making news in america this morning. free to go, casey anthony will be sentenced in a florida courtroom m st hours from now, but what are her chances of being released from jail today? then human bombs. authorities are ononhe lookout for suspicious-looking travelers who might have a b bb implanted in their bodies. what you need to know. and rock on, man. by day tv soap opera stars but by night they're rock stars. they know how to entertain. ♪ there's no one like you i want wait for the night with you ♪ good morning. what's next for casey anthony? that question could soon be answered inside a florida courtroom. >> anthony is likely to be freed from a jail after a sentencing hearing that will take place later this morning.

this comes as we're hearing for the first time from a juror in the casese. john hendren is joining us now from washington with the latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. good morning, dani. jurors tell abc news with no cause of death, no murder weapon and no motive, there was just something missing from the prosecutor's case. casey anthony's lawyer says the first verdict was the sweetest. >> really the happiest moment came after the first not guilty because i knew i had saved her life. >> reporter: but in another exclusive interview with abc news, juror number three says the case does not remove all suspicion. >> not guilty doesn't mean innocent. it doesn't mean innocent. >> reporter: jennifer ford says there were too many unanswered questions. question number one, how did little caylee die? >> how can you punish someone for something if you don't know what they did? >> reporter: in the 31 days casey waited to report her daughter missing, why? >> it looks very bad. the behavior is bad but bad behavior is not enough to prove a crime. >> reporter: in the end this

single nursing student says prosecutors failed to prove casey killed her daughter. that lingering question could dog her all her life among many americans unjustly jose baez told barbara walters in that exclusive interview. >> they think she's a monster. they think she is a cold-hearted killer, and nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: that hasn't stopped casey dreaming of becoming a mother again. in letters from jail s s said "i had a dream not too long ago that i was pregnant. i've thought about adopting. there are so many children that deserve to be loved." casey's legal ordeal isn't over. that nanan she says kidnapped the child, a woman with the same name is suing casey for defamation, and if she has to testify in that case, she cannot choose not to talk. daniel and peggy? >> and, john, depending what happens today in the courtroom, what is s xt for this woman? >> reporter: well, after sentencing, of course, she could be freed on bail and then come the offers. remember, there is nothing stopping her since she was declared not guilty from profiting on the ordeal.

so book agents say they expect a frenzyzyf offers. and the advances alone, just the advances, could total up to a million dollars, and, of course, there's talk also of reality y show offers. >> and possibly adopting a baby or something i heard at one point too. >> yeah. >> john hendren live in washington, thank you. there will be much more on the anthony sentencing coming up on "good morning america" and any time on abcnews.com. in the meantime, we are following a developing story in malaysia where police have brought a hostage situation to a close. i man was wielding a machete and a hammer when he burst into a classroom in southern johor state. >> 30 kindergartners and their teacher r re held hostage until police were able to negotiate their release. a female grizzly bear killed a hiker in yellowstone national park. the first such fatality there in 25 years. park rangers say the victim and his wife apparently surprised the bear and her cubs, worst t the park's back country. >> the area has now been closed and warning signs posted.

ins say the bear won't be captured or killed because she was defending her cubs. >> probably people new to her territory. >> you have to move on if you see that. president obama meets with top lawmakers over the budget crisis. the august 2nd deadline is now just weeks away. >> all right. meanwhile, questions about the debt, the economy and jobs dominated the president's first ever twitter hosted town hall meeting. >> the debt ceiling should not be something that is used as a gun against the heads of the american people to extract tax t breaks for corporate jet owners or ail and gas companies that are making billions of dollars because the price of gas -- oil -- gasoline has gone up so high. i mean, i'm happy to have those debates. i think the american people are on my side on this. >> all right, now, some republicans have hinted that they could go along with ending certain corporate tax loopholes,

and for the first time, g toent tackle the rising cost of social security. it's been more than six days since the minnesota government shut down. in a dispute between its democratic and governor and republican lawmakers over the state's $5 million budget gap still have not been resolved. meanwhile, the state is hemorrhaging revenue from m osed parks and toll booths and they're operating with minimal staffing meaning the loss of income for thousands of state employees. the battle to overturn don't ask, don't tell has had another victory today. a federal appeals court has ordered the u.s. government to immediately stop enforcing the policy. don't ask, don't tell was officially repealed in december, but it was held up in appeals court. now, the latest ruling means that the military can't discharge any service members on the basis of their sexual orientation. the families of seven americans missing after a fishing boat capsized off the mexican coast are urging the coast guard not to give up looking for survivors even though the search window has already expired. relatives are insisting that favorable weather conditions mean it's possible their loved

ones may still be alive. they've launched a facebook page "find our fathers" and paypal account to raise donations to extend the search effort. seven people are hurt after a gunman opened fire outside a las vegas funeral home. police say that the shooter had been mingling with the crowd after a funeral service when he pulled a gun and started firing. none of the injuries appears to be life-threatening. oil from a ruptured pipeline beneath the yellowstone river has reached as far ass 80 miles downstream as workers in montana clean up the 42,000 gallons of oil. we now know that exxonmobil took nearly an hour to seal off the pipeline, nearly twice as long as it initially reported. the leading theory on friday night's rupture, the riverbed exposed the line to damaging rocks and debris. >> we are just a little more than 24 hours away from the final liftoff of the space shuttle program. end of an era.

