today. tonight, a memorial to celebrate the life of a political legend. live in with the order of events. new details about a kidnapped girl's life in captivity. jacee lee dugard was found 18 years after she was abduct in 1991. she was 11 then, she's 29 now. she was kept isolated in a back yard compound by the couple who took her. and one of the suspects, the convicted sex offender in a jailhouse interview. wait until you hear what he has to say. >> make you sick. and tropical storm danny will mess up a lot of plans along the east coast, john roberts. check in with rob marciano with the latest information on the storm and where it might be heading. >> that's what i'm getting at. they're lining up in boston's darkness to say their good-byes to senator ted kennedy. his body arrived at the john f. kennedy museum yesterday afternoon for the touching journey in hyannis port.

the flag draped over the casket, the same flag that flew over the capital on the last day the senate was in session. tonight, 7:00 eastern, there will be a memorial service in the library. vice president joe biden and senator john mccain will be among the speakers. deb feyerick will be joining us this morning. an outpouring of emotion, isn't it, deborah? >> the reality of most people was seeing the coffin put into the hearse and the entire family with the widow standing at the head almost lined up at attention outside of the compound for a number of people. i turned and watched even those just around me. and that's when a lot of folks started tearing up. it dawned on them it was real. spent so many hours looking at the vibrant pictures of ted kennedy. all of a sudden, it was clear that the end had come. last night, we're at the kennedy

library. last night, 21,000 people came, but what was supposed to be a short viewing period. but because there were so many people, they extended the hours. so, really, folks were here just four hours ago for the final viewing. now i would say 25, 30 people. one of them here. you came today to pay your respects. what does he mean to you? >> i live in new hampshire. got up at 2:00, been here since 3:30. i worked for his brother, jack, when i was 15 years old. i worked for his brother, bobby. and have always felt that this family who did so much for this country and asked so little deserved our respect and our attention and care and it just felt living so close that being here was the thing to do -- the

right thing to do. >> everyone knew he was sick. but at what moment did it dawn on you that it was over? >> actually, about a week before he died, i was watching the news and they were showing some footage of him apparently from his last sail. he had lost a lot of weight. he looked as though it would not be long. and my husband was with me then and i started talking and said only a matter of time and we figure out what we can do when it does happen. >> thanks so much. from new hampshire. people are lining up right now. visiting hyannis port in to boston through this -- [ inaudible ] >> unfortunately, deb, we appeared to have lost your microphone. hold on to that thought. we'll get back to you on that. it's supposed to begin raining here in boston. a lot of folks lining up, they line up to pay their tributes

and respects, senator kennedy. one of the nephews, robert kennedy jr. was greeting people in the crowd. he spoke briefly to john king, the host of the state of the union about the recent sailing trip he took with his uncle. >> the week before he died, he was out on his boat and he was very sick by then. and he was losing some of his ability to find words. he was still very cognizant and very -- he was able to steer his boat and to read and understand all the conversation. but it was sometimes during parts of the day during for him to -- to find the words that he was looking for. and i -- i had a boat load full of kids and i went by his coat, by his sailboat and we all waved to each other. and he started yoedling when he used to do all the time.

he climbed the matter horn when he was younger and he learned to yodel over there. he would sing yodelling songs to the grandchildren. he grabbed my arm, he looked me intensely in the eye and he started yodeling and he said to me. i'm sorry, it's all i got left. >> robert kennedy jr. said his uncle was like a surrogate father to him. in two hours at 8:00's tueae public will be able to pay their respects to senator kennedy. then at 10:00, there will be a memorial service at the library. you can see the events at cnn and cnn.com. we're following the developments of a terrible and remarkable story of a girl kidnapped at the age of 11, now found 18 years later. authorities in california now saying jacee dugard, 29 years old, was held by a convicted sex offender and his wife in a back yard compound. they say phillip garrido had two daughters with her.

this picture in to cnn show garrido and his wife, nancy, taken to jail after the police booking on thursday. the disturbing details of her captivity are now coming to light. randi kaye has more for you. >> reporter: good morning, john, and carol. until now, jacee dugard hasn't been seen since june, 1991. she was grabbed as she walked to her bus stop in south lake tahoe, california. her stepfather, on the driveway, saw his little girl, blond, blue eyed, all dressed in pink, disappear into a strange car. >> what do you remember about the day that jacee disappeared. >> the minute i saw that door fly open, i was trying to get on my mountain bike trying to get to her. i was hollering 911. they had a two-minute head start. >> there were searches, missing fliers, reward money. nothing brought jacee back. not even her mother's plea. >> jacee, you hear mommy. i love you. i want you to come home tonight.

>> jacee finally did come home, yesterday. when she suddenly walked into a police station outside of san francisco with her alleged kidnappers and told officers who she was. >> my wildest dreams after 18 years. this is like the total package, like winning the lotto. >> reporter: early this morning, jacee's stepfather got the call he'd been waiting for from jacee's mom. they are now separated. >> she goes are you sitting down? i go, yeah. she goes, they found jacee. they paused for a few seconds and she goes, she's alive. we both cried for about ten minutes before we could talk. >> reporter: jacee's accused kidnapper, phillip and justin garrido are under arrest. they noticed mr. garrido handing out fliers with two young children. a background check showed a convicted sex offender on

parole. when questioned by his parole officer with his wife, two children, and alyssa at his side, it turned out, alyssa was jacee dugard. authorities say he admitted kidnapping her all those years ago and fathering two children with her. even though garrido visited the house all those years, no one ever spotted jacee dugard. >> there's a secondary back yard. there's a access through a narrow tarp. her and the two children were in a shed. one shed soundproofed could only be opened from the outside. >> phillip garrido served time for kidnapping and rape in nevada. in parole, he wears a tracking device. the children he fathered are with their mother, jacee. 11 and 15 years old, police say they've never been to school or to the doctor. still, they and their mom are free. >> i'm just so happy having gone there. >> where is this emotion coming

from? >> years locked up. i'm an old vietnam vet who's shell shocked. how much nerves do i have to have to go through this. >> tears of joy after so many years of sadness, john, carol, back to you. >> and we'll have much more on this incredible story at 6:30 eastern, we'll talk to jacee dugard's stepfather, carl probyn who witnessed her kidnapping 18 years ago, the man you just heard in tears in randi's package. so many unanswered questions. but we're hearing from the man accused in the abduction. phillip garrido did a interview with casey in sacramento and looked for details about what took place in his house. >> wait till you read that document. my life has been straightened out. what till you hear the story of what took place at this house. you're going to be absolutely impressed. it's a disgusting thing that took place in the beginning.

but i turned my life completely around. and to be able to understand it, you have to start there. you're going to find the most powerful story coming from the witness, the victim. you wait. you take this a step at a time, you're going to fall over backwards and in the end, you're going to find the most powerful, heartwarming story. >> we'll leave that to you to decide. garrido and his wife are charged with kidnapping and rape. right now held on $1 million bail. >> difficult to listen to him say that, isn't it? >> he's delusional. >> talk to carl probyn about all that and get his take on it in a little while. brand new, mahmoud ahmadinejad calling for option leaders to be prosecuted over the postelection turmoil in iran. ahmadinejad says there has to be, quote, serious confrontation against the leaders. he didn't name anyone but hard liners called for the arrest of the option leaders.

the ntsb calling for new rules for crowded air space over hudson river. a small plane and sight-seeing helicopter collided killing nine people. hell copters and fixed wing aircraft will be required to fly at different altitudes over the river. the air traffic control operate or on duty was talking on the phone and should have warned the pilot of the small plane in its path. he may be chairing the federal reserve but ben bernanke is not immune from identity theft. his personal bank account was targeted after his wife's purse was stolen at a capitol hill starbucks. someone started cashing checks on the account days after the purse was taken. prosecutors saby bernanke was oe of millions from identity thiefs

who stole $2 million in financial institutions across the country. his wife's bank account was not linked to the federal reserves. >> at least he gets to know how the rest of us feel. . we are tracking tropical storm danny messing up plans for people all along the northeast. >> rob marciano is tracking the storm. a wet one for the northeast as danny stays offshore. the forecast for us coming up. he's live in mystic, connecticut by the way in the dog days festival. we'll be with him in a second. bicycle, i've missed you.

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close eye on a tropical storm. this time it's danny which could pick up strength as it churns 500 miles off of the coast. tropical storm warnings are in effect for the latest on danny's path and how it can affect the weather in the northeast. rob marciano join us live in mystic, connecticut this morning. dog days festival there. more on the dog days in a second. but first of all, we're going to find out how much the storm is going to dog us this weekend, rob. >> well, john, john and carol, they're certainly worried about that. the cone at one point was point in the general direction of mystic sea port. let's talk about danny. tropical storm had a hard time getting its act together. talk about the struggling for a few days now. the good news is it had a more difficult time in the last 24 hours. the reduction of wind speed, the hurricane hunter aircraft had been in there and hasn't seen a great deal of organization, 400 miles south of cape has ras.

hatteras. north-northwestly at 50 miles per hour. there's still tropical storm warnings out for the carolina coastline in the event it strengthens furtherer to the west. new england breathing a sigh of relief although the cape not out of the path just yet. at this point, the national hurricane center thinks it will remain a tropical storm as it continues the trek off to the north. we mentioned we're at the mystic sea port in the area here. for 80 years, it's been a maritime museum. re-created the maritime village. all sorts of stuff here. 500 boats, four national landmarks, including one special one. the oldest wooden whaling ship in existence today. they've been refurbishing it for some years now. what's interesting is they need to use live oak from live oak trees but they can't cut down the trees. some of the wood they're using to rebuild this thing is from hurricane katrina trees that were killed and they're waiting

for a shipment of hurricane ike trees to come in from the south. $2 million to get this thing ship worthy. one of the ways they're trying to raise money this year is doing the dog days deal. which is basically bringing in puppies, award-winning ones, from all over the country. 50 of them coming in here. newfoundlands that can rescue you right out of the water. search and rescue dogs, canine dogs from the police department. and we've got -- we've got some special ones coming in here. my man rue dreyfus. last night we got in to town, they were all a flutter. a buzz, admirers, a horde of them. well wishers coming in to see rufus and wish him well. in the puppy world, this guy is a bit of a prima donna. up the mystic river about to make landfall here. our man, rufus and his handlers. hey, rufus. what's up, man?

how you doing? we made friends, we made niles. rufus holds 750 titles. this, ladies and gentlemen, is one handsome puppy. and the 2006 westminster best in show champion. i'm honored to be in his presence. if i can go any further with this leash i'm on, i would. good to see you guys. >> rob? >> you call rufus a pip -- why is he a -- >> look at him. come on. just the way he carries himself. and i'm told that the -- treat him well. that's what they call it in the dog world. >> i'm sorry i asked. >> hopefully i'll be back with you in another hour. >> go back on that leash, rob. you need it. >> yeah, i do, and a gag.

