on the road in nevada, the president talks with abc's diane sawyer, about that amazing rescue. and his own self-doubt. >> you don't second-guess yourself? >> i second-guess myself constantly. >>> and saving their spots. they're very cute. but they're also very in danger. why these little leopards are fighting for their lives. >>> good evening. i'm juju chang. kidnapped. it's a terrifying act that happens thousands of times a year. now, we've discovered that sometimes escape can come with a young girl calling 911 in the face of incredible danger. for aid worker, jessica buchanan, it involves somehow enduring three months of captivity, to be rescued by an elite team of commandos. s.e.a.l. team 6 had a jackpot when they completed their mission. tonight, martha raddatz brings us amazing stories of survival. >> reporter: the image today was stark, yet powerful. a 13-year-old girl in suburban new york, running for her life. leaving behind her the stunned would-be captor. the young girl punched before she fled. the first terrifying minutes of a kidnapping attempt, often the best chanc

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reminder, diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will ao li coverag of pr 3 response.sday night, 9:00 eastern right here on abc. >>> we turn overseas now and searchers recovering another body today in that shipwrecked luxury liner off the coast of italy.panda a week now since that sha raaground now comes new worries of th ship moving. abc's lama hasan is on the sea again for us tonight, lama? >> reporter: good evening, in a f offer will decide if they can start g o,000cide if they can start gallons of heavy fuel from the "costa concordia." it has been perched on a rocky underwater ledge for the last nine days slipping half an inch an hour. protective booms have been dep des the situation as an ecological time bomb because the ship could easily plunge into waters 300 feet deep. because of the danger they only searched above the water line today and recovered another body. leaving at least 19 people unaccounted for. among the missing, the minnesota couple barbara and jerry heil, their son and daughter were here on the island of giglio earlier meeting with the ceo of the

diane sawyer right back here tomorrow night. good night. oh, yeah, the 49ers' spirit is running high as san francisco takes on the new york giants in the nfc championship game. >> the game is underway right now. and the fans are pumped up because the niners are one game away from heading to the super bowl. >> we have team coverage. nick smith is live with fans at local bar and we're also live at candlestick park. >> we're getting reports of fans being ejected for things like smoking cigarette

diane sawyer back at the desk tomorrow night. and circumstance in san francisco as newly elected leaders are sworn in thank you for joining us. >> today's swearing-in ceremony had a bittersweet taste for one official. sheriff mirkarimi was facing allegations of domestic violence. >> his wife was at the ceremony and joined him at a news conference, stood by his side. this is an investigation that continues even as he takes office. [applause] >> a newly elected sheriff soaks in the pomp and circumstance of his

diane sawyer talked to jessica's father yesterday. >> it's okay. she's got some issues.ng life-threatening at this point. they moved very frequently. she's into natural foods, a vegetarian. i understand her primary diet was animal milk and goat meat. >> asked what he wanted to say ho 'tis daughter the most, he could tell her he loved her. >>> joe biden now admits he was against the navy s.e.a.l. raid that killed osama bin laden. the only person in the room to give support was then cia director leon panetta. the president left the meeting after hearing everyone out and he left saying he would make the final decision. >>> the big blue tarp was the answer from occupy washington protesters. they were told to leave. police only reminded demonstrators it's illegal to sleep there. no one was arrested. >>> on capitol hill, a massive infrastructure bill begins working its way through the house today. it would provide money to maintain the nation's bridges, transit systems. it would give states greater power over how federal transportation aid is spent. >>> and in las vegas, the b

we want to two right to abc news election headquarters in new york where diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos are standing by. and diane and george, what do you make of what the iowans have done here tonight? >> well, this is a season of phenomenal results. this is another one that confounds a lot of people in one sense. you have, yet again, a new front-runner, a tie at the top, with rick santorum pulling it off at the last minute. we've been talking about what a close race these races have become. >> we have never seen a race this close. as terry said just a little bit ago. we have insight from the entrance polls. why it is so close. i want to show, first of all, very conservative voters, they are key in iowa, almost half the electorate. they went big for rick santorum, 34 to 14. you see that right there. those are the true believers who really went hard for rick santorum in this caucus. on the other hand, big questions for republican voters. who can beat president obama in the fall? about 30% of the electorate and mitt romney that by 37 points. what that adds up to tonight is basically a ti

