harper again! see you later! 2-0, nationals. >> reporter: with superstar bryce harper and the washington nationals heavy favorites to win the world series, first they have to get past the giants, led by buster posey, they open their season in los angeles, facing a retooled dodgers club with a payroll north of $200 million. while another steroid scandal hangs over the game -- >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> reporter: judging by the size of crowds, fans don't care. not even cold weather kept them away. in pittsburgh the temperature at first pitch, a mere 39 degrees. baseball is expecting another big year in attendance. the 30 clubs drew almost 75 million people last year. that translated into $7.5 billion in revenue. baseball's making all this dough, john and diana, because so many of us still love the old ball game. >> wow. check out tahman. chicago fan. >> how about you? >> new york mets fans. i was born in flushing, queens. i wanted to make the mets. left-handed pitcher. didn't quite have it. >> what did you not have, swing? speed? >> actually, i had good hand-eye. no wheel. couldn't get out of my own way. my hand and eyes worked great. my legs not so much. >> i wasn't slow. but compared to elite athletes, average speed. >> i was very fast. mets weren't allowing girls to play yet. i love my mets. >> should have played hoops. >> i know! well, next lifetime maybe. >>> all right. still ahead from infants on up, lots of little kids using i pads these days. >> but what happens when you take them away? we'll let you know next. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stat ♪ ♪ >> all right >> all right. today's kids ipads and tablets are as accessible as coloring books and crayons. >> there are new questions what this technology is doing to their growing brains. juju chang takes a look. >> reporter: there are plenty of proud parents sharing their infant's touchscreen skills on youtube. >> show me. word world. >> okay. right there. >> good job. >> yeah. >> reporter: when it is taken away, you often get this. >> batteries ran out. >> reporter: in a recent survey 70% of parents admitted to letting their kids use their user-friendly devices. but some worry about what it's doing to their tiny developing brains. the ipad didn't even exist three years ago so there's no hard data yet. is it shrinking their attention spans? ruining their eyesight? or perhaps stunting their social skills? >> no, you already played on that. >> no, no! >> five minutes. >> reporter: meet devin, 9 9, delany 7 and dalton, 4. they are savvy digital divases >> can you hear me? >> yeah? >> did you hear me? >> yeah. >> reporter: the klausses of new jersey are a modern family. we asked them to see what would happen if they go ipad and iphone free for a month. you heard me, cold turkey. >> bye, ipad. >> bye, ipad. >> you can't play with them anymore. >> okay. >> reporter: the girls were left to play with analog toys and had to resort to imaginary play. >> that's not a real ipad. what is it? >> this is ibooklet. >> so you're pretending it's an ipad? >> yeah. >> reporter: not surprisingly, they fought a lot more. >> it's okay to get upset. you'll get through it. this is a way to stop them in their tracks. be quiet. be quiet. be quiet. >> reporter: if you never learn that skill because you're constantly pacified with an ipad, you aren't learning the skill of coming down from a tantrum? >> exactly. >> reporter: hours and hours of screen time does no real harm to a kid's eyesight but is associated with behavioral problems down the road which is why american academy of pediatrics discourages passive screen time for kids under 2. but tablets aren't passive. they're interactive. that's the intriguing twist. because long-term research just released shows that toddlers do learn better from interactive media. deprived of her electronics, 9-year-old devon learned an old-fashioned craft. what did it make you realize 134 >> i had free time to do that. in the morning i started off doing it. >> reporter: but all that goes out the window as soon as the girls are reunited with their digital devices. turns out ipads are like any other media for kids. parental discretion is advised. >> i win! >> you win, good job. >> reporter: juju chang in new jersey. >> kids figure this out so fast. they just know what to do. >> oh, yeah. how do you deal with this with alexa? >> alexa is on the ipad. you know, she still plays piano. she still has to take swimming lessons so she does lots of stiff like that. when i was a kid there were studies about watching tv. i watched tv nonstop. you know, i'm still here. >> you made out okay. >> i'm okay. >> experts say it's all about balance. it also helps them with some other stuff. there you go. not a bad idea. >> what she said. there you go. >> what she said. >> we'll be right back. >> the life insurance policies through the colonial penn patriot program came in the 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the findings. we have charleston, west virginia. huntington/ashland, west virginia. west virginia not doing so great. mobile, alabama, beaumont, port arthur, texas. morgantown, north carolina. and the list goes on. so, if you live in charleston, west virginia, time to move. >> all right. let's talk about men and vegetables. they don't really get along. men are worse than toddlers apparently. they eat fruit and vegetables. which doesn't surprise me. until recently i basically didn't even look at them. preschool child eats 12 fruits and vegetables a week. men average about six. the average man eats about 1.2 portions per day. 48% of women use self-health tactics to trick their men into eating fruits and vegitables. for years i didn't bother. now i know, antioxidant, cancer fighting. for years i didn't bother. >> the only way i can get my husband to eat fruits is if i'm randomly cutting an apple, i shove it in his mouth. still having the conversation eating an apple. has no idea what has happened. he has eaten an apple. >> good, diane. protecting your man. >> doing food detective with juices. do you chew gum, gum chewer? >> i do. >> i do, too. it apparently boosts your brain power. >> makes us smart. >> makes you smart. i read this entire article. it goes through all the reasons why chewing is good for you, your digestive system. >> e equals mc squared. i feel it. >> you feel it. very good. >> i'm feeling it! >> it's coming. it's the juices. what is happening when you are doing this, all kinds of things are being triggered in your body, from stomach acids to the brain telling the stomach to get ready for the digestive process. anyway, this gets everything going in your body, including your brain. makes you smart. that's the answer. >> cool. smell-a-vision. we joke. we use this expression, if you could only smell the gum we were chewing. the japanese are working on it. