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Parents live. And grounded. The pilot who refused the patdown and fullbody scan tells us why he said enough to invasive security searches at the airport. Youll hear what he has to say, only on gma. Well, happy friday, everyone. Good to have you back off the road, george. Good to be back. Theres so much news. Good youre here. The head of npr said that Juan Williams should talk to a psychiatrist after he made the controversial comments about muslims on planes. But its hard to find, really, anyone this morning who will say he should have been fired by npr. He is here this morning to react to the latest fallout. His first interview. It seems like every week someones getting fired for something. On this one, npr, really on the defensive. Well get into that a little bit. And gridlock expected in los angeles today, with president obama campaigning there. And following what we said yesterday, we have a new abc news estimate this morning that shows the key Senate Contest in california, tightening up, as well. It was going for the democrats. Now, its up for grabs, just 11 days before the crucial midterm elections. Well have the latest from los angeles. We begin with the npr Juan Williams controversy. The journalist and commentator was fired after comments he made at fox news. Some are calling for congress to punish npr by Holding Back Federal funding. Juan is standing by live. First, Claire Shipman has the back story. Shes in front of npr this morning. Reporter good morning, george. Well, Juan Williams may only have one job left, now that hes not working here anymore. But it is a lucrative one. Fox news has given him a new 2 million deal. As npr faces a storm of controversy over his ouster. An analyst with National Public radio has been fired. Juan williams, fired by npr. This is disgraceful. Npr needs to hire Juan Williams back. Reporter a media ban fire, triggered by a startling admission from a veteran liberal journalist. When i get on a plane, if i see people in muslim garb, and theyre identifying themselves first and foremost as muslims, i get worried. I get nervous. Reporter the reaction moved quickly from firestorm to firing offense for Juan Williams. Npr, drawing a bright line in the increasingly complex world of opinion journalism. If you want to be a political activist, you may not also be a reporter or news analyst for npr. His feelings that he expressed on fox news, are really between him and his psychiatrist or his publicist. Do you think Juan Williams is a bigot . No. I dont think his a bigot. I think that crosses the line. And it seems to legitimize profiling of americanmuslims. Reporter williams has, for a long time, straddled the worlds of fox and npr. And in the full conversation with oreilly, also offered support for muslimamericans. We dont want in america, people to have their rights violated. They act crazy. Reporter not surprisingly, williams friends at fox, rushed to his defense. Shame on National Public radio, who has gone cuckoo politically correct. Reporter sarah palin tweeted, Juan Williams, you got a taste of lefts hypocrisy. But on the view, they argued that firing is too extreme. I dont think he should have been fired. In fact, lots of people have this idea. Its like they used to be about, you know, black kids. Reporter now, george, the head of npr, Vivian Schiller, did apologize, not for firing Juan Williams, but about the comments about his therapist. Congress is looking into investigations into npr and funding it gets. Claire, thanks. Juan Williams Joins us now. Thanks for being here. I dont know to say if im sorry that you got fired or congratulate you on your new deal. I was watching you watch that piece. And you still look like you were taking a shot when you heard the Vivian Schiller comments, that its between you and your psychiatrist. That got you the most, didnt it . Its personal. I dont know why she has to get that low. She has an argument to make that i somehow violated journalistic ethics or values of npr, make the case. I think its a very weak case. Ultimately, what she had to do was to make a more personal attack. In this business, am i unstable or irrational . George, you and i know each other for a long time. Not very well. But we each each other. And i dont think youve seen me do anything rude or out of context. If i was such an erratic character, i think this would have come to the fore long ago. You describe the comments you made as visceral. And some people are wondering, should you have gone the extra step and said, theyre feelings that i fight . Yeah. I could have done that. In fact, i think its important to parse it. I said if im at a gate at an airport, and i see people in muslim garb, who are first and foremost identifying themselves as muslims, in the aftermath of 9 11, im taken back. I have a moment of fear. Its visceral. Its a feeling. I dont say im not getting on the plane. I dont think you must go through additional security. I dont say i want to discriminate against these people. No such thing occurs. To me, it was admitting that i had this notion, this feeling. And to be fair to you, its clear over the 6 1 2minute segment, you were fighting back against the notion that you should act on these. This is the most ridiculous thing. Then, the people at npr take one statement, and they make it out that i am a bigot. Its unbelievable to me, given the books ive written, the things ive done in my life. Now im a bigot . All i said to bill oreilly is we have to be careful about the language and things we say in the public, given that you have tax on cap drivers in new york city, the pastor in florida. I was saying that we have to protect the rights of muslims in this country. Vivian schiller apologized for the statement about your psychiatrist. Here are the standards by the way, i dont have a psychiatrist. Well, she apoll she would have apologized to me. Just for the record. On the record. Okay. What she said was that news analysts may not take personal public positions on controversial issues. Doing so undermines their credibility as analysts. And then, she goes on to say, npr journalists should not express views in other venues they would not air in their role as an npr journalist. Again this, is something i would have said on npr. Its not something its not like im catering to a fox audience, as opposed to an npr audience. I expressed a genuine feeling i have if im in that situation. And let me say, this is not a situation where, again, you have someone who is working and cant as a journalist, and cant express an opinion. Then, the audience might lose trust or credibility in what you have to say, in terms of delivering your journalistic product. Thats not the issue. Im able to discern exactly what a feeling is, as opposed to what is a, you know, a public position and ability to report and to hear what others are saying. So, what do you think the issue is here . Do you think the fact that you were working for fox became too much trouble for npr . This is one of the things in my life thats shocking. I grew up on the left. I grew up here in new york city. And ive always thought the right wing was the ones who were inflexible and intolerant. Now, im coming to realize that the orthodox at npr, as its representing the left, is just unbelievable. And especially for me as a black man, to somehow, you know, Say Something thats out of the box. They find it very difficult. And i think thats right, george. I think they were looking for a reason to get rid of me. They were uncomfortable with the idea that i was talking to the likes of bill oreilly or sean hannity. If they would have come to you and said, you have to choose, its npr or fox . What do you do . It would have been tough. I was at npr before i was at fox. I was at fox before i was at npr. And i you know, i always thought both employers signed a check to me because they found some value in my presence. That i think that the audience views me as a highlycredible, veteran reporter, someone they could trust. And for the right wing, i think i was often a foil for their large personalities. And on the left, i think i was a point of an unusual, unpredictable view, that i could bring insight and interest to their audience. And all of a sudden, npr and especially this last group of managers, became vindictive. As you can see, personal in terms of their antagonism toward me. Were out of time. One final question. Were you surprised by this . Or did you see it coming . No. I knew about their