>> and this record was confirmed not by the guinness book of world records, but by dan roman ceo of record setter.com. >> we would like to congratulate all of the people here participating today in setting a record for the longest roller skating conga line, and 197 people participated. >> and record setter is as he explains it wikipedia to the guinness book of world records and the encyclopedia britannica. >> it is an inspiration for anything and i saw an opportunity to take this idea of democratic crowd-sourced world records and document them on video and make a web company that the world could participate in. >> here is how it works. anyone can submit any record they want to the record setter site. they simply take a video of it and send it in. the team at record setter then confirms that it is indeed a record. >> we love giving people the opportunity to dream up and create their own world records. so we try to never subjectively judge categories, and we have very open rules as long as the records are quantifiable and breakable and you have media evidence, we well come it on to the site.

first, what it means to go for a guinness world record.. >> reporter: mind boggling. sometimes downright absurd. >> 9.69 seconds. >> reporter: for 65 years, looking to be the guinness world record holder. from silly, to stunning, to jaw-dropping. the most records here. the fastest mile while hul la hooping, the fastest mile on a yoga ball. the fastest mile in a sack while racing a yak. some are for the young at heart, not the feint of heart. peggy reset the record. and this morning, guinness world records is here if our backyard for "good morning america's" world records party.daring hope attempt to set records on tv. all pushing their bodies to extremes. all attempting to set new records live. >> so great. that guy is going the try to break a guinness world record. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. is a morning to you, it the clock 27. -- it is 8:27. a gallon of regular is 4 cents less than a week ago. fairfax county police are for a hit-and-run driver a woman was killed friday. she was hit after getting out of was about to

that guy is going to try to break a guinness world record.ley officials are weighing their options after a group of occupy protesters ignored a dead leave university owned land. the group moved to the 10 acre property two weeks ago and have planted crops itch the university gave the occupiers until midnight -- saturday to leave, but they are refusing. uc is offering to share some of the land for urban farming. >> check on your morning commute, delays on bart? >> 15 minutes on the richmond line due to equipment problem. bigger delays on the freeways, north 101 san jose overturned crash in two left lanes heavy from highway 85 to past blossom hill. very slow ride northbound 17 as you head towards the summit because of an accident. bay bridge toll backed up to the maze. >> how high will those temperatures go today? we >> beautiful picture of ocean beach, low 70s this afternoon. right now already 70 antioch, low 60s fairfield, mountain view, san jose, the rest us low to upper 50s. 73 half moon bay, 78 san francisco cool in the afternoon sea breeze

they are historically serve the best guinness because they are the freshest guinness in the world. >> visited every one of those. i was clearly overserved, but i wasn't driving. >> the important thing is for some odd reason, the guinness here in the united states just tastes different than ireland. they insist to me it is the same guinness everywhere. they go up and down. >> isn't the water different? it's the water. >> and the pasta in italy is better. >> they're bringing it in. >> i did learn how to pour. that's one of the things you learn at the guinness academy. it's a 45 degree angle and they use spoons in america. that's wrong. what am i doing? >> pasani, we were talking about europe. >> what happened to the great disaster yesterday we were predicting? bob, this is going to be a terrible down day what a mess, did you see greece. what happened? where is the horrible disaster? everybody is talking about the socialist candidate, the french president now like he's an old friend, like a slightly eccentric uncle. the socialist. everybody is happy all of a sudden. why are things so str

have you heard fro guinness, is the record with peggy? >> yes. we heard last week. she'sady paragliding in the world. >> tell us, peggy, how it felt to stand on the edge of that mountain before you ran off in the air. >> i always enjoy it. >> when somebody broke your record before, were you like, i need to get the record back? >> oh, yes. >> in fact, it was my two children who persuaded my mother to do this jump. she felt she couldn't let them down. >> what's the craziest thing you have done. >> i think it was flying in one of those early airplanes in 1919. >> really quickly before we let you go, how do you get to be 104? >> i haven't the faintest idea. >> a driver gets pulled over but he ain't staying long. >> he decided he was going to make a run for it. >> see what happened when an officer had to make a split second decision. >> run the risk of being run over by the car or jump in. >> some newborn cubs. >> four rare white tiger cubs. >> hear just how rare they are and why one is extra special later. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh,

