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coming up at 6:30 we'll have complete coverage with diane sawyer. we'll bring more as this newscast continues. >>> now to a breaking news update. a four alarm fire at a dundalk church has been ruled an are a son. the fire was set outside the building near two sheds in the back. the fire quickly spread into the church because of high winds heavily damaging the building. >> bad. a lot of work's got to be done, a lot of work. >> baltimore county police say they do not have a suspect or motive at this time. anyone who may have information, please call police at 410-370-2 -- 200 or thect crimes, that number with your information. >>> baltimore gyre pri a-- jury acquitted twin brothers of setting a dog on fire. travers and tremayne johnson were found not guilty. the first trial ended in a mistrial. the state's attorney said he's des appointed with the verdict but respect the jury's decision. >>> michael atkinson of pikesville was arrested after they say he impersonated a police officer and raped a woman. he flagged down a woman and told her he was an offi

take a look at what they told abc's diane sawyer. >> would you do it again?> you said it was the most wounding thing in the campaign so far. >> it's crazy. the dog loved it. >> but the dog got sick, right? s once. we travel all the time and he ate the turkey on the downer. main, he had the runs. >> god, the dog loved it. i still have a hard time believing that one. yeah, put me on the roof. >>> next, shades of jimmy carter and kill the rabbit. caught up with newt gingrich at the nascar hall of fame this weekend. he wanted to talk about a run-in with an animal during recent trip of his to the zoo. >> i got bit by a penguin. >> at the zoo? >> i went to the st. louis zoo and i got bit by a penguin. some were busy speaking so i went off to look at the zoo. i saw a tiger named calista. so i saw calista, a big tiger. >> i got bit by a penguin, he said it three times. but a zoo spokesman says a band-aid was enough to suffice the bite. >> to newt gingrich i would say, speaker gingrich with all due respect, let's get on this, okay? he made a great run. i even endorsed

obama -- abc world news anchor diane sawyer. >> start packing. that is what i would like to say. he really has not got the job done. 92% of the jobs lost have been lost by women. >> tonight romney met with tea party republicans in philadelphia trying to get support of the more conservative arm of the gop. it appears the obama campaign has plenty of work to do. the latest polls show president obama ahead by 9%. also tonight, we are celebrating a prestigious honor for one of our colleagues at politico. he has won the 2012 pulitzer prize for his editorial cartooning. his work has been described by colleagues as the best in the business. >> let's turn to the weather which today was a scorcher. rob ryan joins us now for a first look at the overnight. >> there is a lot more excitement there in the political cartoons than we have had in the weather all but today it soared into the 90's. looking at the wonderful influence of the bay, there is the high temperature at annapolis, only 79 degrees in some spots with that bay breeze. look at the high temperature in washington. we did not make

the candidate and his wife sit down for an exclusive abc interview with our diane sawyer. >>> and the ultra famous royal sister, smiling as the driver appears to aim a gun at photographers. tonight pippa middleton is under fire. >> good evening. it used to be that survival in tornado alley depended largely on the neighbor yelling or a siren and a lot of luck. while science still can't predict where or when a twister will touch down, this weekend proved that warnings are changing with the time. the storms decimated entire neighborhoods, but the fatality count was blessedly low and it may have had a lot to do with language. here's ginger zee, part of our extreme weather team. >> 48 hours of terror. >> oh, my gosh! >> twisters ripping through the plains, sometimes two at times. >> two tornadoes! >> more than 148 tornadoes across seven states. spurred by a system so strong the storm prediction center issued dire warnings days in advance of the storm. and then, minutes before the tornadoes hit, new warnings with stronger language. >> this is a life-threatening situation. you could be kille

. >> and and abc's diane sawyer and his candidate and his wife. >> and and and a man with a pistol at a off photographer. we'll tell you in just a moment. >>> mitt romney and his wife silt down for a joint interview with diane sawyer. the man expected to be the republican presidential nominee speaks about money, connecting with voters and president obama. abc has a preview of what the former massachusetts governor had to say. the campaign can be boiled one to one argument. >> this president failed to get the economy turned around. >> today abc's diane sawyer asked romney whether he has a problem relating to average americans. he skirted the issue and brought it back to the economy. >> i'm by far the best qualified in this race between myself and president obama. and-to-help the american people get good jobs and rising incomes. and eliminate the massive deficit america is facing. >> it was the first joint interview in this election year. >> let us begin towards november what would each of you sti pleas, and mrs. obama? >> start packing! that is what boy like to say. >> his wife was mor

