critical question of what he did during the evacuation. after first saying the collision threw him into the water, the captain now says he tripped and fell into a lifeboat while saving others, after surrendering his own life jacket. the captain's at home, but he may not be there for long. charges are expected against as many as three of his officers for negligence in the operation of the ship and evacuation. the captain may soon share the same fate, especially with a story that has holes as big as those in the "costa concordia." chris cuomo, abc news, giglio, italy. >> well said, chris. holes as big as the ones in the boat for sure. tripping and falling into the lifeboat, it all seems so ridiculous. again live pictures from the italian coast this morgan. >> and the number of missing did go down by one. it's now 21 because a german woman who was on that missing list showed up in her native germany. so there's a little bit of positive news. but yeah, we're reaching almost a week now in that recovery effort, and it's hard to fathom that anyone would still be -- >> alive at this point. again, be sure to tune in to a special edition of "20/20" tomorrow night. it's called "cruise ship confidential" as abc news of course continues its coverage of this ongoing disaster in italy. that special will air friday night, 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central. a dallas attorney is facing felony charges this morning after she boarded a plane carrying a loaded gun. judith kenny says she forgot that the gun was in her computer case. perhaps more troubling, though, is that security screeners actually spotted the gun but not before kenny grabbed her bag and vanished into the crowd. uh-oh. airport police eventually tracked her down and removed her from the plane. well, we're learning some new details about that horrifying propeller accident that severely injured former model lauren scruggs. for the first time the pilot is telling his side of the story. here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: hi. i'm lauren scruggs with "lola" magazine. >> reporter: six weeks after model lauren scruggs walked head on into that airplane propeller, so many are still wondering how could it happen? the pilot is providing details. kurt richmond told investigators from the national transportation safety board he warned the 23-year-old to stay away from the front of the plane. richmond says he leaned out of his seat and placed his right hand and arm in front of her to divert her from the front of the plane and the propeller. he continued to keep his arm extended and told the passenger that she should walk behind the airplane. the pilot could not say if scruggs heard him over the roar of that propeller. he just landed at this small airport north of dallas after taking the online fashion editor on a quick flight to look at christmas lights. he says he kept the engine running because he was just stopping long enough for scruggs to get out and a new passenger to get in. richmond told investigators he watched her leave the plane, turn to his left to look for the next passenger, when he heard someone yell, "stop. stop." and he immediately shut down the engine and saw the passenger lying in front of the airplane. >> letting somebody out of the airplane at night especially with the prop running or the engine going is not a wise idea. there's no law against it. but most pilots would not do that because one of the things that scares you the most is the idea of somebody walking into that propeller. >> reporter: as you might remember, lauren scruggs lost her hand and her eye in that accident. she continues her rehab. and her mother recently posted on the website that her pain is at times excruciating. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> actually, the first pictures of her since the accident are now being circulated. and you'll see them later this morning on "good morning america." so you can check that out. well, when the stock market opens this morning, it will be at something of a milestone. it's good news. the dow jones industrial average begins today at its highest point since last july, the 25th. it jumped 97 points yesterday to close at 12,579. strong reports about housing and manufacturing fueled that rally. >> opened my 401(k) statement last -- over the weekend. not pretty. so good that it's up. stay up. fingers crossed. >> that's why you just don't open that. >> i know. >> just shred them. >> i regret it now, trust me. well, the stock market is a lot like an elevator. up and down all day long. but unlike the stock market, elevators can get stuck between floors. >> and that's no fun. especially if you're in a hospital minutes away from giving birth. that's what happened in tacoma. nurses were moving katie bagger to the birthing room when the elevator suddenly stopped. >> ah, but baby blake was obviously in a hurry. and the doors opened just in time for dad luke to cut the umbilical cord. final stats, seven pounds 15 ounces, just shy of the 14th floor. aw. >> we do these stories, kids born in a subway, born in a cab, born in the elevator. >> kids are born everywhere. that kid's coming he's coming. >> i want my kid born in the hospital bed. >> that's a bold call. >> it's happened twice. and i just know next time -- >> and you want more kids, don't you? >> maybe. >> don't you want a big family? >> i feel like i have three now now that i've been working with you. >> oh. >> be right back, everybody. son. ♪ clowns to the left of me ♪ jokers to the right ♪ here i am, stuck in the middle with you ♪ 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. well, if you live in a big city like we do here in the big apple, parking can be a real adventure. that's putting it mildly. people really do sit in lawn chairs in the street to save their coveted spots. >> and imagine if you have a vehicle as large as my big old minivan. >> ooh, ooh, ooh. >> however, with new technology on your smartphone, it's going to make things a whole lot easier. yes, there's an app for that. wabc's tim fleischer has the details. >> reporter: around arthur avenue you could seemingly drive for hours and wait even longer for a parking spot. >> i get here sometimes at 7:00 in the morning to come to work, and it's hard to find