our matt gutman went for a swim and came back with incredible video. i promise you, i've seen this.is incredible stuff. we'll show you that in just a little bit later. but we want to start here. with a new plea for help for a missing college student. a young man who vanished almost a week ago. >> his family is hoping reward money will help them find their son. the biggest clue thus far, surveillance video, showing him on a street in cincinnati, apparently looking for something. abc's reena ninan has the latest. good morning, reena. >> good morning, his credit card and cell phone have not been touched. this morning, police are surprised why no one has spotted brogan dulle. >> brogan, we love you and miss you terribly. >> reporter: a mother's public plea to her son. >> we're worried sick about you. dad and i, your brother, and your sister, we need you home. >> reporter: surveillance video capturing the last seen images of 21-year-old brogan dulle, seen with a flashlight six days ago on this cincinnati street, retracing his steps, looking for his cell phone. >> we've exhausted leads th

abc's matt gutman explains.rom south africa tonight. >> reporter: tomorrow, oscar pistorius's defense team begins making its last stand. trying to convince the judge that when the blade runner shot his girlfriend last year in his bathroom, it was mistaken identity, not murder. challenging because last month, he was mauled in cross-examination. >> say yes, i shot and killed reeva steenkamp. >> i did, milady. >> reporter: so punishing defense sources say pistorius, who pleaded not guilty, spent the last couple of weeks recuperating with family. his team is expected to call to the stand 11 witnesses. among them, an audio expert who will try to discount the damaging testimony of so-called ear witnesses, like anette stipp. >> i heard a lady screaming. terrified, terrified screaming. >> reporter: the expert is likely to bolster his claim that he sounds like a woman when he's distressed. and may even provide a sample of his screaming. and finally, expect a psychologist, says legal expert emma sadler. >> he'll of course

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matt gutman, abc news, miami. >>> and to one more danger tonight. this one, in the backyard. millions of americans getting ready to swim again for the summer season. tonight authorities have a warning act an invisible danger in the pool water. steve osunsami has this story. what yo can do to test the water and with the 911 calls. >> we have a hazmat team on the way. >> reporter: here's exactly what health authorities are trying to prevent. more than 70 children and their families at a local pool in indiana, struggling to breathe after someone misused the chemicals that maintain the pool. >> my nephew has thrown up seven times. like, 20 times. there's something toxic in the pool or something. yeah. >> reporter: many had to be hospitalized. their eyes were burning. they had to give children oxygen. new numbers from the cdc say there were nearly 5,000 emergency visits caused by pool chemicals in 2012. almost half were children. nearly half the injuries were poisonings, swallowing chemicals, or breathing vapors. and most of those happened on a weekend. nearly 73% in the summer mo

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, ft. lauderdale, florida. >> our thanks to matt gutman. >>> now, to the legal drama and family feud swirling around ailing radio legend casey kasem. his wife stepping forward to give an emotional defense of her handling of this situation, as concerns for kasem's health mounts. abc's bazi kanani is on the story in los angeles. bazi, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the scandal getting more public attention, earlier this month, when kasem's children reported him missing. this morning, kasem's daughter believes that the last court hearing was a victory for her. but the bitter battle continues. >> how about his health? >> reporter: the daughter of casey kasem, leaving his side in tears, just hours after a washington judge granted her the right to visit him. >> hello, again, everybody. welcome to "america's top 10." >> reporter: the deejay who counted down the hits for decades is now 82. reportedly barely able to speak because of a debilitating condition. he was not in the c

i'm matt gutman from abc news. hi. >> okay. i'm not interested.thank you. >> reporter: hall has resigned as the medical examiner. this isn't the first time carbon monoxide has killed in a hotel. dr. lindell weaver has been warning about the danger for years. >> the reason a hotel is particularly dangerous is really because of the sheer number of people who could be there. >> reporter: weaver studied carbon monoxide incidents in motels, hotels and resorts. in one five-year period, more than 750 people were poisoned. like the group of five boys celebrating a birthday in a miami hotel, all of them killed. >> it is exceedingly dangerous. if the levels are high enough, it can kill people in minutes. >> reporter: unlike smoke detectors, there is no federal requirement for carbon monoxide detectors in hotel rooms. a handful of states, now including north carolina, do require them in some areas of the hotel. jeffrey williams' family is starting a foundation to raise awareness. >> and it's very simple. carbon monoxide detectors are cheap in the grand schem

