xt # . health news now and a warning about the processed meats including bacon and sausage and their links to heart disease and diabetes. >> harvard researchers are warning people and are less concerned about steaks and burgers. >> reporter: the study looked at data from around the world and determined that processed meats like bacon, sausage, lunch meat and hot dogs increase your risk for heart disease by 42% and put you at a 19% higher risk for type two diabetes. the study by researchers at harvard school of public health also found that unprocessed meats, steaks, burgers and roasts, do not appear to carry the same risks. but we all know that both kinds of meat are high in saturated fat so what's the difference here? authors of the study suggest it could be the salt and chemical preservatives found in processed meats that might be the real culprits. >> processed meats contain an average four times higher sodium levels, that is salt, and about 50% higher preservative levels such as nitrates. >> reporter: many in the medical community are cautioning this study is not definitive but raises important questions about salt and preservatives in processed meat. >> this doesn't suggest people should panic if they had processed meat for lunch or need to cut it out completely. but if people are making choices, it's important to check out the processed wine. >> people are tuning out. one week wine, yes, the next week no. it is very confusing to the consumer. >> we've long heard about the saturated fats found in meat across the board. but this new study points to the salt, sodium and preservatives found in the processed meats that perhaps authors say could be the true culprits of heart disease. >> very interesting stuff. burgers may not be that bad for you. willis, you hear that? burgers may not be as bad for you as we thought. so bring white castle with you next time. >> or steak. >> little more expensive. but it does make sense. obviously, there's so much sodium in some of those foods. >> and wer we hear about the fda trying to reduce the sodium. no firm date is set on exactly when those enforcement practices will take place. cometion up in a moment, we'll return to our top story this morning, the dramatic results of the super tuesday you primary. >> the big victories and emotional defeats next from our american lan returning to our top story. voters in kentucky and pennsylvania have spoken and their tone is anti-washington and incumbent. >> we begin with pennsylvania's w wi wpvi. >> it is tuesday you night and the big story on action news tonight is a historic result if the democratic primary for the u.s. senate. second-term delaware county congressman joe sestak has defeated arlen specter tonight. brian, when sestak first joined the race he was seen as some as a sacrificial lamb, but he rose up to slay wn with of the lions of the senate tonight. >> reporter: you can call it lamb versus lion, david versus goliath, whatever you'd like. the historic nature of this moment not lost on those in this room. sestak supporters who waited months but few of whom ever believed this would actually happened. polls showed sestak way behind specter. tonight he overcame all the odds and moments ago stepped to the podium to deliver a victory speech. >> this is what democracy looks like. a win for the people! over the establishment, over the status quo, even over washington, d.c.! >> let's talk about arlen specter, live to specter headquarters in center city vernon, he fell behind in the polls in the last week and a half and that's how it held. >> reporter: he was never to get momentum back or staunch the momentum or stop the momentum that sestak built up in the final days of the campaign. tonight there was a sense of dread all evening, but people were trying to be optimistic. arlen specter came out immediately tonight and congratulated joe sestak and mrenled his support behind pat toomey in the fall. clearly specter is bitterly disappointed tonight. his message to sue porters here and across pennsylvania was short and sweet. >> it's been a great privilege to serve the people of pennsylvania. >> you served us well! >> thank you, arlen! >> thank you! >> and it's been a great privilege to be in the united states senate and i'll be working very, very hard for the people of the commonwealth in the coming months. "on your side" with breaking news and the tri-state's most accurate forecast. this is 9 news at 11:00. >> good evening. we now know the candidates who will face off for the u.s. senate seat in kentucky in november. in a race that's been closely watched around the country. >> we're on your side with team coverage of all the big stories right now, including election results in kentucky. now to the hotly contested race for the republican nomination for kentucky's u.s. senate seat. >> the tea party candidate has trounced the candidate endorsed by senator mitch mcconnell will. rand paul had 59% of the vote while trey gracen had 35% of the vote. the paul folks are celebrating. >> reporter: carol, they certainly are. rand paul said it loudly and very clearly tonight at the bowling green country club. his victory sends a tea party message to washington that we're doing to take our country back. now, paul's voters have given the tea party a mandate to transform america, especially say saving it from a mountain of debt that could devour the country and lead to chaos. he vowed not to change his conservative message will heading no the november general election and he will continue to attack what he called the arrogance of officialdom and power. >> we've come to take our government back from the special interests who think that the federal government is their own personal atm. from the politicians who bring us oversized, fake checks emblazoned with their