paris hilton, politely walking out on our dan harris. >> look at him. >> it got us thinking, david, about other well-known interview exits. some of our faves coming up. >> poor dan. we set him up again today. we'll check that out. >> we'll see. >>> but first, it's the latest on the mysterious death of the woman found bound and hanging in her millionaire boyfriend's california mansion. her bizarre death coming just days before his 6-year-old son died. now, police are rushing the taxology reports of both autopsies. and abc's abbie boudreau has the latest for us. good morning, abbie. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this tiny, little beach town is the last place you'd expect 15 detectives working overtime, trying to figure out exactly what happened in the mansion behind me. behind the walls of this landmark 27-room mansion, 2 mysterious deaths in less than a week. 6-year-old max shacknai died just a week after falling from the mansion's master staircase. 32-year-old rebecca zahau found days after max's fall, hanging from a noose from the s

i'm dan harris in new york. i understand there were a ton of celebrities with you, bianna. >> a ton of hollywood elite. tom hanks, nicole kidman, jennifer lopez, barbra streisand were all in this room. you see how huge the room was. all of the upstairs was closed off. it was an intimate dinner for 280 people. dan, these celebrities, these celebrities were told to, quote, be cool of around william and kate, not to flood them. they were the stars of the show. dan, i know you and everyone else in america wants to know what kate was wearing. this beautiful alexander mcqueen lavender dress. we'll talk about her clothing sometime coming up. it was quite a successful night for the royal couple here. >> that's quite a number. i love the detail about the celebrities told to be cool. >>> there's huge breaking news in england where rupert murdoch's 168-year-old "news of the world" rolled off the presses for the last time. his empire is in jeopardy over a phone hacking scandal. murdock has now spoken publicly for the first

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scientists have proven its positive effects on the brain and abc's dan harris has the tips and factske you go ohm for tonight's "sign of the times." >> reporter: it's intimate and intense. it can be done solo or with others. and 20 million americans are trying it. including shock jock howard stern, actors richard gere, goldie hawn and heather graham and the lead singer of the rock band weezer. what do these people know about that we don't? meditation. are you saying that we can rewire our brains to be happier and nicer, basically? >> we can rewire our brains to be happier and nicer. >> reporter: if i meditation, i might get nicer? >> yes. >> reporter: at the university of wisconsin madison where they have one of the most cutting edge neuroscience labs on earth, the dalai lama himself granted permission for his monks, master med day or thes, to have their brains studied. lead researcher richie davidson and his colleagues were amazed by what they found. this is pretty wild. this is the activity in your brain when you're sitting there doing nothing and when you meditate -- >> there's dr

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dan harris -- by the way, dan is a huge fan.ming you are, as well. >> really i don't think i'm as knowledgeable about the royals as you or dan harris. >> i'll teach you. a few minutes with me, you'll be a pro. >> i'm very much looking forward to that. >> well, good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga. obviously along with dan abrams. he's in for dan harris who is on assignment this morning. it's saturday, july 2nd, and also ahead bristol palin in the news. >> talksksne on one with robin roberts about sex, motherhood and what it was really like on the campaign trail with the mccains and what does she say about levi johnston's new book about her family? >> and happy fourth, america. a little fun to start the holiday weekend. a look at what's going on in your life. of course, it's "your week in three words" coming up. >> cute. look how cute. >> adorable. >>> but first it's now down to the wire in the casey anthony murder trial. closing arguments set for tomorrow after the prosecution called its final witnesses to try to undermin

dan harris is on assignment. dan abrams is sitting here next to me. >> great to be here. >> it is sunday, july 3rd, we'll be out cooking in honor of july 4th weekend. with all of those good folks out there, the world-renowned chef behind the burger bar restaurant, shows us how to make a five-star burger on a budget. this guy knows what he's talking about. >> plus, panda-monium. don't be fooled. this is just a diversion. it's one of the stories we're fixated on coming up. >> but we'll start with the beginning of the end in the casey anthony murder trial. both sides make closing arguments today and the jury could begin deliberating by tonight. abc's yunji de nies is following the story from orlando and joins us again. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this jury sat in the courtroom for over a month. they've heard from dozens of witnesses, seen hundreds of pieces of evidence, and today they'll hear the final closing arguments. we expect the defense will argue that casey is not a killer and that the prosecution has shown no physical evidence to pro

