>> mitchell: i'm russ mitchell. also tonight, no relief at the gas pump. prices are up more than 25 cents a gallon since the summer. recently ambulance workers have taken advantage of female patients at their most vulnerable. and v.i.p. -- very important poultry. the pardoned captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. the thanksgiving travel rush is gearing up. between tightened airport security and higher gasoline price, holiday travelers may feel they're facing an obstacle course. a hint late today that the government may consider easing some of the security measures that have triggered so much public protest. sharyl atkisson has the latest. >>. >> reporter: at airports like large national in washington, d.c.,, the patience of flyers is being put to the test. >> what do you think of that? >> it's like exposing yourself. >> . >> reporter: for many it's their first exposure to the patdowns. >> would you submit to one of these patdowns? >> not if i could avoid it. no, who would? >> reporter:

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. president obama arrived in new delhi, india, this sunday, the second stop on his four-nation, ten-day trip to asia. in addition to trying to drum up business for american companies, the president and his family did some sightseeing, but last tuesday's call for change in washington was very much on mr. obama's mind. chief white house correspondent chip reid is traveling with the president. >> in the indian capital of new delhi, president obama and the first lady visited a top tourist attraction, the ancient tomb of humayun. a brief break from a three-day visit to india where the president's chief focus is opening the surging economy to u.s. goods to create jobs back home. >> we want access to your markets. we think we've got good products to sell. >> reporter: earlier during a town hall with indian college students in mumbai, the president was asked about the intensely sensitive issue of india's longtime archenemy. >> why is pakistan so important an ally to america? >> reporte

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. two days after that worldwide terror threat, there's new information out tonight that is getting a lot of attention from law enforcement officials and air travelers. here's the latest. authorities believe one of the bombs discovered also traveled on passenger planes within the middle east. also, american officials say there may be more bombs out there, and the u.s. is sending six t.s.a. inspectors to yemen. homeland security correspondent bob orr has the latest. >> reporter: this is the al qaeda terrorist who officials believe handcrafted the deadly cargo bombs bound for two chicago synagogues. he is a master bomb builder for al qaeda in the arabian pennsylvania and the architect of the failed underwear bomb attack on christmas day. asiri, shown here with his face partially covered, also built the body cavity bomb which his brother, the man on the left, used in a suicide attack against a saudi counterterrorism official. like the others, the cargo bomb, hidden in printers, wer

>> mitchell: tonight a call to action. nobel peace prize winner aung san suu kyi calls on the people of myanmar to join her fight for democracy and says she does not fear the consequences. i'm russ mitchell. also tonight freed by pirates. modern day bucaneers in somalia released a retired british couple they held for near nearly a year. "a" for effort one large failing high school turned itself around through the power of the written word. >> who i became is like wow, i'm really proud of myself. >> mitchell: and fighting fish. meet the anglers who take on the toughest, meanest fish on the river. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. one day after being freed from house arrest human rights activist aung san suu kyi is throwing down the gauntlet to the military rulers of myanmar she told followers she is carrying on her fight for democracy likely setting the stage for another confrontation. celia hatton has the latest. >> reporter: myanmar's opposition l

captioning sponsored by cbs >> this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. washington is reeling this sunday over new startling documents from the website wikileaks. thousands of classified state department cables were released by the website today. among the disclosures, that the u.s. has made secret efforts to remove enriched uranium from a pakistani research reactor fearing it could be used to make a nuclear device. u.s. and south korean officials have made game plans to deal with a possible collapse of the north korean government. and china has conducted computer hacking attacks against the west. some of the most gripping disclosures involve iran, as we hear now from national security correspondent david martin at the pentagon. >> reporter: when a ahmadinejad was elected president of iran, the then commander of u.s. forces in the middle east general job abizaid met with arab military leaders, all agreed with abizaid that iran new president seemed crazy. that cable one of a quarter million state department documents released by wikileaks details a meetin

