of actress natalie wood's death remains as cold as ever. police reopened that case back in november after several sources came forward with some new information. but now detectives say there's no new evidence of foul play. woods died in november of 1981 after mysteriously disappearing from a boat that she was sharing with her husband, robert wagner, as well as actor christopher walken. there's been another incident involving an airline passenger and security screening. this one happened at the sacramento airport. the passenger was zapped three times with a stun gun. police say he then refused to complete the screening process and ran into a secure area. 26-year-old edwin barton is being held on two misdemeanor charges. and the family of a woman killed by a drunk driver in florida has her dog back this morning. barney, the dog, was on a run with his owner donna chen when she was struck by the car. barney took off, jumped into the water, and started swimming. it was caught on tape by this fisherman, who pulled barney into his kayak. he brought the dog to a vet, who found his microchip and then returned barney to his owner's family. the new york park where the occupy movement was launched is once again filled with protesters. barricades surrounding zuccotti park were taken down last night, and hundreds of demonstrators moved right back in. but sleeping bags and tents have now been banned from the park since the police eviction that took place back in november. >> one thing we don't like to hear? gas prices on the rise. there's always anger when we hear that. but that usually happens during peak driving periods like summer, holidays. >> of course. but check the calendar, and that is the thermometer. clearly it's not the summer anymore. but those prices are still skyrocketing. diana alvear tells us why. good morning you to, diana. >> reporter: rob and paula, good morning. please don't shoot the messenger. but it does look like gas prices are going to continue rising and rising. and the reasons given to me by experts for this rise surprised me. when it comes to gas prices, what comes down must eventually come back up. way up. how about nearly $5 for a gallon of regular gas in los angeles? it's not just california. the current average price per gallon of regular gas is $3.38. 30 cents higher than what it was this time last year. so what's driving this increase? experts say iran's threat to close the strait of hormuz had the market on edge. >> that's a significant waterway. and to threaten to close it is certainly making an impact on the market. >> reporter: the news shipliners could bypass the strait led crude oil prices to close lower on monday. but they were back up on tuesday. and that upward trend is here to stay, say industry insiders, thanks to an altogether different and perhaps surprising factor. >> the better the economy, the more petroleum we use. whether or not, you know, a lot of folks don't really know that. but they're getting in their cars more, shopping more, going to the lake more when the economy's better. >> reporter: they expect 2012 to be a record breaker when it comes to the cost of gas. >> the average family could be talking about spending a few hundred dollars more on gasoline this year, anywhere from $200 to $500. >> reporter: and that may be enough to push some drivers to take drastic action. >> i actually have a brochure for a prius on the counter right there. >> reporter: so you heard one possible solution in that report, to buy a more fuel-efficient car. another one, experts are recommending that you budget well in advance of these big jumps at the pump to come. rob, paula. >> all right. thanks a lot, diana. it makes a lot of sense to invest in a hybrid. they can save you a lot of money over the long term. >> do you have one? >> well, it's called the subway. here's your wednesday weather now, everybody. it's rainy around orlando, nashville, and cincinnati. the heaviest rain is later on in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. cold with up to three inches of snow from the rockies to minnesota. >> just 19 in fargo. 30 in omaha. 34 in detroit. 49 here in new york. 57 in atlanta. 65 in new orleans. phoenix at 68. and salt lake city 35. all right. you ready for some football? >> yes. >> now for the latest piece of what we're going to call packers fashion likely to be seen sunday when green bay takes on the new york giants in the nfl playoffs in green bay. >> big game. packers fans can now wear a cheese mask. yes, folks. along with their cheeseheads when they go to the famous frozen tundra of lambeau field. and frozen it very well may be. forecasters say temperatures sunday may only rise to the low 20s. >> but that's going to feel balmy compared to the conditions they played the nfc title game in back in january of 2008. of course the giants went on to win. >> cheese mask. >> but if you're going to be in lambeau field, come on, bring on the cold, bring on the snow, bring on the cheese. 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you love your "jersey shore." >> that i do. the record for the world's largest flagpole sounds pretty silly as well. but to the people of tajikistan it is a matter of national pride. here's abc's ron clab-born. >> reporter: you may not have notice td when tajikistan's record-setting 541-foot-tall flagpole was officially unveiled last august. but for 7 million tajiks it was a very big deal. there was even an official from the "guinness book of world records" on hand to certify it. to really a get a sense of how tall this flagpole is, you have to get up as close to it as you can and look up. in a country where the per capita income is less than $1,000 a year it may seem odd for the government to spend a reported $40 million on a flagpole. the tajikistan flagpole eclipsed the old record held by azerbaijan, another former soviet republic in central asia. azerbaijan ann expended a lot of pom. and circumstance and a lot of money for a flagpole that held the guinness title for just one year. and that was just the latest installment in what amounts to competitive flagpole envy. before azerbaijan this flagpole in turkmenistan was the tallest. and before them these two, both in jordan, which in turn broke