country singer mindy mccready on the run with her son. investigators say this has now become an abduction case and she says she is willing to go to jail if she has to. tonight, a troubled celebrity up against the law. plus, something you never want to see when you are driving down the road. [squealing tires] >> shepard: but first from fox this friday night herman cain says he will make a major announcement as he puts it about the next stop on the cain train. the georgia businessman tells us he has been reassessing his run for the white house since that woman went public claiming she had a 13-year affair with him, a sexual affair. cain denies that and earlier accusations of sexual harassment from other women. herman cain says this new woman was just a friend who was having financial trouble so he gave her some money to help pay the bills. but he also reportedly did not tell his wife about this woman and didn't tell her about the money either which brings us to the reassessment. >> i many reassessing, because of this media firestorm stuff.

like the country song she sings, mindy mccready's story of heart ache has taken a happy turn. >> i can't you all i'm a happy girl. >> reporter: mindy, who says she's seven months pregnant with twins, did little to explain why she's smiling, but she praised the arkansas judge whose court was closed to the public and who issued a gag order preventing any explanations of why she was set free. >> i love judge harrod, i'll tell you that. >> reporter: u.s. marshals found mindy and her son zander hiding in the closet of an arkansas cabin on friday night. she had been on the lam after allegedly kidnapping her son from her grandfather's home in florida. for now mindy will not face any kidnapping charges, which has mindy's mother thankful but confused. >> i'm going to love you no matter what. i'm your mom and there's nothing you can ever do to keep me from loving you. >> reporter: but in a sworn affidavit obtained by nbc news, mindy mother's caring words are questioned by none other than her mother, joan stancel. mindy's grandmother alleges she holds cultish beliefs as treasures of the snow religi

let's start with mindy mccready. how long have you known her?ith her on the joe and it's strange that you know one of your producers asked me, what was the last con ver sags you had with her? to not go back to florida and live in her mom's house that was discharging from our treatment and now, it's two years later and here we are in this mess. >> when you counseled her in that stint on celebrity rehab, some two years ago, what was it that she was abusing? >> it was primary prescription drugs, i believe. you know, the problem of mindy is like you said in your intro, these layers of problems with men, with her mother, her outlandish and outrageous behaviors. it's basically you have to weed through to try to figure out what's motivating the whole thing and what i found at the center of her problems was this on again off again love-hate relationship she has with her mother. and then i -- looks like that's what this is about. >> i want to ask you about that because her publicist tells us that she, she's asked a court to have custody of her son. it's

please leave me alone, i want to be with my mommy." >> mindy mccready described the scene when u.s. marshals took her son from her arms. police say the singer who lost custody of zander took him from his legal guardian, her mother. the adduction landed her in front of a judge, but monday she emerged from court with a huge grin. >> i cannot talk about it. >> the custody case is sealed but things are moving in a good direction according to mindy mccready. >> she was on celebrity we have last year. she says she is pregnant with twins and hence a new love. she says her new life will not be complete until zander is with her, and bringing him to arkansas was a risk she will not regret. >> what i did was to protect my child. not a person in the world will tell me that is wrong. >> the tories will not say where the little boy is right now, but say he is safe. >>> police in prince george's county want to find the person behind this and usual mass. he walked into a bank in fort washington, passed a note to a teller, demanding money. the suspect got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. >>>

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at a lake home owned by mindy mccready's boyfriend, in heber springs, arkansas. hiding in a closet with her son. it was no struggle. but they say mccready was quite emotional. child welfare officials are saying he is safe and in good health. he never really was in any danger. but the fbi circulated fliers. called it a parental abduction and declared zander missing. last seen in this ford explorer, outside the home of mccready's father. after the singer's many troubles, including time on "celebrity rehab" for a serious drug problem, the court gave custody of her son to her mother. last night, her mother broke into tears over the situation. >> i can't even explain it. just can't explain it. >> reporter: mindy mccready has spent the past few years turning her life around. and she's been fighting for custody for her son. >> the focus in custody cases is what's in the best interest of the child? if she wants to go to court and she wants to say, i want this court order lifted, i want to change the custody arrangements, great. go do that. but you can't just go in there,

