making news in america this morning -- embarrassing new photos surface of anthony weiner as he leaves to seek treatment. will this force from office for good? gabby giffords, behind the veil of her months in rehab. a smiling face, but now new details of her tough road ahead. and dallas is a championship city once again, with a final victory over miami's dream team. this morning, fans are celebrating around the world. good morning. when the house of representatives return to work today, anthony weiner will not be there. >> the new york democrat says that he is taking a leave of absence. and also getting professional help. party leaders say that's a good idea. but first, he should resign.

not helping his case, newly released from tmz.com show anthony weiner taking photos of himself in various stages of undress. we're told that they were taken on government property. in the house members' gym. the photos sent to several women. in addition to revelations that he traded messages with a 17-year-old delaware high school student, although those were deemed harmless. >> i have made some serious mistakes and i need to redeem myself and i'm working hard to try to get back to normal. and try to serve the people of my district the best i can. >> he should not be convicted in the press. if he violated a law, let him be convicted by a jury. >> reporter: the calls for weiner to resign are growing. >> he's a liar and i could never, ever believe anything that this man says. >> from some of his konstituents, to a number of his colleagues, the number two democrat in the house. >> it seems extremely difficult that he can proceed to represent

in an effective way given the circumstances of his bizarre behavior. >> reporter: he said that he'll take a leave of absence to seek treatment. many say that's not enough. >> we have made clear that he needs to resign, he needs to focus ones get his own personal issues in order. >> no indication from weiner about how long a leave of absence he plans to take. with these latest photos, for many, a quick resolution can't come soon enough. there's word that he may be getting the message and soon to be resign. he won't make a message until his wife returns from her oversea trip. she's due back on wednesday. newt gingrich restarted his campaign in los angeles, he had to fend off a mob of reporters by himself. his entire senior staff quit last night. he took a red eye flight to new hampshire. to the drama on the high seas. new york times reports that an american warship faced off on north korean ship suspected of carrying missiles.

and forced it to turn back. it was the uss mccampbell encountered the ship. believed to be on its way to e myanm myanmar. last year, a similar shipment made it to myanmar before the u.s. could react. panic residents of chri christchurch. a series of aftershocks, christchurch is still reeling from a quake. it destroyed at least one building. this morning, flights between new zealand and southern australia have been grounded. stranding thousands. a volcano in chile is being the ash cloud from the volcano is also disrupting air travel in argentina. in chile, they're worried about the possibility of deadly landslides. following the volcano's eruption that began in june 4th. firefighters are still gaining ground in the wildfire. thousands of people who fled the flames, spent their first night

back home. clayton sandell has more now from springerville, arizona. >> reporter: this fire that has blackened several thousands square miles with lightning speed is slowly. >> we turned a corner. every day there is a corner. we feel a lot more confident than he we did two days ago. >> reporter: air and ground attacks have made enough good progress to let 8,000 evacuees to come home. denise and her grandson were two of the first. >> it felt good to be home. >> it is wonderful. thank god for the firefighters and the police. and everything they did. yeah. >> reporter: in harder hit communities, like greer, residents will have to stay out for at least five more days. how large is this fire? as of today, 443,989 acres, arizona's second largest. and what about coming home to all of that smoke-clogged air?

is it safe to breathe? authorities today warned no, especially for the young, elderly and anyone with respiratory problems. >> it would best not to return to their homes until the concentration of smoke diminishes. >> reporter: robert and his family have been living at an evacuation center, is not taking a chance. >> the air quality is probably not good enough for our little one. fire burning not far from miami is nearly contained. now officials are warning that dangerous smoke could linger over the area for a week. the blaze has been raging for a week and has consumed more than 68,000 acres. it may have been sparked by a dirt bike. let's take a look at the weather. severe storms from the plains to the mississippi valley. gusty winds and hail. a chance of tornadoes around omaha, des moines and north of memphis. scattered showers from upstate

new york to maine. also in the carolinas and florida. showers in the pacific northwest. 77 in boise. 85 in sacramento. and a hot 99 in phoenix. mostly 70s from fargo to detroit. 90s from dallas. near 80 in baltimore and 73 here in new york. pretty hot also in dallas. the mavericks fans are heading to a texas-sized victory party after winning their first nba championship. >> a lot of stars in the lone star state. fans celebrated in the streets in dallas after their big win over miami on their home court. mark cuban said that he'll pay pay for a parade. the billionaire can afford it. we'll have complete highlights of the game coming up. from espn. coming up -- overseas stock market numbers are in. as the market attempt a rehab this week. police get new leads over the weekend in their search of an indiana coed missing for more than a week. some spectacular crashes at one of the world's most famous races. h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@

the dow opens this morning below 12,000 for the first time in months. economic reports due this week may not do much to lighten up the mood. we might see modest improvements in retail sales. manufacturing and housing. consumer sentiment survey comes out friday. it's expected to show a slight decline. on wall street the dow lost

