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brian ross, abc news, yarnell, arizona. >> and our thanks to brian ross. >>> and now we're going to take you to japan where there is a frantic scramble under way tonight to stop more radiation from polluting the pacific ocean. 300 tons of contaminated water pouring into the ocean every day, out of the dangerous fukushima nuclear power plant. abc's cecilia vega tells us about the race to keep radioactive material from reaching our shores. >> reporter: it is a staggering revelation, nearly 72,000 gallons of radioactive water a day are pouring out of the fukushima power plant and into the sea. we know countless items of debris have made their way from japan to u.s. shores, but is radioactive contamination reaching america, too? the canary in the coal mines say scientists is the blue fin tuna, served up in super markets and restaurants here. it begins its journey in the waters off japan's coast racing all the way to america's west coast. stanford university researchers say they have found trace amounts of radioactive contamination in the tuna they tested, tuna caught here, contamination from

brian ross, abc news, yarnell, arizona. >> and our thanks to brian ross. >>> and now we're going to take you to japan where there is a frantic scramble under way tonight to stop more radiation from polluting the pacific ocean. 300 tons of contaminated water pouring into t pouring out of the ocean every day. >> reporter: it is a stag tering revelation, nearly 72,000 gallons of radioactive water a day are pouring out of the fukushima power plant and into the sea. being called emergency there is reportedly plans to create a mile long ice wall to freeze the soil and stop the water from seeping out. we know countless items of debris have made their way from japan to u.s. shores, but is radioactive contamination reaching america, too? the canary in the coal mines says scientists is the blue fin tuna. it begins its journey in the waters off japan's coast racing all the way to america's west coast. stanford university researchers say they have found trace amounts of radioactive contamination in the tuna they tested, tuna caught here, contamination from fukushima. before you stop buying tuna, sci

thank you. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, fort wayne, indiana. >> way to go, brian ross. >> here'se the car back and walk away. if they call you back and tell you that you have to redo a contract or your finances fell through, ask them to put it in writing. if they don't want to -- >> hey, nice. >> the lying car salesmen that they are. you have to walk away from the deal. my gosh. look at you. they got, like, the perfect facial expression for this shot. >> i look quite sleazy there, don't i? >> not all car salesmen are sleazy. i don't want twitter to blow up. >> all the car salesmen i've dealt with have been great. >> a parody of a car salesman. >> as long as you are financing before you go. >> smartest thing to do. know what you're walking into. >>> coming up, a famous actress from "friends" taking her career in a different direction. >>> jessica simpson is showing off. wait until we show you what she is showing off. that's coming up next in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our ab an organizer of, of, like do-gooders. a media mogul. just...rul

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross reports that many of those he injured will be there to confront him and also to confront the army for what happened since. >> reporter: for the victims who will be called to testify, the trial means reliving the horror of what happened that day at fort hood, seen in this footage, obtained by abc news, taken moments after the shooting stopped. >> everyone is scrambling. it's chaos. >> a few seconds after he started shooting is when i took a round to the chest. >> reporter: the victims will also face cross-examination by the accused shooter himself, major nidal hassan, who has opted to serve as his own lawyer in the military trial. but even more upsetting for the victims, and what has led many to file this lawsuit, is the decision by the army to deny the injured and dead soldiers a purple heart, treating the fort hood shooting as not terrorism but simply as workplace violence. recently retired staff sergeant shawn manning, who will testify and still has bullets lodged in his body, says that means lower priority veteran's medical care and

