just another day for the capital guardians.a unit that does not rest so the nation's capital can do so peacefully. at andrews air force base. >> we're all watching that and thinking it would have been exciting to be up there. we're glad they are up there. >> exactly, working hard. kind of cloudy and rainy and yucky. >> exactly. it's drizzley out there. not much going on right now. not much tomorrow morning. changes underway for tomorrow afternoon. let's look outside now. see how folks have been enjoying themselves. showers around the area. light showers indeed. temperatures, today, well, it's our warmest of the week with high temperatures, 9 degrees. now, we are at 68 degrees. rain today,.300 of an inch of rain. we got up to the 70s today. we're in the 60s now dropping to the low 60s by the morning. temperatures in the south low 80s. 95, the warm spot, dallas, texas. it's where summer is hanging on. 68 the temperature here. falling to the low 60s. starting out five degrees cooler than we did this morning. all right. here is the

just another day for the capital guardians. a unit that does not rest, so the nation's capital can do so peacefully. at andrews air force base, news4. >> now we're going to take off. enjoy.

guardian angel curtis sliwa, take on all of this. this is crazy! >> well, number one, i think if you look at the restaurant, this young lady was sitting by herself, ordered a meal and then attached herself to a nearby group of eight and they didn't seem to reject her or complain to management. they just assumed she would pay for her own meal and her drinks, which at the end of it, she was incapable of and then the great-grandmother was more than happy to give her a credit card number. the restaurant should have just accepted it. the manager should have said, hey, look, if it doesn't pass mustard. it'll on my shift, i'll deal with it, but when it became a police matter, jane, you have to understand, she's an adult. if she insisted upon being released there's nothing the sheriff's department can do to keep her in that. >> leo terrell? >> that's not true. that's not true. >> leo, let -- >> no, let me get that point in. >> you are wrong, leo. you're wrong. >> wait, let me see the panel. leo -- >> jane, jane, thank you, jane. they have a right to hold t

the line of scrimmage but didn't account for jeff owens, right up the center in between the right guardian center. nobody blocked him. that's the worst place for a quarterback to feel pressure right up the middle, coming right at you. >> brad: that's the tight end, d.j. williams, who is down on the turf. that's a guy they can't afford to lose. and hops up and then slows down and now he'll head to the sideline. punting situation for the first time tonight. that's been a bit of a circus so far in practice and in the first game. they on had to punt once against missouri state. this is dylan breeding, he's a freshman. sometimes he booms them, sometimes they don't go so far. prince miller is back deep for georgia. behind breeding and this case, not a bad kick but might be returnable. miller a fumble and i think arkansas' got it. first mistake of the night. turnovers have been killers for georgia in the first three weeks of the season. >> todd: they committed six turnovers in the first two games that led directly to 26 points. now, prince miller is going to fumble this but i think number 2, bran

just another day for the capitol garduardiane guardians, and it's a unit that does not rest. >> reporter: it was my third time in a fighter jet. it never gets old. >> i went up for a 30-minute right with the blue angels. and he asked, what do you think? i asked him if this plane was capable of a level flight. it was corkscrews the whole time. >> yeah, they helped me to have a great day. >> great folks out theret andrews. beautiful day outside. good day for flying weather. visual flight rules in effect for today. get your flight goggles on. spin up the by plane. old school, like me. outside right now, under a mostly blue sky. what a beautiful day it is turning out to be. there a lot of folks walking the dogs and taking morning bike rides and jogs along the trail. 70 downtown right now with a light north wind at 6. the last 90-degree day of the last year was september 14th, and this year it has been august 27th. we have not been above 90 since august 27th. i suspect that may be the final 90-degree day of the year. i don't think we have the stuff to get up to 90 degrees this week. 69 in fai

it is also known as the capital guardian responsible for 24/7 protection over the air space of the nation's capital. brigadier general jeff johnson is the wing's commander. >> we respond very often. this is some of the busiest air space in the nation here, in the nation's capital region. therefore, we are out there checking things out very often. >> reporter: the 113th has been part of the d.c. national guard for nearly 70 years. its role shifted dramatically after 9/11. since then the wing has been on constant asa, air sovereignty alert. a number of f-16 fighter jets stay armed and loaded ready to respond at a moment's notice. that number is classified. >> we weren't on air sort of alert prior to 9/11, but obviously since the attacks, the nation has seen fit we have aircraft an alert here. >> reporter: i was given permission to fly on a training mission. my pilot lieutenant colonel rick jiang. he pointed out how quick he has to respond on a mission. >> we have to get there when we are told to get there. consequences of not getting there are obvious. >> reporter: after strapping in and runn