. >> mitchell: and good evening. one day after being freed from house arrest human rights activist aung san suu kyi is throwing down the quantity let to the military rulers of myanmarment she told followers she is carrying on her fight for democracy likely setting the stage for another confrontation. celia hatton has the latest. >> reporter: myanmar's opposition leader aung san suu kyi spoke to a huge crowd of supporters today hours after being freed from seven years of house arrest. she called for democratic rights in her military rule's country, once known as burma. >> if we are to walk the democratic path, we have to walk together. build together, pave together, she told 5,000 supporters. suu kye spent 15 of the last 21 years in detention in near isolation but she's never been forgotten. >> i'm so happy the hair on my skin is standing up says this follower. burmese people call her mother, auntie or quite simply the conscience of myanmar, a country where the military has held power for decades while the majority su

someone had seen brian david mitchell.ice found mitchell and his wife and a girl wearing a gray wig and sunglasses. at first she denied her identity. but police knew it was elizabeth. >> and then edward calls me right after that and says, tom, they've called me and asked me to come out to the police station and he's in the car driving out there as fast as he can. and i told him, i said, ed, i think you're going to go see your daughter. and then edward calls me and he's just in tears and he says, it's her, tom, thank you. >> it was the moment they had hoped for all those months but never knew would come. >> i'm so grateful for the prayers and the help and the eyes out there. it is just absolutely wonderful. >> ed called john walsh and asked him to come to utah. >> all the brothers were there and all the kids. and when she walked down those stairs, that was incredible. that was probably the best day i've spent on the show. >> their missing angel was home again. but could home heal the nine months of hell elizabeth smart had

it was brian david mitchell.spoken to him, that he was the divine prophet, the one that would have plural wives, and god had chosen her to be his first wife. >> elizabeth was paraded through the streets of salt lake veiled and robed in white. raising the question why didn't she escape? was she brainwashed? elizabeth's uncle tom smart who co-authored a book on elizabeth's kidnapping says she was just trying to survive. >> are you elizabeth, asked officer o'neill? >> and that mitchell threatened her with death after an attempted escape. >> he said if you try that again i will kill you and kill your family. >> it's not so much that she's brainwashed, it's that she has come up with a strategy to get through this. >> that's my belief. i don't believe she was ever felt like she was safe because of the violent and horrible things that she had been through and his threats. >> despite her ordeal, elizabeth was determined to face her captors in court. >> lots of people don't have the grace. lots of people don't have the wh

emmanuel was really brian david mitchell.called the only person he knew could help, his new friend, john walsh. >> he said, john, the police want to close this case. they say richard ricci killed elizabeth, that her body's buried in the desert somewhere, i don't believe that, i believe she's out there alive. i'd walked in the smarts' shoes. i knew they needed help. i knew that elizabeth rapidly was becoming another poster. >> walsh put photos of mitchell on national tv. >> brian david mitchell's ex-wife calls "america's most wanted" and says, he doesn't look clean cut. he's a pedophile, he's a creep. and i'll give you a tip, he looks like bin laden. he looks like the taliban. he's a creeped-out street preacher. that's the guyou should be looking for. >> this columnist says mitchell was a fixture on salt lake street, a religious zealot who considered himself a prophet. >> somewhere along the way, he became this delusional person. he progressively became the jesus man and he started doing the bizarre behavior, he moved out of h

if convicted, mitchell may spend the rest of his life in prison.s mike von fremd in salt lake city. >> elizabeth smart's mother actually testified. interesting, she said she and her kids had run into mitchell downtown at one point, and at the time she offered him money and offered him work to be handyman in her home. she said he did do a couple of things like fix a leaky roof at one point. she never thought anything was weird about him, was clean-shaven at the time, didn't have that beard we saw. >> unbelievable. you hope justice is served, but to have to relive all that again must be an incredible ordeal. we'll be back with more after this, stay with us. must be an incredible ordeal. we'll be back with more after this, stay with us. >>> people ask me why i named the show "conan." i did it so i'd be harder to replace. he's out! get another conan! >> and welcome back, everybody. good to see conan back on tv. good for him, the show is a big hit. >> he called it his second annual first show. in his opening monologue. i thought this was funny. he said

mitchel's attorney will cross examine her tomorrow. abc news, los angeles. >>> looking at news around the nation starts in wisconsin. a possible gas explosion early this morning reduced a house to rubble. one man was killed and another man and woman were seriously hurt. authorities believe the explosion was caused by natural gas. >>> it's not the kind of cruise they had in mind. a carnival cruise line ship with 4500 passengers on board had to be towed slowly to the mexican port after a fire in the engine room knocked out power yesterday. the fire is out but the ship has no air conditioning or hot water. people are getting bottled water, cold food and refund. they are expected to arrive in the port no sooner than tomorrow night. >>> you heard the line, my dog ate my homework. for a man in seattle, it's a case of my dog ate my cash. bill's dog gobbled up hundreds of dollars meant to ben fate youth soccer club. envelope had 1500 dollars from a soccer fund-raiser and the dog ate almost all of it. >> it must have been a great smell, but he

