tonight, abc's deborah roberts is there for her bittersweet return, sharing candid moments backstage as she juggles public success with private heartache. >> reporter: that heart stopping voice, alive again. celine dion back on stage for the first time in more than a year. >> let's do it. >> reporter: we are getting a sneak peek behind the scenes just moments before she hits the stage. a final touchup. and a tender moment just before her big reveal. sunset i i know you can feel it too >> reporter: stirring ballads taking a back seat to her personal life. caring for her 73-year-old husband renee, father of three children, battling throat chancer again. >> the songs are having a meaning now. i have been singing them for so long. but now i mean it the word will become alive more than ever before. >> reporter: and though rene was too ill to attend last night's performance, his wife sending him a message as he watched from home. >> we love you. promise me something, just enjoy. >> reporter: celine shared her personal heartache with me this past spring. >> it was our wedding anniversary. i

here's deborah roberts. >> reporter: it's a mysterious disease and one of the leading causes polycystic ovary syndrome can be difficult to diagnosis let alone treat. >> it's shockingly underdiagnosed because of lack of awareness in the medical community. >> reporter: symptoms include irregular periods, excess hair on the face, weight gain and diabetes. caused in part bibi high levels of testosterone. now, new hope for those who is suffer. an exciting genome mick discovery. >> we found genes that suggest that maybe the cause is the pituitary hormones that regulate ovulation as well as the receipt forces tore foes this ovaries. >> reporter: clues that will hopefully lead to a cure for women like linda. >> you think you're going crazy but the hormones are going crazy and you're okay. >> she's been struggle you ling for 20 years, a thin woman till age 27 when she suddenly gained 50 pounds in just six months. >> it was a huge surprise. i knew something was going wrong. i knew if. and i kept going to doctors. >> reporter: it took ten years and two surgeries before a new doctor finally figured

once again, here is deborah roberts. >> reporter: on july 28th, the cecil story breaks out of africa zimbabwe's capital harare outs dr. walter palmer as the cecil slayer. >> i believe he should be brought in front of a judge. >> growing outrage after a beloved lion was killed by an american dentist. >> international outrage over the death of a beloved lion. >> reporter: to sate it went viral would be an understatement. overnight palmer becomes arguably the most hated man in the world. >> this outrage over the death of cecil the lion keeps growing. >> i will call him what he is and he's is a piece of [ bleep ]. >> he is a heinous person i want to see him destroyed. >> is it that difficult for you to get an erection that you need to kill things? >> reporter: you know you're in trouble when you bring jimmy kimmel to tears. >> if you want to make this into a positive, you can, uh, sorry. okay, i'm good. maybe we can show the world that not all americans are like this jack hole. >> i think initially everyone felt the same way, how disgusting, how outrageous is this, how awful is this. >>

reporter: rebecca francis knows the predicament all too well and told her story to colleague deborah roberts. >> here is a good night one. you better pray i dent ever run into you. i will kill you, and cut your head off and mount your f-ing head on the wall. i hope you die soon. >> this spring francis had a target on her back after this memorable photo from her web page was tweeted out by ricky gervais. what must have happened to your life to make you want to kill a beautiful animal and then lie next to it smiling? her life forever altered. even though her hunt was completely legal. >> people saw it vile that you could lie next to the slain, undignified animal that it was dead. >> it wasn't disrespect. it was to remember this experience. >> oh, my gosh. look at him. >> when it comes to hunting and the shots and the celebration, do you think people don't get it, don't get what your world is all about? >> i think that people are raised in different cultures. and people that were raised in an area like this, it's part of their life. >> what the heck are we looking at here? >> we have buffalobur

