in new york city, this is "nightline," june 28th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. an estimated 35,000 murders were committed in the last five years in battles over control of the u.s. market for illegal drugs. but those murders didn't happen here. they happened in mexico. meanwhile, the products keep flowing north and the cash throws south. well, tonight, we get an exclusive look at the drug war as few have ever seen it, on the border, and at a top secret facility. here's abc's peer yeah thomas. >> reporter: on a recent afternoon, "nightline" cameras were rolling as customs agents targeted this 18-wheeler. it was supposed to be carrying furniture. but an x-ray suggested something else was hidden inside. >> wow. >> reporter: jackpot. marijuana. pay dirt. you got what you were looking for? >> we did. we found packages containing marijuana. >> reporter: in the end, the truck contained 100 ottomans filled with 2,300 pounds of marijuana. more than a ton in total. this is a major organization, a small group wouldn't be able to do something like this, right? >> that's cor

in new york city, this is "nightline," june 3rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran.t's an old truth in american politics. it's never the crime, it's the cover-up. an arrest warrant was issued today for former presidential candidate john edwards, after his indictment on criminal charges. and while edwards has been convicted of no crime and might never be, these charges could carry a prison sentence, a serious one. whatever the outcome of his case, the electorate is faced with a spectacle of a man who once aspired to the white house but may end up in the big house. here's bob woodruff. >> reporter: with his daughter cate by his side, today, former senator and presidential candidate john edwards said he will fight the charges against him and win. >> i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i have caused to others. but i did not break the law and i never, ever thought i was breaking the law. >> reporter: but the government charges he did just that, alleging he illegally solicited donations during the campaign to hide his affair with rielle hunter

in new york city, this is "nightline," june 17th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, for some people, the only thing more fun than going shopping is showing off what they bought. thus was born the so-called haul video, shoppers mainly women setting up a web cam and displaying the spoils, the haul, of their latest outing, for all the internet to see. well, the twist here came when the videos of certain haulers began to win fans. in some cases, lots of fans. and the devoted shoppers began market movers all their own. here's abbie boudreau. >> hey, everyone. >> hey, everyone. >> hi, everyone. >> reporter: it's one of the fastest growing trends hitting the web. >> we got a haul, people! >> reporter: women of all ages. >> any kind of boot goes. >> reporter: shopping and then posting videos of their catch online. >> i just thought it was cute. >> reporter: perhaps a dream job for many women. >> i love that. >> i love that. >> smells like cake batter. >> reporter: this is elle. >> and honey. and cake batter. >> and this is her younger sister blair. >> i don't really li

in new york city, this is "nightline," june 1st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, today marks the start of the atlantic hurricane season. but it was tornadoes, not hurricanes, that wreaked havoc in massachusetts tonight. at least two confirmed tornadoes touched down there, with four reported deaths so far. the first fatal tornado in that state in 16 years. it didn't look like a massachusetts storm. it looked like a prairie twister, except this one was blowing right up the connecticut river. one of at least two tornadoes spotted in western massachusetts this evening, followed the river right into the town of west springfield, carrying with it a debris field hundreds of feet high and turning the water into a giant swirling caldron. at least four were reported killed in the storms. governor deval patrick appeared tonight to declare a state of emergency. >> we'll do whatever we have to do to meet the needs of people, to protect public safety and to help people get back on their feet. >> reporter: the governor said about 1,000 national guard troops are being deplo

. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, congressman anthony weiner is now a pariah in his own party with the latest being house minority leader nancy pelosi is upset he didn't warn her of the extent of his misdeeds until right before his bombshell news conference yesterday. weiner may be an extreme case of internet misbehavior but where exactly is the line these days between online flirtation and infidelity? if you wonder whether it matters

i'm not falling for that. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran.l, congressman anthony weiner is now a pariah in his own party with the latest being house minority leader nancy pelosi is upset he didn't warn her of the extent of his misdeeds until right before his bombshell news conference yesterday. weiner may be an extreme case of internet misbehavior but where exactly is the line these days between online flirtation and infidelity? if you wonder whether it matters ask any practicing divorce lawyer. here's david wright. >> to be clear the picture was of me and i sent it. >> reporter: he's a congressman caught in a sex scandal apparently without ever having sex outside his message. >> i have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time. >> reporter: the woman who was the intended recipient confirmed to chris cuomo in his case he was at least telling the truth. >> it was internet chitchat. >> it was nothing like a relationship. nothing like that whatsoever. hey, i think you're hot, okay. >> reporter: does that make it any

