i'm grateful for all of my children. >> you can watch chris cuomo's interview with rielle hunter this friday on 20/20. she will talk about the current status of her relationship with edwards. >>> hockey mom stepped out on the ice to stop a fight. it started when a fight broke out in the middle of this youth hockey game. one referee blew the whistle but didn't intervene. so she took matters into her own hands stormed on to the ice with her purse in land to shout at the rev to get things -- to get -- the ref to get things under control. >> initially he thought he was going to be grounded for fighting. and he was a little embarrassed that understood the reasoning why i went out there to stop it. and he knows it is not something that we encourage him to do. >> the fight broke up as the two left the ice she later apologized for using colorful language. >> lisa argen in for mike. we don't want to know what those words are. >>> we have clouds in the city, east bay in the 70s, beautiful shot from vollmer peak this morning you seemont diablo, nice afternoon despite -- despite breezy winds and

our thanks to chris cuomo. and we thank you for watching abc news.ou check in for good morning abc. jimmy kimmel is coming up next and i hope you have a spectacular weekend.

i'm grateful for all of my children. >> you can watch chris cuomo's interview with rielle hunter thisriday on 20/20. she will talk about the current status of her relationship with edwards. >>> hockey mom stepped out on the ice to stop a fight. it started when a fight broke out in the middle of this youth hockey game. one referee blew the whistle but didn't intervene. so she took matters into her own hands stormed on to the ice with her purse in land to shout at the rev to get things -- to get -- the ref to get things under control. >> initially he thought he was going to be grounded for fighting. and he was a little embarrassed that understood the reasoning why i went out there to stop it. and he knows it is not something that we encourage him to do. >> the fight broke up as the two left the ice she later apologized for using colorful language. >> lisa argen in for mike. we don't want to know what those words are. >>> we have clouds in the city, east bay in the 70s, beautiful shot from vollmer peak this morning you seemont diablo, nice afternoon despite -- despite breezy winds and a

our thanks to chris cuomo.

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. >>> abc news exclusive, chris cuomo challenging the woman at the center of the john edwards scandal about his late wife. >> as a general rule, someone who is in your position, should not be talking about his dead wife. >>> and the fire storm over the bullied bus monitor. families of the kids enter an apology as she gets more than half a million in donations. >>> good evening. we begin with news that means more moneys in your pockets. gas prices plunging across the nation. as of today, the average price for a gallon, $3.45. some places around the country it is less than $3 a gallon. what does this mean for the family vacation this summer and for family savings.

. >>> abc news exclusive, chris cuomo challenging the woman at the center of the john edwards scandal about his late wife. >> as a general rule, someone who is in your position, should not be talking about his dead wife. >>> and the fire storm over the bullied bus monitor. families of the kids enter an apology as she gets more than half a million in donations. >>> good evening. we begin with news that means more moneys in your pockets. gas prices plunging across the nation. as of today, the average price for a gallon, $3.45. some places around the country it is less than $3 a gallon. what does this mean for the family vacation this summer and for family savings. abc's alex perez as hanss. >> reporter: the drop is dramatic. what's least expensive gas in america right now, 2.83 a gallon in north carolina. 16 dat$16 dates selling gas und three. in the coming days, analyst ums say six more states could join them. in that fire could not have come at a better time. low gas prices light a fire under americans. they really, really like low prices. this is sure to entice more people to go on v

. >>> tonight chris cuomo talks exclusively with rielleeóáç hunr she slams edwards late wife who diedom cancer. >> reporter: rielle hunter didn't take a stand at edwards' trial but now talking to chris cuomo. at fair that turned into one of the biggest political sex scandals first began in a new york hotel in 2006. edwards invited hunter to his room and she said the sparks flew. >> intensity like a rock concert. >> reporter: she said their connection was so strong even as edwards was campaigning to be president he was willing to risk it all to be with her. >> if we were not together, we would be talking on the phone about four hours, every right. -- every night. >> reporter: hunter says the edwards a marriage was ruined years before she came into the picture. >> he tells you there have been other women in his wife -- in his life? >> yes, i was not the first. >> reporter: she discovered she was pregnant with their now 4-year-old daughter francis quinn. edward denied he was the father. hunter called it devastating but chalked up edwards' lies to temporary insanity. >> at some point they

