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Critical takeoffs and landings until the plane reaches an altitude of 10,000 feet. The panel is finalizing guidelines for the faa to help to loosen those rules. Its job is to figure out how to do that without compromising safety. These devices have potential to interfere with airplane systems and radios during flight. Reporter theres little hard evidence of any major problems in the air but manufacturers are adding shielding. At boeing they are testing Electronic Devices in a quiet room to check for possible interference. Nearly a third of passengers forget to turn off their devices according to one poll and many are not convinced their electronics are a hazard. I fly corporate aircraft a lot and theres no atlantic call problems. Reporter the faa is poised to make some changes saying it quote recognizes that consumers are intensely interested in the use of personal electronics aboard aircrafts. One thing that wont change, you will still be able use your cell phone to send emails and phone calls. Good news for passengers that dont want to spend hours listening to peoples conversations. They nailed it in that report. I have forgotten to turn off the phone and been horrified to land and say this is on the whole time but clearly did not effect anyone. I think it is interesting, this has been in place a long time. Going back to the day of the walkman and game boy where they were worried lowfrequency devices would worry about the plane being able to land and take off. Interesting that the faa has taken this long to conduct this study. Yeah, right. Whats the deal there . Everything every consumer suspected this. It is bogus. Good they are studying it. Hopefully a change in the road. If you ever posted something online and regretted it you will appreciate a new law in california. It gives young people a doover. It allows anyone under 18 to remove online content they tested. It protects teens haunt by impulsive decisions and does not cover images and information posted about a teen by other people. Heres a look at the wempl thunderstorms from the ohio valley to the southeast. The orlando area can expect another day of downpours. Windy from the Desert Southwest to the rockies. Las vegas can expect just storms and wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. The temperatures will be seasonal and pleasant much of the east and the upper midwest. 90s in new orleans, dallas and phoenix. We want to know the former racehorse that makes plenty of money. When they help other racehorse thats create something that is kind of im butchering this. It is about horse thats retired and making money. Take it over for me. Thats right. A former racehorse in maryland is making money by selling his paintings. Hes metro mead meteor. He was forced off the track because of a knee injury to his owner taught him to paint. Thank you. He sells his art work online and in a gallery in gettysburg. Hes a lot of work to do. 80 people want his work and are on a waiting list. I want to know what they are using the money for that he is making. For hay. Hopefully they are treating him well. I hope he gets good food. I like animal art. I find it appealing. Really . Yeah, i document so random and cool. An elephant or 2yearold, i guess is the same thing. There you go. By the way, horse walks in to a bar. Yeah. Bartender says whats with the long face . Nice. Anything to get me away from that read. Try to get your mind off of it. Oh, my goodness. Coming up a retail giant selling a controversial Halloween Costume for young girls labelled as naughty. Clint eastwoods son is getting attention worldwide. We are talking about his good looks and so are we. Runs in the family. And the bat until the computer tablet market. Competition heating up today with new products and new prices. You are watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by woolite every day. Save them. 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One of the big new features isnt related to the hardware, even though the hardware is actually nice. It is a software called mayday and if i click on this button someone will come on the screen and tell me how to use it if i am confused about it. It is 365 days a year and free service and one tap and a person on the screen will help you. Jeff bezos is not only the ceo of amazon and the new owner of washington post. He said it is all about putting the customer first. Willingness to invent, be patient. Work together and allow companies to do things that otherwise they could never do. Reporter more importantly when it comes to the post he sees an opportunity bring the paper to the 21st century. I tell people when the world changes around you and it changes against you, what used to be a tail wind is all of a sudden an head wind you have to lean in to that and figure out what to do. Complaining is not a strategy. Reporter joanna stern, abc news, seattle. You have a kindle fire. I got one as a gift. I was a little skeptical. Hey, thanks. I like it. At first when they came out when you had to have a light on it is like reading a book. It surfs the web. It is amazing. You are hard wired amazon. You can review it. I love the thing. It is woerndful for readers and like having a mini ipad if you think about it. It is essentially a tablet. When i got it i thought it was a reading device that was a little super charged but great for reading, way