day by leading a state trooper to a burning home. we'll hear from a man who trusted this canine to lead the way. good morning, america. i'm bill weir. >> good morning, bill, good morning, everyone, i'm bianna golodryga. saturday, april 24th. weather is a big story this morning. the south part of the country is waking up to a rare, severe weather alert. tornadoes and driving rain throughout the region last night. much more is expected today. marysol will have much more on that coming up. we also have rare good news about the economy this morning. no one expected new home sales to surge as much as they did. in march, the biggest increase since kennedy was in the white house. but will it last especially since the tax incentives expire. also, a surprising story out of utah. a convicted killer who asked to be put to death by a firing squad. and the judge granted his wish. now, his decision is renewing questions about the death penalty and whether the firing squad is cruel and unusual punishment. but we do begin with that controversial immigration law that set off a fiery debate across america and lass the land. mike von fremd has the details. >> reporter: on the streets, there was anger. riot police called to protesting outside the capital. most were peaceful. a handful threw bottles at police were and arrested. inside the capitol building, arizona governor jan brewer defiantly signed the sweeping immigration law. >> with the unwavering resolution on this legislation, arizona strengthens the security within our borders. >> reporter: arizona has the most illegal border crossings in the united states. and the new law here requires local police to stop and demand proof of citizenship from anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant. >> there are a lot of people that are going to be -- it's sad. they don't care about their neighbors. >> reporter: opponents, some comes from far away as los angeles say, it's a recipe for racial profiling. and hispanics are afraid to report crime. president obama blasted the bill calling it misguided. >> the recent efforts in arizona which threatened to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as americans. >> reporter: the governor insists citizens are no reason to fear. >> i will not tolerate racial discrimination or racial profiling in arizona. >> reporter: and there were a handful of people on the streets who agreed with her. but already, critics are gearing up to fight the bill, calling it unconstitutional and creating a state of fear. >> well, it certainly resonates of "let me see your papers" environment. >> reporter: for "good morning america," mike von fremd, abc news, phoenix. >> and among those opposed to this new law on constitutional and ethical grounds is the mayor of phoenix. a democrat, phil gordon, who joins us from there. mr. mayor, thanks for being with us. as you know, this law is set to take effect in august. what are prepared to do to try to stop? >> i'm asking the city council tuesday to authorize a city attorney to file a lawsuit to enjoin the law so that it doesn't go into effect until the courts can review it. and i'm positive it's unconstitutional on its face. >> but if this is still hung up in a lawsuit in some form in august, what will you tell your police chief who is essentially under orders to enforce this? >> well, number one, the chief and i agree that we're not sure how to enforce it. if we enforce it, we get sued on civil rights violations. if we don't, we get sued by anyone in the state which is allowed by law on penalties and legal fees. we're hoping the courts will enjoin it to at least interpret it and hold it in abeyance. if not, we still have to file the law. even though it's unjust. it's hateful and spiteful. it's going to make the state and city much less safe. >> well, governor brewer would obviously disagree. and they point to the fact that a rancher was murdered near the border by a suspected smuggler just last month. and some 460,000 illegal immigrants in your state. so, what's your fix? >> well, number one, we all want stronger border. we want the federal government to do their job and secure the border. we want a revised comprehensive immigration reform policy that allows legal people that are law-abiding to work here, to go for a path of citizenship if they want. the problem now, the system is so broken that all we're doing is making it more lucrative for the smugglers and people that bring drugs into our country and our community. >> so what's your fix? >> the fix is to actually, number one, to get more resources on the border. i've testified in congress, support our dea and atf, and border patrol, get more to our department that goes after the smuggling rings nationwide, as well as here. and also -- >> what do you do for those already in arizona? >> there's 500,000 in arizona, 12 million throughout the u.s. it's not realistic, especially since the vast majority have just been here for decades even, to try to ship them out. let's work on a work desk program where people register, they learn the language, they pay the fee, and allow them to contribute to our economy. the last thing we want now is an economic crisis. arizona is now being threatened with boycotts, people who are here fighting for this country are fearful for their loved ones. you know, this is shifting the burden of proof not just for those that aren't documented, but anyone. what does a senior who doesn't drive do? how do they prove without a driver's license? how does