just kind of weird to this member elizabeth smart elizabeth smart was of course the young girl who was abducted and years later it was found and earlier this year her abductor was being sentenced and she was very calm very peaceful take a look at what she looks like now. down to it doesn't matter what i think it matters what the judge thinks. so i hope and pray that the right thing. ok quick sorry correction apparently she was gone for about six months for some reason in my mind it was longer that but now she's going to be on good morning america and nightline and she's going to be their new abduction correspondent what do you think i'm just waiting to see who cracks the first joke about the girl that was kidnapped. i just like to see if anybody deserves to get paid for it you know she did nothing wrong she was blameless in the situation is getting paid for it and as did a lot of shows your correspondent for pro torture internet pictures of people's jokes who are mine not to support her. campaign is a special correspondent bravo i mean some people did bring up some interesting question

and innocent to me we're going to choose between nancy grace elizabeth smart i'll take some elizabeth smart and nancy grace can burn and yeah yeah the old right so if she does have a little more of that outgoing or as. i got to wrap it up people love her for some reason thanks for joining you guys that's a very nice show thanks for tuning in and make sure he's back tomorrow lawrence wilkerson is iraq on the program to talk about the latest foreign policy developments in the meantime don't forget to keep a fan of the larger show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of tonight's show or any other night you can always catch all the you tube dot com slash the original post the interviews as well as the show in its entirety coming up next is adam vs the night. i tell marvin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture.

you know who is also here this morning with us here, elizabeth smart.mes. and we will break it all down. that's how excited i am about this. i just love the emmys, the greatest. >> we'll have it live too. >> who knows who we'll get on the phone. >> i love they announce them at the crack of dawn. and for -- >> i know. >> lunchtime here josh. >>> let's -- before it's dinner to the nene. >>> president obama and congressional leaders will now try and negotiate today with talks to extend the nation's debt limit blew up. a frustrarad president abruptly ended the meeting after eric cantor proposed a short-term fix. the president is demanding a long-term debt extension and vows he will not yield even if it brings down his presidency. >>> meanwhile sarah palin says that she will announce by late next month or early september whether she'll run for president or not and says she's not impressed with the current republican candidate field and a new poll shows michele bachmann is surging trailing only mitt romney in the republican race. >>> the new york man accused

abc news has hired elizabeth smart. smart was kidnapped if her home in salt lake city, utah, at the age of 14 and held captive for nine months. she's 23 years old now. she's expected to start the new job within a few weeks. >>> the mayor of rockville is dismissing the idea that somebody tried to sabotage the kickoff of her re-election campaign. the mayor is phyllis marcuccio. she was making her announcement at rockville town square last month. but ground fountain suddenly started spraying water from underneath her audience. marcuccio says she made arrangements to keep the fountains off during her speech. she says it was a mistake and she says i[ man ] i gotke and this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help

>>qo[kugóaóaee dugard$záwbapc hl smart captivity. >>> apc news has hired elizabeth smart. kidnapped from her home at the age of 14 and held captive for nine months. she ja 23 years old now, and she starts her new job in a few weeks. >>> another kidnapping victim is telling her story in o new jaycee dugard spent 18 phillip 6 tokoyend. w& terror that began when she was just 11. kidnapped by the garridos and forced to live in a maze of rickety sheds and tents in the backyard of their northern california home. in her new book, "a stolen life, kwoex experts which appear in "people" magazine, she chronicles the horrors. beginning with phillip forcing her to take a shower with him. >> my silent tears look like giant sobs. the man looks like he doesn't know how to respond. he tells me to calm down that he's not going to do anything more to me today. he takes me in his arms and offers comfort. i do not want comfort from this awful man. experts say writing no past will help jaycee heal. >> she gets to put an end to this very dark passage. there are no secrets. it's all out on the tab

