there you go. >> bill weir, thank you. we appreciate it. >> i read bill's tweet from the pub in london. he was having a good time last night. >>> we'll switch gears now and turn to your voice, your vote, mitt romney is in israel, the second stop of his international tour and the presidential candidate has already made news, outlining how he would have handled the escalating tension with iran. david muir is traveling with romney and has more this morning from jerusalem. >> bianna, good morning from jerusal jerusalem. mitt and ann romney will have dinner with benjamin netanyahu. tough talk on iran. foreign policy adviser with the romney campaign saying that romney would back a military strike against tehran. in an excerpt released, make no mistake, they're testing our moral defenses. they want that know who will object. they haven't taken military options off the table. we'll ask the governor for exact differences from what he's laying out and what the president is laying out. >> david, thank you. >>> will that warm welcome i

right there. >> bill weir, thank you. we'll come back to you for more. we appreciate it. >> i read bill's tweet from the pub in london. he was having a good time last night. we love having bill on. >>> we can't get enough from the shocker from the olympics. we'll have more. we're joined by summer sanders. no stranger to the olympics herself, she won four medals in the pool for the u.s. at the barcelona games. thank you so much for joining us. >> it's my pleasure. look at this view. we had the first rain of the games right behind me. >> i have to ask you, the first time in 12 years that phelps didn't win an olympic medal. how big of a setback is this for him? >> it's a shocker. that's been the headline back in the states. it shocked him. i didn't expect him to walk away with the gold medal in the 400 i.m. his first race, but i didn't expect him to get fourth. he didn't, either. he's very competitive. he's disappointed with it. the question is, how can he come back? not only mentally but physically, how can he feel strong in the water for his next six races

tonight, joined by my coanchor bill weir from london. he's been there for the opening ceremonies of the twchl olympic games. i just want to say, we're all jealous back here. what a show. >> my friend, i don't want to rub it in, but if you could be on this town in this night. this was seven years, 40 million dollars in the making and boy did it show. interesting four years ago we got a sample of chinese greats. tonight it was all about british intelligence. their cultural contributions from this island nation over the centuries here. danny boyle who won an oscar for slum dog millionaire who brought the world train spotting and 28 days later, this may be his crowning achievement. it began with a lush island villages. transformed by a bit of kenneth bra that shakespeare and industrial revolution. rivers form rings, olympic rings that rise in spark in the london night. and in a sweeping rambling narrative, danny boyle gave tribute to james bond and the queen to harry potter and the national health care system, even mr. bean and the investor

in new york city, this is "nightline," july 4th, 2012. >> good evening, i am bill weir. well, as the independence day holiday winds down, we begin with a few rays of hope in the american housing market. home sales are rising, foreclosures are dropping to levels not seen since the crisis hit back in '08. but there are still hundreds of thousands of families locked in a struggle to keep their homes and tonight, we meet a man using his insider knowledge of the banking industry to help even that fight. here's abc's chris cuomo with an encore "realty check." >> i think they're hoping i'm just going to be like, okay, you can have my house. this is my home. i'm not leaving. >> reporter: heather cadman bought her massachusetts home eight years ago. right now, she's fighting the bank to keep it. a date has been set to auction it off. >> when i heard people were losing jobs and what not in this economy that i knew i could squeak by. but unfortunately, that wasn't the case. >> reporter: heather's a single mom with a 14-year-old son named donny. >> leave it. >> reporter: she also ta

abc's bill weir was there for it all and leads our coverage tonight from the olympic games. bill, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, diane. the games did not see the most auspicious beginning for team usa. some grumbling yesterday. but oh, day four, definitely the most exciting and most historic of all. after countless days of countless laps a lifetime of staring at the bottom of pools, after a weekend of disappointment, the first few days showed more tarnish than gold for michael phelps. hoe could be the first gold medal winner. and down the stretch, it looked impossible. and he cruised to the finish, allowed chad lacwaa to win and settling for silver. and then the free style relay. and has his teammates, loshty, dwyer, behrens, go for the lead, the familiar touch. and for the record breaking 19 lt time, the golden smile. and in the gym, the fab five entered confident. it's been a few days since jordyn wieber's bump from the finals rocked the team. but none of that drama showed tonight as points mounted routine by routine. they were all in fine form. by the floo

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our bill weir is there. a very special spectator, first lady michelle obama. the games begin. >>> and you can be wowed by the world's greatest ath leets. is it talent or persistence that makes them great? if you practice anything ten thousands hours, could you too be a champion? >>> plus, he helped design that show piece olympic stadium and