dan harris, by the way, dan abrams, is a huge fan.assuming you are, as well. >> i don't think i'm a knowledgeable. >> i'll teach you. a few minutes with me, you'll be a pro. >> i'm'mery much looking forward to that. >> good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga. obobously along with dan abrams. he's in for dan harris who is on assignment this morning. it's saturday, july 2nd and also ahead bristol palin in the news. >> talks one on one with robin about sex, motherhood and what it was like on the campaign trail and what she says about levi johnston's book about her family. >> a little fun. a look at what's going on in your life. of course, it's "your week in three words." >> how c ce. >>> down to the wire in the casey anthony murder trial. closing arguments set for tomorrow after the prosecution called its final witnesses to try to undermine her mother cindy's claim that she, not casey, made computer searches that are a key to this case. yunji de nies has more from orlando. good morning, yunji. >> reporter: good morning, dan. it was a

here's abc's dan harris. >> she's a sister from the same mister and he's a brother from another mother. >> reporter: you may not approve of the life cody brown lives with his four wives and their 16 children on tlc's "sister wives." but they say they have every right to live it. there will be inevitably some people who see your lives and say, this is just plain wrong. >> we aren't saying this is for everybody. and we would never say that. >> reporter: now, their renowned constitutional attorney, who is not a polygamist, is set to ask the federal courts to decriminalize the practice. his argument? the browns are consenting adults, living out their faith and they're not hurting anybody. >> righthtow, we live in a bizarre situation, wherere everyone agrees that you can have multiple lovers. you can have children by those lovers. you can even have adulterous lovers. and you are protected as a citizen of the united states. but the minute you tell them privately that you view them as their spiritual spouses, the state comes in and prosecutes you. >> reporter: the law banning polygamy dates b

here's dan harris. >> reporter: harvard's dr.udwig, one of america's premiere childadd obesity experts, says in in a prestigious medical journal some carefully selected situations some of the 2 million extremely obese children should be taken from their parents. >> taking a child away from their parents is a drastic action, but when we have a 400-pound child with life-threatening complications, there may y t be any great choices. >> reporter: abc news heard from two dozezeexperts, and all but three of them disagreed including art kaplan. if you were a child who was morbidly obese and there was a risk that your life would be drastically shortened wouldn't you want someone to come and save you and rescue you? >> can't you get someone in this house and make this a safe place for me. can't you help my parents? >> reporter: in fact, that's what dr. ludwig proposes, before removing an obese child from his or her home, state officials would provide the parents with counseling and education. >> the state has no incentive to take a child

i'm dan harris. you can get the latest news anytime on abcnews.com.e you right back here on "good morning america" tomorrow. for david muir and the rest of us at abc news, good night.

dan harris, abc news, new york. >>> all l right. a southern california woman has been arrested after police say that she cut off her husband's penis and put it down the garbage disposal. they say that catherine becker drugged her husband's dinner before the attack. when he fell asleep she began the assault with a ten-inch kitchen knife. she then call ed and waited for police to show up. the husband is in the hospital after undergoing emergency surgery as you can imagine. >>> a courtroom turned into a huge brawl as a murder suspect was brought in. friends of the alleged victim rushed in to attack the suspect. they threw him to the ground and started stomping on his head and officers nienlly had to use tasers to break that up. >>> actress halle berry was granted a three-year restraining order against a man who trespassed on her property three times in three days. police arrested richard franco after after he climbed over a locked security gate at her home. she says on sunday franco managed to come within a foot of her and nearly got i

