two-year-old nathan smith wasn't breathing and turning blue. harris who is also a medical doctor loosened smith's jaw and allowed the boy to gasp in air. nathan's grandfather thanked harris and called the boy's recovery a miracle. harris replied wishing the boy well. >>> tonight local firefighters thanked an organization with a big check. the volunteer fire department donated $10,000 to the d.c. firefighters burn foundation. in february two firefighters were injured battling a house fire. the burn foundation helps firefighters throughout the washington area with recovery and rehab. >>> next a homeowner jumps into action after a driver makes a wrong turn and lands in his pool. >>> the new tsa airport tactic that has some flyers fuming. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure th

andy harris saved the boy along route 50 about a week ago. 2-year-old nathan smith's parents say theoy was not breathing and turning blue. harris was also a medical doctor, loosened his jaw and allowed the boy to gasp in air. he thanked harris on the facebook page and called the boy's recovery a miracle. harris replied, wishing the boy well. >> dr. harris, also a father of five. we saw this really unusual scene on the side of the road and decided he needed to come back around and see what was going on and was able to help out. >> thank goodness he did. >> sure. and apparently the little boy had a seizure. he's fine now, competely okay. >>> 4:54 is our time. coming up at 5:10, if new mcdon nod's restaurant that's missing all signature items. >>> bad news for investors who plunked down money for a piece of facebook. >>> the unusual jewelry store is offering some of the customer it is they buy that expensive diam >>> welcome back. facebook stock is falling. well, flat on its face since the initial public offering more than three months ago. it's lost $50 billion in market value. at leas

from maryland being called a hero after helping a toddler on the side of the road. 2-year-old nathan smith's they pulled the car over en route 50 a week ago when they noticed nathan was not breathing. storms closed the roads that day on harris' usual route so he happened by the smiths and pild over to help. he's a licensed medical doctor. smith's grandfather thanked the congressman on facebook and called the boy's recovery a miracle. harris replied, wishing the boy well. >>> alexandria city council man rob krupicka earned 75% of the vote to win the seat for the 45th district. republican timothy mcghee came in second and libertarian justin malkin garnered less than 4%. krupicka will replace him. 15% of active voters turned out for the election. >>> d.c. teachers will now get raises based on performance and the poverty level for their schools. a new career ladder introduced yesterday allows high performing teachers in high poverty schools to move up the pay scale faster. henderson says the goal is to stem teacher turnover and to keep the best educators in the city. there are five wrung on that

he saved him on route 50 a week ago. 2-year-old nathan smith's parents say they were forced to pull thear over when they noticed nathan was not breathing and turning blue. harris who is also a medical drr drove past the car and pulled over to help. he loosened the boy's jaw and allowed him to gasp for hair. his grandfather thanked harris on his facebook page. harris replied, wishing the boy well. >> the boy apparently had a seizure in the back in the car. he was 2 years old. the doctor in this case. >> and congressman. >> knew something was not right when he drove by, circled back, and was able to help out. >> just being at the right place at the right time makes a big difference. >> glad he's okay. >>> veronica johnson is here now to tell us about the forecast and the rain and storms. >> and storms, yeah. and over the last couple of weeks we've gotten storms scattered about. some folks pecking up the heavier storms, too. but for some, they haven't gotten much rain. so over the last 90 days believe it or not, some areas, 25 to 50% below normal rainfall. that includes western parts of d.

