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. >> katie couric and the new bling she will wear o >> coming up at 4:00, a couple gets the surprisef a lifetime: the beach boys got involved by mistake. >> at 5:00, a first of its kind athat sis from the centers for disease control says that a quart other of the debts from heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure are preventable. the good part? the steps are obvious. that is later today on abc7 news at 4:00 and at 5:00. >> a man was caught on camera allegedly robbing a restaurant if his underwear. according to chinese television network police found an empty cash drawer in the bathroom. when police checked the surveillance video a man was in his underwears with plastic an his head and they arrested a new waiter would was using a false identity. he told police he had an emergency and needed money. >> katie couric will wear an extra piece of jewelry when she returns for the second season of her new show next week. she became engaged to her boyfriend over the labor day weekend. he reportedly popped the question at sunset on a beach in the hamptons. she 56. he is 50. he is the hea

. >>> just ahead, katie couric gets an offer she cannot refuse. >>> and what did jon stewart have to say about his 12-week hiatus? that's next. >>> good morning, welcome back. we're starting off with pretty comfortable temperatures up and down the west coast in the 60s and 70s. we will see scattered showers in storms in areas like spokane, washington, northeastern oregon and idaho, we could see stronger storms later this afternoon. then tomorrow, just a few scattered showers, temperatures in seattle about 72 degrees, but las vegas is back to 103. we will have to keep an eye out for stronger storms this afternoon. >>> folks might be watching this, jon stewart, he's back now. after how long? it was a 12-week hiatus here, dylan. he was directing a movie in the middle east and it was clear he needed to be reamericanized, shall we say. take a listen. >> jon, clear! >> that's hilarious. congratulations to katie couric and john molner, by the way, the two got engaged over the holiday weekend. >>> sony pictures hopes domestic sales moves past the $100 million mark. >>> some bad news for true

and so katie couric says mayor bloomberg what do you think motivated this person? why would he drive his car bomb into times square? what is going on here? he says probably somebody upset about their health care bill. are they having a health care problem in pakistan and? there is your mindset. i will wrap it up now. a little off topic here i apologize phyllis. i know sometimes i get a little risquÉ but folks know me too well. this is a story about a family where there are two sets of children. there were the teenage children and the younger children and as happens, kia you have younger siblings. the younger kids were picking up things from the teenagers and repeating them in trying to be cool. some of the stuff they took was off-color. one morning the two little kids came downstairs for breakfast and the father is serving them breakfast. he says to the little boy what would you like to have for breakfast? i little boy says, oh what the hell i might as well have some cornflakes. he reaches out and slaps the kid and says i don't want to hear that again in this house

there's been a lot of buzz about katie couric getting engaged.nnounced this weekend she's engaged to john muler in. they have been date iing for tw years. >> no matter what al says ab a double plaza wedding, i think we can agree it's not a good idea. >> i hadn't thought of that. >> now that you put that out there. >> wow, the two of you getting married on the plaza. >> why do i open my mouth? >> katie has been out and about with her new fiance at the u.s. open where she's sporting a gigantic rock. i caught up with her to see about what she had to say about the double wedding plaza. >> your fiance is taking away. willie wants you to get married at nbc. >> i heard about that. a double ceremony. i heard that. it's a fantastic idea. not. >> she wasn't hoot hoth on the idea. while i was there at the u.s. open, i was sipping some champagne and watching tennis. i got you a little gift. this is a personalized mika champagne bottle. >> thank you so much. why don't you bring that in here? just come on in here. >> i'm on my way now. >> oh, my god. is that a

. >> tall, dark, handsome man that has a beg role in katie couric's life. on her marriage proposal that you have to hear. that's coming up in the skinny in our next half hour. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. >>> we are less than two weeks away from premiere of season 17. can you believe it? dancing with the stars. >> 17. we find out later this morning on "good morning america" who will be gliding on to the dance floor. this morning, speculation is reaching a fever pitch. here's abc's abbie boudreau. >> reporter: from 40 athletes. to 61 actors. to 32 singers. it's been 16 seasons of "dancing with the stars." now rumors are swirling about the new cast. who will cha-cha into the ballroom this season. we caught up with karina and cheryl burke in las vegas to get the scoop on their dream partners. >> all i know is i'm dancing with david beckham. i'm great. i'm set. >> i'm just going to say my partner's first name is ryan. you go wild, ryan reynold, ryan gosling. you pick. it's ryan. a hotty. >> fellow pros have instagra

