diana furchtgott-roth? >> guest: well, the attacks of 9/11 did mean that we went and we defended our country, and we could have just kept going like we did in the 90s and not reacted at all, but getting rid of al-qaeda or bin laden, al-qaeda, and the taliban unfortunately are still very much alive, and we mourn the deaths of those servicemen who died over the weekend. we need to protect the united states from further attacks. by attacking these people abroad, there's less chance there's another 9/11 here in the united states, but we do need to make substantial cuts in entitlements, not just health care, social security, gradually raising the retirement age, perhaps increasing contributions also to bring the funds back into balance. it's -- we're fortunate that americans are living longer and longer and longer, but it means the cost of the entitlement programs continue to grow, and we need to be restructuring those. we also need fundamental tax reform, and i agree with christian we have to rid of loopholes,

diana, thank you. >> diana, thanks so much. feel the same way about you. recover well, diana. we'll talk soon. >> you got it, buddy. bye, suzanne. >> all right, bye. thank you very much. sanjay, as well. we're very proud of you, as well. we'll have more of nyad's story on an upcoming cnn special, diana nyad, extreme dream, premiering saturday, september 17th at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> weather update brought to you by -- [ woman ] jogging stroller. you've been stuck in the garage while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. yup, we had a good year at chevy. they gave us a consumers digest best buy award. then they gave us an iihs top safety pick and you... well, you gave us your approval. so we thought, why not give a little back. the chevy model year wrap up. get in on our greatest model year yet. and now, very-well qualified lessees can get a low mileage lease on a chevy cruze ls for around $169 a

host: diana? guest: well, it used to be that many, many americans were employed in agriculture and that shrank. the same is going on about manufacturing as lower wages abroad take some jobs out of here and move them elsewhere to china and india. but our financial sector is making profits right now. we should be glad that we do have profitable sectors in the u.s. economy. to go back to the previous caller about entrepreneurs, john kerry and dick luger have the start-up act that would give visas to foreign entrepreneurs who could come here and create jobs. if they created jobs for native born americans for five years they would get a green card. this is the kind of policy, very low cost, that we need to look at to increase innovation and entrepreneurship and growth here in the economy. host: a gentlemen in randolph, vermont responsibilities s responds to -- responds to the comments about repatriating says when you mention repatriating -- guest: i think it is unfortunate that most of the jobs america

host: diana? guest: well, it used to be that many, many americans were employed in agriculture and that shrank. the same is going on about manufacturing as lower wages abroad take some jobs out of here and move them elsewhere to china and india. but our financial sector is making profits right now. we should be glad that we do have profitable sectors in the u.s. economy. to go back to the previous caller about entrepreneurs, jn kerry and dick luger have the start-up act that would give visas foreign entrepreneurs who could come here and create jobs. if they created jobs for native born americans for five years they wld get a green card. this is the kind of policy, very low cost, that we need to look at to increase innovation and entrepreneurship and growth here in the economy. host: a gentlemen in randolph, vermont responsibilities s responds to -- responds to the commen about repatriating says when you mention repatriating -- guest: i think it is unfortunate that most of the jobs american compani

you and diana exchanging bond pleasantries is too much. anyway. u.s. markets put up a strong showing on monday. as you can see, big merger announcements pushed the dow up and the nasdaq and the s&p 500 up with it. the s&p 500 topped 2% up by 2.2%. analysts think the country may be getting optimistic about the future. the companies may be willing to spend the cash they've been holding on to. as to the outlook for u.s. markets when they open in five and a quarter hours from now, here's where u.s. futures stand in pre-market action and we're talking about most of those gains. monday being thrown away. so it's like merger monday almost didn't happen. so it would seem anyway as of now, andrew. >> yeah. pretty short-lived, wasn't it? well, google is shaking things up. google is one of the reasons that it was looking so good on wall street overnight. the search engine is shelling out billions of dollars for motorola mobility. but will it be enough to gain market share to be a real threat to apple? we'll find out when we come back. active naturals wheat formul