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- breaking news. north korea claims it's restarting its nuclear facilities, following war threats that south korea is taking seriously. >> the challenges south korea's new president is facing and the aggressive military support she is getting from the u.s. it's tuesday, april 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> good morning, everyone. could the war of words turn into a real military battle involving north korea? we have breaking developments on our top story. >>> and another major headline from colorado. the suspected movie theater gunman and the life or death legal decision that was just made. what the shooting victims' families have to say about it. >>> also this morning, surveillance video of a purse snatcher getting worldwide attention because of his attempted smashing exit and the reaction, ouchy from the onlookers. there is more to the story than meets the eye. >>> and later on this half hour, super model heidi klum's vacation sounded more like a scene out of a movie. the frightening drama she faced and how she took action -- coming up in "the skinny." >>> first new details in the breaking story from north korea -- leaders are claiming they will reopen all moth-balled nuclear facilities at the main complex that were closed in 2007. that was part of an international nuclear disarmament deal. >> it's just the latest in a series of escalating threats coming from the north. south korea is taking all of it very seriously. abc's martha raddatz is there. >> reporter: it was the sharpest message yet, south korea's new president, park geun-hye, the first female president here instructing the military to respond strongly if north korea attacks. the rumblings of war, a test of the 61-year-old president only a month into her presidency. her father, the president of south korea in the 1970s, and her mother, were both assassinated. her mother's killer traced back to a north korean sympathizer. now park geun-hye, who studied to be an electrical engineer, must decide how to respond if the leader to her north, half her age, decides to strike just like his father did three years ago. launching a torpedo at the south korean navy ship. the torpedo which hit late in the night literally cut the ship in half. 46 sailors were killed, 58 survives. south korea had no military response. touring the ship today, south koreans hope next time their response will be different. >> translator: i believe that we should take all the measures that we can to block off the provocation said this woman. we should not back down, said this man. >> reporter: the newspapers here in seoul call the young leader to the north hysterical over the recent show of force by south korea and the u.s., but people here and around the world know so little about him, there's no telling what he'll do next. martha raddatz, abc news, seoul. >>> prosecutors across texas are on edge after the murder of a county district attorney. mike mclelland and his wife, who were gunned down in their home just weeks after one of his top deputies was also killed. at the local courthouse, security is tight. and employees all have armed escorts. investigators are asking whether white supremacist group or drug gangs may be related. >>> a colorado court apologized to the family of the state's prison chief murdered by a man who was let out of prison early because of a clerical error. evan ebel was mistakenly freed in january. last month he killed the prison chief. then died in a gunfight with police in texas. that's led investigators to ask whether the colorado murder is linked to those murders of the texas prosecutors. >>> some families who lost their loved ones in the aurora shooting massacre are welcoming the decision by prosecutors to seek the death penalty. others say they fear emotionally wrenching trials which could last months. abc's brandi hitt is covering the case. >> reporter: prosecutors want the accused gunman behind last year's movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado, to be executed if convicted. for james egan holmes, justice is death, the prosecutor told judge, as several victims' relatives cried in court. >> thumbs up to the death penalty. >> reporter: brian beard's friend, alex sullivan, was one of 12 killed last july during a midnight movie premiere. dozens were wounded. prosecutors say they spoke to 800 victims and their families leading up to this decision. and rejected the defense's offer for holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. >> i don't know how much pain my friend went through. painful or not, i just want him dead. i want to be in the room when he is dead. >> reporter: holmes looked at his parents in court monday as the case heads into a lengthy death penalty trial. a new judge has been assigned and a trial date has been pushed back from this summer to february of next year, 18 months after the deadly shooting spree. >> it's anguishing, frustrating as a victim. you're talking a whole another calendar year before you even get to a trial that we already know what the outcome is going to be. >> reporter: this will be a long and emotional trial. holmes' defense said it could last nine months. the judge said it should take four. brandi hitt, abc news. >>> connecticut lawmakers are ready to pass one of the toughest gun laws in the nation. the measure includes a ban on new high-capacity magazines like the ones used in the newtown massacre. the proposal also calls for background checks for private gun sales and a new registry for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets. >>> a tulsa dentist accused of running an unsanitary practice could face criminal charges. investigators say scott harrington and staff could be charged with practicing dentistry without a license and violating the state's dental laws. more than 1,000 patients have been tested for hiv and hepatitis. their results should be back in two weeks. >>> the thief you are about to see is clearly no rocket scientist. nabbed a woman's pocketbook in a mall in australia. escapes through the wrong side of a plate glass window. the other glass door opens. gently opens. >> out cold. >> yeah, out cold. he lays there out cold. he lays there for a while before a man rushes to his aid. then the thief's accomplice arrives, orders bystanders to get away. and drags the man into the getaway car, which by the way, was a stolen lexus. police released this video hoping someone will recognize both of these yahoos. >> they will. they will have that guy by dinner time. which is probably what time it is in australia right now. >> you know, they always say, they're not crooks because they're smart, but some of them, man, oh, man -- mean, there's even a plant right in front of it probably because this has happened before. >> there is a plant in front of it. come on, dude. >> the two windows you have an