we would go there. >> guinness peer, is that your favorite beer? >> the black man's beer. >> is that the beer you had at the summit? >> indian beer. >> got some suggestions now, if you watch something like this and you're interested in finding your roots, talk to your family, get specific names, grandparents, great aunts, as many as ucan find. you can also get a lot of information for free online. birth certificates and the like, and if you want a detailed family tree, you might hire a trained jeanologist. it's not cheap. you're probably looking at $1,0$1 tho $1,000 at least. a more complicated search would be more. another approach, an interesting one, is simply testing your own dna. it's not to find relatives, but you can learn about your real ethnic background. what part of the world your distant ancestors came from. it starts at about $200. a remarkable experience for me. >>> coming um, 80% of women have it. 100% of women hate it. we're talking about cellulite and the first fda approved lo long-term treatment. i'm going to show you. [ rosa ] i'

take a look at this. 32 teens are the newest member of "the guinness book of world records." find out why this iowa class has their friends and family seeing double. you have to look at the picture carefully. we'll talk about it later on. >> as i just mentioned as the day race lovers have been waiting for, the 138th running of the roses. the kentucky derby is later today. and jenna is in louisville with the preview of the first leg of the triple crown. we're going to head live to churchill downs in just a bit. >> we really need mint juleps or margari margaritas. >>> the job numbers, the nation gained 115,000 jobs last month. unemployment is down slightly to 8.1%. but is the news troubling? cnbc's brian shactman joins us now with some insight. good morning. nice to see you. i said only down that many. if you're one of the people that got a job, that's great news. but in the big picture, why are those who watch the things carefully shrugging their shoulders? >> well, two months ago i was here and we talked about the job market, the number wasn't huge but the trend was positive.

skin thickness thirty centimeters the guinness record of. commemorating the battle of stalingrad. the mother than called. on our teeth. to what extent and i would call them paid mercenaries how much are they going to be in your defense to protect your administration and your successors none none you say the mercenaries like blackwater will not play a major role and security of this kind of tradition this is one of the issues over which we had him. but they will be here they will be. gone as far as the us going to go and no way no mercenary no way no way. the stories from the week on are clear he might have put her turns to the kremlin as russia's president starting his third term in office. was preceded by mass protests that ended in clashes what the authorities blaming deliberate provocation for the violence. terrorist group says it carried out dual suicide bombings in syria's capital which killed fifty five people and injured around four hundred others the blasts targeting government buildings became the deadliest the country has seen it since the anti regime uprising began more

all the pretty girls were at the catholic group. >> guinness sshgs that your favorite beer? >> the black man's beer. >> is that the beer you had at the beer summit? >> indian beer. >> i've got some suggestions now. if you watch something like this. if you are interested in finding your own roots, first step, talk to your family, have the conversation, and get specific names, grandparents, great aunts, distant cousins, as many as you can tind pooh. get more information for free on-line, birth certificates and the like. if you want a detailed family tree, you might in fact hire a trained jeanologist, a specialized historian. it's not cheap. you're probably looking at $1,000 at least. a more complicated search like the one that was done overseas on me would obviously be more. another approach, interesting one, is simply testing your own dna. it's not to find relatives with a dna test you can learn about your real ethnic background. what part of the world your distant ancestors actually hail from. a few companies will do that testing. just a remarkable experience for me. 80% of

doing something for the first time can get you into the guinness book of world records. an australian woman got into the guinness book because she managed to reach 45 miles an hour in a motorized toilet. we mean unprecedented, pro-vok tif title, if you will. we mean new, different, and in some sense from a moral, evaluative perspective, threatenithreate threatening diminution. so something new is happening that's threatening religious liberty or not. as i say, unprecedented can be really quite welcomed. rog beau is not the first holder of that uber distinguished chair in jurisprudence. two of his media predecessors were among the greatest constitutional academic lawyers in our history. a distant predecessor even went on to bigger i think thises, wood row wilson. i dare say robbie is an undprentsed tenure, because he's the first holder who has also cut a bluegrass cd and here it is. it's signed by robbie and i propose to auction it off in a silent auction. and you can't imagine woodrow wilson doing this, right? here's the basic plan. there aren't many of us. i pledge we r

