carrie john, they stumbled upon a drug-growing and drug- smuggling operation. dr. clinton mccracken was arrested after his live-in girlfriend the died of an apparent drug overdose. 29-her old doctor carrie john injected herself with a deadly dose of a drug used to treat heroin addiction. >> these were two pharmacists that had been involved in some type of drug operation inside their home. >> it was an marijuana growing operation which describe how the couple met huge cartons of marijuana on every floor of the home. police say they found other drugs inside the residence, which mccracken allegedly admitted he bought from an online pharmacy from the philippines along with this fatal dose. >> they would -- the drugs were hidden in stuffed animals. >> the dna is likely to get involved. mccracken was already on the radar of u.s. customs agents for shipping in illegal drugs in a fedex packages. he had yet to be charged in connection with the overdose death. >> under maryland law, the state's attorney's office cannot proceed with any criminal charges until the medical exam

monday this man, clinton mccracken called 911 and said his girlfriend carrie johns had overdosed. she was pronounced dead a short time later. mccracken told police that johns had injected a solution of a drug called bupe. police believed mccracken ordered the drugs online from a pharmacy in the philippines. >> they would come in stuffed animals, drugs like bupe, oxycontin, oxycodone objection co. i'mm -- oxycodone. >> it seemed to be better and easier to help the addict get off of heroin and stay off. >> reporter: and taking bupe as a pill does not produce a high like injecting heroin does, but now addicts have found that if you smash the pill and you either snort it or inject it, you get an opiate, like a heroin kind of high. >> reporter: mike believes that carrie johns' death could be a sign that more people are beginning to use bupe as a recreational drug and that concerns them because the way the drug is made it's difficult for heroin users to overdose on it. it's a much different, potentially deadly story for nonusers. >> if you're not a heroin addict and you use bupe and you

carrie john dead from a overdose after injecting it. mccracken ordered it on an online pharmacy in the philippines. >> the couple was taking these drugs and she overdosed. >> they were using it in a way that was extremely dangerous which was to inject it. a substance abuse expert says that this drug has been used for the past 10 years to help get addicts off of heroin. it can easily be abused if it is smashed into a powder and snorted or liquefied and injected. >> it is los -- less harmful to the body than methadone. but then there are addicts out there that take it and turn into an abusive situation. >> police say dr. mccracken got his drugs over the internet which is like playing russian roulette. there is no quality control. >> you can buy hundreds of drugs over the internet from countries all over the world, and you kept no idea if it is the real thing. >> alisa say they found 35 mayor ran up -- marijuana plants at their home -- police say they found 35 marijuana plants and other drugs at their home. the death was most likely an acc

police say 29-year-old carrie john died on sunday after injecting herself with boot. it is often used as a substitute to treat recovering heroin addicts. police say she and her boyfriend had been buying the drugs on-line from suppliers overseas. >>> toyota and lexus owners, remove your driver side floor mat before your next trip. it could interfere with the accelerator and cause a sudden surge or crash. toyota says it affects camrys 2007 through 2010. the avalon, 2005 through 2010. the prius, 2004 to 2009. the tacoma, 2005 through 2010. the tundra, 2007 to 2010 and the recall also includes the lexus es-35 o model years through 2010. a lot for you to get in one reading. so all of this information is also on our website at wusa9.com. kim? >> i heard it. >> i will stop by alexandria toyota after work. i want to remind everybody the green festival -- >> take the door mat out. >> don't i get a replacement 1234? >> no. >> that isn't fair. come to the green festival. we can't wait to see you. we have had a lot of clouds and they have been hanging around with us throughout th

police say 29-year-old carrie johns died after using a drug used to treat heroin addicts. monday clinton mccracken called 911 and said his girlfriend had overdosed. she died a short time later. mccracken told police that johns had injected a drug used to help heroin addicts get through withdrawal. but it's dangerous when abused by nonaddicts. >> if you're not a heroin addict and you use it and inject it you can overdose really quickly as we saw here with this woman. >> police believe mccracken ordered the drugs on-line from a pharmacy in the philippines. investigator found more than 25 marijuana plants in that home as well. he faces drug charges in connection with those plants. he's free on bail. he's not charged in connection with his girlfriend's death. >>> it's a robbery of explosive proportions. baltimore county police are looking for two world war ii era grenades stolen from a home in monkton last week. police warn they can be very dangerous because they don't know if the grenades are active. so if you have any information about this baltimore county police want to hea

