(natalie) okay, thanks. i'll talk to you later. bye! ugh! natalie! oh, god. natalie, listen. ugh! are you okay? i'm fine, honey. how was the date? oh, it was great, sweetheart. sweetheart, sweetheart. i need you to do me something. i need you to go upstairs and fill the bathtub with listerine. go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! natalie, listen to this. i gotta tell you something. we've been duped! i've been duped! are you ready for this? okay, you're not gonna believe this. he's not a leper. he's a leper! oh, god. [whimpering] sears last minute gift sale is on now! get our lowest price ever on this samsung 46-inch 3d tv, just $999.99. all craftsman mechanics tool sets are up to 50% off. plus, earn $100 back in rewards points with all fine jewelry. sears [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's surf & turf. 3 grilled combinations all under $20. like maine lobster with peppercorn sirloin, or new bacon-wrapped shrimp with blue cheese sirloin for $14.99. offer ends soon. i'm john mazany and i sea food differently. let's do it, let's go to vegas. vegas baby! maybe we should head ba

natalie? >> right. any time you see a sold sign on a for sale sign in front of someone's home, you did a little cheer. yeah, something is happening. >> you hope someone's going to buy it. >> alison kosik for us at the new york stock exchange. >>> a tragic day for a texas family. two children saw their mother and sisters shot to death before their very eyes while riding a bus in veracruz mexico. we'll look where traveling is safe and not safe throughout the country. [ mujahid ] there was a little bit of trepidation, not quite knowing what the next phase was going to be, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪ >>> three members of the tex texasfamily visiting relatives in mexico for christmas were shot and killed on a bus. two children who saw it happened to

natalie is standing by with all the headlines. hi, natalie. >>> good morning, everyone. the white house bid of one-time front-runner herman cain is now in the hands of his wife. the gop presidential hopeful has come under fire following a georgia woman's allegation that she engaged in a 13-year extra marital affair with cain while the republican candidate now says he has not seen his wife since the charge surfaced and says the accusation has taken an emotional toll on her. cain says he'll decide whether or not to abandon his run for office within days but only after he meets with his wife tomorrow. wild santa ana winds are slamming southern california today with gusts of up to 80 miles per hour possible in some areas today and tomorrow. more than 200,000 people are without power there today and firefighters battled the blaze near the college campus sparked by the winds. wednesday night's scattered power outages left los angeles international airport in the dark for about an hour causing flight diversions and delays. penn state's new president is promising to raise ethics

natalie? >> or i can always send craig melvin to finish the last-minute shopping that i should be doing. craig, thanks so much. >> reporter: i can grab something for you. >> thank you, craig, i appreciate it. >>> let's get a check of the morning's other top stories. for that, tamron hall is at the news desk, in for me. good morning. >> good morning. the same rough weather affecting holiday travel is disrupting fires in other ways. high winds flamed this fire in st. elmo's square in los angeles. it took half of the city's on duty firefighters several hours to bring the fire under control. santa ana winds toppled trees and jack-knifed and overturned trucks. no reports of serious injuries. >>> officials in minnesota are warning it's still too early for ice fishing. thursday rescuers safely plucked more than 20 anglers from a sheet of ice that broke away from the edge of the lake the night before. the ice floe drifted a half mile into open water. >>> former presidential candidate john edwards is a

please, natalie, don't go away. stay--stay right there. i need you. i need you. natalie? which one?'re gonna have a heart attack. no, no. i'm fine. i'm okay. just, uh--just, uh-- keep going, ask me another one. uh, okay, uh, what's a forward line? ah, in professional hockey. the forward line consists of the right wing and the left wing. and the center. this year the sharks have had a outstanding forward line. outstanding. let's--let's say their names. okay, joe thornton. uh--uh--uh-- oh, kaspar--no! mr. monk, why don't you just be honest? tell him it's your first game. no, no, no. i tried that honesty thing. it was a total disaster. [classical music plays] no, no, no, no, julie. no, no, no, not classical. put on something cool. you know, the rock and the roll. you don't have any rock and roll. well, not--not classical. anything but classical. mr. monk, he's just a guy. he can't be the first friend you've ever had. oh. what are you doing? i'm cleaning. no, i don't want it too clean! he'll think i'm some kind of a freak. i left five crumbs out. yeah, i only see one, two, three--four.

