number. >> an incredible number. >> if you live alone, you are not alone. >> later on sunday morning. >> osgood: and then it is on to an island that is a genuine whistle stop, we will hear all about that from our tracy smith. >> it gives a whole new meaning no the word tweet. on the island of largo marah you can say anything with a whistle. >> and it works in any language. even ours. the whistling language of largo mara. >> fan as the city co. >> loving it is standard operating procedure on the work a day man-made island lee cowan will be visiting. >> they sit like leviathans in the open sea, their iron tentacles stretching for miles beneath the waves surrounded by water, noise, grit and grime, it is a special kind of island resident to live and work out here. >> you do have to have a special heart for it, you know, it is not for everybody. >> life aboard a man-made island later on sunday morning. >> who is all dressed up with somewhere to go this morning, a resident food matron, martha tyson, that's who. >> thousand islands dressing is worldwide and it started right here in the thou

i had love and everything i could ever want and now he's off at war and i'm alone. don't know what will happen after this. will he kill another mother's child. will i have to live with that? god watch over my belove ed and all the mother's sons. [music] [applause] >> so, not sure how much time we have left? keep going. all right. right? all right. so the next few pieces i wanted to tell you about. one is by [inaudible] and the other is by the same composer that did [inaudible] those conductors the father of russian music. know this song is not a song that was a yiddish it was a russian song and translated to yiddish because people loved it so much when they immigrated to new york it became a favorite. this next piece the lark, is a beautiful piece about a small bird singing between the skies and it's poetic. and -- [music] ♪[applause] >> this next piece is another russian piece. it's done in many ways. we decided to turn it into something different today. [music] yesterday i was standing outside. there was a deli. a lot of people outside and i say, gosh, did [inaudi

. >> i want to be alone. >> i just want to be alone. >> for greta garbo, solitude was a mantra for henry david thorough, an ideal, for howard hughes an obsession .. but for more and more americans today, it is just reality. >> i would argue that the rise of living alone represents the greatest social change of the last 60 years sociology eric klein berg spent years tracking the seismic spike in solo dwelling. >> today in the united states, there are about 32.7 million americans living alone. >> that is an incredible number. >> it is an incredible number and it is a massive increase over, you know, where we were in 1950 when it was just 4 million americans. >> clearly if you live alone, you are not alone. >> this is like finding an island. it is like finding an island with a society that no one had ever studied before. ♪ one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do. >> in cities like seattle, san francisco, denver and cleveland, roughly four out of ten households are single person homes. one is no longer the loneliest number. >> and then there is manhattan, where nearly half of all hou

. >>> and ufo sighting that has people asking -- >> are we alone in the universe? >> let the doubting begin. >> this could be a flashlight that someone is shining on the wall in a dark room. >>> a risky rescue of a child was all caught on camera in china. russia today has footage of a little boy with his head caught in the concrete railing of a government building in china, and his face is terrified. >> was it one of those situations where the kid was just playing around and stuck his head in there? >> they don't quite know how the little boy got his head stuck. as you can see, emergency workers were called to the scene. the guys you see in the orange jackets are firefighters. when they first arrived at the beginning of this video, you see them trying to push the boy's head through. you see them trying to maneuver the boy. you can tell from this shot behind the little boy's body that he's wedged in there pretty well. >> they got like the jaws of life out to crack open this thing? >> according to reports, this was a set of hydraulic pliers that they used to separate

. 40% of people over 60 live alone. we are more vulnerable in terms of how we are living and we are more vulnerable because those of us are living with chronic and complex diseases. that can lead and capacity to it is a very positive thing to do. what we might think of as our desire is for the company and so on, our health is a social affair. our health is intimately tied with our connections and support. when we have a good network around us, we heal more quickly, we live longer. and when we are isolated, it impacts things like hospital rea admissions, the number of doctors' visits, the capacity to handle stress. what we want to really focus on in terms of the number-one lesson is that no one should have to face these things alone. and when we consciously reached out to create a network, we are better off. let's think about the people that want to be involved in our life. this is really our loved ones, sons, daughters, her friends. what do they want? since we are facing challenges, they want information that they want

it devotes to be left alone. -- voters want to be left alone. they do not lock on your door on saturday -- they vote to be left alone. they do not knock on your door every saturday. just leave me alone. they simply wish to be left alone to practice their faith as they see fit. so the other guy who understands scripture -- if i am going to have religious freedom, so the fact that. -- so does that guy. that is what the senate wright works well together even though they are a bunch of people who do not have lunch together because the guy who wants to go to church all the looks across the table at the guy who wants to make money all day and says that is not how i spend my time. not necessary that people agree what to do but they agree that we should be free. in this coalition are people in the military and police to protect your right to be left alone. so around this center-right coalition, there are legitimate functions of government. those guys are part of anti- government -- anti use of government. i always get a kick out the liberals who say con

