helen in north carolina. helen. >> caller: hey, how are you? boo-yah!holy -- >> caller: i'm helen from pirate country. >> argh! >> caller: hey your show is wonderful, and i never feed my husband dinner until after your show is over. >> i like that. you're fasting during the show. i think that's gp. >> caller: what about allergan? >> remember we had the ceo. the stock was in the low 40s. fine stock. telling us to buy it. no one believed him except me. why? because i think in the end what they make is not just botox but they've got a lot of products against obesity. they've got like a dry eye thing going. i saw that commercial with that woman, brooke shields or something. and i've got to tell you, their business is strong. you've got to buy allergan. i don't want this "lightning round" to stop. do you know what my life is like besides this "lightning round"? yeah. everyone knows other than the people at the elks, you still know -- all right. let's go to eric in south carolina. none of that. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. this is eric. greenville, s

unveiling of a bronze statue of helen keller. it shows her as a 7-year-old child holding unhand under water to depict the moment in 1987 when her teacher spelled w-a-t-e-r and she understood language for the first time. >> just think of the difficulty she had to overcome just to communicate. and despite deafness and blindness, she learned to read and write and graduated from radcliffe college. she went on to lead an extraordinary life and to bring attention and focus on so many people and causes that for so long had been ignored. >> keller lost her sight and hearing to illness at 19 months. she learned to speak and write and as you just heard, earned a college degree with honors. >>> the supreme court is hearing a case today involving the display of religious symbols on federal property. it's a cross erected 75 years ago. the veterans of foreign wars put it up on federal land in california to honor those killed in world war i. man sued to have it removed when the park refused a buddhist memorial nearby. the cross violates the ban

kenneth is a starting running back on the varsity team at helen bernstein high school. >> so today you'll be taking notes. >> reporter: he is a straight a honor student named best overall academic student. and he's popular. he's student body president, a big man on campus with dreams of a college education at harvard. >> he is an a student. he's definitely into leadership. he's also an athlete. >> reporter: but at the end of the day when all of his classmates go home, kenneth and his 14-year-old sister, stephanie, start their journey home. ♪ hallelujah >> reporter: to skid row in downtown los angeles. where there's no escape from reality. kenneth and stephanie live here at the union rescue mission. what would you want people to understand about the struggles of their children? well, there are struggles especially obviously financially. like i would kill to have a house and my own room. this is my storage area where i keep most of my track and school stuff. >> reporter: kenneth, stephanie, and their father gordon live in a tiny, 250 square foot room at the shelter in a special area designa

you have helen thomas and all of the liberals saying, wow, this is stupid, there's -- people are wondering why the white house is doing this. that's why i said, at first, i thought it's not bleeding. they don't want fox stories picked up other places. >> why do you think they are doing it? >> they make the excellent point they aren't picking them up anyway. mickey cal says it's to raise money from the base. i don't think so. you got money from the base by attacking -- >> it might be a distraction from the fact that progressives are on his case about the public option and afghanistan. just like george bush used orange alerts to distract us from his shenanigans. you know what i mean? i'll be right back with ann coulter. >> hey, i have more. >>> it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms, firms that are struggling, pay themselves huge bonuses even as they rely on taxpayer assistance to stay afloat. >> i'm back with ann coulter. what did you think of the president -- what do you have to say about that, getting the money back from wall street? >> i say ha, ha, ha -- >> to

. >>> baltimore city councilwoman helen holton will face trial december 7th. today a judge threw out motions to dismiss the campaign finance charges against her. holton, a democrat, is accused of having two baltimore developers pay for a political poll on her behalf. >>> we're learning more tonight about the essex man behind bars charged with sexually abusing a young girl who lived next door. for the past 16 years, 55-year-old william davis volunteered as a sunday school teacher and youth worker at rosedale evan dpelcal church. the pastor says no other church members reported incidents of abuse but he continues to reach out to families. >> as a dad i would like to lock him up for 50 years, as a pastor i would need to offer him grace because it's what god would want me to do. >> pastors say now criminal checks are required for all workers, not just paid workers. >>> looks like the acorn headquarters in new orleans is up for sale. the association of community organizations for reform now has been under fire for quite some time. the group is under investigation i

joined by craig crawford, columnist with cqpolitics.com, msnbc political analyst and now author with helenmas with the just-released "listen up, mr. president -- everything you always wanted your president to know and do." just one volume? >> maybe there will be a sequel. >> listen, do you know what the analogy was there? is it obama is a cancer? is it that he's a snuff film? was he born in denmark? or do you have prince albert in a can? what was going on there? >> i haven't got a clue, keith, and i'm glad i don't, because if i understood that, i would really be worried. i don't know about this word snuff, you can't accuse him of inciting assassination attempts, but you got to wonder what goes through your mind using a word like that in the context of talking about the president. the terrible explanation is that he's a nut. but if he was a real nut, most squirrels wouldn't go near him. the lindsay graham criticism, is that he might be the first guy in the gop to go, i don't want anything to do with this. he's not in my heart, you take him s that a rogue position , to borrow somebody else's

