good morning, amer thi good morning, america, this morning, terrorg good morning, america, this morning, terror target. the u.s. has reportedly taken out a top al qaeda leader in a drone strike in pakistan. this man was a candidate to replace osama bin laden, and now his terror group is promising revenge. breast cancer breakthrough, a blockbuster new study finds that a drug could prevent breast cancer in millions of women with no harmful side effects. this could be a game-changer in the battle against the disease. making the case. is a single human hair found in the trunk of casey anthony's car proof that she killed her young daughter? and can evidence that you can only smell actually be introduced into court? prosecutors are trying to do just that. more dramatic testimony this morning. and blown away. look at this, a playground bouncy house picked up by the wind and tossed over and over

with children trapped inside. we have the dramatic video. we've been talking this morning about that video. let's take a look at it again. it's incredible. generally scary, i'd say. see the parents running toward the bouncy house to hold it down. we'll tell you how this thing turned out, coming up. >> just has to be a parent's worst nightmare. 13 children injured, 1 of them critically. we'll get into details about that. and also we take you to one of the largest wildfires in arizona hess history. it's so big the smoke from the fires has spread to two other states and hundreds have already been evacuated. more may need to today. >> our abbie boudreau this morning. >> and look at these amazing works of art. part of an exhibit that opened in new york this weekend. critics comparing this to pablo picasso and jackson pollock.

the artist is only 4. she's already an international sensation with one painting selling for 20 grand. >> that is unbelievable. we do begin with another major blow to al qaeda. a key leader in the terror organization considered to be a long shot to succeed osama bin laden was reportedly taken out in a u.s. drone strike in pakistan. our nick schifrin covers pakistan, and he joins us here in the studio. good morning, nick. you broke many of the details about the story about osama bin laden. what are your sources and u.s. intelligence telling you about what just took place? >> the pakistanis i'm talking to increasingly think he's dead. the intelligence officials thinks he's dead. a spokesman for his own organization say that he's dead and locals say that he is dead, but the u.s. says, look, let's wait. a senior u.s. official says, our bar is really high. we've been said he's been killed in the past. that turned out not to be true. so we're going to wait. but the u.s. has been hunting him for years. he's kind of an evil genius for al qaeda, one of the most important terrorists in the world. >> tell us a little bit more about him. he's number four on the most-wanted list in pakistan.

is this a big coup for the u.s. as well? >> it is a big coup for the u.s. he's extremely well connected. he's extremely trained. he was trained by the pakistani military. and one of his main jobs was to recruit westerners to attack western targets, and that's why he's been on the most wanted list. when hillary clinton was in islamabad a few weeks ago, she said, look, we need your help to go after kashmiri. he's also been on the pakistani most-wanted list. pakistani military officials telling me he's the source of all of our problems. >> a big coup for them. you mentioned it was a drone attack that took him out. our own diane sawyer is on the ground in afghanistan. she had a conversation with secretary of defense gates. about just that. let's listen to what he had to say. >> first of all, it has to be acknowledged that these drones have played a significant role in taking a lot of taliban leaders and trainers off the table. >> so how instrumental are these drone attacks, and how are they being received by the pakistanis?

>> the cia says, look, this is the only game in town, the only way for us to get into the pakistani tribal areas because the pakistani military isn't doing it and the u.s. military isn't doing it. in pakistan it's very controversial. the government said, look, you doing this, you going into our airspace makes us look weak, and that makes the whole country more susceptible to militants who are trying to take over the government, but the fact is, the only way to go after kashmiri are drones. >> we appreciate your time. you've been on the forefront of this story. thank you so much for coming in, nick schifrin. of course, diane sawyer reports from afghanistan tonight and anchors abc's "world news" from kabul on monday. dan? >> looking forward to seeing those reports. always great to have nick with us. let's go for more on this to washington to christian amanpour, host of "this week." christiane, good morning you to. >> good morning, dan. >> so the relationship between america and pakistan was badly strained, if not broken, in the aftermath of the killing of osama bin laden, but in the aftermath of the alleged killing of mr. kashmiri, some are saying that this might actually help relations.

