how did she hide elizabeth? >> i'd like to know that myself. >> tell me about elizabeth. these photos, her personality just beams out of the photos. >> when you see that morning sun pop over the mountain, that's what she was. she was sunshine. and you can't help but love her. i mean, she was picking on her brother in this picture you're showing now here at my house, and it was funny. you just had to be here. >> with me is elizabeth's aunt, vicki olten. we are taking your calls. her parents have received the news, as you are, that a suspect is in custody. it's a 15-year-old neighbor girl, a 15-year-old girl, charged with premeditated murder one. we are taking your calls live. to tonight's case alert. finally, an arrest and murder charge in the stabbing death of an all-american college football star, jasper howard, university of connecticut. howard's life cut short at a college dance. after an extensive investigation, hundreds of interviews, three suspects who are not uconn students in custody. one facing murder charges. >> police have arrested the following -- john w. loma

today, elizabeth smart, now 21 years old, appeared in court. she described in harrowing detail her captivity. her hope, that she can persuade a judge that her captor's behavior may have been bizarre, but it was not insane. barbara pinto was in the courtroom. >> reporter: it was the one unanswered question. what happened to elizabeth smart during her ne-month captivity. she never said. >> i have to much to live for. i just don't need to look back. >> reporter: not in interviews. >> i don't think that -- that any child, or any human should ever be in danger of having that happen again. >> reporter: not to her parents. >> likewiois and i, we heard bid pieces. we don't feel the need to know what happened. >> reporter: the question was answered today and it was much more horrific than anyone could have ever imagined. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never heard before, and i had -- i had no idea what she had gone through. >> reporter: today, elizabeth smart marched into court, ready to finally confront the man accused of holding he

reportedly the sister of little elizabeth's playmate. in the last hours, a judge brings down the hammer in a bid for the 15-year-old girl to walk free. >>> breaking news in the case of 9-year-old elizabeth olten whose body was found near her home. the teen suspect, who is reportedly female is the older sister of the little friend e liz best was last seen playing with. they will not confirm this to hln. >> caller: the sheriff wants first degree murder charges. he says it's something that was planned. they have written evidence and they have also talked with the 15-year-old girl. >> the teen will not be allowed to go home while waiting to see if she'll be tried as an adult of juvenile. >> the time it takes you to raise a gun and pull the trigger. >> an attorney representing the teen wave waived the hearing today. she will wait until the hearing. >> look at the seriousness of the case, the fact it resulted in death. this kid is not going to be prosecuted in juvenile hall, but real adult jail. >>> kmiz reports the home search after the body

today, elizabeth smart, now 21 years old, appeared in court. she described in harrowing detail her captivity. her hope, that she can persuade a judge that her captor's behavior may have been bizarre, but it was not insane. barbara pinto was in the courtroom. >> reporter: it was the one unanswered question. what happened to elizabeth smart during her nine-month captivity. she never said. >> i have to much to live for. i just don't need to look back. >> reporter: not in interviews. >> i don't think that -- that any child, or any human should ever be in danger of having that happen again. >> reporter: not to her parents. >> likewiois and i, we heard bid pieces. we don't feel the need to know what happened. >> reporter: the question was answered today and it was much more horrific than anyone could have ever imagined. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never heard before, and i had -- i had no idea what she had gone through. >> reporter: today, elizabeth smart marched into court, ready to finally confront the man accused of holding

how did she hide elizabeth? >> i'd like to know that, myself. >> tell me about elizabeth. in those photos, her personality just beams out of the photos. >> well, when you see that morning sun pop over the mountain, that's what she was. she was sunshine, and you can't help but love her. i mean, she was ornery, she was picking on her brother in this picture you're showing now, here at my house, and it was funny. you just had to be here. >> with me is elizabeth's aunt, vicki olten. we are taking your calls. her parents have received the news, as you are, that a suspect is in custody. it's a 15-year-old neighbor girl, a 15-year-old girl, charged with premeditated murder one. we are taking your calls live. >>> to tonight's case alert. finally, an arrest and murder charge in the stabbing death of an all-american college football star, jasper howard, university of connecticut. howard's life cut short at a college dance. after an extensive investigation, hundreds of interviews, three suspects who are not uconn students, in custody. one facing murder charges. >> police have arreste

a few of the comments we received, elizabeth r. rights sandra bullock because she looks so fresh and seems so youthful. jennifer aniston and court no cox. older ladies, but wonderful. you can follow us on twitter for breaking entertainment news alerts. sign up at c cnn.com/showbiztonig cnn.com/showbiztonight. here's what's coming up at the bottom of the hour. andre agassi's shocking drug confession and speaking out about using crystal meth and levi johnston's secrets about sarah palin. >> if she is going to say stuff about me, i will leak things on her. >> he said he's got the dirt on sarah. shocking claims from michael jackson's dermatology about how many injections he gave jackson in the months leading up to his death. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. more stories from the newsroom making news right now. >> right now i want you to keep on watching the bottom of the screen. nonstop and compelling news from "showbiz tonight." ninininininini >> now on "showbiz tonight," andre agassi's agonizing confessions. tonight the former bad b