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in 30 years, childhood obesity in america has more than so, dan harris tells us about this startling new proposal and asks the question, if lives are at stake, what would you do? >> reporter: harvard's dr. david ludwig, one of america's premiere childhood obesity experts, says today, in a prestigious medical journal, that in certain situations, some of america's estimated 2 million extremely obese children should be taken from their parents. late today, we spoke to him via satellite. >> taking a child away from their parents is a drastic action. should only be used as a last resort. but when we have a 400-pound child with life-threatening complications, there may not be any great choices. >> reporter: abc news heard from two dozen experts and all but three of them disagreed, including the ethicist art caplan. if you are a child who was morbidly obese and there was a risk your life was going to be drastically shortened, wouldn't you want somebody to come and save you and rescue you? >> i'd say, you can't get someone in my house and make this a safe place for me? can't you help my pare

so, why did she really walalout on dan harris? s here with more on this s ry candid conversation you had. >> it was very interesting. robin, good morning to you. paris hilton has said she's changed. she's grown into a woman, in her words. and she says she wants people to see that. we saw many different sides of hilton in this wide-ranging interview, including a little bit of a touchy side. paris hilton was the first, the original celebutante. practically the inventor of that thoroughly modern phenomenon being famous for being famous. now, though, this particular marketplace has become rather crowded with people like hilton's former protege and sometimes frenemy, kim kardashian, eating up a lot of the oxygen. try bringing it up with hilton and it gets tense. do you ever worry about your moment having passed? you want to wrap up? we'll show you how this situation resolved itself in a moment. but first, let's go back to the beginning of our interview, which took place at hilton's newly-renovated house in los angeles. >> can we put the

dan harris has more on the startling proposal. >> reporter: harvarded's dr. ludwig says today in a prestigious medical journal in certain carefully selected situations some of america's estimated 2 million extremely obese children should be taken from their parents. we spoke to him via satellite. >> taking a child away from their parents is a drastic action. should only be used as a last resort. but when we have a 400-pound child with life threatening complications, it may not be any great choices. >> reporter: abc news heard from two dozen experts and all but you three disagreed including art kaplan. >> if you were a child who was mored bily obese and there was a risk your life would be shortened. >> i would say can't you help my parents. >> that is exactly what dr. ludwig proposes, before removing an obese child state officials would provide the parents would counseling and education. >> is there any way to guarantee that state government officials will take the intermediated steps before they take the big step of removing a child from the home? >> the stat

. >> announcer: from abc news, live from new york, this is "good morning america" with dan harris and bianna golodryga. >> it really was extraordinary and perhaps to many people infuriating scene this morning. let's bring up that video once again. at 12:14 a.m., after 1,054 days in jail, casey anthony, called the most hated woman in america, walked free. she didn't say a word. and neither did her lawyer. it was a cloak and dagger like operation. there were armed guards. black suvs. and a car switch in a garage. >> all this to throw off the media and anyone who may want to do her harm. there's a real fear of retaliation, she's now entirely free and no longer under any state protection. our abc affiliate in orlando is reporting she boarded a private jet. there's wild speculation about where that jet is headed. as of now, no definitive answer. abc's jim avila is in orlando and has been following the developments throughout the night. quite a scene, jim. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. in fact, the sheriff's department wasted no time in showing casey anthony the door. she was eligible

dan harris abc news new york. >>> when we continues tonight.evelopment from pg&e on the san bruno pipeline explosion. no longer are they blaming the people who lost their homes. >> retire could learn real fast why they need to pay attention to debt limit talk going on in washington. >> and harry potter conclusion of the ultimate battle of good versus evil. another half hour of news begins here in just a versus evil. another half hour of news begins here in just a moment sawz. >> pg&e is back peddling from the lawsuit explosion and fire. utility is being blasted for even suggesting that it wasn't entirely to blame for what happened. heather reports on what victims feel is adding insult to injury. >> the definite stated neighborhood is showing signs of recovery. but victims trust in pg&e has just suffered a set back after the filing of legal document last week in which pg&e seemed to leave open the possibility of blaming everyone else except itself. including the victims. >> pg&e strategy to piss off everybody in northe