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♪ life is a highway i want to ride it all night long ♪ welcome back to the most news in the morning. cash for clunkers gave automakers a much-needed boost, generating 7,000 vehicle sales and claims for just under $3 billion in cash and rebates. with those insecentives gone, ty could crash. ford which topped gm, chrysler, and other sales is stepping up production. what does the future hold?

mark fields is the executive vice president. he joins us now. >> thanks for coming in early. >> thanks for having me. >> let's get this out of the way quickly. we know toyotas and hondas were the big winners over domestic cars. and, you know, it's sort of the same old same old. how could you beat them? >> the good news for ford is we did well for cash for clunkers. the actual share of the clunkers -- it ran about 1.5 points higher than our year-to-date retail market share. we've been growing the market share for nine out of the last ten months. so the good news is we had a couple of vehicles in the top ten of the clunkers. >> you did? >> but what was really important, what you may not know is when we closed the books on august, we'll set some sales records -- all-time sales records for vehicles like ford fusion, flex, and probably will record our highest f-series sales since october of 2006. >> i want to read you a quote

now. auto research website said cash for clunkers distorted the market in the way that benefitted in four weeks, now the payback begins. sales will fall in the basement and you'll be left in the same spot that you were before. >> i think when you look at the industry, clearly for the cash for clunkers period, the industry did spike. but very importantly, we always knew that the stimulus was going to be temporary and that's why we look between now and the end of the year, we'll see a selling rate that's below the selling rate that they had in cash for clunkers. we've adjusted the production. we raised production in the third and fourth quarter. very importantly, we're replenishing the dealer inventories. we're not going to get overly am fish. we had the strategy to adjust the capacity and we'll continue to do that. >> is there a similar program that automakers could come up with like cash for clunkers. it was a great marketing ploy, right. they are getting money to the government.

a great money making campaign. is there something on tap for automakers to be similar to that? >> the most important thing we can do is give customers great value and instill consumer confidence and also make them interested in being attracted to a car and a truck these days. just put out the best products we can. we have a strategy fully focused on bringing out a full line of products, small, medium, large. fueling the economy. we have the industry best quality right now, technology, and very importantly, safety. so the best thing from our standpoint is to continue to bring customers great products. it's reflected in our market share. so hopefully we'll see that going forward. >> did it surprise you that people were so in to fuel-efficient cars. >> we've been focusing on fuel efficiency in the last couple of years. it's interesting. last year when gas spiked to $4 a gallon, people were interested in fuel efficiency.

you fast forward to today, even though gas prices are down, fuel economy is still at the top of the list. so, we have a strategy that says for every vehicle we come out with, every segment, we will be best in class or among the leaders in fuel economy. and we're doing it with the vehicles like our new fusion. >> do you think that reflects a real change? because, you know, some people thought that once gas prices went down, people would return to the big pickup trucks and their suvs. but will that eventually happen again? have people really changed their mindset about buying fuel efficient cars? >> we feel that people have really changed their minds. customers are really smart. they saw the experience last spring. they know that oil is not a renewable resource. clearly as we look at our business going forward, we expect gas to rise. so we -- we continue to focus on fuel economy because we think that customers are going to continue to focus on that. and it's going to be at the top of their list. >> will the detroit lions win a football game this season? >> well, let's see.

i think they have a brand new coach and a couple of great draft picks and i'm very hopeful. >> me too. i'm a detroit lions fan. thank you so much. mark fields from ford motor company. appreciate it john? we have an incredible story to tell you about. jacee lee dugard. she was 11 years old when she was kidnapped. her parents lost hope that she would be found alive. well, on wednesday, the parents got the news that she had been found. now 29 years old. she had been held captive for 18 years in the back yard of a man in california. we'll have that story and talk with her stepfather coming up in a couple of minutes. ( revving, siren blares )

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just about half past the hour. checking our top stories now. this morning, crowds are waiting for a chance to file past senator ted kennedy's coffin. his coffin arrived at the library yesterday after an emotional journey that started in hyannis port and wound its way through the streets of boston. at 7:00 eastern, there will be a memorial service at the library. southern california wild fires are growing and forcing people to leave their homes. 2,000 evacuation orders were issue in the seaside community of rancho palo verdes. 500 homes in the area evacuated. he's not apologizing but a republican said he was only joking when he said he would buy

a license to hunt president obama. gubernatorial candidate rex ramble made a comment at the gop rally this week. he's talking about the state's planned wolf hunt for which hunters must buy a tag to participate. when someone shouted a question about obama tags, he said we'd buy some of those. >> a perfect segue, i would think, in to our friday segment, wing nuts of the week. john avalon calls on someone from the left and the right taking political name calling to the extreme. the columnist for the daily beast.com and the author of the book, independent nation and he's here with this week's dishonorees. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you're reading that story. john said, i didn't hear about that one. >> wow. that's -- that's a new look. congratulations on that. >> we've got other ones. >> who's the wingnut on the right? >> a great actor moonlighting lately as a conservative

commentator. jumped the shark this week jon voight gave an interview to "the new york times" saying president obama is provoking the war -- good man. here's the thing. a lot of revolutionary talk -- civil war. this is not a metaphor, a colorful turn of fratz. president lincoln provoked the civil war and 600,000 americans died. we've got to get a grip on this, people. and the rhetoric is starting to proliferate around the country. someone like voigt who carried the mantle and the celebrity will be more influential. >> he was liberal in the 1960s.

so what happen? >> dennis hopper is the great -- ever. >> other than the fact that people tend to be more conservative as they get older. >> get egg sober too. but i respect someone who evolves. it's tough to be a conservative in hollywood. that deserves some respect. but there seems to be a derangement syndrome that slips in and gets encouraged when conservatives adopt a celebrity on their mantle. in '07, jon voight condemned wingnut criticism on the left. he said when you deface him, you deface the country, it's a leader. that should be nonpartisan. >> who's the wingnut on the left? >> we have an unhinged appropriator. neil abercrombie. people are looking at the spending in washington. this is the number one appropriator in fiscal year '09, 44 projects, ear marked total of

nearly $258 million. the latest caper is insisting on a wage cost in a u.s. base in guam. >> this is not prevailing wages in guam. >> no, this is prevailing wages in the united states brought to guam. sounds like an interesting thing to do if he's paying for it. he's not, we are. estimated costs, $10 billion additionally. >> what's the difference in prevailing wages in the united states compared to guam. >> 250% increase. >> my goodness. >> a little bit out there. and even worse, one of the major contractors on the project in guam is one of the top five contributors to his campaigns in the past. so, there you go. >> and you're doing something new this week as well. you've got a profile encourage for us. >> yeah. we want to shout out the positive as well. this weekend with all of the unhinged town halls going on, john mccain took a stand for decency in a town hall when a woman asked -- isn't president obama taking apart our constitution? let's take a listen to what he said.

>> i'm sure that he does and i'm sure that he respects the constitution of the united states. no, no. i am convinced the president is beliefs. he's sincere in his beliefs. we just happen to disagree and he is the president of the united states and let's be respectful. >> that's a profile encourage. he's standing up to a crowd telling them not what they want to hear, but reminding us that we can disagree agreeably in this country. profile courage award goes to john mccain. >> shout out this morning. thanks so much. >> i like that profile in courage. talk about courage. we've been talking about a kidnapped girl, jacee dugard. kidnapped at 11. turns up two months later with two kids. held prisoner by a sex offender. we're going to talk to her stepfather and ask him how she's

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this morning, the california family's 18-year-long nightmare is over. the parents of jacee lee dugard kidnapped back in 1991 when she was just 11 years old are relieved she's been found, but also horrified by what she went through. police seydou guard was held in a back yard compound by a convicted sex offender and his wife.

and, she had two daughters with him. jacee's stepfather, carl probyn, witnessed her abduction 18 years ago. carl joins us live in california this morning. thanks for being with us. i can't imagine what you have been going through in the past couple of days. and i can't imagine what you went through for 18 years before that. how are you coping with this? the fact that you -- i'm sure you lost hope at some point. now she's back. >> i did lose hope. but i'm coping it's over and the last 18 years have been pretty rough, but the last two days have been pretty good. got an ending to this. >> what have the last two days been like for you? >> basically, i've probably done 100 interviews, they've been busy. i haven't happened time to think about anything. i've had four hours' sleep and keep busy, keep doing things and learning more information and things are going good.

>> your now ex-wife got the news on this the other day. she met with jacee. what did she tell you that moment was like? >> she said that she just talked to her and asked her questions and that basically jacee told her she had babies and my wife asked her, babies? how many babies? and jacee said two babies. and it was a real shock. i didn't know that babies were 15 and 11. i was expecting what i saw in the news release that nobody told me they were 15 and 11. so kind of a shocker. >> one of the most -- >> the youngest child is the same age -- the youngest child is the same age as jacee when she was taken. >> just amazing. one of the most incredible things about this. i can't imagine as a parent how you would deal with this child abduction itself is hard enough. but you witnessed her being taken back june 11, 1991. can you tell the folks at home what happened that morning?

>> jacee walked up to the hill on the way to the bus stop and a car came down, circled, went real slow. got my attention. that's how i recognized the call. it went back up to the hill. it waited for her to get back up to the top of the hill. she wanted to see if the cars were coming from behind and the cars above. once it got next to her, cut her off. basically i saw the door fly open. i jumped on my mountain bike. i realized i couldn't get to her in time. the hill was too steep. i went back down, yelled for the neighbor to call 911. they had a two-minute head start. i have a lot of questions -- how did they get out of there? you would think they would block the roads off. they would have had them. but they got away. >> have you relived the moment again and again and again in the last 18 years? >> not so much that. i just basically think that it would have been nice to -- like i say, to solve this and capture these people. that's the way i was thinking. when it first happened, i was thinking, i would have had my

car keys, i would have chased him and done this and this. lately in the last two years, i just wanted an ending to this. >> this abduction broke up your marriage. you said you were a suspect at a time. the fbi, quote, put you through the wringer. >> they did. >> well, i've never been in jail, so, for me, the test, asking me questions, interrogating me. that's part of the territory. i'm the last one to see her. i expected that. >> right. do you know when you're going to see her yourself? >> i'm assuming they're going to bring her back down here. why would they leave her up here? we all live down here. those people in jail. they'll never see her again. i'm assuming they're going to bring them down here. >> the person, phillip gentleman r -- garrido, the man who took her along with his wife, nancy garrido. he did an interview and said

he's a changed person. he said you're going to find the most powerful story coming from the witness. from the victim. if you take it a step at a time, you'll find the most heartwarming story. it's a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning but i turned my life completely around. what's your reaction when you hear that? >> turned our lives around too by doing this. it's sick. it benefitted him but destroyed everybody else's life. that's pretty sick. >> carl probyn, i tell you, we're so thankful that you got your daughter back. i don't know how you make up for 18 years but i'm sure you're anxious to get a start on it. thanks for joining us this morning. appreciate it. >> you're quite welcome. >> can you imagine? >> you wonder how the family will ever heal from something like this. >> we'll be talking with a psychologist in the next hour.