antagonism towards fox. I knew they didnt like it. As i said, ive been there more than ten years. Ive seen managers come and go and who dealt with this issue. This current crew was really getting vicious. As i say, personal, in terms of their animous. Im a good journalist. I think the audience knows who i am. And they know what they can expect from me, which is a good journalistic product. And they can watch you on the Oreilly Factor tonight. Ill be there, hosting. Going to change topics now. President obama campaigning on the west coast today. Hes trying to help democrats who suddenly find themselves locked in some very tough races with just 11 days to go until the elections. Jake tapper, traveling with the president , joins us bright and early this morning from los angeles. Good morning, jake. Reporter good morning, robin. President obamas california swing comes as abc news has moved the senate race between senator Barbara Boxer and carly fiorina, from leaning democrat, to tossup. The polls are tightening between democratic incumbent senator, Barbara Boxer, and hewlettpackard ceo, carly fiorina. Voters are tired of her incumbency. Reporter at a rally here in los angeles today, president obama will try to keep the senate in democratic control and get out the womens vote. Women voters normally favor democrats. But this year, polls indicate, theyre up for grabs. And fiorina thinks she knows why. When president obama won the election, he said that his top priority was jobs, jobs. And the problem is, it hasnt been the top priority. It certainly hasnt been Barbara Boxers top priority. Reporter boxer turned down abc news request for an interview. Also embattled, senator patty murray in washington state, whom the president celebrated earlier in this pacific swing, adding to her the favorite metaphor of republicans driving the American Economy into a ditch. We know we have to get the car out. So, we start pushing. And patty, even though shes small, shes tough. So, shes pushing hard. Reporter later tonight, the president hits vegas, where hell raise coin and rally for Senate Majority leader, harry reid. Hes locked in a tight race with Republican Tea Party favorite, sharron angle, who just started running this ad. Reid is now worth 6 million and lives in a 1 million washington ritz carlton condo. Reporter a week from tomorrow, the president s final blitz will include philadelphia, bridgeport, connecticut, chicago and cleveland, where hell be joined by the vice president. And, robin, its interesting. Both murray and boxer were elected to the senate for the first time in 1992, as outsiders during that socalled year of the woman. Now, both are being attacked as part of the problem insiders, precisely what they ran against 18 years ago, robin. Interesting. Jake with the president in los angeles. Have a good weekend, jake. 13 minutes after the hour. Lets get the rest of the mornings news with juju chang. Good morning, robin and george. Good morning, everyone. Were going to begin with the worst Health Crisis to hit haiti since januarys devastating earthquake. This morning, doctors are frantically trying to contain a suspected cholera epidemic. At least 135 people have died. Hundreds more are sick. Hospitals are overwhelmed by patients seeking treatment. Outside aid groups are rushing in medicine and other supplies. Back home, bailing out mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac could end up costing taxpayers more than first thought. Regulators say if home prices take another downturn, the bailout could cast 259 billion. Thats twice as much than theyve received so far. And a mall near sacramento, california, is smoldering this morning. It will be closed indefinitely. After a man barricaded himself inside and set a fire on thursday. The fire spread quickly, collapsing part of the roof. Thats a quick look at the headlines at 7 14. Juju, thanks. Sam . Hes not here. Hes in houston, texas, this morning. He brings us the morning news from there. Tgif, good morning. Good morning, robin, george, juju. Theres a lot of things about houston. Lets get to the boards. There are storms in oklahoma, texas and new mexico. Theyll spread east today. Dallas is involved. San angelo, Oklahoma City and dodge city. There were five tornadoes reported yesterday. Its likely well see some more tornadoes again today. A quick look at the big chill this morning, from detroit, to cincinnati, to nashville. Can you believe earlymorning temperatures got into the 30s in the nashville area . As far south as that . Those temperatures will warm up during the day. Here is a nice look at the presun rise. The sun is up and 10 minutes. There are a few scattered clouds across the district. Kaiser, western virginia is cold. 41 degrees in stafford. Our forecast for today calls for high temperatures near 60. It will be a bit breezy and we have all of americas weather, including a little bit on Tropical Storm richard, coming up in the next half hour, live from houston. Sam, thank you. This morning, an alarming report from the cdc, about the skyrocketing number of people with diabetes. Dr. Richard besser is here to break it down for us and tell us what it means for our health. Give us the details. I read an early copy of the report. It is staggering. The cdc estimates that by 2050, one in three americans will have diabetes and all of the complications that go with that. Currently, its one in ten. This is an astronomical increase. Are there reasons for the dramatic change . Theres a number of reasons. Babyboomers are aging. And age is the number one risk factor. People are living longer with better care. But theres a change in our population. Latinos are at high risk. As our population becomes more diverse, the population with diabetes goes up. But the biggest one is obesity. Obesity is the biggest risk factor thats changeable. And we havent been able to tackle the obesity epidemic in this country. This is a projection. There are things that can be done to prevent this, right . You cant change getting old. You cant change your family risk factors. But you can tackle the issue of obesity. Its lifestyle. Its proper diet. Its regular exercise. Those are the things that have been shown to be effective. If you go to yourdiabetesinfo. Org, it will give you tips to reduce your own risk factors. What does this mean possibly for our Health Care System . This can bankrupt our Health Care System. People with diabetes have twice the cost of people without diabetes. Right now, 174 billion per year on diabetes. Unbelievable. Imagine tripling that. Rich, thanks so much. George . Bankrupt our Health Care System. Okay, were going to turn to an abc news exclusive about a telephone scam with thousands of victims. Criminals from outside the country have been stealing from people who want to donate to charity by using Internet Technology to pose as members of giving foundations like the makeawish foundation. Brian ross is back this morning with the shocking things he discovered. Reporter good morning, george. This is a story of one of the ugliest scams targeting americans in years. Run by a group of brazen criminals, using the plight of desperately ill children to rip off tens of millions of dollars. All from a place they thought no one would find them. Few charities in the country are as widelyrespected or trusted as the makeawish foundation. Thank you for making my wish to be a ballerina. Reporter and it was the charitys reputation for integrity that helped convince patricia of northern virginia, that she had won a makeawish gift. When you get a call from the makeawish foundation, youd like to think it was real. Reporter and then, it happened with thousands of other victims of the scam. A phone call from washington. Congratulations, maam. Reporter a supposed federal agent, saying he would be sending out the check, once the taxes and fees were paid in advanced. Youre going to be shocked when i tell you what the actual amount is. The prize youre receiving, maam, is 1. 