hunter gave an exclusive interview to chris cuomo. traverse has a look. >> reporter: rielle hunter didn't take a stand at john edwards trial but talking to abc news' chris cuomo. the affair that turned in to one of the biggest political sex scandals began in a new york hotel in 2006, edwards invited her to his room and she said the sparks flew. she said the connection was so strong that even as edwards was campaigning to be president, he was willing to risk it all to be with her. >> if we were not together, we would be talking on the phone about four hours, every night. >> reporter: hunter said the edwards marriage, a sound point in his campaigns was ruined years before she came in to the picture. >> he tells you there have been other women. >> yes. i was not the first. >> reporter: during the campaign, hunter discovered she was pregnant with their 4-year- old daughter. in a 2008 interview with bob wood rough, he denied he was the father. she chalked up lies to temporary insanity. >> they want you to sign a confidentiality agreement t

chris cuomo sits down with reyer rielle hunter. john edwards' mistress worth an hour of primetime on tv? the stress of the day, or the to-do list of tomorrow. only 14 clubs pick up the right one and drive it right down the middle of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. trouble with a car insurance claim. [ voice of dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ normal voice ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. are you in good hands? >>> muslim brotherhood candidate mohammed morsi the winner of e jips's presidential election. the announcement came just about an hour ago and was met with massive cheers in cairo's tahrir square. morsi defeated pro-military candidate ahmed shafiq who served as prime minister under former president hosni mubarak. joining me is cnn's foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty as we watch these continuing live pictures from what could have been a very different scene had the former prime minister won. the question is, how does the administration take this?

here's "20/20" co-anchor chris cuomo for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: many of us prison life for convicted killers as a harsh, brutal, isolated place, as portrayed in "the shawshank redemption." so, when daniel hembree, a convicted killer, wrote a letter to the gaston, north carolina, gazette, gloating about his comfortable life on death row, it got plenty of attention. "is the public aware that i'm a gentleman of leisure, watching color tv in the ac, reading, taking naps and will, eating three well-balanced, hot meals a day." often, this is the reality of prison life for convicted killers. in this oklahoma state penitentiary, killers on death row still get to play dom knows and shoot hoops. at this maximum security prison in illinois, convicted killers can shop for soft drinks and snacks -- >> mountain dew, can i get that? >> reporter: at a well-provisioned commissary. at this prison in nashville, convicted killers can play softball. >> they're playing softball on lined base paths with baseball uniforms while other guys are hanging out, getting a sun tan. >> repo

. ♪ >>> tonight chris cuomo talks exclusively with rielleeóáç hunr she slams edwards late wife who died cancer. >> reporter: rielle hunter didn't take a stand at edwards' trial but now talking to chris cuomo. at fair that turned into one of the biggest political sex scandals first began in a new york hotel in 2006. edwards invited hunter to his room and she said the sparks flew. >> intensity like a rock concert. >> reporter: she said their connection was so strong even as edwards was campaigning to be president he was willing to risk it all to be with her. >> if we were not together, we would be talking on the phone about four hours, every right. -- every night. >> reporter: hunter says the edwards a marriage was ruined years before she came into the picture. >> he tells you there have been other women in his wife -- in his life? >> yes, i was not the first. >> reporter: she discovered she was pregnant with their now 4-year-old daughter francis quinn. edward denied he was the father. hunter called it devastating but chalked up edwards' lies to temporary insanity. >> at some point they w

