cleveland. >> frances cleveland was a celebrity first later unlike any before her.and the mass production of her image to sell a bride of goods by the consumer industry angered her and her husband, president grover cleveland. to help us understand the sensation sweeping the country, we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue. for the first and only time in our countries history. watching frances cleveland into instant celebrity.>> this is the modern white house. it is the same basic layout as it would have been on june 2. when president grover cleveland and his bride to be came down what was then about large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. they would have proceeded on the hallway, the music started up at the east side behind us here, where the united states marine band was assembled. the famous john philip sousa played the wedding march as the happy couple can down the hallway.-- came down the hallway. they would have passed through these doors, these v

cleveland. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ >> frances cleveland was a celebrity lady unlike anyone before her. to help us understand the frances cleveland sensation sweeping the country, we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue as a curious nation awaited the details of a 49-year-old bachelor president marrying his 21-year-old bride inside the white house for the first and only time in our launchinghistory, frances cleveland into instant celebrity. >> president grover cleveland --e down >> when president grover cleveland and his bride to be came down what was then about large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. they would have proceeded on the hallway, the music started up at the east side behind us here, where the united states marine band was assembled. the famous john philip sousa played the wedding march as the happy couple can down the hallway. they would have passed

cleveland, you take cleveland. joe, you take joe. take quagmire and i'll get fatty mcloudmouth. it's no use, peter. we've lost him. peter: our journey had abruptly ended, and the trail had gone cold. well, i guess we're never gonna find the source of that joke. i guess there's nothing to do now but head back home. stop right where you are! (all gasp) down on the ground! peter: we were all terrified that this would prove to be an unexpected end to our journey. but little did we know, our journey was far from over. (grunting) aah! aah! ooh! oh! all right, did you get the parking validated? ugh! no. (sighs) that was the whole reason we walked through crate & barrel. [ dad ] so i walked into that dealer's office and you know what i walked out with? [ slurps ] [ dad ] a new passat. [ dad ] 0% apr. 60 months. done and done. [ dad ] in that driveway, is a german-engineered piece of awesome. that i got for 0% apr. good one, dad. thank you, dalton. [ male announcer ] it's the car you won't stop talking about. ever. hurry in to the volkswagen

special coverage of the castro sentencing hearing in cleveland.a convicted kidnapper and rapist struck a plea deal, pleading guilty last week to 937 counts including aggravated murder and kidnapping. we have told you how castro held these three young women captive for more than a decade. but now for the first time, we're seeing what it was like. chilling new pictures of the objects castro used to keep these women captive. chains, a helmet, a pole, an alarm. all shown in court just a short time ago. it was an fbi agent who sat there walking through the courtroom, some of these photos. >> that's a chain. it's in the room that amanda -- i'm sorry. gina dejesus and michelle knight shared. >> 10x, what does this photo depict? >> that is a hole through the wall. i believe there were photos on the side of gina and michelle's room through theirs, running a power cord that's plugged in in the other room and the chain. >> now, for that small side room, the 7x11 room with the window nailed shut, was there any attempt to provide for ventilation in that small

police, cleveland police." the final step, i held the curtain back and took a quick look over to the right because he went to the left. and i saw a room with kids' toys. i didn't see anybody inside. so i then -- he hollered out "cleveland police" then, and then you hear some pitter patter of steps, someone running. but stopped. and when she -- we shined the flashlight, i remember i kind of shined the flashlight so she could -- whoever it was could see we were the police. we later found out it was michelle knight, as she literally launched herself into -- officer responda's arms, legs arms, just choking him. and she just kept repeating, "you saved us, you saved us." at that point, you know, i told her "it's okay, honey, you're safe." she then came over to me and jumped into my arms as i'm trying to reholster my leg. my weapon. her legs were wrapped around me. he said "is anybody else here." and it seemed like an eternity, but all of a sudden you see another face peek around the corner of the doorway and it was l

