she said brian david mitchell hiked her up a canyon with his wife. he came and performed a ceremony to marry me to him. after that, he proceeded to rape me. he raped me on a daily basis up to three or four times. smart said mitchell forced her to take drugs and alcohol. smart testified he would turn to me and say the lord commanded you to do this. you have to experience the lowest form of humanity to experience the highest. >> there were a lot of things i had never heard before. i had no idea what she had gone through out there. >> reporter: smart's testimony comes as the judge tries to determine if brian david mitchell is competent to stand trial. at the hearing on thursday, the u.s. attorney asked smart if he was articulate. yes. could he adapt to his surroundings? yes. >> if this doesn't clinch the issue of competency, our nation is in bad shape. >> reporter: that is for the judge to decide. ben tracey, cbs news news. >>> on wall street. it ended on an up note. poor job data dragged the market down. the s&p was off 5 and the nasdaq was down 6. let

brian david mitchell was motivated by sex and used religion to get what she wanted. lled mitchell, evil, wicked, stipgy and slimy. he made her take alcohol and drugs to reduce her inhibitions. he and his wife were found with smart nine months after she disappeared from her home in salt lake city. >>> president obama will make a quick trip to den marc so he can pitch chicago as the host city for the 2016 olympics. the first lady is in copenhagen chatting up the international olympic committee. chicago is competing against rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid. now the windy city is a slight favorite i guess to win the ioc vote tomorrow. we don't know for sure. there will be three or four ballots. they eliminate a city each time they vote. >>> chicago has spent $100 billion on the bid. people say it is worth it. others say it not. they say the games would stimulate the economy. the city could make money since it has much of the infrastructure in place. two part question, should chicago host the games during this period in our economic history? rand do you think the president

psychological tests have not been able to prove her alleged kidnapper, brian david mitchell, is mentally capable of standing trial. prosecutors and elizabeth smart's father hope her testimony will convince a judge that mitchell is competent. >> if this doesn't clench the issue of competency, our nation is in really, really bad shape. >> reporter: prosecutors say smart's testimony shows mitchell is manipulative, not mentally incompetent. >> his intentions are to do what he has done before and that is to get away with his behavior and to walk away from his actions. >> reporter: for about two hours, smart recalled the nine months that she spent with mitchell and is estranged wife, wanda barzee. smart said mitchell kidnapped her from her home at knife point in 2002, kept her tied up in the mountains, drugged her, raped her daily and threatened to kill her family if she ran away. >> i had no idea what she had gone through so much out there. >> reporter: she remembered the day she was rescued when a woman saw smart on the street with mitchell and barzee and called police. smart called mitchell

and this is her first chance to testify against the man she says kidnapped her, brian david mitchell. now, that was in 2002. while elizabeth has done some interviews, she's never really spoken publicly about what happened during those nine months that she spent with mitchell and his wife, wanda barzee, as they hid in the hills as literally thousands and thousands of people searched day after day for her. and then for the months that she spent traveling across country, from utah, to california and back again. where, after nine months -- nine months after she vanished, she was spotted less than 20 miles from her home. she was wearing long robes, a wig, sunglasses and a veil. today's special evidentiary hearing is part of a larger hearing to determine whether or not mitchell is competent to stand trial. they were charged in 2003 with sexual assault and kidnapping, but since then they have consistently been declared incompetent to stand trial. that's what this is all about. this is actually the third time that mitchell has been in a competency hearing and each time in the others, he has b

six years after brian david mitchell's arrest, the homeless, self-proclaimed profit refused to submit to psychiatric tests. her words could prove he's fit to stand trial. >> nose witnesses that observed him are the most important, and none more important than elizabeth. >> reporter: before she could enter the room, a judge ordered mitchell out. the defendant refused to stop singing church hymns. that was just one drama on this day of many. in a soft, but strong tone, smart described the horrors she endured at the hands of the man who held her captive, saying, there wasn't an actual 24-hour period that he wasn't able to rape me. ♪ elizabeth's nightmare ganl in 2002, in what she believed was the safety of her own bedroom. brian mitchell broke in around 2:00 a.m. she said, he placed his hand on my chest, he then put the knife up to my neck. he told me to get up quietly, and if i didn't, he would kill me and my family. her 9-year-old sister shared a bedroom and witnessed the abduction. >> i was very shocked, and i was so scared. i -- i just, like, ran back in my bed and, li, hid underneat