information on the apparent drug overdose of a university of maryland researcher. 29-year-old carrie johns and her boyfriend were both researchers who studied the affects of a drug in a lab at the university of maryland school of medicine in baltimore. on monday clinton mccracken called 911 and said his girlfriend had overdosed and was pronounced dead a short time later. mccracken told police johns had injected a solution of a drug used to treat heroin addicts. >> if you're not a heroin addict and you use it and i inject it you can overdose really quickly as we saw with this woman. >> police believe mccracken ordered the drugs on-line from a pharmacy in the philippines. investigators found more than 25 marijuana plants in that home as well. mccracken now faces drug charges in connection with the plans. he's free on bail and has not been charged in connection with his girlfriend's death because police believe it was an overdose. >>> a robbery of explosive proportions. baltimore county police are looking for two world war ii era grenades stolen from a home in monkton last week. police warn t

rchler who stid deed the effects of drugs on the brain died of an apparent overdose. 29-year-old carrie johnsied after injecting herself with a drug used to treat heroin a addiction. her live-in boyfriend clinton mccrack en did similar research. police say he got the drug from an online pharmacy in the philippines. >> throughout the investigation we learned that these were two pharmacists that work at the university of maryland. they had been involved in some type of drug operation inside their home. >> charging documents say the couple also rain a marijuana growing operation out of that baltimore home. mccrack en is now free on bail. >>> let's check on the weather and traffic now. we begin with weather with tom. >> a lot of cloudiness around this morning. another chilly autumn morning under way. tell tires around the region are around the 50s, from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches. dress accordingly. there are the clouds. that is not the sunrise. we're still an hour and ten minutes from sunrise. that's the lights of the city reflecked on the overcast we have all around the area

the very drugs police say killed his 29-year-old girlfriend, carrie john, also a doctor at the maryland school of medicine. >> the boyfriend was taken to the homicide unit and interviewed. information was learned that the victim and her boyfriend had been purchasing recreational drugs and they had been using them. >> reporter: police say john overdosed on norphine. a drug typically used to help recovering heroin addicts. charging documents reveal over the past two to three day -- years, the doctors purchased drugs online. police say they were smuggled from overseas. >> shocking to me. this is a very hard-working neighborhood. and some of the students and community members. and we all work together to keep this a nice part of the city. >> reporter: according to this statement, dr. john had been with the school of medicine since 2006. mccracken, for the past three months. after earning their ph.d.s, both were fellows with the department of anatomy and neurology. they both only did research, not see patients. >> reporter: at this time, investigators are not treating johns' death as a homic

police say 29-year-old carrie john died on sunday of injecting herself with a narcotic. it is often used as a heroin substitute. they say they had been buying the drugs on-line from suppliers over seas. >>> united medical center says an investigation is underway in to the death of the -- of a woman who waited hours in their hospital's er. witnesses say an elderly woman complaining of chest pain sat for more than six hours. when she was finally seen she went in to cardiac arrest and died. the hospital says an initial review finds her death could not have been prevented. >>> the senate finance committee has dealt a fatal blow to the health care reform plan. yesterday a group of democrats and republicans voted twice to reject a government run health care option. the chairman of the committee said he blocked a public plan because there isn't enough support to pass the public option in the full senate. >> i can count, and no one has been able to show me how they can count up to 60 votes with a public option in the bill. >> reporter: democratic supporters of a public option ar

police say 29-year-old carrie john died on sunday after injecting herself with a drug that is used as a substitute to treat recovering heroin addicts. they say she and her boyfriend had been buying the drugs on- line from suppliers over owe -- overseas. >>> the world's most infamous dog owner delivered a message to people in our region. michael vick was the keynote speaker at an mall rights rally in washington yesterday. he told the crowd of mostly young children what he did was wrong and he also told them to avoid the choices he made or they risked a similar fate. >> there's nothing like being locked down for 23 hours a day, having time to think of what you really did. when i was in a position so powerful and at the pinnacle of my career. >> reporter: even though vick has become a spokesman and advocate against animal cruelty. he is still not alied to own a dog as part of his probation. >>> it is time for a living smart report. and jessica, you have mixed news on home prices. good morning. >> the bad news is a given they housing market here locally isn't what it used to be but there

bush carried. 21 and centers are in states that john mccain carried in 2004, 13 -- more than the majority in the senate. you have the majority but with enough nervous people you will be constrained with what you will do. and this kind of process where liberals covering, they governed badly, and they overreach and they are taken back by the electorate. we have had this many times before. ronald reagan was many things, you know him as a commander in chief and he set in motion the end of the cold war, uplifting the country and brought us the largest sustained run of economic prosperity in the country. i will tell you something about great ape -- how great a political strategist that he was. this is directly relevant for the time today. in 1976 the republican party was in worse straits than today. watergate was in the past, mistakes were made. they lost the white house with 143 seats in the house, with 38 senators and 12 governors. they had 12 governors. they were in worse shape than today. in 1977 after reagan lost the nomination, reagan met with the staff, and they were very depressed. he s

