tiffany can speak more to that. >> yes. we work with the birth families as well, the case managers and the family advocates which is another position which we have been able to assist the families -r, most of the children are referred into the program. we immediately get in contact with the birth families and we work with the the birth families around, providing services to them and support. whatever they may need in order to get their children to return home to them. >> tiffany, you menaced you serve -- you mentioned you serve about 85 children on a regular basis, at least that amount on a daily basis. of that number, how many have siblings? >> most of all the children that come into our program are siblings. that was one of the unique different things is that our president and ceo, they wanted our agency to be an agency where we keep siblings together in the foster home. because overtime while he was doing this, he noticed a lot of the siblings were being separated which, of course, you know, played a huge part on their w

that's tiffany hall. >>> good morning to you there, tiffany. who is coming now don elliott, you voted for him. he is our delegate. that was a long ride, keep coming. and state senator david brinkley. senator david brinkley. jennifer alcorn who runs the marriotts. then david miller. he is the department of agriculture education foundation. how are you. and here he is, chris and the pizza. what is going on. >> my gosh. let's have breakfast. >> now, david. what do you say we take a look at the wine cellars. an old way of making wine. we are in the middle of the 230 acres and bad wants to put in grapes. what do the neighbors think. >> they thought we were nuts. >> nobody grows grapes here. those in the industry in the state. does this look familiar, you have finished a bottle or two from here and half the wine comes from here. >> we're doing 600,000-dollar as year. we have been in a froth curve since 1989. can you do this. >> we have people say i want to grow a vineyard i want to sit on my porch and look at the vines grow. that's not going to happe

tiffany, thanks for the call. we were showing the time line there, that mom makes this threat, but a judge intervened, basically. help us out to understand this. the incentive for her to stay at not go to japan was losing child support and alimony, is that right? >> she might lose that. she was allowed to go for a visit. she went. she originally went to japan for a visit. i begged the court through an affidavit that i prepared. if the kids are taken there, they will never come back. they did come back for a week. there was no additional court order. what she did, what the mother did was secretly sold the car, packed up the belongings. while dad had the kids, she was making the arrangements. she took them to japan and they have been there since. >> wow. >> too late. the court in tennessee said, well, now the kids have been abducted, we'll do something about it. they ordered her to return and they gave sole custody to dad. it's too late. >> you saw it coming. >> yeah. >> let's take a break. we'll hear more from the

good morning, tiffany. >> good morning. this marks a first for michelle obama.she's making her international entertaining debut. she will guide the group towards the creative and performing arts school and later visit the andy warhol museum for a store. all of these passes will receive a one-of-a-kind porcelain tea set. you cannot leave the cash at home if you're planning eye- catching a taxicab in maryland. there is the first touch screen credit card device in the area. about 200 cars are equipped. the device debuted in new york two years ago. eight other cities have switched to try to deter would-be robbers. you saw this yesterday. the biggest baby is now the newest star. the baby is drawing crowds to the hospital. his pants and named him akbar, meaning "great." a woman who was pregnant just found out she is pregnant again. the second baby is due 2 1/2 weeks after the first. fans are mourning the death of a doctor. viewers watched as the brain dead john doe turned out to be george. dr. mcdreramy was offered -- dr. mcdreamy was offered the position of chief of

tiffany wilson has the stories and some others. good morning. >> one of america's most iconic views is about to get better. security barriers will be replaced with a series of ramps. you'll be able to stand on the steps of the lincoln memorial, and look towards the washington monument without seeing any perimeter security. when you log on line, you better start singing "happy birthday." 40 years ago, september 2, 1969, professors at ucla made the first internet connection ever. it was intended to share scientific research. you cannot imagine the founders never expected people to tweet. for users are now seeing some unexpected results. pornographic profiles. nearly nude pictures and promiscuous promises are flooding twitter's message boards. it is hard to have these spam. a comeback concert by whitney houston and found -- fell below bit flat. fans say her pipes sounded damaged. houston said she talked to much while on "oprah." the contra to promote her new album will air this morning on "good morning america." she probably over used

