mother, nora, who with the other two mowers had beenobbying and begging for the release of their chdren, saying that they had simply wandered across the border, an unmarked border in iran from iraq and that they were certainly not spies. but the prosecutor has announced that not only are there charges of espionage against the two men, the two male hikers, shane baure and 28-year-old josh pa fattal, that these two men will face charges & o oespinage. >>> a caregiver in new jersey was seen on tape allegedly abusing her 91-year-old patient. a children of the victim set up a camera when they saw bruises. >>> and louisiana, new videotape was released of a hit and run driver whose offense was caught on walmart security camera. now, the driver approaches a crosswalk and mows down a 60-year-old woman who bravely pushes her daughter out of the way. moments later, another person is clipped. the -year-old is in the hospital with severe injur and the car has been found abandon. >>> a california woman got a scare when a 3-feet snake coiled around a pole in the wall. bit himwhile he slept. the snake

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last year he revealed to his wife of 40 years what his chdren already knew, that he fathered a child with another woman. he sent around racist, sexist and pornographic e-mails. >> i didn't mean to offend anybody. i sent it to a select group of friends. those friends, okay, treated them privately, except for obviously one. >> reporter: but republicans are lining up behind him. >> carl paladino is a lot like some of the tea party candidates we're seeing around the country, but he has a particular edge here. and that is he's got a lot of money. >> reporter: and he is officially the republican candidate on the ticket. paladino told me he won't sitate to spend as much of his fortune as it takes, and that is what worries democrats, brian. a last minute barrage of cash could put him within striking distance. >> this year throw out everything you know about polics. kate snow, thanks for that report. >>> jimmy carter hopes to be out of the hospital by his birthday, this friday when he turns 86. e former president is in cleveland. tonight will be his second night in the hospital after falling

felicia jackson promis her late sister that she would take care of her chdren. but she needed help.my american expresopen cd to get half a million points to buy buildg materials well, i knowf my dadson was still around, he wld have told me, with no doubt. he would havtold me it's a no brainernd i knew that from the start. it was an nor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> welcome back to the morning news. sarah shord is back in the u.s. but says she is only one-third free. she is calling on iran to release the other two. there are details of a possible deal offered by iran's president. good morning, allison. >> good morning to you, pam. that's right. iran's president seems to be trying to make a deal here in the case of the two american hikers who are still in iran and have been detained there for more than a year. this is a look at mahmoud ahmadinejad's arrival. he is there this week for a united nations summit. he suggested the hikers could be traded. the moms are also in new york and trying to meet with him. the third hiker, sarah shord was released for medical reasons

president, matt lauer interviewed the president on monday and asked him whether or not he thinks his chdrenho are in school here, in ply vat school in the nation's capital, could receive as good an education in our d.c. public school and the president answered no. what's your reaction to that? >> i respect the prident's right to choose where his children go to school. i think in d.c. that one thing we are doing well is providing parents with the oice. i think parents are going t vote with their feet so they're going to take their children to an effective school and i think our al is to make sure that any school public or charter is providing a quality education and that parents have the choice to take their students to those schools. >> now you are a very successful teacher, we're told. we've heard all about you. you're an epic spotlight teacher, an award winner for th that. you have improved the test scores of your student what's the secret of your success? >> a lot of hard work. i think it starts with really strong leadership at the school level. i have great leaders at my school who supp

. >> reporter: right now the chdren enjoy singing songs and learning their numbers. >> now i need a friend who can come up and roll a number, figure out what number you have. >> reporter: college seems a lifetime away. but their teacher says it's not too early to start working tord that goal. >> when they get to our school, the bar is set high. >> reporter: students at kip, which stands for knowledge is power program, spend 40% more time in the classroom than students in other d. public schools. the day begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. students also go to school two to three saturdays each month. on top of that, they attend mandatory summer school to learn rules and procedures like how to ask to go to the bathroom without disrupting the class and how to transition between activities quickly, quietly, and efficiently. >> all that's taken careof in sum sore that when they come august 27th, start school beginning september, we're running smoothly. >> reporter: more than 80% of students qualify for free lunch, yet they outperform their peers in reading by 17% and in math by 32%. >> i'

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