. >> brian ross abc news. >> and brian ross will have more on the exclusive interview with the surviving coming up at a5:30. >> checking healthy living news researchers reporting the first case of a strain of bird flu spread from one human to another. a 32-year-old in china was infected after caring for her father. they want to create muant strains more deadly so they can better study the threat. the viruses will be kept inside labs. consumer advocates challenging claims some apps can make babies smarter. they filed a complaint and says there is no evidence it can make infants and toddlers smaller, research shows screen time can be harmful. fisher price has in the commented on the suit but open solution says ate gres electronics are not a substitute for human interaction. >> research suggests mug of hot coco could be the new brain food. researchers studied 60 older adults about a third had poor blood flow to the brain and one drank two cups of hot chocolate a day for a month7.q+t >> if we'd stationed this, 24 hours a day, it would be over 200 thousand. >> the cut out is a picture of a re

brian ross, abc news, yarnell, arizona. >> now to the alex rodriguez scandal. major league baseball players union formally appealed a-rod's 211 game suspension. rodriguez was back on the field in chicago last night in another loss by the yankees. his suspension supposed to take place today with his appeal rodriguez is likely to play arbitrator's ruling not expected until november earliest. >> strange story from southern california. thieves targeted what's called the sexual assault services center in san bernardino. they got in through the ceiling. they made off with computers, laptop, and bag of valuables. hours later they returned everything. and there was a letter of apology. the charity's director says the thieves felt remorse when they discovered who they were victimizing. >> came to their senses. all right, powerball numbers in last night's giant jackpot are being revealed. lives are changing because three tickets matched all six numbers. the winning numbers were -- take your tickets out and check. 5-25-30-58-59, and powerball is 32. two winning tickets so

brian ross with an abc news exclusive. >> a asked a million times why am i sitting here. >>> and anotherecord powerball jackpot looming. so where are the luckiest stores in america? >>> good evening and we begin tonight with a water world from colorado to the airlicarolinas. we're seeing families stranded on water logged porches, a car turned into a kind of a noah's arc and there in missouri what looks like a lake is actually a highway. 12 states are facing threats of floods tonight, so much rain they're measuring it not in inches but in foot. ginger zee tells us what's to come. >> reporter: that's the bank of the river there, and all these houses underwater. swallowing neighborhoods whole. flash flooding in central and southern missouri. shutting down highway 44. dismantling roads from beneath. the floodgates erupting on the osage river. the relentless rains leaving camp grounds, and soccer fields, hardly identifiable. in waynesville, missouri, they are still searching for a woman swept away tuesday. her 4-year-old son already found dead. in the last seven days, parts of missouri have h

brian ross abc news new york. >> navy submarine cut fair and sunk.ailors if you jump to safety but 18 are are missing and feared dead. explosive material may have caught fire and something like that may have happened. rescue operation under way right now. >> 9 people in 5 states including california charged in one of the largest penny stock fraud in history. federal attorneys say the defendants stole 141 million dollars by artificially inflating the value of worthless stock and selling them to investors around the world. 7 of those charged have been arrested. 2 are still on the run tonight. >> consumer news. consumer report says estimated 1.6 million smart phones are stolen in this countryless year. tonight 1 from us stated i-phone owner says apple is part of the problem here. michael has that story. >> did he that's of union city remembers what fondness or years of bishop hay school in oakland. her friends all got together reese thanly in port listened for the wedding of one of the best friends from high school. unfortunately the trip took a sour tu

our brian ross fighting to keep you from paying more money on a car you just bought. >> you sold hercar and now you want her to pay more for it. >> no. >>> good evening. as we come on the air tonight we have break

brian ross, abc news, new york. >> it is to be expected while we are sounding all the alarms and thiserious and need to take it seriously, an anonymous leader in yemen claiming all recent u.s. terror alerts to all various embassies are all fake. >> conspiracy theories. not buying it on that one. "the new york times" reporting nine strikes in yemen in two weeks attributed to the drones. the attacks have killed 38 suspected militants according to yemeni officials. >> there you have it. >> lot of activity. >> yes, absolutely. >> breaking news in the middle east. egypt's interim president going on tv today. to address his nation's political unrest. the speech after police fired tear gas as they tried to remove supporters of former president mohamed morsi from cairo's main squares. the protest in its seventh week. some fatalities are reported from today's clashes. yesterday fresh outrage amid protests as 20 new provincial governors were put in place none of them members of morsi's muslim brotherhood party. >> in the west bank, palestinian prisoners were welcomed as heroes shortly after the

