were in court today. he faces 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. a smally man removed from an airplane in canada is being questioned by homeland security investigators in this country. the aero mexico flight from paris to mexico was forced to land in montreal on sunday. that is after it was denied access to u.s. air space. american officials had found the man's name on a no-fly list. he's suspected of having ties to groups linked to al qaeda. a cessna airplane crashed in anchorage, alaska, killing a small child and critically injuring the four people on board. just outside a former car dealership. bystanders rushed to help the victim but the plane burst into flames while they were trying to rescue the passengers. the plane had just taken off from an air field about a mile away. stormy in the great plains, the midwest, the eastern great lakes and the ohio valley today. 80-mile-an-hour winds, hail and tornados possible from oklahoma city to cleveland. thunderstorms from new orleans to miami and heavy rain in the pacific northwest. >> 61 in seattle. 80 in sacramento. 97 in phoenix. 70s from the twin cities to detroit. 89 in baltimore. 90 in miami. and 95 in dallas. >> warming up down there. >> my mom's had to move the pants in. a special serenade from sir paul mccartney as he prepares to get a big honor. ♪ ♪ yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away ♪ ♪ now it looks as though they're here to stay, oh i believe in yesterday ♪ >> mccartney wowed a star-studded audience at the library of congress in washington, d.c. last night. today at the white house the former beatle will be presented with the library's gershwin prize for popular songs. that is washington's highest award for pop music. >> he said he's a bit nervous about performing three feet in front of president obama today. the concert will also feature stevie wonder, faith hill and the jonas brothers. the jonas brothers and paul mccartney on the same stage? >> if only people could have heard your rendition during paul's rendition. >> i could favor them with one but i won't. we're out of time. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." pick a city. any city. hotwire has special deals with hotels. when hotels have unsold rooms they use hotwire to fill them, so you get them at ridiculously low prices. like four stars in san francisco, hotwire hot rate from $85. so pick a city. then get a four-star hotel at a two-star price, ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e save big on car rentals too. from $13.95 a day. welcome back. let's talk about religion why don't we. being excommunicated is of course the most serious penalty the roman catholic church can inflict on someone. it means that a person is no longer part of faith. >> that is what happened to a nun in phoenix who supported a woman's abortion. the procedure was necessary to save the mother's life. as dan harris reports. >> reporter: sister margaret mcbride has been described as saintly, courageous, and the moral conscience of st. joseph's, a catholic hospital in phoen phoenix, arizona, where she was a senior administrator and where late last year she faced an agonizing choice. a 27-year-old mother of four came in 11 weeks pregnant and seriously ill. doctors said if her pregnancy wasn't terminated she would likely die of heart failure, taking her unborn child with her. >> i think she prayed and prayed and i'm sure that this weighed on her like a ton of bricks. >> reporter: in this tragic case the treatment necessary to save the mother's life required the termination of an 11-week pregnancy. sister mcbride supported that decision and many medical eth thists say it was the right call. >> it just doesn't make much ethical sense to argue that two deaths are preferable to one. >> reporter: however, the bishop in phoenix, thomas j. olmstead, did not agree. he put out a statement suggesting he might have preferred allowing the mother to die. an unborn child is not a disease, he said. the end does not justify the means. the bishop recently announced sister mcbride was excommunicated. the case has caused an uproar with critics pointing out that church leaders often took years to punish priests who sexually abused children, and even they were not excommunicated. >> the priorities are really misguided. it's a significant faceoff between compassionate christ-like pastoral care for people, and control of people by the hierarchy. >> reporter: sister mcbride is still employed at her hospital in a different position, but for now, she is no longer a member of the catholic church. dan harris, abc news. >> in addition to that statement the hospital put out another statement this past friday, and they basically wanted people to understand that when the sister was acting, she made this decision of supporting the woman after consultation with the patient, her family, her physicians, as well as an ethics committee. she wasn't acting alone. >> their point is this is not a cavalier decision she made by herself. even some of the most staunch anti-abortion opponents say in the cases where the mother's life is jeopardized, then perhaps they should be allowed. this is such an interesting and divisive ruling. when we return, was it a smooch in the name of politics or was it true love? >> looking back at al and tipper gore. >> oh, no, no, no. >> onstage kiss. years ago. how things have dramatically changed since then. i was kind of overcome with the emotion of the moment. >> you weren't trying to send a message at all? >> no, no, no. yeah, i was trying to send a message to tipper. >> that was al gore talking to terry moran a day after planting that shall we say energetic kiss on his wife tipper. >> the kiss took place back at the 2000 democratic national convention. now there's sad news to report. the gores are separating after 40 years of marriage. >> they say that decision was made together. friends say the couple just grew apart. >> diane sawyer talked to the gores back in 1992 when al gore was bill clinton's running mate. we have it in this morning's "abc news vault." >> i think they were pretty surprised when i said, let's dance. in front of all these -- >> i said, here, now? we