one of those in custody is weston's 19-year-old niece, who was reported missing in 2009. police say she was found severely malnourished and had signs of physical abuse. >> you'll have to remember, juveniles involved in this had traveled with them, from pennsylvania, texas, virginia and florida. >> reporter: weston and thomas and wright were arrested saturday night, after the discovery of four mentally- gabled adults in a locked basement. police say weston claimed to be a caregiver, but was, in fact, taking their social security checks. authority says there may have been as many as 50 victims. it doesn't appear any of the children were held captive. but several were found malnourished. police say more kests -- tests are needed to figure out who their parents are. two of them could have belonged to tamara breeden, one of weston's alleged victims. >> police identified one of the those arrested as the daughter of the ringleader linda weston. >>> lindsay lohan is back in handcuffs. lohan just posted $100,000 bail. the judge says she must work at a county morgue, 16 hours a wee

. >> reporter: on the day his mother, linda weston, was dubbed a monster on the front page, joseph weston arrived in family court, where a judge would begin ruling on what steps would now be taken to protect nine children and teenagers rescued from weston and three other suspects after they had allegedly kidnapped and abused them. >> it hurts. it is hurtful, you see what i'm saying? and they do have my sister jean in custody. >> reporter: as a dsa worker brought the children's files in court, we have learned that one of the teenagers, in fact, is weston's daughter, who is 8 months pregnant, and already has a 2-year-old child. another one of those rescued. police revealing at a press conference on wednesday, they believe weston may have attempted to get those she abducted and held captive to produce children so that she and the other suspects could continue stealing social security earnings. >> hopefully she doesn't have nothing to do with it. if she did, like i said, justice will be served. >> reporter: as a judge ordered dna testing to determine the exact identities of all nine children

one of those in custody is weston's 19-year-old niece, who was reported missing in 2009. police say she was severely malnourished and had signs of abuse. >> you have to remember, juveniles involved in this had traveled with them from texas, virginia, pennsylvania and florida. jazz weston was arrested saturday night after the discovery of four mentally disabled adults in a locked basement. police say weston was claiming to be a caregiver, but was in fact, taking their social security checks. authorities say there may have been as many as 50 victims. it doesn't appear the children were held captive, but many were malnourished. two could belong to tamara breeden, one of weston's alleged victims. >> the federal hate crime law was recently expanded to include victims with disable -- disabilities. >>> a man is behind bars, accused of sexually abusing underaged boys. >> reporter: the 22-year-old is facing a slew of charges, including solicitation of a minor. police say the mother of a 14- year-old boy led them to brandon sukforth after they found messages on the computer. suk fo

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one in custody is weston's niece who was reported missing in 2009. police say she was found severely malnourished and had signs of abuse. >> they traveled with them from pennsylvania, texas, virginia and florida. >> reporter: weston, thomas, and wright were arrested saturday night after the discovery of four mentally disabled adults in a locked basement. police say weston claimed to be a caregiver but was in fact, taking their social security checks. authorities say there may have been as many as 50 victims. it doesn't appear any of the children were held captive but several were found malnourished. police say more tests are needed to figure out who their parents are. two of them, however, could have belonged to one of the weston's alleged victims. linda weston was convicted of murder in the 1980s and she served eight years in prison. she is now facing multiple charges, including kidnapping. her bail has been set at $2.5 million. >> cbs' elaine quijano in philadelphia for us this morning, thank you. >>> we go to new jersey now. . a case of dial 911 f

they suspect that linda weston they said at the minimum may have played a role in the death of maksimowicz even lee. they're very upset about what happened here. >> truly remarkable and horrifying. susan candiotti for us tonight live in philadelphia. thank you so much. >>> well, gop presidential hopefuls rick perry and michele bachmann are slamming herman cain over his comments on abortion. tonight he told social conservatives in iowa abortion should be outlawed with no exceptions. earlier this weekend, a cnn interview, he said the issue was up to families to decide in cases of rape or incest. our shannon travis has been at the event in des moines. shannon, boy, he's sort of going back and forth on the comments he made earlier to piers morgan. >> absolutely. i mean, herman cain as you mentioned, he made those comments to piers morgan on wednesday. he came here to this event to organized by the iowa faith and freedom coalition. about 1,000 christian conservatives here in iowa and six of the republican presidential candidates came here to court their vote. as we're talking about cain, he cam

