randy says they lowered the shades to keep the world out, to try to heal. did you ask her anything about what she had been through? >> no. no. i told her that we would start today and move forward. >> but he could see that bobbi was different. >> she would say, i'm going to get a coke, can i have one? i'm going to go to the bathroom, is that okay? >> she was still acting like a prisoner? >> yes, she was. >> it certainly teamed like a triumph of survival and love, except for something the sheriff remembered. >> the only thing that i heard her say to mr. dial was, i'm not cooperating, i'm not cooperating. >> not cooperating with the authorities? why would bobbi say that after being kidnapped, raped, and tortured by randolph dial for years? tell dial i'm not cooperating, but what did that mean? >> if it came out in the paper that i was cooperating, i felt like my family would still be in harm. >> so maybe bobbi was still afraid of dial. or maybe she had other reason for saying she was not cooperating with law enforcement. along with her odd statement, deputies

>> randi, good morning. we know search and rescue operations according to an official i just spoke with start from sun up to sundown today. they will continue that here in plaquemines parish. i want to make sure you understand we're talking about east bank and west bank. the slivers of land that run parallel to the mississippi river out to the mouth of the mississippi, a lot of the focus, a lot of that flooding happened on the east bank. specifically in the braithwaite community across the river from where we are now we're talking about storm surge that came anywhere from 7 to 15 feet of water that went into this community, that overtopped one of these levees. right now we're on one of the levees, not high enough to deal with the storm surge from this particular situation. right now we know those floodwaters, randi, they are receding. there were several controlled breaches of the different levees, so we're starting to see the waters recede. i also note today this entire parish, we're talking about, again, th

i'm randi kaye, bottom of the hour. let's get straight to the news, stories that we're watching this morning. isaac being blamed for at least four deaths in flooded parts of louisiana and mississippi. now a tropical depression, it is bringing heavy rain and potential flash flooding to the midwest after storming through the south. >>> president obama has canceled a planned trip to cleveland to head to louisiana on monday. he will meet with officials there on recovery efforts. white house ryan and mitt romney got a head start on the president, visiting new orleans yesterday where he thanked first responders. the republican presidential nominee is back on the campaign trail in the key state of ohio, scheduled to speak at a rally in cincinnati in just about 20 minutes and we'll bring it to you live. >>> there are just over two months left until election day. the political stories are everywhere. the republicans just wrapping up their convention, the democrats set to start theirs this week, but it's not just on tv. one of th

randy says they lowered the shades to keep the world out, to try to heal. did you ask her anything about what she had been through? >> no. no. i told her that we would start today and move forward. >> but he could see that bobbi was different. >> she would say, i'm going to get a coke, can i have one? i'm going to go to the bathroom, is that okay? >> she was still acting like a prisoner? >> yes, she was. >> it certainly teamed like a triumph of survival and love, except for something the sheriff remembered. >> the only thing that i heard her say to mr. dial was, i'm not cooperating, i'm not cooperating. >> not cooperating with the authorities? why would bobbi say that after being kidnapped, raped, and tortured by randolph dial for years? tell dial i'm not cooperating, but what did that mean? >> if it came out in the paper that i was cooperating, i felt like my family would still be in harm. >> so maybe bobbi was still afraid of dial. or maybe she had other reason for saying she was not cooperating with law enforcement. along with her odd statement, deputies

>> reporter: hi, randi. well, here in the state of florida, as you mentioned, an electoral-rich state that would really help the president, get him over the edge to the 270 he needs to win. a couple of key demographic groups. latino voters heavily based in this part of florida. also, of course, seniors dispersed throughout the state, but here and on the east coast. then young voters, all of them demographic groups, constituencies that he targets everywhere, but especially rich in florida. randi. >> and why here at a college campus? is that to get those young voters? because they haven't been showing him the love like they did in 2008 so far. >> reporter: that's right. you know, in 2008, we all talked about the youth vote. what really happened there was young voters turned out in about the same numbers, but more of them went for president obama than they have gone traditionally for one candidate over another. this year they just don't seem as excited. so, yes, at a college that used to be a two-year college,

randi? >> jim, thank you. now to central afghanistan where 12 people are dead, 57 others wounded following a series of explosions. afghan explosions say two suicide bombers targeted a joint u.s. military base. most of the casualties are civilians, four afghan police officers died. no u.s. troops were killed. >>> a warning now. what you are about to see is very hard to watch. a disturbing case of apparent military hazing caught on tape. it happened in april in ft. bragg, north carolina. it shows a sergeant struck hard in the chest with a wooden mallet. after a few seconds, he bends over, then he eventually falls to the ground. his father is an eight year army veteran and is furious about what happened to his son. >> i would like to see him charged with assault. that's assault. he could have killed my son. you sign kids up to go into the military and know their lives are in danger. but you don't expect to have a phone call that says -- he's got seizures because someone hit him with a wooden mallet. >> they say i

