right on. as you were reading that, i was thinking the same thing we're losing our men and women overseas in iraq and afghanistan, every day. these are tremendous leaders in our country, but, boy, we've got real leaders overseas dying for the country as well. >> the next two hours are yours, lady. we're pushing forward with the next hour of "cnn newsroom" with this lady kyra phillips. we're talking about a legacy of pushing forward -- >> the work begins anew. the hope rises again! and the dream lives on. >> by looking to the future, ted kennedy changed american history, but the cause of his life has outlived him, and the future of health care reform is just as uncertain as ever. 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

well, we knew this day was coming. so did president obama and we awaited it with dread. the death of edward kennedy ends not only a momentous career in politics, but a chapter in u.s. history that no novelist could ever have imagined. true to our mission, we push forward on the next chapter, the next generation of the first family of democratic politics and the fate of what might have been kennedy's crowning achievement, health care for all. the 47-year-old senate veteran died late last night at the family compound in hyannis port, 15 months after learning he had a malignant brain tumor. his family cause him the husband, father, grandfather, and uncle we love so deeply. the joyous light in our lives. we haven't yet heard about services, but we know that he'll be buried at arlington national cemetery, just like his brothers jack and bobby. >> president obama interrupted his week on martha's vineyard to salute kennedy's ideas, his

ideals and if you saw it, you heard the heartbreak in president joe biden. >> one of the most partisan liberal men in the last century, serving in the senate. so many of his -- so many of his foes embrace him. because they know he made them bigger. he made them more graceful by the way in which he conducted himself. >> only two senators in u.s. history served longer than edward moore kennedy, who took over the massachusetts seat that his brother left when he was elected president. replacing teddy as his family friends and colleagues know him, will take a special election about five months from now. health care reform, it was the late senator's cause to the end.

and it's now up to his colleagues in congress to push it forward. here's a look at some of the health care town halls going on today as this make-or-break month winds down. pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia, oklahoma, utah, california, and florida. the one in apalachicola gets under way this hour, and democratic congressman, allen boyd, is the host. he'd planned to have about 14 meetings this month in his panhandle district. we'll monitor the one today. well, politicians work on health policy, doctors and nurses in the trenches fight a virus that seems to get more ominous every day, h1n1, swine flu, by the hour, by the minute. we're hearing of more cases. and as the school year begins, prevention takes on a renewed urgency. at one university they're treating sick students as if they do have swine flu, erring on the side of caution. our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, is here, and she's actually starting to hear about suspected new cases daily. so, really, we're talking about the spread, bottom line, not necessarily the number of cases,

but how it's spreading. >> right. and not surprising when students gather together at college campuses, once again, you'll see more spread of this disease. anytime you get lots of people in one place, that's what's going to happen. so, let's just -- i'm going to throw out a couple of the numbers we've been hearing today. at the university of kansas, cases of 180 students with flu-like symptoms. right there, you see their isolation room where they're putting some rooms who are sick. at the university of georgia, 58 folks confirmed with influenza type "a," they don't know if it's h1n1. and at georgia tech, they see -- here in atlanta, they're seeing about 100 cases of suspected flu. now, in most of these cases, they have not confirmed that it's h1n1. but as kyra said, many times they treat it as if it were. >> so, what do you do if your child's going off to college? let's start there. because that's happening actually last week and this week as we see. >> right. the first thing you want to do is not panic. because in the vast majority of

cases when people get swine flu, they're okay. they have the flu for a couple of days. you know, i think many of us have been through that, it's not pleasant, but they're not going to become severely or disastrously ill, so that's the first rule. but you should talk to your child and say, you know, there's a chance, and not a small chance, but there is a chance that you could get sick and that you might be isolated in your dorm room, your room, and they will have to leave. people should be prepared for that. fur child has any underlying health conditions such, for example, like asthma, then you really want to talk to your doctor now, about what to do. because when someone who's already chronically ill gets swine flu, it's a different ball game. they're more vulnerable to complications. >> the next question, the state of the vaccine. where does that stand? >> right now, the national institutes of health say that they expect to have some vaccine ready by the middle of october. it may not be enough for everyone who wants it, but it will at least be a start with about 50 million doses. the swine flu vaccine is actually two injections. you get one. three weeks later you get another one, and then it takes about two weeks after that for

