we think ethel has enough of them. >> you know, i think i just couldn't help smiling. >> ethel's life with bobby was organized bedlam. she was pregnant for an astonishing 99 months of her life. it was a life of children and animals, including 16 dogs at the same time. and a sea lion named sandy who lived in the family swimming pool. do you think you required a certain amount of chaos around you, to be in your natural happy state? >> i enjoyed a lot of different things, different -- a lot of different animals. and, of course, children. >> throw them all in the same category. >> you all made a lot of noise. >> thank you. >> these days, ethel kennedy's life is mostly about her 35 grandchildren. there always seems to be one or two running for office. and right now, one of them is dating taylor swift. >> what's it like hanging out with taylor swift? >> well, what fun? i mean, she is such a delight. the thing about taylor, she's so game. she'll go sailing, she never sailed. she'll drag behind the boat, she's never done that. she plays flashlight tag at night, they're all running around bump

. >>> and later, a rare interview with ethel kennedy, and a family member 50 years ago when the americans feared their world would be coming to an end. >>> tonight, we kick off a series of reports on medicine called "what is the alternative"? in fact for decades, we used that alternative medicine, in fact so common now we use the name, complimentary, to use the practice. and a lot of it has simply been demanded by patients from their doctors. our report from chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: this breast cancer survivor, diana miller, has been through it all in the last years, chemotherapy, a mastectomy, and now, a painful system caused by treatment. this is how she begins each day. >> exercise is a lot better than taking drugs. >> reporter: and she turns to acupuncture to preserve the movement in her arm. >> i have better feeling in this arm. >> reporter: dr. barrie casille, a pioneer in the field of complimentary medicine, runs this facility at sloan kettering center in new york >> acupuncture doesn't cure cancer, but it is extremely helpful in the setting, because

not a bad idea. >> that was the clip from the new documentary "ethel" which looks at life of ethel kennedyhe widow of robert kennedy. a reluctant subject, having stayed out of the subject and away from interviewers for year. a story of not only historic significance but strength. ethel kennedy lived through a series of tragedies which left her raising 11 children following the asass flati sassa her husband 44 years ago. great to see you on set. >> thank you. good to be here. >> the documentary premieres hbo tonight. everybody i know is very excited about it. the kennedy clan, the kennedy mystique a powerful one in the american imagination. tell us how you decided to make this movie and your mom's initial reaction. that's a great bit. >> you get a sense over there. hbo had approached me to make the documentary about my mother and i said no at first. they were very persistent, sheila evans and i kept saying no and she kept saying yes. i figured i'll ask my mother, she'll say yes, there's no way she'll do an interview. she hasn't done one in 25 years and never told her life story and has been

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i was raised by my mother, ethel kennedy.ife she shared with us, her children. >> and rory kennedy is with us now along with her sister kerry. she's the president of the robert f. kennedy center for justice and human rights. ladies, good to have you both here this morning. good morning. >> good to be here. >> i know over the years when you've been recognized for things or introduced for things you're almost always described as the daughters of robert f. kennedy and no one ever mentions your mom. is that one of the reasons you decided to do this movie, to pay a little tribute to your mom? >> it's true. there's been a lot of focus on my father over the years, and, of course, he deserves that, but, you know, my mother raised us all and has been around for the last 40 years and has made such a huge contribution, and her story really hasn't been told. she hasn't ever done a book or done an extensive interview. >> i don't know your mom and yet i was surprised she agreed to go along with this. >> i was shocked. >> how did you convin

they make it sound like we're a nation of lucy and ethels, can't keep up, shoving candy in their mouthsanyway, their skills not up to par with the technology at hand. of course, that was for comedy. this is for real. there are 12 million people out of work, and the big jobs discussion in corporate suites is the mismatch of jobs of today and the skills between today's lucys and ethel is. the skills gap an excuse not to hire? this week a consulting group from boston delivered a long overdue dose of skepticism t.estimates the united states is short some 80,000 to 100,000 highly skilled manufacturing workers. that's less than 1% of the nation's 11.5 million manufacturing workers. the study also concludes that corporate america bears the blame. employers won't pay more for the higher skills and experience they demand. quote, trying to hire highly skilled workers at rock bottom rates is not a skills gap. corporate america has spent 20 years rushing overseas for the cheapest labor they could find, and the current whining about not being able to find skilled labor rings hollow. look, the united

