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here is dan harris with tonight's "nightline" investigation. >> reporter: it is a multibillion dollar industry. america is a pill nation. for many of our most personal needs from sleep to sex. >> why let erectile disfunction get into the way? >> from weight loss, many of us turn to precipitation drugs. for many of us two embarrassed to ask our doctor, there are scores of websites, and there is no subscription required. a few clicks to lead to a phone call like that. >> this is special agent david brown. we are going to bring you in in custy with charges from buying drugs overseas. >> i don't know what games you are playing. if you don't call me back, you are going to jail. >> he was very calm, cool, and very intim baiting. >> reporter: all of these people received the calls and thought they were going to jail. >> it's scary. >> he knew things about me. he had legitimate information on me. >> i was interested call my wife and kids and say, i'm gone for a while. >> reporter: most of whom have ordered diet bills on the web, the fake agents offer a lifeline. >> can solve the problem, they

dan harris abc news new york. >> our thanks to dan tonight.rk the anniversary, a mini series detailing the doomed voyage. that's tonight and tomorrow. hope to see you tomorrow evening. have a good evening. sawtiondz people stood in the parking lot forever hours stunned by the violence that took place here this morning. they came here to meet. he arrived in the bmw and she drove up in this rental car. witnesses say the man walked up and shot her. point blank in the head. then he went back to the car and shot himself.

here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: they are black belts in karate.hey are ace horseback riders. and they are also demon fight earls. the leader of the pack, brynne. they call her the enforcer. she's 17, home school and a regular on the beauty pageant circuit. then, there's savannah, the compassionate one. she's 20, a college student and she looks likes to shop. and tess, the middleman. she can do both good cop and bad cop. she's 17 and performs in musicals. what do you say to people who just don't believe this stuff at all? >> they should come and watch what we do. >> who told you to come? >> satan! >> after seeing an actual exorcism by us, you will walk away with no doubt whatsoever. there is a war going on every day, being waged against us. satan hates us. we know where the enemy is. we know what he's attacking and we can fight back. >> get your hands off me! >> reporter: their teacher is brynne's father, bob larson, who says he's performed over 15,000 exorcisms. and claims demons are much more common than many people think. >> i know it sounds con

here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: if you don a cat, you know they avoid water like the plague.t look at these little guys, diving right in. they are literally built for hunting in the water, with partially webbed feet and a head designed for diving. they're called fishing cats. there are very few of them left. they only live in southeast asia and as it turns out, their entire future, could according to conservationists depend on the decisions you make in your local supermarket. to find out why that is, we went to the other side of the world. to remote, rural thailand. our guide, this young scientist named nam fong cutter, who has researched these fiercely private animals for eight years and has only once seen one of them in the wild. >> reporter: that's good enough for you? >> yeah. in a way, that makes it even more exciting because you want to give them some respect. >> reporter: as a matter of fact, the only way we could take pictures of fishing cats for this story was in a zoo or in this wildlife rescue center where these cats hissed at us. >> that is a classically unhappy l

abc's dan harris is there to find out. >> reporter: good evening to you. behold. this is the machine that spit out one of those three lucky winning tickets. but tonight, the mystery, we have no idea who's holding the ticket this was separate, the winning ticket was a separate ticket, tonight she's nowhere to be found and maryland lottery officials are sounding skeptical. unt until. >> we're not going to get involved and we'll wait until the through winner comes out. >> reporter: the rumars are also flying in the two other areas. in this town of 3,500 where the median income is 39,000 a year, people would have to work 4,490 years to make the $218.6 million, the winning ticket is worth. ryan owens met one guy who everybody seems to think is the winner. >> i didn't win. i didn't win. >> reporter: he's got 150 missed con grat lat or calls on his phone. a hundred million people bought tickets, spending $1.5 billion. a barometer of our collective aspiration for instant wealth. aside from the three winning, 161 people matched five numbers and won 250 grand. >> including

dan harris spoke to the woman whose outrage led to the expose. >> reporter: doctor renee hsia decided to look into just how much patients are charged after her friend augie showed her this bill, $54,000 for a routine appendectomy. his insurance would only pay $31,000. meaning he had to come up with $23,000. >> this is more than half what the average american makes of their salary. she launched a study, examining what thousands of patients all over california paid for their appendectomies. and look what she found, prices ranging from $1,500, all the way up to nearly $183,000. even though the outcomes were all the same. >> it was pretty staggering to me. this basically means you have no idea what bill you're going to get. >> reporter: it's not just appendectomies. prices for everything from knee surgeries to blood test to colonoscopies vary wildly from hospital to hospital. so why not just shop around? well, we tried, and it's nearly impossible. >> hi, how much would it cost me to get my gall bladder removed? >> reporter: when we called hospitals today, we got a lot of hold music. and n