here are abc news election anchors diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos. >> that's right, terry. what a win it was tonight for governor mitt romney. we should point out who came in second and third in this race, as they poured it on in new hampshire, the candidates all did. and behind mitt romney was congressman ron paul. and behind him, jon huntsman, governor jon huntsman, former ambassador to china, as well, who, in the last few days, seemed to be surging, gaining some steam. but apparently didn't have enough to take him into second place. >> perhaps not enough time. there were some polls showing he might come into second. but he couldn't get over ron paul. what we're learning also from these exit polls, what voters were focused on here is finding the candidate that could beat president obama. and mitt romney won those voters overwhelmingly. that's what drove him across the finish line here tonight. he also did well with voters who made up their minds a while ago. did even better than his vote total here. he did take some hits. we've been covering over the last couple of days,

two years ago, diane sawyer sat down with mark zuckerberg, asking him directly when he planned to takehe company public. >> when it makes sense. we're not running the company to do that. >> reporter: but there are reports the paperwork could be filed as early as wednesday. leaving early investors smiling all of the way to the bank. when search engine giant, google, went public in 2004, the company was valued at $23 billion. facebook is expected to be worth three to four times that much. up to 100 billion with more room to grow. the question is, will everyday investors buy into the hype? analysts we spoke to say the average investor, best strategy is sit tight and see how it plays out before you jump on board. for mark zuckerberg, should this public offering go ahead, the 27-year-old will be worth about $20 billion. >> he's not in the average investor category. >> no, no. >> the two of us are. any idea what the cost of a share of facebook will be? >> we won't know until the papers are filed, but you can rest assured, we're not talking about an ordinary stock out there. this will be a bi

diane sawyer talked to jessica's father yesterday.sked him about jessica's health. >> it's okay. from what i understand. she's got some issues. nothing life-threatening at this point. i do know that they moved very frequently. she's into natural foods, a vegetarian. i understand her primary diet was animal milk and goat meat. >> asked what he wanted to say to his daughter the most, he said he would tell jessica he simple loves her. >>> joe biden now admits he was against the navy s.e.a.l. raid that killed osama bin laden. biden said the only person in the room to give support to the raid was then cia director and now defense secretary leon panetta. after hearing everyone out, the president left the meeting saying he would make the final decision. >>> the big blue tarp was the answer from occupy washington protesters. they put it up just as police said they had to leave the encampment. police only reminded demonstrators it's illegal to sleep there. no one was arrested. >>> on capitol hill, a massive infrastructure bill begins working i

diane sawyer crunching numbers as we come on the air this evening, as soon as we have a winner, diane will be at the desk. we'll bring it to you live. stay tuned for that. meantime. candidates criss-crossing the state, sprint to the finish. mitt romney at a diner, moments later newt gingrich at the same diner, back-to-back. they did not cross paths. no fireworks like we saw earlier this week. it's our voice, your vote and jon karl leading us off in gingrich head quarter, good evenin evening. >> reporter: good evening, south carolina was where mitt romney hoped to wrap it up and polls showed him with a double-digit lead but tonight it looks like south carolina might be gingrich territory. >> for a while this morning, tommy's ham house in greenville, south carolina was the center of the political universe. first mitt romney stopped by. >> i'll take back the white house. >> reporter: minutes later, newt gingrich. two leads candidates scheduled to be here at the same time. by the time gingrich arrived romney was gone. we caught up with gingrich inside. >> what happened? >> i thought he wa

. >>> and diane sawyer will be sitting down with the president. his first network interview following the state of the union, now that the countdown to the election is on. diane's interview with the president, right here on "world news," tomorrow night. >>> we turn, now, to a firestorm brewing this evening, sparked by a provocative letter from a convicted murderer. a death row inmate, who calls himself a gentleman of leisure. bragging about his comfortable lifestyle on death row. in a state that hasn't executed a prisoner in six years. here's abc's pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: danny hembree jr. sits on north carolina's death row for the murder of 17-year-old hather catterton two years ago. he's found a way to add to the suffering of her family. saying in a taunting letter to a local newspaper, life on death row is a life of easy living. he writes, is the public aware that i'm a gentleman of leisure? watching color tv, reading, taking naps at will? i spit in the face of your so-called justice system. and he says the chances he will ever be ex

