case is liam is not with a parent. liam is in an orphanage. >> in 2007, his mother kidnapped her son. they lived together until an italian court order deemed her mentally unfit to parent. >> so it becomes more complicated. but it shouldn't be. the reality is, what these courts need to look at is where was the primary residence, who has legal custody. and why is this child in an orphanage, in italy, rather than being with his father in the united states? >> michael mccarty, liam's father, was awarded custody by an american court, afterrantonely fled the country. but liam will remain an orphan until italian judges rule on the case. and with the courts shut down for holiday, that won't happen before the end of august. michelle miller, cbs news, negotiable -- new york. >>> and the custody case has been complicated by the fact that liam was born in italy and has dual citizenship there and in the u.s. >>> president obama recognized the accomplishments of actors, actresses today. he awarded the distinctive medal of freedom. t

services. >> what's unique about liam's case is that liam is not with a parent.nage. >> reporter: in 2007, liam's mother, ignored an american court order and illegally kidnapped her son. she is now a fugitive, wanteded by the fbi, brought him to italy where they lived together until an italian court order deemed her mentally unfit to parent. liam was placed in an orphanage. his fate resting in the hands of an italian court. >> it becomes more complicated but it shouldn't be. the reality is what these courts need to look at is where was the primary residence? who has legal custody? and why is this child in an orphanage in italy rather than being with his father in the united states? >> reporter: michael mccarty, liam's father, was awarded custody by an american court after his mother fled the country. liam will remain an orphan until the judges rule on the case. with the courts shut down for holiday, that won't happen before the end of august. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> joining us now is liam's father, michael mccarty, and his attorney, philip segal.

two years ago, liam was kidnapped by his italian-born mother.espite being an american citizen, the italian courts won't send liam home. michael spoke this week to "gma's" chris cuomo. >> he has been traumatized by this. >> reporter: mccarty is far from alone. new jersey father david goldman has spent five years trying to bring his son home from brass ill. his ex-wife traveled there and never returned and then died last year, leaving sean with his stepfather. >> i'm his only living parent. it's our god-given right to be together. >> reporter: the u.s. state department said last year alone more than 1,000 american children were abducted to a foreign country by a parent. all face a nightmare of red tape. today, this 17-year-old is your average american teenager. but for five years, she was held in jordan by her grandparents after her father's death. her american mother tried desperately to bring her home. >> it was very hard without my dad, my sister my mom. i was there all by myself. i almost gave up. >> reporter: her mom spent years working diplo

it's about how liam's doing.ry day i'm worried about his safety and what's going through his mind and just this morning, before i came, i was trading e-mails with italy figuring where he is at this exact moment because everything shuts down for the month of august there. and the orphanage takes the kids away on vacation. he might have taken a vacation with family member. i'm not sure. >> let's look at the leaguealitileagueality -- legalities, we hear about this cases, italy decided thatt because the mother, manuela antonelli is an italian, found unfit and child has dual citizenship they'll keep the child as their own even though he has a father? >> apparently so, after exteive proceedings the mother was found unstable in new york and the michael was awarded permanent custody. under international law they must enforce that. now they think they can decide to enforce it. as important, when the mother fled with the child, she viol ed federal parental kidnaps laws and fbi secured a warrant for her arrest. she should b

and i suppose here to a certain extent the sympathy for liam.es children and childhood and they believe, italians in children believe always a child should be with a parent and within a family and not growing up in an institution and which is definitely the case with liam right now. he's in an orphanage and really, more of a halfway house for children who have been taken away from their parents for one reason or another and i think that everyone recognizes the situation that the father actually has legitimate custody of this child and liam is caught in an italian bureaucratic nightmare that every italian understands. the country is really mired in a bureaucracy, a very tedious to get simple things accomplished and this is a very complicated casements you say it's complicated and say that the italian people are very aware of the situation and who has rightful custody, but does the social services of italy. to they have any idea who has proper custody and have they been responsive to michael at all? >> well, i think what's happened here is that th

so this is a hostile environment for liam to be in. it's not healthy.y worried. >> to remind people, manuela is wanted by the fbi and by interpol for abducting liam when he was five years old from his kindergarten here in new york. you of course have sole custody. i know as a result of this confusion you're planning a trip in the near future to italy. what do you hope to accomplish is it. >> well, i'm going to go over there, try to get some answers and hopefully try to see my son and see what kind of condition he's in since nobody will tell me. i want to know how he's doing, what he looks like, if he's being taken care of. i want to bang on some doors and get some answers. the main answer is why are you not giving him back to me? i mean, this is just getting absurd. i was told-- i was last there at the end of march and i was told by social services oh, give it a month or two while these things wrap up and then april passed and then may passed and june and july, and now, we're into apparently october because everything is shut down, people are gone away.

