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just one of the bizarre twists in the case now known as the west memphis three and it's not over yet. >> we have 30 seconds. >> you tell us you are ready for us to have this conversation. >> why congresswoman maxine waters is ready to unleash on the president and why the president's new promise to promote diversity has anything to do with her comments. we ask. >> camera three. >> it is right here, right now on cnn. >> good evening, we start with breaking news out of libya tonight. rebel forces say they have begun their offensive on the capital. the libyan government denies it. moammar gadhafi went on tv tonight to rally supporters and urge them to fight. straight now to senior international correspondent matthew chance who is joining us from tripoli. what's the latest? >> reporter: it got a lot quieter outside over the past hour or so, don. we have been hearing these

intensive burst of gun fire, clashes between these rebels and the armed forces, the gadhafi loyalists that have been attempting to kind of confront them but those sporadic gun fires and exchanges appear to have stopped as we got to the early hours of the morning. we're not hearing anywhere near as many explosions as we did before. certainly, this has been a night filled with mayhem and violence. the government's come out and admitted there have been a number of armed groups that have been confronting the armed forces, the military, the gadhafi loyalists in various parts of the libyan capital tripoli. it is not just one confrontation. it appears that in several different districts of tripoli there have been uprisings or come have come in, rebels have come in from outside and challenged the gadhafi security

forces. now, the government says the battle is now over. that tripoli has been defended, that these armed groups have been deeffeted, but we'll see what the situation brings when the daylight comes in a few hours from now. the expectation is that this is just the start of a much, longer campaign to try to wrestle control of the libyan capital from colonel gadhafi. >> we have been monitoring libyan television. they have been showing patriotic images all evening on libyan television. earlier, moammar gadhafi, there were images of him. they were saying they were taken recently, there were live pictures broadcast a short time ago where he said we have gotten rid of the traitors. do we know of the authenticity of the video or live video? >> it wasn't video. it was a telephone message he was delivering over the pictures that were broadcast on libyan

television of the crowd that had gathered in green square in the center of tripoli. he went to some considerable length, colonel gadhafi to make it clear this was a live broadcast. at least one point during his speech he said what the exact time was and he said what the date was and everything. so he went to some length to show this is something evidenhe doing live and he talked about what pictures were being shown on state television. so this was clearly, you know, a phone in. he called in to state television, patched through to them and was delivering his message. his message is one that we have heard several times in the past condemning alternate for their continued air strikes. condemning the rebels for, you know, for their military action. he said that they weren't

libyans. he said when they go in to towns they destroy air conditioners. he made the bizarre comment like that. and basically it was a bit of a rant at times, but again it was characteristically defiant from this colonel gadhafi who's been in power in libya for the past 41 years. >> all right, matthew chance, appreciate it. rebel forces say they have driven gadhafi's troops ou of a zawiya. it is west of tripoli and important for its oil refineries. >> reporter: we are now in where the refinery is. this is the refinery everyone has been talking about. obviously rebel fighters have their flag and right behind them is the refinery here in zawiya. this is obviously a very important place for the rebels. they say there has been a lot of fighting in the city. we have heardrd a lot of sounds

blast. definitely some mortar and tank fire and small arms fire. if you look over here, our crew is here. the rebels have come in front of us, just so we can get through the check points. we are now about 30 miles outside of tripoli. we are very, very very close. and this could become quite a target and because of that, because of the importance of this oil refinery here, where there's tons and tons of storage tanks. as we were driving along, we were seeing ten, 15 of large storage tanks. obviously oil being an important commodity here and everywhere in the world really. and last night the rebels were telling us they got help from alternate than is one of the ways they were able to secure this refinery. fighting is still clearly going on from the city center out to the east because that is where gadhafi's troops continue to try to fight their way back to the very important city, a thorough fare that gets supplies to the

