had been sold by the city fathers of indianapolis to the island of guam. the island of guam was going to spray paint it green and use it as a giant asparagus. >> narrator: but david's audience doesn't always appreciate his on-air humor. feeling discouraged, he lets his sights on becoming a comedy writer in hollywood. but in the back of his mind, david dreams of performing his material in an arena like "the tonight show." >> i came out as a writer because it's easier to tell people you're going to hollywood to become a writer as opposed to telling them you're going to become a comedian. >> to say to someone i'm going to hollywood and be a comedian is like saying when i grow up i'm going to be a cowboy. dave just didn't want to do that. so he left us without that information. >> narrator: in the spring of 1975, david finds the courage to load his red pickup truck and together with his wife michelle, they leave everything they know for the city of angels. still, he clings to the notion that he can come back home if things don't work out. >> i was confident th

david michael letterman is born in a quiet midwestern suburb of indianapolis. he dreamed of growing up and someday being on tv. he remembers watching steve allen. johnny scar son carson is one o favorites. >> he told me he used to watch johnny on "who do you trust." johnny would crack wise with contestants. >> narrator: but the indianapolis of david's youth is world's away from showbizness. his father is a florist, a gle garous man with a knack for comedy. >> people knew joe letterman as a cutup. a boisterous man. dave likes to say when he walked through the room, the lamps would rattle. >> his mother dorothy is more straight laced. she doled out the discipline in the household. >> dave is is a middle child. he has an older sister and a younger sister. he was the only boy. and i think his brother didn't know what to do with him at some level. >> narrator: in 1951 when david is just 4, his father suffers a heart attack. he survives but from that moment on, it never leaves david's mind that it could happen again. david grows into a self-conscious, awkward teen. i

live to indianapolis, tower cam showing a lot of low clouds. you'll get the rain off and on for tmorning. a breezy afternoon for you as well. clouds morning, rain this afternoon, scattered showers also, windy, too. toward chicago, the rain is just about done when you get toward chicago metro, little bit of light rain up on the west side. the real i think story for you guys is going to be the wind as well, 35-mile-per-hour gusts around chicago, already have a delay at o'hare, about 30 minutes getting up to over an hour sometimes. rain around sioux city is turning into snow later today, northern wisconsin, michigan, too, two to four inchs of snow. that whole rain shield is moving in toward the northeast. we'll see a lot pile up over the next 48 hours. the yellow streaming in through albany, out of the poconos into the catskills. more details on that in just a bit. getaway friday, fall-type storm coming up your way. >> we're having huge reactionses on our facebook page about the story on the praying robber. >> interesting thoughts. >> we'll give y

. >> health care work ners indianapolis and memphis will be among the first to get the vaccine but theernment is urging everyone to follow. >> john hendren has the latest from washington this morning. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and lisa. the swine flu vaccine is about to become widely available. the trick now may be getting americans to take it. the flu season is starting in medical professionals say americans need to be vaccinated, now more than ever. >> this is clearly the most ambitious influenza vaccination program ever mounted in the united states or anywhere in the world. the number of doses of vaccine, thquickness with which the vaccine has been produced. >> reporter: this week doctors will receive 600,000 tubes of nasal spray vaccine and 6 million doses of injectable vaccine and another 40 million to 50 million vaccine doses should be ready the following week, but ma americans aren't so sure. a recent survey finds that about six in ten adults are not certain they'll get vaccinated. and about four in ten parents are not certain they'll get their childr

but owner of the indianapolis colts said he would not vote in favor of limbaugh owning a team. he notes he would be only a minority owner. for any sale to happen 24 to 32 owners have to approve it. johnson is expected to go home from the hospital today two weeks after dropping a 275-pound weight bar on his neck crushing his larynx. he is expected to make a full recovery. usc players will wear a patch saying sta fight on. australian golfer attacked anthony kim after getting trounced by kim in the president's cup. according to golfweek cole allenby called kim a loose cannon and the current john daly after claiming kim got back to the team hotel sideways at 4:00 a.m. before their sunday match. >> wait a minute. kim still beat him. >> he schooled him. >> right. and he's calling him the new john daly. >> that means kim is that much better. >> whatever he's doing it didn't affect him. kim deny it is and says he hopes he was joking. some players did a nice thing sharing a moment with troops abroad and here guys like matt hasselbeck and john carlson visited with soldiers and played vid