here he is with an update on his fight to get liam back.w with you. give us an overview what happened with your son. >> in march of 2007 he was kidnapped by his mother and taken to rome. i spent the next, the better part of the next two years trying to locate him and reconnect and i was not able to do so until the italian authorities finally stepped in and removed him from her, finding her unfit, but instead of giving him back to me they put nim an orphanage, that's where he is. >> let's talk about, there's a troubling update this week, you have been trying to get him out of this orphanage for the past five months. >> yeah. >>, but italy shuts down basically the month of august. >> yeah. >> do you today know where liam is. >> i don't know. i mean, i don't know exactly where he is. we've been furiously reaching out trying to get some answers, i haven't been able it get any direct answers. i've been told that some kids go on vacation together. some kids are maybe allowed to go out for some weeks in the summer with relatives. he may be with th

liam mccarty, the 8-year-old boy, caught in the middle. >> handled many complicated cases, this is onethe worst. >> reporter: for the last five months he's been in the case ever social services in italy, his italian mother ruled unfit by courts in u.s. and italy, his american father interview bid gam's chris cuomo on wednesday says, he feels helpless to get his son back. >> he's not doing very well. he has deteriorated. >> reporter: michael mccarty's lawyer here, the complications, 8-year-old liam between italy and the u.s., nearly is entire life. the result, he's an extremely troubled child. >> the fact that the child, the son is extremely traumatized and damaged noemt, the court believes that he has to undergo therapy. >> reporter: liam's mother, manuela antonelli diagnosed with munchausen syndrome, where they seem treatment for nonexistent diseases took liam to italy despe a court order and never returned. the fbi put her on the list of parental kidnappers. despite how complicated this court case is, his lawyer says she's optimistic it will be resolved in mccarty's favor. she said i

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for the first time since the death of his wife natasha richardson, liam neeson walked the red carpet. in it he plays a former irish paramilitary haunted by memories of murder. brad pitt and an lean know jolie brought hollywood to a stand still for the tinseltown premier of "inglourious basterds." jennifer hudson has given birth to her first child, a boy named david. brooks and dunn are calling it quits. simon cowell's new three-year deal with "american idol" with pay him $45 million a year. peewee herman is back at least temporarily. he will be reviving it for a 10-day theater run. that takes me back to the '80 opening statement, peewee's play house. >> we loved his character but maybe not the man so much. a love/hate. >> it will be interesting to see. >>> well, this comes from wnbc new york where one traffic cop is putting a whole new spin on the daily commute. although she said herman job is to keep people safe, she shows off with her dance moves. she said it makes tough work more enjoyable. i think that would put a smile on my face the whole day. >> a busy intersection in new york

and joining me now is liam's dad michael mccarty and his attorney, philip segal.here and thank you do and tell us what happened on march 5, 2007 whackos on my way to pick up liam from kindergarten at ps 41 here in manhattan and i received a phone call that had been kidnapped and taken to italy and was being held at an undisclosed location. i was devastated and i spent the next two years trying to reunite and get in touch with him. i basically meant roadblocks at every step of the way, and even when i found out where he was through italian social services, i was initially denied all contact with them, even phone calls, presents, guess i would send. >> alysin: you are awarded sole custody of her son, liam, because your ex-wife was found to be mentally unstable. in fact the court believes that she suffers from much else and by proxy syndrome. what is that? >> i'm not a clinician but as i understand it, my chosen by proxy is one a parent will inflict harm or damage onto a child as a means of attracting attention to themselves. it is in fact considered a very, very sev