chris jansing was in the courtroom as elizabeth smart shared the details. >> reporter: at 21, elizabeth smart is moving forward with her life, planning a mission trip to france. for nearly two hours on the witness stand today, she returned to 2002, when she was just 14. she recounted details of when she was kidnapped in her bed at knife point. >> she was graceful and remarkable, strong and gave powerful testimony. >> reporter: for the first time ever, telling the story in public. details her family didn't know. >> there were a lot of things i never heard before. i had -- i had no idea what she had gone through so much out there. >> reporter: smart told of being chained to a tree in the woods, being forced to take drugs and alcohol. her testimony will help a judge determine whether a homeless street creature is mentally competent to stand trial for her kidnapping. elizabeth smart painted a picture of mitchell as a master manipulator who used religion as an excuse for his sexual addiction. she endured nine months of sexual assault. mitchell was removed from the courtroom when he refused t

katie. >> couric: elizabeth palmer in geneva, thank you, liz. penal, president obama is flying to denmark tonight to try to win the 2016 olympics for his home town of chicago. michelle obama is already there, and the decision will come tomorrow. from copenhagen, here's sheila macvicar. >> reporter: the first lady of the united states and the first lady of talk tv are just two of the megawatt stars supporting chicago's high-stakes olympics bid. there are 101 delegates who will vote, and four cities to choose from-- chicago, rio de janeiro, tokyo, and madrid, with chicago and rio the favorites. in rio's favor, there's never been an olympic game south of mexico city. ♪ it's my kind of town ♪ >> reporter: in chicago's, there's the potential for a spectacular venue on the lakefront. >> everything about this bid speaks to what the city has to offer. >> reporter: this is a race where the winner may be decided by only a vote or two, so every vote is being wooed. the days of olympic corruption and bribery are gone. in their place, the celebrity lobby

elizabeth cell phone sends out signals but drops off. law enforcement now believes the battery is dead. >> i think as a parent, how difficult it has to be to cope with the idea that your 9-year-old baby's not home. >> as desperate golden hours tick by and the race to find elizabeth. >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. live, orange park, florida. 55 miles to the north, no tip, no lead. police spend countless man hours sifting through about a hundred tons of garbage. after they trail somer's orange park trash truck to this dump. there's no other way to say it than to just say it. police spot a little girl's legs sticking out of that filthy garbage. . >> i just want him found. i want someone to have to pay for what -- for what has been done to my family. her and i were just really a lot alike. we had the same personality. and i just miss holding her. and giving her a kiss. and not knowing if i actually said i love her. i know that she knew that. but just never know. >> it's with deep regret and sadness t

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. >> couric: elizabeth palmer in geneva, thank you, liz. penal, president obama is flying to denmark tonight to try to win the 2016 olympics for his home town of chicago. michelle obama is already there, and the decision will come tomorrow. from copenhagen, here's sheila macvicar. >> reporter: the first lady of the united states and the first lady of talk tv are just two of the megawatt stars supporting chicago's high-stakes olympics bid. there are 101 delegates who will vote, and four cities to choose from-- chicago, rio de janeiro, tokyo, and madrid, with chicago and rio the favorites. in rio's favor, there's never been an olympic game south of mexico city. ♪ it's my kind of town ♪ >> reporter: in chicago's, there's the potential for a spectacular venue on the lakefront. >> everything about this bid speaks to what the city has to offer. >> reporter: this is a race where the winner may be decided by only a vote or two, so every vote is being wooed. the days of olympic corruption and bribery are gone. in their place, the celebrity lobby

. >>> the chilling story from elizabeth smart, going public about what life was like during her kidnapping ordeal. >> is this the missing link? what we can learn from something 4 million years old. >>> was that really him flying the plane today, turns out it was, "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, the picture emerging tonight from the island of somatra and indonesia is multiplying. there's been another strong quake. now, the effort to find andres cue survivors in one of two separate disasters we're covering, by the way, has become more urgent. it's where we begin tonight. ian williams has the latest from ground zero of this disaster. >> reporter: we drove into a traumatized city. an estimated 500 buildings badly damaged. hotels, shops and a school were among many leveled and the quake that killed at least 1100 people. the worst devastation is here in the center of padang where entire buildings collapsed. this is all that remains of a shop front. the cars where they are when it hit with such force. throughout the day, survivors were dr

prosecutors say the homeless street preacher wanted elizabeth as a second wife. are you worried about hearing things that you have never heard before? >> it -- i mean, it hurts to hear what she's gone through. >> reporter: elizabeth has met with prosecutors preparing her testimony, even as she prepares to go to france on a mission trip for her church. her family and faith, she says, have seen her through the worst. >> no matter what people can take from you or do to you or harm you, that they can't take that away from you. >> reporter: now 21, elizabeth has become an advocate for other victims, publicly attending the signing of child safety legislation and privately facing what happened to her with unimaginable resolve. >> i remember elizabeth going up into the hills, the place he held her, and saying, you know, "i am no longer captive," you know, "i am conquering." >> reporter: ed smart says elizabeth has forgiven mitchell and his wife but that she still wants justice. >> she also wants to face brian mitchell and just say, you know, you are a scum [ bleep ], and

