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Never bring complete closure. >> cant bring any of them back. you cant heal the hurt. >> reporter: so where do these men and women go from here? theyre still trying to figure that out. >> hopefully move on somewhat or try to now. >> its been a very long road. and a very hard journey for all of us. >> reporter: fata will next have a restitution hearing. hes on the hook for 17 million in fraud. he also has the right to appeal todays sentence. >> thanks so much to jonathan carl sohn with wxyz our a...

all the pomp but none of the pressure. want to know the best job in the country? well have one comedians take. good morning, everyone. im randi kaye. thank you for starting your morning with us. we begin in syria where rebels are braces for what could be a final showdown with the government military. the government troops are advancing on the city of aleppo. warplanes and tanks have been pounding the commercial hub relentlessly. opposition fighters say they have surrounded aleppos hi...

the best that i could describe was a ski rope type. the woven type and it was my guess about 24 inches long. >> no. >> williams denies there was any such cord. >> because if that rope had been in the station wagon that night, im sure they would have taken it. >> the fact that i didnt confiscate it didnt make it go away. >> the nylon cord would never be seen again. >> could have been the murder weapon as far as i know. >> fbi supervisors decided to let wayne williams go that night. >>...

major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far weve seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the schools handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. hol...

>> it is saturday, august 4th. good morning and glad you are with us. i am randi kaye. we start with wildfires in oklahoma. 100 homes are being threatened. the fires are being pushed by strong winds. the worst is in cleveland county south of oklahoma city. joining me is kelly cain for the oklahoma department of emergency management. good morning. are evacuations being ordered at this hour? >> we havent had new evacuations overnight which is good news, but we are definitely still watchi...

all morning we put education in focus. why in the world is our system ranked lower than ireland, saudi arabia, and uzbekistan. did you see this? the happiest olympic worker has an interesting approach to rousing the crowd. we decided to see if the same trick in london would work in new york. happy saturday, everyone. im randi kaye and its 7:00 on the east coast and 4:00 out west. extreme weather and wildfires and at least four major fires burning. we talked to the official at the depar...

prosecutor explains why. good morning, everyone. im randi kay. we start with mitt romneys eventful visit to israel. he went to the western wall after he sat down with leaders like benjamin netanyahu and shimon peres. and jim acosta has been traveling with mitt romney, and he joins us by phone. mitt romney is due to give an address today and what do you believe that the focus will be on, jim? >> well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an ine...

it is sunday, july 29. good morning, everyone. so glad youre with us. im randi kaye. in syria we may be in the beginning stages of a massacre. the warning from opposition leaders urging allies to act. >> translator: our friends and allies will bear responsibility for the terrifying massacres if aleppo if they dont move soon. the massacre is in aleppo. >> hes talking about the situation in aleppo, as you heard. army tanks battered the city saturday as forces loyal to president assad loo...

later -- after i cook, ill put my dishes in the tub. >> would you pay $2,000 a month for 300 square feet? thats what new york city is hoping. well explain. it is sunday, july 15. good morning, everyone. im randi kaye. glad youre with us. we start this morning in egypt and the developments in the kidnapping of two americans. one is reverend michelle lewis, the reverend of the free pentecostal church of god in dorchester. his family says he was on a missionary trip when his tour bus ...

sage stallone dead at 36. it is saturdays, july 14. good morning. glad you are with us. im randi kaye. it is early. hopefully your kids are tucked in bed sleeping like angels. its what one tennessee woman was hoping for when she adopted a little boy from russia. he was a 7-year-old boy that his mother decided he was mentally unstable. she put him on a plane and returned him like a pair of pants that didnt fit. she was not aware of his mental condition. now, a tennessee judge ordered ...