remember redmond's name. >> you dedicate the book to him. >> yes, i do.ow he gets to see me every sunday where he is, and every sunday i'm there. >> is part of the problem, ryan, with the public perception of you that you do tend to be quite flippant and outspoken, particularly about the kids, in a way that most parents wouldn't do in public? did you ever think that maybe the best thing is to stop talking about them in public perhaps? >> well, maybe people should stop asking about them. >> you've written a book about them so it's fair to ask, right? >> well, i thought i was writing about farrah but they were around. they were there with me. >> do you think you fueled the circus a bit? >> i fueled the circus? do you think you fuel, continue to fuel the circus when you write a book with all the trials an tribulations -- >> i haven't considered all that. maybe i should. i wanted a reason to get next to farrah. i missed her. and i said these journals. and somebody gave me the idea that to start your biography when you met farrah. tell your story, your love st

oh, yeah, redmond is 27.ence. >> yeah, but it seems like they had troubles from a very early age. you write a story in this book that stopped me in my tracks. you and farrah were fighting. and a common occurrence and redmond walks into the room at 6 years old. >> yeah. >> wearing winnie the pooh pajamas and having a kitchen knife in his hand. >> and pointed it at himself. >> said if you don't stop it i'm going to stab myself. not i'm going to hurt one of you, i'm going to stab myself. this is 6 years old. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah. >> what gets a 6-year-old to that point? >> he didn't want to see this. he couldn't stand it. it stopped us, i must say. put a stop to that. and we moved the knives up higher. harder to reach. >> at the very end, when farrah was so ill, at the end of 30 years together on and off, you decided you would ask her to marry you. really -- >> oh, i asked her to marry me all the time. all the time. for 1 years i asked her to marry me. >> but at the end a plooriest w called to her bedside t

so we visited paul stickney at an open house he was holding for a million-dollar property in redmond,m grace kwong from msnbc. >> yes. >> and i wanted to talk to you about a story we're doing about the decourseys. >> yes. >> and about the fact you were financially involved with the contractor that they hired. >> i was not involved with the contractor. >> you weren't the vice president of home improvement help? >> i don't mind chatting with you guys. but can i just open the door and get my open house set up real quick? >> yeah. do you mind sitting down for an interview? they'd like to know if there was any -- if you profited at all by being vice president of the corporation of the company with richard birgh the contractor. >> no. i was not a, you know, vp. happy to explain that, but let me get set up for just a sec. >> you have a financial partnership with richard birgh, the contractor? >> i do co-own some land with dick, yes. that was something that we've done for years. >> uh-huh. >> it's something we've done for years. >> but in regards to that, it was a innocent and unfortunate, no

the boat's operator, 43-year- old gerry redmond is recovering at bay view medical center. two passengers are at shock trauma. a fourth victim, was treated and released. >> thank you. wjz is following the investigation and rescue we will update you in a live report new at 5. >>> a wet start to the workweek. you can see here folks had umbrellas out on light street in federal hill. let's take a live lookout side at this moment. still gloomy and raining, south of us alberto the first top tall storm of the season is -- tropical storm of the season is churning in atlantic. let's start with bob turk with more on the rain here. >> take a look at radar, rounds of rain, like a faucet. some areas getting decent showers, some brief, heavy downpours. as you can see scattered around the region. locally a batch of rain just moving through the western areas of the city. a batch coming in, right across the region. heading out to the game tonight, maybe some delays, downtown tonight. because it is raining in the region they may redevelop at least they will see quieter skies and drizzle. as

this 40-foot boat slammed into the pier injuring the boat's owner and operator 43-year-old jerry redmond of severn and two passengers, a fourth person on board lucky enough to walk away unharmed. rescue crews credit nearby fishermen can making the call for help. >> that good samaritan last night probably saved some lives. >> reporter: the boat was traveling fast close to the shoreline in limited visibility with no radar as it rounded a corner on patapsco river near bear creek and slammed head on into the concrete. this accident happened right at the start of safe boating week ironically. >> one of the biggest cautions is operating at a safe speed. >> reporter: captain dale plummer towed the battered boat back to shore where it now sit covered at a nearby marina. >> it was a strong impact at the speed that they hit. >> reporter: he says boaters need to be armed with life vests and information in case of an information. >> they need to give us the big four, the location, the number on their vessel, a description of the vessel and the nature of their distress they're experiencing. >> report

jerry redmond and three of his passengers. rescue crews credit near by fishermen with making the call for help. >> that good samaritan last night probably saved some lives. >>> officials say the boat was traveling fast, close to the shoreline and limited visibility with radar off as it rounded the corner it slammed head on into the concrete. ironically this accident happened right at the start of safe boating week. >> one of the biggest cautions is operating at safe speeds. >> reporter: the boat now sits covered at a near by marina. he joins coast guard officials in recommending boats be armed with vests and information. >> they should be prepared to give us the big four. that would be the location, the number of people on their vessel, a description of their vessel and then the nature of the distress that they are experiencing. >> reporter: we're told at least two of those victims in pretty serious condition at the hospital. we're told the other two have been released from the hospital. meanwhile police say they are waiting f

oh, yeah, redmond is 27.f their own existence. >> that got a lot of people talking, because they thought well, wait a minute, this father is maybe responsible for some of the troubles that his children have had. who wants to jump in here, kelly? >> i went to school with redmond. so, for him to turn around and say, "and who's the other one again"? you are a father. you have to know his name. and the thing is, you know, children are a reflection of their parents. and from my own experience i know this, i went to my own troubles. but, and my father severely blamed himself. even though i know that there's nothing that could have stopped me if i wanted to do it. nothing can. but having said that, you know, you need that support group, you need to know that the people around you love and support you, and want the best for you. >> at some point, kelly, though, don't you have to take responsibility? >> of course. >> because what you've done -- i have to step away. it's not like somebody else is going to do it. i have

. >> a computer program manager from redmond, washington, joe parr is a relative newcomer to paraglidingin january 2005, he has every reason to believe his flight will be a pleasant experience. >> paragliding is the most beautiful thing anybody can do. it is relaxing. a good paragliding flight will take you high, near the clouds, and can go for hours and for many miles. woo-hoo. unlike sky diving, there's no big thrill of you falling. you just lift gently off. >> it was a trip of a lifetime, ten days of soaring through the temperate skies of vaya de bravo, mexico. >> i had flown a couple times every day. great flights. flew high and far. mexico is a great place because there's great flying weather. >> parr and his fellow paragliders are all wearing helmets with cameras attached. >> has sharp edges but not as bad as it was yesterday. there was nothing abnormal. the weather was good. i'm at 9,000. >> but suddenly parr's flying skills are put to the test by a massive thermal blast. >> you can think of it as a wall of air going up. and the result of that is that the front end of the glider p