. >>> and the million-dollar maltese who inherited a fortune from his owner, leona helmsley, has died. so, where is the money now? >>> good morning. even after more than a dozen of his top aides jumped ship, newt gingrich is vowing to continue his presidential campaign. >> in a posting on facebook, gingrich says, the campaign begins anew sunday in los angeles. but political insiders say it's difficult to see how that will happen. here's karen travers. >> reporter: less than a month after launching his presidential campaign, newt gingrich went on vacation. the week-long, luxury cruise to the greek islands stunned his staff and may have been the final straw. his entire senior staff resigned, including the campaign manager, senior advisers in key, early voting states. and his devoted spokesman of a dozen years, rick tyler, who told abc news, we had a fundamental difference of opinion about the direction of the campaign. republicans said the gingrich's campaign was undisciplined. right out of the gate, he slammed the house republican medicare plan. >> i don't think right-wing social engin

we have to talk about leona helmsley's dog. a lot of headlines. >> most spoiled pooch. in america. >> a very spoiled pooch. >> there is leona and the dog. maltese, trouble, trouble has passed away. trouble was 12 years old. let me do the math for you, 84 years in dog years. just so you know. >> nicely done. >> trouble was left $12 million from the helmsley estate. a judge then later reduced it down to $2 million. tough to survive as a maltese on $2 million. that's wrong. was cremated being held privately, the ashes are being well taken care of. >> all right. no more trouble. >> trouble. >>> finally, "the hang overii" movie came out. or almost didn't come out. at least this, the tattoo artist who created the tattoo for mike tyson tried to fight to stop the movie from coming out because they re-created his tattoo. >> copyright infringement. >> he fought for copyright infringement. they ended up releasing the movie. now when the dvd comes out they're going to change the tattoo on his face as a result of part of the settlement. got

it would be like the helmsley era. $150 million to bring this up, and if you look at this -- we will go into selling off property and in the long term, it will mean less to everybody. another aspect we have to take a look at, the history of the west side of san francisco. particularly those with high density housing, secondary units, even along the trans alliance. this is a very important project because it shows the difference on the west side. we can provide more housing that people need, especially family housing. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i live off ocean avenue near park merced. with the park merced project adding 25,000 people to the area, that is 25,000 students of san francisco state. anyone who has been to the park, trying to get out of there with 50,000 people, you know how much fun that this says. transportation cannot handle this. if you extend this line, you cannot rely on them to provide transportation at muni. you have kindergarten and fifth grade school projected, and there are enough will schools in the area, and not enough high school seats available for

tonight's nominee for the "ridicu-list," a blast from the past, leona helmsley makes the list.oday we are reminded just how ridiculous she was in life. today, her lap dog named trouble died. probably the richest dog in the world, is dead. now, if you don't remember trouble, you need to get your priorities straight. i know you're busy, but we're talking about a maltese who inherited $12 million when she died. that's a lot of money for any heiress to inherit. before you start screaming at the tv at outrage, a judge reduced it from $12 million to $2 million, on the grounds that leona helmsley, who went to prison after declaring that only the little people pay taxes, was mentally unstable. in equally shocking news, i'm white. at this point, you're thinking how could a maltese get by on $2 million? i work with people who spend more than that on an eyebrow pencil. she lived in a hotel in florida, ate gourmet meals and had a bodyguard. what do you think that bodyguard is going to put on his resume? trouble got more money in the will than some of her grand children who were cut out all

this is the helmsley building on park avenue in new york city. we remember lee -- leona helmsley who said taxes are for the little people to pay. we know something about the helmsley building and its taxes because this building is large enough to have its own zip code. and the i.r.s. compiles tax information by zip code. so we know from i.r.s. actual information what the wealthy and successful individuals and corporations that call this building home pay in federal tax each year. and guess what we know? we know that in the last year that is reported for which this has been pulled out, which was 2007, the occupants together of this building, the helmsley building, paid a $14.7% total federal tax rate. actually paid 14.7%. mr. president, the average american taxpayer, the average middle-class american pays far higher than that. we hear a lot of talk about how high the cooperate, the tax rates are for wealthy americans. in real life, when you go to actual examples, 14.7%. how does that compare, for instance, to the people who work in that building,

