i'm katherine jackson. >> reporter: and with those words, her first public words in ten days, the jackson clan matriarch, surrounded by her children, jermaine, jan element and rebbie, katherine gave her side of this explosive story. >> there are rumors going around about me that i've been kidnapped and held against my will. i'll here today to let everybody know that i'm fine and i'm here with my children and my children would never do a thing like that, hold me against my will. it's very stupid of people to think that. >> reporter: late saturday night, katherine's nephew trent reported her missing from the jackson compound in came glabas. paris tweeted "my grand mother is missing." an abc reporter at the reading of this statement was not allowed to ask questions. >> and now people are saying that they are there with nothing to eat. i'm sure they have something to eat, but it's not healthy because the cook is not there. i haven't called because i just gave up my phone. i didn't want to have any phone calls and while i was here, my assistant janice smith has been calling back home to see ho

michael jackson's will names katherine as guardian of his children. temporaryhnz custody was handed over to their cousin 34-year-old tj jackson. >> i'm devastated that while i've been away my grandchildren have been taken away from me >> reporter: in court the judge said katherine is being prevented from acting as a guardian by acts of a third party. >> ruling in court was about the guardianship. i think it was based on lights. -- based on a bunch of lies. i have a good idea who is doing that. >> that was nick watt reporting. today the controversy continues. michael jackson's 15-year-old son prince tweeted a photo apparently showing a group text message from monday to his aunts, in it he demanded to contact his grandmother. janet allegedly responded, please don't let them. prince tweeted he believes his grandmother was lied to. a lot of drama and there's much more on this coming up on "good afternoon america." >>> right now meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> [ laughing ] >> airing dirty laundry on twitter, crazy. >>> we talked abou

michael jackson's will names katherine as guardian of his children. temporaryhnz custody was handed over to their cousin 34-year-old tj jackson. >> i'm devastated that while i've been away my grandchildren have been taken away from me >> reporter: in court the judge said katherine is being prevented from acting as a guardian by acts of a third party. >> ruling in court was about the guardianship. i think it was based on lights. -- based on a bunch of lies. i have a good idea who is doing that. >> that was nick watt reporting. today the controversy continues. michael jackson's 15-year-old son prince tweeted a photo apparently showing a group text message from monday to his aunts, in it he demanded to contact his grandmother. janet allegedly responded, please don't let them. prince tweeted he believes his grandmother was lied to. a lot of drama and there's much more on this coming up on "good afternoon america." >>> right now meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> [ laughing ] >> airing dirty laundry on twitter, crazy. >>> we talked abou

not katherine jackson. tj jackson went to court to be appointed temporary guardian of prince, paris, and prince michael ii. after the pop singer's death, his three kids have been in the custody of their grandmother, katherine. she spent several days at an arizona resort and yesterday katherine finally came out and said something. actually, she read a prepared statement to abc news. >> one reason why i haven't called is because i just gave up my phone. i didn't want to have any phone calls. and while i was here, my assistant, janis smith, had been calling back home to see how things have been going and keeping in contact with my nephew -- i mean my grandson, and he says everything was going fine. but i'm still -- i was still thinking about the children, and i still worry about them. but they're fine. >> aj hammer is with us now. so this continues to unfold. why the change in guardians? because katherine jackson looks like she always does to me, at least. >> yeah. no, she does. and the judge basically, carol,

is back home. >> i'm katherine jackson. >> katherine jackson. >> paris jackson. >> paris and prince. >> paris prince and blanket. >> t.j., paris and prince. >> paris and blanket. >> prince, janet and randy. >> t.j., t.j. >> t.j. >> tee doe. >> marlyn, jackie and tee doe. >> jermaine and janet. >> wow. there you have it. the jacksons [ cheers and applause ] unfor thely the only families famous family embroiled in legal battle right now. cody brown, the moted polygamist stars on the tlc sister wives. he has filed a lawsuit against the state of utah challenging their ban on polygamy. sit a practice of marrying multiwomen at the same time. concept that was invented very long time ago by a man. and the utah attorney's general office has asked the judge to throw the case out. utah has a policy of not prosecuting people on polygamy charges alone. the judge said he doesn't want to throw it out and the attorney general may be trying to sweep this issue under the rug. how else are we going to replenish our preserve? it makes for great television. if i had one one wish, i would like to

