make news in america this morning. >> derby death. police investigating after a body is found in churchhill downs just after the derby. french fallout. why france's new president may be bad for your 401(k). supermovie. "the avengers smashes records. and lesson learned. a guy makes the mistake of getting out of the car on the highway. just wait until you see what happens. and good monday morning,

everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. investigators in kentucky are waiting on the results of an autopsy for new clues in the derby case. >> the victim is among the 200 or so employees that work and live there at churchill downs. >> reporter: over the weekend, storied churchill downs hosted a thrilling kentucky derby and then turned into a crime scene. police are searching for clues this morning after the body of a guatemalan worker was found if a barn. >> you never want to hear something like that. it takes away a little bit, some of the excitement of winning the race. >> reporter: perez apparently worked as a horse groomer for the brother of calvin burell. an autopsy is scheduled ffr later today. police are treating the case as a homicide.

>> we don't have an exact cause of death. >> reporter: perez's body was found on the backside of churchill downs and his death raises questions about security and about what some call an underbelly of horse racing. immigrant workers performing heavy labor at low wages. >> working with horses is a tough job. you're up at the crack of dawn, before dawn. it's more than a job, it's a way of life. >> reporter: authorities have no suspects. they say the death has no apparent connection with the derby. >> not a great way to end such a great event. >> reporter: this death is the second on the grounds of churchill downs in about a year. shortly after last year's derby, a jockey was found dead in his car after an accidental drug overdose. we're also following a developing story from overnight. a new video released by al qaeda

shows captured american warren weinstein. the 70-year-old hostage was taken from his home in pakistan last august. meanwhile, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world has been killed in a cia drone strike in yemen. he was hit by a missile as he stepped out of his car. he was a key figure in the bombing of the "u.s.s. cole ats off of yemen. in guantanamo, the self-proclaimed master mind of the 9/11 attacks and four alleged accomplices were arra n arraigned over the weekend. the proceedings stretched well into the night. an attorney for one of them says it's peaceful resistance. >> this will be a long,

hard-fought but peaceful struggle. >> some of the victims' families arrived in guantanamo to watch the hearing while others watched at bases here in the mainland. the trial probably won't begin until some time next year. overseas markets are tumbling this morning. president nicholas sew carkozy out and hollande is in. that makes people nervous. the parliamentary vote in greece put their austerity plan in jeopardy as well. a small group broke away from the approved march route, authorities cracked down. now to public back here. president obama is battling for

his own second term. he officially kicked off his re-election campaign this weekend. outcome will depend mostly on the economy. >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying. i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> president obama has never gone that far, only saying his views are quote, evolving. the campaign issued a statement saying the vice president was not breaking ranks. two americans detained in iran accused of spying are now husband and wife. shane bauer and sarah shourd got married over the weekend. he proposed while they were in

iran being held. >> some stories do get happy ending. a much calmer day in store for southern kansas after it took a pounding of storms. look at this foul cloud. it touched down briefly near a major interstate. no reports of serious injuries or damage. time for a look at weather from across the country on this monday morning. severe weather with a chance of tornadoes around cleveland, detroit, nashville, and memphis, and little rock. afternoon showers and thunderstorms from houston to atlanta. up to a half foot of snow in the colorado rockies. >> 49 in colorado springs. a sizzling 91 in phoenix. 70 in minneapolis and kansas city. 80s from dallas toot lan that. sunny in the northeast with 60s from boston to baltimore. coming up after the break, big news for people on a glunt-free diet. and a new tool in the battle

of the bulge. researchers say they may have a way to make bad fat disappear. also this morning, "the avengers" doing something even ", a vatar" could not.

welcome back, everybody. the french e lengs is taking a toll big time on overseas markets. tokyo's nikkei average dropped 261 points today. hong kong's hang seng plunged 572. in london, the ftse was closed

for the holiday. on wall street, the dow lost 190 points last week. the nasdaq off about 113. more good news at the pump. the average price for a gallon of gas is now $3.78. there's less demand and oil prices are below $100 a barrel for the first time since february. people on gluten free diets will soon have access to one of life's necessities. home-delivered pizza. about 1 in 14 americans cannot consume products made from wheat, barly, and rye. it was a marvel louse weekend at the movies. with "the avengers" breaking records. the superhero action film took in over $200 million. the biggest debut ever.

that's $30 more than the previous record-holder, the final "harry potter" film. >> very impressive. when we come back, fighting fat with fat. scientists may have found a new way to shed the extra pounds. and a desperate search for a mother and her daughters. the incredible collision of man and machine. we'll show you what happened next.

