get up. >> we laid eyes on harry potter. orphan who was made to live in the cup board under the stairs by his aunt and uncle. >> there's no such thing as magic. >> tormented by his cousin. feeling isolated and alone, who found out if he was not only a wiz wizard, but the most famous wizard of all. we were also introduced to his two best friends. >> oh, are you doing magic? >> the book smart know it all hermione granger and harry's sidekick ron. the books and the seven movies so far have made stars out of the three then unknown child actors. daniel radcliffe, emma watson, and ruppert grint. they have grown up before our eyes. >> it's really strange. that's the only way i can describe it. it's -- it's been, i mean, i was so young, it's difficult to remember much of my life before this thing happened to me. so it coming to an end is you know, it's huge. i was 9 years old. you know, i was still losing teeth if that puts it in perspective. i was still losing baby teeth. >> the first film was an instant hit forewarner brothers whi

. >> the last harry potter. how's that feel? >> you know, very, very strange, considering we've done it for ten years. but it's also a wonderful feeling of achievement and particularly i'm very, very proud of this last film and i think it's the best out of all of them, i think, and you know, i'm very, very excited. >> also excited, the millions of harry potter fans around the world who have been waiting years for this if a nail. >> from what i could see just shooting it, i knew it was -- pretty epic. it's -- i think we -- we do it justice. i definitely -- yeah, we do. >> now, join me, harry, and confront your fate. >> very serious. rising again and really quite disturbing. we're losing characters we've known since the first book, and it's -- yeah. i think it's going to be really shocking just to see the cast kind of collapse to kind of burn in piles of rubble. >> finish what we've started. >> together. >> harry potter and the deathly hallows, part two, sure to be the biggest movie event of the summer, and we'll give fans the end

the last harry potter movie ever. you said this one, the one opening later this week is the best. >> uh-huh. >> larry: why? >> because it's the most exciting. i think it's the most direct. i think we did so well in film 7 part one by setting up all the fl plot that people need to understand this second film that we can just dive straight in and give people this, and what's -- i think in this film we find the balance best between the emotional side of films and the action-packed adventure exciting side. i mean, i think -- i think we've never got the balance so right before. >> i would agree. it's a hell of a movie. >> it is a hell of a movie. >> avada kadavra! >> coming up, an exclusive clip from the final harry potter film you won't see anywhere else. >>> plus -- we'll show you how ralph fiennes went from this to this. next, daniel radcliffe reveals what happened on the last day of filming. >> i kind of wept like a child. >> larry: when this special, "harry potter:the final chapter" returns. [ carrie ] you're studying

the last harry potter. how's that feel? >> you know, very, very strange considering we've done it for ten years. but a wonderful feeling of particularly very very proud of this last film and it's the best out of all of them, i think. yeah, i'm very, very excited. >> also excited, the millions of harry potter fans around the world who have been waiting years for this finale. >> from what i could see from just shooting it, it's pretty epic. i think we do -- we do it justice. yeah, i do. >> now, join me, harry, and confront your faith. >> it's very serious. voldemort is rising again and really quite disturbing as we're losing characters we have known since the first book. i think it's going to be really shocking just to see the cast collapse into this kind of burning piles of rubble. >> come on, tom, let's finish this the way we started, together. >> "harry potter and the deathly hallows: part 2" is sure to be the biggest movie event of the summer, and we'll give fans the ending they've been waiting to see since we first met t

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here's the trailer for "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2." >> harry potter:. you have fault valiantly. you've allowed your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. join me. confront your fate. >> i don't want any of you to die for me. >> we finish this the way we started. >> nobody can live forever. >> rose: "harry potter's" magical adventure along with his two best friends ron and hermoine have served as a cultural phenomenon for fans. the series books and film have created an entertainment juggernaut. since she first published the first book, the series has sold close to 450 cops worldwide. so for the film sersave earned $6.4 billion at the box office. joining to tk about this, nancy gibbs of "time" magaze, david denby of the "new yorker" and paul needham of the hung on the post. so you have written about this phenomenon. what is it? >> well, it started out as a phenomenon about a book that was popular with children but that was a long time ago. it's been much bigger than that. by the time this book that this movie is based on came out, it sold 1