the whole world who loved natalie. it was never enough. in a sad way, i have to admit that it is that way with me. that i still feel lonely, that night, and even if i and then somebody's arms. if you don't connect in that way, the magic of the birth canal, you spend the rest of your life -- there is a place like natalie, like so many others i have known. we sort of hook up with each other. if anybody is like me, i will find them. and you spend the rest of your life trying to get that woman that is supposed to love you to take you to her breasts and say, i am glad you are here. welcome to the world. tavis: i am curious about this. how do you create a life that you build, that you advance in life, when from the very beginning, you don't feel wanted. from the very beginning, you don't feel loved. >> the indomitable spirit that god gives you. i believe your soul is separate from your mother. i believe your solis separate from everything. i believe that nobody can kill your sole exception you. and that what some people have called incredible lu

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natalie? >> or i can always send craig melvin to finish the last-minute shopping that i should be doing. craig, thanks so much. >> reporter: i can grab something for you. >> thank you, craig, i appreciate it. >>> let's get a check of the morning's other top stories. for that, tamron hall is at the news desk, in for me. good morning. >> good morning. the same rough weather affecting holiday travel is disrupting fires in other ways. high winds flamed this fire in st. elmo's square in los angeles. it took half of the city's on duty firefighters several hours to bring the fire under control. santa ana winds toppled trees and jack-knifed and overturned trucks. no reports of serious injuries. >>> officials in minnesota are warning it's still too early for ice fishing. thursday rescuers safely plucked more than 20 anglers from a sheet of ice that broke away from the edge of the lake the night before. the ice floe drifted a half mile into open water. >>> former presidential candidate john edwards is a

. >>> the "cnn newsroom" continues now with natalie allen. >> thanks, drew. >>> i'm natalie allen in today for randi kaye. it's 1:00. >>> newt gingrich's campaign for president is standing by its claim that it was gingrich's first wife jackie who requested the couple's divorce back in 1980. so what? well, for decades gingrich has been hounded by this story of having served his wife with divorce papers while she was on a sick bed with cancer. lately, the couple's daughter has been denying that story forcefully. but cnn obtained the actual papers from the carroll county courthouse here in georgia. they show newt did the filing claiming the marriage was irretrievably broken. jackie gingrich opposed the petition. we will get much more on this in our next segment, moments from now. >>> overseas a large delegation from the arab league is due in syria today. it is supposed to observe, and therefore, discourage the government's brutal crackdown on its own people. a crackdown that seems to be in full force despite a promise to the arab league just last week. this is amateur video reportedly f

i'm natalie allen.wsroom continues now." >>> let's catch you up with everything making news this hour. rapid four. four days to go until iowa republicans hit caucus meetings. mitt romney is still ahead in the polls there. this hour he's getting a boost from fellow governor chris christie of new jersey on the campaign trail with romney's wife, ann. we'll monitor the live campaign events over the next couple of hours. also watch them on cnn.com/live. >>> and massive day of protests turns deadly in syria. hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators jammed the streets of homes and other cities across the country as part of what the opposition called the call to freedom square. anti-government groups say 32 protesters have been killed. witnesses say this video that you're looking at right now shows a man who had his legs blown off being carried by friends in a damascus suburb. the crackdown by president bashar al assad continues despite protests. the monitors in syria to the pledge to end the violen