from maryland being called a hero after helping a toddler on the side of the road. 2-year-old nathan smith's parents say they pulled the car over along route 50 about a year ago when they noticed nathan wasn't breathing. storms closed road that day on andy harris' usual route, so he pulled over to help. he also happens to be a physician. harris replied, wishing the boy well. >>> still ahead on nbc 4 midday, why mcdonald's is saying hold the beef and the chicken. >>> plus, a new addition to the president clinton: this election to me is about which... candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper-income... people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from... the ground up, investing in innovation, education... and job training. it only works if there is a strong middle class. that's what happened when i was president. we need to keep going with his plan. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. as pa

nathan and samantha smith, also remembered today at the service.retary of state talking about the california cool of chris stevens. his laugh, smile, personality. calling it goofy but contagious. colleagues in mourning this week. >> they are indeed. i know president obama's visit to the state department meant a great deal on that morning when they learned of ambassador stevens' death. people are truly in shock. there is resolve there. they want to move forward, do the job they have set out to do. and as you heard the secretary and the president say, they will continue to do that job despite the violence we have seen across north africa, across the middle east since then. and some very powerful words about that anti-muslim movie. secretary clinton very strong words about that. >> saying we had nothing to do with it. and, in fact, jake tapper, our chief white house correspondent also with me. new calls for restraint from the new president of egypt. >> that's right. president obama has been reaching out privately to the presidents of libya, yemen, egy

he's survived by his wife, heather, and children samantha and nathan. smithan active presence in the online gaming world. both men died doing a mission for their country. stevens being the first ambassador since 1979 to be killed in the line of duty. >> this was his calling in life. he basically said this is what he was meant to do. and he was willing to take the risks. and it's so unfortunate that that risk finally overtook him. it's tragic that -- you know, i think he died living out his life's mission. >> two other americans were killed along with smith and stevens. their names have not been released pending notification of next of kin, wolf. >> a sad, sad story indeed. i assume at some point they'll let us know the names of these other two americans. >> that's at least what the plan is. i know earlier in the day they said they had to notify the next of kin. so that's what we're waiting on. so within the next few hours, nec day or so, we should hopefully hear their names as well, wolf. >> deepest condolences to all of their families. a lot of people knew t

smith in libya on a brief assignment. >> he was a father to two young children, samantha and nathan. they will grow up being proud of the service their father gave to our country. >> reporter: two others still unnamed americans died as well. diplomats who gave their lives representing the united states of america. >> all over the world, every day, america's diplomats and development experts risk their lives, because they believe that the united states must be a force for peace and progress in the world. >> joan than karl, abc news, washington. >>> now for the bigger picture we turn to christiane amanpour who reported from this region for year, one os p front loointds for years during the arab spring. what do you know about whether is al qaeda. >> clearly intelligence and security forces are looking into that. we don't know and i've been cautioned not to say it is al qaeda yet. they're still looking for exact wloi is responsible. >> and today we were struck by something secretary of state clinton said. i think a lot of americans have been saying the same thing. how could this happen?

smith, in libya on a brief assignment. >> he was a father to two young children, samantha and nathan. proud of the service their father gave to our country. >> reporter: two others still unnamed americans died as well. diplomats who gave their lives representing the united states of america. >> all over the world, every day, america's diplomats and development experts risk their lives because they believe that the united states must be a force for peace and progress in the world. >> jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> certainly seemed like a good man. president obama said the united states flag will fly at half staff until sunset september 16th. >> 52 years old described as gentle, an idealist. couple stories to relate about chris stevens. john mccain says i guarantee you one thing, chris stevens did not want for us to abandon libya. he was living in a hotel room in benghazi under the threat of death every day, mccain said. he was a brave and wonderful man. he was down to earth. they loved him. another story is that he, wrangled a ride on a greek cargo ship and sailed into the reb

also we know sean smith, the 34-year-old foreign service information management officer also lost his life. he has two young children. samantha and nathanforce veteran served a number of posts including baghdad and the hague. tyrone woods a former navy seal just 41 years old. his family refers to him as rone. they are there. multiple tours serving for this country in iraq and afghanistan. also glen doherty. the former navy seal 42 years old. according to the secretary of state he was an experienced navy seal, paramedic in. a statement his brother said that he joined the seals in 1995 because he had a desire to push himself and to use his talent to make general june change in the world. i have standing by colonel jack jacobs. i'm hoping that we can talk with the colonel about what we are witnessing here. the white house is saying that this is not the so-called dignified transfer of remains. but a ceremony nonetheless. the transfer of remains. you've seen this too many times when it's been soldiers fighting for our country. these are diplomats who were working and serving as the face of our country. around the world. >> this kind of cerem

