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good morning, america. this morning -- a "gma" exclusive. could the man in this surveillance tape have something to do with baby lisa's disappearance? the new clues that may support lisa's parents' claims their daughter was abducted. and overnight, we get an exclusive tour inside the family's home. a polar great white, the hunt is on this morning for the shark that killed an american man off the coast of australia. is this the same rogue shark responsible for three fatal attacks in the past month? plus, i take you inside a shark tank, getting up close with some of the most feared beasts on
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earth. flash robs. you heard that right. these are flash mobs with criminal intentions. they're happening across the country and retailers are worried as the holiday shopping season approaches. so, now, they're fighting back, we'll tell you how. and who's funnier? whoopi or will, carol or chris, rosie or ricky, we know who thinks they're funnier, one researcher put men and women to answer the question once and for all. we'll have the very serious answer. you know folks at home, you may think of dan as a serious reporter. what you may not know is that e he's very funny. >> thank you very much.
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>> you're funny. >> thank you very much. that's kind of a half-compliment. also coming up this morning -- chelsea clinton, we have been watching her ever since she was a child, but as an adult, she's done her best to stay out of the spotlight, until now. coming up, a very rare interview with the former first daughter, what is this new project that she's so passionate about. >> looking forward to hearing from her. and it seems we americans do have something in common with the queen of england, yes, our electric bills are just as high, and apparently she's not happy because she's getting these drafty castles and palaces to heat and light up. it's difficult when you're the queen. now, she's doing something herself to trim that royalty bill. >> that's coming up. but we'll start this morning with all of those questions swirling around this surveillance video. is the man in this shot connected in some way to the disappearance of baby lisa irwin? abc news has learned police are investigating one possible
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scenario that seems to support the parents' claims that she was abducted. >> gma has obtained some exclusive video that could shed light and lead police finally to a suspect. it is this surveillance video obtained by gma that is giving the family a new hope. look at the top left corner, a person dressed in white, leaving a wooded area, the night of baby lisa's disappearance. you cannot tell if they're carrying anything. here's why it's so important. the family claims that baby lisa was abdoubted. they put to key witnesses who saw a suspicious man that night carrying a man. one spotted a man just after midnight. another saw the baby here at 4:00. the location of the surveillance video here, at 2:15 a.m.
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"gma" has learned that they're investigating a fire that took place at the same time. that dumpster fire could explain not only burned clothes were shown to lisa's parents during interrogation, but also why authorities searched a landfill as part of the investigation. the man who reported the fire told "gma," flames were shooting several feet in the air. and he believes some kind of accelerant was used. overnight the family's new lawyer cindy short, gave "gma" an exclusive tour of the home where baby lisa went missing. it was the first time that she saw the home and what she found surprised her. we learned find that kadaver dogs had a positive hit at the foot of their bed. but last night the rug was still there. >> i thought the dog alerted on one side of the bed. but as you noticed as you walk around, the carpet was not cut out or preserve, whatever it was, that the dog
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allegedly hit on. i personally find that surprising. >> reporter: this house has been searched multiple times by police. they came with a search warrant this week. short pointed out that very little has disturbed. >> the search itself lasted 17 hours, that's a very long time. would suggest a very thorough search. but now having been in the house and seeing how many items they took out of the house it's frankly surprising. >> throughout the tour, the lawyer cindy short repeatedly questioned the thoroughness the police work inside the house. she found very little fingerprints. some new developments this morning. but still lots of unanswered questions as well. >> it's still a baffling case, rob, thank you for your reporting. let's go straight now to brad garrett, abc news consultant. hi he joins us from washington. brad, good morning. >> good morning, dan.
