making news in america this morning, outrage and outcry. peaceful protests turn violent across the country overnight as anger grows over the george zimmerman acquittal. and royal baby watch. kate middleton is expected to give birth any day now. this morning we're learning more about the rules when it comes to the big announcement from buckingham. plus sprinter scandal. a world class athlete tests positive for a banned substance. what the u.s. athlete is saying this morning. and embarrassing error. a school sends students home with a summer reading list, but that list includes several issues here that has the school now in damage control. good morning, everyone. i'm rob powers. john muller is off today.

>> and i'm diana perez. we welcome in rob here from our station in new york city. thank you. we appreciate you being with us >> a great morning so far. we begin with a protest across the nation following the acquittal of george zimmerman. the pictures coming in overnight so powerful people demonstrated across the country from new york city all the way to los angeles. >> police made several arrests at more than one demonstration. an american flag was even burned at one of the rallies in california. abc's preeti arla joining us live with more on that. >> reporter: good morning, rob and diana. well, the verdict triggered strong emotions across the country. while both sides have their supporters, those who thought that trayvon martin was denied justice took to the streets to voice their concerns. from coast to coast -- >> all: trayvon. >> not guilty. >> reporter: -- the impact of that verdict read in a sanford, florida, courtroom continues to be felt across the country. >> i couldn't imagine being that family right now. i just thought we were going to

get some kind of justice. >> reporter: emotions ran high after a jury found george zimmerman not guilty in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. authorities in oakland, california, say demonstrators vandalized businesses. >> so people are just so very angry. >> reporter: but in most other places, peaceful protests, both small and large, against what's being called a miscarriage of justice. hundreds taking to the streets carrying signs calling for justice for trayvon. >> this is a 17-year-old kid who was murdered by a vigilante who followed him, profiled him and shot him dead. and it can't go on. >> reporter: the jury's decision sparked debate. about the legal justice system. >> the most unrepresentative jury in the first place. a jury of six women, not one african-american, not one male. certainly not a jury of his peers. >> reporter: a bishop in texas hopes the outcry leads to a better system where people are held responsible for their crimes no matter the color of

their skin, but others believe the system worked just as it should. >> the jurors say he's not guilty, so he is not guilty. >> reporter: there are calls from the department of justice to step in and file federal civil rights charges against zimmerman. they say they are looking into the case. rob and diana. >> and, preeti, with emotions boiling over in this case, we hear that both sides have some concerns about their own safety. >> reporter: yes, zimmerman's lawyer says that his client did nothing wrong but that he's getting death threats as he did throughout the trial and that he's had to wear a bulletproof vest while he's out in public and the same goes with trayvon martin's family. their lawyer saying they're also facing threats and that they've been forced underground as a result of that, diana. >> all right, preeti arla for us this morning in washington. thank you. >> now, zimmerman still could face major legal challenges here. the justice department is still looking into this case as a possible hate crime, and there could be civil suits, as well. zimmerman will get back that gun he used to kill trayvon martin.

his attorney says he'll need the extra protection. >> unfortunately, even though he did nothing wrong but protect his own life that night, the way that things were sort of visited upon him by the way the case was handled initially made him a pariah even though it shouldn't have. >> o'mara says the threats have made zimmerman paranoid. his notoriety has made him unhirable. meanwhile, in an exclusive of an interview with abc news, attorneys for the prosecution call zimmerman a coward for not taking the stand and they provided their theory for what really happened on that night. trayvon martin saw zimmerman draw his gun, he was pleading for his life, and zimmerman essentially shot him in cold blood. that's obviously not what the jury thought. we invite you to stay with abc news all morning long as we follow reaction to the zimmerman verdict. we will have updates on "america this morning" and more on that exclusive interview with the lead prosecutor coming up on "good morning america."

moving on to our other headlines this morning, much of the nation will be sweltering baking under a dome of extreme heat. and that heat was too much for some runners of a half marathon in portland, maine, yesterday. more than a dozen were treated for heat-related issues. five had to be taken to the hospital. from coast to coast today, temperatures in most areas will be at or near in excess of 90 degrees. now we have more from accuweather's andrew baglini. >> thank you, and good morning, diana and rob. well, we're looking at a big ridge of high pressure that will give us mostly sunshine and also set the stage for a very dangerous heat wave over the next several days. we'll start that off today. now, temperatures widespread in the 90s with mostly sunshine. but the biggest factor will be the humidity. you factor that in, we're feeling like it's into the triple digits all across the region, so i recommend staying in the air-conditioning when possible. but if you are heading out for an extended period of time, do not neglect the sunscreen and stay hydrated. diana and rob, back to you. >> all right, andrew, thank you. a top u.s. diplomat is in cairo this morning to meet with leaders from egypt's temporary government. william burns is the first high

