monday night my one-on-one with mitt romney who is officially now in the race for the white house. he'll talk to me about his campaign, the prescription to save this country's economy and controversial health care plan and his republican rivals in what is now a very crowded field. that's mitt romney for the hour on "piers morgan tonight." see you tomorrow. good evening, everyone. i'm don lemon. we start tonight with a developing story. >> this fire, as i pull out, can you see how large it is. it spans anywhere from 30 miles plus south to north. >> 30 miles plus, a lot of arizona is on fire tonight. over the past week some of the worst wildfires in state history have torched a total area the size of phoenix. the air is filled with choking gray smoke. thousands of people are fleeing their homes. about 266,000 acres of bone-dry forests across the state have

burned. the biggest is the wallow fire near the town of springerville. with 180,000 acres now turned to smouldering ashes. it's already on record is at third largest in state history. more than 2,100 fire fighters are deployed for battle just that one fire. that includes 20 helicopters to hit the flames from the air, but so far there's zero containment. fire officials warn there is still a lot of potential for this one blaze to get even bigger and more dangerous. >> the conditions are so dry and the fire advances so fast, the fire will build a large plume and move ahead three to five miles in a short time, couple of hours. >> well, the resort down of greer is in the path of the wallow fire, and joining us by phone is kristi spellman, still in her home but prepared to evacuate if that order comes. thanks for joining us tonight. why are you still there when everyone else has left?

>> well, we pre-evacuated most of our stuff to the shelter in sholo from the american red cross and decided to come back and wait it out and see if woe would actually have to evacuate because we heard there's a possibility that we wouldn't have to leave. >> so where you are now in your home, what can you see? how close are the flames and smoke from your house? >> well, we understand that the fire is probably about eight miles away. if it travels another two miles closer to us, i think they call it the trever miller point, we'll be forced to evacuate within 24 to three hours depending. >> any neighbors or stragglers, as they say, who have chosen to stay in your snabd? have you seen anyone or spoken to them? >> yeah. we still have a lot of locals that are just staying here to see how the conditions go, but most of the elderly folks or anybody with asthma and breathing conditions vacated as soon as the big brown smoke from

the back burn came yesterday. >> i'm looking at one of the pictures that you sent into us. how is everybody doing? what are you going through? >> everybody is really calm right now. the sky is pretty clear, and the area is clear, but we're all kind of on high alert and ready to vacate any time. all packed up and ready to go. >> all right. kristi spillman, thanks very much. she may have to evacuate soon. she's staying now, and there's a few locals staying as well. let's turn to our meteorologist jacqui jeras. we said it could get much worse because of the weather conditions. is that what you're expecting? >> things will be changing a lot between now and this time tomorrow. the winds will really be picking up. let's show you what's going on here. this is arizona. this is the big wallow fire that we've been talking about. big storm system here off the coast of california. now that storm is going to be heading northeastward entowards nevada and what that will do is pick up the southwesterly wind. pick up guests between 25 and 40 miles per hour, and that could

really make the fire line advance very quickly. now typically when we see something like this take place, we'll also watch the humidity start to move up, but it's so, so dry there there's no way this air will get saturated and we'll get dry thunderstorms. watching for parts of new mexico for that. those are thunderstorms that prevent lightning and really no rain. it evaporates really before it reaches the surface. that continues to be a great concern because it can start new fires. drought conditions all across the eastern part of the state. it's been an incredible fire season for arizona and texas as well. a bunch of that state under drought conditions as well, and let's show you our google earth showing you all the heat signatures. can you detect these things from space. we'll zoom in and show you the wallow fire where the terrain has been the huge issue. we think about cactus and sand when we think about arizona but not eastern parts of the state. very, very hilly here.

