back? >> it will come back. i think it's -- i'm not going to say we're at the bottom. okay? i think we probably have a little bit more of a correction, but i think we're close. i think most of the damage is done. >> most of the damage is done. we'll leave it there. jeff lewis, we'll watch tuesday nights on brauv pope thanks for being with us. thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. don't go anywhere. latest headlines are next. have a great weekend, everyone. . -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, everybody. from the cnn center, this is saturday, august 22nd. one of the last weekends to enjoy the fun in the sun before the kiddos go back to school. good morning. you know? anyway -- >> after all that -- >> after all that, good morning. >> all right. i'm t.j. holmes. thank you for being with us. it's 10:00 a.m. where we sit in

atlanta, georgia. 7:00 a.m. out in los angeles. let's show you video you may remember. if you didn't see that this week, what does this look like? a hero's welcome. for someone who is a convicted terrorist. yes. that man. the only one convicted of terrorist attack on a plane that crashed in lockerbie, scotland. former prime minister tony blair is getting heat for the man's release from prison. in fact, he talks exclusively to cnn. >> there's something about august going into september where everybody in washington gets all oui-ouied up. >> wee-we'd up. what does that mean? >> scared to know. i don't know what it is. what in the world was the president talking about? please, help us out on this one. >> plus this. this is talker this morning. we've really enjoyed it so far. the most annoying people on facebook. you know who we're talking about. you know the one. tell you about things like, i'm

going to the bathroom now, and i'm hungry. really? do we need to know that? who really cares? well, we're going to list the most annoying people on facebook. see if you have any friends that fall into that category t. i'm actually both of those things right now. but we're going to continue with the show anyway. reynolds wolf, keeping an eye on what we thought was going to be a much more ferocious storm. could have been, i guess. we're not giving up on this thing yet. hurricane bill, still a hurricane but not going to hit mainland but still cause problems for the u.s. >> the way it appears right now, you're right. should stay well to the east of the united states, still affected in a couple way. one thing i want you to keep in mind, you remember back in 2004 the hurricane charley on a path that was supposed to be just going straight up towards tampa bay in florida, but made a sudden right unexpected turn and rip across the state of florida. my point in bringing this up, these storms can be fickle and make sudden moves opinion not out of the realm of possibilities for the storm to go off its forecasted path.

the storm right now, reformation of the eyewall beginning to close up one more time. winds at 100 miles an hour. the storm may be strengthening, moving into an area of warm water and minimal shear. it could get bigger, and a chance to continue it trek 20 the north. the last in we have for from the national hurricane center. affecting the move into saturday, then sunday morning, winds of 105 miles an hour. fluctuation with the power of the storm. not live revving up the car enging and staying on cruise control. going back and forth a little bit. getting into sunday, winds expected to be 85 miles an hour and moving into cool water and shear encountering moving past maritime and back up towards newfoundland making landfall as a tropical storm and 70 mile-an-hour winds monday at 2:00 a.m. one thing to keep in mind for much of the eastern seaboard you're dealing with enhanced surf. waves coming in anywhere from 15 to 20 feet at times spesly the

outer bank the north carolina. for today and also tomorrow as the storm pushing a great deal of water towards the shore. rip currents a huge issue. we'll talk about those later in the hour. speaking of the outer banks for today and tomorrow, we are going to be seeing these kinds of conditions. look at this live image we have from hurricane track and our friend mark supplying live footage. hotel, a little dock and this water coming right up to the edge of, again, those railings. certainly going to be seeing that play out a good part of the weekend along the eastern seaboard. watching bill there. send it back to you. >> watching bill for you. there you go. the president, taking on what he's calling outright distortions of his health care he is starting vacation, however, today, still keeping his eye on the reform. >> still working. elaine quijano joins us from washington. the president is attacking what

he labels as phony claims. explain how he's going about that. >> reporter: yes, betty, that's right. the president is trying to hit back and debunk what the administration says are myths about health care reform. in his weekly address he picks through the criticisms including one that's fueled the passion at the confrontational town hall meetings recently. take a listen. >> the source of a lot of these about government-run health care is confusion over what's called the public option. this is one idea among many that provides more competition and choice especially in many places around the country where just one insurer thoroughly dominates the marketplace. this alternative would have to operate as any other insurer on the basis of the premiums it collects. and let me repeat. it would just be an option. those who prefer their private insurers would be under no obligation to shift to a public plan. >> now, the president also pushed back against the notion of so-called desk panels.