rob, diana? >> a lot of damaging details in that case. >>> for the third time since last month a huge dust storm has engulfed the phoenix area, the giant wall of dirt and debris rolled in last night, creating near zero visibility and delaying some flights as well. winds topping 60 miles an hour. thouounds of folks lost power. the summer of weird weather just continues. >> wacky, wild weather, wants to be priority number one in the news. >> mother nature. >>> here's your friday forecast. thunderstorms and downpours from carolina up to new england. showers and thunderstorms around chicago, st. louis, des moines and omaha. hail and gusty winds in the central plains. showers in the rockies. thunderstorms in florida. >> 90 in miami. 93 in atlanta. 86 here in new york. mostly 80s from the twin cities to indianapolis. dallas still hot, 107. phoenix, 102. 85 in sacramento. and a nice sounding 76 in seattle. >>> there's a chance of wet weather in the town of sterling, illinois, but we're pretty sure that

we have been working on the documentary of diana nyad. this for some time. a few may not know who she is. one of the most aspiring people you'll ever meet. she is a 61-year-old long distance swimmer who set out to do the impossible. something that people told her that simply could not be done. she wanted to swim from here in havana, jump in the water right over here and swim all the way to florida. more than 100 miles. no rest. no shark cage. complete exposure to the elements. the swim was planned to take over two days through day and night. more than 60 hours. that's what the intent was going to be, and she had to do this again without any rest whatsoever. what we now know is diana lasted about half that distance. about 50 miles. 29 hours in the water. the currents were rough and the waves big. her shoulders started to bother her. it was no less inspiring to watch her near the end of that swim. the big question on a lot of people's minds now, including mine, is, diana, what is next for you? that is part of our story today. >>> although we are 100 miles away

you can can watch our special called "diana nyad, extreme dream." i also want to give you an update on our six-pack. many of you at home know our six pack. they are six ruers from around the country that decided to train and yoin me for the new york city triathlon. i couldn't make the triathlon because i'm here in somalia but i'm happy to report this. every one of our six-pack members finished the triathlon and served as huge inspirations to their friends and family. and if they're listening to this right now as well, a huge inspiration to me. we'll give you more updates on them. i did want to give you one sad note about the new york city try@on this. two people lost their lives while competing in this event approximately as it turns out a 64-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman both lost consciousness during the swimming part of this event, which is the first part. it's very sad. it's obviously lrs important to remember that this is a grueling event. we don't take this lightly. for example, every single one of our members of the six pack had to und

rob, diana? >> thanks, craig. >>> google has shaken up the tech world with its plan to buy motorola's mobile division. google says it's not looking to make mobile phones or restrict other companies from using its android operating system, it's motorola's patents they want. motorola is also the biggest maker of cable tv boxes in the u.s. so the deal puts google in position to deliver advertising through television. >>> a bit of good news for drivers and the economy. the energy department says the average price of a gallon of gas dropped 7 cents in the past week thanks to a recent 15% dip in oil prices. economists say the falling prices pretty much act like a tax cut by immediately putting money in consumers' wallets so that 7-cent drop equals $6 billion in consumer spending. i'll take it. we don't drive here in new york. you drive in l.a., right? >> i drive in l.a. a lot. >> traffic as bad as they say out there? >> yeah, yeah. >> you have a little road rage? >> kind of excited about this next stor

host: diana? guest: well, it used to be that many, many americans were employed in agriculture and that shrank. the me is going on about manufacturing as lower wages abroad take some jobs out of here and move them elsewhere to china and india. but our financial sector is making profits right now. we should be glad that we do have profitable sectors in the u.s. economy. to go back to the previous caller about entrepreneurs, john kerry and dick luger have the start-up act that would give visas to foreign entrepreneurs who could come here and create jobs. if they created jobs for native born americans for five years they would get a green card. this is the kind of policy,ery low cost, that we need to look at to increase innovation and entrepreneurship and growth here in the economy. host: a gentlemen in randolph, vermont responsibilities s responds to -- responds to the comments about repatriating says when you mention repatriating -- guest: i think it is unfortunate that most of the jobs american co

tavis: diana and the supremes and -- and what made that work? >> we got a chance to write a solo album. her version of "aides know mountain high enough not" related -- ain't no mountain high enough"really stood out. >> we did not have any long songs. >> 3 minutes. >> we wanted to get something like that, so i said, let me write some of these. put a little grandeur to it, make it really sexy, and she really did it. >> very did not hear that. -- barry did not hear that. >> he did not tell you the truth? the truth is when we produce that album, we took it into mr. gordy. he said, i really liked the way you did it, but i want you to take a big part at the end and put it right out on front. i said, i do not think that will work. he said, that is the way i want you to do it. we will think about it. we went away a couple days and came back. we said, we do not think that works, because this song has an orgasm to it. it builds. he said, if you are not going to do it the way i wanted it to. he said it will not be released. valerie and i stuck to our guns