cleveland's life after grover cleveland's death? >> she had to manage the press. it waned over time. she was active during world war i. she was active with an organization which made him made garments that they gave to nonprofits for giving out in emergency situations. you could still read these items about her. the obsession was nowhere near to what it was during the white house years. >> she continued to be against women's suffrage. >> she was the vice president of the league of anti-suffrage from 1913 on tell women got the right to vote. >> what was the public's reaction to a first lady who is campaigning so vigorously against women's suffrage? >> it is interesting that there is this split. there was a debate on whether or not it is necessary for women to have the right to vote. whether or not it is important part of women's role in life. mrs. cleveland exercised her own right to vote. yet, she was still part of a way of thinking about women and their place in american society that developed in the 1870s and 1880s. that first wave feminism. if you want to be th

cleveland do that chicago did, and my conclusion was cleveland can't do anything. in a lot of ways, chicago's expense -- success comes at the expense of the rest of the region. i mean, it really attracts, you know, it's getting a free ride on the public education systems in michigan and indiana and ohio and here in wisconsin because, you know, so many young people move to chicago. there's at least one bar for every big ten school in chicago, and for my school, michigan state, i think there are over a dozen which i think are more than in east lansing. more than half the graduates now leave the state. so that's definitely the success story. but it's kind of a case where it's kind of a consequence of globalization. just as money and education becomes concentrated among fewer people, it becomes concentrated among fewer cities too. and so you had -- did someone -- you had a question back there. >> just wondering with the great depression and the rides of the unions because of that -- rise of the unions because of that why during this great recession -- [inaudible] sort

cleveland police released a letter sent to them by

. >> in ohio, the man who held three women captive for a decade in cleveland will learn his fate from a judge, with sentencing for ariel castro in minutes. >> thanks for joining us. >> it is looking different this morning. >> the extra sunshine from yesterday spilled over the clearness overnight with clouds just now coming back. why think they will hang around along. it is dry this morning. no drizzle. no mist. our day planner around the bay, clouds are gathering and temperatures are holding in the low-to-mid 50's. we will be in the low to mid-60's by noon and cleaner air today with blue in the sky rather than the haze and 70. low-to-mid 60's in the evening. next it will hours inland, temperatures are 56 but there are areas in the north bay in the 40's with temperature around 70 at noon and we will be below average and near 80 in the afternoon and low-to-mid 50's with the better chance of seeing cloud cover today than yesterday at the coast. the morning commute, is it cloudy? sunny? >> partly cloudy. good morning, everyone, we are looking at your drive in the north bay where it is cle

live in cleveland, i'm jay gray. richard, back to you. >> thanks for that. >>> one of baseball's most famous athletes may never play again. nbc sports says superstar slugger alex rodriguez could be banned for life from the sport. lawyers for rodriguez are now reportedly trying to negotiate a deal to avoid that permanent ban. as early as friday, major league baseball is expected to suspend a-rod and eight others suspected of using her -- performance-enhancing drugs. but if a-rod fights the suspension to next season, the mlb is threatening to ban him from the sport altogether. the investigation has turned up e-mails, text messages and other information that show rodriguez recruited athletes for the clinic. he then tried to buy incriminating evidence. >>> new dash cam video shows george zimmerman being pulled over for speeding in texas. he had a gun with him. it happened about 25 miles east of dallas. zimmerman told the officer he had a gun in his life compartment and that he was going, quote, nowhere in particular. the

live pictures in cleveland. people have gathered out side to watch them pull down what has been called the house of horrors. >>> a morgan hills teen accused of raping a drunk woman expected to be in court this morning. the 16-year-old will appear in juvenile court but could be tried as an adult. the teen and a mother helped a woman who was intoxicated into her hom and that teenager allegedly went back to the home later that night, raped her and robbed her. police arrested the young man after he admitted to having sex with that woman. >>> family and friends of a missing oakland mother desperate for answers. sandra coke seen leaving her home in her mini cooper. she told her 15-year-old she was going to meet someone who has information about the family's missing dog. but coke never returned. police found her car in oakland and her sister says two cell phones found in oakland, one in richmond. >> we just need everybody's help in making sure that she comes home safely. if there's anybody who has her who has any infor

