the one that couldn't be there was amy purdy.has her remarkable story. ♪ >> reporter: she's a sensation on the slopes. >> there is just something so like magical about being in the snow and being free. >> reporter: and now 34-year-old world class snowboarder amy purdy is trading in her snowboard for dancing shoes. >> good. >> reporter: setting her sights on winning a mirrorball trophy as a contestant on "dancing with the stars." >> i can clog dance. >> yes? >> yes. >> that's pretty cool. >> reporter: she's teaming up with five-time "dancing with the stars" champion derek hough. >> what are you most excited about doing "dancing with the stars"? >> i'm excited about the dancing, of course, music, the costumes. >> reporter: but purdy is different from past dancers. >> two, three, cha, cha, cha. >> reporter: she's been a double amputee since the age of 19, losing her legs after she was hit by a near-fatal case of bacterial meningitis. purdy and her mother talked about those dark days in p&g's "raising an olympian." >> all of a sudden

amy purdy, derek hoff, we're out. >> how inspiring is that. did you see her moving?excited about this season. it should be good. she's done reality tv before. she was on "the amazing race" but she was eliminated pretty quickly. >> she's beautiful and talented. she will be fun to watch. visit us on facebook, wnnfans.com. >> this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> good morning, i'm john muller. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. here are the top headlines we are watching this morning. diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in ukraine. john kerry hailed the small amount of progress from talks in paris. >>> and bin ladin's son-in-law enters a second day in court. what the top recruit er needs t be tried in the united states. >>> and the cia says there's no truth to agents spying on top lawmakers in the senate, but the top cia investigator is still looking into the claims. >>> and three third graders busted for smoking pot in their bathroom. the 8 and 9-year-old boys released to their parents and could be expelled. these are

amy purdy. derek hough. a standing ovation in week one. of "dancing with the stars."g, they're sharing the secrets to their success and giving us a sneak peek of tonight's performance. i mean, every time you -- >> it's amazing. >> incredible. >> makes me happy to see it. it takes this show to an entirely new level. it's a remarkable thing. >> it really is. i heard from so many people -- i don't know if you guys did -- so many people who were inspired by that who have, what is seen as a limitation but is anything but. it's giving them hope, too. good to have you with us. here on this monday morning. josh here, amy there, lara back from vacation, as well. george taking some time off. >> welcome back. welcome, welcome. >> thank you. >>> also this morning, powerful testimony in the oscar pistorius trial. as it resumes this morning. the prosecution called one of its final witnesses. pistorius, himself, could take the stand as early as this week. dan and nancy are here to weigh in live. >>> okay. and then, the bible of fashion feeling some backlash this morning. calls for a

diana nyad, nene leakes, cody simpson, amy purdy, james maslow, and the one and only billy dee williamsare most guess, you excited to see nene leakes? >> yes, and dj tanner. tuesday, theat last day of the carnival season. some rain and temperatures are theinterfering with festivities. tomorrow is ash wednesday for christians, marking the first day of lent. >> a little bit of rain and cold temperatures for them and of course it is real >> still cold out there? >> warmer. the low 30'sin today.

and by the: miss purdy (teacher): i want you to look for the words reveal, pretend, and love in youronight. i want you to be able to spell them on monday. entire class: ohh....

that does not mean you should blindly forgive purdy made off did something wrong but should not be allowed to manage money in the more. so first is learning from the mistake. it is harder to fakir patents -- fake repentance than you think. most people don't even bother. of a place to think of social institutions were this is happening in social circles. if you're genuinely at the end of your rope with a medical illness with bankruptcy will feel bad but basically your family and friends will say you have cancer you have a $200,000 mortgage and lost your job. what else would you do? whereas if you run up credit card debt your friends know that you were driving to the bmw dave will be of little more been. >> and the state cannot tell the difference but the social networks can. that is where this happens. it doesn't happen very much at the government level. >> thank you. books are for sale and wine and cheese are for free. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> it is truly an honor to be here at a decision that has done so much to increase public understanding not only of the experience in th

. ♪ >> reporter: paralympian amy purdy left the judges stunned with her sexy swing dance. >> it's thetonight we'll have a double elimination. >> reporter: but in a shocking twist not one, but two sets of stars couldn't be saved in a surprise double elimination. >> diana and henry, you're going home. the second couple to be eliminated tonight is sean and karina. ♪ >> karina, now you smile. we were sorry to say good-bye to bruno's million dollar mermaid, diana nyad and your great partner. henry, we just got to know you. that's wonderful. and sean avery, thanks so much for being here. karina, you know how much we adore you, so flying in all overnight. did you all know it was going to be a double elimination night? they came out of the box with that, didn't they? >> there was a full-on surprise. i have to tell you guys, may i stand up and -- >> yes. >> absolutely. >> the very first day we all got together, when meryl davis came over to the buffet table and here was the fruit, and she kind of did whatever this is called, an arabesque and a plie and her shoe went up to the chandelier, henry

>> before we leave, we've got to get to amy purdy. >> please, please. >> did you cry?th derek hou fwrks h? ♪ >> chelsie, what did you think? >> you know what, her hip action was so great. you know, and to see somebody in that situation do technique that's that good -- >> and the situation we're talking about, she's a paralympian and her legs, prosthetic legs at the knee. >> don't you think she can take the mirrorball, because she tugs a lot of heart strings and she can dance. >> and she can dance. >> and she can dance. >> one of the highest scores. so she got the scores because she could dance. >> yes. >> and derek hough is the amazing choreographer who can bring out the best in anybody. >> we're running out of time. quickly who goes home first? >> it's either diana nyad or lando calrissian. >> i am going to have to say billy dee. >> billy dee. >> no. >> we loved having you guys here. watch "the view." and watch "dancing with the stars" mondays at 8:00 p.m. and the "pretty little liars" are here. there they are. we'll be talking to them live coming up. >> come on back.