>> he's older than elizabeth and an acquaintance. elizabeth knew the person. we do not know if it's a boy or girl. we do not know if they will be charged. >> we also know, this person of interest, he's in custody. he or she is in custody, correct? >> yes, this person is. they led them to the body of elizabeth. >> was an amber alert ever called out in this case? >> no. an amber alert was never issued. >> let us go out to pat brown, criminal profiler and author of, "killing for sport." we heard about the case when it happened, this little girl in missouri, 9 years old. wenlt missing. authorities said we're not going to call out an amber alert. we have no evidence of foul play. kids go in the woods, they play. this was 6:15 at night. she was 9 years old, not 19. what do you make of this, pat? >> it always sounds bad. if you are not a police officer, you think how could they do that? the fact is, they get so many calls and the children show up an hour or two later. i was at a friend's house. i went to the store. they get it so often, they cannot call it an amber a

elizabeth smart divulging details. not only go through the hell of being raped by this guy three, four times a day, there were other things that might tell us this guy is fully competent to stand trial. we have with us robin sax, form other sex crimes prosecutor and stacey kaiser, our psychotherapist. we talked about him singing hymns. elizabeth smart says he does it to manipulate a situation. that tells me he knows how to pull strings to get people do what he wants. >> she also talks about how she manipulated people -- how he manipulated people to get him free meals. this guy has a strategy for going after what he wants. >> i'm going to pick up on that. part of elizabeth's testimony is he was zoning in on kidnapping another teenager, i believe in san diego. not by chance either. it was a targeted plan. just a male showed up thankfully and he wasn't able to pull it off. >> it goes to show exactly what you and stacey are saying. this is a man with a strategy and a man with a plan. his plans worked for seven years. he's

after this difficult day in court, elizabeth will move on. leaving on an overseas church mission trip. while a judge decides whether her accused captor is mentally fit to stand trial. for "good morning america," barbara pinto, abc news, salt lake city. >>> and her father, ed smart, joining us, live, now, from salt lake city, utah. and, ed, we saw you. tears in your eyes. these were details she had not ever told you? >> you know, i knew it somewhat. but i just had no idea of the scope of what she went through. i just -- i couldn't believe that anyone would be such an animal. >> and i know, because you told me years ago, that you had been advised not press her. let her tell you everything in her time. what did she say to you afterwards? what did you say to each other? >> you know, i just told her how proud i was, to sit there in that courtroom, and hear, basically, her story and the story of brian david mitchell, from the time he was young, to this point in time. i just -- i couldn't believe anyone could be so abusive, so self-absorbed, and so

elizabeth's nightmare began in 2002 in what she believed was the safety of her bedroom. around 2:00 a.m., brian mitchell broke in. she says, he placed his hand on my chest. he put the knife up to my neck. he told me to get up quietly and if i didn't, he would kill me and my family. her 9-year-old sister mary katherine shared a bedroom and witnessed the abduction. >> i was so scared. i just like ran back in my bed and like hopped underneath my covers. >> reporter: elizabeth says she was marched three miles to a canyon where mitchell and accomplice wanda barzee made her his wife, staging an impromptu wedding. he learned more details today. he had a big cable bolted onto my leg which was strung between two trees with a lock, he had the key around hit neck. she was given alcohol and drugs and traipsed around the country begging for money and food. today it was revealed mitchell raped the teen at will. she testified in court, anything i showed resistance or hesitation to he would turn to me and say, the lord commanded you to do this, you have to experience the lowest form of

elizabeth r. talks about what happened after she was kidnapped and held against her will. -- elizabeth more. >> these two dogs live in deplorable conditions. now they need a new home. that story coming up. >> and the retailer best buy has a new tool to help customers for the upcoming -- upcoming holiday season. season. >> after living their lives in terrible conditions, these two dogs are doing fine now, and they are looking for new owners. according to county officials, it was a terrible case of animal cruelty. 21 dogs living in terrible conditions in a pasadena home. three of them did not make it. the good news, almost a dozen of them have found homes, but many of them are still up for adoption. >> it was just a little over a month ago when these two dogs were found living in deplorable conditions. it was august 28 when anne arundel county animal control found the 21 dogs living in this home in pasadena. >> the dogs were living in feces. someone from the hazmat team had to dress up to go into th

