what does the new phone do. abc's has a look at the phone. >> reporter: really pleased to tell you today about the brand new iphone 4 s. this is really cool. it is a feature, all about our voice. what we really want to do is just talk to our device. ask a simple question. what is the weather going to be look today and get a response? that is the future of the iphone 4 s we call your intelligence assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. >> remind me to call my wife when i leave work. >> here is your reminder for when you leave work. i will remind you. >> all right, thank you. i am in the mood for sushi. >> i found a number of sushi restaurants. 22 are fairly close to you. >> reporter: it seemed rude to ask about apple's stock price which took a dive during what many thought was an anti-climatic roll out, it bounced back in the end. not the most valuable tech company in the word. by accident. there are enough sexy new features for the iphone 4 s. enough to make people sleep on sidewalks. they're now givi

but tonight, abc news has learned something important about the evidence, and abc's jim avila is followingurn in the case and we bring you in now. jim? >> reporter: diane, abc news has learned that prosecutors plan on introducing fingerprint evidence that they say shows that the singer did not touch any of the propofol bottles recovered at the crime kescene, ruling out self-inflicted overdose, a central theme of the defense case. sources close to the investigation tell abc news all the fingerprints on the propofol bottles have been accounted for and none belongs to michael jackson. >> fingerprints are one piece of the puzzle. so, what seems like a block blockbuster today could be undercut completely tomorrow. >> reporter: now in court, a two-day parade of three young exotic dancers and a cocktail waitress, all girlfriends of the married dr. murray, taking the stand to document phone calls murray made while treating jackson on the day he died. >> i heard mumbles of voices and i heard coughing. and nobody answered. >> reporter: but this dancer, turned aspiring actress with at least one movie

david muir, abc news, new york. >> gosh, must be so terrifying. reporting on this story. tell us a little bit about it. >> i was e-mailing with her yesterday. she said she was really hoping the weather was going to hold she was speaking with a meteorologist down there. he said that if this plane doesn't get out at the time it got out it might not have been until next thursday. winds were going to start picking up. when it is 70 below that is really what dictates the scheduling. >> so scary, time is of the essence in any medical situation, especially this one. >> a risk they assume when they go down there. at the same time you never plan for something like that. >>> our other top story now this monday morning, an autopsy expected to be performed on the body of race car driver wheldon. two time indy winner was killed in a terrible accident on the track in las vegas. espn's scott goodyear, a former driver himself, covered the race. >> reporter: we say that motor racing has the highest highs and the lowest lows. i can assure you for all our drivers in

we'll have have, have that story on abc 2 news at 6:00. it starts right now. >>> abc 2 news at 6:00. tanker truck, affecting traffic. and show you the mess. and one thing in common tonight. >> one of the gas station and another one walking down the street. read his lips. no new taxes, no new fees. the man who collects taxes says we need a break. tonight, it's a sloppy mess out there again. the rain made our life miserable in the roads and our return home is not any better. this is just round one, like you told us last night. meteorologist, what we're seeing right now, is going to stick around for a while. wyatt? >> yeah, not a lot of good news in the weather front. between now and then, temperatures set to drop and another storm set to affect us come friday evening. take a look at this. still no rain pushing out of the west in maryland's most powerful radar. clouds holding tough. at times it will be breezy as we go through the next

abbie boudreau, abc news, san francisco. >>> now to an abc news exclusive. bernie madoff is breaking his silence. the con-man behind the biggest ponzi scheme in history decided to speak out from his prison cell and it is no surprise to us that one more time, abc's barbara walters got the big interview. she joins me now to tell us about it. and he has so much to say. but how did he seem to you personally? >> reporter: well, at times, he was teary-eyed, but for the most part, he was composed. he is in the butner correctional complex a medium security prison in north carolina. he's with the general population. no cameras or tape recorders were allowed but pens and paper are. and he told us, as you will hear, some very surprising things. in a two-hour prison interview, bernie madoff told me that he is happier now than he's been in years. he said, "i feel safer here than outside. i know i will die in prison. but i lived the last 20 years of my life in fear. now i have no fear because i'm no longer in control of my own life." when i asked him if he missed his old

