in new york city, this is "nightline," september 29th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden.nd we begin tonight with vivid new scenes in the attempt to save michael jackson's life. jurors in the manslaughter trial of jackson's personal physician dr. conrad murray listened to a recording of the star's security guard pleading with emergency personnel for help. but perhaps even more startling was what went on in that room right before the call was made. here's abc's jim avila in los angeles for our series "crime and punishment." >> reporter: heart wrenching story from the bodyguard and cook who worked for michael jackson. first-hand accounts of the failure to save his life and how prince came to watch. >> please raise your right hard. >> reporter: the cook and gentle spirited nutritionist who is in the kitchen the day michael jackson died. she's preparing a salad for her boss and three children when just after noon, the normal peace in the house is broken by a screaming conrad murray. >> his energy was very nervous and frantic and he was shouting. >> what did he shout? >> get he

september 13th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden.begin tonight with an abc news exclusive. a unique look inside camelot. the story as told by the first lady about her husband, the president. the details are in those never before released tapes, made by jacqueline kennedy just four months after john f. kennedy's assassination. we're hearing them tonight, nearly 50 years after they were recorded. and abc's diane sawyer joins us. diane, what surprised you the most the first time you heard those tapes? >> well, i think, cynthia, and i'm sure this was true for you too, the most surprising thing of all was she did the tapes. we only saw the sunglasses and the smile. we never expected to learn what was behind it. but now we know, from these tapes, that she was irreverent, that she spoke very personally, including about who she was inside this very famous marriage. they are one of the most romanticized couples in american history. of their lives, their marriage, always hidden behind the curtains of camelot. >> life with him was always so fas

in new york city, this is "nightline," september 27th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a startling new look at the death of one of the world's greatest entertainers. the trial of michael jackson's personal physician opened today. dr. conrad murray is accused of acts and omissions that led to the star's death. and for many inside the court and out, the new evidence stirred emotions two years dormant. here's abc's jim avila for our series "crime and punishment." >> reporter: it is the day before michael jackson's death. and he is under the lights, in full makeup and dancing up a storm. the jury saw this image of michael and they saw this one, too. a shocking police photo of jackson, lying dead in a hospital gurney. a death mask. eyes closed, mouth open. >> the evidence in this case will show that michael jackson trusted his life to the medical skills of conrad murray. that misplaced trust cost michael jackson his life. >> reporter: it is the crux of the prosecution case against dr. conrad murray, accused of involuntary manslaughter, the unintentional

in new york city, this is "nightline," september 14th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. it's fashion week here in new york city and tonight, you're going to meet one of the hottest models in the world right now. the model all the designers want in their dresses. but there's a catch. he's a man. here's abc's juju chang, looking in on "a model life." >> reporter: what is it? the porcelain skin? the lush pout? the delicate bone structure? but look carefully. the hottest model in women's wear these days is also a hot model for men's wear. perhaps aerosmith was just ahead of their time with the song -- ♪ dude looks like alidy >> i'm a fan of them anyone things. >> reporter: andrej pejic is a dude. we went backstage with him this week at new york's fashion week. the 19-year-old newcomer is swarmed by the international press. his future is bright. offers are pouring in. >> i'm working on a nail polish line. >> reporter: modeling is one of the few industries where women make three times more than men. he now commands women's feels. and he's already graced more covers than any ot

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 28th, 2011. >> and good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a riveting day in court. michael jackson's personal assistant and one of his bodyguards each took the stand today in the manslaughter trial of jackson's doctor, conrad murray. their testimony added never before heard details of the scene inside jackson's bedroom on the day he died, including an attempt to shield the star's children from the desperate efforts to save his life. here's abc's jim avila in los angeles for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: it was a dramatic first full day of testimony at the conrad murray trial. the men in the room, michael jackson's employees, testifying about what it was like, the chaotic scene that left michael jackson dead, his children, crying in a ball. it was the first sign of trouble at michael jackson's rented mansion the day he died. a four-second phone call from jackson's second floor bedroom. on the line, a

in new york city this is "nightline," september 16th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with breaking news. a disaster this evening at a national airplane racing event in reno, nevada. multiple people died and upwards of 50 were injured when a plane flown by a veteran 74-year-old stunt pilot panged into a nosedive and crashed into a spectator area. eyewitnesses describe a scene of bloody chaos. reno is one of the few places still to host airplane racing, with pilots flying in excess of 500 miles an hour. in a news coverage conference tonight, the event president said mechanical difficulties may have caused the crash. it all happened in a matter of minutes, late this afternoon, local time, at the famous reno air show. one of the few places in the country where plane races still take place. something went tragically wrong. >> holy [ bleep ]! >> reporter: the crash left a sea of injured, many critically. the death toll is climbing. >> did you see that? >> something must have broke. i don't know if a cable or what. it started wobbling. then it came up and he

. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. and we begin tonight with a shooting spree in yet another american city. with the release of audio tapes of desperate 911 calls, a sifd picture of what happened inside a nevada ihop restaurant yesterday is now emerging. the picture outside the restaurant is coming into focus, too. neighbors shocked at the holes the bullets left, shaking their heads, asking, why now and why here? abc's david wright is in carson city, nevada. >> 911. what's the address of your emergency. >> it's ihop. there's a shooting going on. >> shooting where? >> in the ihop. >> reporter: it's been a long time since carson city, nevada, was considered the wild west. >> ryan, move! he's shooting at us now. >> okay, all right. >> he's shooting at us. automatic weapons. >> automatic weapons, like long weapons? there's one guy with an automatic weapon. he's shooting everybody. >> reporter: but the scene at the local ihop tuesday morning abruptly changed that. that voice on n e 911 call was ralph, who owns the barbecue

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 9th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden, reporting from ground zero. it was here, ten years ago, that planes struck the twin towers, reducing the buildings to rubble and shaking our country to its core. in a chilling twist, authorities again believe terrorists have entered the u.s. and are planning an attack. i'm joined now by my colleague brian ross with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: good evening, cynthia. with tight security trying up traffic in new york and washington, the intense manhunt continues for the three men suspected of having been sent here to pull off a vehicle bomb plot in one of those two cities. tonight, abc news has learned that officials have now established the name of one person that appears to fit the description given by a cia informant. officials say they are per suing all leads to find that person, believed to be in the u.s., and to determine just who he is, cynthia. >> well, brian, whil

cynthia mcfadden on the son named jack who wanted to be jackie. >> he was a beautiful healthy baby boys parents john and jennifer already had a daughter when little jack came along ten years ago. the proud father excited by all of the things a boy and his dad could do together. >> just like any father i was looking forward to raising a boy and doing all of the things that fathers and sons do. throwing the ball around and going fishing, things like that. >> reporter: but those dreams quickly faded away. jack and his family live in a small town in rural, ohio, a place long on family values and tradition. but when jack was just 18 months old it became clear he was anything but traditional. >> never anything that a boy would be interested in. it was always dancing dressup. >> my boy was always in sparkles and pretty shoes. >> and i tried to get outfits for boys, too, the fireman, the gi joe. superhero costumes. never wanted to put them on. >> he adored the color pink and loved dancing in ballerina outfits. at birthday parties he lit up when received brand new barbie dolls but toss tossed a

i'm cynthia mcfadden.e begin with new developments in the case of amanda knox, the american woman currently serving a murder sentence in italy. knox was an undergraduate just beginning a year abroad when she was accused of killer her english house mate. she's been behind bars ever since. now comes an appeal which has her family hoping she might be released. abc's elizabeth vargas reports from italy. there is so much at stake in that courtroom. >> reporter: cynthia, so much is riding on this appeal. the rest of amanda knox's life and the reputation and livelihood of the controversial prosecutor at the heart of this case. he continued today to accuse amanda knox of murder. she was convicted of stabbing her roommate to death four years ago but with much of the evidence in doubt now, there's mountsing pressure to set amanda knox free. looking more tense and serious than ever, this morning the 24-year-old seattle student made her way into the court for the last round of the appeal trial. her family has gathered

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 2nd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and d mmer's almost over. but there are still some great travel deals out there and most people think that means going online to hunt for them. even president obama recently used travel agents as an example of a dieiying profession. but the fact is, there are still 14,000 travel agencieie active n the united states and 94% of them expect to make a profit this year. how is it possible in this age of point and click? well, here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: against all predictions, the bricks and mortar travel agencies, the kind you can walk into and talk to real people at, is alive and well. >> may i help you? >> reporter: at least this one is. hopping midweek in manhattan. because with summer coming to an end, people can't wait to get away again. >> have a great trip. >> reporter: people like john. >> i'm on my way to -- >> reporter: monica. >> southern caribbean. >> reporter: michelle. >

