. >> reporter: in 2004, rhonda and jason holt found their dream home. and started a family.ut the playground in the back didn't get much use. their three children all developed mysterious illnesses before they were a year old. ana, the middle child, was the sickest. >> when she was 5 months old, she had quit breathing and when i walked in and saw her, her face was just white as a ghost, her lips were blue and her tongue was hanging out the side of her mouth. >> reporter: medical bills reached $25,000 before the holts got the answer. >> we were told by a neighbor, that "is it possible because someone cooked meth in this house?" >> reporter: ricky davis, who lived here before the holts, is now in prison for making methamphetamine. tests confirmed contamination, and the holts moved out the same day. by then, they'd been in the house nearly five years. >> the things that are in a meth lab are just horrible toxins. they're poisons. they're explosives. they're things like benzene that cause cancer and leukemia. >> reporter: the chemicals get into carpeting, air ducts, even the dry

rhonda in florida. hi, rhonda. >> caller: hi. >> what's your question? >> caller: i want to tell you, your twins are just adorable. i saw them on "larry king." >> rhonda, tonight i had the worst good-bye i've ever had in their nearly two-year existence. when i had to go to work, they were hanging on so hard, both of them, four little arms, i had to take my shirt off and leave my shirt with them. the whole crying, it's hard -- you're probably a working mom, you know what it's like. what's your question, dear? >> caller: i want to ask you, first of all, do you think the motive might have been jealousy? >> okay. let's go out to devita sullivan. a very good friend of jasmine. they worked together. she's joining us exclusively out of l.a. devita, thank you for being with us. this guy has not been named a suspect, he's a person of interest, but what was their relationship, devita? >> well, you know, i believe it was short lived. i met jasmine when we were playboy bunnies together in las vegas at the playboy club, no nudity, and she was just a light, you know.

while rhonda and jason are work it would go jobs each, they say they won't have enough money to moveo until sotimes next year. >> it's hard. you start out hopes and dreams of having this wonderful life. then what you purchase to raise cyo family in has almost killed n.n.ldld >> reporter: even after they make it safe, this house has a past that will haunt their future. linsey davis, abc news, winchester, tennessee. >> they're saying that the kids because they were exposed so young, there's also a risk they could have problems later on in life. it's interesting also to see you're hearing reports now that people who create meth since it's so easy, there turning to more mobile devices. they're making it in tractor trailers and trucks. you doesn't know where it could be. >> a lot of you don't know where it could be. >> a lot of people end up abandoning the houses, $80,000 to clean it up, they can't afford it. >> still ahead, chicago's newest hot dog stands felony franks. it's where ex-cons serve second helpings and get a second chance. you're watching "world news now." chance. >> for most

rhonda jones dcribes getting a tria loan modification as an ordeal. >> it was etremely stressful. very, very investateful. >>reporter: the singleother fell behind on mortgage payments on her lo angeles house when s lost h job. in november she asked h lender for a loan modication. >> in fact, they did not respond to m letter, instead what i got was a noticeof default. in april infrming me that ne 30, my property would be foreclosed uon unless i made good onall of the back mortgage payments. >> reporter: she made the bck payments, finally got a three-month trialodification, but says her worries continue >> the oral is not oer, because i don't know exactly what th're going to offer me. >> repoer: ey are in a wor position. forced to lve their lifornia home aft 19 months of frustrati encounters withheir lendr. >> this is all january of 08 >> reporter: wh you're going rough the request for th loan modication? >> yes. >> reporter: the started applying for a loan modification afr grant who is now wking was la off. ey and theirank now disagree o the deils, but after repeated foxes and phon

. >> out to the lines, rhonda in florida. hi, rhonda. >> caller: thank you for taking my call and being a voice for people who cannot speak. i'd like to know -- two questions i'd like to ask you. one is, do you think -- >> you know what. i'm hearing you listening to tv. can you give me your question, dear, quickly? >> caller: yes. yes. do you think that he wanted to destroy her to make her look ugly to finish her off? >> good question. to dr. janet taylor. >> no. i mean, i think that he flew into a rage and killed her and dismembered her to hide the evidence. it had nothing to do with how he felt about her, but everything to do about protecting himself. >> i'm just a trial lawyer. you're the shrink. i disagree. before he dismembered her to conceal her identity, he also beat her brutally. beat her to a pulp. >> this is different from a death such as shooting by gun. it's a very personal kind of thing. i think it certainly shows how he felt about her, the hatred almost. >> to a sergeant joining us from the buena park police dep

