good morning. breaking news. a big stretch of the east coast still being battered by the remnants of ida. torrential rains, high winds, widespread flooding, and now at least five deaths blamed on the storm. we are live up and down the atlant seaboard. going rogue. former alaska governor sarah palin on the attack and settling old scores. this morning, the startling revelations she makes in her new memoir about life inside john mccain s presidential campaign and why she might ask levi johnston over for thanksgiving dinner. and extortion scheme. supermodel cindy crawford s family the alleged targets of a $100,000 blackmail plot over a bizarre picture of her young daughter. the latest details today, friday, november 13th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this friday the 13th. i m meredith vieira. and i m ann curry in for matt this morning. it is friday the 13th and the weather is frightening along the atlantic seaboard. a s
considered a strict but mainstream islamic preacher. his tapes were widel circulated. especially among young people. they wanted someone who knew about american culture, the american idiom, who could relate to young people. reporter: after it was revealed two of the 9/11 hijackers attended awlaki s mosque in virginia he came under fbi investigation and fled to yemen. i had heard people telling me, your friend alickky is not the person he used to be. reporter: in yemen he was imprisoned and he says tortured for a year and a half. on his release he blamed the fbi. reporter: since then his online lectures featuring the constance on the path to jihad have urged attacks on the united states. never underestimate the power of fear. especially, especially when the enemy of allah hears allah akbah. reporter: his words have power. the men accused of plotting to kill st. georges at ft. dix say awlaki was their inspiration. they were caught on undercover tape talking about
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so what ends up happening is they inspire people and they think, let s take it to the next level, let s be our own al qaeda group. reporter: yet there was no follow-up investigation when the fbi learned last december that major hasan had sent as many as 20 e-mails to awlaki. awlaki refers to his followers as soldiers of allah, soas. so too does major hasan. on business cards we found in his apartment he makes no mention of his military affiliation but lists himself as soa, soldier of allah. brian ross, abc news, new york. a former congressman will be sentenced today in a federal bribery case. louisiana democrat william jefferson was convicted in august of bribery, racketeering, and other crimes. the case made headlines when authorities found $90,000 in cash hidden in his freezer. prosecutors want jefferson sentenced to at least 27 years in prison starting immediately. sarah palin s book going rogue is released tuesday and oprah winfrey has already interviewed the fo
good morning. friday! how are you doing? i m robin meade and i m so much better now that you re here with us, okay? and here s what s going on today. renewed hope of finding a missing 5-year-old girl after police say she was spotted alive. now they re hoping a suspect in custody can lead them to the little girl. plus, the u.s. wants to seize an entire skyscraper and a mocks. how they might be linked to iran s government. and a facebook alibi. a man got out of jail because he had updated his status. first, though, what a story here. it appears that a missing 5-year-old girl has been spotted on hotel surveillance video but the man charged in her kidnapping isn t the guy on the tape with her. plus, they still don t know where little shania davis is. police won t say how he is connected to the man seen with her on the video. she disappeared from her home in fayetteville on tuesday and her dad made a desperate plea for her safety. let her go and bring her home safe. we all mis