>> reporter: cynthia, mrs. madoff is saying the shame of being bernie and ruth madoff led the couple to try suicide. so, while there may be some who doubt her new version of events, there is no doubt this is a family that has been torn apart. bernie and ruth madoff tried to kill themselves on christmas eve, in this new york city penthouse apartment. it was just two weeks after madoff had been arrested and his thousands of victims realized he had cheated them out of billions of dollars. they both faced death threats and hate mail. >> i don't know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves, because it was -- it was so horrendous what was happening. we had terrible phone calls, hate mail. just beyond anything. and i said, i can't -- i just can't go on anymore. >> reporter: ruth and bernie, high school sweethearts, had been married 50 years. when he was arrested, she chose to side with him over her sons who had turned him in, to the outrage of her friends and even bernie's secretary. >> she made the wrong

and helping hands-- cynthia bowers shows us how a circle of friends is curbing poverty in this country, one family at a time. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> good evening, everyone. libya's interim leaders are moving to put the war-torn country back together. a declaration of liberation is expected tomorrow. today, acting prime minister resigned clearing the way for an interim government and elections. elizabeth palmer is in tripoli with the latest. >> reporter: in announcing his resignation, he set an ambitious deadline for elections. >> the first election should be within a period of eight months, maximum. >> reporter: before jabril left office he went to a shopping center in the city of misrat aalong with thousands of other libyans, to see colonel qaddafi'qaddafi's corpse, on puc display for the second day in a row. most of the spectators had no sympathy. >> he killed my brother, my cousin. he raped my friends. he burned my family's house. >> reporter: cell phone video shows once captured, there was no mercy for qaddafi. he tried to

[applause] >> thank you very much, cynthia. it is a great pleasure for me to be here, and i thank the league and the bar association and the criminal trial lawyers association for inviting me to do this. i am a neutral moderator. i have not endorsed any candidate in regard to this race, and you will hear from the candidates who will have an opportunity to answer the questions which i have formulated. i want to thank tony and julie for the hell they gave, along with other people in formulating the questions we have come up with. the questions in the long run are those that i have written and that i will put to each of the candidates. in regard to the ground rules, i would say each candidate will have two minutes to make an opening statement and then a closing statement. each candidate will have one minute to answer every question, and in addition to that, i have a number of intermittent questions, which are lightning round questions, that i will just throw in and ask for a yes or no answer, and then move on to the more fleshed o

>> reporter: another one bites the dust, cynthia. as people in the arab world are really still fighting for their freedom. somebody told me, gadhafi was like a vampire to his people. they had to see him dead in order to believe he would never come back again. he was dragged through the streets today. it was quite graphic and we have to warn viewers that the video of his last moment is quite difficult to watch. it's an astonishing scene. moammar gadhafi, once one of the world's most powerful dictators, battered and bloodied, the fear visible on his face as death loomed. hard to believe this was him just months ago, latching off the armed rebellion that today finally ended his 42-year rule over libya. >> they love me, all my people with me. they love me all. >> reporter: but if they do love you -- >> they will die to two ticket me, my people. >> reporter: it would be his final interview. and his legendary eccentricity was on full display. the president of the united states, the leaders of britain and other leaders are calling on you to

cynthia fong. at the time that we were looking at the least, we are also looking at the agreement that the realistic decision put together for mta to make sure we captured all the deals and provision that they negotiated into. commissioner elsbernd: the puc is abandoning a lot of office space over the next 12 months to move into their new building. did you look to see if there was space available that could have been done at a cheaper rate by moving into their existing facilities? >> the broker mention that the building was not available in the time that we were looking to move. commissioner elsbernd: did you look at the former department of marketing resources building? >> it did not fit our requirements. commissioner mar: any other questions? commissioner kim: page 66, i wanted to make a clarification. it is actually an increase in annual rent and operating expenses over five years. an increase of $202,000, and an increase of $190,000. >> yes, compared five years at our current location to the po

in new york city, this is "nightline," october 19th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with big cats on the loose in small town america. late tonight, ohio authorities called off a hunt for the last of dozens of potentially deadly animals, apparently set free yesterday by a preserve owner in a final desperate act before he took his own life. what followed was a tense, bloody and highly surreal suburban safari, with police officers using 911 reports as a modern way of tracking their disoriented quarry all over the county. now they believe the last animal unaccounted for, a monkey, was only missing because he had fallen prey to a now dead tiger. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: who would have thought in zanesville, ohio, residents would see lions, tigers, and this bear, caught in a cell phone, wandering in the woods after escaping from a nearby property, along with dozens of others. >> 911. >> yeah, there's a lion on mt. perry road. >> i just saw a wolf. >> i think i just seen one. looked like a jaguar or a wolf or something. >> reporter: it was around 5:0