bush carried in 2004. 13 sit in states john mccain carried. that is bigger than their majority in the senate. you can see why they are not, you have a majority, if you have enough nervous people on your side, you will be constrained in what you do. and this kind of process with liberals govern, they govern badly, they overreach and they are slopped back by the electorate is a process we've had many times before in history. ronald reagan was many great things. you know of him as great commander in chief, someone who set in motion the events that ended the cold war, unspired and uplifted the country, brought the longest run of economic prosperity in the country. i will tell you a story about reagan i don't think you have heard before, about how great a political strategist you heard before. the lessons have direct relevance for our time today. in 1976, the republican party was even more disgrace than today. watergate was two years in the past. mistakes were made. the republicans discovered historic losses, lost the white house in '76, 143 seats

coming up next, john, carrie, and your sunday gardener. >> it looks like we're armed and ready. >> we are ready. we're ready to get the most important thing out in our gardens. >> it's call water. and we'll talk about it. it's coming up on your sunday gardener in just a minute. >> good morning and welcome to your sunday gardener. >> good morning. >> in the past couple of weeks, we've talked about planting trees and rehabilitating lawn and re-establishing lawn, getting some seed out. now we've got to take care of the trees and garden and whatever and we're talking about water. >> that is the one constant in gardening. we have to watch the water. you know, i see a lot of sprinklers go off just automatically but the best thing is invest in little rain gage and it could be a tin can. you can go out there. most of what you plant wants to have about an inch of water a week. once that's filled up, you're good. >> people have always wanted me to make rain. there we go. i'll give you another inch. there we go. ok. now if we don't get that inch a week. >> then we've got to water. we talked abou

on the opening drive, john riggins carried six times. the last, a three-yard plunge through a hole big enough to drive a diesel through. skins up 7-0. next possession, joe theismann finds hall of famer art monk solo. a 40-yard hook-up that brought the fun bunch out of hibernation. >> we only do it in certain situations. today we felt from here on we are going to do it regardless. >> even before halftime, another theismann to monk touchdown. anothefun bunch celebration. and two more tds added up to the largest margin of victory ever for the skins. a 51-7 trouncing of the rams. >> washington has got a super ball club. they do things so well. they execute. they don't make mistakes. they don't throw the interceptions. they don't fumble the ball. they are just a sound football team. that's all you can say about them. >> tng is their team is so good. i don't think they have to key on too many people. if everyone does the job like they do, they'll beat you. they humiliated us. >> from humiliation came the jubilation of darrell green. he was tes

there are over 50 congressional seats that the democrats now sit in that either john mccain carried or a bush. these were seats this were drawn for republicans as republicans have served in them for the last decade. i think there's an opportunity to come back. they're 5 1-49, 52-48 seats and those were the blue dog democrats and those are the ones who are very frightened and the cycle. i've been in this game too long to basically make predictions in advance, but i think there are some things coming and i think the serious thing is the economic crisis and the war in afghanistan which joe obviously is a great democrat strategist, but his constituency, obama's constituency is very anti-war. republicans will be the only ones that will be supporting him long term if he stays in that war. those are big burdens for a president or democratic party to carry in the midterms. >> let me ask you about something that happened overnight and ask you whether it's significant or an isolated resident. he was the green job czar in the white house, environmental adviser to the president. before he came int

. >> geraldo: are you saying you do not oppose people carrying weapons win range of the president? >> as john waite has proved over and over again, more guns, less crime. >> geraldo: so you believe people should carry long guns with telescopic sights within the range of the president of the united states? >> they are never within the range of the united states. you said tea parties and then switched it to you are standing next to obama. >> geraldo: people stand outside the president's speeches. >> the tea party was in the same town. >> geraldo: i think that people that bring guns around the president of the united states should be arrested. >> and we can't have it both ways and support the constitution if it fits what we want. >> geraldo: if it is not ilie, it should be. >> people aren't allowed to bring guns in. i'm more likely to be shot than the president. there is one person allowed to bring a gun to my speeches, my body guard. >> if the black pan sherrs showed up at a bush speech they would not be allowed to stand there even with a cap gun. this is not about the constitution. >> we are t

