facing them were the prison guards. >> narrator: as daylight faded, the guards began to panic. >> narrator: even prisoners crushed by falling masonry managed to crawl free. >> narrator: the escaped prisoners melted into the slums of the devastated capital. among them, gangsters who'd once controlled much of port au prince. now the earthquake gave them the chance to do so again. the world promised to help the haitians rebuild a new and better country. with the escaped gangsters still on the loose, those efforts, and the very future of haiti, hang in the balance. mario andresol, haiti's police chief. on the day of the earthquake, he narrowly escaped death as his headquarters collapsed. nine months later, a mob has stormed a police station and hacked a policeman to death. >> ( translated ): it's chaos right now. there's a state of fear, a psychosis. because the escapees are robbing banks, murdering, kidnapping, it has created a psychosis. >> narrator: backed by un forces, andresol played a key role in the bloody military onslaught that, three years ago, subdued the gangs and put many of their

>> narrator: back on base, ;3t.:vy soldiers from his compy who were also having trouble coping with the stresses of combat. over time, it became a toxic friendship. louis bressler had recently been devastated by the death of a close friend in his unit. he was suffering from chronic ptsd, and was taking anti- depressants and sleeping pills. bruce bastien, a medic, was looking for a way out of iraq. he'd asked eastridge to shoot a bullet through his arm so he could be sent home wounded. eastridge agreed to do it, but he missed. in august 2007, eastridge was caught with 463 valium pills in his room. he lost his temper and threatened to murder his lieutenant. he was court-martialed on nine counts. army doctors examined him and concluded he was suffering from chronic post-traumatic stress and homicidal thoughts. these afflictions were "battle-related." he was sent home under military escort to colorado springs, but when he got back, he escaped and went awol. >> i was like, "they're going to kick me out when i get back an

>> narrator: they figured the fire had started on the floor. they were looking for evidence that something flammable might have been poured there. >> in the kid's children's room, there... they were signs of what we thought was an accelerant poured on the floor. usually accelerants will leak through the cracks on the floor and burn underneath, and the fire burns up. >> narrator: then, at the door to the porch, investigators found what they were looking for. >> there was an unusual burn pattern on the aluminum threshold plate, which indicates that something had been introduced, poured down, leaked through. we took a sample of that, and it came back as a positive sample for charcoal lighter fluid. and i'm thinking that's the first time i called it arson. >> narrator: the official state report on the fire listed 20 indicators of arson. investigators were now convinced. >> narrator: the police called in todd willingham. >> my dad told him to go down there and give a statement, and when he went and gave a statement, he talks too much. and i don't kn

>> narrator: i didn't argue.ara is back in new york helping deborah, while waiting for some news from the bank. ( laughter ) friends and family drop by. vince-- barbara and deborah's nephew, son of their late sister-- is a medical secretary who barely gets by. >> i mean, i live in a studio apartment with basically no windows. i pay $850 a month. you know, so you can... you know, you start to do the math and it's... you know, my... my meager paycheck does not, you know, you know... so... >> narrator: vincent has always counted on deborah. >> that's why, you know, i'm lucky to have her, you know. the whole family's lucky to have her. she was always the inspiration, she was somebody that made it. so, we had someone to look up to, you know, that aspired to do a small business and actually achieved their dreams, you know. so if we had tough times, we always had someone to go to. >> narrator: deborah knows it, and she is worried. she tells us what she doesn't tell them. >> business started slowing up, for quite a while

move. >> narrator: ...on another, a new heartthrob.earby, in his bedroom, a 13- year-old boy is updating his profile on myspace.w >> my name is clay calamity. so, i just picked calamity because i thought it sounded cool. these are links to comment me, message me or add me as a friend. >> narrator: downstairs, his seven-year-old brother is getting a primer in socializing on the web on club penguin. >> he invited me. he said, "if you want to be friends." i'm his friend now. >> narrator: this is morris county, new jersey. but it could be anywhere in america. here, like in the rest of the country, some 90% of teenagers are online, a number that's still growing. >> my mom is not home. it's 3:00 in the morning, and i can be as loud as i want. so that's what we're going to do. >> narrator: for teenagers, the internet is an outlet for self expression... >> hey, guys, what's up. it's me, josh. >> narrator: ...a place to complain about adults.. >> ...my parents, aka, the parental units. yeah. >> narrator: ...and a means to connect with each othe

