Ravens, visiting Peyton Manning and the broncos. You might recall they met in a wild playoff game last year. Baltimore won that. 3835. In double overtime. Tonight denver is more than a touchdown favorite, but baltimore has won its last five season openers. All done with balloons. Take a look at this timelapse video. The guy tying all the balloons is jeff wright. One of the worlds best balloon artists, you can see it. He was asked to make an ironman suit in under ten hours using no more than 500 balloons. It was meant to celebrate the digital release of iron man 3. Check that out. Whoa. Holy mackerel wow hands must be hurting. Lungs must be hurting. He looks cool. Thats right. You can see. Attention to detail there. Just absolutely amazing. As we said. Its really cool. Coming up. Breaking free from our phones. The new film that is urging us to interact with the world around us, not just the virtual one. First, speaking of living in the moment Valerie Harpers inspiring decision to embrace life facing a fatal disease. Youre watching world news now. Time for you to shine announcer world news now weather brought to you by no no hair removal. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by no no hair removal. [ male announcer ] they say he was born to help people clean. So it was no surprise when he set out to give the world the hardestworking, bestsmelling cleaners he could. Like mr. Clean with the scent of gain. That combines irresistible scent and powerful cleaning. And his lemonscented antibacterial spray that kills 99. 9 of bacteria. People sure loved having something that smelled as great as it cleaned. Thats why when it comes to clean, theres only one mr. This morning one of hollywoods brightest stars is proving to be quite an inspiration for all of us. Valerie harper diagnosed with terminal cancer given a couple months to live will soon be fox trotting on the next season of dancing with the stars. Whats her secret. One part chemotherapy and five parts rhoda moxie. Heres abcs linsey davis. Welcome Valerie Harper to our season 17 cast reporter in january doctors told her she had three to six months to live. Now nine months later, Valerie Harper isnt just defying the odds, shes going on dancing with the stars. She is the tv legend many know from her Mary Tyler Moore days simply as rhoda reporter despite being diagnosed with lung cancer, the 74yearold is not about to sit on the couch and wait for death. I have a chance to do what i did 40 years ago. Dance. Reporter her response to people who ask why . More than anything its why not . I have this formerly death sentence which is being extended out. As long as i am feeling well, i might as well dance. If anybody has even the slightest inspiration or push toward life, while were living, mission accomplished. Reporter another mission of hers, to beat the cancer. Zbl each twomonth increment, the brain scan has looked better. Reporter while doctors say potential for bone weakness and exhaustion are possible concerns, they say many patients get a tremendous psychological boost from physical activity. Im looking for a couple of broads. Reporter and now the feisty sidekick whos kept us laughing for decades is teaching us all a lesson about living life to the fullest. If youre worried about dying, you cant be in the moment living. So thats my message to everybody. And in that moment you might dance. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. Remarkable, remarkable woman. I cannot stop listening to that woman. She seems so wise. I really want to see her on this show. Me too. Im going to try to take that advice, too. We have more news coming up. When we come back, the viral video all making us feel embarrassed yourself thins. You may just be addicted to your smartphone, and youre not alone. Ahead in our next half hour, documenting success, and the secret to their success. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Watch me on your videophone to the video going viral. Shining a light on a growing problem in america, addiction to our electronic gadgets. Its become fodder for one comedian in l. A. Who is touching all corners of the globe with an important point here about not living in the moment. Heres abcs nick watt. Reporter imagine a day without your phone when all around you are using theirs. Thats the little film, comedienne Charlene Deguzman made. Were not staying in the moment anymore because we are looking at our phones. Lots of special moments are passing us by. Reporter this is a film for all of you out there who have ever wanted to do this. So i was in hawaii. We took this amazing dive. The fish were like, aqua marine. Yeah, uhhuh. Yeah. Anyway, as i was saying. We were diving in hawaii. And there were aquamarine fish that were quite outstanding. Reporter theres a smartphone backlash snowballing right now. Prince, jack white, the yeah yeah yeahs, theyve all banned them from gigs. Beyonce just told a fan to put his away. Youve got to seize this moment. Put that phone down. Reporter enough is enough. Her film captures our growing addiction, and she struck a nerve. More than 18 Million People have watched already. Ironically, a lot of them probably on their phones. Happy birthday to you reporter i was fascinated to hear about her next project. My next video is going to be about the science and chemistry. Radio stuff. Cool. Reporter nick watt, abc news, los angeles. All right. Harvard Business School did a study. Were going to see how we did. 70 checked their phone within an hour of getting up. Guilty. Yeah. 56, an hour of going to sleep. Yeah, guilty. 48 , fridays, saturdays. I do. Yeah. Continuously during vacation . Maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe were not so bad. Ive got to check my phone. Maybe not. Got to check my phone. [ male announcer ] when not treated properly, your carpet stains can reappear. [ laughing ] [ male announcer ] try resolve stain remover, the formula penetrates deep into your carpet and removes stains so they dont come back. Trust resolve. Forget stains. [ female announcer ] you walk into your laundry room and it just hits you that nasty odor coming from your washer. Say farewell to the smell with tide washing machine cleaner. It goes straight to the source of the stink to lift odorcausing residues off your washers drum. Tide washing machine cleaner. Square cut or pearshaped these rocks dont lose their shape diamonds are a girls best friend all right, diana, if you are in the market for a new piece of jewelry, you might want to listen to this one. You could put a bid on this one possibly. Okay. New york auction house going to put up and show off a 118carat White Diamond, the size of an egg. Check it out. It was highlighted in manhattan wednesday. Wow its actually going to be auctioned off in hong kong in october, october 7th if you want to put that on your calendar. Presale estimate of that is 28 million to 35 million. Sothebys calls it greatest white auction, size, color, quality. Discovered in 2011 as a 299 rough diamond in Current Record for a White Diamond. Expected to break it. Again, the stone will be auctioned off october 7th in hong kong. That is an incredible looking piece of jewelry. Wow woo, boy can you imagine how heavy that would be . That woman needed her hand to hold it up. I cant imagine. I would definitely be okay with trying. 30 million . Is that what it is . Chump change. Youll let me borrow that. Right . Sure. Well work it out. From diamonds to chicken. Talking eggs, right . California chickens are being flown out east to a sanctuary. 1200 Northern California chickens are being given a Second Chance thanks to a 50,000 donation. Its funding operation chicken airlift. Essentially the chickens are being retired to a bunch of different places. 200 chickens going to woodstock farm Animal Sanctuary in new york. If youre wondering why theyre not going to the slaughterhouse its because theyre laying hens, and theyre generally too lean for human consumption, so essentially theyre just killed once they stop providing eggs. Popping out eggs all their life. Now theyre retiring. Theyre getting good stuff. Good for them. Heres a news flash. This just in. Sleepdeprived People Like Us like us, look sad, unhealthy, and unattractive. That is according to a new study from swedish researchers. Listen to this. University of stockholm. Photographed people after a good nights sleep. One after they were awake for 30 hours. People rated the subject, and they discovered peoples eyes take the heaviest toll. And become redder and more swollen. The researchers also discovered people tend to be perceived as having paler skin and more wrinkles and droops around the corner of our mouths. This is how weep must look to everybody. Someday well get some sleep. This morning on world news now showdown over syria. President obama prepares for what could be contentious meeting with russias president. Also this morning, patients who survive brain surgery only to contract a rare deadly disease. Investigators say a piece of equipment could be to blame. And you swipe they steal. A warning if you use your credit card to pay for gas at the pump it is called skimming. And its a crime thats exploding. We will show you how to make sure you dont get ripped off. And just days after his dui, it seems that lamar odom may be getting the help he needs. The story in the skinny. Its thursday, september 5th. From abc news this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good thursday morning, everyone. I have to say one of my biggest concerns, i live in new jersey, i hand over my credit card. And you pump your gas in jersey. A great luxury. You never know what is happening. When theyre pumping the gas. Thats not what the story is. You hand over your credit card. You dont know. Do it online. I just sort of let go. Skimming is a different thing. A different thing. We have all right information youre going to need for your pumping gas situation. All right. You want to get started . Lets do it. The challenges for president obama as he arrives in russia for an economic summit. President obama will try to persuade the International Community that the u. S. Needs to take action in syria, and then theres the rocky relationship with russias leader. Abcs ann compton traveling with the president. Reporter after weeks of snubs and schoolyard namecalling, president obama and putin come face to face in st. Petersburg but they will never be alone as the schedule stands now. President obama said at a News Conference here in stockholm, sweden, that he and putin should not sugarcoat their differences, and