signature as if it was their money to give. washington is horribly broken. i think we stand on a precipice. we are encountering a day of reckoning, and this movement, this tea party movement, is a message to washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently. >> paul had the endorsement of senator jim bunning, the republican he's trying to replace. bunning issued a statement tonight saying dr. paul's victory is a clear signal to the washington establishment that it's time to shake things up. >> another mefb the paul family running for office. in case you're wondering of the numbers, in the senate 18 seats are up grabs on both sides of the aisle, for the gop to win back the majority, they have to win ten of the seats. >> they have to win far more upsets in order to take the majority in the house. clear message being sent. >> anti-incumbent message. >> stick around. morning papers straight ahead. >> announcer: will world news now delivers your morning papers. >> if i told you that a navy s.e.a.l. took less than a minute to find a fake mine under a pier, you probably wouldn't that that impressed. but what if i told you the navy s.e.a.l. was really a sea lion. >> i still wouldn't be all that impressed. >> well, it's pretty cool. >> i'm cynical and not that impressed. >> wait until you see the dolphins pics. in addition to the sea lion, a dolphin quickly located a terrorist in the water. this is all basically like underwater terrorism. >> training, yeah. >> training. sorry. the interesting thing is this is not new. it's several decades old. this took place in california. they say the marine mammal program is several decades old and dolphins and sea lions were with used during the veet war and operating iraqi freedom. >> i had heard of that, but i didn't realize they could take it to this level. >> are you impressed yet? >> no. i know where i'm going with willis this weekend. there's this bar in midtown c l called covet over at 55th and level lexington. they have this drink -- by the way, you're going to pick up the tab. they have this drink, it's $160 a glass. they've only sold six of them so far. they take the top shelf louie the xiiith cognac. i know you know a thing of two about that, willis. they take a sniffter and drop in oil which is 300 buck s a gram. then a high-end ice cube in there. then -- that's made by -- >> did you just say a high-end ice cube? >> yes. it's made by an ice sculpt or and thenhe cognac over the ice. it's 160 bucks. >> you are an idiot if you buy this. >> no, you are not! >> willis wants some. >> you would pay $160 for carved ice that melts? >> it cost me $85 just for one shot. >> willis has got the big bucks. >> one shot! >> willis, i don't want to call you an idiot, but -- but -- >>ing wiif "celebrity apprentice" taught us anything. a woman is driving and they say -- let me rewind. a local bus driver witnesses a man forcing a boy into his car. they get the kid to the police station. turns out the driver had seen these kids pulling out dandelions and throwing them at the car. ended up taking them t primary punch. super tuesday's big defeats and victories. >> we've come to take our government back. >> the voters' message for capitol hill. then -- gulf gusher. dramatic new pictures of the underwater leak as the oil pollutes the shores. and famous finales from m*a-s*h to mary tiler moore. why tv farewells are so important to fans. it's wednesday, may 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now". looking back over the past few decades, what's your faifrl tv finale? >> i didn't watch the m*a-s*h one. >> it's amazing. i like the sopranos. so many people hated it. but it cuts to black. i loved it. we'll look back at some of the greatest and worst of all tiex. and there have been some really bad ones. "rosi "rosian." good morning. >> it turns out super tuesday was not a good day to be a political incumbent. >> republicans in kentucky elected tea party advocate rand paul to run for the senate in november. and pennsylvania democrats chose congre congressman joe sestak in their senate primary over arlen specter. >> john joins us from washington with more. good morning. >> caller: good morning. voters took their frustrations to the polls, turning all that throw the bums out talk into throw the bums out votes. voters in a ferociously anti-incumbent mood delivered decisive victories for outsiders. >> i have a message, a message from the tea party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words -- we've come to take our government back. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, arlen specter suffered the most high-profile defeat so far. >> it's been a great privilege to serve the people of pennsylvania. >> reporter: after three decades as a republican, he ran as a democrat, a point rival joe sestak used to his advantage. >> i will never switch a party in order to keep my job. >> reporter: in arkansas two-term senate democrat blanche lincoln failed to top 50% and race faces a runoff. >> i'm proud of it, right there in the middle being a moderate in the united states senate. i have fought hard for arkansasns. >> reporter: in kentucky, tea partiers put paul over the top. >> i spoke to him a few minutes ago. he's been a dear friend and a mentor. we just need to get him more soldiers for his army. >> reporter: in kentucky and elsewhere, many voters wanted new blood. >> i did not vote for any incumbent. i want them out. >> in pennsylvania, democrats won a key victory, holding on to the seat of the late congressman jack murtha. >> democrats are cheering the results of one of the real super tuesday elections. voters in southwestern pennsylvania chose democrat mark critz to fill out the term of late murtha. it is a big win for the democrats. our super tuesday results coverage