also with her, the grandmother, haleigh's grandmother, crystal sheffield, marie griffiths, thank you for being with us. first to you, crystal sheffield, this is haleigh's mother. crystal, what do you make of the recent developments, the developments especially about misty croslin flunking a polygraph? >> i thought all along she had something to do with it. and now this kind of just proves it. >> why do you say you've thought all along that? >> she was the last one to see our daughter. and her stories just don't add up. everything she says is crazy. i mean, it's like the cops say, they're inconsistent. >> have you talked to ronald about the inconsistencies? >> i've said something to him about her recently. and he pretty much was like what do you want me to do? >> what did you say to him? i mean, his response kind of -- to interpret it depends on what you said to him. what did you say to him? >> i told him what i -- how i felt about her test results, and i told him i really didn't want to be around her anymore like when i pick our son up. and he was just like what do you want me to do?

i think it's like a competition between each of them who's griffithing is -- the system more.'m proposeing a new realty game show to see which office is most effective at gaming the system. we'll have judges and call it american ide idle. it's unbelievable. bill: it is. >> we're talking about underage hookers, bill, and nobody's blinking an eye. these people have to be brought down. i think these two kids deserve pull litsers. >> they're not going to get them. the maryland authorities saying they might arrest them. we're politely suggesting the maryland general attorney not do that. there is going to be trouble. these two -- the feds won't investigate. we have louisiana investigating buddy caldwell but the feds won't investigate. holder knows but he's not going to investigate because it's a democratic machine. so these two kids take it upon themselveses to go around -- the one thing that hill pointed out that's accurate is they went to a bunch of other acorn agencies that didn't do that kind of stuff. my question is does this hurt president obama? obama has some ties to acorn

. >> larry: our hero of the week, and what a sdefrk odeserving on alex griffith.s an avid boy scout, he decided to use his eagle scout project to build and help russian children. so what is it you do, alex? how does it work? >> when you're a life scout in the boy scouts, you can start your eagle, and one of the requirements is eagle scouts for requirement number five would state develop and give leadership to a service project. >> larry: how do you get the money to them? >> i -- you do fund raising activities. >> larry: you're building a playground for children in russia. in moscow? >> right above the center of mongolia. >> larry: this project took 2.5 years to complete, and on your 16th birthday, you went back to russia for the dedication of your playground. what was that like? >> it was very cool. there was a line to the big slide, and even when we were building it, people were playing on the unfinished parts. >> larry: he's getting other projects together, too. what a hero. thank you, alex, our deserving hero of the week building a playground for his hometown.

i'm bill griffith. get all your business news on cnbc. >>> 100% chance of rain this weekend. >> right. most of it will come overnight tonight. but you have a little bit after dry start today and dry finish tomorrow. we will get the detail on how much rain and exact time frame of the rain. coming up, the full forecast after this. >>> the "today" show is coming up next on nbc4. amy robach joins with us a preview. good morning. >> good morning to you. come up this morning on "today," all the latest on the showdown with iran. and ratcheting tensions after the country admits building a secret underground nuclear facility. chilling new details about the alleged terror plot. some analysts are now calling the most serious planned active terrorism since 9/11. >>> actress mackenzie phillips the firestorm she created when she published her memoirs. more about her life, the book, and the strong reaction it is receiving especially from her own family. a mother and daughter both crashed their cars into a sinkhole one

i'm bill griffith. get all your business news on cnbc. now celebrating its 20th year. >>> one item that has gone flat during the recession is champagne. >> what? >> can you believe that? sales off 50% for the basic bubbly. down 85% for premium brands. they get expensive. bubbly bwers are changing their pitch to make their drink less of a special occasion thing and more of an every day indu e indulgen indulgence. one label has scar will he -- scarlett johansson as a spokesperson. we will see what happens. >>> tell bus the forecast. >> that's what i'm here for. the big buck. i'm paid the big buck to let you know -- >> champagne for lunch. >> all the time. outside, plenty of clouds this morning. what's that mean for our rain chances? complete che p. >>> the fat lady has sung for the washington nationals' disappointing season. she will be singing at nationals park tonight literally. tonight is the second annual opera in the outfield. a free simulcast of the opera's performance at the ballpark. the show will be broadcast in high def on the par