. >> reporter: derek hough is teaming up with amy purdy and announced a new twist this season. >> attners and it is actually up to america. they will have to vote who they want to see together and paired up. art and erin andrews is stepping in as the new co-host. >> it's like nothing changed when i got here. i was already fighting with max and tony was picking my hair and making fun of me. >> reporter: james maslow and singer cody simpson route out the final 12 with rehearsals now under way. with less than two weeks to rehearse, see how this new round of stars performs when they hit the dance floor march 17th on abc. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> pretty good looking cast there. >> it is. i love this show. i am a big "dancing with the stars" fan. so i'm really looking forward to seeing this season. it'll be interesting to see the skaters up against each other. >> you think it is unfair that they sort of almost do it for a living? >> yeah. they have some of the moves down. she said there are some habits they have to break. but i wonder if they have a little advantage over ever

even though she is an underdog at 10-1 i'm putting m money on amy purdy. good luck, amy. make this story even more uplifting by winning me a lot of money. [ cheers and applause ] i mentioned earlier we did our show from austin last week. most people don't know this. there is a massive colony of bats that lives under the congress avenue bridge right in austin. like a million and a half bats come from mexico and they live under the bridge in the summertime. it's the largest urban bat colony in north america. they become a tourist attraction. every day around dusk the bats suddenly fly out from the bridge and they eat bugs. a million bats. it's an incredible thing to see. so i sent my aunt chippy there to get some video for us. and i also sent my cousin sal to torture my aunt chippy while she got some video. >> hi. this is aunt chippy and we're at the bridge where the bats come out. i hope to god they stay home tonight. but this is a very pretty place. and we're in austin, texas. if the bats weren't here, it would be even prettier. ♪ i i'm freaking out, and i don't even see

>> purdy much. >> that's right, copper.ive metal warehouse. >> copper is used in almost everything we use in modern society today, your telephone, your computer, your car. your pots and pans. literally the most useful metal that man has ever discovered. >> why is it such a hot item? >> because it is so useful and it gets recycled regularly. copper that gets stolen can be resold anywhere. >> copper theft is a big business. 2012, $1506 and million of copper was stolen. doug smith agreed to let us have a look around. the metal arrived at the warehouse directly by mine. it arrives and state of the copper warehouse until somebody wanted. >> we can load the copper as soon as the vehicle arrives. >> smith charges the copper producers eight dollars percent -- eight to hold dollars per ton per month. times are changing. with the manufacturing ramp-up, there will be more of a need for the copper. that's good for the economy am a bit tough on us. we've seen our caught -- our copper go from roughly 30,000 tons in may to about 5000 tons

purdy much, you get a picture of what is going on. >> from obamacare to immigration.g to be talking with republican representative cathy mcmorris rodgers. she gave the republican response to the state of the union. you will see her right here. it's the congresswoman from washington. it is time to play the yearbook game. he is a real estate mogul. he graduated from high school in illinois way back in 1959. >> i think i know who this is. >> highland park high school, involved in real estate. tweet us your guesses. ♪ >> this is "market makers." until january, you may not have rogers, congresswoman but she catapulted onto the national stage with a well-received response to the state of the union address. as the number for house republican, she is one of the most powerful women in washington. we welcome congresswoman mcmorris rodgers. let us start with the subject of the moment. it remains the subject of the moment until at least march 30 1 -- obamacare. as you know, the most recent kaiser family foundation poll shows that a majority of americans are tired of hearing and w

>> josh, i want to get back to derek hough because your partner amy purdy could not be with us. snowboarder and actually a double amputee and so she's an incredibly courageous amazing woman and she's just all about defying the odds. i'll teach her how to dance. it's going to be amazing. >> that's going to be remarkable. best of luck to you and to amy. i want to get to the rest of the cast starting with cody simpson and cody, i understand a little birdie told me you and james from -- well, you guys have toured together. is there a built-in sort of rivalry. >> we toured together two sum r summers ago but there's a little competition. cody simpson, how are your dance moves? >> not bad. not bad. i'm trying to learn this whole like latin thing. i got to learn how to move my hips. >> oh. >> yeah. >> that quick. >> yeah. >> diana nyad, everybody knows you because you swam from cuba to florida. are you up to the challenge? >> sorry. >> are you up to this challenge? >> you know, lara, the absurd thing is that in my little circle of friends i'm the dancer and now that i'm here and henry a

amy purdy instagrammed from russia, her paralimpics bronze medal. just arrived jet lagged in l.a.hetic legs. what does that do? >> well, so, my legs come off with a push of a button. a lot of the dance moves, i smack my legs together. >> reporter: oh, no. >> yeah, i don't want to think about it. this is our makeshift fix. >> reporter: i love it. then there's candace cameron bure already getting physical. >> i got this bruise on my shoulder because of my contemporary dance tonight. that is one of many. >> reporter: the "full house" star faces danica mckellar from "the wonder years" and diana nyad the swimmer. >> and this has to be like this, and the transfer. it's like a hundred details. >> reporter: cody simpson and heart-throb james maslow. >> this is nervousness. because i might trip. i haven't done this kind of dance before. i'm excited. i think we feel pretty good. >> reporter: there's a sneak peek at the actor, billy dee williams, who is rumored to have signed on for the next "star wars" movie. and while hockey tough guy sean avery worries act his wardrobe. >> no interest in