lots of trees in the area, so there's lots of fuel, as we call, it to keep this fire going, and we're talki ining 0% containment, don, and we're warning the evacuations will be ordered in the upcoming hours. >> thank you. stick around. talk tomorrow's commute in just a little bit here on cnn. appreciate it. let's talk more about the weather. 600 residents in hamburg, iowa, are scrambling to evacuate because of a levee breach along the missouri river. right now the breach is less than two inches in diameter. crews are working furiously to repair it, but they aren't sure they can keep it from becoming a major breach. if the levee fails, interstate 29 and parts of hamburg would likely be flooded. the rising water is posing a threat to nebraska as well. in flooded parts of ft. calhoun, residents tried to salvage what they could. national guard members stand ready to repair a levee in the western part of the state. crews are also using a black hawk helicopter to drop sandbags on a levee.

authorities in some towns are asking volunteers to help fill the sandbags, and up next here on cnn, mother nature turns a day of fun into a day of terror. winds blow inflatable bounce houses up and over with a dozen kids going up for a dangerous ride and the casey anthony trial. one of the most talked about stories in the country. we're asking a panel of guests if a mother accused of murdering her own daughter may claim she is insane. also, a music star's home catches fire with his children inside. and if you want any information on the stories that we're airing tonight here on cnn, reach out to us on twitter, on facebook, on cnn.com/don and on foursquare as well. [ technician ] are you busy? management just sent over these new technical manuals. they need you to translate them into portuguese. by tomorrow. [ male announcer ] ducati knows it's better for xerox

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>> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> oh, my god is right. a day at soccer fields on long island turned into chaos when three bounce houses blew away with kids inside them. take a look at how a gust of wind made one of the inflatables blow around like it was a plastic bag in the breeze. 13 people were hurt, but injuries were not serious. it happened saturday at a tournament hosted by the oceanside united soccer club. >> the wind blew everything down. >> just felt like someone was grabbing my neck and dragging me. >> i was getting hot dogs, and i just happened to turn around, and i saw the slide blowing in the wind, and i just -- it was

something like out of a movie. >> no criminal charges are expected. our new york affiliate wabc reports there's been ten bounce house accidents so far this year nationwide. country singer trace adkins lost his home to fireworks but his three kids and their nanny managed to escape unhurt. the blaze struck adkins' 5,000 square foot house. the syringe was on his way to alaska when the fire started and his wife was driving a few blocks away. she credited recent fire training with her kids' ability to get out. no word yet on what caused that fire. with the president now in saudi arabia getting medical treatment, there's renewed hope for peace in yemen. a tribal leader waging war against the government has agreed with a truce and the government's interim ruling. he's asking his fire to evacuate buildings already seized and to halt all fighting in the capital. >> well, news that president ali

abdullah saleh has left the country sparked celebrations. a senior u.s. official says the president had shrapnel wounds and severe burns to his face and chest from an attack on the presidential palace friday. the government insists he'll return after undergoing treatment in saudi arabia. >> a suicide bombing at a bakery in northern pakistan killed 19 people today and injured 38 more. officials say 17 pounds of explosives were used by the attacker. the blast followed another bombing at a bus stand in the northern village in the north. six people were killed in that explosion which was remotely detonated. the israeli military is keeping a close watch on the golan heights border with syria tonight. israeli soldiers fired on protesters who stormed across the border today. syria claims 25 people were killed and more than 300 wounded. the protests marked the 44th anniversary of the 1967 six-day war. israel seized the golan heights from syria in that war. meantime, defense secretary

robert gates is making his final stop in afghanistan, and he gave the troops an emotional sendoff. gates is leaving his post late they are month and told a group of u.s. forces that he feels responsible for their well-being and noted that he signed the deployment papers that put them there. >> just want you to know that i think about you every day and i feel your hardship and your sacrifice and your burden and that of your families more than you can possibly know. you are, i believe, the best our country has to offer. you will be in my thoughts and prayers every day for the rest of my life. thank you. >> as for the planned withdrawal of u.s. troops, gates says he expects it to be a mix of combat and support elements. in his mix, confidence they will strike the right balance. tsa patdowns are routine when it