continues throughout the day. more reaction later on "america this morning" and "good morning america." for detailed information about the vote, log on to abc news.com. a political bombshell has been toss into a race in kentucky. richard blumenthal is in full damage control mode after reports that he falsely claimed to have served in vietnam. blumenthal admits he misspoke on a few occasions but said the reports distort his record. indiana voters will have to choose a replacement for mark souter. he is resigning effective friday after admitting to having an affair with a part-time staffer. the republican is an outspoken christi christian, a staunch advocate of abstinence education and has fought same-sex marriage rights. the powerful current seems to be spreading the environmental crisis in the gulf of mexico. one coast guard admirable says this oil spill is more complicated than any he has ever seen. we report from al the coast with the reasons why. >> reporter: four weeks later, the oil has hit the mississippi river wetlands. abc news saw pools of it moving up the delta and heading ashore. >> this is no longer about just fighting it off offshore. we're going to have to fight it onshore. >> reporter: tar balls were found you in the florida keys, 60 in the past 24 hours. they're being tested to see if they came from the bp well. some scientists say more of the oil could reach florida by the weekend. >> my worst nightmare is apparently becoming reality. >> reporter: you can see from my hand this is a slimy substance. this the oil that's out here everywhere, there are at least a dozen boats trying to work this particular slick out here. and this is what the oil looks like up close. scientists are concerned the oil may have slipped into the gulf loop current. if it has, it could travel through the florida keys and possibly up the atlantic coast. >> it's a disaster to the environment. >> reporter: bp released pictures of the ruptured pipe before a siphon was insert over the weekend and after. the oil is still gushing at, according to bp, 40% of it is being pupg ped up you to the surface. in washington, angry senators larked out at interior secretary sen salazar who acknowledged his agent had not adequately regulated the rig. >> the answer is no. i don't -- i think that there is additional work that should have been done. the attack on the main u.s. military base in afghanistan. rebels attacked the bagram air base this morning using rockets, small arms and grenades. the u.s. says at least seven attackers were killed. at least five soldiers were wounded. no word on if they are americans. just yesterday a taliban suicide bomber killed 18 people, including five americans in kabul. the political unrest in thailand is showing no sign of letting up despite government forces taking over a main protest area in bangkok. at least two protesters were killed in the crackdown. dozens have died since the uprising began in march. a thai government spokesman says the protest leaders escaped before the government's advance. the u.s. is moving forward with its push to impose more united nations sanctions against iran over its nuclear program. security council members russia and china, which have close ties to iran, are backing the crackdown. the sanctions include an arms embargo, limits on iranian banking, and allowances for cargo ship inspections. a senate investigation into that failed christmas day airplane bombing reveals serious failures by intelligence agencies, the fbi and state department. in a scathing report, investigators detail human and technical errors that failed to stop the so-called underwear bomber. the report recommends simplifying u.s. watch lists and improving analysis and sharing of intelligence. and the terrorism suspect who nearly escaped the country made his first court appearance in new york. faisal shahzad was arrested two weeks ago for allegedly plotting to set off a car bomb in times square. during his ten-minute hearing, shahzad was asked one question about his financial status so that he could have a public defender. he was not asked to enter a plea to his guilt. the department of education has found that virginia tech broke federal campus security laws in the handling of the shooting massacre there three years ago. the report says it took the school too long to warn students about the danger. the school administrators insist they followed rules that were in effect at the time. 33 people died in that rampage. toyota has paid out a record $16.4 million to the federal government. the automaker agreed to pay the fine for delays involving its accelerator pedal recall, even though it denies hiding defects with gas pedals from the public. 8 million vehicles worldwide were recalled due to the defect. toyota faces more penalties if the government concludes it mishandled other recalls. now here is a look at your wednesday weather. thunderstorms from texas to montana with the threat of tornado outbreaks hitting 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>> outside. >> reporter: rob sandler was thrilled to have a little boy. but when they brought the baby home from the hospital, he was overcome with another kind of emotion. >> it was just a -- a feeling of really complete sadness. >> reporter: he says he felt anxious and overwhelmed by responsibility. >> here i was feeling horrible and guilty. >> reporter: sandler had post partum depression. about 10% of new fathers suffer from it. sleep deprivation, stress and isolation take their toll. >> you don't see the kind of division that you saw in parenting in the 1950s. the roles and expectations of fathers in terms of involvement have changed. >> reporter: unlike mothers, who are more likely to experience post partum right after birth, fathers are most at risk when the child's between 3 and 6 months old. >> just like women, men go through hormonal changes. >> reporter: rob sandler got help. today he says he is finally the father he hoped he'd be. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> there's another interesting note about this study. it was about 28,000 men who participated from the u.s. and other countries, including china, ireland, britain, and australia. only 8.2 of the international subjects. >> so we're whiny, maybe, perhaps. >> you said it, not me. we return, saying good-bye to long-time tv series. >> take a look at the shows that succeeded and those that flopped >> take a look at the shows that succeeded and those that flopped when it was time to sign off. ♪ [male announcer] to the men and women of the united states armed forces, the uso delivers the joys and comforts of home. even out here. find out how you can help at uso.org do you think "sex and the city 2" will be a box office hit, or ashton kutcher's new movie might be a bomb? you might be able to put your money where your popcorn goes. federal hearings will begin today on plans to set up a wall street-style movie futures market. it would be called the cantor exchange. traders and film buffs could legally bet on upcoming releases. abc news business editor dan arnall offers his prediction. >> it's actually fairly controversial in hollywood. a lot of the big studios say that this could kind of lead to a bad thing for them. a lot of folks out there though think that having a futures exchange for things like box office results could actually help hollywood manage its money a little bit better. >> abc's dan arnall. final decision on listing movie futures contracts is expected early next month. if you could place a bet on the upcoming series finale for the hit tv show "lost" odds are you'd probably lose because no one really knows what's going on there. >> with shows such as "lost" and "24" signing off, can they live up to or avoid finales of the past? >> reporter: they're the pop culture events that unfold in our living room. the tv series finales. after devoting week after week for years to our favorite show, bidding farewell to blockbuster series becomes a national pastime. more than 52 million people tuned in for the final episode of "friends." "seinfeld," 76 million. 80 million tuned in for the final episode of "cheers." and then there's "m.a.s.h." more than 106 million tuned in to watch hawkeye say good-bye to b.j. when the fat lady sings on our favorite tv show -- ♪ >> reporter: it's like losing a friend, or several friends. >> if that falls of a truck it wouldn't be the worst thing. >> reporter: but history has shown it doesn't always end well. when producers botch the finale, viewers won't fuggetaboudit. >> go ahead and order something for the table. ♪ don't stop believing >> if a finale is terrible, there will be rioting in the streets. they really do feel they have invested a good chunk of their lives in a tv show and if it doesn't end well, you know, it could be ugly. >> reporter: it was ugly when the final "sopranos" cut to black, a let-down for millions of frustrated viewers who were left wondering, what happened to tony? ♪ don't stop >> i think "the sopranos" will go down as a classic finale. i think it's already considered that. >> it startled you, made you think your cable went out. >> right, and that was, to my mind, the last really genuinely surprising tv experience. >> reporter: others have been surprisingly bad experiences. remember "roseanne." in the last few moments we discover the whole show had been a figment of her imagination. "st. elsewhere," turns out an autistic child had dreamed the whole thing in his head. >> i think there is now a moratorium on the dream ending. i don't think anyone can really pull that off anymore. unless it's done in a really cheeky kind of wink-wink way. >> reporter: no list of the most disappointing finales of all-time would be complete without this one. >> to me, that got us in the worst possible spot. >> reporter: "seinfeld" is still assailed as one of the biggest bummers of all time. winding up in jail? the real crime for viewers was that such a side-splitting series ended with a thud. >> haven't we had this conversation before? >> ya think? >> reporter: however, on those occasions when a show gets it right, television magic happens. we are still talking about that "m.a.s.h." finale, 27 years later. the most-watched show in television history. until this year's super bowl. >> i think "m.a.s.h." is right at the top of the list. the korean war had ended, it was the perfect time to wrap up the show. you felt like you got a complete story. >> reporter: other shows that nailed it, "cheers." >> sorry, we're closed. >> reporter: and "newhart." >> you won't believe the dream i just had. >> reporter: and, of course, "the mary tyler moore show." >> i think we all need some kleenex. >> there's some on mary's desk. >> the station was closing, everyone had to say good-bye, and it was one of those great moments like they were saying good-bye, we were saying good-bye with them. >> hm. something to think about as some of the most popular shows on tv begin to wind down. of course, i've already moved on to the next tv classic that we'll no doubt be talking about decades from now. where is "the real housewives of new jersey"? i know it's here somewhere. >> well, i don't know if the finale of that's going to be as exciting as the last episode of "m.a.s.h." or "the sopranos." who knows. >> the story's always fascinating. i feel when that story aired on "nightline" and even here, everyone has a memory of those last moments. everyone said, oh, "m.a.s.h.," i remember that. besides me. everyone said, "i remember cheers." >> you've got to watch the last "m.a.s.h." episode. so