they have plenty of them. Do i hold out hope that mr. Putin may change his position on some of these issues . Im always hopeful. And i will continue to engage him. Because i think that International Action would be much more effective and ultimately we can end deaths much more rapidly if russia takes a different approach to these problems. Reporter if anything president obama will be playing to the larger crowd at the summit. The european and some middle east leaders, from whom he wants moral support and political support, not military help. These weeks are a real test of the president s second term leadership skills. He says it is actually congresss credibility on the line, not his own. My credibility is not on the line. The International Communitys credibility is on the line. And america and congresss credibility is on the line. Ann compton, abc news, stockholm, sweden. And back here at home, the senate is expected to vote next week whether to authorize a Syrian Military strike. A Key Senate Committee approved the resolution yesterday. The house also is reviewing the president s request. But its timetable is even less certain, and the measure could face a rockier time there. Prison officials in ohio want to know if convicted rapist and kidnapper ariel castro, they want to know how he managed to hang himself. Found hanging from a bed sheet in the cell. Victims have not commented. Castro couldnt take for a month a small portion of what he dished out for more than a decade. And now to a health scare in New Hampshire. A patient has died after contracting a rare and always fatal brain disease. Officials say others may be at risk. Heather hamil of our manchester station has this report. Reporter its a rare, incurable brain disease. After two decades of practicing internal medicine i have never come across the disease. Reporter doctors at Catholic Medical Center believe one patient may have had sporadic cjd, which is a neurological disease which causes dementia and death. That patient since died. And tests are under way to determine if they definite hi had cjd. The protein that spreads the disease cannot be eliminated by standard sterilization techniques used in hospitals. But there is a very remote chance because of that that the disease can be transmitted via the surgical instruments. Reporter though chances are low, cmc contacted eight patients who had brain surgery procedures following the patient believed to have had the disease. None have symptoms. There is no risk to any other patients, their families or the general public. Reporter the hospital says a single piece of equipment used in the neurosurgery was loaned to the hospital. It was then sent outside of New Hampshire and used in other surgeries not involving granite staters. Possible exposure of no more than five patients. Reporter for the time being, brain surgeries stopped at cmc. And the equipment used has been quarantined. Missouri man accused of knowingly exposing hundreds of sexual partners to hiv 37yearold david mangum arrested after turned in by a former boyfriend who is now hiv positive. Mangum told police that he had more than 300 partners since he was diagnosed ten years ago. He didnt tell them about his diagnosis for fear of rejection. Five california girls are recovering from seconddegree burns, and youre not going to believe what is blamed. Doctors in fresno say severe burns were caused by limes. It happened when the girls decided to make a lime, Lemonade Stand outside. Combination of lime juice and sunlight caused a dangerous Chemical Reaction that left them covered in painful blisters. The burns took more than a day to actually show up. It was my youngest one that woke up screaming and crying. She couldnt handle the pain. And there were big blisters that were growing quickly on her, all over her body. Though its not clear if the marks will ever go away, the parents are trying to get the word out so this doesnt happen to any other kids. My goodness. The name of it is phytophotodermatitis, caused by a photo synthesis chemical in the lime and other fruits and vegetables. And they dont really know if the marks are going to go away yet. The girls have been cleared to go to school. But they have been told they have to limit their time in the sun, obviously, to prevent any major scarring. My goodness, poor girls. Yeah, so sweet. Its one of those things that you never really expect is going to happen. Youre having a good time in the summer in the sun. Got my attention. The next time the limes come out in the summertime. Im going to be careful. A guy in australia can truly say he is lucky to be alive this morning after coming within inches of certain death. There he is, service station. Paying for a magazine with a credit card. Extra second made the difference. Just then an suv blasts through the front of the store window. Holy mackerel. The next thing you know i see this car come through in the corner of my eye. It was just a big bang. Relieved i am alive. How good to be here on earth. The driver claims the suv suddenly accelerated for no apparent reason. He was pulling into the parking lot. That man and his fiancee are set to be married next month. Like you said, they said if he paid cash he would have started taking a step toward the door it would have been over. Oh, my gosh. Right. The video of him and his fiancee, him watching the video. His reaction almost as the bad as our reaction. There goes the credit card. Here we go. Put it back in my wallet. Just seconds. Im sure. Oh, my god. Look, he walks away. He is looking at himself, wait did this, this just really happen. Amazing. What does he do when he gets up on the box . That is some story. Okay. Moving on to the weather. Going to feel look fall in the northeast. Cooler air rushes into the region. Severe storms though are possible for eastern washington, oregon and western idaho. The gulf coast and northern florida could see some heavy downpours. Temperatures in the high 90s across the plains, midmississippi valley. Could top 100 in dallas. Seattle and portland in the low 70s. Anchorage, mid60s. Heres an inspirational story and someone to cheer for. If you are going to be out supporting the full marathon triathlon in madison, wisconsin. Mary cox, had muscular dystrophy. Doing the race alongside personal trainer christian jenson. They have been working out training for the event since january. Cox and jenson are the first ironman team of their kind to do this race. Good luck to mary. Wearing number 891. If you are out there keep an eye out for her. Definitely keep the cheers going. Man, incredible story. Massive effort. Ironman is no joke. Listen to this. Its a 2. 4mile swim 112mile bike ride, and then a 26. 2mile marathon run. Yeah, a marathon. 112mile bike ride. Plus the swim. 2. 4mile swim. Thats right. After you do all that, now youve got to run. I hope they have a big crowd out there, and i think because of the story, even the crowd thats not out there for them is still going to be cheering them along. Coming up. Been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Lamar odom may be trying to turn things around. First, the highspeed device that allows thieves to pull your credit card information. A warning abut skimming and how you can protect yourself. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. 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What you are watching is an alleged fraudster, trying to retrieve a socalled skimmer planted inside this pump to steal your credit card digits. They cant find their skimmer because we have already taken it out of there. And we have replaced it with a camera. A spy camera. Reporter skimming is exploding. Now a multibillion dollar a year problem. Sticking up a gas station is so last century. Skimming is such a big problem that the secret service which tackles Financial Crime as well as protecting the president is on the case. Are you winning the war . It is even right now. We are doing our best. Reporter across the country increasingly sophisticated gangs some of them making up to 10 million a year are hiding these tiny Electronic Devices inside gas pumps. The skimmer silently harvests your credit card details while you think you are paying for gas. For all i know theyre stealing from me right now from outside of a pump almost no way of knowing. So what can you do to keep your credit card digits safe . Pay inside. Its time consuming but a whole lot safer. Check your statements. Most Credit Card Companies will suck up any loss if you report it within 60 days. And if you do pay at the pump. Pick one in full view of the attendant. Which is less likely to have been tampered with. This is scary. And this is happening, and its a nationwide issue. Reporter and this, they say, is the new face of credit card crime. Nick watt, abc news, los angeles. As if we werent paranoid enough. My goodness. Thats crazy stuff. I know. And a lot of the crooks, nick mentioned, using a wireless skimmer. Transmits data to them by a bluetooth. Dont have to the put it in there. Think dont have to physically retrieve the numbers. Somebody can go in buy a slurpee, while another guy downloads data from inside the car. You you have to be within 30 feet of it. 30 feet of your information while you are paying for your credit car. If you want to protect yourself from the scams, number one tip to protect yourself, 100 , pay cash. Cash. But thats a drag. Thats a drag. Everybody has a credit card or a debit card. The other way to protect yourself is use a credit card instead of a debit card. The whole deal is. You dont want to give away your p. I. N. Number. A little safer. Also, a debit card. Money out of your bank. Lose money. Money is gone. Your credit card. Claim fraud. Credit card, claim fraud. You can talk to your credit card company, and they might be able to help you out if they catch the people in time. Good advice. There you have it. Still ahead. She has a really big personality. Sofia vergara has the big paycheck to match. The skinny is next. Youre watching world news now. World news this is your computer. Lets go on the internet. Lets go. Ok. Shes going to love me all over again now. Jamaica, here you come here we go. Ha ha good job. All right. When im older, i want to be a singer. Ha ha haaa thats thats my goal. An organizer of, of, like dogooders. A media mogul. Just. Rule the world. When im older i want to be anything but the one that doesnt fit in. The one that people dont love. Everyone deserves a dream. Everyone. But some of us feel depressed, anxious, angry and do things that others think arent normal. If thats you, say