we have been watching former georgia congresswoman cynthia mckinney because she's traveling in the muslim world saying awful things awful things about her own country and we believe mr cain is being paid to do this but we can't confirm that but one of those awful so called awful things are just the truth congresswoman cynthia mckinney will join us live to set the record straight coming up and if. anything it's friday july twenty ninth four pm here in washington d.c. on this account for nothing watching our team. well instead of looking forward to a relaxing evening sorry weekend a relaxation this friday unfortunately this nation is still at the mercy of washington gridlock now d.n.a. is just around the corner as the august second deadline approaches and default looms prevent states and just how close are we according to our handy dandy little clock here four days seven hours and counting until doomsday now of course if you look at what's actually going on in washington yesterday the republicans in the house saw a huge defeat baner wanted to vote on his bill he was super embarrassed he had

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cynthia bowers will offer the triple-digit details. another high-level arrest and the resignation of britain's top cop, as the phone hacking scandal intensifies. elizabeth palmer in london tracks the fast-breaking developments. moving to motown: dean reynolds takes us to a detroit neighborhood reversing years of decline that's attracting young people. and top of the world: women's soccer has a new champion tonight. we recap the showdown between the u.s. and japan. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. it is relentless, dangerous, and gripping the country. a major heat wave this weekend has prompted officials in 17 states to issue heat warnings and advisories. take a look at the temperature map of the nation today. you'll find several large areas of 90s, and a patch that saw highs above 100 degrees. two hot weather-related deaths have been reported, and forecasters say the high heat is expected to spread over the next few days. cynthia bowers begins our coverage. >> adv

in new york city, this is "nightline," july 8th, 2011. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with today's british invasion. earlier tonight, heir to the british throne prince william and his bride, kate, the duchess of cambridge, arrived in los angeles as part of their north american visit. kate's first trip to the u.s. unusual amount of hoopla for hollywood outsiders. since their wedding in april, watched by m me than 1 billion people around the world, kate in particular has blossomed into a source of global fascination. abc's bob woodruff has been on the road with the royals. >> reporter: tonight the world's it couple, william and kate,e, arrived in hollywood. their second stop, a star-studded gala reception at the home of the british consul general. and in this town known for creating heroes and heroines, princes and princesses, they're finally getting to see the real thing. some spectators even breaking down in tears. >> i'm really excited. i'm really touched. this is very emotional for me. >> this is the best day of my life. >> reporter: while here, they will ru

we have been watching former georgia congresswoman cynthia mckinney and she's traveling in the muslim world saying awful things awful things about her own country well some say awful and some say she's just telling the truth and we'll hear from the congresswoman herself right here on r.t. . anything it's friday july twenty ninth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy capping off and watching our t.v. . well the race against the clock kicked into high gear at the eleventh hour here in washington earlier this evening house republicans finally passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling of course to cut twenty two billion dollars from next year's spending but it was largely a symbolic gesture in fact boehner might as well have added a pony to his bill he's not getting that either that's because legislation now has the senate with it where it is pretty much guaranteed to be voted down possibly as early as this evening and then of course it is back to square one and the senate majority leader will try to kick start the process of moving to a final vote on a new plan and while negotiations w

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libya but also in somalia in yemen those war materials are not on the table cynthia president obama's appeal directly now is need to the american people to pray. republican politicians are is this a way do you think of shoring up support in case it all goes wrong on tuesday so the republicans could take the blame or as you seem to desperate. well actually i'm engaged right now in a national tour which is why i am in new york city at the moment and what we are asking the people who participate in this national tool we're asking the audience to contact their member of congress and tell them to vote to defund all the u.s. wars and in particular to defund the bombing of libya. you know for most of us when we think about paying our debts we prioritized reducing our debt not increasing our borrowing and for in trouble want companies to issues be separated by lawmakers either the long term debt reduction plan of one and the raising of the ceiling on the other while the trial you do it all together. well they're doing it all together they're trying to do it all together because you have one p

sour note, cynthia bowers takes to us a cash-strapped school that is use its imagination to save its orchestra. and oldest medic, he's 76 years old and treating american soldiers in afghanistan. mandy clark will have his story. >> this is the captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. nearly two months after her trial began the case of casey anthony is et is to be in the hands of the jury tomorrow. closing arguments took place today and anthony, a 25-year-old single mother accused of killing her two-year-old daughter three years ago could face the death penalty if convicted. cbs news "48 hours" mystery correspondent troy roberts has been covering the case and has the latest. >> reporter: for three years casey anthony has fought the notion that she killed her own child caylee. >> mama, papa. >> reporter: in 2008 caylee was a spirited two-year-old girl. then a missing person. and a murder victim. casey was her 22-year-old single mom who raised caylee with her grandparents cindy and george, all living together under one