. >> reporter: for "nightline," this is brian ross, abc news. >> such a sad story, our hearts are withs are available on abc news/nightline. >>> next, we switch gears with jennifer aniston and show you a side of her we've never seen before. the only thing anyone really cares about is that first day. everyone will be stylin' their faves. love that! but i'll be bringing it every day, 'cause i went to jcpenney. i know, right? that's what i'm talking about. they have so much great stuff. oh, sweet! anyway, what's your first day strategy? [ female announcer ] doorbusters friday 3:00 to close, saturday 9:00 to 1:00. come find your first day look at jcpenney. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. because sleep is a beautiful thing™. zzzquil. the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil®. ♪ the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil®. ♪ [ [ barks ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will make allie miss her favorite part of the day. [ laughing ] that's why there's beneful baked delights. from crispy crackers to shortbread cookie dog snacks,

brian ross investigating this incredible stuff. brian? sfwlr good morning, george.. but in the car business, the term yo-yo means something different. it's a growing practice in which customers leave with a new car and are told they have to bring it back, yo-yoed. often to sign a new and expensive deal. jenee smith of ft. wayne, indiana, said she was yo-yoed. about a week after showing her family her new car, the dealer told an angry jenee smith, the deal was off. >> i figured once i signed the contract and he signed it, the deal was done. >> reporter: when they decided to mess with jenee smith, they made a mistake. >> they found the right woman that was not going to take the crap from them. >> reporter: jenee took us along, wearing a hidden camera, to the dealership where she bought the car. the salesman told her the deal had to be redone because the financing fell through. >> so, we can do a new contract, a new deal for you. and it's going to be through here. >> reporter: the catch, she would have to put down $300 more to keep the car she had fallen in love with.

how much more weapons are stockpiled in syria, for a deeper look on what that means here is abc's brian rossundreds of thousands of weapons in syria, capable to kill many people. >> it is known they have many weapons. >> reporter: and friday, they produced a weapons report on a chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds in the suburb of guda earlier this month. >> we can't accept a world where the innocent civilians, and men, women, and children are gassed. this threatens our national security interest. >> reporter: the expected strike against syria presents a minefield of problems, in the target selection, according to former white house official, richard clark, now an abc consultant, clark says there are two target packages being considered. >> one, which is related to the chemical weapons use and makes them pay a price. another one, which makes them pay a much more significant price so that the united states can say this was not a pin prick attack, and we're serious. >> reporter: under the larger attacks, the targets could include syrian air fields, and even perhaps the ministry of defe

. >> brian ross with an abc news exclusive. >>> and another record powerball jackpot looming.are the luckiest stores in america?

abc's brian ross is here with the latest. we know that syria cannot strike the united states here. but it can strike americans overseas. >> that's right, elizabeth. there's concern that syria or its allies, iran or hezbollah, might attack u.s. citizens, u.s. hotels overseas. that's that a concern. >> and american media companies, american financial institutions, about this so-called syrian electronic army. >> reporter: yes, this is a group of eight or nine college-aged hackers, operating out of syria. they're not supported by the government there. but they do support the government. they have go ahead and brought down "new york times" for 24 hours. they created a phony tweet that said there was an attack on the white house. we got ahold of one of the leaders. and here's an exchange between one of the members that went by the name s.e.a. the shadow. what will your group do if the u.s. and its allies launch an attack on syria? he said, all american sites will be our targets. what will that mean? if the usa launches an attack on syria, we may use methods of causing harm both for the u

abc's brian ross has his incredible story. >> reporter: the first report of what happened on that fatefulay in yarnell, arizona, came in this terse radio call from a paramedic, lowered down to the charred scene. >> advise them i have 19 confirmed fatalities. >> reporter: 19 confirmed fatalities. 19 of the 20 members of a firefighting team called the granite mountain hot shots from nearby prescott, arizona. leaving the lone survivor, brendan mcdonough, to wonder why he was spared. >> i asked a million times, why am i sitting here and why isn't someone else? why aren't they sitting here with me? >> reporter: do you think of yourself as a hero? >> i look at a hero as someone who laid their life down. >> reporter: we met the 21-year-old mcdonough at the granite mountain hot shots headquarters. >> it's tough. this was my home for a few years. this is where the best memories of my life have been. >> reporter: and the worst memories. at first, mcdonough says, the fire in yarnell seemed ordinary to the hot shot team as they prepared to move in. >> we were able to see the fire and see what it was

