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with her. >> it is. it's fun. and also, she's a bestseller and, you know, we got to eat. oprah: let me just say this. i would like to ask all of you this question because, obviously, this moment is going to come for me the end of may, when i walk across this stage for the last time. and fortunately, i get to walk into my own network, but you know, so many memories here--25 years. this has been--as you know when you do this, it becomes your life. it becomes your life. so, what did you feel the last time you walked across the stage? >> i think it was in some ways a sense of relief, but then a sense of hope because i thought that maybe what i had done would carry on and people would remember it. oprah: hmm. >> and that's where the hope came from. >> i was excited. i was excited about what's the next chapter to come. i was ready to close the book on that and move on to something else. >> i was sad about cutting the money tree down in my backyard, but i was happy about going back to the news business. i felt a

sense of redemption. >> i felt gratitude. oprah: gratitude? >> to all the people who tuned in and stayed with me. i just really appreciated it. oprah: hmm. and you, sir? >> i felt relief. i did. oprah: you did? >> yeah. i mean, almost 6,000 shows. a little voice says, "all right, they've heard you speak. sit down now." oprah: yeah. >> and i felt, you know, it was a wonderful legacy. i'd wish it on everybody i love. but 29 years is--you know, i ran out of ties. oprah: you know what? you will hold the record for me, that's for sure. >> thank you. oprah: thank you for opening that door. >> thank you for having us here. oprah: thank you for opening the door wide enough for all of us to come through. thank you. cheers to all. [cheering] oprah: cheers, cheers, cheers, cheers. thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody! [captioning made possible by king world] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--]

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well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. this picture of presidential candidate michele bachmann is certainly living up to that saying, and then some. >> and then some. the "newsweek" photo s srted a national debate over sexism. abc's sharyn alfonsi has the story. >> reporter: that strange picture and the queen of rage headline. >> i think it's outrageous. i think it's a disgrace on their part. >> reporter: "newsweek" had its choice of plenty of other photos. these are outtakes not chosen by the magazine. why did they choose this picture? editor tina brown tweeted, michele bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in iowa right now and "newsweek's" cover captures that. >> hi there, i'm micicle. >> reporter: critics argue it's another example of "newsweek" portraying conservative women unfairly. remember these covers of sarah palin? now this. a cover so unflattering even the national organization for women, who say they want to see

bachmann defeated, is rallying to her defense. >> it's sexist. i don't know any man who is a legitimate, front-running candidate for the united states presidency that has been treated that way by a major, mainstream magazine.. >> oh, it's not sexist. look, she's a provocative candidate. and it's a provocative picture. >> reporter: lois romano wrote the "newsweek" article and defends the headline. >> she is appealing to a segment of the population that we felt is in a rage, that's really angry. i don't want to suggest that she projects anger. in fact, she's very calm on the campaign trail. >> reporter: in fact, campaigning in iowa bachmann didn't lash out about the cover all. instead, she turned the other cheek. a more flattering view. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> "newsweek's" done it again. the sarah palin picture, you remember last month they did that picture of princess diana,

looking older, walking with kate middleton. creeped some people out. >> some people called that creepiest picture ever. it's funny. funny or die has some comments to go with that picture. the headline should have been, michele bachmann takes a stand against blinking. zombies, michele bachmann eats america's young. >> politics is very sensitive. i think "newsweek" is getting exactly what it wants. people are now talking about it. >> we're showing the cover. >> keep that in mind as well. that's it, that's it. the day.our facebook question of what do you think of the photo? chime in. i think close to 100 folks have already written in. a lot of buzz on this. >> keep them coming. >> keep them coming. all right, coming up next, singer gavin degraw's drama right here on the streets of new york that landed him in the hospital. >> surprising comments from a member of the schwarzenegger family and it's not arnold or maria. stay tuned for "the skinny." rl

skinny so skinny ♪ welcome back, everybody. time for "the skinny" here. >> yes, indeed. >> gavin degraw, you may have heard about this story, over the weekend, solo artist who was attacked right here in new york. this guy's been a big hit since his album "cherry" back in 2003 and his big hit, that song.

♪ i don't want to be -- >> well done. >> anyway, he was leaving a restaurant, very late monday night, about 4:00 a.m., he was attacked by a group of men and pretty much suffered a beat-down. they roughed him up pretty badly. 30 minutes after that he was struck by a cab. he doesn't remember much. one, because of head injuries that he suffered. two, he admits he was out drinking with friends. he suffered a concussion, broken nose, black eyes, cuts and bruises. he was released from the hospital tuesday and tweeted tuesday afternoon. he says, honestly, i don't remember much, i only know i can recover from here. >> he has canceled his appearances through saturday. he was touring with maroon 5 and what's the other band, train. >> this guy's really good. just a random crime, seems like. he's doing better. he's out of the hospital. >> get well soon. >> good news. >> good news indeed.

katherine schwarzenegger, daughter to arnold and maria, is finally speaking out about what the separation was like for her and her family. she says when the separation started happening it was like everything came out of nowhere overnight. i would go out to lunch and literally 20 people would come up and scream at me. i'm like, this is so inappropriate, you're trying to provoke me to have an attack and say something crazy. she says despite her parents' marriage unraveling she feels everything happens for a reason. even though she says sometimes it's hard to understand. she says it's been very hard growing up with schwarzenegger as her last name. she's dated a lot of guys she's felt would rather be dating her dad than her. >> all right. >> she's like, i can arrange that for you if that's what you're interested in. >> the kids get stuck in the middle. particularly she was born into that very public life, public family, that's got to be tough. >> she's considered changing her last name several times. >> i believe it. speaking of tough, one of our former "world news now" anchors, anderson cooper, talked a little bit tough recently. apparently chris brown, the singer, most famous for his domestic violence incident with rihanna, is now going to star in a new movie, a romantic comedy based on steve harvey's book "act like a lady, think like a man."

