>> she is running cynthia mckinney's u.s. leg of the journey. she is from the anticapitalist group called the international action center founded by saddam hussein's defense attorney. >> bill: okay. so i don't believe for a second that cynthia mckinney is running around the world and not getting paid. who do you really think is behind all of this. >> we think it's the iranian regime. here is what happens. in may she goes to iran for a peace conference. okay? which is ironic. mahmoud ahmadinejad was the keynote speaker. now, she claims that she wasn't paid to speak there but they wouldn't answer my question about who paid her travel expenses? now, she insisted that ngo's were sponsoring the conference, nongovernmental organizations. we found out the university of tehran was one of the sponsors, that's a state-run university. >> bill: all right. so we can assume that iran paid for her to go and libya paid for her to go to spout anti-propaganda against her own country. is this illegal in any way, shape, or form. >> she claims that libya didn't pay.

>> reporter: good evening, cynthia. what a day it has been here. what a week it has been here.evolution in this country seemed caught in a stalemate for months, but suddenly in the last few days, major advances by the rebels, with help from the u.s. and nato in the skies, cull min napted today in the storming of gadhafi's compound. as for gadhafi, we don't know where he is, but he allegedly, apparently spoke on local radio tonight, vowing to fight back, saying that his retreat from his compound was tactical. but given the scale of the defeat he has faced over the last few days, it's very hard to see how w can come back. it was early afternoon when the rebels broke through. triumphant day for a rag tag army that has been backed by the u.s. and europe. a two-square mile forbidden city that was both home and military headquarters more moammar gadhafi. this country's brutal dictator who tortured his people and taunted the world. we're now approaching. i've been through these gates just a couple of weeks ago with gadhafi's government minders taking us through. they told us what we c

in new york city, this is "nightline," august 16th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a crime story worthy of hitchcock. the suspect in the case was after money and he thought he knew how to get it out of a certain rich man. the crux of his plan was to go after the rich man's teenage daughter. not to physically harm her, even to kidnap her, but to threaten her life in an unusually diabolical way. to make her family so afraid they wouldn't even call police. here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: it's now wednesday morning in australia and this young heiress is finally breathing a sigh of relief. >> i'm pretty sure we think we've got him. >> we're feeling good. >> no doubt. >> reporter: 18-year-old madeleine pulver believes australian authorities found the man who broke into her home and strap what she thought was a collar bomb to her neck. remarkably, the arrest went down almost 10,000 miles away in louisville, kentucky. investigators collared and charged this australian businessman, 50-year-old paul doug peters. they arrested the father of three he

but as cynthia bowers shows us, a ba ke >>> >>> a touch of normalcy in tornado raged joplin, missouri. today kids returned to class. >> as cynthia bauer shows us a bay area woman made sure she got them covered. >> reporter: plenty of hugs, a few tears and a lot of new outfits. the first day of school is a right of passage but here in joplin, it is the biggest benchmark so far in the long road to recovery. >> the first time that we drove through there it just suction all the air out of you. it is just so unbelievably devastating and terrible. >> and you wanted to help? >> i did, sure. everybody wanted to help. >> reporter: susan stewart lives 25 miles away this pittsburgh, kansas. >> i don't have a chain saw and i don't know how to drive a bulldozer and i can't put a new roof on. two days after the tornado it just struck me that i always had a new dress for the first day of school. and so i asked ladies to make garments. it is just the right thing to do. >> reporter: she reached out online to the sewing community and she got handsewn addresses including this one from san jose, californ

[laughter] cynthia ann parker. on may 19, 1836, a band of indians attacked parker' fort on the fringes of the comanche frontier this newly-formed republic of texas. in the skirmish that followed, five texans were killed and five others taken captive including 9-year-old cynthia ann parker and her younger brother, john. the little girl would become one of the most renowned indian captives in the history of the west. both of the parker children quickly adjusted to the comanche culture. john became a warrior and took part in several raids while cynthia ann lived as a comanche for almost 25 years. she eventually married a chief and bore him two sons and a daughter. their first born son, quanah, became the last great war chief of the comanches. in 1860 texas rangers swept down on a comanche village killing many inhabitants andic thatting others captive including the long lost cynthia ann and her 2-year-old daughter, prairie flower. they were returned to parker family members, but her many years living with the tribe had