here's the indiana radar south of indianapolis. rain is almost in the city itself, gets in towards basically cincinnati, cleveland and detroit later today. o'hare, midway will get affected in chicago as well with low clouds coming in and the rain soon to follow. that's something we'll be following. look at all the flash flood watches and the light shaded greens are the warnings. three to five inches of rain today, maybe an inch or two for you tomorrow before finally stretching off to the southeast. that's going to take a lot of rain with it. here's how it looks, the dark shaded red and pinks around st. louis, toward springfield, about six to eight inches of rain total. i think it's probably about right. that's why we have the flash flood watches. possibility of severe weather, a cold front moving into the lower part of the plains, plenty of moisture to work with here. obviously you'll have to watch for severe thunderstorms later today. speaking of tough weather, not thunderstorm weather but the wind we had across the great lakes wi

one wave of rain go through indianapolis. another one just around chicago.t will be very heavy for chicago. it's going to drift up toward the north. minneapolis, the rain is here. it's going to be here off and on for the rest of the day. how about the good weather? let's go to the east coast. the mid-atlantic. here's what it looks like at the beltway. what a beautiful shot of the capitol. temperatures today in washington, d.c., above the average. 75 degrees, mostly sunny. so enjoy that. >> good for you. >> very nice out there. >> it's beautiful. that's a really great day maybe to take a walk on the big mall. >> should be nice. >> and i don't mean the shopping mall. >>> one of our writers just toplined me, which is a note on my computer saying you said the one thing wrong with the richard heene song. that was stupid of me to say. one of the many things. >> it sticks in your head. ♪ science detective >> it was a thriller of a night on "dancing with the stars." the show paid tribute to michael jackson. ♪ because this is thriller thriller night ♪ >> jackson's mo

louis, back to kansas city, indianapolis today, columbus, cincinnati, even pittsburgh a little later,bably going to get showers that will slow you down. i can help with the details to put the puzzle together for you, though. we love our computer models. high pressure on top of us keeping us sunny. but later tonight, this is 10:00, notice the clouds beginning to thicken up and you can see the green dancing across the screen, mainly across the mason dixon line tomorrow. you folks in southern pennsylvania or northern washington frederick, allegheny counties south of dc, you might be starting with the windshield wipers on. i don't think much of the rain will make it to our area throughout the day. a spotty shower up north is what is possible. but the rain moves in to our direction on saturday and saturday afternoon especially. so, if you are making plans this weekend, early is better on saturday. okay? let me help you the next seven. here we go. got my eye on the prize tomorrow with 81 degrees and that will feel really good. we will not have as much sun as we have seen today but it will b

. >>> a woman is found dead inside her indianapolis home along with dozens of marijuana plants. the discovery comes just five years after that very same house was busted for the same drugs. take a look at this video from back in 2004 when a police raid turned up more than 100 marijuana plants and some cash that was buried in the backyard. police say it seems like the drug offenders didn't learn their lessons. >> here's that one of the individuals was arrested and convicted but appear to not serve too much time. that's why theinvestigation could expand. >> now police say they are trying to find out exactly who else knew that the marijuana plants were growing inside this house. investigators have determined the woman inside died of natural causes. >>> the trial begins this week in the hyperthermia death of ran 11-year-old girl, and brother. they were riding in their car with their father, when it stalled, the children tried to walk home for 11 miles. he has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. >>> a los angeles man faces almost unspeakable accusations tonight. jeffrey g

