how bob weir rigged an ipad to change the acoustics o o o hey! you want that?t a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sureou do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat with totino's pizza rolls. big pizza taste in a bite size roll that my kids can't resist. plus i get two box tops for their school. totino's pizza rolls. the pizza way to snack. >>> one of founders of the grateful dead has expanded into new technology. don sanchez takes us inside bob weir's home studio. ♪ ♪ >> this is a musical and video first. a live performance of hd and audio from studios a state of the art performance a show on the internet. the creation of bob weir. >> i go back to give the ultimate play pen for a musician. ♪ ♪ >> one of founders of the grateful dead have created this studio where bands can rehearse and perform. >> the future is here, we can do it in the living room. we can bring a more intimate experience than anyplace else. >> it's a revolutionary technology changes the accuse parti

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. >> and what happened to bob weir? you're going to see him collapse on the stage. we'll update you on this condition. >> have you driven across golden gate bridge lately? >>> after five years of declining home values the housing market is coming back. take a look at this map compiled by the web site zillow. you can see the areas in dark red are still hurting. home prices there are as much as 66% lower than their peak values but we are seeing a strong come back in the green zones. san francisco, and along the peninsula. palo alto and san carlos. in the south bay, los gatos seeing higher home prices. we're wlif a story new tonight at 6:00. >> here in belmont the housing market is hotter than it has been in many careers. this -- years this, house is over 1,000 square feet listed for $725,000, sold in a week. it had multiple kids bidz and winning bid at $100,000 over asking price. this three bedroom home in san carlos about to go on the market. but don't expect to stay there long. if recent activity is any indication this house will sell fast and likely well over its a

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guitarist bob weir has built a studio where live performances are sent directly into your home. abc 7's arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez takes us inside. >> this is a music and video first. a live performance in h.d. and audio from tristudios a state of the art performance venue. a show on the internet directly to your home. the creation of music legend bob weir. >> i set about to build the ultimate playpen for a musician. >> one of the founders of the grateful dead has created this studio where bands can rehearse and perform. >> what i'm beginning to see here is that the future of music is live. we can do it in your living room. we can -- we can bring a more intimate experience than you can get anywhere else. >> what makes this place amazing is the revolutionary technology that changes the acoustics of the room. read by microphones in the ceiling. >> the room actually sounds like this. >> wow. >> that is dead. >> yeah. >> he controls it on an ipad. >> go to a cathedral by contrast. >> invaluable when you're creating a piece of music. so he's giving me this demo and w

guitarist bob weir has built a studio where live performances are sent directly into your home.tertainment reporter don sanchez takes us inside. >> ♪ chateau want to lose ♪ >> this is a music and video first. a live performance in h.d. and audio from tristudios a state of the art performance venue. a show on the internet directly to your home. the creation of music legend bob weir. >> i said about to build the ultimate playpen for a musician. >> ♪ yeah >> one of the founders of the grateful dead has created this studio where bands can rehearse and perform. >> what i'm beginning to see here is that the future of music is live. we can do it in your living room. we can -- we can bring a more intimate experience than you can get anywhere else. >> what makes this place amazing is the revolutionary technology that changes the acoustics of the room. read by microphones in the ceiling. >> the room actually sounds like this. >> wow. >> that is dead. >> yeah. >> he controls it on an ipad. >> go to a cathedral by contrast. >> invaluable when you're creating a piece of music. so he's giving

third base coach tim flannery joined bob weir from the grateful dead. he sings in his own rock band. he told us a short time ago he thinks this is taken seriously. >> i pray about this. i hope to do my best. i'm going to do my best. i was wungs told by an irish producer it's either believable or not believable. whatever happens toon on the field or behind the microphone is going to be believable. i can promise you that. >> the way he said that he must -- he's an honorary member of the grateful dead right there, just the way he said it. fans beginning to warm up there. is a qhorks will be singing "america the beautiful" tonight? that is still to be determined. lenny williams from tower of power singing "america the beautiful" later on. not only will the game be entertaining but people entertaining us will be entertaining. reporting live from just outside at and t park, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. giants fans are e mailing us proof of their pride this, fan was, has one kid, a kid section at at and t park. just a one-man kid section. we love this s

