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called the most destructive fire in colorado's history. also this morning -- >> yes, he did. how this woman fought the fight of her life to save her children from a violent carjacking. plus, a new miss usa is crowned but it's a runner-up making headlines after a tumble. and good monday morning. i'm rob nelson sitting in today for john muller. >> welcome back. one day only. >> one-night stand. i'm diana perez. federal agents are ready to join the investigation into the cause of that deadly colorado fire. >> the 22-square-mile black forest fire is now 65% contained. that's the good news but the area is still considered a crime scene until the cause can be determined. abc's devin dwyer is joining us now with the very latest. hi, devin. >> reporter: good morning, rob and diana. some 20,000 people are still
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evacuated because of the fires. they've charred thousands of acres just east of the u.s. air force academy and rattled a whole lot of nerves. the battle against colorado's worst wildfire has turned a corner, steady rain sunday gave a boost to firefighters hunting for hot spots near colorado springs. but authorities say the fight is not over. >> mop-up smoke, serve and destroy them wherever you can. >> reporter: it was fueled bring bone-die conditions and took a dpef stating toll. two people are dead. nearly 500 homes burnt to their foundations. evacuees lined outside the fire zone anxious to see if their homes survived. >> my nerves have been on edge for three days. >> reporter: even as the flames subside police are keeping it on lockdown a move that caused some tempers to flair. >> all of us are being treated like criminals. if we come out, we can't go back in. >> we have a crime scene in
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there. we have downed power lines in there. we have trees falling each time there is a gus of wind. >> reporter: residents describe a gut-wrenching loss. john poss whose daughter lost her home said it will be a painful recovery. >> they'll hit bottom again when they see their home for the first time which probably will be this week. >> reporter: some good news. authorities say they've accounted for all missing persons and that no one else died in the blaze. now, investigators are treating the entire crime -- fire zone as a crime scene and asked for federal agents is sift through the ash for clues about who may have caused it. >> devin dwyer in washington for us, thank you. new this morning, president obama participating today in a summit with the leaders of the world's leading industrial nations. he arrived a short time ago for the gathering along with the first lady and daughter malia. high on the agenda as you can emergency is the international response to syria's ongoing
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civil war. late today mr. obama will meet one-on-one with russian president vladimir putin. also this morning, revelations by nsa whistle-blower edward snowden are certain to come up at that summit. this morning's "the guardian" newspaper reveals the british eavesdropping agency hacked into the phone and e-mail of foreign diplomats. the information is based on documents that have been provided by snowden. former vice president dick cheney says he's worried about what other bombshells snowden may have to drop. the former intelligence analyst is still believed to be hiding somewhere in hong kong. here's abc's bob woodruff. >> reporter: it's been a week since edward snowden was last seen here in hong kong. nowhere on the streets of one of the most densely populated places in the world. harsh words from the former vice president. concern that snowden's leaks of classified documents could weaken america's defense. >> i think he's a traitor. if we had had this before 9/11 and had been able to use that program, that capability we might well have been able to
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prevent 9/11. >> reporter: the national security agency stepped up its defense saying their intelligence gathering prevented potential attacks in more than 20 countries insisting that they only investigated 300 phone numbers last year. but whether these programs are truly effective is still being questioned. >> i don't think collecting millions and millions of americans' phone calls is making us any safer and i think it's ultimately perhaps a violation of the fourth amendment. >> reporter: all still wondering if snowden will emerge again to defend the morality of his actions. >> he needs to look an american jury in the eye and explain why he has put american lives in danger. >> reporter: although there are some people here in hong kong that do consider snowden to be a traitor, according to a new poll, twice as many think of him as a hero and either way, they insist tt their government should not send him back to the united states. bob woodruff, abc news, hong kong. in turkey, riot police are holding back protesters after