brian david mitchell walked no a u.s. district courthouse in salt leak city earlier today. prosecutors say mitchell kidnapped now 20-year-old when she was only a teenager holding her captive for then months. this is mitchell third competencey hearing. so far a judge ruled testimony from smart was imperative for this particular hearing. >>> weekend almost here. what can we expect? vytas jones us with a look at the sky watch forecast. vytas. >> hi jennifer. cooler conditions for the last couple of days but looks like more sunshine heading our way and looks like we have a dry start to the work week, looks like we see showers moving our way. downtown right now clear skies as we 10 to see dry conditions zooming out and scanning the skies. no activity to talk about as far as any rain fall. looks like we will 10 to stay dry through the next 24 to 36 hours but there is rain off to the west to talk about. hd radar you can see zooming out in the picture here you see the shower activity over the midwest over indiana, indiana, illinois, parts of wisconsin and iowa getting heavy rain an

horrifying details about her 2002 ordeal, during a competency hearing for her accused captor, brian david mitchellhe said she endured being raped repeatedly, every day of her nine h-months captivity. barbara pinto has details. >> reporter: elizabeth smart went to court, to describe the ordeal of being held captive. the self-proclaimed prophet, refused to submit to psychiatric tests. her words may prove he's fit to stand trial. smart described the horror she endured, at the hands of the man who held her captive. saying, there wasn't an actual 24-hour period that he wasn't able to rape me. we learn more details of her fright nng day-to-day. he had a big cable bolted on to my leg, which was strung between two trees with a lock, she said. he had the key around his neck. she was given alcohol and drugs. and was traipsed around the country, she said, begs for money and food. it was revealed that mitchell raped the teen at will. she testified in court. anything i showed resistance or hesitation to, he would turn to me and say, the lord commanded you to do this. you have to experience the lowest form of h

in her testimony, smart recounted the horrifying night when she was 14 years old which brian david mitchelle through her bedroom window. smart testified, "he then put the i knife up to my neck. he told me to get up quietly and if i didn't he would kill me and my family." smart said her nine months of hell began when mitchell hiked her three miles up a canyon where he and his wife wanda barzee are set up camp. he came and performed a ceremony which was to marry me to him. after that he proceeded to rape me. >> how often did he rape you? on a daily base, up to three or four times. >> there were certainly a lowest things i have never heard before and i have... i had no idea what she had gone through so much ou& there. >> reporter: until now, elizabeth smart has been guarded about how much she's revealed but in 2003, she did tell katie couric about mitchell's verbal abuse. >> couric: what were you most looking forward to during all those months? >> uhm, just being back and not having to be, like, told i'm a horrible, wicked, evil girl every 10 seconds. >> reporter: at mitchell's competency hear

the now 21-year-old smart accused her captor, brian david mitchell, of raping her three or four timesried to escape. smart described mitchell as "evil, wicked, selfish, not spiritual, not religious, and not close to god." >>> here's your friday forecast. a large storm brings rain to the midwest, the ohio valley and the gulf coast. stormy across south florida. the southwest remains dry with a high fire danger. >> the midwest and dakotas are in a pocket of unusually cold air. omaha, minneapolis, chicago in the mid 50s. cooler in the pacific northwest as well as seattle at 56 instead of the usual 65. phoenix has cooled off to 91. >>> you know how we love to talk about animals, show animals, cute little baby animals and so on. this friday we have more of that for you. look at these cute siberian tiger cubs making their public debut at the milwaukee zoo. that is cute. u have to admit it. they were born in summer, they weigh 25 pounds but they're going to top the scale eventually at about 300. >> of course, this is a rare sight. there are dwindling number of siberian tigers, only 500 in the