he'll give us an idea of what the family is going through. what she might have gone through. where do you go from here? how do you start rebuilding your life. >> held captive for 18 years, never went to school. her children never went to school. >> never went to the doctor either. >> unbelievable. quite interesting. i look forward to that. we're going to talk -- we're going to examine the new orleans mayor, ray nagin. four years since katrina hit, how has ray nagin done? what legacy is left behind? has he helped to heal new orleans? thanks to him? not thanks to him?

welcome back to the most news in the morning. four years since hurricane katrina brought the city of new orleans to its knees. every year, people are trying to bring new orleans back including new orleans mayor ray nagin. what does the shoot from the hip mayor have to say about that? here's sean callebs. >> reporter: mayor ray nagin has been a lightning rod for criticism in post-katrina, new orleans. as it moves forward, the popularity moves in the opposite direction. just after the ground breaking, nagin told me he isn't surprised. >> i don't think any leader after disaster survives.

look at kobe, japan, other major disasters, the leaders were kicked out. fortunate, unfortunate to be standing here as we continue to progress. and what i find is that citizens wanted immediate fixes when there was no immediate fix. so i took the brunt for that. >> i am so humble today. >> reporter: in may, 2006, nine months after katrina hit, he was re-elected mayor. but since then, critics charge he's had a bunker mentality, with the perception he's rarely seen in public at a time when new orleans needed a strong, visible mayor. >> some people came to me and said why did your mayor run for re-election. do you have the answer? >> i didn't want to leave the city in the verge of disrepair. we were on the verge of bankruptcy. i felt i was best qualified to do that. see if it all works out. >> reporter: while many areas tourists sigh are flourishing,

entire areas, chantilly, lakeview, and the lower ninth ward are still devastated. many blame nagin for the slow pace of recovery. for his part, he said he was ready to lead. but was the city ready to follow? >> there's been days when i questioned whether the city was ready to move forward and ready to deal with the issues that i was bringing forward. but, you know, i'm a little too old to change now. so i came to office as a newby. i've never been in politics. i've lived my life telling people the truth. sometimes it works out in politics. sometimes it doesn't. >> among the most controversial comments. >> this city will be chocolate at the end of the day. >> reporter: what was behind that? >> the only thing i regret about chocolate city is that people misunderstood the quote and the comment so much. at that time, there was that notion that some of the business people were saying to the national media groups they didn't think certain people will come back. i wanted to send a strong signal that everyone was welcome.

it's misinterpret. >> reporter: nagin will be out of office in nine months. he says in all probability, he's done with politics saying he'll begin to look at private sector jobs in a matter of months. sean callebs, cnn, new orleans. wouldn't know it to walk around the streets of new york city, up and down fifth avenue, times square, new york avenue, you can't move because it's full of people. tourism is down in the big apple. new york tourism as only richard roth can. (mom) i'm not going to be able to see her every day. or sit on her bed and talk about her day. but she's ready. thanks to walmart's unbeatable prices, i was able to get her everything she needed. as well as what she wanted. letting go?himom!

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lavine? you're rocking to her. >> good canadian girl -- woman. >> yeah. that's right. good morning, new york. cloudy, 68 degrees. it's going to rain later today. but 73, which is cooler than it has been. i'm sure the humidity will be down. speaking of new york, fewer vacationers are actually saying good morning to new york in person these days. new york is a fave for foreign tourists, tourism is down a whole 5% in the big apple this year. it's much worse in other cities. the tourism industry nationwide shrank by more than 15% in the first three months of the year. so, how do you make people want to come by land and by sea? in a bad economy? our richard roth took to the streets and the water and he's here with the answers. so what is the answer? >> well, the answer is, you've got to hope, pray, work hard that new york has established a lot of posts around the world to make new york a magnet to keep drawing them back. carol, john, it used to be,

don't behave like a tourist. to find out how new york city and the industry were coping with the recession summer blues, i became a tourist. >> welcome to new york city. >> reporter: new york needs tourists, especially in a global financial crunch. >> the importance of tourism to the city of new york is just astronomical. >> reporter: the city is not quacking in its boots. tourism is down 5%, but much less than other major new york cities. >> where are you guys from? >> england. >> england. >> reporter: i can't duck this assignment. a tour on the land and duck water tour. >> one-time square. they put the bulb up just before mother's day this year. a left on 42nd street. one of new york city's best kept secrets. okay, people, that's the shot of the empire state building you want. >> reporter: they report tourism is up 47% over the last year, even with rough seas around. >> everyone is in the same boat.

we're no kpengs. but we're poised to stay above water just like everyone else. >> three, two, one -- >> glad i wore a suit for this. been drenched here on new york's duck boat. the tourism industry hopes to stay dry in the summer of '09. >> i didn't get wet. >> okay, germany. camera. >> we always wanted to come here. financial crisis or not. so we make holiday in new york. >> so you can make out the statue of liberty to the left. >> reporter: on your right, the grounded high flier, the concord. nothing like a child at the wheel to help settle passengers and consumers down. >> country needs to stop spending -- spending money they don't have -- spending money they that have. >> that was a good answer. i think that was bernanke with the duck call.

>> this quacker meant war. >> i'm going to throw you in the water! >> you be nice. >> i survived that child and the ride. it was interesting to hear goldman sachs mentioned along with the statue of libber the si tourist attractions. >> for goldman sachs? >> didn't serve any liquor on the ship, carol. i didn't hear any boos. >> i was doing a cliche count there. you got the count up high. >> we work hard. >> the kid -- we can make him an honorary new yorker with an attitude like that. >> he's from long island. maybe a little rivalry there. >> richard, thanks so much. good morning, we hit the top of the hour. 7:00 eastern time, i'm carol costello in for kiran chetry. >> i'm john roberts. mourning the loss. the widow of ted kennedy says she's taking tremendous solace from the huge crowds coming to the jfk library to pay their respects to the liberal lion in the senate.

president obama and heads of state from ireland and the uk all expected to be on hand for his funeral. live in boston comie up in a moment. >> she was kidnapped 18 years ago. she's free this morning. jacee dugard was living in a compound of sheds in the back yard. the man accused of taking her, the father of her two children. the astonishing story ahead. how does the family begin to put their lives back together? >> tropical storm danny is picking up strength. warnings along north carolina's coast plus large waves and rip currents are expected up and down the east coast this weekend. the rush to put out the vaccines. washington warning half the country could be infected with swine flu and up to 90,000 people could die from it this year. if h1n1 is a huge threat, or have we caught a case of swine flu fever? hans answers ahead from the director of the cdc.

thousands of americans, many didn't know him, lining up to say good-bye to kennedy. thousands lined up yesterday. today at 7:00, there will be a memorial service at the library. joe biden and senator john mccain will be among the speakers this evening. deb feyerick is live this morning. an incredible outpouring of gratitude to a man who meant so much to the people there in the state of massachusetts. deb? >> yeah, absolutely. one thing that goes through our mind -- they have this personal connection to senator kennedy. they -- but -- there is a really -- this is the man who was a part of that. i talked to somebody who grew up here. he said they'll always remember the moment that senator kennedy died. which is pretty remarkable when you think about the impact there. you can see the line.

we're taking a live picture there. and about an hour ago, there were, i would say, 50 people. but now they're really beginning to pour in. the line is several hundred long. last night, they didn't close down the library until about 2:00 in the morning. 21,000 people paying their respects. there was a six-hour period last night. we expect the lines today to be much, the viewing today 8:00 to 3:00, clearing it out for the dignitaries who are expected to attend. a lot of people getting early, paying their respects but also to say good-bye. john? >> deb feyerick. thanks so much. lye coverage of senator kennedy's memorial at 8:00 this morning to 3:00 this afternoon. we'll be live outside of the jfk library. tonight, at 7:00 eastern, we will be live at the celebration of life memorial service for the senator. for the best coverage of the final farewells to senator kennedy. stay with cnn all day. now to a developing story

out of california where a family is waking up this morning. their lives changed forever. and for the better. this is jacee lee dugard. she was kidnapped more than 18 years ago when she was just 11 years old. her stepfather watched the abduction, but could not stop it. this morning, dugard is free. police say for nearly two decades, she's been living here, in a compound of tents and sheds in the back yard of her alleged kidnappers, phillip and nancy garrido's house. the horrifying twist to all of this. police say philip garrido had two daughters with his victim. the children are now 11 and 15. never been to school. never seen a doctor. and they were born in this back yard. the garridos are behind bars this morning. phillip garrido is already talking. hear from him in a few minutes. but, first, how the whole plot unraveled because of one observant security guard. randi kaye has the incredible story from los angeles. good morning, john, carol. until now, jacee dugard hasn't

been seen since june, 1991. >> reporter: she was grabbed as she walked to her bus stop in south lake tahoe, california. her step father, on the driveway, saw his little girl, blonl blond, blue eyed, all dressed in pink, disappear in a strange car. >> what do you remember about the day jacee disappear? >> the minute i saw that door fly open, i jumped my bike and tried to get to her. my neighbor was watering and i told her, call 911. they had a two-minute head start. >> reporter: the two minutes turned in to two decades. there were searches, missing fliers, and reward money, nothing brought jacee back. not even her mother's plea. >> jacee, if you hear mommy, i love you, i want you to come home tonight. >> reporter: jacee did finally come home -- yesterday, when she suddenly walked into a police station outside of san francisco with her alleged kidnappers and told officers who she was. >> my wildest dreams after 18

years. this is like the total package, like winning the lotto. >> reporter: early this morning, jacee's stepfather got the call he's been waiting for from jacee's mom. they are now separated. >> she goes, are you sitting down? i go, yeah. she goes, they found jaw see. they paused for a few seconds and she goes, she's alive. and we both cried for about ten minutes before we could talk. >> reporter: jacee's accused kidnappers, phillip and nancy garrido are in custody. charges are expected tomorrow. on tuesday, a security guard at the u.c. berkeley campus noticed mr. garrido handing out fliers with two young children. the background check showed he was a convicted sex offender on parole. when questioned by his parole officer yesterday, his wife, two children, and the woman he called alyssa at his side, it turned out alyssa was jacee dugard. authorities said he admitted kidnapping her all those years ago and fathering two children with her.

