marie howe, who said, "john's living and dying changed my aesthetic entirely." >> the gate. i had no idea that the gate i would step through to finally enter this world would be the space my brother's body made. he was a little taller than me: a young man but grown, himself by then, done at twenty-eight, having folded every sheet, rinsed every glass he would ever rinse under the cold and running water. this is what you have been waiting for, he used to say to me. and i'd say, what? and he'd say, this -- holding up my cheese and mustard sandwich. and i would say, what? and he would say, this, sort of looking around.

[laughter] >> well -- >> hi, mary. how you doing? >> good. thanks. how are you? >> great. so we have here via skype, she's live from new york city. i always wanted to say that. [laughter] >> and mary is the author of a book about "to kill a mockingbird" that a she wrote last year, "scout, atticus and boo," and she's directed and produced a film about "to kill a mockingbird." we're going to watch a clip from that in just a moment. next, we have john j. osborn. if you went to law school, the one book you would have read before going to law school was "the paper chase," and this is a book that john j. osborn wrote. has really become a classic. and it, of course, spawned an oscar-award winning film, same name, and also a television series. he's also written an incredible article about "to kill a mockingbird," so we're going to ask him about that. next we have paulette frankl. and paulette is a courtroom sketch artist. now, how cool is that? that's a pretty cool job, and she spends a lot of time in the courtroom and that's how she came across tony serra. and she spent 17 years,

have kind of commented to me, oh, my god, you were a part of history and how many couples did we mary? how many families did we start? how many dreams did we make come true? the whole part of being part of history is something that we are here and we are charged with this responsibility to carry out.

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now many want to know how this happened. mary ann rafferty has more. >> reporter: virgin atlantic has explaning to do after a man managed to sneak on a plane last week. fbi officials say the man was sitting in the main cabin when a flight attendant asked to see his boarding pass. all he had was an expired pass under somebody else's name. >> it means there are large gaps in security. >> reporter: officials questioned him and let him go. then on wednesday, law enforcement caught him trying to board another flight using a different expired pass. the search of his bag found ten expired boarding passes, none with his name. he's been charged with being a stow away and is expected in los angeles court on friday. >> our security agencies take any situation like this seriously, and i can ensure you they are investigating this situation thoroughly. >> the more you get into computers and bar coding, the higher your level of security is going to be. >> reporter: some passengers don't get how the incident could even have happened. >> after 9/

. >> may mary tyler moor moris a factor fan. >> why hedge. how old do i look? mary has become more conservative of late. i was most outspeaken. >> rush limbaugh calls me ted baxler. >> you learn to play it right down the wire. >> he was a brilliant actor. >> he's the funniest man i ever knew. >> nine floors up the fire escape. >> we appreciate you coming in and here and you are a honest guy and a patriot. >> i enjoy you. coming up. we sent jesse waters out to san francisco to investigate why that city would not obey federal law. >>> and we unleashed dennis miller. you will not want to miss. thanks to the venture card from capital one, we get double miles on every purchase, so me and the boys earned a trip to dc twice as fast! oh hi! we get double miles every time we use our card. and since double miles add fast... one more chariot please. ...we can bring the whole gang! i cannot tell a lie. he did it. right... it's hard to beat dole miles! read mlips -- no new axes! [ male announcer ] get the venture card from capital one, and earn double miles on every purchas

mary mentioned net worth, how this recession has affected americans. >> absolutely. it has been staggering how this affected most americans across the united states. let's look at the numbers of some of the things mary talked about. whites, of course, have lost about 16% of their net worth. you look at blacks, they have lost about 53% and hispanics, 66%. what is staggering about the numbers is whites have 20 times more net worth than most minorities and this is very, very staggering. >> that was a huge, huge disparity, 113,000 versus $6,000 in wealth for blacks. >> yes. yes. it is very, very staggering. a lot of people have made progressions of getting degrees and houses but tass big gap and still very worrisome. >> why is, you know, net worth, you know, such a key indicator for measuring wealth? >> that's a great question. it is very, very key because it takes everything on your personal balance sheet into consideration. let's say you owe a thousand dollars in assets what are your assets, stocks, bonds, your house. take your liabilities, $500, that's credit card deb

