>> reporter: we really don't know, t.j. it was an unusual move that both sides went into the judge's chambers. usually they just go to a side bar and have their discussions amongst themselves there in court. this time they were completely away from view, behind closed doors, with the court reporter as they were going through their discussions. then the judge emerges and says that this is a legal issue that requires them to not have court today. he doesn't elaborate, leaving everyone to speculate what could this legal issue be? and it could be something as simple as them requiring the services or information from someone who's not available today to something possibly a problem with a juror. so, again, it opens up a wide range of speculation of what sort of roadblock they ran into today, that required them to step back and say, we can't do anything today, we're going to have to come back and try again on monday. so, again, quite an unexpected turn of events here today in orlando. >> and david, you stay here with me, as i bri

t.j.? >> that says a lot about the important ce of it. we'll check in with that conference throughout the morning. thanks so much. >>> new claims this morning, as well, from president obama. he's touting the bailout of chrysler and general motors while offering cautious optimism about the economy as a whole. >> we've got a ways to go. even though our economy has created more than 2 million private sector jobs over the past 15 months and continues to grow, we're facing tough. high gas prices, the earthquake in japan and unease about the european fiscal situation. that is going to happen from time to time. there are going to be bumps on the road to recovery. we're people who don't give up, who do big things, who shape our own destiny and i'm absolutely confident if we hold on to that spirit our best days are still ahead of us. >>> also this morning despite a job slow down in may the president's approval rating has ticked up. his approval rating at 54%. let me bring in now cnn alison kosik joining us on this cnn saturday morning from new yor

i'm t.j. holmes. new issues for congressman anthony weiner. police investigating twitter messages he sent to a delaware teenager. also, sarah palin's e-mail and a lot of it. 24,000 pages shed new light on her years as governor of alaska. also, it's june. a big month for weddings and a lot of you may be getting married this month and maybe even today somebody's getting married somewhere, but many couples are talking about the other "m" word, money. yes, you need to talk about it before you say your "i dos," if not, you might be making a huge mistake and that is just ahead, but we do need to begin with this growing scandal surrounding congressman anthony wiener. police are investigating messages and this time it involves a teenage girl. jason carroll is in the congressman's home district where the congressman made a bit of a surprise appearance just a little while ago. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. so let's recap in terms of what happened between the congressman and the teenage girl from delaware. detectives spoke to the

>> it is a job creator, t.j. we have a diverse wide array of industry here, but we have a lot of poultry industry here as well. >> yes, sir. >> and you know, over the years what this has done is when they found the illegal immigrant workforce, cheap workforce, you know, the industry survived way before that, okay. and but what it enabled the industry to do is to expand in more plants would put roots here in albertville, alabama, to because they knew they could get that work fost. a what is this bill going to do for us? it will impact the crime issues due to drug trafficking. we have had six brothels in the community that have come with this, and traffic congestion and lack of driving knowledge with these immigrants to where we have had numerous incidents of hit-and-run accidents. >> when you say immigrants the thing to refer to is that you believe it is totally attributable to and you are blaming the illegal immigrant population? >> well, a vast majority of the traffic incidents are with these people who are here

t.j.? >> and david, you said there, we don't exactly know what it means for the trial, but what about for the trial's schedule? the judge there wanted to keep a pretty good pace there. how much does this throw off the schedule? >> reporter: they really wanted to wrap things up at the end of next week. in fact, the judge and the attorneys had a very long conversation in court yesterday about how long they think this will take. the judge was actually crafting out a schedule where it looked like the jury might begin deliberating a week from today. well, now we just take another day out of the schedule, and that pushes it now into the fourth of july holiday. at this point, it's anyone's guess as to what the judge might be thinking, but we know that he was very, very mindful of what this jury is going through. they are sequestered. they don't live here. their lives are on hold, and now something like this means that it's going to be on hold at least another day. >> all right. david mattingly for

