making news this morning, was there an attack on the white house? >> a manhunt underway right now for a man suspected of opening fire with an assault rifle. bullets, actually hitting the white house itself. and new trouble in happy valley, as another man alleges he was abused at penn state and ignored by the school. and a hack attack on facebook. millions of users finding gruesome images, even pornography. good morning. i'm sunny hostin. >> and i'm rob nelson. we begin with those security trns at the white house. bullet-proof glass behind an exterior window stopped a round of ammunition from getting

inside. >> now, the secret service is working to determine if that bullet was fired last friday by a gunman who is still on the loose. for the latest, we're joined by abc's tahman bradley. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. the secret service announced it found a bullet in a white house window. officials think they know who fired the shot. and they're trying to hunt him down. while president obama visits australia, there's growing concern back home about a threat to his safety. authorities say this man, oscar ortega hernandez of idaho is mentally ill. and may have deadly intentions. in a statement released last night, the secret service revealed that a bullet fired last friday on the washington mall less than 1,000 yards from the white house, may have hit the president's home. after the incident, authorities found this car containing an assault-style rifle and empty shell casings. the suspect had fled. but police linked the car to ortega hernandez. >> this is a man who discharged a rival in downtown d.c.

i think that speaks volumes. and we're going to need to speak with him to find out just what he was thinking. >> reporter: ortega hernandez has an extensive criminal record, from domestic violence to drug charges. abc news has learned that evidence from family and associates suggests that ortega hernandez is fixated by the white house. authorities suspect he has been visiting the washington mall for weeks. and they are fearful about what he may try to do. before the shooting he was detained by local police at an abandoned house. >> they handcuffed him. they had him on the grass. and i guess they let him go. >> i had no idea that anybody lived there. >> reporter: officials are taking no chances trying to hunt down oscar ortega hernandez, whether it's its unclear if he's capable of launching a sophisticated attack. rob and sunny? >> thanks, tahman. and we mentioned president obama's visit to australia today, along with that nation's

prime minister. mr. obama has just announced that the u.s. military will be a permanent presence down under. by the middle of next year, up to 250 marine personnel will be stationed there in australia. that number could increase, though, to around 2,500. u.s. aircraft will also be moved to australian bases. and it's a new day for the occupy protesters in new york, after a massive sweep by police at this time yesterday. hundreds of police officers forced the protesters from their two-month home, turning it from this -- to this. no tents. no tarps. no sleeping bags. occupy protesters were finally let back into the park overnight. but a judge ruled yesterday that the demonstrators could not sleep there. protesters are calling for a day of action tomorrow. they'll try to prevent traders from getting to their jobs on wall street. and there's been also a shooting at u.c. berkeley, about a half-mile from that school's anti-wall street demonstration. campus police say they shot and

wounded a man inside the business school hen he raised a gun. several students were in the school at the time. thankfully, though, no one was injured. it's not clear if the suspect was part of the occupy movement. and there are major, new developments in the penn state sex abuse scandal. the assistant coach who witnessed the alleged abuse now says he did stop the attack as it happened. mike mcqueary also says in a new e-mail message that he went to police about the incident, which contradicts earlier statements. and the mother of an alleged abuse victim is reacting with anger to jerry sandusky's comments about the sex abuse case against him. the woman tells abc news that sandusky did himself more harm than good by going on national tv and admitting that he showered with boys. and another former student has come forward to say he, too, was sexually abused by a professor at the school. the man claims penn state ignored his claims. but he later won a settlement. abc's jim avila reports from state college.

>> reporter: paul mclaughlin was just 11 years old, when he alleges that the then-penn state childhood professor, jack neiswort him over a period of four years, between 1976 and 1980. mclaughlin said he repressed the memories of abuse. he recorded conversations where he a was performing oral sex on mclaughlin. but when he went to the university with complaints, he was turned away. >> i was treated with hostility. denial. i was told that my complaints were heresy, despite the fact i offered them evidence. >> reporter: mclaughlin said penn state 240r9s refused to investigate his claim. >> i wasn't an important part of penn state. >> reporter: mclaughlin filed a civil claut against neisworth, that was settled for an undisclosed amount. neisworth retired in 2002, but

remained affiliated with the university. penn state officials declined to comment of mclaughlin's claims. but it could be a legal nightmare for the school. i'm jim avila, in pennsylvania. to presidential politics. and possible trouble ahead for newt gingrich. bloomberg is reporting that gingrich earned much more in his consulting role for freddie mac than he initially said. thes or sources say the speaker was paid up to $1.8 million for his work. gingrich said the figure was much less, like $300,000. back in may, the campaign suffered an embarrassing disclosure that gingrich had wracked up $500,000 in debt at tiffany's. the international space station is welcoming three, new residents. a russian soyuz capsule docked successfully this morning. it carriy eied the astronauts.