our pamela brown is outside the courthouse right now in cleveland. been covering the story from the beginning. pamela, as i said, we really are learning new things and seeing things that we had never seen before in this case. >> reporter: yeah. jaw-dropping information here, really bringing reality to the surface, john. seeing some of this physical evidence, seeing the gun that ariel castro used to threaten his victims, and seeing pictures of inside the house. this is the first time, john, that we're seeing what these rooms look like, where the women were held. we saw the room where amanda berry was kept with her young daughter. and you see on the wall child workbook pages and how small the room is, as one of the prosecutors said, only 11 1/2 by 11 1/2 feet. we saw the resty chains used to restrain the girls. and he talked about how there was no doorknob inside the room where the women were kept. so that ariel castro could control them and keep them inside the rooms. he talked about how there were little cut-out holes in the room so they would have v

michelle knight thanking the cleveland police department. with this note. pamela brown, cnn, cleveland. >>> alex rodriguez may be ready to cut a deal, according to espn, the yankees slugger's representatives are negotiating a settlement with major league baseball that could land him a lengthy essentisuspension. several other players are expected to be suspended for the use of p.e.d.s. announcement could come as early as friday. >> big week in baseball. >>> later today, president obama meets with a group of lawmakers who don't like what's happening in the nsa, the white house is defending the agency's controversial domestic surveillance programs even as new information leaks about the nsa's ability to monitor everything you do online. >> reporter: the obama administration under attack for its surveillance programs. national security agency director keith alexander heckled. >> i don't trust you. >> i haven't lied to congress. >> reporter: while congress questions is the nsa spying on us? and who is accountable for edward snowden's leaks? >> anyone offered to

. >>> a house of horrors torn down in cleveland. what a woman held captive there for almost a decade is saying as she watches her prison ripped to the ground. >>> a raging fire shutting down the busiest airport in eastern africa for hours. why today's date is fueling speculation about the cause of the fire. >>> we've been unseasonably cool all month. happy to report, showers on the radar this morning. we need those. unseasonably cool. but finally the heat's going to crank. we will tell you when. >>> the metering lights turned on. things are starting to bog down at the bay bridge approach. out the door and quick check of the traffic around the bay. >>> let's take a live look from the south bay. blue skies, waiting for the sun's arrival, wednesdaying august 7th. halfway through your week. this is "today in the bay." >>> very good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning. right to the breaking news. a 1-year-old among two dead in a double shooting in eaoakland overnight. police at ghormley avenue from th

the home there on cleveland avenue or in cleveland, excuse me, and joining me now the prosecutor former r chris van zant. this is the sentencing hearing of these. he's pled guilt i of 937 charles. how unusual is to it go through all of this because we're on the eighth witness here. >> yeah. it's a good question. one of the notes i was writing to myself was to make a comment about how unusual this is. guilty pleas, generally not only don't have witnesses, they don't have lots of witnesses. and a typical case would have the prosecutor reading the police report into the record and the judge would say to the defendant, do you agree that those folks would be proved against you at trial, the defendant says yes and the judge pronounces guilt and sentencing follows. i do think this case is unusual for a number of reasons including that there are so many counts that he's pleading argumenty to so many counts so you want the record to reflect on some level. calling witnesses helps to do that in an organized fashion. but i also think it's important because the whole world is watching this case. tha

. >>> la llamada "casa del horror" en cleveland donde ariel castro tuvo prisionera a tres mujeres porstruccion de esta casa de horror desde temprano en medio de estrictas medida de seguridad, como testigos pre esenciales curioso y familiares de gina de jesus, el objetivo que no quede huella del cautiverio y los abusos que sufrieron las mujeres. >>> la encargada de manipular el primer movimiento de la mÁquina fue la tÍa de gina de jesus, la joven de origen puertorriqueÑo, al igual que su verdugo. >>> contenta porque la casa no va a estar ahÍ. >>> castro renuncio a la propiedad como parte del acuerdo con los fiscales. un banco obtuvo el tÍtulo de la propiedad, testigos de la demoliciÓn no perdieron detalle de lo que pasaba ahÍ. >>> pude ver el baÑo portÁtil que tenÍan en el cuarto, un espejo, las cadenas donde estaban amarradas, a lo largo para abajo. >>> michelle knight la Única de las vÍctimas que estuvo presente, repartiÓ globos amarillos como manera de celebrar este dÍa y envio mensaje de fortaleza a las mamÁs de las cautivas. >>> mensaje que llegÓ de cerca a altagracia tejeda, la v

