j.k. rowling.very single piece of scenic is critically examined -- every single paint drop, every single hinge. it's an incredibly advanced process that we take to make sure that every item that we produce is completely valid within j.k.'s world. >> have a good show. >> okay. thank you. vieira: for example, the title of each tune heard in diagon alley has been conceived by rowling herself. >> mix a pinch of spice with a dash of charm and a sprinkling of romance. vieira: and in this tune, listeners learn new details about celestina's wand. >> take it away, girls! lacombe: and she's got her three banshees that sing behind her, and she brings to life these tunes. and it's the first time these songs have ever been sung or heard by anyone. beat back those bludgers, boys, and chuck that quaffle here those noble navy robes know not well not to fear ...the staircase and goes up, and then we're gonna call it good. okay. vieira: patrick braillard, diagon alley's entertainment show director, also worked on th

j.k. rowling writes about it in a new short story. it appears as an article in the fictional "daily prophet" newspaper, which appears on rowling's website, pottermore.com. harry, ron, and hermoine are attending the world cup of quidditch. in the story, they are in their mid 30s. >> they are grown up. >> they are all grown up. >> thanks for joining us at 5:00. hope to see you at 6:00. >>> on our broadcast tonight, on the brink. israelis and palestinians running for cover. the heaviest fighting there in years as bomb shelters open and israel calls up 40,000 reserves. >>> border fight. as thousands of children flood into this country, the president under intense pressure to act. he makes his case about what to do. >>> pot rush. it can now be sold and smoked legally in another state, where already today there were fears of a shortage. >>> and selfie-obsessed. in our photo intensive culture, a rare warning has been issued to those who just have to be in the picture. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening.

j.k. rowling post add new potter on her web site.ry is 33 and attending the cupp with friends and he hermim. just 1500 words is all she wrote. our final story is next. >> pelley: finally, tonight, the bible says there's a time for everything -- a time to tear down and a time to build up. for america's second biggest cathedral, chip reid tells us it has been a time for building up what nature tore down. >> reporter: washington national cathedral towers over the nation's capitol like a mighty fortress. but when an earthquake shook washington nearly three years ago, it was clear that this is also a delicate work of art. tons of stone came crashing down and dozens of pinnacles and gar goils shifted and twisted. >> it was like getting socked in the stomach. >> reporter: stone car verse andy uhl and sean callahan have worked on the cathedral more than 20 years. >> i thought, it's done. now i'm repairing sometimes my own work. >> reporter: it took two and a half years to assess the damage and develop a plan to fix it. only now are they begi

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j.k. rowling new short story about adult harry potter. >> it is published on the web site, a fan site withting gossip columnist. she said that "he continues to wear the brown glasses," but "potter is sporting a nasty cut over his right cheekbone," and everyone is wondering what happened in is there another end of the world type fight? they will talk whether there is going to an new movie. that is the fans. not j.k. rowling, the author. >> meteorologist mike nicco is another fan. >> at at&t park 7:15 the game and 57 bit end of game. in redwood city you have a free concert at stafford park at action, 76 but dropping to 71 by 7:00 and sunny and a cool 66 so have a coat by 8:00. isolated storms along the sierra and quiet and 85 in lake tahoe and 100 in yosemite and 107 in palm springs and 80 in los angeles. >>> as we make the drive coming away from sfo into san francisco, it is looking pretty clear so far so good. you can see this is no traffic to speak of and that is what we like to see, a when in the middle of summer and we have congestion with folks heading to work. light as far as citizens

j.k. rowling's name on them. harry potter and the crystal vase was the title of one.walk up to dragon the title of another. there was only one problem, as any american kid could tell you, j.k. rowling didn't write them. the chinese counterfeited something that doesn't exist. even fake sardines have been seized coming out of china. >> we had prunes the other day. >> prunes. >> fake prunes, coming from china to thailand. >> and if you can copy a prune, why not a car? >> there is a new factory in china that rolled out its very first automobile, and the front half was german model a, and the back half was german model b. >> just to take a wild stab, one could imagine, say a bmw front, and a mercedes back, something like that. >> one could imagine that. literally. >> did it look good? >> depends where you looked at it. if you looked at it head-on, it wasn't bad, you know. [ticking] >> coming up, the serious reality of the fake business. >> chinese government studies indicate that thousands of their own citizens have died because of fake medicine. >> do you know which is wh

j.k. rowling and warner brothers and so many are trying to access the story on the web site they are reportinga slow down of people who cannot remember passwords and asking for it to be sent and it is taking forever. at the love excitement and anxiety. >> we are watching these guys grow up from little kids to growups now. this you go. if they are making a new movie...33. >> mike you were super excited. >> very much so. will it be received like "star wars," how critical the fans will be. >> the fans love it. >> i did not mean to give you the death curse. >> i don't know what to say... >> here is the game forecast for eye amendments and the a's because that is what is going on, at&t park 60 degrees dropping to 57. >> she tried to kill me! >> for the music in the park, in redwood city, 76 at 5:00 dropping to 66 at 8:00 and as we look an the state today there are a few isolated showers throughout the sierra and 85 in lake tahoe and 80 in los angeles. leyla gulen? you want to shield me? >> i will be the force shield. >> seriously in san jose, breaking news where we have a failing crash at the inter