. >> elizabeth smart was found a few miles from where she lived. she never came face to face with the man before she testified. unemployment is rising. in fact, right now, the dow is down 19 points >> the unemployment rate ticked another step towards double digits today after a report of job losses in september were much worse than expected. >> a total of 15.1 million persons were unemployed in september, twice the number at the start of the recession. >> it was the first month in a row that nation's employers reduce their payroll. even state governments are cutting their jobs. the governor had to temporarily lay off about 51,000 non- essential state workers. >> this demands more than just a balanced budget. our future demand a budget that ensures that our state can diversify the economy and create jobs. >> despite the pain, at the nation is emerging from a recession. although, a 9.8% jobless rate shows that many companies are reluctant to higher since the worst recession since the 1930's. >> especially as we go into this holiday season, retailers

now elizabeth smart testifies about the horrors she experienced. more on her testimony during her kidnapper's competency hearing a little bit later. much more is ahead this morning. right now it's 9:09. stay with us, we'll be right back. soft! soft! hard! hard! how do you decide between crunchy and soft tacos? why don't we have both? old el paso. hard n soft tacos. true genius. mexican style. until the grands are on the table" grands biscuits. would it really be breakfast without 'em? for money saving coupons go to... pillsbury.com. >>> more evidence today that the recession is still inflicting plenty of pain out there. the unemployment rate rose to 9.8% in september as employers cut more jobs than expected. the labor deparent says the nation's economy lost a net total of263,000 jobs last month. that is well above what economists predicted at 180 now. >>> now to developing stories in the pacific. she spent 40 hours trapped under rubble but crews pulled her out alive. that find reinvigorated frantic efforts to find survivors of two deadly waits in s

this is elizabeth smart today. you can see there all grown up heading to court to testify against a manual accused of abducting and raping her seven years ago. today for the first time we learned exactly what she endured. we have the story. >> reporter: more than seven years after her alleged abduction, elizabeth smart tells a judge about her ordeal. flanked by family members, the now 21-year-old walked into a salt lake city courthouse thursday. psychological tests have not been able to prove her alleged kidnapper brian david mitchell is mentally capable of standing trial. prosecutors and elizabeth's father hope her testimony will convince the judge mitchell is competent. >> if this doesn't clinch the issue of competency, our nation is in really, really bad shape. >> reporter: prosecutors say smart's testimony shows mitchell is manipulative, not mentally incompetent. >> his intentions are to do what he has done before and that is to get away with his behavior and to walk away from his actions. >> reporter: for abou

. >> reporter: for years high school junior elizabeth has struggled with skin problems. >> made me feel awkward around my friends. >> reporter: she works hard to zap pimples year around but this time of year leaves marks on her face and back. >> during the beginning of the school year and when exams start. >> reporter: this doctor is spokesman much the american academy of dermatology and there is a link between stress and acne in some people. in her own practice she sees a 20% increase in teens and young adults when it's time to hit the books. >> when you get stress levels up you have a hormone that turns on the glands in your skin that triggers the acne. >> reporter: facing the problem is an important first step but following the prescribed treatment plan can be tough work. julie harper says often patients need to know acne treatments take time. >> i would say it takes two months to see a 40 to 50% improvement in acne. >> reporter: and problems can occur if patients amy too much or too little of a treatment or scrub too hard. >> they see acne, they see bumps, they think they can scrub

>> the juvenile is older than elizabeth and also an acquaintance of elizabeth. apparently elizabeth knew this person. we also do not know if it's a boy or girl and do not know if they are going to be charged and if they will be charged, will they be charged as an adult? >> matt zarrell, we also know this person of interest is in custody. he or she is in custody, correct? >> yes, this person is. they led them to the body of elizabeth. >> one other question, was an amber alert ever called out in this case for this little elementary school student that went missing? >> no. an amber alert was never issued. >> let us go out to pat brown, criminal profiler and author of, "killing for sport." you know, pat, we heard about this case when it happened. this little girl in missouri, 9 years old. went missing. didn't come home. authorities said we're not going to call out an amber alert. we have no evidence of foul play. kids go in the woods, they play. and we just aren't sure about anything. this was 6:15 at night. she was 9 years old, not 19. but 9. what do you make of th

this is 9-year-old elizabeth olten. she was last seen walking home from a friend's house wednesday evening. crews were out again today. they're pretty much focusing on an area where elizabeth's cell phone signals were last picked up. a very small community near jefferson city. hundreds of volunteers were helping with local and federal officers. so many people turned out they had to turn some away. the sheriff says he's seen no sign that a crime has been committed so far. >>> an entire family is getting more focus today. hunters found the jamison's abandon pickup truck last saturday. the family's starving dog was inside with their i.d.s and a lot of cash. the last time they were seen was october 9th. they were out looking to buy some land. search coordinator has been called from oklahoma city. officers are out looking in muddy mountainous areas on foot, on horse back, and a helicopter. >> police in new jersey are treating the case of a catholic priest found dead in his church as a homicide. st. patricks church is about t

