abc's david muir there for the chance of a lifetime. >> you and i have heard from so many viewers ons diane. these are the inventors tonight who were invited to make their pitch in person, narrowed down from more than 1,000 who sent in their videos from all over the country, all vying for a spot on walmart's shelf and one of them will get it. >> reporter: will it be gabrielle whose smart lock on your front door knows when you are coming home synced up with your cell phone. or cynette thom and her gps for your dog. put it on their collar and it tracks their every move. also in play kimberly mccain who is thinking about your children and the new school year and the pencil erasers probably already worn down, showing me her eraselet, it never wears out. you wearing it on your wrist. showing me how to erase "made in china." all of them among the 20 who got the call to make their pitch in person. >> the judges are getting ready. i don't see j-lo. >> reporter: richard directser of walmart.com, carry, director of purchasing for toys and andrea, a senior buyer. among the first up, a dad from

abc's david muir is here with a major development and real answers in his investigation. david? >> reporter: you'll remember our team of producers armed with hidden cameras out to test one of the most popular tools used to sell you and your family a car. six months later we go back, and why we're not the only ones now looking for real answers. >> reporter: perhaps you've seen the ads. >> show me the car fax. >> reporter: 40 bucks and you get the history of the car you're looking to buy. but we wanted to know does that car fax report always tell you everything about that used car? our producer is heading out with hidden cameras. at this dealership in new jersey we met rico and asked him to show us this 2011 mazda and 2011 hyundai. it took just minutes before he turned to the car fax. >> when you click on the car fax, no accidents, one owner. >> reporter: the car fax report on both cars shows no accidents, no damage reported to car fax. but what they and the dealership didn't know is that we would do our own research. >> i'm david muir with abc news. >> reporter: about to reveal t

david muir on an all american chance of a lifetime. >>> and a good evening to all of you. we begin tonight with the new details pouring in about the mental history of the man who opened fire yesterday, killing so many workers at the washington navy yard. we are studying these pictures tonight of aaron alexis showing what his friends say they saw, someone smiling, unthreatening. we now know there is evidence he was hearing voices, had even reached out for help, a warning sign that may have been missed. we begin our team coverage with abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell abc news aaron alexis was a ticking time bomb, in recent days, descending toward madness. on august 7th, at 6:00 am, alexis called the newport police in rhode island and began a bizarre tale -- documented in a police report obtained by abc news. he claimed after an argument at a virginia airport, an unidentified person had -- "sent three people to follow him and to keep him awake by talking to him and sending vibrations to his body" through a "microwave

here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: it began with the sign worn by a devoted husband and his urgenty for wife. the fear of losing her after 55 years drove him every step of the way. >> i just wanted her. >> reporter: larry began his quest last year. his wife born with one kidney. that one was failing. larry traveled 250 miles on foot. wearing his sign. >> i knew it was going to happen. because i know him. he wouldn't have stopped until he got me one. >> reporter: and he did. the donor now ready and willing. the surgery could come as early as this week. and larry, couldn't wait to tell everyone at work. >> i run through the shop. you know, all the people i work with, you know, tell them, "i got a kidney." >> he got attention -- all the attention paid to his walk and sign. brought in thousand of calls to them. >> every person that is called. i appreciate it. and -- and -- more than i could ever tell them. >> reporter: david muir, abc news, new york. >> that is love. >> it really its. his devotion was such. people were so enamored by him. he was able to get donations for his wife and 1