rob, diana? >> thanks, greg. >>> the ncaa is investigating allegations from a convicted ponzi schemer about his alleged link to the university of miami. shapiro, who's now in prison, claims he treated miami football players to sex parties, cars, jewelry and other gifts. he says it involved more than 70 of the school's athletes from 2002 to 2010. miami's new football coach says it's too soon to take disciplinary action. >>> police raiding a suspected meth house in southern california also found stolen tombstones in the backyard. they say finding the 24 marble and granite gravemarkers worth nearly 50,000 bucks was totally unexpected. unfortunately, most of them have been damaged. >> some of them do have marks on them where there was probably some type of metal, maybe copper or brass, some type of fixture on there, or a nameplate, that has been removed. and they probably got a small amount of money for it. >> investigators have traced the tombstones to a nearby cemetery. now they're trying to track

and at this point, we should probably remind you diana nyad is 61 years old. >>> and next up here for us, a toy story unlike any other. it is "making a difference" for military kids who could use something good right about now. >>> finally tonight, our "making a difference" report, this one from the home front. when an american serves in uniform, that's half the sacrifice. the other half is at home, especially for their children, like the ones you're about to meet who often go months waiting for a parent to come home. tonight, nbc's anne thompson reports on some folks who bring joy to kids who could use some. >> reporter: it could be any summer fair, with face painting, ring toss and rock climbing. but this is for military families in the norfolk, virginia, area with a very special toy giveaway at the end. >> we're hoping for 5,000 children. and based on this line, i think we're going to get it. >> thank you. >> reporter: working the snow cones are four of the franklin five. 13-year-old colin, 6-year-old jacob, 5-year-old aidan and father chris. mom heather is a first lieutenant in th

abc's diana alvear has more. good morning, diana. >> reporter: rob and tanya, good morning. it's been a big mystery for weeks. did the girlfriend of a pharmaceutical executive commit suicide or was she murdered? we're finally hearing from that executive about the tragedy. despite two suspicious deaths at his mansion within days of one another, jonah shacknai has remained silent, until now. >> at a time like this one does a lot of introspective thinking. >> reporter: during his company's earnings report conference call, the ceo of medicis pharmaceuticals began on what he called " "a personal note." >> we've obviously had an extraordinarily difficult titim. we have undertaken some tragedies, some losses, that one couldn't imagine experiencing in a lifetime. >> reporter: shacknai's ordeal began july 11th when his 6-year-old son max took a serious tumble on the mansion's grand staircase. two days later shacknai's brother called 911. he said he discovered shacknai's girlfriend, rebecca zahau, hanging from the balcony. authorities arrived to find her lifeless body on the lawn, nud

late word on why 61-year-old diana nyad's attempt to twin from cuba to florida came to an abrupt end today. ♪ [ female announcer ] sweet honey taste. 80 calories per serving. 40% daily value of fiber. i'm here in the downtown area where the crowd is growing. [ female announcer ] watching calories at breakfast never tasted this sweet... i'll go get my bowl. [ female announcer ] ...or this huge. new fiber one 80 calories. yes, you can actually love breakfast. >>> there is late word tonight that marathon swimmer diana nyad was forced to stop her race. diana was sick and vomiting when she was brought on to a boat. >> even making it half way that's even something. mark ibanez is off tonight. of all the nights you thought the giants would win one, what happened? >> the same old story. last year the giants broke records, this year they've become a broken record. time after time the offense disappoints. fans have to think that they have to get better. neil walker doubles and scores garrett jones. garrett jones scores again. pirates starter charlie martin looked like an all star tonight. ma

rob and diana? >> so bizarre. >> what a weird link to the book at the end about the plot line of that. really weird. it could take more than two months to extradite this guy back to sydney or longer because his lawyer in kentucky says he's going to fight it. >> just thinking about what that poor girl went through. her family says they still don't know why she was targeted. it really doesn't make any sense. and think about the life-long trauma she'll have to deal with. >> the psychology of it. the suspect was -- is a -- you know, was a businessman and a lawyer and -- >> what's the motive? >> well educated, privileged guy, so -- >> it's purely financial. >> yeah, weird, weird story all the way around. >>> wellll, police in missouri have found the body of a missing 3-year-old. breeann rodriguez was discovered in a floodway drainage ditch where shawn morgan, the man who admits to killing her, told them to look. morgan made his first court appearance yesterday. he confessed to suffocating breeann the day