bob weir jerry garcia daughter and 7 footer bill walton throwing out first pitc pitch. big red is a big dead head fan and he stole my orange jacket. in the seventh. dee deepest part of the yard. cold night. that goes for ground rule double. took the wrong route. score and tie at one. in the eighth. broken bat single to left. scoring. 2-one giants. worst fielding team in the league and showed it. up the glove of jeff. in comes sandoval belt caught in the rundown here. this is horrid baseball. gets back safe. giants go on to we know 4-2. a had the nature off. belmont redwood shore little leaguer roll in the west regional. marcello out of the shoe. crush the pitch. then runs in the fifth. beat utah on mercy rule 13-3 now 3 and o. next game wednesday. news from the nfl. frainers all pro linebacker willis will not play in thursday pre-season opener against denver. which should be ready for the regular season opener with the packers september 8. willis surgery on the broken right hand he suffered in practice last week. 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino and in case

bob weir jerry garcia daughter and 7 footer bill walton throwing out first pitc pitch. big red is a big dead head fan and he stole my orange jacket. in the seventh. dee deepest part of the yard. cold night. that goes for ground rule double. took the wrong route. score and tie at one. in the eighth. broken bat single to left. scoring. 2-one giants. worst fielding team in the league and showed it. up the glove of jeff. in comes sandoval belt caught in the rundown here. this is horrid baseball. gets back safe. giants go on to we know 4-2. a had the nature off. belmont redwood shore little leaguer roll in the west regional. marcello out of the shoe. crush the pitch. then runs in the fifth. beat utah on mercy rule 13-3 now 3 and o. next game wednesday. news from the nfl. frainers all pro linebacker willis will not play in thursday pre-season opener against denver. which should be ready for the regular sewiths september 8. willis surgery on the broken right hand he suffered in practice last week. 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino and in case you miss it the big new

get way from this balances out he is in san francisco for seven years, struck up a friendship with bob weir. >> he asked if i'd sing the anthem, i did that and he said i'd like to be a part of something. >> then, brian stow was attacked at a dodgers game. >> all of that was changed that day. and it affected all of us and our city. >> this is the result. >> i play music because it makes me feel good. we can make other people feel better. >> they organized concerts and they raised $60,000 and produced a dvd that goes on sale tuesday tim says what happened gave him pause and brought him closer to his family. >> my little brother sings oper na. three languages. in our house in thanksgiving there is a four hour set and dinner in between. >> that dvd will sell for $20. >> that is fun. >> yes. >> and let's hope this pulls in a lot of money. >> there is pleasant weather continuing. it's pleasant and tomorrow, sunny skies, high temperatures inland into low to mid-80s and 70s to low 80s around the bay. there is a bit of a cooling trend through mid week and there are temperatures rebound by sunday, mo

. >> former grateful dead member bob weir collapsed on the stage last night nrkts middle of a song when he started slumping and crumpelled to the ground. he he was helped up and finished the song in a chair before leaving for the night. basist says he was suffering from a strained shoulder, his manager declined comment its been 30 days since the golden gate bridge switched to electronic tolling and the district says things are going better than expected. >> though, speeds are up. heather? >> yes. speeds were up. but maybe in the for long. the bridge is the first to go all electronic. and based on the success so far, none of us should be surprised to see other bridges are soon to follow. the district were looking to low down and stop but problem has been illegal speeding. the limit is 25 miles per hour not so scanners can read fast track but for safety reasons. chp says people have been blowing through at 60 leaving little room for error through the narrow lanes. also, the bridge wants to remind people the carpool lane is three persons not two and only during peak hours. the chp will be

the grateful dead's bob weir joins force was tim flannery for the concerts. flannery began singing while playing for san francisco giants and struck up a friendship with weir while working with the team. the concerts raised $60,000 and dvds are selling for $20 apiece. >> had they only been warned. perhaps, perhaps two people who died in a fire this morning might ab live tonight. it happened when dozens got out, and two did not. authorities say it does not appear there were working smoke dedoctors in the apartment unit where they died. and we're live with the story. >> this coroner has not identified victims saying only it was a man and woman in their early 30s, neighbors called them samantha and james. fire officials say neighbors next door who called 911. so far investigators have not found smoke alarms in the unit where the man and woman died. >> there is at some point they tried to escape. >> the fire believed to have started down stairs in the kitchen area. bodies found in the bedroom, upstairs. >> they were not in bed. they were both found in places wher