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here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: 16,000 women over the age of 70 took this quiz. can you remember these words? cabin, pipe, elephant, chest, silk, theater, watch, whip, giant, hello. we're going to test you in a minute, but first, we want to tell you the researchers who found the women who did the best on this quiz were eating the most straw per riffs and blueberries. on average, a couple straw per rips or half a cup of blue per rips a week. that may have slowed down their memory loss by 2 1/2 years. berries contain an antioxidant called anthocyanins. they concentrate in the memory and learning areas of your brain. they help reduce inflammation, this protects the connections that create memory. do you find today's study convincing? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: now, before you go on a berry binge, a few caveats. this study was funded in part by the strawberry industry and the women who did the best on the test were healthier anyway. but even when the researchers took that into account, they said the berries still improved memory. and berries have been shown to have a

here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: caught on tape moment that went viral.pull over a car and out comes batman. the dark knight targeted but not ticketed, because his license plate is the batman logo. >> do you mind if i take a picture? >> not at all. >> reporter: immediately the questions began. who is the guy behind this mask. we've had keaton, clooney, now meet lenny. full name lenny b. robinson, a 48-year-old father who made a fortune selling his cleaning business and then decided he didn't real like himself. the word he uses, obnoxious. >> i consider myself back then a little bit on the obnoxious side. >> reporter: he loved to dress up and entertain his sons. one day he decided to try for a bigger audience, the local children's hospital. when he saw the kids' reactions, he knew this was his calling. after all, what is batman? >> he's a super hero, but he doesn't have any superpowers. >> reporter: so he's a super hero that's accessible to all of us? >> correct. we all can be batman. >> reporter: his suit is tailor-made and costs five grand. the transform

abc's dan harris is there to find out. >> reporter: good evening to you. behold, this is the machine that spit out one of those three lucky winning tickets. but tonight, the mystery, we have no idea who's holding the ticket right now. as often happens, when there's a ton of money on the line, things are getting crazy. is this woman a newly minted mega millionaire? her name is mirlande wilson, and she told the new york post, she's got the winning ticket. but there's a twist. her co-workers, who make $7.50 an hour, are spitting mad. like an overheated frir, arguing mirland was part of an office pool. mirland is quoted saying i was in the group, but this was separate. the winning ticket was a separate ticket. tonight she's nowhere to be found, and maryland lottery officials are sounding skeptical. >> until somebody comes through the door with the winning ticket, you have no idea what's going on. >> that's right, we have no idea. it's all speculation. we're not going to get involved in that. we'll wait until the true winner comes out. >> reporter: the rumors a

dan harris, abc news, newark. >>> and now, another incident of fire. and this time, on a plane. abc news finally got answers to our repeated questions about a dangerous air emergency. you may remember that headline, about the pilot of a passenger plane radioing that there was smoke all around him in the cockpit, but the air traffic controller didn't believe him. here's abc's senior national correspondent jim avila, who kept pushing the faa on how they could happen. >> emergency! smoke in the cockpit! roll trucks please! >> reporter: tonight, we know more about why that desperate cal for help at denver international airport was ignored. even mocked by the air traffic control. >> i know that's bs, i know it is. united 12, do you know of a united 12 anywhere? >> reporter: now, the faa telling abc news it was a communication mixup, perhaps caused by the pilot, forced to wear an oxygen mask, making united 5912 sound like a nonexistent united 12. >> that's not real what we're hearing on the frequencfrequenc. >> reporter: controller error, perhaps, but it's happened before. civilians h

i'm dan harris, alongside the lovely paula faris. >> thank you.nce, he liked it. so, he did put a ring on it. and ironically, that ring is supposed to be almost as large as beyonce's. >> really? >> yes. a lot of money. i'm paula faris. >>> also coming up, take a look at this video, everybody. the people who shot it says it proved something paranormal happened in their home. but will it convince a judge who is deciding if their ghost story is real? >> my favorite story of the morning. great story. >>> also, we have a weekend edition of "pop news." we'll be leading with the developing story, the romance between kim kardashian and kanye west is getting a thumbs down from a key kardashian family members. rachel smith joining us with much more on that. >> we're excited to have rachel smith in the house this morning. >>> we begin with that huge news from hollywood. brad pitt and angelina jolie are finally going to get married. angelina was spotted with serious, new bling. abc's cecilia vega has more. >> reporter: they have a ring. they definitely have t

