it's it's monday, september 14th. this morning, grim discovery. the family and friends of a missing student get the horrible news. a body is found on what would have been her wedding day. new message from osama bin laden to the american people. the al qaeda mastermind explains his reason for the 9/11 attacks. and what was he thinking? kanye west steals the spotlight at the mtv awards interrupting kanye west steals the spotlight at the mtv awards interrupting an acceptance speech. captions paid for by abc, inc. good morning and thanks for being with us. we begin with the sad new twist in the search for a missing yale student and bride-to-be. detectives say their work has become a homicide investigation. despite searching through

surveillance video from dozens of cameras police never saw nie le leave the body where she worked. they know why now. the body of a woman found in the building's basement. police found it on what would have been her wedding night. >> it hasn't been positively identified her but assuming it was her. >> reporter: found inside a crawl space where the 24-year-old grad student worked. her money and i.d. were in her office and they recovered a large amount of physical evidence but aren't being more specific. for this ivy league university grief be one student a new concern, that a killer may still be on campus. >> the investigation will continue. it's an active investigation. we have every hope that it will be successfully resolved. >> reporter: she was last seen tuesday five days before her wedding. her fiance has been helping investigators as family waited for word.

>> i feel lost. i don't know what happened to my niece. >> reporter: on her wedding day wedding gifts waited at the doorstep at the home of her fiance's family. at a nearby florist they hoped for the best. >> this was annie's bouquet. we're hoping she's found safe. >> reporter: now they're likely faced with a funeral. police won't say if they have any suspects. her fiance was never suspected. he is said to be heartbroken. we'll talk to le's former roommate later on "good morning america." just days after the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, there is a new message from osama bin laden. the tape is titled a message to the american people. sonia gallego joins us with more on what the terror leader had to say. good morning, sonia. >> reporter: good morning, vinita. w, the audio recording purported to be from osama bin laden. appeared on a website in the early hours of the morning. the 11-minute address is a direct message to the american people and offers his own explanation for the 9/11 attacks pointing the fick at the u.s.'

government's support for israel and the plight of the palestinians as reasons for what motivated the attack. he also labeled president obama as being "powerless" to win the ongoing war in afghanistan and slammed hihim for his decision ep the same defense staff naming robert gates and david petraeus the head of u.s. centcommand. this recording c comes just thr months after his last messe. the last messageut out was back in june, a message directed to the people of pakistan just around the time that president obama was addressing the muslim world in his cairo speech. nonow, the last time that bin laden has actually been seen in video was two years agon september 2007 again released by al qaeda's media wing. the timing have authories to believe that he may be h hidingn the afghanistan/pakistan border an area which has seen high taliban activity and with pakistan and u.s. forcing carrying out several operations in that region.

while the u.s. authorities are still analyzing the tape, two independent experts who analyzed the al qaeda videotapes tell abc news compared to previous messages they believe that the tape is authentic. jeremy, vinita. >> sonia gallego live in london for us. thank you. you might call it double trouble for the president. health care and the economy, new poll numbers show less support for his health care ideas will get to those in a moment. today the focus is more oversight of the financial industry. ideas he'll propose right here in new york. john hendren joins us with a preview. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy. you're right. president obama is still embattled over health care reform but taking on yet another reform plan. in an effort to avoid another economic meltdown. today, president obama outlined reforms for the financial industry on the anniversary of the collapse that triggered the great recession. >> on monday we celebrate the anniversary of the lehman brothers' collapse that caused the financial catastrophe unlike

anything we've seen. >> reporter: a year ago the bush administration decided lehman was not too big to fail. >> i think we were within 72 hours of a collapse of the system. >> reporter: then came the collapse that led to an unprecedented $700 billion in bailouts. today on wall street president obama will lay out an argument for reform. forcing banks to keep more money to cover losses. making complex transactions more transparent and creating a new agency to oversee it all. >> they've done a lot of good work but have not changed anything fundamentally and until they do, the risk of another financial panic in our future is still very high. >> reporter: but the president's sliding popularity weakens his position. just 54% of americans approve of the job he's doing in the latest abc news/"washington post" poll. concerns he acknowledged to abc news. >> people are feeling anxious. we h to take a series of steps

not -- in circumstances not of my choosing and i think it is absolutely fair to say that people start feeling some sticker shock. >> reporter: the president will outline plans to wind down the government's hands-on involvement in many banks and urge wall street to accept the need for tighter restrictions. jeremy and vinita? >> all right. abc's john hendren in washington, thanks to you. as we mentioned the forefront of the president's agenda. health care reform. he's getting mixed reviews. nearly half of those surveyed approve of the job he's doing on health care but the same number disapprove. one key issue is whether to impose limits on medical malpractice awards. republicans want those caps. mr. obama does not. he says there are other ways to reduce legal costs for doctors and hospitals. the house of representatives is expected to demand that congressman joe wilson publicly apologize to congress for heckling the president during his speech last week.