exactly when harry potter started. i was the t.v. generation and ended up being in the book generation by the end of the year. >> reporter: harry potter magic has not worn off. >> it is one of those worlds that you never want to leave. >> reporter: tonight a bitter sweet good-bye to a franchise that cast a spell over movie goers over a generation. >> my parents have star wars, i have harry potter. >> reporter: the lines are expanding as we speak. every minute it seems 20 more people get into the line. so tickets are going fast. i will tell you if you do want to go down here to santa clara and you want to see them. the imax 3d are going fast. the next showing is at 3 a.m. and i spoke to the ticket office and they said those tickets are going fast. there are some regular movie tickets. definitely selling fast though. i got the chance to speak to a couple of people who had an opportunity to see a sneak preview earlier this evening and they said of it the best movie out of the entire harry potter series. >> no problem. 3 a.m. i will be d

potter ahora sólo queda esperar para saber si la última zaga de harry potter con las médicas de la muerte parte dossier de hombros de don entre los amantes del séptimo a qué. esta buena que están volando los boletos en emoción de la tecnología, estos boletos se vendieron aproximadamente 90 minutos, a personas que en una red en la función del medianoche y otras de funciones de mañana con 30 minutos y desde que se te estrenó esta sala en ocho diferentes partes ha acumulado nada menos que 6,800,000,000 de dólares desde 50 la venta con harry potter, este reporte en vivo desde san josé, de regreso con ustedes. esta posada como si por arte de magia a saber hace un par de horas no tuvo suerte. en otros temas el registro mexicanow creara encontrado el mejor planteo de mariguana en 668 canchas de fútbol, en total fueron 120 ha localizadas en un terreno ubicado a seis horas por carretera al sur de tijuana baja california, las plantas de canabis estaban ocultas entre sembradíos de tomate, durante el operativo se redujo después hacia atrás toda tenia un valor de $150,000, ya será incau

. >> harry potter... >> reporter: "harry potter" creator j.k. rowling wrote the final chapter of the seven-book series in 2007, but since then tens of thousands of amateur authors have picked up the tale. >> their imaginations just run rampant and instead of keeping it up in their heads now they can... they're, like, oh, i have this hilarious idea and i'm going to write it down and share it. >> reporter: jaida jones write what is is known as fan fiction, writers like her pen new potter plots on dozens of web sites, spinning new stories about the characters. >> i can't pick one. >> reporter: in college, jones and a friend co-authored "the shoe box project" a history of hogwarts school of magic. >> i didn't think anyone other than j.k. rowling can know exactly what the truth of the characters is but we as readers get a feeling for that truth. >> reporter: fan fiction has been around since the 19th century with stories and parodies based on "alice in wonderland," "sherlock holmes," even jane austen. but fan fiction exploded with the internet. one w

. >> if you're a fan of harry potter you're a die-hard fan. >> yeah, i'm a harry potter fan, it's awesome. >> reporter: harry potter and the deathly hollows two concludes the series based. people who grew up with harry potter say they're very sad but say that the books and films did have a positive influence on their life. the potter mania continues on our website. we have slide shows about the series and its creators. even quizzes to test your knowledge. just click on the harry potter tab. >> a final salute for a bay area hero. the sacrifices this soldier made that saved others. >>> your bay area weekend is coming up. i'll let you know if you can put those jackets away. i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us today. >>> the trial date of two fair field mothers

we or we are live in oakland for the new and final harry potter film. it is already marking box office records. >>> los angeles officials are warning people about complete gridlock or karma get and. starting at midnight a stretch of the freeway will be shut down from 43 hours, so crews can demolish the bridge. the contractors say the highway may re-open sooner if the job goes smoothly and they can clean up ahead of schedule. >>> there are even freeway signs here in the bay area like this one along 680 in fremont warning people to stay off the 405 this weekend. the clogged freeway handles 280,000 vehicles every day. >>> a family that just moved into their oakland home may have to find a new place to live. a fire caused major damage to their victim attorney home. the fire started shortly after 10:00 p.m. firefighters managed to get the flames under control within a few minutes but not before the damage was done. one person was straighted for smoke inhalation. they are still searching for the cause. >>> it is a bittersweet day for thousands of devoted harr

