they're forced to do things. >> reporter: he says his son is now standing by scott chandler like other in the program that have come forward in support. >> i was thinking about trying to imagine a situation where scott would kidnap anybody. nothing would come to mind. >> reporter: but they wonder why the program isn't credentialed or regulated. mark lived there for two years. >> there were no therapists or counselors or drug addiction specialists. >> reporter: scott chandler denies any abuse took place and defended his program. >> there's proof in the pudding. everybody wants to make it about credentials. compare our success to the credential people. >> reporter: chandler will likely face a lot more questions as may the state. new mexico department of child and family services wasn't aware of the abuse allegations until just last year and the complaints were made by former residents here at the ranch so it was out of it's jurisdiction. so still a lot of things that need to be tied up here, savannah. >> that's for sure. kristen, thank you very much. >>> so carson is off today. willie ge

the man in charge of the program scott chandler is considered a person of interest. >>> and the fbi is investigating an patient dry ice explosion at los angeles international airport. it happened late last night in an employee bathroom in a restricted area. flights were delayed and a terminal was partially evacuated when an lapd bomb squad investigated. multiple law enforcement sources tell nbc news it appears to have been a prank, but they stress 2 is still early in the investigation. no injuries were reported. >>> for the second straight year, nearly 58 million americans who receive social security are likely to only see a small bump in their benefits checks come january. according to an analysis of the associated press predict an increase of 1.5%, one of the smallest automatic increases since 2005. the increase has been tied to inflation numbers delayed by the government shutdown. >>> nbc' bill karins with the forecast. happy columbus day. >> yes, happy columbus day to you. some people are lucky, they got the day off. it's monday morning. as far as the weather over the weekend, stil

ranch owner scott chandler was also gone. at least four boys were returned to their families saturday. as search continued, more questions were surfacing about what took place here. authorities went to the ranch to execute a search warrant and court order to return the boys to their parents after years of abuse allegations. chandler was recently the focus of an investigation by kob reporter. >> they were torchered, beat, threatened to be castrated if they didn't complete all the work. >> reporter: ryan morgan was too emotional to tell the story of his alleged beating. his friend did. >> knuckling him repetitively, started just -- over the forehood. >> reporter: mark fleming lived at the ranch for two years and sat down with nbc news on saturday. >> there were kids that had to be in handcuffs and shackles throughout the entire day and while they were sleeping. >> reporter: barbara heller sent her son there for treatment, a decision she regrets. >> you go out fas a parent to d the best thing for your kid and it blows up in your

the man in charge of the program, scott chandler, is considered a person of interest. officials plan to talk to him soon. >>> the fbi is eth having an parent dry ice explosion at los angeles international airport. this happened last night in an employee bathroom in a restricted area. flights were delayed and the lapd bomb squad investigated. someone found plastic bottle of dry ice. law enforcement source tell nbc news it appears to have been a prank. they express it's early in the investigation. no injuries were reported. >>> for the second straight year, nearly 58 million americans that received social security are likely to see a small bump in benefit checks come january. according to the analysis by the associated press, an increase of 1.5%, one of the smallest since automatic increases adopted in 1975. this increase is tied to september inflation numbers which have been delayed by the government shutdown. bill karen is here with your columbus day forecast. some folks have the day off. >> some teachers and schools get the day off. much deserved. parades across the c

. >>> authorities in new mexico are looking for this man, scott chandler is the director of a ranch for troubled kids. an amber alert was issued for nine teenagers, who police say were abducted. authorities say one of the teens has returned home and is okay. his lawyer says all the teens are safe, but an amber alert remains in effect. >>> a top general in charge of ballistic missiles has hired. the air force says he's due to a loss of trust and can. he's been under investigation over reports of misbehavior. >>> also this week, the deputy chief at u.s. strategic command was demoted reportedly over gambling allegations. >>> an orange county, california, man is facing a terrorism charge. a federal grand jury indict ed n one count of attempting to provide material support to al qaeda. the fbi says he was arrested while boarding a bus to mexico. >>> kenneth bay was sentenced to 15 years in a labor camp. he's in the hospital, said to be suffering serious health problems, bus his mother says her son's health doesn't look that bad, according to a report from kyoto's news agency. >>> we've hit a

the last person seen with the boys, scott chandler, was also missing. on friday, authorities were attempting to serve a search warrant and court order to send the boys back to their parents after dozens of police reports detailing years of abuse accusations by boys at the ranch. like ryan morgan who was too emotional to tell the story of his alleged beating. so his friend did. >> knuckling him right in the forehead repetitively. it went on for a couple of hours. >> reporter: and barbara holler who sent her son there for treatment. >> their concept of counseling at the ranch is to make them work. that was it. >> reporter: chandler was recently the focus of an extensive investigation by nbc affiliate kob. >> they were tortured, beat, shackled, deprived of food, threatened that they would be castrated if they didn't complete the work they were assigned to do. >> reporter: chandler adamantly denied the charges. >> it's all blown out of proportion. >> reporter: two of the missing boys have been returned to their families. chandler's announced he is suing new

