making news on this friday morning. >> out of air. relief to many in congress, anthony weiner resigns in an awkward display before cameras. what is next for him and could he run for office again. an attempted joke is met with outrage but it might not matter. any republican could beat president obama. >> the golf summit, obama, biden, boehner, 18 holes that might be the key to a deficit deal. good morning. despite his determination to stay on the job, congressman anthony weiner finally caved to unrelenting political pressure and also the incessant double entendres plastered across the

papers. >> jonathan karl explains his public resignation statement turned out to be a rather freakish end to a once thriving political career. >> today i am announcing my resignation from congress. >> reporter: even in the end it was tawdry and awkward. >> i am here to apologize for the embarrassment i have caused. i make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents but i make it particularly to my wife huma. >> reporter: before it hit three weeks ago he was a brash rising tar in congress. >> you vote yes if you believe yes. >> reporter: considered to be the front-runner to be the next mayor of new york. weiner's claim he was hacked began to crumble when chris cuomo revealed more photographs he sent to another woman, 26-year-old megan broussard. >> said it was hot. i like to see someone who was

passionate about something. >> reporter: that prompted another bizarre press conference. >> it wasn't clear and i sent it. i never met any of these women. >> reporter: for days he continued to dig in pointing to polls showing the majority of his constituents did not want him to resign but his democratic colleagues weren't buying it. >> congressman weiner should resign from the congress. >> reporter: then the most damaging photos hit the tmz website over the weekend. he took them with his blackberry inside the intensely private members only house gym. in the end, he just had to resign. but even now in disgrace he's hinting at a political comeback. >> now i'll be looking for other ways to contribute my talents. >> reporter: his democratic colleagues in congress are happy to see those talents go elsewhere. i'm jonathan karl in washington. >> those democrats include president obama who talked about the now ex-congressman in an

exclusive interview with "good morning america's" robin roberts. >> i wish representative weiner and his lovely wife well, you know, obviously it's been a tough incident for him. but i'm confident that they'll refocus and he'll refocus and they'll end up being able to bounce back. >> you can hear more of robin's one-on-one interview with the president coming up on "good morning america." so what is next for anthony weiner? he still has solid suppo his his new york district. so a future run for office is exactly not out of the office. he can still communicate with the public via twitter. his account is still open show he has not posted anything since june 1st. the former lawmaker gets to keep his pension, $54,000 a year once he turns 62. in an alarming hit list that appeared on an extremist website. it includes the names, pictures and information about 40 people potential terror targets.

among them are a member of congress, pentagon officials and executives of a u.s. company that makes drone aircraft. the fbi has alerted law enforcement because specific targets are mentioned. well, gms are jumping all over republican presidential hopeful mitt romney for what they are calling an insensitive remark he made to out of work people at a diner in florida. >> also tell my story. i'm also unemployed. [ laughter ] >> are you part of -- >> i have a particular job i'm working for. >> now, aides of the mul multimillionaire say he was just kidding and meant no harm. a new gallup poll says republicans have a decent shot at winning the white house in 2012. it shows that at this point any republican candidate has a five-point edge over president obama. abc news learned just b

before federal prosecutors were set to indict john edwards he was asking bunny mellon for millions of dollars. it's unclear why he would ask for money or whether such a request would be illegal since he's not running for office but mellon's campaign contributions to edwards in 2008 are the crux of the criminal case against him. he's accused of using those funds to cover up his affair with rielle hunter. to protect the tiny town of hamburg, iowa, take a look at this eight-foot earthen barrier. it is keeping several feet of water from flooding the town but the heaviest surge is yet to come. officials say they're not sure how well the levee will hold if water levels remain high for months. crews battling the largest wildfire in arizona's history are now facing a 50-mile-an-hour wind that is going to happen today. the governor is setting up for an aerial tour will happen today. a smaller one scorched nearly 10,000 acres. it is now about 30% contained. they've really been fighting that there.

>> made a little bit of progress. now for this morning's weather from around the nation, severe storms with gusty winds, hail and heavy rain stretching from omaha and kansas city to cincinnati and louisville. off and on rain from boston to d.c. showers around nashville, much. birmingham and much of florida. another scorcher from louisiana to west texas. showers and thunderstorms in the rockies. and 75 degrees in boise. 69 in salt lake. triple-digit heat in phoenix. and 93 in albuquerque. 80s from minneapolis to kansas city and dallas climbs up to 97. new orleans, 92. it is 78 degrees here in new york. all right. coming up another multibillion dollar banking merger. and then repairing the damage to a city's streets and also its image after violent protests broke out in vancouver. and from phones to chandeliers, it's all got to go. buying a piece of sin city's heyday.