>> that's correct. >> narrator: the fusion center's new technology was not involved. nor were the cctv or license plate cameras. there was no sar report. >> ...free to go. >> narrator: later on this special edition of frontline... amrullah saleh was never afraid to tell president karzai what he thought. now, he tells us >> i am urging u.s., whatever can hurt taliban and their supporters in pakistan, use it. >> narrator: but first, frontline uncovers the new realities of airline safety. "flying cheaper" begins right now. >> o'brien: a year ago, we investigated a commuter crash that shed light on a sea-change in the airline industry. >> narrator: ...the buffalo crash of continental 3407, the deadliest u.s. air accident in eight years. >> o'brien: major carriers were outsourcing more and more flights to independent regionals... >> narrator: ...a major transformation in the airline industry... >> o'brien: ...raising serious questions about safety. after the broadcast, we heard from hundreds of pilots, and airline mechanics, too. >> "as an aircraft maintenance technician w

>> my name is ron whitmore. >> narrator: lynn moore was arrested again. he was taken to the county jail and charged with criminal damage. it had been three months to the day since he was released from prison. >> want to step in here for me? go ahead and have a seat. ( cell door closes ) >> interviewer: lynn, just tell me how you are. what's happened this week? >> i don't know. the devil, antichrist, bin laden, satan, saddam. first class 300 prospect. i don't know. just cigarettes, you work to perfection, you try to work to perfection. >> interviewer: when you went to the camper last week and to the house, what were you hoping to do? >> like i said, it was b laden, saddam, antichrist, devil, ronald whitmore. i hope i didn't miss none. but, uh... that place is for real. >> interviewer: do you think this could all be part of your illness though and your delusion? >> part of my delusion? no, i don't think it's no delusion. it's not no delusion. the spirits are going which way they're going and that, that's delusions. 'cause it's like pinpointing right exactly

narrator: corey is a junior in college majoring in psychology. he played basketball in high school, but as ushers has changed his vision, he now prefers a less-competitive game-- solo or one-on-one. translator: my visual field is about this big. i can see about this much in the center. over here, though, i can't see anything at all. i have some residual islands of vision where i can see a little bit back over here and here, but my best vision is right here in the center. off to the side, there's nothing here at all. even though the individual is experiencing night blindness, they still have good daytime vision, but when the peripheral field starts to close in, then that leads to the next hit--driving. narrator: driving a car is the hallmark of american adolescence, but for ryan, now in his third year of college studying computer science, that dream was shattered during a routine visit to the eye doctor. translator: well, i rembmber going into the doctor's office. i was having a visual field test where they measure how much vision is left. i went

it's not infected. >> narrator: although he's always told dr.sman that he wants everything done to s alive, he's now starting to refuse treatments, and she needs to know if he's changed his mind. >> let me ask you something. rita said that you'd been thinking a little bit about, if you ever needed a vent, what would you do or what you would want us to do. and have you thought about that more, and do you want to tell me something about that? hmm? >> if something should happen and you would have trouble breathing, do you want to be put on a respirator to help you breathe? you do? is that a yes? >> yeah. >> okay, all right. >> that's what you always did express to me, but i want to make sure that that hasn't changed. listen, i want to say something that you should think about today, but you don't have to say anything about it now. i just want to say it to you, okay? if you're tired and you don't want us to do this anymore, that's okay with me. but you got to let me know. i don't want to put you through procedures that you don't want to go through,

narrator but a new building was not a popular choice. john beck i would hate to see a bulldozer come in and tear this place down and build some more contemporary building. it just would not be correct, because i think something like this needs to be around forever. narrator betty strasenburgh, a former eastman student, was determined that the theater would not only survive, but meet the increasing demands of school and community. she was inspired by the words emblazoned across the top of the eastman theater when it was originally built: "for the enrichment of community life." betty strasenburgh and that was one of my reasons for being so active in it, because i was a part of the neighborhood and the community, and everybody uses this theater. we have graduations here. many, many of the schools in the city graduate here. we have martin luther king day here as well as all of the student concerts. there are 700 free concerts here at this eastman school a year that the public is welcome to come and enjoy. joel seligman we re-dedicate ourselv