shameless plug time, cynthia, i'm start with you. >> read my column.about shameless republicans who don't care if the economy teeters over the abyss. >> christina. >> well, first happy birthday to david. but roll call, we have a little tidbit that some white house leaders are meeting with faith leaders about the deficit. >> if you need a compliment to first read check out the morning line at pbs news hour, our website. today we'll be interviewing ron paul. >> ron paul? who sits at 9% in our poll. he doesn't ever grow, though, he just sits there. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." tomorrow on the show, among my guests democratic senator chris koonce. next is chris "jansing & co." then andrea mitchell, joining her debbie wasserman schultz who had quite a dust-up questioned with a tea party republican. see you tomorrow. in cyber attacks. in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applications in the cloud. some companies are worried. some, not so much. thanks to a network that secures it all and knows what to

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 1st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. the sexual assault case against dominique strauss-kahn, the global banking titan, is one of these rare cases where the high profile and symbolic power to influence the way we think about our justice system as a whwhe, who would protect, who would punish. today, the whole case turned upside down. the prosecution is near collapse, the defendant is released from house arrest. we take a look at the stunning developments tonight for our series "crime and punishment." he walked out of the courthouse smiling. his glamorous wife right by his side. dominique strauss-kahn seemed like a new man. >> this defendant is charged with criminal sexual act in the first degree, attempted rape in the first degree. >> reporter: just sisi weeks ag, he looked like a broken man, hulking after a night in jail as he faced serious charges. but today, in court, the shocking reversal. prosecututs themselves publicly declared t

. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. in a remarkable abc news exclusive last night, jaycee dugard told diane sawyer the wrenching story of how she was kidnapped at age 11 by a convicted sex offender and held for 18 years. her self-possession and strength in telling her story in that interview and in the new book she's written made us all wonder how, how did she endure, display extraordinary courage? jaycee allowed us to interview not just her but also her therapist to begin to answer that estion. here's abc's diane sawyer. >> reporter: if there is a way to endure and triumph over hell, who would have thought an 11-year-old girl, jaycee dugard, would be the one to find it? her story is the story of hope. >> sometimes you just have to hold on to any kind of hope to survive. >> reporter: now 31 years old, dugard says surviving must be your strength and not your shame. it was an indetractable resilience and clinging to her dream that kept dugard alive during those 18 years. when her life changed, she was just 11 years old an

the attacker was cynthia apkaw. >> apkaw is extremely violent. she severely assaulted that inmate to the point she needed facial reconstructive surgery. so that's why we do what we do now for the precautions of these people. >> she disrespected me so i beat the crap out of her. i went out there and i beat her ass in the cell and i pulled her out. dragged her in the middle of the hall and started beating the [ bleep ] out of her. i stomped on her face and beat her head in the floor. >> i don't think you can ever prepare yourself for everything. for something that brutal, we've had fights before, but that one probably is real close to the top. it was very violent. and the young lady in question that was injured looked to be passed out with the last few kicks and she could not defend herself. so it was very bad. >> we're going to check the lock, apkaw. >> because apkaw got to her victim with blocking her lock with magazine pages, detention officers follow a strict protocol before entering her cell. first they cuff her up, then instruct her to lie do

cynthia and melissa, thank you for coming this way. did i get the story right?i have to -- i don't mean to be too politics-oriented, but do you know who your husband voted? >> the next day i said we had been so busy and i said what happened? he said, honey, i told him when i get this that ballot vote i looked pleased. my husband is so shy and quiet. >> i want to talk food, but in iowa, and you guys are a landmark restaurant, i now that the campaign started, is it kind of a drag because you're like, everybody's back drop or it's exciting? >> it's exciting. my grandfather loved talking politics. it's who we are. >> do people get snarky? >> i think we'll enjoy it, involved and being part of it in the midwest. people love the caucus time. >> all right. can we talk about magic mountains and volcanos now? >> absolutely. >> can you explain the magic mountain first? >> we are going to do texas toast. iowa ground beef, french fries and cheddar sauce. >> you do it differently? >> we steam it in a big vat. we do loose meat sandwiches. >> that is a weird term. >> it is, but