abc's dan harris reports. >> when the team of researchers came across this humpback whale floating listlessly, they thought she was dead. then one of the researchers hopped in to see what was wrong. he discovered that she was tangled in 200 feet of netting and quickly losing strength. >> she was in horrible shape. this humpback whale would not have survived another night. she really had a hard time moving and even breathing. >> he tried to free her, but he couldn't. >> i got the dorsal fin free. that's it. >> he and his teammates worked furiously from the boat could cut her loose with only a small knife to help. >> she knows what's going on. >> her life was on the line, and she kind of knew we were her chance, her lifeline to live. >> after an hour, the whale was finally free. >> we saved a humpback whale! >> as she swam off, there was this. and then this. and then another. the whale leapt out of the water 40 different times. it felt like a celebration. >> the magnificent life form on this planet, which was really on the brink of death, was free and was just showing its joy of being alive. >>

i'm dan harris in new york. i want to say good morning again to all of you and also to my co-anchor bianna golodryga who is in los angeles. hey, bianna. >> good morning, dan. well, we are here to celebrate the arrival of two of the most famous tourists in america right now. of course, i'm talking about prince william and his new wife catherine. they landed here last evening, but, of course, we know it's also a day where coast to coast we are remembering a courageous and trail blazing woman. >> that's right, bianna. former first lady betty ford died last night. she was 93 years old. she was one of the most popular first ladies in recent history and in many ways she revolutionized the job. the tributes are pouring in this morning. president obama praising mrs. ford for her "courage and compassion," and former president clinton saying mrs. ford was a "remarkable woman whose legacy will live on in people around the country whose lives are longer and better because of her work." bianna? >> that's right, dan. she had a

. >> announcer: from abc news, live from new york, this is "good morning america" with dan harris and bianna golodryga. >>> and there it is. just two days to go. if the debt limit isn't raised on tuesday, now, remember, zero that's the day the u.s. treasury department says it can n no lonr borrow money to pay the nation's bills, then it could mean economic calamity for the entire country. now, after weeks of wrangling and false starts, abc news learned both sides are closing in on a tentative, and we stress tentative framework. >> that really is the key word this morning, tentative. the white house is still cautioning that there is no deal yet. also, we should point out that there are a lot of proposasa discussed for this tentative frame work that both sides won't like. nonetheless, there are real signs of progress this morning. we have abc news washington all-star team assembled to cover all of the angles, let's go straight to "gma" co-anchor and abc news chief political correspondent, george stephanopoulos, who is in washington this morning leading our coverage. george, good morning

here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: paris hilton was the first, the original celebutante practicallyentor of that thoroughly modern phenomenon being famous for being famous. now, though this particular marketplace has become rather crowded with people like hilton's former protege and sometimes frenemy kim kardashian eating up a lot of the oxygen. try bringing any of this up with hilton, however and things get a little tense. we'll show you how this situation resolved itself in a moment but first let's go back to the beginning of our interview which took place at her newly renovated house in los angeles. she is actually the head of a global business res in 31 countries selling handbags to beauty products to perfumes. she's got 13 scents which according to herublicist have made more than a billion dollars and her new reality show "the world according to paris" shows her engaged in her usual high jinks. the ratings have been dismal which has many entertainment writers considering whether her run may be over. do you ever worry about -- do you ever worry about your moment having passed? d

dan harris, abc news, new york. >>> opening statements are expected today in the perjury trial of baseball great roger clemens. he's accused of lying to congress when clemens said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. most of the jurors are women who say they have little or no interest in pro baseball. the trial could last about a month. >>> former first lady betty ford's body is being flown today to grand rapids for another memorial service. >> at her funeral in california, ford was remembered for boldly opening bun her personal struggles. abc's diana alvear brings us the fond memories. >> reporter: peggy and daniel, good morning. it's easy to see why so many people loved betty ford. her family and friends taught about a woman with strong midwestern roots, a firm sense of self, and above all a huge heart. memories of betty ford filled st. margaret's church. mourners recalled a woman who stayed true to herself no matter the circumstances. >> i'll move to the white house, do the west i can, and if they don't like it they can kick me out. but they can't make me be somebody i'm not. >> r

