another glass ceiling could be broken for women in sports. a very skilled female player is being considered for the nba. that s why this is our favorite story of the day. billionaire owner of the dallas mavericks mark cuban may give her a shot on the court. abc s matt guttman has a look at this incredible talent. reporter: center britney griner dominates college basketball, one of the few women who can dunk with ease. she blocked more shots than anyone in college basketball history, men or women. puts it up. it is blocked! i m just playing. just playing. is she good enough? big enough? strong enough to compete with the men of the nba? mark cuban, billionaire owner of the dallas mavericks thinks she might be.
therapeutic. i wrote a book called beauty equation, and it was really using photo therapy to inspire people to feel better about themselves as a result look better. reporter: where is the line between being confident and narcissistic. it is not feeling you are better than the next person. when you look at the picture you are like that s me and i m happy. reporter: nigel says you start with what is on your mind not the look on your face. why are you taking the selfie? reporter: i want to say, look, i m in this cool place with nigel. immediately you got a smilie face, you stay in the moment, and boom. there you go. there you go. that was beautiful. reporter: that was good. spontaneity is the final secret. one, two, three. reporter: it doesn t just make good selfies, spontaneity is the spice of life. i am juju chang in new york. all right. we don t want to be left out of the selfie nation. we asked all you guys to send us your selfies, you responded.
so it was really rewarding. yeah, yeah, definitely a miracle. another amazing story of survival, this one from northern maine. it happened in a place called st. john plantation. that s where 64-year-old man became trapped under his snowmobile. paul asard was stuck for 20 hours. hoping to be rescued. he survived, single digit temperatures while drinking water from the ditch he was caught in. this is if this is my time, this is my time, god, if you are going to take me. take me. if it ain t time don t take me. it was not his time. he suffered a few bruises and showed signs of hypothermia. he will be just fine. his nickname is moses. during the time he was stranded he kept his cool and said a lot of prayers. escalating threats from north korea having a financial impact. south korea s stock market taking a hit. in the latest provocation, the north koreans moved a missile mobile launcher closer to guam.
announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. good friday morning. the big question again this morning is north korea really capable of starting a war or are they playing games? our top story. our other big headline, the loss of a legend. the movie reviewer roger ebert. a look back at his newspaper and tv career and the mark he made on the movie business. then to the uproar at rutgers university where the men s basketball coach was fired after videotapes of team abuse were made public. the critics who demand more heads must roll and who is stepping forward to defend the former coach. later this half hour, mark zuckerberg s announcement about the facebook cell phone in a crowded field of smartphones on the market you will see how this particular one may stand out. that s coming up. the growing tensions between north and south korea. movement of mobile missle-launchers capable of
we may show them later on. we want to see your selfies. on our facebook page or twitter, why not? send them in we will share them all. how often do you take selfies? i don t do selfies. so much. i do self promote. like, hey i got the promotion on world news now. put little things out there. not selfies. i m not a selfies girl, either. first we want to get to this. two teenage hikers are spending their first night in safety after being rescued in a southern california wilderness. one of the hikers, kyndal jack, the rescuem ck o our report from thed national forest. reporter: mid morning, rescuers are sent into trabuco canyon afterhirs a woman screaming for help. i was screaming, yelling across canyon, can you see me? she said, yes, i can see you. i cannot see her she was on a rock behind a bush. reporter: after five days of