cleveland. you will stay below average in the 70s new york city, cleveland, chicago. it is absolutely gorgeous out there. 103 for dallas 103 san antonio. continuing to be on the hot side. by wednesday 105 add in a little humidity it will feel even hotter than that. otherwise, more storms. a lot of weather to talk about. >> dangerous heat. >> bring in your pets, plants and check on the elderly. >> the july jobs report broadly disappointing especially for those full-time well paying jobs. here with more on that and other top business stories this morning. jolene kent fox business network. >>> the 122,000 jobs fell short of july fell against expectations. the jobs created was worse. a disproergs pat numbers were either pay point or low paying retarryls restaurants and bars supplied more than half of the job growth. economists are debating the up siem saying it's unclear if it is for bad and upon returning home from disappointed travel rates to shopping deals. now major banks are getting in on the a

to our friends, neighbors, fbi, cleveland police, our attorneys at jones day, the great city of cleveland and too many others to name, thank you and god bless you. for nine long years you've been by our sides, encouraging and supporting us. we shall never forget you. you are flou part of our family. to the castro family, we are saddened that you are burdened with this horror and will, unfortunately, forever be tied to these atrocities. please know that we do not hold you accountable and pray that you can one day be whole again. continue to love and support one another. we promise you that with this recipe you will be triumphant. our family recognizes it is not for us to judge or determine any punishment. only a higher power can do that. today is the last day we want to think or talk about this. these events will not own a place in our thoughts or our hearts. we will continue to live and love. we stand before you and promise you that our beloved family member thrives. she laughs, she swims, she dances, and, more importantly, she loves and she's loved. she will finish school, go to college,

nbc's jay gray is in cleveland. jay, we knew that this was going to be an extraordinary day, that we would hear from perhaps one of these women. we ended up hearing from one and their families. it was incredible to watch from television. what were people saying there? >> reporter: tamron, riveting. while we knew it would be exceptional as you talk about and emotional, there was no way of knowing what would unfold in the courthouse here today. i think a lot of people who were in that courtroom who have been watching this closely still stunned by what unfolded. you know, just the emotion of michelle knight sharing a room for the first time since her escape with ariel castro and then as you talk about, his rambling statement. very self-serving at times. i think it's important that we remember that this was a man regardless of what he said today in a courtroom who has confessed to more than 900 counts including rape, aggravated murder, kidnapping. this is a man by his own words, by his own admission that will now spend

this hearing continues in cleveland. this and let you listen to this as we get more evidence from castro as our colleagues from "happening now" take over from husband. >> did mr. castro use -- [inaudible] to run an internal barter economy, if you will, with his victims? >> on occasion. >> would he, after sexually abusing them, throw money at them saying, here, you're being paid for the sex, in essence? >> there were reports of that. >> and would he then in turn if they wanted something special from the store demand payment of them from those monies for the items requested? >> occasionally as well. >>

this hearing continues in cleveland. we're going to drop this and let you listen to this as we get more evidence from castro as our colleagues from "happening now" take over from husband. >> did mr. castro use -- [inaudible] to run an internal barter economy, if you will, with his victims? >> on occasion. >> would he, after sexually abusing them, throw money at them saying, here, you're being paid for the sex, in essence? >> there were reports of that. >> and would he then in turn if they wanted something special from the store demand payment of them from those monies for the items requested? >> occasionally as well. >> now, before you is who? or whom, i should say. >> michele knight, amanda berry and gina dejesus. >> and this is the now well known commercial production of their thank you statement -- [inaudible] correct? >> yes. >> is that how they appeared to you that day? those initial days? >> no. >> what was different? >> as i mentioned, the witnesses have made dramatic recoveries, i believe, physically and psycholo

