children without a mom and dad. it and it might not be the last. >> congress is moving on it. president obama is pushing lawmakers to move faster. we have the view from both sides. the real battle for health care reform heats up in washington. >> dramatic images for the first time of michael jackson's hair catching fire as he filmed a pepsi commercial in 1984. that accident is being blamed for the addiction to painkillers. this video we've never seen before and it's much worse at least than we thought in the public eye. we'll show you that coming up. new arrests in the murders of the florida couple widely known for adopting children with special needs. >> how many arrests will be made? seven men were in custody and now this woman, pamela long wiggins, a real estate agent who police say had several aliases.

morgan told anderson cooper last night she has ties to one of the suspects. >> she's had a long association with one of our primary suspects, mr. leonard patrick gonzalez jr. and that was why she became the person of interest because of the long-term association as a landlord and through her realty company. she also was a very good family friend, transporting him and his wife and children around. and so that's how she became a person of interest. we wanted to find out exactly what is that tie between the two of them. and, of course she was with them. we developed through the day of the murder. >> cnn's ed lavandera live in pensacola, florida. ed, what are we learning about this investigation and how this woman is tied to these men. and what roles she may have played in these murders? you heard the sheriff

mention she had a personal relationship with a man he called the ring leader. she's charged with accessory after the fact. we're trying to learn what happened after the murders happened, what her involvement was in the days and hours after the murders. at this point, there's still a great deal of unanswered questions. >> reporter: thursday evening, byrd and melanie billings at home with nine of their children, the time, 7:00 p.m. outside, a red van pulls into the end of the driveway. three individuals exit the vehicle and burst into the front door. from the woods went through the lawn and entered the unlocked utility door. they're inside the house for less than four minutes. in the brief time span, the men confront byrd and melanie, several shots fired at point blank range. husband and wife are dead. so what were they after?

>> the safest, easiest, clearest thing to say is that primary motive in this case is robbery. home invasion, robbery. >> it doesn't seem that simple. medium-sized safe was taken from the home but won't reveal the contents of the case. and any connection to narcotics, a federal law enforcement source tells us, quote, this is not a drug hit, there's no connection we know of to the mexican mafia. it appears to be money-driven. why didn't they disabled the security system. two had military training. others were familiar with the property. how could they let themselves be recorded on tape. the answer, it seems, reveals the group's mistake. >> i believe we entered the compound. this is the theory we're working on to conclude this case, they entered the compound with the belief they were not under surveillance. >> sheriff morgan said this

crime was worked out to the smallest detail. except they thought the system was off and wasn't. what happened? authorities believe the person assigned to the task may have abandoned the mission. >> everyone from the company who installed it on back. >> and that's why this investigation isn't over yet. sheriffs are looking to the security system involved. and sheriffs alluded to the fact they might have another person of interest. a press conference later this morning and this one today with the state attorney. we'll have to learn more details about what's happened in this investigation in the last 24 hours. >> yeah, i think that news conference comes our way at 10:00 a.m. eastern type. check on that, ed lavandera, thanks so much. live from florida. still a lot of questions regarding this investigation. stay with us. at 7:30 eastern, we'll talk to the escambia county sheriff

david more dpan who's working the case. now the battle over health care reform, president obama says the time for an overhaul is now and it's time for them to pass bills before the august rece recess. approving a reform plan on a party line vote. the president says he's more optimistic about his top domestic priority but major hurdles lie ahead. jim acosta is looking in to all of that for us, jim? john, carol, the president is pressing the house and the senate to hurry up and finalize their own version of health care reform. the real battle over reform is just heating up and the battle is about to get very personal. before washington takes another step on health care reform, she wants the politicians to hear her story. >> if we don't change this now, my story will be their story. >> her 17-year-old

cancer-stricken daughter, natalee, made national headlines when the insurance company denied a liver transplant. she raised a ruckus and they reversed their decision. the moment caught on camera. but it was too late. that same evening, natalie died. >> now she. >>s in even. >> reporter: she was brought to washington by democratic activists pushing for a reform bill to give americans the option to join a public plan to compete with the private insurers. the option will keep the insurance companies honest. >> insurance companies cannot decide who's going to live and who's going to die. >> reporter: they have to win over skeptics. republicans worried about the price tag. >> they're spending too much. taxing too much to get us there. and they're running legislation

that's totally partisan that isn't going to work. >> special interest companies are running an ad proposing it's a soft drink tax. >> this is no time for congress to add tax on the simple pleasures we all enjoy like juice drinks and soda. >> reporter: the president is ready to play hard ball. >> those who oppose our efforts should take a hard look at what it is they're defending. >> a new ad aimed at senators. >> it's time for health care reform. >> reporter: and the message hilda sarkezian vows, no surrender. >> he needs to peek at the responsibility to become the president and we're proud of it. but we need something in return. >> reporter: the president wants both the house and the senate to wrap up on health care reform before lawmakers take the long august break. the halls of congress may get

crowded as supporters of reform plan to flood those hallways with more people like hilda. john, carol. >> jim acosta, thanks so much. seven minutes half the hour. president obama's supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor heads to capitol hill for a final day of questioning. judiciary committee members are trying to pin her down on social issues and for the most part, she's dodged those efforts. in an exchange with jeff sessions, sotomayor did weigh in on judicial activism. >> i want to give you complete assurance that i agree with jennifer hatch. that's his destination, the judges should not be using their personal biases, their personal experiences, their personal prejudices in reaching decision. and that's how he defines activism, then i'm in full

agreement with him. >> you can watch today's hearings live beginning 9:30 eastern here on cnn. >> the space shuttle "endeavour" on the way to the international space station after five scrubbed launches. pieces of foam insulation came off of the fuel tapg and hit the shuttle. the damage appears to be minor at this point. but they're reviewing pictures of the liftoff. "endeavour" seven astronauts are bringing equipment to the science lab. and dramatic film of the accident in 1984. did his severe burns he suffered lead to the abuse of painkillers and other disturbing drugs. show you this disturbing video. it's nine minutes past. ♪ well i was shopping for a new car, ♪

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12 minutes after the hour now. part of a major highway outside of a city is shut down after a fiery crash last night. two tanker trucks crashed on interstate 75 sending smoke and flames hundreds of feet in the air. the intensity of the fire caused an overpass to collapse. amazingly, one minor injury was reported. a live look at the scene right now from our affiliate in detroit. you can see smoke coming up from the scene and no traffic is going to get through there for quite a while. quite a repair job out there. >> good luck on the morning rush this morning, detroit. cash-strapped california may want to consider a new slogan, smoke it if you got it. the proposal to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol could

generate $1.4 billion in revenue. it would allow adults to legally possess, grow, and sell marijuana and bridge the state's $26 billion budget short fall. a swim club out of philadelphia accused of racism says a lawsuit would put them under. a federal lawsuit has been filed by a parent and the day care center is promising another after dozens of minority kids were turned away last week. the swim club says overcrowding was the problem. the story is lighting up our show hotline. here's what some are saying about it. >> caller: i'm appalled to think in 2009, we're still experiencing this type of behavior. this is pure risism. >> caller: i don't believe they should sue. >> they need to get over it. everybody's going to start suing each other. let's get real. this is ridiculous. >> it's time for these things to be squashed.

we're in a new era where we have a back president and attitudes need to change and people need to get along. >> we want to hear from more of you. call our show hotline at 1-877-692-6349. we're getting our first look at newly released and stunning video of an accident that may have been a turning point in michael jackson's life and death. jackson was filming a pepsi commercial in 1984, things went horribly wrong. >> you remember michael jackson's hair caught fire. i remember a lot of people joked about it. but some people were saying jackson was burned so badly that the injuries led to a dependency on pain medications. ted rowland has more of this video to see. >> this accident took place in 1984 here in los angeles. michael jackson later blamed his addiction to pain medication on this accident.

when you watch the video, it's very clear that indeed this accident was very serious. >> reporter: the video obtained by "us weekly" shows michael jackson's hair on fire. but as you can see, jackson doesn't seem to notice until people sur roubld him. the first one there was jackson's long-time friend miko brando, son of marlon brando. >> put my hands on his head and tried to do the best i could. >> reporter: you can see jackson gets up, the head is burned down to the scalp. >> he felt a very hot area and couldn't distinguish whether it was the hot lights or something was happening. after a second or two, he felt pain and fell to the ground and several people came to put out the fire and apply ice to his head. >> reporter: days after the incident, jackson unsuccessfully tried to get the footage released. his record label, cbs records

released this photo. ♪ pepsi is the generation ♪ >> pepsi released the ad which featured jackson and his brothers. jackson would claim the accident and subsequent medical treatment led to an addiction of prescription drugs. >> you know after my tour ended i remained out of the country undergoing treatment for dependency on pain medication. it was initially prescribed for excruciating pain i was suffering after recent reconstructive surgery on my scalp. >> possible drug use is part of the ongoing investigation in to jackson's death. what if any drugs were in jackson's system at the time of his death is still under question. the l.a. coroner's office is finishing the investigation to his death. they said they could have the result next week. >> look at that video again. you can see how badly his scalp is burned. >> people joked about it.

they made parody videos about it. it was much more serious than we all believed at the time. >> i mean, it certainly gives you an idea of how he became dependent on a pain medication. the question is, was that a dependency that lasted the rest of his life. >> he got treatment overseas. >> the rate of recidivism is quite high. maybe he fell back in to it again.

