and for neal karlinsky, the phone wars are a "sign of the times." >> reporter: let's face it.all the pomp and circumstance, isn't this a bit ridiculous? all this for just another cell phone? >> okay, i guess by the looks of all of you here in the room you're expecting a big announcement today. >> reporter: but this isn't about just a phone. this is the iphone, this is at&t versus verizon. this is war. >> we're incredibly pleased to give verizon customers the choice they've been waiting for. we've designed an iphone 4, which has all the features that you would expect. >> reporter: at the heart of the fight is a single constant iphone complaint. it's an amazing device but boy, does it drop calls. and the blame has landed squarely on at&t. >> they have really dropped the ball on this. think had a golden nen opportunity. they could have been kings. and instead they are the object of so much ire. >> reporter: verizon has bided its time without an iphone. they played their strongest until now. a highly rated network that allows people to actually make phone calls. today, the war of

here now is neal karlinsky. >> reporter: let's face it.l of the hype, all of the pomp and circumstance, isn't this a bit ridiculous? all this for just another cell phone? >> okay. i guess by the looks of all of you here in the room you're expecting a big announcement today. >> reporter: but this isn't about just a phone. this is the iphone. this is at&t versus verizon. this is war. >> we're incredibly pleased to give verizon customers the choice they've been waiting for. we've designed an iphone 4 which has all the features that you would expect. >> reporter: at the heart of the fight is a single constant iphone complaint. it's an amazing device but boy, does it drop calls. and the blame has landed squarely on at&t. >> they have really dropped the ball on this. they had a golden opportunity. they could have been kings. and instead they are the object of so much ire. >> reporter: verizon has bided its time without an iphone. they've played their strongest hand until now. a highly rated network that allows people to actually make phone calls

neal karlinsky brings us the story. >> reporter: pastor johanns escudero believes in the power of prayer for a lot of things, but when he found himself the victim of a robbery at his home, he didn't wait until divine intervention. he searched craigslist. >> i would like to think that perhaps the inspiration and air prayer was divine to look on craigslist. >> reporter: his beof loved ipad was stolen. as he perused craigslist, there it was, or at least one that looked like his. there was no way to be sure without a closer look. next, the sting. the pastor sent a relative to the starbucks saying she was interested in buying the ipad. manufacture to match the serial number. they were on to something. >> once she identified the ipad told the seller, i need a few minutes to discuss this with my husband. [ sirens ] >> reporter: that's when they called for backup. the police came in and made and arrest. >> when we arrived, we took him into custody. was able to search his vehicle and found all the stolen property. >> reporter: the pastor got his ipad back, and the 19-year-old suspect was arrested

neal karlinsky has details. >> reporter: all afternoon, they searched.ens of them, looking for any sign of a little boy whose disappearance has baffled investigators. >> i think about him all the time. the rule generally is if you can't see through it you have to go through it. >> reporter: this time, investigators are following up on specific investigative leads. leads they've held on to, waiting for better weather. >> if we find a body, remains, that's obviously something we're looking for. >> reporter: kyron's mother desiree young tells katu-tv, i'm excited that today's search will hopefully bring closure to this case. kyron was 7 when he vanished last seen at a school science fair after being dropped off by his stepmother. she and kyron's father have since split amid speculations that terri was involved. sunday's search ended like all the rest. at a dead end. investigators vow they won't give up until the mystery of what happened to kyron horman is solved. for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> as neal said, still such a my

neal karlinsky is in olympia, washington. he's learning more about the lucky man. good morning, neal. >> reporter: good morning, juju. very lucky indeed. the lucky man will be here for a press conference at the state lottery office this afternoon. we understand it is a retired man and his family from the tiny town of ephrata, washington. population 7,500. we're also told he put down just $2 on two tickets and both of them one. one for the biggie. about $190 million before taxes. the other, slightly less. about 150 bucks. the odds, by the way, of hitting both tickets. and he hand-picked the numbers. that's 1 in 2.7 trillion on doing that. still no word on that other winner just across the border in idaho. juju? >> neal karlinsky. the mystery continues. thanks for that. >>> we're going to turn to weather with sam champion. how are you, sam? >> good morning. so much going on down here. we just lost the sign. you didn't want to talk but who lost the sign? now you have to say hi. >> hi. >> this is a drama club from florida, by the way. that's why all the faeeathers a fa

