her rags to riches rise from momma's girl to mogul.ara spencer gets real with latifah. >>> and bad reputation. casey anthony is back. >> just strange how much things have changed. >> with a new look, new life and new hope. but as she works to rebuild her image, is there any way someone this infamous can find redemption? >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 5th, 2012. >> and good evening. we begin tonight with the number one resolution on many people's lists. losing weight. it's big business in the u.s. americans spent a staggering $62 billion last year on weight loss programs and health club memberships. tonight, a doctor who says we may be spending our money in the wrong ways. food, he says, can be as addictive as heroin. so, we put his 28-day solution to the test during the hardest time of the year, the holidays, with a mother who is desperate to lose weight. here's abc's juju chang. >> reporter: >> when i look at myself, w

i would say momma, do it again, please. i would beg her to do it again, she would say, no, go to bed, now. i grew up listening to dunbar who wrote in dialect, little brown baby. he wrote beautiful things in standard english. an angel robed in spotless white. the spirit was gone, men saw the blush and called it [inaudible]. i fell in love with that beautiful black angel. i could visualize it the way my mother would resite it. i know why the cage bird sings, it would be free. it is not a carol of joy or pray upward to heaven he fling. i know why the cage bird sings. mia angelou knew of it. i like dunbar, my grandfather used words the way he described him. good morning mr. james, how are you feeling this morning. he would say i am stepping, but not high. isn't that wonderful? okay. okay. i go play down by the creek. he would say yes, tkarlg, but be particular. that meant be careful because i love you and don't want anything to happen to you. it was coded in the be protected. he often said be careful now. that meant one thing,

>> kimberly: no, he loves his momma. it didn't have to nag.s. let's not count them. >> dana: if it happens in a relationship it can happen in an office. >> bob: it can happen around this table. you nag me. >> kimberly: bobs nags the producer. bob, you nag, you nothing john finally and you -- >> bob: i don't. eric nags me all the time. with his numbers. >> kimberly: you nag each other co.-nag. >> bob: i want to say something about greg. that was one of the wimpiest kisses to your wife i've seen. you wouldn't stand up for manhood. you had to go into a rap we don't listen. >> kimberly: he's not divorced. that's why. >> dana: for those who don't know we plugged one of greg's book yesterday "bible of unspeakable truths" but he has another book called "scoreboard." a relationship guide. give yourself points and guys can read it so they know if they're in trouble. is nagging in the book? >> greg: it's all about nagging. as a male you have to agree with everything he is says or you lose points and you'll be miserable for the rest of your life. give up

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i'm waiting for my momma. he ran.d 911 and cops found her. >> yes, yes. >> they found her? >> oh, yes! thank you, god. [crying] >> thank you, thank you. everybody, thank you. oh my god. >> cops do say, jon though that the little girl was pretty badly beaten up. back to you. >> what do we know about the accused kidnapper. >> cops say jose garcia is 29 years old and that he actually knew one of the little girl's neighbors. after taking off from that store police tracked him to a downtown bus stop. garcia has a criminal record in colorado including dui and trespassing. the fbi though is saying this little girl saved her own life. back to you. >> jon: nice to have a happy ending. alicia acuna in denver. thanks. elizabeth smart endured the unthinkable when she was 14 years old a kidnapper took her from her bedroom and held her for long nine terrifying months. she not only bounced back but just said yes to her new fiance. details next. first, the great singer etta james has died. just last month her doctor announced her leu

. >>> oprah winfrey says she is a proud momma. she in south africa for a special event.orrow will be the very first graduation for oprah winfrey's leadership academy of girls, 73 students will graduate. win free makes no apologies for spending 40 millions to give the girls a free educating. she built a full campus, including computers, science labs and a library. >> we've eliminated that word disadvantage. because disadvantage allows others to look at you like you have skin of disease and they lower your -- have some kind of disease and they lower your expectation. nobody has a disadvantaged brain, mind, spirit. >> all of the girls are headed to universities in south africa or the united states o'united states. more than a dozen have full -- scholarships. she wants to adapt her schools practices and work to help other schools in africa. >> that's amazing accomplishment. >> fantastic >> coming up, friday's perfect pet. >> mike will >>> later we hear from the mother of the two young children bitten by a staininger at a mountain view bookstore starting at 4:00. >>> time for

