linzie janis, abc news, new york. >>> and they say the victim actually -- information coming out of arrant, she had received messages on linkedin three days before that she and her friend called creepy and strange. >> it's quite a mystery they have right now. less than three days earlier beavers had shown a friend those messages they considered creepy and strange. >> they say she had been communicating with somebody else on linkedin that seemed familiar so they're paying attention to her social media and hoping that helps uncover more in this investigation. >> the good news, if it's good news, they do have some persons of interest right now lined up. >>> an amazing story of inspiration that you have to see to believe. >> a first grade girl who will inspire you. you don't want to miss this one. you're watching "world news now." >>> i love this next story. it's about a 7-year-old girl who won a penmanship contest. you might be thinking, big deal. right? >> but what if we told you that she doesn't -- she was born without any hands? christi christi christina jako has her story. >> reporte

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here's abc's linzie janis. >>> it's a brand known for pushing the nfl with its sexy and salacious ads i daydream in my calvins. >> i love to hang out in my calvins. >> reporter: but calvin klein coming under fire for its latest underwear campaign. array of social media ads asking users to fill in the blank. what do you do in your calvins. this photo in firk raising eyebrows. 23-year-old model klara kristin flashing the camera with a provocative shot looking up her skirt. its caps, i flash in my calvins along with the #takeapeek. the ads immediately coming under fire. thousands of commence on social media specifically blasting that up the skirt shot. saying it looks more like porn and unnecessary. the other ads in the series equally suggestive. others too revealing for tv. of course, the brand is no stranger to controversy. making waves in the '80s with this infamous brooke shields ad. >> you want to know what comes between me and my calvins? nothing. >> reporter: and who could forget these markey mark ads from the '90s. but now, a newer and more social media friendly generation of cel

>> linzie janis tonight.inzie, thank you. >>> when we come back here, the earthquake warning in the u.s. tonight. what scientists are now predicting about the san andreas fault. it got our attention today. >>> and firefighters battling through the flames of a burning home. they then go back inside, and you're about to see what it was and who it was they saved. it is an amazing moment. it is an amazing moment. g.erica strong, coming up. it is an amazing moment. g.erica strong, coming up. we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression. and everywhere i look... i'm reminded to stick to my plan. including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula that the national eye institute recommends to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd... after 15 years of clinical studies. preservision areds 2. because my eyes are everything. to help protect your dog or cat from fleas and ticks. with the performance you expect from a monthly topical

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here's linzie janis, reporting from the scene. >> shots fired! 4-9 and 8, 4-9 and 8, shots fired! >> reporter: it haen just blocks from times square. >> i heard six gunshots. immediately went to my window. >> reporter: the suspect lying face-down in the middle of the street. >> they tried to cuff him. however they realized he was dead so they stopped trying. then the police officer who shot him started crying and looked visibly traumatized. >> reporter: this intersection would have been bustling with commuters, tourists and cars, now you can see it is a crime scene. it started when the suspect, who was reportedly intoxicated, got into a confrontation with workers at this grocery store. >> a uniformed police officer on a foot post was alerted and he confronted the male. >> reporter: as more officers arrive, police say the 46-year-old man came at the cops with this eight inch knife. those officers firing nine shots. broadway stagehand casey ray claims he worked with the suspect at a nearby theater. you heard the shots? >> we walked out to smoke him lunging at the cops. >> reporter:

abc's linzie janis is on the scene this evening. the fire breaking out, just hours after holiday services. >> oh, my gosh. it's just getting worse. >> reporter: tonight, investigators searching for what sparked this raging inferno. flames shooting out of a giant circular stained glass window, 170 firefighters battling the ferocious blaze for hours. >> i'm personally heartbroken. can't believe this is actually happening. >> reporter: parishioners crying and hugging, watching the building burn. just hours earlier, the church posting this image of hundreds inside celebrating easter. the owners had taken painstaking effort to restore this landmark, built in the 1800s, to its former rubble, and a few stone walls. david, in a strange twist, there were three major orthodox church fires in three different cities worldwide, all of them around their easter holiday. investigators say no direct link as of yet. it could just be an odd coincidence. david? >> what a devastating scene there behind you. linzie, thank you. >>> now, to south florida t

