we will take to you bethany house. >>> plus it could be the end of the line for saab automobiles. thanks for watching 9news now at noon. we will be right back. >>> welcome back to the news at noon. saab automobiles filed for liquidation this morning. the swedish automaker threw in the towel after hopes of getting a life saving investment from china failed. general motors sold saab back in 2010, but the new owners were unable to obtain the financing it needed to modern eyes its -- modernize its fleet. >>> christmas will be a lot brighter for some families, thank to the toys for tots program. a reminder though, there is still time to give because plenty of your neighbors are still in need. more than 5200 families are back. many of them are disappointed. >> last year we serviced 3500 families, about 10,000 kids. time is running out to get holiday packages in the mailed. the postal service and federal express say today will be their busiest day. tuesday is the last day to mail priority mail packages. first class letters and cards, as well, to ensure arrival by christmas. you can mail

it's bethany's dad! >> my cookies and hot chocolate, where are they?e, for the past year, wendall arnold has been suiting up in iraq. in fact, he has only seen his family 22 days out of the last two years, and that prompt his daughter to write this letter. >> dear santa, my name is bethany arnold. my daddy is in iraq. could you bring him home for christmas? that would be the best gift of all. >> reporter: so mom and dad hatched up this surprise. >> ho, ho, ho! >> reporter: dressed dad up like santa and buy presents for all of bethany's all excited classmates. but in the end, don't have a gift for her. you can already see she is looking a little left out. >> you know what? i think santa came just for you. >> reporter: then an elf explains she is the only one who gets to sit on santa's lap and she must tell him what she wants most in the whole wide world. and, without hesitation -- >> santa, for christmas, i want my dad to come home. >> reporter: then he silently holds up a small heart that she had given daddy before he left for iraq. she puzzles over it

every kid, that is, but bethany arnold. who refused to ask him for a single toy. >> dear santa, my daddy is in iraq. could you bring him home for christmas. >> that would be the best gift of all. >> did you know that you were asking for something that was kind of tough? >> yes. but well, it is tough to go around the world in one night. >> that's true. >> and i never wanted anything more than that. >> bethany's dad, wendall arnold is a contractor in iraq. he's been working on the country's much-needed electrical infrastructure. >> i understand that he has to stay and help people. >> reporter: she's only seen him two weeks in the last two years. >> but i do miss him a lot. >> reporter: last time they saw each other, while he was on leave in germany, they exchanged these key chains. >> this is his heart. >> she carries his while he holds on to hers. >> i told her, the next time that i see you, i'll give your heart back. >> reporter: unfortunately, bringing two hearts together at christmas isn't always a government priority. wh

every kid, that is, but bethany arnold who refused to ask him for a single toy. >> "dear santa, my daddyq, could you bring him home for christmas?" >> that would be the best gift of all. >> reporter: did you know you were asking for something that was kind of tough? >> yes, but... well, it's tough to go around the world in one night. >> reporter: that's true. >> and i never wanted anything more than that. >> reporter: bethany's dad, wyndal arnold, is a contractor in iraq. he's been working on that country's much-needed electrical infrastructure. >> i understand that he has to stay and help people. >> reporter: she's only seen him two weeks in the last two years. >> but i do miss him a lot. >> reporter: last time they saw each other, while he was on leave in germany, they exchanged these key chains. >> this is his heart. >> reporter: she carries his while he holds on to hers. >> i told her, i said the next time i see you i'll give your heart back. >> reporter: unfortunately, bringing two hearts together at christmas isn't always a government priority, which is why this year bethany decide

which is why this year bethany decided to appeal to a higher utthority, santa.asked him again at evhool. >> santa, for christmas, i want my dad to come home. >> reporter: and that's when her wish began coming true. that's when she got her heart back. and that's when this santa revealed to all of us the true meaning of christmas. >> daddy! >> reporter: there's not a toy in the workshop that ever got this kind of reaction. re you sure you don't want something else? >> just so happy you're home. >> reporter: not a bow big enough to wrap the joy. steve hartman "on the road" near raleigh, north carolina. no ordinary doctor. patients say he was smoking a cigar - while performing surgeries. tonight a san francisco man is in. >>> good evening. i'm allen martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. >>> no ordinary doctor. patients say he was smoking a cigar while performing certainlyel surgery. tonight a san francisco man is charged with impersonating a doc -- impersonating a doctor. joe vazquez reports. >>> reporter: he is not a doctor but he is in big trouble for acting like one. th