we have everything that diane sawyer listed. way the romney camp has decided to get around that is to ignore that those are even issues, and recite the talking pointers about president obama is not doing a good job. there was a gallup poll that showed obama was leading by two points. perhaps it's working. >> and there have been other polls where obama is up by nine. so it seesaws a little bit. we have a quote from mitt romney's own book when talking about stay at home moms. he hates them only if they're poor. he said, and welfare without work conditions the children of non-working parents to inindolen and unproductive life. if you're a child of a stay home mom and you're poor, then you're endolent. but if you're a stay-at-home mom and you're rich, then you're wonderful. >> and didn't he just tell diane that they don't divide americans americans, unless you're going to demonize the poor. he said something similar in january about well, a mother with a two-year-old child should be going to work where if you're really wealthy it's

. >>> remember, tonight, on "world news," diane sawyer's exclusive interview with ann and mitt romneysugges questions through abcnews.com and yahoo! news. >>> people will get to express outrage over the lavish conference put on in vegas. the inspector general is testifying today in the house. the executive largely responsible for the conference is expected to plead the fifth. he could face possible criminal charges as well. >>> also today, it's been five years since that devastating massacre at virginia tech. a mentally ill student shot 32 people to death and wounded 25 others before taking his own life. a candlelight individualle to honor the dead is set for tonight to honor the dead. >>> also a startling confession from one of the men who rocked the syracuse university basketball program this year. turns out it was all lies. zachary tomaselli accused bernie fine, the assistant basketball coach, of molesting him years earli earlier. now, tomaselli says he never even met fine. he was told what to say by another accuser of the couch. and he says, belief it or not, he's proud of his abi

diane sawyer finds out what makes this gop couple tick.s, will he or won't he host "saturday night live." ? >> that is the question of the hour. and later this half hour, we've heard about bed bugs in hotels, movie theaters and homes. now an infestation in cars, even ambulances. call that exterminator quick. >> that bed bug story grosses me out. now in your car. your kidding me? >> can you imagine calling an ambulance, an emergency and the last thing you want to worry, am i getting bed bugs while being rushed to the e.r. >> crazy. >>> first, before we get to all of that, the extreme weather is our top story. people across the plains are struggling to bounce back from a wild tornado outbreak. meanwhile, the northeast sizzled under an early blast of summer-like air. buffalo climbed to 82. hartford, connecticut, hit 92 and marathon runners in boston suffered under 87-degree heat. more from abc's scott goldberg. >> reporter: there's very little not to like about a sunny day with temperatures around 80. unless the one thing you really wanted to

romney sat down with dia diane sawyer. >> start packing, that's what i would like to say. obviously we have a very difficu different view. the president i'm sure wants another four years, but the first four didn't go so well. >> i got to know michelle, she's a lovely person. i've never met barack obama. but i believe it's mitt's time. i believe that the country needs the kind of leadership that he is going to be able to offer and i believe he is the person that can turn around this economy. so i think it is, it's our turn now. >> the latest gallup daily tracking poll puts romney and the president in a statistical tie, mitt romney up two points, well within the margin of error a daily tracking poll, a snapshot of what the race looks like with rick santorum no longer around. polling from "reuters" gives president obama a four-point advantage over mitt romney in a general election matchup. a cnn poll puts the president's lead, though, at nine points. >>> those early numbers aside, the presidential election is shaping up as a test of the economy as we all expected. with taxes

and diane sawyer tomorrow might. good night. >> it's beyond shocking. tragedy. >> alan: the sailing community in shock after a tragic accident kills at least one person, and tonight the search continues for four sailors still missing at sea. >> ama: crews are still searching for the four missing people after their yacht ran aground on ther the farallon island on saturday. you can see the yacht in this photo taken bay boater. sergio quintana is live with what we learned about the crew, but first we begin with lillian kim, live with the latest on the rescue efforts. >> reporter: the coast guard has a lot of resources devoted to the search but so far today there have been no sign of the missing sailors. >> this is a still photo of the sailboat low speed chase, pinned