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j.k. rowling has posted a new harb harry potter story on her website.he 1500 word story describes harry who is now 34 attending the world cup with ron and hermoiny. hermoine has risen to head of the magical law enforcement, and of course, her hair is still messy. ron's bright red hair is slightly thinning. she said there's no plans for another novel, but there's your update. >> we'll see. >> colin kaepernick is showing off his new tattoo, one that the artist calls money is the root of all evil. kaepernick posted this on instagram. the pile of money at the root of a tree with a snake wrapped around an outstretched arm. one thing is certain, he's got a lot of it. he got the new tattoo shortly after signing a $126 million contract, becoming one of the highest paid players in the nfl. he likes money fine, i think. >> and from football to soccer. just ahead, today's embarrassment on home turf. >> and the one american on the field at today's world cup semifinal. >>> coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00, a border crisis and what one san francisco lawmaker w

j.k. rowling's pottermore website. >> harry hasn't left me to the degree that thought he would and i'm quitelad about that. >> reporter: rowling, who has described being hounded by the tabloid press, writes this 1,500-word update as if it were a newspaper report written by fictitious gossip columnist rita skeeter. perhaps interjecting a bit of nonfiction, she writes, "anyone closely connected with harry potter reaps the benefits and must pay the penalty of public interest." the penalty of public interest today? rowling's pottermore website reportedly crashed. apparently too many people were eager to read what this time may be harry's final chapter. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> and we thank you for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com. "nightline," of course, later and i'll see you right back here again tomorrow night. good night. again tomorrow night. good night. >>> one supervisor wants to help unattended kids left at the border >> a standoff lasted for hours coming to a close. what happened? the lessons a neighborhood under siege. >> and a deadly police shooting near santa ro

j.k. rowling shocked millions of fans today when she published a new short story on her website about harryt famous wizard. she wrote the story as part of an online series about the 2014 world cup. the quidditch world cup, the official sport of the wizarding world. in the story, in the voice of a fictional gossip columnist, we learn more about harry and his friends. thank you very much for joining me. everything i know about harry potter just passed us by in the teleprompter. that's the whole thing. >> you got the important part. >> i don't say that proudly. i feel kind of out of it. my staff, who you know, is -- this was, i lost the vote, and we are doing a harry potter story. >> this is not the lawrence passion pick of the night. >> it was unanimous. what is the big deal about the author doing a little updating today? the excitement on my staff, they couldn't even speak english words about it they were so thrilled. >> everyone i talked to, even adults are in that state of frenzy. people at that age, they grew up with the character and there's a relatability there. there are these super fa

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j.k. rowling has given potter fans a glimpse of the grownup boy wizard in a new story host on her potter moret describes him as a 34 year old attending the quidditch rob and >> ♪ >> 6:'55. breaking news coming in right now. police in wilmington, delaware, say a suspected carjacker who was driving an suv collided with a dart bus and look at the damage there. this happened about an hour ago at 35th and washington streets in wilmington. a 20-year-old man who was driving the suv is in the hospital with severe injuries. two people on the bus were also injured. no word on their conditions. one of the stories we'll be following on "action news." >>> the action cam is live in mount airy where a powerful thunderstorm brought a tree crashing down onto these cars. about 84,000 households in our area are still without power because of those storms. >> that storm damage is still closing a number of roads, for >> that storm damage is still delco between conestoga and bryn mawr. stick with ithan. traffic lights out in a bunch of spots like lancaster avenue in bryn mawr. >> that shot of trees on cars that's

j.k. rowling, said it would be her last.shockwaves around the world faster than a sorcerer's spell with a tantalizing look at the boy wizard and friends all grown up. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: when we met this bespectacled, orphan boy, filled with magic, he was celebrating his birthday, just 11 years old. >> we can expect great things from you. >> reporter: over the course of seven best-selling books and eight blockbuster movies we watched this little wizard and his friends grow. but this was the last we heard from harry potter until a new chapter. harry, now a father of two, is about to turn 34. and while he has a couple of threads of silver in his hair, he continues to wear the distinctive round glasses he wore as a boy. ron, whose famous ginger hair appears to be slightly thinning, runs a joke shop and married to hermione, mother of two and enjoying a successful career in magical law enforcement. yes, harry potter is back, sort of in a post on pottermore website. >> harry hasn't left me to the degree i thoug