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and i do feel violated. i didn't think that i would when i had to opt out of the machine, but i completely feel violated. this woman, she touched my [ no audio ] four times. >> this former beauty pageant

contest ant talks about the pat-down she went through. texas lawmakers heard her complaints and many others. they created a bill that would make it a misdemeanor for a tsa agent to touch a passenger's private parts, but just as this bill was about to go up for a vote, lawmakers got word from the justice department if they passed the bill, the federal government could shut down texas airports, all of them, so joining me live is one of the bill's sponsors, texas senator dan patrick. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> first of all, how can a state law trump the tsa, that's a federal agency? >> it may be a federal agency. it doesn't give them the right to run roughshod over our liberties and our freedoms. the one thing the states cannot do is pass a law that trumps federal law. well, this isn't federal law, don. this is just a rule, and if we allow the tsa or the epa or any other government agency simply to pass rules and policy that some bureaucrat likes or thinks is right, pretty soon what's the purpose of even having a state

legislature to protect the people's rights? i'm elected to protect the rights of texans, and if i think the federal government is interfering in those rights, it's my job to speak out on behalf of texas, and if the federal government doesn't like it, they can take us to court and see who prevails. thomas jefferson was very clear. he said resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions he wishes that it always be kept alive. well, it's being kept alive on this occasion because this is important that we speak up and say to the federal government, you just can't pass any rule that you want and expect the american public to take it. >> okay. senator, you understand that we have an issue when it comes to terrorism and that they are doing it for safety reasons, don't you? >> i understand. i understand, but when i have a bill that says the federal government cannot grope people in a manner that would be illegal in the state of texas, then the tsa needs to respond to that. i don't like to as a state senator when i'm called off the floor, and there are two members from tsa in the back hall of the

texas capital to tell me, you know, senator, if you pass this bill you might have to shut down the airports in texas and follow that up with a letter that says the same thing. i want our skies safe, but are you telling me that there's not a better way to keep our skies safe without touching the gentals of a 6-year-old or reaching into the bra of a grandmother simply because they were picked out at random from a line? >> i'll read the letter that you're talking about. >> yes, go ahead. >> i want to make this point. you understand it's not just texans who go through the airports in texas. it's people from all over the world that they are concerned about security. >> let texas lead the way. we often lead the way. >> this is the letter that you talked about. the letter said if the bill were enacted, the federal government would likely seek an emergency stay of the statute. unless or until such a stay were granted, tsa would likely be required to cancel any flight or series of flights for which it could not ensure the safety of passengers and crew, so senator, i heard that you reintroduced the bill. how bad would you feel though if the airports in texas were

indeed shut down? >> they are not going to shut down the airports in texas. this is just the federal government bullying states. look, i want our skies safe for my family to fly, for everyone to fly. only 2%, don, of people are subjected to this invasive touching. these are people pulled out at random from the metal detector who decide not to go through the ait screener and then they are subjected to this invasive search. first of all, a person can say no and no fly if they choose to, if they don't want to subject themselves to that, but the tsa needs to come up a new way to be sure our skies are safe without this invasive groping. >> look, hang on, right there. you said the tsa -- let me get in here. i'll let you finish. you said the tsa needs to come up a new way. what are you proposing then? how should they screen people if they can't pat them down? >> first of all, remember, it's less than 2%, so suddenly this 2% that they are picking out at random is going to make our skies unsafe. if they pell someone out at random and they don't want to go through the ait scanner because

they have cancer or their doctors advised them not to or for whatever reason, ask them a series of questions. there are a number of things they can do without touching a person in their private parts if that person wishes not to be touched. if you go on youtube you'll see children to be groped. we teach our children don't let an adult touch you in that area but it's okay at the airport. for what reason? we need to identify the people that are a threat to us. that's what we need to do. don't need to pull granny out of line or a 6-year-old out of the line. the tsa needs to do their job. done a good job of keeping people safe and they admitted they are looking at this policy so the new bill i've introduced, waiting for the governor to put it on the call, it would postpone the implementation of this in texas until march 1, 2012 giving them nine months to solve this problem. never had an issue and carried a lot of key issues in the texas senate. never had an issue that has gotten this overwhelming response from the public. they want our skies safe, but

they don't want the federal government to instruct through a rule, not a law, to touch women and men in private areas for no reason. >> senator, we get your point. thank you very much. we can talk about this all night. appreciate you coming on. texas state senator dan patrick. >> thank you. >> thank you. it's the all-consuming question when it comes to sarah palin, will she or won't she make a run for the white house? hear how she's answering what she's going to do now straight ahead. >> enough is enough of government taking over. ®. here's one story. my name is tanya and i am from chicago. i'm a mom of 3 daughters. pan can really put a kink in my day and i turn into grouchy mommy. i used to take tylenol and now i take advil and i like it. it's fast and it's reliable. my family needs me and i need to be there for my family. [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil®.