level american official to visit since president morsi was thrown out by the military. morsi supporters continued their sit-in in eastern cairo last night. the supporters are hoping to attract 1 million people to a march planned for later on today. now to that deadly wave of coordinated explosions ripping through iraq. at least 38 people were killed in mostly shiite cities fueling fears that the country is sliding back towards full scale secotarian fighting. the bombs went off shortly before muslims broke their ramadan fast. violence has now spiked in iraq, the deadliest levels in five years. there is word this morning that nelson mandela may soon be out of the hospital. mandela remains in critical yet stable condition, but the man who succeeded him as president told reporters that mandela may be discharged to recuperate at home now. mandela's wife also said recently that he is responding to treatment. mandela turns 95 on thursday. also overseas, the journalist who first broke the story on edward snowden is

sounding yet another alarm this morning. glenn greenwald says the nsa whistle-blower has thousands of documents that essentially amount to an instruction manual for how the nsa is built and how it works. snowden remains stranded in a moscow airport. he has asked russia now for asylum until he can get to latin america. one of the nation's strictest voter i.d. laws is being put to the test today in a pennsylvania courtroom. critics say the photo identification requirements for pennsylvania voters is unconstitutional. a key issue in the trial will be the availability of alternative photo identification for people who lack a driver's license or other types of acceptable i.d. that's listed in the law. and a note from the weekend, the annual running of the bulls in pamplona, spain, is over for another year, but it didn't end soon enough for some, particularly a 23-year-old australian woman who was seriously injured by a bull yesterday. she was so injured that she required emergency surgery. four other runners were also hurt, none of them as seriously as her.

one of them happened to be a man from california. what are they thinking is what i think every time i see that. >> it's more like the running from the bulls, not the running with the bulls. >> agreed. >> in pamplona. back on store shelves and earlier than expected where we found twinkies already for sale. >> uh-huh. plus, a massive rescue effort after a young boy is swallowed by a dune. an update now on the boy's condition. and waiting for royalty. kate middleton could give birth at any moment right now. we'll show you how the big announcement will be made to the entire world.

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gas prices are pumped up in the heart of the summer travel season. the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide is $3.60 a gallon, and that's up 2 cents since friday and up 13 cents from about a week ago. analysts are worried about fuel surpluses and tension in the mideast. and a former goldman sachs trader who became the poster boy for wall street arrogance in the 2008 mortgage meltdown faces a federal fraud trial later today in new york. fabrice tourre best known as fabulous fab reportedly joked he sold toxic real estate bonds to widows and orphans. the presiding judge likens the charges against him to the big bad wolf secretly sending little red riding hood an invitation to grandma's house. a minion madness this

weekend, the anti-villain league tearing up screens from coast to coast taking in nearly $50 million. it outpaced the debuts of adam sandler's comedy "grown ups 2" with just $42 million and the monsters versus robots film, "pacific rim" with $38 million. if you've been running one of those microsoft tablet computers, the time may soon be right to buy one. microsoft is cutting the price of its surface rt tablet as it struggles to compete with apple's ipad. a company spokesperson declining to comment on the price cut, but on its website microsoft touts the discounts as a great tablet now at a better price. and finally, finally guess what's back on shelves today. none other than the twinkie. but millions had a chance to buy them over the weekend at walmart and some other retailers. the new owners of hostess say twinkies now have a shelf life of 45 days. that's up from 26 days that the old twinkies had. wanted a twinkie only 26 days later, now we can 45 days later.

other hostess treats like coffee cakes and suzy q's will be back next month. go out, get yourself a twinkie, open it up a month and a half from now and -- i don't know if that's such a good advertising thing you want to say. >> you just did in front of america. >> for twinkies. all right. when we come back, a doping scandal taking the track and field world by storm. and we have the details. she can sing, but her right arm is terrible. who threw what could be the worst first pitch ever? you deserve more than justo flexibility and convenience. so here are a few reasons to choose university of phoenix. our average class size is only 14 students. our financial tools help you make smart choices about how to pay for school. our faculty have, on average, over 16 years of field experience.

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display celebrating bastille day, which marks the remembrance of the french revolution. a very spectacular show here. by the numbers, more than three tons of fireworks set off in a 35-minute extravaganza. >> and they were, oh, so beautiful. >> holy cow. a check of your road conditions now. you can expect a wet ride across most of the south. heavy rain could cause some damage and dangerous road conditions in the rockies, as well as the southwest. >> if you're flying, it is a bad day to be heading to or through texas. airport delays possible in dallas and houston. an autopsy set for canadian actor cory monteith today best known to millions of "glee" fans as high school football player finn hudson. the 31-year-old heartthrob of fox's musical comedy tv series was found dead in his hotel room in vancouver. police say there's no sign of foul play here. the cause of death does remain unclear. monteith had been struggling with substance abuse though since he was a teenager. a 6-year-old boy who was

buried alive by a giant sand dune at an indiana park is said to be recovering well. the boy was playing next to a restricted area with his parents nearby when he was literally swallowed by the sand. now, his parents scrambled to get him out, but the entire dune the size of a 12-story building came crashing down. >> they didn't actually see the initial collapse, but when they got to him, they could actually see him for a little bit, tried to dig him out, and that's when the total collapse that they described it happened. >> it took dozens three hours to get him out. he does remain in critical condition but his parents say his outlook looks very good. we all know the world is on royal baby watch. and there's only so many royal baby stories we can do before this kid is actually born. >> come on already. the question on everybody's minds this morning, of course, is how and when we will all know that the baby has been born,