opportunity to go through. let's go through the one that has a plant in front of it. oh, you know. >> feel sorry for the guy. >> i was just going to say, and i apologize for everybody out there -- >> justice. >> -- i hope he is so badly hurt he has to go to the hospital. >> there you go. >> he probably needs stitches. look at him. went head first. >> can't be good. >> anyway. >> all right. let's take a look at the weather. >> yes. >> severe storms threatening western texas with hail, gusty winds. south florida could see showers. it's going to dry out in oregon. >> temperatures in the east and midwest are up to 15 degrees, colder than usual. denver cools off to the 40s. with rain. miami and phoenix are in the mid-80s. albuquerque, dallas, atlanta, all above 67 degrees. we are jealous. >>> every athlete has an off day. but this one might be one for the record books. >> yeah. the athlete in question, president obama and basketball players as part of the annual white house easter egg roll festivities. the president joined children and nba pros to shoot free throws. problem is he hit two of the first 22. he missed 18 from the free throw line. >> yikes. >> he's got a good looking shot. >> there is nothing else to the shot but being good looking. his performance was abysmal, even 10-year-old kids were trash talking the leader of the free world. >> glad they're showing the video. that is a decent -- good jump shot. just wasn't going in. >> the white house said he hadn't had much time to practice. he's a busy guy, so i can understand. but when you have 10-year-olds trash talking you after you hosted an easter egg roll for them -- >> missing 18 of 22 free throws, that's not so good. you can tell he is better than that. >> ironically, the whole thing almost didn't happen, all most had to cancel the easter egg roll thanks to automatic spending cuts, sequestration, it is called, which recently went into effect. anyway, there you go, mr. president, you need more practice. >> free throw lessons. >>> coming up, heidi klum's relaxing vacations took a dangerous turn. >>> the basketball accident, witnessed by millions, we all remember that. kevin ware suffered such a devastating fracture. it happened in an instant. we'll bring you up to date. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by consumer cellular. save them. woolite everyday, cleans your jeans and won't torture your tanks. woolite washed clothes look like new, longer. ♪ >>> welcome back. we are learning more about the horrific injurthat c >>> welcome back. we are learning more about the horrific injury that college basketball player, kevin ware, suffered during sunday's game. >> medical experts offering theories as abc's josh elliott reports. >> reporter: it was one horrifying moment, one so graphic that we have purposefully blurred it, that would change a game and one young man's future. >> that is a gruesome-looking injury to kevin ware. >> reporter: louisville sophomore guard kevin ware leaped toward a duke player with the ball. it was a routine play, something that ware had done thousands of times before. but this time, as his 6'2", 175-pound frame landed on that right leg, it generated the equivalent of up to 2,500 pounds of force, snapping both his fibula and tibia, the main weight-bearing bone in the leg, breaking so severely it punctured his skin. the pain and shock on grisly display in front of his own team's bench. the severity of the injury made plain on the faces of teammates and coaches and fans. >> got everybody over after we covered up the injury. i said listen to him. he said it over ten times, just win the game, i'll be okay. >> reporter: ware was rushed to the hospital. louisville did indeed win the game. >> this is an unusual fracture to see on a basketball court. >> reporter: doctors speculate that ware may have already had a stress fracture. >> there's some suspicion that maybe he had a stress injury or he had some weakening in the bone because it fell so catastrophically. >> reporter: while he is certainly done for the season, ware suffered an injury that is not thought to be career-ending. doctors say he could be back in game shape in less than a year. after a two-hour surgery, he emerged smiling and cradling the team's regional trophy in his hospital bed. and now, standing with the help of crutches, ware told reporters this is, quote, a minor setback for a major comeback, as kevin ware sets out on a long but very promising road to recovery that he hopes to begin in atlanta this weekend at the final four. josh elliott, abc news, new york. >> even just seeing the animation of what it looked like in real life is tough. apparently he did talk to espn. a long quote but he said, yes, i jumped and my leg felt kind of funny. he said, when coach p. tried to help me up, he gave me a funny look. i am looking at him. i look down and see my bone sticking out. it wasn't a hurt feeling. i just went into shock. in the moment you don't know what's wrong with you. you're just looking thinking, how did this happen? i never watched the replay. i never want to. i don't think anybody wants to watch that replay. that was a tough one. >> it's still just amazing he has done that jump, every player on that court does that a thousand times. it was a routine jump. why this time? was there a stress fracture? we'll never know. >> experts are saying that probably the only way this could have happened is it was already a little tender and that's why it just snapped, literally. coming up, the reality tv star in a real life freak accident. >> the real-life drama on the beach that forced heidi klum to take some action. that's next in "the skinny." beach th >> announcer: "world news now" continues after th ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >> bit of a close call in this "the skinny." super model heidi klum, beautiful family vacation for easter. they go to hawaii. it got a little scary. this is her 7-year-old son caught in a riptide. according to a lot of people, he almost drown. we have stills that "entertainment tonight" provided us. her son henry got caught with two of his nannies by a large riptide. got pulled in by a big wave. klum told "us weekly" i was scared. aided by the body guard and he was able to get himself out. a strong swimmer according to heidi. everybody is okay. definitely a scary moment. >> you go to the beach with your kids and nanny, you never expect something like this would happen. there you are in the middle of an emergency trying to save everybody from a riptide. >> absolutely. they say swim parallel to the beach, wait until you're out of the riptide and then come in. >> ah. good tips there you go. >>> we have bad news, sad news actually. 