>> reporter: even though parole officers visited garrido's house, no one spotted jacee dugard. why not? >> secondary back yard that's screened from view all around. only access from a small narrow tarp. her and her two children were living in sheds. one shed was soundproof and could only be opened from the outside. >> reporter: garrido was on parole for rape in nevada. he wears a gps tracking device. the children he fathered are now with their mother, jacee. 11 and 15, they've never been to school or to the doctor. still, they and their mom are free. >> i'm so happy. >> reporter: where's this emotion coming from? >> years locked up. i'm an old vietnam vet that's shell shocked. i mean, how much nerves do i have. to have to go through this. >> reporter: tears of joy after so many years of sadnd. john, carol, back to you. and you saw him there in

randi's report. and in the last hour here on "american morning," john talked to jacee dugard's stepfather, carl probyn. he asked, did he ever lose hope, how's he coping? and what's it like to watch jacee's kidnapping? >> i did lose hope. but i'm coping that it's over and the last 18 years have been pretty rough, but these last two days have been pretty good. >> right. >> got ap ending to this. >> what have the last two days been like for you? >> basically, i've done 100 interviews. they've been busy. i haven't had time to think about anything. i've had about four hours sleep and just keep busy, keep doing things, you know, learning more information and things are going good. once i got next to her, cut her off. basically when i saw the door fly open, i jumped on the mountain bike. i couldn't get to her in time. the hill was too steep. i rode back down, yelled at the neighbor to call 911. they had a two-minute head start. i have a lot of questions of

like how do they get out of there? you'd think they block the roads off, but they got away. >> police said they started the work of reunion iffing the family and lit be a long process. jacee dugard is, quote, in good health but living in the back yard in the past 18 years does take its toll. garrido already served time in nevada for rape and kidnapping. he's already talking to the media. kcr spoke to garrido. he left documents for the fbi a few days ago. they'll shed light on the case. garrido said, quote, they'll be part of the trial. here's what else garrido had to say.

we asked casey's stepfather -- jacee's stepfather about that statement. what his thoughts were, he said it was sick. how can this family heal after so many years apart after so much trauma. ahead, forensic psychology dr. helen morrison gives us some answers. tracking tropical storm danny right now. it's a disorganized system. it could gain some strength from the carolinas to new england. no one tracks a storm better than rob marciano. he's in mystic, connecticut this morning. he's going to introduce us to

amazing dogs. >> pooches. >> right. but you'll talk about that disorganized storm out there. >> let's talk about danny first, yeah. business first. then danny is certainly been pestering us for a couple of days now. disorganized, organized, now barely holding on to tropical storm status. latest run from the hurricane hunters says, yeah, this thing has 45 mile-per-hour winds at this point. not organized at all. 400 miles or so south from cape hatteras. the movement is north-northwest at 8 or 9. that's movement expected to accelerate. notice it's not forecast anymore to be a hurricane but remain a moderate to strong tropical storm. there's a chance for strengthening here. and passing cape hatteras, there are tropical storm watches out for that area. but only if this thing strengthens and continues the movement moving a little closer. but right now, even new england at this point might well be spared. give you the update on that at 11:00. the tropical wave out there in

atlantic. we're in mystic, connecticut because you, the viewers, told us to come here. it's part of the rob's road show we've been doing every friday. dog days of summer here at the sea port. 50 dogs, all different types of breeds, search and rescue dogs will exhibit their techniques here in a half an hour. huge newfoundland dogs trained to rescue people out of the water. you met rufus, an award-winning dog in his own right. they're all here to celebrate summer, so are we. >> rufus is quite the ladies' man. we'll hopefully get to see him again before the show ends. >> i knew you'd like him. yeah. >> i did. >> that's how we are. >> thank you, rob. >> see you later. >> i know. >> i'm itching to say something. >> you know what you're going to see -- you're going to see michael vick when we just talked about dogs. >> that's not what i was itching to say --

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welcome back to the most news in the morning. the story hard to believe, the situation impossible to comprehend. jacee lee dugard was kidnapped at the age of 11. two decades later, she's been found alive. police say she's been living in tents and sheds in the back yard of the couple who took her. one of her alleged kidnappers is the father of the two daughters. authorities say they're already starting to bring the family back together. but you have to wonder, where do you even start in that process. for more, we're joined by forensic psychiatrist helen morrison. thanks for being with us. what mental state do you expect jacee lee dugard and her two daughters are in. by all accounts, she only left that back yard once in the past

18 years. that's when she was taken to garrido's parole officer. she hasn't been to school since she was 11 years old. her two young girls have never been to school. what kind of mental shape do you think they would be in? >> could you imagine? it's a little like being a time traveller, of being introduced to a world you have no concept. you're going to be overwhelmed, first of all. you have a change of identity. your name has been changed. third, you have no idea of what's out there. you remember some of the things before you were kidnapped. but those gradually faded to the back ground. that's not real for her anymore. the only reality she has is the life that she's lived. she has to be overwhelmed. >> she was reunited with her mother yesterday. she would be a virtual stranger to her mother. 18 years is a long time to go past. what are reunions after long

separations there like? would they by able to renew the relationship? pick it up again? >> not right away. this is going to take time. she was 11 when she left, she's 29. in her parents' mind, she's still the 11-year-old girl. and to have those two children brought in one the same age she was when she was kidnapped will take a long time. first, for trust. second for being able to be introduce in a world that's so foreign to her. also, in a way, a lot of people aren't going to understand this. to miss the people with whom she's lived for the past 18 years. >> you think she would actually miss them? >> yes, that was her life. that's what she knew. that's the only thing she had. it's a little variant of something called the stockholm

syndrome. you become identified with your kidnappers. in many ways, you become attached to them. >> what about the legal case here? she's going to be the backbone of the prosecution's argument against phillip and nancy garrido. will investigators start interviewing her right away? will they give you some time to reintegrate in her old life before they start talking to her? how do you think that will go in your experience? >> they began interviewing her yesterday when she was seen with the parole officer and told police who she was. but they're not going to go in gang busters, they shouldn't. she'll put up her defenses, a wall, a psychological wall. they're going to have to take some time with her. the individuals who kidnapped her seemed to have become a little fanatic in how they're trying to present themselves. so this will be a very interesting case. >> we've been playing a little piece of that interview that our

affiliate kcra did with phillip garrido. let's get a little bit and get your analysis. this is him talking about how he's changed his life in the past 18 years. >> he acknowledges, dr. morrison, that jacee was a victim. but he also sounds fairly delusional. >> well, he certainly sounds grandiose. yes. it sounds like so many people that we hear about that have changed their lives because they've been visited by something to make them see they're bad in the past and now they're perfect. it's a little bit like brainwashing for the victim. because if she's led to believe that this is suddenly become a

caring, wonderful, lifesaver, when they have her on a witness stand, they're going to have to be prepared for some very difficult defense cross-examinati cross-examination. >> right. one question i have. reit grate her in to society. she's got to go to school again. so many parts of her life she miss in the last 18 years she can't recapture, but things that she didn't learn. where do you start? >> you start by not pushing. she's going to be, as i said before, so overwhelmed. the internet, cell phones, the hd television, new foods, new surroundings, and, so, it's a garage wam introduction and some very, very careful -- taking care of -- starting to put them in a cocoon. the other question is, whatever happened to that 15-year-old that she has? is she abused?

what happened to the 11-year-old. this individual said he never did anything. he slept with them every night. >> a lot of questions unanswered. see how this goes. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> how do you get used to not being a prisoner? >> variation of stockholm syndrome where she might identify with these two. >> unbelievable. i hope it doesn't go to trial. you know? in a way, i hope they have enough evidence to throw them in jail for a long, long time. >> plea deal or something. we'll see. is it art or pornography? jason carroll with the controversy brewing over a news model in an art museum. she was arrested, even though there were nude statues and paintings all over her. >> it's art. when it's a real person, it's a different story. >> statue, art, real live nude

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♪ i don't want you ♪ photograph >> there you go. a little preview. >> you don't want to know what we're saying off camera. >> although -- what can i say? so when does nude become lewd? after a naked model was arrested for being photographed, the new york's metropolitan theater of art, there's questions about the line between art and pornography.

we'll know it when we see it. jason carroll here to tell us about it. good morning. >> it's a question that's so difficult to answer. where art goes too far. where art belongs. it all stems of what happened at the metropolitan museum at art. there are hundreds of nudes at the met, in the collection dating back to the time of antiquity. one contemporary artist thought in a way it's time for another nude. the folks at the met say, he should think again. ♪ life ♪ life >> in central park, the musical, "hair," all too rave reviews. time square, the self-described naked cowboy. this is new york. where artistic forms of nudity are celebrated. for photographers, a perfect backdrop to shoot his unconventional nudes. >> it's been exciting for everyone involved. >> he shot in times square, even in a subway.

>> reporter: how did this idea come about? >> to idea started right here. >> reporter: here is the metropolitan museum of art. the met's classic nudes not only inspired his work, it gave him the idea of where to shoot his next project with model casey neil. were you surprised when they came up and found out, they're going to arrest me? >> yes. yeah. abc luftly. i didn't -- i didn't really know what to expect. >> reporter: neil now faces charges of public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a minor. the attorney says the museum overreacted and she should not have been arrested. >> the museum is an art institution. the art institution, by its very nature is supposed to be open-minded and to new ideas. >> reporter: to which the museum spokesman said -- >> we have no stake or opinion on the legal issues and sort of wish the whole thing would go away. >> reporter: the incident raising an age-old question -- what is art? in 1999, police arrested noted

photographer spencer tunic after he staged a shoot with 150 nudes in times square. his argument very much like highman's now. >> if it's questioned as art, it has to be art. >> reporter: a few people after showing a small sampling of his work. >> art. definitely art. >> reporter: that looks like pornography to me. >> reporter: the reaction, no surprise to casey neil. >> art is about people either loving it or hating it and therefore creating this amazing conversation. >> the bottom line is, the metropolitan museum is interested in exhibitions and less interested in exhibitionism. ultimately, up to the district attorney to decide whether or not to pursue the case. for hyman, he says he'll continue to shoot his nudes in public. his work on exhibit at the gallery here in new york. i understand where the met is coming from. they didn't have permission to

shoot when they went inside there. >> there's the question. they didn't ask first. >> didn't get arrested for trespassing. if they didn't get permission, where's the charge? >> that might have been one of the charges there. you can understand both points. the attorney says, look, they went a little too far. charged with endangering the welfare of a child. >> what went on? >> they were in the hall of armor. >> correct. >> she took off her clothes. >> took off her clothes and running toward the camera. >> and they took a picture. >> all the people looking at this -- >> some of the people looked and said, wow -- >> she looks great. >> she looks good. >> according to eyewitnesses, many people were so engaged with the art, they didn't even notice. >> exactly, exactly. the museum's position is they want the whole things to go away. they said, look, we have curators here who decides what art comes to this museum. people come to the museum and

expect to see a certain particular kind of art. >> a little piece of art sneaks in the building without them know about it, they get upset. >> very upset. >> especially when they're naked. coming up at 29 after the hour, here's the top stories. the fed says there need to be new rules for planes flying over hudson river. a small plane and helicopter collided this month killing nine people. the ntsb is recommending they fly at different altitudes. they're questioning the complacency and inattention to duty to the air traffic controller and supervisor onboard at teterboro airport during that crash. >> identity theft can happen to anyone. the fed chairman ben bernanke said he was a victim. his wife's purse was stolen, in it, the checkbook, credit card, and her identification. it was one of 500 cases traced back to one crime ring. stay good-bye to the robo calls. a ban on prerecorded

