everyone understands that leiby is not a child from burrow park. leiby is your child. it could be your 8-year-old. as innocent as can be. a kid combs home from day camp and disappears. and the person involved is your next door neighbor. >> geraldo: have you got to watch your kids constantly. you can't let down your guard. you are the prime protector of your children. >> geraldo. how careful can you be? you know, this parent, we live in burrow park in one of the safest communities in the city of new york. we don't have serious crime. the mother wants to give the child a little bit of freedom so they make up where they are going to meet. they go through the actual route. >> arthur, a couple of things. about this affecting people nationwide, my law office in brooklyn is one mile away. it's an italian american community. we had his pictures in all of our windows. my law office had his picture it did effect all of us. regarding what you led off with about the councilman wanting people have stickers in their windows. brook lib district attorney joe heinz started that program

that's what's really so terribly disturbing about this case. >> reporter: leiby's parents felt they were acting safely. they had even practiced the route and were waiting for him. but he never arrived. and now, the tragedy has ignited debate everywhere, talking about when children should be allowed to walk home alone. each year, about 115 children are abducted by strangers. experts say a seemingly safe neighborhood can be an even greater risk. >> the predator picks a place where a child will walk down the street because crime doesn't happen there. perversion happens everywhere. >> reporter: safety expert debra holtzman says every child is different. but 10 to 12 years old is often when children are mature enough to walk alone. >> you want to point out specific people that they can ask for help when they get into trouble, like retailers in the area, and they can go with a mom with kids. >> reporter: holtzman recommends a cell phone or a whistle. traveling with a buddy. and going over tricks a predator may use. >> they may ask, they lost their puppy, can you help them, or do they need

leiby was captured on surveillance tape walking to meet his mother. with his parents' blessing he set out alone to day camp. police say he got lost and asked levy aron for help. investigators say he ended up in aron's car and eventually in his home. police say the suspect has confessed to the brutal crime, but that hasn't stopped their investigation. they're looking into whether he could be tied to other missing persons cases. jeff pegues, abc news, new york. >>> a texas mom is in trouble after leading police on a high-speed chase with her two little girls in the car. investigators say that the car hit speeds of more than 100 miles an hour through three counties before her car was disabled. they say the mother took the children from their legal guardian without permission. >>> if you think only us little people have to suffer the indignities of airport security checks, take a look at this. the website tmz got a hold of this showing donald rumsfeld getting a full-on patdownt o'hare airport. he cooperated fully with the procedure. everybody's got to do

funeral services were held yesterday for 8-year-old leiby kletzky. his murder shocked the close knit jort dox yort dox jewish community. on monday he was walking alone from his first day at day camp. he got lost and asked for directions. the man he asked levi aron murdered him and mutilated his body. so far there is no motive. >>> in afghanistan there's been an explosion at a memorial after the after for the slain brother of hamid karzai. the government says a senior cleric was killed and 11 others wounded. ahmed wali karzai, a powerful political presence in kandahar, was killed this week at home by an associate. president hamid karzai was not at today's service. >>> indian officials say they have no leads in yesterday's deadly bombing in mumbai. three bombs exploded during rush hour killing at least 17 and wounded 131 people. police say there was no warning and no group has claimed responsibility for that. in 2008, terrorists killed 166 people during a siege that lasted several days. >>> u.s. lawmakers have asked the attorney general to investigate

they believe he abducted leiby kletzky when he was walking home from camp on monday.ed him and dismembered him. laura ingle has more. >> reporter: investigators are scour eurpbg aron's third floor apartment in block lynn going through phone records and belongings. they are back there today as well as taking a sample of his dna and running it through a national database to see if he could be connected to any other missing persons cases. police are said to be hearing more gruesome details of the horrifying last moments of little leiby kletzky's life. in his reported confession aron levi complains he was approached by the lost boy for directions monday. he offered him a ride in his car and he says he took him to a wedding outside of new york city and got home late with the boy. he also reportedly told police that the boy fell asleep. but now there are reports claiming that there is evidence that leiby kletzky was tied up to a couch with rope. we are also hearing that aron had scratches on his arms and wrist, a sign as according to nypd police commissioner ray kelly that

eight year-old leiby kletzy got lost on his way home monday afternoon and asked a stranger for directionssing for a day and half before police went to the home of levi and around and found some of the child's remains and around refrigerator they found more of the boys remains in a trash bin a break in the case came and police feared grainy video the boy getting into a car outside a dentist office they're both orthodox jews there tight-knit committed neighborhood is considered one of the safest in new york city ... media mogul rupert murdoch could be a target of federal investigators in connection with hacking scandal that has him in hot water and britain. so u.s. lawmakers are urging the fed is to investigate their concern that september 11th victim's may have had their phones tapped three senators and congressmen are asking the justice department determined effort for murdoch's u.s. based companies violated anti burr ridge another loss robert ross will appear before parliament next week to answer questions about the scandal that led to the closure of the news of the world newspaper the s