parking. >> reporter: that is about to change. as city d.o.t. workers begin installing here on 187th street these hockey puck-size sensors that will allow you to see if a parking spot opens up using your smartphone. >> we're making it easier for drivers to park. we're actually going to be piloting new technology that will bring parking information into the palm of your hand. >> reporter: sensors are already at work in san francisco, where information is uploaded to a central computer and then relayed to the app on your smartphone. fire it up, and you can see the map around you. dark blue means plenty of spots. light blue means it's getting tight. red, pretty much forget it. >> they will not also be causing the congestion that you cause when you circle the block over and over again. >> reporter: shop owners like sandra levista at arthur avenue floral is thrilled. >> i think that's brilliant. i love it. >> reporter: but not everyone will be able to take advantage. >> you're assuming everybody has a smartphone. and i for one happen to be one of those people who don't have a smartphone. >> reporter: for this experiment they put in 177 of these sensors. and they will test them to see if they hold up to the rigors of street sweepers and snow flouz. and then in three months they will make the app available touk test to see if you can find a farci in parking spot. >> we're going to monitor to see if we get the information we need on a real-time basis. >> reporter: and perhaps relieving a frustration for drivers. >> all right. thank you, tim. >> i love it. >> parking tickets in new york city average 120 bucks a ticket. keep that in mind. and that's me either -- >> didn't yours get booted? that's why you don't have a car anymore? >> either i'm getting a ticket or i'm stealing that car. >> i think they're actually looking for you. >> i've got a warrant out. killing my last anchor. >> i'm getting coupon clipping advice from an expert that's truly worthwhiot this guy. >> no. you like to save a buck or two. but what if you could save $100 every time you went shopping? >> i'm going to tell you, it's not extreme couponing. and it's coupon, not coupon, by the way. >> coo. >> i found out firsthand all you need is 30 minutes a week, and you too could have some super savings. shuper. >> reporter: remember back in the day when savings used to be so simple? well, times sure have changed, and it's not just higher price tags. >> come on now! >> reporter: thanks to hit reality show "extreme couponers" cutting and clipping has become an extreme sport. and as a wife and mom of two i'm no slouch when it comes to shopping savvy. so when i heard that the grocery guru was challenging me to a savings showdown i sharpened my kiddie scissors and started snipping away. >> watch out, teri, there's a new coupon queen in town. i'm coming after you. >> reporter: teri is the founder and ceo of the grocerygame.com, a website that provides consumers with weekly lists of the lowest-priced products, coupons, and in-store sales in their area. in other words, pound for pound, i may have met my discount match. the arena -- stop & shop in clifton, new jersey. the game? who could get the most groceries for 100 bucks? including these common pantry staples. so let the games begin. >> i need to find a chicken. >> it's on sale. ooh. i've got instant savings coming back. yeah, baby. >> reporter: teri is using one of her main moves, stacking sales, which combines coupons with in-store deals. two can play at that game. >> this is a good price. $3.79. i think i'm already over $100. >> reporter: she's got another move up her sleeve. investing. >> love great meat sales. stock up. >> reporter: she says to buy in bulk when things go on sale. >> we've got coupons. we can save about half on your groceries. just by doing the stocking up which i call investing. think of it as an investment. >> uh-oh. little miss thing. she's going to show off. holy cow. >> ooh. you're looking -- >> there's no way that that's all under $100. this is embarrassing. look at this. >> i'm sorry. well, we'll have to see how we do here, huh? >> yeah. you pretty much kicked my heinie. >> so this is the moment of truth here. >> reporter: my grand total, $142.13. after savings, though, $108.45. i managed to take off roughly 34 bucks. >> see? i didn't really need the coupons. i bought stuff that was on sale. >> reporter: which leads to teri's final tip, which is timing. you don't have to redeem the coupons the same week they come in the paper. coupons usually expire in three months. so you can play your coupons like a card shark. but does teri have more game? >> not afraid. >> reporter: her total before savings comes out to a whopping $209.50. and now with the in-store sales and coupons? >> o'okay. this is just sick. >> reporter: teri's new total? $90.01. she saved almost $120. savings of nearly 60%. >> oh, look at that. >> reporter: well, teri might have knocked me out this time, but using her tips we can all be winners. >> way to go. way to save money. >> yep. >> oh, you got your butt kicked. ha, ha. >> i knew i was going to. she's a pro. >> that's right. >> but she says the majority of her savings are sales that aren't advertised in the circulars, that you and i don't really know about. you have to look for them. or you can go to thegrocerygame.com, her website. i mean, it's honestly very simple. she does everything for you. she says the average savings for a family of four is -- oh, you betcha, family of four is like $500. my shirt's a little low-cut there. >> thank you, graphics. as always. for a job well done. 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. 