i'm t.j. holmes. thank you for spending your morning here with us. >>> messages to a teenage girl from congressman anthony weiner. reports say she's just 17 years old. weiner, of course, has admitted to sending salacious pictures to a number of women on-line but his people say the teenage girl did not get any of those. despite all this, supporters are still rallying around the congressman. our jason carroll is in anthony weiner's district this morning in queens, new york. jason, good morning to you. i don't know if you've been able to get any reaction at all to the news that he maybe exchanged messages with this teenage girl but it seems like a lot of people want him to stay in the job. >> that's exactly what we're hearing out here in his district, t.j. despite even getting the latest information about what happened with that 17-year-old girl, and let's very quickly sort of go over what happened there, police in delaware have interviewed a 17-year-old girl who did have on-line communications with cong

t.j. holmes. >>> and good morning to you all. the computer glitch that left plenty of united airlines passengers stranded overnight has been fixed, we've been told, the delays for travelers, however, remain. >>> also, look at this -- you see this? this was outside the casey anthony trial. she's in there fighting for her life inside the courtroom, but this is also grabbing headlines outside the courtroom. >>> plus, the road to the white house leading to new orleans for the republican presidential hopefuls this weekend. >>> hole ello to you all from t cnn center. i'm t.j. holmes, thank you for being here. >>> we need to start with developing news out of afghanistan this morning regarding reported peace negotiations. afghan television reporting that president hamid karzai told a youth group that washington is involved in peace talks with the taliban. president obama as you know expected to announce soon plans for troop withdrawals next month. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins me

>> right, t.j. i just want to start by telling you we're getting some new developments, speaking to residents in sa sanaa in the last 20 minutes they're hearing explosions, ringing out in the capital of yemen, every three to four minutes, it seems to be getting worse. it had been a quiet morning so far. they hadn't been hearing clashes since late yesterday, now they're hearing explosions, it's making them worry how much the situation will deteriorate again today. as far as the attacks yesterda , very, very brazen, the fact anybody could get this close to the presidential palace, which is such a heavily fortified presence, so secured, and launch this kind of attack against the president and the top officials there with the president, praying with him at that time, this is a very, very worrying sign for government officials in yemen, wondering how tenuous a grip president saleh has on power. president saleh has been refusing consistently to release his grip on power the past several months. there's be

t.j.? >> all right. david mattingly for us, we appreciate you this morning. and a reminder to our viewers, you saw all that video of people out there fighting for places in line. well, that's not going to happen anymore, because they changed the rules. people have tiny lo line up and day before at certain times, so they don't expect anymore of those scenes we've been seeing outside the courthouse. >>> anyway, we'll turn to the story of amanda knox now. five inmates including a child murderer and a mob boss are coming to her defense. she is, of course, the american who is serving a 26-year sentence in italy for killing her house mate. so far, two inmates have testified that a fellow prisoner, also convicted in the murder, told them knox had nothing to do with it. three other inmates are expected to say the same thing. that prisoner, his attorney says he denies saying any of the sort. >>> and a developing story out of afghanistan this morning, where the afghan president, that md karzai, says the united sta

t.j.? >> all right. david, wrap this up for me by explaining -- you explained what's happening inside the courtroom, but outside, some of those ugly scenes we've been seeing for people fighting for spots to try to get in and see this trial. we shouldn't see those ugly scenes anymore, because they kind of changed the rules out there. >> reporter: they are absolutely now a thing of the past. things are not going to be waiting in line all night anymore to be one of the first 50 in line for those coveted seats for the public inside the courtroom. the system that they have now, people will line up in the afternoon. they will be given passes or their information will be taken, so that they will be allowed in the next morning. we're not going to be seeing people waiting in line overnight, there won't be any chance for anybody to cut in line, no more conflict. and actually, this is going to help out the people who want to get inside anyway. because yesterday, we saw some of the people who stayed up all night lon