here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: tonight, texas police releasing new search warrants in the gruesomeurder of fitness instructor missy bevers. investigators say multiple puncture wounds on her head and chest are consistent with the weapon being carried by this person. the mother of three was setting up for her early morning class at this church in midlothian, nearly three years ago. her students arrived for class and found her body. police zeroing in on the suspect's unusual walk. bevers husband, appealing to the public for help. >> i can't tell if the person is a man or a woman, but if you look at the mannerisms, how they walk, i mean, there's something very distinctive there. >> reporter: police say the murderer may have been tracking her movements on social media, and may have even used a cell phone to photograph or record the victim and the murderous act. david, those warrants also suggest mrs. bevers and her husband may have been having financial and marital problems. david? >> linzie, thank you. >>> when we come back here, the earthquake warning in the u.s. tonight. what scienti

linzie janis tells us they already know where some of that money is going. >> reporter: tonight, the smith family claiming their giant jackpot. >> you wish you were me right now. right? >> reporter: breaking the news to the world and everyone they know. >> are we live? so they're finding out right now. >> reporter: 70-year-old pearlie may, buying the ticket for the whole family. mom paying just $6 to play twice. her daughter valerie saying the magic numbers came to her mother in a heavenly dream. >> we had, a divine intervention gave us the numbers. that's only way you can explain that. >> reporter: so these aren't regular numbers you always play? >> no, no birthdays, no anniversary dates. >> reporter: valerie, a corrections facility employee for 27 years, says now they can fulfill their own dreams. >> we each have dreams we want to fulfill in this life, and do for our community and families. >> reporter: steven asked if he'll buy a hot new car. >> it's not about flashy cars, clothes, spending frivolously. no. i'm more intelligent than that. >> reporter: they're splitting that lump s

rob marciano standing by for us, but we begin with abc's linzie janis on the dangerous commute. >> reporter: tonight, relentless storms battering the east. in the last 24 hours, the washington, d.c., area in the middle of it. >> wow. there's a quarter-sized piece out there. look at that. >> reporter: giant bolts of lightning over the washington monument and capitol hill. rain flooding roads. >> you can see cars only getting by in the far left of the three lanes. >> reporter: high winds taking down trees, smashing lucas pekarski's brand new car. >> that's my car under the tree, flat like a pancake. >> reporter: another close call in greensboro, north carolina. >> my mother was sitting right there. >> reporter: martha cook says she heard a small tree fall outside and decided to move her 87-year-old mother away from the window, just in time. >> i literally was dragging her though the house and we heard just tremendous noise, and a tree fell right where she was sitting. >> reporter: david, the severe threat continues in the southeast tonight, and here in the northeast, the rain is expected to l

here's abc's linzie janis from new jersey. >> reporter: some of the folks who shop at this neighborhood 7-eleven say they're pretty sure they know who purchased the golden ticket. >> i buy right in back of her sometimes, i'm right in back of her. >> reporter: today, lottery officials appealing to the mystery buyer to come forward. >> i want them to sign the back of the ticket, put it in a safe place. >> reporter: all we know ticket at this store in trenton, new jersey, at 5:20 p.m. tuesday. lottery officials have already looked at the surveillance footage, as have the store owners, who are getting $30,000 for selling the winning ticket. how well do you know your kus americans? >> very well, very well. >> i see them more than my friends. >> reporter: whoever it was picked their own numbers, playing exactly the same numbers twice. once for wednesday's draw, and once for saturday's. that saturday ticket now the sole winner of the nearly $430 million jackpot. the winner even checking the box asking for the lump sum, $284 million cash. david, here in new jersey, the winner is not allowed to