he is their legal guardian and there's no evidence he harmed either girl. the girl is in immediate need of medical attention. investigators suspect the girls may have been taken to tennessee. >>> a tennessee father traveled 7,000 miles to get his two children back. now he's in jail in japan. a tennessee court recently gave christopher full custody of his son and daughter. but by then his ex-wife, a japanese native had taken the children all of the way to japan. yesterday a friend reportedly witnessed the arrest said he picked them up as he walked to school and instead of heading to the nearest airport he went to the american consulate. he told a cnn affiliate he desperately missed his kids. >> everywhere i look around there's a picture. i can't go in his bedroom. we'll never sleep in this bed again. i said i love you, isaac. i love you. remember that. i love you. i want you back. you should be here. you should be in school. you should be with your daddy. it's hard to have quiet moments because my kids' words haunt me during those quiet times. >> japanese la

under current county law, anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. guardian. >> we are making the proposal now because of the overwhelming evidence that indoor tanning beds are a major cause of skin cancer. >> reporter: howard county board of health held a hearing on the ban last night. if it is approved it could be in place within as little as five weeks. >>> today massachusetts lawmakers are expected to give final approval to a new state succession law. that will allow the governor to appoint an interim replacement for the late senator ted kennedy. ted kennedy sent a letter to lawmakers last month, the week before he died of brain cancer asking for the change. now someone would be able to hold the seat until a election is held in january. >>> the longest-serving senator in history is in a local hospital this morning. a spokesman for 91-year-old robert byrd said he fell yesterday at his home in mclean. he might be developing an infection according to tests. he was hospitalized with dangerous infections earlier this year but returned to the senate be

. >> reporter: the baby will go back to its biological family who called the birth mother a guardian angel. back in louisiana families search for their own piece of mind as couples, attorneys and a clinic begin to sort through the confusion. kristen dall gren, nbc news. >>> still ahead, the man accused of running a ponzi scheme and fleeing to virginia has been injured in a prison fight. >>> conan o'brien injured as well. a stunt goes bad on "the night show" set. the man who said "i do" four times on the same day. hakeem, top that? >> i don't know if i can top that. >>> i can give you a run for your money. western kentucky celebrates with an official. the hokies defense has a challenge and the terps turn over a win to the scarl >>> accused super swipdleer r allen hanson is in the hospital. he got in a fight with an inmalt in texas. a local station is reporting that he will be back in jail tonight. he was involved in an alleged ponzi scheme. he was arrested in stafford county, virginia. >>> a medical transport helicopter crashed in south carolina. investigators said the crew just dropp

it's amazing, i recently talked to my guardian, the woman i moved in with about that decision, and she said that my mother, the day they had to sign over the guardianship papers, my mother was so far gone to the cancer that my guardian, daisy stewart in the book, had to help her sign the paperwork. and she said that as a mother, she really understood that my mother couldn't face it, the fact that she was going to be leaving her children was more than she could handle. people are often asked us if that makes us angry, and it makes us love her all the more. it really does. that has been the big question about this book, why were you all separated? and i think really the answer is, we found each other again because our parents instilled in us such a sense of self and our sibling bonds were already set so kind of securely as young people before our family life exploded that that is a huge testament to not only our mother, but our father as well. >> as i feared, this segment has gone too quickly. when you pick up the book, what do you hope that readers finds? >> in a larger perspective, i h