. >> here's david muir and elizabeth vargas. >> good evening. tonight, a sex scandal. a small town, and a rumor mill in overdrive. those are the ingredients of an explosive he said/she said between a teenage boy, a football star, and a popular mom who was also the principal's wife and one-time town mayor. >> as you know, for three years now, "20/20" with exclusive access to the linda lusk case. in a town divided. in fact, so many of you divided, too. tonight, shell has one major hurdle left to get her life back, just as we learn of a brand new twist. a new younger man in her life. with the school year just under way across america, like most players' moms, linda lusk is on the way to watch her son's football game. but unlike other parents, linda will not get out of her car. this is the closest she'll get to those cheers. forced to watch from a distance, beyond the fence. >> we're at my son riley's home football game and i asked for permission to attend and i got a one-word response from the superintendent, it just say "denied." >> reporter: in fact, if linda steps one

and abc's david muir saw the effects of those sanctions firsthand. did they work? and why? >> that's the big question, diane. as you know we saw crippling sanctions with iran's families, tonight everyone asking are we seeing something else. a thaw in the u.s. relationship with iran. listen to what the new iranian president is saying, it is a lot different from what we heard before. after years of the former president taking aim suggesting the hol kauft never happened and 9-11 was a conspiracy. tonight the new president prepares for a speech before world leaders at the un. what he will say or do remains a mystery. because president rouhani appears to work from a new playbook, his own. the iranian leader writing to move beyond impasses whether in relation to my country's nuclear program or its relations with the united states, we need to aim higher. president obama telling abc news just this week, the two leaders exchanged letters, after rouhani was elected. >> have you reached out personally to the new president? >> i have. and he's reached out to me. we haven't spoken direc

and abc's david muir tells us why this couple is our person of the week. >> reporter: just off new york'snside the rogers theater, one of shakespeare's most famous love stories, 400 years old, is beginning a new chapter. walking across the stage there, a young woman quietly breaking a barrier. the first black juliet on broadway. great to see you in person. i can say hi, juliet. condola rashad in her first week. >> juliet is -- she is kind of opening up my life in a really beautiful way. >> reporter: is romeo helping, too? >> of course. >> reporter: her romeo is orlando bloom. his first time on broadway. he remembers the young woman who showed up at that audition. >> i remember the first time i met her. she came in the room. and she delivered this one line in the balcony scene. it made me laugh. it was great, immediate kind of connection. >> reporter: the director said this is not ape racial commentary. >> he said we found our juliet. >> reporter: this is the first interracial romeo and juliet. and you have said let's not make this invisible. let's use it. >> we don't hammer it in, we don'

abc's david muir here now with our "person of the week." >> one big hand for mario batali. >> my dayen eight and nine and goes until midnight. >> reporter: those long days, part of the recipe that's made him one of the most famous chefs in america. >> kelly clarkson here? >> reporter: 23 restaurants, six television shows, dishing his trademark humor too. >> hold on. >> reporter: and this week mario invited us to his kitchen at "the chew." >> few of your closest friends. >> i love that. how are you? >> reporter: his shoes, the orange crocs. how many pairs? >> i have 40 or 50 pairs lying around the house. >> reporter: his wife and two sons used to them. those boys once had to wear them. >> the worst fear a father can have, is that the children are not on the playground and you can't see them. so we started dressing them in red, orange, and yellow. >> reporter: how old are they now? >> 15 and 16. >> reporter: they've written their own cookbook. while their dad was traveling, they were cooking. >> i always thought my wife was cooking. the boys were making dinner because my wife loosely o

that was abc news anchor david muir.y will undergo one final set of tests this week to confirm the donated kidney will be a good match. >>> tonight many people are saying diane nyad's swim from -- to florida are too good to be true. they want to know how she doubled her speed on the 53-hour swim suggesting she held on to the boat that was with her. they denied the claim saying the swimmer was helped on the 110-mile route by the fast moving gulf stream and they say she violated the traditions by wearing a special mask and wetsuit to protect against jellyfish. nyad's team says no swimming association has dictated rules for swimming from cuba to florida. >>> blindness can't stop sitten sens in iowa to -- stop citizens in iowa from getting a permit to carry a gun. they have the right to carry a weapon despite their physical abilities. they say baring the blind from owning guns might violate the americans with disabilities act. some received permit even though their vision is so bad they are not allowed to drive in iowa. >>>

