the lineup is bob weir of the grateful dead. and john fogarty. they hope that the four-day affair will be an uplifting moment in the wake of the violence two weeks ago in charlottesville. [singing] alison: take a look at this. this is not the typical police dash cam video story. this is an officer out in minnesota. who saw millie dancing in the parking lot of her apartment building, so the officer turned up the music and joined her. it was posted on facebook. he has gained internet fame as the dancing queen. >> i don't know. i was just amazed. i was shocked. then they get going further drew attention that i am able to do this. that is what i do. alison: for why she was there dancing by herself? she says sometimes you just need to dance. larry: i like that. alison: i know! larry: dance lake nobody's watching. >> exactly. now she has a new friend. larry: now we're all watching. [laughter] sorry! that's the way it works. alison: let's get a check on the weather. it is cooling down a little bit. steve: absolutely! it is looking so nice out there now.

bob weir phil lesh mickey hart will be joined by bruce hornsby and several other performers. jerry garcia died back a month after they performed here in r.f.k. >> wonder how long that will take to sell out. >> probably already is! >> exactly. one d.c. lawmaker wants every child in the city to get some good books. and we'll explain how coming up. >> plus the man hunt for two suspects after a deadly rampage in florida. >> and a spa suddenly shuts down and employees leave the jobs. customers fear losing thousands of dollars worth of giftcards. 7 is on your side trying to get all that money back. >> and d.c. streetcar delayed again. i'm chris as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. so large files are sent in a snap and video conferences with customers are seamless. don't miss your last chance to get $300 when you switch to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year a

. ♪ >> reporter: and bob weir of the grateful dead, the band that most truly eembodies the counterculture>> it wasn't about mobilization. for me and most of the people that i know, it was a big fun time. ♪ well, maybe it is just the time of year or maybe it's the time of man, i don't know ♪ >> reporter: so maybe it was just the time of year or tim of men and women now halfway through their lives who still cling to the belief that they were a part of the event that defined their generation. even if most of us know we're a lot more flesh and blood than star dust and golden, it's very hard to put aside a fantasy so much more enriching and ennobling than reality. i'm jeff greenfieldor "nightline" in new york >> a look back at the vault as we approach the 40th anniversary in woodstock. i was in woodstock last weekend. i got to meet michael lange. you may have seen the famed director is making a movie called "taking woodstock." and my wife is in it. >> she plays? >> she plays a reporter in the movie and she has two lines. >> they're all stars, the whole hubbard gang. >> and weddingations accusa

grateful dead legend bob weir wishing him well and hopefully he will have a quick and easy recovery.l over the internet this morning so we are wishing you well, 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 doctor 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 [ applause ] fondue for you? 10% less likely to also have a stroke. thanks to all the good stuff in cheese like calcium, preteen, 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 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'

so happy to have bob woodruff back again. bill weir celebrating his ten-year anniversary out there somewhere. >> actually took time off which is great. it's sunday, october 25th. >>> we'll have the latest on the emergency declaration from the president about swine flu. how will it help hospitals fight the virus? dr. richard besser will join us to explain. >>> also, an important story for parents this morning. baby einstein the company that produces wildly popular dvds for young kids, is extending a refund offer to parents if they're unhappy with the products. why? we'll explain. >>> and we have that story this morning about michael jackson's final comeback. the movie opens tuesday, highlights his final days for what would have been his final concert tour. we have a sneak peek. >>> but first, we begin with swine flu. now widespread in 46 states, president obama has taken steps to ratchet up the response. officials hope the move will give the government the authority and flexibility to react to a virus. abc's rachel martin joins us. >> r

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

very happy to have bob woouff in this mornin bill weir taking some time off. >> good to be with you. it's saturday, october 24th. >> ando many questions swirling around that flight that overshot its destination. what were the pilots up to when th were out of touch with air traffic controllers for over an hour. we'll look at why we may never know what was happening in the cockpit. and with the plane out of contact for so long, should more have been done to make sure it wasn't an act of terrorism? we'll have more coming up. >>> and we go inside our new abc news/"washington post" poll. most are saying they're really feeling the pain in this economic downturn. that story coming up. >>> and you remember that book, "freakonomics," that was such a big hit. now, the authors have "superfreakonomics." and they talk about the dangers working in hospitals. and why some hospitals have banned their doctors from wearing neckties. what does that have to do with your health? exactly. ditch the necktie. >>> we begin with the latest on northwest flight 188. investigators are searching for answers about

