. >> what else did you need, hon?know if i keep my staff happy, they are going to take care of the kids. >> reporter: she's been the sole night cook here for 28 years, serving meals with a side of love. >> she's an honorary chaplin. she's so in tune with what people need and what's going on. >> how is school going. >> reporter: she's been enjoying her sandwiches most of her life. she has cystic fibrosis. >> i try to make my grilled cheese like hers. >> reporter: something is missing? >> something is missing. >> reporter: what do you put in the grilled cheese? >> a lot of love. a lot of love is all. >> reporter: she provides a slice of normal. >> when you see parents here three or four nikts at a time, i try to do whatever i can to help them. >> reporter: they spend days and nigh nights here with their daughter. she calls miss betty her mom away from home. >> she's here to listen to me. >> cook, chaplin, mother, friend, feeding body and soul. >> have a good one, baby. i love both of you. >> reporter: john yang, nbc new

. >> my hon oeft >> my honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for the republican party2012 and, in fact, were she to be the nominee, we could have a catastrophic election result. >> catastrophic election result. i thought he was honest. that's coming in -- coming on in the "sideshow" tonight. notice sarah palin always shows up in the sideshow? >>> we start tonight with democratic congressman alan grayson of florida. i have to hand it to you. i think you are a martin luther. i remember being there when the berlin wall was coming down, there with john mclachlan, my colleague. how did you know you could stand up to the republicans in the real clowns out there? we can start with limbaugh and the rest of them. you know the whole crowd. what's his name? beck. a whole number of them. how come you knew the way to beat these guys was to put them on defense? >> they're bullies and bullies back down. don't we all know that? that's what happened here. >> tell me about it. what has happened to you? did pelosi come along and tell you to cool it? did steny hoyer tell you to cool it? d

they along with jack sosak were hon foird cancer and aging research. fantastic. >> great work -- honored for cancer and aging research. >> fantastic. >> not off to a bad start with the weather. >> today will be similar to yesterday. yesterday's high was 72. today, about 73. so that is pretty close. take a look at the regional temperatures now. you can see where the warmer air is. norfolk, virginia, 63. cool are air to the north. pittsburgh-- cooler air to the north. some areas in the suburbs are in the 40s. in baltimore, it is 49 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite- radar. can you see some of the clouds over us but they are pushing out as we speak. you can see that happening. clouds pushing off to the east and that will leave us with mostly clear skies today and a mostly sunny day. so your forecast for today looks like this. high today in the 70s. 70 in front royal. 72 in columbia. 73 here in washington. fredericksburg will look if a high of 74 degrees. it will be a little bit breezy with your winds out of the west between five to 15

up until those who are seeking jobs confined them, until businesses can find credit, and until all hony the homeowners can stay in their homes. trace: we have a special guest, and douglas holtz-eakin. the stimulus was supposed to create or saving a whole bunch of jobs. and did not really work out the way the government intended. now we are at plan b. is it a good idea for the government to go back into the business of creating programs to save or create jobs? >> when you do not want to do is double down on a failed policy. the stimulus bill will cost about $900 billion, has not been successful at what we really need to do which is getting small businesses hiring again. the president is talking about extending unemployment benefits. he is talking about some tax benefits, but these were benefits that his democratic colleagues were unwilling to go for the first time around. trace: i spoke to a buddy of mine who owned a small business and he said he did not know what the health-care costs would be. i cannot hire somebody until i find out exactly how i will be hit for hiring someone. >> i t

the hon. chief justice and associate justices of the united states. the court is now sitting. god save the united states and this honorable court. >> the court will hear arguments now, graham v. florida. you want to reserve three minutes for every bottle. we want to hear from you now. >> the judgment of the florida supreme court affirming mr. graham's life without parole sentence for the crime he committed should be reversed for two reasons. a sentence of life without parole imposed on a juvenile for a non-homicide is cruel and unusual punishment. mr. graham's life without parole sentence for armed burglary is excessive and disproportionate. this court held in a previous case that the death penalty was not a permissible punishment for people under the age of 18. the logic and reasoning in that case brought to bear on the problem before it leads inevitably to the conclusion that life without parole is a disproportionate punishment for someone who does not commit a homicide. >> with this have been a disproportionate punishment under the eighth amendment? >> yes. >> suppose your