david muir, abc news, new york. >> talk about being honored, deservedly honored.peaker john boehner awarded a posthumous congressional gold medal to the four little girls, and it's going to be kept at the birmingham civil rights institute. >> 14-year-old, 14-year-old, 14-year-old, and an 11-year-old they were in a basement room preparing to enter the church when the bomb went off. dynamite placed under the steps of the church. >> oh, my gosh. so sad. by the way, i read over the weekend something i didn't know. one was a childhood friend of condoleezza rice. terrible. >> yep. >>> coming up, the pain and joy of last night's miss america pageant. >>> what's making britney spears so angry today? coming up next in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" continues an organizer of, of, like do-gooders. a media mogul. just...rule the world. when i'm older, i want to be anything but the one that doesn't fit in. the one that people don't love. -everyone deserves a dream. -everyone. but some of us feel depressed, anxious, angry, and do things that others think aren't no

that was abc news anchor david muir.et of tests this week to confirm the donated kidney will be a good match. >>> tonight many people are saying diane nyad's swim from -- to florida are too good to be true. they want to know how she doubled her speed on the 53-hour swim suggesting she held on to the boat that was with her. they denied the claim saying the swimmer was helped on the 110-mile route by the fast moving gulf stream and they say she violated the traditions by wearing a special mask and wetsuit to protect against jellyfish. nyad's team says no swimming association has dictated rules for swimming from cuba to florida. >>> blindness can't stop sitten sens in iowa to -- stop citizens in iowa from getting a permit to carry a gun. they have the right to carry a weapon despite their physical abilities. they say baring the blind from owning guns might violate the americans with disabilities act. some received permit even though their vision is so bad they are not allowed to drive in iowa. >>> a new accessory is turning

now here's david muir with a look at what is ahead at 5:30. >> great to see you. coming up, the president preparing the address to the nation and syria's president assad speaks. what he now says will happen if the u.s. makes a move. >> the prince forced to put his hands up in buckingham palace. what was that dazzling americans, until something went wrong, r >> ama: here is more on the breaking news we first showed you at the beginning of the newscast. look at this live look from sky 7hd. a wildfire has burned at least 350 acres near clayton on the slopes of mt. diablo along morgan territory road. evacuations are in effect for residents living near curry creek road and oak hill road. the calfire reports the fire is just 10% contained at this point. other agencies are assisting in the battle against the fire. we'll keep you updated on this. you're taking a live look at the fire near clayton, burning on the slopes of mt. diablo. at it just thick smoke from sky 7hd as you're looking there. you can see it just billowing high. you can see the huge plume of smoke, people

pressure, the tears, the joy as they finally get a chance to make an all american fortune, with abc's david muir right there. >>> good evening, and we begin tonight with a mystery buried inside a

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di david muir has more on her presidential pardon. >> reporter: it was the tweet from the white house week. the president towering over that little visitor. 5-year-old alanna. her mother, a wounded warrior still recovering. >> she jumped into his arms. he gave her a hug and a kiss. they were then, maybe, 50 feet away. i have no idea what they said. >> reporter: while he doesn't know what they said, he knows what the president wrote to her kindergarten teacher. please excuse alanna from school. she was with me, the president. he gave her advice. show it to your teacher but hold on to it afterwards. >> she said don't give it to your teacher. just show it to your teacher. >> reporter: other young faces have followed that advice before. the president pulling out a sha sharpie. >> he says, do you want me to write an excuse note? what's your teacher's name. he proe mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler, he was with me. bram bam, the president. >> reporter: it's now been framd. president obama is not the first to share executive privilege with a little one. president george bush helping mia. she

