stephanie was 13 weeks pregnant when she went to watch her husband race at a stock car racetrack in southern colorado. while she was there, she was one of five people that were struck by lightning. the lightning knocked stephanie to the ground. she was temporarily paralyzed. she eventually was okay but, of course, worried about the health of her baby. >> sure. >> she recently gave birth to a healthy 6 1/2 pound baby girl sophia. >> i'm happy that she's okay. a little small but she's got a big attitude. >> the and her husband darrick have joked around about the baby possibly having super powers. >> that's what i'm thinking. >> a lightning bolt on halloween and be the superhero all the time. >> what a story to tell your daughter when she was older. >> i was struck by lightning and i still gave birth to you, and you treat me this way. >> has the baby displayed any type of. >> electromagnetic abilities? >> not yet. >> these moves. >> lightning bolt. >>> sharks, evil predators of the deep blue sea. i found this video on national geographic, and it's from the museum of new zealand. researchers set cameras

colorado. so where is the cold? we do have some weather. storms developing along the southern tier of the country and some snow and some cooling temperatures so i've got a full weather package coming up for you in just a few moments. >>> an extreme vacation outing ends with a scare. this was the scene as an australian tourist -- this is unbelievable -- experienced the ultimate nightmare during a bungee jump. she survived. but the plunge into the river was just the beginning of her troubles. wow. but first, what do the words bailout, app and tweet have in common? all of them were previously chosen as word of the year. in a minute we'll review what word won for 2011. here's a hint -- think 99%. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 11

colorado rockies. a half foot in the rockies and montana. a few more flakes in seattle. the morning showers in southern california. showers for memphis, detroit and pittsburgh. >> 74 in sunny miami. kansas city gets up to 53. chicago, 41. fargo and billings barely climb out of the single digits. 31 in boise and 51 in sacramento. >>> it was an exciting week for football. fans now just four teams in the hunt for the super bowl ring this year. we will have all the highlights. >> and the scores. >>> the gas prices usually go down but not this year. so how high could they go? >>> and sometimes raunchy, of course, ricky gervais returned >>> welcome back to "america this morning," everyone. many overseas markets were off overnight on fears about europe. tokyo's nikkei average dropped 122 points. hong kong's hang seng lost 192. in london the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the markets are closed today. the dow gained 62 points, nasdaq up 36. >>> much of the worry about europe centers on greece. german officials are meeting with greece. the goal is to minimize the damage. the greek government sand private lenders will m

colorado. and it's over 8,000 feet. and you are up at the southern end ftd rocky mountains and there is this scarp of rock that rises up probably about a thousand feet out of a valley floor and right at the tip of this scarp there are two twin towers of rock. if you get to a certain place on top of this very narrow butte, you can see between these twin towers and there happens to be a great house built between these two towers and every 18.6 years when the moon goes into its northernmost point on the horizon, it rises between those two towers. i was there at the beginning of the last 18.6 year cycle and we stood up there, probably 20 of us, researchers, forest service people, all gathered at the same spot with cameras and huddled -- it was late december at 8,000 feet and we were all watching this gap. and somebody had done very intricate work to figure out exactly where you need to stand to see the light at exactly the right time. and as we were all gathered up there, i remember this older archeo-astronomer said it's too bad this isn't celebrated any

together, you have the gusty santa anna winds across southern california, that's a whole other issue. it's going to linger out across parts of colorado and then move into portions of new mexico as we head into tomorrow, producing some snow out there. again, just a couple of inches, not a really big deal for them. otherwise across parts of the northeast, very quiet day. we had a lot of sunshine, very mild temperatures. a couple of isolated snow showers across portions of northern vermont, also across northern maine. but also not a big-time accumulation. just maybe an inch or two out there along some of those roadways. otherwise those high temperatures today were very mild. up to 15 to 20 degrees above average across portions of the dakota, minnesota, and even across the mid atlantic and the northeast. we saw record highs across parts of new york city and for tomorrow, we're expecting a little bit of cool down across parts of the northeast, 40 will be your high in new york city. that's still above average, guys. typically this time of year, we should be seeing highs in the upper 30s. across parts of the midwest, 40 will be your high in

southern states. now rick santorum and ron paul appear to be doing the same. santorum is back on the campaign while ron nesota going to be in nevada and colorado today.se candidates planning it take it all the way to the convention later this year. >> thank you. we invite everyone to stay with abc news, your election station. we will have complete coverage of the florida primary. in tampa now, is and she will be following the reports as they come in. look for her reports on air and online at wjla.com. also tune in to our sister station. starts tonight at 6:30. >> former prince george's county executive jack johnson will stay n for 15 more weeks. he's supposed to turn himself in to begin serving more than seven years on charges. of prisons bureau said he hasn't decided where to send him. he may go to the prison where bernie madoff is being held. >> d.c. police are planning to enforce a ban on camping in mcpherson square. s is not camping. this is protesting. we have no other way to reach ur government. >> there was a monday deadline to remove the tents, but some remain. the tents will be allowed as long as the protesters do not sleep in them. some say