did and it was great. ♪ >> reporter: al and tipper gore. if you're a democrat this isn't just a picture of a family. it's a trump card for the fall campaign. >> hope i don't miss. >> reporter: the children whose achievements include harvard, "a" report cards, a battery of athletic awards. the parents, whose solid 22-year marriage is something of a legend in washington. they were seniors in high school when they saw each other at a dance. >> i saw a very handsome, sexy, serious, smart young man. i liked him, anyway. >> aw, shucks. >> did you really never date anyone else, the two of you, for all those years? >> no, we dated some other people. >> you did? well! >> but there was never any doubt in my mind who i was going to marry. >> reporter: in this year of family values, the gores are the high school sweethearts who stayed that way. a counterbalance for the clintons who have acknowledged some rocky times. raising the obvious question. what did you two think of jennifer flowers? >> personally, i think it's an inappropriate question and when i hear that even in my neighborhood, rumors about somebody else, a married couple, i don't take part in those conversation conversations. i think people deserve their privacy and families deserve their privacy and children deserve their privacy. >> i think people are really sick out. i really do. if you look at the amount of time and attention that is devoted to the environment, health care, the economy, jobs, competition, and then the amount that is devoted to some tabloid. i mean, it's bizarre, isn't it? i think it is. >> a friend of mine said to me that one of the things that you did have to weigh was, would something else come out? did you ask him about it? >> no, i did not. >> you really mean that you don't think the public has a right to inquire into the nature of a marriage? >> i think it depends on the circumstances. >> i don't think so. >> just don't think it's anybody's about us? >> right. right. >> reporter: mary elizabeth atchison gore, whose mother dubbed her tipper. they were children of the '60s. she demonstrated against the war. and during his '88 campaign, he was one of the first members of congress to admit -- >> as a student and a few times in the army, i tried marijuana. >> marijuana. how much of it? what are we talking about here? >> oh, please, we discussed that in 1988. >> not much. >> tipper, don't do that. >> reporter: but she's not easily reined in, this tipper gore. a woman who gave up two careers, as a sigh colt, then a photo journalist, for her husband's work and their children. >> that's how i've designed my life and i'm happy. >> have there been rough patches? either one of you ever said, i'm getting out of this? >> no. >> no. >> not even close? >> no. >> no. >> reporter: in other words, she's a perfect political complement for that other outspoken woman in the campaign, the lawyer, hillary clinton. who can forget their little convention jig? >> what was that? >> i don't know. it was just spontaneous. >> it was a happy time. >> i was so happy and so happy for her too. i felt like the new kid on the block. >> reporter: in 1990, she won a big victory in the territory the republicans like to claim their own. we're talking family values again. >> some of the album covers are very explicit. in fact, they look like they should be in "playboy" or "penthouse," some of them. ♪ a man in a hotel masturbate in a magazine ♪ ♪ >> reporter: she led the charge that pressured the industry into labeling albums. you've been accused of trying to toilet train the nation. doesn't matter what they say about you? >> no, not at all. >> of course now the sad news that after 40 years, al and tipper going their separate ways. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my x medicare car, i realized i needed x an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, in fact, it only pays up to .80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, not paid by medicare part b. that can save you up to ! thousands of dollars. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively endorsed by aarp. when you call now, you'll get this free information kit... and guide to understanding medicare, i can keep my own doctor and choose my own hospital. and i don't need a referral to see a specialist. as with all medicare supplement plans, you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts medicare... and help pay for what medicare doesn't. to get your free information kit and guide # to understanding medicare. n honking. a short time ago, this woman suffered from around his house. these people chose freedom over restrictions. independence over limitations. they chose mobility. they chosehe scooter store. and this is the team of mobility experts who made it all happen. ii great news, you've been approved for payment. dr. cruz, i'm calling on behalf ofmarie stanford. and they can make it happen for you. hi, i'm doug harrison, if you're living with limited mobility, call the scooter store today. i promise, no other company will work harder to make you mobile or do more to ensure your total satisfaction. i expected they'd help me file some paperwork with medicare and my insurance. i never expected them to be so nice or work so hard to get me a power chair at no cost to me. if we qualify you and medicare denies your claim for a w scooter or power chair, i'll give it to you absolutely free. that's the scooter store guarantee. we'll wo with your insurance company, even help with financing. if there's a way, we'll find it. when they delivered mom's power chair, i expected they'd show her how to use it once or twice. that man stayed for hours! whatever it takes, as long as it takes. that's our guarantee. why do we go to < uch great lengths? 