go to lou dobbs to get local listings in the area. good night from new york. now, campbell brown. cnn primetime. begins right now. tonight, hear the questions we want answered. was this the beginning of the end for michael jackson? watch closely. fire on the set during the filming of the pepsi commercial, with this, the trigger for decades of drug abuse? plus, supreme court theater. have been is doing the dance. >> it'@@@@@adbb@úpbd that my words have gotten, and the manner in which it's been understood by some people that my words failed. >> what does she really want to say? we're pulling back the curtain on the big show in congress. also a woman attacked by a shark. why is she on capitol hill today trying to save them? we'll talk to the victim turned shark protector. and president obama's big pitch.

rush limbaugh is even attacking him for that. listen to this. >> the guy throws like a girl. i'm sorry, he throws like a girl. >> hey, rush, what's wrong with throwing like a girl. and paul mccartney playing live outside on the streets of new york. that's tonight's break-out. ♪ >> this is your only source for news. cnn prime time begins now. here's campbell brown. >> hey, everybody, we have breaking news to tell you about tonight. new developments in the murder down in florida. the parents of those 17 children, we are waiting for the news conference that's set to begin very shortly here. we'll take it to you live the minute it happens but we'll start as we always do with the mash up, a look at stories making an impact right now. moments you may have missed. we're watching it all so you don't have to. it was day three of the seinfeld confirmation hearings, some might call it a show about

nothing. judge sotomayor mastering the art of saying as little as possible about anything important. take abortion. she was asked her views again and again today. she gave no ground, said president obama didn't even bring it up when he picked her. so what do these hearings really reveal? in washington, pretty much everything is a matter of perspective. like how two shares can read the exact same thing and flag different parts. it's hard to explain. just watch. democrat ben carden and republican lindsey graham, a view from the left and a view from the right. >> when you look at the almanac, the federal judiciary, the almanac on the federal judiciary, here's what they said about you. >> they were commenting about you. >> she's overly aggressive, not very judicial. she does not have a very good temperament. >> she's bright, she's a good judge. she's very smart.

>> she's a terror on the bench. she abuses lawyers. >> she's an exceptional judge overall. she's engaged in oral argument. >> she's temperamental, excitable, seems angry. >> she seems hard working and well preepd. >> she's makes inappropriate outburrs. >> she's intellectually tough. >> she can be a bit of a bully. >> wow, what exactly is the take-away there. i have no idea. our favorite part of the day was al franken. got to ask his very first questions as a u.s. senator. for the record he asked really good questions about abortion, about judicial activism. but he made his first joke, bringing up the classic tv show that inspired the judge. check this out. >> you mentioned perry mason. i was a big man of perry mason. i watched perry mason every week with my dad, my mom and brother. and it amazes me that you wanted

to become a prosecutor based on that show. because in perry mason, the prosecutor, burger, lost every week. with one exception, which we'll get to later. but i think that says something about your determination to defy the odds. what was the one case in "perry mason" that burger won? >> i wish i remembered the name of the episode, but i don't. i just was always struck but there was only one case where his client was actually guilty. >> and you don't remember that case? >> i know i should remember the name of it. but i haven't looked at the episode. >> didn't the white house prepare you for that? >> so, this was franken's first confirmation hearing as a for-real senator. but way back when, he of course played one on tv.

yes, he did. al franken on "saturday night live" as former senator paul simon grilling supreme court nominee clarence thomas. >> judge, say something. judge thomas, are you aware of that division of our government known as the criminal justice department? >> of course i am, senator. >> you know, when you walk in the main entrance of the criminal justice building, there is this receptionist with short brown hair? >> the one at the third desk on the left? >> no, no. the one at the big circular desk right there in the center there. >> oh, yes, sandy. >> yeah. sandy. do you think she'd go out with me? >> senator simon, not knowing your technique, i feel it will be unfair for me to pre judge