what she told our chris cuomo, about what john edwards told her about his marriage and other affairs. and the moment she said he went off the deep end. >> and chris will be here with that. >>> plus, the sinkhole shocker. a stunning scene. one woman came home to how her house -- look at that. just got swallowed. that's a live picture right there. and the scene is being repeated in many places. >> indeed, it is. >>> and the big party in the park. mary j. blige taking center stage in the park this morning. >>> let's begin with the breaking news overnight on the economy. oil prices at their lowest point in nearly nine months. that could make some eye-popping moments at the gas pump this weekend, in a good kind of way. and major news on the nation's biggest banks. abc's david muir is tracking it for us this morning. why don't we start at the pump? >> reporter: gas prices hovering at lows we haven't seen in seven months. $78 a barrel. below $3 a gallon. south carolina and virginia, the states to follow this weekend and keep an eye on. all could have gas prices below $3 a the good news says

thank you so much, chris cuomo. >>> we turn now to other big news today. secretary of state hillary clinton unleashed a verbal attack on the president of syria today, saying it is time for him to go. there are troubling reports of a new massacre in syria, unconfirmed. but when the u.n. tried to investigation, bull lets rained down on the peace keepers. abc's global affairs correspondent christiane amanpour has more. >> reporter: trying to confirm reports of another massacre in syria, unarmed u.n. monitors were blocked from getting into the area and then fired upon today. >> the u.n. monitors were shot at with small arms. >> reporter: no causalities were reported but government terror squads have been blamed for killing as many as 78 civilians including nine children outside the town of hama. we're still trying to verify these pictures, but an eyewitness told the bbc paramilitaries went on a skilling spree from house to house. they start to attack the city, he said. they are using weapons like knives and machine guns. and an activist who lives in hama and w

and abc's chris cuomo tells us about this first quarter in a very big fight. >> reporter: the signature of professional football -- violent contact -- is now the basis for the biggest court fight in the history of sport. the nfl has been sacked in a lawsuit by over 2,000 former players and their families. the charge? the league knew and deliberately hid the dangers of head trauma to players. jim mcmahon led the chicago bears to super bowl victory. he's now one of the players suing the league, and spoke to espn. >> we knew there was going to be a chance for injury. but we didn't know about the head trauma. and they did. and that's -- that's the whole reason for this lawsuit. >> reporter: the hits that excite audiences and are arguably promoted by the league as a calling card for the game, have been found by "espn sport science" to be the force equivalent of a sledge hammer blow to the head. one study found the average player takes 900 to 1,500 head shots a season. >> multiple hits to the head, multiple concussions can and we know does potentially cause long-term side effects that is irre

chris cuomo coming up on friday night. be sure to tune in for that.on't believe some of the things rielle says including where she was going to move to be close to john. >> i'm going to watch that one. >> juicy details. >>> also this morning, the secret to everlasting love. tips on marriage from a couple who, get this, has been together for 75 years. >> that's love. >> that is another level of love. still drinking together. that's a long time. can you imagine being in love for 75 years? much less being married for 75 years. that gives us all hope for love. >> it does. >> good for those guys. >>> before all of that, autopsy results are expected today or tomorrow for rodney king. but officials suspect that he accidentally drowned. >> supporters say king had a difficult time adjusting when he was suddenly thrust into the national spotlight more than 20 years ago. more than 20 years ago. abc's cecilia vega has more on king's death from los angeles. >> reporter: he wassed the bloody, battered face at the center of the first viral video ever. the man who is

abc's chris cuomo has the story. >> reporter: the signature of professional football, violent contact biggest court fight in the history of sport. the nfl has been sacked in a lawsuit by over 2,000 former players and their families. the charge? the league knew and deliberately hid the dangers of head trauma to players. jim mcmahon led the chicago bears to super bowl victory. he's now one of the players suing the league and spoke to espn. >> we knew there was going to be a chance for injury, but we didn't know about the head trauma. and they did. and that's the whole reason for this lawsuit. >> reporter: the hits that excite audiences and are arguably promoted by the league as a calling card for the game have been found by espn sports science to be the force equivalent of a sledgehammer blow to the head. one study found the average player takes 900 to 1,500 head shots a season. >> multiple hits to the head, multiple concussions can and we know does potentially cause long-term side effects that is irreversible. >> reporter: the concern is that recent suicides of some of the sport's bigg