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>> as i understand it, you're skeptical of the time line that was laid out in rob's piece, why? >> well, for two reasons. one, you don't really know if this time line is connected to baby lisa. because you don't have any positive identification. that's one thing. the second is, is that, as you look at the time line from let's say from midnight to 4:00 in the morning, are you going to logically abduct a child in the midnight area, then two to four hours later, you're started in the proximity of the neighborhood. that just doesn't really make any sense, it could be true, of course, but the logic of abducting a child is so that you can take the child to some other location. until those dots are connected, in other words, can you connect the 12:00 sighting, the dumpster fire and the 4:00 sighting, you don't have anything until those three connect.
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>> let me you ask about the fire in dumpster, is there anything there that strikes you as potentially usable, interesting or in any way a good lead? >> it's only a good lead if you can connect baby lisa or someone else that dumpster. in other words, let's say, for the sake of argument, they took some burnt clothing out of that dumpster, does it match anything from the house, or forensically match dna to lisa. beyond that, you really don't. >> let me quickly ask you about what the lawyer is saying, is that the cadaver dog got the scent of human. remains in the bedroom. and the carpet seems undistur d undisturbed. >> assuming we have good information, in other words, maybe they got a hint in the bedroom on a sheet or something around the bed and they have removed that. i'm not sure if it makes any
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sense to me if you got an actual hit, you wouldn't take it to the lab where you can examine it thoroughly and potentially compare the dna. >> thank you. a truly baffling case. bianna, over to you. we're going to turn to politics now. a firestorm that's erupting over president obama's announcement that all u.s. troops will be out of iraq by tend of to year. they came out swinging against the proposal this weekend. abc's david kerley has the story from the white house. good morning, david. >> reporter: if you want to beat someone in an election, you can't really agree with them. the republican candidates have been highly critical of the president's decision to bring the troops out of iraq. with toughest comments coming last night. it took just a couple of hours after president obama announced the remaining 39,000 u.s. troops would leave iraq by the end of the year, for his republican opponents, to go on the attack,
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rick perry. before going bird hunting. >> you don't tell the enemy what your timetable is going to be, this administration has telegraphed its intentions all too often. and that's unacceptable. >> reporter: none of the candidates noted that the president was abiding by an agreement signed by president bush. >> they either failed to do it or they decided it wasn't that important. politically or otherwise. >> give credit to the president for anything. they're going to take advantage of every opportunity to create space between themselves and president obama. even if that's more perception than in reality. >> reporter: some of the toughest words came last night at an iowa conservative faith forum from newt gingrich. >> after eight years, thousands of lives, hundreds of billions of dollars, we'll leave in
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defeat, don't kid yourself, it is defeat. iran is stronger. >> reporter: of course many of these same candidates are calling for a quick withdrawal in the other war, afghanistan. >> the obama campaign -- >> we succeeded in ending the war. >> reporter: -- has already telegraphed its defense. >> ask osama bin laden if we're not tough on national security. >> reporter: we may not hear anything from the white house, they may just let this one blow over. we want to bring in christiane amanpour from washington, host of "this week." good morning. >> good morning. >> do political analysts think that this is a smart move by the republicans to be making, right before the election, basically to oppose the end of the war that is so unpopular with voters? >> look it's unpopular with a vast majority of voters.