this didn't sit too well with anderson. take a listen. >> i for one cannot imagine why this did not happen sooner. if there's one thing you can say about chris brown, currently on probation for viciously assaulting his then-girlfriend rihanna, he oozes romance. >> how do you really feel, anderson? don't hold anything back. >> say what you think all the time. that's the best job in tv, huh? >> absolutely. >> chris brown did tweet, i guess people need ratings. it's cool, much love. kind of a passive-aggressive response. guess.s trying to move on, i all right, now celebs are uniting to bring focus to africa where there's a lot of -- the food crisis in east africa, you've got beyonce, madonna, u2, they're all agreeing to run this video on their websites and on their social networking sites. you can see a bit of it here. they're not the only ones. britney spears, lady gaga, coldplay, it goes on and on and on, of course to raise attention for the cause. >> using this great bob marley song. >> absolutely. >> stay with us, everybody, we'll be back. hó

and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. the president meets today with treasury secretary tim geithner to discuss the budget just one day after the federal reserve decided to keep key interest rates near zero. wall street investors will have their eyes on a number of economic reports today expect new figures on jobs, real estate, and mortgage trends. and the tornado-damaged city of joplin, missouri, is getting a break and it's coming from the oil-rich persian gulf nation of the united arab emirates. the school district is getting $1 million worth of compmpers as students there head back to makeshift classrooms. nice gift. >> absolutely. finally, it is not breaking news that kids hate vegetables

and certain other foods. but now we know why. >> turns out some foods we find disgusting, others delicious, it's all because of what our moms ate while we were in the womb. >> it's always mom's fault. >> always. john berman explains. >> reporter: it was in "look who's talking."ç baby mikey made a culinary proclamation. >> you're the one who's been kicking me. >> you're the one that ate all that spicy food. >> reporter: what mikey might t not have known was if mom was eating spicy food while pregnant, he'll probably like spicy food when born. a study finds what pregnant mom eats, chances arbaby ultimately likes. the womb is filled with the flavors of what mom is eating. the results? you can see them later. this young fellow's momoate green beans when she was pregnant. when he tried them for the first time, his face says, huh, not bad. tastes vaguely familiar. you want to give me another

bite? oh, well, okay. compare that with this dude. whose mother did not eat green beans when pregnant. in his face? ugh, what's that? another? no, no, no, no, no! oh, come on! or this young man whose mother also did not eat green beans. we'll let him speak for himself. researchers say this helps explain why kids from different countries with more adventurous menus enjoy more diverse foods. the lesson? if you want your kids to like veggies, start early. before early, actually. john berman, abc news, new york. >> i have to say, i ate a lot of vegetables when i was pregnant and my kids still don't like them. >> hide the peas under the mashed potatoes? >> i tried all of it. i'm not sure, i don't know. >> my mom had cheesesteaks, popcorn, nachos, all the stuff that i now love. >> yeah, all right. i believe that one. that's the news for this half hour. >> more from abc coming up next. ú

this morning on "world news now," show of force. police across britain beef up patrols after several nights of violence in london and other big cities too. >> and even vigilantes took matters into their own hands after destructive riots that have been going on since saturday. it's wednesday, august 10th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm tanya rivero. police threatened to take to london streets armed with rubber bullets and big water cannons to force rioters to stop the violence. we'll look at the tactics law enforcement is using after so much criticism. >> looks like london has calmed

down a little bit but now it's spread to other cities so not out of the woods just yet. also ahead in this half hour of the show, the immediate reaction on wall street and decision by the federal reserve. but ththe big question remains during this very uncertain time, whom do you trust for investment advice when so much money is now on the line? >> scary. the time to shop for bargains. other people say, keep your money in your socks. >> everybody has an opinion. later this half hour, what a creepy scene in a small town in colorado. grasshoppers are invading the place and these insects are really hungry. >> the ripple effects of the drought. >> they need some food. before all that, it has been anighte in rioting has spread to virtually every major city in the country. >> london had its first night of relative calm thanks to a

tremendousw ofpwer abc's miguel marquez is i london anith oodigue the wo manchester, not in mancstorre torched and there were running batt bet protesters or rioters and police there. in nottingham, a police station was torched and there were also a lot of running battles with rioters. in birmingham, three people were killed after a car racing down the street hit them. ls proteet hit them. themu at.mu in these towns it w thing in london initially. police there were containing rather than confrontinhe rs. it was a much different c plnigh with 16,000 at least police on the streets and the provisional use of plastic bullets approved by the government here. it was much, much calmer. there have been nearly 800 arrests now across greater london. 111 police have been injured.

and losses are now estimimed at about $150 million. but that is certain to go up. back to you guys. >> wow. miguel, we know the olympic committee visited london do y p>>r: wdon' er what their ss ln asat they've been doing a l ev yesterday y london. th went off without a hitch. other major events across london theesti though, are governments lik u.s. and others informing their citizens they might want t sort of rio there is grea this sort of olen out not only at the olympics but at o other big events in london ng o other big events in london the grand prize >> miguel, i'm curious and fascinated by the origins of all this. shheree ba, ed to a police people were kind of complaining econand it's also beco s as what's driving all this 4zqy%=1

>> reporter: in the short-term it's pure opportunism. er pther great i the police have had very difficult relations with the minority communities shooting ofll that set off violence in one neighborhood, it then led to more. the big problem police have is there's a history and culture her of police not confronting protesters or violent rioters like this. so they back off, they contain them, kettle them off as they've done in other protests and it typically works. when you have it across the city like this, the helicopters, television helicopters, radio, they were reporting this for sometimes hours before the police were able to even get there. so it just brought more people out, looking for a pair of tennishoes, a phone, whatever it is that they wanted. >> lawlessness. thankfully london is calming down. we appreciate that report. live report from miguel marquez. thank you for that. and now to our other major story. the federal reserve's decision to hold the line on interest rates. >> asian markets like the decision with all the major indexes on the plus side this morning. scott goldberg explains the turnaround. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya.

the dow ping-ponged back and forth and then spiked at the end of a crazy day as investors weighed the fed's decision to keep interest rates near historic lows. by the time the market closed, the erratic dow was up 430 points, erasing a big chunk of monday's loss. that's also the dow's tenth biggest point gain in history. >> the fed is an institution that still has a lot of credibility. they read the statement at first and they said, well, it didn't do anything. they then looked at it a little more and said, well, maybe they threw us a bone. >> reporter: the market dipped for a while right after the federal reserve announced it's going to keep interest rates near zero for the next two years. ultimately it looks like the stock market judged that move to be a good thing. the fed's statement on interest rates came with some ominous and unfortunately familiar observations. there's a lack of robust hiring, consumer spending is slowing, and the housing market is dragging. still, that doesn't mean this is

another recession. >> everybody's scared. the market is up and down. nobody knows what's going to happen. >> the only thing that's doing well this year was the market. if this goes, then the rest of the economy will probably falter as well. >> reporter: but the fed's cision to hold interesesrates where they are is a bit of a double-edged sword. while the move is meant to calm investors it also reminds q+eryone this economic recovery is taking much longer than expected. rob and tanya? >> a lot longer for sure, thanks, scott. in other news now, wisconsin voters are deciding a high-profile political bat until recall races. democrats have picked up two seats in the senate, while four republicans have managed to hold off attempts to recall them from office. this election was called after the republican governor helped push through a law stripping public union employees of the right to strike. and polygamous leader warren jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison. for sexually assaulting one of his child brides.