and speaking with chris cuomo. we'll have that later in the week. >>> we start with josh and the news, back from niagara falls. >> we're going to begin with breaking news out of philadelphia. an off-duty police officer there has surrendered after a violent standoff with fellow officers. he barricaded himself in his ex-wife's house. armed with high-powered rifles. and forcing neighbors to hide in their basements. police say he opened fire, hitting two squad cars and an armied truck before finally surrendering, wearing a bullet-proof vest and gas mask. >>> now, to the heat emergency in the west. a record heat wave expected. and the worst fire in colorado's history. one that's burned through some 86-square miles and has disrupted hundreds of lives, is about to rev up. clayton sandell is on the front lines for us this morning. >> reporter: 50-mile-per-hour gusts are helping this massive fire roar back to life this morning. winds so powerful, they're keeping helicopters grounded. out-of-control flames have blackened 56,

you saw chris cuomo. he sat down with her. we'll have that interview for you later.ight now, amy robach has the latest. >> reporter: new, intimate details are emerging about the six-year affair responsible for the very public ruin of john edwards' political career. edwards' mistress, rielle hunter coming out with an explosive tell-all, "what really happened, john edwards, our daughter and me." hunter sat down with "20/20" anchor, chris cuomo, for an interview airing friday. >> the assumptions are dark. rielle hunter, as in man-hunter, destroyer of marriage. destroyer of john edwards. how do you want yourself defined? >> first and foremost, i'm a mom. rielle hunter is a mom. and i'm also a woman who fell in love with a married man. i'm not the first woman who has done that. and i'm not going to be the last. >> reporter: "people" magazine obtained these exclusive pictures and these excerpts from her revealing, new memoir. including how hunter says elizabeth edwards reacted to their affair. elizabeth requested all of the tapes i made of the campaign. she locked herself

hunter sat down exclusively with "20/20" anchor chris cuomo. >> the assumptions are dark.lle hunter, as in manhunter, destroyer of marriage. destroyer of john edwards. how do you want yourself defined? >> first and foremost, i'm a mom. rielle hunter is a mom. and i'm also a woman who fell in love with a married man. i'm not the first woman who's done that, and i'm not going to be the last. >> reporter: "people" magazine obtained these pictures and excerpts from her revealing new memoirs, including how hunter says elizabeth edwards reacted to learning about their affair. elizabeth requested all the tapes i had made of the campaign. she locked herself in a room to watch. on one tape she saw johnny walking into a room and his reaction to seeing me. she apparently told him that he never once looked at her the way he looked at me. so she took that bit and put it on her computer as a screen saver in order to watch it over and over again. as far as hunter and edwards and their future, hunter has this to say. i'm still in love with john. that didn't go away, shockingly enough. mar

. >> and chris cuomo interviews hunter. >>> and oprah winfrey's big chat with the family famous for beinghe kardashian family. >> she asked kim point-blank if her 72-day marriage was a stunt. no, we don't do anything for ratings, kardashian replied. but she said she knew the moment they moved in together that kris humphries was not right for her. still, she apologizes to him if her post-marriage comments hurt him. >> she denied it was a hoax. and she said she likes older men. good interview. >>> it's not often that our nbc colleague bob costas is left speechless. but take a look at this. it's costas interviewing webb simpson after his big win at the u.s. open. >> i got off to a slow start. but i knew that -- i knew -- >> always something to spice matters up. >> yeah. >> that guy who yanked him off the screen, the commissioner of the u.s. golf association. so much for security, though. >>> for some of you, now, your so much for security, though. >>> for some of you, now, your local news coming up next. pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't

