and i've been -- i've had a lot of doctor's appointments with the va for the past two years trying to get my disability. and, you know, trying to make a better life for my children after this. but i felt helpless because i wanted to run and grab -- and find her myself. you know, i wanted to get on my hands and knees and crawl to florida. but i didn't have the means or the transportation. and, you know, right after that, as soon as everybody in my community found out, they came straight to me. trinity baptist church -- >> did you make it there? >> yes, i made it here to florida. >> you're there. in fact, you're joining me now from jacksonville. >> that's right. >> what are cops telling you? i mean, it all happened so fast. and you and your wife were doing everything right. she was not alone. it was broad daylight. she was with a group of little friends and she just ran ahead. that was it. boom, she's gone. >> you know, whoever did this had to be watching and waiting for his moment, because, like you said, just briefly she ran ahead and was out of sight. so there were, what, a two or th

. >> got on a bus to go to the va, first thing i got on and i got confrontation about i can't have a dog on the bus. if i'm not blind and if i don't explain what my disability is. i said i'm not going to do that. they stopped. shut off the bus. get on their phone. we go around and around until someone decides we'll get on and drive the bus away. that's what i have most of the time. >> mr. schwartz served in the military for 20 years. more and more soldiers are given psychiatric service dogs specifically trained to calm anxiety. miami-dade transit said it should be allowed and have apologized but not every driver knows this dog and gentleman are allowed onboard. >> we talked about ptsd yesterday as we see increased incidents of this and people need to be aware. also, we're talking about something that's a segue/unicycle. i'm sure you look hip riding this thing. >> this is a new vehicle. not the kind you can pack the fam in and go to the pumpkin patch. this new invention unveiled yesterday. it was unveiled in asia. it's kind of like a segue controlled by the way the driver leans. it det

i am happy with the va. guest: the gentleman talked about corporate subsidies.ne of the things that i find fascinating in the debate and i would like to see a chart on this. you mentioned the taxes we will see on the insurers under the senate finance bill. many of these groups are subsidized or various other things. i would love to see a chart at some point of what they net is of the government taxing these groups as opposed to giving them subsidies to run various programs to make sure the seniors have drugsseniorsetc. the gentleman is right in one sense that companies are doing well as a result of the health care system. many of them are banned under this, it would not necessarily changed for insurers are looking to add 30 million people to the rolls as a result of legislation. there is something in it for them even if there is paying on the front end in the forms of taxes. host: was their consideration on how to control health-care costs? paying for it is one thing but controlling costs is another. guest: there are a lot of issues with controlling costs. as a

and i've been -- i've had a lot of doctor's appointments with the va for the past two years trying to you know, trying to make a better life for my children after this. but i felt helpless because i wanted to run and grab -- and find her myself. you know, i wanted to get on my hands and knees and crawl to florida. but i didn't have the means or the transportation. and, you know, right after that, as soon as everybody in my community found out, they came straight to me. trinity baptist church -- >> did you make it there? >> yes, i made it here to florida. >> you're there. in fact, you're joining me now from jacksonville. >> that's right. >> what are cops telling you? i mean, it all happened so fast. and you and your wife were doing everything right. she was not alone. it was broad daylight. she was with a group of little friends and she just ran ahead. that was it. boom, she's gone. >> you know, whoever did this had to be watching and waiting for his moment, because, like you said, just briefly she ran ahead and was out of sight. so there were, what, a two or three second window of som

the day. joining me tonight in new york, there she is, jane va lez mitchell, the host of "the jane va lez mitchell show." jon and kate meet with the judge to discuss their financial woes and jon's told by the judge, put that $180,000 back in the bank account. that's a big deal. that means that the judge really believes that jon took the money and he wasn't supposed to. jane, i begin with you. given jon's track record, i'm thinking, jon is freaking out right about now that he's got to come up with 180 large. >> i think it's very, very likely he's freaking out thinking, how am i going to come up with this money because i spent it? take a look at his lifestyle. he has two fancy cars, a bmw and mercedes. we watched him shop for his bachelor pad. that's got to cost a lot of money. he goes over the pond and is hanging out at lifestyle of the rich and famous with young women. champagne. all that costs money. it doesn't take that much to burn through 180 clams these days and if he has, how will he come up with the money? he doesn't have a job right now. this is wild. >> maybe we'll see him at a shack sell

. >> the investigators still believe the violence may have been mote va vated by the family having financial problems. >> a deadly monday morning where a train derailment left eight people dead in thailand. investigators say it's too still too early to say if the rain caused the crash that injured almost 100 people. >>> a developing story from iran this morning where the chief for the world's nuclear inspection agency says tehran has agreed to let the inspectors to check out the facility. that visit could happen in a few weeks. the next few months will be critical to see whether iran is actually cooperating or merely dragging out the negotiations. >>> here in the u.s. a familiar story for people in california as wildfires forced thousands from their homes. officials say the 7,000 acre fire currently out there has already destroyed several homes in the san bernardino mountains. on the bright side humid weather conditions should help the firefighters put out that blaze. >>> elsewhere in southern california the chargers took on the steelers on the east coast. we were already asleep last night.