natalie's here with the latest on this story. hey, natalie. >> good morning, ann.s been a little over a week after that accident and it is still touch-and-go for the 23-year-old model, but new details are emerging that suggest lauren scruggs is well on the road to recovery. >> wanted to let you know that we are starting a pumpkin carving contest on "lolo" magazine. >> reporter: just ten days after the propeller accident that left her critically injured, aspiring model and fashionista lauren scruggs is showing remarkable signs of recovery. on monday, her family posted a new blog entry online with hopeful news, saying "praise the lord, lauren's pain is much more manageable today!" "she has been eating some of her favorite foods today, sweet potatoes and hard boiled eggs!" and probably the most encouraging news yet, her deeply religious parents write, "lauren was able to walk on her own today, such a miracle!" >> i am lauren scruggs with "lolo" mag. >> reporter: the 23-year-old fashion blogger has a passion for flying. a week ago saturday, she flew over dallas in a si

natalie's at the news desk. hi, natalie. >> good morning once again.d morning, everyone. >>> we begin with the breaking news they just mentioned. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky waiving his right to a preliminary hearing. it now clears the way for him to go to trial on charges of him sexually abusing young boys. sandusky spoke briefly outside of the courthouse after the decision. >> to stay the course to fight. we await the opportunity to present our side, and we couldn't do that today. >> for more on this story, i want to turn to nbc's national investigative correspondent michael isikoff, who was in the courtroom. michael, this is a surprise decision, wasn't it? >> reporter: quite a surprise, natalie. you know, as recently as last night, joe amendola, sandusky's defense lawyer, was assuring reporters he was going to go ahead with this hearing. he had been giving every indication in recent days he was preparing for his defense, preparing to question these witnesses who were going to testify, try and poke holes in their story,

this is adrian monk and natalie teeger. they're with the cops. cops? looking into what happened to stork. what's the big mystery? he's been chasing that dragon for years. i tried to help him. when did you try to help him? see, now that he's dead, everyone was his best friend. where were you when he was sinking? where were you? ♪ peggy's gone to memphis ♪ to find another home ♪ i signed that piece of paper ♪ and daddy's all alone ♪ that's a nice song. well, thank you. it comes out next week, you should buy a copy. in fact, buy two. i got my eyes on this new beach house. you are kris kedder, the famous rock and roll song singer? [laughter] i guess i am. right, uh, this... this was found at the scene. these are from a 12-string guitar. you're the only musician that has one. i am. what are you saying, stork was strangled? i'm not saying anything, just asking questions. that's all. chill, you know, out. hey, man, anybody coulda taken it. i don't lock my case. [guitar] y-you're out of tune. do you play, mr. monk? a little bit, clarinet. [laughter] whoa. clar

jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, natalie. the message from dottie sandusky is one that frankly we haven't heard from anyone other than his attorneys in the last couple of months. strong defense as you talk about for the former penn state assistant football coach who now faces at least auto charges in the sexual assault case. jerry sandusky, back at home where you will say stay. >> jerry, anything you would like to say? >> reporter: ordered by a judge to home confinement. an electronic monitor strapped to his ankle to make sure he doesn't stray. another condition of his release, the full $250,000 bail payment. court records showing the sanduskys posted $200,000 of that in real estate holdings. the other $50,000 secured with a certified check. while sandusky remains silent, for the first time we're hearing from his wife, dottie, who lashed out at his accusers in a statement thursday saying, quote, would have been shocked and dismayed by the allegations made against jerry. she strident lly denies testimo from one of the statemen

natalie also likes the saucer that keeps food from flying to the ground. both items collapse way down, natalie says that's the key. >> hope we have something that compacts to something very small it's perfect. >> that was preston. something else that helps, fun things to keep them busy. wipable word boards, fun stuff, creative compact options are out there. >>> and watch the roads, weather you are headed out or home all the time on the website, with the abc 2news app. we have live traffic cameras all over the state and the latest list on the website,. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. check of the radar, we had that brief little what appeared to be a light flurry. i think this may have been verga. more on the radar picture and the second, 40 degrees at pwi. temperatures cooling off. not particularly frigid yet. west winds at six. visibilities at ten miles right now. i wanted to show -- a few shots to just show you there was some sun to be had out there earlier today. blue