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and b bl weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 31st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, the results are finally in tonight on just how good airport security is, ten years after the attacks of september 11th, 2001. billions have been spent on securing our skies and countless passengersinconvenienced. and some attempted attacks have been stopped, no question. but is the fact no american flights have been hijacked or bombed since 9/11 a matter of good security or just good luck? tonight, abc's brian ross investigates. >> reporter: terry, ten years later, 9/11 commission report card out today produced by the bipartisan policy center includes what its co-chairman calls very few as, lots of cs and incompletes and at least two significant fs, failures. in other words, safer from terrorist attack, but not yet safe. >> united 93, cleveland. united 93, cleveland. do you still hear the center? united 93. >> reporter: could it happen again, ten years later. >> this is the captain. i wou

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 21st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. with a special west coast edition of "nightline." tonight, breaking news. the state of georgia executed troy davis by lethal injection at 8:08 p.m. pacific time. over the vocal and agonized protests of demonstrators outside the prison and people all over the world. davis was convicted in 1989 of murdering mark mcphail, an offduty police officer in savannah. in the years since, eyewitnesses recanted their testimony. there were claims that another man confessed to the crime. and support for clemency for davis spread internationally. from former fbi director william sessions to pope benedict xvi. many, many people believed there was just too much doubt here to put a man to death. for her part, the mother of the murder victim said she wanted closure. >> i have been through hell. especially the last couple of years when everything was kind of building up and we had to go to court again and again.

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden d bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 1st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terer moran. for the past seven years, jennifer lopez and marc anthony have been one of hollywood's hottest couples. but six weeks ago, they announced that they would be ending their marriage. tonight, in a "nightline" exclusive, marc anthony speaks out for the first time since their announcement, to abc's john quinones. >> wish me luck. ♪ >> reporter: marc anthony is hitting the road as often as he can these days. the highway and his new bike are a kind of escape. this is a new bike? >> yeah. >> reporter: it's beautiful. >> thank you. i love it. really good to me. >> reporter: an interesting choice of words, given his recent separation from jennifer lopez. ♪ the sexy, high voltage superstar and the king of salsa announced six weeks ago they're splitting up. and marc has refused to talk about it until now. do you want this divorce? >> y you know, it's -- it's a decision that we made jointly. and that's ho

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 20th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the setting was idyllic. a private mansion in exclusive core gnat toe, california, right across the bay from san diego. but the scene there, horrific. hanging from a balcony, a young, nude woman, bound and gagged who would be identified as the girlfriend as the mansion owner. her death ruled a suicide. but tonight, her family disagrees with that ruling and speaks out to abc's elizabeth vargas. >> reporter: in the ten weeks since rebecca zahau was found hanging from a noose at this estate, the mustry has only deepened. she was the girlfriend of jonah shacknai, the millionaire ceo of a pharmaceutical company. her body found hanging, her arms and legs bound. a t-shirt stuffed in her mouth, completely naked. her family believes she was murdered. but authorities have insisted there was no foul play. >> our office concluded that the cause of death was hanging and the manner of death was suicide. >>

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline" september 8th, 2011. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran. we want to bring you defrals the white house to the new york city police department are calling a new credible terror threat against american civilians. it appears a puzuze piece fell into place in the last two days and here's brian ross with the latest, brian? >> the source of the information is not known to us but officials say it was developed by the cia overseas described both as unconfirmed but also, specific and credible. u.s. officials say tonight the plot was initiated by al qaeda's new leader, who has pledged to avenge the death of osama bin laden. officials tell abc news the plot involve there'd individuals including at least one who was a u.s. citizen. the officials say the plot involved some kind of vehicle bomb was aimed for some time between september 10th and 12th with either new york or washington as the target. the thre reportedly travelled from pakistan's t

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york cityt this is "nightline," september 6th, 2011. >> good evening, all, i'm bill weir. if you spent a week knee deep in flood water, there must be few things worse than a fresh downpour on the roof. after irene soaked the east, a new storm has rivers breaking their banks, threatening more homes. a few states over, folks would gladly trade the crackle of a wildfire for any amount of blessed rains. lives and lively hoods are on the line tonight, as america ffers from too much water in one part of the nation, not enough in the other. here's abc's linsey davis with the latest. >> reporter: this is what you could call adding insult to injury. >> everything is garbage here. >> reporter: fabio already started rebuilding after close to four feet of water flooded his apartment. the threat of yet another round of flooding has him wishing he'd waited. >> maybe we got to clean again. >> reporter: and not just clean but perhaps put in new warms again. >> new wall and new frame. >> report

