ryan surprised bethany with an engagement ring last july.eality set in. doctors said he had very little time left. in december, with just three days planning, and herculean help from their friends, bethany and ryan were married. despite ryan's frail condition, it was a day filled with joy. they treasured every moment. >> here's our rings. and yours. they look so good. >> love you. >> reporter: ryan passed away six weeks later. while there is sadness, bethany says she sees a silver lining and hopes others will, too. she found her true life, the kind many spend a lifetime searching. for "today," janet shamlian, nbc news. >> bethany smith is now joining us exclusively. bethany, good morning. >> good morning. >> you have a big smile on your face. >> i'm excited to be here. >> excited to have you here. i saw you watching that story with tears in your eyes. and also laughing. as well. it's just been barely three months. how are you doing? >> up and down. it's hard. but i have an amazing support system, and i have a lot of good memories, too. >> th

bethany welcome. thank you for joining us were women actually major roles in the early church the history we read is mostly not. very gung. ho you know anything with. any her own society you can get back to the very beginning christiane. thank despite. your critics that even ferrari are still looking at. the first few hundred performances. of movies for us to feel why. aren't women are we. are they use their credit in the united states where we're seeing growth in the story that we are very very proud especially as there was a kind of a minor revival of that in the late seven hundred syrian washington d.c. and they created a goddess for the united states named her after kwan. and i just named columbia and put her statues on everything machines on top of the capitol and this is the district of the goddess the district of columbia that's saying i mean we're. not going to. take you very very well known we. are going to face and i'm thinking of harness on. the american made from the. ferry. which is actua

joining me now is "vanity fair" contributing editor bethany mclean. thank you for being here.and all this stuff. what was going on in the markets, and hadn't we taken care of this problem? >> well, i think it shows you that where there is a will there is a way. unfortunately wall street has a will to subvert regulators or congress' best intention world trade center volcker--intentions withthe volcker rule. >> let me pick up on a couple of things you said. it appears you have this one trader over in london placing huge bets with jp morgan chase proprietary money. meaning that their own money was at risk on these big bets. is that what happened? >> that is, but the justification from jp morgan's point of view is what the trader is doing. he's operating out of jp morgan's treasury and hedging the bank's other positions. he's not making proprietary bets. he's hedging. and it's under the volcker rule. it's not clear to me that anything else would be included under the volcker rule. >> you're drawing distinctions that only a securities lawyer could even begin to appreciate and under

relatives of morgan harrington and bethany decker spent the night outside a giant's food store. they disappeared after a metallica concert after a concert in 2009. her body was found in a field. dna evidence linked her case to a sexual assault in fairfax county. a woman was walking home from the same store. >> there's a predator in this area, somewhere between khaur will you tell usville and fairfax who is at the top of his game. we want to make sure people know to look out for one another, so he is not able to create much pain for another family. >> bethany decker disappeared in january of 2011. she was several months pregnant. police have no evidence that linked herrington's case with decker's. >>> the time is 6:38. savannah guthrie will join us live when we come back to break down the race for the republican presidential nomination. >>> is there evidence that homework may not help kids learn? >>> voters in maryland, d.c. and wisconsin head to the polls in just two days to vote in the republican presidential primary. >> mitt romney holds a solid lead in wisconsin, but is there

the may ground we know as bethany beach delaware is expanding its coverage for free wi-fi. by memorial day they hope to bring coverage to the beach and boardwalk. the hi-tech kids will be thrilled. >>> customers of bge will be thrilled to hear rates are going down. maryland's public service commission announced today the standard electricity price that takes effect this june will translate to a cut of about $54 this year. the break is expected to last through may of next year. >>> move over empire state building, there's a new tallest tower in the big apple. we'll take you to 1 trade center up next. >>> every 15 minutes for the last eight years the company earthcam.com has snapped a photograph at ground zero. in that time crews have worked on the september 11th memorial and museum and other redevelopment in lower manhattan. as elizabeth cordon reports today, they hit a major milestone. >> reporter: one world trade center is reaching new heights. workers added the column of the 100th floor making it 1,270 feet high, higher than new york's previous tallest skyscraper, the emp