why is that? >> well, as you've been discussing and as nick said, this man was on a list of joint targets that both the pakistanis and the u.s. wanted. even, of course, in the aftermath of the killing of osama bin laden, the u.s. and pakistan are trying to get that relationship back on track. and so trying to get him, trying to work together to go after what they call high value targets is important. and, of course he was responsible allegedly for the attack on the karachi naval base recently, attacks on previous pakistani leaders and all sorts of things that have really upset the apple cart in pakistan and relations between pakistan and the u.s. >> christiane, there's another big story i want to ask you about this morning. breaking news out of yemen, another terror hot spot. the president of that country who's ruled for decades has left to get medical care after he was hurt in a rocket attack. and this morning we're hearing there have been more attacks on the presidential palace and protests in the street. what does all this chaos mean for america's national security? >> well, it's vital for

america's national security in fact it is really paramount right now because after al qaeda was degraded significantly in afghanistan, they've set up their beachhead in yemen. al qaeda on the arabian peninsula is there, and this kind of turmoil is, already, according to u.s. sources, having an effect on the fight against al qaeda. so this is a very, very important thing to watch, and finally, the u.s. is trying to get out a negotiated solution for the last several months and so have regional actors, and now it's coming this crisis and with the turmoil, they hope it won't, but worry it needs a vacuum for al qaeda to beef itself up and have an easier and free reign there. >> and this story continues to develop this morning. christiane, thank you. always great to have your analysis. and i know you're going to have much more coming up on all of this later on "this week." another quick note. tomorrow, george stephanopoulos will have an exclusive interview with the former pennsylvania senator rick santorum as he makes a major announcement about his plans for the 2012 presidential race. exclusively right here on "good morning america."

bianna, over to you. >> and, of course, one of the biggest issues of the 2012 race is the economy. but this week the battle over what to do about the weakening economy is getting even more intense. a flood of bad numbers last week made it even more clear that something needs to be done. but will washington politicians finally be able to reach an agreement? david kerley has the story from washington. good morning, david. >> good morning, bianna. you know, in a strange way, that dismal jobs report that came out on friday may actually make it harder for the government to do anything about the economy. the republicans believe the report actually strengthens their case as a classic battle is being waged in washington. this weekend president obama said little. >> we're facing some tough head winds. >> reporter: but republicans pounced on the bad job numbers. >> it's time to get serious about cutting spending and dealing with our ailing economy. >> reporter: in the past week alone, the stock market tanked, housing prices fell to a nine-year low, and the unemployment rate jumped to 9.1%. more misery after the worst

recession since the great depression. but republicans and democrats still can't get on the same page. they're having the great economic debate with 14 million americans looking for a job stuck in the middle. >> reduce the deficit and the debt. >> get our spending under control. >> increase in the debt limit. >> pull back regulations. >> reporter: it is a battle over economic policy. >> but they each believe that their way out of this economic difficulty is the right way, and we're still going to have a real battle going into the end of the summer. >> reporter: republicans believe the way to grow the economy is cutting taxes, cutting regulations in government, let the private sector lead. democrats say invest. stimulate the economy with infrastructure projects and more money for education and research and it's time to raise tax rates on the rich which are lower than they were more than a decade ago. and now a deadline. the national debt ceiling has been hit. within months the nation could default on its debts, yet the arguing over the proper course

continues. >> i think that the closer we get to the cliff, the economic cliff, is the closer the parties will come together for a compromise. >> reporter: even if the debt ceiling issue is resolved this summer, it appears that politics, not economics, are continuing to drive this debate and will until we reach the election as millions stay in the unemployment lines. bianna. >> all right david, thank you. we appreciate it. i want to turn now to what is being called a major breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer. a new study shows that there could be a drug capable of preventing the disease on women who are at high risk of developing it. this could have a huge effect. our "gma" medical contributor dr. marie savard is here to answer some of these questions. good to see you. thanks for coming in again. how important was this study? how much of a breakthrough is this in your opinion? >> i think this is a really important study for women, and it may -- it just may lead the way to say that women could potentially prevent breast cancer. they took 4,500 women,