and you think it's appropriate to visit a 14-year-old girl home alone, why?ven if you were just visiting to talk. >> at the time, i didn't think about it. i honestly didn't. >> how do you think a 14-year-old girl's parents would feel about that? >> infuriated. i know i would if i was a parent. >> yet you did it. >> i was just talking. i wasn't going to do nothing about it. >> i know. but what's in here is sex act after sex act after sex act. talk of sex with multiple people. talk of stuff that's way out there, quite frankly, and dogs. >> just talk. that was all. people do it all the time online. >> i know but there's a difference between doing it online and showing up at a house. >> i know what you guys are doing. i see it all the time. and i think it's great what you guys are doing. i really do. and i mean, i will do anything -- i will do anything to help you guys out with stuff like this. >> this was only our second investigation so when he says, i like what you guys are doing, i believe in it, i want to help, i'm thinking he believes we're the police. so m

soldiers have died in so-called green on blue attacks in the last few weeks alone as afghan security forces increasingly turn their guns on their american mentors are jesus that he now with more on the sinister trend. the u.s. war in afghanistan is known as the longest military conflict in american history and as u.s. officials hope for a successful exit strategy by the year twenty fourteen an alarming new trend is spiking on the ground indicating that this may not happen so easily u.s. troops have been dying at record rates in so-called insider attacks at the hands of their afghan allies at least ten u.s. troops have been killed in these attacks in the last two weeks alone this makes up for over thirty percent of u.s. military deaths in august of last year there have been at least forty such deaths in so-called green on blue attacks where members of afghan forces turning against western troops sixty nine people were wounded and one of many attempts to tackle the increasing problem a top u.s. general flew to afghanistan this week to address the issue only to have his plane become the

and war, but there was no status quo to be left alone. the years of keeping saddam in a box were coming to a close, the international consensus that he be kept isolated and unarmed had eroded to the point thated many critics of military action had decided the time had come again to do business with saddam, despite his near daily attacks on our pilots, and his refusal until his last day in power to allow the unrestricted inspection of his arsenal. choice wasn't between a benign status quo and the bloodshed of war, it was between waras and a graver threat. don't let anyone tell you otherwise. >> [applause] >> not our political components, not -- and certainly not a disingenuous filmmaker who would have us believe -- >> [chanting four more years] >> >> [applause] >> chanting four more years] >> that line was so good, i'll use it again! certainly a disenagain uous filmmaker who would have us believe -- my friends, who would have us believe that saddam's iraq was an oasis of peace, when, in fact, it was a place of indescribable cruelty, tortur

alone welcome to r.t. this saturday you're with me tara tara well in syria's largest city arms rebels are vowing to reclaim lost ground after being pushed from a key district by government forces assault loyalists are in the middle of a massive military assault on aleppo throwing more tanks and airstrikes at the front line the findings increase the number of refugees fleeing the city and the country with some one hundred fifty thousand now registered in neighboring nations clashes have reportedly taken place between government troops and the jordanian military on their border as more people fled through the area international efforts to mediate peace are being revived with a veteran diplomat poised to become the new un envoy to syria after kofi anon quit and frustration here's artie's peter oliver. it's not a job many people would have wanted you think but considering the situation. in syria but it's that lakhdar brahimi will be taking over from kofi annan as the next special envoy on the syrian crisis now

they are not alone. anyone who has seen "toddlers and tiaras" knows, but how much is too much to hander. julie foudy reports tonight for "nightline" from the games. >> reporter: the video has gone viral. the agony of the racemans, every twitch and squirm captured on camera as they watch their daughter compete in the olympics. this gymnast's mom could barely watch her son, even after his successful dismount. then there's the nervous hooting and hollering of missy franklin's fist pumping parents. but sometimes this type of eninvolvement makes it tough to tell the difference between the kids and adults. if you kick the loads of youtube videos that turn the cameras on parents or if you look at shows like "dance moms" or "toddlers and tiaras" or cheer perfection, will see that parental participation is a sport of its own. ryan lochte's mom. >> all he has to do is swim the full length of the pool and he is relaxed. that's not fair. >> society is transmissible. and one of the things that athletes need is relati