. >> on the day his mother, linda weston, was dubbed a monster on the front page, joseph weston arrived in family court, where a judge began ruling on what steps would now be taken, to protect nine children and teenagers. rescued from weston and three other suspects, after they had allegedly kidnapped and abused them. >> it hurts. it is hurtful. you know what i'm saying? and they do have my sister jean in custody. >> reporter: as they brought the files into court, cvs3 has now learned that one of the teenagers, in fact, is wiston's daughter, wois 8 months pregnant and already has a 2- year-old child. another one of those rescued. police revealing at a press difference -- conference on wednesday, they believe weston may have attempted to get those she abducted and held captive to produce children so that she and the other suspects could continue stealing social security earnings. >> hopefully, she didn't have anything to do with it. if she did, like i said, justice would be served. >> reporter: as a judge ordered dna testing to determine the exact identities of all nine children and teen

they say that linda weston only let beatrice weston out to eat and use the bathroom. she was place bade court in her custody in 2002. she was rescued this month after police found her and three others in the basement. police say weston and two others preyed on the mentally disabled adults to gain control of their social security checks. , they suffered burns and other wounds. >>> the first snow storm is slamming our region. and let's start in the storm center. >> as we get colder and out western portions, the rain that's moving in will mix and change with know and into the baltimore area, yes, we will see some. up and down the coast. we have a warning west of the region. howard and montgomery. >> no watches but for the flood advisories, we're expecting a bona fied nor'easter which means that they could see 35 miles an hour and heavy surf. >> and the snow storm, say it isn't show. we'll look at the drop off as it moves up the coast line. and no advisories around the city and to the south and east. a trace to an inch as you get to the corridor up to the cecil county lin

. >> reporter: 51-year-old linda ann west on it is -- weston is the ringleader. weston and two other suspects, gregory thomas and eddie wright, may have taken the victims to several states. they wound up here, victims transported in the middle of the night in an suv. each suspect is being held on $2 1/2 million bail accused of kidnapping and assaulting those who are most vulnerable. >> turns out weston is a convicted murder and was found guilty in a starvation death and had 50 i.d.'s in her possession. >>> a missing baltimore teenager has been found stabbed to death in curtis bay. ryan jackson was reported missing last friday. family members found blood at a home where they thought he would be. no arrests have been made. >>> family, friends and a lot of ravens were in atend dance to say good-bye to pat modell. the wife of former ravens owner art modell was laid to rest. she will be remembered. >> charming, you know, devastatingly beautiful, smart, had a lot of opinions about football, which she was always right. >> pat modell last week after being hospitalized fo

gregory thomas, eddie wright and linda ann weston and that weston had documents. identification documents, for about 50 people, including social security cards, documents, these types of things. how did this group get ahold of these individuals? i understand there's something like a daily website that was involved? >> one of the people we recovered saturday was -- that's how he met her. but we don't know about all the others. we have to track down each individual, and many -- we don't believe -- are here in philadelphia. virginia, texas, florida. perhaps north carolina. i mine, we've got a lot of work yet to do and we've put together a task force to assist in this. so we've got to track everybody down and find out what took place. some may be victims. some may not be victim. we don't know at this point. this keeps growing. >> thank you so much. such a disturbing story and we are getting more and more details about it. i want to bring in our own sarah hoye here who has been inside of this boiler room where these folks were kept. you've also been to the community ta

philadelphia police are holding three suspects and they say one of them, linda weston, served eight years in prison for killing a man. and that the man was locked in a closet and literally starved to death. >>> well, there are a lot of u.s. marines who are angry today because they are being told that they can't wear bracelets bearing the names of fallen marines. marine corps regulations prohibit jewelry except for rings and watches. well, the corps made an exception for a prisoner of war and missing in action bracelets in the 1970s. marines want a similar exception for the killed in action bracelets as well. >>> president obama is about to hammer republicans on jobs. he's going to to speak at a community college in jamestown, north carolina. republican lawmakers blocked the president's jobs bill, but the president now chopped the package into bite-sized pieces. he wants lawmakers to vote on a $35 billion package this week that's supposed to save the jobs of teachers, police and firefighters. this is day two of his three-day bus tour to promote the jobs bill. >>> uh-oh, for the white house

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they suspect that linda weston they said at the minimum may have played a role in the death of maxine lee. and so they're hopeful that the police will reopen that case. they're very upset about what happened here. >> all right. well, truly remarkable and truly horrifying. susan candiotti for us tonight live in philadelphia. thank you so much. >>> well, gop presidential hopefuls rick perry and michele bachmann are slamming herman cain over his comments on abortion. tonight he told social conservatives in iowa abortion should be outlawed with no exceptions. earlier this week in a cnn interview he said the issue was up to families to decide in cases of rape or incest. our shannon travis has been at the event in des moines. shannon, boy, he's sort of going back and forth on the comments he made earlier to piers morgan. >> absolutely. i mean, herman cain as you mentioned, he made those comments to piers morgan on wednesday. he came here to this event, organized by the iowa faith and freedom coalition. it's about 1,000 christian conservatives here in iowa and six of the republican president