. >>> oprah winfrey says she is a proud momma. she in south africa for a special event.orrow will be the very first graduation for oprah winfrey's leadership academy of girls, 73 students will graduate. win free makes no apologies for spending 40 millions to give the girls a free educating. she built a full campus, including computers, science labs and a library. >> we've eliminated that word disadvantage. because disadvantage allows others to look at you like you have skin of disease and they lower your -- have some kind of disease and they lower your expectation. nobody has a disadvantaged brain, mind, spirit. >> all of the girls are headed to universities in south africa or the united states o'united states. more than a dozen have full -- scholarships. she wants to adapt her schools practices and work to help other schools in africa. >> that's amazing accomplishment. >> fantastic >> coming up, friday's perfect pet. >> mike will introduce us to this new friend.÷t÷t÷t÷t÷t÷t÷t÷t [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. fiber

i'm going to wait for my momma. i looked at the guy. he spun around and high-tailed it out of there. >> for whatever reason, in the way those kids were raised, they were taught to be a little bit self-aware. i don't think children innately have that ability. and they can simply be prepared easily enough without frightening them. their parents probably gave them a new tools in the way they were raised. >> reporter: for jessica buchanan, with close to a dozen heavily-armed men, dragging her from a car in a foreign country, the choices were much more limited. >> her first thought is, are they going to kill me? or do they want something else? >> reporter: steve danierd, was trained on what to do if that didn't work. how do you overcome that fear of actually being in a situation like that? >> obviously, very difficult to take emotion and put it to the side. but if you think of it in terms of if you don't, you're not going to survive, you go towards a much more rational way of thinking. >> reporter: rachel and powell chandler were held by som

her most enduring hits include "at last" and "tell momma". >>> a suspected drunk driver is under arrest crashing into several cars overnight. police were called just after 2:00 after a man hit three parked cars near bishop and eldridge avenue. the driver was going about 70 miles per hour. he ran from his car after crashing into the last vehicle, but witnesses gave officers a description and they are able to find him a short time later. >> it sounded like something got hit really hard. my husband got up, got out side and they were just totally smashed right here in front of our house. >> the only person injured was the suspected drunk driver. he was taken away by paramedics with injuries to his face and hands. >>> an oakland man suspected of opening fire on a san leandro loves is under arrest officers arrested 25-year-old matthew nguyen after he was spotted in pinole yesterday. he is accused of shooting an undercover san leandro police officer as officers conducted an undercover investigation. that undercover officer was not hurt. >>> some san francisco school kids are gearing up for the

. >> and accept your momma's friend request.s and applause ] >> jimmy: here's something i think you'll enjoy. we had a group of young performers on the show last night called mindless behavior. they're kids. so, a lot of kids were excited about seeing them. but apparently mindless behavior doesn't just appeal to preteens. this is a guy from our audience last night who we caught rocking. ♪ >> jimmy: rock 'n' roller. it's all about the boogie. that's what makes it -- one more thing. from time to time, we send my cousin, sal, who is -- hello, cousin sal. >> hey, jimmy. >> jimmy: we send sal and the cameras to various locations to help people who might need help. and every year around this time we send him to costco to work the merchandise return line. people get things for christmas. they want to take them back. and they can get very busy. fortunately, cousin sal was there to lend a helping hand. >> sir, i'll take you right here. >> hi. just picked this up today. and got it all hooked up. and it wouldn't connect. and i called the c

