first up, casey's mom cindy was questioned over two days. her brother lee, his deposition lasted nine hours. well, now it's george's turn. again, george has been a sympathetic figure. you feel for him it, his granddaughter killed. the body dumped in the woods near his home. his daughter is in jail accused of first-degree murder. we'll take a look at all three of them. take your calls as well 1-877-tell-hln. joining us to talk about it, pam bondi, florida state prosecutor, criminal defense attorney mark eiglarsh and good to have you back, marva. help clarify concerning george. we've had a couple of delays. do you know why the delays and when will he actually answer some questions here? >> i don't know why his giving a deposition has been postponed. we do expect it to take place sometime this week. >> okay, this week. what's your read on the delays? is it because cindy took two days and 13 hours? do you think the schedule is pushed back? >> usually i cancel depositions when i have a conflict. it could be george is just realizing, i've got to g

the same way cindy and lee's depositions went. i think he'll go the same way, calm, answering questions and normal. >> since you mentioned it, we have a clip cut, this is george anthony during the civil suit, filed by zenaida gonzalez. let's watch george anthony again. we'll say it was tense, at the least. let's give it a watch. >> i've already answered everything about this lady right here. and i've done it in the best possible way i can. i've told you this is not the lady that my daughter described to me. so we can end this right now. this is -- you're just fishing, sir. you're fishing for information for a criminal investigation that you have nothing to do with. >> you see george anthony, holding it back, he's tense. if you're questioning, you're a state attorney questioning george anthony, do you play on his emotions to take advantage of him a little bit? or how are you going about it? how are you going to approach him? >> you always do. at this point, though, however, you have to remember that he's not the person accused of a

>> cindy sheehan is with us now. what do you mean when you say that, cindy?se in iraq, afghanistan, and pakistan, and we just need to be, you know, in the anti-war movement. we need to revive our anti-war sentiment because people are dying. our soldiers are dying. 51 soldiers have died in afghanistan this month. july was the worst month for soldiers in afghanistan. plus the innocent people of iraq, afghanistan, and pakistan, are still being killed, they are being displaced and being wounded, and we need to give the president the moral backbone he needs because we have the moral high ground saying it was wrong under george bush and it's still wrong under barack obama. >> so what would you have him do? if you were the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the oval office and he asked you for a policy course for the immediate future, what would you recommend? >> well, the thing that the anti-war peace movement has been demanding since these wars started, an immediate, complete, and, you know, as safe as possible withdrawal from the middle east. we don't alway

>> sure. >> cindi said sure. i love the sure. what's the connection, cindi?nnection is most people in south carolina wouldn't care if it weren't for the girlfriend thing. we had a situation about four or five years ago where we had another statewide elected official who checked out a state van, it wasn't even one issued to him, to drive his family i think to minnesota on vacation, and then bring it back. it was clearly against the law, and the public re-elected him. they said we don't care, he's a good fiscal conservative who we love. if mark sanford weren't in trouble, the public would not care about this. >> what's the public care -- by the way, gene -- i'm sorry to hold up your time, gene, but i want to know from cindi does the public care about his affair with the woman in argentina? do they really care? and what do they want him to do? >> it's split. yeah. it's split. there are a lot of people who are really sick of reading about it, sick of talking about, it sick of hearing about it. want the whole thing to go away. there are a lot of other people who w

>> to cindy mcginty, who doesn't know the word defeat. if he thinks that about me, then i certainly can put one foot in front of the other and keep going every day. it really does inspire me. >> reporter: a lasting mark of the legendary senator, hundreds of families came to know as simply ted k. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, bloomfield, connecticut. >>> and one final note. it wasn't only voters that got the senator's attention. he was often a reading buddy to an 8-year-old washington, d.c. girl. while renee says the senator gave her an autographed book for her birthday. and she sent him get well cards when he got sick. her teacher said kennedy was like a gentle giant. >>> coming up next, flu fears. some schools aren't waiting until fall for a spike in swine flu. >>> and football fansinal fly see what michael vick can do after two years away from the see what michael vick can do after two years away from the field. i'm from ille, north carolina, ...and i smoked for 29 years. the one thing about smoking - is it dominates your life, and it domin

brad conway is an attorney for george and cindy anthony. brad, good morning to you. >> good morning, meredith. >> you know, before giving his deposition yesterday george said that he was nervous. what were his concerns, brad? >> that this would be a repeat of the deposition that occurred back in april. >> and which deposition was that? was that for the civil case? >> that was the deposition in regard to the civil case, yes, meredith. >> and why would that be of concern to him, that it would be the same? >> you know, this is the difference between this and that deposition is this one was legitimate preparation for trial. that was a publicity stunt. >> well, did you get any insight, brad, i know you can't tell us what specifically was asked, but did it give you any insight into the kind of case that the prosecution is building up against george and cindy anthony's daughter casey? >> meredith, it was basically a recap of everything that's been said before. recapped their statements and their cooperation with law enforcement from the beginning.