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miami in july. >> being in miami in july and august is like being in new hampshire in january and february. it's just the opposite end of the temperature scale. >> it's hot. it's hot. speaking of heat, cip, a major blender to the small and mid sized business. this lender can go it along and could possibly fail. this is not a bailout at this point. another bailout. people are crying foul saying, look, you can bail out the big guys but when it comes to the big lender to main street and mid size and small businesses, that's where the administration is going to draw the line in the sand? why does the cit matter? it's the biggest small business lender, 1 million customers, $65 billion in managed loans, it is the top lender to where i am and minorities in this country. it's about the size of lehman brothers. it's allowed to go down and cause all kinds of problems in

the global economy. and less than 1% of total amounts of lending so it looks as though the administration decided this is the company that's not going to take down the global economic system and they decided the system has healed enough they can let an important company fail. the stock was halted. the company issued a statement saying it looks as though they won't get anymore relief from this government. and people with credit lines running out trying to secure more credit lines. >> what happens if it fails? what effect will it have? >> where do the small businesses go for money? >> supposed to get money somewhere else in a healthy lending system. but the system is not healthy. they're concerned about retilers, textile mills and manufacturers who don't know where they're going to get a lot of money. family restaurants, franchise restaurants, construction companies who relied on this as a form of financing. this is what the treasury said about cit rescue.

even in times of financial stress; there's a high threshold for exceptional government assistance to individual companies. again, i think we're entering a new phase here, a phase where companies would not be bailed out as quickly as in the past. and it has to do something that a lot of people are going to feel. >> romans' numeral. >> the number is 350. and this, boys and girls. the average daily of small business failures this year. 350 a day. >> oh! >> that's unfortunate. i've been talking a lot about small business. this is a really important time for small business because we're not getting enough financing. the customers are in trouble. the vendors are in trouble. it's a real kind of tipping point for the wealth and the innovators, the wealth creators in this country. continuing to follow that. i want to hear stories about that too. e-mail us at amfix. >> look forward to hearing from

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supposed to be one of the hottest days of the years today. >> after one of the coolest springs, we can handle a couple of hot days. tonight, the reason it's grid locked, president obama is in town. he'll speak at the naacp convention. the group is marking the 100-year anniversary. suzanne malveaux is there this morning. a real milestone for the naacp, the group's first convention since the election of the election of the black president. >> it is. there was tension in the room when president bush went before the naacp. there was tenseness in the room. he ignored the organization for five months. they have the same goals to fight for racial injustice and equality. there's a palpable excitement about president obama but the question still remains whether or not they share the same approach. >> reporter: 100 years after the birth of the naacp, a major address by the first african-american president. >> you know, it is always

puzzling to speak before the naacp. because it's a powerful reminder of the debt that we all owe to those who marched forth and fought for us and stood up on our behalf. >> just last year as a candidate, barack obama was, quote, deferential and defiant before the civil rights group. >> i know there's some than are saying i've been too tough talking about responsibility. nshs naacp, i'm here to report, i'm not going to stop talking about it. >> reporter: taking on some of his african-american critics, mr. obama delivered a message of tough love, echoed last weekend in ghana. >> we all know that the future of africa is in the hands of africa. >> reporter: the historic election of the united states' first african-american president highlights the naacp's goal,

fighting for equality and opportunity. >> this is a big step having a black family in the white house, ending a 233-year-old color barri barrier. there's a lot more work to be done. >> this after former president bush kept the naacp at arm's length declining the invitation to address them for five years. >> thank you, bruce. thanks for the introduction. bruce is a polite guy. i thought what he was going to say is "it's about time you showed up." and i'm glad i did. >> now, a new president, a new dynamic. >> i think his big challenge now is going to be in talking to them about issues that have concerned him in the past like problems with teen pregnancy and black-on-black crime that the nshs aacp hasn't been that eager

to deal with. >> people actually in talking to members of the naacp, they readily admit they are redefining their mission now. they certainly hope to bring in more people, young people. that is the focus, that is the hope that president obama can actually tap in to some of that community that supports his base to help build that naacp. john? >> we'll be watching that speech closely today, suzanne malveaux. thanks so much. we want to know what you think as well. has president obama met the black community's expectations? what's the future of the naacp? has it achieved their goals. and a reminder we're a week away from cnn's examination of what it really means to be black in america. the documentary, "black many america ii" airs on july 22 and 23rd only on cnn. checking our top stories. working on a massive makeover of the nation's health care system is picking up speed in congress.

house democrats planning to address legislation with notes in two key committees today in a $1.5 trillion plan unveiled this week, a senate panel approved a $6 million reform plan. president obama will be recruiting two swing voters in the senate. >> investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong in yesterday's deadly plane crash in northwestern iran. the cockpit voice recorders have been recovered and will be sent to russia for analysis. it made contact before crashing killing all 168 people onboard. an infamous washington, d.c. icon is reportedly going on the auction block. the watergate hotel will be up for sale next week. the city foreclosed on the building last month after the owner defaulted on the home. the hotel is shuttered as a complex of six buildings one that led to president nixon's

resignation. marion barry has been a fixture in politics for four decades. the four-time mayor dubbed the mayor for life. to say it's been a bumpy ride would be an understatement. drug and alcohol use, a jail term for possessing crack co-kab. he serves on the dc city council and is investigated for hiring his former girl friend who recently accused him of stalking her. marion barry is here from washington to set the record straight, welcome, councilman? >> thank you, carol. >> what makes these charges worse is you're on probation for filing the tax returns. jeez, councilman, can't you stay out of trouble? >> first of all, that word trouble shouldn't be used. i've spent 50 years in my life working for justice, equality. 16 years as mayor. i transformed washington from a sleepy southern town to a metropolis.

i've given summer jobs to everyone who wanted them. i moved contracting from 3% to 46%, for african-americans and latinos and a whole range of things i've done. the instances that have called it trouble, other people have done that. for instance -- >> councilman, i have to interrupt you for something. because a lot of people would term those things as trouble. there's an investigation ordered by the city council as to why you would hire your girlfriend to work for the city at a time when the economy is bad and so many people are unemployed. >> first of all, there's no law prohibiting that. i want to focus on the park police and their role in illegally arresting me on july 4. >> you're talking specifically about this stalking charge? they arrested you for allegedly stalking your girlfriend on the city payroll. >> may i finish? she's not on the city payroll. you ought to stop saying that. let me say very clearly, i was detained for an hour and a half

without being charged, taken to the station, and sat there for four hours. they wouldn't let me make a phone call, etc., and that the u.s. attorney knew that i had denied it. never been -- my 73 years, i've never been accused of stalking and my domestic relationships, never been accused of anything like that. and all of the things you called trouble turned out to be nonstarters -- for instance, with the district. one chashlg of misdemeanor, not crack cocaine. no proof of crack cocaine. and in terms of the park police arresting me illegally, the next day, the young lady who allegedly accused me of stalking said she never flagged the police down, never did anything to indicate stalking. it was just missed. so i want the world to know that i've never been accused of this.

i've been vindicated by it in terms of the investigation. city officials have said publicly there's no law banning that. so i would hope that the media would start looking at the positive things that are going on. and when these things -- like, for instance, cnn, cnn, marion barry arrested again. that's the headline on monday. on thursday, charges dismissed. that's all as opposed to -- >> let's go back to your girlfriend and -- >> wait -- >> you have a discretionary fund as a councilman. >> no, we don't. >> where does the money come from to pay her. >> each of us has a budget. >> mm-hmm. >> you can put personal services contracts on -- hire people part time. she has done a wonderful job. i have a 30-page document that she was highly qualified. bachelor's degree, working on master's degree, doing extensive

research and writing. i would hope people would look at the fact there's no law against this. the city officials have said this, the mayor has said that. >> councilman, there may be no law but people could be upset about hiring your girlfriend at a time when so many people need a job. >> that didn't happen just until last september. but i had to obey the law. the people raising questions about it are detractors of mine, enemies of mine. people who never supported me for anything. my constituency on the stands of the situation, 94% of the vote. last november. it seems i've done something as mayor means i've done a wonderful job. booked this in washington, d.c., giving jobs to young people, to adults taking care of seniors, making american middle class people more comfortable. that's what i've done. >> a lot of your constituents

would agree with that. there's an hbo special coming out about you. it starts with the incident that so many people unfortunately -- >> it does not start there. >> the promo does and i'm going to show it to you right now. let's pause for a moment and watch. >> right to remain silent. >> setting me up like this. setting me up. ain't that a -- >> i live in the third district, see? i work in the third district, dig it. they deserve the right to be here. they're come to come in here. >> this hbo special still shows the worst of times and the best -- >> it does not. >> it does show the best of times for you. >> have you seen it. >> i have not seen it in its entirety. >> all right. it is 78 minutes long. and that scene you just showed is about a minute and a half of it. there's 78 minutes. it's a balanced approach. it took four or five years to get it together.

it centers on my '04 election. so i would hope that you all who make these allegations and things about trouble, etc., and you've been a person -- i watch you most mornings. and not do that. not take the -- take everything out of things -- 78 -- my life has been balanced. if you look at the good that i've done, which has been tremendous, i've helped so many people. i've invested in so many young people. >> mayor -- >> wait a second! >> i want to ask you about that. do you have regrets about -- >> about what? oh about your past? >> about what? oh. >> do you have regrets? do you have any regrets? >> the fbi ought to regret spending $25 million on me and didn't get a conviction. the park police ought to be regretful that they arrested me illegally. >> you don't have any personal responsibility for your actions. >> wait a minute. i did nothing on july 4 that deserved arrest.

my reputation around the country, people talking about stalking. that's a bogus charge. and i take responsibility for my tax situation. because i didn't -- i didn't do it. i didn't file in time. but i'm paying the price of it. i'm on probation. but for anything else that's happened to me, it was the result of other people, enemies, conservative republicans and everybody else doing that. take this july 4 thing. i did nothing. i am a victim of all of this, the park police. >> you are correct. the charges were dismissed. there is nothing else. we have to go. i'm so sorry. i have to interrupt. >> thank you so much, carol. >> we have to go. >> tell the nation, we love you. >> thank you. it's 39 minutes past. naing onon ud r.

