big day for yvonne.ls done in pink, blue and some in sparkles. >> oh, that's pretty. >> she said while she likes pretty things she would rather use her hands to play basketball. >> can these hands handle a basketball? >> yes. >> she wants to do a lot of things. and i'm trying to find someone who will allow her to try all these different things that she wants to do. >> yvonne's social worker is looking for an adoptive family that will support all of her goals in life. she was invited to try out new wardrobe looks for school. >> this is leslie. she's going to tile you today. >> leslie arnell chose looks, who was a little shy about showing off her outfit. she warmed up to the idea of strutting her stuff with her second outfit. by the time we got to outfit number 3 she was getting a little more comfortable with the idea of being center stage. and we even got her to smile a bit with the idea of showing off. yvonne is not sure exactly what she wants to be some day. she said not a model. but she would like a pe

. >> hi my name is yvonne.husband is the director of "late night with jimmy fallon." >> my name is rene biddle and my husband is owen biddle of legendary root band. >> "glamour" magazine has asked me be to in their april issue. >> do me a favor, just don't tell anybody. its my big day, okay? >> oh, honey, i will be at that photo shoot. >> i could say i had a good feeling about this, but i would be lying. i'm the queen of "late night" and this is my castle. [ laughter ] >> i got a personality as big as my boobies. >> some people call me sassy and some people call me classy. >> i am about to show these ladies who the boss is. ah -- [ laughter ] ♪ >> oh, my -- >> hi, i am ready for the shoot. today i am being photographed by "glamour" magazine and i could not be more excited. i might just pee my depends. that's how excited i am. did anybody bring the pants? just kidding. maybe i'm not kidding. >> someone is getting their picture taken! hello! >> denise is being photographed today by "grammar" magazine. it is very

>> no. >> do you, now. >> all that was enough to bring out yvonne's beautiful smile. if you have room in your home and heart for yvonne or another child waiting for a permanent loving family, please call the special adoption line. you can log on to our home page at nbcwashington.com. >>> 11:48 is the time now. coming up, we make a king's cake. it smells good in here. plus, meteorologist, tom kierein will be back with a look at the state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. >>> the yule log and the king's cake are french holiday baking pr traditions. maxine holder joins us this m

yvonne johnson miller, michelle mcmahon, michael cost, joe kaplan. fernando lopez and paul wrights, come on up. and if you're going to be transitioning out of the boardroom, if you could do it quietly so we can continue to have our meeting. thank you. come on up.

megyn: yvonne, how is your family functioning right now? because i know michelle's father is also in the picture. how do you get through the days? we saw videotape of you talking about searching dumpsters for her, and i think mother out there thought, oh, my god, how on earth? >> well, i guess until it happens to you, you just really -- i know that every mother in the world who's ever been touched by this story, you understand you're going to do whatever you can to find your child if it's within your means. and i believe in all the prayers that we're getting, all the love and support. our family is closer than probably a lot of families are, and i'm sure people are envious of it. but, you know, the love and support we get from you, the media, and we can't thank everybody enough for everything that they've done. megyn: yvonne, do you believe these reports that maybe she was distraught after the airing of the people's court episode and did something to herself? >> no, absolutely not. michelle didn't even care about that. it wasn't -- she didn

we're joined now by michelle parker's mom yvonne stewart, and parker's sister, lauren erickson. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> yvonne, let me start with you. we can't even fathom what you must be going through right now, not knowing where your daughter is. a lot of folks are looking at what happened in court and now dale smith who has been named the primary suspect in the case once again has your grandchildren in his custody and yet you gave him a hug at the end of the court date. what was going through your mind? how do you feel about him at this point? >> what was going through my mind is that this is such an emotional experience and just going so fast and i have so much love for those grand babies. i just wanted to let him know that if, you know, we can help with those babies and we want to. >> what do you think about dale smith in regards to his alleged involvement in the disappearance of your daughter? are you suspicious of him? >> he is definitely considered the primary suspect. i know that, but he still hasn't been charged. >> lauren, do

give my regards to yvonne and kiss the grand babiebabies. tim tebow what a man. through a td tax his teammates have a 51 yard field goal. hard to not think that god >> good morning, everyone. hope you had a fantastic weekend. it's monday, december 12, 2011. i'm gretchen carlson. thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. president obama gets some bad news on his approval ratings but he says he's not surprised. >> i would be surprised if the american people felt satisfied right now. >> so will he need more time to satisfy the american people? more from his latest interview coming up on our show. >> meanwhile, only two candidates have rsvped to the trump debate two days after christmas. does that mean the donald will have to give the debate the axe? he joins us live this hour. we'll ask him. he's behind newt gingrich. >> 'tis the season to be jolly