hospitals in memphis and indianapolis begin inoculations today. the plan is to start vaccinating health care workers because they're the most likely to come in contact with h1n1 virus. some states have other ideas, alaska will give its first doses to preschoolers. pennsylvania will target grade school students. the first batches of the vaccine are in the form of nasal spray, and a week or so swine flu shots will be ready. >>> a 19-year-old accused of trying to blow up a dallas skyscraper returns to court. a judge is holding a hearing whether there's enough evidence to prosecute him. hosam maher smadi charged with trying to detonate what he believed was a truck bomb beneath a 60-story building. the former landlord said there was nothing suspicious about him. >> some of the people have told me that he was more of a party animal than a philosopher. >> two weeks before his arrest, he was pulled over for traffic violations. a dash cam video shows him asking about the legal process. >>> investigators have several people under round the clock surveillanc

doc in indianapolis. he'll be receiving his vaccine spray in just a little while. and dr.iam schnappter. brave man, necessary thing, why are you going ahead and being the first one in the line? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me here today. >> you bet. >> really, it's about the right thing. it's about providing the safest environment of care for our patients and this is just good patient care on behalf of all primary care providers that are out there in the trenches and both the outpatient clinices and free hospital environment, as well. >> charles, you've certainly seen the demonstrations in new york state with health care workers saying that they shouldn't have to be vaccinated. has your hospital taken a stand on whether healt

day it's been moving into and through the ohio valley with pretty heavy rainfall around chicago, indianapolis, getting some good rainfall. getting showers right new from cincinnati, stretching on down into the lexington, kentucky area. that's a system that will start moving in our direction. there's maryland. later on tonight, the first shield of clouds starts making their way over the region. so tomorrow will be a cloudy day with thickening clouds, then this shower activity, majority of that will pass to the northwest of us but then some showers move into the region tonight and also during the day saturday. right now nothing showing up on radar. maryland's most powerful radar, nice clear scan. currently in moncton, 58. elders burg, 62 degrees. chestertown right now at 65 degrees. here's your forecast for tonight. few clouds to the northwest, we'll have a nice evening up until about midnight. then the clouds start rolling into the region during the day tomorrow. a chance for a passing shower but then the majority of the rainfall looks like it will come in during the day on saturday as scatter

front will be by late afternoon, east of indianapolis heading this way and by tomorrow morning is when the front will on top of us. we will have a couple of showers here. a better chance of showers in the lighter green area up to new york and albany and boston. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures up and down a little bit. 70ish the next couple of days. watch for the wind tomorrow. thursday and friday look nice. warm on friday, should be a shower friday in to saturday morning and windy and blustery and wet by monday, 64. join us at the convention center this weekend at the green festival. angie goff has a long list of traffic. >> overall not so bad. we are talking about the slough goes setting in across the region. it is slow from the prince william parkway to lorton. no indentors accidents. moving along, 395 northbound. looks like from the area of the duke street area to the 14th street bridge we are free flowing here. take it to the district. live from 16th and u street. you can see no complaints. one driver on the road. over to the outer loop we go. we have volume building betw

a slow mover coming out of indianapolis. cold enough to produce light snow for northern nebraska and southern parts of south dakota, too. you channel into the rain. it's heavy at times. we see the yellows and reds popping up on the radar, that's an indication of extremely heavy rain right now. that's right around eastern kansas through missouri, stretching in towards illinois and in towards indiana and now edging towards ohio. so it's all spreading to the northeast at a slow clip. and since it's moving so slowly, you see tremendous amounts of rainfall continue to pile up. rain out of amarillo has been basically loosening up a bit. then it picks up in intensity around kansas city and down to the south. more heavy rain down i-70. you can see the flashing lightning going on here. that particular rain squall, that thunderstorm squall line has been here and just training due eastward over the last few hours. lots of rain right there. so flash flood watches, warnings. they're all posted around that region. look at the rain shield

indianapolis getting the rain out of there now. down to the south farther and you can check out that squall line going down i-74 toward cincinnati. let me take you live to cincinnati. it's headed in your direction over the next half hour. quick moving rain system. look at that. it's pretty much dark already. looking at the rain coming in sunrise is just a couple minutes ago but it will be a real soaker for you first part of the day. tough morning commute in cincinnati. good morning to you. your football team pretty good. more on that in a half hour. >> you don't get to hear that every year. >>> an elementary school is an unusual place for a protest. that's what happened here. how to was sparked by a song about the president. >>> any minute now we expect pictures of jaycee dugard. a spokesperson released a statement from her saying that she's happy to be with her family and appreciates their love and support. we're waiting for a photo of what she looks like now. we haven't seen that and "people" magazine will release the new photos