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"new york times" photo there. >> yeah. they actually wound up removing it. but free ride. >> that ain't bad. have you had a lot of subway experiences since you moved to -- >> yeah, couple, yeah. my kids love it. >> the kids, really? because it's the train, mommy and all that. >> choo-choo. >> there's the panhandlers, the people who fall asleep. the drunk rds. the drag queens. and then there's me. this morning on "world news now" -- defensive candidate. mitt romney facing some tough questions about his wealth and his taxes. >> after an abc news investigation reveals the presidential candidate is stashing his money in accounts on a beautiful caribbean island. it's thursday january 19th. good thursday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> we're almost to the weekend, aren't we? >> counting down. here we go. >> i'm paula faris. many super rich americans avoid big tax bills by stashing their money in offshore accounts. as mitt romney faces huge questions about his income and the taxes he doesn't pay, this latest revelation may be hurting his presidential campaign and a lot of the other hopeful candidates want him to -- full disclosure. >> they're pushing for his -- to see those tax returns. he's saying not till april, till most of the primaries are over. his lead in south carolina is now down to ten. newt gingrich has apparently cut that in half almost. we could be looking at an interesting battle shaping up in south carolina and how this plays out could have an impact. >> and gingrich wants perry and santorum to just go bye-bye and then who knows, maybe it will be tied. >> mano a mano. also ahead a 65-year-old airline passenger says she simply forgot that she put her handgun in her carry-on bag. mm-hmm. the trouble -- just forgot. forgot she was packing some heat in the airport. all the trouble she's now facing and the impact this incident caused on a very busy airline hub. >> she really forgot? >> i hate when i do that. i hate when i leave my ak-47 in my wallet. >> you don't have it with you, do you? >> no. and later this half hour, the member of the royal family who loves to flirt with danger. his everyday job is full of adventure, and now prince harry is going to new heights, and not everyone thinks it's a good idea, including rob nelson. >> mm-hmm. but first, mitt romney's on the defensive this morning over the tax breaks that he's getting by putting millions of his money offshore. >> and there are new signs that the controversy over his finances may be hurting him in the polls. we begin with abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. >> reporter: mitt romney's big money supporters say his wealth is a sign of success. >> he's what we aspire to be. >> hi there. >> reporter: but his wealth, how he made it, and the relatively low tax rate he admitted he pays on it -- >> closer to the 15% rate than anything. >> reporter: -- have become a big campaign issue. >> his personal finances are a poster child of what's wrong with the american tax system. >> reporter: for example, abc news has found that millions of dollars of romney's personal wealth is in investment funds set up in the cayman islands, the notorious caribbean tax haven where secrecy is the rule. nothing in romney's financial disclosure statements reveals his connection to the caymans. but we tracked at least 12 of the funds he lists set up by his former company, bain capital, and potentially involving as much as $30 million, tracked them all to an address in the caymans. a post office box at the central post office. this is the bain capital address, right here. post office box 908. tax experts say such offshore accounts allow u.s. taxpayers access to a number of tax loopholes and keep secret which companies the funds invest in. as we learned from bain's registered agents in the caymans. >> you can't talk about -- >> no, unfortunately not. >> nothing at all? >> nothing at all. >> reporter: the romney campaign says the candidate would pay the same taxes if the accounts were not in the caymans. and romney says he follows all tax laws. >> if there's an opportunity to save taxes, we like anybody else in this country will follow that opportunity. >> reporter: but a larger issue involves how bain and others use such offshore accounts to help foreign investors avoid u.s. taxes. >> the treasury leases an estimated $100 billion a year because of tax havens. >> reporter: romney's critics are already crying foul, saying he has to release more than just the latest tax return to give a full picture over the years of how or whether he has taken advantage of the provisions in the tax code which benefit the super rich. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> also on top of that a new poll sews that former speaker newt gingrich is gaining ground. in less than a month he's actually cut mitt romney's lead in south carolina nearly in half. rick santorum, meanwhile, has about 16%. ron paul roughly the same thing. rick perry is trailing behind the rest of the pack with just 6%. and that new poll also found that president obama and mitt romney would be in a dead heat if the election were held today. the obama campaign has now launched its first major tv ad for the president. viewers in the battleground states of iowa, michigan, north carolina, wisconsin, ohio-s and virginia could see the ads pop up as soon as today. things are getting interest iin. it will be interesting what the romney camp response is to that story about his money in the cayman islands. they say that money isvery same if those funds were established in the u.s., these are not tax havens and it is false to say so. but i think it's been well known for years the super rich do hide their money overseas. >> and they did say that they store those funds in the cayman islands to help attract money from foreign investors. and he did mention in the piece that it's taxed the same in the cayman islands as it would be anywhere else. but still, that's a lot of loot. >> it is a lot of money. nice problem to have, i guess. well, president obama is hearing it from all sides after rejecting plans for an extensive oil pipeline through the heart of the united states. it would run from canada through six states all the way to oil refineries in texas. but mr. obama has blocked it, saying there's not enough time to evaluate the project ahead of a republican-enforced deadline. while the president faces criticism for killing jobs, environmentalists praised the decision. and now to that cruise ship disaster off the italian coast. the ship's captain is now being quoted as saying that he tripped and fell into a lifeboat as the disaster was unfolding and that he never intentionally abandoned ship. he's still under house arrest during all this. prosecutors are planning to challenge that, though, saying the captain has admitted to being reckless with the ship and that he is a flight risk. meanwhile, italian cave experts are expected to begin recovery efforts on board that ship again this morning. they are facing, though, some dangerous underwater obstacles of everything that was displaced during the disaster. 