>> bittersweet too. "atlantis" is on the launchpad ready to go. there is a 70% chance that thunderstorms could delay the historic mission. up to a million people are expected to gather at cape canaveral to watch. if it doesn't go up by sunday -- they have a couple of launch windows -- it will be pushed to july 16th. traffic jam with other rockets. >> all about weather. speaking of weather, right now let's take a look at the weather from around the country. wet day from arkansas up to minnesota, severe storms with hail and gusty winds from kansas to kentucky. stormy from eastern washington to montana, and showers spreading down to southern california and arizona. scattered thunderstorms from the gulf coast to the carolinas and also in new york and new england. >> 83 in boston. 93 in atlanta and 89 in miami. mostly 80s from indianapolis to fargo. dallas hits a scorching 101, and phoenix tops out at 107. it's 91 in sacramento and 87 in salt lake city. >> summer is here. >> yeah. well, when we come back, did the financial institution morgan stanley lose the personal information of tens of thousands of customers? and the secret michael jackson art collection that was just found. its value has been estimated at almost $1 billion.

overseas markets are mixed following an interest rate hike in china. tokyo's nikkei average was off about 11 points today. hong kong's hang seng is about 100 points higher. and in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street the dow gained 56 points yesterday. the nasdaq index rose just 8. there is a newewata breach reported.

morgan stanley smith barney mailed two cds with permanent information about 34,000 clients to the new york state tax department. the package arrived but then the cdcddisappeared. there's no evidence of wrongdoing. well, the auto industry is hiring again and at a much faster rate than the rest of the economy and that's because sales are rising and the automakers are adding shifts to meet the demand. also, foreign automakers are finding it cheaper to build their cars here than import them. well, it's too soon to write off cash, but the treasury department is printing less paper money because more and more purchases are being made with plastic. in fact, last year the government didn't print any $10 bills at all, however, most americans still like to keep a little cash on hand. it comes in handy with tips. here is a reverse of the modern trend. more are paying for music again. sales up 8.5% in the first half of the year increased by albums such as adele's "21." also, it's not just singles that are selling. album sales rose for the first time in seven years.

and there is a new thriller over part of michael jackson's estate. "star" magazine reports the singer left behind a secret art collection recently valued at almost a billion dollars. te says it belongs to his children and mother. but an artist friend claims it was given to him, and he's now sold it for a mere 88 million. as you might imagine, it's heading for court. 88 million, a bit of a bargain. >> they're saying that this collection could be worth all of his other assets combined. >> combined. >> incredible. all right. when we come back this morning, the shocking location authorities believe that terrorists are now hiding explosives. and the pta committee that was cooking the books instead of baking the cookies. ♪ [ female announcer ] find yourself sometimes cleaning up after your dishcloth? bounty extra soft can help.

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time lapsed video. it shows the mile high cloud of dust as it overran the entire area. at its peak the storm grew as wide as 100 miles. unbelievable. >> i just washed the car too. darn it. all right, speaking of now a look at your morning road conditions. showers make for a slick ride on i-95 from new england to florida. wet on i-40 from knoxville to little rock and i-35 from minneapolis to kansas city. flooding on i-10, 15 and 40 from southern california into tucson. salt lake city and albuquerque. >> heading to the airport, look for delays possible in new york, philly, d.c., kansas city, vegas, salt lake, also phoenix and miami. terrorists have come up with a chilling new way to get explosives onto passenger jets. >> the plan is to surgically implant bombs deep inside the human body so tucked away even the most sensitive airport scanners are unable to detect them. brian ross has the details. >> reporter: the reports of so-called belly bombs has led to

an urgent alert for increased scrutiny of passengers heading to the u.s. who appear to have had recent surgery. >> al qaeda has been working for over a year on the idea of implanting bombs surgically inside human beings, and they may bybyow have actually done that. >> reporter: the tsa is warning that the surgically implanted bombs are clearly designed to get around most current airport screening machines. >> we are treating the information seriously and sharing the information as a precautionary matter with our foreign counterparts and also, of course, the u.s. carriers that fly overseas. >> reporter: medical experts say there is plenty of room in the stomach area to hide a packet of explosives the size of a grapefruit. >> the surgeon would abdominal cavity and literally implant the explosive device in and amongst the internal organs. >> reporter: right in there? >> right in between the intestines, liver and stomach. >> reporter: the implanted belly bombs are the latest design from al qaeda's 28-year-old master