j.k. rowling. >> i would never doubt him as he's up there. he's on a pedestal. comes to the pound, it has not affect did the pound. weighted basis, it is the top performer. some banks are saying we could see some volatility in sterling in the coming months ahead with the referendum. have suggested he wins either way. >> coming up, have you ever wondered what type of food the world palette prefers? that story and more in the newspaper segment up next. ♪ .> welcome back i'm caroline hyde. let's get straight to the newspapers. one hour until trading kicks off. you have a bit of all, mark. -- a bit of football. evidencer you needed that playing in the world cup standing, to many he was the best player in the world cup moving to real madrid, the price a cool 53 million pounds. looking where to stick you in the team. >> i'm going to do the royal story. i rather like this story. theclub, the chef for kings, queens, heads of state. the irish cook said she did not want any shellfish. like beetroot. hollande hates artichoke. the only person who still has their food tasted

harry potter fans.here is some author j.k rowling released a short story with a glimpse at the life ofething potter the author posted the story on her interactive fan site. in the story, potter lovers hear more about the wizard's marriage to ron's sister, his gray hairs, and that he's rocking a mysterious scar on his right cheekbone. in an article published in usa today, written by the man himself, the actor says a story printed by the british newspaper "daily mail" is quote "completely fabricated" and "dangerous." the newspaper said clooney's soon to be mother-in law is against his impending marriage to her daughter because of clooney rarely responds to stories about his personal life, but chose to do so because he says ".to exploit religious differences where none exist, is at the very least negligent and the newspaper has apologized andanother day, another bieber story. fivethe pop star accepted a plea contest on a misdemeanor count of vandalism for allegedlythe judge ordered bieber to pay his former neighbor a little a woman who attended a military- style school for troubled youths

j.k. rowling, a short story into the adult life of harry.arry is now 34, has a bit of graying in his hair. they say the red head kid. >> ron. >> beasley, his hair is start to go thin. weasley. >> you get the full article on july 11. you can find everything out. >> all the inside stuff. >> critics are calling the immigration crisis at our borders an invasion. >> we'll talk to one man who believes that president obama's lack of action is unconstitutional. >> one man learning the hazards of his job the hard way. how he broke free from these crocodile jaws and his surprising reaction to being bit. >> there may be a reason that you can't remember certain things better than others. how your brain stores memories is our discovery of the day. the coverage gap only on al jazeera america >> final now for our discovery the day and perhaps why stephanie and i could not remember ron weasley's name, it's about your brain and why memories seem to run together. >> scientists looked at 15 pages for how their brains store information and memory land on top of

j.k. rowling release add short story catching up with hairy potter and his friends.he 1500-word story was posted on her website features the 34-year-old harry potter who works in the ministry of magic. rolling has be rolling, this is the first time she's written about harry potter since the final book was published in 2007. >> poor ron is losing his hair. >> harry is a little gray. >> is there a magical pill you can take. the kansas city stall, the world's tallest water slide is set to open trou. the brat, german for insane or slang for the wedgie maker was set to open in may, but delayed three times due to safety concerns. it's over 168 feet tall, features this 50-foot drop. reaches speeds up to 65 miles per hour. straight down. >> no, no, no. my god. >> you're on a little raft. >> that doesn't feel like -- >> there's water. they sprinkle some on you. >> that looks like fun. i'm not doing an amusement park ever again. >> good barbecue in kansas city. >>> let's go to politico, chief white house correspondent mike allen here with the morning playbook. >> good morning.

j.k. rowling and elton john who both successfully sued "the mail" for liable, not the chance to set the recordtraight on a number of lingering rumors. yes, he is engaged. no, they're not getting married at downton abbey and no, he won't be the next governator of california. the apology came on page two today. in it they blame it on the online edition. they say it was not a fabrication but supplied in got faith by a reputable and trusted freelancer. >> katy tur on the story in london, thanks. >>> could this be decision day part two. tamron is on duty on the king james watch. what's happening? >> he's leaving. >> he's staying. >> what do you say? argentina? >> i switched to argentina. >> yes, the speculation, the decision 2.0. is it still cool to say that, 2.0? will king james stay with the heat or will he take his game back home to the cleveland cavaliers? look at the difference -- this is lebron james when he played for the cavs, when he played seven seasons. this is him with miami heat. look at those guns now. he's transformed into the all-star that he s. this is what craig was referring to.

j.k. rowling is releasing a new article about the reunion of harry potter and his friends at the imaginary butter beer there for kerry? >> all right, kerry. thanks. >>> >>> well, good morning, everyone. 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. police in san francisco's castro district looking out for a home invasion robber. investigators say he probably broke in right there as you see, tearing out the mail slot. reaching around and unlocking the door from the inside. the homeowner confronted the robber, who took off with some of the homeowners' belongings. let's check in our weather with christina. good morning. >> hey, good morning, scott. good morning to you at home. we are still going to see a muggy, cloudy sky overhead with subtropical clouds increasing, just about all day long. your temperatures, though, not too bad. san francisco showing you still foggy here. as a result, 65 degrees. 75 for the east shore. 83 in the south bay and 79 degrees along the peninsula. >>> from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller p