>> some have to do with electric wheelchairs. some have to do with what we call orthotic kits and some have to do with liquid feeding systems. >> reporter: we for pored throu the indictment. the patient was obese, weighing nearly 400 pounds and did not need a feeding tube. another defendant is accused of obtaining doctors' prescriptions for people who were already dead. >> it's not the patient that is committing the fraud. it's the health care providers who are providing care to people who don't need it, doesn't even help the patient. it just enriches the coffers of the health care provider. >> reporter: making them millions of dollars richer, according to the government. now, what federal investigators sniffed out has landed over two dozen medical professionals in custody. >> and those arrested this week are scheduled to make their first court appearances today. we are pushing forward now with the next hour of "cnn newsroom" with kyra phillips! >> tony, you got your beer?

>> hey, now. >> just a few beers in the backyard. what's the big deal, right? well, the yard, for one thing, it's the white house lawn, folks. we're pushing forward, to a beer summit, with the president, a massachusetts cop, and the famous professor he arrested. what a way to start a life. a preterm baby cut from the womb of her murdered mother is found alive. it's a horrific kidnapping that could have been doubly tragic. and dna could spell an answer and bring closure to a classic 20th century mystery. we're pushing forward on the never-ended search for amelia earhart. a new expedition to answer an enduring question. hello, everyone, i'm kyra phillips live at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you're live in the "cnn you're live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com call it a white house beer summit.

a multiolive bran inch a bottle. just a few hours from now, president obama and harvard professor, henry louis gates and police sergeant james crowley meet up over some cold ones. like three guys in a bar, if the bar were at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. the topic? the national race controversy brewing since the white cop arrested the black scholar and the commander in chief weighed in. our carol costello will have more on the politics of beer in just a moment, and our ed henry joins us live from the white house. ed, let's go ahead and start with you. what do you think? deep conversation or just a few brews? >> reporter: probably just a few brews. in fact, white house spokesman, robert gibbs, is trying to downplay the media expectation, telling reporters a short while ago the president is not going to be announcing any new policy initiati initiatives. not going to have a new agenda tonight, instead he'll try to make it a personal situation. sort of open a dialogue. and, in fact, the setting for this is ripe for that, perhaps. because, number one, white house

aides are revealing today that both sergeant crowley as well as professor gates will be bringing their families, making it a little more personal. and, secondly, it's going to be on the south lawn of the white house at the picnic table next to the swing set that the president purchased for his two daughters a couple of months back. so, again, kind of a very casual setting, sort of a confab. you mentioned maybe a few guys sitting around a bar. not quite that, i guess, when you're at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, but they want to sort of get beyond all of the tension and move forward and make this a conversation instead of any kind of a back-and-forth about what happened on that very tense night, kyra. >> well, and, ed, now you've got this boston police officer with his controversial comments. >> reporter: yeah. >> and you've also got the lawyer for the 911 caller saying, why, wasn't she invited? is it just a boys' club. in many ways, do you take it sort of seriously, or is it turning into a circus act? >> reporter: i think circus is the right word, because what the white house wants more than anything is prevent a circus and they want to try to make it a

casual, but serious, conversation among the key players from that night. the president's friend, professor gates, and the man who arrested him, obviously the charges later dropped. the president feels badly about sort of the way he weighed in, maybe added a little bit to the tension. but is still standing firm, according to robert gibbs, in believing that it was appropriate for him to step in, because race is such an important issue in this country. the president does not regret weighing in, just maybe the way that he did it. and so i think other people are trying to get to the table. the picnic table, i guess, would maybe add to a circus atmosphere. the white house doesn't want that. they just want the key players with the president. >> i understand you've been using your investigative skills and there's another controversy or dilemma about the suds. >> reporter: if there's anything i can investigate, it's probably beer. and what i'm picking up specifically the folks at sam adams are a little bit upset. because the president and his aides have noted that the blue moon is the beer of choice for sergeant crowley. that red stripe is the beer of

choice for professor gates. and the president wants bud light. now, that was very politically correct when he was in missouri for the baseball all-star game, but not so politically correct now, apparently. because it's owned by inbev, the belgium company. not an american company anymore. so the folks at sam adams are saying, look, mr. president, can we get a seat at the picnic table? i think this proves more than anything that even when the president of the united states is trying to forge harmony, bring people together, others will make controversy no matter what, kyra. >> and i'm just thinking what could not have controversy? even water could have controversy because you'd have every bottled water company upset that someone was choosing a different type of bottled water. so, what's the next option? i mean, i'm trying to think. do you play, you know, marbles? >> reporter: funny you say that, because a few moments ago there was a protest at lafayette park a few feet away from where i'm standing, protests saying that the president was even serving beer tonight, because it sends the wrong message to america's

young people. everyone will have the beef about the issue, but when you peel it all back, race in america a very serious issue and conversation so the president is trying to push out all these distractions, if you will, saying let's just get the folks to sit down and talk it out. >> which is what we hope exactly what happens. ed, thanks so much. let's hold up on the politics for just a second and talk pilsner, okay? should we be surprised that president obama decided to bring the brewskis in. let's turn to carol costello for that. i thought you were a vodka girl. i know you throw back a few brews every now and then. >> i must confess i do. i'm almost ashamed to talk about it after what ed henry said. >> shame on us. but what the heck. >> some say it's no accident that the president chose beer to serve at a shindig, because as he has said in the past, he's never turn down a beer. and, secondly, beer has become quite the political tool,

because it levels the playing field, really. >> reporter: it's a strategy that spawned more than a few clever headlines, like this one in the "huffington post." obama names thursday drink a beer day with splun who arrested you day. or this one in "politics daily." beer and loathing at the white house. it's tough to say if mr. obama's beer diplomacy will heal the wounds, but some say at the very least his choice of beverage will level the playing field between president, professor, and police officer. it's a tried-and-true political tactic. >> let's commit ourselves, just everyday american people, joe six-pack. >> reporter: who can forget that, supporters say sarah palin is a master at appealing to the commonsense average joe. and she used a six-pack to do it. during the democratic primary, hillary clinton tried something harder, but mostly stuck with beer. and barack obama played to the beer-drinking crowd, too, enjoying a few brews on the campaign trail.

perhaps the only misstep in the president's latest beer diplomacy strategy is not inviting all parties to his white house shindig. as in the woman who called 911 to report there was someone breaking in to professor gates' house. this is her lawyer -- >> so, the three highly trained guys, who reacted badly, are getting together tomorrow for a beer at the house, and that's a good thing. but the one person whose actions have been exemplary will be at work tomorrow here in cambridge. i don't know, maybe it's a guy thing. she doesn't like beer anyway. >> but as we know, kyra, many women do like beer. >> it's not just a guy thing. we well know. >> it's not just a guy thing. you know, there's a reason people say, you know, hey, you know, let's throw back a cold one. they don't say let's go and throw back a chardonnay. >> it's metro sexual, though, right? that's the right thing to do. we're getting sidetracked. ed was saying gibbs is

downplaying this whole deal. even ed was saying it's not going to be any type of deep conversation. it's just going to be having a few cold ones and hopefully making this all go away. so, you know, why do you think this is so important when it's coming across to be such a lame event? >> well, you know, it might seem silly, but settings are important, and if you want people to feel comfortable, maybe it's better to be outside at a picnic table, near a garden with a beer instead of inside the white house, you know, at a big formal table. i mean, that's just kind of like lends itself to a very stilted conversation. so, you know what, settings are important, and maybe this will work. maybe it will make make people feel more comfortable and make them more able to talk frankly and i'm sure that's what the president wants. >> next thing, live band, open forum, a perfect landscape. carol costello, thanks so much. >> sure. we mentioned the development with the boston police officer and his controversial comments in the gates' case.