a 15-year-old child? people coming from your state, even mayor bloomberg who has entered this and supported me which i'm grateful for. >> mayor phil gordon, we appreciate your time. >> thank you. we're going to turn now to the gulf coast where hope is lost for the families of 11 workers missing after that oil rig explosion. the coast guard has called off the search for them. and now it's focused on containing and cleaning up the huge oil spill. matt gutman is in new orleans with the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: bianna, the wind blowing from the south is doing two things, one, it's pushing that blob of oil towards the coast, but it's also creating chop which is hoping to disperse some of that oil and helping to avert what many feel would have been an environmental disaster. it was the news everyone expected, but no one wanted to hear. the three-day long search for the 11 missing workers was called off. >> we want to extend our sympathies to these 11 -- these family members of the 11 missing workers. >> reporter: testimony from surviving crew members placed many of the 11 near the blast site. an inferno they were unlikely to survive. the cause of the blast remains unknown, as is the exact location of the rig, now submerged. in its place, a 100-square mile island of slime, part diesel, part crude oil. 25-mile-per-hour winds are pushing it towards the louisiana coast and its fragile ecosystem, a fleet of some 30 ships is racing to contain the spill. but the coast guard thinks it may be catching a break. >> it's staying offshore, we know with the weather that's coming it's probably going to break up and become a nonissue. >> reporter: that's because's investigators believe a valve essentially capped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil a day from gushing into the gulf. but there are still very real concerns that the 700,000 gallons of diesel contained in tanks that went down with the rig may start to leak. >> i think it's too early to tell whether this chapter is over, and we're now containing the spill or whether there's more to come. >> and for the families, there's now only grief. i walked through the lobby of their hotel yesterday and saw stricken family members, their faces ashen. now, two of those family members have filed suit already against the company who operated the rig claiming negligence, bianna. thank you. now, we're going to shift gears. saying of new holmes shot up a staggering 27%. it's the biggest one-month jump in nearly 50 years. home builders are obviously rejoying. does it signify a turning point in the housing market or just a temporary spike? joining us is jon hilsenrath. a chief economics expert for "the wall street journal." jon, what's behind the surge? >> we have a couple factors. transitory and fundamental. on the fundamental side, interest rates are very low and prices have come down. there's transitory factors, too. the weather was bad earlier in the year, and it got better. we also have this government tax credit which is expiring so people are rushing into the markets. the bottom line is the market's improving, but that jump is a one-time jump and we shouldn't read too much into if. >> also, it's important to note while sales are up, the median home price only rose slightly. still down 18% from its high two years ago. how big an issue is that? >> well, it's an important issue because there's still a lot of foreclosed property on the market which means there's still a lot of inventory out there. and that's holding prices down. and that's going to be a weight on the housing market for possibly years to come. >> so, for someone sitting at home, wanting to buy or sell their home right now. is this a good time in the market to put your home up for sale? >> you know, i think we have a housing recovery. but it's really important for people to take a very big lesson from the crisis. which is when you're thinking, for instance, about buying a home, you should be looking at personal falters. the first thing you should ask is can i afford the monthly payment on a conventional mortgage? you shouldn't be caught up on whether the market is picking up or slowing down. it's can i afford this thing. >> all right. well, thank you. clearly, we still have a lot of issues to resolve in the housing market. good news, hopefully, this is longer term than just one month that we'll be paying close attention. >> sure thing. let's turn to a landmark court case involving the boy scouts of america. a jury in oregon has ordered the scouts to pay $16.5 million to a man who says he was sexually abused by a former scout master. todd connor is here. >> reporter: it's one that kerry lewis has been fighting for decades. on friday, a portland, oregon jury awards kerry lewis $18.5 million in punitive damages. that's on top of a $1.4 million compensatory award that they found the boy scouts of a cover-up. lawyers for kerry successfully argued he was abused in the '80s by timur dykes when they knew he had a history of child molestation. dykes who served prison time for sex with minors, admitted to a scouting official that he had molested 17 boys. an attorney said the organization was told repeatedly about dykes but yet still allowed him to participate. >> if you put the interests of that ahead of the safe of children, the guardian will hold you accountable. >> reporter: it also reveals that scouts kept secret files of suspected child molesters for years. scout officials declined to comment on details