Get on the same page what we can do to try to prevent some things from happening. In arkansas trying to do something, take guns into churches. In mississippi guns into schools. Everyone reacts differently. See what nationally gets done. In other news, the weeklong hostage ordeal has ended for a little alabama boy. Agents stormed the underground bunker and rescued the child. He is okay. That little boy known only as ethan was taken to a nearby hospital where he was checked out. Police say he appears to be just fine kidding aconsidering all ts been through. I have visited with ethan. He is doing fine. He is laughing, joking, playing, eating, and the things that you would expect a normal 5 to 6yearold young man to do. A childs captor, jimmy lee dykes, is dead now. But investigators will not say whether he was killed or took his own life. The ordeal came to an end after the fbi sneaked a hidden camera into the underground bunker. Lucky little guy. A new twist in the sensational murder trial of the arizona woman who confessed to killing her on and off again boyfriend. She took the stand saying she acted in self defense and portrayed herself as a lifelong victim of abuse. Abcs brandi hitt has the latest details, good morning, brandy. Reporter good morning. Jody arias returns to the stand this morning. She admitted to killing her boyfriend. Now jurors are expected to hear arias explanation what happened the night of the murder. Did you kill Travis Alexander on june 4, 2008 . Yes, i did. Reporter in a surprise move, jody arias took the stand in her own defense and explained to the jury why she brutally murdered her exboyfriend Travis Alexander. He attacked me. And i defended myself. Reporter speaking quietly with her hair pulled to the side, the same woman prosecutors say stabbed alexander 27 times in a jealous rage while also slashing his throat and shooting him twice in the head. But her story has changed several times. First, she told police she wasnt there. Then she said she was at the crime scene, but intruders did it. Intruders were here today. He would tell you that. Reporter in an interview with inside edition, arias said no jury would convict her because she was innocent. On the stand she gave a new explanation. At the times i had plans to commit suicide. So i was extremely confident that no jury would convict me. I didnt expect any of you to be here. Reporter during her first day of testimony, she described being physically abused by her parents. Her attorneys trying to convince the jury alexander was a liar, cheater and sexual deviant who also abused arias which led her to kill him. Her testimony and crossexamination is expected to take several days. If convicted she could become the fourth woman on arizonas death row. Rob, diana, back to you. Thank you, brandi. Boy scouts of americas policy on gays is getting a lot of attention as Group Leaders continue closed meetings in texas. Current and former scout leaders delivered a petition with more than a million signatures to Scouts National headquarters. The petition opposes the scouts current policy that bans gays. Religious law firms are warning the scouts a change to the policy would jeopardize church based troops which support the current policy. Big honor for the late rosa parks. She has a stamp. The Postal Service unveiled a forever stamp in celebration of parks 100 birthday. She refused to give up her seat epitome of courage as the stamp design was unveiled. Nice tribute. Early in this black history month. Well deserved. Surprised it took this long. Your tuesday forecast, everybody. Rain from seattle. Northern california. 6 inches of snowen the cascade. Northern rockies. Snow around minneapolis, detroit, pittsburgh. Snowing in the morning, philly to boston. Showers, houston to tal hals see. 70s from new orleans to miami. And 20s, boston to minneapolis. 50s from seattle to sacramento. The guy we all know as spiderman has been at it again. He is french dare level elaine robert, and outside the havana libre hotel, added to the list of Tall Buildings he climbed. He did it without ropes or safety net. The hotel is small for spiderman, only 27 stories. Thats it . Robert said his biggest concern was a piece of the buildings facade could break off. Like many buildings in cuba, the hotel is somewhat in disrepair. That does not stop the daredevil does it . He has done all kind of things. Did the willis tower in chicago . The what tower . Willis tower you heard it right the willis tower . Old, decrepit building, i know. I dont think so, my brother. Empire state building and golden gate bridge. All of them taller than, than the havana libre he climbed tonight. But the best one out of them all is the willis tower. You got that right. Yes, yes, yes. Coming up next a mystery. Five centuries old, no, not willis. It has all been uncovered in a parking lot. 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Despite all anticipated difficulties, within hours of the first trench being dug, there was a breakthrough. Human remains found in hiss grave. The skeleton was largely intact, but the grave crudely dug. There was no coffin, but was evidence that the hand had been bound. And so the question was this once a king of england . Ladies and gentlemen, it is the academic conclusion of the university of leicester, the individual is indeed richard iii, the last king of england. Reporter englands last warrior king has not been judged kindly by history. Lord olivier who captured shakespeares scheming flawed antihero. Richards grave has already given up many secrets. We know for instance he was wounded in battle ten times. The study, analysis will continue as preparations are made to intern the remains of king richard iii in the cathedral here next year. Jeremy cook, bbc news. Whatever. Up next, up close, with one of the countrys hottest superstars. Tim mcgraw talks about music, love, and what he had to give up. You are watching world news now. [ yawning ] all right, for the past couple days all we have heard about around here is beyonce. Beyonce. Beyonce. Now, ladies, its time for some musical eye candy for us. There you go. Tim mcgraw seems to have it all looks, talent, beautiful family. But none of it came easy. With more on this heres abcs josh elliott. Caller call it a cajun homecoming. Country superstar tim mcgraw, born four hours from new orleans, swooped in for his own presuper bowl party. Unveiling a new song. One of those nights. On good morning america. One of those nights reporter in the Country Music world that the 45yearold mcgraw is a true legend. And now, a new album, two lanes of freedom. At the heart of it all marriage to country mega star faith hill. They met on the road and have been married for 16 years and have three daughters. He reveals he almost lost it all until he finally get drinking. Are these decisions you reach with faith or something that just sort of comes to you. I would say she had a lot of input in my decision to quit drinking. Five years ago, a lot of things professionally were going on in my life, personally were going on in my life. I was using that more as a crutch to get past some of the things instead of dealing wit them. I felt that could be dangerous. The further you got away from dealing with things and sort of, blunted it, with alcohol or drugs or whatever you are using, the harder it was going to be to deal in the long run. At least i am sober. Reporter family has been something tim has the had to search for. Growing up poor, he was shocked to find out that his father was the famous baseball pitcher tug mcgraw. I once saw him when i was 11. We drove to houston. My mom borrowed money and a car. Drove to houston. Saw him. Visited with him briefly. I never really speck oke to him again until i was 18, 19 years old. 