i'm terry moran. we begin with breaking news tonight. the capture of a major u.s. fugitive. the legendary boston irish mobster, james "whitey" bulger. bulger, wanted in connection with 19 murders, racketeering, and other crimes, was on the fbi's ten most wanted list, which tonight declares him captured. he dominated the boston underworld, was the inspiration for the 2006 martin scorsese film "the departed" -- >> you got something you want to ask me? >> he's been on the lam since 1994. and just days ago the bureau released a new public service announcement in his case. >> he has a violent temper and is charged with 19 murders. call the tip line at 1-800-call-fbi. >> bulger was captured tonight in, of all places, santa monica. abc news's pierre thomas covers tus. and he joins us now from washington. pierre, tell us how this went down. >> reporter: terry, what happened to whitey bulger had been one of the most perplexing questions for the fbi for nearly two decades. the alleged boston crime boss had simply disappeared. at one point the fbi even thought he might be in europe. it

terry moran takes us inside the debate on the biggest job discrimination case in u.s. history. terry. >> reporter: well, diane, there's no question at all this is a huge victory, and not just for walmart but for corporate america as a whole. and it will have a tremendous impact on women coming together to fight discrimination in the workplace. for the women of walmart, who charge they've been denied equal pay and promotions because of their gender, it has been a decade of struggle against the world's largest company. >> this ten-year battle so far has definitely been worth the journey. but we are definitely marching forward. >> reporter: but the supreme court just made it a lot harder. justice antonin scalia wrote the crucial opinion for the court, which ruled that the women of walmart had failed to show that the company has an actual policy of discrimination that worked to harm all female employees. "to sue about literally millions of employment decisions at once plaintiffs need some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together," scalia said from the bench.

abc's "nightline" anchor terry moran covers the court for us and tells us how, by 7 to 2, the justices came to their verdict. good evening, terry. so how did it happen? >> reporter: diane, it was a strong free speech ruling, no question about it. even though many of the justices were clearly disturbed by these games. we're talking about games like grand theft auto, vice city, postal 2, duke nuke 'em. mortal combat. children who play these games can kill, shoot, maim, dismember, shoot john f. kennedy in the head, re-enact columbine. and california wanted to ban their sales to minors. the court said no way. that restricts free speech. justice scalia said in his opinion government might be able to restrict sexual materials but not violent and other materials. he said state power does not include a free-floating power to restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed. and he compared these games to grimm's fairy tales and lord of the flies and other violent materials that kids have access to. >> so the court is really saying this is the parent's problem. >> reporter: that's it exactly

>>> good evening, i'm terry moran. one reason eating disorders are so difficult to treat is that patients' troubled feelings about their bodies can be so hard to unravel. and it's all the more difficult when the patient is not an adult or even a high schooler but a young child. and yet a government study covering the years 1999 to 2006 revealed the shocking fact that hospitalizations for eating disorders increased most sharply, by 119%, for children younger than 12 years old. here's andrea canning. >> reporter: this is taylor call, an active 6-year-old pre-k student who lives outside houston. a year ago taylor came home from school and said something that shocked her mother, tonya. >> we were at home and she just out of the blue just said, "mommy, why is my tummy so fat?" and it took me back. and i asked her, well, why are you asking me this? and she said because a girl in the bathroom at school asked me why i was fat. >> reporter: do you think sometimes your tummy is too big? >> sometimes. sometimes. >> reporter: and

>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 16th, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with political scandal. democratic congressman anthony weiner resigned today after weeks of fallout over lewd pictures and messages he sent to women on the internet. house minority leader nancy p o pelo pelosi, who was among those prominent democrats calling all week for his resignation, released a stamd saying, quote, congressman weiner exercised poor judgment in his actions and his reaction to the revelations. today, he made the right judgment in resigning. so, why did weiner finally agree to go? here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: tod >> today, i am announcing my resignation from congress. >> reporter: even in the end, it was uncomfortable and awkward. >> i'm here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes i have made. and the embarrassment i have caused. i make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but i make it particularly to my wife. >> reporter: to announce the end of h