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stand in line for them. lisa sylvester is following that for us this morning. outside a senate committee on environment and public works hearing on climate change, the line to get in stretches on. a few people arrive in the wee hour hoping to get a seat, not for themselves but for lobbyists. they are paid line standers and some of them are homeless or formerly homeless like this man, oliver. he says he makes an average of $13 an hour. >> it varies. sometimes one, two a week. sometimes none. it depends on how busy it is that month. >> seating at congressional hearings is first come first serve. for a popular hearing the wait can last hours. lobbyists are willing to pay to try to secure a seat in the hearing room, but critics say that gives big special interest groups an edge over the little guy who can't afford to shell out money for a professional line stander.

senator claire mccaskell is among those opposed to the practice saying, quote, i have no problem with lobbyists being at hearings but they shouldn't be able to buy a seat. the internet environmental group who was shut out of that climate change hearing. >> it's unfortunate that the people who come here to line stand always beat us here. >> for the line standers, it's a job. but it gives them a sense of importance hanging out in the halls of capitol hill. >> i take so many things for granted. i'm very happy. >> but there is an irony -- their interests may not always line up with special interest groups that the lobbyists represent. >> they're likely to be standing in line for people who may well be opposed to universal health care reform which would be a benefit for poor and homeless people. >> senator claire mccaskell says she's introducing legislation to ban line standing for congressional hearings. she said, quote, this is not a

concert, an entertainment venue, in this is a democracy. if we don't make sure every part of it is equally available to every american, we have failed. >> there's the contradiction here. you're paying homeless people to stay in line. they're making money as opposed to panhandling but they could be standing in lineback for things that wouldn't benefit them or lead to not benefit them. >> better than them being on the street panhandling. >> but that's my personal opinion. >> just saying!

>> the u-2 kind of morning. welcome back to the most news in the morning looking live. atlanta going up to a high of 85. keep the umbrella handy. scattered thunderstorms are in the forecast for hot-lanta today. >> the rain is going to fall. head to the weather center in atlanta. reynolds wolf, how bad will it be? >> i got to tell you, there are a lot of people here in the atlanta area. we need the rainfall here. the neighbors to the northwest and parts of say tennessee are getting some thundershowers this morning. memphis and jonesboro too. any travelers issues to the airport, you have to take off in memphis. rough times ahead for you.

the reason you're seeing rough times, simple. you have the frontal boundary spending a time for the eastern great lakes. the daytime heating mixed with the moisture of the gulf of mexico, it will be that combination to make it unsettled. not just for parts of tennessee valley but back to parts of oklahoma. flying in to will rogers airport, kansas city, maybe a few thunder boomers may extend as far south as dallas. in texas, it's the heat. it's going to be massive later on today. 104 in dallas. 97 in houston. look at atlanta, high temperatures back up to the 80s, 90s. some spots, 77. new york, 80 degrees. a look at forecast. a long show coming up. so more updates throughout the rest of the morning. send it back to you, carol. >> what do you mean long show ahead? >> long and interesting. not a bad thing. people are spell bound. >> interesting and fun stuff. you're telling me, reynolds,

atlanta telling me about after six months of rain needs water? >> we always do. this is a dry time of the year. i'll remind you, it was sparse to say the least, it's good to stay a little ahead. don't have a deficit. stay on the line or a bit above, it's a good thing, especially back to august and september. >> it's greedy. what can i tell you? >> what else does he want?

welcome back to the most news in the morning. america's biggest and oldest civil rights organization, the

naacp is celebrating a milestone. >> it is. it's the 100th anniversary. that has some people wondering whether or not it's relevant especially since the nation elected the first african-american president. jason carroll has our story. >> reporter: as the naacp marked its 100th anniversary, its president, benjamin jealous called on a new generation of members to pick up where the predecessors left off. >> stand up and say i am the naacp. >> he knows they are the organization's future and the future role of the naacp being question in this postpresidential obama area to which jealous says -- >> we're not the national advancement of a person of color. we're the advancement of the association of colored people. >> he knows what's been said on the street. >> i don't know how many people are familiar with the naacp. >> i think it's relevant.

it's probably a little less relevant than it was in the '60s. >> jealous read the headlines too? >> what do you do to make the naacp more relevant now and in the future. >> so the focus has to be that it has to make it -- most people of color are hurting these days. >> reporter: how do you get the message of a younger generation who see the accomplishments of so many african-americans may not experience the kind of overracism the naacp fought years ago. bloggers like angela dickens wrote, naacp -- game over? >> the naacp need to go with the people are. so if you talk to people who are from ages 18 to 45, they get a lot of their news on-line. they're on social networking sites multiple times of the day. that's where the naacp needs to be as well. >> the naacp introduced a new way of recording acts of police brutality on a cell phone, their way of engaging a new

generation. >> so is it about delivering a new message, or is it about delivering a message in a different way. or is it a combination of both. >> part of it is about truly recognizing the pain of this generation. in the '60s, we finished the last of the big victories. and things are fair. and you work hard. a friend gets shot. and wait a second, this is not the -- this is not the promiseland, but it's no place for sleeping. >> well, the naacp's president says membership is up, this after years of seeing a decline in members. there were many people out there who we spoke to who say the way they would like to see the naacp improve for to do a better job at addressing issues other than racism such as education and unemployment. >> with unemployment running at 15% for african-americans. >> disproportionately urging -- >> great piece. thanks. >> we want to hear your thoughts on this.

has president obama -- we want to hear it on the naacp too. but on a similar note, we want to know what you think if president obama has met the people's expectations and what is the future of naacp. head to our blog. find it at cnn.com/amfix. what it really means to be back in america. the documentary "black in america 2" begins july 22 and 23 on cnn. 56 minutes past.

57 minute past the hour. welcome back to the most news in the morning. in 2 1/2 hours, judge sonia sotomayor heads back to capitol hill for one last day of questioning from senators. during day three of her hear in senators on both side of the aisle seems to be annoyed because she avoided specifics on issues, including the big one,

abortion. brianna keiler has more. >> abortion opponent john cornyn asked sonia sotomayor whether abortion came up in conversations with president obama during her selection process. >> i was asked no questions by anyone including the president about my views on any specific legal issues. >> reporter: but members of the judiciary committee certainly tried to pin her down on the topic, first republicans, to no avail. >> let's say i'm 38 weeks pregnant and we discover a small spina bifida sack on the sacrum. will it be legal to terminate that life. >> i can't answer your questions because i need to know the laws on this. >> al franken wanted to know her position on this issue. >> do you believe this right to privacy includes the right to

have an abortion? >> the courts have said in many cases that there is a right to privacy that women have with respect to the termination of their pregnancies in certain situations. >> republicans persisted with questions about sotomayor's wise latina comment and she gave her most emphatic response yet. >> my rhetorical device failed. it was a bad choice of words by many. >> but it wasn't all serious. there was a lighter moment when former comedian franken asked her about a subject they both love -- the 1960s legal drama, "perry mason." >> what was one case in perry mason that that burger won? >> i wish i remembered the name of the episode but i don't. >> didn't the white house prepare you for -- for that? >> you're right. but i was spending a lot of time on reviewing cases.