>> reporter: it's a real race against the clock here, t.j. they have about five hours before the winds kick up. in the last few days they were able to take advantage of the lower winds. they did three drops with a giant dc-10 and after that it's counterintuitive and they were able to use helicopters to use aerial ignition, dropping ping-pong balls, of a chemical that drops fire and the idea is to rob it of fuel so there's nothing to burn and save as many homes and residences as possible. that window will close just in a short time here. when that happens, they can't send these aircraft up. it's much, much hard or the fire fighters when they have to worry more about the fire and how rapidly it's moving. they've been able to set up lines and the goal is to hold them, and these evacuated cities before the winds come here later this afternoon, t.j. >>> jim, thousands of people had to be evacuated earlier this week. are they still being told to stay away and do they have any idea of how long they'll be away from their homes? >> reporter: absolutel

t.j.?all right. thanks to arwa damon. >>> meanwhile, journalists not being allowed into places like syria, so the world is relying on folks on the ground to tell the story. in most cases, they're risking their lives, and we're seeing those risks online. here now our amber lion. >> reporter: to protest government corruption, a 26-year-old fruit vendor set himself on fire in town. the images of his burned body were posted online and instantaneously available worldwide through the internet. >> i heard about this, and it was on facebook. >> reporter: and the offline battle began. lina ben maheny, a 27-year-old teaching assistant, was one of the foot soldiers who would spread the flames. armed with only a computer and her camera, she drove to the center of the protests in rural tunisia. what finally inspired you to get in the car and drive there? >> the fact that the traditional media wasn't doing their job. they were either hardened with this or telling lies. >> reporter: the reality was shocki

t.j.? >> all right, our phil black for us with the update from pakistan. we appreciate you, as always. thanks so much. >>> turn now to politics and it's a who's who of republican presidential candidates in washington this weekend. they're attending the faith and freedom coalition conference a gathering of social conservatives. the group represents a key voting bloc that white house hopefuls want in their corner. the candidates are focusing on reducing government spending and more issues like abortion, gay marriage. take a listen. >> we're united tonight in a lot of things. we're united in the love we have for this great country. we're united in our belief and the sanctity of human life. we're united in our belief in the importance and significance of marriage between one man and one woman. i traditional marriage matters and we need to tell each other and the country that we need to keep traditional marriage elevated on a platform all domestic relationships are not the same astroditional mar

t.j.?ere in alaska, thanks to drew griffin. >>> the stories making headlines, those firefighters in arizona watching the wind and humidity. the winds are expected to pick up spreadi ining a wildfire. the fire only 5% contained right now has destroyed 29 homes, threatened some 5200 others. electric transmission lines, that supply power to hundreds of thousands, may also be threatened. >>> listen to this. if it wasn't already bad enough, given that tornado in joplin that we just saw not long ago, health officials in missouri saying eight people who were injured in last month's tornado have contracted a rare type of fungus. three of them have died. one of those deaths is directly attributed to the infection which can occur when dirt becomes lodged under the skin. doctors say people with weakened immune systems may be more susceptible and anyone hurt while in the tornado zone should get prompt medical attention. >>> cia director and defense secretary nominee leon panetta is in pakistan right no

>> t.j., i hear that a lot. yes, it is true that widespread abuse of privacy rights of workers in this country has spread for several decades. but people who are employed by the government, city governments, county governments, state governments, the federal governments, they're protecting by the constitution and the constitution prohibits the government from requiring intrusive urine testing, drug testing, drug screens, tests of your bodily fluids, without any reasonable suspicion or probable cause. that's the difference. part employees are only protected by a labor union contract or by state law. but public employees are protected by our constitution. you would think that a governor who affiliates himself with the tea party would understand the basic american principle that dates from our revolution that searches don't take place by government in the absence of suspicion. >> well again, it sounds like everyone is in agreement that money should not be going towards subsidizing drug use but i guess disagreement

t.j.?ul stein hauser. >>> the president is holding meetings with harry reid and mitch mcconnell tomorrow. talks between the two parties about raising the debt limit broke down last week. >>> the murder trial of casey anthony is expected to get back under way tomorrow. the judge call an unexpected recess yesterday. he met with attorneys for about an hour, away from the jury, then abruptly came back into the courtroom and sent everybody home. the judge wouldn't say exactly what the problem was. but he said that there was a legal issue that prompted the recess. >>> james "whitey" bulger due back in a courtroom this week, to answer a host of charges. he's in the maximum security plymouth county maximum security facility. he was caught in california after 16 years on the run. >>> a sad update now to a story we were telling you about here yesterday. the death toll has gone up in that train accident out in california. we now know six people died after a tractor-trailer slammed into a moving amtrak

