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the hospital's care so they left, admittedly walking out without a proper discharge. >> they told us we need to do surgery right away. we want to have a second opinion from a second doctor from a different hospital. i took my son. >> reporter: they took sammy to kaiser permanente where records show the doctor who examined him said the baby was safe to go home with his parents. in a statement, sutter memorial tells abc news, "our nurses and physicians are bound by duty to call authorities if they believe a pediatric patient's health is in danger." but these parents say, there was no imminent danger. >> it's like people taking your baby away, stealing your baby, and you don't know what is going to go on. >> the parties in the case can't comment because of privacy. baby sammy is still in the hospital and will be transferred to a different one then he head home. a judge ruled that cps will make home visits. his parents had to agree to never again take him from a hospital against doctor's orders. cecelia vega, abc news, los angeles. >> pretty outrageous, right? >> really is. i love there are these laws out there that protect the children. and that's understandable because they need protection. they can't protect themselves. but i do also believe that this story -- missing a little bit of common sense. >> how about a little common sense? that's exactly what i was going to say. by the way, when they took sammy away, they didn't tell those parents where they could find him or how they could follow up on it. >> then the police officers in there ripping the child out of the mom's hands, saying, i can't talk to you right now because you are not being rational. >> like she's supposed to be rational when they're taking her baby. >> i don't know what else to say. let's move on. >> still to come, the time of year we hear the jingle of mr. softie. on the streets of a small town that music was a battle cry. >> coming up next the ice cream turf war between mr. dingaling and snowcone joe. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues afte ♪ silver bells hanging on a string ♪ ♪ she told me it was my dingaling aling ♪ ♪ my dingaling >> that's not a bad request. >> summer months away, but in gloversville, new york, the ice cream wars are really heating up. >> the owner of one ice cream truck believes the city isn't big enough for two. lindsay neilson has all of the details. ♪ >> reporter: that friendly sound of an ice cream truck turned mean on the streets of gloversville. police say starting an ice cream war. >> it is a rather unique situation. >> reporter: police say the gloversville, mr. dingaling would greet customers and then came aggressively loud music of snowcone joe. police say the operators of snowcone joe, 34-year-old josh malatino, and his girlfriend, 21-year-old amanda scott, were talking mr. dingaling on several different occasions on multiple city streets. >> one of our officers actually witnessed one of the ice cream trucks following the other ice cream truck. >> reporter: police say an attempt to steal away customers from mr. dingaling, malatino and scott shouted that snowcone joe ice cream was free. >> he had two vehicles, two ice cream trucks they were both engaged in the conduct. >> reporter: i called josh malatino. when asked about the incidents, he said his girlfriend was the owner and that his attorney could answer my questions, but calls to his attorney were not returned. police say last summer malatino was warned for using similar tactics. >> we have addressed issues similar to this with mr. malatino and his legal counsel, cautioning him against this type of behavior in the past. >> can you believe that one? >> i cannot believe that one. mr. dingaling, poor guy. >> snowcone joe. the names alone are great. officers charge the operator of snowcone joe, malatino and scott, with harassment and misdemeanor stalking. >> if convicted, they could spend up to three months in jail. stay away from 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i'm gonna. >> i'm gonna instead of i wanna. >> "field of dreams" if you build it they will come. >> if you build it he will come. >> if you build it he will come. >> he will come. >> and the last one, "snow white and the seven dwarfs," the evil witch. mirror, mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all. >> that sounds right to me. >> it does. it's wrong. >> magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? >> hear that, magic mirror on the wall. not mirror, mirror. >> so many good ones on the list. >> do a good one. >> do you feel lucky, punk? dirty harry. it is really, you got to ask yourself one question, do i feel lucky, well, do you, punk? there you go. oh, man. >> i know. >> let's get to another one. a realty firm offering raises for people who will get the name of the firm tattooed on their body. >> i don't know about this one. >> founder of rapid realty, giving employees a chance to show team spirit and paying extra cash. 1,100 employees. 40 have taken him up on an 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officials think it might be the right time to help. >> strong sales, consumers are buying cars again. good news for the economy. why it is even better for the dealers who sell american. >> through the eyes of a child. a young girl's dreams of a perfect world may be the next google doodle. her amazing design and the dream behind it. it is thursday, may 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. we begin this half-hour with record snowfall and bitterly cold temperatures. it is really a bizarre headline for may 2nd isn't it? >> it is. you can't argue with the numbers. 20 inches of snow from cheyenne, wyoming. how about denver, 80 degrees monday. bitterly cold 30s on tuesday. getting around has been very tough. the spring snow is welcome in colorado and wyoming. two states plagued by drought however. it is picking up the snow pack that feeds the area's water supply. so i guess that's a good thing. in southern california, strong winds are pushing a wildfire that's forced some people out of their homes. it's already burned 3,000 acres, along with one house and several vehicles. one firefighter was injured battling this blaze. it is unclear how it started and officials aren't saying when they expect to fully have it under control. >> so there is more snow on today's weather menu. >> let's find out what is out there, accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has inside information. >> good morning, john, diana. a map here this morning looking more like something out of march or even february. a band of snow stretching from the great lakes all the way down the front range of the rockies. thankfully, the snow ending in the denver area. this will continue through the day, this snowfall, unprecedented stuff. cold arctic air diving in, out of canada, meeting moist air drawn out of the gulf of mexico. that band of heavy snow will stay in place through the day. a wide area picking up three to six inches of snow through friday. does include omaha and minneapolis as well, locally as much as 10 inches of snow. this system will stall out more or less. it's going to keep heavy rain along the mississippi river through saturday. start looking for flooding, and already soaking rainfall with a slow moving system still overhead today. >> jim, thank you. >> three college friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev are facing federal charges in connection with the crime. three helped tsarnaev get rid of his backpack and laptop after the bombing. agents say text messages proves their involvement. but their defense attorneys say it is not true. >> we dispute and we will be looking forward to proving our case in a court. >> two of the 19-year-old suspects are from kazakhstan. the other is an american citizen. >> with no end in sight for syria's bloody civil war the white house is under growing pressure to take some kind of action. so far president obama has been reluctant to get involved, but as abc's jonathan karl reports that may be changing. >> reporter: embattled syrian president bashar al assad the man accused of using chemical weapons on his own people made his first public appearance in more than a month appearing entirely at ease on syrian state tv, touring an electrical plant in damascus. the white house is turning up the heat. >> syria's future cannot include assad. his hands are bathed in blood, the blood of his own people. he has no place in syria's future and no support from the syrian people. >> reporter: senior u.s. officials say the administration is now considering sending weapons to rebel fighters. they have requested anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons. abc news has learned the first nonmilitary aid to rebel fighters arrived in syria and more is in the pipeline. including body armor, military vehicles, and night vision goggles. sending weapons would be a big escalation, and a move that president obama rejected last year out of fear that the weapons would end up in the hands of anti-american extremists. no decision has yet been made on whether to send weapons to the syrian rebels. one reason the idea is under active consideration is that it may effectively be the best of several bad ideas. a way to put pressure on the syrian government without committing u.s. troops. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. an investigation is underway this morning into what caused the death of a popular doctor. dr. autumn klein collapsed in her home over the weekend. she was 41 years old and mother of a 6-year-old girl. police say she may have died from cyanide poisoning. klein was a professor of neurology and the chief of the division of women's neurology at pennsylvania hospital. >> vice president joe biden speaking out against violence against women. at a fund raiser last night in washington, biden said that women who had been abused are afraid to file a police report. >> why do you think women who get raped, so many don't report it. they don't want to get raped again by the system. they want to be put through what they have to be put through. >> incredibly strong words. biden says women are afraid to leave abusers because they would have to leave behind their children. he's touting the recently re-authorized violence against women act as critical to help women escape violent situations. >> these remarks came at a benefit for the d.c. volunteer lawyers project, an organization for which his daughter-in-law, kathleen biden, wife of hunter biden serves as vice president. >> it's just great that finally something is getting done. gruesome new evidence this morning that the early settlers at jamestown were cannibals. scientists at the smithsonian revealed the discovery of the bones of a 14-year-old girl that show clear signs she was cannibalized. evidence indicates clumsy chops to the body and head of the girl who appeared to have already been dead at the time. >> fans of the chicago cubs considering the unthinkable. the possibility of their team moving out of chicago. the team is prosing a $500,000 renovation of wrigley field. to help pay for it, the cubs want to install a large screen in left field for advertising. for the first time publicly, cubs' brass threw down the gauntlet. >> i am not sure how any body is going to stop signs in the outfield. if it comes to the point that we don't have the ability to do what we need to do in our outfield, we will have to consider moving. without the proposed signage, the cubs are losing out on $20 million a year in ad revenue. the team filed a renovation plan with the city. the chicago city council and city planners are now considering it. you know every single park in baseball has the advertising i suppose except for wrigley. >> blaspheme. how dare he say he will take the team out of the city. what? >> you can't take them out of city. it's wrigley field. >> the bears and the cubs. >> da bears. >> they belong in the same city. >> of course. the guy has to make a little money. let him have a few tasteful billboard out there. >> i agree. i think what will end up happening fans are going to revolt. wrigley field will say okay. >> never been to wrigley. i have a clan of cousins in chicago. every summer i threaten to go out there and watch a game. >> just chicago in general. >> it is a great town. >> well it has been six months since hurricane sandy blew apart so many lives and yet there is seemingly no end to the amazing stories of survival. >> it include this guy, a dog named midnight. found wandering the streets of brooklyn with a mysterious bite on his foot. more importantly, he was alone, no tag, no microchip, no proof of a rabies vaccine. >> unfortunately, he landed in quarantine, and since his owners were never found, midnight has been locked up ever since. thanks to the generosity of doggy docs and special care, midnight has been declared clean and healthy. all he needs now is a home and a loving family to look after him. i think he's going to get it. >> good looking dog. 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trucks a week. that is up 74% from last year. but in order for business to keep booming both here and at dealerships around the country, they'll need to see the economy, housing and most importantly, jobs, stay on steady footing and continue to improve. there are no guarantees on that front. rebecca jarvis, abc news, old bridge, new jersey. >> numbers are pretty staggering too. when you think about imports versus domestic. domestic sales up 10%. imports down almost 9%. when we talk domestic trucks, up even more, 13%. altogether, it looks like, imports are just down and down significantly. >> i'm probably eventually going to be in the market. for a new car. my eyes, for the first time in years are wandering on some of these fords and chryslers. they're looking really good. i think they bridged that gap, or at least the perceived gap between imported cars. >> they look nice. they run well. they're reliable. >> reliable. i think american car companies have finally, finally gotten it right. >> took a while. >> took too long. >> the way we like it though. when we come back, the death of the rapper from the group crisscross. >> in "the skinny," jennifer aniston and brad pitt, why their history forced jen to potentially reschedule her wedding. you're watching "world news now." ♪ jump jump ♪ kris kross >> if you are a kid from the 80s you recognize the song as soon as you hear it. unfortunately we have bad news to report about kris kross, one half of the duo, chris kelly has been found dead in his apartment. i cannot believe i am reporting this. 34 years old. so incredibly young. remember him when he was a teeny tiny baby wearing his clothes backward. they were the cutest things to hit the scene in like 1991 or something. and they started this crazy trend where boys and girls and even some adults were wearing this, doing this, wearing their, their pants backward and shirts and it was just the most adorable thing. not known why he died. autopsy planned for thursday. you know, he was, he was mac daddy, stage name was mac daddy, his partner was daddy mac. all kinds of people are reacting to this. we have rapper da brat saying "rest in peace my little bro." and says "weren't we just rehearsing for the so so def show." interesting that he was still performing. everybody will have something to say. it really is shocking. apparently chief and editor of "hip-hop website" global grind says he will wear his clothes backwards tomorrow in honor of him. >> shame. >> it is. 34 years old is too young. >> we'll get more on this one. man, oh, man. jennifer aniston has a wedding plan with justin thoreau, and according to "us weekly" worried about sort of having to compete with brad and angelina getting married this summer. the gist of it, according to the source talking to "us weekly." jennifer aniston basically said, let's delay this thing. there was some talk of trying to beat them to the punch, but apparently, her boyfriend didn't like that idea. according to the 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designs? well sometimes they pick the brains of little ones. >> and the theme for this year was "my best day ever." and we had 130,000 submissions across the entire country. >> reporter: in this auditorium of 4th graders at stokes elementary school, one of the finalists in the nationwide doodle 4 google contest. >> and the new york state winner is one of your classmates. the winner is -- >> audrey zane. >> reporter: audrey's proud mother recorded the moment when those at google unveiled her daughter's design. >> one, two. >> reporter: so what is audrey's best day ever. she says it is the day when she discovers paradise. >> my design is a place that is perfect and there is nothing wrong with it, like -- no pollution, nothing. >> reporter: a panel of celebrity judges will rate audrey's design. there is also online voting. if audrey wins she