making news in america this morning, another sexting scandal for anthony weiner. this time, his wife is talking. and calls for weiner to end his new york city mayoral run continue to grow. and royal debut. prince william and his wife show off their new son. but a very big question still remains. steroid scandal. another black eye for major league baseball. the star at the center of it all. and the bronx bomber expected to fall next. also, fruit suit? how hot is it? so hot, a parent came up with a clever idea to keep her kids nice and cool. good wednesday, morning, everyone. growing calls for anthony weiner to drop out of new york city's

mayor's race after another sexting scandal. >> but weiner with his wife by his side says he is not going anywhere. abc's kristin fisher is joining us from washington with more. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: anthony weiner was asking voters for a second chance. but now, he's asking voters for a third chance at a political comeback. three of anthony weiner's rivals are now calling on him to quit the race for mayor of new york city. but the former congressman says he is not dropping out. >> i hope they're willing to still continue to give me a second chance. >> reporter: at a press conference yesterday, weiner admitted to sending more sexually explicit messages to a woman as recently as last summer. more than a year after that same kind of behavior killed his career in congress. >> let me just reiterate to my wife, how sorry i am i did these things. >> reporter: his wife, huma, didn't just stand by his side. in a surprising move reminiscent of her mentor, hillary clinton,

she spoke out on his behalf. >> i'm very nervous. >> reporter: the former clinton aide is famous for keeping a low profile. but she's been actively campaigning alongside her husband since he announced he was running for mayor two months ago. now, with his candidacy on the line, she endorsed their marriage and defended him. >> i love him. i have forgiven him. i believe in him. and as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward. >> reporter: hours earlier, weiner's x-rated exchange with the mystery woman was posted on a website called thedirty. >> while some of the things that have been posted today are true, and some are not, there's no question that what i did was wrong. >> reporter: weiner's opponents say his character and judgment are irrevocably damaged. but weiner insists that now he's learned his lesson. >> this behavior is behind me. >> reporter: the question now is will new yorkers believe him? a poll out last week had weiner in the lead three points ahead of his closest opponent, with 48 days to go until the primary.

diana? john? >> all right. kristin fisher in washington for us. thank you. breaking news from the gulf coast of mexico where a major environmental threat may be unfolding. fire has broken out on a drilling rig after a gas leak. the rig located about 55 miles from the louisiana coast. 44 workers have been evacuated yesterday when this blowout first happened. you can see the gas leak in this photo. just to say, it's not clear what caused the gas to ignite. the coast guard is currently on the scene. and more breaking news this morning. nsa whistleblower edward snowden may have found a new place to call home. after a month at a moscow airport, russia could grant snowden temporary asylum as early as today. snowden made the request last week after plans to go to several other countries never materialized. temporary asylum would allow him to stay in russia for one year and it could be renewed annually. the massachusetts state police photographer who leaked photos of the boston marathon bombing suspect will not be fired. sergeant sean murphy will instead be placed on desk duty, pending an official

investigation. murphy says he gave "boston" magazine those arrest photos of dzhokhar tsaranev to counter the glamorous image of tsaranev in "rolling stone" magazine. >> he didn't sell the pictures. he did not hide. that is so admirable. >> my dad's always been a huge hero to me. and throughout this process, he is showing the characteristics i hope to some day model myself after. >> sergeant murphy already served a one-day unpaid suspension. but the state police commissioner admitted that the groundswell of support from the public helped save his job. new this morning, we're getting a first look at the location where 19 elite firefighters were engulfed by fire in arizona. the site where they died is marked by an american flag. it includes a hot shots t-shirt hanging on a burned cactus.

the prescott fire chief, darrell willis helped form the hot shot crew. >> they were a cohesive team. >> now, the results of the investigation into the fatal fire are expected to be released in about a month. as one expert says, many of the answers died with the crew. happening today, president obama heads to illinois to kick off a series of speeches about the economy. the president is turning to tiny knox college where in 2005, he made his first economic address as a national political figure. he's expected to touch on many of the same themes today, including how the government can help boost the middle class. pope francis kicks off his official itinerary in brazil today, with a visit to the country's most famous basilica. the pontiff rested yesterday, appearing only at a small private mass with a group of brazilian nuns and church officials. he sat out last night's outdoor mass an copacabana beach, the first big event of the world youth day festival that drew him to brazil in the first place. the newest member of britain's royal family has spent his first night at home. and as expected, he's on the