of the trial because as many as five other cases are pending as part of the same lawsuit. lewis hasn't turned his back on the organization, but has a word of caution for future scouts. >> if you want to join, please do so. but just keep your eyes open, beware. >> and no word what effect this award might have on the other cases still pending. but the boy scouts indicated previously they would appeal the jury's decision. bill, bianna. let's go to ron claiborne for the other headlines. good morning, everyone. the state of utah is now preparing for execution by a firing squad, this after a death row inmate requested instead lethal injection. that in turn has ignited the debate over whether such a choice should be allowed. abc's david kerley has more. >> reporter: they are strange words to hear in the 21st century, ronnie lee gardner telling a judge, quote, i would like the firing squad, please, for his june execution. >> well, it's sort of a remnant of the wild, wild west. >> reporter: in fact, utah is the only state of 35 with the death penalty which gives inmates a choice of a firing squad. in 1,000 executions since the death penalty has been reinstated, only two by firing squad, both in utah. gary gilmore told his firing squad, let's do it, before they fired. opponents call the method cruel and unusual punishment. >> clearly, there's the possibility of a botched execution. bullets missing the heart, vital organs. >> utah became concerned about its image after its last firing squad execution of this man. it was a media circus. so the state six years ago decided to ban the practice. but that change does not apply to the men who are already on death row. and four of the utah inmates have said they, too, want to be executed by a firing squad. >> reporter: so despite the wishesch wishes of opponent, ronny lee gardner may not be the last to face a firing squad in a u.s. prison. for "good morning america," david kerley, abc news, washington. and internal document goldman sachs showed the firm how they would make new investments that would pay off if the housing market fell, according to "the washington post" but the document indicates that goldman did not expect the bubble to burst. it's accused of using its own money to bet against it, while encouraging its investors to do the opposite. and federal officials have revealed a near miss incident this week at the airport in burbank, california. a southwest airlines jet with 124 people on board was landing at the exact same moment that the pilot of a single-engine plane was practicing maneuvers nearby. the planes came within 200 feet vertically and 10 feet laterally. finally, the 25th anniversary of the spaceship hubble. hubble has been sending back spectacular views like these of the earth. it's been the improvement of the black holes and age of expanding universe at 13.7 billion years. that's a first look at the headlines. back to bill and bianna. >> that is one of the great successes of nasa. >> those images are incredible. >> you can't get enough of those images. >> good morning, bill and bianna and ron. you take a look at the radar, 16 states expected to see some form of severe weather. these red boxes are already watches and warnings posted for today. the areas we're looking at, we're looking at portions of mississippi, texas, alabama. we show you, 20 yetournaments a heart to predict, a 30% confidence that there are a ton in and around the area. it starts to move to the eastern seaboard. we're also looking at rainfall and a lot of it even places to the north. >> thanks so much. more on your saturday outlook later on in the show. bill? well, marysol, now to the story right out of "lassie," that dog that led a state trooper to the burning house. >> this is a great story, bill heinrichs was working in a shed next to his home in anchorage, alaska, when a spark accidentally ignited gasoline. the shed went up in flames. as he let his german shepperd buddy out and fled himself, he said out loud "we've got to get help," and with that, buddy took off running. >> reporter: responding to reports of a fire and lost in caswell lakes, alaska trooper terrence shanigan was at a cross roads literally on what to do. his gps system had frozen up and he knew that every second counted. when he saw buddy approach his car, shanigan let his dog mushing instincts take over. >> on this particular day, there was just some connection. buddy was able to connect with me. and there was a gut feeling, this intuition, to follow the dog. he was giving me a lot of clues. looking back over his shoulder, loping, wanting to turn a bit, wanting me to speed up. i knew when the dog came around, buddy actually greeted me at my driver's side door, nudged me with his nose. towards the house, it was just surreal for that brief moment. >> reporter: ambulances soon arrived taking the owner to the hospital. he suffered second degree burns. from the fire. >> i was told that one of the dogs was unaccounted for, asked if it was a german shepperd. when they described it to to me, i realized it must have been buddy. >> reporter: for his heroic actions, buddy was awarded a silver dog bowl at a ceremony yesterday. as it turns out, this is not the first time that buddy has saved his owner. >> he's protected me more than this time. he's chased off bears for me. >> reporter: while a silver bowl may be nice, buddy's real reward is going to come in a few days. >> his reward is going to come here in the next couple days. i'm going to give him a nice big steak. >> on that silver bowl, the words citing buddy for his diligence. keep in mind, this is an untrained dog who now knew what to do, seemingly knew about the urgency of the situation. if not for buddy, he probably would have lost his house. >> good for buddy. >> that is so cool. >> my dog once led authorities to a half-eaten cha lupa. >> see, a little more training, might have saved your life. 