we saw the exclusive conversation she had with chris cuomo on friday night.she wasn't going to make it. but she's here. denise richards. so much going on in her life right now. she's in the new tyler perry movie. she's funny. her little girl just turned 1. and she's teaming up with her ex, charlie sheen. we're going to find out how they make it work on screen and off. great to have denise here. >> hi, denise. >>> how do you follow-up a blockbuster like "the hunger games"? you star in another. that's what josh hutcherson is doing. he's here, too. to talk about that -- >> look at that couch right over there. >> sort of looks like when we're doing "play of the day." >>> first, we have to get some news. amy robach in for josh. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with tropical storm debby, founding western and central florida with heavy rains. causing severe beach erosion. heavy trees crashing on to cars. 13,000 homes without power. sam will update the storm's track in a moment. >>> in the west, extreme heat is the story today, making it nearly impossible for fire

with the mistress of former presidential candidate john edwards airs tonight on abc. "20/20's" chris cuomo sat down with rielle hunter to talk about her new book. >>> today is the deadline for lance armstrong to respond to the latest doping allegations against him. the seven-time tour de france winner maintains his innocence saying he's taken more than 500 doping tests and he has passed every one. >>> miami heat fans are probably just about to go to sleep after staying up all night celebrating the team's win. they beat oklahoma city, the thunder, 121-106. this is the heat's second nba title in six years. >>> it is db iraq war veteran changed forever by a roadside bombing with two daughters about to be married and a business owner giving a helping hand to give him the space he needs to help his ever-growing family. >> i know what living is now. i mean, not that i didn't know what it was before, i lived for the rush, that's what i lived for. >> coming up tonight at 11:00, you're going to meet sergeant louis rosa and ted levit, that man right there. what brought these two men together and why

she of course sat down with chris cuomo that interview will be airing later this week.ay what she says really happened between she and the former presidential candidate. also, a story we brought you last week it gets better, that hockey mom took matters into her hands her son involved in a fight on the ice, 16-year-old son, went out on to the ice, pink coat, pocket coat, ready to break things up. you wonder what she was thinking? she joins us live on the set to discuss it all. he's here. it is terrific television, if nothing else. friday night, i don't know if any of were you able to join us, i hope you were. remember nik wallenda is off the fire he made his trek over the falls moment -- latest on the next stunt that he plans. it was an amazing thing to be a part of. we have duran duran performing live, they have new music to bring us. fancy graphics. i'm also being told, take a look at how we roll, so to speak, classic car '59 el camino. all next right here on "good morning america". >> hungry like a wolf for the show. >> she has been singing it all morning. >> it is g

coming up, questions quo mo's -- chris cuomo's interview with rielle hunter. right here on "good morning america." >>> new this morning from afghanistan 17 are confirmed dead after taliban insurgents attacked a hotel in kabul earlier this morning, black smoke could be seen rising from the hotel police say it started when three suicide bombers armed with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades stormed the hotel and opened fire. the gun battle with police followed. taliban spokesman says the group attacked the hotel because foreign guests had been drinking and taking part in activities banned by islam. >> >> poll shows the president's endorsement of same-sex marriage has done little to shift national opinion. americans are still evenly split on the issue. 42% who responded to the poll oppose gay marriage. 40% are in support. 15% were neutral. the poll found strong supporters of president obama had a more favorable view of same-sex marriage than moderates. >>> thousands are descending on san francisco for this weekend's gay celebration, last night a huge party

that's what his wife believes as she told "20/20" anchor, chris cuomo. >> the affair, okay.give you that one. but to plot my murder, preposterous. >> reporter: stern's attorney would not give us a loser look at that jailhouse letter or provide us our own copy. so, we, along with any potential jurors out there, who might be watching, are left to take his word for what's in it. robin? >> all right, ryan. >>> let's bring in our legal team from atlanta. there's nancy grace, host of hnl's nancy grace. and dan abrams here. i'm going to start with you, dan. it's hard to keep up now. >> when you think about what happened, it's more bizarre, right. this is someone they tried to kill three times. someone that goes to the house, riddles the house with bullets. she survives. wasn't there. the next time, they miss her. then, they move. they move out of this house because they're like, wait a second. why is someone riddling the house with bullets. and at the apartment complex, someone goiz after her again and shoots her in the stomach. now, the allegation, the mistress who orchestrated th