Everybody. he was kind. not a mean bone in his body. reporter: yeah, by all accounts a great guy, jerry mello was not armed when he came in contact with the suspect who remains on the run, megyn. megyn: trace, thank you. president obama is unveiling his new jobs plan next week and several economists are already raising new questions about it. and whether it has enough firepower to fix our unemployment crisis. reporters yesterday were raising some jobs questions of their own. on the president s jobs speech, he shaeufrd with us that it will be next week, what day is it going to be? we don t have a date to announce. i will repeat what the president said, that you can expect it next week, but i don t have a date or location to give to you today. what is the reason for not telling us when it s going to be? it could be because we haven t finally decided. [laughter] and when we have an announcement, we ll make it.
Trace gallagher has more from our west coast newsroom. trace? reporter: hey, megyn. this was a two-year legal battle where the kids were seeking $50,000 in damages because of emotional distress, because their mom was a bad mom. as you said, she s 55-year-old kim garrity. the kids are now 23-year-old stephen minor and his 20-year-old sister kathy minor, right? they brought this thing, and it was thrown out of two courts, okay? they were raised in a $1.5 million house, and put these on the screen, if you will. this was what their lawsuit was based on. she was a bad mom because, one, she called her daughter home from a homecoming dance early. the nerve. two, she threatened to call the cops on her 7-year-old son when he was 7, right? was he wouldn t because he wouldn t buckle his seat belt. and three, stephen says that his mom once smacked him in the head when he was a kid and that he still has headaches. but i submit to you the big piece of evidence, your honor, this: it is the birthday card.
Not this birthday card, but a birthday card that steven said was inappropriate because it was empty. didn t have any cash. megyn: oh, the horror! reporter: didn t have any money in it. all it said was have a great day, love and hugs, mom, kisses and hugs. so the court finally ruled again, and i m quoting here, such alleged actions are unpleasant and perhaps insensitive, and some would arguably fall outside the realm of good mothering, but they are not so shocking as to form a basis for a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress. and finally, i submit to you, your honor, the lawyer in this case was the father. megyn: yeah. reporter: of the kids. the ex-husband. he says he wasn t seeking vengeance in this case, he just wanted to support his kids. megyn: shocker. you know, my mom loves it when i tell stories about her on the air not. one time we had an argument, trace, and she said, megyn, you are my daughter, and i will
Our spheres are fairly confined, so when you have that much contact with someone, you ve had back surgery, heart surgery, she s there, caring for you, nurturing, i could see how that could happen. martha: and when trace was talking about those factors for him that year. yeah. martha: it s a little shocking that somebody going through awfully that, back surgery and heart surgery, and you know, is finding the time and energy to engage in all this stuff. it is surprising. look, this doesn t have to be the end of their marriage. i ve worked martha: really. i don t think infidelity should ever signal the end of a marriage simply because of the infiddle. you say til death do us part. people can get by this stuff, and she should be asking herself this question, fir of all, i must have first of all i must have known this guy had unusual needs for attention, right? so i m sure that maria shriver was aware this this was a guy who had some weaknesses, as well as the superhuman strength. now might be the time when she can say to him listen, tell me, tell me, what s the
Will be able to move on, at least in that respect. trace, thank you. all right. well, the great recession, hitting recent college graduates very hard. a new poll finding that the recession has forced a lot of graduates into very low paying jobs that are completely unrelated to the education that they received. half of them are expecting to have less financial success than their parents d that s not the american way. researchers point out that only 1/4 of american adults are four-year college graduates. so it s theo if the most educated are facing such difficulties it shows just how sluggish this job market is during this recession and how that fares going forward. more on that. well, pictures of the terrifying moments as a young bride becomes distraught over being left at the altar. we re going to detail this dramatic rescue in moments. and then there s this. ronald mcdonald in the middle of a fight over the health of our nation s kids?