diana, diana. >> what? >> my hairspray? >> the pink can is your hairspray?> you have two things out of place. i can do it. >> just don't. just don't. >> fine. >> fine then. >> nicely done. >> we deserve an academy award. >> one take by the way. >> how did we do, america? >> how about it. >> that is not how it works around here. we are not carol whatever her name is and nicole over there at cbs in philly. >> don't show it, no matter what. can't do it. postal workers, claiming disability benefits. get busted. the stories where they can't lift their arms. and on "the price is right" have to spin the big heavy wheel. it is really heavy. there she is. anyway. she went zip lining, on a cruise. she got busted. and she is going to be sentenced. but she went on "the price is right." and there spinning the heavy wheel. >> can't do that. >> she said she couldn't lift her hand >>> this morning on "world news now" -- baseball bombshell. some of the best known players in the major league could face suspension. in a far-reaching doping investigation. >> inside jail -- hear

john, diana.ou. >> thanks, jim. >>> here's a look at the rest of your wednesday weather. dry west of the mississippi river. scattered thunderstorms from or oregon into the northern rockies. hail, gusty winds and isolated tornadoes in eastern montana. it is another hot, dry, breezy day in the southwest. >> 106 in phoenix. 90s from albuquerque to salt lake city. 60s in the pacific northwest. upper 70s and 80s in the nation's midsection. 90s across the south. >>> hot temperatures and gusty winds spreading three wildfires in colorado. thousands of people have been evacuated. nearly 100 homes have nearly 100 homes have burned. north east of colorado springs. now the flying embers they're posting threats there could be more evacuations. >>> a 10-year-old girl who had successful double lung transplant faces a lengthy stay at a hospital in philadelphia. her doctors are very pleased with her prognosis and her family understandably thankful. abc's kenneth moton has the details. >> reporter: inside children'

diana? >> alex marquardt in south africa. thank you for that. >>> we turn, now, to abc's mary bruce who is traveling with president obama. mary, any plans for the president to visit mandela in the hospital? >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. the white house is deferring to the mandela family to decide whether or not the civil rights leader is up for a visit from president obama. that decision has not yet been made. so, while it's possible that president obama could go and see mandela, given what we're hearing about his health, seems unlikely. >> all right. mary, what's ahead for the president today? >> reporter: the president has a packed day here in senegal. as you mentioned, while mandela's health is looming large over the visit, the president is moving along in his planned itinerary. today, he meets with the president of senegal and they have a joint press conference. later the president and the first lady will tour goree island off the coast of dakar. a powerful symbol of the inhumane slave trade here in africa. j

diana?, thank you very much. >>> the man charged with holding three women captive and raping them over a decade in his cleveland house is no longer seen as a suicide risk. 52-year-old ariel castro is taken off suicide watch at the county jail. he has been in custody for a month as the grand jury considers his case. >>> a federal judge says a dying girl from philadelphia must be put on the adult list to get a lung transplant. family of sarah murnaghan filed suit after a request was turned down by the federal government. sarah's doctors believe they can perform successful transplant with adult lungs. medical ethicists question the decision. they say it's troubling when courts make medical judgments. >>> this one seemed a no-brainer. remember the uproar over a plan to allow passengers to carry small knives on passenger planes. the head of the tsa says he is dropping the idea. complaints came in from everywhere, including the airlines and flight crews. tsa screeners collect 2,000 folding knives

john, diana. >> thank you, tahman.e annual list of the world's highest paid athletes u.n. were three on the list. kobe bryant. l.a. lakers, $62 million in salary and endorsements. roger federer number two, $71 million. tiger woods back on top. $78 million. also held that top spot for a decade. beginning in 2001. >> tiger is back. >> back on top. >> $78.1 million. combination of pritz money. endorsements. appearance fees. golf course design. woopdz won six tournaments in six months. he is back. >> he is on fire. also on fire not making the top three, top five. number four, lebron james. he came in with $59.8 million last year. also salary endorsements. he is making a run with that money. actually doing really well. heaten t ein the playoffs. >> got the monkey off his back. he won a ring. leads the heat into game one of the nba finals which start tonight. see it live here on abc. that begins at 9:00 p.m. scan he can he do it again. we'll find out. >> we'll see. >> staying with sports. minor league baseball. ground ball.

