earlier, landscaper jay phillips was surrounded by a ruthless gang spouting racist epithets. >> i've never seen these people before. they've never seen me. what could i have possibly done in my entire life... for them to do something like that? >> narrator: now it's fight or flight... and jay doesn't feel like playing the victim. >> they rushed me, and i rushed right back. >> narrator: jay's martial-arts training keeps him one step ahead. but he can only hold them off for so long. and unfortunately, one trip... spells "doom." >> i'm trying to keep my eye on four guys and...split-second stumble and...down i go. >> narrator: the vicious pack pummels their target into the pavement. >> get him! [bleep] [bleep] >> narrator: luckily, passing motorists scare away the ruffians. [ horns honking ] jay won't let them off so easy. >> call the cops. call the cops. >> narrator: he barrels into one of the cowards. then another aggressor grabs a 2x4... ...and the lone ranger has no choice but to back down. >> you're [bleep] dead! >> narrator: cops catch up with the despicable attackers a short time

jays see's alleged abductors, phillip and nancy garrido are behind bars.en. >>> hot santa ana winds are driving a wild fire toward people's homes in this southern california right now. this is what the fire looks like 40 miles north of los angeles. firefighters are doing what they can. they're cutting and burning away brush to really get it under control. more than 2,000 people were warned to evacuate, to get out. right now, the fire is only about 40% contained. we're following this for you. >>> well, the heavy storms are now gone, and more people in the southeast are going home. a few say they got help from two teenage heroes. as the flood waters began rising, a couple of 16 year olds, best friends from the atlanta area decided to make it their mission to save as many people as possible. >> i've always been the one to go out there and get it done. and i can't stand sitting inside and watching tv and watching helpless people not be able to do anything. >> it really makes me very proud of him. because you hear so much about teenagers doing nothing. and for

. >>> more potential evidence in the case of phillip garrido charged in the kidnapping of jay see duepolice pound more bone fragments nmt backyard and in the property mix door. authorities had been looking for evidence linkinging the couple to at least two other abductions. the bens appear to be human, but tests have yet to be completed. >>> mary travers died yesterday. peter, paul & mary had several hits in the 1960s including puff the magic dragon and blowing in the wind. ♪ mary travers was 72 years old. maggie? >>> coming up next, we'll tell you why your workplace may actually be good for your health. we have living proof. look how those plants used to fit. >> wow. >> be right back. . >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by ihop. ihop's gone nfl. tryle all-pro lineup only at ihop. come hungry, leave happy. - woman: who's the mvp at our football parties? - hut! usually he's the guy who brings out the pepsi. with unbeatable prices on refreshing pepsi-- game time costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. gathering dust, as pollen floats through the a

. >> reporter: phillip garrido and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges of abducting, raping and imprisoning jay s ining jay garrido's first wife calls him a violent man. appearing on "inside edition" she says he beat her at times and when she tried to get away -- >> he pulled up in front of me, he grabbed me, threw me. me in the car. >> reporter: in 1977, four years into the marriage, garrido was convicted of raping another woman, katherine callaway hall, who was on "larry king live" monday night. >> it's just there under the surface. >> reporter: she says he took her to a storage unit in reno, draped with carpets inside. >> it was like a maze. and in the back part of the mini warehouse where he had me, he had it set up to keep someone for a while. >> reporter: sort of like the warren of sheds behind garrido's house where jaycee dugard lived with the two children she allegedly had by him. garrido's ex-wife in her tv interview claimed when another man flirted with her once, garrido pulled out a safety pin, gouged her in the face and threatened to put out her eyes. natalie? >> unbelievable. georg

jay see dugard kidnapping case. they were looking for clues in the unsolved disappearances of two other young girls who vanished in the late 1980s. phillipd. o cannot be eliminated and they plan to take apart his house if necessary. outside that house in contra costa county, california. casey jordan joining us here in new york. we want an update on what they were looking for and what was found. >> reporter: erica, first of all when the case broke late last month, they were looking at phillip and nancy has possible suspect in other high profile crimes. police were back out at the house using ground-penetrating radar to look for anything that might be buried beneath the ground, including bodies. 60 law enforement personnel were look for all kind of evidence. they are looking at a connection between them and the two kidnappings. the first involved eileen misheloff and the second was michaela garecht abducted outside of a market. police say that micheala and jaycee dugard, the victim held captive for about 20 year, dugard and garecht look similar in appearance and about the same age as well. police are saying a composite sketch of the suspec

phillip garrido, he once took care of the neighbor's yard where the bone was discovered. experts are conducting dna testing on it right now. garrido and his wife nancy are charged with abducting jay see dugard when she was 11. police say he fathered two daughters with her while she was his prisoner. they want to know if garrido is involved in other two unknown cases. two girls vanished in the late 1980s. >>> 6-year-old kidnapped by his own mother and kept in a crawl space won't be reunited with his mother just yet. ricky chekevdia was found hiding in his room on friday. ricky's mother hid him from his father for two years. >> my son has been traumatized. i will go out there when the proper counselors and right -- when you said a meeting, you always set the conditions. the conditions have not been set yet. >> the boy and his mom disappeared back in 2007 in the middle of a custody dispute. she is now in jail and has a preliminary hearing in two weeks. >>> we are learning more about the murders committed in a georgia mobile home park on august 29th. it happened in a mobile home there in brunswick, georgia. police say the suspect guy heinze jr. acted alone. . he faces eight counts of