autism. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. doyle, and mr. pit, will each control 20 minutes. mr. doyle: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. doyle: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. doyle: thank you. madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of house resolution 1033. this resolution expresses support for the designation of this month, the month of april, as national autism awareness month. autism spectrum disorders are a group of developmental disabilities that affect an estimated one in 100 children nationwide. a.s.d.'s or autism is typically diagnosed within the first three years of life. autism occurs in all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups. however, we know that autism affects e

it became pathfinders for autism. to celebrate its 10th year anniversary of helping lives they selected miss maryland who is with us. how are you, brooke? you went to mcdonogh, grew up in westminster. how did you get involved in autism? >> my journey started back when i graduated from college and started to work at a school with children with autism, doing behavioral therapy. >> that became your platform? >> i entered a local title with miss maryland and went on to the state and won miss maryland. then went to miss america in january and competed for miss america with the platform. >> what is your word? trying to get the word out. how important is it? >> education, early detection, early intervention, working with children, at an early age, i saw firsthand just how much they can grow and learn and progress from early intervention services. >> have you kept tabs on what is going on in the legislature? >> yes. i went to annapolis and i testified on behalf of the autism waiver. we actually, we were there asking them not

the war for autism event.ntinuing community support, we are a product sponsor of the roar for autism. it will take place tomorrow at the oregon bridge park. for more information log onto wjz.com. >>> a homeowner in southern california got quite a surprise when he found a sea lion pop enjoying the few on his roof. the owner says he can't imagine how the pup made it up the stairs and onto the roof. in southern california sea lions are been found from restaurant kitchens to public bathrooms. volunteers took the pup to a local marine aquarium and named him fiddler. >>> a massachusetts man surprised a car wash owner with his honesty and got rewarded for keeping a clean conscious. the man was using a change machine when it suddenly started shooting out coins. he was supposed to get 1 dollar, but received $167 worth of coins. the man gave back the money and made sure no one used the machine until police arrived. he was rewarded with $50 in free car washes. >> that's a good gift, 50 free car washes. >> that will last

they had to have autism. michael does. how good are you at your job? good. >> reporter: you're really good? >> reporter: so does hilla. >> i'm good at something against. >> reporter: and maz. >> my colleagues like me. we have the same experience. >> reporter: the experience of previously being considered unemployable. too disabled to keep focused. too out of synch socially with, say, the office lunn of time crowd. only now, maz, who hadn't worked in 20 year, can say with a touch of humor. >> every kinds of weird people, so -- >> reporter: a lot of weird people here? >> yeah. >> we don't all have to fit into these boxes. >> reporter: you're talking about actually changing the box. >> yeah. >> reporter: thorkil sonne founded the company in copenhagen. they test software. a tedious click by click process where most of us would lose focus and make mistakes. but sonne, turning disability on its head, hired for their ability, employees with high functioning autism whose brain wiring, he says, giving them an edge. >> they have a good memory. strong attention

produce some tears, but the grapevine that a place to alone in the saudi attempt to subvert it to autism really comes from a businessman in indonesia. setting of the problem with those indonesians is they just will stay bought. indonesians have their own tradition that they cherish. there will be some radicals. parts may become more conservative. at 17,000 islands, about 8000 inhabited to some degree in i could be wrong about the number. so you're going to get a lot of choices. but a lot of the conflicts between christians and muslims in indonesia and i'm quickly recognized a religious conflict. but a lot of comics between christians and muslims in indonesia were actually result

so it's important to talk early to children about autism and promote autism acceptance and awarenessecause they're really exceptional human beings. w >> you writing with your daughter must have been therapeutic with you. >> i'm laughing because when i read it, i sounded like such a b word. >> but that's what -- coming to that point, that's one of the issues that parents raising children with autism face. there is a very high unfortunately divorce rate, much hire than the averages, for parents who are dealing with children. how did you stay strong for each other? >> wow. it was her. >> i like to say it was him. >> i was stuck in denial for a period of time. i really was. and i talk about that in my book. of just being that father and that man that wanted to fix my son and really didn't pay attention to the signs ors p education that i needed in order to communicate with him. so for a period of time, we didn't connect and she was rolling up her sleeve, she was reading every book, talking to family, talking to doctors, and she was sending me books an i'd throw them under my bed and not