cynthia ann parker. on may 19th, 1836, a band of indians attacked parker's for and the comanche front here in the republic of texas. in the skirmish that followed five texans were killed and five others were taken captive including 9-year-old cynthia ann parker and her young her brother john. a little girl who had become one of the -- in the history of the west. those with children adjusted. john became a warrior and cynthia lived with the comanche for 25 years. she married the chief and bore him two sons and a daughter. their firstborn son became the last great war chief of the comanches. ian 1860 texas rangers led by captain sold ross swept down on the comanche village killing many inhabitants and taking captive including the long lost since the and -- cynthia. and her daughter. for many years living with the tribe changed her. she had nothing in common with her white relatives and begged to be returned to indian family. her escape attempt failed and when her daughter died in 1864 she lost all hope. br

cynthia tucker?oing to promote a friend's book, cameron mcwho arer, "red summer" about a little known chapter in american history. in 1919 whites provoked race riots against blacks. it was economy competition, but it's little talked about these days. >> all right. >> atop national journal.com is a piece about rick perry's problems with the right. read it now. >> all right. that's it. we'll all do that. we've got a lot of reading in the next 24 hours. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." tomorrow we're on the road with the president, live from the quad cities, hurry up and name all four of them. chris jansen up next, and then don't miss andrea reports at 1:00. good-bye from beautiful dubuque. does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. for the efficient absorption my body needs. we share. shop from anywhere. and are always connected. we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a s

. >> a aouncer: from the global recourses of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 30th, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with a health crisis in a billion dololr business. the adult film industry. where production shut down temporarily on monday, after it was revealed that an actor had tested positive for hiv. a similar shutdown in 2004 led to calls for condoms to be required in all porn productions. but the industry, including its actors resisted such a move. and now it's happened again. here's abc's david wright for our series, "modern sex in america." >> reporter: it's a 10 to $15 billion industry. bigger than professional baseball, football and basketball combined. and again the a alt entertainment industry is at a stand still because an unidentified performer has tested positive for the aids virus. >> animals have more protection in the making of films than porn performers. how many cases do they have to have before taking it seriously? >> reporter: performing porn may be taking your life in your hands. so,

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with us today, new york magazine's john holman, cynthia tucker, the "new york times's" helene coopernd "time" magazine's richard sten gal. the very fact of president barack obama is a resounding affirmation. two generations later of dr. martin luther king's dream. it was 42 years ago today that dr. king talked about america as a shining city on the hill. that seemed to be coming true two years ago today when barack obama wove that into his speech. >> that promise 45 years ago today brought americans from every corner of the land to stand together on the mall in washington before lincoln's memorial and hear a young preacher from georgia speak of his dream. >> he went on to win 43% of white votes in that election and that may sound low but democrats never win a white majority. bill clinton got 43% of the white votes back in 1996. al gore got 42%, john kerry got only 41% of white votes in 2004. obecause meas' 24% was on the high end. last november's she lacking of democrat -- shellacing of democrats beat a retreat. democrats got only 37% of white votes last november. 37%. it's all very

i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with what increasingly appears to be a murder investigation. it's playing out on the caribbean island of aruba. tomorrow, it will be two weeks since robyn gardner, a 25-year-old woman, disappeared after traveling to the island with a man she met online. he's now under arrest and his troublesome past is coming to light. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: arubans again find their tiny sun swept island the setting another possible murder mystery. with gary giordano, at first blush a bereaved boyfriend who claimed his travel companion had gone missing while snorkeling, now led out of a police station in disgrace. the only suspect in the disappearance of 35-year-old robyn gardner. this evening prosecutors ordered giordano held for another 16 days, here in aruba's kia prison. that's nearly twice as long as they'd originally pushed for. >> it was a good day, yes, but it's not yet the moment to declare a victory, of course. >> reporter: investigators suspect foul play in robyn's disappearance. friends say the 35-year-old frfr maryland just wanted t

