlize theron, julia roberts, lastly at the top, angelina jolie. >> guess that makes sense. all of the big names. >> not too shabby. >> wish one of them would be my friend. just take me out to lunch, ladies. check this out, sharon stone, 55 years old. looks stunning. now she is telling a magazine, the "new you" magazine, she says doctors have tried to persuade her into having cosmetic surgery. she has been able to refuse the knife. she has shunned plastic surgery. she tells the magazine, i can't tell you how many doctors tried to sell me a facelift. i have gone so far as having some one talk me into it. when i looked at pictures of myself, i thought what are they going to lift? she goes on to say, yes, i have come close. frankly, i think the art of aging well, there is this sexuality to having imperfections. it's sensual. she even says she has no problem with plastic surgery whatsoever. if you have something to fix, go right ahead and fix it. i don't think there is anything wrong with cosmetic surgery. i think it is great. don't think it is all right to destroy yourself. >> 100% right. if you have something to fix, i can see it. in business, something is drooping or whatever. but if you are just getting a little older, just roll with it. >> if you are aging like she is, you don't have to do anything. she looks amazing. >> easy for her to say. >> a lot of people when they reach 55, things start to droop, distort, your face doesn't look the way it used to look. all kind of things are happening. she looks amazing. she doesn't need to change a thing. nothing drooping on jennifer aniston's body these days, she revealed her stripper diet. ready for this, the secret weapon. kale. a lot like spinach i guess. green vegetable. kale. apparently how she got in shape for her new role in "we are the millers" where she plays a stripper. 44-year-old wears a bra and panties in one scene and says it's a strict diet. she'd eat it every day. she says when she cheated instead of bite of potato chip or cupcake, she had kale chips. all about the kale. >> oh, gosh. >> you know she was in "horrible bosses" where she was also very sexy, a sexy doctor/dentist. wondering if she is trying to get away from the rachel thing where she is the friend next door. and she is doing this like crazy new transformation. you go, girl. >> it's working. really quickly, kate middleton, everybody wants to know the answer to this, did she have a painkiller-free birth? the answer is yes. the daily mail is reporting the duchess went the natural route through her 11-hour labor. >> gee whiz. >> assisted only by a rotating team of four midwives and three doctors. the whole thing she had done with not a painkiller in sight. >> bless her heart. man, if i was a woman, i would say, give it to me. of all the women we talked about, she is the bravest of them all. she is the bravest of them all. u know, you... bababababa ladies! let's not fight dirty. hi, cascade kitchen counselor. see, over time... new cascade platinum's triple cleaning formula delivers brilliant shine that finish gel can't beat. it even helps keep your dishwasher sparkling. new cascade platinum is cascade's best. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare 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[ female announcer ] tampax pearl protects better. only tampax has a leakguard braid to help stop leaks before they happen. tampax pearl protects better. hannah anderson, the teenage girl who survived a frightening kidnap ordeal is sharing her story. >> just two days after her rescue, hannah went online to share her story. here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: what 16-year-old hannah anderson has been through is extraordinary, what she did afterward is ordinary for modern teenagers. she went online, writing about her alleged kidnapper. he got what he deserved hannah wrote about james dimaggio, shot and killed by the fbi last weekend in the backwoods of idaho. postings appeared on askfm which allows readers to ask questions. a source briefed on the case confirms hannah responded to more than 100 of them including -- why didn't you try to escape? especially when the four horseback riders spotted you in the woods? he had a gun and threatened to kill me and anyone who tried to help, hannah responded. authorities say dimaggio, a long-time family friend, murdered hannah's mother and 8-year-old brother. their bodies found in his burning home near san diego. on the website, hannah says dimaggio tied them up in the garage and rigged the fire to start after he kidnapped her. i wish i could go back in time and risk my life to try to save theirs. i will never forgive myself for not trying harder to save them. throughout the week-long ordeal, hannah's father never let go. >> hannah, we all love you very much. if you have a chance, you take it. you run. >> online, hannah advises others who might become victims. stay strong. she writes, people will be looking for you so don't ever think they are not. and keep your head up and never let go. ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >> story gets stranger with all of the stuff going on. what do you make of this? >> it is hard to tell. it is important we do want to point out, this has not been corroborated by authorities. this is what hannah is saying. her side of the story. the search warrants have been unsealed. we do know there was a horrific scene that was found at the home, at the garage that burned down with the two bodies inside them. there's no real clues that the mother and brother were actually tied up. which is what hannah says in one of the postings. this is just strange. the relationship she may or may not have had with her captor. >> a lot of phone calls between them. >> the day she was captured. 13 phone calls. both phones were shut off at the same time which could have happened when he abducted her. she mentioned that he asked them to come to his house which is how her whole family ended up there. authorities have figured out she was actually picked up from cheerleading practice and never seen after that. so that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. there's a lot to the story. >> i think we'll hear more about this. >> i believe so. still ahead, we are going to introduce you to one of the hottest athletes in one of the hottest new sports. >> did we mention she is pretty tough, too? the rising star of mixed martial arts. >> later the star of a social media campaign is pretty wild. a raccoon. reality raccoon. in our next half-hour of "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ mama said knock you out i'm going to knock you out ♪ ♪ mama said knock you out all right, the sport of mixed martial arts is no less than full combat, and it's only for really the toughest of the tough. >> punching, kicking, kneeing, elbowing, takedowns, throws, wrestling. i'm like, ah, i'm hurting now. so may or may not come as a surprise one of the most well known athletes in the sport is a woman. we are "aup we are "up all nightline" with abc's julie foudy. >> rowdy ronda rousey is no ordinary woman. in fact rousey is the hottest fighter in this often bloodsport. one of the most vicious sports in the word. mixed martial arts. where fighters get to punch, kick, and knock out their opponents. but it is out of the ring where she's attracted the most attention recently. that's her on the cover of espn the magazine's body issue and and she is this month's "maxim" cover girl. over the years rousey has shown she is not shy of speaking her mind when she talked earlier this year on showtime with jim rome. >> i mean, for a girl, it raises your testosterone. i try to have as much sex as possible before i fight, actually. >> i wanted to know how that is working for you so far? >> not fantastic. ever since i said that, i jinxed myself. i haven't been able to have sex right before a fight. >> reporter: we spent time with rousey in las vegas where she is shooting a reality tv show, "the ultimate fighter." why are you so good at it? >> just the way i was brought up doing judo. my mom brought me to four, five clubs a week so i would always get to try different styles. >> reporter: it has been a long journey to the top. rousey's father took his own life when ronda was 8 years old. under a watchful eye from her mother, rowsey used her own judo training to help cope with the loss of her dad. >> is this something you want to do, the judo thing? yes, i want to be the first american to win the olympics. >> reporter: rowsey didn't win gold but did win a bronze in the 2008 olympic games becoming the first american to medal in judo. but she needed more and wanted to fight professionally. rousey not only to sign a contract with ultimate fighting championship and crowned the world's first female champion. just because women can fight, should say? >> i think sports are a metaphor for life. i am not scared of anything. and i think a lot of women spend their lives fearful when they shouldn't. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm julie foudy tapping out in las vegas. >> i think i could be scared to death to date that woman. don't make her mad. >> that might be why she jinxed herself. i don't think it had anything to be doing with the combat. i think guys would be lining up. i think it has everything to do with her performance in the ring. human cage fighting. men don't want anything to do with that. >> going out on three dates, being into her and finding out she is killer. >> no, i wouldn't be interested either. being into her and finding out she is killer. >> no, i wouldn't be interested either. imreal tasty food. but some leading dog foods add sugar, or dyes, or artificial preservatives. 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"the mix" time. start with a fat cat, not a wall street billionaire with a cigar. we're talking about a fat cat. >> let rally. >> put up the picture. one of the biggest cats. workers at maricopa animal care have ever seen. he weighs 28 pounds. to give you an idea, most male cats weigh 12 pounds. to give you an idea, carrying him around feels like lifting 3 1/2 gallons of water. workers are trying to set up the exercise. he brushes the floor. he has a high risk of diabetes. he is on a prescription diet. workers try to correct his previous owner's bad habits. so if you're out there and your cat's getting a little large, stop the madness because that's how it ends up. >> it's the equivalent of a 350-pound person. >> that's right. >> obese. okay. moving on to this. you know when you get married. you want to have everything, you decide you won't want a regular wedding cake, you want everything to be perfect. you decide you don't want a white wedding cake and go with something, why not, you want it to be perfect. well, there is a bride overseas who decided what she wanted to do. she found the cake of her dreams online. very alternative. black cake. looks like tires. details. very well done. black cake. nevertheless. the one she wanted. cecelia. she ordered it. she got this instead. >> oh, man. that's pathetic. looks like it's made of play-doh. >> it looks nothing like the original one she actually requested. so, and it is, lopsided and leaning to one side. >> horrible. >> because she is very ingenious she decided to sell this thing on e-bay. some of the things that she wrote, a few defects due to maker being unskilled. uncut along with a large awful cupcakes for free. no topper. unusual design. very heavy. needless to say very ugly. >> wonder what they did on the wedding day? they didn't eat it. >> doesn't deserve a picture. >> got that one on your wedding day and expecting a beautiful one, would you cry? >> i might. >> pretty tragic. bunch of guys go out for a night. they're drinking, partying, 4:30 in the morning. one of his friends starts dozing on the couch. they're young, 27. let's wake them up. this is their version, waking him up. there he is in a stupor. that's a motorbike. take a listen. [ engine revving ] >> oh, no! >> yeah. kevin dohan and his friends executed it perfectly. he woke up. the lesson is never fall asleep at a session. he went right back out. >> yeah. he didn't have time for that. this morning on "world news now" -- tension in egypt after political fighting claims this morning on "world news now" -- tension in egypt after political fighting claims hundred of lives in cairo. the city wakes up to uncertain team. what led to the military's vicious moves and the protesters' unrest. tearful testimony. michael jackson's ex-wife, breaking down in court. an inside look at the king of pop's final days. wild battle. a tennessee man's mission to keep his pet raccoon. his unusual fight goes viral and could even end up on reality tv. and patriot in pain, tom brady, a major injury during a preseason scrimmage. what's next for new england's starting quarterback after a scare? we'll talk about it in "the skinny," on this thursday, august 15th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. all right. we begin with the latest from egypt. streets are quiet this morning after a government-imposed curfew. >> the threat of violence hangs over cairo where nearly 300 people were killed yesterday. thousands were injured. abc's muhammad lila was there as the deadly chaos unfolded. >> reporter: the assault was vicious. tear gas scattering crowds including women and young children. then came the bulldozers, raging fires and finally this -- [ gunfire ] heavily armed police opening fire, steady stream of casualties flooding into makeshift hospitals. this footage shows moments of terror. a sniper on a rooftop calmly takes aim firing into the crowd. each time the violence appeared under control, it flared up again. as we're walking closer to the scene of the violence we can feel the thickness, tear gas in the air, and you can hear gunshots still ringing out. ordinary egyptians caught in the cross fire. one young woman showed us the view from her window, chaos and bloodshe had. too afraid to speak to us on camera. we also spoke with a father and daughter who raced home from work early. the smoky streets now a ghost town. >> it is possible to attack anyone. the streets are empty. it's still not safe, but it's safe inside the house. >> reporter: for u.s. officials it's a knit mare it's a nightmare scenario. the key u.s. ally overthrowing its elected leader, hard-line member of the muslim brotherhood, its supporters facing off against the hard-line military pushed out of their camps protesters fought back with rocks. even pushing this armored vehicle off a bridge, crashing down, a symbol of the country's descent into violence. violence that is now spreading. angry mobs torching 18 churches in protest. mohamed lila, abc news in cairo. firefighters struggling to control a stubborn wildfire racing through the northeast part of utah. facing wind-driven flames, twisting into tornado-like funnels. so far at least 14 homes have burned to the ground. the fire is 25% contained. hundreds of families were supposed to be able to return home last night. officials say that will not happen until this evening at the very earliest. >> that keeps us from letting people back in. you know, if we would let people back into those houses up there, we'd be evacuating them again right now. we want to make sure it's safe before we let the public back in. >> residents are getting frustrated. a man arrested last night after he charged through a roadblock to get to his home. investigators say there was no distress call from either pilot before their u.p.s. cargo plane crashed into a field near the birmingham airport. both pilots were killed and wreckage scattered over a wide area. witnesses say they heard the plane's engines struggling and saw flames before impact. investigators hope to get to those black boxes later today. michael jackson's ex-wife described the singer's extreme fear of pain during testimony yesterday. debbie rowe became emotional as she claimed each jackson doctor tried to outdo the other when it came to painkillers. kabc's miriam hernandez reports from los angeles. >> reporter: it was a tearful debbie rowe who explained michael jackson's pain medication, to the cosmetic facial injections that continued until days before jackson died. then jurors heard in a videotaped deposition about times jackson was heavily sed e sedated while on tour. >> i wanted to make sure he woke up. >> so you insisted on being present because you wanted to make sure he woke up? >> yes. >> reporter: rowe, jackson's former wife, blamed some of his doctors for his drug dependency. bluntly she called it a pissing match as they competed for the celebrity patient. rowe, quote, when michael was in pain, they would try to outdo each other, who could give the better drug? these idiots were going back and forth the whole time and not caring about him, unquote. one of the doctors she accuses her longtime employer, dermatologist, arnold klein, who treated jackson nearly 30 years. rowe said, quote, michael had a low pain tolerance and his fear of pain was incredible. i think the doctors took advantage of him that way. rowe testified that jackson obtained propofol, in a hotel suite, two doctors administered the anesthetic between jackson's concert appearances. rowe appeared under subpoena. rowe is the mother of two of the plaintiffs, prince and paris, joined in a lawsuit filed by katherine jackson. the jacksons' attorney say jackson's stint in rehab in 1992 was publicized, aeg executives should have known jackson was vulnerable and should have supervised dr. conrad murray who provided jackson a lethal use of propofol. aeg maintains that jackson hid his use of propofol behind locked doors and he was ultimately responsible for his habit. this is miriam hernandez reporting for abc news. two stars of "the real housewives of new jersey" say they're not guilty of a host of financial fraud charges. joe and theresa giudice entered their pleas in a brief court appearance yesterday. they were charged with 39 counts, including conspiracy and several types of fraud. a trial date in early october was set. that could be pushed back into early next year because of the complexity of the case. a batch of brand-new $100 bills worth 30 million bucks may have to be destroyed because of a printing error. too much ink used to print a number of notes. the ink started running. those bills will likely be destroyed. the new hundred will contain colors of blue and a 3-d security ribbon to make it tougher to counterfeit. i don't know why they're going to throw them out, but i say we go garbage picking. put on our black outfits. >> if you have nowhere to put them. the desk right here is empty. >> you got that right. >> drop them off right here. >> dumpster diving. let's do it. >> let's do it. here's a look at your weather. it's a dry and pleasant day across most of the northeast and the midwest. rain likely from northern florida, southern georgia, alabama and texas. morning fog along the west coast. >> another day of cooler than usual temperatures from west virginia to new england with highs in the 70s. honolulu, new orleans, miami all close to 90. we've gotten the first little nugget of reaction from prince william about how things are going at home with a three-week-old son. >> it came yesterday at, of all places, a livestock and agricultural show in northern wales. william told the crowd little prince george is pretty loud and of course extremely good looking. >> in conversation he was overheard telling well wishers he and kate hope that george starts sleeping through the night sometime soon. [ baby crying ] >> diana knows all about this. >> thee weeks old. they've got quite a while to go. >> how are you doing? >> 10 1/2 months, he is great. he really is. my little guy. prince george has a long way to go. >> think he gets up and helps out. >> i do. >> baby's crying. >> i think that's why we are all enamored with that couple because they're so human. not like a real royal family. >> i would believe it if they said he did. >> i would, too. i think they're adorable. from prince william to pop star prince, he is doing something he has never done before. >> become to school savings before you send your student to college. don't miss our money-saving expert advice on everything from books to dorm supplies. you're watching "world news now." ♪ all good stuff for school ♪ wow ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. colonial penn life insurance. ♪ all dressed up for school >> all dressed up for school there by the beach boys. and that's what a whole lot of kids are getting ready to do now that summer is over. >> between the school supplies, new school clothes and the new tech gadgets, going back to school can get pricey. this morning, abc's paula faris has great tips to save some cash. >> reporter: remember the kosmer family? their youngest, tyler, got into his dream school. ithaca college, broadcasting and wrestle. real money helped him reapply for financial aid finding an extra $30,000. and now just days away from leaving the nest. >> blue for ithaca. >> reporter: the kosmers are finding out that back to school means back to the bank account. are you surprised how much it has cost just to got to school? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: lynette khalfani-cox says her shopping lessons can save all of us real money. >> hi. good to see you again. >> reporter: tip number one, for big-ticket items, prices can change minute by minute. on decide.com, can you track products like this laptop. we caught it dropping from $452 to $349 in just ten minutes. and to find out if your favorite store has any sales, use apps like shopkick. it rewards shoppers for simply walking into retailers like target. >> it's $2 off any bed pillow. redeem our kicks at checkout. >> we have 1,811 to redeem. >> total is down to $42.13. knocking our bill down 20%. and finally, tip number two, if you are living on campus, consider leaving your car at home. on average college students save $200 a month on gas alone. in all, saving the average college family $2,900 a year. and our expert says never buy new textbooks. instead consider buying used or renting on sites like amazon. you can even find free versions online at boundless.com. it is a huge expense for college students who spend an average of $1,200 every year on the textbooks. paula faris, abc news, new york. >> textbooks were nuts. do you remember? they still are. how expensive those were? >> it was great if you could get a scholarship that included your textbooks because that's where you spend all of your money. here's what i think we are missing from the story. parents need to pay attention to this. after your second, third, fourth year when you start paying for all the stuff. college students are going to need those tips, too. >> no doubt about it. >> you are making very little money and you still need to buy all the same stuff. >> yeah. and good luck getting somebody to leave their car home. if they have one and they're bringing it to college, good luck. >> unless you are going to school in the city. >> nyu. living downtown. didn't need one. which was great. >> i went to school in new york city as well, but i was out on long island. >> you needed it. >> i needed my car. better believe it. >> absolutely. coming up, an unusual social media launch for a veteran rock star. >> shocking development involving a reality tv celebrity. we will tell you all about it in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from or abc stations. an 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the hospital after being found unconscious in her new orleans home monday by her boyfriend. anyway, her boyfriend today speaking out saying "i am deeply grateful for all the love and support we have received from family, friends and fans. gia was the most beautiful person inside and out and always smiled and made everyone else around her smile." sources are telling e! news, gia and ryan were having some kind of relationship troubles. and as they maybe were headed for a break-up, no telling if that had anything to do with deciding what she decided to do. what family is saying is that she passed away peacefully. her mother, boyfriend and other friends were buy her side. >> what a shame. >> pretty sad story to report. 