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mitchell never heard her testimony. nor did he hear elizabeth's. he was removed from the courtroom because he was singing religious >>> dan malloy is the new governor of connecticut, by about 5,800 votes. >>> a crippled cruise ship is being towed to port this morning, after an engine room fire. the blazaboard aboard the ship out yet on the northern baja, mexico coast. it knocked out the hot food service, toilets, and phone service. all of the guests will get their money back. >>> they're digging out in eastern idaho this morning, after the first snowstorm of the season. a day after temperatures hit the 60s, students in bringham young university, had to bundle up in coats, hats and boots. slick roads led to a number of traffic accidents there. >>> and people in the northeast were surprised by a powerful coastal storm. snow, sleet and rain triggered several accidents. delayed school and even knocked out power to tens of thousands of folks. maine was especially hard-hit, as winds topping 60 miles per hour, left a trail of snapped trees and other damag

girls there, he s prosecutors believe mitchell was aware of what he's doing. his defense team insists he was insane. mitchell's step daughter claims his insanity led to her being sexually abused. >> standing behind brian isn't supporting his actions its him as a human being. he needs help. i don't condone anything he's done. >> smart described how a police officer asked her to remove a vail that mitchell made her wear but the detective backed off when mitchell told him smart wore it for religious reasons. >> coming up next, a wall street firm getting a jump start on the holiday seaeaeaeaea we gave it a more powerful duramax turbo diesel and allison transmission to help it move over 21,000 pounds. and then we gave it an advanced exhaust brake system, to help slow it down. saving wear and tear on your brakes. and on you. with a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles... introducing the new chevy silverado hd. our most powerful heavy duty ever. >>> at 6:00 the worst is behind us a recovery may be a long way to have. also, what it would mean what it could cost for san

just like my mitchell. >> oh! >> whoa! >> larry: the two funniest shows on television, one is animated. that's "family guy." the other is "modern family." which is deserving of all the we'll start with ed o'neill, the veteran of the crew. why does this show work? >> well, i think it's a combination of a lot of things, larry. the writing. start with the writing. two guys, two producers, show creators, they cast it well and i think it's a timely show. you know, it's got a little sentiment. they balance it pretty good. >> larry: there is no, julie, if i'm right, there's really no lead. it's an ensemble. >> shockingly so. we all had to go through that really strange process of submitting ourselves for the emmys which is very odd. we all independently came up with submitting ourselves as best supporting because it doesn't feel like we have a lead. although we are very proud that eric did win supporting. >> larry: no jealousy. >> i submit myself for best actor. because best supporting actor's too tough. >> yeah. >> competition.

. >>> today i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. while the incoming members of congress learn their way around the capitol, the lame duck session gets underway. in the last few weeks in majority democrats confront a dilemma over don't ask, don't tell and the fight over the bush tax cuts. nbc's luke russert is live on capitol hill. luke, threats talk about what's top priorities and is there a compromise coming on tax cuts? >> reporter: you heard from the white house this weekend, from david axelrod, there would possibly be open a compromise on a tax cut issue. perhaps a temporary one to two-year extension. especially -- democrats want to ensure the middle class will have those ensured. the problem, any leadership on this issue will come from the united states' senate. a lot of ideas floating around. charles schumer of new york said possibly what if we do a compromise, folks hiring, $1 million or more, still taxed. that expires there, below them, middle class, mark warner, senator from virginia, possibilities, give big business a tax