liam, let me ask you. no offense to you.sitting there looking at the both of you, you're twice the size of this young man. he was able to pull yourom harm's way out of this pool when you had this seizure. how miraculous was this that he was there to hear you go into the pool and then save your life? >> i must admit, it wasn't just david. it was -- it was his father and his mother also that went in after me. so i have to shout out to them. and to north saddleboro police and emts who were there to help me out. >> how quickly were you to thank everyone, and when you find out exactly what had had happened, it must have been reassuring to know that you've got some good neighbors there. >> quite. i think we picked the right neighborhood to move into. and the boys definitely picked the right friend. >> would you able to talk relatively quickly after you were released from the hospital? were you able to go up to david and say, hey, thanks? >> as soon as i got out of the car in the driveway, i made a beeline for their back deck and t

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foror nonexistt diseases took liam to italy despite a court order and never returneded. the fbi put r on the l list of pareal kidnappers. despite hohow cplicated this court case is, his lawyer say she's optimistic itt will be resolveded in mccarty's favor. she saidtill take time, perhaps month, e even a year. >> miguell tha y. not make seno me.his case does we'll stayn it very hard. >> yes, we will. >>> coming up, rick piti, college basketball coach, apologizing for his ou of bounds behavior. can he save his job at louiille?e? i nnot be one of the 61 milillion americans who do not refill their prescriptions on time. readyfill at cvs pharmacy and reminds me to pick them up. you mean, reminds me to pick them up.p. [ chuckles ] stop by yoyour loc cvs pharmacy to if readyfill is r right for you, and get a $25 coup book. readyfill, only at cvs pharmacy. what's our favorite part the sparkly flakes. oats? the honey-baked bunches! the magic's in the mixix. honey bunches of oats. taste the joy we put in every spoonful. honey bunches of oats. we call the bunches in honey bunches o

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i'm more tired than i usual liam. it's a difficult time.tember 24th i have to present my budget. this afternoon we spent some time, a little over an hour working with my budget staff. i'm preparing that. making sure things are in order. i've got a great staff and great people in the city of milwaukee who are keeping the train running. i'm very thankful to that. >> since you decided to talk about business. i'll talk about the governor's race. governor jim doyle announced not seeking re-election. your name has come up. >> i appreciate that. i'm the flattered by that. i think one criteria is whether a politician is able to shake hands. i have to make sure i can shake hands before i make a decision. that is a number of weeks off. i certainly appreciate the people saying nice things about me. i think any elected official likes that. >> you can only use the handshake dodge for a couple of months. >> that's right. i'll use it as long is a can. >> milwaukee mayor dave barrett. i hope you feel better. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up on "countd

. >> this has liam is private. it is beautiful.g on the ceiling. it is a beautiful place. >> larry: who chose it? >> the family as far as i have been told. >> larry: will it be a private funeral? >> family and close friends. >> larry: how many helicopters and tabloids will be circling the field? >> i'm sure reporters from all over the country if not the world will be outside the gates. >> larry: why do you think it took so long to make this decision? >> you hit the nail on the head in the question, larry. they were trying to make the decision. there was discussion about a more public place a private place. i think the family came down on making sure michael was buried in a private, quiet area that the public doesn't have access to. you can understand that. so much of his life was public. the last few years were tormented. i think they see this analogous as a peaceful existence. >> larry: good idea, mark? >> yes. better idea than merchandising it or selling the broadcast rights to the funeral. >> larry: california wouldn't change th

. @ lpv@@w >>> actor liam knee sen walked the red carpet for the first time since the death of his wifeatasha richardson. she died of a ski injury in march. he was asked what his version of heaven would look like. he said it's being with his two sons. >>> another home-grown attack like the oklahoma city bombing could be a matter e of time. at least that's what an atf agent told a civil rights group. they say antimilitia groups are popping up at an alarming rate. some oppose taxes and liberal policies. others might be reacting to the country's first african-american president but they say they there are not as many threats of violence right now compared to the 1990s. >>> happening today, president obama will award the presidential medal of freedom. 16 people, portier, tennis legend billie jean king and hockings. these are the first they'll hand out. >>> new details on a story involving a famous college basketball coach and a woman accused of trying to export millions from hip. rafer g rafer, it gets more salacious as we go. >> there's so many more details as we go. we can only get throug