it to kick in. more doses will be available as the fall continues. >> okay. and this might be a stupid question, but then -- >> go ahead. >> right, because seriously, there's a lot of folks who are sick on the team right now, and we're sort of joking saying, oh, you have swine flu, but really how do you know a regular cold or flu from the swine flu? >> well, you know what, if you have flu-like symptoms, a fever and body aches and the cough and all that, you really have no way of knowing whether you have swine flu or if you have regular flu. really, it is very difficult to tell. and in some ways it may not be that important exactly what kind of flu you have. the most important thing to do is to talk to your doctor, to see what you ought to be doing, and do you know what, i will be honest, there might be a good chance your doctor say we're not going to test you. we don't care if it's swine flu or not, you have the flu and you need to take care of it. some people may never know if they have swine flu or not. >> we'll keep talking about it, i'm sure, elizabeth, thank you

so much. for as long as we can be, the kennedys have been the royal family. teddy kennedy became the patriarch at a very young age. but there's no heir apparent. joining me is cnn's christiane amanpour, who definitely knows the kennedys well. maybe we can talk about it in a second, but what really caught my attention this morning, we talked about who can we bring in to talk about pushing forward with the kennedy legacy. he did so much overseas, he had quite a global impact, and you have travel probably to every country that he did make an impact. what stands out to you? >> well, he did. although he was a lion in the u.s. senate and was so instrumental so much for the reforms to the people of this country, he also did have a huge impact overseas and tributes are pouring in from all over the world. remember back in 1985 he introduced a bill for sanctions against then apart tied south africa and that sort of launched the real tidal wave of momentum

that then brought down aybparthd several years later. long tributes from south africa coming in at the moment. an area close to america's heart, that is ireland, his heritage, he was very instrumental in bringing the two tieds together in the northern alliance peace process. he'd been involved in it since the '70s, but back in 1994 he urged president clinton to allow a visa to be granted to jerry adams who was president of the sinn fein, the political arm of the i.r.a. and that in turn led to the many years of negotiations that finally led to the devolved government to shared government in northern ireland, and he was there at every step of the way. never apologizing for i.a.r. violence, but always standing up for the national of the national cause in northern ireland, and it wasn't just northern ireland that praised him, it was britain as well, which has praised him for his part to the peace there. he was instrumental in many of the negotiations, or at least

some of the key ones, with the soviet union. me met then soviet chairman brezhnev, he met with the successor several years later, mikhail gorbachevgorbachev, and promised they would not station nuclear missiles or anything in northern europe, so his reach overseas was quite long and quite powerful. but beyond that, president kennedy, way back in the '60s, the kennedy name is all over the world. it's represented everything good about america in the '60s and beyond, even in iran, where i grew up, there was a kennedy boulevard, and all over africa and parts of the rest of the world, the kennedy name and legacy stood for all the promise of the united states, reform, democracy, and the kind of things that people around the world look to the u.s. for. >> christiane, you talk about reform and democracy and peace accords that he's been involved with. i remember 20 years ago covering

a press conference on the hill, and it was the young, stroping ted kennedy and the young, strapping john kerry, and they were talking about human rights in el salvador, and you talk about just the legacy of the family, his brother creating the peace corps, that definitely folded into this family and what they did for human rights around the world. >> that's exactly right. for instance, in chile during the period of fascism in chile, he was instrumental, again, in trying to distance the u.s. from that. so, yes, on many of those sort of standout issues that convulsed the world and the united states, for instance, vietnam, for instance, the second gulf war, the iraq war in 2002. he was one of the early holdouts against that, the opponents of that war. so, there's -- there's -- there's a lot of influence that not just the family, the president kennedy had, but also