it was so perfect, cynthia, we had launched on our brothers. we stayed there for the next 3 hours, and closed the cafe. sara said this brother sister thing is huge and no one writes about it, no one talks about it, the affect our brothers and sisters has on us. this is your next book, this is what you need to write. are you kidding me, i could never write anything so personal, never. that is how it started. when you >> when you were working on this, friends, you would talk about my relationship with my difficult older brother, what happened? what doors opened up, what did you learn about what people carry around about their siblings? >> it is huge. so many share this. it is like the asian flu. the first year of trying to work on this, i couldn't do it, so i approached it like a reporter. i was dancing around what it was really about, which is the red hot emotions between the 2 of us and where it had come from. i spent a year reporting, interviewing every expert, i flew the london, and the importance of relationships and psychoanalysis. >> did y

cynthia/auxilio al pequeno antes de morir 1:04 que se vaya al cielo en paz, que este bien en el cielo que cuide a su familia 1:11 cynthia fue una de las ultimas personas que vio al pequeno con vida. 1:38 no mas recordando como me miraba el nino, peleando por su vida pero no pudo 1;45 ella trato de mantenerlo despierto despues de que una bala perdida, dirigida presuntamente a un pandillero, lo impacto a el, robandoles el aliento a plena luz del dia la semana pasada en oakland. :34 a penas estoy recuperandome por que estos dias fue muy duro para mi, aunque no lo conoci ni nada, no mas estaba ayudando a su familia :44 la tragedia ha estremecido a la ciudad y hoy a su funeral hasta asistio la congresista federal barbara lee..... 30:25 muchas gracias por acompanarnos y muchas gracias por el apoyo que nos dieron muchas gracias 30:30 el padre del pequeno expreso su profundo agradecimiento por el apoyo recibido a la salida de la iglesia. pilar nino 24:15 al servicio hoy asistieron algunas personas que ni siquiera conocian a la familia, otros que tampoco viven en esta ciudad ese es el caso de

cynthia bowers, cbs news, joplin, missouri. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org the richmond bridge look like a parking lot. the armed man that has forced a 7 hour long freeway shutdown. >>> parts of 580 and the richmond/san rafael bridge look like a parking lot. an armed man that has forced a seven-hour-long freeway shutdown. >>> bay area agencies combining resources and sharing space. it seemed like a great idea at the time. why politics and politicians are now standing in the way. >>> and it's become the most well known name in leaked data. the latest attack on bart courtesy of "anonymous." >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin. >>> well, traffic is moving at a crawl. the root of the problem, police say, is an armed man holed up in a hotel in san rafael. the bridge was completely closed and now it's re-opened. westbound 580 is closed at sir francis drake. eastbound 580 is closed at the 101 off-ramp. the

cynthia bowers reports. >> how are you?here were plenty of hugs, a few tears, and a lot of new outfits. the first day of school is a rite of passage but here in joplin it's the biggest benchmark so far in the long road to recovery. seamstress susan stewart lives 25 miles away in pitsburg, kansas. >> i don't have a chainsaw, i don't know how to drive a bulldozer, can't put a roof on. two days later it struck me i always had a new dress for the first day of school so i asked ladies to make garments. it was just the right thing to do. >> reporter: she reached out online to the sewing community and in less than three months she got more than 1,400 hand sewn dresses from all around the country, including this one from cindy smith in san jose, california. >> once you've seen that kind of devastation, you go, oh my god, that's just awful. how could somebody go through with that, it's devastating for a child to lose everything, this is something i can do to give back and gave me a chance to sew for little girls. >> reporter: last n

. >> david druker and matt mccove yak and cynthia tucker, all joining me now.he jobs numbers but david. what we're looking at is an economy either stalled or going backwards. and very few options for the president. this is a field day for republicans. >> well, look, all of this is about expectations and what i find interesting is that 117,000 jobs created when need more than 250,000 a month to actually do something about unemployment, is considered good news. because the expectations were so much worse. for the president, he's in a tough spot. i often find over the years presidents get more credit and more blame than they deserve. and there's very little he can do about this except try and put into policies -- put in place policy that's can create an atmosphere for job creation. i think he'll have a tough time making a dent in the unemployment rate between now and next summer and that's a huge problem for his re-election. >> the news for republicans is that they -- it's almost a free shot for them, matt, if you're a republican strategist on any of these campaig