and each time, tiffany was there to fight it. didn't always have her family's support, which experts say is common in incest. >> there's family members who wanted to sweep it under the rug. there's his family that i no longer speak with because they're in such denial or disbelief. >> reporter: two of john phillips' ex-wives, mackenzie's stepmothers, who are denying her claims. michelle phillips sauce saying, she did celebrity rehab. and now, she wants a book. but chynna phillips says she believes her stepsister, telling "us weekly," when mackenzie told her in 1997, the news sent her into a deep, sadness and depression. a part of me died when i found out. >> writing this book is i wanted to earn the right to speak about forgiveness. forgiveness isn't for the other person. it's not to give the other person peace. forgiveness is for you. >> reporter: today, tiffany is happily married to a man she describes as her rock. she's in therapy and healing slowly. >> we've been there. it's so hard. the pain is unimaginable. it's important th

tiffany, thanks for the call. jeremy, we were showing the timeline there that mom makes this threat but a judge intervened basically and help us out here to understand this. and the incentive for her to stay and not go to japan was, what, losing a money, child support and an education fund, is that right. >> well, she might lose that but, yeah, she was allowed to go there for a visit. she went. she was originally went to japan for a visit. i begged the court through an affidavit they prepared as an expert on this topic that i said if the child -- if the kids are taken there, they will never come back. they actually did come back if a week but there was no additional court order. now, what she did, what the mother did, she secretly sold the car, she packed up the belongings and while dad had the kids for a week vacation was secretly making the arrangements. as soon as she got the kids after a week she took off and went back to japan and they've been there since. too late, the court in tennessee said, oh, well, now

. >> reporter: there are people like tiffany who have a job but want to advance. >> fresh out of college, trying to work my way up. >> reporter: construction is nearly finished, meaning more jobs will be available in the shopping center surrounding the hotel. for now, this man keeps looking. >> on the hunt doing whatever i can. >> reporter: hoping his next job comes sooner than later, cape kernel. >>> a pregnant woman's dream come true. a man won 400 bucks for stuffing his face in back-to-back eati i contests. in louisiana, bob shout, ate 19 pounds of grits in ten minutes yesterday and won $2200. on friday, he won 1500 bucks for eating 33 1/2 breurritos in 10 minutes in another competition in new mexico. next weekend shout heads to tennessee for a hamburger eating contest. the wifrn gets a $20,000 prize. i'll take him on! >>> i'm larry smith. two things you can count on in college football, usc winning a lot of games and almost yearly usc winning a game they should easily win. trojan power house faced washington on saturday, the number three team in the country struggled. three turnovers

. >> reporter: also people like tiffany andrade, who have a job, but want to advance. >> fresh out of college, trying to work my way up in hospitality industry. >> reporter: construction is nearly finished, which means more jobs will be available in the shopping center surrounding the hotel. for now, he keeps looking. >> on the hunt. on the search. doing whatever i can. >> reporter: hoping his next job comes sooner than later. max too runiet, wink news now. >>> a man won almost $4,000 for stuffing his face in back-to-back eating contests. in louisiana, bob shout, ate 19 pounds of grits in ten minutes yesterday and won $2,200. on friday, he won $1,500 for eating 33 1/2 burritos in ten minutes at another competition in new mexico. next weekend, he heads to tennessee for a hamburger eating contest. the winner gets a $20,000 prize. i'll take him on. >>> now, we're used to seeds being planted in the ground to make things grow. scientists are taking that same concept to the skies. >> why don't we, in turn, start looking about drilling up into the atmosphere? >> a major drought is making it

who were the other two, tiffany? do you have the audio of the other two in congress?is -- who is this? russ feingold. "specifically, i ask that you identify these individuals' roles and responsibilities and provide the judgments of our legal advisors as to whether and how these positions are consistent with the appointments clause." rut-ro, george. then -- i had a cupcake before i went on the air. i'm wired with sugar. then you had what's her name. there she is, i love good old what's her name. feinstein. she said she thinks it a problem when the white house appoints someone to a czar position that is clearly not defined. i don't know what a car czar does, for example, she said. hmm. looks like the crazy man and you not so crazy. wait until you hear the latest on just what has happened in the last 24 hours on acorn. progress, america, you're making it! >> bring in byron york. hello, byron. how are you? >> hi, glenn. good to be here. glenn: good. are you just saying that or do you really mean it? >> i actually do mean it. it is a very newsy day. glenn: it s there is so