>> he's my brother in arms, him and joel, my guardian angels, d.j.siders both of them their uncles and their wifs the aubts. that's how he addresses them, aunt and uncle. they are a part of our family and will be a part of our family. >> in the same spirit of sacrifices, john and joel and others that helped little d.j. in a dire situation, we want to invite everybody, helping david.com if you want to help out. chris, did i get it right? >> yes. >> forgive me for my emotions, i love the story. we do some tough ones and this is a good one. we just tip our hats to you and chris. tell little dj we're thinking about him. go packers. >> yes,@@ sir, our heart will g the other way, a woman beaten up at a restaurant by a guy twice her size and her little 7-year-old had to witness it. pe@ >>> home from an errands instead of driving, one of many cost saving steps they are taking since the bread winner was laid off from her software job. >> at first it's the instant panic, we'll lose the house tomorrow and live in a cardboard box. >> she decided to turn her loss

proving that the election may have been distorted should hand those over to the guardian council.he other side said, "no, the electoral process itself was fine, but the environment in the country was just not right." >> charlie: are you saying that there is no deep divide in iran today? no deep divide between reform, the forces of reform and the forces of president ahmadinejad and his allies? as a result of that election, is there a schism in your country? >> i would like to make two points, here. first of all, the iranian nation is a unified nation. it's a fact. i mean, for 30 years we've had elections. and people have voted, and then they accept the results of the vote. even right now as we speak, over 90% of the people believe that the results of the elections were legal and correct and they're going on with their daily lives. now, there are groups that are influenced by political -- you know, processes that are under way, and they're not really directing their criticism at me. nor at the election process. they're saying that we're using the election as an excuse. that's what t

she was his nurse, his guardian, she was his chef, she was his wife.was very close to his father. and part of it, he said he used to talk to his father, who had died, every day. his father, was waiting for him. he talked about that. his father was one of the i guess angels that was waiting for him. >> whoopi goldberg put out a statement. i just received it. i want to read to it you. it says he was a good man, a funny man, one to whom i owe much that i can't ever repay. i believe in "ghost's" message, so he'll always be near. >> well, remember, she played a medium in that film. it was wonderful for her career. and, you know, it's very special, very special for whoopi as it was for her, to know him. >> you talked about him riding horses. a lot of people didn't realize, he kind of -- he didn't retire from hollywood. he moved -- >> he was a cowboy. he thought of himself as a cowboy. he was a texas cowboy. he trained these horses. they were not just there for show. they were very much a part of his life. he had not worked for awhile. that's why when the ser

curtis sliwa, founder of the guardian angels. and we are delighted to have the attorney for mitrice's family and wabc talk radio host and my buddy from back in l.a., leo terrell. first, "los angeles times" reporter carla hall. carla, you have been tracking this case from the beginning. what is the very latest? >> well, the very latest is that she's still missing. they covered 60 to 80 square miles of malibu on saturday in a search that took them through the air and on ground, with dogs, with bloodhounds, with horses, and they couldn't find her. so they still don't know where she is. they are still sifting through clues and sightings. there was a sighting yesterday that she was in manhattan beach, but that's completely unconfirmed. there was a sighting that she was seen at a west hollywood restaurant last monday, and lapd are trying to get footage, camera footage, from the restaurant to see if maybe she does show up on that. >> yeah. this is just crazy. curtis sliwa, i got to say, this is all over an $89.97 bill and on top of that

parents of a baby boy born after an embryo mixup is calling the woman who gave birth to their son a guardian angel. a fertility clinic of side of ohio transferred to wrong embryo. carolyn savage became pregnant with the child of another couple. the child was born thursday. he is healthy and was returned to the family. savage says she never considered terminating the pregnancy or fighting for custody. >>> an organization is offering recession relief to local families. just between friends hopes to help families make ends meet with a children's consignment sale. jennifer donelan has more. >> most people are changing their spending habits. >> this couple is soon-to-be first-time parents. with twins on the way, and uncertain economicimes, one thing is for sure -- the future looks expensive. >> everything is doubled. we have to buy two of everything. you definitely concerned. >> just in time was the just between friends consignment sale. kim edwards of ashburn has 6- year-old triplets. she put it gently used toys and clothing on the rack for sale. >> it makes me happy to see their clothing going

under current county law, anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. >> making the proposal now because of the now overwhelming evidence that indoor tanning beds are a major cause of skin cancer. >> reporter: the county board of health has held a public hearing on the ban last night. if it is approved the ban could be in place within five weeks. >>> well, network television turns its attention to a particularly washington kind -- kind of story. the new cbs drama "the good wife "debuted last night at 10:00 p.m. it examines the choices of a woman who finds her politician husband is cheating. with the stakes so high, why does a real politician take the risks? >> reporter: the fiction tuesday evening looked like the nonfiction we have seen 0 so many times the good wife at the elbow of a cheating husband admitting his shame. it seems to happen a lot in new york this, the former governor. >> i have begun to atone for my failings. >> there were a number of women. >> reporter: south carolina's governor. >> i have been unfaithful to my wife. >> reporter: and on an