. >> 1984, princess diana honored a ship. compared to princess diana all the time. how cool. >> now on to baseball. before the highlight. day games are usually scheduled when a visiting team is heading out of town. the idea being the team has a few extra hours to travel. >> >> yankees/as didn't get the message. bottom of the 18th inning. oakland won it. 3-2. for those counting, the yankees ten-game west coast trip now is really 11 games. >> huh. >> as matt gutman mentioned last night's nba finals game earlier, the championship series is now best of three games battle. that's because miami's big three, lebron james, dwyane wade and chris bosh poured in a total of 85 points against the spurs. wow! miami wins it. 109-93. the final stand at two games apiece. game five is sunday night. you can see it right here on abc. >> series is not disappointing. if it is disappointing at all. strange how they take turns creaming each other. back and forth. and win convincingly. go all the way to game seven. you'll see. >> coming up we will show you weird father's day gifts and celeb

a lot of comparison, of course, being made to kate and princess diana.t west ministry abbey is one of her last as a mom-to-be. in a few weeks she'll give birth to the heir to the royal throne. the most anticipated birth since prince william and kate has been the most photographed expected mother since principal seas diana. she's made numerous public appearances throughout her pregnancy but while diana seemed to lose steam in her final try messter kate seems to be finishing strong after a rough start which saw her hospitalized with acute morning sickness. >> she was very sick at the beginning but seems to be absolutely blooming now and every time you see her she just looks so happy and she looks just full of the joys of being pregnant. >> reporter: the birth of this loyal royal will be announced as william's was, via a paper announcement, attached to the gate of buckingham palace. diana reportedly got ready for that birth by taking the time to personal shop for her own baby gear at london and dragons of walton street. >> just appeared quietly in the middl

. >> good morning, john and diana. temperatures prime to soar here, from the west coast down on into the southern plains, into texas. the jet stream continues to ridge its way northward. and the heat will continue to build as a result. daytime highs here friday, 104 in dallas. 101 in houston. 100, oklahoma city. this doesn't factor in the humidity. when you factor that in, too, warmer than this. flirting with 130 degrees this weekend in death valley. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> our sam champion is tracking the heat, as well. he'll have the latest forecast on "good morning america." >>> breaking overnight, the u.s. businessman held captive by his workers in china has returned home to florida. chip starnes was welcomed by his family at the airport last night. he was freed yesterday after a deal was reached to pay the workers who demanded severance packages, even though they weren't being laid off. >>> there's been a major step towards reforming the nation's immigration system. the senate has appro

john and diana, back to you. >> thank you, jim. have er editor sam champion is the latest coming up on "good morning america." >>> an army sergeant has pleaded guilty to killing 16 afghan men, women and children. robert bales told a military judge that there was not a good reason in this world for his actions. bales agreed to the guilty plea in order to avoid the death penalty. a jury will decide in august whether he serves that life sentence with or without parole. >>> president obama is shaking up his staff and the women involved in that shake-up are not strangers to controversy. as abc's tahman bradley reports, the more high-profile of the two is u.n. ambassador susan rice. >> i look forward to continuing to serve on your national security team to keep our nation strong and safe. >> reporter: president obama defied republicans announcing that susan rice is joining him at the white house as his new national security adviser. rice, a tough no-nonsense policy wonk is replacing tom donilon who is resigning from that post. the presid

good morning, diana. these are explosive allegations touching some of baseball's biggest stars including its highest paid player, alex rodriguez. >> the 2-0. there it is. number 600. alex rodriguez. >> reporter: it would be the largest doping scandal in american sports history, dozens of major league baseball players including superstars alex rodriguez and ryan braun could be suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs. >> i worry about baseball being affected as a game. the whole thing. >> reporter: sources tell espn's program "outside the lines" that the league has obtained documents linking 30 players to miami's now shutter ed biogenesis clinic. the owner tony bosh has reportedly told investigators he provided performance-enhancing drugs and even injected the yankees' rodriguez himself. the allegations have stunned fans. >> i'm shocked to hear that. >> he should be a role model. >> hopefully it isn't true, but if it is, i hope he learned his lesson and move on. >> reporter: no comment from the leag

