top seeded novak djokvic, beat american bobby reynolds. he's ranked 156th in the world. two serves were clocked at 122 miles an hour and 117 miles an hour. djokovic's victory means there are no american men left in the tournament. it's been 101 years since no man from the u.s. reached wimbledon's third round. a lot of talk about what happened to tennis in america, american tennis. where are the new stars to take over? the europeans are just rolling. >> just seems like it is the williams sisters who barrel through every single time. >> correct. then after them gets pretty thin. on the men's side it is pretty thin. >> by the way, she is 31 years old, which in the world of tennis is pretty old. she is the oldest number one in the world ranking ever. at 31? >> both are so fit that if they really committed their full willpower to staying in the game. hard to do after you won so many tournaments. they can do it for a long time.

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so, we are not sure if the next story is fashion-related, but it's one of the hottest trends in hollywood. >> another new trend. celebrities and regular folks rushing to take liquid vitamins by getting hooked up to the iv drip. cecelia vega taking a look. >> reporter: forget gucci and hermes, the hot new bag comes with an iv drip, literally infusing the body with vitamins straight into your veins. >> it's really like a multivitamin in a bag. >> reporter: a fad fueled in part by hollywood, celebrities on the liquid vitamin bandwagon, include simon cowell, cindy crawford and madonna. rihanna tweeted this shot, prompting reports she, too, enjoys the so-called party girl drip. the ladies on "the view" had plenty to say about it. >> you're not putting a needle in my arm to give me vitamins. >> reporter: the treatment is

not just for stars. >> i'm having an iv of b-12 and b complex. >> reporter: christina andrews and other exhausted americans are hitting private clinics on their lunch breaks for a pick-me-up, getting hooked up to what some claim is an energy-boosting cocktail infusion. >> this is a way to give much more high concentrations of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants so that the body has all the building blocks so it can heal itself and respond to the stresses of day-to-day life. >> reporter: music executive carmen key gets her drip at this clinic once a week. >> instead of feeling like energized, you feel alive. >> reporter: so, why not just eat a really big salad, pop a couple vitamins and take a long nap? >> yeah, that probably would do 4% of what this does. >> they may be suffering from chronic fatigue, they just might be run down. i have patients with depression and anxiety. >> reporter: at $130 to $275 a

session, it's not cheap, and critics call it extreme and downright unnecessary, questioning whether it actually offers anything nutritious that food or traditional vitamins can't. but patients swear by it. >> i was on my feet 12 hours, so i needed a lot of energy. >> reporter: which may be why so many people now say they don't get mind getting stuck for this vitamin fix. cecelia vega, abc news, san francisco. >> diana, what do you think? >> to each his own. just not for me. >> no? >> no. >> put good things in there, two arms for me. >> not at home, not outside of a hospital. >> nah? coming up, savory, hearty at this hour. >> oh, yeah. leading barbecue chef's early morning treats, turned up with spice and style in the kitchen. and coming up next hour, a daddy-daughter dance like no other, a moment of happiness we cannot wait to share with you. wait to share with you. you are watching "world news now." you are wa

♪ barbecue sauce all right, welcome back. time for a trip inside "insomniac kitchen," and this morning a visit to a hidden gem of hupper manhattan, dinosaur barbecue. >> john stage makes us a sandwich and talks about what makes barbecue oh, so special. guaranteed to make you want barbecue for breakfast. >> i'm the only dinosaur barbecue. okay, what we did here was we pulled all the leftover chicken, and we're going to make the dressing right now. so, start with a little bit of mayonnaise. good. some yellow mustard. a little bit of barbecue sauce. a little bit of hot sauce. chopped celery. chopped pickles. chives.

some black pepper. and some smoked paprika. going to whip this up. so, we've got sweet, sour, creamy. we've got the texture of the celery, the pop of the pickles. i'm going to take our pulled chicken meat. this is about a pound. and the idea is to just blend this to as creamy as you want. okay, this is looking good. take a little taste here, make sure we're -- it's good. going to layer in the chicken salad right on top of the romaine. going to take a couple tomatoes, layer those in. a beautiful chicken salad sandwich. what's special about barbecue? oh, man, that's -- can comes from heat, the burning fire, spice, smoke.

what's not to love? really learn the technique of barbecue. the idea about a good barbecue sauce is that it hits. it's tangy, spicy, sweet, everything in balance, and it has to complement the meat. so, the meat's the star of the show. the barbecue sauce is the condiment and enhancer. this is my 25th year doing this. you know, i just think when you walk into a dinosaur barbecue, you know it. it is the smell, the flavor. just the whole vibe of the joint. >> welcome to dinosaur barbecue. can i get you a table? >> let's find out if ther they deliver. >> by the way, a lot more tips, anything you want that has to do with barbecue from dinosaur barbecue that you just saw on that story. we have a whole lot more on the website, wnnfans.com. check that out while we check this out. >> how is it? >> you are not as smart as i am.

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♪ welcome to "the mix," everybody, as i still work on my barbecue sandwich here. we have the cutest picture to show you. this is a turtle, completely healthy out of the zoo in texas, named thelma and louise. >> love it. that's thelma, that's louise. >> that's thelma, that's louise. it's a two-headed turtle, born on june 18th. it is walking around as its one-headed brothers and sisters. the spokesperson says it appears to be healthy, but there is somebody who says the turtle has a split personality. the left side was looking around very curious while the right side was trying to bite me. >> what are you doing? shut up. love that. split personality. let's talk about another animal in this case, a man and a dog in a car crash, not fatal or anything. the car gets banged up, but the

car's loaded with paint, so the paint explodes. let's put up the picture. that's what the inside of the car looks like. yeah, troopers pull that guy over. he had hundred of buckets. not hundreds. dozens of buckets of paint flying on impact. he had minor injuries. he had to go to the hospital, but the dog got washed down. >> totally fine. >> everybody fine. messy. polka time! ♪ ♪ [ instrumental "world news"

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this morning on "world news now," in the hot seat. one of the star witnesses in the george zimmerman trial faces some of the toughest questioning so far. her answers and the possible impact on this high-profile case. possible motive. the boston bombing investigation and the new details about the suspect just uncovered as he is indicted. political dispute, texas-sized. the fight over major restrictions on abortions, how it's getting personal after a lawmaker's filibuster. and war of words involving alec baldwin, a funeral and twitter. it's a breaking celebrity scandal and details are coming up. that's in "the skinny" on this friday, june 28th. >> friday. >> friday.

>> at least. >> up top. here we go. >> we made it. >> we made it. >> hope you have a whole lot planned for the weekend. anything special? >> just going to chill. i had to do some family commitments, drive out a few hours on the highway to see my nephew graduating, and this weekend i'm doing nothing but chilling. >> nothing, nice. >> work around the house. >> think we are doing the same. >> good. we begin this half hour with the latest contentious testimony about the final moments of trayvon martin's life. >> yeah, martin's friend returned to the stand in the george zimmerman trial. the defense spent hours trying their best to discredit her. abc's matt gutman reporting from sanford. >> reporter: george zimmerman's lawyer spent the better part of two days hacking away at the prosecution's key witness. >> didn't that make you even more worried? >> i called back again, sir. >> reporter: rachel jeantel was on the phone with 17-year-old trayvon martin just seconds before neighborhood watchman george zimmerman shot him in february 2012. she testified that zimmerman followed martin, then confronted him, but hundreds of questions from the defense challenger her account of the pivotal moment of confrontation.