. >> geraldo: are you saying you do not oppose people carrying weapons win range of the president? >> as johnr again, more guns, less crime. >> geraldo: so you believe people should carry long guns with telescopic sights within the range of the president of the united states? >> they are never within the range of the united states. you said tea parties and then switched it to you are standing next to obama. >> geraldo: people stand outside the president's speeches. >> the tea party was in the same town. >> geraldo: i think that people that bring guns around the president of the united states should be arrested. >> and we can't have it both ways and support the constitution if it fits what we want. >> geraldo: if it is not ilie, it should be. >> people aren't allowed to bring guns in. i'm more likely to be shot than the president. there is one person allowed to bring a gun to my speeches, my body guard. >> if the black pan sherrs showed up at a bush speech they would not be allowed to stand there even with a cap gun. this is not about the constitution. >> we are talking about town halls in pla

. >> mary, john mccain said general have two choices, carry out orders or resign. should general mcchrystal resign, the top commander in afghanistan if he doesn't get the troop he needs? >> i think he should. >> all right, when we come back, obama and the world. the president promises a new era of engagement. we'll take a look at his speech before the u.n. as well as the administration's actions on the world stage so far. what's fresh from ziploc? you know all the little things you do to help the environment? here's one more... ziploc evolve. ♪ an ultra-light bag designed to keep food fresh... made with 25% less plastic. and made with wind energy. ♪ ziploc evolve. better for the environment. still ziploc fresh. all at no extra cost. designed with you in mind. s.c. johnson. a family company. >> because the time has come for the world to move in a new direction. we must embrace a new era of engagement based on mutual interest and mutual respect and our work must begin now. >> president obama calling for a new era of engagement in his debut speech before the united na

. >> reporter: built at nasa space flight center in green belt and carrying one instrument built by johns hopkins physic lab they are seeing it with detail objects the size of automobiles can be picked out. >> you can see smooth landing sites that would be appropriate for robotic or human return to the moon. >> reporter: and the air craft moon they may go to is the south pole where the spacecraft is focusing the cameras and radar. especially the parts of crateers that have been locked in shadow since the moon first formed. lro is finding strong signs of water. >> the temperature never gets above about 35 degrees calvin which is extremely cold and is much colder than the temperature needed to permanently trap volatile such as water. >> reporter: water that might have been deposited millions of years ago when icy comets. if it can be found and melted it would provide man missioned with a source of water and hydrogen for fuel. >> the moon is revealing her secrets but some of the secrets are tantalizingly complex. >> reporter: with a mission literally just beginning to scratch the surface. al

in 1960, john kennedy carried the banner of the democratic party as the presidential candidate. he won, but as we understood then and now, we got the whole family, not just president john kennedy. and it was a remarkable family. his brother robert who was a senator, and then ted kennedy. his contribution to the country and to the world is probably unmatchable as we go forward in every area, health care, which was his particular passion, and which president obama spoke so movingly last evening about his commitment to moving forward i this congress and finally achieve a dream that eluded our country for years and years and years. his work with his son patrick on mental health parity, which is so importa. ned indication, i had the privilege of serving with him on the education committee and as a member of the house to collaborate with him on education bill and every education initiative in this country bears his stamp, his int, his inspiration he worked with senator claiborne pell for the creation of the pell grants and for so many other initiatives in education. and he only -- not

john hendron, abc news, washington. >> again, the president will lay that wreath at 9:30 this morning. we'll carry an abc special report on our show at 9:00. >>> in honor of those who lost their live as the ground zero, the tribute of light will return to lower manhattan. that will happen tonight. that's located close to the original location of the world trade center. the light cast towards the sky will make it look similar to the former twin buildings. the light will be turned on at sunset and shine until sunrise tomorrow morning. >>> we'll switch to news in baltimore where hundreds took to the streets to pay tribute to the victims of september 11th. it is the run to remember and people braved the rain and cold. it was chilly out there this morning to runt 5k race. it started in city hall and ended in federal hill. this is the sixth year for the run. we ran intoer it are reese is a williams who participated from the beginning. she remembers where she was the day of the terror attacks. >> remember when 9/11 and how it affected everybody where i work. i work at good samaritan hospital. i'm a thera

his father and their new friends in special forces will walk through these mountains to carry the boy home. well, johnis doing quite well. he'll stay in this hospital for a few days and eventually he'll be transported back home with constant check-ins from those medics you just met. >> our sanjay gupta in afghanistan. that's great. he would have died. in fact, they thought he was going to die when he came into the hospital and they saved his life. >> what a happy ending. >> it's handy to have sanjay around at exactly the right time. >> it is. he tends to be handy that way. >>> here we are, eight years after the attacks of 9/11. the question that many people ask is where is osama bin laden and what about the hunt to find him? achoo! (announcer) what are you going to miss when you have an allergy attack? achoo! (announcer) benadryl is more effective than claritin at relieving your worst symptoms. and works when you need it most. benadryl. you can't pause life. combination of seven tantalizing flavors your cat craves. friskies signature blend. feed the senses. >>> crossing the top of the hour now. thanks