. >> good morning, john, diana.reshman class at this exclusive jockey school accepted 12 students into their racing program. believe it or not, 11 are women. these young ladies are fighting the odds and manning up in this macho world. it is a rare sight, a bright pink riding helmet flying along above a racehorse. the young woman beneath its brim grew up with her heart set on this. a shot as a professional jockey in the death-defying, adrenaline-pumping sport of racing a thoroughbred up to 40 miles an hour. >> i just love horses. love riding. love going fast. >> reporter: here in lexington, kentucky where horses and hooves are plenty. this 22-year-old is a few strides away from graduation at the only jockey school in the u.s., north american racing academy. only 16% of licensed jockeys are female. right now the top 100. only two are women. one of the women is rosie napravnik, while often alone in the female locker room. tomorrow all eyes will be on her. she is riding her way into history. as the first woman ever to r

. >> reporter: good morning, diana. that's right. the commanders will face seven powerful women senators. they want new steps to prevent military assaults which have affected a stunning one in three women in the u.s. military. a historic hearing for a staggering problem in the u.s. military. today, the pentagon's six top military chiefs will address the growing epidemic of sexual assaults appearing before congress for the first time on a single issue. >> now is the time for moral courage at every level. there can be no bystanders. >> reporter: top military brass have pledged to fix the problem, but lawmakers of both parties say culture change is not enough. congress is now considering at least seven bills that would overhaul the military justice system. one measure would take prosecution of sexual assaults out of the chain of command. it would prevent commanding officers from deciding which crimes should go to trial or dismissing a verdict altogether. >> this is a crime. it is a violent and vicious crime. >> reporter: the issue has t

john and diana?d, the funeral of actor james gandolfini was a star-studded affair. 1,500 people attending yesterday's service at a cathedral here in new york city, or new york, anyway. along with gandolfini's family, there was practically every other star who played a role in "the sopranos." the series creator, david chase, eulogizing gandolfini, recalling the child-like quality he brought to the role of tony soprano. >>> more corporate sponsors are cutting ties with paula deen as the firestorm continues over her use of racial slurs. target and home depot are phasing out deen's products and the diabetes drugmaker she's endorsed dropped her as well. but deen's latest cookbook shot to number one on amazon all the way from number 1,500, and those are advanced sales because that book isn't out until october. ha! >> all right. >>> at this point yesterday morning, we asked if any of the top tennis players in the world wanted to win wimbledon this year. lo and behold, a couple of them answered our call. >>

. >>> and the most amazing trailer, why diana may be the most highly anticipated entertainment eventp it right here, america, >>> from new york city, this is "nightline" with bill weir. boxers, horses, they tempt the force with speed, but how about a little respect for a jockey? many don't realize that it leads to a surprising incident of being paralyzed. who would sign up for such a thing? the kind that attempt the only jockey school in america. and abc's juju chang went to meet them. >> reporter: it is a rare sight, a bright, pink flying helmet, the young woman underneath the rim grew up with her heart set on this. a shot as a professional jockey in the death-defying world of the thoroughbreds. >> i just love riding. >> reporter: here in lexington, kentucky, where horses and had hooves are plenty, jessica reill goes to the north american racing academy. she has almost completed the two-year course after paying $27,000 in total tuition. the students here will spend a few hundred an hour riding a horse, and learning the skills required. the freshman class has 12 aspiring jockeys, 11