now here is tamron. >>> up next, the latest on mindy mccready and her bitter custody dispute. n just a few moments. as i get older, i'm making changes to support my metabolism. i'm more active, i eat right, and i switched to one a day women's active metabolism, a complete women's multivitamin, plus more for metabolism support. [ female announcer ] look for great savings on all one a day products in this sunday's newspaper. >>> she was once a country music darling, but now mindy mccready has hit a sour note. late last night, authorities took her son into custody. her mother and stepfather are live with us this morning. but first, the details with nbc's michelle franzen. >> safe and sound, nbc news has learned zander mccready, the 5-year-old son of country music singer mindy mccready was taken into custody last night in arkansas in a remote community hours outside of little rock. the boy was apparently found at home hiding in the closet with his mom. mccready fled with her son following a visitation this past week and defied a florida court order to return zander to her mother an

i don't know why mindy mccready, a country star, gets a free pass.ichard will agree, every day people who do things like this wind up in the hosgow. she needs help from alcohol dep dependency, others, i don't think she gets a free ride. how she gets a free pass is beyond me. >> we'll see. >> lawrence taylor, he's being sued now after already last year he was sentenced. he was found guilty for having sex with a teenager and now he's being sued by this young lady for assault and battery. >> we know he was charged with multiple fell nice. they were ultimatery reduced to misdemeanors and probation because he became a rat in other cases. this victim has aligned herself with chalk on the blackboard gloria allred. >> i knew you'd hear that part. >> when you hear her name is it like -- you know there's a tv deal, a book deal, some kind of self-promotion here. enough is enough with miss allred. she brought a case. it's never been proved before. how are they going to prove he induced her into a sex trade is beyond me. it's under a federal statute, the first ti

country star mindy mccready speaking out about the terrifying moments when u.s. marshals ripped her son from her arms. and why she'd do it all over again. >> what i did was to protect my child. and there's not a person in the world that's ever going to tell me that that is wrong. >>> and not-so friendly skies. alec baldwin and american airlines go head-to-head about his onboard meltdown. baldwin blasts every airline, calling planes filthy and meals not fit to eat. this morning, why american is fighting back in this war of words. >>> the rain has finally gone away. >> look at that sky. you can tell it's cold out. >> uh-huh. it's like 35 degrees colder than it was this time yesterday. good morning, everyone. details coming in in exactly what happened in that horrific chopper crash out west. we'll get to that in a moment. >>> also, things heating up on the political front, with more polls showing newt gingrich holds a big lead in the big states. mitt romney is getting more aggressive. character and marital, all out now. two days before our debate. >> that's true, in

and mindy mccready in court today. the country singer, well, she is accused of kidnapping her own son. she claims she was trying to protect the little boy from her own mother. police found her hiding along with that child in her boyfriend's closet. so what do you do? from the journalists of fox news, this is a monday fox report. ♪ last throw, prce. and last chance at medicare open enrollment, too. what do yean? it ends december 7th. if you haven't reviewed your medicare plan oices yet, well, it's getting late. medicare gives you free cancer screenings and wellness visits, and 50% o brand name prescription drugs when you're in e donut hole... it's all part of the health care law. december 7th? i better get goin'! [ male announcer ] medicare open enrollment ends soon. cal1-800-medice or visit medica.gov to learn re. >> shepard: a stunner out of washington today. the head of the federal aviation administration is now taking a leave of absence at his request after a drunk driving arrest. police say they spotted randy babbi