. >> as david muir tells us, this young lady had a presidential pardon. >> reporter: it was the tweet out last week from the white house. the president towers over that little visitor. her mother a wounded warrior still recovering. her dad couldn't believe what happened when she saw the president. >> she jumped in his arms, threw his arms around her neck. he gave her a hug and kiss and thank you they were maybe then 50 feet away. i have no idea what they said. >> reporter: while he doesn't know what they say he knows what the president said to her kindergarten teacher. it says please excuse alana from school. she was with me. >> he said don't give it to your teacher just show it to your teacher. >> other young faces followed that advice before. that is tyler from minneapolis, minnesota. the president pulling out a sharpie. >> he says you want me to write an excuse note and what's your teacher's name and i said mr. ackerman. he says mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler, he was with mechlt the president. >> barack obama is not the first to share executive privilege with a little one, georg

our made in america team david muir is here. you were the only one in the room with them. >> i think i'm still recovering. it was a sweat filled room and i was included in that. the stakes were enormous. we have reported on so many inventors who spent thousands of their hard earned money and wait years and still never got a shot before a major retailer. tonight thousands of entries narrowed down to 20 finalists right here first. >> reporter: tonight it's down to just 20. the finalists about to be announced after our report. one of them will end up on walmart's shelf. re than 1,000 american m coast inventors to start. the moment they got the call. packing their bags. and for every one of them. countless others just trying to get in front of a retailer. which explains the stakes. in front of those judges and two more to go. gabriel bestard whose smart phone unlocks the door as you approach. no fumbling for keys but fumbling for words -- >> can i start again please? >> he locked them in anyway, making the final 20. cynette thom wit

hey, rico i am david muir with abc news.tory of the mazda. we have a police report which says the mazda was in a major accident. not only that we contacted the former owner of the mazda who told us he was in that accident and they were the middle car. >> i don't get under the hood of the cars or anything like that. if i print out a carfax it is green. the carfax is 100%. >> reporter: that is not 100%. >> 99%, 100%. >> reporter: when the carfax doesn't reveal the car has been in an accident, major collision do you not see something wrong there? >>> you have to take that up with carfax. you have to take that up with the fox himself. >> reporter: the fox? >> the fox. >> reporter: so we did. heading straight to the headquarters of carfax in virginia. we showed them the clean carfax report and then the police report on the mazda. when an american family shows up on the car lot. and says show me the carfax, are they getting a full complete report on that car? >> they will get the full, complete carfax report on the car. absolutely

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check out "world news" with david muir tonight and i'll see you tomorrow on "good morning america."omorrow on "good morning america." hi, i'm tom steyer. we've been visiting places that tell the keystone xl pipeline story, why it matters whether it's built. like port arthur, where the oil would be shipped to countries like china. mayflower -- where a burst pipeline coated the streets in o oil. out west, where clean energyy is america's growth industry. and today...new york -- where less than a year ago, the atlantic rose 13 feet high, pushing the sea into the city behind me and shutting down the nerve center of our economy for da. as carbon pollution heats up the aosphere, extreme weather events are happening more often and with more ferocity. 3,500 weather records were broken last year, and it cost our economy over $100 billion. we can't afford to make the problem worse. that's why the president was right when he said the test for keystone is whether it would generate more climate-changing pollution. the truth -- scientists report keystone oil would produce as much carbon pollution

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here now, elizabeth vargas and david muir. >> good evening. highly suspicious or just highly tragic? those are the conflicts sides of the coin tonight. a woman found dead in her bedroom. was it an accident? her family wants to know, because they have the sneaking suspicions. >> her autopsy includes four key words. manner of death, undetermined. so, remember, as you watch, no charges, no arrest, just what he says versus what they say. but after the possible clues jim avila has sorted through, what would you say? >> reporter: down around mobile, alabama, near the gulf of mexico, a short drive takes you through loxley, once a sleepy lumber town, today famous for absolutely nothing. but now, on a street called camelot in a house that here passes for a castle, there is no bright shining moment, just a dark mystery of sudden unexplained death. >> this interview is with michael allen wool sleger. this is in reference to the wife. >> reporter: the wife who died suddenly, but who was not murdered. >> do you remember her falling? >> reporter: or if she

