making news on this wednesday, may 5th. >> intent to kill. the man accused of the times square plot is telling his story to investigators. so, how did this mba grad become a terrorist? stock market stunner. after months of gains, the dow drops 2%. blamed on a ballooning money crisis overseas that could reach a boiling point today. and pricey picasso. going, going, gone. the highest price ever paid for a piece of art. good morning. and thanks for being with us. a family man from the suburbs turned terror camp trainee. >> we are getting a better picture of the accused

terrorists behind the times square bomber. faisal shahzad has talked to investigators and told them he received training in pakistan. >> t.j. winick begins our coverage in washington this morning. hi, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and vinita. he had two degrees and worked as an analyst. but in the end, faisal shahzad was determined to wage jihad here in the u.s. once 30-year-old faisal shahzad was in custody, he almost immediately admitted he drove the nissan laden with explosives into times square sunday. first, an fbi surveillance team actually lost track of him at some point monday. >> actually, i have a message for you to go back to the gate immediately. so, lake the left turn when able. >> reporter: then, despite being on a federal no-fly list,

shahzad was arrested late monday night at jfk airport in new york, trying to leave for dubai. >> clear i, the guy was on the plane and shouldn't have been. >> reporter: the 30-year-old suspect is now charged with attemptling an acted of terror by using a weapon of mass destruction. and traveling to the united states to commit an act of terror. >> this was a team effort. >> reporter: and shahzad said he spent a month training with the taliban in pakistan, which provided him with the money to pay for his attempted car bomb attack. >> they had picnics in the backyard. the wife looked happy. >> reporter: neighbors in bridgeport, connecticut, where the suspect lives with his wife and two children, said he mysteriously left for pakistan, just two months after gaining u.s. citizenship, about a year ago. and officials in pakistan say they have already made two arrests there of individuals directly connected to shahzad. one, his father-in-law. another, a person who reportedly traveled to the u.s. to help him with that bomb plot.

jeremy and vinita? >> t.j., do we know anymore how the fbi lost track of him? >> reporter: well, according to an a.p. report, they actually intended to arrest him at his home in bridgeport, connecticut. but again, somehow they lost track of him. even more discouraging, i should add, he apparently bought his one-way plane ticket in cash at the airport, something that should have raised extra security, extra scrutiny, no matter who you are, let alone someone on a no-fly list. >> thanks, t.j. we are learning about shahzad's ties to pakistan. his father is a senior member of the pakistani air force. he spent five months there getting training from the pakistani taliban. that group has killed more people than any other in pakistan. and it's different from the group the u.s. is fighting in afghanistan. there continues to be questions this morning about why shahzad came so close to making his mistake. the airline he was flying on failed to act on a last-minute

message, asking all airlines to check their no-fly list for a last-minute addition. earlier, we talked to expert charles slepian. >> they're supposed to check the no-fly list regularly. it's been reported that emirates airlines chex it periodically, but not regularly. but the safety valve is, before the plane departs, that list is turned over to our border patrol. >> emirates is declining to comment on how shahzad was able to board the flight. but they may not have refleshed their computers of passengers on the no-fly list. coming up on "good morning america," we'll talk to new york's police commissioner to get the latest on this unfolding investigation. despite the epic flooding that's swamped nashville, last night's grond ole opry show, starring marty stewart, went on as scheduled.

just not at the grand ole opry. the venue is still awash in mud and muck. the show was moved across town. but yunji de nies tells us, the show was only a respite from what lays ahead. >> reporter: woody hall and his family are piling up what the water destroyed. how on earth do you even being to clean up something like this? >> you just pick up a box. you just pick an item and say, is it savable? >> reporter: but so much of it is not. >> just seeing some of my old stuff, from when i was a kid -- sorry. >> reporter: across this city, the reality of the damage is just beginning to sink in. the cumberland river crested at a 70-year high, 12 feet above flood stage. even the heart of country music is still under water. the grand ole opry, along with the country music hall of fame, are both flooded. no one has been able to get in to see if the priceless music memorabilia, recordings of stars