your chances with her. >> you think it's the bow tie then, huh? >> guessing life really does imitate art these days. moving on to our president, with his supreme court pick safe on the hill. president obama launching a full court press on his other top priority, health care reform. sitting down with all three medical reporters from all three broadcast networks, trying to convince americans the only thing we have to fear -- well, you know the rest. >> you got health insurance that you're happy with, you got a doctor that you're happy with. we don't want you to do anything. we don't think that we have to impose draconian measures to force patients to abuse a generic enstead of brand name drug. we can't just provide care to everybody. >> the white house wants congress to pass health care reform before the august recess. >> and now, some candy for

ladies out there. david beckham rejoining the galaxy saying he's committed to playing in the u.s. and delivering for his fans. he was on the "today" show this morning and they asked him about, well, other things. >> look who joined us. david beckham. >> welcome back, david, nice to see you. >> nice to meet you. >> we're going to talk to david in a second. he agreed to show us every tattoo on his body. isn't that right? >> some of the female staffers and actually some male staffers have taken note of this ad campaign you're doing for -- is this armani. >> yes. >> i did not know armani made underwear, now i know? >> what's it look to pose -- victoria looking beautiful. what's it like to pose through these things. do you put yourself through it? >> i have to. i'm a soccer player at the end of the day.

but to do something like that was a great experience. >> deep thoughts with david beckham. and that brynns us to the punch line. at this point we're wondering what the late night guys would do if they didn't have sarah palin to kick around. here's jimmy fallen. >> sarah palin's friends are worried about her because she looks frail and her hair is inthissing. all part of her plan to run for president in 2012 as john mccain. >> that's the match-up tonight. we'll get back in the breaking news in the case of the florida parents killed in their own bedroom. the shocking story. police about to have a news conference, possibly to announce another arrest. we'll bring it to you live when that happens. plus, see tonight for the very first time the video of michael jackson on fire. this was during the filming of that pepsi commercial years ago. did that accident trigger what turned into decades-long

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breaking news tonight in the case of that florida couple. parents of 17 children killed in their own home last week. why is the dea, federal drug enforcement agency now investigating? what about the person of interest who surfaced today? what exactly is she saying and is there possibly another suspect still on the loose. cnn's ed lavandera is live in pensacola. we also have rob williams of news radio 1620 helping us out this week as well on the story. thanks to both of you guys to joining us right now. ed, i know we're expecting this news conference sometime this evening. any indication what police are going to tell us tonight? >> believe it or not, sounds like we're told another arrest will be made even though authorities said they arrested seven people inside the property

when the billings couple was murdered. they said another rest was not sure it's the woman authorities will be looking for and found throughout the day or the eighth person they believe might be connected in terms of shouting off and not shutting off the surveillance system inside the house. we're not sure who it might be but say another race is announced later tonight. >> flush that out for us. explain what you mean for people who are not aware of what is going on with the security system, what they discovered. >> this has been interesting insight how this investigation played out. authorities here explaining one of the theories that they've been working under over the last few days and what has bothered them is that they know that -- they believe that thesehad rehearsed, practiced for several weeks leading up to these killings how they carry this. they had rehessed this. they couldn't reconcile the fact if these guys practiced this. were familiar with the property, knew what was going on, how did they not know there were video cameras, recording their

movements. how did that not get shut down. the eighth person they're looking for was supposed to have turned off the surveillance system at the house, but that didn't happen. whether a stroke of consciousness, they don't know. >> go back to -- before i bring rob in, we do understand that police have located this latest person of interest, pamela long. they were showing her picture throughout the day today. do we have any specific details about her involvement? >> we don't know about the involvement. we do know that she has perhaps an extensive history with the suspect, that authorities are saying is the ringleader of this group. that's leonard patrick gonzalez jr. the sheriff here saying today that they believe she had been in contact with gonzalez jr. in the days leading up to or even perhaps the day of the murders. we under she might have been his landlord as well. so there is that connection that

