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linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> so good to see a celebrity of that magnitude and popularity doing addressing such an important cause. >> it's such an important issue. and i'm happy people are talking about bullying. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great wednesday. >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington." on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ahead, a lot of surrounding us in silver spring. the violence send a teenager to hospital. good morning, washington. o'clock 30 is the time. i am cynee simpson. >> we begin with traffic and weather every 10 minutes. baden inwith lisa amoment moment, first, adam caskey para >> it is a little damp out there. we are expecting that change tonight.now later on the

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> so good to see a celebrity of that magnitude and popularity doing addressing such an important cause. >> it's such an important issue. and i'm happy people are talking about bullying. >>> that's what's making new

abc's linsey davis has the story and those lessons for every american. >> reporter: investigators say it was the embers of the christmas eve yule log that start what firefighters here are calling the most horrific fire in recent memory. it's left an entire town in mourning for three little girls and their grandparents. >> after 37 1/2 years, 38 years on the job, you're never prepared for anything like this. >> reporter: the only two survivors, madonna badger, a former ad executive, and her friend, michael borcina. badger says they were wrapping gifts by the fireplace until some time after 3:00 in the morning when borcina collected the embers, put them in a bag and then in an outside trash enclosure. a spark apparently reached the home, which fire officials said didn't seem to have working smoke detectors, like one-third of american homes. they say the fire may have been burning more than an hour before anyone was made aware. the first frantic 911 calls came in just before 5:00 a.m. >> there's a huge fire at the house next door to us. the whole house is on fire. >> reporter: when firef

abc's linsey davis has the bottom line. >> reporter: glued to your computer and stuck to your chair all? turns out all that sitting down may have a downside for your back side. no matter how little you eat or how much you exercise, too much sitting by itself may broaden your bottom. the researchers found that when we sit down, the amount of force we put on our body tissue causes the very cells that are the precursers to fat cells to produce even more fat, up to 50% more. >> hi, everyone. >> reporter: doctor jim levine of the mayo clinic found obese people sit an average 2 1/2 hours more each day than thinner people. so he favors offices that look more like this where the desks are attached to treadmills. >> an extra 140 calories an hour for you. >> reporter: but most of us still work in offices that look much like our newsroom and in our own not so scientific experiment. just by sitting alone you could potentially create up to 50% more fat cells. >> just by sitting alone? well, then i got to get up. >> let me get up right now. >> reporter: the bottom line, take some pressure off your ow

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here's abc's linsey davis on gaga at the white house. >> reporter: at 13 years old and alone at 4:00ah mowry went public with his darkest thoughts. more than 5 million people have watched his video, where he uses note cards to express the anguish of being bullied and thoughts of suicide. since he posted it, support has poured in from every day people and celebrities alike. pop star lady gaga tweeted, "thank you, jonah, for being brave enough to share your story." today, lady gaga took that message to the white house, meeting with top staff to the president to press the importance of this crisis and seek help for the nation's kids. gaga began her fight after 14-year-old jamey rodemeyer gave up his. >> lady gaga. >> reporter: one of his last messages offered thanks to lady gaga. >> she lets me know that i was born this way. >> reporter: when he later took his life, after being bullied for being gay, lady gaga tweeted, "the past days i've spent reflecting, crying and yelling." now, she's giving voice to bullied children through her charity. >> it's an organization centered around anti-b

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but first, abc's linsey davis breaks down the new findings. >> reporter: dr.z was first to raise the alarm. >> some of the best known brands in america have arsenic in their apple juice. >> reporter: he was quickly shot down by our own dr. besser, backed by the fda, which said arsenic levels were low and that what oz found was a mostly harmless form of arsenic. >> getting those results confirmed by other labs. no good scientist would ever do that kind of work. >> reporter: but today, new tests and fresh alarms. consumer reports tested 88 samples of juice and found 10% had arsenic levels higher than the government allows for drinking water. not the harmless form, but most the dangerous form. and it's not just found in apple juice. they also tested grape juice, actually a large number of fruit juices list apple juice as their primary ingredient. because of the sugar in juice, pediatricians already recommend that infants under 6 months don't drink any. and children under 7 drink no more than four to six ounces per day. but many children drink much more than that.

here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: they're called silent strokes, because there are no symptoms. regular stroke kills a large section of the brain in an instant, knocking out language or causing paralysis. silent strokes do their damage a little bit at a time. in each silent stroke, a tiny blood vessel closes down, or is blocked by a clot. the surrounding cells die. just one silent stroke has little or no effect. but over time, the damage builds. the new research found these strokes can start after age 30, increasing in number each decade. by age 70, one-third of the population is having a silent stroke each year. the researchers studied about 700 elderly people without dementia. brain scans revealed nearly a fourth of them had damage to the brain left by these silent strokes. those who had these spots did worse on memory tests. >> it's becoming more and more apparent that these strokes not only affect us physically but also mentally. >> reporter: researchers say now that they know to look for spots like these on the brain, they can use these mri scans to help identify people who

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linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> this is such an important issue.i think it is remarkable that so many kids are going through this every single day. sometimes hidden from their families. >> young teens, to the point they're considering suicide at that age -- >> committing suicide. because their peers are bullying them. it has to stop. it -- they're kids. they're our nation's future. >> hopefully gaga's foundation is changing the culture and policy in schools. celebrities use their fame to get richer, the next book, next movie. she is doing really good important work with it. hats off to her. >> kudos. >> hope it makes a difference. >>> coming up, he is big, he's hairy, and he's going to be on "glee." >>> and we may be seeing a lot more of lindsay lohan, and we mean a lot more. details coming up on "the skinny." >>> and we may be seeing a lot more of lindsay lohan, and we mean a lot more. details coming up on "the skinny." dsay lohan, we mean a lot more. details of that coming of in "the skinny."nenenenenenenenenee ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny ♪ skinny ♪ so

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> this is such an important issue.ng special with cnn. i just, i think it is remarkable that so many kids are going through this every single day. sometimes hidden from their families. >> young teens, to the point considering suicide at that age. >> committing suicide. because their peers are bullying them. it has to stop. it -- they're kids. they're our nation's future. >> hopefully gaga changing the culture and policy in schools. to help kids stay safer in schools. celebrities use their fame to get richer next book, next movie. she is doing really good important work with it. hats off to her. >> kudos. >> hope it makes a difference. >> he is big, hairy and is going to be on "glee." we may be seeing more of lindsay lohan, we mean a lot more. details of that coming of in "the skinny." ♪ skinny ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> lots of good stuff in "the skinny" today. some good dirt. >> first thing -- beyonce is being sued. a video game maker suing her for $100 million. apparently manhattan supreme court justice today ruled tha

abc's linsey davis now with lessons for all of us. >> reporter: today firefighters knocked down the charred remains of the home where five family members died on christmas day. neighbors creating a small memorial to the three girls, a 10-year-old, 7-year-old twins and their grandmother and grandfather dressed here as santa. >> it went up fast and we don't know have a reason. they heard their mother madonna yelling for help around 5:00 in the morning. >> i heard her say her whole life is in there. >> reporter: neighbors chichi climbed on to the roof but firefighters couldn't get in there either. >> there was a wall of flames. >> reporter: by the time they arrived. >> so they did everything they could. >> reporter: badger is a former ad executive known for the markey mark calvin klein ads. she and a male friend a contractor doing renovations were the only survivors. the fire officials are not blaming the renovations for the fire. badger's parents who also died were staying with them for the holidays. her father worked at sack's fifth avenue as a santa claus a job he said he enjoyed more than

here's abc's linsey davis on that. >> reporter: how many angry customers does it take to get rid of a $2 convenience fee? answer? 50,000. how long does it take? less than a day. yesterday, verizon wireless announced its customers would have to pay $2 if they made a one-time payment either on the phone or online. lots of customers got mad. 22-year-old molly katchpole got busy. >> just like one more fee that just kind of sent me over the edge -- again. >> reporter: in less than two hours, she got more than 50,000 signatures on her online petition, which read, verizon thinks it can do anything to its customers and that we're powerless to stop it. spoiler alert -- we're not. >> i think the large corporations really need to take cues from bank of america and verizon and really start listening to their customers. >> reporter: if molly looks familiar, it's because this isn't the first time she's gone up against a big company. she launched the petition against bank of america earlier this year when they tried to introduce a $5 monthly fee for using a debit card. carrying the petitions into th

linsey davis has the latest. >> reporter: the hunt for 20-month-old ayla reynolds is intensifying.long with the pleas from her mother, trista reynolds. >> i want answers. i want to know where my daughter is. and who she may be with. just bring her home. >> reporter: for much of the day monday, investigators used airboats to search a nearby stream. while low-flying planes surveyed the immediate area. back at her father's house, where alya was last seen, state police sealed off the property. >> we are approaching this with every possible thought and angle in mind. it is currently a very open case. >> reporter: at around 8:00 on friday night, justin dipietro, ayla's father, said he put the toddler to bed. when he went to check on her saturday morning, he said she was gone. he has had custody of ayla, since agents placed her in november. ayla's mom became concerned when she saw bruises and confronted him. >> he said, well, her and my niece like to go down on the stairs. it could be from that. and i just -- i didn't believe it. >> reporter: when ayla went missing, she was wearing a soft

abc's linsey davis has the latest. >> reporter: the father of missing toddler ayla reynolds isn't just speaking out, he's firing back. i have no idea what happened to ayla or who's responsible, he writes in a statement released overnight. i will not make accusations or insinuations towards anyone, until the police have been able to prove who is responsible. until now, all we knew of justin dipietro's story was through police. that on friday night, he put his 20-month-old daughter to bed. and in the morning, she was gone. trista reynolds said she was concerned about ayla's safety at dipietro's house. she says the last time she saw ayla, she had unexplained bruises on her thighs. in an exclusive interview with "gma" on sunday, she says she and dipietro have not spoken since the toddler's disappearance. >> i've had no contact with him. he's had no contact with me. all i know is he's the last man to see my daughter. and all i want to know is where she is. >> reporter: but in what appears to be a classic case of he says/she says, dipietro writes, contrary to some statements floating around

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> a big victory in the war on drugs this morning. the mexican army says it's captured the head of security for one of the most wanted people in the world, joaquin guzman. they're hoping this arrest will lead directly to guzman who has been on the run since escaping from a prison in a laundry truck. >>> in sports, an unbelievable night for the packers' quarterback, aaron rodgers. five touchdown passes to lead the packers to a 35-21 win over the bears. the most tds in his pro career. this win gives green bay home field advantage throughout the playoffs. >>> finally, president obama and the very nosy baby. this encounter happened on christmas in hawaii. the president and his family exchanged gifts and sang carols, then they paid a visit to a nearby marine base. and here it is. that's where mr. obama met this 8-month-old little boy, who grabbed the president's face. mr. obama said the baby liked his, quote, big nose. can you imagine how the secret service handles a situation like that? >> we have all had it happen to us. >> yes, but not

linsey davis has details. >> reporter: he did not plead the fifth.here are the missing millions? >> i simply do not know where the money is. >> reporter: the money estimated $1.2 billion invested by clients in the wall street brokerage firm, corzine headed, mf global. the firm invested heavily in european debt. a bad bet that led to the eighth largest bankruptcy unu.s. history. >> of course my distress and sadness pale in comparison to losses and hardships, customers, farmers, ranchers and others employees and investors have suffered. their plight weighs on my mind every day. >> reporter: corzine resigned as c echt o last month. >> do you have an estimate. i know you can't tell us exactly. how much money collectively at this point has been lost by those investors. >> congressman that is a question -- i would look to know the answer to as much as you. >> reporter: he hasn't spoken publicly but the former governor, senator and ceo will face more tough questions. this was just the first of three congressional committees that want to hear from him. linds

abc's linsey davis reports now from stamford. >> reporter: investigators say it was the embers of thelog which started what firefighters here are calling the most horrific fire in recent memory. it's left an entire town in mourning for three little girls and their grandparents. >> after 37 1/2 years, 38 years on the job, you are never prepared for anything like this. >> reporter: the only two survivors -- madonna badger, a former ad executive, and her friend, michael borsina. badger says they were wrapping gifts by the fireplace until sometime after 3:00 in the morning when borsina collected embers, put them in a bag, and in an outside trash enclosure. a spark apparently reached the home which fire officials say didn't seem to have working smoke detectors. like 1/3 of american homes. they say the fire may have been burning more than an hour before anyone was made aware. the first frantic 911 calls came in just before 5:00 a.m. >> there's a huge fire at the house next door to us. the whole house is on fire. >> reporter: when firefighters arrived, they had to restrain badger who was fra

abc's linsey davis has the latest. >> reporter: the father of missing toddler ayla reynolds isn't justut, he's firing back. i have no idea what happened to ayla or who's responsible, he released in a statement overnight. i will not make accusations or insinuations towards anyone, until the police have been able to prove who is responsible. until now, all we knew of justin dipietro's story was through police. that on friday night, he put his 20-month-old daughter to bed. and in the morning, she was gone. trista reynolds said she was concerned about ayla's safety at dipietro's house. she says the last time she saw ayla, she had unexplained bruises on her thighs. she says she and dipietro have not spoken since the toddler's disappearance. >> i've had no contact with him. he's had no contact with me. all i know is he's the last man to see my daughter. and all i want to know is where she is. >> reporter: but in what appears to be a classic case of he says/she says, dipietro writes, contrary to some statements floating around out there, i've been in communication with ayla's mother over the