." >>> the swine flus va set to be available in a few days. more than half of u.s. ults say they will get the vaccine for themselves. the survey by the harvard school of public health also shows 7a% of adults plan to guess their children vaccinated but the numbers conflict with a study from earlier in the week showing only 35% of americans would definitely have their children vaccinated. a look now at election day '0, fast approaching. two big governor races providing enough drama for the whole country. i'm joined by a staff writer for "roll call." >> thanks for having me. >> republican chris christie's lead is narrowing lead be jon core vooin by 4%. jon corzine. a statistical tie according to reports. what's going on? >> a lot of disgruntled new jersey voters concerned about taxes and the economic situation in new jersey. heavily impacted by the wall street crash. these voters care where their money is going and you might take a lot of that anger out on jon corzine. a quick note about the polls. they show chris christie in the lead. polling in new jersey has been cy

petsmart upgraded because of the pet retailers' strong balance sheet. oil refiner va lero, the firm is trimming its price target on the stock by $1 to $15. on expectations of more production shutdowns. valero up on the weak dollar today. health management, the hospital operators improve operating performance, and lower debt total. maria? >> bob, thanks very much. here we are in the fourth quarter of the year. we are talking about investing in the new period. we've got concerns persisting over the potential pullback in this market, as the market remains up strongly from the lows back in march. even as the economic data remains somewhat muted. joining us to talk about long-term investing at this moment, tom mcmannus at wells fargo advisers. great to have you on the program. what are you looking for for the fourth quarter? >> i think earnings probably set the tone and the earnings announcements, the conference calls. i think companies have managed to gain a lot of improvement by cost cutting. i think as they go out into 2010, i think they're going to need top buying for

the american revolution with cornwallis. it took 52 days for general ulysses s. grant to march from washington to petersburg, va., and begin the siege that would eventually win the civil war. there was also spotsylvania courthouse, and others did in the winter of 1944 to 1945, american troops held their positions -- and others. in the winter of 1944 and 1955, american troops held their position at the battle of the bulge, and that took less than 52 days. a decision about troops in afghanistan cannot wait until the election in afghanistan is settled, as said by one person. at the same time, bill kristol reports that rahm emanuel seems to be -- without consulting our pentagon. he said this this past sunday. >> it would be reckless to make a decision on the u.s. troop level is, in fact, we have not done a thorough analysis about whether or not there is an afghan partner to fill that space that the u.s. would create an become a true partner in governing the afghan country. sean: excuse me. who is asking the sky about decisions about afghanistan? -- who is asking this guy? the press is not supposed to ask about that

>> you get the lar va. basically, the little small insect that comes from the material itself? you mean a maggot. >> right. you have to break it down from our lawyers, doctor. we're just j.d.s not m.d.s like you. >> you heard what dr. duncan said. how long do they believe this beautiful lady had been dead, her son missing? and why do they believe the husband has headed to mexico? >> they believe she was murdered either tuesday night or wednesday morning. and it is very possible that she was murdered by her husband while their three children were in their home. that's a distinct possibility. they believe that his in mexico because he has family there. both his parents and a brother in mexico. >> lauren howard, we only have a couple of second. say these children are extremely young. would they remember the murder if they were in the home in. >> they would not remember it concretely. they would remember it in a sort of dream state but their abstract reasoning is not developed. it would not have the force of a trauma -- of a real memory blocked or otherwise. >> 806-592-3516. this c

facing fire from capitol hill because he has not spent highway stimulus money from the federal government. as of august, va. has begun construction on projects totaling only 17% of the money they receive from the federal government. >>> west springfield police are saying the abduction of a 13- year-old was a hoax. police say a man driving a truck matching her description was not involved. a truck matching her description was not involved. >>> we turn now to the virginia governor's battle. bob mcdonnell is fighting back against critics who say he is too conservative. the released a new ad responding to reports about a conservative paper he wrote a graduate school in 1989. his advertisement features women ago work with him or for him. the latest polls show him leading democrat creigh deeds. >>> a new mother went into labor on a northwest washington sidewalk. >> ashley storm said after giving birth once, the second form would be easier. she stayed in the comfort of hel own home for as long as possible. >> it felt better to be at home longer. things can go wrong and that is agy we live 5 miles from the hospita

