let's turn to josh elliott for the top stories. >> good morning to all of you. we're going to begin with new concerns about safety at the summer olympics in london this, as the athletes begin arriving today. a british newspaper found

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josh elliott and lara spencer takes behind the scenes. >>> in one of hollywood's enduring mysteries.g death of natalie wood. police have changed the death certificate from accident to undetermined. abc's bazi kanani. >> reporter: for fans of natalie wood, there are more questions this morning about her mysterious death after reports that the police have changed her death certificate from accidental to undetermined. >> it confirmed for what i asked for all along. >> reporter: she wrote a book about the case. along with a key witness, he was there the night wood disappeared more than 30 years ago, on a boating trip with her husband, actor robert wagner and fellow actor christopher walken. the case was reopened last year. >> it wasn't lying. it was just merely not telling them everything. >> reporter: davern said that wood and wagner were fighting that night. wagner refused to allow them to turn on the search leichts to look for him. wagner has always said that her death was an accident. >> what we think happened was she went out on the swim step and slipped. >> reporter: the autopsy fo

lara spencer and josh elliott. >> good morning to you both. >>> we're turning up the heat on the very>> welcome to our brand-new sets in the center of times square. >> live studio audience. >> you'll also find tons of surprises, i dare say. also the juiciest topics of the day, we'll be sizing them up and talking to celebs and of course, we'll have a little bit of that little thing that we call the news that pops. >> indeed we will. >> also, we have this extreme coupon master, judy, she'll be here to tell where to find hidden cash in your grocery store. >> and that's not at all. all prolose to this, a very special guest. lara, contain yourself. the legendary, the one and the only, liza minnelli, live! she's on broadway. we'll find out who liza would kiss, married or ditch? what more could you want? >> we'll explain that tomorrow. >>> guys, we'll see right here, 2:00 p.m. on abc. on "good afternoon america." >> kiss, marry or ditch, i want that kind of segment on our show. i would love to have a live studio audience. thanks for watching abc news. we're always online at "good morning ame

josh elliott. hey. i want to apologize on behalf of hair, a brillo pad. >> its casual thursday. >> it's been a long day. wherekin would something that says she loves but it would wraparound twice. quite an afternoon we will have with any nominations. into theelve deeper snubs and all the nominees. connelly will be with us. >> we actually have a nominee going to be with us. i will not tell you who. a tough topic that into.e going to look >> i know. this.weating over don't really want to engage in because my kids may because it is summer. thatthe right time to have talk with your children? you don't have to worry about it while you have a 10- old.- >> next year she is going to the nunnery. >> that is a great solution. well done. you can wash your hands of that one. shopping in our own closets. it will be fun. >> thank you. we will see you this afternoon. still ahead, a final look at the weather with steve. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for

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anchor josh elliott and lara spencer take us behind the scenes.lot of excitement there. >>> the one-word switch that could have a lot of significance in one of hollywood's most enduring mysteries. the drowning death of actress natalie wood. 30 years later, a big new wrinkle. police have changed the death certificate from accident to undetermined. abc's bazi kanani is covering the story. >> reporter: for fans of classic hollywood beauty natalie wood, there are more questions about her mysterious death after reports the coroner's office has changed the cause on her death certificate from accidental to undetermined. >> it confirms for what i asked for all along. her case needed another look. >> reporter: marti rulli wrote a book about the case with the boat captain dennis davern. he was there the night wood disappeared more than 30 years ago on a boating trip with her husband, actor robert wagner, and fellow actor christopher walken. the case was reopened last year. after davern came forward with new allegations. >> it wasn't lying. it was just merel

josh elliott, abc news, new york. >> thank you, josh. >> 96,640 feet. [ whistling ] >> what did i dosplat! >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," >>> this morning on "world news now" -- kidnapping mystery. why would anyone abduct the mother of baseball star cal ripken jr.? >> the strange circumstances, the leads police are following after a strange ordeal came to an end. it's thursday, july 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good thursday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm paula faris. we'll get to the long list of questions about that kidnapping of cal ripken jr.'s mother. in a moment. she was gone nearly 24 hours. >> no ransom note, weird. no connection to money. just odd. >> he said he wasn't going to hurt her. >> what was the point? >> took her to get food. lit her cigarette. didn't seem like he knew who her son was, cal ripken jr. >> bizarre. >>> an abc news exclusive, michael jackson's mom speaks out on the drama that is dividing her family. >> good to finally hear from her. she's back home in l.a. after some still mysteriously e