they know each other, but exactly how that plays into what has happened in the biggings murder case we don't know the specifics of that. >> rob let me bring you into this. i know you've been doing a lot of additional reporting on the story. anything that you can add, in addition -- do you know anything about this other person of interest that police may be talking about? >> well, the lady from the suburban gulf breeze. just east of pensacola, five minutes away. as an antique store there. real estate interest. i haven't found her to be especially well known as the sheriff might say. police found her in orange beach, 20, 30 miles to the west. she's talking voluntarily. as the sheriff's department said they don't unarrest anybody. look at one, at least two people in jail by the close of business tonight. the sheriff's news conference could come up inside an hour, certainly two hours. >> ed, we've been hearing --

actually rob, let me start with you on this. we're hearing about possible dea involvement. the sheriff said that initially and then sort of seemed to back away from it. do we know anything more about this? >> well, i under viewed the sheriff on the air. radio 1620 monday morning. he told me right then. fbi, dea. internal revenue service. bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms were all in on this in one way, shape or form. maybe resources, doing technical things. they are here, looking to be involved, hands on, every day. >> finally, rob. tell us about the primary suspect that they have in custody that we're hearing as mastermind, this guy gonzalez, who, as many -- you guys have been reporting, even his family has talked about him as being a really bad guy. what do we know about this guy? >> well, we know that the daughter that he talked about in his facebook page or myspace

page is actually still with her birth mother in sarasota, florida. his daughter, now 8 years old. is now one of the children the billings family has adopted. that's off the table. she's got six kids now, got an award as humanitarian for service to mankind for teaching elementary school kids self-defense moves. people say he has a mean streak to him. that's one of those thins you wait and see how it all develops. even though the sheriff's department won't say he's the mastermind, he's the link pin in all of this. one coming denominator all of these people have. as one of my sources told me in florida it's going to go one of two ways death bylet elinjection or death in the electric share. campbell. . you guys are standing by. rob many withes, ed lavandera. as we await the news conference. we'll check back in with ed and rob and bring you the news

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crashing. no official word of a cause as of yet. a man ousted as nato forces in afghanistan telling you like it is. here's david mckiernan. >> you had asked me 30 days ago i would be here today at my retirement ceremony. i probably would have said no. maybe in a bit stronger terms. make no mistake. i was dismayed, disappointed. more than a little embars aed. >> very blunt here. general mckiernan said he eventually came to realize it's not about hip. it's about respect for the army. he also said save condolences for those not coming home. smoke ban in iraq and afghanistan. folks pushed for a smokeless military. he doesn't want to take one of the few outlets to relieve that

stres stress. >> a british backpacker was found alive. 19-year-old jamie neil was found. no one is happier than his dad for the most part. >> like a lunatic. my boy's been found. my boy's been found. he said he went out to the castle. and there's a sign there, "experienced p walkers only" which he ignored. i've seen mistake after mistake he's made, you know, i could kill him, obviously that would spoil the fun of him coming back. >> dad laid it on him there. he was surviving by eating seeds and leaves and sleeping under logs. paul mccartney back to where it began for the beatles in the u.s. they played a surprise concert atop the ed sullivan theater.

let's get a listen. ♪ ♪ back in the ussr ♪ don't no how lucky you are ♪ back in the ussr campbell. performed quite a number of songs there "band on the run." "get back," "back in the ussr." pretty funny. you flip on our air conditioner and paul mccartney is waving to folks. >> nobody knew this was happening. can you imagine driving down the street, walking down the street? >> paul mccartney waving to you. >> a lot of people excited. mike galanos, see you a bit later. >> thanks, campbell.

>> tonight never before seen video of michael jackson literally on fire. this is the accident that happened when he was shooting that pepsi commercial years ago. we have the tape we'll show you that when we come back. plus president obama's big first pitch yet another reason for rush limbaugh to complain. >> obama's pitch did not make it all the way to the plate. the guy throws like a girl. i'm sorry, he throws like a girl. a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, you could end up taking 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day. [ thinking ] burning, itching... but the pain's the worst. i shoulda used... [ bump ] [ male announcer ] preparation h cream. burning, itching, plus maximum strength pain relief, on contact. the most complete relief, from preparation h. pain relief on contact. you know why i sell tools? tools are uncomplicated? nothing complicated about a pair of 10 inch hose clamp pliers.