the record once held by abu dhabi and the united arab emirates. all of these flagpoles were built by one company, trident support, which is located in dubai but owned and run by two americans. one of them is david chambers. >> we always sell our clients we're not building these flagpoles for the record books. you know, they're majestic. they're national monuments all by themselves. >> reporter: chambers and his partner are former defense contractors who stumbled onto the idea of building really tall flagpoles when an emirati sheik asked them to build the one in abu dhabi. they had to learn from scratch how to do it. and now they love it. >> i'm one of the happiest guys being in this business. and i feel the same pride that they do when i build their flagpole. >> reporter: tajikistan's world record probably won't last long. trident is in talks to build even taller flagpoles in five other countries -- malaysia, russia, saudi arabia, iraq, and nigeria. for some strange reason all of those countries want theirs to be the exact same height, 544 feet tall, three feet taller than tajikistan's flagpole. but that would mean there would be five tallest flagpoles in the world instead of just one. a tempting target for someone somewhere else to build, you guessed it, an even taller flagpole. ron claiborne, nbc news, dushanbe, tajikistan. >> is borat from tajikistan? >> i think that was kazakhstan. that's impressive, though, people taking pride in their pole. >> and it supports a -- the flag on the pole is 98 by 197 feet. >> yeah. that's impressive, man. >> that's a big pole. >> that's a big pole. coming up, companies competing over the future of tv. >>. >> their goal isát)r'g it easier for couch potatoes. you're watching "world news now." ♪ because the night belongs to lovers ♪ you know, the way we watch tv has always been and will always be changing, evolving. >> that's true. televisions coming with wireless internet connections. where it goes from here, basically anyone's guess. here is the bbc's rory kellan jones. >> reporter: the internet revolution has been slowed. silicon valley believes it can change our relationship with tv. one small san francisco software company dijit has a big idea. here's the problem. today's tv user has almost too much choice. lots of material in the form of movies, programs, sports and so on. lots of set-top boxes. and all these remote controls to get access to that material. so what if we took all of them away and replaced them with one second screen? dij dijit believes this second screen whether a tablet computer or a smartphone can make choosing what we want and sharing it with friends a lot easier. but it was when i headed to google's hq that i found the firm with the biggest ambitions applications like those on a smartphone to your living room. so far it's struggled to attract an audience. but now it's going to be built in to many new televisions. tv classically people say is a lean-back experience. the internet is a lean-forward experience. >> yeah. >> what o'earth do you know about television? >> what we know is what google's very good at, is helping users find what they want. that's really what we at google believe in, is that you can use technology to help users find exactly what they want when they want to do it. >> reporter: i left silicon valley and the software firms and set off on the long drive to las vegas to get another view on the future of television. this week every big tv manufacturer is in town for the consumer electronics show. and the battle is on between the likes of samsung and sony to be the big players in smart tv. they believe that connecting your set to the net will soon come naturally. >> just as when a consumer goes out and buys a pc, they don't think twice about having to connect onto their networks. they also connect their pc to the network. when you go out and buy a tv, when you bring it back home you should connect it right to the internet because of the wealth of services and content that we have. >> reporter: the screens get ever bigger and slimmer, the pictures ever sharper. now television is getting smarter and hoping that viewers will come along on the journey. rory kellan jones, bbc news, las vegas. >> it is amazing how -- where all this technology's going. stunning. who knows where we'll be in five years. >> where do you think we'll be in 10, 20 years? >> yes. a throwback. >> back to the future. >> that's all that's in our budget. >> is that a radio? >> that's all we've got here. coming up, why we're brushing our teeth. we're going to add chocolate to our morning ritual, right? turn it off. do you like spider-man? >> announcer: "world news now" delivers your "morning papers." there's some good stuff to get to. hop to it. >> you know, i spent a little over six years in chicago. loved the city. brutal winters. >> yes indeed. >> i mean, brutal, we had like the third worst blizzard of chicago history last year. and of course i leave and look what happens. it's like a blast of warm air. chicago may soon break the record, according to the "chicago sun-times," for the least snowiest start to winter. the only winters in chicago that have started off with less snowfall through january 10th, 1889 to '90. they've got until january 16th. >> i know chicago's a great city, but how they survive those windy city winters i will never know. >> because we're midwest tough. that's why. >> that's why, huh? >> this is covering -- look at that. you have to bundle up. this is actually with my former photog, matt burn. >> your winter gear. it's real cold out there. congrats, chicago. you're having a mild one. you deserve it. >> they do deserve it. >> crazy story out of alaska here. apparently, it is now drunk -- legal -- maybe i'm drunk. it is now illegal to be drunk in a bar in alaska. they're starting to send in undercover cops in the bar if you're kind of really getting rowdy inside the bar. they're saying not just having fun and buzzed up. but if you're falling off the bar stool, hurling, if you're exhibiting some overly rowdy behavior and whatever. so they're sending cops to arrest people because they say alcohol is a huge problem -- >> they're coming to get you. >> -- in the state of alaska. you can't get drunk in a