the nephew of ethel kennedy was denied parole for the beating death of a connecticut teen.e said he's been a model inmate but the victim's relatives said he needed to stay locked up. again, denied parole minutes ago. >>> let's look at the stories we are following on news 4 this afternoon. coming up, danger that's not just a halloween prank. the real life threat that led two towns to impose curfews on halloween. >>> the new work out that is inspiring women in the d.c. area to let their hair down. how the sultry moves are inspired by ballet. >>> breaking the barriers of high school football. meet the female wide receiver catching passes. >>> time for a final check on the forecast. tom, i said you were going to come in doing the gangnam style dance. >> when you head out, you are going to feel like doing it. we are hitting the 70s. near 80 in the next couple hours then back to the 60s after sunset. tomorrow, sun in the morning, clouding up in the evening. mid-70s tomorrow afternoon. near 70 friday. a lot of clouds friday. maybe a sprinkle. saturday increasing clouds, a high nea

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he was sentenced to 20 years to .ife is the son of ethel kennedy. there were new details on the deadly attack in benghazi. an islamic militant group was responsibility but the w calls that part conflicting reports that leftattack crustaceans and two other americans dead. -- ambassador chris stevens and two other americans dead. flying in theg has people stopping and staring. we will hear the first time the man who he evaded a multi million dollar airport security system by accident. up and here isng security system by accident. up [ minto ] you know, those ads saying mitt romney would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. this issue's important to me, but i'm more concerned about the debt our children will be left with. i voted for president obama last time, but we just can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. t

we are going to talk about ethel kennedy. opens up in a rare and revealing new interview. a documentary done by none other than her daughter rory. and rory and her sister carrie are here and tell tell us about that coming up. >> also if you are a parent, how would you like to be told your child has to transfer to another school, not because of bad behavior or bad grades but because he or she carries the gene for cystic fibrosis. it's because of the genetic make-up. a school says it's necessary for that young man to transfer because it's important to keep all students safe. he says it amounts to bullying. we're going to hear from him and his parents. it's a very unusual and controversial story. >> and then on a much lighter note, savannah going in for her first lesson in cooking school with bobby flay. >> sauces and stock. there he is with the chicken carcass. >> i don't know if you want to call it a carcass. >> that's its technical name, right, bobby? >> that's right. >> she's been studying. >> i've been studying. >> come to

a nephew of ethel kennedy is serving 20 years to life for fatally beating martha m ofrnltsxley with agreenwich, connecticut back in 1975. >>> the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction goes on display in new york today. you can see one of four versions of ed bar monk's "the scream" at the museum of modern art for six months. an anonymous collector bought the piece for $120 million last may. >>> tonight president obama will appear on the "tonight show" with jay leno right here on your nbc station. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and more as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. hear final arguments from the left and the right as president obama and mitt romney begin their sprint to election day. >>> and snooki is live in studio for her first post baby interview. she'll talk motherhood, wedding planning and the end of "jersey shore." >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing

an intimate look at the life of ethel kennedy. her children are live in studio with details on a new documentary about their mother. >>> and actor producer director tyler perry is live with matt and savannah to talk about his new role as a detective in the movie, "alex cross." >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >>> a nephew of ethel kennedy has lost his bid to get out of prison. michael skakel is serving life for the death of martha moxley. he knew his best bet for freedom was to admit his guilt. but he insists he is innocent. his next chance for parole comes in 2017. >>> experts confirm it was a great white shark that killed a surfer off the coast of central california. they say the 15-foot to 16-foot shark left this bite mark on the victim's board. francisco javier solorio died after being bitten in the upper torso. the giant animal probably mistook the man for prey. >>> employees at a jackson, mississippi, business had an unexpected visitor drop in. this sdeer found his way to the break room. the frightened buck made a mess of things during that beef stint in confinement. tried to leap on top of cabinets. ite a vertical he has there. >>> and in medical news, a surprising weapon in the battle against colon cancer. researchers say aspirin has shown remarkable promise in treating the disease, but only in people with mutations in the gene. the study found pati

