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>> we don't get into the details of that. >> reporter: few other aspects of the faith that outsiders tend to focus on, polygamy, which every mormon will be quick to tell you was outlawed a century ago, and the special undergarments mormon men and women wear every day which we are not showing here because mormons are sensitive to their display. they describe them as simply tangible representations of their faith. but the real center of their faith say mormons is something much larger, the family. you are looking at the sealing room where weddings take place. mormons don't just get married, they are sealed for eternity. to be at the highest level of heaven you need to be married. >> the mormon heaven is a fan taftically family affair, family oriented vision of the afterlife. so the significance of the view of heaven dictates a kind of family-centeredness here in what mormons would call mortal life. >> reporter: which is why more than 2/3 of mormons are married compared to half the rest of the population. mormon women are twice as likely to describe themselves as housewives. >> he appeared to joseph smith -- >> reporter: once a week, mormon families like the aherns of pennsylvania are expected to hold family home evening. >> the way to be happy in our families. >> reporter: no phone, tv, computers. just food, prayer, songs, games and lessons. >> the most important part is just having our children know that we love them and love spending time with them and that we are a family that staying together. >> reporter: all of it, says the professor, proof of how the mormon faith is very different and very demanding. dan harris, abc new, new york. >> interesting. do you think with this big breakthrough in american politi politics, with a mormon presidential candidate, a sign they should be more open about their religion -- what makes them -- mormons have got in to this level of national politics. open the door. shed more light into what goes on. that's the path, you know, that led to acceptance. >> yes. >> understanding. >> exactly. it's such a private, don't want to say private religion. there is so much sanctity involved. the church was new and not used for services. >> mitt romney said that is part of the reason he doesn't want to release the tax returns, the church does not publish how much people give to the church. he doesn't want to divulge how much he gives to the church, the church is private. that's interesting as well. we'll be back with more right after this. >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. private. that's interesting as well. we'll be back with more right after this. what would a friday morning be without an update about our favorite british royal, prince harry. he is likely fully clothed some where this morning, if he is not we'll figure it out. >> we'll get to the bottom of it. that's ironic. this morning, a british tabloid, "the sun," has published harry's naked photos. the paper said not publishing them was freedom of the press issue and claims, quote, there is a clear public interest in order for the debate around them to be fully informed. the royal family asked the picture not be published on the grounds of privacy. >> everyone wants to be fully informed on the story. that brings us to the question yesterday on facebook, should buckingham palace punish prince harry for his wild parties. >> hector said, yes he should. for this reason, he lives off the taxpayers. is it fair hard working people in his country pay the bill for his wild partying? if i am wrong, and he is paying his own way, he can do what he wants. >> interesting point. laura asks, whatever happened to what happens in vegas stays in vegas? people are just hating on him. because of who he is and they can't do what he does. haters want to hate. >> i agree. michael, role of voice of reason. as long as prince harry broke no american laws of any kind, it is none of our business. i think though it is an issue of his security detail, how come there were cell phones in that room if the prince was playing, buck-naked pool. that's the logistical question, the security team, have some questions to answer. >> maybe he should review who comes into the room more often. be discriminatory. >> he let you in the room. >> that's not the room. we were watching mud wrestling there. >> i'm sure. >> mud wrestling. coming up, this weekend's big movies. >> including an adventure for a bicycle messenger and star-studded comedy "hit-and-run" "insomniac theater" is next. comedy "hit-and-run" "insomniac theater" is next. i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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"usa today," good reviews. "usa today" gave it three out of four stars. ""l.a. times"" compared it to "speed" and "new york daily news," four of five. 74% on rotten tomato. kind of cheesy. good action. >> "hit and run," an action rom-com. kristin bell, dax sheppard. a couple go on a road trip of a lifetime. will lead to opportunities along the way. chased from a friend from the past, bradley cooper, tom arnold, and band of misfits. take a listen. >> i have never had an infected urinary tract. >> oh, really? >> you never had hpv either. no human papiloma virus? >> watch your mouth! watch your mouth! i was vaccinated. unlike you i was born after the polio vaccine. >> what are you talking about? i am five years older than you. two out of five stars. sadly, "hit-and-run," runs out of gas. the "l.a. times" says it's a contender in the guilty pleasure race. we might see one this weekend, my husband and i? >> i think "premium rush" looks better. >> have to agree. >> let's dodge hit-and-run. >> more from abc next. better. >> have to agree. >> let's dodge hit-and-run. >> more from abc next. this morning on "world news now" -- watching tropical storm isaac, the mighty storm and the mayhem it is bringing to the caribbean right now. >> on top of that, the precautions being taken up and down the florida coast because isaac could interfere with the republican national convention. it's friday, august 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." happy friday. the weekend has arrived. good morning, everybody. good morning to you. >> good morning back to you. >> i'm paula. >> i'm rob. >> nice to meet you. >> thank you for coming. >> i'm rob nelson, good morning. happy friday. find out when isaac could strengthen in a forecast coming up in a second. the woman accused of walking into a pittsburgh hospital and out with a 3-day-old baby. how did this happen with so much security in place? >> yeah, it's incomprehensible that could happen. i have had two small kids i could barely get my kids out of the hospital i was the mother. having a person that was not the parent, escape with this kid and take, kidnap this child. >> good to know they have the tag system that sets off an alarm. >> the tag had been removed. >> some precautions in place. >> the baby is okay. this half-hour, terrifying scene in the subway station. this woman carrying her 4-year-old son, falls right on the tracks. how did it happen? who helped her immediately and how close she was to being in harm's way? those subways, the subway trains come every 60 seconds in some stations. >> she thought the train on the opposite side of the track was hers. that seems odd as well. there are some questions here. luckily they are okay. the video is hard to look at. later, lighten the mood a little bit to talk about the high-profile feud involving madonna and elton john. two divas, her words of apology on stage. may not have been so sincere. the battle of egos. in"the skinny." the battle continues. >> explain that for me. can you do that for me? we'll begin with the storm watch, isaac toying with tampa as millions brace for the absolute worst. >> the caribbean is getting battered this morning as tropical storm isaac head to hispaniola, the path has shifted further west. tampa and republican convention are still not in the clear. with more now here is abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: isaac is charging through the caribbean, 600 miles across with winds whipping up to 50 miles an hour. isaac flooding parts of puerto rico and neighboring islands with heavy rain bands spinning out 300 miles from the center. 