>> brianna. we -- brianna is standing in that big room and she can't hear us and we can't hear her. >> i can hear you, carol. >> you can? she's back. i want to show you what we're expecting today. take a look at these chairs, 20 feet from where sonia sotomayor was sitting yesterday. after today, after a few hours of questioning from senators today where she gets to wrap up that questioning, there will be testimony from people who are testifying against her nomination. this is where frank ricci has been sitting. he's one of the new haven firefighters who claimed discrimination when he took a promotional exam that minority firefighters in new haven, connecticut did not pass. he'll be testifying against her today. although we understand, john and carol, that she won't necessarily have to be present for that testimony. >> well, maybe it will be more

interesting to see then. >> thank you. >> testimony or more questions about "perry mason". >> the one light moment in the whole thing. >> they needed some laughter. oh. >> they needed to lighten up. >> you can watch the last day of judge sotomayor's confirmation hearings. if you're away from your tv, catch it on-line at cnn.com/live. and that brynns us to the top the top of the hour. it's a minute after the hour. thanks for joining us for the most news in morning, i'm john roberts. >> i'm carol costello sitting in for kiran. the stories we're breaking down for you. an eighth suspect under arrest in connection with the shocking murder of a florida couple with 17 kids. new details on how the cops tracked her down. >> was this the turning point, this morning for the first time ever, we're seeping a different angle of video. the pepsi commercial shoot where michael jackson's hair kaupgt fire. we can guarantee after seeing

it, you'll never think of that accident in the same way. ted rowlands looks at whether this set michael jackson on the path to drug dependency and his eventual death. >> would you get sick in the future? do you want to know? there's information on the psychological effects of getting bad news about your health years ahead of time. dr. sanjay gupta has the pros and cons of finding out if you will get sick in the future. >> interesting topic. stick around for that. first, though, the latest on a shocking crime. parents of 17 killed. the police have arrested an eighth suspect, a woman. ed lavandera live in pensacola for us this morning. this is turning out to be a planned crime but not one that was well executed. >> at one point, the sheriff called it for the perfect murder had it not been for the video cameras that were rolling. but what's an interesting part of this investigation is now an eighth person is arrested.

a woman, pamela long wiggins who they say is a friend of the master mind of this -- of these murders. she was arrested yesterday about 40 miles west of pensacola. at a marina. they showed that picture there where authorities found her there yesterday after being interviewed by authorities, she was charged with accessory after the fact of the crime. so, a lot of questions as to how exactly all of these people -- all of these suspects fit together. thursday evening, byrd and melanie billings are at home with nine of their children -- the time, approximately 7:00 p.m. outside, a red van pulls to the end of the driveway, three individuals exit the vehicle and burst through the front door. from the woods, across the lawn and enter through an unlocked utility door. they're inside the house for less than four minutes. within that brief time span, the men confront byrd and melanie. several shots are fired at point

blank range, husband and wife, now dead. >> what were they after? >> i think the safest, easiest, clearest thing to say is the primary motive in this case was robbery. home invasion, robbery. >> reporter: it doesn't seem that simple. authorities say medium-sized safe was taken from the home but won't reveal the contents of the safe, including how much money may have been inside. a federal law enforcement tells us, this is not a drug hit. there's no connection we know of from the mexican mafia. it appears to be money driven. why didn't the killers disable the billings' security system? the suspects planned for weeks, two had military training, others were familiar with the property. how, then, could they let themselves be recorded on tape. the answer, it seems, reveals the group's gaping mistake. >> i believe that they entered that compound -- and this is the theory we're working on to conclude this case, they entered

the compound with the belief that they were not under surveillance. >> sheriff morgan said this crime was planned out to the smallest detail, except they thought the system was off, and it wasn't. >> what happen? the authorities believed the person assigned to the task abandoned the mission. >> we are now looking at anyone who may have had an involvement with the security system, everyone from the company who installed it on back. >> now authorities here in pensacola are suggesting that there are more people of interest that they're interested in speaking with. and we're expected to hear a press conference later on this morning to hear more details about that. >> tell us how far this goes. ed lavandera for us in pensacola. thanks. you heard from sheriff morgan in charge of the investigation. he'll join us live in 30 minutes. stay around for that. for the first time ever, video is surfacing this morning showing the moment michael jackson's hair caught fire while filming the pepsi commercial happened 25 years ago now. some are asking, was it a

turning point for the king of pop? ted rowlands has more for you from los angeles. >> this accident took place in 1984 in los angeles. michael jackson blamed his addiction to pain medication on this accident. when you watched the video, it is very clear that, indeed, this accident was very serious. >> reporter: the video obtained by "us weekly" shows michael jackson's hair on fire. you can see jackson doesn't seem to notice until people surround him. the first one there was jackson's long-time friend mikko brando, son of marlon brando. >> i went up to him, shook his head, threw him on the ground and tried to do the best i could. >> you could see as jackson gets up, his head is significantly burned down to the scalp. >> he initially felt very hot area and couldn't distinguish whether it was the hot lights or something was happening. after a second or two, he felt the intense on set of pain, fell

to the ground, and several people came to put out the fire and apply ice to his head. >> days after the incident, michael unsuccessfully tried to get the foot annual released. his record label released this photo. ♪ the pepsi generation ♪ >> pepsi ended up releasing the ad which featured jackson and his brothers. jackson would claim the accident and subsequent medical treatment led to the addiction to prescription drugs. >> you may already know, after my tour ended, i remained out of the country undergoing treatment for a dependency on pain medication. this medication was initially prescribed to stop the excruciating pain that i was suffering after recent reconstructive surgery on my scalp. >> possible drug use is part of the ongoing investigation to jackson's death. what if any drugs were in his system were in his system after the time of the death is still a question.

the l.a. coroner's office still investigating the death. they could have the result in the next week. john, carol. >> we'll continue to investigate this throughout the show. larry king sat down with a long-time friend of michael jackson, deepak chopra. he told larry he could see how this could lead to addiction. >> certainly makes you understand why he would have required narcotics and painkillers, second and third degree burns can be extremely painful. >> does it make you resend prior criticism of him getting painkillers? >> when you're a celebrity, you're such a powerful person, you're such an important person, you frequently end up getting the worse care because it's difficult for a doctor to refuse you. >> no. >> the patient, whatever they demand, the doctor sub mints to it. what happens is it leads to the addiction.

>> also worth noting that pepsi later settle with michael jackson -- get this, settled for $1.5 million. michael jackson donated that money to the burn unit of the bratman medical center in culver city, california at the burn ward of the hospital later renamed it the michael jackson burn center to honor jackson. but it seems such a low amount of money today for such a sere yoes inju serious injury. >> you see that footage, you never realized how badly burned he was. >> you see that scalp, it was bad. if you never got a chance to visit chicago's sears tower. it's too late. you'll be able to visit. but later on today, it will be renamed the willis tower. willis group holdings secured the naming rights along with space in that building. >> the willis tower? it won't be the same.

for a state over $26 billion in the hole, it's high time that california started regular latering and taxing marijuana. a new report shows that could generate $1.4 billion to help close the budget deficit. that follows a bill introduced in february to allow adults to possess, grow, and sell pot legally. president clinton hit all of the hot spots, iraq, iran, afghanistan, and north korea. she's back. how did she do? asking her husband's defense secretary william cohen coming up next.

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♪ it's a marvelous night for a moon dance with the stars in your eyes ♪ >> it's close. not talking about michael jackson. the original moonwalk, just released never before seen digitally enhanced video. it's the 40th anniversary of the apollo 11 launch. >> how fast time flies. >> hillary clinton back in the

world stage "today" kicking off a trip to thailand. william cohen is the kicking off the event this morning. thank you for joining us. this is widely seen as secretary clinton reasserting herself. it's seen as aides as, quote, muscular. she was staking out her own ground in this administration. how did she do? >> the spech is comprehensive, well delivered and much needed but i would take issue with the fact that she's using this to get back on the stage. i think the initial five, six months of the obama administration it was important that she demonstrate she was part of the team of rivals but that she was part of the team. and i think had she tried to assert herself too soon, it would look as if she's still in competition with president barack obama. it's about right that this is a time for her to really establish

her presence and the power of her personality on the national stage. >> you know what's being said and the foreign policy very much in these first few months of the presidency centered around the white house, centered around the president. the close circle of advisors, rome man yooul, david axelrod. has the secretary of state, for all of the talents she had in this agrurilla been a little bi on the outside? >> hard to say. i don't think so. i don't see it that way. because don't forget, president obama had to demonstrate that he had the international credentials that he was short on foreign policy, that he was, quote, trying to be dismissed by my republican colleagues as being a community organizer. so i think those who are advising the president want to make sure that he's number one, he 's the commander in chief. he's in charge of foreign policy. i see it quite differently. the secretary of state's job was to keep hr head down, show she's a team player and not be caught

up in whether she's trying to establish herself as being the primary force in this administration. >> what's your understanding of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state. people on the inside have suggested to me that he values and listens to her counsel. >> i think that would be the case. it's the wise thing to do. secretary clinton, of course, is one of the most well travelled individuals in the cabinet, during her eight years as first lady and here experience as senator. it would be wise for her to seek his council. others are there. rom emmanuel and others. >> let's drill down on a couple of the issues here. talked tough on iran. singled out the movement post election. she said she's open to this idea of dialogue but under no illusions that it will work. let's listen to that speech and what she said on that issue. >> the choice is clear -- we remain ready to engage with iran

and the time for action is now. the opportunities may not remain open indefinitely. >> we remember back to the election campaign when she called then candidate obama's position on iraq, quote, irresponsible and naive. do you think she was looking for a tougher policy from this administration? >> i think the policy, of course, is established by president obama. but what she is saying is that the president has indicated he's willing to sit and meet with iranian officials but there's a time limit. can't allow the iranians to drag this out. we're willing to talk to you, we're willing to see if there's any ground where we can reach a compromise. but we're not going to wait forever. patience is a virtue, but it's not eternal. and in this particular case, we need to set firm timelines. that's the message. >> secretary cohen, great to talk to you. thanks for stopping by. >> great to be with you. ♪ finally lovers know no shame ♪