tonight on "larry king live" the exclusive with the suspended offic officer, justin barrett at 9:00 p.m. eastern. we want to hear from you on the race relations in america. have you been a victim of racial profiling? if you work in law enforcement, what challenges do you face policing diverse areas? share your personal stories on video, and you could be featured on cnn. and i'll take more than -- well, it will take more than beer to get the republicans and many democrats to swallow the president's health care plans. maybe they should all get together with a few brews. still two groups of lawmakers, one in each house, pushing forward before both houses break for a monthlong recess. in the house, the all-important energy and commerce committee is back at work after conservative democrats suffered a bad case of sticker shock. the so-called blue dogs, won concessions from party leaders that broke the committee logjam, but deferred any floor votes until after the august break. in the senate now, the so-called group of six, on the finance committee, three democrats, three republicans, are inching

forward on the only plan in town that claims to be bipartisan. one of the republicans says that there's no way that they'll be done before the recess. but another says, quote, we're getting close. so, supposedly their plan would cover 95% of americans and not add to the deficit. straight ahead, iranians remember the symbol of their opposition and mark a special day with new clashes in the streets of iran.

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well, in iran, new clashes today as mourners gathered to remember that young girl as we remember as neda. she was the young woman who was shot to death 40 days ago during protests over iran's presidential election. her death became a rallying cry for the opposition. and cnn's reza sayah is at our

international desk keeping track of what's happening now. >> now, kyra, more violence in the streets of tehran, and the iran desk monitoring things. first off, let's show you the newest video in to the iran desk. there were clashes today, again, at a cemetery in southern tehran. there you see what appears to be one of the victims with a bloody head. the scene here, tehran's main cemetery, and this is where it is on the map. that's where about 3,000 people showed up this morning to commemorate the death of neda agha-soltan. we can show some video from the gathering earlier today. neda agha-soltan, along with several others, killed on june 20th, 8 days after the disputed vote in iran. and in shia islam, it's tradition to remember someone 40 days after they were killed. the opposition had asked permission from the government to do this. the government denied permission. but the opposition came out anyway. it got ugly.

there you see security forces charging at times protesters. dispersing them. this was 3:30 p.m. local time in iran. about six hours ago. after they dispersed from the cemetery, according to witnesses and cnn sources, they moved up north. and let's move on to video here at the iran desk. also coming in within the next couple of hours, that shows the streets near the major square. and there you see the clashes continuing in this area. there you see a security officer just beating one of the protesters. and he's not going away. he remains defiant. there is a face-off. there you see others. now, you just heard right whether what appeared to be, what sounded like a gunshot. and pay close attention again. you'll see something go through your scene. you're going to see here what appears to be another gunshot. here it comes. there you see it. now, we're not sure what that was. it certainly sounded like a gunshot.

and then you saw what seemed like gunfire going across the scene. but certainly an indication of the clashes that have been going on throughout the day. based on what we saw today, the opposition movement despite a seven-week, ferocious crackdown by the government coming out showing that they're still out there. they're not going away, kyra. >> and, you know, we continue to follow this story, reza. just last week you were following the hunger strike out in front of the u.n. and so many iranians still coming out in full force here in the united states protesting what's happening in that country. are we seeing any impact at all? >> well, what we're seeing is despite this crackdown, this opposition movement is not going anywhere. afact it appears it's more united and cohesive than ever. today, the opposition leaders themselves, mir hossein mousavi, the opposition candidate, who lost the presidency and mehdi karroubi, they came out in a rare appearance with their

opposition supporters, despite the government telling them this week, do not come out. at the same time you're seeing the hardliners, iran's leadership, the supreme leader, ahmadinejad, in what appears to be disarray. you had ahmadinejad appointing that controversial vice president. the supreme leader, hardliners, conservative lawmakers, blasted him. they demanded him to -- to get rid of the vice president. he appeared to be defying them. so, what you're seeing the hardliners divided and the opposition movement, cohesive, as united as ever. never in the 30-year history of the islamic republic have we seen this leadership this fractured, this divided. not sure where this is going, but certainly significant, historic developments we're seeing. >> all right. we'll keep following it, of course. reza sayah, thanks so much. another gop senator is breaking rank to support sonia

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president obama's campaign to make health insurance available to everybody has plenty of critics, but you already knew that. what you may not know is that one of those critics is his own doctor. former doctor anyway. cnn's jim acosta has his story.

>> yeah, hi. >> reporter: chicago doctor david scheiner has taken a hard look at president obama's prescription for health care reform, and sees bad medicine. >> this isn't that kind of health care program that i think is going to work. >> reporter: what makes dr. scheiner so special? he was barack obama's personal physician for 22 years. he voted for mr. obama. but the doctor thinks the president's plan doesn't go far enough. >> if i had to say the single one thing, which is the worst part of it, is that private insurance companies continue to be a part of the health scheme. everybody keeps saying we don't want the government getting involved in health care. the government is involved in health care and medicare, and it works. >> reporter: scheiner would rather see the nation adopt a single-payer system like the ones in canada and europe. it's something an up-and-coming state senator barack obama

talked about six years ago. >> i happen to be a proponent of single-payer health insurance. but as you know, we may not get there immediately. because first we've got to take back the white house and we've got to take back the senate and the house. >> reporter: but during the campaign, that position evolved. >> if i were designing a system from scratch, then i'd probably set up a single-payer system, but the problem is we're not starting from scratch. this is about the future. >> reporter: now the president favors giving americans the option of joining a government-run plan that would compete with private insurers. >> nobody is talking about some government takeover of health care. i -- i -- i'm tired of hearing that. >> reporter: but dr. scheiner points out, nobody has seen the details of that option, making it a hard sell for the president. >> we don't even know fully what the public option is going to be. if the public option is too good, patients who are sick will flock to it. and i'm not sure it will be able to support itself.

>> reporter: scheiner almost had a chance to confront the president with his concerns. he was invited to a recent televised town hall with mr. obama, but he says he was dropped from the program. >> i just hope we can convince congress and the american public and the president will hear some of my words. we've got to do something better. >> reporter: dr. scheiner will finally get a chance to have his say here in washington. he and other doctors who support a single-payer system are gathering at the capitol to meet with lawmakers and rally with supporters. he may not be the president's doctor anymore, but dr. scheiner says he's trying to save the patient before it's too late. jim acosta, cnn, washington. well, it's not scorcher in parts of the pacific northwest with all-time records falling in seattle and several other places. chad myers, is oregon still one of them? >> you don't expect the word "severe weather" to go with heat. but when you look at numbers like this, yes. oregon, washington. even parts of northern

california, but when you get father into the intermountain west, it's a little bit cooler. medford broke an all-time record. what does that mean? vancouver, the all-time record. the all-time record mean it's never been this hot on any day in any year that we've been keeping records. portland, you didn't get there. your all-time record was 107. you got to 106. i got some i-reports. people saying, hey, you know, outside my house, it says 103. inside my house, it says 107. that is hard to deal with. because most people out here, at least the people that i've always talked to, they don't have air-conditioning. they don't need it. 364 days out of the year, you don't need it. there's tacoma right there at 77. there's portland already, 75. now, let's take you all the way over towards spokane, 78. but a cooler, drier day there than what you're going to see here. back toward yakima, probably already in the 80s. there you go, 87 degrees there. that's what today will feel like over most of the west. over the southeast we're going to have showers. showers and thunderstorms.

zoom in to a couple of these places here around atlanta and memphis, you'll see showers, thunderstorms as well. here's a spot, zoom into atlanta. cloud cover here. that's some good news. the more sunshine you get today, alabama, mississippi, georgia, the more chance you're going to get of severe weather, because it's hotter. a hotter atmosphere makes bigger storms. that's going to be arkansas, texas, oklahoma. probably a lot of western mississippi. we'll keep you advised of any warnings. >> all right. thanks, chad. some cities are trying a new program for the homeless. give them a one-way ticket and wave good-bye. but guess who's foots the bill? ( car door closes ) ooooch! hot seat!

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get this, she's also said to be in good condition. she was found in plymouth, new hampshire. her mother's body found in her worcester, massachusetts, apartment. our boston tv station wcbb brings us up to date. >> reporter: julie corey of worcester was taken into police custody last night in plymouth, new hampshire. investigators were tiched off by friends when they became suspicious when corey told them she had just given birth. they didn't even know she was pregnant. >> some friends became a little concerned about how she could home so early after just giving birth. >> reporter: police believe the child is the daughter of darlene haynes, the worcester mother of three other girls whose body was found monday in the closet of her apartment. as of now julie corey is only being charged with being a fugitive from justice on suspicion of kidnapping an infant. >> she was with another male subject. we don't believe at this point

he had anything to do with it. he was questioned and released. >> mourners have gathered outside darlene haynes' home, turning it into a makeshift memorial. police believe she had been dead for several days before her body was found. the associated press reports the man and woman arrested in the case used to live in the same apartment building, but they had already moved out before haynes moved in. one child found, another missing nearly a week now. 8-year-old robert manuel was last seen friday near his mom's apartment in boise, hide he. tomorrow police are planning the most extensive search yet, hoping 1,000 volunteers or more will turn out. today we're learning more about robert's family, citing court papers, "the idaho statesman" says his mom is on probation for fracturing his infant half brother's skull. "the statesman" also says the boyfriend has a criminal record, including burglary and battery. but police say there's no evidence of foul play. and the family is cooperating. caring for the home left side, it's an expensive problem for cities across the country.

and in this recession, it's even worse. now some cities are trying a new solution. giving the homeless a one-way ticket out of town. cnn's alina cho reports from new york. >> reporter: free plane tickets to places like paris, puerto rico, casablanca, train rides and bus tickets, too. the recipients, the homeless. and taxpayers are footing the bill. >> we used to call it in a negative way, greyhound therapy, but if it's done right, it is a very good program. >> reporter: the national coalition for the homeless says cities across the country are using taxpayer money to get rid of homeless people. sending them to places where they can find a temporary home. mostly with relatives. >> given the cost of providing shelter for a family, this saves the taxpayers of new york an enormous amount of money. >> reporter: new york's city department of homeless services says on average it cost s $218

per person for a one-way ticket. the cost of housing a family of four in a shelter, $36,000 a year. justin little and jena martin owed back rent on their apartment in north carolina. so, with their 5-month-old daughter they came to new york last week for a fresh start. with no money, they went to a shelter. then they got the help they need from family members, so three days later the city paid to send them back on a greyhound bus. >> they paid for our tickets. they gave us food on the bus, because we had no money. they even called to make sure we made it here and everything. so, we're big -- i'm grateful. >> we felt pressured that they wanted to get out of the system and go someplace else. it was right from the jump. >> reporter: linda cortez moved to new york after their florida home went into foreclosure. as soon as the couple was provided shelter, instead of offering a bed, the city wanted to pay for tickets back to

florida. cortez who works as an advocate for homeless rights, it took social workers three months to convince them that it was not an option. >> if they have housing, by all means. but really, in the long run, why were they here in the beginning, if they couldn't live there before, they came here for a reason, to get housing. >> it should be a surgen's mantra, cut once and think twice. a doc out of a trouble, but not out of a job.

free drug samples from your doctor? sounds like a good deal, right? we got your attention. who doesn't love free stuff? but when it comes to treating your child for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, adhd, it might be better to pass on the free medicine. senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, here with a new warning from "consumer reports." so what exactly does it show? it looks like the kind of medicines that get offered as a free sample. you go see your doctor and they hand you a month's worth of samples. when your doctor is giving you free samples, some would say it's a 99.9% chance it's an expensive drugs. there are expensive drugs to

treat adhd and generics that are less expensive. it's free for a month, but after that you'll end up paying for the drugs. so what "consumer reports" is advising people, think twice before you accept that sample. instead you might want to ask, gee, doctor, is there a less expensive drug that we should take? we ran this by the pharmaceutical companies. we want to know what they think about the free samples, since they are the ones who give them. here's what they had to say. free samples have helped improve the quality of life for millions of americans. they say it can help a doctor determine whether a drug works for a particular patient or not. >> but there's also been a lot of controversy about these drugs and whether your kids should be on them or not. >> right. should be on them at all, free or not free. there's a lot of controversy over whether drugs are really the best approach for adhd. so, we talked to some child psychiatrists, and we said, all right, when mom and dad take the child to the doctor and the doctor wants to give them a prescription, what are some questions they should ask before accepting that prescription?

and first of all, here's the question you want to think about yourself as well as asking the doctor, what is your child going to get out from -- of this drug? what are you expecting? are you expecting better grades, a more popular child? you ought to get the expectations in order before you go on the drug. also ask if there are any alternatives to drugs. some kids do just great with counseling and behavior modification and study skills and those kind of things instead of drugs or also in addition. also ask what are the downsides to this drug? that's an important question, because drugs can have side effects, such as more aggressive behavior, decreased appetite, that kind of thing. now, all of these are questions -- these are big questions about whether or not you want to go on adhd drugs or your child, rather. you can see all of the answers at cnnhealth.com. and if you go to cnnhealth.com, you will see the column there. and then if you e-mail me there, that's where you can ask me questions about anything!

it doesn't have to be adhd, if you want to know how to be a smarter, empowered patient, write to me at empoweredpatient@cnn.com. there's the whole other controversy about adhd, if your kid is hyperactive, it means they have a active mind, plug them into something else. like my mom did. i was doing something every day, musical instruments and every sport activity. >> that's because wru a hyper child. >> i'm still hyper. >> some parents say that has worked for them and they've take onthey are approaches and they don't want to give their kids drugs. tell your doctor if you want something other than drugs. >> activity all the way. it eventually goes away. i'm not nearly as bad as i was as a child. >> really? i would have loved to have seen you as a child. the boys of summer benched? why the balky neighbors in brawl with little leaguers? that's your story. we'll also field your tweets as well.