she's here because it's autism month. autism month. >> larry: do you feel you need people behind you? is that it that these people have to be here to support you in this? >> no, my brother is visiting out of town. he's my cpa also. he's coming here to slap me on the wrists. >> larry: it's april 15th soon. i get it. >> he's there for that. >> larry: you will play a handler for a bratty teen in a photo shoot in "harper's bazaar." you talk about hollywood entourages in that. you say some are delusional. your publicist, steven devain. how did you decide he's your publicist? >> i decided he has an amazing presentation. he's going to love this. he's on camera. >> larry: wait a minute, we're going to make a star here tonight. you're now looking, ladies and gentlemen, across the world, looking at a publicist. >> he's a great guy. his brother is a great guy. my agent, kevin devain, a big family like i do. they come from a good family. he's even handed. by doing my show, as you well know from doing your show, you deal with a lot of

. >>> today is world autism awareness day. it's a disorder that affects one in every 1210 children. doctors don't know what causes it and there is no cure. one woman believers music therapy can make a difference to many children. >>> she's known -- >> it's time for me. >> for almost 13 years, jennifer goodman from new jersey has been practicing music therapy. she is helping kids like johnny who have autism. >> these kids have been here for so long with labels as in their own world. and through this wonderful nonthreatening form, the music, i reach them. >> hello. >> research shows there is a connection between music and memories, rhythm and motor skills, and singing and speech. >> if you look in this, i'll tell you when to start. look at me. >> for kids with autism, eye contact and social interaction are two of the biggest challenges. >> i look at you. and you talk to me. >> but with personal xized songs, helps the kids relate to others. >> if you want to give somebody a hug. >> his taxi,py to cuss, eye contact. >> a former singer and aspiring broadway start, -- star, general says t

it's autism awareness month and i know you do a lot on behalf of autism awareness. works really hard and got me involved in generation rescue. so i want people to know they can go on to refresheverything.com/generation rescue. they can go on there and vote and it helps the family get $250,000, an autistic family that needs the help. and i've donated and it's an amazing cause and i spent a lot of time with her son and what she's doing is really amazing. >> larry: if jenny were not with jim carrey, would you date him? >> would i date jim carrey? i don't know. >> larry: he's funny, he's good looking, he would seem to be everything you'd want, except he's not a midget. >> he's not nearly little enough. jim is way too tall. i like to keep my guys beneath -- you know, like the same height as chewy or ryan seacrest. >> larry: would you date ryan seacrest? >> absolutely, in a heartbeat. who wouldn't want to date ryan seacre seacrest? >> larry: well, what if we bring you two together? i'm a friend of ryan. >> do it. >> ryan doesn't want to date me. >> larry: too old? >> i'm

and support those living with autism.ies have shown that early diagnosis and treatment can lead to better outcomes for children with autism. early identification and treatment can reduce the symptoms, increase progress for children as they enter school and reduce the need for more intensive support in the future. but to do that, we must work hard to increase the awareness of autism across the country. that's why i'm proud to be an orange co-sponsor which designates april as autism awareness month. i look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to bringing awareness on this important effort going forward. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> address the house for one minute, revise and extend. i rise today in recognition of the 85th anniversary of whpc-a.m., the oldest radio station in canton, ohio. it was the first catholic station in the country and changed form at and became one of the trusted voices in northeast ohio. parents and children would gather

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sandra hughes reports for wjz, the 11-year-old girl, who suffers from an autism-like disorder, has been missing for days. >> reporter: rescuers pulled nadia bloom out of a swamp. and carried her away on a stretcher. after four days missing, she was alive but dehydrated. >> i burst. i went in and told my wife, nadia is in good condition. she has insect bite from head to toe. no shoes. the paramedic noticed that she had -- her feet were very, very water-logged, as if been standing in the water for a while. >> rescue worker his to wade through the muddy swamp and cut through brush with machetes to pull the girl out. but it was just one man, james king, a friend from church, who discovered nadia. he was taken to headquarters this morning. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling tall. i'm 6 feet and this was short. >> her sister led police to an area where they often play, but it was a difficult search, hampered by dense undergrowth in the swamp. her family believes the girl, who has a form of autism, known as asperger's, just went off. >> she loves to go on the bike. and she stopped and went