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morning road conditions. icy on i-70 west of denver. flooding on parts of i-90 from chicago to cleveland. wet on i-40 across tennessee. afternoon storms dampened things along the west coast. if you're flying today, airport delays possible in detroit, memphis, chicago, and atlanta. now there's an intense manhunt under way this morning for the man suspected of kidnapping a tennessee mother and her three daughters. >> a discovery over the weekend of adam mays' home. >> reporter: the search for joanne and her three drawers, now missing for nine days, is growing more desperate after two bodies were found in this alpine, miissippi, home. the fbi following the trail of this man, adam mays, who they say kidnapped the 31-year-old

along with the three girls. >> time is critical. you have two people dead. and two possibly in peril. every minute counts. >> reporter: investigators need autopsy results to confirm the identities of those bodies. meanwhile, they believe mays has changed his appearance and that of the girls. he's described as a trusted friend of bane's husband. helping the family with a move to arizona in this days before the alleged kidnapping last friday. the mother's abandoned suv was found two days later not far from her whiteville, tennessee, home. police say they spoke to mays that day. he gave them misleading information then disappeared tuesday. the fbi tells me hundreds of tips have been pouring in. there is a $50,000 reward being offered. what is making the investigation so difficult is that police have no information on what kind of vehicle mays may be driving.

tanya rivero, abc news, new york. in other news, john edwards' corruption trial will begin its third week this week. a lawyer for a wealthy donor, bunny mellon, said she was told that john edwards knew that the money was given for his benefit. jurors will be asked to decide whether he few about it. good news in the battle of the bulge. researchers at harvard say they have found a way to turn bad foot into good fat. scientists say they is transform it into foot that burns calories. a room full of psychiatrists in philadelphia today are holding a hearing to discuss whether the name of the combat-related condition should

be changed to post-traumatic stress injury. they say dropping the word disorder will help remove some of the stigma. a dramatic memorial for junior say yaw this weekend. they formed a circumstance until the water, they prayed, and even chanted seau's name. he was often seen there riding the waives. the knicks fighting to save their season. the lakers looking to take a commanding lead in their series. here's the highlights. hi, i'm max bretos. the knicks down to the heat. bibby to anthony. we're tied at 75-75. then it's miami's turn. dwyane wade. he has 22. heat up two.

knicks swing it out to mike bibby. like pons deleon, finding the fountain of youth. lebron ties it. under 1:00 to play. how many times have we seen this. carmelo, a couple of dribbles, pull up, drains the three. a game-high 41 for melo. james, that, against the nba defensive player of the year, tyson chandler. it's a one-point game. a two-point lead. wade for three, no. the new york knicks will force game five. they win it, 89-87. kobe bryant and the lakers facing the nuggets. up 2-1 in the series. fourth quarter, lakers up two, kobe. the four-point edge. just over 1:00 to play in the fourth. nuggets down two. danilo gallinari. tied at 86-86. moments later, the nuggets

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today. we all know him as shaq, shaq daddy, the diesel. now you can just call him dr. o'neal. >> four-time nba champion shaquille o'neal received his docket rat degree over the weekend. he wrote his thesis on humaner in leadership. he now plans to gro to law school. >> it's a true, legit ph.d.. go, shaq. i don't think any of us will soon forget the so-called tanning mom. >> hard to get that picture out of your head. patricia krentcil was accused of taking her 5-year-old daughter in the tanning bed with her. you knew "saturday night live" would have a little fun at her expense. >> joining us now, the tanning mom, patricia krentcil.

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updating the top stories. autopsy results may provide important new clues into the murder of a track worker at churchill downs. his bodice covered just hours after the kentucky derby. u.s. officials are working to confirm the identity of a top al qaeda leader who was killed by a u.s. drone. nicolas sarkozy lost the election. it raises doubts about europe's debt crisis. snow in the rockies. severe weather in the ohio hi and tennessee valleys. afternoon thunderstorm from houston to atlanta. the northeast, sunny and temps in the 60s.

finally from us this morning, another look at the box office superheroes delivering a record ka-pow to the competition. >> "the avengers" raked in over $200 million over the weekend. the biggest u.s. opening ever. >> reporter: a team of superheros so powerful, not only do they save the world -- they've done something even more remarkable. knocking harry potter off his pedestal. the final installment of the "harry potter" franchise held the domestic record for box office. $168 million. "the avengers" $200 million comfortably beats that. eclipsing over movies. batman, the dark knight. and the hunger games took in $150 million in their first three days. >> i think we're looking at, by

far, the biggest summer ever. "avengers" is blowing the doors open. >> reporter: it's being called an "ocean's 11" in spandex. ironman, black widow, captain america, thor, and the incredible hulk. >> this should by all accounts not work. these characters do not belong together. this movie is impossible. >> reporter: in the box office, as in the script, the whole is more important than the sum of the parts. >> i think they've written a new formula. >> reporter: the movie has opened in 52 countries, including russia, china, and europe. in "the avengers" case, it translates into $441 in foreign revenues, a worldwide total so far that is bigger than the entire u.s. run of "titanic." "the awe vengers" is