on mccready's facebook page, her fans were divided. mindydesperation that you're feeling. the band between a mother and child is unbreakable. but you're going about it the wrong way. and another, stand your ground. he's your child, rooting for you in alva, florida. mccready's father says he hopes the courts will side with his daughter soon. >> i hope that somebody will get some sense and say the child needs to be with his mom. >> reporter: it appears florida authorities may have known mccready's location for some time. the police who took custody of the boy arrived with a signed warrant and the u.s. marshals in tow. dan? >> steve osunsami reporting on the breaking news out of atlanta this morning. thank you, steve. >>> let's get over to ron claiborne with another look at the morning's headlines. >> good morning, everyone. in the news, in his first extensive on-camera interview tins the penn state sex abuse scandal broke, former coach jerry sandusky told "the new york times," that he never abused children. and that former coach joe paterno ne

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the biological father and mindy mccready have problematic and troubled pasts.s why her mother had custody. when mindy mccready comes out and says, publicly, i'm taking my child. this is my child. i'm not abducting a child. i'm allowed to take my child. no, you're not. not when the court has ruled that the mother has custody. this is a complicated case. it seems that there's no winners here, so to speak. but the fact that that child was taken into foster care, that in and of itself is a loss. >> mindy has claimed that her mother has issues, as well. >> and that's what she says. although, others around the mother have denied that. >> they have. all right, dan, we'll keep an eye on it. thanks very much. >> no problem. >>> we have a hand on the weather. the "gma" umbrellas are out there. >> the call went out. robin roberts said, get folks some umbrellas outside. this is two days of rain that moves into the eastern seaboard. this is what happened when the two days of rain stayed in the middle of the country. 2 1/2 to 5 inches of rain. now that it's dried out here, t

follow george. >>> let's get to the abc news interview, with country star mindy mccready. ng out for the first time since taking her son on the run. abc's andrea canning just spoke with the singer. you're back and have great details about what went on. >> reporter: mindy is so emotional about this. she said this was a cry for help. she said it was a chance to have her son back in her arms. the singer says she has been fighting to get him back for years. but no one would listen. from a quiet lake house in arkansas, she shared with us her version of events when the u.s. marshal finally tracked her down, she says, with guns drawn. >> he was screaming. please, don't touch me. please, don't touch me. please, don't touch my mommy. please, leave me alone. i want to be with my mommy. >> reporter: country star, mindy mccready, described the terrifying scene last frid, hen she says u.s. marshalled stormed her boyfriend's vacation house in arkansas. and took her 5-year-old son, zander, from her arms. police say the singer, who lost custody of zander in 2007, took him from his legal gu

talking with our christiane amanpour. >>> but first, the latest on mindy mccready.n months pregnant with twins. she'll be appearing in court this morning. yunji de nies has the latest. good morning, yunji. >> reporter: good morning, george. she's expected to be in court this morning. they're trying to decide if her son should be returned to florida. 5-year-old zander is in foster care this morning after authorities found he and his mother hiding in a closet in this empty house. the fbi put out this alert on what they called a parental abduction after taking the boy from his grandfather's house in florida. >> was this really an abduction? i think that's the heart of the issue. >> reporter: the troubled country star who appeared last year on "celebrity rehab" is in a bitter battle to regain custody of her son. in a visit last week, she took zander and left the state. despite a court order, she refused to return him to his legal guardian because she says, he's been abused. >> mindy says we have abuse d hr son and skye. >> she gets away with telling the lice and does so

several investigations into his death are continuing. >>> also, country singer mindy mccready has violated judge's custody order and missed a deadline to bring her 5-year-old son back to florida. mccready says she is in tennessee and cannot travel because she's seven months pregnant with twins. her mother was awarded custody in 2007. but mccready just took him during a recent visit. >>> a 13-year-old boy has been denied admission to a private pennsylvania boarding school because he is hiv-positive. now, his family is suing. administrators at the milton hershey school say they were concerned about safety and could not handle a student with a chronic communicable disease. the school caters solely to underprivileged kids. >>> well, it turns out swearing might actually be good for you. at least when it comes to relieving pain. a new study found people who do not often use expletives could cope with discomfort better by sweari but researchers say the same bad words have no effect on people who normally swear all the time. >> that's bull. i'm joking. >>> time for sports news this morning. the ch

