new today, a look inside the home of accused child killer casey anthony. out on bond, our staff combing through hours of new audio, video recordings in the case. gripling testimony of the bounty hunter that helped bail casey out of jail. plus, there s controversy out there as president obama plans to give a televised speech to our nation s kids. the message study hard, stay in school but some parents are outragedment they have questions about his motives. may pull their kids out. what do you think? what do you think of this speech? some say it s part of the political agenda. want your thoughts on this one. love hearing from you. here s the phone number to call in. 1-877-tell-hln. you can e-mail or text us. it s your chance to be heard. controversy, opinion, your point of view. this is prime news. welcome once again. this is prime news. i m mike galanos. state of florida ree leased more than three hours of audio, video recordings and they re telling. casey anthony
anything like this in the future. larry: we all hope so. wish you the best, chris. thank you for having me. larry: thank you. thanks, joyce. thanks, joyce. thanks, mark. captions by vitac www.vitac.com >r ap and you j entertainer chris brown about tr the nigp the night girlfriegirlfriend rihanna. tonight you ll meet a woman who was abused for six years at the hands of her own husband. she s breaking her silence in the hopes of stopping a violent and disturbing trend in the african-american community. more on that. plus, the case everyone is following in california. what is life like now for jaycee dugard and her two daughters? we ll spoke with the reporter who got special access to the dugard family earlier this week. and more on her alleged captor phillip garrido. what should happen to him? a convicted sex offender joins us to talk about his own recovery and a heavily debated solution, castration. a very good evening to you. i m richard lui, in for don lemon,
we begin by saying an unofficial good-bye to summer. in new jersey, on the shore, the beach and boardwalk are booming this labor day weekend, dozens flocking to places like ocean city, new jersey, for some fun in the sun. i just wanted to come and take advantage of the time before the kids went back to school, before going back to work, the same routine that starts in the fall. this year, aaa reports 39 million people will be traveling this holiday weekend. it is down 13%, though, from last year. and on this, the last big travel weekend of the summer, what s the scene like in miami? nbc s mark potter is joining me live from people miami with al those details. good morning to you. you look like you re ready to sail away. reporter: yeah, we re ready to go. here at the marina in coconut grove, florida, miami area, labor day means boating, and people are going out, although they re being pretty careful today because of the weather. we ve already had some rain, and as you
good-bye to summer with a labor day getaway. we start with this live look again from wildwood, new jersey. that looks like fun. that rollercoaster, doesn t it? looking out over the atlantic. plenty of space on the beach right now of course given the early hour the activity is expected to pick up today and throughout the weekend. in addition to hitting the beach folks can take a spin on the rollercoaster so there s a good idea. there are gondolas as well. let s get a live look from the washington, d.c. area, the nation s capital will see loads of visitors to the many attractions. triple-a reports more people will stay home this year compared to last labor day. 39 million people plan to travel this labor day. it is down 13%. one new jersey business owner says this weekend could determine if he even returns next year. some big headaches for motorists looking to use san francisco s bay bridge this weekend. a multiyear project to upgrade the bridge against earthquakes has closed i