nic robertson is in oman tonight. nic, she flew today to -- from iran to oman.ia say she was released on bail because of her medical condition. what kind of shape was she when she arrived? >> reporter: she seemed pretty tired, quite emotional when you listened to her speak. huge hugs and kisses with her mother and uncle on the tarmac after she got off the 2 1/2 hour flight, her mother pulled her scarf over her hair, but walking arm in arm, mother clearly relieved, she had a lot to say when she met the press here in oman saying she wanted to thank the sultan of oman and thank many other people, including the president of iran. >> i want to really offer my thanks to everyone in the world, all of the governments, all of the people that have been involved and especially particularly want to address president ahmadinejad and all of the iranian officials that -- religious leaders, and thank them for this humanitarian gesture. i'm grateful and very humbled by this moment. >> she -- there was bail posted of $500 in order to get her released. do we know how that happened

our senior international correspondent, nic robertson, is there. nic?, she looked like she had caught a little bit of sun. she seemed to be fairly relaxed when she came to me. the words were, no questions. she thanked the sultan of oman. what i found very interesting, she described her stay as unfortunately short, an impression has been created here that she would liked to have stayed longer to do more for the release of her fiancee, shane bauer, and of her friend, josh fattal. however, she said she had enjoyed the hospitality here and she would always remember the smell of the san dalwood of enjoying her first few days of freedom here and today she went to see the sultan grand mosque here. she said she looked forward to taking shane and josh to see it when they get their freedom. she also talked about how she had enjoyed walking on the beach getting the first few moments of freedom. the sense i took from her here in this brief statement is she is looking forward to going back home to the united states but at the same time she knows she is moving furthe

nic robertson joins us now. nic, this terror plot uncovered in europe. tell us what we know about this, how it unfolded and where we stand with that investigation. >> reporter: we know that an afghan german wliving in hamburg moved to the tribal border region of afghan, and pakistan, joined a camp in 2009. plans being laid there for this multiple mumbai-style attack. an attack where you have coordinated attacks on different hotels or place where is a lot of people, or soft targets, with men, ten men in the mumbai attack using automatic weapons and small explosives, hand gra natds and the like. and this plot not only coordinated around a couple of hotels in one city but planned for britain for france and planned for germany. officials say that they've interrupted this as such a stage that it had not got beyond pakistan. it was still being planned and none of these potential attackers had come back to europe. all information that this german afghan provided. ahmed sidiqi arrested in kabul in july of this year, ali. >> thanks. paul crook schank, in london.

what can you tell us, nic?l, sarah sounded very tired and emotional when she landed. she gave a very short statement to a handful of waiting journalists. very carefully crafted statement. very much in the lines of what she said before she left tehran. the place it differed most of all after thanking the iranian leadership was to say that her priority now was to get her boyfriend -- to get her fiance and her other friend out of the jail in iran. >> today is the work that my day begins. and all of my efforts starting today are going to go into helping procure the same freedom for my fiance shane bauer and for hi friend josh fattal because i can't enjoy my freedom without them. >> reporter: and right now she's resting here in oman. it's not clear what her next move will be. obviously her family, her mother and uncle were there to greet her. they're going to make sure she's in the best physical and emotional condition before they move on. she's going to want to see what she can do, perhaps, with the government, per

as nic mentioned, sarah shourd before she left made those comments.ssuing a statement earlier, obviously before they were reunited saying i hoped and prayed for this moment for 410 days and cannot wait to wrap sarah in my arms and hold her close when we are finally together again. i urgently appeal to iran not to delay granting shane and josh's families the same joy and relief that i have in knowing sarah is finally free. shane bauer, josh fattal still detained. unclear what will happen with them. >> she's out on bail which means she may have to go back for a trial? >> that is really the big question. when the state department spokesman was asked about that today, he is saying that this is an iranian matter. so was not very clear about what happens now because as you said -- >> nothing about this has been entirely clear although her mother was clear about the fact that sarah had some health issues, which is why it was really important she get health care. >> and she's made this appear before to officials in iran to let her go to be treated for this me

nic robertson is where she took the flight ohm. >> reporter: sarah shourd looked more relaxed. she appeared to have caught a little sun. she visited the mosque and found it a peaceful place. she was introduced by her uncle. her words were chosen, thanking the country's leader and the ambassador, saying her visit was unfortunately brief. >> i want to extend my gratitude to richard and his wife sandy for hosting my family and i for our brief stay. i have a deep appreciation for the doctor for bringing me from tehran. for his friendship and his engagement in my life, the life of my fiance shane bauer and our friend josh fattal. it would be a pleasure to return and it is my deepest, deepest hope i would be able to show shane and josh the grand mosque, soon. one of the most peaceful and powerful places of worship i have ever seen. i will always associate your country with the first breath of my freedom. >> very clearly, her thoughts with her fiance and friend still in jail in tehran. she's flying back to new york. it's clear, she's almost torn because she has to leave. they are play