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pushing forward to our next hour, private facebook messages made public. now a high scholar is trying to save face. someone logged on to her facebook account, not a hacker, not a virus, but her teacher. plus, words to live by or die by. you've heard of the ten comma commandmen commandments. you've heard of the magna carta. now how about the taliban code of conduct? all right, everybody makes mistakes, despite all their training, even doctors aren't immune. but one surgeon in upstate new york, well, his record sticks out like a sore thumb. dr. bruce klein has just been reprimanded by the state health conduct for misconduct. it seems he operated on a

patient's right knee instead of her left. a 50/50 shot, but he blew it. here's the capper. he did the same thing to a woman seven years earlier. you might think he might lose his license or something. two strikes and you're out? nope, he's still able to practice. but you'll be happy to know he has to take a chors on surgical time-out protocol. that's right, a refresher on how to stop, look, and double-check before you cut. the crack of the bat, the cheering kids. little league baseball is a charming summer pastime. except maybe if your house is next to home plate. a pennsylvania man is trying to shut his neighborhood little leaguers down. more now from vince sims of our affiliate wpxi. >> reporter: this is hammer field, run by the greenfield baseball association. the field has been here since 1960. >> it's my neighborhood. >> reporter: but a lawsuit filed by barry carpton who lives just on the other side of the fence could pull the association's permit. >> it's not that i'm after the

little kids, but what has happened is this baseball association has grown this -- their league to such a size it doesn't fit this neighborhood anymore. sometimes i can't leave my place. sometimes i can't even get in. the traffic, the congestion is so horrific that it's like running a gauntlet. >> reporter: he shows me milk crates full of baseballs that he says have come flying into his yard. the greenfield baseball association games run about five or six months during the summer. >> i mean, you're talking a community field. the kids are up here. there having a good time. we're keeping them from doing bad things on the street. i mean, we're doing the right thing up here in greenfield, we really are. >> reporter: he played on the league himself 30 years ago, gets emotional at the idea of losing it. >> when he bought the house, the field was here. i mean, i'd -- it's -- i get real emotional when i talk about this because -- it's something you lose. >> it's bad. because i want to know when

kids' baseball became a bad thing. >> reporter: kim's son plays in the league. she's collecting signatures, 400 so far, to save the field. >> i hope that when everybody sees our community involvement and the amount of people that we have going down to this hearing, they'll realize this is a home. >> reporter: so, do you want it closed down? >> well, i'd like to have it closed down, or what i'd like to have, i'd like to have it returned to the neighborhoods. the neighborhood kids cannot play there. >> that's from our vince sims, thanks so much. now, there's a court hearing on all of this august 6th. so, what do you guys think? we put out a call for tweets on the story. here's what michael 70 says. he agrees with the quote from the story. when you move next to a baseball field, what do you exexpect? i'm going to play the bad guy position. pardon the pun. yes, i think he has a right to sue. it's like any other neighbor issue. mom wild, says, it's like wildlife. baseball equals fans. if you want to weigh in, twitter

name is kyracnn, and, of course, got to give a shout out to our team blog, cnn.com/kyra. d.b. cooper and amelia earhart, they are enduring 20th century mysteries. all member of the vanished without a trace club. but now one of them might get kicked out. new chevy equinox. e all with an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon. and up to 600 miles between fill ups. it's the most fuel efficient crossover on the highway. better than honda cr-v, toyota rav4 and even the ford escape hybrid. the all new chevy equinox.

well, at the time that she disappeared, amelia earhart was one of the world's most famous women. in the 1920s and '30s, she was a pioneer for women pilots breaking aviation records and having solo flights. she was an editor for cosmo pol tan magazine. she was john glenn and tiger woods all rolled into one. she was out to make history in 1937, trying to become the first woman to fly around the world. during that flight, her plane mysteriously disappeared.

she and her navigator, fred nunan were never found. one of the 20th centuries great mysteries was born. the key might be found on a tiny island in the pacific. that's where investigators have found art facts that might have belonged to amelia earhart and where they plan to search for her dna. we have rick joining us live from philadelphia. hillary swank is going to play amelia earhart in a movie about her. why is there still so much facination with earhart. >> she disappeared at the height of her career, mysteriously. she was headline news for days after she disappeared. everyone expected a happy ending when people were hearing radio distress calls pr her. they expected the navy or the coast guard to rescue her moment

tearily and then, nothing. it was such a mysterious disappearance. it's a form ma for an enduring mystery. >> now, you even believed and i did for a really long time, that she ran out of fuel and had to ditch her aircraft and that was it. i have been reading more about these distress calls that were made. are you up thoon. can you tell us more about that and why you think there may be something on this island, that she may have been alive for a while? >> the distress calls were heard for nearly a week after she disappeared. at the time, the coast guard and navy believed they were genuine and believed they were coming from an island in this part of the spes sieve if i can or radio bearings that crossed at or near this island. when the search failed to turn up any krtrace of her, the official word was, if the significa signals were genuine, the

airplane had to be on land. if not, the messages must have been bogus. we looked at nearly at 200 calls. some are hoaxes. others are undoubtedly genuine. one of two things have to be true. she was on land calling for help or there was a hoaxer out there in the middle of the specific with the ability to mimic her voice and transfer on her frequency and knew she was not going to arrive at the island. >> let's talk about the island, where it is and we are looking at pictures of the dig that you did back in 2007. you found a piece of a come tact, like a powder compact mere o mirror, a wallet. tell me why you believe these belonged to her? >> this is a location that

matches the description of the place where the bones, partial skeleton, of a cast away and some other art facts were found by a british colonial administrator in 1940, three years after is she disappeared. >> those bones were lost, weren't they? weren't they sent to fiji. >> sent to fiji and misidentified as being the bones of a short, stocky man. the bones were stored at a medical school. we don't know what happened to them. we are trying to find them. >> then, you recover this zipper and pieces of a wallet and also part of the compact mirror. why do you believe that these belong to her and her navigator, fred nunan. >> this is a location on an extremely remote island on a remote part of the remote island, way back in the bush, not the place where you would expect to find the remains of a woman, an american woman's compact of the 1930s an american

zipper made between 1933 and 1936. we have been able to date it precisely. a bottle of a bottom that was made by a glass company in bridgeton, new jersey, in 1933, remnants on the inside of the bottle are lanolin, and oil, hand lotion. these are not the things you would expect to find back in the bush on this island. they are things consistent with the personal effects of somebody like amelia earhart and there is nobody else missing out there. >> so you are going to go back now because there is a living relative connected to amelia earhart that is going to give a dna sample, why not use what you already have snound why found? why do you have to go back to get more? >> we have the reference sample from the earhart family. that is on file.