anyone under the age of 16 has to be accompanied by a parent or guardian to tan. and everyone has to sign one of these registration cards, stating they have been told the dangers of tanning. >> there's absolutely no enforcement around the state of maryland of that law. >> sherry says the decision to tan is a personal choice and the county aught to stay out of it. >> i do not think howard county should ban it. i would say if they are 18, they have the right to do what they want. >> the board of health will decide tonight whether to support the ban and after a public hearing and vote, it could be in place within five weeks. audrey barnes, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> the world health organization also recommends people under the age of 18 be banned from using tanning beds. we want to know what you think about this one. what about the bush to ban tanning beds for teenagers? a good idea or is the government overstepping its bounds? share your thoughts in an e- mail. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. >>> a followup now on plans to renovate the board walk. today the town

>> guardian angels. >>> all day long, we were looking for showers and storms, and now they are popping mainly north of town is what we're looking at. western montgomery county, the storm is intensifying, a heavy downpour moving east of poolesville. then the stuff earlier in frederick county has moved near baltimore. i think initial activity will be isolated from here on out. three stops on the weatherbug network, ashburn, 76, summer high of 87. 75 at children's high in the district, 75 prince george's county, or one heights. the official numbers, not feeling like fall. today felt like summer, 87 a high, 71 the morning low. the pollen count, mold spores are back in the moderate range one more day. late night temperatures are actually what we get a lot of times and early august. upper 70's, very muggy evening. limited thunderstorm activity, still under the influence of the humid air mass that is widespread over the eastern part of the country. that is subject to change, but probably not until friday. the surge of moisture coming from the southwest, the clouds coming from the southwest. t

she is my guardian angel. tavis: watch how this works at home. who are married, i asked who should i ask -- those of you are married, you know how this works. i asked who should i ask, but narwhal askedlani to tell that -- now i will ask lani to answer the same question. >> i have something to add pureed [laughter] in 1960 to two -- in 1962 i was doing a lloyd paxton show and she happendt to see me and she was living about -- a living in chicago at the time as she was about nine or 10. >> i was 16 tavis: -- i was 16. tavis: [laughter] >> i was prepared to meet him. i knew what he looked like. tavis: do you recall about that our vision in 1966? >> i recall asking him to drive me home. it [laughter] tavis: that was left out of the story. he was actually checking you out at the audition. so much so, that action -- after the audition he had to drive you home. and what did you say? >> icet no. >> but i year-and-a-half, two years, eight months later. [laughter] >> i year-and-a-half she was calling me mr. hubbard. -- mr. alpert. tavis: after spending th

they september pictures and exchanged e-mails with the police but it was a court appointed guardian whot out videos last week. they say they are relieved nickels is alive but angry that police did not find her. >>> seven horses are dead after a fire in chesapeake city. one firefighter was hurt trying to put out the fire but the fire eventually grew to three alarms. investigators say it is too soon to say what started the fire. >>> years after the terrorist bombing in oklahoma city a new look at what happened. we're going to show you video that was just released of how terrified people reacted just after the explosion. plus the man at a center of a terror investigation now back in the city that may have been the prime target. find out what we've learned about the alleged plot. >>> we had plenty of rain over the course of this weekend but we did salvage part of the day before a few more showers moved through. we'll have your weekday forecast coming up. >> stick with us, we are back in 90 seconds.  . >>> newly released surveillance video shows chaotic moment

as diana avillar reports the two men who saved his life are still his guardian angels. >> reporter: it's hard to believe this happy little boy was once trapped inside this burning suv in a milwaukee neighborhood. >> we need water! come back! there's a baby in there! >> reporter: two months ago 5-year-old d.j. harper was that baby. visiting from tennessee, his family's vehicle went off the road, bursting into flames. neighbors were able to pull out his mother and sister but d.j. was still inside. >> as soon as you crawl in, you just see the boy screaming. then reaching for help. >> reporter: off-duty firefighters and brothers joel and john broke into the vehicle and pulled him out. a neighbor doused his burns with a garden hose. the brothers, first heroes are now family to the harpers. >> we are referred to as uncle john and uncle joel. >> we got years of recovery ahead of us but this is a big step today. >> reporter: d.j. left the hospital tuesday but he's got a tough road ahead. his burns were severe. >> he no longer has ears. that's one of the things he's looking forward to is getting