nic robertson is in abu dhabi following all this for us. how did she look and sound before leave og man? >> reporter: she looked quite relaxed. four days ago, she was overseen smiling when she arrived greeting her mother. now she seemed more relaxed and a little more at ease. she appeared she's cut her hair a little, caught a little bit of son. she has been to the grand mosque and described it as a very peaceful place. but really what came across from her, again, in a carefully worded statement, no questions allowed to be asked by the media who were there, what came across her was somebody who was perhaps torn with leaving this big effort to get her fiance and her friend released. she said oman would always be somewhere that she associated with freedom. >> as you said, her fiance and another friend still in prison. did she talk anymore about them? >> reporter: she did. she said it would be wonderful if she could take her fiance, shane bauer, and her friend, josh, would be able to come back. she said something else that was sort of a telltal

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a nic afternoon, great start here in berkeley and san pleasa, 77.y little chang with low clouds and fog retreating to the coast by the late afternoon. 80s inland. 70s around the bay, and by the weekend, increasing clouds. and fall start shortly after that. and we haven't had much summer. >> carolyn: i'm still holding out for the warm weather to hit. mike shumann had big predictions for the 49e, all the way to playoff. >> mike: i knew you were going to say. let's not overreact. itis a long season. but the niners are not a playoff team today. it was ugly. they were on the same page coming out ofhe tunnel but coerate get in synch on the field. smth, are you kidding me? overthrows norris. you have to score in these situations on th road. inside the seattle three times inhe fir half. six points. later in the second, after an alex smi interception, the seahawks capitalize. hasselbeck to branch. easy money. third quarter, niners trying to action smith throws way behind michael crabtree. a nightmare day for smh. 26-45, 225 yards and two picks. 21-6, seattle

heavy, becoming windy as well. 75 to 78 degrees, and there's your forecast showg things will get much nicday afternoon, but the weekend is really when things settle down. temperatures in the 6 ons th0s . get those umbrellas ready, but some severe weather tomorrow. >>> the wrong winner announced in a competiti on live tv. >> awww. >> it was terrible. >> equals chili's $20 dinner for two. share one of five appetizers, like ouramous texas cheese fries. thenhoose two fresy prepared entrees from 14 chili's favorites, like our chicken crispers with new sweet & smoky sauce, our new slow-smoked honey chipotle baby back ribs, or grilled all-white meat chicken fajitas served over a bed of sizzling peppers and onions. grab a friend and get one appetizer plus two entrees with chili's $20 dinner for two. >>> talking football. what's up? >> to add even more smpice to this game, as if we needed any. the current quarterback situation with the eagles. see, mcnabb was traded because the back of kevin cobb was deemed to be ready to take over. and he did until he was injured in the season opener and replaced

tomorrow, afternoon highs low 80s on friday, saturday and sunday looking very nic for outdoor recreation, for all the college and high school games. we'll have afternoon highs on saturday in the low 80s, and for the 'skins game sunday afternoon looks like it wil be partly cloudy and low 80s. the next week and the latest with the tropics in ten minutes. how is the traffic now? >> ptty quiet morning all in all. on th interstates to the wilson bridge, right side the inner loop, left side the outer loop, oxon hill and alexandra looking good so far. the trip in through northeast, new york avenue, smooth sailing. that is very good news. inbound toll road, inbound 66 no early concerns on the beltways. springfield up to tysons corner, pretty light volume so far. >> all right. >> 4:42 is your time now. still to come, the university of virginia wl soon restore a popular landmark to its original beauty. >> plus the fda takes a vote on a popular diet drug. the concerns that could affect your health. >> and president barack obama's democratic party could have a major setback in the november elections

and now i'm joined live by business archies nicholas fool who is at the forum hello nic thank you very much for joining us up was that where you are right now. well there's a couple sense of optimism here the sort of the economic forum it's a slightly smaller event than last year with five thousand delegates attending their representatives from companies both foreign and domestic the theme for the forum was said during prime minister putin's keynote address on the challenges of modernization and improving the impressment in climate the highlights of his message was that russia off that fertile ground for investors both big and small. but she's going to make it up as normal the russian economy is still not spoiled by the attention of investors neither foreign nor local ones the russian business climate is claimed to have problems with and sometimes these claims are justified sometimes not we know our problems really well and we will solve them the key factor for the russian government will be a measured and rather conservative macroeconomic policy and. the optimism about the prospects f