when we were there in 2007, we were under the impression to get dna, we would need a part of the bed, a bone, a together, something. we didn't find anything like that. but now the ability of scientists to extract dna has advanced so quickly and so well that now we can extract it from objects that a person has touched. we didn't know it in 2007. we touched the objects and contaminated them with our own dna. this time, we will take precautions to preserve whatever dna is there. >> let us know how the expedition goes. keep in touch with us. rick guillespie with the tiger group, the international group for historic aircraft recovery. new violence in the streets of say ran. security forces and protesters clashd as mourners gathered to remember a symbol of iran's

opposition movement. a young woman gunned down. reza sayah is at our international desk keeping track of what's going on. >> busy, busy day here at the desk. 3:30 local time in iran. seven hours ago, they came out to commemorate the death of 26-year-old neta. protesters are heading home. even on their way home -- take a look at -- >> looks like reza's microphone died out. that happens when you are doing live shots all day. you actually lose the battery in there. we trial and get that reconnected. you remember neda, the face of the protests back when there was allegations of corruption and neda was the beautiful young girl that we found out about that was shot to death.

you remember her. it really sparked a lot of anger and massive protest after her death. re reza sayah, we have your mike fixed up. >> new video coming in. these are the protesters that showed up to her grave site heading home in a subway chanting, death to russia, death to china, china and russia, of course, two countries that supported iran's elections. the protest happened this morning, 3:30 p.m. local time in tehran. let's take a look at video from neda's grave site. 40 days ago that she and 40 others were shot and killed. it is tradition to commemorate someone 40 days after they pass away. opposition leaders had asked permission to commemorate this day. they had been rejected in defines. iran's opposition leaders,

including that man right there, with the white turban, showed up. so did about 3,000 opposition supporters. that's where they were met with security forces carrying batons. they charged them, tried to dispurse them, firing their guns in the air, firing tear gas. for the next few hours, the crowds disbursed and they headed up north to parts of downtown tehran. we are going to show you some video of what happen at this location. according to this video, this is the intercession near a major square. there, you see a security officer really beating up on a protester. look at this protester. defiant doesn't go away. there, you hear a gunshot, what would sound like a gunshot. it is a crack. it sounds like a gunshot. we certainly can't verify. now, play close attention. you are going to hear another crack very soon. hear that pop. again, cannot verify if this was

a gunshot but it certainly sounded like it from what our sources are telling us, from what witnesses are saying. crowds are dispursing. a lot of traffic, honking, people with candles. security forces videotaping protestors and coverage from the english language state-run government-funded press tv. that's very unusual. we haven't seen it before. a very interesting chant, independence, freedom, the iranian republic. this is a play off a chant we heard 30 years ago before the revolution. back then, it was the islamic republic. now, you are hearing the iranian republic, kyra. >> we didn't see what happened to that protester. if that was a shot fired, we don't know if it hit him or not, right, reza? >> no. we have from our sources that security forces were firing in the air. we heard what sounded like a gunshot. we don't know what happened.

time is running out for key groups of u.s. lawmakers to clear key hurdles on health care. they are still pushing forward. on the house side, the is standoff is over in the energy and commerce committee, so-called blue dog democrats prevailed against their own party leaders in a battle against cost. four votes are on hold until after the august break. in the senate, the so-called group of six, three democrats and three republicans are inching forward on the only plan in town that claims to be bipartisan and deficit neutral. one says, there is no way we will be done before the recess. as for the recess, a top senate democrat says it will be a working vacation. >> the more the american people know, the better we will do. we are going to get out our message in august as to what we are trying to do with specifics and we will have dramatic change in health care, signed into law by the president by the end of

this year, because the american people are demanding no less. >> health care reform is a key planning, you might say, the key plank in president obama's agenda. the washington turbulence of recent days may be taking a toll. ed, is the health care debate affecting public support for the president? >> reporter: it certainly seems to be. when you look at the latest cnn poll of polls, it has the president's approval rating down from 57% to 54%. back in june, it was around 61%. you see some slippage there. i think on the positive side for the president, he is still much more popular than basically any or politician in america, any of the republican leaders on capitol hill or any of his fellow democratic leaders like nancy pelosi or harry reid, the senate majority leader. you have to put them in perspective that he is still just over six months into his

presidency, is still enjoying high approval ratings. the other point to make is also when you dig down in this poll and some of the other polls that are out there, there is still pretty good popularity for health reform in general and some of the key parts that he is pushing. it just may be a matter of him pulling all this together as we have seen in some of these town hall meetings, to refine the message and sell it a little bit. some of the key parts of health reform are still popular. he has taken a bit of a hit. he is still fairly popular. >> we have kept our focus on the whole health care debate, extremely important to our country. we have been distracted by this so-called beer summit that is going to be hosted at the white house. a lot of people saying they will be getting a buzz but there will not be a lot of buzz about the conversation that is going to be taking place. is it just a few cold ones or will something come out of this? will we see some sort of deep

conversation and new policy on racial profiling? >> the president is hoping to start a dialogue with this meeting today with he, sergeant crowley, as well as professor gates. we just got some new information saying they are scaling back the media coverage of this so-called beer summit. basically, the u.s. reporters, tv reporters, are going to be allowed for about 20 seconds. they are going to be set up about 40 feet away from the rose garden from where these three men's will be having their beers. they don't want any shouted questions at anyone and they want to make sure the video is very short. i have never seen a summit 20 seconds long. this clearly shows that while the president talked about this being an important conversation, clearly, in private it may be but publicly, they want to limit the media access. there has been a bit of a circuit atmosphere at times

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is there no room for privacy. a high school student in pearl, mississippi, is told by her cheerleading coach to hand over the password to the private area of her facebook page. the coach reads and forwards to school officials private messages between the student and the captain of the squad, allegedly, those officials

reprimanded, punished and humiliated the student as a result. i keep saying allegedly because all of this is a subject of a lawsuit and we are not talking small claims. mandy jackson and her parents are suing their school district for $100 million. mandy and her mother, missy, join me live. mandy, tell me how this all came about? did your cheerleading coach approach you and threaten you? tell us how it happened? >> well, forgetting the facebook part. she handed us a pen and a pad and told us to write down our user names and our passwords for our account. >> so she asked you and all the other cheerleaders to do that? >>em. >> and why did she give a reason why she was asking for your passwords? >> there was no reason.