david muir is back with "world news" later today. we'll see you tomorrow. e you tomorrow.ou tomorrow. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." stunner, the commander in chief decides to strike syria. >> we cannot turn away from the massacre of civilians, chemical weapons. i'm asking congress to send a message to the world. >> will they approve, what if they don't, what are the risks of delay? we're live with terry moran in the middle east, christiane amanpour from london. >> these are the facts. >> i'll go one-on-one with the man who made america's case to the world. secretary of state john kerry. plus the team of experts is here to break down the global and military consequences of the president's decision. and we weigh in on the politics of war and the fallout

check out "world news" with david muir tonight. george is right back here with you next week.u a special tribute to the 12 men and women lost this week at the washington navy yard. we remember. >> in the news this sunday the latest on a title crash in san francisco that's lest one person dead and two others injured. and the latest on the deadly hostage standoff in kenya where military forces have been engaging in sporadic gun battle was islamic extremists. >> and from our emeryville camera you see the golden gate bridge still shrouded in some fog. a look at the final hours of summer and the first full week of fall next on t i love having a free checked bag [ daughter ] hi mom. hey honey, the trip's great, very relaxing. are you sure you can't make it? but you come every year! you could be playing bingo right now! woooo! and there's movie night -- you love movies! [ laughs ] sorry honey, can't hear you -- bad connection. love you! [ laughs ] ♪

here now, david muir and elizabeth vargas. >> good evening. most people go to church for forgiveness, what the new hope church members got was truly unforgivable, a betrayal in their midst, with nearly all ten commandments broken. >> including thou shall not kill. what would catch the killer was a love letter left in a trash can torn to pieces but not nearly enough. tonight right here you'll see for yourself those interrogation tapes, that helped break this case. here is jim avila. >> reporter: independence, missouri, stick a pin in the middle of an american map. and this is what you get. bible country. home of harry truman, where a love of god, country and guns meet. and on this day, independence is saying good-bye to a man who personified all that middle america is about. family man and former marine. 42-year-old randy stone, pillar of the community and now murder victim. >> he was a fun loving person, he was one of these people that no matter what he was doing he, he was making the best of it, and it was constant jokes and, randy was just a

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check out "world news" with david muir tonight, and i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." >> in the news thisatest on the bay bridge closer. what the officials just said about opening the new span by early tuesday morning. and nelson mandela is released from the hospital. the latest news on his condition. >> good morning. that is mt. diablo sandwiched in between the clouds. maybe a few sprinkles visit being us today and labor day. my accuweather seven-day forecast is coming up next o

check out "world news" with david muir tonight. on "gma." >> in the news, breakings news in the east bay. three women are killed in a house fire. why investigators say it appears they were not able to get out in time. and president obama speaks exclusively to abc news about the crisis in syria. why he says the u.s. is in a better position now in disarming syria of chemical weapons. >> and check out this beautiful live shot from mt. tam. we are seeing more sunshine, but temperatures are cooler. abc7 news at nine is next. with my united mileageplus explorer card. i've saved $75 in checked bag fees. [ delavane ] priority boarding is really important to us. you can just get on the plane and relax. [ julian ] having a card that doesn't charge you foreign transaction fees saves me a ton of money. [ we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the u.s. when i spend money on this card, i can see brazil in my future.

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. >> joining me now is david road is, foreign affairs correspondent for reuters and david knack i muirn post." you're a columnist. you've worked hard to get that. that's all good. so i'll ask you first, your reaction to this deal. >> i think it's a very limited political win for obama. he's out of this box about weapons. assad, they can abide by this chemical deal but fight on. this doll nothing to stop the killing in syria. assad will use the conventional weapons to sort of crush the opposition. so it's not a good deal to make a long story short. >> you're saying he'll still have access to his chemical weapons? he's not going to comply? >> he doesn't need the weapons to crush the opposition. so i think assad will abide by this agreement, so will the russians. but it doesn't change the course of the conflict and doesn't weaken him militarily. he will be able to hold on to power. russia will have its proxy in the middle east and vladimir putin, history will look back where putin elevates russia in a vacuum that obama helped create by pulling back and not being so involved in syria. >> d