i'm randi kay. three people are recovering this morning after a mishap at a monster truck event in oregon. and onlooker captured this video on his cell phone of an out of control truck driving straight into a panicked crowd. the driver says that the rear wheels on the truck spun out and crashed through the barricade. right after the crash, he got out to check on those injured. >>> cheating scandals in schools are nothing new, but what about when it happens at one of the most prestigious schools in the world. how about harvard? more than 100 students in an intro to congress have been warned that their degrees could be in jeopardy. lisa sylvester takes a look. >> reporter: the instructions clearly state, open book, open note and open internet with one major rule, quote, the students may not discuss the exam with other, but harvard's administrative board have been investigating if over half of the class of more than 250 students inappropriately collaborated or plagiarized on that exam. the review has n

randi? >> and do we know how -- any idea exactly how many were there for legitimate reasons and how many were there for their own beliefs, i guess i should say, and how many were there because they were getting paid? >> reporter: no, it's not at all clear. and the demonstrations here in cairo sort of morphed. in the beginning the initial demonstration outside the u.s. embassy on tuesday evening was organized by the sol a fi movement. that's the real hard court islamic fundamental lists, but they basically with drew after that and were replaced by sort of the same young men who don't seem to have anything better to do who in a sense they were probably motivated in part by fury over the youtube video, but many of them basically are through due to the forces that clashed with them and many of them see this as an opportunity to throw rocks at the authorities. >> and what is the situation there today? sunday is the beginning of the workweek in egypt. are there protesters still in the streets? >>

randi? >> jim, thank you. now to central afghanistan where 12 people are dead, 57 others wounded following a series of explosions. afghan explosions say two suicide bombers targeted a joint u.s. military base. mostf the casualties are civilians, four afghan police officers died. no u.s. troops were killed. >>> a warning now. what you are about to see is very hard to watch. a disturbing case of apparent military hazing caught on tape. it happened in april in ft. bragg, north carolina. it shows a sergeant struck hard in the chest with a wooden mallet. after a few seconds, he bends over, then he eventually falls to the ground. his father is an eight year army veteran and is furious about what happened to his son. >> i would like to see him charged with assault. that's assault. he could have killed my son. you sign kids up to go into the military and know their lives are in danger. but you don't expect to have a phone call that says -- he's got seizures because someone hit him with a wooden mallet. >> they say it

or overt klansmen. >> i think randy newman is insane. i think there is real racism, or he needs a therapeutic setting to work out his white guilt. and this guy has so much money. he needs to fix mr. business. and he should be talking about unfunded entitlement. he is closer to medicare age than anyone else in this debate. it is not about race, and the fact that he is trying to move it in that direction, it is distracting and a little embarrassing. >> qh men are over 60 -- when men are over 60 they wear hawaii an shirts. >> bowling shirts, hawaii san shirts. >> and perhaps a wallet chain connected to a board short. >> over the knee shorts. >> i love randy newman. he has a great career. he doesn't need to make money so he is clearly doing this from the heart. anything he says will sound like a disney theme. >> spinning in his grave like a bat. >> speaking of the velvet fog. you are more like the velvet -- i don't know, laxative. it is not that clever or catchy, is it? >> no. from what we just heard, i can pipe that into an an teargas cente

randi? >> ben wedeman in cairo. ben, thank you very much. >>> back here at home federal investigators say a chicago teen who wanted to kill americans in a terrorist attack is behind bars this morn. they say the 18-year-old unsuccess employ tried to detonate a car bomb in front of a downtown chicago bar friday night. his arrest followed an undercover investigation spanning several months. a preliminary hearing now set for tomorrow. >>> also in chicago, today could bring an end to the week-long teachers strike. they're set to vote today whether to end the walkout that's crippled the nation's third largest school district. the union has reached a tentative agreement with the school board. both sides are optimistic that the students will get back to class tomorrow but they stress a final deal is still in the works. >>> google has refused to remove the video that has fueled protests around the world despite a request from the white house. so we're taking a look at free speech and what google is required to do under the l

or overt klansmen. >> i think randy newman is insane. i think there is real racism, or he needs a therapeutic setting to work out his white guilt. and this guy has so much money. he needs to fix mr. business. and he should be talking about unfunded entitlement. he is closer to medicare age than anyone else in this debate. it is not about race, and the fact that he is trying to move it in that direction, it is distracting and a little embarrassing. >> qh men are over 60 --hen men are over 60 they wear hawaii an shirts. >> bowling shirts, hawaii san shirts. >> and perhaps a wallet chain connected to a board short. >> over the knee shorts. >> i love randy newman. he has a great career. he doesn't need to make money so he is clearly doing this from the heart. anything he says will sound like a disney theme. >> spinning in his grave like a bat. >> speaking of the velvet fog. you are more like the velvet -- i don't know, laxative. it is not that clever or catchy, is it? >> no. from what we just heard, i can pipe that into an an teargas center