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good morning to manchester, new hampshire on this thursday. where it's fair and 63 degrees right now. later on, today's thunderstorms a high of 83. why are we saying good morning to manchester, new hampshire. well, when john uzinski charged a pack of cigarettes, he was ready for the $7 or $8 price tag and he checked the statement and found a 17-digit number. a charge for $23 quadrilion. that's expensive smoking. >> i thought my card had been compromised. i have thought somebody bought europe with my credit card. it's a lot of money in the negative something i could never ever afford to pay back. children, grandchildren, nothing like that. >> for $23 quadrillion you get europe, most of asia and

australia too. to make matters worse, a $15 overdraft fee was tacked on to that $12 quadrillion debt. the bank fixed it. put him back in the black. he wasn't ape loan. the glitch happened on monday to 13,000 visa cards. >> wouldn't somebody catch that. >> that's how you close the budget gap, a big syntax. >> $23 quadrillion. >> isn't it disturbing that the credit card company didn't catch that. it's amazing. >> i can't believe they can get that many zeros on your -- >> on your statement, yeah. >> but it makes things with the problems with the deficit look little. >> i wish we could laugh about money, right? because look, on "minding your business" foreclosures, can't laugh about those. going to continue to go up. no end in sight. june is ugly. 1 in 84 properties in this

country is in some form of foreclosure. it's a plague, nevada, 1 in 16, arizona, 1 in 30. look at that. look around your neighborhood. all of the houses in foreclosure, if you don't know it, you'll know it soon with a padlock on the front door. utah also very high here. this is a record. what's different? you heard me say this every month for a year and a half? this time it's different is unemployment is the problem here. the number one reason people are going to default in their mortgages. not bad loans, not taking too much house than they could afford although that's some of the problem. if you can't pay the mortgage if you don't have a job. the second part is the number of people walking awant. 25% of these new foreclosures are people who have simply said, i'm out of here. and they're walking away. they're asking how they can get in to the foreclosure process. i do a radio show from time to

time and something that viewers, listeners on the radio show been asking about more and more is how do i get my lender to start the foreclosure process on me with the least amount of damage on my financial life. people are so underwater, people are trying to figure out why am i paying my mortgage. >> if i can't buy groceries. >> never going to be worth what it was in 2005, 2006. what's this about? >> romans' numeral? >> 32. this is the painful switch to the foreclosures. 32%. the decline in home prices since the housing peak in 2006. a third wiped out. >> that's the average. >> some places worst, nevada, for example. parts of arizona and florida. some places have held up. parts of the tristate area. 32%. ouch. >> there's a -- >> good time to be a home buyer.

buy a home. >> places you can get in. >> thanks very much. marion barry, the former mayor of washington, d.c. on with us last hour. he's in some controversy again because he hired his girlfriend to work for him and was arrested by the police on the fourth of july weekend for stalking her. marion barry joins us in a few minutes to explain all of that. make sure you stick around for it.

america's first african-american president is giving a major speech to the naacp later on today here in new york city. it marks the group's 100th anniversary. just as he did as a candidate, the african-american community

can likely expect more tough love from president obama. suzanne malveaux is live at the white house. what is the president expected to say today, suzanne. >> well, he's going to talk about education, jobs, the importance of all americans, an opportunity for them. i have to tell you i remember when president bush went before the naacp, the tension in the room after essentially ignoring that organization for five years, it was a strained relationship with president bush despite the fact that they said they shared the goal of racial equality and justice. and speaking with the members of the naacp, they're very excited about president obama. but there's still a question of whether or not they share the same approach. >> reporter: 100 years after the birth of the naacp, the major address by the first african-american president. >> it's always humbling to speak before the naacp. it's a powerful reminder of the debt that we all owe to those

who marched forth and fought for us and stood up on our behalf. >> just last year as a candidate, barack obama was both deferential and defiant before the civil rights group. >> i know there's some who have been saying i've been too tough. talking about responsibility. naacp, i'm here to report, i'm not going to stop talking about it. >> reporter: taking on some of his african-american critics, mr. obama delivered a message of tough love, echoed last weekend in ghana. >> we all know that the future of africa is in the hands of africa. >> the historic election of the united states first african-american president highlights it naacp's role in fighting for equality and opportunity. >> this is a big step we're taking having a black family in the white house. in the 233-year-old color barrier. a lot more work needs to be

done. >> this after former president bush gets the naacp at arm's length, declining the invitations to address them for five years. >> thank you very much, bruce. thanks for the introduction. bruce is a polite guy. i thought what he was going to say is it's about time you showed up. and i'm glad i did. >> now, a new president, a new dynamic. >> i think his big challenge right now is going to be in talking to them about issues that have concerned him in the past like problems with teen pregnancy and black-on-black crime that the naacp has been very eager to deal with. >> talking with members of the naacp, they admit they're trying to redefine the mission of the organization, trying to bring in more young people.

that's something they believe president obama can help them do. john. >> suzanne malveaux with a preview this morning. suzanne, thank you so much. at 8:10 eastern, we'll be talking to the first black man to head the national committee. michael steele will give his take on the message and how the gop can do better with the black community. he addressed the naacp earlier this week. the newest installment of the ground breaking report, "black in america" ii, wednesday and thursday, 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific only on cnn. >> tw hours, the last day of questioning for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. during day three, she side stepped the hot button issues including the big one, abortion. >> flames and a lot of black smoke shooting hundreds of feet in the air after a gasoline tanker truk truck exploded north

of detroit. interstate 75 is closed indefinitely. the truck driver and two others are hospitalized with minor injuries. authorities do not know why the tanker blew up. >> the pentagon is deciding to let troops keep on lighting up. robert gates said he will not ban smoking in war zones even after a study commissioned by the pentagon recommended it. a spokesperson for secretary gates says with two wars going on, it could just add unnecessary stress for some soldi soldiers. turning to a developing story we've been tracking all week long, police in pensacola, florida have arrested a person with brutal murders of a florida couple with 17 kids, many with special needs. robbery isn't the only motive in this baffling case. for more, sheriff morgan joins us live from pensacola, florida. good morning. >> good morning, ma'am. >> the eighth person, pamela

long wiggins. you arrested her on her yacht. how did you find her? how is she connected in this case? >> she has a business and personal relationship with one of our prime suspects, mr. gonzalez jr. a long association. she's a family friend. she also had contact with this gentleman, we know, on the day of the murder. and so she became a person of interest and we wanted to speak to ms. wiggins to verify some information and rumors that had been passed along to us. yesterday, the rumors were confirmed and we effected an arrest and we are in the process of recovering some physical evidence that has a direct bearing and relationship to the crime. >> talk about the physical evidence. just because she knew these guys, knew the ring leader doesn't mean that would lead to an arrest. this evidence, i mean, was it the safe, was it weapons? we've been asked by the state attorney's office to wait on a

specific release, but we have obtained, again, physical evidence that ms. wiggins had lent her cooperation in this case and we'll be announcing that at 10:00 a.m. this morning in conjunction with the state attorney. >> did she lead you to find any physical evidence? >> she's been cooperating in this case. i will say that. >> everybody is like searching for answers in this because it's so confusing. it has to be more than a robbery. that's what many people think. and the dea is now involved. so that's confusing many people. can you enlighten us at all? >> please bear with us. and i apologize for not being able to release more information. but i'm gone to emphasize to everyone who's following this case -- we move now to the prosecutorial phase of this case. if we make any misstep in the gathering of evidence or releasing of information that shouldn't be released at a

specific time, we can jeopardize the successful prosecution of these horrible, horrible murderings. we most certainly want to step through this like waltzing through a mine field. so i'm reluctant at this time to release any specific information without having the state attorney standing next to me. that's truly mr. evans' call and not mine. >> are you looking for more people? >> we are. we are. we have at least two additional persons of interest that we'll be interviewing very shortly. and i want to emphasize at this juncture, they are persons of interest. of the two, we think one possibly could have a tie to the case. but, again, we've got extensive interviews to conduct. both with this individual and those who had associations with them. hopefully we can get this concluded fairly quickly. we believe, again, we believe that this case has had so many odd twists and turns that this may be the last piece of our puzzle. >> that's a lot of people to be involved in a simple robbery. there are rumors, there are all kinds of rumors flying out

there. one of them, the victims in this case were tax definders and may have a large amount of money in their home. can you comment on that? >> i will say the focus of my investigation as sheriff of escambia county has been the murders. not any of the business oldings or ties. that will be for another law enforcement organization. we have jet to receive any complaints or requests to investigation anything like that. again, i want to keep the community focused on the fact that we're dealing with the horrendous murders. that's been the focus of my office's investigation, that and that only. to put this in better perspective for the community at large and the nation following this, we're talking about a case that's so complex that the only one i can recall in my studies from the time in law enforcement would be back in the late 1969, 1970 with the tate-lo bianca

murders that occurred in california. we're up to eight and we could go up to nine or ten. >> sheriff morgan, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. we know how busy you must be. i should explain to our audience -- >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i should explain what a tax defier. people who don't believe in paying income taxes. they keep large amounts of money in their homes in case they're prosecuted. don't know if that has anything to do but it's flying around out there. >> oh new this morning, a perfect space shuttle launch yesterday. there are things you couldn't see. nasa said pieces of foam hit the shut twol or three times but any damage was minor. five-time emmy award nominations will be announced in less than an hour. the highlights this morning, "30 rock," and "the big bang theory" getting bruz on the comedy side while "madman" and "the shield" hoping for best drama.