. >>> new research suggests that picky eating is more prevalent among children with autism. they tend to refuse more foods and more likely to restrict diets to a smaller variety of foods than other youngsters. they point out picky eating is not a symptom of autism. >>> the more people eat diet versions of foods the less they may like what they are tasting. researchers give them either a full calorie spaghetti meal and low calorie version for five days. the low calorie eaters liked their meal less and full calorie versions stayed the same. if you are eating diet food or trying to slim in to skinny jeans a new workout could do the trick. it is the skinny jeans workout. designed to slim and trim the lower body. a trainer says the moves improve your posture and target the glutes which will be hugged by those skinny jeans. >> we definitely work a lot on our behinds. there are tons of squats in every imaginable formation. >> reporter: experts say it is impossible to spot reduce fat, you can firm up muscles with specific exercises. >>> the redskins may not be letting go of their $1

you may notice many of us are wearing our blue autism speaks pin today.d suzanne wright rang the opening bell today to mark autism awareness day. the stock exchange, the empire state building, madison square garden, other new york land marks are joining the fight by turning their lights blue to build public awareness of a disorder that now affects one in every 110 children. in particular, one in every 70 boys. so join us. mini has more than double the fiber and whole grain... making him a great contender in this bout... against mid-morning hunger. honey nut cheerios is coming in a little short. you've got more whole grain in your little finger! let's get ready for breakfaaaaaaaaaast! ( ding, cheering, ringing ) keeping you full and focused with more than double the fiber and whole grain... in every tasty bite -- frrrrrrosted mini-wheeeeats! didn't know i had it in me. >>> what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours? jonathan capehart "the washington post" editorial writer and msnbc contributor joins us now. we've got the president o

his mother says she didn't find out about it until days later because her son has autism and couldn't tell her what happened. fox 5's bob barnard has more on the fallout in charles county. >> reporter: the 11-year-old boy attends classes for special feeds students here at -- needs students here in white plains. delonte smith is his name. he takes a school bus from his home in waldorf every morning but didn't get off his bus when it arrived on campus around 8:00 last friday morning. school officials tell us the bus with a driver and attendant on board went back to the yard some 20 miles away. he wasn't discovered until other drivers noticed him on the bus. we spoke to the boy's mother october by telephone late today. >> i wish i could talk to the bus driver, ask what happened. i don't -- because he sits next to the bus attendant and it's a small bus. >> reporter: the school bus in question is operated by edwin keller bus services, one of a number of private companies that contract with the charles county school system. >> the child was on the bus for about two and a half hours. our pro

autism's hold on our families, our children, and our country must be broken.ok forward to the day when children diagnosed with this developmental disorder can live full and healthy lives. lit's pass this bill before us today. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania rise? >> ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. dahlkemper: mr. speaker, i rise today to offer congratulations to the northwest pennsylvania collegiate academy of erie, pennsylvania, on the second straight victory of the united states academic decathlon. on saturday the nine-member team won the division ii small school title and placed sixth out of 40 schools overall at the competition in omaha. the students showcased their knowledge in 10 subjects, music, art, language and literature, science, history, economics, essay, interview, speech, and math. the coach led these bright students to victory and helped four team members, rac

charlatans on the internet are making outrageous claims that they can reverse the incurable, from autismmultiple sclerosis to every kind of cancer. desperate people are being bilked out of their life's savings. we've been looking into this surging crime, and we found there is no better window on how it works than the practice of a man who calls himself "doctor," a man named lawrence stowe. stowe has been unaware that, lately, some of his patients have been working with "60 minutes." one of those patients is steven watters, a college administrator in lufkin, texas, who, six months ago, received maybe the worst diagnosis imaginable. he has a.l.s., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as lou gehrig's disease. about 30,000 americans have a.l.s. at any given time. and like watters, they all will die, most within five years, as their nervous system gradually disconnects from their muscles. >> steven watters: everything just takes a little longer. i just set things up to where it requires minimal manual effort. just handling personal hygiene is difficult-- teeth brushing, flossing, very di

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spectrum and my 6-year-old nephew has autism.cause and the treatment of this disorder. it's just to call more attention to the problem. that wraps up this hour for me. i'm contessa brewer and i hope you have a great easter weekend. the dylan ratigan show is next. new head & shoulders hair endurance for men is designed to help restore your scalp's health... for hair that's fuller and thicker looking -- guaranteed. we're part of nature, and as we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. it's a selfish thing to want to protect nature. i never intended to be a businessman. we made the world's best climbing equipment out of here. we realized that putting in and taking out of all these pitons was causing damage to the rock. so, i made these little soft aluminum chalks that you just put in with your fingers. and i'm a dam buster. we've been working for years to take this dam out. the reservoir behind it is only 4 feet deep-- the water gets real warm, kills a lot of the life in the river. when you take out a dam, that's a real victory. i me