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 11th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, a quiet epidemic on the rise for roughly one baby an hour in this country, born hooked on prescription painkiller s their mothers are abusing. they face an uphill battle as we saw when we were invited into special hospital ward in tennessee. abc's juju chang brings us this tale of hope and heartbreak, as part of our division-wide commitment to telling the stories of the invisible among us. a hidden america. >> reporter: it's noon in the neo natal intensive care unit at east tennessee hospital. and baby grayson is shaking again. >> he's tremoring. >> reporter: grayson was born with a serious drug dependency, because his pregnant mother was addicted to painkillers. now he gets morphine to cut the pain of withdrawal. grayson was brought here from a nearby hospital this special unit for detoxing newborns. right now, there are 23 tiny patients here, going through withdrawal. mostly from

i'm bill weir. during a fight scene in the "dark knight rises," batman exhorts catwoman to put away her weapon. no killing, he says, no guns. sadly in the theater last night, life did not imitate that bit of art. the admit need premiere of that film became a killing ground. families are reeling. the young man is in custody and trying to figure out how to disarm the suspect's apartment. loaded with explosive booby traps. david wright begins our coveraged from denver suburb of aurora. >> reporter: good evening, bill. we're a few yards away from the multiplex where the massacre took place. the coroner met with loved one and outside that high school, as you can see, people were crying. the midnight showing of "the dark knight rises." to fans across the country, a summons asser resistible as the bat signal. at the century 16 theater here in aurora, the crowd included jennifer seeger, a young couple with their two kids and jessica ghawi, a 25-year-old aspiring sports caster who goes by the professional na

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bill weir joins us from london.sure here, bill. >> reporter: just a little bit. there are land people and water people. for those of us who sink like car batteries, you can't help but stand in awe of these guys, they just move with such fluid ease. phelps just barely qualified this morning. this games is a rivalry not about nations, about teammates. >> here's the key lap for michael phelps! >> reporter: there they were, less than a month ago, neck and neck, stroke for stroke. >> this is the scene you'll see most likely in london. >> reporter: two water demigods. not just qualifying, but striving to become america's aqua alpha. in the end -- >> just barely. >> reporter: -- this is phelps, by 0.09 of a second. he's the reigning champ. 14 medals to his name. a record eight golds from one olympiad alone. ryan lochte, the challenger, two medals on his wall. hungry for so much more. >> i've been getting second behind him so many times. i always knew i was capable of beating him. it was just matter of when. >> i'm here to

bill weir leads the coverage again tonight from london. bill? >> reporter: diane n the history of the olympic game, in the history of the olympic games, united states has won 1214 gold medals, china, 7. you wouldn't know it. we begin with the first reason to cheer. the folks in aurora, colorado, has had in weeks. she is not a senior in high school and her swim club doesn't have a pool. yet, missy franklin is golden, the pride of iowa error ra took the 100 meter backstroke. and ryan lochte, beaten again by a frempbman. another huge surprise in the pool han china. and 16-year-old yi he is when. her free styles were the faster of the best men in the world, a first. and while she has tested clean, another 16-year-old from china was doubt blood doping in the spring. the chinese insist she is this good because she has been groomed since age a 5 when her kinder garden teacher noticed her her hands. and the gym, the u.s. couldn't medal. and prince william, the brits were giddy when the team won silver. >> great britain have a silver! >> unbelievable. an

bill weir, thank you. we'll have much more of bill's interview with first lady michele obama later on "nightline". later in our program, the hyper-sculpted bodies of today's olympians and how they compare to the stars of our past. >>> and one more snapshot in the olympics, traffic in london came to a standstill today, so republican mitt romney opted to skip the motorcade and walk to his meeting with ireland's prime minister, blending in for the most part on the streets of london. that's not the only walking he did. he also walked back. some comments about whether london was ready to host these games. saying that after a few days there on the ground, he's convinced it is. romney heads to israel next and david muir will sit down with romney there and we'll have that interview for you this sunday. >>> now to your money and the rally on wall street. the dow up nearly 200 points, closing above the all important 13,000 mark. something that hasn't happened, in nearly three months. while the dow spiked, one stock i