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for many of you that is "good afternoon america" with our colleagues josh elliott and lara spencer and we will have the latest breaking news on this story throughout the day on abcnews.com, special editions of "nightline" and "20/20" later and i will see you on a special edition of >>> we continue to follow that breaking news in aurora, colorado. they say this man, jai78s holmes opened fire at the opening 6 the movie. here is what we know right now. 12 people have been killed. 59 wounded in one of the deadliest mass shootings in history. some members are members of the u.s. military and it's not known yet. the youngest victim is three-month-old baby. the new movie opens here, as well. terry mcsweeney and amy hollyfield are standing by. let's begin with you in san francisco, amy. >> i have a new development to tell you about. we saw a san francisco police officer pull up about 20 minutes ago, parked here at the entrance. he sat here for about 20 minutes and just drove away. we are starting to see evidence of more security here at the movie theaters where this movie is showing. it was sh

here's abc's josh elliott. >> reporter: in the predawn darkness, preparations begin on earth for a leapthe stratosphere. the balloon gently fills with helium. a vessel made of material as thin as a dry cleaning bag that will lift felix baumgartner more than 90,000 feet above the earth. with the wind at bay, the capsule lifts off. >> 6,300 feet. >> reporter: 90 minutes later, it reaches an altitude of 18 miles. or, 96,640 feet, to be precise. now, to give you an idea of just how far up 96,640 feet actually is, i'm standing here in manhattan. at sea level. on his way, 18 miles above the earth, bam baumgartner would have passed migrating birds and then airplanes and even the highest clouds in the sky. and he wouldn't have even been halfway there yet. baumgartner pushing the limits on what we know about endurance, both physical and mental. without his high-tech pressurized suit, the slightest air would mean he wouldn't be able to breathe. and the water in his body would actually boil and then vaporize. >> almost overwhelming. when you are standing there in the pressure suit, you only hear y

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let's turn to josh elliott for the top stories. >> good morning to all of you. we're going to begin with new concerns about safety at the summer olympics in london this, as the athletes begin arriving today. a british newspaper found security officers sleeping at the olympic stadium. you can see that right here. inexperienced security at heat row allowed three suspects on government watchists to enter the country without proper questioning. others failed to spot hidden weapons and fake bombs. >>> intense negotiations are under way to free a pastor kidnapped on a missionary trip to egypt. time could be running out for this man. reverend michel louis, pulled off a because friday. parishioners praying for him. he's diabetic and the medication was left on the bus. >>> the man that is the most wanted nazi in the world is found alive and well. laszlo csatary linked to some 15,000 jews in 1941 is hiding in budapest. authorities in hungary are now investigating. >>> and look at this. a tv news crew caught a slide on camera. at this lake. two boaters get away in the nick

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only two days away, lara spencer and josh elliott are teaming up for an exciting hour of television.your afternoons are about to get a whole lot brighter. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, america. >> bringing you the latest in pop news. >> the biebs. >> miley cyrus, liam hemsworth, engaged. and hot button topics, is cleavage appropriate if the work place? and putting your favorite celebs on the hot seat. >> the man is a cooper. the man is a keeper. >> come see why everyone is saying -- >> good is afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, america. ♪ good afternoon america >> that begins on monday. i hope they have one on the weekends, too. that would be a lot of fun i think. >>> in the meantime, thanks for watch ppg. make sure to watch "world news" with david muir later on. jim avila, thank you for joining us. >> i'll be back tomorrow. >> ginger will have the biggest thermometer you have ever seen. >> you won't see me.