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diana in several major cities, workers will be busting their moves at lunch.d headed to the club. >> let's dance! >> reporter: when you have got to cut loose and can't wait for the end of your workday. imagine doing this right in the middle of your afternoon? now you can. it's called lunch break. the latest dance craze designed to liven up your 9:00 to 5:00. what do you typically do on your lunch break? >> me, go out, grab lunch, bring it back. >> reporter: jeffrey joslin and colleagues from noise, in new york city are gearing up to boogie down during the lunch hour. >> what are you expecting? >> i am expecting great music and a good time. and some cool people. >> networking is a big part of it. >> absolutely. >> is this your dance attire? >> regular dance attire. >> can you bust a move in this outfit. what i want to know. there's a little give in these knees. >> reporter: the line to get in can take up a block. once noon hits it is a race against time. what type of environment are you guys going for? >> the idea is to have a fun, festive hour of power, experi

john and diana? law which required proof of citizenship to become a registered voter. voting rights advocates applauded the ruling. it was 7-2. the arizona attorney general says the state will continue to pursue ways to implement the law. >> to a midair confrontation, aboard a flight from hong kong to new jersey. a passenger got up, started ranting, one passenger. about the cia, national security and eric snowden. several others wrestled the man to the floor they handcuffed him for the remaining six hours of the flight. >> he was afraid of being poisoned. he saw everybody as a threat. he thought everybody was working for the fbi, the cia. there was no time to understand or think. you know, we needed to restrain him. >> eyewitnesses describe the disruptive man as an american. he was escorted off the plane. by the fbi and taken to the hospital. fo evaluation. >> his mental stability is coming into question. he said a lot of things. reciting his social security number. his date of birth. obviously, very

nbc's diana is covering it for us. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. i'm standing where it used to be a shed. the powerhouse behind the fire. many homes in this neighborhood have been reduced to rubble with the exception of the home behind me saved by one brave man with a couple of hoses. within just a few hours, the massive powerhouse fire exploded, nearly quadrupling in size overnight, crippling the effort of nearly 1,000 firefighters to contain it. >> the winds were swirling, unpredictable, several different directions, changing quite frequently. >> reporter: it's around the clock effort, battling the fire from the ground and in the air. unseasonably warm and dry conditions working against them. 2,000 people were forced to evacuate. but dennis imel was determined to save his home. >> just a wall of flames coming. it went right over the house. >> reporter: he said he had no time to be scared. he was too busy fending off towering flames with two hoses and fire gear he bought years ago as a precaution. >> my lungs were on fire. there was 10 minutes whe

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it's the face of kate middletone the duchess of came bridge fused with the partnerships diana.is in color, and princess diana is in plaque and white. >>> here is the leader of malcom x, and obama. i see more in that one than thee last one. last >>> we have a photo collection.o this one shows legendary rock 'n' roll star elvis presley and pop star actor justin tim per timberlake. we are not impressed are we. he wanted to showcase, figuressh of the past and now in a fun way. people are creative. c >> the elvis one, yeah i likelie that one.one. the others -- like the princess diana one, it didn't look likel there was much of kate middleton at all. all. >> have fun with that. >> all right, tucker. tucker. >>> meanwhile the weather iswhih going to be warme and humid out there to start your at a. later this afternoon a a decent chance of showers, i think many will see the shower, maybe ae a thunderstorm as we have an area of low pressure passing to the south, kind unusual to see an to area of low pressure this strong sometime summer season. sum we don't typically see this. pobottom l

it was myself, diana, lewis, val valesky, i'm sorry, it's been a long week already and some people from public works. we want a couple engineers, i'm an old medic, diana is really the logistics master and i figure if we're going to go someplace where thins might go awry, i wanted someone like that. so we put this together in 30 days, including a holiday. we were wheels up for van, we spent 10 days in country. and the story there is interesting, to say the least. a little bit of a cultural difference. you kind of have to wade through, and i'm sure i'm preaching to the choir in the military here, you have to separate out how things are versus what you're used to and what it really means because otherwise you can really get into apples and oranges. so the take away for me, and what should be rolling behind me, are just a series of photographs of van when we were there. and what i hope the story that they are telling is this example of what we saw. i mean, there's some classic examples if you look at the buildings, these were all new buildings, by the way, that were condemned. but as you lo

diana and john, this is not over.id not rule whether gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry. keep in mind 35 states ban same-sex marriage. diana, john. >> thank you very much. >>> the pentagon will begin the process of extending federal benefits to same sex spouses to military members. chuck hagel hosting a gay pride event, will extend health care, housing an benefits as soon as possible for 18,000 same-sex couples in active duty, national guard and reserves. it's not clear how many are legally married. >>> the nation's highest military court overturned the conviction of a u.s. marine. sergeant lawrence hutchins serving 11-year sentence for murder of an iraqi villager. hutchins claims his constitutional rights were violated when we was held for six days without access to a lawyer. the military court agreed. >>> key witness who captivated the courtroom in george zimmerman's murder trial back to the stand today. the last person to talk to trayvon martin before he was shot and killed. abc's matt gutman. >