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>> reactive attachment disorder, pica, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, low i.q. he has tourettes, dyslexia, and he's got some pre-schizophrenia and depression. >> what's your problem? >> elena is -- >> reporter: the mulligans learned that slater and rita have been displaying fetal alcohol exposure, and extreme behavioral problems. many kids neglected in foreign orphanages have trouble bonding and act out. peggy sue hilt says she had never heard of r.a.d. when she adopted two girls from russia in 2006, but soon, she says, her younger daughter nina became withdrawn, and things began to unravel. >> she would bang her head on the wall, she would pull her hair out if something frustrated her. >> reporter: hilt admits she had ten beers the day she snapped, when she claims nina tried to attack her older sister. >> nina picked up fork and wents to natalia with it, and that's -- i saw red. >> reporter: so, do you remember what happened after that? >> i grabbed her, carrying her like a football. she was kicking and screaming and flailing. i snapped. i mean, i just -- i don

nadia who suffered from a mild form of autism disappeared last friday, her bicycle found near a dense area close to her home. the girl had wandered off near alligator-infested swamps. police searched day and night on foot, with dogs, underwater and in the air, but found nothing. but then at 8:30 this morning, police got a cell phone call from deep inside a wooded area they had not yet searched. a man named james king, a member of a church affiliated search team said he'd gone in alone at dawn and found her. police then joined him and confirmed that nadia was bare foot, dehydrated, bitter by mosquitos head to toe, but alive. >> she did make two comments to the officers when they got there "glad you guys found me. can't believe you rescued me." >> reporter: her emotional father hugged james king. >> things don't always turn out this way. we are so blessed. >> reporter: to the police and rescue workers, it was a huge relief. >> if i never believed in miracles, i do now. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by an entire community whiched had been praying, searching and holding its breath for a

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. >> a story about autism. >> the number of those in need. >> an examination of the illegal organ tradenited states has had the opportunity and moral obligation to practice injustice. >> reporter: all winners. >> 325 students submitted their writing in the contest. tonight we celebrate those that made the cut. >> reporter: it is the competition orchestrated through one world education. the founder says as a dc public schoolteacher he saw an untapped learning opportunity where students can learn from other students have that's an important message because the best way to learn is through your peers. sometimes when you hear it from your mom it is like, oh -- but someone closer to your age you listen. malcolm barry's piece will compliment health studies. >> mine is about hiv aids rates. >> he draws on his experience that when he traveled as a boy. >> instead of measuring gdp they measure happiness.

. >> reporter: police believe the 11-year-old, who has a mild form of autism, may have been imitating a character in her favorite "american girl" book, when she went exploring in the woods and got lost. a massive search, helicopters, dogs, rescuers from all over the state had found nothing. until this morning, when james king, a father of five, and a member of nadia's church, set out alone, claiming god led the way. >> he directed my path. i prayed that all the way. >> reporter: he found nadia in waist-deep water, dehydrated and covered with mosquito bites, but otherwise fine. calling for help on his cell phone, nadia told police, "i'm glad you guys found me." it took hours, and men with machetes to chop their way out of the thick brush, with king leaving the dense trail with toilet paper so rescuers could find them. >> out in the swamps for four days, alligators, snakes -- i cannot imagine. it must be literally like they have their daughter back from the dead. >> reporter: that is why tonight, this community that searched and prayed so hard is preparing to celebrate. barbara pinto, a

nadia has an autism-related disorder called asperger's syndrome and her family believed she may havedered off in part because of a book she read about an adventurous girl who goes camping. >> our daughter is a nature lover and she went on a bike ride and she just stopped and went off to take some pictures. >> reporter: tonight, nadia was released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. katie? >> couric: all right. whit johnson, whit, thanks very much. meanwhile, in nebraska today, the governor signed an unprecedented law banning abortions after the 20th week, or fifth month of pregnancy. the law is based on medical studies that say fetuses begin to feel pain at that time. abortion rights advocates say the law will not stand up to a court challenge. and in portland, oregon, a jury found the boy scouts of america negligent in the case of a man who was abused by a scout master in the 1980s. carey lewis was 11 at the time. he's now 38. they exposed secret files on the scouts kept on volunteers who abused children. and coming up next, tweet dreams. twitter has a plan to