an idea former alaska governor sarah palin mentioned and her facebook page weeks ago. president obama called that offensive to him and the american people. betty? >> all right. so elaine, how are republicans actually responding this morning? what is their argument? >> reporter: republicans in their weekly address said the president wa was not being straight-foreabout his proposals. from georgia, said the president is playing "fast and loose" with the facts. >> we don't know that when the government is setting the rules and it's backed by tax dollars, itly destroy not compete with the private sector. the reality is, whether or not you get to keep your plan or your doctor is very much in question und irthe president's proposal. >> reporter: congressman price, a physician himself, said based on his experience trying to navigate federal health care programs he believes washington is incapable of processing the personal and unique circumstances that patients and

doctors have every day. >> elaine quijano, live this morning. thank you, elaine. as we've been saying, august, make or break month for health care reform. the president seals a deal with the american people. instead, some feel he's lost control of this whole thing. political director and friend of our show here on saturday and sunday morning, paul in washington for us. hello to you, paul, again. all right. what is helping or hurting the president, i guess? and helping him to move control of this debate? does it have to do with some of these town halls? >> yes. he's had a lot of people calling in, because there's been so much coverage in the media of protests at the town halls lawmakers are holding on health care reform. home districts, home states and a lot of shouting you know, against the president's plans on health care. look at this. a question everybody's asking. are these town halls making a difference for the vast majority of americans who weren't going to them? see here. an nbc poll out a couple days ago. six in ten say, no.

this is making no difference, the coverage of the protests on their opinions on health care. about 16% say the town hall protests are making them more favorable towards the president's health care proposals and one in five, 19%, saying protests are making them less favorable, of course, what the president is trying to do. the other thing is this democracy in action or not a good thing? the other number out yesterday from abc news out of "the washington post," another martial poll here. the question is are these protests appropriate or inappropriate? appears americans are divided slightly more in this survey to suggest these protests are appropriate, 45% say they are inappropriate, t.j. >> all right. now we need to see what the president thinks about some of these town halls. we're going to play this and then we're going to you have interpret it for us. all right. let's take a listen to the president. >> there's something about august going into september where everybody in washington gets all wee-weeed up.

>> googled it, researched it. we're pretty hip and we don't -- we're here in atlanta and don't speak washington. so, got poll up in washington for us. paul, what is he talking about? >> you put me on the spot. i have never heard a president use the term wee-wee before. i may have missed one. maybe bill clinton or george bush stuck it in there and i didn't hear about it. everybody's talking about this. the media, here in d.c. the press secretary was asked. it listen to what he had to say. >> what is wee-weeed up? >> reporter: i don't know if i should do that from the podium. >> yeah. he said -- he went on to be a little more serious. what the president means is come late summer, the chattering class, the pundits here in d.c.,

often say things out of proportion as they did in hillary clinton was in the race for the democratic 234078enation, maybe they did last year as well after john mccain and sarah palin, this running mate, raced to the polls, playing too much out of it. that was his serious explains. >> a long definition for the word wee-wee. >> did that help at all? >> yeah. sure. all right. well, nothing to get us all wee-weeed up about this morning. always good to see you. talk to you again soon. if you want to know more about the health care debate and how it could affect you and your family check out the professional health care in america website on cnn.com and also get the latest from town hall debates. i-reports other health care news, cnn.com/healthcare. we want to take you to fging if now because the taliban vowed to disrupt national elections, vowed to do it. word today that it is making good on those threats. a monitoring group says, get this, the taliban sliced off

index fingers of at least two voters and our reporter is in kabul and explain the significance of cutting off a person's index finger. >> reporter: betty, when the afghan people go out to vote here they have to dip their finger in ink so they don't revote. they can't come again. it's a way of preventing some fraud. so they made that threat prior to the election saying that if you do go vote, if we see ink on your index finger we will chop it off. we heard afterwards a taliban spokesperson saying we won't do that, we won't chop index fingers off. they are not a cohesive group anymore. have different subgroup, splinter groups and definitely in kandahar, in a district here, we've heard of two voters, their index fingers were chopped off and even a monitoring group who told us are afraid to tell us