the global economy shows no signs of lifting. fears that greece will default on its debt is bringing markets down again. tokyo's nikkei average was off 60 points today. hong kong's hang seng was also down, and in london the ftse opened lower. on wall street the dow gained 64 points yesterday. the nasdaq index lost nearly 8. well, one nontraditional bank is buying another. capital one best known as a credit cart issuer is acquiring ing direct a major on many line bank and brokerage for about $9 billion. that will make capital one the nation's fifth largest bank.

tokyo expects to resume -- toyota, i should say, expects to resume full north american production in september, that's sooner than expected. in fact, 8 of their 12 built models are already back to full production. synonymous with smartphones for business but research in motion which makes blackberry is reporting another drop in earnings having trouble competing with the iphone and android phones. well, unlike regular laptops, the new google chromebook stores all of your information online which means super fast start-up times. but as "usa today's" ed baig reports, there are major drawbacks to being so dependent on the internet. >> reporter: since everything is up in the clouds, you need internet access. whether it's wi-fi or in some instances 3g cellular. if you don't have access to the internet, the machine becomes crippled. >> well, chromebook prices are now averaging $400 to $500. you can read ed's full review at usatoday.com. and another piece of las vegas history is gone. hundreds of people lined up

yesterday to buy the furnishings and equipment of the famous sahara hotel casino. it includes gaming table, chandeliers. the buyers paid $10 apiece for admission. you could call it one final gamble that they'd find something very popular in the rat pack days. >> phones with cords. how about that? >> i can't imagine. >> how do you work those? coming up next on this friday the president versus the speaker set to play 18 holes and washington is buzzing about the so-called golf summit. and the costly prank after a man relieves himself into a drinking water reservoir. see if you agree with what happened next. ♪ [ instrumental: upbeat ] hey, max. [ announcer ] your dog's one of a kind. and now, you have the power... [ giggling ] to help significantly extend his healthy years. a groundbreaking 14-year study by purina... proves that puppy chow, then dog chow nutrition,

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those high winds are expected to stick around today, as well. a look at your morning road conditions. wet on i-95 from boston to d.c. and from jacksonville to miami. also drenched on i-75 from toledo to knoxville. and on 94 from the twin cities to detroit. flooding on i-90 and 94 in the dakotas. and if you are flying today, airport delays are possible in new york, boston, philly, d.c., chicago, atlanta and also minneapolis. a busy friday. all right, well, at the very least, the aftermath of wednesday night's stanley cup final should be an indication of just how seriously canadians take their hockey, but this was a lot of goofballs. >> it was. british columbians are devastated by the loss to the bruins, but on top of that, they're embarrassed by the behavior of rioters who trashed downtown vancouver overturning cars, setting fires and shattering store windows. >> i'm really upset. i'm embarrassed. i live here. i'm a true fan. vancouver did an amazing job

getting as far as they did, and we have this. >> i'm really angry to see -- this is my city. it belongs to all canadians. >> yeah, that was unusual i think of that country. nearly 100 people were arrested. nearly 150 needed medical treatment and untold millions in property damage. also, we couldn't ignore this photo from amid the vancouver violence. you see right there, not everybody was rioting. some people were making out in the street right there as the riot police marched around them. as they say make love, not war. >> exactly. all right. well, the u.s. open golf championship will be decided on sunday, but political observers are paying much more attention to a round being played tomorrow by president obama and house speaker john boehner. could there be some business done on the links? here's karen travers. >> reporter: a world of top golfers are hitting the links but on a different course in the nation's capital that's where you'll find

the real power players. >> playing with the president and vice president ought to be a wonderful day because -- i'm dead serious. it's golf. >> reporter: expectations for this golf summit are running high. weeks of tense negotiations on capitol hill have yielded little progress on the deficit. could 18 holes of golf away from the media glare and partisan bickering produce a compromise? >> i think i can say with great confidence that they will not wrap up the 18th hole and come out and say that we have a deal. >> reporter: the president and speaker boehner have established a functioning working relationship, but nobody would call them buddies. unlike, say, bill clinton who was notorious for fudging his score card, president obama is up front about his golf skills. white house aides say there's been no trash talk from the notoriously competitive president obama. perhaps that's a good strategy. we hear his handicap is about a 17. karen travers, abc news, washington. in shanksville, pennsylvania, they're almost

done with the first phase of the memorial dedicated to the victims of flight 93. the 9/11 memorial will include a marble wall bearing the names of each person killed in the crash. visitors will be allowed to get as close to the site as possible without actually touching it. the city of portland, oregon, is draining its main reservoir after a man was caught urinating in it. the nearly 8-million-gallon flush is costing taxpayers $36,000. 21-year-old josh cedar said he was drunk at the time and apologized for the incident, but he thinks the city went too far saying animals relieve themselves in the reservoir all the time. well, in medical news this morning the gap is widening in cancer death rates between college graduates and those with less schooling. the least educated died at rates nearly 2 1/2 times of that with men with college degrees. there's a similar trend with women in that group. the poll suggests that less educated people are more likely to take risks with their health.

