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i'm john berman for "nightline" in dallas. >> and our thanks to john "dark temptation" berman for thatng abc news. we do hope you'll check in tomorrow morning for "good morning america." they'll have everything you need to knoou

here's john berman with more. >> reporter: magnum p.i. always seemed very happy.hawaii but it turns out he could have been even happier. how? well, if he had been older, married and also an asian-american jew. if you are going to build the happiest american from scratch based on things like job satisfaction, health and comfort, what would he look like? "the new york times," using data from gallup/healthways data index has an instruction manual. first off, be a man. men report being happier than women. move to hawaii. no surprise the happiest place in the country. find god. faith gives people purpose. >> why do they wake up every day? how do they make meaning out of life? >> reporter: and jews, according to gallup, happier than anyone, as are asian-americans. americans over 65 are the happiest age group. some studies say they no longer bear the burden of the future. add it all up and america's happiest person isn't tom selleck, it's alvin wong. >> i have the dubious honor of being the happiest man in america. >> reporter: 69 years old, married for 35 years, lives i

here's john berman. >> reporter: magnum p.i. always seemed very happy., young, single guy living the good life in hawaii. but it turns out, he could have been even happier. how? well, if he had been older, married and also an asian-american jew. if you were going to build the happiest american from scratch, based on things like job satisfaction, health and comfort, what would he look like? "the new york times," using data from the gallup health ways well-being index, has a construction manual. first off, be a man. men report being happier than women. move to hawaii. no surprise the happiest place in the country. find god. faith gives people purpose. >> why do they wake up every day? how do they make meaning out of life? >> reporter: and jews, according to gallup, happier than anyone. as are asian-americans. americans over 65 are the happiest age group. some studies say they no longer bear the burden of the future. add it all up and america's happiest person isn't tom selleck, it's -- alvin wong. >> i guess i have the dubious honor of being the happiest m

here's john berman on health, wealth and birth order. >> reporter: fans of "the brady bunch" know that eldest brady girl, seems to get the most attention. >> marcia, marcia, marcia. >> reporter: but according to a new study, she might also get the most allergies. 4% of firstborns get food allergies. 3.5% of second borns, even less for third. scientists think maybe changes in the womb by the time baby two or three comes help build a stronger immune system in kids. also parents who hypersterilize everything for firstborns might back off for younger kids, and rolling around in the dust and germs might also boost immunity. good for cindy brady and younger siblings who sent us pictures on facebook but it's not all good. take intelligence. one study found the i.q. of firstborns three points higher than second children and four points higher than third. maybe it's all that special time with mom and dad. >> when the firstborn comes along and there are no younger siblings, they've got 100% of parental attention and parental investment. >> reporter: but that can mean greater expectations and a g

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but john berman found that couples may get more answers by turning to another discipline. >> reporter we split up the chores? how do we keep from fighting? how do we have more sex? answer these questions and you have the key to the perfect marriage. but where to get these answers? oprah? dr. ruth? try alan greenspan. >> economics is really the study of the allocation of scarce resources. what is more scarce in your marriage than time, energy, libido, love? >> reporter: the authors of "spousonomics" say the key to a married life of love is a life of economic analysis. take jack and jane and their chores. >> hey. >> hi! >> reporter: if jack has to do the laundry half of the time, jane should, too, right? >> right. 50/50 is fair. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it might sound fair, but economics says fo s f. >> if you're doing half and i'm doing half of each task than the time we're spending on everything is actually greater than if we specialize. >> reporter: it's called "comparative advantage." say it takes jack 30 minutes to do the laundry and 20 minutes to walk the dog. jane can do the laund

so, with a kind of roundup, here's john berman. >> reporter: dateline, d.c. no government shutdown.three more weeks, anyway. the president today signed a bill that cuts $6 billion from the budget. republicans still want to cut $50 billion more, but both sides agreed to keep things operating. for now. >> i say take what we can get. >> reporter: dateline, down under. with just over a month until his wedding, prince william was in new zealand, mourning the lost in an earthquake there last month. >> my grandmother once said that grief is the price we pay for love. >> reporter: dateline, snooki? >> oh my god. >> reporter: high school students this week couldn't believe the s.a.t.s asked a question about reality tv. "how authentic can these shows be?" the college board says they weren't testing students knowledge of "real housewives" but their skills at real writing. dateline deluge. the government says more than half the country is at risk of flooding in the next few weeks. those purple areas could see the worst. though in the northeast today, things don't seem so bad. record temperature