as harry potter grows up, so do his adventures. the subject matters of the box and the movies have gotten scarier, and the villains more evil, and the choices tougher. the last movie has a dark mood and a huge battle at hogg warts -- at hogwarts. some of the characters we have grown to love have died. it's important, very important to assess your child's ability to handle frights and perils to see the movie. >> >>> thousands of people will lace up their walking shoes for one of the biggest aids fopped raisers ever. it's in golden gate park. the ceo of the san francisco aids foundation is here with us. you have a big day tomorrow? >> will be a big day. >> how huge is the aids snack. >> we will have 20,000 people -- -- people are still joining us. >> reporter: how much does it cost? >> it's free to register. >> you're looking for people to give? if you show up, raise or donate, this is what you will get. >> people think i can't signed up last minute because i need to get sponsors. >> no, you can still come. the numbers looking pretty

harry potter movie is already working a little magic at the box office, harry potter and the deathly hollows part two opened this week to spell bound fans and midnight screenings, already brought in a record breaking $43.5 million. unbelievable. another film at theaters this weekend, a new version of dizzy's winnie-the-pooh. you didn't get stuck in traffic? no carmageddon for you, smooth sailing? >> no, not at all. >> the honeymooner than you are right now? >> yes. >> congratulations on that, matt. >> thank you. >> okay, so let's talk about harry potter. this is the first one of our two that we're going to kind of review right now? >> yes. >> deathly hollows part two, what did you think? >> i loved it. as someone who's watched all these movies, as someone who has enjoyed them, this is an excellent goodbye to the franchise. there's a lot of people out there who are going to be kind of sad, but this is everything you could have hoped for out of the final film. >> okay, let's take a quick look at it. >> do you think they exist, sir? >> well, i see no reason to put stock in total wives t

. >> los seguidores de harry potter. >> tendrán que esperar un poco. >> aquí estamos en el museo de la tecnologia . >> hace una hora las personas formadas entraron finalmente después de tanta paciencia para ver el final de la 8a parte de harry potter. >> esperaron para ver las reliquias de la muerte parte 2. >> había una gama de personajes con los atuendos de la película y la pregunta de rigor fue sobre el final. >> está jovencita dice que mejor prefiere esperar. >> sorpresa eso espero. >> la primera promoción de potter se exibio hace una década y desde entonces se han recabado 6400 millones de dólares. >> más lo que se recaudara con la última parte. >> algunas personas aquí esperaron hasta 12 horas para ser los primeros en disfrutar de ela última saga de harry potter. >> está joven está muy emocionada. >> todavía siguen llegando personas y la primera función será a la media noche. >> para ver en 3a dimension la última parte de harry potter. >> veremos si podemos sacar un para de boletos de bajo de ela manga. >> que te falto la capa y la varita mágica. >> gracias ramÃ

harry potter fever burning hot, fans can hardly wait. ahead, what some of them are doing tonight. >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street, stocks were positive at the start of the day but they've slipped into negative territory, thanks to some new consideration about comments that ben bernanke is making on the capitol hill today about the situation with the debt ceiling. the dow currently down 42, at 12,449. now, initially what brought optimism this morning, the labor department reported fewer people applied for first-time unemployment benefits last week. the government says 405,000 newly unemployed requested jobless insurance, and that is the lowest level in almost three months, more than 11,000 of those were state workers in minnesota, where the government shut down. without those claims, the number would have dropped below the 400,000 threshold that signals a healthier job market. >>> the number of homeless facing foreclosure is down 30% from this time last year. but is it is not a sign of improving economic news. it's

to say good-bye to a world of magic. >> we love harry potter! >> and i can live forever. >> and just like harry, bid farewell to a piece of their childhood. by the way, globally this final installment of the harry potter series has already racked up almost a half a billion dollars in box office receipts. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from

the are you a harry potter fan. >> absolutely. i wouldn't be dressed up as this if i wasn't. >> i have taken the hog wart. >> they have taken their love of all things harry potter as far as possible at the mid nature present mir party at san jose tech museum. it's the final film of the franchise. harry potter and the deathly hall low part 2. >> finish where we start. >> with the movie finale comes the reality that series that created an entire generation of new readers is ending. >> like best friend. feels lick you are losing your best friend. >>reporter: because the mavie are ending. >> yes. everything is ending. like if this is part of people childhood. >> children aren't the only fans. >> harry. dark mark. if we have all 7 movies. >>reporter: david bruiner is 45. >> i always wanted take the and putting it off and i thought there's probably one thing i totally adore and that's hair ports. >>reporter: he planned the nature three months ago and got 45 tickets for all of his friends. if all over san jose campbell, milpitas and moun

potter, "the final chapter." >> i'm coming to you from harry potter the exhibition in new york city. you might recognize the griffendor room, behind me. whether you're a muggle or full-blown wizard, it may be hard to believe one of hollywood's most successful franchises ever is about to come to an end, from books to movies to a theme park in orlando, j.k rowling's story about a young boy's stories and a wizard is a pop culture phenomenon.