the first being rhonda in tennessee. good evening, rhonda. >> caller: good evening. >> what is your question? >> caller: my question is, okay, he was -- he was a known abuser, right? >> uh-huh, yes. >> caller: okay. then did they not do a background check on him before he went on that "megan" show? and, you know, i mean, if they had, maybe this could have been stopped. >> that's a very, very good question. let's go to ellie. when these contestants try to get on these shows, what's the protocol? don't they check and see if there's a criminal past? >> well, as you mentioned before, pat, this is a production company, 51 mines, that did -- that produced this show. they said they weren't aware of his criminal record. i don't know exactly what kind of background check was done. they apparently weren't aware of it. >> and apparently he fell through the cracks, bethany marshall. we talked about that earlier, right? >> maybe he fooled them. or maybe he's so charming that he was able to fool them. >> they could have done a backgro

rhonda is calling us from arkansas. rhonda, what do you think about taking your spouse's last name? i believe the woman should take her husband's last name, because they are becoming a family. and i do believe that it's only fair to their children that they may have in the future. and the question is why even get married if you don't want to act as a unit? because i've always, and my belief is that marriage is becoming as one. >> okay, let me put you on the spot here, rhonda. if it's becoming as one, how about taking the wife's last name? how about that? >> caller: you know, i think that's fine. but i think down the line, there's going to be some, you know, there's going to be some problems. i live in a small town, and i believe that, you know, you know, the kids can taunt and say why does your mom take your father's last name or why didn't you take your father's last name. you know, i just believe that, you know, it's almost like they could be an outcast. i think that there's nothing wrong with it. but i just believe that that is going to cause some trouble. >> rhonda, thank you. >

her name is brigadier rhonda core number.ted, two broken arms, a gunshot wound. talk about being tough, rhonda cornum is one tough, army general. she is trying to teach the rest of the troops to be the same. >> i apologize, barbara. we have to go over to chad. apparently, there is an earthquake that's happened in anchorage. what can you tell us? >> it is a 5.2 earthquake, only about 30 miles from the center of anchorage itself. it was a farrell deep squak. it was almost 40 miles deep. we did talk to a couple of affiliates in anchorage. for the most part, they did feel about 30 seconds worth of shaking. if the earthquake is right there, we take you across the water. literally 30 miles away, this would be the town or the city, if you will, of anchorage. this shaking happens all the time in alaska. a 5.0 is a pretty strong shake. it may have been up to a 5.2. right now, no reports of damage. that's enough shaking to maybe cause something. we'll keep an eye on that. >> thanks. >>> they may look like your family's pooches but most

in bethesda, some others baked and wired in georgetown, and blushing bake shop, lavender moon and rhonda's cakery in greenbelt. >> an explosion. >> me not fitting in to my jeans. >> jog away from the cup cake shop and jog away from. >> good morning. howard. >> maybe a good day to go jogging outside if the weather is cooperating. who doesn't like a good cup cake, right. some ganache or something in the middle. >> delicious. >> after we pass today, things start to go downhill tomorrow and by friday all bets are off as a told front is on the way and maybe a tropical system, as well. the next three days 91 today. 88 tomorrow with a stray storm and friday could be soggy for that redskins game. friday night preseason exhibition game. 83 at best. we may be cooler than that with scattered showers and storms. this morning at the bus stop, school is in session for some but not everybody. clear and comfortable. low 60s in spots to mid-70s in southern maryland with light southwesterly winds. sunny and hot. still not too humid this afternoon. although a tad more than yesterday. highs in the low 90s. to

rhonda jones describes getting a trial loan modification as an ordeal. >> it was extremely stressful. very, very investigateful. >> reporter: the single mother fell behind on mortgage payments on her los angeles house when she lost her job. in november, she asked her lender for a loan modification. >> in fact, they did not respond to my letter, instead what i got was a notice of default. in april informing me that june 30, my property would be foreclosed upon unless i made good on all of the back mortgage payments. >> reporter: she made the back payments, finally got a three-month trial modification, but says her worries continued. >> the ordeal is not over, because i don't know exactly what they're going to offer me. >> reporter: they are in a worse position. forced to leave their california home after 19 months of frustrating encounters with their lender. >> this is all january of 08. >> reporter: when you're going through the request for the loan modification? >> yes. >> reporter: they started applying for a loan modification after grant who is now working was laid off. they and th

rhonda youssef, a real bomber comes into new york. slips in with mohamed agca, a terrace.here's how they get into kennedy airport. september of 92 he has a suitcase full of bomb books, recipes. he has swedish bashed ports, his picture crudely taped over, meant to be busted. you start screaming and carrying on. he goes into a little interview session with a woman who is a great ins agent, do you know how many times women almost stopped all of the stuff from happening? this is another female ins agent. these guys came in in first class on pakistan airlines. this guy yousef claimed he is an iraqi refugee from saddam. the boss has a look, we just gave the last man to this other guy. i'm sorry. grant him a hearing. but boss. grant him a hearing that she stands and rhonda youssef, the mozart of tear walks into the night, hails a cab at jfk. where does he go? the mosque in brooklyn, baby, what he gives with all these guys that are on, that were on the surveillance of the fbi in 1989. what do they find by the way with this guy? he is carrying a book and this is the basic rule on.