anyhow t.j. we're out of time thanks so much for being with us t.j. my bank you and it's an interesting point about the content of the constitution that was really cool read it article three section one the remarkable thing about this story is that clarence thomas is doing on the bench is far worse than what other justices have been forced to resign for doing case in point as i mentioned aide for this judge abe fortas an associate justice just like clarence thomas on the supreme court just like clarence thomas he was actually nominated by a democrat by lyndon johnson to be the chief justice in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight but after was uncovered the fords received fifteen thousand dollars from american university to lead seminars sort of like thomas taking speaking fees another twenty thousand dollars for. law firm for consulting services certainly thomas' wife taking a half a million for his was forced to resign or he chose to resign he wasn't forced but as for clarence thomas has received similar gifts from wealthy republican donors like ar

t.j.'says she knows people oppose the research on religious grounds. >> i don't think think should judge anybody. >> reporter: t.j.'s role was only to prove the procedure is safe. but he believes it's already working. it's now six months after the procedure. and he says he can feel a sense of weight when he places heavy items in his lap. he's holding out hope that one day, once again, he'll run like the wind. steve osunsami. >> we wish the best for him, as

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t.j.?> thanks as always. >>> we have a winner the straw poll taken at that republican leadership conference in new orleans. we were telling you about this conference yesterday. voters there shold rchose ron pa fairly significant margin. john huntsman finished second and he wasn't even at the conference and michele bachmann came in third. >>> many of the country's mayors are gathering in baltimore for the u.s. conference on mayors. they're weighing in on foreign policy. the group offered up a resolution calling for a quick withdrawal. they want them currekru going o. >>> the first lady, michelle obama is headed to africa. it's part of her trip there she's going to be meeting with leaders there, also taking the kids on safari. her first stop will be in south africa. she'll meet with president jacob zum ma a zuma. she'll later head to botswana and then it's off to safari with her daughters, her mother, a niece and nephew as well. >>> coming up on this father's day, we're going to try a little

i'm t.j. holmes.ad you could spend part of your weekend here with us. new york governor andrew cuomo has signed legislation that allows same sex marriage. it passed a republican controlled state senate just before midnight. same sex couples can get married starting in 30 days. new york now the sixth state to legalize the unions. >>> casey anthony murder trial resumes in orlando. should resume here in about half an hour. her brother lee testified about stains in her car trunk saying there were there before his niece disappeared. casey anthony accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. >>> a trustee in the bernie madoff case wants billions of dollars from jpmorgan chase. the trustee said the bank knew about the ponzi scheme and didn't do anything. >>> a lot of people visit dubai and before you do there's something those folks need to know. public displace of affection heavily frowned on. there's serious repercussions if you don't keep your hands to yourself and that includes jail time. those det

t.j. >> jim spellman is keeping an eye on things there.your viewers or tell you right now, we've been watching the casey anthony trial. you saw the testimony of her brother a short time ago. now it appears they have called her mother, cindy, back to the stand. we are going to go and listen in to this now. >> was it before or after caylee was born? >> caylee was supposed to be born in september. we had the shower slated for august the 13th, and caylee was born on the 9th. so i had to switch the invitations. i had to contact everybody and change the date of the baby shower. >> just so we're clear, though, was the baby shower held before caylee was born or after she was born? >> i just stated it was after caylee was born because caylee came a month early. >> i understand that. i just wanted to be clear about that. your honor, may i approach the witness? >> you may. >> what is that a photograph of? i'm sorry. excuse me. i'm showing you defense exhibit er. >> your honor, mr. baez has shown these series of photographs, and i have an objection to

i'm t.j. holmes. we do need to start with the president this morning. just hearing from the president are minutes ago making some new claims in his weekly address about those economic numbers we saw come out just yesterday. take a listen to the president. >> now, we've got a ways to go. even though our economy has created more than 2 million private sector jobs over the past 15 months and continues to grow, we're facing some tough headwinds. it's high gas prices, the earthquake in japan and unease about the european fiscal situation. that's going to happen from time to time. there are going to be bumps on the road to recovery. we know that. but we also know what's happened here at this chrysler plant. >> the president speaking at that auto plant yesterday making the trip to toledo, ohio. despite a slowdown for the job creation, the president has the highest approval rating since 2009. the latest cnn poll has his approval rating at 54%, republicans aren't necessariesly happy with this president. listen