only driver to record a lap time of under one minute thirty one seconds this is include track of ethel'saustralian team mate mark webber will also start from the front row after coming second appearance jenson button was third fastest on the day to make it was great trying to steer box the penalty savile's coming week up by a sheet of third roman growth short of lotus will complete second row ferrari's fernando alonso will start sixth as the spine of it to defend his twenty ninth overall really had a battle however the german knows he can bridge that gap. and we couldn't really ask for more the car felt fantastic from the start i think we didn't have the best start to the week and yes for the morning i wasn't very happy but then we seem to get better every time we go out so we're very pleased with the result very happy the car feels fantastic around here and i was able to pick up a little bit overnight so all in all i think it came together nicely and obviously we hope for a very good race tomorrow. one to ten is now world number two maria sharapova is set to face top ranked vittorio as

. >>> a nephew of ethel kennedy has lost his bid to get out of prison.ichael skakel is serving 20 years to life for beating his neighbor, martha moxley, to death with a golf club. he knew his best bet for freedom was to admit his guilt. but he insists he is innocent. his next chance for parole comes in 2017. >>> experts now confirm that it was a great white shark that killed a surfer off the coast of central california. they say the 15-foot to 16-foot shark left this bite mark on the victim's board. francisco javier solorio died just moments after being bitten in the upper torso. they say such attacks are rare and that the giant animal probably mistook the man for prey. >>> employees at a jackson, mississippi, business had an unexpected visitor drop in. this deer broke through the window and found his way to the break room, no less. workers locked him inside until animal control could get there. the frightened buck made a mess of things during that beef stint in confinement. knocked over tables and chairs. tried to leap on top of cabinets. quite a vertic

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he is the nephew of ethel kennedy. massachusetts has moved to theke the license of pharmacy at the center of the meningitis outbreak. investigators found dirty the new england, pounding center. the state knew of problems there ago, leading some to question why there were not sanctions. >> the investigation continues this. this administration we will approach,y different . much more vigorous attack >> the meningitis outbreak is 23 deaths nationwide illnesses.an 300 a man in placer county, is doing ok, but his was stuck in the snow days.l after to call 911 three days. not feel heid needed to be rescued right away. >> i am eating peanuts and drinking rock star. that what you had a car? >> i found a can of peaches. >> you did not see anybody for e days? .> my dog and 35 deer i had a panoramic view. >> he said he finally called 911 and he ran out of food drinks. the city's grateful to the out and who came rescued him. and the berries eating a sandwich. that he's grateful to e officers. >> he did not have to answer the g els

about ethel kennedy. we gotta get rory on. who did the documentary. people have said this, the kennedy's whole -- all of them, that was their whole mission about helping those less fortunate than them. that's exactly what our last caller is talking about. the basis of christianity is helping the poor. future wife stack for me. jesse in iowa. people getting a little crazy. can i have some wedding music here. crazy. pre-election. charlene hundred zinger please and thank you. 47 of council bluff iowa first had a liquid lunch at p. f. chang's where you harass customers about being a muslim. embarrass your daughter so much she leaves you in chinatown des moines version of it. >> chinatown where the p. f. chang's is. >> stephanie: that area of des moines. explain to the copper on a call you don't need jailing. democrats, not republicans like you. officer chris morgan said in his report that00inger reported that he didn't need to be there because she was a republican. she reportedly refuse a sobriety test admitted to having consumed alcohol and insisted she

the son of widow ethel kennedy is in prison for beating martha moxley to death. he will be released in april. more than 50 people are hurt in florida after the floor collapsed during a party. partygoers plunged from a second floor apartment to the first floor clubhouse. none of the injuries are life threatening. >>> the obama campaign once again blaming the intelligence community for the fallout over the terror attack in libya. listen. >>> there is investigation ongoing with the ingenls community, fbi is on the ground. we have reported the administration, the administration has reported everything that we have been told. we have shared it in real time. it is a complicated situation. we are thoroughly looking at what is happening there and reporting to the american people on it. there has been no inconsistency. a new report that an unmanned u.s. drone was dispatched in response to the benghazi attack even monitoring the final hours of the attack. why are we just hearing about this now? more importantly where was our military. lieutenant colonel and senior fellow s

