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here's abc's john berman. >> all right, ready?: there's nothing quite like seeing a hairless rat get neutered. >> here it comes. >> reporter: whoa! blood test for a ferret? different. and the lizard heart monitor? well, unusual. no, you wouldn't call this your normal veterinarian's office. what you would call it? exotic. >> what a good girl! >> reporter: this is the center for avian an exotic medicine in new york city. no docks are cats here. just more than 100 other creatures of every possible shape, size and symptom. >> someone's got to do it. and we like doing it. >> reporter: lorilei tibbets is a veterinarian technician. >> thanksgiving dinner is like a joke. you did what to a who? clie clien clients, too. we'll be like, you have to do an enema on a snake -- and they'll be like, what? >> reporter: here, she's prepping sancho for surgery. and here, she's helping hannah, a hedgehog with a lump in her jaw, some anesthesia to make her less prickly. >> this is a face mask that would fit a large dog. but we're using it as a chamber.

he is suddenly a man in command, and for abc's john berman, that is "seriously funny." >> reporter: foright, it was the center of the entertainment universe. the espys. sports plus celebrity equaling glitz, glamour and guffaws. >> the proseeds for tonight's show go to a very worthy charity, the los angeles dodgers of america. >> reporter: in charge of the guffaws? a master of the trade. >> and action. >> reporter: seth myers. the 3737ear-old star of "saturday night live," who is very much in the middle of a moment. there he was emceeing the white house correspondents dinner. >> these are my birth certificate jokes. so, thank you for the timing on that, mr. president. >> reporter: and there he is as the solo anchor of "weekend update." after co-anchoring with amy pohler for two years. and luckily for the espys, the new hampshire native is also a huge sports fan. how much do you like the red sox? >> i like the red sox the most of any things i like. >> reporter: we spent the day with him behind the sceness as e prepared to ridicule some of his heroes. some of these guys are very big. >> ri

here's abc's john berman. >> to marta who scores!hey were down a goal, down a player, and down to their last few minutes, but down and out -- never. >> that's just who i am. i'm not going to quit. this team is not going to quit. >> this saved the usa's life! >> reporter: trailing powerhouse brazil with no more than two minutes to play, the u.s. team gave us a glimpse of that rare combination of perseverance and perfection. >> what a goal! >> reporter: that goal, a surgical strike off the head of abby wambach, enough to send the american women into a penalty kick shootout. there the game was in the hands of goalie hope solo, and she stretched those hands to superhuman limits -- >> yes, brilliant save from solo! reporter: -- opening the door for team usa to seal it. the u.s. has scored epic goals before, winning the women's world cup 12 years ago to the day. this victory just gets the u.s. to the semi-finals. >> w wwant to celebrate this win but we want it to be worth something. >> reporter: worth something? do you guys want to be socc

john berman, abc news, new york. >> and thank you so much for watching.t abcnews.com. and don't forget that special one-hour edition of "nightline" later tonight with all the details on the casey anthony trial. and, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow. have a great night. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

john berman, abc news, new york. >> and thank you so much for watching.t abcnews.com. and don't forget that special one-hour edition of "nightline" later tonight with all the details on the casey anthony trial. and, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow. have a great night. >>> evidence of the illegal fire work that's did serious damage in the bay area. how bad this problem is. >>> a thief walks out of a san francisco art gallery with this picasso drawing. >> richmond considering issuing residents id cards. why supporters say it will make the city safer for everyone. then, at 6:30. >> i know i can go home and my daughter will ask me, what did you do today? and i can say, i saved a life. >> words of victory from casey anthony's attorney. she's acquitted of murdering her daughter. >>> sky 7 hd is live over the grass fire west of tracy. it's growing fast and now burned more than 300 acres, tripling in size in less than an hour. >> the fire jump into two different canyons, making it difficult for crews to get head of the flames. >> this started because

here's abc's john berman. >> reporter: there are jobs that take a lot of tools.raining. and then, there are jobs that take a lot of tvs. 15, to be exact. you'rereetting paid to be a baseball fan, basically? >> yeah. >> reporter: that's kind of cool, right? >> yeah. my fifth grade schoolteacher said i would turn out to be nothing. so, showed her. yeah. >> reporter: michael o'hara and ryan wagner watch baseball. all of it. >> the 3-2. that one's deep to left field. see ya. 3,000. . >> we will have watched 2,030 games. >> reporter: they're the home of major league baseball's fan cave. in new york city, it's one-part publicity stunt. one part shrine to the national pastime. and one part outreach. >> to a younger crowd. >> reporter: michael and ryan are chatting and posting videos on facebook and twitter constantly. face it. kids aren't flipping cards in the schoolyard anymore. >> baseball needs to think about the fans of the future. >> reporter: their professional lair is equipped with a tattoo parlor, pool table and a constant stream of celebrity visitors. this is r

