. >> good evening from tampa, florida, i'm terry moran.dale three of the republican national convention, where this hall was just buzzing tonight, because many, probably most of saw and heard the future of y eir party and they hope the country, paul ryan, 42-year-old congressman from wisconsin. darling of the tea party conservatives. and mitt romney's choice for vice president. well, he gave a speech here that just simply wowed the place. it may be mitt romney's convention, but tonight, it felt a lot like paul ryan's party. he came out onto the big stage here tonight, a young man in a hurry. a gen-xor with a fierce, conservative passion. >> i accept the calling of my generation to give our children the america that was given to us with opportunity for the young and security for the old. and i know that we are ready >> reporter: his young family watches in the hall, rn delighted the crowd with a sharp and specific appeal to the young, to a lost economic genetion. >> college garage waraduates sh have to live out their 20s in their childhood

in washington, this is "nightline," august 22nd, 2012. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. it's a scandal that rocked penn state university, brought a community to its knees, destroyed lives. jerry sandusky sits in jail now, awaiting sentencing after being convicted on 45 accounts of abusing boys over 15 years. legendary coach joe paterno died in january, his reputation tarnished. tonight, however, one of the central figures at penn state is speaking out, for the first time, about what he knew, his regrets and the report that implicated him in the coverup. penn state: an insider speaks. >> we didn't know. ill certainly didn't know. >> reporter: it was a drum beat, over and over again, a steadfast refusal by former penn state president graham spanier to concede that he failed in any way to protect the children who were victims of abuse by long-time assistant football coach jerry sandusky. an iconic figure on campus, who was able to repeatedly molest young boys in the locker rooms of one of the nation's most respected sports programs. and in his home, where he claimed to be m

resources of abc news with cynthia mcfadden in new york city, bill weir in new orleans, louisiana, and terry moran in tampa, florida. this is "nightline." august 28th, 2012. >> good evening to all of you in the west. i am bill weir, and this is new orleans under hurricane isaac. as we come on the air, the eye of the storm is churning, sliding just to the west of the crescent city. as the relatively weak category 1 hurricane. but if you look up and down canal street where mardi gras floats and cable cars cruise on happier days, nothing seems weak about this right now. and what a way to mark the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina, the storm that changed so many lives up and down the gulf coast, had us wondering how would this storm compare, would people be ready? to give you the whole picture, we have our extreme weather team up and down the gulf coast tonight and we'll check in with each one of them in just a moment. but first, this is the image so many people are watching in shelters of plaquemines parish and the bars of the french quarter tonight. the latest track shows that isaac came asho

when we come back, my much drier co-archer terry moran will join us from the republican national convention. big night in american politics. but i want to remind everyone that sam champion, myself, the rest of the weather team will be out in the storm all night to bring you the latest on hurricane isaac first thing on "good morning america." and we'll be right back. it doesn't get any better than endless shrimp at red lobster. with a wide variety, you can mix and match all day. scampi, grilled, the fried -- there's nothing better. [ male announcer ] at last, red lobster's endless shrimp is back, but only for a limited time, for just $14.99. try as much as you like, any way you like, like new parmesan crusted shrimp or new teriyaki grilled shrimp, all with salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits, for just $14.99. [ ryan ] they can try everything. they love it. i'm ryan isabell. i'm a server for red lobster, and i sea food differently. before i started taking abilify, i was taking an antidepressant alone. most days i could get out from under and carry on. but other days i still struggled wit

my co-anchor terry moran comes to us now from tampa at the convention center.terry, is there a sense down there that postponing was the right decision? it is, cynthia. they didn't want to host a disaster, they wanted to host a convention and there was the possibility of the latter. and also, not a lot goes on on the first days of the convention. not a lot of people watch them, frankly, on the first day. they will play a little catch-up by romney's arriving early but the distraction and the show goes on. >> the latest survey has president obama and governor romney in a dead heat. what does the governor need to do in the next three days, terry, to pull ahead? >> i think we all sense this. he's got to connect. mitt romney has got to give the american people a fix on who he is, his character, his leadership, and what kind of president he would be. and that job begins right here with the delegates down on the floor here. this is a fractious bunch. a lot of different republicans. so his first test is to bring them together, and it is "your voice your vote," the repub

in new york city, this is "nightline," august 21st, 2012. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. tonight, a great adventure. we take you to the edge of the world. a journey of a lifetime on a quest in search of an elusive creature known as the unicorn of the sea. it's a nar wall. an arctic la viason. what we discovered it a vast and sometimes deadly. linsey davis and our producer alex waterfield, journey to the far north, just getting there was an adventure of its own. >> reporter: it's in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere in one of the most inhospitable places in the world. aside from my guys, i'm all alone. the wind is punishing. the only thing my iphone is good for is taking video. >> this location is so remote, we've had to take three planes. and now we're into our third hour of getting pulled by a snowmobile. >> i can't see much on the phone. my three guides are nice but they're not exactly inspiring confidence right now. what happened? >> yeah, well, it's broken. >> reporter: we're now down to one snowmobile. we just left it back out on the ice, and if that