and being on her own because they were like frick and frack, fred and ethel but in a good way. she has lost 50 pounds and manages it. >> what is interesting to me about your father is your father is a doctor. and it shows how difficult diabetes is to manage. >> i said dad what triggered this how did you know? did you go for a regular check up and he said no i was chronically thirsty. >> and my mother had none of those symptoms. >> and i get thirsty a lot so i was like, do i need to get tested but that's how he knew something was wrong. >> you can have control of having this disease coming your way or get off the medication. especially for people with type two if it's weight related. it's in our power. >> it is. >> the step out walk to stop diabetes is tomorrow. it's at national harbor. registration check in opens at 8:00 a.m. the walk starts at 10:00, we have more information for you on wusa9.com. >> this is nine news now. >> three deadly accidents, three police officers, not wearing their seat

. >> i think it also needs lucy and ethel on the sidelines.to throw in a little california in january sounds awfully good to me. >>> so you're watching "the voice." >> this is, again, where they have the sing-offs. we're only going to do two teams today and let you pick. this is team blake, layla versus suzanne that. they are singing "dog days are over" by florence and the machine, but tell me who you like best. ♪ ♪ the dark days are over the dark days are done ♪ ♪ horses are coming so you better run ♪ ♪ run fast for your mother and fast for your father run for your children and your sisters and brothers. leave all your love and longing behind ♪ >> do you pick sara haines or the other girl? >> they are good singers, the first girl has a more distinctive voice. >> that was the one who got selected. sara haines moves on. her name is soouzuzanne that. next one is a great one, this is team christina. this is jocelyn versus sylvia. they are both brunettes and sing a song called "what goes around comes around." >> okay. ♪ 'cause honestly you turned

i actually knew ethel merman.evelt hospital. >> it was like $4. >> and some-odd cents. >> so sweet. >> they invited me to the ribbon cutting ceremony and ethe ethel merman was there, there's a picture of us together. >> you got to bring it in. >> we were in one of the local newspapers they said the little donor with the other donor, anyway. that's my ethel merman story. >> do you remember that day? >> i wonder whether i remember it or i see the pictures. >> that's amazing. >>> get you caught up on the headlines we talked about it earlier but it may impact the markets today. general electric reporting third quarter earnings in line with estimates. solid demand in the u.s. and asia for electric turbines and railroad locomotives helping offset europe's woes and honeywell posting a better than expected profit. it is also tightening its full year earnings forecast, tightening it up to $4.45 to $4.50 a share. the street was already at $4.50. >>> a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll this morning of a couple of battl

can and at that moment the telephone rings on the table on the other side of the swimming pool and ethel kennedy gets the answers and says to robert kennedy it is j. edgar hoover and it is hoover telling robert kennedy that his brother has been hit and probably killed. we know on this plane johnson went in to president kennedy's bed room and made a call to robert kennedy. he asks for details of being sworn in and the exact wording of the vote you should take as president. now you are saying is johnson taking revenge for all the humiliations that robert kennedy inflicted on him when he was vice president? was there some other motive? we don't know. i certainly don't know. robert kennedy puts in his deputy the digital nicholas katzenbach and he says any one of a hundred officials could ha johnson that information. i asked mary famer what were their voices like? she said nicholas katzenbach was like steel. robert kennedy's when he started but then it wasn't. then said to me he shouldn't have been talking on that call. not that lyndon johnson ever wanted all against robert kennedy. when the

she is a pro. >> reporter: and ethel kennedy now 84 years old and that kennedy family name has helped raise a lot of money, more than $2.5 million, quite a bit more than his opponent. and, of course, that will be a factor in this race. not much polling in this, savannah, but many people here think the kennedy name will really care him. savannah? >> thank you. >>> 18 minutes after the hour. here is david. >> thanks. now to a high school sophomore we first told you about last week. whitney croft was named to her school's homecoming court as a prank. this weekend, she got a chance to stand up to her bullies. nbc's kevin tibbles has the story. good morning. >> reporter: david, homecoming weekend in west branch, michigan drew a lot more attention this year than usual as the entire town threw its support behind sophomore whitney crop after a cruel prank by some of her fellow students. happiness from heart ache as unlikely heroine whitney crop is in high school. >> i changed my mind and came out. >> reporter: last week, whitney went public with her humiliating experience of finding out she h