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i'm t.j. holmes. the governor signed the law to make gay marriage allowed in the state of new york. >> what this state said today brings this discussion of marriage equality to a new plane. that is the power and beauty of new york. the other states look to new york for the progressive direction. >> new york is now the sixth state that allows same sex marriages. it is the most populous state to do so. the new york law doesn't have any residency law requirements. this is key. people from all over the country could now possibly go to new york and be married. this is also the first time a state senate with the republican majority has approved such a bill. the vote was close. 33-29. cnn's mary snow has more from new york. >> reporter: in the end, this historic bill came down to four republicans who broke from their party in support of same sex marriage, there was an eruption of applause in the senate gallery. >> usa. >> reporter: the republicans were able to secure protections for religious organizations.

t.j. winick reporting from new york. t.j., thanks to you. >>> we turn, now, to washington tonight, where president obama is taking control of those high-stakes talks with republicans to increase the nation's debt limit. the two sides now at an impasse. he has summoned leaders of both parties to the white house on monday. and economists say, if congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the u.s. would default on its bonds, sending economic shock waves around the world and increasing the chances of another recession in this country. let's bring in the anchor of abc's "this week," christiane amanpour, in washington. christiane, you and i were talking. they made some headway on spending cuts. where does the impasse stand right now? >> well, it is at a critical juncture because a senior administration official tells me, in the talks with the vice president, members of congress have agreed to between $1.4 trillion and $2 trillion worth of cuts. but there needs to be more. what the republicans are saying is, no new taxes. while

abc's t.j. winnick has more. >> reporter: even after he was arrested outside of los angeles wednesday night, after 16 years on the run, former boston mob boss whitey bulger smiled in the camera. yesterday, he and his long-time girlfriend appeared in federal court. >> he was calm and collected and said in a matter of fact way, he's familiar with charges against him. >> it includes 19 count of murder. tom donahue's father is one of the victims. >> a good feeling, they got him. they finally got him. >> they lured him out of the santa monica apartment by pretending to be the build's manager and called to say the storage locker was broken into. when they came to investigate, agents pounced. inside his apartment was $800,000 in cash stuffed in

i'm t.j. holmes. the governor signed the law to make gay marriage allowed in the state of new york. >> what this state said today brings this discussion of marriage equality to a new plane. that is the power and beauty of new york. the other states look to new

now, t.j., hundreds of thousands of people line up to get a live sardine, two inch live sardine, and it's coated in special spices. the secret recipe apparently is around 170 years old, and comes from a hindu saint. and the hindu saint told the gold family they were allowed to administer but this couldn't make a profit from it. there's no profit. what you're seeing now is children being fed the live fish, asthma and other respiratory problems, and the indian government ships literally busses these people to the place where the festival took place this week. >> this is supposed to treat asthma? >> supposed to treat asthma and other respiratory problems and being criticized by certain people and the gold family says its pharmaceutical companies who are criticizing them because it cures asthma and other respiratory diseases so well. >> it cures allegedly cures?

abc's t.j. winnick has more. >> reporter: even after he was arrested outside of los angeles wednesday night, after 16 years on the run, former boston mob boss whitey bulger smiled in the camera. yesterday, he and his long-time girlfriend appeared in federal court. >> he was calm and collected and said in a matter of fact way, he's familiar with charges against him. >> it includes 19 count of murder. tom donahue's father is one of the victims. >> a good feeling, they got him. they finally got him. >> they lured him out of the santa monica apartment by pretending to be the build's manager and called to say the storage locker was broken into. when they came to investigate, agents pounced. inside his apartment was $800,000 in cash stuffed in the walls. 30 firearms, some hidden in hallowed-out books. >> sometimes it's simple to deceive. when you make yourself average looking. >> announced a new strategy focussing on his girlfriend who is obsessed with trips to the beauty parlor and the dentist. it pa