>> it could have been for all you know, trayvon martin smashing george zimmerman in the face is what you actually heard? >> what? >> yeah, just earlier today. >> no. >> she certainly has given the defense ammunition to argue that her testimony shouldn't be considered by the jury. >> reporter: throughout, jeantel squirmed in her seat and sometimes seemed combative. zimmerman's defense not only attacking her liability but also exposing her inability to read this letter. >> can you read any of the words on it? >> i don't understand cursive. i don't read cursive. >> reporter: it seemed a heartbreaking moment for jeantel. but throughout the day, she seemed to stick to her core testimony, that it was zimmerman who followed martin and that martin was afraid of zimmerman. matt gutman, abc news, sanford, florida. former new england patriot aaron hernandez is facing some

serious, new allegations. he is already charged with the murder of a friend and denied bail for a second time yesterday. now abc news has learned he is being investigated for possible involvement in a shooting incident that killed two men in boston last year. also, massachusetts police are searching for another man, ernest wallace. he is wanted in connection with the murder hernandez is charged with. boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev has been indicted on 30 counts, including one which potentially carries the death penalty. at the same time investigators have learned about a possible motive. here is abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: as dzhokhar tsarnaev lie bleeding and near death in a boat just before his capture, authorities release for the first time what they believe amounts to a confession. his alleged motive, anger that the u.s. is killing muslims abroad. "stop killing our innocent people and we will stop." the indictment lays out that the boston marathon attack was developed online. including the bomb's design. and it says police were in hand-to-hand combat with older brother tamerlan during his

final fatal confrontation. dzhokhar allegedly tried to escape in a stolen car. >> dzhokhar drove over his brother tamerlan, seriously injuring him and contributing to his death. >> reporter: the only question, authorities say, is whether dzhokhar is going to get life in prison or death. >> tamerlan tsarnaev's justice will be in the next world. but for his brother, accountability will begin here in the district of massachusetts. >> reporter: pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> interesting, 15 federal indictments and then another 15 indictments from the local boston police in regards to that m.i.t. officer who was killed. >> right. he hasn't been formally indicted here, that's not happening, an arraignment, a formal arraignment isn't happening until july 10th. what's really interesting i think is going to be the things he scrawled on the inside of the boat, because investigators are looking at that as essentially a confession. >> yeah. it's amazing that, you know, you think that this guy was close to death inside that boat, and he's still in that mindset. he's not even just sort of

going, this was a gigantic mistake. he's still to the end -- >> all the way. and another thing i think that it proves is while everybody said he is the younger brother, he was influenced by his older brother. i think this proves that that wasn't the case, where he was very much involved in the mindset of this is what we want to do, this is our mission and this is the way that we're going to carry it out. >> good point. all right, there has been a giant step forward toward an historic vote to reform the nation's immigration system. 14 republicans joined all 52 democrats and two independents in approving senate bill, but some republicans want a guarantee that border security measures will be put in place before they agree to any path to citizenship. >> there is just no way i can look at my constituents, look them in the eye, and tell them that today assurances won't be become tomorrow's disappointments. >> our colleagues in the house will hear a drum beat of support for our bill that will start tomorrow and won't let up. >> house speaker john boehner says the house will not vote on any immigration reform bill until he is certain it will win majority support.

it's getting personal in the texas battle over abortion. the governor is taking a swipe at state senator wendy davis after her filibuster. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: it is a true texas showdown. the state senator in pink tennis shoes versus the governor. >> but what we witnessed tuesday was nothing more than the hijacking of the democratic process. >> reporter: this -- >> members, i'm rising on the floor today. >> reporter: -- is what angered rick perry, wendy davis's 11-hour filibuster, no food or water, to stop a bill that would make abortion nearly impossible in texas. it worked. and davis's shoes, which she wore to endure standing all that time, are now a trending search term. perry made it personal. >> she was a teenage mother herself. it's just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example. >> reporter: the senator, harvard lawyer who got the standing ovation was having none of it. >> i thought it demeaned the office that he holds. >> reporter: so, monday, just a couple of hours past high noon,

perry has told texas lawmakers to be back at the capitol for the showdown on abortion and the senator in pink tennis shoes. david kerley, abc news, washington. all right, nasa launched a satellite on a mission to examine a little studied region of the sun. it could help forecasters disturbances in space and they can understand those disturbances a little better that interfere with communications here on earth. it was a very unusual launch. the iris satellite rode into earth orbit on a pegasus rocket which was air launched over the pacific ocean. the mission will last two years. speaking of some hot stuff, how about the record heat being felt across the western united states? in los angeles, kids sought relief yesterday in the city's fountains. a heat alert there running through monday. the city opened emergency cooling centers for those without ac. some expected temperatures are staggering. asphalt in las vegas is around 200 degrees. they say death valley could reach 129 degrees. >> you don't want to be walking around barefoot in vegas. >> no. as we heard earlier, these are

some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded on earth. crazy! >> oh, my goodness! well, checking the rest of the weather maps, as you can imagine, sunny, hot and dry across the west and another hot and humid day with plenty of storms from the southeast all the way into new england. rain also for south florida. >> it will be 93 in orlando. atlanta today also. 82 in boston. and those of you seeing those scorching readings out west, how about some 99 degrees in boise, idaho, a pleasant 98 in denver, 114 degrees of nice, dry heat in phoenix. dry heat. >> weren't we complaining a couple months ago about how it was just so darn cold. >> when is summer going to come? >> here it is! mother nature has delivered. when the current risk of baseball is written, it will reflect yesterday's 7-2 victory of the cubs over the brewers in milwaukee. >> but the history came as milwaukee's sausages held their pregame race. it was the 20th anniversary of what is most definitely one of the greatest traditions in sports. >> for the record it was the bratwurst coming in first. the polish sausage was second

and the italian was third. the other two sausages, the hot dog and the chorizo, held the finish line. i enjoy that. >> i could watch them over and over again in a loop. they're just so funny! >> perfect place. milwaukee, wisconsin, sausages. >> we did a story about one of them going missing or -- >> yeah, right. >> they were taking pictures of them? >> great tradition. >> that's cool. you know what's really interesting, we never get to see who the real sausages are because they're mascots. >> who is the guy with the hat, the chorizo? >> is he? >> has to be. >> they're all wearing hats. >> you're right. the sombrero-looking hat. >> oh, okay. coming up, moving from martha stewart's kitchen to her bedroom. she's revealing very sexy seebqu. >> you're not kidding. and from the prison cell to the dance floor. that unforgettable daddy-daughter dance, why it is our favorite story of the day, next on "world news now." ♪ let's dance to the song that's playin' on the radio ♪

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♪ let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues ♪ all right, next, a story about little girls and their fathers, and this is why it is our favorite story of the day. it has to do with the bond between girls and their dads no matter who they are. >> that's right. a new program brings fathers behind bars together with their daughters for a very special dance. abc's steve osunsami was there.

>> reporter: all of the prisoners at the richmond city jail getting ready for their big event admit they made poor choices, especially for their children. >> i'm definitely failing as a parent right now just by being outside of their life. >> reporter: julian edwards serving four years for drug distribution. joey atkins awaiting trial for illegal gun possession. and rondell glasgow serving seven years for selling drugs. >> my first time ever. >> reporter: but they told me that none of it is their daughter's fault. >> oh, those are pretty! >> reporter: at home, i watched 8-year-old amaya thomas getting ready too. >> i get to touch him and get to hug him and i get to kiss him. >> reporter: the sheriff here is reminding these men why they need to stay out of jail by inviting these little girls to the city lock-up to come dance with their fathers. >> they are not hard-core criminals and they can be very good citizens, and the best way to make a good citizen is to make good fathers. >> reporter: dressed up, you

forget they're serving hard time until they break into tears when their daughters come bouncing past the steel doors. >> daddy! >> hey. ♪ >> reporter: the dance lasted an hour or two, but in this short time, in this small room, these young girls had real moments with their fathers. 7-year-old ronasia glasgow tried to explain. >> it felt good. and, um -- [ crying ] >> reporter: so you love your daddy, very much, huh? >> yes. >> reporter: you love him this big? this big? or this big? when he does time, his daughter does time, and he told us he'll never let that happen to her again. steve osunsami, abc news, richmond, virginia. >> beautiful story, diana. >> i know. always. every single time. every singing time. >> i will join you in this one. >> i will say this.

you know these are guys that don't have a ton of offenses. they're all drug-related -- >> they're not violent crimes, not violent crimes. >> they're not violent crimes. but the gentleman in the piece made some very good points. listen, this is going to make them realize, they bring their small babies into where they are staying, in behind the bars. >> everything pure in the world against everything that has gone wrong and you hope that you find a balance, right? >> i mean, it almost feels like immediate recuperation. these guys have to look at their daughters and say i will never, ever, ever find myself in this position. >> the father-daughter dance is an awesome thing. i do it every year. that's this year's dance. alexa picked out the dress herself. >> she helped pick out your outfit, i'm sure. >> a beautiful thing. take advantage every year. some day it will stop. >> this was started by a girl who said she felt left out because her dad was in prison while everybody was having these father-daughter dances. so she kind of started this whole thing. going. got grassroots efforts behind her. this is happening. the kind of thing that should

happen all over the country. if the shouldn't just be, just one jaime jailhouse out there somewhere. it should be everywhere. >> it's a beautiful thing. >> it is. okay, coming up what started as a war of -- say it. >> war of words. >> on twitter at a star-studded funeral. >> martha exposing personal, sexy secrets. it's coming up in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news no

