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them so hard that it hurts, that they cause physical pain. they call it spiritual spanking. they believe its gods will. lid gentleman shatz was just seven years old when she was beat ton death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during a home schooling session. that was her so-called sin. >> the phrase "death by 1,000 lash,". thats basically what this was. >> lydias parents pleaded guilty and were sent to prison. but michael pearl, the man whose teachings they foll...

fred whitfield has the weekend off. our top story this hour, a week after hurricane irene battered the east coast, tropical storm lee is targeting the gulf coast. heavy rain falling now in mississippi and louisiana, both states under a state of emergency. mandatory evacuations are under way in parts of jefferson parish in the new orleans area and some parts could get up to 20 inches of rain. vermont is one of the states still cleaning up from irene. remember that storm? six days after ...

even falls, with forecasters predicting potentially catastrophic flooding. >> im al wli velshi. raging floodwaters from hurricane irene washed him away, but a new jersey man lived and now telling us how he survived mother natures wrath. in just a few hours the governments new jobs report. will it be welcome news for you, your job, and the recovery? well break it down on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is friday, september 2nd. jobs day, september 2nd. welcome to...

being shot at. weve shown you photos, many photos of children being slaughtered in the streets by the assad regime or taken, tortured and killed their bodies mutilated almost beyond recognition. i know its all difficult to look at but it is whats happening in syria. it is the truth. now, all the while, in spite of all these videos and all the evidence, members of that regime all the way up to the top, to bashar al assad, theyve been telling us that what is tragically, brutally, murdero...

is this a bad sign? they are debating about the presidents jobs plan but they cant agree on when he should deliver the plan. thats where we are now, folks. the president asking to address congress on one night. the republican speaker of the house says that night doesnt work for us. you know the story by now. obama requesting the joint session for congress on wednesday but the same night the presidential candidates, the republican presidential candidates are holding a debate so speaker ...

irene. >> north texas is burning. im ali velshi, about 30 homes already destroyed bay wildfire. 100 more in harms way. its going to get worse before it gets better because officials say this fast-spreading fire is 0% contained. and im carol costello. new developments out of aruba in the disappearance of american robyn gardener. her traveling companion and the chief suspect may be about to walk on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, august 31st. welcome...

blamed on hurricane/tropical storm irene. more than three million homes and businesses still dont have power. flood warnings still are in effect in five states from vermont to new jersey. all this brings me to my colleague, mary snow, in patterson, new jersey. mary, what is going on there around you right now? >> reporter: well, evacuations have been going on for the past 48 hours and they are only intensifying because you just mentioned, there are some rivers that have yet to crest. h...

ground and folks who are still trying to get out of the mess. thank you, kyra. live from studio 7, im suzanne malveaux and up to speed for august 30th, tuesday. here we go, again, the rivers in new jersey are bursting the banks overwhelmed by all of the rain that hurricane irene dumped on the state. the passaic river has been overrunning parts of paterson, new jersey, all morning long. emergency workers pulled some 1,500 people to safety after the passaic flooded homes. governor chris ...

parts of it are gone. the town of about 600 people, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely, but they dont have much to return to. this is what it looks like at ground level. a correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri after the tornado. she was stranded there by rising floodwaters. she joins us shortly still stranded there, actually, tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on the northeast onto already waterlogged ground onto already full rivers and...

so i want people to understand that this is not over. response and recovery efforts will be an ongoing operation. and i urge americans in affected areas to continue to listen for the guidance and direction of their state and local officials. before the storm made landfall, the department of homeland security and fema worked very closely with our state and local partners as well as volunteer organizations to preposition supplies and teams of first responders along the hurricanes project...