ç they had gathered for e unveiling of atatue of perhaps alabama's st famous daughter: helen keller. hight honor, that alongside >> reporter: the bronze ca depicts the world-famo activist f disability rights as aeven-year-old child. the ti when the deaf and blind keller made the connecti tween her teacher's words an the water runng from the pump at her familhome in tuscumbia alabama. the scene was made iconic byhe 1962 movie "the oi$cle worr." keller went on to come the first deaf and bnd person to earn a college degree, sat whç headof state, and secured access and opportunities f the disa. she died i1968. carl augto is president of the americanoundation for the blind. >> she embodieamerican spirit of limitless possibilityy becoming aactivist, writer and lecturer. >> reporter: the statue ll replace that of anlabama confederate ficer and educator as onef the two statues each state is granted in the capil. kell's will be the ninth of a woman and e only one of a person with disabilities alabama's congressiol delegati was well-represented athe ceremony. senator jeff sessions. >> i can t

helen wrht and beckypwhraou suived where others perisd. toou count yourselfucky to be alive? >> oh,y god, yeah. >> so lucky. >> o.. it was seconds between life and death. absolute. >>here were people who were in the same place an they didn't make it. >> they were sying here unt two daysgo, a popular beach resort. the sameerrifying waves that destroyed it ao claim it had two-year-old son of a british couple, lld from his father's arms by the chning water. >> t noise you cld hear the wave coming and the noise was st absolutely deafenni and you could hear the buildings crashing. stpwhr-f i remembehearing it behind me. i remember feeling so scare and just running a runningand climbing andlimbing andlimbs d there was all these palm trees under me tha just kept slipping and the i got up kind of as high as iould and the water was byy ankles. d then somebo star screaming "tre's another wave coming" and so i climbed up higher. and, ain, thank god did because when the second wave came it swept away where i'd be standing. >> there are piles of passports so far unclimbedy tourists and a

didn't bush look bad when he sent helen thomas to the back of the room?was bad. >> bad to whom? this may be one of his issues in which the average woman in america could care less. it's been going on forever. this reporter told me he once got a phone call from the clinton white house and then clinton himself screaming at him for his coverage. it happens all the time. >> helen thomas was asking hard questions about our foreign policy. glenn beck is asking stupid questions about birth certificates. so there's a difference in whether we're talking about icing out people doing real journalism or people just screaming at the president and stoking in glenn beck's case racial hatred. >> there's nobody on fox that he could talk to? like i always point to chris wallace's show. he's fairly balanced himself. his panel is somewhat balanced. he has juan williams as well as the heinous bill crystal. >> i didn't realize that. is that his first name? >> it's lamar crystal. speak to me. >> even major garrett in the white house press corps, he's a straight-up guy and does

helen wright and becky tpwhraou survived where others perished. to you count yourself lucky to be alive? >> oh, my god, yeah. >> so lucky. >> oh... it was seconds between life and death. absolutely. >> there were people who were in the same place and they didn't make it. >> they were staying here until two days ago, a popular beach resort. the same terrifying waves that destroyed it also claim it had two-year-old son of a british couple, pulld from his father's arms by the churning water. >> the noise you could hear the wave coming and the noise was just absolutely deafenning and you could hear the buildings crashing. stpwhr-f i remember hearing it behind me. i remember feeling so scared and just running and running and climbing and climbing and climbs and there was all these palm trees under me that just kept slipping and then i got up kind of as high as i could and the water was by my ankles. and then somebody star screaming "there's another wave coming" and so i climbed up higher. and, again, thank god i did because when the second wave came it

that we all -- we ought to always remind our viewers about, robert gibbs was repeatedly asked from helen thomas about whether we're actually going to pull out of afghanistan. he said, look, we're not pulling out of afghanistan. so the question is, are we going to send more troops there, or is this going to be a new strategy that emphasizes the global war. tomorrow, david, the president is going to the national counterterrorism center. sort of -- if you're a fan of the movie -- the show "the 24," sort of this interagency center where intelligence gets shared internationally, as well as domestically to try to deal with terrorism worldwide. and one of of the things you're going to hear from the president is how they have accomplished attacking members of al qaeda and key cells all over the world from indonesia to east africa to, of course, that fuzzy border in afghanistan and pakistan, david. >> nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, thanks as always. fascinating stuff. >> and the bigger picture, the domestic politics over afghanist afghanistan, a bill has been signed to incr