29 years old. passed away. very, very young age. >> let's talk about rock star quarterback tom brady. >> yes. >> a scary moment in a scrimmage game against the bucs on wednesday night. hurt his knee. take a look. during the team workout, bucs defensive end adrian clayborn rushes brady. all three players ended up hitting the turf. brady rocked back on the ground holding his knee. able to get up. walked off under his own power. that's video from tmz, by the way. now, it really, really looked bad. there were a lot of people speculating it may be over for the season. the mri on brady's knee shows no structural damage. a person with knowledge of this exam told "usa today" sports, and a person spoke on anonymity because the patriots did not reveal any results. brady is considered day-to-day with a mild sprain. apparently, he had damage to the left knee in 2008. a lot of concern. patriot fans are going to feel a lot better if in fact this is true, that it's only a day-to-day thing. scary moments. you hate to see this happen ever. in preseason -- are you kidding me? >> don't they wear the bright red thing to say i'm the guy you don't hit? >> i'm the guy you don't hit. i guess it didn't work. >> he is being nursed back to health by gisele bundchen. >> beautiful gisele. >> he's going to be okay. hopefully he's going to be okay physically, but in every other way he will be okay. guess who joined twitter? >> who? >> you. and then guess who joined twitter? >> prince. >> prince joined twitter, unfortunately his tweets were less than eventful. this was one of the first tweets. tweeted out a salad in which he said, did i add too much pepper? sad looking salad. yes, prince you added way too much pepper. >> fascinating tweet. >> and then that is supposed to be a selfie, though i can't quite make out where anything is in that picture. looks look a bunch of smoke. there you have it. prince is on twitter. so follow if you would like. and -- >> feel kind of cool that i beat prince to twitter. >> hopefully -- he's known as reclusive. hopefully his tweets get a little more interesting. >> guy like prince should pay someone to do fascinating tweets for him. simon cowell's baby mama reached a settlement, the socialite, settling the divorce from her husband, the matter is revolved, parties have moved on. andrew agreed, my priority was resolving this quickly for the sake of our son. they were married for ten years. they have a 7-year-old son named adam. so there you go. the baby mama drama involving simon cowell, that goes on. >> apparently she has no plans of moving out to l.a. which is where simon is based. so she is staying put in new york. simon is out in l.a. hmm. simon is out in l.a. hmm. >> hmm. ♪ rocky raccoon ♪ checked into his room ♪ only to find >> i want to hear the rest of the song. >> i love that song. >> they're not the type of critter most people would take into their homes, far less even the shower. >> yeah, but in tennessee one man's bond with a raccoon has sparked a battle with the state. now even reality tv producers are interested. showering with a raccoon, odd, maybe for some. this is just another day for mark brown. >> rebecca. >> reporter: this little black-eyed bandit is at the center of a massive social media campaign started by her owner. >> i am feeling like that i have had one of my children taken from me. >> reporter: brown has raised rebecca since she was bottle feeding. now the state has taken her away saying it is illegal to keep wild animals as pets. but this isn't mark's first pet raccoon. in the 2012 video, brown is dancing with gun show. and it cat putted him into the youtube stratosphere. over a million hits and more videos followed. gun show getting a bath with hannah montana shampoo. brown and gun show gearing up for their own reality show till his furry buddy passed away earlier this year. now brown says he will fight for rebecca's return to the bitter end. >> she played. she digged. she chased bees. picked flowers. whatever. she just done what raccoons do. >> reporter: he says he has been protecting her ever since. >> if she is released into the wild, all hunters have a legal right to train their dogs with her or kill her or trap her. for her fur. that's not what i want. >> reporter: but now brown is fighting back against the tennessee wildlife resources agency that took rebecca away, asking the governor directly to help him get his rebecca back. >> we have a nationwide campaign called free rebecca. we've got e-mails. 75 to 100 we answer daily. and they're petitioning the governor to give me a full pardon, forgive me of my sin, and let me get a permit to keep her. >> social media makes everything huge now. >> she is so cute. >> she is adorable. >> only because i was really interested in the story. i started reading all the chat notes. wildfepers tot tur to >> yeah, and they say that it's going to be introduced to a family of orphaned raccoons good morning. i'm diana perez. >> i'm john muller. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." egypt's prime minister offering no apology for the government assault which left nearly 300 people dead in cairo. security forces dismantled two camps where supporters of president morsi have been staying. all was calm during the curfew. and hundreds of families are spending yet another night away from home as a wildfire continues to spread through northeast utah. fire tornadoes are forming, making it tough for crews to gain control. the fire is 25% contained. michael jackson's ex-wife testified doctors were competing to see which could provide the singer with the painkiller. emotional debbie rowe says his doctors lost sight of jackson as a patient. and a study from the university of michigan is suggesting the more time you spend on facebook, the less likely you are to feel happy. users who spend the most time on facebook feel the most unhappiness. those are some of our stories on thursday, august 15th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> interesting about facebook. i haven't been posting much. that must mean i'm happy lately. obnoxious people who nonstop post, they must be really unhappy people according to that study. >> or everybody has facebook profile envy of them. apparently that's a thing. >> profile envy. by the way, we're doing throwback thursday. we're going to go back to the '60s. go back to woodstock in full regalia. >> 34th anniversary just for you. we'll begin this half hour with new details in the crash of the u.p.s. cargo plane near an alabama airport. >> people living near the airfield reported seeing flames coming from the plane and hearing the engines struggle in the final moments before impact. abc's david kerley is in birmingham. >> reporter: huge flames erupted just before dawn as the giant u.p.s. cargo jet shattered into pieces, crashing just short of the birmingham airport and about 1,000 feet from several homes. >> really, really loud. and then it shook the house. like it rattled the house. >> a big fireball. >> there were three of them. there were three pieces that rolled back down the hill. >> reporter: with daylight, a clear picture of how the airbus a-300 broke apart and burned. a wing here. engines there. nose section mostly intact. but back in the neighborhood, cornelius and barbara benson -- >> i didn't know what it was. i thought the was judgment day. >> reporter: -- couldn't believe their eyes when they came outside. the big jet had sheered off trees, raining aircraft debris all over their lawn. >> aluminum. that's part of the fuselage. >> that's the wing. >> reporter: it was around 6:00 that the u.p.s. jet on a flight from louisville. no emergency call, sheared off the bensons' trees and slammed to the ground on the hill. with the asiatic airplane crashing in san francisco and this u.p.s. wide-bodied jet doing the same in birmingham. the number of crashes during landing is becoming worrisome. in the past decade, 46% of all deadly crashes around the world have come during landing. >> if you want to take a look at the concern, it's starting to grow when you're getting toward that mark that's more than half of the flight accidents are attributed to, on approach and landing. >> reporter: investigators hope to learn if it is human error or something deadly wrong with our flight systems. david kerley, abc new, birmingham. a massachusetts woman is dead after what appears to be a freak accident. the 58-year-old woman crashed her suv through a fence and straight into the swimming pool of her condo complex. a man who saw the crash managed to free the woman and perform cpr. unfortunately she did not make it. neighbors say the woman was a longtime resident who was planning to move to florida. and here in new york, a little boy is recovering after falling from an amusement park ride in coney island. the 5-year-old broke his leg when he tumbled from a kid roller coaster last night. the ride's operator says the child apparently got scared toward the end of the ride and tried to climb out before the accident happened. disturbing details of how the kidnapping in southern california of the teenager hannah andersen went down. according to just released search warrants, anderson's mother was tortured before killed by james lee dimaggio. a crowbar was found near her head. investigators say they found the family dog dead nearby. the documents also reveal there were 13 calls between anderson and dimaggio on the day of the murders. a wild end to another kidnapping situation. this one in georgia. police dash cam capturing a high-speed chase on the interstate. the suspect driving up to 90 miles an hour with an 8-month-old in the back seat. eventually exits the highway. crashes the car. then she tries to flee on feet as police chase her. the 22-year-old woman taken into custody. the boy is fine. thank goodness he is back with his mother. >> nsa leaker edward snowden has had a conversation with his father in the u.s. the father and son chatted online, marking the first time they have had direct contact since snowden left the country. lon snowden plans to visit his son in russia as soon as he can get a visa to go there. and army private bradley manning apologized for hurting the country by passing massive amounts of classified information to wikileaks. manning's sister testified telling the court about his troubled childhood and his experts said that manning's gender identity disorder contributed to his actions. manning e-mailed this picture of himself wearing a wig and lipstick. an american track and field star speaking out about russia's controversial anti-gay law, taking part in the sports world championships going on now in moscow. abc's reporter is there. >> reporter: american runner nick simmons won his first international medal tuesday. >> flip that switch. used all my turbo. >> reporter: taking silver in the world championship of the 800 meters in a final dramatic dash. it is what he said afterwards making headlines and potentially puts him in the kremlin's crosshairs. he dedicated his medal to gay and lesbian friends. becoming the first foreign athlete to criticize russia's anti-gay law. >> whether you are black, white, gay, straight, everyone deserves to be treated equally. >> the law bans propaganda of nontraditional sexual relationships around minors. in practice, speaking about homosexuality in public could be illegal. >> you see videos of two women or men expressing their love for each other and being assaulted, and i can't sit back and be quiet about that. >> reporter: the law is popular in russia, but it sparked outrage overseas. in the u.s. a boycott on russian vodka is picking up steam. some are calling for a boycott of next year's winter olympics which russia will host in sochi. it is something simmons opposes. simmons says he doesn't plan on making any gestures about gay rights during the medals ceremony because he doesn't want to take away from the gold medal winner's moment. >> not only that. during the ceremony on the podium. political statements are banned. so you really run the risk of losing your own medal when you do that on the podium. he made his point. and he's the first of many, i think. >> right. he's the first one to come out and say anything about this. a lot of people are upset. even a push to try to get the olympics out of russia and bring it back to the united states because of this kind of archaic and out-of-nowhere rule that's kind of pumped up over there. >> i think you'll see plenty of straight athletes making the statement, too. it's not just going to be gay athletes. >> i think people will be hard-pressed to ignore this as they head over there no matter what kind of athlete. >> it is going to backfire. there is going to be more of this than there would have been without the rule. >> right-had russia just kept their idea to themselves. take a look at the weather right now. stormy in the south. through the weekend. texas panhandle, wind gusts, hail. pleasant in chicago, detroit and indianapolis. >> highs from new york to d.c. boise, 100. phoenix, will hit 107. billings, albuquerque, colorado springs in the low 90s. as you know we love food here on "world news now." >> yeah, we do. >> that is no secret. this admittingly is somewhat stomach churning. it's the latest food adventure by a guy in washington by the name of bo chevasue. >> he had the cameras rolling at a local jack in the box. and ordered the most expensive fast food hamburger. >> bear with me as i try to get through this. not only did it have 20 beef patties, but all 36 toppings, chicken, spicy chicken, two fried eggs, ham, sausage. onions. grilled onions. onion rings. bargain if you think about it. all of it for around 38 bucks. >> $38. we call this his latest food adventure. because he did something similar in february. i of he created a $47 starbucks drink. how do you wrap that up to go? put it in a box? how do you eat it? >> i want to see the picture again. it looks disgusting. >> tell you what. take it apart. eat it piece by piece. >> we want to know what the pink stuff is in it. let's see if we can get that picture back up. >> i like that smiley face on the top of the thing. >> i do, too. jack in the box. >> there it is. looks good to me. >> bacon. the pink stuff is bacon. coming up. 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>> just interesting that how this day has progressed. it reminds me of other stories that i have covered. the day started when the power outage started at 4:00. 10 hours ago. reminded us of 9/11 with uncertainty and fear. as the day progressed it reminded me of my time in baghdad after the war. i would bet there are a few people in baghdad who will look at the situation in new york city and say finally they'll understand how we feel. >> dan harris, thank you very much. >> really unbelievable. i was on a treadmill in lower manhattan, on a gym in the basement. went up to the street. everybody walking around like zombies. hello! >> blackouts can happen at any time. which is why we are always ready. >> we are prepared. keep your hands to yourself. what are you doing? >> ready to go with our flash flights. >> where were you when the power went out? >> ghost stories. we're going to do this in the ♪ freedom freedom ♪ freedom freedom ♪ freedom freedom >> far out, man. ritchie havens rocking woodstock on this day in 1969. the opening day of woodstock. >> ah, on this "throwback thursday" 44th anniversary of the festival, we're celebrating one of the grooviest, one of the most iconic events in the era of peace and love. >> diana, did you know ritchie havens was not scheduled to be the opening act? i learned this when i researched this piece. most other bands were stuck in traffic. they were trying to get in. the guy named tim harden who organized it wanted to play. but he was too stoned to perform, man. farm, man. i think that stuff we smoked before the segment smelled a little funny. >> what? >> ricky havens had a performance it was iconic. >> woodstock wasn't supposed to be a free concert. nobody thought 500,000 would show up. but they did. >> oh, yeah, they did. two days before the festival began, there were already 50,000 people camping near the stage on the farm in bethel, new york. not woodstock, bethel, new york. i bet you didn't know that. walked through big gaps in the fencing and there was no way to get them all to pay. it's wrong, man. >> the concert was now free. >> cool. >> there were no cell phones, no way to text. no facebook. i don't know what that stuff is anyway. based on word of mouth, people just kept on coming and coming. highways became parking lots. people abandoned their cars and walked. >> do you know who those two people are, diana? joe cocker and jimi hendrix. ♪ what would i do if i sang out of tune ♪ >> traffic was so bad, organizers had to hire helicopters to shuttle the performers in. >> the performers, more than 30 bands, played nearly nonstop for more than three days. you can see ritchie havens there singing in his orange robe. unfortunately he died this past april. this sunday his ashes will be scattered in the field where woodstock took place. fitting. >> only seems right. woodstock became a mini-community. despite shortage of food and water, if remained peaceful. >> take a look at the couple wrapped in the blanket. in 2009 for the 40th anniversary. reporters discovered they're married. ha. they married two years after the festival. they had two kids. and they're still together. >> proof that peace and love actually was the order of the day. drugs were prevalent, yo, freaked out tent was establish, there really was a tent. it was a freaked out tent. for those suffering bad trips. diana, man your face is melting stay away from the purple acid. >> got to go to that tent. ha! >> that looks like jerry garcia, it's not. some guy looking cool. woodstock the most popular event in music history. it was not exactly a great investment. >> organizers ended up more than $1 million in debt and facing 70 lawsuits. 70! >> 70 lawsuits. to the relief, the film woodstock, have you ever seen it in its entirety? i've seen snippets of it. it became a big hit. profits from the movie actually covered most of their debt. >> free concert. >> woodstock created careers, some of the most memorable moments in music history as well. >> perhaps most iconic, jimi hendrix, out of sight version of "the star spangled banner." it was the last performance of the festival. by the time he took the stage at 9:00 a.m. monday morning. people left or were too high to remember. and here's what they missed. [ instrumental "star spangled banner" ] >> awesome. another huge performance, one from the relatively unknown joe cocker. you know how he does that thing? i don't know what he does. i love the sideburns. >> organizers recorded it, and after this song, man, are we glad they did. ♪ lend me your ear >> did you hear what diana said, that's the song from "the wonder years." >> did she say that? >> i like the part. >> dude is a surfer term from the '80s. nobody said that either. the stage at woodstock contained pretty powerful female performers. janis joplin, joan baez, and grace slick. and jefferson airplane who hit the stage early sunday morning introducing their set as "morning maniac music." judge for yourself. it was pretty awesome. >> pretty amazing, right? 1969. i was 3 years old. it was kind of a mud fest. a bunch of people remember it as a bunch of days in mud with rock 'n' roll and groovy grass. playing out. ritchie havens, freedom. just say freedom over and over again. ♪ freedom 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raise a family in "look who's talking." now 24 years since the first movie, kirstie alley and john travolta are together again, on the set of her new tv land show, "kirstie." what are some of your favorite memories from "look who's talking"? >> one of the best memories is we were supposed to do a dance for the show. he has done all the movies. an iconic dancer. he changes the course of history with his dancing. ♪ dancing yeah >> suppose to do a dance together. i was real cocky. and he goes look, which one of us has done these movies that they're dancing in? i go, i don't care. i'm going to dance and i can dance with the best of them. and i was acting like that. boom, i'd slap him. boom, i'd throw on my sunglasses. >> reporter: their off-screen friendship has been going strong ever since the first movie. >> you know that's breast milk. >> reporter: which as the family grew, turned into a second and then a third. what is it about the chemistry that the two of you have that works so well on camera? >> what do you think? >> i don't know. i think we like each other. >> kirstie was a person i could have fun with and play with, you know. she's a playmate. whoa, baby! hot mama! >> you are such a goofball. >> reporter: is there any question you have always wanted to be asked by an interviewer? >> how did you get so good looking? >> do my muscles bother you? >> i've been staring at them throughout the entire interview. >> reporter: after all the years, still playing. los angeles. >> i remember that movie. i remember the first one. i remember thinking when i had a kid, this is what children must really think. >> now, look. you got one. >> it's not, the farthest thing from the truth. >> hollywood? i hate it when that happens. >> a little bit. those two, great on-camera chemistry. i can't wait to see it. >> that's our news this half-hour. follow us on facebook, folks. >> announcer: every day, more americans choose abc news. america's number one news source. this morning on "world news now" -- egypt on the edge. the military opens fire at protesters. hundreds of people are dead as the nation wakes up today to more tension. frightening flames. dangerously unpredictable fire in utah, the homes destroys, lives at risk. and then a rare sight, a flame-filled twister. then female fighter. sexy mixed martial arts star, kick and punching her way to domination. >> i try to have as much sex as possible before i fight, actually. >> rowdy rhonda, and fighting for your attention. it is thursday, august 15th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good thursday morning, everybody. >> almost friday. >> almost friday. >> not quite. >> not yet. we've got some work to do. >> yeah, we do. let's get started. we begin with the latest from egypt. streets are quiet this morning after a government-imposed curfew. >> nearly 300 people killed yesterday. security forces moved against supporters of morsi. abc's karen travers has the latest. >> reporter: darkness fell in cairo, and the streets were less chaotic. the egyptian government's first action under the state of emergency instituted. earlier, violence erupted when the military used force to clear out two areas occupied by supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi. nearly 150 are dead. hundreds more wounded. security forces used bulldozers, armored vehicles, and tear gas to sfers disperse the pro-morsi crowd. they fought back with rocks. a reporter from al-jazeera was on the site of a clash. >> there's a fire in there, and there is black smoke likely meant to try to confuse the helicopters, the multiple helicopters that are circling above. >> reporter: morsi supporters staged demonstrations since he was removed from power last month. this man said, over our dead bodies. we will not leave. the violence prompted egypt's interim vice president mohamed elbaradei to resign. the nobel peace prize winner said the standoff could have been resolved peacefully and he will not bear responsibility for bloodshed. secretary of state john kerry condemned the violence and said it will not solve the ongoing conflict. >> today's events are deplorable. they run counter to egyptian aspirations for peace, inclusion and genuine democracy. >> secretary kerry said this was a pivotal moment for egypt. yesterday's violence dealt a serious blow to the efforts to reach some sort of compromise between the interim government and morsi supporters. john and diana. >> karen, thank you. >> army private bradley manning apologized during his sentencing hearing for one of the largest leaks of classified information in ugs in u.s. history. he told the court he was sorry, and he talked about his troubled childhood. two experts said manning's gender identity disorder contributed to his actions. manning had e-mailed a picture that he had of himself wearing a wig and lipstick and e-mailed it to a psychologist said that manning was struggling under extreme conditions. he could get up to 90 years in prison. it was an emotional day in a washington, dnc washington, d.c., courtroom as former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison. through his tears, jackson said he failed to separate his personal life from his professional one and that he was an example for everyone in congress. here is abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: quite the fall from grace for jesse jackson jr. the former illinois congressman sentenced to 30 months behind bars. the judge says jackson treated campaign funds as his personal piggy bank. his wife, sandy, who served as campaign treasurer was also sentenced to a year in prison after admitting she and her husband both knowingly misspent $750,000 of campaign money on lavish living. jackson says he used more than $60,000 donor dollars at restaurants, nightclubs and lounges, a $43,000 gold-plated men's rolex watch, $5,600 for a holistic retreat in martha's vineyard, and $4,600 on a fedora once worn by michael jackson. jackson's father, civil rights leader jesse jackson sr., suggests the behavior was largely due to his son's diagnosis last year of bipolar disorder. >> he is still recovering. jesse's been very sick. this time a year ago, i really thought we may have lost him. >> reporter: jackson spent four weeks at the mayo clinic. the judge says she didn't have enough information from his doctors about his reported bipolar disorder. >> this has been -- a very painful. >> reporter: the jacksons will be allowed to serve their sentences one at a time. is he so that one of them can remain at home with their two children. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> federal investigators hope to get the black boxes from that u.p.s. cargo plane that crashed in a field near the birmingham airport. two pilots killed. the wreckage scattered over a wide area. witnesses heard the engines struggling and saw flames before impact. >> we were in bed. we heard something go over the house. and it sounded like a plane had gave out of fuel. a few minutes later we heard this loud boom. and we really didn't know what it was. >> the pilots never sent a distress call or any message to air traffic controllers before the crash. >> a wildfire that burned 14 homes to the ground is menacing several communities near park city, utah. dangerous swirls of flames, fueled by high wind are making it tough for fire crews to make any headway. hundreds of families are forced to spend yet another night away from their homes. abc's alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: the flames moved in within minutes, giving those living in the community just west of salt lake city little time to get out. a lightning strike is believed to have ignited the fast-moving blaze. about 250 evacuated families still don't know when they'll be allowed back home. crews have been working around the clock to douse the fire now about 25% contained. >> we have got two blackhawk helicopters dropping about 700 gallons every probably six minutes. >> making their job harder, these fire tornadoes. the fire whirls whip around, creating twists that can help the flames spread. those twists in the atmosphere form when cooler air meets that intense heat. the difference in pressure between the two air masses accelerates and tightens into a tornadolike structure made up of fire. and fire teams can usually do nothing but wait for these fire whirls to put themselves out. the blaze grew so quickly, more than a dozen homes were damaged within hours. this massive fire whirl outside l.a. in 2009, lit up the sky as more than 100,000 acres were scorched. this one in australia. flames shooting more than 100 feet high. those whirls can last anywhere from a few minutes to more than half an hour. making an already difficult job for firefighters even tougher. alex perez, abc news, utah. microsoft claims to have fixed the problem that prevented customers from receiving e-mail yesterday. popular outlook.com e-mail service now up and running, but it was down for nearly five hours. some users may have problems getting e-mail on their smartphones. the company claims only a small number of users were affected. now to another popular d dotcom that you may have heard of, something called facebook. more than a billion use the social network, messaging, commenting, some liking, poking, a little strange. a university of michigan study suggests that all of this connectedness may not be making us any happier. they found the more time you spend on facebook the less likely you are to feel happy because you end up comparing -- or rather the site ends up being like keeping up with the joneses. with users experiencing profile envy. that brings us to the facebook question of the day. how does your mood change after you have been using social media? if you feel up to it, logon to wnnfans.com and let us know. >> tell you what. i have phases where i enjoy facebook for a couple weeks kind of into it. then i won't bother with it for weeks and weeks. >> i think a lot of people are like that. you end up looking at other people's pictures and you think, gosh, they just post everything about their life. they end up sharing their pictures. >> that's the worst. >> i know. i don't post any pictures about my life ever. at the same time i am not into oversharing. >> i hide some people's news feeds because it's so obnoxious. post themselves doing everything. >> everything. >> i can't bear it anymore. >> here is the thing. kids these days. apparently facebook is very passe. the new thing is instagram. >> absolutely. >> i think facebook has taken on an air of all the old people. >> absolutely. you are right about that. >> makes me depressed in general. >> yeah, right. this is an amazing story. listen to this. a shark story. our "favorite story of the day" because it is a shark story. seen people feed the sharks. being attacked by sharks. we've even seen sharks on a subway train here in new york city. >> but i don't think we've ever seen a guy do something like this. he claims to be hypnotizing the caribbean reef shark by rubbing it on the nose. when the shark is calm, he balances it on the palm of his hand. >> that is amazing. >> we should say the shark is not harmed when it enters this state. scientists call it tonic immobility, and the effect of it lasts apparently 15 minutes before the shark snaps out of it and swims away. >> check this out, tonic immobility which is known by a less scientific name. it's called apparent death. and scientists believe this may be like a defense mechanism. where you rub the nose, the shark essentially plays dead or is hypnotized long enough so that anything that wants to eat it thinks it's dead and just kind of wanders off. >> just really amazing. reef sharks are not known to be too dangerous. i don't know if he would try that on a great white. that really is incredible. >> yeah. i don't think i want to try that on any kind of shark. >> not so much. coming up, something you 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[ female announcer ] tampax pearl protects better. only tampax has a leakguard braid to help stop leaks before they happen. tampax pearl protects better. hannah anderson, the teenage girl who survived a frightening kidnapping ordeal, is sharing her story. >> just two days after her rescue, hannah went online to answer questions. here's the story from abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: what 16-year-old hannah anderson has been through is extraordinary. what she did afterward is actually quite ordinary for modern teenagers. she went online, writing about her alleged kidnapper. he got what he deserved hannah wrote about james dimaggio, shot and killed by the fbi last weekend in the backwoods of idaho. postings appeared on askfm which allows readers to ask questions. a source briefed on the case confirms hannah responded to more than 100 of them including -- why didn't you try to escape? especially when the four horseback riders spotted you in the woods? he had a gun and threatened to kill me and anyone who tried to help, hannah responded. authorities say dimaggio, a long-time family friend, murdered hannah's mother and her 8-year-old brother. their bodies found in his burning home near san diego. on the website, hannah says dimaggio tied them up in the garage and rigged the fire to start after he kidnapped her. i wish i could go back in time and risk my life to try to save theirs. i will never forgive myself for not trying harder to save them. throughout the week-long ordeal, hannah's father never let go. >> hannah, we all love you very much. if you have a chance, you take it. you run. >> online, hannah advises others who might become victims. stay strong, she writes. people will be looking for you so don't ever think they are not. and keep your head up and never let go. ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >> story gets stranger with all of the stuff going on. what do you make of this? >> it's hard to tell. it is important we do want to point out, this has not been corroborated by authorities. this is what hannah is saying. her side of the story. >> right. >> the search warrants have been unsealed. we do know there was a horrific scene that was found at the home, at the garage that burned down with the two bodies inside of them. there's no real clues that the mother and brother were actually tied up. which is what hannah says in one of the postings. this is just strange. the relationship she may or may not have had with her captor. >> a lot of phone calls between them. >> the day she was captured. 13 phone calls. both phones were shut off at the same time which could have happened when he abducted her. she mentioned that he asked them to come to his house which is how her whole family ended up there. authorities have figured out she was actually picked up from cheerleading practice and never seen after that. so that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. there's a lot to the story. >> i think we'll hear more about this. >> i think so, so. i believe so. still ahead, we are going to introduce you to one of the hottest athletes in one of the hottest new sports. >> oh, did we happen to mention that she's pretty tough, too? she's the rising star of mixed martial arts. >> later the star of a social media campaign is pretty wild. a raccoon. reality raccoon. in our next half-hour of "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ mama said knock you out i'm going to knock you out ♪ ♪ mama said knock you out all right, the sport of mixed martial arts is no less than full combat, and it's only for really the toughest of the tough. >> punching, kicking, kneeing, elbowing, takedowns, throws, wrestling. i'm like, ah, i'm hurting now. so may or may not come as a surprise one of the most well ♪ mama said knock you out i'm going to knock you out ♪ ♪ mama said knock you out all right, the sport of mixed martial arts is no less than full combat, and it's only for really the toughest of the tough. >> punching, kicking, kneeing, elbowing, takedowns, throws, wrestling. i'm like, ah, i'm hurting now. so may or may not come as a surprise one of the most well known athletes in the sport is a woman. we are "up all nightline" with abc's julie foudy. >> rowdy ronda rousey is no ordinary woman. in fact rousey is the hottest fighter in this often brutal blood sport. one of the most vicious sports in the word. mixed martial arts. where fighters get to punch, kick, and knock out their opponents. but it is out of the ring where she's attracted the most attention recently. that's her on the cover of espn the magazine's body issue and and she is this month's "maxim" cover girl. over the years rousey has shown she is not shy of speaking her mind like when she talked earlier this year on showtime with jim rome. >> i mean, for a girl, it raises your testosterone. i try to have as much sex as possible before i fight, actually. >> referee: i want a clean fight. touch gloves. make it official. >> i wanted to know how that is working for you so far? >> not fantastic. ever since i said that, i jinxed myself. i haven't been able to have sex right before a fight. >> reporter: we spent time with rousey in las vegas where she is shooting a reality tv show, "the ultimate fighter." why are you so good at it? >> just the way i was brought up doing judo. my mom brought me to four, five different clubs a week. so i would always get to try different styles. >> reporter: it has been a long journey to the top. rousey's father took his own life when rhonda was only 8 years old. under a watchful eye from her mother, rowsey used her own judo training to help cope with the loss of her dad. >> is this something you want to do? do you want to do this judo thing? yes, i want to be the first american to win the olympics. >> reporter: rousydidn't win gold but did win a bronze in the 2008 olympic games becoming the first american to medal in judo. but she needed more and wanted to fight professionally. rousey not only became the first to sign a contract with ultimate fight championship, she was crowned the world's first female champion. just because women can fight, should they? >> i think sports are a metaphor for life. i am not scared of anything. and i think a lot of women spend their lives fearful when they shouldn't. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm julie foudy tapping out in las vegas. >> i think i would be scared to death to date that woman. don't make her mad. >> that might be why she jinxed herself. i don't think it had anything to do with the comment because i think guys would be lining up. i think it has everything to do with her performance in the ring. human cage fighting. men don't want anything to do with that. >> going out on three dates, and being really into her and then finding out she's a killer? >> no, i wouldn't be interested either. ouldn't be interested either. imreal tasty food. but some leading dog foods add sugar, or dyes, or artificial preservatives. 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"the mix" time. start with a fat cat, not a wall street billionaire with a cigar. we're talking about a fat cat. >> literally. >> put up the picture. one of the biggest cats. workers at maricopa animal care have ever seen. he weighs 28 pounds. to give you an idea, most male cats weigh 12 pounds. apparently carrying him around feels like lifting 3 1/2 gallons of water. to help him slim down, workers are trying to set up the exercise. he actually brushes the floor as he walks by. he has a high risk of diabetes. he has difficulty walking around and grooming himself. and the vets have had to shave his matted hair around his neck, legs and back. he has been put on a prescription diet as workers try to correct his previous owner's bad habits. so if you're out there and your cat's getting a little large, stop the madness because that's how it ends up. >> it's the equivalent of a 350-pound person. >> that's right. >> obese. okay. moving on to this. you know when you get married. you want to have everything, you want everything to be perfect. and if you decide you won't want a regular wedding cake, you want everything to be perfect. well, there is a bride overseas who decided what she wanted to do. she found the cake of her dreams online. and it was very alternative. black cake. looks like tires. but it has a couple of details. very well done. black cake. nevertheless. the one she wanted. her name is cecilia. she ordered it. she got this instead. >> oh, man. that's pathetic. looks like it's made of play-doh. >> it looks nothing like the original one she actually requested. and it's lopsided and leaning to one side. >> horrible. >> because she is very ingenious she decided to sell this thing on ebay. some of the things that she wrote, a few defects due to maker being unskilled. uncut along with a large amount of awful cupcakes for free. no topper. unusual design. very heavy. needless to say very ugly. >> wonder what they did on the wedding day? they didn't eat it. >> doesn't deserve a picture. >> got that one on your wedding day and expecting a beautiful one, would you cry? >> i think i might. i might cry if i saw that hideous thing. >> that's pretty tragic. a bunch of guys go out for a night. they're drinking, partying, 4:30 in the morning. one of his friends starts dozing on the couch. they're young, 27. they decide, let's wake him up. this is their version, waking him up. there he is in a stupor. that's a motorbike. here we go. listen. [ engine revving ] >> oh, no! >> yeah. kevin dohan and his friends executed it perfectly. he woke up. and they say the lesson is never fall asleep at a session. he went right back out. >> yeah. he didn't have time for that. >> he can't hang. >> at least they didn't put this morning on "world news now" -- tension in egypt after political fighting claims hundreds of lives in cairo. the city wakes up to uncertain today. what led to the military's vicious moves and the protesters' unrest. tearful testimony. michael jackson's ex-wife, breaking down in court. after describing his pain and the doctors he turned to for help. an inside look at the king of pop's final days. wild battle. a tennessee man's mission to keep his pet raccoon. his unusual fight goes viral and could even end up on reality tv. and patriot in pain, tom brady, a major injury during a preseason scrimmage. what's next for new england's starting quarterback after the scare? we'll talk about it in "the skinny," on this thursday, august 15th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. all right. we begin with the latest from egypt. streets are quiet this morning after a government-imposed curfew. >> the threat of violence hangs over cairo where nearly 300 people were killed yesterday. thousands were injured. abc's muhammad lila was there as the deadly chaos unfolded. >> reporter: the assault was vicious. tear gas scattering crowds including women and young children. then came the bulldozers, raging fires and finally this -- [ gunfire ] heavily armed police opening fire, steady stream of casualties flooding into makeshift hospitals. this footage shows moments of terror. a sniper on a rooftop calmly takes aim firing into the crowd. each time the violence appeared under control, it flared up again. as we're walking closer to the scene of the violence we can feel the thickness, tear gas in the air, and you can hear gunshots still ringing out. ordinary egyptians caught in the cross fire. one young woman showed us the view from her window, chaos and bloodshed. too afraid to speak to us on camera. we also spoke with a father and daughter who raced home from work early. their smoky streets now a ghost town. >> it is possible to attack anyone. the streets are empty. it's still not safe, but it's safe inside the house. >> reporter: for u.s. officials it's a nightmare scenario. the key u.s. ally overthrowing its elected leader, hard-line member of the muslim brotherhood, its supporters facing off against the hard-line military pushed out of their camps protesters fought back with rocks. even pushing this armored vehicle off a bridge, crashing down, a symbol of the country's descent into violence. violence that is now spreading. angry mobs torching at least 18 churches in retaliation. mohamed lila, abc news in cairo. firefighters struggling to control a stubborn wildfire racing through the northeast part of utah. facing wind-driven flames, twisting into tornado-like funnels. so far at least 14 homes have burned to the ground. the fire is 25% contained. hundreds of families were supposed to be able to return home last night. officials say that will not happen until this evening at the very earliest. >> that keeps us from letting people back in. you know, if we would let people back into those houses up there, we'd be evacuating them again right now. we want to make sure it's safe before we let the public back in. >> residents are getting frustrated. a man arrested last night after he charged through a roadblock to get to his home. investigators say there was no distress call from either pilot before their u.p.s. cargo plane crashed into a field near the birmingham airport. both pilots were killed and wreckage scattered over a wide area. witnesses say they heard the plane's engines struggling and saw flames before impact. investigators hope to get to those black boxes later today. michael jackson's ex-wife described the singer's extreme fear of pain during testimony yesterday. debbie rowe became emotional as she claimed each jackson doctor tried to outdo the other when it came to painkillers. kabc's miriam hernandez reports from los angeles. >> reporter: it was a tearful debbie rowe who described michael jackson's pain from a fireworks explosion to the cosmetic facial injections that continued until days before jackson died. then jurors heard in a videotaped deposition about times jackson was heavily sedated while on tour. >> i wanted to make sure he woke up. >> so you insisted on being present because you wanted to make sure he woke up? >> yes. >> reporter: rowe, jackson's former wife, blamed some of his doctors for his drug dependency. bluntly she called it a pissing match as they competed for the celebrity patient. rowe, quote, when michael was in pain, they would try to outdo each other, who could give the better drug? these idiots were going back and forth the whole time and not caring about him, unquote. one of the doctors she accuses her longtime employer, dermatologist, arnold klein, who treated jackson nearly 30 years. rowe said, quote, michael had a low pain tolerance and his fear of pain was incredible. i think the doctors took advantage of him that way. rowe testified that jackson obtained propofol, in a hotel suite in germany once, two doctors administered the anesthetic between jackson's concert appearances. rowe appeared under subpoena. rowe is the mother of two of the plaintiffs, prince and paris, joined in a lawsuit filed by katherine jackson. the jacksons' attorney say jackson's stint in rehab in 1992 was publicized, aeg executives should have known jackson was vulnerable and should have supervised dr. conrad murray who ultimately provided jackson a lethal dose of proef follow. aeg maintains that jackson hid his use of propofol behind locked doors and he was ultimately responsible for his habit. this is miriam hernandez reporting for abc news. two stars of "the real housewives of new jersey" say they're not guilty of a host of financial fraud charges. joe and theresa giudice entered their pleas in a brief court appearance yesterday. they were charged with 39 counts, including conspiracy and several types of fraud. a trial date in early october was set. that could be pushed back into early next year because of the complexity of the case. a batch of brand-new $100 bills worth 30 million bucks may have to be destroyed because of a printing error. too much ink used to print a number of notes. the ink started running. those bills will likely be destroyed. the new hundred will contain colors of blue and a 3-d security ribbon to make it tougher to counterfeit. i don't know why they're going to throw them out, but i say we go garbage picking. put on our black outfits. >> if you have nowhere to put them. the desk right here is empty. >> you got that right. >> drop them off right here. >> dumpster diving. let's do it. >> let's do it. here's a look at your weather. it's a dry and pleasant day across most of the northeast and the midwest. rain likely from northern florida, southern georgia, alabama and texas. morning fog along the west coast. >> another day of cooler than usual temperatures from west virginia to new england with highs in the 70s. honolulu, new orleans, miami all close to 90. we've gotten the first little nugget of reaction from prince william about how things are going at home with a three-week-old son. >> it came yesterday at, of all places, a livestock and agriculture show in northern wales. william told the crowd little prince george is pretty loud and of course extremely good looking. >> nice. and in conversation, he was overheard telling well wishers he and kate hope that george starts sleeping through the night sometime soon. [ baby crying ] diana knows all about this. >> three weeks old. they've got quite a while to go. >> how are you doing with that? >> 10 1/2 months, he is great. he really is. my little guy. prince george has a long way to go. before he sleeps through the middle. >> do you think he gets up and helps in the middle of the night or do you think he goes, "baby's crying"? >> i do. i think that's why we are all enamored with that couple because they're so human. not like a real royal family. >> i would believe it if they said he did. >> i would, too. i think they're adorable. from prince william to pop star prince, he is doing something he has never done before. back-to-school savings before you send your student to college. don't miss our money-saving expert advice on everything from books to dorm supplies. you're watching "world news now." ♪ all good stuff for school ♪ wow >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. colonial penn life insurance. ♪ all dressed up for school ♪ all dressed up for school "all dressed up for school" there by the beach boys. and that's what a whole lot of kids are getting ready to do now that summer is over. >> between the school supplies, new school clothes and the new tech gadgets, going back to school can get pricey. this morning, abc's paula faris has great tips to save some cash. >> reporter: remember the kosmer family? their youngest, tyler, got into his dream school. ithaca college, broadcasting and wrestle. real money helped him reapply for financial aid finding an extra $30,000. and now just days away from leaving the nest. >> blue for ithaca. >> reporter: the kosmers are finding out that back to school means back to the bank account. are you surprised how much it has cost just to get to school? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: lynette khalfani-cox says her shopping lessons can save all of us real money. >> hi. good to see you again. >> reporter: tip number one, for big-ticket items, prices can change minute by minute. on decide.com, you can track products like this laptop. we caught it dropping from $452 to $349 in just ten minutes. and to find out if your favorite store has any sales, use apps like shopkick. it rewards shoppers for simply walking into retailers like target. >> it's $2 off any bed pillow. redeem our kicks at checkout. >> we have 1,811 to redeem. >> every little bit helps. >> total is down to $42.13. >> reporter: knocking our bill down 20%. and finally, tip number two, if you are living on campus, consider leaving your car at home. on average college students save $200 a month on gas alone. in all, saving the average college family $2,900 a year. and our expert says never buy new textbooks. instead consider buying used or renting on sites like amazon. you can even find free versions online at boundless.com. it is a huge expense for college students who spend an average of $1,200 every year on the textbooks. paula faris, abc news, new york. >> textbooks were nuts. do you remember? they still are. how expensive those were? >> it was great if you could get a scholarship that included your textbooks because that's where you spend all of your money. here's what i think we are missing from the story. parents need to pay attention to this. after your second, third, fourth year when you start paying for all of that stuff, college students are going to need those tips, too. >> no doubt about it. >> you are making very little money and you still need to buy all the same stuff. >> yeah. and good luck getting somebody to leave their car home. if they have one and they're bringing it to college, good luck. >> unless you are going to school in the city. >> which i did. i went to nyu. i was living downtown and didn't need one, which was great. >> i went to school in new york city as well, but i was out on long island. >> you needed it. >> i needed my car. better believe it. >> absolutely. coming up, an unusual social media launch for a veteran rock star. >> shocking development involving a reality tv celebrity. we will tell you all about it in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" - ( snaps, clatters ) ) that sounds awful. 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>> don't they wear the bright red thing to say i'm the guy you don't hit? >> i'm the guy you don't hit. i guess it didn't work. if he wore it. >> he is being nursed back to health by gisele bundchen. >> beautiful gisele. yes. he's handsome, he's rich, he's got a gorgeous wife, and he's going to be okay. >> he's going to be okay. hopefully he's going to be okay physically, but in every other way he will be okay. guess who joined twitter? >> who? >> you. and then guess who joined twitter? >> i give up. >> prince. prince joined twitter, and unfortunately his tweets were less than eventful. this was one of the first tweets. tweeted out a salad in which he said, did i add too much pepper? sad looking salad. yes, prince you added way too much pepper. >> fascinating tweet. >> and then that is supposed to be a selfie, though i can't quite make out where anything is in that picture. just looks like a bunch of smoke. there you have it. prince is on twitter. so follow if you would like. and there you have it. >> feel kind of cool that i beat prince to twitter. zbl he's known >> he's known as a reclusive. hopefully his tweets get a little more interesting. >> guy like prince should pay someone to do fascinating tweets for him. simon cowell's baby mama apparently reaches a divorce settlement, the socialite, settling the divorce from her husband, the matter is revolved, parties have moved on. andrew agreed in a statement, my priority was resolving this quickly for the sake of our son. they were married for ten years. they have a 7-year-old son named adam. so there you go. the baby mama drama involving simon cowell, that goes on. >> apparently she has no plans of moving out to l.a. which is where simon is based. so she is staying put in new york. simon is out in l.a. hmm. simon is out in l.a. hmm. simon is out in l.a. hmm. >> hmm. ♪ rocky raccoon ♪ checked into his room ♪ only to find >> i want to hear the rest of the song. >> i love that song. >> they're not the type of critter most people would take into their homes, far less even the shower. >> yeah, but in tennessee one man's bond with a raccoon has sparked a battle with the state. now even reality tv producers are interested. showering with a raccoon, odd, maybe for some. this is just another day for mark brown. >> rebecca. >> reporter: this little black-eyed bandit is at the center of a massive social media campaign started by her owner. >> i am feeling like that i have had one of my children taken from me. >> reporter: brown has raised rebecca since she was bottle feeding. now the state has taken her away saying it is illegal to keep wild animals as pets. ♪ chain chain chain >> reporter: but this isn't mark's first pet raccoon. in the 2012 video, brown is dancing with gun show. and it catapulted him into the youtube stratosphere. over a million hits and more videos followed. gun show getting a bath with hannah montana shampoo. >> smells good, too. >> reporter: brown and gun show were even gearing up for their own reality show till his furry buddy passed away earlier this year. becn toer is year. >> she played. she digged. ed b picked flowers. whaver. she just done whdo. >> reporter: he says he has bee >> if she is release wild, all hunters have a legal right to train their dogs with her or kill her or trap her. for her fur. that's not what i want. >> reporter: but now brown is fighting back against the tennessee wildlife re agency that took reay, asking the governor directly to help him get his rebecca back. >> we have a nationwide campaign called free rebecca. we've got e-mails. 75 to 100 we answer daily. and they're petitioning the governor to give me a full pardon, forgive me of my sin, and let me get a permit to keep her. >> social media makes everything huge now. >> she is so cute. >> she is adorable. >> only because i was reall ste sto because i was reall no wildlife agencypers told abc news he is not going t fid abc news he is not going t cktothe animal will no >> yeah, and they say tits goio beto a family of orphaned raccoons and eventually all of have a great thursday. making news in america this morning, developing overnight. the death toll rises, as tension gyps egypt. will a new day bring new violence to america's ally? we have live team coverage. what caused this latest deadly plane crash? a huge cargo jet goes down not far from homes. >> it rattled the house. >> witnesses describing what they heard and felt as the investigation gets under way this morning. and in her own words. the kidnapped california teen is talking about her week-long abduction. and we learned overnight what the suspect did to her family before the kidnapping. and shark whisperer. a diver with talent for putting these dangerous predators into a trance.
♪ >> all right. fess up. did you ever walk out of work with something from the stationery closet at one point or another? turns out that is the tip of the iceberg. >> petty crime and not so petty crime apparently goes on at the workplace all the time. our friend paula faris has the proof. >> reporter: judith oaks, a former school administrator, accused of stealing money from her workplace. stuffing lunch money in her bra. $1.8 million over 14 years. sometimes it is not cold hard cash but cold cuts. this guy doesn't think twice about stealing this co-worker's lunch, raiding the company fridge. and surveillance video shows an employee takes a few 20s for herself when counting the cash register. >> it's easy to cheat. >> reporter: bruce doris of the association of certified fraud examiners travels the country showing employers how to crack down on crimes that could potentially cost companies upwards of $3.5 trillion worldwide. >> stealing money, software, office supplies, inventory. >> or in this case a flat screen tv. watch again. this fellow waits until no one is looking to make his move. get this -- a recent survey by a security firm shows 95% of employees steal from their employer in some capacity, office supplies, information and in some professions time, like shopping on-line when you should be working. what if i walk out the door with a pen? am i a thief? >> technically you are. >> reporter: this woman spent time in the slammer for embezzling $500,000 from her employer. she said it started small. >> i'd notice they'd put our personal travel on to my corporate american express card. >> reporter: it soon spiraled out of control. >> was incremental descent where the bad behavior became the norm. >> most employee theft is perpetrated by people who are normal employees. they can justify this because a company will never miss it. >> reporter: but the penalties can be harsh. judith oaks has pled not guilty but faces 11 years behind bars if convicted. office theft is a dirty little secret that employers do not want to get out because it reflects poorly on their business. since there is little monitoring in the form of surveillance video, not much is done about it. diana and john? >> all right, paula. amazing. big problem. i have been guilty of the pen thing, i must say. you walk out with a pen, you get home and -- you toss it on the dresser and stays there sometimes. >> don't think of it. but embezzling is a different thing. >> i guess it adds up. >> think so. still crazy, though. that's a lot -- 95% of people -- it is a small portion of people that aren't stealing. >> i don't feel compelled to steal but if i did, there are so many cameras everywhere these days, you are going to get caught. >> look at how many people we caught in one story. that's crazy. all right. that brings us to the facebook question of the day. we want to know have you ever been ripped off at work? if so, what was stolen? log on the facebook page wnnfans.com. join the conversation. we had our conversation at the meeting, and people said they lost ipods out of desk drawers. >> debit card. >> debit card out of someone's office. that is outright stealing from the people you work with. and i think that is a different thing, but stealing a pen or couple of supplies. honestly i don't think twice about it and it means we are thieves. you heard him tell paula. coming up, dinner with strangers. gourmet company, gourmet food in a stranger's house. it is a new way to eat out. a senseless murder on a train. could passengers have stopped it if they hadn't been glued to their smartphones? you are watching "world ne ♪ new dining experience is sweeping across the globe. home-cooked meals in someone else's home. this is our "favorite story of the day." travelers are eating it up. >> meals like these could be happening where you live, too. where do you find these unusual meals? the internet of course. >> reporter: friday night and you are hungry but don't feel like cooking. you could go out or order in, but your choices are the same old, same old. o o h what if i told you there's a new way to dine out that involves going back home? not your home, someone else's. it is called eatwith and it matches foodies with people who are willing to open up their homes and cook for them. meet ai, an aspiring chef who loves to cook for others but can't afford to open her own restaurant. for her eatwith is a way to do what she loves. >> my brain is occupied by a new recipe or what's the menu for the next dinner. this is my test kitchen. >> reporter: guests pay a suggested and eatwith takes 15%. but for ai, it is not about the money. >> people say, "it is good." reaction is really important. >> reporter: for guests, eating in a stranger's home is more fun than dining out. >> if someone said custard, i would never order it. but i ate it, and and it was beautiful. >> reporter: eatwith is part of the new sharing economy with popular services allow users to earn money on stuff they have. >> people are passionate about doing it, cooking for small groups, four or five people, not a restaurant where you are pumping 100, 200 a night. >> reporter: both hosts and guests are screened beforehand. >> you can read reviews about them. you can see who you are going to be sharing a meal. >> reporter: for both parties, it's about more than what's on the menu. >> i love to try out different cuisine and meeting people. >> reporter: the next time you are craving a different dining experience, try heading out to dine in. abc news, new york. >> diana? no? you'd feel a little goofy being in someone else's house? >> goofy isn't a word i would use. >> vulnerable. >> vulnerable. going into someone's home or being in someone's home. >> it is cool if you were in another country and you want a feeling of their culture. check out insomniac kitchen and we will include junior's fried chicken and cheesecake. juniors home cooking cook book goes on sale next week. the batteries had better be powerful, too. introducing duracell quantum. only duracell quantum has a hi-density core. and that means more fuel, more power, more performance than the next leading brand. so, whether you're out on the front lines or you're back home, now you have the power. new duracell quantum. trusted everywhere. new duracell quantum. good thing we've got bounty select-a-size. it's the smaller powerful sheet. look! one select-a-size sheet of bounty is 50% more absorbent than a full size sheet of the leading ordinary brand. use less with bounty select-a-size. all right. "mix" time. anyone who takes a subway or commuter train in the u.s. of anywhere the world can relate to this. it will look mean when you see it but you secretly are like yes. ever seen anybody hold up the train? it is rude holding the door. you are late for work and you got to go, and some knucklehead is holding the door. >> come on already. >> april 29th this woman gets the boot. see it one more time. >> literally. >> nobody is even close. >> are you coming? >> sorry, you are out of there. but i'm sure if you admit it, i'm sure you are on the train going that's about right. >> wow. >> it's rude. >> you can't hold up 55 people because you decide it is not time to pull out yet. >> the lady on the inside is lucky that door closed as quickly as it did. she was coming back for more. >> kind of good. >> really was. really quickly we want to show you one of these really cute pictures. this is a dad who started a blog about kids who throw tantrums. that one at the bottom said he didn't want 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are talking and the tone has shifted. and the salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds of people. the government makes a decision whether the plant linked to the outbreak can stay open. a new mystery in the case of ariel castro. investigators say the guards responsible for checking on castro may have skipped their rounds. in the "the skinny" how betty white is keeping passengers safe and laughing at the same time. is friday, october 11th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> that skit with betty white is hilarious. >> she is unbelievably funny. you are supposed to lose your timing when you are a little older. she is 92. >> in her 90s. it's amazing. >> just as impeccable comedic wise than ever. >> maybe better. >> i think you are right. let's get started. the president an republican lawmakers head to the weekend with more optimism than the last few days. the two sides met for more than an hour and described the talks as good. >> they kept today's schedules fairly light in case of last-minute negotiations. abc's susan saulny is in washington with the latest. >> caller: a bit of movement coming from washington for the first time in a while. even wall street likes what it's hearing, closing sharply higher based on the hope that the government won't default. there's a glimmer of hope there maybe a compromise with one week left before the united states hits its debt ceiling. top house republicans met with the president at the white house in an attempt to hash out a deal. both sides said the meeting was productive. >> we had a very useful meeting. it was clarifying, i think for both sides as to where we are. we will come back and have more discussions. the president said he would go and consult with the administration folks and hopefully we can see a way forward after that. >> reporter: democrats were cautiously optimistic saying the president looks forward to continued progress. >> wait and see what the house does. when they send us something, we will look at it as clearly and closely as we can. >> reporter: signs of willingness to engage. >> the president is happy that cooler heads at least seem to be prevailing in the house. that there seems to be a recognition that default is not an option. >> reporter: treasury secretary jack lew told the senate hearing of the dire circumstances of a government default. we wouldn't have the money to pay our troops in full, the veterans the benefits in full. >> reporter: while white house spokesman jay carney said the president is open to a short-term debt extension but he made clear the white house would strongly prefer a long-term solution that will reopen the government. john and diana? >> thank you. trains will run today in san francisco while talks continue. the union was threatening a stop forcing 200,000 to find other ways to work. the two sides disagree over wages and health benefits. the agricultural department is giving foster farms a reprieve. three chicken packaging plants in california linked to the salmonella outbreak can stay open, at least for now. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. the usda told me this decision was expected to come late in to the night and consumer advocates believe more should have been done sooner to stop the spread of salmonella. the clock is ticking for foster farms following a salmonella scare that sickened 278 people across the country. the agriculture department is threatening to shut down three poultry plants linked to the outbreak if the company does not explain to the usda how it plans to fix the problem. >> we are outraged there is not a recall going on. this outbreak of salmonella puts 43% of the people that get sick with it in the hospital. >> reporter: with no recall, the centers for disease control is warning shoppers to avoid foster farms chicken with these codes on the packaging. shoppers are still finding it on store shelves. >> i have to go back and return it, and i don't want to get anybody sick. >> reporter: and "consumer reports" was sent this photo of the affected chicken with a $3 coupon with a manager special. it is such a concern, the cdc recalled government workers furloughed in the government shutdown to respond. symptoms include cramps, fever and diarrhea. >> if you are very young, very old, have a medical condition, you are at risk of the infection going to your blood so you need to be treated. >> reporter: in a statement, foster farms says they are cooperating and are dedicated to resolving any concerns by the usda. food safety experts say you can protect yourself by separating your chicken from other foods before cooking. and then cook it at 165 degrees. >> only way that i'll know i have reached 165 degrees is by using a thermometer. >> reporter: foster farms was given 72 hours to respond to the usda. if it needs to the agriculture department can halt production by removing government inspectors who are required to be at meat processing plants every day. john and diana? the problem with not issuing a recall though, is even though meat inspectors are at the plant, and that halts production, the food that is already out there -- the chicken that's been packaged and shipped out continues to sit on shelves for anybody to pick up. if anyone is not paying attention to the reports and not cooking their chicken with a meat thermometer to 165 degrees, they are in trouble. >> e. coli automatically triggers a recall but chicken if you cook it to 165 it doesn't. it is killed. it's irrelevant. wash your hands and the cutting board, all of that stuff be on the safe side with all of this stuff for sure. authorities investigating last month's apparent suicide of cleveland kidnapper ariel castro are being investigated. two guards lied about how they handled castro before his death and falsified logs of how often y that -- they checked in on him. it questions why it took 34 minutes for an ambulance to arrive at a prison. atlanta police are looking for a car jacker caught on camera robbing a man at gun point. brad edmonds you bringing in his garbage cans. a man walked up and demanded the keys to his mercedes. the man snatched the car keys and took off. >> what's going through my mind is, how do i make it out of this? how do i even the scale? i was thinking of getting ahold of my gun somehow. but i might not be here telling the story had i done that. >> reporter: police recovered edmonds' car and hope dusting for fingerprints may lead to an arrest. the prime minister of libya is back at work after briefly kidnapped yesterday. ali zidan was taken by a group of militants at his tripoli hotel. reports suggest he was freed when members of another militia stormed the site where he was held. the motive for the kidnapping was not clear. here at home a judge in new jersey dealt a blow to chris christie's efforts to keep gay marriage out of the garden state. governor christie's administration had requested a delay to the start of gay marriage in the state until after a legal appeal is final. the ruling moves new jersey closer to recognizing gay marriages on october 21st. race car driver dario franchitti is out of the hospital. he left the hospital in houston with a cast on his leg, a brace on his chest and two dogs by his side. four days ago, the indy 500 winner's car crashed in to a fence, fracturing his spine and breaking an ankle. the national league championship series gets underway tonight with the cardinals hosting the dodgers. >> last night in oakland, the detroit got all that it needed in the fourth inning when miguel cabrera had a two-run home run. they tacked on another run in the sixth. the tigers beat the a's 3-0. detroit plays boston in the alcs starting tomorrow night. >> your pirates are out. >> pirates are out. >> detroit has jim leyland as a manager and i love to watch that guy cry at the drop of a bucket. always good to see jim leyland cry. i'm sure we will have an emotional outburst. >> win or lose you will get that. all right. stormy all day from southern new england to the mid-atlantic coast. a lot of rain and wind along with coastal flooding. expect severe storms to the dakotas. much drier for the west. >> cooler along the east and west coast. 