they say they armed -- the armed man went into a check cashing company in indianapolis on monday.k started crying and talked about god. and the suspect said that he had a 2-year-old to support. so he and the woman prayed about overcoming his troubles. police say he took her cell phone and 20 bucks and then surrendered the next day. >>> paying your bills with auto pay can help avoid late fees, but clark howard warns it can also put an unexpected dent in your wallet. >> do you ever allow anybody to just scarf your money right out of your account? you know what i mean, where you set up an automatic draft of your account. let your mortgage company come take the money from your checking account, maybe let a car company that you did an auto loan with or a bank you did an auto loan with automatically come in and take the payments from you. or a utility company or a health club or a burglar alarm company. well, the number of people who do that has steadily grown. but it's dangerous. because once you have given somebody permission to come in and take money from your account, even when you

>> in indianapolis. absolutely. it was in the twin cities. >> thank you.people went fishing off the coast and came back with a shark. they spotted it circling a dead swordfish. after they hooked the shark it took three hours to haul it onto the boat. but now they have enough shark steaks to last them a while. i'd say so. stakeaks to last a while. i'd say so. >>> some beaches are letting you sun as much as you wanted, but there is a catch. it would cost you way more than your willing to pay. >> a lot of people because they've been burned by credit cards have switched in recent years to deb ilt cards. it has the visa or mastercard logo on it but it takes it right out of your account. do you know most banks will allow you to use your debit card even when it will cause you to overdraw your account? why would they do that? because they want you to overdraw your account so they can hit you with massive overage charges. what should you do? ask your bank or credit union not to permit overages where you can't get hit if you should overdraw your account. if you can'

chicago, toward indianapolis, cincinnati. getting some showers. they are slowly but surely going to be heading in our direction. some of these clouds move in tomorrow. may see a little rain tomorrow night. looks like the best chance of rain now will come on saturday morning. and it looks like now we'll start seeing some clearing later in the day. doesn't look like it's going to be as wet as it appeared yesterday. so things are improving more than we thought for the weekend. we'll come back with that forecast in a few minutes. denise? >> well, bob. thanks a lot. >>> over a nine-year period, dick gelfman's ride across maryland has raised nearly $2 million in the fight against breast cancer. this sunday, you'll have a chance to add to that total and root on the ravens at the same time. it will all happen in a big tailgate party in howard county. >> the ravens are on a roll. >> all right. in elkridge, they'll be rocking sunday when they gather at daniel's restaurant for a tailgate party to remember. >> everything from the grill will be going right acr

. >> this morning, indianapolis received 5,200 doses of the h1n1 flu mist. >> reporter: the nasal spray contains a live but weakened form of the virus. it's not recommended for most high-risk groups. so many of these first doses are going to those on the front lines. >> the thinking there is that we, as healthcare professionals can be the vector of spread or pass along that virus if we get sick and we're taking care of other patients who are not yet exposed. >> reporter: as more cases of h1n1 are reported each week, it's been a race to the finish line, to get a vaccine developed, produced, and out to the people who really nide it. >> reporter: the government insists it's safe. and is manufactured much like the regular flu vaccine. >> reporter: the cdc has reported to us that no corners have been cut whatsoever, in the production process. so all indicated reports are that it has the same safety profile as the seasonal flu vaccine. >> reporter: the first doses of the h1n1 shots are expected later this week. in new york, drew levinson, wjz eyewitness news. >> remember, stay with wjz for co

the first h1n1 flu vaccinations will be administered today with health care workers in indianapolis and memphis among the first in line. the government has launched the biggest flu prevention campaign in u.s. history rushing 250 million doses of vaccine into the pipeline. but some people and even some doctors are taking a wait and see approach. >> once we know that -- more about the vaccine, that it's safe and it's effective, then we will offer it to our patients. >> health officials say the swine flu vaccine has been produced the same wayhe annual seasonal flu vaccine. but they still have some convincing to do to get everyone on board. >>> congress is moving to extend unemployment benefits. the house approved a measure to extend benefits 13 more weeks in states where unemployment is 8.5% or higher. the senate wants to provide help to every state. nationally unemployment is now 9.8% and it is expected to go higher. >>> time to take a look at your monday forecast. it's going to be wintry today. wintry for the northern rockies and the northern plains. up to two feet of mountain snow in id