. >> linda weston is charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment. she has a prior merger conviction for the. the gunmen who starved after being locked in a covered. it's alleged that she and co- defendants preyed on the vulnerable to pocket the social security checks. >> when you look at the conditions under which they were kept, it is something out of the dungeon, actually. and to know that she would take advantage of a fellow human being like this makes you sick. >> the police had been alerted by the suspect's landlord. inside the property, they found dozens of identification documents. the fbi is looking at linda weston's previous homes in texas and florida to see if others had suffered the same awful experience. >> an independent report into allegations of thieving, torture, and murder, in police custody in bahrain. it was commissioned by the government. our security correspondent has returned to the gulf state to assess the human rights situation. >> mourning a boy they call a martyr. villagers from the shi'ite majority protest the killings. pa

. >> reporter: police believe weston posed as a caregiver and was stealing social security checks. authorities say the victims have the mental capacity of 10- year-olds. neighbors were horrified to hear about the basement dungeon. >> when you're holding people, torturing them for a little bit of money, like an ssi check, that's hell. >> reporter: police found dozens of id cards and other items in weston's apartment. they are investigating whether other people were victimized. randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news remember. >> weston was convicted in the starvation death of a man nearly 30 years ago. her bail in this case is set at $2.5 million. stir a well--- >>> a well-known attorney is representing the family of a missing baby. he was hired for deborah bradley and jeremy irwin. bradley recently admitted to being drunk on the night her 10- month-old daughter disappeared. tacapino insists the parents have nothing to hide. his past clients include joran van der sloot, the dutchman accuse in the natalee holloway case. >>> one israeli soldier is free tonight, in exchange for more than

and tonight linda ann weston is behind bars. she is accused of keeping four adults captive in this small crawl space. she had spent eight years in prison for murder and two men with her were also charged with a variety of crimes, including kidnapping and assault. the building owner found the victims after following the barks of dogs. he said that basement reeked of urine and it looked like a don gin. and when -- dungeon. and when he tried to set them free, they were unresponsive. >> i got no answers. >> police believe weston held the prisoners for two weeks and may have brought them in for two weeks. they're wondering if others had been victimized as well. >>> you're in a stolen truck and the cops are on your tail. what are the thieves to do? take a look at what this guy did. it turns out this is one of those bait trucks. it's rigged with cameras. so police are hoping somebody will steal it so they can catch them. only this time they did not catch the guy. the thief sees the cops coming. he decides to make a stunt. he hangs half

two brothers of the alleged wring leader, linda weston, are now speaking out. weston was in charge of her younger siblings after their mother died. >> she preyed on family and strangers alike and forced them to do unspeakable things. >> she would force my brothers and sisters, like my younger ones. she would force them to have sex. she would have sex with my other brothers and sisters. she would say, look. they can have babies. then, we can get more money. it can be a brother and sister in her care. >> the brother said they did not go to police because they were terrified of their older sister. calling her evil is being nice, said one of the men. >>> police in burbank, california, spent a frantic afternoon looking for a 14-year-old autistic boy who wandered away from the airport there. the boys' parents put him on a flight to salt lake city. but the jet developed a problem and had to return to the terminal. cameron james smith walked away, boarded a shuttle bus and ended up ten miles away at a restaurant in west hollywood. >>> now, on to politics and a new poll

with the 19-year-old being identified as beatrice weston, who is the daughter of linda weston who is a suspect in the case. they do think that they are related somehow to the suspects in this case. so they are combing through that information trying to figure out exactly who they are and where they are supposed to be. >> you mentioned this linda weston, right? and you said her niece -- she's believed to be the ring leader here, the mastermind? >> that's right. she was the ring leader and brought in on saturday in relation to the four people being held captive in the basement. >> i misspoke. is it her niece or her daughter who is the fourth suspect? >> the fourth suspect today was her daughter. >> her daughter. okay. >> and her daughter, jean macintosh, a 42-year-old, lived in the apartment building. she was a tenant in that building where the four people were kept in the subbasement. >> and, also, this linda weston is believed to be the ring leader and has a criminal record. can you give us a little more about that? sarah? >> that's right. in the '80s she was charged with a crime in

the defense attorney for linda weston did say that he did meet with his client. she seemed overall fatigued but yes, in relatively good spirits. he does want to meet with her again just to see if competency could be an issue. if he feels she is not competent to stand trial he will seek to have some type of medical evaluation which he feels the judge would approve. >> were there a lot of folks around the courthouse? i mean obviously this is just -- the neighborhood, everybody was shocked. it goss worse and worse, this story. is there a lot of interest around this case? >> there is a lot of interest and it is kind of one of those water cooler talkers. however, inside the courtroom today, it was not packed, it was not standing room only. this somewhat kind of went under the radar. really, it was a status hearing. the defendants weren't there. so it really was kind of just another day at the courthouse. there wasn't necessarily any family around and if there was any family of weston there, they scooted off rather quickly. so people were interested in it. >> sure. and