better than i thought it would be and like a little mini ipad. And so many options for it. It is great and cheap. Not aball bad deal. Thumbs up. If he gives it a thumbs up you should go i and buy it today. Give me a kick back, amazon. Yeah, why not. A Halloween Costume for little girls is sparking controversy for parents. Why is this black dress getting i got my little black dress on little black dress getting a lot of attention. It is a Halloween Costume for girls called the naughty leopard. The outfit is pretty tame but the parents say the title of the costume is inappropriate. More from our station in portland, oregon. Abcd sfoets as early as children learn the abcs they learn to love halloween. Theres candy and all of those characters to choose from. Thats me when i was dressing up like a princess. Reporter at 3 years old, claire didnt think twice about the name of this costume we showed her. I want the wear that for halloween. Even though it is called a naughty leopard. Yeah. I want to wear it. Okay. Reporter when she tried it on she loved it. I like the sparkles. The sparkles are your favorite part . Uhhuh. Reporter mom not so much. It is the cabaretish sparkles with the black. It is excessive. Uncomfortable seeing her in it. I would not buy it for her. Reporter i bought the costume in a Portland Walmart in the island across from flirty adult tops. Some say it is naughty and means you are misbehaving. Thats not the impression the name gives for a costume. The outfit itself is cute but naughty leopard doesnt sound like something a kid should be wearing. Reporter the costume is available on walmart. Com but you wont find the word naughty. Instead it is matched with the title leopard halloween child costume and checked out target and found flower child and purple pop star and fred meyer, a pouty picture of devilish punk. These girls wont be wearing anytime soon. All right. Dont have a problem with it . I really dont. If you are a mom and dont like it, go to the next aisle, the next store and dont buy it. I have seen the catalogs and little girls are attracted to. That they want to look sexy. They dont know the word but some are a lot more risque than that. I think it is the sparkles. What do i know . I dont have a daughter. You do, so you get it. It doesnt have been look like a leopard. Mars, but, thanks to hotwires incredibly low travel prices, i can afford to cross more things off my list. 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Reporter eastwood is a young actor and son of Hollywood Screen legend and director clint eastwood. Definitely have his eyes. Do you hear that quite a lot . Oh, that im better looking . You tell me. Im kidding. Reporter hes slowly making a name for himself. You have that look in your eye again. Reporter playing small parts in movies with his father. Look just outside. When was the last time you saw him. Reporter like trouble with a curve and grantor reno . Reporter what is it like working with him . It is a treat, unbelievable. I think every father is harder on their son. He wants to make sure you earn it. Ive auditioned for every one of his films. Reporter we have a couple of questions, called a lightning round. Im ready. Reporter favorite cocktail. Wis whiskey soda. Reporter favorite movie. Unforgiven. Reporter why . Its my dads. Reporter blond or brunette . Oh, jeez. Both. Reporter diplomatic. Very good. And for all of you ladies out there wondering im single. Reporter you are . I am single. Reporter watch out, ladies, single scott will be coming to a Movie Theater near you acting along brad pitt in world war ii movie furry. Abc news, london. Nice guy. Whew you liky. Very nice. The apple doesnt fall far from the tree. Thats the word i was thinking when i was watching. Thats what you were thinking. Imagine getting scolded by clint eastwood. To your room now. It would be great. I think it is great he has to audition for his parts. His dad has not given hail free ticket. I didnt realize that was his son. I saw gran torino and i remember that seen. He was good. Bright futur. This morning on world news now, escaping terrorism. New pictures show the gun fight and the shoppers fleeing the madness. And why are there security concerns in the u. S. . What happened this nairobi could happen in any nal the united states. Questions about the terror group that carried out the attack. Difficult decision, jurors in this Michael Jackson wrongful death suit and the challenge thats face today under review. The concert promoter and dr. Conrad murray. Very large sum of money. There could be a billion dollars on the line. Then losing her religion. Dancing with the stars contestant leah remini and her candid remarks about leaving scientology. The church is now firing back. It is wednesday, september 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good wednesday morning. We begin in kenya where the president has called for three days of mourning now the siege at the mall is over. 72 people were killed, including 61 civilians. More bodies are expected to be pulled from the rubble after three floors of the mall have collapsed. With details on the terror attack heres brian ross. Reporter unrelenting, kenyan troops were finally able to give the thumbs up. The westgate Shopping Mall in nairobi had been secured from the terrorists. I report with Great Sadness that 61 civilians lost their lives in the attack. Six Security Officers also made the ultimate