district because they're afraid it will happen to more of those voters and some voters are afraid to come out when that happens because they fear the taliban sometimes more than they even fear their own government. betty? >> just an indication how much people risk when they went to the polls to vote on thursday. any idea, though, when the first preliminary results will be released? >> reporter: we -- we expect results to start trickling in on august 25th. we hear beal get preliminary results september 5th. final results, september 17th. this election day is full of allegation allegations's fraud at the moment and what many fear, if there is a winner, violence might be sparked by the other groups, the supporters of the candidates who lost. the fear at the moment is postelection violence, when i spoke to a government official here in kabul on election day he told me his biggest fear was not election day violence as much as it was when 9 results come in. betty?

>> a lot still to come on this. thank you so much for that. and still ahead, this story got you talking. on facebook. a lot of friends, a lot of family. a lot of people on there. but what annoys you the most? comments are being made, people climb in every now and then. >> friends and family. >> all of us, right? >> but we are looking into that this morning. some of the most annoying face bookers out there. josh levs -- >> calling you out today. >> a face booker. >> public service, right? try to get the world talking. >> or scare people and they won't want to write anything on a facebook page. >> we'll tell you the stuff we like. hopefully. look at this one. this is on cnn.com. a good example. you might get this sometimes. what kind of animal are you? take the quiz. or a picture for you. take a look at this one. just one of the many we'll show you about what not to do on facebook.

so are you saying too much, you know, people who join facebook, making friends and family, but some people feel the need for a bargain. every detail of their daily lives. >> this morning on facebook, what have you tweeted?

seriously? >> talked about your good story and the fact i'm not actually wearing a weave and the bizarre debate over the sex of an international track star. >> pretty good. >> i haven't said i'm hungry, which i am, or i'm sleepy, which i am, and plenty of people know that. >> you just did. >> not on facebook. >> hoping to change all of that annoying stuff out there by naming the most annoying type of face bookers, josh levs is looking into it. who are they? >> we love facebookers. >> we love it. funny when you read the comments, and we read all of the comments that come in. a lot of people that wonder if we actually post, that's us, yes, and we read them. >> oh, yeah. no people i haven't heard of here. we're doing it. what the thing is, a good thing, right? read the annoying, weed out the o'noiing. wrote this story and it took off. four days in the running, put together a list of the most annoying things. these are fun. keep this in mind. what not to do.

the detailer. you don't have to tell everybody what you had for breakfast or what you're doing next. the next one here. really good example. the inviter. the chronic inviters. sign my petition, play mafia wars with me. you know what? let's take a moment, come back to me for a second. take a moment to tell people, do you get these, too, betty and t.j., you're look, i just shot you way water gun full of pickle juice in mafia -- do you know what they're talking about? >> i don't know what that is. i get a lot of those. >> never know what you're talking about. sure it's nice, but we don't know what you're talking about. more from the couch woman, what not to do. got this one. the town crier. fell off a cliff, an actual example of a rumor, people hearing it, a million people facebooked about it and it turned out not to be true. a couple more. these are fun. keep in mind, too much information. going to the bathroom now. love the pictures graphics came up with. two more.

you got the can't speller. some are annoyed by this. that's an actual tweet receiveed by a cnn.com writer. a random one bp look what you're writing. finally this one. annoying to a lot of people. the obscurist. an actual tweet is not now, when? a lot of the time peopler saying i checked my facebook and have no idea what everyone is referring to. talked about this a few hours ago on the show. an example, one wrote, the most annoying things you can hear, kenneth gibson wrote this here, i don't care what application to work with. think about what you care about. as you want to see the rest of it, all right here, cnn.com. take a quiz that tells it you what kind of facebooker you are to make sure you aren't doing the annoying things and we want to hear from you. what we're larrying from you. josh levs, cnn a whole list of it going. whatever annoys you on facebook, let us know. if you have good examples we'll shareand betty and t.j., pop back soon and share those

