linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> we'll stay on top of that story throughout the morning. >>> now to cleveland. ariel castro's brothers are speaking out for the first time. onil and pedro castro say they would have called police if they knew what was going on in their brother's home. they're now hiding out, unable to go home because of death threats. >> we're seeing new pictures this morning. from the first moment the young women found their freedom. here's abc's devin dwyer. >> reporter: caught on camera, police rushed to the scene on seymour street one week ago. >> police detectives, ambulances, came out of in where. >> reporter: inside, officers found gina dejesus and michele knight, held captive for a decade. amanda berry, who first escaped and called 911, clutched her 6-year-old daughter in the street as they looked on. >> she kept holding the cop with her daughter like this. she kept telling them, keep me safe. keep me protected. >> reporter: ariel castro, the alleged rapist and kidnapper, is now behind bars. his brothers, initially thought to be accomplices, have been clear

." >>> good morning, i'm linzie janis in for diana perez. >> i'm john muller. diana is somewhere on a beach in miami right now. linzie welcome. >> lucky to be here. >> we are going to have fun. first get to some news. >> yes. we begin with tensions in the middle east after two israeli air strikes on syria. >> the white house weighing in, a response, defending israel's right to protect themselves. more from jerusalem. >> reporter: a massive fireball as a rocket finds its target. shouts of "god is great" as one of the military sites that syria accuses israel of bombing goes up in smoke. syria said israel struck three military targets around the capital damascus including a research center that reportedly develops chemical weapons. "we will not accept being hum l humilliated," syria's information minister said angrily. he warned the israeli attack "opens the door to all possibilities." sunday's attacks come after another israeli air strike reportedly against a shipment of iranian made missiles heading to the militant group hezbollah. america's main concerns in this

here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: 17-year-old grant acord is behind bars because police say he was planning an attack on his school to rival columbine. >> this person had taken steps and had manufactured devices that could have been capable of causing significant injury or death. >> reporter: police say, it began late last week when they got a tipoff from a 911 caller, saying acord was planning to blow up the school and had asked friends to film the incident when it happened. bomb squad officers went to his house and discovered a secret compartment beneath the floor boards of his bedroom. inside an arsenal of information and journals, outlining the plot that would exceed the 1999 massacre in colorado. they say he even set a date. >> plans, checklists, diagrams, inspirations, sources and a focus on re-creating the model of columbine. >> reporter: his stockpile allegedly included pipe and drano bombs, homemade napalm and molotov cocktails. police say they searched the high school and found nothing. the motive is a mystery. fellow students describe acord as a loner. >> he was you

linzie janis, abc news, new york. >>> a man who gave passengers on an alaska airlines flight quite akes his first court appearance today. 23-year-old alexander herrera is said to have made some unusual statements on a flight yesterday morning from anchorage to portland. then he allegedly tried to open the plane's emergency door, and that's when the other passengers leapt into action. >> they took him down, they held him down until the flight attendants could get there with restraints, and those passengers continued to help restrain this individual who was wanting to get out midflight. >> experts say he would not have been able to open that door midflight because of the pressure holding it would have kept it from going outside. >>> well, the suspect in the colorado movie theater shooting will find out if the judge accepts his insanity plea. james holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in the denver suburb of aurora. that was last summer. pleading not guilty of insanity is likely his best chance of avoiding execution. >>> rutgers university is standing by its inc

linzie janis, abc news, new york. >>> now we have an important reality check for american families who drive compact suvs. some of the most popular cars on the road. but there are new crash test results tonight. and only two models got high marks from the insurance institute for highway safety. the subaru forester and the mitsubishi outlander. eleven other popular brands were given poor ratings, for failing to stand up to the impact of one of the most common and deadly crashes. subaru did well because they reinforced the corners of their cars, those front corners, so important. and you can go online and see how your family car did. >>> and still ahead here on "world news," a massive jet crashes, killing all aboard except one tiny child. tonight for the first time, the miracle survivor speaks. what saved her? if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin dedicated to your eyes, from bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. o