diana nyad was pulled from the waters earlier this morning. she swam for 29 hours but realized the winds and currents were too strong. >>> if last month felt hotter than usual it probably was except for here i think. july was the fourth hottest month on record according to a new government report. in the past 30 days, more than 3700 high temperature records have been set or tied across the nation. >>> this story out of sacramento. a dog spent nearly 90 minutes trapped inside a hot car. this is surveillance video from the arden fair mall. security guards found the dog in the car with a bowl of water and the window cracked slightly open. by the time firefighters arrived the temperature inside the suv soared up to 135 degrees. they managed to pop the door lock and got the dog out just in time. >> it looks like the dog's doing well. >> yeah. >> it's amazing how fast those heat up in an hour, a good 50 degrees. that's hot. very dangerous. >> i can't believe someone would leave their pet in there. >> almost 40 people a year die from being overheated

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>>> nearly a day into a 60-hour nonstop swim, trouble overnight for american diana nyad. >>> turning back to our top story, the wordwide market sell-o-o. asian stocks started in a tailspin today following wall street's lead. on wall street the dow lost 634 points yesterday. its sixth worst day ever. the nasdaq index lost 174 points. abc's akiko fujita has the latest from tokyo where markets have closed. akiko, how did the day end there? >> reporter: well, the good news, asian markets stabilized in afternoon trading but it looked like the markets would follow wall street's lead earlier in the day when markets across the board opened down and then just tumbled. the nikkei average fell below a key number for the first time since the dis in march and down to 6% to 8% at one point. analysts say there were two factors dragging the sell-off today. one is the concern of the global economy weighing on investors, but also a delayed reaction to the u.s. credit rating downgrade. one analyst said investors initially underestimated the impact s&p's move would have on the markets. but we saw that h

florida failed, but we have not seen the last of diana naiad. she's going to join me. >>> president obama is back in a familiar area. he will deliver the people nest month. meanwhile, the president calling for compromise while on his bus tour, while trying to avoid more verbal slipups. president obama gave perry a pass during an interview yesterday. >> mr. perry just got into the presidential race, i think that everybody who runs for president, it probably takes them time before they start realizing this as soon as like running for governor or senator or congress action and you have to be more careful on what to say. i'll cut him some slack. he's only been at it for a few days now. >>>. >> mike viqueira, the president president was kind to per by, but he's not been holding back criticism of the republicans as a whole. how much more of that can we expect today. >> it's interesting on the rick perry front, obviously rick perry making a big slash, trying to run and the conservative base vote. this was clear this morning on our political block, that

diana alvear has more. >> reporter: it took a texas jury only a few hours to convict warren jeffs of sexually assaulting two young girls. >> i think there's a whole lot more victims in this than the two that came out in this trial and i think that justice was served. >> reporter: the cult leader's closing argument consisted of 30 minutes of silence. in contrast prosecutors gave a dramatic closing argument urging the jury to convict jeffs of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old and 12-year-old. girls he took as teen brides. wednesday jurors heard an audio recording of jeffs allegedly having sex with the 12-year-old. he can be heard telling her, you shall learn the powers of the spirit of god as a heavenly wife should. jeffs' defense, he insisted he's being persecutedor his religious beliefs. this is a peaceful people, he said. government intent is to break up families because of prejudicial ideas. >> if anyone of a religious background comes to texas and assaults young girls they'll be prosecut prosecuted. >> reporter: he was found guilty in a court of law. diana alvear, abc news, los an

. >> diana alvear joins us with details. diana? >> reporter: rob and tanya, good morning. what you're about to see is a parent's worst nightmare. it's something a california district attorney says he wants to prevent by changing state law. >> that's it. can you go all the way down? >> yes. >> reporter: this little girl was filmed performing gymnastics in the back seat of nancy garrido's van. you can hear nancy coaxing her on. >> let me see. i i t you can go down really easy, huh? >> yeah, that was easy. >> let me see you do it. >> reporter: at the time this video was recorded, jaycee lee dugard had been a prisoner in nancy and philip garrido's backyard for two years. parole officers visited at least 60 times and never bothered to inspect the property. ♪ >> reporter: nancy also filmed ç philip, a convicted child rapist, playing guitar at a park, panning off to capture video of kids playing, the real reason they were recording. >> philip and nancy are exactly why parents tell their kids not to talk to strangers. >> how many instances are we talking about, you getting the