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the guinness world record for the longest time flying in the tunnel.e tunnel, there's 2 450-horsepower fans, that circulate the wind down, that comes back up through the vents on the floor. more than 170 miles per hour, as strong as category 5 hurricanes. i was ready. when i stepped into the tunnel, i was immediately struck by the sheer force of the wind. i was getting comfortable with the movements. and before long, matt had me flying up and down, like a seasoned pro. an incredible sensation. love that. i was in there for like three minutes. i got tired. you're going to be in for two hours-plus. >> yep. >> it does look like fun. i do believe we have a new world record holder in our midst. let's get to los angeles and cam. >> josh, you are absolutely correct. matt freeze has shattered the previous record at 2:06. let's get matt of there over to us to celebrate. before he does, we have kimberly partridge from guinness world records. as matt's feet touch the ground, we'll stop the clock. matt, you did it, man. come on out. let's shut it down. here he com

all week long, we have been going after guinness records.uty are going for what i think is the most ambitious one yet. 400 makeovers in 24 hours. 373 makeovers, as you can see. nonstop makeup extravaganza in the studio. it kicked off tuesday morning. take a look. ♪ five makeup artists. 24 long hours. hundreds of makeovers. and a guinness world record in their sights. so, can they do it? go. almost 24 hours ago, we kicked it off. teaming up with "lucky" magazine and ulta beauty, to transform hundreds of lovely ladies. >> it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> reporter: the makeovers were fast and fabulous. >> i was going to go to the gym today. i'm not going to the gym. i'm going to enjoy this makeup all day. >> reporter: but we couldn't help but wondering, can you break a 24-hour world record, in high heels? >> i'm going to stay in my high heels as long as i can. >> reporter: by hour three, those dogs were singing a different tune. they were howling. >> i need to change my shoes. >> i'm crying out for flats right now. >> they have to come

. >> guinness world record. >> yes. arlington, lots of multiples graduating. they are setting a new world record. >> how many do they have? >> 27 twins, two sets of triplets all in this high school class. there were 18 sets of twins. that is enough to be out the current guinness record by two pairs. >> we showed you the dog running in this race. this is one of the best tories. the dog in china -- stray dog. they threw him a bone and the dog followed along for more food. it kept running with the cyclists for 1,000 miles. it was like a journey. unbelievable. the dog stayed with him. because of that, one of the cyclists is adopting it. >> it is a chicken wing of a gave the dog. >> over the course of 1,000 miles. 6:44, time to check traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> adam caskey. >> a beautiful start to the day. it will be hot and humid but pleasant outside in the morning. if you're going to take that job, the earlier the better. here is the time lapse. currently, 64 degrees. you can see where the ground is wet from the thundershowers that moved into the eve

an eyeful when marilyn monroe look alikes stormed the city, dressed up in an effort to break the guinness book of world records attempt. the event raised $15,000 for a breast cancer fund. >> all right. >>> people spend memorial day at beach or pool or near the water. that means massive crowds. don harrison looks at other options if you would rather have peace and quiet. when you think of memorial day vacations, it usually involves this. how about this as an alternative? one of maryland parks could be an alternative, the beach is great, there are draw backs. >> masses of people, aren't really for me. and sand isn't for me and jelly fish. >> reporter: the paint family from virginia stopped an hour and 45 minutes short of ocean city to go camping. it gives them a chance to get back to nature, camp out and frisbee golf. i found frisbee golf is like real golf of, shots go in the woods, if it does, you throw it back out and play on. it's a change of pace. >> it's like every weekend at the beach is the same. you go to the beach, it's hot. camping, every weekend is different. >> reporter: there i

this is biggest wave ever ridden in the guinness book of world records. or three times the size what we see at maverick in half moon bay. >> a little too much for me. >> you are looking a little bit of an onshore flow. sea breeze coming back in full force. 67 in san francisco, 74 in oakland with plenty of 80s from vallejo to livermore to santa clara valley. enjoy it the fog returning tonight. cooling trend continues and winds kick up as well wednesday and thursday. >> carolyn: all right. thank you for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. our next newscast is at 5:00. we're off early because of n.b.a. action. then at 12:30. game four of the n.b.a. playoff series between miami heat and the indianapolis pacers. that will be right here on abc7. have a great sunday everyone. thanks for joining us.