♪ skinny so skinny "the skinny" time. i love the next story. martha stewart, perfect, proper. >> i don't know how i feel. >> just letting it go. seems pretty funny to me. she confesses to a bunch of different things in an interview, sexting, a threesome. listen to this -- >> martha stewart is my mom's age! >> she was seated next to her, 71 years old. she answered a series of questions. andy cohen on "watch what happens live" on bravo thursday. listen to a sample of the answers these gave. >> let's play "did martha do it?" okay, martha, have you had a one-night stand? maggie, will she? >> oh, yeah. >> yes. martha? >> yes. >> very good. >> has martha ever had a threesome, maggie? >> i think, yes. >> martha? >> maybe. >> maybe! oh, my god! >> wow. stewart admitted to sending a sext and maybe taking part in a threesome. she cooks, she crochets, she

runs a million-dollar empire and she has time to compose naughty texts. >> she is a sex addict? >> i don't know about that. >> oh, i'm kidding. >> in a segment, she was asked did she have a lesbian affair, taken acid, visited a strip joint. answers to that were no. glad i wasn't on the show. can you imagine? >> i can't imagine being on the show. i don't want to answer the questions. i don't want to hear martha stewart answers those questions. >> my answer is not as far as you know, my answer to all of those questions. >> that's pretty good. that's really good. alec baldwin in the news again. you know, he gets explosive from time and again on twitter, paparazzi depending on what his mood is. thedailymail, ran a story alleging his pregnant wife was tweeting during james gandolfini's funeral. it's something that she says just didn't happen because she doesn't bring phones to a funeral. well, alec baldwin had a complete and severe meltdown. >> blew a gasket. >> and it was all on twitter. and he didn't just tweet from

his account, he was tweeting from the alec baldwin foundation's account. some of them, they're going a little quick, but some of them say -- and they're all laced with expletives -- "my wife and i attend a funeral to pay respects for an old friend and some toxic brit writes this [ expletive ] trash." "my wife did not use her phone at our friend's funeral. good luck to all of you who know the truth." anyway, twitter account has now been taken down altogether. so, there you have it, mr. and mrs. baldwin in the news again, thanks to mr. baldwin. >> you've got to love his temper. >> he's just so passionate about everything. >> must be interesting working around the guy. "fifty shades of grey," did you read the book? >> not as far as you know. >> well, mark your calendar, fans. the studio behind the screen of the screen adaptation of the best-selling book says they will hit north american theaters on friday, august 1st, 2014. "fifty shades of grey" on the big screen. that would be hard to do, isn't

it? >> it's porn, basically, so i'm wondering who's going to play the actors and actresses. >> it would be uncomfortable watching that around a bunch of people? tching that around a bunch of people, huh? >> yeah. [ female announcer ] imagine a match made in skin heaven.

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they may think so, have not yet arisen to the level of god. >> without this extremely important provision of the voting rights act, we could see more discriminatory voting laws going into effect. >> if there is anyone out there that has never said something that they wished they could take back, if you are out there, please pick up that stone and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me. >> members, i am rising on the floor today to humbly give voice to thousand of texans who have been ignored. >> we expect the russians to examine the options available to them, to expel mr. snowden for his return to the united states. >> george zimmerman did not shoot trayvon martin because he had to. he shot him for the worst of all reasons, because he wanted to. >> george zimmerman was crying out for help and no one helped. >> aaron hernandez was one of

the young stars, one of the young faces of the national football league. he had been one of the best players in his first three seasons in the league for the new england patriots. >> why would he have done this? why would he call a guy into a car, have a conversation with him and then execute him? >> i'm carrying on a legacy, and this is in my blood, it truly is. after seven generations, it's in my blood and it's such a huge honor to be able to carry on the legacy in such a huge fashion like this. >> what a week. >> yeah, it's a lot of stuff. all right, check something out that we think is pretty cool. it's a new facebook feature and it's going to happen every friday. it's called "in case you missed it." it's all the fun moments from the previous week, and we're going to have it ready for you, even starting -- >> a little montage?

good morning. i'm diana perez. >> and i'm john muller. here are some of the top stories we are following this morning on "world news now." former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez denied bail for a second time being held on charges he murdered a friend. abc news learned that he is being investigated in connection with a shooting incident in boston last year that left two men dead. boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev has been indicted on 30 counts, including murder and using a weapon of mass destruction. several of the charges carry the possible punishment of the death penalty. another day of life-threatening heat across the united states today. a heat alert in effect in los angeles through monday. temperatures across the desert southwest soaring well into the triple digits. stay tuned for the latest. we'll have that in accuweather. and at wimbledon, serena

williams is through to the third round. she has now won 33 straight matches, the longest streak on tour in 13 years. on the men's side, top-seeded novak djokovic knocked out the last remaining american as he advanced yesterday. those are just some of the top stories that we're following this morning, friday, june 28th. good friday morning to you. we hope you have great plans. we've got kind of subdued nothing-to-do plans, right? >> going to take the little fellow to the beach for the first time. >> hang out. not do much. >> make sure he doesn't eat the sand. it's tasty. >> take lots of pictures, in case he does. absolutely, i will. all right, we're beginning this half hour with a major step forward in reforming the nation's immigration system. a bill passed in the senate that would provide a path to citizenship for 10 million immigrants. >> abc's jim avila was on

capitol hill as those votes were cast. >> reporter: the senate hallways jammed, an electric atmosphere as immigration reform supporters, some still here illegally, jostled for the limited seating inside the hushed chamber, where all 100 u.s. senators were asked -- >> mr. cardin? >> reporter: to stand and vote, one by one. >> mr. shelby. >> reporter: for or against immigration reform. the vice president announcing overwhelming passage. >> the bill as amended is passed. [ cheering ] >> reporter: it's a process oscar, who walked across america's southern frontier without papers, his daughter on his shoulders, longed to be a part of, watching, still undocumented, as his pathway to citizenship was approved by the u.s. senate in the country he longs to call his own. >> it is really important for us so that we are table to get out of the shadows. >> reporter: there are more than 11 million undocumented immigrants like oscar in the united states, who under this bill would come out of the

shadows, granted immediate legal status, able to work and pay taxes, but earning citizenship only after 13 years of good behavior. pulitzer prize-winning, but still undocumented journal yiis filmmaker jose antonio vargas is one day closer to the american dream. >> what is the immigration reform debate really about? well, it's about having a driver's license, about having a work permit, and it is about having a u.s. passport. >> reporter: the atmosphere inside the senate chambers was thick with history as supporters inside and out chanted "yes, we can." the question is will that euphoric momentum carry over to the gop-controlled house where passage is much more in doubt? jim avila, abc new, the capitol. newly disclosed documents showing the obama administration gathered u.s. citizens' internet data until 2011, continuing a spying program started under president bush that revealed who americans exchange e-mails with and the internet protocol address of their computer. the program was stopped because

it was considered ineffective. well, a government witness says diplomatic cables leaked to wikileaks contained five kinds of classified information. james bradley is being court-martialed for leaking that information. manning says he did it to expose u.s. hypocrisy. is the u.s. businessman held captive by workers at a chibies factory was released. chip starnes was released after a deal was reached to pay a severance package. the business executive held nearly a week at a factory in beijing. and the south african government says nelson mandela is showing some signs of improvement, still in critical condition but stable. people gathered in pretoria and across the country to celebrate mandela's life and support the family. his oldest daughter warns that he is not looking good, saying anything is imminent. president obama heads to south africa today with mandela clearly on his mind.

