phoenix mercury, indiana fever. mercury won game one. second half, here come the fever. hoffman, bumping 2 bucket. tamika catchings, one rebound shy of a triple-double. fever even the series, 93-84. >>> jeremy and vinita, now back to you. >>> a colorado grandma has a good story to tell her grandchildren. how she chased away a momma bear. >> sally raven described what happened as she was in her bedroom the other day. >> i heard the door open. i thought, it's got to be yoo-hoo, the dog, you know? and here was this big bear pip was screaming. and she went up on her hind feet. and i grabbed one of these pillows. and i just flung it at her. >> reporter: rebehn locked herself in the bedroom, while her son called 911. police using pepper spray were able to get the bear back ithe woods. one of the hazards living in colorado, i guess. >> a brave grandma. >>> coming up, a look ahead at the stories we'll be following today, including the fallout from david letterman's shocking confession on air. >>> and round two. a region already slammed by a deadly storm prepares for another. i'm

talk about mercury and parents get nervous. >> the answer is it has been studied with four major, major trials and several others that have never shown any correlation between the drug which contains mercury and autism but if you you are concerned get the vaccine without it, an individual dose and we'll have plenty and parents, don't use that as a reason not to take it. >> you have to ask for it. >> ask for it. >> ask yr pediatrician and ask your pediatrician for the vaccine free of that. >> despite what the man says about getting the vaccine there are a lots of people who will say i don't want it because i will become sick after i get the shot. everybody says they start to feel, flu-like symptoms and also there are legitimate concerns about severe reactions. you know, what should people look out for. >> here's the thing, i'm really concerned that when we start giving this out enmasse, if someone gets sick they'll blame the vaccine and you know what? people get sick and have heart attacks and have problems, that don't have anything to do with the vaccine and we had it with gardasil in g

tonight, the search by land, by air, for the baby boy, his abductor, and a black mercury mariner suv. where is 18-month-old baby adryn? >> amber alert. law enforcement needs your help tracking down a beautiful 18-month-old baby boy. the man he's with is considered armed and dangerous. that man, the baby's own father, johnny alexander drummin. police say he's fled with adryn after assaults adryn's mom. authorities are afraid of what may happen to the baby. >>> and breaking news, satsuma, florida. a 5-year-old little girl tucked into bed. five hours later, she's gone, vanished. the back door propped wide open. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. the last person to see the 5-year-old alive that night, new stepmother, misty croslin. bombshell tonight. in the last hour, croslin handcuffed and taken for questioning after alleged road rage. in a frontic 911 call. the reported victim tells dispatch a blue dodge caliber chasing her for miles. the driver, the occupant, wildy gesticulating obscene gestures, threatening her, and waving what appears to be a

environmental scientists tell us that concentrations of mercury, arsenic, lead and other toxic metals are considerably higher in coal ash than in ordinary soil. when coal ash is disposed of in dry, lined impoundments, it's said to be safe. but it's often dumped into wet ponds-- there are nearly 500 of them across the country-- and in those cases, the ash can pose health risks to nearby communities. >> jim roewer: we get about 48%... nearly half of the electricity in this country from coal. >> stahl: jim roewer is one of the top lobbyists for the power industry. >> roewer: coal's going to be around for a long time. >> stahl: we really can't get rid of coal. >> roewer: we shouldn't get rid of coal; we've got... >> stahl: well, should or shouldn't, we can't. and coal makes waste. would you say that the industry has done a good job of disposing of the coal ash waste? >> roewer: we can do better. >> stahl: does that mean no? >> roewer: well, we had a kingston spill. that's kingston, tennessee, where, last december, a giant retention pool of coal ash buckled under the weight of five decades

. >> the ios is a mercurial group, charlie.t is -- they want to do what they want to do and they do it. they think they're royalty and they a that way. 100-plus member, mostly male, very euro centric. and when i heard that the president was going the other day, i thought what a roll of the dice. it's not a done deal. this is not the iowa caucuses. it's a secret ballot. it can change based on the whim of one or two ioc members. so it was a -- really, i think, a tough thing for the president to do. for chicago, financially, a strong bid, but it was clear the ioc said we want to go to rio, and whatever the u.s. was doing, and whatever chicago did, it turns out it didn't matter in the end. >> they may have wanted to go to rio in the first place but that gang up on chicago?st, did they is there some anti-american sentiment here? >> you could certainly say that, charlie. in the last few month, the ioc has gotten rid of baseball and softball from the olympics. both u.s. sports that americans love and that we're dominant in. and now of

the mercury news cites police as saying there was drinking among the group in this poorly-lit courtyard, "the victim consumed a large amount of brandy while socializing and then collapsed." the paper says that's when the attack began. an investigator told us, "we're looking at toxicology reports to determine if she was drugged." my question to psychologist michelle golland, if the victim was passed out, how might that influenced her attackers psychologically? could it have made them more likely to objectify her? >> it doesn't matter to me. whether she was passed out, or resisting, these men attacked her, brutalized her, and they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent. this is horrific. and it doesn't matter to me. >> but we're trying to understand, i know it may not matter to you, but if we don't understand -- okay, because otherwise, guess what, we're all part of the pornography of violence. if we just sit here and talk about this, as who, when, where, why, without getting to the deeper why, without trying to come up with societal solutions, then we're just part of the pornography