hiring former kidnapping victim elizabeth smart to cover missing children stories i mean they basically came out and said we need to do more innocent children or missing can call stories and so that's what they're going to do and that is going to be a cost to other stories taking away from stories that affect people on a greater scale from jobs to inequality. poverty wars and police brutality. meanwhile you have national celebrities filling the spots of journalists and we are so glad now to be joined by elizabeth smart and journalists filling the spots of celebrities when cnn's anderson cooper tweeted this photo it quickly turned to fodder for hollywood gossip blogs shorts and anger admitting he had a child with a staff member the direction seems to be heading ever further in the direction gentle and tabloid which is rupert murdoch's news corp scandal is any indication could backfire ultimately that's going to lose ratings you're going to lose viewers and you know ultimately you may be you may find yourself under investigation networks that pledge to lean forward or claim to be fair and

a network ahead. >> elizabeth smart is taking a job commenting on child abductions. she is now 23 years old. >> meanwhile, jaycee dugard, the woman who spent 18 years in captivity at the hands of philip and nancy garrido, is now speaking out in her own words. >> she was kidnapped when she was 11 years old. here is more. >> four weeks ago with the sentencing of villepin and nancy garrido, jaycee dugard -- philip and nancy garrido, jaycee dugard close the chapter. behind her now, when she was just 11 years old, kidnapped and kept captive. in her new book, "stolen lighli" she talks about her life in captivity. "the man takes me in his arms and offers comfort. i do not want comfort from this awful man. -- awful man." experts say writing about her experiences will help her. she's there's no details. "he brought in a bucket for me to use as a toilet. i would ask him every day when he was going to let me go home." she endured years of sexual abuse at hands of philip garrido he fathered two daughters with her. at first garrido handcuffed her to keep her from escaping. later

. >>> former kidnap victim elizabeth smart has a new job.t she will be doing in her new role. >>> and the skills being honed to help these women change their lives. >>> people in phoenix, arizona are talking about another round of dramatic weather. bolts of lightning put on quite a show. that came after a couple of days of a massive dust storm rolling through the area. it traveled 200 miles. >>> kidnapping victim elizabeth smart has landed quite a job. the utah woman was 14 years old when she was kidnapped from inside her bedroom at gunpoint then held captive by a salt lake city street preacher. abc has hired her to be a commentator on missing persons cases. >>> women met with potential employers and also received health screenings today in oakland. >> we want to turn things around for the city of oakland, for the youth, for women and men they need to change their lives. they need lives to be better that's one of the reasons that i'm here is to learn more. >> reporter: the conference continues through saturday. organizers say it will include

alisyn: that's what elizabeth smart's mother said was so helpful to her.mart said it helped her to know people were looking and the case was still alive. what do you think happened? >> with elizabeth smart there was evidence of a screen being torn and some evidence someone may have witnessed it. in this case there doesn't appear to be that there is that type of forensic evidence. but the fine on the scene working with state and local authorities as well as the royal canadian mounted police across the border. the fbi spent their immediate response team for children who are missing. they want the make sure they put as much arms around this case as they can by but'sing organization into technology and equipment they can use to examine the crime scene as well as low jis tickally getting everyone organized from search parties to members in the communities. we know the quicker you can respond, the quicker you can get information, the better off this child is coming home alive. alisyn: let's pray they can get clue as to what happened here because we are talking a

. >> the former street preacher jentsed for kidnapping and raping elizabeth smart will not appeal his conviction. smart said she was glad brian david mitchell would not fight the sentence saying quote it's nice to seat defense do the right thing for a change. smart was just 14 when mitchell took her from her salt lake city home, rape herd and held her nine months. he had until today to file appeal. >> kidnap victim jaycee dugard's memoir about his -- her kidnapping and 18 years in prison will be released tomorrow she. spoke to diane sawyer in an interview that aired last night. the now 31-year-old was just 11 when abducted from south lake tahoe during her ordeal she was repeatedly raped and had two daughters before being identified by a police officer by a staff now, she says she looks forward to maybe falling in love one day. >> i want to find love one day. the kind of love i read about. still want that? >> i don't know. i don't think about it. i'm happy the way my life is now. if it happens it happens. if it doesn't, i'll still be happy. >> but it doesn't seem impossible after what