ok john berman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. and. culture is that so much is right on approach that you go into something less there's the taliban bad guys the color of terrorism as norway comes to terms with its most horrific attack on its soil since the second world war a plethora of questions to. fifty. five. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've done the future covered. download the official antti outlook cation q i phone on i pod touch from the i choose apps to. enjoy life on the go. video on demand oxys live broadcasts and already says feeds now in the palm of your . question on all t.v. dot com. mornings today bolland says once again fled a few days are the images. from the streets of canada. giant corporations are today. a restitution role was passed and if you offer declared independence a collective farms were disbanded land was handed over to some of its former owners . and j. under its kev each received sixty hectares of land that used to belong to his father and jay's an engineer

and for anything having to do with sports, i rely on my colleague, john berman.ight, 1986, who played shortstop for the boston red soso >> spike owen. >> reporter: in fact, a spouse can experience a loss of shared memory quite potently after a divorce or the death of a loved one. these days, however, we very frequently turn to technology. raising the question, if the internet with its endless memory power is allowing us to remember even fewer things, is that weakening our minds? scientists are trying to figure that out, but many suspect no longer having to clutter our brain frees us up to be more creative. perhaps, they say, it's why our iq scores have been mysteriously and gradually rising over the past century. oh, and the answer to that question about the film lost out to "gone with the wind?" we, it's lots of them, including "mr. smith goes to washington" and "the wizard of oz." i found it on google. dan harris, abc news, at my computer. >>> and coming up, dr. richard besser's checklist for healthy living.. for healthy living. one day i'm on p of the world...

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here's abc's john berman. >> reporter: the partisanship, politicking and lack of progress in washington might already be taking a toll on your personal bank account and 40101 the stock drop today -- the first sign investors are saying, "we're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore." >> the impatience and frustration is clearly getting there. >> reporter: wall street has a way of voicing its displeasure, and it's downright ugly. remember september 2008 when congress failed to pass a bank bailout? stocks cratered, nearly 780 points that day. >> 3.5 million -- >> reporter: we are not there yet, but there are other unnerving signs -- call it a canary in a goldmine. gold prices are sky-rocketing. closing above 1,600 for the first time ever, 500% higher than 10 years ago. why is this troubling? it's investors betting there will be bedlam, no solution to the debt mess. fearing a market meltdown, gold is seen as a safe haven. >> the same concept of taking the money out of the market and putting it under your mattress. investors are taking money out of the market and putting it stra

john berman, abc news, new york. >> i love that.several different pictures, that was the one that became famous. you see that picture everywhere now. >> i love the idea of the dog's eye view or seagull's eye view. i didn't know a bird could pick up a camera like that. >> they'd have to make it attractive to the bird too. although sometimes we hear there's birds here in our studio. >> did someone leave a window open? >> like these ones. look at that, that's crazy, that bird. >> did we just end up in an alfred hitchcock movie? >> whoa, that's really crazy. >> we're g gng to need that later. can we get that back? >> really weird, whoa, hold on. >> what do they want, what do they want? >> i don't know but they're coming. >> they're going to make a huge mess! what's happening? >> protect your head. >> where is it going? what are they going to do with that camera? >> oh, dear. >> i feel this is definitely going to end up on youtube. >> it's one of those moments that you get a littlee scary in the studio. there's lots of wild animals aroun

john berman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. would you take three. three. three. three. year. old sleeve. for your media drug free media card. x. times or stacy herbert this is the kaiser report gold saluting a world economy breakdown using pills more macs that's our first headline their goal gives a standing ovation for the obama boehner masterpiece of political theater so we've seen in america the political theater getting crazier and crazier but this is the important thing is that how gold responded and obviously always the deal is going to be done right we knew that but we have always told everybody that gold is responding to this collapse in american empire yes it is responding its response to the collapse and free up money it's a response to the collapse and the american empire exactly they had a great run after world war two but now it's run its course and now it's all falling. part in all the satellites that rely on the u.s. for their large and all those military contractors and client states and puppet states that got a

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for "good morning america," john berman. >> let's bring out jake tapper and a whole lot else going onfirst off, apology accepted at the white house? >> reporter: yeah, i believe so. they don't think that mark, who obviously used to be a political director here at abc news, that mark has any bias against them. as one senior white house official said to me we have much bigger issues on our plate than the banter on "morning joe." >> let's get to one of them. debt negotiations, that's what it was about on wednesday and you heard a pretty harsh response from republicans on capitol hill. talks appear to be going nowhere even though the white house saying they have to wrap it up well before the august 2nd deadline. >> reporter: negotiations are still going on behind the scenes on the staff levelelnd also on the senior level, the primary level, but ultimately the white house says, speaker boehner, the republican leader of the congress does not have the votes to pass this without democrats and democrats will not go along unless there are some new taxes on wealthier americans and corporations a