capital. we are getting very close, as you can hear the front line. we are about a kilometer away from the eastern gate where gadhafi forces are. as you can tell, we are very close. and any of the mortars could fall where we are. that's why you heard that so incredibly close to us. very dangerous situation here. we are up against a wall because we want to make sure -- we want to make sure we have something between us and the fighting. and the fighting is literally on the other side of this building. . it is just getting too close. there are snipers on the tops of buildings. there's loud bangs, artillery fire and mortars. so we have to get out of here. >>. we will continue to follow this developing story on cnn. we are not going far away from it. stay tuned and we will get back to you as we get new developments. turning to iran, state media

in teheran report two american hikers have been convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison. josh fattal and shane bauer were detained two years ago hiking near the iran yainian border and charged with espionage and trespassing, sarah shourd was also detained but freed last year for medical reasons. the military is crushing decent in the city of homs. tanks rolled in to the city and they are afraid to leave their homes because of snipers. 21 people have been killed since friday in what one calls a real war. cnn is not currently allowed in the country to cover the unrest. so we are unable to independently confirm these reports. a television interview with

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hurricane for the first time this year. >> potentially it is too early to say where and how strong it will be. but we are concerned about what the models are showing and what potential should happen here in the southeastern u.s. as we had to the latter part of the week. look at this. this is irene. it is a tropical storm. it is a wave that came off the coast of africa a couple of days ago and the computer models are showing it will likely turn in to something. it finally did today. the winds are 50 miles an hour and moving west northwest at this time. tropical storm warnings are in affect for the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico. this already impacting already as we head in to tomorrow afternoon. the storm is expected to intensify. there is little wind sheer. the winds are light ahead of the storm. water temperatures get warmer the further west things go. right now all signs point to this becoming our first hurricane of the season. now, we are expecting in terms of timing for this thing to move

through the caribbean through the middle of the week. if it spends more time over land it will be a weaker storm. if it takes a track that keeps it over the open water, the storm could be stronger. the big question, of course, what everybody wants to know is what will happen over here? are we talking about a south florida storm, atlantic storm? a gulf storm? it is too early. the margin of error this far out, we are talking a couple hundred miles. so either side of that line, but at this point, every everyone needs to be prepared for a land fall next week or in to the weekend. we will keep you posted as the storm continues to develop over the next couple of days. our other weather story today is impressive video. if you are not at your tv come and look at this. this is from skokie, illinois. it is a suburb of chicago. there are thunderstorms that moved through here early this morning. lightning struck a power line, brought it down, which in turn toppled a gas line and ignited that fire. the firefighters were able to

put it out. nobody was injured. that's the good news. also more problems in chicago, don. the air and water show. you have been there. it is beautiful. unfortunately they had to stop that for a couple of hours because of thunderstorms that moved through. everybody was okay there and they were able to resume and great weather in chicago tomorrow with the 70s and sunshine. so they will have another day. >> it is az mazing. especially if you are in a high-rise. it looks like they come within inches. it is amazing. >> that video, though. you are right. come to your television if you are not there. thank you very much. and come to your television now for the next story because you can hear how the cheers turn to fear and horror as spectators watch a pilot in an air show fall sadly to his death in his small biplane. >> totally out of control. >> oh, my god. >> okay, everyone. >> oh, my gosh. it happened today at an airport in kansas city, missouri.

the pilot, his name is brian jenson worked for delta airlines. and joining me now is the man who shot that video. timothy dorsett and his 10-year-old son caleb who also witnessed it. thank you for joining us. i'm sorry you had to witness that. but timothy, we can hear you throughout the video, saying, please, god, be with his family and then oh, my gosh. it must have been horrifying for you. >> yeah. is that the microphone? >> timothy, are you there? >> yeah. we're actually on a telephone. >> that's fine. we can do it like this. i can hear you in the video saying oh, my gosh and then also saying i hope god, please god be with their families. i have must have been horrifying to witness that, especially with your son next to you. >> yeah. my initial reaction was just