>> marion barry being investigated for hiring his girlfriend. she also accused him of stalking her. he was arrested on the fourth of july weekend. he just did a fiery interview here. going to play the highlights for you coming up which is pretty much the entire thing. stay with us.

good morning, washington. beautiful shot of the white house this morning where it's mostly cloudy and 74 degrees right now. a little bit of sunshine out there, though. because we can see some shadows on the white house. later on today, 93 degrees, hot one, and scattered thunderstorms. we're seeing that up and down the east coast today. >> you know what that means in washington which means, ock, we're built on a swamp. a steamy day, that's right. a steamy interview. marion barry has been a fixture in politics here. ups, downs, drug, alcohol use, jail term for crack cocaine. marion is a dc city councilman also investigation for hiring his former girlfriend who allegedly accused him of stalking her. outspoken as always. i asked him, why does he keep on

getting to trouble. >> that word trouble shouldn't be used. i have spent over 50 years of my life working, fighting for justice, equality. 16 years as mayor. i transformed washington from a sleepy southern town to a metropolis. and in those instances where you called it trouble, it's when other people who have done that, for instance, the fbi -- >> mayor -- let me interrupt you for a second because a lot of people would term those things as trouble. i mean, there's an investigation going right now ordered by the city council as to why you would hire your girlfriend to work for the city at the time the economy is bad and so many people are unempl unemployed. >> first of all, there's no law prohibiting that. i want to focus on the park police and their role in illegally arresting me on july 4. >> talking specifically about this stalking charge. they arrested you for stalking your girl friend. >> i want the world to know that i have never ever been accused

of this and i've been vindicated by it and tendered the investigation. city officials have said publicly that there's no law abandoning that. so i hope that the media would start looking at the positive things that are going on. >> let's go back to -- >> wait a minute, as opposed to saying -- >> how your girlfriend is paid. you a discretionary fund? >> how is she being paid? where does the money come from to pay her. >> what happens is each of us have a budget. you can put personal services contract on, hire people part-time. she's done a wonderful job, has a 30-page document with him in this case. she was highly qualified. she has a bachelor's degree. working on the masters degree. had done extensive research and writing. what i resent is that people will not look at the fact that there's no law against this. city officials have said that, the mayor has said this. >> but councilman, there may be

no law against it. >> wait a second. >> some people might be a little upset about you hiring your girlfriend at a time when so many need a job? >> that didn't happen until last september up but i had to obey the law. now those people raising questions about it are detractors of mine, enemies of mine, political enemies of mine. people who never supported me for anything. my constituency understands this situation. i have 94% of the vote. last november. i've done 16 years as mayor means i've done a wonderful job up in washington, d.c., giving jobs to young people, to adults taking care of seniors, making african-american middle class people even more comfortable. that's what i've done. >> a lot of your constituents would certainly agree with that. >> that's right. >> there's an hbo special coming out about you. it starts with that incident that so many people unfortunately -- >> it does not start there. >> the promo does.

and i'm going to show it to you right now. let's pause for a moment and watch. >> right to remain silent. >> setting me up like that. setting me up. ain't that a [ bleep ] >> i live in the third district, see, you dig it? i work in the third district. i deserve the right to live here and be here and i they're going to come in here. >> it shows the worst of times for you. >> it does not. >> it does show the best of times for you. >> have you seen it? >> i have not seen it in its entirety. >> it is 78 minutes long. >> mm-hmm. >> that sane you just showed is about a minute and a half of it. 78 minutes, balanced approach. four, five years to get it together. it centers on my '04 election. so i would hope that you all who make these allegations and things about trouble and etc.,

you've been a fair person. i watch you most mornings. and not do that, not take the simplest sigh of things. 78 -- my life has been balanced. you look at the good that i've done, which has been tremendous, i've helped so many people, i've uplifted so many young people. >> i want to ask you about that. >> wait a second. >> do you have regrets about -- >> about what? >> about your past? >> about what? >> do you have regrets? do you have any regrets? >> the fbi ought to regret spending $25 million on me and didn't get a conviction. the park police ought to be regretful that they arrested me illegally. >> you personally don't have any regrets for your actions? >> i did nothing on july 4 that deserves arrest. my reputation all around the country, people talking about stalking. that was a bogus charge. i take responsibility for my tax situation because i didn't do

anything. i tell the americans, i didn't file on time. i'm paying the price for it. i'm on probation. for anything else that happened to me, it was the result of other people, enemies, conservative republicans, and everybody else doing that. >> it was -- i mean, for a lot of people in washington, d.c., that probably was very frustrating to watch because that incident in that hotel room, it made him -- made washington, d.c. and mayor marion barry a joke. that remains a joke to this day. >> what we were talking about in the interview, in politics it's all about the conviction. if there's no conviction, it didn't happen, right? politically speaking. >> there are pictures of that hotel room. that doesn't change the fact of that. he doesn't have any regrets. he was set up. >> he always seems to have a -- what would seem to be a reasonable explanation for so many different things that happened to him over the years, right? well, coming up on 47 minutes after the hour, would

you want to know if you're going to get a serious disease. if you could, what are you going to do about it? new testing out there shows whether or not you would develop various diseases, everything from cancer to alzheimer's. the big question this morning is would you want to know. stay with us, we'll be right back.

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if you could take a test to find out if you'll develop a disease like develop a disease, would you do it and if you got terrible news, what would you do? we're paging dr. gupta, he join us from atlanta this mompk. what is this e test and how reliable is it? >> the medical community has not been really enthusiastic about these tests for the few reason. they're not definitive and there's not really anything you can do about it and three, there's this concern it would cause psychological test on someone. it's that last point that researchers decided to study. i had my own dna tested as well. truth be told, didn't know what to expect. but just was tested for the variety of things. nothing devastating showed up,

but had something showed up, what would have the psychological affect, researchers who say that people who come back negative, they have a benefit. they have some sense of relief. but they also found was that the people who came back positive, within the year, they didn't have a lot of undoing about this. this is important because again, it's been one of those reasons the medical community has said let's got to get too excited. >> one of the things i'm thinking about is my mother, 95 years old, has got advanced disease. would i logically assume i'm going to develop it? what would this test do for me? >> in some ways, you're the

perfect person to be asking this question. you're an adult without symptoms. they're testing a lipo protein. if you have one copy, you have a certain risk. you could be tested, but again, it's not saying if sure you will get it. with regard to the anxiety around it, a lot -- part of that could be you're so far away from the age range, it's just not something you're thinking about it. could it cause anxiety, perhaps. >> thanks so much. 52 minutes after the hour. 

i was going to say is anyone up in los angeles. >> 5:00 in the morning there. >> it is clear there, 62 degrees, and later, sunny and 84. soccer's golden boy is back in the states, ready to resume playing major league soccer. beckham's return is making comments. >> not full time, though probably other people would like to be on it. we took a look at los angeles,

his old, new home. the beckham return tour starts tonight. his name was dragged through the mud by one of the best american soccer players. it's a return to american shores, but this time, with baggage. >> reporter: he's a global icon, living his life in the lights. >> i'm so happy to be back. >> reporter: now, david beckham is back in america, following five months playing for an italian power house. fans of beckham and his team, the los angeles galaxy, home the stay in the states isn't this time, so brief. >> dedicated to the fans. >> reporter: when beckham arrived in america two years ago, the expectations were enormous.

it would elevate soccer's popularity and his own celebrity. >> a lot of the expectations have been met as far as is popularity. >> reporter: but on the field, it has been a struggle and in a new book, claim that in beckham's 2007 and 2008 seasons with the galaxy, he was unprofessional, tight fisted and more concerned with playing in europe. >> the soccer side has been a complete disaster. they haven't made the playoffs in either year. >> reporter: he says the boys have made up. >> we sat down and went through everything that's been said. he apologized and i told him my view of things. >> reporter: and now, beckham

and the leaders of soccer want to focus on the future. >> while we've had lots of interesting opportunity and challenges over the last two and a half years, it's still got a while to go. >> reporter: as they say in soccer, it's a game of two halves. >> if i didn't want to be here, i wouldn't. >> reporter: beckham expected to finish out his five-year contract with the team, but his main priority is playing for england in the world cup next your. he just may be playing in europe, america. any youth leagues, he'll make an appearance there. >> why bother? is it just the money? he doesn't need the money, right? >> no. well, that's for your imagination. he thinks he can be a good ambassador for the game. it does take a lot more than

david beckham to improve soccer. >> every kid in elementary school plays soccer, yet it just hasn't caught on. >> there are demographic changes, more and more, the major league soccer league wants males 20 years old, 30 years old to play, then have children and start off rooting for the game. >> unless they score more, it ain't going to happen. >> scoring is always important. >> okay, we'll leave it at that. good morning. it's thursday, july 16th. >> good morning. the stories we'll be breaking down for you, the investigation into the couple with 17 kids is snowballing. police in florida announcing an

