anastasia decided against reaching an agreement with the finnish authorities and appealed instead to media and. in their case became an international scandal even though there are around fifteen fails and such cases recorded in finland every year the last stop you met me being the last stop get very leave and then stop get married right yet i give you the russian parents have declared a boycott the fifty finished goods for fifty kidnapped russian children the big if yet. i woman's group called russian mothers organize a rally outside the finnish embassy in moscow to support. they plan to boycott finished products and the campaign begins with the symbolic destruction of a nokia cell phone all of them which. we couldn't have imagined by the situation with the children taken away from a less to see would develop this way she hasn't been proven guilty in any respect and. yet here i arrived in march two thousand and eight young and turn was kidnapped on april twelfth two thousand and nine we got up early in the morning it was a holiday it was sunday we usually went to church on sundays th

the commotion anastasia's i've got i've never stood up in the russian media helped cause the authorities decided to return her children after they'd spent a month at the help center just today if this story hadn't received so much publicity the children could have spent the time before the court hearing at an orphanage or in an adoptive family that might have been six or in ten months that was the prospect we were facing he will block the guy. however social workers promised to paste. special attention to the russian sudanese family. they still have some concerns but since we have been arguing a lot with the staff working at the center and they don't know how to work with us they decided to let us go home and sing at their hope that it will be more open and it will be easier for the social workers to get on with us. but ellis does he have failed to live up to the social workers expectations once her family was released from the center she began to prepare to leave for russia but local social services opened a new investigation and just as your story is far from over. in two thousand and

or not to be reckoned with crowned russian tar boxing champion in march two thousand and eleven anastasia came into the sport after eight years of karate and fell in love with the discipline how does one of the most aggressive martial arts much to the horror of her mom. my mother didn't take it very well at first she was relieved when i stopped fighting that there was no more karate and then i started all over again but she's fine with it now and will come to my fights aside from her passion for martial arts young covers love for foreigners arts led her to design her own tattoo project on which she really symbolizes and inspires her as a fighter and so far the twenty one year old has won all three of her w five professional fights though she also attributes her success to her interest in psychology. there is more to sport than just the body it's mostly about what's inside you and winning is about fifty percent of physical shape and fifty percent what's in your head there are many good sportsman who once in their range they're feeling sort of lost because there are people watching because

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gabriela and anastasia. >> don't forget to watch about "20/20," the real dish.ff only as you can. we appreciate it, as always. and everybody, have a great weekend. >> bye. >> so long. >> live, and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. good morning at 8:56. mta will start installing flat screen displays. stephen colbert is expected in downtown d.c. today. they are -- the artists are reproducing him for a wax figure. here's a look at traffic. there's a report of a vehicle route 80. 80 here we are at montrose road. volume is easing up pretty nicely. the weather is not too bad, 44 degrees right now and some be with us through the afternoon. it is cooler in northern , 38 degrees at dulles. we are expecting partly sunny 50-55 degrees. we will stay in the middle 50's weekend. >> thank you for watching. we will be back at noon. "live with kelly and michael" is next.

gabriela and anastasia. >> don't forget to watch about "20/20," the real dish.nly as you can. we appreciate it, as always. and everybody, have a great weekend. >> bye. >> so long. >>> good friday morning i am megan pringle. here's some of the stories we are work on for. you if you want to get into the holiday spirit, take the family to downtown baltimore for its a. a water front life starting today the polar express that opens up at national aquarium tomorrow and a holiday parade along the inner harbor promenade and santa will arrive at harbor place that happens at 6:30. the night will end at the power plant with a holiday light show starting at 7. and speak of the holidays it's season for giving and ray rice is giving back helping stuff a bus for the maryland food bank that's happening from 5 until 8 tonight. you can drop off food at shop rite in timonium near the light rail and items need most pasta and i fant formula canned fruit and veggies and oatmeal and rice. now a check on the weather with meteorologist lynette charles. >> all right. we have been watchin

gabriella and anastasia. >> so beautiful. so happy for them. d.j. kalkutta. you kicked the weekend off, as only as you can. we appreciate it, as always. and everybody, have a great weekend. >> bye. >> so long. [ male announcer ] steak and lobster is on the menu at sizzler. a fresh-cut tri tip sirloin served with a succulent lobster tail. just $16.99. sizzler. >> good morning, it's going to be a wet weekend in the bay area. let's go to mike nicco with the accu-weather forecast. >> flight arrival delays of two and a half hours. heaviest of the rain moving up to the northeast right up to 80 in the valley. heaviest is along 37. american canyon toward novato. healthy rain up to half an inch around most of the bay area. most of this is over by sunday morning. >> still just stopped virtually behind the bay bridge toll plaza. multiple problems earlier. there was a stall cleared. sig alert at northbound at washington and we have nouvens nouns it's -- announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael." today from the hit comedy "new girl," zooey d

ana, anastasia, and grey.t all together, the parents will have a lot of explaining to do. >>> also in "pop news," update on the supermodel last week that was taking china by storm. since this 72-year-old grandfather started modeling his granddaughter's light, visits to her website has quadrupled. the good-looking grandad is now china's most recognized model. he has turned down multiple offers to strut his stuff for other fashion houses. his granddaughter says, nope. he is officially the face of her business. >>> and finally, in "pop news" we're in the spirit of the season here at "gma." looks like they're feeling the holiday spirit in japan, as well. dressing up these adorable penguins in christmas-themed outfits for the holidays. >> aren't they cute enough? >> little fellas. this is at an aquarium south of tokyo, where they have a diver. >> pretty good. >> it's like a baby christmas tree. and a diver dressed as the big guy, who swims with the dolphins. one way that we're all celebrating the holiday season. >>

their little adopted child anastasia grace was born in china last year. they have three biological children but they traveled to china just last month to pick up this little baby girl. and they have been waiting for her for quite some time and we're very grateful that the chinese government has been cooperative. china has been placing more children domestically which is good because many years ago they didn't really have any process for domestic adoption. of course, with their one-child policy there were literally millions of children in orphanages, many little girls because they weren't as valued as little boys. but now that's changing. china is doing more domestic adoption but there are still children that need to have loving parents and many of them are finding them here in the united states. and then finally, the last tbeam is jake and amy glover from haynes, kansas, four adopted children, three from haiti and one from china. what a cute holiday card this is going to be for all of their friends that will receive it. since adopting three children from

grey is up, anastasia is up and ana. the one that is not up is christian. >> i'm not surprised.t to name your son that. >> and i'm wondering how the moms are going to explain the inspiration for these names in a few years. >> the royals, two names up harry and pippa. >> people love harry and pippa, they're a little bit less in the spotlight than will and kate. we also have harry stiles from one direction. >> we did see some one direction popular names. let's keep with our list, will and kate? >> they're on the decline. i think they're just a little overexposed now, and these names are so associated with these two people. but, you know, all eyes are going to be on them if there is a pregnancy and it'll be very interesting to see what they name the baby. >> let's get into what i consider a little bit kooky. names referencing technology. apple we've seen, i get it. mac and siri. >> we hadn't seen apple rise when gweneth paltrow named her daughter. a big surprise, someone named a baby hashtag, which, i think that's a little much for a girl. and 20 years from now, who's going to know