matt gutman. abc news, miami. >> incredible pictures. >> when we come back. kennedys respond to those jackie letters. that have just surfaced. and look at this. the surprise in the water for these two paddle boarders. a holiday swim they're not going to forget. these two paddle boarders. a holiday swim they're not going to forget. >>> our "instant index" tonight. ! yeah! lowering cholesterol is a big deal, especially if you have high cholesterol plus any of these risk factors, because you could be at increased risk for plaque buildup in your arteries over time. so, when diet and exercise aren't enough to lower cholesterol, adding crestor can help. i'm down with crestor! crestor is not right for everyone, like people with liver disease or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. tell your doctor about other medicines you're taking. call your doctor right away if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired; have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark urine or yellowing of skin or eyes. these could be signs of rare but serious side e

abc's matt gutman has the details. >> reporter: this dog is the survival of a mystery treat muttly'sers say made him sick. >> he was very, very sick and was not eating, he was just -- not interested in doing anything. he was very lethargic every day. >> reporter: muttly is one of the 5600 dogs the fda says may have been sickened by the chinese-made jerky treats, 1800 since lost october, more than 1,000 dogs have died. the fda has been tracking the complaints about the treats from pet owners for years but still can't say for sure the jerky is causing the illness. pet owners in a panic causing two mega retailers pet smart and petco to announce the chinese treats will soon be gone. so petco has allowed us to come into their store to see which of the products still on their shelves are made in china. a bunch of these products made in china are still on the shelves here at petco. company says, though, by the end of the year all of these will be gone. interestingly, look closely, all of these products are on clearance. they are still on the shelves for now. the stores tell us because there

abc matt gutman is in south africa. >> reporter: oscar pistorius's defense team makes its last standrying to convince the judge when the blade runner shot his girlfriend last year in his bathroom it was mistaken identity, not murder. challenging because last month pistorius was mulled in cross-examination. >> say yes, i killed -- i shot and killed reeva steenkamp. >> i did, my lady. >> reporter: so punishing, defense sources say pistorius who pleaded not guilty spent the past couple of weeks recuperating with his family. his team is expected to call to the stand 11 witnesses among them an audio witness who will try to discount the damaging testimony so called ear witnesses like annette stipp. >> i heard a lady screaming, terrified, terrified screaming. >> reporter: the expert is likely to bolster pistorius' claim that he sounds like a woman in distress and may even provide a sample of him screaming. and finally, expect a psychologist says legal expert emma sadler. >> he will raise the fact he is disabled. he has a heightened sense of vulnerability. >> reporter: and therefore more lik

matt gutman, abc news, miami. >>> up next, we're going to show you pickpockets using new tricks to lift your wallet while you shop and how you can stop them. >>> could you live in a home the size of an suv? how to live like a king in a tiny space and beat the high cost of housing. >>> and next tonight, we're going to tell you about a crime on the rise. a 10% increase in pickpockets. in recent years. and tonight our experts are going to take you frame by frame through a video to show you the newest tricks. abc's cecilia vega teamed up with a pro to show you how to keep their hands off your wall let. >> reporter: inside this san diego whole foods, surveillance video catches a pickpocket in action. watch, just for a slit second, the shopper turns away from her cart and that is all the man in the checkered shirt needs. his hands covered by a shopping bag, hide what he's about to do -- the woman has no idea this crook walked away with her wallet and handed it off to a partner. over in the produce aisle. the guy in the white shirt gets the attention of the clerk. now that the clerk's back is

