she makes it a point to make t.j. a hot breakfast every day and take him to school: >> the most important thing in my life is my son t.j. and he deserves to have his mom front and center every single day. not just on the days that i feel good or i'm available. i'm always available to my son. the balance is just making sure that i take care of myself, and i'm healthy and not sick. i can do anything if i'm healthy. so when we talk about work-life balance, do you live to work or work to live? those are the questions that people need to answer. >> rick: do you live to work or work to live? >> me-- i live to work. i love what i do. >> rick: nancy lieberman begins her latest book, "playbook for success," by asking, "how does a poor girl from far rockaway, new york defy the odds and become a hall-of-fame basketball player, author, television analyst, entrepreneur and mom?" she answers, "the skills she learned from competitive sports gave her a better chance to succeed in life and those skills give all athletes an edge." >> y

t.j.winick has more. >> reporter: it's the price we pay for convenience, swipe are your atm card at a bank other than your own. some consumers are willing to pay any amount. >> $3. >> the convenience is pretty important. >> reporter: today if you want to use an atm of a bank where you're not a customer, the average swipe will cost you $2.33. if you want to use a chase atm and not their customer it would cost you $5. in a test run, jpmorgan chase has instituted the $5 fee in illinois and $4 fee in texas for every noncustomer. the bank makes no apologies. >> we haven't decide on the price but i'm confident in charging people who are not our customers. >> reporter: banks insist because it's because of new regulations on overdraft fees and debit cards that could cost them billions. what do you think of $5? >> way too much. >> reporter: on consumer blogs customers said they might as well profit from their competition. i don't blame chase on this at all. if you want to avoid the high fees, you n

t.j. winnick. >> from motorcycles -- >> around 200 miles on ten bucks versus 200 miles on $50, you might as well do it. >> reporter: to the only mass produced fully electric family car on the market -- >> i don't know what the price of gas is. >> americans looking for cheaper way to travel. average price of gallon of gas is $3.84 a gallon, near the all-time high set in 2008. >> i don't want to see the number. >> speaking of the town hall meeting in reno, nevada, yesterday, president obama promised the attorney general would look into any cases of price gouging. >> that includes the role of traders and speculators. we'll make sure that no one is taking advantage of american consumers for their own short-term gain. >> reporter: in seattle, commuters have been through slugging. they get in a driver's car and that driver speeds through traffic using in the carpool lane. or just go for two wheels instead of four. >> a lot of them mention i need to stretch my dollars farther. >> not just land ba

t.j. winnick. >> from motorcycles -- >> around 200 miles on ten bucks versus 200 miles on $50, you might as well do it. >> reporter: to the only mass produced fully electric family car on the market -- >> i don't know what the price of gas is. >> americans looking for cheaper way to travel. average price of gallon of gas is $3.84 a gallon, near the all-time high set in 2008. >> i don't want to see the number. >> speaking of the town hall meeting in reno, nevada, yesterday, president obama promised the attorney general would look into any cases of price gouging. >> that includes the role of traders and speculators. we'll make sure that no one is taking advantage of american consumers for their own short-term gain. >> reporter: in seattle, commuters have been through slugging. they get in a driver's car and that driver speeds through traffic using in the carpool lane. or just go for two wheels instead of four. >> a lot of them mention i need to stretch my dollars farther. >> not just land ba

t.j.nick now. >> reporter: for new york city drivers like jack foley, it's no longer fill it up. >> i just $5 in here. >> reporter: the skyrocketing fuel prices might have a lot of american drivers red. but they have big oil seeing green. analysts expect the largest company, exxon, to report this week that its profits shot up nearly 60%, for a total of $10 billion. shell is expected to see a 22% gain, for a $5.9 billion profit. >> we're the ones that are getting, you know, shafted. >> reporter: the law of supply and demand, not this time. it's speculators and oil futures who bid the price up, betting that things are going to get worse in the middle east. experts say don't blame big oil for what's happening here at the pump. after all, they don't set the prices. >> the majority of oil is controlled by government-owned oil companies in places like the middle east. and oil companies, private oil companies here are price takers. they don't set the price. >> reporter: president obama is trying

t.j., thank you. >>> now to politics. and potential republican presidential candidate donald trump, who will stump in new hampshire this week, the state where the first primary is held, of course, this as new revelations about just how diligent a voter the millionaire reality star has been. john berman is here with more on that story. good morning. >> good morning, dan. we all know that donald trump has been very diligent when it comes to self-promotion and spectacle, both of which are big for business and politics, but when it comes to politics specifically, we're about to get a good taste of how he deals with the most important parts of it, namely, adversity and actual voters. when donald trump heads to new hampshire, maybe he'll try to change the state motto from live free or die to live free or -- >> you're fired. >> reporter: but the truth is the granite state is a lot less like a reality show and a lot more like reality. the self-proclaimed billionaire is far less likely to end up staying in a gold-plated penthouse

t.j. now from new york. >> reporter: for the 62 passengers on board this comair regional jet, you would think their safety was no longer in doubt. their short flight from boston was over. they were heading to their arrival gate at new york's jfk airport at 8:00 monday night. and then this -- an air france a380 passes. its left wing clips the comair tail and spins it a full 90 degrees. the air france flight bound for paris with about 500 on board was taxiing from the terminal to the runway for takeoff when the two planes got too close. >> roll the emergency trucks to mike. we've been hit by air france. >> who was that? >> comair 553. >> comair 553. okay, we are calling them. >> attention all emergency equipment, call 33. taxiway alpha and mike. >> the giant double-decker plane has a wingspan of 260 feet. in fact, it's so large, not many airports can handle it. sebastian pinel was on board the regional jet. >> the plane shake very, very violently and then the next thing we knew we were told

