t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >> been a long stretch of silence. now, we finally know what's on her mind. >> candid interview, too. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> get more from abc news,

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t.j. winick reports, clemens has been indicted for statements he made about performance-enhancing drugs. >> let me be clear. i've never taken steroids or hgh. >> reporter: it was those very words at a congressional hearing in february of 2008, that has roger clemens, considered by many, as the best right-handed pitcher in the history of baseball, now under indictment for his statements about performance-enhancing dprupgs federal authorities believe that clemens personal trainer, testified that he injected clemens with steroids or human growth hormone on separate occasions. >> when i told senator mitchell that i injected roger clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, i told the truth. >> reporter: clemens tweeted the following. i never took hgh or steroids. and i did not lie to congress. i look forward to challenging the government's accusations and hope people will keep an open mind until trial. i appreciate all the support i have been getting. >> we have known for some time this was goin

t.j. winick discovered, it's far more common than any of us thought. >> reporter: they're wild animals, kept as pets or for profit and experts say there are hundreds, if not thousands of them. >> captive wild life all over the united states, i would venture to guess they're shady and not meeting regulations. >> reporter: sam, that's him in the corner, used to charge people to wrestle his bears. the federal government shut down that business but he held on to his bears and two days ago, 24-year-old brett kend ra was killed child feeding a 400-pound animal. >> i think he's got a collapsed lung, that's my fear. they're coming, brent, they're coming. >> reporter: this morning on "good morning america," he insisted kend ra knew the risk. >> he newt risk, no different than a airline pilot crashing a plane. >> reporter: naturalist casey anderson says it's very different. >> they're not toys or circus acts, they're beautiful wilden a mails and they need to be treated as such. >> reporter: he runs

t.j. winick, abc news. >>> jelly fush stings have stopped an attempt to cross monterey bay. she was trying to swim 23 miles across monterey bay this weekend. she was swimming for about four and a half hours when she was stunning by hundreds of jellyfish. only one other swimmer has made it across the bay. her swim was part of a charity effort to build $50,000 to build a school in afghanistan. >>> a three-alarm fire ripped through a townhouse complex damaging five units and displacing 20 people. fire investigators spent all day at the scene searching for clues about how the fire may have started. here is abc7's cecilia vega. >> it is an image recorded by a resident who watched his own home burn. san jose firefighters say the cause is under investigation and neighbors have their own ideas. >> basically what i saw from my perspective is there was a propane from the barbecue probably ignited the fire. >> he says he saw the fire burning near the barbecue. the remains of the melted propane tanks and the charred skeleton of a grill could be seen in the courtyard where investigators

t.j. winick has the latest now. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. to be clear, the u.s. combat operation is not over until the end of this month, when brigades that are left will be remissioned to advise and assist brigades. it's the last combat brigade to leave iraq. the 4,000 men and women of the 4th stryker brigade 2nd infantry division. after almost seven and a half years of war, these are pictures america has desperately been waiting for. troops rolling across the barbed wire border crossing wednesday out of iraq and into kuwait. there is much to be thankful for. >> immense, immense relief. it's over, it's all over for us. >> reporter: the stryker brigade, named for the vehicle that delivers soldiers into and out of battle, has lost 34 of its troops. it was at the forefront of some of the worst, fiercest fighting, including eastern baghdad, hotbed of the insurgency during the surge of 2007. >> kind of mixed feelings about it. because we're going home. you know. and -- i mean, in spite of what everybody says, we are kind of making history here.

by judge lambert.test t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >>> a new report says the pentagon needs to do a better job of preventing military suicides. it calls for a new office to set strategy across all service branches. more than 1,100 troops committed suicide between 2005 and 2009. most are in the army and marines, the two branches most stretched by the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >>> we have details this morning about some of the more serious war crimes cases in afghanistan. five forces from a stryker brigade is now charged with murder for allegedly trying to kill three afghan civilians. anyone who dared say anything about the alleged killings was threatened with violence. >>> the lobbying to get shirley sherrod to return to work for the federal government, went all the way up to the president. at a news conference in washington, the woman who was fire affidavit being smeared on the internet, delivered her answer. emily schmidt reports. >> reporter: shirley sherrod lost her usda job very publicly. just as pu