here in court, elizabeth smart is expected to confront the man who held her captive for nine months. for the past six years, brian david mitchell, a self-proclaimed prophet, has refused to submit to psychiatric testing, breaking into song in court. and elizabeth smart's teimony today would be crucial, on whether or not he's found competent to stand trial. is he cunning or insane? brian david mitchell, a homeless man who called him emmanuel, the prophet, is to be arraigned on charges he kidnapped and assaulted elizabeth smart. >> i think he's manipulated the system to the nth degree. he is confident. he's a pedophile. and he needs to be brought to trial. >> reporter: in detail she has yet to tell her parent, elizabeth smart will paint an image of the man who abducted her and kept her for nine months. elizabeth says she's determined and ready to testify. >> i don't want them ever out because i really believe that they wouldn't stop. >> reporter: elizabeth was 14 when she was kidnapped at knife-point, from the bed she shared with her sister. a massive search turned up few leads. but mon

elizabeth smart, now 21 years old. she was just 14 when she was taken, at knife point, in the middle of the night from her salt lake city home. and this is her first chance to testify against the man she says kidnapped her, brian david mitchell. now, that was in 2002. while elizabeth has done some interviews, she's never really spoken publicly about what happened during those nine months that she spent with mitchell and his wife, wanda barzee, as they hid in the hills as literally thousands and thousands of people searched day after day for her. and then for the months that she spent traveling across country, from utah, to california and back again. where, after nine months -- nine months after she vanished, she was spotted less than 20 miles from her home. she was wearing long robes, a wig, sunglasses and a veil. today's special evidentiary hearing is part of a larger hearing to determine whether or not mitchell is competent to stand trial. they were charged in 2003 with sexual assault and kidnapping, but since then t

elizabeth frantically calls police, and the hairless hellion is finally overwhelmed. the men force the offender to the floor, holding him down with all their weight. >> the robber was screaming and kicking and fighting. he really wanted to get away. he was saying things like, "i'm so sorry. i didn't mean to do it. let me go." >> narrator: but at the bottom of the pile, the thug isn't going anywhere. within minutes, a plainclothes officer responds, weapon at the ready. as more cops stream in elizabeth thanks her new hero. >> randy had the guts to go grab him and pull him down. a lot of people wouldn't have done that. >> narrator: at last authorities lead the foiled flunky out in cuffs. >> [ screams ] >> narrator: and after this grab-and-dash was stopped cold... the restaurant was happy to serve all these holy defenders a heavenly hot breakfast free of charge. >> [ groans ] >> narrator: in neighborhoods around the world, firing up the backyard barbecue is a time-honored tradition...except, apparently, in this tiny corner of reading, england, where zain griffiths and his

>>> former kidnap victim elizabeth smart testifies that her abduct tore raped her repeated hi every day. >> i had -- i had no idea what she had gone through. so much out there. >> we'll talk with her father. >> plus, jon deposit lynn on why he's trying to pull the plug on "kate plus eight." >> i want my kids off television. that's the most important thing to me is getting my kids off television. >>> "early" this friday morning october 2nd, 2009. captioning funded by cbs >>> good friday morning. i'm maggie rodriguez. harry smith is off. chris wragge is sitting in. >> good morning. >> all of us just shockeded to hear that our own david letterman was reportedly being blackmailed by a cbs employee that said he had proof that dave was having affairs with employees. >> a shocking announcement. the big headline today should have been if a that for the first time in over 15 years his biggest ratings gap over "the tonight show," but instead he wakes to headlines like this. big shocking news. >> and that is also where we begin with this story of sex and alleged extortion. a cbs producer is due in

. >> despuÉs de siete aÑos, la joven elizabeth tuvo que recibir la pesadilla de su secuestro y violaciÓn a los 14 aÑos de edad. >> este hombre quiso repetir lo de tirar un zapato contra un lÍder pero no le saliÓ nada bien. >> el piloto que tuvo que acuatizar, por fin pudo revisar el viaje de aquel dÍa. >> muy buenas noches. comienza el mes de octubre. le damos la bienvenida a esta ediciÓn de este noticiero. las imÁgenes han recorrido el mundo entero. un incendio en nueva york donde un joven romano sin pensarlo dos veces se introduce en un apartamento para salvar una vida. es que de salvar vidas ya tenÍa expresa. porque? >> desde la sala de satÉlites. >> a secas, las imÁgenes hablan por sÍ mismas. segÚn testigos del buen samaritano, no dudo en ningÚn momento poner ttkdrrlen peligro para rescatar a un niÑo que habÍa inhalado mucho humo causado por el voraz incendio. estaba prÁcticamente al borde de la muerte. >> en una acciÓn heroica, desafiar la muerte para rescatar a un niÑo atrapado en el cuarto piso de un edificio devorado por las llamas. el buen samaritano ayudÓ a l

elizabeth answered simply, "i came home." i was watching her family there in the front row throughout her testimony. it seemed to be particularly difficult for her brothers, but afterwards, all of them -- her parents, her grandmother, her uncle -- all talked about how proud they were of her, and when asked how she was doing, they said she was relieved. meredith? >> what a remarkable and very strong young woman. chris jansing, thank you very much. >>> we're going to change subjects dramatically here. and d >> we are looking for a transitional day with an increasing clouds so mainly to partly cloudy and up to 74 degrees. there's a chance of showers this evening in a better chance >> and, of course, it's friday, and you know what that means. that's right, it's sunday night, "football night in america." that's right. the san diego chargers bring their 0-13 record against the steelers into heinz stadium. can they catch up? i don't know. partly cloudy, cool, temperatures 53 to 57. on sunday night "football night in america." meredi