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this is t.j. winnick with today's tax tip. >>> hello. >> hi. >> 5:18 now. you have less than seven hours to get the taxes done and in the mail or flying along the wires, or through the air electronically. >> or turning in the i'll do it later form. >> oh, yeah. you can do that, too. [ laughter ] send the money. they want the money now. >> yes. >> exactly. >> okay. >> let's check the forecast. see what the numbers look like. >> they are going down. lower and lower. not like the tax bills unfortunately. >> no. >> or our water bills. now that the rainy season is coming to an end. we still have a chance of rain. just not enough this time of year to keep up with the growing vegetation. as the warmer mornings and the warmer afternoons are really sprouting. the greenness, the sprouting of the trees. s.f.o., i expect a few delays developing later. thicker clouds will move in. right now, they aren't reporting any to speak of, which is good news. i'll keep an eye on it for you. so can the flight tracker at abc7news.com. take a look at the live doppler 7h.d. best rain

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t.j. winick tells us all the details this morning.e been the difference between nothing and a historic jackpot. if a picture is worth a thousand words, this one is worth millions. $319 million, to be exact. >> i checked the ticket and i rechecked it and i rechecked it and rechecked it and couldn't believe it was real. >> reporter: gabrielle is one of the albany seven, maybe the luckiest group of coworkers ever. even the story of how they bought the winning ticket at this newsstand involved plenty of luck. or is it fate? >> i reach over and i'm pulling myself out of the line to get the candy bar. this guy jumps in front of me. i'm like, maybe i should say something, that was pretty rude. but i didn't. >> reporter: just like your work group, perhaps, these i.t. workers for the state of new york regularly go in together on big jackpots. >> we have a list every time we have a drawing. if you get in, we mark you in. if you don't get in, we put a line through your name and you're out. >> reporter: this time as many as five coworkers passed.

t.j.re. >> reporter: this was gabrielle giffords 15 weeks ago, fighting for her life after being shot in the head by a would-be assassin, jared loughner. loughner turned this tucson, arizona, parking lot into a killing zone. fatally shooting six and wounding 13. giffords, an arizona democrat, has astonished her doctors by the pace of her recovery. >> she's improving every day. and in the realm of brain injuries that is very significant and pretty rare. >> reporter: the arizona republic reports that gabrielle giffords can now walk a little and has begun making limited use of her right arm and leg. her left side is fully functional according to her chief of staff. the newspaper says giffords is in the top 5% of patients recovering from her kind of brain injury. >> it's such an important therapeutic moment to get out and test the skills that she's already learned in rehabilitation, to interact with people, to even test how she'll stand up to the fatigue of a full day out and testing out her a

t.j. winick is here in new york with more. good morning, t.j. >> good morning, rob and peggy.this job drive will change their image as an employer of last resort. >> reporter: call it mcjobapalooza. 50,000 new hires in one day, for the most recognizable name in fast food. >> it means food on a table and rent being paid. >> reporter: job seekers like james black in charlotte have been lining up across the country. >> when i heard there was a job fair i knew that i need a job bad soy came out on over, did everything that i was supposed to do. >> reporter: the hires are part of a positive trend. nationally the unemployment rate fell to 8.8% in march, a two-year low. still, felicia mcfadden has been out of work nearly two years, she needs a job before her benefits dry out. >> i was just nervous that i lose a lot of days off and i don't want to lose none of the stuff that i own. >> reporter: many of those workers will be making around $8 an hour. that's $16,000 a year for full-time workers above the poverty line for individuals, but below for a four-person household. >> i think the

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indiana's t.j. ford tied it with a shot nearly three-quarters of a court away.an you believe that? rose led the way with 36 points as chicago beat indiana, 96-90. bulls lead the series, two games to none. >>> in miami, dwyane wade helped lead the heat to a big playoff win over philadelphia. with a big lead at the half, lebron james took over scoring 29 points in the game. the heat won, 94-73. >>> in baseball, a convincing win for the world champion giants. first inning in denver, pat buehrle hits a three-run homer. and the next batter, nate schuerholz adds a solo to give san francisco a 5-0 lead. after that, it was all tim lincicome who held the rockies hitless to the seventh. the final, rockies, one, giants, eight. >>> and in kansas city, the cleveland pinch-hitter gets an rbi double sparking a four-run inning and they won it 7-3. >>> when we return, a look at the top stories. and it may be safe to eat seafood from the gulf a year after the oil spill, but for some fishermen, it may be a little too late. year after the oil spill, but for some fishermen, it may b

