john berman, abc news, new york. >> tom selleck would make me happy. >> yeah, listen to you. >> we'reis our 5,000th episode of "world news now." >> unbelievable. how cool is that? >> that is crazy. >> really incredible. >> this show started way back in 1992. 19 years. kind of crazy. get this, for all the folks who are fans resistant to change, 23 different t t t t t t t t t t t >>> this morning on "world news now" -- fierce force. the deadly unrest in libya and moammar gadhafi's intense military defense. >> opposition fighters who had made some major advances may have now lost the upper hand. it's wednesday, march 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> well, good morning to you. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm rob nelson. >>> gadhafi made a rare early morning national tv appearance in libya today as he's anxious to get the word out. could there be negotiations to finally end the civil unrest in that country? >> a lot of people happy to see that. >>> also coming up, the medical debate over a new diet regimen. can a hormone found in pregnant women really help you lose

it is friday, march 25th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> and good morningu. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm rob nelson. this incident took place in a busy washington, d.c. area airport, not a rural air strip. now there are concerns about similar incidents where planes need direction and nobody is there in the tower. >> is that extra? like 25 extra bucks for an air traffic controller? >> the peanuts, soda and now the air traffic controller. >>> coming up, disturbing developments from japan where the nuclear crisis at the fukushima power plant may be reaching a disastrous level. we will be bringing you very latest. >> an important overnight story developing there. >>> elizabeth taylor, of course, left movie fans with some unforgettable memories and she's also left behind an incredible collection of jewelry. we'll tell you what it's worth. >> everyone loved -- >> she loved her diamonds. >> certainly did. people indulged her. >>> first, new safety concerns triggered by the lone air traffic controller who fell asleep on the job. >> the faa has already made a big change

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you can see that across abc news and of course right here on "world news" tuesday night. >>> the president will likely talk tomorrow night in his speech about quickly this operation in libya has been moving, framing it as a success. in fact, just more than a week into this, in tonight, jets are reportedly pounding gadhafi's hometown. that's a first. alex marquardt in eastern libya for why this is a major turning point for the rebels in their march to tripoli. alex? >> reporter: good evening, david. the last 48 hours have seen a complete turnaround for the rebels. they're now back in control of the eastern part of the country. and tonight, the first reports of air strikes on gadhafi's hometown. the rebels' next target on their way to tripoli. on they marched. the rebels pushed west to tripoli, retaking town after town they had lost in recent weeks. "i can't disclose details of the plans," this fighter said, "but it's all looking good." it looks good thanks to the coalition air strikes. along the way today, the rebels met almost no resistance. from ajdabiya, taken yesterday, they recaptured

it's monday, march 21st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> and good morning,ody. happy monday. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm peggy bunker. moammar gadhafi remains defiant and adamant as ever even though his compound was targeted last night while rebels can expect even more help from international forces today. >>> also ahead, as the number of dead from japan's earthquake and tsunami may now top 18,000, rescuers still finding miracles. a survivor buried under her refrigerator for days. she and her grandson found alive. >> hopeful for a lot of people who haven't had any good news. >>> also, a "world news now" follow-up, a college wrestler born without a leg, now he's a real champion. >> against all odds. keep dreaming, whatever that dream is. >>> before we get to that, moammar gadhafi is vowing, quote, a long war. he says he's ready to battle the allied military forces that have already destroyed libyan defenses with some pretty punishing air attacks. >> one of those attacks hit very close to home. a missile blasted into a building on gadhafi's residential compound

lama hasan, abc news, benghazi, libya. >> our thanks to the team on the ground in libya. >>> and this morning, senator john mccain called colonel gadhafi insane on abc's "this week," and urged president obama to set up a no-fly zone over libya. >> this would send a signal to gadhafi that the president is serious when he says, we need for gadhafi to go, and it would be encouraging to the resistance, who are certainly outgunned from the air. >> the white house remains cool to the idea of a no-fly zone, saying it would require a big military operation in a big country. >>> in afghanistan tonight, harsh words for the u.s. president karzai rejected a u.s. apology for the mistaken killing of nine afghan boys in an air strike. general david petraeus personally delivered the apology at an afghan national security council meeting today. karzai said the apology was not enough, saying, quote, the people of afghanistan are tired of these incidents and excuses and condemnations cannot relieve their pain. >>> back in this country now, congress is set to start a set of controversial hearings this we