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( laughter ) push it down. push it down. thank you for helping. it's amazing what you can make out of a rainy day. childhood is calling. i don't think an illegal action like this is a prank, not when you consider how impacting it was on a presidential election. it went beyond a prank. >> that's right, sarah palin thinks hacking into her e-mail was no joke. she was that tennessee testifying at a trial accused of hacking into her e-mail account during a 2008 presidential campaign. he says it was just a prank, but he's now facing serious jail time. the defense claims it was almost too easy to get her password? are you making it too easy for hackers as well. we'll talk about the password and what you need to know. about keeping yours secret. >> good morning, america. along with bianna golodryga, i'm bill weir. it's saturday, april 24th. thanks for joining us. also coming up, the lowdown on high-priced jeans. do you really need to spend a couple hundred bucks to get a good pair? marysol went on a mission to find out, with a couple of intrepid tests. put the denim to the test. cheap versus expensive, you might be surprised by the result. did you know that today is national pig in the blanket day? >> is that right? >> this is a pig or sheep or both? we've got the answersed in "the news you missed." but we begin with sarah palin on the stand today in a tennessee courtroom, she was there to testify against the man hacking into her e-mail two years ago. prosecutors say he was trying to disrupt the republican presidential campaign, while his lawyers say it was just a college prank. steve osunsami has the story. from nashville. >> reporter: outside the courtroom, sarah palin was angry. >> it's not right. it's not legal. it's not fair or decent. >> reporter: after her e-mail was hacked in 2008 and her personal information was posted online, the palins received phone calls and threats. the secret service have to confiscate the phones. >> they were receiving calls. mama wants to be there to communicate with the kids. yeah, it was a bug deal to have that communication stripped away. >> reporter: she said there were all kinds of theories floating around that people were trying to confirm with our e-mails that todd and i were having an affair or that trig, her newborn, was not really my son." >> there are a couple of pictures in there that are not of public consumption, picture s in there about trig, i wanted to people to see he's a beautiful child. >> reporter: now, he faces time in jail for breaking into her account. did he hurt your family? >> well, anybody who thinks this isn't disruptive or hurtful to have their mailbox broken into or an office broken into and documents stolen and disclosed for the rest of the world, should put themselves in a person's shoes who has gone through this. >> reporter: kernell's lawyers say the account was too easy to break into. it took only 20 minutes. palin's birth date, her zip code and her high school, wasilla high. it doesn't help that kernell is the son of a longtime lawmaker who happens to be a democrat. the palins are popular here. they below concern kernell was trying to derail her vice presidential campaign. many agree. >> joining me now about this case, a cyber expert peri aftab, thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning. >> how serious is this story? >> this is a very serious story because it helps us understand that any of us are vulnerable that someone can get in behind our locked door and our communications. >> you mentioned this could happen to anyone. the red's twitter account was actually hacked as well. >> it was. he used his text name. the street we live on, if anyone knows anything about us, we can get into our accounts. >> we hear the sentence is 50 years. is that too severe? >> i expect there's going to be some jail time, but not as long as six months. anything else sends the wrong message. >> what to take away for people at home. we have so many accounts between twitter, facebook, and you don't want to forget your password, but you don't want people to hack in. >> cybersecurity experts saying upper case, lower case, and they didn't make sense. it's got to be something easy to remember. hard to guess. use obscure terms. put a couple words together. use your favorite nursery rhyme. just because they compromise your twitter, you don't want to get into your facebook. good digital hygiene we need to teach to our kids. we need to remember it ourselves. 85% of elementary school students share their password. 