john baptist church emerged. a group carrying a coffin carrying a breathe with natural flowers fell after him and a choir came out followed by a dozen workers. each carried a pillow with sacred medals and honors earned by the deceased during an exaordinary life. other church elders and dignitaries followed next. at last a coffin emerged draped in fabric made of golden brocade and raspberry velvet. it was theecond day of december and this elegant tribute was not for a czar or a high ranking minister or a military chief. the man inside the long box was pyotr smirnov, arguably the most famous vodka maker in the world. so most of the informationrom that passage came from the newspapers that covered smirnov's funeral. and when i read about that, i don't kn about you but i was amazed they made such a fuss out of a vodka maker so i really made it my vision to find out why and i think you'll find it hopefully as fascinating as i did. one of the things about smirnov was that he was really an extraordinary marketer. when he began making hi

you know, what if they had actually carried out actual executions and actually killed the children? what if they had as johnuu assented to in house judiciary committee committee ordered them to crush the testicles of a child. this is fair game for cheney. i think it shows how insane his vision of national security is. >> your cover story is a call for wide, wide ranging inquiry. not at all like what has been announced from eric holder. very specific narrow look. you are calling for something like the inquiry after watergate that gave us the presidential ban on assassinations and whole modern structure of congressional oversight for intelligence. cheney was in government while the church committee was happening. what did he think of it then? >> it is interesting. it was, i think, one of the key sort of defining traumas of dick cheney's political life. one of the things that happened during the bush administration was you know, they were incredibly secretive and had just -- obvious contempt for congress. there were people that said well, here is a guy dick cheney that served in congress and how could he loath

carrie prejean. the republican party continues to be a fascinating path out of the political wilderness. joining us now is mark mckinnen, former adviser to president bush, and john a contributor to the daily beast and vice chairman of the public relations group. thank you so much for being here. >> sure, rachel, thanks for having me on. >> i know you love the republican party. you are personally responsible for a significant amount of its electoral success over the years. tell me honestly, is there something good for the republican party about events like this? this values voter summit that i'm not seeing? >> well, it is a -- these voters and the constituency are an important part of the republican party and there's a lot of energy and enthusiasm there, and, you know, i think that the press and democrats kind of write off these sort of events and also the tea parties as populated by cranks. but the reality is that there's a lot of, you know, very middle american voters at these summits and these tea parties. and something's happened out there, and i think it's accumulative effect that there was like a tipping point that hit in august. and when i saw these town h

carried her out. >> reporter: the southern california blaze, just 5% contained, has more than doubled in size since sunday. firefighters say it could take weeks control. john hendren, abc news. >>> and the massive fires are affecting more than just southern california. take a look at the smoke hangenihang eni ing over downtown las vegas. >> officials have issued an air quality alert through tomorrow. the smoke, with high ozone levels could make difficult breathing. >>> along mexico's baja peninsula, thousands of fourths are racing from hurricane jimena. >> it's forecast to pass west of cabo sanlu cass today. here's viviana hurtado. >> reporter: in los cab boes, people are filling up gas tanks and stocking up on groceries. they're preparing for hurricane jimena, whose powerful winds and strong swells have expected to decimate this area. owners are rushing to save their vessels. this fisherman says, we're taking the boats out of the water as a preventive measure, in case the murk hits hard. it's the poorly built homes where the hurricane may have the most devastating impact. authorities are trying to evacuate families from flood zones and set up shelters. "w

was finally going to meet the geicgecko. [ laughter ] john mccain went on "larry king" afterwards to talk about obama's speech. and they just got carriedew york city. oh, my gosh. [ cheers and applause ] the streets are so packed. it took me an hour to strut to work this morning. it really did. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] oh please. it's fashion week, or, as i call , gay christmas. [ laughter ] i love fashion week. earlier today, i saw peta protesting donald trump's hair. i mean, it was just -- everybody is getting into the spirit. on the way into work, i saw a rat making himself throw up. and i was like, "all right, it must be fashion week." [ laughter ] it's ftastic. did you guys see the ykee game last night? in the seventh inning -- [ cheers and applause ] in the seventh inning, derejeter tied lou gehrig's long-standing record of 2,721 hits, the most by any yankee player. it's vy good. [ cheers and applause ] he's a great guy. the yankees marked the occasion by lowering the ticket prices to $2,721. [ laughter ] so it's kind of a win-win. everyone wins. it's just fantastic. speaking of sports, the nfl season began tonight in