something. People people will listen. Add your voice at. Ok2talk. Org skinny so skinny welcome into the skinny, everyone. If you have been looking at a television or youve been on the internet you know what we are talking about when i say dancing with the stars. Anyway, the new cast was announced on gma yesterday, season 17 cast revealed. There you have them. Quickly, Valerie Harper, leah remini, Leah Osbourne keyshawn johnson, snooki Kristina Milian bill engvall, corbin blue and bill nye the science guy. Bill nye the science guy. I have a frontrunner already. Though i havent met any of the people. I think snooki will take the whole thing. Shes looking great these days. She had her baby. Shes slimmed down. Look at her coming out with her fiery red hair. She was a gymnast. She cheerleaded for a while. What about you . Keyshawn. Hes got great footwork as an nfl receiver. Ive got a hunch hes going to have some dance moves. Ill go with keyshawn for the time being. Athletes always make it pretty far. To come on the show. They dont want to look silly. Being great athletes. True. Anybody on the show is going to be good. I think so. He is tall. And he has a lot going on. I think you might be right. He might have the moves. Quick feet. Im questioning my choice now. Maybe the tallest and shortest on the cast. I dont know. In the finals. Wouldnt that be cool . What have you got . My turn. Yes. You can keep going. Going with that. Your turn now. Thinking of dancing with the stars. Lets talk about lamar odom and rehab. According to people magazine. He has checked himself into drug and alcohol rehabilitation according to two sources who confirmed it with people. He said he realizes he needs help, and thats causing problems with his marriage. Of course that marriage is to, his lovely kardashian wife. He was arrested last week for dui. He is 32 years old. He has admitted to drug use in the past, and he violated nba drug policies twice in eight months in 2001. Certainly wish him and wish khloe good luck. And a speedy recovery hopefully. I think this is great news. Sofia vergara, sexy voluptuous mama on modern family. She is not only the sexiest woman on tv but also one of the richest because she has the biggest paycheck by far according to forbes of women on television. In the past year her earnings between 2012 and 2013 june both years, 30 million. My goodness what is that expression you used . Voluptuous mama . Voluptuous sexy mama. Speaking of voluptuous sexy mamas, talk tyra banks. Still got it. Stunning picture of her bikini body there. Hello. At 39 years old. Shared that via instagram tuesday. Basically said, lets be real. My butt is so much bigger than this. But the angle makes it look smaller. She looks amazing. Good at just about any angle. I think so. I think so i think so i took the trash out. I know. And thank you so much for that. I think we should get a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Right now . [ male announcer ] whether youre new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. Its up to you to pay the difference. So think about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans they help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. I did a little research. With a Medicare Supplement plan, youll be able to stay with your doctor. Oh, you know i love that guy. Mmmm. 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We saw it on her video diary she drops 88 pounds right before our very eyes. This morning we are hearing from that woman herself. Heres abcs abbie boudreau. Reporter this fivesecond animation says it all. Incredible 88 shapeshifting transformation. 26yearold amanda achieved in just one year. I had pretty low selfesteem. Reporter starting at 222 pounds amanda who asked us not to use her full name took these five photos of her remarkable weight loss, hoping they would inspire her to stay on track. I knew that i had to start somewhere. And i figured if i did it at least once a month at the end of however long it took i would have this really cool end product. Reporter but in the year since she posted the pictures, shes gotten nearly 3 million views. One person apparently so inspired, he made this animated before and after time lapse which is now going viral. Amanda says eating a highprotein diet, portion control and light exercise is to thank for maintaining her new weight. What has so many buzzing is how drastically her body changes in the photos. The waist got smaller, bust line got smaller, the neck got smaller. The more significant changes actually occur inside our body. Changes to ones sense of self, to ones physiology, to ones internal metabolism. Reporter amanda isnt the only person snapping weightloss selfies for motivation. Julia photographed herself in 200 different outfits during her 160pound weightloss journey last year. It is unbelievable for me to think where i am right now and think who i was at that time. Reporter as for amanda along with her whole new body she says she is focusing on her health and helping others. I dont think i was actually fully prepared for the amount of emotional investment. People bear their souls when they want to take back their health. Reporter even when it comes in the form of a little motivational animation. Abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. Inspirational. It really is. Its the kind of thing that you see, and you have never seen that kind of thing before, right . You have never seen somebody do this animation thing. I think that is what is inspiring so many people. Takes time. Do it for a week. This isnt working. I look terrible. You start to feel bad about yourself. It takes time. Do the right thing. Take a picture now every month and then go back and look at it. Stay with it. Announcer this is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades. Good morning. Im john muller. Im diana perez. Here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on world news now. Doctors in New Hampshire say a patient died from a rare and always fatal brain disease. Now they say there is a remote chance other patients may have been infected from contaminated operating supplies. And for the second time in less than two months, George Zimmerman has been pulled over for speeding. This time zimmerman was stopped in florida. Instead of getting a warning like last time he was slapped with a 256 ticket. Five little girls near fresno, california, are recovering from severe burns caused by limes. Combination of lime juice and sunlight caused a dangerous Chemical Reaction that left the girls covered in blisters and excruciating pain. A man in australia lucky to be alive. At the counter of a service station yesterday, watch, a white suv blasts through the front window. The driver said her vehicle reas can you imagine those are our top stories on this thursday, september 5th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good thursday morning. We begin with president obama facing off with russian president vladamir putin at g20 summit over syria and other issues. Here at home the president scored a victory with lawmakers in the senate. Nbcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl traveling with the president. Reporter shortly after landing in sweden, obama said responding to the syrian weapons attack is more a test of more than just his leadership. My credibility is not on the line. And, america and congress credibility is on the line. Reporter he pointed out that chemical weapons like those used in syria have been banned by International Law for nearly a century. I didnt set a red line. The world set a red line. Reporter Vladimir Putin is once again standing in opposition, accusing secretary of state john kerry of lying about syria. And in a rare interview with western da suggesting i putin also denied having a frosty relationship with president obama. But he added your humble servant hasnt been elected by russia to be pleasant to someone either. Back in washington, the white house won a narrow victory when the Senate Foreign relations Committee Approved a resolution to give the president five republicans and tw democrats voted no, suggesting a tough battle ahead. I see a horrible tragedy. I dont see that our involvement will lessen the tragedy. Reporter the president will see putin at the summit in russia for the First Time Since russia granted asylum to fugitive nsa leaker edward snowden. Obama and putin will exchange a few words, but there are no plans for a oneonone with tensions so high, nobody expects a breakthrough on syria between those two. Jonathan karl, abc news, stockholmo cf jh lets get a live update from the region. Phone from syria. Shes right on the turkish good morning, molly. Reporter hi, john. Good morning. The front page of the leading newspaper here in turkey, were just on the turkish side, says Prime Minister erdogan will push for syria action at the g20, and john, thats exactly what many turks here want. Theyd like to see obama go one step further. They would like him to weaken the syrian government, force a political solution. Turks living on the border are tired after 2 1 2 years. They have been subject to attacks inside turkey as well as Numerous Border incidents. They would like to see the u. S. And president obama put an end to this as soon as possible. Molly, an extraordinary amount of people are fleeing syria and have been for at least two years now. What is the refugee situation in turkey where you are right on the border . Reporter its overwhelming, diana. Its devastating. With 5,000 people flooding out of syria on a daily basis. Many are coming north to turkey. Turkeys government has warned if there is no International Response to last months chemical weapons attack, the exodus into turkey will only get worse. In the last week, the u. N. Announced that the number of Syrian Refugees had passed the 2 million mark. More than 500,000 refugees live here in turkey most in eastern turkey right near the border. Your team has been in syria doing incredible work. One of the stories, mothers trained as rebel fighters. What can you tell us about that . Reporter we launched a new abc news series called caught in the cross fire. And our first installment features women who are loving schoolteachers by day but deadly snipers by night. We wanted to see war through the eyes of syrians. Ing this fool arch this is footage inside syria. Islamist women. In their own, trying to kill. At the end of the day, they say as mothers they want peace. It is fighters preparing for war. Its incredibly compelling footage. Dramatic video for sure. Molly, thank you very much for those reports. We appreciate it. When you see those images of the mothers, those teachers who have decided to arm themselves because the all they know is that the next thing that may be headed their way is war. It really is so touching and incredible to see those kinds of images. No doubt about it. Lets talk about the resolution on the senate committee. Limit the strikes against forces. It has a real time frame. 