. >> reporter: there are also people like tiffany who have a job but want to advance. >> fresh out ofst trying to work my way up in hospitality, what i got my degree in. >> reporter: construction is nearly finished, which means more jobs will be available in the shopping center surrounding the hotel. for now, this man keeps looking. >> reporter: on the hunt. doing whatever i can. >> reporter: hoping his next job comes sooner than later. in cape coral, wink news now. >> this is like a pregnant woman dream come true. a man won almost 4,000 bucks in back-to-back eating contests. in louisiana, bob shout ate 19 pounds of grits in ten minutes yesterday and won $2200. on friday, he won 1500 bucks for eating 33 1/2 burritos in ten minutes at another competition in new mexico. next weekend, shout heads to tennessee for a hamburger eating contest. the winner gets a $2$20,000 pri. i'll take him on! >>> i'm larry smith. when lane was hired last december as tennessee's head coach, he boasted he would beat florida this season. one of many verbal gaffes in recent months. it was a quiet night in his

a sterling silver sculpture designed by tiffany's.s so delicate handlers are touch it with white gloves. to win it takes a different approach. it takes an effort not for the faint of heart and is anything but delicate. >> this 48 team might be one of the best teams ever in the sport in spite of how easy jimmie johnson makes it look, this stuff is hard. what they've done three years in a row is really incredible. >> you have to go to the racetrack every week willing to sacrifice everything to win the race. >> go, go, go! yeah, you got him. >> you have to race the race. as soon as you race the competitors in the chase, you're completely off your game. you have to pinpoint who you think the key guy is to focus on and finish ahead in points. >> we look at strong and weak tracks and figure out how to capitalize in the points. >> you have to take it one week at a time and you can't plan ahead. you never can script out what's going to happen. >> there we go. >> what a move! >> into the wall. and johnson will take the lead. >> we have to brin

. >> thank you, tiffany. >>> 6:26 is your time. >> coming up, a new clue that virginia police hope willd to a suspect in -- a carjacking suspect on the road. >> of the proposed tolls are out for the intercounty connector. we'll tell you how much they are. >> we are live in the weather center. this cold front will bring some welcome changes to the metro area. ♪ doctor says i have to lower my cholesterol. here you go, mr. noran. (announcer) trying to lower your cholesterol can be a challenge. but with the help of honey nut cheerios' sweet taste, lowering your cholesterol is a non-challenge. get your free sample online at non-challenge.com this is really good! >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> welcome back to "good morning washington." 6:30 is your time on this thursday morning. i'm alison starling. >> and i'm doug mckelway. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. the first step outside this morning will remind you you have to put on your light clothes and that it feels like to lie out there. >> we are in the 70's this morning. it is muggy.

this is tiffany.is is a nine month old yorkie and he is obviously a character. >> nipper. >> he does. >> he needs a little training. he does his own thing. >> ok. let's goat the questions. >> my -- get to the questions. my dog is microchipped. that was done by his previous owner who is now deceased. what's the registration process and how does that pass on? >> i'm not really sure. that's done through the microchip companies and for that you would have to get in touch with the company itself. they may have a way to actually pass it on from owner to owner in a certain situation such as that. and sometimes you'll see animals that have two if they get microchipped from a previous owner. >> kind of a reboot. i was told my dog has an acl tear. is an operation really necessary in this situation? >> it's hard to say based on the information. depends on the size of the dog, the age. sometimes smaller dogs will do ok. but the problem is with an acl tear they're predisposed to having arthritis later on. so it's