80s in the upper midwest. upper 80s across the south. cloudy skies in new york yesterday couldn't put a damper on a special event. put on at the crossroads of the world. >> how cool is this? paul mccartney tweeted he could be playing a short show in times square minutes before it started. a big crowd turned out to hear the 71-year-old former beatle race through several songs from his upcoming album. ♪ ♪ >> mccartney's new album is called "new" it is released next tuesday. mccartney says the police said he could only play for 15 minutes. he called them his 15 minutes of fame. >> nypd told mccartney 15 minutes. that's all you got. >> that's crazy. >> nice trip to new york city. he's celebrating his second anniversary to his wife nancy. he did that by playing before a couple hundred high school kids at the frank sinatra school of arts in queens. the kids went crazy. their teachers probably went crazier. >> i would say. >> paul mccartney, huh? >> still sounds great. coming up betty white's hilarious new flight safety video. a brutal crime on a crowded train. no one saw a thing and the reason, investigators say, is they were too busy looking at their phones. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by united health care. weather brought to you by united health care. you by united health care. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay and could save you in out-of-pocket medical 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innocent and there was no reason for him to be killed. >> reporter: surveillance video of the incident hasn't been released with the exception of these images of the 30-year-old man police say shot valdez. authorities say the rest of the footage shows him pulling out the gun several times in front of a dozen commuters including valdez who had his back to him but no one on the train noticed. >> you can see people sitting or standing around him. they are busy working with their tablets or smartphones. completely distracted. >> reporter: police say, it was completely unprovoked. that the two men didn't even know each other. >> i miss him every day and he was too young to die. >> reporter: he is expected to appear in court next month. he has pleaded not guilty. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> horrible story. i can't help but think people might have seen the gun and gone oh, my goodness, let me hope this goes away. right? >> do i engage this crazy person? >> what do you do if you see it? >> what do you do if you see it? do you put your phone down and have a conversation with him, stare at him, go back to your device and hope he ignores you and you ignore him and if he is going on a shooting spree you are not one of the people that he targets because you haven't made eye contact with him. there are so many things to this story that don't make sense. by the way, the d.a. did say while he is not suggesting if people would have been more aware that it could have been prevented but it highlights the dangers of living in more virtual world with less human interaction. >> and they arrested the suspect the next day. an emotional good-bye to cory monteith. >> and betty white like you have never seen her before. you're in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma. that's why your best shot is to check for a spot. follow through and check your skin. go to spotskincancer.org to find out how. ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny welcome in to "the skinny," everyone. we are starting with the music awards. and we have the nominees. we will show you the top nominations out there. we start with macklemore & ryan lewis. they're a band, the first two that you see there. they have six nominations. the first two you see there. they have six nominations for artist of the year, favorite artist in rap and hip hop, favorite album for rap and hip hop, single of the year. it goes on and on their list. taylor swift, she has five nominations. same deal, artist of the year, favorite female artist for pop and rock. favorite artist for country. favorite album, it goes on. justin timberlake, same deal. five of them and same things except everything i said for taylor swift, female, make it male for justin. it will be interesting to see who wins. some are pitted against each other and some are on their own. i have a funny feeling they are going to sweep they are topping the charts. and miley cyrus and the magic dragons are confirmed to perform. might be interesting. >> miley performing. how do you follow up that? >> miley's back. i would be surprised if she is wearing anything at all. november 24th at 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. here on abc. please watch. i'm sure it will be enjoyable. bet on what she is going to wear. clothes. clothes. very emotional night for "glee" fans. cory monteith tribute episode finally aired and truly emotional. we got tweets hot off the press. this is from adam. he said, seeing everyone's true emotions, the fact that they aren't acting is tough to watch. they are really crying for cory. hillary said, that is one of the most powerful episodes of television ever. even the creator of the show ryan murphy told e! on-line it was extremely difficult. we did it because we loved cory, and we did it because -- and how people loved it. we did it with a feeling of love. so a tough night. anyway, they never actually addressed addressed in the episode how the character died. future episodes, by the way, will continue to honor his memory and highlight themes the actor loved the most. >> check that out. you can tell. you can tell they are emotional for sure. switching back, let's talk about some happy stuff. betty white is starring in a hilarious passenger safety video to air for air new zealand. she is essentially talking about in-flight passenger safety. you know how you get on a plane and it is usually the boring, this is how you buckle your seat belt. this is what you do in case of an emergency. air new zealand has taken it to a different level. take a listen. >> so this is safety old-school style. if your eyesight is not what it used to be or you forgot where you are, your flight crew are pointing out where the nearest exit is. >> smoking on any aircraft is prohibited at all times. >> as is any other hanky panky that creates a bit of heat. >> there you have it. this is based on a fictional retirement home and attracted 25 million views on line. >> she is so naughty. >> she is. >> hilarious. >> 91 years old and still got it. >> bless her heart. ♪ ♪ we're up all night to the sun ♪ ♪ we're up all night to get some ♪ >> we're up all night to get lucky. >> we play it every single friday and every friday i'm like i don't know about that. >> still waiting to get lucky. welcome back. the end of another week with the government shutdown. the two sides waging a war of words. >> that's right. there are some people who took matters in to their own hands this week and were able to get some things done. here's our friday rewind. >> let's stop the excuses. take a vote in the house. let's end the shutdown right now. >> if there is unconditional surrender by republicans, he will sit down and talk to us. that's not the way our government works. >> if i'm not getting 100% of my way, i don't say well, i'm going to shut down the government. >> how can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesn't work? >> the building behind me serves as a moral compass, not only for the country but the world and over my dead body are we going to let this deteriorate. >> we hope this makes clear that those members of al qaeda and the other terrorists organizations literally can run but can't hide. >> being at the scene and not taking some form of action, whether making a phone call or physically interfering is something that we will have a difficult time digesting. how could you let a 9-year-old child go through security check without stopping him and questioning him? how can that be? >> i went to the doctor and he said, you know those high blood sugar numbers you have been dealing with since you were 36? well, you graduated. you have type two diabetes, young man. >> i say, i am malala, and i'm going to publish a book. and i want to tell girls around the world that education is important. raise up your voice for education. >> she is just fascinating. in case you got some sleep this week and missed some of our shows, how dare you. but we want to tell you about a special feature for our facebook fans. >> it is called "in case you missed it" and it features the best moments from "world news now" from the week. all you have to do to see it is log on to our facebook page at wnnfans.com and check it out greple compiling some of our nonsense. >> i watch these and i go forgot about that >> we had a good i good morning. good morning. i'm john muller. >> i'm diana perez. here's the top headlines we are following this morning on "world news now." as the government shutdown enters now its 11th day, there may be progress. president obama and republican leaders met for 90 minutes at the white house and described the talks in positive terms. we have more on that coming up. criminal investigation underway stemming from the death of ariel castro. investigators say guard assigned to him lied about the number of times they checked in on castro before his death. foster farms chicken processing plangts linked to the -- plants linked to the salmonella outbreak can stay open for now. they are satisfied they have implemented new food safety controls. detroit's miguel cabrera hitting a two-run home run in the win over the as. detroit moves on to the series against the red sox. that begins tomorrow night. those are some of our top stories on this friday, october 11th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> happy friday, everybody. >> ah, friday. i love you. >> yes, we do. get ready to sleep in tomorrow morning. >> ah, yes. >> first, let's do some news. good news. we begin this half hour with news of progress to resolve the nation's debt crisis that began with a 90-minute meeting between gop leaders and the white house. >> and we learned that congressional staff members are working through the night on a deal. susan saulny is tracking all of it. good morning, susan. >> reporter: john and diana, a bit of movement from washington for the first time in a while. even wall street likes what it is hearing closely sharply -- closing sharply higher on the hope that the government won't default. there is a glimmer of hope there maybe a compromise with one week left before the united states hits the debt ceiling. >> extend the debt ceiling. if they can't do it for a long time, do it for the period of time in which these negotiations have taken place. >> reporter: democrats were cautiously optimistic saying the presidcod pr >> our emphasis is to solve the problem, open government. >> reporter: congressional sources tell abc news they expect the gop proposal to come up for a vote in the house on friday. >> i would hope the president will look at this as an opportunity and a good faith effort on our part to move halfway, halfway to what he commanded in order to have the conversation begin. >> earlier jack lew told the senate hearing what dire circumstances we could expect from a government default. >> if congress fails to meet its responsibility, it could deeply damage financial markets, the ongoing economic recovery and the jobs and savings of millions of americans. >> reporter: white house spokman ey short-tebt eo, h made it clear te wouldstroer a also reopen the gover john and diana. >> thank you. foster farms processing plant linked to the widespread salmonella outbreak can stay open for now. the usda threatened to shut it down unless major changes were made. foster farms said it initiated ood fetyntrobut inspectors will continu intensify sampling for the next 90 days. 300 people have been sickened to far. a los angeles jury cleared toyota in a wrongful death lawsuit alleging sudden acceleration. the family of a woman killed when her camry sped up and slammed into a tree claimed that the car had a design defect. the jury found another driver who broadsided the woman's car was liable and awarded the family $10 million. toyota still faces dozens of similar lawsuits involving sudden acceleration that prompted a massive recall in 2009. three jewish rabbis among ten people in new york and new jersey in federal custody accused of plotting to kidnap and torture jewish orthodox men who refuse to give their wives divorces. the ten were arrested in an fbi sting in which the rabbi described using thugs to beat the husbands and using electric cattle prods. one neighbor says the husbands aren't entirely to blame forcing their wives to stayed in failed marriages. >> just to make a woman suffer usually. sometimes when there's children involved it is to deal with the custody issues. when it is money involved it is usually money. very often guys will do it just to make the women suffer. >> reporter: investigators say they may have been more than 20 kidnappings and tortures over several years. >> by the way, the way it cam down, as you were saying the fbi sting, it an u age a jife who wanted fro ria that's how the cookie crumbled. >> unbelievable. >> under orthodox jewish law only a man can grant his wife a divorce. husbands have been known to hold their wives hostage to the marriage out of spite or money. and wives are forced to sit e lowearry without getting this official divorce. >> that's the kind of thing -- obviously, i understand that this is something they hold, this is their religion. wht ise t is going to this, these religious men doing things like this, maybe we need to rethink. >> that's going way too far. i don't know >> breaking people' >> way too far. tha's w law colorado theater shooting defendant james holmes was back in court ahead of his trial. prospective jurors in the case are going to be hold the trial could last up to eight months and could cost the county $5 million or more to prosecute holmes. even if holmes is sentenced to death, the appeals process could last another 20 years. driver of a pickup blamed for an eight-vehicle pileup in fullerton, california. the pickup was driving the wrong way at high speeds before the wreck. the man behind the wheel was killed. several others were injured. one officer who worked the crash said it sounded like an explosion had went off. attention facebook users, all 1.1 billion of you around the world. the social network is making a change to its privacy settings. once again, it is going away with the setting that controls whether users can be found when others type their name in the search bar. facebook says a very small percentage of people were using that setting any way. once again we got another -- i have to tell, you every time there is a change we lose a lob of users. everybody is like, "i'm leaving." then do stories 1.1 billion. >> it used to be a billion. >> they are not losing as many as gaining. for sure. >> they are gaining more but i bet some people are -- it gets to some point where enough's enough. i'm not there yet but i'm close. >> there is a generation of kids not interested in facebook because all the old timers are using it. >> you better believe it. >> i'm one of the old timers. >> that would be you. welcome to the club. here's a look at the friday weather. severe storms in the rockies to the dakotas with a good dusting of snow in the mountains. another stormy spot from southern new england to the mid-atlantic coast. you can expect plenty of rain, wind and coastal flooding. >> temperatures along the east and west coast will be cool with highs in 50s and 60s. warmer 70s and some 80s in the upper midwest and upper 80s across the south. a high school in north carolina's students were placed under a soft lockdown as they got a personal view of wildlife. the scare triggered by a surprise drop-in by a mother bear and her two cubs. the three bears, minus goldilocks of course, climbed up a tree on campus and settled in. >> i walked over there, looked up. what do you know, there are three bears in the tree. that's kind of funny. all i would say is thanks for making my day a little brighter. >> grand old time marching through town. >> so cute. >> the three bears stayed until lunchtime. they climbed down and walked off. apparently not interested in the school's cafeteria food. whoever wrote that line, gold star there. >> nobody was hurt. not even the bears. wildlife officials say they have had a wet summer and the bears have been on the food foraging for food before they hibernate for the winter. >> >> remember the school pizza, pizza square -- >> do i remember -- ours were like this size but were rounded on the ends -- >> you had rounded edges? >> yes. >> >> we both grew up in queens. on long island. both got them from the same supplier. coming up, a mom who admits she only bathes her baby a few times a week, and it is creating a firestorm. >> yea or nay? nasty? >> i don't know. i will have to hear the story first. >> some pediatricians say she might be on to something actually. and friday morning eye candy. male models just because. you are watching "world news now." ♪ you're so crazy i think i want to have your baby ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. hd3 prove it. enough is enough. 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>> gross because i am an adult with hormones and mothers have gut feelings about their babies and i would never presume to tell you how often to bathe your baby. >> reporter: she says it is a matter of convenience but also a matter of health. >> my pediatrician told me with my second one i was bathing him too frequently. because his skin was dried out. >> reporter: according to the american academy of pediatrics, too many baths can decrease the bacteria count and maybe your baby more susceptible to infections and rash. however, they still do advise it is best to wash your baby at least three times a week. >> really, you want to watch your baby more than watching the calendar when deciding when to give a bath. >> reporter: goss says she is okay with her routine but in case she changed her mind, i had a little gift. >> i will put it to good use. >> reporter: promise? paula paris, abc news, new york. >> doesn't seem unreasonable to me to bathe the kid two or three times a week rather than nightly. >> i went in not knowing how i would feel about it but i learned something. i give devon a bath every night. every night my child is in a bathtub and if it is decreasing the amount of bacteria and he needs to be in dirt to build up resistance maybe i'm doing it wrong. maybe the moms bathing them every night are the ones doing it wrong if pediatricians are saying that. >> every child is different. >> i have a sweaty kid, though. sorry, devon. >> can't you sort of take a wet cloth and wipe them down? >> we didn't get in to that with this mom. while not putting them in a tub. he is also 3 months old with two other kids it is impossible to do every night. i understand that. but wiping him down. she didn't get into that, but i'm sure she is wiping him down. if he is grimy and dirty at three months you wipe him down at that moment. >> sounds like devon is not getting a bath tonight. >> oh, devon. as long as he doesn't sweat we are okay. >> good luck with that one. coming up, when it doesn't pay to be a guy even if you are one of the most handsome guys on the planet. >> why male supermodels make a fraction of their female counterparts. that good looking story right after this. >> announcer: world news now continues right after this from our abc stations. ♪ ♪ what a man what a man ♪ what a nighty good man ♪ >> in most professions women don't make as much as men. >> except when it comes to modeling. we are up all nightline with amy robach. >> reporter: they command the fashion runways of milan and runway and their smoldering good looks heat up ads, selling everything from fashion to fragrances but being a male model in an industry where female models lead the way has its unique challenges. >> the only industry where women get paid more than men. >> reporter: david gandhi is the best known and most successful male mod until the world. set apart by his manly physique, rocketing to status with his dolce and ghbanna ad. >> they get paid incredible money and people know their names. >> forbes.com examined how much top male models make compared to the top female models. number one on the men's list, not bad but gisele bundchen raked in 42 million and the disparity continues down the ranks. >> so, on average, male models make around $200,000 to $500,000 a year. for females they will make around $2 million to $5 million. >> reporter: there's a reason female models lead the way. >> disparity comes from the general idea that women are -- they buy twice as much as men do. there's a lower return on investment when it is a male model in the campaign. >> reporter: but gandhi has helped change the perception of male models. >> everyone is saying you need to be skinny and i'm not that skinny guy. >> he created that manly masculine image for himself. that's what he is known for. >> something different is just what it takes for a male model to stand out. it remains to be seen if male models will ever close the wide gap with their female counterparts. >> they deserve it. as i said, they have a huge percentage share in the market. >> reporter: until then -- >> good for you, gisele. good for you all. you are beautiful. keep doing what you are doing. >> reporter: for "nightline." i'm amy robach in new york. >> you likey? >> was somebody saying something? >> you were paying close attention to that dedicated journalist that you are. >> i was doing research. >> that last guy who made the most money, he says he doesn't begrudge the female models their success. he said he doesn't have to wear high heels and bikinis. >> could these men be more good looking? my gosh. >> which is your favorite one sean or the macho one? >> the macho one. >> naturally. you always go for the macho one. >> the chiselled face. i feel he could caught diamond with those cheekbones. like right here. it's like protruding but so beautiful. >> i think you are a fan. >> i want some. >> i hope your old man is not listening. >> only reason i get away with half of the things i say is he's sleeping. >> i'm sure he has his female favorite model. >> absolutely. >> what is good for the goose is good for the gander. >> exactly. >> insomniac theatre is next. is he's sleeping. >> i'm sure he has his female favorite model. >> absolutely. >> what is good for the goose is good for the gander. ♪ i want to be... 