. >> reporter: a day after the 9/11 attacks, cindy mcginty thought she was on the verge of a nervousreakdown. >> i honestly felt like a zombie, for lack of a better word. i could barely stand up. >> reporter: her husband mike had been killed inside the trade center. she was home in massachusetts, with the couple's boys, ages 7 and 8. >> my phone rang, and there was this big, booming voice on it. >> reporter: it was senator kennedy, calling to express his condolences. given his own history, he had lost his own brothers to very tragic events. he lost many members of his own family. i just thought, it must have brought back memories for him. >> reporter: it was a difficult call he would make 176 more times, calling to offer his help to each of the massachusetts families. >> and i needed his help immediately. >> reporter: cindy's husband mi served 12 years in the navy, but the navy wouldn't send and honor guard to his funeral because she couldn't find his discharge papers. >> i couldn't handle this. i thought, senator kennedy said to call. i have a problem, i'm going to take him up on hi

. >>> cindy hendon sabe que quiere tener otro hijo, pero no está segura si ahora es el momento perfectoy la ciencia le va a decir qué hora marca su reloj biologico. >>> y se va a lograr sin necesidad que tome medicinas. gracias a un nuevo examen. >>> es una hormona que se mide en la sangre.ttftçszftkph@h@ttfp este examen sería más ventajoso a las mujeres jóvenes, y si pueden hacer este examen a los 30 años, y en este momento mi reserva ovarica está normal. aunque enfatiza que es difícil predecir si el ritmo de perdida de huevos se mantendrá, y este examen nos dice la cantidad de huevos, pero no la calidad. >>> pero para cindy es una nueva bola de cristal que le permitirá decir si su futuro tendrá biberones. >>> y hay que aprovechar los recursos de la ciencia. y al volver tener una solución para enfrentar la recesión. y más adelante tendremos también el fosil de un mamut. y hasta las más experimentados buzos tienen el temor de un monstruo marino. siga con "primer impacto." h@h@ç@ ♪(música) >>> bueno, toda la información deportiva llego con félix. >>> que tal, los saludo con mucho gusto,

i think cindy sheehan is arriving in town tonight or tomorrow. to try to find out what she is up to. bill: cindy sheehan. you and as i understand industry a good rapport, good solid rapport. i look forward to your report with cindy tomorrow. spike lee did not seem happy to see you. >> no. no. i think he recognized me from the dnc in denver when he said he doesn't do fox news interviews. he is not really friends like cindy and i are. bill: spike lee and i know each other a little bit. new york knicks game. i'm in the men's room, about two years ago, three years ago, spike lee comes walking in to the men's room. i'm 6'4". spike is what, 5'2", giant. i'm at the urinal. he wanders up and says did you find any weapons of mass destruction in here? you have got to give him props for that line. >> that's pretty good. you tell him i said hello. jesse waters, everybody. >> i will. bill: when we come right back, police now say michael jackson's death is a homicide. we will have the latest. later, arnold schwarzenegger not happy about these commercials of th

something cindy is very open to. >> i would definitely be proactive in taking that. >> reporter: it's a simple painless step that could add years to her life. cbs news, los angeles. >> straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather. in sports, the tigers and the red sox battle over balls at fenway park. imodium multi-symptom relief combines two powerful medicines for fast relief of your diarrhea symptoms, so you can get back out there. imodium. get back out there. you've gotta wash this whole room! are you kidding? wash it?! let's wash it with febreze! whoa! [ sniffs ] [ male announcer ] for all the things that you can't wash, wash it with febreze. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york, afternoon storms, 85. miami, 94. chicago, sunny and 82. denver, 91. los angeles, sunny and pleasant at 74. >>> time for a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows skies are mainly gray over much of the east. the midwest and great plains are waking to clear skies. skies cloudy over the northwest after yesterday's much-needed rain. later to