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brian machine row what the last journalist to interview jackson. now chief correspondent for "inside edition" and dr. kareem, a psychologist joining us also. here's the video. obtained by "us weekly" take a look. you can see -- it shows a series of explosions and then this one which went off too soon, setting fire to jackson's scalp. this is at the shrine auditorium back in los angeles. he makes his way down the steps there, as you saw into the audience and quickly surrounded by a team of stage hands. the damage was done. you saw there hbad that was. he suffered second, third degree burns to his face and scalp. just horrifying. i want to get reaction right now. from the guys here.

brian, i didn't -- i remember when we heard about this incident taking place in 1994, i never dreamed it was so bad. we never saw the video that showed how horrible it was. did people know it was that bad? >> in fact if you remember at the type, the only video they released was the front scene that was grainy and blurry that had him coming down the stairs and smoke behind him. you can tell it was not a good situation. you can see the flame. in this shot here, that shows from the back, the flame -- his head in flames. remember, that was the time that michael had the wet look in his hair. it wasn't as much greasy. it was a hair pomade and there was question whether that added to the speed that the fire took off. but, you know, the folks came quickly and put it under control but it caused tremendous damage and michael was in a lot of pain. even though, if you remember, at the end, when they're whiling

him out on a gurney, he still has one white sequins glove on to make the point of his signature move. >> jim, you covered that story in l.a. this is again, back in '84. what's your reaction looking back on that now? >> that was a local abc reporter for los angeles. i remember -- we only did she that, you're right. seeing it today, and counting -- i count about ten seconds where michael jackson didn't realize his hair was on fire the you saw that part of scalp that was literally endured. he had to endure skin graphs. and it was as a result of that severe pain he used demerol, and then said he was addicted to demerol. michael jackson needed pin killers then became addicted to them. this was the moment of the ultimate undoing, this is a horrible thing to watch. >> do you agree with that,

doctor? clearly, that looked awful. it was obviously painful. one would certainly need pain medication after going through something like that. is this how prescription drug addiction can start? >> yeah. just the fact that he had second and third degree burns. second degree burns are blistering, reddened skin and a lot, lot of pain. third degree burns are when it goes through not only the epiderm epidermis, dermal layer, into the deep tissue layer. often people are number, when they get to that point. this brings up a huge point. i agree with jim completely here, it's not like people walk around looking to be addicts. very often prescription drug dependents, woo have people with a ski injury, tooth extraction, an injury like this, they don't expect to be addicts, they want pain relief. from the pain relief their body gets used to and develops

tolerance to these pills so they need more and more and more to get the same desired effect. if you're genetically predisposed or have some environmental problem growing up or whatever, you might become addicted to it. >> just quickly, what's the time -- recovery time line also for something like that, second and third degree burns. presumably it takes a long time to heal, so you're on those drugs for a fairly extended period of time. >> you're correct. the pain associated with burns is significant. really significant and to the point where -- i mean you're constantly addressing the wound. it hurts every single time that happens and that could go on for months. it could go on for define lively extended period of time. >> and fast-forward -- >> go ahead. >> if you remember, in 1984, right at the peak -- "thriller" had just come out. the pepsi commercial was coming out to the tune of "billie

jean." and if you fast-forward years later. he was diagnosed with lupis, which is an autoimmune disease which affects african-americans. he was having a lot of pain. and fast-forward. many, many years later. i want to show you these pictures, these were obtained by abc news that seem to show needle marks, and a wound, a big wound of some sort of his leg. jim, what do you make of those? >> i showed those photos today to an addiction specialist, someone who runs wonderland. i said forget who this may be. if i show you this picture, what do you see? he said i see needle marks, i see a drug addict and i see sores associated with that. he was very definitive. i asked him again and again. and this doctor had been himself a heroin addict. he said looking at those photos,