[laughter] cynthia anne parker.on may 19th, 1836, a band of indians attacked parker's fort on the fringes of the commanche frontier in the newly reformed texas. in the squirmish that followed, five from texas were killed and five others were held captive including 5-year-old sippet ya and her younger brother john. the little girl would be one of the most renown captives in the west. both of the parker children adjusted to the commanche culture. john was a warrier and took part in raids and cynthia anne lived as a commanche for 25 # years eventually marrying the chief and bore him two sons and a daughter. their first born son was the last great war chief of the commanche. in 1860, texas ranger led by captain saul swept down on a village killing many and taking others captive including the long lost sippet ya anne and her 2-year-old daughter. they were returned to parker family members, but her years living with the tribe changed her. she had nothing in common with her white relatives and begged to be returned to her

cynthia bowers was at the fairgrounds today, and spoke with families and friends who are dealing withragedy. >> ♪ there is nothing about you... ♪ >> reporter: hundreds of people gathered this morning at the indiana fairgrounds to remember the five who died in saturday's stage collapse. >> it's a day where we're saddened by the loss and injury of loved ones. >> reporter: 14-year-old natalie byrd's dad was high above the stage waiting to operate a spotlight when the powerful winds raked the fair. >> he always tells the story about how he always got to climb in the air and do other things that could be dangerous, but we never imagined this would happen. >> reporter: in his last moments you can see nathan byrd climbing the rigging to his position. just minutes before the show was set to start, the crowd of 12,000 was warned bad weather was on the way and were told where to seek shelter if they wanted. organizers were reportedly discussing whether to cancel the show when a 60- to 70-mile-per- hour wind gust sent the steel girders-- and nathan byrd-- tumbling into the crowd. >> they told us

thank you both for joining us, cynthia and shawn. the interesting question. the president has three options. put up a big harry truman-type plan. big and democratic. lots of jobs, lots of spending, borrowing, but do it the democratic way. put people to work. dare the republicans to vote against it. number two, compromise a little of this, a little of that or roll over and give them what they want, more business tax cuts. the options. where should he go? >> b and c are about the same, chris. compromising with republicans is rolling over. that's virtually what happened in the debt ceiling debate. there were absolutely no tax increases, because the republicans wouldn't give in at all, and the president did. he absolutely needs to be harry trouping. >> give him something that you have to choke on. >> you have got to -- even if he proposes small things, they're not going to vote for it. they're going to say no. why not be big, be bold, be imaginative and hang it around the republicans' necks. >> my big question. why wouldn't the president tell us what he would do

we are previewing some of the fall 2011 books and we are at the chicago review press stand with cynthia sherry who is the publisher of the chicago review press. first of all, tell us what your organization is. >> we're a publisher mostly nonfiction books. we've been in business since 1973. and we publish about 60 titles a year. on a variety of topics. african-american interests. we have several different imprints and one of them does african-american interest, progressive politics, feminism. that's lawrence hill books and chicago review books does an eclectic mix of nonfiction including popular science, travel, history. >> are you private or associated with a university? >> no we're independently owned, independently minded, yes. >> well, let's look at some of these coming-up books and let's start with andrew tabler. >> yeah, andrew tabler is a journalist -- he's one of the only western journalists in syria at the time. and he worked both with the syrian -- reported with the syrian government of bashar assad's government and also was a western journalist and he started an english langua

thank you, cynthia, as always. you're smiling, guys, i don't know why.ere's congresswoman maxine waters, who's not smiling in the house this ank. let's listen to her. she's from los angeles. >> mr. speaker, i can honestly say if this bill passes, it may be the single worst piece of public policy to ever come out of this institution. i cannot support this bill. this rule. and i urge my democratic colleagues not to be com police knit a republican plan to eventually cut medicare, social security, medicaid and investment in our future. all while asking the rich to sacrifice nothing. >> huh. you know, john, that reminds me working on the hill. her speechwriter, further left more angry than she is subpoena that is. i sympathize. will this have the president to face a challenge in the next election? like jimmy carter in '79? so mad about this deal, like malaise? >> i don't think so. the deal's not that bad. i think obama made a big mistake getting himself into a situation where he's paying a ran stock market avoid catastrophe. >> falk about that. stay on that.