postmenopausal women, who had at least one risk factor for breast cancer and after three years on a typical -- a newer breast cancer drug, kg sauled aromasin versus placebo, they had a 65% reduction in breast cancer risk and they had no serious side effects. >> and we should note that there are similar drugs out there on the market right now, but they do have side effects. >> there are two older drugs that are from a different class, something called tamoxifen or relocationifen or relista. both of those drugs have potentially lethal side effects that have scared women, everything from uterine cancer to blood clots to even stroke. and i think women and physicians have chosen not to use the drug. this is a different drug, also lowers estrogen, but if the study holds up, if longer term and more study shows the same thing, that it's safe and effective, this is really big news. >> so who should look into taking this drug right now watching at home? >> i think women who are postmenopausal, first of all, after menopause who have an increased risk for breast cancer should all talk to

physicians about what are their choices today. and this is a drug although not fda approved for this use, is aavailableable. and, again, if we have longer term studies to show it's safe, and this study will continue, so we will continue to have more information, i think this is good news. so all women really need to ask the question of their physician is this right for them. >> is this right for you? but a big breakthrough nonetheless. very promising. >> absolutely. >> doctor savard, we appreciate your time. thanks for coming in. and it's time to check the morning's other top stories with tanyary rear very who is in for ron claiborne. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. firefighters battling two of the worst wildfires in arizona history won't get any help from the weather. today gusty winds and very low humidity are forecast through tomorrow. crews are racing to save small communities from the so-called wallow fire. our abbie boudreau has the latest. >> reporter: it's one of the worst wildfires in arizona history scorching 140,000 acres and counting. >> it's very devastating to a lot of the families, the people

who work up here, just the whole community. >> reporter: homeowners now being asked to evacuate, preparing for the worst. >> scary, very scary. >> my wife took a lot of pictures last night of the contents. >> reporter: arizona governor jan brewer saw firsthand the size and scope of the wallow wildfire in eastern arizona. >> it was absolutely frightening. it was unbelievable. the expansion of the smoke. >> reporter: huge plumes of smoke can be seen as far away as new mexico and colorado. already the fire measured 218 square miles and is expected to grow. it's the third largest wildfire in state history. >> it appeared from the air that it's moving somewhat rapidly. >> reporter: crews now struggle to keep the flames from reaching homes and structures nearby, hoping winds will die down and the fire will begin to subside. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles.

pro-palestinian demonstrations along the israeli/syrian border have turned violent this morning. israeli forces have opened fire to disperse the crowd. state-run syrian television said at least five people have been killed, several others wounded. the protesters are marking the anniversary of the 1967 mideast war. and former secretary of state lawrence eagleburger has died. eagleburger is the only career foreign service officer to rise to the position of secretary of state. a position he held late in george h.w. bush's presidency. the veteran diplomat served the country for more than 40 years. eagleburger died after a short illness. he was 80 years old. and a scary scene during a soccer tournament in suburban new york. a heavy gust of wind blew a bouncy house across the field about ten feet off the ground on saturday with children inside. some parents say they tried to grab the inflatable ride before it took off but were knocked over. once it landed dozens of people

raced to tie it down and pull children out. 13 people were injured, none of them seriously. and more than two years after safely landing in the hudson river, the miracle plane is finally heading back to north carolina. the body of the usairways jet rolled out of a new jersey warehouse saturday where it's been stored since january '09. the flight was originally bound for charlotte and will now go on display at an aviation museum there. dan and bianna, it's expected to take about a week to roll it down the highway there. i don't think any of us will forget that day and the scene. and i remember robin roberts, i think she was the second person to call 911 to say she was looking right out on the hudson and there she sees this plane land. incredible day. >> a lot of people are going to want to see that plane. i remember that day being incredibly frigid. no longer. this is my segue to the weather. by the way, jackie meretsky, it's hot out there in some places, jackie. >> it sure is hot out there. all right. we'll talk about the heat momentarily. guys but, let's first focus on