. >> announcer: from tglobal resources of abc news from sinl cynthia mcfadden and terry moran. >>> thanks for joining us. if money could buy you class, strong personal relationships and inner peace there probably wouldn't be the "real housewives" franchise. their tabloid exploits make them a wicked pleasure for millions of fans but lately, it seems like there's seriously something amiss in new york and beverly hills. and now the reality show the dealing with a new kind tragic reality. >> reporter: from a ball at a baby christening, to a high-profile hollywood divorce, even a pregnancy scare at 50 years old! >> holy -- >> there isn't a salacious scenario they haven't live on the housewives of new york, d.c., new jersey, beverly hills and orange county. >> i love it. i can't get enough of it. it's like crack cocaine that has no side effects. it's perfectly legal and you can do it again and again. >> the series conquering the country has become must-see tv for millions an the ladies' antics a tabloid staple. most recently, the infamous m white house crashers made headlines when tareq said hi

i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with new developments in the disappearance of a maryland woman. on the caribbean island of aruba. robyn gardner went missing august 2nd and today island authorities took the extraordinary step of staging a re-enactment of her final hours, where she went and what she did in the company of a man she met online, a man who is now behind bars. here's abc's matt gutman for our series "crime and punishment." >> reporter: nearly seven weeks since robyn gardner disappeared from this idyllic beach, investigators work to re-create the nightmare step by step from the moment gardner and her companion, gary giordano, arrive to his shirtless dash for help as seen in this surveillance video. through this evening's reconstruction of gardner's august 2nd disappearance, police hoped to piece together the jigsaw of evidence they have into a picture that could do two things. reveal what happened to gardner, missing but not ruled dead, and determine whether a crime was committed on this beach. they can now identify less than a two-hour period and try to re-create exact

breaking news to report tonight and for details on what is a developing story, we do to abc's cynthia mcfadden. >> elizabeth, a small plane crashed in an air show in reno, nevada. witnesses say that as the planes raced, one crashed into spectators. at least 12 people reported dead and 30 injured. thousands of others are being evacuated from the airport ho holding the event. elizabeth? >>> still ahead on "world news," a six ton hunk of metal is hurtling towards earth. what are your odds of being hit? >>> we take you inside the race against time to save the tiniest and arguably the most adorable creatures on earth. >>> and meet the two young men tidying up after all of us. they are our "persons of the week." i know what works differently than many other allergy medications. omnaris. omnaris, to the nose! did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by allergic inflammation? omnaris relieves your symptoms by fighting inflammation. side effects may include headache, nosebleed, and sore throat. i tossed those allergy symptoms out of my party. [ man ] omnaris. ask your doctor. battling

abc's cynthia mcfadden, went back to that classroom, reunited some of the kids with their teacher. w, remarkable. good job. >> reporter: yeah. robin, thanks so much. they are moments from all of our childhoods, i suppose, teacher, moments that we'll never forget. 9/11 is one such moment for the kids. a moment they became part of history. today, they are seniors in high school. he's captain of the basketball team mariah williams is on two teams. and shantel is in the junior rotc program. she's not sure exactly what she wants to do, but knows it involves college, maybe drama. natalia knows she wants to dance, she's a cheerleader and on the football team. they still love their second grade teacher, mrs. daniels. ten years ago they weree 7 year old. >> there was so much buzz going around. the morning began with excitement. >> i remember everyone h h their hair done, and new bows and everything. >> reporter: the president was coming to visit. >> get ready. >> reporter: most of the people in the room did not know that a plane had crashed into the world trade center. >> my reaction was, ma

abc's cynthia mcfadden explores in a special "prime time" tonight. >> let's start with the predictionbe ebees by 2018. in a little town in buffalo gap, texas, is determined to do something about that. and other eating disorders. meet teeny, tenny, mccarty. >> welcome to shades of hope. >> reporter: on first blush it seem like a typical rehab program. group therapy. the emotional revelation. >> i'm sorry for messing things up for us. and our family. >> you think you messed themes up? >> i just couldn't take care of myself. >> reporter: but the patients aren't battling drugs or alcohol, they are battling food. >> it's not easy. it is the hardest thing you will ever do in your life. >> reporter: tenny mccarty is the force behind this 24-year-old treatment center. >> it's not a fat farm and it's not a spa. >> reporter: when she said the treatment is hard, she isn't kidding.g. >> when you get over that, and you heard your guts out, where has your voice gone? where does it go? >> i don't have a voice. >> you don't have a voice? you never had a voice. >> reporter: tenny knows first hand the