good morning, everybody. happy friday. we do begin, though w that alarming new health threat from an old disease whooping cough is now making a comeback. >> thousands of cases have reported this yearened nine children have died so far. and now, health officials are calling on adults to get a booster shot as soon as possible. abc's tahman bradley has the details. >> reporter: whooping cough, that irritating, highly-contagious, sometimes deadly cough is raising an epidemic rate. 18,000 cases already reported this season. more than double from last year. the biggest outbreaks in washington, wisconsin, minnesota, arizona and new york. whooping cough attacks all ages but it's most dangerous to children. >> it can be fatal, probably

hospitalized an infant maybe once a year. >> reporter: the government recommends that children several their first first vaccination at 20 months old. >> in between these episodes of severe cough, it's like a trying to gasp for air. >> reporter: officials are on the case trying to determine the cause of this year's startling spike. they suspect an evolution of the illness or shortcomings in the vaccines. they're urging adults to get vaccinated. she's about to get her third vaccination, her mom said that she didn't realize that she needed a booster shot of her own. >> if you're a new mom or a new dad if you're a grandparent or a caregiver, make sure to go and get your booster before you go for that visit. >> robin and paula, new cdc

guidelines out this year recommend vaccines for documents 65 or older. >> lot of important information. thanks, tahma in. the general services administration is at the center of another spending scandal. this time the gsa is accused of spending more than a quarter of million dollars on a one-day awards ceremony. an investigation shows that the agenda paid $20,000 for $20,000 for drum sticks handed >> we believe thatees. congress is outraged. governme >> we believe the government, his is a failure within gsa. n this instance, rather than mind reads and clown, they have for shellingd violinists. >> they shelled out $800,000 for

a las vegas conference. > our tax dollars hard at work. >>? other ne clinton's new this is morning, michele bachmann is under fire. >> karen travers has the details. and four edin forter: last week, she and four other people charged a person close to secretary of stant presenceclinton for furthering the muslim .rotherhood. mer s the wife of former congressman anthony weiner. ecuritygned in disgrace last year. rote thattter to top intelligence officials, she wrote that abedeen has three family members connected to muslim brotherhood operatives

her position aff and/or organizations. egypt's newly elected president is from the muslim brotherhood. bachmann says her letter was like out of context. >> i think accusations like this aing thrown around are pretty dangerous. cain. orter: john mccain took to the senate floor to give a rousing defense of abedeen. orter: the controversyed allegations against members of to family. >> reporter: anthony weiner and bedeen and their 6-month-old son are featured in this issue syrians are n in"people" magazine. violence in syria intense een another day it's been another day of

sighting between rebels and overnment forces in damascus. revenge.racing for major strike. chinae for killing government planrs on wednesday. more news fvetoed to pressure syria to tend war. more news from overseas. iran is saying that hezbollah as not behind the deadly long-haire u.s. intelligence officials fact the suici believe this long-haired man was ing inmber and he was operating in a hezbollah cell. the blast killed the bomber and inge israelis. teninge being buried today in their homeland. d>> more frightening moments on gency landing in peoria,n airlines says the smoke ome fromced an emergency landing en illinois last night did not ame from the plane. h toame from a nearby house

fire. r brokerush to evacuate, one looknger broke her ankle. country. for a look at weather from across the country on this cooler with so riday. iswill be cooler with heavy torms from thennecticut. evere storms from the mid-atlantic through nashville. thundersto thunderstorms in the rockies and some rain fr sme rain from seattle to on the montana. and the seattle. mostly 80s in the nation's o dsection as well as the is t southeast. in just want to stay inside and comingep this weekend. not too concerned about the eather. coming up after the break, big box stores getting smaller. target takes aim and someakes aim at city shoppers. and some popular suvs are rung recalled. fire. un the risk of an engine > and later in and later in "the pulse," katie holmes lines up her first

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welcome back, everybody. ford has a very unusual message for owners of some new escape suvs. stop driving them now. the automaker says fuel lines in one model can crack and spill gas. that could start an engine fire. three fires have been reported so far. the recall involved more than 11,000 suvs here in the u.s. and canada. well, echoes of the subprime

mortgage mess are being seen in student loans. the same type of risky lending caused private student loan debt to explode. americans owe more than $150 billion in private student loans. with more than $1 trillion overall owed for education. target is about to take aim at a new group of shoppers -- city dwellers. instead of the usual sprawling stores in suburbs and shopping malls, they're opening the first three smaller stores next week. find them this chicago, l.a., and seattle. the urban versions will be about one-third smaller. less than 100,000 square feet. and amazon.com is looking to up the ante in the retail wars. they're hoping to add same-day plans yet.