let's go to cindy in texas. cindy? >> caller: hey, jim. >> cindy, how are you? >> caller: a big boo-yah from austin, texas. >> man, we loved when we were at ut. that was a dynamite so. there was that bevo. he almost killed me. that big steer, he almost killed me. i showed him in the end. yeah, i -- i had a -- i had to have a sit-down with him. go ahead. >> caller: hey, jim, on monday's show you talked about the markets and parabolic incline. >> yes. >> caller: is that what's happening with the market in china? and if so, what are your thoughts on how that might play out? >> all right, cindy. when i did the piece about parabolas the other day and i was saying that we need the decline that we had on monday to break the parabola, believe it or not, i think that china, which happens to trade in much higher increments, really broke its parabola last week with the 20% decline. that gave it the all-clear. the bear market in china ended last night with the market up 4%. let's stop worrying about china and start buying. it used to be people were running for cover from ob

. >> eight months ago, cindy got a huge shock.a diagnosis of colon cancer at age 46. >> i was in denial. i have a healthy lifestyle, very active. ate extremely well. >> after surgery, she is now in remission. >> i have a less than 10% chance of reoccurrence. i'm grateful for every day of my life. >> to help make that life as healthy and long as possible, survivors like cindy are being advised to take aspirin. >> the first major study that demonstrates that by taking essentially what is available over the counter can help to reduce colon cancer related deaths. >> the study looked at more than 1200 people with stage one, tworks or three colon cancer. the people who took aspirin had a 30% lower risk of dying during an average of 11 years. the aspirin benefit was primarily seen with tumors. >> a high percentage of colon cancer express this enzyme. aspirin actually suppress this enzyme. >> the doctor says based on the latest research, he is suggesting aspirin therapy to colon cancer patients. something cindy is very open to. >> i would

let's get the forecast from the meteorologist cindi clawson. >>> thanks, al. as we head through our monday forecast, we'll still see slightly cool temperatures in much of the north central united states and into the great lakes with still a dip in a jet stream there. we're still looking at pretty warm conditions in much of the west. we'll see chance for some showers and thunderstorms though we're not look at a whole lot of moisture with the front moving through parts of the central and eastern corn belt. scattered showers and thunderstorms possible into the southeastern united states. ways get into wednesday, that ridge will start translating to the east and that will mean some more warm weather starting to come into the nation's midsection and we'll start at least to see it just a little bit of relief into parts of the pacific northwest. basically the same thing. showers and thunderstorms possible mainly along the eastern seaboard and a front will trail back into parts of the plains. things will be a little more spotty there. as we head into friday, we'll be

and cindy sheen is back. wait until you hear who she's protesting now. >> i was on his show. sean: one democrat congressman defends little old me at a town hall. and dick morris. a great american panel. a busy monday. public support for their health care plan plummeting, the white house appears to be on the run. now, the obama administration has now indicated that it may no longer support a controversial provision in this legislation. and that is our headline tonight. "sounding the retreat." now, during an interview yesterday, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius supports taking the public option off the table. let's take a look. >> they've been more focused on a co-op, not for profit co-op as a competitor as opposed to a straight government-run program and what's important is choice and competition and i'm convinced at the end of the day the plan will have both of those but that is not the essential element. sean: now, hours later those comments were sharply rebuked by senior white house officials who claimed the secretary simply misspoke but was this yet an

cindy brady herself, susan oleson. >> live, local, latebreaking.s is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. let's check on the money to meet with kim dacey. >> a couple of incidents we want to mention. a water main break in west at saratoga is closed between greene street and mlk. disabled vehicle on out of the beltway. the big story is the delays at this point. slow from reisterstown road to edmondson ave. 31 miles per hour there. 33 miles per hour there. we will give you a live look outside of the north side of the beltway. you can see both loops having problems there. slow from providence road towards the inner loop. police blocking the right lane at their pre causing a back up on the inner loop. but side of beltway if you can. >> we are seeing was the cloudy skies right now. a mix of sunshine and clouds. the real story is how the temperatures will be so much cooler than normal this more sunshine tomorrow with high- pressure overtaking the front to our south. after today, still a little bit unsettled. 78, more co

a secret from cindy crawford.we report from hollywood. >> coming up on entertainment tonight, new drug revelations from the surprise michael jackson witness, she tells diane what she uncovered the last time she saw the king of pop. >> you found some drug boxes in his bath room in a hotel and kept them. >> i did. >> what kind of drugss were in them? >> one drug, it's known if the u.s. as zoloft. and then there was another drug which i think it was paxil. >> reporter: the doctor says the bath room looked like a pharmacy pharmacy. syringes? >> yeah. >> tour turn gloves? >> and masks as well. >> praying the pounds off and dinner from a dumpster. plus super model cindy crawford spills a secret, she has >>> we saw they're having an event down there, but the real stuff is in westminister. >> football is a phenomenon. one more open practice before they pack up camp. in a second season as head coach, he's better able to appreciate the training camp experience more so than last year. he noticed the record crowds to see the

