rob, vinita?illegal immigrants in fremont, nebraska, will not go into effect tomorrow as planned. the fremont city council voted unanimously to suspend the law. council members want to save money in legal costs because of several court challenges still pending. last month voters approved the law which bans hiring illegal immigrants anprop >>> arizona's even fiercer crackdown on illegal immigrants is se a federal judge could decide today if legal chales s stop it. as bill weice o ready. >> reporter: there is a fear-driven exodus going on in arizona. more vacant apartments, more empty shops, more kids disappearing from schoo >> this is my home. i don't want to be separated from my family. >> reporter: it's happening as police departments ready their jails and themselves for a surge in arrests. this video is now mandatory viewing, giving guidance on the new fine line between enforcement and profiling. >> diplomacy may be the greatest asset in these days to come. >> meanwhile, latino activists are enc

rob, vinita?al battle with the child's stepmother. kyron horman's father wants his soon to be ex-wife to help pay his legal fees. he claims he is entitled to half of any money she may have. the father believes the stepmother is involved in kyron's disappearance last month though police have not declared her a suspect. >>> we've learned this morning that oregon police have questioned former vice president al gore about allegations that he sexually abused a massage therapist. a law enforcement source confirms to portland's abc affiliate that detectives interviewed gore in san francisco on thursday. after dropping the case earlier this year, police recently reopened their investigation. gore, meanwhile, has denied the accusations. >>> closing arguments in the rod blagojevich corruption trial could continue today unless the judge sends one of the defense lawyers to jail. an attorney for the former illinois governor argued with the judge over what he can and cannot say in his closing argument. the judg

>> reporter: it's kind of a funny story, vinita. actually, what he did was brought in cds, with labels like lady gaga. he would pop them in. erase the music on the cds. and copy the information. all the while, lip-syncing to lady gaga or whatever it was he had in there. it was a simple ruse. and it seemed to have worked. >> well, all right, john. thank you very much. >>> the u.s. navy man killed by the taliban has been identified by family members as justin mcneeley. his father was a fire official in southern california. and he sent an e-mail to his colleagues confirming the death of his 30-year-old son. nato confirmed this morning that one of the two missing sailors was dead and his body has been recovered. a search for the other sailor continues. >>> we have learned this morning that portland, oregon, police have questioned former vice president al gore about allegations he sexually abused a massage therapist. a law enforcement source confirms to our portland affiliate, detectives interviewed gore in san francisco last thursday, a

rob and vinita?the gulf waters the government had and shrimp sea ope mobile bay afto-on many of the shrimpers spent yesterday getting their boats ready for a in that area. >>> south florida is already feeling the effects of tropical storm bonnie with high winds and heavy rain. >> amy aaronson of th he f th.com joins us now >> good morning, rob and vinita. it is official. bonnie has been born as a tropical storm. now moving west-northwest ward at 10 to 15 miles per hour with sustained wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. now already bonnie has unleashed its heavy rains across the bahamas a for the sne it won't make ll unton already throughout the day we'r like miami, napl key west. that means tropical downpours for the southern third of the sunshine state. locally 2 to 4 inches of rain up to 6 inches of rain in some lns. not only are we talking heavy rain here, we're also taling tropical storm force winds. that means wind g as we continue to track bonnie as we head into the weekend it is expected to in

rob and vinita? >> john, thanks. >>> actress lindsay lohan is set to begin a 90-day sentence today, for violating her dui probation. she will serve her time in a women's detention facility near downtown los angeles. most likely in isolation for her own safety. because of overcrowding, lohan is expected to be out in three weeks. after that, lohan has been ordered to spend 90 days in rehab. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the country. stormy from nebraska, all the way to the northeast. gusty winds, hail and flash flooding in omaha, st. louis, indianapolis, and d.c. thunderstorms from houston to miami. and showers along the canadian border, in north dakota, minnesota and michigan. >> 80s in detroit, chicago and the twin cities. 90s from dallas and miami and much of the east coast. upper 70s in seattle and billings. another scorcher in the southwest with 112 in phoenix and 99 in albuquerque. >>> and when we come back, you think it's too soon to already . well, some stores are already