brian, good morning. >> good morning, natalie. say people at home have three kids to get out the door in an average day? what if i had to tell them they had to deal with six today. that's basically the story with fedex. that 17 million package is twice the average daily volume and a lot of that has to do with the fact that the holiday shopping season is off to a very strong start. internet retailers call it green monday. that's because according to analysts, the second monday in december has become as big for online holiday shoppers as the monday after thanksgiving. >> we might see the strongest day ever this week even surpassing what we saw on cyber monday a couple of weeks ago. >> reporter: as much as $1 billion could be spent online today, spurred by low prices and free shipping offered by many retailers. shipping companies like fedex and pups have hired thousands of people and ramped up operations in order to handle the christmas rush. >> this is all amazon. hundreds of thousands of amazon packages every day. >> come right thr

oh, boy. >> natalie has got a check of the headlines.k you, matt. good morning, everyone, once again. after one of the most negative weeks on the campaign the republican presidential candidates kept things civil last night abefore the iowa caucuses. newt gingrich and mitt romney directed their attacks at president obama instead. >>> president obama is standing by his decision to hand an award to dakota myer. it was reported he probably deserved the medal but portions of the citations were untrue, unsubstantiated or exaggerated. >>> major league baseball's home run king barry bonds faced up to 21 months in prison, he was convictcon convicted of obstructing justice for purposely misleading a jury of an investigation into steroid abuse. >>> a quick roundup of what has you talking online, christopher hitchens is a top search on google and a twitter trending topic as well as literary greats and celebrities alike, quote him and mourn his passing. he died thursday after a long bat well cancer. salman rushdie tweeted "good-bye, my beloved friend

michael, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. than ever here, why didn't anybody at penn state act to stop accused child molester jerry sandusky? as students celebrated graduation from penn state over the weekend, key players in the school's sex abuse scandal gear up to go to trial. on friday, penn state assistant coach and star witness mike mcqueary took the stand and graphically described seeing a naked jerry sandusky engaged in what he called extreme sexual activity with a young boy. it was march 2002 when mcqueary, then a graduate assistant, went to the penn state locker room near the shower area. "the boy was up against the wall, jerry was directly behind him in a very, very close position. i believe jerry was sexually molesting him." mcqueary's testimony is key to the case against two former penn state officials, athletic director tim kucurley and senio vice president gary schultz, both failing to report it to authorities. >> i think it's a sad, sad, sad day when you think about all of these victims, and you just got your f

natalie joins us once again to explain. hey, natalie. >> hey, ann.ven leaving your things behind to pursue your passion. most never make the leap, assuming life off the grid is impossible. or is it? ♪ this quaint, maine cottage looks like it's straight from the pages of a "martha stewart" magazine, artfully decorated, treasured pieces. but if martha only knew the source of the designer's inspiration? >> my ultimate shopping spot is the dump. >> we could use this. >> nothing back there. >> yeah, those will work. >> yeah. >> yep. >> this would be good for the kind ling. >> fun to say i got that at the dump and that's from the dump and that's from the dump. >> could be something for the garden, maybe? >> 75 to 85% is actually found. found. >> we could be going down the road, doing of 65 miles per hour. before i could stop the truck, she could see out of the conner of her eye. i install it, beautiful. >> reporter: stay-at-home mother jennifer and her partner artist michael earn only $20,000 a year. technically, they're hovering just above the poverty lin