but take a look at this e-mail from july of 2008 from cindy's sunday doug to him.says the one conclusion we have to come to is that when john finally admitted to having feelings for cindy that started over a year ago and then acted on them last december, the relationship was forever changed. to explain what this means, jon ralston, columnist for "the las vegas sun." thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> where does it stand right now? obviously a lot of details about when it started, who knew what, when. what role would it play for any re-election bid by ensign? >> i find it hard to believe that john ensign is going to actually run for re-election in 2012. as you know, he's announced he's going to, which was probably the only thing he could say, but it doesn't really mean anything right now. but this is certainly very damaging for all the reasons that you suggest. mike slanker, who is the top political guy at the republican senatorial committee last year, and his wife, lindsay slanker, who was the top money person at the nrsc, clearly knew about this in early 20

supermodel cindy crawford reveals her secret, she has cellulite. >> you can see entertainment tonight. >>> the amusement park announced a roller coaster debuts next spring. the intimidator is in honor of the late nascar driver dale earn dale earnhardt. it has a lift, a drop, it will be the tallest and fastest of its kind on the east coast. >>> still to come, it's friday and it's a stormy one in some areas, bob has your updated forecast coming up >>> now, first warning weather, complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >>> looking outside, there'sst there's a boater that doesn't worry about the storms. he's having fun today. >> the thunderstorms moved through the region, it's off to the east. we have a chance of getting more activity because there's another batch to go. that's going to be moving across the mountains, around 8:00 or so. most of the activity is extreme northeast maryland, dover, cambridge, up to wilmington. all that moving quickly to the northeast, there's been some heavy rain and flooding reported in a few spots, but it's quiet right now. one sprinkle o

. >> reporter: 8 months ago, cindy martinez got a big shot. a diagnosis of colon cancer at 46 years old. >> i was in denial. had a healthy lifestyle. >> reporter: after surgery, she is now in remission. >> i have a less than 10% chance of reoccurrence. i'm grateful, pretty much every day of my life. >> reporter: now, a new study finds a simple routine of aspirin could help with colon cancer. >> it's the first major study that shows by taking what's available over the court could -- counter could help reduce colon cancer-related deaths. >> reporter: it found that people who took aspirin had a nearly 30% risk of dying from colon cancer during an average of 11 years after diagnosis. the aspirin benefit was primarily seen in patients with tumors that expressed an enzyme, called cox 2. >> a high percentage of colon cancer express this enzyme. aspirin, as well as other anti- inflammatories actually suppress this enzyme. >> reporter: dr. bret says he would suggest aspirin therapy to colon cancer patients. something cindy is very open to. >> i would d

first of all, cindy, you're absolutely right. the sort of varied pricing across the country, you can have an operation in one state cost $6,000, $17,000 in another state for the exact same operation and that's under medicare. there isn't a lot of consistency already. what we're hearing is a lot of details. one is, there probably would be a cap on all out of pocket expenses, co-pays, deductibles, and also preventive care would be fully covered out of these bills coming out of committees at this point. but again, the details just aren't nailed down. people talk a lot about this public option, i think it's worth pointing out, in respect to cindy's question the idea of a government-run plan that people may be able to buy into if they qualify and they have certain prices they set, that's going to influence what private insurance companies reimburse, as well, you have one that's competing against the other, and they have a couple of specifics when it comes to how they're going to set those prices with respect to medicare. no payment ra

good morning, cindy. >> good morning. >> and your question? >> caller: we have a business that deals with the automotive industry, and we're concerned about the economic downturn and the effects that it has had on our car dealership. and also, the cash for clunkers program, how big a deal has this been? >> carmen? >> cash for clunkers actually went so well, completely defied all expectations, talking about a billion dollars gone in a week. but it's over, unfortunately. and it's over as of this week. so as of today, no more cash for clunkers. now, the thing is, is this going to change, are we going to renew the program? we will see. but here's the thing. you have a business like many other businesses, not just auto, that is tied to an industry that is changing, and shifting. so you need to have a plan in place to deal with that, no matter what your business is. so first of up, make sure that you think different, that you evolve as much as you can. and second, look at your expenses, make sure you cut as much as you can. i know you're a car deale