will not only get to see her design on the google home page for a day and will also win a $30,000 college scholarship. her school could win a $50,000 technology grant. >> it is really amazing that i could actually win. >> reporter: the national winner of the contest will be announced later this month at the museum of natural history in manhattan. in levitytown, long island, kristin thorn, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> wow. >> a talented young little lady. >> so sweet. kind of simple. very easy. >> i have a daughter. she went through fairies, flowers, rainbows. >> right up her alley. >> you have a little boy, monster trucks, things blowing up. >> so sweet. a quote from this very intelligent little girl, apparently, her best day ever. the day she discovers paradise, she says. a mystical dream realm without pollution or anything that is not good for the environment. and where she can play with dragons, romp with leopards and >> good morning. i'm john muller. >> i'm diana perez. here are top stories we are following on "world news now." more arrests in the boston bombings. now friends of the suspect are accused of helping him dump incriminating evidence. close call at a busy airport. two planes clipped each other's wings while on the runway. this morning, investigators trying to figure out how it happened. >> deep sleep, at what cost? a new study find a sharp rise in the number of emergency room visits for people taking certain sleeping pills. why the side effects may impact women more than men. >> and the sweet story of how dance is changing the lives of some very special young ladies. find out why this one is our "favorite story of the day." it its thursday, may 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. that really is our "favorite story of the day." wait until you hear about this little girl. her name is abby. she's just the sweetest thing. >> abby penny, right? >> yes. >> great name. movie star name. >> yes, she will be a movie star. >> looking forward to that one. >> we'll begin with three arrests in the boston bombing case. college friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev are accused of helping him get rid of evidence. >> a suspect is charged with lying to federal agents. with more, here is abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: diana and john, good morning. some very serious charges authorities allege that three individuals all 19-year-olds saw their friend's image on television and went to his dorm room before authorities could search it. the three new suspects appeared in federal court, charges against them say that before the fbi searched dzhokhar tsarnaev's room at umass dartmouth, two of his friends, dias kadyrbayev and azamat tazhayakov, had already thrown out his laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks. the two men are charged with obstruction of justice. >> a broad charge. anything to do with impeding, aiding or destroying evidence. >> the third suspect, robel phillipos is charged with lying to federal agents. the government alleges one of the friends sent dzhokhar a text message after seeing pictures identifying him as a bombing suspect. dzhokhar, responded with an lol laughing out loud, text. >> depending on severity and involvement of somebody will clearly depend -- ultimately determine the sentence they will end up with. >> the two, both from kazakhstan, had been detained for two weeks on visa violations since they were first questioned about the marathon bombings. >> part of the responsibility of investigators is to explore all possible associations or connections. >> reporter: catherine russell, the widow of tamerlan tsarnaev, remains under intense federal scrutiny for her possible role. her attorney denies she had any knowledge of the bomb plot. john and diana, a prominent death penalty lawyer is joining dzhokhar tsarnaev's defense team and represented unabomber, ted kaczynski, and tucson shooter jared loughner. diana and john? >> tahman bradley, thank you. >> i don't think any one out there would say that was smart of them. what were they thinking? >> if it's true, what were you thinking? absolutely, positively right. it's hard to look the other way. >> not smart. >> not at all. a washington, d.c. cab driver who is muslim says he was attacked by a passenger who called him a terrorist. he caught some of what happened there on this cell phone. the cabbie was an army reservist and iraq war veteran. says the passenger compared him to the boston bombers and threatened to kill him. the incident is under investigation. a serious situation going on right now in southern california. a brush fire there has already scorched about 3,000 acres along with at least one house and several vehicles. strong winds are expected to continue today. what's not helping is that hundreds of firefighters are battling this blaze. officials aren't saying when they expect to have it fully contained. close call at one of the nation's busiest airports. two jets preparing for takeoff at newark liberty international airport clipped each other. no one was hurt when the left wing clipped the tail of the united airlines plane while they were both taxiing. both planes returned to the terminal. passengers were put on other flights. frontier airlines trying to find a happy medium for passengers trying to avoid the baggage fees, then not finding space in the overhead bin. the airline will charge economy customers who book through third party website for carry on bags. won't be cheap. $25 in advance. $100 at the gate. frontier will charge $2 for soda and coffee. >> i guess, you know what, everybody is slowed down. the people who come with a gigantic bag and have this fantasy it's going to somehow fit in the overhead. it can be annoying. >> sure. i agree. a lot of people save on baggage fees by bringing in the carry-on. going to charge me $100 for a carry-on. i'm any just going to -- might e chdtri cheaper to buy my clothat my destination. >> how about no baggage fees and then we won't have any issues. >> i like that. want to take over the airline industry? >> sign me up. >> all righty. a family in central florida is staying positive despite a filthy situation. that situation -- three feet of mud in their filled the place tuesdyni stil werle te af- still one of the residents say and she is thanking od s >> quite a sight. coming up, a look at your weather. that spring snow is moving east from denver, leaving its mark today around minneapolis, omaha as well, and even kansas, where snowfall in may is almost unheard of. also, expect heavy rain along the gulf coast with flood warnings in some spots. >> chilly temperatures around dallas. nearly 40 degrees below normal there. and, normally chilly san francisco bay area is going to climb into the 80s. close to 100 inland. all right. now to the looming legal battle over access to the morning after pill. the justice department is appealing a judge's order, which left all age restrictions on the with more on the controversial decision, here is abc's marci emency acep the fda lowering the age requirement announcing anyone or older can buy the morning after pill over the counter at drug stores, no prescription, parental permission, or doctor's note needed, sparking outrage from opponents. >> should shows an alarming lack of concern for the safety of young girls and the fundamental rights of parents. >> reporter: the new rule applies to the plan b one step brand of morning after pill and requires customers to provide proof of age at the checkout counter prompting more concerns from advocates and doctors. >> i think it is a positive step that the age was lowered to age 15. but there are still major barriers. how many 15-year-olds truly have proof that they're 15. >> and the decision to lower the age limit from 17 to 15 falls short of a court order set to take effect monday requiring that all brands of emergency contraception be available over the counter to all ages. >> it is frustrating because this case has been going on for over ten years. one of the things that the federal judge said was that -- the fda had delayed and dragged its feet for years and years and years. and so unfortunately, this is another delay. >> reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. and now to one of those stories that just tears at your heart strings. this one starts at chicago's midway airport. where illinois national guardsmen arrived yesterday. >> yeah, they had been overseas in kuwait for a