but first, neal karlinsky takes a closer look. >> reporter: superman can fly.gadgets. >> where is he? >> reporter: spider-man has his webs and supersharp senses. >> i'm spider-man. >> reporter: then, there's phoenix jones, red dragon and buster doe. self-proclaimed, real-life superheros, with no actual powers. but snazzy outfits and endless enthusiasm. >> i'm not going to let my fellow citizens be assaulted when i can say no. >> reporter: they patrol the not-so-mean streets of seattle. allegedly breaking up crime when they see it. >> get back. stay away. >> i don't want to have to tase you. >> reporter: on this night, phoenix sent off a warning shot with his taser, during a very intense man he says is about to drive drunk. >> you back up. >> reporter: his cohorts call police. >> what you're doing is fine. >> yeah. >> somebody drunk, all of a sudden to have a mask on. >> reporter: it's a weirdly close imitation to the movie "kick ass," at people dressing up as superheros and taking on crime fighting. phoenix says he has a real 9:00 to 5:00 job, a wife and kids.

neal karlinsky is in seattle with the latest. good morning, neal. >> reporter: elizabeth, good morning. this is not a man who takes a leave of absence from work easily. after all, steve jobs, who has nothing more than his work at apple. but after two serious health scares in recent years, there's concern about exactly what he's facing today. part of the reason steve jobs' leave of absence is such a big deal is that no one really knows how serious it is. after all, jobs is a pancreatic cancer survivor, who underwent a liver transplant in 2009. and he has been anything but revealing about the state of his health. in fact, he all but snuck out for the liver transplant, after initially saying his problem was a hormone imbalance. >> steve jobs has put an incredible stamp on the technology industry and our modern culture today. whether the company can survive without him, i think time will have to tell. >> reporter: steve jobs isn't just a ceo. analysts will tell you, he is apple. in his products, whether you buy them or not, are shapin

and neal karlinsky -- i'll swing over here. and neal karlinsky is in seattle with the latest.>> reporter: good morning, robin. two, very lucky winners this morning. one from washington state, where i am right how to. the other, from just across the border in idaho. the washington state winner is from the tiny town of ephrata, purchased in a safeway grocery store. those are 4, 8, 15, 25, 47 and 42. now, we don't know the exact details on the winners, whether they're individual or, as is so often the case, groups of people that went in on the ticket. we know they will share $355 million. that breaks down to about $224 million that they'll split. and for the winner in washington state, they have one good benefit on their said. that is no state income tax here. robin? >> we broke down the numbers earlier, neal. we don't know who they are. but we know they're rich this morning. good for them. thanks, neal. appreciate it. >>> now, for a look at the other top stories, let's go back to juju at the newsdesk. >> good morning again, robin. we're going turn to breaking news out of washing

neal karlinsky is in spokane and has the details for us. good morning, neal. >> reporter: robin, good morning. this could have been very serious. about 1,500 people were getting ready to march by right here, when 3 city workers noticed a backpack sitting on a bench right here. they looked inside, saw wires sticking out and called police. by the time police sent in a robot to inspect the backpack, it was clear something wasn't right. the bomb squad detonated it. by then, the parade had been rerouted by alert police. and bystanders were kept at a distance. >> i saw the robot. when i saw the robot, i told my girls to run. and let's get out of here. >> reporter: the fbi has released photos of the backpack which contained the bomb. it was found by three city workers a block south of where the parade was to begin. right where those marching would be turning down main street. investigators describe it as a pipe bomb, ominously with a remote-control trigger. they say it was meant to propel shrapnel in a specific direction, toward the marchers. this