scott chandler is the director of a ranch for troubled kids.rt was issued for nine teenagers whom authorities say were abducted from the ranch. his lawyer says all of the teens are safe. >>> number three, mark zuckerberg has reportedly purchased four new houses, but they're not in exotic location, they're right next door to his home in palo alto, california. according to the "san jose mercury news." facebook's ceo heard of a developer's plan to buy one of the properties next door, and marketed as being next to his house. the $29 billionaire, worth $19 billion, reportedly planning to lease the homes back to the families that live there now. >>> number four, cadillac will lease a luxury plug-in car next year. the cadillac e.l.r., and it has a pretty luxe price tag, as well, about $69,000 after tax credits. cadillac says the high price tag comes from the car's greater flexibility. the e.l.r. can flip between electric and gas, allowing it to drive for greater distances than traditional electric cars. ♪ we can see who we want go miley ♪ ♪ yeah, this

those who know ranch owner scott chandler can't believe the allegations of child abuse. >> i've neverbeen a witness to any of that and i've been up on their place. in fact when i've been up there, some of the kids has come over and said hello how you doing and they're just doing normal chores that you would do around the ranch. >> reporter: lonnie rubio says chandler has a strong following here in hillsboro, and knows a few people whose kids have turned their lives around after living on the ranch. rubio also says chandler and ranch residents go on camping trips often. >> i think they're gone if the weather is halfway nice you know maybe two or three days, four days i just don't know how of the length of time. >> reporter: an attorney for the ranch tells action 7 news, the nine teenagers were out on a pre-planned camping trip. but agents spent the whole day friday looking for them, who are now supposed to be either in their parents custody or the state's. >> new mexico police are now reporting that two of the teenagers have been found and are back with their parents. progress is being

when police arrived, nine teenage boys and ranch overer, scott chandler, were missing. >> when you show up and everybody is gone, huge -- >> in court comments, teens were handcuffed, forced to wear hoods as punishment falsely imprisoned, and handcuffed. and neglected. >> we want to make sure we're able to interview each of the children to make a determination of how they were treated while they were at the ranch. >> reporter: the ranch says claims of abuse were not founded. and they have their defenders. jessica spent two years here when she was 14. >> i never witnessed any kind of abuse. maybe they had to get stern. but, i never saw any kind of force. physical abuse or anything like that. >> reporter: ranch owner scott chandler has filed his own lawsuit calling the state investigation illegal. a witch hunt prompted by the death of an 18-year-old man killed last month when a ranch pickup truck rolled over. the ranch accuses the state of intimidating parents to pull their kids out of what they call a successful program to turn kids' lives around. new, the ranch said the kids were never i

they're looking for scott chandler. he runs the ranch and is accused of child abuse. >> i've never witnessed any of that and i've been up on their place. >> police say there has been no sign of them, their parents or chandler. they're calling chandler a person of interest in the disappearance of the nine boys. >> an alert has been issued for a woman, 87-year-old bern dean scott has been missing. she was last seen driving away from her home in a brown 2003 civic. her number is right there on your screen. police say she may be headed towards reading. >> john kerry will hold a third round of talks on a new security agreement. he met with the leader for a second day after making a surprise visit to afghanistan. the secretary of state is trying to reach an agreement after the nato mission ends next year. he said foreign intervention must be part of any agreement. >>> the movie for rest gum p, he's reaching out to service members, he's working with the u.s. to offer free meals to members of the military. >> we've had a milita

they're forced to do things. >> reporter: he says his son is now standing by scott chandler like other in the program that have come forward in support. >> i was thinking about trying to imagine a situation where scott would kidnap anybody. nothing would come to mind. >> reporter: but critics wonder why the program isn't credentialed or regulated. mark lived there for two years. >> there were no therapists or counselors or drug addiction specialists. >> reporter: scott chandler denies any abuse took place and just last week defended his program. >> there's proof in the pudding. everybody wants to make it about credentials. compare our success to the supposed credentialed people. >> reporter: chandler will likely face a lot more questions as may the state. new mexico department of child and family services wasn't aware of the abuse allegations until just last year and the complaints were made by former residents here at the ranch so it was out of it's jurisdiction. so still a lot of things that need to be tied up here, savannah. >> that's for sure. kristen, thank you very much. >>> so c