john berman tells us. >> reporter: we all know weddings aren't always perfect."the princess bride." >> marriage, marriage is what brings us together today. >> reporter: or a strange wedding singer. ♪ love stinks yeah yeah >> reporter: but at least these precious moments were captured on film. martin and heidi weren't so lucky. thank goodness they had the stills because in their wedding video, that sacred moment when they signed their license, the unforgettable moment had they stepped out of the church, and, of course, the cutting of the cake. when they watched their video, they cried. for all the wrong reasons. >> i don't quite know how someone has managed to capture in such a bad way when it was such a wonderful occasion. >> reporter: what the video did capture was clear pictures of people's backs. there's a nice one of the still photographer. and an awful lot of grass. >> he was nowhere near the camera, so i assumed he was off doing something else and it wasn't recording. and then when we get the dvd back you think, this is actually the footage he was shooting

here's john berman. >> reporter: what is the image of the modern family?ding to brand new data from the census, the modern family is, in fact, "modern family." especially gloria. >> yea. >> reporter: born in colombia. hispanics accounted for more than half of the u.s. population growth over the last decade. now 50 million strong. their numbers doubled in five states. gloria and husband jay -- >> people understand me just fine. >> reporter: the modern couple. give us one week. 15% of marriages are mixed race. americans calling themselves multiracial up 32% since 2000. the census says we are moving ever faster west and south. in 1790 the country's population center, literally the point it would balance on a scale, was in maryland. by 1820 into west virginia. mountain momma take me home, thank you, john denver, then into ohio. there goes cincinnati, see you, lonnie anderson, indiana by 1900. nice shot, hoosiers. illinois by 1950. in 1980, missouri said, show me the center. and as of today, the new population center of america -- plato, missouri, population 10

we get more, now, from abc's john berman. >> reporter: what is the image of the modern family?to brand-new data from the census, the modern family is, in fact, "modern family." especially gloria. >> jay? jay? jay? >> reporter: born in colombia. hispanics accounted for more than half of the u.s. population growth over the last decade. nonononononononononononononononb

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oh i'm john berman in washington d.c. and here's what's up tonight on the big picture more than two years after the housing market crash has crashed more than more americans on the brink of losing their homes this wall of banks toure's and we've bailed out people lining their pockets tonight a closer look at one that will see a real recovery for the middle class then as the video sting that ended two high profile jobs today to n.p.r. this type of gotcha journalism a new way to report news again ratings i discuss this topic with my guests. but first this breaking news out of wisconsin and i'll tell you the real story behind the ongoing labor protests here's a hint it goes back thirty years and more weighty for governor walker the tea baggers. breaking news the latest play in the wisconsin koch funded scott walker theater is that the republicans are trying to get into and through their committees so they can vote on this thing their so-called budget repair bill the odd thing about it in order to pass the budget repair bill

john berman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. the in. the in the way to. to. to. to. to. really be low when you think of all that is where many people are so you can't speak she's love her you know she says she's a strong. well the nonstop coverage of the problems that japan's fukushima nuclear plant is causing panic in some parts of america despite assurances that we face no danger from radiation cloud correspondent ramon glenda looks at the coverage and how the nuclear preparedness business is booming right now. he's alert three counties officials now warning of a possible meltdown one hundred seventy thousand people have been evacuated or hearing of multiple explosions he could trigger a worst case scenario a full blown meltdown meltdown meltdown fears of a nuclear catastrophe in japan are being shared by people on america's west coast up and down california we've been getting reports of people taking extra precautions in case a radioactive cloud is able to make it a couple thousand miles across the pacific people have been stockpilin

john berman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture of. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through. who can you trust no one who is your view with the global mission to receive where are we heading state controlled capitalism is called sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. well moving on from the fighting in libya to the devastation in japan it looks like paralyze have been reconnected to all units at the because she renewed clear power plant but workers there are not out of the woods just yet we did hear reports that radiation is still leaking into the air from an unknown source and a lot of folks in japan are worried about what their food and water supply is whether those media poisoned by all the radiation that's out there now all of this as the country continues to be rocked by massive aftershocks now of course and we talk about japan you have to remember the other nuclear disaster that rocked that nation and of course i'm talking about the atomic bombs that

john berman reports that it's changing now. >> reporter: once the classroom was about the three "rs."riting, arrhythmithma. at northwestern university, they added a fourth "r." erotica. live erotica. after professor john michael bailey's sexuality class, students observed a live demonstration. it involved a man, a woman and a motorized device. john marcus was one of the demonstrators, along with his fianc fiancee. they also brought along whips, paddles, and a clown wig. >> the students were smart. they asked intelligent questions. >> we were there to give more information. not just what the school has to show you on file. >> reporter: the demonstration happened half class. the students were warned repeatedly it was coming and not required to stay. but it has sparked debate. >> i'm glad i didn't see it. it's a little too explicit for me. >> dr. michael bailey is one of our best professors here. >> reporter: in a statement, the professor said, the decision to say yes reflected my inability to come up with a legitimate reason why students should not be able to watch such a demonstration.