shock and sadness at the same time. and my first stints were to be concerned for the family. his family fraends that are having to deal with this. >> describe what you saw. the plane was doing some type of acrobatic stunt. when did you notice something was going wrong? >> to be honest, a lot of us thought it was part of the show because it looked like he was doing a barrel roll coming down but he kept coming down and he didn't pull back up. and it is honestly something you don't expect and don't want it to ever happen in an air show. i know they do happen but you think it is part of the show until it happens. it really just hit us hard. emotional. >> can you put caleb on and ask him,ed what what did he hear and see? what was he thinking? >> well, i was kind of like -- well, is this a trick or is he

actually going to crash down. as soon as he crashed down i was like, whoa. did he just crash? i was just kind of shocked. i was scared that he had just crashed down. >> yeah. listen, it is horrifying to witness and timothy, i'm wondering, what do you tell your son after this? how do you help him get through it? >> we had actually taken a whole group of kids from our church to the show today. and i think half of them saw it and of course a lot of other families and children saw it. but immediately when we went back to our car we definitely sat down with all of the children and had a little discussion about basically about life and death, how our moments can be short in this life. of course, as a christian, we always bring it back to jesus in our lives. and i'm going to get emotional now because it is still hitting me hard this afternoon. it's always sad to have anybody

lost. i don't want to see anybody die for any reason. especially when we are just out there. and the moods changed. that's what really hit hard them day was great. it was raining all morning even and that didn't dampen our moods. it was lively and everyone was having fun. but once this happened, everything went completely quiet and we were all just in an emotional, an emotional feeling for each other i think. for all of us to be alive and to care about each other. even though those that we didn't know, we were all holding each other and praying with each other. i can't even put it all in to words except for the love that we still have for each other and that we can value and cherish the moments that we have. >> life is so fragile. >> and family and friends of course. >> life is so precious and

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an illegal immigrant who successfully sued a tennessee sheriffs office is taking a long shot bid for a visa. lawyers are will ask for a special visa that allows her to stay in the country for three years and possibly seek citizenship. this is after she was awarded $200,000 for handcuffed by sheriffs deputies during and after giving birth to her fourth child. her attorney, elliott osmond is joining me from nashville, tennessee. handcuffed, can you imagine? mr. osmond, epps o explain to our viewers what your client went through so they can understand what is at stake here? >> well, she was arrested for driving without a license. and was attacken to the metro nashville jail which is supervised by the sheriff here in nashville. after she had been in jail for two days, awaiting her day in

court, on the driver's license charge, she went in to labor. her water broke. she was taken to the jail infirmary and then put in an ambulance and taken to metro general hospital. there she was ordered shackled while she was in labor, while she was having contractions. and during the trial she testified about how she was afraid for the safety of her baby. she thought that maybe her baby would even be choked as the delivery was about to take place. she didn't know what to expect. she didn't know what was going to happen. >> what do you mean, choked by whom? >> choked by the fact that she was restrained and her movements were restrained and that she did not have free movement of her legs to achieve the separation she felt she needed in order to

have a safe sglirt her legs were shackled? >> yes. >> her legs were shackled as she was delivering this baby? >> no. as she was in labor. just before the baby was born, they did remove the shackles, but she did not know that was going to happen. >> all right. listen, that's horrible. but here's the question. your client did break the law. so what entitles her to a visa? that doesn't say what they did was right. it is terrible to be shackled and handcuffed but what entitles her to a visa now? >> we believe she was the victim of an illegal action by the sheriff. and the law says that an immigrant, who is the victim of an illegal action, if it rises to a certain level of activity, and outrageousness may be entitled to something called a u-visa. this is something that is written in to the law.

it is part of u.s. law and it's provided to victims of wrongs that rise to a certain level. . >> u-visa has only been awarded once by a federal judge. what do you think your client's chances are here? >> well, we don't know. we're going to ask the judge in this case, next week, to certify a u-visa. he does not issue the u-vees a is a. he simply certifies that she either has been or may be helpful in the investigation of possible criminal activity. and if he does certify that, then we'll take his certification and send it to the immigration service. >> what if he doesn't? >> well, if he doesn't, then we'll have to resort to other means to try to keep her here in the country. but she has been the victim of aer the able, terrible wrong.