year. among those arriving was sergeant timothy gleason, the father of four boys. three were there at the airport. >> the fourth, t.j., was at his school. despite his welcome home daddy sign, tj didn't know his dad was going to get there yesterday until he saw him. >> i love that. >> the bear hug is pretty much the rest of the story. >> that is just the greatest. >> that is just -- i cannot, never get tired of watching these things. >> sim here. when you see a little girl or boy run up and say daddy or mommy, it's just phenomenal. >> so cool. >> yeah. good for them. coming up, how the beauty of dance has transformed a 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90 minutes after, i smash into a big rig. at four hours, i think i'm okay, but see this red light? i run right through it. the drug's manufacturer says it stands behind the substantial body of clinical data demonstrating the safety and efficacy of ambien and its 20 years of real world use. more than half of those who went to the er had mixed the sleeping pill with another drug or alcohol. which can boost side effects. doctors warn that this extremely popular drug must be used carefully. lisa stark, abc news, washington. >> scary. >> oh, boy. >> have you taken ambien? >> i have not. you? >> i have never taken it. actually, on this shift, i'm starting to think about sominex, just the over the counter one that's not related to this one. it's the light stuff. >> used to take something when i did the night shift years ago, kind of gifd just give a little kick to knock out. >> for us, we like a good night's sleep. for some people like literally impossible. people watching right now. >> some people can't do it. here we can't. we are working. and for people with shifts like ours, you go home, it's the middle of the day. bright outside. how are you expected to sleep eight full hours. you haven't had eight hours since we started here? >> friday into saturday i do 12 hours. >> sometimes more sleep is the ticket. here's the problem with what we are seeing here, even after in clinical trials, even after the medicine has been in your body eight hours it still runs the risk of making you not so alert when you are on the road. and the other problem is, becomes less effective over time. so people are taking more of it. >> right, right, right. >> and it's still affecting your body. >> something to think about, i suppose. >> still ahead, dancing dreams. >> going to introduce you to some young women finding the rhythm in life. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc statio ♪ just dance ♪ just dance >> wearing a tutu and dancing like a ballerina is a cherished part of childhood for most little girls. a very special dance program here in new york is make shoeing that is true even for little girls with disabilities. >> a great one. and it is our "favorite story of the day." and amanda vanallen spent time with the girls of dancing dreams. >> i want to be a professional dancer. >> reporter: like many young girls, abby penny loves to dance. her mother brings her to dance once a week and right now abby is practicing for her beg show. >> she can't wait to get here. the other girls. the dancing and evything >> this is dancing dreams, a ballet program for girls with physical disabilities. >> i'm a physical therapist, and i have a practice in pediatrics, and one day a little girl i was treating who was dressed in a tiara and tutu looked at me and said, i wish i could be a dancer, but nobody wants me, and i thought, i could do something about this. >> dancing dreams started in 2002 with only five girls, and now over 50 dancers get a chance to pull up their tutus and take their chance in the spotlight. >> it gives them the chance to be on stage, just like their friends. they're proud of themselves. they're happy. >> and happy, in abby's case, is an understatement. dancing dreams gives her hope. >> there's something called the special olympics, and i actually want to do that. so maybe i could get stronger and maybe improve my dancing more. >> abby has spina bifida, which is a result of the spinal cord not completely developing in the womb. there is still no cure, and the causes are unknown. abby's twin brother, however, does not have the same condition. >> i've had about six or seven surgeries. i'm about to have my eighth this summer. it's challenging having this problem, but somehow, i don't know how, i'm getting through it. >> dancing dreams and her partner sarah are helping her through those tough challenges. >> i love hanging out with my helper sarah. we always laugh, and we have fun together. >> we talk a lot. she's comfortable with me. she opens up to me. we both look forward to seeing each other every week. >> today is finally the day, after months and months of hard work, it's time for the annual dancing dreams show right here in new york city. there's glitter, bows, tutus, absolutely everywhere, and these girls are so ready to show their stuff. ♪ winning combination every move that she makes ♪ ♪ one smile and suddenly nobody else will do ♪ ♪ ♪ getting to know you ♪ getting to feel free and easy ♪ ♪ when i am with you getting to know what to say ♪ >> is that cool? that was so cool. i love it. >> they told my mom and dad before i was born that i might not be able to walk, and then when i was 3, i proved them wrong because then i started walking, and i am just happy that i'm like dancing. ♪ >> i think everybody's just incredibly amazed by those incredible girls. i was up here tearing up a little bit. >> you were? >> i'm a new mom. >> a little verklempt. when you have a kid, it happens. i had my daughter, i started getting teary. it happens. you get tough again. >> joining us is amanda, who did this story for us. we thank you, amanda. remarkable young group of girls. abby, wonderful child. what about the parents? >> her parents are incredibly involved. you met the mother in the piece, of course, and she is so helpful. she has a twin brother, of course. he loves her. he doesn't like going to all the shows and all that stuff, but he definitely supports her. her older sister, actually, is a dancer. so abby gets to be a dancer just like her sister. >> awesome. great piece, amanda. we'll be right back. o be a dancer look her sister. >>. awesome, great piece. amanda. we will be right back. than the leading value brand. oh! there it is. thanks son. hey! 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problem solver with a big personality. ♪ >> reporter: host of her own show on youtube. do it yourself science projects for kids. >> and we'll teach you how to clone your own toys. super simple. >> reporter: more than 1.5 million views so far. how old are you? >> i'm 11. >> reporter: not bad for 11. >> thank you. >> reporter: silvia todd show's is very much a family production. >> me and my dad put together the script. >> do you look to solder? he's the guy behind the camera. >> reporter: at a time when the u.s. lags behind other countries in science education, especially for girls, she's a role model. >> i have gotten e-mails from kids and parents. i have gotten some teachers who are like, "i showed your show in class. it is very good." >> sylvia, good to see you. >> reporter: last week she was invited to take part in the white house science fair. >> what have we got here? >> reporter: the president seemed impressed by her water color robots. >> you did a great job. >> reporter: her school friend were impressed by that. do they treat you differently now that you're a celebrity? >> well, sort of. my friends are still my friends. i still act the way i did before i met the president. i'm not all like -- >> reporter: i have three daughters younger than you. i would be delighted if they grew up to be like you. >> thanks. >> reporter: when she grows up she wants to be an astronaut. already she is a science star. >> get out there and make something. >> reporter: david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> she is super awesome. >> having nothing but cute girls all morning long. the google girl who did that thing. >> keep 'em coming. >> the dancer. >> she needed funding to go on the trip to the white house. she went to gofundme and two dozen well wishers fund herd to go to the white house and meet the president. because of that she is super awesome cool. >> super awesome. >> just super awesome. >> announcer: more americans choose abc news to see the whole pict this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now" -- more arrests in the