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 29th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. it's been nearly four years since american exchange student amanda knox was arrested in italy and accused of killing her english roommate in a sexual encountetethat turned deadly violent. knox, along with her boyfriend at the time, was convicted in 2009, but today, the 23-year-old got new hope that she will not pass into middle age in a foreign prison. abc's elizabeth vargas has the story for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: this was the scene when american college student amanda knox was convicted for violently killing her british roommate meredith kercher, while studying abroad. >> knox and her former boyfriend were found guilty. >> sexually soughting and killllg miss kercher. >> reporter: fuhr chaos amid cheers and outrage in per reej ya, italy. a nightmare come true for knox's family. just an hour after hearing his daughter's 26-year prison sentence, knox's father curt and her s

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 15th, 2011. >> good evening. for more than a month, police searched central florida for a beautiful toddler named caylee anthony. after her mother told police a nanny had kidnapped her. now, almost three years later, that mother, casey, faces the death penalty. she's accused of smothering her child, hiding the body in the trunk of her car. and after four weeks of presenting an avalanche of largely circumstantial evidence, the prosecution wrapped its case today. ashleigh banfield is there and brings us this report for our series "crime and punishment." >> the question is whether or not this was an intentional act designed to cause the child's death. >> reporter: casey's story? after the child died accidentally, her father george helped spin a cover up tale and dispose of caylee's remains. but prosecutors were quick to point out how kay sip's behavior said otherwise. >> how did she appear? >> completely normal. >> she seemed happy. she was in

i'm terry moran. when an earthquake and tsunami fatally compromised a nuclear plant in japan in march, americans asked whether a similar disaster could strike here. well now only three months later we've got the spectacle of an american nuclear power plant surrounded by floodwaters and thousands are evacuating the area around the los alamos nuclear lab due to a wildfire nearby. officials say the appropriate safeguards are in place. but a new investigation suggest existing evacuation plans are inadequate. so could it happen here? here's abc's jim sciutto. >> reporter: we now know all too well what it looks like when natural desaflters and nuclear power plants collide. today, a fast-growing and unpredictable wildfire in new mexico came within one mile of the nation's pre-eminent nuclear lab, the los alamos nuclear laboratory. at the same tie, massive flooding of the missouri river has turned fort calhoun nuclear power plant in nebraska into an island. >> we have stranger, bizarre weather patterns that a

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 23rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. for years, he was right next to osama bin laden on the fbi's most wanted list. not only was whitey bulger charged with 19 murders, but for two decades, he was the g-man's snitch, shielded from prosecution until he disappeared. last night's arrest of the boston crime boss ends one of the most gruelling manhunts in history, and abc's david wright has the riveting details for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: he was the dillinger of our day. a gangster to wiley that in boston, at least, he became almost a folk hero. only today did we find out what whitey bulger really looks like. a big difference from all those grainy photos from long lenses. perhaps that's why the bearded bulger seemed to be smiling. captured on camera. right after the fbi finally knocked on his door. a door to a rent-controlled apartment here in santa monica, now sealed off with police tape. >> the arrest marks the en

i'm terry moran. i don't know what i was thinking. that's what democratic congressman weiner said today in a news conference in which he admitted tweeting an inappropriate photo to a woman over the internet. it was a breathtaking about-face from what weiner said last night here on "nightline." here's what he told abc's jonathan karl then. >> this is a twitter hoax. a prank that was done. i'm the victim of it. this poor girl is the victim. >> that didn't work so well. here is "20/20" anchor chris cuomo with the exclusive interview that set this all in motion today. >> i had made terrible mistakes that have hurt the people i care about the most and i'm deeply sorry. i've exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. >> it was the last thing anthony weiner was expected to say a week into allegations of a congressman's online sexual exploits. but there he was, taking full responsible for something he had, until now, claimed was the result of computer hacking. >> to be clear, picture wa

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 21st 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. many americans knowledge of the mormon church may be limited to casual associations with salt lake city, polygamy or pairs of missionaries in neck times going door to door. but that may be about to change. you seep, mormons and mormonism are now front and center on several of the country's biggest stages, from broadway to the 2012 presidential campaign. jonathan karl got exclusive access to the newest face of the republican field and starts us there. >> reporter: with the statue of liberty over his shoulder, john huntsman made it official. >> i'm john huntsman, and i'm running for president of the united states. >> reporter: it's a different kind of campaign for a different kind of republican. no attacks on his opponents. no lashes out at obama care. not even a single mention of the name barack obama. >> i don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of presid