severe weather. you see the radar, aggressive storms rolling through missouri right now and parts of illinois. and we did have quite an outbreak yesterday. you're looking at oakmont, illinois. 70-mile-per-hour straight-line winds rolled through, and this same storm system actually hit indiana, and there was actually one fatality there caused by the storms. a quick transition to the heat. many records were broken yesterday including new orleans. new orleans hit 100 degrees on saturday. it looks like you'll hit 93 today. look at all these 99s, dallas, houston, memphis, as well as jackson. so the heat continues in the south. now we go to the west. we're just criss-crossing the country here. we had so much rain in san francisco, san francisco itself an inch, but other parts of the bay area received 3 to 4 inches. and that's more rain in one day than folks receive in june in the bay area in an entire month. in fact, many of my friends

>> o. and back to bianna and the >> okay, and back to bianna and the segue master, dan. >> i like that junuary. >> i do too. >> what happens in junuary, dan? >> not sure, a lot of rain apparently. this is really probably my favorite story of the morning. you've probably done this, you've looked at your toddler's artwork, proclaimed it a masterpiece and stuck it right up on the fridge but what if actual art critics were calling your toddler's work brilliant? >> that's what happened to one 4-year-old. that's right. 4 years old. her paintings are selling for

more than -- get this -- $20,000. and now, guess what, she's coming to america. rob nelson caught up with the painting prodigy. >> reporter: art critics say the work resembles a pollack or even a picasso. >> it has depth and it has scale. >> reporter: and all from an artist who is just 4 years old. meet aelita andre, an international art sensation from australia and now the star of this new york gallery this weekend. >> i'm very excited. >> reporter: her parents, both former artists themselves, first discovered their daughter's talent when she was just 9 months. >> she crawled onto the canvas and with such conviction started to move and swirl the paint with her fingers. >> reporter: and now her work sells around the world, including one painting that went for $24,000 in hong kong. >> i was totally blown away. i mean i could not believe that a 4-year-old had the capacity to

truly understand the process of painting. >> reporter: while her paintings are now selling for big bucks, the business of art to this 4-year-old is just fun and games. so you've got to show me your favorite painting. show me where your favorite painting is. >> to her, it's just a whole lot of fun. it's like a playground to her. and i don't think she understands the gravity of it, so she's not affected by it. >> reporter: child prodigies are certainly nothing new, and some have generated considerable controversy. like marla olmstead, 4 years old at the time and considered another star in the art world. but then came accusations that her father was the real painter. charges he denied. but other experts in the art world are convinced that aelita is the real deal. >> she is an artist with a brilliant future. >> reporter: an artist with a big career, big energy, but still just a little girl. >> i want to paint like that,

like that, like that and like that and like that and like that and like that. it's going to be so exciting! >> reporter: for "good morning america," rob nelson, abc news, new york. >> she has a lot of energy. >> she does. she's really cute. she liked our rob nelson didn't she? >> she did. they really hit it off. i got inspired with my own art. >> are you saying -- well, i think hers might be slightly better. >> we know i can sing. maybe i can draw now. >> right, exactly. your skills know no bounds. by the way, the first time apparently they brought her artwork into an art gallery in australia and asked them to include it in an exhibition, they didn't tell anybody that she was 4 years old or 3 at the time. >> she was 2 at the time. >> and they included it anyway. >> and she's a busy girl. over 250 pieces of artwork she's already created. >> and apparently they run between 5 and 10 grand. one went for more than 20 grand. who knew? bianna, you got a future, as well. coming up here on the

broadcast, the emotional story of a basketball family. he is the miami heat star who is playing in the nba finals with a heavy, heavy heart. he's been thinking about his newborn baby daughter who is fighting for her life. an incredibly dramatic story coming up. and could the fate of casey anthony hinge on one piece of hair? prosecutors say it proves she killed her daughter. we'll tell you how the defense is fighting the forensic evidence. is fighting the forensic evidence. we'll tell you how the defense is fighting the evidence.