they will remain until march. a stormy day in the south, with gusty winds, hail and a chance of tornadoes from montgomery to atlanta and the carolinas. rain from new orleans to nashville. moving later to cincinnati in the northeast. up to a foot of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. and also some rain from seattle to portland. >> 46 in salt lake city. 73 in phoenix. the coldest air of the city from montana to minnesota. 34 in billings. 27 in fargo. and 33 in the twin cities. new york gets up to 60, though. and atlanta, 77. and coming up next after the break, a state-by-state estimate of when the jobs will finally return. where you should go if you want a job right now. and facebook under attack. obscene and unwanted images popping up on many pages. but who is responsible? and a historic night in the big apple. a new milestone for an icon of college hoops.

welcome back, everybody. well, facebook now knows why but not who. some users have been seeing unsolicited, violent and even obscene images in their news feeds the last few days. including a photoshopped picture of justin bieber. facebook says users were tricked into posting malicious java script into their browsers. but facebook does not know who the culprit exactly is. and employment is recovering at different rates in different states. economists say north dakota and

alaska are already back to prerecession levels. texas, louisiana, and parts of the northeast will be the next to recover. and nearly every state should be back by 2017. but there's no prediction for nevada, michigan and rhode island, except longer. and the postal service is getting a special delivery of bad news. it lost more than $5 billion in the past year. and it expects to lose more than $14 billion in the next 12 months. decreasing mail volume is likely the major reason. but the postal service is also has a $5.5 billion debt due friday. it may default. overseas markets are worried that the european debt crisis might spread. tokyo's nikkei average lost 79 points today. hong kong's hang seng fell 388 points. in london, the ftse opened lower. and on wall street, the dow picked up 17 points yesterday. the nasdaq index added 29. at the los angeles later today, ford will show off its greatly revised escape.

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caught in the headlights, scared stiff and blocking traffic on what usually is a busy road in michigan. it was there for nearly half an hour, making the road impassable. so, eventually, an officer just picked him up and carried him to the side of the road. finally, it ran off, back into the woods. >> more than an expression. yeah. all right, now, for a look at your morning road conditions. watch out for the deer, first of all. wet on i-95, from maine to florida. i-40, from raleigh to memphis. i-10, from new orleans to jacksonville. flooding on i-5, 84 and 90 in the pacific northwest and the northern rockies. also, slick mountain passes in the cascades. >> and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in memphis, new orleans and most of the east coast from atlanta to boston. also this morning, there is breaking news, now, in the paternity case against justin bieber. tmz reported just minutes ago, that the woman behind the lawsuit has dropped it.

you'll remember mariah yeater and justin had a tryst after one of his concerts. and that's allegedly where they made that baby. >> he denied the whole thing. he would take a dna test to prove it and then sue her. the suit was quietly dismissed last week. >> all right. >> will he still sue her? >> well, that will play out, for sure. in other news this morning, congresswoman gabby giffords is not giving up on her political future. >> as we've seen this week in her exclusive interviews with diane sawyer, giffords is making remarkable progress since she was shot in the head in january. and she just posted a recorded message on facebook directly addressing her arizona constituents. >> representing arizona is my honor. i miss tucson. the mountains. blue skies. even the heat. i'm getting stronger. i'm getting better. i want to get back to work. >> giffords acknowledged that it

has been a hard year for everyone. she also said it makes her very sad to know that six people died back in that tragedy in january. also, a quick boat trip turned into a survival ordeal for two south florida men. they're recovering after spending four days stranded out at sea in a tiny dinghy after their boat sank. they rode their way to safety through 15-foot waves. exhausted, wind-burned and dehydrated, they finally made it to shore yesterday morning. more nba games are being cancelled, the result of the flay players refusing the league's latest proposal. that proposal called for games to start december 15th. that's not going to happen, now that the players have filed antitrust lawsuits against the league. the legal battle could actually put the entire season in jeopardy. now, we turn to college hoops and a little bit of history, as well. we get all the details from espn news. >> good morning. cole wright here with your espn news update. let's head straight to madison