. >>> the indianapolis man known as the praying robber is explaining how he ended up praying with the store's clerk he was accused of trying to rob. wthr has more on the suspect who turned himself in. >> me and her were in the situation for a reason. i am just trying to figure out what that reason is. >> reporter: gregory smith has nothing but time to try to figure out why and how a woman he had never met was able to bring him to his knees in prayer. >> she prayed over me. >> he walked in with a gun to rob it. >> i felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders. >> reporter: he was desperate to keep his family from being evicked from their home. >> this is something i would have never resorted to. >> smith had been unable to find a job. >> a lot of people have had the thought go through their head and i was dumb enough to react on it and actually try to do it. >> police say it wasn't smith's first time. >> you are listening to a 911 call made last thursday from a loan office. >> he was acting like he was trying to get a loan. >> police say smith has admitted to robbing a loan o

the children's hospital in memphis and and medical center in indianapolis. people getting them are those health care workers. high priority being given to those working in er's for critical care units or pediatric units. the thinking is that you will keep these workers on the job during the peak of flu season, prevent them from getting sick, and prevent them from spreading the virus. shepard: there is the start. when are they available to the rest of us? >> during the initial days, you will see these targeted vaccinations going on. in some states, it may be health care workers that get the first doses. in other states, and this is may be placed on small children. but in upcoming weeks, as you see more vaccine being distributed -- in the millions instead of the thousands we are seeing this week -- you will see h1n1 vaccine available in retail outlets, drugstores, and even your private doctor's office. shepard: good news. thank you. the senate gets closer to voting on a health-care package, and 150 doctors make a house call to the white house as the president

hospitals in memphis and indianapolis began inoculating their employees on monday. >>> investigators have several people on around the count surveillance with plots to explode bombs in new york. some traveled to pakistan with najibullah zazi and are back in the u.s. zazi pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges related to that bomb plot. >>> cooler temperatures are helping crews on the scene of a fast moving wildfire in southern california. the so-called sheep fire threatens dozens of homes in san bernardino county. that's the news for now. i'm mike galanos.

wthr in indianapolis reports anyway that gregory smith is set to talk with oprah today. he says he's sorry for what he did and now he's a different man. police say that he admitted to stealing $20 and the woman's cell phone. you've heard of the fierce rivalry between the red sox and the yankees. well a lifesaving donation has put that rivalry on hold. here's rafer. this is so heartwarming. >>> oh, robin what a touching jess gesture and a great story. robert karros, a rabid boston red sox fan, he is our true champion this week for donating bone marrow to 3-year-old matthew welling, who is there in his arms that may have saved matthew's life. matthew from long island is a big fan of the yankees. karros found out about it because during his stay in their home matthew's mom decorated his room with yankee memorabilia. in spite of that the two will be lifelong friends. >> here's this guy who did the most gracious most giving, unselfish, generous thing that anyone could possibly do this anonymous bone marrow donation. he saved our son's life. what do you say to him? >> now robe

pleased to hav man that i have kno for a longtime, in washingt and now i'm visiti our city from indianapolis, governor mit daniels of indiana, wcome. >> thanks, charlie. somebody canl on you? >> no. we wanted yohere for a long time. >> for whatev prompted it i glad. >> charl: i am, too. i first wa to do this much to talk about. a kind of viefrom the heartland. how doou see the economic recovery from your perch? >> it's uncertain. it's slow, i hope i'm wrg about this but i think that we don't y see the evidenc of so-cled v-shaped or any sort of rapid come back it hits very suddenly in india, we wer at full employment in april, mayof last ar. but are a strongholdof manufacturg, still one of the most manufacturing intense states in america. so when that all stopped when auto sales plumted, rv sales stopped cold, people needed less steel d so forth hit us very sudden. i think we'll awhile coming back. >> chaie: how long do you think it will take? >> well,gain, i hope to be proven wng but i suspe that this wille gradual. you asked how weook at it, in nesty don't seemuch that's being done national

