here's abc's nick watt. >> hello. i'm katherine jackson. >> reporter: and with those words, her first public words in ten days, the jackson clan matriarch, surrounded by her children, jermaine, janet and rebbie, her daughter, and the marketing director at the resort where she's staying, katherine gave her side of this explosive story. >> there are rumors going around about me that i've been kidnapped and held against my will. i'll here today to let everybody know that i'm fine and i'm here with my children and my children would never do a thing like that, hold me against my will. it's very stupid of people to think that. >> reporter: late saturday night, katherine's nephew trent reported her missing from the jackson compound in calabasas. paris tweeted "my grandmother is missing, i haven't spoken with her in a week, i want her home now." an abc reporter at the reading of this statement was not allowed to ask questions. >> and now people are saying that they are there with nothing to eat. i'm sure they have something t

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i have a good idea who is doing that. >> that was nick watt reporting. today the controversy continues. michael jackson's 15-year-old son prince tweeted a photo apparently showing a group text message from monday to his aunts, in it he demanded to contact his grandmother. janet allegedly responded, please don't let them. prince tweeted he believes his grandmother was lied to. a lot of drama and there's much more on this coming up on "good afternoon america." >>> right now meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> [ laughing ] >> airing dirty laundry on twitter, crazy. >>> we talked about clouds are going to be more stubborn, cooler, flight arrival delays into sfo we'll talk about when the pattern will clear and summer will come back. >>> man's best friend, we'll tell you about a seeing eye dog that saved its owners life after sniffing out a gas leak. >> and how ebay is you can see . >>> if you own a ford vehicle we have a new recall to tell you about. ford is recalling nearly 485,000 escape and maverick suv's they have sticking gas pedals t

i have a good idea who is doing that. >> that was nick watt reporting. today the controversy continues. michael jackson's 15-year-old son prince tweeted a photo apparently showing a group text message from monday to his aunts, in it he demanded to contact his grandmother. janet allegedly responded, please don't let them. prince tweeted he believes his grandmother was lied to. a lot of drama and there's much more on this coming up on "good afternoon america." >>> right now meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> [ laughing ] >> airing dirty laundry on twitter, crazy. >>> we talked about clouds are going to be more stubborn, cooler, flight arrival delays into sfo we'll talk about when the pattern will clear and summer will come back. >>> man's best friend, we'll tell you about a seeing eye dog that saved its owners life after sniffing out a gas leak. after sniffing out a gas leak. >> and [ male announcer ] if you're ready to get more from your tv service, now's a great time to get at&t u-verse tv. make the switch! [ megan ] call now to get

after a weekend in which michael's mother was erroneously reported missing, abc's nick watt sorts out the latest details. >> reporter: the jackson kids were coming home from summer school. following them home, uncles randy and jermaine and janet. cordial at first, but not for long. >> it was an ambush of sorts. they wanted the children to come with them. turned into yelling, aggression. >> janet jackson slapped paris jackson in the face. after the slap, janet told her, you're a spoiled little bitch. paris jackson retaliated slapped janet jackson back, get the f out of here. >> can you can see janet trying to grab her cellphone. >> i believe it was because of the tweets. >> reporter: she's still tweeting about missing her grandparents. so help me god i will make whoever did this pay. the sheriff's department describes this as -- >> a minor scuffle between two jackson members. >> reporter: tmz describes this as -- >> a scene from "the jerry springer show." trent punched jermaine jackson in the mouth. >> reporter: tonight randy gave his version on msnbc. >> yesterday we did go to the hom

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i'm nick watt for "nightline" in los angeles. >> our thanks to nick. >>> and just ahead, a clumsy young tries to make it on his own in the wild of africa. last season was the gulf's best tourism season in years. in florida we had more suntans... in alabama we had more beautiful blooms... in mississippi we had more good times... in louisiana we had more fun on the water. last season we broke all kinds of records on the gulf. this year we are out to do even better... and now is a great time to start. our beatches are even more relaxing... the fishing's great. so pick your favorite spot on the gulf... and come on down. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. >>> he's sort of the black sheep of the leopard family. not graceful, not agile, just adore bly awkward. he's also now a star of a new documently called "the unlikely leopard." here's my decidedly unclumsy co-anchor, bill weir. >> reporter: the little guy is just 10 days old. vision hazy, balance insteaddy. which is why a newborn leopard's chances of survival are 1 in 6. but his vulnerability is offset by a cuteness