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♪ ballerina girl you are so lovely ♪ check this out. this looks like your average, sweet father/daughter dance. lionel richie. >> nothing like "ballerina girl." you know it reminds me of the dance i had with my dad at my wedding, you know, beautiful, emotional. >> but it's about to change. >> yeah, right about here. and we're going to show you what happens after the freeze frame coming up here on "good morning america." good morning, america. i'm dan harris. >> and i'm bianna golodryga. it's sunday, june 5th. also ahead this morning, a story of a dad's devotion. a dad that just happens to be playing in the nba finals. we'll tell you about the miami heat player whose baby daughter was born with a heart defect just as the playoffs began and how he was at her bedside whenever he wasn't on the court. >> it's a really moving story.

we'll get to that in just a minute. we'll start in florida with the murder trial of casey anthony. prosecutors are now presenting the forensic evidence that they say proves casey anthony killed her daughter caylee. ashleigh banfield has been covering the trial since the beginning and is in orlando yet again this morning. ashleigh, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. after a blistering two weeks of mounting prosecution evidence against casey anthony, her defense team may actually be starting to make some headway. the forensics case has made its debut and got to say it's not without its controversy. >> the state may call their next witness. >> reporter: new evidence in the casey anthony murder trial. csi experts are now taking the stand. and the packages, photos, and canisters have replaced the emotional videotape that captivated the courtroom. >> i'm just as much of a victim as the rest of you. >> reporter: at issue now -- >> are these the items you're about to testify about?

>> reporter: a single strand of what is believed to be caylee anthony's hair recovered from the trunk of her mother's car. >> it was light to medium brown, no tissue was present, and it was 9 inches long. >> reporter: an fbi expert testified that hair showed signs of postmortem banding, a science suggesting it came from a dead child in the trunk. >> it has a darkened band and is consistent with apparent decomposition. >> reporter: but the defense fought back with what they call "junk science." >> this is the very first time you have testified as an expert witness for hair banding, isn't that correct? >> yes, it is. >> that one hair is still something that you cannot say came from a dead person? >> i can't say absolutely that that's the reason the characteristics are present. >> reporter: but the forensic hits kept coming, the so-called smell evidence, material from casey's trunk inside those canisters that prosecutors say smells of human decomposition. >> this is identified as

2 1/2x2 piece of stained spare tire material. >> reporter: the canisters were sealed two years ago, and now the prosecution wants them opened up for the jury to smell, but the judge hasn't ruled. >> this is the very first time you've ever taken air samples, correct? >> yes, sir, it was. >> in fact, you have no training whatsoever in the collection or preservation of air samples? >> this is the first time i ever heard it being done, correct. >> this for you was somewhat of an experiment? >> it was new. >> reporter: and the jurors will get their much-needed one day off today, but they're hard at it again tomorrow with this cutting-edge forensics case. we're dying to find out if the canisters will be opened in the courtroom and also a computer analyst is going to take a look at casey's laptop, dan, for the searches that she made prior to her daughter going missing. >> and some of these searches are incredibly suspicious. can you walk us through the search terms that she entered? >> they are really not good. we call them bad facts

in a courtroom. chloroform, neck breaking, death, shovel and, again, before the child went missing. >> how do you imagine her defense team could possibly explain this? >> it's going to be tough. as much of the case has been for the defense team, but you know what, in every one of these cases, the defense attorney will look right at the jury and say, you know the computer made those searches, do you know who was on the computer? whose fingers did the walking? because you can never really prove that unless someone witnessed her making those searches. >> as you say, though, it is going to be tough. ashleigh banfield who, as we said, has been covering the trial since the beginning, ashleigh thank you again for your reporting. let's take a break and check the rest of the morning's headlines with tanya rivero. good morning again. >> good morning, dan, bianna, good morning to you. in the news, the u.s. has dealt another major blow to the leadership of al qaeda. a drone strike in pakistan has reportedly killed ilyas kashmiri. he was considered a potential successor to osama bin laden bin. saturday marked one year since 7-year-old kyron horman