she gets contacted or tweets non-stop meant for like katie couric, katie holmes, and katie couric invitedhe show, and jokingly said that she would buy it from her. she obviously kept the name. another big one is sarah. the lady that has at the sarah,a gets tweets about sarah palinpa all the time and saying how ho annoying that is. anyway, i thought it would be fun to look some of your names. i looked up allison. it's allison corona, she tweets about adventures and are boredom in la. maybe some day you can reach ouu to here and offer to buy allison. the guy who owns jo on n.n. he was offered, he wanted to bu the name back in 2009. twitter was launched in 06, but in 2009 he wanted to get his hands at at jon, and he offered 260? >>>, why did it take so long to get hot.t >> it takes a little while. >> at tony. >> let's do at tony. tony this is at tony, and his profil says he is an internet tube tube plumber, and he has a solid 124 followers. >> an internet tube plumber. >> what does that mean. >> you should bay it from him -- buy it from him. >> he he doesn't have that mucht going on. >> yeah

. >> katie couric says she's looking forward to a big year for her talk show beginning season two on monday. >> it's been quite a run recently for couric not only professionally but personally. last weekend her boyfriend plop yosed to her during a walk on the beach. >> he told me all the reasons he brought me there, he loved me and wanted to spend my life with me and i still didn't get it. i guess i must be not the sharpest tool in the shed. he said to me, couric, i'm trying to propose. >> she accepted. you can catch the premier monday at 3:00 here on abc 7. >> you probably heard about twerking. >> yes. we have an important tip for you if you're going to wall twerk stay away from doors. that is horrible. >> he she said she was ryeing to make a video to her bow friend when it turned into the epic twerking fail. she was not seriously injured but that is a candle she fell into. >> you can see it caught her pants on fire. two million hits in three day autos i told my daughters if you're going to wall twerk stay way from doors and not around open bay flame, okay. >> this is what not to do

she looks like katie couric. >> obviously one of his fantasies. >> okay. look at this hem line, this is the new hem line for fall. >> below the knee? >> a little longer. and this is a great pink for fall. not too bright. a little magenta. >> beautiful. >> all right. our second lady is marilyn. she is 65 from michigan. and she told us the last time she wore heels was in 1996. so she was thrilled for the chance to get a glam new look. let's listen. >> so another surprise victim i should say but i know you're really excited. >> i am. i am terribly excited. we came down here today just for this hoping to get picked. >> what are you hoping for? >> a new style. a new look. a new look. you know, i have worn my hair this way for 100 years and something new would be nice. >> okay. so we can do whatever we want. >> well, my boyfriend doesn't like short hair. but other than that, you're okay. >> all right. lewis, that's your only thing. no short hair. >> well, the boyfriend is going to love it if it looks great. that i happen to know. she is here with her friend barb

. ♪ >>> so happy to welcome katie couric back to "gma." second season of "katie" premiers today.howing up. so it was kind of cute. >> it's all kinds of surprises. you were surprised by the proposal. >> i was. we had been going out for almost a year and a half. i thought prerp probably moving in that direction. or not. it was sort of -- it came out of the blue a little bit. we hadn't really discussed it much recently. i had kind of tabled the whole thing. i all that, we'll see what happened. >> i guess he didn't. >> he was scheming in a stealthy way. finding the ring. he did it on his own. at the last minute, he brought if a wing woman to give it the seal of approval. it was a shock to me. an exciting shock. ? we're happy for you. these a great guy. >> he really likes you, too. >> tell us about the season. you want to have meaningful conversations. >> i think there is so much fluff on television now. i think our mantra is talk that matters. we want to take important and interesting issues. cultural trends or topical subjects and explore them further in a deeper and meaningful way.

