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this morning, breaking news from philadelphia. a rare moment of hope overnight. you under a collapsed building in the heart of downtown, a woman found alive after half a day beneath the rubble. >> feels outstanding to be able to pull somebody alive. >> but the work is far from over. we are live on the scene. developing story from washington sure to spark outrage across the country. a report showing the government secretly collecting phone data from millions of americans. the glare of the spotlight back on a member of the jackson family. michael jackson's teenage daughter hospitalized for attempting suicide. call it a menu mash-up. would you like hashed browns with your big mac? a new plan by the golden arches only if you're up during this time of day.
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good thursday morning. there are new details in that breaking story that we've been following all night from philadelphia. >> at least six people died when a building came crashing down. >> all were inside a salvation army store. one woman managed to survive being trapped in the rubble for hours. she was pulled out overnight. rescuers say they grabbed the woman's hand as they searched the rubble and she squeezed back. >> we are live on the scene. katherine, what else do we know about this incredible rescue and how is she doing now? >> reporter: well, john and diana, it was an incredible rescue. myra was taken to the hospital in critical condition but she was alert. talking to her rescuers and much to the relief of these hard-working emergency workers when they squeezed her hand she was able to squeeze back, a bright spot in dark moments.
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they found her around 10:45 as rescuers were digging in an ar a area. one man and five women died. 14 were rescued. most of whom had minor injuries treated at local hospitals but rescuers have continued to dig. they have lights flooding the site and say they have accounted for everyone that they know they're looking for but officials have said over and over again they don't know how many people were in that salvation army thrift store at the time of the collapse. the search here continues. we've seen heavy equipment being used, buck, bare hands. of course, emergency workers have to use caution as they navigate through the rubble. they're not certain if anyone is left trapped but proceeding carefully in the event people are still inside. no existing violation on the building and the demolition company did have the proper permits but the search continues. john and diana. >> katherine scott from action
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news in philadelphia. thank you for that. our other big developing story. an explosive report certain to put the spotlight on domestic spying. >> a phone company is turning a massive amount of documents over the to the government. devin dwyer. >> reporter: it's coming from "the guardian." it says verizon, when i has 121 million customers in the u.s. has been forced to turn over millions of call records to the national security agency, the nsa. now, the agency reportedly obtained a top secret court order in late april allowing it to collect the data through july. now, the guardian says the government has obtained the phone numbers of both parties on a call, the call's duration, location data and time of day these were made. the contents were not covered under this order. in the last hour, national security council spokeswoman
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told me the white house will not comment on this report. if it is true, it would be an unusually sweeping move for the obama administration to obtain what most americans consider private information. attorney general eric holder will be on capitol hill today. he'll likely face some tough questions from lawmakers. john and diana. >> all right, devin dwyer live for us in washington this morning. thank you. all right, another developing story this morning, the first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season, tropical storm andrea spinning in the gulf of mexico just hours away from making landfall in florida. >> people along florida's west coast were busy filling up sandbags ahead of the storm bracing for soaking rain and damaging floodsment for the very latest on andrea's path here's accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. >> good morning. we're tracking the first named storm, tropical storm andrea moving its way slowly north and eastward. rain will come down in bucks across florida as we head through the day. many spots along the track of andrea as it later on through the week into the weekend drifts
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up the eastern seaboard. upwards of 4 inches and interacts with a front moving out of the great lakes so likely heavy rainfall on tap from the southeast into new england. john and diana, back to you. >> thank you, jim. have er editor sam champion is the latest coming up on "good morning america." an army sergeant has pleaded guilty to killing 16 afghan men, women and children. robert bales told a military judge that there was not a good reason in this world for his actions. bales agreed to the guilty plea in order to avoid the death penalty. a jury will decide in august whether he serves that life sentence with or without parole. president obama is shaking up his staff and the women involved in that shake-up are not strangers to controversy. as abc's tahman bradley reports, the more high-profile of the two is u.n. ambassador susan rice. >> i look forward to continuing to serve on your national security team to keep our nation strong and safe. >> reporter: president obama
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defied republicans announcing that susan rice is joining him at the white house as his new national security adviser. rice, a tough no-nonsense policy wonk is replacing tom donilon who is resigning from that post. the president initially seemed ready to nominate rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. but senate republicans made clear they would block her nomination because of comments she made on sunday talk shows about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in bepg, libya, replacing her as u.n. ambassador is samantha power, a former special assistant to the president and senior director at the national security council. she will need senate confirmation. >> to ensure we have the principal leadership we need at the united nations, i would strongly urge the senate to confirm her without delay. >> reporter: power herself is not without controversy. in 2008 she was forced to resign from the obama campaign after referring to democratic presidential rival hillary clinton as a monster.
