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abc's neal karlinsky has been to apple so many times before. >> reporter: there's the economy that we all live and breathe, stagnant growth and lingering unemployment. and then -- there's apple. >> apple, and the earnings solidly beat expectations. >> apple came out with a gangbuster number late yesterday. >> they have done it again. >> reporter: the tech giant's success this week defies normal economics. consider this. the ipad, a form of device that never existed, has been adopted by consumers faster than any other new technology. already in 16% of households in just over a year. by comparison, it took the cell phone nine years to reach that point. the color tv also took nine years. >> apple has caught a wave for the past decade of inventing and reinventing things that people really, really want. >> reporter: listen to what steve jobs told me after unveiling the first iphone just four years ago. >> it's very clear to us that the world is going mobile. >> reporter: little did we know he was already working on the ipad, which has since spawned imitator, even counterfeiters. look at th

neal karlinsky, abc news, bellevue, washington. >> 30 hours.uld wait that long. >>> that is the broadcast for this saturday night. we're always online at abc news.com. and don't for get, "good morning america," first thing tomorrow morning. i hope to see you back here tomorrow night. >>> a tower hour standoff at sea has ended and the captain of a wrote -- boat has been arrested. >> john: following the arrest of the captain there are now called for the united states to get involved. lisa amin gulezian is live with the latest. >> lisa: activists are calling the greek and u.s. consulate, trying to get support. passengers on the audacity of hope thought they would be in gaza by now. but they're still in greece. >> the audacity of hope has set sail. >> this is late yesterday. the audacity of hope is a u.s. led boat on

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neal karlinsky, abc news. >>> and now to the cleanup elsewhere, in the nation's capital, even the whiteouse saw damage after a violent thunderstorm there. thousands on the national mall dashed for cover last night. the storm caused a mess at the white house, damaging some trees and sending debris flying a cross the white house lawn. despite the damage, tonight's fourth of july celebration is still on at the white house. president obama and the first lady hosting a barbecue honoring military heroes and their families. the night wrapping up with a concert and sptacular fireworks planned over washington. >>> and we know so many families across this country marking this fourth, doing so without a loved one, son or daughter, husband or wife still serving overseas. tonight here abc news's mike boettcher in eastern afghanistan with some troops marking their last holiday away before coming home, and they have very simple wishes about who and what it is they want to see first when they get here. mike? >> reporter: david, it's another windy, dusty day at forward operating base shahana where soldi

here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: don't call this a kitchen.uare foot warehouse near seattle has been converted into an ideal lab for food. it's the brain child of nathan merville, a billionaire scientist turned chef who mixes art with chemistry and spices it with a passion for food. >> cooking relies on science but cooking is itself an art. >> reporter: every bit of food imaginable has been deconstructed to get to the essence of its taste, then rebuilt using the core principles of science. the result, modernist cuisine. not just a cookbook but a $625, 2,400-page, waterproof bible of food. a collection already sold out of its first printing despite its enormous size and cost. >> we had a goal to show people a vision of f od they hadn't seen before. >> reporter: take this simple bon bon, for example. not so simple here. bananas are spun in a centrifuge, turning them to juice, which is frozen in liquid nitrogen, before being droroed in hot syrup. trust me, there's nothing complicated about the results. oh, wow. >> this is about 20 to 25 pounds of

here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: pell cans swimming in oily water. this is the yellowstone river in montana, a normally pristine slice of nature now marked by an oil spill that couldn't have come at a worst time. the river has been surging for months. now, it's mixed with oil, too. >> at this time, we don't know the root cause. this is a very unusual event. obviously, we have a large amount of oil entering the water very quickly. >> reporter: exxon shut down the same line in may over concerns rising flood waters. the spill started when a 12-inch pipeline began leaking underneath the yellowsto river. exxon mobil officials say a pressure change was detected and the line was shut off within six minutes. but the damage was already done. spilling some 42 gallons o o oi and leaving sheens in the water reportedly seen up to 100 miles from the leak. the yellowstone is a tributary to the missouri river, so the concern now is to stop the oil before it flows further. for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seatttt. >>> in other news, authorities i