i'm bill griffith. get all your business news on cnbc now celebrating its 20th year. >>> cleanup and investigation are under way after a home in idaho exploded. this after it appeared yesterday morning. all is left is destruction. massive explosion rocked the small neighborhood. the explosion was so powerful it decimated the house leaving only a section of the garage standing. debris blew as far away as three blocks and pieces of the structure blew into nearby holmes. one man is hurt and went to the hospital after being pulled from the rubble. >>> a massive interstate pileup in oregon when 26 motorcycles collided with two cars. the group of motorcyclists tried to slow down but crashed into the back of the cars. ten people were injured and including two of the motorcyclists who were flown to portland hospitals by helicopter with critical injuries. >>> the "today" show is coming up next p.m. amy robach joins us with a preview. good morning. >> good morning to you, eun. coming up, president obama uses a ne

>> think again. >> welcome to "power lunch," i'm bill griffith.tocks have been falling following yesterday's late selloff. procter & gamble leading the dow at this hour. and another treasury auction, at this time, $29 billion of seven-year notes, the result next hour on "power lunch." >> and we have a cnbc exclusive, general motors's ceo fritz henderson about his plan to boost sales through gm's money-back offer. >>> and goldman sachs, $16 billion dilemma. new reports say the firm is set to have another blockbuster year for bonuses. the question is -- how does goldman keep employees happy without causing backlash in washington? . >>> and google, getting ready to do one acquisition a month. we'll look at some of the possible targets. and here's what else is on the menu. >>> i'm john harwood in pittsburgh, where president obama is going to come from the united nations in new york with a little bit of wind at his back from some victory he is got on nuclear proliferation. can he keep it up in pittsburgh? it's likely to be at a high level of generality

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i'm alex griffith, and i'm building a playground at the hospital where i was adopted from.'ve been a boy scout for five years. i wanted to build a playground for my eagle project. hospital number 20 had a rough chair with a wooden seat, and a sandbox. which was mud because of all the rain. we had to design the playground. these are the double slides. volunteers from all over the world helped to build this playground. all of us adopted from russia have not and probably will never forget our birthplace. >> i like this playground, because when you slide on it, all the sadness goes away. >> he makes me very proud. he's been an example to all of them that anything is possible if you don't give up. >> it just makes me happy just being here. it makes me feel safe. pnip]p] >>> chris brown has been ordered to clean up graffiti and trash for community service for beating up his former girlfriend rihanna. it put the spotlight on a big eissue. richelle carey explains in our weekly feature "what matters." >> mike, the bigger problem that you're referring to is african-american women in

august 18 steven griffith, a subcontractor working for metro died after touching a live wire at the bladensburg bus garage. on august 26 two workers were treated at a hospital after a two-car train struck the rail cars they were woing on. whenever workers are on the track, contains are supposed to slow down. it's unclear how fast they were moving through the tunnel today. >> we'll keep on top of that one. >>> a candlelight vigil in prince george's county for a teenager critically hurt in a car crash. family and fellow students gathered at crossland high school in honor of ashley bradley. she was hit by a car in temple hills more than a week ago. she tried to cross brinkley road. tonight her mother asked classmates to keep the faith. >> her accident was harsh and it's going to take all of you to pray and believe that god will deliver a miracle and send ash ashley home because ashley is going to be a graduate of crossland high school. >> six others were also hurt in the multicar crash. their injury, though are not life-threatening. >>> the all hands on deck days could be numbered. d.c. police chi