she helped perform the marriage ceremony, if you call it that between brian david mitchell and elizabeth smart. then she became so jealous because he was neglecting her. what could be going on with her in her mental state? >> i think there are only two options. one is she was victimized herself and feels like she is his servant. the other is she idolized him and does view him as this religious figure and someone she wants to please and feels jealous somebody else is getting his attention. >> we have to leave it there. we hope justice is served in this case and soon. robin sax and stacey kaiser, appreciate it, ladies. >>> an honor student killed in a vicious beating on the south side of chicago, a good kid with a promising future. he gets caught up in a melee, a street fight and ends up dead. >> this was vicious. how do you come out and decide you are going to attack somebody with a 2 by 4? why are they so angry that you would consider doing something like that to another human being? >> that's derrion albert's great aunt. we are getting this. chicago police are investigating whether or n

yesterday in court she described hir kidnap per, brian david mitchell as evil, wicked and slimy. she says mitchell raped her three or four times a day and threatened to kill her if she tried to escape. smart was held captive for nine months. her testimony will help decide whether mitchell is mentally competent to stand trial. >>> 600,000 doses of the h1n1 nasal splay are on their way to 21 states. that's earlier than first predicted. about 7 million doses of the more common flu shot should be shipped by the end of next week with many more to follow. health officials say flu activity is already higher than usual for this time of year. >>> michael jackson was apparently in pretty good physical shape before he died. the associated press got a copy of his autopsy report which says jackson's heart was strong and his other major organs were normal. jackson's lungs were chronically inflamed. the medical examiner found that numerous punctures on both arms, a knee and an ankle. a coroner ruled jackson's drug a homicide caused by a powerful sedative. >>> when one woman couldn't find her cr

lake city courthouse, elisabeth's market gave the first horrifying account of kidnapping by brian david mitchell seven years ago. he broke into her bedroom and put a knife into her neck. he took her to a campsite in the mountains 3 miles away where he raped her three or four times a day during her nine month captivity. if i showed resistance or hesitation, he would turn to me and say,the lord has commanded you to do this. he said that mitchell who called himself emmanuel the profit used religion to justify having sex with her. he threatened to kill her if she tried to escape. >> i have no idea what she went through. >> he would not stop singing hymns and had to be taken out of the court room. he has been diagnosed with delusiol disorder and has yet to stand trial. >> there are indications to what she testified to that he is delusional. >> in an earlier interview, the father called it a lame excuse, saying he is competent to stand trial. >> if this doesn't plan to the issue of competency, our nation is in really bad shape. >> brian has twice been found incompetent to stand trial. >>> thank you, c

salt lake city home seven years ago, elizabeth smart described what happened to her after brian david mitchell allegedly abducted her. >> she was graceful, remarkable, strong, and a powerful testimony. >> in district court in salt lake city, she testified that mitchell, and homeless street preacher, was driven by sex, not religion. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never heard before, and i had no idea what she had gone through. >> her testimony is part of the proceedings to determine if mitchell is mentally competent to stand trial. he refused to take psychological evaluations and has twice been found incompetent in state court. >> is the position of the united states that he says attempted to fool -- he has attempted to fool or deceive the system. >> smart was 14 when she was kidnapped and taken to a camp 3 miles from her home. she said she was raped repeatedly each day and told she would be killed if she yelled or try to escape. a massive search was carried out with thousands of volunteers. nine months later, mitchell and his wife were found with smart, walking along a stre

smart said that brian david mitchell hiked her three miles up a canyon where he and his wife wanda, had set up camp. he came and performed a ceremony which was to marry me to him, smart testified. after that he proceeded to rape me. u.s. attorney, how often did he rape you? smart, on a daily basis, up to three or four times. smart says mitchell forced her to take drugs and alcohol and used religion as a rationale. smart testified he would turn to me and say the lord has commanded you to do this. you have to experience the lowest form of humanity to experience the highest. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never heard before and i had -- i had no idea what she had gone through, so much out there. >> reporter: smart's testimony comes as a judge tries to determine if brian david mitchell is competent to stand trial. he has twice been ruled incompetent by a state court. at that competency hearing thursday the u.s. attorney asked smart, was he articulate? >> yes. could he adapt to his surroundings? yes. >> if this doesn't clinch the issue of competent teps si our nation is i