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 2nd, 2011. >> announcer: good ev . >> good evening, i'm bill weir. it's only be a week, but the jury in the casey anthony trial has heard enough to fill an an thol. >>>. conversations with police, her own defense lawyer's version, no two stories agree or begin to explain how the defendant's 2-year-old daughter turned up dead in 2008. here is ashleigh banfield in orlando, florida. >> reporter: it just keeps getting worse for casey anthony. in her trial today, damning testimony from the lead detective on the case. >> every single thing that you told us has been a lie. we're proving all that. >> reporter: the courtroom fell sigh leapt as a taped interrogation revealed the moment casey was caught in her lies. about where she worked, who her friends were and when she last saw her little girl, caylee. >> i know and you know that everything you told me is a lie, correct? >> not everything i told you. >> reporter: the desperation in the officer's vo

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden, terry moran, bill weir, and tonight, juju chang in new york city, this is "nightline," june 10th, 2011. >> and good evening, i'm juju chang. science fiction almost got it right. face recognition technology has become part of daily life. but except instead of controlling security access to top secret spy facilities, the technology is being used to identify the people in that crazy picture from last weekend's beach party. it's all happening, of course, on facebook, which has been quietly using face recognition software on every photo you upload. and today, a privacy group filed a complaint against facebook. with a government regulatory agency. here's nick schifrin. >> reporter: facebook knows me. it knows my friends. it tracks what i like. where i live. and knows my sisters are kristy and laura. but now, facebook also knows, well, my face. of all its 500 million users, it can recognize my face. my face out of everyone else's. not just mine. if you're on facebook, facebook can recognize your face, too. here's h

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 14th, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with politics. last night, the 2012 republican presidential hopefuls held their first nationally televised debate. representative michele bachmann stole much of the night's thunder by declaring she was, in fact, running for president. then, today, former utah governor john huntsman said he would formally jump into the race next week. but one candidate who has made news early and often is former speaker of the house newt gingrich. tonight, brian ross with a stunning investigation on how running for president could benefit gingrich, whether he wins or not. brian? >> reporter: cynthia, we assume that people running for president are doing it to actually win the job. but this year, in a number of cases, being considered a possible presidential candidate seems to be little more than a savvy marketing ploy, a proven method for a big payday. and that is now the question facing many candidates, including

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 24th, 2011. >>> good evening, i'm bill weir. and we begin tonight with breaking news out of new york, where late tonight the state senate passed legislation permitting same-sex marriage. four republicans joined 29 democrats to pass the measure that failed a couple years ago. when governor andrew cuomo signs that bill 30 days later, new york will be the sixth state in the nation, plus washington, d.c., to recognize gay marriage. >>> and we turn now to another breaking story out of nevada, a tragic one at that. a big-rig semi making a long haul through the nevada desert ran a crossing and t-boned an amtrak passenger train this afternoon, carrying nearly 220 people, killing at least two and injuring more than 100. with the details, here's abc's lisa stark. >> she's out there. >> reporter: for passengers on the train, it was a jarring jolt. then smoke and fire, panic and chaos. after amtrak's california zephyr was struck by a tractor trailer. th

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden ame and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," may 31st, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with housing costs. today, newly released figures show that home prices are still dropping. the case schiller home price index is now 33.1% below its july 2006 peak. sound like a good time to buy? well, not so fast. home ownership levels are falling, too, to their lowest levels since 1998. so, what is going on? is the american dream changing? what's the smartest move in the world of post-bubble real estate? juju chang set out to answer that question. >> reporter: to buy or not to buy? it's a question that looms so large, there's even a show on hgtv devoted to it. on "my first place," potential owners weigh renting against taking the big plunge and buying their first home. >> we're buying this place. >> reporter: and today, with home prices dipping even lower than at the bottom of the housing bust, the uncertainty in the housing market is causing confusion and outrage. >> people should be upset

." >> i'm terry moran. coming up next, president obama gives a major speech detailing his plan to get out of the decade long war in afghanistan. so how is it going -- how is he going to do it, and how much longer are we going to be there? the answers and all of the details on >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> historic flooding is forcing the evacuation tonight of at least 10,000 residents of minot, north dakota. the river is rising faster than expected. it jumped levies today, and it is now on target to shatter a 130-year-old flood record. the city crews sandbaged the water treatment plant, city hall and schools. it is being fed by a massive late-season snow melt from saskatchewan, canada. >>> southwest airlines has disciplined a pilot who went on a vulgar tirade in the cockpit of his flight with his cockpit mic open. it was a march 25th flight from austin to san diego, the pilot went on an explough tiff-filled rant about the age, attractiveness and sexual orientation of fl