katherine jackson had been missing for several days. e is the guardian of michael jackson's three children, and one of them, paris, tweeted last night that she had not spoken to her grandmother in a week, and that she was missing. the family drama unfolded days after it was revealed that some of katherine jackson's children wrote a letter to the executors of jackson's estate, which left his foreign to his mother and his children and charity, was a fake. the estate denies the ang cue sayings. >> a del luge in china where areas are getting the worst floodingy 60 years. a mild day today out here but get ready for a cooldown this >>> this is dramatic individual crow from northern china where firefighters rescued a man from a flashflood. with five other members of his family died after rains engulfed their truck that got caught in a dry river channel. he escaped with just minor injuries. >> heavy rains also left drivers stranded on roads in beijing. more than eight inches fell on champion's capital. the most in 60 years. officials blame ten d

coming in from katherine jackson's attorney. >> katherine jackson today says she will share guardianship of michael's children with her grandson t.j. t.j. toke with us before the announcement. >> how is your grandmom? >> fine. >> reporter: katherine's attorney says she will remain in charge of the children's allowance. >> prince, paris and blanket had a say in this. >> reporter: meanwhile, an independent investigation into their well-being and a new twist in the jackson twitter war. >> i'm on my way home. >> reporter: prince 30e69 add screen grab whb he says was a family text message exchange apparently writing, we demand to speak to my grandma now. and then his aunt janet seems to reply, don't let them tweet. then more drama a

abc's scott goldberg has the story. >> reporter: she's the mat ree ark of the jackson clan and katherine jacksonissing. . this morning, paris jackson is tweeting, yes, my grandmother is missing. i haven't spoken with her in a week. if anybody sees my grandmother, please call the authorities. the 82-year-old mrs. jackson reportedly left her home in california last sunday to fly to albuquerque to watch her other four sons in concert. since then, paris hasn't been able to get in touch. whatever is going on the jackson family drama has been building to a krcrescendo. his mom is suing concert promoter, aeg, for hiring dr. klein. and paris recently got into a twitter war calling randy jackson a liar. >> one thing that's there's always a rift over, how the kids should be raised. >> she made her aunt janet angry when she told ellen that she was going to be a movie. >> reporter: michael famously lamented his loss children and janet told "prevention" magazine, now is not the time. i told her, i thought enjoying being a kid, possibly going to college or not, but wait until 18. >> authorities in los angeles

when katherine jackson is out of town, there are nannies and trent jackson who drives katherine jacksonlifornia. there's a constant stream of family inside the house and around the house. it's not like the kids are home alone. there's a myth that the kids are running wild, they're home alone. katherine is gone. there's a lot of family around. there's always an eye on the children. >> we all appreciate the genius of michael jackson. it was clear and evident in terms of the talent. why are we so fascinated by this story and his family? >> you know, in a sense, the jacksons are american royalty. you know, i was with the brothers on saturday night, sunday night for their concert. when the brothers were at the concert on the stage, it was just pure bliss. when they come off the stage, then things seem to be fractured. but i was told by a family member on sunday that everything was fine. anyone who wanted to talk to katherine jackson could talk to her. there was no issue. by monday, when i heard about the issues, there was all of a sudden a fracture in the family and then when i sat down with