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rodriguez's family says she played with the children of this woman, linda ann weston, and may have been taken by her. overnight, police showed reporters the open space. only six feet by ten feet, where they say weston and others held four mentally disabled adults as prisoners, along with three dogs. they were found in a basement room under he's blankets. in a crawl space too shallow to stand up. one was chained by his ankle. philadelphia station, kyw, talked to the vic testimonies. >> that was dirty of you. that was wrong. >> if you look at the conditions under which they were kept. it was something out of a dungeon, actually. it makes you sick. there's no other way to describe it. it's it's unconscionable. >> reporter: one of the victims may have been held for up to 11 years. >> you understand what i'm saying? let alone, adults or human beings. >> reporter: the alleged ring leader, linda ann weston, was convicted of locking a man in a closet and starving him to death in 1981. now, the fbi is launching a national investigation, fearing there could be more victims of identity theft. and

. >> reporter: police believe weston posed as a caregiver and was stealing social security checks. authorities say the disabled adults have the mentality of 10- year-olds. >> when you're torturing someone for a little bit of money like an ssi check, that's hell. >> reporter: police found id cards and other items in the apartment. they're investigating whether other people have been victimized. >> reporter: weston was convict in the the starvation death of a man nearly 30 years ago. her bail was set at $2.5 million. >>> stabbed and shot later inside a parking garage. police are now confirming initial reports that the man shot in that robbery was also the victim of a home inivation and -- invasion and stabbing back in march. he is now recovering from three gunshot wounds to the back. no arrests have been made. >>> a surprise visit, packing millions of dollars in aid. secretary clinton touches down in tripoli. >> reporter: secretary clinton's trip and the cash was planned to reach out to libya. clinton is the second to travel to libya, since the fall of moammar gadhafi. she came, pled

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the alleged ring leader of all of this, linda weston, she now faces a $2.5 million bond. woman in the middle of your screen. now this. >>> new york, god bless them, wonderful city but they have no connection to the space program and certainly no connection to nasa. so why would the shuttle go to new york? it's like putting the statue of liberty in omaha. >> when one of the four retirede shuttles could come to a museum in manhattan. some people are angry. john zarrella live in miami with the shuttle latest. stay here. >>> in about a year, maybe a little longer, you will be able to get close enough to touch one of the four now retired space shuttles. the shuttle program as we know it is officially history. nasa is moving ahead with plans to get the spacecraft on permanent display in museums. more on this, john zarrella in miami. johnti john, i thought the final destinations for the shuttles was a done deal. what's going on? >> reporter: you're absolutely right. we all thought it was a done deal. in reality it still is a done deal, brooke. but the folks in texas from the get

. >> reporter: police believe weston posed as a caregiver and was stealing social security checks. authorities say the victims have the mental capacity of 10- year-olds. neighbors were horrified to hear about the basement dunkon. >> when you're holding someone, torturing them for a little bit of money, like ssi payments, that's hell. >> reporter: police found dozens of id cards in the apartment. they are investigating whether other people were victimized. randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> weston was convicted in the starvation death of a man nearly 30 years ago. her bail in this crime is set at more than $2 million. >>> keep the series tobacco- free. senators from texas and missouri are asking the players' union are asking not to chew tobacco during the upcoming world series. they say when players use smokeless tobacco, they endanger their own health, as well as the health of the children who watch them play. they want to start off in game 1 in the world series. >>> 31,000 pounds of trash. that's what they have collected so far, thanks to hurricane irene. more than 2700 vol

like her character on "the office" you knew jenna fisher would give her baby a non-hollywood name, weston lee. >>> from tmj 4 in milwaukee, wisconsin, where a team effort for a good cause put one group of runners into the record books. 62 runners finished as one in sunday's lake-front marathon. literally, tethered together, they were running for jenny crane, hit by a car and severely injured while training for beijing olympics in 2007. accompanied by jenny past the finish line, they set a guinness world record. more importantly they raised over $100,000 for jenny's rehabilitation. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today" just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> in chile, the capabilities of one project are astronomical. in a remote area, large antennas are gathering information about the cosmos. it's the most powerful eye on the universe. two decades in the makings the billion dollar project is a joint venture between north america, europe and east asia. the data may lead to clues about stars and the big bang theory. >>> the modern day twist of a traditional ferris