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"world news now" delivers your "morning papers." . >> have you ever seen that video, you put the mentos in the diet coke? you probably thought, that seems pretty powerful. could it be powerful enough to propel a vehicle? >> i never thought that. >> someone else did. this was shot by the director of "the fast and the furious." they're calling it "the fizzy and the furious." that man traveled more than 220 feet powered by piston mechanisms using hundreds of pieces of mentos candy and coke zero. >> wow. >> yeah, it's pretty cool, isn't it? >> i'm only sad that much coke zero got wasted. i love that stuff. >> it makes me wonder could we ever harness the power of coke zero and mentos for something necessarily. >> does it make you wonder, though -- >> i thought the same thing, what is in coke zero? >> what's going on in our bodies if it does that to mentos? >> your six a day diet. >> i better cut back. i won't even mentos at the same time. imagine if you put it in your mouth, crazy. >> it would go right out your nose. >> let's try that. well, you know, there's some cheese lovers, some passionate cheese lovers overseas in the uk and they were not going to let a little thing like the rules get in the way of this. they take these seven-pound wheels of cheese and roll them down this 200-yard mountain, basically. the cops said you can't do it this year. this is video from a previous competition. ouch, ow, ouch. >> how this is fun? >> well, it's fun to chase cheese, i guess. i'm guessing there's a little liquor involved too. the cops said they couldn't do it because too many people were getting hurt. i guess last year, '97, 33 people were hurt. >> it's no surprise, by that video. >> last year 18 people were hurt. we're not going to have medical personnel on hand, nobody's going to be here to take care of you, they went ahead and did it anyw anyway. >> did they say don't chase the cheese, just cut the cheese? >> cops wanted them to cut the cheese. >> that was such a you joke. >> delivered well. >> thank you. this is a really amazing story. this guy, two years ago -- 1994, he was in a really horrible accident. he was trying to fix a tv antenna and he touched an overhead line. 20,000 volts of electricity. he had to have both arms, both legs amputated. he's laying in bed and watches a documentary about crossing the channel from his hospital bed, and he says, i'm going to do it. at the time, he could not even swim two lengths of a local pool. he's now going to do a 22-mile path. he says he has flippers connected to his specially designed swimsuit, an extra-long snorkel that runs straight up between his eyes. if he does it he'll be in the guinness book of world records. >> let's see if more cheese before we go to br oh! blue! time! time out. i touched it. i touched the ball before it went out, coach. come on, alex, the ref did not call that! you gotta be kidding me, alex! it's the championship game! talk to him, coach. i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team on 'three.' one, two, three. nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. progress report. bp's robots go to work on the spewing oil in the gulf while the justice department takes serious action. then, the inconvenient truth about al and tipper gore. >> i saw a very handsome, sexy, serious, smart young man. >> their breakup after decades of marriage. marine mystery. the undersea creature that is the master of disguise. it's wednesday, june 2nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we're talking about the big news about al and tipper gore. the picture of a successful and happy washington marriage, everybody thought. >> we can admit that kiss is when they got on the radar for being the happy couple. it really was sad to hear. i think a lot of their friends are really shocked. you'll hear the details of what they're saying. >> coming up this half hour, stick around. good morning, i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. after six weeks of failing to stop the largest oil leak in u.s. history bp is sounding as optimistic as ever. the latest scheme, using robots to try and plug the gusher. >> at first it will make the leak worse, increasing the flow by about 20%, at least 100,000 gal lons more a day. bp is hoping it will finally control what one expert is calling an out of control fire hydrant. matt gutman reports from port bouchon, louisiana. >> reporter: with an inky spray of oil, the surgery began. the cap bell, 46,000-pound super shears that are slicing into the pipeline's thick casing. in an underwater ballet, a squad of robots will make another incision with diamond-studded saws. once the pipeline is severed a cap will be fitted over it to siphon the oil to the surface. in that gap oil will spew into the gulf fast enough to fill 15 bathtubs every second. on their seventh attempt to stop the leak, the good news is bp says it's learned from all those mistakes. >> this is our third containment system we've deployed. we've learned a lot from that and applied all the learnings from those to this one. and that's why i'm pretty confident it will work. >> reporter: bp is massing for a cleanup against incoming oil that could last through thanksgiving. they'll start redeploying their army of 20,000 workers to tent cities and flo-tels. like this one in port bouchon. the idea is to houseworkers near the most vulnerable coastline. manpower may not be enough. 43 days in and fatigue is starting to set in. you can almost hear bp collectively holding its breath, because if this works, it could contain most of that leaking oil. if it fails, 20% more oil will be dumped into the gulf of mexico. matt gutman, abc news, port bouchon, louisiana. >> as bp tries this latest attempt the oil continues to spread. it's closing in on the beaches of pensacola, florida. to better understand the scope, this is what the spill looked like one week after the accident. and this is the spill today. it now covers an area about the size of west virginia and maryland. >> that puts it into perspective. doesn't it? >> it's huge. bp's stock took a beating losing nearly 15% of its value after the federal government opened a criminal investigation into the spill. >> pierre thomas joins us from washington with what federal investigators may be looking into. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and vinita. the ongoing disaster in the gulf is now the subject of a criminal investigation. attorney general holder went to the region tuesday, saw the damage, and fired a warning shot at bp and all the companies involved with that rig. >> we have begun both a criminal as well as a civil investigation, as is our obligation under the law. our environmental laws are very clear. and we have a responsibility to enforce them. and we will do so. at the same time, we are mindful of the government's first priority, and that priority is to stop the spill and to clean up the oil. >> reporter: here are some of the critical questions the investigators will seek to answer. did the company break environmental laws? was there criminal negligence in terms of the company's safety record? did the company mislead regulators about its capacity to confront a major leak at that rig? holder promising a thorough investigation said his justice department would not lose sight of the human cost involved in this tragedy. >> there is one thing that i will not let be forgotten in this incident. this must not be forgotten. in addition to the extensive costs being borne by our environment and communities along the gulf coast, the initial explosion and fire also took the lives of 11 rig workers. 11 lives were lost. this we must never forget. >> reporter: so the investigation begins in earnest and who knows where it's going to lead. jeremy, vinita? >> our thanks to pierre thomas. president obama and arizona governor jan brewer will meet at the white house on thursday. the governor wants to tell the president in person how illegal immigration is affecting her state and how important it is to secure the border. the president has criticized arizona's new immigration law and has suggested his justice department may challenge its constitutionality. israel says it will not prosecute any pro-palestinian activists arrested on board those ships bound for gaza. most are on their way home and the supplies they tried to get through israel's blockade finally reached the palestinian enclave. simon mcgreggor-wood reports now from jerusalem. >> reporter: israel deporting all of those detained from the flotilla of ships that tried to get through to gaza. that's about 680 people, according to the israelis, including apparently some of those that they had suspected were involved in the violence. more details are emerging about what happened on board the biggest ship. it's here israeli commandos ran into serious trouble. israeli military video shows them being set upon by protesters. and quickly being overwhelmed. commanders rushed more troops in and that's when the shooting started. we're starting to hear from some of the passengers on board at the time, telling a very different story, talking about a very aggressive israeli military approach from the start. this turkish woman huddled in her cabin with her baby. the gunshots were hitting the floor above us, she said. i saw four people dead, said this german doctor. they died from heavy ammunition, not from rubber bullets. back home in the u.s., 80-year-old former ambassador edward peck didn't see any shooting but did witness some pretty rough treatment of fellow passengers. >> i saw one guy being thrown to the deck and grappled with, and he was doing what they call peaceful resistance. moving his legs so they couldn't strap them together. so they clubbed him in the legs. so okay, then they could. and they left him lying there. >> reporter: meanwhile, egypt has decided to open its border crossing with gaza to let more aid in, and israeli officials are apparently saying they're now willing to consider relaxing how much aid they let in in the near future. in the meantime, all that aid the ships were trying to get through to gaza was checked by israeli officials themselves and then transferred to gaza. jeremy, vinita? the pacific's first tropical storm of the season, agatha, has killed at least 180 people in central america and in guatemala the heavy rains may have triggered this perfectly round, 1,000 foot deep sinkhole. it swallowed a clothing factory. amazingly the hole opened up after the workers had gone home for the day and no one was hurt. >> wow. here's a look at your wednesday weather. severe storms from amarillo, texas, to buffalo, new york. large hail and gusty winds in kansas city, chicago, detroit and cleveland. heavy rain in the pacific northwest. as much as 3 inches north of seattle. thunderstorms from new orleans to miami and up to raleigh. >> hot across the south. 95 for dallas. 90 in miami. 80s atlanta to new york. 70s fargo to detroit. 97 for phoenix. 80 in sacramento. a pack of thieves is in custody thanks to a suburban atlanta family dog. >> rudy was in his cage when burglars made off with the north family's flat-screen tv and several other valuables there. hours later rudy picked up a scent while walking the trail behind the house and followed his nose to the family's belongings. >> when the thieves showed up to pick up their loot the family called police and seven suspects were arrested. probably just after the tv. >> one more reason to get a dog, vinita. >> pass. we'll be right back. murder charges have been filed against tv producer bruce beresford-redman in connection with the death of his wife at a cancun, mexico, resort. that doesn't mean he will be facing justice any time soon. beresford-redman plans to fight extradition. a quirk in mexican law requires authorities there to search for him even though he has been seen at his l.a. home. two weeks ago today, al and tipper gore marked their 40th wedding anniversary. now it's all over. >> the former vice president and his wife are separating after what they say was a great deal of thought and discussion. claire shipman looks back on a marriage and that moment. >> reporter: it's one of the most indelible images in modern politics. that 2000 convention kiss. it may have been less than subtle, and yes, political. but one thing nobody ever doubted about al gore and his wife tipper, that their love for each other was genuine. the passion warmed an overly earnest and usually wooden politician, and it was kindled in high school. >> i saw a very handsome, sexy, serious, smart young man. i liked him, anyway. >> aw, shucks. >> did you really never date anyone else, the two of you, for all those years? >> no, we dated some other people. >> you did? well! >> but there was