police say 15-year-old tiffany wright was shot in the head yesterday morning while waiting for the schoolus in charlotte. doctors delivered the baby and the newborn was listed in critical condition. investigators say the shooting stem from a domestic dispute. >>> the man accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard has been granted bail. his bail is set at $30 million. he pleaded not guilty to kidnapping dugard when she was 11 years oldand accused of raping her and fathering two children with her. his wife is also charged in the case. >>> coming up, it's an event to honor the best in sports in our area and it's all for a great cause. we're talking about this year's sneaker ball coming up next. >> and kanye west opens up about an onstage stunts. we'll tell you what he told jay leno last night. >>> and a live shot at andrews air force base. this is air force 1 with the president heading to ohio for a speech today. cool shot. we'll be right back. >>> when did you know you were wrong? was it afterwards? as you were doing it? when did it strike you? >> as soon as i gave the mic back to her and she didn

joined his lawyer at the defendant table and realized he needed to say one last goodbye to his wife, tiffany, and to his son. so he asked his lawyer to ask the judge for a chance to go back to the row five where his wife and son were and hug them goodbye. that is what he did. he walked back, hugged and kissed his wife and gave his son a kiss. he got a hug from his father and his father said be strong. the sentence came down and moments later plaxico burress was escorted off to rykker's island. after the proceeding his lawyer asked for a last piece of sympathy for his client. >> i want to make a couple of observations. i think what just happened in the courtroom with mr. burress being sentenced and remanded terribly sad and tragic. you can violate the law, be subject to severe punishment and not be a criminal. mr. burress used bad judgment. he violated a law that has no flexibility whatsoever. one of the issues i have with mandatory criminal statutes that have criminal sentencing is that not even the court has discretion in a case where there are mitigating circumstances to impose a less seve

and tiffany c. writes jon is a tool going through mid life crisis too early. >> i think any woman who gets dumped is angry. i think most women would love to go on national television and ask their ex-boyfriend to take a lie detector test and say whether or not he was honest na their relationship. even from what kate major said, it wasn't this huge romance a. it was a few-date fling. that's why they call it hooking up. that's why they call it fooling around. and right now it's just his word against her word. >> i'm not going to just go away and let jon get away with this. >> so are we going to need a lie detector test to sort all this out? >> lie detectors should be for capital murder cases, not necessarily for did we or didn't we hook up. >> lie detector or not, things aren't looking good for jon gosselin, who's now in the middle of two battles with two angry kates. >>> well, the angry kates aren't the only ones angry with jon. could he be on his way to becoming the most despised man in america? rig

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. >>> breakfast at tiffanies may get a little bit cheaper. rents are down 8% on fifth avenue the world's most expensive shopping street. rents $1,700 a square foot. that is not so bad. the company tracks 274 top shopping strips on earth and found the average rent was down 23%. the biggest loser was dublin's grafton street, down 23%, the biggest gainer, sorry to the german speakers, munich kafinkerstrasser. abcnews.com reporting moammar qaddafi's tent is being pitched in new york. we will see if the libyan leader's tent is in bedford, new york. time for "closing bell." >>> 3,000 laid off gm workers will go back to work as the company adds shifts. "the wall street journal" say authors will ask for a delay. random house sold 2 million copies in its first week. i'm mike huckman. >>> there is a live picture of the floor of the new york stock exchange. we have a rally underway. the market once again back in action on the upside. stocks approaching one-year highs. welcome to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo. we have a rally underway led by fi

. >>> and police say tiffany wright was shot in the head. she was pregnant, the baby was delivered. in critical condition. investigators say the shooting was a domestic fight. >>> and probably use cell phones? it could cause a brain tumor. and tonight senators want to know more about it. roby chavez has more on the particular discussion and why it is a big deal. >> brian, the big concern out of the senate hearing today is that nobody was able to prove that cell phones cause the brain tumors. activists worry that radio emissions vary from phone to phone. they're looking at the leaks from cell phone use to cancer. on any given day anywhere you look you can see it, probably do it yourself. 275million americans with phones up to their ears and talking away. >> at least probably an hour a day average. yeah it does concern me. >> reporter: it concerns the u.s. senate as well, now they're investigating new research by international scientists that there could indeed be a link between the radiation and ask her cancer. >> it is a serious question that needs answers. >> the decades passed bet