. >> reporter: for "nightline," this is brian ross, abc news. >> such a sad story, our hearts are withthose families. more photos are available on abc news/nightline. >>> next, we switch gears with jennifer aniston and show you a side of her we've never seen before. the only thing anyone really cares about is that first day. everyone will be stylin' their faves. love that! but i'll be bringing it every day, 'cause i went to jcpenney. i know, right? that's what i'm talking about. they have so much great stuff. oh, sweet! anyway, what's your first day strategy? [ female announcer ] doorbusters friday 3:00 to close, saturday 9:00 to 1:00. come find your first day look at jcpenney. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. because sleep is a beautiful thing™. zzzquil. the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil®. ♪ the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil®. ♪ [ [ barks ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will make allie miss her favorite part of the day. [ laughing ] that's why there's beneful baked delights. from crispy crackers to shor

now, i'm surprised because abc news fairly aggressive, good investigative unit, brian ross, that theyd not cover oklahoma and spokane in light of trayvon martin and all the controversy that's going on now with with black on black crime. black on white crime. white on black. you know, all of this. why do you think they didn't cover it? >> well, let me first say that makes one of us who surprised, okay? >> particularly abc news though. abc. >> yeah, but it's part of a bigger picture. let me do this my way and then we can focus in. >> okay. >> look at it this way. if the australian ball player were black, and if the 88-year-old world war ii veteran who got a purple heart at okinawa were black and the thugs who killed both of them were white. >> bill: riots in the street. >> abc news would have been all over that story and the other networks would have had far more coverage than they did. but you know what the problem is? and you do know what the problem is, liberal journalists don't feel comfortable with stories where the victims are white and the assailants are black. it doesn't fit the

the story coming up right now after months of work by barbara walters, brian ross and so many great folks here at abc news, barbara's going to join us this morning with more on that incredible story. the man you just saw there. and kenny chesney in the park. lots to get to this friday. that's all coming next right here on "good morning america." >> looking forward to it, thank you, josh. 6:53 now and that means it's time for the friday express. >> here's what you need to know before you go. the metro track will slow things down for riders red, orange and blue lines. minor service change will impact the greenbelt station on the green and yellow lines. >> 66th annual montgomery county fair begins today in gaithersburg that features food, rides and contests. and pig races and the lawn mower races. it runs through the 17th. >> new jersey workers say a group of 16 workers will divvy up the powerball jackpot. we're waiting for the other winning ticket in new jersey to step forward. a minnesota man claimed his part of the jackpot yesterday. >> here's a look at today's top stories. >> john gonzal

abc's brian ross reports on the survivors' own battle with the military. >> reporter: for the victimsthe trial means reliving the horror of what happened that day at fort hood. seen in footage obtained by abc news taken moments after the shooting stopped. >> everyone is scrambling. it's chaos. >> a few seconds after he started shooting is when i took a round to the chest. >> reporter: the victims will face cross-examination by accused shooter himself, major nidal hasan, who has opted to serve as his own lawyer in the military trial. but more upsetting to the victims, what led many to file this lawsuit is the decision by the army to deny the injured and dead soldiers a purple heart. treating the fort hood shooting as not terrorism but simply workplace violence. recently retired staff sergeant will testify and has bullets lodged in his body says that means lower priority veterans medical care and a loss of tens of thousands of dollars in benefits. >> basically they're treating us like i was downtown and got hit by a car. >> reporter: the accused shooter, a u.s. army major, nidal hasan,