never any doubt in my mind who i was going to marry. >> reporter: even the man who won the presidency from al gore tipped his hat. >> well, the man loves his wife and i appreciate that a lot. >> reporter: gore's friends around the country told us they're stunned. the gores' marriage was so often a foil, even a welcome contrast to the clintons in those difficult days. most betting on those two marriages would have lost a bundle. the gores have told friends they've simply grown apart. tipper embracing the perks of a post-political life, like grandchildren and travel. the former vice president relishing his role as an award-winning environmental activist and not eager to slow down. details that not surprisingly sound like the challenges of any marriage. we're just disappointed because we thought maybe they'd cracked the code. claire shipman, abc news, washington. >> it does seem like that's part of the reason for the disappointment. i can relate. my parents have been married for about 40 years. the idea that after that much time you would break up is surprising. >> i was reading an article about the breakup. someone said, with political marriages you just never know. i thought the reality is, with any marriage you just never know. you're right, my parents the same thing, i wouldn't know what to do if they weren't together. the celebrity top chef who is spicy both in and out of the kitchen. >> padma lakshmi. that is -- >> you did, you got it. >> okay. her humble background, her big-time success and her happiness at home. that's next. next up this morning is a fascinating personality in addition to being a mother and a model for some of the world's top designers. she's also an actress. >> she's also an author, she's also the star of a popular tv show. john berman did some hanging with padma lakshmi. >> there's something about the western bacon. it reminds me of being in high school. sneaking out before dinner to savor that sweet, spicy sauce. i just love eating burgers. >> a lot. >> a lot. i take a lot of relish in doing that. >> that was a lucky burger. >> good morning, chefs. >> good morping. >> reporter: you might know lakshmi from "top chef" on bravo. >> please pack your knifes and go. >> reporter: or her three-year marriage to author salman rushdie. or more recently, you may have seen the multiple newspaper headlines about the fact she won't identify the father of her newborn child, 3-month-old krishna. padma is very private about that and wouldn't discuss it with us but she has said publicly she is deeply in love with her current boyfriend, 70-year-old tycoon teddy forstmann. you're also a full-time mom. >> i am now. that's a very recent thing so i don't -- look. everybody has kids, i don't want to make too big of a deal about it. yeah it's great. >> reporter: while the gossip pages can't get enough of her love life -- >> these color stones are based on the hindu principle of the navra mas. >> reporter: she's designing jewelry. she is a woman of many passions. >> all of what i do is pretty similar. it's -- what i mean by that is it all has the same flavor to it. >> what flavor would you say that is? >> well -- >> easy exotic? >> yeah, yeah, i think so. >> reporter: "easy exotic." that's the title of her first cookbook. also something of an explanation for what makes her tick. >> i'm an immigrant kid who came to america from india when i was very young. and grew up in new york city with a single mom. and really was influenced by all of those cultures and all those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other. >> reporter: she moved from india at age 4. that's mainly the exotic part. a kitchen full of foreign sounds and smells. >> i was always hanging out in the kitchen with my grandmother, my aunts, my mother, all the women in my family. that's sort of where the action was in the house, the kitchen. >> reporter: her modeling career happened by accident. >> i was studying abroad in spain and somebody asked me if i would model. i said no. then they told me what i could make and i said yes. >> reporter: the modeling certainly helped the bank account. >> so we just want that to cook -- >> reporter: it also had a positively delicious side effect. for padma lakshmi, the runway led right back to the kitchen. >> every country i would go to, even if it was just on a modeling job, i would go to their markets. if i went to morocco for "elle" magazine, i would be in the spice markets on my off time and just come home with a suitcase full of stuff i really wanted to try. >> reporter: when you think of eating you might not think of fashion models. but with lakshmi, it works. >> and one thing you can do if you have a hard lemon or lime is just roll it on the table like this. >> what does that do? >> that softens it and releases all the juices from the pulp so you have to squeeze less hard, i guess. >> reporter: if the cooking is easy, the transition to hit television was pretty easy too. >> i kind of did it just to give my cookbook a little push. you know? and never knew that it was -- i don't think any of us knew that it was going to turn out to be this huge success that it has, you know. that's kind of cool. >> reporter: for five seasons now she's been the on-air guide for this show. challenging them each week and sending them home with their knives. >> jill, please pack your knives and go. >> how do you feel about judging people? by definition you're judging these people every week. >> i'm not judging them, i'm judging their food. >> reporter: now she has a cradle in her office and a business model built around the baby. >> i conducted all kinds of meetings from bed. i just figured if people didn't understand, then i didn't want to be in business with them. >> reporter: everybody understands, and everything fits. the food. >> cheers. >> reporter: the modeling, the jewelry. when someone asks you, hey, what do you do? 