60 days with possibility of potential action, 30 days after that. It would block the use for sure of american Ground Troops. As its worded right now Ground Troops would not be allowed to go into syria. As the president heads to russia for the g20, there had been talk about the russian president easing up on tension. Coming around saying he wouldnt be opposed to military action if syrians used chemical weapons against their own people. But now hes come out to say that our secretary of state, john kerry, is lying about the presence of al qaeda inside syria. And so thats just i see the situation all over again. Not even hours before president obama is set to be before him at this economic summit. Its very, very complicated political situation. Incredibly political, thats for sure. In ohio plenty of Unanswered Questions about the suicide of ariel castro. Guards were supposed to be checking on the convicted rapist and kidnapper every 30 minutes. Castro was found hanging by a bed sheet in his cell. The victims have not commented. A former neighbor called castro a coward. Prosecutors in montana say a 30day sentence given to a former teacher for the rape of a 14yearold girl was illegal. They filed an appeal. Contend that a twoyear sentence is mandated under montana law. The judge has been widely condemned for saying the victim who committeded suicide was, quote, older than her chronological age. A community is in shock. Ambulances called to the scene after a fight broke out in the hallway. A 17yearold student admitted to fatally stabbing one student and wounding three others. He has been charged with murder. Police say the fight could have been gang related. That school will be closed until monday. There is a new man in charge at the fbi. James comey was sworn in yesterday by attorney general eric holder. Comey was the number two man at the Justice Department under the second president bush. And a white house push for wiretapping, he takes over for mueller who stepped down after 12 years. The jewish new year started last night at sundown with the blowing of a rams horn. Rosh hashanah is the start of the jewish High Holy Days followed ten days later by yom kippur and day of atonement on the jewish academy. Here is a look at your weather on this friday eve. Could be a stormy day in boise. Flooding possible. Isolated tornados are a threat in eastern washington, western ohio. Or rather idaho. Stormy along the gulf coast and into northern florida but pleasant in the northeast. Hot and dry in dallas near 100. Cooler around the great lakes. If the Cleveland Indians get into the baseball playoffs you can see some credit going to their new feathered friend. That friend is a chicken. That they had with them on the field yesterday during pregame drills. It was presented to pitcher cody allen who had the name chicken al since spring training. The chickens name, appropriately, is cody. The orioles in the race for a spot. Chicken supplied from an area farm. Indians manager, Terry Francona said it was going to be safely returned to that farm. Nice. Hopefully the farmers not going to do anything to the chicken. Baseball players are so superstitious. Oh, i know. If they go far in the playoffs that chicken will live at the stadium. Did i see a leash on the chicken . Cody the chicken. Too busy looking at my notes to know. Coming up. Well take a trip back in time as we take a look at some of our favorite saturday morning cartoons. Should be fun. A woman inspiring young girls to build their own future. First, were going to take a cruise in a driverless car. You are watching world news now. Let me ride mustang sally youre going to let me ride its time to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. And free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. Lysol power free has more cleaning power than bleach. How . The secret is the Hydrogen Peroxide formula. It attacks tough stains and kills 99. 9 of germs. Lysol power free. 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Reporter this looks like a normal vehicle. But theyre calling it a super car because engineers say it has superpower technology. This is jerry snyder. Hes the one driving. And basically what hes going to show us is that this car is going to drive itself. So we are going to go along for the ride. Now watch as the car shifts ss into drive, pulls off and steers all by itself. I can manually drive or let it go from here. Its up to you. Reporter lets let the car do it. Lets see if the car can do it. See it shifts into drive by itself. It pulls out onto the road here. Reporter this is the team of engineers at cmu that strung together hundreds of computer cords and hightech sensors to make the vehicle work. Here is the cadillac driving itself 33 miles from cranberry to the airport. Here its snyder. Relaxing in the drivers seat. Watching the vehicle drive itself. Totally hands free. Just like you would program a gps navigation device, you would enter your destination. It would plot a path. Except that in this case it starts driving itself towards the destination. Reporter it is armed with sensors and cameras around its body. Engineers and transportation lawmakers say this Technology Stands on the cutting edge all by itself. It navigates through highway traffic, will minimize risks for accidents, lessen commute times and reduce traffic jams. The vehicle will not run off the road. Run into a vehicle or speed. Reporter the next step, enhance infrastructure to assist the vehicle in efficiency. In Cranberry Township there is information, transmitting data from the signals to the vehicle. Reporter ultimately the plan is to have an empty drivers seat as the car drives itself. The first are expected to roll off Assembly Lines between 2016 and 2018. Very cool. Telling you. Be scared to death. Let the car drive for me. I am not a crazy driver. There are times when youre stuck in traffic when you are see an opening. Quick, got to go. If you dont have ability. Plus going the speed limit, which i always do. Yeah, right. Makes it difficult to make up time on the road. Just a little bit of time, a minute or two. Listen to this, driveless, was to eliminate accidents on the road caused by driver error, 90 . Dont you wonder, tires get flat, cars malfunction. It scares me. This is what i would think. I think id be more comfortable if i could disable the auto thing at any moment. I think youre supposed to Pay Attention just in case. Right. You cant be on your phone or fall asleep. Like cruise control. Right. Just press a button and now im in complete control. It is on its way. Decades, but its on its way. Dont be surprised. Coming up. Speaking of autonomous driving. Throwback thursday featuring 13 of our favorite cartoons. And flying in our own cars one day. Announcer world news now continues after this from ou meet george meet George Jetson puts a smile on your face. Throwback thursday, everybody. This morning about what we loved watching on saturday mornings. Took a poll, down to our six favorites. Starting with my personal favorite. Do you recognize him . Underdog speed of lightning roar of thunder underdog it ran from 1964 to 1973. It makes me smile every time i see him. Underdog maybe the best song ever. Moving a little ahead into the future literally. Favorite space aged family, jetsons first to bring us flying cars and glass houses in the 1960s. Pretty farout ideas about how life would be in the year 2062 from how our food was made love that, to how we brushed our teeth. One thing they did get right so far, the flatscreen tv. Check it out. Puts us only 40 years away from the flying car. Cant wait. All right. Brings us to your favorite childhood cartoon, john . Bugs bunny and friends. The holy grail. Particularly when the wascaly wabbit. Both talked themselves out of getting hunted by elmer fudd. You may not know about bugs. The u. S. Marine corps made him an honorary marine master sergeant. They havent done that to a lot of people in their history. Not too many. Love that one. By the time the 70s rolled around kids were more sophisticated. A brandnew cartoon, a cast of characters just about every kid could relate to. Who were you on scoobydoo . A twoyear period in high school. It was shaggy. Look at the scooby snacks. Who are you . I dont know. Somebody said the 80s brought us a whole new breed of cartoon character. Tiny, cute. They were blue. Enter the smurfs. Believe it or not, a little know fact about the smurfs they were not created in america. They were created in belgium. Appeared in a comic strip in 1958. Really . Wow. Theres papa smurf. Rounding out our top throwback cartoons, a lovable group of babies wise beyond their years. Adorable twins. Phil and little deville. Will we forget the little girl. Angelica . The rugrats have their own star on the hollywood walk of fame. Do they, now . They do indeed. I i do remember the rugrats pretty well. I was in my teens. It wasnt something i watched regularly, but it was one of those very adult cartoon that made a lot of sense to people who werent kids anymore. Some of these cartoons are way smarter. They work on so many levels. That brings us to our question of the day. Facebook question. 600 weighed in on this. What was your favorite childhood cartoon . You were telling me you have a favorite. Spongebob squarepants. Now that i have a kid, sit on the couch and watch spongebob. Alecxa has introduced you to a lot of new cartoons. Rock solid on spongebob. Still watch. Thats the one. You will need cartoons, your baby is going to be one. We did mickey mouse and a lot, and mickey house and his clubhouse. You work for disney. I love it. Still prefer underdog though. It. Still prefer underdog though. Septic system breakdowns affect over 1 million homes a year, and can cost thousands of dollars to repair. 