dr. janet taylor, a psychiatrist who has counseled victims of abuse and is a contributor to momlogic.com. good morning to you both. good to have you here. >> good morning, natalie. >> ed, let me start with you because i think you can give us a really great perspective on what this family may be going through as jaycee is reunited with her parents. >> you know, i think that their family is -- i mean, it's got to be the most joyous occasion to possibly happen. certainly, you know, there's a lot of difficulty in that. you know, i've been in touch with the national center, and she's doing very well. i mean, it's an important thing. to me, the most important thing that she can learn out of this is that it is not her fault. that nobody has the right to do this to her and that, you know, life is hard sometimes. but there is life after these events. >> mm-hmm. and i know she's receiving a lot of counseling right now as well which i know was essential with elizabeth in your situation. i know elizabeth has also said to you that she plans to reach out to jaycee and her family. how do you think she'l

dr. janet taylor, cliff van zant, thank you so much. >>> still ahead, the new king of the u.s.t him after your local news and weather. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. baltimore police are investigating an early-morning intrusion from johns hopkins university medical student killed the suspect with a samurai sword. police said that the student was telling the mentally and a man accosted him and that is when the student caught off the man's head with a sword and caused severe laceration to the body. >>> let's get a check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. a less >> to accident on southbound a j.f. -- >> a late accident on southbound j.f.x. you are also looking at heavy delays on southbound harrisburg expressway. that extends all the way down to shawan from the beltway. philadelphia road, watch for an accident there. >> west side, looking at heavy delays from 795 to edmondson. drive times on the northeast side. 13 minutes on into the from 795 to 83's. sitting in traffic on the west side at the p

dr. janet taylor, psychiatrist and physician, medical doctor, dr.lor, thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> here you are seeing a split between brother and sister. misty croslin's entire family is now distancing themselves from her. the mother and the father have both side she may not have been home that night. one of them says they think that she's holding back about what happened that night. what do you make of it? i find it very difficult to believe a family would unfairly target their own daughter and sister. >> well, clearly, they've known her the longest. they know what she's capable of. and they also know her personality. so i really trust what they're saying now. and i think we have to, given this new information, have to investigate it further and look at her character and the potential that she really knows a lot more than she's saying. >> art harris at www.artharris.com. art, what can you tell me about the pond that was drained in the last 48 hours? >> by water, by the crow flies, it's about a mile from the trailer where hale

dr. janet taylor, cliff van zant, thank you so much. >>> still ahead, the new king of the u.s.t him after your local news and weather. >>> the good morning. it's 8:26. first, let's get to the news on this tuesday, september 15th. good morning. in the news today, a new security screening area opens today at dell less, international. the main terminal replace the current activity on that same level. >>> less confusing for passengers and less >>> a delightful september morning. 70 degrees in washington and increasing clouds today. ternoon highs in the low to mid-80s. cooler weather moving in with a chance of light rain or patchy drizzle as well as thursday and friday. for the weekend, it will be mostly dry, though. sunday into monday, a chance of rain moving in. highs in the 70s by monday. jerry, how is the traffic now? >> it's been a challenge. 270 remains closed and all the way out there, part of the reason was the bridge earlier and combined with usual rush hour commuters. no distance is blocking. a problem outbound has been removed. >> great. thanks. and ♪ don't tell me not to

dr. janet taylor, psychiatrist and physician, medical doctor. dr. taylor, thank you for being us.d she may not have been home that night. one of them says they think that she's holding back about what happened that night. what do you make of it? i find it very difficult to believe a family would unfairly target their own daughter and sister. >> well, clearly they've known her the longest. they know what she's capable of and also know her personality. i really trust what they're saying now and i think we have to, given this new information, have to investigate it thoroughly and look at her character that she really knows more than she's saying. >> art harris at www.artharris.com, art, what can you tell me about the pond that was drained in last 48 hours? >> by water, by the crow flies it's about a mile from the trailer where haleigh disappeared from but it takes 35 minutes to drive around and over a bridge to get to. very remote, and, you know, it was accessible only by little dirt road. so they drained it. they had a tip. unclear if it came from the inmates they interviewed but th