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t.j. winick has details. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. authorities released the chilling phone call that the shooter made after he had gone on his bloody rampage. omar thornton called 911 after shooting ten co-workers, eight fatally, on tuesday morning at hartford distributors in manchester, connecticut. >> state police. >> yeah. this is 911? >> yeah. can i help you? >> this is omar thornton. the shooter in manchester. >> yes. where are you, sir? >> i'm in the building. you probably want to know the reason why i shot this place up. the place here is a racist place. >> yep. i understand that. >> they treat me bad over there. and treat all the other black employees bad over here, too. so, i just take it into my own hands. and i handled it. i wish i could have gotten more people. >> yeah. are you armed, sir? do you have a weapon with >> >> reporter: thornton opened fire after an early-morning disciplinary hearing, where he was forced to resign when he was faced with videotaped evidence that he was stealing beer. >> this is a horrible situati

t.j. winick has the story. good morning, t.j. >>> good morning, rob and vinita. authorities released the chilling phone call that the shooter made after he had gone on his bloody rampage. omar thornton called 911 after shooting ten co-workers. eight fatally. on tuesday morning at hartford distributors in manchester, connecticut. >> state police. >> is this 911? >> yeah, can i help you? >> this is omar thornton, the shooter over in manchester. >> where are you, sir? >> i'm in the building. you probably want to know the reason why i shot this place up. this place here is a racist place. >> yep, i understand that. >> they treat me bad over here, they treat all black employees bad over here too. i had to take it into my own hands. i wish i could have gotten more of the people. >> yeah, are you armed, sir? do you have a weapon with you? >> oh, yeah, i'm armed. >> reporter: thornton opened fire after an early morning disciplinary hearing in which he was forced to resign when confronted with videotaped evidence that he was stealing beer and selling it. >> it's a horribl

more about that and other races from t.j. winick. in ken connect she laid the smackdown on rob sirmens. she poured more than $26 million of her own fortune into her campaign. >> i am honored to be your republican nominee for the united states senate for connecticut. >> reporter: in the georgia gop gubernatorial runoff, former congressman nathan deal squared off against secretary of state karen handel. >> we are very encouraged by the numbers. we hope that they will hold. but i justted to come out and say thank you to all of you for all that you've done. this has been a great night to have for us. >> reporter: the contest had turned into a proxy race for 2012 republican presidential candidates. handel was endorsed by mitt romney and sarah palin. deal had newt gingrich and mike huckabee on his side. the highest profile race of the night was easily the democratic primary in colorado where senator michael bennet bested former state house speaker andrew romanoff. bennett, appointed to the seat, was branded the establishment candidate even

t.j. winick has the latest. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob according to a leader of th operation to plug the blown out well, the process is going well. along the gulf, there is real hope it is the beginning of the end. bp has begun the static kill that is expected to choke the well once and for all. >> this is a really positive step forwad it's going to be good news at a time when thent b cf1 goo but i don't think it should be . >> reporter: kille complete wednesday, ma- >> the chances of this working are pretty much up around 95%, 99%. >> reporter: thestill requires heavy mud and lots of it, to push the oil bck it would fill a two-mile well hole and kill the well. a cement injection is then necessarto ptly that injection is through a relief well, which could be completed as early as next wednesda >> we need to go into the botto to make sure we fill the annulus, the casing and any drill pipe there, with cement. this won't be sealed until the relief wells are done. >> reporter: new government n

t.j. winick is joining us from washington with more. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. anti-washington fever continued to be in the air on this primary tuesday. and many high-profile endorsements actually stole the spotlight from the candidates themselves. in connecticut, former professional wrestling executive linda mcmahon laid the smackdown on her republican senate primary opponent, former congressman rob simmons. mcmahon poured over $26 million of her own fortune into her campaign. in the georgia gop gubernatorial runoff, former congressman nathan deal squared off against secretary of state karen handel. the race had turned into a proxy race for 2012 republican presidential candidates. handel was endorsed by mitt romney and sarah palin. deal had newt gingrich and mike huckabee on his side. >> we are very encouraged by the numbers. we hope that they will hold. but i just wanted to come out and say, thank you to all of you for all that you've done. this has been a great night for us. >> reporter: the highes

t.j. winick has the latest this morning from washington. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. it's the second set of ethics charges against a prominent house democrat in less than a week. maxine waters is accused of a conflict of interest. the incident took place in 2008. waters allegedly called treasury secretary hank paulson to set up a meeting between top treasury officials and one united bank. her husband was a board member and large investor in that bank. not long after the meeting, the bank received $12 million in government bailout money, money that has not been repaid. house investigators say there is substantial reason to believe she violated conflict of interest rules. waters says she was only acting out of concern for minority-owned banks. it's a stunning accusation against one of the most outspoken liberals on capitol hill. hill. she's g1o >> everybody seems they're under investigation for something. >> reporter: this comes just days after the ethics committee moved forward with charges against charlie r

t.j. winick has details. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. the "people" interview was done in four parts totaling 19 hours. elin may have broken her silence but she says she has no intention of speaking publicly about this again. for the first time we're hearing elin nordegren's side of the story. tiger's ex told "people" magazine in an exclusive interview about the first time she discovered her now ex-husband tiger woods was being unfaithful. absolute shock and disbelief. i felt stupid as more things were revealed. how could i have not known anything? the mother of two opened up about the past nine months and about the divorce that was finalized on monday. initially i thought we had a chance and we tried really hard, but she decided without trust and love it couldn't work. >> i wish her the best and everything. you know. it is a sad time in our lives. >> reporter: speaking to reporters before the barclays tournament, tiger admitted his personal troubles have taken an emotional tol