speaking from senegal, the president called mandela his personal hero and a hero for the world. jonathan karl was with the president as he toured a monument to the slave trade. >> reporter: the legacy of nelson mandela loomed large as president obama made a pilgrimage to senegal's goree island where he and his family toured the infamous slave house. the president peered out from the door of no return, a place that has come to symbolize the horrific journey of millions of of cans shipped off from this coastline into slavery. >> it is a very powerful moment to be able to come here and get a sense in a very intimate way of the incredible inhumanity and hardship that people faced. >> reporter: mandela himself made this pilgrimage more than 20 years ago. when mandela came here just a year after he himself had been freed from prison, he insisted into coming into here, one of the small cells that was used to punish slaves accused of misbehaving.

he spent time in here alone. when he emerged, he had tears in his eyes. the depth of feeling here also mixed with joy. >> when he come here, everybody act happy. >> reporter: locals told us they have been eagerly awaiting the first african-american president. why do you want obama to come? >> because he is black. we are proud for him to be the president of the united states! >> reporter: these women, like so many others here, consider obama in a sense their president as well. jonathan karl, abc news, goree island, senegal. well, florida a&m university marching band will be allowed to perform again, a year and a half after the hazing death of a drum major. robert champion died in november 2011 after he was beaten by fellow band members in a hazing ritual. but the school lifted the ban suspension yesterday, saying all necessary precautions had been taken to keep it from happening again. >> it is unfortunate for the event, and i'm not downplaying anything that happened with that young man. however, the program itself and the intent of the program is

always a good idea. >> florida a&m now has a zero tolerance hazing policy and it has raised academic requirements to join. the band could be back by this fall. >> such a tragic story. 14 band members are charged in connection with robert champion's death. 14. >> right. you know, university says that it has a zero tolerance policy now and that everything is good in the world and that this isn't happening anymore, but champion's mom has noted that there have been several hazing incidents at other -- the same university, but other groups. >> right, right. >> since her son's death, and she wants to know if the campus is doing anything to protect students. so, the question is, is it really all said and done? is it really over? >> let's hope they learned something from this tragedy. >> oh, but it's such a tragic story. >> terrible. >> yeah, that somebody had to lose his life for something that he thought was part of a ritual, part of something that he was supposed to be doing. >> no doubt. >> and it went too far.

let's talk about the severe weather vernt that caused major damage in parts of the midwest, northeast and the south. talking 70-mile-an-hour wind in wichita, kansas. trees uprooted. a semi truck driver injured when his rig was blown off the turnpike. in the southwest, swim lessons are exactly what is called for today. temperatures rising to life-threatening levels. ac repairmen working overtime. utility officials say the power grid across southern california should be okay dealing with this increased demand. it's so hot in texas, some of the roads there actually buckled from the heat. >> wow. the heat and humidity is expected to be downright dangerous across that entire region today. >> and that hot air is parked right over a big part of the country. meteorologist jim dickey has the very latest from accuweather. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. setup for extreme heat here today and through the weekend across much of the western half of the country. the pattern, the jet stream ridging northward, allowing that heat to build here.

diving south in the nation's midwest, keeping the east very much rain-filled, but bone dry here across the west, and with that, temperatures soaring. central southern plains down in the four corners, temperatures well into the triple digits in many cases. 104 in dallas friday and lubbock, el paso as well, and these numbers not factoring in humidity. when you factor that in, feeling warmer still, and we are warmer still across the southwest. through this weekend, many spots 110-plus, likely hitting 117-plus in vegas, flirting with 130 degrees in death valley. john and diana, back to you. >> jim dickey, accuweather. thank you for that. and here's the rest of the friday forecast. another hot and humid day for most of the east, and that means the threat of more storms, particularly later on in the day. rain also in florida, but that's usual for this time of year. >> you heard jim mention those triple-digit temperatures. there's a few more of them in dallas and phoenix, downright comfortable around the great lakes with chicago at 80, minneapolis at 76. fertility rates across the country have hit an all-time low, according to new numbers

released this morning. the cdc says fertility rates among american women dropped by 1% in 2011 and it's never been lower. the birth rate among teens and the number of preterm births also down substantially. the number of mothers in their early 40s delivering babies, that is up. well, this is certainly not what two milwaukee police officers expected when they pulled over a speeding car. mom was in the front seat ready to deliver a baby! >> hello. >> so, guess what? they sprang right into action, helping little isabella make her entrance into the world. they were soon joined by paramedics who kept the car, took mom and baby to the hospital. the officers said this was the best traffic stop of their entire career. >> love those stories. it's amazing. i mean, these happen all the time. >> they really do. oh, my goodness! so, here's the question. mom was speeding. psaishou i to the mhe

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>> bad weather now interfering with the search, but aerial crews will return on saturday. abc's dan harris has the story. >> good morning, america, this is david -- >> reporter: this is the captain of the "nina," an 85-year-old wooden schooner during happier times, a transatlantic crossing in the 1990s. david dyche is lost at sea with his wife, their teenage son and a crew of four other people. the last time anybody spoke to them was on 3rd, as they traveled from northern new england to australia. a 73-year-old crew member named evi used a satellite phone to call a meteorologist in new zealand and said "the weather's turned nasty. how do we get away from it?" the meteorologist advised her to head south and brace for the storm. the next day he got a text, reading, "any update for nina? evi." and that was the final communication. we know conditions at that

moment were terrible, 68-mile-an-hour wind. 26-foot waves. but david dyche has navigated rough seas before. >> things deteriorated further. to the point where we weren't able to handle the vessel. it was so windy. >> he has been a ship captain all his life. i have hope. as i said, hope is our lifeline. >> reporter: officials in new zealand say it is possible the crew lost communication and drifted off course or that they are now on life boats. but air force search planes have scoured the seas, and so far, nothing. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> wow. no distress call. >> no sdes call, no gps-type thing, yeah. >> nothing. they've been at this for a while. they left their florida home in 2008 and since then they have traveled the world on this board the "nina." >> they were experienced. knew what they were doing. dangerous out there. >> hopefully they will find them soon. coming up, the world's most expensive bed. >> what could possibly make it worth the $175,000 price tag?

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♪ sweet dreams are made of these ♪ ♪ who am i to disagree this year marks the 60th anniversary of queen elizabeth's reign and a special bed is being produced in her honor. >> a british mattress company making 60 of them. each will cost a pretty big chunk of cash. abc's travel and lifestyle editor checked it out. >> reporter: it's being billed as the world's most expensive bed, and the cost? a whopping $175,000. and it takes 700 hours to make just one of these so-called

royal beds. so, what do you get with this royal bed and the royal price tag that comes with it? >> the pure labor time in terms of producing for example, a mattress, box spring and so forth is almost 150 hours. that is the hand teasing, the horse tail. 70 hours alone went into creating the crest you see there. the crest can be whatever you want, but that was created by the royal school of needlework, and they did all the embroidery for the wedding dress kate mi l middleton used when she married prince william. >> reporter: 60 royal bed will be created who will join one. >> some one who enjoys the very best of everything. the home hotel, savoy, night in the royal suite, 15,000 pound. ten nights and you are here. >> reporter: it is time to test it out. and while it's a status symbol, how desperate you are for sleep may dictate why someone would spend more than many people make in a year on a mattress. >> you forget that plastic surgery, just get a good night sleep, right? that's all you need.