richard besser, abc news, jfk international airport. >>> also arriving here in the u.s. n japan. they're putting a new reception center at travis air force base in california to some good use. that center provides temporary housing, food and even pet care. >>> if you can believe it, today marks the first anniversary of president obama's sweeping health care overhaul, but the sharp political divide surrounding it is not going away any time soon. >> one year later the controversial affordable care act is still facing some major challenges. karen travers joins us from washington. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. happy birthday health care. the law turns one year today but republicans are trying to repeal it and americans are still skeptical about it. with great fanfare and the flourish of 22 pens, president obama signed into law sweeping health care reform. one year later, more than half of the law has been implemented. popular provisions include allowing adult children to stay on their parents' insurance until they turn 26. discounts for senior

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the nrc declined an abc news request for an interview. but in recent testimony, the agency declared the nation's nuclear power plants safe and ready for catastrophic events. including earthquakes. >> i'm quite confident, we've looked at all the information that we're getting from japan. we've looked at the design basis for the u.s. reactors. we continue with the inspection program and we have a high degree of confidence that the 104 currently operating reactors, there's an adequate basis to assure adequate protection. >> reporter: that's a categorical statement. some fear far too categorical and too rosy a picture given past history. for "nightline", i'm pierre thomas in washington. >> we want to tell you that the nuclear energy institute said it would have appeared on camera but our request tonight came too late for them. in a statement, they said that nrc reports to congress in the last five years show no abnormal occurrences at u.s. nuclear plants, and they continue, america's reactors produce 20% of all our electricity at world class

at the kennedy space center, kevin oliver for abc news. >> incredible. "world news now" -- major move. wisconsin republicans find a way to approve a budget bill that does take bargaining rights away from union public employees. >> how they did it without the democrats and also the controversy ahead. it's thursday, march 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm peggy bunker. >>> pro-union protesters wasted no time in taking their anger to the wisconsin state capitol. what's next for this unusual budget bill and also when the democrats may get involved. a change of -- >> for all the drama -- >> change of events there. >> after the drama, a simple move allowed them to get this done without the democrats. interesting story there. politics never dull. >>> also ahead, journalists from the bbc who say they were taken into custody in libya, beaten and put through mock executions. find out why they were held by the gadhafi regime. >>> and we're going to lighten things up quite a bit and make

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> supporters of wisconsin's republican governor have been showing support for his controversial budget plan. hundreds gathered at an arena in madison yesterday. it was the end of a four-day bus tour backing walker's proposal, of course, to strip state employees of their collective bargaining rights. meanwhile, pro-union demonstrators outnumbered the governor's supporters at the arena. voicing their strong opposition to walker's plan. >>> the issue of government waste is right in the middle of the federal budget debate and a budget agreement is not even close. democrats and republicans are now about $50 billion apart. as jonathan karl reports, a new report offers plenty of ideas about making cuts. >> reporter: even when it comes to chickens and eggs, there are a tangle of overlapping and redundant programs. it's almost embarrassing. the food and drug administration is responsible for ensuring that eggs are safe, wholesome and properly labeled. the department of agriculture is responsible for eggs processed into egg products. the ag department is also

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government is stage also the reaction from the overjoyed family. >> announcer: from abc news, this isng, everyone. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm mike marusarz sitting in for rob nelson. that agent was working in iran when he disappeared and now u.s. officials say though don't know why they're finally getting this evidence that he's still alive. >> and also ahead, more navy officers get called on the carpet and punished. that's after a navy commander filmed anti-gay videos on the ship. the angry words from the top brass. >>> coming up later, the uproar at northwestern university, it's outside chicago. the story involves a sex toy demonstration done in the classroom. >> yeah, wait until you hear about this. pretty -- pretty saucy stuff. i don't know how to describe it. >> you could go a lot of different ways there. we'll leave it there. >> very well. >>> first, nearly four years after vanishing in iran, there is proof of life. the u.s. government says this morning a missing retired fbi agent is alive. >> that's right. as abc's hilarie barsky reports, his family in florida cannot wait for him

for more now let's go to the abc news vault to march 30, 1981. >> this is abc news "nightline."ted koppel. >> good evening. the latest news, all things considered, is reasonably good. president reagan after successful surgery is resting comfortably at george washington hospital here in the capital. his press secretary james brady shot through the head during the same assassination attempt this afternoon. brady has now come out of 4 1/2 hours of surgery and the surgeon says brady's prognosis is certainly better than it was earlier this afternoon. secret service agent tim mccarthy also shot is in good condition. direct of columbia police officer thomas delahanty is in serious but stable condition. now the famous piece of videotape. watch it and listen to it. >> mr. president. president reagan! [ gunshots ] >> back up, back up! >> get him out! get him out! get him out! now! >> all right. stay back. get back. get the ambulance! >> all right, stay back! get the ambulance! >> i got one hand. >> get down! >> my husband! my husband! >> get in the car. >> everybody out of the way. >> wit