. >> may mary tyler moor moris a factor fan. >> why hedge. how old do i look? >> mary has become more conservative of late. i was most outspeaken. >> rush limbaugh calls me ted baxler. >> you learn to play it right down the wire. >> he was a brilliant actor. >> he's the funniest man i ever knew. >> nine floors up the fire escape. >> we appreciate you coming in and here and you are a honest guy and a patriot. >> i enjoy you. coming up. we sent jesse waters out to san francisco to investite why that city would not obey federal law. >>> and we >> the city of san francisco will not obey federal imgradings law and tried to legalize marijuana by bogus medical clinics and has a homeless problem. we sent jesse waters to the city by the bay to check it out. >> ♪ if you are going to san francisco. ♪ so what is san francisco all b. sex, drugs and rock-n-roll. >> open and understanding. >> how do you like san francisco >> where else in the united states can people have a naked bike ride and not get arrested. >> for streaking. >> exposing your children to naked bike readers.

. >>> and how a bay area nonprofit is helping a group of diabetic go in >>> st. mary's in moraga served as a backdrop for a movie scene this weekend, which robots and famous names are part of the action all weekend long. bay area's joe rosato jr. shows us how it was designed to help a special group of children. >> take one. >> reporter: the bright lights of hollywood were shining on the campus of st. mary's college. >> okay, so let's get in. >> reporter: a group of special filmmakers was taking direction from a pro. >> let's do the officer over a little more. >> reporter: at the center of the action, actor and director joey travolta, brother with of john travolta, was shepherding his cast and crew. >> bring him over a little bit. we take the kids through a process of making a film, from writing, editing, and accounting. >> reporter: this group of students is not like most, these students all suffer from autism. >> we have to start over with one. okay? >> they love television and they love film because they learn a lot of social skills from film and television, but here

mary dourly. >> yes. >> for how long? >> it was a very brief marriage to a new york banker. she was married to this guy after breaking two previous engagements. at the age of 24, she has already been around the block. she had broken two engagements. she'd had an affair with cross and bird. she had affairs with other young men -- with carl sandburg. she had had affairs with other young men. she kept the marriage a secret from her friends. the only people who knew about the marriage work, of course, the husband and the family and the families involved. there is evidence that there was a problem to begin with. soon, the marriage began to fall apart. divorce proceedings were instituted. by the time she arrived in berlin at 24, she was in the midst of a divorce and it was probably because of that that she felt more free once she got there. >> she died in prague years and years later. >> yes. i think the story is actually a tragic and d bothodd -- for both dodd and his daughter. martha undergoes this change from loving the not too revolution to feeling she should align herself wit

in new york, mary ann rafferty. >> tips how to deal with financial issues, the author of money why does it cause so many problems joins us in studio next. >>> i will take notes. >> a star studded line up last night we will take a listen when fox 5 morning news returns [ mr. connally ] i was paying too much with cable. it was crazy! paying so much you want better quality. it was like you were trapped because that was the only system that was in our neighborhood -- was that cable. i was just getting too frustrated. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. now you can switch to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year -- with no annual contract required. i always heard great things about fios, but the first time i saw the picture it was just like "wow." [ male announcer ] call now and we'll include over 60 premium channels, including showtime, starz, epix and more for 12 months. you just get so much more with fios. when i'm on the internet things download like -- shoo! just as quick as i'm snapping my fingers. it's just "bam." [ male announcer ] million

among her milestones was a history making appearance on "the mary tyler moore show." it showed how far mrs. ford and the rest of us had traveled from father knows best. political advisers cringed over her famous "60 minutes" interview in which she talked about abortion, premarital sex and drug abuse. one irate user wrote in protest, to remind mrs. ford of what margaret truman once called the second hardest job in america. you are not an individual, he informed her. an american woman with complete freedom of speech and action who has only to answer to the family unit, the social requirements of the neighborhood and the laws of her community, state and nation. you are because of the position your husband assumed, expected and unofficially required to be perfect. exclamation mark. it is quite obvious you were never put in your place and told by your husband that in this great country of ours you must retain at all times a position of beauty queen, mother of the year, high school prom sweetheart, grandmother of the year, church lead er, nurse and counselor to american women and girls.