>>> authorities in arkansas find country singer mindy mccready's son apparently hiding with her in a et at an arkansas home, what's next for mccready? we'll speak with the boy's grandmother live. >>> director gary marshall has been a master of sitcoms and romantic comedies for years. now romancing us once again, talk "happy days" and countdown to his latest flick "new year's eve" all that and more when we see you later on today. back to you in washington. >> lester, thank you. >>> i saw julia roberts, "pretty woman" love that movie. >> pretty well acted. >> it's a classic. we have to look forward to "new year's eve." >> i know. >>> another thing to look forward to, great weather, sunny and nice. >> the people that own the businesses want the nice weather on the weekends as we get into the holiday season because any kind of an interference in the shopping schedule. >> i was going to say i'm not complaining or anything but texas, the closest thing we got to snow is maybe some ice and it would last -- >> hail, texas had big hail. >> awful. so i'm ready to see some snow but that's going t

and more drama for the troubled country singer mindy mccready due in court today after running off with her young son last week. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." but first from fox at 3:00 the former house speaker and g.o.p. presidential candidate gingrich met with the businessman and reality t show host donald trump. according to several iowa opinion polls, speaker gingrich is the latest frontrunner in the g.o.p. nomination and the iowa caucuses are weeks away, the speaker agreed to take part in a trump moderated debate ahead of that vote. candidate huntsman and ron paul rejected this. and karl rove said the republican national committee should stop the thing and call it "odd." >> well, according to a september fox news poll a third of voters said a trump endorsement would make him less likely to vote for that candidate. but, the speaker defended mr. trump today. >> donald trump is a great showman, and a great businessman if we are trying to figure out how to create job as difference between my party and the other party is we actually go to

first the deadline has come and gone for mindy mccready to bring her son home or face arrest.tigators say she took her five-year-old son, zander from her parents' home where he's supposed to be legally and they traveled to nashville. her brother had custody of the boy since 2007. but mccready claims her mother was abusing the boy and that she can't return to florida because she's seven months pregnant with two children. grandma claims -- denies the abuse claim flatly. since topping the country charts in the 1990s, mindy mccready had trouble with drugs, domestic abuse and drinking. she risks arrest by not returning as ordered. >>> newt gingrich claims he will be the republican presidential nominee. now there are new signs mitt romney might have reason for concern. his campaign apparently planning to take aim at the former house speaker and we're hearing it could get personal. plus, al-qaeda reports it's holding an american captive in pakistan and now that terror network is telling the united states what is has to do to get him back. as tensions rise, we'll report on fox report

certainly don't want my son to live a life without his mother. >> so that was billy mcknight, mindy mccready'sfather of zandter. i apologize. it's mindy's mom who has custody. everyone keying an eye on how this unfolds. >> this other topic involves was it "happy feet 2" the movie "cars 2" very popular with kids. >> that's right. this isn't the first time hollywood has been accused as being part of the liberal media. >> is that the accusation? >> the accusation is now they are trying to push the agenda through kids movies. "happy feet 2" is the bess example. the sequel that came out did not do as well as the first one. 2006 $42 million opening weekend. 2011 it took 10 days to make that much money. the director, george miller, said in the past he redid the script so it would emphasize global warming issues. now you've got a huge concern the base has to take their kids to the movies. they are the ones who take the movies to kid and if you're a alienating -- >> they are saying happy feet focuses on global warming, cars 2, oil. >> these messages not palatable to adults by them not taking kids to th