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bianna golodryga, abc news, new york. >>> another major headline this morning.ut of a job. and promises to take his now-former bosses to court. now, sheen who starred in "two and a half men" was canned by warner bros. the company dismissed him for dangerously self-destructive conduct. in classic sheen style he responded to his firing by calling the warner bros. executives trolls and also threatened to sue. what does he have against trolls? >> that's his favorite word. >>> more hollywood news this morning. lindsay lohan heads back to court this week to tell a judge in l.a. whether she's willing to cut a plea deal, but her case suddenly got a little more complicated after the sale of surveillance video from the store that is accusing the troubled actress of stealing a pretty pricey necklace. more from mike von fremd. >> reporter: this venice beach jewelry store knows how to give one of its most famous customers special treatment. it not only accused lindsay lohan of shoplifting a $2,500 necklace that the actress insists was simply borrowed, this once little known

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it's thursday, march 17th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning.m mike marusarz in for rob nelson. >>> the president's decision to allow the u.s. evacuations comes as japanese military choppers dump water on that fukushima nuclear plant. but will this really help stop the meltdown? >> also ahead, we'll take a look at all the available options at fukushima as the situation grows more desperate hour by hour. >>> difficult questions about power plant safety here in the u.s. and how our own nuclear program compares to japan's. >>> we begin with the military flights over the crippled nuclear reactor, choppers dumping water in a final attempt to stop a full meltdown. >> the u.s. urgently insisted that japan take heroic steps to head off a catastrophe. indeed, the pilots of those choppers are probably facing death. t.j. winick has the latest. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: mike and peggy, good morning. it appears the situation at the plant continues to worsen, though there has been a lot of conflicting information between what japanese officials are sayi

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an abc news exclusive. is moammar gadhafi putting out feelers, looking for an exit from libya? the news from secretary of state hillary clinton, in her first interview since the air strikes began. >>> out of the sky. an american fighter jet crashes, forcing two airmen to hurtle out of the plane at 600 miles per hour. our reporter there with the villagers who raced to rescue them. >>> radiation and america. how safe are the products leaving japan and heading here? dr. richard besser on the airport tarmac running the tests. >>> and, royal ride. secrets revealed of william and kate's procession. a prince following in the same path as his mother, princess diana. >>> good evening from washington, where we have just come back from an exclusive interview with secretary of state hillary clinton about the u.s. intervention in libya, how we got involved and how it will end. but we bring you a headline tonight. are there signs that colonel moammar gadhafi and those close to him may be trying to find an exit, even though gadhafi appeared on television, promising to win? also, as abc news ha

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miguel marquez, abc news, tripoli. >> a gadhafi victory would create ripple effects across the middlet and the world. what would it mean for america? and what military and diplomatic tools can president obama deploy to prevent that from happening? martha raddatz breaks them down. >> reporter: president obama sounded clear enough. >> the violence must stop. moammar gadhafi has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave. >> reporter: but that looks less and less likely. what if gadhafi wins his battle with the rebels? you could see a blood bath with the libyan leader seeking revenge against the thousands who are opposing him. what is the u.s. willing to do to stop him? none of the options are appealing. setting up a no-fly zone to stop gadhafi's fighter jets -- that would require hundreds of war planes and take months to get going. sending in ground forces -- no way the u.s. is committing to that. and what about arming the rebels? almost impossible, since officials say they aren't certain who the rebels are. and, remember, the u.s. helped arm mujahadin fighters in afghanistan in the '80s