how the beach boys get >>> katie couric will be wearing another piece of jewelry. her boyfriend proposed to her over the labor day weekend popping the question on a beach in the hamptons. he's the head of a chicago based brokerage. you can catch katie weekdays at 3:00 here on abc 7. >> a family run company struck gold off the florida coast this labor day weekend after decades of searching the sea floor they came up with a large find. >> take a look. a 3 hundred year old gold chains and ring worth estimated $350,000. it was discovered about 15 feet underwater, foert pierce is on the atlantic coast. this booty left over from 11 spanish ship that's went down in 1715. the schmidts say the search is not just about striking it rich its about the history. who wore this? respect for the person in the new world and had this made this, is probably his life savings. >> the state of florida gets to keep up to 20% of the gold to go on display. the family and company holding the diving rights will split the rest of it. >> amazing. 15 feet of water is not that deep. sitting there

plus, katie couric engaged. what we know about the wealthy younger man she's marrying. >> given just months to live, can valerie harper handle the rigor of dancing? then the mary tyler moore reunion. what her old tv boss ed asner is saying about valerie's cancer and mary's frail appearance. the busy shades of gray casting surprise. what fans are

>>reporter: not only is he under the spotlight but the love of his life katie couric under the spotlight he spwai kate. >> one part of the interview where i asked him how kaivt was doing. fine. pl very well. this is courtesy thing comes in because he really protects her privacy. you never get him talk at great length about her. not in a personal way and i think confirm george coming along he will be even more protective of himed. >>reporter: he has been through the maximum to get the paparrazi to cooperate but they seem to. up next. hugh jackman shares scary story of his so that day at the beach and. >> then the battle of the sections show down that made history. now billy jean addressing rumors about her pictures. talk it was this. >> arsenio and magic. unbreakable bond between the 2 fathers. >> something i have never told anybody. anybody. >> this you want to hear. >> celebrate blue ray release >> celebrate blue ray release for star trek into darkness >> we went exclusive for valerie harper dance rehearsal preparing for monday night season premier of "dancing with the stars". today it

you can also see all of katie couric's interview with the cast on wednesday on "katie," so check yourlf, accept your beauty. don't rush out there to change things, but just in case you wanted to, how much -- how much would you pay for what some would consider the perfect face if you were looking at a hollywood face? take a look with linzie janis. >> reporter: celebs renown for their beauty. from julia roberts endless smile to j. lo's fierce cheekbones and natalie portman's nose and don't forget jennifer garner's defined jaw, kim kardashian's over-the-top eyelashes and anne hathaway's pixie haircut. according to doctor, dentists and beauticians everywhere, these are the features most desired by women and "the new york post" has put them all together to reveal our ideal face. >> people want to look like celebrities. they want to resemble celebrities. they do their hair, they do their eyes. >> reporter: jewelry designer olia kissner wanted her smile to be more red carpet ready and went for veneers. >> i showed her this picture and said i'd like to have a smile like that. >> reporter: whi

. >>> katie couric, congratulations for believing love can happen again.ed over the weekend. they have been dating about two years. she said it was a great end to the summer. >> do you care about this? >> you know what i love -- >> you know what i love -- >>> welcome to "red eye." it is like two broke girls if by girls you mean above average height men, muscular to be my pilates instructor. due to andy levy's death at a rave for cats there is no pre game report tonight. let's introduce our guests. she is so hot the sun must wear diana say dough block. i am here with diane macedo. she anchors "business news" on imus in the morning weekdays on fox business network. and if hilarity was a game of horseshoes i would do him at a family reunion, possibly with my uncle. a first time best, comedian mike kaplan. he will be per

. >>> katie couric, congratulations for believing love can happen again.d. they have been dating about two years. she said it was a great end to the summer. >> do you care about this? >> you know what i love -- >> nobody cares if they're other hospitals who use the equipment are doing the same. i'm anita vogel. now let's go to "on the record" right now. >>> harry reid putting the u.s. senate back in session friday. but itsz not what you think. only two u.s. senators must actually be present on friday. so what's the purpose? the simple filing of a syrian resolution. also tonight, former defense secretary ronald rumsfeld is going on the record. but first, today's very passionate house hearing on syria. >> there will be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons use. >> i didn't set a red li.