>> cynthia. >> reporter: mother of five, cynthia caldwell has a job at a nursing home. >> i can't qualifyp me feed my children. >> reporter: why don't you qualify? >> $38 over. i make too much. >> reporter: are there a lot working that are in your shoes? >> oh, yeah, i tell everyone this is a blessing. i have corn. i have onions, and i have carrots. >> reporter: there was something about cynthia's spirit, heher smile. i wanted to see just how she's making it all work for her family. hello. how are you? even though she had just come off a grueling shift at work. you went straight from a 16-hour shift to a food pantry? >> yes. >> reporter: why was that? because i needed the stuff. >> reporter: she works weekends. her husband works during the week. that way one of them is always there to watch the children. >> i feel overwhelmed sometimes that if you're not very thrifty, you mightn't be able to survive this economy.. my husband and i we do want to work two, three jobs if we could do that, but what quality of life would the children have? we want them to have a good family life at home with m

como antesala a "miss universo", mnica noguera y cynthia olavarra se unen para dar a conocer a las candidatas telemundo que le presentara las reinas latinoamericanas habra acceso a ensayos y actividades previas al certamen. este programa tambin contar con ximena navarrete, quien compartir los momentos ms significativos de su aÑo como soberana de la belleza universal. sot mira yo te digo algo que paso en las vegas nos sorprendio mucho muchas de las latinas que veiamos por alla eran profesionistas ,economistas, medicinas hay mujeres muy preparadas entonces se hace mucho mas dificil la competencia sot ya tu sabes esas cositas.. yo creo que por eso sintonizan el programa quieren saber que pasa detras de bastidores y uno le puede llevar esos tips vo recuerden que no se pueden perder este especial de miss universo 2011 el proximo 12 de septiembre a las 8 / 7 centro es todo de mi parte.. ahora regreso con ustedes a los estudios. take vo ---continuan los rumores sobre un posible amorio entre el actor cubano william levy y la actriz y cantante jennifer lopez... ---el sitio britanico "daily mail" dio a

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden, and bill weirn new york city, this is "nightline," august 10th, 2011. >>> good evening, all. i'm bill weir. an american woman missing in aruba. might sound like a headline from six years ago, back when alabama student natalee holloway disappeared on that caribbean island and was never s sn again. but now a second woman has vanished there, and this time the case is complicated by the fact that those closest to her, including her live-in boyfriend back home in maryland, didn't even know she was taking the trip. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: even before her disappearance became the latest mystery to blemish aruba's coast, robyn gardner's life was already shrouded in secrets and lies. the 35-year-old dental assistant left her home in maryland on sunday, july 31st. she told her live-in boyfriend, richard forrester, she need aid vacation. >> she told me she was going to orlando with her family on a short vacation tuesday to thursday to go to their timeshare. >> reporter: it was the first of a ta

we are just getting a report from cynthia mcfadden. a building in manhattan, 31-story building w 15 feet of water in the building. the fear is they can't get the water out. there could be an explosion. so there is still danger. >> absolutely. and when you hear the isolated incidents. it doesn't matter if it's a hurricane or a strong storm. maryland is one of the many states that declared a state of emergency today and jim scuitto is in ocean city. you are getting hit by the back of the storm and there is progress being made there. >> reporter: there is progress. it's interesting. the winds have died down but they have just picked up. but from the opposite direction. they are not coming from on shore, gusting up to 30 40 500 miles an hour as we get into the back end of the storm. but things are improving here. we have using the waves as a barometer. and now the waves, much further back. in fact, earlier this morning, we saw dolphins swimming in the waves,s, things have gotten calmer. and the damage here issuch less than expected. they w

cynthia, thank you. >>> coming up, rick perry says president obama is the greatest threat to americathe greatest threat to merc is what rp vp saying -- saying the fed chairman is treasonist and will get the ugly treatment down in texas. i guess it's like, steenphenson getting spit on down there. what is this? treasonist treatment? is this guy really running for president with this kind of talk? is it this bad? we want something like this? >>> you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advanced mobile broadband experience to help move business... forward. ♪ it's pro-cool technology releases armies of snowmen masseuse, who cuddle up with your soreness and give out polar bear hugs. technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. go to bengay.com for a 5-dollar coupon. >>> president obama, all-time low in the gallup poll. 39%. three times as good as

i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with the results of hurricane irene. a natural disaster that has many americans in deep distress tonight. the floods are devastating from north carolina to vermont, virginia to upstate new york. roads impassable. houses under water. livelihoods washed away. in many place, the hurricane dropped raininor two days straight, into earth that was already saturated. the results are fearsome to behold. here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: hurricane irene may have finally disintegrated and left the scene, b b she has still left her mark. >> here it comes. >> reporter: in vermont of all places she was unexpectedly devastating. they haven't seen floods like this in over half a century. the waters tearing through homes and bringing down those old historical bridges. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the floodwaters even got into local fire departments here. >> the water level got right here. >> reporter: in some areas here in the catskills mountains of new york, flooding was truly out of control. >>>>t's starting to come up high on the p