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and tuesday night, diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will be at election headquarters in new yorkith the primary results as they come in. >>> of course, watching those debate is, president obama's team this weekend as the president gears up for his re-election race and starts fine-tuning his strategy. he's now armed with the new jobs numbers. 200,000 new jobs, unemployment the lowest in three years. tonight, we look for clues from another first term president and the daunting numbers he faced then at nearly the same time in his presidency. here's abc's david kerley tonight. >> reporter: the debate reaffirmed the obama campaign's belief that mitt romney is destined to be their opponent. david axelrod on abc's "this week." >> i don't think conservatives trust him and i don't think moderates trust him. you saw him shifting on a range of positions from abortion to china to taxes. >> reporter: the obama team knows their path to reelection runs not just through a republican, but the unemployment numbers, too. >> it's not just that number that has to come down. he has to instill a better

diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will be here to follow the race and "world news now" early tomorrow morning will have a complete wrap-up. >>> a bill designed to crack down on iran is now moving in the senate. it would apply some strict new sanctions on individuals and companies that do business with the iranian government. and it comes as iran says it actually has produced some laser-guided artillery shells capable of hitting moving targets. iran's military also said yesterday it will unveil some new satellites and missile systems in the next ten days. >>> in washington a deadline for occupy protesters to leave two camp sites has come and gone. instead of packing up yesterday afternoon, demonstrators put up a huge blue tarp at one park. police said they were enforcing a camping ban but only by reminding the occupiers that it's illegal to sleep at the encampments. there were no arrests. so really what was the point of that? >> a fair enough question. >>> also a lot of questions on this story as well. the florida highway patrol is under fire this morning for its decision to reopen an

and don't forget, diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will anchor live coverage of president obama's state of the union address and the republican response tuesday night. it all begins at 9:00 eastern. rob. >>> representative gabby giffords will be at that state of the union address this week. and it will be for the last time. the arizona congresswoman released a video statement sunday to announce that she will resign from office. as you remember, it was just over a year ago now that a gunman attacked her at a constituent event at a supermarket parking lot in tucson, leaving her with a life-altering brain injury. >> i don't remember much from that horrible day. but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. thank you for your prayers and for giving me time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona i will step down this week. >> remarkable not even the word for her recovery. giffords will be back in tucson today to actually complete that congress at your corner event that was interrupted by the attack last january. she'l

diane sawyer, right here tomorrow night.good night. ♪ the best has yet to come >> good evening, and happy new year. >> thank you for joining us. first, tonight, developing news from the east bay. utility crews are on the scene of a major water main break. they tell us a number of customers are without water. the broken maintenance two feet in diameter. there are reports of flooding in the area. we have a crew on the way and we'll have more at 11:00. >> other news. new world for shoppers in san jose, plastic bags are no longer an option and paper is going to cost you. >> not everybody is happy about the change. we're live in san jose for a look at how residents are dealing with the change. >> reporter: environmentalists are happy. over the years they have been attacking the use of plastic shopping bags because they're

and don't forget, diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will anchor live coverage of president obama's state of the union address and the republican response tuesday night. it all begins at 9:00 eastern. >>> in other news this morning, a hearing is set for today in jackson, mississippi that could overturn the pardons of four convicted murderers who were all set free earlier this month by outgoing governor haley barbour. they are among the 200 very controversial pardons issued by barbour. most of those are now contested by the state attorney general's office. barbour, though, says his political opponents misstated how many dangerous convicts would actually be set free. >>> sometime this week salvage crews hope to begin removing fuel from the shipwrecked cruise liner that capsized off the coast of italy. so far 13 bodies have been recovered and at least 19 are still missing. here's abc's lama hasan. >> reporter: in a few hours officials here will decide if they will start pumping out more than half a million gallons of heavy fuel from the "costa concordia." it has been perched on a rocky