we continually poke our traditional allies and then embrace -- tiffany, our producer says, our frenemiesople like russia, and then want to talk to venezuela and to iran. are we headed towards being a member of the axis power? what is happening to us? >> i think if you connect the dots of what this administration has been doing, it is consciously moving away from the clear assertion of american interest rand values around the world and tries to find a conversation with their adversaries. their theory is that the bush administration unnecessarily irritated people when, in fact, we are the cause of most of these problems. as jeane kirkpatrick said at a republican convention, she said these are the people who blame america first and they are now in power. there that is the way they operate. glenn: i will take some of the blame. we have done some piggish things to protect our own interests are, and we also have been bullish enough to think that we could just give people the freedom that we enjoy and they don't even understand it, some of them, so some of that is a little bit -- a little bit o

that's why we hear good things from ralph lauren, from tiffany. but then walmart gave a speech last night, said the u.s. is lethargic, no quick turn here, although india and china can move the needle for the world's largest retailer. we have an easy bull sxas an easy bear case. you can't do well if you overlook the negative, and you can't do well if you overlook the positive. one way to play this is the cramerican way, diversify. that's why i bought both home depot, a retailer that needs good home data, and al altrialta tobacco company that could care less about new home data but has a yield so low it's terrific. these are polar opposites. i did it for my charitable trust, actionalertsplus.com today. sent out aechblt mail saying i've got to play it both ways. that still doesn't help figure out where the market is going, though it does explain why it can be such a -- all right. let me just try it again. no-no. here's a little rule of thumb that can help us understand this market. when the fundamentals of the economy are pushed, the fundamentals of

-- you remember, teddy roosevelt put together an army of trackers, former sheriff's, people from tiffany's in new york -- this is one of my favorites. sgt but taylor, when later campaigning for roosevelt, said to crowds, and " ladies and gentleman, theodore roosevelt kept every promise he ever made to us, and he will to you, as well. he led us of san one hell -- up san juan hill like sheep to the slaughter, and so will he leave you -- lead you. " you cannot make this stuff up. it is a country of dreams, but the amazing thing about this country is that dreams still come true. when i was secretary of education of the united states, traveling the country, my wife, a former special ed teacher -- i would teach the fourth, seventh, and 11th grades. i was in the 11th grade classroom in san diego, and a woman said, you really love this country, don't you? i said, yes, i do. we can use what i call the gates test. every country has gates. one way to test a country is, when you raise the gates, which way the people run? do they run in, or do they run out? i think they do a pretty good story on the be

things get better, people think that they start going to kohl's and nordstrom's and start going -- the tiffanyyou know what i mean? what's going on is people who make big decisions about money sell walmart when they think things are getting better and they buy those more traditionally discretionary -- best buy, okay? that's what's happening. walmart won't do anything here. but i am a proud member of the 100 million people who shop at walmart and even though it doesn't muststock it's still a great place to go. how about mark in texas. mark? >> caller: hey, jim. big boo-yah from mark in east texas. >> east texas, man i feel like i'm back at nagadoches now. >> caller: there you go. >> hit me. >> caller: hey, question, if you believed that the dollar's going to go down in value with all of our debt you know against our major trading partners anyway and you want to put, say 5%, 10% of your assets in some precious metals or something, would you go with an etf like gld, or could you get better appreciation with high-quality gold stocks. >> -- okay, i want to make this point. now i feel bad for mark b

by the way, tiffany, our producer, can we change the america's future is broken or whatever it is. >> we're changing it! glenn: thank you very much. thank you. we're into the refounding of our country, the discovery of all the things that we have right in america, but we need to convince more people that what they're seeing right now isn't the truth. i don't know if you have read this in the paper. "the new york times" has just assigned someone to watch fox because "the new york times" says they're missing stories and they don't know what they're missing. they're like, that whole van jones thing, where did that come from? the way america sees itself and the world is changing, and it bothers me, because i don't know who is moving and who is not. i don't understand the way some people in the media view things or, quite honestly, some of the politicians. we used to have a common vision, but now that vision is split, and i think the prevailing vision has been relegateed to the internet and what they would say is the fringe, this network, things like belief in god over government. when did