nick watt is in los angeles with the latest on this family feud. >> hello? i'm katherine jackson. >> reporter: and with those words, her first public words in ten days, the jackson clan matriarch, katherine gave her side of this explosive story. >> there are rumors about me being kidnapped and held against my will. i'm here today to let everybody know, i'm fine. i'm here with my children. they would never do a thing like that, holding me against my will. it's very stupid for people to think that. >> reporter: late saturday night, katherine's nephew trent -- >> he said everything was going fine, but, i'm still -- i was still thinking about the children. i still worry about them. but they're fine. >> reporter: here the a resort in tucson, arizona. jermaine explained she's there on doctor's orders. she was reading a script. she needed help from time to time. michael jackson's will gave custody to his mother. in a courtroom, temporary customer was handed over to tito's son, 34-year-old t.j. jackson. >> i'm def tated that my grandchildren have been taken away fro

here is abc's nick watt. ♪ what a drag it is getting old ♪ >> reporter: might be the truth for most of mick and keith. the stones are still rolling. >> i'm lucky to be here, man. it's amazing. ♪ i can't get no satisfaction ♪ >> reporter: and they sure tried. the leathery lead guitarist has survived drugs, drink, even falling out of a coconut tree . and despite the kind of all the years of past and everything. i think i've come through pretty unscathed! >> reporter: mick, 68-years old, is still shaking his boney behind and pouting, which some say started out as a marilyn monroe parody! which is then, which is now? >> i mean, i recognize the person. it's still the same person. the core of the person is still pretty much the same. >> reporter: they were just 18 when the stones got together back in '62. kennedy was in the white house, man was still seven years away from walking on the moon. the longest marriage in rock history, mick is called her majesty. a golden anniversary tour? >> we're playing around with the idea and we've had a couple of rehearsals. >> reporter: in the event of nucl

for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> and you can see more of ken on "secretsure if you have heard of madison beer yet? it's not a beverage, it's a young lady with an incredible set of pipes. she's getttting a push from jusn bieber, he tweeted out some links to her videos. he summed up her talent in one word, wow, and here's why. ♪ at last ♪ my love has come along >> if you didn't know who madison beer was, justin bieber is making sure you do now. ♪ >> reporter: the 13-year-old with an amazing voice has become an overnight celebrity. ♪ >> reporter: it happened after the teen heartthrob himself tweeted some of her youtube to his 25 followers including a cover of his hit "boyfriend." ♪ >> reporter: bieber tweeted, quote, wow, 13 years old, she can sing, great job. and when the biebs tweets the world listens. ♪ >> reporter: her views on youtube skyrocketed after the tweets and oh, the hits keep coming. ♪ ♪ singing my life with his words ♪ >> reporter: surely in disbelief, madison tweeted back, i can't even tell you how grateful i am right now. and she should be.

nick watt is in los angeles with the details. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, robin.ying to build some bridges after the extraordinary evidents extraordinary events of the past couple of weeks. is all that money making it harder to play happy family. video shows grandma jackson bringing the grandkids to watch her boys play on the ironically titled unity tour. jermaine told the crowd -- >> the jackson family is one. and we're one family. and we will heal. >> reporter: but most families are not this complicated. >> there's tremendous drama that's associated with them. and there's a heck of a lot of money. >> reporter: here are some high heights we found in the accounts just filed by the late, great king of pop's estate. ♪ the way you make me feel >> reporter: he was $500 million in the hole before he died. since then, he's earned nearly that much back. the kids have an allowance of more than $2 million. spent $436,000 on residences expenses. $654,000 on security. >> these kids, technically, are extremely wealthy. the rest of the family, not that they're poor. they can't