john and diana?taly is nation seven years in prison for paying underaged prostitutes for sex and then trying to cover it up. lawyers say they will appeal the send sense even longer than prosecutors requested. >>> some strong word coming from an attorney for new england patriots' tight end aaron hernandez as his client remains under investigation in connection with a murder case. he says hernandez has been the subject of a relentless flood of rumors and false media reports and he claims an arrest warrant has not been issued for hernandez. detectives searched a pond near hernandez's home yesterday as they continue investigating the death of a 27-year-old semipro football player. >>> and basketball hall of famer scottie pippen has been questioned by police in southern california about a fight over the weekend. the victim is in the hospital with a head injury. and its unclear whether pippen will be charged. kabc's john har tongue has the latest. >> reporter: former nba great scottie pippen moved quickly

hi, devin. >> reporter: good morning, rob and diana. fires. they've charred thousands of acres just east of the u.s. air force academy and rattled a whole lot of nerves. the battle against colorado's worst wildfire has turned a corner, steady rain sunday gave a boost to firefighters hunting for hot spots near colorado springs. but authorities say the fight is not over. >> mop-up smoke, serve and destroy them wherever you can. >> reporter: it was fueled bring bone-die conditions and took a dpef stating toll. two people are dead. nearly 500 homes burnt to their foundations. evacuees lined outside the fire zone anxious to see

diana and john? >> all right, devin, what are we are hearing from top u.s. aggressive officials? >> reporter: this a rare e-mail james clappard say they could tip off america's enemies to what we're doing, make it harder for the u.s. to track them and says the leaks give a misleading impression and that the government is not listening in to americans' phone calls or snooping in their online accounts. john and diana. >> all right, devin, thank you in washington for us this morning. >>> well, president obama wakes up this morning in california where later today he'll begin historic summit with china's president much the two met at the white house 16 months ago. among the most -- the issues almost certain to come up in their conversation is cybersecurity, china's reported high-tech spying is considered a top threat by the obama administration. >>> and north korea's disputes with its neighbor south korea is also likely to be on the agenda. just this morning the north proposed new talks with south very in an effort to mend recently strained relations, the hope is to have those on sund

john and diana? >> all right, devin. secretary of state john kerry warned russia to respect its relationship with the u.s. he's not the only heavyweight weighing in, is he? >> reporter: that's right. we heard from former secretary of state hillary clinton overnight. she was speaking in los angeles. she was sharply critical of china for letting snowden escape hong kong. she said this has hurt relations with the united states. this is also interesting. it's one of the first times she's waded into a political controversy since stepping down in february. of course, as we all believe her to be considering that run for president in 2016. john and diana? >> all right. devin dwyer for us this morning in washington. thank you. >>> and we have breaking news from afghanistan this morning. an early-morning assault on the presidential palace. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack on one of the most secure places in the entire country. just after dawn, a series of explosions rocked the gate leading to the palace. the t

john and diana, back to you. >> all right, jim, thank you. keep it here for "good morning america." sam champion is in the thick of it this morning again. he will have the latest on "gma." >>> moving on now to other developing story, new information about another supersecret government surveillance program. >> monitoring activities online apparently going on for years and abc's devin dwyer joins us with the details. >> reporter: good morning. the whistle-blower who exposed the top secret program to "the new york post" says it was a massive violation of privacy. the government can watch your ideas form as you type. it's for electronic information, top secret documents leaked to "the washington post" revealed for the first time that the national security agency can tap directly into the servers of nine major internet companies. able to see everything from google e-mails to facebook photos to apple ichats. >> it is sweeping, it is not what i would expect out of the united states. >> reporter: the classified program code named prism began in 2007 during the bush administration and has b