. >>> now here's bill griffith with a look at the stories making headlines this week. bill. >> here's a look at what's making news as we head into a new week on wall street. it is the mother of all economic data these days, and the closely watched jobs report was released on friday. it showed the economy lost 216,000 jobs in august with the unemployment rate climbing to 9.7%. that's the highest level we've seen since 1983. since the beginning of the recession, the economy has now lost 6.9 million jobs. after its best august since 2000, the dow did not get off to an auspicious start in september. the market fell 180 points on tuesday on concerns about financial stocks, but it did break a four-day losing streak on thursday. on friday the dow rose after the jobs report. meanwhile, new vehicle sales had their best month in nearly two years, but in spite of the cash for clunkers program, it was a mixed picture. for example, gm sales were down 17% in august from the same period a year ago. ford's were up 21%. toyota's gained 10%. chrysler's were lower. >>> spiderman has a ne

bill: unlike waters and banks my guys, griff looks like something on the andy griffith show. he looks like he is floyd the barber. so everybody run away from him. >> we love him. don knotts. >> dumbest things of the week every friday. on deck, pinheads and patriotswd assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little or no cost to you. imagine... one scooter or power chair that could improve your mobility and your life. one medicare benefit that, with private insurance, may entitle you to pay little to nothing to own it. one company that can make it all happen ... your power chair will be paid in full. the scooter store. hi i'm doug harrison. we're experts at getting you the power chair or scooter you need. in fact, if we qualify you for medicare reimbursement and medicare denies your claim, we'll give you your new power chair or scooter free. i didn't pay a penny out of pocket for my power chair. with help from the scooter store, medicare and my insurance covered it all. call the scooter store fo

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bill: unlike waters and banks my guys, griff looks like something on the andy griffith show.like he is floyd the barber. so everybody run away from him. >> we love him. don knotts. >> dumbest things of the week every friday. on deck, pinheads and patriots starring eva. i can't believe it i hope she is not a pinhead. they would have loved to land on thursday night, but the weather was rough, so seven astronauts got another day in the sky. they are getting their land legs back, and then the shuttle will go back out to florida. as i mentioned, florida landing is our preferred, because it costs $1.7 million to fly it back. o'reilly is coming back in just a minute, but the shuttle is safe and sound. thank you for trusting us with your news. see you every night at 7:00. if you're taking 8 extra-strength tylenol... a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, you could end up taking 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day. bill: eva longoria loves pok

." >> and andy taylor from "the andy griffith show." >> dr. huxtable? should have been number one?ght he was number one. >> father knows best. love that show. you don't remember that. >> you're a pretty good dad. >> i do want to say, now that we have some time. last week you were so proud. your son, who by the way is a great baseball player -- quarterback of the football team? i mean, that's a proud dad. >> you were so proud. >> of course. >> you're going to downplay it but he was beaming. >> i have to watch from far away. >> your daughter is getting ready to head off to college. >> you're going to make me cry. >> we have a minute left. >> let's peak at the forecast. warming temperatures, 76 today. tomorrow autumn officially begins. it's just a mark on the calendar. the days are already getting shorter, nights getting longer. we still have warmer air building in for the middle of the week. wednesday, thursday, scattered showers, pulling back to the 70s by the weekend. norm, the other good tv dad will be here at 5:00 with more. check back then. >> have a great day. so with fios i ge

. >>> i'm bill griffith, the co-host of cnbc's "power lunch." welcome to the four seasons, the grill room, where the captains of industry come to dine and do business. what you just saw, by the way was exclusive footage taken by our cnbc cameras of the four seasons gala 50th anniversary celebration. and we'll be showing you more as well. over the next hour, we're going to tell you the story of how this restaurant came to be the home of the power lunch. and what is a power lunch, anyway? we'll ask martha stewart what the rules are. and you'll meet the man who came up with this classic design and get an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of this american institution. so sit back, relax and enjoy the ultimate power lunch. as we celebrate 50 years of the four seasons restaurant. >> it's 12:00 in new york city. lunch time, and people have choices. lots of them. for many of the city's rich and famous, this is their choice. the four seasons restaurant. this is their haven. where they are made to feel at home. >> it's a wonderful