> adding to the drum this week, surveillance video shows janet jermaine palmer and randy at katherine jackson's estate. >> janet jackson slapped paris jackson in the face and then janet told paris that you are spoiled

abc's scott goldberg has the story. >> reporter: she's the mom of king of pop and katherine jackson mightthis morning, paris jackson is tweeting, yes, my grandmother is missing. i haven't spoken with her in a week. i want her home now. if anybody sees my grandmother, please call the authorities. the family's security team tells abc news that this is a messing person situation. the 82-year-old mrs. jackson reportedly left her home in calabassas, california, last sunday to fly to albuquerque to watch her other four sons in concert. since then, paris says that she hasn't been able to get in touch. whatever is going on the jackson family drama has been building to a crescendo. michael's mom and siblings are wrapped in legal battles over his will. his mom is suing concert promoter, aeg, was negliengent for hiring dr. conrad murray. and paris recently got into a twitter war calling randy jackson a liar. for saying that she had a stroke. >> one thing that's there's always a rift over, how the kids should be raised. >> reporter: paris also stirred the pot and made her aunt jacksjac janet angry wh

cnn has learned katherine jackson will now share guardianship with t.j. s won, the 34-year-old son of tito jackson. katherine jackson's attorney says t.j. will take day-to-day responsibility for certain things including the day-to-day security. what does that mean? it means t.j. will be in charge of the children's day-to-day logistics and this will allow katherine to focus on being a grandmother to them. t.j. has been close to the children much of their lives. isn't michael's death, he's assisted in making decisions for them. this comes days after a las vegas judge overseeing the probate of michael jackson's estate named t.j. as temporary guardian because katherine jackson might have been prevented from being the guardian because of the acts of third parties. t.j.'s petition to be permanent guardian will be amended next week. they will ask the judge to make katherine and t.j. coguardians. after being gone for several days and her grandchildren saying they were worried, they hadn't heard from her, a missing person's report was filed. she was later found at

katherine jackson says there are a lot of lies surrounding her family drama. >> there are rumors going out about me about i was kidnapped and held against my will. i am here to let everybody know i am fine. >> tito jackson was named temporary guardian after he was worried the chirp would thought let her go home. she has not spoken to her grandchildren since july 15th despite numerous attempts to reach her. you can hear katherine jackson's full statement, and why she said she would not speak to her grandchildren. >>> a modesto gas station is the focus of protests after an employee told a veteran he was not welcome. nearly 100 people held signs outside this chevron station. the air force reservist went in to buy a soda, but huey was told -- but he was told he was not welcome because of his military connection. >> he said he didn't like serving my people, that my people didn't belong in his country. >> what country did he say -- >> he did not. i left after that. >> when i hear about somebody not respecting a member of our military, i can certainly appreciate why people feel strongly about

a judge is suspending katherine jackson's role... development comes after their family feud became very public. stories emerged that mrs. jackson had been reported missing from her california home. her attorney says... she was held against her will.t-j jackson... the 34- year old son of michael's brother tito... is now the children's temporary guardian. 3 believe it or not.. you don't have to go far.. to feel like you're on vacation.emily gracey is road trippin' at the inner harbor... with some sights that will make you feel just like a tourist in your own hometown.good morning emily. emily. 3 3 tease website tease website 3 it's no secret smoking can cut your life short... short...but find out the one thing you might not be doing... that's just as bad. bad.and later.. a daring rescue.how these window washers... became stranded... while several feet above ground. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 3)) cocococococococococo[ barks ] g] [ cat meows ] [ woman ] ♪ i just want to be okay ♪ be okay, be oka

guardian katherine jackson. carl ripken's mother was abducted at gun point from her home in maryland but is now safe and with relative ps . explicit say the suspect showeded up apt the 74-year-old woman's home early yesterday, forced her into a car. police say the suspect seemed to have used her credit card, but there's no evidence of any ransom demands. and anderson, disturbing video from a bar in augusta, georgia. a 36-year-old man was hospitalized after police say he let his friends douse him in alcohol and set his head on fire during a bar bet. >> are you kidding sne. >> an investigator said he's seen crazy things over the years but that tops the list. >> thank you so much. a town in texas that is all about bikinis "the ridiculist" is next. ♪