. >> and also, we'll be the proud sponsors for the roar for autism. it's sunday at the park. for more information, and more, go to wjz.com and click on our local news section. and coming up next here on the morning edition -- >> this could be your last chance to see the original "phantom of the opera." [wind rustling] [sound of waves crashing] [upbeat whistling in background] discover all that northwest florida has to offer. seventeen hidden beaches, one revealing destination. fly southwest's new nonstops from bwi airport to panama city beach starting at $99 one-way. (ding) >>> good morning, don and everyone, we're backstage here at the phantom of the opera. we'll show you how the man behind the mask gets into character. ♪ turn your face away from the light of day ♪ >> reporter: andrew lloyd's weber and the mask kept the mystery alive for 20 years. he wears the mask because of a facial deformity. tim martin is the phantom. >> good to be here. we're 30 minutes away from show tomb. >> it's a rare chance to show you how a performer mask's he has identity. >> this is a ball cap.

autism's hold on our families, our children, and our country must be broken. i look forward to the day when children diagnosed with this developmental disorder can live full and healthy lives. i thank the speaker for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from the northern mariana islands rise? mr. sablan: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sablan: madam speaker ernesto guerrero is a teenager in the northern mariana islands is a teenager who despite his own problems has found a way to help other children. angel has used his -- was dige nosed with a brain tumor and used his experience to help other. he found the way that time passed more comfortably because of the play room there but he knew that kids back home at the commonwealth health center in the northern mariana islands had no play room so ain yell partnered with hawaii represent arive and retail pacific, a nonprofit organization, and together they organized toys and books to make a play ce

she has some form of autism. whether that played a role, we don't know, but she was found this morning on strength of a church member in metro church in springs. james king who then called 911. as you heard the police chief indicate he had to throw toilet paper over tree tops to help the helicopter hovering overhead locate him. anyway, they pulled her out this morning. it took a while, but she's okay, full of mosquito bites. her only words to rescuers. glad you guys found me. can't believe you rescued me. nadia bloom is safe and sound. >>> how tough should you be when it comes to tough love. a new study on spanking is out. is it a good way to discipline your kids? what the research found and what you're saying. >>> "consumer reports "kwtd has issued a warning about the lexus gx 460 which is manufactured by toyota. the suv carries an unusually high risk of rollover during a certain kind of turn. it's undering people to not buy it until the problem's been fixed. 5,000 gx 460s have been sold since it went on sale. i

for autism. cross your fingers that rain will stop. for more information, log onto wjz.com, and click on local news. >>> and still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. computer crime. the e-mail account of sarah palin, reportedly hacked by a young man. what she had to say at his trial today. >> breaking news. the coast guard calls off the search for 11 missing workers following an oil rig explosion. >>> watching pornography in lots of banks. stunning allegations against the number of workers at the securities and exchange commission. >>> i'm stan saunders at the ravens traping facility in o -- training facility in owings mills. it won't be long. that and more coming your way. eyewitness news continues. >>> it is just before 6:30. 70 degrees and mostly sunny out there. good evening. thanks for staying with wjz. here's some of the stories people are talking about tonight. a stunning internal investigation at the securities and exchange commission. more than a dozen top staffers were looking at pornography instead of keeping an eye on the na

wjz is a proud sponsor of the roar for autism. it will take part this sunday. for more information on the bike ride, walk and family fun festival, click on local news. >>> and just ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00, the pope and the vatican are targets of a federal lawsuit. >>> motorcycle fatalities, after rising for more than a decade, they are now down. and how the economy is actually playing a role. >>> show up to help the environment on earth day's 40th anniversary. i'm andrea fujii. that story coming up on wjz eyewitness news. >> relieved passengers on packed planes. now the blame game starts in the shutdown of the air space that made the skies over europe a no-fly zone for almost a week. >>> it is 4:30. 30 degrees and a mixture of sun and clouds. here's what people are talking about. the ash has cleared and there is a sigh of relief across europe today. as charlie d'agata reports for wjz, there is plenty of blame to go around over the shutdown of air space that grounded flights for six days. >> thousands of planes took to the clear skies over europe