the south carolina republican says that is not going to happen and that it is time to move on. the infamous iraqi shoe thrower was supposed to leave prison today but that has now been delayed due to paperwork. his family was preparing to celebrate when he was jaed for assault and got full hero status after throwing shoes at then president bush last december. another rainy day in store for parts of texas but not as heavy as the drenching downpours that triggered severe flooding over the weekend. some got more than a foot of rain which damaged roads and flooded homes. several people in to be rescued from their cars including two women right here who were swept away on their way to church. now for this morning's weather from around the nation. all the heavy rain and flooding in texas shifts to the eastern part of that state stretching through the gulf coast and into georgia and florida. showers and thunderstorms and severe weather from the rockies to oregon and idaho and patches of fog in wisconsin and minnesota.

>> sunny and warm across the midwt with highs in the 80s. it's 83 in new york. 82 in atlanta. a cloudy 78 in dallas and 87 in new orleans. seasonable in seattle at 71. 80 in salt lake city and 102 in phoenix. when we come back, ted kennedy in his own words. plus, good news for anyone waiting for the swine flu vaccine. the wait may not be as long as first thought. the stunner on the stage at the video music awards.

>> recapping your top business story, president obama will be on wall street today marking the one-year anniversary of the start of the financial crisis. he's expected to push regulatory reforms to prevent another meltdown. stocks are sliding ahead of his speech. tokyo's nikkei average tumbled more than 2% today. hong kong's hang seng is lower. in london the ftse opened in the red. wall street starts the day with the dow at 9,605 after climbing 164 points last week. the nasdaq gained 62 points to close at 2080. china is firing back after the white house slapped a tariff on its tire exports last week. china took the first steps toward imposing tariffs on american exports of auto products and chicken. the obama administration said it is to create a trade system fair for everyone. delta and american airlines are competing for a bigger stake of the japanese market.

both are reportedly in talks to buy part of japan airlines, a deal would give delta a japanese partner an access to the airport near tokyo's business district. american would like to join a venture that would set prices together. nextel may be looking to expand its network. deutsche telekom is looking at a bid to acquire nextel. a deal would give the combined companies more than 78 million customers. that's just behind at&t. tyler perry has the magic touch at the box office. his new movie "i can do bad all by myself" opened in the top spot with more than $24 million in ticket sales. it was perry's second number one opening of this year. the first was "madea goes to jail" in february.

"9" debuted in second and "inglourious basterds" slipped to third. senator ten kennedy's memoir goes on sale. "true compassion" discusses his entire life from his boyhood to his battle with brain cancer and describes his relationships with various presidents and his remorse over the car against that killed mary jo kopechne. its publisher expects it to be a best-seller. you can read more about these stories online at a abcnews.com. an aide close to blagojevich was found dead. did he kill himself days before beginning a prison sentence. chaos onth court of the u.s. open. now serena williams is slapped with a hefty fine.

feed the senses. welcome back. these are the latest headlines from abc news. police in new haven believe they

have found the body of annie le found in the building where she worked and was last seen. president obama is on wall street to make a major speech on the economy and will look back at the lehman brothers' collapse one year ago. just days after the 9/11 anniversary osama bin laden has issued a new message. he says president obama is powerless to stop the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the first swine flu shots could be coming in less than a month. health and human services second kathleen see bealous says the first round of h1n1 shots could be ready by the first week of october. that is sooner than expected and ahead of the peak of the flu season. the first shots are intended for vulnerable groups and health care worke. chicago police are investigating the death of a disgraced political fund-raiser. christopher kelly raised money for ousted governor blagojevich. kelly was found unconscious on sunday. he later died. kelly was heading to prison this week after pleading guilty in a