. >> and elizabeth smart is joining abc news as a common tateor on missing person cases. she was taken at knife point from her home during summer, 2002 at just 14 years of age, held captive nine months but a salt lake city street preacher convicted last year. smart's spokesman says she's now committed to child advocacy work and her partnership with abc news will give her a powerful tool to accomplish this and jaiszy dugard is speaking about her 18-year imprisonment at the antioch home of phillip and nancy garrido. in an interview, jaycee dugard talks about her abduction, and her life as a prisoner in a secret compound behind the house. she says a turning point was after the birth of her first daughter. >> i felt like i wasn't alone anymore. and i knew i can never let anything happen to her. and i didn't know how i was going to do that, but i did. >> and you can see the interview in a two-hour prime time special. sunday night at 9:00. we're going to have a little bit more of the interview tonight at 6:00. >> the california public utilities commission announced today it has

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coming up, elizabeth smart's new job. how she's using her life to raise awareness about missing >>> 5:11 on this friday morning. good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. it's a warm and muggy start to this friday. we have a partly to mostly cloudy sky. 79 at reagan national. low to mid-70s throughout much of the region. 60s out of the mountains, shenandoah valley. over the last 12 hours, we have heavy downpours passing west and north of washington. those are dissipating. we have the possibility, in fact a likelihood of heavy downpours moving in here by midday and during the afternoon. highs reaching the mid-80s. some of the occasional heavy downpours with thunder and lightning could produce enough heavy rain in a short amount of time to cause flooding. that flooding risk is existing all the way tonight through very early saturday morning. a look at saturday, sunday, and into next week in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> the rails are open. so far no delays on the metro, marc, and or vre. roadways are looking g

. >>> kidnapped survivor elizabeth smart has been hired to be a tv news commentator on stories involving missing people and abducted children. she gained closure in may when the man convicted of kidnapping and raping her was sentenced to life in prison without patrol. the 23-year-old will be able to help viewers understand what a family experiences when a loved one goes missing. she could be on the air within the next few weeks. >>> four local fisherman returned home about an hour ago days after their boat capsized and tossed them into the sea of cortez. don knapp got an earful from the men about the ship's crew. don. >> reporter: dana, we are hearing some laughter from inside pete's house here in nevada. pete is enjoying the manhattan his wife promised him over the phone. it's not a joyous occasion. the fellows told us they had spent the day talking all the way from baja to here about their ordeal and being concerned about the companion they left behind. >> it happened to us -- you have no idea what he was doing out there. because the storm comes 25 degrees from the port side. he goes s

hiring former kidnapping victim elizabeth smart to cover missing children stories i mean they basically came out and said we need to do more missing children or missing people stories and so that's what they're going to do and that is going to be a cost to other stories taking away from stories that affect people on a greater scale from jobs to inequality poverty wars and police brutality. the direction seems to be heading ever further in the direction of sensational. and tabloid which if rupert murdoch's news corp scandal is any indication could backfire ultimately that you're going to lose ratings you're going to lose viewers and you know ultimately you may be you may find yourself under investigation networks that pledge to lean forward or claim to be fair and balanced or that call themselves the most trusted name in news c defectors leaving to find an independent outlet if they want to try to live up to those mottos lauren lyster our washington d.c. . or the motivation behind sensationalist rather than fact based journalism maybe the pursuit for higher profits because according to a

. >>> elizabeth smart is going to be joining abc news as a commentator, focusing in on missing persons and child abduction cases. smart was kidnapped at age 14 by a salt lake city street preacher. now she could be on the air within the next couple weeks. a spokesperson says the music student wants to use the media position to create awareness involving cases with missing children. back in may, brian david mitchell was sentenced to life behind bars. in 1991, jaycee dugard was kidnapped and held captive for 18 years by a paroled sex offender. in 2009, she was found and sunday night, abc news will air the dianne sawyer special. that will run from 9:00 until 11:00. >>> and weather wise, it has been one hot, hazy, humid day. man. just oppressive humidity out there and there are storms firing up around the state line right now. maryland's most powerful tray dare. right now one storm sneaking around the border. a little tough trip up the northern i-83 corridor back into pennsylvania and then we have another storm flairing up north of belle air. watch out for lightning in this vicinity. but ot