many want to know how this happened. mitt mary ann rafferty has more. >> reporter: all he had was an expired pass under somebody else's name. >> it means already large gaps in security. >> reporter: on wednesday five days later law enforcement caught him trying to board another flight using a different expired pass. the search of his bag found ten expired boarding passes, none with his name. he's been charged of being a stow away and is expected in court on friday. >> our security agencies take any situation like this seriously. beyond that, i refer you to the fbi and tsa. >> reporter: the incident has raised questions about the effectiveness of screening procedures. >> the more you get to bar coding, the higher the level of security is going to be. >> reporter: some don't get how it could have even happened. virgin america acknowledged tha alert in new york. mary ann rafferty, fox news. >>> an emergency landing into the water yes yesterday. this happened on maryland's eastern shore. sky fox shot this video of the plane in the wat

mary? >> and just to add to steve's point, remember how we got here. we got here through the democratic golden ages and through fdr's new deal. through lb j's great society, which gave medicare, medicaid, public housing, food stamps and now, we have the pelosi congress and president obama adding 4 trillion to our debt. >> i would add the bush administration bears some credit, if i put it that way, for this. they had a prescription drug benefit that they added that they didn't finance, they didn't restrain spending on the domestic accounts when they were increasing spending that they had to do after 9/11. >> that's right. >> paul: so, you end up with both parties contributing to this. though the key figure i think is really interesting is the individual payment. the percentage of outlay that go to individuals. that was 28% in 1965, it's almost 2 of every $3. 66% now, which is an amazing figure. that means that's not spending on defense, that's not spending on roads. james, is that sustainable? >> no, it's not. and or actually the trillion and a half dol

. >> and mary beth is here also, good morning. >> how are you? >> i'm well, thank you. happy to be talking this. let's talk about the significance of this visit to the nation's capital. >> the dalai lama will be here a couple of weeks. he'll be at the verizon center, bestowing teachings, and he'll be speaking on the national mall this saturday, a public event, on the west lawn of the national mall. >> this is so very well attended. people from all over the world here to see his holiness. tell us the central message as far as those followers who have come to the capital? >> it's a rare initiation and it's highly valued. the people coming include regular practitioners. but who is extraordinary are the high masters of buddhism, coming from all over the world and gathering together in washington, d.c., poignantly as they are unable to do inside tibet, where religious freedom is constrained and it would be impossible for the dalai lama to proside. >> it's a powerful message. >> it's an important thing we should all be aware of. >> can you tell us more? we've said it's almost

it's an unspeakable tragedy and a mystery, how could marie joseph seen smiling here at this massachusettsool drown and then go unnoticed for more than two days? >> i just don't see how they missed it. somebody wasn't doing their job. somebody wasn't paying attention. >> reporter: according to friends, joseph, a 36-year-old mother of three, went to the pool with a group including her neighbor's 9-year-old son. >> at the slide she was acting as a chaperone and when he went down the slide she came down. >> reporter: but the 9-year-old says she never surfaced. he says he told a lifeguard who says he would check the pool. some of her friends initially thought she had simply left. this photo was taken monday. 24 hours after she allegedly drowned. notice the children playing in the pool while joseph's body went undetected, in fact, her body was never discovered until late tuesday night when she was found floating on the surface. six lifeguards were on duty sunday afternoon through tuesday and two city health inspectors tested the pool's water monday and another inspector returned tuesday to do m

marie macdonald. >>> violence and the vandalism over a deadly police shooting in san francisco. our own crew attacked! how police are trying to ease tensions tonight. >>> a media mogul nearly slapped with a pie and the drama just beginning. why britain's prime minister is in the hot seat over a phone hacking scandal today. good morning. i'm grace lee. frank has the morning off. >> i'm elizabeth wenger. time now is 4:30. let's start with a quick look after traffic and weather. we'll go over to kristy seifkin. >> today is the day filled with sunshine that we have been waiting for. check this out. in all locations, actually going to see sun by the afternoon and temperatures getting into the 90s inland. warming trend will continue. tell you exactly how long in a bit but over to gianna now with a look at traffic. >> let's start with a live look at 580/680 in pleasanton. okay through here but just east of there we have an injury accident blocking the right lane actually major injuries reported in this accident. happened a couple of hours ago. we'll have more information on this coming up in a few minutes. >>> t

police are investigating how no one noticed 36-year-old marie joseph, this mother of five, who had the words "family" and "first" tattooed on her wrists, could have drowned on sunday afternoon and then gone undetected for more than two days. unnoticed by swimmers, lifeguards and health inspectors, her body still in the water as this photo was taken on monday. unnoticed even as the pool shut down every night at 7:00. the neighbor's 9-year-old son says he told the lifeguard that when she went down the slide, she never came back up. he says when he told the lifeguard, no one looked for her. there her body lay for three days. city health inspectors were at the pool on two different days testing the water. they even gave it a clean bill of health, except that it looked cloudy. >> there was nothing abnormal with the p.h. levels. only one word noted. cloudy. >> reporter: as everyone wonders today how this is popoible, the forensic scientist says there is nothing unusual about a drowned body first sinking and rising to the surface days later. and it's happened before. >> on a sunny day, you ca