2 million. And your taxes have already been given. Thats a lot of money youre getting, maam. Reporter but there is no makeawish sweepstakes. We dont call people up and tell them they won prizes. Reporter and no federal agency distributes makeawish checks. We go after people ripping them off. Reporter its coming from the country of costa rica. From a series of illegal call centers, set up in luxury homes. Where the scammers claim to be calling from various agencies of the federal government. This is washington, d. C. This is the department of commerce. Reporter federal authorities have identified a network of american lowlives, losers and criminals, who move to costa rica, to pull off the scam. Using internet phones, programmed to generate the washington, d. C. Area code, 202. Im the irs official that, okay, is handling this for you right now. Reporter more than 40 of the scammers were arrested in a series of raids. Some of the accused escaped the grag net, including this man, andy liner, seen here on a friends facebook page, who cannot be sent to the u. S. For trial, because he married a costa rican woman and had costa rican citizenship. Now, an interpol fugitive, he was not happy to see us when we showed up at his luxury home in san jose. Youre aware youre a wanted man in the united states, right . Im not wanted. Im not convicted. Reporter you are wanted. Youre a fugitive worldwide. And he seemed desperate to get away. His lawyer then warned us to leave the country. Go home. Reporter costa ricas top Law Enforcement official told us hes tired of american criminals using his country as a safe haven to carry out the scam. And as well report tonight on 20 20, officials tell us they know of at least 20 illegal call centers now operating in costa rica, run by americans, targeting americans, george. Thats at 10 00 tonight, 9 00 central. Brian ross, thank you very much. Coming up, the uproar over the Fatal Police Shooting of a top college athlete. Did the cops overreact and refuse to get d. J. Henrys help . His parents will join us live from their home. And how do you feel about undergoing the fullbody scans at the airport . A pilot is now refusing to do it. And he could now lose his job. Hes going to be here live to tell us why he wont do it. Refreshing. Glamorous. Dazzling. A ravishing repertoire, brilliantly orchestrated. Only at chicos. Dont freak, its gone. 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Lets begin by checking on the morning commute. We will take you to video. Theres a crash between the inner loop and the robinson terminal is now gone. This car wreck is on the common exit ramp from 395 to join the beltway. Look at that number on traffic. This is all video. I will next take you live to show you that the accident moved out of the way. The left side is northbound and the hov looks like it is settling down. We dont have anything as complicated in maryland but typical volume from 952 georgia ave. Look at this shot. 48 degrees in chesapeake beach. This is a beautiful sunrise. I am jealous of the folks who get to wake up to this live every morning. Mostly sunny skies right now. We have a few scattered clouds but it is gorgeous this morning. We are in the 40s. We had thirties here and there. 48 degrees in the district rate we are on our way to 62 for the high temperature. Into the weekend, the high temperatures will be in the 70s. To the latest and are breaking news from chantilly this morning. A woman was shot and killed early this morning at a home in the 13,000 block of rembrandt way. Her husband has been taken into custody. Authorities believe the shooting may have been related to a domestic incident. We will back with another update at 7 56. For continuous news coverage, tune in to tbd news on news channel 8. It is one of the newest aspects of airport security, the fullbody scan. Its supposed to help protect against terrorists. But some passengers say its an invasion of privacy. Now, one pilot has said enough. He is refusing to go through the body scan, even though it could cost him his job. Hes going to join us live in a gma exclusive this morning to tell us why. Good morning, america, im george stephanopoulos. Im reddiheading to the airpn a little while. Im robin roberts. Also on this friday morning, move over, moms. Were going to be talking to stage dads. Father knows best when it comes to beauty pageants. Well talk to one of the father daughter duos. Thats coming up in our next half hour. First, in this half hour, theres growing outrage this morning over the death of a college student, shot and killed by police, after a latenight party. Star athlete danroy d. J. Henry, had good grades. No criminal record whatsoever. How did the Football Player end up fatally shot on the campus of Pace University . Were going to speak to the family at their home in just a moment. First, heres linsey davis. Reporter the chaos that night is clear. So are the contradictions. But what this cell phone video doesnt show is what triggered the events that ended danron henrys life. The Football Player was shot and killed by police last weekend. But theres differing accounts of what wednesday wrong. Police say there was an unruly crowd outside of this intashen bar. Their accounts is that an officer approached henrys car, which was parked in this fire lane. And when the officer knocked on the window, henry tried to speed away. The officer ended up on the hood of the vehicle, as he accelerated in the fire lane. At some point in time, the officer drew his pistol and fired into the vehicle. Reporter but henrys teammates who were in the car with him, said that they thought that they were asking e him to move the car out of the fire lane. The lawyer said they were handcuffed, arrested and one was tased when they were trying to help their dying friend. Massachusetts senator, scott brown, says he wants a thorough investigation. Regardless of who is at fault, there is a loss of life. You know, a young life, a bright life, is lost. Reporter police say the students were unruly. And that no ones actually filed any reports of police brutality. I think a lot of people are shocked and just confused by what took place because it doesnt align the kid we know. Reporter on his yearbook page, his parents wrote, we cant wait to see the great things you will accomplish. Pace has canceled saturdays football game. Henry will be laid to rest one week from today, the same day he would have turned 21. And joining us now from their home in northeastern massachusetts, are d. J. Henrys parents, angela, and danroy henry jr. Along with their attorney, michael sussman. Our sincere condolences to you, mr. And mrs. Henry and your family. Youre very welcome, sir. You were with your son on saturday. Big football game. It was homecoming. You went to dinner. Afterwards, what more can you tell us, mr. Henry, about that night, with your son . Robin, we were just doing what we do, as a family. We were just enjoying our time together. We were talking about the game. We were talking about things that were happening with our family. And we were just enjoying our time together. Thats really what we do. And, angela, did you know he was going to be going elsewhere later . That he would be going to the club . Do you know what he was doing there . We knew he would be going out with his friends. And we told him to have fun and be safe. We know what type of children they are, what type of people they are. We just told him that we loved him and have fun. All accounts are that your son was the designated driver. He was there to pick up some friends. And there were so many people that were there. Mr. Henry, who notified you about what happened . How were you notified . We were aroused from our sleep by Police Officers who notified us. And asked us to call the Westchester County hospital, which we did. And police, many tried to contact them. Theyve been limited in their response. They did release a statement saying that investigators dedicated exclusively to this investigation, from the mt. Pleasant police department, and the state police, continue to interview witnesses and to secure all available evidence. Danroy, what are Police Telling you about what happened . You know, robin, honestly, not much. Were just trying to were just trying to get to the truth of what happened. So, while we know there will be lots of versions, lots of stories that come out, we just were just trying to get to the absolute truth here. And again, you know, as we we asked our attorney to help us get that. So, were not hearing much from the police. And were not, at this point, asking. And youre right. Theres been several different accounts as to what happened. And compounding it is the report that after your son was shot, he was taken out of the car, handcuffed, placed down on the pavement. And that when paramedics arrived, they tended to the Police Officers who were not critically injured, tended to them first. And it took several minutes, up to 15 minutes, supposedly, to treat your son. Do you have anymore details about that, angella . Just what you have there. Our son wasnt treated as quickly as the Police Officers were. And that his friends wanted to help him, desperately. We heard that his friends knew cpr. And they wanted to get to his aid as quickly as possible. Mr. Sussman, you are their attorney. Where do you proceed from here . Well, well be in state Supreme Court this morning, seeking an order from a state judge, county judge, actually, in westchester, which will allow us to preserve and then get all of the relevant evidence. Weve been conducting interviews of students and others who observed this already. And were going to conduct an investigation. Ive been asked by this family to find out what happened, to get to the truth of what happened. And we have, for the last three days, been spending literally 24 7, doing that. We are engaged with the District Attorneys Office in an investigative process, in the sense that i reached out to the district attorney. Ive made it very clear that we want to be involved deeply in the investigation. For instance, activities will be going on collaboratively today with them. Forensic investigations. So, i expect that our office will be fully involved and engaged. I appeal to anyone who has any information, any cell phones, any recordings, to ensure that they get to our offices in new york with that material, to contribute to the resolution of this. And police are yes, sir. Police are also asking for any witnesses to contact them, as well. Angella and danroy, you have been abundantly clear in a you do not want to make this about race, or that you have any antipolice sentiment. You have family members that are Law Enforcement officials. And you want the truth, whatever that truth may be. Right. Is that true, angella . That is true. That is exactly what we want. We dont want to make this a race issue. We just want the truth. We just want the truth for our son. And tell us robin . Yes . Please. Well have to come to terms with the killing of our son, either way. What we dont want is we dont want people coming forward, to say they were there, who werent. And we dont want people saying things about the events that occurred that evening that arent true. We need to have the absolute truth because we owe it to our son. We owe it to his legacy. And as grieving parents and with his brother and sister, we need to somehow come to terms with this. And we cant do that without knowing absolutely, 100 , what happened to our son. That is so good of you to say. That really is. And the remaining time that we have, angella, i know youre wearing d. J. S High School jersey. And just what do you want us to know about your son this morning . Our son was filled with love and empathy for people and he put his family first. He had a great faith. And we didnt push on him family first, family first. We just lived it. And he tattooed that on his wrist, family first. And he put it to words. We just lived it. And he put words to it. Thats how he was. Anyone who knew him could tell you that. I know theres a vigil for him. Thousands come out for him. Angella and danroy again, our condolences to you. Mr. Sussman, thank you for being with us this morning. Thank you for having us. Absolutely. Time, now, for the weather and sam who is in houston. Sam . Robin, my heart just breaks for that family. Lets get to the boards. We have one or two things we want to talk about. Were in discovery green in houston. Its one of our Favorite Places in this town. Its a sustainable park. They took this it was a parking lot with old buildings. And they made it into about 12 acres of a beautiful green with water features and lawns. They have activities every year. They have solar panels. They make their own power. This is a wonderful urban environment in and near the houston area. Were happy to be here. Were going to start with Tropical Storm richard and what we think will happen with this storm. 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Then, why are you so opposed to these kinds of searches . Well, its an outrage. The fourth amendment. Its there for a reason. And its not dispensable, for the sake of a false sense of security, just to make us feel better or, you know, that somethings being done. Something needs to be done. But it needs to be done right. And by the right people. And it needs to be done effectively. Heres what the tsa says in response to that. They say that security is not optional. Tsas responsibility is to keep the traveling public safe. And we use a variety of techniques to keep this mission. Crew members have sensitive areas of airports and airplanes, making crew members subject to multiple layers of security. Anyone who refuses simply cannot be allowed to fly. Isnt that reasonable . Well, they subjected me to multiple layers of absurdity. Thats a different thing. I agree that security is not an option. Security is absolutely necessary in the current world that we live in. But it doesnt require stripping our rights away from us and our liberties. So, mr. White, whats the next step . Youre mr. Roberts lawyer. Will you be taking legal action . Michael did go through the metal detector. Passed it. Scanners are stripsearches. In this country, the constitutional rule is you dont stripsearch anybody unless theyre suspected of criminal activity. The alternative, if he didnt want to go through the fullbody scan, the alternative was a patdown, not a strip search. Why is that misleading . Its a fullbody touching breasts, buttocks. People complain about that across the country. It is a search. The constitutional rule is, you dont do fullbody patdowns unless people are suspected of criminal activity. Michael went through the metal detector. And these are stripsearches. Thats why theyre unconstitutional in my opinion. Michael, youre willing to go through with this, even if it costs you your job . Yes. Im doing this for my children. 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A more complete way to a better dental checkup. New Crest Pro Health complete rinse. Coming up, father knows best. The proud papas on the beauty pageant circuit. And also, the photos from the racy glee photo shoot. Whered you learn to do that so well. The new cadillac srx. The cadillac of crossovers. Cadillac. The new standard of the world. Oh, ill get them to eat veggies. How . You ask. I have a way. Its deliciously clever. And theyll be none the wiser. New prego veggie smart sauce gives them 50 of their daily recommended amount of veggies. [laughter] be smart. Veggie smart. [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down . Introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. So get up and get goin with new bayer am. The morning pain reliever. With new bayer am. [stir it up playing] stir up a smile with hersheys syrup. Live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. And good morning everybody on this friday, october 22. I am Alison Starling with your local news update. Lets get started by checking the roads. 95 in springfield is improving. There was a crash and is Getting Better out there. 395 has not think i395 has not been checking in the roadway. If you take a vre train out of manassas, a check ahead. They share the rails with freight trains a so many trades are being canceled. Lets go to springfield the traffic has eased a bit. In maryland, is the normal backup from 952 georgia ave. We will go to adam caskey and the weather center. It is a little breezy today. We had a beautiful sunrise and it is a little on the cool side. 49 degrees in the district. The forecast for today, it will be a nice day and high temperatures will be below average, low 60s northwest of the metro area. The weekend is looking good, with a lot of sunshine into the 70s. A heads up for drivers who used 95 in Prince William county. Starting in a few minutes, police will be searching a section of the highway for clues in last weekends shooting at the marine corps and museum. We will be back with another news update at 8 27. We will be back with another news update at 8 27. Woman 1 sync i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. Man 1 sync raised my property taxes 60 percent. Woman 2 sync let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. Woman 1 sync but i didnt know what hes done since he got fired as governor. Man 2 ehrlichs raked in millions. Man 3 he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. Woman 3 10 billion of our money. Woman 4 our money. Woman 5 sync and he worked for another bank that collapsed. Man 4 costing tax payers 17 million. Anncr