benjamin mitchell's war is not over. mike boettcher, abc news, afghanistan. >> just one young man of so many fighting every day. >>> and, we turn now to the american economy, and tough words today from fed chairman ben bernanke, who fired back at his critics in germany and china. he told a banking conference in germany the decision to pump another $600 billion into the u.s. economy was necessary to boost america's recovery. and he warned china they they put the global economy at risk by keeping the value of their currency artificially low. >>> and here at home, sometimes the story of a struggling economy can be told in the eyes of one chd. we heard that food banks across the country are overwhelmed with hard-hit families, hoping for help getting a thanksgiving turkey. but the shelves are bare. here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: there isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream of a family dinner like everybody else's. >> turkey! >> turkey! >> reporter: but try to imagine the holiday without it. >> last year, we had pork ch cho

mitchell races to a sandbag fighting position. and the battle is on. >> i saw just, tracers lighting up the hillside. >> reporter: his target, enemy muzzle flashes. around him, commands are coming fast and furious, from his senior sergeant. >> hey, mitch! >> you can control your actions out here, but you don't have control over the consequences. you kind of go into a survival mode mindset. >> here we go. >> it's either me or them, and it's not going to be me. >> reporter: 30 minutes into the fight, soldiers of the 101st run low on ammo. mitchell runs to a bunker for more. >> we got incoming! >> reporter: despite heavy incoming fire, mitchell continues to hang mortar rounds that can travel about a mile over mountain tops. >> i got the better weapons, so i'm going to make them pay for pulling this, so i just fire as many rounds as i possibly can as fast as i can. >> reporter: and just like that, the enemy fades away. the attack is over. >> i'm actually achieving what i was sent here to do. and maybe that will deter them from coming

speaking through mitchell. shep? >> shepard: the wife there, barzee, also spoke about how she and brian david mitchell prepared for the kidnapping itself. >> um-huh. this was some the most chilling testimony that we heard today. barzee said that five weeks prior to the abduction mitchell ordered them to both meticulously prepare the camp site for where smart was to be held, including barzee, admitted, setting up a cable system to tether their victim. even measuring how far she could roam. the prosecutor asked at one point: little of barzee's testimony however yesterday and today included things that happened during the nine months that smart was in captivity. shep? >> shepard: alicia acuna in our rockie mountain newsroom tonight. thank you. the newest members of our congress already facing one of their biggest decisions, which office to take. but it's not entirely up to each individual. tonight, inside the freshman office lottery and where the unlucky ones could end up sitting. plus, the u.s. military sends new

andrea mitchell takes over from here. andrea?>> thanks so much, contessa, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama calls it a national security imperative asking vice president biden to work night and day to get the nuclear arms treaty ratified before more republican senators are sworn into office at the beginning of this year. first let's go to luke russert on the hill to bring us up to date on what's going to happen next with charlie rangel. we've of course looked at seeing the penalty face with john lewis testifying to the character and history of his friend charlie rangel, not to the facts of this case. >> reporter: it was unexpected to see john lewis next to charlie rangel. he decided john lewis next to him would be who he would bring to this sanctions hearing. and john lewis gave a very powerful statement about how he's had 50 years of friendship with charlie rangel and charlie rangel has been a hero to the city of new york and done a lot for his country by serving in korea and being an absolutely invaluable

there was a facebook campaign to get cam and mitchell to share a kiss on the screen.ed this season. watch what led up to the big moment. >> buying a shirt, it is not a kiss-worthy moment. >> i didn't know there was a list. please tell us what is on the list? >> what is not on the list, finding olives. making the light on maple. every time we see a vw. >> you don't like kiss buggy? >> it is a way for you to be needy. i don't appreciate you making me feel bad. nobody kisses on a bowling alley. >> i almost got a turkey. i feel like i'm wearing the same outfit from the show. >> larry: what was that scene like to do? >> well, that was a scene, you know, leading up to the -- in the episode -- >> larry: never kissed a man before? >> yeah. i was in a movie making out with a dude, yeah. >> larry: what was it like for you, jess? >> eric was a very gentle kisser. i love the way the writers incorporated that moment. it was more than just a kiss. it was dealing with -- with the way mitchell was raised and the issues with the father and claire was involved and how much affection as