john and diana?> devin dwyer in washington. thank you for that. >>> another big story overnight, several southern states cleaning up after taking a pounding from another round of wild weather that sent people running for cover. >> seven tornadoes touched down yesterday, swooping down from kentucky eastward, including nere in the middle of baltimore. l y tunnel. the maryland storms also scattered debris across the town of woodbine, toppling trees, damaging cars and even sending lawn furniture flying. >>> and they took an even bigger hit in southern kentucky where a tornado raked over a half-dozen homes about 40 miles north of nashville. as the winds picked up, two elderly women rode out the storm, huddled in a bathtub. now, their house did not fair very well at all. but they survived with minor injuries. and this morning, we're reminded that tornado season is far from over. >>> a major inconvenience for passengers overnight. a southwest flight from los angeles to texas, diverted to phoenix after a tel

and i'm diana perez. federal agents are ready to join the investigation into the cause of that deadly colorado fire. >> the 22-square-mile black forest fire is now 65% contained. that's the good news, but the area is still considered a crime scene until the cause can be determined. abc's devin dwyer is joining us now with the very latest. hi, devin. >> reporter: good morning, rob and diana. some 20,000 people are still evacuated because of the fires. they've charred thousands of acres just east of the u.s. air force academy and rattled a whole lot of nerves. the battle against colorado's worst wildfire has turned a corner. steady rain sunday gave a boost to firefighters hunting for hot spots near colorado springs, but authorities say the fight is not over. >> mop-up smokes, search and destroy, find them where you can, maintain the perimeter, stay alert. >> reporter: the black forest fire fueled by bone-dry conditions has taken a devastating toll. two people are dead. nearly 500 homes burnt to their founda

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i'm diana perez. >> i'm john muller.ines we're following on "world news now." >>> the journalist who exposed classified leaked by edward snowden promising new details. he says they will be more significant revelations to come while the search is now on for snowden, who has disappeared. >>> accused cleveland kidnapper ariel castro faces 300 charges tomorrow. investigators are still searching the home where he's accused of holding three young women for a decade. >>> a houston woman is due in court today accused of killing her boyfriend by stabbing him in the head with her stiletto heel. ana trujillo claims it was self-defense. >>> and former nfl star chad johnson is beginning a 30-day sentence. a ft. lauderdale judge threw him in jail after johnson gave his attorney a friendly slap on the backside after a plea deal. those are just some of the stories on tuesday, june 11th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now," with john muller and diana perez. >> i think that's what it is. >> we're talking about that frien

i'm diana perez. >> i'm john muller.lowing on "world news now" -- the aking commissioner of irs is offering to restore taxpayer trust after new details come out how irs spent lavishly on conferences. >>> jury selection begins in boston in the high-profile mob trial of whitey bulger. the 83-year-old is charged with a long list of crimes. prosecutors link him to 19 murders. >>> senator frank is being remembered. he died of pneumonia. >>> for $349 a year, you can check a bag at no extra charge on domestic flights. for $500 annual fee, you automatically get extra leg room. those are some of the top stories on this tuesday, june 4 9. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> i'm sorry. the bargain rate on checking bags and extra leg room, while well intentioned -- >> i'm not a fan. >> we shouldn't be paying anything for this. still living in the past. >> i agree with you. here's a little nugget. you have to take 13 domestic flights in order for this to pay for itself. >> it's li

diana tennis, ted williams and bernie grimm. first to you, ted. >> look, i watcheded a part of this today with rachel jeantel. in a city, not sophisticated. i don't know if the prosecution prepared her well. that doesn't matter to me. she used common sense. >> it's not about common sense, it's what did she see? what did she hear? not her interpretation of the events. what did she see and hear? one part of a conversation. >> she gave as best she could. let me be candid with you. the defense attorney made himself look just a little ill. this is the same guy that used a knock knock and the same guy disrespectful to a woman on the stand. >> and hopefully they won't convict or acquit based on the lawyers. >> we don't get a feel of the optics of the jury, although holly gave us a good rendition. you could work on this woman two weeks and wear her down. any good defense attorney would. and a great defense attorney would ask a few questions. this is asking with the skills that god gave her, and starts to mock her and ask her if she can