i'm terry moran. tonight, we begin with breaking news. fighter jets scramable to return a plane to boston logan airport tonight after a pilot found a suspicious package on board. jim avila joins us to tell us what happened, jim? >> reporter: tense moments over the atlantic for a united airlines jumbo jet headed to switzerland. shows you how enedge crews are these days. a flight attendant noticed a camera stuffed into the compartment on the back of an empty seat. after asking the passengers if it belonged to anyone on the flight, the pilot decided to turn around and who, escorted by fighter jets, landed in boston. why would an abandoned camera cost the airline thousands of dollars? we do know that terrorists had been searching new ways to get devices past the tsa. intelligence officials believe that the man behind the underwear bombing was trying to hide a bomb in a camera. and tonight, the flight attendant and pilot thought they stumbled on something. but they have traced the camera to a passengers aboard on earlier flight aboshd the same

terry moran will be here later with a special edition of "nightline." >> and i'll see you first thing tomorrow morning on "good morning america." we'll see diane tomorrow night, as well. for all of us at abc news, have a good night. >>> the story itself is you have toking the me. >> a stranger no more. a woman is on a mission to bring lady gaga's shooting victim to the high school. >>> could we feel the impact of isaac? the forecast is coming up. >> we are already feeling the effects on our gas prices. closing in on $4 gas speeding right to labor day. >>> are discount cards worth it. abc works with you the news at 11:00 starts now. >> let's get the latest on the school shooting at perry hall high school. a bail review hearing postponed today from the 15-year-old suspected shooter. he is still undergoing an evaluation. a new date for his bail review is yet to be set. he is charged as an adult for shooting a classmate monday in the school cafeteria. >>> now is effort to bring lady gaga in to meet the victim daniel. >> daniel's friends said he would be on the edge of glory if gaga surpri

. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran at the republican national convention in tampa. this was mitt romney's big night. it was the night of his political life, no doubt about it. just a short while ago, he took center stage just behind me here and he gave this speech, the speech everyone had been waiting for, but voters across the country, tried to make the case why voters should fire barack obama and put him, mitt romney, in the white house. so the balloons have fallen. the music stopped, the crowd is dispersing, but what was said up there, will go a long way to defining mitt romney for voters and defining this campaign for the white house. ♪ >> reporter: it was the moment mitt romney had been working for for years. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [ applause ] >> reporter: all the miles traveled, all that money spent, all the campaigns and primaries filled with elusive hopes, scarred by bitter losses, and here he was, at last. >> i do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you've placed in me. >> reporter: the delegates sat hushed.

i'm terry moran. a country where obesity is the most dangerous health threat for children, it seems commendable that an 11-year-old is choosing exercise over video games. and with wash board abs of envy, is it healthy to be that toned in elementary school or is it taking fitness too far? here is juju chang want encore presentation. >> reporter: who, other than justin bieber e will get this kind of welcome from a grade school. it's a surprise appearance by their pint sized celebrity trainer. just 11 years old, that's right. 11. c.j. has motivated the 450 students at the school to get on their feet. but today, the first time they have ever met him in american. because this is how he has trained them. >> now, up. jump, then, repeat. >> it's hard. >> it is. >> reporter: c.j. senter is the workout kid whose videos promise to make him into minigla-gladias like him. and he puts me to shame. how many of these do we have to do? >> when you get tired. >> reporter: okay i i'm tired now. he has been on the fitnes

. >> announcer: : from the global resources of abc news with terry moran and cynthia mcfadden in newnd bill weir at the olympic games in london,, england, this is "nightline," august 9th, 2012. > good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. todaday the accused gunman in t massacre aearered in court where for the first time his lawyers disclosed that they believe he is mentally ill. it was only three weeks ago that police say james holmes killed 12 pple and shott 58 re. and with thehe discovery that holmes' psychiatris voiced the spre could all this efore hearreak have been averte here is abc'sark grnblat. >> reporter:r: today jam holmes sain crt hisis hair still bright oran. his attory saidd several timese he was mentally ill when he allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others at a batman movie premiere. outside court his victi reacted with anger. >> sitting next to my girlfriend. didn't seem to crazy when he ordered all the ammunition, his apartnt didn't seem crazy ed to me. >> reporter: the biggest question foris victims whetherer it could have been prevented. >> i think if somemeone c

. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, tonight a reward of $10,000 is being offered for the capture of the plain jane bandit. after the mystery thieve struck seven different california banks in one month. while it may be unusual to have a woman topping l.a.'s most want the list, fbi data shows the number of female bank robbers has been on the rise in the past decade. best way to catch a thieve, could be all in the name. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: they call her the plain jane bandit. one of l.a.'s most wanted. robbing more than half a dozen bank branches in the past three weeks. without even bothering to wear a disguise. >> her basic m.o., she'll approach the teller, usually she'll provide a demand note and ask for a specific amount. after that, the teller complies or sometimes they haven't. >> come on out, we don't want any trouble! >> reporter: ever since the untouchables took on mob barker and her gang, all the way back to bonnie and collide. >> i'm miss bonnie parker and this is mr. clyde barrow. >> r

. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. tonight more olympic triumph for team usa as nathan adrian wins the 100 meter men's freestyle race. and the women's relay is won as well. so how do champions like these fuel up for victory. that's a 10,000 calorie question. the answer isn't just tofu, it's fast food, from big macs to milk shakes. jeffrey kofman comes to us from the london games to tell us how these athletes are really chowing down. >> and the 48--year-old record -- >> america's solid gold plimpians. there's michael phelps brandishing, his 19th olympic medal alongside his teammates to helped make it possible. so how did the fittest and finest athletes in the world celebrate an achievement that made their country so proud, so happy? well, of course, a happy meal. here's the tweet from relay team member ricky berens. finally, end of season celebration dinner -- mcdonald's, yes, all for me! >> excuse me? mcdonald's? do these olympians realize that ancient greece is not a reference to the stuff french fries are cooked in.

i'm terry moran. and tonight, the west is burning. giant wildfires, thousands of acres wide are sweeping across idaho, california and other western states, adding more heat to what is already poised to be a record-breaking summer of fires. and it's not just flames ravaging the u.s., there's also been soaring temperatures, extreme drought and freak storms across the country. abc's neal karlinsky comes to us now from sutterville, idaho. >> reporter: we're driving into the fire zone. >> the area. >> reporter: thank you. getting into idaho isn't easy. a huge wildfire is burning. the roads are choked with heavy smoke and long lines of firefighters. in the front lines we met teams from michigan, electrical alaska and oregon. tom colin is has been fighting fires 50 years. he's working construction in the off-season. >> you become a junkie and like this stuff. it's not for everybody. some get out sheer and panic. i've been doing it for enough years, it's like, no big deal. it could be blowing up in front of you and feel the heat but i ain't r

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 17th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. well, it wasn't just a crime of fashion, when yesterday, u.s. customs stopped a multi-million dollar haul of counterfeit designer high heels from china before it could enter los angeles. these knockoffs are only the tip of the iceberg, a sketchy industry worth an estimated $600 billion worldwide. phony designer swag that is not only sold on street corners but in high end shopping malls. abc's ryan owens brings us an encore presentation. >> reporter: they are the name brand fashionistas love to wear. gucci, prad day. but for every pair of real designer jeans, there are dozens of fakes for sale. it's a booming business for the bad guys, worth an estimated $600 billion a year. just yesterday, authorities in california confiscated more than 20,000 pairs of faux pumps, with a retail value of $18 million. >> these red-soled shoes were coming out of china. the genuine products are only made in italy. >>

. >> announcer: from the global resours of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and juju chang in new york city and bill weir in london, this is "nightline," august 8th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm juju chang. tonight, it is an uprising that started in the hopeful days of the arab spring last year, when tyrants from egypt to libya were being overthrown. but the tight in syria has dragged on and on and spiraled into a brutal civil war. but now, it may be reaching a tipping point. abc's alex marquardt traveled behind rebel lines to bring us this dramatic report from just outside aleppo, syria. >> reporter: it's the most decisive battle of the 17-month long uprising. the fight for aleppo. victory by rebels here could mean the end of the 40-year dictatorship of the family of president bashar al assad. the toll, brutal, for civilians and fighters on both sides. as the fighting intensifientens we're invited to join a group of young rebels in a safe house just 20 miles away. it's kind of a last supper. tonight, they're going to join the fight. are you afraid? "no, no, no," says ali. "w

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 24th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. well, the crowds were thick in the shadow of the empire state building this morning when a gunman sent tourists and pedestrians running for cover in the streets. while the shooter and his intended target both lost their lives, the hail of police bullets and the density of the crowd left nine jourped in the gun fight. abc's ron claiborne has more of the latest details. >> i just got shot. rush me to the hospital. >> reporter: it is this scene today, a shooting in the shadows of the empire state building. one of the world's most iconic tourist attractions, that sent thousands of visitors and locals running through the streets of new york city. >> three, four and five. four people shot. >> multiple people shot at that location and shots still firing at this time. >> reporter: the landmarke, visited by 4 million people each year, is now part of a crime scene. >> heard multiple gunshots. i'd say about