as for human rights ask stephanie flores and natalie holloway. >> exactly.f geraldo this weekend. tune into fox news 10:00 p.m. eastern time this sunday. will be a fascinating show. >> thanks. jenna: she vanished two weeks ago after appearing on a episode of "the people's court". michelle parker is 33 years old. she has two children. her former fiance is the prime suspect. we're looking past details about his past. we have parker's family to find out what they think happened to michelle in a few moments. ♪ ♪ ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ nothing melts away the cold like a hot, delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup from campbell's. ♪ let it snow, let it snow [ male announcer ] time is running out. a new medicare plan? you only have until wednesday, december 7th to enroll. don't wait another day, call now to find out how unitedhealthcare medicare solutions may have the coverage you're looking for. i'm looking for help paying for my prescriptions. [ male announcer ] that's a part d prescription drug plan. tell us about your prescriptions and we can help you

natalie?> hopefully getting this report out there will get people's attention. thank you. >>> there was a dramatic ending to a police chase near los angeles overnight. officers had their guns drawn when the suspect refused to hand over a young girl in the car with them. the child's mother had called to say her daughter was taken after a domestic dispute. police eventually swarmed the man and rescued the child. >>> at&t has scrapped its $39 billion bid to buy t-mobile usa which would have made it the nation's largest cell phone service provider. the company could not overcome anti-trust opposition by the obama administration. >>> and it was lights out in san francisco during last night's nfl game at candlestick park. the power failed not once but twice during the nationally televised game. the 49ers eventually beat the steelers while utility officials tried to figure out what went wrong. pretty unbelievable. people using their cell phones to light up the stadium. 7:18. let's turn back over to a

natalie? rye. you slice it up and roll it into these cylinders. we have our canola oil, 350, 375 degrees. as you can see, they cook up so quickly, probably like two or three minutes. we drain and then we move on here. here's our dough. our honey and we mix it on top. and we add walnuts. >> you know what, we were saying that's inspired by you, kathie [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. >>> good morning. 9:57, i am barbara harrison. it's tuesday, december 20th. it has been a slow morning commute out there for a lot of folks. let's go straight to danella sealock. >> a crash taking away your lanes on nebraska avenue at ward circle. northbound, you are being diverted on to new mexico avenue, and just be aware it looks like a driver hit a tree. and 395 at duke, you h

now, natalie, what do you do for the company? what's your job? >> i have been fortunate enough--i worked in the company a little bit before i had my child, my son. and then i got to come back and be a spokesperson-- >> oh, good. ok. >> and share delicious recipes and do a little bit of online things for them. so... >> that's great. 'cause i think people think of dried fruit, and they think of maybe, oh, just trail mix or snacking. but i mean, look at all this stuff we have here. this is amazing. >> exactly. and i think that's what we really want to communicate to our customers-- that dried fruit is so much more than snacking. >> yeah. >> you have--obviously, you have all of the baked goods, delicious baked goods. we've got-- >> those look great. >> orange cranberry poppy seed muffins and granola bars. but not only that--you can do main dishes. >> oh, yeah. >> so, you can do a pork loin roact, like we do for our holidays as a family. >> oh, that's nice. >> it's a family tradition now, which we love. we do a plum-stuffed ravioli with ricotta cheese

and still to come, more from natalie cole when the spirit of christmas continues. can we rock this christmas? ♪ yes, we can ♪ can we rock this christmas? ♪ yes, we can ♪ can we rock this christmas? ♪ yes, we can ♪ jolly old st. nick, and he's on the way ♪ ♪ drop gifts, eat cookies, then it's back to the sleigh ♪ ♪ comin' your way in the middle of the night ♪ ♪ when you're sleepin' christmas eve ♪ ♪ when you're tucked in bed tight ♪ ♪ naughty or nice, christmas rockin' ♪ ♪ fillin' up your stockin' with multiple gamin' options ♪ ♪ see them toys stacked up, then you just scream ♪ ♪ all i want for christmas is the girl of my dreams ♪ ♪ christmas lights light up the tree ♪ ♪ with a star on top and gifts underneath ♪ ♪ hands down, the best time of the year ♪ ♪ so bring the holiday cheer right over here ♪ ♪ the whole family's chit chatting ♪ ♪ talkin' over dinner ♪ reminiscing kwanzaa stories of our last winter ♪ ♪ and i must say, it doesn't get better ♪ ♪ in my holiday sweater, ha, now that's better ♪ ♪ can we rock this christmas? ♪ yes, we can ♪ can we rock this christm