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the republicans in this country they support the war. so, obviously the candidates are reacting to that. as david said, they're not going to say anything nice and give any credit to president obama. we'll talk to senator mccain about this, because not just on iraq, but all over, republicans have been all over the map the candidates, and some are being accused of having an isolation streak. which is very counter to normal republican policy. >> and also, you sat down with secretary of state hillary clinton who said that despite the withdrawal of u.s. troops, the u.s. will continue to support iraq's move towards democracy, but how are we going to do that and enforce that without having boots on the ground? >> as you said, put the politics aside and what is the substance? the truth of the matter is that analysts say that the iraqi forces themselves aren't ready to step up without american help. if america puts trainers in there, they'll have to negotiate
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that with the iraqi government. it's not a given. so, what secretary clinton is saying, they believe that will happen and they have bases around the country, in other words, she was trying to make the best of the situation, where they won't have formal bases there, but they'll be able to help. she drew comparisons with other countries that america has similar security training with, from jordan to colombia in latin america, we have these type of agreements. >> and you can see all of christiane's interview with secretary of state clinton later this morning on abc's "this week." over to ron claiborne for the other news making headlines this morning. including a breaking story out of turkey. we begin with breaking news from turkey. a powerful earthquake in this country. 7.3 quake struck the eastern part of turkey. early reports of people being trapped under collapsed buildings in the city of van. in tunisia, voters are going
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to polls today for their first-ever free elections. tunisia's strongman was overthrown earlier this year that sparked the uprisings. and for the second time in a month, a satellite has come crashing down to the earth. the minivan sized satellite, launched in 1990, entered the earth's atmosphere overnight. scientists are figuring out if any parts survived re-entry. if so, where they landed. and a new warning for people who drink alcohol. you know who you are. british doctors are now recommending that a night of drinking should be followed by two or three alcohol-free days. that gives the liver time to recover. and finally the st. louis cardinals of baseball, well, they bashed their way to a 2-1 lead in the world series. albert pujols slugged three home
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runs. they beat texas, 16-7. sounds like a football score. game four is in texas tonight. >> and he was on a slump. >> he was in a slump, doing badly. two words for albert pujols, free agent. >> good timing. >> two more words, big money. thanks, ron. time now for the weather and two more words. brian monahan. >> two more words, chicago cubs. right up the road. looking at mr. pujols. good sunday morning to you. active weather across parts of plains. damaging wind. also some hail reported as well. we take you to ada, oklahoma, check out some of this video, large hail, even baseball-sized hail, had reports of that across parts of oklahoma. the stormy weather today, not as severe, not as strong as what we saw yesterday.
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but we'll still see storms across parts of memphis, back towards the deep south. also tracking the potential for some showers through chicago and also minneapolis. otherwise, the story again this morning, it's cold as we get started. 30s and 40s across much of the east. temperatures tend 10 to 15 degrees below average. we'll be back in the >> dave zahren here. in this sunny but chilly. along kayaker out there. look at the range of temperatures. that is where we have a freeze warning and the fact that expire shortly. have mostly clear skies around the area. high noon at 60 topping out at 65. tomorrow, temperatures around 70. >> and still warm and dry across parts of the west. near 80 today in denver and los angeles.
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beeian? >> thank you. across the pond in england, it seemed her majesty the queen has something in common with the commoners, rising power bills. so with winter coming on, she's turning up the heat on the royal household to cool it and stop wasting energy. oh, it must be nice to be the queen. you have your castle in scotland, your quiet country home in windsor and of course buckingham palace. so stately, so regal. but imagine trying to heat and light them all? and then imagine doing it all on a budget. that's right. the royal family is having trouble keeping those cool, dark castles warm and light. last year their fuel costs were $3.5 million. this clear, costs are expected to go up by 20%. meantime the queen's budget was frozen by the government. so, they have to cut back. and her subjects aren't that sympathetic. >> i can see her walking through
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the palace turning off the lights. >> everybody's got to conserve. with the way the economy is. so, it's surprising to hear the queen doing that herself, though. >> new signs have been posted throughout her residences warning to shut off the lights. they read -- the attention is drawn of all members of staff to e need to switch off unwanted lights. according to "the financial times," the staff has witnessed this sight. the queen of england roaming the halls, shutting off lights. but she may have lucked into some savings. prince harry who keeps the lights on well into the night is in the u.s. and prince william and kate, who live in kensington palace, have few servants. have their young love to keep themselves warm. we know that the queen can be funny at times. she has a sense of humor.