abc news has obtained a powerful new report from the highly respected boston consulting group, which says 3 million jobs are now on their way back to america. how soon? what kind? and where? abc's david muir has been pouring over this data that's too good to be true. >> reporter: very bold report, diane, as you point out. good evening. the answer to how soon we'll see these jobs? some of them, we're seeing already. and so tonight here, we ask, what's behind this? turns out, made in america suddenly makes a lot more business sense when it comes to a company's bottom line. jobs coming back from china? the kind of headline once unheard of. this isn't something down the road, you're seeing businesses come back already? >> yes. we are seeing businesses moving jobs back to the united states now. >> reporter: for decades, american automakers moving jobs overseas to find cheaper labor. now comes word of that new plant at ford. 12,000 new workers in the next four years. 3,000 new jobs a year. we saw it on the assembly line in kansas city. >> the majority of the vehicle built in america. >> rep

elizabeth vargas, abc news, perugia, italy. >> stay with abc news as we cover late developments in theknox case. more live reports later on "america this morning" and on "good morning america." for updates any time, log on to abc news.com. >>> more testimony this morning from the emergency room doctor who said michael jackson had no pulse when he arrived at the hospital. the doctor is expected to tell the jury whether or not dr. conrad murray told her that he had administered propofol to jackson. on friday, the paramedics who arrived at jackson's mansion said conrad murray failed to tell them about the drug and saw him putting vials into a black bag. >>> to politics now and the sharpest attack yet by president obama against his gop rivals. the president wanted to know why none of them responded when an american soldier was booed during a recent debate. here is abc's david kerley. >> reporter: the election may be a year away, but candidate obama went after every republican running for president. >> we don't believe in the smallness that says it is okay for a stage full of political lead

for "nightline," brian ross, abc news. >> let's hope so. next up, we've got new momma rye ya karrie's lullaby version of "we belong together" and her first interview since giving birth. [ engine sputtering ] ♪ ♪ [ dennis ] allstate wants everyone to be protected on the road, whether you're an allstate customer or not. ♪ all you have to do is call. [ female announcer ] call allstate now and you'll get a free lifetime membership in good hands roadside assistance. [ dennis ] shop less. get more. make one call to an allstate agent. the problem? right here. i couldn't breathe... i couldn't sleep and mornings? rough. i tried tissues and neti pot thingy and even more tissues then i said enough! and i found the solution. [ female announcer ] drug-free breathe right nasal strips. i put it on and...wow! instant relief. i breathed better...slept better felt better. [ female announcer ] take the breathe right challenge and breathe better or your money back. [ man ] come on! it's your right to breathe right! >>> and finally tonight, we have abc's barbara

we at abc news teaming up with yahoo! to help inform you and the 100 million people who count on yahoo! online to bring a dynamic new delivery of the news including exclusive content and interviews like the one george brought us with president obama. there is so much more to come from the powerhouse team at abc news and yahoo!, and we hope you'll be checking in for the big things still ahead. >>> and a question, is there about to be a nationwide movement building right now to point a finger at wall street on greed? it started here in new york where hundreds of protesters now occupy a park near the big financial houses and more protests are spreading across the country. abc's dan harris on what is happening and what the demonstrators say they want. >> reporter: with 14 million americans out of work and wall street profits still stratospheric, it was a fuse ready to be lit. it started with fewer than a dozen college students, but when video of a police officer pepper spraying female protesters went viral, the movement grew.