abc's matt gutman is there tonight with the reminders for every family headed to the beach. >> reporter: the unofficial opening of summer and still at this hour, you can see how packed these beaches are. up and down these coasts those dangerous rip currents. the red flags went up and the swimmers went down. >> rip currents were nonexistent a couple of days ago. now we're up to a red flag and we made i think about 100 assists or rescues yesterday of people. >> today more than 120 people plucked from the water on this florida beach alone and up and down the coast, dozens more. rip currents. small channels that pull water from the shore back out to sea. watch as this guy pulled in for a safety video highlights that invisible current. >> don't panic. you panic, you lose concentration and try to fight the current. wrong thing to do. >> reporter: in the rip scripts your instinct is to go right there for shore. that's exactly what rescuers say you shouldn't do. you have got to swim horizontally to the shore to get out of the rip. that's because even though rip currents are rarely wider than a

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, pretoria, south africa. >> close to decision time. >> keeps going and going. >>> many make that transition from the stage to the public office. and we have the story of one such person. >> i do. clay aiken, making headlines for his songs, his personal life and now a run at the united states congress. ♪ is it me you're looking for >> reporter: he was a memorable runner-up once before. ♪ i can tell you where i stand >> reporter: now, eight years after placing second on "american idol," clay aiken finds himself in a neck and neck fight to the finish, once again. >> a razor-thin margin. >> reporter: overnight, the 35-year-old who's running for a congressional seat in his home state of north carolina, locked in a too close to call democratic battle. receiving 272 more votes than his opponent. abc news speak with aiken at the polls before the numbers came in. >> i'm used to putting myself in situation where's it relies on the public vote in some way. >> reporter: he was considered by many, the underdog. chr chrisco outspent him by nearly $5

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, miami. >>> abc chief legal affairs anchor, dan abramere with much more on this. the defense indicating they're just getting started. >> come on. just getting started? this isn't a case about whodunit. he admits he did it. the most important question is why? all of the other witnesses will be interesting and they're going to be relevant. and the defense hopes they're going to poke some holes in the prosecution's theories, et cetera. but the bottom line is, the heart of this case has happened already. it was oscar pistorius. and the rest of these witnesses, i think, are going to be just additional information the defense hopes lead to reasonable doubt. >> what do they do then? >> the best thing they could have is someone who literally backs up oscar pistorius' account. is there a neighbor, instead of offering an account that helps the prosecution, helps oscar pistorius? a neighbor that believes there were screams is and a cricket bat, as opposed to bullets? it would be useful for them, if there was someone beyond a ballistics expert, who

abc's matt gutman is back outside the courthouse in pretoria, south africa, with the latest. matt?er: good morning, dan and bianna. sources close to the defense tell us that oscar pistorius has spent the past two weeks resting and recuperating, that after being mauled in cross-examination by the lead prosecutor. and while it may seem grim for the blade runner, the defense team says that it has 2 weeks and up to 11 witnesses to try to convince the judge that this was a tragic mistake, not murder. once again tomorrow, oscar pistorius will stride into court sitting on that hard bench to resume the fight of his life. he was pummeled in cross-examination and his case battered last month by the prosecution. >> say, yes, i shot and killed reeva steenkamp. >> i did, my lady. >> reporter: this morning, sources close to the defense tell abc news that oscar pistorius spent weeks recuperating with his family, even taking a short trip with them to the family farm. in april towards the end of prosecutor gerrie nel's cross-examination, the olympian seemed dazed on the stand. >> my lady, i'm getti

matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> it seems to me like the fact that a little balloon that caused someso much. it's just amazing. you would think little air in holes but when you talk about olympic calibers. like me. >> you know. >> when you talk about hundredths of a second. like trying to shave off every -- you need the right gear. >> you speed skate to work every day. >> i do. >> i have been working out, by the way, like those thighs? >> they look great. you have been coming down 10th avenue. every day he speed skates. yeah, i know. >>> coming up, it is called the greatest two minutes in sports, the kentucky derby. if you are planning a party, we have everything you need to know. we are joined by our chief entertainment officer to show how they do it down south. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" ♪ >> welcome back. the 140th annual kentucky derby is set to take place this weekend. it's the most prestigious horse racing event in the nation but also a day of tradition, the fashion, food and drink is nearly as important as the sport. here with more on how

