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>> well, i think of laird as sort of half human and half ten municipallian. that's, like, the ultimate compliment coming from me because that's my dream is to be half human half neptunian. you know, when you see somebody absolutely in their element, that's how laird is when he's in the ocean in... particularly in the ocean in extreme conditions. you see all the wheels in the track, he comes alive at that particular moment and there isn't anybody else who is even close to him. he won't say that but i can say that. >> rose: there's no one in second place as they sometimes say about people like him? >> no. >> rose: nobody? >> no. even now. even after being at it... >> rose: now. >> now that i'm old. >> rose: (laughs) . >> rose: see, when they start calling you a legend, you better watch out. >> i'm getting benefited from a legend. >> rose: you go from legend to lifetime achievement awards, that's what happened. >> i'm active legend. that's the difference. >> rose: (laughs) yes, that's right. (laughs). >> i don't know. i ended the book feeling as though there's n

it's impressive also because i think it speaks a lot about laird hamilton himself.d, which i found really impressive. maybe the rogue waves are the secret because they may be the fountain of youth. and in case you're wondering the book which you heard in the story called "the wave" has just been released. it's $27.95. and you can see both susan and laird on "good morning america" later this morning. and you can check out that fine physique there. >> i know what caught your eye. coming up, the trouble defining the word "family" these days. >> we'll be right back. everyth. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying .up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively endorsed by aarp. when you call now, you'll get this free information kit... with all you need to enroll. put their trust in aarp p

then we laird what if we added the project that was proposed by the project sponsor as i mentioned especially part merced. that tells us what is happening with the level of service, where transit ridership will be very heavy and where the voting patterns would be. this gave us the right data to tell us what it would look like in 30 years. now we are, "with the best minds in the city -- we are working with the best minds in the city, what we plan to do is look at the big picture in the study and piece together those projects. nothing that you have heard about would preclude the best and most significant roles like never command of the project on the one hand we look at the big picture, on the other hand we work closely with the project sponsor to make sure they are hand in glove on where we need to be. this is two snapshots of where we needed to be. we looked up to the roadway and bridges. we also look at the projects. there are improve frequencies called for. one very popular item, bringing this to the entire west side of 19th ave. if you think about the corridor, this is a long term borough

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his body was found laird in plastic and tucked away under the stairs of the hercules home he rented. the same house where his father was found bludgeoned to death. if rein is connected to the death of two women and his girlfriend. >> alan: two beams of light are illuminating the new york city skyline tonight, marking the ninth anniversary of the september 11th attacks. it's made up of 88 searchlights. they turned on at sunset and going to light up the night sky until dawn. the memorial can be seen by residents from manhattan, brooklyn, and new jersey. >> alan: mourners near ground zero observed a moment of silence to market the terrorist attacks on america. relatives read the names of their loved ones who died when islamic extremists hijacked two passenger planes and brought down the twin towers. president obama laid a wreath at the pentagon in washington, dc to honor the people who lost their lives after a third plane slammed interest the nation's military headquarterses. >> the perpetrators of this evil act didn't simply attack america. they attacked the very idea of america itself

do you feel both of those are true of waves like this, laird? >> absolutely.n. you can appreciate the power of what a wave can do. at the same time, they're so beautiful. they're so kind of awing. to be even near one, to be in the proximity of a giant wave is something that is -- i mean, i don't want to get so hocus-pocus. but it's a spiritual, like a feeling you get, that hits your -- the inner part of your body. but the power of what waves can do, makes you have to respect them. that's a part of assessing them properly. >> susan, i had no idea what we didn't know about the science of waves. it's amazing what we don't know about them. you spent a lot of time talking about it. what's the most shocking thing about what we don't know, to you? >> the notion that 800-foot ships could be going missing and nobody knew why. in a world where we have all kinds of technology that you would think could tell us what's going on. it was really only 15 years ago that people, scientists had to reckon with the fact that you can have a 30-foot sea with a 100-foot wave in it. th