what's outrageous about this, even after this was all said and done and after the trial was over, the sheriff came out and said that he was going to appeal this verdict whether the award was $1 million or $1. what that tells me is -- >> go ahead and finish your thought. this will have to be the last word but go ahead and finish. >> what that tells me is he still doesn't recognize how wrong his conduct or the conduct of his office was in this case. >> we don't have a comment from the sheriffs department. so we will take you at your word for that. we have to cut you off. but we have more show and we have run out of time here. the attorney is elliott ozment. let us know what happens. >> thank you, sir. ahead the west memphis three. freed from prison the same day they pleaded guilty to murdering three children. little-known legal strategy that

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in the headlines tonight, libyan rebels say they have taken their fight in to the capital. this is video of a recent alternate air strike in tripoli. by all appearances, moammar gadhafi is still in control. a message today from gadhafi on state tv urged his supporters to

fight. libyan government says there's been some fighting in the capital but claims the rebels were quickly defeated. state media in iran report two american hikers have been convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison. josh fattal and james bauer were charged with espionage and trespassing. a third hiker was also detained but freed last year for medical reasons. the united states could feel the first hurricane of the year. tropical storm irene has formed east of the least leeward islands in the caribbean, bringing the threat of fierce flash floods. forecasters say it is possible next week it will hit the florida keys. it is not clear if the gulf of mexico will be impacted. a sixth person has died from the stage collapse at the indiana state fair. state police say the 22-year-old woman succumb to her injuries on friday. today mourners gathered for the

funeral of another victim, 23-year-old who was hoping to be a teacher. a scholarship has been set up in her honor. police believe a powerful burst of wind caused the structure to give way last saturday. intense flooding in pittsburgh claimed the lives of four people, including a mother and her two children. the young girls were 12 and 8 years old. emergency crews found a fourth body from another car. rescuers told our affiliate, wtae, the water on the street was at 1.9 feet high. at one point i should say. maxine waters has issues with president obama but not everyone agrees going public is the best way to handle it. both sooim sides of the argument up next. you'll feel satisfied. [ female announcer ] yoplait greek. it is so good. it's pretty good! excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ]

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i have worked hard to send this kid to college. he can't get a job. and then, of course, the protracted debate on the debt ceiling, where we got our clocks cleaned and the republicans walked away with everything. we have no new revenue in this picture, at all. >> congresswoman -- >> it calculates to frustration. >> let's stick to one thing at a time. we will talk about leadership in a second but i want to talk now. are you saying that a black president is not doing enough, as president to help black people? >> no. i'm not saying that. this argument, this discussion that i ask the constituents that are there in detroit to tell us whether or not they wanted us to have is basically that, a discussion. what is going on? why is it the unemployment is so persistent in the black community? >> what would you have him do? what do you want him to do?

>> well, listen. you know what i was inspired by? the president went on a trip to three states in this country. he went to iowa. he went to iowa where the unemployment is about 6.2 to 6.7%. and he took about $510 million to help with the development of biofuels to infuse those dollars in to the community and increase lending so that it would help jobs like that. and we want the same thing in the urban community. >> what do you think of his leadership? has he been a good leader? can he be a better leader in some areas and if so where would you like to see it? >> i think the president has worked hard and he is doing the best he can possibly do. i think the tea party has made it more difficult. i think the president's style is to work and try to get along and get people to come together. >> has it been effective? >> it is time to fight. it is time to fight. it is time to look them in the

eye. stare them down. not give in. and go for it. >> goldie taylor has a different view. she is an opinion columnist and is aware of the frustration some people are feeling toward the president but listen to what she had to say if i asked if african-americans should be publicly criticizing the president. >> your grandmother and mine, they didn't like put ourg dirty laundry in the street and us publicly criticizing one another in the public square where other communities could see it. that is at play with this president and some of these black elected officials they are losing frankly access to the white house because they are being publicly critical. if you have someone like maxine waters. there are 12 african-american women serving in the congress, between the senate and house of representatives. if out of 12, out of 535 and she's the most senior ranking african-american working if he doesn't have a direct line to this president we are in