as abc's dan harris reports, they insist t ey have a right to be left alone. >> she's a sister from thend he's a brother from another mother. >> reporter: you may not approve of the life cody brown lives with his four wives and their 16 children on tlc's "sister wives." but they say they have every right to live it. now their renowned constitutional attorney who is ç not a polygamist is set to ask the federal courts to decriminalize the practice. his argument, the browns are consenting adults living out their faith and they're not hurting anybody. >> right now we live in a bizarre situation where everyone agrees that you can have multiple lovers, you can have children by those lovers, you can even have adulterous lovers, and you're protected as a citizen of the united states. but the minute you tell them privately that you view them as spiritual spouses, the state comes in and prosecutes you. >> reporter: the law banning polygamy dates back to a supreme court decision in 1879. the cocourt said it may be a religious practice, but it esn't deserve constitutional protection any more than h

i'm dan harris. >> and i'm bianna golodryga. it's saturday, july 30th.it down with one of the biggest pop stars around, katy perry. her career has exploded just like a firework over the past year, and now she's taking on the big screen, but what i i really fascinating is her relationship with her parents. you'll want to hear what she says about that. >> i'm interested to hear about that. >>> also speaking of pop stars, remember tiffany from the '80s, actually she was a big favorite of bianna's in the '80s. she's back with a new cd, and she's making a little bit of a career switch-up. she's performing for us this morning in our summer concert series in a few minutes. >> ah, memories. >>> but we do begin with amanda knox. today is the last scheduled day of testimony at her appeals trial. the american college student convicted of murdering her roommate has been in an italian jail since 2007. new forensic evidence gave her and her family hope she may be coming home very soon. abc's t.j. winick is here with more. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning,

dan harris -- he gets the best assignments of all. this week, he had the big paris hilton interview. and -- this, today, he got to interview bree olson and asked her about the living arrangement and this is what she had to say. >> tense environment then in the moment? >> at times. >> between the two of you, the women, not you and charlie. >> it was like you could cut the air with a knife. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we do have a lot of smog here in l.a., so, i guess that's possible. the interview with bree olson was so intriguingover every level that we wanted to immortalize it. so, we took the audio from the interview and combined it with video from an old episode of "heman," and here's how that came together. >> what got you interested in the adult movie business? >> it's something i'd always been interested in. i've always been very insafable sexually. just because i've chosen to do what everyone else does in this whole entire world in camera does not make me ineligible to be around children. so, you moved in and as you are moving in yo

. >> and i'm dan harris.ming up, there is a big fresh dose of hope for amanda knox and her family. new evidence could finally mean freedom for the american college student who was convicted of murder over in italy. we'll tell you what it is that could set her free. >>> plus, check out this video. a motorcross rider goes flying off his bike 20 or 30 feet in the air, comes crashing down. if you think that looks crazy, wait till you see what happens next. that's coming up in our "fixation" of the week. our segment we have fun with every week. >> we do. this is an incredible piece of video. >>> we do want to go deeper into the tumultuous life of amy winehouse. she had dazzling talent and ferocious inner demons, and she now joins an extraordinary list of rock legends who all died at the age of 27. ♪ i tell you i am a -- >> reporter: the first thing you noticed about her was that voice. it certainly didn't sound like a jewish girl in her early 20s. ♪ in my head i feel good >> reporter: the second thing you noticed

duress of paris hilton was an interview for an interviewer for "good morning america," talking about dan harris was talking to the heiress about her fame and about is it perhaps over? paris hilton did not like that despite being a woman who has put most of her life in front of the camera. take a look at how she's reacted. >> do you ever worry about your moment having passed? you want to wrap up? >> i was curious about one thing. >> what followed was a long heated conversation with hilton and her publicist. >> don't ask paris hilton if her moment has passed. i'll tell what you happens with the rest of the interview. she does go back and gives a strange answer about how she's had to reinvent herself and that sort of thing which is also a response to the low ratings of her show right new. >> has your moment passed saying you've been upstaged by kim kardashian, your ratings are low. has your moment passed? >> i think if you're paris hilton and given the things that you've put on television before, it's a fair question. you seem to be siding with paris hilton. >> no, i'm not siding. >> i don't even