leiby was caught on camera setting out to meet his mother.he'd set out alone after day camp. but police say he got lost and asked levi aron for help. investigators say he ended up in aron's car and eventually in his home. police say the suspect has confessed to the brutal crime. but that hasn't stopopd their investigation. they're looking into whether he could be tied to other missing persons cases. jeff pegues, abc news, new york. >> terrible story. >>> a north texas mom is in trouble after leading police on a high-speed chase with her two kids in the car. investigators say that the car hit speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. the pursuit sped through three counties before her car was disabled. they say that the mother took the children from their legal guardian without permission. the little girls, age 3 and 5, were not hurt. >>> to washington now where the debt talks have turned tense to say the least. president obama, frustrated with the lack of progress, said there would be no short-term extensions. according to those in the meeting, h

but unfortunately little 8-year-old leiby happened to ask a monster for directions. aaron is charged with murder in the first-degree. his lawyers are worried about his mental state. i for one am not. what concerns me are the predators who roam freely among us. they sit next to us at church and synagogue. they are out next door neighbors. we don't know yet if this alleged murderer is apodida pedophile. i'm not worried about his mental state, i only worry about the victim, his family, his neighborhood and the commune tate has to suffer the presence of this monster and will forever suffer the ripple effect for years to come. thanks for being with us this evening. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. also get a free flight. you know that comes with a private island. really? no. it comes with a hat. you see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,00miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for ,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn

been in his home and who may have -- they have to consider this -- suffered the same demise as little leibyare these things he put in his home in anticipation of bringing children there? are they there in case he ever kidnapped or wanted to keep a child as his own or are they items, especially when you think about the blanket, the bowl, the cup, items meant to groom a child, to win the trust, make a child feel comfortable in his home so he could do them harm. >> in terms of what happened to this little boy while he was there, there are reports that aaron simply kept him there and killed him out of panic when he realized there was a massive search under way. do you buy that? >> i have to tell you, if that is how it worked, it would be extremely rare. that this child was not assaulted or sexually abused in the process. but i don't to want rule it out. keep in mind, just because the police are not releasing any details of sexual abuse doesn't mean it didn't happen. at the same time, this man clearly suffered mental illness. he had drugs for psychosis in his home. you do wonder if he's just men

but unfortunately little 8-year-old leiby happened to ask a monster for directions.ged with murder in the first-degree. his lawyers are worried about his mental state. i for one am not. what concerns me are the predators who roam freely among us. they sit next to us at church and synagogue. they are out next door neighbors. we don't know yet if this alleged murderer is apodida pedophile. i'm not worried about his mental state, i only worry about the victim, his family, his neighborhood and the commune tate has to suffer the presence of this monster and will forever suffer the ripple effect for years to come. thanks for being with us this evening. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more amecans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... f greater access to all the thi

he was least pair hissed. >> a grand jury will endiet the brooklyn butcher accused of kidnapping leiby twist there are reports that he tried to kidnap another boy a week before leiby kletzy disappeared. and one of the neighbors say he tried to snatch her son, as well, but she scared him off when she started to scream. and it almost happened again a little boy nearly kidnapped. watch this suspect hit the floor at the "best buy," with a man grabbing a one-year-old boy, and he panicked and the boy's father runs after them. >> he got law the first door, what he saw me or realized what he was doing, he threw my son out of the way and he did that and i was right there, on him. >> police arrested the 23-year-old in the parking lot and is charged with child abduction and assault. >> over 200 washington, dc public school teachers are out of a job let go for poor scores on a rigorous evaluation system. the tests are teach ability set up by michelle rhee. the vast majority of teachers were retained and the union calls this "bias." and sir paul mccartney is the new hero the yankee stadium. ♪ tomor

but unfortunately little 8-year-old leiby happened to ask a monster for directions.charged with murder in the first-degree. his lawyers are worried about his mental state. i for one am not. what concerns me are the predators who roam freely among us. they sit next to us at church and synagogue. they are out next door neighbors. we don't know yet if this alleged murderer is apodida pedophile. i'm not worried about his mental state, i only worry about the victim, his family, his neighborhood and the commune tate has to suffer the presence of this monster and will forever suffer the ripple effect for years to come. thanks for being with us this evening. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. ♪ ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can relax and be yourself. and at thousands of newly refreshed holiday inn express hotels, you always can. holiday inn express. stay you. and now stay rewarded with vacation pay. s

look, it was an orthodox june who killed leiby kletzky in borough park.hat who allowed this child who wanted to find his way home to ask the one person in the neighborhood perhaps who was going to dismember him and wind up putting body parts in the freeszer. >> sure. terrible tragedy. >> or the right-wing nut in norway, i don't want to excuse him by saying he's insane. he may be just evil. but he claims to be a christian fundamentalist. lets let alone all the islamic bombs going off. so god is maligned by the actions of the faithful. whatever we want to fault god for say lost it is how faith has failed to shape our heart and mold it into something more comforting and more human. >> do you think a faithful person should even care about a poll like this at all? >> sure. >> why? >> because if you go to any of the museums that surround -- here in new york, once upon a time man's highest creative potential was devoted toward glorifying god, and now we live in a very cynical age of militant atheism and so whether god is o'popular or not really reflects whether