." >>> i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. we'll begin with the president's big meeting with congressional leaders scheduled for tomorrow. now delayed. how about that for setting a new tone of bipartisanship in washington? >> when we return from the thanksgiving break, republican and democratic leaders will have the opportunity to discuss these priorities with the president in a meeting at the white house. i'm looking forward to the meeting. and to the opportunity to share with the president, again, the areas where we agree. >> wyoming republican senator john barrasso was just re-elected as chairmvice chairm. >> i'm not sure what's up with the details of the scheduling, andrea. the president talked about earmarks, the republican caucus just yesterday, our conference got together and said, you know, no earmarks for the next two years. the democrats harry reid said we still love those earmarks. apparently the democrats haven't heard the message of cut the spending, cut this growth in government, get the deficit and the dead unde

. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama is back in the city after receiving strong support overseas from his nato allies for the armed control treaty with russia and missile defense. will that be enough to persuade republican opponents in the senate to get the treaty ratified. jackie join us from "the new york times." let's talk about the arms control treaty shall the opposition, the president suggested there was politics involved. hillary clinton was a little more elusive and accommodating on "meet the press" yesterday assuring us they are all well-motivated. what does the white house view as to what the opposition really is? >> they went out tlof way to say that senator kyle was well-motivated, had real concerns. at the same time, they are suggesting the whole impasse is a product of the partisanship in washington they worked the summit hard in lisbon to make clear how important it is to them as well as the united states that this relationship with russia continue to be one of, you know, mutual commitments

mitchell pleaded not guilty.year mitchell's wife wanda barzee was sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role. now a jury must decide if brian david mitchell, a drifter the smarts tried to help, should also go to jail for snatching their daughter more than nine years ago. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> unbelievable what she went through. john walsh was int meastrumenta the case. i talked to him this afternoon. how is elizabeth doing? >> she's doing great. i have such admiration for this young woman. i was there the day after she was recovered. it was probably the highlight of 23 years of doing "america's most wanted." her father and mother never gave up. they believed she was alive, even when police tried to convince them that richard reesy, the handy man that died in prison, had murdered her and she was in the desert somewhere. i talked to her today and i said, elizabeth, i've known you since the day after you were were recovered. i love and work with your parents. you walk the halls of congress to get the adam

they said the case was too well-known for mitchel to get a fair trial. earlier yesterday, mitchel a attorneys argued the client believed doing god's will when he took smart. and that his mental health was deteriorating at the time of the mitchell was remove from the courtroom before testimony for sing religious songs. >>> it's 6:35. we have heard the line the dog ate my homework. well, for one man in seattle, it is the case of, my dog ate the money. bill's dog gobbled up hundreds of dollars meant to ben fate youth soccer club. envelope had $1500 from soccer fund raising and the dog ate almost all of it. >> and then a great smile but he reached his nose up and had to put the paws up on the dresser to get it grabbed the envelope. >> well, the 5-year-old lab shepherd mix did the best to beerity treasures but the owner recovered a few hup doars -- hundred dollars. 900 dollars worth of checks and he promises to make good on the losses but is asking soccer parents who paid by check to send a replacement. >> bad dog. >> really bad. >> yes. >>> coming, you -- yo

brian david mitchell says she couldn't show her face for religious reasons. the detective tried again saying can i be a member of your religion for just one day? he finally gave up and left. elizabeth smart told the jury today i was mad at myself that i didn't say anything. i felt terrible that the detective hadn't pushed harder and had just walked away. kris gutierrez is at the courthouse in salt lake city this afternoon. kri is, elizabeth smart tried to escape at least once on her own, right? >> you are exactly right. after a night of heavy drinking mitchell and his estranged wife began to argue. she remembered thinking this might be my chance to end this nightmare. she said she slowly tried to creep off into the night before she could escape she said mitchell grabbed her and trend to tie her back up and kill her shepard if she ever -- >> shepard: she talked about in court how people were looking for her. >> today it was in more detail. she said on several occasions mitchell actually brought newspapers back to that remote camp site and she would actually re

andrea mitchell, nbc news, new york. >> andrea mitchell, thank you very much. you got the royals.e got the car dash gains. i -- kardashians. >>> a u.k. newspaper reports more than 120 of its newspaper pages today devoted to the royal engagement. good for you. >>> coming up on "morning joe," a couple of weeks after the midterm elections and president obama invited republicans to the white house. a little last-minute cancelation by the gop. they say they have a scheduling conflict. some more important business to attend to, really? what's going on here? >>> and when we come back here, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch perhaps the most bizarre public service announcement in the history of the genre. bristol palin and the situation talking abstinence. uh, i'm in a timeout because apparently riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade and check my investment portfolio, research stocks, and set conditional orders. wait, why are you taking... oh