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Debbie sterling is an engineer. She was fed up with the lack of women in her field. The latest study shows 11 of engineers are women. Research shows the toys kids play with could have a huge impact. On what they want to be when they grow up. The girl aisle was just kind of about how to be pretty. I wanted to put something in there that girls can see that they, too, could find the passion in engineering and that they, too, could find these subjects fun. Reporter and so came the idea for goldiblocks. It inspires young girls not only to play with dollhouses but to build them. In her tool belt. I love that shes rocking the tool belt. Reporter debbie went on the internet. Im starting goldiblocks. Reporter and the money started flooding in. We reached our goal in four days and ended up almost doubling it by the end. Reporter and now goldiblocks are sold nationwide, even in toys r us. And the response . Just see for yourself. If it is a crazy idea, i think you should really try. Good idea. I like this. Reporter one goldiblock at a time debbie sterling is building girls up by breaking down barriers. Cecilia vega. Abc news. Where is goldiblocks for boys . Filling a hole in the market. These things get popular enough. Theyll be something. They look cool. Build things. Encourage boys to build. You want them to be a builder and hands on. Engineers in america, are women. Clearly hasnt been a enough. Right. So this is going to get the girls involved just as much as the boys and probably something they want to play with. A dollhouse. I wanted to be an engineer until i found out it involves math. Not building things. You have to actually use your brain. Announcer today, more americans choose abc news. Toxic chemicals and carcinogens are leaching into the environment. Its happening right where we live, work and play. Everywhere. Cigarette butts are toxic waste. Lets stop the toxic litter. Learn more at rethinkbutts. Org this morning on worews this morning on world news now, making his case. President Obama Presses lawmakers to authorize a strike on syria. He won a key vote, but his toughest battle may come in the days ahead. Also this morning if you are worried about dying, you cant be in the moment living. The competition has yet to begin. One new cast member of dancing with the stars is already victorious. How Valerie Harper is embracing life in the face of a gutwrenching diagnosis. Plus we are not staying in the moment anymore, because we are looking at our phones. Missing the moments, the new film thats using humor to remind us all to detach from our device and experience the world around us. Its thursday, september 5th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good thursday morning, everybody. Do you live in the moment out with your friends . Are you on the phone . I really am. Are you really . Incredibly bad habit. But you know what . We have a producer here michael, who says he is so good about this. You were saying ernabella is the same way. Leave it in the kitchen. Dont bring it in the bedroom. You cant even be tempted. With our job, its a little tougher because anything could happen at any time. Two of these bad boys. Two times during dinner. Ill say im going to look at it real quick. Put it down as fast as i can. If its not an emergency, i put it down. You know when you know its bad, when you find yourself lost in your phone in the middle of something thats happening. Thats bad, right. You just then realize, my gosh, i have been on the phone for the last ten minutes. I dont know what this conversation is about. Thats me constantly. Well talk all about it. Yes, we are. Get to the serious stuff right now. President obama arriving in russia this morning for a highlevel economic summit, but the International Focus is expected to be on syria. The president won a narrow victory on capitol hill late yesterday when a Key Senate Committee approved a resolution authorizing an attack. Abcs Karen Travers is joining us from washington with more. Good morning, karen. Reporter good morning, john, good morning, diana. Another big day on capitol hill yesterday as Top Obama Administration officials made their case for a strike against syria, but at this point we are probably a couple days away from a full vote. A small step forward on capitol hill. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution authorizing a strike against syria, but the white house still has a lot of convincing to do. Several congressional leaders indicated theyre backing president obama. Right now there isnt enough committed support to pass authorization for a strike against syria in both the house and senate. Top Obama National Security Officials went before the house. The United States must demonstrate through our actions that the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable. Reporter secretary of state john kerry grew frustrated when a republican lawmaker wanted to grill him on the attack in benghazi. Kerry said there was no place for that in the debate over syria. I have sympathy for people in syria. I do think there should be a worldwide response, but we should act cautiously. Reporter while Congress Debates in washington, president obama kept up pressure on lawmakers overseas. I think we will be stronger as a country in our response if the president and congress does it together. Reporter in sweden the president would not say what he would do if congress doesnt approve a strike. But the moral thing to do is not to stand by and do nothing. Reporter he was defensive when asked whether military action is necessary in order for him to save face. My credibility is not on the line. The International Communitys credibility is on the line. And america and congresss credibility is on the line. Reporter the president s next stop is russia where president Vladimir Putin said a unilateral u. S. Strike against syria would be an aggression. President obama said yesterday if syrian president assad is not held accountable, other authoritarian regimes will look at this and say, we can get away with something, too. John and diana . Karen, thank you for that. Prison officials in ohio ordered an investigation into the suicide of ariel castro. The convicted rapist, kidnapper found hanging in his cell. His victims have not commented on the incident, but prosecutors say castro couldnt take it even for a month, a small portion of what he dished out for more than a decade. Public Health Officials in New Hampshire believe one person has died of a rare degenerative brain disease. And they say there is a remote chance that up to 13 others in multiple states were exposed through surgical equipment. There are only about 200 cases of this disease diagnosed in the u. S. Every year. After two decades of practicing internal medicine i have never come across this disease. The disease progresses rapidly. Once symptoms appear and is always fatal. Usually within a few months. Dr. Richard besser will weigh in later on on good morning america. Well, a fight at a Houston Area High School turned deadly, leaving the community in shock. Ambulances called to the scene yesterday morning after that fight broke out in a hallway. A 17yearold student admitted to fatally stabbing another student and wounding three others. Hes been charged with murder. Police say the fight could have been gang related. The school will be closed until monday. Incidents like that always raise questions about school safety, and a new report isnt comforting for parents. It says schools in more than half the u. S. Arent doing enough to protect children in an emergency. Abcs Steve Osunsami has details. Reporter for parents worried these pictures from School Shootings across the country could be repeated at their school, schools in these 28 states are failing to meet minimum government standards for evacuation procedures, reuniting children with their families during a crisis, and basic school safety. I dont know what the right answer is. Reporter but heres a School System that gets an aplus. Students and teachers, please partner for afternoon announcements. Reporter lee coburn is principal at georgias marietta high with more than 100 highdef security cameras, two city police and halls designed straight with no corners for a gunman to hide. You have to understand it can happen anywhere. Theres nothing that our parents want us to take more seriously than security. Reporter this year, every school in the district installed at least one of these. It looks like a thermostat, but its a panic button. In secret locations with a direct line to the cavalry at the Emergency Call Center across town. This is a break glass in case of emergency situation. Reporter experts give this advice to parents who dont live in marietta. Go to your school and ask questions. Whats the security plan if theres a problem . Does the school do drills . And will First Responders have lists of childrens names and their parents . They say to demand answers. And on backtoschool night, make safety issue one. Steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. And we should say that if you want to see School Emergency measures in your state, go online to abcnews. Com. A montana judge has ordered a new sentencing hearing tomorrow for a former teacher who received 30 days in prison for raping a student. Now, the student later committed suicide. The judge had come under fire for claiming that the 14yearold victim was, quote, older than her chronological age. Just reading that story the first time boiled my blood. Its really remarkable. Besides saying that she was older than her chronological age, he said another doozie. She had as much control of the situation as the teacher. She was 14 years old. Yeah, he told this to the billings gazette. He later said he regrets his comments, that he didnt know what he was thinking. Just being stupid. Hard to make comments like that. Right. Not only see, i dont even know how i could possibly understand him saying Something Like this. But the fact that the teacher was charged with sex without consent with this 14yearold, you know, it wasnt like there was any moment in this case where the girl came out and said, no, no, wait a second. Like it was completely not consensual. For the judge to say things like that the expression it takes two to tango doesnt apply when its a teacher and a minor. It doesnt work that way, right. I am glad he has come to his senses. We will have to see. According to what he is saying, this is all a technical thing. Because apparently he thought it was 30 days. The minimum sentence may be two years. It still seems remarkably light. Right. The teacher may end up going to jail for two years if given the minimum sentence once again. Well keep an eye on it. George zimmerman has been pulled over for speeding a second time since hes been acquitted of murdering trayvon martin. Zimmerman was stopped near orlando tuesday for going 60 in a 45mileanhour zone. This time he got