. >> you have a daughter and stepson as well? >> i have 1 daughter and 1 stepson who i am close to. >> has this changed how you are around them as well? >> absolutely. my daughter casey has a half brother she is very close to. i say to all of them, you are a team. you have each other through life. you are a team. you do a lot of things together as the 2 families, very, very close. >> this seems like a good moment to open up any question that is you all may want to ask about the writing process, about siblings, anything else. >>>> is there something you could read to us from the book that you would feel that we wouldn't understand unless you read it? >> you have any ideas? >> it is a real sort of testish. she has put it together like a quilt. i would say the scene that you described where you are arriving and first see him in the apple orchard, do you remember exactly where that is? >> i'll page through it and see where it is. i might do a short theme where i describe what he looks like and this perfect them. >> if you want to rev

i mean,the older boy, his son and her stepson, he was the nicest kid you want to meet. >> and mrs. boyd feared violence before this. in april a protective order against her husband was granted. >>> thank you, weijia. and a violent weekend here in baltimore city. six shootings leave five dead and two injured. and according to the sun, the deaths bring this year's homicide total to 164. and you'll hear from one of the families coming up. >>> two 26-year-olds struck and killed on a busy road. the witnesses heard the impact of the hit a block away. >> it was like a screech and shattering of glass. >> i thought it was a gunshot. >> i didn't hear the brakes, just thump, real back thump. the deaths are the 10th and 11th pedestrian fatalities in montgomery county this year. >> and a student faces rape charges before. and that's prompting the police to change the policy. and more recently, he was accused of raping another girl and they'll notify the schools at each stage of the investigations. >>> >> the 33 trapped miners in chile could see the light of day in a few days. we're told that th

i mean, the older boy, which is her son and his stepson is the nicest kid. >> reporter: according to police boyd gave the acquaintance cash, five pills and other items to help kill his estranged wife. he also allegedly provided the acquaintance with a layout layout of the couple's home. the boyds were going through a divorce. >> there were issues regarding the potential of possible outcome of the divorce that apparently mr. boyd wanted to avoid. >> reporter: boyd is being held without bond with two counts. in rockville, 9news now. >> because of the holiday on monday boyd's bond review will take place on tuesday. it looks like a long ordeal for the trapped miners in chile will be over. a rescue tunnel has been completed. the 32 miners trapped for more than three months could be pulled out wednesday. there was a lot of celebrating going on today it is reported. [ cheers and applause >> reporter: rescue crews broke out champagne. and family members celebrated after drillers broke through to the trapped miners. a half a mile down the 33-man watch as their path to freedom opened. they hav

i called my wife and stepson. i thought it was a joke.aid no. >> reporter: it was no joke, his van had been stolen. a hardship for anyone but for randy. he has a disorder they're forces him to use a wheelchair. his van was specially customized for him and his chair. >> i was mad now i'm hurt. >> reporter: without the van, he has to wheel himself two miles to and from his stop in order to get to work. his daughter says that it is hard to see her dad going through this. >> i felt sad for him. i wanted the van back. >> reporter: that's what randy wants, especially before winter arrives. >> the person that took it just to bring it back. put it back and say you found it. i will not say anything i want the van back. >> police are asking for your help in locating the van a two- tone light and dark blew 1992 chevy a disability plate number 132075. anyone with information should call the police. >>> chicago police believe they finally got their man for the murder of a 17-year-old run away ward of the state. the case goes back four years. william m

my stepson who had cerebral palsy has seen me taking this challenge and would tell me don't give up.we count how many days. it ice not a number but about a change. >> for ten years, i haven't gone to any service whatsoever, really. this challenge has me want to go back to church. >> my children look forward to do kindness for the other of them. this is something we'll continue indefinitely. >> glenn: take the 40-day challenge and change your life. >> glenn: america, i know it will change your life and change the direction of the country. friday we're going to talk to an audience full of people who accept the challenge and say it changes their life. see the life-changing documentary as well. on 8-28. you can find that. it is amazing. insider extreme at glennbeck.com. sign up now. see you tomorrow. don't miss it. from new york, good night, from new york, good night, america.