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i'm waiting for my momma. i looked at the guy. he looked at me and spun around and high-tailed it out of there. >> reporter: police caught up with garcia who was suspected of attacking another young girl. . we had a brave young lady who did things to save her own life. >> reporter: calista is now home with her family. >> she's my angel, heart and soul. >> reporter: matt gutman abc you ins miami. >> when we come back we'll report on the controversial home work math problem about slaves picking oranges and being beaten. what the teacher is saying about that assignment. and me the day i discovered novolog flexpen. flexpen is pre-filled with your mealtime insulin. dial the exact dose, inject by pushing a button. no vials, syringes or coolers to carry. flexpen is insulin delivery my way. novolog is a fast-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. do not inject if you do not plan to eat within five to ten minutes after injection to avoid low blood sugar. tell your healthcare provider about all

government which isn't directly involved in the process says it seeking separate peace talks with these mommas group in saudi arabia. thousands of people have gathered in central pakistan to demand supply routes used by nato forces in afghanistan are kept close islamic speakers at the rally called for independence from u.s. foreign policy and vowed to stage further protest if any attempt to open channels his main border checkpoint stopped supplies for nato troops in afghanistan last year following an airstrike which killed twenty four pakistani troops. well up next a recap of today's top stories after we take a look what's happening in the world of business with natasha stay with us. twenty four minutes past eight am here in moscow watching business. the russian government is insisting a local businesses should stop using offshore tax havens it argues a cash injection would help the economy develop they had of the world's largest alimony and producer tells business r.t. for the idea to work russia needs to overhaul its tax system. it's good to be very positive because it means that the russian

mommas, let your babies grow up to be coders. >> what does it mean around the world? asking you about china. where does this rank among china? >> there's only about a half dozen companies including oil companies that are worth more than the hundred billion dollars a lot of people are putting on facebook in terms of value and that's very staggering, but some debate the value of this company. now, they have 800 million users. only china, india have bigger populations than facebook and that's a fat target for advertisers, but there will be a lot of debate in coming months about exactly how much it's worth but at the end of the day it started eight years ago next month in a dorm room, four harvard dropouts. >> and the giant idea will be put to the test tomorrow. thank you, bill. >>> and changing gears, if you went outside today and did a double take thinking the warm weather made it feel more like april you're not alone. today two-thirds of the country was at least ten degrees warmer than normal. in washington, a balmy 65 degrees, chicago, 56. january 2012, now on track t

monica and so here is a recasting america's global military strategy or just more of the same braga mommas new vision for the pentagon is aimed at saving. wealthy british style sun it's time to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports . on our team tonight the arab league a longer head swelled cutoff calls for intervention in syria. could lead to the rest that says damascus announces an amnesty for political prisoners in accordance with the pace of. london ups the ante against iran pushing for a tough new oil embargo which the rams promised to counter by blocking a vital trusted route to the u.k. says it will take military action in the persian gulf if the islamic state follows through with its threat story from london in just a few moments. i'm going to approach him reveals his plans to battle.

economies of the earth and recasting america's global military strategy for just more of the same braga mommas new vision for the pentagon is aimed at saving. on. the news today violence is once again flared up the following these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada . china operations are all over the day the big. this is all she and this is the week's main news here on claims the u.s. attorney's robot was behind desination want to reign nuclear scientist in the city in an effort to block the country's atomic program adding further to mounting tension between america and ses like republic. syria's president assad releases the first political prisoners held during ten months one breast while international pressure intensifies with a view on secretary general calling for violence to end.

i'm in front of the speak easy here, loonie's over there and momma on the half shelf to my right. and you could hear the collective oh when the field goal was missed and the saddance that floated around the area that i'm sure was shared throughout the channel 11 viewing area. people are satisfied that we got this far and at least turning a negative into a positive which is what this city does best, that's the best way to look at this if we can say hey, we got to the game before the big game. >> i can guarantee you that sentiment will not be shared by the players in the locker room because their goal -- your goal isn't to get to the big game. your goal, from a professional standpoint, is to win the big game and you want to win it for your city, fur your teammates, for your coaches and i don't going on in the ravens locker room right now in new england. when a loss is this close, you analyze everything both in the game and outside the game. i say in the game, you say lee evans makes that catch with 30 seconds to go and joe flacco hits torrey smith on that big bomb and when a game's