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dan, who do you think is funnier, men or women? >> ron? >> are you kidding me? >> men are funnier than women. >> i bring rob in to say the things i'm too scared to say. apparently, there's some science on this issue, here are the results. ♪ i'm going to go down to river ♪ >> kristen wiig. or will ferrell. lucille ball or bob hope. when it comes to humor, is there a funnier sex? >> we have to put up with men, so women are definitely funnier. >> more people will laugh at men than women. >> reporter: according to a new study it seems straight out of a "seinfeld" episode. >> cartoon in the "new yorker." >> i don't get this. >> me, neither. >> and you're on the fringe of
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the humor business. >> reporter: men and women were asked to write captions for a "new yorker" cartoon and asked to rate which ones were funnier. >> we found that men are funnier just by a hair. mostly funnier to other men. >> reporter: the study also found that the not so funny captions were most often attributed to a woman even if they were man made. we took our unscientific poll to one of the funniest places on earth, chicago's second city. >> move to belize, teach english. >> reporter: they worked the same stage that launched john belushi, bill murray, tina fey and gilda radner. >> we may be more crass, does that make it funnier? >> reporter: before the guys start gloating, one more point. >> we found here that men's
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confidence outstrips their humor. >> reporter: now, that's funny. >> so it's confidence. >> i refuse to believe that. >> here's another question for a future story -- >> who who's funnier than bob hope? >> who's smarter? we'll answer that next time. >> before somebody on this set gets fired, i'm going to tell you about what's coming up on this broadcast, hunting a great white. a really dangerous great white shark attack down in australia, killed an american. plus, we'll take you upclose and personal with some sharks in a shark tank. how i was convinced to get into my shark tank. and coming up -- flash robs are on the rise, heading into the hectic holiday shopping season. now, retailers are fighting back. how do you combat many people
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swarming in so fast? also coming up -- a very rare interview with chelsea clinton who grew up in the public eye and almost never speaks publicly, what is this new mission of hers that has her so passionate that she's breaking her usual silence. abc's juju chang is catching up with her.
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taking a look at the stories in our region. a homicide near howard university. a man was shot around 6:00 last night. 20-year-old victim is not a the university. let's go to dave zahren for a check of the forecast. >> the sun is out and chile. 41 of in colombia. mostly clear skies out there. unlike the overcast skies and yesterday, we should be better today. we top out around 65. a lot of sunshine. seasonably comfortable. rain by mid-week. >> thank you for
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breaking news this half-hour, out of turkey a powerful earthquake has hit eastern turkey, buildings collapsed. people reportedly trapped and dead. a story developing as we speak. good morning, america, i'm bianna golodryga. >> and i'm dan harris. they're calling for urgent aid and assistance. also coming up this morning -- the hunt for the great white shark who killed an american diver off the coast of australia. up close and personal with
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sharks from those very same waters. also ahead this morning -- you have heard of flash mobs. well, this is a video of what's being called, a flash rob, it's happening in cities across the country and with holidays coming, retailers are getting worried and stepping up security. we'll tell you what they're doing coming up. >> those pictures are incredible. also coming up this morning -- former first daughter chelsea clinton, usually one to shun the spotlight, now she's stepping directly into it on purpose and a very good reason. we'll have a very rare interview with chelsea coming up. but we're going to begin with ron claiborne with that breaking news out of turkey. >>. good morning, everyone. the massive earthquake that has rocked turkey this morning, 7.2 magnitude quake knocked over buildings in eastern turkey near the border with iran. residents spilled out into the streets while rescue workers are trying to reach people believed to be trapped in the buildings. mayor one of one town is saying
