and the earliest surviving film by alfred hitchcock once thoughts lost but found in a vault in new zeal nt. >> welcome. the rating agency's standard and poors has jound graded the united states credit rating from its top aaa values by one value to ww plus. a u.s. official said the agency's analysis was flawed. the u.s. government has huge debts and the credit agency's feel that not enough has been done to deal with it. our correspondent in washington has the latest. >> this has been a very difficult week for america's finances. of course it started with that very tricky debt deal in congress at the 11th hour both parties were able to come together and approve that much-needed legislation to ensure the u.s. didn't run out of cash. now of course we have this historic downgraded of the u.s. credit rating. it has never happened before in the u.s. history over the last 70 years. now, s and p made this decision over the last few hours and it went to the white house saying we're going to issue this decision. soon enough u.s. treasury officials were pouring over the figures and went back to the

. >>> thought to be lost forever the first half of an alfred hitchcock film from 1923 has been discovered by archivists in new zealand. the master of suspense was only an assistant director on the film "the white shadow" but he served as art director, writer and editor on the movie. it's a mellodrama about twin sisters, one good, the other evil. >>> a high flying daredevil broke a world record in the czech republic. over the course of three months the paraglider flew more than 5500 miles. at times he reached an altitude as high as 5,000 feet where temperatures fell under 60 degrees. on his record setting journey he also visited 17cc1: orphanages telling children all about his project. very nice. >>> a canadian performer mesmerized audiences in china with one bubbly extravaganza. he controls where bubbles float with his hands and can even put several volunteers inside of them. check that out. wow. it was an interactive show with: thousands of bubbles floating around the audience, not just on stage. the performance incorporates special lighting and lasers to really make it pop. ba-bump-bump

this week alfred hitchcock presents us a new film, a lost melodrama from 1924 called "the white shadowers who were combing through a new zealand film vault of all places. joining me now is frank stark, chief executive of the new zealand film archive who found the film, and david starrett, national society of film critics. tell us more about the film and how it was discovered. >> well, the film -- not all the film. it's only got three reels of probably six original lengths of the film. the first three reels so we get to sit up for the story and, unfortunately, it's a bit of a cliffhanger, we don't know quite where it goes after that. the film was probably shipped to new zealand in 1924, about the year it was made and would have been exhibited here, and then when it got to the end of its commercial life probably the instruction was to destroy it. it wasn't worth shipping all the way back to britain where it came from, but rather than destroy, it probably a projectionist, mayor a distributor, worker, i don't know, thought it too good a film to throw away and he or she smuggled it out the

researchers combing through a vault in new zealand have found a long lost film by the legendary alfred hitchcocktchcock helped direct, design the sets and edited the white shadedo back in 1923 when he was only 23 years old. only three of the film's six reels survived. so, we don't know what he intended or how that movie will end. >> i'm sure a lot of people will want to see. thanks very much, lisa. >>> republican presidential candidate jon huntsman is getting more aggressive about criticizing his primary rivals. how he compares to his toughest competitors and whether the tea party deserves to have so much influence. >>> a bloody new offensive in the crackdown in syria. the united states is now taking a stand, but is it too little, too late? vrrooom...vrrroooomm vroom vrrooom vrrroooomm vrrroooomm vrroom vrrrooomm vrrroooooooommmmmm mmmm mm. [ coughing continues ] [ gasping ] [ elevator bell dings, coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] congress can't ignore the facts: more air pollution means more childhood asthma attacks. [ coughing continues ] log on to lungusa.org and tell washington: don'

. >>> lost foot and from the first film alfred hitchcock ever worked on was uncovered in new desouthlandhe was 24 years old when worked on this film in 1923. it was sent to a film archive of the family of a new zealand projectionist. it will be restored and shown in september in beverly hills. >>> when abc 7 news at 9:00 continues tonight, caged in court. former strong man and former egyptian president hosni mubarak is wheeled into court. now, his sentence could be death. >>> mormons on a mission with two high profile contenders how the church is fighting back against people who ridicule their faith. >>> and if one drug company has its way you could be able to buy a cholesterol drug the same way you bias principle. >>> plus, does eating chocolate help build muscle?Ñ >>> good evening, once again. look at the headlines we are following tonight. victims rights groups and state lawmakers are uniting to prevent sexual predators from being freed from prison when they still pose a threat to the public. right now the law forbids the full board from denying an inmates release solely upon the cri

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the first film that alfred hitchcock has ever worked on has been found.aid to be the first half of the 1923 movie called the white shadow. he is credited as a writer, that movie is found in new zealand, it will be restored and shown in beverly hills next month. coming up next, gary is joined her by art, the two of them will talk about a variety of sports talk big. the giants tried to snap a five game losing streak. they battled the diamondbacks, gary has all this and more coming up next. >> the evening, the giants' offense exploded today, a team that does not like to score runs gave rise in global all he needed it and then some. her carlos beltran is back and starting a war. the giants won and five what he gets it going here, it is two to nothing san francisco. it is four to nothing in the fourth, orlando has the majority of time at shortstop making a nice flip. now they think this guy is a good player, he is and all of the place for the last nine years. hoping that he can get things going, the giants to win eight to one. they snap a five game losing stre