abc's matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: it's a harrowing video of an invisible po penalty killernly becoming electrified. watch as this girl touches the rail and immediately goes limp. a man believed to be her father, sees her. when he touches the railing, he is also zapped. finally, he grabs her, yanking her out of the water. look at the top of the screen. an adult, drops and rolls a child out of the pool. look back at the railing, there's another young girl, a 5-year-old, seemingly lifeless in the water. the surge of electricity, paralyzing her muscles. a man bhooefed to be her grandfather dragging her limp body from the pool. >> i was in the pool, the metal railing. i was swimming close to it and i felt the shock. >> reporter: the two young girls, one of them his sister, spent four days in the hospital. all of them survived. forensic photos seem to show loose grounding wires in the pool pump believe to be the culpr culprit. the same type of shock killed calder sloan, just a few miles away. >> he never stopped doing everything. >> reporter: that was at the family pool, where pl

matt gutman has the latest. he joins us this morning from miami. ning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. there are two vast differences between these incidents. the offense this time, shoplifting, relatively minor. and this time, jameis winston also admits to grabbing crab legs from a supermarket. the police citation he got, only the beginning of the fallout. this morning, florida state university's star, jameis winston is again, gaining some unwanted notoriety off the playing field. the football player, also a pitcher in baseball, was suspended from the baseball team, hours after being caught shoplifting at a florida grocery store tuesday night. the 20-year-old admitted to swiping -- >> seafood items that were prepared in the deli. crab legs and crawfish. >> reporter: for a grand total of $32.70. winston, who quarterbacked florida state to victory in the national championship game is used to ducking tacklers. >> touchdown. >> reporter: but he couldn't slip this collar. >> he did acknowledge he had left publix without paying for the items. he

and abc's matt gutman is right there at the courthouse in south africa, covering all of it. t. >> reporter: good morning, lara. that's right. the expert on the stand right now is supposed to be the defense's ace witness, blasting away at the prosecution's assertion that there was an argument between reeva and oscar that night. that's until the lead prosecutor began shooting him down, trying to discredit him. even setting up an elaborate display in court to do so. it was one of the most theatrical moments of the trial. for the first time the judge brought down to inspect up close the reconstructed bathroom where oscar pistorius shot reeva steenkamp. using lasers and spoke to enhance their beams, the prosecution trying to deflect the defense's claim of shoddy policework. >> the crime scene was absolutely not as it should have been. there was books taken out of the bookrack and put on to the blood. >> reporter: that's the defense's ace witness, a top ballistics expert. he would physically re-enact the shooting. the first bullet hitting reeva's hip. the next one, in the arm. >> c

the defense trying to poke holes in the case and matt gutman is at the courthouse for us this morningg, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the clearest portrait yet of oscar pistorius in the frantic moments after he shot reeva steenkamp. now, the defense is trying to claw back after pistorius was mauled last month in cross-examination trying to show that his version of events still stands up and that all that emotion we've seen in court is but a fraction of the agony he felt that night. they were the first tortured words out of pistorius' mouth. >> please, please, please, come to my house. i shot reeva. i thought she was an intruder. please, please, please come quick. >> reporter: uttered by pistorius, the first person he called the night he shot his girlfriend, the budding reality star reeva steenkamp. johan stander then rushed to his house. >> it was a young man walking down the stairs with a lady -- with a young woman in his arms. i could see she had a head wound. >> reporter: stander and his daughter ka crease testified for the defense in his murder trial. they arrived just m