. >>> katie couric, congratulations for believing love can happen again.ting about two years. she said it was a great end to the summer. >> do you care about this? >> you know what i love -- >> nobody cares if they're getting married! >> you had a terrible day. >> i'm sorry! >>> president obama says he did not set a red line against use of chemical weapons in syria. the world did. the question is now where is the rest of the world? this is "special report." good evening, i'm bret baier. the effort to gain approval for a limited u.s. attack on syria in punishment for alleged use of sarin gas on its own people picked up on two fronts tonight. for the second day in a row, president obama's top advisers appeared before an often sk

. >> fans of katie couric your way is over with the new season starting right here. >> but, first, thetuation in the east bay, here is mike. >> we will look and show you what is going on with live doppler 7 hd showing the only radar run out there is the one coming off the smoke from mt. diablo. right now the good news is that smoke is above the boundary layer, and it is moving up into the sky and not filter down to the ground. once the sun comes up and we overturn the atmosphere more of the smoke is going to come down to the ground and right now most of it is trailing over the calaveras fault and headed out to the south and, also, toward the east so it will head to the a pass and eventually tracy so watch out for that. the shot we have been showing you has been pretty much this shot and i tried to mirror it and what you were seeing necessary -- general by but it would have to go through this valley climb up the opside and climb back down but right now most of the fire is well aware to the north so we will keep our fingers crossed. the temperatures in the east bay valley are running coo

speaking of heat, katie couric kicks off her second season.ith the newly engaged talk show host and this season viewers will notice more topics covered in a single show, topics such as health, kids and money and expect a lost fun and a list celebrities. >> robert deniro, and billy crystal and julie ann moore will talk about her children's books, a mix of serious and fun. >> the premiere of the second season of "katie" for the mix of serious and fun. >> coming up the new research that could prompt younger women to get mammograms sooner rather than later. >> turning the smartphone to a personal protection device giving some people peace of mind. >> we follow the latest developments in the wildfire burning on mt. diablo. and can cost thousands of dollars to repair... thankfully, the powerful dual action formula of rid-x has enzymes to break down waste and time released bacteria to reduce tank build up. rid-x. #1 in septic maintenance. >> good morning, these are live pictures of the fire burning on mount diabolo that doubled in size to 1,500 acres

wedding bells are ringing for katie couric. a spokesman confirms the talk show host and mother of two is engaged. couric's financier boyfriend, john molner, popped the question over the holiday weekend. the couple has been dating for nearly two years. couric was previously married to attorney jay monahan. he died from colon cancer in 1998. coming up on the kron four morning news. we now have the official date. for the release of the next apple i=phone. our tech reporter gabe slate has a look at all the iphone rumors and what to expect next week. android lovers. prepare for a sweet new treat. google's newest android operating system. is being named after the kit-kat bar. the rumor is for the first time ever apple will unveil two different iphones models at one time. the second version with the plastic and the other with the aluminum. it would be cheaper. it would be their first blow and model. the plastic ones would come in all sorts of colors kind of like the eye pot. the next room where i am routing for. there's some evidence

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. >> reporter:wedding bells are ringing for katie couric.firms the talk show host and mother of two is engaged. couric's financier boyfriend, john molner, popped the question over the holiday weekend. the couple has been dating couric was previously married to attorney jay monahan. 1998. >> reporter: a happy birthday goes out today to the ever-popular lava lamp! years old. the decorative novelty was created by british inventor edward craven-walker in 1963. >> reporter:his inspiration? breakfast. he modeled it after a saw in a pub. five decades later and you can still find them in bedrooms across the country. pam? >> reporter: but we do not move. kerrey is coming up next! >> gary: taser oddsmakers they have a pretty handle good handle on things spirit of forty-niners at six the want favors raiders with contrast and foreign matters host green bay area real glamour matt jump sunday at catalyst candlestick. >> for us and will be to go out and play our game. >> gary: sang here eccrine no one kept no one touches pam. jackie is here >> jacqueline:

>> abc's own katie couric is getting engaged and married. >> mazel tov. >> congrats, katie. >> for the it her labor of love. it was on the beach in the hamptons, and it's great news. >> very happy for her. >> he's a very nice guy. >> and she makes the point age appropriate. >> taking her daughter on a college tour this morning. we're wishing you well, katie. congratulations. >> that's great news. >> that's the first time you brought some breaking, breaking news. >> we'll do some more later. >> larry, thank you, as always. >>> up next on the "gma heat index," students call them fat letters. but reports that a growing number of schools are sending home to parents indicating whether kids are making the grade when it comes to bmi, the body mass index. so are they hurting more than they're helping? abc's bianna golodryga takes a closer look. >> reporter: middle schooler, lucy williams, has multiple report cards to worry about. the one concerning her academic grades and this one concerning her weight. >> well, i'm insecure because i'm taller than a lot of girls in my school, and i'm also big

