>> i'm john berman, the real one, not the fake one, or even the real fake one, for "nightline" in newanks to john for that. >>> finally, the topic of tonight's online closing argument. four american hostages are killed by pirates off the coast of somalia after a weekend long chase. we've heard from many of you on the subject. we invite the rest of you to join the debate on the "nightline" facebook page and abcnews.com. >>> that's our report for tonight. i'm terry moran. for cynthia mcfadden, bill weir and all of us at abc news, good night, america. >> dicky: up next on an all new "jimmy kimmel live" -- cameron diaz. >> i love porn. >> jimmy: wow! heidi is goal to help us predict the oscar winners. >> dicky: henry winkler. >> the queen wrote me. >> jimmy: you sure? >> today is national kiss a mexican day. >> dicky: and music from cake. >> jimmy: well, isn't that theig

i can't do that. >> do that. >> reporter: i'm john berman for "nightline" in rockford, illinois. >> bermanno prodigy there. good luck to keith o'dell, too. he's going to compete next month. >>> up next, even the most conservative republicans balk at his proposals for slashing government. we sit down with the newly minted senator, rand paul. ♪ [ male announcer ] here they come. all the new tech products you need. and they're all looking for the same thing. ♪ the one place that makes technology easy. staples. with highly-trained tech experts and expanded tech centers, staples makes finding the right technology just the way you want it. easy. easy to buy. easy to fix. easy to save. staples. that was easy. mary? what are you doing here? it's megan. i'm getting new insurance. marjorie, you've had a policy with us for three years. it's been five years. five years. well, progressive gives megan discounts that you guys didn't. paperless, safe driver, and i get great service. meredith, what's shakin', bacon? they'll figure it out. getting you the discounts you deserve. now, that's progressive. call

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instead of john s. berman there's fake john s. berman who says things like no really hair isn't that important for television unless it's mine. there's something pathetic and, well, fake about launching your own fake account but luckily someone actually started a real fake john berman account, which promises to cover the fake sarah palin, the yankees and mundane animals. now i understand where vandehei is coming from. if you could say one thing to the fake jim vandehei, what would it be? >> bring it on. >> reporter: i'm john berman, the real one, not the fake one or even the real fake one in new york. >> that's how you know you've made it when you have the fake one and then the real fake one. >> no kidding. apparently sarah palin herself is accused of having a fake facebook account of lou sarah. louise is her middle name. the fake account praises the posts that she pits on her official page. she says, don't believe any of the fake stuff. it's weird out there. you never know if it's the real person or not. everything with a grain of

here's john berman. >> there is reagan airport, the reagan building, the reagan library. then there is the church of reagan where candidates worship. >> one of my heroes and one of yours, ronald reagan. >> the brilliance of ronald reagan. >> take inspiration from ronald reagan taught us. >> reporter: some democrats have been know to do it too. >> i think ronald reagan changed the trajectory of america. >> everyone tries to grab the reagan mantel because it's one of strong leadership. >> go ahead, make my day. >> of big ideas. >> we must halt the destruction and restore sanity. >> bold strokes. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> reporter: in fact, you might say there is a republican primary, and a reagan primary. who can be the most reagany? >> mitt romney's foreign policy campaign book "no apology" has 11 reagan references. tim pawlenty's "courage to stand" 24 reagans. sarah palin's "america by heart," 33 reagans. only to be narrowly beaten by herself, palin's "going rogue" has 34 reagan references. this isn't even counting a book from newt ginrich exclusively abou

here's john berman. >> reporter: the big winner, the packers. >> have won the super bowl. >> reporter: thrilling for their fans today though apparently not thrilling enough for john madden texting, former president bush on a blackberry and ashton kutcher staring into space. but laura bush? winner. she's having fun. and, well, cameron diaz, alex rodriguez and the popcorn. losers, some 400 fans with tickets who couldn't get in because the fire marshal said their seats weren't safe. >> we drove from green bay, wisconsin. >> reporter: another loser, francis scott key. christina aguilera flubbed his "star-spangled banner" singing this twice. ♪ twilight's last gleaming at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ >> reporter: forgetting the ramparts gallantly streaming. if it's any consolation, michael bolton had trouble with the same line. ♪ the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ >> reporter: sue sylvester loser on "glee" after the game. >> i hate you, diane sawyer. >> reporter: you don't want to mess with sawyer, or this guy, our favorite winner, max page. how does it feel being in th