our man, t.j. winick, has the story from washington. t.j.? >> reporter: john, good morning. ben quayle is the front-runner in a primary field of ten candidates. he's really struck a chord with angry voters, and in more ways than one he's proven to be a chip off the old block. >> barack obama is the worst president in history. >> reporter: it's a shocking ad. ben quayle looking straight into the camera talking tough like a washington outsider. >> somebody has to go to washington and knock the hell out of the place. >> but the 33-year-old may, in fact, be the ultimate insider. he's the son of former v ichlt krche president dan quayle who's tapped into his dad's massive fund-raising network but also his dad's history of making mistakes. dan quayle became a political punch line during the 1992 presidential race and in his four years as vice president. >> you forgot one little bit on the end. potato, how is it spelled? spell it phonetically. there you go. >> now his son's blunders like this campaign brochure have also become late night fodder. >> look at those two beautiful littl

t.j. winick has details of the divorce. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. reports of the settlement vary greatly. one has tiger's ex getting $750 million. if so, that would be the largest celebrity divorce settlement ever. after months of speculation, tiger woods is officially divorced. a joint statement released by he and now ex-wife elin nordegren woods reads, we're sad our marriage is over and wish each other the very best for the future. the divorce i was filed monday at bay county circuit court in panama city, florida. while the settlement has not been made public, elin, who is 30, could reportedly receive anywhere from $100 million to seven times that. the couple will share custody of their two children, 3-year-old alexis and 19-month-old charlie. >> i have a neighbor, he hit the tree. we came out just to see what was going on. i see him and he's laying down. >> reporter: the life of the world's number one golfer began to unravel just after last thanksgiving, when this car accident outside

. >> t.j. winick has the latest now. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. the six-count grand jury indictment claims roger clemens obstructed a congressional inquiry with 15 statements he made under oath, including this one -- >> let me be clear. i have never taken steroids or hgh. >> reporter: it was those very words that a congressional hearing in february 2008 that has roger clemens, considered by many the greatest right-handed pitcher in the history of baseball, now under indictment for making false statements about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. federal authorities have chosen to believe his former personal trainer, brian mcnamara, in the same hearing testified he injected clemens with human growth hormone on at least 16 occasions. >> make no mistake. when i told senator mitchell i injected roger clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, i told the truth. >> reporter: late thursday, clemens tweeted the following. i never took hgh or steroids and i did not lie to congress. i look forward to challenging the government's accusations and hope peop

t.j. winick has the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. the cabbie has driven here in new york for 15 years and says he still loves the city despite tuesday's brutal attack. at city hall, new york mayor michael bloomberg dismissed suggestions that the planned construction of an islamic community center two blocks from ground zero was behind the stabbing of a muslim cab driver. >> whether it was related to anything or not, it was disgraceful. everybody should feel safe on the streets. >> reporter: bloomberg stood shoulder to shoulder with ahmed sharif, a cabbie stabbed by a passenger five times after answering yes to the question, are you a muslim? >> i see the knife and i close my eyes. >> reporter: police have charged the alleged stabber, 21-year-old michael enright, with a hate crime. enright is an amateur filmmaker and honors student who recently returned from shooting a documentary in afghanistan. he also volunteers with a church-affiliated group dedicated to promoting peace and understanding. >> i don't believe that he has any underly

t.j. winick has the story. >> reporter: one embryonic stem cell research advocate told me the ruling is an unmitigated disaster. a showdown taking place on the cutting edge of science. at least for now those advocating for embryonic stem cell research, including the obama administration, have suffered a serious setback. >> we're reviewing it to see what's most appropriate so we can keep this important, potentially life-saving, research moving forward in the most ethical way possible. >> reporter: not long after taking office president obama signed an executive order expanding embryonic stem cell research. now u.s. district judge royce lambreth has blocked its federal funding. he ruled the president's ruling violates a law that bans federal financing for any research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to injury or death. right to life groups are claiming victory. >> we are thrilled with the decision. because we believe that life begins at fer

t.j. winick has details. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob, and vinita. there's encouraging news from the gulf. government scientists now report that 75% of the spilled crude has been captured, dispersed or has evaporated. it's the type of oil shortage that gulf residents welcome. after the deepwater horizon explosion, the busted well was killed. no more oil will ever leak from it again. >> it was a tremendous amount of relief that we know that it was finally accomplished after all this time. >> reporter: the static kill, the procedure to choke the well permanently, appears to have been a success. for eight hours, engineers forced heavy mud down into the well, which forced the crude oil back down to its source. >> so, the long battle to stop the leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end. and we are very pleased with that. >> reporter: engineers will now utilize a column of cement nearly two football fields long to pour in on top of the mud. >> we want to make sure that it's permanently sealed with cement. >> reporter: to make sure this