boston bombing case. this time, friends of the suspect are accused of helping dump the evidence. >> also this morning, 3,000 acres burning in southern california. how firefighters are trying to get the upper hand on this intense blaze. >> he had two vehicles, two ice cream trucks, they were both engaged in the course of conduct. then a softie smackdown on the streets of upstate new york. how fondness for frozen treats became a cold war. details on the frosty fight between mr. dingaling versus snowcone joe. it's thursday, may 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> mr. dingaling versus snowcone joe. a battle. >> nearly impossible to say that on television without cracking up. >> pretty much. we'll get to that in a little bit, and it's pretty good. we're at day four, as we like to say. almost friday eve. is that what we call it? >> it is friday eve. >> friday eve, everybody. >> we are excited. when friday eve hits, smooth sailing into the weekend. >> it's actually your real friday. you are off tomorrow. >> i sure am. >> should we get to it. >> get to it. serious stuff. >> the latest on the boston bombing investigation. three college friends of bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev have been arrested. >> the men are charged with helping tsarnaev get rid of evidence. with more, here is our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. >> reporter: the fbi has been suspicious of the friends since the day of the man hunt when s.w.a.t. teams raided the college campus, and agents took two of them into custody on immigration charges. those two, both from kazakhstan, azanat tazhayakov and dias kadyrbayev, had traveled with dzhokhar tsarnaev to new york last year, proudly posing in this snapshot. the third person, charged, robel phillipos had been a friend since high school. the fbi says dzhokhar's friend recognized him immediately when the surveillance photos of the suspects were made public. >> we consider them to be armed and extremely dangerous. >> reporter: and decided to help him by getting rid of potential evidence. a lawyer for one of the teens denied that after a court hearing. >> immediately we dispute and will be looking forward to proving our case in court. >> reporter: the fbi says one of the teens texted dzhokhar asked if he was the bomber. lol, laugh out loud, dzhokhar responded. and then another exchange. come to my room and take whatever you want. the fbi says the three went to dzhokhar's dormitory that night, down this hall to his third floor room, number 7341. according to the complaint they took a backpack containing fireworks with the powder removed and dzhokhar's laptop computer. that night, there was the violent confrontation with authorities in watertown. and the manhunt for dzhokhar began. it was then the fbi says that one of the friends went behind their apartment in new bedford and dumped the backpack and fireworks in this dumpster. the dumpster's contents ended up at a landfill where the fbi searched for three days and found what it says were these fireworks that the fbi now alleges the friends tried to hide. the fbi believes the powder from the fireworks in the backpack was used to make the bombs. there is no indication so far that the friends knew about the plot in advance, but in a footnote in the criminal complaint, one of the friends is quoted as saying that dzhokhar told him a month before the bombing that he knew how to make a bomb. brian ross, abc news, new york. a seemingly confident syrian president assad made a rare public appearance. assad toured an electrical plant, easily mingling with the workers, and he also appeared on tv, defiantly vowing to stay in power despite accusations he used chemical weapons on his own people. senior white house officials say the u.s. is considering sending weapons to rebel fighters. a move seen as a serious escalation and one that president obama rejected last year. all right. now to the legal battle over the morning after pill. the justice department says a new york judge overstepped his bounds when he ordered all age restrictions on the pill lifted. now the government is appealing the judge's order and arguing his decision should be suspended for now. >> many of us are finally enjoying some ideal springtime weather. others are digging out their cars from deep snow. take a look at fort collins, colorado. the snow is so heavy and wet, it is snapping tree branches. as much as 20 inches fell in some spots. extending from the rockies well into the midwest. meanwhile in southern california, strong winds are pushing a wildfire that forced some people from their homes. it has burned some 3,000 acres already along with at least one home and several vehicles. one firefighter has been injured battling this blaze. it is unclear how it started and officials are not saying whether they expect to have it fully contained. >> close call at one of the nation's busiest airports. two jets preparing for takeoff at newarteational airport clipped each other. no one was hurt when the scandinavian airlines plane left wing clipped the tail of a united airlines plane when they were on the taxi way. both planes returned to the terminal. the passengers were put on other flights. >> mayday protests turn ugly in seattle. protesters smashed windows and tossed metal pipes at police cars. the event a simple protest with a handful of people but became disruptive as the day went on. by afternoon, thousands of marchers had joined in. several of these skirmishes had broken out, and officers had to use pepper spray and flash bang grenades to control the crowd. in berlin, germany, a mayday rally turned violent. demonstrators seen smashing the windows of a bank. police officers were prepared. they deployed hundreds of officers and got the situation under control before serious damage could be done. a central pennsylvania woman who disappeared more than ten years ago has turned up alive and well in florida. brenda heist says she left home on a whim, traveled to florida where she has been ever since. her ex-husband is angry over the effect her disappearance had on their children. especially since he was considered a suspect early on. >> there were people in the neighborhood who would not allow their children to play with my children because of what they perceived i might be. that hurt me more than just about anything else. >> he said his ex-wife and children expressed the desire to speak with each other. but for now they're taking things slowly. wow. >> pepsico, maker of mountain dew apologizing for a controversial ad. it featured a battered white woman urged to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men, and also includes a goat known as felicia. take a listen to what felicia has to say. >> which one is he? is point to him. >> you should have gave me some more. i'm nasty. >> i don't think i can do it. >> it's easy. just point to him. >> better not snitch on a player. >> that is part of a series developed by african-american rapper tyler the creator. the company is also apologizing. he says the ad is taken out of context and was never intended to spark a controversy about race. >> okay. you know what? >> okay. >> here is where we go with this one. you want to put race aside. no problem. but as a woman this bothers me. >> yeah, it's just disturbing in general. the goat is just creepy. >> the goat is creepy. the girl looks like she has been beat up by a guy. >> not funny. >> not funny in the least. all the men in the lineup happen to be african-american. and the goat also has -- it's voiced by what sounds like an african-american man. there is nothing about this that makes any sense. it's been pulled, by the way, from all the channels. pepsico apparently coming out with these half apologies i love to hear, saying we apologize -- we understand how it could have been perceived by some as offensive, and we apologize to those who were offended. i'm going to go out on a limb here and say everyone's offended by that one. >> the more i look at it, the more, you're right. the woman issue -- battered woman not funny. >> not funny in the least. i don't like that at all. >> i'm going to let that one go. the more you talk about it, the more you think it's going to put you over. >> is that's true. moving on to this. it was quite a surprise for a group of school kids who were visiting the new george w. bush presidential library. the 43 children from the dallas/ft. worth area were stunned when bush 43 met them personally. the former