sacrifice to defeat the criminals. Reporter survivors tell stories of heroism. A video showed this man crawling to rescue a mother and her two children and then running in a crouch to safety. The terrorists, seen in this photo, challenged hostages to recite the koran saying they only want to kill nonmuslims. Five terrorists were killed during the siege with the president saying more attackers and sill civilians are buried under the rubble caused by explosions. While the terrorists were ultimately defeated, the protracted worldwide attention on the attack may have been all they were after in the first place. This is a major success for them. This was a mission to kill and maim at a very high level and to receive the kind of attention that it has done. Reporter the group, claiming responsibility, came across the boarder in to kenya from neighboring somalia. It is called al shabaab. Arabic for the youth or the boys. Throughout the siege, al shabaab members sent audio and written messages to reporters via twitter them al shabaab Video Production unit regularly turns out wellproduced propaganda and recruiting videos, many aimed at americans, featuring american recruits like this young man who supposedly came from minneapolis and was killed in fighting after recording this tape. From the groups perspective these individuals are quite useful because they project their ideology on the one hand, bring funding an recruits. Reporter the fbi says it knows of no Credible Threats against american Shopping Malls. Even as counterterror experts raise concerns that al shabaabs american recruits could bring home what they have learned over there. Fwhapd nairobi could happen in any mall in the united states. Reporter brian ross, abc news, new york. It was an emotional homecoming from one North Carolina woman who survived this attack with sobs so heavy she could hardly speak. She collapsed in to the arms of loved ones she didnt know if she would ever see again. They greetd her at washington, d. C. Airport. Even though she is safe she struggled to describe the awful moment at that mall. I was eating on the terrace and heard an explosion, sort of crawling out and we were in the back of the store. She hid for four hours before rescued by security forces. She says she is glad to be home. Now to the moderate tone being seth set from the new leader of ray iran. Hassan rouhani is calling for friendship with the midwest and promising never to build a nuclear weapon. President obama and president rowman hanny are in new york for the u. N. General assembly but will not meet face to face. He spoke last night to cnn. I would like to say to american people, i bring peace and friendship from iranians to americans. Reporter rouhani tells cnn he accepts the holocaust and calls it a great crime against jews by the nazis. During his interview he condemned all again side. A major change from irans previous president who refused to acknowledge that the holocaust happened. I suspected a change in iran a Charm Offensive as some call it but even they are staggered by the debrgree of the change o tone. Tone and actions two different thing some there is skepticism of course but wow. So the handshake that was supposed to happen but didnt happen between rouhani and proum doesnt mean it cant still happen. They are leaving the door wide open. John kerry will meet with his, the foreign minister over in iran soon. Its really just a matter of wait and see what this turns in to. The fact the tone is different is a good step away from. Cant hurt. Away from what the previous leader was bringing. A beginning for sure. President obama is bringing out the new guns to convince skeptics that the new system will be cheaper and healthier two president s introduced bay possible future one. The more i thought about it, the more i realized how much nave common. Bill clinton to the rescue. With one week to go before people line up for obama care, the president turns to the man he calls his secretary of explaining stuff. When you have universal enrollment, you can manage costs better and cut inflation down. I want you to know one thing, inflation and Health Care Costs dropped 4 three years in a row for the first time in 50 years. Reporter for bill and hillary a familiar fight. 20 years ago their push failed. Now in order to fund the changes obama won, most of the uninsured must sign on or face a penalty. The moets important thing obviously is to get people enrolled in this. Push comes as republicans are fighting to defund the law. Senator ted cruz staged a protest speech on the floor of the senate. I intend to speak in opposition to obama care. Reporter it is a losing battle and elements are in effect. Children can remain on parents insurance until 26. Some seniors paying less than prescriptions and those with preexisting conditions are guaranteed coverage. First we have to get everybody to sign up. Reporter still Many Americans are not sold and it is unclear what a lastminute push even from bill clinton will do to change that. Bob woodruff, abc news, new york. So if you are uninsured right now what will obama care cost you . There are new government figures just released this morning. Consumers will choose from 53 plans from at least two different insurance providers. Typical premiums will average about 328 for a Single Person but most uninsured americans should be able to find basic coverage under 100 a month. The government is