go to the va hospital for help. you can read more about it on cnn.com. >> melissa long, thank you. >>> a series of text messages between steve mcnair and his mistress. do they give any reasons for the murder/suicide? >>> just released text messages reveals what was happening during steve mcnair's final hours. nashville police say the nfl star was killed by his mittstress in a murder-suicide over the fourth of july weekend. >> reporter: metro police released a summary of its investigation saying kazemi was responsible for the murder suicide and released text messages hours before the murder. the day before the murder at 2:00 a.m. on july 3rd she texts, do you love me? he texts, i love you, baby. and then at 10:05 a.m. she texts, i might have a breakdown. i'm so stressed. she later asked mcnair to transfer money into her account to pay bills. he says he will. then she texts i have to be with you tonight. i don't care where. mcnair says he's with his family. at 10:45 p.m. kazemi says she's going to his condo. police bel

will see temperatures in the upper 60's. 49 in bristow, va.. suitland, a 53. upper northwest, up 51. annapolis, 50. school bus forecast shows mostly sunny skies. temperatures will rebound into the 60's later this morning and eventually the low 70's. high pressure will be the dominant feature. it will move off shore. we will seek a cold front arrives late tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours. lots of sunshine today. tonight, scattered clouds. temperatures in the 40's. 50's downtown. afternoon clouds tomorrow. possible showers late in the day tomorrow through tomorrow night. windy conditions on wednesday. cooler temperatures thursday and friday. let's check the busy monday morning traffic. >> busy indeed. there are a couple problems in maryland. delays to get to 216. 29 southbound will slow you down. it will be complicated making your way south through howard county. a work silent on the road to get towards rich one. it is slowing you down across the woodrow wilson bridge. -- to get towards route 1. the through lanes are moving better. more and more,here.igh

the sewer. you're a child mo lester. >> well, i can't speak for you, but i'll take joe friday'st, i l values over roman polanski's any va day of the week. [applause] that's my view, and i welcome yours. you can contact me at c mikehuckabee.com. click on the fox news feedback and you can share whatever comments you'd like to share.fed >>> recent polls show president. obama's approval ratings haveree hit a newnt low, but as conan o'brien is about to show us, you might be surprised at his latest critic. >> the first lady went on sesame street. kids abotalking to kids about gardening and eating healthy. et that's right. it was all going very well but g then big bird showed up and things got a littled thi uncomfortable, take a look. >> well, look who's here to push her husband's socialist health care agenda. >> big bird, i'm not. >> that's not what the basket bunch says. >> yeah.nc yourh husband's a stinkin liar.k la we're going to run him out of office. >> well, you know, i think cona o'brien was kidding. i don't think big bird reallybil said that stuff, but it was b pretty good comedy.and, ththeir president said he wantso

cruz was held without bail for the murder of elva va vas qez. she had been missing since january of 2008. >>> the swine flu continues to be a big concern across the country. this is the latest map from the center for disease control showing the spread of the flu in the red states. maryland and most of its surrounding states report widespread outbreaks. >>> but help is on the way, the first shipments of the h1n1 vaccine are expected t to arrive in maryland sometime today. maryland will receive 50,000 doses of the vaccine which will come in the form of a nasal mist. it is going to the healthcare providers and will be given to those people considered high risk, pregnant women, and other adults with critical conditions. >>> many have received the h1n1 vaccine. they are volunteers participating in clinical trials as the university of maryland school of medicine. right now researchers are working on a formula that will useless of the vaccine in hopes of stretching the supply. >>> what i tell everybody, is that they should expect, perhaps, a little bit

there is a dense fog advisory on the del mar va peninsula. at will go into the mid morning hours until whatever develops. a few clouds up in pennsylvania. other than that, things are very, very nice. big old full moon out there. it was rising last evening over the eastern sky and eastern horizon. it was big. and it's a full moon, too. now it is high in the sky, of course, and the sun will be up in a couple hours to no clouds. >> let's take a look at the current situation outside. it's dark. 48 degrees at b.w.i. marshall. inner harbor 59. quite a range of temperatures this morning. 90% the humidity. so the air is saturated at this point at this temperature, and that's why the possibility of fog exists this morning for a few hours in some areas. 29.88. the pair metric pressure is still a little on the -- the barometric pressure is still on side. west winds at three miles an hour. that's the situation right now. let's take a look at precipitation. we haven't had a lot so far, but it is still early october. as of yesterday, only .800 measured. aga