. >>> elizabeth smart is signing on with a job at abc working as a commentator focusing on missing persons and child abduction cases. she was abducted in june of 2002 from her solid city bedroom when she was just 14 years old. she was found alive nine months later. >>> coming up this sunday for the first time, jaycee dugard will talk about her captivity because she was held by a paroled sex offender. you can catch her interview right here at 9:00 on sunday night. >>> they are the things we all do to prepare our home probably go out of town on vacation, thought the paper, have your neighbor get your mail and leave a light on, but we are looking to see what you should do to avoid becoming a victim >>reporter: prevention units want to make sure your home is not an easy target. >> we have been trying to be more proactive about it, making calls, going out to communities and trying to get some of these surveys done. >>reporter: he is from the community relations a list -- a division in the anne arundel police division and conducting a survey to residents in the area, going around and through a h

thank you so much. >>> we're joined now by our special contributor, elizabeth smart.ed so many of these cases where people have been critical of the parents because of the way they acted. parents who often turn out to be innocent and haven't had anything to do with the disappearance of their child. still, you cannot underestimate the importance of getting on television and talking to the public. do you think these parents should be speaking out? >> right now, it's such an important time. the early hours of any abduction is so important. and i certainly can understand >>> this is an abc news special report. a presidential address to the nation. countdown to crisis. >>> and good morning. i'm george stephanopoulos in new york. and we're interrupting your programming, in the west, of course, that's "gma," because president obama is about to address the debt crisis in washington. with just over four days to go before america's credit line runs out, the capitol is in chaos right now. the house republicans tried to pass their solution last night but had to pull it near midni

. >>> elizabeth smart is taking a job with abc and she will be working as a commentator focusing on missingns and child abduction cases. the utah woman was kidnapped from the salt lake city home and held captive when she was 14. she shea was found nine months later 18 -- she was found 9 month away 18 miles away. >>> jaycee dugard is peeking -- speak about her time in captivity. she was held for 18 years in a secret backyard by a paroleed sex offender. she had two children. you can catch her exclusive interview right here at 9:00 on abc sunday night. >>> all right. today, the royal couple are headed to los angeles. the first overseas tour since tying the knot in april. now the duke and dupes of cambridge you might know -- duchess of cambridge were wrapping up the canadian part of the north american visit. yesterday they made a detour to the official itinerary to visit slave lake damaged by a wild fire there in may. >>> so is the federal government working for you? a question a lot you ask. >> a senator is coming to you for your answers. >> and keeping your home flew the -- through the recess

they pray their child will be like the next elizabeth smart, the center is a government funded nonprofit supporting law enforcement in their investigations. >> we provide resources to find and protect children and recover for their parents. >> reporter: prior to the organization the processes was disorganized, databases existed for stolen property but not missing kids. >> we didn't put children on the same level as propertiful. >> reporter: thins have changed. they solve about 96% of their cases and each year help with about 8,000 cases around the nation. though not all of them are found alive knowing what happened to them for some makes a difference. for some like crystal's it's the not knowing that's indict difficult. >> they will suffer with this until they find out. >> reporter: how do you find someone us missing since they were a child in where do you start when you don't even know what they look like anymore. >> i was talking to the mom and she said each year it gets hard because crystal was 14 and she said that right now she wouldn't even recognize her if she saw her. >> i can bri

