how did you guys come up with the name tripp? what does tripp mean? >> i just like the name.stol mentioned it, and it just kind of worked. >> all right. now, you're still in contact with bristol. you guys are getting along to a degree. >> yeah. >> all right. you know my plan. my plan is that sarah could make all the trouble go away if she moves you into the big house, everybody gets along and you actually get to help raise the kid. why is that a problem? >> i don't know. she screwed all that up. i'm not looking forward to being around that family anymore. >> i understand. that's how guys are with in my family. we all get along together. now, last night when we were together, between many sessions of making tender love, at the teen choice awards, someone handed me a letter to give miley cyrus because i know her so well. so i did promise to try. so if you wouldn't mind reading -- this is a genuine letter from a genuine teen to miley cyrus. so miley, if you're out there, we want to make sure you got this letter as read to you by levi johnston. >> okay. it says dear miley cyrus,

all this time, the tripps will be at disney world. >> it is nice that so many people are willing to help out. 6:16. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> here is lisa. >> let's see what is happening on the beltway. for anybody through falls church in fairfax county, but they have opened up the outer loop at eisenhower avenue. that will be a better trip out of springfield to get to alexandria. we will take you live to some cameras north of the beltway. 395 -- no delays from edsall road to get to seminary. things here are on a vengeful between georgia avenue and the american legion bridge -- things here are uneventful. >> it is a pleasant and comfortable start to the day with humidity being kept at bay today. it is refreshing outside. la plata all the way towards mont cross and stretching into the bait and other parts of the northern neck of virginia, that is where we have a thunderstorm pushing off to the north and east. morning rain will come to an end. showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon, even locally speaking. look at some of the rainfall totals. maine -- st

out to the former police commander, woodrow tripp. about it? if they're convinced they know so much about her, why hasn't she been taken into custody? >> it tells me she's either cooperating with them or they're trying to create a stronger case against her. but it sounds like she's cooperating. >> apparently they were spotted at a dumpster cleaning out -- what, a vehicle? >> right. a new detail from the manager of the hotel in hope, british columbia, where jenkins was later found dead. he said they initially pulled up next to a dumpster. he thought they were maybe just tidying up their car. >> a mother figure to jasmine fiore, knew her since childhood, gwendolyn beauregard is joining us. i don't want jasmine to be just another statistic of domestic violence. what was she like? what did she think of her new husband? >> well, i didn't know that she married ryan jenkins. >> she kept it a secret? >> she kept it a secret. my feeling is she knew she made a mistake and she felt shame. >> do you believe she may have married him to get -- >> that's what

the tripps welcome kids into nature home for game nate and on occasional friday nights they load it up, 40 kids on a bus and take them to safe and fun activities, footing the bill themselves. and now the show is giving the family a brand-new home and just one week. >>> motorcycle enthusiasts referred up to raise money for the brain cancer research. bikers from the raven riders and front-runners drove from columbia to baltimore to raise funds for the brain cancer research for a cure foundation. today's event was the first annual creating hope motorcycle ride. people from all over the state came out to show their support. >> we have -- awareness through the rest of the world about how devastated this is, and what we can do to defeat it. >> there was music, food and tons of live entertainment, all the proceeds go to a brain cancer research team at johns hopkins university. >>> it's a jewel in the pool. shaquille o'neal takes on michael phelps. coming up we caught up with both athletes today. what they say about tomorrow's fierce competition! >>> welcome, it's the big man on the court vers

this morning the tripp family found out their hyattsville home will also be leveled and rebuilt. >> they just do so much for their community. and i think that we're all in agreement that they need a bigger space. >> it's exciting for all of us. so excited. >> and if you would like more information on how you can get involved with "extreme makeover home edition," just log onto our web site, wjla.com. live in the news room tonight, brianne carler, abc 7 news. >> thank you, brianne. >>> and shaquille o'neal and michael phelps are getting ready to make some waves. the nba star and the olympic champion swimmer are going to take the plunge for the abc reality show "shaq versus." tomorrow they'll jump into a pool at loyola college of maryland and race. the episode is scheduled to air next month. now that one's going to be interesting. >> you think shaq's going to win? >> i don't know about that. but i bet it's going to be funny. >> we have a better forecast on the way. we had a ton of rain today especially to the east of d.c. prince george's county, calvert county, ana rundell county a ton. for

levi and sarah palin's daughter called off their wedding after their son tripp was born. >>> male or female? that's the question being asked of a south african track champion. look at this. the same day the south african teenager won a gold medal at the world south african teenager sh was undergoing a gender test. 18-year-old dominated the 800 meters here. i mean, it wasn't even close. the associated press reports spectacular times, muscular built and deep voice triggered suspicions about her gender. the test takes several weeks and involve a gynecologist, end dochristianologist and internal medicine and gender specialists. her father says he has no doubt his daughter is a woman. >>> a surprise from the weekly jobless report came out today. first-time claims rose more than expected. they expected 550,000 new claims. >>> it is time to face the facts about facebook. great way, obviously too, keep up with friends and family, but it also opens you up to appar t apparently some really annoying people. one of our cnn.com workers has been pegged to a tee. see if you agree with this. they in

levi johnston was once engaged to sarah palin's daughter bristol and is the father of bristol's son, trippherry johnston's deal with let her five years in jail with two years suspended. who's the teacher? actor tony danza, that's who. he will be co-teaching tenth grade english class for a raeality tv show called "teach." yesterday the philadelphia school commissioners gave the project the green light. danza will be working at philadelphia's northeast high school. that's the same location where the 1968 documentary "high school" was filmed. philadelphia's mayor says the show will give a much needed spotlight to urban education issue. the program will air on the a&e network next spring. >> magician david copperfield is the target of a lawsuit by a fashion model. and former beauty queen. 22-year-old seattle woman says copperfield sexually assaulted and threatened her while she was a guest on his private island. no criminal charges are on file. coppfield's attorneys dismissed the lawsuit an an extortion for money. it was apparently just "idol" talk. paula abdul's manager says she is not in tal

they are shooting an episode about the tripp family in prince george's county. they work, with three young sons, they run a church ministry for children using their own money buses kids to fun activity. the entire family is in disneyland now. the episode will air on abc2 sometime in november. >>> there's no doubt about it. these are tough times. we all have questions about our finances as well as investment. >> coming up. we have two of the best financial experts. dale horn and carl delmont, to answer your investment, savings and mortgage questions. >> more and more banks are failingerry week in our country. we take to you one bank that is succeeding even without an atm. >>> and we're getting everybody back to school, one woman in cecil county is trying to do her part to help those in need. now she's sending out donations across the country. from her home. explain. oh yea, well for 6 months, customers get all three: fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month. oh, alright, see... you're just moving your fingers, aren't you? i gotta cut my nails. (announc

ted kennedy was noted much for his tragedy as his tripp umps.an todd is picking up this part of the story. certainly had to overcome many obstacles. >> reporter: many, wolf. the history is incredible. he experienced enough tragedy and enough personal and political challenge for several lifetimes. whether you liked with him or not or agreed with his politics or not, the fact he still forged ahead to become such an influential political figure has to be recognized. early on, it didn't seem like a privileged 30-year-old with the best connections would have many obstacles, but eve than proved to be an obstacle. gerard dougherty was a field manager in ted kennedy's first political race. he remembers an inexperienced, unfocused candidate in the 1962 democratic senatorial race skewered at first by his opponent for his lineage and lack of experience. then, dougherty says, kennedy showed the first traces of his celebrated resilience. >> he loved people. he liked to enjoy people, mix with people. and as the campaign moved on, he became more and more disci