>> trahant: boudreau arranged the first meeting of the st. michael victims. >> i'm honored to be here in st. michael among all of you, and i know, as survivors, it's often hard to come together as a group to face what happened to you. i'm curious about you, alberta, and how it feels for you to be in this circle, have... being that this is your first time. >> i was thinking of what people will say-- we're... we're doing it just for the money, we're... "they're lying." >> yeah. >> but it's not that. we were hurt as kids. ( sobs ) they hurt us, and it can never be fixed. >> i was very angry and upset, because i started wondering how come i was crying. i really needed help, and i didn't know what was going on at the time. i did not know i was suffering ptsd. i still have nightmares about joe lundowski molesting... having sex with me. i get up sweating, angry, feel like i could hurt somebody. i never meaned to get angry at my children, but the anger went on my children, also. >> i know it's hard, packy, and i'm sorry that all of that has happened

here's abbie boudreau. >> reporter: meet sheba. for the last few years, his rife has been about sitting around and snacking. and he's got the belly to prove it. he lives at the national pry mat research center, where he and others are fattened up for science. so, this is bashful? >> this is bashful here. he's a middle aged obese monkey. >> reporter: sheba, along with bashful, cuddle bug, kasper, good looking and chris farley sit around all day eating junk food, locked in cages, doing nothing. you're trying to make monkey just like the human couch potato? >> correct. we are trying to model that sedentary lifestyle. >> reporter: researchers here, who study the effect of food on the brain, maintain that they've already made key findings. like how diet seems to impact a baby's neurological development. watch this baby monkey, just 16 weeks old, whose pregnant mother was fed a high fat, high calorie diet. confronted with a strange toy, in this case, mr. potato head, she becomes anxious and runs away. but now watch the baby of a monkey f

and abbie boudreau has their incredible survival story. >> yes. a big slide came through and nailed the car behind me. >> reporter: ken parker's family was in that car. on their way home from spring break vacation, when they were hit by an avalanche. >> then, it just all came as a crush. >> reporter: they were driving on interstate 90, about an hour east of seattle, when out of nowhere, a wall of snow and ice smashed into their windshield, shattering it. these pictures were taken right after the accident. parker's two, young daughters were sitting in the backseat. his wife, trapped in the passenger seat, covered in snow and glass. >> i heard my wife. it wasn't a scream. but it was -- you know, it was just a yell from my wife, as everything caved in. >> reporter: he dug through the snow piled around his daughters and got them out. but his wife, roxanna, was still stuck and in pain. within minutes, washington state patrol showed up and rescued her. >> we're happy nobody got seriously hurt. and everybody's able to talk about it. >> reporter: parker w

. >>> and bruce boudreau had choice words for madison square garden.pitals, taking on the rangers. game four of the city. caps with a 2-1 series lead. marcus johansson pulls washington within one. then, johannses, another goal. his second of the game. we're tied at 3-3. alex ovechkin on the break-away. denied. so, we would head to a second overtime.in overtime in overtime number two, jason chimera, a rebound. and a score. the caps win it, 4-3. they take a 3-1 series lead. >>> with this espn news update, i'm anish shroff. >>> well, a youtube sensation from california is now facing an ugly downside of her new-found game. >> this got a lot of attention. we're talking about 13-year-old singer, rebecca black. she's received two death threats. they warn that she will be killed if her song, "friday, is not pulled from the internet. police in anaheim say they are taking these threats seriously. >> man. >> shoots the video. and tons of hits on youtube. she's a youtube celebrity. >> more than 100 million hits. >>> coming up next, the stories we'll be following l

abby boudreau reports. >> reporter: this is the national air and radiation environmental laboratory inrnment's been working around the clock to track radiation levels in milk produced all over the united states. that fresh milk could end up on your table within a few days. the levels of radioactive iodine detected in milk in washington and california so far are miniscule. the government says, 5,000 times lower than what the fda considers a public health concern. iodine breaks down quickly. even if a quart of milk in your refrigerator contained trace amounts, it would deplete by half in just eight days. as the nuclear crisis in japan continues, the epa has also increased radiation monitoring in drinking water, rain and snow. but it's the milk that has people in california concerned despite assurances of its safety. >> radiation in the united states does concern me. and i would consider cutting back on my milk consumption or not drinking it at all. >> reporter: so, how does radiation all the way from japan get into milk in the u.s.? it all starts from radioactive dust particles blown ove

abc's abbie boudreau is at a lab in san bernardino, california, tonight. abbie? >> reporter: diane, with radiation still leaking from the reactors in japan, tonight, here in california, there's growing concern about how that radiation is impacting our milk supply. this is the national air and radiation environmental laboratory in montgomery, alabama. this lab is the front line of defense, where the government's been working around the clock to track radiation levels in milk produced all over the united states. that fresh milk could end up on your table within a few days. the levels of radioactive iodine detected in milk in washington and california so far are minuscule. the government says 5,000 times lower than what the fda considers a public health concern. and iodine breaks down quickly. even if a quart of milk in your refrigerator contained trace amounts, it would deplete by half in just eight days. as the nuclear crisis in japan continues, the epa has also increased radiation monitoring in drinking water, rain and snow. but it's the milk that has people in c