(narrator) theodore roosevelt was a national hero.kly elected governor of new york, then selected by national republicans as the running mate for william mckinley in 1900. mckinley and roosevelt easily won election. but in 1901, tragedy struck when mckinley was felled by an assassin's bullet. theodore roosevelt, at age 42, became the youngest president in u.s. history. he promoted conservation efforts, the building of the panama canal, and was a progressive who championed a square deal for everyone. roosevelt returned to medora in 1903, stopping his train there while on a visit to yellowstone and yosemite national parks. the visit was brief, but friends from his ranching days turned out at the medora town hall for a look at a real president. this photo was taken to commemorate the historic event. those who might've poked fun at old four eyes just a few years earlier were now awed by the presence of the president of the united states of america. roosevelt was delighted, but also visibly moved by the presence of the men and the women wh

narrator: at 10:37, word came that several precincts had been counted twice. the corrected total had cut wilder's lead to just less than 6,500 votes-- under one percent of the total. and so, we kept waiting for the expected to happen-- for wilder to win easily-- and it wasn't happening. and we kept thinking, "well, maybe with another ten percent of the vote. maybe with another ten percent of the vote." i'll tell you one person, maybe the only person who wasn't all that surprised, i'm convinced, was doug wilder. all along he knew it was going to be close. he just knew. he knew. he knew because he'd lived his life in virginia. while he trusted virginia to elect him, he knew it wasn't gonna be a landslide. (cheers and applause) narrator: shortly after 11:00 p.m., wilder made his way to the ballroom. there was no word of concession from coleman, but wilder had maintained his lead of several thousand votes. male speaker: he came up to me, and asked, "this lead will hold?"e?dok because it was infinitesimal at the time. and i just looked at all the precincts, and i s

(narrator) da ching was 16 years old when he first came to america.though his father was born in the united states, he still had to go through the immigration station. (ching) but when you got off the ferry-- i call it a welcome party is waiting for us which is armed guard, uniform. but you're lonely and you're afraid of it. you're not going to be able to see your family at all. you will be all by yourself here. if you look at outside you got the high fence and barbwire is all around it and just waiting to be free from here. (male translator) when i left, my parents regretted it was so hurried. the reason i tearfully swallow my resentment is because of poverty. wishing to escape permanent poverty, i fled overseas. who caused my destiny to be so perverse that i would become imprisoned? the victim of aggression, people of our nation mourn the desperate times. i feel sorely guilty for having not yet repaid my parent's kindness. craving the cold night, the insects now make noise. not only do i sob silently but my throat tastes bitter. ♪ (narrator) gold ha

[female narrator] you can trust the nfcc, the nation's largest non-profit network of credit counseling and financial education organizations. our certified professionals will help you learn basic financial skills, and give you the tools to meet financial challenges with confidence. come learn with us at nfcc.org it's your money! get smart about it! >>> it is a shocking story. second graders having oral sex in class and stripping off their clothes. both incidents happened last week in the same second grade classroom at markham elementry in oakland. officials did not know what was going on till a student came forward. >> reporter: investigators are trying to piece together how second graders took off clothe and had oral sex while their teacher was in the class room. >> the information leads us to believe there was a lapse of superviz that allowed these acts to occur. >>> the teacher has been put on leave and has been with the district for some time. investigators removed a hard drive of a computer from the school on friday. >> the children will need support. the staff worked hard here to