21-year-old star of "buckwild" shain gandee found dead. in his bronco with two other people. one was his uncle. tmz is reporting this may be a case of carbon monoxide pointing. there is the bronco, red and white. apparently they went off-roading. they were going to take their four-wheelers out for a ride. ended in a muddy area. no cell phone reception. they went missing. family members were calling them. then finally reported them missing, the uncle as well as shain. turns out they were in an area that didn't have any reception. probably got stuck in the mud. tmz says that investigates connected to what happened here are saying that their tail pipe probably got packed in mud and their car was on -- >> smoke went into the car. >> -- smoke went into the car. odorless, colorless. all that. they probably perished. 21-year-old. poor family lost two members in one fell swoop. >> terrible. let's lighten it up and talk about "dancing with the stars," week three. prom night. you got to love anything that has to do with the prom. tom bergeron said, this is not an april fool's joke. it's prom night. kellie pickler, she got a 25, she was crisp, tight, precise. among other adjectives. she got a 24. we have pictures of jacoby jones. and we have pictures of jacoby jones. he got kicked out of his prom in high school. he got a 24. he also rocked it. let's talk about lesser likes. d.l. hugley, bless his heart, 16, the salsa. and wynonna judd got a 16. she got lowest scores. she remembers her prom being very simple. there you go. >> you know, i remember when i was an avid, rabid fan of "dancing with the stars," week three is when -- >> separate the men from the boys? >> yeah. >> i wouldn't be hanging around. >> you'd be gone by then. >> done by then. >> we have some breaking news to tell you about in ""the skinny." apparently snooki has not gotten married. she was in a wedding dress, a tiara. jionni looks like he's in a tux. >> happy married couple. >> looks like something happening in the background. and even the headline blared jionnni and i eloped in her blog. it was all fake. as we suspected it was. on her twitter she said it was all april fool's and lots of people fell for it. >> snookered by snooki. >> i like that. >> she's the master of getting pr. >> there you are, a pr stunt master. once again, everybody is talking about her and we've been fooled by snooki. she's maturing. if she got married, nobody would be mad at her if it was a prank. >> the news she's making is more positive news. >> that's for sure. lately, more positive news. >> that's true. so anyway. of life insurance. you know, we could really use more coverage. says there are a few simple health questions and you don't have to take a physical. it should be pretty easy to apply. ♪ >> with a term life insurance policy through the colonial penn patriot program, you can help ease the burden of the unexpected, and help your family cope financially. term is the simplest form of life insurance. this coverage is guaranteed renewable to age 90, and your benefit will not decrease, regardless of your age or any changes to your health. call or click now and you can get a free quote for up to $50,000 of coverage at an affordable price with no medical exam. just answer a few simple health questions. it's that easy to get started. call now and 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i must say. that's because a lot of people played them. this is our "favorite story of the day." take our fans, for example, yesterday we asked you what is your favorite april fool's day prank and why. >> here are some of your responses. genia says "putting a rubberband around the pull out sprayer and angling it just right on the kitchen sink and waiting for the next person to turn on the water." >> that's a good one. >> can you explain that to me? >> my buddy did that one. >> i can see that. >> garcon said "for all those who like to take my oreo cookies, i took the cream out of the cookie and replaced it with white toothpaste. pretty labor intensive. bet they won't take my cookies again. i bet you he's right. >> imagine the taste. bobby says, i got married. true story. nine-year anniversary today. best prank on our friends and family ever! >> peg y she shared a prank from seattle saying seattle has ferries that travel from seattle to the islands. one april fool's morning the ferry system turned their ferries around which placed the everyone had a good laugh. we got some tweets that people noticed. >> we got a couple tweets. if you didn't notice, here's a look at some of the thinge >> on that april fool's day trick, john wearing a hat. i was wearing mittens. those were mine. then we switched. >> right. >> i had my hat to the side. you had gloves. here was another one. what did we do? >> look like the terminator there. headphones, no music going in them. what were we talking about? >> i look very serious there. >> there were a few people on the tweets going, what were you doing? >> on? yeao cf& >> on? yeao cf& then i wor i think we worked it out here. we never acknowledged what we were doing. just randomly showed up with random things. next thing we did. >> blackmail materi f yong attention, but this little guy, just like a gnome, kind of showed up all over the place. haven't named him. lok gn showed up in our mugs, showed up next to us, behind us, >>> this morning on "world news now" -- who is to blame for michael jackson's death? >> that is the key question in the trial set to start today. his family claims promoters for his final concert are at fault as the singer's children are expected to testify. it is tuesday, april 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> good morning. the trial could be the most explosive yet. and the concert promoter argues that jackson himself was response ebl for his death. >> that is our top story. >>> also this morning, fear in texas as the law enforcement community there comes together after the murder of a district attorney. now courthouse employees are taking extreme steps to stay safe. >>> a major medical headline today. a dramatic rise in a once rare disorder. surprising number of boys in america diagnosed with adhd. the new report has some experts wondering whether today's children are overmedicated. >>> and forget your tablet on the smartphone. wearing your tech is a lot easier than carrying it out. we'll show you the latest gadgets that let you surf, search and record on the go. >>> but first, the long-awaited trial in which michael jackson's mother is seeking billions of dollars from those that she blames for the pop star's death. >> catherine jackson says tour promoters aeg hired dr. conrad murray, who is now serving time for giving michael jackson an overdose of the drug propofol. brandi hitt in los angeles with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john, diana. the jackson family expected in a los angeles courtroom today because their battle with michael jackson's infamous physician is far from over. michael jackson's children, paris and prince, are expected to be the star