curtis sliwa, founder of the guardian angels. and we are delighted to have the attorney for mitrice's family and wabc talk radio host and my buddy from back in l.a., leo terrell. first, "los angeles times" reporter carla hall. carla, you have been tracking this case from the beginning. what is the very latest? >> well, the very latest is that she's still missing. they covered 60 to 80 square miles of malibu on saturday in a search that took them through the air and on ground, with dogs, with bloodhounds, with horses, and they couldn't find her. so they still don't know where she is. they are still sifting through clues and sightings. there was a sighting yesterday that she was in manhattan beach, but that's completely unconfirmed. there was a sighting that she was seen at a west hollywood restaurant last monday, and lapd are trying to get footage, camera footage, from the restaurant to see if maybe she does show up on that. >> yeah. this is just crazy. curtis sliwa, i got to say, this is all over an $89.97 bill and on top of that

katherine jackson is the children's permanent guardian. >>> there will not be a dry eye in the house the final even soefd the day it time drama "guiding light" airs today. the show signs off after an historic 72 year run. karen brown spoke with some of its be loved stars. >> reporter: the slate is now sigh leapt. >> the cast of "guiding light." >> reporter: the cast and crew honored. and as it goes dark, all those crazy story lines are part of the record books. >> josh has been married nine times to five different women. >> is that legal some. >> each one was legal. >> reporter: as josh, robert newman has been a daytime heart throb for two decades. reba is josh's soul mate even though she married his dad, his brother and josh himself three times. >> i have always married the man he was sleeping with. >> reporter: guiding light started on the radio in 1937 and moved to television in '52 and is thought only the listeningest running soap, it's the longest running show of all time. >> we're pleased to bring you the guides light in color. >> we've been around for 27 years with radio. >> n

. >>> and an american girl with a guardian angel. a 6-year-old survives this unbelievable crash. >> it's wednesday, september unbelievable crash. >> it's wednesday, september 23rd, 2009. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us early this wednesday morning. the world has come to new york this week, represented by more than 100 world leaders. but the main event is today's speech by president obama. >> security is incredibly high around the united nations, with snipers on rooftops and major roads shut down. john hendren joins us now with details on what the president might say. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and vinita. president obama begins the day, meeting with the prime minister of japan. and he ends it, meeting with the prime minister of russia. but his day will be judged largely by the speech he gives between. at his general address to the u.n. general assembly today, president obama faces intense scrutiny. >> he needs to prove he has something to say. something. some organizin

curtis sliwa, founder of the guardian angels. and we are delighted to have the attorney for mitrice's family and wabc talk radio host and my buddy from back in l.a., leo terrell. first, "los angeles times" reporter carla hall. carla, you have been tracking this case from the beginning. what is the very latest? >> well, the very latest is that she's still missing. they covered 60 to 80 square miles of malibu on saturday in a search that took them through the air and on ground, with dogs, with bloodhounds, with horses, and they couldn't find her. so they still don't know where she is. they are still sifting through clues and sightings. there was a sighting yesterday that she was in manhattan beach, but that's completely unconfirmed. there was a sighting that she was seen at a west hollywood restaurant last monday, and lapd are trying to get footage, camera footage, from the restaurant to see if maybe she does show up on that. >> yeah. this is just crazy. curtis sliwa, i got to say, this is all over an $89.97 bill and on top of that

curtis sliwa, founder of guardian angels. also talking only to us tonight, the widow of john phillips. farnas phillips. thank you so much for joining us on the phone. i understand that you did not want to be on camera. but you still felt that you had to speak out to clear john's name. what was your reaction when you first heard these claims? do you believe them or not? >> under no circumstances do i believe this. i always knew john. and i always knew mackenzie. considering the source, mackenzie phillips, she already admitted to oprah the other day she's a liar. >> why do you think, if you believe that she lied, and let's face it, none of us knows what happens behind closed doors. nobody really is going to know, because he's dead. and how can we verify what she's saying? but if you believe that she is lying, why would she lie about something like this? >> well, she's been going through a couple of years of hard time and tough life. and she just is putting out the book right after that. like you said, on the jim morrow show, th