>> yes, i narrate it. it's just a great story.things are happening down there and how just a little thing like this can make a big, huge difference. and there's so many people around the world that have helped in so many ways. there has been progress, but there's still a far way to go. >> jimmy: it's good that you're getting out there and telling everybody that you can help in a little way. it's fantastic that you're getting out there and telling everybody. there's a way you can donate, just flat-out. or you can buy these cool t-shirts, i should've folded these guys. >> isn't that the coolest shirt? >> jimmy: vintage tide shirt. >> oh, here's a t-shirt we can fold. we can have a folding contest. [ applause ] >> jimmy: with loads of hope on the back. 20 bones for these guys. i like this guy. we bought a couple of them backstage. but there's a couple ways to do it. it's a really cool thing. go to tide.com and check out everything that's going on. >> yeah, you can see the documentary on their facebook page and also you can buy one of

and to some extent i am the narrator and the salute, the watson and the holmes as i try to tell his story and figure out what he was after, what he was searching for to try to unravel the nature of his character and why he was garretted in mysterious circumstances. >> how do you go about researching a story like that, when you come to it, the story is called mysterious circumstances where nothing is really clear at the beginning of how things worked out. how do you map your way through mentally, physically through the research and the writing and come to your conclusions? 'cause that story ends very neatly as a sherlock holmes story might? >> in that case and in almost all the reporting case, the stories often begin with almost a clue, a tantalizing clue and i'm sure this is probably true of malcolm, too. when you hear somebody say something, in the case of the sherlock holmes, somebody had mentioned just in passing that this great scholar had been found dead he in mysterious circumstances and that in its lone -- this is very tantalizing and so at that point i begin to try to first

along with local student volunteers, she narrates in fluent thai the stories she has memorized. >> translator: i'm so happy she reads us stories. >> reporter: horiyuchi moved to bangkok in february to begin preparations for the mobile library. when she studied in thailand as a university exchange student, she learned that the children there have little access to books. books are expensive. and books for children are scarce in thailand. though visually impaired, horiyuchi had her family read books to her. she says this broadened her view of the world and it is what made her desire to help thai children experience the joys of reading. >> translator: reading books, you use your imagination to create the world depicted in the story. you can also discover different parts of the world. i want children to experience that. >> reporter: on this day horiyuchi visited a primary school in a farm village. in this poor farm village children have little access to books other than textbooks. horiyuchi showed the pupils about 200 picture books for children she had brought from japan. all the stories had been

loughner narrates it and rambles on about his dislike of the school.ee his reflection in the glass door at the bookstore. >> this is pima community college, one of the biggest scams in america. the students are so illiterate, they expect their daily lives. here's the best part of the bookstore. the bookstore, the bookstore, the bookstore! it's so illegal to sell this book under the constitution. we are also subject by our freedom of speech. >> the nearly four-minute video was posted to youtube.com september 23rd of last year. a few days later college officials discovered it and suspended loughner. the video has been released by the school because of public records requests. a warning about social net working. a sacramento man has pleasant guilty to invading the lives of countless women through their facebook.com pages. george brock targeted women online stalking them and hacking into their accounts. lisa amin gulezian has more. >> facebook.com is the place to connect with friends, look at photos, and share information. it's also prime hunting ground fo

he narrates it and rambles about his dislike it have school.ou can briefly see his reflection in a glass door at the bookstore. >> this is pima community college, one of the biggest scams in america. as soon as the illiterates, they expect that danny and i -- the bookstore is a bookstore is a bookstore. it is so illegal to sell this book under the constitution. we are also stunted by our freedom of speech. >> the nearly four-minute video was posted to youtube.com september 23rd of last year. a few days later college officials discovered it and suspended loughner. the video was released yesterday because of public records requests. the pima sheriff's office exposed a time line. he picked up pictures of himself from a walgreens at 2:19 a.m. eight hours before the shooting outside a safeway store. loughner was wearing a red g-string and posing with a pistol, the same one authorities say he used to shoot congresswoman gabrielle giffords. six others died in the shooting spree. funeral services for the federal judge took place under tight security ye