tell bob ehrlich big banks dont need help. Middle class marylanders do. Isnt she lovely isnt she wonderful isnt she special good morning, everyone. Waving right back at you. Were going to meet lovely, little girls that give new meaning to the term, daddys girl. For them, father really does know best when it comes to beauty pageants. Well talk to one of these doting dads and his daughter. Also, this morning, has the cast of glee gone too far . Youve seen the photos in gq, taking a lot of heat. Were going to have our morning mix, with p. J. Orourke, and suzy odonnell. Youre supposed to mix it up. Well get to them in a little bit. And a quiz about your teenagers Text Messages. Do you know what gnoc means . Gnoc . They told me yesterday. You wont believe it. Well crack the code. The web words every parent should know. Juju. Thats what we call a deep tease. It makes people want to watch. Its a fascinating segment. Good morning, everyone. We begin with bad news for democrats. Less than two weeks before the election day, a new poll finds them trailing republicans by ten points among likely voters. President obama is suffering from a popularity problem, as well, with his job Approval Rating at 44 . A new low. Today, hes stumping for two democrats, senator boxer in california and senator reid in nevada. Fired npr analyst, Juan Williams, says he was just telling the froout when he revealed his fear of flying with muslims on fox news. His firing triggered a firestorm of seasons, most siding with williams. And in a gma exclusive this morning, williams said npr had another agenda. I think they were looking for a reason to get rid of me. They werent comfortable with the idea that i was talking to the likes of bill oreilly or sean hannity. Republican senator jim demint and others want to punish npr. As for williams, fox news has signed him to a new, 2 million deal. A dire prediction this morning about the nations health. The government predicts one in three americans will have diabetes by the year 2050, unless something is done to address the obesity epidemic. Tonights world news will diane sawyer will be taking a closer look at the disease and how to stop it. In other news, tainted celery is being blamed for as many as five deaths in texas. Officials have shut down the san antonio plant where it was processed and issued a recall. They believe the chopped celery was sold only in texas. And now, what happens when one of the mostrecognizable athletes on the planet poses as a statue . Well, Shaquille Oneal took over harvard square, spending an hour not talking. Hundreds of fans posed for pictures with him. He had spread the word about the statue stunt on twitter after promising a Radio Station that hed do it. Thats the news at 8 03. Time for weather and sam champion. Sam, thats like performance art. Oh, good morning, juju. Were in houston, texas, this morning. Big crowds have come out. One of the things marcus davis, we cant believe houston, whenever were here, without eating breakfast at your place. And youve been voted over and over again, the best breakfast in houston. Its the breakfast club. One thing you do, bigstyle breakfast. I know, it says to come back. So, waffles and wings. This is one of my signature dishes. Wings with waffles. Its a southern tradition. They claim it up north. But its really a southern tradition. And grits and catfish. Catfish and grits. Youre in texas, sam. This is texas toast. What makes it texas toast . Its bigger in texas. One secret you might give out about making good breakfast. Were not afraid to season. Butter is our friend. Butter makes breakfast of champions. Sam champion, that is. And it is good. Everything about it is good. Our friends from the breakfast club, we love you, in houston. Lets get to the boards. One of the things we want to talk about quickly. Here comes in the cold air. And for one day only, and then, you get warmer temperatures in the northeast. The other thing we want to tal we have a little bit of a chill in the air this morning but tomorrow should be cooler than this. A patchy frost as possible tomorrow. We are in the 40s right now. Manassas is 49 degrees. We will be a little bit breezy today but a lot of sunshine with high temperatures cooler than normal, in below 60s. West winds are about 1020 m our friends from Madison High School Meteorology Program are here. And thats the best ive ever had. It looks so good. Thank you, sam. Are they still screaming . Weve all heard of soccer moms. But we have a new group for you. Pageant dads. As we saw in the new people magazine, some dads are hitting the pageant circuit with their beautiful daughters and helping out with everything from hot rollers to choreography. Andrea canning spoke to some dads that are putting on the glitz with their daughters. Reporter for some, pajabilities are the ultimate mother daughter, bonding experience. But behind every, little diva, theres also a dad. Shaky shaky. Reporter and many are more involved than you might think. On the hit show toddlers tiaras david does it all for his daughter, ava. Im the superdad of pageants. Im the coach, makeup artist, Costume Designer and her biggest cheerleader. Reporter for brian, it was byebye sportscenter on the weekends, to become a stage dad for lainie and lincoln. The 6 3 general contractor built the scene, and even coordinates their outfit. I match the girls outfit. I try to play the ang thal i would potentially help them. Reporter latta admits it hasnt always been socially acceptable. I got teased a little bit. When i first started doing this several years back, there werent a lot of dads involved. Through the years, more fathers have been coming around. Reporter what is it about daddies and daughters . Its indescribable. Its magic, isnt it . It really is. Reporter but not every father gets the glitz. Running around is unacceptable. Reporter barry sterling reluctantly supports his daughters passion for pageants. Youre acting like a spoiled brat right now. By opposing what jamie desired to do, it would create friction in our marriage. I didnt want to be fighting about it all the time. Reporter but for alex salazar, pageants have only strengthened the bond with his daughter, emily. You want to do father daughter . Reporter he enjoys the time they spend together practicing the routines. We have several trophies. Reporter he says hes a pageant dad and proud of it. I tell her, you dont always have to win to be the app official my eye. Reporter for good morning america, andrea canning, abc news, new york. And alex salazar, the proud pageant dad. And his beautiful daughter, emily. Good to have you with us. You played sports growing up . Yeah. How did you get involved . We got a flyer in the mail. And got into it. We taked it a lot. What age did she start . She started at 3 months. What do they do at 3 months . On facial and personality. I was carrying her on stage. And just getting the face score. So, emily, what do you like about your dad helping you out . Whats fun about your dad being with you in the pageants . Uhoh. You dont ever have stage fright. No. What do you like about being in pageants . Whats fun about being in pageants . Playing with my friends. Oh. Playing with your friends. And what is it for you, alex . I mean, im sure, probably can only imagine some of your buddies give you a hard time about this. They started teasing in the beginning. Oh, youd rather go to a pageant than watch the game on sunday. I get to tivo the game. I can watch it when i get home. So, its the time with my daughter that i wont get back later in life. Many people think its great that youre spending time with your daughter. And its wonderful to have that bond. But theres some people saying, could you think of maybe Something Else that doesnt focus on beauty . And is that, perhaps, setting the best example . I believe so. Weve done cheer. Weve done dance. And its the same concept, basically, with the costumes and the makeup. It does focus on perfection. Its a part of life. And its a Building Block for her. What do you think shes learning from this . You said a Building Block. To be confident. All of it teaches her to win gracefully, to lose gracefully. Life is not going to be easy. Its a learning block for her. Its helped her in school already. Shes excelled past hermines. I can understand with all of the cameras and live tv, thats intimidating. You still have the smile. Tell me, emily, are these all yours . Yes. Wow. Even these big crowns . Yes. Whose is this . My dads. He gets a small, little crown . Yes. Do you like being in pageants with him . Yes. What is the most fun part of being in a pageant with your dad . Spending time with my dad. Oh. Okay. Spending time with your dad. Well, it is great that you are spending time with her, like that. And when is the next pageant . Her next one will be in november. Okay. Some people that are watching thinks this is so cute and great. There are others going, you know, the feeling of having someone so young being involved in beauty pageants. What do you say to them . I would say, dont put the pageant down until youve actually gone and put your daughter or put your son in it. Its the same when we had her in cheer and dance. I was nervous because it is competitiveness. We actually did it. And we opened up to it. So, its just you cant have your eyes closed all the time. You have to keep an open mind. Want to keep an open mind. All right. Alex, thank you. Emily, its very good to meet you. Your moms over there taking pictures of you two. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Have a great weekend. We want to know how you feel about pageant dads. Go to abcnews. Com gma and weigh in on our shoutout board. Next, the glee photo. 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Why did ginni thomas, call up anita hill after all these years for an apology . And how about the glee photo shoot . Here to talk about it, paulina por skoe va, and p. J. Orourke, who has a new book. Dont vote. Im not going to say the rest. Ill be fired if i do. Make more money. Go over to fox . Uhhuh. Negotiating. I have to say, in the risk of compromising, i didnt get it at all when i heard he was fired. I didnt, either. He admitted to, kind of, guilty. And i want to say, i once scared the living dickens out of a whole airplane full of people from the middle east. Many of them dressed in traditional garb. I got on in a blue blazer and necktie. I was obviously, cia. I was flying to lebanon in the middle of the civil war. And i was the only americanlooking guy with this blazer on. And they all went getting through security. I just think journalists are supposed to be impartial, right . If you are off shooting off interesting sometimes imbecile opinions, youre not much of a journalist. I think they were right in firing him. Absolutely. Absolutely. Look at the guy. There he goes, off happily, fanning himself with almost 2 million. I just think this stuff all the time. Why dont they give me 2 million . Im actually on npr. An occasional panelist on wait, wait, dont tell me. Im thinking what can i say to get fox to give me 2 million . I get scared when i get on a plane with people dressed like democrats. Would that do it . Im not sure that would get it. Heres the other thing that has me scratches my head this week. I just did not understand the ginni thomas phone call to anita hill. 7 30 on a saturday night. Thats so weird, isnt it . When i heard that, i thought, was she drunk . Did she go out all night and party . And then, have that vulnerable moment at the end of the morning. Mom, i love you. Oh, anita, why dont you apologize . It was kind of the wrong time of day for that. Wasnt she in the she was calling the office. Yeah. I made that phone call. But i made it at midnight, 1 00 in the morning. The other half of it was weird, too. Anita hill calls the fbi. Now, my fatherinlaw was a career fbi agent. 25 years in the bureau. Im wondering how he would have handled that phone call. Is this the fbi . I got a weird phone call. I got a voicemail message. I got a voicemail message. Call the fbi. You cant call the fbi every time someone asks you to apologize. Well, anita hill doesnt get many of those phone calls, clearly. Not many people ask her to apologize. People are taking themselves incredibly seriously. Ginni thomas is not just a bystander in all of the political debates. Shes head of the liberty central, a tea party affiliate. Yeah. And has created all kinds of issues for her, her activity. And im recusing myself on this because im married. Im not going to start telling my wife or anybody elses wife what they can do in their spare time. That way leads to chilly evenings, i think. And the other thing is, you know, its kind of the flipside of womens liberation. If women are people on their own, and with their own ideas and their own agendas. Just because theyre married to a guy thats a big shot, doesnt mean they have to clam up. Do you think if Clarence Thomas was around now, appointed by obama, do you think he would have notten elected . With the anita hill scandal and everything . It would be a huge leap, barack obama nominates someone. Okay. I think thats the kind of things that republicans would jump on. Oh, theyd do it. Look at this. Destroy. Well, now, these things cycle through quickly. That was almost 20 years ago. 1991. Huge controversy. That was about you know, now that were in the new cycle, the 15minute news cycle. They bring up something from 20 years ago. Its like history. History. I mean, its archaeology. You know . What do you make of the tea party . I like them. I like them. I think its very unusual. America has a long history of populist movements. Some good. Some not so good. This is the first populist movement ive seen that is asking for less from government. Populist movements traditionally have their hand out in a way. They want something from government. And this one wants less. I was talking to a group about this. And i said, show me another populist movement that wants less from government. And someone in the back yelled, the whisky rebellion. About a minute and a half left. Have to get to the glee photo shoot. Taking a lot of heat. Including from katie couric. This is the one that surprised me. She said, im a gleek. But i thought the photo shoot was raunchy, ungleelike. And a disappointment. Disappointment to you . Reaction to the photo shoot disappoints me. Im looking and thinking, theyre soft, sexy, pretty pictures of consenting adults. 20yearolds, at least. And why would i be offended . Its really nice pictures. Whats offensive about cute pictures of cute adults . And im thinking about the glee club at my high school. And you didnt want to see those pictures. Well, dianna agron, apologized. Saying they werent the intended photos. You had a long modeling career. I think what people fail to realize is when youre in front of the camera, its really not your decision what yaur going to be portrayed as. In front of the camera, and the photographer goes. Beautiful. Take that off a little bit more. Thats it. And you want to be nice. And you want to be cute. Next thing you know, youre naked. Next thing, its a national debate. All right. Well, that ends our debate for today. Paulina, p. J. Orourke, thank you both very much. Well be right back. You can read a chapter of p. J. s book at abcnews. Com gma. And coming up, decoding your teenagers Text Messages. Nighttime nasal congestion meant, i couldnt breathe right. I couldnt sleep right. Next day it took forever to get going. Night after night, i sat up. Sprayed up. Took a shower. Or took a pill. 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There is a beautiful look at the sky over the district with mid level clouds parted we are mostly sunny and 50 degrees in the district. It is not a bad start today. It will be cooler than normal this afternoon. 