good. really good stuff. finally this half hour, march and april of this year have gone down in history as the hottest months ever in recorded history. >> a report from the national academy of sciences shows that the impact of manmade global warming is accelerating. bill blakemore explains. >> reporter: for those wondering why the northeast has been getting so much rain now, and in some recent summers, the new government climate report from the white house has two maps. one showing increases in amounts of very heavy precipitation over the past 50 years. far greater in the northeast, by 67%. and one showing increases in the number of days with very heavy precipitation. with the northeast hit hardest. the report has explanations why this fits exactly the pattern long predicted for human-induced global warming. >> higher temperatures means more evaporation, putting more water vapor in the air, and then when a storm comes along all this additional water vapor is dumped in that storm in the form of a heavy downpour. >> reporter: it's all related to the increasing drought and brown expected across the entire south, and wetness in blue across the entire north. the report also projects sealevel rise of three to four feet by late this century. with extreme sea level days worsened by storm surge projected much more frequently for islands and the east coast. where new york's mayor michael bloomberg has already created a climate change panel to ponder plans to hold the sea back. such as this possible surge barrier out just beyond the bridge. or further out, a five mile long sea wall from sandy hook, new jersey, to long island, new york. that may seem huge to americans. but it's dwarfed by this 15 mile long sea wall along coastal st. petersburg, russia, now nearing completion. >> we can do several things. we can build our sea walls ever higher. we have about 270 miles of sea walls. or we can take a bold approach, do what the europeans are doing in the netherlands, in italy and russia and the uk. that's build storm surge barriers which will protect the city for maybe 150 years. >> reporter: with up-to-date science and user-friendly graphics all under one cover, the authors are hoping this can serve as a basic handbook for americans as they adapt to climate change. as for economic costs of global warming, the report shows, for example, weather-related insurance losses in the united states, now more than 20 times higher than in the 1980s. bill blakemore, new york. >> and of course experts say el nino has played into the weather that we've been seeing. that's the period of warming in the tropical pacific ocean. >> at least we have a logical explanation for why we've had so much rain in this part the country. >> i'll use that when i start country. >> i'll use that when i start co chubby checker: hi, i'm chubby checker. a new twist in the law makes it easier than ever to save on your medicare prescription drug plan costs. so what are you waiting for? go to www.socialsecurity.gov and apply for extra help. it's easier than learning the twist. political drama. capitol hill veterans get voted out and newcomers get a chance. >> washington is horribly broken. >> the impact of super tuesday. then, disaster probe. lawmakers demand answers about the gulf oil spill, putting the interior secretary in the hot seat. and, fresh idea. urban farming and who really benefits from the bountiful harvests. it's wednesday, may 19th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning and thanks for being with us on this wednesday. we're halfway through the week. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. no experience necessary. that is the message voters sent with their ballots on super tuesday. >> kentucky republicans elected eye doctor and tea party advocate rand paul as their senate candidate. pennsylvania democrats chose congressman joe sestak in their senate primary, ousting five-material incumbent arlen specter. jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: the tea party movement claimed its first big election victory. >> i have a message. a message from the tea party. a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. we've come to take our government back. >> reporter: rand paul toppled the gop establishment in kentucky with an anti-washington campaign that appealed to voters furious at both parties. at the same time, trouncing the chosen candidate of the republican leadership. kentucky secretary of state trey grayson was recruited to run by senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, the most powerful republican in washington. >> this movement, this tea party movement, is a message to washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently. >> reporter: his supporters are just as eager for change. >> i did not vote for any incumbent. any incumbent, i want out. >> we need some new blood in there, some outside views, people who aren't afraid to rock the boat a little bit. >> reporter: rand paul, the son of former libertarian presidential candidate ron paul, took his anti-government message further than most republicans. he wants to abolish the fed and the department of education too. in pennsylvania, arlen specter had hoped that support from the most powerful democrat in the land would help him win the democratic primary. it didn't. >> it's -- been a great privilege to serve the people of pennsylvania. >> reporter: democratic leaders from the white house on down had tried to talk congressman joe sestak out of running. he emerged as the victor. >> a win for the people. over the establishment, over the status quo, even over washington, d.c.! >> reporter: the anti-incumbent mood hit arkansas too. here's senator blanche lincoln shortly after voting. >> i'm right in the middle, a moderate in the united states