cranking up pressure on David Petraeus and kelly. Kellys complaint to the fbi about harassing emails led to petraeus red ig nation. She and her husband filed a lawsuit claiming invasion of privacy. They said the kellys failed to present facts. The jury in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial moved closer to deliberations. A billion dollars potentially at stake. The family attorney presented Closing Arguments. We have the latest from l. A. Katherine jackson versus aeg live. Reporter in a lastditch effort the attorneys for the family tried to convince jurors that aeg live is responsible for hiring murray and therefore responsibility for jacksons death. The defendants chose to do more than pay dr. Murray 150,000 a month. They asked him to help with the insurance. Reporter after hearing from more than 50 witnesses through 84 days in court the interview with aegs ceo was also played. Very large sum of money. Conrad Robert Murray guilty. Reporter in 2011, a separate jury found murray guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter for giving jackson a deadly cloes dose of propofol leading up to his multimilliondollar comeback tour seen in this rehearsal video. He was never hired by aeg but Michael Jackson three years prior. The complainants claim ae gerks pressured dr. Murray to get jackson ready to perform. The damages could run in to the billions. Meant to reflect what he could have earned alive but any award will likely be appeal. Next attorneys for aeg live will present their Closing Argument with the jury likely getting the case on thursday. Thank you. Starting in january, paparazzi in california will face stiff penalties for taking pictures of celebritys children. It is part of a new law backed by halle berry and jennifer garner. It was just signed by governor brown. Taking the photos without parental consent could face a fine up to 10,000 and a year in jail. What could be the completion of one of the greatest kbks in sports history could happen today. Weather permitting in the americas cup. The race between the team in new zealand and an americanbacked team is winner take all. The amazing part. The u. S. Team has been one loss away from surrendering the cup for a week. They have won seven straight races and another on the San Francisco bay today. They will have staged a successful cup defense. However unlikely that seems. Did you get it all. I got it. It goes back 162 years an the oldest trophy in international sports. Wow. No kidding. I must confess i dont know a lot about it. Thats what im saying for a sport i dont know a lot about im stunned by how long it has been around. Apparently it is all about penalties, too. Not to get too technical but if the u. S. Team has not been penalized in two races we would have bonn by now. We are battling penalties. The americanbacked team is backed by big corporations. It is a rity, regal. But only one american guy on the americanbacked team. Really . Yeah. Wow. It is still an americanbacked team. We can still claim it, right . You bet. As long as they win. The car theft victim who found his wheels thanks to google. Changing for the better. Whos urging ladies of the night to find successful path outside of the red light district. You are watching world news now. Talking about bad bad girls world news now weather brought to you by no no hair removal. Now to a minister on a mission. She made it her goal to get prostitutes off the streets in to a better life. This episcopal priest does more than preach. This is the red light district. Reporter they are out every night, riding through the rough side of nashville. Come with us and spend the night at my house. Reporter trying their hardest to talk women in the sex trade off the streets. When you get ready let me know. Reporter they are former prostitutes themselves. I was really tired. I was done. Reporter booked and jailed hundreds of times before becca staefens showed them the way out. This ordained nashville minister promises women that leave the street two with years in her Residential Program and meaningful work with the company she started. They make soaps, oils and lip balms, almost 1 million in sales this year in stores an the country. Today i go to court to get custody of my son. [ cheers and applause ] reporter stevens figured out you cant break the cycle without a place to live and work. She offers these Women Security and sanctuary. Sleep is so unsafe for women who have slept under bridges and who have slept, you know, in abandoned houses and trailer parks and all of these places where people keep them. Reporter she says like so many she helps she too survived sexual abuse at a young age. Why didnt know is that period would link me to the women on the streets forever. Reporter within two years, 75 of the women Becca Stevens and her team have helped are still living in the light. Abc news, nashville. Fantastic. We need more people like Becca Stevens out there. Took the words out of my mouth. Still to come, former scientologist battles with the church. What leah remini has to say about steining to and her role on dancing with the stars. And burger king serving a lowfat french fry. But will it leave your wallet a little lighter . You are watching world news now. War of words shaping up between the church of scientology and a former member. Leah remini made a statement on dancing with the stars and the church fired back. There she was in her sweat