i'm linzie janis in for diana perez. >> i'm john muller. where the women were rescued. >> it seems almost unbelievable. missing for more than a decade and then found not far from where they were last season. abc's bill weir has the latest. >> reporter: the posters have been part of cleveland's landscape for a decade. the weathered or tattered ones replaced again and again by families who refuse to give up, who refuse to stop praying for a moment like this. >> help me. i'm amanda berry. >> do you need police, fire or ambulance? >> i need police. >> okay. and what's going on there? >> i've been kidnapped. i've been missing for ten years. and i'm here. i'm free now. >> reporter: the last time anyone in her family heard the voice she was a day shy of turning 17. she called her sister to say she was catching a ride home from her job at burger king and then she vanished. >> last time i heard from her. >> reporter: she is 27 years old and free. thanks in part to police, who got an ovation on this cleveland street, and thanks in large part to a pas

. >>> good morning, i'm linzie janis sitting in for diana perez. >> and i'm john muller. there are so many remarkable details about the story breaking overnight. >> the three women are safe now after years of being held against their will. doctors say at least one of the women had a child with her when she was rescued. >> and then there is the good samaritan neighbor who made it all possible. we'll begin with abc's devin dwyer. [ cheers ] >> reporter: three missing women, three cold cases now astonishingly solved. >> michelle knight, amanda berry and gina dejesus all discovered. >> reporter: a neighbor heard a woman screaming for help. >> i look and i see this girl and she's going nuts on the door. we had to kick open the bottom. it was aluminum. she climbed out with her daughter. she went to my house. we called 911. >> hello, police, help me, i'm amanda berry. i've been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years and i'm here, i'm free now. >> reporter: amanda berry vanished in 2003. she's now 27. inside they found gina dejesus missing since age 14 and michelle knight

linzie janis reports tonight one of the young women jumping into the arms of an officer saying, please don't let me go. >> reporter: the first police officers on the scene now describing the emotional chain of events at that cleveland house. >> we see this girl. she's like raising her hand, holding a child. my partner looked at me and he's like, it's her. >> reporter: it was amanda berry, missing for more than a decade. >> i just asked her is there anybody else in the house? she goes, yes, gina dejesus. >> the officers describe entering the home that had been a prison. >> as we were going up the steps it was so quiet, like peaceful and then you hear this scuffling. it was michelle. within moments she came charging at me and she jumped onto me and she was like, you saved us, you saved us. i'm holding onto her so tight. >> when he put her down she jumped into my arms and held onto me and screamed, please don't let me go. i said honey, don't worry. i'm not letting you go. within a few seconds a see another girl come out of the bedroom. i just looked at her. you can immediately tell who it

. >>> good morning, i'm linzie janis sitting in for diana perez. >> and i'm john muller. the white house keeping a close eye after syria threatens to retaliate after two air strikes. >> there are fears that the syrian civil war could spread beyond its borders and beyond the middle east. devin dwyer is joining us from washington with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, linzie, good morning, john. syria's government says the air strikes have opened the door to all possibilities, including direct attacks on israel. the weekend air strikes obliterated syrian military targets. the rockets dropping from the night sky in what syrian officials called, a declaration of war. the israeli invaders committed a blatant act of aggression, this man says. israel has not claimed responsibility for the attacks. but this morning, put two iron dome missile defense batteries on alert for a counterstrike. u.s. officials are now concerned the situation could spiral out of control. worried that syria's stock piles of weapons could fall into the wrong hands or that syria's civil war could turn