200 people evacuated from guantanamo bay, cuba, where troops are sandbagging buildings. in miami they're feverishly buying provisions. >> every family should be prepared to sustain themselves up to 72 hours. >> reporter: in tampa, all eyes and headlines on the storm. it happens that tampa is the most flood-prone city in the entire country. >> even a category 1 can push up to eight feet of water. >> if you have the right storm at the right angle moving at the right speed, obviously, it has the ability to funnel a lot of the water up into the bay. >> reporter: as many as 800,000 people live in the evacuation zone here and would have to live if a category one storm threatened the area. travel delays are expected. airlines allowing passengers to change tickets without penalty. they're not the only ones changing itineraries. abc news learned that a number of security officials from other parts of the state have canceled their plans to help at the convention to help their own communities get ready. they don't need a hurricane to cause serious disruptions. even a tropical storm could cause an eight-foot storm surge here. that would submerge the bridge and road behind me causing may your disruptions for the convention. matt gutman, abc news, tampa. isaac could strengthen into a hurricane. but the question is when? >> meteorologist jim dickey has the latest from accu-weather. good morning. tropical storm isaac continues to slowly strengthen as we head through the day today, drifting west-northwestward. bringing strong wind to hispaniola. big time flooding there. now going forward here, drift its way further northward and westward. end up in the gulf of mexico. water is warm. expect it to impact the gulf coast going forward. rob, paula. back to you. >> thank you, jim. this is such a tense time of year along the gulf coast. today is the 20th anniversary of hurricane andrew making landfall in florida. the first hurricane of the '92 season. at the time was the costliest u.s. hurricane ever. next week, the 29th, marks the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina which decimated new orleans and mississippi. so this time of the year is rough in that part of the country. >> basically a lot of uncertainty. hope it does weaken when it goes over haiti and dominican republic. that's the best case scenario. here is the rest of your friday forecast. isolated showers along the east coast. thunderstorms around minneapolis, omaha and kansas city. stormy from oklahoma city to dallas, shreveport, monsoons in the desert southwest. how is your tie there? >> good. my collar. shy of 100 in phoenix. 90 down in dallas. mostly 80s from the rockies into the nation's midsection and east coast. those monsoon storms in the southwest already have parts of arizona under water. emergency crews had to rescue two people stranded in a medical transport van. the driver was taking a disabled malg -- man to dialysis when they were swept off the road. they were both pulled to safety without serious injuries. a wildfire tearing through northern california has now destroyed more than 80 homes and it is still threatening nearly 1,000 others. the fire is 60% contained after scorching 44 square miles. 2,500 firefighters on the ground but they don't expect it to be fully under control until next week. they're making progress. yesterday, 50% contained and today, 60%. surprising new details about colorado movie theater shooting suspect james holmes emerged during a court hearing yesterday. it turns out that just six weeks before his rampage, holmes was banned from his college for making threats after he failed a neuroscience doctoral exam. while the university spokesperson disputed holmes was banned from the campus but did confirm a criminal background check was done on him. a three-day-old boy kidnapped from a pittsburgh hospital has been found unharmed and is now safely back with his family. a woman wearing scrubs and posing as a nurse told the baby's mom he needed a final test before being released from the hospital. that's when the woman and the newborn vanished. the baby was later found, and the woman who was arrested had some very bizarre things to say. >> i hurt one person's feelings that i love by a lie, i know that. >> who did you hurt? >> can't tell you that. >> a boyfriend or something? >> yeah. >> guess what, mom, it is all your fault. >> did you know these people? >> dad, you, too. >> oh. >> that's very bizarre. she said i keep telling you it wasn't just me. so maybe she didn't act alone. very bizarre. hospital administrators say they don't believe the suspect is an employee. doctors examined the baby. he is in good health. people wonder how can this happen. your baby in icu or delivered your baby, they actually put something on the leg of the child. >> bracelet. >> not necessarily. sometimes a bracelet but sometimes it just goes around the ankle. if they even leave, the alarms go off. but the alarm had been taken off at 12:34 in front of the mother. then there was a 45-minute window the baby didn't have the tag on, and the woman disappeared. at 1:15, we are ready to leave with our baby. couldn't find the baby. >> you can tell from the sound bite in the piece, we are talking it someone very disturbed here. hopefully she gets the help she need. the baby is safe. moving on this morning, a woman is safe after a terrifying high speed drive across missouri. the accelerator on her suv got stuck while she was driving on the interstate. subcommittee she called her husband and 911 as she sped along at speeds up to 110 miles an hour. finally managed to pull over. a cop ran to the car to get her out and put that car in park. talk about some scary moments. ooh, lucky lady. the victim of a rare flesh eating disease is home again. 24-year-old amy copeland lost both hands, her left leg, and right foot to the life threatening infection. spent more than three months in hospitals before returning to her parents' home which donations have made wheelchair accessible. her father says her spirits are good. what an amazing recovery. lucky, lucky lady, again. >> great story. and here's a fish tale about the one that didn't get away. get it? >> okay. >> hawaii woman fought a 12-foot, half-ton marlin, for more than four hours before she and tournament teammates managed to reel that sucker in. >> look at that thing. the good news. the bad news, she missed out on thousands of dollars in prize money. the international game fish ing association rules say she needed to reel in the monster marlin by herself to get the cash. >> okay. that's right. she had to be the jolly green giant to reel that thing in. >> the rules are a the rules. a tough one. reeling in jaws. are you kidding me? >> you would be able to, the bulging muscles of yours. >> i have never been fishing a day in my life. it's boring to me. >> you have been to school in -- in north carolina, for goodness sakes. >> and? >> watching tar heel basketball. >> i love deep water fishing, freshwater fishing. i'll go. you and me. >> it's a date. >> i will reel it in. you can -- >> perfect. coming up, katie holmes rebounding in a big way, doing something she has never done before. >> the mother who is thanking her stars and strangers after what could have been a brush with death. you're watching "world news now." ♪ rescue me ♪ i want your tender charm ♪ i'm lonely and blue >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by charmin extra strong. news now." ♪ rescue me ♪ i want your tender charm ♪ i'm lonely and blue >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by charmin extra strong. ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by charmin extra strong. e you, hon? 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watch what happens after the woman falls. within second several people have jumped on to the tracks and work together to pull the woman and child back to the platform. within 20 second they're off the tracks, personnel are at the scene and good samaritans scrambled out of harm's way. >> would you have done the same? >> absolutely. >> amazingly no one sustained any visible injuries. both the woman and her son were taken to mgh for evaluation. she later told t officials she saw the northbound train on the other side of the track and thought she could board from the southbound platform. surprisingly, few speculated about what motivated the incident. it didn't matter to most. >> i wouldn't make the judgment. i would jump in, help the mom out right away. no question. >> human reaction to help save a child. >> it doesn't surprise me. because i think that we're getting to a place where we're not bystanders anymore, we are actually getting in there and helping each other. >> reporter: t officials applauded the action of witnesses but said it is best to get t personnel first since the third rail is electrified. >> wow. we are so distracted as human beings, especially as mothers these days. i am not going to judge that woman in the least. there was no barricade. in new york there is a barricade in between the train so could clearly tell one is going northbound. one is going southbound. >> there doesn't appear to be a median or whatever there. again, kudos to the good samaritans in the case. stepped in. 20 seconds later she was off the tracks. >> that little boy is okay. she seemed a little embarrassed. >> wow, man. her fall almost as bad as the red sox. oh. >> you had to go there? >> i love you, boston. just playing. just playing. all right, coming up next -- that's okay, they're okay, most important thing. and from morning tonight, the "gma" team goes primetime. >> madonna has a message for elton john, rather, that this guy is going to explain for all of us. it is all coming up in "the skinny." plain for all of us. it is all coming up in "the skinny." ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> we talked the last few weeks between the feud between elton john and madonna. madonna has been giving lady gaga grief, she feels like her big hit "born this way" robs a little bit from "express yourself" talking trash about lady gaga. gaga is the godmother of one of elton's kids. came to gaga's defense, talking trash about madonna at one point saying she looked like a fairground stripper. harsh words. a concert in france, madonna was giving. she dedicated her song, "masterpiece" to elton. saying, i know he is a big fan of it and a big fan of mine. and you know, i forgive him. got to start some where. sound look an apology, right, not quite. the back story on that. and "masterpiece" is the song that actually beat out elton john's song "hello, hello" for best original song at the golden globes in january. he was so furious she won over him. he said the speech was embarrassing in its narcissism. the bad blood continues. a backhanded apology to say the least. the war of words doesn't seem to be dying down. >> war of the divas. >> well-played, madonna, sing the song that beat his song. battle of the egos, folks. the new number-one morning show, "good morning america," on piers morgan, all of them, the cast. back in the day, george stephanopoulos wasn't just a political heavy hitter, also a bit of a sex symbol. george. >> a lot of ladies like george. >> his wife was welcomed into the exclusive with piers morgan and started talking about their sex life. kind of like an ew, mom and dad moment. take a listen. >> what do you and george talk about in bed? >> in bed? >> in bed. >> we're both reading. you know. >> what do you read? >> the history of islam. and he is reading "in style" magazine. >> is it true? this is a fairly shocking revelation. do you read "in style" magazine in bed, george? >> of course, i do. i have to prep for gma. >> that is a very telling comment, mr. stephanopoulos. >> oh, my. his wife is hysterical, allie wagner. >> "in living color" her big break. very interesting relationship there. good for him. >> i love their marriage. i think they're a fun couple the -- they're very interesting. george. apparently katie perry and john mayer splitsville. a source says they'll be friend. they're going their separate ways. i'm sure john will be celibate until the end of the show. >> yeah, about five seconds. real quick. katie holmes is going to be making her premiere at fashion week in new york and scored the tents, which is considered fashion week central. kudos to her. she is serious. line, luxury label, selling at barney's new york. got $12,000 you want to cough up for a jacket? >> she's moving on. . >> she's moving on. to cough up for a jacket. >> she's moving on. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, 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prince, a spaniard, a swimmer, politics, parts of the west in flames. it is our friday rewind. >> it was fire everywhere like, you turn around, everywhere on all sides of you. >> so incredible something that you never expected can come in in the blink of an eye and take everything away from you. >> if i could find the crew to save my house -- i couldn't tell them enough. >> there is no change in medicare for seniors. none under my plan. >> medicare should not be used as a piggy bank for obama care. >> i guess they figure the best defense is to try to go on offense. >> the first election cycle i can remember in a long time where democrats are on the defensive because of medicare. >> if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> republicans did a -- an immediate read of the politics of the situation and decided his candidacy was not retrievable. >> i want to make absolutely clear. that is, we are going to continue this w this race for the u.s. senate. >> it is not in my nature to go around thinking the worst of people. i am not a law enforcement agent, i am not an investigator. i was a university president. >> this 62-year-old body, believe it or not, is a better athlete today than when i was in my supposed prime. >> they were young, healthy men having a great time by the pool with beautiful women and a lot of people would have liked to have been in their shoes or in their speedos. >> she showed them that a woman can stand up there and keep you laughing for an hour and she doesn't need to sing. >> quite a week. >> she did have a great laugh. what a week. all right. well, here is another kind of twist and turn. are you up late with your dog? send us a picture of your dog. >> not your spouse. >> it is dog appreciation day this sunday. >> send it to twitter this morning on "world news now" -- immediate crackdown. this morning on "world news now" -- immediate crack down. cycling icon lance armstrong gives up his legal fight against accusations he used performance-enhancing drugs. >> his legacy is on the line, he may be stripped of his tour de france titles and other awards. it's friday, august 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." happy friday, everybody. good morning. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm paula faris. how the lance armstrong development stunned the sports world over the past few hours. that is all coming up. will the seven tour de france titles be revoked, will he be banned from the world of cycling. >> big unexpected twists. tropical storm isaac posing a threat right now to the caribbean and putting florida and the entire republican party on edge. it is the unknown. >> already seen some schedule changes. mitt romney will become the official nominee monday instead of wednesday. still going to speak on thursday. kind of tampered with the convention schedule. let's not forget the folks in hispaniola, haiti, getting pounded. and the full weather update. also this morning, they kicked a known predator out of a shopping mall restroom. and now they're wanted by the police not because they did anything wrong. prosecutors call the women who took action heroes. they want to reward them and pat them on the back. but crazy scene inside that bathroom. >> you go, girls. >> yes, indeed. the bride and groom who made a powerful statement at their wedding using turbo power. when is the last time a happy couple made an entrance like this? everybody wants to do it differently, don't they? >> do their own thing. not bad. if it works for the couple that's all that matters. first lance armstrong, he cer, dest lance armstrong, he cycling r france. >> allegations armstrong used drugs on the way to his record seven straight tour titles. now withoutting armstr fighting >> reporter: called one of the greatest frauds in the history of sports. >> just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: lance armstrong guilty openng da to the top. according to the u.s. anti-doping agency. armstrong will now face a lifetime ban from all elite level sports. and the stripping of his tour titles according to the he would no longer fight the charges. in a statement he writes, enough is enou today i lldres adding that he is innocent but believes the process is one sided and unfair. convicted doper floyd landis was another armstrong te >> you saw u >> i had, yeah. i also received some from him, you know rather than go into the entire detail of every single time i had seen it, yes, i saw lance armstrong using drugs. >> reporter: armstrong boasted he was the most tested athlete in sports history. y ve bts history. >> around 300 separate tests that he has undergone. and he has never had a positive test. >> reporter: armstrong retired two years later. in court file, his attorneys had doubled the number, saying he had faced 500 to 600 drug tests without a single positive. for some in the cancer community, cheating on the bike is outweighed by good done in the real world. in the sport of cycling, armstrong's fall is just another headache. since his reign, so many close rivals have been caught up in doping scandals, no one can figure out who gets the tour de france wins that armstrong may now have to forfeit. i'm nealsky,eatt now to our othe headline on this friday morning. the cating drenching from orm ait doing from orm as everyone secures their as enowath secures their shiftng the u.s. landfall expected farther west along the gulf in tampa, everyone is king clotath course as republicans ae their nationti >> it's way too early to have any conversation about whether to continue. right now, the -- if you look at the projected path -- you know, it looks like we well have some -- we'll have some lane rain and some wind. but, but we will, we have to -- really the time to have a discussion about this is after it leaves cuba. >> the mayor of tampa saying he is ready to ca meanwhile, though, many in haiti have nothing to board up ahead of the storm. 