. >> announcer: frfr the global resources of abc news,ith terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 25th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, we're looking at a historic weather event now. it's rare that storms this big and this violent take aim at major american cities along the eastern seaboard, but that is what's apparentry happening with hurricane irene, now a category 3 hurricane, with winds of 115 miles per hour. irene blew past flolorida todayn its way toward landfall in the carolinas, sometimes early afternoon saturday. the big question, where does it go from there? here's abc's matt gutman for our coverage of hurricane irene. >> reporter: hurricane irene rumbled over the bahamas today, bending palms like rubber, toppling trees and ripping boats right out of the water. mike tice caught the brunt of it in nassau this morning. >> wind gusts around 75 or 80 miles an hour and this wind and rainin combined is absolutely ferocious to stand outside in front of. >> reporter: and even before making landfall in the u.s., the stor

. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin t tight in libya. a country in the midst of revolutionary change. the country's capital, tripoli, was swept with chaos and confusion as u.s.-backed rebel and forces established a foothold. for 42 years moammar gadhafi has ruled the country with an iron fist. tonight, he is in hiding. but his son seif gadhafi is not, despite reports earlier in the day that seif had been captured by rebel force. late this evening, he appeared on the shoulders of supporters in the capital insisting his father's regime still maintains control of the city. abc's chrhrtiane amanpour reports on how we've arrived that the pivotal moment. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: in the midst of the bloody battle for tripoli, moammar gadhafi, isolated, in hiding, still managed to get this message out last night. [ speaking foreign language ] we will never surrender, he promised. he's been saying that from the start. but this time it sounded like a death rattle for a regime that has very little chance of surviving. [ speaking foreign language ]

>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden, terry moran, bill weir and, tonight, juju chang in new york ty, this is "nightline," august 17th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm juju chang. receiving babies is a crime that happens every day on the international black market. it become as sophisticated as it is highly ofitable. tonight, we meet a striking blond, a single mother on a quest to adopt a sibling for her daughter. buff she stumbled onto this underground world. and what she did next is breathtaking. here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: she's the socialite and single mother who was roped into being an unlikely but highly effective crime fighter. the story started in 2009, when taylor stein, daughter of a legendary new york city rock promoter and a boldfaced name on the social scene, decided she wanted a sibling for her daughter. she looked into foster care and private adoption, but neither worked out. >> i was heartbroken because it was something that i always wanted to do and i was on a mission. >> reporter: but then, she met a lawyer named hilary neima

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 3rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. and we begin tonight with what could be a break in one of the most intriguing cold cases in our country's history in the early '70s, a hijacker calling himself d.b. cooper jumped from a flight and disappeared in the woods of the pacific northwest. his fate remained unknown. his true identity a mystery, that is, perhaps, until now. thanks to this exclusive interview with abc's pierre thomas. >> i'm certain he was my uncle, lynn doyle cooper. >> reporter: this woman has reignited the investigation into the only unsolved hijacking in u.s. hihiory. her name is marla cooper. and she says her uncle is the infamous hijacker,.b. cooper. this is not an alias, you believe that your uncle was d.b. cooper. >> yes, i do. >> reporter: the identity of d.b. cooper has bebe a mystery since november 24th, 1971, when a man calling himself dan cooper hijacked and threatened to blow up a passenger jet flying from port

. >> announcer: from the grow ball resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," august 2nd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. the story of jaycee dugard shocked the nation and revealed the failures of the nation's legal system in deeming with sexual predators. kidnapped when she was just 11 years old, jaycee dugard was held captive for 18 years. a sexual prisoner of phillip and nancy garrido. probation officers repeatedly visited the home but they never found the missing girl. well, tonight, the prosecutor in this case has released disturbing new home movies that show how the older woman here, nancy garrido, stalked and videotaped other little girls to fulfill her husband's perverse desires. david wright brings us the story from california for our series, "crime and p pishment." >> reporter: convicted child rape is phillip garrido used to play guitar in playgrounds. his wife working the camera would zoom in on the kids. she was more than just the loyal wife of a sociopath. >> you got me real goo