today police are on the look- out for three white or hispanic males in a gray hon da. >>> a prince --olice officer recovering after she was shot in the hand during an attempted carjacking. this happened around 10:00 in the 7200 block of jaywick avenue. that's temple hills. two suspects approached the off duty officer as he was getting out of his car. during a struggle with one of the men, the officer was shot in the hand. the officer fired back but it's not clear if anybody was hit. both suspects ran off. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >>> scpr on thursday morning. talks are already starting this morning over iran's nuclear program. >> will that country be willing to make any concessions at all. a live report from capitol hill coming up. >>> the second amendment says people have the right to bear arms. but do states and cies have the right to ban guns? we're ing to take a look at a new supreme court case. >>> the first of october. that means the laws are changing. there are new ones on the books in maryland. everything you need to know about that includ

. >> caller: hi, hon. i feel the same way. he was not married. i think this is ridiculous. to take him off the air would be more ridiculous. >> that is not an issue. he is the boss. he is probably at the time in his mid 50s. they are in their mid 20s. >> the girls knew. >> they knew huh? >> they knew what he was and what he does. >> carol, there are a couple of pro-letterman viewers. do you think there is going to be backlash as far as viewers turning away? >> as we heard, there are letterman fans who will always be fans and this will not deter them. it is so interesting of us to be concerned about his ratings. that is the first thing we think about. what is going to happen to his show when our concern at the women's media center is what about other young women in work places being taken advantage of, perhaps, by their bosses. what message does this give to them? and how can they feel strong about themselves that they can report it that when david letterman has seemingly even though we understand he has apologized, seemingly made light of that. it is not funny. >> it isn't

his thoughts hon ken lewis stepping down.uawk box" coming right back. >>> just one day before the one-year anniversary of t.a.r.p., b of a ceo announced he's resigning by the end of the year. senator bob corker, member of the banking committee joins us from the hill. >> good morning. good to be back with you. >> good to have you back. we talked about this. what's your take? is this good or bad for banking in general? >> i think three things. i'm not much of a legal break-dancer, if you will. this is a case of the alexander complex grabbing another person. i think all of us that have been in business know sometimes our ego let's us carry things too far, make mistakes. probably one or two acquisitions too many. this is what has occurred. i'd say, on the other hand, from where i sit here in washington, i hope it sends a signal to the business world to please stay away from us here in washington. i can't imagine an intelligent business guy coming before a hearing up here with people interrogating that don't know the difference be

. >> all right hon.nk you. >>> a family whose daughter's in the hospital with cancer struggling to make ends meet what her classmate is doing to make things a little bit easier. >>> police have charged three people in connection with the death of university of connecticut football player jasper howard. he was fatally stabbed during a fight outside a school dance on october 18th. one of the suspects john william lomax is charged with murder and conspiracy to commit assault. his bond is set at $2 million. his lawyer says lomax wasn't there when this argument started and that he tried to break it up. the other two men face less serious charges. >> the second individual is hakeem mohammed age 20 also of bloomfield connecticut. he's been charged with conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree, felony, and he is being held on $750,000 bond. additionally the following individual has been charged with pulling the fire alarm which preceded the altercation -- jamaal todd age 21 of hartford, connecticut, has

unemployed due to this unjustice that i have faced while working at the -- >> we're about out of time, hon, i'll happen to wrap you. i appreciate your comment and we did -- were actually split today. everyone didn't feel that way but about out of time that's why we couldn't be as balanced as we wanted in that particular segment. thank you, everyone who reached out with their views, we appreciate. more hln "news & views" to come.  they said it would never last. but it's been two months, and you're still going strong. glade lasting impressions. two fragrances alternate to keep things... fresh and exciting day after day. - and not just for 30 days. - ( inhales deeply, sighs ) but for 60. it's the longest-lasting plugins ever. get freshness that won't fade away for 60 days. ahhh! with plugins lasting impressions. and yes, it's glade. s.c. johnson, a family company. >>> a stunning interview on national tv. the last person to see the little girl says someone on the other [ inaudible ] took haleigh talking for the first time about the divorce. the dad, ex-husband, ron, talking about ron after si