this morning, breaking news free on bond. >> george zimmerman walked out of jail overnight. a low-key exit for trayvon martin's shooter. he's been tracked everywhere he goes. severe spring storms set to make a mess for millions. ejected. the vicious hit by the lakers star known as world peace. what he's saying this morning. and the incredible crash. a female drag racer goes airborn. today, she's laughing about it. and good monday morning,

everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm meg oliver. paula faris son assignment. we begin with breaking news. george zimmerman released from jail. >> he'll be held at a secret location under court-ordered curfew. >> reporter: george zimmerman walked out the front door without much fanfare. he was clean shaifb, and carrying personal items in a brown paper bag. his fam lay had been trying to get the $150,000 bail together all weekend. his attorney said there was concern about them not being able to make it the the primary concern is his safety. he wore a bullet-proof vets in the bail hearing and it's likely he wore something similar to that as he came out around midnight. his location for the next year remains a mystery. the prosecution and defense said

they wanted to it remain a secret. not etch the bail bondsman who helped get him out of jail will know exactly where he'll be. he'll have a gps monitoring device around his ankle. it apparently gives realtime information all over the united states. that may give a hint he was allowed to go out of state to keep his family safe. >> zimmer man's release was remarkably low key given the controversy that swirld around the case for weeks now. no protesters or obvious police presence. we'll have more on "good morning america" later today. a nasty spring storm is delivering a wintry punch to the east coast. it's a powerful nor'easter unleashing heavy snow and flooding rain. here's a look at times square. by the time it's all over, parts

of nine states will be drenched and six will be covered in white. more from abc's karen travers. >> reporter: the leading edge of a powerful late season nor ooers. it's barrelling up the east coast. it washed out baseball games in washington, d.c. and boston. parts of several states are under a flood watch. more than three inches of rain forecast in some areas. wind gusts of over 40 miles an hour in others. western pennsylvania and new york could be socked with over a foot of snow. >> we have leaves on the trees. they'll act as collectors, they'll make the branches heavier. >>eporter: the weight will bring down tree limbs and power lines. just like the rare prehalloween storm in the fall. >> it will take awhile to get out of here. >> reporter: 100 power crews are being moved to the area.

hospitals are being told the have backup generators ready to go. and a local hardware store, snow shovels and salt have been brought out of storage. the storm system that could create hazardous travel conditions for the morning commute. karen travers, abc news, buffalo, new york. >> new england can expect lingering rain and snow until tomorrow morning. in north carolina, the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards begins today. he's accuse of using illegal campaign ka sh to cover up his affair with rielle hunter. hunter, edwards daughter, and a form eer aide are expected to testify. likely republican nominee mitt romney told an audience in pennsylvania last night that his grandfather was not a millionaire. he said his father's father wept broke more than once.

those comments just days after president obama said he was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. expect more firings this week in the aftermath of the secret service prostitution scandal. so far, 11 secret service agents and 10 military members have been included. sources say one of the agents brought a woman back to the hotel where president obama would be staying once he got there. the focus on this woman, paula reid. she was in cart hagena and round up the 11 agents involved. in afghanistan, two nato service members were killed by a road side bomb. the u.s. has reached a critical agreement that will ensure

american involvement for many years to come. lit provide millions in financial support for the next 12 years. from north korea, an ominous sounding announcement. the north korean army said it would launch undeclared actions. no word on when they might take place. hmm. scary. time for a look at weather across the country on this wet monday morning. aside from all the rain and snow, that nor'easter brings high winds from washington, d.c. to new england. florida gets a chance to dry out today. it will be warming up from chicago to the da tote tas and denver. stormy in the pacific northwest. hail around see atele and portland. >> near record highs in parts of the southwest. 80s from albuquerque to billings. kansas city, 67, dallas, 75. and a nice, hot, 82 in miami. coming up after the break,

updating the news from overnight. george zimmerman out of jail. and the frantic search for a missing first grader who vani vanished from her bedroom. and the high flying crash. the young driver with racing in her blood. and the almost mythical discovery over the weekend. a white killer whale. stay with us.

welcome back, everybody. well, gas prices are moving in

the right direction. aaa reports that drivers paid less for a gallon of gas last week for the second week in a row. price are likely to drop this week as well. there's a lot of uncertainty for the global economy. we probably have not seen the peak price for 2012 just yet. walmart's top executive has ordered a worldwide review after a published report about practices in mexico. an investigation claims that the company used bribs and corruption to expand there. laws in the u.s. and mexico may have been violated. walmart is the largest private employer in mexico. here in the u.s., the job prospects for the class of 2012 are not that bright, but they're a little better than last year, when post graduate employment fell to the lowest numbers in decade. about half of recent graduates

are lobless or underemployed. at the box office this weekend, the dating and mating game took the top two spots. "think like man" sold the most tickets. it's waysed on steve harvey's best selling book about dating advice. after that, "the lucky one." and then "the hunger games" fell to third. mcdonald's is going for glamour. the first metro version of the restaurant on the vegas strip. it's transformed with sleek furniture, digital menu boards. for opening night next month, they'll turn the restaurant into a nightclub, complete are show girls and celebrity servers. >> very vegas. >> very vegas. what's not to like. next on this monday, a very unpeaceful jest chur by nba start metta world peace. and the explosion heard in two states likely caused by that.