reporter: today, the biological parns, paul and shannon morell of suburban detroit called her a guardian angel. mix-ups like these are raising questions about the dependability of ivf procedures which are often used as a last resort to conceive. more than 130,000 such procedures are performed every year in the u.s. resulting in about 50,000 births. one prominent fertility specialist who is no way connected to these mishaps said mistakes are extremely rare. >> there have been over 3 million babies born from ivf, and there's about three or four cases where this has occurred. so, i mean, this is literally the one in a million event. >> reporter: back in new orleans, challenges appear to be mounting for the clinic. an attorney is seeking a class action lawsuit against the clinic. >> they didn't know which embryos were my couple's, my client's, and which were someone else's. that causes a lot of anger and upset, humiliation, just a lot of feelings. >> reporter: a lot of feelings, some argue, simply too painful to bear. ron mott, nbc news, atlanta. >>> when we come back here tonight, why this

i gave him a big hug and a kiss and told him he was my guardian angel. >> the wall had blown in and weough the cracks and you could see flames licking up the other side of the wall as we went down through this area. we stopped at a floor because i could not breathe properly. i could not walk. i was bloodied and bruised and the leg wound was opening up. >> we were on the 44th floor, and then a security guard looked at us and quickly said that he would stay with this man if you give me hell. >> the man was lying with his back broken and he was covered with blood. he said please tell my wife and baby that i love him -- love them. like a hawk parting that man. the man sacrificed his life guarding him. while we were going down, no worker came up. >> he left messages that he was fine, and i called 911. and after some effort, it took me two or three minutes, but there was somebody down on the 44th floor. they were overwhelmed. i went back to the stairs and what all the way down without seeing a soul. nobody. on the plaza level, we steered in all at the plaza profound -- where the fountain nor

we were seeded that we were going to be behind but what a strong effort by this dupont national guardian proud to have the warriors on board and great effort, steve and the guys brought a great race car today, or tonight, best one i've had here in a long time. i'm excited, mommy um into new hampshire is there, the team was solid and great shot and we knew we have points to make up but this team's really capable and ready to do that. >> mark mentioned the fact that anyone can get up to the front there pretty quickly. do you look at this as pretty much an even playing field? >> i do. i don't like giving up any points to anybody. especially guys as tough as mark martin and jimmie johnson d tony stewart. you know, you just don't want to allow anybody to have any kind of edge. but you know, we haven't always been the strongest seed going into the chase but we've taken the points lead before because of our strong team and consistency and we know we'll have to do battle and win some races. if we can do it, i hope we can in the final ten. >> strong represent sentation for hendrick motorsports. m

they're my guardian angels. d.j. considers both them his uncles. and their wives as aunts.to them as aunts and uncles. they're going to be a part of our family. >> in the same spirit of sacrifice, as john and joel and others that helped little d.j. in that dire situation, we want to invite everybody, i want to make sure i have the website right, helpingdavid.com. chris, did i get it right, the correct website? >> yes. >> and again, forgive me for my emotions. i just love this story. we do some tough ones, and this is such a good one. john, joel, again, we tip our hats to you, and chris,

. >> reporter: a guardian angel is what carolyn savage is being called.his past thursday, she gave birth to a five-pound baby boy that wasn't hers. the result of a fertility clinic implanted the wrong embryo into her. >> we're going to have to focus on the gift that we're giving the family. >> reporter: it was the morrell's frozen embryo. one they hoped would give them a second child. but not this way. >> to find out your child is in another woman, i didn't know if she was going to terminate, if she was going to carry it, it was terrible. >> reporter: cases like these are exceedingly rare, but in a same week, a separate ivf clinic in new orleans suspended operations because of the mixup of labeling of at least 10 couples. at least one is now suing. >> it's been incredibly emotional taxing for them. there's initially the shock and then comes the fear. the fear of where is it. you can't find mine. does someone else has it. the hospital says none of the embryos were implanted into the wrong mother. with more than 3 million babies worldwide born in ivf, a doc