the natalie wood death investigation was reopened. >>> plus brad versus george angelina versus stacy. head to head on the red carpet this awards season. and who was snubbed at the s.a.g. awards nomination. >>> behind tim tebow's rise to fame. >> tim tebow is the story by far in nfl this year. >> is he sing snl "e.t." tackles the all-american football hero's

(aplausos). ♪. >> nataly, bienvenida, gracias por estar con nosotros.que cuando ya nosotros estábamos juntos él me estaba dejando por ella ¿me entiende? entonces cuando se... yo no sabía que yo estaba embarazada si estábamos juntos casi un año y nunca me embaracé, ¿me entiende? y ya al mes por eso yo me embaracé. yo lo llamé... ey, yo se lo dije, desde que yo sabía que yo estaba embarazada yo se lo dije. >> aaah. >> sí, no sé de qué historia tú estás hablando, mija. >> o sea que fue él que no se lo dijo a usted. >> estás confundida. >> no, no, yo no estoy confundida, yo sé muy bien claro lo que yo estoy hablando, la confundida eres tú que eres muy atrevida en estar haciendo lo que estás haciendo, porque tú lo que haces... >> ¿qué estoy haciendo? >> tú lo que tienes es celo porque tú no quieres que yo esté con él.. >> ¡pero qué celo! ¡pero qué celo! >> tú no quieres que yo esté con él, eso es lo que tú quieres, estás usando a tu hijo para eso, eso es lo que tú quieres. >> tú te quieres acercar a mi hijo ¿por qué? >> pero ven acá, a ver ¿por qué tú le das

let's go back outside to ann and carl. >> thanks, natalie. 11 and mitchell is turning 18 today. happy birthday to them. we have got maria with the weather. >> good morning, ann. we have a couple honeymooners over here. where are you from? >> texas. >> welcome. and you guys got married on saturday, so so far, so good? >> awesome. >> all right. the weather goes, let's head to alabama. our pick city is huntsville, showers and thunderstorms. 64 degrees. and we have showers and thunderstorms expected across the southeast. panhandle of florida, we'll have to watch carefully. but rain spreading up into the northeast, fog in places like chicago could really slow your travel down, and then our developing winter storm through the rockies, we could see several areas picking up more than a foot. denver, on the area of 6 to 9 inches. >> good morning. today feels more like spring than the end of fall. very mild temperatures. 59th for the hike in baltimore. >>> ann, i'll send it back over to you. >> all right. and is by the way, maria, we've got the cutest

natalie, good morning. >> good morning, ann. good morning, david. more on that newly released video. it showed robert levinson who was taken hottage in iraq more than a year ago. the video raises more questions than answers, transforming what had long been a mysterious disappearance into a strange hostage standoff where the canters are unknown and clues in the photos and the video indicate that levin son may now be held in pakistan and even afghanistan. u.s. officials say they don't know exactly who is holding levinson and that they received a list of prisoners to free in exchange for him, but none of the names on the list match any currently held prisoners. >>> investigators are trying to determine why a man shot and killed a virginia tech campus police officer thursday setting off a chain of events at a university already familiar with deadly gun violence. chief justice correspondent pete williams is in blacksburg, virginia, with more. pete, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, police are still trying to figure out why the shooting that so alarmed