. >>> first, abbie boudreau leads us off with the latest on lindsay lohan. she's back to court. deja vu for the troubled hollywood starlet. lindsay lohan turning court appearances into red carpet events, that seem to center more on what she's wearing than why she is there. the movie star is charged with felony grand theft, for stealing this necklace. lohan tried to get today's preliminary hearing pushed back citing religious beliefs. but the christian holy day, good friday apparently wasn't a good enough reason to get a judge to postpone. the real reason a criminal defendant postpones a case, is for people to lose interest. >> reporter: today in court, the venice jewelry shop owner, with surveillance video showing lohan walking out without paying. lohan says she's innocent. this comes as 24-year-old lohan starts to kick-start her career. just this week she reportedly landed a small part in the upcoming john gotti bio pic, starring john travolta though she wanted to play victoria gotti, a larger role. >> lindsay is untouchable for any studio. the only work that's possible for her

abby boudreau, abc news, san bernardino, california. >> the f has also issued an alert for food imported from japan, including one of the most popular items, fish. this los angeles fish wholesaler says his fish comes only from the southern part of japan, which is not effected by the troubled nuclear plant. he says fish is tested first in japan, where it's tested, and then again when it arrives here. he also says he trusts the fish is safe. >>> seven new york state workers have stepped into the spotlight to claim their guy another mouse lottery jackpot. lucky seven. >> can you believe it? as these winners celebrated their $319 million prize, their coworkers decided who not to -- the coworker who decided not to kick in the couple bucks headed back to work. t.j. winick tells us all the details this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is hard to believe but a snickers bar might have been the difference between nothing and a historic jackpot. if a picture is worth a thousand words, this one is worth millions. $319 million, to be exact. >> i checked the ticket and i rechecked

for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >>> dan abrams, our legal analyst.ge did not think about that hard at all. >> it's not a hard decision. it's not as if brooke mueller was competing with a dentist in orange county here. this is charlie sheen. he has a history of his own problems. when it comes to custody. you look at the totality of the circumstances as to what's in the best interest of the child. you don't simply say, there was a violation of the custody agreement. and therefore, she loses custody. that's just not the way that it works. >> it raises an interesting point. if the father were a dentist in orange county, would he get custody? >> maybe because she has so many problems. again, the court has to evaluate how much are her problems affecting her parenting? that's the question. and so, i think that a court might say, you know what? we think that she is having these ongoing problems. and maybe she would be better off in a more secure environment. the notion, charlie sheen asking -- it was reported he wanted to travel with the kids. that's in the

abbie boudreau is in los angeles where she put fish to the radiation test. abbie? >> reporter: good morning, cynthia. we're here at a fish vendor. this is where restaurants get their fish. there's fish from all over the world, including japan. and the u.s. government insists it's safe to eat. eric ripert, executive chef at new york's renowned seafood restaurant, le bernardin, is not shying away from fish on his menu. >> i wanted to make sure that we don't let people get paranoid about the situation. >> reporter: but he does test the fish for radiation before serving it. the fda says the fish from japan is safe to eat. but it's testing all japanese fish imports, with radiation detectors like these. we went to one of the largest wholesale fish sellers in los angeles, where 10% of their fish is from japan. just not from the waters near the leaking reactor. every fish that is bought from this place. >> yes. >> reporter: and goes to restaurants, is tested with one of these geiger counters. >> of course. >> reporter: we tested these fish for radiation. the mackerel and y

and abbie boudreau has more on the thin layer that keeps us safe when we fly. abbie? >> reporter: george, of the 175 airplanes ordered for emergency inspection, 80 of them are operated by southwest airlines. so we wanted to know how these planes are built and how strong they really are. so, we headed to the desert, of all places, to find out. in the middle of the california mojave desert, going where cameras are rarely allowed. a graveyard for old planes. this is one of the planes that they use at this testing facility. and this is what it looks like when it's stripped down. these are the bones of the structure. it's what holds the plane together. and as you can see, it's all made of aluminum. on top of this boeing 737, a worker tore through the metal, so we can see what really stands between the aluminum plane and the open sky. something southwest airline passengers saw firsthand, when part of their plane ripped apart mid flight. this is the piece that was taken from the top of the plane. it's all aluminum. and look. it's just millimeters thick. stuart witt is a pilo