i gave him a hug and a kiss and said, open court -- "you are my guardian angel. >> a security guard looked at us, wide-eyed. he was surprised to see us. he said, my phones do not work, but i will stay with this man if you get me help. >> the man's back was broken. he said, please tell my wife and my baby i love them. please send someone up. but the security guard stood like a hawk parting that man. the man sacrificed his life guarding him. while we were going down, no worker came up. >> he left messages that he was fine, and i called 911. and after some effort, it took me two or three minutes, but there was somebody down on the 44th floor. they were overwhelmed. i went back to the stairs and what all the way down without seeing a soul. nobody. on the plaza level, we steered in all at the plaza profound -- where the fountain normally was flowing. we knew nothing about the airplane, the pentagon, any of this. we were ignorant of all these facts. >> only cops and firefighters and ems workers were there. debris was falling down. it look like confetti and ticker tape

remember is it doesn't matter how much regulation there is or how much enforcement, the ultimate guardian of the consumer is the consumer. no one has the interest of protectioning of our financial security than each of us. >> i'm worried about this new agency being more bureaucracy. we have a structure in place. because some officials dropped the ball doesn't mean we need more layers of government and oversight. >> i don't disagree with that. i was a regulator so we have to be very careful in what we do. have a heavy responsibility to the public to do the right thing and be careful with the agencies we put in place in order to protect the public. overprotection isn't healthy either. >> so what is the answer then? >> right now -- >> go ahead, adam. >> i think the answer here is first of all we have to move forward carefully and cautiously, get the new laws in place, the regulations in place and take a look and soo how everybody is duconducting themselves. we have been living through the wild west through the financial services industry. there is oftentimes a knee jerk reaction to add more

>> he is a commentator on the left ofor "the guardian."he packs a lot of information into a short space. i am using him as a representative of this tendency of europe wanted to pull away from the united states. >> let me read this. >> >> well, i think that is an extreme example of a writer who expects an awful lot of people. thousands of people were slaughtered and he comes out to say that, come to think of it, the bombers were right and greet wrong. -- and we were wrong. september 11, it has a great resonance throughout this book. september 11 is an immigration story. one of the things that has always haunted me about it, and there are many things that haunt me about, there was a mission that consisted of 20 people who were operating in western countries. much of that time, in europe. they were not just popping in and out. a debris here for a couple of years -- they were here for a couple of years before the attacks. all it would have taken for the attack to come apart would be for one of those guys to say, "you know what, this is really

. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, they are called the capital guardians. it is to protect the nation's capital. the first time since 9/11, the 113th fighter wing allowed a news reporter to fly with him. that was our own keith garvin. >> reporter: 113th has been part of the d.c. national guard for nearly 70 years. its role shifted dramatically after 9/11. since then the wing has been on constant asa, air sovereignty alert. number of f-16 fighter jets armed and loaded and set to respond at a moment's notice. that number is classified. >> we weren't on air sornt alert here at andrews prior to 9/11. obviously since the attacks in the nation's capital region, we are on alert defending the skies. >> tonight at 11:00, keith flies with the fighter wing. >>> apple held its highly anticipated product unveiling today. the biggest ovation was for ceo steve jobs. jobs hasn't made a public appearance for apple in almost a year. he was on medical leave after a liver transplant. he made a public flee. >> i now have the liver of a mid 20s person. who died in a car crash an

. >> definitely a guardian angel on her shoulder. >>> still ahead on midday, can tv watching hurt a child's development? we will look at this issue. >>> plus after being criticized in a recent debate, creigh deeds pushes his transportation plans forward. >>> and the dalai lama is greeted in a way he won't forget soon. >> first a look at what is hot at nbcwashington.com. >>> it's been 2 1/2 years since anna nicole smith died and now her lawyer boyfriend could face more charges in the overdose that killed her. howard k. stern and two doctors are accused of giving her a prescription drug cocktail. according to court documents, prosecutors plan to add more charges to that. stern said he did nothing wrong. >>> there are a lot of ways to greet somebody. a handshake or a hug, perhaps. but if you have met the dalai lama, you probably would not think of doing this. during a visit to tennessee this week, the mayor of memphis greeted him with a fist bump. the mayor says he did it because he heard the dalai lama has a sense of humor. and the surrounding crowd got a good laugh at it. and the dalai lama