a 200 ticket. Zimmerman was pulled over back in july for speeding as well. He was let go with a warning. Now back to new york in a somewhat bizarre incident involving mayoral candidate anthony wiener. It happened inside a bakery yesterday in one of the citys heavily jewish neighborhoods in preparations for the jewish new year. Listen to weiner and a voter who get into a shouting match after the man made insensitive comments about weiner and his wife. Youre a real scumbag. Very nice. Very nice. Thats a charming guy right there. What if i told you that youre my judge . Work out your problems, but stay out of the public eye. Thats your justice . And youre perfect . Youre going to judge me . Im not running for office. You know who judges me . You know who judges me . You know who judges me . Go visit with your rabbi. Oh, boy. Weiner later said that he thought he put the man in his place. The man accused weiner of only caring about himself. Ill be the informal referee here. I think that man stood his ground pretty well. Thats my opinion. A couple of insensitive comments for sure, but i think he voiced what a lot of people are saying. Youre in the public eye. Your morals count. Mine dont. Right. A new director is now at the helm of the fbi. James comey was sworn in yesterday by attorney general eric holder. Comey was the number two man in the Justice Department under the second president bush, and he was known at the time for opposing a white house push for warrantless wiretapping. Comey also takes over for Robert Mueller who steps down after 12 years on the job. Accuweathers jim dickey is joining us now with more on the projected path of the storm. Good morning, jim. Good morning, john and diana. We have a new Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm gabrielle. You see really two separate systems. An area of thunderstorms off the north and east looking more impressive at this hour. You see our little concentric circle that marking Tropical Storm gabrielle. Borderline. Wind at 40 miles an hour. First advisory. Prime to bring soaking rainfall to puerto rico. Then drift its way west. This doesnt look to be a threat to the United States. Strong westerlies offshore. That will keep the system offshore. John, diana. Back to you. Thank you, jim. It is that time again, just 215 days since februarys super bowl. Tonight starts another nfl season. What a start it will be. Super bowl champion, baltimore ravens, visiting Peyton Manning and the broncos. You might recall they met in a wild playoff game last year. Baltimore won that. 3835. In double overtime. Tonight denver is more than a touchdown favorite, but baltimore has won its last five season openers. This is something really cool and quite amazing all done with balloons. Take a look at this timelapse video. The guy tying all the balloons is jeff wright. One of the worlds best balloon artists. There you have it. The whole thing was a challenge for wright. He was asked to make an ironman suit in under ten hours using no more than 500 balloons. It was meant to celebrate the digital release of iron man 3. Some talent there. Check that out whoa holy mackerel wow hands must be hurting. Lungs must be hurting. But he looks cool. Thats right. You can see. Attention to detail there. Just absolutely amazing. As we said. Its really cool. Coming up. Breaking free from our phones. The new film that is urging us to all interact with the world around us, not just the virtual world. First, speaking of living in the moment, Valerie Harpers inspiring decision to embrace life while facing a fatal disease. Youre watching world news now. cause its time for you to shine announcer world news now weather brought to you by no no hair removal. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by no no hair removal. [ male announcer ] they say he was born to help people clean. So it was no surprise when he set out to give the world the hardestworking, bestsmelling cleaners he could. Like mr. Clean with the scent of gain. That combines irresistible scent and powerful cleaning. And his lemonscented antibacterial spray that kills 99. 9 of bacteria. People sure loved having something that smelled as great as it cleaned. Thats why when it comes to clean, theres only one mr. This morning one of hollywoods brightest stars is proving to be quite an inspiration for all of us. Valerie harper diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only a couple months to live will soon be fox trotting on the next season of dancing with the stars. Whats her secret . One part chemotherapy and five parts rhoda moxie. Heres abcs linsey davis. Welcome Valerie Harper to our season 17 cast reporter in january doctors told her she had three to six months to live. Now nine months later, news that Valerie Harper isnt just defying the odds shes going to dancing with the stars. She is the tv legend many know from her Mary Tyler Moore days simply as rhoda reporter despite being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer that spread to her brain, the 74yearold says shes not about to sit on the couch and wait for death. I have a chance to do what i did 40 years ago. Dance. Reporter her response to people who ask why . More than anything its why not . I have this formerly death sentence which is being extended out. As long as i am feeling well, i might as well dance. If anybody has even the slightest inspiration or push toward life, while were living, mission accomplished. Reporter another mission of hers, to beat the cancer. Each twomonth increment, the brain scan has looked better. Reporter while doctors say the potential for bone weakness and exhaustion are possible concerns, they say many patients get a tremendous psychological boost from physical activity. Im looking for a couple of broads. Reporter and now the feisty sidekick whos kept us laughing for decades is teaching us all a lesson about living life to the fullest. If youre worried about dying, you cant be in the moment living. So thats my message to everybody. And in that moment you might dance. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. Remarkable, remarkable woman. I cannot stop listening to that woman. I know. She seems so wise. I really want to see her on this show. Me, too. Im going to try to take that advice, too. We have more news coming up. When we come back, the viral video all making us feel a little bit embarrassed. If you see yourself in this, you may just be addicted to your smartphone, and youre not alone. Ahead in our next half hour, documenting success. These women behind the dramatic weightloss photos. They reveal the secret to their success. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Watch me on your videophone now to the provocative video that is going viral, shining a light on a growing problem in america, addiction to our electronic gadgets. Its become fodder for one comedian in l. A. Who is touching all corners of the globe with an important point here about not living in the moment. Heres abcs nick watt. Reporter imagine a day without your phone when all around you are using theirs. Thats the little film, comedienne Charlene Deguzman just made. Were not staying in the moment anymore because we are looking at our phones. I saw him pull out of the parking lot. Lots of special moments are passing us by. Reporter this is a film for all of you out there who have ever wanted to do this. So i was in hawaii. We took this amazing dive. The fish were, like, aquamarine. Yeah, uhhuh. Yeah. Anyway, as i was saying. We were diving in hawaii. And there were aquamarine fish that were quite outstanding. Reporter theres a smartphone backlash snowballing right now. Prince, jack white, the yeah yeah yeahs, theyve all banned them from gigs. Beyonce just told a fan to put his away. Youve got to seize this moment. Put that damn camera down. Reporter enough is enough. Her film captures our growing addiction, and she struck a nerve. More than 18 Million People have watched already. Ironically, a lot of them probably on their phones. Happy birthday to you reporter i was fascinated to hear about her next project. My next video is going to be about the science and chemistry. Radio stuff. Cool. Reporter nick watt, abc news, los angeles. All right. Harvard Business School did a study. Were going to see how we did. 70 checked their phone within an hour of getting up. Guilty. Yeah. 56, an hour of going to sleep. Yeah, guilty. 48 , fridays, saturdays. I do. Yeah. Continuously during vacation . Maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe were not so bad. Ive got to check my phone. Ive got to check my phone. Maybe not. Got to check my phone. [ male announcer ] when not treated properly, your carpet stains can reappear. [ laughing ] [ male announcer ] try resolve stain remover, the formula penetrates deep into your carpet and removes stains so they dont come back. Trust resolve. Forget stains. [ female announcer ] you walk into your laundry room and it just hits you that nasty odor coming from your washer. Say farewell to the smell with tide washing machine cleaner. It goes straight to the source of the stink to lift odorcausing residues off your washers drum. Tide washing machine cleaner. Square cut or pearshaped these rocks dont lose their shape diamonds are a girls best friend all right, diana, if you are in the market for a new piece of jewelry, you might want to listen to this one. You could put a bid on this one possibly. Uhhuh. New york auction house going to put up and show off a 118carat White Diamond, the size of an egg. Check it out. The oval stone was highlighted in manhattan wednesday. Wow its actually going to be auctioned off in hong kong in october, october 7th if you want to put that on your calendar. Yeah. Presale estimate of that is 28 million to 35 million. Sothebys calls it greatest White Diamond to be offered at auction in terms of size, quality and color. Discovered in 2011 as a 299 carat rough diamond in an undisclosed South African nation. Expected to break the record. Again, the stone will be auctioned off october 7th in hong kong. That is an incredible looking piece of jewelry. Wow woo, boy can you imagine how heavy that would be . I cant. That woman needed her entire hand to hold it up. I cant imagine. Youd try. I would definitely be okay with trying. 30 million . Is that what it is . Chump change. Youll let me borrow that. Right . Sure. Well work it out. From diamonds to chicken eggs. We were talking about eggs, right . California chickens are being flown out east to a sanctuary. 