jeffs will not be eligible for parole until he is at least 100 years old. defiant to the end, jeffs boycotted the sentencing hearing and refused to answer direct questions from the judge. the military has launched an investigation into last weekend's deadly helicopter shoot-down in afghanistan. the victims' remains were returned to the u.s. yesterday. investigators now want to know more about the decision to send that helicopter to assist ground troops. it was full of navy and air force special operations forces. and the nationwide manhunt for three florida sibling fugitives is focused on colorado. federal agents say the dougherty gang was spotted at a camping supply store near colorado springs. they're telling everyone that the trio should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. the manhunt began early this month after police say the fugitives fired at officers in florida. they're also suspected of robbing a bank in georgia. the fbi is adding $25,000 to the reward for information that leads them to a missing 3-year-old from missouri.

breann rodriguez was last seen saturday riding her bike in front of her house. her distraught parents thanked the hundreds of people who have joined the search. police now say they're looking for a white old irmodel van with paneled sides and a ladder leading to the roof. a pharmaceuticalal ceo is speaking for the first time about the deaths of his son and girlfriend. >> but the millionaire did not reveal details about what happened at a san diego mansion that has now led to a major police investigation. abc's diana alvear has more. good morning, diana. >> reporter: rob and tanya, good morning. it's been a big mystery for weeks. did the girlfriend of a pharmaceutical executive commit suicide or was she murdered? we're finally hearing from that executive about the tragedy. despite two suspicious deaths at his mansion within days of one another, jonah shacknai has remained silent, until now. >> at a time like this one does a lot of introspective thinking. >> reporter: during his company's earnings report conference call, the ceo of medicis pharmaceuticals began on

what he called " "a personal note." >> we've obviously had an extraordinarily difficult titim. we have undertaken some tragedies, some losses, that one couldn't imagine experiencing in a lifetime. >> reporter: shacknai's ordeal began july 11th when his 6-year-old son max took a serious tumble on the mansion's grand staircase. two days later shacknai's brother called 911. he said he discovered shacknai's girlfriend, rebecca zahau, hanging from the balcony. authorities arrived to find her lifeless body on the lawn, nude, hands and feet bound. the following week max succumbed to his injuries. police ruled his death a tragic accident. while shacknai was not at the mansion at the time of either event, the executive's turbulent relationship with his ex-wife led to several calls to police over the last few years. she claimed he was abusive. shacknai is not considered a suspect or even a person of interest in zahau's death. because investigators have yet to determine whether it was a

homicide or suicide. however, zahau's family said they don't believe she was suicidal in any way. the day after max died, shacknai hired a high-profile public relations firm. a company representative said it allows him to grieve in private. rob, tanya? >> diana alvear, thank you. two people are in critical condition after a powerful explosion at a commercial building in los angeles. the blast tore a huge hole through the roof of the alternative energy company in the san fernando valley yesterday. investigators say it appears to be an accident possibly caused by compressed gas. a big disappointment for an amazing swimmer. 61-year-old diana nyad had to abandon her second attempt to swim from cuba to key west. she swam for 29 hours but said a combination of high wind, choppy waters, even asthma attacks kept her from going all the way. nyad's first attempt to make the trek was in 1978 when she was 28 years old. she said she wanted to swim to inspire others her age to live active lives. new satellite imagery from

nasa shows the effects of japan's tsunami were felt and seen 8,000 miles away. the giant wave caused huge icebergs in antarctica to break off and float into the sea. these pictures were taken in march. even though the waves were only a foot high, they showed the force and the ice breaking away from the continent. >> amazing footage there. >> impressive pictures, aren't they? >> mother nature's strength. here's a look at your forecast on this wednesday morning. showers and thunderstorms in boston, new york, philly and d.c. thunderstorms along the gulf coast too. severe weather could threaten a big area of the country from oklahoma city to northern alabama. showers from flagstaff to albuquerque and wyoming to south dakota. >> this "grease" soundtrack we have here. 78 in omaha. 76 in chicago. 80 in kansas city. 70s in the pacific northwest. 90 in sacramento. dallas 103. new orleans 94.

90 in baltimore. 85 here in new york. we'll take it. >> big fan of "grease"? >> i am. >> i saw you bopping along. a pair of 4-year-old twin girls from spokane, washington, took part in a throwing competition at a minor league baseball game the other night. >> take a look at what they won. their father. sergeant chris whiteman surprised them with his return from a third tour of duty in afghanistan. he was in tears, showing up with a bouquet of roses. the girls, gracie and ruby, and his wife abbie, were clearly overjoyed and the crowd gave them all a standing ovation. isn't that moving? >> it is so nice to see those guys come back and surprise their family and their wives. it's so good to see. especially after the news the last couple of days. so good, so good. >> how emotional. more "world news now" coming up, right after the break.

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♪ she works hard for the money so hard for the money ♪ >> oh, yeah.y loves that song. >> old school donna summers. >> that's right, get you pumping. the past few weeks on wall street can easily be described as one wild roller coaster ride. many americans looking for sound financial advice. >> of course, some say buy, others say sell. but it turns out all you really have to do is invest like a girl. here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: in san diego, at a book signing for leading personal finance expert dave ramsay, hundreds line up to ask the big questions about survival in a crashing market. >> you've got to really be careful to not let emotions guide you. >> reporter: "consumer reports" magazine this month says confidence is at a two-year low. only 43% of americans think they're better off.