good morning, marci. >> good morning, john, diana.of the evidence and battling over what else might be admissible. we want to warn you some of the images you are about to see could be disturbing to some. crime scene photos showing trayvon martin laying dead in the grass shown in court for the first time. >> is that a fair, accurate depiction of the way trayvon martin's body was positioned when you approached it? >> yes, sir, it is. >> reporter: other evidence was presented including the now iconic hooded sweatshirt martin was wearing when he died. the 17-year-old's parents leaving the courtroom. the man on trial charged with second degree murder at times looking away. george zimmerman pleaded not guilty, saying he shot the teen in february of last year in self-defense. his attorneys maintaining these photos of injuries to zimmerman's head shown to the jury again is evidence that he was attacked by martin. the prosecution tried to convince the judge to allow evidence they claimed helps to prove the former neighborhood watch volunteer t

>> all right, diana, diana olick reporting fours.kayla tausche with a look at why banks are not passing on these higher -- let me just say they are not passing them on because they want to make for money for themselves, right? >> you would hope so and the benchmark these savings accounts are tied to. they don't have to or need to. mortgages are the only place where higher yields will affect you meidt immediately because these savings accounts and other personal financial products are based on the fed fund rate at or above zero and even though other products with spiking this won't affect you until the federal raises. right now the average savings account .86%. online only accounts will pay you just below 1%. while you may be missing interest on savings you're knot also not paying it on some of your other borrowings in the last section weeks. the average interest a five-year car loan, 2.12% and the average rate on a credit card budged barely a bit. once the rates start to rise, it's both a blessing and curse. >> rates on home equity l

back to you, guys. >> diana, stick around here. often, folks, do you hear if rates go up, housing is in trouble? you probably hear that a lot but is it true? maybe not. look at this. this is a chart of the 30-year fixed rate mortgage coming from the fed. the trend has been down for generations now but there's been times of rising rates, '93 to '95 and 5098 to 2000 and if you look at the median home price, 118 in '93 and guess what, prices magically went up even as rates did, too. joining us, ken rosen, chairman of rosen consulting group and what we're trying to prove with that graphic, and diana with us as well, not that rights rates don't dent us here or there, but to think that rising rates will automatically slow down house price gains is not only hyperbolistiy but according to the fed's own data and consensus data is wrong. >> people are switching now to adjustable rate mortgages, but i would advise very carefully against that. your rate is still very low by historic comparison. 4.5% is a low rate. we have a million people in t

>> diana alvear on the smoldering fire line in california tonight. diana, thanks. >>> this was the fourth day of anti-government protests in turkey. once again violence broke out as riot police fought with demonstrators near the offices of the prime minister. they are seen largely as a display of frustration with the prime minister erdogan who has been trying to impose more conservative values on that mostly secular country. it looked like tahrir square in egypt during the arab uprising, a comparison erdogan rejected today. >> reporter: the court-martial of the man who may have put u.s. military secrets in the hands of osama bin laden started today. the so-called wikileaks trial. army private bradley manning went under trial in ft. meade, maryland, for the biggest leak of classified material in u.s. history. prosecutors said he harvested hundreds of thousands of documents from secret databases and put them on the web and into the hands of the enemy including the names of every american serving in iraq. 74,000 individuals in uniform. he said some of t

. >>> the first trailer for "diana" exploring the life of princess diana hit the web yesterday. naomi watts seamlessly morphing into the role of the late princess of wales. >>> "twilight" star robert pattinson has been confirmed as the new face of dior for men's fragrances. >>> enews catching up with thor. though he plans to work on father's day, he says fatherhood has changed him for the better and that it puts things into perspective. so you are a dad, too. you should be able to do that. >>> paul mccartney and stephen colbert shared a musical moment last night on the "colbert report." ♪ i'm in heaven and my heart beats so that i can hardly speak ♪ >> not bad, man. you and i are not going to try that. >>> in an interview with "the new york times," the unfail league modest kanye west feels he'll have the same impact as steve jobs. west saying, quote, i am undoubtedly, you know, steve of the internet, downtown, fashion, culture, period. i think after that he said, and i'm the king of the world at the same time. >> in his own world. >> in his own world. kanye west always quotable.