dr. richard besser. stay with abc for continuing coverage of the death of james gandolfi gandolfini. be hearing from some of the actors who knew him best. that's coming up later on "good morning america." >>> new trouble this morning for nfl star aaron hernandez. police are still searching his home after a murder happened near his home. and a suit is being sought in florida for allegedly shooting a friend in the face in february. and police are looking to a link of a triple shooting. this is a different shooting in rhode island. >>> paula deen admits she has used racial slurs in the past. but she insists she's not a racist. deen and her brother are being sued by a former restaurant manager who claims she was sexually harassed and worked in a hostile environment. deen admitted to using the "n" word but said that was years ago. >>> honesty from an unemployed teacher in texas. candice scott was driving down the street when she ran over a plastic bag. she realized that the bag belonged to chase bank and was stuffed with $25,000 cash. she didn't pocket the money. she returned it to the ba

dr. richard besser talks about the actor's risk factors. following this. a story that sounds like science fiction but is terrifyingly real. bizarre ray gun designed by two men who authorities say were planning to use it in attacks. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> good morning, everyone. it is really sad news that we have got to start with here today. hollywood reacting all over the place, really. we have reactions about james gandolfini's passing. >> it's really stunning news, the passing of james gandolfini. he was only 51 years old. >> that's what we start with. stunned reaction from the passing of gandolfini. the actor was just 51 when he died suddenly on vacation in italy. >> born and bred in new jersey, gandolfini will be forever linked with the portrayal of mob boss tony soprano. with more, abc's terry moran. >> reporter: sometimes an actor finds a role that just connects. the role of a lifetime. ♪ woke up this morning ♪ got yourself >> reporter: for 86 episodes over six seas

dr. richard besser reports. ♪ a musician playing for an audience of one.born too soon, preemies struggle to breathe, to eat, to survive. and something as old as man kind is helping them do it. >> please don't take my sunshine away. >> reporter: the lullaby. here at new york presbyterian and hospitals across the country the relentless beeping of monitors, the effect isn't just dramatic it is physical. >> for these tiny little babies, music is like medicine. the twins were 3 months premature. >> i watched their heart rates. you can watch it. 165, 160, 155, 152. an amazing feeling. >> reporter: research done shows gentle music therapy not only slows the heart it helps babies sleep and feed and gain weight. and other studies show the babies leave the hospital sooner. >> when they have something that is very soothing. they adapt to it. >> reporter: just watch rebecca, a music therapist sing to little jaden, born with a heart defect. the oxygen in jaden any blood goes up. his breathing calms. the effect lasts. the lullabies become favorite songs. william spent 1

dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. >> that's some medicine. that's all for us right now.hing and i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." >>>zv battle over baseball becomes a legal fight to get oakland a's to move south we have a look at the plans for the team. >> the man accused of taking off his clothes and terrorizing bart passengers heads to court. his friends tell abc 7 news why they were worried before the attack. >> i'm spencer christian in the accu-weather forecast center our next warming trend arrive was the first day of summer. i'll have the accu-weather ñ >> breaking news in the north bay. firefighters are make stubborn vegetation fire that charred 30 acres this afternoon this, is a live picture you can see it's stillö smoldering and earth around the flames. it's been burning in that area ande1 it put up a lot of smoke >> fire broke out before 3:00 this afternoon near channel road. cal fire says they're starting to gain the upper hand with most, but not all of the fire activity out right now. you can follow us on abc 7 news bay area. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings

dr. richard besser tonight. >> reporter: it begins with fever, chills and muscle aches. then, confusion, as rapidly, your breathing becomes difficult. it's a mystery killer. and the world leading health officials are on alert. >> we really need as fast as possible to learn how to control this virus. we have to try to run faster than the virus does. >> reporter: it's called mers. and so far, its victims have either traveled to the middle east or caught it from very close contact with someone who did. but the fear is, if it mutates, so it spreads easily between people, it could take off, like sars, the deadly respiratory virus ten years ago, which began in a hong kong hotel. first spreading among 12 hotel guests. when those guests boarded airplanes, they carried the virus across the globe. within 9 months, there were more than 8,000 cases and more than 700 dead. tonight, u.s. health officials are on the lookout. if a patient today walks into any e.r., anywhere, and shows those suspicious symptoms after travel to the middle east, health officials will race in to test and is