only two days away, lara spencer and josh elliott are teaming up for an exciting hour of television. summer, your afternoons are about to get a whole lot brighter. >> good afternoon. >> all: good afternoon. >> good afternoon, america. >> bringing you the latest in pop news. >> the biebs. >> miley cyrus, liam hemsworth, engaged. and hot button topics. is cleavage appropriate in the workplace? >> it is hard to get a job today. let he see your resume. how about these? >> you can always use five minutes. sit down and stand up. >> and putting your favorite celebs to the test. we have a game we want to play, kiss, marry, ditch. want to play? >> the man is a keeper. the man is a keeper. >> come see why everyone is saying -- >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, america. ♪ good afternoon america >> that begins on monday. at 2:00 eastern. i hope they have a "good afternoon america" on the weekends, too. that would be a lot of fun, i think. >>> in the meantime, thanks for watching. we're always online on goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo!. make sure to watch "world news" with

. >>> let's go to josh elliott. >>> actress halle berry in los angeles, filming her latest movie has reportedly been rushed to the hospital after an accident on the set. tmz is reporting that she hit her head on the concrete after falling, she was rushed to the hospital in los angeles, shortly after the fall, around 10:00 p.m. there and the set was then shut down. no word yet on the extent of her injuries and of course, we'll have more information for you as it becomes available. >>> now to a breaking story overseas, the man called the most wanted nazi in the world has taken into custody. he was arrested in hungary charged with war crimes. >>> an a developing story out of afghanistan right now, an attack on trucks as you see here used to be carrying fuel, two american troops, a single magnetic bomb set off a chain reaction of explosions. injuring two of the drivers. the taliban is claiming responsibility. >>> also this morning, president obama is announcing a plan to attract new math and science teachers and help make the u.s. more competitive in the fields. he wants to spend some $1

more news with josh elliott on the olympic security boost. >>> indeed. we're beginning with this breaking news. major new concerns at the olympics games as it begins this weekend. authorities have announced that more troops are being deployed. let's begin with nick schifrin. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, josh. an additional 1200 troops for the games as well as the on limpics. there will be as many forces there as they have fighting the taliban in afghanistan. the reason is, an absolute fiasco with the private guard. police are arguing the guards are not adequately trained. one admitted today he wasn't confident he could spot a bomb. and many of those guards aren't even showing up for work. one police officer told us at the hotel where there were supposed to be 80 forwards, only 2 showed up. there was one officer that was found with marijuana. thanks to the additional troops, they will have enough people to guard the olympics, which begin in just three days. >> nick schifrin in london. thank you for that. >>> meanwhile, a stern warning fr

you can tweet questions to josh elliott. >> i think that's the coolest story ever.cool, too. apple may have a new weapon in the tablet war. it's planning to unveil a smaller ipad this year, to compete with less expensive offerings from google, microsoft and amazon. the miniipad will be about seven inches and almost half the price. >>> and finally, a daring rescue in oregon this morning. a firefighter was lowered into that quarry to rescue that dog that fell 50 feet and landed on a narrow ledge. the ledge saved the dog from plummeting yet another 150 feet. in the end, daisy, the cute pit bull, was fine. just a little thirsty. the firefighter took a t-shirt of the dog's owner to smell the owner's scent and feel a little safe. >> that's remarkable. >> isn't that amazing? >> yeah. >> dog is well. >>> speaking of dogs, hey, sam champion. >> ouch. >> how about this? how about this? no particle physics here. just "pop news." josh, america has voted. if you would indulge us, an astounding 98% of those who responded. if you would. if you would. if you would, josh. just -- th