creation of music legend bob weir. >> i set aabout to build the ultimate play pen for a musician. the founders of the grateful dead created a studio where bands can rehearse and perform. >> we are seeing the future of music is live in your living room and bring a intimate experience than you can get anywhere else. >> what makes it amazing the technology that changes the acustics of the room. >> the room sounds like this. that is dead. >> he controls it on an ipad. >> go to cathedral. by contrast. >> invaluable. >> he's giving me a demo and some of the sammy hagary. >> and microphones take what they hear in the room and put it through the software and put it back out. results are astonishing. can it be better than this? no. >> there will be more shows that will be posted on tristudio's website. >> what can you do to make it better? >> it will be old hat. >> performance for pay for view. >> and he's touring with summer. >> we have the challenges. what are you going to do with it? >> in marin county. don sanchez. abc sevennews. >> he sure has. thanks for joining us at 4:00. i am larr

coach flannery teamed up with the grateful dead bob weir in a concert to benefit brian stow. ♪ ♪ >> that'stage in napa he's quite a musician some recognize him more in his more familiar role coaching by the third base line. he was singing when he was with the padres and struck up a friendship with weir when he came to san francisco. >> they asked if i would sing the anthem with him and i did that and he said -- >> when stow was attacked in los angeles at a dodgers game last year it had a profound effect. they raised $60,000 and produced a dv d that goes on sale again today to benefit stow. >>> a black bear that wandered into a sears store in pittsburgh, pennsylvania gained national headlines. the search is on now for a bigger bear in the area this morning. the 300 pound bear was spotted sunday and monday caught on camera by a 7year old boy with a camera wildlife officials are setting traps. this is not far from the pittsburgh mills mall where a cub wandered into the sears at the mall saturday night. that bear sent shoppers scrambling around closing time before it was sedated and relocated

. ♪ >> last week i gave you an exclusive look inside bob weir's studio.sh at shoreline. >> get inspired at the garden expo at marin county fair grounds. ♪ >> a rare intimate performance of tony lindsay, santana's front man in san rafael. >> charles lloyd heads the health brgs jazz festival, entertainment everywhere. ♪ >> the world es best athletes, escape from alcatraz triathalon. >> more than 2500 custom cars at 18th get together at alameda fairgrounds. santa clara opens up in a sea of voices, award winning group presents its series of concerts. ♪ >> and looking ahead, u-2 plays the coliseum in oakland. >>> and giants season continued, bank of lights went out behind home plate. >> very appropriate. >> after the 16 minute delay, he returned to the mound and needed one more pitch. had he this won the game 7-5. >> coming up, new google e-mail attack that appears. and one very young talented child being crowned the nation's amamamamamamamamamamamamamamamam you can see do you know what's in your spread ? in land o' lakes spreadable butter with canola oil, the

he rocked out with gronk and also with grateful dead legend bob weir, it is the pictures of the surpriserending after mccartney posted the simple caption, gronk-and-roll. >> i would like to play with him rather than be tackled by him. >> he doesn't get tackled. >> after tom brady throws him a pass in the end zone. >> abc 7 news continues. >> that the only limits at the height of your achievement -- >> is the strength of your dreams -- >> is the reach of your dreams. >> and controversy continues over melania trump's familiar-sounding speech at the rnc last night. >>> and another police officer killed in the line of duty, this time in kansas. >>> and new details about the deadly train stabbing ♪ light piano today i saw a giant. it had no arms, but it welcomed me. (hawk call) it had no heart, but it was alive. (train wheels on tracks) it had no mouth, but it spoke to me. it said, "rocky mountaineer: all aboard amazing". >>> in the headlines today at 4:30, san francisco police have arrested a man they say made a racist threat on twitter against the acting police chief chaplain. we were the f

. >>> happening today rock legends will take the stage in a pop-up concert for solar progress bob weireful dead, and sammy haggard are set to perform at the phoenix hotel to show solidarity with the solar industry. they want to encourage the california p. u. c. to expand solar access to more californians. it starts at 3:00 this afternoon at the phoenix hotel on eddy street in san francisco. let's get a final check of the accuweather forecast. >> we are looking at some sunshine outside some of your windows. and temperatures today will reflect that. partly cloudy cloudy skies. the accuweather forecast featuring more sun and mild temperatures each and every day with thursday looking like the warmest day and increasing clouds. rain should be returning by next weekend. looks like a couple systems lining up. that will be some good news, and snow. snow levels could start out pretty high. >> but nothing like the east coast so we are just fine, yeah. thank you. that's going to do it for us. thanks for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. the news