good morning, vinita and rob. for a short time, it seemed like shirley sherrod's words had come back to haunt her. but instead, it's deemed the administration's making the apologies now. in 24 hours, shirley sherrod went from a forced usda resignation to a forced apology. >> i ask for shirley's forgiveness. and she was gracious enough to extend it to me. >> ms. sherrod is owed an apology. i would do so on behalf of this administration. >> reporter: the about-face was about as quickly as the media firestorm that caused it. as conservative blogs and cable tv ran a video about usda agent shirley sherrod was talking about a farmer who needed her help. >> to help a white person. so, i didn't give him the full force of what i could do. >> reporter: based on the speech clip, vilsack's office asked for sherrod to resign. the secretary says, without pressure from the white house. but it turns out sherrod's speech continued with how she helped the farmer and still has his support today, more than 20 years later. >> i've com

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. >> reporter: good morning, vinita. thousands of undocumented workers, today, are awaiting the ruling of a federal judge. and some of them have their bags packed. it's a modern day exodus. >> this is my home. and i don't want to be separated from my family. >> reporter: an exodus of fear. a federal judge will decide today whether to block the nation's toughest immigration law. it goes into effect tomorrow. >> i got my family. >> reporter: the law requires police in arizona to question anyone they have a reasonable suspicion may be illegal. many undocumented workers, like francisco, are not waiting for the ruling. >> my kids born here. and now, i have come back to mexico. >> reporter: apartment building owner rollie rankin is feeling it. >> it's cost 10% of our business. and potentially, it could have cost us our whole business. >> reporter: critics say, that's the point of the new law to make arizona so hostile to immigrants that they go somewhere, anywhere else. san diego is already seeing an influx of displaced arizon

. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita.st month the army investigation found at least 211 cases of improperly handled remains. now we know the problem was much more widespread than that. a place of honor and dignity for america's military heroes has become a source of shame since an army investigation discovered remains at arlington national cemetery were mishandled, misidentified, left in unmarked graves, or buried improperly. >> we owe our veterans better. >> reporter: at least 4,900 to 6,600 graves may have been affected. the cemetery's former superintendent was called to testify on capitol hill. john metzler, who ran the burial ground for 19 years, accepted full responsibility, while at the same time pointing the finger at his staff and lack of resources. >> it pains me that our team at arlington did not perform all aspects of its mission to the highest standard required. >> reporter: metzler's testimony only angered lawmakers further. >> the notion you would come in here and act like you didn't know about it until a mo

rob and vinita?e spotlight. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is expected to testify at his corruption trial. that could happen as early as today. it's much more likely later this week. blagojevich is accused of trying to trade or sell president obama's former u.s. senate seat. the ousted governor's brother and former fund-raiser will be back on the stand today. attorneys also plan to call white house chief of staff rahm emanuel. >>> millions of americans still searching for work could receive an extension of their unemployment benefits if a bill passes the senate later today. the bill has been bogged down over republican concerns about how to pay for the additional benefits. they want to do it without adding to the national debt. president obama has accused the gop of playing politics. >> over the past few weeks, a majority of senators have tried, not once, not twice, but three times, to extend emergency relief on a temporary basis. each time, a partisan minority in the senate has used parlia

vinita, rob? >>> an investigation into the firing of u.s.en the bush administration dismissed nine of the attorneys. democrats had charged the firings were politically motivated. now prosecutors who looked into the case have found no criminal wrongdoing. >>> president obama has signed into law the sweeping overhaul of the nation's financial industry. now mr. obama must decide who will head the powerful new bureau of consumer protection. elizabeth warren, who is a harvard law professor, is considered a leading candidate for that job. >>> the house is expected to follow the senate and approve a bill today restoring aid for millions who have been out of work for a while. prhe will quickly sign that legislation. >>> a storm gathering 1,000 miles from the gulf oil leak has already stopped work on those relief wells. today the system will bring high winds and heavy showers to the bahamas and florida. but it could drive oil and disperse it onto the shore if it pushes into the gulf. the fleet of cleanup ships could start moving out today ahead of th