we'll take you inside the magical world of "harry potter." >>> new tonight, the london tabloid is accused of sinking to new lows. >>> just how low would they go? that's the question being asked about the scandal at the racy tabloid news of the world. they've admitted hacking the phones of celebrities, but hacking the have of a missing 13-year-old in 2002. they gave the police false hopes that the girl was still alive. when london was hit by terrorists in 2005, the paper hacked phones. >> it's a violation. i don't know what i think about it other than i'm angry. >> reporter: the payer is a flag -- the paper is a flagship of a mogul of the man who ownes fox news and wall street journal. he's so powerful in britain that no one dare challenge him, today, that changed as the prime minister announced two government inquiries. >> we're talking about murder victims and terrorist victims having their phones hacked into. it's disgusting. >> reporter: this is the woman in the center of the scandal. she was editor of news of the world and she's head of the murdoch im-- empire. >> there's no sign of t

harry potter and the deadly hollows part 2 hits britain and the u.s. on july 15. though the movies may be ending, the brand is expected to remain lucrative through the magic of marketing. jim explains it to us. >> the tag line for this, the final of the eight harry potter films, it all ends here. that may be the case after seven novels, but harry will live on in the form of a new website coming soon. >> back in 1998, i knew i was generating a lot more material than would ever appear in the books. it was simply ridiculous. to me at the time, who will ever want to know the significance of all these different wand words? this was all in my head. >> now the author joined with sony to create a home for the potter discussions and games and material. potter fans once signed up will answer questions, which will place them in one of the four houses and there will be room for users to have their own potter web pages. though everything will be free, rowling says it's her way to giving back to fans. >> you don't have to pay to get the extra material. you don't have to buy a s

so for every book he's been one year older and so have we. >> i grew up with harry potter. i don't know what my life would have been without it. it's like sort of growing up with a friend, a real friend. so it's weird after this movie it won't be there anymore. >> whatever your view of the harry potter stories, and they do leave some people cold, this level of devotion does seem extraordinary. no other franchise has had quite this impact on a generation of children. it is the end of an era. >> very emotional. but i think it's a good time to move on. because we've all grown up now. >> the people who don't get harry potter, what do you say? >> what? i don't want to talk to you. [laughter] >> we'll keep you up to date with that and plenty more on our website, www.bbc.com/news. you're watching "bbc world news." >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of

potter film and just like harry, they're all grown up. it didn't matter how long they had to wait in line. >> i got here at 2:30 in the morning. >> i would have been here last night if they would have let me stay. >> they had to be here. >> i don't think we'll have much of anything like this. >> there were of course wizards and a few muggles. it wasn't back to school night, but a graduation of sorts like fans like veronica. >> i started when i was 11. i was a tv generation and to be in the book generation by the end of it. >> after ten years and eight films, harry potter's magic has not worn off. >> it's one of those worlds you don't want to leave. >> tonight a bittersweet good- bye to a franchise that cast a spell over movie goers in a generation. >> my parents had star wars, i have harry potter. >> they are letting more crowds go into the showings and then 12:30 and so on. if you are hoping to get down here, you will have to wait until well after 1:00 a.m. if you want to see it on imax 3- d, you'll have to wait until after 3:00 a.m. so

i have never watched a single second of a harry potter movie. i've never read a word of any of the books. i just don't get it either. why is the world so obsessed with harry potter if you and i, two reasonably intelligent individuals, have this completely passing us by? >> we're the two individuals who can't answer that because we haven't read or watched harry potter. so we can't analyze the charm of it. i wrote about that because it's just weird, as you know, in terms of harry potter, to stand to the side of a cultural phenomenon like that. i think there are other phenomena, whether it's the sopranos at a given point in time, "seinfeld," "mad men" for a certain group of people, and i wanted to explore how odd it is to have everyone around you enthusiastic about something and to not know what they're talking about. >> talking about phenomena, were you disgusted or curious or sort of bemused by the whole casey anthony trial? it became such a weird thing for me to observe when you see people fighting for tickets in the morning in the queues outsid