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i'm bill weir. as a cuisine, airline food has long held punchline status. well, it's hard to find humor when served aboard four international delta flights over the weekend, sewing needles discovered in several business class turkey sandwiches on flights all originated from amsterdam. the fbi has gotten involved and abc's pierre thomas has the very latest. >> reporter: tonight, this simple image of a needle hidden in a sandwich is raising a critical question about an often forgotten aspect of airline security. how safe from sabotage is the food on commercial airlines? it was definitely not on the menu. a half dozen sewing needles found in sandwiches on four separate delta flights this past sunday. at least one person injured after biting in. >> there was the second bite, i bit down, that's when i felt the poke on the top of my mouth. when i pull it out of my mouth, i cleaned the food off, it was about a one-inch needle. >> reporter: passenger james was seated in row "h." >> right now, i'm okay. they said if i start developing symptoms, nausea, headaches, i

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden er and bill weir in new york city, this is "night line," july 19th, 2012. >>> new details in the death of sylvester sta loan's son, sage. the police are trying to determine if the large number of empty prescription pill bottles in and around many his home are connected to his death. while the investigation is still onli ongoing, the fact that tragedy has hit another hollywood child serves as a sad reminder that having all the privileges of money and fame doesn't always mean a charmed lif. >> reporter: were it not for the fact sage sta loan had a famous father the news of his dret wouldn't be in the news day after day. was it an accident after he had five teeth pulled out by a dentist? does any of this have to do with the fact that his dad, to the rest of us, was rocky balboa, one of the most famous actors in the world? >> if think it handles, don't you think? >> sage was 14 years old when he started opposite his oscar winning father in rocky v. >> i'm not scared, really. >> at the height of his fame,

try zantac® this has been medifacts for zantac® >>> "nightline" continues from new york city with bill weir> mt. maudit, the foreboding mountain where at least nine climbers lost their lives in the deadliest avalanche in recent history today. >> it was on a slope that atracks advanced climbers. abc's nic reports from the scene in the french alps. >> reporter: this braet taking snow capped u mountain in the alps is called cursed peak. one of the most popular mountains to climb and one of the most deadly. dozens die here every year but today was the worst day in living memory. it was just af 5:00 in the morning, 24 hikers in two groups made their way up to 13,000 feet up. >> it's an incredibly beautiful range. it's a fantastic place to go to go climbing. >> at the group hike, a block of ice broke off. it became a huge dense mass of snow, 160 feet wide and moving at more than 100 miles an hour. it caught them and swept them down the mountain. >> one of the hikers managed to call for help on his cell phone. and this is what rescuers were up against, look at the size of the avalanche compared to

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," july 25th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. the king of pop may be gone, but the turmoil and drama in michael jackson's family continues. and tonight, his mother, katherine jackson, is speaking out in an abc news exclusive. after conflicting reports over her whereabouts in the last week sparked public family fumds including a battle that played out in court today, over custody of michael's three children, paris, prince and blanket, katherine jackson is coming forward to break her silence. here's abc's nick watt. >> hello. i'm katherine jackson. >> reporter: and with those words, her first public words in ten days, the jackson clan matriarch, surrounded by her children, jermaine, jan element and rebbie, katherine gave her side of this explosive story. >> there are rumors going around about me that i've been kidnapped and held against my will. i'll here today to let everybody know that i'm fine and i'm here with my childre

with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden, bill weir, and tonight, juju chang in new york city. this is "nightline." july 23rd, 2012. >>> and good evening. i'm juju chang. today, the man suspected of mass murder in the horrific colorado movie rampage made his first public appearance in court. with new details emerging about who he really is, his bizarre demeanor today adds another piece to a disturbing puzzle. how could a quiet young man described as a promising young student come to the path that led to the carnage of last friday night? >> good morning, please be seated. >> reporter: he may think of his himself as the joker, but today, james egan holms wasn't smiling and he didn't speak a word. >> given the nature of the charges you are currently being held on a no-bond held. >> what's happening? oh, my god. >> reporter: accused of a diabolical plan of mass murdering. a shooting rampage in a crowded movie theater. a plot that almost seems ripped from the pages of a "dark knight" comic book. if convicted, he could face the death penalty. >> the death penalty has to be made withi

bill weir leads the coverage at the abc news olympic desk in london. good morning, bill. >> good morning to you, robin, josh. yes, no duel in the pool on day two. instead, phelps and lochte join super hero forces there as a team in an effort to repeat the thrilling win over the french in the relay in beijing. but, another twist of the script. in his leg of the relay, the old michael phelps was back. >> phelps turning it on here. >> reporter: giving the american aquamen a solid lead. when his heir apparent, ryan lochte, tried to bring it home, the french rival torpedoed past in the final 25 meters and beat the great wet hope by awe full second. >> we just raced tough. and -- we came up a little short. >> reporter: since he was gunning for seven golds in these games, it took away a bit of the momentum and hype he earned on saturday's opening race. >> and the statement that it's my time has all paid off for lochte. >> reporter: the fun-loving floridian earned team usa's first gold of the games, but the big headline was phelps finishing fourth. the first ti