business correspondent nic full thank you very much. going on and we take a look up markets european equities are also losing that song off to asia last. purchase a foot see isn't the read ahead of job stay to add new stuff for just retail sales fell in august for first time since january p.p.a. shares are up two percent on reports china see a nucleus ten billion dollars us for us it's. ok and let's have a look at the united states here at stuart saw flights to negative because the new economic reports indicate economy continues slow growth. and finally in moscow the r.t.s. on the minus six a low of bucking the trend on the shelves of russia's biggest oil producer but also next relate to and to help with central reports the company may win an extension of tax breaks for spying put oil field. that's the business for now more than the last time. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in. which bryson. soon from phones to pressure. moves from stunts on t.v. . it's

now i'm joined live by business archie is nicholas bull who is at the forum hello nic thank you for joining us so what's the latest. well then on the form which will keep us alive it's been one of the biggest subjects but it's so much what with b.h.p. billiton holmes a hostile bid for potash coal and here in russia google colley looks set to merge will civil unions create a new national champion to find out what all the fuss is about i'm joined by. dimitri also paul who's the c.e.o. of google care which is one of the biggest producers of not just in the falsified phosphate laws in russia thank you for joining thank you so why fertilizer at the moment water is so what makes it so popular. it's very important sort of political as a sort of there's more and more crops probably you know that they released so there's a huge demand for federalizes because we need more a microbe to satisfy the needs to supply such as i think all football for the glacial period. but that doesn't quite explain the boy what i'm up is what so touched up i mean it goes for the food. over the next thirty years so how do

and now i'm joined live by business archies nicholas full who is at the forum hello nic and thank you very much for joining us so what's the latest. well done for president prime minister putin has just be addressing the delegates he is the main theme of his speech was modernization and improving the investment climate in russia it's discuss with me the speech is dimitri strait the methods and most direct. investment climate did you hear anything new in what he said today about improving russia's appeal well there are a few things that were definitely repeated you know this is part of the old world plan that the president and the prime minister have announced a few months ago about. the challenges and the plans to create an international financial center and then in russia some people are saying in moscow some people seem to resist but this is part of the overall strategy what has been not mentioned specifically belied by the prime minister which said a lot of people today with the fact that there's a greater focus on the retail investors and on the some justice part of the world over

and according to political analysts which is life nic and there are several reasons why no set here has suffered numerous staff terror attacks. bloody kavkaz was deliberately chosen as a target for a terror act north to seti has long been a target of international terrorists it's due to the fact that north or setia strongly supports russia in fighting terrorism it's an orthodox region it house russian military bases during the chechen war its people are strongly against terrorism especially after the beslan event this republic has suffered a lot from terrorist and lost a great number of children in that terror attack north of setia actively fights terrorism and as a result suffers further terror attacks. in a while islamic leaders in russia have criticised that time claiming it was deliberate at times to cause a mark someone insults to muslims were built over the arc of this act of terror is an attempt to scare the people and is aimed at the dinner gratian of islam as a religion of muslims around the world and in russia would have been waiting for the end of ramadan and these people who

and now i'm joined live by business archies nicholas bull who is at the forum hello nic thanks for joining us so. you are talking software. well as a result you're the former is about innovation how to stimulate it to make products from it and then how to make money from it there in the case of marcus off the bat would be a great deal of money to discuss these issues with me is the president of mark felt in russian nikolai previously like rejoining is the russian government sprit must be following the developments but it's not me it's with. it it's the center it's cold but for instance is that the right way to go about we believe you should be able for all you know people approaching russia because you have this intellect. but i'm told in russia it's a very good the root of the key issue a lot of bright people but right know russia is not using it and not and i think that such projects can stimulate such development but i believe that it should be all the school could be a lot of different approaches to stimulate to innovation sim russia and one of them by the way is just to improving prod

