>> we're looking for the whole family, the von trapp family.ee these kids today, because they're all around the church. hopefully they'll get cast in the show. >> this will air on nbc live december the 5th. explain how that's going to happen. how are you going to be able to pull off a live production of the sound of music? >> they start rehearsals mid-october, the tech on the set, and then instead of it being like in the theater opening night, it will be shot live for television for everyone in their living rooms. >> so this is going to be pretty cool. so the kids today, they have been practicing in line. what do you think is going to stand out to you once you get inside? >> we're looking for that sort of kid that has that spark. yes, they have to be an incredible vocalist. everybody takes for granted that these kids sing 12 songs in the show. they really are the leads with carey and steven. we're looking for someone who can come in and show me that they can sing the high notes. if you did when you were -- however old you were. >> let's talk to

officials say, jonathan trappe landed in newfoundland. they say he reported having trouble controlling the balloons before making a safe landing. this is video of him taking off. about 12 hours earlier in maine. instead of using a hot- air balloon, trappe was using more than 300- helium- filled balloons. like those used in the animated movie "up." >> coming up the music grew will play google -- play will connect people on line with their music interests. >> we have people come into our studio performance of their own a songs or cover songs. as part of this promotion we found a lot of temporary bans on and they were able to cherry pick their own favorites. (music) for more information on who will play on google play >> this just in to the kron 4 news room www.kron4.com >> i am looking at everything! we are going here, we are going there! we are going to do christmas and now we. >> pam: still ahead on kron 4. how some lucky online customers cashed in on some *very discounted plane tickets. and this father puts on some short shorts to send a

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trapp tweeted "hmm, this doesn't look like france." trappe is a 39-year-old i.t. from north carolina displaying from the adventure of mr. frederickson, russell and their talking dog. >> my master has made me talk so i may talk. squirrel! >> i like that. that was just an excuse to show that. i love doug. trape spent two years preparing for his flight. if he landed in the ocean he had a small lifeboat to help his survive. who knows he may try, try, try again. >>> still to come in "cnn newsroom," tragedy again on the new jersey shore as a famous boardwalk damaged by superstorm sandy goes up in flames. hear governor chris christie's reaction to this charred necessary. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> happening now in "cnn newsroom," chris christie and the board walk fire, a governor supporting seaside heights

this transatlantic journey would be trapp's longest by far. 2500 miles.ree to five days. entirely dependent on wind and weather conditions. >>> time for the top three things to watch tomorrow, number three. preliminary reading on sent consumer sentiment. last month's reading declined from a six-year high dropping to 82.1. tomorrow's reading expected to fall slightly to 82. >>> the number two thing to watch tomorrow will be the producer price index for august. economists are expecting the index to climb .2% after remaining flat in july. >>> the number one thing we're watching tomorrow will be august retail sales. economists are expecting sales to climb by .4% following a, .2% gain in july. retail sales have risen for four months in a row. let's go back to that fire once again before we go. seaside park, new jersey. it started in a ice cream stand. it is now a six-alarm fire. again if you think you had it bad, imagine going through hurricane sandy, working your way back to some semblance of normally, then this happens. we wish them the very best. we hope th

trapp says he landed in newfoundland, canada, where he spent the night.uld up from anywhere from africa to norway in the next six days. good luck with that. >>> i didn't realize it until my team actually pointed it out. today is friday the 13th so we have some fun facts for you. there's actually a term for the fear of friday the 13th. look at your screen. fr frigatriskaideka phobia. and 12 months in a year, 12 hours, half a day, 12 zodiac signs, 12 apostles. fidel castro and butch cassidy were both born on friday the 13th. and fdr never had a 13th guest at a meal and he never traveled on the 13th day. isn't that interesting? we'll be right back. ♪ for a strong bag that grips the can... get glad forceflex. small change, big difference. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim'

jonathan trapp made headlines for attempting to cross the atlantic ocean by using what unusual meansf transportation? >> ryan: nathan, on a run, 9-3, six-point difference. laura doubles him, now a four-point question. nathan answer it or double back, five seconds. he doubles it back. doubling the value, eight-point question. laura, five seconds, you're forced to answer it. >> i'm going with c, bike powered helicopter. >> ryan: it's worth eight points. is it c, bike powered helicopter? no, it's not. well played, nathan, 17-3, we're inside 100 seconds. questions now worth 3 points. in roman mythology. >> ryan: nathan in front by 14 points. [ buzzer ] nathan didn't answer in time. laura? >> d. >> ryan: is it d? yes, it's d. 17-6. under a minute to play. at the election this week what country will have a new female prime minister? >> ryan: nathan out in front by 11 points here. 45 seconds in the bout. let seize what they said. is it b, norway? 20-9, b, norway. >> ryan: under 30 seconds, in the bout to play here. laura doubles it, six-pointer, nathan, five seconds. answer or double back.

