karen travers, abc news, washington. investors so far seem to like say.the president had to as of five minutes ago, the dow jones is up about 14 points. >> there's breaking news in the against on-line child predators. u.s. government says 190 people have been arrested. 18 victims have been rescued in raids.s of suspects are accused of various related to a child pornography. took place in the u.s. as well as four other countries. >> investigators have not yet chargesthey will file after a young child was found wandering near a busy street. the nearly two-year-old boy was discovered along, barefooted, with a plate of food near boulevard off in hyattsville and over area. toddler is ok. his parents later came for a few hours later. the anne arundel county council scheduled to vote on emergency allslation requiring swimmingd semipublic defibrillator. the annapolis capital reports on conncil will vote law. the young boy drowned at a club in 2006. the swimming pool did have a defibrillator, but the lifeguard was not prepared to

with more on the mixed ruling, here's abc's karen travers. >> reporter: both sides are claiming victory after the supreme court's ruling on the arizona immigration law. going forward, arizona and the other 49 states can't make it a crime to be in the u.s. illegally. and they can't enact any laws that interfere with federal policy. it's a big win for the federal government. the court confirmed its sweeping power to set immigration law. that was the obama administration's main argument when arizona's republican governor, jan brewer, signed the controversial law two years ago. during oral arguments in april, the court seemed sympathetic to the challenges arizona faced with illegal immigration. justice anthony kennedy said, the state of arizona has a massive emergency with social disruption, economic disruption. residents leaving the state because of a flood of immigrants. for now, arizona law enforcement officials can continue to check the immigration status of every person that is stopped or arrested. >> it's to determine whether you're in this country illegally. and if you have suspicion

karen travers, abc news, washington. >> and robin will be back in the anchor chair this morning. she will be sharing lots of the kind messages from viewers from around the country. that number's approaching 21,000. don't be alarmed if she has a band-aid. she had her first round of treatment last night. that bandage will be because of that. >> and doing well. she puts love out there and is about to get it back. robin, we're praying for you. you know that. >>> also this morning, a devastated blow to autism research this morning. a freezer malfunctioned at the massachusetts hospital that houses the world's largest collection of autistic brain samples. now, one-third of those samples were damaged. initial test show some of the damaged tissues and organs can still be used but only for limited genetics research. experts are calling this loss a ten-year setback. >>> u.s. commerce secretary john bryson is now taking a medical leave of absence, after suffering a seizure over the weekend in l.a. we first learned of bryson's medical problems after his involvement in two car crashes. bizarre

abc's karen travers joins us with the details. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob.ending lawsuits have been combined into what's being called one big master complaint against the nfl. this could be a major moment for the embattled league. hard knocks are a major part of the nfl. bone-crushing plays like this dominate the highlight reels. and they've helped make pro football the nation's most popular sport. but it's the nfl that's taking a hit. more than 2,000 former players are suing the league in a landmark class action lawsuit. the players claim the nfl misled them for decades about the risks of brain injury. kevin turner played fullback for the philadelphia eagles and can remember just two documented concussions. he believes he suffered long-term brain damage and is one of the former players filing suit. >> this action is about the retired players getting the help that they need. >> reporter: in may, former san diego charger star junior seau committed suicide in his home. another high-profile death that raised questions about the sport's dangers. the former playe

let's go live to abc2 news karen travers who will talk to us nice and slowly to explain this deal. karen? >> reporter: good evening, jamie. it is certainly complicated and the clock is ticking. lawmakers say they're close to a deal to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling on july 1st. the class of 2012 left their college campuses with diplomas and massive amounts of student loan debt. >> i have over $100,000 of loans. >> $120,000. >> reporter: it's up 45% since 1993. the average debt -- $23,000 per student. >> it is our only option to succeed in america. it's scary. >> reporter: now the clock is ticking for congress to help them from spending mormt interest raids on stafford loans are expected to double on july 1st unless lawmakers act. it could be extended for at least another year. as is the case with some other issues here in washington, the fight boils down to how to pay for. this young voters are a key voting block and they within the overwhelmingly for president obama in 2008. the president has kept up a steady drum beat. >> this should be a no-brainer. >> reporter