catapulted a relatively little known him go on to the world stage in the world in which we live today where nic sympathizers or sympathize with them are also being called terrorists it's no wonder that i. is being accused in this way the turkish charity first popped up on the cia's radar four years ago it's been banned in israel in germany who say it strongly linked with a mass in gaza the last thing is money all humans would call himself is a terrorist he's a father of three and says he boarded the ship for gaza for his three daughters. in a gaza the children should have a right to live freely we want this so i joined that organization if another event of this kind was organized i would go again sit up in the early ninety's to help bosnian muslims the i h h or humanitarian relief foundation has offices in one hundred twenty countries where are. the people. we will. show or solidarity for these people and it shown solidarity in pakistan ethiopia lebannon indonesia iraq china as well as with the palestinians we help hospitals schools we all impress we are puzzles for the peoples palestinian writ

nic robertson for us this morning.formation coming out about this alleged plot. we're going to speak with fran townsend about what else we know and what our capabilities really are to prevent something like this from happening again. >>> and janet napolitano will be joining us later on this morning, as well. >>> coming up, president obama firing up the base, scolding members of his own party. how is it all playing with democrats? we're going to talk with dnc chairman tim kaine just ahead. 35 minutes now after the hour. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. in 2008 i quit venture capital to follow my passion for food. i saw a gap in the market for a fresh culinary brand an

as our nic robertson reports, her journey home is somewhat bittersweet. >> reporter: sarah shourd looked a little more relaxed. she appeared to have caught a little sun. she said she had been permitted to visit the grand mosque. she was introduced by her uncle but, again, her words were carefully chosen. thanking the country's leader, thanking the u.s. ambassador. but also saying that her visit was unfortunately brief. >> i also want to extend my gratitude to the american ambassador and his wife, sandy, for hosting my family and i during our unfortunately brief stay. i have a deep appreciation for the doctor bringing me from tehran, for the honor of his friendship, and most importantly, for his continued engagement in my life, in the life of my fiance, shane bauer, and my dear friend josh fattal during the past 13 1/2 months. it would be a pleasure to return to amman and it is my deepest hope that i would be able to show shane and josh the grand mosque soon, one of the most powerful places of worship i've ever seen. i will always associate your country with the first breath of my freedom

. >> the person may seem like a nic person on the other end of the phone.if you don't know them, you have to assume that foul play could be involved. >> reporter: accoing to the sheriff, this go back to june. that's when they stay suspect john swan evanset the victim on the dating website eharmony.com. july, they say, he lured her to his house here in south riding. and health her against her will. and sexually assaulted her here. there is fear there could be more vicms. >> in a situation like this, the same as someone has been scammed them don't want the embarrassment of someone being scammedo they don't say anything. that'sow these perpetrators continuing. if anybody is fwam this person, we would lake to hear from them. >> reporter: some advice fom the sheriff. when you go to meet someone for the first time, don't do it at their place or your place. do it in a public place. it's mu safer there. i'm pat collins, news4, loudoun county. >> officials at eharmony say they have reached out to the loudoun county sheriff's office to offer help. they said we are de

. >> nic robertson, thanks so much, from oman, appreciate that. >>> afghan voters casting votes under a cloud of corruption, live from kabul after this. games with my grandchildren. great news! for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other copd medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help you breathe better. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. i had fun today, grandpa. you and me both. if copd is still making it hard to breathe, ask your doctor if including advair will help improve your lung function for better breathing. get your first full prescription free and save on refi

our senior correspondent nic robertson has learned they began about eight months ago, and at first, he said, he learned from omani ministers that there was some confusion on the white house end of things because they weren't clear and they were moving on several different tracks about how to try to release her. but then we have learned that president barack obama got directly involved, and that got things moving. there also was a direct line between oman and iran's president, ahmadinejad. so finally, when she was released, sarah spoke briefly, as we said. she didn't stray from her statement that she had prepared, but she did offer this. >> i will always associate your country with the first breath of my freedom, the sweet smell of sandalwood, and the chance to stand by the ocean listening to the waves. i think the good hospitable people of oman for your support and ask you to please, please extend your prayers to my fiance shane and my friend josh. they will soon be free. >> reporter: in arabic, her word means god willing they will be freed. as we know, freedom came with a price. $500,

matthew, heading to honduras and nic nicaragua. it is strengthening.he forecast is to kind of bring it up through this area and then next week through the gulf or the northwestern caribbean, that is open for speculation and that may very well bring the southeast u.s. into play. we'll be watching this airfully. >> all right. thanks, rob. >>> all right. checking the top stories, leaders say there will be no vote of extending middle class tax cuts before the midterm elections. the democrats and the president are against extending the tax cuts for the wealthy. they felt they would use a vote against them in the campaign. >>> state of virginia executed teresa lewis in a murder for hire case. the first woman executed in virginia in nearly a century. she was . >>> the obama administration says an immediate end to the military's policy of don't ask, don't tell may threaten combat operations. they made the response keeping gays from serving openly. >>> one of the biggest singing stars of the 1950s has died. the family of eddie fisher says he had never quite rec