witnesses in a trial that shifts their family's legal battles in a new direction. they're taking the concert giant aeg to trial today. aeg sponsored jackson's comeback concert tour. the king of pop's mother catherine and jackson children claim aeg negligently hired and supervised dr. conrad murray, he was sentenced to four years in prison on involuntary manslaughter charges. >> four years is not enough for somebody's life. >> reporter: family members claim michael jackson was under pressure to get ready for his concerts when he was not physically able. in their wrongful death suit, they say michael wound up in dr. murray care. >> this is really phase two of the conrad murray case. the question is really, was he working for aeg or was he michael jackson's personal physician? if he was michael jackson's personal physician, then it's possible aeg is off the hook. >> reporter: paris and prince may be called to testify about their father's final days in an emotional side of the case all about money. they're seeking hundreds of millions more in damages. >> it's going to be a tricky question with respect to how this family has been financially impacted. because the fact of the matter is, michael jackson has made a lot more in death than he did in life. but clearly the emotion will be with the family and not the corporate giant aeg. >> reporter: another star witness may be the pop star prince. aeg also once served as his concert promoter. and there's word jackson's mother's legal team has requested his testimony. john, diana. >> thank you. >>> star of mtv's reality show about rural america "buckwild" has died. shain gandee and two other men found dead. they left a bar sunday morning to go off-roading. some suspect they died from carbon monoxide poisoning when mud clogged the bronco's exhaust system. >>> one suspect arrested, another on the loose in the kidnap and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in southern california. the girl taken from her bedroom in riverside. turned up ten hours later near a hospital. police have not determined why she was targeted. >>> law officials in texas are on edge after the murder of mike mclelland and his wich, both gunned down in their home just weeks after one of his top deputies was also killed. the district attorney's office is closed for now. security is tight at the local courthouse where employees have armed escorts. prosecutors across texas are especially on guard. >> obviously we are under attack. >> she just said, be careful, told me she loved me and i told her to be careful as well, so we'll probably be calling one another quite a bit during the day. >> in the mclelland murder, investigators are going through his cases to see who might want revenge. a white supremacist prison gang and drug dealers from the area are among the possibilities. >>> a pittsburgh woman got a call from police that her front window had been broken. when she got home she found it was the s.w.a.t. team that broke the window and door. they made a real mess. the neighbor videoed them tossing furniture off the porch. then she was told it was all a mistake. they were looking for a murder suspect and should have raided her neighbor's house instead. >> i'm looking for an explanation, the surveillance of a home all night and hit the wrong one from the front. >> now police boarded up the window and told her to submit a bill to the city for dang. she said she and her family don't feel safe there. they will move out. things like this happen more than you might think. they get the wrong address. >> luckily nobody was at home. there was a case here in new york where there was a mom with her infant at home. and not only -- >> the door is kicked in. you're scared to death. >> not only that, they didn't realize they were in the wrong home until they had already separated the mother from the crying child. they kept them in separate rooms for hours. by the way, all the damage that was done to this woman's home, she's been told that she can go to the city's legal department for compensation for all of the damage. >> don't you think they should send a team out there and just fix it? she shouldn't have the burden of submitting the request. >> i agree with you. at the same time, i can see how this nightmare will just become worse. they will admit they did something wrong by going out and fixing it. by doing this, they're saying we are not too sure. if that's not the right house. >> that's all kinds of wrong. >> i agree with you. >>> two south florida deejays are suspended after they went too far with an april fool's prank. the radio hosts, val and scott, were joking that dehydrogen monoxide was coming out of lee township's taps. that is just another name for water. many listeners thought it would be unsafe to drink the water. that led to several calls to the health department. >> they were asking about the water quality. that's what we wanted to reassure them the water was safe to drink >> this messes with the big three, food, water, shelter. you can't mess with those. and we did. >> the station apologized to listeners. the pranksters are off the air indefinitely. the radio hosts have been known to pull april fool's pranks in previous years. if you ask me, they only told the truth. >> yeah, they did. but, yeah, they messed with water. >> that's a tough one. >> probably in the morning drive, too. >>> apple ceo tim cook apologizing to customers in china for what he calls a misunderstanding of the company's iphone warranty policy. media outlets blasted apple for being arrogant, claiming it charged chinese consumers for after sale services and did not do so in other countries. and cook posted the apology on apple's website in chinese, promising to improve customer service. >>> the world's largest retailer walmart offering drivers big discounts on gasoline. the discounts are up to 15 cents a gallon. walmart credit and debit card holders get the count. walmart discounts are good until july 7th in 21 states. >>> a look at the weather now. snow showers around great lakes. syracuse, new york, could pick gusty winds a threat in west texas with the possibility of tornadoes. and cool wet, denver. >> cooler in the northeast. new york, boston. upper 40s. new orleans near 80. >>> all right. opening day can mean a lot of things depending on the baseball stadium. take, for instance, the milwaukee brewer fans. the beginning of the hotly contested sausage race. >> you have bratwurst, hot dog, italian, polish sausages. running the relay. it's a big tradition at the bottom of the sixth inning. this isn't as easy as you might think. each of the costumes is seven feet tall. yikes! >> bring on just about any of them sausages right now. sounds good to me. >> a lot of sausage. >> this was especially festive because it was late in february that the racing italian sausage was kidnapped, if you remember. >> i do