>> it was supposed to be the flight of a lifetime. 39-year-old pilot jonathan trapp tied 370 helium balloons together on a liferaft when he lifted off from caribou, maine. the plan was to fly for six days across the atlantic but 12 hours later he was safely on the ground in newfoundland due to technical problems. he was the first person to fly across the english channel and swiss alps using his cluster of balloons. a little risky. >> think about it as a kid. as an adult? maybe not. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,, >> bill: we both said a lot, but it doesn't have to affect how we relate moving forward. i'm your father. i'd like a chance to act like it. so, what do you say? can we start over? >> wyatt: yeah. >> brooke: you can't leave. >> katie: you don't get a say. >> brooke: i miss you, katie. i want to get past this. >> katie: i know you do. i know. because that's what you expect. that's what we've taught you. every time you do something despicable, every time you hurt someone you supposedly care about, we forgive you. we say, "it's not your fault." t

jonathan trapp lifted off yesterday from maine. he hoped to cross the atlantic ocean to france. things seemed to be going well for a while until he ran into trouble controlling the more than 300 balloons above him. he was forced to land in newfoundland and did so without injury. so all in all, well done there. >>> when we come back, around here, as we mentioned, they like to say they are stronger than the storm. how about a storm followed by a fire? we'll look at the resilience of a father and son who lost a lot and a lot of it together. >>> we are back here tonight in seaside heights. and by the way, we are right here in front of the fire break that ended up saving much of what is left here. and one more time, you don't have to be from here to have a summertime memory from here. this has been a vacation spot for ages. nothing fancy here and that's what's great about it. it's all pretty basic. from the now destroyed funtown pier to the now destroyed carousel. it was a landmark over 50 years old. we caught up today with its owner bob stewart and his son kevin who were among those

the guy making the flight is a balloonist named johnthan trappe.he is using 300 helium-filled balloons for the voyage that could take three to six days. he is riding in a lifeboat in case he has to cut off the flight over the ocean. he could land in africa to norway. i hope he's also -- wearing a parachute. >> that is whimsical. >> the aviator hat and the whole thing. my goodness. >> it looks so beautiful, doesn't it? >> yep. >> just like the movie. >>> we're pleased to give publicity to a military mom in missouri who is doing her best to bring a bit of home to the troops in afghanistan. her name is trisha monroe, and her son zach deployed two months ago. >> monroe is collecting as many twinkies as she can to send to the troops. her son says that twinkies are like gold in the war zone. >> all right. so monroe says she is looking to ship as many hostess twinkies -- we have some twinkies -- overseas. >> just for her. >> you can drop them off at the united methodist church on carl junction monday and wednesday night. >> and gold on the "world news now

with a video on the phrasing website kickstarter where russell showed off his invention called ad trappnnects between your modem and router and blocks every ad on a website. i have one of the first units right here. it's pretty easy to set up. now let's give it a try. >> hi, welcome to my kitchen. >> reporter: check out the video on the top without the ad trap. you get an ad. on the bottom, with the device connected, straight to the video. and the company says it works on any device. >> there's no software to configure or settings. it's really one of the goals of the project is to make it easy for people. >> reporter: he wanted to raise 150ed now. he wound up with -- $150,000. he wound up with well over $200,000. ad trap costs $139. based on early orders, demand is incredibly high. >> i think the success of this product is really showing you how the general public feels right now about the state of advertising. >> as for potential lawsuits from advertisers or the tech giants who depend on ad revenue, he is ready for that. russell has already retained a prominent silicon valley law firm.