70% of high school students do. we need to keep it safe. >> and hackers are more and more sophisticated as well. >> it doesn't take much sophistication. here, i think they just used some typical wores they could find out about sarah palin online. they knew various things about her. what you need to do is make them work harder if they're going to get into their accounts. >> thanks for joining us. i'm going to change my password. as we speak. in the meantime, we're going to ron with more news. in the news, terror suspect has pleaded guilty in the plot to bomb the subway system last september. he says that he and al azi plead. the securities and exchange commission says all 33 employees caught surfing porngraphic websites on their government governments will be suspended or fired. the reality tv star bret michaels is in critical condition after bleeding from his brain. michaels had an emergency appendectomy last week. and finally, he started at the pacific ocean in california, and hopes, plans to reach new york city on or before june 9th. that is a quick look at the headlines. over to marysol. >> thanks, ron. good morning, everyone. we're keeping an eye on the severe weather. the spring storm just wreaking havoc throughout the middle of the country. from kansas city, to new orleans. even portions of atlanta, jackson, mississippi. you're going to see golf ball-size hail and 80-mile-per-hour wind gusts. elsewhere in the nation, absolutely gorgeous. we're going to see rain in portland and seattle. unfortunately, the northeast is nice. tomo >> thanks so much. this weather report has been brought to you by the alzheimer's association. bill and bianna? 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to keep these jean fiends size up their perfect fair, fashion director of "elle" magazine. >> they're charging around $200 so you definitely want to get as much investment out of that pair as you can. >> all right, supermodel -- >> reporter: after the firing squad of critics, ashley decides on these. the damage, $200. talk about stressed denim. across town, i'm trying to convince my stepdaughter to penny pinch on her pair. but i'll leave that to this jean queen. >> i think there's never been a better selection of affordable denim on the market than it is now. >> the fit is actually a lot better than i expected it to be. >> reporter: she likes them. for 29 bucks so do i can. on the right, $200 decadent denim. on the right, lean, mean, $29 jeans. so can you tell the difference? >> i think these are the expensive ones. >> those. >> those. >> i think those don't work, they're cheap. >> no. >> reporter: the verdict, a hung jean jury. split, 50/50. >> but what about the durability? does more money buy you a longer lifespan? we're putting these jeans through boot camp. stretching, pulling, bursting at the seams. but the workout doesn't tear either pair. if they hold up the same, what about wash and wear. a dozen girls in the washing machine leave the pricey pair to steam. but the cheaper pair are faded. if you can't tell on looks and you can't really tell on wear and tear, why are these jeans more expensive? according to anne, you're paying for the fabric. >> and there's certain brands in japan that cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars where you have people actually hand scrubbing the denim. >> reporter: and this pricey fabric molds to the shape of your body the longer you wear it. >> this is a slim fit jean, this is instruct constructed to hold you in. >> reporter: as for our girls, form-fitting fabric didn't make much difference. >> these inexpensive jeans have actually become one of my favorite pairs. >> i think the big of the surprise is you can get a great pair of jeans at a moderate price point. >> reporter: this means, you don't have to drop big dollars on your denim. now, that's just the jeans. >> my girls, they were pretty good. so, this may shock you, but anne tell us do not wash your denim if you can help it. makes the denim last longer. for other tips, only why straight-leg jeans in dark blue wash. that gives them the appearance of being super, duper expensive. because i know you want to impress people. when you wash your jeans, flip them inside out. that makes the dye last longer. and third, only use cold water. that helps the lifespan of jeans. because, you know, when do we not put the puerto rican from the bronx in a tight pair of jeans. i have -- these are -- one side is cheap. one side is expensive. >> they're sewn together. >> i can tell. >> you can tell which side? >> your right side is the expensive one. >> bianna says the right side. >> i'd say the other way around. >> i'm going right side, too. >> right side. >> left side. >> more, anyone, yea yea? right is expensive. left is not expensive. >> but do you know how i knew? >> because you buy jeans? >> that and i saw the tag. >> you saw the tag. da, da, da, da, da, da -- coming up next -- >> this is another edition of marysol shows her toosh to america. >> when you've got one like that one -- >> one of the highest-rated segments. coming up, be on the lookout for a grandpa with a gun, the geezer bandit is in "the news you missed." you take just once a month. it's simponi™, and taken with methotrexate, it helps relieve the pain, stiffness, and swelling of ra with one dose a month. visit 4simponi.com to see if you qualify for a full year of cost support. simponi™ can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious and sometimes fatal events can occur, such as infections, cancer in children and adults, heart failure, nerus system disorders, lir or blood problems, and allergic reactions. before starting simponi™, your doctor should test you for tb and assess your risk of infections, including fungal infections and hepatitis b. ask your doctor if you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, or develop symptoms such as fever, fatigue, cough, or sores. you should t start simponi™ if you have an infection. 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