bombmaker, ibrahim asiri. he's seen here from the back hugging his own brother who he sent on a suicide mission two years ago against ththsaudi arabian intelligence chief with a bomb in his large intestine. the bomb exploded prematurely, sparing the saudi prince but killing asiri's brother. asiri is also believed to have been the mastermind of a plot against an american passenger jet with an underwear bomb. and the plot against fedex cargo planes with bombs hidden in printer cartridges. >> asiri seems to be fixated on bizarre ways of making bombs that he could slip into the united states. >> reporter: officials say this latest scheme, the so-called belly bombs, might not be powerful enough to actually wn . instead, they say, this could be part of an assassination plot in which specific american officials are targeted by bombers with bombs hidden in their bellies. brian ross, abc news, new york. well, families who lost loved ones in the london terror bombings that happened about six ars ago may have had their

phones hacked by a britain tabloid. the latest escalation in a growing scandal over phone hackings by "news of the world." >> the london police confirmed some of its may have gotttt cash from the paper in exchange for confidential information. three former pta moms from los angeles have been arrested after duping fellowarents into investing $14 million in a phony business. the alleged ponzi scheme lasted more than two years during which that time they spent a aut 3 million -- the three spent millions on vacation, cars and also gambling trips before an irate investor alerted authorities. the women are now being held on multiple felony charges. attorneys name more than a dozen hihi-profile witnesses to be called in the perjury trial of roger clememe beginning later today. he is accused of lying to congress about taking performance-enhancing drugs. staying with sports this morning, here's don bell at espn news with last night's highlights. hey there, i'm don bell with your espn news update. one of the best players in the

game returns to the st. louis cardinals. albert pujols returning from a broken wrist, bottom of the seventh, the cards trail the reds, 8-6. pujols, 1 for 6 drives in a run. cards down, 8-7. bottom of the ninth, same score, making a play, j.j. having good times, seventh home run of the season ties it up at eight. bonus baseball. top of the 13th, ramon hernandez of the reds down the line it goes, ground rule double, that scores a run. reds go up, 9-8. bottom of the 13th, chapman throwing cheddar, strikes him out to win the game. 9-8, your final score. we go to south florida now, the phillies and marlins, they have seven consecutive wins against the fish. top of the second, john mayberry jr., two home runs in the game but fast forward to the bottom of the tenth, mike

stanton looking to do damage. >> stanton, liner, deep. >> first career walkoff home run for stanton, the fish win, 7-6. that is all for your espn nene update. for the very latest on the sports scene don't forget to tune this to the highlight express. >> in minor league baseball all eyes were on the biggest hit of the nothing but nothing to do with the game. >> a human home run stole the show. that's david "the bullet" smith getting shot out of a cannon right over the outfield wall. >> looks like it might art. the british are coming to hollywood talking about the latest on william and kate's trip to the north. >> harry potter has one last trick up his sleeve as the movie franchise gets ready for its grand finale. i kept feeling this radiating ache everywhere.

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would breach international law and adversely affect americans detained overseas. search window passed for tourists whose boat capsized. families want to keep crews looking. 19 fishermen and 16 crew members were rescued sunday. the royal t tr to alberta. william and kate will also attend a reception in the evening hosted by theovernment of canada before continuing on to california. finally harry potter's grand finale. the last installment of the franchise premieres in london today. muggles from as far away as argentina have been camped out all night waiting to catch a glimpse of harry and his friends just one last time. dedicated fans. >> can't believe you're not there. for some of you local news is coming up next. for everyone else back with some rocking soap opera stars who shouldn't quit their day job just yet. [ m me announcer ] from nutritional science

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next at 4:30. a violent ago on an east bay hiking trail. the shooting has one man fighting for his life and hikers on edge this morning. and an overnight problem that could have residents waking up without water this morning. >> looks like the temperatures will continue to tumble, probably a bigger day of cooling today. >> and a second act striking a chord with four popular soap star. >> they may not be ready to givv up their day jobs yet. they are having a great time

moonlighting however going from port charles to port chuck. abc's george pennacchio has more. >> i can do it clean this time. cops can suspect all they want to. >> reporter: during the day he plays the heir to a mob boss on "general hospital." brandon is the heir to a rival mob boss. scott is a life-saving doctor and bradford plays a computer whiz. but when night falls, the men of port charles become the rock stars of port chuck. ♪ oh halfway there oh living on a prayer ♪ >> scott is a rock star. brandon is a throwback to t the '60s. the man is so awesome. i'm a huge fan of all of them. >> it started out because we wanted another creative outlet. we figured we're all musical types so why not put that to use. whether one person hears us or a thousand people will hear us, it didn't matter to us.

♪ making love >> reporter: turns out a lot of people are hearing port chuck. the group's debut album is a hit on cdbaby.com and they gain more fans every time they play a new city. >> what's been cool they come out not knowing what to expect from a musical standpoint, they're just excited to be here to see the characters they know and love but then they get to see another side of us and they're i think pleasantly surprised. ♪ there's no one like you i can't wait for the night with you ♪ >> it's definitely a shock for people that i actually have a personality, you know, they're like, you mile? they expect me to be -- you know, i'm famous for one look. i do it well and it's made my whole career. >> reporter: steve and his band mates have second careers. this is george pennacchio reporting. >> what guy doesn't have a fantasy of being a rock star one day. >> i like the walk too.