salt lake city home seven years ago, elizabeth smart described what happened to her after brian david mitchell allegedly abducted her. >> she was graceful, remarkable, strong, and gave powerful testimony. >> reporter: in u.s. district court in salt lake city, smart testified that mitchell, a homeless street creature, was driven by sex, not religion. for her family in the courtroom, a difficult and personal story. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never heard before. and i had -- i had no idea what she had gone through. >> reporter: smart's testimony is part of the proceedings to determine if mitchell is mentally competent to stand trial. he refuses to take psychological evaluations, and has twice been found incompetent in state court. >> it is the position of the united states that he has attempted to fool or to deceive the system. >> reporter: smart was 14 when she was kidnapped and taken to a camp three miles from her home. she said she was raped repeatedly each day and told she would be killed if she yelled or tried to escape. a massive search was carried out with thousands

she said that she was raped daily during the 9 months she was held captive, by brian david mitchell andhis estranged wife. smart, who is now 21, said mitchell told her he would kill her if she tried to escape. and justified the rapes by religion. a judge ruled smart's testimony was relevant to determining whether mitchell was competent. >> mitchell has been found incompetent two times before to stand trial in state court. >>> an elderly man was immersed in human waste for two hours before being found by the neighbor's dog. he was checking his cementic -- septic. he was trapped in three feet of stinky muck, until a dog heard his cries and started barking. it took several hours hours to free the man from the hole. >>> a person inside manages to escape with only a few cuts. the entire neighborhood heard the explosion. the blast was so strong, it sent the roof flying into the neighbor's yard. the homeowner ran out of the house and sustained only minor injuries from flying grass. it was believed the explosion was triggered by gas buildup inside the home. >>> amazing video shows how an air te

brian david mitchell, a homeless man who called him emmanuel, the prophet, is to be arraigned on charges he kidnapped and assaulted elizabeth smart. >> i think he's manipulated the system to the nth degree. he is confident. he's a pedophile. and he needs to be brought to trial. >> reporter: in detail she has yet to tell her parent, elizabeth smart will paint an image of the man who abducted her and kept her for nine months. elizabeth says she's determined and ready to testify. >> i don't want them ever out because i really believe that they wouldn't stop. >> reporter: elizabeth was 14 when she was kidnapped at knife-point, from the bed she shared with her sister. a massive search turned up few leads. but months lar, someone recognized elizabeth, covered nearly head-to-toe, wandering in a nearby park, with mitchell and his wife. >> he hasn't been held accountable yet. and i'm hopeful that this will really bring him to accountability. >> reporter: pitchle and barzee, have been found unfit to stand trial. in letters written to her mother, barzee, wrote, it's extremely or difficult to imagin

smart is taking the stand in the latest competency proceedings for brian david mitchell. the man charged with kidnapping her in 2002 when she was just 14. a court has ruled twice he is incompetent to stand trial. mitchell and his wife were found with smart nine months after she disappeared from her salt lake city home. >>> president obama will make a quick trip to denmark tonight, so he can personally pitch chicago as the host city for the 2016 summer olympics. first lady michelle obama is in copenhagen right now, chatsing up the international olympic committee on behalf of her hometown. chicago is competing against rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid for the games. british book makers see the windy city as the odds-on favorite to win the vote tomorrow. we wanted to know what you think about this. burden or boon? should chicago host the 2016 olympic games? let us know what you think. 877-tell-hln. give us a call. you can also e-mail us, cnn.com/hln. and you can text us. text the word "views" plus your comments and name to hlntv. we have to let you know, standard text rates do

psychological tests have not been able to prove her alleged kidnapper brian david mitchell is mentally capable of standing trial. prosecutors and elizabeth's father hope her testimony will convince the judge mitchell is competent. >> if this doesn't clinch the issue of competency, our nation is in really, really bad shape. >> reporter: prosecutors say smart's testimony shows mitchell is manipulative, not mentally incompetent. >> his intentions are to do what he has done before and that is to get away with his behavior and to walk away from his actions. >> reporter: for about two hours smart recalled the nine months she spent with mitchell and his now estranged wife. smart said mitchell kidnapped her from her home at knife point in 2000 2-rbgs kept her tied up in the mountain, drugged her, raped her daily and threatened to kill her family if she ran away. >> i had no idea what she had gone through so much out there. >> reporter: she remembered the day she was rescued when a woman saw smart on a street with mitchell and his wife and called the police. smart called mitchell evil, wicked,