good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. and after two trips to indonesia were canceled because of emergencies elsewhere, president obama has finally arrived in jakarta today where he spent four years as a young boy. >> when you advice say the police that you spent time in as a child, as president it is a little disorienting. i feel great affection for the people here, for the sights and the sounds and the memories all feel very familiar. >> in an emotional moment at a state dinner, obama was given a gold medal honoring his late mother who lived in jakarta and married an indonesian. later, the president is hoping to keep his commitment to the speak to more than 8,000 university students, the centerpiece of advice visit, but a trip to indonesia's main mosque may not take place if volcanic ash forces air force one to take off sooner than scheduled. nbc white house correspondent savannah guthrie traveling with the president in jakarta filed this report. >> reporter: president is here in indonesia, yes spent several years as a y

his attorneys say brian david mitchell is mentally ill. on tuesday, elizabeth smart testified otherwise. she told jurors mitchell was planning another abduction. elizabeth watched him pack his bags with the same rope and knife he'd used to kidnap her. he said that he was going to try the same way he kidnapped me, she said, and that he would take her back up into the canyon. the attempt was unsuccessful, as was a later one in san diego. elizabeth calmly explained how mitchell raped her repeatedly, forced her to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana. they made several trips into salt lake city to go to a rave party, to steal from stores, and on one occasion, to visit the library. it was the closest she said she got to being rescued. a police officer asked her to remove her veil but mitchell said doctor religion forbade the officer from doing so. i was mad at myself that i didn't say anything, she said. i felt terrible that the detective hadn't pushed harder and he had just walked away. she said mitchell said it was a sign they needed to go to sa

mitchell's lawyers say he suffers from mental illness. if convicted he faces life in prison. >>> in connecticut, the man convicted in a brutal and deadly home invasion has been sentenced to death. after the jury came to its verdict, the husband and father of the victims said it's not about revenge. it's about justice. manuel gallegus reports. >> reporter: it was a unanimous decision. jurors condemned killer steven hayes to death for a brutal home invasion in suburban connecticut. jennifer hawke-petit was raped and strangled. her 11-year-old daughter michaela was also sexually assaulted before she and her older sister were doused with gasoline and left to die. doctor william petit survived the attack. >> i was glad for the girls that there was justice, because i think it's -- i think it's a just verdict. but mostly, mostly i was sad for the loss that we have all suffered. >> reporter: authorities say hayes and co-defendant joshua komisarjevsky broke into the home, beat dr. william petit unconscious with a baseball bat, and forced his wife

mitchell left. detective testified about frustrations about not looking back. >> at first i felt responsible because maybe there was something i could have done that i didn't do. i wracked my brain, you know, for a long period of time thinking what else i could have done or should have done. >> that detective says he simply couldn't have removed that veil physically because he just didn't have enough evidence, shep. >> shepard: you know, we knew yesterday that today the defense would get a chance to cross-examine elizabeth smart and we were all wondering how difficult could that be and how tough could they be on her? they weren't, were they? >> no. it only took 15 minutes. and when you think about she was testifying before the prosecution for roughly eight hours. they didn't question her validity or her story of what happened during those nine months that she was held captive. instead, they focused on mitchell's mental stability to paint a picture, shepard, of someone who was clearly insane at the t

mitchell had proclaimed she was his wife and he wanted more.estified about a plot to kidnap her cousin and another girl near san diego. both plots failed and he had an an excuse. he came back and said we weren't ready to receive another wife just yet. in california, she steeved mitchell was arrested for getting drunk and breaking into a church. she and wanda barzee were left alone at the campsite but they had no food. the last real food she had was a heel of bread with mayonnaise. barzee ate nothing. it started raining. wanda and i struck up a tarp to catch the rain water so we who have something to drink. we also bathed in the rainwater. we would lie all day in the tent. the only times we would move was to go to the bathroom and that was in a bucket five feet from the door. the prosecutor asked her at that time, were you in any condition to leave the camp physically? no, smart replied. >> that is fox's ben winslow reporting. >> we'll get a check on weather and traffic coming up next. awe big honor for one well known comedian. tina fey talks ab