>> reporter: hi, randi. well, i was, and since i was in this local market, the number of hispanic voters here has increased exponentially. and so, one of the goals for the president, no doubt, will be to target his appeal to those hispanic, latino voters. as you know, he passed a version of, used his own power to do his own version of the dream act, has gone over very well with latinos. and also, he has targeted parts of the obama care health care measure, enormously popular among latino voters as well, among democrats, democratic-leaning latino voters. so, those are two ways he can win some of the people in this i-4 corridor. that's exactly where we're traveling in the next two days, across florida from west to east, and this is considered the swing part of florida along this highway, where the most undecided voters live, and that's who the president will be addressing in his various stops over the next two days, randi. >> and jessica, this is the first weekend of campaigning since the democratic convention

rebecca and randy met and fell in love as teenagers. they were both in high school at the time and active in school sports. they married in their twenties then started a family. over the years randy and rebecca watched their weight creep higher and higher. now twenty years later they juggle work, parenthood and school. rebecca is completing her masters in psychology. rebecca wrote to ali after being moved to tears with jorge sierra's story on live big. what was supposed to be a fun ride on a roller coaster turned into a nightmare? i can relate to jorge's experience, i was escorted off the ride when the workers couldn't get the bar over my chest i was told i couldn't get on the ride. i finally worked up the courage to get on a roller coaster waitd for an hour and a half. when we finally got there all the safety bars went down except mine,

>> reporter: >> right, randi. cnn found out from a u.s. int intelligence source there was a cable sent warning about the existence of this anti-muslim film on the internet and also warning that they had seen an uptick in the number of people who had been clicking on the link and watching the film. they sent a cable from cairo warning them that that was out there. however, there was no specific warning attached that an attack was imminent. a couple of things intelligence did know going into this. there are well-equipped groups already in place in benghazi. a lot of al qaeda sympathizers there as well, these pockets of al qaeda sympathizers. knowledge of this film, when you pull the pieces together, you get a little bit clearer image of what u.s. intelligence officials are working with new as they are trying to piece together exactly how this got so out of control. >> there has also been a lot of conflicting statements from washington as to whether this attack was planned or not. it seems to change daily. what do we know at this point? >> re

>> i think there's two things that play there, randi. i think the first thing is that awful us have been marketed to since we were children to believe pure breds are quite simply better. nobody is going to pay $1,000 or $2,000 for a pure bred puppy if they believe a dog like blue they can get for a couple hundred bucks from a shelter is just as good. the first problem is marketing. the second problem is people don't want to step into shelters. i completely understand that. i had to go into several of them to report "little boy blue." it's heartbreaking. you don't want to walk in there, especially if you have kids. that's why petfinder.com, wy we're donating proceeds, go on like i do, click on the picture, rescue groups have done the work for you. you don't have to get out of bed in the morning. >> i know it's tough to take your children to a shelter but what a way to teach them about saving a life of these puppies. you write about fostering animals in need, certainly important to spay and neuter them. you have actually fostered several d

randi weingarter, i want to start with you. when you look at the chicago strike -- and i know you're out there now in chicago -- what are the one or two more most important issues that you find resonating at the national level that affect teachers everywhere. >> it's really about saving the heart and soul of public education for all kids who need public education. and when you're on the streets talking to teachers, they are determined to have the tools they need to help kids and for kids to have the resources they need to succeed. and what struck me -- no pun intended -- was how resolute teachers are and para-professionals are about "this is a fight to ensure their kids, their communities, have what they need." i'm seeing that across the country with the need to increase standards so that we're doing much more project-based learning and deep and richer learning, something that i know roy has been advocating. but yet at the same time poverty increasing and the cuts in schools almost making it incredibly hard for us to do our job