on an abandoned class six road behind my house with my two boys one morning when there was a huge momma bear to the left in the trees, and then there was a cub, and behind us another little cub, and we were in the middle, and my boys were excited. [laughter] a little scared. that's the way i feel as we embark on this critical half decade. i feel a excited, but a little scared. i wonder if our society still has that instinct of the mother bear protecting her cubs. if you agree, don't wait for a messiah to descend from the heavens in november. we tried that in 2008. we entrusted a multibillion enterprise to a guy who never created a dime in his life, and we were surprised when it didn't work out. this time, it's up to you. ordinary citizens need to do this year and next year as they did in 2009 and 2010 and move the meter of public discourse. i quote milton friedman who says don't elect the right people to do the right things, but create the condition by where the wrong people are forced to do the right things. every time -- [applause] that deserves a cheer. there should be nothing contro

and go here and you recasting america's global military strategy for just more of the same bronco mommas new vision for the pentagon is aimed at saving. the emission free accreditation free zones for judges to freeze the rangelands the free risk free. to child free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media dog r.t. dot com. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and today u.s. markets were closed and european markets didn't freak out today after friday's rash of downgrades but the eurozone crisis has not slowed down one bit greece sends officials here to washington today for i.m.f. meetings because of fears a deadlock in the debt swap talks could lead to a disorderly default now if this is difficult for creditors to deal with greece how are they going to deal with a much larger country like italy whose debt is bigger than the whole economies of greece i.

i'm thinking momma took care of her baby. about a half hour later, nancy calls and she goes, we're here, but didn't you say the giffords have a fluffy little white dog? we go, yeah. this one is dark and scruffy. there aren't any pictures of the gifford family anywhere in this house. she goes, but we are here, we're at 17 barracuda lane. we go 19! they went to our neighbor's house, went up the stairs, took the dog. she's drinking the wine, they are outside. the dog wants to go potty. so they take the dog outside. i go it's 19. they get out and the next day, excuse me the next day i go, i've got to take wine over to my friend. i will call her annabell. i said did anything weird happen at your house? she goes, no. i said, yes, it did. so she had a big laugh about it. we are walking home and she sees this big mess on her front yard. she goes don't you hate it when people walk their dog by your house and let their dog do their business and they don't clean it after? i said, that's awful. how can people be so rude? went on the phon

you can ask my momma. i was the craziest [ bleep ] on my block as a little kid.coward. >> following his outburst washington is returned to the hole. >> hey. is it longer than an hour? is it longer than an hour? >> when our producer checked in on washington a few days later, she found him working out in his cell. >> since i last saw you, you were refusing sny. so tell me what's going on? >> they got me this the hole. they charged me with a 115. probably transfer me off to another pen. i'm reputable. i have been walking these lines for 20 years. i'm not no coward. >>> coming up on "lockup raw: the daily grind" -- >> the last time i was here me and the boyfriend lived in the same cell. we had the matching comforter and the matching jackets. >> he can't figure out why all the other inmates are complaining. >>> at the spring creek correctional center in alaska we encountered a number of inmates who assured us despite the natural beauty surrounding the prison, they felt it was hell on earth. >> okay. >> currently in the worst cell you can be in. you got a concrete slab

. ♪ >> i just want to say right now, momma, i love you.>> etta, this song is for you. it's called "at last." ♪

. ♪ >> i just want to say right now, momma, i love you.>> etta, this song is for you. it's called "at last." ♪ ♪ >> "at last," dear etta, you can rest. i'm don lemon. thanks for watching. good night. >>> tonight on "cnn presents" -- narco wars.

>> he knows the words you use like welfare mommas and so forth a feeling in the days where segregationthat and south carolina and i did not think it will pay off in the long run >> newt gingrich has taken heat for civil rights groups for saying urban kids westwood college under fire attorney general be set madigan complex some degrees are worthless. garth brooks says money back country music legend wants hospital to return half a million dollar donation. wal- mart wants products on store shelves how you can get products sold at the retail giant. tonight's medical watch and planting gps in your body to help your knees and hips work better. high-tech tools doctors are working step up efforts to help patients perform better. >> could not walk up and down stairs cannot play golf anymore something i'd love to do every daily activity >> gerry gorski a big college football injury left in pain years later. >> can become painful bone on bone but also unstable >> and need replacement offered a bonus gps called radio stereo metric analysis rsa through a tiny bead markers inside bone surrounding a