carrying an oxygen tank. he walked in announcing a hole up. it's not known if he had a weapon. this man is likely in his 70s . >> elton john stealing the love this morning. he appeared saturday on a mission to spread awareness about aids. while touring, he met a 14- month-old boy who he would love to adopt. the boy could be calling the rocket man dad. he says he travels too much to make time for a child but now reconsidering. >>> in new york, bases loaded in the top of the second as brian roberts smacks this one out of the park for a grand slam against the bombers. the orioles score 6 runs in the second inning leading them to an easy 7-3 win. >> can you feel it? the buzz all around baltimore as the ravens open up the season. >> the fans take to the parking lot. that's where we join sharon gibala live. how is the assignment on a sunday morning? >> so tough, i'm smelling the burgers and the dogs on the grill. the band getting ready to queue up and a lot of fans with a lot of energy. we're live with ravens fans, chairman of the board. >> good morning. >> we're doing great. you have quite the spread going here. tell us about y

john: tiger woods, tour championship this weekend. corporate brother of peyton manning. miami ran the ball well all night long. ronnie brown, 24 carries, 136. we're tied 7-7. tiger concerned. his colts and manning not getting the ball very much in this game. third quarter, tied at 13-13. here comes pennington. dumping it off to bess. pennington 22-33, 183. >> pennington did a great job of eating up the perimeter with throws like this and converting big third downs. he was very sharp monday night. john: ted ginn jr. and here comes brown again. that yellow line, they kept getting over it. and manning s. like, what the? can we get some offensive plays, please? they ran three plays in the third quarter. >> yeah, but he got a nap, so he's rested. john: yeah, the arm is rested. fourth quarter, there's brown. the dolphins were 15-21 on third downs. they lead 20-13. this game is going perfectly for them f. they can just stop manning. third time he was perfect and was his precision amazing. >> it always is. he sometimes says when he gets in rhythm, when he's called to make a play, he always does. john: uconn in the house. donald brown up the m

john mccain and orrin hatch. they will get together to figure out what they can comfortably offer the president. >> thank you for your insight. we will be watching this debate as it carries on, as it will until christmas and beyond. >> thank you. obama has called the british prime minister gordon brown to express his disappointment at the release of the man convicted of the lockerbie bombing. downing street said the discussion of al-megrahi featured only briefly in the discussion between the two men. writing has broken out in the ugandan capital. security forces -- the latest reports say at least seven people are dead. the started during a protest against official efforts to stop peeking from visiting an area where it -- to stop from visiting an area where his presence was thought to cause unrest. >> stones in one direction, teargas in the other. but the violence took a turn for the worse. ugandan security forces began using teargas and live bullets, causing six fatalities. police in armored carriers confronted scores of writers in the business district where they work -- and rioters in the business district where they were throwing stones. the king wanted to visit the n

senator john mccain said if we await the day when the afghan national army is increased in size and capable of carrying operations on its own, it may well be too late. that is in response to carl levin, who said he would like to see more from the afghan army. john mccain said if you wait until that happens, it will simply be too late. america's military forces serving in afghanistan, marking with ceremonies of their own and memorial events to remember 9/11. they are running 9.11 kilometers at the base. these men and women are serving our country there. they're running in honor to honor all of the troops that were killed in the nearly eight years of fighting to protect our country from future acts of terrorism. the taliban regains its foothold in afghanistan to some extent, disrupting the evers to stabilize the country. fox news military analyst, lieutenant colonel oliver north is on the front lines. he is streaming live from southern afghanistan. i see you have a distinguished guest. tell us what you see on the ground today. >> some folks celebrated the anniversary in a different sort of boy. standing

in the primaries instead of george bush, but john mccain sold out by nominating sarah palin who comes directly from the heart of this movement. and carries with her all of that baggage. he sold out. i don't see anybody on the republican side of things these days who has the moral standing to provide real leadership or who will risk their position to do so. >> frank schaefer, author of "crazy for god." thank you very much for your time tonight, sir. it's always fascinating and a pleasure to have you on the show. thanks. >> thanks a lot. >>> the terrorist group al qaeda appears to have adopted an american as a new spokes model. an american whose image they have modelled on a comic book hero. true story, very weird true story coming up in just a moment. >>> but first, one more thing about fact-free indulgence in our politics today. opponents of health reform first said that it was a secret plot to kill old people. then they said it was a secret plot to take away veterans health care, then a secret plot to take away health care coverage just from republicans. then they said it was a secret plot to kill women with breast cancer. casting aroun