. >> and i'm dan harris. this is saturday, july 23rd.s morning, the soldier they're calling a hero, not for what he did on the battlefield but for what he did right here when he witnessed a horrific bus crash on a highway in new york state. he disappeared without giving anybody his name after he did his heroic deeds, but we now know who he is and where he is, which might surprise you. >> there could have been a lot more fatalities had it not been for him stepping in. >>> also more drama for a family that really doesn't need any right now. >> yeah, he's awake and breathing. he can't move. he's having trouble breathing. >> that is maria shriver's call to 911 after her and arnold schwarzenegger's 13-year-old son was badly injured in a surfing accident in malibu. we'll tell you how he and his family are doing right now. >> as we said, a family that does not need more problems at this point. >>> we're going to start, however, this half hour with that horrific for attack in such an unusual place, the sleepy little european country of norway. t

it's saturday, july 16th along with dan harris., not so good news, jenny from the block is back on the single scene. well, could be good news for millions of men around the world that jennifer lopez and marc anthony announced that they are separating after seven years of marriage. so what went wrong in what appeared to be one of hollywood's happier marriages? we'll get into that breakup, as well. >> just gave an interview a few months ago talking about how in love they were. interesting story. >>> plus, your weekly gift to us. a little segment we call "your three words." we're going to see what's going on in your lives coming up. >>> but first the story that is infuriating millions of americans this morning. the clock is ticking toward freedom for casey anthony. there will be massive security outside the jail tomorrow when she is released. she is walking free after being acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter. so many questions this morning. can she stay safe out on the outside? where will she go? can she go home? abc's jim a

dan harris joins us from new york to tell us what's coming up at 7:00 on "good morning america." good morning to you dan. >> good morning to you terry. coming up on gma, a significant figure in american history has died betty ford. the former first lady has died at the age ever 93. this morning we will take a look back at a fascinating life which included some rather bolt public statement that really made waves in washington while her husband was president. also coming up the american business and political worlds reeling this morning after news that the unemployment rate has ticked back up. why is america creating so few jobs and what can be done about it? we will get into that. plus major league baseball is reacting after a fan fell to his death of a trying to catch a foul ball earlier this week at a game in texas. does the league need to mig changes here to prevent this sort of thing? we will talk about that as well. and the royals have finally touched down in your state. a little bit south from you in tinseltown. prince william and kate are in l.a. for their first-ever visit t

rebekah brooks stepping down and dan harris tracking the latest overnight. >> reporter: robin, good morning. it's important to remember that rebekah brooks wasn't just any executive. he referred to her as his daughter. reportedly bought her lavish gifts and often would dine alone at her at a country pub rather than taking power meetings with business leaders or politicians. rebekah brooks worked extremely closely with rupert murdoch for 22 years, including editing the newspaper at the heart of this scandal and then running all of his british newspapers. in stepping down this morning, brooks said she felt a deep sense of responsibility for the people we have hurt. this resignation is the latest in a string of hard hits for murdoch. the 80-year-old titan, the man who in america owns fox news and "the wall street journal." he has remained relatively mum as this scandal has metastasized. but this morning he is now finally speaking out about the scandal involving one of his tabloid papers in england, "the news of the world." accused of bribing police officials and hacking into the phones of ever

things got a little too hot for the reality star during an interview with abc's dan harris.eporter: paris hilton was the first, the original celebutante, practically the inventor of that thoroughly modern phenomenon, being famous for being famous. now, though, this particular marketplace has become rather crowded with people like hilton's former protege and sometimes frenemy, kim kardashian, eating up a lot of the oxygen. try bringing any of this up with hilton, however, and things get a littleleense. do you ever worry about your moment having passed? do you want to wrap up? we'll show you how this situation resolved itself in a moment. but first, let's go back to the beginning of our interview, which took place at hilton's newly renovated house in los angeles. >> can we move the cat away? >> is it a disisaction? >> reporter: things started on a playful note with no fewer than three interruptions from one or another of her 17 house pets. hilton is actually the head of a global business with stores in 31 countries, selling everything from handbags to beauty products to perfum