here in court, elizabeth smart is expected to confront the man who held her captive for nine months. for the past six years, brian david mitchell, a self-proclaimed prophet, has refused to submit to psychiatric testing, breaking into song in court. and elizabeth smart's testimony today would be crucial, on whether or not he's found competent to stand trial. is he cunning or insane? brian david mitchell, a homeless man who called him emmanuel, the prophet, is to be arraigned on charges he kidnapped and assaulted elizabeth smart. >> i think he's manipulated the system to the nth degree. he is confident. he's a pedophile. and he needs to be brought to trial. >> reporter: in detail she has yet to tell her parent, elizabeth smart will paint an image of the man who abducted her and kept her for nine months. elizabeth says she's determined and ready to testify. >> i don't want them ever out because i really believe that they wouldn't stop. >> reporter: elizabeth was 14 when she was kidnapped at knife-point, from the bed she shared with her sister. a massive search turned up few leads. but m

later during a live tv interview, he proposed to his girlfriend on the air, she said yes. >>> elizabeth smart described in court what her alleged kidnapping put her through. she said mitchell raped her every day. she was found with him and his wife. mitchell was not in the courtroom today during the proceedings. >>> as students watched a friday night football game on the field. one student captured cell phone video of a brutal attack involving a cheer leader. the attacker is suspended, but the victim is hurt twice by the video that's now on the internet. >> reporter: video of the attack was posted on popular video website, while students are chattering about it, parents have concerns. during school hours, john f. kennedy high in montgomery county is quiet this afternoon. but behind the school, this is what students saw. a member of the cheer leading squad being attacked by another girl. angry and determined to fight 17-year-old mopin. the cause, a boy. for temprin what made it worse, someone posted the video on facebook. many studentings at her school had something to say about it. >> t

what can you tell us about 9-year-old elizabeth? she is a 9-year-old fourth grader last night at 6:00 p.m. heading home to her house from a friend's home, only four houses between the friend's home and her home, a quarter-mile walk, and she disappeared somewhere going home. >> but, lad, wasn't it only about a quarter of a mile, but it's only like 1300 feet. >> yeah, a very short distance. and -- and the family called the authorities within 45 minutes of her not arriving home. so not a lot of a time frame we're talking about that she went missing in. >> okay, to our producer on the story. matt, what happened. >> she was walking over to a friend's house at 6:15 p.m. when the parents saw she didn't arrive, she called cops. cops have gotten a ping on her cell phone behind the house in the woods. but, the family is suspect because they're saying that the -- they're saying -- the family is saying that the -- she would never walk in the woods, number one, number two, she was terrified of the dark. so there's no way she would have left the

for the first time today, elizabeth smart publicly described what happened after she was abducted seven years ago. she appeared in a utah court room for a hearing to be determined if the suspect is competent to stand trial. she testified that mitchell raped her daily and that he was a homeless street preacher driven by sex and not religion. she says it is her faith that sustained her. >> no matter what people can take from you or do to you, they cannot take that away from you. >> she says she has tried to put it behind her. >> the pilot that successfully piloted a u.s. airways flight on the new york hudson river was back in the cockpit to date. capt. chesley sullenberger officially returned to his duties almost nine months after he made the dramatic emergency water landing. the pilot started out the date flying from charlotte to new york and then embarked on the same return flight that was cut short back in january. >> it was great to fly with jeff again. being back in the cockpit felt very familiar. >> he never worried about returning to the cockpit bud acknowledges the events have cha

we will check that out in a moment. >> elizabeth mardin is having to relive the nightmare. she's 21 years old. she sat in the same room with her alleged abductor as she testified, telling the court she was raped daily after being abducted from her bedroom seven years ago. the man has twice been found incompetent to stand trial. smart says mitchell was motivated by sex and use religion to get what he wanted. he and his wife were found with smart nine months after she disappeared from her house in utah. >> a man fell into a construction trend in nevada last night. he had to be rescued. it's not a construction worker. he was being freed from the trend in las vegas in this shot. he called 911 for help before any construction worker saw him. he was hospitalized, suffering from arm and leg pain, expected to make a full recovery. still ahead, the state is granting a tax extensions to the end of businesses affected by the water main break. >> tweaking your problems, that the head. the head. >> we but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results fro