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"grindhouse." states recruits machete to take a down a crazy revolutionary arms dealer who wants to spread chaos around the world. >> madam? >> yes? >> we found them, mendez and machete. >> it is an intentional over-the-top movie not working for most of the critics. the "los angeles times" movie critic saying, "it winds up a simply camp-type parody of a bad action movie playing out with the same sense of tedium as a bad action movie." "usa today" said "machete kills" dulles more than anything." >> they are saying don't bother. >> yes. >> i'm the captain. >> listen to me. i'm the captain. >> tom hanks is great. >> everything he touches is gold. i think it is interesting they didn't meet the two with before that moment. >> fantastic, right. >> really good idea. you see the chemistry develop right away. >> that is the one. >> and the one they were in outer space. >> that's right. 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(tdd# 1-800-448-1433) we had a very useful meeting. >> this morning on "world news now," cautious optimism, the tone is shifting in talks to end the government shutdown. plus -- >> incremental descend to where the bad behavior became the norm. >> theft in the workplace and it is not just pens and paperclips. and it's more common and it's more common than you think. redefining how people go out to eat. the hot trend of having home cooked meals at the home of a complete stranger. it is friday, october 11th. >> happy friday, everybody. >> you think if we read really fast it will go faster? >> let's try. >> do you think they will let us go home. >> i don't think so. you know, it is friday -- >> suzanne just said no. >> it is friday and good news, even in the news. >> my car is double parked. >> is it really? engine's running? >> got to go. >> auto start out the window? >> exactly. it is friday, and we begin with signs of progress in the impasse over the nation's finances. president obama and top gop leaders met at the white house for 90 minutes. >> while there's been no announcement of a deal, one leading republican said talks are to begin throughout the night and wall street likes what it is seeing. here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: why does wall street finally like what it is hearing out of washington? because of this. >> we want to offer the president today the ability to move. >> reporter: at long last, movement. the speaker of the house offering to at least postpone the worse-case scenario. a default by the u.s. government which economists say would trigger economic meltdown. here's how he put the offer. >> temporary increase in the debt ceiling. his willingness to sit down and discuss with us a way forward to reopen the government. >> reporter: the temporary increase will delay the d-day of default for six weeks. the white house wants an extension of at least a year. but -- >> i think longer is better but avoiding a crisis is better than having a crisis. >> reporter: the president said he wouldn't negotiate while the government is shut down. is this what wiggle room sounds like? >> is the president willing to engage in budget negotiations with the republicans if the government is still shut down? >> i think the president has been very clear on that. tax breaks for millionaires. forces shut downs or default. >> a long answer to a yes or no answer. >> our position is clear. >> jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> the government will resume paying families of the fallen death benefit. president obama signed it in to law after passed by the senate. the government pays $100,000 within three days of a service member's death. 29 members have died since parts of the government shutdown on october 1st. more than a month after ariel castro apparently killed himself in his prison cell, authorities are launching a criminal investigation. an internal probe found at least two guards lied about how often they were checking up on him. alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: when ariel castro was sentenced to life in prison last august, one of his victims, michelle knight, valiantly confronted her abductor. >> i spent 11 years in hell. now your hell is just beginning. >> reporter: a month and a day after castro was sentenced, he was found hanging in his cell. the guards assigned to castro they say lied about how they handled the prisoner prior to his death. the two guards were supposed to check on castro every 30 minutes but the report finds they missed eight required checks and falsified logs on the day he died. the report raises questions about why it took 34 minutes for an ambulance to arrive at the prison. the medical examiner has ruled it a suicide, but still, since his death, castro's attorney has questioned why he wasn't watched more closely. >> i think he should have been on suicide watch. >> reporter: authorities are launching a criminal investigation. the two guards at the center of it all are on administrative leave. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> the officer reported that castro was safe in his cell at 8:45 p.m. and they checked on him at 9:15 where they found him hanging by the bed sheet wrapped around his neck. that's according to to the report. >> the window hinge, that is new. i don't remember hearing that. he had pictures of his family neatly arranged on the floor of his jail cell and a bible that was open to the gospel of john. very interesting developments here obviously. i think everyone will keep an eye on the guards and the records they were keeping. >> when we heard it, everyone was bewildered, how does this happen. i'm sure this isn't the last word. >> i think you are right. ten people in new jersey and new york including three rabbis have been accused of plotting to kidnap and torture jewish orthodox men who refuse to give their wives divorces. under strict orthodox jewish law, a woman needs her husband's permission for a divorce. it's called a get. the ten were arrested in a sting. the alleged rabbi described using tough guys to beat the husbands and using electric cattle prods. >> the marriage, they kept them handcuffed. >> the gets aren't kosher. none of these are kosher. they are all for money. >> reporter: it was apparently big money. allegedly charging wives and their families upwards of $60,000. investigators say there may have been 20 or more kidnappings and tortures over several years. former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick is starting a 28-year prison sentence. in march he was convicted on charges including conspiracy, fraud, extortion and tax offenses. he's appealing the convictions. before heading to prison he apologized for letting his hometown died and denied from stealing from detroit's citizens. major victory for toyota. a los angeles jury cleared the carmaker in a wrongful death lawsuit that alleged sudden acceleration. the family of a woman killed when her camry sped up and slammed into a tree claimed the car had a design effect. instead the jury found another woman who broadsided the woman's car was liable. they awarded the family $10 million. however, toyota faces dozens of similar lawsuits involving sudden acceleration that prompted a massive recall in 2009. toyota faces similar lawsuits involving sudden acceleration which prompted a massive recall in 2009. scott carpenter, a pioneer of the u.s. space program, has died. he was one of the original "mercury 7" astronauts. he became the second american to orbit earth. his reentry went horribly wrong when he missed his landing target by nearly 300 miles leaving an anxious nation wondering if he was alive. aerial search crews finally found him in the caribbean, floating in his life raft with his feet propped up. carpenter's death from a stroke leaves 92-year-old john glenn as the last surviving astronaut. he was 82 years old. that nsa leaker edward snowden has met with americans for the first time since granted asylum in august. the americans who once worked for u.s. security interests say snowden released no regret about leaking the information. his dad says he doubts his boy will ever return to the u.s. folks at italy's mint have egg on their face because of a botched metal meant to commemorate the start of pope francis' papacy. the word "jesus" is misspelled on nearly 6,000 medals. instead of a "j," there is an "l." four were sold before the error was spotted and they were withdrawn. yesterday in new york, malala, the pakistani girl, said she would like to be the prime minister of her country one day. she said she will never give up on her goal of education for all girls despite the death threats for from the taliban. she was not awarded the nobel prize. the teen remains inspiration. tonight, a special edition of "20/20," unbreakable. 10:00 p.m. eastern. another tale of hope this morning. this one featuring a cat named thumper. great name. he was abandoned by his owner and had a problem walking. >> he was diagnosed with a neurological problem. some animal welfare workers built him a walker. and that's all he really needed. check him out. >> two weeks after using the walker, he learned to walk on his own and he runs, walks and jumps around on his own. how cool is that? talk about inspirational. >> he is up for adoption. looking for a home. if you want to give thumper a home, there you have it -- >> the walker looks like pvc pipe that you would buy at home depot. brilliant design of something nice and cheap. >> nice and cheap and look at how much it helped thumper. very cool. all right. coming up, eating out at a home that's not your own. a new trend of having a nice dinner with complete strangers. first, theft at the workplace. these days it goes way beyond stealing office supplies. we'll tell you who is doing it and what they are taking. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular. ♪ ♪ >> all right. fess up. did you ever walk out of work with something from the stationery closet at one point or another? turns out that is the tip of the iceberg. >> petty crime and not so petty crime apparently goes on at the workplace all the time. our friend paula faris has the proof. >> reporter: judith oaks, a former school administrator, accused of stealing money from her workplace. stuffing lunch money in her bra. $1.8 million over 14 years. sometimes it is not cold hard cash but cold cuts. this guy doesn't think twice about stealing this co-worker's lunch, raiding the company fridge. and surveillance video shows an employee takes a few 20s for herself when counting the cash register. >> it's easy to cheat. >> reporter: bruce doris of the association of certified fraud examiners travels the country showing employers how to crack down on crimes that could potentially cost companies upwards of $3.5 trillion worldwide. >> stealing money, software, office supplies, inventory. >> or in this case a flat screen tv. watch again. this fellow waits until no one is looking to make his move. get this -- a recent survey by a security firm shows 95% of employees steal from their employer in some capacity, office supplies, information and in some professions time, like shopping on-line when you should be working. what if i walk out the door with a pen? am i a thief? >> technically you are. >> reporter: this woman spent time in the slammer for embezzling $500,000 from her employer. she said it started small. >> i'd notice they'd put our personal travel on to my corporate american express card. >> reporter: it soon spiraled out of control. >> was incremental descent where the bad behavior became the norm. >> most employee theft is perpetrated by people who are normal employees. they can justify this because a company will never miss it. >> reporter: but the penalties can be harsh. judith oaks has pled not guilty but faces 11 years behind bars if convicted. office theft is a dirty little secret that employers do not want to get out because it reflects poorly on their business. since there is little monitoring in the form of surveillance video, not much is done about it. diana and john? >> all right, paula. amazing. big problem. i have been guilty of the pen thing, i must say. you walk out with a pen, you get home and -- you toss it on the dresser and stays there sometimes. >> don't think of it. but embezzling is a different thing. >> i guess it adds up. >> think so. still crazy, though. that's a lot -- 95% of people -- it is a small portion of people that aren't stealing. >> i don't feel compelled to steal but if i did, there are so many cameras everywhere these days, you are going to get caught. >> look at how many people we caught in one story. that's crazy. all right. that brings us to the facebook question of the day. we want to know have you ever been ripped off at work? if so, what was stolen? log on the facebook page wnnfans.com. join the conversation. we had our conversation at the meeting, and people said they lost ipods out of desk drawers. >> debit card. >> debit card out of someone's office. that is outright stealing from the people you work with. and i think that is a different thing, but stealing a pen or couple of supplies. honestly i don't think twice about it and it means we are thieves. you heard him tell paula. coming up, dinner with strangers. gourmet company, gourmet food in a stranger's house. it is a new way to eat out. a senseless murder on a train. could passengers have stopped it if they hadn't been glued to their smartphones? you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: world news now continues after this from our abc stations. if they hadn't been glued to their smartphones? you are watching " ♪ new dining experience is sweeping across the globe. home-cooked meals in someone else's home. this is our "favorite story of the day." travelers are eating it up. >> meals like these could be happening where you live, too. where do you find these unusual meals? the internet of course. >> reporter: friday night and you are hungry but don't feel like cooking. you could go out or order in, but your choices are the same old, same old. eww. what if i told you there's a new way to dine out that involves going back home? not your home, someone else's. it is called eatwith and it matches foodies with people who are willing to open up their homes and cook for them. meet ai, an aspiring chef who loves to cook for others but can't afford to open her own restaurant. for her eatwith is a way to do what she loves. >> my brain is occupied by a new recipe or what's the menu for the next dinner. this is my test kitchen. >> reporter: guests pay a suggested and eatwith takes 15%. but for ai, it is not about the money. >> people say, "it is good." reaction is really important. >> reporter: for guests, eating in a stranger's home is more fun than dining out. >> if someone said custard, i would never order it. but i ate it, and and it was beautiful. >> reporter: eatwith is part of the new sharing economy with popular services allow users to earn money on stuff they have. >> people are passionate about doing it, cooking for small groups, four or five people, not a restaurant where you are pumping 100, 200 a night. >> reporter: both hosts and guests are screened beforehand. >> you can read reviews about them. you can see who you are going to be sharing a meal. >> reporter: for both parties, it's about more than what's on the menu. >> i love to try out different cuisine and meeting people. >> reporter: the next time you are craving a different dining experience, try heading out to dine in. abc news, new york. >> diana? no? you'd feel a little goofy being in someone else's house? >> goofy isn't a word i would use. >> vulnerable. >> vulnerable. going into someone's home or being in someone's home. >> it is cool if you were in another country and you want a feeling of their culture. check out insomniac kitchen and we will include junior's fried chicken and cheesecake. >> 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"mix" time. anyone who takes a subway or commuter train in the u.s. of anywhere the world can relate to this. it will look mean when you see it but you secretly are like yes. ever seen anybody hold up the train? it is rude holding the door. you are late for work and you got to go, and some knucklehead is holding the door. >> come on already. >> april 29th this woman gets the boot. see it one more time. >> literally. >> nobody is even close. >> are you coming? >> sorry, you are out of there. but i'm sure if you admit it, i'm sure you are on the train going that's about right. >> wow. >> it's rude. you can't hold up 55 people because you decide it is not time to pull out yet. >> the lady on the inside is lucky that door closed as quickly as it did. she was coming back for more. >> kind of good. >> really was. really quickly we want to show you one of these really cute pictures. this is a dad who started a blog about kids who throw tantrums. that one at the bottom said he didn't want to share his leg hole. absolutely hilarious. mix time. ♪ politics and foreign wars all the weather all the scores ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ tapes that roll in way too slow ♪ ♪ stuff you saw on koppel's show ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ it's late at night you're wide awake and you're not wearing pants ♪ ♪ grab your world news mug and everybody dance ♪ ♪ have some fun be a pal every anchor guy and gal ♪ ♪ do the world news polka ♪ ♪ the world news polka ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ they make us work the graveyard shift that's why we go for broke ♪ ♪ so why not tune in abc and join our little joke ♪ ♪ five whole days every week we're here with tongue in cheek and the world news polka ♪ ♪ do the world news polka ♪ do the world news polka thank you. thank you very much. ♪ do the world news polka thank you. thank you very much. this morning on "world news now," signs of progress. still no deal on an end to the government shutdown, but the two sides are talking and the tone has shifted. and the salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds of people. the government makes a decision whether the plant linked to the outbreak can stay open. a new mystery in the case of ariel castro. investigators say the guards responsible for checking on castro may have skipped their rounds. in the "the skinny" how betty white is keeping passengers safe and laughing at the same time. is friday, october 11th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> that skit with betty white is hilarious. >> she is unbelievably funny. you are supposed to lose your timing when you are a little older. she is 92. >> in her 90s. it's amazing. >> just as impeccable comedic wise than ever. >> maybe better. >> i think you are right. let's get started. the president an republican lawmakers head to the weekend with more optimism than the last few days. the two sides met for more than an hour and described the talks as good. >> they kept today's schedules fairly light in case of last-minute negotiations. abc's susan saulny is in washington with the latest. >> caller: a bit of movement coming from washington for the first time in a while. even wall street likes what it's hearing, closing sharply higher based on the hope that the government won't default. there's a glimmer of hope there maybe a compromise with one week left before the united states hits its debt ceiling. top house republicans met with the president at the white house in an attempt to hash out a deal. both sides said the meeting was productive. >> we had a very useful meeting. it was clarifying, i think for both sides as to where we are. we will come back and have more discussions. the president said he would go and consult with the administration folks and hopefully we can see a way forward after that. >> reporter: democrats were cautiously optimistic saying the president looks forward to continued progress. >> wait and see what the house does. when they send us something, we will look at it as clearly and closely as we can. >> reporter: signs of willingness to engage. >> the president is happy that cooler heads at least seem to be prevailing in the house. that there seems to be a recognition that default is not an option. >> reporter: treasury secretary jack lew told the senate hearing of the dire circumstances of a government default. we wouldn't have the money to pay our troops in full, the veterans the benefits in full. >> reporter: while white house spokesman jay carney said the president is open to a short-term debt extension but he made clear the white house would strongly prefer a long-term solution that will reopen the government. john and diana? >> thank you. trains will run today in san francisco while talks continue. the union was threatening a stop forcing 200,000 to find other ways to work. the two sides disagree over wages and health benefits. the agricultural department is giving foster farms a reprieve. three chicken packaging plants in california linked to the salmonella outbreak can stay open, at least for now. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. the usda told me this decision was expected to come late in to the night and consumer advocates believe more should have been done sooner to stop the spread of salmonella. the clock is ticking for foster farms following a salmonella scare that sickened 278 people across the country. the agriculture department is threatening to shut down three poultry plants linked to the outbreak if the company does not explain to the usda how it plans to fix the problem. >> we are outraged there is not a recall going on. this outbreak of salmonella puts 43% of the people that get sick with it in the hospital. >> reporter: with no recall, the centers for disease control is warning shoppers to avoid foster farms chicken with these codes on the packaging. shoppers are still finding it on store shelves. >> i have to go back and return it, and i don't want to get anybody sick. >> reporter: and "consumer reports" was sent this photo of the affected chicken with a $3 coupon with a manager special. it is such a concern, the cdc recalled government workers furloughed in the government shutdown to respond. symptoms include cramps, fever and diarrhea. >> if you are very young, very old, have a medical condition, you are at risk of the infection going to your blood so you need to be treated. >> reporter: in a statement, foster farms says they are cooperating and are dedicated to resolving any concerns by the usda. food safety experts say you can protect yourself by separating your chicken from other foods before cooking. and then cook it at 165 degrees. >> only way that i'll know i have reached 165 degrees is by using a thermometer. >> reporter: foster farms was given 72 hours to respond to the usda. if it needs to the agriculture department can halt production by removing government inspectors who are required to be at meat processing plants every day. john and diana? the problem with not issuing a recall though, is even though meat inspectors are at the plant, and that halts production, the food that is already out there -- the chicken that's been packaged and shipped out continues to sit on shelves for anybody to pick up. if anyone is not paying attention to the reports and not cooking their chicken with a meat thermometer to 165 degrees, they are in trouble. >> e. coli automatically triggers a recall but chicken if you cook it to 165 it doesn't. it is killed. it's irrelevant. wash your hands and the cutting board, all of that stuff be on the safe side with all of this stuff for sure. authorities investigating last month's apparent suicide of cleveland kidnapper ariel castro are being investigated. two guards lied about how they handled castro before his death and falsified logs of how often y that -- they checked in on him. it questions why it took 34 minutes for an ambulance to arrive at a prison. atlanta police are looking for a car jacker caught on camera robbing a man at gun point. brad edmonds you bringing in his garbage cans. a man walked up and demanded the keys to his mercedes. the man snatched the car keys and took off. >> what's going through my mind is, how do i make it out of this? how do i even the scale? i was thinking of getting ahold of my gun somehow. but i might not be here telling the story had i done that. >> reporter: police recovered edmonds' car and hope dusting for fingerprints may lead to an arrest. the prime minister of libya is back at work after briefly kidnapped yesterday. ali zidan was taken by a group of militants at his tripoli hotel. reports suggest he was freed when members of another militia stormed the site where he was held. the motive for the kidnapping was not clear. here at home a judge in new jersey dealt a blow to chris christie's efforts to keep gay marriage out of the garden state. governor christie's administration had requested a delay to the start of gay marriage in the state until after a legal appeal is final. the ruling moves new jersey closer to recognizing gay marriages on october 21st. race car driver dario franchitti is out of the hospital. he left the hospital in houston with a cast on his leg, a brace on his chest and two dogs by his side. four days ago, the indy 500 winner's car crashed in to a fence, fracturing his spine and breaking an ankle. the national league championship series gets underway tonight with the cardinals hosting the dodgers. >> last night in oakland, the detroit got all that it needed in the fourth inning when miguel cabrera had a two-run home run. they tacked on another run in the sixth. the tigers beat the a's 3-0. detroit plays boston in the alcs starting tomorrow night. >> your pirates are out. >> pirates are out. >> detroit has jim leyland as a manager and i love to watch that guy cry at the drop of a bucket. always good to see jim leyland cry. i'm sure we will have an emotional outburst. >> win or lose you will get that. all right. stormy all day from southern new england to the mid-atlantic coast. a lot of rain and wind along with coastal flooding. expect severe storms to the dakotas. much drier for the west. >> cooler along the east and west coast. 