fewer high school students are drinking soda. they're more likely to drink water, milk and fruit juices which was a surprise for centers for disease control. the bruins will parade the stanley cup for their fans tomorrow. in dallas yesterday, meanwhile, the new nba champion mavericks took their turn despite 90-degree heat. about 200,000 people showed up to cheer their heroes through the streets. there were just three arrests. earlier we saw a brief glimpse of u.s. open golf. now from some of the highlights from mike yam at espn news. good morning. we start on the greens. the u.s. open, it's the first round, tiger woods dealing with the achilles but maryland, phil mickelson, one of his biggest rivals turning 41, not exactly the birthday round he was hoping for. on 10, the tee shot, a little short there. and a little wet. mickelson double bogeyed and finished 3 over. masters champion, charles schwartzel, in contention here.

the lengthy birdie putt. he shot a 3 under 68 but the story was rory mcilroy on the 4th hole. the approach, that thing will settle about three feet away. he'd birdie to go up 2 shots at 5 under. on par 5, the 6th hole, mcilroy showing off. the game he's got, the short game but when it comes to being a big hitter, going for the green in two. oh, he's on. mcilroy would two-putt from there. birdie. he shot a 6 under 65 and he got himself a three-stroke lead. to baseball now. if you like home runs, we had a few in the cardinals/nationals game jayson werth, starting it off. seven home runs hit total in this game. not the most in a single game this season. the royals/angels actually combined for eight. but the biggest home run of the

game came late in extra innings, bottom 10. espinosa, his first career walkoff home run and nationals win it, 7-4. he was 3 for 5 with 4 rbis. that'll do it for this sports update. i'm mike yam. >> our hats off now to a 25-year-old motivational speaker this morning. austin szelkowski arrived in santa monica, california, yesterday, get this, after a 3,400-mile coast-to-coast journey on skates. >> all the way he carried that american flag starting in new york last october. szelkowski said he did it to inspire kids. >> this is the best way to end it all, to finish it up he went right into the ocean, skates on and all. >> to cool off. >> i bet. that is a long journey, even in a plane it's a long journey. coming up next, we've got some sticker shock for theater tickets going for $500 for one particular show. >> angelina jolie jetting to the latest global crisis today to help thousands of refugees. ♪

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syrians. women across saudi arabia are planning to drive cars today despite a ban and threats of violence. many were inspired by a saudi woman arrested after a youtube video showed her behind the wheel. the united nations is looking into a gay rights resolution. republican presidential candidate congresswoman michele bachmann is among the speakers. ron paul and rick santorum will be there. those not making it mitt romney. "the book of mormon" begins its first weekend since winning a slew of tony awards and raised ticket prices to more than $487 for a premium seat, $1689 for a regular orchestra seat and it's still selling out. >> getting a lot -- a lot of feedback. for some of you local news is coming up. for everyone else what

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up next, family and friends of an east bay missing student will set out in search of her. they are asking for your help. we'll take you live to the san jose convention center for people that are trying to prevent foreclosure. >> and cooler weather but a warming trend for dad and it will get hotter next week. >> all right, a quick look at the morning headlines here in the new york papers. "stick a fork in weiner," "the daily news. >> weiner's rise and fall.

>> having fun with it. as jake tapper explains others who have collapsed under the weight of similar humiliation have found their way back from ridicule to redemption. >> reporter: three years ago eliot spitzer, then the powerful democratic governor of new york resigned after the revelation that he had a proclivity for prostitutes. now he has his own show on cnn though stories like weiner's can create moments of awkwardness. >> i sympathize with anthony weiner. i know he is going through torment. >> reporter: f. scott fitzgerald said there are no second acts in american lives but that's no longer true. america is a sand of second, third, fourth chances. hugh grant, marv albert, pee-wee herman, kobe bryant, all scandalized, all doing great today. former republican congressman mark foley resigned in 2006 amidst a sexting scandal of his own. he now hosts a radio show in

palm beach, florida. then, of course, there is the comeback kid himself former president bill clinton, elected and re-elected and now heralded for his work in developing countries among other causes. >> as a general rule, most people can come back from scandals like this. >> reporter: crisis management experts say there are four steps to redemption, publicly acknowledge wrongdoing. demonstrate suffering, vanish and return with a new focus. our culture very much needs to see you take your beating. we need to see you pay a price. but once that price is paid, there's really nowhere else for the story to go but up. >> reporter: another key factor, of course, is time. this could t or even months or years for weiner to achieve this redemption and that's if it happens at all. jake tapper, abc news, washington. >> sometimes any publicity is good publicity, sometimes. >> sometimes, yes. >> that's what's making news in america. >> stay with us forgo