president was there as he opened the library. it opened for the first time to the public. one of the kids called meeting the former president the most amazing experience of his life. >> great bunch of kids. we mentioned the boston bombing investigation earlier. now the human side of the tragedy. you might remember this picture on the cover of the "new york daily news." >> her name is nicole gross, and she's a personal trainer from charlotte. people hit the local pool yesterday to raise funds for her and her family. >> that's what being a competitor is all about and being an athlete. and an athlete in general. you help each other. if you're on a bike ride and you fall, someone's going to stop and help you out. that's what life is about. that's what we all hope to strive for. >> gross, her husband, and her sister were all injured by the first bomb blast. they were in boston to watch her do her first marathon. she's already had at least four surgeries. >> wow, some of her injuries, pretty extensive. two breaks in her left leg, an ankle fracture in her right leg. a severed achilles tendon and multiple wounds. >> her sister erica, her injuries were so serious, she had to have her leg amputated below the knee. >> oh, my goodness. we keep saying this, it's about the resilience of those bostonians. those are the stories we're going to be 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goes without saying. >> a frightening story of a 5-month-old baby taken from his parents and their nightmare story to get him back. >> in this case, it wasn't a thief who took the baby away, but hospital officials, the police, and child protective services. abc's cecilia vega has the story. >> reporter: this shocking video is hard to watch. >> i'm going to grab your baby, and don't resist and don't fight me, okay? move your hands. >> please. >> move your hands. >> reporter: police enter a california home and take the baby boy out of the arms of his mother. they leave with baby sammy. and, his mother says, refuse to say where they took him. >> i can't tell you right now because you're not -- i don't think you're acting rationally right now. >> they just took my baby from my arms and just walked out the door. he was crying. that was the hardest moment just to let go. >> reporter: 5-month-old sammy was diagnosed with a heart murmur as a newborn. his parents had been taking him to a cardiologist regularly. when sammy was admitted in sacramento last tuesday for flu symptoms, the couple said they did not like the hospital's care so they left, admittedly walking out without a proper discharge. >> they told us we need to do surgery right away. we want to have a second opinion from a second doctor from a different hospital. i took my son. >> reporter: they took sammy to kaiser permanente where records show the doctor who examined him said the baby was safe to go home with his parents. in a statement, sutter memorial tells abc news, "our nurses and physicians are bound by duty to call authorities if they believe a pediatric patient's health is in danger." but these parents say, there was no imminent danger. >> it's like people taking your baby away, stealing your baby, and you don't know what is going to go on. >> the parties in the case can't comment because of privacy. baby sammy is still in the hospital and will be transferred to a different one. then he heads home. a judge ruled that cps will make home visits. his parents had to agree to never again take him from a hospital against doctor's orders. cecelia vega, abc news, los angeles. >> pretty outrageous, right? >> really is. i love there are these laws out there that protect the children. and that's understandable because they need protection. they can't protect themselves. but i do also believe that this story -- missing a little bit of common sense. >> how about a little common sense? that's exactly what i was going to say. by the way, when they took sammy away, they didn't tell those parents where they could find him or how they could follow up on it. >> then the police officers in there ripping the child out of the mom's hands, saying, i can't talk to you right now because you are not being rational. >> like she's supposed to be rational when they're taking her baby. >> right. yeah, i don't know what to do with that one. >> moving right along. >> let's just move on. still to come, it's the time of year we all hear the jingle of mr. softie. on the streets of a small town that music was a battle cry. >> coming up next the ice cream turf war between mr. dingaling and snowcone joe. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ silver bells hanging on a string ♪ ♪ she told me it was my dingaling aling ♪ ♪ my dingaling mt. my dingaling ♪ >> that's not a bad request. >> play with my dingaling. summer, months away, but in gloversville, new york, the ice cream wars are really heating up. >> the owner of one ice cream truck believes the city isn't big enough for two. lindsay neilson has all of the details. ♪ >> reporter: that friendly sound of an ice cream truck turned mean on the streets of gloversville. police say starting an ice cream war. >> it is a rather unique situation. >> reporter: police say the gloversville, mr. dingaling would greet customers and then came the aggressively loud music of snowcone joe. police say the operators of snowcone joe, 34-year-old josh malatino, and his girlfriend, 21-year-old amanda scott, were stalking mr. dingaling on several different occasions along multiple city streets. >> one of our officers actually witnessed one of the ice cream trucks following the other ice cream truck. >> reporter: police say an attempt to steal away customers from mr. dingaling, malatino and scott shouted that snowcone joe ice cream was free. >> he had two vehicles, two ice cream trucks, and they were both engaged in that course of conduct. >> reporter: i called josh malatino. when asked about the incidents, he said his girlfriend was the owner and that his attorney could answer my questions, but calls to his attorney were not returned. police say last summer malatino was warned for using similar tactics. >> we have addressed issues similar to this with mr. malatino and his legal counsel, cautioning him against this type of behavior in the past. >> can you believe that one? >> i cannot believe that one. mr. dingaling, poor guy. >> snowcone joe. the names alone are great. officers charge the operator of snowcone joe, malatino and scott, with harassment and misdemeanor stalking. >> if convicted, they could spend up to three months in jail. stay away from mr. dingaling from now on. >> three months on ice. >> very nicely put. >> lindsay neilson from our albany station. >> houston, we have a problem. classic movie line, right? not exactly. >> one of the movie lines we have been saying wrong all along. don't go anywhere. you are watching "world news now." don't go anywhere. you are watching "world news now." all right, welcome to "the offering up to $50,000 of life insurance. you know, we could really use more coverage. says there are a few simple health questions and you don't have to take a physical. it should be pretty easy to apply. ♪ >> with a term life insurance policy through the colonial penn patriot program, you can help ease the burden of the unexpected, 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i do this all the time. >> all the time. apparently, there's a list out there of the 20 famous movie lines that you've been saying wrong, if you can believe it. you've got the first one. >> "the godfather" marlon brando, i want to make him an offer he can't refuse. this is the real one. >> i'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. >> i'm gonna. >> i'm gonna instead of i wanna. slight variation. >> "field of dreams" if you build it they will come. that's what everybody thinks it is. >> if you build it, he will come. >> if you build it, he will come. >> he will come. >> and the last one, "snow white and the seven dwarfs," the evil witch. mirror, mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all. >> that sounds right to me. >> it does. it's wrong. >> magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? >> hear that, magic mirror on the wall. not mirror, mirror. >> so many good ones on the list. >> do a couple. >> how about the dirty harry one? do you feel lucky, punk? it is really, you got to ask yourself one question, do i feel lucky, well, do you, punk? there you go. oh, man. there's some good ones here. jaws, planet of the apes, good stuff. >> i know. >> let's get to another one. a realty firm offering raises for people who will get the name of the firm tattooed on their body. >> i don't know about this one. >> founder of rapid realty, giving employees a chance to show team spirit and paying extra cash. 1,100 employees. that's a big company. 