telemarketing calls unless the company has your written permission to call. that's not likely. the ftc boss says the americans have made it crystal clear how irritating we think robo calls are. the ban starts on tuesday. >> see if it works. the warning coming from washington. swine flu could come back with a vengeance this fall. a government report says the worst case scenario, up to 90,000 people will die here in the united states. and half the country could be infected. but this is the first time we've been told the disease could turn deadly. so how worried should you really be? for more, we're joined by the director of the cdc, dr. thomas freeden. good morning, doctor. >> good morning. >> the white house puts out the warping that 90,000 people could die from the swine flu. you guys backed off the numbers. what are we to believe? >> actually, there's no disagreement between the reports that the presidential commission commission put out and the cdc. we've been saying all along,

influenza is very unpredictable. it can also be very severe. we're concerned because in past pandemics, you've had a mild spring wave followed by a severe fall wave. we agree completely -- there's a need to prepare for various scenarios, including very bad ones. >> so, included in one of those scenarios, 90,000 people could die from the swine flu. >> that's one of the things in the range of possibilities. and that's why we're focusing so much on preparation. we need to do a lot to get ready. we need to make sure that at this point, we track where flu is and the report had excellent recommendations along those lines. we also need to ensure that when flu is here, people who have underlying conditions, like diabetes, heart disease, lung disease -- women who are pregnant -- if they get fever promptly get treated to avoid getting severely ill and those same people get first on line for the vaccine when it becomes available. which we think will be in about

six weeks. >> you know, i certainly understand the dangers of the flu. but the last time the swine flu reared its ugly head, we were accused of creating an unnecessary scare. so that's why i'm asking you these questions about how afraid we should be. because i think that the last time we dealt with this, it turned out to be not so bad. and people kind of said, oh, the swine flu. >> each year seasonal flu kills more than 30,000 americans. this particular strand of flu is different because it infects lots of children. and young people can get infected at a higher rate. it caused very large outbreaks in schools and other areas in the spring. and caused a lot of social dislocation too. kids not going to school, parents not being able to go to work. so there's a lot we do need to do to prepare. and it's very different from the last time in that before swine flu emerged and then went away. here, it emerged.

it has spread all over the world. and it is continuing to spread in the u.s. throughout the summer. that's very unusual. but only time will tell what will happen in the fall and winter. and we'll be tracking it closely and providing the information on what happened. >> and i know that in universities across the country, there have been outbreaks of swine flu among students. and that brings me to the vaccine. because it's still being tested in some instances. not enough for everybody. so how do you make sure not everyone is protected from this type of flu. >> if you have a fever or sick, stay home. better for you, better for your community. cover your cough, sneeze, wash your hands often. these simple things can make a big difference on how many people get sick. if the vaccine becomes available, we're working closely with states and localities throughout the country to make sure that as soon as it does become available, it's available

in doctor's office, in some states, vaccinations in the schools. we'll have ways for people to get the vaccine, particularly those at highest risk, such as people with diabetes, asthma, lung disease, heart disease, and pregnant women. >> the vaccines being tested. do we know it works? >> so far. there's an excellent match between what the vaccine is protecting against and what the strain that's circulating. we'll check that with the national institutes of health to do a series of studies. we're not waiting for those to prepare the vaccine. we're getting everything ready as quickly as it can be gotten ready. >> thanks so much for joining us this morning. so, there's a situation going on across the river over in england with new jersey. >> yeah? >> you know what my part in that is? >> a tent. >> oh. >> a tent would be to house

libyan leader muammar qaddafi. there's a no tent regulation in the neighborhood. they're trying to apply it to this. talk to you about all of that and tell you what's going on. coming up, 35 minutes after the hour. achoo!

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live pictures this morning from the jfk library and museum. the body of senator ted kennedy lying in repose today. and the body will be available for viewing until 3:00 this afternoon. he was known as the lion of the senate, working for decades on social issues. but there was a quieter side to senator ted kennedy. almost every week away from the cameras, he found time to read to children. jim acosta caught up with some of them. that story now from washington. >> john, carroll, one of the defining legacies of the kennedy family -- the call to serve. a call that's been answered by countless americans and it's one that ted kennedy answered himself. it was one of ted kennedy's last public appearances. president obama signed the edward m. kennedy serve act, the

largest extension of national service programs since the great depression. as the president revealed, service was more than policy for kennedy, it was personal. >> even in the midst of his epic fights in the floor of the senate and that sweeping change, he's made a quiet trek to a school not far from the capitol week after week, year after year without cameras or fanfare to sit down and read with one solitary child. >> it was this school in this little girl named lauren a. >> he said that this you can read a page. >> one, two, three! >> they played rock, paper, scissors to decide who would read first. >> was it fun reading with him? >> yes. >> her mom says it was more than fun. >> he really impacted her as far as having a hunger to read. >> as a united states senator, he's read every tuesday at a

local school in washington, d.c. as part of an everybody wins program. >> kennedy's role in the "everybody wins" mentoring program was part of a tribute at last year's democratic conventi convention. one of the earlier students now in college. >> it made me want to do well and make proud. >> she witnessed his visits for five years. >> he came in, talked with the student, a good time, slipped back out the door and that was the end of it. >> the expression of talking the talk and walking the walk. >> he definitely walked the walk. >> there's a new generation on that walk. >> for him to be able to take an hour out of his day out of the week to come read to a child in the schools, i mean, no one has an excuse to say i'm too busy. >> mow mean hyancinthe and marie just signed on to everybody wins as the call to service.

>> these aren't figures from another time. >> not for me. it's a generation i almost wish i had experienced. >> at the school the senator visited so often, two books left behind, signed, best wishes, ted kennedy. he pushed through that expansion of national service programs at a critical progratime, with so young people looking for jobs these days, the applications have tripled. the a.m. rundown in the next 15 minutes. rob marciano has gone to the dogs. it's friday. another edition of rob's road show. he's in mystic, connecticut for dog days. go there live to see the talented pooches rob's rounded up so far. at 7:50 eastern time, the new jersey time trying to keep libya's leader away. after muammar qaddafi and libya welcomed the pan am bomber back with open arms, how far angry residents of englewood, new jersey are going to keep him and

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welcome back to the most news in the morning. it is friday. so that means rob marciano is on the road for rob's road show. he popped up at a giant yardsale in tennessee, a yo-yo competition in florida, a tractor pull in ohio. now he's gone to the dogs. rob, you're in mystic, connecticut, i can't wait for what you're going to show us. >> hi, carol. >> that's a great dog you have with you. >> mystic -- well, yeah, the dogs are coming. historic sea port of 80 years. >> that's the key. we're -- one of the groups of the dogs here, the canine search and rescue unit. we're going to demonstrate how they would search a victim like me or injured person like me out. i'm hiding in a dinghy, going to

cover up. and denise and her dog are going to try to find me. okay, good luck. there he's -- he can't hear. he can't see me. first thing he's going to do is once he finds me, runs back to his handler immediately and bring her over to me. has he found me? >> i guess that worked. good job. good boy. good boy. he wants his toy, doesn't he? >> yes, here you go. >> good boy. tell us about his training and the unit in general?

>> okay. i'm told they can't hear you, but from what you told me before, these guys go by -- and they're obviously rewarded by their toy. all right, dogs like these, guys, help search and rescue people out in natural disasters, things like hurricanes, obviously. they're well trained, obviously. that's the latest from here, mystic sea port. back in an hour to talk about danny. this is hamish. his boys are over here. one of 50 different dogs here at mystic sea port dog days. carol and john, this weather cast has gone to the dogs. >> so glad he found him. i was getting worried about him being embarrassed on national television. >> going back to rob in a little while. the latest on the hurricane. it's not a hurricane. >> disorganized storm out there

that's causing rain for a lot of people. >> there you go. barely a tropical storm these days. will it be a hurricane or not? we'll be affected by it. also, across the river from us here in englewood, new jersey, there's a no camping rule. and city officials are hoping that will apply to muammar qaddafi who wants to pitch a tent on the grounds of the libyan consulate building there. where that fight is and whether or not mr. qaddafi will be able to get his tent. 48 after the hour. show and tell you weren't always my favorite day. with all the pet hair in the air, i'd spend class preoccupied, bothered by itchy eyes. but now i have new zyrtec® itchy eye drops. it works fast, with just one drop, to relieve my itchy eyes from allergies for up to 12 hours. no other allergy itchy eye drop works faster or longer. which is good, 'cause there's a lotta paws to shake. with new zyrtec® itchy eye drops i can love the air™. (announcer) find it in the allergy aisle next to other zyrtec® products.

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the wounds from the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 10 3 are raw especially after las vegas week's release of megrahi on compassionate grounds. >> and even though the united states has taken libya off the terrorism list, one town says gadhafi is still unwelcome when he travels to the united states next month. our jill dougherty with those angry residents. >> reporter: john, carol, right behind me is a residence owned by the libyan government. is this where gadhafi could pitch his tent next month?

the residents we spoke with say, no way. >> they just installed -- >> reporter: three weeks ago rabbi and reality tv star shmuli says he came home to find his fence gone, a dozen of his trees chopped down, and a construction crew fast at work next door. a residence owned by the libyan government. >> everything you're seeing, maybe 40 vehicles inside that property. they're for one thing, gadhafi. >> reporter: when the libyan leader attends the general assembly meeting next month, speculation abounds that he'll pitch his tent that he takes on international trips on the lawn of this mansion in the affluent community of engelwood, new jersey, the libyan embassy refuses to comment. but rabbi is pitching a fit. >> all of us who have watched the spectacle of welcoming the lockerbie bombing like a hero do

not want him in our neighborhood. >> reporter: burt lost his brother tom in the bombing of pan am flight 103. >> i thought when megrahi was released, that was the sad last chapter. i didn't realize that something else could kick you in the stomach or slap you in the face. >> reporter: if he's allowed to set up his tent in engelwood, he says. >> it's as if it never occurred, as if 189 americans were not massacred, if 270 innocent citizens weren't murdered by megrahi. >> reporter: this congressman was mayor of engelwood 26 years ago. not only does it lack the resources and security to deal with the libyan head of state, he says, the residents don't want him here. >> they believe he's a murderous dictator with american blood on his hands.

also they know a number of the families who lost relatives in the lockerbie bombing. so they would feel terrible if he were to come here. >> reporter: congressman rothman thinks all of this will be resolved diplo ed diplomaticalls he's prepared to use every method to ensure he doesn't stay in engelwood. meanwhile, construction here at the residence continues. john, carol? >> jill dougherty with that story. >> it'll be an interesting fight, won't it? if he does do it, i don't think those neighbors are going to standby and say, oh, we failed. >> the rabbi seems pretty incensed about the whole thing. 54 1/2 minutes after the hour. what are we waiting for? the flowers are blooming. the air is sweet. and zyrtec® starts... relieving my allergies... 2 hours faster than claritin®. my worst symptoms feel better, indoors and outdoors. with zyrtec®, the fastest... 24-hour allergy medicine,