50 60 for 62 will be the high temperature. Mostly sunny but a little breezy but not as wendy to moral and near 74 highs. Pettifog early tomorrow morning. Patchy fog early tomorrow morning. Jury selection should be finished today in the trial of Ingmar Guandique who is the man accused of killing d. C. In turn chandra levy. The final pool of 41 jurors was picked yesterday and that will be whittled down to 12 with four alternates. Opening arguments will begin alternates. Opening arguments will begin right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning Strong Families and hard work means opportunity. And that starts with good schools. Its a tradition here in maryland and why in these tough times ive put education first. Weve made record investments in our classrooms. Doubled the number of charter schools. And weve frozen College Tuition for four years in a row. And its working. Experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. When it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even better. I am not sorry. You can leave me. January et cetera jackson, gets casting for color girls. Janet will be here monday to talk about her amazing life and career. Thats coming up on monday. Im george stephanopoulos, with juju chang. Robin had to run out. We have a lot of Important News coming up on alzheimers. The audience is very excited for janet jackson. It will be a great monday. The alzheimers news is really promising. Were going to meet a family on the front lines in the search for a cure. Also, can you decode your teenagers Text Messages . They have a webspeak all their own. Well tell you what you can do with it. Find out what d. O. C. , i dont know that one, and other messages mean. You need a pen and paper ready. It smells good in here this morning because emeril is here. Its fall. That means apples. Everything from granny smith apples, to apple pie. Were looking forward to that. A little more than a week to go to halloween. Well be counting down on our website. Everything you need for halloween. Onestop shopping. Recipes, costume ideas. Thats all week long on our website at abcnews. Com gma. Its time for the weather. And sam is in houston this morning. Hey, sam. Hey, sam. George and juju. A lot of folks have been stopping by to visit us in houston. And the Westside High School marching band came by, as well. What are they playing for us today . Today, theyre going to do an original composition called aqua. All right. Lets get a little weather in this morning, too. Its friday. Why not a little music . Gang . Lets get to the boards. One or two things going on that we want to tell you about. As you look toward the weekend, we have one area of strong storms that kicks off for the weekend. This stays in place at dodge city, Oklahoma City and dallas. Theres a brandnew storm system in the northwest thats a little tougher than the past few. Mostly dry and sunny on the ea right now, we are in the 40s. We are on our way to the low 60s this afternoon which means upper 50s west of the matter. It will warm into the all that weather was brought to you by the chrysler town and country. George . All week long, weve been studying alzheimers, its treatments, and the search for a cure. Part of a special partnership with Maria Shriver and the alzheimers association, to present the shriver report. This morning, dr. Richard besser is here with the latest on the Promising Research for the more than 30 million americans living with alzheimers. Reporter all this week, weve witnessed the emotional toll of alzheimers disease. I love you very much. Reporter the love and loss. Love me . Yes, i do. I love you. Reporter looking for hope, we asked, could research taking place right now yield treatments . Even one day, a cure . When i first looked under the microscope and saw the profound effects, i thought, wow. This is really fascinating. The death of the cells is largely prevented. Reporter using gene therapy, the doctor believes that damaged brains can regrow essential nutrients. Were working on a possible class of drugs for alzheimers disease that can prevent the death of cells in the brain and stimulate the function of the remaining cells. Reporter he hopes something called nerve growth factor could work as well in people as it has in animal studies. The brain is a series of telephone wires essentially. And the medication promotes growth of one cell to another. Reporter its not just labs where answers are being found. Its also in people, like the wife. Aunt jane died of alzheimers. Auntd margaret died years before. Reporter it was their mothers battle with the disease that spurred them to action. They decided to dedicate their time and their minds to dr. Sager, who watch other brains age. Can we find it decades before its symptomatic . Reporter children of alzheimers is more likely to develop the disease themselves. You would be at risk . If theres a genetic predisposition for alzheimers, i have the gene. Reporter their individual test results wont be revealed. They wont know if their brains are aging normally or not. Your participation is for the greater good . Id have to say thats the only reason were doing this. Reporter but they have a pact. If something develops, well be among the first to tell each other. Reporter whats your hope for your children . Your nieces . Your nephews . I hope they dont have to experience this disease themselves. And not have to worry about this at all. So good of them to go through that. Rich is here now. If people want to get involved in these kinds of trials and research, how do they do it . It can be hard to navigate. Theres more than 100 trials going on around the country. If you go to the alzheimers Disease Association website, they have something there called trial match. You click that link. Enter your information. And it will show you where trials are going on around the country, where you may be eligible for. Great way to go. It does seem like were nearing Critical Mass in the alzheimers field. Lots of studies coming out. Lots of research. I think thats right. As we talk to scientists, they express optimism. Theres a study going on of internasal insulin. They gave patients through a device, insulin, in through their nose. Over the course of four months, it improved their memory. It improved the speed of communication in the nerve cells of their brain. A study at the university of southern california, looking at estrogen. With effects of exercise. The takeaway for me is doctors are finally talking about preventing alzheimers disease in our lifetime. Thats a big change. This is a really important series. Rich besser, thanks very much. If you know someone whose life has been toichd by the devastating effects of alzheimers, go to abcnews. Com gma for our comprehensive guide to the symptoms and risk factors of the this wasnt a terrorist attack it was death by metro, death by mismanagement. I called for an immediate audit, the results were chilling. So i insisted metro actually follow National Safety standards for the first time. The brass at metro wasnt happy, but frankly i dont care. Im not the senator for metro, im the senator for maryland. Im Barbara Mikulski and i approve this message. New look. New style. New sears. Come see our brand new side. At sears. Did you know that four out of five teens carry some kind of wireless device . Thats 17 million kids. And many of them have a text language all their own. One that many parents cant crack. And that could be a serious problem. In todays americas family parenting contributor, Ann Pleshette Murphy, hits the streets to see if parents could translate some of the popular text terms. Im going to show you a text. Would you know what that meant . Cu46 . See you in 46 minutes, i guess. I dont know. What if i told you it meant see you for sex . Wow. I dont want to see that on my daughters telephone. Do you know what that is . No. It means get naked on camera. If you saw one of the texts, would you take the phone away . How do you think you would handle it . I would take the phone away. Definitely. Can you see this . Want to go for a you got more than most people. It is want to go for a and this looks like a cocktail. So, do you want to go for a drink . Do you know what that means . Lm4a if you picked up that phone quickly, you wouldnt know it means, lets meet for a joint. It looks like that. Theres wtf and things like that. I delete them. A lot of times ill take the phone for a couple of days. I cant believe that you know all this. I had to learn it to do this piece. And the very savvy Ann Pleshette Murphy joins us now. Its like hieroglyphics. Actually, it is. Teenagers have been trying to come up with a secret language. We used to sneak the phone into the closet. But the thing is, my mother knew when i was sneaking my phone. Theres always been secrets among teens. But is there more danger today . I think because you cant see it. Its not as though theyre whispering. Theyre texts. I think that gives parents a lot of anxiety. Those were incredibly eyeopening. You have more. Right. Yes. Okay. This one maybe you can get. Do you know what that meant . That one, i can see. Are you, something, 18. Are you over 18. Are you under 18 . Lets try another one. Have no idea. This is speak. This is sex. The 5 is an s. The 3 is an e. I didnt know what lead speak was. Its hieroglyphics. Its a number and symbols to create things. Lets look at another one. This one is actually drug of choice. And i think, again, sometimes theyre obvious. But not unless youre really thinking about them. Lets look at another one. This is a real leak speak. I have no idea. Lets look at what the translation is. I was so drunk last night. That middle thing is sort of a