huh. here's abc's lama hasan with all the answers. >> reporter: this modern couple will be following so many traditions passed down through the royal generations including the announcement when baby cambridge is being delivered. as soon as kate has given birth, the palace will issue a royal formal statement. a royal aide carrying the baby's vital details will leave the hospital, escorted by police and driven to buckingham palace. just as they did when william was born when an heir of historical theater, a liveried footman, accompanied by the queen's secretary will place those details written on buckingham palace note paper announcing the gender and time of birth. that's when the world finds out. the palace might also release other details. when william was born, they described him as having blue eyes and crying lustily. a wee william was unveiled on these steps 31 years ago outside of st. mary's hospital, where he, too, is expected to be standing with his baby any day now.

lama hasan, abc news, london. a new novel called "the cuckoo's calling" has suddenly shot to the top of the best-selling list after its true author was revealed. that author happens to be j.k. rowling who knows a thing about best-sellers. the "harry potter" writer was outed after "the sunday times" of london became suspicious because the book was so darned well written. well, here's a serious story for you. american sprinter tyson gay has acknowledged testing positive for a banned substance. the 30-year-old who had promoted himself as a clean athlete is the u.s. record holder for the 100 meter. gay claims he put his trust in someone and was let down, but he also said that he takes responsibility for what he puts in his bodiment now he's pulled out of next month's

world championships in moscow. from the sports highlights to a definite lowlight. this one is our "play of the day." it happened yesterday before the rays game against houston. >> singer carly rae jepsen attempting that ceremonial first pitch and it was awful. it was more of a spike than a strike. >> last night jepsen apparently tweeted "i made espn with a fail of a pitch, lol." must be so proud. she tried. she failed. she covered her face in shame. she stood there like a girl. >> did everything in the right order. >> coming up next, we've got "the pulse" for you. forget steam and cream. wait until you see the new way people are getting facials. oh, no. i just saw it. i'm grossed out now. oh. oh. k9 advantix ii not only kills fleas and ticks,

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♪ all right. time to check "the pulse" and we start with an embarrassing summer reading list courtesy of a long island school in the new york district. this is embarrassing. >> it could not be more embarrassing. the list was littered with misspellings. "the scarlet letter" has not one "t" but two. amazon isn't carrying "the great gypsy" but it does have "the great gatsby." the school district disciplined the person who put this list together. what a list. also, there was high drama in brooklyn as firefighters saved the life of a beloved pet. >> okay. well, maybe not so high. but high enough. >> oh. >> check this out. this little guy had scrambled, climbed out of a second floor window, got himself stuck on a very, very narrow ledge. >> took a little bit of coaxing here, but the fdny eventually

snagged the dog and put him in the bucket and today that pup is safe and sound. not clear where the owner was during the rescue but the dog is safe. >> his new name, lucky, by the way. >> it makes sense. >> absolutely. now, there is a beauty salon in japan that's come up with a truly down to earth facial designed to, they say, rejuvenate your skin. >> do i want to look here? treatment consisting of putting creepy crawley snails on your face and let them roam as they please. and the slime they leave behind is supposed to get rid of dry skin, heal sunburn and small wounds. some woman said the snails feel so nice and relaxing, she almost fell asleep. >> but check this out, this might be the most astonishing part of this entire story. customers are willing to pay $250 for the regimen and there is a waiting list that is pretty long. i would not come anywhere a snail or its slime no matter how great it makes my skin look. >> i'm guessing we're not on the list. >> i don't think so. for some of you local news

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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news, good morning on this monday. taps for joining us. we have breaking news from san mateo. firefighters are on the scene of a condo fire across from the bridgepoint shopping center that broke out before 3:30 this morning. six people were driven from their homes. abc7 news reporter is on the scene with an update in the next half hour. >> now the weather. i found drizzle this morning. >> a little mist across the bridge. mike, what is going on? >> a little mist. a little drizzle. a little fog. expect flight arrival delays

into sfo. live doppler 7 hd shows most of us are dry. you can see the visibility traveling across our bridges this morning. it will be limited. by noon we will have sunshine from 74 in the north bay and south bay to 84 in the east bay valley and around the bay, sunny from 64 to 74 and from the coast to san francisco, near 60's with clouds. leyla gulen? >> it is light as far as incidents but we have a buildup of congestion as we take a look at highway four. this is not too busy. you are moving at top speed moving from antioch to concord. the altamont pass shows yellow out there making the drive in the westbound direction so folks coming from address will be met with slower speeds into livermore. at the bay bridge toll plaza the cash-paying lanes are loaded up

already at 4:30 this morning. >> all right, developing news, oakland police are on alert ready in case more local protests break out in the wake of the not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman trial. there were two nights of violent demonstrations. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has the latest. >> police declared unlawful assembly last night so they could break up the crowd. a crowd of people caused problems around the intersection of broadway and 14 near city hall. they blocked cars from getting through the intersection. they forced drivers to turn around threatening them. there were reports there were people breaking windows and spraying graffiti while protesting the verdict against george zimmerman found not guilty in the death of trayvon