. >> and don't forget, diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will anchor live coverage of president obama's state of the union address and the republican response tuesday night. all of that will kick off at 9:00 eastern time. another big week in politics for sure. >>> all right. and more political news this morgan. oprah winfrey says she is confident that president obama will win another four-year term at the white house. >> winfrey told the crowd at a literary festival in india she thinks the president's job is a difficult one. but she said the next four years under president obama will be even more successful, especially when americans start going back to work. >>> an american airlines flight from brazil to miami was anything but smooth. in fact, the flight encountered turbulence so heavy that some crew members went flying through the cabin. we get the details from reporter cristina vasquez from wplg in miami. >> when it first happened and it start, i mean, the noise changes a lot and the turbulence is like i've never seen anything like, not even a roller coaster. >> reporter: gil

diane sawyer talking about gay marriage. >> i would really love to be able to ask you what you would say personally sitting in your living rooms to the people who ask questions like this, this is from phil in virginia. given that you oppose gay marriage, what do you want gay people to do who want to form loving, committed long term relationships? what is your solution? >> she talks too fast for me. did you catch any of that? >> no, it was very quick. rapid fire. >> do you think -- we've got all these problems in the world, iran going nuclear, economic ma lace. >> why is the mainstream harping on this. are they not reading the papers? do they not see what's going on? why aren't are focusing on the economy and nitpicking on these issues. >> good point. obviously president obama shares the same opinion and stance on gay marriage. do you think he's going to come out of the gun? >> no he's never going to get the question asked of him, especially from the mainstream. >> from the democrats. >> by the way, those two debates probably the most boring of all the debates so far. representative.

diane sawyer, george stephanopoulos, of course will be back to update the race throughout the night.hing a bill designed to crack down on iran. their legislation would apply strict new sanctions on individuals and companies that do business with the iranian government. and it comes as iran says it has produced laser-guided artillery shells capable of hitting moving targets. iran's military also said yesterday it will unveil new satellites and missile systems in the next ten days. >>> the family of former hostage jessica buchanan is being pretty tight-lipped about her homecoming here in the u.s. buchanan was rescued by navy s.e.a.l.s last week after three months of being held by pirates in somalia. abc's diane sawyer talked to buchanan's father yesterday as he of course anxiously awaited her arrival back home. >> we're doing well as a family. jessica, we have not seen her yet. so today's the big day. >> what is it you most want to say to her? >> i love you. you know? face to face again. >> it must have been terrifying. >> yeah. i mean, these guys were armed, and we say pirates, and th

in november, she told diane sawyer she hoped to return. >> do you think you will go back to congress if you get better? >> yes. >> she now feels it is best to resign as of this week. >> thank you very much. >> occur ariz. -- per arizona law, the governor will have to call for a special election in april to replace gabrielle giffords. >> thank you very much. to the death of football coaching legend joe paterno. his family announced his death this morning. he was 85 years old. the reports from state college pennsylvania. >> it seems appropriate that those would come straight here to beaver stadium to say goodbye. >> he was a tradition. >> the news came quickly that a long time football coach at lost his -- had lost his battle with cancer. his family released a statement saying -- his family goes on to say "he was a man devoted to his family his university, his players." >> he represents pan state. >> on the street, the. kids were up to give his family's summer -- the barricades were up to give his family some privacy. back at his dacha the committee is pressing for his family. -- the c

in her first and only interview, she told diane sawyer she wants return to washington. she has a few months to decide her next step. her husband has said she will until the last minute decide. she may wait until 2014. >> more than 30 memorial events weekende place this including services and lectures. >> all of us who had the privilege continue to pay for -- pray for her recovery. we're grateful. >> they hope to give her the support she has from her husband. >> what is the first word? >> brave, brave. >> that is what i think of when -- you.of view tough as nails. >> thousands will likely .ttended the event i >>> metro is respecting hundreds of rail cars after a break apart stock yesterday. was the second incident of a kind. nearly fivenspect railcars was similar assemblies. also, the rails cracked on two possibly days as we due to cold weather. many frustrated. i budget more time than i thatin case something like happens. technicians will .ork this weekend say inspections should have impact on writers -- riders. be aboveratures will this time of year. at these highs fro