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john berman reports. >> reporter: the old joke goes, "how do you get to carnegie hall?" the answer?actice." well, there's that, and another word that begins with "p." prodigy. emily is 9. and playing at carnegie hall, filmed here by german tv, isn't even the coolest thing she's done. >> one of my favorite things i've done is when i played for the president at the white house. >> reporter: the president of the united states? >> yeah. >> reporter: emily's been playing since she was just 18 months old. about the same age when this pool shark started playing. keith. how old are you now? 3 years old. what do you like to play? >> pool. >> reporter: and if that isn't enough, there's painter kieran. the works in his last collection sold for more than $230,000. he's 8. so what do this mini mote sat, mini minnesota fats and mini monet have in common? >> we don't know where the talent comes from. >> reporter: the parents after all these kids say they were simply born this way. also, they do practice, a lot. the hardest thing to do, in fact, is getting them to stop. >> but i love doing it. i'm

john berman with the story. ♪ >> one, two three.er: do you feel like a big deal today? >> yeah. >> reporter: for real? yeah, it was pretty good, huh? >> kind of. >> reporter: what do you -- how does it feel to be in the ad everyone's talking about today? >> well, i mean, it's big. it's huge. >> reporter: it's a big deal. >> yeah. almost everywhere i go in california people are going to want to get my autograph. >> reporter: you think so? have people been asking for your autograph today? >> no. >> reporter: no one? can i get your autograph? >> yeah. >> reporter: you're a pretty big actor. you've done soap operas. what soap operas have you done? >> "young and the restless," that's it. >> reporter: do you watch soap operas? >> no. >> reporter: do you like the stories of soap operas? >> i really like them. >> reporter: can you drive? >> no. >> reporter: if you could drive what kind of car would you drive? >> a volkswagen passat. >> reporter: you are well trained, very well trained. how long did it take you to film that ad? >> like 16 ho

john berman, abc news, new york. >>> three priests in philadelphia have now been suspended while therchdiocese there investigates claims of sexual abuse against them. the priests are accused of having inappropriate contact with children. the suspensions come just a week after a grand jury report charged the city's church officials with covering up clergy sex abuse. more than 30 other complaints against priests on the job are also being reopened. >>> a consumer watchdog group is calling on the fda to ban the coloring used in certain soft drinks, saying it can cause cancer. the group says ontains ring in a carcinogen. but the beverage industry denies that the coloring is harmful. >>> and it looks like you can shave a little time off your routine workout. a new study finds stretching before exercise does not prevent injury. but people already in the habit of stretching might want to keep doing it. their injury rates jumped 40% when they stopped stretching. >>> scientists may be a step closer to finding a cure for baldness. researchers at ucla accidentally stumbled on a potent chemical t

hello i'm john berman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight the big picture it's friday which means it's time for conversations with great minds and i we have kumi naidoo executive director of greenpeace international will discuss his mission around the world is small through his past as a young activist in south africa are you ready to rumble in today's big picture rubble and break down the top stories of the week what's the endgame in wisconsin for governor scott walker and why is the g.o.p. a launch an assault on women's reproductive rights and later a daily take on who's really over paid. for tonight's conversations with great minds i'm honored to have joined me to a human rights activist environmentalist road scholar now serves as the international executive director of greenpeace international combet well come they can with your story happy to have you here with us to meet you. first i'd like to talk about your your early life and what brought you to worry you are now you were you were born and grew up

for "good morning america," john berman, abc news, new york. >> big exclusive for john berman there. hickory's something. she wasn't used to the lights or anything. she spends almost all of her time chasing deer and rabbits. on a 50-acre farm. she is getting a steak dinner. >> i love the gait that she has. you think of the movie "best in show." >> terrific movie. >>> coming up on "good morning america," we're talking to the teacher suspended for slamming her students online. called them things like triflely dim. she says she did nothing wrong. >>> plus, on the wrong foot. the shoe that promises to help you get in shape, hurt this woman's body. why she's suing sketchers. >>> and could this be the cure to the common cold? we'll find out. who says credit card rewards can't be simple? i mean they're rewards, right? right? right. with the bankamericard cash rewards™ credit card... i get 1% cash back on every purchase. 1% cash back on groceries. highlights. frog leg green. 1% cash back on... whatever that is? and there is no limit to the amount of cash back you can earn. no expiration on r