linzie janis, abc new, new york. >> more congressional hearings scheduled this week looking into thers targeting of tea party groups. there were knew revelations over the weekend about who knew what about targeting and when. treasury department officials were told of an investigation into irs actions a year ago, as for some republican congressmen. a white house official told abc news there was absolutely no communication between the obama administration and the irs about that targeting. >> tens of thousand of commuters in the northeast bracing for chaos this morning as the busiest rail line in the country is shut down. repairs are under way after two trains collided friday. gio benitez has dramatic video of the moments just after impact. >> reporter: the moment of impact, captured by teenagers skateboarding near the accident site. >> all i hear is a big boom behind me over there. just a big dust cloud. >> reporter: brian alvarez and friend got up close and saw the aftermat aft aftermath. >> off the track. >> reporter: friday night a metro north commuter train from new york city to ne

here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: a happy day for so many, turns bittersweet. >> our thoughts and prayers are with andrea's family. >> reporter: wearing white ribbons and pausing for a moment of silence to honor fellow student andrea robello. she was killed during an armed robbery. after a night out celebrating the end of finals, robello and her twin sister, jessica, returned home with a roommate and a friend. that's when police say 30-year-old dalton smith came in through an unlocked door and robbed them. smith took valuables. but he wanted more. he sent the twin's roommate to an atm. she bolted and called 911. >> he told her if she did not return within eight minutes, he would kill one of the individuals in the house. >> reporter: moments later, officers arrived to find smith holding robello in a head look. pointing a gun saying, i'll kill her. >> one officer inside with the hostages and the gunman. shots fired. we have a subject down. >> everybody stay off the air. >> reporter: when smith pointed his gun at the police officer, the officer fired eight shots. seven striking and k

abc's linzie janis on this again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new revelation, 17-year-old grant accorday have dropped hints to classmates about the massacre police say he was planning at his oregon high school. police say they found a stockpile of home-made explosives in the teenager's bedroom. pipe bombs, napalm bombs, molotov cocktails, detailed plans, even a date for the attack. now we're also learning accord spoke to classmates about making bombs. >> he just walked up out of nowhere and asked if we were talking about bombs. we gave him a funny look, well, no. he kept going on about the different materials you would need to make a pipe bomb. >> reporter: he says he wasn't alarmed at the time. >> it was strange, but he's a fairly strange kid. >> reporter: but police say someone did report strange behavior, calling 911 late thursday night saying accord was planning to blow up the school and had asked friends to film it. investigators rushed to his home, finding an arsenal hidden under his bedroom floor. grant accord will face charges in court tomorrow, the same day his fellow students

here's linzie janis. >> reporter: one of the richest and savviest investors in the world but paul tudor remarks about working mothers may have many wondering what was he thinking. >> as soon as that baby's lips touch that girl's bosom, forget it. >> reporter: the billionaire and father of three daughters was explaining why he believes there will never be as many great women traders like himself because divorce and motherhood are focus killers. >> there's nothing like the mother and child connection. can you imagine trying to divert yourself particularly from your first child in your 20s. >> reporter: his comments ignited a firestorm on line. yesterday he apologized, saying he was only talking about an elite group of traders. jamie zimmerman and the mother of two says her male employees are equally devoted parents. >> they're just as connected to them when somebody winds up having an accident the man runs home the same way the woman runs home. it doesn't affect their work. >> reporter: here's a stat for paul tudor jones. one account found that women hedge fund managers performed three ti

here's abc's linzie janis. >> have you seen this lady? we're looking for her. >> reporter: it's been 48 hours since 82-year-old victoria kong's plane arrived at washington, d.c.'s reagan national airport. she had flown in from barbados. and her family says she was supposed to be escorted by wheelchair to where they were waiting. she never showed. and now, her family is frantically searching for her. >> she may look confused and disoriented. she's weak. she's showing early signs of dementia, alzheimer's. and we're very concerned for her health, her well-being. >> reporter: police have released this surveillance video of her at the airport. after searching through footage, they spotted her twice. first, in a taxi line at the arrivals curb. and then, walking away from the airport, on a bike trail, headed north along the george washington parkway. but that was 6:30 on friday evening. >> we have been up and down the trail at george washington. we've been in and out of the airport. we talked to taxi dispatchers. we talked to airport employees.

it wasn't the attacker who fired the fatal shot and linzie janis is on the story. >> reporter: such aad story made even sadder overnight. by a shocking revelation. saying they mistakenly kill her. as if their grief wasn't already too much to bear, the reality is that she was killed by police gun fire not but an armed intrud intruder. they concluded it was the bullet of a highly-decorated police officer. >> fired eight rounds in total. seven of those rounds struck her. subject one of those rounds subject the victim. >> reporter: during an intense firefight during the cop and the suspect. >> one of the officer inside with the hostages and the gunman. we have a subject down! >> police said that had in the head lock saying i'll kill her. someone came out to move a car after 2:00 a.m. on friday morning. when smith didn't find what he wanted to the house, he sent the sister's roommate to the atm. >> reporter: overnight, instead of celebrating graduation ceremonies, instead, friends held a memorial. >> very sad. she's a very sweet girl. >> reporter: now, jessica, once inseparable from her tw

and abc's linzie janis is here with overnight developments for us. >> reporter: prosecutors say 17-year-oldrant acord, seen in this facebook photo, was on a mission to blow up his oregon high school. this morning, he's being held at a juvenile jail, after police say they found a deadly arsenal, including homemade bombs, hidden under the floor boards of his bedroom. >> reporter: police say they were tipped off late thursday by a 911 caller, who said acord was planning an attack and wanted friends to film it. they briefly searched his mother's house that night and returned with the bomb squad friday. inside, they say they found pipe bombs, bombs made from drain cleaner, homemade napalm and molotov cocktails. six devices in total. >> this individual manufactured devices that would have been capable of causing injury or death. >> reporter: prosecutors do not have a motive for the attack. they say they found detailed plans in journals. even a timeline. >> checklists, diagrams, inspirations. sources. and a focus on re-creating the model of columbine. >> reporter: fellow students describe acord as

abc's linzie janis is here with this story. >> reporter: dan and bianna, police say they were tipped off by a 911 call. saying the man was making bombs and targeting the school. this morning, this 17-year-old grant accord is behind bars because police said that he was planning to blow up his high school. >> we anticipate filing charges of attempted aggravated murder. >> reporter: they discovered a secret compartment below the floor board in his bedroom. journals outlining a detailed plan to rival one of the worst school massacres in history. >> plans, diagrams, inspirations, sources. and a focus on recreating the model of columbine. >> reporter: allegedly his stock pile included pipe bombs. home made malatov. >> i will be little on edge, i mean, this whole thing is so scary, because of the potential that it could have had if somebody didn't come forward. >> reporter: as for a motive for the foiled plot, investigators said that abc news that there was no information that he was bullied. he'll be charged as an adult for attempted aggravated murder and possession of bombs. he's being he

here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: it is stressful. they have to get the gifts themselves. and they have to make sure the kids get a good gift for mom. if you haven't got your gifts yet, dads, we have ideas that mom will likely appreciate, much more than breakfast in dead. forget flowers and spa treatments, the stuff moms really want can't be bought. >> what they really want is to be less stressed. >> reporter: bruce is a family expert and author of the best-seller, "the secrets of happy family." and he knows the perfect gift to give mom stress relief. relief that lasts a lot longer than just a day. first, tackle the hardest part of the day. destress mom's morning. >> you stop any mom on the street and say what's the worst time of the way? they're going to say the morning. >> reporter: he suggests transferring responsibilities to the kids. that way, mom doesn't have to nag them to keep on schedule. >> who is the morning list captain? >> me. >> you can assign a child certain days of the week where they are the captain of the morning. so, it is their job to actually monitor e