you may remember the swimmer's name, diana nyad. 61 now, she first tried this 31 years ago. no luck then. she says she has an edge this time, a mind and spirit strengthened by age. here's abc's sharyn alfonsi on the dangerous challenge facing this undaunted woman. >>> reporter: for swimmer diana nyad, this is what 61 looks like. >> i'm standing here in the prime of my life. >> reporter: age isn't the number nyad worries about. 86 degrees. that's the water temperature. it sounds balmy, but it's colder than her core so hypothermia and dehydration are threats. she's not permitted to wear any kind of wetsuit. so she gaiaid 15 pounds on purpose for insulation. she stops every 45 minutes but she can't touch the boat. so she treads water as she's handed sports drinks to hydrate her, hot chocolate to warm her, energy gels to fuel her. and then there's the jellyfish. one kind can even cause nausea, hallucinations and convulsions. doctors have injections standing by in case. but the biggest threat of all -- hundreds of sharks. >> they for thousands of years have heard a fluttering on

. >>> diana battle to swim in shark infested water from cuba to florida. why the 61-year-old says her age is the secret our planes start flying when it's dark. and they don't stop flying until it's dark again. flying all day, every day. you deserve our best. that's why there's so many flight options. [ webber ] southwest airlines has seven daily nonstop flights from the bay area to chicago midway to fit your schedule. ♪ hey, we're on your schedule, not ours. there will be another one back here in a second, just watch. what did i tell you -- there's another one. [ ding ] >> era will soon end when the house of representative page program shuts down. they date back to the 1820 but the run in the house will end at the end of this month. usually high school juniors who serve as messenger for lawmakers while getting a front row seat to learn about congress. technology and e-mail has eliminated the need for the pages, however. e-mail or not the senate will continue its page program. >>> fbi said today it has been unable to link new sus

diana niad, baby boomer what is she trying to prove? >> she's trying to prove that age is not a deterrent to reach your dreams, follow your goals. she wants to be the first person to swim from havana, cuba, to the key west. she wants to do this to prove that you can do whatever you set your mind to she tried to do this in 1978, and wasn't able to complete it because of, you know, weather conditions. but i want to say, look at this. she has been trying to practice for two years, swims, like, 8 to 12 hours a day. we actually have a cnn crew following alongside her. the key is, she wants to do this because it's in open waters. there are not shark cages, but there's a shark shield, it sends out electrical impulses to scare the sharks away. >> was it last year or the year before she tried something? >> in 2010. again, weather was a factor. it will happen -- tick tock. in about 30 minutes, she will hit the water. >> we wish her luck. you know, thank you. she may survive swimming with sharks and dodging deadly jellyfish, but diane needs the we

diana 103-mile swim began before 5:00 yesterday. you remember diana. she has been an olympic swimmer. a lot of long distance swimming. in this particular case she has been at it for 12 hours. the journey is estimated to take 40 and 60 hours depending on the conditions. she says seis in the prime of her life and she played army wake-up song on the bugle before divering in from what bahna marina -- from marina. she has been in training for two years. you still have a body that is strong. but am i at peace with joy of the world? spool of courage and not afraid. this is my day. talk to me in 24 hours. 48 hours. 60 hours. >> she has also been a sport caster. she is closely monitored by supporters in the media. details are posted at twitter at diana niamad. >>> apes are swinging to the top of the box office. "rise of the planet of the apes" took in $54 million to debut in number one spot at the weekend box office, about $15 million more than they expected for the prequel. it tells the story of the how primates evolved to take over the earth from human. "smur

you know, matt, you know diana. >> long time. she really is. just sounds so weird when you're talking about swimming to say she will arrive in the next few days. that's a long haul. >> whether or not she makes it, though, she is already inspiring, i think, our generation. >> so many people. absolutely. >> thank you very much. >>> we want to turn now to something that every parent can relate to. it all started when this photograph of senior producer's son leo was passed around the office and the captions read, i clean this sort of thing up every day. >> so we ask for your best photos cleaning up after the kids. here's a look at some of the dirty work. ♪ ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? c

it is horrible. >> diana, we are so glad that you didn't stay, that you were able to escape. where are you now? can you describe or explain the conditions of this shelter where you are now? >> okay. we are at the huntersfield christian training center, and it is amazing. if anybody can help, we need batteries and flashlights. that is all they are asking for. we are up in the cat skill mosk mountains, very high, and many of the roads are washed out, so it is difficult to get around. you know, you can't go anywhere. the town of prattsville, itself, there is nothing left. there is fire down there and firemen and i believe that national guard is down there as well. >> diana, has anybody told you whether or not there's going to be a rescue party on the way or are you guys basically stuck there for a while? >> we are safe. we will be able to get out. it may take a long time. because the roads need to be repaired. but we are okay up here. >> all right. diana -- >> we -- >> we know it is difficult conditions that you and your family are enduring and we wish the very best for you, and