. >> and just knocked down, we have a live picture of the cleveland home of ariel castro, now reduced to rubble. this is happening moments ago as it continues before our very eyes. one of the women held captive on hand to see this ripped down. >>> and gusty wind and light showers, typically not what you associate with august but it's the case this morning. your full forecast in moments. >>> ac transit strike averted but folks probably made plans to car pool. cash lanes starting to pile up. we'll get you out the door on time this morning. >>> a live look outside. golden gate bridge. not a lot of folks out there, as well. it's wednesday, halfway through your work week august 7th. this is "today in the bay." >>> very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. >>> breaking news in oakland. investigators out at the scene of a shooting where sadly a 1-year-old killed with an adult. this happened at a home on ghormley avenue from the 98th avenue exit off of interstate 880. that's where christie smith is live in oakland with latest details. what a

>>> making news in america this morning, new developments in the cleveland kidnapping case. as a suspect prepares for sentencing. today, we're learning more about what went on inside that house, including detailed diaries. >>> steroid scandal. baseball fans waiting for verdicts. the possible deal in the works between the league and alex rodriguez. >>> packing heat. george zimmerman is pulled over by police with a gun in the car. >>> and a baby elephant stars in what could be the cutest baby animal video ever. >>> good thursday morning, to you. today is a day of reckoning for former school bus driver, ariel castro. >> castro faces 900 counts for torturing 3 women for more than a decade. >> today, for the first time, we hear about some of the things that went on in that home. devin dwyer has all of the details. >> reporter: the new details are absolutely horrifying. in a 22-page report, prosecutors document what they call castro's disgusting and inhuman conduct. today, ariel castro will be sent away for life. the 53-year-old former school bus driver faces final justice for his

great city of cleveland and too many others to name, thank you and god bless you. for nine long years you have been by our sides, encouraging and supporting us and we shall never for get you. you are now part of our family. to the castro family, we are saddened that you are burdened with this horror and will unfortunately forever be tied to these atrocities. please know that we do not hold you accountable and pray that you can one day be whole again. continue to love and support one another. we promise you with this recipe you will be triumphant. our family recognizes it is not for us to judge or determine any punishment, only our higher power can do that. today is the last day we want to think or talk about this. these events will not hold a place in our thoughts or our hearts. we will continue to live and love. we stand before you and promise you that our beloved family member thrives. she laughs. she swims. she dances. and more importantly, she loves and she is loved. she will finish school, go to college, fall in love, and if she chooses, she will get married a

the cleveland clinic. here with us now, the ceo and president of the cleveland clinic, dr.and, of course, on to the top hospital in the country. let's talk about the cleveland clinic model. because it was interesting to see that exchange and what is it that's different about the way other systems work that keeps costs down and quality high? >> well, we're a group practice and salaried. there's no financial incentive for us to do more or less. we've kept costs down that way. at the same time very transparent about quality. publishing it on -- pubts it on the internet and we think it's important that people know exactly how we do it. >> yeah. and then you look at how this -- i know you have great stories. you want to go? i just want to know how this wraps around the debate around the affordable care act and where you stand on that? >> the affordable care act, we really were dealing with a 1950 health care system in the united states. we have to change. the costs are eating up all the other things. >> is it okay to say there was a moral need for it? >> if we don't control the

over cleveland one of the best democratic presidents we've ever had and richard i read your article today very interesting and you guys seem very focused on the rich but what you're not focusing on is the fact that even though the united states does have a high disparity between the rich and the poor we also have higher incomes and more disposable income than most of our european counterparts and this is according to both mean and median measures so we're we're not skewing this for high highs and lows but i want to richard would say about that richard because you're very focused on the rich but think about this from the those reagan tax cuts that you mentioned from one thousand nine hundred five to one thousand nine hundred one you know the average income game for rich households was four thousand but for poor households they had a twenty eight thousand dollars gain because of those reagan tax cuts for the way that you choose this is today in the clinton justice is not going. to say a twenty eight thousand dollars gain for poor house i want to poor house doesn't earn twenty eight thousand