. >>> in new york last night the funeral for a murdered 8-year-old leiby kletzky had thousands turn outr the very first time. a suspect was arrested after police found part of the boy's body in his freezer. the commissioner ray kelly said it was a random act of violence. >> it is extremely sad and it is extremely rare to have this as an outcome for a missing child. but as we said, this is every parent's nightmare. we understand that. so it makes this so horrific. >> absolutely terrifying case. police say that the suspect told them where to find the boy's remains. >>> former first lady betty ford will be buried today in michigan. this morning long lines of people waited to file past her casket during a public viewing at the gerald ford presidential museum in grand rapids. hundreds of mourners were already on hand when the casket arrived. betty ford died at age 93 on friday. she'll be buried this afternoon next to her husband. >>> four minute past the hour now on this thursday, it is thursday, correct? >> i believe it is. it does feel like a long week, but it is thursday, jeff. good morni

if the examiner says 8-year-old leiby kietzky was droged and then smothered.st remind everyone. we're looking at surveillance video. this is from different posts in and around this neighborhood where you can see this 8-year-old, there he is. and next to him was 345-year-old levi aron who's been charged with murder and kidnap in the first degree. apparently he was given a muscle relaxant, an anti-psychotic drug, a pain medication and the drug find in tylenol. when you hear that, what's your first reaction? >> well, the first thing that i think of is in kidnapping and sexual assault cases and pedophilia involving children, these drugs are sometimes used, especially the opiates, the muscle relaxants are used to maintain control over the child. so inform all likelihood this was done to calm him and to allow aron to perpetrate whatever it was that he perpetrated against him during that time that he had him incarcerated. i noticed in the press release, we don't see really the concentration, so it's kind of hard to see or judge how badly it may have affected him duri

. >> police say aron told him he killed leiby after a search was under way. cletzky was abducted on monday while you walked to home for the first time in his life. >> there are indications of scratches on aron's arms and wrists. i think it's -- it's reasonable to say at this time based on the marks on the -- on the defendant here that there was some struggle. >>> investigators say it appears the boy was tied up before he was killed but he tried to fight off his captor anyway. >>> an alarm, on-board computer failed and they got it running again. the second computer failure on this last shuttle mission. the nasa says there are no safety concerns. today, they are transferring more supplies from "atlantis" to the space station. >>> if you're hoping for an nfl season, it looks pretty good right now. nfl owners and players have made significant progress in contract talks. there has been major movement on rookie contracts which have been amajor stumbling block up until now. other issues remain, but insiders say the four-month lockout could be over within 4 hours. >>

he is accused of murdering leiby clo kletzky. >>> mohammed hasan was arraigned without his lead defensevoluntarily. instead, three military lawyers were at the arraignment today. hasan was accused of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. >>> jury selection will begin in september in the trial of conrad murray. the doctor who allegedly administered a fatal dose of anaesthetic to michael jackson. at a hearing today, murray's defense lawyer says he is concerned about media coverage and mentioned nancy grace by name. >>> and kim kardashian endorses a slew of products, but old navy isn't one of them. so he is suing. today, kim filed a lawsuit against old navy over this commercial, which features someone who looks a lot like her. what do you think? >> yeah. i can't believe she's suing. i mean, it's just going to make her more famous, this commercial? >> she is not just suing. she is suing for something in the region of $15 million to $20 million, according to media reports. >> wow. >> she says, you know, her likeness and her persona is being infringed upon. >> you know what? that's just r

an autopsy showed that leiby kletzky was given a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs before he wasnd then dismembered. they say aron abducted him and bound him in his apartment. he was officially hit with an eight count indictment including first degree murder. >> new terror warning here at home. department of homeland security issuing a bulletin that al-qaida operatives could hold insider positions at chemical and nuclear utility facilities. the alarming report compiled from the information inside of bin laden's compound. bin laden, of course, talked about an attack between now and the 10th anniversary or marking the 10th year since the 9/11 attacks, department of homeland security, however, says there's no specific threat. >> meanwhile, later this morning, the u.s. senate will consider the house's cut, cap and balance act. that's good news. measure calls for deep cuts and makes it difficult to raise taxes. president obama is signalling he's willing to accept a short-term increase to the debt deal if it gives lawmakers time to craft a broader deal. he likes the gang of six deal. t