21 people, including two americans, are still missing. at least 11 so far are dead. and one very interesting note in this story, too. a descendant of someone who survived the "titanic" was on board this ship and survived. just a fascinating historical note on that. also, those two americans still listed as missing are gerry and barbara heil of minnesota. hundreds of family members and friends came together last night for a prayer service right there at their church. they were called a couple who was devoted to charity. their granddaughter simply asked for prayers. dallas-based attorney general judith kenny says she is embarrassed and mortified, but it's a little more serious than that. she is also facing felony charges for boarding a plane with a gun in her carry-on bag. kenny says she forgot it was there. the question is how was she even able to get past security screeners? here's abc's lisa stark. >> reporter: it was a mad scramble at the dallas-fort worth airport after security screeners spotted a gun in a carry-on computer bag. by the time security agents went to pull the bag, it was gone, and so was the passenger. officers pulled security tapes to pinpoint the passenger and fanned out across all five terminals, shutting down terminal d completely, even boarding flights that had already loaded. they finally found their passenger. a 65-year-old woman on an american arnirlines jet bound f houston. it had already pulled from the gate and had to be called back. the woman, identified as judith kenny, her bag and a .38-caliber pistol were taken off the jet. she reportedly told agents she had forgotten she had it. every other passenger was rescreened. that flight took off over an hour late. ten other flights were also delayed. >> most of airport security is security theater. and that's unfortunate. weapons and other items have gotten through. >> reporter: since 9/11 there have been more than 25,000 security breaches at airports, including this one at newark international when a lovesick boyfriend snuck through a security exit to bid his girlfriend good-bye. thousands of passengers had to be rescreened. tsa insists most of these breaches were minor. the agency has also come under attack for being too aggressive, with invasive pat-downs of children and the elderly. as for the woman in texas, she faces state felony charges of carrying a weapon where it's prohibited. she also faces thousands of dollars in federal civil penalties. lisa stark, abc news, reagan national airport. >> and last november a couple of elderly women made headlines because of how tsa agents treated them at new york's jfk airport. now the tsa is apologizing. the agency says screeners violated procedures when they asked to see medical devices that the women were wearing under their clothes. they claim they were strip-searched and are still disgusted. >> i think it's terrible. people from government should get involved and they should straighten it out and they should send people to classes who would learn how to deal with the public. >> that's exactly what's happening. the screeners will get training on handling procedures with medical conditions. and rob, as incomprehensible as it sounds, one of the women claims that the tsa forces her to pull down her pants including her underwear to see what was going on. >> see, it's the tsa, not the gyn. that's a little frightening there. but when you look at that number, 25,000 incidents? i mean -- >> since 9/11. >> since 9/11. that's kind of scary. in the ten years that the number would be that high. i know it seems invasive, but to play devil's advocate just for a second, if it's keeping us safe, better safe than sorry. and look how much still gets through even with those kind of extreme measures. >> now the pat-downs of the kids and the controversy -- >> oh, man. we'll see. let's shift gears a little bit now. michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray-s now off the hook for more than $100 million in restitution for the singer's wrongful death. jackson's estate was claiming that's how much the pop star would have earned from an upcoming concert tour. but jackson's family now says going after murray just isn't worth it. murray is serving time for involuntary manslaughter and says he is flat broke. well, they are still surveying the damage in kentucky and southern indiana after five twisters touched down. the destructive storms knocked out power to thousands. the strong winds uprooting trees and damaging buildings. but there appear to be no serious injuries. >> thank goodness. now for the rest of the nation's weather on this thursday morning, blizzard warnings are up for western colorado. also a few showers around new orleans and mobile, alabama. dry and mild in southern cali. >> very cold air has finally hit minneapolis, which is near zero for the first time this winter. chicago will struggle to get above 10 degrees. a balmy 76 in miami. 38 in new york. >> and you'll get welcomed officially to new york tomorrow. i you this they're expecting a dusting of snow thursday into friday morning. >> i haven't seen much snow yet. so i'm ready for it. >> it's been a mild winter compared to last year. >> bring it on. >> watch what you're saying. we had blizzards last year. all right. some happy news for a colorado woman, though, who was struck by lightning when she was three months pregnant. she was given birth to a healthy baby girl. >> the last six months have been pretty dicey for stephanie alberti. that lightning bolt left her temporarily paralyzed, and she says not a day went by when she didn't worry about her baby's health. >> cute kid. thankfully, baby sophia was born weighing a healthy 6 1/2 pounds, and now her parents say they're hoping she will develop some superpowers. >> they should have named her bolt. >> whoa. whoa. >> lightning? i thought we were expecting snow. >> we'll be right back. more "world news now" after this. >> get my umbrella out. ♪ i'm not gonna give up ♪ i'm not gonna stop ♪ i'm gonna work harder ♪ i'm a survivor [ female announcer ] removing facial hair can be irritating. challenge that. new olay smooth finish facial hair removal duo. first a gentle balm. then the removal cream. effective together with less irritation and as gentle as a feather. new olay hair removal duo. 