. >> so much for the great de va vin vinci. >> linney. >> thanks. ly interviewed you years ago on the radio. you said, i look different on the radio. that was good. >> superb when you were there. >> thank you. thanks to everybody for joining me tonight and thank you for watching, everybody, good night and good luck. who said that? >> edward r. murrow. >>> breaking news tonight, live, florida. a beautiful little second grader looks like an angel, walks the ten-minute walk home from school with her sister and little twin brother, all of their little friends. she run ahead. gets separated. just moments, broad daylight, 7-year-old somer thompson never seen alive again. 4:00, only an hour later, mom rushes home, flags down police. no good. bombshell, tonight, 55 miles to the north, no tip, no lead. police spend countless man hours sifting through about a hundred tons of garbage after trailing somer's orange park trash truck. there's no other way to say it than just say it. they spot the little girl's legs sticking out of that filthy garbage. who, who woul

the group has come under fire from seemingly every direction after a va rye fy of -- after a variety of scandals. senior correspondent eric shawn is live with the latest. good evening, eric. >> jim, bertha lewis, the c.e.o. of acorn defending the embattled activist group at national press club in washington this morning, saying reports of a $5 million embezzlement are not true. she denied the revelation that dale rathke, brother of founder wade rathke, allegedly embezzled $5 million from acorn, five times the amount acorn said was stolen. the new amount was revealed from a subpoena by james buddy caldwell, from louisiana and he told me he wants to know the truth about acorn's finances. he subpoenaed acorn's financial records dating back to 1998. at a the news conference, ms. lewis blamed former board members for the inflated amount. acorn says dale rathke actually stole $948,607.50, not $5 million. >> this speculation is completely false, and not based on any documentation or any audit or anything other than two disgruntled former board members. >> she branded the attacks on acorn as

the biggest pop? allen joins us. >> this is part of our rocktober ex traf began va. we have 20 stocks set to pop. ll give you the top three right now. metro pcs, sallie mae, and moody's. they're top of the list but we have 17 others on there. people are diving onto it on the website. you should, too. check it out. >> sallie mae, huh? >> that's interesting. >> because there's so much concern about whether or not they're going to be put out of business by government changes and regulations. >> that's a contrary play if i ever saw it. >> provocative. that's why you'd want to go to cnbc.com to get all the latest. >>> an in-depth look at the state of the labor markets. our jobs across america panel straight ahead. >>> the markets holding steady right now. the dow up just one point. we're back with more after this. remember the anticipation of hearing the ice cream truck? in poland, cargill borrowed the idea... for something quite different. small polish farms had difficulty getting... affordable feed for their smaller herds of animals. so cargill created a way to bring the feed... directly to them... o

the discussion will take place at the college of william and mary law school in williamsburg, va. >> justice o'connor insisted that we have lunch every day when we were sitting. now, clarence, you should come to lunch. she was very sweet, but very persistent. i came to lunch. it was one of the best things i did. . . >> it all starts sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. for its special preview, join us sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern for questions and answers. >> this weekend, "empire of delusion." former middle east bureau chief at the new york times argues that we now live in two societies, one based in reality and the others sat in fantasy. >> a live picture from the william and mary law school in williamsburg, virginia, where coming up shortly we will have live coverage of a moot court competition. it is running a few minutes late but we will have live coverage when it gets underway. the u.s. rejoined the u.n. human rights council earlier this year, reversing a decision by the bush administration. the assistant secretary of state for organizational affairs discusses some of the actions taken

>>> first though a look at how some va caegas casino operatorse been trading. plus signs across therd for las vegas sands, mgm mirage, and wynn resorts. we're back after this. >>> welcome back. you've missed so much fun during the commercial break today. las vegas casinos gambling on that. the downturn by scaling back now their expansion plans, paying down debt. the question is will that strategy help sin city stage a comeback and is it good for investors? joining us right now we've got jake fuller, an analyst and we're expecting another analyst to join us as well. "the wall street journal" says today they quoted at least one casino executive saying they don't expect to break ground on anything in las vegas for ten years. is that good or bad in your view? >> i think frankly we're missing the point. we've talked a lot today about strategy change and how we're going to scale back on development. there's still dramatic new capacity hitting the gaming industry over the next year, year and a half. you've got in las vegas $15.4 billion of new resorts opening up over the next 12 to 18 mont