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>> i don't know. i honestly don't know. it's still a matter of looking at the field and considering much. there truly is a lot to consider before you throw yourself out there in the name of service to the public because it's -- it's so all-consuming. >> all right. so she hit the road. she visited historic sites, but we still don't know for sure if sarah palin is running for president. errol louis joins me now as he does every week, a cnn political contributor. errol, what do you think about the sarah palin tour? >> i think it's -- well, seemed to work for her. got a lot of coverage which is obviously what she intended. i don't know if it helped her very high negative poll ratings

across the country and, of course, she made a little verbal gaffe at end which she going to probably stick to her for quite a while, but she's increasing her visibility. she's tried to make up her mind and try to see how this plays and once somebody has received, as she did, 59.9 million votes, did put herself before the voters once again and did well, she's got no reason to think that this is not her nomination for the taking. >> yeah. as we said with donald trump, as people would say to me off the air with donald trump, i don't think he's going to run. i don't think he's going to run. he's not going to run and nobody would say it on the air. i'm go to ask you about sarah palin. in the end do you think she's going to run? >> well, if i had to bet i would say yes for those two reasons. run before, got almost 60 million votes, that ain't bad, and she also has spoken before a convention, and that's one of my private indicators i've developed over the years. when you stand in an arena and 20,000 people are screaming your name, i'm told that it changes

you, and it's kind of hard to go back, as we found out with her, it's hard to go back and just be the governor of alaska. she's obviously got her sights set high. she thinks that there's something seriously wrong with the country. she's got all of the ingredients. check, check, check. i wouldn't be at all surprise federal she ran for president. >> would i imagine that can be intoxicating, thousands of people screaming your name. let's talk now about president obama. this week we learned, errol that manufacturing has declined. housing prices are still falling. hiring slowed dramatically, and the republicans seem pretty disorganized, but you've made this point before. the economy could spell trouble for the president in 2012. >> oh, definitely. he's got -- look, the president's got some serious disapproval rate that is he's got to be concerned about. it's not a clear -- there's no clear correlation between economic performance and re-election by different presidents but a lot of people did get tossed out because the

economy was falling apart. you ask jimmy carter, why didn't he get re-elected and i bet he says something about the economy and the stagflation he had to fight and gerald bush before him, the first george bush. he had a rotten economy and his opponent exploit it had mastfully, bill clinton, so they have plenty to wore bein the white house. on the other hand, there are presidents, fdr, had double-digit unemployment, up around 15%, 16% and got re-elected both in '36 and in 1940 and even -- even ronald reagan. his recession peaked at close to 11% unemployment. >> yeah. >> and he knocked a full three points off it and got re-elected resoundingly in 1984, so they have got cause to be worried, but it's still too early to ring down the curtain on this one. >> i want to ask you about this because you know new york congressman anthony weiner, known him for years and interviewed him this week during this media blitz you talked to him. what do you make about the

controversy over the photographs sent from his twitter account? >> well, you know, look, first of all, i saw at least one accounting of how you could very easily spoof or fake such a photo so i wouldn't rule that out. everybody seems to be saying why doesn't congressman simply say "x," "y" or" z" and people should get used to idea he knows he can say x, y or z and the reason he doesn't want to do it, as bad as his political standing might have been damaged in the last week, perhaps saying x, y or z would damage it further so that's the holding pattern we're in for the foreseeable future. >> appreciate it as always. >> good to see you. >> i'll in new hampshire this friday to begin our coverage of the republican presidential candidates debate. reporting live and anchoring this show from there through the weekend and make sure you watch the debate a week from monday. the republicans square off at 8:00 eastern live from new hampshire right here on cnn. a huge wildfire forcing