face. You can see it looks like a person with their tongue hanging out. Oh, i see. I was. There are websites, i think at abcnews. Com gma, you can get the names, if you took your childs phone. That leads to the big question, should you be grabbing your childs phone and checking on them . Right. Thats the big question. To spy or not to spy . Right. Its not a blanket recommendation. I really dont recommend it, unless you feel your childs behavior somehow i mean, most parents can trust their guide. If your kids are being secretive. If theyre hiding their phone. Hanging out with kids you dont know, then, i think, the bottom line is. You pay the bills. You make the rules. How do you grab the bull by the horns . Lets say your child is being secretive. How do you spy on them . I dont think you spy. I think youre straightforward about it. I want you to show me your phone. Check the phone. Then, you can go to the websites if you see text that you dont understand and they dont want to tell you what it means. You can block certain numbers. If theres kids you dont want them talking to, you can limit who they talk to and when they talk. You can also friend them on facebook. Facebook is a being concern. Or have your friends friend them. And last but not least, you can digitally ground them. This is a new arena to exercise your authority. Just shut off the devices . Yeah. And say, for a time being. I dont really believe you earned the right to use these. Annie, you are so savvy for cracking the code. Were going to go straight to abcnews. Com to figure out what our teens are up to. Abcnews. Com to figure out what our teens are up to. This morning, americas recipes, its all about the apples. They are the official fruit of autumn. They are everywhere right now. And emeril is here to explain how they can cook just about everything. I love apples. Out at the orchard last weekend. And there must have been 25 different varieties. At the farmers market, there were 40 different varieties. 30 from upstate new york. Incredible. Apples, what do you use to cook with . If youre baking, george, you want to use a really firm, like a granny smith apple. But if youre cooking, like this chicken dish were ready to do, you want to use a pink lady or a macintosh or Something Like that, that not only has a great flavor, but will cook really quick. Probably not red delicious. Im over the red delicious. I really am. Theres too many good ones out there. I love the galas, too. The galas are awesome. You get a whole chicken. You can butcher it yourself or have your butcher do that. The chicken. In quarters. You want to wash it in cold water. What you want to do people make the mistake after they wash it. You have to pat it dry so that you get the moisture out of there before we do that. Now, very simply, what were going to do is take freshground pepper. Were going to take some salt. I im using a lot of sea salt these days. Its purer and cleaner. And really good taste. Really get a good texture, as well. Now, what were going to do. We only season one side. Were going to go with olive oil here. Were going to start browning the chicken. And then, you can see that if you dont pat it dry, youre going to start getting a lot of splatter and all that. You dont really want to do that. So, heres what were going to do. Get it right inside there. If it was eight pieces, four pieces, whatever. Now, we want to season this side, too, george. Not a super hot pan. Thats about mediumhigh heat. Now, using olive oil. You want to brown that until its really brown. Once its brown, we take it out of the pan. We leave the juice and the oil in there. Were going to take some bacon. If you like a smoked bacon. What kind is that . This is an apple smoked bacon. If you want to add the onion or the challots. Were going to add as many apples as you like. And as you said, were using a napastyle cabbage. You can use any cabbage that you want. And pretty big pieces. Rinse it, tear it up and put it in there. I just had a bite of the cabbage. Its so good. So tasty. So delicious. When theres food involved, im right here. Heres the thing. We take the chicken out, after its brown. You can see how the bacon and cabbage is cooked on over here. Now, we want to add flavor. The cabbage really comes way back. Yeah. And the cabbage, is like spinach. It shrinks down. Were going to make a sachet. Some herbs, a little juniper berry. Black peppercorns. You tie it up and put that in there. Now, a Little Chicken broth. And then, im using an apple cider. This is a hot cider. You can use regular. You want halfway up. You have to bring this to a boil. What youre going to do is add the chicken back in there. And the chicken has to be covered by the liquid, right . You cover it. Put it in the oven. 50 minutes at 350 degrees. Let it finish cooking. When it comes out of the oven, you take the lid off. You can see what we have right here. Let me show you how were going to finish this. This is going to make you so happy. A little bit of sour cream. Youre right. And a little bit of whole grain mustard. Beautiful. Were going to stir this right in the dish. You have the cabbage, the bacon. The chickens nice and just look at it. Its falling off the bone right now. So juicy. So good. And over noodles or rice . Exactly. Noodles, rice, by itself. You have the cabbage in there, actually. Now, what we did, i got a beautiful roasted beat salad. I made these little Parmesan Cheese crisps, which are really simple to do, with greens and a walnut dressing. And it wouldnt be like fall without a great apple pie. Isnt that great . Yeah. The apple pie is being enjoyed by the audience. What do you guys think . Boy. That is good. Isnt that awesome . What is the secret to the crust . The secret to the crust is this. Once you start applying the moisture to it, dont overwork it. Everybody can get our recipes at abcnews. Com recipes. Everybody can get our recipes at abcnews. Com recipes. E bob ehrlichs 24 years in politics. In Congress Ehrlich voted with george bush 90 of the time, protecting the special interests. As governor, ehrlich cut education, increased College Tuition by 40 , and vetoed an increase in the minimum wage. And after losing his election, bob ehrlich joined a lobbying firm and got paid 2. 5 million to represent casinos and wall street banks. Bob ehrlich24 years of putting the special interests first. Janet jackson will be here live on monday. Juju is making the parmesan twists. Its simple. Have a great weekend. Have a lot of fun. Say goodbye to the beautiful, little girls. Live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. Good morning 8 56, i am scott thuman with your local update lets start with traffic and weather. It started off really tough this morning and now it is so beautiful. 95 between fredericksburg and springfield, here is a live picture. It looks better. We can even see pavement. No delays. It has cleared out as far as the pentagon and that is where the delays begin. The beltway is improving and the inner loop is heading away from us. The outer loop is not that bad toward to 70 and there was a crash at the George Washington parkway north of the airport. We are talking 70 this weekend especially by sunday afternoon. It will be a rather cold started the day tomorrow which will be colder than today. A lot of sunshine today and we will consider today to be mostly sunny garden 46 degrees in front royal. We are on our way to the low 60s today. Youll notice the west wind at 1020 miles per hour. Partly cloudy and 74 by sunday. New exhibit of Elvis Presley photos is set to open tomorrow at the National Portrait gallery in Downtown Washington the rarely seen images document the days prior to elbas rising to super stardom. Thank you for watching and we will be back at noon. Live with regis and [ ehrlich ] four years ago unemployment in maryland was under four percent. Today, its nearly double. And nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. In addition, we face a National Health care plan that will hurt Small Business and cost us jobs. So we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago . Were heading in the wrong direction. We need strong leadership. Say no to things we cant afford. Fix our health care plan. And refuse to raise taxes. Martin omalley cant do it. I will. [ male announcer ] its a universal gesture. A way of telling the world you did it . Without saying a word. Introducing the mercedesbenz sls. Amg. [ engine revs ] the best or nothing. 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