400,000 people thplac by that major eke t years ago. are still living in settlement camps, shacks, tarps can bear a hurr well, isaac is on track to become the fourth hurricane of the atlantic season. >> accu-weather morol good morning. good morning. tropical storm isaac having trouble getting its act together here. this is infrared, enhanced infrared satellite technology. brighter colors, that's thunderstorms. to see a strengthening storm. you want to see a circular pattern, that's not the case. you have thunderstorms, not wrapping up at this point in time. still favorable for strengthening, interacts with hispaniola, could be weakening. strong, gusty winds to hispaniola and cuba going forward through the day into saturday along with flooding rainfall. from there moves into the gulf of mexico where waters are warm, expected to strengthen. watch out. pay close attention anywhere from houston down to miami as this storm will be strengthening once it gets into the gulf. rob, paula, back to you. >> this time of year the water is so warm, last thing the gulf coast needs or wants, to see a cat 2 making its way on the coast. next week. scary. the prime minister in haiti urging residents to tape up their windows not cross any rivers and have folks from the states or inland wire them money so they can have money for food and water. >> scary there. those folks in a tough spot. some may be wondering why would you schedule a convention along the gulf coast in late august. the answer quite has has been, as far, florida is a swing state. hot property to have your thing there. the risk you take. public safety first. politics second. and everything works out okay. republican party leaders say the roll call vote to officially nominate mitt romney will happen monday not wednesday as planned. beside the tropical storm they say they're concerned about a possible disruption from ron paul supporters. romney is crisscrossing the country, focusing on policy, pushing an energy plan he says would create three million jobs and more than $1 trillion in new revenue. that plan includes drilling for oil in an alaskan wildlife reserve. capitol hill police are actively investigating a threat against congressman todd akin, the missouri republican under heavy fire since sunday when he said women's bodies have ways of preventing pregnancies in cases of quote, legitimate rape. several violent threats have been made against him, his family, and his staff including some threats that his wife would be raped. new book by a retired navy seale s.e.a.l. is stirring up a controversy about the raid on osama bin laden and his death. and as abc's martha raddatz reports, the secrets in this book are raising question as but national security. >> reporter: he was there when the navy s.e.a.l.s. busted down the doorst bin laden compound. he was there when osama bin laden was shot to death. the former navy s.e.a.l. who uses the pseudonym mark owen has written a tell-all to beat all tell-alls. and "no easy day the firsthand account of the mission that killed osama bin laden" has been a closely held secret by the publisher but expected to be an instant pest seller when it is released on september 11th. no one knows exactly what is in it yet, but the publisher says the book provides a blow-by-blow narrative of the assault beginning with the helicopter crash that could have ended jones' -- owens' life, straight through to the radio call confirming bin laden's death. the administration and military were quick to say the author did not request approval for the book which is usually standard even though the s.e.a.l. left the military a year ago. the s.e.a.l. community hasn't shied away completely from publicity in recent months. some active duty s.e.a.l.s. playing themselves in a fictionalized movie which has some very real-looking raids. talking about the osama bin laden raid is different. already the author's name has been made public by some news organizations, and that worries active duty seals and their families who fear that the team that killed bin laden could be a prime target for terrorists. ma rad abcocf1pwastn. >> now, as she mentioned, a lot of other news outlets have reported this guy's name and that he has fled to alaska which is his home. but there are concerns now about, we said national security. >> for alaska, he is from alaska reportedly. now there is trouble because the pentagon requires any retired military personnel if they're going to release some sort of going to reliewass me sort of the department, defense department to make sure that there are not revealing sort of classified information. so he could be in trouble the pentagon. >> also troublesome that a news organization would release the name, boebl putting those other guys -- >> several news outlets doing it. >> abc is but i tkopllly, last 20opleo >> that's right. >> see how if there is any fallout. also this morn develont ia teenage girl from st. louis missing for two years. the now 17-year-old girl says she was held captive in a washington park in -- washington park, illinois, home until she escaped this week. she says her captor raped her every day, got pregnant, had a baby. the s.w.a.t. team recovered the ahe s.w.a.t. team recovered the the prosecution in the drew peterson murder trial expected to rest its case this morning. the former suburban chicago cop accused of killingurth wife. a minister told the courthat stacy peterson was scared by her husband's actions around the time of his third wife's death. stacy peterson's body has never been found. authorities in suburban atlanta have evidence of a crime and a suspect but not the victim or her rescuer. surveillance video shows a man going into a lady's public restroom at a mall, grabbing a woman changing her baby. now another woman drives the man off and has him arrested. but police have no idea who these women are. without that, they can't prosecute the suspect. >> the women in this video helped to -- unbeknownst, identify and capture what we believe is a predator. >> but you didn't have their names? >> don't have their names. and we need them. >> if you know who these women are, please come forward. authorities say the man is also suspected in other similar incidents. this is the only one where he was arrested on the scene. >> good for them. >> uh-huh. european soccer fans are known for plenty of -- outlandish behavior. here is a rather loud example. took place wednesday night in stockholm. >> the team showed up with fireworks, bull horns, loud speakers and stuff to make plenty of noise. cacophony outside the hotel the visiting team. the aim to disrupt the visitors' sleep the night before an important game. >> that's nuts. here is the best part. it didn't work. the visiting team from russia won the match yesterday. 1-nil. >> as we prove on a daily basis everybody functions better when they don't sleep. >> we prove that every morning. >> yes. coming up next, questions about hospital security after a major scare in a pittsburgh maternity ward. and using jet fuel to make a powerful marriage statement. what a blast. no pun intended for the bride and groom. you are watching "world news now." ♪ baby i think i want to marry you ♪ [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about. and which aarp medicare supplement plan works best for you. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor 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the babies aren't taken from the nursery but from the mother's room. that's what happened earlier this month in southern california. watch as this woman, also dressed in hospital scrubs, posing as a nurse, walks into a room to tell a new mother to take a shower before a doctor examined her. >> the victim turned her back, went to take a shower. and the suspect placed the baby inside of the tote bag and tried to leave the emergency room floor. >> reporter: she walked into a high tech security web. the baby was wearing a tiny id bracelet that works like a homing device. triggers alarms near a door or elevator. baby bryce had on a similar bracelet, but it was removed by a nurse while his mother watched because he was about to go home. sharon alfonsi, abc news, new york. this woman that abducted the baby, probably had some mental issues. she said, "mom, guess what -- it is all your fault and dad, too. i keep telling you it wasn't just me." some of the things she was relaying put in handcuffs weren't making sense. she didn't seem very lucid. >> kind of frightening to watch her address reporters and the way she did it. luckily again, the good side is that the baby made it out, and safe back in the right hands. bizarre. >> yes, yes. coming up next, an empowering way to begin a marriage. let's lighten the mood shall we. >> the