80s in the upper midwest. upper 80s across the south. cloudy skies in new york yesterday couldn't put a damper on a special event. put on at the crossroads of the world. >> how cool is this? paul mccartney tweeted he could be playing a short show in times square minutes before it started. a big crowd turned out to hear the 71-year-old former beatle race through several songs from his upcoming album. ♪ ♪ >> mccartney's new album is called "new" it is released next tuesday. mccartney says the police said he could only play for 15 minutes. he called them his 15 minutes of fame. >> nypd told mccartney 15 minutes. that's all you got. >> that's crazy. >> nice trip to new york city. he's celebrating his second anniversary to his wife nancy. he did that by playing before a couple hundred high school kids at the frank sinatra school of arts in queens. the kids went crazy. their teachers probably went crazier. >> i would say. >> paul mccartney, huh? >> still sounds great. coming up betty white's hilarious new flight safety video. a brutal crime on a crowded train. no one saw a thing and the reason, investigators say, is they were too busy looking at their phones. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by united health care. weather brought to you by united health care. you by united health care. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about and which aarp medicare supplement plan works best for you. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. there's a range of plans to choose from, too, and they all travel with you anywhere in the country. join the millions who have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp... an organization serving the needs of people 50 and over for generations... and provided by unitedhealthcare insurance company, which has over 30 years of experience behind it. ♪ call today. remember, medicare supplement insurance helps cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. expenses that could really add up. these kinds of plans could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. you'll be able to choose any doctor who accepts medicare patients. and there are virtually no referrals needed. so don't wait. with all the good years ahead, look for the experience and commitment to go the distance with you. call now to request your free decision guide. this easy-to-understand guide will answer some of your questions and help you find the aarp medicare supplement plan that's right for you. now to a shocking murder on a san francisco train a young now to a shocking murder on now to a shocking murder on a san francisco train. a young man killed by a single bullet to the head. >> worse, the shooter had been waving the gun several minutes and no one noticed because they were too involved with their smartphones and tablets. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: police say it was a senseless crime that could have been avoided. justin valdez, seen in this youtube video honoring his family, was shot in the back of the head as he exited a san francisco train by a man who flashed a gun several times in front of distracted gadget-absorbed commuters. >> my brother was innocent and there was no reason for him to be killed. >> reporter: surveillance video of the incident hasn't been released with the exception of these images of the 30-year-old man police say shot valdez. authorities say the rest of the footage shows him pulling out the gun several times in front of a dozen commuters including valdez who had his back to him but no one on the train noticed. >> you can see people sitting or standing around him. they are busy working with their tablets or smartphones. completely distracted. >> reporter: police say, it was completely unprovoked. that the two men didn't even know each other. >> i miss him every day and he was too young to die. >> reporter: he is expected to appear in court next month. he has pleaded not guilty. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> horrible story. i can't help but think people might have seen the gun and gone oh, my goodness, let me hope this goes away. right? >> do i engage this crazy person? >> what do you do if you see it? >> what do you do if you see it? do you put your phone down and have a conversation with him, stare at him, go back to your device and hope he ignores you and you ignore him and if he is going on a shooting spree you are not one of the people that he targets because you haven't made eye contact with him. there are so many things to this story that don't make sense. by the way, the d.a. did say while he is not suggesting if people would have been more aware that it could have been prevented but it highlights the dangers of living in more virtual world with less human interaction. >> and they arrested the suspect the next day. an emotional good-bye to cory monteith. >> and betty white like you have never seen her before. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. good-bye to cory monteith. >> and betty white like you have never seen her before. you are watching "worl ♪ skinny ♪ so ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny welcome in to "the skinny," everyone. we are starting with the music awards. they are coming up in november, and we have the nominees. we will show you the top nominations out there. we start with macklemore & ryan lewis. they're a band, the first two that you see there. they have six nominations. the first two you see there. they have six nominations for artist of the year, favorite artist in rap and hip hop, favorite album for rap and hip hop, single of the year. it goes on and on their list. taylor swift, she has five nominations. same deal, artist of the year, favorite female artist for pop and rock. favorite artist for country. favorite album, it goes on. justin timberlake, same deal. five of them and same things except everything i said for taylor swift, female, make it male for justin. it will be interesting to see who wins. some are pitted against each other and some are on their own. i have a funny feeling they are going to sweep they are topping the charts. and miley cyrus and the magic dragons are confirmed to perform. might be interesting. >> miley performing. how do you follow up that? >> miley's back. i would be surprised if she is wearing anything at all. november 24th at 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. here on abc. please watch. i'm sure it will be enjoyable. bet on what she is going to wear. clothes. >> i'd go with nothing. >> clothes. very emotional night for "glee" fans. cory monteith tribute episode finally aired and truly emotional. we got tweets hot off the press. this is from adam. he said, seeing everyone's true emotions, the fact that they aren't acting is tough to watch. they are really crying for cory. hillary said, that is one of the most powerful episodes of television ever. even the creator of the show ryan murphy told e! on-line it was extremely difficult. we did it because we loved cory, and we did it because -- and how people loved it. we did it with a feeling of love. so a tough night. anyway, they never actually addressed addressed in the episode how the character died. future episodes, by the way, will continue to honor his memory and highlight themes the actor loved the most. >> check that out. you can tell. you can tell they are emotional for sure. switching back, let's talk about some happy stuff. betty white is starring in a hilarious passenger safety video to air for air new zealand. she is essentially talking about in-flight passenger safety. you know how you get on a plane and it is usually the boring, this is how you buckle your seat belt. this is what you do in case of an emergency. air new zealand has taken it to a different level. take a listen. >> so this is safety old-school style. if your eyesight is not what it used to be or you forgot where you are, your flight crew are pointing out where the nearest exit is. >> smoking on any aircraft is prohibited at all times. >> as is any other hanky panky that creates a bit of heat. >> there you have it. this is based on a fictional retirement home and attracted 25 million views on line. >> she is so naughty. >> she is. >> hilarious. >> 91 years old and still got it. >> bless her heart. >> she is so naughty. >> she is. >> hilarious. >> 91 years old and still got it. >> bless her heart. ♪ ♪ we're up all night to the sun ♪ ♪ we're up all night to get some ♪ >> we're up all night to get lucky. >> we play it every single friday and every friday i'm like i don't know about that. >> still waiting to get lucky. welcome back. the end of another week with the government shutdown. the two sides waging a war of words. >> that's right. there are some people who took matters in to their own hands this week and were able to get some things done. here's our friday rewind. >> let's stop the excuses. take a vote in the house. let's end the shutdown right now. >> if there is unconditional surrender by republicans, he will sit down and talk to us. that's not the way our government works. >> if i'm not getting 100% of my way, i don't say well, i'm going to shut down the government. >> how can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesn't work? >> the building behind me serves as a moral compass, not only for the country but the world and over my dead body are we going to let this deteriorate. >> we hope this makes clear that those members of al qaeda and the other terrorists organizations literally can run but can't hide. >> being at the scene and not taking some form of action, whether making a phone call or physically interfering is something that we will have a difficult time digesting. how could you let a 9-year-old child go through security check without stopping him and questioning him? how can that be? >> i went to the doctor and he said, you know those high blood sugar numbers you have been dealing with since you were 36? well, you graduated. you have type two diabetes, young man. >> i say, i am malala, and i'm going to publish a book. and i want to tell girls around the world that education is important. raise up your voice for education. >> she is just fascinating. in case you got some sleep this week and missed some of our shows, how dare you. but we want to tell you about a special feature for our facebook fans. >> it is called "in case you missed it" and it features the best moments "wrl now ale to is now ale to is wnnfans.com and che. we have some great people compiling >> i watch these and i go, i forgot about that. >> we had a good week. i think we we co inghe b we we co bunch" on thursday, throwback thursday.
what is the latest in the investigation of the killer? >> reporter: the fbi is still processing the crime scene. this as a senior law enforcement official tells nbc news that an analysis of the shooter's belongings turned up no manifesto, no suicide notes, no writings in his own hand indicating what was going on in his head while he was planning this shooting. when it comes to his electronic devices, we're told there is some indication that he used dating sites. omar mateen had increased his spending in the time leading up to the attack, one official put it almost as if he expected that he never had to pay that money back. the bulk of that spending was on jewelry for his wife and on expensive dinners. >> what about the community? >> reporter: love and support continues to pour here into orlando. a vigil planned for later this evening expecting more than 20,000 people there. last night at the orlando city san jose soccer game, that was the first major sport event to happen since the attack, there was a show of support. first responders being brought onto the field as the crowd cheered for him and for their city. >> it's been up and down all week. tears, anything we're reading, you know, we were just talking earlier reading the surgeon's interview. we know a lot of people that worked in the hospital. she personally knowed friends that were there at pulse. it's been a really hard week for everyone. >> reporter: at 49 minutes into the game, play was paused for a moment of silence. 49 balloons in a rainbow of colors tied to 49 empty seats in that stadium. it was an evening of emotion and a lot of symbolism. even a week later the orlando massacre dominates front pages. the orlando sental -- the l.a. times examines the greater frequency of mass shootings in this country. let's go now to political headlines and new reaction from donald trump on efforts by some delegates to stop him from getting the nomination. here's what he told hallie jackson on meet the press this morning. >> i competed along with a lot of establishment people. i beat them all. and now a couple of them would like to come in through the back door. it's awfully hard when i win 37 or 38 states. so i win 38 states and somebody else won none and they're going to be the nominee. i don't think so. >> house speaker paul ryan is also weighing in on these efforts. here's what he said during a separate interview on meet the press about them. >> i want to see a strong majority in the house and the senate. the voters picked him. that's the choice they made. we -- what can i control? that's not something i can control. it is not my job to tell delegates what to do, what not to do or to weigh in on things like that. they make the rules. all i want to make sure is it's done above board, clearly, honestly and by the rules. i see my role now as pretty much a ceremonial position. >> a new report in the "washington post" explores trump's declining poll numbers and suggest that november is fast becoming what the gop fears, a referendum on donald trump. another report suggests that trump's rhetoric could cause arizona to turn blue. let's head to arizona. >> reporter: a lot of these questions of course because trump has never been in this circumstance. for almost the entire year that he ran, he's been on top of the polls. in the last month he's been behind in every national poll. we know he's behind in fund-raising dollars. when confronted about this, when asked even though he's been on a fund-raising sweep this week and trump says he raised even in the last couple of days between 12 and $13. how he can possible catch up, here was his answer. >> we really haven't started. we start pretty much after the convention. >> why wait? >> she has a head start but i've raised a lot of money for the party. we're doing very well. millions of dollars just this weekend. >> not as much as her. >> i don't think we need as much. the wall street fat cats are putting up a lot of money for her. i don't think i need that money. look, we're going to raise a lot of money. i've raised a lot of money this weekend. i'm raising it for the republican party. >> reporter: so when will he get started? he mentioned the convention. wh and then we move forward. there are a lot of questions of course about whether that will be too late. already you have republican convention delegates who we've talked about in earlier shows who have this effort to change the rules to provide for a conscience clause that would allow them to vote for anybody on the first ballot, even those that were bound to trump. >> 12 or $13 million is a lot of money but he's saying it would be easier for him to do it on his own because a lot of that money he's raising is going to go to down party candidates. he's going to have to give a lot to the gop. >> reporter: right. on the one hand he said he would like the help of the go but it's easier to self-fund. all of the money would go to him instead of the gop. self-funding was a center piece of his campaign. the record breaking temperatures there threatening to worsen wildfires which have already blackened thousands of acres especially in california. let's get an update. what's the situation there now? >> reporter: the aerial assault has been continuing all morning. they're hoping the fire will not breach the ridge. what's different today, it's hotter and drier, lower relative humidity. that means even if an ember escapes the containment zone and lands on an area that hasn't burned, that could mean another fire. one of the challenges today also, the wind. later tonight a red flag warning goes into effect 5:00 local time until tuesday morning. today and tomorrow some extremely challenging conditions for the firefighters. so far we're told just as of a few minutes ago 45% containment. those numbers could change later today after they've had time to determine if those fire lines are holding. the sun downer winds last night did come in. they raced down the hill gusting more than 40 miles per hour. but the wind came toward an area that had already burned so that was a break. 300 homes and ranches continue to be threatened. about 2,000 fire personnel are working on this fire both on the ground and in the air. they think that perhaps there could be full containment later this week. >> is there any forecast as to when this heat wave is going to end? 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>> well, it is to have a conversation. it is to have a discussion about the future of this country and what it's going to take to make america great again and get down to some of the details and some of the policy initiatives. this is an initiative that came about as it was seen that he was going to be the nominee. many evangelicals did not support him. but there are many out there that i think would like to, but there is some uncertainty. this is about trying to start this process where they might be comfortable with him as a gop presidential nominee. >> so a conversation is a two-way street. and you want to hear from trump. what do you want to tell him? >> well, as we've been working on this, we're surprised how many people want to be there. we started out thinking there would be about 400. there's going to be probably 900 people there, leaders from across the country that want to be a part of this conversation. ben carson was extremely instrumental in getting this set up. donald trump agreed to it and donald trump wants to have this conversation. so you're going to have a number of questions ranging from national security to the type of vice presidential candidate he may choose and i think religious little b liberty and how aggressive he will be in defending religious freedom. in the wake of what happened last week in orlando, people are going to want to know how secure will you make america for all americans? no american should live in fear in this country of being attacked by terrorists. >> there are a few thing s donad trump has said. he says planned parenthood provides beneficial services. he previously was pro-choice. he opposed north carolina bathroom law before he then supported it. he said he doesn't ask god for forgiveness. do those things bother you? >> those are all issues of concern. i think that's why there's not people just rushing because he's the gop nominee. as evangelicals, christians, conservatives in this process, we not only want to have influence, but we also have to be a witness to the truth. and so part of that is, all right, let's have a conversation about these issues. maybe you didn't think through them. i give him the benefit of the doubt that as a businessman he's not thought through these policies. that's why you'll see him from time to time change his positions once it's been explained to him. this is the beginning of a process. some may support him others may not. >> for many people attending this meeting, donald trump was certainly not their first choice. what do you think it will take for them to believe he deserves their vote? >> that's a good point. there's some coming with the campaign who were supportive of him early on. but most of the people that will be there are undecided. this is a part of that process of helping them make that decision. they do want to know how important faith or the role of faith might be in his administration. but they also, i think, given what's happening in our culture and our country, they want security. they want a president who is going to keep america secure, our borders are part of that but also our streets. but they also want the assurances that they're going to be able to live out their faith, the freedom to live accordingbe. that's going to be a key issue. part of that is going to be who his running mate is. is it someone who has a track record on these issues? because he doesn't. and is it someone who has a relationship with the social conservative community. >> do you think donald trump is sincere when he talks about his faith? are you real clear how he views his faith? >> no one can -- scripture is very clear on that. you cannot know a man's heart. you can evaluate how their live their lives. some people, faith is more central to the decisions they make. as an evangelical christian, i seek to please the lord jesus christ in all that i do and it's very central to my life. i haven't spent that much time with donald trump. i've had some conversations with him. as you saw in that commercial he makes reference to it. we'll all in a process. we're all on a journey and growing. that's a part of the evangelical community wanting to be an influence and a witness to him that maybe encourage him to make faith more central to his life and administration. >> can you envision yourself endorsing donald trump? >> i am one of those coming to this meeting undecided. i would certainly say that the vast majority coming there are not going to vote for hillary clinton. that's not the issue. the issue is will we be actively supporting donald trump and what he is proposing for america. it's very important that donald trump and his message and his campaign going forward is not to scare evangelicals with what hillary would do to the country but rather to inspire them with what he can do working with them to make america great again. i'm going to wait and see. i'm coming to this with an open mind, to observe, to listen and have that conversation. i'm hopeful that we can come to an understanding where we can move america back in the right direction. >> do you think you will come away from this meeting with a definitive feeling on donald trump? or do you think it's still going to evolve over the next few months? >> it's the conversation. it's the beginning of a process. i think many people will take what they hear on tuesday. i'm hopeful that we're going to have a very open, frank conversation. and from there people will be able to process that and come to an conclusion. it may take days, may take a couple of weeks. we'll see -- that's going to be a part of my process, will he embrace the conservative platform of the gop or will he try to moderate it? so far looks like he's in line with the platform that the party currently has. political promise. what libertarian presidential nominee gary johnson says he will not be doing through november's election. hmmmmmm..... hmmmmm... 