disappeared from his portland, oregon, elementary school. dozens of volunteers paid tribute to him by beautifying the school grounds. >> and china's li na has become the first tennis player from that country to ever win a grand slam event. she won the french open beating the defend be champ francesca schiavone. the men's final between rafael nadal and roger federer is today. and the high school senior who was originally banned from the prom for his creative invitation finally made it to the big dance. james tate was banned for taping his date's invitation in big cardboard letters on the outside of his school. we hope he got in a dance or two. jackie meretsky, what can you tell us about the weather? >> well, what i can tell you is that the same storm system that brought aggressive storms to indiana is heading south. we do have the threat of severe weather with potentially damaging winds again stretching from st. louis eastward into the carolinas. now, most of this will really start to heat up in the afternoon. once that heat starts cooking everything up, however, even at

this early hour we've got pretty good storms rolling through missouri. now, quick transition to the desert southwest. a lot of colors here, so what we do have is some strong southerly winds, winds coming from the south. and this is elevating the fire danger in new mexico and arizona, even portions of utah and nevada. and where you see that hot pink color, that is an air quality alert, and that's new mexico due to all the smoke blowing eastward from the state of arizona. that's a quick look at your national weath "today's" weather report has been brought to you by united health care. dan and bianna. >> thanks, jackie. coming up next on "good morning america," the miami heat player who has much bigger things to worry about than the nba finals.

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well, the dallas mavericks and the miami heat play game three of the nba finals tonight. and for most players in the finals, the game is all about the game and that's all they're focused on right now. >> but for mike miller of the heat, his head may be in the game, but his heart is really at home with his newborn baby girl who was born with a life-threatening heart defect just as the playoffs were getting started. espn's rachel nichols is on this story. >> reporter: you can call it fate or fortune or karma, but back in 2007, heat forward mike miller and his wife jennifer just called it a gift. $1 million to a children's hospital in his native south dakota. >> we were blessed with two

healthy children and just felt that that was something that was from our hearts that we wanted to do for the area where michael was from. >> reporter: the hospital named its pediatric intensive care unit after the millers. life went on. then this past fall, jennifer found out she was pregnant with the couple's third child, their first girl. she was set to deliver in the middle of the eastern conference finals. so tell me what happened when jen went into labor. >> we came back from chicago after game two. flew in about 4:30 in the morning. went state to the hospital. they induced her. we had jalen, and when they brought her out, her umbilical cord was so tight around her neck that she wasn't getting blood. >> reporter: doctors told the millers their 6-pound baby was struggling to breathe. even worse, she had five holes in her heart. one so large it might require cracking open her chest for surgery. >> i got to hold her for a few seconds, and then they whisked her away. and that was pretty hard.

>> it's just scary. they wanted the baby's heart rate per minute to be between 40 and 50, and she was north of 100. >> reporter: baby jalen stabilized, but for the next ten days remained in intensive care. mike, who had been waiting his entire 11-year nba career for a chance at a championship, began shuttling back and forth between the arena and his baby's bedside. >> i missed practices. the whole chicago series was a blur really. you know, it was show up and play as hard as you can, wish for the best and go right back to the hospital. >> i think it was pretty tough for him, you know, trying to balance both and, you know, he really wanted to be there with us, so it was difficult. i kept telling him, you know, and the nurses too, it was so funny, they kept telling him, go, you need to go to practice, just go. >> reporter: mike was exhausted, playing with his hospital bracelet around his wrist. but he was still a key component in the heat advancing to the nba finals. sharpshooting from all over the floor.

>> james to mike miller. right side three. got them all! >> reporter: and shortly afterward, the best news, jalen was well enough to go home. friends called it karma. once again, the millers called it a gift. >> it's been great to be in our own house and just relax and not have all of the tubes and wires connected to her, and just enjoy our time together as a family. it's been tough, but it's made us stronger. >> we just got to monitor her 24 hours a day, make sure she's all right and constant doctor visits, but just to have her home is a blessing. >> reporter: for "good morning america" i'm rachel nichols at the nba finals. >> and jalen will be re-evaluated over the next three months to see if she'll eventually require heart surgery. meanwhile, mike miller is continuing to raise money to help care for other sick children.