. >> especial license he has autism and they should pay close attention and not any other students on the bus and if -- . >> she found out about what happened this week. >> she's been having asthma attacks every night and since then and i asked them about it yesterday. he just got very angry. he just looked like it was hot and said he was trapped. >> the mother said he suffers from asthma and may have fallen asleep on the bus and said that that doesn't excuse what happened. >>> s.w.a.t. teams sur-- witnesses reported seeing a man drag a woman into a house and hearing a gun shot. hours later, the police burst into the home and found two men and two women inside. no one was hurt. >>> on montgomery county police believe they're making progress towards fining a school principal's killer. they're looking for witnesses who may have seen a mystery car parked in the ally paul wagner joins us live from the newsroom with the story. paul? >> reporter: montgomery county police are seeing -- receiving little information bat this point and they say they would like to hear from anyone who saw a car

nadya bloom has a form of autism. she was last seen riding her bike in her neighborhood. dogs and atvs searched the area and so far, have turned up nothing. the police chief says they're not giving up, but it has been a tough search. >> you can't see anything because it's complete darkness. this particular area is about 15 feet deep, but absolutely now visibility at all. you have to feel with your hands. >> her sister said she's been reading about survival in the woods and may have wandered away to make a nature video. >>> today, a 15-year-old boy accused of beating up a girl over a text message, the crime continues to rock the community. the suspect remains behind bars today. he's accused of relentlessly kicking josie ratley while waiting for her bus in march. she suffered massive head trauma and remains in a coma today. i spoke with a suspect's mother, lawyer and stepfather today about why he snapped. i know you said that speaking out now has been a difficult choice, but you decided to do it for your son, wayne, to tell his side of the story. what is his side of the sto

. >> reporter: abbey has asberger's syndrome, which is an the autism syndrome. it took time with a horse named easy and abbey has focused and follows directions. >> by scraping through and getting the fur off the horse, it's all plush. >> reporter: abbey has improved large motor skills riding the horse once a week. >> that power feeling when you get off, how strong you feel and how in command when you really know that you and your horse are really working together. i really like the feeling of how together we are and like we're friends. >> reporter: that connection is what joan twiny lives for, she owns and runs the rows of sharon equestrian school in glen arm and sees how special needs students benefit so much from therapeutic horse riding. >> often in one session we see breakthroughs, it's heart breaking to stop that progress and start again. >> reporter: joan is building an indoor riding facility to make sure her students don't have to miss sessions when the weather is bad. private donations have helped her construct the outside of it. but the inside is not y

she has asperger's syndrome, related to autism.ster told searchers nadia had been reading about survival in the woods. >> you can't see anything, it's darkness. this particular area we're searching is 15 to 20 feet deep, absolutely no visibility at all. have you to feel with your hands. >> rescuers left water bottles in the woods and notes urging the girl to come home. >>> it was a beating that nearly killed a florida teenager. she was stomped in the head with steel-toed books allegedly over an insensitive text message. now she's breathing on her own but she's been in a drug-induced coma since the beating. her attacker's parents told the "today" show their son never had trouble before and it was distraught over the suicide. >> he would like to apologize to josey and her family. he's remorseful about it. one of the things he said to me on friday was he wishes he could turn back the hands of time to the day before his brother died. and he thinks that none of this would have happened. >> i know the pain that you are going through. i'm

it went to a fantastic charity for autism by holly. they just did a great job. i've never done that before. i've always sent people out, somebody gets fired. >> larry: are you getting soft? >> i'm getting soft, there's no question. >> larry: why, melania, you're a viewer of the show, why is it successful? >> i think it's because of him. the way he handles everything, and the cast. the way he is in the boardroom, and he tells what he thinks and they love that. >> larry: but he's popular and he fires people that people like? >> yeah, i know. but people like tough people. they like to see how he will do it, you know. >> you know what's sad. they did a recent poll and i'm much more popular than before i fired people. that shows you how unpopular i was before. i fire people and i become popular. >> larry: you can't like to fire people? >> i don't like to fire people. i really don't. this is a show. it can be very tough. but i certainly don't like to fire people. >> larry: donald knows a thing or two about the economy. we're going to get his financial forecast, of cou