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bill griffith, what do you have in store? >> thanks for asking.we have two larger than life personalities with us. first hour, michael moore will be with us here in studio. his new movie is called "capitalism: a love story." nolan bush. the father of electronic games. this is the guy who created pong. if you don't know what that is, ask your father. atarry. he's got a new game he's working on now. we'll talk to him about the future of electronic games when we see you at the top of the hour. >>> i'm laughing to myself. it's probably good you guys have michael moore instead of us. that would be one hell of a fight. >> not a chance. >> i'd like to see that. >>> an election victory for the head of europe's largest economy. >> speaking of capitalism, german chancellor angela merkel winning a second term. we'll go to berlin for a live report. national car rental knows i'm picky. so, at national, i go right past the counter... and you get to choose any car in the aisle. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriously, you choose. go national. go l

. >> one thing is cleveland is a different character than peter griffith. of humor as family guy, but we have more heart. it's going to be a different show because cleveland brown is a different character. he has his own pace and own outlook. i think he has a sweeter disposition which makes it a different kind of comedy when he till gets himself as peter griffith. they're different characters. >> it's a funky show, too. our music is more show and r&b rather than the dynamic that family guys. >> we think that family guy satisfies teenage boys for show tune. >> that is the number one on the list. i know they need that daily. >> let me ask you, what are you going to see on the first episode of the cleveland show. >> we're going to see bye-bye. cleveland and junior head out for a great adventure. cleveland finds love and you will see, you will see some -- you will hear the theme song. you will see cutaway gags and you will see a little heart at end of the show which i think is our special ingredient. >> you will meet -- we have an incredible cast. mcfarland pla

in north carolina there is no higher calling than to go watch "the andy griffith show." at this time i'd like to yield to chet edwards to texas for the time he may consume. mr. edwards: madam speaker, i consider myself blessed of knowing congressman bill hefner. he was a good, decent and caring person. and i will miss him dearly. while this man of faith has gone on to a better place now, his work here on earth will continue to enrich the lives of millions of american citizens. there are untold thousands of our troops and families who are living in bert housing today because -- better housing today because bill hefner was their champion. he not only worked hard for his beloved fort bragg, north carolina, he fought for a better quality of life for service men and women and their families wherever they might live in the world. as chairman of the house appropriations subcommittee on military construction, chairman hefner saw to it that the service and sacrifice of our troops would be honored in a meaningful way. while members of congress sometimes take ourselves too seriousl

hundreds of people rode through griffith park a day after lance tweeted, hey, l.a., get out of your cars and on your bikes. time to ride tomorrow at the zoo parking lot. see you. he thanked the lapd for accommodating the ride. hundreds of people got there. >> he's loving the tweet. thank you. >>> i wonder if this is trying to get people to be more foot or a big ego boost. you can tweet and thousands of people show up. >> i thought you were talking about the coach with the strippers. it may be -- >> in poor taste. >> i would have batted .675 that year, just joking. >>> if you're doing travel, thunderstorms coming in across philadelphia. heavy winds around nyc. here's newark, laguardia, jfk covered up with rain and heavy downpours around philadelphia. new york, philadelphia, d.c., dallas, shouse there. dallas, shouse there. storms. we'll have more bl"morning t express" in just about two minutes. we can do the small things, the big things, just about everything... right inside your gm dealership. find out more at goodwrench.com. - oh, come on. - enough! you get half and you get half. ( chir