senate, i have fought hard for arkansans and i think i'm the best prepared. >> reporter: the party in power did score one big victory, winning the special election in western pennsylvania to replace congressman john murtha. the democratic candidate mark critz won, running as a pro-life, pro-gun democrat. jonathan karl, abc news, philadelphia. >> stay tuned to abc news throughout the morning as we cover the super tuesday vote. later this half hour, analysis from washington. and then, of course, stay tuned for "america this morning" and "good morning america." other news this morning, with the oil crisis apparently spreading bp has released new pictures from the floor of the gulf of mexico. they show oil and gas continuing to gush from that broken pipe. just 40% of the fuel is being collected by bp siphons. tar balls that washed up in the florida keys are being tested to see if they came from the same well. experts fear the spilled oil made its way into a strong gulf current, taking the pollution through the florida keys and up to the east coast. angry lawmakers on capitol hill are confronting the crisis by demanding answers. as jake tapper reports, they are pulling no punches. >> reporter: the interior secretary faced a barrage of tough questions about his department's regulation, or lack thereof, of the oil industry. >> we have dramatically underestimated the potential risk here. >> was this oil spill response plan grossly inadequate? >> the regulations that are there have not been adequate. >> reporter: specifically under fire, the department's embattled minerals management service, mms, charged with regulating these offshore drilling sites. >> we need to clean that up house. >> reporter: secretary salazar acknowledged mms did not adequately regulate the failsafe mechanism in the rig that, in this case, failed. >> no, the answer is no. i don't -- i think that there is additional work that should have been done. >> reporter: and that is not the only issue with mms coming to light. >> are we worried that there's another rig out there today that might have exactly the same situation? >> those rigs are inspected under the regulations every 30 days. >> reporter: that's not true. mms is supposed to conduct monthly inspections, but in the case of the deep water horizon rig, in the past five years instead of 60 inspections, mms conducted 48 inspections. that's an entire year's worth of inspections that did not happen. and that includes four months out of the 16 since president obama's inauguration. >> well, it's plain that there's a long history here of a lax oversight role by the mineral management service. >> reporter: monday the head of the oil division of mms announced he'd be retiring early. senator bill nelson, democrat of florida, said that's not enough, the obama administration needs to clean house at mms for what he called an incestuous relationship with the oil industry. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. a senate investigation into the christmas day terror plot concludes the government had enough information to stop the suspect from boarding a plane to detroit. the senate report found system-wide human and computer failures which led to the so-called underwear bomber's terror attempt. the senators also found attempts to improve intelligence operations after 9/11 did not succeed. the white house's terrorism chief says a special team of investigators questioned the man suspected in the times square bomb plot. faisal shahzad appeared in court yesterday for the first time since his arrest at a new york airport two weeks ago. officials say he has been providing a great deal of intelligence. the new interrogation group is set up to quickly gather information from terror suspects in custody. only six members of a midwest militia group accused of trying to overthrow the government remain in prison this morning. the three others arrested in late march were released in detroit yesterday. they must wear electronic monitoring bracelets and follow other restrictions until their trial. another member could be released later this week. the political unrest in thailand has been met with what one soldier called d-day. what followed was an offensive into the main anti-government protest area in downtown bangkok. at least two protesters died in the crackdown, and several journalists were killed or wounded. the government is now asking the thai public for information about the protest leaders. here's one for you. you ready, vinita? >> i'm excited now. >> two south florida women face charges of assault with a deadly weapon after a fierce altercation over -- fast food condiments. police say they placed an order at a wendy's drive-through but became irate when they didn't get mustard and mayonnaise packets. one of the women went inside and chased the drive-through worker with a pink stun gun. they drove away but police caught up with them. >> it's not burger king, you can't have it your way at wendy's. >> i guess not. if you don't get it your way -- >> why did you call my attention that? because you think it's something i would do? >> i know how you like mayonnaise. here's a look at your forecast. golf ball-sized hail, 80-mile-an-hour winds and tornados in parts of texas, oklahoma and kansas. thunderstorms from the northern rockies to houston, new orleans and mobile. rainy in virginia, carolinas and new england. wet and windy along the pacific coast. >> 70 in seattle. 64 in portland. 67 in salt lake city. 60s from kansas city to indy. 69 in baltimore. 