. >> reporter: when bethany was pregnant tests revealed something was wrong. she has trisomy 18. >> i had doctor after doctor telling me you need to plan a funeral for your doctor before i even met her. >> reporter: children with trisomy 18 have three copies of chromosome 18 instead of two. >> extra copies of those genes leads to very significant abnormalities of brain development, and in particular abnormalities of heart development. >> reporter: most pregnants involving trisomy 18 end in miscarriages or stillbirths and less than 10% of babies that are born alive make it to their first birthday. those babies struggle with heart, lung and immune issues that con standpointly threaten their -- constantly threaten their lives. >> children with these conditions have a very high risk of just stopping breathing during episodes of viral illnesses, colds or flus. >> reporter: doctors told her family she might not survive even a single day. >> we can't imagine not having her. >> we have days where you always want to do is cry. but i think for us, having her brings so m

everything you know about religion may be wrong joining me now from london to discuss more on this is bethany hughes author historian and creative presenter of the new series divine women on the b.b.c. that anyone can price i'm not here thank you for joining us we're women actually major roles in the early church the history we read is mostly mouth. i. mean company had a row with mary. the very beginning. of the development of the space station you're comfortable that isn't for eyes are you looking at least. two hundred percent who. are who the surface of you. are women are. you fair haired in the days when we're seeing proof. stories that we are very very expensive and there was a kind of a minor revival of that in the late seventeen hundreds here in washington d.c. and they created a goddess for the united states named her after kwan. seven eyes is named columbia and her statues on everything machines on top of the capitol and this is the district of the goddess the district of columbia that's saying i mean we're. not going to. see thank you very very. safe. if you do your highness until. t

. >> bethany decker disappeared in january of 2011. she was several months pregnant.olice have no evidence that linked harrington's case with decker's. >>> and this morning, voters made their voice aheard in a landmark country as the leader of the fight for the democracy in myanmar for years. she previously won an election in 1990 and sentenced her to home detention. >>> dozens of high ranking world officials are meeting in turkey today to figure out how to stop the bloodshed in syria. secretary of state, hillary clinton, is among those attending. the friends of the serial of people conference. they are meeting with syria's rebel force to try and stop assad who is accused of killing thousands thousan thousands suppress the outcry there. >>> many believe holy weekends easter sunday. >>> the time right now is 9:35. it killed tens of thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. japan could be in store for a devastating tsunami. >>> and back to the future. why googles innovation doesn't look state of the arm. >>> on tuesday republican voters go to the poll

. >> reporter: therapist bethany marshall, who interviewed the couple during happier times -- >> lovel overcome everything. >> reporter: -- says this decisive action bodes well for the teenager. >> now she's going to grow up and she's going to put this period behind her. i don't think she's the kind of girl that's going to stay in a brainwashed or vulnerable state. i experienced her as reflective and as having the mental capacity to move on from this. >> reporter: as for hooker, if the allegations against him are true, marhsall feels it's part of pattern. >> i would not recommend james hooker come anywhere near a school. if he gravitates towards young people, he uses the age differential and the power he has over them to gain validation and reassurance. and in the process, the relationship becomes sexualized. >> reporter: hooker, who pled not guilty to a felony sex charge against a minor, posted his $50,000 bond saturday and was later seen riding his bike. he's expected in court tuesday for a pretrial hearing. jordan tells abc news she plans to stay with a family friend out of state f

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. >> reporter: bethany, would you?i would never choose factory as a long-term career for myself. >> reporter: why not? >> it's a very insecure business. >> reporter: small wonder the young people who do come to annie carter's factory are the town's less motivated. >> one of the biggest issues that we have currently is people will come to an interview looking sloppy, having... being dirty, those kinds of things. >> reporter: they didn't really want a factory job, carter said. and that's another common employer complaint we've kept hearing-- that american workers have become "entitled." many just won't take hard jobs at modest pay. last june, we did a story at werecycle, an electronics recycling firm in mount vernon, new york, that hires ex-cons who've graduated from a college- behind-bars program, will work any hours, do anything. by contrast, says one of them, anthony cardenales... >> i have a lot of family and friends who are offered positions that they think do not pay enough for them. >> reporter: and they turn them