by the guinness book of world records. she's been teaching yoga for 61 years. that's extraordinarily difficult to do right there. she got interested when he was 8 years old and saw a grouch boys perform it in her native india. >> i can do that one. >> an inspiration. no you can't. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is bill karins. >> i can do that one. put your hands down and lean forward. >> wait until the end of the show. >> good morning, everyone. a lot of heavy rain and downpours up through the carolinas. in d.c. watch for some heavy rain. same area that saw showers and storms yesterday. today will be the last day of the gloomy weather right through the mid-atlantic, new england you're going have to wait until wednesday afternoon to clear things out. you can see the heavier, steadier rains up through northern new england all of maine and new hampshire and vermont, the downpours are now around d.c. and those will swing through the delmarva region through philadelphia, baltimore and new york city as we go throughout morning. cold front

sent it off to guinness to see if this is ficicil.a >> all right, everyone. finally made it to number one video of the day. because it's mother's day this weekend, we thought it would be appropriate to celebrate the number one ladies in our lives. as you all know and our audience knows my mom has been battling ovarian cancer since last year. a few weeks ago when i was out for a few days she got some pretty difficult news. so my husband and i decided to surprise her on a trip that she already had planned to orlando. i am walking through the terminal at charlotte douglas international airport in charlotte, north carolina. i flew from here to charlotte specifically to be on my mom's flight to orlando. she has no idea i'm coming. this is my mom right here walking up right now. >> i think i'm on this flight. >> what the heck! >> your mom. >> you pranked your mom. >> this is a nice prank. we spent time at disney world and seaworld and had a wonderful good time. mom, i want to say to you we're going to have very, very many more special moments like this. happy mothe

. >>> in ohio, a man kept his arm up for 17 hours straight, hoping to score a guinness world record for the longest continuous fist pump. he prefers the so-called jersey style where you use your elbow to roll your fist. bill will show you how to do it yet. no official word on the record. >>> coming up the heat beat the pacers, the kings top the coyotes, and whose turn was it to win this weekend at golf's player championship. >>> plus, a cincinnati slugger goes yard three times, including walk-off grand slams. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and if you're on the east coast,y u're going to be dealing with a lot of rain in the next two days. the middle of the country is just about perfect. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports, yesterday in the nba playoffs for the second day in a row the los angeles team won the showdown. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi, there. good morning. third time's a charm for the

it >> they say that during,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, >> he has won his share of surfing awards and out a guinness world record goes to gerry mcnamara who is writing a 70 ft. high waves off the coast of portugal. it is the largest wave ever served on record and a new world record. >> good evening. today we had highs from 65 degrees in half moon bay to 91 degrees in concord. bright lights of double and where currently we have air temperatures in the sixties compared with san francisco with fog and 53 degrees. this is very interesting, watched the fog deck, it rolls up the coast and in northerly direction from the south and this is what we are experiencing now. for whether headline suggests that the fog is so thick we will have condensation in the form of drizzle. it will pan out to be a sunny and warmer day. 45 mi. inland we have the extension of the low cloud deck but then it retreats and then pushes back on short into mother's day. we start off gray on mother's day but we warm up to 87 degrees. the pollen count is on the high side and temperatures into the low 90s to the south, 92 degrees to the

the guinness record. commemorating the battle of stalingrad. the motherland called. on our team. this is our teats de france heads to the polls in a runoff vote which will define whether nicolas sarkozy will be the latest. from his post by the crippling debt crisis. meanwhile the egyptian presidential campaign is barred by escalating violence since protests against the military from being peaceful that ended deadly clashes. in the week russia's north caucasus is brought by twin terror attacks in the republic of dagestan that left thirteen dead and more than one hundred injured. plus an anti-government rallies expected in moscow a day before putin returns to the kremlin and to be true preventive leaves we take a look at the legacy of the outgoing president.