natalie?g. >> this is that week, the final stretch where a lot of people are so overstressed and just dealing with it all, and this is where mistakes can be made. >> absolutely. >> you can end up spending more than you're bargaining for. >> 10% of people haven't even started shopping and at least 40% are not done yet so people are in the stores. >> i'm in the 40%. >> i'm in there, too. there are a few people i haven't gotten for and i need to. >> although time is of the essence here, you say really important to do your homework a bit first still, do some comparison shopping, it's worth it. >> absolutely, so you want to go online, you want to shop around for prices, you want to go to retailmenot, sites like that and see if you can get additional money off with a coupon. as we get closer and closer to the holiday you want to go offline. it will get more expensive to ship things from most places and you're not going to know they're necessarily going to get there. >> physically go to the departmen

natalie? >> michael isikoff in state college, pennsylvania, thank you, michael. >>> president obama and iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki meet at the white house today in an effort to promote strong diplomatic relations. all u.s. troops, as you heard, are set to leave iraq by the last day of the year marking the end of a nearly nine-year-long war. >>> an american teen is finally free this morning. 14-year-old kevin was captured five months ago while vacationing in the philippines by groups claiming to be related to al qaeda. he fled his captors and fled through the jungle. the boy has been reunited with his mother. >>> one-time dictator manuel noriega is back in panama this morning to begin serbing three 20-year sentences for murdering his political opponents while in power. he was toppled in a u.s. invasion in 1989 and has since been behind bars, first in florida, and then in france. >>> now let's head to wall street. cnbc's courtney reagan is at the new york stock exchange for us this morn

natalie wrote about her selfless daughters. disease that affects his central nervous system. we're going to meet the whole beautiful family in a minute. let's listen to natalie's amazing letter us to. >> changing diapers, wiping noses and selfless giving is something as a mother you expect to do. but not as a sister for your older brother. breanna and casey are my beautiful daughters. their older brother zach has pelizaeus-merzbacher which makes what you and i do so easily very difficult. zach's disease will eventually take his life. because of that, we decided to focus on quality of life. we formed a nonprofit foundation unlimited play, to build play grounds where our children could play side by side. it sounds simple, but every child should have the right to play. we built zachary's play ground in 2007 and just are opening our third play ground. zach receives so much attention from both his play ground because it's the most popular in the county and because he is in a little red wheelchair. people go out of their way to make

natalie, kathy, crystal. i cannot read your last name. maria taylor, walter and steve. walter, you can go first. >> thank you. how much is a doggie in the window? the one with the baggley tail? how much is that doggie in the window? i do hope i can walk that dog ok y'all. >> and i know you can walk your dog on the land, the best that you can, walk your dog you can all the doggie fans. what a city plan, to walk the dogs on the land. walk the dog that can the best you can. you walk the doggie. i want you to walk the doing, you can, the best that you can, walk 'em on the city land that you can. what a city plan, and land commission land. walk a doggie you can on the city land ♪ >> thank you, mr. paulson. >> that is tough to follow. i will do the best i can. >> we try to get them warmed up for everyone. >> my name is natalie. i am a dog walker and trainer. my company is called top dog ss. i want to say thank you for all of your help. your feedback as been great, and you are responsive and helpful. thank you. i think it has been an overdue net for a long time in our professi

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i could go on. >> instead we'll let natalie go on. the news desk with the headlines. >>> good morning, everyone. in a ceremony rich with tradition and full of emotion the u.s. military this morning officially ended its mission in iraq. defense secretary leon panetta told u.s. troops in baghdad that nearly nine years of sacrifice set iraq on a path to democracy. the war left at least 4,476 americans dead and 32,000 wounded and cost taxpayers $800 billion. a massive defense spending bill is expected to win senate approval today. the house passed the $662 billion measure last night but first it had to make last-minute changes to ensure president obama's ability to prosecute terror suspects in civilian courts. >>> a record 48% of public schools failed to meet the standards for yearly progress set by the federal no child left behind act. that is according to the center on education policy, a nonpartisan think tank. states used standardized reading and math tests to measure progress against federal benchmarks which are set higher each year.