remember that. he was safely returned. safely returned to the bar where he was kidnapped from after going on es ka mads and taking on all kinds of pictures -- >> posted on youtube. doing the harlem shake i believe. >> i snorted. that is hilarious. they just look so funny. i could watch that over and over again. >> i want 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nearly one in five high school boys in the u.s. have been diagnosed with adhd. "the new york times" analyzed data from the centers for disease control and found overall 11% of all school-aged children, about 6.4 million nationwide, have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, marking a 53% rise over the past decade. >> i think there's a number of things going on. i think people are recognizing attention deficit disorder better. that is a good thing. but i also think that teachers request that a child get this diagnosis so they can get on medications because it does improve behavior. it improves focus. >> reporter: and because of those effects, misuse of adhd medication including ritalin and adder roll, are also growing. bringing the concern that it may now be overly prescribed. >> what we should do about it is be much more rigorous about what we do to diagnose and what we do to treat. >> reporter: the medication is life-changing for those who need it. becky gaylord mcdonald says since her 8-year-old son milo was diagnosed with adhd and started taking medication three years ago, they've seen a huge improvement in his behavior and ability to focus. she thinks new numbers released could mean fewer families are having to struggle for a diagnosis and treatment the way they did. >> i think that once people start hearing about it and talking with others, that that's a big reason why we're seeing the increase. >> reporter: some advice to parents, doctors say be sure your child first has an in-depth evaluation before being diagnosed. they also say it could be worth while to get a second opinion from a specialist. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> great tip. second opinion. if you are going to put your kids on medication, get a second opinion. historically, 3% to 7% of children affected by adhd. there's no definitive test to determine this so it really comes down to subjective, really doing the research, talking to the right people, taking your time. >> that's what's scary about this whole situation, it's subjective. it's a brain chemical imbalance, but it's subjective because it depends on the parents, patients, teachers are saying about the kid. so, some kids yes, some kids no. you absolutely have to get that second opinion. that's crucial. >> no doubt about that. >>> still to come -- a presidential hug. >> the president comforted a crying boy. why the president himself may have needed a hug of his own. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues afte >>> welcome back. being technologically advanced these days means more than just having a cell phone, apparently. so here to talk to us about how we can become mobile with our technology is tech editor joanna stern. let's start with the fun stuff. >> you are used to putting your phone in the bag. get used to wearing your tech now. what we are talking about today. lots of people talking about google glass, will put cell phone technology on our head. there's already a product out that lets you do that. this is called the looxie hd camera. it looks like a bluetooth ear piece but it has a camera on the end. if i can put this on my ear. see if i can do that. >> this is going back old school with bluetooth technology. this is much more advanced. >> i will hold it there. this pairs with your phone. and right now, you can see in the phone what i'm looking at. >> check it out! >> i can hit record, start recording. i can then easily share this. there you go. >> check it out, america, that is me. a little version of me. >> enough cameras on you right now? >> one, two, three, four. and five. and this one, five. >> this one, by the way, costs $150. >> and staying in the theme of people who like to work out or be outdoors, at the gym, this is very similar. >> exactly. a ton of new gadgets all about fitness. fitness wearable gadgets. so, the first one here i have is the fitbit 1. fitbit has become a popular company with this. this tracks your footsteps. >> pedometer. >> and it also tracks your calories. you can wear this to sleep and track how long you have slept for. so really cool. this has a screen. but also can pair with your phone. so if you launch the app it pairs automatically with your phone and gives you sort of -- you can see there's a calendar. shows you over time how many steps you have taken, did you take more steps one day than the other. you can share with your friends also. >> this you can put on your pocket, your bra strap. also on the market there's a bracelet version. the jawbone up. this does something similar to that. same sort of tracking capabilities. looks look a fun gumby thing. you can get it in a number of colors if you want to change it out. same thing here. there's no display to show you how many steps you have taken, but if you plug this into your phone -- take this off. have you hold that. >> yes. >> unplug the bottom here. then plug it into the phone. and it will sync with the phone. all about sort of giving this stuff a mobile aspect. >> okay. if that's not enough wristwatch wearage for you. there is something even more advanced. >> exactly. these are called smart watches. >> okay. >> a lot of people talking if apple will join this space, samsung says they're going to join it before apple. a rot of people want to bring the phone functionality to the wrist. this is one company that's already doing it called the pebble smart watch. what you can do, wear it on your wrist, pair it with your phone, you can see your text messages come in, your phone calls. it's actually the idea of -- you're talking to someone and you go, oh, i have to go, i got this important text message. >> new way of avoiding people. technologically advanced way. >> so the pebble smartwatch costs $155. works with iphone and android. this is the sony version. sony makes it look more like a phone. have you the full color lcd. >> this is very nice. >> this is really nice. this is a touchscreen. this one doesn't have a touchscreen. on this one you can see your facebook or twitter messages. another way to avoid the social situation you're in. the good thing about this, this works with the android phone, any type of android phone. this is the phone it's connected to right now. actually one of the cool things you can do is switch the watch face. >> okay. >> so, if you -- see if i can get this to work. as i change that, it should change here. >> i'll hold this. >> so as i change that -- >> oh, check this out. >> so, it's all in sync with your phone. that's the point of these. they're really in sync with the phone you are using. the idea you can keep the phone in your bag and this on your wrist. >> we're making your mobility even more mobile. check that out. joanna, thank you. always wonderful to have you here. if you want information go to our one website, wnnfans.com. have a great one. ne. he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? 