>> reporter: genevieve shaw brown, abc news, new york. >> that's very nice. it brings us to our facebook question of the day. >> what's your secret on a good night's sleep? with so many insomniacs up at this hour, we're hoping that you're going to give us your insight at wnnfans.com. what do you think? 175,000 buckeroos for a bed? >> seems a little excessive, but i'd like to upgrade for a king mattress. we were talking about this. >> so you're in the market. >> i'm in the queen right now, not that kind of queen, but king would be nice. >> 175,000 bucks? >> chump change. >> queen elizabeth, call him. he nooepz needs one. >> on a rare night when i can't sleep. i don't take advantage of this, you have to respect the universe. i go down to the feet of my bed. i do it four times a year. every night it doesn't work. >> really? >> but if the walls are closing in on you, just switch -- >> switch it over. >> but don't abuse it, otherwise, the force leaves you. that's my advice. switch sides every once in a while when you need a good

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♪ time now for "insomniac theater," and the two movies that might help you beat the heat this weekend. first up, "white house down." >> let's talk about it. it's an action thriller from the director of the hit film "independence day." this time, it's channing tatum, who happens to be touring the white house with his daughter when it's taken over by terrorists. the daughter and the president, played by jamie foxx, are taken hostage. eventually, tatum's character and the president find themselves alone in a car, which just happens to be equipped with a rocket launcher. >> jackpot! >> what you got? yeah, that's what i'm talking about! take that into your right hand. i know you're into peace and all that, but you've got to stick that thing out there and go to

work. >> damn right. >> hold it with two hands, mr. president. >> here it comes! >> either really good or really bad. >> yeah. >> let's talk about what the reviewers say. they say the chem entry almost makes it a budding movie. the notice says the movie is "as demented and entertaining and promised and a little less id t idiotic than feared." the l.a. times "hard to believe, easy to enjoy." like "independence day" -- >> i don't get it, is it supposed to be a comedy, a drama were? >> remember "independence day" was like that, too, far-fetched, but entertaining. >> and the buddies here are girls from the director of the hit "bridesmaids." sandra bullock plays an uptight fbi agent teamed up with melissa mccarthy. their task is to take down a drug lord, but the problem is neither of them has ever had a

partner, or a friend, for that matter. >> i'm almost disappointed! >> get me out! >> i'm not kidding. i can't lift him up. >> what? >> i can't lift him. >> just tuck your head and relax your body -- >> lady, what the! get me up, get me out! ahhh! [ sigh ] >> he's all right, right? metal car broke his fall? >> my car. my car. >> bullock and mccarthy are two amazing comedians. as for the movie, though, "new york" magazine says "the heat" is kind of a mess, but it's a funny mess. richard roeper in "the chicago-sun times" says "this is one of the most entertaining movies of the year." that surprises me, actually. >> so, actually, they got similar type reviews. both of them are goofy but enjoyable. >> to add to it, too, i think i want to see the first funny movie, "white house down." plus, you shoot some guns, you've got everybody's attention. >> jamie foxx playing president sounds funny right there. >> shoot some guns, say some jokes, got my attention. >> all good. president. >> shoot gu

this morning on "world news now," dangerous heat. tempes soa this morning on "world news now," dangerous heat. temperatures soaring across the western third of the country. >> we could see temperatures at least very close to the hottest temperatures ever recorded on earth. >> the health hazard, concerns about blackouts and triple-digit heat and humidity. more allegations against former nfl star aaron hernandez. could he be linked to two more murders? the latest from detectives on this rapidly changing investigation. then, our trip inside "insomniac kitchen." a well-regarded barbecue chef's favorite snack served after midnight and what gives it an extra kick. >> the idea about a good barbecue sauce is that it's tangy, spicy, sweet, everything in balance. the barbecue sauce is the condiment and the enhancer. >> mm-mmm, sandwiches from dinosaur barbecue and our chance

to sample them. it's friday, june 28th. >> the weekend's almost here! >> it's almost here. can i tell everybody what you just said? we're on an alternate set tonight and diana said it feels like we're at the kids' table. >> it does. >> i feel like i'm at the kids' table, too. >> it feels like it's thanksgiving and we're relegated to the kitchen. >> they put me at the kids' table one year, and i was like, i shouldn't be at the kids' table anymore! but we digress. >> yes. we've got a whole lot to tell you about this morning. >> fortunately, it's not a tough transition. it's only about the weather. >> that's true. >> should we talk about it? >> it's true, and if you live in this part of the country, you need to hear about it, right? >> it's a dangerous heat wave going on out west. temperature records being broken all over. more hot weather than we already have is on the way. >> the extreme heat is taking a toll even on those used to this kind of summer weather. abc's clayton sandel is in denver. >> reporter: the west is

sweating out a summer strike of record-melting heat. over the next few days, temperatures will soar to 118 degrees in las vegas, 102 in salt lake city, and death valley may hit 129. in southern california, authorities are opening emergency cooling centers. >> i don't have air conditioning at home, so here it's nice and cool. >> we could see temperatures at least very close to the hottest temperatures ever recorded on earth. >> reporter: in las vegas, the asphalt could reach 200 degrees. little leaguers are braving the mercury to play ball. >> every five minutes, they tell us to go get some water, so we don't get overheated. >> reporter: in denver, the heat is making for piping hot playgrounds. the air here in denver is pushing 100 degrees, but measure the surface of this swing. 162 degrees. >> you want to be really careful.

you certainly don't want to go out there barefoot and you certainly want to keep your eye on your children, make sure they're not putting their palms on the ground. >> reporter: in downtown l.a., the fountains were never more popular. and summer its just getting started. clayton sandel, abc news, denver. roads are buckling in texas and warnings about power use are going out in southern california. >> our coverage continues with accuweather meteorologist jim dickey tracking the oppressive heat. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. well, temperatures primed to soar here from the west coast down on into the southern plains into texas. all this congestion continues to rage its way north, and this heat will just continue to build as a result. some daytime highs here, friday. 104 in dallas, 101 in houston, 100 oklahoma city, and this doesn't factor in the humidity. when you factor in the humidity. feeling warmer than this. across the west, temperatures soaring to flirting with 130 degrees this weekend in death valley. john and diana, back to you. >> jim dickey, thank you for that. and there are more allegations of wrongdoing this

morning against former new england patriot aaron hernandez. police are back at his house in boston, right outside of boston. and abc news has learned that hernandez is being investigated in connection with a drive-by shooting that left two men dead in boston last year. while they look into hernandez's possible involvement, authorities are asking for help. >> do the responsible thing. do the right thing. call the police. call our office and provide us with the information that we need to obtain justice for these deceased two young men who were needlessly and senselessly killed in our city about a year ago. >> hernandez has been denied bail for the second time. he is charged with murder of a friend, odin lloyd, two weeks ago, and police have released a wanted poster for a man named ernest wallace. he's being sought in connection with lloyd's murder as well. and the plot thickens and deepens. >> this one is unbelievable. the murder weapon was a .45 glock. hernandez was seen holding a gun

on his home surveillance video and it appears to be a glock. the gun has not been found. they have recovered an ammo clip for .45-caliber bullets. >> his attorney once again saying the case is entirely circumstantial against his client, but now i guess we're hearing what aaron hernandez has to say about it, because through his attorney, he said he wants to clear his name. these are just allegations right now. the allegations, though, are just so incredibly strong against him. >> yeah. >> we've got these pictures coming out that you see all over the internet with him holding a gun from a couple of years ago, him holding up gang signs, perhaps being linked to some kind of gang in connecticut. something to keep an eye on. >> what's interesting the timeline. >> yes. >> prosecutors really seem to have a timeline, almost down to the minute. again, circumstantial, but people these days get convicted on circumstantial evidence if it's compelling, and everything we're hearing is pretty compelling. >> i think a lot of people are wondering, why is he in the news so much? why is there so much media interest in this story? and i think it's because of the promising life he had. >> 24-year-old man, the world at his fingertips, $40 million,

five-year contract? wow! >> brand-new mansion right outside of boston. i think there's just a lot of interest because of the nature of the life before we even got here. >> no doubt. all right, first week of testimony wrapping up in the george zimmerman trial today after more heated cross examination of the prosecution's star witness. the defense tried to chip away at the credibility of rachel jeantel. she was on the phone with 17-year-old trayvon martin before he was killed. zimmerman's attorney challenged testimony which portrayed his client as the aggressor. >> trayvon got hit. >> you don't do that, do you? >> no. >> you don't know that trayvon got hit. >> he could -- he had -- >> you don't know that trayvon didn't at that moment take his fist and drive it into george zimmerman's face. >> please lower your voice. >> do you? >> no, sir. >> the defense also exposed jeantel's inability to read a letter, forcing her to admit that she could not understand cursive. we're learning more now about the alleged motive behind the boston marathon bombing. authorities say dzhokhar tsarnaev scrawled what amounts

to a confession on the inside of that boat where he was found, and it says, "stop killing our innocent people and we will stop." the information is contained in a 30-count indictment. it charges tsarnaev with murder and using a weapon of mass destruction. wow. the obamas are in senegal this morning, where the president meets with farmers to talk about food production. >> earlier, the president and first lady visited haunting reminders of the slave trade. abc's mary bruce is traveling with the president in africa. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, john. good morning, diana. as the world waits for news of nelson mandela's health, president obama reflected on the civil rights leader's legacy as he kicked off his presidential trip to africa. >> he is a personal hero, but i don't think i'm unique in that regard. i think he is a hero for the world. and, if and when he passes from this place, one thing i think we'll all know is that his legacy is one that will linger

on throughout the ages. >> reporter: the president spent his first day visiting senegal's goree island, a historic site that represents the horrific african slave trade. stepping through the slave house's door of no return, the president scanned the same horizon that slaves viewed as they were forced to leave their homeland, a brief but hugely symbolic moment. >> for an african-american, an african-american president, to be able to visit this site i think gives me even greater motivation in terms of defense of human rights around the world. >> reporter: president obama travels to south africa today. still no word on whether he will meet with mandela while he is there. the white house is deferring that decision to the mandela family. john and diana? >> mary bruce, thank you for that. as expected, the funeral of actor james gandolfini was a star-studded affair. 1,500 people attending yesterday's service at a cathedral here in new york city, or new york, anyway.