. >>> surf's up, way up, why guinness has a new world record for the largest wave ever. >>> the last to walk the moon. my conversation with apollo xvii astronaut gene cernan. >>> president obama took a bold step this week weighing in on same sex marriage debate. listen. >> i've just concluded that for me personally, it important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> there has been a flood of responses on both sides of the debate as part of our focus on same sex marriage this morning, we wanted to look at how the president's announcement could influence the november election possibly and in particular, affect the latino vote which was key in 2008 and is a major battleground this year. cnn contributor maria cardona joins us now good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> what do you think, will this one issue swing the latino vote one way or the other? >> i don't think so, randi. for a couple reasons. the economy continues to trump every other issue as it does with latinos and other americans. what we have seen is the famous reaga

a new theme part set a guinness world record for the most beach balls tossed in the air at one time. they easily shattered the old record of 400. the new unofficial number to beat? 1355. you can get on that this memorial day weekend. >>> now for a look at the national and regional weather here is bill karins with the all important memorial weekend forecast. >> we're going to get there with a smile, i think. many areas. you're not happy with the weather lately up around this neck of the woods. we're watching area of rain drying up. thunderstorms, strong thunderstorms rolling through areas of wisconsin. a little fearful how bad the winds would be yesterday afternoon and evening. there was some damage, overall wasn't as widespread as expected, 33 wind damage reports and some of those snuck down north of the quad cities, near kansas city a couple hail reports and two tornadoes that were reported didn't do too much in the way of damage. we're watching closely what will happen off the southeast coastline, area of low pressure swarming right now sliding away, will stall and stop because hig

skin thickness thirty centimeters the guinness record. commemorating the battle of stalingrad. the mother didn't call. her teeth. socialist francois hollande has won france's presidential election beating incumbent nicholas a cozy with fifty one percent of the vote to become the country's first socialist president in seventeen yes. fugitive exile the russian oligarch. offers a bounty on vladimir putin to anyone willing to detain the russian leader at his presidential inauguration on monday. radical opposition activists hijack a peaceful anti-government rally in moscow leading to clashes with the police and injuries on both sides find out more from me you want to spin off in just a few moments. thanks.

. >> he has many surfing words to his name and now a guinness world record goes to gear it mcnamara. he rode the 70 ft. high waves off of the coast of portugal in november. that is officially the highest wave on record ever surfaced. he had to be towed into the monster wave from a jet ski. >> brand in is making when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> the giants placed right ontario on the injured list with an elbow injury. a relief pitcher was called up. the giants have now lost nine straight in arizona. all told schmidt hit his first home run since opening day. brandon hits his fourth home run in five games, a three run shot. he has already driven in 19 rounds was signing with oakland. the a's win 11-4. tiger switch to a new pair of shoes and a few holes later he caught fire. he makes the cut and is six strokes behind leader.

and the guinness book requires that a vet be present at that event to assure -- you have a funny lookyour face -- that the dogs are actually alive. >> okay. >> so they don't confuse it with dead rules. >> no wonder they've got that rule. you don't want to know. >> as long as they don't have a dog dressed up as a bumblebee, we will take it. okay. ron claiborne, thank you. let's check the weather with our ace meteorologist, ginger zee. hey, ginger, good morning. >> good morning to all of you. good morning, everyone out there. i want to start with a tornado that killed someone and also injured dozens. but this was not in the u.s. it was in japan. in the u.s. we get more than 1,200 tornadoes annually. on average. japan, only about 20. so this is pretty rare for them. 40 miles northeast of tokyo, that was the picture, and that was the damage. now, here in the u.s., and back here domestically, we do have a chance for isolated tornadoes today, also damaging wind and large hail. i think that's going to be the big picture anywhere from chicago, madison, wisconsin, you're included in there. dow