bride and groom are all fired up about exchanging vows. next. >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. it is all the rage these it is all the rage these days. a big production. flash mobs and stuff. all could result in a go asking the girl to marry him. >> when it comes to the wedding itself the couple you are about to meet sure found a unique way, so to speak to go about getting hitched. kabc's rob hayes does the introductions. >> reporter: jetting in for a beach wedding not that unusual these days. but jet packing in? yep, that is the bride. and that's the groom. jet packing down the watery aisle to their wedding in newport beach. is this what you dreamed of when you were a little girl? >> i never really dreamed of my wedding. if i did i think this would be it. >> reporter: amanda and grant, of grand rapids, michigan thought what better way to tie the knot than to strap on water powered jet packs, skitter across the bay and extend their nuptials on the sand. >> why not? is the question, right? who would pass this up? nobody would pass this up. >> reporter: the bride is always concerned about what she is wearing. in this case she is not wearing a vera wang gown, she is wearing a $99,000 jet pack. that is all part of getting married in a way no one else has. that's how they're pitching it. and certainly the sight of a bride and groom hovering over the water isn't something local residents aren't accustomed to seeing. >> i thought that is really weird. all these crowds start coming, cameras. we are like, huh, we have seen some interesting things around here. this pretty much took the cake. >> reporter: next up for the couple, a trip to lake tahoe and honeymoon in costa rica. >> any jet packs in the honeymoon? >> not yet. >> i like it. something different. been to so many weddings, they seem and look the same. >> getting lots of idea for you -- ideas for your day if you ever pop the question. >> the more weddings i go to, the more weddings i see the more i prefer to elope. there is my plan. remember the michael jackson concert, he flew on the stage in the air pack. >> you have never had a problem getting up, have you? >> never, baby, i come to p okay, so not only is it friday, august 24th. it is national waffle day, everybody. >> yes, indeed. >> dig into the little waffles. >> little -- big, big ones with the pan you put it down, flip it. that's, good with the real maple syrup, strawberry. all that good stuff. >> talking waffles, right? >> indeed. >> national waffle day, the holiday inn express is doing something interesting. they're serving alcohol-flavored waffles alongside a new waffle-flavored vodka. say that three times fast -- waffle-flavored vodka. >> this is actually, holiday inn express in stonybrooke, new york. not all of them. don't want to create a panic across the country. not bad at all. enjoy the friday with that. and of course, it's friday. so enjoy your polka. ♪ [ instrumental "world news now" polka plays ] ♪ [ instrumental "world news now" polka plays ] ♪ >> impressive. >> also national double down for a drink day. >> cheers. >> peace out. >> salud. >> we're drinking. this morning on "world news now" -- dangerouorm. this morning on "world news now" -- dangerous storm. tropical storm isaac is dumping heavy rains and blowing across the caribbean this morning. >> and forecasters and republican delegates are watching isaac's every move as the storm moves towards florida. it's friday, august 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good friday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> what was that again? >> friday. >> sounds so good. i'm paula faris. on this friday, we'll get the latest forecast on tropical storm isaac, and our top story this friday morning. as isaac poses a potential threat to tampa, the extra police officers being sent to the republican national convention may have to move from crowd control to storm patrol. ramifications of isaac far spread, far reaching. >> logistical nightmare. maybe the moral of the story is this, folks, don't schedule a convention at the heart of hurricane season anywhere along the gulf coast. 2016, topeka sounds good, you know what i mean? >> going to run into tornados. >> always something. lessens the chance a little bit. good luck to the folks. a lot on their plate. the big story developing since late last night. pro cyclist, lance armstrong, will be stripped of his seven tour titles. after he gave up his fight in a major doping scandal. the crackdown does not end there. don't think anyone saw that move coming. throwing in the towel saying this is nonsense. i am not going to fight it. it could cost him everything. >> everything, and the u.s. anti-doping agency says they will ban him from cycling. interesting to see what some other institutions like international cycling family has to say about this as well. see if everybody is in accord. definitely some, some -- interesting turns in that case. >> yeah. a seeming fall from grace. a rare look inside a mormon temple at the faithful's focus on marriage and family. and even heaven. and you -- took something interesting out of that piece as well? >> yeah, one of the more, i guess, poked at, poke fun at parts of the religion is addressed. >> no pun. >> in that story as well. we'll get to all of that in just a second. of course, the big story today, throughout the weekend, of course, tropical storm isaac. it is swamping the caribbean this morning. of course, rattling nerves in tampa. >> isaac is not as powerful right now as initially expected but could gain strength after making landfall this morning in the dominican republic and haiti. our coverage begins with abc's t.j. winick. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. tampa may very well dodge a bullet. isaac will still likely make landfall somewhere along the gulf coast. the french west indies felt the power of isaac's wind and rain but the tropical storm is expected to intensify, taking aim at the dominican republic and haiti. boat owners in u.s. virgin islands are also battening down the hatches. >> i took a hotel room here to keep an eye on her during the storm. worst case scenario, that's my blue danielle. >> reporter: though the storm is tracking west, forecasters expect isaac to grow into a hurricane and pose a possible threat to tampa florida during next week's republican national convention. the city's mayor says he will cancel the convention if he has to. governor rick scott says people need to heed any warnings. >> we are going to watch this closely. clearly tampa is ready for the convention. it is beautiful right now. open for business. >> reporter: u.s. military personnel in cuba are also not taking any chances. pretrial hearings at guantanamo bay for five prisoners accused of launching the 9/11 attacks were postponed as authorities evacuate 200 people on the island. >> my concern is preventing any loss of life. so, the bay, and the -- all of the water, around -- there is, storm surge and all that thing. so really it is a consistent plan that we have. >> reporter: isaac expected to grow into a hurricane over 48 hours. cuba should feel effects saturday or sunday. >> thank you, t.j. let's get the latest now on isaac's path from accu-weather. >> meteorologist jim dickey following the storm's every move. good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob, paula. tropical storm isaac continues to slowly strengthen as we head through the day, today, drifting west-northwestward. bringing strong gusty winds to hispaniola, into cuba, near hurricane force. flooding rainfall. 48 inches of rain. will lead to big-time flooding there. going forward will drift its way westward. end up in the gulf of mexico. water is warm. expecting the storm to strengthen to hurricane force and impact the gulf coast going forward. rob, paula, back to you. >> strengthen. instead of weaken. >> and a two as it heads toward the gulf coast. one can do incredible damage. category 1. plus tampa, most vulnerable city to flooding in the entire country. really, when they say take precautions, really those officials mean it for variety of reasons and beyond the convention. >> it will hit hispaniola, haiti, dominican republic, interesting, the prime minister in haiti is asking residents there to tape their windows to prepare for this. asking residents to wire money overseas. so they can have food and water. >> let's be honest here, florida, used to dealing with this unfortunately, the convention, convention will take place. it will all happen. don't forget the storm is going to pound haiti as well. after the 2010 earthquake. that monster earthquake there. 