karen travers has more. >> she beat breast cancer.ay she announced she is facing another major health fight. >> sometimes treatment for cancer can lead to other serious medical issues, and that is what i am facing right now. >> she has been diagnosed with mild this plastics and drum. >> -- mild displastic treatment. >> her diagnosis is rare, about 18,000 people develop but every year but only 350 because of cancer treatment. today she begins pre-treatment chemotherapy to prepare for a bone marrow transplant later this year. >> the reason i say i am blessed, my big sister is a virtually perfect match for me. she is going to be my donor. >> for robyn the past few months have featured major highs and lows. this weekend she was inducted into the women's basketball hall of fame. on the same day in april that good morning america beat the today show for the first time in 16 years, a day that should have been a career highlight she received the that it knows this. during a painful procedure to extract bone marrow for testing, she found out s

karen travers, abc 7 news. >> all eyes are on mexico today as the leaders of the world's largest economies wrap up their two-day meeting. president obama was among them. leaders are expected to release a statement showing a united front to tackle the world's economic problems. they will lead efforts to boost growth and job creation. at the summit largely focused on europe's financial problems specifically greece and spain. >> mother nature was behind a big mess in parts of the midwest. look at this destruction. heavy rains and wind brought trees down and power lines. many were left without power. the storm damaged roofs of buildings. the national weather service reported winds of up to 60 miles per hour. clearly those powerful winds did damage. >> they did. they often get those in the midwest. nocturnal and overnight storms. you'll be woken up in the middle of the night by strong winds. usually tonight it -- usually here is on the drive tom. >> they need as weather radios. >> ira member the sirens going off as a kid. we are stepping our way into it today. tomorrow will be full-fledged in t

karen travers has the latest. >> reporter: markets were down as the fallout continues. the u.s.conomy added 69,000 jobs last month. for the first time in nearly a year, the unemployment rate went up. that news has investors rattled and coincides with a perfect storm of bad news around the world. the debt crisis in europe is only worsening. greece could withdrew from the euro and there's new concern about spain needing a bailout. five months away from election day, it spells danger for president obama's reelection chances. he tried to put a positive spin on the jobs report but acknowledged the obvious. >> we have more work to do. >> reporter: the president's campaign is going on the attack with a new tv ad slamming mitt romney for his record on jobs. >> when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs. romney economics. it didn't work then and it won't work now. >> reporter: over the weekend both campaigns boiled down their economic sales pitches. >> manufacturing jobs continued to rise. that's precisely because the president stepped in. >> it's not tha

more on the economy from karen travers. >> global markets were down sharply today as the fallout continues from the week all the jobs report. 69,000 jobs were added last month and for the first time in a year, the unemployment rate went up. that news as investors rattled and coincides with a perfect storm of bad economic news around the globe. the chinese economy is unexpected least falling down and the debt crisis in europe is only worsening. greece may withdraw from the euro and spain may need a bailout. five months out from election day, the gloomy outlook spells danger for president obama. he tried to put a positive spin on the jobs report but acknowledged the obvious -- >> got more work to do. we're not satisfied. >> he is going on the attack with a new television ad slamming mitt romney for his record on jobs. >> when mitt romney was governor massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs. romney economics, it did not work then and will not work now about both campaigns have boiled down their messages. >> manufacturing continues to rise because the president stepped in. >> i think this

karen travers, abc 7 news. >> another story making headlines. five people were shot out in front of the houston, texas strip club. witnesses report as many as 20 shots were fired in the parking lot. police are not making -- have not made any arrests so far. it's scary rides for jetblue passengers about las vegas. more than 150 people were on in new york-bound flight when it started bucking and lurching. passengers reported hearing a grinding sound. the pilots described extensive mechanical failures. >> the initial thing is -- quite a few things. lost to than hydraulic systems. >> 155 people were on board. the plane had to circle for five hours to burn off fuel to try to land which it did safely. one flight attendant took to walking the aisles to calm the nervous and sick passengers. she said she was not worried and they should not be either. easier said than done. if you have left something in a hotel room, you may appreciate this. some people leave five-foot python. a maintenance worker found this snake in a myrtle beach hotel room on the windo

abc2 news karen travers has more. >> reporter: both sides are claiming victory after the ruling on the arizona immigration law. arizona and the other 49 states can't make it a crime to be in the u.s. illegally and can't enact laws which interfere with federal poll spi. the court confirmed its sweeping power to set immigration law. that was the ocean -- obama administration's main argument when jan brewer signed it two years ago. the court seemed sympathetic to the challenges. justice anthony kennedy said the state of arizona has a massive emergency with social disruption, economic disruption. for now arizona law enforcement officials can continue to check the immigration status of every person that is stopped or arrested. >> it's to determine whether you're in this country illegally land when you have -- and when you have suspicion. >> reporter: some arizona residents said the threat of racial profiling is still very real. >> it's very scary for me to have that in the back of my head that i could still be pulled over and even deported. >> reporter: today governor brewer claimed victory