along with gandolfini's family, there was practically every other star who played a role in "the sopranos." the series creator, david chase, eulogizing gandolfini, recalling the child-like quality he brought to the role of tony soprano. more corporate sponsors are cutting ties with paula deen as the firestorm continues over her use of racial slurs. target and home depot are phasing out deen's products and the diabetes drugmaker she's endorsed dropped her as well. but deen's latest cookbook shot to number one on amazon all the way from number 1,500, and those are advanced sales because that book isn't out until october. ha! >> all right. at this point yesterday morning, we asked if any of the top tennis players in the world wanted to win wimbledon this year. lo and behold, a couple of them answered our call. >> first up, serena williams, not surprised. she's into the third round after a straight set victory over a competitor from france. it was the 33rd straight win for williams. that is the longest streak on the pro tour since 2000. whoa. >> she looks pretty unstoppable right now. >> oh, yeah. >> all right, stepping up the men's side yesterday was

top-seeded novak djokovic. he beat american bobby reynolds, who's ranked 156th in the world. two serves were clocked at 122 miles an hour and 117 miles an hour. djokovic's victory means there are no american men left in the singles tournament. it's been 101 years since no man from the u.s. reached wimbledon's third round. a lot of talk about what's happened to tennis in america, american tennis and where are these new stars to take over. and the europeans just are rolling. >> it just seems like it's the williams sisters who just kind of barrel through every single time. >> correct. then after them gets pretty thin. on the men's side it is pretty thin. >> by the way, she is 31 years old, which in the world of tennis is pretty old. she is the oldest number one in the world ranking ever. at 31? >> i'll tell you what, both of them are so fit that if they really committed their full willpower to staying in the game, and it's hard to do after you've done it so many times, they could do it for a long time. coming up, the zesty secret to a special sandwich served up

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so, we are not sure if the next story is medical fashion-related, but it's one of the hottest trends in hollywood. >> another new trend. celebrities and regular folks rushing to take liquid vitamins by getting hooked up to the iv drip. abc's cecelia vega taking a look. >> reporter: forget gucci and hermes, the hot new bag comes with an iv drip, literally infusing the body with vitamins straight into your veins. >> it's really like a multivitamin in a bag. >> reporter: it's a fad fueled in part by hollywood. celebrities reportedly on the liquid vitamin bandwagon include simon cowell, cindy crawford and madonna. rihanna tweeted this shot, prompting reports she, too, enjoys the so-called party girl drip. the ladies on "the view" had plenty to say about it. >> you're not putting a needle in my arm to give me vitamins. >> reporter: but the treatment's not just for stars. >> i'm having an iv of b-12 and

b complex. >> reporter: christina andrews and other exhausted americans are hitting private clinics on their lunch breaks for a pick-me-up, getting hooked up to what some claim is an energy-boosting cocktail infusion. >> this is a way to give much more high concentrations of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants so that the body has all the building blocks so it can heal itself and respond to the stresses of day-to-day life. >> reporter: music executive carmen key gets her drip at this los angeles clinic once a week. >> instead of feeling like energized, you feel alive. >> reporter: so, why not just eat a really big salad, pop a couple vitamins and take a long nap? >> yeah, that probably would do 4% of what this does. >> they may be suffering from chronic into fatigue. they may just be run down. i have patients with depression and anxiety. >> reporter: at $130 to $275 a session, it's not cheap, and

critics call it extreme and downright unnecessary, questioning whether it actually offers anything nutritious that food or traditional vitamins can't. but patients swear by it. >> i was on my feet 12 hours, so i needed a lot of energy. >> reporter: which may be why so many people now say they don't get mind getting stuck for this vitamin fix. cecelia vega, abc news, san francisco. >> diana, what do you think? >> to each his own. just not for me. >> no? >> no. >> put all kinds of good things in there, two arms for me. >> not at home, not outside of a hospital. >> no? >> no. coming up, savory, hearty at this hour. >> oh, yeah. leading barbecue chef's early morning treats served up with some spice and style in the "insomniac kitchen." and coming up next hour, a daddy-daughter dance like no other, a moment of happiness we cannot wait to share with you. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.

♪ barbecue sauce all right, welcome back. time for a trip inside "insomniac kitchen," and this morning a visit to a hidden gem of upper manhattan, dinosaur barbecue. >> founder and owner john stage makes us a sandwich and talks about what makes barbecue oh, so special. this is guaranteed to make you want barbecue for breakfast. >> john stage. i'm the only dinosaur barbecue. okay, what we did here was we pulled all the leftover chicken, and we're going to make the dressing right now. so, start with a little bit of mayonnaise. good. some yellow mustard. a little bit of barbecue sauce. a little bit of hot sauce. chopped celery. chopped pickles.

chives. some black pepper. and some smoked paprika. going to whip this up. so, we've got sweet, sour, creamy. we've got the texture of the celery, the pop of the pickles. i'm going to take our pulled chicken meat. this is about a pound. and the idea is to just blend this to as creamy as you want. okay, this is looking good. take a little taste here, make sure we're -- it's good. going to layer in the chicken salad right on top of the romaine. i'm going to take a couple tomatoes, layer those in. a beautiful chicken salad sandwich. what's special about barbecue? oh, man, that's -- it comes from the heat, burning fire, spice, smoke. what's not to love? really learn the technique of

barbecue. the idea about a good barbecue sauce is that it hits. it hits tangy, spicy, sweet. everything in balance, and it has to complement the meat. so, the meat's the star of the show. the barbecue sauce is the condiment and the enhancer. this is my 25th year doing this. you know, i just think when you walk into a dinosaur barbecue, you know it. it's the smell, it's the flavor, it's just the whole vibe of the joint. >> welcome to dinosaur barbecue. can i get you a table? >> and we deliver. >> let's find out if they deliver. >> i cannot wait. >> right into it. got my sauce. >> by the way, a lot more tips, about anything you want that has to do with barbecue from dinosaur barbecue that you just saw in that story. we have a whole lot more on our websi website, wnnfans.com. check that out while we check this out. >> how is it? >> you are not as smart as i am. >> got to lean over your scripts. the scripts not so much. barbecue sandwich, oh, yeah.

>> why do i always get the one shot when i'm eating? show him! >> coming up. >> come on! ating? show him!

♪ welcome to "the mix," everybody, as i still work on my barbecue sandwich here. we have the cutest picture to show you. this is a turtle, completely healthy out of the zoo in texas, named thelma and louise. >> love it. that's thelma, that's louise. >> because that's thelma, that's louise. it's a two-headed turtle. it was born on june 18th. it has other siblings, but it's walking around as normally as its one-headed brothers and sisters. the spokesperson says it appears to be healthy, but there is somebody who says the turtle has a split personality. the left side was looking around very curious while the right side was trying to bite me. >> what are you doing? nothing. >> cutie. >> shut up! love that. split personality. let's talk about another animal in this case, a man and a dog in a car crash. >> right. >> not fatal or anything, the car gets banged up, but it's

loaded with paint, so the paint explodes. let's put up the picture. that's what the inside of the car looks like. yeah, troopers pull that guy over. and he had hundreds of buckets of -- hundreds of buckets -- he had dozens of buckets of paint flying on impact. he had minor injuries and got taken to the hospital, but the dog got washed down at a neighbor's house. >> and everybody's fine. >> totally fine. messy. polka time! ♪ ♪

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this morning on "world news now," in the hot seat. one of the star witnesses in the george zimmerman trial faces some of the toughest questioning so far. her answers and the possible impact on this high-profile case. possible motive. the boston bombing investigation and the new details about the suspect just uncovered as he is indicted. political dispute, texas-sized. the fight over major restrictions on abortions, how it's getting personal after a lawmaker's filibuster. and war of words involving alec baldwin, a funeral and twitter. it's a breaking celebrity scandal and details are coming up. that's in "the skinny" on this friday, june 28th. >> friday. >> friday.