viewers are asking if there are cheap opportunities to buy. should i rebalance my 401(k) or sell everything anancash in now? kat free worries, the best place for my money is in my pocket. studies show the best advice is to invest like women do. and not be so quick to sell. a uc davis survey shows women make more money on the market than men because guys trade 45% more often. and get too cocky. 63% of men call themselves experienced traders. only 48% of women claim that title. >> i would go to quality. >> reporter: advice from the first woman to ever own a seat at the new york stock exchange. >> so buy the things that you eat, that you drive, that -- >> you live with. >> reporter: it's an approach endorsed by a new book called "warren buffett invests like a girl." claiming women survive better in the market by trading less, making unemotional stock decisions, and picking stable investments, not the trendy. >> men tend to be more

overconfident when it comes to investing. they think, frankly, that they know more than they do and this can lead them to make some pretty bad choices. >> reporter: women do more research and hold on to stocks longer. >> this is a great time to come out and look for stocks that are on sale. >> reporter: a more feminine portfolio that avoids testosterone-based snap decisions may be the way to stay safe in the long run. jim avila, abc news, new york. >> we know that men gamble more than women. right? >> that's trtr. >> that carries over to the stock market. >> that's true. >> a lot of men look at it as one big casino. >> n n too good a casino these days. that's for sure. >> no. >> they say women, less risky, more realistic, you spend more time. unlike us men you learn from your mistakes. >> we don't think we're experts. i like that 68% of men consider themselves expert traders. >> of course, of course. i'm going to get my dollar out tomorrow. you might want to grab a can of raid for our next story. we'll bebeight back. of raid for our next story. we'll be right back.

welcome back, everybody. it is beginning to look like the end of the world in wellington, colorado. the small town is dealing with an infestation of grasshoppers. >> apocalyptic indeed. the little buggers are everywhere. eating everything from crops to furniture. and kmgh's lance hernandez got a firsthand look at them. >> this is creeping me out. >> reporter: patricia garcia says she's been around grasshoppers before but never an infestation like this. >> they just keep going. look at this. >> reporter: she says they destroyed her flowers, are littering the outside walls of her house, are even attacking her lawn furniture. >> they've come by the hundreds of thousands, if not millions. >> reporter: joaquin garcia says the hoppers have laid waste to their alfalfa fields, leaving stalks and weeds behind. he says there are so many

hoppers that their cat is now hesitant to go outside. >> the funny thing is i've heard that cats actually like eating grasshoppers. but i think it was a little bit too large of a menu for him even. >> how much can they eat? >> they can eat a lot. >> reporter: bob at the agriculture development and research center says the infestation may be as a result of the drought in southern colorado. he says without food there, many of the hoppers migrated to this area with the monsoonal wind flow. >> i think a grasshopper will eat about twice its weight per day. >> wow. >> so they eat a lot. >> oh, those are some hungry little boogers there. >> i have to move. i'd be done. the cat's afraid to go outside and these things eat twice t tir weight every day. >> that's a lot of leaves and lawn furniture. >> and all linked to the drought too. see? what a wild summer it's been. >> they're not quite cute enough. >> not really, not at all. coming up, a story of lost and found. >> involving a little boy's wallet. and one way to get wall street's attention. esting.

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twenty-four hours. zero heartburn. no heartburn in the first place. great. "world news now" delivers your "morning papers." >> welcome back, everybody. this is a story that will re-affirm your faith in the human race here. >> yes, indeed. >> it comes from "the daily press." this little boy, 9-year-old boy named charlie, was in a 7-eleven with his dad. goes to get a slurpee, leaves his wallet on the counter accidentally. the wallet has 300 bucks in it plus gift cards he'd gotten for his birthday. charlie was upset and decided to leave a note. what he said on the note was, how many people would return a lost wallet? i hope whoever has it needed it more than me. the clerk of the 7-eleven, the manager, is proud to report little charlie did get his wallet back with all the money inside. >> he says he worked hard and saved all that money. >> for years he said he saved that money. >> we're glad you got your money back. absolutely.

here's a funny story. a small plane flies over wall street, specifically by the standard & poor's building on wall street, with a big sign that says, you all should be fired, thanks for the downgrade. this picture courtesy of "the new york observer." apparently it was a banker in missouri who told reporters, i originally wanted it to fly over washington, d.c. but found out you can't do that. i guess no fly-overs allowed over there. >> don't mess with the secret service. >> she says she's a mother from st. louis who was really upset about what happened, she's a banker so she's remaining anonymous. cause she doesn't want to lose her job. >> clearly she's doing okay financially. if she can afdo$"u plane and this sign together. she's not hurting like other people. >> it costs 1,000 bucks to do this by the way. >> that's a lot. i get the frustration but all right. speaking of the opposite pole, opposite spectrum of things here. dkny, donna karan, has the world's most expensive perfume flask. $1 million. 3,000 stones from all around the world. 1414arat yellow and white flask here for her new scent golden delicious. the jewels are arranged to form

the skyline of manhattan. get that. it will be showcased all over the world. >> that's a lot of bling. >> that's a lot of bling. eventually -- >> do you think anyone's going to buy that? >> no one's going to buy that thing. >> eventually the money will go to charity, which is kind of cool. >> oh, that's good news. that's good. now, okay. you guys have all -- you know what the wave is, right? you go to baseball games? yay, just like that. some people don't like the wave. and one guy specifically a longtime texas rangers fan named greg holland is trying to do away with it. we're trying to do away with it too here at "w"wld news now" but we're not having much success. if you have some ideas, check our facebook page. >> can you tell the staff here drinks heavily? can you tell? >> we can't get them to stop. you have no idea what goes on here. >> so much love, so much love and energy in the middle of the night. you guys are wonderful. >> we're blessed. what can we say? >> we should join them on the way out. ready? here we go. stand up. there it is. very nice.

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this morning on "world news now," wall street whiplash. the plunging market takes a dramatic u-turn after a big decision from the federal reserve. >> and the fed's decision led to a major rebound that continues this morning worldwide. it's wednesday, august 10th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm tanya rivero. the federal reserve's announcement to keep key interest rates near zero had an immediate impact on investors. we'll check in on markets overseas to see if there's a dramatic turnaround there. a lot of people are saying perhaps this is a buying opportunity. >> what a roller coaster the last few days. >> absolutely. >> unbelievable. also ahead in this half hour the unrest in britain and how the rioting in london spread to the city of birmingham.