. >> from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city. this is "nightline." july 30th, 2012. >>> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, it's all over supermarket shelves, restaurant menus. and now the gluten-free diet is even making a splash at the olympic games. either by choice or necessity, several medal-winning champs have claimed that cutting out the gluten in everything from bread to pasta has helped their performance. does it make sense for you to try it too? here's my co-anchor terry moran with tonight's "you are what you eat." >> dana vollmer about to win her first olympic gold medal and trying to make it a world record as well! yes! >> reporter: when dana vollmer won gold in the butterfly at the olympics, america cheered. one american with special enthusiasm. >> and congratulations to dana vollmer, by the way. she set a world record in butterfly and she happens to be gluten free. she's my gluten-free goddess with a gold medal in a world record, i love her. >> reporter: elisabeth hasselbeck of "the view," one of the m

. >>> good evening, i'm bill weir. there was nothing ordinary about michael jackson, not his talents or lifestyle, or his family. both those who share his upbringing and the children he sheltered from their glare. three years his death, public rifts are forming in the jackson family. after a weekend in which michael's mother was erroneously reported missing, abc's nick watt sorts out the latest details. >> reporter: the jackson kids were coming home from summer school. following them home, uncles randy and jermaine and janet. cordial at first, but not for long. >> it was an ambush of sorts. they wanted the children to come with them. turned into yelling, aggression. >> janet jackson slapped paris jackson in the face. after the slap, janet told her, you're a spoiled little bitch. paris jackson retaliated slapped janet jackson back, get the f out of here. >> can you can see janet trying to grab her cellphone. >> i believe it was because of the tweets. >> reporter: she's still tweeting about missing her grandparents. so h

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i'm bill weir. well, some call it viagra for the brain. the ultimate pill for a 24/7 society. and it almost sounds too good to be true. a prescription medication that keeps you focused and awake for days at a time without the jitters of caffeine. with no crash. no serious side effects, at least none they've discovered yet. it is called provigil. and although it was created to treat sleep disorders, off-label use has skyrocketed. and abc's dan harris shows us why. >> we can only access 20% of our brain. >> it lets you access all of it. >> reporter: the idea is so tantalizing, they made a movie about it. in "limitless" bradny cooper starts taking a new drug and poof -- >> a tablet a day and i was limitless. >> reporter: this notion of living through better chemistry. >> what's your secret? >> medication. >> reporter: it may seem utterly fantastical. but not so says dave asprey. he gets up at 4:45, pops a pill, prepares breakfast for his two children and gallops into his job as vice president of a billion-dollar security firm. >> this could be the difference between i'm just maki

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 18th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, the frantic hunt for clues in the mysterious disappearance of two young girls in a tiny iowa town. six days ago, they went out on a bike ride but never returned. triggering a sweeping fbi search, with the help of hundreds of local volunteers. but still, no substantial leads, on a trail growing colder by the minute. abc's alex perez comes to us from evansdale, iowa. >> reporter: it's the mystery that's turning the tiny town of evansdale, iowa, upside down. >> the more time and things that go by, you know, more thoughts that go through your head and the worse the pit in your stomach gets. >> elizabeth collins and lyric cook vanishes after leading for a bike ride friday, seemingly without a trace. the only clue, their two bicycles, found at the edge of this local lake. that was five days ago. so far, no break in the case. hopefully we'll find something. today, even the mayor flew his o

. >> also the latest on the 2012 olympic games live from london with our good friend bill weir.nd spice girl mel b the scary one tells us what she thinks you can see >>> we would like tyke moment to explain our policy covering the olympics. on air we are going to announce a spoiler alert. you will have time to turn away and save the surprise. we'll be posting results on social platforms but you have to click a link to see them so you won't accidentally see the results. find us at facebook.com/abc7news and follow us on twitter@abc7 news bay area you can always find us at abc7news.com. >>> today at 4:00, scary find in a bag of candy. we talk to the woman who made this dangerous discovery. at 5, police reveal new tactics a group of con artists are using to prey on the elderly in the asian community. >> new bay area cities where they are make the rounds. those stories and more on abc7 news at 4 and 5. >> time for perfect pet. mike you have a new friend by the name of molly. >> molly. oh you know your name. >> she does. >> how lynn how are you? >> hi this is katrina who is a -- this