at the same time as retail sales, places as diverse that i don't shop at, tiffany's, coach, williams sonoma, as well as kohl's where they've got the fat pants, aeropostale, jones apparel, and gap show that back to school was actually a smashing success. and the only reason you heard otherwise was that too many reporters and editors had taken the position that back to school season would be terrible. and no amount of evidence was going to change their minds. why let the facts get in the way of a negative story? here's the bottom line. six reason why's the chart we saw, the one by dan fitzpatrick, as evidence the s&p is heading to 1200 could be right. six reasons based on fundamentals why i think the market is a lot less vulnerable than the press thinks. six reasons that we can go higher. man, is it good to be back. michael in new york! michael! >> caller: hey, jim, i don't want to just ba-ba-ba-boo-yah. i want to ch-ch-ch-cheer ya. i love your show. >> oh, man, thank you! >> caller: i'm calling about nordic american tanker. i've been buying it on its way down, and i was wondering if i

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tiffany on the phone.let it die off so we can focus on others. >> let me ask you, though, did you stop to listen to his logic at all? i'm not saying i agree one way or another, did you stop to think at all, or did you immediately reacted because pandas are so cute? >> caller: i immediately reacted because i'm an animal lover and love every kind of animal and i don't think we should decide to kill off one species or let it die off because we're losing funding. and i think it's important for our kids to be able to see what we can do as taking care of the species that we have left. i mean, it won't be fair to them whenever they get to be my age, i'm 22, and they won't get to see anything like that. like mindy said, she's 43 and still hasn't seen a panda. >> think it's our responsibility, regardless of the cost, it's our responsibility. >> it is our responsibility, because we are getting -- we're moving into their territory. and it's only right that we take the responsibility to take care of them. because they

gary dunn, andy kramer, and tiffany. thank you all so much. [cheering] >> tea party express.thanks for your support. [cheering] >> from the great state of tennessee please welcome representative marsha blackburn. >> i am absolutely thrilled that you are here. i don't know if there has ever been a gathering in this city. to the 1.5 million of you have traveled your congratulations. you have gridlocked washington, d.c. you are here, and i am thrilled to see you all. welcome. a great many of you have come by my office. i have spoken with you. you have told me that you felt called to be here today. it is a noble calling. you told me that you were worried that america will soon cease to be what she has been. you worry that our glorious potential and our exceptional purpose will be buried not by partisan bickering, but by thoughtless debt. and you have been called to start liberty and to defend the futures of our children and our grandchildren. you know, this is a noble calling. many of my colleagues and i shared that calling with you, and we have come to washington to answer that

and tiffany c. writes jon is a tool going through mid life crisis too early. >> i think any woman who gets dumped is angry. i think most women would love to go on national television and ask their ex-boyfriend to take a lie detector test and say whether or not he was honest na their relationship. even from what kate major said, it wasn't this huge romance a. it was a few-date fling. that's why they call it hooking up. that's why they call it fooling around. and right now it's just his word against her word. >> i'm not going to just go away and let jon get away with this. >> so are we going to need a lie detector test to sort all this out? >> lie detectors should be for capital murder cases, not necessarily for did we or didn't we hook up. >> lie detector or not, things aren't looking good for jon gosselin, who's now in the middle of two battles with two angry kates. >>> well, the angry kates aren't the only ones angry with jon. could he be on his way to becoming the most despiced man in america? rig

gill, diana, celena and william, donald, sal and janetb ron and kay, lloyd, gary, amy kremer and tiffany and applause] tea party express.org, ladies and gentlemen. thanks for your support. [cheers and applause] >> from the great state of tennessee, please welcome representative marcia blackburn. [cheers and applause] >> welcome to washington. i am absolutely thrilled that you are here. i don't know if there has ever been a larger conservative gathering in this city, but to all 1.5 million of you who have traveled here, congratulations. you have redefined gridlock in washington, d.c.. it is important that you are here, and i am thrilled to see you all, and especially excited about those tennesseans that are here. welcome. this week many of you have come by my office, and i've spoken with you. you told me that you felt called to be here today, and it is a noble calling. you've told me that you worry that america will soon cease to be what she has been. you worry that our glorious potential and our exceptional purpose will be buried not bipartisan bickering, but by thoughtless debt. and you