400,000 people in haiti still remain in settlement camps. don't have homes. >> in tents. >> in tents in that country. so, you know trust me, there are problems, then there are problems. haiti has severe problems. >> another problem, in the d.r., being asked to evacuate. but a lot of folks don't want to, because they're afraid that they will be robbed, their home will be robbed. >> very telling. very telling. good luck to everybody. >> it is. and isaac could also shake up the security arrangements for the republican convention in tampa. half of the officers assigned to convention duty are coming from other parts of the state. if the tropical storm worsens, many of those officers would be forced to stay home to deal with possible evacuations. >> i've been on hurricane duty i don't know how many times. i think it will be easy to switch from rnc riot control to hurricane control if that's what we had to do. >> fbi and police in tampa insist the convention security team is prepared and will have plenty of officers in place regardless for the storm or unexpected event. they're expecting 70,000 extra people in tampa that week. another convention shake-up in the works as well. the roll call vote to officially nominate mitt romney will begin monday, not wednesday as originally planned. besides tropical storm isaac, party officials are concerned about a possible disruption from ron paul supporters. meanwhile, romney is on the road focusing on policy. he says his energy plan, for example, would create three million jobs and $1 trillion in new revenue. that plan includes drilling for oil in an alaskan wildlife reserve. also, first lady michelle obama spent nearly 90 minutes last night meeting privately with the families of sikh worshippers killed or injured in a shooting rampage outside milwaukee. a gunman with a ties to a white supremacist group walked into the wisconsin sikh temple and opened fire before turning the gun on himself. mrs. obama offered condolences and listened to personal stories about the victims. police in washington say they're actively investigating a threat against congressman todd akin, the missouri republican under fire since sunday when he said that women's bodies have ways of preventing pregnancies in cases of, quote, legitimate rape. his spokesman claims several threats have been made against him, his family and his staff, via phone calls, e-mails and tweets. now lance armstrong, a stunning development. he said last night that he will not contest charges that he used illegal drugs during his iconic cycling career. those charges were brought by the anti-doping agency, and giving up his fight to clear his name, armstrong called the agency effort against him, an unconstitutional witch-hunt. by not entering an arbitration process, armstrong could be stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned from cycling and most organized sports for life. the reason he said he wasn't going to contest this is because he said he felt like it was going to be one sided and he wouldn't have a fair shot to begin with. >> in his statement he said this investigation has not been about learning the truth or cleaning up cycling but punishing me at all costs. he simply said enough is enough. uh-huh. he says the uci and cycling associations have made it clear, the organization lacks the jurisdiction to even bring these charges. and they ordered them to stop and they haven't. >> the final word, mentioned the cycling organization. >> the uci, here is the thing. they can say they are going to ban him. ultimately that's up to the jurisdiction of the uci, which is cycling's governing board. if -- it gets a little convoluted. they're saying they can strip him. he is saying you don't have final authority. >> what a big risk. get stripped. get banned. wow. >> yeah. exactly. you look at his history, all the tests. they say there is no proof in the pudding. that's what his attorney is saying. >> no one saw that coming. sports item on a much lighter note now. victory tour by the american gymnasts who won gold at the olympics in london, rolls on. >> here she was yesterday, double gold medalist, gabby douglas in her mets' jersey throwing out a ceremonial first pitch here in new york. little outside. at least she made it across the plate. didn't bounce it in. >> such a cutie. douglas admitted she was more nervous than she was for routines at the game. i guess so. no need for nervousness at all. did well. looking good. making her country proud yet again. coming up next, why british newspaper readers will soon see much more of prince harry. and a rare look inside a house of worship off-limits to so many people. understanding the mormon faith and its rituals. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by cascade, all-in-one complete. ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by cascade, all-in-one complete. yes, 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very eye-opening report by abc's dan harris about mormonism. probably more in focus these days than ever before, given that mitt romney is a mormon. >> now the second part of dan's report, an intimate inside look at what makes mormonism unique. >> reporter: we have all seen the outside of the temples, but very few get to go where i went, inside. this is one of the first rooms i saw, celestial room, intensity ornate, meant to evoke the peace and tranquility of heaven. in the temple mormons wear all white. in order to enter, a mormon must be deem chaste and be contributing 10% of their income to the church. you are now looking at the room where the faithful stand in that pool and are baptized in the name of the dead so that they can have the option of converting to mormonism in the afterlife. my guide are two of the church's 12 apostles, prophets, seers, revelators. elder russell ballard. >> we know the voice of the lord. we know when he wants us to do something. >> reporter: they were willing to discuss their rituals to a point, but they would not address rumors of things like secret handshakes. you are not supposed to talk about the details? >> we don't get into the details of that. >> reporter: few other aspects of the faith that outsiders tend to focus on, polygamy, which every mormon will be quick to tell you was outlawed a century ago, and the special undergarments mormon men and women wear every day which we are not showing here because mormons are sensitive to their display. they describe them as simply tangible representations of their faith. but the real center of their faith say mormons is something much larger, the family. you are looking at the sealing room where weddings take place. mormons don't just get married, they are sealed for eternity. to be at the highest level of heaven you need to be married. >> the mormon heaven is a fantastically family affair, family oriented vision of the afterlife. so the significance of the view of heaven dictates a kind of family-centeredness here in what mormons would call mortal life. >> reporter: which is why more than 2/3 of mormons are married compared to half the rest of the population. mormon women are twice as likely to describe themselves as housewives. >> he appeared to joseph smith -- >> reporter: once a week, mormon families like the aherns of pennsylvania are expected to hold family home evening. >> the way to be happy in our families. >> reporter: no phone, tv, computers. just food, prayer, songs, games and lessons. >> the most important part is just having our children know that we love them and love spending time with them and that we are a family that staying together. >> reporter: all of it, says the professor, proof of how the mormon faith is very different and very demanding. dan harris, abc new, new york. >> interesting. do you think with this big breakthrough in american politics, with a mormon presidential candidate, a sign they should be more open about their religion -- what makes them -- mormons have got in to this level of national politics. open the door. shed more light into what goes on. that's the path, you know, that led to acceptance. >> yes. >> understanding. >> exactly. it's such a private, don't want to say private religion. there is so much sanctity involved. the church was new and not used for services. >> mitt romney said that is part of the reason he doesn't want to release the tax returns, the church does not publish how much people give to the church. he doesn't want to divulge how much he gives to the church, the church is private. that's interesting as well. we'll be back with more right after this. >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. what would a friday morning be without an update about our favorite british royal, prince harry. more right high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed 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fully clothed some where this morning, if he is not we'll figure it out. >> we'll get to the bottom of it. that's ironic. this morning, a british tabloid, "the sun," has published harry's naked photos. the paper said not publishing them was freedom of the press issue and claims, quote, there is a clear public interest in order for the debate