sacred duty of the lying to carry within us the memories of those we lost and while there is pain in remembering the loss, there is sweetness in remembering their lives. >> john t. bergen. and my husband, vin since d'amadeo, our four boys miss you very much. >> reporter: another bell marks the moment when the south tower was hit. vice president joe biden offering comforting words from a poem. >> in our joys and in our sorrows, we know we belong to one another. tell me about the spare, yours, and i will tell you mine, wrote the poet mary oliver . >> reporter: as the ceremony carried on here in lower manhattan, a similar scene played out in western pennsylvania at a remote field in shanksville. >> lorain g. bay. >> reporter: hundreds of locals, loved ones and dignitaries making the trip to the site where united flight 93 crashed. >> if they had any chance of survival, they had to attack not only to save themselves but to save hundreds if not thousands of their fellow citizens and is to to show the terrorists that they would never defeat us. >> reporter: across the nation and the world remembering what happened this day eight years ago and how it's changed the n

john henrehan has the story. >> hello. >> reporter: 87-year-old bill sharp lives quietly. for 2 1/2 years during world war ii he was forced to carrys prisoner id card at all times. after being captured in battle he was a prisoner at officer's camp 64 in poland german forces stormed across poland begins september 1, 1939. although the nazi guards allowed the officers to put on plays and publish a camp newspaper, the american prisoners tried to tunnel their way out. >> we would go out to the baseball diamond and stand like this while they are performing baseball or doing something and applauding and shaking our leg and doing this. >> reporter: before the tunnel could be used, sharp and the other prisoners were marched out of the camp with no food and inadequate clothing. sharnd and a few others slipped away and were aided by polish farmers. they fed us and hit us in their basements away from the germans. sometimes we would have to hide under potatoes or anything to keep away. >> reporter: advancing soviet troops encountered sharp and they were ordered to resume fighting the nazi's but this time in the red army. >> gave us a rifle an

john to go along with. >> you're going to be sitting in your driveway and it's going to be me and carl trying to carry on without you. you need -- i mean, we're not ready. we're not ready yet. >> i'm going to be late today. there's not much wind in new jersey. >> i forgot to ask john about the animal orchestra, too. you're a fan? >> those are the boys in the band, i love them. >> the hofmeister, the hoffenator, we love him. coming up, headlines inside and outside the beltway and beyond. carl and i will joan becky to talk about the stories catching our attention this morning. it's a multi city edition of chairs when "squawk box" returns. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. these days every penny counts with everything you buy. every head. every bite. every gallon. every shoe. every book. every cereal. well, maybe not every cereal. but every stem. every stitch. every tune. every toy. pretty much everything you buy can help your savings account grow because keep the change from bank of america rounds up every debit card purchase to the next dollar and transfers the difference from your checkin

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carry out large-scale terrorist attacks. counter terrorism officials warn, however that while al qaeda may not be able to launch an attack on the scale of 9/11 today, it remains a potentially deadly force. john brennan is the president's top aide on counterterrorism. >> nevertheless, al qaeda has prove -- proven to be adaptive and highly resilient and remains the most serious terrorist threat we face as a nation. >> reporter: then how important is it that the u.s. kill or capture osama bin laden? >> be a very big moral victory and it closes one of the chapters of 9/11. once bin laden is dead, that doesn't mean al qaeda is eliminated it just mean it is their senior leadership has suffered a significant blow. >> reporter: on this anniversary of 9/11 there is increasing concern among senior pentagon and military officials about a recent dramatic shift in public opinion against the war in afghanistan. and concerns that congress may, in fact, try to force the white house to either withdraw american forces from afghanistan or not re-enforce them sufficiently to carry on the fight, raising fears that afghanistan could once more become a safe haven for al qaeda. tamron, david? >> jim, thank you very

john mccain, despite believing that waterboarding and other interrogation techniques are torture thinks holder is wrong to proceed. >> i worry about this thing getting out of control and us harming our ability to carry on the struggle that we're in with radical islamic extremism. so, look, i was radically opposed to it i think it harmed us. i think torturing harmed us. a number of antidotes that could substantiate that and i think it harmed our image in the world. but for us now to go back, i think, would be a serious mistake. laura: all right. it gets even better because today white house press secretary robert gibbs slammed back and cheney. >> this is the same song and dance we have heard since literally the first day of our administration. i think the vice president, if you watch some of his interview was clearly, clearly had his facts on a number of things wrong. i'm not entirely sure that dick cheney's predictions on foreign policy have born a whole lot of fruit over the last eight years. laura: it's getting good, isn't it? now, for the record, the "the washington post" reports that the techniques used by the cia on the 9/11 master mind khalid sheik mohammed were, in fact, effective. basically

