we talk to valerie and her partner, tristan macmanus.e couple leaving right now is -- valerie and tristan. >> reporter: valerie harper left with an attitude of gratitude. >> it has been absolutely wonderful. completely unique, like nothing else in the world. >> reporter: when did you start to feel that maybe your time on "dancing with the stars" was coming to an end? >> oh, the first dance. ♪ i only know when i'm in your embrace ♪ >> i was so happy i didn't fall opening night and break something, you know? ♪ >> reporter: last night, the top score of 27 was a three-way tie. corbin bleu's paso doble. elizabeth berkley lauren's argentine tango. and amber riley's tango. her partner derek tried to jokingly score high with a bribe to his sister. >> ten bucks? ♪ or you're sinking like a stone, carry on ♪ >> how do you keep carrying on? >> you just carry on. i am not in pain. ♪ >> when we first started working together, my darling tristan said, do you have a headache? are you in pain? is it memory problems? well, yes. but -- >> over time. >> no

and tristan says, using paid advertisers. activitier is going to ipo. people like tech companies. tech companies are doing particularly well right now any way and all sorts of people who have nothing to do in the world of investment will rush out and get a piece of this ipo. i can't tell them if that's a good or bad thing to do, maybe you can, but maybe we can explain how this company makes money. >> when you're looking at it, if you're not paying for the product then you are the product. in that particular case, it's your eyeballs. if you're using twitter today, you're the product. and it's th the eyeballs and looking at ads. we hear from numbers from twitter of how many people are there. does the level of engagement of eyeballs make a difference to the company? >> the number of eyeballs makes a difference to the companies. they want large numbers. they're going to broadcast, they're not going to a small tv channel or anything like that. the same way on the internet they're going to large numbers. if you throw 100 million in your face it's better than 100,000 people in your face.

valerie harper, and her partner, tristan macmanus voted off. lovely there. >> the appropriate song, "carry on." she is inspiring us all to do that, too. >>> the latest on the seattle husband on trial for murdering his wife, seven years after she was killed. she flunked a polygraph test right after her death. and emotions, as you can imagine, are running high in court. abc's neal karlinsky has the latest on this dramatic case. >> the cause of death was asphyxia, due to strangulation. >> reporter: for a dozen of friends and family of nicole pietz in court, monday was difficult. she wasn't just strangled by a stranger on the street. but by someone lying on top of her, as they believe her husband, david, was. >> that scenario could be consistent with the pattern of bruising we're seeing. >> reporter: david pietz had been telling co-workers he thought something happened to nicole, while she was on the prowl for drugs. >> she was supposed to be going to an aa meeting. and she didn't return home. so, he believes that it was basically a drug deal gone

dance pro tristan mcmanus putting down his dancing shoes. taking up the mic for us. >> if your feet don't work use your mouth. >> what's leaving everyone speechless backstage. christina's shocking elimination. >> i'm going to miss this. >> just after landing the first ten of the season. >> i'm out ta here. the most memorable year, jack in tears for calling his m.s. diagnosis just two and a half weeks after his daughter's birth. >> i'm going to be in a wheelchair. >> what's it like crying on tv? >> a little weird. you've been in the interview chair. they don't let you out until they get what they want about it's a little like being in therapy. you end balling. he remembered his dad dying of cancer. >> i sat by his side in the hospital for two weeks. >> what do you think if your father was looking down? >> can't say more. >> snooki looking to the future, revealing her dream. >> since i had a sex dream about you, would you make that happen if you were not married and i wasn't engaged? >> i have too much respect for your family. >> that's such a

. >> reporter: caleb and tristan sit up front. they noticed the driver. >> he didn't slow down to open the door for someone. and that's when he went into the middle of the road. and a few people started noticing what was wrong. >> as we reached the intersection, he was going really, really fast. >> in fact, the driver, mr. rick, was having a medical emergency. >> i'm trying to get up there as fast as i can. everyone is yelling, mr. rick, mr. rick, trying to find out what's wrong. >> reporter: he tries to push the brake with his hand. and tristan. >> high tried to grab the brake and he was resisting me. and i also grabbed the steering wheel, which he also fought me on. >> no one was hurt. >> it was almost like a dream. i was kind of dazed. waiting to wake up. it was weird. >> it all hits you, what happened. >> i think they are incredibly courageous. >> what this is a sheriff's salute citizens award. >> today, school gave each of them a citation. >> was a quick action. and the leadership of the seniors on the bus was really impressi

. >> valerie and -- tristan. prince harry took on the challenge of "dancing with the stars." she danced for four weeks, loving her latest adventure. >> this was great to be here. this is big time. this is a lovely, wonderful, joyous celebration. i feel the love. i feel tremendous love since i announced the condition. and when was that? march? i'm still here. so what am i complaining about. >> she has reinforced perspective. that's something usually lost. >> he saw the level of the dancing. if we're judging dancing, we have to. it can't be popularity oh, i loved her as rhoda or the poor thing has cancer. you don't want that, do you? i don't. >> it has become a very competitive season. three teams tied for first place. elizabeth burke and amber danced with an ininjured knee. >> i wish i had the picture to show you the syringe in my knee. jack osbourne, leah remini and sasha farber with brant daugherty getting triple seventh -- sevens. >> in los angeles, george pennachio for abc news. >> coming up at 6:00, some of the youngest football players wear pink to raise breast cancer aw

plus, from "the wire" and "90210," tristan "mack" wilds performs for us.e inside scoop about all the latest in "hot topics." and now, here's wendy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