cynthia bowers, cbs news, cleveland. >>> coming up a little bit later on "the early show," more on scotth president obama, they discuss the debt showdown. and putting social security and medicare on the table. >>> plus a true american hero, an army ranger is honored for his bravery on the battlefield in afghanistan. >>> and how global warming could ruin your favorite bottle of wine. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching, everyone. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >>> with the august 2nd deadline approaching, both the white house and congressional leaders are bracing for what's expected to be a make or break week in the debt ceiling talks. joel brown is in washington with the latest on that. joel, good morning to you. >> terrell good morning to you. this week the tea party is flexing its muscle on capitol hill. the newly empowered republican faction is putting its own deficit deal up for a vote in the house. it has little chance of passing but a defeat may help convince them that it's time to compromise. the white house isn't giving up on a massive deficit reduction deal. >> there's time to get something big done. the president's made it clear he wants to do something substantial. >> reporter: with the default deadline just 15 days away, president obama and congressional leaders are scrambling to slash government spending and raise the debt limit. tomorrow the house is expected to vote on the republican's so-called cut, cap and balance plan. it calls for immediate cuts and aggressive cap on future spending, an

joining me to discuss the new maps are two commission members, they are cynthia dai, a democrat from san francisco, who's ceo of a high-tech company. and connie galambos malloy declined to state from oakland is an irving planning manager. welcome to both of you for being here. cynthia, explain how the commission's process of drawing lines differs from what we had before us before. >> for one, it's the first time the public has had a seat at the table. it was completely open and transparent. all of our meetings were live streamed. so anyone could see it. what we were doing and all of our decisions about the maps. >> belva: how did that make you feel? being there knowing that everything was being recorded that you were doing? >> well, much as you have, we get used to it. i think you get to a point where you tune it out and focus on the task at hand. and in a way, it has been rather freeing to know that there's nothing going on behind closed doors. there are no secrets as to how we've conducted ourselves as a mission. every piece of information that went into creating the maps is public

>> cynthia deitle: i do. >> kroft: why? >> deitle: the case bothers me. i feel like we failed, and not just the fbi, but law enforcement. >> kroft: cynthia deitle is a 15-year veteran of the fbi's civil rights division and, until recently, was in charge of the cold case initiative. of the 100 unsolved racially- motivated murders she's been charged with investigating, none has been more promising or frustrating than louis allen's. >> deitle: somebody knows something. some husband came home with bloody clothing. someone got drunk in a bar and said what he was doing last night. someone knows something. >> kroft: but in the early 1960s, people in and around liberty knew to keep their mouths shut. a violent chapter of the ku klux klan used cross burnings, abductions and murder to enforce the doctrine of white supremacy and to intimidate the black population, most of which lived in shacks with no electricity or plumbing, and were not allowed to vote. civil rights leaders like robert moses, who came south to help them register, were frequently the target of viol

cynthia, you are doing a marvelous job with that program.sica, you are a prime example of why we need that school. best of luck to you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> my honor. >> the controversy. michael bloomberg says that he puts ice in his beer. how do you get through those bottles, the tiny neck? we are going to ask our bus panelist with the new york mayor's shocking admission that is making headlines. >>> stay with us for president obama's news conference, 11:00 eastern is the time. you will see it live right here on cnn protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> checking top stories. britain's daley mirror reporting that news of the journalists you can successfully tried to get phone reports of the 9/11 victims. >>> the u.s. is withholding $800 million in military aid to pakistan. it is meant to pressure pakistan to crack down on militants. a heat wave could reach dangerous levels in parts of the midwest. temps are expected to go beyond 105 in 15 states. >>> kidnapping vi

. >> and cynthia brought her friend.s stevie giving you a hard time. >> good to see you. >> stevie is anxious now. >> once the cameras are rolling he got camera shy. yeah, but stevie is one-year-old terrier mix. he came to us at first but was in a foster home for a while but she has gotten social and sweet. >> love kids and kisses. >> and kisses and she is warmed up and good with other dogs and great with a family, not too small. she is very good to take care of. >> you have special thing, autographed beds, right? >> they have donated two dog beds. >> go to their website or call them. i'll put it on our website and learn about that and stevie. nice see see seeing. >> you that is going to do it for us. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. >> have a great day and great weekend. >> bye-bye.