weir. >> oh this is nice you guys. nice, nice, nice. >> reporter: it's a shot guys like bob -- national geographic.ee will ever fully appreciate the series of minor mir kms 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'm 21. >> reporter: you're 21? okay. i trust you. we eventually dip into the 115-degree heat and half making sure there are no bab boons on the runway, touchdown 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 skills because the wild life here was almost wiped away entirely. 15 years of civil

bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. >> announcer: "nightline" continues from new york city with bill weir. >> like any successful partyveryone talking. what seemed like a fad at the beginning has become a powerful national movement capable of upsetting conventional wisdom. but how did it really get started? as we bear down on the vital midterm elections, john berman brings us the very brief history of the tea party. >> reporter: this is a tea party. >> how do you like your tea? >> reporter: this is a tea party. and this is a tea party. so, how did we get from this to this to this? it starts here, boston, massachusetts, 1773. pesky colonists decide the british have more than just bad teeth, but also, bad taxes. destruction of a good drink leads to creation of a revolution. fast forward 236 years. economy in the toilet. national mood, in the sewer. welcome to your new job, mr. president. government enacts big stimulus, big housing relief. it all costs big money. enter big journalism. >> this is america. >> reporter: big objective journalism. >> how many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage that has an

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. >

bob ehrlich--24 years of putting the special interests first. >>> "nightline" continues from new york city with bill weirks at guinness confirmed a new world record holder in the category of world's heaviest pumpkin. it was cultivated by chris stephens tips the scales at 1810 pounds, shattering the old record by 85 pounds. and i know who you're thinking, how can i grow a vegetable big enough to house my inlaws? well, nick watt introduces us to the man with the giant green thumb in tonight's "sign of the times." >> reporter: roller coaster season for the 12-time world champion champion. >> hot spell, end of june effected my onions. >> reporter: humongous radish and tomatoes flourished in the hot house. a wet august swelled his squash. >> this year's been good year for it. >> reporter: this little puppy 156 pounds. that weighs as much as me. not quite. may i? >> yeah.lump? a giant beet root. hang on who is that guy? ahh, a giant veg e fish had doe who stopped by. >> just saying, this is the winning onion this year. >> reporter: in case you didn't know, harrogate is the onion show. it weighs nearly 16 pound

bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >> ann >> announcer: "nightline" continues from the san jose mine in chile with bill weir. >> we havezing shot to show you now, after staring wrapped at that mine half a mile below the chilean desert. look at it now. it is empty. and will remain empty, this 115-year-old mine, shuttered now. and as you can see, the text there in spanish, operation san lorenzo complete. san lorenzo, the patron saint of miners. and that has been the stage of the most amazing human drama. thousands of journalists carrying the story of what happened down there to every corner of the planet. and everywhere, it resonated, really, the same. universal sympathy for the miner's plight. universal joy for their return. here's john donvan. >> reporter: as they began pulling men out of the earth last night and all day today, how many different languages was that chilean soccer song translated? the one where they change the words to "we've got to get them out." but we all knew what they were saying. no translation needed. as this story followed the sunrise across the globe this morning. there was something going on h

bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >> announcer: "nightline" continues from new york city with bill weir. >is week, we announced the winner of our people's plate list competition to find the country's best unsung local chef. and then we traveled to georgia to meet the winner. it is a charming little town where life moves at a fairly deliberate pace. with the exception at one corner on main street at dinner time. ♪ >> i'm a red cajun. that's what you call it. kind of a mix. little bit of red neck, little bit of a cajun. we love fried food, hell, yeah. we'll fry your kids if we have a chance. trust me. got some fresh spinach we got right here. going into our 350 degree fryer. we're going to dust the scallops. nice, hot, smoking pan. these need to be mid rare. we're not going to cook them very long. probably a maximum of two to three minutes. as you know in louisiana, we like to fry things. scallops almost ready to turn. take a peek. looking great. going to turn them over. beautiful golden brown. halleluj hallelujah. my dad. he was a farmer, he's the one that instilled -- he's an entrepreneur.

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

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

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 encourages us all to do our civic duty and complain. >> if you think your bill is higher or lower than normal, press three. to return -- >> reporter: bill weir abc news, new york. >> think bill's still on the phone to >> >>> when we come back here on the broadcast, the children who are never allowed to see the light of day. they get a major league moment in the middle of the night. and the life want to live. fortunately, there's enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, fatigue, and stop joint damage. because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma and nervous system... and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis. also ask your doctor if you live in an area... with a greater risk for certaifungal infections. don't start enbrel if you have an infection, like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, bruising