here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: glued to your computer and stuck to your chair all day.ay have a downside for your backside. no matter how little you eat or how much you exercise, too much sitting by itself may broaden your bottom. the researchers found that when weep sit down, the amount of force we put on our body tissue causes the very cells that are the precursors to fat cells to produce even more fat. up to 50% more. >> hi, everyone. >> reporter: this doctor found that obese people sit on average 2 1/2 hours more each day than thinner people. he favors offices that look more like this where the desks are attached to treadmills. >> an extra 140 calories an hour for you. >> reporter: most of us still work in offices that look much like our news room. and in our own not so scientific experiment. by sitting alen you could potentially create up to 50% more fat cells. >> just by sitting alone. then i got to get up. >> let me get up right now. >> reporter: the bottom line. take some pressure off your own bottom line and stand up. lindsay davis, abc news, new york. >> who k

linsey davis has the latest. >> reporter: the hunt for 20-month-old ayla reynolds is intensifying.the pleas from her mother, trista reynolds. >> i want answers. i want to know where my daughter is. and who she may be with. just bring her home. >> reporter: for much of the day monday, investigators used airboats to search a nearby stream. while low-flying planes surveyed the immediate area. back at her father's house, where alya was last seen, state police sealed off the property. >> we are approaching this with every possible thought and angle in mind. it is currently a very open case. >> reporter: at around 8:00 on friday night, justin dipietro, ayla's father, said he put the toddler to bed. when he went to check on her saturday morning, he said she was gone. he has had custody of ayla, since agents placed her in november. ayla's mom became concerned when she saw bruises and confronted him. >> he said, well, her and my niece like to go down on the stairs. it could be from that. and i just -- i didn't believe it. >> reporter: when ayla went missing, she was wearing a soft cast. she

linsey davis is in waterville, maine, for the latest. >> reporter: good morning. this is where she was last seen on friday night. several adults were inside her father's house at the time, including one nonfamily member. police are not ruling anybody out. police can plan to continue the search this morning, scouring the neighborhood where 20-month-old ayla reynolds was last seen. on sunday, k-9 units were brought in. she spend friday night here at her father's house. he said he put her to bed around 8:00. he says hen he checked on her saturday morning, she was gone. >> last seen wearing green pajamas with white polka dots that said daddy's princess on the front. >> reporter: her parents live separately and share custody of the toddler. >> he would help me out. take care of her so i could get on my feet. we've been unable to get along the that's few weeks to work together. >> reporter: she filed paper work to get sole custody of the child one day before she went missing. >> he didn't know i went to file them. he'll know now. i never told him. no one told him. >> re

and abc's linsey davis has the latest from the scene. good morning to you, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, josh. this pile of rubble behind me is all that remains of the house where five family members lost their lives on christmas morning. and that blaze, reportedly started as much as an hour before anyone inside even realized it. and by the time they did, it was, of course, too late. the massive fire that turned this $1.7 million home from this, into this charred skeleton, reportedly was started by the embers of yule logs. investigators say madonna badger, a well-known ad executive, was wrapping gifts by the fireplace, until 3:00 in the morning, along with friend mike borcina. they put the embers in a bucket. it was those embers officials believe were blown around the house and started the blaze. around 5:00 a.m., 911 calls of a fire. and within a matter of minutes, the house was fully engulfed in flames. >> it's tremendously fast. the fire starts. and within a minute, it can engulf a whole room. >> reporter: the blaze killed badger'

abc's linsey davis is here with the latest. lin see? >> reporter: good morning, george. super mysterious. police are still reportedly flushing out a few theories. new details are emerging this morning, including the kind of weapon that was used. it was likely a high-caliber gun. the bullets used reportedly went through the floor and into the basement. abc news has learned massachusetts real estate developer jack magee and his wife, geri, were found dead wednesday morning by their daughter and grandchildren. the family made the grisly discovery on the first floor of the couple's sprawling estate, during the children's regular wednesday morning visit. >> jack and geri used to be grandma and grandpa. and they would baby-sit on wednesdays for the kids. >> reporter: the couple was reportedly lying head-to-head, shot in the neck. sources telling one local tv station, there was no sign of a struggle. and that shell casings from bullets had apparently been cleaned up. signs of a well-planned killing. police are calling the crime a double-homicide. but refuse to confirm details.