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that many, many people were killed. the quake was relatively shallow which could cause more damage. wall street will be watching very closely as european leaders meet to try to find a solution to their debt crisis, they're expected to announce the first part of a comprehensive deal to help greece dig out of its debt. and louisiana governor bobby jindal coasted to re-election easily on saturday. he won more than 500% of the vote there against nine challeng challengers. >> happy, birthday to the ipod, the first in the string of huge hits for apple. of course, on gma tomorrow, the biographer the author of the biograph
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douglas. now to what is many people deepest fierce every time they dive into open waters, sharks. a man from texas killed by a great white off the coast of australia. in australia in morning, they're on the hunt for the great white shark that killed 32-year-old george thompson what wright, who was out diving on saturday. >> recovered him from the boat. he was sfrufrg a fatal shark attack. >> reporter: he was from texas, he was living in the western australia city of perth on a work visa, witnesses on the boat described the shark as ten feet long. >> this is a tragic situation. >> reporter: less than two weeks ago, a 64-year-old was killed by a great white during his morning swim. authorities are now trying to figure out if the same animal killed both men. >> the shark population is increasing. >> reporter: australia has some
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of the most shark-infested waters on earth, as i found out when i motored off the coast with government officials, it is so bad here that government actually sets up shark nets unsettlingly close to popular beaches. >> it's amazing that you got sharks this close to the beach. >> reporter: great whites can be more than 25 feet long and 5,000 pounds and they have the perfect set of jaws to cut you and they're not just lurking in australia, just days ago off the coast of oregon, a surfer was thrown into the air by what his friend said was a great white. he wasn't hurt. but it was the second shark encounter off the oregon coast in about a week. sharks have been the object of fear ever since "jaws" in the 1970s. but animal experts say you have a better chance of hitting the lottery than getting bitten by a shark. >> the fear is unfounded. >> the chances of being bitten
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either in australia or elsewhere in the world are minuscule. >> reporter: to prove that point, they invited me into this shark tank. it's a good thing that the googles obscured the look of terror on my face. the enormous toothy shark swam by with that blankly, menacing look on their face. new, i should say those were not great white sharks. they were sharks that never attack sharks. >> nonetheless, i know you said that the chances are slim of being bitten one of my greatest fierce. coming up -- flash mobs with criminal intentions, happening in stores all across the country. now, retailers are fighting back. plus, a rare interview with chelsea clinton, she's taking on a more public role and has a new
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we have seen videos of flash mobs -- well, now, they're taking a sinister turn, they're being called flash robs. and they have retailers stepping up security. here's abc's t.j. winick. >> reporter: this is the threat. a massive crowd, many teenagers swarming a business. in this case, a washington, d.c. convenience store. it's called a flash rob. >> in some cases, these folks will come in, overwhelm store employees, especially at night, get in and get out very quickly. >> reporter: according to the national retail foundation, flash robs were reported by 10% of the retailers its surveyed in july, with the holiday shopping season just around the corner, many fear that number could spike. >> during the holidays we see large numbers of shoppers in stores. shoplifting can be disguised
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just by the volume of shoppers. >> reporter: the flash rob is the criminal cousin of the flash mob. spontaneous gatherings organized over twitter, facebook or texting, like this choreographed dance routine. flash robs are also an open invite not to entertain, but to break the law. for the first time the retail federation is giving its members advice on how to guard against a flash robbery. first, maintain low levels of cash in the store. next, monitor social networks and websites for indication that groups will be descending on a store. finally, workers should alert members if they see large gatherings of people. inside or directly outside the stores. in philadelphia, about three dozen boys swarmed a store in june making off with thousands of dollars in sneakers and socks pretty much anything else they could carry. a series of flash robberies in that city this past summer, led the mayor to impose a curfew one
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chelsea clinton has always been in the public eye from the time she was a 12-year-old moving into the white house to her fairy-tale wedding last summer.