this is cynthia, who's on social security. "if everyone shared in the idea of balancing our nation's budget issues and committe deficit. i would like to see revenue raised. at the same time, i would be willing to sacrifice some of my social security." and finally, sue from campton says, "my husband and i would be willing to pay higher income taxes and we would be in that higher tax bracket, to come up with a compromise to save this great nation. i hope that when you read this message, you'll understand that there's a majority of americans who are willing to sacrifice for our country. please find compromise. our great state of new hampshire and our country depends on it." well, i want to tell diane and david and sue and all the others who have called and e-mailed and written to me that i agree with them, we must act and we must compromise. and that's what i'm trying to do. that's why i've supported a comprehensive approach to dealing with this country's debt and deficits. it's an approach that's been bipartisan, offered by the

. >> on most days cynthia counts on her contact lenses to do the obvious, correct her vision.less she's out on the water. >> i do. i surf with them. absolutely. yes. they don't come out. >> the lenses she's wearing offer an increasingly popular feature more commonly associated sunglasses, protection from ultraviolet rays. >> this is an example of a uv-absorbing soft contact lens. you see it's soft there. >> san francisco open tom terrorist said they around colored by sun glasses and don't change what the eye sees. instead pollmers in the plastic lenses absorbs the light waves and prevents them from reaching the cornea. >> it provides protection to the structures of the cornia and the light behind that. >> the new lenses manufactured by several companies come in two classes with class one offering the best protection, blocking 96% of uv rays and is 1100% of uvb rays. >> even though, manufactures and the american optometric association say the lenses are no substitute for uv-rated sunglasses because the lenses don't cover the entire eye. they leave the whites of the eye unprotec

thank you to cynthia fong and her staff. -- clean audit again. and that concludes my report. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. colleagues, any comments or questions for either my report, or the executive director's? any public comment? public comment is closed. item five. >> item 5. reappoint jackie sachs to the citizens advisory committee. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. roll call. we have 10 ayes. commissioner mirkarimi: item 6 please. >> item 6. approve the fiscal year 2011/2012 transportation fund for clean air program of projects. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: comment, question? public comment? public comment is closed. roll-cacommissioner weiner: does include the projects around the schools, speed zones? the next item, sorry. >> [roll call] 11 ayes. commissioner mirkarimi: next item please. >> item 7. allocate $25,287,291 in prop k funds, with conditions, for fifteen annual requests, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amend three 5-year prioritizatio

. >> and cynthia brought her friend.ng you a hard time. >> good to see you. >> stevie is anxious now. >> once the cameras are rolling he got camera shy. yeah, but stevie is one-year-old terrier mix. he came to us at first but was in a foster home for a while but she has gotten social and sweet. >> love kids and kisses. >> and kisses and she is warmed up and good with other dogs and great with a family, not too small. she is very good to take care of. >> you have special thing, autographed beds, right? >> they have donated two dog beds. >> go to their website or call them. i'll put it on our website and learn about that and stevie. nice see see seeing. >> you that is going to do it for us. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. >> have a great day and great weekend. >> bye-bye. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating wle grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lowe our cholesterol, but fi

. >> cynthia lew is a mother of an elementary school student she worked on it for a month volunteering their time. one works for google. the maps are powered by the internet search giant. per school district it's one more tool to help them deliver the facts. >> california has a very complex school funding system. so any help we can help in that regard is certainly appreciated and any way we can make it clearer to parents we want to do that. >> they also have ways for parents to contact their local lawmakers. >>> some of the world's finest radio telescopes have fallen prey to budget cuts, that means the end of popular research for extra terrify es tree yals. >> as a place for radio as tron any, it is perfect. the 42 telescopes do nothing now. >> we have lost the research. >> it feels criminal. >> if you sense the frustration of the doctors bear in mind they are holding back as the result of state and federal budget cuts the hatch creek observatory is now in mothballs and deep space research abandoned perhaps indefinitely. >> we're talking science. that has always been my interest in it.

it just means the world to me to be able to do it. >> i'm cynthia smoot, fox news. >> that is cool tot. >> to see how excited they were and to have the patience to do that. >> the first flight. >> straight ahead at 6:00, whether you are staying at home or braving the crowds at the mat neil, we have effect you need to know to have fun on the fourth of july. we want you to stair your -- share your best places to watch the fireworks. >>> we are checking on your morning commute and weather. fox 5 morning news will be right back. what