karen travers, abc news, at the supreme court. >> hmm. >> a good point though.huge point. >> huge point. if they want to deport these repeat offenders which it looks like those are really going to be the ones affected by the law, the people that are really, really not good citizens they're going to have to take that up with the federal government and federal immigration officers and they will have the authority to take action. >> that's one of the principles upheld here, one nation, one immigration policy. the hard work of the supreme court, it's for congress to act and come up with an immigration policy for the country after decades of talking about it. maybe something like this can finally spur political action maybe. >> yes. and bipartisanship. >> yes. remember that? what's that? we don't see a lot. yeah. moving on to other top story on this tuesday morning. the killer storm in the gulf leaving just about the entire state of florida sopping wet. tropical storm debby on an ultra slow crawl to the florida panhandle, triggering two dozen tornados since the weeke

karen travers, abc news, at the supreme court. >> thank you, karen.y here is that justice roberts, a very conservative man, appointed by president george w. bush, president obama voted against his confirmation, ironically, roberts sided with the liberals in saving the key domestic achievement with the legislation. nobody saw roberts leaning with the left side of the court. it is a remarkable day politically. >> for those in the courtroom it completely came out of nowhere. regardless of where you stand, at least it gives you a little affirmation that, hey, congress and the senate may not be able to agree on a whole lot, maybe the supreme court can get, reaffirm our faith in -- >> it did. terry moran made a brilliant point yesterday, real quick. saying roberts is very aware of his place in history and the court's role in the country and perhaps an effort to show they can bridge the ideological divide. we'll see how it goes. this is our facebook question of the day, too, what is your reaction to the supreme court ruling on the health care law. let us kno

abc's karen travers has more on our brave colleague. >> reporter: five years after beating breast cancerfacing another major health challenge. >> sometimes treatment for cancer can lead to other serious medical issues and that's what i am facing right now. >> reporter: robin has been diagnosed with myelodysplatic syndrome, or mds. >> a disorder of your bone marrow. as a result of her breast cancer treatment she developed mds. >> the public outpouring of support for robin has been enormous. >> i want her to know, keep the faith. >> reporter: more than 15,000 messages have been left on the "good morning america" face book page and thousands of fans have reached out on twitter. even first lady michelle obama sent this personal message. the "good morning america" anchor begins pretreatment chemotherapy to prepare for a bone marrow transplant later this year. >> the reason i say i am blessed, my big sister is a virtually perfect match for me. >> reporter: a roller coaster two months for robin. in april, "good morning america" beat the "today" show for the first time in 16 years. a day that sh

karen travers has more. >> world leaders gathered in mexico are breathing a collective sigh of relief. over the weekend, greek voters narrowly elected a new government that supports bailout measures. are sticking with the euro as their currency. >> i must vote for saving my country. the idea of going out of the european union is a catastrophe. >> the global economy dodged a major bullet. the big question now in mexico, what is next? >> policymakers will now have to focus on avoiding the downside risk which would be a major shock to europe and the global economy. >> the ripple effect had been felt in the struggling u.s. economy. " the u.s. is not an island. we are in the global economy very closely interlinked particularly financial of. >> and on the presidential campaign trail. mitt romney warned that if president obama is reelected the u.s. could be facing the same grim economic outlook as europe. >> we would become more and more like you're up with chronic high unemployment and slow wage growth and with a military that gets slowly hollowed out. -- more liekke europe. >> you're doing

karen travers has more. >> reporter: president obama said today the u.s. economy is facing strong head winds but there are steps that can be taken right now to get americans back to work. >> the president: it is critical that we take the actions we can to strengthen the american economy, right now. >> reporter: u.s. employment started strong at the beginning of the year. the number of jobs gain has fallen every month, since. the president said the european debt crisis is a significant concern because of major impact it has on the u.s. economy. >> the president: the sooner they act and the more decisive and concrete their actions the sooner people and markets will regain some confidence and the cheaper the costs of cleanup will be down the road. >> reporter: mr. obama reiterated his now familiar push for congress to pass more elements of his 447 billion dollar jobs bill which has stalled on capitol hill nearly a year because of fierce opposition from republicans. >> there's no excuse for not passing these ideas, we know they can work. >> reporter: the presi