here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: it is among the world's best trout streams. and on any other weekend in july this river might be overrun by fishermen. but montana's yellowstone river is flanked by nearly 200 cleanup workers. >> we understand this is a very serious event. we sflnd that we need to get our full arms around where the exposure areas are. >> reporter: an estimated 42,000 gallons gushed into the river this weekend. an early theory is that powerful waters flooding this community and running at four times the normal rate may have damaged the pipeline, which was shut down within six minutes of a huge flux in pressure readings. >> when you build a pipeline through a river you expect floods. a river like yellowstone floods all the time. we can't expect our pipelines to break every time a flood happens. >> reporter: local photographers have captured images of birds sitting in oil. but officials say they have no widespread reports of damaged wildlife. exxonmobil believes the oil has been contained to a 15-mile stretch. but after early criticism from montan

neal karlinsky has more. >> reporter: in the "thomas crowne affair." he plays a perfect plan. sometimes reality is a little less exciting. police in stance say their art thief is 30 kwlrld mark lugo. not exactly thomas crowne but a guy from new jersey who just had flown in. >> in san francisco we'll solve the crimes and recover property and the bad guys will go to jail. >> reporter: he went after the picasso pencil sketch valued at $275,000 by simply walking in to san francisco's weinstein gallery and lifting it off the wall in front of everyone. the getaway wasn't any better. surveillance cameras captured the suspect carrying the picasso down the sidewalk in plain view, not to a waiting getaway car but to hail a cab. >> it was at 11:40 the call was made. this is at 11:35 or something. the girl from the gallery is in the video with him ten seconds looking around for him. >> reporter: that footage and cab driver helped them zero in on lugo. the picasso wasn't damaged but it was out of its frame. there was a fedex box nearby and police suspect he may have been trying to ship it

for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. you breed a spider and a snake, a mythic b bst and it's terrifying. . >>> far lester phiing, let's take a look and head uptown a little bit. lara spencer is somewhere down there, the mass of humanity waiting for beyonce. lara, what do you have. >> josh, it is just awesome. what a way to kick off the holiday weekend. no idea how many people are here but i do know they're all excited to see the one, the only beyonce and this just in, she' blond, curly, fabulous. i saw her backstage. give me a little "single ladies. ♪ all the single ladies all the single ladies ♪ >> now put your hands up, get ready, everybody. with we get back, beyonce will sing. meantime, enjoy "good morning america." >> thank you, la ra. hear ye, hear ye! this 4th of july, celebrate the red, white, and blue with ocean spray cranberry, white cranberry, and blueberry juice cocktails. how did you wear this stuff growing up? it's so itchy. thou art not funny. [ fife and drum corps plays ] challenge that with olay regeneris

>> i'm going to disneyland. >> reporter: for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news. >> firstce, congratulations. thanks for getting up and jenin, wh what do you do when you see justin bieber at your wedding. >> i have to say i was very surprised. i don't think anybody anticipated a celebrity sighting. >> your name is mccool. i got to say most dudes on their wedding day are feeling pretty studly. some of the guys at the wedding, this was their action. >> oh, my god, it's justin bieber. oh, my god! >> how do you explain that? there were no screaming girls. it seemed like the guys were going nuts. >> that's my good friend howard. he's 39 years old and apparently he was catching bieber fever at my wedding. >> howard just got thrown under the bus. i wanted to askyou, i wanted to ask you, we're not crashing your honeymoon, are you? >> no, we actually leave tomorrow for a mini moon, i'm going to graceland, not disneyland and do a big honeymoon in australia come december. >> we couldn't help but to miss the super bieber fan. he visited her house and saw the video. a lot of folks will