let's go to josh elliott. >>> good morning to all of you. we begin with the big story, a new low for facebook. just another indication in the trouble in the overall economy affecting all of us. "gma" weekend anchor, bianna golodryga is here to explain. bianna? >> good morning to you, josh. this was the first time we've heard from mark zuckerberg since the disastrous ipo two months ago. revenue growth is falling and that's a big concern. when it comes to the future of the company, we learned that half of facebook users are now logging on to the site with their smartphones and blackberries, the company has not figured out how to maximize profits through mobile advertising. and as a result, facebook shares tumbled 10% overnight. take a look at this -- in may the company was valued at $100 billion, today it's more like $65 billion. and, josh, on a broader scale, it's not just facebook that disappointed investor, companies from starbucks to amazon have reported weaker earnings, this week, triggering that the economic slowdown is finally having a

we turn to josh elliott for the other top stories. >>> right to the huge development in the colorado movie theater shooting. suspect james holmes may have mailed a notebook to the university of colorado detailing his plans. dan harris joins us from aurora this morning. good morning to you, dan. >> reporter: josh, good morning to you. tin vest gags into the lethal plot, aleblgedly hatched in the apartment building right behind me is heating up with the startling new discovery. overnight, while the windows were fixed up and people were allowed back in to place formerly rigged with booby traps, behind the scenes, investigators were reading through a notebook, allegedly written by holmes, that was mailed to the university of colorado. the notebook mailed to a psychiatrist at the university and it contains, quote full details about how he was going to kill people. drawings of what he was going to do in it. drawings and illustrations of the massacre. >> they're going to start going through it, looking for preplanning, motivation, purchase of weapons. >> reporter: one of the sources that sp

let's go to josh elliott with the rest of the headlines. >>> good morning to you and all of you, we're getting word that actress halle berry has been released from an l.a. hospital. we learned she fell on the set of her movie much hitting her head on the con great but we're told the injury is only minor. >>> now breaking new, the man called the most-wanted nazi was taken into custody. 97-year-old laszlo csatary, can accused of killing over 16,000 jews in nazi death camps in world war ii. >>> and a developing story in baghdad. a single bomb set or a change reaction of explosions. destroying 22 nato trucks, injured two drivers. taliban is claiming responsibility. >>> also this morning, president obama is announcing a plan to attract new math and science teachers and help make the u.s. more competitive in the fields. he wants to spend some $1 billion to create an elite group of teachers who would get an extra $20,000 per year. congress has to okay the money and that's far from a done deal >>> and a brazen holdup in florida didn't exactly go off as planned, again, thanks to one gun-toting

>> i'm a supporter, josh elliott. i'm just guessing. >> all the news you need, america.ffith. she is opening up about her struggles with addiction. how her daughters convinced her to get help. how she says she couldn't have done it without them. >>> and it's our biggest fourth of july party ever this week. >> wow. >> so spontaneous. all the hottest summer beauty secrets, including the hair style that is all the rage. bangs. and we have three, brave women, gonna find out why, if bangs work for them. tabitha coffey is here. >> you have to grow them back out if you don't like them. >> that's commitment. >> our commitment. that's the headline. >>> also, get ready for the surfing competition, that's gone, ladies and gentlemen, to the dogs. paw-to-paw, if you will, see who can really hang ten. or would that be 20? they have back feet. >> save that for "pop news." >>> let's get the real news now. >> all right. unfortunately, it looks like another day without air conditioning for many, as milli that lost power in friday's violent storms across the mid-atlantic. additional power

more news with josh elliott on the olympic security boost. >>> indeed, major security at the olympics games as it begins this weekend, authorities have have announced that more troops are being sent out. >> good morning, an additional 1200 troops for the games as well as the olympics, as they're fighting the taliban in afghanistan. the reason is, an absolute fiasco with the private guard. police are arguing the guards are not adequately trained. one admitted he wasn't confident he could spot a bomb and many of those guards aren't even showing up for work. one police officer told us at the hotel olympic officials are staying, they never showed up. thanks to the additional troop, they will have enough people to garland the olympics which begin in just three days. >> nick schifrin in london. thank you for that. >>> meanwhile, a stern warning from president obama, he's telling syria, it would be a quote, tragic mistake" to use chemical weapons. syrian officials threatened monday to deploy such weapons against any foreign attackers but vowed not to use them against civilians in the ongoing