there were three of us with nixon, three of us who prepared nixon's briefing books, diane sawyer, frank gannon, and me. so i don't think you at others were present. i was present at all the tapings. i didn't sit in the taping room but i was at the house where they were done. and so i followed it all. i would be watching the taping on a monitor in one of the rooms in the house while they were doing it, so i was there for the whole thing and, of course, i got to meet and chat with all of his people. one of them, of course, young jim reston came in as a rabid nixon hater. he wanted blood. frost was a show man but he also wanted serious credentials and i think he saw this as a good thing. in much of it he was a good interviewer. it wasn't a loud exchange the way it came through in a lot of the movie or some of it did there. i was not there for, again, the negotiations. i think they were all handled by nixon's -- had been nixon's agent for his memoirs and then he was also the agent for the frost interviews for nixon. >> what year were they done? >> they were done in, what, 1977, i believe. >

he was asked about the lily ledbetter law by diane sawyer. again, he wasn't able to give a category answer as to whether he would have proposed or indeed even signed that legislation. >> first mitt romney would have to scramble his advisers to go ask a tea party person what he is supposed to think about that. the problem for mitt romney is that his sort offering with don't know what his core values. are he has been spending so much time trying to refashion himself into a tea party friendly candidate. i'm not even sure he's clear on what his positions are on some of these issues. he has to find out from someone in the tea party and then he'll let you know. >> do you agree with that? >> his barometer is the wide range fragmented political party. >> david, go ahead. >> what's interesting though now, is that he has won the nomination for all intents and purposes. so as he tries to pivot toward the general election and toward those independent voters, trying to make up here's some flowers to those women voters he's lost. this would be the perfect

i just spoke with diane sawyer about how abc 7 will be covering the developments.go now to diane sawyer with all of the developments from florida. >> we are on top of the breaking news. we will tell you what we have learned about charges against george zimmerman and where he has been and what he is saying tonight. is it possible that the most saw after new talent in this country is a lot older than they used to be? a brave new world and a brave new way, we will show you tonight on "world news." >> thank you. we will see you then. that is at 6:30. we will bring you the news conference as soon as it happens. >> a new exhibit is opening up at the smithsonian national museum of american history. it will feature iconic objects from pop culture. it will showcase items from the pilgrims' arrival. it takes to all the way up to 2000 a. -- 2008. a new tented -- tennis center is opening up in montgomery county. the facility will feature eight indoor courts, four indoor -- outdoor courts. >> it is time for a check on the traffic situation. >> of about 395 already seeing delays

diane sawyer joins us now. good evening. >> hello. how are you doing?d just as you were in search of the one the mega millions, people are coming forward. we will also go to illinois where the winning ticket is sold and everyone is looking in the eyes of the neighbors. also, the staggering new numbers about skin cancer in young people. a deadly form of it, so what is behind the increase? we will tell you tonight. >> we look forward to it. thank you very much. you can see more on "abc world news with diane sawyer." >> the jet blue pilot who had the meltdown faces a judge today. he was released just hours earlier from the hospital after undergoing a mental evaluation. he began acting oddly while piloting a flight last week. the judge ordered he be held without bond until late -- until a hearing can be heard. a former cincinnati bengals cheerleader pled not guilty in connection to a sex scandal. jones is accused of sexually abusing a high-school student in november at a kentucky school. her mother, a middle school principal, is indicted for tampering with

diane sawyer's exclusive interview with mitt and ann romney. it comes as new polls show challenges and opportunity for romney. abc's john berman is here with me. our poll shows romney still faces a challenge getting romney to like him. but the gallup poll, dead-heat with the president. >> reporter: tied as close as it can get. but a presidential race is like "thunderdome." two will enter. one will leave. and this morning, we're getting a clearer picture how each campaign prepares to emerge victorious. overnight, mitt romney says the president's time is up. >> this man is out of ideas. he's out of excuses. and in 2012, we will make sure he gets put out of office. >> reporter: some polls show the president with the lead, a gallup poll shows the race a statistical dead-heat. but in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer, romney made clear he doesn't think it will stay that way. >> what will each of you say to president and mrs. obama? >> start packing. >> reporter: the obama team and his supporters are launching a scathing response, that could b