the police crackdown was quite visible there but not everyone is happy about how law enforcement has reacted the past several days. >> a lot of people complaining about slow responses. >> unbelievable violence there too o ntinuing this morning. later this half hour we have to share this unusual fish story. this weird-looking fish that is common in the amazon was caught from a michigan river. you'll see why this is our favorite story of the day. >> look at that thing. >> tasty. >> yes, i'm sure. before all that, the wild stock k rket ride appears to be over, at least for now. asian stocks have jumped in early trading after the fed announcement about interest rates. ç >> that's right. analysts say traders are bargain shopping and wall street investors here could follow suit later this morning. abc's scott goldberg explains it all. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. the dow ping-ponged back and forth and then spiked at the end of a crazy day as investors weighed the fed's decision to hold interest rates at historic lows. the stock market death spiral stopped, then looked like it was

starting again when the federal reserve announced its plan to keep interest rates near zero for the next two years. but by the time the market closed, the erratic dow was back up nearly 430 points. its tenth biggest point gain in history. >> the fed is an institution that still has a lot of credibility. they read the statement at first and they said, well, they didn't do anything. then they looked at it a little more and said, well, maybe they threw us a bone. >> reporter: a bone or just a band-aid? it didn't impress investors who want a cure. >> we really got to turn the whole situation around. not just apply some medicine. >> reporter: and there's little faith in a political fix, especially with congress on vacation. >> we're in a crisis. they need to work. >> reporter: the fed's statement on interest rates came with some ominous and unfortunately familiar observations. there's a lack of robust hiring. consumer spending g slowing. and the housing market is dragging. still, that doesn't mean this is

another recession. >> the sense on wall street is no, when you have subpar economic growth it can feel like a recession. >> reporter: most investment experts seem to say the same thing. it's not time to panic and if you can stomach the stock market it could be time to buy. the fed's decision to keep interest rates where they are is a bit of a double-edged sword. while it could help calm investors, it also reminds everyone this economic recovery is taking much longer than expected. rob and tanya? >> boy, having the stomach for it, that's the real question. >> that's the hard part here. all you gold rushers out there, the price of gold is up again. those metals are looking like a safer bet t tse days, so we're seeing that. >> oil prices also went up. >> up as well. stay tuned. this story isn't going anywhere. all right, shifting gears now, voter discontent could make a difference at the polls at the next election.

more than half of those polled by gallup say president obama does not deserve to be re-elected. just 24% say members of congress deserve another term. mitt romney still leads the list of gop presidential hopefuls. tea party supporters though seem to back texas governor rick perry who actually may announce his candidacy officicily in the next few days. we go overseas now to england where violence has erupted for a fourth straight night. a tremendous show of police power has quieted london but in other cities it was another night of mayhem. the bbc's claire mitchell reports from birmingham. >> reporter: in birmingham unrest like this hasn't been seen for 30 years. this is where it began right in the heart of the city. it went on and on. looters making off with whatever theyeyanted. a few people felt the police were to blame. >> they've got no respect for us. they're rude. i've got no respect for them. they wonder why youth has gone mad. we've gone mad for the simple fact that you're not respecting us. when you respectcts, we'll respect you back. >> reporter: some 800 people were involved in disturbances. this was the police response. >> police! >> reporter: raids across the

city of those suspected of looting. there were more arrests. and the recovery of stolen goods. it's taken time to clear away the relics of the violent hours of the night. these are the kind of conditions that emergency services are having to cope with. we're inside a ruined bank. vandals broke in here. they set off two fires. these are the cash drawers they trieieto break into. >> a lot of vandalism inside. >> what do you feel when you see is kind of damage to something like this? >> i think it's very, very sad, really. to see these sort of things happening. emergency service workers coming under attack. >> reporter: many others in rmingham have also spoken of their revulsion. >> just makes me feel sick, to be honest with you. really sick. to the bottom of my heart it makes me feel sick. >> i'm ashamed to be a black guy seeing a lot of the young black people causing this trouble and bringing our names down. >> reporter: other cities have also felt the force of the unrest.

this was the picture in bristol. and this in liverpool. the city is on lockdown. police are preparing themselves. claire marshall, bbc news, birmingham. >> it looks like a war zone in london. >> it does. it's unbelievable. the scary part, too, is they're a year away from hosting the olympics in london. this does not help their image in any stretch. >> guns are illegal in england but baseball bats are not. the sale of baseball bats up on amazon uk. >> i believe it too. police are getting pretty aggressive out there. water cannon, rubber bullets. they're really trying to crack down after four days of this. >> terrifying stuff. really your heart goes out. the three florida siblij on the run from the law have been spotted in colorado. and colorado police are warning everyone that the dougherty gang should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. a nationwide manhunt for the siblings began early this month after police say they fired at officers in florida. they're also suspected of robbing a bank in georgia. now we turn to a frightening mid-air ordeal for more than 150

passengers aboard an american airlines jet. the plane was on its way to the nation's capital when it hit forced to make an emergency landing. we get the latest from abc's jim sciutto. >> reporter: the american airlines boeing 737 with 152 passengers and six crew on board was en route from miami to washington, d.c. when it flew right into a system of thunderstorms. pilots immediately reported fairly good turbulence. serious enough that they declared an emergency and rerouted to charleston, south carolina. met by emergency services on the ground, several passengers asked for medical attention. five rushed to the hospital. american airlines tells us, none of the passenger injuries are serious. in nonfatal acacdents, in-flight turbulence is the leading cause of injuries. to airline passengers and flight attendants. on average every year there are fewer than ten significant incidents of turbulence. an emergency landing due to turbulence is unusual but not unheard of. and gives us a sense of how

concerned the pilots were, possibly a more serious incident averted. jim sciutto, abc news, washington. what a aucky stroke for a pint-sized golfer near los angelele it had nothing to do with her game. 8-year-old april was practicing for her firsrsgolf tournament when she came acacss a diamond in her backyard. that's rigig, a diamond. her family thought it was fake but they had it checked out at a jewelry store just in case. it turned out to be very real. one carat, worth about $1,000. >> that will buy nice new golf clubs for that little girl. >> that's what she said, she's going to sell it and buy something important. >> really, good for her. nice find. oh, man. let's take a look at your wednesday weather. some heavy rain, 80-mile-an-hour winds and large hail around oklahoma city, little rock, northern alabama. popup thunderstorms from boston to d.c. and along the gulf coast. showers in the southwest and from wyoming to western nebraska. >> cooler than normal, in the 70s from minneapolis to indianapolis. 85 here in new york. 95 in atlanta. triple digits in dallas and phoenix.