40 have taken him up on an offer for a 15% raise if they get a tattoo of the company logo. would you do it? >> i don't think i would, but i will tell you this. i have a friend out there, i won't name names, but you know who i am talking about. who got a tattoo of bacardi, the logo, the bat. he does not work for bacardi. >> somehow i think he was under the influence of bacardi. >> may have been under the influence. you know who you are. because he loves bacardi. that is how much he loves this brand. >> i have "world news now" tattooed on my butt right now. you don't know this. >> i don't know that. that is good information to know. you are going to get the 15% raise. i am sure. >> beautiful. moving on to a spaceship house, if you can believe this. it's actually really cool looking. it's in athens, greece. and it's just a 10,000 square foot home built because the owner likes yachts and the balance from the this morning on "world news now" -- a dramatic drop followed by record snow. winter makes a fiercer turn in colorado just in time for spring. also, the rebels warn the obama administration could put weapons in the hands of the fighters who oppose the syrian government. why officials think it might be the right time to help. strong sales. consumers are buying cars again. good news for the economy. why it is even better for the dealers who sell american. through the eyes of a child. a young girl's dreams of a perfect world may be the next google doodle. her amazing design and the dream behind it. it is thursday, may 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. we begin this half-hour with record snowfall and bitterly cold temperatures. it is really a bizarre headline for may 2nd isn't it? >> it is. you can't argue with the numbers. 20 inches of snow from cheyenne, wyoming. how about denver, 80 degrees monday. bitterly cold 30s on tuesday. getting around has been very tough. the spring snow is welcome in colorado and wyoming. two states plagued by drought however. it is beefing up the snow pack that also feeds the area's water supply. so i guess that's a good thing. in southern california, strong winds are pushing a wildfire that's forced some people out of their homes. it's already burned 3,000 acres, along with one house and several vehicles. one firefighter was injured battling this blaze. it is unclear how it started and officials aren't saying when they expect to fully have it under control. >> so there is more snow on today's weather menu. >> let's find out what is out there, accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has inside information. >> good morning, john, diana. a map here this morning looking more like something out of march or even february. a band of snow stretching from the great lakes all the way down the front range of the rockies. thankfully, the snow ending in the denver area. this will continue through the day, this snowfall, unprecedented stuff. cold arctic air diving in, out of canada, meeting moist air drawn out of the gulf of mexico. that band of heavy snow will stay in place through the day. a wide area picking up three to six inches of snow through friday. does include omaha and minneapolis as well, locally as much as 10 inches of snow. this system will stall out more or less. it's going to keep heavy rain along the mississippi river through saturday. start looking for flooding, and already soaking rainfall with a slow moving system still overhead today. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >> three college friends of boston bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev, are now facing federal charges in connection with the crime. federal officials say the three helped tsarnaev get rid of his backpack and laptop after the bombing. agents say text messages proves their involvement. but their defense attorneys say it is not true. >> we dispute and we will be looking forward to proving our case in a court. >> two of the 19-year-old suspects are from kazakhstan. the other is an american citizen. >> with no end in sight for syr syria's boody civil war, the white house is under growing pressure to take some kind of action. so far president obama has been reluctant to get involved, but as abc's jonathan karl reports that may be changing. >> reporter: embattled syrian president bashar al assad, the man accused of using chemical weapons on his own people, made his first public appearance in more than a month, appearing entirely at ease on syrian state tv, touring an electrical plant in damascus. the white house is turning up the heat. >> syria's future cannot include assad. his hands are bathed in blood, the blood of his own people. he has no place in syria's future and no support from the syrian people. >> reporter: senior u.s. officials say the administration is now considering sending weapons to rebel fighters. they have requested anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons. abc news has learned the first nonmilitary aid to rebel fighters arrived in syria and more is in the pipeline. including body armor, military vehicles, and night vision goggles. sending weapons would be a big escalation, and a move that president obama rejected last year out of fear that the weapons would end up in the hands of anti-american extremists. no decision has yet been made on whether to send weapons to the syrian rebels. one reason the idea is under active consideration is that it may effectively be the best of several bad ideas. a way to put pressure on the syrian government without committing u.s. troops. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. an investigation is underway this morning into what caused the death of a popular doctor. dr. autumn klein collapsed in her home over the weekend. she was 41 years old and mother of a 6-year-old girl. police say she may have died from cyanide poisoning. klein was a professor of neurology and the chief of the division of women's neurology at pennsylvania hospital. >> vice president joe biden speaking out against violence against women. at a fund raiser last night in washington, biden said that women who had been abused are afraid to file a police report. >> why do you think women who get raped, so many don't report it. they don't want to get raped again by the system. they want to be put through what they have to be put through. >> incredibly strong words. biden says women are afraid to leave abusers because they would have to leave behind their children. he's touting the recently re-authorized violence against women act as critical to help women escape violent situations. >> these remarks came at a benefit for the d.c. volunteer lawyers project, an organization for which his daughter-in-law, kathleen biden, wife of hunter biden serves as vice president. >> it's just great that finally something is getting done. gruesome new evidence this morning that the early settlers at jamestown were cannibals. scientists at the smithsonian revealed the discovery of the bones of a 14-year-old girl that show clear signs she was cannibalized. evidence indicates clumsy chops to the body and head of the girl who appeared to have already been dead at the time. fans of the chicago cubs considering the unthinkable this morning, the possibility of their team moving out of chicago. the team is proposing a $500 million renovation of wrigley field. to help pay for it, the cubs want to install a large video screen in left field and other advertising. for the first time publicly yesterday, cubs' brass through down the gauntlet. >> i am not sure how any body is going to stop signs in the outfield. if it comes to the point that we don't have the ability to do what we need to do in our outfield, we will have to consider moving. >> without the proposes signage, the cubs are losing out on $20 million a year in ad revenue. the team filed a renovation plan with the city. the chicago city council and city planners are now considering it. you know every single park in baseball las the advertising, i suppose, except for wrigley. >> blaspheme. how dare he say he will take the team out of the city. what? >> you can't take them out of that state. it's wrigley field. >> the bears and the