i spoke recently with civil rights leader cleveland sellers, who was there in 1963 and was active in the movement, and his son, south carolina state representative bakari sellers, who is now running for lieutenant governor in their >> cleveland sellers, bocari sellers, thanks for joining us. cleveland slers, who drew so much in your career as a civil rights activist, you were part of freedom summer and you marched on washington in 1963. so many turning points that happened during that time. what about the march was different for you? >> well, the march occurred in 1963 and at that point i was an 18-year-old sophomore at howard university. all of the activities of young people across the south, primarily, in their efforts to sit in and freedom rides and then you had the students in birmingham who faced the water hoses and the dogs. and later that summer, '63, you had the murder of medgar evers and we began to feel young people like we were beginnito-mt is, that we were experiencing a unique time in our lives where we wanted to say that we wanted our freedom and wanted it now. and so w

cleveland.ances was the sort of jackie kennedy of her age. she was quite beautiful. >> about 10 years younger than mrs. kennedy was. >> she was 10 years younger than jackie was when she entered the white house. so she was very, very popular. of course there was this whole thing about this may-december romance that had taken place with the president. and much speculation before he actually married that maybe he was courting her mother. then there was the sort of bombshell that, no, he was courting the young and beautiful frances. >> she was a beautiful woman but she was not -- frances cleveland, franky as she was known in the press, was just -- to tell a story about how clever she was. you may have had it on this show. >> she had her due last week. >> the president of spain is the first real visitor of state. she was the same as age as mr. cleveland. there was a reception at the white house and a pretty, pretty woman had -- wore pearls clear to the floor and diamonds and all that stuff. ms. cleve

the day is the day of reckoning in cleveland for ariel castro.entence of more than 1,000 years for imprisoning and torturing three women for nearly a decade. >>> george zimmerman caught up again by the long arm of the law. police dash cam telling the officer he's carrying a firearm. he also let zimmerman go with a warning. >>> president obama meets with congressional leaders at the white house today to discuss the nsa surveillance programs. the agency is acknowledging the existence of a program that allows the u.s. to snoop on nearly everything an internet user does in realtime. >>> a man sleepwalking apparently had a bad dream at the same time and shot himself in the knee. the man says when he woke up the gun went off. no charges expected. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, august 1st. >> from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> that is one dangerous sleepwalker. >> yeah, if you're going to sleepwalk, lock up the gun. >> very good advice. >> thursday, throwback thursday. >> we've got good stu

tuvieron acier cientos de encoÉ videntes completamente paralizados. >>> pasamos a cleveland ohio janetn los Últimos detalles adelante. >>> muy buenas tardes, josÉ ariel castro es defendiÓ diciendo en corte que su Único problema era la adiciÓn al sexo y la pornografÍa. pero era un hombre feliz por dentro, que nunca tuvo la intenciÓn de secuestrar a estas 3 jÓvenes y que todos v y vain en armonÍa en esa casa del horror. y tuvo la audacia de decirle de decirle que a ella nadie la extraÑaba. >>> ariel castro y una de sus vÍctimas se ven cara a cara cuando 3 jÓvenes incluyendo michelle, pudieron escapar tras una dÉcada de secuestro. knight fue la Única vÍctima que se presentÓ en corte y entre lÁgrimas asegurÓ que lloro cada noche de su cautiverio. >>> la joven de ahora 32 aÑos de edad, dijo que los dÍas se le hacÍan eternos, dentro de la casa. que se sentÍa muy sola, y le deseo a castro que muera un mo quito cada dÍa. >>> michelle knight no mirÓ a su secuestrador. pero si le dijo que podrÍa perdonarlo, pero que nunca, olvidarÍa lo que viviÓ. >>> durante la audiencia, la fiscalÍa presentÓ fo

she had this advice for the cleveland survivors.he said it will be it will be to not allow this man to ruin another second of their lives. he's stolen so much from them already. they don't need to relive everything that happened. nothing has occurred should ever stop them from fulfilling their dreams, from living a happy life, from moving forward. >> i was in the courtroom, reverend, when elizabeth smart first faced her captor. it was one of the most remarkable things i have ever seen. she was determined. she was forceful. she was clear. and in that way i think she was much in the way we saw michelle knight. i think she was inspirational. she is my hero. seeing her today, seeing her face him down, hearing the words of these other women saying from this moment, this will no longer define me, saying, you know, that they are going to move on, that this is the last time that it's going to be about him, i just think that we look at these three women, and we have to draw some strength and some inspiration from them. >> and i'm sure that s