90 in sacramento. and just 71 in seattle. >> dallas isisetting pretty close to that record. i think it was day 39 or 40 for them, 42. whoo, stay cool. some people just can't stop themselves from bringing home stray animals, even anteaters. >> something tells me you don't bring stray animals home. >> no chance in the world. >> certainly not this little guy. an oregon man found an injured south american anteater on the side of the road and rescued it. he and his family took to the strange animal right away but they knew he couldn't keep it so they started looking for its owner. >> turns out the anteater came from a nearby center that breeds exotic animals. his name is sweet pea and he's headed to a texas zoo next month. >> he is a sweet pea, isn't he. >> you really, honestly think that's an attractive animal? >> something kind of cute -- so ugly it's cute. >> i'll take that. all right. we'll see. >> come on, you guys are with me, right? >> we'll be right back with more "world news now" after this. hó

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♪ a photo there showing president obamat dover air force base tuesday paying his respects to the 30 americans killed in afghanistan. >> it was a quiet tribute for the heroes killed in that chopper crash. here's abc's jake tapper with a look at the brave men who fought and died for their country. >> reporter: the president landed at dover air force base to honor 30 fallen american service members.

earlier, two c-17s containing their remains arrived at dover with no fanfare. as many of them lived -- private, away from cameras. but now we know who most of these brave e rriors were. 22 were navy s.e.a.l.s. darrik benson. brian bill. christopher campbell. john douangdara. kevin houston. jonas kelsall. lou langlais. matthew mason. stephen matthew mills. jesse pittman. tommy ratzlaff. robert james reeves. heath robinson. nicholas spehar. michael strange. jon tumilson. aaron carson vaughn. his widow kimberly told abc news she was going to dover. >> it's a way of healing for me. so i don't want to miss anything. no matter how hard it is. >> reporter: kraig vickers. jason workman. three were from the air force. among them, john brown.

and daniel zerbe. and five were army. alexander bennett. spencer duncan. dave carter. patrick hamburger. and bryan nichols. 30 american troops were killed in this incident. they leave behind at least 13 widows and 21 children who lost their fathers on the deadliest day for the u.s. in this the tenth year of the war in afghanistan. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. not only for the country but for the families. it's just heartbreaking. >> your heart goes out. especially you see those pictures and they're all young guys, young folks just starting out in their life. 30 killed, 22 were navy s.e.a.l.s who were part of the same special forces team that killed bin laden. none of the folks who were part of the bin laden raid were killed in that incident but folks who came from that elite group. it's devastating. the country needs those

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>> pacu. >> pacu. >> pacu, p-a-c-u. >> reporter: however you say it. >> when i saw them teeth i said, this isn't normal. this is a strange-looking sh. >> reporter: this fish out of water is a fish out of water. so to speak. >> i just thought it was so pretty, the colors. >> reporter: asa and her fiance richard went fishing on sunday in the grand river near their me. after some success, something feisty took a bite. >> second i threw the pole out, it was -- the pole was jumping. i said to richard -- >> there it is. >> here it is. >> reporter: it was a pacu, a vegetarian piranha native to the amazon river in south america. it's a species that doesn't belong in the grand river and it was likely dumped by someone who couldn't take care of it. let's be honest, okay? there's probably a lot of stuff that doesn't necessarily belong in the grand river.ç but to dump a species that doesn't belong in the river? some might call that a form of animal cruelty. that's what this fish expert ben vandinder would say.

>> mostly it's sad to see there's another pacu that isn't where it belongs. >> reporter: because a pacu in water that drops below near-tropical temperatures is a dead fish. a common fate for the species sold in pet shops that grows very large very quickly. >> we call them trash can lid fish because they get to be the size of a trash can lid. people think they're doing the fish a favor. >> i really would like to put him in a frame. >> reporter: although this pacu's fate is probably a little more festive. >> all jazzed up, beautiful gold frame with a little background with blue. >> you have big plans for this fish. >> i have big plans for him. >> reporter: at least it sounds like he's getting a proper memorial. >> big plans but she's not going to eat him. >> fry it up, wouldn't be bad. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> the dumping of exotic fish into the river in michigan is illegal. if you know it's wrong, two-year sentence, $250,000 fine. not a small crime in michigan. >> read those laws. >> look at you, now.

this morning on "world news now," remarkable rebound. wall street's immediate turnaround and how a federal reserve announcement changed investors' moods. >> despite that announcement the economic ground is still very shaky. it's wednesday, august 10th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, i'm tanya rivero. >> i'm rob nelson. the federal reserve decided to keep key interest rates near zero. while other factors are dragging down the economy, we are seeing some improvement this morning with markets overseas. >> a big relief to a lot of investors. >> let's hope it continues. >> absolutely. also ahead, a missing persons case in aruba involving a young american woman. police suspect a man she was vacationing with may have

something to do with her disappearance. >> kind of a weird vibe from the natalee holloway case from several years back. >> absolutely. >> eerily reminiscent. also later this half hour, the picture e michele bachmann on the cover of "newsweek." the uproar over this unflattering photo has been burning up our facebook page. some folks -- >> some folks upset, other folks say, eh. >> what's the big deal? >> weigh in, weigh in. >> please. people have a lot to say about this. >> absolutely. >> we'll see what's come of that. now first, stock markets overseas are showing signs of strength after tuesday's fed announcement. >> japan's exchange is up more than a percentage point and gains were even better in australian and hong kong markets as investors worldwide gained confidence. as abc's bianna golodryga reports, there are still some major economic worries. >> reporter: wall street's wild ride continued, skyrocketing higher after a two-week period with massive drops that had wiped out more than 16% of the market's value. at the closing bell the dow was

up 430 points. the tenth biggest point gain in history. the rally spurred by the federal reserve's historic promise to keep interest rates at zero for the next two years. it was something wall street didn't expect but embraced. >> the fed is an institution that still has a lot of credibility. they read the statement at first and they said, they didn't do anything. then they looked at it a little more and they said, maybe they threw us a bone. >> reporter: the reason for the fed's historic move? theyey believe the economic recovery is considerably slower than expected. the fed noted a lack of robust hiring, slowing consumer spending, and a housing market that continues to be a drag. >> one day on the stock market, whether up or down, isn't going to determine what happens with the econony. but what is the sense on the street? are we going to get into another recession? >> the sense on wall street is no. when you have subpar economic growth it can feel like a recession. >> reporter: with three weeks of stock market volatility, main street is flashing back to the dark days of the financial

