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i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> the group's leader was found unharmed praying in a park in los angeles county. the group's leader is undergoing a mental vacation. >>> a helicopter crew plucked a reluctant fisherman out of a swollen river. the currents were so rough and swift that rescuers couldn't reach the boat by water. the fisherman eventually accepted the ride to safety when he realized the boat was sinking. >>> the well is sealed. a permanent cement plug sealed the well in the gulf of mexico this weekend five months after an explosion on the drilling rig. a final

i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> we have low clouds and fog and drizzle. once that burns off, it will be sunny for most. increasing clouds to the north. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. >>> time this morning is 5:23. the broken oil well in the gulf of mexico is a step closer to being sealed. the next step is to pump mud and cement down the well to seal the broken well at the base. the final seal is expected to be finished by sunday. >>> the state of california rejected a compensation claim by the mother of kidnapping victim jaycee dugard. the state's failure to find he

.  i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder.  my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. >>> we're following breaking news right now in prince george's county. a teenager shot in a hyattsville park tonight died. it happened on nicholson street after 7:00. right now investigators are looking for the gunman. we'll get more information and keep you updated. >>> a dog shot in the streets at a late summer festival. people everywhere heard the gunshot that came from an officer's gun. the whole thing started when that dog and another one confronted each other and ended with a devastated owner and an angry community. fox 5's roby chavez joins us now. >> a lo

i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen college tuition for four years in a row. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. when it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even

i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> this is the cnn cover story. you're looking at a place few have heard of. inside that building is a place of hope for a chosen few. their last hope. >> some of the patients you see here are some of the most mysterious in the country. nobody's been able to diagnose them. >> i heard it. and i still question a strong dose of hope. >> a team of some of the best minds in medicine. >> were you a puzzle solver when you were younger? >> who are determined to fight the odds. >> we expect a failure. a high failure rate. we expect a success rate o

i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >> larry: we're back with barbara walters. what was your most challenging interview over the years? was it possible to pick one out? >> well, what comes into my mind are the number of murderers i've done and the number of prisons i've been into. i mean, the interviews that you are proudest of, you mentioned fidel castro or every first lady and president, so on. but i think that i heard that john lennon, murderer, mark david chapman was just refused bail. so that's on my mind at the moment because i just heard it. >> larry: in prison. >> i d

i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >> larry: dr. peinsky, there must be a good side to drug addiction or why would so many people take it if they tell you it kills you and you run down to the store to steal it or get it. how does the brain deal with that? why would any person with drain take cocaine? >> one is why you start using and why you can't stop using. the starting usually is you are trying to find a solution to a problem and find better. the culture tells you this will work. if your brain is genetically set up a certain way, it works. that's what you have to acknowle

yours. [ female ann i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> let's get straight to cnn deputy director of politics paul steinhauser. when's crossing? >> big campaign cash, kyra. the president up in new york city for official business and fund raising. we know that the president teams up with house speaker nancy pelosi and leader harry reid. campaign cash so crucial as the midterms close in. i learned and check this out on cnn political ticker. vice president joe biden also into the cash mode today in boston for a fund-raiser today with senator li

i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >> latest field poll shows carly fiorina trailing barbara boxer. california is an expensive place to run an election. it is an incredibly expensive state. the coke brothers have become boogy men. they call that an outrage, they think there needs to be new legislation, does it worry you that the corporate money is going into campaigns like this. >> money has been going into political campaigns for a long time. the democrats have a lot of boogymen this election cycle. what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe hav

i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> good morning to you. welcome back. here is a quick look at some of the top stories we are following for you. >>> governor schwarzenegger arrived this afternoon. he will be at the san bruno disaster zone after returning from his trade mission to asia. they are looking at whether valves contributed to a deadlier costlier disaster there. >>> today is cal foorn a's 77th day without a bunch it. the governor as i said, is back from his trip to asia. he is scheduled to talk with leaders about the budget. >>> sarah shourd is enjoying her first

i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> the family of sarah shourd asked iran to reduce or drop the demand for half a million dollars bail. the shourd family said they can't come up with $1 million and the u.s. government won't pay for it. there's a complex back and forth between iranian authorities and the family. sarah shourd along with shane bauer and josh fattal have been held on spying charges for more than a year. >>> sonoma county prosecutors have announced they have dropped all charges get a petaluma woman who's bear foot 2-year-old daughter was found on a city street

i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homeilder. my father brought me up to give back to societ.. felicia jackson promised h late sister that she would te care of her children. but she eded help. to get half a million pots to buy building materials to help build the jason family a new home. well, i know if my dad wastill around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told med wastill around, i's a no brainer and knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward byiving back. >>> good morning to you. welcome back. time now, 6:12. two uc graduates. ktvu's allison burns is in our wash of washington, d.c. bureau, with reaction from their families. good morning, allison. >> good morning to you. that's right. as iran's president arrives in new york for the united, there are fears that could be detained in iran as bargaining chips this. is a look at mahmoud ahmadinejad's meeting sunday with the u.n. secretary general. he has suggested the captured hikers could be traded for iranians in u.s. custody. the third, sarah shord was released yesterday and spoke

. ♪ i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. south a minor setback for three astronauts preparing to return to earth. they strug told open hooks and latches on the space station side of the capsule. the astronauts are scheduled to land in kazakhstan sometime this morning. >>> the pastor of an atlanta area megachurch now facing allegations of sexual misconduct. three young men have filed lawsuits against bishop eddy long. they say he seduced them with cars, money and other gifts in exchange for sex. he admits to he can tag the young men on trips as part of a mentoring program but denie

mady and i'm a mebuilder. my father brght me up to givback to society... felicia jackson promis her late sister that she would take care of her chdren. but she needed help. i us my american expresopen cd to get half a million points to buy buildg materials well, i knowf my dadson was still around, he wld have told me, with no doubt. he would havtold me it's a no brainernd i knew that from the start. it was an nor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> welcome back to the morning news. sarah shord is back in the u.s. but says she is only one-third free. she is calling on iran to release the other two. there are details of a possible deal offered by iran's president. good morning, allison. >> good morning to you, pam. that's right. iran's president seems to be trying to make a deal here in the case of the two american hikers who are still in iran and have been detained there for more than a year. this is a look at mahmoud ahmadinejad's arrival. he is there this week for a united nations summit. he sugges

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i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> coming up on the bottom of the hour, the tragedy we saw last night under friday night lights. this happened in a state where high school football is king. this happened in the small town of west orange texas. it left the town in a state of shock. the star quarterback of the high school football team died during last night's game. witnesses say the quarterback, reginald garrett, collapsed shortly after throwing his second touchdown pass of the night. he was quickly rushed to the hospital where teenage friends and family all gathered wher

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