. >>> the father of elizabeth smart speaks out after his daughter testified about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her alleged abductor mitchell. he says he was unaware of some of the details his daughter revealed in court. >> i was completely amazed at how she was able to move forward, and i just want to thank all of those people out there who have prayed for her and continue to pray for her because i believe that that is truly given her strength to be able to move forward. >> reporter: elizabeth smart said she was raped and threatened every day for nine months by mitchell. she was testifying at his competency hearing. >>> the severed head of baseball hall of famer ted williams was stowed away. the company official swung a monkey wrench and hit williams head. the book will be released next week. the company denied the allegations on its web stphaoeutz in the weeks before steve mcnair was killed in a murder suicide -- >>> inside weeks before steve mcnair was killed in a murder suicide, he is said to have made an ad for children contemplating suicide. >>> susan collins reports, on m

. >>> still to come, she adored that nine months of the action and elizabeth smart -- she endured and abduction. he's -- she takes the stand against her kidnapper. today the pilot in the splashy landing takes to the skies again. will our temperature is take another dip? adam'sadam >>> elizabeth smart will take the stand to describe what happened when she was held hostage for nine months. this is the first time she will speak publicly about the man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting her. a judge is trying to determine if brian mitchell is competent to stand trial. last year she said she was ready to speak. >> i don't want him out because i believe they would not stop. >> she was 49 she was kidnapped from her home. the top -- she was 14 when she was kidnapped. >>> we have heard of amber alerts, but now maryland has a silver alert for missing seniors with cognitive disorders. officials will implement this plan today. it will give police more resources, including road message boards and bloodhounds to search for senior citizens. >>> a new york man is being called a hero for resc

prosecutors say the homeless street preacher wanted elizabeth as a second wife. are you worried about hearing things that you have never heard before? >> it -- i mean, it hurts to hearhat she's gone through. >> reporter: elizabeth has met with prosecutors preparing her testimony, even as she prepares to go to france on a mission trip for her church. her family and faith, she says, have seen her through the worst. >> no matter what people can take from you or do to you or harm you, that they can't take that away from you. >> reporter: now 21, elizabeth has become an advocate for other victims, publicly attending the signing of child safety legislation and privately facing what happened to her with unimaginable resolve. >> i remember elizabeth going up into the hills, the place he held her, and saying, you know, "i am no longer captive," you know, "i am conquering." >> reporter: ed smart says elizabeth has forgiven mitchell and his wife but that she still wants justice. >> she also wants to face brian mitchell and just say, you know, you are a scum [ bleep ], and l

let's get elizabeth in texas in. go ahead. >> caller: i think the nutty professor needs to be investigated by the faa. when he was on "wife swap" he was verbally and physically abusive to his kids and i think he's a tool or better known as a [ bleep ]. >> whoa. we know how elizabeth feels. what do you have to say as well? 1-877-tell-hln. a comment from june. as soon as it was announced the family was on a reality show i thought hoax. now we have to see them on every talk show and every magazine cover. here is one other facebook comment, bridget writing this. have you people that are blaming the parents ever thought about how much they might be blaming themselves already? just leave that alone and be happy that he was found okay. all right. there you have it. everybody's weighing in on this one. we'll keep following it for you as we keep following this story. a huge blow to casey anthony's defense. a bold motion shot down by the judge. >>> welcome back. horrifying video. it leaves you breathless. a stroller gets away

elizabeth smart provides more details about her 2002 abduction. >>> the widow of a small plane pilot killed in a crash in new york talks. >>> a fatal fall in pennsylvania. a construction worker plunges 100 feet to his death. the 54-year-old man was not wearing a harness when he collapsed or fell from a scaffolding. it is the 5th fatal fall in the pittsburgh area in the last two months. >>> when elizabeth smart was kidnapped from her bedroom in 2002, it drew national attention. she has finally revealed the details of the frightening experience. >> reporter: elizabeth smart is now 21. she was just 14 when she was kidnapped from her home. she told her story in court for the first time on thursday. she said brian david mitchell hiked her up a canyon with his wife. he came and performed a ceremony to marry me to him. after that, he proceeded to rape me. he raped me on a daily basis up to three or four times. smart said mitchell forced her to take drugs and alcohol. smart testified he would turn to me and say the lord commanded you to do this. you have to experience the lowest form of huma

the desperate crook is no match for the combined power of the elizabeth frantically calls the men force the offender to the floor, holding him down with kicking and fighting. so sorry. i didn't mean to do it. let me go." >> narrator: but at the bottom going anywhere. within minutes, a plainclothes officer responds, weapon at the as more cops stream in, >> randy had the guts to go grab him and pull him down. a lot of people wouldn't have done that. >> [ screams ] >> narrator: and after this grab-and-dash was stopped the restaurant was happy to serve all these holy defenders a heavenly hot breakfast free of charge. >> [ groans ] >> narrator: in neighborhoods around the world, firing up the backyard barbecue is a time-honored tradition...except, apparently, in this tiny corner of reading, england, where zain griffiths and his housemates can't seem to relight the charcoal. >> we had already cooked some meat already. it was literally a case of we needed to cook a little bit more. however, the fire was dying a little. >> narrator: they try the usual methods to spark a flame... ...until impati