80 in atlanta. dallas and miami reached near 90 today. this story also reminds me of you. a race car driver in new zealand learned the hard way you should never take your eyes off the road. >> mark tapper was zipping through the race course when a spectator mooned him. look! >> that's the part that reminds me of you. >> the split-second sight of the bare-bottomed fan was enough of a distraction to make him turn late. he clipped the grass and flipped his car. >> microphones in the car captured the driver angrily cursing and blaming the crash on the mid-course mooning. the driver is okay but his language is not really suitable for tv. >> wonder if we'll start seeing that at nascar tracks. dale earnhardt jr. fans who don't like the other guys mooning. we'll be right back. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement .insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. some of what medicare doesn't, so you could save... thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. call now for this " free information kit and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare... you should know about this card -- see if it's right for you. all medicare supplement plans let you keep your own doctor, or hospital that accepts medicare. there are no networks r and no referrals needed. help protect yourself from some of what medicare doesn't pay... and save up to thousands of dollars in potential... medicare supplement .insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare # insurance company. call this toll-free number on your screen now... medicare guide and customized rate quote. back to our top story this morning. the super tuesday of the primary season. this morning's results could give us a hint at what americans are thinking about the job being done by lawmakers in washington. >> abc white house reporter karen traverse is in washington to look at the winners, the losers, and all the political impact. karen, we spoke yesterday. you sort of set the stage. sure enough, some of it came to pass. what were the story lines that we watched out for in the primaries? >> angry voters, jeremy. that is the theme that we can take from yesterday's primaries. liberals and conservatives both rallying against the establishment, against the incumbents, against washington. this was a primary, so turnout was particularly light as expected going into a primary. there were no exit polls so we don't have hard data looking at exactly why voters voted the way they did. but just listen to some of the words from the winners last night. all of them were saying that they were winners because they went against washington and they went against the incumbents. not necessarily clear whether or not these results are going to give us a really solid picture what to look for between now and november. but i think that message of angry voters, anti-washington, was loud and clear yesterday from voters in four different states. >> yesterday we talked about pennsylvania. i could have sworn when senator arlen specter left the ballot box it almost looked like he was wiping a tear away. in a sense people talking about the fact that he was a five-term senator, now he's out. so what happened? >> vinita, he got caught up in anti-incumbent fever. he was a five-term senator elected as a republican in 1980. that's important because last year he switched to the democratic party and his opponent, congressman joe sestak, hammered him for that decision. he went after him in ads. he went after him on the stump and said that arlen specter did that for purely political reasons, and that seems to have resonated with voters in pennsylvania. sestak was able to put himself out there as an outsider, despite the fact that he's a member of congress, he's only been there for two years. he said he's an outsider, he can shake up washington. that seemed to work. one thing i think we're going to talk about the next couple of days is whether or not president obama could have made a bigger factor in this race for arlen specter. on monday the governor of pennsylvania, ed rendell, told abc news that obama might be able to move the race a point. specter seems to have lost by about 6 points yesterday so perhaps obama's absence was not that big of a deal. one thing to note, specter said he had called joe sestak, he said he'd be working to support him, they've got to keep the seat in democratic hands come november. >> i think he even tweeted about it. it was an emotional night for him to say the least. let's say in pennsylvania. yesterday we talked about the importance of the special election there to fill deceased representative john murtha's seat. what did we learn about that? >> this is probably the most interesting race to come out of yesterday's primaries. this was a general election, a special election to replace jack murtha. this was a seat the democrats were able to hold on to. they have a 2-1 voter advantage in this district. but in 2004, this district went for john kerry. 2008, it went for john mccain. that is the only congressional district in the entire country to actually do that, to switch like that. something was going on there. the district was clearly shifting to be more conservative. republicans really wanted to win this district. they poured over $1 million into this race. so did the democrats. the democrats were able to hold on to it. i think that's a race we're going to look to, to see whether or not there's this anti-obama sentiment going on. the republicans tried to make this about obama and pelosi. their final ad was all about the two of them. in fact, the democrat that won doesn't even support all of president obama's policies, he made that clear on the campaign trail and he was able to pull out the win. >> let's talk about the other republican victory a lot of people are talking about today. i'm talking about kentucky where on the gop side we saw rand paul come home the winner. >> he rode that tea party wave to victory tonight in the republican primary, in kentucky. it is really another anti-establishment, anti-washington