cover of newspapers around the world. >> yes, he is. >> just a couple. >> we have a couple of printouts for you. take a look. this one from "the daily express," showing the beautiful baby boy. our very special prince. as you see right here in the corner, the very proud parents, the moment we walked out of the hospital. >> "the star," on this one. they have the happy couple holding the baby. looking very happy, indeed. >> and he is just the cutest little boy in the whole, wide world. i wonder who he looks like. it's hard to tell. everybody asks that question. too early. >> he's got dad's eyes. and mom's nails. >> hopefully he has kate middleton's hair. >> who's hair? you nailed it. you were half a beat ahead of me. >> half a beat. abc's amy robach was there in london for the prince's unforgettable worldwide debut. >> reporter: proud parents, william and kate, with their day-old son. the future king's first royal wave on the steps of the hospital. >> he's got a good pair of lungs on him. that's for sure.

he's a big boy. he's quite heavy. and we're still working on a name. >> reporter: in a carefully choreographed handoff, william holds his baby boy. look closely. one lip reader telling us, kate asking william, got him? and mind his head. their private family moment shared with the public. >> very emotional. >> it's very emotional. it's such a special time. i think any parent, sort of, know what this feeling feels like. >> very special. >> reporter: the couple at ease with their new son and each other. his hand resting lightly on her back. >> got her lips, thankfully. >> no, no. >> reporter: even joking about baby cambridge's head of hair. >> he's got way more than me. >> reporter: a different scene from william's debut 31 years ago. his father in a suit. mother and father standing formally apart. so different from the relaxed couple. william's shirt even unbuttoned at the collar.

kate also wearing polka-dots. amy robach, abc news, london. >> they handled it with grace. didn't they? great sense of humor. the weather across the country today. let's take a look. another day of showers and even some heavy rain across the southeast. showers on the northern plains. thunderstorms in the southwest, the four corners region. clear, most other places. >> west coast temperatures range from the low 80s into the 90s. scorching across the southwest and into texas. much cooler than that around the great lakes. low 90s in the southeast and 80s from baltimore all the way to boston. there's a possible change at the post office. the box office. not so much. a decision today could affect the way millions of people get their mail. and breaking the rules. one of baseball's biggest stars admits to doping. and more players are likely to fall. and the moment of impact. new images of a passenger jet's heart-stopping rough landing as the investigation now begins. ♪ america's service members and veterans are strong.

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the biggest municipal bankruptcy trial in u.s. history getting under way in detroit today. the city's $18 billion in debt. they want to put workers reti e retirees pension payments. but they filed three lawsuits to stop the move. the trial is likely to set a number of precedents on worker pensions. a new plan to help the post office ending door-to-door mail delivery. it would not impact curbside delivery. just that labor-intensive door-to-door service. the post office loses $15 million on mail delivery. apple stock is due for a big boost today. it's because it sold millions more iphones in the last quarter

than wall street expected. more than 31 million in all. what's more, ceo tim cook promises, quote, amazing new products in the fall and into 2014. and ford is hiring thousands of new workers as demand for new vehicles grows. it's hiring engineers and computer specialists, as many as 3,000. that's 800 more than initially planned. all right. get ready for the latest fast food creation starting today. carl's jr. restaurants has ice cream, between two halves of a pop-tart. my mouth hurts from the sugar in there. you can get one for a short time free when you buy a super bacon cheeseburger combo. >> that's what you need. a super bacon cheeseburger combo that comes with fries and an extra cheeseburger. >> i'll take the bacon cheese combo. you can get the pop-tart -- >> it doesn't look like it's toasted. i'm not so interested.

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owner's life. >> you're not that smart. >> not so cool at the moment. take a look at the roads now. they're going to be wet and hopefully moving across the southeast. road flooding could be a problem across the rockies and into the southwest. expect some wet pavement on the northern plains. >> if you're flying, airport delays possible in memphis, denver and charlotte. now, to baseball's steroid scandal. plenty of players, including alex rodriguez, waiting to hear from major league baseball. >> and waiting to hear about hefty suspensions, like the one now being served by milwaukee's ryan braun. here's abc's paula faris. >> reporter: the all-star looked into the camera and lied. >> if i had done this intentionally or unintentionally, i'd be the first one to step up and say i did it. >> reporter: over and over. >> i would bet on my life that the substance never entered my body at any point. >> reporter: that was ryan braun, denying he used