. >> who is home alone. >> yes. >> do you see any issues with that? >> i was just going to hang out with her. just going to hang out? she said she had a hot tub. we were just going to have fun. she seemed nice. >> she seemed nice. >> yeah. >> she seemed 13. she seemed underage. >> there's nothing hanging out with girls 13. >> remember, blagg wasn't talking online about hanging out. he was talking about the 13-year-old losing her virginity in the hot tub. can you tell them you're studying at a friend's house? that's the excuse you suggest for her to tell her parents. >> yes. >> if this is all on the up and up, why do you have to give her an excuse to give to her parents? >> because she is far too young. >> there you go. there's the answer. she would obviously be too young to go out with somebody 22 years old. she says are you going to bring condoms? i have chocolate flavored condoms. i only have two left. i will use them for you. >> yes. trying to make her excited so that she would allow me to hang out with her. >> and have sex with her. >> not necessa

we will average alone below normal for most areas. at 7:52. n wednesday on the chesapeake to are, winds will be manageable because winds around -- with waves around 1 foot or less. in the mountains, cool at night but rise in the low 70's have lots of sun. if you have plans to be in the mountains, it's a good week to be out there. sunny to partly cloudy with fries and the low 80s each day. at an ocean city, skies averaging partly cloudy with a risk of a a thunderstorm and land, but only a 20% chance. we are tracking the next tropical storm of the season. this has become a tropical storm isaac. about 500 miles east to the caribbean. 40 miles an hour winds and it's expected to become a category one hurricane as it turns toward south florida and the next five days. sunny skies on thursday and friday. otherwise a pleasant five days at to the weekend. and our next chance of storms off until next tuesday. >> the fourth and final preseason game belongs to the iraqis. this week cost third preseason game along to ray lewis and the irregulars. the ravens

time and again, when things grew old, humbaba alone believed himself eternal and young, still powerful, able to defeat all. humbaba didn't want to know one fact: that accumulation will lead to eruptive change. but, sadly, when suddenly he realized it after all, he chose to check its power on all, the tall. he crushed all the shrubs and plants leaving them creeping and broken all over. he damaged the flowers and colors, the flowers withered, their leaves all burned and soon they were throwing their seeds every which way and when the whole orchard changed into a dry, gray waste, humbaba, his mind like stone, shouted his horrible cry of fire and burned all that gray and yellow, birds of all kinds were flying away with ashes in their beaks which humbaba couldn't oversee any more or ever set on fire. then, grandfather ended his day and continued closing his big thick yellow book, turning to his grandsons and daughters and anding them a big red bud, then bidding them good night and laying his head on his yawning book, he glances solemnly at the full moon in the core of the sky, his eyelids b

if i can't be alone with my dad or my brothers, what makes you think i can be alone with a man i've never met in my whole life? >> in the two years since the abduction no one has been arrested or prosecuted for the kidnapping, gang rape and torture of shauna newell. the sheriff's department declined msnbc's request for comment but said that shauna and her family had been uncooperative in the investigation. they added, if they're now willing to cooperate they will reopen the case. >> all shauna's family wanted in the six days she was missing was to bring her home. that's all they wanted. >> marc klaas runs klaas kids, an organization dedicated to recovering abducted children. he says local police find the notion of american girls being sold into slavery just not credible. all too often, kidnapped girls are classified as runaways, which enrages helpless families. >> they didn't want to make friends with the cops. they didn't want to create enemies with the cops. they wanted their little girl to be back at her home with her family. you've got the family that's anxious, petra guide. you've go

was filled with ice witnesses that denied me the last thing imented from you to lay curled with you alone once more. to be a girl again and feel the balloon of your belly rise and fall. pat your cheeks soft as apcots. hear your breathing soothe me to sleep. that day i wrapped my arms around the shirt necessary your closet still hanging i felt them fill my grieve felt them hallow in your absence much the waling never ends inside and sometimes i think i have lost you like a hat. misplaced you in the messiness of my surroundings. you see, your stubbornness was woven into me woven into the clothes we both wore. strands that decide where we shared resistance, pushed needles. that's how i held on to you how a sewed myself to your side a seam raised into a scar at the end. thank you. [applause] . >> on march 5th, 2007, a car bomb was exploded on mutanabbi street in baghdad. mutanabbi street is a mixed shia-suni area. more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. this locale is the historic center of baghdad book selling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book