>> at last. >> last stop, here we go. >> we made it. >> we made it. >> hope you have a whole lot planned for the weekend. anything special? >> i'm just going to chill. i had to do some family commitments, drive out a few hours on the highway to see my nephew graduating, and this weekend i'm doing nothing but chilling. >> nothing, nice. >> just some work around the house, but yeah, i'm going to relax. >> i think we're doing the same thing. >> good. we begin this half hour with the latest contentious testimony about the final moments of trayvon martin's life. >> yeah, martin's friend returned to the stand in the george zimmerman trial. the defense spent hours trying their best to discredit her. abc's matt gutman reporting from sanford. >> reporter: george zimmerman's lawyer spent the better part of two days hacking away at the prosecution's key witness. >> didn't that make you even more worried? >> i called back again, sir. >> reporter: rachel jeantel was on the phone with 17-year-old trayvon martin just seconds before neighborhood watchman george zimmerman shot him in february 2012. she testified that zimmerman followed martin, then confronted him, but hundreds of questions from the defense challenging her

account of the pivotal moment of confrontation. >> it could have been, for all you know, trayvon martin smashing george zimmerman in the face is what you actually heard? >> what? >> yeah, just earlier today. >> no. >> she certainly has given the defense ammunition to argue that her testimony shouldn't be considered by the jury. >> reporter: throughout, jeantel squirmed in her seat and sometimes seemed combative. zimmerman's defense not only attacking her liability but also exposing her inability to read this letter. >> can you read any of the words on it? >> i don't understand cursive. i don't read cursive. >> reporter: it seemed a heartbreaking moment for jeantel. but throughout the day, she seemed to stick to her core testimony, that it was zimmerman who followed martin and that martin was afraid of zimmerman. matt gutman, abc news, sanford, florida. former new england patriot aaron hernandez is facing some serious, new allegations. he is already charged with the

murder of a friend and denied bail for a second time yesterday. now abc news has learned he is being investigated for possible involvement in a shooting incident that killed two men in boston last year. also, massachusetts police are searching for another man, ernest wallace. he is wanted in connection with the murder hernandez is charged with. boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev has been indicted on 30 counts, including one which potentially carries the death penalty. at the same time, investigators have learned about a possible motive. here is abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: as dzhokhar tsarnaev lie bleeding and near death in a boat just before his capture, authorities release for the first time what they believe amounts to a confession. his alleged motive, anger that the u.s. is killing muslims abroad. "stop killing our innocent people and we will stop." the indictment lays out that the boston marathon attack was developed online, including the bomb's design. and it says police were in

hand-to-hand combat with older brother tamerlan during his final fatal confrontation. dzhokhar allegedly tried to escape in a stolen car. >> dzhokhar drove over his brother tamerlan, seriously injuring him and contributing to his death. >> reporter: the only question, authorities say, is whether dzhokhar is going to get life in prison or death. >> tamerlan tsarnaev's justice will be in the next world. but for his brother, accountability will begin here in the district of massachusetts. >> reporter: pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> interesting. 15 federal indictments. >> yes. >> and then another 15 indictments from the local boston police in regards to that m.i.t. officer who was killed. >> right. he hasn't been formally indicted here. that's not happening, an arraignment, a formal arraignment isn't happening until july 10th. what's really interesting i think is going to be the things he scrawled on the inside of the boat, because investigators are looking at that as essentially a confession. >> yeah. it's amazing that, you know, you think that this guy was close to death inside that boat, and he's still in that mindset. >> of the assumption, mm-hmm.

>> he's not even sort of going, this was a gigantic mistake. he still to the end. >> all the way. and another thing i think that it proves is while everybody said he is the younger brother, he was influenced by tamerlan, his older brother. i think this proves that that wasn't the case, where he was very much involved in the mindset of this is what we want to do, this is our mission and this is the way that we're going to carry it out. >> good point. all right, there has been a giant step forward toward an historic vote to reform the nation's immigration system. 14 republicans joined all 52 democrats and 2 independents in approving the senate bill, but some republicans want a guarantee that border security measures will be put in place before they agree to any path to citizenship. >> there is just no way i can look at my constituents, look them in the eye, and tell them that today's assurances won't become tomorrow's disappointments. >> our colleagues in the house will hear a drum beat of support for our bill that will start tomorrow and won't let up. >> house speaker john boehner says the house will not vote on any immigration reform bill until he is certain it will win majority support. it's getting personal in the

texas battle over abortion. the governor is taking a swipe at state senator wendy davis after her filibuster. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: it's a true texas showdown, the state senator in pink tennis shoes versus the governor. >> but what we witnessed tuesday was nothing more than the hijacking of the democratic process. >> reporter: this -- >> members, i'm rising on the floor today. >> reporter: -- is what angered rick perry, wendy davis's 11-hour filibuster, no food or water, to stop a bill that would make abortion nearly impossible in texas. it worked. and davis's shoes, which she wore to endure standing all that time, are now a trending search term. perry made it personal. >> she was a teenage mother herself. it's just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example. >> reporter: the senator, a harvard lawyer who got that standing ovation, was having none of it. >> i thought it demeaned the office that he holds. >> reporter: so, monday, just a couple of hours past high noon, perry has told texas lawmakers

to be back at the capitol for the showdown on abortion and the senator in pink tennis shoes. david kerley, abc news, washington. all right. nasa has launched a satellite on a mission to examine a little studied region of the sun. it could help forecasters disturbances in space and they can understand those disturbances a little better that interfere with communications here on earth. it was a very unusual launch. the iris satellite rode into earth orbit on a pegasus rocket which was air launched over the pacific ocean. the mission will last two years. speaking of some hot stuff, how about the record heat being felt across the western united states? in los angeles, kids sought relief yesterday in the city's fountains. a heat alert there running through monday. the city has opened emergency cooling centers for those without ac. some expected temperatures are staggering. asphalt in las vegas is around 200 degrees. they say death valley could reach 129 degrees. >> you don't want to be walking around barefoot in vegas. >> no. as we heard earlier, these are some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded on earth. crazy!

>> oh, my goodness! all right, well, checking the rest of the weather maps, here you go. as you can imagine, sunny, hot and dry across the west and another hot and humid day with plenty of storms from the southeast all the way into new england. rain also for south florida. >> it will be 93 in orlando. atlanta today also. 82 in boston. and those of you seeing those scorching readings out west, how about some 99 degrees in boise, idaho? a pleasant 98 in denver. 114 degrees of nice, dry heat in phoenix. it's dry heat. >> weren't we complaining a couple months ago about how it was just so darn cold? >> when is summer going to come? >> here it is! mother nature has delivered. when the current risk of baseball is written, it will reflect yesterday's 7-2 victory by the cubs over the brewers in milwaukee. >> but the real history came as milwaukee's original three sausages held their usual pregame race. it was the 20th anniversary of what is most definitely one of the greatest traditions in sports. >> all right, for the record, it was the bratwurst coming in first. the polish sausage was second

and the italian was third. the other two sausages, the hot dog and the chorizo, held the finish line. i enjoy that. >> i can watch them over and over again in a loop. they're just so funny! >> perfect place. milwaukee, wisconsin, sausages. >> do you remember we did a story about one of them going missing, or -- >> yeah, right. >> they were taking pictures of them? >> great tradition. >> that's cool. you know what's really interesting? we never get to see who the real people, who the real sausages are, because they're mascots. >> who is the guy with the hat, the chorizo? >> is he? >> has to be. >> they're all wearing hats. >> you're right. the sombrero-looking hat. how's that? >> oh, okay. coming up, moving from martha stewart's kitchen to her bedroom. she's revealing really sexy secrets. >> you're not kidding. and from the prison cell to the dance floor. we'll take you to that unforgettable daddy-daughter dance. see why it is our favorite story of the day, next on "world news now." ♪ let's dance to the song that's playin' on the radio ♪

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♪ let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues ♪ all right, next, a story about little girls and their fathers, and this is why it is our favorite story of the day. it has to do with the bond between little girls and their dads, no matter who they are. >> that's right. a new program brings fathers behind bars together with their daughters for a very special dance. abc's steve osunsami was there.