tonight, the search by land, by air, for the baby boy, his abductor, and a black mercury mariner suv. is 18-month-old baby adryn? >> amber alert. law enforcement needs your help tracking down a beautiful 18-month-old baby boy. law enforcement says the man he's with is considered armed an dangerous. that man, the baby's own father, johnny alexander drummin. police say he's fled with adryn after assaulting adryn's mom. authorities are afraid of what may happen to the baby. >>> and breaking news, satsuma, florida. a 5-year-old little girl tucked into bed. five hours later, she's gone, vanished. the back door propped wide open. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. the last person to see the 5-year-old alive that night, new stepmother, misty croslin. bombshell tonight. in the last hour, croslin handcuffed and taken for questioning after alleged road rage. in a frantic 911 call, the reported victim tells dispatch a blue dodge caliber chasing her for miles. the driver, the occupant, wildy gesticulating obscene gestures, threatening her, and waving what

some parents are concerned about the shots containing the controversial mercury based preservative.shots will and some won't have it. you have to ask your provider and centers for disease control say there is no scientific evidence that this preservative mercury based is harmful. we're just getting a few questions answered. there are more. you can find answers on health pages of cnn.com. >> inhalable version as well. >> a couple versions. exactly. >> we'll be right back. >>> for the first time we learn details of elizabeth smart's kidnapping appeal. she was raped repeatedly every day by her alleged abductor when she was 14 years old. she testified today in federal court for the first time she's on the record about her 2002 kidnapping. she says brian david mitchell was motivated by sex and used religion to get what he wanted. mitchell is charged in her abduction. smart took the stand for his latest competence proceeding. the court ruled twice he's incompetent to stand trial. >>> a tennessee man accused of abducting his own children in japan insists he did nothing wrong. christopher s

that mercury is falling out there today. ver on i ka has your forecast. >> 50 degrees this morning at reagan national, making it the coolest it's been around here since may 20th. and there were some locations that were even cooler. down to 41 degrees dulles. here's a look at the satellite loop. you can see the clouds moving east out of the area. during the overnight period there will be cloud cover around. again, decreasing clouds as high pressure moves in. 64 degrees the temperature right now reagan national. 64 also in quantico. 61 in packs river. some cloud cover around. we'll lose it, 11:00 tonight. dropping to the mid-50s. not quite as chilly as it was last night. so about two or three degrees higher overnight. but clouds will be increasing throughout the day tomorrow. another weather system ready to move in. and we'll talk about our first october weekend. and rain chances in just a few minutes. >>> thanks, veronica. >>> new developments in the death of michael jackson this afternoon. the associated press has obtained a

where you can learn that the tiny amounts of mercury in fish are not harmful at all. even saying that pregnant women should eat more fish. when it comes down to picking a favorite, i personally find it hard to choose between the peta kills animals, about how the animal rights group is secretly full of animal killers and sun light scam.com, if you have ever been prey to the myth that tanning can lead to things like skin cancer. sunlightskam.com says that tanning beds fight heart disease, breast cancer, stroke and osteoporosis. >> go get a tan, your body will thank you. brought to you by the indoor tanning association. >> yeah. totally unbiassed indoor tanning association and of course rick berman. mr. berman also heads up an organization called the american beverage institute which claims to fight against drunk driving, even as it argues against dui check points and campaigns to relax drunk driving laws around the country. to accomplish those lofty goals, mr. berman's american beverage especial institute attacks mother's against drunk driving which is a group made up o

tonight, the search by land, by air, for the baby boy, his abductor, and a black mercury mariner suv.18-month-old baby adryn? >> amber alert. law enforcement needs your help tracking down a beautiful 18-month-old baby boy. law enforcement says the man he's with is considered armed an dangerous. that man, the baby's own father, johnny alexander drummin. police say he's fled with adryn after assaulting adryn's mom. authorities are afraid of what may happen to the baby. >>> and breaking news, satsuma, florida. a 5-year-old little girl tucked into bed. five hours later, she's gone, vanished. the back door propped wide open. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. the last person to see the 5-year-old alive that night, new stepmother, misty croslin. bombshell tonight. in the last hour, croslin handcuffed and taken for questioning after alleged road rage. in a frantic 911 call, the reported victim tells dispatch a blue dodge caliber chasing her for miles. the driver, the occupant, wildy gesticulating obscene gestures, threatening her, and waving what app