quickly ok mr cat thank you we do have to leave it there is international disarmament consultant ralph trapp live and i thank you you thank. the syrian opposition will meanwhile get more help from western governments as announced by the french foreign minister and his counterparts from the u.s. and the u.k. and a british defense study has found that nearly half of those fighting against the assad regime either jihadists or hard line islamic well here's how the number of opposition fighters breaks down in that defense report one hundred thousand rebel fighters are split into many different factions these include al-qaeda linked groups with about ten thousand jihad is fighting amongst them the hard line islamists in syria are similar but they are focused solely on the syrian war and not on the global islamic struggle and the rule so moderate islamic which means that secular or nationalist fighters are in the minority meanwhile turkey says they shot down a syrian helicopter which entered its airspace the conflict is raging on the ground in syria to his reef and austin is report from a damascus

jonathan trapp lifted off yesterday from maine. he hoped to cross the atlantic ocean to france. to be going well for a while until he ran into trouble controlling the more than 300 balloons above him. he was forced to land in newfoundland and did so without injury. so all in all, well done there. >>> when we come back, around here, as we mentioned, they like to say they are stronger than the storm. how about a storm followed by a fire? we'll look at the resilience of a father and son who lost a lot and a lot of it together. ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us all... into the future. ♪ hearty cheeseburger. creamy thai style chicken with rice. mexican-style chicken tortilla. if you think campbell's 26 new soups sound good, imagine how they taste. m'm! m'm! good! chantix... it's a non-nicotine pill. i didn't want nicotine to give up nicotine. [ male announcer ] along wi

trappe was the first person actually to cross the english channel with this balloon cluster.landed, he posted this to facebook. let me share this with you. quote, hm, this doesn't look like france. see you back here on monday. "the lead" starts now. >>> all the sandbags in the world couldn't stop the devastation happening in colorado right now. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the national lead, families separated, loved ones missing. rushing flood waters cutting off entire towns in colorado. and the rain is unrelenting. >>> the world lead. going into extra innings. the all-important u.s./russia summit over syria isn't ending when we expected it would. is that a good thing or a bad thing? >>> and the sports lead. eli has one more ring, but he's never beaten peyton on the field. he gets another shot at i

tweeting jonathan trapp attempted to cross the atlantic ocean.p after losing control of the balloons and posting on facebook "this doesn't look like france" and tmz reporting nicole kidman creamed by photographer on bicycle. the shutter bug slamming into the oscar winner outside of a manhattan hotel. police citing the photographer for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk. kidman saying she's shaken up, but it's okay. and this flight is not for the superstitious, would you board flight 66 to hel on friday the 13th? the daily flight falls on friday the 13th twice this year. the pilot saying he's not bother bid the unlucky date and flilt number and neither are passengers. the full flight landed safely. and is it a bird? plane? not quite. nasa tweeting this rocket launch photo with a caption a still camera on a sound trigger captured this photo of an airborne frog as lighting space craft lifts off that. is a frog photo bombing nasa. that is a small step for man, one giant leap for frog kind. okay that was my line z coming up, everyone will be talking a

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jonathan trapp was just 12 hours into his trip when he landed in newfoundland, canada.t two years preparing for this flight. five people have died in similar attempts. so glad to say he's okay. >>> well, if there's something called quickie diplomacy, if it exists, this is it. after only three days of talks in geneva, secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart agreed today on a deal that would get rid of syria's chemical weapons arsenal. remember, this was not on anybody's radar this time last weekend. the plan gives syria just one week to turn over a complete inventory of its chemical weapons, then experts would begin destroying the chemical weapons. they hope they can get this done by mid-2014. if syria fails to comply, the deal leaves open the possibility the u.n. security council could consider a use of force resolution. so let's look at the political implications of this deal for president obama, russian president vladimir putin. amy holmes is anchor for the blaze.com, joins us from new york. in washington, maria cardona. good to have you both with us

trappe was the first person actually to cross the english channel with this balloon cluster. five people have died trying to cross the atlantic with balloons. when he landed, he posted this to facebook. let me share this with you. quote, hm, this doesn't look like france. see you back here on monday. "the lead" starts now. >>> all the sandbags in the world couldn't stop the devastation happening in colorado right now. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the national lead, families separated, loved ones missing. rushing flood waters cutting off entire towns in colorado. and the rain is unrelenting. >>> the world lead. going into extra innings. the all-important u.s./russia summit over syria isn't ending when we expected it would. is that a good thing or a bad thing? >>> and the sports lead. eli has one more ring, but he's never beaten peyton on the field. he gets another shot at it this weekend when the manning brothers go head-to-head, but first, he talks to us. may the best man win endorsements. good afternoon. i'm jake tapper. welcome to "the lead." we begin with the natio