it is the largest fly ball contest. 450 dogs from ten states and two countries doing battle in indianapolisith teams of four dogs each to clear hurdles for a box for a release of a ball and return it to the starting point. got it? >> the competition and the people and get your adrenaline going. he loves it. he is made for fly ball. >> well, of course, the fastest team wins. do you think the dogs really care who wins in they have a good time. >>> well, still ahead, can sarah palin's upcoming book hang on to the number one spot and is the book's early popularity a real surprise? now yourard comes with a way to plan for what matters to you. introducing blueprint. blueprint is free and only for chase customers. it lets you choose what purchases you want to pay and those you split... interest...with full pay. you decide how to pay over time. if having a plan matters. chase what matters. eate your own blueprint at chase.com/blueprint. >>> now to politics and the number one bestselling this book on amazon.com and barnes and nobles.com. here it is, "going rogue" by possible 2012 presidential candid

one in indianapolis and the other in memphis.alth care workers are on the list of people who will get the vaccine first. in other places it will be given, different states will set the priorities as it is given. more and more rolls out, we'll see millions of doses over the next several months come off the line not just the flu mist and also the injectible form of the vaccine. >> will it be targeted first for the pregnant women and younger people. will they decide who the high-risk populations are? >> the high-risk population is almost half the u.s. population. it's health care workers, pregnant women, people 2 to 24 years old and people with underlying healthications and people who are around children 2 years old. when you add all that up, a lot of people on the high-priority list. people not on the high priority list are the older people who seem not to get it too often and they should get the seasonal vaccine which is available in most places right now. >> can you get the regular flu vaccine and swine flu at the same time? >> i

first responders, health-care workers in indianapolis and memphis. those two locations are a model for a total of 47 states or municipalities that have already placed orders. jane: this is not people rolling up their sleeves, it is a needle, -- nasal spray, right? >> that is right. moving into the month, as we get closer you will have the injectable form of the vaccine coming out. it is not for everyone. it is recommended for people at least two years of age. they do not want you to get it if you are pregnant. they also say that people with chronic medical conditions, this could potentially weaken their condition and they should avoid the spray, these people should wait for the injectable form. the difference is that the injectable form contains a portion that can kill the virus. the nasal spray contains a live virus. jane: i see. i guess rolling up the sleeves sounds better than prepare your nostrils. [laughter] >> if they could vote -- just protect me from the lights here. [laughter] jane: we will get them on the case. make sure that your not in th

. >>> everyone, let's stop and remember air force senior airman. 21, indianapolis, indiana. her family's third generation female to serve. also served afghanistan where she mentored local women. loved writing, social development, photography, animals, dreamed of being a veterinarian. leaves behind parents vicki and mark. brother, levi. four sisters. ashton goodman. american hero. thanks to our guests but especially to you for being with us. i'll see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp, eastern, and until then, good night, friend. >>> coming up next, president obama has a lot going on. he's under fire from the right for winning the nobel peace prize. exactly how did this become a bad thing? >>> and the gay community wants to know when he's going to repeal the military don't ask/don't tell policy. the chief executive is saying don't worry. but they are. >>> finally, in show biz news, jimmy kimble is dating a co-worker. is he the only late night host who didn't get the memo? all that and more on "the joy behar show" tonight. >>> tonight, is the right really outraged that president ob