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the diane sawyer interview was exactly why people don't like mitt romney.in his way around ai question? talking to mitt romney is a little like playing with a ball of mercury. when you were a kid, you had like a little ball of mercury you would get -- >> i just had balloons and things. >> you would poke it >> he's trying to be on one, but this is his definition of being charming. it's a huge problem. >> did he laugh after saying pack your bags? >> he laughed after saying pack your bags, but he doesn't say anything positive about the president. >> among those who say they'll vote for mitt romney, the poll asked them why they are doing it. are they for romney or against president obama? this is it. 63% of romney followers say they're simply voting against the other guy and not for the guy. 63! they want a bouncer. they don't want a president. they want a guy that will clear the other guy out, but don't they realize they're going to get him in the bargain, ron. they're getting him. >> that's absolutely true. the best thing romney has going for him is there is

our people of the week tonight on world knolls with diane sawyer on abc. >>> it used to be that renting was cheaper than buying a home. many place are seeing double digit increases in rental rates while home prices remain steady. the average rent is over $1300. >>> a judge in california has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit to stop mcdonald's from marketing its meals. the lawsuit said they were exploiting children's vulnerability by luring children to eat unhealthy meals. >>> if you have the money top spend, you could een peels of -- you could earn a piece of the "the hunger games" history. it was filmed in henry river village. the town shut down in the '60s and the last resident packed up in 1987. >>> buford, wyoming, was sold at auction for $900,000. it has a population of one, don sammons who moved to the town in 1980. since thin -- then his wife has passed away and his children have moved away. >>> chrysler is recalling two of its suv's. >>> i'm scott garceau at camden yards. a lot of smiles on the faces of horme fans as they leave -- orioles fans as they leave the yard. >>

here's diane sawyer. >> what's forcing some children to flood emergency rooms, something that can be prevented. an invisible crisis. there are solutions inside the hidden america on world news. [ glass clinks ] i just wanted to say a few words. thank you for the lovely meal, jane. mom. and maybe this is just the cake talking but let's celebrate! [ male announcer ] buy any kfc 10 pc meal or larger and get a free double chocolate chip cake. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, they are an inexpensive way to add fun to the backyard but there's an early warning for kid -- parties considering buying that cute little pool. >> with a warm spring in some parts of the country, the consumer product safety commission is urging parents to prepare for pool safety early. in particular, consumers eyeing pools that are cheaper but less maintenance. they can pose risk too. >> portable pools are affordable but hold thousands of gals of water. parents need to take the same simple steps to save lives. >> reporter: plan on emptying every kiddy pool after every use. larger pools should have a cover and the la

here's diane sawyer. >> coming up on world news, millions of undocumented immigrants call american home. so what would this company be like if they left. tonight what america would look like -- your job, your family, tonight on world news. >>> researchers from cornell said 140 public universities charge different tuition rates depending on a student's area of study. experts say the main reason is some classes just cost more to teach, but in some cases like engineering courses, students pay more because they're going into a field if they get a job they will likely pay more. >>> if you're planning to fly somewhere this summer, you may want to get your ticket now. tickets are already up 10%. traveling in and out of some cities, you could end up paying double what you did last year. the best way to get a good deal book early. if you see good deal, snatch it up receipt away. >>> google may be your go-to site but now they want to be your virtual filing cabinet. it's a new service called drive. >> reporter: after months of speculation, google has unveiled it's own web-based file sharing servic

. >> diane sawyer with more on the secret service scandal and 9:00 tonight elimination night, "dancing with the stars." see you at 11.

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>>reporter: diane sawyer will have more of her exclusive interview with the romneys on "nightline"over on channel 7 right after late broadcast 7 news at 11:00. >>> jury selection now under way in the federal perjury retrial of former major league pitching great roger clemens. the government will again try to prove clemens lied to congress when he said he never used performance enhancing drugs. clemens first trial ended in a mistrial on the second day of testimony last july after prosecutors showed jury evidence that had been prosecutors showed the jurors rather evidence that had been ruled inadmissible. pros cawtors said they might call former baseball player jose conseco and barry bonds as witnesses in the case. mean time bonds continues to fight his own legal battle. lawyers asked for extra two week to file an appeal due this friday on his obstruction of justice conviction. bonds was found guilty one year ago this week of giving evasive answers about steroids use to federal grchblingt he was sentenced to 30 days of home detention. but keep in mind that punishment has been postponed u

here's a preview of what's ahead at 6:30, diane sawyer. >>> something new in the way they inspect the clicken you eat a whistleblower speaks out tonight on world news. >>> the dow jones industrial average closed 13,32 and fell 83 points. the s&p 500 fell six points closing at 1385. >> tonight's consumer alert. if you own a gas grill, you better listen up. one world technology is recalling more than 87,000 gas grills because they can like propane gas and that's not a good thing. there have been reports of gas leaks. nobody's been hurt. for more information call one world technologies. >>> ikea is going into the electronics business. the company is planning a new line of entertainment centers with hdtv's and blu-rays built into them. the tv's will comes a small as 24 inches with prices starting around $920. the new line is expected to day bow in some european cities this fall and head to us early next year. >>> good news if you're an at&t customer. after testing the 3g and 4g wireless speed of various carriers, they found that at&t had the fastest speed, way ahead of verizon. >>> resear