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♪ ♪ again for our new weekly segment "fixation," where we show the stories, images and videos that captured our attention this week. dan, why don't you kick it off for us. >> it is the right and i would say responsibility of every father to embarrass his children. i'm not yet a father but i'm already working on my plans. in fact,

i found a role model. his name is -- what's his name? dale price. his name is dale price. he lives in utah. there he is with his wife. dale found out recently that his son who is 16, and his name is rain, his son's school bus route had been changed, so it will go in front of the family home. here's how dale decided to celebrate. by standing outside of the house every day with a different costume for 170 days, he greeted the bus with a wave, no matter what the weather. sometimes he even cross-dressed a little bit. my favorite costume is coming up. it's right there. oh, no. on the toilet. now, his son said he wasn't going to thank his dad, but he did, say, quote, i'm not going to reward him for this. his reward is seeing my embarrassment. i say dad of the year. >> are you going to do this on the upper west side? >> i might -- i would consider it strongly, especially the toilet one. >> poor rain. how do i segue to my home state? you know, there's a saying that everything is bigger and better

in texas. well, i'm sure you all watched "dallas." >> loved it. >> did you, dan? i'm sure you watched it. >> when my parents let me. >> there's a huge auction -- there's a huge auction from some of j.r. ewing and other "dallas" memorabilia that went on sale in california. get this fetching $500,000 worth in proceeds. the saddle from the show, for example, $76,000. >> wow. >> what is it made out of? sterling silver? >> it is silver. it is. >> j.r.'s boots. look at this, $1,600 for his boots. dan, how much are your boots worth? >> if i had boots, they would go for big dollars. >> i can see you sporting a pair of cowboy boots. >> yeah. i don't think i could. that's not a winning look for me. i tell you, it's tough to be at a table full of women. i'm getting picked on. >> poor you. >> should we talk about alligators? >> bianna recently wrestled an alligator in georgia. >> and won. >> believe it or not. >> it was a small alligator for the record.

>> zip it. >> listen. believe it or not, there was an alligator sighting in independence, missouri, which is a little bit far north to see an alligator, but here's what happened. two police in independence, missouri -- there's the alligator. they responded to a call. it was near a pond. they got there as fast as they could. they were armed. the first officer shot the alligator right in the head. what's so funny about that? shot the alligator. the bullet ricocheted. the second officer fired. that bullet ricocheted, as well. it was at that point that they realized that something was amiss. >> the officer fired two rounds and killed my concrete ornamental alligator. >> so basically what happened is this man had put the lawn ornament there to scare off children on his property. >> oh, my gosh. >> he scared more than children. tanya, what have you got? >> absolutely. my fixation is, we're all married, here, right? remember the father/daughter dance. wasn't that lovely? they're all sweet. here's one that blows them all

away. check this out. it starts out lovely, sweet, traditional, daughter and dad, really, really nice. but just wait. >> little lionel richie. >> it gets better. watch this. they totally break it out. ♪ ♪ and i owe it all to you ♪ i think this dad rivals your dad, dan. >> yeah. look at him. >> check it out. >> my best friend and her dad did the exact same thing at their wedding. >> really? >> did they practice? >> yeah, they did. all of a sudden it was a soft romantic song. you know father/daughter dance then you hear this. >> look at him. he really can move. incredible. very impressive. >> he's really upstaging his daughter. >> let's let this play. let's let this play as we go -- >> they're so happy about it. >> as we go to break, let's let this play. we'll be right back. ♪ day free of worry a day when we can eat what we want drink what we want,

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thank you very much. >> it was really fun being here. >> bianca, you know, he is coming home to you. >> that's right. that's what matters. >> absolutely, bianca. i apologize. i do want to say before we go, thank you for watching abc news. we're always online at abcnews.com. david muir will have "world news" this evening and christiane amanpour in just a little bit has "this week, and diane sawyer reporting this week from afghanistan. >> and as dan takes a breath, we want to leave the show with the tale of the dads. look at this dancing dad on the stage. he's fantastic.