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have bad news and i have bad news. now i have good news and bad news. >> at least it's 50%, better than nothing. >> the good news is, the stocks have had a pretty decent run and looks like they're headed higher. from the near term, you're eating back, getting a little bit of the losses, the bad news is your taxes pr probably going higher, maybe not today, not tomorrow, it's not a news flash, but there's a real vigorous debate this week about the big budget deficit numbers we've been talking about for a week now. i just wanted to -- i feel like i've just got to tell you about this hand wringing and what it's going to mean for you. we're spending vastly more than we take in, we will for the foreseeable future, we pay interest on all of this debt. think of it this way, the more we use and we live on this credit card, the more it makes us beholden to our foreign creditors. if they get concerned about anything we're doing, the size of our debt, the ability to pay it back, they can demand higher interest rates and maybe look some place else to borrow money or to loan money and at that point, it starts to get ugly.

i want to show what a tax expert recently wrote in an op ed, this is what he said, i guess the worst-case scenario if we don't fix things and fix them quickly, taxes would rise to levels that would make a scandanavian revolt and the social safety net would evapora evaporate. he is a professor and also a tax expert. but look, this is what people are saying in the near term, no one's saying raise taxes today, no one's saying back away from some of the measures that we're taking today to rescue the economy, but we have to have a much more frank and honest discussion on what we're going to do long-term. >> in the health care bill they're saying raise taxes. >> on the rich. >> but they're still saying raise taxes. >> but these people are saying there's no way to raise taxes on the rich to fix all of our problems, it's got to be dramatic slashing and spending or much higher taxes down the

road. and this is something we keep pushing off. i will say, however, robert reich wrote in his blog this week. he says deficits and debts mean about nothing anyway. he says the only thing worth looking at in the concern about the deficits are running is the $1.6 trillion number this year, he says the only thing shocking about that is that it's too small. we need to be spending more. >> come on. >> that's what he said. >> that's why people are so angry in some of these town hall meetings is because they're afraid we're going to put ourselves so deeply in debt, we won't get out. >> have you got a romans' numeral? >> i do, it's 40%, and it's a way of putting this debt in perspective for next year in particular. >> about borrowing. >> i'm not good at pop quizzes. >> it is 40%. >> how much of every dollar goes to debt service? >> pretty close. next year of all of the government revenue, 40% of the money we take in, we've borrowed. >> oh. >> think about that 40% of our

revenue next year is projected to be borrowed money. >> that's why people are worried. >> a lot of people can't get it why we have to borrow money because of a problem of being in too much debt. >> well, if you crunch the numbers. >> stocks are higher today. >> thanks, christine, appreciate it. and good morning, we've hit the top of the hour, it's friday, happy, friday. august 28th. >> good morning, i'm john roberts. here's what's on this morning's agenda. the big stories in the next 15 minutes here. right now people are lining up to pay their final respects to senator ted kennedy. the public viewing expected to begin any minute now. we'll take you live to boston where they're celebrating a bigger than life political figure. she was kidnapped 18 years ago as a child, and this morning she is free. police say 29-year-old jaycee deguard was kidnapped and the man accused of taking her is also the father of her two children. her astonishing story ahead.

and pirates firing at a u.s. navy helicopter off the coast of somalia, could it signal a new escalation with the pirates? we'll talk with the u.s. navy central command ahead. dangerous rip currents surging rain and wave, that's what's in store as tropical storm danny heads that way. storm warnings already in place. our rob marciano was tracking the storm, he'll tell us exactly where it's heading. first, americans are again filing past senator ted kennedy's casket this morning. got a live picture for you from the library and museum where the young and the old democrats and republicans, those who knew him and those who wish they did say they're silent, so long to the senator. it's estimated more than 21,000 people have already paid their respects. and cnn is live in boston for us this morning outside of the kennedy library. and deb, the line already stretching a long way outside the library. we see people finally being allowed in this morning, as well. >> reporter: absolutely, and john, as you take a look behind

me, it's moving at a pretty good pace given the number of people who are here. i was able to get inside early this morning to see the casket. what struck me was the profound silence that is in that room. it's not a particularly large room, but it's a room that actually overlooks the bay. you can't really tell because they've got screens pulled out over the windows. but it's a casket looks out over the water. very quiet in there, people coming by, you see a couple of people, you know, clutching themselves. as you walk your way into that particular room, it's fascinating, there's a big display of kennedy and his life. there, for example, you see him playing baseball, sailing, with his brothers, there are pictures of him with dignitaries, martin luther king jr., as well as nelson mandella and you see a picture of him as that child, wearing one of these overcoats

tied with a belt and there's an elephant that's poking him. you kind of get a sense of ted kennedy as he evolved as a man. one quote in particular that he used during the 1980 democratic convention. he said "i am a part of all that i have met." now when you look at the people who are walking in, there's that same sense, they feel they are very much a part of him. very much a part of his life. one woman said, you know, it's very moving, it's very final. people talking to one another as neighbors. this woman said i hope that talk continues. so it's really poignant just to be inside that room to be standing with neighbors, people who are here for the very same reason, and that is because they're drawn to ted kennedy, drawn to the man, drawn to the senator, drawn to the family. john? >> deb, thanks so much. cnn is going to bring you special live coverage of senator ted kennedy's memorial tonight at 7:00 eastern.

live at the brags of life memorial service. you can see it here on cnn or cnn.com. it will be lying in repose until 3:00 this afternoon for people to come by and pay their respects. now on to a developing story in california. their lives changed forever for the better. she was kidnapped 18 years ago when she was 11 years old. her father watched the abduction but couldn't stop it. police say for nearly two decades, she's been living here, in a compound of tents and sheds in the backyard of her alleged kidnapper. the horrified twist to all of this, police say phillip had two daughters with his victim. those kids are now 11 and 15, they've never been to school, never seen a doctor, and they were born too in this backyard. gerdos are behind bars.

how the whole plot unravelled because of one observant security guard. the incredible story from los angeles. >> reporter: good morning, john and carol. until now jaycee hadn't been seen since june of 1991. she was grabbed as she walked to her bus stop in south lake tahoe, california. her stepfather on the driveway saw his little girl blond, blue-eyed, all dressed in pink disappear into a strange car. >> reporter: what do you remember about the day she disappear disappeared? >> i was trying to get to her. my neighbor was up front watering, i told her call 911. they had a two-minute head start. >> reporter: those turned into nearly two decades. there were searches, missing fliers, and reward money, nothing brought jaycee back. not even her mother's plea. >> jayce, if you hear mommy, i love you and i want you to come home tonight. >> reporter: jaycee finally did

come home yesterday when she suddenly walked into a place station outside san francisco with her alleged kidnapper and told officers who she was. >> my wildest dreams after 18 years, this is like the total package, like winning the lotto. >> reporter: early this morning, jaycee's stepfather got the call he's been waiting for from jaycee's mom. >> she goes are you sitting down? i go, yeah, she goes they found jaycee, she's alive. so we both cried for about ten minutes before we could talk. >> reporter: her accused kidnappers phillip and nancy gerdo are in custody, charges expected tomorrow. here's how it all unfolded, on tuesday, a security guard noticed mr. gerado handing out fliers, a background check showed he was a convicted sex offender. when questioned yesterday with the wife, two children, and a woman he called alyssa at his

side, turned out alyssa was jayce erke dugard. even though parole officers had visited his house over the years, nobody ever spotted jaycee dugard. why not? >> there was a second backyard, all the access through a very narrow tarp, her and the two children were living in a series of sheds. one shed entirely soundproofed, only opened from the outside. >> phillip served time for kidnapping and rape in navado. the children he fathered are now with their mother jaycee. 11 and 15 years old, police say they've never been to school or to the doctor. still, they and their mom are free. >> i'm just so happy. i haven't gone there. >> where is this emotion coming from? >> it's years locked up. i'm an old vietnam vet that's

shell shocked. how much nerves do i have? to have to go through this. >> reporter: tears of joy after so many years of sadness. john, carol, back to you. >> you know you saw him during randi's report earlier here on american morning. you talked to jaycee dugard's stepfather. it was emotional. >> do you ever lose hope that the little girl will ever come back? how he's coping now, and what it was like to watch her kidnapping 18 years ago. >> i did lose hope. but i'm coping as it's over and the last 18 years have been pretty rough, but these last two days have been pretty good. got an ending to this. >> what have these last two days been like for you? >> basically i've probably done 100 interviews, so they've been pretty busy, i haven't had time to think about anything. i've had four hours sleep and keep busy and keep doing things, learning more information and things are going good.

once i got next to her, i saw the door fly open, i jumped on my mountain bike, i realized i couldn't get to her in time, i rode back down, yelled at a neighbor for 911, and they had a two-minute head start. i had a lot of questions like how did they get out of there? you would think they would blocked the roads off and they would have had them, but they got away. >> police say they're in the process of bringing the family back together but it's going to be a long and ongoing process. she is in good health, but living in the backyard for the past 18 years certainly does take its toll. >> that would be the understatement of the year. the man accused in all of this has already served time in nevada for rape and kidnapping and now he's back in jail and already talking to the media. kcra spoke to him. he says he left documents with the fbi a few days ago and they will help shed light on this case. >> garrido also added, "they're

going to be part of the trial." there's been no answers so far. here's what else he had to say about those documents. >> wait until you read that document. my life has been straightened out. wait until you hear the story of what took place at this house and you're going to be absolutely -- it's a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning. but i turned my life completely around. and to be able to understand that you have to -- the most powerful story coming from the witness, the victim, you just -- if you take this a step at a time, you're going to fall over backwards, and in the end, you're going to find the most powerful story. >> and earlier when i talked to her stepfather about that, i asked him what he thought about the statement. he said "he turned our lives around too, it's just sick." michael vick's first professional football game since getting out of jail for dog fighting drew drastically

different reactions last night. before the game, protestors outside of philadelphia's lincoln financial field, carrying signs saying things like murderers are not role models, but inside most fans gave vick a standing ovation, sounds like the fans were happy to have him back. and i understand he completed two catches. he wasn't in there for very long, and they wanted to get him in there quickly so they could move on. >> it was interesting walking out from the tunnel, mcnabb was in front of him, clear indication that he is the backup quarterback and no way challenging mcnabb. but, you know, you've got to wonder, you don't hire somebody like michael vick as a backup quarterback and what does the future hold? there may be a lot of intrigue. >> they may use him as a receiver too? >> yeah, but he's got the arm, you know. >> that's true. but he also has incredible running ability. >> well, he is a great player. and it's a real shame that his personal life didn't match his on field performance.