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very good nurse. i'm rosita ortiz, that's my abc "world news" story. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ going to show you a good thing ♪ ♪ all dressed up in black and white in that dress i like ♪ ♪ going to show you a good thing ♪ >>> with high drama at the annual easter egg roll at the white house yesterday -- >> a little boy was crying after losing a game. got a look at the first comforter in chief. >> reporter: thousands of happy young faces from easter egg roll except one. as the president is high-fiving children -- >> good job, guys! >> reporter: -- he notices 5-year-old donovan frasier, sitting down, in tears. the president bends down, picks up little donovan for a first hug, offers him an easter egg. >> you want an egg? >> reporter: then listen closely as he encourages the little boy from scranton, pennsylvania, to shake it off. >> shake it off. there you go. that's what i'm talking about. >> reporter: the commander in chief now comforter in chief. the president knows all about shaking it off. when the festivities took him to the basketball court, he missed more than he made. only sinking 2 of 22. so, you see, little donovan, we all need a hug sometimes. and maybe, just maybe, it was the president who needed that big hug from you. abc news, new york. >> good advice, shake it off, shake it off. >> that's right. 5-year-old donovan frasier after that pep talk, he got right back into the game. what a cutie pie! >> he probably has no idea that he's all over the national news. >> this moment will hit him when he turns about 16 and he's like, wait, what happened when i was 5? >> i still can't get over the president hitting only -- what was it? >> i think 2 out of 20 -- >> 2 out of 22 foul shots? he has a nice release. good looking jumper. he had to shake it off. go down for him. had to shake it off. man. >> more from abc right after >>> this morning on "world news now" -- unprecedented security. courthouse workers in texas are taking no chances as police and federal agents search for a cold-blooded killer. >> after two prosecutors are shot and killed, the fear is rampant across the state. today is tuesday, april 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> good morning. it is a chilling sight at courthouses across texas. where law enforcement, some of them with semi-automatic weapons are on guard. that is our top story. >>> also this morning, the emotional and political fight for tougher gun control laws. what lawmakers in connecticut are accomplishing after a major push from those hurting from the sandy hook massacre. >>> with temperature feeling more like winter in some places major league baseball's opening day was memorable for the teams and fans. it better be memorable when we tell you how much money is involved with these baseball franchises. >>> later this half hour, digital play things for the youngest kids. forget about books, blocks and toys. see how children are getting very attached to i pads at an early age. parents up at this hour may be surprised to hear the pros and cons of this one. >>> first, we have to get to this -- what makes the murder of a texas district attorney particularly disturbing was it crossed so many lines. one, the murder of prosecutors is very rare in america. >> for another, killing the d.a.'s wife is unheard of. pierre thomas reports from kaufman, texas. >> reporter: throughout texas fear and signs of tighter security. the kaufman county courthouse, employees being walked in by armed guards no prosecution here, the district attorney's office is closed, after the city's top prosecutor and his wife were murdered in cold blood saturday. they were shot multiple times with an assault rifle after an unknown gunman broke into their home. >> i would be less than honest if i told you i was not worried. >> reporter: kaufman district attorney mike mclelland's murder came only months after one of his top deputies, mike hasse, was executed a short distance from the courthouse by two masked gunmen. at the time mclelland vowed his deputy's killer would be caught. >> we're going to find you. we're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in. >> reporter: mclelland has been murdered and prosecutors across the state are on alert, some with round-the-clock police protection. >> obviously we're under attack. >> reporter: one prosecutor talked about warning from his wife when he left for work. >> she told me be careful. told me she loved me. i told her to be careful as well. so, we'll be probably calling one another quite a bit during the day. >> reporter: police are going through the prosecutor's cases trying to figure out who would want them dead. there are prime candidates. >> this, i think, is a clear concern to individuals who are in public life, particularly those who deal with some very mean and vicious individuals, whether they're white supremacy groups or whether they're the drug cartels that we have. >> reporter: the kaufman district attorney's office, recently prosecuted members of a prison gang called the aryan brotherhood of texas. investigators want to know if the gang was out for revenge. but there's a long list of potential suspects. so many unanswered questions. that as one prosecutor told us, it's way too early to jump to any conclusions. pierre thomas, abc news, kaufman, texas. >> talk about somebody who would have a lot of enemies. a prosecutor, clearly, years and years and years of putting people away would make enemies over the course of time. legal experts say this was a revenge-type thing. everything about it, multiple gunshot wounds, assault-style weapon. there's no doubt about it, they say this was some kind of revenge killing. >> they were targeting this couple. not only him -- >> nothing random about it. >> not only him -- >> the new prosecutor, by the way, it's a woman who took the place of mclelland, and she has full security detail. taking no chances now. >> investigators are also asking whether the texas murders are connected to the murder of colorado's prison chief. there's been a development in that case this morning. we have learned that the suspect, evan ebel, was released from jail four hours early because of a courtroom -- rather, four years early because of a courtroom clerical error. ebel was freed in january, two weeks ago he apparently killed the prison chief and then died in a gun fight with police in texas. >>> aurora theater shooting suspect james holmes will face