if you could. i usually visit every day. i drove up for my afternoon visit. and she was being whisked away out of building she was. in and i kind of saw a little smile. and they said she needed to go. and she said let me have a little hug. and so i hugged her and she tapped me on the back. i kind of knew maybe things were going well. immediately i heard rumors that she was being taken to be reunited with her son. i know there is a lot of hugs and kisses going on right now between her because they are very close family. senator, we re being very careful not to identify this family or the little boy or anyone involved because we don t know the details of what this child has been through. but has the family been given the kinds of updates through the this that any family would want? the mother has been briefed by local law enforcement daily or or as situations have arisen.
work. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. reporter: for the first time, president obama weighed in on the scandal that cost david petraeus his job as cia director. i have no evidence at this point from what i have seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security. reporter: tomorrow the president sits down with leaders from both parties at the white house. and their big topic, the fiscal cliff. rob, paula, back to you. to be a fly on that wall. the president takes a break today from the fiscal crisis ills to visit some storm damaged areas here in new york. the president will meet with residents and first responders during an afternoon visit. thousands of people on long island are still without power. now more than two weeks after sandy hit. new york s governor has asked for $30 billion in federal money to rebuild after the storm.
thief drove it into a home. no one was injured, and police are still looking for the suspect. employees inside a pennsylvania cell phone store ran for their lives when a deer paid an afternoon visit. the young buck scared and confused spent over an hour inside the shop causing some damage to a bathroom and knocking over a monitor before just heading out the front door. and finally, in upstate new york, folk hs a smashing good time at the annual pumpkin drop. the gigantic gourd fell 50 feet, scattering prize tokens. spectators rushed in hoping to find the top prize, which was a $750 gas card. now for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karens. that s just a technicality. well, $750 you think they d be going quicker. maybe they didn t know that was in there. gather some pumpkin seeds.