mccormick t.j. welcome. thanks thanks tom nice to be back and to see if thank you as far as you can remember has our government ever been stingy with money when it comes to helping american victims of natural disasters or is eric cantor the first. got no no i'm actually i kind of i kind of reject the the premise here in the sense that i believe that it's actually democrats who are holding all this up all they need to do is prioritize prioritize those people who need help in joplin another a tornado affected areas congress has to appropriate money you know it's in the cost of democrats and sadly in the house of representatives is run by the republicans right now and that's what has to originate and eric cantor said we're not going to give any money to the people of joplin unless the democrats will agree to to cut something let's cut some money from grandma let's get some you know if you know cutting from billionaires and you can't do that no raising taxes on billionaires can't do that but you've got to cut so

abc's t.j. winnick reports. >> the nigerian national was caught yesterday trying to board flight delta 26 to atlanta with another boarding pass. in his bag, ten other boarding passes in various name. he told the officers he spent the night sleeping inside lax inside the secure area of the airport. >> we have this new report that says we should be looking out for lone wolf or individual type. terrorists or extremists. he could have fit the bill. >> it began friday when he used a stolen i.d. and boarding pass to board virgin america flight from jfk to lax. it was june 24, but the boarding pass said june 23. and it said flight 415. but the flight he took was flight 415. according to a tsa spokesperson, every passenger that passes through the security check points is subject to layers of security including thorough physical screening at the check point. >> pull him off. take him to a secondary checker. ask him a half a dozen questions. that would have resolved this immediately. >> after getting thro

t.j.> reporter: casey anthony trial judge belvin perry warned the prosecution and defense their behavior could cause a mistrial even threatening to exclude key witnesses. >> to exclude even at the price of having to do it all over again. exclusion may be the proper remedy if it continues. >> reporter: perry threatened to hold defense attorney jose baez in contempt of court.hen it all began on saturday when prosecutors complained baez planned to question witnesses on topics not included in pretrial reports. after a long sidebar, court was adjourned until this morning. >> and i would go through the reports of all my experts and make sure that their opinions were contained in the reports. >> reporter: and while the trial of this young mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee may be garnering more attention by the day, the judge seems intent on keeping it from becoming a spectacle. >> all of this, folks, is going to stop, or you will be working some very fierce days. >> reporte

. >> what's up, t.j.? are you ready for this one?reporter: she's a self-taught expert in the diets of children with cancer. she works around restrictions restrictions and manages to sneak in extra calories. >> and guacamole. >> mitchell: all the while pleasing the palette. >> she was able to find stuff that he liked, especially seafood. you would never think that would be an option. >> reporter: anne marie's son, t.j., is recovering from a bone marrow transplant. after the operation, he hardly smiled for two weeks. >> she came in, and talked to him about food and stuff, and he just kind of fell in love with her and her big chef hat and he thought she was so kind and sweet and all of a sudden, sure enough, the dimples started to show up again. >> reporter: and she comforts parents and nourishes their children. >> this is good stuff! >> chef pannenna says she always looks for that special moment as she watches these special kids take their first bite. >> there's so much more to giving than what we do in restaurants. to be able to contr

abc's t.j. winnick reports. >> the nigerian national was caught yesterday trying to board flight delta 26 to atlanta with another boarding pass. in his bag, ten other boarding passes in various name. he told the officers he spent the night sleeping inside lax inside the secure area of the airport. >> we have this new report that says we should be looking out for lone wolf or individual type. terrorists or extremists. he could have fit the bill. >> it began friday when he used a stolen i.d. and boarding pass to board virgin america flight from jfk to lax. it was june 24 but the boarding pass said june 23. and it said flight 415. but the flight he took was flight 415. according to a tsa spokesperson, every passenger that passes through the security check points is subject to layers of security including thorough physical screening at the check point. >> pull him off. take him to a secondary checker. ask him a half a dozen questions. that would have resolved this immediately. >> after getting throu