john zarrella will join us. >>> a school bus carrying children has been involved in an accident. school bus carrying children has crashed on staten island, new york. we believe the injuries are said to be minor. you can see lots of kids standing around. they appear to have been able to get off the bus on their own. that is certainly what we like to see. wanted to get you that off the top of the newscast. the rest of the days news, suspect in the murder of an eight-year-old california girl is in court right now. melissa huckabee could learn when she'll go on trial on charges she kidnapped, drug, raped and murdered the girl. the 22-year-old sunday school teacher in july gave her lawyers two months to look over the indictment and return to work. they want a speedy trial because it involves a minor. she pleaded not guilty. >>> jaycee dugard found alive 20 years after she was kidnapped and held captive by suspect phillip garrido. they searched properties of three san francisco bay communities that belonged to a garrido business associate. officials say no arrests were made but items,

john mccain got a smaller share of the vote in california than barry goldwater did. however, the group that got together to oppose gay marriage won the entire state, and among african-americans, they carried of african-american votes, whereas mccain only got 5%. so, these issues -- you can energize a lot of grassroots democrats out there who very much are sort of populist and conservative on the social issues, but you've got to watch how you do it. >> yeah, okay. guys, i'm supposed to go, but i want to have my director quickly throw up the field there, the names of those that are being considered and being talked about for the possible 2012 contenders. peter, i want to ask you who you think may emerge as a winner, and also whether or not you agree with joe scarborough, who was on earlier today saying keep this tape, alex, because i'm telling you right now, sarah palin, despite what pat buchanan says -- although joe didn't reference that -- is not going to get more than 43%, 44% in a general election. it will never happen. and he said, again, "never happen." what do you think? >> well, you know, i will tell you, alex, i think that you may find somebody who's not pictured in that list getti

john's university is being arrested after posting a threat on facebook. police say the 18-year-old wrote he was depressed and wanted to carryirginia tech scheme. he said was drunk when he wrote that message. >>> a security guard tried to stop a fan from getting into a car with ryan seacrest. this happened in orange county, california. police tried to stop the man and a scuffle broke out. ryan seacrest was not involved. >>> and we have the cuteness factor of the day. >> who cares about the weather when we have the cuteness factor. good morning. everybody. time now for the my first 5 photo of the day. and this is david, posing with his favorite food. >> yummy. >> pancakes. and if you look carefully, david is spelling out his name. >> that's clever. >> that is cute. >> i like it. >> look at those eyes. he looklike i'm about to eat every single pancake. >> he's saying i wish my name was ezekiel right w so i could have more food on my plate. >> to send us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on morning. >>> we'll have sunshine this afternoon. right now we're still dealing with cloud cover and fog rights there. you c

john, vicki, tom jensen, and mark from the southern poverty law center. am i wrong to interpret the polling data i was carryings is an expression or a metering if you will of the level of fundamental distrust of government where i'm willing to answer a question from somebody like yourself, saying the president is the anti-christ s. that a fair interpretation and exactly how does your polling work? what is the integrity of the data? >> absolutely. it shows how widespread this extremism is becoming. >> call it distrust. ultimately it's fear and anger that manifests now as extremism but it's a function of fear, i imagine. period. right? >> yeah. i don't know how many people really think that george w. bush had something to do with 9/11 or really think that barack obama was not born in the u.s. when you have over a third of the country expressing one of those sentiments it shows how little democrats trust republicans and how little republicans trust ->> bingo, ane audacious agenda of this president and the myriad of outdated systems that make our country, whether it's the fragile construction of the financial syst

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carrying this hour of important information in regard to the health care reform proposal, h.r. 3200, and also my good friend and colleague, physician colleague, from the great state of louisiana, dr. john fleming, as the gentlelady has said before coming to congress from the state of georgia, i spent something like 31 years practicing medicine, 26 as an ob-gyn physician. and the physician members in this body and there are about 17 of us, five on the democratic side, 12 on the republican side, probably have over 400 years of clinical experience combined in regard to health care. so, you know, we bring to this issue, i think, a fund of knowledge that needs to be listened to and listened very carefully to. not that we're necessarily the experts or the last word but i think we are a very important word. as mrs. bachmann, representative bachmann, was saying, the president right here, mr. speaker, two weeks ago, as he spoke to the nation about the need for health care reform and he had a joint session here, the senate, the house of representatives, his cabinet, the supreme court justices, the president was talking about promises that he had made to the nation in regard to health care reform