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uprooting them from a square in istanbul. officers unleashed tear gas, even water cannons on the anti-government demonstrators who had refused to disperse for two weeks. a few miles away the prime minister addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters saying the protesters are a minority and do not represent turkey. also south africa's current president is sharing good news about nelson mandela saying doctors are seeing sustained improvement. mandela is being treated for a reoccurring lung infection and remains in the hospital in serious condition. president jacob zuma says mandela continues to engage with his family. it was a somber father's day in connecticut as they scaled back the search for a missing father of two. they last saw eric langlois struggling in a lake tuesday apparently trying to retrieve his mountain bike which had fallen into the water. he was riding there just the day before, but six days of searching for the photographer has come up empty. and the parents of a missing
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university of chicago student are asking for help in finding their son. austin hudson-lapore was last seen wednesday. the 20-year-old went for a walk to see an incoming storm. he left behind his wallet and his cell phone. also some pretty frightening moments for passengers aboard a duck boat in liverpool, england. more than 30 had to be rescued when it sank. nearby barges sailed in to help as passengers tried to swim back to shore. several people were taken to the hospital with shock but the good news, everyone was released. a similar incident happened just a few months ago, in fact, but no one was aboard that boat. time now for a look at the weather. lots of rain across the nation from the east coast in the plains and severe storms in that region today. rain also around the great lakes and in the pacific northwest. >> temperatures rise to 72 in seattle. 76 in portland. 107 degrees, whoo, dry heat there in phoenix. it'll be 90 and presumably humid
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in new orleans. always a safe bet. and high to mid 80s from baltimore to boston. i'm a little rusty. >> we forgive you. >> yeah, 23 more minutes, it's okay. still to come, hundreds of thousands of suvs being recalled because they could catch fire. we'll tell you which ones affected. also ahead russia's president is embroiled in an international incident involving of all things a super bowl ring. all aboard the crazy train. ozzy osbourne is topping the charts once again with
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suvs because a module in the door can catch fire. here's a list, 2006 and 2007 chevy trail blazer. gma envoy, the buick rainier, the saab 9-7x and isuzu ascender. here's how serious it is. the fires can happen even when the vehicles aren't being used. so gm is advising people with those vehicles to park outside. and the national debate over gun control helped smith and wesson set a record for sales. they sold $588 million worth of weapons last year. that's up 43% over the year before. now, consumers stocked up on guns worried new laws might restrict them. the teen behind a solar plane's cross country flight has one more leg to go before declaring victory after a 14-hour flight from cincinnati, the plane landed early this morning at dulles airport near
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washington, d.c. it's the first ever bid by a solar plane crew to fly across the u.s. without fuel. the final leg of the journey from dulles to the big apple set for early next month. new yorkers may soon have yet another new rule to follow yep, "the new york times" says the city plans to hire a composting plant to handle 100,000 tons of food waste every year. the program will start off as voluntary but it is expected to become mandatory in a few years. a remarkable record from the music world to report. ozzy osbourne and his black sabbath bandmates are back on top of the british album charts with their record entitled "13." it's been 43 years since their last chart topper. by the way, the longest gap between albums in the uk. >> 43 years. >> that's a streak. definitely a streak.
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god bless. the real record ozzy is still alive. huge weekend at the force for "man of steel," the superman remake took in 125 million bucks in his first weekend. in second place, "this is the end," that raunchy star-packed comedy that got great reviews i'm still dying to see and in thirst place, "now you see me." >> all three i want to see. >> yeah. all looking good. >> all look really good. when we come back this morning, an emotional finish, the touching reason that this golfer broke down after winning the u.s. open. i want to buy ozzy osbourne's album. >> yeah, right. plus talk about guts. a mother pulls lots of punches when saving her children from a violent carjacking. we've got the story when we come back. . [ female announcer ] only aveeno® has an active naturals total soy formula that instantly brightens skin. and helps reduce the look of brown spots in just 4 weeks.