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 4th, 2011. >> thanks for joining us, everyone, , m bill weir. well, the closing bell on wall street was hardly a death knell tonight, but it was certainly an indication of just how sick our economy is these days. and that sickness, only compounded by fear. anyone with a 401(k) can reasonable worry that unemployment might crash that euro might crash, that unemployment could get worse that recession would be our new normal. but in an effort to replace some of that fear with knowledge, we asked some smart people the four big questions of the day. so, how bad was it really? it was bad. the drop in the dow, the worst since the great recession crash of late '08. >> tough day on wall street today. >> today's massive selloff on wall street.t. >> stocks around the world take a major tumble. >> reporter: both nasdaq and the s&p were down around 5% and today caps a brutal couple weeks. the markets have gobbled up almost $1 trillion in wealth over tha

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden d bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 19th, 2011. > good friday evening, all. i'm bill weir. dna evidence and johnny depp. the three convicts you're about to meet had both on their side. and that proved to be enough to set them free from prison today. but 18 years ago, when they were rebel teens in their town, accused of a gruesome, satanic murder of three young boys, dna tests weren't available and there were no celebrities around to take up their cause. here's our jim avila for our series "crime and punishment." >> reporter: it's a case so stunning, so controversial, it became a major cause celebre, with actors and musicians like johnny depp, the dixie chicks' natalee maines, and pearl jam's eddie vedder. >> i'm here to show my support for the west memphis three. >> reporter: speaking out for the defendants. three little cub scouts hogtied and left in an arkansas didih, and three teenagers enamored with satanic rituals arrested. it made headlines all over the country, even b

. >> reporter: cynthia morrison with the navy s.e.a.l. foundation, a nonprofit supporting s.e.a.l. families, estimates that half of the 2,600 elite commandos are based in the greater norfolk area. the other half call coronado, california, and san diego home. in such a small group, the loss of 22 is magnified. >> we pray every day that they do come home, and this weekend unfortunately they're going to be a lot of guys not coming home. >> reporter: eight other u.s. service members died in the crash, among them, john brown, a native of northwest arkansas. his mother called the special forces medic a humble healer. >> if there is a comfort in this situation, i'm so proud of my son. so very proud of him. >> reporter: 30-year-old patrick hamburger was a sergeant in the nebraska air national guard. he is survived by his fiancee and 2-year-old daughter. and army reserve specialist spencer duncan, just 21, served as door gunner on the chinook. and the next difficult step for the families of the fallen is to wait for the bodies of their loved ones to be flown back here to american soil. carl

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 18th, 2011. >> thanks for joining us, everyone, i'll bill weir. so, early in the spring, i checked into a hotel in ukraine and after unlocking my dingy room, the bellman held up a well-worn piece of paper which read, "you want woman?" i was there to do a story on america's biggest international match makers the modern term for what was known as a broker of mail order brides. the bellman, pimp, seemed to confirm suspicions about the romance tour i'd come to see, but we found a story much more completion, one filled with expectation and exploitation, love and heartbreak. friday night, odessa, eukraine. this is what a social mixer looks like on a so-called romance tour. you can tell because the local women outnumber the american men about 10 to 1. and right in the thick of it? that's bob. he just spent 4,000 bucks and traveled 5,00000 miles, not to dance with taller, younger women, per se, though he doesn't mind that part. he says he's come h

now, steve, i know that our principles, you are opposed to what cynthia tucker just proposed.ou think extending these unemployment benefited a infinitum is bad, bad, bad. let me ask you something, if you pull away extended unemployment benefits from people who are out of work. doesn't that hurt the economy because then they don't have money to spend and that hurts the shop owners, that hurts, you know, people who are providing their gas and utilities because they can't pay their bills and then the economy stalls even worse. >> you don't create jobs and employment by paying people to stay unemployed. that's essentially what the unemployment insurance program does. look, i don't have a problem with providing someone with three or six months of unemployment benefits if they fall hard on their luck and lose their jobs. as you know, juan, we are now paying people almost two years of benefits and the statistics in evidence is very clear on this. the longer you provide people unemployment benefits, the longer they stay unemployed and the less they look for a new job. they starlight l