. >>> from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 15th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. well -- six numbered and air propelled ping-pong balls may have given someone out there over $213 million after taxes. we don't yet know if anyone won tonight's near-record powerball drawing. we do kn that few things capture the american imagination like instant wealth, despite incredibly long odds. and as abc's john donvan discovered today, that dream gives rise to some strange and unusual strategies in purr suit of the prize. >> reporter: in this year of big jackpots, it gotig again. so, that tonight, it was in the third of a billion dollar range, $320 million when they picked the numbers. >> get ready, everybody. this is powerball. >> reporter: hitting that jackpot? 1 in 175 million. crazy way to put that in cont t context, try this. your are 28 times as likely to be killed by bees. which is why you need a system. and at this washington, d.c. liquor store, where the ticket-buying traffic was steady t

terry moran will be here later with a special edition of "nightline." >> and i'll see you first thing tomorrow morning on "good morning america." we'll see diane tomorrow night, as well. for all of us at abc news, have a good night. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news -- on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> what is it like? >> it is horrible. everybody's house is gone. isaac is downgraded to a storm.l not before it pushes a wall of area.through an good evening from washington. .> i am leon harris the republican national convention just wrapped up. quite a spirited evening. l have the sights and sounds for you. start off with isaac. >> we look forward to hearing with the. our big story remains tropical isaac. it is no longer a hurricane. it is still causing big problems with high winds. the biggest problem, the storm surge that forced dozens of to be rescued. one person is confirmed dead. more than 600,000 are without power. get our coverage started. we will have more incredible pictures and a moment. first, bob ryan. just up the latest a

." >> i'm terry moran. coming up next on "nightline" for the first time the ousted president of pep state speaks out -- penn state speaks out. the untold story of what he says happened. a "nightline" exclusive. and solving the mys >>> police say a school district is not cooperating with an investigation. >> they saw a teacher slapping special ed students. >> dan moiz is here now. >> this man has gone from being teacher of the year to being investigated for striking students. i asked why they are not cooperating with the police investigation. >> in many way she's just an average teenager. he loves his parents and enjoys going to santa rosa high school. she starting his junior year this week. >> do you like school? >> yes. >> what do you like? >> the girls. >> you like the girls? >> like many students, michael sometimes acts up. kicking another student ortizing a boy about his name. but the punishment michael received is far from normal. michael says 60 sech-year-old -- 67-year-old willie swindle took him in

and terry moran has all of the day's headlines hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios now. san francisco families are waiting for word that they can get back into their homes tonight after a massive watermain break. it happened at sunnydale and tomaso court. abc7 news reporter john alston is live in the neighborhood. repair crews have been there for what 12 hours or so? >> yes and they will be here another hour to get the water reconnected. behind me the workers have been at it all day trying to restore water to 14 evacuated homes. electricity has been shut off as a precaution and residents were told to leave. this family was living in their car instead of their home after a river of water gushed down tomaso court. 14 homes had to be evacuated for most of the day. >> oh my god, oh my god. >> her grandson took cell phone video from the water and helped his elderly grand parents reach dry land. >> we just calmed them down, me and my brother. we walked down t

." >> i'm terry moran. coming up next on "nightline" for the first time the ousted president of pep state speaks out -- penn state speaks out. the untold story of what he says happened. a "nightline" exclusive. and solving the mystery of the >>> police say a school district is not cooperating with an investigation. >> they saw a teacher slapping special ed students. >> dan moiz is here now. >> this man has gone from being teacher of the year to being investigated for striking students. i asked why they are not cooperating with the police investigation. >> in many way she's just an average teenager. he loves his parents and enjoys going to santa rosa high school. she starting his junior year this week. >> do you like school? >> yes. >> what do you like? >> the girls. >> you like the girls? >> like many students, michael sometimes acts up. kicking another student ortizing a boy about his name. but the punishment michael received is far from normal. michael says 60 sech-year-old -- 67-year-old willie swindle t

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. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. tonight a reward of $10,000 is being offered for the capture of the plain jane bandit. after the mystery thieve struck seven different california banks in one month. while it may be unusual to have a woman topping l.a.'s most want the list, fbi data shows the number of female bank robbers has been on the rise in the past decade. best way to catch a thieve, could be all in the name. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: they call her the plain jane bandit. one of l.a.'s most wanted. robbing more than half