t.j. walker. he's a body language and media analyst. also a presentation coach. and t.j., first things first, you hit on something that all the other commentators appear to have missed that we've been watching into today. you said texas congressman ron paul looked as though he were, and your words, sucking on lemons. let's watch. ron paul. >> i'm the commander in chief. i make the decisions. i tell the generals what to do. one of the ways to solve this ongoing debate about marriage, look up the dictionary, we know what marriage is all about. but then get the government out of it. >> pat is a guest on my show. ron paul, sucking lemons. not so nice, t.j. >> he just looks like the angry man down the street growing up who is always yelling at the kids to get off my lawn. he's hunched over. he's scowling. he seems angry. let's opt out of everything. that really appeals to a certain hard core elements of tens of millions of libertarians in the country. they'll be e-mailing angry, nasty things to

t.j. winick is joining us with the latest. t.j.? >> reporter: good morning.rnado watches in effect from maine to southeastern pennsylvania. it's a rarity to get such a close look at a tornado but then tornadoes in massachusetts are just as rare. none since 2008. watch as this funnel cloud filled with water and debris winds its way across the connecticut river in the city of springfield, hit by at least two twisters wednesday night. >> you could see the trees flying over the cars, flying on to the cars, hitting the cars. it was very -- it was surreal to be honest. you couldn't believe that it was happening. >> reporter: twisters touched down east of springfield as well in numerous communities. countless trees are down and several structures are destroyed. >> i don't know what the right thing to do is here. but it seems like it's coming right towards us. >> dude, i really don't know. >> reporter: a tractor-trailer overturned during the storm on the memorial bridge leading to west springfield. there has been damage to buildings and homes in the city's downtown a

t.j.as the details. >> reporter: after more than three months of fighting, it appears civil war is inevitable in libya. now moammar gadhafi is officially an international outlaw after an arrest warrant was issued by the international criminal court. >> moammar gadhafi, in coordination with his inner circle, conceived and orchestrated a plan to deter and quell by all means the civilian demonstrations against the regime. >> reporter: the struggle between gadhafi's regime and rebels trying to topple him from power after 42 years has now raged on for 101 days. >> i will die to protect me and my people. >> reporter: from the beginning the dictator's claimed to have the support of his country. but according to the hague's indictment, which includes his son and intelligence chief, gadhafi is wanted for orchestrating the killing, injuring, arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of civilians during the first 12 days of the uprising. even supported by nato air strikes it has been slow going for the reb

the day i got the phone call from t.j. saying i might have a building that i could share with you, or maybe even donate tohe food bank, w an astoundingday. >> demand was up. so they needed more space. they are going to create a huge cooler out of the office building. section of it to accept more produce than before. they think it will provide 18 million more meals a year. chew on that for a second. 18 million more meals out of this building. they have to renovate it. they have to build the cooler and hoping to get it in place before the busy holiday season. live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> other news. domain names like dot-com and dot-org could be joined by-dot--sport, dot-eco or dot-ipad. hundreds of new suffixes could appear now that internet corporation for sign name and number voted for unlimited expansion of domain names. groups and businesses willing to pay $185,000 fee can petition for name base on things like company brand or political causes. experts call it the biggest change to the

t.j.? >> reporter: good morning, truly historic. new york is now the sixth and largest state to allow gay marriage. will this allow what they're hoping for or will the country be divided? new york's marriage equality act didn't just bring gay marriage to the empire state, it brought new hope that the fight for same-sex marriage may be gaining traction on a national level. >> it's clear momentum is building on our behalf. marriage equality is an inevitability. it's no longer a question of if, it's more you an accurate question of when and how. >> reporter: in new york, some positive signs for proponents. the bill passed with bipartisan support. there were so big republican donors who supported the cause. both corporations and labor unions threw their support behind it and public perception nationally, more enduring news. 53% of americans now say they support gay marriage. 15 years ago, just 27% were in favor. >> it is increasing acceptance, it is increasing awareness. it's part of a larger debate and dialogue we're having. >> reporte

the day i got the phone call from t.j.might have a building that i could share with you, or maybe even donate to the food bank, was an astounding day. >> demand was up. so they needed more space. they are going to create a huge cooler out of the office building. section of it to accept more produce than before. they think it will provide 18 million more meals a year. chew on that for a second. 18 million more meals out of this building. they have to renovate it. they have to build the cooler and hoping to get it in place before the busy holiday season. live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> other news. domain names like dot-com and dot-org could be joined by-dot--sport, dot-eco or dot-ipad. hundreds of new suffixes could appear now that internet corporation for sign name and number voted for unlimited expansion of domain names. groups and businesses willing to pay $185,000 fee can petition for name base on things like company brand or political causes. experts call it the biggest change to the syste