bethany.aller: it seems like the same statistics came out at the height of the bush administration when gasoline prices rose at that time. we lost retail. i do not understand why as a country we cannot get smart. the same construction jobs that would go towards new construction could also be imply -- applied right now, to making our homes more energy efficient, low or maintenance, or making an existing house more energy efficient. there is a definite correlation. what is the resistance on this. why do we have to keep going through these cycles? it is so easily predictable that when gasoline prices rise, retail will go lower. why are we not been more aggressive trying to break that cycle? host: bethany, in waldorf, maryland. guest: we have seen improvement taking place in lieu of construction of new homes, but what is going on this time is a lot of this is do-it-yourself work. they're not hiring construction workers to install something, or make improvements. we're not seeing jobs added there.

. >> therapist bethany marshall who interviewed the couple during happier times -- >> love will overcome everything. >> reporter: says this decisive action bodes well for the teenager. >> now she's going to grow up and she's going to put this period behind her. i don't think she's the kind of girl that is going to stay in a brain-washed or vulnerable state. i experienced her as reflective, and as having the mental capacity to move on from this. >> reporter: as for hooker, if the allegations against him are true, marshall feels it's part of a pattern. >> i would not recommend james hooker come anywhere near a school. he gravitates towards young people. he uses the age differential and the power he has over them to gain validation and reassurance. and in the process, the relationship becomes sexualized. >> reporter: hooker who plead not guilty to a felony sex charge against a minor posted his $50,000 bond saturday and was later seen riding his bike. he's expected to court tuesday for a pretrial hearing. jordan tells abc news she plans to stay with a family friend out of state for a while.

katie couric, steve harvey, jeff probst, ricki lake is returning to the talk show circuit and bethanyting in the game. all of these guys are joining a crowded landscape of daytime talk so it's going to be interesting to see who can get and maintain that audience. but a very different kind of sh show, a new talk show, the world tomorrow. this is the on a state-funded russian television network. he is working with an english language satellite news channel on the show. his first guest was the leader of hezbollah. you know how it goes. he is under house arrest and fighting extradition. it's a different ball game here. he plans to interview the show's guests via satellite feed or in person so we'll have to see how his -- but like a lot of people he's getting in the game, too. sign me up. i want one too. >> i was going to say you should have a talk show. you are hilarious. you're funny. i'm going to start the movement. >> part of a mutual admiration society. i dig you, suzanne. thank you for having me every day. >> we're going to get this going. thanks. for the latest entertainment news wa

. >> to me it's preferable to be compared to madonna than like beth an in th bethany frankel. >>> an oversupplied environment coupled with lower demand due to mild temperatures, goldman's forecast is now $2.40, averaging $4 next year, so makes the santelli -- still good. >> yeah, it assumes we don't have the same winter. >> with oil at $100, where should natural gas be? >> they've all obroken down, bu three or four times. check on the broader markets. futures indicated up another 23 points. got 90 points back out of that five day loss yesterday. that's about 0.2% is what we're looking for. the ten year has been -- this has really been interesting to watch that because everyone who says that it's orchestrated by the fed to be down that low, santelli's been making the point that the global growth picture and just how tenuous the financial system still is, that it will stay here, it will be down here and it will stay here. because we're not -- and that's what worries me because japan would have love for rates to go up and they can't get -- every time it goes up, comes right back down. a

i came up from bethany beach today. i hope this isn't inappropriate, but have you chosen a vp? >> i'm here to announce today that i do not even have a list. [laughter] >>>> you know, this decision by senator santorum is unexpected. we'll begin thinking about that as some point. i can't tell you when, and i can't tell you who because we haven't made the decisions yet. a lot of the decisions about the campaign going forward, we'll be thinking about that this week and making a number of decisions. when i say thinking about, process. not individual names. i don't want to get things started too quickly. are you available? you bet. there you go. yes, sir. [laughter] >> here's a microphone behind you. there you go. >> as a 19-year-old american, i'm sure everybody knows about gasoline and everything. as the president, hopefully, what are you going to do by opec, there's obviously something happening in the part of the world that they decide to raise the gasoline, you know, the amounts of it go crazy. as president, and also donald trump has also stated in a lot of his comments about how