bar. if i lived in alaska i'd be on death row. that is a crazy law. >> what do you do in alaska besides shovel and drink? and fish. i love ice fishing. i do love ice fishing. >> do you? >> i do. i love fish. >> learning all about you, paula. week two. also interesting story out of new orleans this morning. we have our toothbrushes. because they have come out with this new toothpaste right here called fiodem which they'll be selling at whole foods and online. it's a blend of cocoa, extract and other minerals. and they say -- >> you're leaving me hanging. >> -- this will strengthen your enamel. >> how much is this stuff a bottle? >> it's kind of expensive. >> looks like hair goo. >> it doesn't taste like chocolate but has cocoa extract and say it will help strengthen the enamel on your teeth. but if you don't like fluoride, this has no fluoride. some people link fluoride to some illnesses. it's kind of marketed to look like chocolate. look at -- >> i wish it tasted like chocolate. >> how's it taste? should i brush my teeth too? i probably need to after that bagel. yes, just brush away. and the chocolate -- this is good stuff. to my very brilliant friends in this morning on "world news now," another victory. after mitt romney's eight-vote win in iowa, he wins also the new hampshire primary by a much wider margin. >> but can this front-runner keep up his momentum at the next stop in south carolina? it's wednesday january 11th. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm paula faris. it's on to south carolina after mitt romney's win. now, here's how the numbers look right now. romney in first. but a strong showing by the second and third-place candidates, ron paul and jon huntsman. we will take you live to new hampshire in just a moment to get you updated on the very latest. >> romney there about 40%, looking very strong this morning. and now the people are saying this could really mint him as the inevitable front-runner. but some big contests, south carolina on the 21st, florida on the 31st of the month. probably the biggest test there's. still somewhat of a mystery, but mitt is on a roll this morning. >> yes. also today it is a staple on your breakfast table. 100% pure o.j. but a whistleblower contacted the fda about something else in all that orange juice. and you'll see why it has many people concerned now about what exactly is in their fridge. >> i'm curious because my kids love orange juice. or lemonade as they call it. >> yeah. lemonade? really? >> yeah. >> they're still young. >> you know what? it's okay. orange juice, lemons, they kind of look the same, right? taste a little different. and later, our loyal moms and dads who are watching right now, this is all for you. if you need a lullaby or two to encourage cranky kids to get to sleep, we've all got them. now jay-z and other stars may have just the songs for you. i might use this for my cranky kid. >> yeah. i'm not too bad. i just need to be changed. but first mitt romney heads south today after that convincing win in the state of new hampshire. >> and history is clearly on his side. south carolina voters tend to go with the new hampshire winner. abc's karen tra veres is joining us live from manchester. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, paula. good morning, rob. last night was a historic win for mitt romney. he's the first republican since 1976 to win both the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary. mitt romney's 2 for 2. first the iowa caucuses. and now he's the big winner in the new hampshire primary. >> you know, tonight we celebrate. tomorrow we go back to work. >> reporter: in his victory speech romney looked and sounded like the front-runner. he was confident and at times aggressive, using the opportunity to slam his republican opponents. >> president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. and in the last few days we've seen some desperate republicans join forces with him. >> reporter: he was referring to the pile-on from his rivals, who went after him for this comment on health care. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. >> reporter: romney's opponents took that as a golden opportunity to blast his work as the head of bain capital, a private investment firm that downsized companies. >> the country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. we have to offer an alternative vision. >> reporter: almost half of new hampshire voters identify themselves as independent. they were the key to ron paul's strong second-place finish. he won 31% of the independent vote. >> the intellectual revolution that's going on now to restore liberty in this country is well on its way, and there's no way they're going to stop the momentum that we have started. >> reporter: jon huntsman had a late game surge but he was only able to capture the bronze. his campaign says it's onward to south carolina. >> ladies and gentlemen, i think we're in the hunt! >> reporter: but the road ahead is much more difficult for him. south carolina has a long history of nasty campaigns, and next week's primary is likely to be more of the same. there are already millions of dollars of negative television ads on the air there. and it could be the last chance for some candidate to finally take down mitt romney. rob and paula, back to you. >> all eyes turned south. that's for sure. but i guess the big question this morning is after such a convincing win does mitt romney seem to have this thing locked up already? >> reporter: mitt romney is looking very solid. and at this point it's really his race to lose. top republicans say he's all but wrapped up this race. and basically, there are a lot of candidates staying in who have no chance of winning. but south carolina is going to be key. mitt romney does have a lead there. but it's really because the rest of the field is splitting up the vote and that romney's able to escape on top. but those candidates are not going to go down without a fight. and over the next ten days it is going to get down and dirty in the palmetto state. rob, paula? >> karen, i read that only two candidates have lost in new hampshire and gone on to win the nomination. so which candidates are in a heap of trouble after new hampshire? >> reporter: paula, right now everybody's saying we're going to fight on through south carolina but you have to think that after next saturday's results some candidates are going to drop out. let's first start with rick perry. he wasn't even here in new hampshire for last night's results. he stayed in south carolina. he's been campaigning down there since the iowa caucuses. but he hasn't been able to gain traction or make a significant push in the polls. let's go through the rest of the list. newt gingrich, remember he was the front-runner a couple weeks ago? he also hasn't been able to regain that momentum and get back in the polls to where he was. rick santorum, he's trying to reach out to conservative voters down in but he's fighting for the the same voters as the rest of the field. and jon huntsman, this was really his do or die state. he did well but the road ahead is much more difficult for him. rob and paula? >> make or break moment. people have already said it's a make or break state for him. he's putting everything on south carolina. we'll see how it plays out. should be very interesting. thanks to karen tra veres. once again a long couple of hours for you. karen, thanks in manchester. tune in to "nerk this morning" for some more live results. and also "good morning america" be sure to watch our interview with mitt romney on "gma." keep it right here on abc news. former mississippi governor haley barbour is under fire for granting nearly 200 pardons and early releases in his final days in office. records show more than two dozen of those who got a pass were convicted killers. the list also included people convicted of drug-related crimes, dui, deaths, and kidnapping. many of those who received pardons were already out of prison. and the search for a missing montana teacher could be scaled back. investigators looking for sherry arnold say they've exhausted the possibilities in the area where she was last seen. the operation may shift gears today, with authorities going door to door seeking any kind of information. the only clue found so far is that single running shoe. now, first we had arsenic in apple juice. and now the orange juice companies are feeling the squeeze as well. a chemical not approved here in the u.s. has now made its way into our orange juice. the fda is stepping up testing, but it is not pulling the juices from the shelves. more on all this now from abc's lisa stark. >> reporter: it all began with a confidential call to the fda. an orange juice company, the government won't say which one, said it found something in its juice and that of a competitor that should not be there, a pesticide used to kill fungus in the orange groves. the chemical, called carbepdazim, is not approved for use on citrus in the u.s., but it is used around the world. >> not all of the orange juice that u.s. consumers drink comes from oranges that were grown here in the united states. and just because a chemical's illegal here doesn't mean other countries don't allow it to be used. >> reporter: the juice with the chemical in it was imported from brazil. so the fda is scrambling to test orange juice at the nation's ports and processing plants. so far the levels are low and there's no health hazard. but in animal studies in high levels the chemical has been linked to hormonal and reproductive problems. >> just kind of opens up this whole line of questioning about what don't we know about the way food's being produced in other countries. >> reporter: in the case of orange juice, over a quarter of what we buy comes from other countries, mostly brazil and mexico. it's mixed with juice from america. all listed in the fine print. foreign-grown food is increasingly a fact of life. buying a lime? 100% are now imported. so is 75% of our apple jurks asp juice, asparagus, and processed mushrooms. we saw a handful pouring in at one u.s.-mexico border crossing. it is staggering. the fda inspects only about 2%. it's mainly up to other countries and importers to ensure this food is safe. the fda has warned orange juice companies to come up with a way to ensure that this pesticide does not show up in the orange juice here. as of now the government says your orange juice is safe to drink, but it continues testing. lisa stark, abc news, washington. now, as far as weird stories from airport checkpoints go, this one takes the cake quite literally. first it was a cupcake that was confiscated by a tsa agent from a woman at the las vegas airport last month. and the tsa actually defend tdself yesterday saying the cupcake was not your traditional kind, it was packed in a jar filled with icing kind of like that on your screen. because of that tsa said it exceeded the level of gel allowed in carry-on bags. the passenger called that "some terrible logic." >> you can't take cakes, pies, and cupcakes through security. i know as a mom who nursed her children i had no problems taking breast milk. i know that might have grossed all of you out. but they looked at the pump and said just go. don't even go there. >> good to know that breast milk is safe. here is your wednesday weather. a wet day from the southeast to the mid-atlantic and the ohio valley. some 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commission, the fcc, is watching. >> wet blankets. but a debate is now brewing in the supreme court about whether it's time for those fcc rules to actually be thrown out. abc's cecilia vega reports. frrpt b >> reporter: from bono's f bomb. >> that's really, really [ bleep ] brilliant. >> reporter: to the infamous wardrobe malfunction. the supreme court is debating dirty words and images in prime time. right now profanity and wardrobe malfunctions can get broadcasters slapped with six-figure fines. the networks, including abc, argue in this day and age that's just not fair. justice samuel alito asked what it would all mean for young eyes and ears. "are they going to be seeing a lot of people parading around in the nude and a stream of expletives," he asked. >> so [ bleep ] them. >> reporter: that was the curse at the heart of this case. fox violated the fcc's rules on decency based on a supreme court ruling from all the way back in 1978. back then there were only a handful of broadcasters, but today there