glenn: give me call number four, please, bush on cindy sheehan.his. >> i get protested all the time. the great thing about the country is it's a free place and people can protest. they can protest the frez and they can protest the president and she d i understand her grief. she lost her son in iraq. glenn: ok. here is the way the president handles it. president obama, he comes out on april 15 ghtd and says i didn't even know anything was going on. you got to be kidding me? >> guess what, not only is bush acting with so much grace that obama hasn't gotten, but what is he reacting to? he is reacting to cindy sheehan who brought out 24 people in a protest. because the media was against the war and she was against the war, that was a big, big story. glenn: i laid it out last night, and i think this is really going to end in one of two ways with these people. they're going to come and they're going to see their constituents an either go back to washington and say, ok, they're going to make me into soup if i go. i'm not playing ball like this anymore. w

after the hearing george and cindy anthony spoke about seeing their daughter again. >> i just want toet you guys know it was awesome to see my daughter again. it's been a long time since i've seen her and it just gives me a lot of, you know, a lot of peace to see that she actually looks okay and she looks healthiment a, and that's important to me. >> were you able to make any eye contact? >> i was able to tell her i loved her and she was able to tell back she loved me and george was able to blow her a kiss. >> i notice you and casey were in tears when george took the stand. can you explain why that was so emotional for you? >> well, because i saw casey's' rction reaction to when george took the stand. she hasn't seen her dad for a long time. when she started to sob, it was very emotional, very touching. >> anthony's lead attorney also spoke after that hearing. he explained why the defense team wants to review the records of thousands of search volunteers. >> i trust judge strickland is going to make a sound ruling based on the law, and every single issue is important. we don't make a

with me is speicher family spokesperson cindy lockwood. good to talk with you today. tell me the reaction of speicher's family when they found out and got the confirmation? >> the extent of the knowledge at this point is that there's been a confirmation of scott's death, that they've confirmed the skeletal remains. further details, while we've heard them through the media, have not been reported directly to us by the navy and are in conflict with what we understand the facts to be. so we'll stand on that. the family is going through what families go through when they've lost a loved one. they're appreciative of the actions of the active duty military here in getting the incident we knew we could get in resolving the matter. with that, there's some peace. >> i think when you're looking at this as an outsider, one of the difficult things to imagine is so many twists and turns. first he was declared killed in action. then he was missing. they didn't know if he was captured. was there a prevailing censor a hope or a belief in that time about what the family might find soo

at the happened exactly at the same time that john ensign says doug hampton and cindy hampton packingrom d.c. and back to las vegas. some gift. >> we mention senator vitter and with this logic shouldn't he in fact be calling for vitter to either resign or to be removed forcibly because if it's a question of your affair being illegal or legal, your infidelity being legal or illegal or legal, prostitution in washington is still illegal, even if you are a senator, right? >> indeed, it is, keith. at least technically. so i guess you would say that he should be calling for vitter to be out of office too. he's already defended vitter saying he wasn't convicted of anything yet but, again, john ensign clearly has different standards for democrats or republicans who solicit gay sex than he does for himself or his pal david vitter. i just don't know why he would continue to talk about this and try to say that my affair was less bad than other people's and first of all, as i said, what he is saying is patently false about why he called for bill clinton to resign. he did not call for him to resig

. >> cindy sheehan, the mom who lost her son in iraq and credit with the bulk to the threat in moraluthority of her critique of the war. at least she's a critic of war now that barack obama is in power. last week she told journalists byron york the anti-war left was used by the democratic party. i have like to call it the anti-republican war movement. asked by mr. york if she was still protesting she said she was but the media isn't interested anymore. >> what is yours? >> you remember tom delay, the former republican majority leader. he may get a new one after the new gig which is an appearance on the reality tv program "dancing with the stars". this is a hit because it shows there are consequences for bad behavior in washington. this is one of the men most responsible for the g.o.p. overspending and corruption in 2006. instead of becoming a high price lobbyist he's now been reduced to appearing on a challenge show. >> see if he wins. steve? s>> the great towering economist rose friedman, wife of milton friedman died this week. lovely lady and influential economist and coauthor of t

thank you, cindy. [ cheers and applause ] >> and what busy hockey mom wouldn't want to freshen up herhome with sarah palin's ayers fresheners? ya plug these into the wall when something doesn't quite smell right. [ laughter ] also too, it's good because it reminds people about william ayers. [ laughter ] >> having trouble cutting through a tough piece of pork? not anymore. with john mccain's complete set of pork knives, they cut the pork out. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> so instead of going to one of those elite department stores with their liberal agendas and over-priced items and their gotcha return policies that violate your first amendment rights, why not do your holiday shopping with us? okay, listen up, everybody, i'm going real great now so keep your voices down. available now we got a bunch of these "palin in 2012" t-shirts. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] just try and wait until after tuesday to wear them. okay? because i am not going anywhere. and i'm certainly not going back to alaska. [ laughter ] if i'm not going to the white house, i'm either running in f