. >> valley and tristan. >> she is 74 and has a bum knee and battling terminal cans are but valley harper took on the challenge of dancing with the stars. she will now cheer on her cast mates and what's turning out to be a competitive season. 9 stars remaybe in the competition and next week they will dance for a number signifying the best their lives and you can watch that on abc2 starting on monday night. >>> it seems like scarlett johansson did it again she nabbed he is skier mack steen sexiest woman alive title. this happened again. 2013 this year. you may remember that the star was also awarded that honor back in 2006. fellows what do you think? all right. sojo hanson is feature in the magazine's november issue slated to hit stands next month. the latest honor is is weeks -- is weeks after she was announced she was engaged. >>> a live look outside that looks gorgeous. if that doesn't make you smile on this tuesday i don't know what will. >> it's a nice start to the morning but it's a chilly start. we will break down the temperatures and i will tell you if aid warmup or if -- if it's a

and tristan mac wild performed his song. [ applause ] >> wendy: then the rapper mills performed. the kids went crazy. yeah. all in all, it was a great night. it was from 5:00 to 10:00 here in the city. and i feel exhausted. 'm just glad it's over. thank you to everybody who attended. thank you. [ applause ] >> wendy: so okay, robin thicke had a sit down with oprah last night. did anybody watch? no. no one watched. [ laughter ] >> wendy: but i'm here to break it down. so robin implied that miley cyrus is blaming -- robin implied that miley cyrus is to blame for the raunchy performance at the vmas. kind of like when justin timberlake acted like he didn't know what was about to happen when janet jackson's boob popped out. i always think that justin probably knew, janet knew, and they were going to be "edgy" with that. but he hung her out to dry. anyway, robin is trying his best to distance himself from the controversy. and here's what mr. thicke has to say -- >> you didn't think of it as sexual? >> well, i was on stage. i didn't see it. to me, i'm walking toward miley. i'm not think

and tristan mac wild performed his song. [ applause ] >> wendy: then the rapper mills performed.ah. all in all, it was a great night. it was from 5:00 to 10:00 here in the city. and i feel exhausted. i'm just glad it's over. thank you to everybody who attended. thank you. [ applause ] >> wendy: so okay, robin thicke had a sit down with oprah last night. did anybody watch? no. no one watched. [ laughter ] >> wendy: but i'm here to break it down. so robin implied that miley cyrus is blaming -- robin implied that miley cyrus is to blame for the raunchy performance at the vmas. kind of like when justin timberlake acted like he didn't know what was about to happen when janet jackson's boob popped out. i always think that justin probably knew, janet knew, and they were goingo

plus, from "the wire" and "90210," tristan "mack" wilds performs for us. about all the latest in "hot topics." and now, here's wendy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> yeah! ♪ >> whoo! [ cheers and applause ]

tristan asks a lot about where his daddy is and it's hard explaining to a 4-year-old just about every. you know, i'm doing all right. >> tell me what happened when you tried to apply for your husband's benefits. >> i had an appointment set up to start all the paperwork, and the day before is when the government shut down. >> and so literally the offices weren't even open? >> literally, yeah. everything shut down. i can't even get on to any sites to download the paperwork because the sites are shut down. >> so what goes through your mind at that point? you're still grieving this loss. you have two young children, including, obviously, a baby. what is your financial situation and what went through your mind when you realized that this money was not going to be coming in potentially any time soon? >> it's scary not knowing how i'm going to provide for my kids. thankfully i've had a lot of support and donations from everybody with the fund-raisers and stuff so that's what i'm living off of right now. >> i know your family was trying to raise money to help you move back to maine where you

tristan cheadle, serving time for meth possession. and anthony mandonka for a concealed weapon. in the wee hours of sunday morning, the four gathered in a bathroom and unscrewed a metal place above the shower. they hoisted themselves up to a crawl space, snaked along the pipe system and knocked holes in the concrete, dropped to the ground floor and walked right out of the side door. an elaborate escape that didn't last long for two of the inmates. this morning, the sheriff says they're locked in individual cells and if they want a shower, they'll be chained to the bathroom floor. for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, oklahoma. >> ryan, thank you for that. >>> meanwhile, a florida gas station clerk can thank his cell phone for saving his life. a smartphone -- you see it here -- stopped a bullet to the abdomen, fired by a would-be robber, after they couldn't get the store safe to open during a robbery. the gunman did take off. and without a penny to boot. >>> and finally, at the world series. my goodness. how many phenomenal games are we going to get. timely hitting by

reporter: the four escaped convicts are dillon ray, three irons, tuwynn brown, thomas wesley johnson and tristan sws cheatle. they had been convicted of burglary and other charges but together they devised a plan. pretty crafty? >> they are. >> very early sunday morning the four men were in a shower area of their cell. they climbed up through a trap door above the shower head into a small area that houses the plumbing pipes. from there they were able to work their way about 30 feet through the plumbing crawl space, break through a concrete wall into a utility room that led out of the jail. >> this opening is 12 inches 15 inches? >> pretty close. i haven't been up there. they say it's tight. >> the breakout follows the high profile case a week and a half ago of two convicted killers serving life sentences in a florida prison who simply walked out using fake documents. they were captured by federal marshalls a short time later, but the incident has authorities reviewing the protocols for florida's prison system. and now in oklahoma they'll be doing the same thing. but in the meantime, people in ca