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one of her harshest krit tickets senator john mccain said he'll make every effort to work with her on important issues. >> tahman bradley, thank you. this one seemed like a no-brainer. you may remember the uproar over carrying small knifes on airplanes. the tsa is dropping the idea after getting an earful. they collected more than 2,000 folding knives a day from passengers. one more story that had washington buzzing yesterday. a massive fire last destroyed a nearly century-old hardware store. more than 200 firefighters were you called to the battle the blaze. about a dozen blocks away from the u.s. capitol. it spread to three other buildings. smoke from the scene could be seen for miles. as you see there, it looked ominously close to the capitol itself. time now for the weather across the nation. showers and thunderstorms from the great lakes to the ohio valley. rain moves into the northeast by tonight.
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it's a dry day in the plains and upper midwest. >> could be the hottest day of the season in the southwest with phoenix closing in on 110. warmer than normal in pacific northwest and seattle and portland, 80. pleasant in the northwest with 60s and 70s. which pro athlete banks more bucks? a new list has the answer. the latest on paris jarz after her reported suicide attempt. we're continuing to follow breaking news out of philadelphia. a woman pulled from the rubble after a deadly building collapsed. the latest on the search efforts that have been going all night long.
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the dow opens this morning below 15,000 for the first time
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in nearly a month. it plummeted 216 points yesterday, the second down day in a row, in fact, all 30 stocks that make up the average finished lower. there is concern the fed may stop boosting the economy. all eyes on tomorrow's may jobs report. investors get a chance to buy part of general motors later today as the government winds down its bailout of the auto giant much the feds will sell 30 million shares of gm today. taxpayers still own 16% of the automaker and that won't be free for gm until next spring. so far the federal government has recouped $50 billion. the golden arches announcing a new menu at some of its 24-hour restaurants between midnight and 4:00 a.m. it will serve breakfast and dinner items so pancakes and a big mac or hashed browns and chicken mcnuggets. to the "forbes" list of the richest athletes. number three, kobe bryant made almost $62 million last year.
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tennis ace roger federer was second with over $71 million and tiger woods reclaims the number one spot having earned over million buckaroos and was tops from 2001 to 2011. oh, to be tiger. >> when we come back another heartbreaker for the jackson family. paris jackson hospitalized after a reported suicide attempt. what a family friend has to say about the seriousness of the situation. an interview gets out of control for a tv reporter and the cameraman is rolling the entire time. we'll be right back. with our "name your price" tool, people pick a price and we help them find a policy that works for them. huh? also... we've been working on something very special. [ minions gasp, chuckle ] ohhh! ohhh! one day the world... no, the universe will have the pricing power they deserve. mouhahaha! mouhahaha!
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wrangle him into a vehicle to be transported to seaworld to be evaluated. >> thank goodness. let's take a look at road conditions. it's going to be wet from the great lakes to the ohio valley and westward to the mississippi valley. there could be areas of heavy rain along i-95 from florida north. >> and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in miami, dallas, memphis, atlanta and charlotte. turning now to that breaking news we have been following overnight. >> a 61-year-old woman has been pulled from the rubble of the building in downtown philadelphia where she had been buried alive for 13 hours. she was rescued from a salvation army thrift store where six bodies were also discovered. the building next door was undergoing demolition. michael jackson's daughter paris spending the night in the hospital after an apparent suicide attempt. >> her family acknowledges the teenager has had a tough time ever since her famous father died. here's abc's clayton sandell in los angeles. >> reporter: the call to 911 came from this house in calabasas, california, around 1:30 wednesday morning. >> 15, od'd on 20 motrin and cut her arm on a kitchen knife.
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>> reporter: she was raced to the hospital, a possible overdose. >> this was a serious suicide attempt. this was not a cry for help. >> reporter: paris was only 11 when her father died in 2009. >> daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. >> reporter: along with her brothers prince and blanket, paris is now under the care of her grandmother, katherine jackson. she is now suing a concert promoter she blames for her son's death. paris is both a plaintiff and a witness in the case. >> the jackson attorneys have done all we can to keep this trial as far away from the jackson children and paris as possible. >> reporter: paris has largely lived out of the spotlight but has talked about pursuing acting and music, and she even appears in this recent youtube video. >> i got a text. >> reporter: giving her fans makeup advice seeming very much like a regular teen. >> and those of you who have not seen me without makeup, well, hello. this is my face.