first of all, the harry potter alliance uses parallels from "harry potter" to inspire fans to be heroes. we work for other things besides harry potter. one of those is a group called "nerd fighters." they are nerds who fight. unlike ordinary people who are made of muscle and bone and flesh and the nerves, nerds are made of the force of boston. -- awesome. awesomenly the force of bosto to beckon fight the world soccer. that is the amount of suck in the world. one of the leaders of this community, john and hank green, they make these amazing youtuber videos. every week. they are brothers, they discarded as a project where they were video blogging to each other. they are really funny and interesting. you can check them out on youtube. vlog brothers. just a quick example. they call their following the nerd fighters. for his birthday there were going to do a big thing. it was going to be a big surprise. they get hundreds of thousands of these every week. they have a strong following. every year to a takeover youtube with people taking over youtube about what is awesome in the world. youtube

. >>> and harry potter, before he was harry potter. with the final movie out, we look back at what he did at 11 years old, the moment he learned he beat out thousands. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us on this saturday night. and if you're watching this from the center o othis country, we hope you have a fan or an air conditioner. it is a sweltering night. and the first of many. 13 states are under heat warnings tonight, from texas and louisiana in the south, all the way up to the canadian border. take a look at these temperatures. the heat and humidity, making it feel well over 100 degrees in so many cities and towns. omaha, nebraska, 104. to the north in marshall, minnesota, 105. and look at this tonight. as we move into next week, the system barely moves. it just gets bigger. in a moment, we'll turn to the weather center. >>> but first, the pictures facing tens of millions of americans tonight. more than a dozen states tonight, from north and south, are sweltering from the heat. and it's just beginning. tonight, m

you spending on harry potter? >> i don't know. i guess $400. i guess you can say a percentage of the plane tickets. >> we all get the books when they come out. we can't wait for the other one ones. >> i've lost track. >> you wish it was just $400. >> reporter: fans say it's the lure of a magical place where good will undoubtedly prevail over evil. >> they want a glimpse of the wizarding world. they know this world so well. especially the children. they've grown up with it over the last ten years. they know it so well, and they want to live a part of it. >> take it off. >> a glimpse of a world that comes at a price. as no potter tour is complete without an extra stop to pick up your $65 harry potter wand. erin mclaughlin, cnn, london. >> that's it for this edition of "world business today." good-bye for now. we'll see you in four hours time for the second edition of wbt.

here are the real world implications of harry potter. when we're here on the very pristine 11th avenue and 52nd street studios which is new york's famed crack core district, this is a tournament just three days ago. it's a tournament, real people playing it. we asked them to submit some questions for you. i want you to see it. look at that one. >> do you feel any guilt from our ongoing virginity. do you any anti-wedgey spells? >> dan in the book it was mentioned but not the other movies. >> can you tell my mom to pick me up at 5:00. >> did you ever do it. what is "do it"? >> let me think. yes, i feel very guilty. your mum has probably left you there by now. i can't remember what the other ones were. but that poor kid they were like tackling him. >> jon: i know. he's 10. >> he's the snitch. somebody runs around as the snitch. pounced on. >> jon: my favorite part of that is the kid in yellow. there's a guy behind him wielding the broom like a club. >> i didn't see that. >> jon: like capone. this broom gives me enthusiasm. have you actually

here are the real world implications of harry potter. across from our studio. we're here on the 11th avenue and 52nd street studios which is new york's famed crack core district. there is a tournament just three days ago and it's a quittage tournament. real people playing real quittage. we asked them to submit some questions for you. i want you to see it and then obviously answer some. look at that one. >> >> do you feel any guilt at all from our ongoing virginity? do you know any anti-wedgey spells. >> dan, what was up with the first half of the 7th movie. it was mentioned in the book but not the other movies. >> can you tell my mom to pick me up at 5:00. >> did you ever do it. what is "do it"? ( cheers and applause ) >> let me think. yes, i feel very guilty. your mom has probably left you there by now. i can't remember what the other ones are but that poor kid, they were like tackling him. >> jon: he's ten. >> he's the snitch. i had to explain to me that somebody runs around as a snitch and he's pounced on. >> jon: the kid in yellow is talking and there's a g