authorities believe mindy mccready took her son during a recent visit in florida. she does not have custody with the child. >> zander is used to being here in florida with me. >> police believe mindy mccready took the boy to tennessee. she is also seven months pregnant. she recently appeared on the reality show "celebrity rehab." >>> high winds continued to create chaos before west coast residents. we have the latest from los angeles. >> you might as well have called it a hurricane santa ana. gusting in some places at speeds of 150 miles per hour. it left the kind of aftermath associated with a natural disaster. >> the worst wind event in a generation. >> power poles snapped like twigs. then there are the trees. everywhere you look, crashed on to cars and homes. >> we could not even get out. we thought it was going to come through the house. >> a similar scene played out in utah. while the santa anas are nothing new in california, they have not been this destructive in more than a decade. the reason? two weather systems collided. that explains christmas trees compl

mindy mccready is in tennessee, she says she is. she says she can't travel back to tennessee to deliver the child to her mother because she is seven months pregnant with twins. phil keating live in miami,. >> reporter: she clearly had no problems traveling with her 7-month pregnancy from florida earlier this week to what is believed to be the nashville, tennessee area. she is adamant saying this is no child kidnapping story. even the father of five-year-old zander says, clearly this time she is pushing her luck. ♪ [singing] ♪ ♪ >> reporter: that's mindy mccready's big number one hit back from 1996, but her music career has been overshadowed by her drug addiction and suicide attempt in recent years. she lost custody of her son zander four years ago to her mother. this past august she filed a liable lawsuit against her mom and the publisher of the national inquiry. she is believed to be in the nashville area. as of 5:00 last night she is in defines of a court order in cape coral, florida to return the boy. that judge alternate the bee

jay gray, nbc news, chicago. >>> mindy mccready was in court for a hearing on the custody of her son.udge ordered the parties not to comment. but mccready told reporters she was not happy. she was found hiding in a closet with her son in arkansas. her mother is her son's legal guardian. mccready told "people" magazine she is seven months pregnant and expecting twins. >>> billy graham is out of the hospital today and returned to his home in north carolina. he was admitted to the hospital on wednesday and diagnosed with pneumonia. he is now 93. >>> a settlement has been reached in the west virginia coal mining disaster, the $210 million agreement between federal authorities and the owners of the upper big branch mine. that is according to an attorney close to the case. the 2010 explosion killed 29 men. a source told the ap the agreement includes $46 million in criminal restitution to the miner's families and money goes to violation fines, safety upgrades, research and training. >>> federal regulators are cracking down on companies that sell hcg for weight loss. it is used to treat femal

there's a specific order in place here, as a result of mindy mccready's own behavior. the drug problems. the alcohol problems. assaulting her mother, et cetera. a court ruled that for the best interest of the child, it should be in her mother's custody. if she says i want to change the custody arrangements, great. go do that. but you can't go in there and grab the child and evade authorities, like she's doing right now. >> she is seven months pregnant with twins. and she can't travel. that's not going to play? >> no. now you have the authorities out there looking for her and the child saying, fine. you don't want to bring the child back, we'll do it. that's the problem here. i don't think that the authorities want to really charge her in connection with this case. >> what do you think they want to do? >> i think they want to find the child. i think they want to find the child and bring the child back to who's supposed to have custody right now. sure, if this continues and in particular, if she continues to not respond, there could be problems for her legally. >> and th

officials and they are looking into gray and brown. >>> and the custody fight between mindy mccready and the court system could end with the former starlet facing charges of parental abduction. mccready allegedly disappeared with her child on tuesday and did not return him to florida by the time appointed by the court. now she's in hiding and says she won't give her son back because he faces abuse at home. her ex-boyfriend and father of the boy spoke to matt lauer this morning on "today." >> we have gone through this in the past and if there are people that can help you, you can take the help and get back on track, and that's what i can say. i got through it and i got back on track and my life is in order and since she has the same opportunity, instead of taking it she chooses to abut it. >> mccready was previously arrested and she had a fight with her mother. she is also six months pregnant with twins. now to a developing story a. los angeles county declared a state of emergency. wind gusts topped 100 miles per hour in parts of california. still this morning, there are more than 100,