eight arrest. hear the latest from the sheriff who says they're looking for more people. this morning, we're seeing dramatic new video of michael jackson's hair on fire. some say this was the beginning of his drug depend that lead to his death. the naacp is celebrating. the group will hear from president obama tonight, but also hear from michael steele. we'll talk to him about why the gop has such a hard time attracting minority voters. but we begin with the new arrest in the florida murders. seven men are in custody and now, a woman, pamela long wiggins. she may not be the last, either. earlier, carol spoke to sheriff david morgan who said they'll be interviewing two more persons of

interest. >> we move now to the prosecute phase of this case. if we release any information that shouldn't be released, we can jeopardize the successful prosecution of these horrible, horrible murders. >> ed lavandera is live florida. police say this crime seems to have become completely unravelled as they were carrying it out. >> reporter: they let us into that theory, into that person they believe failed to shut down surveillance cameras. that has turned out to a huge piece of evidence in helping authorities. sheriff also telling us this morning that the latest arrest, of pamela long wiggins, has been

yielded physical evidence. whether that is the safe stolen or weapons, he's not saying, but that seems to be another piece of the puzzle coming together for investigators. thursday evening, byrd and melanie billings are at home with nine of their children. it's approximately 7:00 p.m. a red van pulls into the driveway and people burst in the door. they're inside the house for less than four minutes. within that time, the men confront byrd and melanie. several shots are fired. both husband and wife now dead. what are they after? >> i think the primary motive in this case is robbery. >> reporter: but it doesn't seem that simple. authorities say a medium-sized

safe was taken from the home, but won't reveal the contents. as for any connection to narcotics, a federal law enforcement source tell us quote, this was not a drug hit. there's no connection we know of to the mexican mafia. another big question. why didn't the killers disable the billings' security system. they allegedly planned for weeks. how could they let themselves be recorded on tape? the answer reveals the groups mistake. >> i believe the compound, and this is the theory we're working on, they entered the compound with the belief they were not under surveillance. >> reporter: they thought the system was off and it wasn't. authorities believe the person assigned to the task abandoned the mission. >> we are now looking for the

person who may have involved with the security system. >> reporter: as far as is billings family memorial services begin today. there will be a viewing today and funeral services tomorrow. >> ed, thanks for that. turning to capitol hill, in just 90 minutes, sonia sotomayor faces her last day of questioning. today, she'll hear from two new haven firefighters who recently won a decision overturning a case that she decided. cnn is inside the hearing room. brianna, what can judge sotomayor expect today? >> she's going to get tough questions for a few hours at the very beginning of this, but after that, her time on the hot seat is over and then we're going to be hearing from the firefighters and other witnesses testifying for and against sonia

sotomayor. i want to give you a sense you close the firefighters have been sitting to her. really just about 20 feet away from her yesterday. frank ricci and ben vargas. they brought a suit claiming discrimination after the city threw out a firefighter exam after african-american firefighters didn't pass it. they claim discrimination. the case went up the court system and ultimately, sonia sotomayor's appeal judge panel upheld a lower court's ruling against these firefighters. in the end, the supreme court overturned this decision. they say it's an example of sonia sotomayor showing some bias in her decision. we should tell you though, sonia sotomayor, as we understand it, doesn't have the stick around and listen to this testimony again. >> and i bet she won't. and also, she doesn't really have to answer specific

questions about the case even if she did decide to stick around. >> and we've been hearing a lot of these, she obviously has been talking a lot about precedent. she said she was upholding precedent and the supreme court essentially made changes that she would stick by now and adhere to in their decision. >> thanks so much. we'll be watching. i think our coverage starts at 9:30 this morning. judge sotomayor will like lick get more pointed questions from senators today. they have shown frustration in the judge not revealing her personal feelings on a lot of hot button issues. candy crowley joins us from our washington bureau. everything but that one question that senator franken asked her, the one case perry mason lost.

>> it's true. dancing on the head of the pin comes to mind here, when it comes to her position. there's a couple of things we know about the supreme court nominee. she is very smart and very, very cautious. >> reporter: they flinl got around to the questions of its most junior member. >> it becomes code word for judges that you don't agree with. judge, what is your definition of judicial activism. >> it's not a term i use. >> reporter: fine questions, but senator al franken was no better than senior senators in getting answers. >> i can't answer your hypothetical because i can't look at it as an abstract without knowing what state laws exit on this issue or not. and even if i knew that, i

probably couldn't because i'm sure that situation might well advise before the court. >> reporter: on gay marriage. >> rules would not permit me to comment on the mirts of a case that's pending. >> reporter: even on whether the legal system would be better ser served if the supreme court took on more cases. >> i don't like making answers -- >> reporter: the non-answers were frustrating. >> i heard what you said, sir, but i don't know what's intended in that. >> reporter: they knew she wouldn't answer and just about everybody figures she'll be confirmed. >> elections to matter and that's the point.

that the president has earned the right to pick somebody different than i would have picked and the balance of power of the court is not going to change dramatically if she gets on. >> the last time a supreme court nominee actually told this committee how he felt about some of these issues, it was robert bork. since that time, the supreme court nominees have been very, very careful not to reveal their hand. robert bork was not confirmed, so the fact that while this is all about legal position, getting there is very political. >> he said one of the people in the country who's last name has become a verb. you get borked. i think we had a answer to that question. the only case that perry mason lost. it's the deadly verdict. that was 1963. apparently, the outcry from the public was so great they never

ever went there again. >> i'm told that the only reason perry mason lost that case was because his client lied to him. little lesson to all those felons out there. don't lie to your lawyer. >> you can watch the last day of the confirmation hearing. it starts at 9:30 eastern right here on cnn. or you can watch it as cnn.com/live. the chairman of the republican national committee is coming up. he addressed the naacp earlier this week. we'll talk to him about this unique year. >> and the kind of reception he got from the audience at the naacp was sort of like -- >> that's typically reserved for most republicans. stay with us.

shaking it up in new york city today. cloudy and 76. later today, scattered thunderstorms and 85. tonight, in new york city, the nation's oldest civil rights group will hear from the country's first african-american president. earlier this week, they also heard from the first african-american head of the republican party, michael steele. steele is the chairman of the republican national committee and he's in our washington bureau this morning. what does it say about america as a nation that you have the first african-american president addressing the naacp tonight? >> it's a big wow. it's historic. it is important. talking about the general progress of the nation and particularly african-americans over the last 400 years of our history here that we've come to this point. at this point in time in history, two african-american

men sit atop the political world here in the country. i think that's important. but it also speaks to another subplot, the fact that within the community, there's differences of opinion. there's a wide array of views on the number issues. that's reflected in the president and myself in termss of the way we look at health care and the economy. >> when you went to the convention and addressed it, you urged members of the naacp to view the gop as an ally. president bush ignored the convention the first five years of his presidency. the republican party hasn't gotten more than 12% of african-american votes since 1996. john mccain got 4%. just goes on and on and on.

what's the problem here? >> you can't forget the fact that the convention, there's an historic link between the gop and african-americans. republicans helped found the naacp back in 1909. that period you're talking about now is one where i guess the wheels have come off largely because the gop executed certain strategies for political gain that just fell flat and you cannot take for granted nor ignore, particularly in these times, political con stitch winsies. my goal was to let's start working together. >> what do you do to put the wheels back on? >> you say, i understand the history. i understand the frustration and anger. let's talk about health care. let's talk about education. let's talk about those things

that can bring about real change. if you think my problem was walking in the door, president obama has one as well, because there is an anxiety about what direction are you leading us and how will it benefit the black community, particularly when you have unemployment soaring and other issues. the aids infection rate and so forth. there are some dynamics here the president's going to have to deal with and it will be interesting to hear what he has to say. >> let's talk about the president. african-americans had extraordinarily high expectat n expectations in the wake of his election. obama's election, is it the start of a new era in race relations, may of this year, only 44% said yes. is he fails to live up to expectations? >> i think there's a combination of both, but i think there have been two glaring examples where

african-americans have come to pause and both press conferences where the president has been asked, how will your policies benefit the black community specifically. he's talked about it in more generic terms. that's not what black folks want to hear right now. when you look at issues particularly plaguing the community, dropouts in education, cutting of programs, they have the real concern. >> there's one other question i need to ask you. the new chairman of the young republicans, there was some controversy over responses on her facebook page in which she appeared to endorse racist attitude. she has denied that, saying she wasn't responding directly to that comment.

there are other times when she appears to use harsh language. is she really the person you're comfortable with? >> it's not really a question of if i'm comfortable. i did hear and read about her apology and explanation. it goes to the fact that we say and do stupid things sometimes and don't think about the consequences, particularly when we're in the a position of leadership. it's one more example of how the party as a whole and generally, needs to be better suited and listening to the drum beat out there. i don't think it's a reflection, number one, of the party. i think it's maybe a reflect of just you know, a crazy comment or two. i don't take this as while some -- relations with african-americans. i think it means people have to be better prepared on these

issues. >> but if you say and do stupid things, should you be in a position like that? >> there are enough people in washington saying and doing stupid things that -- >> one more doesn't matter? >> your point could apply to a number of members of congress right now who just voted to nationalize our health care system, so i don't think that -- >> chairman steele, it's good to talk to you. thanks so much. we want to know what you think because president obama met the black communities expectations. we're a week away from cnn's examination. the documentary "black in america two" appears july 23rd on cnn. you're attacked by a shark and lose a foot or a leg, yet, you're coming to washington to

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>> very sensible advice. thanks so much. >>. we're going to talk more about michael jackson. this new video has come out. >> i did see that, it was frightening. >> it looks so painful. i don't think any of us realized how badly he was burned. some believe that was the start of his drug addiction. >> pictures of him in the hospital. we'll also get into new allegations of who gave michael jackson what. 27 minutes past the hour.