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for a missing little girl who disappeared over the week end. >> now more than 150 police and fbi agents have been searching for the child. they're not ruling anything out, even the family. neighbors say that is very unlikely. >> that's just not a possibility if you knee that family. these two have -- they've been married, together since they were teenagers. there's no separation going on. there's just no possible way that the family would have anything to do with this. >> there are reports that police discovered that a screen had been remufed from little isabel's window. here in new york, work begins again this morning on the cold case of etan patz. he was kidnapped back in 1979 when he was 6 years old. the digging out of a basement near his parents' apartment was called off over the weekend. testimony begins in a

high-profile murder case in chicago. jennifer hudson's brother-in-law is charged with killing the singer's mother, brother, and nephew to death. the man apparently went on a rampage after finding out hudson's sister was dating another man. the government is looking into a safety problem that could affect thousands of school buses. in a few cases, buses have stalled without warning. in one incident, a bus filled with students going 55 miles an hour started smoking and stalled. and an 83-year-old pilot is recovering after crashing his small plane in utah. it ended up with the nose on the ground and front landing gear ripped off. people who saw the crash pulled the pilot from the plane as it was gushing fuel.

he was taken to the hospital. check out this wild moment from a drag race in tennessee. it starts out well enough been goes wrong. the car straight across the track, gets air, winds up on the wall, slams into the camera. 21-year-old lizzie musey was unhurt. a camera man jumped on the track to avoid the car. he was okay, too. in the nba, two playoff spots left to be claimed before the regular season wraps up on thursday. high heights from sunday's main event from our friends at espn news. good morning, i'm chris cotter with your sportscenter update. kobe and the lakers versus kevin durant and the oklahoma city thunder. second quarter. metta world peace in trants six with the dunk. while celebrating, he slows an elbow. intentional? unintentional?

the officials thought it might be intentional. he got the toss. harden suffered a concussion. we go in the fourth. lakers down one. kobe hits the three. lakers take the lead. we would go to o.t. westbrook for the thunder with the drive. 2.3 seconds left. westbrook, with a chance to win it for okc. tough shot. can't get to it go. we go to a double overtime session. less than 1:00 to play in the second o.t., tied at 104, kobe taking over. lakers win, 114-106. sfwlrvelgts to the diamond, rangers taking on the tigers. two top teams in the american league. josh hamilton. deep in the field, a solo shot. his seventh of the year already. into extra innings. top of the 11th. gonzalez, attempts to bunt for

the squeeze play. nelson cruz scores. jim leyland is upset about it. he comes out the argue that the ball hit gonzalez's leg. should have been ruled a foul ball. it does. the umps didn't call it that way. rangers win, 3-2. speaking of the rangers, big game for texas and new york on espn monday night at 7:00. you can catch it on espn3 and the watchespn app. >> let's get back to the outrage blow thrown by metta world peace. he used to go by the name ron artest. >> he's apologized for the whole thing, calling the elbow both unintentional and unfortunate. officials will review it today. he's likely to face a multigame suspension. >> coming up next, "the pulse." fans everywhere wondering what the biebs was up to this weekend after a wild rant on twitter.

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were directly involved in it. >> it comes to us from australia. a couple of guys had too many and started having ideas. john muller has the details. >> reporter: their first bad idea, allegedly breaking into sea world after drinking. the next bad idea, going swimming with the dolphins, uninvited. >> no, look at them. >> reporter: and their worst idea, allegedly stealing this little fella, dirk the penguin, and reportedly bragging about it on facebook. >> i can't believe i have a penguin in my apartment, man. you stole a penguin. >> reporter: all the pictures you just saw shot by these three guys. they released a cell phone video to channel 7 to show they didn't do it viciously. >> we're sorry for the time lost searching for dirk. >> why can't we remember a thing from last night?

>> reporter: it kund of sounds familiar, right? remember the movie, "the hangover." a bunch of guys who get together, drink, and make bad decisions. >> there's a tiger in 2 bathroom! >> reporter: okay, he's no tiger. he had a frightening ordeal. one of the suspects panicked and let him go in waterway known to have sharks. witnesses who found dirk say something chased him out of the water. on land, he was chased by a dog before rescued. he never spent a night out of captivity but was exhausted and otherwise okay. he's back with his mates at sea world. these mates, they'll be back in court next month. in "the hangover" everything works out. what happens in vegas stays in vegas. what happened down under didn't stay down under. now dirk is famous, these guys are infamous.