department of education narrator: smart traveis a grand tour of the old world, the people, places, sights, and distinctly european flavors. our host is travel writer and columnist rudy maxa, public radio's original savvy traveler. now tips, trips, and secret places on smart travels. maxa: forlorn and desolate... passionate and dramatic... sicily is a land of extremes. from the chaos of its capital to a lonely greek temple, the heart of sicily beats close to the surface-- vulnerable, yet somehow invincible. there's lots to discover in sicily, from the wild west coast to the more populated cities in the east. in-between there are mountains, little villages lost in time, wonderfully preserved ancient ruins, not to mention a volatile volcano. my advice for sicily is rent a car, and take your time. you'll be following in the footsteps of sicily's many conquerors. adrift in the middle of the mediterranean, sicily has attracted invaders since the dawn of time. the phoenicians, greeks, romans, arabs, normans, spanish, and the italians all have claimed sicily, all have left their mark, but none ha

. >> narrator: >>> nicole kidman admits she tried it, but says she'll never do it again.our early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, we'll bring you a story that may change your mind when it comes to taking a bite out of that fast food chicken. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. a very wet morning in areas of the pacific northwest. storm systems moving onshore. temperatures will be warmer today but a good bit of rain early. during the afternoon, dry from sacramento, san francisco, san jose, l.a., san diego, tucson and phoenix. as we go into friday, another storm. we have three days in a row with storms coming onshore here, progressive weather pattern with one storm after the other in the northwest. >>> if you're watching us on kenv channel 10 elko, nevada, glimpse of the history and heritage of american cowboy through photography. visit "cowboys" at the northeastern nevada museum. that's your pacific event of the day. dominated by horses and chaps. i like it. >>> all right. thank you. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlin

. >> narrator: "early today" sports brought to you by just for men mustache and beard.p your edge. >>> the box office winner and brand new hollywood dad. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, over much of the nation the snow shovel is all too present these days, but the winter tool can be used for much more than just hard work. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. rain, but no storm going through. we have a consistent flow of moisture coming in here, and that's going to cause clouds and showers. we're dry for midford, southward. beautiful in arizona and california. tuesday morning it's going to be dry in the pacific northwest. then a storm system will move in during the day, especially the late morning into the afternoon. we'll get another little chunk of rain here, but it shouldn't evaporate the rivers much. rivers still should continue to recede. well, if you are watching us on k-5 news in seattle, washington, learn about the changing world of women over the past 100 years. through their purses. see a collection of over 3

i think all you need to know is my narrater is 19. the object of affection is 21. max's mother is a piannist and also polish. >> i saw little of rose after she moved her 2 valises into the nurses room on valentine's day of 1939. she did not allow a gust to drive her to the louve. she did not pause to look at me when i went to the gallery wearing a new shirt. nor did she take meals to my families. sometimes this was the best. at the dinner table my parents argued. father had been unsuccessful in keeping the newspapers from others. she practiced less and less. germany is not poland said my father. there are no contacts in berlin. >> he's a crazy man when i hear him on the radio. i can barely understand the german he's speaking he's an austrian, no, but his accent is fake. the geshel speaks perfectly. he must be the envy of singers every where. my father reached across his dinner plate and laid a hand on hers. she snatched it away. you know nothing. now you have butter on your sleeve. we neither mentioned our absent guest nor the chair awaiting her except on one occas

, in some extent i'm the narrator for holmes as i try to tell his story and figure out who he was after, what he was searching for to try to unravel, and also to find out why he was in the mysterious circumstances. >> how do you go about researching a story like that? when you come to the story where nothing is really clear in how things worked out? how do you map your ways mentally and physically through the research and the writing and come to your conclusions and that story ends very neatly with sherlock's friend? >> i mean in that case, and in almost all of the reporting cases, the stories also begin with just a look, a include, a tantalizing clue. i'm sure this is true of malcolm. you hear somebody say something in the case of the sherlock holmes, somebody had mentioned just in passing that the great scholar had been found dead in mysterious circumstances. that alone was tantalizing. in that point, i try to read what this is in available literature. then there's trying like a treasure map to go from one person to another person, or one document to another document. it's trying to f