ted kennedy had as well. and obviously, from all over the world today, huge tributes are coming -- coming in, as they would. he's had a legendary career. it has not been unmarked by controversy, going all the way back to chappaquiddick, people around the world are mindful of that. and, yet, for many people, they saw what he did after chappaquiddick as perhaps his way of trying to make up for that, atone for that, and be a real positive influence on -- global affairs, not just u.s. affairs. >> stay with me, for a second, christiane. i understand on the phone right now, we talk about global influence, lawrence lemur is in any pal, nepal, his books include "the kennedy men," the kennedy women" and "camelot." you served time in the peace corps. so, when we start thinking about

just the involvement that kennedy had worldwide, what would stand out to you? is it -- is it his fight for human rights, as you're there in nepal thinking about the history here and the family and the peace corps, or would it be something else? >> well, listening to christiane, i was just eavesdropping on this while i was waiting and i was thinking, what area of world affairs did he not touch? whether it's ireland, whether it's iraq. he just was everywhere. and that's why he will go down in history in all probability as the greatest senator in the last 100 years and it's entirely possible that when we look at the history of the kennedys that he will be -- he will be considered for having done more and encompassed more and changed more than either his older brothers, as unlikely as it would have seemed 30 years ago. >> so, who are you paying attention now, the next big kennedy? who picks up the torch from here, laurence? >> well, i think the torch has

burned itself down. i'm not sure there is a next kennedy to take over. and i hope that isn't the way as this is seen, that this is seen as a kind of kennedy sink. because i think what was one of the problems with the kennedys, what was one called the young generation, the young generation is now middle-aged and has a sense of entitlement and there's no longer inevitability of kennedys winning election politics. katherine kennedy lost when she was way ahead. mark shriver lost in the primary when he was running for congress. heim not sure. the kennedys have done many good things. the shriveers and the young men are doing useful things. they are doing good things in the world, but that doesn't mean they'll be the senator from massachusetts. >> christiane amanpour, you want to button it up, the next thing for the kennedys? >> i'm not sure, the second

generation, that have gone into politics and public service, some with great success, others not. i think this is an ongoing story. it's really hard to put a pinpoint on that. i mean, in california, as laurence, mentioned, maria shriver, first lady there, niece of senator kennedy and the president, has really made great strides, particularly in her outreach with women and her mobilization of women there. bobby kennedy has done enormous things in the environmental movement. there are many, even in office right now. so -- and caroline kennedy, of course, the daughter of president kennedy, who tried but didn't go through with the -- with the senate bid. nonetheless, they're still big figures by virtue of the way america looks at them. so, there is perhaps not an inevitability, but definitely a possibility of another generation. >> christiane amanpour and lawrence lemur, thank you both, so much. >> thank you. our coverage doesn't stop here.

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his presence over the last year has had great value. his spirit has been there during all of these debates, and while he wasn't there to cast votes, believe me, his presence was felt during these discussions, as they will be in the coming days. so, for me, it's just a great loss of a great friend. and a great, great advocate for people. so, i'm saddened by it deeply. it's like losing a brother. i lost my sister about a month ago, and i feel this pain almost as much. >> senator chris dodd speaking about a half hour ago mourning his friend and colleague, edward kennedy.

you're looking at highen business port, massachusetts, right now, center of the kennedy universe, the place where the family has come together many times to seek comfort in the shadow of loss, and we're going to continue to follow developments in the death of the family's patriarch, senator edward kennedy. tropical storm could impact the east coast, forming east of the bahamas. chad myers is tracking it for us at the cnn weather center. what do you think, chad? >> i'm not impressed yet today, because the circulation center of danny, kyra, is away from the convection. all that said, it sounds like some kind of -- something in the "new york times" crossword puzzle. basically what it is, if you want a hurricane, you want all the convection to be very close to the center. hard to even find the center, but it's well west of what all that is. so, not very organized. that's what it means. it's not growing, that's what it means. but it's in very warm water. it certainly has the potential to grow, and that is the forecast for to it go from what

is now a 45 to a 50-mile-per-hour storm. there is the east coast of the u.s., and making a run, a possible run, at the north carolina coast. you have to look at the cone. and, north carolina, you are still in it. look at the cone, cape cod, you are still in it. you are right in the middle of the cone as a category 1 possible hurricane for the middle of the weekend. but what do we have for today? we have some rain showers over parts of florida. we also have some much-needed rainfall into a drought-stricken houston, in beaumont, all the way down here. severe thunderstorm watch for you. could be some twind and hail in the cell later on today. other than that, we aren't looking at too much texas rainfall where we really need more of it, back out here to the west as well. we will keep watching the hurricane tracks, kyra, because the commuputers are still runni. they aren't all that together yet for now as we get farther up to the northeast part of the united states. you see one takes it not that far from delaware. the one miss ig the united states altogether.