nic robertson standing by now in oman. she spent 14 months in the iranian prison after allegedly wandering over the border with her group in 2009. let's talk about why she was released now. >> reporter: well, one reason certainly seems to have been a health condition. she had a lump on the breast and had a preexisting condition and the iranian government appears to have decided it is on humanitarian grounds they decided to release her after demanding $500,000 paid in bail money and now obviously she says the priority to get her fiancee and her other friend freed but that's going to be very tough because the iranians are saying the two, we still consider them spies not going to release them and charge them. so that is going to be a very big hurdle for her to overcome. she was released apparently on humanitarian grounds, kyra. >> we heard her thanking the iranian government and i think we know what happens behind the scenes here. is she afraid to say anything negative because of the other two hikers that are still there in p

our senior international correspondent nic robertson following the story and in our a abu da by bureau. was it foiled and were there any arrests? >> reporter: none that we're aware of, kyra. the reason is the would be attackers never left the tribal border region of pakistan where the plot was being hatched. ahmed asdiki was transferred to u.s. custody. he is talking a lot according to german counterterrorism officials and his information is that which is led to an increase in drone attacks inside pakistan on the sites where the jihadists have their training and also led to european counterterrorism officials becoming aware of this mumbai-style attack in britain, in france and in germany. although, britain and germany are both saying that no one was in any immediate danger and appears to be because the plotters and potential attackers were still there in that tribal border region, kyra. >> all right. so, let's -- what are u.s. officials actually saying about this now? >> reporter: well, what they're saying is that a mumbai-style attack is the sort of nightmare scenario for attacking, y

nic >>> experts say the recession is over? people who are vug ling t!!s uesday, septemmer 211t. i'm patrice harris. >>> ann i'm megan gilliland. we have a school ccosing to ass along to you this morningg the rosedale ccnter is now closed for the day with no %fternoon classes due to a power >>> and certainly not due to the weather, because it's shaping up to e a nice one ut there. heee with all the details.3is >> reporter: much like jest, -ith plenty offssnshinn. great wind and t should be a great day, the last whole day of summer. tomorrow we will get moss of the day will be summer, because summer or autumn doesn't aarive until 11:09 tomorrow night, not that anyone is counting. we are looking at temperaturesfs depending on where you are. a cool start, free degrees, wow! that has jumped down qqite a bit. 45 degrees in salisbury. these are the dew point temperatures, 44 in hagerstown. ú%ose numbees areeindicating hoo dry it is. 60 degrees in baltimore.ú d.c. the saae and 49, there's the cool spot innsalisbury. aad the outlying areas in the upper 40s, other

. >> most importantly, welcome home, it's nic to finally meet you, two weeks away. >> yes, i can't believe of weeks. melissa, very good to see you. >> and we're going to tak a look at the bridesmaids's dresses. >>> "today's" wedding is brought to you by chevy, every model is backed by 100 sthourks mile, five-year power train warranty. >> we are back with more of our series modern lo. melissa and jeremy are together again stateside, we just revealed what they will be wearing on their big day. now we'll reveal what their bride's maids will be wearing. this is very exciting because the bride's maids dressings are going to be moded by your real bride' maids. we have a lot of dresses here. the first category is called effortless romance. katelynn, come on out. katelynn is a high school friend of melissa and the little flower girl is ashley. >> she's wearing the romantic and the ruffle a the flower detail and then the flower girl, a matching lavender dress and really pretty bodice. coordinated with the bride's maid dress colors is a really fun way to go. >> very romantic and vereally, really pre

. >> berdych tuffy prime minister nic -- british deputy prime -- clegg defends his position to work with the conservatives in a coalition government. >> judge porteous is accused of decades of corruption, engaging in a kickback scheme with the louisiana law firm, and lying to federal agents during background checks for his feet on it -- his seat on the federal bench. one of the witnesses was a former district attorney in jefferson parish who worked with judge porteous. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> thank you, madam chairman. as you know i am one of the lawyers representing judge porteous. can we start by asking you to state your full name for the record? [inaudible] i will ask you to give you a little bit of your background in louisiana as an attorney. >> would you turn on your microphone at? it's still not on. can you help him? there we go. >> ok. >> can we begin by asking a little bit about your background as an attorney in louisiana. what is your background as an attorney and prosecutor? >> i graduat