this is about 40 minutes. >> i'm rhonda cornam, and i was captured on the 27th of february 1991 while i was doing a search-and-rescue mission in iraq. >> tell me about the circumstances surrounding that. >> it was -- as it turns out, it was the last day of the war -- of course, you don't know that at the time but i was with an apache unit of the 101st and we were being very successful, hadn't lost an airplane, hadn't lost anybody and we had blown up a lot of stuff, so we were feeling fairly jubilant, so it was about mid afternoon and we got a call -- got a call on the radio saying "do you have the doc on board?" that's me. he said "yes." and he said "do you have all our stuff?" i'm thinking somebody got hurt. "we have all our stuff and we have gas" and he said there is this f-16 pilot that was shot down, he has a broken leg, we got his coordinates and can you get him?" we thought that was a great mission. we've practiced a lot but we've never had to go get anybody, we've hauled back prisoners and hauled back guns, we've never hauled back any americans so we took my blackhawk and two a

. >> i'm rhonda cornam, and i was captured on the 27th of >> i'm rhonda cornum. >> tell me about certainetails around your capture. >> as it turns out, it it was the last day of the war. i was with apache unit of the 101st and we were being very successful, hadn't lost an airplane, hadn't lost anybody and we had blown up a lot of stuff, so we were feeling fairly jubilant, so it was about mid afternoon and we got a call -- got a call on the radio saying "do you have the doc on board?" that's me. he said "yes." and he said "do you have all our stuff?" i'm thinking somebody got hurt. "we have all our stuff and we have gas" and he said there is this f-16 pilot that was shot down, he has a broken leg, we got his coordinates and can you get him?" we thought that was a great mission. we've practiced a lot but we've never had to go get anybody, we've hauled back prisoners and hauled back guns, we've never hauled back any americans so we took my blackhawk and two apaches and went whopping up to get this guy. unfortunately, the same guy that is shot down his had f-16 shot down my blacawk, and so w

rhonda and i on camera one like is warm. look at rhonda, in a parka. >> that's light nor ron ka, typically a winter coat in the typical summer. clayton and i like it cold, i'm more alert. >> that's why david letterman has the studio 55 degrees, the audience is alert and doesn't put them to sleep. we have a gentlemen's agreement, ladies agreement 68 degrees. alisyn walks by it all the time and hits the button there. >> i honor our agreement and crank it up to 68. this morning it was 64 i was squealing in pain and dave told me to knock it off because i was being a baby. >> new scientific research showing that data showing that women generally are far more sensitive to the feeling of cold. >> see, there's a scientific underpinning, the university of study of sex differences and military research shown that women are more susceptible to frostbite, to hypo thermia and cold related-- . but they tested it in rats. >> they did test it in mammals and what was interesting in the mammals they found that the males preferred an environme

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leading the program, a most remarkable choice, brigadier general rhonda cornum. >> the time to instill them. >> reporter: a flight surgeon during the first gulf war, cornum was on a rescue mission when her helicopter was shot down over iraq. she was held captive for eight days. >> i remember distinctly crashing, and i thought, well, i'm going to die right here. then when i wasn't dead when i, you know, woke up, then, yeah, i was a prisoner of war, but that was the best possible outcome. >> reporter: cornum, who suffered two broken arms in the crash, was sexually molested by her iraqi captors, but she has refused to let the horrifying experience haunt her. she believes troops can be taught to do the same. >> i came into that experience a very resilient person. i mean, i had had other challenges in my life and had automatically applied that kind of thinking. >> reporter: under her program, soldiers will answer a questionnaire on how they cope with stress, all aimed at assessing their emotional and mental resilience. every soldier from private to general will now get training on how to im

. >> rhonda said no. >> the story was from a health perspective.hen you buy locally as opposed to nationally and save on fuel costs and if you're buying locally organic there's a difference there. >> and good luck getting sasha and malia to eat the vegetables now that they know it's sewage sludge. >> in the meantime, here are your headlines, we have breaking news for you, laguardia's airport, the amend terminal is evacuated after a man came into the terminal with a fake bomb in a bag. port authority police say the man approached security in the c concourse. it wasn't clear if the man made a threat, but security officials say he was quote, acting crazy. police say the device in the man's bag was a few batteries and wires and not dangerous and police are allowing people into the main terminal. joining us on the phone is kelly, a fox news employee, at the airport right now. kelly, what's the situation there? >> you know, it's actually, it's pretty chaotic, they evacuated everyone around six o'clock in the morning. we were out there until about ten min