square garden for a historic evening. coach k., ties the all-time wins record with bob knight. andre dawkins, with three. blue devils up three. later in the first, spartans up two. green, two hands are better than one. we'll show you why. green, looking environmentally friendly all over the defense. spartans down a -- dash at the half. at the half, game tied at 36-36. duke, taking advantage of the three-ball. in the second, dawkins, another three. he was six of ten from three-point range. don't act like you're not impressed. blue devils up four. coach k. fired up. mason plumlee, to kelly. jamming on the one. plumlee always knows where his troops are out. getting it down low to kelly. michigan state inbounding. down five with 13 seconds to go. green would miss the three. and duke, playing a little keepaway. time management as they run out the clock. duke wins the 903rd career win

for coach k. a record-setter, as he shakes hands with tom izzo. had a long embrace with his mentor, bob knight. coach k. emotional. wiping away the tears, he gets the game ball. he went into the stands and gave his wife a warm embrace. there it is. that will do it for us. and don't forget, for the latest on the sports scene, tune into "the highlight express." you heard it mentioned, that coach k.'s mentor was coaching great, bobby knight. the relationship started at army, where knight was coach k.'s coach. he's been at duke for 32 of his 37 seasons on the bench. c he has led duke to four national titles. i wish the coach congratulations. the last time i'll ever say that. up next, "the pulse." things get heated between rival politicians on television. >> oh. and see if your cat is as

smart as this guy named fred. we'll be right back.

welcome back, everybody. time to check "the pulse," the stories you have to see today. starting with some politicians gone wild. >> this is remarkable. things got physical, as two lawmakers in lebanon argued about the unrest in neighboring syria. the two politicians trade

insults. and then, hurl glasses of water at each other. >> man. one guy then picked up a chair but was restrained by a member of the studio crew. wow. i can't tell you how many times that's happened on this set, as well. >> that's right. that's right. >> of course, those guys in beirut are not alone. politics can get heated. and sometimes your temper can get you on tv.of countries have come to blows in taiwan and russia, italy and indonesia. all of them making -- woo -- congress look pretty tame. man, this is a toss to the "the jersey shore." for our next story, some people might tell you cats are lazy or untalented. but not this feline. you see, when the phone rings, fred answers it. take a look at the youtube video. [ phone ringing ] >> they say maybe fred doesn't like the noise.

or maybe the vibration from the phone. and that's why he likes to take a swipe at the receiver. >> i think it's pretty impressive. >> that's not bad. i'll be more impressed if he can put it back. >> a good point. finally, more incredible video this morning. a family trio with a powerhouse lead singer is now taking youtube by storm. ♪ we could have had it all >> that's the sounds of mexico, with 10-year-old angie vasquez belting out their hit, "rolling in the deep." and backing her up, her 13-year-old and 15-year-old brothers on piano and guitar. >> and talent runs in this family. her dad is a music producer. this girl will have a career. >> and to hit that note, that's a hard note. >> she nailed it. i smell a lot of money in that family's future.

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ballroom. of course, we're talking about "dancing with the stars." >> that's right. the final lineup was set last night after another elimination. we get the details from kabc's george pennacchio. >> hope and maks. >> reporter: hope solo and her partner, maxim chmerkovskiy, losted for nine weeks of competition. it was sometimes turbulent. often combat i and sometimes emotional. when hope learned she would not be this season's champion, she still planned to go for the gold. using a talent that made her a star in the first place. >> i'm going to go back and try instead of the mirrorball trophy, i'm going to try to win a gold medal. >> reporter: on the press line after the show, hope attempted one interview. then, left the floor wiping away tears. hope's publicist said she wanted to talk to me. it was just too hard. her partner skipped the press line altogether. but the three stars moving on to next week's finals did not. each one excited about what's to come in the last week of

competition. are you surprised that you made it this far? >> yes. i mean, i was never the favorite, i think, of anybody's list. i know the odds on the online betting on these shows. i was 10-1 at the start. so, you know, i'm feeling like i'm beating the odds. >> i mean, there's no turning back. i definitely -- i'm in the finals. obviously, i want that trophy now more than ever. really have to bring 200% in rehearsals this week. >> we deserve to be in the finals. we deserve to take home that mirrorball trophy. i don't know what she has planned. but let's let it all hang out. i want to take that trophy home. >> reporter: when the couples come back to dance for the finale next week, you'll see is always popular freestyle. george pennacchio for abc news. >> then, there were three. and all of the finalists will be on "good morning america" later today. >> i want to see the freestyle. >> that will be a good one. i put my money on j.r. >> i'm with