for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> you can find the recipes for mary'sn and andrea are here for a sneak peek at their new movie. >> "good morning america's" secrets of living longer brought to you by walgreen's >>> welcome back with clive owen and andrea riseborough in the new movie "shadow dancer." a world of suspicion. we welcome you both. that's pretty succinctly said and well put. that's got to be a nice phrase for you both having worked on the film. >> thank you. that's good. >> clive, you play a british agent. if you could try to explain what you're trying to get andrea's character to do. >> well, the film begins with co lc colette trying to put a bomb on a train. she's go to prison for a very long time or comes to work for us. that's the beginning of the movie. she goes back into her hard-core i.r.a. world and we're supposed to monitor her from there. you have this incredibly tense, dangerous situation. >> yeah, and what a choice your character is forced to make and your scenes are so heart wrenching. not a lot of words and that was your doing. >>

and abc's linzie janis has details. >> reporter: this young man is so lucky and so fearless.ike adler is recovering from surgery in a florida hospital. just hours earlier, the 16-year-old was fending off a shark attack. >> his whole jaw just cramped down on my leg. and right from there, i knew it was a shark attack. i was paddling in as fast as i could. >> reporter: the ft. lauderdale teen and his four friends were surfing at this central, florida beach. >> i started sprinting towards him. >> reporter: mike didn't see the shark that bit him. but the wounds from its teeth reveal enough. >> the doctors told me that i was lucky that it didn't hit, like, a major artery because that would have been a lot more bleeding. >> reporter: and it's not for a mysterious stranger, he may have lost his foot. >> i'm grateful he was there. >> reporter: according to friends, a man with military training raced to mike's aid, using his surfboard leash has a tourniquet. because of him, doctors were able to repair four tendons. and mike's expected to make a full recovery. despite the pain, mike twe

abc's linzie janis is here with this story. it appears this attack was imminent? >> reporter: dan and bianna, police say they were tipped off by a 911 call, saying the man was making bombs and targeting the school. this morning, 17-year-old grant acord is behind bars because police say he was planning to blow up his high school. >> we anticipate filing charges of attempted aggravated murder. >> reporter: prosecutors say on thursday, bomb squad officers discovered a secret compartment below the floorboard in his bedroom. inside, an arsenal of homemade explosives and journals, outlining a detailed plan to rival one of the worst school massacres in history. >> plans, checklists, diagrams, inspirations, sources, and a focus on re-creating the model of columbine. >> reporter: allegedly his stock pile of explosives include pipe bombs. homemade napalm and molotovs. police say no bombs were found at the intended target, west albany high school. >> i will be a little on edge, i mean, this whole thing is so scary, because of the potential that it could have had if somebody

linzie janis, abc news, new york. >>> o.j. simpson is set to return to a las vegas courtroom today to get convictions thrown out. robbery, assault and kidnapping. simpson wants a new trial claiming his old attorney gave him bad legal advice. simpson served four years of a 33-year prison sentence stemming from a confrontation with a sports memorabilia dealer. he may testify in his own behalf later this week. >>> the michael jackson wrongful death trial resumes today. and jackson's long time friend who did his hair and makeup for nearly 30 years testified she thought the singer would die if he didn't get help. karen fey said she also overheard an aeg executive order jackson's assistant to do whatever it takes to get him to rehearsal. jackson's family is now suing aeg claiming the promoters were responsible for his death. >>> the three women rescued from cleveland house of horrors are asking for privacy and a chance to heal. they made the request through an attorney. this morning new cell phone video showing their first moments o

it wasn't the attacker who fired the fatal shot and abc's linzie janis is on the story.d morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. such a sad story. made even sadder overnight. by a shocking revelation. police say they mistakenly killed her. as if their grief wasn't already too much to bear, this morning, the parents and the twin sister, of a new york college student are waking up to the reality that she was killed by police gunfire, not by an armed intruder. officers say forensic investigators say it was the bullet of a highly decorated police officer that killed 21-year-old andrea rebello. >> the officer eventually fired eight rounds in total. seven of those rounds struck our subject. one of those rounds struck our victim. >> reporter: the deadly shot was fired during an intense fire fight between cops and the suspect, 30-year-old dalton smith. >> an officer inside with the hostages and the gunman. we have a subject down! everyone stay off the air! >> reporter: police said that he had rebello in a headlock saying i'll kill her. i'll kill her. he's believed to have ente