a startling abc news investigation. the difference between the fish you think you're buying and the fish you actually get. in our test, out of 21 restaurants, 19 served something different than promised. what to ask your grocer to make sure you're not being duped. >>> white halloween? snow in texas? connecticut, colder than alaska? snow flows practicing for a moment we have not seen in this country since the civil war. >>> banks back down. one young woman and a wave of angry customers force the banks to back off new fees. >>> girl power. a 300-year-old law overturned in england. if will and kate have a first born daughter, she will be queen. what little girls around the globe are saying tonight. >>> and lady liberty. 125 years old. we try to solve the mystery of the real woman behind that mesmerizing face. >>> a good friday evening to you. and a real shock about something that may be on the dinner table tonight. more and more of us are trying to be healthy and eat more fish, spending $80 billion every year. but abc news

have a abc 2 news at 11:00, "nightline." >>> abc 2 news is brought to you by giant.support breast cancer research at the think pinky vent. >>> the baltimore marathon is this weekend. don't get this idea in your head. a marathon runner thought he would really give it a kick the last 6 miles. so rob sloan hopped on a bus. he started the race, ran a few miles, hopped on the bus, hopped out and then hid behind a tree and popped out just in time to cross the finish line in third place. he even went on tv to say he gave this race everything he had. he even got a medal. >> the guy is an olympic athlete over the last 8 miles. he either did it beforehand or used another method to get there. >> rosy ruiz. right? he beat out the worst person possible out of third place. that police officer is angry because sloan stole his moment of glory and his moment on the podium. got on tv and lied. >> didn't the girl do that in the boston. >> rosy ruiz. >> yeah, than, i'll tell you. jamie, some improvement overnight, but we're still not done with the mist and the rain and maybe a few thund

dan harris, abc news, new york. >> for sure. >>> now, for this morning's weather around the nation. showers in the northeast, from philadelphia to portland, maine. cooling down out west, with showers in northern california and the pacific northwest. thunderstorms and periods of heavy rain in the rockies. indian summer across the northern plains and midwest. >> 80s in fargo. 78 in minneapolis. and 74 in the windy city. 77 in atlanta. 82 in the big easy. a wet 62 in seattle. 74 in boise. and 81 in salt lake city. >>> and coming up, a megaairline on the verge of bankruptcy. >>> and supersecretive apple will spill the beans today. likely unveiling its latest iphone model. some of the rumored improvements, coming up. >>> and the battle against a raging chemical fire in texas. stay with us. >>> welcome back, everyone. overseas markets are lower again this morning on fears of a default by greece. tokyo's nikkei average lost 82 points today. hong kong's hang seng was down 61. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street the dow dropped 258 points yesterday. the nasdaq index fell 79 1/2.

>>> abc news investigates. the makers of one of the most popular birth control pills on the market is being sued. one woman alleged it put her into a coma and made her go blind. chris cuomo is on the case with a story that everyone should see. >>> and buzz kill. a starbucks exec said the whole world was just decades away from running out of coffee. how could that possibly be true? could the entire world grind to a halt? what's behind the java jitters? >>> that has to be one of the most frightening previews. it's not even halloween yet. you drink coffee, don't you? >> um, no. why do you ask? >> and guess what. it may not just be coffee. there may be another one of life's spices or necessities. >> i find this hard to believe. and the second one, that we're saving for later in the show. >> you at home, you don't want to miss it. this is a big one. we'll tell you about that story coming up. >>> obviously, we're happy to welcome dan abrams in for dan harris this morning. he's off on one of his awesome assignments. b

josh elliott, abc news, perugia, italy. >>> be sure to stay with abc news as we cover late case.in italy on "america this morning" and later on "good morning america." for more live reports and of course stay up to date any time, at abcnews.com. >>> more ex-plea sich temr expl expected to day in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor. witnesses have taken the stand. the emergency room doctor who said jackson was clinically dead when he arrived at the hospital continues this morning. up next, phone company managers, setting the stage for people conrad murray called the day jackson died. >>> sobering news this morning as the u.s. kills militant leaders overseas. a terror threat emerging in pakistan, from a brutal group that specializes in extortion, kidnapping, and murder and has ties to pakistan's spy agency. the latest on this from abc. >> reporter: deep in the pakistani tribal areas there is one law. the gun. this small area is controlled not by the pakistani government, but by militants, a network of at least 5,000 called the hakkanis. the hakkanis used bombs, crime