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, vinita. this morning, bp is downplaying the speculation that tony hayward will be leaving the company, saying, quote, the final decision has been made on the matters. "financial times" says bp to seal hayward's fate. tony hayward has been the face of this oil spill. fronting the efforts in the cleanup operation, he quickly became public enemy number one for saying this. >> no one wants this thing over more than i do. i want my life back. >> reporter: and then seen on this yacht just weeks after the disaster. for residents in the gulf, the news of hayward's departure couldn't come any sooner. >> well, youknow, hknow, he's g so many people upset with his comment. he's apologized for it. but people still have feelings about the whole situation. >> i don't think he was the right man for the job. i wish him well. we need to get this oil cleaned up, we need to get our life back. >> reporter: this is the man picked to take over for hayward, bob dudley from mississippi who has taken charge of the cle

>> rob and vinita, good morning. we're getting more tracking on that storm right now. looks like bonnie should be southeast of miami in just a matter of hours. then, she's going to move straight towards louisiana. as this storm moves forward, it means one big step back for the oil containment process. after a week of progress containing the oil spill, the well cap is holding. but the weather is not. tropical storm bonnie is headed straight towards the oil spill site. >> mother nature takes its course. you can't do nothing about it. take safety measures. and hope that everything works out already. and it's not a bad storm. >> reporter: most of the spill's rigs and vessels, including relief well drilling, have stopped. and they're moving out, significantly setting back efforts to kill the well. >> as the storm comes in the time we're away, which could be from a few days to two weeks. >> reporter: the ships that monitor if well cap will be the last to leave. >> we are prepared to leave the well at this particular event. >> reporter: bonnie could hit the spill area tomorro

good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita.slature passed the nation's toughest anti-immigration law three months ago saying the federal government had not done enough on the issue. arizona police were getting ready to enforce the controversial immigration law. demonstrators were set to protest against a law they call racial profiling. but instead, the demonstrators are celebrating. >> change the powers to be to make sure we're no longer targeted as a community. >> reporter: most of the state's immigration law will still take effect. but a federal judge has blocked the most controversial provisions of sb-1070, including the requirement police check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws, and making it a crime to look for work if you're here illegally. >> by no means is the battle over. the next step will be review in the united states court of appeals, then ultimately likely on to the supreme court. >> reporter: the ruling comes from judge susan bolton, a clinton appointee. she writes that, there is a substant

good morning, diana. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning. word of hayward's possible departure has been the talk of the town in buras. all the local residents we spoke to had plenty to say about it. as the oil spill nears its 100th day, big changes may be in the works at bp. the company's board will meet monday. on the agenda, the rumored departure of ceo tony hayward. in the face of bp's disaster response, hayward's comments to congress did not go over well. >> there's no one who wants this thing over more than i do. i'd like my life back. >> reporter: in louisiana's plaquemines parish, word of his possible ouster traveled quickly. >> well, he's gotten so many people upset with his comments. people -- i think he's apologized for it but a lot of people still have bad feelings about him. the whole situation. >> reporter: a fly-over of the spill zone revealed proof of progress. less oil. >> we're now on the ninth day where no new oil has been released at the well site. >> reporter: federal officials are optimistic that if conditions stay the s