. >> kissing dan -- kissing harry for that scene, you know, it's a figment of ron's imagination, and the worst possible thing that he could ever imagine. so the kiss obviously had to be passionate. i was half naked and covered in silver paint. so that was pretty awkward. kissing rupert -- was also awkward. we had just been soaked by an enormous bucket of water. >> well, radcliffe spoke via satellite, saying he's going to miss the gift of playing an action hero. >> he's really tearing it up on broadway right now. >>> the royal tour of canada is winding down. >> the duke and duchess of cambridge are spend their last day in calgary and then on to california. here is peter alexander. >> reporter: as they got one step closer to california, william and kate said goodbye to the northwest territories early wednesday. these canadian rangers seen loading the duchess's now famous wardrobe caught eyes every step of the way. it was supposed to be a day off, the chance for a little royal r & r, but the duke and duchess added another stop, bringing comfort to a small town devastated by wildfires. >

abc's dan harris has been talking to doctors and parents.know i heard a lot about this yesterday. >> as you said this is a hugely controversial idea and the vast majority of experts we contacted disagree with it. this morning we're going to introduce you to one family who bases it on painful personal experience. it was a case that shocked many people in this country. 3-year-old anna marie weighing an extraordinary 90 pounds taken from her outraged parents by government officials in albuquerque, new mexico. >> it was two months of hell. seemed like the longest two months in my life. >> two unnecessary months of hell. anna marie didn't improve at all in foster care. she was returned to her parents and later diagnosed with a genetic predisposition. >> they say it's the benefit of the child. it did m me damage to my daughter than any kind of money or any kind of therapy is going to ever replace what they did to her. >> reporter: anna marie, now 14 only agreed to speak to us if we concealed her face. here is what she had 0 sayay about dr. david l

. >> now that it's over, the world and these actors prepare to say good-bye to harry, hermione and dan. i was shocked because i wasn't prepared for how i feel and what it meant to me. >> it's been pretty great to grow up being her even though i wasn't spending so much time being me. i do understand and realize that and feel good about it, yeah, really lucky, delve. >> still ahead, james and oliver phelps take us on a tour of the wizarding world of "harry potter" and talk to fans on the eve of the final film. >> to see all their faces, they're in ah of it. it shows how much it means to people. >> plus a scene you won't see anywhere else. daniel radcliffe talks about what's next. >> i want kids and i want lots. i absolutely do. >> on this larry king special, "harry potter the final chapter." [ cellphone rings ] hey. you haven't left yet. no. i'm boarding now... what's up? um...would you mind doing it again? last time. [ engine turns over ] oooohhhh...sweet. [ male announcer ] the chevy cruze with the my chevrolet app. the remote control car is finally here. well, now she's just playing w

. >> now that it's over, the world and these actors prepare to say good-bye to harry, hermione and dan i wasn't prepared for how i feel and what it meant to me. >> it's been pretty great to grow up being her even though i wasn't spending so much time being me. i do understand and realize that and feel good about it, yeah, really lucky, definitely. >> still ahead, james and oliver phelps take us on a tour of the wizarding world of "harry potter" and talk to fans on the eve of the final film. >> to see all their faces, they're in ah of it. it shows how much it means to people. >> plus a scene you won't see anywhere else. daniel radcliffe talks about what's next. >> i want kids and i want lots. i absolutely do. >> on this larry king special, "harry potter the final chapter." [hissing] [oink] [oinking] [ding] announcer: cook foods to the right temperature using a food thermometer. 3,000 americans will die from food poisoning this year. keep your family safer. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. [oinking] ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> i'm standing here in front of hagrid

prone like joe biden, like harry reid, then they're going to look for those instances and that's just not barack obama. he's not a dan quayle. it's less than a liberal or conservative, it's are you gaffe prone. and unfortunately for congresswoman bachmann. she's taken advantage of it. all of this attention has helped name recognition and doing better than people expected her to do. the comparisons that we've seen though from some who have written, comparing her to bloomberg and to donald trump where it gets ridiculous. >> jon: she has better hair than donald trump. we've talked about joe biden before and doozies, but usually seems to get a pass. >> the biden list is long list. and i agree with what jehmu says, certain candidates get certain reputations and the media gave them that reputation, it would be hard to statistically figure out