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every kid, that is, but bethany arnold who refused to ask him for a single toy. >> "dear santa, my daddyq, could you bring him home for christmas?" >> that would be the best gift of all. >> reporter: did you know you were asking for something that was kind of tough? >> yes, but... well, it's tough to go around the world in one night. >> reporter: that's true. >> and i never wanted anything more than that. >> reporter: bethany's dad, wyndal arnold, is a contractor in iraq. he's been working on that country's much-needed electrical infrastructure. >> i understand that he has to stay and help people. >> reporter: she's only seen him two weeks in the last two years. >> but i do miss him a lot. >> reporter: last time they saw each other, while he was on leave in germany, they exchanged these key chains. >> this is his heart. >> reporter: she carries his while he holds on to hers. >> i told her, i said the next time i see you i'll give your heart back. >> reporter: unfortunately, bringing two hearts together at christmas isn't always a government priority, which is why this year bethany decide

don't take my word for it check out real housewives star bethany as in bethany ever after on jay leno. congratulation on the world for magazines the hundred richest stars. we should all just the last couple years oh yeah you know about four or five years ago i could. all right well at least not the real housewives there's no false pretense of trying to save the economy or make the country a better place this notion of people using the presidency as an opportunity to boost publice that he is something i miss and d.c. is chuck todd and the rest of the mainstream media seem well aware of but choose to miss. well it turns out too big to fail doesn't just apply to banks it applies to entire regions of the world as well think of euro zone seventeen countries that banded together under the umbrella of a single currency the euro well in the next week or so we'll find out for sure if it is indeed too big and too powerful to fail but if it doesn't fail there are some major changes on the horizon changes we've already seen in say greeks i'm talking about major austerity measures cuts to everythi

. >> bethany's dad, arnold is a contractor in iraq. he's been working on that country's much-needed electrical infrastructure. >> i understand that he has to stay and help people. >> she's only seen him two weeks in the last two years. >> but i do miss him a lot. >> last time they saw each other, while he was on leave in germany, they exchanged these key chains. >> this is his heart. she carries his while he holds on to hers. >> the next time i see you, i'll give your heart back. >> unfortunately, bringing two hearts together at christmas isn't always a government priority. which is why this year, bethany decided to appeal to a higher authority. santa. >> she even asked him again at school. >> santa, for christmas, i want my dad to come home. >> and that is when her wish began coming true. that's when she got her heart back. and that's when this santa revealed to all of us the true meaning of christmas. >> daddy! >> there's not a toy in the workshop that ever got this kind of reaction. >> you sure you don't want something else? >> just

. >> reporter: bethany house of northern virginia provides emergency shelter and support services to victims of domestic violence. >> we very much want to work with our families to break the cycle of violence now. we don't want to be arrested and allow them to go back. we want to encourage them and work with them to meet their goal so they can break that cycle now for themselves and for their children. >> reporter: bethany house of northern virginia celebrating more than 30 years, they truly believe that domestic violence is a crime and it has devastating effects on children. they believe that victims should be supportive and treated with compassion, courtesy and respect. >> do everything we can to let them know that they're amazing, beautiful, wonderful human beings. the abuse that happened was not their fault. it's not a normal healthy situation. we don't want that for the families. we don't want that for their children. >> reporter: during the holidays, food, clothing and personal care items are distributed. the program's vision is to heal, restore, and empower families. >> items