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>> we asked the same question. because we frankly didn't know. >> reporter: well, first it tries very skinny black stripes. then maybe to better match the background it switches to fatter black stripes. later in an extra-noble effort to extend like a line -- >> lifts its arms straight up. >> reporter: trying to look like a stripe. >> that's exactly right, getting the posture right. >> reporter: to see if it would change its posture roger changed the angle, and so did the cuttlefish. but the strangest thing about a cuttlefish is that while it can do all this, it can't perceive colors. >> as far as we know, they can't tell one color from the other. so how do they achieve colorblind camouflage? this is a truly vexing question for which we have no answers thus far. >> reporter: but they've been doing it for 50 million years. somehow. abc news. >> makes you wonder why it's called the cuttlefish and not the camo fish. >> doesn't seem very cuddly. >> no. in fact, a little ugly. but talented. >> i guess it shows you the will to live. they have such survival instincts they'll blend into any possible background. that is amazing. they're smart. >> probably the coolest experiment i've ever seen is the lines. that is the news for this half hour. >> stick around, more news coming right here on abc. criminal probe. the justice department investigates bp. the widespread pollution in the gulf and how robots are trying to stop the oil. then, frustrated fishermen. >> i don't see bp doing anything new. >> complaints on the gulf coast and what can be done. and, pub protection. >> get off! don't you touch me! >> who's training bouncers to address trouble at the bars. it's wednesday, june 2nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> have you ever been thrown out of a bar like that? >> i was thrown out of a bowling alley once. no, it wasn't a high point of my life. never a bar. you? >> for too much -- >> no, no, i tried to walk down and pull the gutter ball out. don't do that. >> that's frowned upon. but we'll talk. this is serious business for some of these bouncers. it can get ugly. it can turn deadly in some cases when people have been overserved. we'll take a look at the new training measures some bouncers are undergoing. >> when the story comes up you can tell us about your experiences being thrown out. >> there haven't been any. >> good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. bp is trying another risky maneuver deep under the gulf this morning. if it works the company claims the oil leak could be plugged as early as this afternoon. >> at the same time the white house is also looking at innovative ways to stop the spill. john hendren joins us this morning from venice, louisiana. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and vinita. when it comes to the gulf oil spill the obama administration is thinking big. titanic, in fact. administration officials on tuesday held a brainstorming session on the gulf oil spill with james cameron. the blockbuster director of "titanic" and "avatar." meanwhile, administration officials are taking a hard look at who and what caused that spill. bp, transocean, and halliburton meet the prosecutor. >> we have what we think is a sufficient basis for us to have begun a criminal investigation. >> reporter: what are investigators looking for in the federal criminal and civil probes? failing to protect the environment and possibly making false statements. and those orders come from the very top. >> if our laws were broken, leading to this death and destruction, my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice on behalf of the victims of this catastrophe and the people of the gulf region. >> reporter: the oil has struck 127 miles of louisiana coastline. as much as 34 million gallons of oil are estimated to have leaked into the gulf. that's three times the size of the "exxon valdez" spill. and it's spreading fast. this was the spill days after the accident. this is the spill today. an area the size of west virginia and maryland. in the latest effort to combat that leak, undersea robots sliced into the pipeline. that left it spewing as much as 20% more oil into the gulf. a cap will be fitted over it to siphon the oil to the surface. this attempt, the third, could take two days. >> we learned a lot from that and we've applied all the learnings from those two to this system and that's why i'm actually pretty confident it will work. >> reporter: if it doesn't it's likely to be august before bp can dig miles underground to clog that well with cement. as june brings in the hurricane season, there is a potential nightmare scenario. high winds that could bring in a toxic mixture of oil and water miles inland where it would take years to clean up. jeremy and vinita? >> thanks to john hendren. the tremendous spill now threatens the coasts of four states. an oil sheen has been confirmed off the florida panhandle and it could pollute pensacola beach later today. tar balls were spotted on the barrier island off mobile, alabama. mississippi's governor says the slick has washed up there as well. 127 miles of the louisiana coastline have already been hit. local government leaders along the coast have been calling for help ever since the spill started threatening the shores six weeks ago. what is the holdup? chris cuomo looked for some answers. >> reporter: in jefferson parish, fishermen are fishing for oil, laying containment boom in a desperate attempt to save their way of life. >> i don't see bp doing anything new. i don't see them protecting our fishermen. i don't see them protecting our homes. >> reporter: we went with the mayor tim kerner to see this thin line of boom he says is the only line of defense for people and for the fragile marshes that yield 30% of our country's shellfish consumption. the concern here is what you don't see. look at this water. it looks clean. but the absorbent boom is filled with oil. remember, look at this. oil on the grass. once these marshes die, they are dead forever. the mayor says he has pleaded with bp for weeks for more boom. but those requests have been denied. you're not seeing the sense of urgency from bp that you want to see? >> no. look. i just don't think anybody realizes how much marshland we have here. >> reporter: frustration fueled by the fact that 2 million feet of undeployed boom sits in 17 staging areas around the gulf. the boom corrals sludge until it can be siphoned