she didn't give any of us a reason but we thought that it was for pictures of us drinking or smoking or anything inappropriate on our page. >> so, let me ask you, why did you give her your password? why didn't you say, this is my private account, i don't have to give it to you? >> well, i was so young at the time and she was an authority figure. so it was kind of hard for me to say, hey, i'm not giving you my password. i didn't really know what to do at the time. immediately, she asked us for it. >> missy, what did you think about this when she came home and told you about this? >> well, once i got beyond reading the e-mail and we got through getting on to her about the content, ways livid. that's my job as a parent. she needs to do her job as a teacher and let me do my job as a parent. i contacted -- i spoke with her. i spoke with the guidance counselor and i spoke with the department of education, is

where it started, within the first couple of days of it happening. >> so, mandi, what was in the e-mails? were you talking about the coach or saying bad things about the coach and she got paranoid and wanted to see what everybody was saying about her? >> oh, no. it had nothing to do with the coach. it was a message between me and another girl, who happened to be a cheerleader. it was laced with profanity and that's just about it. >> so were you talking about her or what was so bad about the e-mail? >> i was just saying, okay, well, it is time for somebody to step up, stop harassing the girls and somebody to step up to her, because she was a senior and i was a freshman at that time. >> so you felt that the coach was harassing you? >> ma'am? >> so you and some of the other cheerleaders thought that the coach was harassing you? that's what the talk was on e-mail? >> no. it was the girl that i sent the e-mail too that was harassing us. >> i see what you are saying. did anything happen to the other girl you were having the

community kags in this e-mail? >> yes, i was the only one singled out. she didn't have any punishment. >> what happened to you at school? how were you humiliated? tell me what happened. >> well, it was really depressing, because i lost a lot of good friends and a lot of people just stopped talking to me, because they were taking her side on mostly everything. so my story didn't get out of what had happened. i got really depressed and it was really pretty brutal about what the kids and everybody else was saying. >> once again, i want to point out, this was a private e-mail, your private e-mail that was exposed to all these individuals there at school. so, missy, how did this affect mandi's daily routine at school, at home? this must have been pretty

tough. >> it was tough. once the e-mails got spread out, she had some people that were going, you go, girl, but that's not what it was about. it was a private conversation between two people. there weren't any threats. it was just simply some vul garity and we handled that at home like we are supposed to as a parent but she has been through so much depression with it. it's not necessarily anything to do with the cheerleading other than the fact that some of the things they used on her. it has affected her whole life, the family's whole life. we have always been real active in the community. we are not doing that anymore. it has affected the classes she can take because of these teachers, their husbands and wives and whoever else is working at the school. >> we do want to point out, we did reach out to everybody here named in the lawsuit. the mississippi cheerleading academy said, no comment. the attorney that's representing all the school district, the defendant said, no comment. we are saving our words for

court. so mandi and misty, we will follow up on the case. obviously, you know, mandi, high school is a tough time. it doesn't make it easier when you have got your teachers and those in authority making things even more difficult for you. i'm sorry you had to go through that. and, we've all sent those e-mails we wish we didn't, right? but they are private e-mails and none of anybody else's business. we appreciate your story. stay strong there. we want to push forward and talk more about mandi's case. how strong is her case? if not, what does that mean for the rest of social network kers. let's check from with joel brodsky, criminal defense attorney. he joins me now from chicago. joel, i'm just looking at the eight counts here in this lawsuit, from right to privacy, free association, free speech, due process, infliction of emotional distress, cruel and ununusual punishment, defamation

of character and civil conspiracy. does mandi have a case? >> she certainly has a case. the part of the case that is the strongest is that certainly the teacher should have asked permission from the parents before they go invade the child's private conversations. she does have a case for what they call intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation, public disclosure of private facts. those are normally court cases. i don't see too strong of a federal civil rights case here. this is more of a state court, typical defamation and infliction of emotional distress. this case may be kicked back to the state court. >> could this impact in any way, shape, or form the way we communicate on line? i am talking about online communications and social media? >> absolutely. if it is allowed, if it is found

that facebook e-mails, things put on social networking sites that distributing to a chosen few, you waive your right to privacy, that, therefore, it can be generally distributed and you have no rightsen over who it is distributed to. >> when you heard about this and learned the details about what happened to mandi and if it is proven true that this happened, the teacher said, give me all your passwords and we are going into your personal accounts and then we are going to completely humiliate you in front of everybody, would you take this case? >> certainly. i don't see that i would be filing the type of civil rights actions but certainly i see a very strong, intentional infliction of remotional distress claim and a public disclosure of private facts claim. i don't think it is worth $100 million. people in wrongful death cases

only get a few million. it is not worth $100 million. which is what they are asking for. there is a claim and it is compensable, absolutely. >> what do you think should happen to the teacher that came forward and said, give me your password and got in there and distributed the e-mails? >> well, you know, obviously, when supervisors of extra-curricular activities like football and cheerleading, they always go that extra step. they usually have rules and regulations for their members. you know, kids that are in those type of activities have to abide by extra regulations but if this teacher and it seems to me this teacher went well beyond the bounds of what he or she should have done, there should be some discipline without question. just because you have a right to minor kids, doesn't mean you have the right to humiliate them. it should have been handled much better than it was. >> have you ever been on a

social networking site or been worried about the privacy of your e-mails or been on the internet, i know you want to weigh in. logon cnn.com/kyra and share your thoughts or send my a tweet. they are sweating it out in the pacific northwest. record highs being set all across the region. it is so hot the sidewalks can't even take it. we are going to seattle. your do. you need to be your own advocate. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. you take care of your kids, now it's time to take care of yourself.

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>> a. >> in the pacific northwest, they are sweating it out and waiting it out for the big cooldown. the whole region has been sizzling for days in a record breaking heat wave. i know you have been monitoring that, chad myers. >> it all happens all at one fell swoop sometimes. you get something that happens in the pacific, no explanation. it is not el nino or la nina. there is a low pressure system out here. it got in the way of the jetstream. as it got in the way, the jetstream went all the way up into canada and comes down into

the u.s. why does that matter? because this area right here has almost a kind of santa ana. i don't want to use that term, because it is not anywhere near santa ana. almost that type of flow that blows offshore. when that happens, the air from the mountains rolls downhill. it gets hot. that's what's happening today. this pattern does change. we get rid of this pattern. we move the flow onshore and the temperatures go down because the wind comes from the ocean. the ocean is 30, 40 degrees colder than the mountain. so that is going to help. in the meantime, we are really under the gun for some serious, serious hot weather. it's been hot across the south. i can't give you any help. oklahoma, dallas, you have been in the 100-degree range as well. temperatures like this in places that don't necessarily build an air conditioner into the house when you buy it. you don't need it. when i lived in buffalo, we didn't have an air conditioner.

one person on the entire block had an air conditioner. we thought those were the rich people. 108 in medford and 108 in vancouver, washington. portland broke a record. the all-time record for seattle was 100. never been over 100 in seattle until yesterday, when it was 103. it is still going up. atlanta, georgia, not nearly as hot. we have seen some rain showers come through. when it rains in atlanta, though, kyra, you know what happens to the airport? >> yes. it jams everything up. nothing moves. there is massive traffic. it is a nightmare. >> expect some airport delays. >> is anything private on the internet. you just heard the case of the high school student, the cheerleading coach and the private e-mails that went public. now, we want to hear from you. e-mail or tweet us with your