>> but he says he's changed and looks pretty good for him in philadelphia so far. >> a lot of people are going to be watching. >> absolutely. coming up next, we're going to talk to doug brinkley, he knows a lot about the kennedy dynas dynasty. does that mean the days of a kennedy in the u.s. senate? is it over? >> or is there another one in the wings waiting to take his place? >> who would that be? caroline kennedy flirted with it for a while. we're going to ask mr. brinkley all of those questions.

you're looking at a picture from inside the kennedy library as people file past paying their last respects to senator ted kennedy. so far 21,000 have said a final good-bye to senator kennedy. welcome back to the most news in

the morning. as the country says good-bye to the senator, there are questions about what happens to the magic that was camelot? and who if anyone will pick up the torch in the next generation? douglas brinkley is a presidential historian and author of the wilderness warrior theodore roosevelt and the crusade for america. douglas joins us live from austin, texas. good morning. >> good morning to you guys. >> you know 21,000 people have filed by senator kennedy's casket paying their last respects, it's an enormous amount of people for a senator. because as you know, lawmakers' approval ratings aren't so high these days. will we ever see this outpouring of love again for a politician? who is not a president, by the way? >> well, it doesn't happen often for a politician who is not a president as you said, but ted kennedy has been part of the massachusetts scene since really the late 1950s and was beloved

as the senator. he could've won five more elections if he wanted to there. he could have been incapacitated and been reelected because they loved him so much in massachusetts. you're seeing that outpouring at the library going by the casket and then there are people who just admire the kennedys all over the world. used to be said you could go in some latin american countries and see in little homes a picture of the pope and a picture of john f. kennedy. meaning the family has had a long reach all over the world. >> you know, about it shall kenne kennedy legacy. i think if you're of a certain age, you really get what the kennedys were all about, but i don't know, if you're younger than 40 years old, maybe you're kind of cloudy about the legacy and what it's meant to the country. >> well, there's no doubt when we're -- you see people going by the casket that you feel an era's ended here. it's like the end of something, the end of something that began with great magic with the

inauguration of john f. kennedy and has been filled with tragedy ever since. but ending here with ted kennedy's death and in between we have all of that american history where the kennedy brothers were at the forefront of so much that was important to our lives. so i think there's a collective generational sense of loss that people in their 20s may not fully comprehend. but i teach classes on presidents. and john f. kennedy always whether it's the way he advantaged through the cuban missile crisis, the berlin crisis and the fact that all of us get older. and because he was eclipsed in his prime, john f. kennedy stays kind of always the good looking, young, vigorous president. so the mythology and the lore will catch up with this young generation at some point too. >> let's talk about what the people want in massachusetts. would they want a kennedy to take senator kennedy's place? and if they do, who would that

kennedy be? >> well, i spoke yesterday to john kerry and the main thing isn't that a kennedy takes it, but somebody fills in the next four months. ted kennedy was very worried if he died, there'd be a void in massachusetts. and so there's going to be a mad rush to try to fill that, to go through the legislative process, to get the governor of massachusetts to approve it. on the political front in massachusetts, joe kennedy is the one who looks like he has a really exciting future. whether it extends beyond the state of massachusetts, it's unclear. patrick kennedy in rhode island will have a political future, kathleen townsend kennedy in maryland. but those are very statewide. i think nationally caroline kennedy has become -- caroline's become the -- carries the family with her. >> i know there's a residency

requirement in massachusetts, but if you change the law for one thing, you can certainly change it for another. is there a possibility that caroline kennedy could run for her uncle's seat? >> i don't think that's going to happen. anything's possible, but i don't foresee that. you have a better chance of vikki, you know, his wife stepping in to the fold here. she says she wasn't interested in it, but an argument would be made if she would just do four months and help push through president obama's health care plan, in many ways she's t-- sh could accomplish something, step down in four months. this is a grieving widow, somebody who has been through a lot of strains and stresses dealing with somebody with brain cancer these past hard months. it's unclear whether she wants to enter the game, so to speak, in such a full bore manner. >> thanks so much for being with us this morning. we appreciate it.

>> thank you. >> that was great to talk to him. he's so knowledgeable about all of this stuff. >> he's knowledgeable about a lot of stuff. we appreciate him all the more. tropical storm danny getting closer to the north carolina coast, tropical storm watches are out, in the northern part of the outer banks. rob marciano tracking the storm from long island where it's expected to have an effect this weekend. he's got the storm track coming up for you. 20 minutes after the hour. yeah, i'll take credit for peter jacobsen. introducing the all-new nutrisystem for men, flexible new programs personalized to meet your goals. get on the program, eat properly, you're going to lose weight. it's actually easier than you think it might be. that was really good. thanks. i had awesome results and i've kept it off for three years. for a limited time, get an extra three weeks of meals free. that's right, you can get an extra 21 breakfasts, lunches,

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for the second week in row, the east coast is keeping a close eye on a tropical storm, and beth is getting married in rhode island, and looks like

nothing but rain on saturday. >> we're sorry, beth. let's blame rob, shall we? it's easy to blame the weather man. rob marciano is live in mystic, connecticut this morning, with the latest on danny and also, i guess, you're going to tell us about some more dogs. >> yes, that and beth's wedding. she's been hitting me up for a couple weeks for a private forecast. we may crash it because it's just down the road. seeing some rain in the northeast here this weekend. and as i talked to you about danny, there's a big old boat here backing up here at mystic sea port, you might see that in the background. we'll talk about why we're here in a second. but tropical storm danny, at last check, a minimal tropical storm. this thing has not strengthened overnight, 40 miles an hour winds sustained, 350 miles south of cape hatteras and heading in that general direction, but the forecast is for it to make that

turn like bill did. it'll be closer to the u.s. coastline and it will affect eastern new england over the week, mostly notably tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon, and the folks who live out in the cape and parts of rhode island will get a bit of a breeze. but most of this action with the storm is north and east of the center. if this forecast holds true, and right now the confidence of that happening is getting higher at the national hurricane center. so at this point, we are feeling better and better about tropical storm danny. take a look at that beast behind us. it's backing up here in mystic river, and the boat next to that, that old is brand new, that, i'm told, is johnny depp's boat. he's not here, but for whatever reason, his boat is. we are here because of dog days, all different types of canines are here and we're celebrating at mystic sea port, we had our search and rescue dog earlier, and about half an hour, we'll have the huge newfoundland dogs, that'll be fun in about half than hour.

>> does that mean that rob will be jumping in the water too? >> i'm more intrigued by johnny depp's boat. >> no directing from the anchor chair. >> doesn't he live in france? >> why what? >> did you say it was johnny depp's boat? >> yeah. yeah. yeah, he lives in france, but you know, he's a pirate of the caribbean, which is just across the way. of course he's got a boat close by. >> maybe it's not johnny depp's boat, maybe it's captain jack sparrow's boat. >> all the explanation i need. speaking of pirates. >> speaking of spirates. >> the bad kind of pirates. >> the somalia pirates. no harm to the helicopter or the crew, but there you can see the boat they were taking a look at and the guy on the lower left hand corner of the screen. you can see him fire off a couple of rounds, the black stuff that's coming out of the gun, those are hot bullet

casings. we'll be talking to vice admiral william coming up about whether this represents a significant escalation in the war against pirates off the coast of somalia. it's 26 minutes after the hour.

welcome back to the most news in this morning. it's been four years since hurricane katrina brought new orleans to its knees and every day there are people trying to bring the city back, including, of course, new orleans' mayor ray nagin, but in an effort to steer his city into better times, he finds himself facing more criticism than credit. what does he have to say about

that? here's cnn's sean callebs. >> reporter: mayor ray nagin has been a lightning rod for criticism in post-katrina new orleans. as the recovery moves forward, his popularity moves in the opposite direction. just after ground breaking for a new public housing project, nagin told me he isn't surprised. >> i don't think any leader after a disaster pretty much survives. if you look at japan, look at other major disasters, most leaders have kicked out. i was fortunate, beyond fortunate to be standing here as we continue to progress. and what i find is citizens wanted immediate fixes when there was no immediate fix, so i took the brunt of that. >> i sam so humble today. >> reporter: in may 2006, nine months after katrina hit he was reelected mayor. but since then critics charge he's had a bunker mentality with the perception he's been rarely

seen in public when they need a strong, visible mayor. >> some people come to me and say why did your mayor run for reelection? what's your answer? >> i just didn't want to leave the city in a state of total disrepair. we were on the verge of bankruptcy. i wanted to put some things in motion, i felt i was best qualified to do that and we'll see if it all works out. >> reporter: while many areas are flourishing, entire communities in new orleans east, lake view, and the lower ninth ward remain devastated. many new orleanians blame nagin. for his part, he says he was ready to lead, but was the city ready to follow? >> these are days i questioned whether the city was really ready to move forward and ready to deal with the issues i was bringing forward. but i'm a little too old to change now. i came to office as kind of a newbie, i've never been in politics and always lived my life telling people the truth.

sometimes that works out in politics and sometimes it doesn't. >> reporter: and among his most controversial comments -- >> this city will be chocolate at the end of the day. >> reporter: what was behind that? >> the only thing i regret about chocolate city is that people misunderstood the quote and comment so much. at that time there was this notion some of our business people were saying to national media groups they didn't think certain people should come back, so i wanted to send a strong signal that everyone was welcome. it was misinterpreted. >> reporter: nagin will be out of office in nine months and he says in all probability he's done with politics, saying he'll begin to look at private sector jobs in a matter of months. sean callebs, cnn, new orleans. >> and to see any of the stories from our special series after the storm, check out our blog cnn.com/amfix. it is now coming up on the half hour and checking our top stories this morning. this morning, crowds are again filing past senator ted kennedy's coffin. a live picture this morning from the john f. kennedy presidential library. tonight at 7:00 eastern, there

will be a memorial service at the library. late summer wildfires are burning up and down the california coast threatening thousands of homes. at least 2,000 evacuation orders were issued in the seaside community, a second fire is burning north of los angeles, 500 homes in the area have now been evacuated. and nasa is hoping that the third time will be a charm. the space shuttle discovery scheduled to launch tonight at 11:59 eastern, a bad fuel valve forced them to postpone the two liftoffs. they'll be delivering a load of supplies to the space station, including a treadmill named after stephen colbert. new signs of aggression from pirates off the coast of somalia. pirates fired a large-caliber weapon at a navy helicopter. this video shows that attack. the chopper was flying over a hijacked vessel that had been used as a mother ship to launch other attacks. the first time pirates have attacked an american military

aircraft. joining us on the phone to talk more about this is vice admiral bill gortney. it's great to talk to you. what can you describe for us what happened in that situation? what was -- what went on there between the helicopter and the guy on the ship? >> well, we have presence down there with our cruisers and destroyers and helicopters with a goal of denying a mother ship's freedom to operate through our presence and our pressure. a firing was undisciplined using a weapon with a range of about 800 yards and we have a designated standoff distance well outside that operating vicinity in any of the pirated vessels. >> you can see -- and this is all infrared video, so anything hot looks black, and you can see as the camera tracks down, the fella on the lower left hand side picks up a weapon and you can see black pieces coming out from it. i assume the hot cartridges show

up black. does this represent a significant escalation in the pirates' willingness to take on the u.s. military? and what does that mean for how you conduct operations there? >> well, i don't see it as an escalation at all. once again, he had a zero chance of hitting any of our helicopters or our ships once again because we do maintain a designated standoff distance. to get the pirates to stop we do employ warning shots, we've employed 15 warning times. this is the tit for tat we see out here from these criminals. >> you say you've tried to the best of your ability to deny pirates the use of these vessels as mother ships, but they're out there. this was a vessel the wind fire seized back in april, they're still using it. and in that area, there's four other ships with 105 crew members, they do seem to operate with a degree of impunity, at

least. >> well, since early june, though, we've had the weather on our side. we have an environmental condition called the southwest monsoon. it has a very large sea state both in the gulf of aiden and the somalia basin, which has kept the pirate activity pretty quiet. that's the good news, the bad news is that it will pick up as the southwest monsoon dies down here toward the end of this month. >> right, the last time we talked, admiral, we were talking about security precautions that some of the shipping lines could easily take, putting barbed wire to the ship, rolling up ladders. has that improved the security situation at all? i know you're talking about the monsoon there. but have -- taking these simple security precautions, has that helped in any way the situation with piracy there? >> absolutely. we find that 80% of the unsuccessful attacks are because of the merchant ship themselves,

the merchant community taking the -- taking for action the best practices that we transmit to them. and we need to remind them to continue to be ever vigilant as the southwest monsoon dies down at the end of the month. >> this still needs to be addressed on shore, as well, for many, the only way they have of earning money is with piracy, is there anything done on that front? >> well, there is a little bit being done. to go after the cause of it, which is the conditions the rule of law. and we focus predominantly at the prevention efforts at sea, which is treating the symptom and not the diseases. >> all right. vice admiral william gortney in the central command, thanks for being with us today, we appreciate it. >> it's my pleasure. >> we'll talk to you again. identity theft. it can happen to anyone. even the fed chair ben bernanke. >> if it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. >> we'll talk more about this after a break. it's 36 minutes past the hour. - hi. - blue shirts: hello!