yesterday in court she described her kidnapper brian david mitchell as evil, wicked, and slimy. and she says mitchell raped her three or four times a day and threatened to kill her if she tried to escape. smart's father said she actually wanted to face mitchell in court and she asked if he could be muzzled for the hearing. >> you know, there were certainly a lot of things that i have never heard before. and i had -- i had no idea what she had gone through so much out there. >> smart's testimony will help decide whether mitchell is mentally competent to stand trial. >>> breaking news for you. the unemployment rate rose in september to the highest level in 26 years. some sectors of the economy were hit harder than others too. and our money expert jennifer westhoven has more on this. >> and we wanted to take you inside the report. this is the way it effects so many of the americans out there. the job losses in the latest month were widespread across a lot of industries, many that have seen losses before. construction, 64,000 jobs were lost there, factory jobs, down 51,000, people w

years old and took the stand today for the first time in a federal hearing to determine if brian david mitchell to stand trial. she says mitchell is the man who kidnapped her at knifepoint in 2002. during her emotional testimony, she told the court details she had not even told her parents. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never heard before, and i had -- i had no idea what she had gone through so much out there. >> smart described mitchell as, quote, evil, wicked and manipulative among other things. he has twice been found incompetent for trial in state court. >> alex, it's almost 4:00 on the east coast, and we're just getting started. up next -- president obama and today's historic talks on iran. this looks like a potential breakthrough, but is it a false start or real game-changer as far as iran's concessions on their nuclear program? >>> we'll talk about that, david, plus hundreds of people dead after the massive earthquake in indonesia. the death toll is expected to rise. why are so many quakes happening right now? >>> and does the u.s. need a new strategy in afghanistan?

she identified that man as brian david mitchell, and in a calm, steady voice, described him during almostpeakable brutality when she was just 14. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never heard before, and i had to -- i had no idea what she had gone through so much out there. >> reporter: elizabeth told of having a knife at her throat and back as she was taken out of her home in the middle of the night and made to hike into the wooded hills where mitchell and his wife had set up camp. there, she was forced to change out of her pajamas. "i went ahead and put the robe on," she testified, "after which he came in the tent and performed a ceremony which was to marry me to him. i screamed no, but that did not have any effect on him. and he said if i were to scream, he would kill me. after that, he proceeded to rape me." it was the beginning of nine more months of terror, almost daily sexual assaults. she testified that mitchell was obsessed with sex, that he used drugs, alcohol and pornography to try to lower her resistance, and for a time, "he had a big cable bolted onto my leg,

proud i was, to sit there in that courtroom, and hear, basically, her story and the story of brian david mitchellhe time he was young, to this point in time. i just -- i couldn't believe anyone could be so abusive, so self-absorbed, and so selfish, as to do and to hide behind the skirt of religion, that he has. it's just -- >> well -- >> outrageous. >> for seven year, i know you've been trying to seek justice on this case. but two times, he has been found delusional. to have a delusional disorder, incompetent to stand trial. from what you heard yesterday seeing him in court, are you sure that he is competent? >> i am sure. i mean, you think that for a year and a half after he was back, he was considered competent and came very close to doing a plea deal. so, what changed that scenario from him being competent at that time, to being incompetent? the fact that he wouldn't help in his own defense? i mean, to me, that is absolutely no excuse. and right now, one of the things that is reall frustrating, is to hear that the u.s. attorney, the prosecutor, brett tollman, is potentially going to be pulled

she is 21 years old now and recounted how brian david mitchell abducted her seven years ago and raped her every day, she described him as evil, wicked with and slimy. her father, ed, got very emotional about hearing his daughter's testimony. >> you know there were certainly a lot of things that i have never heard before and i had -- i had no idea that she had gone through so much out there. >> elizabeth wanted to face her alleged abductor in court, if he was muzzled. however, mitchell was actually removed from the courtroom for obstructive behavior before she even got there. smart was rescued in march of 2003 after she was spotted with mitchell and his wife. court proceeding was to help determine whether the 55-year-old mitchell mentally competent to stand trial. >>> officials in indonesia say 3,000 people may still be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings after wednesday's powerful earthquake. rescuers were still finding survivors, including this woman who was trapped under piles of debris at her collapsed college for almost two days. this amateur video was just taken just