crisis. wondering even with the fed's support, could the nightmare of 2008 happen again? >> everybody's scared. i mean, the market is up and down. nobody knows what's going to happen. >> the only thing that's doing well this year was the market. and if this goes, the rest of the economy will probably falter as well. >> reporter: for now the fed believes that the economy can avoid another recession and appears to be saving some of their tools in their arsenal for rainy days that may come in the future. but the smart people on wall street right now, aside from focusing on the u.s. economy, are also focusing on the ongoing debt crisis in europe. because of course as a global economy, whatever happens in europe can translate to our economy. bianna golodryga, abc news, new york. and voters appear very unhappy with congress and president obama. but the latest poll shows he next year's electionhallenger in more than half those polled by gallup say president obama does not deserve to be re-elected but he beat any opponent. 24% say members of congress deserve another term. mitt romney topped the list of republican presidential

hopefuls. rick perry, who could enter the race soon, is a tea party favorite. we turn next to england and that country's fourth night of violence in a row. a tense calm prevailed in london thanks to a huge show of police force. the chaos and destruction spread elsewhere with little to stop it. abc's lama hasan reports now from london. >> reporter: wearing masks, brazenly in broad daylight the rioters went to work. reports they struck a police station, setting it on fire. thankfully, no one injured. smoke billowed from a burnt-out car and from a nearby building. a tense standoff between the riot police and the looters. 16,000 police officers are flooding the streets, triple the usual number. and in an unprecedented move for a department that works without guns or riot control hoses, the police are considering firing plastic bullets on the crowds. under fire, prime minister david

cameron, now back from a vacation in tuscany. also suddenly back, london's mayor. geratano, whose salon was destroyed in the havoc, gave him a earful. >> no one was here. >> reporter: the inferno and the looting has been spreading both through london and to other cities. amidst the flames a woman jumped out of a building straight into the arms of firefighters. she survived. so who are these rioters? young, angry men from poor neighborhoods who see little opportunity in a country trying to survive the economic doldrums. slashing programs to help the poor. the violence was sparked by a police shooting but has now taken a life of its own. >> they are feral rats. what are those parents doing? those children should be at home. they shouldn't be out here causing mayhem. >> reporter: this video exposes how some of these rioters are thieves. this man stealing from the bag of a bystander injured in the violence.

the prisons in the city are overflowing, packed with the hundreds of rioters who have been arrested. police say they will finally square off with the looters and rioters, promising a full-on fight. lama hasan, abc news, london. >> seems like london has had a quieter night. the 16,000 police on the streets has made a difference. >> quite a crackdown. plus the evolution of this thing kind of intrigues me. first of all, a police shooting involving a young african-american male. then people kind of starting to get on the economy, tough times. now it seems it's a magnet for anyone who wants to cause a little bit of mayhem. >> there are reports that looters were actually organizing on facebook and other social sites. >> to take advantage of the lawlessness. >> let's meet at this time and see what we can get away with. my goodness. >> scary times. the grandparents of caylee anthony have just observed what would have been her 6th birthday. geor and cindy anthony gathered with more than 100 people for a memorial. it took place near the wooded area in orlando where caylee's remains were found three years

ago. they released balloons in their granddaughter's memory. casey anthony was not there and her whereabouts remain a mystery. in our news now, aruba is once again the focus of a high-profile missing persons case. a woman from maryland has disappeared while vacationing there. wjla's stephen tschida has details. >> reporter: a vivacious woman, full of life. >> i can't -- i can't even explain it. >> reporter: her boyfriend fears 35-year-old robyn gardner is dead. gardner left for aruba july 31st. her boyfriend, richard forester, said they'd been together 2 1/2 years but quarrelled before she went on vacation. tuesday, three hours before she was reported missing, he got his last e-mail from gardner. the last message i got from her was, i love you, we'll talk and sort things out when i get back. >> reporter: forester thought gardner went with a friend. now he believes it was a romantic rival. tuesday night gardner's companion notified aruban authorities she was missing.

he said a current pulled her out to sea while snorkeling. >> i don't think she was snorkeling. i feel in my heart that something happened at this person's hand. >> reporter: the island of aruba is again the scene of an intense search for a missing american woman. a case strikingly similar to the 2005 disappearance of teenager natalee holloway, whose body was never found. aruban authorities detained gardner's companion, 50-year-old gary giordano. when he tried to leave the island. meanwhile, forester acknowledges hope is fading. >> all i could imagine is while she was there, whatever was happening to her, shshwas screaming for me. and i wasn't there. >> and that was wjla's stephen tschida. an aruban lawyer for the suspect gary giordano denies his client did anything illegal. giordano does not consider himself a suspect. part of a busy houston freeway remains shut down after a bizarre truck accident. the driver of the semi didn't realize his dump truck-style

trailer was rising but it did and it struck an overhead freeway sign and snapped from the cab. look at that. the trailer ended up at nearly a 45-degree angle. because it may be holding up the sign the highway remains closed. >ow. >> never seen anything like that. >> never seen anything quite like that. leles take a look at our wednesday weather. stormy with gusty winds, downpours and a chance of tornados from oklahoma city to little rock and memphis. scattered thunderstorms in the northeast. and from new orleans to miami as well.ç also showers from the northern rockies to nebraska and in the desert southwest. >> 93 in albuquerque. 86 in salt lake city. 90 in boise. 70s across the midwest. 80s in new york and boston. it's day 40 of triple-digit heat in dallas. no relief. >> no relief. the trick to being a wedding crasher is to blend in with the other guests. >> you know the tricks, right? >> oh, yeah. >> there wasn't much of a chance of that for the 300-pound mama bear and her cub when they

