t.j. winickhas 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 need to

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t.j. winickreporter: 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 abilitie

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.

more from t.j. winickreporter: 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 man die

t.j. winick joins us now with more. .j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. 150 years ago yesterday, the first shots were fired in america's civil war. even today it remains the bloodiest conflict in our country's history, and incredibly it remains relevant. >> fire. >> if you don't know where you came from and how it happened, how can you go forward? >> reporter: to commemorate the war's anniversary, re-enactors are camped at historic battle sites including ft. sumpter where confederate troops fired on april 12th, 1861. for vernon terry, the war's history and family history is one in the same. >> he surrendered at appomattox. so he went through the whole war, my grandfather did. >> reporter: over 600,000 americans died in the civil war. that's more than both world wars combined, but ask americans why the war was fought and the answer is less than clear. >> i actually don't know. >> the states' rights. >> slavery. >> various reasons. i'm embarrassed not to know. >> states' rights. >> reporter: kathleen hulser is th

t.j. winick is here in new york with more. good morning, rob and peggy. that this job drive will change their image as an employer of last resort. 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 fest 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 they 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 economic

here is t.j. winickith your money. >> reporter: rolling hillsides, quaint villages, 35,000 loyal citizens -- this can all be yours. well, just $70,000 a night. welcome to liechtenstein. the hottest new vacation rental property or country in the world. >> any idea where it is? >> no. >> near monaco. >> europe or something. >> inside of italy. >> reporter: it's actually 61.7 square miles. sandwiched between switzerland and austria. >> lichtenstein is one of the most prosperous countries in europe. lots of old architecture. cows and green pastures. castles. it's got a bit of everything. >> reporter: but those liechtensteiners are also a little lonely. >> kind of small, sometimes forgotten, and this is one way that they can keep the name out there. >> reporter: the rental promotion is the brainchild of marketing from rent a village and a vacation rental agency. they promote highly customized settings for events, corporate retreats, conferences and more. for all of that dough you won't just get one hotel but

here is t.j. winickou 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-filed

abc's t.j. winickr: 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 is we

t.j. winick has that side of the story from the side of the new jersey turnpike this morning. t.j., good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. here on the jersey turnpike gas prices went up 11 cents in just one day on friday. on my gas buddy phone app here, i'm able to find prices anywhere from $3.65 to $4.65 nearby and still these gas prices are crushing american drivers, forcing them to change their behavior not just on this easter weekend or vacation but down the road, as well. for vacationers across the country, it has begun. at mt. rushmore, 6,000 fewer visitors last month than last march. helicopter tours down 10% at the grand canyon, but as summer driving season is still two months away, the summer travel industry is in panic mode. one resort in wisconsin offering customers $40 gas cards. >> we're seeing them have gas guzzler saver plans for people to come in, gas buster deals for people, so in some ways they're anticipating this drop in demand before it truly becomes a very harsh reality. >> reporter: across the country families are grappling with how to survi

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

abc's t.j. winick joins us now with the story. ke 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 fe