. ♪ >>> there is late word tonight that marathon swimmer diana nyad was forced to stop her race. diana was sick and vomiting when she was brought on to a boat. >> even making it half way that's even something. mark ibanez is off tonight. of all the nights you thought the giants would win one, what happened? >> the same old story. last year the giants broke records, this year they've become a broken record. time after time the offense disappoints. fans have to think that they have to get better. neil walker doubles and scores garrett jones. garrett jones scores again. pirates starter charlie martin looked like an all star tonight. martin gets kepinger to jump into the double play. he gets shut out for the second time this season. >>> looks like nobody wants to win the nl west. despite losing nine of their last 11 games the giants still lead the division. that's because houston hammered -- tonight. >>> and today, someone who they thought got away decided to resign. number 38 safety deshon goldson started 32 games over the past two seasons for the 49ers. last year goldson made 80 ta

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and finally, the motown diva, diana, touch me in the morning. she's coming to san francisco, for one night only. friday, september 16th. that's the concert night, but tickets have just gone on sale. she hasn't been here in some 40 years. so, if you want to see a legend in concert, diana ross, there she is. that's it, enjoy your weekend, eye on the bay, thanks for watching. cheers. >>> still to come: america's favorite redhead now starring in an online doodle. but first, celebrating women in the bay area. the star-studded event that helps give them wings. ,,,,,,,,,,,, it's true. you never forget your first subaru. foundation hosts a star-studded affair.... all to raise fund ecutive >>> next weekend the take wings foundation hosting a star studded affair. all to raise funds for its work. executive director tracy ward joining us with that information on this great event. good morning to you. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> tell us about this event. it's happening next weekend. what does it do? >> we're having our 8th annual gala next saturd

>>> a faye pous long distance -- famous long distance swimmer facing a dangerous swim. 62-year-old diana niayad trying to swim 103 miles from cuba to florida without a shark cage. instead she is protected by an electric field. they will scout ahead for the sharks and drive them away. she has been in training for this, for the past two years. >> you reach this stage, you still have a body that is strong and a better mind. a mind that is full of courage and not afraid. now it's dead flat calm. this is my day. i don't know, talk to me in 24 hours and 48 hours and 60 hours. >> the high winds and bad weather forced her out of the water in 1978 attempt. australian woman made the swim successfully in 1997, but using a shark cage. nayad is 13 hours in the 60-hour swim. follow the journey on switter. the user name is at diana nayad. >>> coming up, the hack attack that targets dozen of the law enforcement agencies and what they had in common. >> most sites pay big money to protect a pbpbpbpbpbpbpbqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq >>> welcome back. 6:24. facebook is putting out unusual help wanted sign for hacker

the chairman, congressman rob bishop, the vice chairman, congresswoman diana degette, congresswoman virginia foxx, clerk of the house karen haas, sergeant at arms bill livinggood, and mrs. lynn silversmith kline. i want to thank them for their service on the house page board and i thank the departing pages and you've seen a wonderful bit of history take place today. mr. bishop: reclaiming the time, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to include the page summer class in the official record and ask this body to recognize the pages for the services they have rendered us this year. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker: without objection, the gentlelady from california, ms. pelosi, is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i too want to join our colleagues in recognizing the contribution of the pages to the conduct of the house of representatives. i thank them. and they have, as mr. kildee said, and others have mentioned, borne witness to many important historical occasions here. but i can't think of any that is more special and means so much to our country than to witness t

. >> diana, remember in the '80s you heard about her trying to become the 1st person to swim between cuba and florida without a shark cage. she is 61. struggled through ocean swells, shoulder pain and asthma before she was forced to give up the 103-mile swim. she was training for two years, swimming 12 hours a day. catherine heenan would say stay home. [ talking at the same time ] >> i am like good for you but i would not -- stay home. >> i saw my mother sunday and she said stop with that after 40 stay home. [ talking at the same time ] >> that sounded like agony. >> here she is, enjoying herself, vomited, struggled -- [ talking at the same time ] >> a 7-year-old has signed to the real madrid soccer team. he will start training september 6. no joke. he signed a professional contract and at 7 years of age, jeez, he will miss sand box. okay. turn left. you have arrived. sweet belt. e-reader for textbooks. gps. hd video cam for lectures. game pad. have you considered this by motorola ? it's got all that and more than 200,000 apps. technology to learn and play on-the-go. only at verizon.