the death penalty if convicted. prosecutors in colorado announced their decision during a hearing yesterday. they turned down an offer by holmes to plead guilty in exchange for life in prison. defense lawyers say they will not be ready for trial until early next year. holmes' mental health is expected to be a key issue. >>> connecticut could have the toughest gun laws in the nation. among the new requirements, background checks for all gun sales and for some parents whose children died in the sandy hook massacres say the law does not go far enough. >> reporter: connecticut lawmakers say if passed, the state will have the toughest gun laws in the country, this after weeks of bipartisan negotiations following the worst school shooting in the nation's history. >> it goes further than practically any other state in the country and breaks new ground, certainly for connecticut and as a national model. >> we ask ourselves every day, every minute if those magazines had held ten rounds, forcing the shooter to reload at least six more times, would our children be alive today? >> reporter: the proposed bill would ban the sale of magazines that could hold more than ten bullets. adam lanza used high-capacity magazines that held up to 30 bullets to kill 20 first graders and 6 educators at sandy hook elementary in newtown 3 1/2 months ago, allowing him to fire 154 bullets in just four minutes' time. as a compromise, lawmakers included a grandfather clause allowing people who already have these magazines to keep them if they register with the state. 24 of the sandy hook families signed this letter fighting the cause, including nicole hockley, whose 6-year-old son dylan was killed. >> we specifically want an up or down vote on the banning of these large-capacity magazines with no grandfathering clause. >> reporter: as many analyze the details, some say a buy-back program should be a part of the solution. >> there are other programs that could be mimicked. we'll have to see where it takes us from here. >> reporter: the proposed law would require criminal background checks for every gun sale and expand the state's 1993 ban on assault weapons to include about 100 new models. abc news, new york. >>> a federal judge ruled the city of stockton, california, can become the most populous american city to enter bankruptcy. the city claims its budget and services have been cut to the bone and bankruptcy is the only option. lawmakers for its creditors insist the city has not done enough. the case could set a precedent for other financially struggling cities in america by determining which debts are paid and in what order. >>> now that he has a bucks in his pocket, the new jersey man who just won the powerball is paying off his hefty bill for back child support. he appeared in court to settle his debt that ran up to $29,000 for three of his five children. >> he's paid and overpaid the amount that he was due. his children are with him. >> investing in your children is the most important thing, all right? that's the best investment, the largest investment you'll make. >> quezada told the judge he can now fully afford to support those three children and they will be living with him. his after-tax lump sum powerball payout comes to about $152 million. and he has already put his corner convenience store up for sale. >> just put a padlock on it and walk away. >> walk away. >> happy anniversary to our favorite daytime drama. it was april 1, 1963, when "general hospital" went on the air. diana remembers the show. it is the longest running soap opera still in production. more than 12,700 episodes and counting. >> among abc shows highlights, the 1981 marriage of luke and laura which attracted 30 million viewers. that is still a record which still stands today, by the way. among the many stars who got their start in port charles, demi moore, john stamos and rick springfield. >> demi moore, who knew? >> a lot of stars have come back for the 50th anniversary, laura, rick springfield, came back as the big doctor at general hospital. and i can't believe i am going to say this but i am a loyal fan of "general hospital" and i didn't start watching it until a year ago. >> i actually -- a year ago? they need more people like you. soaps need some of that. >> i know, i know, because now they're going by the way of -- i don't know what. they're disappearing, which makes me sad. i was watching another one which did disappear. they said they were going to bring it on the internet. they didn't. that made me sad. but "general hospital" still going strong. worries they are doing this much hoopla over the 50th anniversary. >> i remember this. 1981, i was in ninth grade. >> but you were watching. >> well, i mean, i was -- honestly, i'm not trying to be a macho man, i wasn't a soap guy, but every girl i knew was, so i paid a little attention. >> it was good to know what was happening. >>> coming up, the most and least miserable places in the country to call home. >>> sure sign of spring. major league baseball's opening day. i was watching. the highlights, high stakes, high salaries in america's number one pastime. you are watching "world news now." ♪ put me in coach ♪ i'm ready to play ♪ look at me i can be center field ♪ ♪ well i spent some time in the mud field mine watching it from the fence ♪ ♪ you know i took some lumps when the mighty dug out ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by nono hair remover. nono hair 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let's welcome the first responders joint color guard from newtown, connecticut. >> reporter: once the game got under way, the red sox jumped out to an early lead on their archrivals. >> yeah! >> reporter: for fans in every baseball city, opening day brings new hope. >> let's go, nats! >> reporter: nowhere are expectations higher than the nation's capital. >> right field. it is gone! harperonals heavy favorites to win the world series, first they have to get past the san francisco giants, led by mvp buster posey, they open their season in los angeles, facing a retooled dodgers club with a payroll north of $200 million. while another steroid scandal hangs over the game -- >> i'm not going to comment on that. i know you have to ask that question. >> reporter: judging by the size of crowds, fans don't care. not even cold weather kept them away. in pittsburgh the temperature at first pitch, a mere 39 degrees. baseball is expecting another big year in attendance. the 30 clubs drew almost 75 million people last year. that translated into $7.5 billion in revenue. baseball's making all this dough, john and diana, because so many of us still love the old ball game. >> wow. check out tahman. chicago fan. >> how about you? >> new york mets fans. i was born in flushing, queens. have to be a mets fans. i really wanted to make the mets. left-handed pitcher. didn't quite have it. >> wh