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folks at guinness have to review the possible record.sed to lifting his hands above his head from his old job hanging light fixture of thes. bp closed this wisconsin gas station after hundreds of drivers tried taking advantage of a sign mistakenningly advertising gas at 37 cents a gallon. number four, sales at u.s. retail stores barely bundle in april which could indicate a weaker spending ahead number three the pentagon limiting the use of f-23 pilot jets after pilots complained they were getting too little oxygen. number two the daughter of the former democratic senator john edwards could testify at her father's corruption trial tomorrow so could john edwards himself and his mistress. and number one tonight president obama set to meet with top lawmakers aisle tomorrow to talk about economic proposals and that's "the fox report's" top five and on this day in 1718, a lawyer in britain submitted a patent for what is widely considered the world's first machine gun. it was called the puckle gun after its inventor james puck puckkel it was r

pay for a home onceclosed circuitçkne circ c >>> well, hundreds of people, dancers, tried to set a guinnessworld record in livermore for the most people dancing in the street to the monkeys' theme song. we don't know what the old record was actually or if they broke it, but boy they had a good time trying. >> looks like they absolutely did. >>> the marin county home of legendary great jerry garcia is for sale exprkts price is reduced. now for $3 million 595 thousand you can own the home garcia owned at the time of his death. the home has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a master bedroom that features a sauna and a walk in closet that is particularly the size of most people's living rooms. the selling price was recently reduced by $400,000. >> pretty nice. >> spectacular property. >>> coming down to my range there if i wait long enough. if your success is based on pitching and defense, well you better play the defense and not do this. the giants' blunders continues to the dismay of tim lincecum. sports is next.h@ çkneclosedh@t >>> good evening. the torture is back for giants fans and tim l

a new theme part set a guinness world record for the most beach balls tossed in the air at one time. they easily shattered the old record of 400. the new unofficial number to beat? 1355. they took it one step further. for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning. hurricane bud -- >> doesn't sound too intimidating but it could be dangerous. >> like frogs saying "bud." they're not laughing about the storm in southwest mexico because it's a hurricane heading their way and it will be making, moving onshore later on tonight it appears and should be somewhere between puerto val yar ta and manzo. had a defined eye. hurricane hunters have been out and said it was a major hurricane with winds of 110 knots and as far as it's a little bit weaker, lost the eye going over cooler water. where it is at 5:00 a.m. and as it continues to go up towards the north here this is where it's going to be making landfall this evening, the right side will be the stronger side. if we're goi

finally in new york, a 93-year-old woman has been declared the world's oldest yoga instructor by the guinness book of world records. she's been teaching yoga for 61 years. >> she's 93? >> 93 and look at that move. that is unreal. she first got interested when she was 8 years old and saw a group of boys performing in her native india. whoa. and now for a look at your national regional weather here's nbc meteorologist bill karins, looks like that thing where there's a different body in front of her, but no, that's her. >> 93? >> i no. >> strong. >> believe me now that you've seen the video? >> no. i refuse. good morning, everyone. very calm weather pattern in the west. thought we would take a chance to look at something interested that happened yesterday. saw a tropical depression that formed and maintained just m convection rstorm in the last 24 hours and named a tropical storm, little early for our pacific season. this is aletta. it's not going to become a hurricane but an interesting tidbit here, mexico and the baja. this is going to head harmlessly it looks like to the west/northwest over t

the guinness record. commemorating the battle of stalingrad. the mother of. an r t.the un condemns as terror attacks the bombings which killed fifty five in syria's capital while the regime takes a stand against arab states who are backing opposition extremists. convicted of illegal arms trafficking and facing twenty five years in a maximum security jail but russian businessman victor calls the case against him which during an exclusive interview with us here at r.t. . and hopes of finding any survivors from the plane crash in indonesia fade as a rescue team discovers the first victims from flight by a new russian super. for you to those of my headlines time for yours now your world of sport the action is higher do you understand it's been a big day for russian football followers. with just a months just under a month ago i should say until euro two thousand and twelve kicks off their provisional squad for it much more than just a second away. great to have you with us this is sports day plenty ahead over the next ten eleven minutes or so including the stories in. th