thousands to flee for their lives in arizona. thick smoke fills the air as flames cover more than 260,000 acres. we'll have the very latest for you, and toyed marks 30 years since the first case of hiv/aids was reported. the aids quilt honors the millions killed by the disease. ahead, an hiv-positive woman shares her personal connection to the quilt. but first, if you're looking for a job or looking to buy a car, the month of june isn't starting out in your favor, but there's good news for u.s. wine-makers. allison kosik has the details in this week's "getting down to business." >> reporter: u.s. job market takes an unexpected hit. the economy added just 54,000 jobs in may. it's a sharp drop from the month before when 232,000 jobs were created. the unemployment rate also unexpectedly inched up to 9.1%. that means almost 14 million americans can't find work. and car shoppers get a dose of disappointment to start the month as well.

if you're in the market for new wheels, it will cost you more than ever. truecar.com says the average price of a new car is up 2.1% from last year with an average price tag just shy of $30,000. and finally, move over, france. the u.s. is now the world's top wine drinker. americans sipped almost 330 million cases of wine last year, surpassing the french for the first time. the domestic wine industry sure to raise a glass to the new record with retail sales climbing 7% in 2010 according to san francisco's wine institute. that's this week's getting down to business, alison kosik, cnn, new york. hey, did you ever finish last month's invoices? sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined.

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time for headlines now. massive wildfires in arizona are forcing thousands to flee their homes tonight. more than a quarter million acres have burned over the last week. one of the largest in state

history is the wallow fire in northeastern, arizona near the town of springerville. the cause of the blaze which has scorched 180,000 acres. crews are working to fix the breach of the levee in hamburg, iowa. the breach is less than two inches in iowa but engineers aren't certain it can be repaired. if the levee fails, interstate 29 in parts of hamburg would likely be flooded. celebrating the departure of a president, at least temporarily and the possibility of a troop. a spokesman says a tribal leader has agreed with yemen's vice president to stop the fighting. president ali abdullah saleh is in saudi arabia getting medical treatment after being wounded and attacked on the palace, but the government insists he will return. israel says its soldiers fired on an agnlered mob today trying to cross the border between syria and the occupied golan heights. syria claims 25 people were killed and 125 wounded. protesters stormed across the

border to protest israel's seizure of the dplits in the six-day war in 1967. today is the anniversary of the start of that war. now to the big stories in the week ahead. from the white house to wall street, our correspondents tell you what you need to know. we begin tonight with the president's plans for the week. >> reporter: i'm brianna keilar at white house where on tuesday president obama will host german chancellor angela merkel for an official visit. they will be discussing a range of topics, everything from the nato-led mission in libya to the global economy, and then on tuesday night the president will host a state dinner for the chancellor. on wednesday following a week of some disappointing economic numbers, the president will host an event on manufacturing jobs. thursday vice president joe biden leads yet another round of those deficit reduction talks with bipartisan congressional leaders. >> i'm chris lawrence at the pentagon, and this week is really going to focus on the office secretary of defense.

the current man holding that job, robert gates, starts the week overseas of one of his last visits to some of his counterparts in other country. the man who has been nominated to replace him, cia director leon panetta, will be on capitol hill for his nomination hearings and a lot of big issues on the table including how many troops will come home from afghanistan in july and how much will the defense budget be cut, all that could be on the plate for the next defense secretary. >> i'm paul steinhauser at the cnn political desk. all but declared republican candidate rick santorum does just that yesterday. the two-term pennsylvania announces from his home state. tuesday another gop white house hopeful, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty lays out his plans to boost the economy and create jobs. >> after an abysmal week you'll

want to keep an eye on wall street. fed chairman ben bernanke will speak and hear what he has to say about the u.s. economy and hear how different regions of the country are faring, where there's of could havery and there's not and following the much worse than expected jobless number we'll get the weekly jobs numbers and see how the market reacts to all of it and track it all on cnn money. >> for tomorrow's commute tonight meteorologist jacqui jeras is here. travelers out west, especially air travelers, they better pay close attention. >> that's where we expect most of the trouble. we still have trouble there. yet tonight. often you don't see airport delays this time of the day but we've got a ground stop in los angeles, and philadelphia looking at 30-minute delays. tomorrow we'll see ow storm system make its way on shore bringing wet weather to the west coast and very windy conditions across the four corridors so let's take a look at the top