>> tomorrow morning at 5:30. >> 5:30, wonderful. >> deborah roberts, abc news, new york. people say the power of visuallization, you don't need to be hypnotized. you can kind of close your eyes and visualize something and it comes to fruition. >> meditation i guess. hypnosis -- >> and you get bicep curls too. >> look at you in your little short shorts. >> i did so many. look how many i did. >> you're ripped. look at those. >> i'm impressing myself obviously with how many i did. >> he's got guns underneath that suit. who knew. >> and a farmer's tan. >> coming up an east coast west coast version of "insomniac theater." is no match for that. but lysol power toilet bowl cleaner eliminates mineral build-up effortlessly and kills 99.9% of germs. to get your toilet truly clean, why choose anything other than the power of lysol? and to keep it that way for up to 4 weeks try lysol automatic toilet bowl cleaner. it's from daddy. sfx: dad's voice i love you baby girl. duracell quantum lasts longer in 99% of devices so you can always be there. ♪ everyone's raving! age defy from clair

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deborah roberts investigates. >> you feel your eyelids getting heavy. >> we see it in the movie gettingat you don't want to do. >> zonk me out so i don't know i'm at work. >> hypnosis is used for all sorts of things but to get someone to workout? some people in hollywood swear by the motivation. >> exhale, all and any tension. >> hypnotist elaine says she has changed lives through hypnosis, now she is trying to get katie's goal of running a half marathon. >> can it get you to the gym. >> you are in a trance like state and dreamy like state, you can see yourself exercising and getting the benefits and your mind gets excited. >> john says he when from chain smoking to pumping iron. every night instead of getting a snack or getting a cigarette, i go straight to the gym. now 15 pounds lighter, he feels great. >> hypnosis put a positive spin on my life and i look forward to living a healthier life. >> some say it's not a magic pill. >> hypnosis is not going to be a magic bullet to get someone to eat healthier and workout. >> it comes from hard work, but hypnosis may help you get there. >> yo

just don't give up. >> reporter: for "good morning america," deborah roberts, abc news, new york. >> is dr. jennifer ashton. this new research may be giving a glimpse into what is going on inside people with pcos. can you explain that? >> yeah, we call this in medicine especially in ob/gyn the most common but least well understood hormonal condition affecting women so this is major. the way i describe it to patients is, think of your hormones as instead of whispering their communication, shouting it with a bull horn and let me show you what i mean by that. normally in a normal reproductive woman two signals, lh and fsh that talk to the ovaries and stimulate them to produce systemically one egg at a time and also produce estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. in pcos you still have the signals but it's being communicated with a bull horn so have an imbalance. more lh. less fhs. when that hits the ovaries you have an overactivity and a lot of follicles and eggs being produced and more estrogen, more male sex hormones including testosterone and can be a huge problem. >> delicate balan

she has a brand-new show, deborah roberts, oh, you. >> robin. >> good to see you. >> good to see you be able to get the first notes out because she would be too emotional but her notes and voice did not fail her taking her spot back in the spotlight. ♪ that heart-stopping voice alive again. celine dion back for the first time in more than a year. >> let's do it. >> reporter: "gma" getting an exclusive sneak peek behind the scenes just moments before she hit the stage. ♪ i know you can feel it too >> celine's performance dripping with emotion, a night she's dreamt of for months talking to the press right before the las vegas community that's become her home away from home. >> i have to say that i think they know why i have been gone and what i appreciate even more is never for one second they have doubted me for taking that time and that is grand. >> reporter: recently her legendary ballads taking a backseat. celine caring for her 73-year-old husband and father to their knee children battling throat cancer again. celine shared with me this past spring how rene insisted she keep perfor

just don't give up. >> reporter: deborah roberts, abc news, new york. >> and they say the cause is notk it might be inherited but so much heartbreak for women who are trying to get pregnant and don't exactly know why. >> glad to see there's hope though. we'll be right back. >> yeah. >>> "world news now" continues hd 5 ♪ >>> staying in shape can be hard work, which is why keeping fitness fun has always been important. >> but what happens when the workout was made entirely into a game with nostalgia inducing pop quizzes mixed with our favorite childhood activities. abc's nikki battiste finds out. >> reporter: imagine rocking out to '80s music and hurling it teenage mutant ninja turtle nerf balls. all while toning your tummy. that can happen here at throwback fitness. a 45-minute gym class inspired workout and a rebirth of your youth. a throwback to the playground, the class combines dodgeball and capture the flag with burpees squats during and situps during nostalgic inducing phases called physician ed and recess. >> where will i be crying for help? >> phys ed is the more difficult part