cynthia, i want to come to you on this. of the rhetoric for the president that, you know, i'm a little grayer, and -- but statement, people say his tone has changed. he seems a little more downcast of late. agree? disagree? >> i think he does seem a little more -- the weight of the presidency is clearly weighing on him. as is the weight of this horrible economy. he now knows that he's facing an uphill re-election battle. that ought to weigh on him. >> and reid, how much of this is just waking up every day and bad -- and we all know you wake up in a bad mood, you've got bad news on your doorstep. what the president sold in a lot of ways was hope and optimism. can he win on a "times are tough" message? it's dramatically opposed to what the messaging, at least, was in '08? >> that's his only choice. and for the hope and change candidate, he's going to go out there and make the case he's better than the other candidate, whoever it happens to be, and that was not the case he had to make against john mccain. he'll have to run a l

in new york city, this is "nightline," october 7th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a revealing look at the relationship usually cloaked in the strictest of privacy, the relationship between megawatt celebrities and their private physicians. doctors who are sometimes hired for their discretion and their prescription pads. was dr. conrad murray one such physician? was michael jackson one such celebrity? today, a private scene between them was laid bare in court. here's jim avila. >> reporter: conrad murray met with police two days after michael jackson died, hoping a face to face interview would convince police not to charge him with a crime. >> i tried to wean him off that medication. >> okay. >> conrad murray comes into this interview with his lawyer, in the hope of avoidi ining prosecution. it didn't work. >> reporter: it's an informal interview, audio taped by police, who hear an emotional doctor, saddened over the loss of his own and only patient. >> i mean, i loved mr. jackson. he was my friend. and i wanted to help him as much as i can. >>

we asked cynthia bowers in zanesville to find out. cynthia. >> reporter: good evening, scott. it this man, terry thompson, who opened this exotic animal farm had had a number of run-ins with the law, many of them animal related. out of the more than 50 exotic animals he kept here, only four had state permits for black bears. this was the headline this morning in central ohio, and this is how jack hanna, director emeritus of the columbus zoo, put it. >> this is not just a nightmare. it's like noah's ark, wrecking right here in zanesville, ohio. >> reporter: the sheriff said the animals kept on a private farm had been set loose. among them-- >> one baboon, three mountain lionlions and 18 tigers. >> reporter: the animals' cages cut open by the owner terry thompson who then apparently committed suicide. he left no note. a vietnam vet whose fascination with animals is said to have begun in 1977 when he gave his wife a lion cub as a gift. many of his animals were purchased through exotic animal auctions. neighbor sam kopchak spotted the animals and made the first 911 call. >> i said

>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden, bill weir and tonight, juju chang in new york city, this is "nightline," october 14th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm juju chang. tonight, we bring you a "nightline" investigation that affects millions of americans. it's one of the most popular pills on the market today, but our reporting suggests that using it can increase the risk of dangerous side effects that may even cause death in young, otherwise healthy patients. we begin with the story of a 234-year-old woman who is convinced that this drug is the reason she nearly died and ended up blind. hers is among the mounting claims that have prompted an fda

. >> pelley: cynthia bowers has learned the ohio man who let all those wild animals loose was in a lot of trouble before. and dean reynolds on helping the hungry of chicago-- filling their stomachs and their spirits. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. qaddafi lived a life of violence, so it was perhaps inevitable that he would die a violent death. after two months on the run, the ousted libyan dictator was finally hunted down, captured, and killed-- a bullet to the head. qaddafi, for decades, surrounded himself with riches at the expense of his own people, ruled with an iron fist and killed americans in a reign of terror. he spent his final minutes in tatters, cowering in fear of the vengeance that awaited him. we have a team of correspondents covering the fall of qaddafi. the end came today in his hometown of sirte. ( screaming ) the rebels dragged moammar qaddafi-- once the most powerful man in libya-- out of a drainage ditch. and that's when the mayhem started. qaddafi's last moments were recorded. this is what 42 y