three cities for tomorrow's commute where the worst weather will be minneapolis. you're number three. number two, salt lake city with wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour, and the number one city for your worst travel tomorrow. san francisco takes the cake looking at some low clouds and some showers across parts of the morning. we're also looking at some extreme heat. had a number of record highs today, focusing on the nation's mid-section, the southeast, where it will feel like triple digits today. 105 today in houston. that's an all-time record for the month of june, an all-time record for the date. >> did something really crazy. did for a run in noon at atlanta. >> suggest before 9:00 a.m., my friend. >> i know. >> drink your water. >> lots of water. >> you're going to need it. >> appreciate, it jacqui jeras, thank you very much. today marks the 30th anniversary of aids. u.s. health officials first report it had as a rare form of pneumonia on june 5, 1981. i recently spoke with stephanie laster, an african-american woman who made several panels for the aids memorial quilt,

herself hiv-positive, and she's tonight what matters. >> what i do when i make the quilt panels, i make them so that in the statistics where we hear about it's 30 million people every day or whatever, each panel represents a person. >> right. >> and i make the quilt so that we'll know it's not just a number. this was a person in my life that i loved. >> and this is ricardo, someone that you loved. >> yes. >> let's take a look at this one. >> what is this one? >> this is a brother and a sister. this is my mom and my uncle and this is pictures as the kid and they grown up. >> you get a little emotional when you talk about it. >> i do, i do. not only is it putting face to the number, but it's also a healing process, and what we

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this morning for the alleged sexual assault of a new york city hotel maid. >> reporter: the allegations were sordid. >> inside 62-year-old strauss-kahn was allegedly naked in the bedroom and grabbed at the maid chasing her through the suite. authorities say as she tried to escape, he shut the door and allegedly forced himself on her, sexually assaulting her. >> reporter: a late-night perp walk horrified his french countrymen and the next day his lawyers proclaimed his innence. >> he denies these charges. >> reporter: victim's attorney says she's telling the truth. >> the trauma that has taken place in her life is extraordinary. >> serious allegations have been made and denied. >> reporter: since his arrest, the news media has closely tracked every movies cahn makes. >> he's going back to rikers tonight. >> out on bail for his arrest for allegedly trying to rape a hotel maid. >> he'll be eating normal food and sleeping in a normal bed. >> reporter: sort of normal. after being rejected from this swanky apartment where he hoped

to stay. >> the reason that he had to move is because members of the press attempted to invade his private residence. >> reporter: strauss-kahn ended up in a not too shabby place recently on the market for almost 14 million. >> 6,800 square foot luxury townhouse. >> has its own gym, home theater, spa and bar. >> a high-profile lifestyle for a man facing high stakes charges. >> strauss-kahn remains under a 24-hour security watch, and there are even reports that there were big umbrellas put up on his rooftop terrace to keep out prying eyes, but one thing for sure, we'll get a look at them monday when he appears in court. don? >> thank you, alison. next, the casey anthony trial. jurors getting an earful of jailhouse phone conversations between a woman accused of killing her own daughter and her family. >> do you think after this long she would still be local? >> there's a possibility. >> what's your gut telling you

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>> one of the biggest days of testimony that we've seen in the case. >> a lot going on and a lot of emotional testimony by cindy anthony. >> the smell in the car was like something i had never -- it was pretty strong. >> the pontiac sunfire, that's the car that prosecutors say they believe caylee was once in. >> her favorite doll was in the car seat. i sprayed the doll, and i spr sprayed febreze through the car. >> cindy anthony breaking down as they played her 911 calls.