dan harris, abc news, new york. and tonight, the made in america team is back. reporting on ways to create jobs here at home. americans are constantly being told we can't compete with workers overseas, on wages or engineering prowess, but tonight one american town shows us how to do it and how to win. david muir is here. >> we had so much fun traveling to this town. it spent six months making its pitch to convince a global giant to build their new factory here in america. they promised american know-how and a town willing to educate an entire workforce, and they have. >> this is the first time we've been told me need to see this from the sky. right there, carved out of the woods in front of us, the new factory. >> nothing. >> reporter: the factory would fit 6 football fields inside. but more importantly, it now fits 1,300 new jobs. look at the brand new parking lots, not an empty space. and on the ground, from main street to the high school, everyone talking about the jobs. how many of you all hope to land a job? these high school students are training for the f

and abc's dan harris introduces us to the man behind the mask. pay attention. you may know him. reporter: it was a caught-on- tape moment that went viral. the police pull over a car and out comes batman. the dark knight targeted but not ticketed because his license plate is the batman logo. >> do you mind if i take a picture? >> not at all. reporter: immediately the questions began. who is the guy behind this mask? we've had keaton, clooney, now meet lenny. full name lenny b. robinson, a 48-year-old father who made a fortune after selling his cleaning business, but who 12 years ago decided he didn't really like himself. the word he uses obnoxious. >> you wouldn't like me. i considered myself back then a little bit on the obnoxious side. reporter: he did love to dress up and entertain his sons, so one day he decided to try for a bigger audience, the local children's hospital, and when he saw the kids' reaction, he knew this was his calling. after all, what is batman? >> he's a superhero, but he doesn't have any super powers. reporter: so in some ways he's a superhero that's acces

and dan harris is now going to sing "in da club." for all of our malaysian viewers. dan, go. >> thank you. i can translate it, too. i can tell you, having spent a bunch of time with 50, he wouldn't mind the inflation at this time. >> who knew dan had such game? >>> let's go to the weather and ginger zee. >> dan gets cooler every day. let's start right away with a big storm that's going to affect so many people this weekend. ktrk in houston is where we begin. the photographer couldn't go out in it. just in the courtroom watching the gusty winds. that type of weather moves on through the gulf into florida. we wake up this morning in miami, with a live shot there. very soaking morning in miami. we also have the potential for severe storms in parts of central and southern florida. you're seeing it here. isolated tornadoes. severe damaging winds and hail. that same low, now going to take its time, tracked up the atlantic coast. and bring much-needed rain, not only to florida, but up the coast, where we had the wildfires from new york to boston. you go inland a little, up i

i'm dan harris. >> and i'm paula faris. faris harris. >> sounds like a cop show. >> or a bad name. bianna golodryga. if you haven't heard, bianna is a proud, new mother. look at jake spencer. >> there's little jake spencer. >> he is beautiful. she's going to join us to talk about her first week of mommyhood. >>> and also this half hour, a scandal that might cost one of the prominent college coaches in america his job. how a motorcycle accident exposed, of all things, the secret he kept from his wife, his school, as well as his boss. >> quite a story. >>> also, tim tebow is used to the snap in football. but this time, somebody snapped him. a picture of him getting a manicure in a nail salon. tebow getting the spa treatment in this week's edition of "pop news." >>> we begin with the shocking twist in the student/teacher affair that upset so many people last month. 41-year-old james hooker has been arrested. it turns out this may not be the first time he was in a relationship with a much younger student. is his most recent young lover standing by him? tanya rivero joins us with an exc

. >> i'm dan harris. april 8th.o coming up -- i love this story -- we'll show you how a reporter in an easter bunny suit nearly ruined the holiday for some kids. that and much more in the weekly pageant of the absurd that we call "fixation." >> so if it doesn't work out for both of us as anchors or reporters, we got the easter bunny to fall back on. >>> the famous high school teacher and his teen lover. jordan powers broke up with james hooker after she learned that he's facing charges of sexually abused another young woman more than a decade ago. tonya rivero has the told you so ending to this story. >> reporter: jordan powers wasted no time breaking up with her boyfriend and former teacher james hooker the day police came to their shared apartment to arrest him. >> he was just like, i love you, i'm sorry, i still want to be with you, but i'm not even believing a word he says now. i said, no, don't even bother. >> reporter: therapist bethany marshall, who interviewed the couple during happier times -- >> love will