brought up those same horrible feeling that he had about himself when he himself injected -- he said veins in his arms collapsed. he went to his legs. that's what he found in those photos. >> doctor, what could cause a wound like that? do you have any sense? >> that wound is tissue necrosis. it means premature loss of tissue, death of tissue cells. one of the reasons that can happen is an injection -- injecting drugs into a vein but there are many, many other reasons can happen from osteomileitis, an infection, injury, trauma, toxin to that area. inflammation that's untreated. there are many, many things that can cause that. i don't want to jump on the band wagon right away, heys it t was injecting drugs. if somebody put an iv in there where it got infected could cause untreated that kind of look. >> i want to be clear. the doctor i talked to was talking specifically about the

puncture marks not about the wound, percent say. >> we got to end it there. dr., i appreciate your time, thanks very much, guys. >> how closely are you following the sotomayor confirmation hearing. pay close enough attention and is it all starts to resemble kabuki theater. we'll demonstrate what they're all trying to say or what they really want to say. what to do.. now, all of a sudden, we're there, in that role, at that time in our lives where everyone and everything is depending on us. it's a scary feeling, but it's also a good one. especially when i'm confident someone's there for me.

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have done what the law requires. >> the job of a judge is to apply the law. >> so, what have we learned? judge sotomayor follows the law. not exactly a controversial statement. let's dig a little deeper in to, though, not what is being said at the hearings but what they would like to be saying. this is what we're calling sotomayor soto mayor kabuki theater. i want to go through some examples that's mind-blowing to me. take a listen on what is the now infamous "wise latina" comment. >> did you ever sigh a case where, to use your example a wise latina made a better decision than nonlatina judges?

>> my speech was to inspire the students to understand the richness that their backgrounds to bring to the judicial process. >> are you standing by that statement or are you saying it was a bad idea, and you -- are you disavowing that statement? >> it is clear from the attention that my words have gotten, and the manner in which it has been understood by some people, that my words failed. they didn't work. >> words chosen very carefully now. kathy, if she weren't sitting before this committee right now, and with so much at stake. would she really be backing off of that statement? >> no, as a wise latina. i can tell you, no, she's not backing down and would probably want to say, not only do i mean a wise latina. i meant any latina could make a better decision than a white man could. i'm just saying, i'm just

saying. she may not say it but maybe she's thinking that. >> what about the senators? interpret her question. what's going on, really? >> basically, the opinions of white conservative male judges define objectivity and thanking her for not being one so they can send out fund-raising e-m l e-mails about her. also saying, thank god, don't depend on the hispanic vote. >> they may coming up in future elections. maybe they're not thinking this through. take a listen to this exchange. the issue of abortion. listen. >> white house press secretary said the president did not ask sotomayor specifically about abortion rights during their interview. is that correct? >> yes. it is absolutely correct. i was asked no question by anyone, including the president, about my views on any specific legal issue. >> now, sam, the senator didn't

really expect her to say yes. i swore to president obama that i would uphold roe v. wade. what is this about? line of questioning takes place at every confirmation hearing. >> you hear this in both democrats and williams. basically what you're saying, can you pretend we don't know where we stand on a woman's right to choose so we don't pretend be don't have a litmus test? >> you agree with that? >> what is she going to say? oh, gosh, you got me. this is how i feel about abortion. she's not going to talk. you can't stump her, she's from new york and a wise latina. >> take a listen to lindsey graham challenging the judge on her representation among lawyers as a tough questioner. >> she's a herrer on the bench. she's temperamental, excitable. seems angry. overly aggressive, not judicial, she does not have a very good temperament. she abuses lawyers.

she really lacks judicial temperament. do you think you have a temperament problem? >> no, sir, i can only talk about what i know about my relationship with the judges of my court. and with the lawyers who appear regularly from our circuit. >> yes, i have a temperament problem, i really do. you should definitely not confirm me. what is going on, sam? >> what lindsey graham is saying, basically saying i want to apologize to rush limbaugh for treating you so fairly yesterday and hopefully the way i'm questioning you now will put me back in his good graces. i think that's his hope, anyway. >> okay. before we run out of time here, if all of that wasn't enough. aside from being the first hispanic justice, she's also a first to take a question from a former snl cast member. take a listen to this, senator al franken.