off the water's surface. back on shore we made calls to bp, and soon enough the mayor was at the table with the bp personnel who had denied his request for more boom. but this time, progress. >> so last night they said no, but today? >> it should be approved in 24 hours. >> why the change? >> hopefully abc helped out. and us continuing to push. not only that, they're going to start the hazmat class, they're going to start sending out skimmers to pick up the boom and also skim the oil. so today has been a positive day. a good day. >> you got some promises, and hopefully some progress. >> right. >> reporter: we're also hearing reports about fishermen getting sick while dealing with the dispersants or dealing with oil in the water. the head of bp said it might be food poisoning. they're taking a lot of exception to that down here in the gulf. we're getting answers to that as well. chris cuomo, abc news, venice, louisiana. >> and our coverage of the gulf oil crisis continues throughout the morning. we will take you live to the coast on "america this morning" and later today on "good morning america." a suicide bomber blew himself up near a major political meeting in afghanistan this morning but the meeting continued. president hamid karzai and 1,300 tribal leaders are meeting in kabul to discuss making peace with the taliban. karzai wants to offer economic incentives to the taliban to work with the government. the taliban took responsibility for the blast. it happened hundreds of yards away from the actual conference. israel and egypt are easing their strict blockade of the gaza strip, at least temporarily. israel itself is trucking in the 100 tons of supplies pro-palestinian activists tried to deliver by sea on monday. nine people were killed when israeli troops tried to stop them. israel arrested the nearly 700 people on board those ships but most are now on their way home. after just eight months in office, japan's prime minister has announced his resignation. yukio hatoyama says he broke a campaign promise to move an american military base off okinawa so he will leave office. his change of heart about the base touched off huge demonstrations. hatoyama is the fourth prime minister resigned in the past four years. al and tipper gore are going their separate ways after 40 years of marriage. the high school sweethearts who shared that passionate kiss at a democratic convention back in 2000 september an e-mail to friends saying they had grown apart. since losing his 2000 presidential bid, al gore has traveled widely on behalf of many ventures. friends say tipper wants to enjoy more of her family. time to look at your weather on this wednesday. hailstorms, downpours, gusty winds, possible tornados from north texas to detroit and also upstate new york. thunderstorms in the southeast from the carolinas to florida and along the gulf coast. drenching rain from portland to seattle, eventually moving into the northern rockies. >> 70s in billings, boise and salt lake city. dallas will climb to 95. chicago 75. minneapolis 77. 76 in boston. mostly 80s from new york to new orleans. well, you know, he may be slow but if he catches up to you, you are in big trouble. >> a gigantic snapping turtle was pulled from a pond near the entrance of the phoenix zoo. take a look at that. 62 pounds. it is by far the largest turtle ever found in the pond. it was so big, it's upsetting the ecosystem. the pond had become a popular dumping ground for unwanted marine pets including many illegal, non-native turtles. >> imagine if your finger got caught in there. experts say this turtle could snap off someone's finger in seconds and it's big enough to eat a small alligator. you don't want that thing hanging around. >> no. we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time for new zyrtec® liquid gels. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief at liquid speed. that's the fast, powerful relief of zyrtec®, now in a liquid gel. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. it works on my worst symptoms so i'm ready by the time we get to the first hole. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. welcome back. these days, more and more american families are opting out of traditional structure for educating their children. >> and that does not mean they're homeschooling their kids. this is all about unschooling them as juju chang reports. >> reporter: it's a common morning ritual. hustling the kids to get ready for school. >> are you guys getting hungry? >> reporter: and parents for work. as the school bus doors close the martin family isn't on it. >> let me go out to the baby bunnies, did you check on their food today? >> reporter: the four martin children, ages 11, 8, 5, and 2, simply don't go to school. never have. they aren't homeschooled either. instead, they're what's called unschooled. >> just picture life without school. maybe a weekend. we make up, we have breakfast, we just start pursuing what we're interested in doing. >> reporter: mom, dana martin, doesn't think her kids need to go to school to learn their abcs. doesn't a child need to know who george washington and fdr and jfk were? >> i don't know, do you think they do? do you think it's necessary? >> your mom lets you kind of read and study whatever you want? >> uh-huh. >> what about like math? does she ever force you to do math? >> no, not really. >> reporter: unschooling is radical enough but radical unschooling extends the laissez-faire philosophy to parenting. meals, for example, are up to the kids. >> how does peanut butter sound? >> you're going to have to try some. >> reporter: whatever they want, as long as it's in the house. >> because we don't punish, we don't use the term rule. but we have a rhythm to our day. >> reporter: dad, joe, works from home building wooden toy sets. in this home, there's no bedtime, no alarm clocks in the morning. so 11-year-old devin often stays up past midnight. >> devin stays up until 1:00 in the morning. >> sometimes. and i'm so happy that he does and that he has that time to himself. he can have a nice three, four hours with joe or just me. >> what time do you usually wake up? >> around 10:00. >> oh my