>> amazon is a wonderful thing. and marissa mayer must be saying yahoo!. she's getting a compensation package worth more than $59. that includes $30 million as a one-time lump sum payment if she stays at yahoo! for five years. she could to end up with a cool $129 million. you go, girl. >> incredible money. yeah, yahoo! hi, you guys hiring? >> not now. maybe at the break. when we come back, cracking the case. serious business on social media helping take down this wanted man. and later, an incredible accident. one moped, one truck, and one woman who is very lucky to be alive. [ male announcer ] right now, walgreens pharmacists

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some fireworks on capitol hill last night. this time, not on the floor of the senate, thankfully. but outside. you're looking at a series of lightning bolts brightening up the night skies as powerful thunderstorms rolled in. another slick commute for d.c. and much of the east coast today. thunderstorms will drench naes the tennessee and mississippi valleys. wet roads in the northwest and the four corners region of the southwest. if you happen to be flying today, airport delays possible in the east. atlanta, memphis, charlotte, new york, philadelphia. back to the news this morning, police in philadelphia are crediting social media for helping them solve the attempted abduction of a little girl. this was shown on youtube, twitter, and fatsbook.

given the extensive publicity, the subject couldn't walk, talk, or breathe on the streets. the victim, a real trouper, is recovering at home. possible evidence in the trayvon martin murder case. zimmerman outraged martin's parents by telling sean hannity that the shooting was part of god's plans. meantime, zimmerman reactivated his fund-raising website to collect more money for his defense. fallout from the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal is hitting the board of trustees. embattled director steve garbin stepped down overnight. he knew about the grand jury investigation of sandusky but

didn't share that with the board. fred will lard is denying wrong doing after his shocking arrest at an adult theater. he was accused of engaging in lewd conduct. his voice will be replaced on "market warriors." he denied the allegation saying it's all a big misunderstanding. sylvia wood, known as the queen of soul food, died. she opened her first restaurant in new york 50 years ago. since then, sylvia's has been a harlem fixture. her soul food products were sold in grocery stores. she died yesterday after a battle with alzheimer's disease. she was 86 years old. >> sounds like a good place to grab a meal this weekend. why not. incredible video to show you. a little colombian boy missing

for more than a day is found alive. he had been playing at a construction site when he vanish. he had fallen into a suer shaft. he spent hours trying to keep his head above the sewage-filled waters. a mo-ped rider was able to walk away after being hit by a truck at a busy intersection. the woman apparently ran a red light and was probably saved by the evasive action on the part of the truck driver. talk about your close calls. boom. there is one for sure. >> a matter of inches there. in sports this morning, the latest baseball highlights from our man at espn news. good morning and welcome to your "sportscenter" update. another fantastic finish at fenway. bobby v. has been questioned all week long. his opposite number has not.

that would be robin ventura. thor thornton on the hill. he stays in to face adrian gonzalez. base hit to right. the winning run is now aboard. ventura's seen enough. brings in reed, finally. would it make a difference? cody lawson has been unstoppable. six rbis on wednesday. a walkoff three-run blast on thursday. a tremendous come-from-behind win. one swing of the bat from ross changes all of that. third career walkoff home run. red sox take it, 3-1. elsewhere in the juniors circuit. angels and tigers. detroit up, 4-0. cabrera at the plate and adding

to it. gone! mike trout at the dish, called up april 28th. truth be told, he could have been there the whole way. 14th of the year. tigers win 5-1 over the angels. and speaking of the angels, they host the rangers on "sunday night baseball" at 8:00 eastern on espn. they've won 7 of the last 8 american league west titles. you can see it on espn, espn3 and the watchespn app. coming up next, "the pulse. batman fans are streaming out of "the dark knight rises." we'll have all the early reviews. and here kitty kitty. see a little girl make friends with a 500-pound lion. we're right back. 500-pound lion. we'll be right back. ♪

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twitter. v virgil said that is how you end a movie. flawless, unnerving, heart-breaking, and uplifting. >> michael kept it classy. unfreakin' real. omg, omg, omg. i think ricky meant that. >> i think they liked it. katie holmes is ready to show off her acting chops. >> she's returning to broadway. in a new family comedy called "dead accounts." >> since filing for divorce, she's been highly visible around new york with her daughter, suri. you might call this little girl the lion whisperer. most of us would hesitate to get this close to an animal like that, even behind all that glass. >> she stood her ground and continued to pet him through the

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the late night comics. >> from the olympics to a presidential smooch, here are your "friday funnies." >> yesterday, rush limbaugh said the new batman movie is part of a liberal conspiracy. i'm like, what are you talking about? rush, i'm trying to work with you here. but batman is a billionaire who doesn't trust the system to get the job done, he has a butler, an awe sh car that gets two miles to the gal lon. he is the most republican superhero of all time! >> you probably saw this. watch this. now, see, now -- now -- you know what surprised me. this didn't get more attention. the kiss cam. the only thing that most

powerful leaders in the world bend to. it's one more reason to be thankful al fwoer was never president. sure, our country might never have invaded iraq. the earth's temperature may be a few degrees cooler. but -- not worth it. at the beijing olympics in 2008 they handed out 100,000 condoms. this year, 150,000. that's 100 thoux for the u.s. basketball team and 50,000 for everyone else. the thing about it -- 150,000 works out to be about 15 condoms per competitor. if i had sex 15 times in the span of two weeks, i would feel like i deserved a gold medal, too. >> we're if front of a camera, can i have a kiss. >> there you go. here.

>> boo. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. definitely not that kiss. >> stay with us for "good morning america." >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a wonderful captioned by closed captioning services, inc.