michael jackson's mother returned safely to her home in california today. 82 year old katherine jackson left the home she shares with michael's three children on july 15th. she had no contact with the children while she was gone. that led to speculation she was being held somewhere against her will... amid a bitter family

jermaine and randy jackson attempted to convince michael jackson's two oldest children to leave katherine jackson's california home with them, but paris and prince resisted. the video shows janet jackson apparently trying to take a cell phone away from 14-year-old paris jackson. on the video, randy and janet jackson appeared to be recording the incident with their cell phones. sheriff deputies broke up a scuffle minutes later involving randy and jermaine jackson and their cousin trent jackson. no one was arrested, although a battery report was taken and an investigation is ongoing. this incident comes amid a very public dispute over the whereabouts of katherine jackson. she was reported missing over the weekend, but later found. too much texting... is leading to a spike in carpel tunnel syn. syndrome..statistics show teenage girls between 13 and 17 send and receive an average of áá4-thousand 50áá texts per month.for teenage boys... it's more than 25- hundred.but sooe doctors insist... it's not just texting that's the problem. 129-134 "texting too much can cause a lot of problems, but that is not a

so where is katherine jackson? >>> hey, good morning. on this day that will see the president of the united states making a trip to aurora, colorado, to visit with the victims of the movie theater massacre. >>> also this morning, this abc news exclusive. videotape of the suspect, james holmes, as an intern at a science camp back in 2006. and emulated the joker, carrying out mass murder, booby trapping his apartment like a mad scientist. here described as a soccer loving, aspiring scientist whose dream one day is to own a slurpee machine. >> what better game than rock, paper, scissors. apparently, rock, paper, scissors is a professional sport. >>> meanwhile, a lot of new information coming out about the investigation. we know that holmes is being held in isolation, away from other prisoners, and that while police are interviewing people who know holmes, they insist that he acted alone. also this morning, police say they have safely removed all of the 30 separate explosive devices from his apartment. and last night they detonated some of t

katherine jackson is not in l.a. would be back today, but we can't confirm she is back. once she is back, we are told her intentions are to get custody on or guardianship back of the three children. it is just one giant mess, greta. >> greta: you know, it is interesting, looking at the paris jackson tweet, a teenager o. july 25, she says a lot of people say i have changed. i want to apologize for the attitude. i promise, the ego is gone. she later tweets, i am so confused, you said you would be here for me. the idea that the grandmother is the custodian disappears for 10 days. it is very strange, ken. i do hope that something works out for these kids. they have had a weird life. thank you. up next, a new report showing that you are spending billions of dollars on job training programs. but are they leading to jobs? or are you just spending billions of dollars? senator tom coburn is here. and next, governor chris christie is going to turn politics upside down, like nothing have you seen before. hear this -- and you wi

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i'm katherine jackson. >> reporter: and with those words, her first public words in ten days, the jackson clan matriarch, katherine gave her side of this explosive story. >> there are rumors about me being kidnapped and held against my will. i'm here today to let everybody know, i'm fine. i'm here with my children. they would never do a thing like that, holding me against my will. it's very stupid for people to think that. >> reporter: late saturday night, katherine's nephew trent -- >> he said everything was going fine, but, i'm still -- i was still thinking about the children. i still worry about them. but they're fine. >> reporter: here the a resort in tucson, arizona. jermaine explained she's there on doctor's orders. she was reading a script. she needed help from time to time. michael jackson's will gave custody to his mother. in a courtroom, temporary customer was handed over to tito's son, 34-year-old t.j. jackson. >> i'm def tated that my grandchildren have been taken away from me. >> reporter: in court, the judge said katherine is being prevented by acting as guard fr yan by acts