karen travers has details. >> hard knocks are major part of the nfl.e crushing place like this dominates the highlight reels. it has helped make pro football the nation's most popular sport. but today it is the nfl that is taking a hit. more than 2000 former players are suing the league in a landmark class-action lawsuit. the players claim the nfl misled them for decades about the risk of brain injury. >> there's just no focus on the most important part of your body which is your brain. kevin played fullback for the philadelphia eagles and can remember just two documented concussions. believes that he suffered long- term brain damage and is one of the former players filing lawsuit --- filing suit. >> this is about retired players getting the help they need. >> in may, junior seau committed suicide in his home. another high-profile deaths that leaves questions about the dangers of the sport. >> now we're hearing about the dark side. >> the former players say in a lawsuit that the nfl exacerbated a health risk by promoting the violence and deliberately c

abc's karen travers has more. >> reporter: hard knocks are a major part of the nfl.e-crushing plays like this dominate the highlight reels. and have helped make pro football the nation's most popular sport. but it's the nfl that's taking a hit. more than 2,000 former players are suing the league in a landmark class-action lawsuit. the players claim the nfl misled them for decades about the risks of brain injury. kevin turner played fullback for the philadelphia eagles. and can remember just two documented concussions. he believes he suffered long-term brain damage. and is one of the former players filing suit. >> this action is about the retired players getting the help that they need. >> reporter: in may, former san diego charger star, junior seau, committed suicide in his home. another high-profile death that raised questions about the sport's dangers. the former players say in their lawsuit that the nfl exacerbated the health risk by promoting the game's violence. and deliberately and fraudulently concealed the link between concussions and long-term brain damage.

karen travers has more. >> reporter: president obama said today the u.s. economy is facing strong head winds but there are steps that can be taken right now to get americans back to work. >> the president: it is critical that we take the actions we can to strengthen the american economy, right now. >> reporter: u.s. employment started strong at the beginning of the year. the number of jobs gain has fallen every month, since. the president said the european debt crisis is a significant concern because of major impact it has on the u.s. economy. >> the president: the sooner they act and the more decisive and concrete their actions the sooner people and markets will regain some confidence and the cheaper the costs of cleanup will be down the road. >> reporter: mr. obama reiterated his now familiar push for congress to pass more elements of his 447 billion dollar jobs bill which has stalled on capitol hill nearly a year because of fierce opposition from republicans. >> there's no excuse for not passing these ideas, we know they can work. >> reporter: the presi

karen travers, abc news, washington. >> interesting that videotape.ue in court late next week for another bond hearing. in that video also he said that he first saw trayvon martin in front of the house that had been broken into a few weeks earlier. he said it was raining and trayvon stopped in front of the house. this was obviously somebody he recognized from previous incident in the neighborhood that's what he claimed. that there was, you know increased violence, and break-ins. >> i think a lot of people are not going to be able to get past the police saying we'll handle it. don't do anything further. >> right. right. he did. >> yeah. all right, all eyes on the stock market this morning. there is an economic bombshell from the service that rates all the big banks. moody's cut credit ratings of 15 financial institutions including the world's largest five banks. and american and european banks can maintain profits and grow, in the downgrade, warn bank customers about higher rates and fees. news is pushing stocks down in asia. overseas traders are react

karen travers, abc news. >> that point is very important here.'t imagine the politicians are going to let this happen. an election year. it is something that affects millions of kids and parents. they're going to get something done. just got more complex now tied to this big transportation bill. >> again, so the facts are they, the deadline is july 1. the rate will double from 3.4 to 6.8. again just trying to figure out how they're going to pay for this. >> huh to fuow to fund it. >> attached to the highway bill. >> the pipeline. big controversy. a lot going on as there is on capitol hill. the real issue here is how higher ed has gotten this expensive. going to say the, student loan debt in this country is higher than credit card debt. a problem bigger than this. got to look at as a country. >> took me 15 years to pay mine off. >> really? >> yes. well under a plea deal, bernard madoff's brother faces ten years in prison for his role in the multibillion dollar ponzi scheme. peter madoff, former chief compliance officer at bernard madoff's business