dr. richard besser is here. >>> i feel great. i really do. >> angelina jolie back in the spotlight for the first time since revealing her double mast ekt me. brad pitt by her side on the red carpet. the effect on their entire family. >>> and good morning, everyone. hope you had a great weekend. a lot to get to today. robin off. elizabeth vargas is here. sam back just in time for the severe weather. >> welcome back, sam. so much wild weather this weekend. the final remnants of the violent storm that clobbered oklahoma, sending harsh winds and rains into the northeast. six people are still missing in the midwest over the weekend. amazing storms that hit almost in the exact same spot one week later. >> all the weather last night. video to show you last night at how powerful the storms were days after moving through oklahoma. look at the heavy rain falling when the yankees game was delayed three times. listen to this. [ thunder cracks ] over the stadium when the lightning flashes. not one side but both sides of the stadium reacting t

dr. richard besser. we're still waiting for more details. but they're now saying it was cardiac arrest.questions does this bring up for you? >> it's so sad, when someone dies young, presumably of heart disease. the average age for a heart attack is 75. so, 51 is very, very young. when i hear that, there are things i want to know. did people in his family have early heart disease? were there any men who had heart attacks before 55 or women before 65? was he a smoker? did he have high cholesterol, high blood pressure? those are things that you want to look for in terms of risk factors. because they will put you at risk for early heart disease. >> when we see him, we know he was a big guy. and 34% of americans are overnight. and 36% of americans are obese. the ama came out yesterday and said that obesity is a disease. what do we do to fight this? >> yesterday, when they said it was a disease, it's because obesity is such a big risk factor for so many things. diabetes, heart disease, in particular. and what they're trying to do is draw attention to that, and say, you know, if you are obese,

dr. richard besser is here. >>> i feel great. i really do. >> angelina jolie back in the spotlight for the first time

dr. richard besser is here with the latest. this has caught a lot of people's attention.us more. >> so, this is a large study, 3600 kids and they interviewed children who were adolescents and the parents of younger children and wanted to find out, do you see the same effects when it's a sibling bullying you as you do a child in school or someone they encounter in the streets. yeah, as a pediatrician i focus on bullying a lot. i always ask about it in the school, but i don't ask about it in the home and what they found here is it's just as damaging to be bullied by a brother or sister as it is to be bullied by a child in school. >> now you said you'll ask parents that. you don't really think about it so much but parents watching this morning, what is your advice? >> i think you need to look for this. it's not just what kids do, you need to take it seriously and there's some things you can do at home. you want to have a role. you just are not going to accept this. zero tolerance for bullying. make sure you're not modeling violence in the home through your own behaviors and

dr. richard besser. this was a bit of a struggle within the ama. the ama looked into this. and they called it a disease. but the final decision, yes. >> a doctor brawl here. the ama decided to call obesity a disease. they are hoping it will lead doctors to take it more seriously. and insurers will pay for more of the treatments around this. obesity, a leading cause of heart disease, diabetes, many types of cancer. no legal standing. but they hope it will change the approach. >> but that's what they hope for. what were the concerns of the committee that looked at this? >> they think the body mass index is not a perfect measure. so, you can't really say whether or not someone is truly obese. and they're concerned it's going to take the pressure away from individual responsibility of changing diet, changing exercise. and put it on surgery and drugs. >> so, where do you come down on this? >> well, i think they're missing the point altogether. we already call it an obesity epidemic. it matters less what we call it than what we do about it. we have to get activity back into every