marie. she is live with some tips on how to prevent mosquito bites. hi, ava. hear.an't >> come back to her. >> ava? hello? if we talk louder, do you think -- is she there? she had a problem. we will decide whether. -- we will do some weather. we have some nice weather coming up today. i pushed the wrong button. this whole segment. i did not mean to go to the seven-day forecast. this is what you want to s ee. mostly sunny skies. high temperature around 90. a chance for some thunderstorms tomorrow. it will be warm and humid both days. by the time we get to the weekend, it will clear up. the temperature goes down to a 86 on friday. warm and dry. the next chance for rain will be on monday. i could do the whole show over if you want. yeah? yay! again.o weather >> i vault aftermath to last night its fourth of july celebration leaving one man dead and a child wounded by gunfire. jennifer franciotti joins us live from city police headquarters with that story. >> we have heard from baltimore city police about the plans for keeping the inner harbor saved. for the folks

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how will that shake up the republican ranks? juan and mary katharine are investigating. >> president obama, you have been a big supporter. >> i'm going to vote for him for his re-election in 2012. >> a bevy of hold stars once again funneling big money at the president's campaign. we will run down the list. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the future of the country hangs on the debt debate. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. on paper, the debt thing is boring. and many americans aren't paying attention. but the controversy will define the future of the u.s.a. on one side, president obama, the democratic party, want america to become an entitlement state that compels social justice. financially supporting americans who can't o. won't support themselves. >> on the other side, republicans want a lean mean economic machine. the g.o.p. doesn't much care about providing money to

mary thompson is live in scenic. how is it anybody can sell a town? reasons. a couple that you actually mentioned, contessa. first of all, scenic is close to the badlands. as a result, you see pretty heavy traffic for tourists coming to and from the badlands every day and there's an indian reservation down the road as well. if you want to buy scenic, there is a way to actually make money once you buy it. of course, what twyla merrill did, she moved here in 1963 and as other people left, she started buying up the businesses. unfortunately, she has been stricken with cancer and her efforts to battle that has prompted her to sell scenic which as you mentioned, goes less than a lot of new york city apartments right now at $799,000. >> when we're talking about buying the town, what is it that you actually get? do you get all the buildings and land underneath it, you own the town government? >> reporter: well, it's a township so the government is basically, or the different areas, sewer, water, et cetera, are run by councils. what you get is 46 acres and a

how a big purchase is doing just that. i'm mary bubala, that story is next on eyewitness news. >>> i'm jessica kartalija. and we are here with elmo. and we're talking about the late, great jim henson. that story is next on wjz. >> yeah, baby. >>> any pop-up storms in the region. meteorologist bernadette woods is back with your updated first warning forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, >>> out of the ashes. a baltimore city church struggles to rebuild. flames tore through the paradise greater christian center. while the sanctuary was destroyed, the church's pastor says thankfully no one was injured. >>> we as a people, not only need to be focused, but as a community, we need to watch out for each other. but it also tells them, through tragedy, god will give us victory. >> a special fundraiser to help the church rebuild will take place tonight. >>> many cities across the nation are privatized across the nation. mary joins us now with more. mary? >> the city purchased a brand new piece of equipment to take care of business. >> this i

mary? >> it just shows how crazy the whole thing is. >> totally is. constitutional expert at yale scouring the books to find out what constitutional thing could we do. >> what is his take on the question of the language in the 14th amendment that says it's -- that the debt shall not be questioned. i mean could this -- he believes she could do this, even though it's politically tough. >> a lot of difference of opinions. some legal scholars say yes, others say -- >> the language around that clause, the rest of it sort of does talk about rebellion and things like that. >> can you imagine the anti-obama campaign ads if he did that. it would be just be be -- didn't michele bachmann say he would be a dictator. >> she would move to impeach him. >> she said it would be, yeah, he could be impeached for that. she also said it's not going to happen. there's no way that the white house would do that. the white house isn't saying they're going to do that. it's interesting. >> mary, you have a point, that you heard and very similar to christine's point she was maki