1200 Northern California chickens are being given a Second Chance thanks to a 50,000 donation. Its funding operation chicken airlift. Essentially the chickens are being retired to a bunch of different places. One of them include 200 chickens going to woodstock farm Animal Sanctuary in new york. If youre wondering why theyre not going to the slaughterhouse, its because theyre laying hens, and theyre generally too lean for human consumption, so eventually what happens is theyre just killed once they stop providing eggs. Theyve been popping out eggs all their life and theyre going to go to a nice freerange retirement. Theyre getting good stuff. Good for them. Heres a news flash. This just in. Sleepdeprived People Like Us look sad, unhealthy and unattractive. That is according to a new study from swedish researchers. Listen to this. University of stockholm. They photographed people after two occasions. One after a good nights sleep. One after they were awake for 30 hours. People rated the subject, and they discovered peoples eyes take the heaviest toll. From sleep deprivation. They become redder and more swollen. The researchers also discovered people tend to be perceived as having paler skin and more wrinkles and droops around the corners of our mouth. This is how we must look to everybody. Someday well get some sleep. I hope you guys are getting some sleep, but not until a this morning on world news now showdown over syria. President obama prepares for what could be a contentious meeting with russias president. Also this morning, patients who survive brain surgery only to contract a rare deadly disease. Investigators say a piece of equipment could be to blame. And you swipe, they steal. A warning if you use your credit card to pay for gas at the pump it is called skimming. And its a crime thats exploding. We will show you how to make sure you dont get ripped off. And just days after his dui, it seems that lamar odom may be getting the help he needs. The story in the skinny. Its thursday, september 5th. From abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good thursday morning, everyone. I have to say one of my biggest concerns, i live in new jersey, i hand over my credit card. And you pump your gas in jersey. You dont have to get out of the car. Its a great luxury, but you never know what is happening when theyre pumping your gas. Thats not what the story is. You hand over your credit card. You dont know. Do it online. I just sort of let go. Skimming is a different thing. Skimming is a different thing, and we have all the information youre going to need for your pumpinggas situation. All right. You want to get started . Lets do it. The challenges for president obama as he arrives in russia for an economic summit. President obama will try to persuade the International Community that the u. S. Needs to take action in syria, and then theres the rocky relationship with russias leader. Abcs ann compton traveling with the president. Reporter after weeks of snubs and schoolyard namecalling, president obama and putin finally come face to face in st. Petersburg but they will never be alone as the schedule stands now. President obama said at a News Conference here in stockholm, sweden, that he and putin should not sugarcoat their differences, and they have plenty of them. Do i hold out hope that mr. Putin may change his position on some of these issues . Im always hopeful. And i will continue to engage him. Because i think that International Action would be much more effective and ultimately we can end deaths much more rapidly if russia takes a different approach to these problems. Reporter if anything president obama will be playing to the larger crowd at the summit. The european and some middle east leaders, from whom he wants moral support and political support, not military help. These weeks are a real test of the president s second term leadership skills. He says it is actually congresss credibility on the line, not his own. My credibility is not on the line. The International Communitys credibility is on the line. And america and congresss credibility is on the line. Ann compton, abc news, stockholm, sweden. And back here at home, the senate is expected to vote next week whether to authorize a Syrian Military strike. A Key Senate Committee approved the resolution yesterday. The house also is reviewing the president s request. But its timetable is even less certain, and the measure could face a rockier time there. Prison officials in ohio want to know if convicted rapist and kidnapper ariel castro, they want to know how he managed to hang himself. Found hanging from a bed sheet in his cell. Victims have not commented. Prosecutors say castro quote, couldnt take even for a month a small portion of what he dished out for more than a decade. And now to a health scare in New Hampshire. A patient has died after contracting a rare and always fatal brain disease. Officials say others may be at risk. Heather hamil of our manchester station has this report. Reporter its a rare, incurable brain disease. After two decades of practicing internal medicine i have never come across the disease. Reporter doctors at Catholic Medical Center believe one patient may have had sporadic kroits Creutzfeldt Jakob disease which is a neurological disease which causes dementia and death. That patient since died. And tests are under way to determine if they definite hi had cjd. The protein that spreads the disease cannot be eliminated by standard sterilization techniques used in hospitals. But there is a very remote chance because of that that the disease can be transmitted via the surgical instruments. Reporter though chances are low, cmc contacted eight patients who had brain surgery procedures following the patient believed to have had the disease. None have symptoms. There is no risk to any other patients, their families or the general public. Reporter the hospital says a single piece of equipment used in the neurosurgery was loaned to the hospital. It was then sent outside of New Hampshire and used in other surgeries not involving granite staters. Possible exposure of no more than five patients. Reporter for the time being, brain surgeries stopped at cmc. And the equipment used has been quarantined. A missouri man is accused of knowingly exposing hundreds of sexual partners to hiv. 37yearold david mangum arrested after turned in by a former boyfriend who is now hiv positive. Mangum told police that he had more than 300 partners since he was diagnosed ten years ago. He said he didnt tell them about his diagnosis for fear of rejection. Five california girls are recovering from seconddegree burns, and youre not going to believe what is blamed. Doctors in fresno say severe burns were caused by limes. It happened when the girls decided to make a lime and Lemonade Stand outside. Combination of lime juice and sunlight caused a dangerous Chemical Reaction that left them covered in painful blisters. The burns took more than a day to actually show up. It was my youngest one that woke up screaming and crying. She couldnt handle the pain. And there were big blisters that were growing quickly on her, all over her body. Though its not clear if the marks will ever go away, the parents are trying to get the word out so this doesnt happen to any other kids. My goodness. That is quite incredible. Listen to this. The name of it is phytophotodermatitis, caused by a photosynthesisincluding chemical in the lime and other fruits and vegetables. And they dont really know if the marks are going to go away yet. Oh, my gosh. Now, the girls have all been cleared to go to school, but they have been told they have to limit their time in the sun, obviously, to prevent any major scarring. My goodness these poor girls. Yeah, i know, so sweet. Its one of those things that you never really expect is going to happen. Youre having a good time in the summer in the sun. Got my attention. Yeah. The next time the limes come out in the summertime. Im going to be careful. A guy in australia can truly say he is lucky to be alive this morning after coming within inches of an almost certain death. There he is at a service station counter, paying for a magazine with a credit card. An extra second made the difference. Just then an suv blasts through the front of the store window. Holy mackerel. The next thing you know, i see this car come through in the corner of my eye. It was just a big bang. Relieved i am alive. How good to be here on earth. The driver claims the suv suddenly accelerated for no apparent reason. As he was pulling into the parking lot. That man and his fiancee are set to be married next month. Like you said, they said if he paid cash, he would have started taking a step toward the door, it would have been over. Oh, my gosh. Right. I think the video we just saw of him and his fiancee, him watching the video. His reaction almost as the bad as our reaction. There goes the credit card. Here we go. Put it back in my wallet. Just seconds. Im sure nobody heard it or saw it coming. Look, he walks away. He is looking at himself, wait a second, did this just really happen . Amazing. What does he do when he gets up on the box . That is some story. Okay. Moving on to the weather. Its going to feel like fall in the northeast as cooler air rushes into the region. Severe storms though are possible for eastern washington, oregon and western idaho. The gulf coast and northern florida could see some heavy downpours. Temperatures in the high 90s across much of the plains, to the midmississippi valley. Could top 100 in dallas. Seattle and portland in the low 70s. Anchorage dipping below 60. Heres an inspirational story and someone to cheer for. If you are going to be out supporting the full marathon triathlon in madison, wisconsin. Shes mary cox, and since the age of 22 shes had muscular dystrophy. Now, cox is doing the race alongside her personal trainer christian jenson. They have been working out, training for the event since january. Cox and jenson are the first ironman team of their kind to do this race. Good luck of course to mary. Shes going to be wearing number 891. If you are out there keep an eye out for her. Definitely keep the cheers going. Man, incredible story. Massive effort. Ironman is no joke. Listen to this. Its a 2. 4mile swim, 112mile bike ride, and then a 26. 2mile marathon run. Yeah, a marathon. Marathon plus 112mile bike ride plus the swim 2. 