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but she has almost never sought out the spotlight, now, though, she's intentionally putting herself out there for a good cause. abc's juju chang caught up with the former first daughter. >> hi. >> reporter: former first daughter chelsea clinton rarely grants interviews, but this past week she was talking to college students and to me about something that she cares deeply about. old cell phones. >> how are you thinking about getting to 20,000? >> reporter: she's teaming up with supermodel christy turlington burns to help these students in their effort to save women who die every day giving birth. >> that type of, not only interest and motivation, but commitment and then commitment to see it through is a hallmark
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of this generation. >> here it goes. >> people have been coming to george washington university to turn in their old cell phones, dusty old cell phones, they're going to be recycled to help save lives on the other side of the planet. >> this drive will help over a half a million people. >> reporter: it all started four years ago when a sophomore at stanford went to malawi to volunteer at a hospital helping children with hiv. >> literally had patients walking, 60, 100 miles for the care. >> reporter: his idea used cutting-edge software to turn a laptop into a mini mobile satellite dish. that way, health workers could text their patients, instead of walking for days. you were like a global 911? >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: we throw half a million phones every year away. he could empower a million health workers, improving the
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lives of 50 million. today his nonprofit provides phones for health care workers in countries. something tangible that that people can do. >> absolutely. what those phones, what the funds the recycled phones will enable through mobile technology will be measure and track, they feel really good about what they did and they know they made a difference. >> thank you very much. you're good to go. >> thank you. >> it's actually just interesting to hear her talk about that. >> it is. >> this story is part of the million moms challenge that the abc new and the u.n. foundation launched to raise awareness of the health of new moms and new babies in the developing world. >> to sign and like million moms challenge on facebook. johnson and johnson is donating $1 for the first 1,000 people that sign up. >> coming up here on "good morning america" -- an update on
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all right, time now for fixation, where we show the stories, the pictures and videos that caught our attention during the week. can i start? i'm going to start. i was on a trip over in asia, one of the stories i did, i went in a cage filled with leopards. i was a little nervous. but, here's what happened when i went inside. i had them eating out of the palm of my hand. these are two 13-month-old clouded leopards. they're sisters. top that, brian. >> you look traumatized there. >> remember motor mouth jones, police academy. a million youtube use viewers,
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saw this video over the last week or so. check this out. ♪ >> wow. >> he's doing the vocals. >> you wonder how did his career end with the police academy movie and it didn't end. >> going to move on to the viral sensation, from north of the border, alberta, canada, the twins that we have been watching the whole program. one escaping from his crib. saw this on "good morning america" earlier this week. the guy on the left here, he is dane. the gentleman on the right is a little bit more passive, liam. this is another episode of his -- >> you got in touch with the
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mother. >> yes, we did. we talked to the mother and she had this to say about the antics of her twins. >> we found that dane was at the door and crawling under the door, knock tong door, we wanted to figure out exactly what was going on. i was just surprised. i couldn't believe that he could stretch that far and get his leg up over the railing like he did. he's been calling the chuck norr norris. >> do we have any sort of -- viewer fixation. >> not only do babies get out of things and escape whatever their play pins and what have you. talking about this dog right here, escaping its own pen. he's four months old.
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four-month-old miniature dachsund. >> he's out. >> all right. >> there he goes. four months old. way to go gracie. >> that's her name in. >> yes it is. >> by the way, as the last segment proves, we'll take your submissions, do send us pictures, videos and we'll put it on the air. thank you for watching. we're always online at "good morning america" on yahoo!. much more later with christiane amanpour and david muir is back with "world news." sao you, everybody. christiane amanpour and david muir is back live and in hd, this is an abc7 news update. >> good morning. in the news, police are
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homicide neara howard university. around 10:00a man intersection the georgia avenue and w street. the 20-year-old victim is not a student at the university. police are investigating the death of a cabdriver. police have not yet released the of the victim. if you plan to take much of today, prepare for delays. line, taking time off at the new york stations. trains are sharing the single track on the yellow, blue, and green lines. zahren will look at our forecast. >> step outside today, a lot of sunshine but make sure that you have a jacket. chilly out there. no wind out there, so no chick -- no wind chill factor. tomorrow, western maryland, in
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the 20's this morning. freeze advisories and warnings out there. we had some that have expired. looking at our satellite picture, a few high clouds out there. we will do better in the department today than yesterday. yesterday's high was 62 degrees. looking at mid-60's today. tomorrow, a very nice day to go to work in school. temperatures up to 70. of berrylike chance of showers. midweek, he gets colder.
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