katherine jackson gave an exclusive interview and to abc news >> thursday morning, 4:53. we have some showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain embedded in southwest pennsylvania and about to clip northern west virginia. i think this was live through western maryland and the potomac highlands early this morning. we will keep an eye on the rain as it moves east. frostburg is 76 degrees, 64 in berkeley springs and inwood. 66 in frederick 71 in la plata 74 degrees in arlington. on our way to about 100 this afternoon. it will be hot and sticky. get the sprinkler going to keep cool through the afternoon. it will feel like 105-109 when you factor in the humidity. that's why we have the heat advisory in effect from noon until 8:00 p.m. there is the extended forecast. mid 90's tomorrow, 96. close to about 90 on the weekend. slight chance of storms today through saturday. >> no issues in virginia. that's good news. 95 between richmond and baltimore, everything running in our favor. in pretty good shape is traffic on 66 between centreville and the beltway. normal stuff on the green

mother is safe with her daughter in arizona family members put out a missing person's report for katherine jackson. her son jermaine says his mother was following doctors' orders to rest she is the guardian of michael jackson's children and they became worried when the had not spoken with her for several days. >>> and dennis o'donnell and oakland at a chance to sweep the new york yankees and the collapse at the british open. >>> good evening everybody from 0 dot co, the giants have tortured and the a's have shaving cream pie it is exciting baseball. the a's down 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth there's a drive to dead center field he runs out of room the game goes to extra innings, in the 12th runner on second base coco crisp singles and their ignores comes around second the yankees cannot make the play the a's get their 11th walk off when and sweep the yankees. the giants go for the sweep in philadelphia. a base hit to center to drive in the winning run the giants lose but when 4/6 on the road trip. with a birdie at 18 ernie els closed within one shot of adam scott at the same time falling apart, h

. >>> and you're looking at what may be the latest picture of katherine jackson with her family. bout a feud -- actually, a fight at the jackson family home. relatives were trying to remove michael's children. you see some of the family members out in the driveway. >>> also, the boss' big secret. bruce springsteen really opened up in this interview in "new yorker magazine," talking about his personal battle during the height -- when he was sky-rocketing to the top of his career. he was dealing with some real problems. >> and nobody knew. >>> and the campaign trail like you've never seen it. will ferrell has our votes today. >> congressman cam brady. >> you saw the film? >> i did. really funny. >>> we're going to begin with the details of michael jackson's feuding family and the king of pop's kids caught in the middle of it all. police called to the family home on monday. there's new surveillance video of the family fight playing out if the driveway. abc's nick watt has the story from los angeles. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, katherine jackson's lawye

katherine jackson says that she will share custody of the three children with their cousin t.j. they are awarding them temporary custody after katherine jackson disappeared for nearly two weeks what she was resting at an arizona report peak -- resort. >> i told them it was not necessary but i do not know who instructed them to do that. he wanted me to come home before that happened. >> the judge overseeing the state has asked -- case has asked an investigator to interview the kids to find out what is going on. >> best of luck to them. it is pretty outside right now but changes could be in the way. >> it depends on where you are. head over to anne arundel county @ calvert county -- when it will be strong be out of there? give it a few minutes. this is from washington lee high school in arlington. looking at the courthouse area -- the sky's not so pretty. in other parts of the area, talk about a severe thunderstorm watch any effect until 10:00. take a look at what is going on -- 97 degrees. that was our high today of reagan national airport. three degrees high of the -- shy of the

katherine jackson is the primary caretaker for michael jackson's children since he died.dly feuding over their brother's estate. coming up, the author of the anatomy of evil will join me to talk more about the accused gunman in the colorado shooting and what we know about him so far. also another person as died after that shocking crash in texas involving a pickup truck crammed with 23 people. we'll get details in our news around the nation. [ cellphone rings ] the wife. hey, babe. got the jetta. i wiped the floor with the guy! not really. i would've been fine with 0% for 36 months, but i demanded 60. no...i didn't do that. it was like taking candy from a baby. you're a grown man. alright, see you at home. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen autobahn for all event. we good? we're good. [ male announcer ] at 0% apr for 60 months, no one needs to know how easy it was to get your new volkswagen. that's the power of german engineering. ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. [ female announcer ] when it comes to the future of m