. >>> cynthia bauers reports, 50 exotic animals are dead. after the owner opened the cages, let them out. some of the images that you're about to see are graphic. >> this was the headline this morning in central ohio and this is -- >> it was like noah's ark. >> reporter: 50 wild animals kept on a private farm had been deliberately set loose. >> among them, one lion, 18 tigers. >> reporter: the animal's cages cut open by the owner who then apparently committed suicide. he left no note. a vietnam vet whose fascination with animals was set to -- many of his animals were purchased through exotic animal officers. a coat check spotted the animals and meat the first 911 call. >> if you had major big problems. i don't know how many. i know -- >> it would get it by the time police arrived that deputies were given the order shoot to kill. >> we're not talking about your normal every day house cat or dog. i gave the order on the way here that if animals looked like they were going out, they went down. we could not have animals running loose in this cou

louis slugger, cynthia bowers has the story of cardinal's first baseman albert pujols joining babe ruth and reggie jackson in the record books. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. president obama is pledging u.s. help for turkey in the wake of that country's devastating earthquake. today's magnitude 7.2 quake hit the far eastern part of the country near the border with iran. more than 100 people are confirmed dead thus far, and authorities fear the death toll in the remote region could reach 1,000. mark phillips has more. >> reporter: the ground shook for 30 seconds. the quake registered 7.2 on the scale, strong enough to cause serious damage. it was felt over an area of hundreds of square miles. and it was shallow enough, about 15 miles below the surface, to cause maximum casualties and panic among local residents. the quake was centered in a poor remote part of eastern turkey near the border with iran, an area prone to frequent earthquake activity. we didn't know what to do, this man said. it was terrible. the m

[laughter] cynthia anne parker. on may 19th, 1836, a band of indians attacks parker's fort on the fringes of the commanche frontier in the newly formed republic of texas. five were killed, five taken captive including 9-year-old cynthia and her younger brother, john. the little girl would be the most renowned indian captives in the american west. both of the parker children adjusted to the commanche callture. john was a warrior, and cynthia lived as a commanche for 25 years. she wed and bore two sons and a daughter. the first born son was the great last war chief of the commanches. in 1860, texas rangers led my captain sol ross swept down on a village, killing many and taking others captive, including the long lost cynthia anne and her 2-year-old daughter. they were returned to parker family members, but her years with the tribe changed her. she had nothing in common with her white relatives and begged to be returned. her escape attempts failed, and when her daughter died in 1864, she lost all hope. broken in spirit

in some ways, i think cynthia is right.n if it doesn't get passed, he has something to campaign on. >> one of the big john boehner talking points is where is the focus on jobs when he was hitting the president. there hasn't been a house republican jobs bill that is sort of in the same form that the president did. little pressure on house republicans to at least respond here in some sort of way? >> if you look at the priority. the priorities of the republican conference when it comes to jobs are reflected in the bill they pass. the budget that the president proposed wasn't serious about any of the big issues related to entitlement reform or anything on spending or deficit. >> that's a medium term or long term. we have a short term problem. >> the big problem for the president is this was a speech he gave on jobs up there. he has a piece of paper. he's never put together the plan and infrastructure to pass it. this is where i disagree with the rest of the panel is that what's going to help the president is movement on the eco

la chamaca. >> aunque se desconoce el mÓvil del asesinato, la familia piensa que podrÍa ser porque cynthia querÍa mucho y para acabar en ese lado estuvo muy mal lo que hizo pero que dios lo perdone ya. >> con los cargos que enfrentan ambos te ambos adolescentes podrÍan pasar el resto de su vida en prisiÓn, la misma familia de cynthia alvarez nos dicen que si son encontrados culpables ellos estarÍan de acuerdo con este casti castigo, en california, univisiÓn. >> varias cÁmaras de vigilancia capturaron a unos ladrones cometieron las pechorÍas, las imÁgenes muestran a los delincuentes mientras tanto les arrebata prendas del cuello a las personas esto en plena luz del dÍa y segÚn el blanco de los malhechores, las cadenas se ha incrementado >> un conductor lo verÁn en las imÁgenes puso en jaque a agente del orden en california viajaba con las luces apagadas y no hizo caso cuando los oficiales le pidieron que se detuviera por mÁs de media hora los policÍas le siguieron la pista hasta que lograron encontrarlo y finalmente se resistiÓ para ser esposado. >> salen a la luz las imÁgenes del dictador