and the fact the ioc is unpredictable and mercurial a group as you will ever find, certainly in sportsd you've got the ioc deciding that it wants to ignore financial concerns in this world of ours today and go with the party in rio, then the president, you know, could have stood on his head and i don't think it would have mattered. i thought it was a risk, a political gamble going in. and i think commentators, especially political commentators in our country really did a disservice to consumers of news by saying hey, it must be a done deal, why would obama go otherwise. when in fact the ioc is so confusing, so unpredictable. the same group that got confused and didn't know the difference between baseball and softball and kicked them both out of the olympics. these are the guys who fall asleep during the voting. i mean it is the oldest of the old boys club. aging, euro centric, i just thought they thought thank you president obama for coming and you know, nice to see you, have a good flight home. >> for all the weaknesses of the chicago bid, is there also an underlying tension between t

they were embalmed with mercury and cured with sugar and salt. in 1984, wade mummified a human donor. cultures and samples are still being taken. these methods were developed preserving the body and for more -- i should say, they're making new developments in preserving the body even today at the medical school. >> let's talk about vampires. i'm a fan of "true blood." i do love it. some of the other ones i don't get. what's the deal? it seems like chicks like these things more than guys? >> reporter: first of all, i'm so impressed you like "true blood." i just interviewed the author of the book. >> bragging. >> reporter: here's the thing. it's just that classic idea that he's the bad guy, right, the vampire? but he's the vampire with a soft side. i was going to say a soft heart, but they dent have hearts. they're dead. but that's kind of the way our partner site the frisky is explaining it. the bad boy appeal, all of that, dangerous, handsome. and not just "true blood" but also in "twilight." pop culture puts vampires out there as attractive men

is telling me is that she has done research on the internet and there are extremely high levels of mercury this vaccine. is that true? >> that's absolutely not true. there's a lot of false information on the bette intern. the vaccine will be produced in forms that has no preservatives in it, so i would, again urge people to look at it. let me clear about it. it's not a mandatory vaccination. so if parents not to do it, they're free not to do so. it's clearly a very effective way to stop the spread of the disease and stop it for those individuals. >> thank you for your calls. secretary of commerce, thank you for coming. so many people have questions about this? >> i would be happy to come back anytime. >> and we will have you back, thank you. >>> spend the night wining and dining in little italy. the restaurant where you can get $50 worth of food for half that price. that is today's dining deal. >>> i'm joel d smith, two new laws start for drivers today. one a police officer has to catch you doing something, and the other, >>> next on frox 45 morning news. >> you just can't keep my kids the

. >>> congratulations to the phoenix mercury, they defeated indiana in a game 5 thriller to win the wnba title. nicely done. that's sports. >>> we've got a new series for you starting this weekend that will get at the heart of common medical questions. we'll call it "beyond the surface." let's get the real breakfast breakdown from nutritionist and author dr. ravinia brock. >> the biggest bin fits of a breakfast is you get energy and nutrition to get you through your day. for parents who think it's only important for your kid and not for you, think again. an the dough nut and coffee not your best option. if you want the healthier possible, start with egg whites, throw in veggies. if you don't want that, have oatmeal with berries, strawberries, blueberries, just go crazy. what i want you to do is throw out the old brown and beige boring meat and potatoes american way of eat. get color into your diet. that means eating copious amounts of fresh fruits and veg tax. do it for breakfast and every meal of the day. your body will show you that you've made the right decision. >>> hot off the press

light and others teams are pittsburgh steelers, los angeles lakers and new w nba champs the phoenix mercuryently winning is dave's pick. >> he's a front runner. >> that's the best part about dave not being here, he can't defend himself. >> he's away and cannot defend. rick has a look at the weather. >> not only the weather, but football picks and look at the graphic that we've got here. alisyn, you're in fuego. you're in the lead. >> woo hoo! >> i've got a special guest with us, we've got ringo from los lonely boys and he's going to do the football picks this week. alisyn is totally kicking all of our butts so far and look what we've got going on this week. move forward. the first game going on, washington and carolina and we picked carolina. >> i don't know, we'll see. i don't think you'll stop santana moss. we'll see. >> a little bit of doubt. indiana and tennessee. and we picked the exact one again and you're on board. >> peyton manning, a record year already. >> okay, now move out next, going out west and san francisco, it's going to be a beautiful day. enjoy this day today out because

the mercury news cites police as saying there was drinking among the group in this poorly-lit courtyard, "the victim consumed a large amount of brandy while socializing and then collapsed." the paper says that's when the attack began. an investigator told us, "we're looking at toxicology reports to determine if she was drugged." my question to psychologist michelle golland, if the victim was passed out, how might that influenced her attackers psychologically? could it have made them more likely to objectify her? >> it doesn't matter to me. whether she was passed out, or resisting, these men attacked her, brutalized her, and they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent. this is horrific. and it doesn't matter to me. >> but we're trying to understand, i know it may not matter to you, but if we don't understand -- okay, because otherwise, guess what, we're all part of the pornography of violence. if we just sit here and talk about this, as who, when, where, why, without getting to the deeper why, without trying to come up with societal solutions, then we're just part of the pornography