for "good morning america," john berman, abc news, new york. >>> and for more now on the latest gold rush we're joined by mellody hobson, president of ariel investment. why are we seeing gold prices skyrocket like that? >> so this is what we call a fear trade. when fear is very high, gold is too, and, of course, we know that's because people perceive gold to be very, very safe. and there is a lot of fear out there. we've got a trifecta of fear right now. we've got the debt ceiling issue. we've got the sovereign debt issue where basically countries have maxed out their credit cards and then, of course, we have the issues around the middle east and all the turmoil that's been there and that have led to high gold prices. >> they can't keep going up, can they? >> i don't think so. over the short term, maybe, maybe in advance of august 2nd, the big day on the debt ceiling. over the long term gold is not a great investment. if we "x" out the last couple of years, 25 years before that it returned 4% a year. when you factor in inflation, that's a zero return. the stock market has done more t

john berman has an exclusive with seth meyers backstage with his brand-new gig.bout that coming up. >> speaking of funny, i don't know if you were with us at the top of the hour but sam's got a special guest whose squeal alone will drop you to -- there he is. "bert the conqueror." >> we did a show where bert took me out and shot me in a slingshot over the side of a mountain so we'll show that later this morning. i figured i would take bert for a ride up. are you ready? >> yeah, i'm totally ready. >> because bert doesn't like heights. >> don't you need to be a union operator. >> no, they gave me a two-second thing and i know what i'm doing. i don't want to hit the sidee o the wall. >> don't worry. i'm watching. to the boards. one or two things you need to know. the cooling trend has settled in and it will cover a good partf the country. but not everybody will feel better, though. your twitter pictures were telling us how hot the temperatures were from your dashboards all over the country, we'll post those on facebook. e three-day cooler air is what we're talking a

john berman, abc news, new york. >>> and now to a story that is as brutal as it is disturbing.nder arrest charged with the murders of both of his parents. port st. lucie police say tyler hadley used a hammer to kill his mother first and then his fathther. this took place saturday. then investigators say hadley invited dozens of his facebook friends to the family's home where those bodies were for a party. >> during the party and after the party there was rumor that perhaps tyler may have killed his parents and a partygoer may have made an anonymous tip. >> the crime scene was certainly a merciless killing. it was a brutal and -- and then the facebook invitation, a pay, to have your friends, 40 to 60 people come over, i think speaks for itself. >> the bodies were discovered after the party. police do not yet have a motive. >>> roman catholics in the philadelphia area will have a new leader today. cardinal j jtin regali is expected to step down after eight tumultuous years leading the archdiocese. regali has been under pressure for his handling of the priest sex abuse allegations

john berman is here to tell us abououit. >> love and money. you know, how tough is this economy?pily married couple to move in together. yes, you heard that right. one couple with one of the strangest living arrangements imaginable had to go conventional. can they survive together is the question we put out. for more than four years co-let and alan were certain they had discovered the key to marital bliss. completely separate apartments. >> i don't see why we have to live with each other. i say it's great. i go home when i want. i don't have to do his laundry. >> reporter: the subject of "two's a crowd." the 50 something couple lived re than a mile apart. perfectly in love. >> we get along very well but also can be a product of us not living together. >> reporter: they met online more than ten years ago. both had a history of bad marriages and annoying relationships. >> after two weekend, the second weekend at my place iat in my bathroom read iing. >> reporter: they vowed it would never happen again. they did spend weekends together at her place but the weekdays apart and we know

abc's john berman is here with more on the jockeying for votes and for cash. >> good morning, elizabeth. you know, it's true, the celebration of america's birthday is a key moment for those trying to be america's president. in new hampshire there was an unexpected campaign collision and in iowa some unexpected loneliness. it was a fourth of july face-off. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: parades and independence day turned independence fray as candidates raced down the parade route, the small town of amherst, new hampshire, simply not big enough to keep them apart. republican mitt romney and jon huntsman met face to face. what did they say? >> it was a nice exchange, a nice greeting. wishing each other luck and being friends. that's the way that all the candidates on the republican side should be. >> reporter: halfway across the country in clear lake, iowa, two other candidates enjoyed the same parade though hardly the same crowds. >> hi there. happy fourth of july. >> reporter: the surging michele bachmann was surrounded by a sparkly throng of supporters and a new campaign bus. the f

. >> reporter: warm fuzzies all around, for "good morning america," john berman, abc news, new york.eigh in. we want to you continue to watch "gma" so we're going to keep him over there with his thoughts on all this but hit him on twitter. i'm sure he'll be more than willing to share there. >>> ahead on "gma," show you the money. hidden treasure in the most unlikely places. come on back. right now, all over the country discover customers are getting five percent cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. [ female announcer ] for frequent heartburn sufferers summertime is now a happy time. when we can eat what we want and sleep soundly through the night. prevacid®24hr prevents the acid that causes frequent heartburn, all day, , l night. >>> you can call me scott. >> do you remember this guy the marine who asked mila kunis out and was sort of strong-armed mila kunis, into going by justin timberlake on a movie junket press interview so after that well, a female marine has thought that justin was maybe get