because we want everyone to have a whole discussion to weed out the bad stuff and focus on the good even more. right? >> the discussion has already begun. a lot people on our facebook pages have said, yeah i love that list. one guy says i have all 12 types of those friends. and in my facebook page, but here's one that i haven't heard you say. this is from andrew michael who says sigh can't believe they didn't include the cupcakers. >> what is that? >> these are facebook users that express affection for each other every hour of the day. >> ah. you mean those things on facebook, it's like, i just sent awe hug or -- >> i suppose. >> i don't know what those are either. we put up stories and stuff. >> we're all learning something new. >> we are all learning something new. i think we'll get all sorts of -- >> we're going to get a lot. >> by all means we'll show you how to get ahold of us. on facebook and twitter. send us your message, the non-annoying variety. >> oh, just go ahead and sent them. that's fine. >> no. send them to betty.

cnn.com/betty. i won't give you mine. >> not true. you can find t.j.'s right up there. we want to hear from you. what annoys you on facebook? some people say, not really you guys, and what do you respond? why don't you respond? >> we get that a lot. >> there's a lot of people to respond to. it's hard. >> speaking of somebody, one here says, where's the hotel? dinner? >> appreciate it. >> what do you want from us? >> all right. going to move on to the next topic. tell me about woman who's pretty much been there and done that. >> oh, yes. helping, though, people without health insurance get the medical attention that they need. (announcer) take your time to find the right time with cialis for daily use... a clinically proven, low-dose tablet for erectile dysfunction you take every day so you can be ready anytime the moment is right.

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surfer may love it, but it's dangerous. about 100 swimmers a year drown from rip currents. massachusetts is under a tropical storm warning other news to tell you about -- president obama trying to clear the air over health care. all the chatter offensive and phony. and muslims begin celebrating the holy month of ramadan today. in cairo, egypt, fruit sellers named their best steaks of the year, names the best as u.s. presidents recognizing him reaching out to muslims during his trip to cairo. time to meet another cnn hero nominee. >> her name is faith coleman, one of the estimated 46 million americans without health insurance, and until she turned a crisis into a career.

>> announcer: this is "cnn heroes." >> hi. >> i'm an unemployed and basically have no income. >> they told me i had breast cancer and i did not have insurance so i came here. >> if they have no insurance and they have no money, what's going to happen to them? in 2003, i discovered that i had kidney cancer. i am under a practitioner, but i have no health insurance. i was able to mortgage my house to pay for the surgery. if it can lap to me, certainly it could happen to anybody. >> i'm faith coleman. i co-found add free clinic for american whose don't have health insurance. >> good morning, everybody. >> we welcome every patient here who is uninsured and who's met our guidelines. >> nice to meet you. >> every other weekend, when i call controlled chaos.

it's busy, go, go, go. having kidney cancer was one of the best things that ever happened to me. one reason, i can truly empathize with patients. >> any questions at all? anything can you think of -- all right. i'll see you back here in two week. awesome. okay. >> we all have the same rights. i'm sorry. the right to health care is just right up there with most of them. you can follow "cnn heroes" any time on facebook and twitter. we were just discussing this. getting a little shocking, actually. find out more and all of our cnn heroes on the website. logon to cnn.com/heroes. stay tuned. we'll announce the top ten cnn heroes of 2009. don't go too far away. we'll have that for you soon enough. well, there's no dna

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ask your doctor today about taking care with vesicare. all right. so every single day for the past 20 years troy davis has said the same thing. they is innocent. >> this week the supreme court took his argument to heart and cleared the way for the condemned killer to have a new day in court. 20 years now, almost to the day, he was arrested for murdering a georgia police officer. gary tuchman explains what's different now. >> reporter: it took a jury only a few hours to decide troy davis was guilty of murdering a police officer in georgia, and a few more hours to send him to death row. a friend was one of the jurors. >> he was definitely guilty.