this study shows that's new mutations are frequent enough as men age that father is 18 alone can affect the rise of nazism. 30 percent of cases of autism and perhaps other disorders like schizophrenia as well. >>> this study shows that when these diseases presents the origin is in the sperm of the man. and that their risk goes up as the man ages. dirichlet's the latest numbers from the center disease control indicate the rate of autism has doubled in the last six years from one in 16221 in '88. the study is the first to quantify the consequence of a father's age for every one year of age to genetic mutations were discovered in offspring that could be traced to the father. but to 65 mutations in the offspring of four year-old men. the average number of mutations traced to the mother was 15 the matter what trades. there researcher steven sanders says a this one fan and not the main factor. >>> i think it's fair to say the increasing the father is a bit does increase the incidence of autism but the effect is still relatively small. one expert suggests that the findings hold up young men an

it's considered the sort of thing you shouldn't do alone. and it's the sort of thing where many people wear weights on their arms or legs, to weigh them down in the water so they can hold their breath, let go of the weights, et cetera. if that were to be the case and she were found, let's say, somewhere in the water, there would be a real question as how do you distinguish from her dying at the hands of someone else, versus dying free diving? that's why it's really important to find her as quickly as possible. >> quickly, as police put together some sort of case and the investigation, the mother's claims being made, and the family's claims being made. >> the mother suggesting there was an affair. i think the mother has questions. it's relevant. it's important. but it's certainly not enough. you hear the authorities making it clear, they don't want to name him anything right now, until they can continue this investigation. >> if you're counseling the husband, do you get in front of this? >> i think he has to say something. there's a lot of pe

they are urging anyone who comes across it to leave the animal alone i would hope people would think that way any way, especially if you see it coming, go the other way. >> don't pull out the camera and say here it can at this time, kitty. >>> -- and say here kitty, kitty. >>> . >>> san jose police responding to a sudden jump in violence for a second day they are investigating a shooting. >>> the computer glitch, if you are visiting the dmv today you may find it more crowded than usual.

bonner was not alone. the indictment claims the union treasurer approved expenses that he knew were fraudulent. rick: i am guessing the union members are not happy about this. >>reporter: i spoke to several today and they are angry, resentful, and feel be betrayed. many who knew him liked him. the union represents 14,000 plane and women who work along the bodier in searing heat, freezing cold, in the northern and southern borders and pay $1,200 a year this dues to find out the president took from them $78,000 for work he didn't do and $48,000 in personal expenses. his replacement said this yesterday: >> we have been aware if two years he has been under investigation for the charges. i'm very disappointed. more than that, i am pretty angry. >> he faces more than 20 years in the slammer. the arraignment is on monday in federal court. rick: thank you, william, from the west coast. the army general accused of improperly spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayers money used military vehicles to shut his wife t

it is not just the mayor acting alone. there is a three step process that i think is important as a series of checks and balances, different rules and different kinds of expertise. there is no doubt, and the public has made this point many times -- there is a significant investment in time, in attention, in disruption, in risk in doing this instead of something else, that is a high public cost of trying to maintain the standard set by the public. we may become more official -- more efficient if this comes up again. i think there is also a lesson in this that a mayor would act very carefully in using this tool, because there are extra- legal considerations -- public reaction, press considerations -- that would also mitigate against overuse, or at least suggest caution. i will cut to the chase. for me, i would find official misconduct under option two. i think there is significant relationship between the standard and the duties of the office. i may be reading the case a little bit differently, but it is partly the same with

but whatever the case the female chimp went alone this time. her male partner in crime was shot dead in the last breakout a few weeks ago. she's back behind bars and lucky to be alive in her second escape in about a month. last time she escaped she was with her pal buddy. >> and you said they're chimpanzees? >> i know these animals are dangerous. >> reporter: and they were. one reached for a woman's car door handle. >> they're wandering down the street. they are dangerous. bring shotguns. i'm serious. they are wild animals. >> reporter: cops did bring guns and when buddy the male veered toward onlookers, the cops opened fire. buddy was dead on a vegas street. she was tranquilized and put in a cage. but she escaped alone last night. knowing the drill, police set up a perimeter. they safely shot her with a tranquilizer. >> this looks like we're complete idiots. >> reporter: the chimp's owner can't believe it. she thinks that someone might have maliciously set her free. d.j. and buddy battering their way out. in her latest escape, show that three