. >> in that summer, 2004, the story of elizabeth smart was still fresh.s, returned to her family alive. >> i would think, maybe somebody just has her captive and they will just decide to let her go one day. >> a family friend put the wilberger family in touch with elizabeth's uncle. >> was it comforting? >> it was comforting. he was very positive, of course, because of their experience and he said, never give up hope. just keep thinking positive. >> and she came home. >> right. right. and so i was like, you know, i i don't know how, i don't know the circumstances, but i cannot give up. >> and while the search continued, what seemed to be a lead emerged. >> that burglary pointed them to this man, sung koo kim. >> the name sung koo kim came to the attention of investigatorsless than a week after brooke vanished. kim was a recluseive 30-year-old with a degree in genetics and biology who still lived with his parents in this home 80 miles from corvallis in a suburb of portland. he spent much of his time online trading stocks. just weeks before a search of kim'

the white house salary went down to 37.1 million. >>> we're now hearing that elizabeth smart has signdeal with abc news to be an on-air comment staters. a spokesperson says she will focus on missing childrensant child an duction cases. they say -- abduction cases. she will be on the air in a few weeks. she was kidnapped when she was 11 years ole. she was help -- old. she was held captive for 18 years. >>> we'll take a quick break and be right back. >>> welcome back. someone at hilton hotels may have had a lot of sometime to think about summer vacations. there is a new survey that shows 36% of americans would take a free vary kay with their boss. only 14 -- vacation with their loss -- with their boss. half said they wouldn't do it. the same survey shows 15% of travelers would rather spend ten hours on a plane with crying children than drive ten hours with no music or entertainment. 50% preferred that sweet sound of silence and a long drive. >> all right. probably not too much silence on 101 there with all of the track there, sal. >> i want to show. eastbound 80 ramp, two lanes close fo

. >> elizabeth smart. >> and is there and reason for her to be a run away? is there anything in her background? >> the descriptions and the age of this child seem to make that extremely unlikely but on the other hand, a child could meet someone on line who is 12 or 13 or 10 and they could be 40 . once they get to the location where they want to meet them, they will find out they are much ol yer it is too late. >> thank you for being with us . if you have information on the where abouts of celina cass call the new hampshire state police. 643-846-3333. disturbing new details on the missing missouri mom case. someone close to her has a violent past . casey anthony's newest offer. will she bare >> judgepirro: jackie waller her greater accomplishment in life was her five month old triplets. what happened to jackie waller? >> searchers are combing the countryside desperate for any sign of jackie waller. the mom of five year old trip lets fanished two months ago. the day she disappeared jackie met with her esstranged husband and a divorce attorney . later that afte

. >> elizabeth smart. >> and is there and reason for her to be a run away? is there anything in her background? >> the descriptions and the age of this child seem to make that extremely unlikely but on the other hand, a child could meet someone on line who is 12 or 13 or 10 and they could be 40 . once they get to the location where they want to meet them, they will find out they are much ol yer it is too late. >> thank you for being with us . if you have information on the where abouts of celina cass call the new hampshire state police. 643-846-3333. disturbing new details on the missing missouri mom case. someone close to her has a violent past . casey anthony's newest offer. will she bare all next on justice. [ thomas ] my sophomore year, i was pretty confused, didn't really know what i wanted to do. didn't like high school. and then i met my teacher, mr. mccooey, and that click happened. i would never have even thought about going into the engineering field if it wasn't for these ap classes, these teachers and them helping me realize that this is a major

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the gunman who brought traffic on the bw parkway to a standstill and that kidnapping victim, elizabeth smart, gets a job. consumers today have a legitimate concern about the chicken they eat. they want to know more about how they were raised, what they were fed. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >> while we're struggling with heat and how many, people in chile are dealing with a lot of snow. three feet of snow fell on the desert, usually one of the dryest places on earth. the most snow they have seen there in 20 years and yesterday, temperatures fell to 16 degrees in santiago. in spain, plenty of chills but not if the with the weather. thousands of thrillseekers sprinting through the streets o