all of the witnesses were able to i.d. him as the person who actually did 2. >> reporter: the primary reez hen was convicted, the witness testimony. the slain police officer's wife agrees. >> just so adamant about what they saw, when they saw it. >> reporter: but this is how the juror feels now. >> if i knew then what i know now, troy davis would not be on death row. if the -- the verdict would be not guilty >> reporter: she knows now is this -- almost all of the prosecution star witnesses have changed their stories. some saying police pressured them to say troy davis did it. darryl collins is one of the prosecution witnesses who signed a police statement implicating troy davis. >> and ied to them over and over, i didn't see this happen. they put what they wanted to put in they're statement. >> reporter: 20 years ago, this officer was working an off-duty job here providing security at night for this burger king restaurant that is currently out of business. there was a homeless man in this

parking lot being harassed an intimidated, yelled for help. the officer ran over and seconds later the officer was shot and killed. it was tragic, horrifying and chaotic, and two decades later it all still is. the man who admitted to harassing the homeless person went to police the next day and told them he saw troy davis shoot the officer. wanted posters went up all over savannah pap reward wanted to catch the so-called dangerous cop kill per. racial accusations. >> already had a shoot to kill order on him. >> reporter: this man a pastor got in touch with davis volunteered to pick him up and drive him back to surrender saying troy davis insisted he was innocent. the pastor was never told the story to a reporter and was stunned the d.a.'s office never questioned him. >> never interviewed mere. >> never talbed to me.

>> never asked about your journey what he said, if he had a wep's, admitted to the crime, didn't admit to the crime? >> no. not one thing. i will say now looking back that nobody cared. >> reporter: the pastor is one of many who now believe facts be damned, troy davis was going to be arrested-for-murder. the savannah police always said there was no coercion andsticked by their evidence. the u.s. supreme court granted davis' request for a new hearing meaning the georgia court must decide if there is enough new evidence to show he is innocent. gary tuchman, cnn, savannah, georgia. >> all right. where do we go from here? what does this mean for troy davis and the effort to spare his life and clear his name? let's bring in the civil rights attorney law professor and cnn legal analyst.

so good to see you here with us on our show. we don't get to talk to you often. you do other cnn shows. that's okay, as long as you're on our air. we want to make this clear for a lot of people listening, yes, this is good news for troy davis but does not mean he's a free man or even going to be a free man. he's actually still on death row. but what exactly does this mean? he gets a chance now to prove what he's been saying all of these years? >> exactly right, t.j. the big deal here is we have seen something that the u.s. supreme court did that it hasn't done in 50 years. it has given an opportunity for a convicted defendant to introduce evidence of actual innocence, and the amazing thing about this is that it goes to the supreme court with the support of 27 former and present federal prosecutors as well as a former u.s. assistant judge and head of the fbi william sessions who said it's time to get it

back into federal court. let's hear the evidence. >> you said the supreme court did something they haven't dmun 50 years. so why did they do it now? did they succumb to some of the public pressure jer i'm sure they read the newspapers and see this has been a drumbeat of support for troy davis, or did they just take this case on its merit? >> you know, i think they took it on the merits. i have such great faith in our federal court system, but i have to tell you, the dissent in this case, t.j., was very, very popp popperful. justice scalia and justice thomas basically said, this case is a "sure loser," and by sending it back to the federal court, it's a "fool's errand." and people believe he's had his day in court, form over substance, time for the government to take troy davis' life. >> what does they do now? i guess the process now moving forward i goes, how much time does he have? when will he be or his attorneys be before a judge again and this

evidence we're talking about is ostensibly just seven of the nine witnesses coming back and changing their story, is that going to be enough? >> we don't know. the fact is that i've heard a lot of commentators say he's going to be a free man and i think the initial statement is absolutely correct. there's no certainty he's going to be acquitted. the family, many of whom are suffering greatly because they think they it, truth is, this will be a day for justice. let's find out once and for all whether troy davis is the murderer. >> what can we -- avery what can we learn about this case moving forward? this -- you know, maybe -- who know what's will happen when he gets in front of the appeals court who knows, but still, is it worth it to always just be sure? >> well, the value of certainty, i think, is everything. i think what the majority in the supreme court did this week that said when congress pass as law cutting off judicial remedies that may be unconstitutional.