she is a pro. >> reporter: and ethel kennedy now 84 years old and that kennedy family name has helped raise a lot of money, more than $2.5 million, quite a bit more than his opponent. and, of course, that will be a factor in this race. not much polling in this, savannah, but many people here think the kennedy name will really care him. savannah? >> thank you. >>> 18 minutes after the hour. here is david. >> thanks. now to a high school sophomore we first told you about last week. whitney croft was named to her school's homecoming court as a prank. this weekend, she got a chance to stand up to her bullies. nbc's kevin tibbles has the story. good morning. >> reporter: david, homecoming weekend in west branch, michigan drew a lot more attention this year than usual as the entire town threw its support behind sophomore whitney crop after a cruel prank by some of her fellow students. happiness from heart ache as unlikely heroine whitney crop is in high school. >> i changed my mind and came out. >> reporter: last week, whitney went public with her humiliating experience of finding out she h

an unexpected moment came during our interview with ethel kennedy.om. and with this week's 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis in mind, i asked the widow of bobby kennedy, the sister-in-law of jfk, what she remembered about fidel castro who, it turns out, she's met several times. >> he was very warm, very emotional. he clearly would have liked to have been friends with president kennedy and with bobby. >> reporter: it certainly didn't work out that way. and of the three men, only castro survives. there are ghosts of another kind on the web this week. "the daily mail" has a series of photos altered by a dutch woman. they show the streets of french cities and towns as they are today with overlaid images of the exact same spot during world war ii. the soldiers allied and german appear as ghosts and we're left to wonder what came of them all and what would have become of all of us had it gone the other way. beam toward to today, a big trending topic this week is the psat, trending because of widespread fear among millions of psta takers who are

lifestyle change of coming here after the trauma of the loss of my father and -- they were like fred and ethel but in a good way. she lost 30 pounds action goes to physical therapy and manages it. >> for me i think with my father it was the fear of what could happen to him when he was diagnosed with it. it was close to 20 years ago and what had happened was his father, my grandfather, was diagnosed when he was 40. and at that time in burma, there was no awareness of the disease at all, no real medication, although he did take insulin eventually when they moved to india. but by the time they moved to india, he was bedridden. he lost his job because he had thiewr rop peat in his heel -- neuropathy in his heel. he got an abscess, got infected and he couldn't work anymore. his only mode of transportation was by foot. he didn't have a car. he had a bicycle but couldn't ride that. so the suffering that my father as the eldest son saw, that's his memory of diabetes because his father died at age 50. my father was diagnosed much later than my grandfather was but he had grown children. that memory of c

michael ska kill, a nephew of ethel kennedy could be set free after spending 10 years behind bars. skakel killed someone in 1985. if skakel is eligible for parole, he could go free as soon as april. >>> jerry sandusky will soon take up residence in one of pennsylvania's state prisons. he was moved yesterday to a correctional institution for physical and mental evaluations before moving one more time to prison. the 68-year-old was sentenced earlier this month to between 30 and 60 years behind bars for sexually abusing multiple young boys. the former penn state football stapt coach is appealing that conviction. >>> two teenage brothers are charged in connection with the death of a girl in clayton, new jersey. 12-year-old autumn pascale was last seen riding her bike. the suspects may have wanted the girl's bike. the brothers are ages 15 and 17. >>> millions of muslims are making their way to mecca for the annual haj pilgrimage. mecca is saudi arabia is the center of their faith. during the haj, muslims will set out on rites laid out by the prophet muhammad. >>> investigators found uns