>> are the words "birth control" in the constitution? >> no, sir. >> are you sure? >> yes, sir. >> are the words "privacy" in the constitution? or the word? >> the word "privacy" is not. >> the point of this, jon stewart said every time al franken speaks during the confirmation hearings he's waiting to hear "live from new york, it's saturday night." are there other people in the room having the same thought? have we gotten to the point we can take outing frommen seriously as a senator? >> gosh, we like him. you can tell he lit up when he started asking the questions, she kind of lit up. i think she was going to ask for an autograph. >> having worked for al franken at air america. i know he's a serious guy. there's no doubt in my mind. what he's really thinking, i got

three great jokes about senator kyle that i should be telling right now but alas i won't. >> all right, guys, we got to tend it there. we really appreciate it. thanks so much for your time tonight. we -- sorry, sam and kathy. we have a little bit of breaking news we got to get to. my apologies. this is about the florida family killings. we're expecting a news conference, that coming up shortly. we're watching that closely, we'll bring it to you as soon as it happens. stay with us. ♪ i don't know much ♪ but i know i love you ♪ and that may be ♪ all i need ♪ to know (announcer) customers love ge aircraft engines almost as much as we love making them. innovation today for america's tomorrow.

now to the next big question, is hillary clinton being sidelined by the white house? that was a message some people took from a scheduling snafu today. minutes after the secretary of state began a major foreign policy speech. president obama stole the spotlight with a rose garden event on health care. does that mean there's bad blood between them or people reading too much? press secretary robert gibbs says this. >> i think the notion that there's some rift or disagreement is -- are nothing more than silly washington games. >> silly washington games. or a brilliant check mate by the

obama administration? that is the question tonight for cnn political analyst. glorcologloria borger. welcome, guys. gloria you know what people are saying, president's remarks overshadowing the policy speech. what's your take on this? >> i asked someone at the state department who is close to hillary clinton said believe it or not it's a right hand-left hand situation. no one was aware of her typing of her speech. they just messed up. he also said this notion that there is some huge rift between the two of these folks is, and i'm quoting, total b.s., nonsense and bunk. >> talk to me a little bit about her role as secretary of state right now. is it large enough. influential enough for her and her need to have a real challenge? >> i think the role is real and influential.

i think the problem is that obama is such a massive personality. he sucks up so much oxygen. when he traveled the world in such an enormous story, it feels she's smaller by contrast. i've been doing a lot of report in particular in the last couple weeks. i talked to a lot of people and over and over again. they say she's doing a good job. there's not a lot of tension. she has a good relationship with obama. i think the problem is he knew -- he had to know he was going to get some of this when he appointed her. there's a drama that follows hillary whenever she goes. story line obama versus hillary is so juicy people can't let it go. coupled with obama's star power looked like she was sidelined but i don't think that's the case. >> bonnie, what do you think? >> i think he's a rock star and fellow artist. he's not playing in a band and does suck up all of the energy. but i also do things that

there's some substance to the daily article by tina brown where she says that they agree on policy, but personally, i think there are still some risks. you can't have been, as she was, the heir -- i think actually the risks come more from the obama side than the clinton side. she was the heir apparent. he stepped in and did so by taking a lot of democratic donors away from her. many of whom he's now appointing as ambassadorship, sometimes her apartment has something to do with. >> actually i don't think they always agree on policy. he's not looking for yes people and she's not a yes person. for example, she may have wanted a more muscular response on iran but the president was the one who had to decide to pull the trigger on that and to do it when he wanted to do it. she was the one who advised him and said look, you've got to send these 4,000 extra troops into afghanistan. it was something he had to think

about. but in the end, he did it. so i don't think they always agree on policy. but she understands things -- >> i think the major, major focus of trying to make friends with the world, however, instead of confrontational approach, that the busch administration perfectly in sync on that. >> i think there's private disagreements. publicly i'm struck how hillary is being a good soldier. i think the white house is happy about that. >> guys we have to end it. michael, gloria, thank you very much. we're going to get back to the breaking news out of florida. following the news conference about to take place. we'll bring it to you as soon as it happens. stay with us.