>> i did not win and i'm not dan harris. two mysteries solved. it was the biggest lottery prize ever. but who won it? in kansas, a winner has come forward, sort of. who is this kansas kajillionaire? >> we give the $218 million to the winner. yay. >> reporter: a big happy face atop an average, androgynous body. this is anonymous. the winner of kansas' chunk of last week's jackpot. >> kansas law allows the person to remain anonymous. that person has chosen that option. >> reporter: so, what do we know about him? or her? anonymous called friday morning and showed up a few hours later to collect. anonymous chose the lump sum. that's $157 million. and apparently, anonymous didn't even know he or she had the winning ticket until monday, two days after the drawing. >> the person had good legal counsel, good financial adviser, and the person looks forward to retirement. >> reporter: so, somewhere in the town of ottawa, kansas, population 13,000, where the ticket was sold, someone's a whole lot richer. maybe in a ferrari. maybe in a speedboat. there are g

i'm dan harris alongside the lovely paula faris. would you comfortably wear a rock that size?know if i could actually hold my hand up. you know what, i would be frightened to wear something that large. >> i know. >> so, no, i don't think i could do it even if we could afford it. >> you get a large security detail like she has. >> that doesn't happen. >>> well, good morning, everyone. it's sunday, april 15th. also coming up this morning, the woman being called a granny kingpin. she looks so innocent, doesn't she, but she's not. she's accused with running a drug ring across four states. how police nabbed this matriarch turned narcotics mastermind. that's coming up in just a moment. >> clearly, there's a growing number of criminals carrying aarp cards. we'll get into that coming up. >> got to pay the bills. got to pay the bills. >>> but first this morning, let's update you on the devastating tornados that roared across the heart of this country overnight. at least five dead after 121 twisters slammed into the 4 states that you can see on this map here. our storm-chasing but very

i'm dan harris. sunday, april 22nd, we'll hear from these very unhappy couples, they're trying to get their money back. >>> also coming up this half-hour -- chin-ups, pull-ups. we have the "rock" music. this baby has it all covered. that's just one of our fixations coming up. >> no amount of baby proofing that can help with that. >>> we're going to switch gears with the trial that starting tomorrow to grab headlines. jennifer hudson's mother and brother murdered in the family and her nephew. accused of the crime, her former brother in law. will the performer testify in this emotionally-charged case? >> reporter: sharyn, we could have the answer to that question within a couple of days. after almost four years of anticipation, jennifer hudson's quest for justice will soon be in the hands of a jury. ♪ >> reporter: chart-topping hits. blockbuster films. jennifer hudson has earned her place in the spotlight. but come monday, she'll be in a spotlight that she'll never could have imagined. front-row seat a

dan harris, abc news, phoenix. >> very interesting. does that stuff freak you out?how only increases their legitimacy. oh. >> is that your demon coming out right now? >> you might have more than one. >> i release you, paula. i release you from the overnight shift into daylight. i release you to a better diet. to better sleep. to regular sex with your husband. i release you. >> stop it. stop. >> yes indeed. >> i don't think anybody is going to deny that there are wars going on outside of our little bodies. >> you be the judge. >> controversial, we said. >> we'll be back with more after this. >> stop it. when we resolve to stop snacking and slacking, resolve to start reading and running. this year, r resolve to help someone e else, too. resolve to support the american red cro. because the red cross provides hope, help, and compassion, not only during disasters, but every day. resolve to do something that means something. support the red cross before the new year.r. visit redcross.org today. ♪ batman batman ♪ >>> okay. so there are now 2,468 stars on the hollywood walk

here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: when stewart chaffit heard his 10-year-old autistic son was becomingilent while in class at this school in cherry hill, new jersey. he says he couldn't believe it. >> i didn't understand it. because he is such a gentle person. and it was only happening in school. >> reporter: he says he couldn't get answers from the school so he put this recording device in his son's pocket and let it roll in class for six hours. and here is what he heard. >> who your talking to? nobody? the teachers beraiding him for talking to himself. >> knock it off. >> whd when he cries. >> go ahead and scream. you're going to get nothing until your mouth is shut. >> and then after more crying, this comment. >> when i heard what they had done to him, my life just shattered. >> reporter: this is just the latest case. in alabama, a mom after getting a tip from a classmate attached a recorder to the wheelchair of her 10-year-old with cerebral palsy. she heard him being scolded for drooling. >> i do not want to touch your drool. do you understand that? >> reporter: but the question, e