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finally starting to learn how warm and down to earth mitt really is thanks to this interview with diane sawyer. >> who's funnier, you or senator barack obama >> i have no idea how funny he is in real life. and people don't know me tearbly well from the kinds of prank wes play and what it's like in a home with five boys but most of our dinner table events were involving humor of one kind or another. (laughter) most of which can't be repeated on the air. (laughter) >> yes, at his dinner table events he involved humor of one kind or another. often producing warmth and feelings of electability. (laughter) i think we can all relate to how humor is enjoyable. for instance when someone discards the casing of a yellow skarjy fruit on the floor and someone else who is not you comes along and perhaps-- ethnic minority, let's say-- and slips causing mild injury and loss of dignity. that makes my lung pulsate with short bursts of air with an "h" in front. ha ha. ha. and you'll notice he said his pranks... >> can't be repeated on the air. >> and without further information i have to assume that involves mi

. >> jon: i can help you out with that because diane sawyer's colleague barbara walters got to the bottomthat. >> you're a noneny guy. >> you don't seem too... >> i'm funnier. >> she's funnier. i think we all agree on that. (laughter) >> jon: abc news, america's most trusted source of whether or not people think they're funny. (laughter) but on the question of who's funnier, what's needed is the incite of an objective observer, a fozzie t. bear, an andrew d. clay or, failing that, me, star of several comedy films available in a rite aid discount bin near you. (laughter) and a one-time guest star on "the nanny." (cheers and applause) yeah, that's right! that was me! (cheers and applause) so let's get to it. what's funnier, romney or obama? let's start with the stipulation that that's not really a fair comparison. they're at different points in their comedy careers. these days, barack obama is working big rooms where it's easy to get the big response. >> as some of you heard, the state of hawaii released my official long form birth certificate. tonight for the first time i am releasing my o

abc2 news for a continuing coverage of the potential tornado outbreak, coming up tonight, with diane sawyerger will be live in oklahoma on the fact that tornado alley is on high alert and more on the aggressive warnings this time around, coming up in less than 20 minutes. >>> abc2news.com is the source for everything that happens in tornado alley. we have teams of storm chasers going after storms all around the country. many of them must stream live so you can see them as they race to get close to some of the most violent storms. go to abc2news.com, you can find tornado alley under the weather tab. >>> royal farms in parkville isn't normally a drive through but nearly became one today. this morning, a man ended up driving his jeep through the front window of the store. police believe the man hit the gas pedal instead of the brake. no one in the store was hurt. work began to get the store front repaired. >> i haven't seen it this bad. it not like this where the car ends up inside the store. normally hits the store front, breaks the glass and no big deal, just a mess. >>> >> the driver and pa

we reveal the man behind the mask on world news with diane sawyer on abc. ♪ [ male announcer ] for ourilies... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> want to update you on the breaking news we've been following in california. the death toll has rillsen to seven at the christian university in oakland. a seventh person has died according to sources and several other folks are hospitalized with injuries. police say they do have a person in custody who they believe is the shooter. it happened earlier today at oikos university. a nursing student said the shooter was a person in her class. we'll bring you more information as soon as it comes in. >>> in our consumer aletter tonight, top -- alert, top scholars are exp

clips, including an interview that he did do this week with a member of the mainstream media's diane sawyer. >> now that mitt romney is the likely republican nominee, he may need to begin talking about his mormon faith. it would help clear up some lingering questions about mormonism, a religion that still seems odd and ins lar to many. >> people think you're reluctant to talk about being a mormon. >> of course not. i don't think there's anyone particularly in the republican primaries that doesn't know that i am a member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. >> you say that new voices are demanding that romney talk more about his religion and particular lis his history of discrimination against blacks. isn't it basically the media that are demanding this? >> well, i think part of a presidential campaign is this kind of broad conversation about everything around the candidate. it's almost like this is where we talk about stuff, race and religion in america, and when people talk about a national conversation, much of it is the presidential campaign. i think this is a huge part of