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our top stories now, right now in afghanistan, the u.s. military asking afghans to help in the search for an american soldier. u.s. forces have been desperately trying to rescue this serviceman since he was seen walking off the base about two weeks ago. the taliban claimed to have captured the soldier. one of america's largest banks, jpmorgan chase announcing this morning it earned $2.7 billion in the second quarter. the performance easily surpassing wall street's expectations. marion berry severed four terms as washington mayor. he's currently a d.c. city council man. his troubles are also legendary. alcohol and drug abuse, prison time, failure to pay taxes. now, he's being investigated of hiring his former girlfriend who accused him of stalking her.

he said on the stalking charge this morning, he was the victim. >> let me say very clearly, i was detained for an hour and a half without being charged. taken to the station and sat there for four hours. and that the u.s. attorney knew that i had denied. my 73 years, i've never been accused of stalking. and all those things you call trouble have turned out to be none starters. >> the stalking charges were dismissed. you've seen it. the stunning video of michael jackson's hair catching on fire during a pepsi commercial 25 years ago. many are wondering if this accident triggered a lifelong

dependsy. joining me now, jim. let's look at the video right off the top here. i mean, i don't think many people realize just how serious this was. >> i was a local reporter in los angeles at the time and we had never seen this view before. his hair is laiterally on fire there. the pyro tech nicks went off too early. this was the sixth take. he wasn't even aware at the time that he was on fire. and people literally patting on the flames. that's mico brandon right there. he suffered second and third degree burns. >> how deep were those burns and how long was he in the hospital? >> he went to the burn unit in

los angeles and had to have several very painful skin grafts and surgeries that continued over months. burns like that are extraordinarily serious and as a result, the pain required that he take very heavy medication. in particular, demerol. that's important, carol, because he became addicted to demerol and he admitted that. i don't think it's an overstatement when you look at that video, in many ways, that was the profound shift in his life and could have been the bing beginning of a downward spiral for him. as a result of those horrible injuries, he became addicted to a powerful drug. >> let's talk about the latest in the investigation. are the l.a. police considering this now a homicide investigation? do we know? >> the lapd has said it's open to looking at this. not sure if it's an accidental

death or homicide. that will be determined in the next few days. when the reports are released, then the lapd will make its final determination. if deemed a homicide, they will turn it over to the attorneys. the california attorney general is looking at this from another perspecti perspective. you have several law enforcement agencies, the coroner's office has dwroet make a determination. there were some reports they already consider this a homicide investigation. the police department yesterday said not yet. >> talking about prescription drug abuse in hollywood, this has been going on for years, for decades. if some doctor involved with michael jackson is charged in this case, might that not set off a chilling effect in all of

hollywood? >> i talked to the director of a treatment facility yesterday. he said that some of his patients have haddo doctors on retainer for $50,000 a month. this is an epidemic, not just among celebrities. this is a problem throughout the country. that's a good thing to come out of this. this head of this facility agreed with me, that if we had talked about prescription drug abuse a few weeks ago, nobody would have paid attention to it. i think that doctors, pharmacists, have to be the gate keepers, frankly. there are many people addicted, but you don't want doctors to be enabling people. >> jim, thank you for joining us this morning. >> see in that video again, it's just shocking. i remember reporting on that.

you're surfing, you're waiting just off the beach in water. a shark comes along, bites off your arm, your leg. wouldn't you want all sharks in the world dead? >> you bet. >> some say don't blame the animal. blame people. they are lobbying congress to protect sharks. we'll talk to two shark attack victims coming up next. stay with us. 

now to an amazing story. a group of shark attack victims now lobbying congress to protect the animals that attacked them. joining me from washington, two of those survivores joining me from washington, two of those survivoreurvivors. thanks for being with us. what are your personal experiences in terms of shark attacks? >> obviously, i was bitten by a shark in hawaii a few years back and just realizing that they play such an important role in our marine ecosystem. people say, you must be so mad at sharks, i've just come to realize they're out there, i have no hatred whatsoever for the animal and feel they play an important part in our environment. >> you are surfing. with what happened? >> it was early in the morning

in october. i was out with some friends and it was pretty quick. i powelled for a wave. the shark came up from under me and grabbed my leg and did the rag doll type thing. it was over quicker than a thought. my leg was gone. they took me to the hospital. i woke up, went through rehabilitation and back in the water. >> debbie, you were in florida. what happened? >> right. i was just waiting and all of a sudden, a shark came up from behind me and grabbed my foot. there was a bit of a struggle and i was able to get away, but it severed a tendon and tore my heel loose. >> i read an article on your experience. it was a long time for you to go back in the water after several operations and rehabilitation.

how did you feel about sharks right after your attack? >> i was not a big fan of sharks, i have to say. it took me a while to get over somewhat of an animosity. i saw it more as a test of my resolve because i felt very strongly about the environment before this happened, so i was able to really see this as a test of my commitment to my feeling for environmental conservation. as a result, i sought out work with the pew environment group which is a big emphasis on marine and a commitment, global shark campaign. >> this week, you and seven others went to congress to ban a bill against finning. tell us what this is. >> it is a very brutal process where they slice the fins right off the shark. oftentimes, the shark will be

dumped back into the water, often alive. they can bring up to $300 per pound and we are losing enormous amounts of sharks for this practice. up to 73 million sharks per year are killed for their fins. it's going to have dire consequences. >> mike, do you think you bring an instant credibility to this issue? >> yeah. i think the irony of the situation makes for wonderful press, but who else do you think could be an advocate for sharks other than someone who's been bitten by a shark. i think it's a great idea and hopefully we can make a difference in congress. >> so the issue is bigger than the two of you, right? >> way bigger. it's absolutely incredible, the amount of sharks being killed. >> thanks for being with us this morning. i think a lot of the people at home are saying wow, if they can

be fans of sharks after what happened to them, maybe we can, too. can you imagine? >> just their shirts were freaking me out. >> i don't know. you have to question, if you ever lost a limb or went through all they did, could you ever change your views. obviously not going to -- could you change your views. >> i don't go into ocean because i have this unnatural fear about that. >> after i saw "jaws" i was afraid to go into the lake. let's talk about something else incredible. paul mccartneccartney. he gave a performance on david letterman. it was incredible. we'll show you more. 43 minutes past the hour.

you're one of the people we've tried to get on as a guest about every week. maybe every other day, we would call. after the first 15 years, we started to get our feelings hurt. now, it's been close to 25, 30 years. now, i just need to know, going forward, any problems we don't know about? >> i don't like the show. >> david letterman though isn't the only one with a good one liner. as you just heard, paul mccartney had some good ones, too. he returned to the ed sullivan theatre. >> but yeah, just the memory of being here is great. it was kind of scary the first time. >> i would think so. how long had the band been together? how old was the band when you

came to this country? >> i think about six months. no, no, no. i'm just being silly. no, no, no. it was very old. it was an old band. we were like, i don't know, eight, nine years old. i don't count them. people know my history much better than i do. >> oh, my goodness. there they are. how was ringo thought of in those days? were you guys nice to ringo? >> sometimes. he was a good boy. >> he was a good boy. letterman also asked about working with michael jackson. >> we made a couple of records together. did a video. we were very good friends. it actually kind of fell apart a little bit later because he was asking my business advice and i

said to him, think about getting into music publishing. he looked at me and said i'm going to get yours. i kind of thought, oh, you. he turned out to be true. >> there you go. careful what you tell people. mccartney was letterman's guest for the whole show and the stage just isn't big enough when a former beatle plays a classic. instead, all of broadway was shut down. like "let it be" all over again. >> now, ladies and gentlemen, performing a classic from the marquis of the ed sullivan theatre, here's paul mccartney.

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welcome back. dr. gupta is about to hit a major milestone. he is less than four months away now from turning 40. to celebrate, he's getting in the best shape of his life and he wants you to join him. some of you are already sending tweets asking for advice. one viewer asked sanjay what's the best food for breakfast. >> can i say something about the whole best shape of your life? i read a study that says if you

keep the same exercise and diet routine right now, you're going to gain weight. o this starts to happen as you get up in years. >> it's more different every year. preaching to the choir here. >> studies have shown if you eat breakfast, you're going to eat less throughout the day. there are the best types of breakfast when it comes to giving advice. i don't eat this every day, but getting oatmeal with skim milk, good protein there, heart healthy fats in nuts, good for people worried about heart disease. lots of vitamins in the orange juice. about 500 calories is a good amount for breakfast. >> as you get older, too, you've got to have a lot of protein in

your diet to maintain muscle mass. deborah says who's the most effective way for a woman to get extra protein without meat, chicken or fish? >> we get a lot of questions and a lot of people don't want to eat the meat. it's not the only source of protein. vegetarians know this. nuts, beans, but also a single cup of cottage cheese, about 28 grams of protein. most women, about 46 grams is what you need per day. >> doc gupta this morning with a lot of tips. you're not getting older, just better looking every day. you're a stud, sanjay, you're a stud.