that's noesh issue a federal judge will have to resolve in the troy davis case. >> this can open up a whole new can. >> you bet. you bet. >> avery, my man, always, it's always good to see you. we're going to get you back more often. >> i want to be with you. thank you. >> just realized how much i missed you talking to you. >> feelingen mutual. >> wow. need a minute. really good. >> we're getting there. >> i'm going to say, being reynolds wolf, monitoring hurricane bill. just doesn't seem to want to go away. >> i know. still churning out in the atlantic. seeing a little bit of signs he's weakening and strengthening over the last few days. might strengthen in the next few hour opinions seeing dry air making its way right into the eye. a couple things watch for the storm. moving off towards it's north. a frontal boundary coming in from the west. keeping the storm offshore but still many cracks along parts of the gulf. let you know what to watch out for coming up in a few minutes.

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all right. now in the news, an election monitoring group says the taliban made good on a threat of election day violence in afghanistan. listen to this. at least two people had been

index fingers cut off by the taliban. voters there get an ink spot on index finger showing they voted. a form of retaliation by the taliban. all right, in other news, president obama says opponents are deliberately distorting his plan for health care changes. in this weekly address the president call all the chatter about this senseless and phony. and the world's 1.5 billion muslims marking the holy month of ramadan with a time of prayer, fasting and charity. president obama says it's a new beginning for the u.s. and the muslim world. not a drebt threat to the east coast, hurricane bill, but raised rip currents and high surf. that can be dangerous and deadly. >> speaking of that, 100 people die every year from rip currents. the latest on hurricane bill, still a hurricane. churning up, still gaining strength? or is it weakening?

>> fuch chewating. a chance moving into warmer water it can regain strength. a category 3 storm or higher on the scale, a major hurricane. there is that possibility. but the good news of the storm. the good news it is actually moving right between bermuda and, say, parts of the east coast. in bermuda, we have an eye report i'd like to share now. take that poll and get that going for you. that's going toful you the story of what's happening on that island. amazing stuff. this video coming in from andy penny, which basically shows the wind and rain and just violent conditions there. dealing with this and seeing conditions really deteriorate just over the last couple of hours especially. just amazing the surf that's coming in. waves estimated at 30, 35, some possibly 40 feet as the storm continues its onslaught on parts of bermuda. back to the magic wall, rather the cnn weather wall. on the other side of the wall, the other side of the storm. cape hatteries and the outer

banks. something else, video actually from rodan. haven't seen this, that is actually the house where richard gere did his acting stuff in, whatever. you see the water coming up right to the base of the house. this is the situation you'll see for much of the outer banks. actually adjoining ribbon of sand out in the atlantic. with this storm, i guarantee you, the erosion will be dramatic. far more, though if it made a direct hit. move this off. both sides affected. in bermuda and parts of east coast expected to make its way to the north and eventually move off to the northeast getting into sunday and monday. right now we do have at this time a tropical storm warning that is in effect for parts of nova scotia, expected to make landfall in newfoundland, 2:00 a.m. monday as a tropical storm. one of the reason we're not expecting the storm to make landfall is simple. a frontal boundary extending from parts of new england clear down to the southeast that's going to drive its way to the

east and it does so, it's actually going to act as a buffer keeping the storm offshore. one of the big dangers you'll deal with from maine through the florida keys the possibility of rip currents. and coming up later we'll talk about the dangers of those rip currents and how to stay safe. if you or your family members think you might be caught in one. >> and these are the people who just want to wade in the water. >> absolutely. >> just a little water is enough to take you out. >> oh, yeah. right up to your knees or so. strong enough current, yeah, knock you off your feet, pull you out. you're really at the mercy of the current. basically they say you try to break free from the current by swimming parallel to the shore and then stay calm and then move back towards the beach. >> how about this? just not get in. >> that's what they say. exactly. i mean, when in doubt, don't go out, is the phrase. >> very good advice. >> good question. >> thank you, reynolds. and a convicted killer is welcomed home a hero. >> yes. so why has humanitarian release is testing diplomatic relations.