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it's kind of a shocker. >> reporter: the jackson family released a statement saying paris is physically fine and from her mother, debbie rowe, to her aunt, la toya jackson, right now this very public family is asking for privacy. clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. >> and we're going to have much more coming up on paris jackson's condition on "good morning america." well, a federal judge says a dying girl from philadelphia must be put on the adult list to get a lung transplant. the family of 10-year-old sarah murnaghan filed that suit, that was after the request was turned down by the federal government. sarah's doctors believe they can perform a successful transplant with adult lungs, but medical ethicists question the decision and say it's troubling when courts make medical judgments. the susan g. komen breast cancer charity canceling annual events in several major cities because of a decline in participation. the group's charity walks will not be returning next year in half of the 14 cities they're usually held in including chicago, boston and washington. the group was heavily criticized
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last year when it stopped providing grants to planned parenthood for breast screenings. the coast guard rescued fi people whose sightseeing plane crashed in the side of a steep mountain in southeastern alaska. all of the survivors were members of the same family from new mexico. a 66-year-old man was killed. no word yet on what caused the crash. and security cameras were rolling when an out-of-control minivan slammed into the plate glass window of a taco bell in ohio. several people inside of the restaurant were hurt. police think that the driver had some sort of medical emergency. that taco bell, by the way, had just been remodeled. a rhode island woman charged with assault after attacking a tv news crew. it was all caught on camera. take a look. melissa lawrence threw a rock at the cameraman. pulled out a bat then she sic'd the dogs on the reporter. the reporter was treated for dog buys to her arm. let's talk sports, the nba finals begin tonight.
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the hot heat post the spurs tonight here on abc. as for the hockey playoffs -- >> welcome in to your "sportscenter update." i'm dario melendez. let's hit the ice for game between the pens and the bruins. tomas vokoun back in the net after that disastrous game two and did not get off to a good start for volk. check it out right here. not getting it. defensive teammate, david krejci has the puck for five seconds without being pressured. he makes them pay. going near coast for the goal. right off the bat the bruins strike very quickly to take a 1-0 lead. in the second period, same score. here comes the pens. paul martin going to find chris kunitz, who does the rest. that's your equalizer. take another look. martin sends a pass and through the legs of johnny boychuk and
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kuhn kunitz. tuukka rask would not be seen often. 54 saves for tuukka rask but a double overtime still tied at one and jagr going to muscle it away and brad marchand finding patrice bergeron, as well. that's your ball game as the bruins, they go on to win it 2-1 taking the commander 3-0 series lead. they are 18-1 all-time in 3-0 series leads. and don't forget right here on abc tonight, heat, spurs, game one of the nba finals. you're not going to want to miss it. right now that's your "sportscenter" update. i'm dario melendez. have a great day. coming up next in "the pulse," we've never heard anything quite like this. a bizarre sound a dog makes when he is happy. >> it's bizarre. the woman who won the ginormous powerball jackpot and how it might have nearly went to someone else. stay with us.
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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, it is 4:28. it is thursday. >> first up, a check on the weather. this is the day mike said the warm-up would begin. >> especially the south bay and the east bay because the warmth is coming from the south. live doppler 7 hd shows it is quiet although the marine layer clouds are back. they are lower to the ground. you may drive through the clouds and experience mist or drizzle on the windshield. i didn't notice wet streets. the warmth begins inland at 76 to 88 and 64 to 78, quite a spread, and near 60 along the coast. now the traffic and leyla gulen. >> good morning, mike, speaking of drizzle, i didn't see any on the roads.
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headed to san jose we have construction. in the northbound direction along the nimitz. we have a couple of lanes that are blocked unt 6:00 a.m. the southbound direction between brokaw and gish hanes are blocked by crews paving until 7:00 a.m. outside, the san mateo bridge is thick to foster city but it is still clear. >> happening today a secret vote on the peninsula decides whether city college of san francisco stays open or closes. that vote by a junior college accreditation commission takes place today. we go to abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield for more. >> good morning, officials from the college will have one more shot to make their plea, the final argument, why the school should stay open.
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protesters were here to try to influence the decision. the college accreditation is on the line because of how it handles the finances of the school. the academic evaluation and data collection. 85,000 students are awaiting the decision. >> we think they are not acting in the interests of the falty or the institution. city college has a few problems but they have been corrected, most of them were financial because we lost over $50 million in funding in a three-year-period. >> city college is the largest public school and located in san francisco with 2,600 employees and 19 commissioners will make the decision. the decision will be made in private. it will not be announced until july.

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