editor of national geographic magazine. everyone saying are they boyfriend/girlfriend, dating? the close friend said they have a deep friendship. we all what s that code for. uh-huh. yeah. huh. tipper, tipper, tipper. he is sexy. cute. good for her. after 40 years to find love again, good for her. he is 71. she its 63. older, older. tipper, tipper. all right. well, speaking of true love, let s talk about snooki for a second. let me set this photo up briefly. she is pregnant. in her third trimester. spotted going to a barbecue with jersey shore folks. take a look at the picture, folks. if this doesn t make you proud to be an american on this july 4, i don t know what will. that is snooki toting beer back to the party in the stroller. expensive stroller. according to sources she did not drink any of the beer, which is important because she is pregnant. just to show you she is putting her stroller to good use. god bless our country. nice going, snooki.
fireworks, of course, are a booming business with annual sales at nearly $232 million. that s a lot almost as much as the costume the independence day not always a celebration. three u.s. presidents have died on july 4th. i didn t know that either. of course, as you can tell by our serious set, we are doing nothing but celebrating right now. get that wiener, amanda, show initiative. this is our facebook question of the day, what are your plans for the 4th of july. go to wnnfans.com and let us know. uh-huh. and you can tell us or you could show us if you want to. yeah, tweet your pictures to us at abcwnn, hash tag wnn fans. you never know, your photos could wind up here on world news now. love to see that. oh. she found that cart. we got our friend captain jack back over here. wienermeister for us tonight.
everybody loves the underdogs that s my dog what a festive night on the show. appreciate all ten of you watching. well an adorable dog is at the center of an ugly custody battle. it is a multimillion dollar tug-of-war over a tiny pomeranian. our paula faris has the story. reporter: meet sammy, the picture perfect pooch now at the center of a $500,000 breakup battle royale. he is the star of sammyandthecity.com, a wildly popular web site showcasing the photogenic pomeranian s adventures in new york. in april, scott smith and his then girlfriend, anna, launched the site hoping for internet glory. but when mommy and daddy went their separate ways last year, sammy and the potential fido fortune generated by his website got caught in the crossfire. sometimes it is not even about the animal. it s just they want to get one over on the other side. reporter: smith tells the new york post he is filing a $500,000 lawsuit for his share of the rights telling the pap
reporter: the desperation of this frantic 911 call made by 17-year-old jonathan hoffman brought tears to the eyes of his grandmother as she sat in court. not only because the gunfire killed her grandson, but because she is the one on trial for pulling the trigger. not once, but five times. awe hue did you get shot? my grandma, my grandma shot you. your grandma and grandpa shot you? my grandma. reporter: the troubled teen moved in with his grandparents, during that time the grandmother started to fear her grandson because she suspect heed was using synthetic marijuana, k 2 or spice. a relatively new drug, herbs, sprayed with chemicals. often marketed as incense. doctors say what makes it most dangerous is they don t know what kind of chemicals are used or what behavior it will provoke. i have seen children who are aggressive and violent. on another spectrum we have seen children with catatonic, slow movements not moving at all or no speech. tests show the drug was
17-year-old jonathan hoffman brought tears to the eyes of his grandmother as she sat in court. not only because the gunfire killed her grandson, but because she is the one on trial for pulling the trigger. not once, but five times. awe hue did you get shot? my grandma, my grandma shot you. your grandma and grandpa shot you? my grandma. reporter: the troubled teen moved in with his grandparents, during that time the grandmother started to fear her grandson because she suspect heed was using synthetic marijuana, k 2 or spice. a relatively new drug, herbs, sprayed with chemicals. often marketed as incense. doctors say what makes it most dangerous is they don t know what kind of chemicals are used or what behavior it will provoke. i have seen children who are aggressive and violent. on another spectrum we have seen children with catatonic, slow movements not moving at all or no speech. tests show the drug was in lane s grandson s system at the time of the shooting. but