we just learned katie couric celebrate the holiday weekend in style by getting engaged.more. the worst drivers in the country, survey says, they live in washington, d.c steve, over to you. >> steve: i would agree with that actually. meanwhile, it has been more than 40 years since the late comedian, red skeleton recited the pledge of allegiance on his television show and ended it like this. >> since i was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of allegiance. "under god." wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools, too? >> steve: that was then and this is now. red skeleton's fear is now a strong possibility because in massachusetts court is set to hear a case that would banish the words "under god" from the pledge of allegiance. here to discuss the case, peter johnson, jr. >> hi, steve. red skeleton was not only a great comedian, but prophetic in that sense. that is exactly become the issue. the new assault on the pledge of allegiance, one nation under god is s

. >> katie couric did that. >> she is getting married. >> she is. >> nice guy, too.ee how the markets are faring ahead of the couric news, ahead of friday's jobs report and amid the ongoing uncertainty over syria. joining us is mark witner. mark, are are you on the economy now? we have a jobs report coming. we had a gdp revision that went up. the claims numbers have all been good. we're watching the fed, hoping there is a good reason to taper. is there a good reason to taper? things getting better? >> there is a good enough reason to taper. things are getting a little better. but they're not going to get a whole lot better if they put off tapering. in a sense, the fed paid for it. we have seen the rise of interest rates. we have a little pullback in home sales. so the bad news in the economy is largely as a result of an anticipation of them tapering. to not do it, certainly wouldn't make things any better and it would just mean we paid all the price for nothing. >> david, translate that to what it means for people investing, whether in fixed income or the stock marke

. >> jim i'm sorry to interrupt, it's katie couric. we want to go to pat dawson who's down at the world trade center talking with an official. pat? >> reporter: yes katie. forgive me we're just trying to get -- obviously as you can imagine, joe, go ahead, you may put the microphone on there. as you can imagine, this is a very, very difficult situation here. we are here with a couple of guests who can give us at least some insight into what's going on there. this is chief william hall of the port authority police of new york. as we told you earlier, the port authority police have authority over the world trade center. gentlemen, if i could get you to stand like that. first of all chief, do we have any idea of how many people are in there? >> we have no idea. it was pretty much rush hour time that this took place this morning, so the 91s we don't know yet. we tried to get almost everybody out that we could early on. >> after the first two crashes when the planes hit the building there was roughly about, i would say, what an hour hour and

so earlier this week, we were talking about katie couric's engagement. dea? >> no, yours. and we caught up with katie. and let's say, you might be on to something. >> a double ceremony with savannah? >> yeah. >> i heard that and i think it's a fantastic idea, not. >> thank you. that's my girl. >> wow. >> exactly. >> wow. >> one can dream, can't one? >> oh, no. >> here's what it might look like. >> oh, let me guess, the graphic department? >> there you go. >> i love how the grooms are blurred out. >> brooke shields coming in with willie and i right after -- >> after your local news. right local news. >>> it is 8:56. good morning. have you seen this? a 9-year-old girl is the newest online star thanks to this video. for 49 seconds, she is mimicked by the puffin at the monterey bay aquarium. it was posted on youtube. i just checked and dakota and the puffin almost have 60 thousand views already. >>> you may want to make like a puffin and get in the water. it's going to be hot. >> yeah. it is going to be hot, even today, marla. that real heat sets in in the we

katie couric announced she's engaged to john molner. they have been dating two years.d ring, sunset on the beach. >> they're a cute couple. >> adorable. >> katie, i think we can agree that is not a good idea. >> i hadn't thought of that. >> oh, my gosh. >> now that you put that out there. >> the two of you getting married on the plaza. >> why would i open my mouth? >> this is called digging your own grave. >> okay, everybody. hashtag double wedding. >> why do i think katie is done with the plaza? and that is what's trending today. straight ahead in our 8:00 block, we'll spend quality time with valerie bertinelli. but first on today's cover story, the age of alzheimer's. dr. nancy snyderman is here with a look at what researchers are doing to make a difference. nancy, good morning. >> good morning to you, willie. more than 5 million americans with are now living with alzheimer's. today encouragingly a lot of research across the country is focusing on stopping this disease in its tracks before symptoms even appear. >> alzheimer's disease first attacks the areas of the br