he'll be there at 6:00, too. >> you don't. >>> katherine jackson is back home with michael jackson'sldren tonight, but the family drama is far from over. >> the matriarch turned up in arizona after disappearing over the weekend. her unexplained absence prompted a judge to temporarily take away her guardianship. her grandson, t.j., has temporary guardianship. there were rumors mrs. jackson's own grown kids kidnapped her. she denies that. >> there are rumors going around about me that i've been kid 23457d and held against my will. i'm here today to let everybody know i'm fine and children would never do a thing like that. >> michael jackson's oldest son prince michael tweeted today, quote, i'm happy my grandma was returned, and i realize how badly she was lied to. katherine jackson is appealing to regain permanent custody. >>> coming up next, the beach warning for vacationers after dirty needles wash ashore. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, a child sex abuse scandal has rocked the local swimming community. >>> the mitt romney campaign says there is voters fraud under way in virginia. >>>

michael jackson's mother katherine was reported missing. with find out where she was found in would take a look a your entertainment news. >>kate: [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh. >>vicki: we can box office results were put on hold because of the are rushing tragedy. michael jackson's mother reported missing and a pop star mourns the death of his former stepson. >> is michael jackson's mother katherine missing as reported to police by her nephew or resting in prison on doctors' orders? michael's 15 year-old daughter paris says she is worried because the grandchildren have not heard from the family matriarch in a week. jermaine jackson said on twitter his mother is fine. he says fee for health is paramount and we're not inventing or plotting anything. attorney for katherine jackson said she is concer

at an emergency hearing in california, a judge suspended the family matriarch katherine jackson and namedackson in her place. he's now legally in charge of michael jackson's children. joining me now is former prosecutor turned civil attorney john kelly and alicia quarrels. new york correspondent for e! news. thank you both for being with me tonight. >> thank you. >> alicia, can you explain what happened in court today? >> so basically t.j. who's tito's son went and applied for temporary guardianship. now he can make all decisions for the children. who come in the house where the children live, and he also controls the $86,000 a month that katherine was getting from michael jackson's estate to take care of the kids. >> what basis legally could the judge have done that just on the word of t.j.? >> the other fact they took into consideration is katherine was missing from the household. the children returned from sleepover camp, the legal guardian were not there. the children were back in the house without anybody taking care of them at that time. they needed a guardian appointed. >> would yo

a judge is now stepping in and katherine jackson is putting rumors to rest. mily feud has taken another turn. a judge has now granted t.j. jackson, tito's son temporary guardianship in the absence of their grandmother katherine. >> getting paperwork immediately filed to get her reinstated as guardian. >> i am devastated that while i have been away my grandchildren have been take any way from me. >> reporter: the grandchildren claim they were cut off from katherine during her trip to arizona and t.j. told the judge when he spock eak to katherine the phone. i never heard her talk like that some words sounded slurred. in an exclusive interview. katherine said she is returning to los angeles. >> there are rumors to say that i was kidnapped and held against my will. i am here to let everybody know i am fine. >> reporter: surveillance video shows janet, jermaine and randy jackson at katherine's estate where tmz reports there were several fights. there is speculation this family fight is all about michael's money. >> with the kids goes tens of millions, hundreds of m

katherine jackson says there are a lot of lies surrounding her family drama. >> there are rumors going out about me about i was kidnapped and held against my will. i am here to let everybody know i am fine. >> tito jackson was named temporary guardian after he was worried the chirp would thought let her go home. she has not spoken to her grandchildren since july 15th despite numerous attempts to reach her. you can hear katherine jackson's full statement, and why she said she would not speak to her grandchildren. >>> a modesto gas station is the focus of protests after an employee told a veteran he was not welcome. nearly 100 people held signs outside this chevron station. the air force reservist went in to buy a soda, but huey was told -- but he was told he was not welcome because of his military connection. >> he said he didn't like serving my people, that my people didn't belong in his country. >> what country did he say -- >> he did not. i left after that. >> when i hear about somebody not respecting a member of our military, i can certainly appreciate why people feel strongly about