host: indianapolis, mike, independent. caller: i have a comment and a question.d the lady's question about the illegal immigrants, you basically said that you're going to do what we always did. therefore, we are going to get what we always got, which is no sound information. i kind of see it as the man of la mancha. we are going to spend all the money designing these and there are plans being set up in china. we figured all this out, our graduate students pushed a button and immediately all of our technology is transferred to a foreign country. do you have any thresholds' in place to make sure that all the money we spend is not going to be used to basically transfer this technology to other countries to produce the products that we design? guest: that is a very good question. that is part of a problem of the modern age where people can get information they want -- they could go on the internet and even get cad drawings for sophisticated technology. what is interesting to know is that we have basically developed this technology. we really came up with photovoltaic

you get over to the east further, look at that shield of rain pulling through indianapolis and stretching in to central kentucky, tennessee as well. it's a quick moving low. it's going to start throwing rain around philadelphia new york city and boston later today. back side of that it's all snow. northern parts of minnesota, back in towards wisconsin, mixing out here. that whole batch is moving over to the east. some areas of showers popping up around the mid-atlantic. later today though, this afternoon and tonight, a lot of snow will develop mainly across northern pennsylvania. 12 inches of heavy, wet snow. we'll get to that coming up in about a half hour. >> oh, my gosh that's snow. >> yeah already. there you go. >> you can tell when i'm doing work and i look up ah! exactly. i'm being honest. >>> a man was executed for setting a fire that killed his three daughters. but now there are new questions about his execution. >>> we always salute our troops. today let's pause to do that. it comes from rachel to her husband army specialist joshua. she says they recently found out she is pregnan

ze rog towards the indianapolis radar picture and most of the stuff toward your north. like this morning it's going to move due east over the city and get into the rest of the ohio valley later today, stretches towards western pennsylvania, west virginia, also towards the mid-atlantic by the overnight hours. west coast storm, another look at it real quick. all the blouse, the rain from northern california to l.a. live to los angeles, reporting light rain showers around central parts of l.a. high only in the 50s. you see what it looks like. rain showers and gusty winds once again. more on that in a little bit. four-mile visibility at l.a.x. >> thanks a lot, bob. >>> an 8-year-old girl was attacked and left for dead. this is an amazing story. and now almost 20 years later, two decades later, there's an arrest in this case. you have to hear how she fought and fought to keep her case alive. >>> we've learned the man accused in a cold case from 1990 waived an extradition hearing this morning. the fbi says dennis earl bradford, therefore, could be in texas as early as tonight

they move on against indianapolis. that's sports. >>> one of the most influential democrats on capitol hill could spell trouble for his own party. key in writing tax and health care laws. some democrats think he's bringing trouble to the party that could hurt them next year. >>> check this out. brand new dramatic video from last month's tsunami in american samoa. this is hafrom a surveillance camera. you can see water rushing through the parking lot, tossing several trucks and cars around. the building only had minor damage. more than 165 people died when that powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the islands on september 29. >>> some pakistani army troops came under attack right on their doorstep. the military says six troops were killed when militants attacked a check point near pakistan's army headquarters. four attackers also died. and the military is looking for two others now. a military official says the taliban claimed responsibility. >>> two people died at a sauna-like sweat lodge in arizona. and investigators a

. >>> the indianapolis man known as the praying robber is explaining just how he ended up praying withstore's clerk. the clerk he's accused of trying to rob. the whole scene caught on surveillance video. emily longnecker has more on the suspect who turned himself in. >> i knew i was in that situation for a reason. and i'm just trying to figure out what that reason is. >> reporter: and while he sits behind bars, gregory smith has nothing but time to try and figure out why and how a woman he'd never met was antibiotble g him to his knees and pray. >> i felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders at that point. >> reporter: smith says he was desperate to keep his family from being evicted from their home. >> i would have never resorted to this under any other circumstances. >> reporter: he said he'd been unemployed for over a year, unable to find a job. >> a lot of people have had that thought go through their head too. it's just that i was dumb enough to react on it and actually tried to do it. >> reporter: but police say it wasn't smith's first try. >> 911, what is your emerge