we do not each face the world alone. and the greatest of all responsibilities is that of the strong to protect the weak. the truest measure of any society is how it treats those who cannot defend or care for themselves. each of these moral ideas, each of these moral ideas is essential to democratic government. to the rule of law. to life in a humane and decent society. they are the moral creed of our country. as powerful in our time as on the day of america's founding. they are self-evident and unchanging and sometimes, even presidents need reminding that our rights come from nature and god and not from government.3 c1 the founding generation secured those rights for us and in every generation since, the best among us have defended our freedoms. they are protecting us right now. we honor them in all of our veterans and we thank them. the right that makes all the difference now is the right to choose our own leaders, and you are entitled to the clearest possible choice because the time for choosing the drawing near. so he

in the dallas area alone.nd that is where we find abc's ryan owens this morning with the very latest. good morning to you, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, josh. that spraying went on here into the wee hours of the morning as people in dallas were warned to stay inside. county officials say it was a big success. but not without a lot of controversy. after all, this is the first time dallas has been sprayed like that in almost 50 years. >> moments ago, planes began taking off -- >> traveling at 172 miles per hour. >> reporter: the overnight aerial attack was carried live on the local news. >> aerial spraying to fight west nile virus under way at this hour. >> reporter: two small planes flying just a few hundred feet above neighborhoods, raining pesticide down on one of america's biggest cities. dallas' mayor hoped it wouldn't come to this. >> when you're dealing with someone's lives, that should come first and foremost. >> reporter: the planes are the latest weapon in north texas' war on mosquitos. dalla

you are looking at a 4-year-old -- >> left home alone and getting into a little bit of trouble. >> as in her head stuck in a railing kind of trouble. how rescuers used kid gloves in the delicate operation. >>> a driver plays a cat and mouse game with the cops, until -- >> he's got no way out. >> dead end. >> but who for? see how fast and furious turned into a final shootout. >>> a new ad gets buzz by trading on -- >> every child's worst nightmare. >> hey, mom! >> find out what he witnessed and what's even worse. >> he has to eat dinner with them. >>> and why play with a regular tennis ball when you can play with a -- >> flaming tennis ball. >> get ready for game, set, match stick. >> like a water fall of flames. >>> i'll show you two videos out of china that will make you gasp. the first one, watch the motorcyclist and his passenger. there's a car about to make a right turn and watch what happens. >> oh, man! >> he just kept going too. >> and here's the incredible thing that happened next. you will see a bunch of people swarming around this car. and what they did was take everything t

they were home alone w burglars broke into the house. they were playing video games when they heard someone knocking and ringing the door bell repeatedly. when no one came to the door they took that as a sign that the house was empty. they used a crowbar to break in. once inside they knew almost immediately somebody was there. >> they were going to the back. we walked into the closet and hid. i heard come out or we are coming in. >> help arrived in less than two minutes. all three suspects were captured and they were charged with home invasion robbery, possession of stolen property and conspiracy. >>> noaa is considering expanding the monterey bay national marine sanctuary. the ocean refuge stretches from the head lands down to herz castle. but they are planning to exstepped it to pro -- extend it to protect the waters under the golden gate bridge. they say the recent return of harbor pour puss in numbers -- porpoises in numbers they say is why it is needed. they say a sanctuary would help preserve it. >> they are proving something here.

we need it to go away and leave us alone. this is enough already. >> reporter: but forecasters and first responders warn this is far from over because isaac isn't going anywhere fast. jay gray, nbc news, new orleans. >>> unfortunately. in tampa last night it was vice presidential candidate paul ryan's turn to address the republican national convention. in his speech ryan criticized president obama for failing to solve the country's biggest economic problems, problems he says he and his running mate, mitt romney, can fix. nbc's tracie potts joins us from tampa. she has the latest on this. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. you'll hear the construction going on behind me. that is a brand new stage being built for mitt romney's speech tonight. this morning the stage is literally being set for mitt romney's arrival tonight. last night as he watched from indiana. >> see that over there? >> reporter: his running mate was the star of this republican show. >> i accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a job

i do this work, at it is not just me, it is over 300 families that we represent in san francisco alone. the reason why i do this. i do it because my son was murdered in the western addition july 17, 1996, a day before his oldest son, at the age of 5, his birthday was the next day. this is the reason why i do it. 300 family is, over 350 families in san francisco alone that i know personally, that are members of the healing circle, cases have not been solved. she lost three sons to gun violence in the month of august. that is the reason why i do. i do it because betty cooper lost two sons in the bay view to violence. it still remains unsolved. in 1996, when my son was killed, 96 homicides in san francisco. everybody seemed to think that it was just another day in my community. no one knew the pain i was suffering. no one knew when i was going through. no one knew how this affected my family, my children, my community. no one seemed to care. i do it because what happened in columbine should have happened in my neighborhood, and it did not. there was no one there for me when this happened