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airport today, the only airport expected to face delays is kansas city. we're getting a closer look this morning at how well congresswoman gabrielle giffords is progressing. new photo was posted to her facebook page. >> for what she's been through, she looks terrific, her hair is shorter. here is bob woodruff. >> reporter: until today, the only picture we had seen of congresswoman giffords was this one. hand in hand with her husband, mark kelly. but now, for the first time since the shooting in tucson, we see her face. her characteristic smile, her upbeat spirit. the photos were taken by a professional photographer on may 17th, one day after she traveled to florida to witness her husband, the commander of the shuttle "endeavour," launch into space. along with the photos came the news that before the end of this month, congresswoman giffords will be released from the memorial hermann hospital and

continue her rehab as an outpatient in houston. this morning, one of her closest friends had this to say about her progress. >> she spoke to me in full sentences, initiated those sentences instead of just responding. she's making remarkable progress. you can see how beautiful she is. >> reporter: as for the big question looming about her returning to work, her chief of staff acknowledged this week that giffords has a long way to go. her words are back more and more now. she's still using facial expressions as a way to express. pointing, gesturing. carusone said. but when it comes to a bigger, and more complex thought that requires words, that's where she's had the trouble. giffords loved biking in her native arizona. one of her staffers told us today, we've known for a long time that gabby's recovery process would be more of a marathon than a sprint. bob woodruff, abc news, new york. >> police in indiana says tips

have poured in since lauren spierer's case has been on america's most wanted. her mother has a message for whomever who may have taken or hurt lauren. >> my first thing is to say to the person that has lauren, or that has harmed lauren, shame on you. shame on you. in relationship to that, the person that knows this person, that's not coming forward with the information, i beg you to come forward. >> police say now they have video of spierer in the alley before she disappeared. she was seen outside her apartment arguing with a group of men that night. well, there's word this morning, that clarence clemons has suffered a stroke. the 69-year-old has played with bruce springsteen band for nearly three decades. clemons reportedly had the stroke last night in his home in florida. and is said to be seriously ill. just last month, he performed

with lady gaga on "american idol." move over cowboys the mavericks are in town. dallas has been a long time football championship. blue grit is how today's dallas morning news put it. fans filled the streets in dallas after the team won in miami. we get all of the highlights now from espn news. cole wright here with your espn news update. throughout their existence, one thing that the dallas mavericks have failed to do was capture a trophy, sunday night all of that came to a close. game six, nba finals. could the big three stop dallas? let's check out the first quarter. the heat up a pair. lebron james, count it. he started out hot. 4 of 4. he had 11 in the first. now, dirk was on the bench with two fouls. later in the first, lebron turns it over. jason terry says, dirk, don't worry. i got this. he would start hot as well. 4 of 4. he had 19 in the first. mavs up five. now, second quarter, dirk couldn't find his touch from the top of the arc, the 3 no good.

just 1 of 12 in the first alone. to the second quarter, let's go. heat down a dash. eddie house says let's get back in the game, baby. after this play, stephenson and udonis haslem mixed it up a little bit. mario chalmers stuck his nose where his business had nothing to do. all guys given technicals. the bank was open for wade. still in the third, dallas by three. dirk from the wing. he plays so fine. don't you agree? mavericks fans do. they were up six. let's check out the fourth and final. terry says, wade, i'll take that. later on, wade. off of his foot. out of bounds. five turnovers in the quarter. later on, it's dirk. corner jumper. dallas, out in front by ten. and under a minute left. mavs by nine. dirk can cutting to the cup with authority. the mavericks win, 105-95, to capture their first title in franchise history. mark cuban jazzed up.

dirk overcome with emotions. all things were good in dallas, texas, usa. that will do it for your espn news update. don't forget, for the latest on the sports scene, check out the highlight express. >> that was exciting. a great series of games. >> absolutely. >> very cool. there were celebrates thousands of miles away from dallas, in nowitzki's hometown country of germany. first european-born player in nba history to be named mvp. his mother was a pro basketball player in germany. >> they'll be up all night. turning now to racing, a dramatic crash at the le mans race in france. >> he slammed into another car at 120 miles an hour. smashing the barrier. amazingly, he wasn't hurt. in fact, he said watching the replay was worse than the crash. if you can believe, just some superficial injuries. taken to the hospital as a precaution. amazing stuff. now to the biggest night on

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next on "abc 7 news," he is out. the former bart police officer j mez and the peaceful protest in the bay area and should the verdict be thrown out? the critical hearing that could set the same-sex marriage ban back to square one. >> remember the warming trend we talked about last week. it's here and who gets to the 90 well, the company paraded through london this weekend. of course, all eyes are on their newest addition. >> the world can't get enough of

prince william's new bride. she's stealing the spotlight everywhere she goes. >> reporter: the queen may still own the castle or palace. she received warm applause as her carriage passed during her official birthday celebrations. but the cheers for the newest of the royals, the duchess of cambridge made it clear that kate is now the jewel in the crown. which member of the royal family do you want to see? >> kate. >> and me, too. >> reporter: who's the bigger deal here? the queen or kate? >> speaking from a young point of view -- i would say definitely kate. god save the queen and everything. kate will be the future queen. >> reporter: on the balcony where kate and william appeared just weeks ago. as the newlyweds. the royals were looking at the

spectacle in the sky but the world was looking at kate. this was her coming out week as a royal. her first official function, a glitzy charity dinner on saturday. she and her dress stole the show and with her husband prince william help raised $28 million. >> her star power has been pretty high and it was high before they got married. it went off the radar, completely, at the time of the wedding. and it hasn't come back again. >> reporter: prince phillip, the queen's husband, is celebrating his 90th birthday. with a church service at windsor. but, in london papers, it's all about kate, including a photo from a surprise visit she made to a friend's wedding. >> they're a good-looking glamorous couple. >> they certainly are. >> that's what's making news in "america this morning." >> stay tuned for "good morning america." have a wonderful monday, everyone. we'll see you again tomorrow. >> a royal monday. everyone. >> a royal monday.