let's now look at another -- we looked at the helmsley building a minute ago. kent conrad, uses. this was taken in the cayman islands. it's a relatively nondid he script building -- none did he script building, except over 18,000 corporations claim this building right here as the place they are doing building out of. 18,000 corporations; really? do we think 18,000 corporations are doing real business out of that building? as chairman conrad has pointed out, the only business going on in that building is funny business; monkey business with the u.s. tax code. this is estimated to cost us as much as $100 billion every year. and for every one of those $100 billion lost to the tax cheaters hiding down there in the cayman islands, honest tax-paying americans and honest tax-paying american corporations have to pay an extra dollar or more to make up the difference. we recently voted for a continuing resolution to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year, and in it i supported and my colleagues supported belt-tightening across many agencies and programs

leona helmsley left this dog $12 million in her will. now, trouble has passed.an is on the case. >> reporter: her hair was pristine, lily white. but trouble the dog was filthy rich. a maltese worth millions. once the loyal companion to leona helmsley, the hotel matron dubbed the queen of mean. when hemsley died in 2007, she left trouble $12 million. $12 million. a judge knocked it down to $2 million. but still, she was one of the world's wealthiest animals. like most heiresses, trouble retired to florida. and her spending hobbits, reported yearly costs of $12,000 for good, $100,000 for full-time security. the dog had received death threats. the big question, what happens to trouble's fortune now? any descendants? any secret lovers? was there a will? actually, the remaining money goes to the hemsley charitable trust. and trouble herself, despite the wishes to share the family mausoleum, the cemetery said, no dogs allowed. instead, she was cremated. trouble was 12 years old. that's 84 in dog years. for "good morning america," john berman, abc news. >> berman alway

helmsley muelens won with the giants but in a few years he plans on becoming an astro. >> you know, it'sthing. >> reporter: no, not the team in houston. an actual astronaut for his home country where he is a hero. >> i was the first major league coach, first world series champion and all that. >> reporter: 2014 he will be launched out into space for a private company. >> one of the first people going on the first trip and the only one -- they wanted someone well known on the island of curacao to take the trip. i don't know how they picked me out of 140,000 people but i'm still pretty excited, honored. >> reporter: this is an animation from sxc's website. he and a pilot will stay in outer space for about five minutes before returning to curacao. >> we'll be breaking the sound barrier within a minute. the plane will keep accelerating until mach 3 which will be reached within 3 minutes and the plane will be on altitude of about 60 kilometers at that point. it will glide back to earth. when it gets back into the atmosphere, the pilot and also astronaut will experience 4.5 g. >> reporter: the

trouble, the pup who inherited $12 million from leona helmsley. violent. now four minutes past the hour. let's go out to matt and ann. watch out for the diving birds. >> makes for a bad hair day, natalie. >> meantime we have a lot more coming up including the weather. i want to mention right behind us there are members of the script. they are saying nice things to the people in the audience. anyway, al, where are you? >> i'm over here. >> oh, hi! >> hey there. all the cameras went that way i thought, this ought to be good, but jimmy mott found me. let's check your weather. the back of the heave has been broken in the northeast. 74 boston. buffalo, 73. cleveland, 76. you can see below the warm front temperatures in the 90s. we've got a risk of strong ngstor alohe frontal boundary. oklahoma city, cleveland, detroit. seu hehucan tenderstorms t firg up now moving through chicago into indiana and ohio. rainfall amounts anywhere from half an inch to an inch of rain from st. louis to buffalo. >>> well, that stubborn marine layer giving us a bit of a brea