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. welcome back, everybody. well, if you go to wikipedia right now, the site is back up after yesterday's big internet protest. and so are all the other big websites that actually went black for about 24 hours. >> well, the protesters are upset about legislation to crack down on piracy. so we wondered just how easy is it to become an online pirate? abc's david wright found a kid to show us. >> reporter: on google the familiar name was blacked out. on wikipedia this is what popped up. thousands of websites from craigslist to wired taking part in the first ever digital strike. a one-day protest against bills aimed at stopping online piracy. >> the tech community's finally woken up and realized, you know, what a big problem these laws could cause. >> reporter: it's become a massive fight between silicon valley and the hollywood studios. hollywood studios like our parent company disney want to make it harder for people to access copyrighted material online. >> people are stealing. offshore criminals are stealing american jobs and content. >> reporter: internet companies say the proposed new laws go about it the wrong way. >> this is a giant game of whack-a-mole. the technology will always move faster than the law. and if people really want their content illegally that badly, they will find a way. >> reporter: so how easy is it to find copyrighted movies and other content online? we're going to turn to an expert. 15-year-old sasha mcgilicut. you're in ninth grade? >> mm-hmm. >> i want to set you a task. can you find "mission impossible," the one that's in theaters now? i'm going to run this clock. >> reporter: it took him less than 30 seconds to find dozens of offshore sites. >> this one's swedish. this one's dutch. >> reporter: finding a way to stop that that will please everyone may well be mission impossible. david wright, abc news, san francisco. >> and you know, this was once they thought to be a shoo-in legislation, but now "the new york times" reporting it's probably going to fail to get the votes that it needs to move forward. it's taken a lot of heat. >> after this negative publicity not surprising there at all. so it's going to be dead. >> it means you can't download any more chick flicks. >> oh, what am i going to do without drew barrymore? >> salma hayek. i know. coming up, a high school football player who's scoring points and awards. >> and he's on the defensive line also against a life-threatening illness. he has a fight going on both on and off the field. that story coming up next. ♪ i need a hero ♪ i'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night ♪ love stories about the gridiron. so here's one for you. to a high school player who's turning his passion for the game into the fight of his life and he's getting a whole lot of attention. >> this player from texas isn't just racking up football awards. he's also battling cancer. ktrk's art rascon has the story now from suburban houston. >> i go like four weeks where i go once a week and it's just a long day at the hospital getting chemo. >> reporter: addison marshall will head back to the hospital for chemotherapy. during spring practice a few years ago he noticed pain in his ribs. that pain was caused by leukemia. addison's fight with cancer meant he had to give up playing football for a while. but it didn't mean giving up being part of the team. he kept working hard, hoping to get back on the field, and to serve as an inspiration for his teammates. >> if people didn't show up for summer workouts because they just didn't feel like coming, i tried to be like, well, i had chemo today and i still came. >> reporter: addison's hard work played off. he played in the last half of the last game for his foster high falcons. that hard work and determination led addison's coach to nominate him for the 2012 high school rudy award. it's named after daniel rudy rutig relative, the notre dame football player whose life story inspired the movie "rudy." >> oh, i was so happy to win, just shocked. just a mix of emotions. >> reporter: addison's mom of course is very proud of her son's achievement and gives credit to the foster high football team. >> i've witnessed what football means to these kids. and it's something you can't really articulate very well. but i think that's one of the reasons he's here today, is football. >> love the line where he said you don't want to go to practice today? well, i just had chemo. >> and i made it here. >> yeah. >> up believable. doctors say he has a 50-50 chance of beating the disease. so we're rooting for you, man. keep at it. >> that's right. >> more after this. stay with us. and me 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top of the world flanking this majestic mountain that kills 1 in 10 of those who conquer her size. >> i think if you were a royal protection officer you'd probably just have your head in your hands with harry. i think the only person that could say to harry, right, stop risking your life on all these adventures, would be his grandmother, the queen. and she's not likely to say that to harry. >> reporter: because she's head of the british armed forces. she can't let other people's grandkids flirt with danger and go to war and keep wee harry home. harry's going back to afghanistan in his apache attack helicopter later this year. william, the heir to the throne-s more mollycoddled. >> there must be times when william looks at his younger brother and thinks, i wish i were born second, not first. but certainly with william and harry they're sort of new generation of young, active, adrenaline-addicted royals. >> reporter: and they indulge that wild, danger-loving streak whenever they can. but for harry this everest mission, the arctic trek are about much more than thrills and spills and impressing the ladies. >> i was with harry and the team from walking with the wounded just before christmas. very genuine sort of friendship there. and i think harry wants to do everything he can to