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i'm so grateful. >> reporter: yvonne higgins is still recovering in the hospital. time for christmas. in houston, texas, andy sarota, abc news. >> i think i would panic if -- >> oh, yeah. >> -- if my car looked like that. you saw that with all the snow around the car. >> but all that snow in your car kind of acts, as you heard, like insulation. so the best advice, they say stay in that car, don't try to get out and search for help, then you put yourself at risk for getting wet, which could make you that much colder, hypothermia, and shivering's actually a good thing because it sends blood throughout the body -- >> that's true. >> and that helps you, too. >> i think some people would be inclined to get out of the car and find help. >> they say stay there and wait to be found. >> everyone just stay there. that's a good tip. >> always have some snacks in the car, some bottle of water under the seat, something, traveling in rough weather. you never know. be careful. like a boy scout. be prepared. >> be prepared. >>> there is going to be a two-month extension of the pay

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good morning, yvonne. >> how are you? >> good. what's your question? >> good morning.years old, and about a year-and-a-half ago, i was able to take advantage of an early retirement offer. i haven't started drawing my pension, but i'm thinking about starting. so i received some estimates, giving me an idea of how much i could expect in terms of a monthly annuity, based on the age at which i begin. but what are the options given is to take my pension benefits as a partial lump sum payment with a diminished monthly annuity. so i have a couple questions. one of which is, are there any consequences to beginning my -- to collect my pension benefits now, as opposed to waiting the ten years until i'm 65? and secondly, what are the advantages or disadvantages of taking that partial lump sum payment? >> okay, jean? >> okay. so the consequences of taking the money sooner rather than later just the way it works with social security, is that if you wait, you get a larger payment later on. and that's because the calculations figure, if you take it when you're older, you'll live fewe

so over two weeks of kind of going back and forth, we were able to iron out an agreement where yvonneal visitation to the children. so we're very thankful to mark nejame for his efforts and yvonne is beyond happy to be with those children when she gets to see them. >> and matt, obviously, last time we spoke, michelle's phone had been found, her iphone. has there been any other traces of her or any more information that you have found out of what was on that phone that could help you at this point? >> i believe that detectives have said that there was information on that phone, which is going to be useful towards their investigation. they haven't released exact details yet, erin. but i have been informed that there was information that they are going to use. >> brad, what do you think happened here at this point? i mean, i know you're hoping that your daughter is okay. do you think that dale had anything to do with her disappearance? are you frustrated that he has not been taken into custody or not charged? >> i'm very frustrated. i mean, michelle dropped the kids off there, and that's

desperate finally last wednesday morning..a rescue team arrived david higgins says: all i remember is yvonneaid they're here nd she ad looked over at the drivers side window and saw the rescuers digging. d seem them pick up the pace..now thiss fatherrcan only thank his those who found them...any made his prays come true..1958 we are very blessed my mo told me its her christmas miracle know she still has a family. 33 no big snow to look out for here innbaltimore. here's emily gracey with her skywatch ffrecast. 3 3 all of us at fox 45 want to help make the holidays a littll brighter. 3 so....we're giving away a 1-hundred-dollar wal-mart gift card in our fox45 shopping spree contest. you can enter by going to our facebook page. "facebook dot com slash fox baltimore".click on the inside fox45 tab and fill out the entry form.we'll draw another winner tomorrow on fox45 morning news. 3 helping the vets.how one congressman is planning to do it. 3 and a dubious distnction.why sinead o'connor is back in the news. with many american service members returning home -- after tours more people pounding the