hospitals in memphis and indianapolis began inoculating monday.es are in the form of nasal spray. in a week or so, vaccine for injections will be ready. >>> investigators have several people under 'round-the-clock surveillance in connection with a suspected plot to explode bombs in new york. sources close to the investigation say some traveled to pakistan and are now back in the u.s. and mild winds and cooler temperatures are helping crews on the scene of a fast-moving wildfire in southern california. the so-called sheep fire has burned 12 square miles and threatens dozens of homes in san bernardino county. that's a look at the news for now. >>> tonight, the david letterman scandal. are his interoffice activities turning him into a late-night punch line? >>> then barack bashing -- president obama extended the olive branch to the right wing over and over again and they keep chopping me off. joining me in the studio, the man who is like sarah lee, nobody doesn't like him. fabulous regis philbin. all of that and more from new york york city and the t

from indianapolis up to detroit, some of the rain showers and some heavy at times but not all that bad. a quick look at the forecast out the door. we're a little cool in new york, but we'll head to a high around 62 with partly cloudy skies. that's a quick look at your weather. let's head down to mika. thanks for having me, guys. >> ginger, it was great having you. why don't you stay. bill's not coming can ba. we have a big show this morning. signs of hope with iran's nuclear program. we'll discuss yesterday's landmark meeting with the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. plus racing for the swine flu. the cdc warns hospitals can soon be pushed to their limit. secretary kathleen sebelius joins us with an update. plus an exclusive look at politico's top stories this morning, including the scoop on sarah palin's ghostwriter for her new book. that will be aed good one. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. my l'orÉal makeup matches my skin so perfectly, i want to tell everyone! i wish i had your beautiful skin! thanks! or not. with unbeatable prices on l'orÉal paris t

she joins us today from indianapolis. sally, nice to see you this morning.you for having me. >> and this story blows me away and trying it wrap my head around it. you went into a store and bought zyrtec d for your husband and a new days later brought some muse next d for your adult daughter helping out going to the pharmacy and then the police come knocking. what in the world happened and what law did you violate? >> there's a law in indiana that states that you cannot purchase more 3.0 grams of this medication, what's in this medication that they're using to make meth with and i had purchased 3.6 grams. and i had seven cop cars come to my husband at ten till six in the morning to arrest me and take me to jail. >> unbelievable and that's pseudoephedrine, as you point out one of the main ingredients in methamphetamines. i'll tell you the prosecutor when asked about this had this to say, it's simply enforcing the law as it was written. it's up to the customers to pay attention to their purchase amounts and to check medication labels. if you take these products

host: of the next call is from indianapolis, ryan on the republican line.aller: i think his comments were outrageous. i am kind of mad they got aired a second time. host: they got erred a lot of * -- caller: i know. the interesting thing is how easy it is to put a study out -- who verified that fact? who fact check it? if i went out and presented some bogus study on the house floor and acted as though it was a fact, i think you would be laughed at. i do not even know what should happen to him. i mean, it is outrageous. and the last caller, there are tons of insured care -- kids -- what they think schip is? they just debated this on c-span two months ago. i don't know. i am outraged about it. host: memphis, democrats line. hello? good morning. fine, thank you. what are your thoughts? you are on the air, what are your thoughts? caller: i think he should not be punished. here i am 35 years old and i have -- host: you are having problems because you have the volume of on your tv. ok, what is your comments. caller: i'm 35 years old and i have been working since

indianapolis police say this man robbed a cash advance store yesterday.lly both of them ended up crying, praying and hugging. the whole scene caught on tape. the suspect took $20 and the woman's cell phone. >>> a fake news release led to a fik news conference. the false statement said they dropped a long standing opposition to new climate legislation. eventually someone tr the reel chamber of commerce showed up. >> if you have questions you're welcome to direct them to me. >> do you have you have a business card? >> i do. we can discuss it afterwards. >> okay. can i see your business card? >> can i see yours? >> are you hear representing the members of congress? >> i work here. you do not look familiar to me at all. >> the yes, man. pulled off the hoax. they think the chamber's opposition to climate change is backwards. they want a police investigation into the hoax. >>> you know the energy star label. that's not always what happens. alison kosik is in the cnnmoney.com newsroom. i know the sticker we're talking about. what do people need to know about the