trouble. >> wow. you just said a lot there. i'm going to show you something. i just got a tweet from spike lee and he is at a social event with the president. and he tweeted this. he said in a quick conversation with president obama, i told him he will continue to have my support and he needs to take off the kid gloves. there's a growing sentiment of that among african-americans. >> if you look at the unemployment rate for instance among all americans, somewhere 9.11, and 9.2% and double that for african-american and if you look at detroit and atlanta, and it up to 40, 45%. we are feeling the heat. to ask the white house for a concerted agenda focused on urban and african-american issues i they is right for american america and i think the president has to do it. >> would you hold him to a different standard if he was white? i think we should hold every president to the same standard. >> culturally african-americans

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jason misskelley, the west memphis three insisted they were innocent and are now out thanks to an unusual plea deal in which they had to admit guilt. here's david mattingly. >> reporter: after more than 18 years behind bars, the men known as the west memphis 3 find that

freedom has a bitter taste. >> this was not justice. they sent us to prison for the rest of our lives. we had to come here and they say we will let you go only if you admit guilt than is not justice no matter how you look at it. >> in a complicated deal, jason misskelley, damien echols and jason baldwin get out of prison to proclaim their innocence but onlied a admitting the prosecution has evidence that could convict them. the west memphis 3 go free, but not free of the word murderer. >> it's not perfect. it's not perfect by any means, but at least it brings closure to some areas and some aspects. we can still bring up new evidence. we can still continue in the investigations we have been doing and clear our names. the only difference is now we can do it from the outside

instead of sitting in prison doing it. >> after their entire young adult lives spent in prison, what next? they have the support of celebrities like pearl jamb jam's eddie vetter who was in the courtroom when they were set free. they also have the relentless hatred of some of the families of the murdered children. in this outburst, the father yells to the judge he is opening a pandora's box. >> i don't think it will make the pain go away to the victim families. i don't think it will make the pain go away to the defendant families. i don't think it will take away a minute of the 18 years that these three young men served in the arkansas department of corrections. >> reporter: prosecutors say the case is closed they have their killer and their guilty pleas. but others, including the father of one of the murdered boys say they still want answers. >> i have been on their side and

fighting for them hard since 2007 when i realized i was wrong and i had to make many amends to people. but i'm still standing and fighting for justice because they are innocent. they did not kill my son. >> the west memphis 3, saved from a lifetime behind bars, now facing a lifetime of questions. david mattingly, cnn, jonesboro, arkansas. >> all right, david. the west memphis 3 may be free but have the burden of trying to clear their names in this horrible crime. i spoke about that david challenge with criminal defense attorney holly hughs. >> remember, there's three victims here and one father says that and has said it a long time and several of the mothers have come out and said we think these three young teenagers are innocent and of course now they are young men in their 30s, don. they have been in prison for over half of their lives. what they are going to have to do is hire investigators, hit the street, interview people if

they want to clear their name. and the sad fact is the evidence is gone. it is degraded and if a drifter did this 18 years ago they may never clear their names. >> the boys you just saw were second graders in 1993 when their mutilated bodies were found a ditch. a group of mississippi teenagers accused of beating a black man. ahead new developments in this racially-charged case. but first, we have all seen moving images from sew mall la. tens of thousands of children. but the drought extends across kenya as well. where one group founded by a 2010 cnn hero stepped up its efforts to reach the youngest victims. . >> as millions struggle in the horn of africa and what the refugee agency is calling the worst humanitarian disaster in the world one third of the

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it is the kind of heartless act that is a reminder of the jim crow days in the south, but right now, as i'm speaking, a 19-year-old sits in a mississippi cell accused of murdering a man, because he was black. witnesses said that they heard the attacker screaming "white power" as they beat 49-year-old james c. anderson, and now federal investigators are getting involved. drew griffin explains why the case became a capital crime. >> reporter: the investigators found out that the victim in this case, james craig anderson was robbed before being beaten and killed, and it is because the murder took place in the commission of a crime that now prosecutors there can file a capital murder charge which makes him eligible for the death sentence, so it was the addition of being robbed that capital murder charge was filed yesterday.