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well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. this picture of presidential candidate michele bachmann is certainly living up to that saying, and then some. >> and then some. the "newsweek" photo started a national debate over sexism. abc's sharyn alfonsi has the story. >> reporter: that strange picture and the queen of rage headline. >> i think it's outrageous. i think it's a disgrace on their part. >> reporter: "newsweek" had its choice of plenty of other photos. these are outtakes not chosen by the magazine.ç why did they choose this picture? editor tina brown tweeted, michele bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in iowa right now and "newsweek's" cover captures that. >> hi there,e, i'm michele. >> reporter: critics argue it's another examame of "newsweek" portraying conservative women unfairly. remember these covers of sarah palin? now this. a cover so unflattering even the national organization for women, who say they want to s bachmann defeated, is rallying

to her defense. >> it's sexist. i don't know any man who is a legitimate, front-running candidate for the united states presidency that has been treated that way by a major, mainstream magazine. >> oh, it's not sexist. look, she's a provocative candidate. and it's a provocative picture. >> reporter: lois romano wrote the "newsweek" article a a defends the headline. >> she is appealing to a segment of the population that we felt is in a rage, that's really angry. i don't want to suggest that she projects anger. in fact, she's very calm on the campaign trail. >> reporter: in fact, campaigning in iowa bachmann didn't lash out about the cover at all. instead, she turned the other cheek. a more flattering view. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new

york. >> "newsweek's" done it again. the sarah palin picture, you remember last month they did that picture of princess diana, looking older, walking with kate middleton. creeped some people out. >> some people called that creepiest picture ever. it's funny. funny or die has some comments to go with that picture. the headline should have been, michele bachmann takes a stand against blinking. zombies, michele bachmann eats america's young. >> politics is very sensitive. i think "newsweek" is getting exactly what it wants. people are now talking about it. >> we're showing the cover. >> keep that in mind as well. that's it, that's it. this is our facebook question of the day. what do you think of the photo? chime in. i think close to 100 folks have already written in. a lot of buzz on this. >> keep them coming. >> keep them coming. all right, coming up next, singer gavin degraw's drama right here on the streets of new york that landed him in the hospital. >> surprising comments from a member of the schwhwhwhwhwhwhwhw

♪ skinny so skinny welcome back, everybody. time for "the skinny" here. >> yes, indeed. >> gavin degraw, you may have heard about this story, over the weekend, solo artist who was attacked right here in new york. this guy's been a big hit since his album "cherry" back in 2003

and his big hit, that song. ♪ i don't want to be -- >> well done. >> i can't sing. i just proved it. anyway, he was leaving a restaurant, very late monday night, about 4:00 a.m., he was attacked by a group of men and pretty much suffered a beat-down. they roughed him up pretty badly. 30 minutes after that he was struck by a cab. he doesn't remember much. one, because of head injuries that he suffered. two, he admits he was out drinking with friends. he suffered a concussion, broken nose, black eyes, cuts and bruises. he was released from the hospital tuesday and tweeted tuesday afternoon. he says, honestly, i don't remember much, i only know i can recover from here. >> he has canceled his appearances through saturday. he was touring with maroon 5 and what's the other band, train. >> this guy's really good. just a random crime, seems like. he's doing better. he's out of the hospital. >> get well soon. >> good news. >> good news indeed. katherine schwarzenegger, daughter to arnold and maria, is finally speaking out about what the separation was like for her and her family. she says when the separation started happening it was like

everything came out of nowhere overnight. i would go out to lunch and literally 20 people would come up and scream at me. i'm like, this is so inappropriate, you're trying to provoke me to have an attack and say something crazy. she says despite her parents' marriage unraveling she feels everything happens for a reason. even though she says sometimim it's hard to understand. she says it's been very hard growing up with schwarzenegger as her last name. she's dated a lot of guys she's felt would rather be dating her dad than her. >> all right. >> she's like, i can arrange that for you if that's what you're interested in. >> feel bad western the kids get stuck in the middle like that. particularly she was born into that very public life, public family, that's got to be tough. >> she's considered changing her last name several times. >> i believe it. spspking of tough, one of our former "world news now" anchors, anderson cooper, talked a little bit tough recently. apparently chris brown, the singer, most famous for his domestic violence incident with rihanna, is now going to star in a new movie, a romantic comedy based on steve harvey's book "act like a lady, think like a man."

this didn't sit too well with anderson. take a listen. >> i for one cannot imagine why this did not happen sooner. if there's one thing you can say about chris brown, currently on probation for viciously assaulting his then-girlfriend rihanna, he oozes romance. >> how do you really feel, anderson? don't hold anything back. >> say what you think all the time. that's the best job in tv, huh? >> absolutely. >> chris brown did tweet, i guess people need ratings. it's cool, much love. kind of a passive-aggressive response. >> he's trying to move on, i guess. all right, now celebs are uniting to bring focus to africa where there's a lot of -- the food crisis in east africa, you've got beyonce, madonna, u2, they're all agreeing to run this video on their websites and on their social networking sites. you can see a bit of it here. they're not the only ones. britney spears, lady gaga,

coldplay, sting, it goes on and on and on, of course to raise attention for the cause. >> using this great bob marley song. >> absolutely. >> stay with us, everybody, we'll be back. hó

and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. the president meets today with treasury secretary tim geithner to discuss the budget just one day after the federal reserve decided to keep key interest rates near zero. wall street investors will have their eyes on a number of economic reports today. expect new figures on jobs, real estate, and mortgage trends. and the tornado-damaged city of joplin, missouri, is getting a break and it's coming from the oil-rich persian gulf nation of the united arab emirates. the school district is getting $1 million worth of computers as students there head back to makeshift classrooms. nice gift. >> absolutely. finally, it is not breaking news that kiki hate vegetables and certain other foods. but now we know why.

>> turns outome foods we find disgusting, others delicious, it's all because of what our moms ate while we were in the womb. >> it's always mom's fault. >> always. john berman explains. >> reporter: it was in "look who's talking" where baby mikey made a culinary proclamation. >> you're the one who's been kicking me. >> you're the one that ate all that spicy food. >> reporter: what mikey might not have known was if mom was eating spicy food while pregnant, he'll probably like spicy food when born. a study finds what pregnant mom eats, chances are baby ultimately likes. the womb is filled with the flavors of what mom is eating. the results? you can see them later. this young fellow's mom ate green beans when she was pregnant. when he tried them for the first time, his face says, huh, not bad. tastes vaguely familiar. you want to give me another bite?

oh, well, okay. compare that with this dude. whose mother did not eat green beans when pregnant. in his face? ugh, what's that? another? no, no, no, no, no! oh, come on! or this young man whose mother also did not eat green beans. we'll let him speak for himself. researchers say this helps explain why kids from different countries with more adventurous menus enjoy more diverse foods. the lesson? if you want your kids to like veggies, start early. before early, actually. john berman, abc news, new york. >> i have to say, i ate a lot of vegetables when i was pregnant and my kids still don't like them. >> hide the peas under the mashed potatoes? >> i tried all of it. i'm not sure, i don't know. >> my mom liked cheesesteaks, popcorn, nachos, all the stuff thatat i now love. >> yeah, all right. i believe that one. that's the news for this half hour. >> more from abc coming up next.

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