harry potter has cast a spell over an entire generation. fans celebrated and lined up for friday's midnight release of "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2." the final installment in a pop culture phenomenon unlike any other. >> i'm devastated. i have no clue what i'm going to do when it's over. >> reporter: many of these mere muggles or humans literally grew up with the boy wizard. >> we graduated high school when the seventh book came out. we graduate college and the last movie comes out. it's sort of like our childhood's over. >> reporter: a little over the top? not really, says one doctor of psychology. >> this is like the end of oprah for them. this really is a rite of passage. and having to say good-bye to a piece of their life. >> reporter: before the movies, there were the books. seven of them. soon, kids were speaking a whole new language. words like quidditch. the game where the object is to throw the quaffle through e hoop. and mandrakes. a magical root that looks like a person and makes an awful squealing noise when you

pro, harry potter never lost his appeal. con, harry potter fans never lost their virginity. [ laughter ] that's not true. not true. clap if you've lost your virginity. [ laughter ] >> steve: anecdotal evidence. >> jimmy: thank you. >> steve: hermoine. >> jimmy: pro, wearing 3-d glasses in the theater. con, wearing 3-d glasses in the theater restroom. [ laughter ] pro, all of your biggest questions will finally be answered. con, like what would happen if vin diesel had sex with the turtle? [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: that's it. >> steve: cross that off my bucket list. >> jimmy: that's it. and finally, pro, it's the finale to a legendary film franchise. con, it's the only places to find hogwarts, now it's the new jersey shore hot tub. there you go. that's your pros and cons. we'll be right back with more "late night" everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] built like a volkswagen. the 2011 tiguan. [ grunts ] woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting man: yes it was. so to save

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. >>> the final "harry potter" film, "harry potter and the deathly hallows" premiered in london this week. before the break we asked you this, what was the largest animal ever brought on the film set. did you guess? here is the answer. maybe you knew. according to warner brothers it is a hippo on the set. >>> with the release of the eighth and final film the "harry potter" saga is coming to an end. the "harry potter" brand is gaining ground as we hear from jim baldwin, the boy wizard may want to go to business school. >> reporter: the tag line for this, the final of the eight "harry potter" films, it all ends here. that may be the case after seven novels, but harry will live on in the form of a new website coming soon, pottermore.com. >> back in 1998, i knew i was generating a lot more material than would ever appear in the books. it was simply ridiculous for anyone. for me at the time i thought who will ever want to know the significance of all these different? this was all in my head. >> reporter: author j.k. rowling has joined with sony to create a home for the background potter m

the harry potter. uh-huh. lisa dunn, go mama, out of ohio there came up with this. >> she's a rapping mom from ohio. >> it's called the potter. not the harry potter. >> she's an awfully cool mom. >> she really is. she got everybody there in her ohio town onboard. they're extremely excited about the whole harry potter mania stuff. >> she's a wife. she's a mother of two. she's got her own little witch's brew right there. >> all right. thanks. we had a nice little variety in our little chat room. we're going to go back to the newsroom in a moment. thanks so much, jacqui, appreciate that. >>> we're going to be talking about casey a anthony walking free. protesters take to the streets near her parents' homes. up next, we'll take you live to orlando. automotive performance is gone. and all we have left are fallen leaves and broken dreams. oh. wait a second. that is a dodge durango. looks like american performance is doing just fine. ♪ carry on. ♪ my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it har

tonight, lining up and staying up late to say goodbye to the favorite wizard of all, harry potter. we'll be there with them. >>> some people were trying to get to him, so we happened to be in the boat, so we swung around and grabbed him. >> california's rivers, more dangerous than ever before. tonight, staying safe and some important information for anyone going near the water. >>> and the giants kick off the second half of their season with an extra inning thriller. >>> good evening. some of the hottest wetter in california. only 70 in san jose. temperatures 20 degrees cooler than averages. clouds come back tonight and the giants come back tomorrow ri.gh ire on nbc bayt rea. mores coming up. i swipe your card please. excuse me...? this belongs to you... o...um...thank you. excuse me... this is yours... thank you! you're welcome. with chase freedom, you get cash back on what you buy everyday. this is yours! thank you! that's 5% cash back in bonus categories every three months. and an unlimited 1% everywhere else. activate your 5% cash back today at chase.com/freedom, or at your loc

harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 opens july 15th. >>> she's coming to d.c. in aug gust taylor swift had to postpone her concert in louisville, kentucky, doctor's orders. she is very sorry. she is resting right now under doctor's orders and plans on continuing her tour. >>> keeping your kids safe, helpful tips on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. >>> it happened again, three men prevend-- pretending to be officers storm nod a -- stormed into a home. what you need to do. >> tried to cover her mouth up. >> a carroll county man abducted a boy after attacking the mother. >>> we begin, 6:00 in the morning home owners were sound asleep in their garrison avenue home when three men barged in claiming to be police officers. >> reporter: the robberies are random but the suspects have a familiar mo. bust in, say they're police and rob the plaissments the latest happened just before sunrise in the 2800 block of west garrison avenue. police said three men busted down a door while the people inside were still asleep. they screamed they were the police. >> they went

>>> then -- >> harry potter. >> harry potter fades to black. but one man always knew how the story would end. barry cunningham was harry's first publisher and kept his deepest secrets all these years. a lot coming up tonight. >>> now back to our top story. the tone in washington around these talks is absolutely poisonous and it's not being helped by a congressman calling the president a liar. and that congressman is here tonight. joe walsh joining us, he's in washington. congressman, thanks for being here. let me just ask you right up front. is that appropriate for you to call the president a liar? is it appropriate for any of us to call the president of our country that? >> you know what, these are important times, we're debating big, passionate issues. when my president, when your president, goes on tv and says that he's going to have to start pulling social security checks on august 3rd, he's not being truthful with the american people. so, you know, look. i'm tired of politicians all over the place who don't talk straight and just say what

that could solve all her problems. >>> speaking of wands, it's the harry potter film. it comes out worldwide this day. even though the movies are ending, the harry potter brand is expected to remain lucrative through the magic of marketing. >> reporter: the tag line for this, the final of the eight harry potter films, it all ends here. that may be the case after seven novels. but harry will live on in the form of a new website coming soon. pottermore.com. >> back in 1998, i knew i was generating a lot more material than would ever appear in the books. it was ridiculous at the time. who would ever want to know the significance of all these different wand woods. this was all in my head. >> reporter: now, j.k. rowling has teamed up with sony, to create a home for the background potter material, games and fans. there will be room for users to have their own potter web pages. everything will be free. rowling says it's her way of giving back to fans. >> you don't have to pay to get the extra material. you don't have to pay a single thing to go on to pottermore and have the e

and >> harry potter. >> it is because harry potter has brought me a whole group of friends that are awesome. >> i have a tape, i have a wand. >> it is the last one and we have to go all out because i still like $150 on my costume. >> we love harry potter is the end of an era. pergamon it allows people to dress up and looked weird. people do not think we're crazy, i mean they may still think we are crazy but... >> this is definitely the movie series of our generation, we grew up with it so it is release special to be here. >> no one wins we are trying to kill each other. >> i can kill you better. >> o no my bird! [laughter] >> we have been excited about this for a long time so was worth the wait. >> you are so lame. >> the one girl that i talked with said that harry potter was just a part of their generation, many of the fans grew up reading the books and seeing the films, they will see the final installation of harry potter tonight at midnight. reporting live i am jeff bush with kron4 news. >> at least the weather was not too bad for the can thing out. >> it will be back, we will have fog a

and harry connic--harry potter webb sites. this will reveal greedier background on characters and settings that the author says that she has been courting for years. they will turn of the place where they shot the film into a tourist destination where he hopes that fans will pass the stories down to the next generation. >> a live look outside from the golden gate bridge this afternoon, the fog has returned to the coastline not quite so thick, but it is still clinging to the coastline into an area of of pressure that keeps our sea breeze in place. this evening if you have plans, the city will be foggy in oakland as well. already spilling down into the bayshores and then through the rest of the bay area in the overnight our housewives spread fog and drizzle as well. later morning hours it will start to scale back by the noon hour. so, temperatures have been kept cool all week long thanks to the fog. as we head into tomorrow we still keep it well below average for this time of year. as we head into saturday, we will see some slig