." >> i'm terry moran. dan and carolyn, coming up next, an arrest warrant is issued for the former presidential candidate john edwards after a grand jury hits him with six criminal counts. is he going to prison? plus pizza-nomics. how the slice business is booming as americans watch theieieieieieieieieieieieieieiei >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> two-time presidential candidate john edwards pled not guilty to charges of illegally using campaign contributions to cover up an affair and out of wedlock child. edwards was indicted on six felony counts including conspiracy and receiving illegal campaign contributions. prosecutors claim the former senator solicited and spent $925,000 to hide his affair with rielle unit her during his -- during his 2008 bid for the white house. >> there is no question i have done wrong. i take full responsibility for having done wrong. and i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i have caused others. i did not break the l

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i'm terry moran. we talk a lot about addiction these days to describe everything from compulsive sexual behavior to actual drug use. but the psychology of addiction remains a mystery to us. why some people develop a need for a particular form of stimulation. well, tonight, we're going to look at some of the most difficult to explain cases. strange addictions. people whose animating desires as overpowering as it may feel to them are just inexplicable to the rest of us. here's john donvan. >> reporter: bedtime for lori. for this too. lori's blow dryer. on her pillow at the foot of the bed. or just tucked in. right there. the blow dryer and lori started sleeping together when she was only 8. now she's in her early 30s. the explanation is both simple and complex. >> -- may not be as severe or in the same bracket as drugs and alcohol and things like that but nonetheless it's an addiction. >> reporter: that's right, for about awe quarter century, lori says she could not get through the night without the sou

terry moran has the details. >> reporter: this is a strong free speech ruling from the court, 7-2.en though many of the justices were clearly disturbed by the kinds of video games they were dealing with. we're talking about games like "grand theft auto," "vice city," "postal city 2," "duke nukem 3d." "mortal kombat." children who play these games can kill, maim, rape, re-enact columbine, shoot john f. kennedy in the head. california wanted to ban their sale to minors. but this court said no. no way. that restricts free speech. justice antonin scalia writing for the court noted there's a solid distinction in american law about sexual material, which the government can shield children from, and violent material, which the court said it can't. he said state power does not include a free-floating power to restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed. he compared these games to "grimm's fairy tales," "lord of the flies," other violent materials kids have long had access to. bottom line from the court, it's not up to the government to parent our children, it's up to parents. terry

terry moran, abc news, the supreme court. >>> the battle over same-sex marriage in new york could go. the gay marriage bill was one vote shy of passing as the legislative session officially ended last night. with mounting pressure from protesting religious leaders and gay rights advocates, lawmakers agreed to stay at the capital for a few more days to try to resolve the issue. >>> texas governor rick perry has booked a summer speaking engagement in south carolina. a key political battleground state. it's the latest sign he may be poised to give mitt romney and the rest of the gop presidential hopefuls a run for their money. here's john berman. >> reporter: it's the gun. it's the boots. it's the yelp. it's the swagger. no republican candidate lit up the crowd like texas governor rick perry. >> let's lead them to the safe harbor of american renewal and the shores of american exceptionalism. >> reporter: of course, perry is not actually a candidate. not yet. but who is this 61-year-old son of a rancher with phenomenal hair? and why do so many republicans hope he does run? >> he has got

and terry moran has more details now. >> reporter: it didn't look like a massachusetts storm, it looked twister, except this one was plowing right up the connecticut river. one of at least two tornados spotted in western massachusetts, followed it right into west springfield. at least four were reported killed in the storm. governor patrick declared a state of emergency. >> we'll do whatever we have to do to meet the needs of people. to protect public safety and help people get back on their feet. the governor say about 1,000 troops are being deployed to help with debris remoefl. 19 communities with affected. fema was on the ground in west springfield. we could see the darkness. you could see the trees flying over the cars, on to the cars it was surreal to be honest. you couldn't believe it was happening. >> reporter: boston, meanwhile, find its way in the middle of a storm. >> terry moran, abc news. >> most of the damage is concentrated in a one-mile area downtown. housing, building and entire supermarkets were dedestroyed. >> we're aware of you know, city blocks that aren't necessaril