which will again be moderated by diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos.aturday night. >>> investigators in los angeles may have gotten a major break in that string of arsons they believe a man seen leaving the scene of a burned out car might be responsible for setting those fires. they are asking residents for help in identifying the suspect seen in this video. there have been more than 40 fires since last week. >> we have incendiary intentional fires that have resulted in auto fires that resulted in to the direct e exposure of apartments. >> it was done while people were sleeping. that's the scary part. >> that is frightening. thankfully no one has been hurt in any of the fires which have been centered in the hollywood area. >>> in washington state police are hunting for an armed suspect wanted in the deadly shooting of a park ranger there. benjamin colton barnes, a 24-year-old believed to have survivalist skills was a strong person of interest in the murder of margaret anderson. an fbi swat team was working to remove anderson's body from the park as col

. >> eric: i can't believe the -- listen to what obama said to diane sawyer. >> are you going to win?yes. >> how much do you want it? >> badly, because i think the country needs it. you know, we started this journey in 2008. understanding that for a decade or more, middle class families in this country have been struggling. we are now in a position we're starting to come back. >> greg: as you know, i'm a relationship expert. this is the kind of thing, the country needs him that a bad boyfriend would say to his old lady. what the old lady needs is a gay best friend who comes in and says, hey, sugar, obama is no good for you. >> kimberly: that's called a walker, by the way. dane a what? >> kimberly: walker. >> bob: nobody -- except me. >> dana: can i say something about the media? >> eric: please. indianapolis the two clips we saw, diane sawyer first, the media, he is embodies this last night -- she embodies this last night. this is something not particular to her but they always want to ask a president, whoever is it, what mistakes have you made? can you sleep at night? and if i were p

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join george stephanopoulos and diane sawyer as they moderate the next republican showdown. live coverage from manchester, 9:00 p.m./6:00 p.m. spa pacific. >> a suspect in dozens of arsons around los angeles in jail. harry burke hart taken into custody after police pulled over his minivan. now sources tell abc news that burkhart may have been angry his mother was facing deportation. the los angeles mayor was clearly relieved that an arrest had been made. >> i want to acknowledge the bravery and dedication of our fire fighters and our police officers, complemented bite vigilance of angelinos who during a busy and what should have been a festive new year's holiday were on the look out for anything suspicious, phoned in leads to law enforcement and fire officials. >> the deputy who spotted burkehart is a volunteer, reserve deputy, get this, only paid $1 a year for his work. >> worth a lot more than that to say the least. in other news, a utah father says he is amazed by the actions of complete strangers who didn't hesitate for a second jumping into an icy river to save his life

and don't forget abc's diane sawyer, george stephanopoulos and our entire political team will bring you the results live throughout the night right here on abc. >>> well, new government figures show health care spending grew at historically low rates last year. and this morning analysts are now debating whether that is good news, though. costs were up by nearly 4%. about $8,400 a person. but that's the lowest increase in 51 years. is it because recession-weary americans are avoiding expensive doctor visits and elective surgeries, or are employee cost controls i should say starting to work? that's what the white house would like you to believe right now. the jury, though, ultimately is still out. >>> well, georgia education officials are deciding whether to discipline teachers who gave third-grade students math homework with word problems about slavery. the naacp has no such dilemma. they're calling for all nine teachers involved to be fired. one example problem read, "if frederick got two beatings every day, how many beatings did he get in one week?" the teachers insist they were just t

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listen to what he said in an interview with diane sawyer. >> what was going on there? said you were tense, thin skinned? she's all over the airwaves right now. >> what i have discovered, i think it's always good publicity for a republican during -- in an argument with me. >> were you tense? >> i am usually accused of not being tense enough, right? >> that's not how brewer describes the conversation. listen to what she said said last night here on this program. >> he was a little uncomfortable, unappreciative, if you will of my book, in the way that he was portrayed in it. and i felt a little unnerved by the way that he spoke to me about it. >> sean: joining me with reaction, the author of the best seller, political analyst, juan williams and a political strategist. hang on, juan. poor president, cry-baby -- [laughter] >> sean: a bad word or two in the book. you excoriate me when you see me. you are brutal to me. he can't take a criticism in a book? >> sean! this governor -- this governor brewer is no sarah palin. she is not a dyne me personality. she is getting attenti

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