brian ross, abc news, yarnell, arizona. >>> and now to the alex rodriguez scandal. a-rod's 211-game suspension. rodriguez was back on the field in chicago last night in another loss by the yankees. his suspension supposed to take effect today. but with his appeal, rodriguez is likely to play the rest of the season. an arbitrator's ruling is not expected until november at the very earliest. >>> a strange story from southern california. thieves targeted what's called the sexual assault services center in san bernardino. they got in through the ceiling. they made off with computers, a laptop and a bag of valuables. hours later they returned everything. and there was a letter of apology. the charity's director says the thieves felt remorse when they discovered who they were victimizing. >> came to their senses. >>> all right, as the powerball numbers in last night's giant jackpot are being revealed, lives are changing. because three tickets matched all six numbers. the winning numbers were -- take 5, 25, 30, 58, 59, and the powerball is 32. two winning tickets sold in n

. >>> let's bring in abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, right now. ian, this comes as u.s. officials say they may have gotten the plotters who forced the closings of so many u.s. embassies across that region. >> reporter: it's a sigh of relief for u.s. counterterrorism officials. a senior u.s. official telling abc news, that four al qaeda terrorists, connected to that latest threat scare in yemen, have been killed in a drone strike over the weekend. according to other u.s. officials, about three dozen al qaeda operatives have been killed in drone strikes in yemen over the last two weeks. although that threat continues to be real and very serious, according to officials. >> and the ringleader of the supposed strikes, still out there. >> reporter: that's who they did not get, the bombmaker, ibrahim al asiri, not killed. he continues to be on the loose. and he's been able to make the clever bombs that have been able to get through u.s. detection. there's still great concern as long as he is operating. >>> let's go to josh with our other top stories. >> g

. >> so ross it's brian kelly. why isn't europe the next japan? i mean they seem to be doing the same type of policies. i mean draghi done a fantastic job of talking about things but haven't printed a single euro. why aren't they -- why wouldn't we be worried that every single rally is just going to peter out, like japan did for ten years? >> these are excellent questions. look, there are certainly structural issues in europe that make you nervous but things tough differentiate between europe and japan. the omt never actually utilized but you have seen a more aggressive response out of the european central bank than you saw out of the boj back in the '90s. second of all, european demo graph innings are not great, japan is a special case. japan has a very big demo graph inc. headwind worse than anywhere else in the world. and finally i would point out that while i've had low inflation in europe you've never had the type of entrenched deflation that has been evidence in japan now for the most part of two decades. the good news is that japan will hop

i'm becky quick with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan sitting in for vacationing joe kernen. you're already on vacation. i see you. you're on your way out the door too. >> i got jeans on, 11:00 -- >> you got on jeans? >> yes, i got to fly. >> at least you're wearing pants. remember we it a discussion a couple of months ago where you made a great joke about pants. >> it is optional. i'm going to the airport. i figured tsa will take them off anyway, so i figured i might as well beat them to the punch. >> the dow is on track to turn in its first weekly drop in nearly two months. take a look at the u.s. equity futures this morning, not going to get much help there. dow futures down by 42 points below fair value. s&p futures off by 5 1/2 points. we only have one economic report on the agenda today. and that is wholesale trade inventories for june. overseas, stocks in china trading a little higher on today's session after economic numbers there painted an upbeat picture. industrial output numbers that rose a stronger than expected 9.7%. retail sales were in line with forecasts. eco

i'm becky quick with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan in for joe kernen today.gs off. 5:59 every morning. not early. >> i thought the show starts at 6:00. i looked over and saw the clock and see there, can you show -- >> we're just about to be 6:00 right now. >> there you go. >> now it is 6:00. let's start things off with the markets this morning. andrew mentioned japan. nikkei closing down 4% overnight after u.s. stocks logged their waft day in over a month. among the reasons that were cited, fed fears, you had fed president dennis lockhart and charles evans suggesting the central bank could begin tapering easy money program as early as september. there was some doubts after that lousy jobs report we got last friday. but there is more fed talk today. philadelphia's charles plosser will be speaking at 12:30 on his economic outlook and cleveland's sandro pianalto talking about an hour later on the regional economy. in the meantime, the bank of japan kicked off a two-day