i'm randi kaye. glad you're with us. mitt romney riding the momentum of the republican national convention in cincinnati, ohio, today for what his team is calling a victory rally. we are expecting to hear from the presidential candidate any moment now. you can see the rally getting under way already there. >>> while the gulf coast comes to grips with loss and damage from isaac, right now the storm is moving through the midwest. a vicious case of classrm bullying is caught on tape, but what's worse, a teacher accused of taking part and joining in. >>> and first to politics. we are waiting to hear from republican presidential nominee mitt romney any moment now. he's campaigning at what we've already told you he calls a victory rally in cincinnati. later today, he'll join running mate paul ryan at a rally in jacksonville, florida. romney is hoping to build on the momentum from the republican convention, which tried to project him as more likable to women, young voters and the middle class. >>> we turn now first, though, to

i'm randi kaye. glad you're with us. mitt romney riding the momentum of the republican national convention in cincinnati, ohio, today for what his team is calling a victory rally. we are expecting to hear from the presidential candidate any moment now. you can see the rally getting under way already there. >>> while the gulf coast comes to grips with loss and damage from isaac, right now the storm is moving through the midwest. a vicious case of classroom bullying is caught on tape, but what's worse, a teacher accused of taking part and joining in. >>> and first to politics. we are waiting to hear from republican presidential nominee mitt romney any moment now. he's campaigning at what we've already told you he calls a victory rally in cincinnati. later today, he'll join running mate paul ryan at a rally in jacksonville, florida. romney is hoping to build on the momentum from the republican convention, which tried to project him as more likable to women, young voters and the middle class. >>> we turn now first, though, t

randi? >> arwa damon, thank you very much. >>> back here at home president obama is expected to address the unrest that has spread to 20 countries throughout the muslim world when he speaks to the u.s. u.n. general assembly on wednesday. officials say he will again decry the anti-islam video that sparked violence linked to the deaths of four u.s. diplomats in libya. while adding that the u.s. will, quote, bring justice to those who harm americans. the president is also expected to address concerns about iran's nuclear program making clear that the country cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. >> now to mitt romney's taxes. his campaign has released the candidate's 2011 federal return, and here are the numbers. the romneys paid nearly $2 million of around 14 million in earnings. that's a 14.1% tax rate. the campaign also released a letter from their accountants that covered the 20 years from 1990 to 2009, and all it said was that the romneys owed taxes during those years and averaged

randi weingarter, i want to start with you. when you look at the chicago strike -- and i know you're out there now in chicago -- what are the one or two more most important issues that you find resonating at the national level that affect teachers everywhere. >> it's really about saving the heart and soul of public education for all kids who need public education. and when you're on the streets talking to teachers, they are determined to have the tools they need to help kids and for kids to have the resources they need to succeed. and what struck me -- no pun intended -- was how resolute teachers are and para-professionals are about "this is a fight to ensure their kids, their communities, have what they need." i'm seeing that across the country with the need to increase standards so that we're doing much more project-based learning and deep and richer learning, something that i know roy has been advocating. but yet at the same time poverty increasing and the cuts in schools almost making it credibly hard for us to do our jobs.

randi? >> arwa damon, thank you very much. >>> back here at home president obama is expected to address the unrest that has spread to 20 countries throughout the muslim world when he speaks to the u.s. u.n. general assembly on wednesday. officials say he will again decry the anti-islam video that sparked violence linked to the deaths of four u.s. diplomats in libya. while adding that the u.s. will, quote, bring justice to those who harm americans. the president is also expected to address concerns about iran's nuclear program making clear that the country cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. >> now to mitt romney's taxes. his campaign has released the candidate's 2011 federal return, and here are the numbers. the romneys paid nearly $2 million of around 14 million in earnings. that's a 14.1% tax rate. the campaign also released a letter from their accountants that covered the 20 years from 1990 to 2009, and all it said was that the romneys owed taxes during those years and averaged

with the latest on randy jackson. randy jackson is not going anywhere. back to you in hollywood. [ applause ] >> jimmy: well, thank you, guillermo. that jacket almost fit. hey, this is pretty good. tim gunn from "project runway" was on "good morning america" promoting his new book. do you watch "project runway"? i do like him. my favorite thing he ever says on "project runway" was i am incredulous at that utterly preposterous of fiction johnny did on the runway. thank you. anyway, lara spencer was going to a commercial break after her interview with him and in doing so provided us with our unintentional joke of the day. ♪ >> and when we come back, on top of tim, richard gere. >> jimmy: now, that's how you get ratings. [ applause ] this is interesting. miley cyrus and her fiance liam hemsworth were they roosevelt hotel right next door to us, an undecided man claims he accid t accidentally bumped newly yam's chair which started an argument. when things got heated he claims miley cyrus shoved him and hit him in the fac