you have to be healthy enough to endure it but the question whether or not there was far more extreme. you have a sweat lodge i understand 50 people in a va small area unventilated. the question under those conditions is the release enough. >> excellent point. i know investigators will look how was this built because a lot of people have had experience with this say, a 415-square-foot lodge for 55 to 65 people is just not the way you do it. you have one nurse monitoring these people? a lot of questions still but right now being ruled a homicide investigation. gary casimir, thanks to being with us, thank you, as well, tom, we appreciate it and our thoughts and prayers with you and your family during this difficult time. >> thank you. >> coming up disturbing details of the final days of anna nicole smith. we know her and remember her as glamorous the super model but now hear some gruesome details for the first time about the last days of her life. more on that. we'll take your calls coming up at 1-877-tell-hln. >> as one of cnn heroes blue ribbon panelists in 2007 i helped recognize the extraordinary work of everyday people who are changing

the shot? no? >> caller: yes, yes. yes, les. i just saw my va doctor friday, and he advised me against getting a shot. he also is not going to get the shot, because he said there has not been enough research done on this whether or not this swine flu shot is going to be effective or not. and basically was cautioning against it. because there has not been enough research done in if a timely manner to prove whether or not this is going to be an effective vaccine or not. >> and you're going to follow that advice? >> caller: well, it's from my doctor, so he should know -- i've known him for five years. >> okay, les, there are a lot of questions and a lot of concerns. we're going to tackle that in a minute. thank you for sharing what your personal experience has been. we appreciate that. >> caller: you're welcome. thank you. >> hattie is calling us from indiana end. are you going to stand in line and get one? >> caller: most likely. my doctor will require me to get one. i have diabetes, and my husband also will receive it. he has asthma. but our conc

identified a link between exposure to the historically impacted water at camp lejeune and adverse health effects. with no proven link many of those who are sick are denied vaefits. senator kaye hagen from north carolina where camp lejeune is located says these people deserve help. >> they have worked their entire careers, successfully completing the mission they were asked to start. it should be our mission to give them complete answers. if we stop now our mission will not be accomplished. >> partane says that would be a start. >> it is up to the senate and congress to force the marine corps to answer these questions and hold their feet to the fire. that is the only way we can get to the bottom of the truth. >> reporter: senator hagan just sponsored a bill to give benefits to marines and their families who may have been exposed at camp lejeune. >>> texting, eating, turning the radio high. a lot of us do it while driving and take the dangers for granted. >> missing three out of the four red lights was pretty good enough to me to say don't do it. >> driver's ed, a crash course showing teenagers whatnot to do behind the wheel. >>> a new air traffic control sy

the 21-year-old man accused of killing university of connecticut football player jasper howard is set to be arraigned today on murder and con spir vasn william lomax iii is being held on 2$2 million bail. four men have been arrested in the role of howard's murder. none of them is a student at uconn. howard was stabbed to ded october 18th, saturday night, during a fight outside the dance on campus. the entire football team attended his funeral monday in miami. >>> did you get a chance to check this out? nasa's new experimental rocket has taken it first test flight after several delays caused by bad weather. john knows all about those delays. he's live with us on more on today's successful launch. john, finally got it under the gun, with 30 minutes to go. huge day for nasa. >> reporter: yeah no question about it. and you know, you couldn't have scripted this any better, drama going on yesterday with the weather and then today the same thing. high clouds, concerns over those. and just realtime call very fluid situation. they were getting updates from the weather officers, telling them well we think you have a hole in these clouds in ab

for a meeting between the heads of state, president president obama and him and instead of just at lower level. because as you read in my notes, jalii, representing iran in jen neef va, with he doesn't have any powers and any decision must come back to tehran for further negotiations. >> sure. >> i sometimes wonder with iran, if it's more a matter of national pride or just perhaps a deviation from some of the economic problems that iran is faced internally and, therefore, you know, how serious are they, really, about upsetting the entire world? or are they just using this as an internal focus point in order to get people to rally behind the president. >> i believe personally that iran's insistence to have access to full nuclear fuel cycle and enrichment especially is an insurance policy. apart from having access to the nuclear energy and fuel in case of a crisis, in case of further sanctions in the future. but if there is an insurance policy against any breakdown, or if -- because iran's surrounded by nuclear powers, india, pakistan, israeli, united states, russia, they all have nuclear weapons. iran doesn't want to go nuclear in the sense of having a nuclear weapon