jay gray joins us from that courthouse in cleveland.astro spoke at length and seemed to be deflecting the blame here. >> reporter: yeah, it was a rambling, at times delusional diatribe from castro. part of what was an emotional and often disturbing day in the courtroom. the prosecution detailing the horror that these women had to endure for so long. ariel castro offering some type of explanation. while one of his victims said today she may some day forgive but she'll never forget. wiping away tears, michelle knight, for the first time since her escape, shared the same room with the man who held her captives and terrorized her for more than a decade. >> i will live on. you will die a little every day. as you think about the 11 years. >> reporter: daily, physical, mental and emotional abuse, outlined by prosecutors who showed the inside of what they call ariel castro's house of horrors, where the three were violently assaulted, starved and chained so they couldn't leave. now it's castro who is shackled and will never see the outside world

three endured all of that year after year, held captive by ariel castro in his torture chamber in cleveland, ohio. they were victimized but they're not victims. amanda, gina and michelle are survivors. calling them a monster's victim gives far too much credit to the monster. he needs to be forgotten, but there's plenty of time for that. he got a live sentence plus 1,000 years. that's what a judge gave him after hearing powerful testimony from michelle knight and a delusional account from mr. castro. it's rare to hear someone justify their crimes. today in court, on live television, we saw just that. >> all of the sex practically >> a lot of harmony going on in that home, that's what he said. we're going to look closer at whatever inside someone's mind makes them say something like that. but first, pamela brown with today's sentencing hearing. >> reporter: a resolute michelle knight confronted her former tormenter head-on for the first time since escaping captivity. >> reporter: when it was ariel castro's turn, he refused to take responsibility for what he did. but at one point he did attemp

the gut wrenching news of cleveland kidnapper and rapist ariel castro. for the first time since his arrest, michelle knight, the first woman castro kidnapped, gina dejesus and amanda berry also faced castro. >> you told me that my family didn't care on on holidays. christmas was the most dramatic day because i never got to spend it with my son. nobody should ever have to go through what i went through or anybody else, not even your worst enemy. i would have gone. we died a little every day as you think about the 11 years and atrocities you inflicted on us. i will think of you hypocrite particularically going to church every sunday, coming home to torture us. you don't deserve that. you deserve life in prison. >> we stand before you

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how a neighborhood in cleveland comes to grips with it all.prayer over medicine for one sick child, then another. they ended up burying both. why did it take two dead children. we begin with the breaking news. it could be a big development for the search statewide now nationwide. jame

castro is the cleveland man who admitted to committing a list of horrendous crimes.an seei orange jumpsuit sitting there. of course he had the long list, a house of horrors where he held three women captive for about a decade there. this is a live look at the courtroom in cleveland as he awaits his official sentencing. the hearing could take up to four hours. castro did work a plea deal. let's try and listen in here. >> there's a requirement that i provide sex offender notification advisements. i have two forms that were returned because -- >> ariel castro listening to the judge now. he is, of course, facing life in prison after making the plea deal plus 1,000 years on top of that. we'll continue to follow that today. >>> it is 6:25. minnesota and rhode island now the 12th and 13th u.s. states to recognize same-sex marriages. marriage licenses have been available to same-sex couples in rhode island for less than an hour now. in minnesota same-sex couples began exchanging vows with mississippi mayor r.t. rye back officiating. 42c'Ñ couples are set to say i with ceremo

the fire started in cleveland national forest and grew quickly, as temperatures neared 100 degrees. residents in the town of lake elsinore were forced to leave as ash rained down on their homes and entire neighborhoods were enveloped in smoke. a dc-10 was called in to drop fire retardant. but there is good news. some residents have now been able to go back home as crews are making progress. >>> more news breaking overnight. air travelers could face delays this morning after a global ticketing system crash. the sabre system is used by hundreds of airlines at more than 100 airports around the world. among the u.s. airlines affected are jetblue, american and alaska air. sabre says its system is slowly being returned to service. >>> breaking news in the middle east. two suspected al qaeda members have been arrested at the airport in cairo, egypt. authorities say the men arrived from istanbul, with i.d.s and fake currency. >>> there's more breaking news out of the middle east. all nonemergency u.s. personnel has been ordered to evacuate yemen. the state department issued the evacuation b

