rescuers found slade's body but it was too late to save him. >>> 6:07. new at 6:00 -- al-qaeda marks the eighth anniversary of september 11 with a nearly two-hour video. in it the group predicts that president obama's downhaul fall at the hands of the muslim world. the arabic language video released on militant web sites and features a review of events of the past year and testimony from al-qaeda leaders. analysts believe that al-qaeda has been alarmed by obama's popularity in the middle east. >>> the latest on the trial with the death the john travolta's 16-year-old son. prosecutors say the paramedics who treated jett before he died threatened to release private information unless the actor paid him $25 million. police say that the scheme involved a document related to the treatment of jett. the 16-year-old was chronically ill and died following a seizure in january. john travolta is listed as one of the 14 witnesses expected to take the stand in this case. >>> 6:08. hold it -- ah. let it get away. orioles lose to the blue jays 6-5. trembley had it set

i was looking for slade's floaties. i couldn't find them.el like i could have done better but it was just so hard. >> somehow bridget said she managed to hold on to 1-year-old cooper and a tree limb for six hours all the while her body getting bruised from the water and debris. >> i kept trying to sing to him and shush him and tell him everything was going to be okay. >> you can see right here where our trailer sat. >> i walked with craig as he pointed to the tree that saved his life. >> that was his first harley outfit we got him. >> you can see what happened to their suv. take a look at what is left of their home. the emptiness in their hearts they can't replace. >> knowing we were in the creek five or six hours and my son was dead was so bad. i always want him to know that i love him. i'll see him one day. >> that is really such a heartbreaking story. our thanks to lori geary for that report. >>> so many families are suffering after the devastating flooding, if you would like to help out head to our impact your world webpage. you will fin

the pitchers are always getting sladed against. -- sladed against. >> takes a strike. they drop the mound. shrink the strike zone and now take his glove away. that's not right. >> there was probably an orioles that mentioned it. that's what it takes is somebody to say i can't see that glove is odd. you're looking for the release point. that would be ever his right shoulder. that glove is coming at you all the time, and it's serves as a distraction. >> weeders and moore will follow. high. >> jim: according to rule book. the pitchers glove shall be uniform in color. it may not be white or gray. had a shot of glove, it looked gray to me. now it's the retired glove. there you go. put that to trophy case. >> there's the traditional colored glove. there's his favorite glove, look how lonely it is on the bench. 1-2 on the scott. bouncer the 2nd base. kinsler plays a big hot. one away in the orioles second. >> jim: the other thing they don't pay a lot of attention to, is the out fielder's gloves. they are only allowed to be 12 inches long from the tip to any of the 4 fingers n

two-year-old slade crawford's body was found several hours later. >> this was just a freak accident. we don't understand why it happened and i guess we never will. >> reporter: murky brown water swamped neighborhoods and turned six flags into a water park that no one thought looked like fun. how much rain? west of atlanta saw two inches on saturday, 14 inches on sunday almost two more yesterday. in all, a foot and a half of rain in three days. what >> what's going on is basically a squeeze play when you talk about it meteorologically. the low has been stalled over louisiana for the better part of a week and high pressure has been sitting over the northeast and it's just continuing to rain in the same spot. >> reporter: stormy misery washed across america. near chattanooga, 120 people were evacuated from this senior center. an oklahoma woman tried to drive around barriers on a closed road, a mistake she realize too old late. >> they just told me my roof washed away. >> reporter: around atlanta, hardest hit, evacuees wondered how to start over. >> we lost everything. i got eight garbag

. >> reporter: craig and bridget crawford comfort one another after losing their 2-year-old son slade turned into a raging river. >> it was a body suit, a little life jacket to put on the 1-year-old and i was looking for slade's float yes and couldn't find him. the water got too deep. >> craig tried to hold on to slade but the woter got too powerful and carried him downstream and rescuers found his body. >> i just thought i could have been better but it's just so hard. >> bridget managed to hold on to 1-year-old cooper with a tree him for six hours. >> i kept trying to sing to him and sush him and tell him that mommy was there and everything is going to be okay. >> you can see right here where our trailer sat. >> reporter: i walked with craig along the banks of snake creek today as he pointed to the tree that saved his life. >> that was his first harley outfit we got him. >> reporter: and found some precious keepsakes. you can see what happened to their suv. take a look at what's left of their home. but it's the emptiness in their hearts they can't replace. >> just knowing that we was

but we didn't make it. >> i was looking for slade.m. >> reporter: craig crawford tried to hold on to his son but couldn't. rescuers found his body downstream. >> i felt like i could have done better. but it was just so hard. >> reporter: tuesday night, the waters finally begin to recede. but the cleanup begins. residents should see a break in the clouds today. many of the roads that were close willed be opening up today, as well. this family, to help pay for repairs, which could cost them $50,000, has set up a facebook account, where they're hoping friends and family will donate. chris? >> all right, steve. thank you for that this morning. >>> moving on now. relief may be on the way for thousands of unemployed americans. the house had voted to extend jobless benefits to 13 weeks, where the unemployment rate is 8% or higher. the senate will likely follow suit. >>> and finally, they are seeing red in australia. literally. look at this dust storm in sydney, the worst in 70 years. the city is shrouded with a thick coat of red haze. so thi

. >> i just -- i told slade it would be all right and i loved him. and we would make it. but we didn't make it. >> so awful there. it happened monday in a creek that turned into a raging river. the father was hanging on to the bushes and n one arm and then the boy was in his other arm but the water was just so powerful that eventually pulled the boy right out of his arms. >>> president barack obama is going to speak to the united nations general assembly this morning. she expecting to plainly ask world leaders for help in dealing with terrorism and the economy. >>> libyan leader moammar gadhafi will address the assemb assembly. ahmadinejad will also speak to the assembly. glad glad is trying in less than ten minutes richard lui will explain what they are doing to keep gadhafi out of their backyard. >>> many people would get 13 extra weeks of unemployment benefits under a bill that the house approved yesterday. and jennifer westhoven is joinings us more with a million people that may qualify for the extension. is that right? >> yes. that's a lot of help. 13 more paychecks,

. >> reporter: former classmate and dear friend ken slade and i reminisced. i remember carol. on how awkward those years were. what do you remember about junior high? >> good times, some rough times like any adolescent. >> reporter: you're so self-conscious. >> about everything. >> reporter: you think you're the only ones that has the problems you have. >> everyone is fighting the same battles. >> reporter: ken's dad, bob, who recently passed away, spent 15 years running an in-house suspension program here for troubled kids. the role he had here i don't know if we would have needed someone to do in-house suspension. >> right. >> reporter: when we were here. >> right. that -- again, that's a sign of the times. >> reporter: as they did when we attended, the school is finding effective ways to adapt to the challenges of the time, including the way kids learn. >> 22. >> reporter: so, what was my most important lesson? this question helped jog the answer. >> while you were here, did you ever one daydream it would lead to being on the "today" show? >> and the answer, did i dream it