first, twin dad, john berman is here.look at the special connection between twins. and you got a pretty health skepticism? >> absolutely. this is pretty much my favorite subject. as you know, i have 4-year-old twin boys. the only special powers they swear they have is they can shoot webs from their hands like spider-man. i have been a skeptic about it. that was until we put it to the test. and i have to tell you, the results amazing. >> reporter: this might be the smartest conversation you hear for weeks. sam and ren, 17 months old in this video. clearly talking about something very important. their debate, not about winning, but perhaps twinning. it made us all ask, do twins have a secret language, even special powers? special telepathy. >> wonder twin powers! >> reporter: the wonder twins do. my twins, they say, yes, they do. do you have superpowers? >> i do. >> reporter: they make up 3% of births now. famous like mary-kate and ashley. sporting twins, ron day and tiki barber. and the sporting twins from the simpsons. si

here's john berman. >> reporter: how do we split up the chores? how do we keep from fighting?t where do get these answers? oprah? dr. ruth? try alan greenspan. >> economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources. what is more scarce in your marriage than time, energy, libido, love. >> reporter: the authors of "spousonomics" say the key to a life of love is economic analysis. take jack and jane in their chores. if jack has to do the laundry half the time, jane should, too, right? >> right, 50/50's fair. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it might sound fair but economics says folly. >> if you're doing half and i'm doing half of each task, then the time we're spending on everything is actually greater than if we specialized in tasks. >> reporter: it's called comparative advantage. say it takes jack 30 minutes to do the laundry and 20 minutes to walk the dog. jane can do the laundry in 45 minutes and walk the dog in 25. if they each do the tasks half the time it takes them a total of 420 minutes a week. but if jack just does laundry and jane just walks the dog, they save 36 minu

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a story tailor-made for john berman. >> reporter: the bad guys from "home alone," weren't particularly good at their jobs. but the worst criminal ever? maybe the guy who broke into this house in portland, oregon, on monday. >> 911. >> i just broke into a house. and the owners came home. >> you broke into a house? >> yeah. >> reporter: see? the operator didn't believe it, either. 24-year-old timothy chapek, allegedly broke in to take a shower. when he heard the owner come home, he got scared. and, yes, called 911. >> they can hear me. >> reporter: in the middle of his 911 call, you can hear the owner, hillary mckenzie, confront him. >> why are you taking a shower? >> i'm sorry. i broke in. i already called them. they're on the phone right now. >> reporter: she did call the dispatcher. and they both couldn't help but laugh. >> he was in the bathroom. and the door's shut. and he says he's in there. and i said, who the hell are you? >> okay. did he sound like he was high or drunk? >> well, he's obviously nuts. >> well, yeah. >> reporter: timothy chapek was charged with trespassing and coul

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i'm john berman in new york. >> see if it catches on out here. did you see what i saw?was drinking vodka. cavemen didn't have vodka. >> and they may have been strong but u-u-ribe couldn't predict the weather. >> that is true. i prefer to tap into my inner penthouseman. not a whole lot happening right now, in the way of precipitation. pretty dry around most of the bay area. a little spot of precipitation near san jose i was going show you but already it has pretty much disappeared. conditions mainly dry. tomorrow morning at 8:00 still the chance of showers. by mid day that chance will have diminished to just partly cloudy skies and mainly sunny conditions at 4:00 p.m. a pretty pleasant day tomorrow. the accuweather seven-day forecast. still a chance of showers mainly early in the day tomorrow. and after that at least partial clearing. a dry day. rain returns on saturday. showers on sunday and monday. and dry weather on tuesday and wednesday. pretty cool conditions on monday. but things warm up tuesday and wednesday. highs in the mid to upper 60s by wednesday. mild prebri

john berman, abc news, new york. >> breaking love and marriage down to economic equations.istian to update the forecast. >> i don't know if that works. >> i think the key is to remain young at heart and the flame shall never be extinguished. time lapse view from the high definition south beach camera this afternoon looking southward. lots of clouds moving through the sky which is why our temperatures did not rise to the levels we expected. still even with the presence of the clouds very mild day. 68 morgan hills. 73 santa cruz and mid 60s in most other locations. pretty nice day. clouds on their way and so is rain. tomorrow morning, pack, 8:00. by noon, rain likely. showers that minute initialing by 4:00 p.m. a wet afternoon for most of the bay area. here is the welcome weather seven-day forecast. rain likely tomorrow. a dry but relatively school day on friday. chance of light rain on saturday. greater chance of rain for mid day sunday to mid day monday. cloudy skies on tuesday and a better chance of rain on wednesday. period of unsettled weather. active weather pattern and