liam neeson will be here tomorrow. a powerful, new movie.e, he's one of the great actors. one of the great lives. >> and great home tips for parents for kids going back to school, too. more information about your health. have a great day. >> live and in n abc 7 news update. but >>> good morning. it clocked 56. i am doug mckelway. >> the fact that a police officer was struck by a vehicle on the baltimore washington parkway. it remains closed southbound. this was video shot on the scene all little while ago. this is before they merge onto the parkway is where this incident occurred. the officer was transported to a hospital and another person was transported to the hospital by ground. everybody stockier will be turned around in the median. you'll want to avoid this by using route 1 or 95. are we getting better on the weathe >> it is a pretty perfect day. 75 degrees with low humidity. it will be warmer this afternoon but not too humid. total sunshine this afternoon. we will be hard-pressed to find a single cloud up until lunchtime. woodstock, 6

liam neeson will be here tomorrow. a powerful, new movie. one of the great actors. one of the great lives. >> and great home tips for parents for kids going back to school, too. more information about your health. have a great day. >>> we take a look outside across the region. kids back in school at westminster, winters mill high school. westminster, blue skies 72 degrees and comfortable start to what should be a relatively nice day. parking lot full at the harbor school in annapolis, they are at 76. blue sky, high pressure in control and light wind. we'll basically remain that way most of the day with a mostly sunny sky, relatively comfortable late august humidity. temperature 88 degrees. will be tolerable. tonight we'll slip back to 66 and could be fog come daybreak. tomorrow, temperatures will jump up in a hurry. we'll get up to 92 but cool back down for the second half of the week and talking about the potential of a tropical system off the coast on "good morning maryland" at 9:00. >>> our final check of the roads with kim. >> thank you.

i quite honest liam not. our children have been fighting these wars coming home.ow do you reintegrate to a society where sort of this everybody is sitting around having these conversations from a world where, the lawless world, a world in combat? >> well, there's nothing better that a country can say to someone who has had to go through that than we value your service so much that we're going to give you a first class shot at the future. here's something people forget. i serve on the armed services committee now and i hear all the discussions about the iraq war, military service. we are not an all career military. we're all volunteer military. but 75% of the people that go in the army and 70% of those who go in the marine corps leave on or before the end of their first enlistment so these people are re-entering society and they're the ones who are kind of lost in the shuffle between taking care of the military to go out and go back into afghanistan and iraq and the problems that other people have been having in terms of readjustment. i can't think of a better thin

in july, liam ling told the families by phone nashgs the north koreans had asked for clinton to come to north korea. and that the journalists would be freed if they did. and they had their reason. >> it's been their dream for years to have have an american president come to north korea. >> reporter: former vice president al gore, co-owner of the network where ling and lee worked, relayed the message to clinton. the landmark visit included an hour and 15-minute meeting with north korea's leader, kim jong-il. and a two-hour v.i.p. state dinner. clinton also had an emotional meeting with laura ling and euna lee, before the pardon was issued by the north koreans. but the white house insisted tuesday, it was not an official trip. >> this was a private mission. >> reporter: the short-term victory could have long-term implications for the obama administration's rocky relationship with the elusive north koreans. >> clinton's trip may have resolved potential sticking point. at multilevel negotiations. and also bilateral negotiations. >> reporter: but the benefit is two-sided. the north korean

>> liam is 23, he's an actor and a musician. and you'll definitely be hearing from him.o game production. >> we were talking about your fans and how they are sort of unique. how would you describe the rick springfield fan? >> i was thinking about it. because i have a great -- i've talked to -- i'm fan friendly, believe it or not. and i didn't always -- i wasn't always. but i've become very grateful for fans, and -- >> well, you're still here because of them. >> yeah, exactly. just because of, you know, they lose interest, i'm -- but anyway, i have a connection with them. because i came into their lives, a lot of their lives at, you know, puberty. >> "general hospital" -- >> at momentous moments. at puberty, and you know, the when you hit 40, the life-changing thing. so it's -- they're the two biggies. i came in at that point. and i know for myself, sorry, hit my microphone, probably killed the sound guy, right. for myself when i hit puberty those songs that came in and those artists -- >> are the ones that you remember forever. >> what was it for you? >> the beatles for