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Reporter it began friday when several of the girls at the high school took the oath. But dr. Silver says she was forced and wont abide by it. Personally i think it sucks, they expected the girls to go first and then to influence the guys. Reporter however michelle is trying to honor the vow but admits it is hard. I was like, i dont know. But i did pretty good. Im proved myself. Reporter with so many asking what about the boys . We are told the school had another swearingin ceremony for the boys and any of the girls who wanted to join. As humans we are all going to do it. Taking the step to pledging that you won the do it it is a positive direction. I think it is a good idea. If you are going to a Catholic School being brought uppen a certain way, kids should be more vigilant as to how they speak. That brings us to the facebook question of the day. We want to know how long would it take you to break a no cursing pledge. Log on to wnnfans. Com. And let us know. How long do you think . Not long at all. Really . Yeah, sorry. Within i dont have much discipline in that regard. That [ bleep ] is absolute [ bleep ], you know what i am saying. Yeah. Waiting for the beep. I dont know what happened. I would not do well. We will be right back after this. This morning on world news now finally free. The hostage ordeal end for a little alabama boy who turns 6 tomorrow. He spent a week in an underground bunker until the fbi brought the crisis to a dramatic climax. It is tuesday, february 5th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We have laughed a lot today. That is a good sign. Dont get the giggles now. The control room hates that. They are flipping out up there. Im back. Were back. Good morning, im rob nelson. Im diana perez. Well take you to alabama where there are still unanswered question as but ethans captor who is now dead. Also this morning, osama bin ladens final hideout and grand plans by the pakistanis to build a may jr. Jor attraction nearby. Bizarre story. Cant figure that one out. What was going on inside the tour bus that crashed in Southern California killing seven people. Hear about the drivers major problem just moments before that impact. Later this halfhour, in spir rati inspiration from a pakistani girl recovering from gunshot wound and sending out a remarkable message worldwide. Well bring you our exclusive interview. Man, woman, young, old, west, east, you have to be inspired by that little girl and her cause and her story and her recovery. Really is a mazing. President obama is among those praising the agents who successfully rescued the little buy who had spent seven days in captivity. Ethan has been taken to a hospital where he has been reunited with his mother. Abcs correspondent reports on the unfolding drama from midland city, alabama. Reporter after a weeklong standoff a happy day in alabama where the little boy kidnapped from the school bus is safe. A new picture of 5yearold ethan. I have been to the hospital. I have visited with ethan. He is doing fine. Reporter the suspect, 65yearold jimmy lee dykes is dead. Abc news has learned authorities were able to insert a hightech camera into the bunker and monitor dykes movements. When they be kale increasingly concerned he might act out they positioned the swat team near the entrance and used an explosive charge to get into the bunker and neutralize dykes. The standoff began last tuesday when the suspect boarded a school bus and threatened the kids. Dykes allegedly shot and killed the bus driver and kidnapped ethan. 5yearold ethan believed to have autism was held captive in the underground bunker, 6 x 8 while police and swat teams above ground carefully negotiated through a ventilation pipe. Dykes allowed what authorities called comfort item to be sent down the pipe, toys, coloring books, potato chips and ethans medication. Police were careful not to anger the suspect, believed to be watching news reports in the bunker. Even thanked him at one point. I want to thank him for take care of our child. Reporter Law Enforcement had drones flying over dykes house and looking for ethan and ways to rescue him. Not only has the special need child been kidnapped but witness to a murder in front of his eyes. Ethan is at the hospital for treatment and said to be physically unharmed. Over the past week, this Small Community pulled together. Local children writing card for ethans upcoming 6th birthday. He is my friend. And i love playing with him. Reporter and have prayed at local church services. Ethan hang tough, little man. We love you. We are praying for you. Reporter hugs and thanks that the prayers have been answered. This is one of the stories that grips the nation. And everybody watched with baded breath for this to finally come to an end. So unusual. So unusual. This could not have ended well, a distinct possibility. Fact he is turning 6 years old this week, in time for his birthday. You have to wonder, a special need child, in terms of long term psychological impact. This little boy. The thing, negotiators were encouraged by the sign it seemed look the kid and the man were kind of bonding. Because he allowed medicine in. Was letting him color. There was some kind of relationship. Perhaps that bond. Kept him alive. Kept him alive and kept things from ending badly. They had to move in when they saw he became agitated and kept holding a gun. That was the end. You heard in the piece, not saying if he killed himself. Or if authorities killed him. If the authorities killed him. Did the little boy see that . A lot of questions to be answered. The boy is safe. Thats all that matters. True. This morning learning much more about the suspect that gunned down a retired military sniper and his friend. Investigators say eddie ralph hardly knew the two men he killed. He just met