>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia madden and bill weir ink city, this is "nightline," july 12th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. do you believe in miracles? well, the latest pew poll says that nearly 80% of americans do. and among the most fervent believers are those who say the virgin mary, the mother of jesus christ, appears and intervenes in lives regularly. even here in the united states. tomorrow night, my colleague bill weir has a special "primetime nightline" report examining those accounts. among the places he visits, alabama, wisconsin and a village in eastern europe where hundreds of thousands have gathered this summer hoping to visit something beyond belief. >> reporter: driving along the stunning coastline of the former yugoslavia, it's no surprise this has become one of the hottest tourist destinations anywhere. but turning inland, through out of the way farm land, it's stunning to think that nearly 40 million people have made this trek, all because they believe the virgin mary has been appearing here, regularly, for the

my name is cynthia carter.re in support of the mormon as well as to say the -- something similar as far as abuse from the sfpd. my son was in the car with his wife. he stopped at a stop sign, looked at the police. he made a left turn then followed him for a blocked until there was nowhere -- no one around to be a witness. she's got my son and his wife. they said that she ran a stop sign. he did not run a stop sign. he fixes his clothes. they run and jump to start leaving my son, who did nonesuch -- and did nothing or said nothing to them. this violence from the sfpd has to stop. it has to stop. it is really uncalled for. this really has to stop. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? would you please read the adoption without committee reference calendar? >> these are being considered without committee reference. these will be acted on with a single roll call vote unless a commissioner calls for an action item. >> would anybody like to sever any ite

. >> cynthia has noticed changes in her husband. >> we'll be driving a very familiar route and he'll say to me, how do i get home from here? and it's sad to see. >> you'll see contusions. >> reporter: dr. sam gandy, at mt. sinai school of medicine, shows how a brain injury, this white area, can lead to a huge loss of neurons and often, over the years, to dementia. wanamaker visits troops with brain injuries in afghanistan and iraqi, and know they could suffer the same way he suffers today. >> i feel bad for those guys. >> reporter: troops who face yet another risk in the years ahead. robert bazell, nbc news, buffalo. >>> and up next here tonight, the reason 12 million children took a moment today to sing the same song. >>> a well done goes out to los angeles tonight. all those warnings with carmageddon did pay off, including on this broadcast. people did stay away from the 405 freeway, which opened hours ahead of schedule after the big improvement project shut it down for a day and a half. during the work period, a bridge was demolished and lanes were widened, and it all went off wit

. >> announcer: from the grlobal resources of abc news, with terry moramoran, cynthia mcfadd and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 30th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. and we begin tonight with breaking news, in two of the highest profile cases in the land. starting with dominique strauss-kahn, the former imf chief a aused of raping a hotel maid. abc news has learned that the prosecution case is unraveling tonight after the manhattan district attorney's office discovered serious credibility issues with the alleged victim. we've confirmed a "new york times" report that authorities recorded the maid as she called a suspected drug dealer and discussed ways to profit from the charges. there are other big holes in her story that could lead to strauss-kahn's release from house arrest as early as tomorrow. and, in another twisting, turning legal drama, the casey anthony defense opened her florida trial by claiming she didn't murder here toddler, but lied about the accidental drowning because casey had been sexually abused by her own father, george anthony. well, to

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with er the cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," j jy 20th, 2011. >> good evening. well, it's not only hot, it's deadly hot. at least 22 people have died so far in the heat wave currently sweeping the country. and conditions will only get more dangerous in the coming days,, forecasters say. factors such as relative humidity of more than 0% and little or no wind are making temperatures that are already high feel downright unbearable. here's abc's john donvan with a snapshot of our sizzling states. >> reporter: it's all over the map this heat. 106 degrees in wichita. 98 in milwaukee. oklahoma city, 106. 99 in chicago. and while it seems to be going nowhere, this heat, it is, in fact, slowly sliding east, which is why the map, literally the map, has been in the headlines almost everywhere. hot colors we're not used to seeing. triple digit temperatures likely ahead for new york, philadelphia, washington. with 27 states in some sort of heat advisory, the almost predictable