. >>> the whereabouts of this man are unclear, scott chandler, director of a ranch for troubled kids in new mexico. amber alert for nine teenagers police say were abducted from the ranch. one of the teens has returned home, is okay. chandler's lawyer says all the teens are safe but the amber alert is in effect. >>> the government remains partially closed. why is there talk the house may go home without reaching a deal with the white house today? we dig into that with our experts coming up next. (music plays throughout) hey guten morgen guess who? mr. mojito? ok it's got to be really fast, i've got one second hey no way wei hey, ca va? nudeq nuqdaq duch doch bolz stop calling me oh my god, no! how are they looking? we did it baby woohh oi ma yerp yerp moshi moshi, meow what?! ♪ afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is witho

his name is scott chandler. he's a director of a ranch where troubled kids. an amber alert was issued for nine teenagers who police say were abducted from the ranch. authorities say at least one of the teens has returned home and is okay and chandler's lawyer says that all the teens are safe, but an amber alert remains in effect until police can physically confirm the teens' well-being. >>> a california man has been indicted on charges of attempting to provide material support and resources to al qaeda. 24-year-old senn ven noan was arrested as he temattempted to board a bus to mexico. officials believe he was traveling alon. they say he made false statements in order to facilitate an act of international terrorism. >>> wall street and washington, we're going to go live to our business pro richard quest. he just spoke with the leader of the international monetary fund and you're going to hear what she has to say about the standoff in washington. that's next. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you ma

overnight, new mexico state police tell abc news, they believe that this man, scott chandler, is responsible for the disappearance of nine teenagers staying at his ranch. >> we do want to talk to him. we want to get information from him. and that's why we've deemed him a person of interest. >> reporter: a massive search of chandler's massive property, called tierra blanca, was launched friday, after officers arrived that morning to serve a search warrant, as part of a child abuse investigation. only to find no sign of chandler or the teens. >> i don't know what was -- i really couldn't tell you would cause him to take all of the children and leave the location. >> reporter: chandler's attorney issued a press release, saying chandler and the boys were not missing at all. merely away on a previously scheduled activity. and that many have been picked up by their parents. but less than an hour later, police issued an amber alert, saying the children were still missing and in danger. >> once our officers or agents have eyes on these children and can confirm that they're safe, we'll change the way

out in support of chandler saying this place changed his life, even one saying he would trust scott chandler to hold him off the empire state building. >> kristen, thank you. >>> craig melvin standing by with the top stories. >> good morning. new york police crack a cold case that plagued them for more than two decades. they've charged 52-year-old juarez with the murder in the death of a girl known as baby hope. he admitted to sexually abusing and smothering her. they say a new tip and dna test led them to juarez. they released the girl's identity. she was a 4-year-old. >>> there's a so-called insider attack on u.s. troops, another one. officials say an afghan man wearing an afghan army uniform shot american soldiers in east afghanistan. he killed at least one of them. it comes just a day after news that u.s. and afghan leaders reached an agreement in principle allowing the american troops to stay in afghanistan, after next year. we'd like to correct a story that we reported saturday here on "today." we told you about a costco store in san francisco. recalling nearly 40,000 pounds of chicken

police have identified scott chandler in the case of nine teenager boys who were abducted from a rehabilitationco. an amber alert was issued and since the alert came out, one or more of the missing boys have been returned to their parents. police are not able to confirm their well-being. the ranch is being investigated for allegedly abusing teen boys. >>> a log truck driver is dead after colliding with a train full of sight seers in west virginia. two dozen people were hurt in the crash. that train was taking passengers on the scenic tour of fall foliage at the time of the crash. >> a third player for the tampa bay buccaneers has been diagnosed with a bug. the team did not want to identify the third player, but this comes days after the team admitted carl nicks had a mrsa infection that returned. lawrence heinz was diagnosed back in august. they still plan to host the philadelphia eagles on sunday. >>> capitol hill is buzzing with activity right now. it seems the big question is, can the senate gop strike a deal with majority leader harry reid and the white house? let's go now to kristen welker

. >> reporter: run since 1994 by scott chandler. >> he made it seem like there was hope there and mying to do great there. >> reporter: she says what her son got there was abuse. >> they had to run miles and run for hours. and there was no counseling at all. none. >> reporter: ryan morgan was too emotional to talk about his alleged beating at the ranch. >> knuckling him right in the forehead repetively over and over again. >> reporter: but other teens paint a much different picture. >> in my 6 1/2 years of being there i never seen anything like that. >> reporter: chandler denied the allegations on october 10th. >> this is blown out of proportion. >> reporter: but after that investigators went there with a search warrant and the chance to take him down. chandler and nineteens were gone and they were found safe with their parents but no charges are pending and the investigation into alleged abuse continues. >> the search warrant revealed evidence that i can't tell you what it was but did corroborate with the allegations of the boys. >> reporter: leading the court to decide who is telli

. >>> authorities in new mexico are looking for this man -- his name is scott chandler, and he's the teenagers who police say were abducted from the ranch. chandler's lawyer says all the teenagers are safe. but an amber alert remains in effect. >>> number five, a zoo keeper was killed by an elephant at missouri's dickerson park zoo. it's not yet clear what caused the 41-year-old elephant to charge and then crush john bradford, a 30-year veteran of the zoo. according to reports, the animal will not be euthanized. >>> stocks are rallying and wall street is hopeful. that a debt deal may be within reach. >> and investors pushed the dow higher friday, gaining back all of the losses. since the shutdown. and even adding to it. >> finally, a little good news this week. cnn's dane asher joins us with everything you need to know about u.p.s., the ups and downs of the market. are markets behaving like all is right with the world and there's nothing to worry about in. >> it seems that way. if only that were true. the week ended as a net positive. but it certainly was a tumultuous week on wall st