goodness. >> it's the same amount of sleep. >> reporter: while kids everywhere are studying history -- >> in the summer of 1765- >> reporter: and geography -- >> bearing straits. >> reporter: the martin kids are free to pursue their own intellectual curiosity. devin's baking projects involve measurements and creativity. >> about eight to six cups of flour. >> i don't believe that humans learn best when they're trying to learn something that somebody else is telling them to. >> reporter: while they aren't always idle, there are no tests, no homework, no lesson plans. if you're wondering, unschooling is legal because it falls under the guidelines of homeschoolers. the regulations vary from state to state. dana says her children have learned reading and math without formal instruction. when we asked 11-year-old devin a basic multiplication question, he stumbled. >> it permeates our culture, that this is about working hard, getting to the next step. >> sometimes people ask me, how do your kids learn if they're having fun all day? they so don't equate learning with fun. >> how do your kids learn if they're just having fun? >> whatever they're interested in, i try to bring as much of that into their life as possible with as many resources as possible. >> how do you see your kids' future lives playing out? high school, college age, beyond if. >> i don't necessarily project, i just want them to be happy. >> i'm stunned you've never thought about what kind of jobs your kids would end up -- >> i don't know, i mean, does anybody know? do you know? can you picture what kind of jobs your kids would have? >> my son wants to be the yankees' third base man. so right now it's a little rough. >> reporter: perhaps not the best long-term plan. dana though has become a leader in the growing radical unschooling movement. through youtube videos. >> true learning comes from the internal drive, the need for learners. >> reporter: she's even written a book. there are an estimated 150,000 unschooled families nationwide. do you ever wonder, like gee, i wonderf i could go to school too? >> well, i could if i wanted to. >> but you don't want to? >> no, not really. because i like being free and doing whatever i want. >> what about when this learning gets more sophisticated? how do you expose them to shakespeare or twain or henry james? you know, how do you teach them the great works and the great historians if you can't get them to sit down and learn? >> a lot of people might value that more than others. i honestly don't remember. although i know their names, i don't remember the details of what i learned in school about the historians, for example. >> reporter: details her children may never have the chance to forget. this is juju chang in madison, new hampshire. >> interesting approach too. not to pass judgment, not to malign this family, but when i picture home life for like the balloon boy, i think that this is kind of the way it went. >> the heenes. >> that's right. i think that's what the heene household does. >> we were talking about this during the story. you would have to argue these kids are happy. >> sure. >> i don't know how smart they are right now but at least they're happy. >> i'd be happy too if i was goofing off, climbing on furniture, why not. coming up, justin bieber's music like you have never heard before. ♪ baby, baby, oh >> the singing granny who's a sensation next in "the skinny." i want to hear more of that grandma singing. >> you will in a minute. ♪ baby, baby, baby oh >> i know my bieber, listen, i know my bieber. that kid. i celebrate his entire catalog. >> are you going to do the first story? >> no, go on. is it -- oh, yeah, it is my turn. sorry. i was so caught up in bieber fever. >> i could tell, you were giving me the, go ahead, vinita, look. go on. >> khloe kardashian. do you follow these kardashians somewhat? there's another baby in the family so you'll have no choice. khloe turns out is preggers. she's the one married to the laker, lamar odom. she's a couple of months along. he's excited about it. he's all stoked. the one thing he's not too certain about is the idea of exposing this baby on television. he doesn't like his life being played out on reality tv. so he's not sure -- >> i think he married into the wrong family, then. >> i know. he's not sure if he wants that. khloe apparently is having cravings of fruit and ice cream. she was inspired by her sister kourtney who had a baby that we've all been hearing so much about. the kardashian family is getting bigger. >> i don't watch the show regularly but there was actually an episode where she did think she was pregnant on the show. this i'm guessing is probably they were trying. she was excited on the show. >> kim is next then, right? >> well, you know. she's the one who wanted to get married the most. >> right. >> you're pouring salt into the open wound. >> i'm sorry. >> she's not watching, don't worry. lady gaga was on larry king last night. look at her, she looked like the opposite of larry king. i don't know if she was dressing to sort of try to evoke that look. she looked a lot like him. she was on larry king last night and she admits that she has tested borderline positive for lupus, which is an immune disorder. there are a lot of concerns after she collapsed onstage during a concert in march. she says right now she's not having any real symptoms, she said she has had some trouble breathing, she has had some heart palpitations but she says it's okay, it's just from fatigue. she went on to say it is genetic, she doesn't do drugs, she doesn't touch cocaine anymore, she doesn't smoke. people keep telling her, take a break. she says, why? i don't want to go on vacation, is that what you're suggesting? in case you're wondering the new video is out. we actually have a little bit of it we can show you. ♪ >> i think that was a little less controversial than the other one. people will download that too. oh, i spoke too early. >> very madonna-ish. i bet that was the hippest episode of larry king live in years. >> that's what i was talking about. doesn't it look like she's trying to be a weird reverse image? 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