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all right. a celebration for the lockerbie bomber is sparking ute rage across the globe but especially in britain. >> the itn tells us the government is furious in part that the former prime minister, specifically asked libya to be light. >> reporter: a mass murderer getting getting a hero's welcome. not just how the lobberby relatives see it but how the government sees it, too. rose petdales, cheering crowds,

hugs from the leader's son, a world away from acting with the sensitivity the prime minister requested in a letter sent to moammar gadhafi yesterday. >> all of us saw this on television last night found it pretty distasteful. people should remember this man is convicted of a very, very serious crime. just remember the feeling of the families and friends of all of those who died. >> reporter: relations were supposed to be improving but the prime minister's letter describes as very short and to the point obviously -- in it mr. brown reiterated the scottish decision to release al megrahi. released for good behavior. >> i don't agree with the perception he was given -- certainly advised but we can't control what the government or the people do. all we can control is what the

scottish government and the scottish justice system can do. >> reporter: gadhafi sought for al megrahi's release trying to distance itself from that decision that downing street has now weighed in warning libya that how it handles his release will be looked at by everybody and will influence what countries think. said to the conservative leader wrote to gordon brown criticizing his failure to say what he thought on al ma gray hi's return to libya commenting his own prime minister has not. i believe that public are entitled to know what you think of the decision to release megrahi. one man unlikely to head to libya, the duke of york. his plans to visit tripoli on a trade mission next month are now being reconsider. libya might have its man back, but the uk might have hoped to improve relations and trade but it turned into a diplomatic

mess. for itn news. >> talk about just a diplomatic mess of this story. a cnn exclusive interview former british prime minister tony blair tells us no deal was made at all to release. >> let me just make one thing absolutely clear. the libyans were raising the case megrahi was alone, not just for me, a major national concern for him, but as i used to say to them, i don't have the power to release mr. megrahi and indipd the release that's taken place is a decision by the scottish executor, taken place on compassionate grounds and those grounds didn't even exist a few years back. so yes, of course, it's absolutely right. the libyans were always raising this issue, but we made it clear the only way this could be dealt with was through the proper procedures. >> so the deal announced in 2004 for the $ 900 million oil and

gas deal with the libyans had nothing to do with it? >> how could it. i wasn't in a position to say so and so should be released. that's not the way the british system work, and the release of mr. megrahi as i understand it has been done by the scottish executor, which, not only myself but my success hear no influence over. on compassionate grounds, applying the normal rule ross, the megrahi case. i think it's confusion of two separate things opinion the libyans were always raising, of course, it's a major issue. one point, however. i actually think it is good, though that we have a situation today in which libya has come back in from the cold, into the community of nations. you know when i came to power back in 1997, libya was still affectionately a pariah nation, and not just sanctions applied by it, by the united states of

america, but also pursuing an act of chemical and the nuclear program. so the fact that we have hanged the relationship with them here is a good thing, but this talked about as i've explained, two completely separate questions. >> listen to and let you hear what the son of the libyan leader moammar gadhafi told the french press group on thursday. i'm quoting, "all british interest was linked to the release" of the bomber. so will that be a diplomatic mess? >> you decide. coming up on our 11:00 hour, a helicopter, you've got 0 to see this video, land on the ledge of a rocky canyon. look at this. quite amazing. the answer is very carefully, obviously. we're going to tell you why this is happening, next. ( revving, siren blares )

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welcome back, everybody. today begins ramadan. a holy month in the islam world. in fact, president obama soffering greetings for muslims. >> on behalf of the american people, including muslim communities in all 50 states i want to extend best wishes to muslims in america and around the world. ramadan car i'm. >> that is our muslims greet each other during the holy month, and this is muslims most

important time, right now. >> absolutely. and a key part of ramadan is fasting during daylight hours. our arwa damon has more. >> reporter: hi, betty, t.j. ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar calendar and a time when muslims fast. sunrise to sunset about ab staining from food, drink and other physical needs. it is meant to be a time of purification of the soul, a time for muslims to feel closer to god. a time of sacrifice. it is also meant to be a time of giving. for example, if a person is ill or traveling, or unable to fast, they are encouraged to give money and food to the poor. now, during this time period, there are also a number of very special traditions, meals that are prepared, to make bun's fast. we'll also see families getting together before sunrise to