like hank williams, patsy cline and dolly parton, are still intact. it may be months before anyone sings in this hall again. >> the history of nashville, it goes so far back. it's like the roots of country music are right here. >> reporter: those roots are strong. and people like the davises will need that strength. >> you're not looking at weeks or months. you're looking at years. >> reporter: the governor has declared more than half of the counties in this state as disaster areas. yunji de nies, abc news, nashville. president obama has met with another potential replacement for retired supreme court justice john paul stevens. judge diane wood has been a federal judge in the u.s. court of appeals since 1995. the president has met with four potential successors to stevens. well, the seniors at kalamazoo high school may be distracted today.

they just found out that president obama will speak at the commencement this year. the school won the race to the top of the commencement challenge, based on academic achievement and three-minute videos submitted to the white house. the contest is part of the president's effort to improve schools and raise graduation rates. time, now, for a look at this morning's weather from all around the nation. severe storms from buffalo to cleveland. and detroit to indy. winds could gust up to 70 miles per hour. and tornados are possible. there will be showers in florida, from orlando to jacksonville. >> there's lots of 80s on the east coast. the temperatures, 10 to 15 degrees warmer than usual. the southwest is heating up with phoenix at 98, about 10 degrees hotter than normal. a chilly, damp day in the northwest, with seat until the mid-50s and fargo in the 40s. when we come back on "america this morning," how protests happening today, are tied to a stunning triple-digit drop by the dow jones industrial average. then, today's new attempt to slow the oil gushing from the sea floor in the gulf of mexico. and another star hangs up

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overseas stock markets taking it on the chin this morning. markets are falling again today on fears europe's attempt to solve greece's debt crisis will fail, spreading to spain and portugal. angry greek workers went on strike today, to protest the steep spending cuts and higher taxes that will come with the $145 billion bailout package

there. markets were closed in japan for a holiday again today. but hong kong's hang seng is down sharply. and in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow suffered its worst drop in three months, tumbling 225 points yesterday. the nasdaq plummeted almost 75 points. most signs point to our economy improveling. but there are still millions of americans out of work. and it is likely to stay that way for a while. a new survey finds eight in ten people who lost their jobs during the recession, are still unemployed. 70% have now been looking for work for more than seven months. and some have just given up. >> older people have opted out of the labor force, much more than younger people. so, there are 17% of those who are over 50, who have stopped looking for a job. and most of them, because they were discouraged. one of the things we're finding here is that this has gone on for so long, that it's really changed people's life courses. >> most of those who have found work have taken pay cuts or lost benefits. and a majority say they took a

job simply to make ends meet. well, google is ready to take aim at rivals amazon, apple and barnes & nobel, according to "the wall street journal." google will begin selling digital books in june or july. google editions will allow users to read books from web browsers so they don't have to tied to one device. a painting by picasso has been sold at action. it went for $1.56 million, at christie's last night, the most paid for any work of art. the previous record was about $2 million less and was set back in february. >> he created that painting in just one day. >> it's all by an anonymous bidder. it was quite a race to get it. >> wealthy, anonymous bidder. >> yes. next on the wednesday, the latest from the gulf coast. plus, a warning for parents. why you shouldn't be using several name brands of children's medicine. and on on-the-field infraction in philadelphia. a man tasered.

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specially built steel and concrete structure will be hahled about 50 miles offshore. that's where it will start siphoning oil spewing from the underwater well. the question, will it work? here's john hendren. >> reporter: the oil slick strikes shore on the tip of the mississippi delta. it's claiming ever-more casualties, including this pelican. environmentalists say the leak may be worse than we thought. >> the oils are growing. the oil coming out may be growing. >> absolutely. >> reporter: norwegian environmentalist says the oil explosion that killed 11 workers, probably destroyed the sand filter. so, the sand would enlarge the hole because it's going to grate at the hole itself and actually make it larger? >> it's like sandpaper all the time. so, for each hour the flow continues, the hole will be bigger and bigger. >> reporter: that could mean more oil could be pouring out than the staggering estimate of 210,000 gallons a day.