check five white house correspondent helen thomas wants government-run health care and wants the presidentto be stronger on it. >> because he. >> going to fight for it or not? >> we are going to work to get choice and competition into health care reform. >> you are not going to get it. >> well then why do you keep asking me? [ laughter ] >> because i want your conscience to bother you. bill: wow. check six check 6 president carter is 85 years old and may be having memory trouble. >> you said overall you thought the protesters were upset that there was a black president, that there was racism involved. you said that many people. >> by the way, that's not what i said. >> i think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward president barack obama is based on the fact that he is a black man. that he is african-american. bill: so it looks like that is what he said. kind of like the barney frank thing. i didn't say that yeah, you did. check seven, the ratings for september are in. the fox news channel had the top 13 programs in cable news. factor number one by a wide ma

. >>> and on a lighter note, we all remember helen paige, she made such a splash in "juno." now it is "whip in t," the directorial debut of drew barrymore, who is also in the film and we'll have more with drew just ahead. >> funny to be with you here in the plaza, all those guys whistling at you. you're not tired of that -- >> shut up. >> whoa! >> let's go inside. ann's standing by at the news desk with a check of the headlines. ann? >> all right, thanks a lot. good morning once again, everybody. >>> in the news, two disasters are straining international relief efforts this morning. today a powerful aftershock shook western indonesia one day after an earthquake buried thousands of people under building debris. people are still being pulled out alive and rescuers are now racing the clock. the number of confirmed deaths is 529. it's expected to rise, and the full extent of the devastation is still unknown because communications are cut off and many roads are still impassable. >>> in western and american samoa, officials say it could be weeks before they know how many people we

kenneth is a starting running back on the varsity time at helen bernstein high school. he's a straight "a" honor student named best overall academic student. and he's popular. he's student body president, a big man on campus, with dreams of a college education at harvard. >> he's an "a" student. he's definitely into leadership. he's also in athletics. >> reporter: but at the end of the day when all of his classmates go home, kenneth and his 14-year-old sister stephanie start their journey home. to skid row, in downtown los angeles. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: where there's no escape from reality. kenneth and stephanie live here. at the union rescue mission. what would you want people to understand about the struggles of their children? >> there are struggles, especially obviously financially. like i would love to have a house, and my own room. this is my storage area where i keep most of my track and school stuff. >> reporter: kenneth, stephanie and their father, gordon, live in a tiny 250 square foot room at the shelter. in a special area designated for families with ch

helen, maryland, your question or thought, ma'am? helen? >> caller: yes. >> your question or thought, ma'am? >> caller: okay. my thing is that all this stuff that's going on -- >> guess what. no more phone calls tonight. all right. i want to ask stacy, i'm so sorry, ma'am, we lost threw. i apologize but we are having problems with our phone lines. i want to ask you about security. and the lack thereof at the school. the school planned to get a surveillance system in january. my question is why didn't they already have one? you heard the kids were asking for one. this horrible attack went on for 2 1/2 hours. if they had video cameras it could have been spotted and stopped in seconds. beyond that it was steps away from a crowded homecoming dance. what were teachers, chaperones and police doing? >> i mean, i -- >> we had four uniformed police officers and a number of teachers and administrators that were inside and outside. we didn't do a perimeter walk of the school. this is on the far side of the school at the perimeter. >> stacy, if they ha

helen, hi what do you think? >> caller: i think it's great they're showing the filming of michael's concert. now we can all have the opportunity to see michael's last work. from what i've seen of the concert concert, look looks a terrific comeback for him. >> okay. you're going to see it then? helen, are you going to see it? helen's gone. kevin's up in florida. what do you think? >> caller: i think this is the right anything to do for all michael jackson fans because it gives great closure to grieving fans and helps the kids and mom financially. i'm glad la toya and mow jackson won't be getting money because they're money hungry. >> are you surprised they might not see it? >> caller: very very. >> you think if it were your brother, you'd see it? >> caller: i'd be the first one there. >> midnight tomorrow. carla's in utah, go ahead. >> caller: i believe that michael jackson's legacy should live on. look at elvis presley they're still collecting money from elvis presley's death. why not michael jackson? he left chi