it's thursday, march 3rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> and good morning>> i'm peggy bunker. the nfl contract runs out at midnight tonight. we'll explain the standoff between the players and the owners. also the financial pinch on so many people if next season is canceled. you are way into this. i know you can explain this down to the last detail. >> apparently they can't explain it to each other because there's a threat now with just hours to go and possibly a lockout looming. not good for football fans, no doubt about that. >>> also ahead, we've got this legal dispute over these hateful protests at military funerals. the supreme court has now weighed in with a decision and why it's causing so much outrage. >> you can understand having covered a couple of those military funerals. it is upsetting. >>> coming up later, apple's steve jobs makes a surprise appearance. see why he's so proud of the new ipad 2. >> that's right. get all the data on the new device and some surprise there. it's going to be a lot sooner that people will get their hands on it. >> goo

john berman, abc news, new york. >>> and linda sawyer's little sister is very grateful for her as a siblingfor watching tonight. we're always at abcnews.com. don't forget "nightline" later, and we thought on this first day of spring we'd show you more pictures of that super moon over the weekend closer to earth than at any time in the past 20 years. it was gorgeous. see you tomorrow. di >>> winter weather on the first day of spring. we're live tonight. >> and a jury is seated, then sent home. tonight tonight what it took to find 12 impartial people. >> charges of a cover up in a project. tonight the e mail that's reveal a potential neighborhood health hazard. >> aging weaponry standing guard over san francisco bay against an enemy that never materialized. >> good evening, two major trilz are underway tonight. >> both are high profile chases -- cases, barry bonds goes on file tril and two men stand trial for the murder of chauncey bailey. >> and we begin in san francisco with the bonds case. >> and there is a small sampling of some. people seated on the jury today aichl 26-year-old hotel foo

john berman, abc news, new york. >> and we're happy you were with us tonight and thank you for watching always on at abcnews.com. "nightline" ahead later. and we hope you have a great >>> tonight new surveillance video from a south bay triple homicide. how you can help police in san jose solve the crime. >> six more drug cases dismissed over allegations of police misconduct. tonight the officers point of view. >> and a dispute over the accuracy of a pressure reading moments before the last. >> and astonishing numbers from a its kind census of the shark population off the coast. >> good evening, you're about to see just released video of a nightclub shooting. >> evidence that could help police catch killer autos and we're live with the story tonight. >> san 8th, three people died and now, two people are still on the lose. but the reason is there is no idea who the plan is. the suspect went directly to

three tell them it's news to me ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ they make us work the graveyard shift that's why we go for broke ♪ ♪ so why not tune in abcin cheek and the world news polka ♪ ♪ not lip-synced it's the world news ♪ ♪ da da da da Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ ñ >>> this morning on "world news now," major developments on two huge news stories. will the u.s. help bomb libya? the decisions made by the u.n. and now the dramatic consequences. >>> and the latest on a possible nuclear meltdown in japan as workers race to restore power to its crippled plant. it's friday, march 18th. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm peggy bunker. a senior official with the u.n. nuclear agency says that there has been, quote, no significant worsening at japan's nuclear plant. but that is little comfort to the desperate workers inside. we have the latest details coming up. >> yes, a week ago this morning, this is when the story broke right here overnight. we see how far the story has come. we still have miles to go on that. >>> also, another breaking story on this friday. the u.n. has authorized all necessary measures to stop gadhafi in libya,

it's friday, march 11th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everyone. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm rob nelson. we get straight now to abc's akiko fujita from our tokyo bureau about this massive disaster that unfolding at this hour in tokyo, again, an 8.8 perhaps 8.9 earthquake struck there in japan. good morning, how are you? >> reporter: good morning to you. just incredible images we are following from our partner out here, public broadcaster nhk. some of the tsunamis, homes being washed away, images we have here in japan has never really seen before. i can tell you we just got word of one death ibaraki, that is north here of tokyo. we are feeling an aftershock as i speak right now. we've been getting quite a few aftershocks since that first earthquake hit, the 8.9 earthquake hit a little before 3:00. >> we just got -- >> reporter: i can tell you, they start out kind of slow and they've been shaking, getting larger and larger. waiting to see if i need to duck under the table. >> akiko, as you say that, it's got to be terrifying to stay there. if you need