are hundreds of outlets. and only old-fashioned broadcasts that use the airwaves are fined. >> time has come to treat tv on an equal footing with the rest of the media. >> reporter: the policing troubled some court justices. one bad word from a celebrity brings a fine. >> you piece of [ bleep ]. >> reporter: while a stream of profanity in the tv version of "saving private ryan" doesn't. justice elena kagan. ""the way this policy seems to work it's like nobody can use dirty words or nudity except steven spielberg." but should broadcasters be kept as that last island of civility in a television culture? chief justice john roberts is the only justice with small children. "all we are asking for," he said, "what the government is asking for is a few channels where you can say i'm not going to, they are not going to hear the s word, the f word." justice sotomayor recused herself from this case because she dealt with it in a lower court, which means there could be a tie decision. any decision isn't expected to come until early summer. cecilia vega, abc news, washington. >> i don't know what i think about this rule. seems like it's kind of full of [ bleep ]. you know. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. what word am i looking for? seems like it's all [ bleep ]. blanked up. i don't understand the whole thing, paula. >> keep it clean. >> i'm trying to keep it clean. >> i have no problem with them trying to clean it up. i just think there needs to be a little consistency. >> really? that's what you i? >> yeah. >> i think it's all [ bleep ]. >> you know what? clean it up. we'll clean it up. >> we'll clean it up. >> when we come right back. ♪ all right, everybody, welcome back. it is time for our -- boo-yah. favorite story of the day. you know we love facebook. i'm kind of a facebook addict. you're more of a twitter girl. >> tweeter. >> but i think it helps you keep in touch with friends. even stalk your ex-girlfriend -- >> ex-boyfriend. >> yeah. >> but did you know it also could help cure an axite disorder? did you know? >> no. >> well, abc's bianna golodryga explains. >> i lost -- and right before the dame i'm supposed to go -- >> reporter: what you are watching is arlen presser, a mother of two, enduring a debilitating panic attack. >> i think i've got my -- i've got to call eric. >> reporter: the 50-year-old romance writer suffers from the anxiety disorder agoraphobia. she's terrified of social interaction in public places. the condition has ruled her life for nearly 30 years. the severe panic attacks land her in the hospital. >> i started to get them two or three times a week. and then pretty soon i just couldn't go anywhere. >> reporter: but on december 31st, 2010 presser made a resolution to confront her greatest fear. arlen resolved to leave her home and go meet all of her facebook friends in one year. 365 days. 325 friends. she walked out her front door and hit the road, meeting friends across the u.s., canada, alaska, and mexico. 13 countries and some 39 flights. she learned to sing opera. >> not bad. >> reporter: to box. a little karate. >> ah! >> reporter: even some fishing. >> god, if i caught a fish. >> reporter: but it was not without anxiety. panic attacks on the road were common. >> this was i think one of the wor worst. i was in bellevue, iowa and i'd gotten lost and it was during a tornado. i really thought i'm -- this is it for me. >> reporter: a year later she has met 292 of her friends. and while she says she'll likely always suffer from agoraphobia, she's no longer afraid. and now she wants to use her experience as a way to help others in her condition. >> i want people to feel free to message me, to say i've been stuck in my house for a year, you know, what do i do? what did you do, and how can i do it? i want them to do that. >> reporter: what do you say to naysayers out there, that they say this is just a crazy woman with a crazy adventure -- >> oh, it sure is. i'd say yeah. absolutely. it is something kind of crazy. but it worked for me. >> wow. good for her. great story. this is not totally uncommon. >> no. about 5% of americans 18 to 54 have agore-phobic symptoms in any given year. kudos to her. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and may be fatal. side effects may include unpleasant taste, headache, dizziness and morning drowsiness. ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then get lunesta for $0 at lunesta.com. there's a land of restful sleep. we can help you go there on the wings of lunesta. ♪ the most amazing feeling i feel ♪ ♪ words can't describe what i'm feeling for real ♪ ♪ baby, i paint the sky blue ♪ my greatest creation was you ♪ you ♪ glory thought maybe this would capture your soft side. >> finally, you might remember yesterday morning we were talking about jay-z's new song for he and beyonce's new baby, little blue ivy. >> well, as it turns out, he's not the only talented singer to croon a tune for his newborn. so which lullaby is the best of them all? as a parent i am anxious to see this piece. here's abc's bill weir. ♪ the most amazing feeling i feel ♪ >> reporter: jay-z raps about a prior miscarriage. ♪ you was made in paris how beyonce conceived in paris. amazing revelations for such a private couple. but then fatherhood, well, it's the ultimate softening agent. ♪ baby i paint the sky blue ♪ my greatest creation was you you can even hear little blue's first duet with ivy. much like the dullesette tones of aisha morris, who inspires this. ♪ isn't she lovely in fact, this song tells exactly when stevie wonder was moved to write a new kind of love song. ♪ isn't she precious ♪ and here's the beauty. a song for one baby can help put countless others to sleep every night. i must confess that "golden ly . it's horrible for her because of my voice. but -- >> oh, you sing it? >> yeah, i sing it. >> come on, give us it now. ♪ once there was a way ♪ boom ♪ to get back homeward >> he's good. the boy's good. i love it. >> reporter: when john and yoko had sean, you can actually hear how he was finally ready to be a dad. ♪ beautiful boy so while romantic love fills the pop charts, let's hear it for parental love tonight. a muse like no other. ♪ my greatest creation was you bill weir, abc news, new