the suspect linda weston, and three others may have used them to steal the victims' identities. >>> the mother of a missing kansas city baby says she was dropped and may have blacked out the night her daughter disappeared from home. deborah broadly reported their 10-month-old daughter missing october 4. he returned from work to find the house unlocked and the baby gone. the couple is represented by the same defendant that defended in the natalie holloway case. >>> the racing world is mourning the loss of dan wheldon. he died sunday after that crash at the las vegas indy300. one friend says dan wheldon was in his prime. >> he was having the best time of his life. >> some experts said there were too many drivers on back track with too little experience. an autopsy report says he died from head injuries. he leaves behind a wife and two young sons. he was 33 years old. >>> giuliana rancic says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. she is 37, says the tumor was discovered during a recent mammogram. she was undergoing a round of in vitro fertilization when her doctor suggested that she g

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the lawyer for the suspected ringleader, linda weston, says he may seek a competency hearing. >> at this point, i do not believe she appreciates the seriousness of the charges and she certainly doesn't appreciate the element of the offenses. we can debate whether or not a defendant needs to understand each of the specific elements of an offense, but ultimately she has to be able to communicate with me about this case. >> weston's attorney says he plans to meet with her again this week. >>> and a hiker rescued after ten days alone in the wilderness, he was airlifted out of the mountains near vancouver, canada. the hiker was hype therm ick, delusional and close to death. >> could hear them, they didn't hear me. >> he had written on his forearm all of his information, when you find my body, this is who i am. >> he was taken to the hospital and is reportedly doing okay. >>> now to something else i saw, wanted you to see. looks like a guitar. you know i love guitars. this guy's mansion, grounds all guitar shaich ped. this is in birmingham, alabama. some pictures inside. you would think the ow

. >> 51-year-old weston is charged with kidnap and false imprisonment and a prior murder conviction for the death of a man who starved after being locked in a cup board. it is alleged that she and two others preyed on the individuals to pocket their social security 3 malaria has moved a step closer. the chance of getting malaria is in half. >> this is a common sight in many african hospitals. row upon row of children laid low by malaria. a vaccine would transform the life chances of millions. this is one of those to receive the experimental jab being trialed in several african countries. malaria is a global threat, about three billion people are at risk of infection, but most of the deaths are in africa. nearly 6,000 children under two were involved in the trial. results showed the vaccine cut cases by about half but its effectiveness might have waned. we will get a clear view of what is happening with protection. do we need a booster dose or not. >> bill gates has given billions for vaccines in the developing world and is encouraged by the trial results. >> it is very promising and the

weston did time in the mid-1980s for locking her sister's boyfriend in a closet until he starved to death. more recently she had a house in florida and she had the i.d.s and social security numbers or powers of attorney for some 50 other people when they arrested her. finding those people, learning their storieses no small job but some questions are still being answered. just this morning police in west palm beach confirmed a 15-year-old girl who was last seen in july with gregory thomas or thomas's teenage son was found apparently safe in philly. the girl's mom is elated. >> i just want to hold her and love her and just -- i don't know, i don't have -- i want to hold her and just want to hold her. >> now we want to bring in cnn's sara hoy, who has been covering the story up close. tell us about your visit to the virtual dunch on. >>> last night we were able to go into the basement, it was dark and cramped and smelled. the smell of urine was so strong it burned my nos trillions, there was a metal mop bucket with feces in it. it was claustrophobiclaustropho there for five minutes, i can't

environmental engineer weston wilson acting under protected whistleblower status the former chairman c.e.o. of halliburton dick cheney within a few months of coming into office as vice president he was pressuring the administrators of the p.a. christie todd whitman to exempt hydraulic fracking from safe drinking water act regulations my own point of view as a technician i just thought it very i'm arming the e.p.a. technically had described how toxic these materials are toxic at the point of injection and still come out with a summary that says they don't need to be reported or regular. and that led me in the fall of zero four to object on technical grounds then the inspector general of e.p.a. began an investigation of my complaints. and. several months into that. congress took the report from e.p.a. saying that fracking did not present a risk. along with other information and they exempted hydraulic fracking from regulation under the safe drinking water act that lays you and i as the american public in this position we cannot know what the industry injects in our land when it is exem