diana nyad's attempt to swim from cuba to the florida keys is over. the 61-year-old called it quits this morning after 29 hours in the water. she was trying to become the first person to make the 103-mile swim without a cage. >> but she gave it a go. >> certainly did. >>> happening right now, riots in britain spreading beyond london to three other citys. david cameron is condemning the scenes of violence, vowing to bring the rioters to justice. atika shubert live for us in the london suburb of ealing and prime minister cameron came back from vacation to attend to this. some say he should have done that a couple days ago. >> that's what a lot of residents are asking, why did it take three nights of consecutive rioting and looting before both the prime minister, the home secretary, and the mayor of london decided to cancel their holidays and come back. now, however, prime minister cameron says, he will be putting more police on to the streets, 16,000 cops will be on the streets tonight and he is promising that any looters will feel the full force of the

. >>> diana nyad has no retrostopping her swim from cuba to miami. she was halfway on the 109-mile swim when she became too sick and too sore to continue. >>> well, this morning, millions of us waking up to a smaller nest egg. in less than 30 minutes all of us will be looking at that big board on wall street wondering where the numbers will be headed today. yesterday hurt. it was the worst day in nearly three years. the dow spiralled down 635 points and, overnight dragged down markets around the world. we are covering all of the angles from new york to london to hong kong and wall street to the white house. cnn reporters are all there. let's start with alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. alison, this has been pretty brutal. >> reporter: it has has been. volatility is the word of the date on wall street. futures overnight are pointing to a rally at the open. the dow looks like it could open 150 points. some here on wall street, they call it a dead cat bounce. yeah, that means stocks fell so hard, they got a bounce back at some point. not to s

. >> diana, remember in the '80s you heard about her trying to become the 1st person to swim between cuba and florida without a shark cage. she is 61. struggled through ocean swells, shoulder pain and asthma before she was forced to give up the 103-mile swim. she was training for two years, swimming 12 hours a day. catherine heenan would say stay home. [ talking at the same time ] >> i am like good for you but i would not -- stay home. >> i saw my mother sunday and she said stop with that after 40 stay home. [ talking at the same time ] >> that sounded like agony. >> here she is, enjoying herself, vomited, struggled -- [ talking at the same time ] >> a 7-year-old has signed to the real madrid soccer team. he will start training september 6. no joke. he signed a professional contract and [ male announcer ] kentucky grilled chicken. now with new bigger white meat breast pieces marinated for juiciness. freshly seasoned and slow grilled by real cooks. just wait until you try this kentucky grilled chicken. it's that good. today tastes so good.

diana ross in concert? a must-see. >> i saw her at harrods years ago. she is fabulous. >> great hair. >> all the information at cbssf.com click on the link there and, of course, eye night my self, thuy and brian right here at 7 p.m. cbs 5. >> thank you. shameless plug, we appreciate it. enjoy weekend. good luck with the cookoff. >> thank you. it will be fun. the gloves are off. >>> 6:52 now. home sweet home. >> a big day for two young rescued sea lions. how their return to the ocean is making history. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, okay, kids, we can record one more show. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. okay, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. show it some love. chevron with techron

. >>> diana finestein will help campaign for ed lee. they will talk to people and workers and earlier this month the california senator played a key role in his decision to run full term for mayor. steadily leadership and unifying presence in city hall. >>> away area lawmaker is taking up power against a supply company because it would get a tax break for laying off all workers and hiring new ones. they should not be rewarded for firing some workers and replacing them in another location within the state. that is not creating jobs and he plans on creating legislation to close that loophole. a warning for those who bank by phone. it is risky because those people do not have security software on their phone. that makes it easier for hackers to steal information. people should only download mobile banking apps and make sure it is always enabled incase it is stolen. >>> well the help cleaned up at the box office this weekend. the drama about black southern maids moved up to the top spot. >>> former 901 rise of the planet of the apes was fol