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, and terry moran in orlando, florida,his is "nightline," july 5th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran, live here tonight in well, not guilty. that is what the jury decided today in casey anthony's murder trial. stunning verdict. and while the young florida woman was convicted on minor charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee, really, this was just a total victory for her. it means she's escaped a potential death sentence and might be free in days. the reverberations are only begins to be felt. this evening, a member of the prosecution team announced he would retire at the end of the week, after a 30-year career. and an attttney for the parents, george and cindy anthony, meanwhile, he tells abc news tonight thth the family has received death threats in the wake of this verdict. as if they haven't suffered enough. here's abc's ashleigh banfield. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. have you reached a verdict? >> reporter: it was a swift and shockin

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 15th, 2011. >>> good evening. i'm bill weir. a 16-year-old bride may seem like something from another culture or century. but did you know it's legal in 39 states? parents giving their blessing is one thing, but the 16-year-old bride you're about to meet is another. because the inspiring starlet is married to a hollywood actor more than three times her age. could their nuptials be a play for reality show-style attention, or is this a real love story? here's abc's lara spencer. >> am i your toy? >> you're my little -- >> plastic toy? >> my little plastic barbie doll. >> reporter: meet hollywood's most controversial newlyweds. doug hutchison is a 51-year-old actor. perhaps you remember him best as the abusive prison guard in "the green mile." >> they got all the men they need. >> reporter: and his wife? courtney stodden. she's an aspiring singer and actress. ♪ it's not my fault ♪ you can't control your guy >> reporter: believe it or not, the m

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 28th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. of the hundreds of thousands of children reported missing each year, only a tiny percentage, around 11 or less, are taken by complete strangers. that is one reality on the minds of the fbi child abduction specialists who have joined tonight's search for a missing 11-year-old girl in a small new hampshire town right near the canadian border. they also know that time is of thes sense. celina cass is her name, and abc's ron claiborne as her story. >> reporter: tonight, police were back at selencelina cass' hunting for any shreded of evidence that might lead them to the missing 11-year-old. it's the latest in the search for the young girl that allegedly went missing just over 72 hours ago. her parents say they last saw her around 9:00 monday night at the family computer. the next morning when they went to wake her up, she was gone. by that afternoon, the search was under way. police joined by border pa

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, the terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 14th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. and in the fairy tale version of sleeping beauty, a kiss is all that's needed to wake up a maiden. but the parents you're about to meet face this nightmare in real life. their daughter began to sleep for days, sometimes a week at a time, with seemingly no medical explanation. and their hunt for a cure became a life quest. abc's juju chang with what they finally found. >> reporter: louisa ball isn't your average oversleeping teenager. >> i think, oh, i'm going to lose my daughter again. >> reporter: she suffers from a rare disease that keeps her in bed, passed out, for weeks at a time, and has her parents losing sleep from worry. >> when you know she's asleep for that length of time, you feel as though you lost her for that period. >> reporter: the ordeal started two years ago, when a case of the flu triggered the beginning of louisa's extreme sleep episodes. >> it was a difficult time. worried sick

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 21st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm b bl weir. through countless interviews, a web cast and national tour, charlie sheen seemed to provide most of the western world with a front row seat to his epic meltdown this spring. but that was his version. tonight, we hear from a woman who was really in the room. a farm girl and pre-med student turned porn star and goddess of the sheen estate. after leaving the scorned sitcom star, she decided to tell her version of events, and does just that with abc's dan harris. >> reporter: she was one of the star players in charlie sheen's alternate universe. >> these are my girlfriends. the women that i love, that have completed the three parts of my heart. >> reporter: and now, bree olson is lifting the curtain for the first time, revealing this situation to be even stranger than we already thought. so, how did a farm girl from indiana end up in the middle of this bizarre love try angle? well, first, it helps to b

. >>> from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 19th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. they're the most powerful media family in the world. the murdoch clan. and all his professional life, the billionaire patriarch rupert has been asking the questions, not answering them. well, all that changed today, when he and his son and a top lieutenant were called before the british parliament to explain the criminal behavior of journalists at one of their tabloid papers. the murdochs have issued a public apology. but the public uproar continues. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: he's the godfather of a media syndicate that he runs like a family business. a $40 billion business that probably touches your life every day. are you a gleek? that's'swn fox, owned by news corp. "mr. popper's penguins," distributed by news corp. fox news channel, theirs, as well. so is "the wall street journal," "the new york post" and five of brit tape's most popular newspapers. rupe rupert's net worth is in the $7