pants. Leah remini in this behind the scenes footage that aired monday night on dancing with the stars. Okay. I was going through a personal big change for me and my family. Reporter firing a shot across the bow of the Controversial Church of scientology. Church is looking for me to fail so they can say to their pair rigsers, so they can say, see what happens when you leave the church what happens. They are waiting if more me to fail. Her role in the king of queens. I chose you. Thats got to sting. The church found by l. Ron hubbard and nonfer celebrity members like tom cruise i it. Is a privilege to call yourself a scientologist. Reporter over the summer leah remini became perhaps the most prominent celebrity defector from the church. Her departure came after years of growing questions and concerns some of which spilled out on primetime tv. I was scared to be myself. We are used to everything that happens to us is our fault. A lot of negativity on yourself. Reporter as for the church, for the most part they have publicly handled reminis departure quite gingerly. But in response to her most recent comment they issued a statement saying we know this may come as a surprise to someone as self absorbed as miss remini but we could care less if she wins or loses on dancing with the stars. Dan harris, abc news, new york. Shes not done. She says she wants to write a tellall memoir. Could be a doozy. She wants to talk about things that are taboo. She will get in to the it inty it from grit fi of what she says is happening behind doors in the sign tomg churches. Probably an interesting book. She looks terrific on dancing with the stars. Moves well and looks terrific. She talks about how the church depleted her of self defense but she projects it so well. The victim who found his wheels thanks to google. And a risque way to turn your own phone on next in the mix. You know how google earth works you are able to travel the globe with a couple of clicks on the computer. Every once in a while a story that has a leng to google earth comes up that has nothing to do with traveling around. A guy was on google effort checking out a place he used to hunt in. He goes to check it out and finds an suv there. Turns out full circle he calls in the sheriffs dp and they pull the car out of the brush. The car was a stolen suv reported in march. They pull it out of the brush. They find it. Check it out. Yeah, awesome. This happened in mississippi and rightful owner, rightful car. They havent been able to identify who put it there. Google earth didnt help with everything but happy ending to this story. So there you go. Checking out google earth. He was able to find an illegal shoot out house, whatever that might be in mississippi but the suv. Pretty awesome. Pretty cool. Interesting technology story. The iphone 5s came out that has the fingerprint sensor to unlock it. It has worked with peoples toes, and the latest one is with nipples. Men and women have used their nipples successfully to unlock the new iphone 5s. I didnt realize we had video of that. I dont know if that Fingerprint Technology is that reliable. Amazing, right . There you go. You could if you want to use your nipples and as we said in the meeting, why stop there . Also if you think about it, our ap producer amanda said that is the most convenient way walking down the street. Clearly. Iphone should have done that in the beginning. Texting while driving is a problem all over the country. Here in new york state it is completely illegal. Not allowed. Not the case everywhere. In order to curb this problem there are still about 49 of drivers who still text while they drive. The governor of new york decided to start text stops. It will cost nothing to build them because a lot of times it is rest areas that are already there. Some of it is about signage. Some will say dont text and drive, park instead. 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We will explain in the skinny on this wednesday, september 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. We begin this half hour with the latest details in the terror attack in kenya. Security forces are searching through the rubble right now in the collapsed mall for bodies that may be trapped. The president has called for three days of mourning for those who died including 61 civilians. We have a report from nairobi. Reporter this was the end game, the explosive conclusion to the fourday siege as troops swept through the mall looking for remaining terrorists, one soldier tossed a grenade and then took cover, waiting for the blast. The president of kenya told the country the terrorists were defeated. Intelligence reports have suggested that a british woman and two or three american citizens may have been involved in the attack. We cannot confirm the details at present. Reporter we saw the first images believed to hoe the attackers, a tweet allegedly posted by al shabaab categorically denies the shoe t attackers, a tweet allegedly posted by al shabaab categorically denies the the attackers, a tweet allegedly posted by al shabaab categorically denies thw the attackers, a tweet allegedly posted by al shabaab categorically denies the involvement of any woman. This an eyewitness told a different story. She looked like a woman. Reporter there are reports that some of the attackers may have slipped out in the confusion on saturday as 1,000 people were evacuated from the 300,000 square