>> reporter: all of the prisoners at the richmond city jail getting ready for their big event admit they made poor choices, especially for their children. >> i'm definitely failing as a parent right now just by being outside of their life. >> reporter: julian edwards serving four years for drug distribution. joey atkins is awaiting trial for illegal gun possession. and rondell glasgow is serving seven years for selling drugs. >> my first time ever. >> reporter: but they told me that none of it is their daughter's fault. >> oh, those are pretty! >> reporter: at home, i watched 8-year-old amaya thomas getting ready, too. >> i get to touch him and i get to hug him and i get to kiss him. >> reporter: the sheriff here is reminding these men why they need to stay out of jail by inviting these little girls to the city lock-up to come dance with their fathers. >> they are not hard-core criminals and they can be very good citizens, and the best way to make a good citizen is to make good fathers. >> reporter: dressed up, you forget they're serving hard time

until they break down into tears when their daughters come bouncing past the steel doors. >> daddy! >> hey. ♪ >> reporter: the dance lasted an hour or two, but in this short time, in this small room, these young girls had real moments with their fathers. 7-year-old ronasia glasgow tried to explain. >> it felt good. and, um -- [ crying ] >> reporter: so you love your daddy, very much, huh? >> yes. >> reporter: you love him this big? this big? or this big? when he does time, his daughter does time, and he told us he'll never let that happen to her again. steve osunsami, abc news, richmond, virginia. >> beautiful story, diana. >> i know. always. every single time. every single time. >> i will join you in this one. >> that was just, oh.

i will say this. these are guys that don't have a ton of offenses, they're not drug-related -- >> they're not violent crimes, not violent crimes. >> they're not violent crimes. but the gentleman in the piece made some very good points. listen, this is going to make them realize, they bring their small babies into where they are staying, in behind the bars. >> everything that's pure in the world against everything that's gone wrong, and you hope that you find a balance, right. >> i mean, it almost feels like immediate recuperation. these guys have to look at their daughters and say i will never, ever, ever find myself in this position again. >> can i tell you, a father-daughter dance is just an awesome thing. i do it with my daughter every year. hey! that's this year's dance, and alexa picked out the dress herself. >> she helped pick out your outfit, i'm sure. >> a beautiful thing. take advantage every year. some day it will stop. >> this was started by a girl who said she felt left out because her dad was in prison when everybody was having these father-daughter dances. so she kind of started this whole thing going. she got some grassroots effort behind her and now this is happening. and this is the kind of thing that should happen all over the

country. it shouldn't just be one jailhouse somewhere out there. it should be everywhere. >> it's a beautiful thing. >> it is. okay, coming up what started as a war of words -- say it. >> war of words. >> on twitter at a star-studded funeral. and martha stewart exposing some personal, sexy secrets. it's coming up in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our

♪ skinny so skinny "the skinny" time. i love the next story. martha stewart, perfect, proper. >> i don't know how i feel about that story. >> just letting it go. seems pretty funny to me. she confesses to a bunch of different things in an interview, sexting, a threesome. listen to this, though. >> she's martha stewart, my mom's age! >> she was seated next to her, 71 years old. she answered a series of questions. andy cohen on "watch what happens live" on bravo thursday. let's listen to a little sample of the answers she gave. >> let's play "did martha do it?" okay, martha, have you had a one-night stand? maggie, will she? >> oh, yeah. >> yes. martha? >> yes. >> very good. >> has martha ever had a threesome, maggie? >> i think, yes. >> martha? >> maybe. >> maybe! oh, my god! >> wow. stewart admitted to sending a sext and maybe taking part in a threesome. she cooks, she crochets, she runs a million-dollar empire and

she has time to compose naughty texts. pretty cool. >> she is a sex addict? >> i don't know about that. >> oh, i'm kidding. >> in a segment called "did martha do it?" that one, she was asked did she have a lesbian affair, taken acid, visited a strip joint. and the answers to those were no. >> man. >> glad i wasn't on that show. can you imagine? >> i can't imagine being on the show. i don't want to answer the questions. i don't want to hear martha stewart answers those questions. >> my answer is not as far as you know. that's my answer to all of those questions. >> that's pretty good. that's really good. alec baldwin in the news again. you know, he gets explosive from time and again on twitter, paparazzi depending on what his mood is. okay, so, the "daily mail" apparently raleigh a story alleging that his pregnant wife, hilaria, was tweeting during james gandolfini's funeral. it's something that she says just didn't happen because she doesn't bring phones to a funeral. well, alec baldwin had a complete and severe meltdown. >> blew a gasket. >> and it was all on twitter. and he didn't just tweet from

his account, he was tweeting from the alec baldwin foundation's account, and some of them, they're going a little quick, but some of them say -- and they're all laced with expletives. "my wife and i attend a funeral to pay our respects to an old friend and some toxic brit writes this expletive trash. my wife" capital letters" did not use her phone in any capacity at our friend's funeral. good luck to all of you who know the truth." anyway, twitter account has now been taken down altogether. so, there you have it! mr. and mrs. baldwin in the news again, thanks to mr. baldwin. >> you've got to love alec's temper. >> he's just so passionate about everything. >> explosive, yes, exactly. must be interesting working around the man. "fifty shades of grey." did you read the book? >> no. >> not as far as i know? >> not as far as you know. oh, i had to say that. >> mark your calendar. the studio behind the screen adaptation of the best-selling book says they will hit theaters on friday, august 1st, 2014. so, "fifty shades of grey" on the big screen. that would be hard to do, wasn't

it? >> i would think so. it's porn, basically. so i'm wondering who's going to play the actors and actress. of people? tching that around a bunch of people, huh? >> yeah. [ female announcer ] imagine a match made in skin heaven.

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arisen to the level of god. >> without this extremely important provision of the voting rights act, we could see more discriminatory voting laws going into effect. >> if there is anyone out there that has never said something that they wished they could take back, if you are out there, please pick up that stone and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me. >> members, i am rising on the floor today to humbly give voice to thousand of texans who have been ignored. >> we expect the russians to examine the options available to them, to expel mr. snowden for his return to the united states. >> george zimmerman did not shoot trayvon martin because he had to. he shot him for the worst of all reasons, because he wanted to. >> george zimmerman was crying out for help and no one helped. >> aaron hernandez was one of the young stars, one of the

young faces of the national football league. he had been one of the best players in his first three seasons in the league for the new england patriots. >> why would he have done this? why would he call a guy into a car, have a conversation with him and then execute him? >> i'm carrying on a legacy, and this is in my blood, it truly is. after seven generations, it's in my blood, and it's such a huge honor to be able to carry on the legacy in such a huge fashion like this. >> what a week. >> yeah, it's a lot of stuff. all right, we want you to check something out that we think is pretty cool. it's a new facebook feature and it's going to happen every friday. it's called "in case you missed it." it's all the fun moments from the previous week, and we're going to have it ready for you, even starting -- >> a little montage of our goofy moments?

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this morning, a summer scorcher. >> much of the country bracing for downright dangerous temperatures. the mercury expected to soar past 100 degrees in some places. landmark legislation. the immigration debate is heating up this morning, following a historic vote. but the bill still faces an uncertain future. we're live in washington. a hole in the roof and a mystery unfolds. what fell from the sky tearing through a home? plus, unfolding overnight. a tirade on twitter like you've probably never seen before. what caused alec baldwin to go on a profanity-laced rant? friday morning, everybody. just a week ago, we welcomed in the first day of summer. and it hasn't taken long for