york. ♪ hi, glory >> the cool part is that music went on and on and on. as those kids get older, they will fall in love with that song and appreciate it. we should note too that beyonce and jay-z left the hospital yesterday with their newborn under very tight security. the baby is home. >> i always sing twinkle twinkle little star for my kids. do you have any songs you remember from growing up? your diaper looks full. >> i told you i needed to be changed. you didn't believe me earlier when i told you that. i was not joking ar this morning on "world news now," important win. mitt romney sweeps new hampshire after his razor-slim victory last week in iowa. >> but there are bigger challenges ahead for this republican front-runner as his shifts -- as he shifts, i should say, his political focus now to the south. it is wednesday january 11th. good morning, everyone. thanks for tuning in. i'm paula faris. >> and i'm rob nelson. the latest numbers from new hampshire show mitt romney led the vote by a very comfortable margin, easily taking the race away from jon huntsman and ron paul. we'll hear from the front-runner and see what's next in the critical state of south carolina. and also this morning, what a major boost for a sagging american industry. detroit's automakers are seeing the light at the end of the recession's tunnel. we'll show you what's driving all the new enthusiasm that is great for the american economy. >> more and more people bought cars in 2011. so the numbers are up. and that is good news for everybody, especially these days. >> and great for my home state. >> that is right, you michigan girl. later this half hour, too, making some money off all those returned christmas gifts. you didn't want this stuff and the store didn't want any of it either. so see who's selling this perfectly good merchandise and what a deal we can find. >> can't we all just be grateful? >> yeah. did you really -- every christmas present you ever got, did you really want it? you never got a crappy gift, you're like i don't want this? >> never. >> never? >> never. >> you're lying on tv. that's a shame. >> i am. but first exit polls show republicans in new hampshire picked romney because he's the most likely candidate to beat barack obama. >> that's it. the campaign is hoping to carry that momentum to the next big challenge, and that comes on january 21st. with more on the big victory in new hampshire here's abc's david muir in manchester. >> reporter: this was a huge win for mitt romney here in new hampshire. he made history, winning iowa and then new hampshire. the first republican other than an incumbent republican to do so since new hampshire was made the first in the nation primary back in the '70s. they celebrated that win here on the stage. governor romney, his wife ann, and their five sons, tagg, matt, josh, ben, and craig. and this is a moment they took advantage of. teleprompters on that stage. the governor careful to take advantage of his moment in the national spotlight after these two victories as they now prepare to move on to south carolina. here's what the governor had to say. >> our debt's too high, and opportunities are too few. and this president wakes up every morning, looks out across america, and is proud to announce it could be worse. it could be worse? that is not what it means to be an american, it could be worse. of course not. what defines us as americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better and it will be better. >> reporter: the governor saying thank you, new hampshire, we made history. they now move on to south carolina next. they acknowledge, the campaign does, that that will be a different contest. south carolina is more of a blue-collar state. the jobless numbers are higher than they are here in new hampshire. but this campaign told me they feel as if they are buoyed now by these two back-to-back wins with a lead already in the polls in south carolina, which of course comes next. david muir, abc news, manchester, new hampshire. >> all right, david, thank you. now, despite a poor showing, rick santorum says he will keep on fighting. on to south carolina. that's what santorum told a small group of protesters before heading south. santorum expects to spend about $3 million campaigning in the state. ron paul last night finished second behind romney, but he's still of course considered very much a long shot to win the actual nomination. meanwhile, rick perry is already in south carolina, having skipped new hampshire altogether. he says the romney victory shows that the race for a conservative alternative is still pretty much wide open. perry is counting on the conservative vote in south carolina to give his flagging campaign a boost. as you heard in david's piece, south carolina obviously is a much more conservative state, a little more blue collar. interesting stat last night from new hampshire. romney won the wealthy in that state but lost the middle class. so he did well with folks making over $200,000 a year but lost those who make under $50,000 a year to ron paul. >> and a big issue in south carolina, unemployment. it's much higher there than it is in iowa or new hampshire. so i'm sure all the candidates will be harping on unemployment. or pink slips. >> pink slips. >> and firing people. >> that language. expect to hear that over and over again in south carolina. but interesting, too, the battle for the conservatives and the battle for the middle class in an election that's going to be defined by the economy. so we'll see how it plays out. our political coverage continues later today. watch our interview with mitt romney, the man of the hour, himself. that's coming up on "good morning america." also tune in for some more live reports and analysis on "america this morning." and a sad good-bye in washington state for a park ranger who was killed on new year's day. thousands of mourners were there to honor margaret anderson, who was killed on duty at mount rainier national park. she was shot and killed by an iraq war veteran who drove through a park checkpoint. 