welcome back, everybody. tonight's news maker is president obama. not for his vow to fix health care but latest overseas mission. no, no, no. we're talking about one thing, democrats and republicans and

independents can agree on. his pitching arm needs real work. exhibit "a," last night's all-star game. back with me now to break it all down for us mike galanos. mike, take it away. >> you and i watched it together last night. you asked me how do you think he did? he gave him a tepid thumb's up. i think i'm retracting that. we had a bad angle. as we watch it again, we get the better angle. pretty weak throw. he even took a beating for the jeans, by the way. there's the throw. he short armed it. you can see -- >> he didn't make it to home plate. >> yeah, the catcher jumped in there and sort of saved him. >> albert pujols had to save the day make sure it didn't bounce. that's his goal. pujols saved him. you see that's the effort from albert pujols. the president very thankful there. we talked about him short arming it. here he is practicing. campbell.

looks good here. here he is passing in the battle cages. the president missed. he talked about it with joe buck in the broadcast booth right after that pitch. >> did you have any practice before? did you forget the baseline moves for a while and put the basketball down and pick up the baseball? >> i tell you what, we did all of the practicing in the rose garden. but what is true, i'm a great baseball plan, i did not play organized baseball when i was a kid. so, i think some of these natural moves aren't so natural to me. >> all right. all right. i get it. not really his thing. i know we're having a little fun with it. some of his critics have been frankly pretty harsh about this. >> they've been pretty brutsal. as i mentioned, the jeans. let's get right to that. late night talk show host jimmy kimmel keying off on the president. let's listen. >> obama looks weird in jeans, doesn't he? he looks like my aunt linda in

jeans. >> crease down the middle -- >> there it is. you expect the comedians to launch in there. but rush limbaugh didn't waste any time either going after the president and media. let's give that a listen. >> i just said the president throws like a girl. he golfs like a girl admittedly. he throws like a girl. george w. busch is a man. he fired a strike pitch yankee stadium after 9/11. they made fun of bush. gerald ford was an all-american college player. they called him mr. potato head. obama is an athletic clutz. and they try to portray him as second coming of michael jordan. >> he should stick to basketball and maybe even bowling. >> i don't care that he throws

like the girl. the mom jeans bother me a little bit. >> that's what one of my producers said. what's with the jeans? he didn't notice. >> come on -- >> mike galanos. see you. >> breaking news we've been talking to you about. we've been telling you about the double murder of 17 children of 17 children. we're about to go live where the sheriff is about to hold a news conference. stay with us, we'll be right back. a terrific job protecting the customer's interest and providing them with security. total security protection is a feature that comes with all of our credit cards. if there is a fraudulent purchase, anything that you are unaware of, we have a guarantee that we'll refund those funds to you. we don't expect you to pay for something you did not buy. it gives customers a piece of mind knowing that, you know what, if i lose my card the bank is going to take care of me with total security protection.

we want to go back now to tonight's breaking news on the florida couple. parents of 17 children shot to death in their home last week. ed lavandera is live from pensacola tonight.

ed, what have you got? >> hi, campbell. we're waiting for authorities in pensacola to hold another press conference which is expected to start at 9:30 eastern. we will bring the latest to you throughout the night on cnn. what we expect to hear at this point, we're still trying to clarify the details of what is going to happen. authorities are telling us to expect the announcement of yet another arrest. even though authorities say they have arrested seven people they believe were on the property the night the billings couple was killed. they continue to talk to people of interest. in fact we know that pamela long, the woman authorities have been looking for throughout the day is right now upstairs speaking with investigators. so whether or not she's the one that turns out to be arrested or the eighth person we've been talking about extensively as well. we do not know. we expect to get clarification on that here shortly. campbell. >> ed lavandera reporting from pensacola. as ed was saying, we await that news conference from the sh