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more from t.j.ck. >> reporter: imagine one minute you're inside your house, all is quiet and the next -- >> i said get up, get up. i thought it was a tornado. >> reporter: virginia strickland's home in jackson, mississippi, got an unexpected renovation. >> took the roof off. >> reporter: completely off? >> off. the top floor is completely gone. >> reporter: the massive and violent line of weather stretched from new england to the gulf of mexico. there have been over 1,000 storm reports in 18 states. that's the worst severe weather outbreak in at least 11 years. >> almost knocked a man down. my car is physically shaking. >> reporter: at least 20 twisters touched down. that's likely what tore this kentucky auto plant apart. seven employees were injured. >> i saw everything flying and grabbed the closest person to me and we hit the floor. >> reporter: home, church steeples, nothing was spared. >> a vehicle struck a tree. a young man that was in it was pretty much killed on impact. >> reporter: another

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here is t.j.efore you start your taxes, make sure you have the right forms. there are hundreds of i.r.s. tax forms to choose from, but don't worry, most people only use about a dozen of them. a basic rule to follow when deciding which federal 1040 to use is, keep it simple. if you have just wage income to report, you might consider using the 1040ez. that short form only allows you to make standard deductions. many people file the short form when they actually have enough deductions and would be better off using a long form. so be aware of everything you can write off and don't forget those commonly overlooked state and local income taxes on your w-2. now, if you itemize your deductions, if you make more than $100,000 or if you were self-employed you do not have a choice. you must use a 1040 full form. no matter what form or schedule you need, you can get them from the post office, library, or go to irs.gov where you can download them or fill them out online. an increasing percentage of taxes are e

abc's t.j.reporter: nightmare at 34,000 feet was all too real for passengers on board that friday night flight from phoenix to sacramento. >> top of the plane was ripped offer masks came down and it was pretty frightening. >> reporter: when fatigue cracks in the plane caused this gapg hole, five feet long and a foot wide top up, the southwest crew sent the 737 into a snoesnose dive and made a safe emergency landing. almost yamtly swept reviewed their 737-300, fatigue cracks discovered in three of them. >> did southwest fail to find these cracks when it went through this maintenance check? or did these cracks occur after the maintenance check was done and something was very recent? neither answer was accept blt and neither is encourage. >> reporter: imagine the zipper on my jacket is the seam on an airplane where two pieces of metal are riveted together. when fatigue cracks occur along the fuselage it come as part at the seam, eventually unzipping the airplane. >> one of the big questions here do

abc's t.j. winick joins us now with the story.ike and peggy. today is a big day, and in many cases full of anxiety, as rivers across the upper midwest are expected to crest. the city of oslo minnesota, is now an island. surrounded on every side by the searching red river. downtown, more like a ghost town. >> usually there's people across the street here, in front of you and watch out for them. well, we can see nothing. >> reporter: half of the 350 residents have moved out. >> bingo. >> reporter: those that remain find ways to pass the time. some volunteer to keep watch over this wall of dirt. it's the city's only protection. >> you are thinking okay, these dikes can hold, things are going to break so that's kind of main worries and concerns that you have. >> reporter: the red river is expected to crest today, still the roads here can be impassable for the next two weeks. in valley city, north dakota, where the coast guard is on patrol in the waters and high above, the cheyenne river will also crest today. forecast is for over 20 f

t.j. winick is joining us now from new york. hi, t.j. >> good morning, rob and peggy.ut really no matter how much we learn about this tragedy, can we really truly understand? >> is there something that i could have done, that we could have done to have prevent this? >> reporter: mostly questions and precious few answers after 25-year-old leshandra armstrong drove her minivan into the hudson river with her four children on board. flowers were left at the boat ramp in newburgh, new york for the 5 and 2-year-old boys who died as well as an 11-month-old baby girl. >> i loved them to death. i didn't want nothing like this to happen. >> reporter: only 10-year-old leshaun armstrong survived. he escaped through a window and swam to shore. the boy made it to a nearby fire station where he pleaded for help. >> he was in a state of shock. disbelief. he was really nervous. and he just stated that she was in the water. >> reporter: rescue crews eventually found the vehicle 25 feet from shore, but it was too late. police suspect armstrong was distraught over an argument she had with

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. >> on pakistan -- >> t.j. and then over here. >> has asked for access to rana? >> not that i'm aware of. i will refer you to the justice department. >> also on umar patek, has there been any approaches to pakistan on getting access to him? >> i'm not aware of any access and i will also look into it. >> and while on the question of the cooperation level, lots of reports coming out of the look we are still very rocky to agree with pakistan on the intelligence sharing, and therefore, on the broader relationship. can you answer that generally? >> well, certainly the u.s. and pakistan remain strategic partners. we've got a shared commitment to strengthening our bilateral relationship, and we've been through it difficult period. i think other people, individuals, u.s. officials have acknowledged that, in putting our ambassador there, cameron munter. and we are working to get the relationship back on track. we are looking to renew the relationship in a way and get past the difficulty of -- that raymond davis case caused. but it's also very important to recognize apart