abc's neal karlinsky reports on apple's success. >> reporter: there's the economy that we all live andth and lingering unemployment. and then there's apple. >> apple. and the earnings solidly beat expectations. >> apple came out with a gangbuster number -- >> they have done it again. >> reporter: the tech giant's success this week defies normal economics. consider this. the ipad, a form of device that never existed, has been adopted by consumers faster than any other new technology. already in 16% of households in just over a year. by comparison, it took the cell phone nine years to reach that int. the color tv also took nine years. >> apple has caught a wave for the past decade of inventing and reinventing things that people really, really want. >> reporter: listen to what steve jobs told me after unveiling the first iphone just four years ago. >> it's very clear to us that the world's going mobile. >> reporter: little did we know he was already working on the ipad, which has since spawned imitators, even counterfeiters. look at this fake apple store in china. all rip-offs. with apple

abc's neal karlinsky has the story. >> reporter: of all the annoying things that can happen while you'rea plane, crying babies, spilled drinks and elbow wars with the person next to you, nothing can compare with what jeff ellis went through. >> i got a scorpion and it just stung me. >> reporter: that's right and here's a picture of the proof. a scorpion officially one of the creepiest critters imaginable was crawling up his arm on a flight from seattle to anchorage. >> it was inside my sleeve, i felt it underneath where it tickled. >> reporter: of course, scorpions aren't known for their tickling and sure enough the sting came next. >> i felt it crawling on me again and i picked my hand up and said, oh, my god, it's a scorpion. >> reporter: his girlfriend did what anyone would do. she freaked out. >> i saw the tail wiggling and i pretty much jumped out of my seat. >> reporter: ellis was checked by a pair of doctors on board and says he's okay, that it was like a bee sting. >> it's not going to kill you. it's not going to make you sick. you're not going to have any permanent long-term dam

abc's neal karlinsky has the details. >> reporter: what could be more perfect? then -- >> oh my god, it's justin bieber! oh my god! >> reporter: that's right, the kid in the t-shirt is the real justin bieber. no invitation, no warning, no problem in this clip from tmz. >> so we just crashed it. we didn't really know what was going on. we heard a party. so we decided to just come. >> reporter: he says he was going for a walk on the beach with his girlfriend selena gomez when he heard his own music blaring and decided to become the sort of wedding crasher few people ever get. the kind people actually want. >> let's party. >> i was singing on the microphone his song "one time" that i love. all of a sudden i felt a tap on my shoulder. >> i saw her crying. i was like, oh my gosh! >> reporter: in a coincidence so strange we didn't even believe it at first, t t bride's cousin, an obsessed justin bieber fan, had a surprise meeting with him earlier this year courtesy of "the ellen degeneris show." >> oh my god, i love you. >> thank you. >> my y usin was screaming. i put

for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> some good advice there.k the tape? that's about the calmest reaction i've ever heard. >> it's a black bear. i cannot believe it. it's in our yard. >> so calm and cool like that. >> was someone hit with a tranquilizer gun? >> snds that way. even in connecticut, black bears are coming more into the neighborhood. >> gardens and erything. >> the heat wave is partly responsible but experts also tell us another reason for the rising numbers of encounters is something there are morere bear that are out there. >> maybe just walk off like paris hilton did yesterday. >> i was wondering how you would work that in. >> dan harris is standing by. what was the true story about this moment. come on back. ♪ [ birds chirping ] ♪ mmm! hot fudge sundae?!? ♪ new wild strawberry?!? ♪ [ female announcer ] over 25 flavors of kellogg's pop-tarts... and they're all for fun & fun for all. pop-tarts. made for fun. to talk about our blueberry juice drinks. they're made with my sweet, ripe e ueberries, so they're good for yoyo-- taste re

for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> how about an alarm that goes off? >> that would work. >>> coming up, the extraordinary story of jaycee dugard. how she found hope in the middle of her nightmare and the strength to survive. diane sawyer with that exclusive conversation. >>> and trapped in a royal cage. why does the royal's newest princess seem so miserable? >>> bouncing back after baby. the extreme mommy makeover. ndpa? i'm not t chard. i'm grandpa smucker. male announcer: tim and richard smucker always looked up to their father and grandfather knowing that one day they too would make the world's best jam. grandpa says it like, i've never tasted anything so delicious! i've never tasted anything so delicious! tim: [ laughing ] you got it! male announcer: for five generations, with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping people rethink how they live. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in sm