around them to be fully informed. the royal family asked the picture not be published on the grounds of privacy. >> everyone wants to be fully informed on the story. that brings us to the question yesterday on facebook, should is it fair hard working people in his country pay the bill for his wild partying? if i am wrong, and he is paying his own way, he can do what he wants. >> interesting point. laura asks, whatever happened to what happens in vegas stays in vegas? people are just hating on him. because of who he is and they can't do what he does. haters want to hate. >> i agree. michael, role of voice of reason. as long as prince harry broke no american laws of any kind, it is none of our business. i think though it is an issue of his security detail, how come there were cell phones in that room if the prince was playing, buck-naked pool. that's the logistical question, the security team, have some questions to answer. >> maybe he should review who comes into the room more often. be discriminatory. >> he let you in the room. >> that's not the room. we were watching mud wrestling there. >> i'm sure. >> mud wrestling. coming up, this weekend's big movies. >> including an adventure for a bicycle messenger and star-studded comedy "hit-and-run" "insomniac theater" is next. >> including an adventure for a bicycle messenger and star-studded comedy "hit-and-run" "insomniac theater" is next. comedy "hit-and-run" "insomniac theater" is next. i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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"usa today," good reviews. "usa today" gave it three out of four stars. "l.a. times" compared it to "speed" and "new york daily news," four of five. 74% on rotten tomato. kind of cheesy. good action. >> "hit and run," an action rom-com. kristin bell, dax sheppard. a couple go on a road trip of a lifetime. will lead to opportunities along the way. chased from a friend from the past, bradley cooper, tom arnold, and band of misfits. take a listen. >> i have never had an infected urinary tract. >> oh, really? >> no, i have not. >> you never had hpv either. >> no -- >> all right. no human papillomavirus? >> watch your mouth! watch your mouth! i was vaccinated. unlike you i was born after the polio vaccine. >> what are you talking about? i am five years older than you. two out of five stars. sadly, "hit-and-run," runs out of gas. the "l.a. times" says it's a contender in the guilty pleasure race. we might see one this weekend, my husband and i? >> i think "premium rush" looks better. >> have to agree. >> let's dodge hit-and-run. >> more from abc next. better. >> have to agree. >> let's dodge hit-and-run. >> more from abc next. thisning o this morning on "world news now" -- watching tropical storm isaac, the mighty storm and the mayhem it is bringing to the caribbean right now. >> on top of that, the precautions being taken up and down the florida coast because isaac could interfere with the republican national convention. it's friday, august 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." happy friday. the weekend has arrived. good morning, everybody. good morning to you. >> good morning back to you. >> i'm paula. >> i'm rob. >> nice to meet you. >> thank you for coming. >> i'm rob nelson, good morning. happy friday. find out when isaac could strengthen in a forecast coming up in a second. the woman accused of walking into a pittsburgh hospital and out with a 3-day-old baby. how did this happen with so much security in place? >> yeah, it's incomprehensible that could happen. i have had two small kids i could barely get my kids out of the hospital i was the mother. having a person that was not the parent, escape with this kid and take, kidnap this child. >> good to know they have the tag system that sets off an alarm. >> the tag had been removed. >> some precautions in place. >> the baby is okay. this half-hour, terrifying scene in the subway station. this woman carrying her 4-year-old son, falls right on the tracks. how did it happen? who helped her immediately and how close she was to being in harm's way? those subways, the subway trains come every 60 seconds in some stations. >> she thought the train on the opposite side of the track was hers. that seems odd as well. there are some questions here. luckily they are okay. the video is hard to look at. later, lighten the mood a little bit to talk about the high-profile feud involving madonna and elton john. two divas, her words of apology on stage. may not have been so sincere. the battle of egos. in"the skinny." the battle continues. >> explain that for me. can you do that for me? we'll begin with the storm watch, isaac toying with tampa as millions brace for the absolute worst. >> the caribbean is getting battered this morning as tropical storm isaac head to hispaniola, the path has shifted further west. tampa and republican convention are still not in the clear. with more now here is abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: isaac is charging through the caribbean, 600 miles across with winds whipping up to 50 miles an hour. isaac flooding parts of puerto rico and neighboring islands with heavy rain bands spinning out 300 miles from the center. 200 people evacuated from guantanamo bay, cuba, where troops are sandbagging buildings. in miami they're feverishly buying provisions. >> every family should be prepared to sustain themselves up to 72 hours. >> reporter: in tampa, all eyes and headlines on the storm. it happens that tampa is the most flood-prone city in the entire country. >> even a category 1 can push up to eight feet of water. >> if you have the right storm at the right angle moving at the right speed, obviously, it has the ability to funnel a lot of the water up into the bay. >> reporter: as many as 800,000 people live in the evacuation zone here and would have to live if a category one storm threatened the area. travel delays are expected. airlines allowing passengers to change tickets without penalty. they're not the only ones changing itineraries. abc news learned that a number of security officials from other parts of the state have canceled their plans to help at the convention to help their own communities get ready. they don't need a hurricane to cause serious disruptions. even a tropical storm could cause an eight-foot storm surge here. that would submerge the bridge and road behind me causing may your disruptions for the convention. matt gutman, abc news, tampa. isaac could strengthen into a hurricane. but the question is when? >> meteorologist jim dickey has the latest from accu-weather. good morning. tropical storm isaac continues to slowly strengthen as we head through the day today, drifting west-northwestward. bringing strong wind to hispaniola. big time flooding there. now going forward here, drift its way further northward and westward. end up in the gulf of mexico. water is warm. expect it to impact the gulf coast going forward. rob, paula. back to you. >> thank you, jim. this is such a tense time of year along the gulf coast. today is the 20th anniversary of hurricane andrew making landfall in florida. the first hurricane of the '92 season. at the time was the costliest u.s. hurricane ever. next week, the 29th, marks the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina which decimated new orleans and mississippi. so this time of the year is rough in that part of the country. >> basically a lot of uncertainty. hope it does weaken when it goes over haiti and dominican republic. that's the best case scenario. here is the rest of your friday forecast. isolated showers along the east coast. thunderstorms around minneapolis, omaha and kansas city. stormy from oklahoma city to dallas, shreveport, monsoons in the desert southwest. how is your tie there? >> good. my collar. shy of 100 in phoenix. 90 down in dallas. mostly 80s from the rockies into the nation's midsection and east coast. those monsoon storms in the southwest already have parts of arizona under water. emergency crews had to rescue two people stranded in a medical transport van. the driver was taking a disabled man to dialysis when they were swept off the road. they were both pulled to safety without serious injuries. a wildfire tearing through northern california has now destroyed more than 80 homes and it is still threatening nearly 1,000 others. the fire is 60% contained after scorching 44 square miles. 