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water. now for a look at your road conditions. lots of wet pavement across the nation. rush hours could be a problem along the northeast corridor and throughout the midwest. if you're flying today, severe storms could cause airport delays in memphis and in hotlanta. it was eye horribly violent father's day in chicago. 46 were shot between saturday afternoon and yesterday. at least seven of them died. either at the scene or at the hospital. the young of the victim was just 16 years old. police shot and killed a 24-year-old man who allegedly raised a handgun this their direction. iran's newly elected president making its clear their problems cannot be solved overnight. hasan rowhani promised more freedom and better relations with the rest of the world. israeli leaders are warning the international community not to ease sanctions against iran. the supreme leader still has the final day on their nuclear program. the white house says it is open to high-level nuclear talks
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proposed by north korea but with conditions. washington says pyongyang first has to show it will comply with u.n. security council resolutions but the surprise invitation from the north says there will be no preconditions nor demands to give up its nuclear assets unless the u.s. does the same. and now to the vatican where hundreds of bikers found themselves in hog heaven. the tattooed leather clad harley-davidson riders celebrating the 110th anniversary of the harley in rome yesterday. well, pope francis blessed them in st. peter's square even though engines were still roaring when he began the open air mass. >> the pope does it all. russia's president is denying reports that he stole a super bowl ring from new england patriots owner robert kraft but vladimir putin says he'd be willing to buy kraft another ring as a gift. the simmering international dispute. >> reporter: availabvladimir pua
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lot of thing, judo master, thrill seeker. what he's not, the kremlin says, is a theft. they're denying he stole a ring from robert kraft. the two met in 2005. both sides agree that kraft showed him his super bowl bling reportedly worth over $25,000 and agree putin left with it. kraft issued a statement at the time saying he gave him it as a sign of friendship. kraft said what the real truth is he handed putin the ring to look at and the former kgb spy said "i could kill someone with this ring" and pocketed it. all 124 diamonds. kraft says he called it a gift only after pressure from the white house. the kremlin is pushing back. an aide to the president told abc news the ring was definitely
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a gift calling kraft's claims weird. it isn't quite the cold war but somewhere in the kremlin behind me is a super bowl ring and only thing clear it isn't coming bab. kirit radia, moscow. an englishman is the u.s. open champion for the first time in 43 years, same time ozzy had a hit. justin rose finished 1 over par. he called winning the tournament a childhood dream and dedicated in fact to his late father who died after battling leukemia in 2002. >> look up to the heavens for my dad. father's day was not lost on me today and, you know, you don't often have opportunities to really dedicate a win to someone you love and today was about him. >> great moment for him. phil mickelson tied for second place. it's his sixth runner-up in the u.s. open. a rather dubious record. >> and now to the nba times.
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lebron james and heat are now one game from elimination. san antonioians tim duncan, tony parker and manu ginobili all came up big last night and the spurs' danny green set a brand-new record with three-pointers thrown, threw 25 from downtown. the spurs win it 114-104. game six is tomorrow night right here on abc. >> danny green, kid on fire. looking good. now to the texas mom who fought back to protect her children. dorothy baker was shopping with her sons at a local cvs friday. >> when he they got back into the van a man popped up from behind the seats with a knife. when mom refused to take him to an atm to get cash that's when things turned violent. the man ended up cutting and biting her and momma bear went into action punching the guy and yelling at him to get out. >> you don't come after people with kids and i told him that he messed with the wrong -- witch.
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cheney defended the surveillance programming saying had they had it over a decade ago the 9/11 attacks could have been prevented. and finally this morning, if you think $10 is too much for a movie ticket, then you'll be shocked to find out just how much some people are already shelling out. >> yeah, the so-called megaticket could set you back 50 bugs or even more. but it does come with some extras. the question is, is it worth it. abc's linzie janis has more. >> reporter: would you pay 50 bucks to see brad pitt trying to save mankind from zombies in "world war z." that's the price of the megaticket on sale at a handful of theaters around the country but before you run from sticker shock the golden ticket lets you see it two days before everyone else and there's more. you'll get a digital copy of the film when it goes on sale. a mare of custom 3d glasses, a
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movie poster and a small popcorn and it comes just days after movie titan steven spielberg and george lucas made a dire prediction that the movie industry doesn't change the way it does business it may be headed for a scene out of "armageddon." >> three or four or maybe even a half dozen of these megabudgeted movies are going to go crashing into the ground. >> reporter: change necessary, he says because blockbusters like "man of steel" are expensive and risky for studios to make. >> going to the movies is going to cost you 50 bucks, maybe 100, maybe 150. >> reporter: for now at $50 a pop they're looking for more than a poster and popcorn. what would they have to throw in? >> brad pitt right next to me. >> reporter: too bad brad pitt is busy saving the world. >> people are not going to pay 50 bucks for a movie ticket. >> i want a red carpet and paparazzi taking pictures of me
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and something bigger than a small popcorn. can i share with my -- whoever -- brad pitt? >> 50 bucks. no way in the world. the bootleg market will do well. that's what's making news in america. >> stay with us for "good morning america" and have a great monday, everyone. >> violent night in the district. police are searching for those behind the shooting of a teenage girl and a man. "good morning, washington." >> we're glad to have you bright and early th
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