., like mrs -- >> steve: like diana durbin. >> jimmy: diana durbin, there you go. [ laughter ] mrsdoubled -- she says, once went camping with my husband's family, stayed up late drinking with his sisters, accidentally crawled into my father-in-law's tent. [ laughter ] >> steve: oh. double ds. [ laughter ] henry. >> jimmy: double "d." >> steve: i've got two new pillows, ruth! [ laughter ] those aren't pillows! [ laughter ] i can see naples from here. >> jimmy: no, no, that's not true. [ laughter ] this one's from @farmhand86. he says, grandpa was blowing out the fire on his marshmallow and blew his false teeth into the fire. [ laughter ] looks like grandpa's having soup tonight, camping. >> steve: save it. save it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: ew. [ laughter ] this one's form @soonerrn9, she says, friend lost her dog, marco, while camping. she was calling for him and all the other drunk campers were yelling polo. [ laughter ] >> steve: marco? polo! marco? >> jimmy: polo! >> steve: no, shut up! >> jimmy: polo. >> marco. >> jimmy: polo. >> steve: marco. >> jimmy: polo. this one's from @britneylynn

. >>> and on this day in 1997 princess diana died in a car crash in paris. all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc, and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. with flooding and widespread power outages still affecting millions in the aftermath of hurricane irene, fema's administrator general speaks out on relief efforts. >>> from fried food to huge animals, a little bit of country comes to the plaza for today's county fair. keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

abc's diana alvear has the latest. good morning, diana. >> reporter: rob and tanya, good morning. for the first time we're learning exactly how it all went down in colorado. the take-down of the dangerous dougherty gang, including what lee grace had to say to investigators about who pulled the trigger when it came to shots fired at officers. dangerous to the end, the dougherty siblings were unwilling to give up without a fight. unloading round after round at pursuing officers. according to the arrest affidavit, lee grace dougherty told colorado investigators, we weren't trying to hurt anyone, we just wanted them to get back. when their car encountered stop sticks they spun out and crashed onto a guardrail. officers quickly arrested dylan dougherty stanley. but lee grace and younger brother ryan made a run for it. lee grace didn't get far. >> she had an automatic pistol and she was con front by a police officer. she turned and made an attempt chamber a round and point it at the officer. >> reporter: that's when the officer shot lee grace in the leg, stopping her in her tracks. ryan

. >>> on the 14th anniversary of her death, how princess diana currently ranks among popularity with all british royal. hey! you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. plus i get two boxtops for their school. >>> 60s, 70s, it does look warmer -- hold on -- hold on -- tomorrow. >> tomorrow. all right. thank you, steve. >>> it's 7:14. general david petraeus officially retires from the army today after 37 years of service. he's headed for a new civilian post as director of the cia, replacing leon panetta. general petraeus has served as the top commander in iraq and afghanistan. he starts his new job on tuesday. >>> today is the anniversary of the death of princess diana. 14 years later, she's still britain's most favorite royal. a

abc's diana alvear has the latest on this. good morning, diana. >> reporter: rob and tanya, good morning. after disappearing for two weeks we may finally get our first glimpse of casey anthony thanks to an ororr by a florida judge. for two weeks casey anthony's whereabouts have been a complete mystery. thanks to her conviction on a check fraud case she may finally surface in florida. a judge has ordered that anthony must check in with her probation officer in orlando. although her attorneys are likely to fight his order. the judge also required her to pay $348 in court costs and $20 a month for the cost of her probation supervision. last year anthony pleaded guilty to charges she stole checks belonging to her friend amy huizenga and cashed them. she was sentenced to a year of probation. huizenga testified during anthony's murder trial about her former friend's behavior when anthony's 2-year-old daughter caylee went missing. >> she always had an explanation as to where caylee was. >> reporter: as to what anthony has been doing

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. >>> 61-year-old diana nyad back in the u.s. after abandoning her attempt to swim from cuba to miami. she was halfway on the 109-mile journey when she became too sick, and too sore to continue. well this morning, millions of us are waking up to smaller nesteggs, and, of course, looking at that big board on wall street and watching the numbers very closely, we're covering all the angles from new york to london and wall street to the white house. cnn reporters are there. let's begin with alison kosik here at the new york stock exchange. alison, what do you think? we're seeing a glimmer of optimism here. we're still in positive territory. >> that's right. got to take what you can get, right? it's still very volatile. but at least for now that volatility is moving in the right direction. we watched the major averages open up 1% each. we call the dow pop 141 points. we're still kicking the triple digit rally. but traders say the selling wave may not be over because the fact is no one wants to be the last person at the party without a