abc's matt gutman is tracking the case in south africa. >> reporter: it was the biggest turn in the sagaorius trial. >> i indicated yesterday that i'd bring in an application. i'm ready to do so. >> reporter: gerrie nel, the pit bull, requesting psychological evaluation of pistorius, saying -- >> we will argue that the accused was not the most impressive witness. we will argue that his evidence be rejected. isn't that the only reason why a psychiatrist is consulted after his evidence? >> reporter: his defense witness, psychiatrist merrill forrester, diagnosed him with general anxiety disorder which she said affected how he acted that night and could play a role in his sentencing. you could see him biting his lip. she seemed to bludgeon the interpret tags of events. >> there could be another explanation. that it was just lying. yeah. he could just be lying to you. >> reporter: and he's a danger to society. >> people suffer from generalized anxiety disorders are not dangerous as much. people with generalized anxiety disorders probably shouldn't have firearms. that creates the element of da

and matt gutman has all of the latest from the courthouse in pretoria. >> reporter: good morning, georgeis could dramatically change the trajectory of this trial. pistorius will be sent for up to 30 days of psychological evaluation, by a battery of mental health experts. his jaw clenched when the judge read that ruling. it was the defense psychiatrist who said he suffers from an anxiety disorder that may have caused him to fight instead of flight that night. >> matt, what happens if the experts do determine that pistorius has some kind of a mental disorder? >> reporter: neither side is saying he's insane. but if he is found to be incapacitated at the time, he could be not held criminally responsible. if he's only partially incapacitated that night, not all bad for pistorius. >> thank you very much. >> so many twists and turns. >>> now, to the underwater assault caught on camera. a scuba diver, ambushed by another diver, 50 feet below the surface. abc's neal karlinsky has that story for us. >> reporter: rene um burger was taking her camera underwater to document sea life countless times.

a new and shocking revelation about the one person that could be the key to the case and matt gutmang that from pretoria. >> reporter: good morning, george. for 16 months we've believed there were two people in oscar pistorius' house the night of the shooting. but there was a third person. pistorius' longtime housekeeper who has the hard-to-believe story that he heard nothing. this morning, abc news has learned that oscar pistorius' housekeeper was at the house in the frantic moments when pistorius fired into his bathroom door killing his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp. just last year for the first time since the shooting, the housekeeper revealed the existence. >> those people, you know who they were? >> a security guard, if i could remember it correctly. and i think it was frank. >> who is frank? >> frank is the gentleman that worked at mr. pistorius' house. >> reporter: but perhaps more shocking, chiziweni who lives on the first floor. a room after pistorius' kitchen said he was asleep throughout the incident and heard nothing. abc news has learned that neither the defense nor t

abc's matt gutman, following every move for us, in south africa. >> reporter: pistorius is not faking of the time. >> reporter: that, according to a social worker who spoke to pistorius in a jail cell, the days after he shot his girlfriend, the model reeva steenkamp. >> he vomited twice. one time, when he came out of court. he just sat down and started crying and crying. >> reporter: it was only this week that yvette van schalkwyk asked the defense to testify after hearing criticism that pistorius had taken acting lessons. over the past two months, doubling over in court, weeping, wretching into a bucket. >> i saw a heartbroken man that's suffering emotionally. he said he accidentally shot her. >> reporter: and the prosecutor, known as the bull terrier here, gerrie nel, bouncing. >> he said to you, i accidentally shot her. you know what his version in court was? he thought he was under attack. and that's why he fired. so, he changed since he spoke to you. >> reporter: earlier, he called out pistorius' histrionics on the stand. mr. pistorius, you're not using your emotional estate as a

abc's matt gutman is right there at the courthouse covering it all for us. morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. pistorius' defense going for broke this morning trying to prove his vulnerability by portraying him as someone not only physically but psychologically disabled, as well. someone with an anxiety disorder. a lone wolf afraid of the world around him and primed to pull the trigger. oscar pistorius was a walking powder keg. >> when exposed to a threat, mr. pistorius is more likely to respond with a fight response rather than a flight response. >> reporter: and a danger to people around him. defense witness, a psychiatrist meryl vorser offered a portrait of a tortured oscar pistorius, beginning with the amputation of his legs when he was just 11 months old. >> this type of procedure at this age is perceived by infants as traumatic assault. >> reporter: testifying off-camera, trying to explain his itchy trigger finger the night he shot his girlfriend, reeva stein camp, saying he had come from a broken home. >> it appears that his mother was a