>> there's something wrong. it smells like there's been a dead body in the car. >> the casey anthony trial resumes monday in orlando, florida. she, of course, is a young mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee in 2008. much of the testimony has been riveting. a panel experts join me to share their insights into what might be happening inside casey anthony's mind as this trial unfolds. >> i've helped in every way that i possibly can since the day i got here. >> you're the one that can control everything. >> no, dad, please. >> sweetie. >> i completely -- i'm not trying to get you upset. i'm trying to talk to you. >> no. i am upset now. i'm completely upset. one, the media is going to have a fricking field day with this. >> human behavior expert, wendy walsh, they are coddling her. they are coddling her. >> they are coddling her because this is a fused family because they can't remember whose

problem is who's, but watching her listen to the recordings of those jailhouse phone calls, i see her eyes darting in a way that those she's analyzing. what did i say, something to incriminate myself? not a grieving mother going oh, my goodness i don't want a replay of this awful tragedy that happened to me, it's like how do i get myself off? >> yeah, i agree. i think she's doing everything she can to sort of think in the moment. she's not recounting something that happened before, but she's creating right at that time to try to set story to her parents. >> you say it's almost like the usual suspects. >> that's exactly what it is, don, because what shae's done i take little bits of reality like jeffrey hopkins, a kid she went to grade school with. he takes the stand, supposedly the one who introduced her to zenaida, his girlfriend at one time and his littleson zachary was baby-sat by her and he gets on the stand and says i haven't

seen her since grade school. i don't know what you're talking about. i never had a sone. i never had anything, so what we're seeing sheer that she's crazy all right. not legally insane, but she's crazy like a fox, as you and i were talking about earlier, because she takes a little bit of reality and she weaves it in, and that's what's going to cook her goose in this trial. >> leonard pitts, go ahead. >> i was just going to say she has created a fantasy and chosen to live in it which is kind of pathetic, but, again, i agree with your guest that that's not going to save her at trial. that's going to -- i can't improve upon the phrase. that's going to cook her goose. >> this is what i want to know. when you're sitting in that courtroom and watching those faces, when she's watching herself, what are people -- what's the expressions on people's faces? >> well, you know, there have been times that she just sits stone faced and doesn't really show any emother, kind of stares into the computer screen. she's watching these videos out there being played in a monitor right in front of it and almost like she's looking through the

screen. spent a good amount of time watching the jurors' reactions, and early in the trial they really focused more on the judge and on the lawyers, but as these videos were played and monitors right in front of them, i noticed them looking up more at casey anthony and kind of trying to digest the two different caseys, the one that she portrays herself in court and the one that she is in these videos where she's telling her dad that there's still hope, still hope that caylee can be alive. all the while the defense admits that she knew caylee was dead. >> wendy, here's the thing. hole i says she's crazy like a fox, so is there the possibility, i have to ask, and maybe you can weigh in as well, holly, of an insanity defense is she insane? >> no, no. >> go ahead, wendy. >> absolutely not. >> the kind of lying, you know, the definition of the insanity is an inability to understand what they did was wrong, but her lying is all about covering her butt because she clearly knew

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>> history comes full circle for a famous familiar life acrobats. the great grandson of the famed high wire walker carl wallendas has complete the the feat that killed his ancestor more than 0 years ago. he walked across a 300-foot long wire between two hotel tires in san juan, puerto rico. his mother delilah did it, too, check it out. there is no safety net. back in 1978 carl wallenda fell to his death trying to make the same walk. he was 73 years old. >> get you caught up before he get out of here. massive wildfires in arizona forcing thousands to flee their home tonight. more than a quarter million acres have burned over the last week. one of the largest in state

history is near the town of springerville. the cause of the blaze which scorched 180,000 acres under investigation tonight. crews are working to repair the breach of the levee along the missouri river. the breach is forcing eat vacation of 600 residents in hamburg, iowa. the breach is less than two inches in diameter, but engineers aren't certain that it can be repaired. if the levee does fail, interstate 29 in parts of hamburg would likely be flooded. yemen is celebrating the departure of its president at least temporarily and the possibility of a truce. a spokesman says a tribal leader has agreed to yemen's vice president to stop the fighting. president ali abdullah saleh is in saudi arabia getting medical treatment after being wounded and attacked on the palace, but the government insists he will return. israel says its soldiers fired on an agnlered mob today trying to cross the border today between syria and the occupied golan heights. syr se protester stormed across the

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