. >> first of all, cindy said to shout down over people views is un-american. they didn't call the shouters un-american. i think the president has lost momentum here. people who have insurance are worried that they are going to lose something in this very extensive package. and the president really doesn't have a single bill that he can point to. he doesn't have a clear message and all of the bills floating around on political provide lots of inviting targets for people who want to kill healthcare and want to kill the obama presidency along with it. the political stakes here are huge and the president has done a good job with the special interest. they are all tentatively on board. it's the political opposition that is much more intense this time and it seems to have caught the obama administration by surprise. >> you are seeing the american people are mad and they are not going to take it anymore. they see an out of control, unresponsive government which is supposed to be responsive and representative of what they want and what they need. they don't see that.

>> first of all, cindy, you're absolutely right. do you have the widely varied prices across the country. for example, you might pay $6,000 for an operation in one state and $17,000 for that same operation in a different state. so, there really is no set pricing. even when it comes to medicare, for example. what we're hearing are some specifics. for example, there would be caps on out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles and co-pays. there would be complete coverage when it come to preventive care, things like screenings and things that keep people healthy in the first place. but, again, to your point out of all the committees and proposed bills, we're not hearing anything about set pricing across the board. that's something that they're just not talking about. now, having said that, when we talk about this idea of a public option being available, a government-run option, available for people who cannot afford health care right now, in some ways that does have an influence overall on prices. if the public option is setting certain prices

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cindy, good morning to you. you're the spokesperson for the family. is that what this has meant? for all these 18 years they've held out hope that he would still be found alive. can you describe their emotions upon receiving this news? >> overwhelming sadness is of course the first emotion that comes to people when you're searching for a loved one who you believe is alive and who turns out not to be. so i would have to describe it in that manner. they're also an appreciative family of the efforts that have come together from senator nelson, from senator pat roberts, the jacksonville firefighters and even ross perot who worked behind the scenes with us with his assets to get this done. it has been a community push and we're proud. >> cindy, even though his remains have been found, there are still being unanswered questions. i think the biggest one for the speicher family is how did he die, did he die as a result of being shot down or was he captured, taken into custody and killed later. has the pentagon said anything to the family after examining the remains that might shed light

>> reporter: cindy mcginty's husband, mike, died in the world trade center that day. she says kennedy's support meant everything. >> he was my guardian angel, and actually, what he did for me was show me how to put one foot in front of the other after september 11. >> couric: and while ted kennedy was one of 23 senators to vote against authorizing the war in iraq, he never forgot the men and women who are fighting it. >> this is our son, john, who was killed in iraq in october of 2003. >> john called us the week before he was killed and actually was whispering in the phone. so he wouldn't be overheard that they were desperate for any kind of armor. >> lifelong republicans joined forces with their senior senator to provide better uniforms and equipment to protect the troops. >> the parents said, "if you can do anything to make sure that other soldiers who are over there are not put in the kind of danger that my son was put in and lost, that would be the best thing that we could ever think of in terms of our son." >> i just hope senator kennedy will get credit for the t

then he wrote to cindy mcginty, who doesn't know the word defeat. if he thinks that about me, then i certainly can put one foot in going every day.er and keep it really does inspire me. >> reporter: a lasting mark of the legendary senator. hundfdsam o filies came to know as simply ted k. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, bloomfield, connecticut. >> it looks like the east coast will dodge the bullet with tropical storm danny. danny is no longer expected to make landfall after its winds dropped to 45 miles an hour. but a tropical storm watch is in effect for the outer banks of north carolina and forecasters say danny could still bring heavy rain and dangerous surf tomorrow as far north as maine. so there you go. now for the rest of your friday forecast. showers and thunderstorms from louisiana to florida. and up to the northeast. thunderstorms and heavy rain in the upper midwest with flash flood warnings in chicago. a frost advisory in northern maine where morning temperatures could dip to the 30s. i'm sorry, vinita got me distracted. your fault. >> my fat. 7