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>> it's an interesting story. yesterday they actually began confiscating evidence out of that home. they described to me when they came out of the house what they found. they said there were air mattresses lying in the basement where those girls would sleep. they found canned goods, even a chicken coop in that basement. neighbors had long said there was bizarre behavior coming out of that house. it wasn't until one woman called authorities that we finally found out what was happening. >> police have been out to that house apparently for other things over the years. i don't know what, but there's been some things. and he claimed no children. that was my biggest thing. there are children. these children that i've been looking at as i've been driving by and looking at these little girls' faces and coming back home to my house knowing that i knew something was going on in there. i just knew it. >> that was neighbor jen bets. she said look i don't know if it's because i have a 10 month old child but i didn't want a man who was disheveled and appeared odd around the neighbor until i knew everything was okay. everything wasn't okay. we found out there was an 18-year-old girl who told police that two of the children who were inside that home were fathered by lee kaplan and she was the mother. even in a more bizarre plot twist i looked at the arrest affidavit and her father told police he had gifted his daughter to lee kaplan for helping him out of financial ruin. i looked at the 2008 documents where he filed for bankruptcy. in 2009 i saw a lawsuit he had filed against the amish church. he did say there was a financial arrangement between him and lee kaplan. this story is turning more and more bizarre in a really horrifying tale coming out of pennsylvania. all three adults are being held on $1 million bail. that have a preliminary hearing in late july. >> we have this then 14-year-old gifted by her parents. she's now 18 years old. she's got a 3-year-old and a six month old. >> the father of that 18-year-old said that the children belonging in that house even the others were his children. so we're now following up on those leads to find out exactly where their birth certificates. the police said they really don't know. they were looking for those birth certificates inside the home yesterday and they still haven't been able to find any identifying factors. let's go to politics. on the talk shows this morning attorney general loretta lynch was pressed on whether president obama's endorsement of hillary clinton compromises the department's e-mail investigation. kristin welker has more for us from washington on this. what did the attorney general say? >> the attorney general adamant that president obama's endorsement of secretary clinton will not in any way compromise the investigation. she makes the point, look, she is not talking to the president. he is not engaged in the investigation at all. of course republicans have used this as a political football. donald trump in particular has tried to suggest that it is in some way compromised. but again she vigorously said that's just not the case. >> well, you know, i decent get involve e -- don't get involved in whom the president endorses. the investigation into the state department e-mail matter is going to be handled like any other matter. >> does this create a conflict of interest for you? >> no. this is not a conflict for me or the department or for anyone. >> based on my most recent conversations with clinton campaign officials, secretary clinton has not yet been contacted by the fbi for an interview. the sense is once that happens the interview will be wrapping up. the clinton campaign making the case they are eager to have that happen. this has been a cloud over the clinton campaign, continues to haunt her and it feeds into her unfavorability rates right now which stand at 55%. the campaign vig yoorously tryi to deal with that issue. they have released an ad blitz really in a number of key battleground states touting secretary clinton's big accomplishes and really reintroducing her to voters. donald trump's infavorability rates even higher than secretary clinton's. a capitol hill showdown on guns. what will happen tomorrow when the senate votes on four separate bills? 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it's true. i'm a super model. i'm on the cover -- i'm on the cover of the biggest magazines. i don't even know about it. i can't even read the story, because if i did, i couldn't get any work done. i have never seen anything like it. it's not about me. i'm doing a good job as a messenger, but i'm a messenger. >> his estimated wealth of $4.5 billion is roughly ten times as much as gisele bundchen's career earnings. so there's that. senator diane feinstein had this reaction this morning when asked specifically about whether she would ever reintroduce her 2013 bill. >> i've tried now three times. the question comes how deeply embedded are members of the senate and the house to the national rifle association. because you will never be able to meet what the national rifle association wants and achieve anything. >> joining me now is sabrina shaffer. and jonathan alter, an msnbc political analyst. that was a pretty strong indictment against your fellow lawmakers. is there any sense given the democratic filibuster and the climate that we're in could in fact move the needle this time around? >> i thought the senator's comments were interesting. she wasn't just pointing fingers at republicans. this is also somebody that's well known now that democrats have stalled on. it's very easy to want to get behind this legislation because it makes us feel good. but when you look at this horrifying attack in orlando, in many ways our current gun laws are working. what's not working is the follow thre through. there was a gun shop in the area that called the authorities and said this man seems wrong. we know that the fbi did nothing. i think the conversation needs to go a step further where we're talking about not just banning guns but what do all these background checks mean if the government doesn't do any of the follow-up. >> i'm spoken in this last hour with former vermont governor howard dean. he said this could become some sort of referendum against congress because of their inaction on gun control. he thinks it may turn. we all thought that would happen in 2014 in the wake of the sandy hook shootings and it didn't. do you think it could happen now? >> i do. i want to say one thing about what sabrina said. the guy who called the authorities was the one who sold mateen the armor he was using. the gun was bought from a different place and that guy didn't object, the ar-15. so we do have to get control of the semiautomatic weapons. it's just pure insanity that we have so many of them out there. they were banned for a time in the '90s. the ban expired. and at the top of the legislative agenda, if and when hillary clinton becomes president, we'll be going back at some of those common sense gun safety measures that the nra actually used to support. automatic background checks, closing the gun show loophole and fortso forth. we can't get to those initiatives until we have a presidential election and there's a referendum on this. hillary clinton is running very up front on these gun safety issues. it's not a second or third tier issue. if she wins a big victory, she'll have a mandate for change and you could see things change pretty quickly. >> are you telling me you don't expect any action tomorrow from the senate? >> they might do something very small, but not anything that would be very significant. >> sabrina, you heard part of it but to further the conversation, attorney general loretta lynch was on all the major sunday show this is morning saying that the trr transcripts of the orlando shooter's calls with law enforcement officials are going to be released tomorrow. what do you think is the obama administration's calculation here? >> i think they do think they have the ability to put the right foot forward on this, not just on gun control but perhaps on the issue of terrorism although i don't quite see that. but i do think because trump has not necessarily passed that test in this instance, he doesn't seem to have his thumb on the pulse of what's really at stake here. we're talking about immigration rather than the fact this was a home grown terrorist. i think that gives the obama administration to show themselves as the authority here. but i don't really believe that's the case. i do think we're really missing this personal human component to all of these horrible shootings. and that is that once again every single time we know that there are people who are saying something is not right here, this person is doing something wrong. we're worried they're doing to do something wrong. and they don't feel like they have the resources or support to come out and stop things. we should take a closer look at how we can help provide people with that support. >> donald trump has been walking a pretty fine line on guns. he says he wants those on the terror watch list to be banned from buying guns. why do you think he isn't telling the nra and the gop what they want to hear? >> because he's more focused on the terrorism side in choosing and weighing which is a bigger issue for him, you know, gun rights or fighting terrorism, i think he thinks his better path to the white house is on fear. you know, a lot of what he's said, though, we can't take to the bank on many issues and clearly on this. we have no idea whether he actually will meet with the nra. just because he says he's going to do something doesn't mean he won't change his mind by the following day. his overall take on this that somehow the response to this should be banning people coming from countries that have been involved in terrorism when mateen was an american citizen, he was born very close to donald trump in queens. he's got the wrong possible solution for the problem. i think the american people are getting it. they get it now. and he's slipping in the polls a lot. >> yeah. i would agree with john on that. in the sense that, you know, it's easy to jump on him and say, oh, his comments are racialracial racially disgusting, sort of the bigger concern is he doesn't seem to have his thumb on the pulse on the policy, on what needs to happen. one role of the commander in chief is not only to bring team together after a tragedy di ssus this, but to offer concrete stops forward. it suggests he doesn't really have a good sense of how to tackle this very frightening problem. >> very quickly i want to ask you guys about house speaker paul ryan standing by his endorsement of trump. >> i think it shows that he's not voting his conscience. he clearly doesn't -- he said he thinks trump is a racist. he clearly isn't comfortable with trump having his finger on the nuclear the nuclear button. as chuck todd said, it is not patriotic. if you want to be a leader step forward and show leadership. this idea that as speaker of the house he can't take sides, that's not written anywhere. he needs to step up and be a leader. >> i'm out of time. good to see you both. in just a moment, how penny can make a big difference for people in one of the biggest cities but if this works the price. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line. what's in yourallet? 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nightly news from cop copacabana beach begins right now. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt" reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. good evening, from copacabana beach, the picturesque ocean front skyline ablaze in lights as this city, this country this, continent lights the olympic torch. for the first time ever as the 2016 games begin. it hasn't been an easy road, a lot has happened in this country, in a zika pandemic. it starts just a few miles from us, at the maracana stadium where the olympic opening ceremony for the 2016 rio olympics is taking place. stephanie gosk is there, stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of the russian teammates, they are among the more than 11,000 athletes from 207 countries that are getting ready to march into maracana stadium. a place that is really the heart and soul of rio sports, since it was built in 1950 for the world cup. tonight, it will be on display like never before. for rio, it all comes down to this. nearly seven years after winning the bid -- tonight their olympics kick off. >> welcome to rio. >> reporter: this week, the first sneak peek of what the opening ceremony is going to look like. from leaked photos of a dress rehearsal. the hope is to create that golden unforgettable moment. james bond and queen elizabeth parachuting into the stadium in london. the drums in beijing. but brazil is throwing this party in the middle of turmoil. economic recession, a political crisis, and the zika outbreak. today thousands demonstrated to show their support for the president, who faces impeachment. the budget for the opening ceremony was significantly cut back to about one-tenth of what london spent. still the artistic directors understand the brazilians understand getting by with less. >> even when you go to very poor areas, you see people know how to smile, are friendly, and are happy and i guess the spirit is in the ceremony. >> reporter: it's that music, dancing and 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education. struggling in some battlegrounds, but his team hoping for a turnaround before it's too late. >> reporter: i'm kristen welker, tonight hillary clinton on the trust factor. >> people have count on me and trusted me. >> reporter: while speaking to the national association of black and female journalists, clinton trying to clarify this comment about fbi director james comey. >> director comey said that my answers were truthful and what i said is consistent with what i have told the american people. >> reporter: that debunked by fact checkers. vouchered for statements to the fbi but not what she told the public. >> is this not under cutting your efforts to rebuild trust with the american people? >> i may have short-circuited it and for that i will try to clarify. >> reporter: but then bringing back one of her previous explanations. >> i never sent or received anything that was marked classified. >> reporter: despite this testimony from the fbi director. >> secretary clinton said there was nothing marked classified on her e-mails either sent or received, is that true. >> that's not true. >> tonight trump bouncing. >> i may have short-circuited and for that -- >> reporter: but on trust, clinton also getting a big boost. cia director mike morrell endorsing her, saying trump would be a dangerous commander in chief. kristen welker, nbc news, washington. there is tragic news tonight from georgia, a pair of toddlers, twin girls found dead in a hot car. the latest such tragedy during this stifling summer. as nbc's rehema ellis reports, there are already more cases already this year than all of last year. >> reporter: tonight family members are mourning the loss of 15 month old twin girls who died thursday after they were allegedly left in a sweltering suv by their father. >> i never thought they would come to my doorstep. >> reporter: the 24-year-old father is charged with involuntary manslaughter, the mother who was away visiting family at the time is devastated. neighbors who spotted the toddlers tried to help cool the girls down in a pool with ice packs, but it was too late. >> do you have an emergency? >> we have two babies here that i think are dead, they're not breathing. >> reporter: so far this year, there are reports that 26 children have died from being left in hot cars, that's already more than all of 2014 2014520145 2015.2015. >> one of the reasons it's getting faster is the failure of the brain's memory, and what makes that happen is we're just doing too much. >> reporter: technology may help. traffic app waze is testing a feature that tells parents to check before getting out of the car. and general motors will include rear seat reminder technology in new suvs. tragedies that didn't have to happen, and warnings tonight to prevent them. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> a thought that makes you shudder. still ahead tonight, we'll take you to the other rio, the neighborhoods where millions lived in the shadows. also from a war zone, one young woman's ultimate journey to the olympic games against all odds. with opening ceremony about to get underway, brazil is highlighting its attractions and beauty. but it's neighborhoods where violence and poverty can be a way of life. we join paul almaguer on his journey inside a city where so many live. >> reporter: rio is known for its beauty, culture and color. throughout this city, there are more than over 800 sprawling cities called favela's. where more than 2 million live in poverty and the fear of violent crime. this is one of rio's notorious favelas. a stronghold for gangs and drug runners, police call it a war zone. favelas sit next to tonight's opening ceremony and just above the beaches of copacabana. with security we traveled into one of the favelas considered safe enough to enter. some of rio's favellas are literally cities within cities. one of the largest has more than 100,000 people, home to extreme poverty and also violence. it sits in the shadow of christ the redeemer. commander lima tells us police in the community are now working together here. even in the most pacified favellas, police often work in pairs and always armed. they expect the unexpected. dozens are under police control but the effort to bring peace can come with violence. anna's son was killed as police swept through her favella. she says her son was an innocent victim of aggressive policing. jose beltran spearheaded the project eight years ago. he tells us violent confrontation is inevitable and says more needs to be done to bring in social services for families. >> we expect that people would be able to not only see the beautiful side of the city but to actually see the huge problems we have on the ground. >> reporter: tonight as rio takes the world stage, this is a tale of two cities, one on display, as another sits in the shadows. miguel almaguer, nbc news, rio. and when we come back, i'll have more on how we are covering these olympics from here in rio. blp welcome back to rio, a city framed by it's dramatic beaches and it's soaring peaks. to show you a little more closely where our broadcast is positioned, we'll have to take you back a few hours time. as we noted yesterday, it's winter here and dark comes early. so before sunset, i took this short stroll along the beach. school's out on a winter friday on this opening of the olympics here in rio, kids, surfers, everyone having a good time on copacabana beach. this is a city that has beaches for miles and miles. we're anchored by this giant rock, pedro, leme. as you tilt up, you'll see the top of the famed sugarloaf. the views there are stupendous, as we continue to move the camera to the left, there are some of the hotels and apartments that frame this gorgeous piece of real estate. and from where we are, we're only about five minutes from one of the most popular beach venues. there's the beach volleyball venue, the temporary venue, the beach stretches out another mile or so over to ipanema. we'll take a break and be back live from rio de janeiro including an athlete representing team rough fee gee. p blah efugee. next at 6: brazil's big night. and we are live in rio. ===raj/vo=== jessica aguirre shows us behind the scenes...the final moments before the opening ceremony. ===janelle/vo=== and, nbc bay area responds. the new milestone they're celebrating and how they can help you. ===janelle/close=== next. ==nats of fireworks== fair to say each of the athletes here in rio have an impressive story to tell. but one of the women on the first refugee team, it's a remarkable story of perseverance. here is kelly. >> reporter: it's in the water where she feels most at peace. >> when i am in the water, i forget about everything. >> reporter: one of syria's stars in the pool, she even completed on the world stage at just 14. but ichra now 18, never imagined she would be swimming for her life, as her country crumbled around her. last august, ichra and her sister fled, with plans to join their father who had left them earlier. ichra and her sister escaped damascus, they made it to lebanon and then turkey. after way to greece, their overcrowded boat started to sink. ichra and her sister swam. >> we swam and tugged a boat all that time and you with respect afraid? >> i was afraid, but no one would help me, i had to try. >> reporter: they struggled to survive in waters thousands of others have not. finally on a train through austria to germany. >> i am now in munich. this is the train. >> reporter: are you happy now? >> yeah, finally. >> reporter: it took 25 days. the war took two crucial years out of her training. a new coach is showing her the ropes, working on her strength and speed. and she has taught him something too. >> this girl changed my way of thinking about competitive sports and about live too. and now against all odds, ichra has a shot at her olympic dream, on a small team of refugee athletes competing under the olympic flags. >> i'm going to the olympics! >> reporter: her father, a former swim instructor has been by her side since her first stroke. did you think that was this was possible? >> it's a dream. >> i hope i can give people hope and inspire them, evening if you lose someone, even if it's war, if you lose your house, you have to continue. >> reporter: words to live by from one young woman who never gave up. >> this is about so much more than just sports. and there is much more on the first olympic refugee team on our website. be sure to watch the opening ceremony tonight at 7:30 eastern and pacific, right here on nbc. that's going to do it for us here tonight from rio. on behalf of all of us at nbc news, i'm lester holt, thanks for watching and good night.==janelle//take vo== right now at 6 -- showtime. the athletes have entered the stadium as we await the right now at 6:00, showtime! the athletes have entered the stadium as we await the opening ceremonies. we are live in rio de janeiro. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thanks for joining us this friday evening. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm raj mathai. this is a time when the world unites. thousands of athletes and billions of viewers, history being made tonight in south america. this is a live look right now at the colorful olympic park from high above. this will soon be filled for the event, but right now, all eyes are at the stadium where the opening ceremony is, and in fact, just started a short while ago. and this is how it started. this is something you won't see in tonight's network broadcast. behind the scenes with michael phelps. he posted this video on facebook, as he led team usa, are you see everyone behind him, from the holding area, and towards the stadium. >> well, there is some disappointing news for a lot of people. legendary brazilian will not be part of tonight's ceremony. soccer legend pele says he's too sick to attend. so the question now is who will be chosen now to light the olympic caldron. our own jessica aguirre is live in rio. if it's not pele, who's going to do the honors? >> reporter: pele did say he was sorrying that he was disappointing people that he couldn't be here, that he hoped that god would bless all the spectators in the stands. if it's not pele, it is rumored that another olympian from brazil will light that caldron. they believe it might be a marathon runner, who in 2004 was