that is because it boys to men, nathan morris, is a 49ers fan and bet rogers said of the forty-niners one and rogers would have to wear and alex smith jersey. >> i did hear about this that yesterday, someone told me about it. >> that will have to wait a while for that picture, barely rogers is not going to wear the jersey this week because the packers are preparing for a game on thursday night. morris told the website tmz that rogers will own up to the best. >> it was a joke between friends and unfortunately the great reporting of tmz blew another one. >> on sunday, the texans beat miami 30/10 in houston. j.j. what had three sacks against the rookie quarterback. he said today that he picked up the dolphins snap count from the hbo reality show " hard knocks ". he knew exactly when it would hike the football. he discovered that the hard way. and they start them early in the ukraine. at this 7 year-old set a ukrainian record by doing 4000 consecutive pushups in two hours 29 minutes. he started training at five years old and within a year was able to do 3000 consecutive pushups. i just happen to have these from the sports department. da

nathan hail and the next day they hanged him. but a u.s. spy accepted his mission 236 years ago today. and now you know the news for this monday, september the 10th, 2012. i'm shepard smith. see you back here tomorrow. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> an america in which access to birth control is controlled by people who will never use it women in america cannot trust mitt romney. >> bill: why is the democratic party embracing extremism? does president obama think that will get him votes? why? mary katharine and bernie will all weigh in. >> if you are willing to vote for me in november, we will win this election. we will finish what we started. >> bill: the new daily tracking poll shows president obama doing better. but why? karl rove and brit hume will weigh in on that speaker pelosi how are you this morning? your friend mr. o'reilly wants to know when you are going to be joining us on the show. >> bill: jesse watters running wild at the democratic convention. >> they are actually being nice to me here, can you believe that. >> i'm not sure the democrats are nice. i'm not sure they would be nice to bill. >> don't miss the latest edition of watters world.

nathan adrian and five members from this year's women's water polo team. the giants host the padres starting tonight at 7:15. you can watch that on our sister station, comcast sportsnet. >>> niners quarterback alex smith is getting some love from the san francisco giants. >> for good reason. we told you yesterday smith was nearly fined $15,000 by the nfl for wearing a giants hat to his postgame press conferences. well, giants, look at them, they're coming out in full force to let smith know, hey, they have got his back. check out sergio romo. manager bruce bochy also sported a niners cap, so the fun is continuing. >> and brian wilson tweeted this. alex, moon walk your way down market street with an sf hat and lombardi trophy and i'll take care of the fines you rack up. nice offer. the 49ers tweeted alex smith appreciates all the support. they also created a twitter hash tag, sfunite. >>> you'll see the 49ers/giants out out there. >>> it is 6:27. still ahead, a red state candidate searching for some blue state funds. the daunting path for mitt romney as he travels to the bay area on the heels of a campaign controversy. >>> plus, iphone 5 frenzy. we'll check in live on the lines of people stacking up ou

smith lived to surf. new the perils of this calling from his time in baghdad. there, far from home, he thought of heather, cement, and nathann is home. chris stevens is everything we wanted as an ambassador, as everyone has come to see. he arrived in libya on a cargo ship. how he believed in libya and its people and how they love him libya, hethey're in lay down his bike -- his life for him friends, libyan and americans, and for us all. today, chris is home. four americans, four trips. they loved this country and chose to serve it and served it well. they had a mission and gave it believed in it. they knew the danger and they accepted it. they did not simply embrace the american ideal. they lived it. they embodied in it. the courage, the hope, and the idealism, that fundamental american believe that we can lead this world a little better than before. that is who they were, and that is who we are. if we want to truly honor their memory, it is who we must always be. i know this awful loss, the terrible images of recent days, the pictures we're seeing again today, have caused someone to question this work, and there is no doub