basically support these guys and throw a bit of light on their dangerous mission. >> keeping wounded soldiers in the forefront of everybody's minds. because otherwise it's going to get forgotten about. it's very, very important. >> reporter: nick watt, abc news, london. >> he's doing it for charity. that's a good thing. the climb's going to take place in the spring. good for harry. >> and like he suggested also to bring attention to the cause. and i hear that you're an avid mountain climber. was that everest? >> no. that was in my back yard. >> was that mount rainier? >> we call this album things that would never happen in real life. only from our very talented graphics department. no snow, no ice, no climbing. this morning on "world news now" -- captain's alibi. the man who was supposed to be in control of that doomed cruise ship in italy has a new claim. >> that's right. the captain says he did not abandon his ship. he says he simply fell into that lifeboat. it's thursday january 19th. and good morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. it is thursday, right? >> it is thursday. >> happy thursday. >> learning the schedule. slowly but surely. >> come in on wednesday. kind of work on thursday. into friday. >> you'll get it. in another year you'll get it. i'm rob nelson. good morning again, everybody. as the italian justice system sorts out the captain's latest claims, expert divers have a more urgent job to do this morning as we look at live pictures from italy where some pretty stormy conditions there have slowed down efforts to find those still missing in the shipwreck. >> also this morning another sign that mitt romney's victory this saturday in the south carolina primary is not a slam dunk. newt gingrich is up big-time in the polls. you're going to see why he is appealing to voters. >> new details about, you know, mitt's finances could hurt him a little bit. newt has cut that lead almost in half. could be a big day down south saturday. later this half hour, no need to way for the bartender. check out a new invention that allows you to serve yourself beer. my prayers have been answered. thank you, lord. we'll show you how it works. >> aren't you the inventor? >> i'd be a rich man. i would not be here. >> and you wouldn't be working next to me? >> not at these hours. >> oh, man. cheers. but first, the latest from that cruise ship disaster in italy. this is the scene there right now. the cruise ship "costa concordia" resting precariously in its place. >> the number of confirmed deaths is at 11 this morning and it's only expected to rise as the days go on. with the very latest on this now we are joined by abc's scott goldberg. good morning to you, scott. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. if the weather cooperates today, crews will start extracting the 500,000 gallons of fuel still inside that ship and divers will go back to the wreckage where they now admit they are no longer looking for survivors. while rough seas kept rescue crews out of the water and raised concerns that fuel might start leaking, back on land the "costa concordia's" first victim was identified. ♪ 38-year-old sandor feher from hungary seen here in a video he posted on youtube while he was looking for a job was an entertainer on the ship. one of his colleagues said feher was helping children put on life jackets before he went back to his room to get his violin and never came back. the ship's captain, francesco schettino, remains under house arrest facing possible charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. but he's quoted in an italian newspaper saying he didn't leave on purpose. he now says he tripped and fell into a lifeboat which hauled him to safety while passengers and crew members fought for their lives. this video could support one part of schettino's story. it appears to show the same boat in august passing even closer to giglio island. schettino says he was following the planned route, but the cruise company blames him for deliberately steering off course. when divers are able to go back to the ship, they'll be up to their shoulders in dark water and debris. the grim reality, they're no longer looking for survivors. though in minnesota relatives of gerry and barbara heil are still praying for a miracle. officials are now saying 21 people are listed as missing and that includes the heils. one woman who had been on that list turned up alive back home in germany. rob and paula? >> wow, this thing continues to unfold. and people are going to have a hard time believing that he simply tripped and fell, the captain, into a lifeboat. that seems like the flimsiest story. >> after hearing the transcript yesterday, i don't really believe anything that comes out of this man's mouth. nor that he was actually trying to be a hero or save anyone when he had to be convinced to get back on the ship and i don't even think he ever did. >> no. it certainly is strange. again, you're looking at live pictures right now from the coast of italy. divers apparently getting ready to go back aboard that ship again. you heard it really is a rescue mission at this point. no longer looking for survivors. it seems increasingly unlikely. water a little bit choppy out there right now. but again, the mission continues. and be sure to tune into a special edition of "20/20" tomorrow night. it will be called "cruise ship confidential." abc news covers the disaster in italy, of course, in all detail. that is coming up again friday night, 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central. again, that's "20/20." to politics now, where a major change could be under way. in the republican race the latest poll finds newt gingrich gaining serious ground on mitt romney. >> it's getting hot. new details about romney's wealth could get in the way of his front-runner status. abc's karen travers is following the campaign and has the latest. good morning to you, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, paula. the romney campaign sees the margin narrowing. this race may be closer than we think in south carolina. the race in south carolina is heating up. a new poll there has romney up ten points over his nearest rival, newt gingrich, who gained five points in two weeks. romney may be in the lead, but he's not