24-year-old benjamin colton barnes was later found dead in a creek. and a terrible story from ohio. all apparently the result of a dispute over food. the husband of a terminally ill woman killed three family members, then himself following a disagreement over whether his wife should be fed tea and toast or an orange. the gunman, paul david gilkey, right there, was upset over the care of his cancer-stricken wife. gilkey's stepson said he was spared because he has children of his own. >> heartbreaking story. wow. in other news this morning, the fbi is investigating a very strange case out of arkansas that involves an elderly woman who was the victim of a home invasion. she was then forced to attempt a bank robbery with an apparent bomb strapped to her ankle. authorities now say it was not a bomb, but a lot of questions still remain. 73-year-old grandmother betty davis claimed she was forced to rob a bank after a masked gunman broke into her home and strapped a bomb to her ankle. she says she had to do it to free her husband because the intruder had tied him up and left him at their house. >> i can't believe someone would be that evil to do something like that to them. >> reporter: but instead of taking any money, davis announced to everyone at the arvest bank in fayetteville, arkansas that she was linked to a bomb. all the employees evacuated safely. >> something we've never had to deal with. something very unusual for someone committing a robbery to stay at the location. >> reporter: local police and the bomb squad arrived at the scene. sheriff's deputies pounds betty davis's husband at home but no traces of the suspect. she says at least one man invaded her home, a white man wearing blue jeans, and that once her husband dean was restrained the intruder took a weapon from their home and took her to the bank. >> he might come back and everything. and you don't know what he's going to do. so i don't feel like very safe. >> reporter: betty and her husband are now being treated as suspects, and the intruder is still at large, considered armed and dangerous. >> how frightening would that be? >> it's a weird story. again, it was not a bomb that was strapped to her ankle. thank goodness. could have been a whole lot worse if it was. but what a strange story that a home intruder would then make you go rob a bank after tying up your husband. the facts are so strange there. >> look forward to seeing that one play out a bit. hopefully they can find that suspect. now an update on a story we told you about last week. remember that $350,000 diamond that was lost? well, a south florida housekeeper is under arrest. police say cody mejia took an 11 carat ring from her employer and sold it at a local jewelry store. mejia told police she needed money to feed her kids. after the jewelry store owner saw a story about theft on tv, he went to police. well, dozens of shiny new cars with plenty of new technology are on display in detroit as the auto industry bounces back to life. the 2012 north american auto show's in high gear with car buyers revved up by cheap loans and an improving economy. abc's chris bury was there. >> reporter: at this year's big show the mo in motown stands for momentum. 40 debut models. the chevy true and code. the new dodge dart. all introduced with the glitz and glamour so missing during detroit's doldrums. what's the message? >> i think the message is the car industry is alive in detroit and in america. >> reporter: the new year looking up after a strong 2011. car sales up 10% for the year. americans buying nearly 13 million cars and trucks. the most since the dog days of 2008. even foreign companies see growth here. acura just announced it will make this new high-end sports car in ohio, the first time a japanese luxury model will be built outside japan. >> why build it in ohio? >> well, simply put, we've decided that this car is for americans, this is the primary market for this new sports car, and why not build it and develop it here? >> reporter: this year detroit is desperately seeking younger buyers. teens and 20-somethings don't buy cars the way they used to. so companies such as general motors are rolling out concept cars like this, giving young buyers what they want. sleek looks, the latest electronic apps, and a modest price tag. about $20,000. analysts predict detroit's comeback will continue. the darkest days in motown's history now fading in the rearview mirror. chris bury, abc news, detroit. >> good news for your home state. detroit coming back. d-town. >> and d-town is such a big part of michigan's economy in general. so definitely good to see that. good for america. >> some good numbers for a change. we like it. here's a look at your wednesday forecast. some colder air sweeps into the rockies and northern plains with several inches of snow. windy from oklahoma to the dakotas. also rainy from nashville to cincinnati. and heavy rain from florida to the carolinas. >> miami is 80. we can all dream. baltimore 48. boston 38. minneapolis barely hits 30 after yesterday's record high of 52. 35 in boise. and 50 in albuquerque. well, no surprise that it is very cold in russia. so they're taking advantage of that these days. check out the ice city that's now open in a moscow park. >> included in the whole thing is a wedding chapel, a cinema, a lighthouse, and even a one-room hotel. it's probably a joke. but the creators say there's even a jail to punish any naughty children. >> the big house. >> if that happened in the states, i have a feeling that that wouldn't be -- >> that wouldn't go well. >> yeah, it wouldn't go very well. >> it took more than 100 people to make the whole thing. and now moscow's residents can enjoy it until the inevitable, when it all simply melts away. kind of cool concept, though. a lot of time -- >> i like the ice hotel. >> yeah. i just need the ice bar, the ice pool, the -- >> snow pants. >> some snow pants. >> some boots. >> cold weather. we'll be right back with more "world news now" right after this. chill out with us. we'll be right back. ♪ fire and ice ♪ you come on like a flame ♪ then you turn a cold shoulder ♪ ♪ fire and ice we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and may be fatal. side effects may include unpleasant taste, headache, dizziness and morning drowsiness. ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then get lunesta for $0 at lunesta.com. there's a land of restful sleep. we can help you go there on the wings of lunesta. ♪ lonely is the night ♪ when you find yourself alone ♪ and your demons come alive ♪ and your mind is not your own ♪ digging the music tonight. like the '80s, '90s vaults. >> for many tablet computers have changed their lives and they help us of course to stay organized and to stay in touch. >> which is important. sometimes they do much more than that. take, for example, the chesapeake, virginia father who created an app to help his autistic sons communicate. wvec's phillip townsend reports. >> reporter: it's not easy pulling deacon and gunnar hill just ask their dad, joe. >> it really makes you think about just how these things in life happen for a reason. and to cherish it. >> reporter: their fascination with technology and the tablets themselves is the inspiration for an idea that's now gone global. both deacon and gunnar are autistic. and for joe communication with his two boys hasn't always been easy. >> that's sort of led me down the journey to the app itself. >> reporter: joe teamed up with local project director zack miller. and together the two designed an ipad application called air talk. >> can i? >> reporter: it's essentially a speech tool for the tablet using flash cards and the parents' recorded voice. >> seeing other kids use it and get a big grin on their face whenever they hear their parents' voice speaking to them, that's huge. >> and to really see it change someone's life, it's -- it's amazing really. >> reporter: people have downloaded air talk now in canada, europe, even asia. and the sales continue to soar. but joe says his biggest reward came a couple weeks after one of his sons started using the app. it was something he never expected to hear. >> and i put in a slide that said "i love you, daddy" or "i love daddy." we just kept working on it and working on it and working on it. and finally one day he came up and out of the blue just gave me a cuddle, just gave me a big hug, and i said i love you, bud. and wasn't really expecting an answer. and he looked right back at me and said, "i love you, daddy." >> oh, man. that's so good to hear. there's an app for that too. that's amazing. the app costs about 20 bucks. so it's not bad. not expensive at all. >> and those three words, "i love you," that's what every parent wants to hear from their child. >> as you well know. >> you don't want to hear "i hate you." gotten that a couple times. >> they save that for the teenage years. >> parents can create an unlimited amount of cards, customize them with the recorded voice and pictures that they take. there's just so many possibilities with the ipad. >> technology has its dark side but has many bright sides. >> and kids can somehow navigate it better than us. >> it's amazing. coming up, also amazing, the ongoing drama between j. lo and marc anthony. we'll give you the latest on that. >> and tom cruise's connection to a splashy auction on ebay. it's all next in "the skinny." ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny all right. here we go again, dishing the dirt during "the skinny." apparently things are getting ugly again with j. lo and marc anthony. of course they're parting ways now and had another big fight over the weekend according to radaronline.com is reporting this information. marc anthony's kind of lashing out a little bit saying he wants jen to see a psychiatrist to determine why she's incapable of being alone. and if you look at her track record, she has jumped from one relationship to the next to the next to the next. she was with puff daddy, then ben affleck. then she was with marc. they both have moved on -- >> rob nelson. >> yeah. in my dreams. of course she's moved on to this young backup dancer she's seeing. marc's moved on to some venezuelan model. in hollywood that seems to be the name of the became she seems to have some issues with love and relationships and he's called her out saying get some help. he said he wants more time with the twin kids they have together. it's getting messy again. he's saying j. lo needs a little help on the coucho. so we'll see how it all plays out. >> do you like tom cruise and katie holmes and suri? are you infatuated? >> i'm fascinated. >> well, if you want some water, this is no joke, if you want to buy some holy water, as a guy on ebay is putting it, you can buy -- it's tom water. $100 is where the bidding is starting. you have nine days left. it's water from a swimming pool that the family swam in down in miami. >> good lord. >> he says you'll get a 5-by-7 print of tom swimming in the pool with katie. he says you can use it in potions or perfumes. >> that's disturbing. >> really? it's pool water. i don't know what's in there. >> it's not really the essence of anything but chlorine and urine. let's be honest. >> maybe tom's urine. >> yeah. dab some behind your ears, have a good time. k.d. lang. haven't heard from her in a while. popular singer back in her day, but kind of been out of the radar a little bit. off the radar, i should say. after nine years with her domestic partner, jamie price, the two are going their separate ways, citing irreconcilable differences. k.d. lang now 50 years old. the official date of separation was 9-6-11. they don't have any kids together, and there's no spousal support according to their agreement. k.d. doesn't owe any money. but sad that a rare long-term hollywood relationship coming to an end. k.d. back on the market. >> speaking of coming to an end, "desperate housewives" is coming to an end. the season finale. the show's creator, marc cherry, says that we don't want to tie up every loose end and he does kind of give us the possibility of a reunion movie kind of like "sex and the city." he said he even talked to "sex and the city's" creator a few years back about doing this, but he says that they have an advantage because they only had, what, 69 episodes. and "desperate housewives" has -- >> 400 and -- >> a lot. and you've dvr'ed every single one of them. >> just to look at eva longoria, yes, i would. >> but i hope they don't ruin a good show by trying to make it a movie. learn from the "sex and the city" fiasco. you know what i mean? 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