someone wrote on facebook, why is vinita in the back? she should be in front.explain to folks quickly why that's the better seat. >> hide the legs, having to turn back and forth, i don't like showing my legs every morning because people like to comment on those. as i've gotten married they're probably not as nice anymore. >> it's all good. >> i feel like we should really rename this segment. we always start it instead of papers we start it with one idiotic video of the morning. this is kind of your idiotic video of the morning. a porcupine who thinks he's a puppy. >> don't they have that stuff on them that hurts to touch them? or am i thinking of a different animal? >> no, you're thinking of the right animal. i have to say i think that the handler there is perhaps the reason the porcupine thinks it's a puppy. it's a 5-year-old male, it was a pet in a home, now lives at the alaska wildlife conservation center. so that's what it does. >> there's your aww of the day. last week, we had a cat hugging its owner. that was the aww video of that week. >> it's going to b

vinita nair is off this morning. >> i'm rob nelson. >>> to the news now.e is some reason for some optimism. >> bp is keeping a sharp eye on its new well cap which has temporarily stopped the oil. it could be the beginning of the end of the crisis. >> john hendren is in buras, louisiana, with more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and meg. it could be just temporary, but it's the best news we've had on the oil spill in 13 weeks. oil that had been gushing out of the gulf of mexico suddenly stopped. at the bottom of the gulf, a landmark change. these pictures seem to confirm bp says no new oil is leaking into the gulf of mexico. those on again, off again pressure tests are back on. bp had barely begun the process of testing the pressure inside the cap on the leaking well when the first snag happened. announced, leak detected in choke line, was isolated and will be replaced before starting test. >> we are ready now to restart the procedure. >> reporter: bp is now checking the pressure every 12 seconds with progress reports every six hours. if

for "good morning america," vinita nair, abc news. >> kind of saw this coming, as vinita said, because popular, but the ratings have been going down. and with simon gone, you have to do something. >> true. they have to figure out what that is. >> yeah, we'll see. >> we'll you will be watching. >>> let's switch gears to the deadly bear rampage near yellowstone park. very interestingly, they used csi tricks, and hunters actually captured the grizzlies that are believed to be responsible for the attack. the question is, what happens to that momma bear now and her three cubs? ryan owens is in cooke city, montana. he has the latest. ryan? >> chris, good morning to you. authorities here are really going all out. they want to be absolutely certain they have the right bear that they have captured here, to be sure they are using dna testing, and if there is a match, the bear will be put to death and it may not be the only one. inside one of these traps sits the nearly 400-pound female grizzly that wildlife officers believe mauled three campers, one fatally. she got caught by returning to the sc

. >> and i'm meg oliver, in for vinita nair. we start this morning with something we haven't shown you in months. >> this is the feed from the bottom of the gulf of mexico. >> the new cap is being closely monitored. and no one is declaring victory yet. emily schmidt joins us from washington with the latest. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and meg, good morning. this is the best news of the ongoing oil spill story. but all of the key players are warning, there's no guarantee yet that this cap is going to be topped for good. this morning, there is no oil gushing into the gulf of mexico. and this picture of nothing means everything for now. >> the oil stopped. like they said, if we can get it to where we can go back to our way of life, that will be the most awesome thing. >> reporter: it is a temporary stop. but the biggest success in containing the oil spill in 88 days. yesterday, bp shut down three valves, one after the other. then, at 2:15 p.m., the company tweeted the well integrity test was starting. 70 minutes later, bp

good morning, vinita. lawmakers in as many as 18 other states want to push tough, new immigration laws modeled on arizona's. after a judge's ruling yesterday, they may have to look for a new model. for critics of the nation's toughest immigration law, it was cause for celebration. >> we are all happy. and proud. >> reporter: for the law's supporters, news that the most controversial parts of the law will not go into effect today was just a bump in the road. >> we knew regardless of what happened today, of course, one or the other si side or the other side was going to appeal. so, this begins the process. >> reporter: a federal court wednesday, threw out the parts of the law, making it a state crime to live and work in arizona without papers. and those parts requiring arizona cops to stop and check the status of anyone reasonably suspicious of being here illegally. >> by no means is the battle over. the next step will be review in the united states court of appeals. and then all likely on to the supreme cou