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another gop senator is breaking ranks to back sonia sotomayor. tuesday, the senate judiciary panel endorsed the federal judge's nomination to the highest court in the land with oun one republican yes vote. there won't be many more next week but tennessee's lamar alexander will be one of them. he says he differs with her on a lot of issues but on the basis of temperament, character and intellect, she is qualified to serve. driving while texting more dangerous than driving while drunk. he hit a simulated road blackberry in hand. >> i thought i was a good driver

until i was put to the test in utah. for the past ten years, researchers have been studying the effects of driving while using cell phones. bottom line, whether texting or talking handsfree, you are increasing your chances of crashing. pfeiffer new york high school students killed, the driver texting before the accident. this bus driver, caught on tape texting just before his crash. despite all the warnings. >> i see a lot of people texting while they are driving. >> despite the risks, drivers say it is still common. >> texting, i think, is distracting. i try to keep away from that. >> reporter: professor david strar says maybe drivers would try more if they knew what he learned with this driving sim mu lay tore at the university of utah. >> text messaging is a level of impairment that sees what we see with someone who is driving while they are drunk. >> reporter: exceed it? driving while texting more

dangerous than driving while drunk. they found a driver with an alcohol level .08, legally drunk, is four times more likely to crash. while texting, a crash is eight times more likely. >> you should be quite alarmed as you see someone texting as they are driving next to you. >> reporter: this sim mu lay tore may look like an elaborate video game. there is science here. it records brain activity and more. for our purposes, a simple test. 65 is okay in the state of utah. trayer put me in in the simulator. a few insults from cnn colleagues. one of our senior producers, you can't type when you are standing on two feet. who could drive with these kind of insults. >> a study released by virginia tech transportation institute

using real drivers found a trunk driver's risk of accident 23 times higher while text messaging. the risk of using a cell phone handsfree slightly higher. it is still dangerous. >> people look but don't see important information. >> reporter: five states prohibit drivers from talking on hand held cell phones. 14 ban drivers from text messages. some senators have required a federal law. >> texting while driving is more dangerous than driving drunk. >> that proposed legislation also says that states that do not ban texting or e-mailing while driving will risk losing federal highway funds. kyra? >> jason carroll, thanks so much. an 89-year-old white supremacist could face the death penalty for the death of a security officer at the holocaust memorial museum. hate charges have been added to the case against james von

brunn. he was indicted on seven charges yesterday. he is accused of storming the washington museum and killing steven jons. they say his colleague fired back, hitting the suspect in the face. von brunn is still in the hospital. jury deliberations are underway in the trial of former congressman, william jefferson, accused of taking more than $400,000 in bribes. prosecutors say he also solicited millions more in exchange for helping to broker deals in africa. in closing arguments, his attorney says that jefferson's behavior may have been unethical but was not illegal. >> at a time when companies are laying off workers just to survive, we found a couple in north carolina who have managed to increase their revenue and expand their small business, one bounce at a time. here is cnn's reynold wolf with today's money in main street. >> reporter: scott and julie hamilton took their life savings and borrowed money to invest in

their dream. they opened a kid-friendly franchise in share lot, north carolina last year. an entrepreneurial strong fitting. then, the economy took a nose dive. >> we knew we were going to have to get creative and proactive. >> reporter: that meant coming up with a marketing strategy to get customers in the door. they focused on children's birthdays and smaller, less expensive parties and even some weektime activity. >> we have party packages that start at $150 and we have them for all different sizes and that seems to have really helped a lot. >> it's not just weekend business, which is originally what we bought into it for. now, it is something we have parties on weeknights, summer camp during the day. we will have open bounce as well. >> reporter: they are seeing a payoff. the business has increased by 20% with zero lay-offs. a common story in charlotte. according to the chamber of commerce, more than 7,300 jobs have been created by new business so far this year.

mostly, small business. the hamiltons say tv and direct mail ads, online marketing and fund-raising partnerships have all helped. >> we have called every school and every church and every youth group and every scouting group and we are talking to them about our different programs. >> all part of the plan to get people through their doors and keep them coming back. >> it's real easy to get on the inflatables and play with the kids and see them laugh. at the end of the day, it's mom and dad that want to go home feeling like they have gotten a good value for what they have paid for. >> building their business with every bounce. >> that was our reynolds wolf reporting for us. if you need advice on how to cope through this tough economy, watch cnn tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. what do you call 6.2 million people out of work? believe it or not, an improvement. susan lisovicz has that. a look at the best-paying places

to live. believe me, you will never guess number one. i think right now it's a phenomenal time for somebody to buy a home. the first step in the process is to educate them. bank of america is highly committed. we do have a vast array of programs that will enable buyers to purchase a home and feel comfortable. for credit qualified buyers, the government will give you a tax credit up to 10% of the purchase price or $8000, and as long as they live in that home for 3 years or longer, they don't have to pay it back. due to the market guideline changes, fha has had a resurgence in the market place. va is also one of the things that's coming into vogue again. there's more veterans out there that qualify for these programs, and they'll come back and they'll utilize these. everything starts with the first time home buyer and moves up from there. sometimes these are the first people in their family to own a home and it's hugely rewarding. we are doing everything that we can to take the opportunities that are available

and help the people. be there for them, and allay some of their fears and concerns. we're in that process every step of the way. that creates a customer for life and that's what we're looking for. that's what we do here at bank of america.

there are some places you have a better chance for a fat paycheck. what cities are paying the most. >> this is an annual report from the labor department. the highest paying city, number one, san francisco, silicon valley, number two, new york city, wall street, number three, salinas, california. i know, kyra, your a california girl. it is the center of the agriculture industry. it supplies 80% of the nation's

lettuces, artichokes, broccoli, strawberries, in terms of pay, think beyond field workers, professional business associated with big agriculture. when you break it out, it is actually number one in a whole bunch of divisions, including sales, installation, maintenance and repair. kyra, when we were looking at this, how do i no he that name, how do i know that name? of course, it was made famous by one of our greatest authors, john steinbeck, who used salinas as a setting in "mike and men," "east of eden." >> isn't salinas where the young tv reporter worked that married clint eastwood? wasn't that salinas, california? >> i think that was right. >> we are trying to remember. i know it started with an s.

>> it was in california for sure. he was mayor of carmel at one point. >> i think he met a salinas reporter and that's how they fell in love. i am sure i will get lots of e-mails let's move to the bottom of the list whachlt ciwhat cityo we not want to live in? >> brownsville, texas, 77 cents for every dollar nationwide. pay is relative. the median price of a home in brownsville, is in the $100,000 range. compare that to salinas, california, where it is over $500,000. also on the list, corpus christi, texas, springfield, missouri, tallahassee, florida. you referred to it as the top. investors are getting paid nicely, the dow is above 9200. the nasdaq is above 2000 for the first time since the fall. going with the theme you have been covering all day today,

beer stocks are also flying. samuel adams right now up nirl 4%. tap, that is the ticker symbol, for coarse is up 1%. the p themaker of guiness and red stripes is up 2.5%. i'm sorry to say that one of the great ticker symbols, bud, has been retired. it doesn't trade in new york. >> maybe that's why the president picked that beer and didn't want to look bias and affect the numbers. >> by the way, mr. clint eastwood did mary miss rouise in 1985. she was the beautiful young tv reporter in salinas, california. >> i bet she is no longer working. i think she is pretty happy with him and the kids. >> the rules taliban style.