, elizabeth's father, sat down with us to talk about the long-delayed hearing to decide if brian david mitchells competent to stand trial. prosecutors say the homeless street preacher wanted elizabeth as a second wife. are you worried about hearing things that you have never heard before? >> it -- i mean, it hurts to hear what she's gone through. >> reporter: elizabeth has met with prosecutors preparing her testimony, even as she prepares to go to france on a mission trip for her church. her family and faith, she says, have seen her through the worst. >> no matter what people can take from you or do to you or harm you, that they can't take that away from you. >> reporter: now 21, elizabeth has become an advocate for other victims, publicly attending the signing of child safety legislation and privately facing what happened to her with unimaginable resolve. >> i remember elizabeth going up into the hills, the place he held her, and saying, you know, "i am no longer captive," you know, "i am conquering." >> reporter: ed smart says elizabeth has forgiven mitchell and his wife but that she still wa

yesterday in court she described her kidnapper brian david mitchell as evil, wicked, and slimy. that's a quote. she says mitchell raped her three or four times a day. and threatened to kill her as she tried to escape. smart's father says she actually wanted to face mitchell in court and asked if he could be muzzled for the hearing. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never heard before. and i had -- and i had no idea what she had gone through, so much out there. >> so difficult for the family. smart's testimony will help decide whether mitchell is mentally competent to stand trial. >>> we're just hours away from the final decision on which city could be hosting the 2016 summer olympics. larry smith here to give us the scoop. so we're on pins and needles. >> this is so exciting. how often do you get a chance to be -- you know, as we're seeing right now, in daly plaza, yeah, in chicago, daly plaza they're preparing for the announcement here just about two and a half hours away. chicago never hosted an olympics before but at stake billions of dollars in revenue. pric

her testimony will help a judge determine whether brian david mitchell, a homeless street preacher, isentally competent to stand trial for her kidnapping. elizabeth smart painted a picture of mitchell as a master manipulator who used religion as an excuse for his sexual obsession. she remained calmed and focused throughout her testimony, even as she described endiring nine months of sexual assault. mitchell was removed from the courtroom before elizabeth smart came in, when he refused to stop singing religious hymns. >> she actually wanted to face him. in fact, i think she asked brad if he could be muzzled and have to sit there and watch it. they indicated to her relief that he was there in the room with the audio and video and had nothing else to do but to listen to that. >> smart's family described her as relieved to put this behind her. dozens more witnesses will be called when the competency hearing continues next month. chris jansing, nbc news, salt lake city, utah. >> all right. coming up, the white house fires back at glenn beck over his olympics comments. we're going to bring y

going to testify for the first time in court about the time she spent with her abductor, brian david mitche mitchelldge ruled on monday she could take the stand as part of the hearing of whether mitchell is competent to stand trial. >>> phillip garrido has sent a letter from prison to a local tv station in sacramento. in this letter, he claims officials are violating the civil rights of his alleged victim, jaycee lee dugard, by questioning her outside the presence of an attorney. her stepfather responding to that letter, quote, it sounds stupid that he's alleging her civil rights were violated. he violated her rights. >>> holding a news conference at the top of the hour, we'll have that for you, sullenberger's first flight since that famous landing you're looking at there, the hudson river landing in january. this morning, he will pilot a flight from new york to charlotte, north carolina. pilot jeffrey skiles will join sullenberger. it's your lucky day if you're feting on a flight first thing in the morning and the guy who comes over is sullenberger. >> incredible, truly. must be a delight for him t

brian. >> andrea mitchell in geneva, thanks. >>> today in washington, i interviewed david petraeus. the general has been in on these talks on afghanistan with president obama. he said, again, today, it's a far different war. a direct outgrowth of 9/11. among other things, i asked about the main reason u.s. troops went to that region in the first place, eight years ago, osama bin laden. on your top list going forward, where does osama bin laden fit on those? >> well, bin laden obviously has enormous iconic importance and a degree of operational importance. it's really his deputy issuing the instructions. the top two are of significant importance. and, it is obviously a focus of a lot of folks in the central command area, responsibility and a number of partner agencies, eventually, to locate these individuals and then to kill or capture them. >> bears repeating there. general petraeus saying bin laden is of enormous importance and operational importance to the u.s. a focus of a big effort by the military. it's a wide ranging how long interview. you can see it on our website, nightly.m