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linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> fascinating case.atching what's going to happen there. and a lot of people watching the weather, as always. we're looking at storms in florida, plus 50-mile-an-hour winds, hail, drenching rain in miami, tampa, jacksonville. showers in the carolinas. we're looking at light rain and snow from omaha to kansas city. 6 to 12 inches of snow in the ernako1o western dakotas, colorado, montana and utah. >> 47 in salt lake city. 37 in billings. cooler in the midwest. 38 in the twin cities. 42 in omaha. 39 in the windy city. miami hits 88. baltimore, 48. boston, 42. >>> and 5 degrees here in the "world news now" studio. it's so cold in here. >>> well, virginia commonwealth is in basketball's final four. the richmond school pulled off one of the biggest upsets in ncaa tournament history. >> thousands of vcu students watched the game on the big screen in their home arena as the rams beat top-seeded kansas in southwest regional. final score 71-61. boom. >> now the rams play butler next saturday. another surprise. th

. >> pl coming at abc news at 1 11:00. hear from relative of murder victim and how the family feels about caldwell release. as for caldwell he'll life with his sister in antioch for the time being. >> thank you lillian. >> east bay tonight one man is dead. shot by police and the contra costa county sheriff's office says the deputy had no choice but to open fire. what happened now from abc 7 laura anthony. >> how many gunshots by. 4 or 5. >> bay point nathan said he heard the gun shots just after 1 this morning. culmination of traffic stop made by 2 contra costa county sheriff's deputy on the white buick. at first the driver provided deputy with a false name. then according to sheriff's there was a warrant for the man arrest. >> driver of the vehicle started to flee inside the car driving away at high rate of speed. deputy attempted to prevent him from driving away. one deputy became partially trapped inside the vehicle. other deputy struck by the vehicle n.fear for both safety and to prevent serious injury or fatality were

. >>> abc news exclusive, the odd couple. why ben affleck and cindy mccain are joining forces. >>> women's health. news about an easy way for a lot of women to feel better fast. >>> and what these elephants are doing we never dreamed they could do. >>> good evening, and we begin this week with the skyrocketing price of gasoline hitting home with so many american families coast to coast tonight. the average cost of a gallon rising today to $3.52, a new record for this time of year, a jump of 39 cents in the past four weeks during all that unrest in libya, but as we said, steve osunsami found wildly different prices in the same town, so why is this happening and how do you find the best deal? steve joins us from atlanta. steve, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, diane. we did a little comparison shopping today, and at current prices, two gallons of gas is roughly the same cost as this t-bone. the gas it takes to get you to the steak house is now more than the beef. outside chicago, autumn geis-lombardo says it's unreal. in

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abc news, washington. >> in his recorded weekly address, mr. the fight to pass the paycheck act which empowers women in their fight for equal pay. they earn an average of 75 cents for every dollar a man earns. >> that's why i was disappointed. the paycheck fairness act was blocked by just two votes in the senate. that's why i'm going to keep up the reforms in that bill. >> he feels deeply about that. he wants no limit to what they can achieve. teachers in mount diablo school district has reached an agreement to reduce 39 layoffs in the schools this year. the teachers agreed yesterday to take three unpaid furlough days by june 30th. their union plans to hold two public meetings and hold a vote by the end of the month. next year's contract which takes effect july 1st won't occur until september. they sent out 93 preliminary layoff notices for next year ahead of tuesday's state-mandated pink slip deadline. so many school districts are struggling to keep teachers employed, the walnut creek announced pay races for teachers, staff and managers. they

david wright abc news, osaka, japan.urge after the japan quake damaged more than 100 vessels and caused an estimated 26 million dollars in damage to just the port itself. kolingt guard sits is now safe for smaller vessels to use the water way west of the murray street bridge. >> when we continues here tonight. is the neighborhood health hazard ignored. accusations of regulators at san francisco getting too cozy with a developer. >> also tonight. give you a good look at man police say if hurt a san francisco church. >> car maker who refused to fix a sun roof and why it couldn't have happened the way they said it did. >> plus what an at&t and t mobile merger means for bay area cell coverage. how will that affect you? @hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] don't miss a second of ncaa march madness with my multiview, only from at&t u-verse. just $29 a mo

information how you can help donate to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami. >> stay with abc news 7 news for continuing coverage of the japanese earthquake and surge here in california. >> we're gonna shift gears right now and tell you about this. apple's long-awaited i-pad 2. the condition of shocked arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. the completely sentences she's spoken and what she does and does not remember. >> we'll go back live to our "know the species, know the stain." lanolin-free coat, i know it's an alpaca. walks in here, looks says "hey look, it's a llama!" cleaning the stain like he would a llama stain. time he's wasting. ♪ call 1-800-steemer >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> we're learning new information about the recovery of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. her husband says she has no memory of the shooting. that he had to explain the incident to her. during an update medical staff also say that she is walking and talking in completely sentences. doctors had to remove -- they did remove gifford's breathing tup and will likely att