one in 59 boys is diagnosed with autism today. accidents, cancer is the leading cause of death among children. primary brain cancer has gone up 50%. childhood obesity has quadrupled in the last 10 years and -- diabetes is out of control. about 25 million and one in two minority children are said to develop diabetes during their life time. it would seem that we have to get a handle on prevention. what is causing all of this? because it is a dramatic change in the last generation. the first lady's emphasis upon obesity, on what people eat, is critically important. i would like to know how you are integrating that in terminals of your program priorities. but it also may have something to do with the chemicals in the air we breathe, or the water we drink or the food we eat. in fact, there was an analysis of umbilical cord blood in 2007 and 2008 that showed that the average infant had 232 industrial compounds present in umbilical cord blood. so, many people think there may be an endocrine disrupting effect on healthcare that is contrib

the born alive infant protection act and the unborn victims of violence act, as well as combating autism act. [applause] and it. was also a leader in the effort to pass -- and rick was also a leader in efforts to pass landmark reform act that empowered millions of americans to leave the welfare rolls and it to the promised land of the workplace, the promised land of american opportunity. rick keeps very busy right now as a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center. he is a from a host of bill bennett's morning in america, a nationally syndicated radio program. he is a contributor on the fox news channel and a columnist with the philadelphia inquirer and is the president of a reston, va., based media company. but of all of those past and present accomplishments, rick focuses on as his highest accomplishment, his greatest accomplishment being a great husband and father, and he and his wife, sharon, have seven wonderful, wonderful children. please welcome a great american, which santorum. -- rick santorum. [applause] >> thank you. appreciate it. thank you. thank you very much, da

produce some tears, but the grapevine that a place to alone in the saudi attempt to subvert it to autism really comes from a businessman in indonesia. setting of the problem with those indonesians is they just will stay bought. indonesians have their own tradition that they cherish. there will be some radicals. parts may become more conservative. at 17,000 islands, about 8000 inhabited to some degree in i could be wrong about the number. so you're going to get a lot of choices. but a lot of the conflicts between christians and muslims in indonesia and i'm quickly recognized a religious conflict. but a lot of comics between christians and muslims in indonesia were actually result of government policies to the effects of population from java and other islands of a large christian populations. they're really fighting about land rights. but then it becomes a religious order after it starts. now yes, in afghanistan, why you ask. i have never opposed to killing terrorists. as opposed to capturing. once a human being commit a terrorist act, he or she said themselves outside the boundaries of hu

desperate search is under way in central florida for a missing 11-year-old girl who suffers from an autism bloom disappeared friday. before she disappeared, she had read a book about a girl who decided to go camping in her backyard. so far, no trace of nadia has been found. >>> katie couric now has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> i'm katie couric in port-au-prince. it has been three months since the earthquake. what's become of the children of haiti? as you can see, some of the lucky ones are back in school. i'll have that story and much more tonight only on the "cbs evening news." >> want to take you back outside now. dave price with another check of the weather. >>> you know you're having a bad day when take you your mobile document shredder to do a job and then it's towed away. when y y >>> all right, good morning, here's what's going on. we're seeing the showers north to south and the forecast today, showers and it will be a cloudy, cooler day and temperatures averaging about 11 degrees below normal. in the low 50s, tonight, 39 and a shower early and clouds breaking up an

coming up on the evening news tonight, we have a story on autism, fascinating story, inspiring story.n. >> do you not want to miss either of those things. and of course you'll see jeff later tonight on "the evening news." and "early" next saturday, the soul survivor of the boating accident that left two nfl players lost at sea. he'll tell us his harrowing story. and we leave you now with more music from country rocker jack ingram. >> have a great weekend, everybody. ♪ ♪ like the fish in the lake and that cane pole you make ♪ ♪ or the feeling when one's on the line, like the mile of a friend ♪ ♪ glad to see you again, that erases the passing of time ♪ ♪ like the eagle that flies, like the sun in the sky, or the grace god has given to me ♪ ♪ it's free, things i wouldn't trade for anything ♪ ♪ like the night we were standing with your hand in mine, just staring up at the stars ♪ ♪ dancing to something, but it wasn't nothing, but the beating of two lucky hearts ♪ ♪ the sound of a train, the hard pouring rain, and the words that you whisper to me ♪ ♪ all free, things i wouldn't change for