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you're not and claim they can help catch thieves who steal packages outside your house and abc's linzie janisng the smart cameras a try. >> reporter: from knoxville to las vegas, doorbells equipped with video cameras are recording suspected burglars at their owner's doors. one even capturing this curious bear. you've probably seen the ads. >> i invented rings you can see and speak to whoever is at your home from your smartphone. >> reporter: so how well do video doorbes work? "gma investigates" trying out two, ring and its main competitor skybell. both work via an app on your detectors that trigger the camera to record movement and send you an alert. even if someone doesn't actually ring the bell. >> all right. there's motion at my front door. >> reporter: first how well do they allow us to communicate? we arrange for two package deliveries for each video doorbell. >> hi there. >> making a delivery. >> reporter: using ring i could talk to the delivery person both times, even though i was in my office far away. the same with skybell. we used the hd version. no problem. >> have a nice day. >> r

abc's linzie janis has more. ♪ >> reporter: it's a brand known for pushing the envelope with its sexy. >> i daydream in nye calvins. >> i love to hang out in my calvins. >> reporter: but this morning calvin klein coming under fire for its latest underwear campaign. an array of social media ads asking users to fill in the blank. what do you do in your calvins? and this photo in particular raising eyebrows. 23-year-old model clara kristen flashing the camera with a provocative shot looking up her skirt. we've cropped it. its caption, i flash in my calvins along with the #takeapeek. the ads immediately coming under fire. thousands of comments on social media specifically blasting that up the skirt shot saying it looks more like porn than fashion calling it disgusting and unnecessary. the other ads in the series equally suggestive. others too revealing for tv. of course, the brand is no stranger to controversy. making waves in the '80s with this infamous brooke shields ad. >> you know what cops between me and my calvin, nothing. >> reporter: who could forget these marky mark ads from the

abc's linzie janis has the details. >> reporter: just weeks after winning a $140 million verdict againstre you feeling. >> reporter: hulk hogan suing again. this time alleging the media company leaked a transcript from a different secretly recorded sex tape in which he made racist remarks about his daughter brooke's then boyfriend. the publication of those in july 2015 prompting the wwe to wipe the new suit alleges gawker intentionally sought to ruin hogan's career, reputation and eradicate his legacy by allegedly leaking the sealed transcript. the suit also accusing gawker of being part of a wider conspiracy that began with a group of so-called extortionists including two florida radio deejay, a talent agent and a lawyer. in a statement gawker saying we did not leak the information. the only person who got hulk hogan fired from the wwe is hulk hogan. in march, hogan telling me -- >> that would be really nice to be in the hall of fame but it's not as important as what we did with this case. >> reporter: for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to linzie

for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> all right, linzie, thanks for that.illiam gorderry from canada analyzed images on google earth looking for disruptions in the jungle, cross-referenced that with mayan astrology he's been studying and he found evidence of what could be platforms of mayan pyramids dating back 4,600 years. experts are now conducting a ground search to test his theory, but they say it looks very promising because there are square images that would represent possibly some of these ruins. he's already named the city like forget whether they find it or not. he's got his name. >> what is it? >> mouth of fire. >> mouth of fire. >> what grade is he in? >> he's 15 years old so must be a freshman or sophomore in high school but a really smart one. >> thanks, amy. let's go to lara with the "morning menu." >>> here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu" this morning. a big debate brewing over drinking while pregnant. should bartenders be allowed to turn away expectant moms? we've got a roundtable of experts who are all weighing in live. >>> and

one of their confrontations even caught on camera and now they're heading to court abc's linzie janisd actress minnie driver and her 74-year-old neighbor is turning ugly. daniel parmen ter saying he's being harassed. >> we lived in peace in the neighborhood forever until she moved in about a year and a half ago and since then it's been hell. >> reporter: the disabled vet even claiming in his suit that driver caused these paint splatters by throwing baby food against the walls of the home. this just days after the police were called to intervene in an argument between the two outside their hollywood hills homes. >> she started screaming and yelling, it's a hatred. it's not -- it's not a dislike. it's a hatred from the gut. >> all your smoke is coming right into my yard. >> reporter: but the "about a boy" star says he's been aggressive toward her family. last year she got a restraining order after alleging he made her and her children fearful of leaving or entering their home. the two are set to go to trial in august. driver's lawyer telling us, the evidence that will be presented will