. >> reporter: the biological parents called her guardian angel. mixups like these are raising the dependability of expensive procedures which are legal and available in every state often used as a last resort to conceive. more than 130,000 such procedures are performed every year in the u.s. resulting in about 50,000 births. one prominent fertility special in no way connected,0 eed to th mishaps says mistakes are rare. >> there have been over 3 million babies born and there are three our fr four cases whe this has occurred. >> reporter: back in new orleans challenges appear to be mounting for the oxnard clinic. an attorney is seeking a class action lawsuit against the hospital claiming errors affected not only her clients but dozens of others. >> they didn't know which embryos were my clients and which were someone else's. that causes a lot of anger and upset and humiliation and a lot of feelings. >> reporter: a lot of feelings some argue simply too painful to bare. >>> still to come on this sunday edition of "today," time to head back to school a

he famously said that he should not wish to be ruled by a bevy of gardens -- guardians. granted that you must be right that when it comes to the interpretation of some particular language that one has to look to the intense -- and the intense. perhaps their implicit intent, what they would have wanted had they been present. that is with the story of the pulte helps to exemplify. but, says the skeptic, that does not mean that institutionally it should be the judges who do that on a regular basis. it may be that it is for other institutions in this society to of comparable opportunities to speak about what the framers may have wanted or what a reasonable person might have intended. that was -- that is what leads hand in his lectures to come out against the judicial discovery of rights that are implicit somehow in the structure or even in the unspoken language of our own bill of rights. i think it is institutional. judges are not the ones to do this. he did the sometimes. no one would claim with a straight face that judges never do it. if we're talking with -- talking about

the 14-year-old was was released to a guardian. and the other two are being held on $100,000 bond. >>> and a new code of conduct for maryland high school sports teams. respect for diversity is at the top of the list. and this year, student athlete handbook, this edition jumps out to allegations of racial slurs between ford hill and dunbar of washington, d.c. that game ended when dunbar's coach ended his team off the field. >>> a man plotted of suspending a bombing attack has been moved to new york to face charges. the feds are using surveillance video as part of their case. >> reporter: a plane, believed to be carrying suspected terrorist najibullah zazi is on its way from denver to new york. a judge ordered him there to face charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. >> we're pleased with that decision that the judge held mr. zazi without bond. >> reporter: federal authorities say surveillance video shows him back in july and august at denver area beauty supply stores, buying large quantities of industrial- sized hy

they sent pictures and exchanged e-mails with police i but a court appointed guardian sent out photos last week. that is when her family found her. >>> for the second time this year, an outing at a prince george's county hopping center could have ended in advertise after the fore shoppers. firefighters say the natural gas levels in the penmar shopping cent enter for of theville were so high it could have caused an explosion. you remember this video from earlier this year when it similarly caused that blast that injured nine firefighters. investigators say natural gas seeped into stores through piping that carries electrical wires over the weekend. when firefighters arrived, they evacuated everyone. stores are going to stay closed until this problem is fixed. >>> metro is reacting to a report published in the "washington post." that report says that metro put its older cars in the middle of its trains as a public relations move. that came from a letter written by hormone replacement therapy to a regional safety panel which reportedly said the sand winning was done to address public per

dicky, you will be the guardian of the pumpkin. we painted our faces on it.don't have a lot of confidence that you will. [ applause ] what a beautiful likeness. all right, friday night, time for our weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. this is this week in unnecessary censorship. [ cheers and applause ] >> i first would like to thank walter patterson for [ bleep ] me in the eighth grade. >> the lovely and talented tracy morgan. >> [ bleep ] you, neil patrick harris. >> will you [ bleep ] me? >> i'll l [ bleep ] you anywher >> the last -- at last we have seen a [ bleep ] hot salsa. >> my daughter and i are comparing [ bleep ] with you. >> who's the better [ bleep ]? >> jimmy will argue with me, but to me that's -- mine will taste better. >> i created this to protect me from people who [ bleep ] me all the time. >> several people look on in horror, of course we have the video. it's [ bleep ], so you have to watch it closely. >> are you a face [ bleep ]? if so, you're not alone. >> name a sexy food when you put on