>> but i have only one thing to tell the media, and that is, go to brandon, mississippi. go to brandon, mississippi. go to brandon, mississippi. and get those other five murderers who committed such a horrendous violent act against my beloved brother james craig anderson. now, run and tell that. >> reporter: don, that was the emotional plea of barbara anderson young, james anderson's sister, and as you know, since this crime happened not a single member of mr. anderson's family has come forward to say anything, and she finally broke the family's silence yesterday with a plea that we have been hearing ever since we aired this surveillance tape that gruesome surveillance tape which shows james craig anderson being run over by an f-250, a large ford pickup truck in the parking lot of a hotel. that video went viral, and there

were many, many people calling for more charges to be filed and there were seven teenagers in all involved in this and only two have been charged. deryl dedman is the person who was driving the truck and another fellow john rice who has been charged with a lesser crime. >> i will continue to follow the story with you, and i have been in touch with the attorney and the family involved and look for an update when i host the joy behar show at 9:00 p.m. eastern on hln. straight ahead tonight, we will meet the man who could be the next eddie murphy. trust me, it's an interview you don't want to miss. yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours?

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libyan rebel says they have taken their fight in to the capital. this is a video of alternate air strikes in tripoli. by all appearances, moammar gadhafi is still in control. a message from gadhafi on state tv today urged his supporters to fight. libyan government says there's been some fighting in the capital but claims the rebels were quickly defeated. tropical storm irene has formed east of the leeward islands in the caribbean, bringing the threat of fierce flash floods. it is the ninth named storm of the year and forecasters say

it's possible next week it could hit the in florida keys. it's not clear if the gulf of mexico will be impacted. all righty. kevin hart is a vertically challenged man with a potty mouth who has a fierce following as his new movie shows. >> my dad was telling me to play sports, but i was in the spelling bees. all i can remember is my dad saying, all right, all right, all right. >> well, hart talked to me about his new film, "laugh at my pain" and a bunch of topics. he was a funny man throughout but he grew most serious with connection to fans including the 2 million followers on twitter. >> i'm very big with being, being accessible, and i take an obligation to make sure i am talking to my fans personally. i am back and forth with them on twitter and v-logs like i'm serious about talking and

connecting with my fans. >> you have to be real on social media and say make sure you join me, and you have to talk to people, and i'm eating chicken fried wings, and this is on point, you know. >> you have to make sure they see who you are as an individual. because i am so consistent with that, my fan base is loyal and they support me. >> who supports you? you are talking about the "kings of comedy" and who in that movie inspired you? >> well, richard pryor and what he has done for comedy and the doors he has opened is unbelievable. eddie murphy, of course. martin lawrence, i mean, the list can go on and on. i'm a student, a student of comedy. chris rock. >> everybody you said use a lot of cuss words. do you believe if you didn't use a lot of cuss words that you would be as popular? >> well, don, i'm filthy. i have a filthy mouth. and if we were on the street, don, i would be dropping a lot of bombs, because that is who i am.

>> how tall are you? >> 5'4". 5'3" -- okay, 5'2". if you want to be honest, five feet. >> and set up the movie clip. >> well, this is a good friend of mine who is in politics and knows all about it. larry king. >> this is my man, pots and pans, and he understands at the current time, it is not what it used to be, larry. >> i beat the hell out of this boy. >> he put his hands on me. >> he remember, and if he don't be right, i cut him. >> and what about the tea party? >> what tea party? ly go. when is it? i said you could be a double for barack obama but you just need better hair grease. you don't have the same texture that he has. which isn't bad. >> and you know sarah? >> yes, i went to the tea party, and everybody have to wear white. the