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so you think i.d. theft can't happen to you.

well, not even federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is immune. yes, mr. bernanke's wife was a target of an i.d. theft scheme that preyed on hundreds of people. >> well, what a perfect time to bring in our personal finance editor gerri willis here with important advice on how to protect you and your money. so ben bernanke, scammed. >> let's give you details about how this happened. because this could definitely happen to you. anna bernanke, last summer at a starbucks, she puts her purse on the back of her chair who has not done that, right, carol? >> yeah, i've done that. >> i haven't done it. >> that's why i asked carol. >> he puts his man bag on the floor. >> she asked who hasn't done it. >> very good, okay, we've got that straightened out. anyway, so her driver's license is stolen. her credit cards are stolen, her checkbook is stolen, a little bit of cash. days later according to the news week, someone started cashing checks on the bank on their account.

this was a sophisticated crime ring that the feds had been following for sometime and, of course, the bernanke case helped to solve all of this and they've been in front of courts and they've been prosecuted. but the moral of the story, doesn't matter how smart you are or sophisticated you could still be a victim. >> all right. so what can people do to protect themselves other than not putting their purse on the back of their chair? >> well, you can buy a shredder, that's an obvious solution, i do this, it's not a complete solution, nothing's going to protect you completely from identity theft. you've got to shred any kind of document, a credit card offer, a statement of your benefits from your employer, your health care benefits could be something that a thief would like to use. reduce your mail, go online for those financial statements. you'll save yourself big headaches and of course the big thing you're protecting here is your social security number. don't carry it in your wallet, make sure you don't have it on your person at any time, because you can lose it. >> and don't give it out over the phone. so let's say the worst happens,

like it did to mrs. bernanke. what can you do? >> call the cops, you have to do that obviously. you report it to a credit bureau, they will tell the other credit bureaus and then you will get a free credit report, which you will now check each and every year to make sure there's nothing going wrong with your accounts. one thing to do here is a preventive measure. you should be looking at your bank statements online all the time. not once a month, maybe once a week, maybe twice a week, also your credit card statements, just to make sure there's nobody out there who is using your information that shouldn't be. >> i was told something the other day that when you use a credit card at a store if they ask you for the security code that's on the credit card, you shouldn't give it to them because that's how they can get access to your credit card. >> well, i have to tell you normally when you're at the store, you give them the card and that number is right on the back, they can see it if they want to. >> well, you know, they don't check if you are who you are most times. >> sometimes they do. sometimes they do.

>> a physical credit card was stolen, some woman used it to buy a plane ticket and she flew to florida. what about even at the airport the identification was a problem, right? i don't know. >> it's hard to protect your information now, none of the solutions i gave you are complete, nothing's going to save you totally, you've got to use layers of protection and do what you can. >> gerri, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. afghanistan, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the situation there is deteriorating. we're going to be talking with the author of the famous book "three cups of tea" coming up. he just got back from afghanistan, he spent a lot of time in rural villages that people never usually go to. and he'll give us a firsthand perspective on what the situation there is really like. and he's done so much too to try to educate the afghan children in pakistan, as well, by building so many schools. it's 43 1/2 minutes after the hour. some lunch.

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and across the border in pakistan, al qaeda's calling on people to support islamic militants in the country's tribal regions. plenty of problems in both nations. can things be turned around? greg mortonson is the author of three cups of tea and back from six weeks on the ground of afghanistan. it's so great to see you. and if i may personally compliment you on the work you've done to build schools. 60 some schools you've been running and more than 60,000 children gets an education because of the work you're doing there. >> thank you, john. >> when you spend time on the ground, you tend to go to a lot of rural villages. we get a sense of what the situation is like on the ground. eight years after this war now, what is it really like? >> well, one thing is what we do is we respect elders, we meet with the elders and listen to the people and also the military is really, i think, gone through a huge learning curve, listening to people, building relationships, and pretty much

without exception most people what they want is peace, stability, they want education, and there have been some amazing. there's a lot of tragic news and great things happening. in 2000, there were 800,000 in school, as high as the taliban, today there are 8.5 million children in school, including 2.5 million females. and the taliban have bombed or destroyed about 800 schools in afghanistan, but the enrollment is going up, and i really think we can drop bombs or build roads or put electricity, but unless we educate the girls, nothing will change there. >> as we said at the beginning of this, mike mullen says the situation in afghanistan is deteriorating, do you get that sense from being out there in the rural areas? >> in some ways it is. i think the taliban are getting more desperate, they're also getting, turning more into like a mafia. there's kind of a loose coalition, but also i see public sentiment. i've been 16 years on the ground there. public sentiment is starting to change, people are really sick

and tired of war in both tribal areas in afghanistan and they want something different. and i think now is the time we've had two chances to help that country. and we're as mullen said now, we've got one last chance. >> there's been a bump-up in u.s. forces we've been reporting on, particularly in the helmand province. trying to get them out of the drug business, which brings in a lot of their funds. there's a chance that stanley mcchrystal may ask for more forces. >> if you were in charge, what would you do? >> well, the military, even admiral mullen will say that, and general petraeus who i met that it's not -- there's no not only the military situation, but the real solution is to empower the people, listen to the people more. there's also they're going to ask for more troops there, but a lot of the troops are trainer troops. and i can tell you from the top to the bottom, they know their

mission now is to serve the good people of afghanistan, general mcchrystal is meeting with elders from all over the country. he's trying to understand what they feel is the solution and so i'm -- you know, i'm eternal optimist, but what else can you be? >> and your book, three cups of tea, very famous book written after you climbed and spent so much time in the region is really required reading now. it's required reeding among the marines, special operations forces, counter insurgency trainers, and it follows an old proverb, first cup of tea, you're a stranger, third you're family. what can leaders learn from your book? >> general petraeus summed it in bullet points. number one, listen more, number two, have respect, meaning we are there to serve the people,

and number three, we have to build relationships. it is a lot of tea drinking. our top three commanders have been there more than 30 times in the last year, and i really think that is the hope, you know, drinking tea doesn't bring peace, but relationships does. and also, if you talk to any woman in rural pakistan or afghanistan, you ask her what do you want? how can i help you but what would you like? they'll say two things, we don't want our babies to die and want our children to go to school and that's what we focus on. >> do you think this thing can be won? >> well, i guess it depends on what winning is and that ultimately, you know, we can't plug in democracy, you have to build democracy and the way to build it, it's through education and also land ownership. and when those things start coming in place, but i think if there is a solution, it's going to take 10 to 20 years, maybe even a generation. >> greg mortensen, not only a pleasure, but an honor, thanks for dropping by.

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welcome back to the most news in the morning. he was a typical college kid until one day his life changed forever. jordan thomas not only triumphed over his own loss, but helping other kids do the same. meet our cnn hero of the week. >> they say i'm a bilateral transtibial amputee, in laymen's terms, i lost both my legs from the calf down. i'm a normal kid thrown into an abnormal situation. a freak accident, i was 16 years old, my parents and i were going to go scuba diving. i got pushed behind the boat and i looked down and just saw

blood. i had such great support. that's what helps me kind of get through it. that's when i saw that other kids that were in the hospital that didn't have great support. you recognize something's got to be done. my name is jordan thomas and i started my foundation there in the hospital and i provide kids with what they deserve. they'll put a cap on prosthetics or provide them with one pair of legs for their lifetime. you would never know you need new legs every year and a half. it's like shoes, you outgrow them. noah is six, his first leg didn't bend, he asked for a new knee, but he was denied. so we provided him with a bendable knee that he's so proud to show off how his knee bends. it's great. we've committed to these kids until they're 18, we have a lot of work ahead of us, a lot. but we're excited about it. we really need to work on this. we provide them with prosthetics and that provides a whole gamut

of opportunity for them to achieve whatever they want. i think they deserve that. well, it is finally friday. so that means -- >> that means rob has gone to the dogs. >> that's right, our rob marciano on the road for rob's road show. ♪ who let the dogs out >> he's been all over the country in all kinds of things, tractor pulls to a big road show or a yard sale to a yo-yo competition, he's now in mystic, connecticut this morning. >> let's get to the dogs. >> enough of the promos, take it away, rob. >> hey, john and carol, we are in mystic, connecticut, mystic sea port more specifically, this has been around for about 80 years, an old historic maritime museum. it's got a recreated maritime

village and do neat things here. 500 boats, they've got the oldest whaling wooden ship here in the country and refurbishing with trees from the hurricane down south. we've been highlighting all sor sorts of dogs here. just kind of promote the actual sea port itself. i met keith earlier and he and i were hanging out, and keith, you're a pleasant guy but, we're going to demonstrate how a newfoundland dog would rescue him. that dog weighs 130 to 140 pounds, his name is nemo and they've been bred over the decades and centuries to rescue men and women that might be drowning off a boat. you can hear sue telling nemo to come to the boat and that's how they would typically rescue somebody, bring them back to the boat they fell off of.

and now she's telling him to take him to shore. unbelievably smart dog, unbelievably strong dogs, as well with all of the weight and muscle and the fur on them, enough to keep them warm in the chilly north atlantic waters. so the newfoundland dogs we're highlighting now and here she is. and how long have you been training these dogs? >> oh, about 25 years now. >> and what fascinates you about this particular breed? >> the temperament more than anything. there's nothing that frazzles them, they're wonderful with children and dogs. and the intelligence, to be able to learn these things as quick as they do. >> it's very impressive what you do in the waters. it's not exactly bath water so getting in there, thank you, keith, thank you, nemo, thank you, sue. we're still looking for a spot next week, by the way john and carol. we haven't got many great suti