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and you're looking at a live picture now of capitol hill, where flags are flying at half-staff in honor of senator ted kennedy. president obama ordered the same at the white house and all federal buildings. we push forward now on our coverage of the death of senator kennedy, who died last night after a long battle with brain cancer. we've learned that he'll be buried at arlington national cemetery not far from his

brothers, john and robert. key question right now, how will ted kennedy's successor to the senate be selected? massachusetts law requires a special election five months after an opening. last week kennedy asked state lawmakers to change the law to allow the governor to appoint an interim successor as long as that person pledges no to run for the seat. the governor said he supports changing the law, but although the state is dominated by democrats, there's no guarantee the law will be changed. also, any change couldn't happen until lawmakers return to formal sessions sometime after labor day. now, so for the past -- or so, for the first time, actually, in more than 50 years, we have a united states senate without a kennedy. and that got us thinking about the kennedy dynasty and who, if anyone, in the family might replace him as a political leader. so, we're bringing in our cnn's wolf blitzer. and, wolf, what we've done we've

put together sort of the line of senator ted kennedy himself. so, let's go ahead and take a look, starting off with edward kennedy here. and the fact that his wife, victoria, reggie kennedy, a lawyer, and there's reports today in "the boston globe" that she might run for her husband's senate seat. you know, there's his children, patrick kennedy, also being talked about in the press articles as a possible contender for kennedy's seat. he's the only one of ted kennedy's children in politics. he's a congressman from rhode island. he wor ted, to enact a milestone mental health bill. and then, of course, there's edward kennedy jr. he's being talked about as a replacement. he lost a leg to cancer as a child. he works as a lawyer and specializing in disability issues, and then founded a wall street investment firm. and then you have kara kennedy, diagnosed with lung cancer, and now cancer free. worked for an arts nonprofit group that promotes access to

art for the disabled. so, wolf, your thoughts before we move on to his older brother, robert kennedy, and his kids. what do you think? any players to fill the spot? >> well, there will be pressure on vicki kennedy to change her mind over the past couple weeks when there was this letter that was revealed that senator kennedy wrote asking for a change for an interim appointment until an election within five months. she basically ruled herself out and all sorts of sources close to the kennedy family said she was absolutely, positively not interested. it might have been unseemly if she would have expressed an interest even while her husband was alive. but now that he's said, i suspect there will be some pressure. we'll see how much pressure there is and see if she really is interested. patrick kennedy's a congressman, as you know, democratic congressman, from neighboring rhode island. i suspect he's not going to move to massachusetts. and kara and teddy jr., they've never shown a whole lot of interest in going in to politics per se. so, unless vicki changes her

mind, i suspect there isn't going to be one of those kennedys in the state of massachusetts in the senate seat. >> okay. so, then, let's go ahead and let's bring up now robert kennedy and take a look here at -- at his -- the fact -- he was assassinated obviously in 1968 during his campaign for presidency. but taking a look at his kids, joseph kennedy ii, "boston globe" is reporting that he could possibly run for his uncle's seat. currently a congressman massachusetts. and then kathleen kennedy townsend, currently a professor at georgetown university. then you have robert kennedy jr., an environmental lawyer, author and radio host. and then finally rory kennedy, a respected documentary filmmaker. any of your thoughts on these four? >> well, kathleen kenty townsend was the lieutenant governor of maryland. she wanted to be governor. did not win. i suspect she's not going to