nick watt has all of the latest. >> reporter: gramdma is back home and paris is filling her in on the past ten days, the alleged family fight in the driveway. this extraordinary chapter in the jackson saga. sources tell abc news there's a lost confusion inside the house, that katherine's phone is ringing off the hook. that lawyers are preparing paperwork for her to regain custody of michael jackson's children. >> i think that money is at the heart of a lot of things for some of the kids and there's all different motives. >> reporter: late thursday, prince, michael's eldest, broke his silence on twitter. although i am happy my grandma was returned, after speaking with her i realized how misguided and how badly she was lied to. katherine gave her side in that exclusive statement to abc news before returning home to california. >> there are rumors going around about me that i've been kidnapped and held against my will. >> reporter: prince also posted this screen grab of what he called a text between janet, rebbie and grandma. which he demanded speak to his grandma. don't let them. ing >>

nick watt has the story. >> reporter: good morning. bruce was very excited before he welcomed his mystery guest on stage, saying he has been waiting for this for 50 years but then a big, big problem. the boss and the beatle together for the first time ever. putting 50,000 fans as close to hysteria as the english can manage. but near the end of "twist and shout" closing in on a meltdown that's not a malfunction. someone actually pulled the plug. the rock 'n' roll equivalent of flipping a switch on neal armstrong. even cinderella. the spell broken an hour earlier. even the king could not make himself heard without juice. when did england become a policed state? tweets steven van zandt? not us. pointing fingers at concert organizers, who muttered something about a noise. it wasn't even a school night. london joined the outrage on the airways. bruce was born to overrun. add mccartney, that's cart blanche to play into the middle of next week. one jaded critic called this the greatest concert he ever witnessed. and then the switch flipped. s

nick watt reports the rolling stones don't appear anywhere near ready for the rocking chair. ♪ what aold ♪ >> reporter: might be the truth for most of us but not for mick and keith. the stones are still rolling. >> it's fascinating and raunchy. keep them that way. i am lucky to be here, man. it is amazing. ♪ i can't get no satisfaction >> reporter: and they sure tried. the guitarist survived drugs, drinking and falling out of a coconut tree. >> all the years that have passed and everything, i think i have come through it pretty unscathed. >> reporter: mick, 68 years old still shaking his boney behind and pouting then and now. that is some funky dancing. >> it is a bit like looking at an alternate universe. i recognize it, the person is the same person, the core of the person still pretty much the same. ♪ time is on my side >> reporter: they were just 18 years old when the stones got together back in '62. kennedy was in the white house. and man was still seven years away from walking on the moon. ♪ hey >> reporter: the longest s marriage in rock history, complete with cattiness. keith

. >> reporter: for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> nick will have more ony tonight on "nightline." >>> now let's go to sam. >> we had the tie hemp chur, the long line of storms that moved through, then a powerful line of storms over the week end. take a look at the damage. a live shot of fredericksburg, virginia. that could have been a tornado that lifted a metal roof off and tossed it. here's where the northern half of the country gets a break. the southern half doesn't. good news, bad news in this. a lot of drought in the southern half of the country. but that combined with the heat. it will be brutally ugly for awhile. it will feel like 92 and above in jackson. the entire deep south getting the dose of heat and humidity. western temperatures, up to >> 74 degrees. be in the 80's all week long. back down into the 80's this stk with daily >> careful, josh is doing the math. it says you lose 45 degrees from phoenix to san francisco. >> unbelievable. >> all that weather brought to you by k-9 advantix. >>> coming up, justin bieber pulled over by police for dri

nick watt has the latest. good morning, nick. >> reporter: robin, good morning.of the morning, paris tweeted, grandma's here, thank you, dpod. let's hear what grandma had to say. >> hello. i'm katherine jackson. >> reporter: and these are her first public words in ten days. an exclusive statement given to abc news. katherine, the jackson clan matriarch is surrounded by two of her daughters and her granddaughter and jermaine and a resort employee. >> i'm fine. i'm here with my children. my children would never do a thing like that, hold me against my will. >> reporter: late saturday, her nephew filed a report saying she's missing. >> i gave up my phone. i didn't want to have any phone calls. while i was here, my asis tapsi janice smith has been calling back home, seeing how things were going. keeping in contact with my nephew, i mean, my grandson. he said everything was going fine. but -- i was still thinking about the children. i still worry about them. but they're fine. >> reporter: here, by the way is the miraval resort in tucson, arizona. jermaine said she's h