. >>> happening today rock legends will take the stage in a pop-up concert for solar progress bob weirammy haggard are set to perform at the phoenix hotel to show solidarity with the solar industry. they want to encourage the california public utility commission to expand solar access to more californians. the free concert starts at 3:00 this afternoon at the hotel on eddy street in san francisco. it's free. how often can you say that? >> not very often. we have a pretty good-looking day today. a mixture of clouds and sun with temperatures climbing through the 50s. 56 fremont. look for about 60 oakland. the accuweather seven-day forecast maybe a sprinkle in the north bay tomorrow. then we will see more sun. dry days with numbers in the 60s and rain returns next weekend and mountain snow. looking forward to that, but also nice to have a break. >> it is. thank you, lisa. thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. the news continues now online, on twitter, facebook and on all your mobile devices with our abc7 news app. abc7 news cont

bob weir owned this dolphin gray 2014 tesla. an auction house says it's in pristine condition.. the money raised will go to two environmental nonprofits. they include the leonardo dicaprio foundation. very nice. >> okay. let's take a look at the weather. of course, the last day of july, and summer is definitely here. >> yeah, it's going to feel like it, especially away from the coast. we're going to have a huge summer spray. hi, everybody. about 30, 35 degrees. sunshine as we look northbound on 101 in san rafael. afternoon sunshine and warming begins. hottest highs tomorrow and wednesday, and more comfort this weekend instead of the heat building towards the weekend, this time, it's going to decrescendo towards the weekend. here's a look at the cloud cover. through about 8:30, a deep penetration and then quickly by about 11:00, 11:30, back to the coast. a little stubborn along the coast. pockets of sunshine here and there, but not total sunshine like the rest of us. down in the south bay, 84 at milpitas. san jose, 88. spread on the peninsula, 83 in redwood city. millbrae, 75. 6

bill gram it's bob weir. >> we will wait all day long. we stay as late as we can. we love these concerts. >> on pier 29 beach blanket backly lone goes on ever. fans are in anticipation of the hunger bowl at at&t park. take that as a traffic advisory. >> at the asian art museum each ring starts the signal of a fresh new year. around the city balloon lady is blowing up balloons. nob hill center, it's for the caravan and the balloons are dropped at midnight. >>> i don't know how many of those might pop. this is time of the year optimism reigns supreme we want to michael eight better year but drive safely. >> san francisco police are preparing for a large crowd to ring the new year. a quarter million people are going to set up sobriety tests for some of those that overdo it. we have options to keep people from getting behind the wheel. aaa's program offers free towing up to ten miles between 6:00 tonight and 6:00 tomorrow morning. free taxi ride from veterans cab rider luq or cab, but you have to remember byrd injury lawyers for a maximum fare of $35. if you need a cup

he is a huge grateful dead fan and the dead's bob weir owns the sweetwater and played the show with waltonual smile. shouldn't we all? that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great holiday weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >>> all right. time now is 8:47. lisa standing by with a look at the weekend forecast. >> good morning, kumasi. we have a bit of fog out there but plenty of sunshine. it will be a warm day for most of you unless you are right at the coast. so we have the changes in store for your saturday and sunday with a return to some mid 90s inland. here is a look from the east bay hills camera. you see a bit of fog there out in the distance. we are beginning to see a little bit of clearing along the coast. it is going to take a while and we're going to enjoy a lot of sunshine and mild temperatures throughout our beaches. how about 70 day in pacifica. but the highs will be climbing certainly inland with the mid, even upper 90s today and tomorrow, and then it will get milder after tuesday. after the holiday, we get through the weekend, and then it is september and temperatures are g

he is a huge grateful dead fan and the dead's bob weir owns the sweetwater and plays the show with waltonmile. shouldn't we all? that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great holiday weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >>> all right. it is 6:49 this saturday morning and lisa is standing by with a look at the forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you, kumasi. wow, what a bonus getting up so early. just beautiful out there right now. mostly clear for some of you, but as we look at san francisco just some patchy fog making for a gorgeous start to your saturday. the sun has been up for ten minutes, and we're going to see a beautiful day here in the city. numbers in the low 70s. for the weekend, in general we are warming up everywhere, especially inland, with temperatures climbing well into the 90s. yesterday you reached about 90 around concord, and today the heat is back. also into sunday and labor day, mild temperatures at the coast though. into the 60s to near 70 at some beaches, but the breeze comes back midweek next week as we begin september. it is going to feel a little cooler arou