2,500 firefighters on the ground but they don't expect it to be fully under control until next week. they're making progress. yesterday, 50% contained and today, 60%. surprising new details about colorado movie theater shooting suspect james holmes emerged during a court hearing yesterday. it turns out that just six weeks before his rampage, holmes was banned from his college for making threats after he failed a neuroscience doctoral exam. while the university spokesperson disputed holmes was banned from the campus but did confirm a criminal background check was done on him. a three-day-old boy kidnapped from a pittsburgh hospital has been found unharmed and is now safely back with his family. a woman wearing scrubs and posing as a nurse told the baby's mom he needed a final test before being released from the hospital. that's when the woman and the newborn vanished. the baby was later found, and the woman who was arrested had some very bizarre things to say. >> i hurt one person's feelings that i love by a lie, i know that. >> who did you hurt? >> can't tell you that. >> a boyfriend or something? >> yeah. >> guess what, mom, it is all your fault. >> did you know these people? >> dad, you, too. >> oh. >> that's very bizarre. she said i keep telling you it wasn't just me. so maybe she didn't act alone. very bizarre. hospital administrators say they don't believe the suspect is an employee. doctors examined the baby. he is in good health. people wonder how can this happen. your baby in icu or delivered your baby, they actually put something on the leg of the child. >> bracelet. >> not necessarily. sometimes a bracelet but sometimes it just goes around the ankle. if they even leave, the alarms go off. but the alarm had been taken off at 12:34 in front of the mother. then there was a 45-minute window the baby didn't have the tag on, and the woman disappeared. at 1:15, we are ready to leave with our baby. couldn't find the baby. >> you can tell from the sound bite in the piece, we are talking it someone very disturbed here. hopefully she gets the help she need. the baby is safe. moving on this morning, a woman is safe after a terrifying high speed drive across missouri. the accelerator on her suv got stuck while she was driving on the interstate. she called her husband and 911 as she sped along at speeds up to 110 miles an hour. finally managed to pull over. a cop ran to the car to get her out and put that car in park. talk about some scary moments. ooh, lucky lady. the victim of a rare flesh eating disease is home again. 24-year-old amy copeland lost both hands, her left leg, and right foot to the life threatening infection. spent more than three months in hospitals before returning to her parents' home which donations have made wheelchair accessible. her father says her spirits are good. what an amazing recovery. lucky, lucky lady, again. >> great story. and here's a fish tale about the one that didn't get away. get it? >> okay. >> hawaii woman fought a 12-foot, half-ton marlin, for more than four hours before she and tournament teammates managed to reel that sucker in. >> look at that thing. the good news. the bad news, she missed out on thousands of dollars in prize money. the international game fish ing association rules say she needed to reel in the monster marlin by herself to get the cash. >> okay. that's right. she had to be the jolly green giant to reel that thing in. >> the rules are a the rules. a tough one. reeling in jaws. are you kidding me? >> you would be able to, the bulging muscles of yours. >> i have never been fishing a day in my life. it's boring to me. >> you have been to school in -- in north carolina, for goodness sakes. >> and? >> watching tar heel basketball. >> i love deep water fishing, freshwater fishing. i'll go. you and me. >> it's a date. >> i will reel it in. you can -- >> perfect. coming up, katie holmes rebounding in a big way, doing something she has never done before. >> the mother who is thanking her stars and strangers after what could have been a brush with death. you're watching "world news now." ♪ rescue me ♪ i want your tender charm ♪ i'm lonely and blue >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by charmin extra strong. ouncer: "world news now" weather brought to you by charmin extra strong. news now." ♪ rescue me ♪ i want your tender charm ♪ i'm lonely and blue >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by charmin extra strong. ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by charmin extra strong. e you, hon? 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>> oh my gosh. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: reaction was universal. watch what happens after the woman falls. within second several people have jumped on to the tracks and work together to pull the woman and child back to the platform. within 20 second they're off the tracks, personnel are at the scene and good samaritans scrambled out of harm's way. >> would you have done the same? >> absolutely. >> amazingly no one sustained any visible injuries. both the woman and her son were taken to mgh for evaluation. she later told t officials she saw the northbound train on the other side of the track and thought she could board from the southbound platform. surprisingly, few speculated about what motivated the incident. it didn't matter to most. >> i wouldn't make the judgment. i would jump in, help the mom out right away. no question. >> human reaction to help save a child. >> it doesn't surprise me. because i think that we're getting to a place where we're not bystanders anymore, we are actually getting in there and helping each other. >> reporter: t officials applauded the action of witnesses but said it is best to get t personnel first since the third rail is electrified. >> wow. we are so distracted as human beings, especially as mothers these days. i am not going to judge that woman in the least. there was no barricade. in new york there is a barricade in between the train so could clearly tell one is going northbound. one is going southbound. >> there doesn't appear to be a median or whatever there. again, kudos to the good samaritans in the case. stepped in. 20 seconds later she was off the tracks. >> that little boy is okay. she seemed a little embarrassed. >> wow, man. her fall almost as bad as the red sox. oh. >> you had to go there? >> i love you, boston. just playing. just playing. all right, coming up next -- that's okay, they're okay, most important thing. and from morning tonight, the "gma" team goes primetime. >> madonna has a message for elton john, rather, that this guy is going to explain for all of us. it is all coming up in "the skinny." e skinny." ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> we talked the last few weeks between the feud between elton john and madonna. madonna has been giving lady gaga grief, she feels like her big hit "born this way" robs a little bit from "express yourself" talking trash about lady gaga. gaga is the godmother of one of elton's kids. came to gaga's defense, talking trash about madonna at one point saying she looked like a fairground stripper. harsh words. a concert in france, madonna was giving. she dedicated her song, "masterpiece" to elton. saying, i know he is a big fan of it and a big fan of mine. and you know, i forgive him. got to start some where. sound look an apology, right, not quite. the back story on that. and "masterpiece" is the song that actually beat out elton john's song "hello, hello" for best original song at the golden globes in january. he was so furious she won over him. he said the speech was embarrassing in its narcissism. the bad blood continues. a backhanded apology to say the least. the war of words doesn't seem to be dying down. >> war of the divas. >> well-played, madonna, sing the song that beat his song. battle of the egos, folks. the new number-one morning show, "good morning america," on piers morgan, all of them, the cast. back in the day, george stephanopoulos wasn't just a political heavy hitter, also a bit of a sex symbol. george. >> a lot of ladies like george. >> his wife was welcomed into the exclusive with piers morgan and started talking about their sex life. kind of like an ew, mom and dad moment. take a listen. >> what do you and george talk about in bed? >> in bed? >> in bed. >> we're both reading. you know. >> what do you read? >> the history of islam," and he is reading "in style" magazine. >> is it true? this is a fairly shocking revelation. do you read "in style" magazine in bed, george? >> of course, i do. i have to prep for gma. >> that is a very telling comment, mr. stephanopoulos. >> oh, my. his wife is hysterical, allie wagner. >> "in living color" her big break. very interesting relationship there. good for him. >> i love their marriage. i think they're a fun couple the -- they're very interesting. george. apparently katie perry and john mayer splitsville. a source says they'll be friend. they're going their separate ways. i'm sure john will be celibate until the end of the show. >> yeah, about five seconds. real quick. katie holmes is going to be making her premiere at fashion week in new york and scored the tents, which is considered fashion week central. kudos to her. she is serious. line, luxury label, selling at barney's new york. got $12,000 you want to cough up for a jacket? 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