didn't bush look bad when he sent helen thomas to the back of the room? that was bad. >> bad to whom. it could be where the average person in america could care less. it's been going on forever. this reporter said he got a call from the clinton white house, then screamed at him for coverage. it happens all the time. >> and helen thomas was asking hard questions about our foreign policies. >> glenn beck is asking stupid questions about birth certificates. there's a difference about people doing real journalism and screaming at the president and stoking racial hatred. so, it's different. >> do you think there's nobody on fox he could talk to? i point to chris wallace's show. chris wallace is fairly balanced himself. his panel is somewhat balanced. he has juan williams, as well as the heinous bill crystal. but -- >> i didn't realize is that his first name? >> no, it's lamar crystal. speak to me, nia, go ahead. >> even garrett, he's a straight up guy. he does straight-up reporting. but i think -- that's the danger. if you equate all of fox news with glenn bec

kenneth is a starting running back on the varsity team at helen bernstein high school. >> so today you'll be taking notes. >> reporter: he is a straight a honor student named best overall academic student. and he's popular. he's student body president, a big man on campus with dreams of a college education at harvard. >> he is an a student. he's definitely into leadership. he's also an athlete. >> reporter: but at the end of the day when all of his classmates go home, kenneth and his 14-year-old sister, stephanie, start their journey home. ♪ hallelujah ♪ >> reporter: to skid row in downtown los angeles. where there's no escape from reality. kenneth and stephanie live here at the union rescue mission. what would you want people to understand about the struggles of their children? well, there are struggles especially obviously financially. like i would kill to have a house and my own room. this is my storage area where i keep most of my track and school stuff. >> reporter: kenneth, stephanie, and their father gordon live in a tiny, 250 square foot room at the shelter in a special area desig

you have helen thomas and all of the liberals saying, wow, this is stupid, there's -- people are wondering white house is doing this. that's why i said, at first, i thought it's not bleeding, they don't want fox stories picked up other places. they make the excellent point they're not picking them up anyway. it's to raise money from the base. i don't think so. you got money from the base by attacking fox? >> it might be a distraction from the fact that progressives are on his case about the public option and afghanistan. just like george bush used orange alerts to distract us from his shenanigans i'll be back with ann coulter after this. >> hey, i had more. >>> it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms, firms that are struggling, pay themselves huge bonuses even as they rely on taxpayer assistance to stay afloat. >> i'm back with ann coulter. what did you think of the president -- what do you have to say about that getting the money back from wall street. >> i say aha, ha, ha -- >> to whom? >> to wall street, who gave more money than they've ever given a president. i

you have helen thomas and all of the liberals saying, wow, this is stupid, there's -- people are wonderinghe white house is doing this. that's why i said, at first, i thought it's not bleeding, they don't want fox stories picked up other places. they make the excellent point they're not picking them up anyway. it's to raise money from the base. i don't think so. you got money from the base by attacking snox. >> it might be a distraction from the fact that progressives are on his case about the public option and afghanistan. just like george bush used orange alerts to distract us from his shenanigans i'll be back with ann coulter after this. >> hey, i had more. >>> it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms, firms that are struggling, pay themselves huge bonuses even as they rely on taxpayer assistance to stay afloat. >> i'm back with ann coulter. what did you think of the president -- what do you have to say about that getting the money back from wall street. >> i say aha, ha, ha -- >> to whom? >> to wall street, who gave more money than they've ever given a president

only helen keller saw this coming. they didn't evennent on trailer where they would reside.n easy case, the divorce and now we can get back to looking for this little girl. >> dan do you have any issues with it? i don't. >> i do. tim miller has no credibility. i heard what he said about marc klaas, that childish outrage that he unleashed and how does he believe that anyone in his camper associated with him? they are all media hounds and he has no credibility. dddddd% >>> i did take a polygraph. >> and you passed it? >> i mean, my understanding is that i passed it. >> i pulled up into the yard. the front door was wide open. she was standing in it. i asked her what she was doing up? she told meet back door was wide open and that haleigh was gone. >> misty's brother was taken from his jail cell to be questioned by police. that's when deputies say croslin's brother told them it looked like no one was home that night. >> he tells police that he banged on the door. and he got no answer. he looked inside through the windows, saw no lights, no television. did not hear a sound.

kenneth is a starting runningback on the varsity team at helen bernstein high school. >> today, you are going to take notes -- >> reporter: he's a straight a honor student named best overall academic student. and he's popular. he's student body president, a big man on campus, with dreams of a college education at harvard. >> he's an a student. jeez definitely into leadership. he's also in athletics. >> reporter: but at the end of the day when all of his classmates go home kenneth and his 14-year-old sister stephanie, start their journey home. to skid row in downtown los angeles. where there's no escape from reality. kenneth and stephanie live here at the union rescue mission. what would you want people to understand about the struggles of their children? >> well, there are strugglings especially obviously financially like i would kill to have a house and my own room. >> this is my storage area where i keep most of my >> reporter: kenneth stephanie and their father, gordon, live in a tiny 250-square-foot room in the shelter in a special area designated for families with children. they en