founding member bob weir is bringing his band, bobby weir and wolf brothers, to perform at frost amphitheateranford university on october 29th. the band will be accompanied by the stanford symphony orchestra and the wolf pack, a string and brass quintet. tickets start around $60 for general admission. they can reach up to $300. a beautiful dance competition got underway in argentina this weekend. the tango world championship took place in buenos aires. look at that. more than 20,000 people showed up to watch the dancers. 650 couples from 35 countries hit the stage for this year's contest. those who couldn't make it in person were able to vote for their favorite performances on line. such a beautiful dance. i know. >> i just want to keep watching this. this is so cool. >> i wish i could do that. i know. okay well, the start of the school year can be really be a fresh start for anybody. >> for one wisconsin family, this school year is extra special because three generations of the same family will be enrolled in college. so the family consists of two college aged daughters, mia and samantha. th

grateful dead legend bob weir wishing him well and hopefully he will have a quick and easy recovery.l, john mayer. [ applause ] yeah. we love john mayer. >>> this story caught my attention because when i think of heart healthy eating, cheese, it isn't the first food that comes to mind, but a new study suggests that a little cheese a day could keep the doctors away. a recent analysis of over 200,000 people found that those who ate cheese daily had a 14% lower risk of developing heart disease and were -- yes, bring on the brie. [ applause ] fondue for you? 10% less likely to also have a stroke. thanks to all the good stuff in cheese like calcium, protein, probiotics but a doctor for the icon school of medicine at mt. sinai hospital here in new york city wants to make it clear this does mean you take down a giant wheel with your wheat thins and glass of wine. they suggest we limit the amount of cheese to 40 grams a day, which i hate to tell you, is about the size of a matchbook. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> every day. >> i'm apparently very heart healthy. >> that's a tease. >> that's

bob thornton. >>> good evening, i'm bill weir. if a parent has just discovered that their 6-year-old is missing from her bed, how should they sound when they call for help? that is the question swirling around the father of is bell cellis who can be heard chuckling on a newly released 911 tape moments after discovering his little girl's empty room. could it be shock? or a tell-tale clue? how much can a 911 call reveal about guilt or innocence? ryan owens asked the experts to find out. >> reporter: it's the closest many of us ever get to a crime scene. >> 911 emergency. >> reporter: a call that can be crucial to investigators. >> reporter: an eyewitness report caught on tape. >> i want to report a missing person. >> reporter: and it's the latest clue in the abduction of isabelle cellis. that's the desperate voice of her mother moments after she found out her little girl vanished. >> who noticed her gone? >> my husband. i went to work this morning at seven. i didn't even check on her. >> rebecca cellis was working as as a nurse when

weir from mozambique. >> reporter: the guy with the camera is national gee graphic photographer, bob poole and the big femaleone tusk. and moments like this make up the bravest and craziest conservation efforts anywhere. >> elephants are weary of people. matriarch the leader will come out and physically confront you. >> it's an attempt to find the world's biggest suffererers of post traumatic stress. survivors of a civil war that killed 95% of their elephants. >> they watched their entire family gunned down and killed. >> it's true an elephant never forgets. >> that's true, elephants never forget. >> reporter: but to rebuild and survive, the people desperately need tourists to feel safe here. first they have to win the hearts and minds of these damaged creatures. >> they decided that the only way to convince these creatures that the war is over and they're safe, is to get close and stay calm. >> she's still thinking about it. look at her there. okay, she's coming. she's serious. okay, girl. >> they held their ground. charge after charge. since starting the experiment, they've seen moments of exhilarating suc

weir. >> oh this is nice you guys. nice, nice, nice. >> reporter: it's a shot guys like bob poole live for.ind of image that evokes the very name, national geographic. but few will ever fully appreciate the series of minor miracles this moment represents. first, we have to find bob. deep in mozambique. by trusting a bush pilot who frankly looks like he should be behind the stick of a video game. how old are you? >> i am 21. >> reporter: you're 21? okay. i trust you. we eventually dip into the 115-degree heat, and after making sure there are no baboons or warthogs on the runway, touch down in the national park. bob is there. good to meet you, bob. anxious to get us into the bush before sunset. and eager to tell of this place that's become one of the most audacious experiments in africa. >> here is a nice scene. these -- >> reporter: oh. >> the babies are everywhere. i mean, look, everything has a baby now. it's just -- it's nuts. >> reporter: he's spent most of his life like this. one hand on the wheel or camera, eyes peeled for movement. but this place has really honed his game-spotting ski