cubs. >> da bears. >> they belong in the same city. >> of course. the guy has to make a little money. let him have a few tasteful billboard out there. >> i agree. i think what will end up happening is that fans are going to revolt, and wrigley field is going to have to say, okay, okay, okay, fine, one. >> never been to wrigley. i have a clan of cousins in chicago. every summer i threaten to go out there and watch a game. >> just chicago in general. >> it is a great town. >> well it has been six months since hurricane sandy blew apart so many lives and yet there is seemingly no end to the amazing stories of survival. >> it includes this guy, a dog named midnight. >> it include this guy, a dog named midnight. found wandering the streets of brooklyn with a mysterious bite on his foot. more importantly, he was alone, no tag, no microchip, no proof of a rabies vaccine. >> unfortunately, he landed in quarantine, and since his owners were never found, midnight has been locked up ever since. thanks to the generosity of doggy docs out there and their extra special care, midnight has been declared clean and healthy. all he needs now is a home and a loving family to look after him. i think he's going to get it. >> good looking dog. >> beautiful dog. i like that dog. you need a dog? >> thinking about it. >> 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across the country from denver, colorado to buford, georgia, to here, old bridge, new jersey, all said the same thing -- americans are buying. >> consumer confidence. chance of losing their job is less. they know they have the paycheck they're more willing to come in to purchase a big item like an automobile. >> reporter: today's best-sellers, ford fusion and honda accord. what is really driving all of this -- trucks. the ram pickup, chevy silverado and the ford "f" series. that's thanks to the housing and construction comeback, and to small business owners like michael aripino, who says he's bought 12 trucks in the past year. >> our business is up. basically just replacing. growing and replacing older vehicles that are less fuel efficient and less reliable. >> reporter: also helping car loans have never been cheaper. beware you pay less each month but over a longer term which means you can end up as paying $4,000 more for your car. at this ford dealership, they're selling between five and ten of these "f" series trucks a week. that's up 74% from last year. but in order for business to keep booming both here and at dealerships around the country, they'll need to see the economy, housing and most importantly, jobs, stay on steady footing and continue to improve. there are no guarantees on that front. rebecca jarvis, abc news, old bridge, new jersey. >> numbers are pretty staggering too. when you think about imports versus domestic. domestic sales up 10%. imports down almost 9%. when we talk domestic trucks, up even more, 13%. altogether, it looks like, imports are just down and down significantly. >> i'm probably eventually going to be in the market. for a new car. my eyes, for the first time in years are wandering on some of these fords and chryslers. they're looking really good. i think they bridged that gap, or at least the perceived gap between imported cars. >> they look nice. they run well. they're reliable. >> reliable. i think american car companies have finally, finally gotten it right. >> took a while. >> took too long. >> the way we like it though. when we come back, the death of the rapper from the group kris kross. >> in "the skinny," jennifer aniston and brad pitt, why their history forced jen to potentially reschedule her wedding. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ jump jump ♪ kris kross >> if you are a kid from the 80s you recognize the song as soon as you hear it. unfortunately we have bad news to report about kris kross, one half of the duo, chris kelly has been found dead in his apartment. i cannot believe i am reporting this. 34 years old. so incredibly young. remember him when he was a teeny tiny baby wearing his clothes backward. they were the cutest things to hit the scene in like 1991 or something. and they started this crazy trend where boys and girls and even some adults were wearing this, doing this, wearing their, their pants backward and shirts and it was just the most adorable thing. not known why he died. autopsy planned for thursday. you know, he was, he was mac daddy, stage name was mac daddy, his partner was daddy mac. all kinds of people are reacting to this. we have rapper da brat saying "rest in peace my little bro." she also says, "weren't we just rehearsing for the so so def show?" interesting that he was still performing. everybody will have something to say. it really is shocking. apparently chief and editor of hip-hop website global grind says he will wear his clothes backwards tomorrow in honor of him. >> shame. >> it is. 34 years old is too young. >> we'll get more on this one. man, oh, man. jennifer aniston has a wedding plan with justin thoreau, and according to "us weekly" worried about sort of having to compete with brad and angelina getting married this summer. the gist of it, according to the source talking to "us weekly." jennifer aniston basically said, let's delay this thing. there was some talk of trying to beat them to the punch, but apparently, her boyfriend didn't like that idea. according to the sources talking to "us weekly," jennifer aniston and her boyfriend have postponed the wedding for now, not wanting to compete with brad pitt and angelina jolie's wedding. i mean, is it really that much? women and weddings are a unique thing actually. i can't even begin to imagine. >> but the back story here, obviously, is she was married to brad pitt, and this is creating a little bit of friction because she was like this woman who she could never hold a man, and now she can't have a baby, and angelina jolie's got 45 kids, and the story goes on and on. hash tag, rich and famous people problems. >> that's true. >> right. i love we still talk about it. they have no clue or care. >> no matter what she does. always going to be there. >> in the tabloid. always. mariah carey apparently is getting married for the fifth time. renewing her wedding vows. she's done this four times before. >> to the same guy? >> i'm sorry. i should say that. she is marrying the same man, nick cannon, for the fifth time. she is renewing her vows. she did the same exact thing last year. at the top of the eiffel tower in paris. apparently a big elaborate wedding. they time, though, they shut down disneyland in anaheim, california, to walk down the aisle for the fifth time and greet her knight in shining armor, nick cannon. >> poor nick. >> every year he has to get married again. >> every year. got to remind me of the fact that i'm married to this woman. he is getting quite a beautiful magic carpet ride. i think he is okay marrying her every year. >> she is awesome, i don't mean that. i just mean like five times, the ceremonies. >> it's okay. it is her money. what does he care. >> you said it not me. talk about the best dressed woman in the world. any guesses? it's out. "glamour" magazine -- >> gwyneth paltrow. >> kristen stewart, second year in a row. the 23-year-old "twilight" star praised for her personal rock chick style. >> okay. >> she beat out harry potter star emma watson and the duchess of cambridge. >> i don't know about that one. mm, nah, no, no. we want to show you pretty cool pictures, miley cyrus, raciest photo shoot to date. >> i heard about this. >> check this out. this is the cover of "v" magazine, she did a couple of these. plenty of skin. that one not a whole lot of skin. >> she is 20. >> 20 years old. new album coming out. here is video of the photo shoot. she shows a whole lot of skin. one of them, she's cupping one boob. the other one, she's pulling down her underwear. the other one you can see the bottom half of her tiny little tuches there. she has been in the news a lot. >> what do you call it? >> a tuches. she has a little tuches. she is a little girl. we'll be back. girl. we'll be back. she has a little tuches. she is a little girl. we'll be back. d it. ladies, let's not fight dirty. cascade kitchen counselor. see, over time, finish gel can leave hard-water film on your dishes and dishwasher. new cascade platinum's triple-action formula not only cleans your dishes, it helps keep your dishwasher sparkling. so we're good? don't do that. okay. 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