laurel griffith was a high school friend of annie le's. laurel, good morning. you were senior class president, she was valedictorian. you kept in touch on facebook. tell us about annie. this has got to hit you so hard. >> it has been very hard. i know that it's tragic circumstances but i think annie would at least be happy to know that it has brought a lot of us together, a lot of her friends together. it's been very difficult to wait and watch the news. it's been very hard for us. annie was just an amazing person. and i know that when tragedies happen, people always say that, but she truly was, she was probably the most brilliant person i've ever met in my life, but what made her more amazing was that she was -- there was an intersection of intelligence and personality and ability and she worked hard and she was great with people and she cared about people and she was funny and she didn't sacrifice one part of her life for another like a lot of people kind of seem to. she just really kind of had it all. she was really amazing. >> how do you make sense of this

i'm bill griffith. >> indeed, it is. >> so far bulls are in charge this monday. stocks breaking a three-day losing streak. technology, the financials, consumer discretionary all moving higher today. we're back to that kind of a market cycle. cisco has been leading the dow. we've got google ledding the s&p 500 and the nasdaq at this hour. >> thank you. we have a $7 billion deal in the biotech world. the sector has been a real performer this quarter. but investors may still be able to get into this red hot area of health care. we have the best in biotech coming up. >>> i'm michelle caruso-cabrera. oscar winning director michael moore will join us to talk about his latest film "capitalism: a love story." not. >>> last and at least. a major milestone for apple today. the company announcing its 2 billionth down load from the its apps store. >>> i'm bertha coombs. xerox makes its biggest acquisition ever. the document giant in the $6.4 billion deal to buy atf. is m and a making a comeback? how many more deals are in the pipeline. >>> i'm phil lebeau. a big week for chr

bill griffith along with -- dennis neil, i told you we'd leave the light on for you. they're all back together again here. the president taking time away from the campaign for health care reform to talk about another program that is very near and dear to his heart, that would be education. >> but a sizable reform if, indeed, what he said in his speech takes place. which would be basically cutting out -- in his own words cutting out the middleman in terms of student aid financing and basically going around the private sector. >> eliminating the private sector and having more and more government involved in student loans. what i didn't understand is he said, look, the government's been on the hook for these loans in the past. i don't understand how shipping them to the government improves the situation in any way, shape or form. >> he thinks it might improve efficiency. the stock of sallie mae is down 4% today. >> better at the business of making loans andsy assessing risk than a banks are. it turns out this government student loan takeover is a trillion dollars over te

i'm alex griffith and i'm building a playground at the hospital where i was adopted from. i've been a boy scout for five years. i wanted to build a playground for my eagle project. there was a swing with a wooden seat and a sand box which was a mutt p mud pit because of the rain. we had to design the playground and then we had to build it. volunteers from all over the world helped build the playground. all of us adopted from russia have not and will probably never forget our birth place. >> translator: i like this playground because when you slide on it, all of the sadness goes away. >> everybody is possible if you don't give up. >> it makes me happy just being here. that's all i can say. >> find out more about alex and our other cnn heroes on our website. logon to cnn.com/heroes. coming october 1st, we'll announce the top ten heroes of 2009. we'll share more september 11th memorials coming up. ♪ you're the one ♪ who's born to care this life was protected... ♪ seems you've always been right there ♪ this life was saved... ♪ soothing sadness ♪ healing pain and this life was

. >> martha griffiths was a proponent of the equal rights amendment.e said there was never a time when sensible interpretation would not give us everything that we are asking for. i am still a partisan of the equal rights amendment, not because it would change the current jurisprudence of the court, but if you pick up and a constitution written since 1970, any place in the world, you will find the equivalent of an equal rights amendment. my constitution does not have such a provision so i would like for my granddaughters, i visited them this morning, it was at their school in chicago, i would like them to be able to see that that is a fundamental premise of our system, that men and women are citizens of equal stature. i think it would be nice if they could see that in our fundamental instrument of government and not just as a reasonable interpretation of the equal protection clause. >> we and illinois have lots to apologize for per the equal rights amendment probably died its death in our legislature here. i have been told by a number of trial judges t