jay gray is live in cleveland. one of the victims was actually there today. >> reporter: terry, the house was reduced to a pile of rubble just less than two hours is all it took contractors to tear it down. as they now continue with the healing, the recovery process that is going to take quite some time here. as these walls that has kept such a horrific secret for so long crumbled to the ground church bells rang out and yellow balloons floated to the sky, symbols of courage and strength defined by the three women who survived unthinkable abuse for almost ten years inside. >> it was important to be here today because nobody was there for me when i was missing. i want the people out there to know including the mothers that they can have strength and hope and their child will come back. >> reporter: as the backhoe took the first swipe at the house gina de jesus aunt was in the cab. >> the house went down and now the community can live. >> reporter: evil inflicted by ariel castro who confessed to kidnapping and torturi

live in cleveland. i'm jay gray. back to you. >>> thank you. one of baseball's most famous athletes may never play again. nbc sports reporting that superstar slugger alex rodriguez could be banned for life from that sport. lawyers are reportedly trying to negotiate a deal to avoid that ban. as early as friday major league baseball is suspected to suspend a-rod and eight others suspected of using performance enhancing drugs. mlb is threatening to kick him out of the game all together. the new york daily news reports an investigation has turned up e-mails, text messages and other information showing rodriguez recruited athletes from the clinic and try to buy incriminating evidence. >>> george zimmerman was pulled over for speeding and police said he had a gun with him. it handed 25 miles east of dallas. zimmerman told the officer he had a gun in his glove compartment and was going, quote, nowhere in particular. the officer instructed him to slow down and released him with a verbal rp whatting. texas state law allows a person to carry a gun in a v

the three women were held in the former school bus driver's cleveland home. the deal spares castro the death penalty. >> do you understand that upon entering this plea you will never be released from prison. >> i know i was going to get what is thrown at me. >> the prosecution released new information about the victims including diaries they kept of their ordeal. they were chained at the ankle and forced to use plastic toilets that were rarely emptied. the victims are allowed to speak at the hearing but not expected to do so. >> florida neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman drove away with a warning after getting pulled over for speeding in texas. video shows an officer stopping george zimmerman in the dallas suburb on sunday. he told the officer he had a gun stashed inside his glove compartment. >> just checking. >> reduce your speed and slow down and just give you a warning. this is a warning. take it easy. >> texas officials said the officer handled the situation by the book. the stop came two weeks after george zimmerman was acquitted in the shootin

>> john yang in cleveland tonight for us. thanks. >>> a state of emergency in parts of missouri where days of heavy rain and flash flooding have left a 4-year-old boy and his mother dead. and have caused a lot of misery for many people in that region. weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is following up from waynesville, missouri, tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. you can see the rushing waters of the rooub hooub roubidoux creek behind me. it's still over its banks. rainfall at two to three inches an hour led to dangerous flash flooding and destruction. heavy storms pounded parts of southern missouri overnight. nine inches of rain fell in a few hours causing massive flooding to homes and businesses and left hundreds without power. >> we were able to effect several rescues from rooftop of vehicles and people pinned to trees by the force of the flood. >> reporter: officials issued mandatory evacuation orders. governor nixon declared a state of emergency and has called in the national guard. after a 4-year-o

what is your reaction to the scenes in cleveland? >> you know, i just think it is a wonderful way of putting this all behind and starting to move forward. i think for the women it would probably always be a reminder of a very bad nightmare they lived in. so to demolish it, i think that's wonderful and to hear -- i mean for the whole neighborhood, i think it was a bad thing. it wasn't our fault and put it behind and move forward. i think that's a great way of dealing with it. i think having it turned in to a park or something else is a wonderful idea. >> given the awful experience that you have had to endure as a father and it ended obviously happily for you but disastrously for so many, given that it ended well and it has for these three victims in cleveland, what is the best advice you would give them and indeed their families around them for how they can make a proper recovery? >> well, you know, i think everyone's journey through that recovery is different. you might find some that become very outspoken, want to help others. other

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