. >>> and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. on lawsuit ever heads to the supreme court today. a group of women who worked for walmart have sued the retailer after claiming years of discrimination. >>> also, president obama travels to new york today to visit the united nations and also deliver an address there. he will also sit down for a one-on-one interview with our own diane sawyer. >>> and lebron james makes his second trip to cleveland tonight as a member, of course, of the miami heat. cleveland fans were a bit cavalier toward the former hometown star during his last visit in december. we'll see how the king does in front of that crowd. >> people are still burned and bitter about that whole thing, but he brings it out there on the court. pretty impressive. >>> when i lived in colorado i never saw a ufo but it is a popular place for ufo sightings. in lafayette, north of denver, they've recently been seeing strange lights in the sky. >> for a multitude of reasons, perhaps. of course, someone recorded those lights. and now that

live in the news room, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> jenelle, thank you.a top security official says the suspect in the killing of two american airmen at the frankfort airport confess to targeting the u.s. military and says he acted alone. prosecutors say the shooting is investigated as islamic terrorism. two other people were wounded after open fire on troops. the accused suspect shouted out god is great in arabic before he began shooting. he's described as a 21-year-old ethnic albanian from kosovo who comes from a family of difficult route is muslims. >> the nfl and players association face a deadline if they don't reach a deal on a labor contract there could be no pro football next season. more from washington where the two sides are meeting. >> at midnight tonight the current labor contract expires and looks like the team owners will move to lock out the players. that means no spring practice, no free agency deals and potentially no 2011 season. both sides have been meeting here in washington for over a week trying to avert the nfl's first workshop sto

john berman, abc news, new york. >> breaking love and marriage down to economic equations.istian to update the forecast. >> i don't know if that works. >> i think the key is to remain young at heart and the flame shall never be extinguished. time lapse view from the high definition south beach camera this afternoon looking southward. lots of clouds moving through the sky which is why our temperatures did not rise to the levels we expected. still even with the presence of the clouds very mild day. 68 morgan hills. 73 santa cruz and mid 60s in most other locations. pretty nice day. clouds on their way and so is rain. tomorrow morning, pack, 8:00. by noon, rain likely. showers that minute initialing by 4:00 p.m. a wet afternoon for most of the bay area. here is the welcome weather seven-day forecast. rain likely tomorrow. a dry but relatively school day on friday. chance of light rain on saturday. greater chance of rain for mid day sunday to mid day monday. cloudy skies on tuesday and a better chance of rain on wednesday. period of unsettled weather. active weather pattern and

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 30th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, when americans watch reality tv, we aren't really looking for models of good behavior. but lately the bad behavior you see on some tv shows has sunk to a new level. in the old days, think 1993, mtv's "real world," a cast member could be expelled for getting physical. now it's almost as if the shows want the cast to brawl, scratch and scrum. but the question is, how is watching them fight each other affecting us? here's andrea canning. >> reporter: it's the disturbing brawl between two teenage girls caught on tape by their friends, looking on and even egging them on to keep fighting. what was it like being involved in that fight? >> i was upset, scared, shocked. >> reporter: the alleged attacker is janelle evans, the star of mtv's "teen mom." >> mom, shut up. >> reporter: in this video licensed by abc news, evans can be seen attacking her former friend who says the fight was all over janell

it releast releases the fat cel. >> reporter: abc news reached out to dozens today. dr.katz is one of the skeptics. >> i think the notion that hcg even could help burn body fat was farfetched to begin with and i'm not sure how anyone came up with it. but we see no evidence whatsoever in research of it that it me forms this function. >> you can lose weight but it's the type of weight loss that quickly comes back as soon as you go off the plan. >> you inject yourself daily with hcg, which is a pregnancy hormone, and then you eat one meal a day that's 500 calories. so, if people are losing weight on this diet, clearly it's because they're only eating 500 calories a day. >> reporter: of course, that would explain any short-term dramatic weight loss. on 500 calories a day, it's like you're starving yourself. so, leading dietitians have dubbed it the starvation diet. >> this is a prime example of starvation diets. you're talking 500 to 800 calories a day. no one should be on such a low calorie diet without medical sup supervision. and there is a tsunami of information when it