i'm sorry, momma, i didn't mean to do it. >> one suspect has turned himself in and has surrendered topolice. he will be charged with vandalism. a second suspect has been arrested and will be charged with 17 counts of criminal mischief and related charges. and because of the amount of damage, this could be a felony. their own camera wasn't the one caught in the act, they were also caught on surveillance camera. philadelphia police released this video showing the same group of vandals on that i spree of stupidity. you spray paint on somebody's car in the middle of the night and walk away? you're a loser. showing how effective these cameras can be in catching vandals, we showed awe video of a vandal caught in texas. this vandal has been caught. he is 21 javier lopez junior. he grabbed $700 in cash, two laptops were taken from the school in addition to doing $35,000 worth of damage. >>> put that juvenile behavior away and replace it with something very childish and a whole lot of fun. our number 14 video. >> we take our cars to work every day and spend a ton of money on gas. i always wish

♪ from my ex-wife i get my two kids ♪ ♪ every friday night and i work all week to do it ♪ ♪ their momma've got their love to prove it ♪ ♪ and i let it run like an open vein ♪ ♪ love the pleasure and curse the pain ♪ ♪ ooh, foolish things i've done i'm too old now to die young ♪ ♪ and i let it run like an open vein ♪ ♪ love the pleasure and curse the pain ♪ ♪ ooh, the things that i ain't done ♪

"big momma's house" and "bad santa" but people always forget it's called "bad santa."my: congratulations on your nomination for a golden globe. that has to be very exciting. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> jimmy: were you anticipating getting a nomination for the film? >> no, you can't anticipate that. but i sure as hell was up. i tell you that. i couldn't sleep. i kept waking up. finally, i got up. >> jimmy: what time do they do that? >> 5:00 a.m. is when they were supposed to do it. >> jimmy: what happened? >> my phone, i was hoping, i had gotten broadcast film critics the day before so then you, you know, when you try not to invest emotionally, you get one nomination, the others are being announced, you are like, oh, my god. at 5:00, the phone didn't ring. 5:20, i didn't. i'm like, my god, it's good i'm not watching. thank god i didn't watch. and then at 5:50 the phone rang and inmade a deal with my people. if it doesn't happen, don't call. >> jimmy: i see. so they called -- wasn't the ups call making a delivery. >> well, i've been done no get some calls that early. [

don't get between momma paul and a sale rack at mervin's, i'll tell you that.love her fish sticks. newt gingrich came in fourth with only 10% of the vote last night. but he's hanging in and taking a lot of shots at romney. he says romney's a flip-flopper on issues like immigration and health care. he says mitt has been known to sleep on one side of the pillow for a while. and flip it over and sleep on the cooler side, just because he gets hot. and he's made a habit of insinuating that mitt romney is a hypocrite. >> can we drop some of the pius baloney. >> jimmy: pius baloney. he's running with it. and he made it the center of his anti-romney ad campaign. >> newt gingrich knows baloney when he sees it. >> baloney. >> he loves baloney. he eats it every da. baloney sandwiches. baloney soup. baloney smiley faces. barbecued baloney logs. even baloney cake. but there's one kind of baloney that newt does not like. >> this, for me, politics, is not a career. >> can we drop some of the pious baloney. >> pious bologna. mitt romney, the wrong kind of bologna. >> jimmy: no

. >> it's not your momma's duck, duck goose. we use tasers.ou," fridays at 9:00, on the c.w. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: one more thing. you know, at the beginning of the year, a lot of people made new year's resolutions. and i was wondering today how long they last. we're 2 1/2 weeks into the year. and we sent a camera out on hollywood boulevard to ask people how their resolutions were holding up. and i thought we would turn it into a game. we'll see someone, and they will tell us their name and their new year's resolution. and we'll guess whether they kept it or not. our first resoluter is -- >> what's your name and where are you from? >> my name is melissa. i'm from gilbert, arizona. >> what was your new year's resolution this year? >> this year, my resolution was to cook more for my husband and shop less. >> have you kept your resolution? >> has she kept her resolution? >> no. >> no. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: did not. let's go to the next. >> what's your name? where are you from? >> i'm sara. i'm from victoria, b.c., canada. >> what was