win for rand paul. he ran against a secretary of state from kentucky who had the backing of dick cheney, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. i think it's going to answer some of the questions whether or not the tea party movement can move from a grassroots effort to getting victories at the polls. >> he said we're here to take back our country. the arkansas democratic senate primary. it's not over yet? >> still going. there's a june runoff between blanche lincoln and the lieutenant governor who had backing of labor and money poured in from the labor movement. blanche lincoln is in a really tough fight. she said tonight, this was a victory, it's not really looking like that. it's even a close runoff. she didn't hit 50%. we're going to keep going the next month or so. >> a tough fight. she's even hearing it from the voters at this point. karen traverse from washington, thank you. happy "skinny" to you on this wednesday. we've got some good news and some bad news for the kelly preston/john travolta clan. we'll start with the good news. they're having a baby. did you know that? >> wow, they're older. >> i could tell that's what your reaction was. she's 47, he's 56. they're not the conventional 20, 30-something parents. they are having a baby. they told the news to "people" magazine. it's impossible to keep it a secret, they said. they're sharing the news with everybody. they've already got a 10-year-old, ella bleu, and tragically they lost their son jett in january of last year after that seizure. so good news for them. it's also on their websites and they're all very excited about that. that's the good news for the travoltas. the bad news, their dogs died. in an especially horrible way. so they flew up to the bangor international airport in maine thursday near where they have a house. they had their dogs with them. and apparently an airport worker or somebody close to the family took the dogs for a walk there at the airport. and they made their way over to some grass and they were hit by one of those airport service trucks. like the trucks that run around the runways. >> right, right. >> they were hit by one of those. tragic and awful. but hopefully the good news outweighs the bad there. >> that is some good news and unexpected news, but good for them. >> runs the gamut. good for them, absolutely. >> that's great. is she or isn't she? lindsay lohan may or may not have a new girlfriend. she was with samantha ronson, looks like she may have moved on. she's with a woman who's 13 years her senior, and she's indian. which hurts me just a little bit. >> because you don't want her to get messed up with -- >> this woman, according to -- >> that's not lindsay lohan. >> that's lindsay lohan on the left, that's the woman, i think, the new girlfriend. you can see the mask, it makes it hard. the woman was quoted as saying, and her name is indrani, she's 36 years old, she says, i've never had a relationship with a woman before but lindsay is somebody i find fascinating, gorgeous and extremely smart, as well as super-hot. keep in mind she's smart. a princeton graduate in art, she's a philanthropist, people are saying this isn't what you'd expect for lindsay lohan. lindsay on the flip of this is saying, no, no, no, in no way am i dating her. indrani will be a new star, "double exposure" premiering june 15th, they say they snapped this photo at a photo shoot last fall. >> ivy league educated person but couldn't see how this is all going to end. >> no. >> well. >> year of the indian coming to an end. >> the guy from "bones," david boriiaiaiaia boriannz. there's question of whether or not he's a serial cheater. let's run through some of the women. >> i didn't know who he was until right then. >> first off you've got his wife, who has stood by his side throughout all this. then you've got rachel uchitel. >> tiger's girl. >> apparently they had an affair too. now there's another one, a porn star, wouldn't you know it. her name is gina rodriguez. and eyewitnesses apparently are telling radaronline the two were seen going in and out of a bedroom at a house party last easter and the house was owned by one of the olsen twins. just a nice little punctuation mark. >> did you say he's telling everyone? 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>> we grow enough food here to feed about 10,000 people. >> reporter: the idea is to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to inner city neighborhoods that the big grocery chains have abandoned. so they pack up fresh, home-grown food, a week's supply sells for $16. they deliver to wherever the need is great. like the boys and girls club. >> it's fantastic. it provides them with the groceries they need a lot of the times for the week that otherwise they might not get. >> reporter: to make ends meet allen supplies some of the city's finest kitchens. chef jan kelly spends up to $400 a week on his spinach, sprouts and beans. >> it's like plucking it out of your yard. it's just delicious. >> it's really all about the soil. >> reporter: allen's so passionate, so successful, that people are flocking here to learn how he does it. >> it is a revolution. i kind of coined the phrase, good food revolution. >> reporter: now allen grows wherever he can, from schoolyards to graveyards. his next project, a greenhouse five stories high. his mission is even bigger -- to plant the seed that cities are a fine place to farm. >> can you do it? >> yes! >> reporter: chris bury, abc news, milwaukee. >> wow, even in graveyards. i guess the fertilizer would be good there. when you think about it. >> he calls those areas in cities where you can't get good food food deserts. >> they've talked a lot about this in detroit where there's so many abandoned buildings, why not turn it into urban farming.