i do care about the commercials and john berman has a preview of what we can expect to see between theon game night. >> we are not doing it. >> reporter: $3 million a pop for a 30-second pop, the ads better be eye-opening or eyebrow raising. that's clearly the philosophy of go daddy. ♪ >> go daddy girls coming to set. >> everybody is staring. >> reporter: audi is going upscale. volkswagen, mysterious. best buy is going odd as in odd couple. justin bieber and ozzy osbourne. skechers is getting real, or at least reality star kim kardashian. >> so, yeah, sorry about last night. >> i just don't understand why you didn't call. >> reporter: all of the old favorites will be back. the e-trade baby, the budweiser clydesdale and career builder chimps. you wonder what horses, babies apes have to do with those products? not much. but they sure do grab your attention. >> it's still a huge deal to have an ad in the super bowl. it's a great medium. from just a number standpoint. 100 million people all at one time combined with all of those people wanting to seek out and watch your commercial. we find

i'm john berman in new york. hó ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody.ur, the packers' aaron rodgers might be the super bowl mvp this year, but the subject of our next story really is in a league of excellence all by himself. >> he is a nationally ranked wrestler at arizona state university whose success on the mat is an inspiration to all of us. abc news on campus reporter nathan o'neil has more. >> reporter: hour after hour of sweat, this gym literally wreaks of hard work. it's a place that feels very comfortable to anthony robles. >> wrestle something a very tough sport. it takes a tremendous work ethic. >> reporter: for the past four year years, anthony has left everything on the mat in the quest to be the best in the country. >> it was all about finding my style of wrestling and just focus on strength. >> reporter: and all that sweat and hard work have paid off. he's now ranked number two in the nation and undefeated. he has worn his asu uniform since freshman year and competed. but this time when he hits the mat, it will be his last match as a sun

. >> john berman is here with all the latest on that as we say good morning, america.nopoulos. >> and i'm robin roberts. >>> also, this morning, lindsay lohan is in trouble this morning, facing new legal problems. she may be charged with grand theft. accused of stealing an expensive necklace. we'll have that story. >>> and it wasn't just super bowl, but super sunday for robin roberts with the honor. >> number 21 in the program and number 1 in your heart. >> there it is. up to the rafters. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> that's so sweet. and it was on my mother's 87th birthday. >> ahh. >> i guess you don't have to do this "around the watercooler" now. >> we got to switch gears now. >>> to the new controversy swirling around amanda knox. of course, he was the american student convicted in the murder of her roommate in italy. now, a movie is being made that outraged the victim's family. and amanda's family is trying to stop it from airing. >> reporter: hey, george, amanda's lawyers are midway through the murder ruling. all of the hearings in italy have not been about the ap

left so many people fatigued, blustered but not john berman who is outside can this. good morning. >> great morning. actually, we ran out of superlatives to describe this form but now we're running out of patience. the snow and ice and wind have broken all kinds of records. but more importantly, it all night have finally broken our will. >> i want to move to florida soon. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: what do we hate about it? well, what don't we? there is transportation treachery. >> you have crazy drivers, trying to park in this parking lot. >> i hate clearing my car off. >> i don't know how i'm going to get back home. >> reporter: creature discomfort. >> the confinement. >> the wind is the worst. >> not being able to see. >> it's really biting. >> reporter: and just plain trouble. >> trying to keep everything clean. >> kicking off the boots. got to lace up. >> the snow is ridiculous. >> it just stays here. >> i hate it. >> people that don't clean off the top of their cars. >> buses can't get by. >> walking to school district every day can be frustrating. >> ther

john berman has more. >> reporter: after the ugly car crash. after the steamy revelations, after the messy divorce, tiger woods is facing a new scandal. the case of the flying phlegm. call it spit in the spotlight. on the 12th green at the dubai desert classic, woods did unauthorized watering of the green. the commentators on sky tv, were outraged. >> somebody has to come on the green behind him and putt through the spit. it doesn't get slower than that. >> and the golf officials, were not happy. this is about golf etiquette. baseball was practically invented for spitting. and boxing. but not golf. >> go spit anywhere else. it's more rude than anything else. >> reporter: woods that promised to clean up his image on and off the course, agrees. on twitter, he wrote, the euro tour is right. it was inconsiderate to spit like that. and i know better. just wasn't thinking. it hasn't been easy for woods. he's gone 17 tournaments, including all of 2010, without a win. that's the first time that happened since turning pro. if this had been anyone else b