randy pierce survives his brush with death, but not every driver is quite so lucky. a tanker truck explosion brings a bridge of concrete and steel crashing to the ground. >> this looks like a terrible collapse of this roadway. as you can see, the fire is still burning. >> july 24th, 1998. it's friday afternoon and interstate 40 is jammed with travelers racing to get an early start on the summer weekend. but many drivers don't realize these snake-like curves near connolly springs, north carolina, can be difficult to navigate. even deadly. fire and rescue crews race to the scene of a tanker truck that has spun out of control and slammed into a bridge. as they get closer and closer, a thick billowing cloud of black smoke looms ominously on the horizon. >> we've had a lot of wrecks, single vehicle and multicar crashes including tractor-trailers and small passenger vehicles. this is one of the most dangerous areas of interstate 40 in north carolina. >> traffic comes to a standstill. some motorists even resort to driving the wrong way in the emergency lane in order to exit

i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. it's saturday, september 15th, good to have you with us. >>> the man behind the anti-muslim film that sparked protests in the middle east was escorted from his home. that is him bundled in a coat. he left voluntarily, but didn't speak to reporters as he left his house. this all happened just a few hours ago. he was supposed to have only limited access to the internet, of course, the trailer for his movie was found on youtube. we'll let you know as soon as we get more on this development. >>> we have seen anti-american protests in more than a dozen countries so far. this morning we saw protests pop up in sydney, australia. turned violent with protesters clashing with police near the consulate. especially trained u.s. marines were sent to help beef up security. in benghazi, four americans were killed in the first few hours of the protests there. their bodies were returned to the u.s. on friday. cnn's senior international correspondent arwa damon visited the ruins of the destroyed consul

>> randi is dandy would be really nice, or all the way with randi kaye. if you were in college that's not a nickname you want. >> not a good one. >> if you are running for office. not in college. >> all right,

good morning, everyone, i'm randi kaye. we begin this hour with a huge teacher strike looming in chicago. if they don't get what they want today, there will be no classes tomorrow in the nation's third largest school district. at issue is working conditions, pay, job security, and how to deal with new, longer school days. negotiations resume in about five hours. both sides vowing to prevent a monday strike. if they fail, the school year will come to an immediate halt. some 700 schools and 400,000 students would be affected. the city plans to open 144 sites to provide services for students if a strike does happen. >>> and coming up in about ten minutes, i'll talk with karen lewis. she is the president of the chicago teachers union. we'll talk about where the negotiations stand. >>> now to the race for the white house. and with 58 days until election day, the campaigns are taking different approaches to getting out their message on this sunday. republican nominee mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan will leave the campa

>> randi is dandy would be really nice, or all the way with randi kaye. if you were in college that's not a nickname you want. >> not a good one. >> if you are running for office. not in college.

his name is randy williams. come on out, randy. ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: nice to see you randy. >> hey, good to see you. >> jimmy: now, randy, you are going to be showing us some different animals. what did you bring with you today? >> oh, wow, that's right, jimmy. let me tell you -- i hope you don't mind scales, now. because -- >> jimmy: what? >> scales. >> jimmy: okay. >> because in here i have a northern copperhead snake. yep. >> jimmy: okay. >> here we go. [ audience aws ] uh-huh. now, very, very shy and rarely seen. these snakes have bitten more people than any snakes, poisonous or otherwise, in the u.s. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you're seeing -- it looks like a puppy to me. a cute puppy. >> oh, come on, jimmy. >> jimmy: that looks like a puppy. >> well, come on. no, i'm the animal expert. i know my animals. i grew up next to a zoo. >> jimmy: i don't -- that means nothing to me. >> well, it does. it means a lot. now, look, can i just show you my next animal? >> jimmy: yeah. >> all right. okay. all right. oka

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his name is randy williams. come on out, randy. ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: nice to see you randy. >> hey, od to see you. >> jimmy: now, randy, you are going to be showing us some different animals. what did you bring with you today? >> oh, wow, that's right, jimmy. let me tell you -- i hope you don't mind scales, now. because -- >> jimmy: what? >> scales. >> jimmy: okay. >> because in here i have a northern copperhead snake. yep. >> jimmy: okay. >> here we go. [ audience aws ] uh-huh. now, very, very shy and rarely seen. these snakes have bitten more people than any snakes, poisonous or otherwise, in the u.s. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you're seeing -- it looks like a puppy to me. a cute puppy. >> oh, come on, jimmy. >> jimmy: that looks like a puppy. >> well, come on. no, i'm the animal expert. i know my animals. i grew up next to a zoo. >> jimmy: i don't -- that means nothing to me. >> well, it does. it means a lot. now, look, can i just show you my next animal? >> jimmy: yeah. >> all right. okay. all right. okay.