. >>> when news 4 at 4:00 continues this afternoon, seven years after her kidnapping, elizabeth smart is testifying for the first time about the harrowing night she was taken from her home. >>> plus, we all know candy's not good for us, but now there's startling new information about what happens years after kids eat junk food. >>> and the story of the dog that survived a sinking boat by living underwater for more than a day. >>> following the success of cash for clunkers, auto dealerships are now experiencing a slump in sales. gm, chrysler and ford all reported september sales down. hyundai, however, bucked the trend and reported a 27% increase, compared to last year. over the summer, cash for clunkers spurred sales of nearly 700,000 new vehicl. >>> american express is changing its gift card policy. under the old policy, you paid a $2 a month fee that started after a card was a year old. for example, a $25 card that went unused would be worth only $1 by the end of the second year. american express is dropping the fee now just months before a new law takes effect. the law bans dormanc

. >>> elizabeth smart all grown up. and today, for the first time since her abduction, she takes the witness stand. why she's testifying. >>> miracle on the hudson pilots are back together again. >>> it is 4:28. 63 degrees. mostly sunny. hello, everyone. and thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about. >>> he's back. hero pihot chesley sully sulten berger. wjz has more on the man responsible for safely landing a plane in the hudson river. >>> captain chesley sully sullenberger and first officer jeff skiles went through their normal preflight checks. but they knew this trip wasn't normal. the u.s. airways pilots were behind the controls, together for the first time since birds slammed into their jets 9 months ago, killing their engines. they were forced to ditch all 155 people on board lived. they wanted to fly from new york to charlotte this time because it was the same route they were supposed to take that fateful day in january. >> you were with

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. >>> elizabeth smart case. appears in court. find out why. >>> i'm bob turk. first warning weather center. some showers to start the weekend. i'll have the exclusive five- day forecast. >>> and wjz is always on. here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for updates on all the day's news, and the updated forecast any time, log onto wjz.com. >>> elizabeth smart testified in court today against her abductors. >> it's been years since she was abducted. and today, she revealed private details of what she went through. smart arrived with her parents at her side. she said that she was raped daily during the 9 months she was held captive, by brian david mitchell and his estranged wife. smart, who is now 21, said mitchell told her he would kill her if she tried to escape. and justified the rapes by religion. a judge ruled smart's testimony was relevant to determining whether mitchell was competent. >> mitchell has been found incompetent two times before to stand trial in state court. >>> an elderly man was immersed in human waste for two hours before being foun

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elizabeth is currently a student at brigham young university. next month she enters a missionary training program and will soon travel to paris to spread the word of the mormon church. she said she's excited about her mission. >> all right, rick, thanks very much. >>> the time right now us 7:21. security efforts heightened for a local high school football game after a fight between students is taped and posted online. >>> also just ahead, a swine flu vaccine plan is set for schools in the district. >>> also a fungus among us, as they say. well, more than one. holly is taking us to brookside gardens where they are searching for mushrooms this morning. >> is there a fungus among us? >>> a stabbing at the springfield mall earlier this week, we told you about it, turned out to be a hoax. a man who claimed two men approached him and tried to take his wallet and one of them stabbed him, but police know that the man actually cut himself. that story came to light after investigators found inconsistencies between his story and the evidence found at the s

today's question is from elizabeth in alexandria. she wants to know what weather- related song gets stuck in your head the most? >> that is a great question. >> that is a good question. >> i actually have two that i tend to find myself singing. first one is walking on sunshine. >> you sing that all the time. >> it is in my head kind of p. i'm serious serious. what is great about it is it is an upbeat song and gets you going. >> tucker, you have one into. >> i sing it all the time. my girl. ♪ i've got sunshine on a cloudy day &&. >> sing it, tucker. >> well, i may not actually sing it. >> the other one, probably won't be a surprise to anybody that i tend to think of and especially right now because i've been listening to the beatles music with the new cd's that are out. >> here comes the sun. and you was walking down the street. we were all together yesterday and i started singing it. allison joined in as well. it was very good. >> do you have another one? >> no, for my second song. i have a lot of chois. you know, rostenkowski you

elizabeth, connecticut. hi, elizabeth. >> caller: hi, nancy. >> hi, dear, what's your question? >> caller: well, first of all, i love you very much and i watch you every night. >> elizabeth, thank you. thank you so much. i can't believe this case is a week old. i'm just finding out about it. what's your question, dear? >> caller: i want to know, does she have any computer contacts on the internet that she's friends with? >> about it, kathy shayny, what do we know? have police looked at her computer, either at home or at school? >> they have not said that they've looked at it. they just say it's an ongoing investigation, they're keeping the details close to the vest, but they don't have any leads. >> robin in illinois, hi, robin. >> caller: nancy, i love you, love the twins, and i hope your mom's doing better and i keep her in my prayers. >> well, she's still in the hospital, but i believe she's better. thank you. what's your question, dear? >> caller: two things. i live in chicago. this is the first time i've heard about this young lady missing. and number two, the inglewood are