new taxes. in sacramento, nannette miranda, abc 7 news. >>> work is about to begin in richmond to transform a former nursery contaminated with pesticides into a site for housing and open space. federal, state and local agencies kicked off the cleanup project at the old nursery at south 47th street and florida avenue. crews will soon demolish the world war ii era greenhouses and clean up the toxic chemicals thanks to seed money provided by the federal government. >> it should take less than a year to fin finish the cleanup to get it taken care of and everything can be safe and then we can actually start moving forward and putting the urban forests facilities out there. we also have greenhousing that is going go in and going to be a fabulous complex. >> the project is expected to create about 330 jobs by the time it is finished in three years or so. the greenhouses were owned by a japanese family that managed to hang on to the business even after being sent to internment camps during world war are two. >>> governor brown declared an end to the drought this afternoon. but he encouraged people to still

information how you can help donate to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami. >> stay with abc news 7 news for continuing coverage of the japanese earthquake and surge here in california. >> we're gonna shift gears right now and tell you about this. apple's long-awaited i-pad 2. the condition of shocked arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. the completely sentences she's spoken and what she does and does not remember. >> we'll go back live to our karina rusk >> we're learning new information about the recovery of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. her husband says she has no memory of the shooting. that he had to explain the incident to her. during an update medical staff also say that she is walking and talking in completely sentences. doctors had to remove -- they did remove gifford's breathing tup and will likely attend her husband's launch next month. >> the devise i-pad 2 doesn't go on sale until 2:00 tonight. it's thinner, lighter, faster with two cameras and a gyroscope. appearing cannot take preorders so anyone who wants to buy one will have to wait i

that was our abc news technology contributor, andrea smith. thanks for being here again today. ching "world news now." i'm just a piece of dust living at the corner of j and k spending too many nights alone at the spacebar. will love ever find me? ♪ ♪ oh yes! ♪ what about love?! ♪ [ female announcer ] swiffer attracts dust. swiffer 360 dusters gets in hard to reach places. it picks up two times more dust than a feather duster using thousands of fluffy fibers to lock dust away. you're just my type! [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] swiffer gives cleaning a whole new meaning. >>> welcome back. everyone's talking about the passing of elizabeth taylor and her timeless advice from a timeless beauty through her 79 years elizabeth taylor, who died yesterday at the age of 79, saw it all. >> and through those years, she overcame many, many battles with drugs, with her weight and of course her relationships as well. so when the superstar dispensed advice on life, the world listened. >> i'm terrified of heights. and the sphinx was three stories high and i was hanging onto that little boy so

martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> that is certainly telling. >>> now, at ground level, as you can imagine, it is hard to exactly take in the size and scope of the destruction in japan. abc's christiane amanpour has a different perspective after taking an aerial tour. >> reporter: with search and rescue under way in the earthquake and tsunami zone, we wondered how much of the country is affected by this kind of chaos and destruction. the helicopters taking on fuel and we're going up to the sendai earthquake zone. japan is not a massive country. but part of that sendai area is quite remote. some the roads have been damaged. there are mountains in the greater area around there. that's hampering not just assessment but also relief and the delivery of supplies. on the hour-long ride to the city of sendai, near the epicenter, little evidence of the earthquake, much of the countryside appears unscathed. but as the chopper turns to the coast, the full extent of the devastation reveals itself. huge swaths of land along the coast remain under water. we fly past this massive plume of blac

abc news released a statement, saying, as always, we ask questions that are relevant and news worthy.'s what we did in this interview with mr. brown. tonight, in his album release party, fans had this to day. >> doesn't change my opinion of him. because he's a man and he's young, he's a teenager. he's growing up. >> i still love him. he's the bad boy. i love him. >> reporter: after his sentence income 2009, brown spoke to robin roberts about his personal issues. and his sense of regret. >> my temper, i think, when i say -- i was wrong for what i did. i would definitely say that it's not something that i look past or look over. it's something that's really touchy and, and like i said, i'm really sorry for what went down and what happened. and by no means do i think it's necessary or acceptable. >> reporter: the judge overseeing the case has braised brown to his commitment to the conditions of his probation, including receiving domestic violence counseling. brown has displayed on twitter the diploma he was awarded for completing that course. today's incident comes in the middle of a rel

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