john berman, abc news, new york. >>> some disturbing new findings this morning on teens and alcohol. nearly 6% of 12 to 14-year-olds drank alcohol in the previous month. that is more than 700,000 children and almost half of them got the drinks at home. substance abuse experts say people who start drinking before the age of 15 are six times more likely to develop alcohol problems than those who start after 21. >>> in other health news this morning, a wake-up call for inactive americans racking up some pretty big bills at the doctor's office. a cdc survey shows many of us are turning to prescription drugs instead of simply getting physical. david muir has the statistics. >> reporter: it is a stunning new portrait of america after work. those new numbers from the cdc revealing that across a huge swath of this country, nearly 30% of adults get no exercise at all. most idle, alabama, kentucky, louisiana, mississippi, oklahoma and tennessee. but it is hardly just the south. widen out and the numbers aren't much better. more than a quarter of americans do not exercise at all. >> when you lo

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. >>> over here at the smart screen with john berman. want to delve in this a little deeper. a lot of government trying to get their people out. what do we know about the evacuations? >> thousands of foreign nationals live in libya right now. so many trying to get out as fast as they can. portugal, they're evacuating them by c-130. austria can't get their people all of the way home. they're going to the tiny island of malta. in the mediterranean. but turkey is very interesting. they're evacuating their citizens by land, to egypt. just ten days ago, egypt was a mess. now, a safe haven, compared to libya. >> you speak about egypt. of course, the military played a major factor there. what do we know about the libyan military? >> on paper, the libyan military is quite strong. 67,000 troops, about 1,000 tank, airplanes, helicopters, but something of a paper tiger e. half of the military, poorly trained, poorly motivated. and there's a sense that gadhafi has been trying to keep them weak over the years because he feared a military coup. but now, it might not be strong enough to kee

and john berman has more on this. >> reporter: good morning, robin. scott brown kept this secret for more than 40 years. but someone close to brown told me in writing a new book he decided it was time to open up about everything. even while he was electrifying the political world with his stunning victory in massachusetts, scott brown had a secret. he was a survivor of sexual abuse. >> he said, if you tell anybody, you know, i'll kill you. i will make sure that no one believes you. >> reporter: it was a camp counselor. in an interview with "60 minutes" about his new book, "against all odds," the 51-year-old senator said it happened at a religious camp in fourth grade during a visit to the infirmary. in book excerpts, reported by "the boston globe," brown said, i was standing there with my pants down. and he came right up next to me and asked me if i need help. and then, he reached down his hand. >> when people find people like me at that young vulnerable age who are basically lost the thing they have over you is they make you believe that no one will

i also want to specifically acknowledge the invaluable contributions of representatives john conyers, howard berman bob goodlatte and zoe lofgren over in the house. they have all been very, very effective people with regard to these very important issues. they have been stalwarts in underscoring the vital need to reform our patent system. i look forward to seeing the results of their process and working with them to complete this important task. they have been stall warts in underscoring the vital need to reform our patent system. most of us are very familiar with the history of pa threpbgts, but it -- patent legislation but it bears repeating we have not had meaningful reform to our system in well over half a century. not any meaningful reform whatsoever, even though many things have changed during these intervening years. a lot of the laws have changed, a lot of the technology has changed, a lot of innovation has occurred. i'm not going to spend my time today on a history lesson. instead i urge everyone to consider not the past but look forward to the future. and that future begins with examining

berman is a congressional reporter for "the hill." guest: congressman, i want to get you to talk more about your view of the role of the rsc. holdat you're trying to do speaker john boehner's feet to the fire before bills get to the floor? guest: you saw the way rsc operated last week. you saw our leadership do the right thing last week as well. i have been impressed with our leadership's willingness to allow -- and you are following this city -- this open process of that we have. not only is bringing this -- amendments to the floor, but within the conference. we have seen as play all relative to the continuing resolution which will fund the government. the appropriations committee was working appeared good start. good piece of legislation. we thought it should be a little bit better. we thought we could get to $100 billion in savings. to the leadership's credit, they moved there. i think you're seeing is played out in the way it is supposed to, where you are -- take your best shot, bring your best argument, and if you can carry the day, you'll have that as part of the legislation. both in the conference and within the house of representatives. that is the way we