weir. >> since his head was nearly blown off by a roadside bomb in iraq, our abc news colleague bob woodruffas a special understanding of the obvious and hidden wounds of war. tonight, his foundation kicked off the new york comedy festival with another star-studded stand-up for here ropes. and we thought we'd foul local one wounded warrior to the event to better understand life after deployment and how much one night of laughter can mean. funny where life leads. how one moment changes all the rest that follow. tonts, he's on a red carpet. but almost exactly five years ago, marine lieutenant andrew kinard was on patrol. the naval academy grad was only six weeks into his first deployment when he took one fateful step and woke up a month later in a maryland hospital. his first thoughts, where's my rifle? and why is my dad in iraq? then he realized half of him was gone. >> as my point man turned around to sort of direct us to say, we need to go over this way, that's when the bomb exploded. it threw me through the air, i've been told 30 feet or so up to the sky and i just felt into a crumple. >>

weir. tonight, you'll get a glimpse behind the closed doors of power and into the dysfunctional relationships that can make or break this nation. bob woodward is best known for uncovering watergate but his new book takes us into the obama white house where last year's clash with republican leadership brought america to the brink of financial armageddon. tonight you'll hear tapes from the president and speaker of the house and what happened in the heat of those crucial moments could provide large-lor ammunition. diane sawyer has the exclusive first look. >> reporter: it is the kind of moment that tests a president, the nation on the edge of a financial cliff. >> really say in the book nobody was in charge? >> in washington. >> and is that a failure of leadership? >> some people are going to say he was fighting a brick wall. others will say, it's the president's job to figure out how to tear down that brick wall. >> reporter: for 44 days last summer barack obama was hostage to events outside his control. the republican congress newly dominated by the tea party threatened for the first time in history to have america default on its de

bob woodruff bundles up to get his take on the royal wedding. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden, and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 31st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. we're going to begin with fears of radiation exposure in the united states that were stirred anew today. the fda reported higher than normal levels of radioactive iodine 131 in milk samples from california and washington. now, those levels, however, were tiny. far less than what we're exposed to naturally every day and they are still deemed safe. 5,000 times below the danger threshold, okay? but the come contamination around japan's stricken nuclear plant is the very dangerous indeed. radioactive iodine there is 10,000 times the permissible limit. here's david wright. >> reporter: today, more bad news from the reactor. radiation levels rose dramatically. rad radioactive iodine is now at 10,000 times the permissible limit. radioactive cesi mu, 5um, 500 t. it lingers for hundreds of years. this sign says off-limits, but there's not anybody here to object. 20 clom terms outside the plant, the radia

bob scare pa square pants, inside the stop motion studios where these beloved characters are making christmas magic. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry more yamoran, cynthia mcf and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 7th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. it started with two radio djs and a lighthearted prank call to the london hospital where the pregnant duchess kate was recovering from acute sickness. but today, that joke took an unexpected turn, when the nurse who picked up the call was found dead. abc's david wright brings us this look at the dark side of practical jokes. >> hello, good morning. >> oh, hello there. could i please speak to kate, please, my granddaughter. >> oh, yes, just hold on. >> reporter: as this prank phone call by two australian djs went viral around the world. >> if this has worked, it's the easiest prank call we've ever made. >> reporter: one can only imagine that the nurse that put the call through must have been mortified. >> it is with deep sadness that i can confirm the tragic death of a member of our nursing staff, jacintha saldanha. everyone is shocked by the loss of a much-loved and valued colleague. >> report

weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 3rd, 2010. >> good evening. we begin tonight with earl, the strongest storm to threaten new england since hurricane bob killed 18 in 1991. so far the damage has not been as bad as feared though the storm claimed at least one life off the coast of new jersey. now, earl is headed for massachusetts, where the governor warns that the threat to the bub lick, including beach goers in popular holiday spots on cape cod remains serious. linsey davis is live for us tonight on the cape. a very wet linsey davis. linsey? >> reporter: good evening, cynthia. it's times like these where reporters like me are meant to be pitied. standing out, taking a beating in all of this weather. but let's start with the good news, and this area that's been under a hurricane warning, it's now been downgraded to a tropical storm warning. now, for the most part today, it was overcast, it was misty, but relatively calm. but in the last hour, things have really changed drastically. the wind, the rain, the surf, all really picking up. and that's with earl still about 90 miles southeast of here. it's expected to hit this area in about two hours, an

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