move to massachusetts to try to do this. rory kennedy, as you say, is a filmmaker. i don't think she's going to be interested in running for the senate seat. joe kennedy, robert kennedy jr., you know, they're both politicians to a certain degree. they might be interested, if the pressure is there. there is going to be pressure from within the kennedy family and outside of the kennedy family for a kennedy to be in the senate, and those would potentially be two candidates who would have to move back to massachusetts and get into the swing of things. but, you know, we'll see what happens on that front. it's been 50 years, as you point out, that there's always been a kennedy in the united states senate. first senator john f. kennedy before he came president and then teddy kennedy. and so we'll see what happens. but massachusetts without a kennedy in the senate, it's going to be different. >> well, john f. kennedy, you know, we've got a bring up this connection. 35th president of the united states, assassinated in 1963. his daughter, caroline kennedy

schlossberg, struggled briefly for her brief interest in senator hillary clinton's senate seat, but withdrew, she's an attorney and writer and editor and, of course, on the board of several nonprofits. what do you think? could she possibly go for it again? that was sort of a tough moment, i guess, you could say, among the kennedy family and for her when she thought about, you know, taking hillary clinton's seat and then backing out. >> she's a very talented woman in her own right, caroline kennedy, and she seriously thought about -- she -- i think was ready to accept that new york state senate seat that hillary clinton was giving up to become secretary of state. but she's not a natural-born politician, has often been said, and in the end, it didn't really work out. she did play a very important role in setting the stage for her uncle to endorse then senator obama for the democrat presidential nomination over hillary clinton. she wrote the op-ed in "the new york times" a day or two before

senator kennedy went ahead and made the endorsement, so she is a political figure in that right, but she has been living in new york state all these years. she'd have to move to michigan -- to massachusetts, and it's unlikely, in my opinion, that she's going to want to throw her hat back into this political ring. it wasn't a good fit for her in new york state, and i believe it won't be a good fit for her in massachusetts. >> i tell you what, when you look at the family line here and you see all of the players with jfk and then bobby kennedy and teddy kennedy, it's pretty amazing, all the individuals and how they're all tied together and how they've gone into service. wolf, appreciate it. >> thank you, kyra. we'll continue our coverage of senator ted kennedy's death including funeral plans and other developments. also, he robs banks and he doesn't wear a mask. who is he? and does he work alone? we'll look at what the fbi is doing.

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innocent civilians were killed. south carolina governor, mark sanford, gets a call to quit from his second in command. the lieutenant governor asked sanford to resign. he promises to stay out of the upcoming governor's race if he steps down. the pressure has been mounting for the embattled gov since he admitted to an affair. it's the most horrific crime scene he's ever seen, a 61-year-old pastor murdered in her church, and the prosecutor is meeting with other pastors in the town to talk about the case. an autopsy found that carol daniels died of multiple sharp-force injuries. as we mentioned, senator kennedy will be buried near his brothers at arlington national cemetery, and cnn's barbara thar is at the pentagon with more on that. barbara? >> well, kyra, 46 years after

kennedy was buried, 41 years after the late senator robert kennedy was buried, washington, d.c., arlington cemetery, and the country, getting ready for another kennedy funeral at arlington cemetery. earlier today, u.s. military officials confirmed that the family has made the plan and accepted the plan for senator kennedy's final resting place to be close to his brothers at arlington. you see arlington there on your screen. senator kennedy will be laid to rest about 90 feet, we are told, from the grave of his brother, robert kennedy, at the bottom of the hill where the eternal flame for the late president is, where senator kennedy is buried and other members of president kennedy's family. what we've learned is, it was a few weeks ago when officials at arlington cemetery made with kennedy staffers, laid the plan out to them as they saw it. the plan went back to the kennedy family. it was seaccepted.

arrangements now being made, and we expect the forthcoming announcement as to the date of the actual funeral. kyra? >> let us know when you hear it, barbara starr, thanks so much. how will senator kennedy's death shape the debate over the health care reform? ( revving, siren blares ) there's no way to hide it. sir, have you been drinking tonight? if you ride drunk, you will get caught... and you will get arrested.