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 26th, 2011. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. welcome to a special west coast edition of our show. the eastern u.s. tonight is in a state of emergency because of this massive storm, hurricane irene. it is a powerhouse. just take a look. driving waves to heights of 30 feet near its center and creating tropical storm-level winds being felt over an area 600 miles wide. here's the latest updated map. the very latest of irene's expected path. as you can see, the storm is still on course for a direct hit on the carolina coast, new york city, and boston. abc's matt gutman joins me live now from nags head, north carolina. matt, the storm is coming ashore there on the outer banks. what are you seeing and feeling? >> reporter: terry, with each passing hour the storm is intensifying here. just over the past couple of hours a tornado spawned within the hurricane out at sea. you can basically just see a a g patch of white. you can't even see the atlan

cynthia says she was there. >> he just let his head go. i was holding his head and he couldn't stay awake no more. >> reporter: many people had a story to tell, but the message was clear -- >> enough with the speeches! enough talking about enough is enough. it needs to start today. >> the victim's mother was at the vigil to hear the support from the community. we spoke with her earlier about her son's chilling premonition. >> translator: a week ago he said, mommy, i'm going to die. and i said, don't say that. so i didn't want to let him out because i fear that he could be run over for something. >> reporter: it turned out to be more tragic. >> it's sad, period. that's dad. this shows everything about the hope in oakland. this is a child lost, a mother lost her child over a black and white crime. >> god, we need your help. we need your help in this city. help us, lord. help us! >> reporter: there is an effort under way to help the family with funeral costs. wells fargo opened up an account in the little boy's name. and there is a car wash s

our panelists tonight are cynthia avitia. mary giovagnoli. in practic practiced, mary. and professor bill hing. and nellie reyes, an immigrant community advocate. we begin tonight dialogue by hearing from each of our panelists. following that, we will hear invited testimony from several individuals directly impacted. the panel will be discussing a number of issues around comprehensive immigration reform. >> good evening. i just want to thank you all. i want to say that think we all sound more like experts when we quote his research three-time representing the office of congresswoman zoe lofgren. i was told to talk a little bit about our personal connection to immigration. i think that's easy for me. i'm the only person in my family born in the united states. my family is from mexico did my grandfather was recruited to work here in the united states during world war ii. my father emigrated here. i sister and my mother emigrated in 1967. we have very different experiences for all three of those members of my family. in my entire professional life, i was looking back. i've

." >> i'm cynthia mcfaden, coming up next on "nightline" an incredible tale of extortion. how police got their man. and psychic detectives. can they really help police >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> two teenage hikers found themselves stuck on the edge of a cliff without ropes or climbing gear. a special mountain climbing rescue team had to be called in. the firefighters then lowered them down the face of the 300-foot cliff one at a time. neither teenager suffered any injuries. >>> standard and poors down graded google's stock rating from buy to sell. s&p says google's decision to buy motorola is risky. the $12.5 billion includes 17,000 patents that could help google defend itself against rivals. but s&p says it would ultimately hurt google's bottom line. not all analysts are on the same page though. >> i can tell you over the long-term google has a history of increasing earnings, and stock prices tend to go up if earnings go up. >> as of today, 33 analysts rate the mountain view company as a strong or strong -- as a buy or strong buy.

cynthia and parker. on may 191836 a band of indians attacked parker support on the fringes of the comanche frontier, the newly formed republic of texas. in the skirmish that followed five texans were killed, and five others were taken captive, including 9-year-old cynthia ann parker and her younger brother, john. the little girl would become one of the most renowned indian captives in the history of the west. both of the parker children quickly adjusted to the comanche culture. john became a warrior and take part in several raids, well send the and lived as a comanche for almost 25 years. she eventually married the chief and bore him two sons and the dollar -- daughter. their first son became the last great war chief of the comanches. in 1860 texas rangers led by capt so ross swept down on the comanche village killing many inhabitants and taking others captive, including the long-lost cynthia ann and her 2-year old daughter. flour. they were returned to parker family members, but her many years living wi