abc's neal karlinsky has more. >> reporter: highlands ranch, colorado, is a tidy community.home, well-manicured lawns. and at least oneneamily with a secret no one imagines hidden inside. so, i mean is this a daily thing? where you have to shove your way through here? >> i just don't come in here. >> reporter: you don't come in here. so, you've essentially made a whole section of your house unusable and unlivable. >> yep. my son loves to play the piano. but he can only play one half. >> reporter: kay says she is what is known as a hidden hoarder. >> be careful. there are things all over the floor here. >> reporter: while most people imagine houses that lookokike landfills, as seen on the bizarre tlc hit "hoarding: buried alive," there is another side, people who guard their hoarding behind a seemingly normal facade. >> renee moved in with her friend, eileen, and her roommate, raquel, after her home was declared unlivable by the city. >> renee and i met 33 years ago teaching. at the same job. i found out renee was a hoarder accidentally. one time, trying to find out if she wa

abc's neal karlinsky has our favorite story of the day. >> reporter: when it comes to heroes there'sow paco the chihuahua. ten pounds of steady nerves and guts.. look at him in action, taking on a couple of armed thugs robbing this southern california tobacco store. he didn't just take the fight straight to their ankles and kneecaps, disorienting and surprising the pair. he actually ran them out, nipping at their heels and chasing them all the way across the street. >> i'm going to put a cape on him, i think. >> reporter: shop owner eric knight says paco is the neighborhood pooch who sits in the shop all day. >> everybody around this knows who paco is. just super-friendly. >> reporter: a lover, not a fighter, or so everyone around here thought. >> i was shocked. normally he's laid bacac he's sitting back, taking it easy. >> reporter: the thieves did get some monon. but it could have been worse. he may not be much bigger than a loaf of bread but in a tough scrape, take it from the bad guys, you don't want paco the chihuahua as your enemem neal karlinsky, abc news. >> do not mess with

neal karlinsky, abc news. >>> and the mexican navy is still searching for seven missing u.s. tourists whose fishing boat capsized off the coast. those lucky enough to survive the 10 are describing the harrowing hours before they were rescued or made it to shore. one passenger said he was afloat for 12 hours. another survivor, michael ng, told his wife he held on to a cooler. >> they had life jackets on. and they actually didn't have time to put on life jackets, so that's a good thing. he's a strong swimmer. >> crew members, we don't know how many crew members have been rescued and their locations. >> at least one american tourist died in this accident but mexican officials say they didn't have any information about that victim. >>> a north carolina woman is trying to figure out how a letter from her high school sweetheart wound up getting sold by a sports memorabilia house. here's the catch. the letter was from 18-year-old soon to be basketball legend michaell jordan. wtvd's lena ciao reports from north carolina. >> i see my letter. i'm thinking, what in the world? >> reporte

for good morning america, neal karlinsky, abc news. >> the pooch joins us now.o joined by his owner and store ener. dwayne and eric, let's make sure, is everybody okay after resulting from that robbery? >> absolutely. everybody's fine. >> so, dwayne, you rescued poco a few years ago, when you heard what had happened, what did you first think? >> surprised. when i saw the video, it was interesting. everybody started to laugh. the police were there, they were laughing. it wasn't expected. >> eric, you weren't in the store at the timeme you saw the surveillance video. this isn't a high-crime area, are you surprised that the robbery happened at all? >> i was shocked that it happened at all. such a close-knit community. >> this guy is falling asleep on your knee. when you saw what he did, whas that the poco you have come to know. >> no. i was shocked to see what he did. especially running across the street was amazing. >> he's got something of a a routine in the neighborhood. >> yes in the morning, he kind of wanders down the street. meets eric when he comes to the s