brian david mitchell is not in the courtroom right now. daily basis once the proceedings begin he begins to sing and he is it taken to a room and watches the video. he stops sing when no one is watching. inside of the courtroom is elizabeth smart and when brian mitchell started singing they got up and walked out. >> wow what a horrible mess in denver. >> a day after german officials stepped up security. there is an alert from a foreign country that something was about to happen. they sent out police officers . just a day later, screeners in africa have indeed found a suspicious suitcase apparently bound for germ any. german officials say the suitcase contains batteries and wires and a fuse. but no explosives. they are testing potentially. it was supposed to be put in a air berlin flight. the plane departed safely. one of two package bombs went through an airport in germany. they discovered printer toner packages packed with explosives. johnathon this appears to be to the investigators and those on looking here what may be a dry run rather

the first challenge that mitchell's defense lawyer, dwight mori row, is of summerall sitting on mitchell's court marshall board as a member of the board, so summerall gets kicked off the board. six weeks later he's a witness for the prosecution, so there was some small measure of satisfaction to summerall in that regard. summerall had a very interesting career and in a time of transition for the u.s. army, and i think the evolution of both the army and the individual coincided during this period, and i think his memoir is interesting to read for that to get a sense of that evolution if for no other reason, but i also think in terms of his accomplishments and what he did when he was in the army and what he accomplished after the army, making an important figure in history of the u.s. army certainly during the first 40 years of the 20th century. i would argue that summerall is perhaps among the five or six most significant army officers who served during this period. i think the others i put in that category and we can argue about that would be general persing, leonard wood, chief of staff f

mitchell told the officer that her face was hidden for religious reasons and the officer left. mitchell is on trial for kidnapping smart in 2002. >>> still ahead on the news edge, a special honor for a special actress. >> she is a huge fan of the great outdoors and you may associate her more with hollywood. i'm beth parker. coming up, i'll tell you with about the senior citizens celebrity who is america's newest performance ranger. >> not a hoax. that is the voice of kanye west and surprised passengers on a flight when he came over the loudspeaker and started repping. ananiges >> actress betty white came to washington. she received a special honor telling our beth parker there was always something missing in her life until today. >> i can't tell you what this day means to me. >> reporter: this golden girl, who has lived 88 years, won seven emmies and delighted audiences half of her age was still clinging to a childhood dream. >> today, the forest service is proud to proclaim betty white as an honorary forest ranger. >> reporter: the position comes complete with a ranger's hat.

smart said mitchell tried unsuccessfully to kidnap her cousin and make her his next bride.ense attorneys says mitchell is insane. >>> it's going to be a slow ride in san diego for the nearly 4500 passengers and crew of a cruise ship that lost power following an engine room fire. there he's no air conditioning or hot water and guests have been living on things like canned crab and spam. the carnival splendor drifted off mexico's pacific coast before a mexican tugboat started to pull the vessel towards port. >>> in orlando, tv photographer makes the news after being attacked on the job. the crew was covering a memorial service for a 15-year-old killed in a hit-and-run crash. witnesses say a reporter interviewed a family member without permission and a fight broke out. several mourners approach the photographer from a different tv station and shoved him to the ground and punched him in the face and another tv station that was not attacked caught the whole incident. you are watching it on tape. the photographer was not seriously hurt, but several people were arrested. >>> there

ironically, couple of years later when mitchell is brought before a court-martial board, summerall is one of the officer sitting on the cou-m

in court to mitchell was removed for singing. she is back on the stand tomorrow. >> shepard: alicia acuna u thank you. now to the foreclosure crisis and when other banks were halting foreclosures, citigroup continued when other major lenders looked into reports that their workers kicked tens of thousands of people out of their homes without properly checking their paperwork. citigroup defended its procedures. tonight, we have a new story as citigroup reports it's now reviewing 14,000 cases for potential errors. peter barnes from the fox business network with us now. this news came out of a hearing today for which lawmakers for the second time this week got a chance to question bank executives. >> that's right, shep. members of the house financial services committee jumping all over the banks but really jumping all over the regulators today saying they did not catch this problem before it hit the national news. and have not policed it very hard since. >> you can't show us that in this length of time you have done anything to bring

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