american aviator jonathan trappe failed to go across the at atlantic lifted by 370 helium-filled balloons off from maine and made it to newfoundland, canada. the balloon craft was never able to have stable altitude and had yo-yo effect and caused him to lose altitude sporadically and made him ill. we have to settle for the balloon trips across the english channel and the apalps. better luck next time. >>> twitter's long-awaited ipo following. and how it used the jobs act to keep the numbers confidential. the brian corn and scott kessler weigh in. we'll take you through the next hour of markets now. stick around. @?? ashley: welcome back, everybody, i'm ashley webster. tracy: i'm tracy byrnes. a little bird flying high. twitter sparking buzz on wall street with its ipo announcement but with the details under wraps, do investors need to worry about the company's growth. so ahead we'll take a closer look at the ipo timeline with attorney brian corn and analyst scott es kessler. ashley: the d.c. drama continues. forget syria. between the fed and congress, the white house certainly has its ha

jonathan trappe wanted to cross the ocean in a lifeboat that was suspended by 370 helium balloons.ixar movie " up ". he took off from main and yesterday morning. >> tattoos are not something that you usually see at the miss america pageant. miss kansas will be the first contestant to show her tattoos dorn the competitions this week. pension officials said that miss kansas to piece of speed are expected to be on display during sunday's national televised pageant. >> she says that her goal is to empower women to overcome stereotypes. the 2014 miss america will be crowned sunday night. >> before we go, kron 4 has learned there was a lot down a livermore high school. the superintendent's office says that there was a report of a possible gun on campus. >> the lockdown was listed at 9:60 a.m.. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great deals the easy way. you do enough flying around. that's why we give you real big club card deals. this week, a super low price on breakfast. honey bunches of oats is only $1.88 a box. arrowhead water is just $3.33

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a north carolina man named jonathan trapp is drawing inspiration from the disney pixar film. like the movie, using 300 helium-filled balloons. he lifted off from main thursday morning. he posted on facebook that he landed in a remote area on his way to newfoundland in canada. that's amazing and gutsy, i have to say. >> i would say so. >> not how i would choose to do the transatlantic thing. >> what is he in? >> it looks like a chair with balloons powering it. >> a boat. >> it looks like a house. >> a beat. >> a little boat. >> that is amazing. >> how would you choose it? >> i like a 747 and aisle seat. >> he likes orange juice right before takeoff. >> emergency row, i would assume. >> i need leg room. >>> coming up next on "new day," the family of a university of michigan medical student gunned down in july. the family still has no idea why that happened to their son. now paul dewolf's parents are asking for the public's help. they're talking live, exclusively to "new day." that's just ahead. >>> plus, the first lady michelle obama says it's something simple we all can do to

his name is jonathan trappe. he was 12 hours into the trip when he landed in newfoundland.have died in similar attempts. >>> let's take you back to colorado. it's such an exhausting week for them. the state has obviously seen natural disasters before. that's nothing new. >> but flooding on a scale like this with even the national weather service calling the rain biblical. that's something on a totally different level. >> we know that four people have died in this. there are a lost of people grateful to be here and be able to clean up. >> this is just mind-boggling. >> we have less than half an hour to try to get all the belongings together. our accessibility to getting out of our homes as the roads have collapsed. >> at first, you think maybe it's a distant thunder. then you realize that this rumbling and banging actually very large rocks. >> i thought there was a tornado. lightning was going crazy. it was like a movie. >> this is unbelievable. i've never seen that much hail in one place. >> it was the most terrifying moment of my life. when it first started taking on water

jonathan trapp listed off from maine attached to more than 300 helium balloons.ow. let's go back over to willie an al. >> wow, that's it. >> tweet deal. >> still laughing about that. >> the pun police. >> heard you snickering. >> the pun police. >> coming up, home repairs every man and woman should know how to do. >> and good luck foods on friday the 13th after your local tweets and weather. congested. beat down. crushed. as if the weight of the world is resting on your face. but sudafed gives you maximum strength sinus pressure and pain relief. so you feel free. liberated. released. decongested. open for business. [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] powerful sinus relief from the #1 pharmacist recommended brand. sudafed. open up. from the #1 pharmacist recommended brand. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ we, we chocolate cross over ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over ♪ [ male announcer ] fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate no. that's nasty. not anymore. [ male announcer ] scrubbing bubbles toilet cleaning gel prevents limesca