$429 million powerball the odds of getting those six numbers right are more than 290 million and linzie janiss trenton, new jersey where the winning ticket was sold. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the owners of this 7-eleven have turned into detectives, watching surveillance video trying to figure out who the winner is. they think it's a woman. whoever it was chose these numbers themselves, also opted for the lump sum worth $284 million, the owner says if it's indeed somebody local they're thrilled by that. a tight-knit community that could really use a boost. >> do you have to come forward if you're the winner in new jersey? >> reporter: in the state of new jersey you do have to come guard publicly, we're hoping to learning more about who the lucky winner is when lottery officials give a news conference a little bit later on. this jackpot is the sixth largest in powerball history. second biggest jackpot won by one. >> we know nobody here won it. we're all work today. congratulations to the lucky winner. george. >> that's great story. >>> let's go to rob, good news coming to us. >> it's

looking for this suspect seen in tackty cal gear saying they are narrowing their search and abc's linzie janisre with more. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, robin. police say missy bevers may have been contacted by her killer on social media just days before her death. they also say there was trouble at home. this morning, detectives appear closer to finding this suspect disguised in police tactical gear, believed to be responsible for the murder of texas fitness instructor missy bevers. newly released search warrants reveal a friend of bevers told investigators the mother of three got a creepy and strange message from an unknown male on linkedin three days before she was murdered and police asking to see the linkedin account of another man who shared flirtatious and familiar communications with and the warrant suggesting there may have been an ongoing financial and marital struggle between bevers and her husband brandon. as well as intimate relationships, ternl to the marriage. warrants also revealing new details about how bevers died. multiple puncture wounds found on her hea

abc's linzie janis here with more. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, george.ts were fired during the dramatic standoff and it could have ended in tragedy but thanks to that livestream, police were able to gain the upper hand. >> hello. the whole world will see me die today. >> reporter: you're watching a police standoff from an unusual angle, inside the home where 30-year-old adam mayo had barricaded himself, livestreaming his confrontation with police on facebook. >> they want me to talk to a psychiatrist so bad. you think i'm crazy? do i look crazy? >> reporter: tampa police were attempting to apprehend mayo for a mental health evaluation last week when he grabbed a gun and his camera phone. mayo urging facebook followers to call 911 after police lobbed tear gas through a window. >> i know there's ten people watching this. so call 911 and say, uh, officer, what the [ bleep ] is wrong with you? >> reporter: but police are watching the livestream too. >> we knew that he had a weapon and he was addressing us pretty directly. >> reporter: as the s.w.a.t. team mo

. >> reporter: hogan spoke about his invasion of privacy lawsuit and huge win with linzie janis in marchwe were doing what was right and even if we would have lost, it would have been good because everybody would have known what gawker was all about. because i exposed them and what they do and how they look at the world which to me is very very scary. >> reporter: overnight a florida judge denying gawker's request for a retrial as it fights to reverse that $140 million reward for hogan in a statement nick denton the gawker founder who was personally named in the hogan suit told "the new york times," just because peter theil is a silicon valley billionaire his opinion does not trump our millions of readers. robin. >> rebecca, thank you. we turn to abc news chief legal analyst dan abrams, you talked about this some time ago. we didn't know who the person was. >> yeah. >> this is something we'll see more of, do you think? >> i don't think we'll see a lot of it meaning you're talking about someone who is so rich going after an independent publisher, right, so those are the key factors here.

abc's linzie janis is here right now with more. good morning. >> reporter: he is unappall jetting saying it's his right to sell the gun and he won't cave to pressure. the site selling the gun used to kill trayvon martin disabled. george zimmerman, who was acquitted in 2013 in the shooting death of the unarmed 17-year-old -- >> not guilty. >> reporter: -- first posted this listing trying to sell his 9 millimeter pistol starting the bid at $5,000. writing, prospective bidders, i am honored and humbled to announce the sale of an american firearm icon. >> i thought it's time to move past the firearm. if i sell it, and it sells, i move past it. >> reporter: the former neighborhood watchman defending the listing to an orlando tv put it on auction because someone died? no, i don't. >> reporter: moments before bidding was due to begin, gun broker.com pulled the ad telling abc news, we want no part in the listing on our website. zimmerman now giving up. taking the item which he calls a piece of american history to another auction site. unit