martha: they has as asperbergers, which is an autism disease. it took rescuers almost two hours to get her out of the thick brush area that she was sort of trapped in. they treated her for dehydration and bug bites, they say that she is perfectly healthy. bill: great for her. martha: what a relief to the family. bill: writing a child's book about a girl that goes in the woods or -- wow, that's remarkable. when we su the complain shots looking for her. martha: who knows how much longer she could have lasted. bill: yeah, five days? are you feeling rich or not so much? the commerce department reported your personal income is down more than 3 percent since president obama took office in early january of 2009. so what gives you ask, huh? stephen moore, of the "wall street journal," good morning to you. >> hi bill. bill: what does give? what's happening here? >> well, let me start by saying i was just fascinated by your previous conversation you had a little earlier about all the cost of those programs that we've added. you know, i wanted to add one t

one of my favorite movements, post also and brock, was robert delaunay when he started a movement autism which was intended to be involved music with painting. which is an interesting conceptualization. but there are lots of overlaps. i know just as a young person, one of the great other kinds of borders, i was a student of russian and a group of young kids pledged only to speak russian, and traveling through russia. and in a little town, in georgia, and russia, one sunday there in this group of kids that were singing and elvis presley album. and i went up to them and, speaking russia, i soon found they couldn't speak a word of english. but they could sing elvis. [laughter] >> and was a former president who wrote a book on the importance of jazz in the second russian revolution. that is, the revolution that toppled communism, suggesting that jazz was the first in the nation of real freedom of some russian. and that it had a phenomenal ramification in movements towards political freedom. and so he had the transmigration of music to politics. i think these aspects of the creative mind work

applause] rick also championed and successfully fought for the unborn child back in the combating autism he was a leader in the effort to pass landmark welfare reform. that empowered millions of americans to leave the welfare rolls and get to the promised land of the workplace, the promised land of american opportunity. rick keeps very busy. his a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center. use part of a nationally syndicated radio program. is a contributor on the fox news channel in the columnist with the "philadelphia inquirer." of all of those tasks and present accomplishments, you feels his greatest accomplishment is being a great husband and father. he and his wife have seven wonderful children. please welcome a great american, rick santorum. [applause] ♪ [applause] >> thank you. i appreciate it. thank you very much, david. think you for welcoming me to louisiana. thank you for the outstanding conservative leadership that david vitter has shown in the senate. i do not think he will find a more conservative or principled voting record. he has a tough election. we've got to

one in every 59 blazes diagnosed with autism today.ng cause of death among children primary brain cancer has gone up by 50%. childhood obesity has quadrupled in the last ten years and diabetes is out of control. 25 million people now and in fact they now say one out to minority children will develop diabetes during their lifetime. that is unbelievable. somehow we have a handle on prevention. what is causing all of this because there is a dramatic change in the last generation. the first lady's emphasis upon obesity upon what people eat is critically important and i would like to know how you are interpreting that into your program priorities. but it also may have something to do with the chemicals in the air we breathe or the water we drink or the food we eat. in fact, there was a analysis of the umbilical cord blood in 2007, 2008 that showed ethridge infants had 232 industrial compounds present in the umbilical cord blood and many people think this -- there may be and in the krin disrupting effect on health care that is contributing t

she has an autism-related disorder and has not been seen since friday.cused around a big lake north of orlando that is full of alligators. that is where she was found. >>> how would you like to win a dinner date with a super bowl champ? >>> the mexican resort where the wife of a former "survivor" producer was found dead has had unexplained deaths in the past. according to cnn there have been at least two mysterious deaths in the past three years at the resort. >> what we have found is that there were other deaths that the families of the victims say were unexplained. one last summer, a scottish woman found dead in a swamp about three miles from the pool where she was last seen and another one three years ago, a canadian man who police say fell from a balcony, but the family says his skull was crushed otherwise. so while they apparently have no relationship to the death of this woman, it does raise questions about safety of american tourists in cancun. >> the tv producer's wife was found dead at the resort. her sisters asked the l.a. district attorney to

experience to children with physical and mental disabilities such as spina bifida, cerebral palsy, autism, and epilepsy. each week free of charge children come from across louisiana to participate in a weeklong fun filled camping experience at camp alabama in my district. children participate in activities such as fishing, arts, crafts, nature hikes, canoeing, and many others. as a family physician for over 30 years, i know firsthand the important role that organizations such as med camps play in the lives of children with disabilities. i congratulate med camps on their outstanding service to our state and wish them all the best as they continue to serve the children of louisiana. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. callahan: -- mr. carnahan: thank you, mr. speaker. federal taxes are considerably lower but every measure since president obama became president, that's a quo