. >> e ethel kennedy was asked what she would think of having you as a daughter-in-law and she said we"we would be so lucky." >> she is fantastic. i love her. >> you know nothing about me, but what you see on the outside. and i am much more than a number on a scale. >> kids are bullying do not let them bring you down. stand up for what you believe in. go with your heart. go with your gut. >> amazing what goes down in the course of a week, huh. >> fascinating to watch. >> and finally, we know why we are up this e. so we've been asking you to tweet us your pictures showing us what you're doing at this hour. >> within reason. >> within >>> this morning on "world news now -- was the shooting death of a u.s. border patrol agent actually a case of friendly fire? >> the focus shifts in the investigation in the death to a remote and dangerous stretch of arizona. it's friday, october 5th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning and happy friday. thank you, lord. we made it to friday again. i'm rob nelson. we have new blood on the desk. >> i'm excited to be here.

here. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: i recently got my ass kicked in banana gram by by -- ethelmyself. [ farting sounds ] >> don't do that. >> stephanie: guess who i get to meet for the first time in my life? >> who? >> stephanie: carol burnett. [ screaming ] >> stephanie: she and lily tomlin -- they invited me to the tonight show. and i get to hang out in her dressing room and poo myself. [ farting sounds ] >> stephanie: i brought like a year's supply of adult diapers. >> just don't go all [ inaudible ] on her please. >> stephanie: remember that? that was awesome. you know how quickly i'll be ejected from security. no i have become good friends with her daughter jody. i had to explain why there's a giant creepy picture of her, her mother and sister in my house, because people are like are you friends with them? and i'm like no i have never met any of them. and she is like that's creepy. and i explained to them that they have this book on the set, and so they gave it to me -- and she is like wow that's creepy. and there are other pictures of my mom in your house. [♪ dramatic mus

typicalliy ein a townhall, they have to relate to ethel in cincinnati, and her story, and can they swingintimate setting, mano y mano. >> one thing, candy crowley, describes, once the table is set by the questioner there is time for me to say, hey, what about x, y, z, both parties are saying not really. that is not how it is supposed to happen. the commission is saying the moderator will not ask follow up questions or comment on questions asked by the audience or those by the candidates. >> tussling over the rules, huh? >> exactly. >> interesting. all right, we'll be checking you out tuesday night, candy, we will see. austrian daredevil, felix baumgartner back on earth this morning after a record breaking leap from space. according to preliminary data, baumgartner reached a maximum speed of get this, 833.9 miles an hour during his jump over the new mexico desert. that amounts to mach 1.24. faster than the speed of sound. baumgartner has said the stunt changed his perspective. >> when you stand up there on top of the world you become so humble. it's not about -- breaking records anymore,

. >> up until now rfk's widow, ethel ken dean her children have been reluctant release these documents50 years in the cuban missile crisis. there's been pressure on her to release documents. when her husband was killed in '6 she had a clause which gives her control over this material. it was unusual but the murder of your husband is an unusual event. she decided now, the last hope that the john f. kennedy library in boston might build a robert kennedy library museum with these papers as a centerpiece. that hasn't come to fruition and she decided to showcase what her husband did, one of his most famous moments how he hoped the lead our country away from war during the cuban missile crisis. >> why not earlier? >> there's still a lot not being released, charlie, because there's a lot of personal -- these personal papers mixed with professional papers and it was too painful for her to go through all of that. the decades have gone on, and she's sort of getting her house in order right now and decided this is the first installment. later we'll get more rfk papers. he was a bit of a writer. j

. >> reporter: skakel is the nephew of ethel kennedy.ousin and law professor bobby kennedy jr. has written about the case and believes the prosecution got it all wrong. >> he doesn't deserve to be spending 20 years of his life in jail for a crime that he didn't commit. >> reporter: in 2010 the state supreme court ruled against skakel's request for a new trial saying a claim implicating two other men in the killing had no credibility. >> somebody decided that skakel was going to jail, and that all of the other evidence, the abundant evidence against other people would be ignored. >> troy roberts with us now. troy, what are the chances that he'll be granted parole today? >> i would be very surprised. he's only served only half of the minimum 20 year sentence. this is his first parole board hearing and this is a highly publicized case. he hasn't admitted guilt. stranger things have happened, but i don't think he's going to be walking. >> as they fointd an alternative theory to the case as who may have done it. >> they've thrown a couple of