ahead of that, john berman has been tracking the candidates' latest moves. he is here this morning. good morning, george. this is one of those momentous days in politics. what's being called the first republican cattle call in the key state of iowa. it's the meeting of iowa state and freedom coalition. what the candidates appearing there have in common? for the most part, they aren't official candidate, yet. >> reporter: waukee, iowa. today's world headquarters for republican candidates not running for president who are actually running for president. pawlenty, santorum, gingrich. who had us on the edge of our seats. >> because of our concern for the future of the country. >> reporter: with the dramatic announcement that -- >> we are today establishing a website. >> reporter: a website? how about the arguable front-runner, mitt romney in new hampshire who had us on the edge of our seats. >> it's going to take more than a good speech to put americans back to work. >> reporter: with the dramatic announcement that -- >> it's going to take a new president of the united states. >> report

john berman is here.get in the car, and, boy, the rage. >> reporter: people do amazing things in their car. there is real outrage over this tragic story. as you said, there's a 25-year-old woman in a coma after this fight over a parking space. call it parking rage. the question is, could it happen to anyone? in "fried, green tomatoes," it was kind of funny when kathy bates went bonkers, after getting edged out of a parking space. but in real life, parking rage can be as menacing as kathy bates, in "misery." this new york city man faces felony assault charges, after he punched a 100-pound woman, who was standing in the space he wanted. she was saving a space for her boyfriend. now, she's in a coma. >> when nobody would think anything would happen, to go this far. >> reporter: oscar fuller says the evidence will prove he was acting in self-defense. >> she hit first. and just like we know, there's cameras everywhere inside new york city. >> reporter: she is still in the hospital. doctors have removed part of

that's why we have john berman to go through all of the tape.stories. >> reporter: that's right, george. good morning to you. there's so many developments every minute in this story. in a tsunami, it can take days, even weeks, to piece together exactly what happened during those few harrowing moments when the tsunami hit. why did some people survive? where did people go? and what is left? this is what it looks like when a wave of unfathomable size crashes, on thousands of lives. this is what it looks like when a town is washed away. minamisanriku. a town of some 18,000 people. half lived within a couple miles of shore. one of the only buildings still recognizable, the hospital, five stories high. with a boat now resting on the second floor. when the tsunami warning went off, there were 100 patients inside. >> translator: we can help less than half. maybe one-third of our patients. there was no time to save the rest. >> reporter: they told people to clear the first three floors. but the wave was so big, it washed through four. >> translator: befo

welcome to john berman's world, the world of twins. >> reporter: what could be such an important discussion weapon policy? national health care? "dancing with the stars"? whatever it is, it's important enough to raise a foot. that's sam holding the fridge. the gentleman he's talking to, ren. they're twins. 17 months old in this video. twins having one heck of a conversation. analysts watch in debate/dialogue, their moms posted to youtube, which begs for creative subtitles. or maybe this. whatever it is, scientists say, it's wonderful. >> you've got them sounding just like babies are supposed to sound. >> reporter: research has showed as many as 40% of twins develop what seems like their own language. it has more to do with verbal skills and mimic read. >> you have sensitive radar to the emotional reactions to the other twin, it can seem like telepathy. >> reporter: sam and ren have continued their conversations elsewhere. this time, sam is dressed more tastefully. maybe they're talking about taking over the tennis world, like the world number one doubles team, the bryan twins. or maybe they

john boehner. looks like it might be a couple minutes. we'll certainly have it live when he comes out. in the mean tile we'll give you an update from "the hill" russell berman joined us this morning on the status of negotiations on the 2007 -- 2011 budget. there are reports last night -- russell berman -- tha writes about it for "hill" before we talk about that, talk about the overall tea party influence. guest: there's a big influence, especially with the freshmen members in the house republican caucus. when the house republicans first came out with a budget number, the tea party freshman demanded even deeper cuts than that. that influence has carried over into these final negotiations where we are now. host: as far as the numbers go, give us what both sides are presenting. guest: the good news is they seem to be making some progress in getting closer to the number that is the target now. that is $33 billion in cuts from current spending from 2011 for the rest of the year. that goes through the end of september. there are a lot of questions and sticking points that remain. chiefly, some of these policy provisions that you mentioned, defunding the health ca