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It happens, and you can also catch chrisss amazing show at the luxor in las vegas, thank you very much chriss. >> thank you, ill leave you be. >> that is all for us tonight, "ac360" later starts right now. good evening, everyone, tonight how the government shutdown could very easily and critically become an economic meltdown. later, we all remember the happy ending, the american sailors rescued from the somalia pirates. tom hanks is playing in the movie that is sure to be a huge blockbuster....

Good morning, you guys. >> we are going to be talking about the shutdown also. we are going to be looking as we move into the debt ceiling how seriously they are taking it. there have been some vacillation. i dont know where i am on it yet. we are hearing that lawmakers are getting that. the debt ceiling is a different animal than the shutdown. we will have a new cnn poll and let you know how youre feeling as a collective in america what is going on there and sthere ar some surprises and we will...

Wrong. i dont know how i could control this when im in a life boat and the media is saying i gave myself up for it. in the book, if you read it, you know i didnt give myself up. i was already a hostage by then. >> he says the real heroes are the ones he dedicated his book to, the navy, the navy seals and yes, the merchant mariners he sailed with. drew griffin, cnn, burlington, vermont. up next, elizabeth smart telling her story, describing her abduction and nightmare in captivity. [ mainframe ...

Said she found those kind of questions from people to be the most offensive. >> understandably. trying to understand how she had the strength to go on with life. what kind of life does she have now? >> she has a wonderful life. she has her own foundation, advocates for children, fights for legislation to protect kids for going through what she ever went through. she got married to a gentleman from scotland, also a mormon. they are a couple of faith. they are planning to have children. she said i...

The kidnapping and her life since. >> i remember him forcing me onto the ground, fighting the whole way. when he was finished, he stood up, and i was left alone feeling absolutely broken, absolutely shattered. i was broken beyond repair. >> you were worthless. >> i was going to be thrown away. >> joining me nbc special correspondent meredith vieira. meredith, this is an extraordinary story. tell me about elizabeth smart and the strength she had and also how this damaged her. >> amazing strength....

It did surprise a lot of people. but coming from that place of understanding, you know their environment, that my captors were from, not saying theyre innocent in any way, its not such a stretch to get there. >> i have to tell you, mike, i met amanda two years ago, in 2011, we were both in kenya. there was a famine going on in the horn of africa and i had gone to cover it for nbc. amanda happened to be there, this was two years after she was released from captivity, the 15 months of hell. two ye...

Missing or unaccounted for. various volunteers that we have been talking to have been trying to also gain access into the buildings to try to clear out some of those bodies that may still be inside. we have also met a number of individuals, including one woman who was still searching for any information about her husband. a lot of the people we are talking to really just want to see the situation resolved as quickly as possible at this stage. >> more than 60 people still missing youre saying. is...

The fate of the ten remaining hostages. the last we heard from the government here was that there were still ten people who were in captivity, but that was late last night. we have not had any sort of official update on what their situation today may be. very concerning given what you saw there, the heavy gunfire earlier in the day and also what seems to be an explosion that caused huge plumes of thick smoke to billow from the area of the westgate mall for hours earlier in the day, brooke. >> wh...

Looking at that. he had access because he was on a navy contract working on i.t. contracts in that building. so he had access to the base because he had to get to the base for the job. thats where the networks were where he was working. the issue of weapons is obviously a good question and i know fbi investigators are looking at it hard. >> the memorial on monday, the president is going to be speaking at the navy memorial. again, our condolences for everything that happened. >> thank you very mu...

Good life? >> i think he could have a good quality of life with the proper care. >> you say this dog has scars all over its face and its emaciated. but we know hes recovering because he wants to play ball. they dont play fetch the ball when theyre in captivity. but now after a couple of weeks here hes ready to play. >> good girl. good girl. >> reporter: and remember that fearful tan dog we showed you? well, an aspca therapist is working with her to slowly try to build up her trust, alleviate her...