foot mall. There are unforgettable stories and images of survival. This picture of a woman an two children taking cover, then their rescue caught on tape. A man also lying on the floor crawls slowly to reach them. He picks up the little girl and then takes the young boy in his arms, crouching low as they run between kiosks toward safety. Across the atrium in the supermarket, as shots rang out, 19yearold woman hid for an hour hours under a pile of suitcases. Her brother texted her the attackers were killing non muslims and sent her an islamic prayer to memorize. There are 50 people missing, including civilians and terrorists under the rubble. Kenyas president said he dispatched a Forensic Team to study the attack and determine which countries the takers came from. U. N. Insctors return to the damascus neighborhood the scene of months chemical weapons attack and in the United Nations, the u. S. And russia are at odds over a plan to rid syria of the weapons. Secretary of state john kerry hosted what he called productive meeting with his russian counterpart. New president of iran sounding a much more moderate tone. Hassan rouhani says his country poses no threat to the world. He says that he brings peace and friendship from iran to the american people. President obama also spoke at the u. N. Yesterday. Abcs Marci Gonzalez was there. Good morning, marci. Good morning. President obama is back in washington after a packed day of foreign diplomacy and a missed opportunity here. President obama addressing the United Nations general assembly, urging World Leaders to take risks to secure peace in the middle east and cautiously opening up to the possibility of mending relations with iran. The road blocks may prove to be too great, but i firmly believe the diplomatic path must be tested. Reporter despite early hints that irans newly elected president rouhani could meet with balm, iran backed out saying such a meet willing make things too complicated back in iran. It would have been the first face to face between u. S. And iranian leaders since the 79 iranian hostage. A choons to work toward a nuclear agreement. They say iran wants to continue Nuclear Enrichment for peaceful purposes. Agreement. They say iran wants to continue Nuclear Enrichment for peaceful purposenuclear agreement. They say iran wants to continue Nuclear Enrichment for peaceful purposes. Nuclear weapon and other weapons of mass destruction have no place in irans security and defense doctrine. Reporter iranian talks now in the hands of secretary of state john kerry who will meet with irans foreign minister on thursday. President obama remained focused on other pressuring issues including helping to broker peace between israel and palestine meeting one on one with abbas. None of us are under the illusion this will be easy. Reporter president obamas speech focused on on syria, calling on the u. N. Security council to enforce consequences if assads regime doesnt hand over all of its chemical weapons. John an diana john and diana . The senate has the first test vote as it takes up the continuing resolution to fund the government delaying tactics could push a vote in to the weekend, days before the fiscal a year begins on october 1st. Days before the roll out of the health care law, senator ted cruz set out to speak in opposition to the plan until he can no longer stand. The tea Party Conservative started his talkathon yesterday afternoon. He is filling the time talking about the washington ruling class, the revolutionary war, citing childrens books green eggs and ham. And even discussing his favorite hamburgers. Green eggs and ham. I like their little burgers. Im a big fan of eating white castle burgers. Republicans dont have enough votes to stop socalled obama care. Yesterday in new york, president obama got support from hillary and bill clinton. Putting a positive spin on the new law. All right. Putting on a performance of his own in new york. Rock star bono proved he can do more than just sing. It is pretty awesome as part of the panel at the initiative the you tube front man offered up an impersonation of bill clinton. Lets listen. When i first met bono he walked in to the oval office and i actually thought it was a member of his own road crew. It wasnt really dressed right. Actually i felt like the rock star on that occasion. I must be really easy to make fun of. Pretty awesome. President clinton was clearly impressed and amused. They say it is the sincerest form of flattery. Pretty good. Moving to this now, incoming u. S. Army recruits are facing new tattoo restrictions. Under the regulations soldiers will not be allowed to have tattoos that show below the else bose and knees or above the neckline. Soldiers who currently have tattoos in banned areas will be allowed to keep them in a grandfathered clause. This is what i think is pretty interesting. My father was in the military in the 60s and thats where you went to get your tattoos. That was old school tattoo. You were in the navy and got a tattoo. Thats where it happened. Now they are not letting you in if you have too many tattoos. I guess the problem is they creep up on the neck and maybe extreme tattoos the military is drawing the line. I am having hard time understanding why. Thats all im saying. I can see both sides. I can too. Im having a hard time understanding what the purpose is. When you have a gun in your hand and sent to a battlefield tattoos dont