>> they understate the volume coming out. they understate the impact. and they overstate the effectiveness of their response. >> reporter: b.p. is shipping the first of 2 40-foot domes to contain the leak and siphon out the oil. it's a temporary fix that won't be in place for days. as the band sassafras gives the oil its own soundtrack. from louisiana to florida, an expanding black mass moves ever-closer to shore. storms, barriers and dispersing chemicals have kept most of the oil offshore. but under water, the environmentalists say an ecological catastrophe is under way. health officials are warning parents to stay away from most brand-name medicines for children. and switch to generics. that inclurds about 40 products from johnson & johnson's mcneil division, like children's tylenol, motrin and benadryl. they've found 20 manufacturing problems at a plant in

pennsylvania, that is now shut down. among the problems, the company's failure to test for contaminati contamination. philadelphia's police commissioner says an officer responded properly at an unruly phillies fan. his parents have apologized for their son's stunt. >> they called me. can i run through the field? i said, i don't think you should run through the field. thinking he was joking for something. >> again, it was a taser gun that was used. the department reviewing whether its officers should be on the field, stopping runaway fans. after looking at a video of the incident, the city's top cop says he doesn't see anything wrong. >> they tried to catch him. they were unable to do so. again, it's a judgment call on the part of the officer. but i don't see where his actions were outside of policy. >> another phillies fan made his way on to the field last night in philadelphia. but he was arrested without the use of a stun gun. time, now, for sports.

here's anish shroff, over at espn news. >> good morning. the lakers are trying to take a 2-0 series lead on the jazz. game two of the best of seven, tuesday night from staples center. second quarter, l.a. up eight. kobe bryant, no andrew bynum there, for the follow. big fella had 17 points, 14 rebounds. here comes the jazz. deron williams, too easy. utah, within 11. then, a little high/low action. carlos boozer, kyle korver. utah within six. lakers, though, dominated inside. pau gasol, 22 points, 15 rebounds. that bucket put the lakers up by six. ron artest, he had 16. that's his high for this postseason. and then, kobe, 22 of his 30, in the second half. the joker likes it. the lakers with a 2-0 series lead. they take game two, 111-103. game three, red wings/sharks. san jose with a 2-0 series lead.

todd bertuzzi, on the wraparound. no. the ref called the penalty shot. roman cotour. penalty shot by zetterberg, denied by evgeni nabokov. wings missed a chance to go up 2-0. later in the second period, zetterberg off of the skate. wings up 3-1. here come the sharks. ties the game at 3-3. we go to overtime. seven minutes into overtime. san jose gets on odd-man rush. joe thornton to patrick marleau for the game-winner. sharks take it 4-3. san jose with a 3-0 series lead. that's a look at sports. i'm anish shroff. back to you in new york. one more note from the sports world this morning. the phoenix suns are putting their political opinions right on their backs. they will be wearing los suns on

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we want to know exactly what happened in charlottesville that led to the death of a hometown girl. this morning, we will learn more. shots, get your shots. no one wants to but after you hear our report, you realize why it's so important for your children. are you getting to work on the city roadways? why not leave the driving to the professionals. could baltimore be a grand prix city? good wednesday morning i'm jamie costello. >> and i'm megan pringle. here's the weather. >> it's not going on the headlines, and we have a quiet weather pattern. clear skies and cool temperatures. still running above normal.

55 in lutherville. 63 in westminster. and all over the place with the temperatures but on average mid- 50s to leer 6 -- to near 60. 83% humidity with light, light winds we have a quiet start to the day. the sun coming up at 6:04. a mostly sunny afternoon. the two-degree guarantee. more on the forecast including mother's day in just a bit. now checking with kim brown. >> thank you, justin. no problems around 6:95 or 95 so far but there's one crash on the eastern shore that has the eastbound roads on woodard road closed. the cameras not looking too bad here. the volume is still light. and we check the drive times