performance-enhancing drugs. and as recently as last month, maintaining his innocence. fast-forward and the former mvp is nothing more than a cheater. >> i hope that ryan braun is forever remembered as the most despicable liar in the history of baseball. >> reporter: the 29-year-old had been suspended the rest of the season for using those banned substances he claimed he never did. braun finally admitting it, saying i realize now that i have made some mistakes. i am willing to accept the consequences of those actions. >> ryan braun has done everything opposite of what a role model should do. he's lied. he has criticized honest people. and now, finally, he's been caught in a big way. >> reporter: but major league baseball may have bigger fish to fry. according to espn's "outside the lines" braun is 1 of 20 players being investigated, including alex rodriguez, who also, according to espn, may face a harsher punishment than braun,

because he may have tampered with the league investigation. current players think it's a step in the right direction. but it may not be enough. >> lied about it. got away with it. tried to lie about it again. and got caught and still making $100 million-odd. >> he cheated the system at a time when us as baseball players made that commitment to clean up the game. >> reporter: paula faris, abc news, new york. the flight recorders from the plane that made that rough landing in new york are now in the hands of federal investigators. we have new images from inside the southwest flight. they were captured by passengers as that landing gear collapsed, sending the jet skidding down the tarmac at laguardia airport. you can hear people screaming. flight attendants trying to calm them down as the plane scraped along the runway for nearly 2,000 feet. >> the violence tells us that something failed catastrophically in that nose

gear. once you're grinding metal on the concrete, the best thing to do is to keep that airplane on the ground and keep it on the runway center line to it doesn't veer off left or right. >> the plane was towed away yesterday. but of the 150 onboard, 9 of them suffered minor injuries. and a dramatic crash at a railroad maintenance building in denver. officials say crews were doing a switching move when four cars derailed. the cars were on tracks that led into a service building. but the train continued through the facility. it rammed into a jet blower pushing it through the back wall of the building. luckily, no one was hurt. the fda expressing concerns over menthol cigarettes. but it's not ready to ban them. the mint flavor makes it harder to quit, especially among young people. menthol secrets account for one-third of all cigarettes sold in the u.s. the fda is seeking input from the health community and the tobacco industry. up next in "the pulse.

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free. she didn't miss a beat of the song. >> she sang through the entire thing. she was cut free. we believe all of the fans behaved themselves last night in boston. >> keeping your cool. >> absolutely. here's a recycling idea that never occurred to us. the way to use the watermelon rind after you eat the watermelon. >> one half to be the bottom. the other half, the hat. these photos published along with a warning from doctors that dressing your children in watermelon could jeopardize their delicate skin. you want to keep that in mind if you attempt this. >> i think he looks good. what do you think? >> i'm going to wear that to work on saturday. >> that would be awesome. but it's saturday. i think you should go for it. >> i'll wear it on saturday. you can tell me what you think about my watermelon suit. that's a suit. you should wear it. >> if you wear it, i'll wear it. >> i'll have to fashion it into a dress. that's the only way. we'll be back with your local news in a little bit.

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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning on this wednesday. it is 4:28. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. how different from yesterday is the weather, mike? >> a little. there is no threat of a shower. there are no radar returns showing sprinkles for the commute. live doppler 7 hd is dry. the clouds are limited this morning. let's talk temperatures. our inland east bay neighborhoods are the warmest at 87 to 93 around the bay and 72 to 82 and from the coast to san francisco there will be lingering clouds but brighter than yesterday at 63 to seven. and the only commute. leyla gulen? >> as we take to you santa rosa we have a car that went over the freeway and we have the fire

department coming up on the scene northbound we but we do not have delays in the southbound direction. southbound 880 from embarcadero to 23rd we have construction with a few lanes blocked until 5:00 a.m. and slow-and-go traffic northbound. outside, the bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic smooth and not many folk on the road. >> today, drivers on interstate 80 should on their best behavior for the month with highway patrols and across the nation will crackdown drivers to keep them alive. abc7 news reporter amy? >> the goal is zero fatalities for a week on interstate 80 from california to new york the "i-80 challenge." the iowa state patrol had the

idea. officers came up with the idea when they looked at the research and saw how many fatalities happened during the summer vacation month with a spike and they realized how preventable the deaths can be. 52 percent of the fatalities were not wearing seatbelts and iowa decided we could do something about this. >> here the numbers we got from the c.h.p. with 30 percent related to no seatbelts and 27 percent are alcohol-related deaths and 22 percent tied to speed with 4 percent because of distracted drivers. it is time to be on your best behavior with the c.h.p. crackdown on i-80 starting today. >> developing news this morning from the east bay.