abc's linzie janis is here with this story, of course, everyone wants it to be true. >> of course, they it seems she has gotten her wish that blue ivy will have a brother or sister. several sources at e! news have confirmed the star is pregnant. ♪ who won the world >> reporter: could it be true. is blue-have a about to be a big sister? >> she's spoken about wanting to give blue ivy a sibling. we've learned beyonce's wish is coming true. >> reporter: if what e! news is right then beyonce's baby number two is on the way. the rumor mills in overdrive ever since she showed up in a givenchy number elaborate enough to hide a baby bump. >> the rumors are a clever cover-up. >> reporter: it reached fever pitch when the hot momma was forced to cancel a show in belgium after doctors told her to rest. a week before that the superstar told "gma" she wanted a sibling for her 1-year-old daughter. >> i think my daughter needs some company. >> reporter: e! news is citing several sources but beyonce's reps are keeping quiet for now. >> i think beyonce and jay-z know what they're doing. not too much happe

abc's linzie janis is on the story. >> reporter: need to make a run for the border. dollar. make it between 2 and 5 p.m. during taco bell's happy hour. 4:00, i have one hour. and grillers are the only food item on the menu. soon the fast food chain says you'll be able to live mas for less all day long with 12 different options on its dollar cravings menu rolling out nationwide this year. its rivals have been at it for years. ♪ the whopper jr. is only -- >> 1.29. >> reporter: a mcdouble, wendy's chicken nuggets or whopper jr. all for around a buck much the fast food chains are locked in a fierce battle for our wallets that has them practically giving food away. >> tremendous number of competitors battling for market share. >> the new dq 5 buck lump. >> reporter: they use the megadeals to get us through the door hoping some will opt for the other items. called the barbell strategy. >> typically a clump of menu items thought of at the upper end, so-called premium or higher priced ends and then you have another cluster of items on the other end and your hope is you will

abc's linzie janis reports. >> reporter: one day this past march at melissa's real estate agency the picked up a line there wasn't anybody on the line. >> reporter: after that she got a pile of huge bills. one from her phone company for $14,000. from sprint, vartec, at & t where she doesn't have accounts. total bill over $500,000. >> usually my phone bill runs about $320 a month. >> turns out she had fallen victim to a growing scam that could happen to you. hackers managed to steal her number and open multiple long distance accounts. they made calls to international toll numbers. they set up the numbers in somalia, new guinea, and azerbaijan. and collecting the profits. >> they will make as many phone calls before they get caught. >> reporter: the company acknowledged she had been hacked. but when she asked to remove the charges, it was not that easy. she called dozens of times. >> meanwhile, sitting here with $550,000 worth of phone bills which makes you not sleep at night. >> reporter: after being contacted by abc news, at&t and charter got back to melissa saying they would waive a

and here tonight, abc's linzie jan janis. >> reporter: tonight, 17-year-old grant acord, whose photo we're obscuring, is behind bars, because police say he was planning an attack on his school to rival columbine. >> this person had taken substantial steps and actually manufactured devices that would have been capable of causing significant injury or death. >> reporter: police say it all began late last week when they got a tip-off from a 911 caller, saying acord was planning to blow up the school and had asked friends to film the incident when it happened. bomb squad officers went to his house and discovered a secret compartment beneath the floorboards of acord's bedroom. inside, an arsenal of homemade explosives and journals outlining a plot that would exceed the 1999 massacre in colorado. they say he even set a date. >> plans, checklists, diagrams, inspirations, sources and a focus on recreating the model of columbine. >> reporter: his stockpile allegedly included pipe and draino bombs, homemade napalm and molotov cocktails. police say they've searched the target, west albany high