sharon reid, abc news, new york. >> have to wonder with the group if it's more bark than bite, if they can actually pull it off. >> the markets are off today because it is columbus day. they'll be watching. >> we'll keep an eye. >>> now we turn to the violent demonstrations in egypt where at least two dozen people are dead hundreds more injured. the riots after a christian church in cairo went up in flames. the uprising got so bad, egyptian security forces had to use tear gas at one point to control the mobs. riots spread across city until a curfew was enforced late last night. the worst violence since february's uprising which led to the fall of former president hosni mubarak. >>> libya's revolutionary forces say they're end nearing the end of the battle and declare victory in gadhafi's hometown. the city of sirte one of the last holdouts for gadhafi loyalist. transitional government forces seized the convention center which had been severing as a key base for pro-gadhafi fighters. >>> to politics now and the new controversy around the republican race for president. front-runner mitt

sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> one exception, apparently, calcium supplements, doctors say can. there's one to hang on to. >> i think people get so frustrated to hear study after study. they find out years later that it's not healthy for you. it's strange. you know. >> eat that well balanced meal right. >> that's it. >>> moving to a strange twist in the whitey bulger case. we're learning that a former beauty queen from iceland collected the $2 million reward in the case. the "boston globe" says the notorious mobster was brought down after a tip from the former miss iceland, anna bjorndoktor, i hope i'm pronouncing that correctly. he became friends with him while they lived in the same neighborhood. >> good job on the name. not easy. >>> investigators in kansas city are expanding the search for the missing infant. now it's been one week since lisa irwin's mother last saw her baby asleep in the crib. police spent yesterday, searching the backyard and neighbor's house for clues in the case and looked at a nearby landfill. >> anti-wall street protests are still gathering strength a

we will have more on the story tonight on abc 2 news at 11:00. >>> the government tells you not to give out your social security number. why are they giving it out on the web after you die? abc 2 news investigator joseph is here to answer that one. >> they are forced to give it out. as a result, millions of americans are, are at ris are being for potential identity theft after they die. it's a nightmare situation, and they lost children and then get kicked while they are down, finding out someone stole their babies. it's made available by the same people who tell you not to give it out, the federal government. >> enabling the people to do whatever they want. and from what i have heard, it sounds like they've done little or nothing to the people who use it. >> tonight at 11:00, explain where the social security numbers are exposed for anyone to see. and the families left to deal with the death after going through their own tragedies. meantime, working for you with a special web page. protect your id, put tips to help you protect yourself from identity theft. we have stories on what you s

other parents are looking at us like -- okay. >> reporter: david muir, abc news, new york. >> look atirl. the light in her eyes. so beautiful. >> yes, god bless good doctors. happy for the family. coming up next, week seven in the nfl. it was a doosie both on the field and in our "world news now" competition. >> the highlights, big winners and big losers straight ahead. >> boo. >>> welcome back. it is that time again if rob has the football you know it is time for some football. of course now to the increasingly competitive "world news now," nfl picks competition. >> all right. straight to the highlights now. start over in london, where the bearses were taking on the buccaneers. matt forte broke a scoreless tie in the first. ran for 145 yards and the touchdown. bucs scored two fourth quarter touchdowns. late surge just not enough. da-bears win this one overseas. 24-18. >> super bowl bound jets in the prompter, not my editorial. >> jack talk. we all know the saints. >> san diego chargers. didn't sit well for the gang green. san diego returned interception for a touchdown. jets steadied

what does the new phone do? abc's don't be afraid to drive the greatest wave around ♪ ♪ catch a wave catch a wave ♪ >>> puts you in that california mood. surfing now. there you go, time for our -- boom. >> favorite story of the day. our most excellent favorite story of the day. the governor of hawaii made a radical announcement in waikiki. >> surfing is now an official high school sport in the state. >> yes. >> for more on the tubular decision. >> reporter: many have long argued since hawaii is the birth place of surfing and since so many high school kids in hawaii surf, the department of education should sanction surfing as an official sport. they got their wish. the governor, world champion surfer, and education officials joined to announce it will become a part of high school athletics. >> surfing is just part of hawaii. it is wonderful that it will become part of our public school sports. >> reporter: the board of education approved surfing in 2004 but there was no money to incorporate it. now private funding and

