ethan gillman and his mom appeared today. and for the first time, they speak about the ordeal. >> i was afraid i wasn't going to get him back. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, the mother of 6-year- old ethan gillman tells dr. phil, he now has trouble sleeping. ethan was kidnapped from his school bus and held hostage by vietnam veteran, jimmy lee dykes. ethan and his mom are now speaking about the hostage situation. jennifer kirklanded he first watched his bus driver being killed then watched his captor getting shot. she says her son is still suffering from the trauma. >> did he see mr. dykes shot and killed? >> he absolutely did. >> did he see mr. poland murdered? >> yes, he did. he saw mr. poland shot three or four times. and the other day, we saw a school bus. and he was fixalitied on that school -- fixalitied on that. he couldn't take his eyes off the bus. >> reporter: ethan has yet to get on a bus. but his mom told dr. phil, he overcame so much while being held captive. ethan has asberger's syndrome and is bipolar.

phil today, we met ethan gillman and his mom. mother is speaking for the first time since the standoff ended. >> i was afraid i wasn't going to get him back. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, the mother of 6-year- old ethan gillman tells dr. phil, he now has trouble sleeping. ethan was kidnapped from his schoolbus and held hostage by vietnam veteran, jimmy lee dykes in an underground bunker. ethan and his mom are finally revealing the hostage situation that took a full week. jennifer circhg land said -- kirkland said her son first witnessed the bus driver get shot. she says her son is still suffering from the traum a. >> did he see mr. dykes, shot and killed? >> >> he absolutely did. >> did he see mr. poland murdered? >> yes, he did. he saw mr. poland shot three to four times. >> and the other day, we saw a school bus, and he was fixated on that school bus. he couldn't take his eyes off of him. i'm scared how he's going to take getting on a bus. >> reporter: ethan has yet to get on a school bus. but his mom told dr. phil, h

little ethan gillman was rescued last monday.he fbi stormed the bunker and grabbed him and killed his captor, jimmy lee dykes. his mother tells dr. phil she noticed changes in her son since he returned. >> i know that he is having a very hard time sleeping soundly. he slings his arms and tosses and turns, and he's cried out a few tis. >> tune in to dr. phil tomorrow where you will hear more from ethan's mom. she talks about what the ordeal was like for her. that's tomorrow right here on wusa 9 at 4:00. >>> we want to talk more now, though, about the violent end to the california manhunt for christopher dorner with the retired captain from the montgomery county police department who's consulting company helps law enforcement agencies nationwide. gary nurenberg is here with captain ed clark. gar ? >> captain clark, commander of the s.w.a.t. team in monday gulf of mexico ri county. at 11:06 tonight a -- montgomery county. >> anybody who quoted the l.a. p.d. as saying a body was found is dead wrong. a fire is still going, they said.

ethan gillman was finally rescued last month. the f.b.i. stormed the bunker, grabbed him and killed his captor. ethan's here says she has noticed changes in her son since he's returned. >> i know he's having a very hard time sleeping soundly. he slings his arms and tosses and turns. he's cried out a few times. >> watch dr. phil today to hear more from ethan's mom. she describes what the ordeal was like for her. that interview is on wusa9 at 4:00. >>> an asteroid the size of an olympic swimming pool is going to pass by the earth soon. it's known as 2012v814 has no chance of hitting us on february 14 but will come closer to earth than any other asteroid since scientists began monitoring them 15 years ago. the closest approach to earth will be at 2:25 friday afternoon. >>> the best in show winner for the 137th westminster kennel club dog show is the pincher. >> there he is, little banana joe. he's been living in the united states for competition but now at the grand old age of 5 he'll be retiring and going to return to his owners in holland. fo

phil with speak with the mother of ethan gillman. ethan was the 5-year-old about ducked from his school bus and held in the underground bunker in midland city by jimmy lee dykes. jennifer ethan's mother, will talk with dr. phil about his recovery and went what he went through. you can see the whole interview on wjz 13 where doctor phil airs every afternoon. >>> the conner's law will go to the house today. in 2006, 5-year-old conner freed was found unconscious in a pool. the life guard wasn't trained to use the defibrillator. >>> a pasadena family is distraught after their pet goats were mauled to death in their pin. >> there are still photographs of smoke and joe and billy jean. that's all sharon has left of her pets. saturday night they were killed inside their pin. >> i saw what i thought was a wolf over the top of my dead goat. >> manning called her next door neighbor for help. he brought a gun. >> it looked like it was being aggressive. to protect himself an us being out here, he shot it. >> it was only then they realized it was t

an exclusive interview that aired right here on wusa9 this afternoon the mother of 6- year-old ethan gillman talked to dr. phil about how she survived a parent's worst nightmare. it was just two weeks ago that ethan was kidnapped from his alabama school bus by a gunman and held in an underground bunker nearly a week. he's safe now, but jennifer kirkland told dr. phil ethan has been through the worst thing anyone could ever go through and that it's her job to make sure he goes through no more. >> if anyone knows some of what little ethan is going through, it's katie beers. >> it was 20 years ago, the story of the long island girl who was kidnapped, imprisoned, tortured and finally rescued. katie recently broke her silence to reporter jennifer mclogan. >> i have had to fight to survive. it's been such a long road to recovery. >> reporter: katie beers disappeared as a neglected 9- year-old. the entire nation galvinized her until she was found held in this hole in the ground for 17 days. >> the remembering process has been a little difficult because i buried it for so long. >> reporter: as it tu