and to museum itself the search for the next president's money began t.j.'s after he fled the country in january two thousand and eleven however should correct service started investigating ben ali's finances long before just kind of pollution according to the organizations estimates the ex president's family may be worth as much as five billion euros. swiss journalist mildred zaki has spent several years investigating the financial wheeling and dealing with some leaders of the third world countries but even she can only give a rough estimate of the fortunes we have here is ben ali it was five billion dollars. we've estimated at seventeen billion it was serious sources that this was the telegraph. that's went up to one hundred twenty billion it is believed that the family of the libyan leader is africa's richest the gadhafi clan keeps billions of dollars in bank accounts according to specialists from the international center for our center covering all of libya's state when companies have some links to the colonel's family. oil companies such as turmoil are

come to america i think when it comes to america it'll take the form of mass state what they cost or t.j. default on all the under row water mortgages that were fraudulent lee sold to americans and they still find themselves in the real estate market like in miami for example and other locations of it new lows that even despite all of the pumping up by the by the fed in the stimulus by obama the real estate market is still crashing and these people are underwater and as a revolt the civil unrest that we'll see in the u.s. will not take the form necessarily of people on the street i think americans are a bit savvier than this i think what they'll do is they'll stage a multi million single day mass walk away from your mortgage this will be america's cairo moment when somebody organized on facebook a ten million strong simultaneously simultaneous mortgage default but in the meantime we still have this coming financial melt through happening max and how it happened in tepco situation in fukushima was because the regulators and the people they were regulating were actually. one in the same so

abc's t.j. winick joins us now with all the details. >> reporter: good morning, peggy and daniel. in the casey anthony trial could get the case sometime next week. it was an emotional day for casey anthony's father george. forced to recount that day in december 2008 when his granddaughter caylee's remains were finally found. >> up to that moment, had you held out the hope that caylee would be found alive? >> absolutely. every day from july 15th until the day we were told -- it was >> reporter: the former police officer gave some of the most damning testimony yet against casey. on trial and facing the death penalty for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. >> casey was the last one that i saw with caylee. one and one adds up to two, sir, in my mind. no matter how you're trying to spin it. >> reporter: george anthony became emotional again when questioned about his suicide attempt in january 2009. >> i needed at that time to go and be with caylee. >> and you expressed that in the note? >> yes, i did. because i believe i failed her. >> reporter: and why he had bought a handgun after

. >>> that was abc's t.j. winick living that report. president obama says his attitude in his words evolving and the gay marriage debated will be part of the republican presidential primary from now and continuing on in to 2012, especially when you consider iowa and new hampshire where the first two primaries are held both allow gay marriage. >> coming up next, notorious mobster, james whitey bolger faces justice in court after hiding out for the past 16 years. we are learning more about the tip that finally nabbed him. >> what president obama is doing tomorrow to try to head off the potential financial fallout potential financial fallout you can see denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >>> president obama will meet one on one with senate majority leader mitch o'connell about raising the debt ceiling. they will try to jump started talks when republicans walked away from the bargaining table. >> we want to close the loophole up

t.j. >> reporter: we are told on every flight, just before takeoff. >> we have just closed the boarding door. please turn off and stow all portable electronic devices. >> reporter: like the safety demonstrations, that announcement is often ignored. >> do i obey? no. >> i can't imagine my measly cell phone is going to cause anything bad to happen. >> reporter: according to a confidential airline industry report obtained by abc news, you no longer have to imagine. the report documents 75 separate incidents pilots and engineers think are linked to cell phones or other electronic devices. they include autopilot disengaged by itself. left gps not reading correctly. rapid change in cabin altitude and altitude control. >> the equipment that feeds the data to the cockpit, radios and communications, and the navigation equipment, equipment itself is located under the floor in the airplane or in the overhead or in the walls. >> reporter: according to aircraft manufacturer boeing, our devices radiate