stepson, children, my own children. i didn't know what this country stood for anymore.know what i stood for. and now, i'm starting to find myself. that's such peace. family is coming together so beautifully. it's really remarkable. >> glenn: who has, who has learned something about themselves that has surprised them? nobody learned anything about -- this is robert geiger, an automechanic, took the 40-day and 40-night challenge. what did you learn about yourself, robert? >> i learned i wasn't a terrible person. >> glenn: weren't what? >> a terrible person. i took the challenge mostly for my life. i treated her horribly for years. i've been carrying around anger and i shut myself down and i've been blaming her for everything. i've seen our marriage slipping away. it woke up one day and my heart was breaking. i haven't even told her this yet. i was going to take her to dinner and tell her this. i want her to forgive me for the pain i caused her all the years and hopes she gives me a chance to make it up to her for the rest of our lives. >> glenn: why? what made you believe

the older boy which is his son and her stepson was -- nicest kid you would want to meet. >> reporter:ed violence before all of this. court records reveal he was granted a protective order in april. >> reporter: right now mr. boyd is being held at the baltimore county detention center without bond. back to you. >> adam thank you. boyd is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. >>> an armed robbery suspect returns to the hartford county jail he robbed last month. tonight police are working to make sure he doesn't come back again. state police say on september 30th this man robbed the madison square federal savings bank. on saturday he returned to the bank armed with a gun. but this time employees recognized him and did not let him inside. he fled the area on foot. anyone with information about his where abouts is asked to call crime stoppers. >>> a new push to find missing 8-year-old kayron hormon. many volunteers are renewed with the hopes of finding the little boy. >> reporter: investigators say they are still following up on leads from the day he disappeared. those leads brought thous

card to enter the building and kill her stepson, eduardo. police arrested rodriguez.family said he attacked her years ago after she broke off the relationship. >> he was stalking her all the time. >> i told her you have to call the police and get the protection. she never do it. >> morales worked at the plant for four years and has three children. >>> the 19-year-old boogey boarder killed in a shark attack off a california beach, this is a picture of lucas ransom, his friends say ransom was two feet away from him when he heard him cry out for help. a shark bit his leg, pulled him under water in a wave of blood. witnesses descriptions lead the sheriff to believe it was a great white. look at the bite taken out of his board. his friends pulled him to the shore. his injuries were just too severe. >>> a battle over the separation of church and state playing out in the streets of king, north carolina. demonstrators showing their support fly a christian flag over a war memorial in a public part. in september city leaders received a complaint the flag violated the first amen

. >> reporter: with her stepson at her side, 68-year-old margaret matthews described what was going in her mind when she shot a boy. she was only trying to scare him and didn't mean to hit him. >> god knows i didn't. and i'm so glad it wasn't any worse than it is. i'm so glad that he's going to be all right. i hope mentally, physically he's going to be fine, i hope mentally he can be all right. because this is what he's got to do. he's got to put his mind in another area of life. >> reporter: it was late tuesday afternoon. she was inside her home when two boys were shouting ab centis at her own throwing bricks through her window. she said one hit her in l the leg and that's when she got the gun out. she opened fire and the 12-year- old was hit. he was treated and released from the hospital the same day. she would welcome the opportunity to talk with the boy she shot. >> i would embrace him freely. i would even work with him, counsel him, show him there is a better way. and it isn't about snatching and grabbing and taking from somebody else. it's about learning how to do for yourself. >

the gunman takes the life of his ex-girlfriend and stepson. he shot his ex-girlfriend in the park lot and stole her i.d. card to get inside the building. in july she filed a stalking report after she was attacked by him and then did not press charges. >> sarah palin heads to florida to campaign for republican candidates and fired up the grounds in phoenix, arizona, with the tea party express. november 2nd we can see it from our house, let's take america back! god bless you tea party americans. >> the equity stopped by the rally, and he has also been campaigning for tea party candidates in nevada. those are the headlines. >> the backlash from the firing of juan williams continues this morning and now we are hearing "washington post" reporting that npr staffers are worried and upset about the firing of juan williams and they are so worried about funding, really, and worried this backlash should have been handled differently and they are upset at the president. >> this came at an interesting time for npr, during fundraising week, and a lot of the