Customer . Patriotic doubletake. From George Washington to ben franklin. Is that your real name . Whats it like to be a normal american with a largerthanlife name . Good morning, everyone. Dan harris is taking some welldeserved time off this Holiday Weekend. Were happy to have abcs new nightline and legal anchor, dan abrams. Its good to be with you. I was going to wear my red suit and blue tie. But i figured as the fillin guy, probably not a great move. It is saturday, july 6th. We hope youre enjoying the Holiday Weekend. Theres a lot going on. Lets get to the breaking news overnight in egypt, where the violence has escalated, after the military ousted that countrys first democraticallyelected president , mohamed morsi. His backers have been in deadly clashes with opponents. Abcs Alex Marquardt has the latest from cairo. Alex . Reporter good morning, dan. Its the worst violence weve seen yet between supporters and opponents of ousted president mohamed morsi. It happened just a short di
Stories of survival, today, sunday july 7, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Im erica hill. Im lester holt. This is the image thats had a lot of us transfixed, the wreckage of asiana 214 as it lie us off the rubway. You look at that and you have to be amazed so many people were able to survive, to get out of that plane, which as we know was ungulfed in fire. Two people are dead. It could have been so much worse. This by the way is the first fatal crash involving a major airliner in this country since 2001. We want to update you on some of the latest information we have this morning. Just hours ago the president of Asiana Airlines confirming that the two passengers who were killed were in fact chinese citizens. Their seats were told are at the very back of the plane. He also said two veteran pilots were at the controls during the landing and that the airline does not believe there was any sort o
Trayvon martins parents reacting to the verdict and what is their next move . Well ask their attorney, benjamin crump, in a live interview today, sunday, july 14, 2013. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this busy sunday morning. Im lester holt. And im kate snow alongside jenna wolfe and diylan dreyer. Erica hill has the morning off. The verdict was read just after 10 00 p. M. Eastern time last night. This case has captivated people across the kcountry. As you can imagine there was emotional reaction to the jurys decision both outside the courthouse and all across the country as well as on social media which just lit up with responses both for and against the verdict. We will have complete coverage in just a moment. Also, sad news this morning ought of the entertainment world. Actor cory monteith, beth known for his role of finn be on glee has died. His body was found in a Vancouver Hotel room late saturday morning. No indications of foul play at this point. Well have much mor
Good evening. Diane has the evening off. Thanks for spending part of your holiday with us. We start with that american pastime on the 4th going terribly wrong in towns across america, an estimated 14,000 fireworks show. This one north of los angeles, suddenly turning terrifying. When a platform collapses, the fireworks, the rockets, shooting straight at the families in the crowd. Oh, oh, my god run it is just incredible to listen to. Thousands who had gathered running for cover, tripping, running over one another. That then led to a frantic effort to help Dozens Injured in the madness. Abcs nick watt from the scene on how this happened and late word on the injured. Reporter those 4th of july high spirits, in the blink of an eye, turned to terror. Oh, whoa oh, my god whoa, whoa, run, run reporter fireworks werent exploding in the sky, they were shooting straight at the crowd, hitting spectators like shrapnel. A block of wood about this big, came shooting down and it hit the side of my l
was it discrimination against her fuller figure or was she breaking the rules? and imagine this. gma s huge party in the park turns up the volume with one of the hottest bands of the year. imagine dragons, igniting our morning live, center stage, in central park. and good friday morning to you. look at that crowd. already, we believe, the largest of the summer. a huge concert coming to you from imagine dragons. sam already up in steamy central park. there he is. and right here, david muir, amy robach, paula faris, as robin, george, and josh take the day off. on top of the world, as imagine dragons would say. that s how i feel this morning. great to be by your side. we re going to get up to the park as soon as we can. we re going to begin with the breaking story overnight. this video was really incredible, lara. more than two dozen people injured in a live fireworks show when the fireworks began shooting straight into the crowd. you can hear the screams there. abc s nick