. >> yeah, yvonne is an incredible woman in every sense of the word.n is for her grandchildren, who are going to remain in dale's custody. she wants to make sure they have as amicable a relationship as they possibly can. she is doing everything for the grandchildren. martha: are the children with him still? they were taken at one point. >> they were taken, and they were with yvonne and her family for the night and promptly returned to dale smith's custody following the hearing. i've been in talks with dale smith's attorney for the past few weeks and today i think we are hopeful that an agreement is going to be reached in regards to visitation for yvonne and the grandchildren. martha: tough news, and difficult to see what the family is going through. matt morgan, thank you very much. bill: the police might be getting closer. talk about a sure fire way to lose your job. three staffers for a democratic congressman fired for drinking at work and sending out alerts about it on the internet. peter doocy is here to tell us about it. >> some of it we can't rea

i think yvonne. we were very close and i used to think, because we came from a slightly drab english society so lower middle class with aspirations, naval and military and my mother was a sort of failed milliner. she kept trying to open dress shops and never it never quite made it. and so, the wives of my brothers were called ethel or marjorie or nancy are things like that i.r.a. side when i was little yvonne had a touch of class to it, little bit more cosmopolitan perhaps, that more stylish, at the morse fourier. i described her as the gin in the tonic in the cream and the coffee. she was cheerful and humorous and one said to me that really the only unforgivable sin was to be boring. which has haunted me all my life. fear of becoming a bore or being bored, stark terror, tedium. [inaudible] >> yes, it's with me always. i mean, i think it's probably the most devastating word one can use against somebody or risk having used against yourself. don't be boring. >> this book is full of names, boldface name

so over two weeks of kind of going back and forth, we were able to iron out an agreement where yvonneation to the children. so we're very thankful to mark nejame for his efforts and yvonne is beyond happy to be with those children when she gets to see them. >> and matt, obviously, last time we spoke, michelle's phone had been found, her iphone. has there been any other traces of her or any more information that you have found out of what was on that phone that could help you at this point? >> i believe that detectives have said that there was information on that phone, which is going to be useful towards their investigation. they haven't released exact details yet, erin. but i have been informed that there was information that they are going to use. >> brad, what do you think happened here at this point? i mean, i know you're hoping that your daughter is okay. do you think that dale had anything to do with her disappearance? are you frustrated that he has not been taken into custody or not charged? >> i'm very frustrated. i mean, michelle dropped the kids off there, and that's the las

yvonne johnson miller, michelle mcmahon, michael cost, joe kaplan. fernando lopez and paul wrights, come on up. and if you're going to be transitioning out of the boardroom, if you could do it quietly so we can continue to have our meeting. thank you. come on up. >> thank you. good evening, thank you for allowing us this opportunity to speak. my name is michelle mcmahon. i'm a parent of a first and third greater at marshall elementary. i'm also a member of the executive p.t.a. and a member of the s.e.c. speaking on behalf of marshall parents, many of who we have here tonight, stand up quickly, some students as well, we want to communicate our frustration and disappointment in regards to the district's involvement with moving occupy san francisco to mission street and mission and 15th street over the last couple weeks. as members of the 99%, we do support occupy and the movement, but as parents, we question the district's involvement in what would have been a city sanctioned homeless encampment around the corner from marshall elementary. and down the

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were a few other names, cards that i had that did not, emma, adam lopez, grande hernandez, eveline, yvonne johnson miller. if your names have been called, would you please come up? otherwise we're going to not have you speak. laura kirk, chapell barber, thomas lindsay. did you speak? ok, sorry. ok. go ahead. >> good evening. my name is thomas lindsay. i am a security guard at paul revere. i have been there since september. it's been great for me. it's been an ongoing experience. i deal with a lot of difficult kids, a lot of disciplinary action they deal with. one incident i had with a kid, they just happened to be of color. we have a lot of things going on, you know, at our school, but sheila is doing a great job, the whole staff is doing a great job. it's not a color thing. i'm there every day. latino, black, chinese, i think it's just us really coming together as a community, as a staff, just really being a family, being one unit and just getting on the same page. there are a lot of programs that are taking place and i just, you know, with parent support and with the faculty and staff an

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