. >> narrator: "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray.t rid of some gray, never all. >>> "the king's speech" gets a big bump at the box office and a couple big bumps for its oscar hopes. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a small town with some giant feline frustrations. you're watching "early today." >>> a look at your forecast. the west will take a little cool weather compared to the rest of the country because nasty storm woes many the mesz middle of the country and east coast. beautiful. beautiful in los angeles, sunny. much cooler than last week, but at least it will be sunny. vegas, too. partly cloudy in the pacific northwest, and on tuesday more of the same. still on the cooler side just about everywhere, but at least the sunshine will be out as we head into february. >>> if you are watching us on knv on nbc 24, new collections are vibrant art at the janet turner print museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >> bill, thanks so much. the debut of the anthony hopkins' spook "the rite" earne

jared lee loughner walks the college at pipa community college narrating his dislike of the school, teachers and students. he was suspended after shooting that video. >>> in tucson one week after the shooting rampage thousands of people turned out at the pipa county fairgrounds for a gun show. flags outside flew at half- staff. gun advocates defending their right to bare arms. >> reporter: those attending the gun show here said they saw no connection to legal access to handguns and tragedy in arizona. meanwhile, many of those who are advocating more gun control are also looking at that tragedy t promote it. >> hold the trigger with this end and... >> reporter: john kellyly enjoys a sport called cowboy action shooting. he says the tucson carnage is being used by gun control advocates to try to take away his gun. >> there is a whole bunch of people that do not want anybody to own guns, do not like guns. do not think anybody should own a gun and want to take away guns from everybody regardless and they are using it as an exexcuse. >>> in the wake of arizona tragedy members of congress are talki

. >> narrator: early today health is brought to you by vagisil wash, the healthy clean. >>> now here'sw wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens after shedding two points yesterday. the s&p was down a point. the nasdaq fell 21. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo the nikkei lost 162 points, wheel in hong kong the hang seng dropped 126. there should be plenty of talk today about high level shake-ups at two top tier companies. google announced ceo eric schmidt would hand back the reigns to co-founder larry paige. schmidt was called in during google's early days to supervise then 20-something co-founder larry paige and sergei brin. shares were up following the news, which upstaged google's healthy earnings. >>> hewlett-packard is revamping its boardroom with four new directors, including former ebay ceo meg whitman. hp wants to ramp up the foreign-based presence and smooth the transition at the top after the controversial exit of former chief mark herd. >>> well, concerns that china will take steps to slow its economic expansion and commodities and material st

(female narrator) everywhere you turn, people try to tell you who to be and what to do. but what about deciding for yourself? roadtrip nation is a movement that empowers people to define their own roads in life. this past summer, teams of roadtrippers crossed the country hoping to gain insight into their lives. on the road, they met all kinds of interesting people to learn how they found their way. this is roadtrip nation. ♪ (female #2) why did i take the first shift? (aaro) since we'e arrived n california it's ben a complete whirlwind of so many different things. (female #1) the nice long hauls are nice, you know? because you can relax and enjoy what's going on around you instead of freaking out that you're going to miss your exit. (female #2) scenic view left lane. can i get to the left? (aaron) let's open our minds and our hearts. (female #2) ...and our souls and our bodies. (female #2) cactus! cacti. (aaron) this is just really incredible. ♪ (aaron) do you want me to go up a little bit, liz? no, i've got it. it'll just be slow moving, so i'm going to need some patien

narrator: it would be erroneous to say that people with ushers accept the disease, but they do manage to adapt. in fact, learning to adapt over and over and over is what is required to live with usher syndrome. and to see her now, you know, this young lady in, you know, adolescence, you know, changing and becoming so sure of herself and so bright d d so interested in so many things, it makes me feel that that's what i am supposed to do, is help kids communicate, and it was successful. you have a long road ahead of you. you have a lot of work to do, but i think that if you do the work, you'll see great results and that your child can do whatever he or she wants to do. i know she's going to have a good future because i know she's strong and brave and kind and will learn whatever she wants to learn. i know she's going to have a good future. mayor newsom: thank you all very much for taking the time to be here. i'm grateful and surprised by the number of people that actually showed up. i'm grateful for the number of people that took the time to be here to watch a number of your friends and