abc's karen travers joins us with details. hi, karen. >> reporter: good morning, john.ing, paula. after nasa ended its shuttle program, it turned to private companies for these routine trips to space. yesterday marks the first successful mission. call it one giant step for private space exploration. >> the dragon spent five days, 16 hours and five minutes attached to the international space station. >> reporter: the spacex dragon capsule left the international space station for its return to earth. these blurry images show the capsule on its way to splashdown in the pacific ocean about six hours later. it was an historic mission, one that marked a major turning point for nasa. the unmanned dragon capsule was the first private cargo ship to reach the space station. it carried up roughly 1,200 pounds of food and supplies and it's coming back to earth with about 1,400 pounds of old space station equipment and scientific samples. spacex is a dream of billionaire elan musk who made his fortune with the internet company paypal. he's one of a handful of private entrepreneurs w

as for the presidential race as a whole, we are joined by karen travers in washington. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, paula. the presidential candidates know they have to focus on the economy. but this week the supreme court's decisions keep getting in the way. the supreme court's ruling on the arizona immigration law seemed to leave the presidential contenders speechless. but romney used the desomethici slam president obama on the hot button issue. >> states had to step in. states looking for a way to find the problems he didn't address. what we know is the president failed to lead. >> reporter: at a fund raiser in atlanta, the president said voters have a choice between his agenda and that of republicans when it comes to immigration reform. he touted his new policy that removes the threat of deportation for young, undocumented immigrants. >> they don't want to go backwards to a day when young people, who as children were brought to the united states and were raised with -- with our kids. our american through and through. and everythi

abc's karen travers is joining us from washington with more on this very closely watched race. be the 45th and continue to be the 45th governor of the great state of wisconsin. >> reporter: voters in wisconsin decided to stick with their republican governor instead of voting in democratic opponent milwaukee mayor tom barrett. >> this has been -- this has been the most amazing experience of our lives. and what we have seen over the last 16 months is we have seen this democracy come alive. >> reporter: this vote caps a contentious 17 months in office for walker. last year, the republican governor fired up teachers and state workers when he successfully stripped away their bargaining rights in order to balance the state budget. that led to the fierce battle to remove him from office. but walker can point to results. last year's $3.6 billion budget deficit, a state record, has turned into a slight budget surplus. and that's all from cuts. no tax increases. it was a costly fight. $60 million was spent on the recall campaign. most of it from outside the state. the white house dismisse

abc's karen travers joins us with the latest. > reporter: good morning, rob, good morning, paula. yesterday mitt romney said he gets a kick out of all the speculating over his vp pick. based on his last couple days on the campaign trail he has given us a lot of names to speculate about. call it a vice presidential road show. mitt romney wraps up a six battleground state bus tour. sure he campaigned for votes, but it was also a chance to audition several potential runningmates. a friday stop with a senator in new hampshire. >> i appreciate the senator and her support. >> reporter: sunday pan takes with senator rob portman in ohio. >> great to have senator portman here. >> stumping with congressman paul ryan. so far team romney kept their vp selection process very close to the vest. but in a surprise to many republicans, abc news reported that the romney campaign was not doing a background check on marco rubio, the charismatic young senator is wildly popular among conservatives. some say he could help win his home state of florida b

karen travers, abc news, washington. >> and it has been a blue state -- republican presidential candidate won since ronald reagan back in 1984. >> it's been democrat since '84. republicans are feeling good in a way but alluded to in in that piece. good news for obama in the numbers. exit poll shows voters still favor him 53% to 47% and 44% to 36% still think he'd do a better job on the economy than romney. those are the silver linings the white house will try to draw out of what happened last night. >> we'll see if this unprecedented move to take on the unions as governor walker did, and he won is going to translate and resonate in the rest of the country as well. you looked at that major deficit turned it into a surplus. he didn't cut any jobs. but -- didn't lose any jobs but cut pay across the top. >> and that's really, i think, the central debate of all of this. on paper looks good. you saved the money but what's the human cost of what you do. they interviewed people in that piece that did lose some income in tight times. it's a really interesting national debate that played out there.

abc's karen travers joining us from washington. >> reporter: the showdown between the justice department committee has been building for months and yesterday, it finally came to a head. it's a capitol hill standoff. the white house versus house republicans. >> the president has asserted executive privilege. >> reporter: for the first time, president obama invoked executive privilege to withhold hundreds of documents related to the fast and furious gun running program. the house oversight committee led by republican darrell issa voted to find attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress for not turning over the documents it requested. >> our purpose has always been to get the information the committee needs to complete its work. >> reporter: but the white house threw the executive privilege curveball. a major move on a politically charged issue with election day looming. republicans say the white house seems to be covering something up. >> that brings into question whether or not eric holder knew about it, and how much did the president know about this? >> reporter: but democrats