4mile swim. Thats right. After you do all that, now youve got to run. I hope they have a big crowd out there, and i think because of the story, even the crowd thats not out there for them is still going to be cheering them along. Yeah. Coming up. Been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Lamar odom may be trying to turn things around. First, the hightech device that allows thieves to pull your credit card information in seconds. A warning about skimming and how you can protect yourself. Youre watching world news now. 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Reporter 2 00 a. M. At a gas station in arizona. What you are watching is an alleged fraudster, trying to retrieve a socalled skimmer planted inside this pump to steal your credit card digits. They cant find their skimmer because we have already taken it out of there. And we have replaced it with a camera. A spy camera. Reporter skimming is exploding. Now a multibillion dollar a year problem. Sticking up a gas station is so last century. Skimming is such a big problem that the secret service which tackles Financial Crime as well as protecting the president is on the case. Are you winning the war . It is even right now. We are doing our best. Reporter across the country increasingly sophisticated gangs some of them making up to 10 million a year are hiding these tiny Electronic Devices inside gas pumps. The skimmer silently harvests your credit card details while you think you are paying for gas. For all i know theyre stealing from me right now from outside of a pump almost no way of knowing. So what can you do to keep your credit card digits safe . Pay inside. Its time consuming but a whole lot safer. Check your statements. Most Credit Card Companies will suck up any loss if you report it within 60 days. And if you do pay at the pump, pick one in full view of the attendant, which is less likely to have been tampered with. This is scary. And this is happening, and its a nationwide issue. Reporter and this, they say, is the new face of credit card crime. Nick watt, abc news, los angeles. As if we werent paranoid enough. My goodness. Thats crazy stuff. I know. And a lot of the crooks, nick mentioned, using a wireless skimmer. Transmits data to them by a bluetooth. They dont even have to put the thing in there. Yeah. They dont have to physically retrieve the numbers. Somebody can go in, buy a slurpee, while another guy downloads data from inside the car. I just have to be within, like positive feet of it. Its amazing. Yeah, just 30 feet away while you are paying for your credit card. If you want to protect yourself from the scams, number one tip to protect yourself, 100 , pay cash. Cash. But thats a drag. Thats a drag. Everybody has a credit card or a debit card. The other way to protect yourself is use a credit card instead of a debit card. The whole deal is. You dont want to give away your p. I. N. Number. A little safer. Its a little safer. Which i use, by the way. Also, a debit card. The money is coming out of your bank. Thats it. You lose the money, the money is gone. Your credit card. Claim fraud. Exactly. Your credit card, you can claim fraud. You can talk to your credit card company, and they might be able to help you out if they catch the people in time. Good advice. There you have it. Still ahead. She has a really big personality. Sofia vergara has the big paycheck to match. The skinny is next. Youre watching world news now. World news now continues after this from our abc stations. When im older, i want to be a singer. Ha ha haaa thats thats my goal. An organizer of, of, like dogooders. A media mogul. Just. Rule the world. When im older i want to be anything but the one that doesnt fit in. The one that people dont love. Everyone deserves a dream. Everyone. But some of us feel depressed, anxious, angry and do things that others think arent normal. If thats you, say something. People people will listen. Add your voice at. Ok2talk. Org skinny so skinny skinny so skinny welcome into the skinny, everyone. If you have been looking at a television or youve been on the internet, you know what we are talking about when i say dancing with the stars. Anyway, the new cast was announced on gma yesterday, season 17 cast revealed. There you have them. Quickly, Valerie Harper, leah remini, Jack Osbourne keyshawn johnson, snooki Kristina Milian Elizabeth Berkeley bill engvall, corbin blue Brent Daughtry and bill nye the science guy. Bill nye the science guy. I have a frontrunner already. Even though i havent seen any of these people dance. I think snooki will take the whole thing. Shes looking great these days. She had her baby. Shes slimmed down. Look at her coming out with her fiery red hair. She said that she was a gymnast. She was a gymnast. She cheerleaded for a while. I think shes the one. What about you . Do you have an early favorite . Ive never seen keyshawn dance. Hes tall hes handsome hes got great footwork as an nfl receiver. Ive got a hunch hes going to have some dance moves. Ill go with keyshawn for the time being. Athletes always make it pretty far. Athletes who come on the show, they dont want to look silly, being great athletes. Anybody that comes on the show i bet you is going to be good. I think so. He is tall. And he has a lot going on. I think you might be right. He might have the moves. Quick feet. Im questioning my choice now. Maybe the tallest and shortest on the cast. I dont know. In the finals. Wouldnt that be cool . What do you got . Oh, yeah, its my turn. Im waiting for you to keep going. Im still thinking about dancing with the stars oichlts oichlts. Lets talk about lamar odom and rehab. According to people magazine. He has checked himself into drug and alcohol rehabilitation according to two sources who confirmed it with people. He said he realizes he needs help, and thats causing problems with his marriage. Of course that marriage is to, his lovely kardashian wife. He was arrested last week for dui. He is 32 years old. He has admitted to drug use in the past, and he violated nba drug policies twice in eight months in 2001. Certainly wish him and wish khloe good luck. And a speedy recovery hopefully. I think this is great news. Sofia vergara, sexy voluptuous mama on modern family. There she is on the red carpet. She is apparently not only the sexiest woman on tv but also one of the richest because she has the biggest paycheck by far according to forbes of women on television. In the past year, her earnings between 2012 and 2013, june, both years, 30 million. My goodness what is that expression you used . Voluptuous mama . Voluptuous sexy mama. Speaking of voluptuous sexy mamas, lets talk about tyra banks. Man, shes still got it. Showing off a stunning picture of her bikini body there. Hello. At 39 years old. Shared that via instagram on tuesday. She basically just said, lets be real. My butt is so much bigger than this. But the angle makes it look smaller. She looks amazing. Good at just about any angle. I think so. Good at just about any angle. I think so. I think so i think so i took the trash out. I know. And thank you so much for that. I think we should get a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Right now . 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Its not your silverware. Its likely your detergent. See, over time, cascade platinums triple cleaning formula delivers brilliant shine finish gel cant beat. It even helps keep your dishwasher sparkling. Find something, mother . No. [ counselor ] cascade platinum is cascades best. Work out if you like it like this work out work it out pretty baby now to a story we brought you yesterday morning. But its something that we just cant stop talking about. The one womans amazing transformation. We saw it on her video diary she drops 88 pounds right before our very eyes. This morning we are hearing from that woman herself. Heres abcs abbie boudreau. Reporter this fivesecond animation says it all. Incredible 88 shapeshifting transformation. 26yearold amanda achieved in just one year. I had pretty low selfesteem. Reporter starting at 222 pounds, amanda who asked us not to use her full name took these five photos of her remarkable weight loss, hoping they would inspire her to stay on track. I knew that i had to start somewhere. And i figured if i did it at least once a month at the end of however long it took, i would have this really cool end product. Reporter but in the year since she posted the pictures, shes gotten nearly 3 million views. One person apparently so inspired, he made this animated before and after time lapse which is now going viral. Amanda says eating a highprotein diet, portion control and light exercise is to thank for maintaining her new weight. What has so many buzzing is how drastically her body changes in the photos. The waist got smaller, bust line got smaller, the neck got smaller. The more significant changes actually occur inside our body. Changes to ones sense of self, to ones physiology, to ones internal metabolism. Reporter amanda isnt the only person snapping weightloss selfies for motivation. Julia photographed herself in 200 different outfits during her 160pound weightloss journey last year. It is unbelievable for me to think where i am right now and think about who i was at that time. Reporter as for amanda along with her whole new body she says she is focusing on her health and helping others. I dont think i was actually fully prepared for the amount of emotional investment. People bare their souls when they want to take back their health. Reporter even when it comes in the form of a little motivational animation. Abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. Inspirational. Isnt it . It really is. Its the kind of thing that you see, and you have never seen that kind of thing before, right . You have never seen somebody do this animation thing. I think that is what is inspiring so many people. You see before and after pictures all the time. Takes time. Do it for a week. This isnt working. I still look terrible. You start to feel bad about yourself. It takes time. Do the right thing. Take a picture now every month and then go back and look at it. Its a good idea. Stay with it. Announcer this is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades. Insomniacs for two decades. S for good morning america. Making news in america this morning world stage. The situation in syria reaching a fever pitch as president obama prepares to come facetoface with russian president Vladimir Putin. George zimmerman resurfaces. And once again, hes dealing with law enforcement. Painful produce. It looks like a severe case of sunburn. But an everyday piece of freet is being blamed. Shyhigh skills. A trick shot master setting a world record with a basketball. Good thursday morning. President obama
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