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the pacific northwest, they are sweating it out. the whole region has been sizzling for days in a record-breaking heat wave. patrick ottman got the lucky assignment. great place to be but tough

time, patrick. >> reporter: it's already a hot one today, kyra. if you walk around this neighborhood behind me, you see people with their doors open, their windows open, their garages open. anything to stay a little bit cooler today. there is a run as well on air-conditioning units and fans, things that people typically don't own in seattle because summers here are so mild. probably the worst plays ce to is on a seattle bus. most buses have no a.c. a really nasty commute on a day like today where we are getting temperatures near 100. officials are warning people telling them to drink lots of wate water, go to some of these cooling centers they have set up. they are seeing a lot of cases of sun stroke and heat stroke and lastly, as you can look around this neighborhood a little bit, you see so many dead lawns, so much dead foliage.

there is a tremendous view as well of wildfires. it has been an unusual dry summer. there have already been a couple brush fires. officials expect that problem to get worse as the summer goes on. >> kyra? >> i feel like i need to get you sunscreen, a bottled water and a cap. see if you can get that photographer to get a camera off a stick and show us what you are talking about, these lawns and what are you one-man-banding it right now? >> yes, i am. i am my cameraman, my engineer and right now a reporter. the thing you really like is you can almost hear in the background, the blue angels are in town buzzing around. i think we are with to get buzzed right now. >> get behind the camera. show us the blue angels. >> i am sure they have air-conditioning up there. >> let's go for it. if it doesn't freeze. let's see if we can get patrick, one of our all-platform journalists. you have to love it. >> go ahead, patrick.

>> you can hear them, kyra. i can't see them, because they are so high up. they are constantly buzzing. all day long, it is really cool, as you know. i know you have been with them. >> it's quite a ride. >> it echos out. you just hope that they have air-conditioning up there. i know they do. the rest of us here in seattle, it's a hot day. luckily, it is going to get cooler soon. so we are just praying for cold weather. i never thought i would say that here. if it could get a little bit cooler, that would be just fine. >> i totally agree with you. you are right. it is a great day to be a blue angel. they do have the nice a.c. in those sweet fighters. we will have to hook you up. that will be part two of your story. maybe, flying with the blue angels. >> i am there. i think every day is a great day

to be a blue angel. >> patrick oppmanm, appreciate your report. more straight ahead.

a taliban code of conduct, a printed guide to battle behavior. you thought they read emily post. cnn's stan grant has been pouring through the little booklet. he is live in islamabad,

pakistan. what does this code of conduct say? >> reporter: kyra, it covers everything from taliban, who are not allowed to smoke, to not being allowed to take arms or money from civilians to also rules governing exactly who or when a person, a prisoner, can be executed, under what circumstances a prisoner can or would be allowed to be sold or exchanged. this is basically a code of conduct, something that goes through item by item, setting down the rules for jihad fighting in afghanistan and pakistan. a couple of quotes. we could run through them for you. the first one looks at suicide attacks. this one reads, suicide attacks should be of high value and important targets, because a brave son of islam should not be used for low value and useless targets. now, essentially, that means, not targeting civilians. what they mean is go after high

value targets, coalition troops, pakistan troops on this side of the border, government officialings and so on. it also goes on to talk about the circumstances that prisoners may find themselves in. it is strictly prohibited to exchange prisoners for money. the code says, the killing can only be decided by the imam or his deputy. no one else has the right to do so. the imma'am is omar and the supreme leader. only he can give the execution case for a prisoner to be exchanged or released. it is an attempt to reach out to the civilians to win over hearts and minds. they realize that some of the support of the taliban may be going away. without the support of the people, they will not be able to continue effectively against troops in afghanistan or pakistan. kyra? >> so this is basically a code of conduct to be a good

terrorist. is this really taken seriously by the members of the taliban, because you hear code of conduct and you think, okay, that's about moral behavior, hon oral behavior. really, this seems like a how-to of how to be a good terrorist. >> what they are trying to do is get a disciplined force. a force that is able to operate with structure, a force that is headed by a hierarchy, in this case, moola omar, his deputies and so on. there is a concern that renegade members of the taliban may have been operating in a way that turns the civilian population against them. they are trying to win over the hearts and minds of people. it also comes at an interesting time, because it comes at a time where the head of the

afghanistan elections. there is a lot of comment in here about the government and calvary, calling it a slave government and saying that people must be enticed to move away from that government. it also comes at a time that the u.s. and others are looking to reach out to what they see as the good taliban, the mod ral elements that they believe they can negotiate with. this is an attempt by the hierarchy to say, no, we are in charge. the taliban is one entity and takes its direction from us. >> we asked you to weigh in on the case of the high school cheerleader that is suing over a batch of private e-mails that her coach got into and forwarded to students and administrators. she said she was punished. i think this was an outrage. they shouldn't have been viewed or distributed.

someone else says, i operate on line that with the premise that anything i type could be taken public. from paul, privacy is a right norkts a privilege. that was violated by the coach. >> dr. loud says that if little girls' squabbles can result in a $100 million lawsuit, what does that say about our legal system. this tweeter says, once you place something on a public domain, it is out there. the young lady should not have given the coach her facebook password. a horrible story takes a pretty heart warming turn. folks all over the country reaching out to help that traumtized little girl that we told you about in phoenix, arizona. we have a follow-up.

first, an outcry and then an outpouring from around the country offers help for the liberian girl allegedly gang-raped by four boyce abandoned by her family. we have something from our affiliate. >> this is written, dearest girl, you are loved. >> reporter: it is a letter from the bennett family. >> you are welcome to come live

with us forever without question. >> reporter: he received a letter one of many where viewers flooded police with e-mails about writing the story of the 8-year-old liberian refugee gang-raped then shamed and blamed with her family? >> reporter: it struck deb so much they volunteered to adopt the child. >> we don't even know her and we love her. >> reporter: tell us a little bit about your family. tell us what you do. i know you work with the church and you have two boyce. what else could you tell us about your family? >> my husband is a residential designer. he draws houses for a living. >> reporter: her two boys are nine and five. this, their family picture. >> and we have room. >> reporter: what would you want

to say to the viewers? >> we are not kidding. >> i know this letter may never reach you and i pray it does. you will know you have choices. >> reporter: sergeant hill says he plans to get the letter to the child just to let her know. >> people care in this country very much about what happens. >> i hope she knows. that's all. i just hope she knows. >> it is so incredible to see how people have responded to this story. just to reiterate, the little girl is not up for adoption. right now, she is in foster care while police and child services continue to investigate the case. we will stay totally close to this story and let you know what has happened. we will be back here tomorrow. i am kyra phillips, thanks for joining us. rick sanchez takes it from here.