i'm becky quick with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan sitting in for vacationing joe kernen.ee you. you're on your way out the door too. >> i got jeans on, 11:00 -- >> you got on jeans? >> yes, i got to fly. >> at least you're wearing pants. remember we it a discussion a couple of months ago where you made a great joke about pants. >> it is optional. i'm going to the airport. i figured tsa will take them off anyway, so i figured i might as well beat them to the punch. >> the dow is on track to turn in its first weekly drop in nearly two months. take a look at the u.s. equity futures this morning, not going to get much help there. dow futures down by 42 points below fair value. s&p futures off by 5 1/2 points. we only have one economic report on the agenda today. and that is wholesale trade inventories for june. overseas, stocks in china trading a little higher on today's session after economic numbers there painted an upbeat pi

i'm becky quick with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan in for joe kernen.d morning, good morning. >> u.s. stocks are now on a three-day losing streak. their worst run in two months. the hardest hit s&p sectors yesterday were the financial and consumer discretionary areas. utilities did close higher. but, yeah, look at that. s&p down by about 6 1/2 points. in asia, the nikkei suffered a rough session, closing down by nearly 2%. bank of japan did decide to leave monetary policy unchanged at the conclusion of its two-day meeting. that announcement was expected. meantime, south korea's central bank, they kept its policy interest rate unchanged at 2.5%. and unanimous vote. the rest of asia ended mixed after some upbeat trade figures from china. the company's exports jumped by 5% in july, imports surged by 10%, and both those figures were better than expectations. we'll talk more about china in about ten minutes. >> among the markets today, the big weekly jobless claims out,

i'm andrew ross sorkin with becky quick, brian sullivan is here.finance professor at the wharton school of business. a lot more from the professor still ahead. brian has your morning headlines. >> we're going to start with the markets here because they're coming off a terrible day yesterday and could be setting up for the same thing today driven by that. this hurts me because if you are a viewer of "street signs" you know my number one prediction this year was japan would be the number one performing domestic market in the world, still are, less so, dropped 4% overnight outpacing ireland, number one but i'm getting nervous after u.s. stocks lagged on their worst day in more than a month. among the reasons, of course, what else, fed fears. fed presidents dennis and charles suggesting the central bank could begin tapering their easy money program as early as september. there's more fed talk today. philadelphia's charles speaking at 12:30 eastern time, cleveland's sandra talking about an hour later on the regional economy. in the meantime the bank of

i'm becky quick with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan.e continued to lose market share to android phones in the second quarter. idc says android phones accounted for 79% of the worldwide shipments. that's up from 69% a year ago. apple's market share is expected to grow again when a new iphone comes out probably this fall. >>> more apple news this morning, five of the largest publishers are -- book publishers, objecting to tough new restrictions sought bit government against apple for illegally conspireing to raise ebook prices. the publishers are arguing that provisions proposed by the doj would instill punish the publishers and it already reached settlements with the federal government in dozens of states. >>> the publisher of the new york times says the newspaper is not for sale. the statement posted on the company's website, the trustees of the trust and the rest of the family were, quote, united in our commitment to work together with the company's board, senior management and employees to lead the new york times forward and into our

ross, what's happening on your side of the ocean? >> hi, brian. fwood to see you. we are up this morning for european equities. advancers outpace decliners by a ratio of about 7-3. a little more on the stock. ftse last week up 1.4% for the week. it fell half percent on friday. slim gains this morning for european equities. let me show you. ftse up .2%. name for xetra tax. ibex up .3%. one stock today is a standout. europe's biggest bank. hsbc. standout for the wrong reasons. down 4% today. profits on the pretax side up 10% to $14.1 billion. but earnings falling short of expectations due to a fall in revenue. revenue down 7% for hsbc. it said growth muted in western europe, that's hurting. also growth in china and asia flowing while regulatory reform adding costs for banks as well. stock down 4%. better news generally across the piece for the european economy today. first of all, composite pmis for the eurozone. they hit 50.5. it's the first time we've been above 50 since january 2012. mild expansion. that helped us a little bit firmer on the equities. it actually a