continue her quest for glory at flushing meadows and out of sorts of holes here as we should into the laird's. sixty six very first with confidence is one of the over. i always believe in myself i always believe i can beat anyone on the other side of the net if i'm able to play my best and if. there is nothing really changed for me you know i know i'm not going to play perfect tennis all the time like most of the players but that's what we're all trying to do. well not all will be going up against it was done at all before in the decider reigning us open champion control waste is looking spotted once again with our women venus williams a majority of graham's one point all this with williams power coming to the fore in the first set pleistocene told the tennis last season after a two year break gloucester the way back into contention in the second amount was a case of. american opponents implies his play put perfectly for six seven six six for the final score the belgians winning streak among new york hard courts extending to him the twenty matches. it's a good feeling knowing that nothing tod

obviously tom ross and priscilla and laird and all those who make up the party.ike to thank tom wagner who i had the opportunity of appointing many years ago. he is still there, for god's sake. he is going to go on. and that's extraordinarily important too. you know, i wish i could go around the room and talk about all of you individually, because of the huge difference which you have made in my life and hopefully in the life of many, many delawarans. i believe we have had the opportunity to do that. and for that i'm extremely appreciative. i had a very nice speech prepared here, hoping i would win this race and talked about the things we've been able to do to create jobs and reduce taxes, and those things that make a difference to delawareans. >> nine-term congressman mike castle of delaware in his concession speech tonight if you are awaiting a grand statement of republican party unity with him getting behind christine o'donnell ahead of the general election there, senate campaign against chris coons, we have not yet heard it. christine o'donnell defeating mike

big-wave surfer, laird hamilton, and his wife, gabrielle reese, tell us that we should think that allyou clean the rivers, you have a clean ocean. >> gabby said she will be out with the kids, cleaning their beach. i'll be picking up trash in miami, as well. 7 million tons of debris from our coastlines last year. think how much we can do this year. robin's cleaning up our beach. the "gma" beach. put it right here in this bag. we'll link you on how you can do it at abcnews.com. how you can help this year. robin -- i know. i can't even get up. this is the scary part. >> this is a nice look, isn't it? please, continue. >> let's get to the boards. one or two things we want to talk about. the line of severe storms. gets a bead of moisture. i'm trying to get up thousand. chicago, you're a little bit a part of that. more minneapolis is going to get heavy rain out of this. this is all of that moisture streaming up from the southwest. we're concerned in phoenix, about how much rain will fall here. it is gorgeous along the west it's that easy. "gma" beach is almost cleaned up. all that weather,

particularly in the city of christchurch some residents were evacuated stay because our homes are now laird deep layers of salt. its beauty and the soft brown which has turned into basically liquid under pressure from the quake. it's a while before the king but get back on their feet after this. >> heavy rain and mud slides have killed 38 people in guatemala. some cars were buried in two vans after hillside collapsed and the death toll may be a hundred before they're done in more than 30 others are injured. if they're still 23 people that are listed as missing. the president of guatemala has declared a national emergency >> new details joran van der sloot has admitted to taking money from the family of natalie holloway telling them he reveal the location of her body. joran van der sloot he is a suspect of the disappearance of holloway five years ago. he said it wanted to get back at her family for making his life tough. he took that money which was part of a sting operation he flew to south america and he's now facing charges that he killed a peruvian woman. 77 >> a.m. will be back with mor

when you stop and think about it, we really, we really are getting to a letter -- to a laird security paradigm. take the cockpit. you have the flight deck officer programs. you have an armed officer in the cockpit. outside of the cockpit is a serious -- stewardess. stewardess. [laughter] 17 years, people. you have a flight attendant who has been trained in behavioral analysis. beyond the flight attendant is the ticket agent at the jetway gate, also trained in behavioral analysis, as are a lot, if not all of the airport workers. beyond that is the screening checkpoint, with everything that tsa has brought to bear in those secure locations. beyond that are trained federal air marshals, trained law enforcement officers, a local, federal, state, also trained and behavioral analysis techniques, who are able to approach -- no longer should the threat elements be able to sit and passively observed the security system and be able to probe but until they find a vulnerability. we should be talking to them, approaching them, getting them out of their comfort zone, putting them off guard. beyond