harry potter? producers set out to find the perfect boy. >> dan is great. it was a very difficult process. rry was very hard. it was like trying to find scarlet o'hara. i think everyone was getting slightly desperate. i was walking down the streets of edinborough looking at them in a suspicious way. could it be them? and they walked into the theater and they found dan. dan is an actor. he's just perfect. >> dan, of course, is daniel radcliffe. up to then, his biggest role in the biggest miniseries "david copperfield." his parents have some connection to the industry tried to keep him from trying tout to the potter movies. unbenoent to producers, they had repeatedly asked the boy's parents if he could audition. not wanting the obligation of this role to disrupt his childhood, they declined. eventually, fate stepped in one night at the theater. >> i was sitting in the theater and with my mom and dad and in front of us was sitting david hyman and the screenwriter steve clovis and i was completely unaware why this man kept turning around and looking at me and staring throughout the show. i didn

harry potter. producers set out to find the perfect boy. >> dan was a very difficult process. rry was very hard, like trying to find scarlet o'hara. i think everyone was getting slightly desperate. i was walking down the streets of edinboro in london and looking at boys who passed me in a very suspicious way and thinking could it be him and the producer and director walked in the theater and found dan, and dan is an actor and perfect. >> daniel's biggest role was in a bbc mini series, david copperfield. his parents tried to keep him from trying out for the part of movies, unbeknownst to radcliffe, the producer asked the boy's parents if he could audition. not wanting this role to disrupt his childhood, they declined. eventually, fate stepped in one day at the theater. >> i was sitting in the theater minding my own business with my mom and dad, and in front of us was sitting the producer of "harry potter," david heyman and the screenwriter, clovis. i was completely unaware of why this man kept looking at me and staring at me through the show and didn't know what to make of it. i

are willing to do this but i'm glad you brought that up dan because that's the problem that the republicans had with harry reid's plan because they're supposedly cuts in there but those cuts all go back to withdrawing our troops in afghanistan and iraq and that's a given anyway so those aren't the answer that's not good enough because we've already taken cancer accounts so that harry reid's plan is a smoke and mirrors plan i want to talk about something that we're not really hearing in the mainstream discussion here but it does come out of obama's speech from last night this was one of his final appeals the entire world is watching so let's seize this moment to show why do united states of america is still the greatest nation on earth. well just because we can still keep our word and meet our obligations well because we can still come together as one nation i think the president here really appealing to those who you know feel a sense of patriotism for this country the greatest nation on earth saw a lot of people like to believe that i think it's important to talk about a couple things so when you talk ab

harry potter. huge returns this weekend. and it is time for "insomniac theater." dani really didn't want to see the movie anyway. >> even if you had the time you wouldn't have -- all right. well, wait till the dvd anyway. james henderson hit the theater, he saw what everyone else in the world saw, "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2." what did you think? a lot of pressure on this one. >> it's crazy. when you see that graphic chart, $168 million this movie made this weekend. over $300 million internationally. it's breaking every single record, raising the bar with every single other movie out there. basically, i saw the movie on imax 3d. i absolutely loved it. throughout this entire scene as you're seeing right now, lord voldemort is out to try and kill harry. he's trying to destroy all the magical items that are keeping lord voldemort immortal. basically it is -- daniel radcliffe, who is an amazing actor in this film, also emma and ron, one of my favorite actors actually, ralph fiennes, who played lord voldemort, probably one of my favorites even though i was

here's dan coats on the floor of the senate lashing out at majority leader harry reid a little earliermorning. >> >> i guess we're all getting frustrated. it's 100 and some degrees heat index outside, and i can understand people getting worked up about all this sort of thing. but the future of america's at stake, and this majority leader is not allowing us to deal with it. jenna: at least they have air-conditioning on the inside. senator cornyn can confirm that for us, he's a texas senator, a republican on the budget committee. it is certainly hot down there in d.c., senator, and you have a hot topic on your hands here. after senator coats made those comments, the proposal by the house that the cut, cap balance plan as part of a debt reduction deal, basically, got stopped in its tracks. i'm stuttering because there's some legislative procedures, but it's not going anywhere. that's how we know it. the majority leader said y'all can go home this weekend, heath not holding any sessions. so what's next? is. >> well, if anything proves washington's addiction to spending borrowed money, it's