bribery scandal. it is the defense's attorney as the trial of an american student and former italian boyfriend resumes. amanda knox and afteral la sol veto deny charges but remain behind bars since their arrest. a sour note at this year's mtv video music awards thanks to kanye west. he overshadowed the show which feured an emotional tribute to michael jackson. taylor swift was accepting her award for best female video when west jumped on stage and ruined her moment. >> you know, taylor, i'm really happy for you. aisle going to let you finish but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. one of the best videos of all time. >> when bekwons came up later to accept her own award s called swift to the stage and let her finish her acceptance speech. west, of course, has had a

number of outbursts at the vmas and later award shows and later apologized to her and her mom on his blog. celebrities not too happy and booed him after the fact. >> shocking moment. never a dull one. to the racket at the u.s. open. serena williams under fire after throwing a temper tantrum that dashed her hopes of clinching this year's u.s. open. >> the clash during a semifinal loss to kim clijsters, also left her with a huge fine. more from abc's andrea canning. >> reporter: it's the tennis tirade heard around the world. >> foot fault? >> reporter: saturday, a stressed-out serena williams couldn't keep her cool on the court. first, she was warned out smashing her racket. but it was her outburst over a foot fault that was the final straw for tournament officials who awarded a point to williams' opponent, citing unsportsmanlike conduct.

that lost point cost williams the match. >> i used to have a real temper. and i've gotten a lot better, so -- i know you don't believe me but i used to be worse, yes, yes, indeed. >> reporter: tennis tirades with players like john mcenroe and jimmy connors were once as much a part of the sport as the game itself. >> answer my question! the question, jerk! >> reporter: but sensational scenes like these have become a lot more rare in recent years. one reason players are on their best behavior these days, there's a lot less to argue about when technology has the final say. >> very close. nadal thinking about a challenge. >> instant replay has really taken the roar out of the tennis players. the answer is there. it is absolutely 100% black and white. >> reporter: the fans are also a lot less tolerant of players behaving badly. >> i think you can have a lot of passion for the sport and still be sportsmanlike. >> reporter: serena was even

booed and now faces perhaps her toughest challenge yet, winning back the fans. andrea canning, abc news, flushing meadows, new york. and we will have more from the u.s. open coming up including a courtside greeting for mom who is back on top. i'm semi retired and i'm here to tell a story. my parents all smoked. my grandparents smoked. i've been a long-time smoker. you know, discouragement is a big thing in quitting smoking. i'm a guy who had given up quitting. what caused me to be interested was, chantix is not a nicotine product and that intrigued me. the doctor said while you're taking it you can continue to smoke during the first week. (announcer) chantix is proven to reduce the urge to smoke.

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finally from us this morning another sign of the high-tech times. now textbooks may soon be a thing of the past. some schools taking a radical step into the future converting to a digital format and doing away with books altogether.

here's abc's rachel martin. >> reporter: for generations, school meant books. lots of books. >> his search for information begins in his civics book. >> reporter: not anymore. >> we're going to copy that. then we're going to exit out of that. we're going to do to dictionary.com, wait until it loads. >> reporter: around the country, from high school to grad school, books are getting harder to find. no more back-breaking backpacks. now, an entire library can fit in the palm of your hand. this private school outside boston is going bookless. >> we decided that we could best utilize our resources if we decided to go with e-books and e-resources. >> like it says right here in paragraph 4. >> reporter: at this virginia school, this english class is trying out the ipod touch. if the experiment works, the entire school district will switch. >> they took right away to it. there was no adaptation necessary. >> reporter: laptops and ipods cost money, of course, but so do textbooks.

at times, hundreds of dollars apiece, and because there is so much free educational material online, high tech can sometimes mean low cost. but in the digital classroom are kidding really paying attention? this school blocks many of the most popular networking sites but some distractions are part of the lesson plan. >> they're multitaskers. way better than we are. something that people do in everyday life. >> reporter: new skills for a future no longer bound by book covers. rachel martin, abc news, charlottesville, virginia. >> you wouldn't get to sell back the textbook. pocket the change. >> a third of the price. >> stay with us for "good morning america." poignant interview with ted kennedy's sons who share memories from his final days. his wish for redemption later on "gma." >> have a great morning and as always thanks for watching >> have a great morning and as always thanks for watching "america this morning."