abc news has hired elizabeth smart to be an expert on child ak dux cases.as kidnapped from her home in utah when she was 14 years old. she was held captive for nine months. she is now 23 years old and is expected to start the job within a few weeks. >>> the to be lloabloid "news o world" is accused of breaking into voicemails of celebrities, and soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan. they're investigating possibly 4,000 victims. the tabloid's last edition will go out on sunday. >>> it is 6:26. 74 degrees. >>> it is indeed the calm before the storm right now. radar is clear, but it won't be for long before the clouds will begin to roll in. meteorologist tom kierein is going to let us know when the rain might start. >>> it's the final countdown for the shuttle program. "atlantis" is all ready to go. the chance the launch will go on for the millions in attendance and the many more waiting to watch on tv. >> you can see the clouds down there. perhaps that's a hint. good morning. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. thank you for joining us for "news 4 today."

you remember some of these stories, polly klaas, elizabeth smart, natalee holloway.stories? critics have given the trend a name, they call it missing white woman syndrome. according to the group peas in their pods, a child is reported missing every 40 seconds in the united states and 42% of those children are african-american. how about this? can you name one of them? president of peas in their pods joins me now. you focus on minority children. are we in a day and age where an organization like yours is necessary and is that a shame? >> sadly it is necessary. and it is a shame. but it is definitely necessary, as you said, every 40 seconds a child is reported missing. 42% are african-american. this morning as people wake up i promise you they know more about casey anthony, they know more about lindsay lohan and j.lo's marital status than they do the names or faces of the kids you're scrolling. >> we are, we are show something of the names and face s of the kids from your website. >> i'll admit, i wasn't familiar with your organization until it was brought to me by my

kidnap victim elizabeth smart has a new job she was taken from her salt lake city bid room and held captivel be a commentator for abc news focusing on missing persons and child objection cases she will be able to give viewers a unique perspective. and after time not to act more than two months ago, prince william and his new bride will a arrive in california for a three day trip to the los angeles area of their scheduled to visit an inner city arts project and attend a charity gala what they will meet the hollywood heavyweight such as tom hanks and nicole kidman. >> one recent college graduate is using a novel approach to pound the pavement in search of work she wants to work and public relations the says this is had no luck applying for jobs online so yesterday she put on a sign that read hire me as you walk around the area and boston. apparently this type of self-promotion work she says she got a couple of job leads and we wish her luck. derrick dieter closes in on hit no. 3000 gary has an update on that straight ahead. a san francisco native and nfl defensive back and donald strickland j

elizabeth smart is embarking on a new career.a contributor on missing persons cases. smart was kidnapped as a teenager and held for months. brian david mitchell was sentenced for in prison for the crime last may. candy? >> thanks, mary. drastic action by the owners of the scandal written in british tab light. could shutting down the news of the world stave off investigations into phone hacking? a defense attorney for casey anthony told us the first thing that came to mind when he heard the words not guilty. the debate is over. ♪ lexus hybrid drive technology is designed to optimize any fuel source on the planet. even those we don't use yet. because when you pursue perfection, you don't just engineer a future-proof hybrid system. you engineer amazing. ♪ is actually finding choices the whole family will love. five flavors of chex are gluten-free, including the honey nut flavor. and it's nice for me to be able to say "yes" to something that they want to eat. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. gluten free. >> 7 1/2 million

smart screen board. >> all right. you heard the music, elizabeth. let's get to it.news heat index measuring the hottest, the coolest, stories making the rounds today. and starting it off, scorching, harry potter. after eight films in ten years and a box office take of well over $6 billion, the blockbuster series is about to come to an end with "harry potter and the deathly hallows, part 2." it's opening in london today. fans have been camping out for the last six days, some as far away as australia, hoping for that last glimpse of the grown-up boy wizard. the movie has gotten great reviews, too. "the hollywood reporter" is calling it outstanding. for that we give it a cheer. >>> all right. also, hot in pop news, ever hear of a marriage proposal going postal? football star, roy williams thought -- actually, we're not quite sure what he was thinking. when he decided to propose to his girlfriend via the u.s. mail. he mailed a $76,000 ring to his lady love. former miss texas usa, brooke daniels. she said no but didn't say no to the ring. she still has it. and, yes. now