matter so much. Thats right. Doesnt really matter. Heres a look at the weather. Showers and thunderstorms from the ohio valley to georgia and the carolinas. Another day of downpours in central florida. Showers in the Pacific Northwest and down through northern nevada. Highs in the northeast will range from the 50s to the 70s. Further south and west to the 80s and 90s. Temperatures only in the 30s and 40s in the Higher Elevations of the southwest, Northern Rockies and sierra, nevada range. Theres never too much of a good thing here on world news now. When that good thing is simply being cute, thats why it makes it our favorite story of the. It comes to us from china. They had quite a get together the other day at one of chinas biggest breeding centers. Get a load of that. They were showing off the 14 cubs that were born there between july and september. By the way, those are wellbehaved. They are well behaved. They all stood in a little row. How adorable are they . They will join the existing family of 128 giant pandas. They are still on the critically endangered list. Look at that shot. They are adorable. Id love to hold one of those critters. Only when they are that size. Even when they are big. But they can be killers. I dont think so. Have they ever done that we will have to google that. We will have to wikipedia that. That big even if they dont want to kill you. They can roll over and sit on top of you. They could do that. Coming up the dancing with the stars contestant sent to the hospital with an injury. And the great get together. And muppets on stage at a famous national showcase. You are watching world news. On the muppet show tonight its time to put on makeup its time to dress up right its time to raise the curtain on the muppet show tonight announcer world news now weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. On the muppet show tonight. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. You disgust me. Prove it. Enough is enough. Dcon baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. Guaranteed. Dcon. Get out. Its the best of both worlds, fast food that is actually not too bad for you. Burger king unveiling a french fry that is lower in fat. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis checks it out. Fried to tasty perfection. It is fast food wars the new battleground, french fries. New satisfries. From Burger King Burger king hopes it takes a serious bite out of the competition. How important are french fries in the fast food wars . Hugely. 50 of all orders according to burger king contain french fries. Reporter that is 56 million orders of fries every month but there are millions of Health Conscious consumers currently opting out. This way maybe this way they have an option that maybe more palatable to the moms to bring their kids to burger king instead of mcdonalds. Reporter whats the difference between the old fries and new, aside from their shape, the old fries have 340 calories in a small. The satisfries have 70. What about the taste . We asked a few of the littlest customers. Which did you like best . The second. Which did you like . The first. Reporter not quite an apple in a happy meal but a healthier alternative to the old version, which are still available. The new fries cost 20 to 30 cents more at most locations. Did you know these were called satisfries. What you think of the name . It is a bad name. Reporter what would you name them . Yummy fries. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. Burger king is striking out. They gave it a bad name and more expensive than the ones that arent good for you. And more expensive than the ones that arent good for youa an according and more expensive than the ones that arent good for you and more expensive than the ones that arent good for yout and more expensive than the ones that arent good for youo and more expensive than the ones that arent good for youh and more expensive than the ones that aren that defeats the purpose. Apparently it is coated with a batter that absorbs less oil. It will be interesting to find out what is in that batter. My feeling is when i go to one of these places i dont go every day but when i go once in a while give me the real mccoy. You dont want to be satisfied with satisfries. We have a facebook question, we want to know would you pay extra for healthier fast food. Log on to our facebook page, wnnfans. Com. I dont think i would be satisfied. I love the mcdonald french fry and the Burger King Burger. You can but a lot of driving. Two trips. All right. Coming up, just when you think you have seen enough of miley cyrus, think again. If you liked the movie dumb and dumber we have exciting news next in the skinny. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Skinny so skinny what would the skinny be without miley cyrus. Nothing. This is new stuff. We are not even rehashing here. October cover of Rolling Stone and shes on it. And man oh man. Nice tongue action there. She is completely topless. The idea is she just got out of the pool and she was skinny dipping. She actually, besides that racy picture, goes on to give quotes about things and says now people expect me to come out and twerk with my tongue out all the time and i will probably never do that s word again. She says she wasnt trying to be sexy when dancing with robin thicke. She said if i was trying to be sexy i could have been sexy. I dance a lot better than that. Interesting picture also from the Rolling Stone shoot. Apparently while doing the interview she got that tattoo on the bottom of her feet, Rolling Stone. Call that a random spur of the moment decision. Your daily fix of miley. Topless and tattooed. I have no opinion of her. Yes, you do. You are not going to share it. I know what you are getting at. I dont have a shareable opinion. The words that i want to use in describing my opinion for miley cyrus i can not use on television. Got you. Loud and clear. Moving on the this now. Some sad news out of dancing with the stars. Bill nye the science guy got injured during one of his practices. Theres a picture of him at the hospital. Not a lot of information from dancing with the stars, the producers, but he tweeted out, working with a partially torn ligament. Plan to be dancing next week, though. Standby and in parenthesis, really cute or elevate your leg by. Get it . Elevate your leg. I if i was on the show i would be claiming injury and getting ouft there. Initially, he was on the chopping block but last week he danced the paso doble and got 17 out of 30. So he may be on the rise, but hopefully his injury will not side track him too much. All right. Lets talk about a classic comedy dumb and dumber 1994. The sequel is coming. Dumb and dumber 2. Tweeting out a picture. A shot of him and jim carrey saying get ready for the installment. It will be due out in 2014 and directed by the farrelly brothers. Hope they are still funny. Its been a long time. I loved the first one. So you are telling me theres a chance. Telling you there is a chance. Strong opinions about that movie on both sides. People really, really love it. Gross but i loved it. Cracked me up. And people were like is that the scene where he is in the bathroom where he goes, do not go in there. That is classic. Now we know who the richest or the highest paid hip hop artists are according to forbes. Are you ready . Forbes. Are you ready . Drum roll please. Diddy number one which is surprising to me. How much . Jayz number two. Doesnt say much everybody is making. Just says how much they are worth. The top runners, diddy 50 million over the past 12 months. Jayz 43 million. I dont know that makes a lot of sense. I would think that jayz would be first but if you combine jayz with beyonce then you have a powerful. The contract that diddy has with the Vodka Company is the lions share of the money. Makes sense. Dr. Dre is number three 40 million and nicki minaj rounded out the top four and the highest paid female hip hop artist which is interesting. So there you have it. And the highest paid female hip hop artist which interesting. So there you have it. Lights its time to meet the muppets on the muppet show tonight the muppets once together, once again. And this time it is permanent. They have a new home in the Smithsonian Museum them story from shoshana walsh. Sunny days keeping the clouds away from sesame treat to our Nations Capital the muppets st Nations Capital the muppets ea Nations Capital the muppets have arrived in style, ernie, elmo and miss piggy are out of boxes and will be on display at the National Musuem american of history. Jim hensons daughter cheryl was on hand to send them off. I hope the next generation will see the art, humor and wackiness that was my fathers work. Puppeteers were at the smithsonian including the voice of the muppet prairie dawn. Im a sweet little girl. One of the most Famous Television couples will finally be reunited. I know she is happy. Im not sure how kermit feels. That is something we will have to ask him. Reporter Bonny Erickson designed and built miss piggy. She started to work with jim henson in 1970. It is as much fun to be there as anyone has watching the show. Reporter hensons team all said the muppets have become like family members. They seem like people, not characters on the show to us. The puppets will be on display for fans young and old starting in december. Miss piggy, always a star will be part of the permanent exhibit. Shoshana walsh, abc news, washington. They even look funny sitting there. I know. It is like they are about to come to life. Top three favorite muppets . Elmo, big bird, kermit the frog. They didnt have elmo when i was a kid. Mine was grover and i liked oscar the grouch and ernie. Ernie was like he was always busting berts chops. Giving him a hard time. The two are adorable. Oscar the grouch. Good choice. Announcer this is abc world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades. Arly 1 in 200 amerericans suffer with the debilitatating pain and constant disruption of inflammatory bowel disease. The toll is both physical and emotional. Chances are you know somne with ibd. Im Amy Brenneman and t the Crohns Colitis Foundation of america. Ccfa was created to help those with ibd cope anand to find a cure. People with d cant wait. Wont you help someone you know . Making news in america this morning funding fight. One week until the Nations Health care system changes. One senator is taking all night in an interesting protest. I do not like green eggs and ham. Were live in washington with the latest on the budget battle. And breaking news. Flames shoot from a warehouse following a huge explosion. Were learning whats inside that building as the fire rages on. Showstopper. Turns out rock star, bono, has another talent. Cracking up the crowd. And one wrong turn during a race sends the car and its driver flying