colorado. also a few showers around new orleans and mobile, alabama. dry and mild in southernvery cold air has finally hit minneapolis, which is near zero for the first time this winter. chicago will struggle to get above 10 degrees. a balmy 76 in miami. 38 in new york. >> and you'll get welcomed officially to new york tomorrow. i you this they're expecting a dusting of snow thursday into friday morning. >> i haven't seen much snow yet. so i'm ready for it. >> it's been a mild winter compared to last year. >> bring it on. >> watch what you're saying. we had blizzards last year. all right. some happy news for a colorado woman, though, who was struck by lightning when she was three months pregnant. she was given birth to a healthy baby girl. >> the last six months have been pretty dicey for stephanie alberti. that lightning bolt left her temporarily paralyzed, and she says not a day went by when she didn't worry about her baby's health. >> cute kid. thankfully, baby sophia was born weighing a healthy 6 1/2 pounds, and now her parents say they're hoping she will develop some supe

the west, there is nothing beginning on but we will see snow across colorado rockies and we are watching wind advisories in southernd another santa ana wind event through tomorrow. and now, you can see not much going on right now and tomorrow, a little bit of snow dropping toward new mexico and this will be our next stock market and will become a power will storm with severe weather monday and tuesday and rain wednesday and thursday in the northeast. >> the question we put to you this morning, would you hire a wingman or a wingwoman if you were single. you do not have the social skills to be able to talk to someone at a bar or a coffee shop, would you hire someone to do that? >>dave: are you sick of online dating scene and leading you nowhere? people are hiring wingmen and wingwoman to help them in the romance department, with a little line, or a way to be introduced. like a couple of great movies "hitch," and "crazy, stupid love." >> just because i have wanted you pickup women doesn't mean i know how to pick up women. when i go up to a girl i buyer a drink. always. always. without fail buy her a drink even if she

colorado, and everywhere else. >> three states, three winners, now the focus shifts to florida. joining me now is the chairman of that state's republican party. and the president of the southernention and senior pastor of johnson ferry baptist church. mr. curry, let me start with you. all eyes on florida. this is a crucial primary now, isn't it? >> it's all about florida. for over a year now, we've been saying florida is the place to be. i say welcome to florida. over 4 million registered republicans where our primary is under way with over 200,000 votes cast of today. >> the polls at the moment have romney ahead at 43%. newt gingrich at 18%. but i would imagine after tonight these could change rapidly. we saw a movement in south carolina which really was dramatic, in favor of gingrich and away from romney. what do you expecting to happen in florida? >> i think, you know, it's like in the nfl, on any given sunday now we ore down to the final four, these are all professionals, great resumes, they know what they're doing. so on any given debate, the last two debates in florida, particularly the one hosted by cnn and the republican party of florida here in jacksonville, is going

colorado, and everywhere else. >> three states, three winners, now the focus shifts to florida. joining me now is the chairman of that state's republican party. and the president of the southernt convention and senior pastor of johnson ferry baptist church. mr. curry, let me start with you. all eyes on florida. this is a crucial primary now, isn't it? >> it's all about florida. for over a year now, we've been saying florida is the place to be. i say welcome to florida. over 4 million registered republicans where our primary is under way with over 200,000 votes cast of today. >> the polls at the moment have romney ahead at 43%. newt gingrich at 18%. but i would imagine after tonight these could change rapidly. we saw a movement in south carolina which really was dramatic, in favor of gingrich and away from romney. what do you expecting to happen in florida? >> i think, you know, it's like in the nfl, on any given sunday now we ore down to the final four, these are all professionals, great resumes, they know what they're doing. so on any given debate, the last two debates in florida, particularly the one hosted by cnn and the republican party of florida here in jacksonville, is

southern part of the country. we'll see those showers on and off the next couple of days. our next storm-maker is going to bring heavy snow into the higher elevations across new mexico and coloradoy needing the snow here. we're also seeing the strong high drop in from the north bringing in strong or offshore winds. so the santa anas are really going to kick in. we could see damaging winds across southern california for tomorrow. skier's delight, 6 to 10 in the santa cristo mountains. >> thanks so much, jacqui. appreciate that. >>> don't forget, you need to join us tomorrow, 2:30 eastern time. don lemon has a host of new stories for you coming up. i'm fredricka whitfield. you see tomorrow. don lemon on his way. >> bye, fred! >> have a good evening. g you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums it's pro-cool technology releases armies of snowmen masseuse who cuddle up with your soreness and give out polar bear hugs. technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. go to bengay.com for a $3 coupon. and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. cut. cut!

camp pendleton followed two other southern california stops for the vice president, including a campaign rally in los angeles. >>> excitement and tears from a coloradoning their nine-year-old daughter had escaped from her abductor and was safe. >> thank you! >> police say the family reported calista missing thursday afternoon. the car of the man accused of taking her broke down and a passerby gave this. a ride to a convenience store. that is when the girl asked to use the phone to call her uncle but called 911 instead. >> she told everything i told her to do, get away, don't stop fighting! >> police say the man that took her was 29-year-old jose garcia. after she refused to leave with him, telling employees she was waiting for her mom, he fled the scene. witnesses called police after spotting him eight a station and said he is also a suspect in alleged molestation attack with a different girl. >>> families have a chance to get their children fingerprinted for free today. the class kids foundation is holding a print-a-thon in san jose. it is to educate families about child safety. children will be fingerprinted and photographed at no cost. the event