hi, i am deborah roberts, with abc news. how are you?n in your yard? >> i support billy. in my opinion, i'd like to see him walk. >> reporter: you'd like to see him be released from jail? >> yes. >> reporter: some people would say, "okay, neighbors have disputes, but you can't go out and shoot each other." >> if he had threatened my family in my house like he did theirs, he he wouldn't have lasted this long, and i would have killed him before this. >> you're sorry anytime someone dies, but these people just made this neighborhood just a holy hell. >> they all ganged up on billy and his wife and his family. >> reporter: scott and lydia crow lived behind billy and barbara woodward. with a front row seat to the feud. they take the woodwards' side. was it kind of bullying? >> yes. it was adult bullying is exactly what it was. >> it was six people's word against his. >> reporter: they say they were drawn into the conflict when keri blake threatened them and other neighbors. >> keri took her finger and pointed at our house and pointed at billy

here here's deborah roberts. >> reporter: you're watching a 13-year-old girl meet up with a complete stranger she met online. >> from facebook. remember? >> reporter: but what she doesn't know that this is an experiment and her father's waiting close by. >> are you crazy? >> reporter: that guy she's meeting in a park after texting with him, a youtube star known for silly and outrageous pranks, but this one caught the attention of millions of parents now asking if their kids are also at risk. did it turn out as you thought it would? >> i knew it was going to be a big video after i edited. i showed it to my mother and she cried. >> reporter: he made a facebook profile posing as a 15-year-old boy. after texting and chatting on the phone, he told the girls he wanted to meet up. first, you recruited the parents. >> try your social experiment but none of our kids are going to talk to her. >> i think my dad fell asleep you can come now. he said. >> you're 12 years old. >> reporter: the dramatic video sparking a barrage of social media comments, most saying it's hard to watch but needs to be

here's deborah roberts. >> reporter: you're watching a 13-year-old girl meet up with a complete strangerhe doesn't know is that this is an experiment and her father's waiting close by. >> are you crazy? are you out of your mind? >> reporter: that guy she's meeting in a park after texting with him, a youtube star known for silly and outrageous pranks, but this one caught the attention of millions of parents now asking if their kids are also at risk. did it turn out as you thought it would? >> i went into it, i didn't know if it was going to work. i knew it was going to be a big video after i edited. i showed it to my mother and she cried. i was like, wow, this is powerful. >> reporter: to begin, he made a facebook profile posing as a 15-year-old boy. >> with the parents' permission, i friended three girls. 13, 15 and 12 years old. >> reporter: after texting and chatting on the phone, he told the girls he wanted to meet up. first, you recruited the parents. >> go ahead and try your social experiment but none of our kids are going to talk to you. >> she just said, i think my dad fell asleep

been a huge social response including many "gma" viewers sharing their own stories and abc's deborah robertsnder mark zuckerberg and wife priscilla opening up about their emotional struggle to have a baby. zuckerberg announcing the exciting news, we're expecting a baby girl. but also detailing the heartbreak leading up to it saying "we've been trying to have a child for a couple of years and have had three miscarriages along the way. most people don't discuss miscarriages because you worry your problems will distance you or reflect upon you, so you struggle on your own." in fact, an estimated 10% to 25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. i know that pain having miscarried just before the birth of my first child. >> momma. >> reporter: jessica zucker, a mom of two can relate, as well. >> at 16 weeks' pregnant, i miscarried. it went from horror to almost more horror to fear of losing my life and just then i lost this life, this daughter that i will never know. >> reporter: as a clinical sigh school gist specializing in women's pro-productive health her work prepared her for her personal strugg

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