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jeffrey kaufmann, abc news, tripoli. >> amazing scene there.dy taken that historic step towards democracy. millions of voters turned out in the country's first-ever truly free election. tunisia had been under control of the former president for 23 years until he was overthrown in january. of course, it began in tunisia when a worker set himself on fire in protest. >>> now to republican presidential politics, the hot button issue of abortion is back in the spotlight as candidates accuse each other of flip-flopping on the issue. abc's david kerley reports from washington. >> reporter: gloves are off. republicans accusing each other of changing positions just for conservative audience. it all started when herman cain was asked about abortion. >> it ultimately gets down to a choice that, family, or mother has to make. not me as president. not some politician. not, not a bureaucrat. it gets down to the family. >> reporter: that doesn't play with christian conservatives. and rick perry pounced this weekend. >> it is a liberal kennard to say i am pro-

abc 7 news begins now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news, on your side. >>> it has been a violent near howard university. shooting and then a stabbing at a party. it unfolded at homecoming weekend. have information on who the victim is and the search for suspects. >> police are identifying the victim. a student here. it began as a simple fight an the street and escalated into gunfire. people are shaken up by this. a massive police response the howard university campus. officers and students scattered everywhere. >> we heard gunshots and kids running. >> multiple shots were initially 10:13 p.m.re around >> it basically said two people argument.g an >> four people carry the victim. it took him to nearby howard hospital where he was pronounced dead. >> i do not how to explain someone getting shot on campus. >> the shooting itself not on campus, but to close for many students, who were celebrating homecoming activities. >> it is fine when peop

in baltimore, abc "2 news." >>> great story. >> >> public performances have been canceled at the theater. >>> great story. >> >> here's a look at what is coming up tonight on abc 2 news at 11:00. >> >> a group of baltimore county students, learned the teacher has breast cancer. how the school dealt with the emowingal subject and how students will honor their students. >> >> why did apple stores across the country look like this, today? what happened behind the drawn sheets and closed signs. wyatt's forecast, join us for abc 2 news tonight at 11:00. . ♪ [ female announcer ] who'd have thought that how hard you'd try -- and how far you'd go -- was shaped before you could even write your name? the first five years are forever. that's why pnc is devoting $250 million and ten more years to helping teachers give kids the skills they need for a lifetime of achievement. pnc. grow up great. >>> last look at weather. >> kind of ugly out there. more rain due in, it's scattered across the state and there will be a few thundershowers. we have one south of hagerstown. keeping an eye on that. showers a

brian ross abc news new york. >> all right moving on to the weather forecast as we inch closer to then. spencer here. always cool. cold actually. >> that's true. couple spots early this morning dropped down to freezing level. early morning hours have been chilly in some sports but the afternoon delightful. live view from the high definition sutro camera lacking out over san francisco on a clear evening. all around the bay area. getting cool already in some spots but certainly was nice and mild today. look at the high pressure today. got up to sfa degrees at clear lake. 77 santa rosa. 78 at napa. 78 at morgan hill and 77 at santa cruz, oakland and san francisco. right now we look at temperature readings of 60 in san francisco. 65 in oakland. down to 49 already in napa. so you can see cooling down rather quickly. 50 in novato. 50 half moon bay and some location in pockets of the north bay dropping into the 30's tonight so clear cool tonight. chilly some spots. mild in all areas again tomorrow. a little change pattern moving into next week. low tonight down to 35 at napa predicting. 37 i

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. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," october 25th, 2011. >> good evening. well, where is baby lisa? that question has sparked an agonizing drama. a national search for a missing missouri baby that intensified today as a lawyer for the infant's parents came down hard on police, not for their failures so far to crack the case, but for their conduct towards his clients, which he calls unimaginable. police reply that these parents are not doing all they can to assist in the search. meanwhile, baby lisa has been missing three weeks as of today. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: over the past three weeks, the kansas city police and fbi have been chasing literally 1,000 leads across the country to try to find baby lisa. the missing 11-month-old girl. but they keep coming right back here, to the house on north lister avenue. focusing their attention on baby lisa's parents, deborah bradley and jeremy irwin, seen here trembling with grief at a recent vigil for baby lisa. a family attorne