easing up the pressure. he mocked gingrich's statement that he created jobs as a member of congress. >> congressmen taking responsibility, or taking credit for helping create jobs is like al gore taking credit for the internet. >> reporter: rick santorum's campaigning hard. he wants to be the anti-romney choice for south carolina's christian evangelicals, who could make up more than half of saturday's primary voters. >> this is a race where the people are going to speak and there's going to be a big surprise in south carolina on saturday. >> reporter: there's an intraparty tax war brewing on the trail. romney revealed for the first time his federal tax rate. >> it's probably closer to the 15% rate than anything. >> reporter: romney's worth an estimated $250 million. but since his income comes primarily from investments, he's taxed at a rate of 15%. the average rate for those making more than $1 million is more than 29%. gingrich addressed his taxes, too. >> we can confirm that i paid a 31% rate. >> reporter: but he was quick to say he wasn't going to criticize romney on this specific issue. >> my goal is not to raise mitt romney's taxes. it's to let everybody pay mitt romney's rate. >> reporter: but the clock is ticking, and romney's rivals are well aware that if he wins saturday's south carolina primary he is much closer to wrapping up this nomination. rob and paula? >> also right now -- you want to go first? >> imagine, if perry and santorum drop out how close this really could be in real life. >> and apparently some conservatives are telling rick perry look, now's the time, he's not doing well in the polls in south carolina and there's rumors now that he would endorse gingrich, though, if perry drops out, he would endorse newt here. speaking of newt, his ex-wife is going to give an interview to "nightline" -- >> his second ex-wife. let's clarify. he's had three wives. >> he's had a few. will appear in an abc news exclusive on "nightline." she says she has plenty to say. that should be very interesting a glimpse into newt's personal life there. >> that's tonight -- >> that's tonight on "nightline." check it out. we did mention romney's taxes just a minute ago and the questions of how he gets off paying so little. his campaign confirms that romney has money invested in the cayman islands but insists he gets no tax breaks there. but our abc news investigation found that romney does have the ability to pay a lower tax rate by investing in funds offshore. >> as so many super rich folks tend to do. despite all that, though, romney still remains a strong challenger for president obama. the latest poll finds the two candidates would actually be neck and neck if the election were held today. the obama campaign has now launched its first major tv ad. viewers in the battleground states of iowa, michigan, north carolina, wisconsin, ohio, and virginia could see those ads pop up as soon as today. and mr. obama is taking plenty of heat over his decision to block plans for a massive oil pipeline. it would run through six states from canada all the way to oil refineries in texas. but the president rejected it, saying there's not enough time to look into alternatives before a looming deadline being forced on him by republicans. house speaker john boehner accused the president of selling out american jobs for politics. and of course that number about how many jobs it would provide is always in question. inflated and -- >> criticism from the republicans. environmentalists, meanwhile, are pretty happy for obvious reasons. on capitol hill now, it didn't mean a thing, but the republican-controlled house has put itself on record as being opposed to raising the government's borrowing limit. the nearly party line vote is a non-binding disapproval of president obama's request to increase the so-called debt limit by more than a trillion dollars. the measure is all but certain to be killed by the senate next week. a sad picture. kodak is filing for bankruptcy. the pioneer photography company waited too long to acknowledge the digital imaging revolution and has been struggling for years. last night kodak said it plans to continue operating during bankruptcy and hopes to emerge from it next year. in the past nine years kodak has closed factories and film processing labs and cut 47,000 jobs. growing up that's all we ever had, was film. >> got to keep up with the times, or else. well, they are digging out in washington after a powerful storm dumps some snow on that state. it was a tough day of driving for commuters in the seattle area, which saw the most snow there since 1996. and now they're worried about warm weather melting that snow and causing flooding on top of everything else. there are also avalanche warnings at some of the higher elevations. and in idaho snow finally fell for the first time this winter on boise. the city picked up about six inches. that was enough to cause more than 100 accidents, though. all that snow is expected to be washed away, though, with rain predicted most of today. old man winter making his presence felt. >> i can't wait for the white stuff to fall. >> you keep asking for snow. people had enough of that last year. don't call for that. >> well, here's a look at the rest of the weather, everybody. it will be a rainy day from portland to san francisco. seattle could be messy with freezing rain. mostly dry in the southeast. detroit and buffalo could see some snow showers. >> denver is unusually warm, in the 60s, with some pretty sunny skies. dallas and phoenix sound pleasant, right around 70. fargo drops to 6 below. okay. we've all had bad days at the office. and here's what one looks like when you are a pro tennis player. check out marcos baghdatis at the australian open. yeah. >> ooh. let's just say you don't want to be one of those rackets he's breaking. before it's all over he destroys four of them in fact. two that were still in their plastic bag covers, in fact. >> he's already been fined more than $1,200 for the meltdown. and yes, he lost the match as well. but just put those suckers on ebay, and somebody will more than be willing to recuperate for the loss in fines. >> relax. just tennis. >> it's not just tennis. it's life. >> oh. sorry. talking to a former sports anchor. i'm sorry about that. we'll be back. more after this. >> easy. easy. i'm fining you. ♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪ what you gonna do ♪ what 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right ways ♪ ♪ we will never be, never be i'm raising my glass. >> raise your glass. >> all i've got is a cup, though. >> these are just skittles. all right. time for our -- >> favorite story of the day. and it's sure to raise some eyebrows. can you raise your eyebrow? >> yeah. don't you hate it when you're at the bar when there is no -- >> what do you mean? >> like i said, a long line to buy beer at the bar. how about a beer vending machine? >> i love it. >> sit back, grab a glass, while the bbc's judith moritz explains. >> skittles during the show? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: self-service seems to be all the rage these days. you can use a cash machine instead of seeing the bank clerk. the automated till instead of paying a check-out assistant. and a vending machine instead of buying from the shopkeeper. and now the bar man could find himself replaced by this. it's a self-service beer pump. you buy a top-up swipe card from the bar and then help yourself to a maximum of four pints until your credit runs out. it's the brainchild of this landlord in barnsley. >> it's 15 pence a pint cheaper on this than it is on the bar. just to sort of get people to use it more than anything. you know what i mean. but when it's busy they'll use it anyway because you don't want to be queuing up at bar when you can just come and basically pour your own. >> reporter: to stop people taking advantage, it only serves the beer in half-pint measures. i'm told the self-service pump's particularly popular during televised football games when this place can be packed. today the queen's head is closed at lunchtime. so to find out if the idea is a hit with drinkers we went down the road. at the beggar and gentleman they serve beer the old-fashioned way. they weren't all sure about the idea. >> you're going for company usually. if you go anyway you're going for company. and if you're going in to talk to a pump, you're not going. simple as. >> reporter: landlord dave is patenting the pump, which he says is the first of its kind in britain. but he doesn't see himself having to give up the day job just yet. judith moritz, bbc news, barnsley. >> oh, that's beautiful. that story touched my heart. >> you need to go live across the pond. >> i will. look, you already beat me. look at that. yeah, there's paula relaxing. >> tipping one back. i'm actually a miller lite kind of girl. >> and you're a lightweight, too. only two drinks and you're pretty much -- >> yeah. two-sip sally is my nickname. >> two sip. really? >> mm-hmm. >> why such a lightweight? >> i'm pathetic. >> sorry. you're not going to be any fun at the office party. or maybe you will be. >> maybe i will. a cheap date as my husband always says. coming up, what may be more unbelievable drama involving chris brown and rihanna. >> yeah. and marky mark responds after making some pretty controversial comments about 9/11. that's coming up next in your "skinny." can we get her some vodka? can we get her some vodka? ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny welcome back, everybody. time for your thursday "skinny" here. apparently, marky mark made some unwanted headlines here because he made a comment about 9/11. as he's been saying for years now, he was supposed to be in one of those planes on 9/11 on that tuesday morning. one of the planes that ended up crashing -- >> but rescheduled it. >> right. into the world trade center. ended up rescheduling just because. and then he made some comments, though, in an interview. and he said something. he said -- >> in "men's journal." >> "if i was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did. there would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying okay, we're going to land somewhere safely, don't worry." basically implying he would have taken care of the terrorists and saved the plane like he does in the movies. of course that did not sit well with some folks. then he kind of had to relates a statement to tmz after that interview with "men's journal." and he says, "to speculate about such a situation is ridiculous to begin with and to suggest i would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible. i deeply apologize to the families of the victims that my answer came off as insensitive. it certainly was not my intention." dumb comment. smart apology. this ain't the movies. it's real life. marky mark. >> this is something that you don't want to find near your home. brangelina's home out near hollywood, they found a couple of severed hands. >> did they adopt them? >> no, they did not adopt them. a couple of severed hands. and they believe that they belong to the man whose head they found decapitated the day before in that area. >> ooh. >> that human head was in a plastic bag. this is all near the hollywood sign. and it's kind of creepy because don't you remember seeing brad pitt's movie "seven," the head in the -- >> yeah. favorite scene. >> i wonder if somebody's trying to mimic that. >> ooh. i think the detectives are going to put a lot of legwork into that case. >> oh, come on. >> ooh. that was not good. that came from our producer scott. give him credit for that one. u.s. -- u.s. "us weekly" is now reporting, get this, it has been three years since the assault between chris brown and rihanna. and now there are new reports again from "us weekly" in an exclusive saying guess what, they are back together. they've been hooking up actually for about a year now. which would be a pr disaster for rihanna and a sad state of affairs all the way around. let's hope that's not true. but that is word on the street. why did she go back to a guy who beat her? who knows? but let's end on a light note, shall we? >> and finally, i want to show you a picture. who does this look like? she's about 10 years old. look familiar? >> yes. >> cindy crawford's daughter, kaya. 10 years old. she's making her modeling debut. >> for versace. >> young versace ad. and she is gorgeous. >> let's pray she grows up to look like her mama. >> look, she's on her way. 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