abc's nick watt has the story from los angeles. r: good morning, robin. well, katherine jackson's lawyer just described what happened as an ambush. she says family members were tailing an suv in which the kids were riding in. it went in to the house, through security. and then this happened in the driveway. extraordinary scenes, robin. 1:10 p.m. monday, l.a. county sheriffs respond to a family disturbance at casa jackson. tmz says this photo shows janet and jermaine in front of the house around the time police were called. sources tell abc news that randy, jermaine and janet showed up and apparently tried to take michael's kids away. >> our deputies did determine that a minor scuffle occurred between two jackson family members. >> reporter: paris tweeted "gotta love fam." katherine's nephew and confidant who tweeted her missing, tweeted paris, i know it's completely unfair for them to do this to you and your brothers. we love you. at least now we node where katherine jackson is. chilling in arizona with her daughter rebbie. last nig

nick watt is in los angeles with all the latest. rning, george. well, the clan matriarch disappeared days after the jackson family continued to say there was drama swirling around his death. it's three years since michael jackson died. late saturday night, his mum, katherine, who is raising his kids, was reported missing. sunday morning, paris tweeted -- my grandmother is missing. i haven't spoken to her in a week. i want her home now. >> we took down a report. we've been attempting to contact her. >> reporter: howard mann is her business partner and family friend. have row tried to contact her. >>? >> reporter: called her? >> called the home, her cell phone, nothing. >> reporter: jermaine jackson said his mother is in arizona with his sister. she's merely an 82-year-old woman following doctor's order to rest up. is there a division within the family? >> absolutely. >> reporter: paris took to twitter. the same doctor that testified on behalf of dr. murray saying my father was a drug addict is taking care of my grandmother. just sayin

and who better than nick watt, who is now based in l.a. f britain? so glad you made the trek across the pond there, nick. >> robin, i came here for the sunshine. i'll do whatever story you want as long as i'm in the sunshine. doesn't matter. >> there you go. adele is all about heartbreak. gets dumped by a boyfriend, writes great songs about it. now that she's pregnant and happy, will she lose her musical mojo? ♪ rolling in the deep >> reporter: in six months or so, you'll be rolling in diapers. she broke her news on her website. apparently, she and baby daddy simon are over the moon and excited. okay. that's great. i'm excited for her too. what does that mean for you and me, adele fans? ♪ someone like you >> reporter: us fans who wallow in the ballads of love gone bad. her whole album, "21," was written about this guy. no one is saying he was daddy material. he ditched our adele and in the backdrop, she gave birth to musical awesomeness. >> and this record is inspired by something that is normal, and everyone's been through it. it's a rubbi

but abc's nick watt has the latest from los angeles. rning, robin. it's a family feud getting bigger and uglier by the day. i can't stop watching that video of the alleged frac as. >> in the video you can see janet jackson trying to grab paris' cell phone. tmz talked to someone who was there. >> janet jackson slapped paris in the face. after the slap janet told paris you're a spoiled little [ bleep ]. >> reporter: katherine's lawyer said she was also on the scene. >> i believe it was because of the tweets. >> reporter: paris is still tweeting, still haven't spoken to grandma. 9 days and counting. the kids were coming home from summer school. jermaine, randy and janet followed the suv into the compound. >> it was like a scene from the jerry springer show. trent punched jermaine jackson in the mouth and trent grabbed randy and put him in a head lock. >> reporter: as you can imagine, there are a few sides to this story. al sharpton on msnbc. >> we did go home to let paris and prince know they can visit with or talk to their grandma at any t

for nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> all right. >>> now a couple in washington state watching their front yard disappear. plunging bit by bit off a 200-foot cliff and there is not much they can do about it. abc's john schriffen has that story. >> reporter: it almost doesn't look real as chunks of their front yard continues to fall off this 200-foot cliff. their workshop where roy makes a living is slowly falling to oh live yan. the couple who live north of seattle are in shock with no way to make it stop. it all started about a week ago. >> all of a sudden there was this geyser coming out the side and probably squirting 25, 30 feet in the air. >> reporter: a 500--year-old tree used to grow here now replaced by a 50 gaping hole. authorities believe the geyser and landslide that started may have been caused by a natural spring changing its course or from erosion from years of heavy rain. >> we enjoyed 15 years of living here. we love the view. the question is what will happen? we don't though that. >> reporter: while the home is not in jeopardy, they are worried they'll lose their woo