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ted kennedy was born on the 200th anniversary of george washington's birth, february 22nd, 1932. and like the nation's first president, kennedy never realized the family dream that he would one day move into the white house. as we know, his was a life of deep tragedy mixed with soaring achievement. here's cnn's dana bash. >> reporter: we first met him as the kid brother to jack and bobby, and yet edward, teddy, was the survivor. the one we watched grow old, evolve into the patriarch and struggle with the challenge and burden of carrying the kennedy torch. edward moore kennedy was born february 22nd, 1932, the last of joe and rose kennedy's nine children. his first prominent role in the family business of politics came at age 30. jfk was elected president, and

teddy kept his senate seat in the family. >> the president of the united states is dead. >> reporter: he was 31 when he said good-bye to jack. five years later, in 1968, another assassination, another good-bye. bobby this time. often invoking his brothers, ted kennedy turned to make his mark in the senate in the '60s and '70s, a proud liberal, champion of voting rights and civil rights. in 1980, he set his sights on the white house, but perhaps the most haunting of his personal demons, chappaquiddick 11 years earlier would block his path. >> i regard as indefensible the fact that i did not report the accident to the police immediately. >> reporter: in 1969, kennedy drove his car off the chappaquiddick bridge, mary jo kopechne, a former aide to brother robert, drowned.

ted kennedy fled the scene. it was a character stain he could not overcome. he would lose his bid to beat president carter, but he promised to carry on, in one of his most famous speeches. >> the work goes on. the cause endures. the hope still lives. and the dream shall never die. >> reporter: he would not be president, but he would master the senate, and make his mark on government policy. >> if we really care about work, about families, about children and the future, we will vote for an increase in the minimum wage for all workers. >> reporter: fighting for workers' rights, leading on education and health care reform. >> it is morally right. it's what this nation is all about. >> reporter: and immigration reform. >> i describe ted kennedy as the last lion in the senate. held that view because he remains the single most

effective member of the senate, if you want to get results. >> reporter: to get those results, liberal kennedy learned the art of compromise, sometimes angering fellow democrats by partnering with ardent conservatives. >> even though we fight each other most of the time, and those are knock-down, drag-out battles, i have to say there are very few people in my lifetime that i've had more respect and now reverence for than senator kennedy. >> reporter: all too often, it fell to uncle teddy, the patriarch, to steer the family through trials and tragedy. the death of jackie onassis, a more painful good-bye to jfk jr. and the dreams of camelot. his hunch and shuffle. the legacy of a brush with death in the 1960s. a plane crash that broke his back and caused constant pain. he brought some pain on himself. dogged by too much drinking, a messy divorce, kennedy was frequent fodder for tabloids.

but he remarried, carried on, added to his policy accomplishments. >> i've come to admire him. he's a smart, capable senator. you want him on your side, i can tell you that. >> reporter: and he stepped once again into presidential politics, bypassing hillary clinton, and hearkening back to brother jack's call for a new generation of leadership. >> i'm proud to stand with him here today and offer my help, offer my voice, offer my energy, my commitment to make barack obama the next president of the united states. >> reporter: just five months later, he had a seizure. followed by a grim diagnosis. a malignant brain tumor. still, with great drama, he made it to the democratic convention, to pass the torch. >> the hope rises again! and the dream lives on. >> reporter: he ignored his

doctors and, when needed, came back to his beloved senate. >> i look forward to being a part of the team. >> reporter: and made a dramatic appearance at a white house summit on health care reform. >> i'm looking forward to being a foot soldier in this undertaking, and this time we will not fail. thank you very much. how are you? >> reporter: he never stopped looking forward and never lost that trademark smile. to the end, the survivor. dana bash, cnn, washington.

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buried at arlington national cemetery near his brothers. this is according to a source with knowledge of the information. obviously, nobody wanting to tell too much simply because it is all very sensitive right now. they want to respect the privacy of the family. there will be a funeral mass at our lady of perpetual help bass silly ka in the mission area of boston. kennedy prayed there daily with his daughter, kara, when she battled her own cancer. that is going to happen over the next couple of days. we are then told he will be brought to washington, d.c. after all these arrangements take place. it is with a heavy heart that we see family members coming in and out of this compound just behind me. a lot of young kids, kennedy relatives who have been spending the summer here. a number of people going into ethel kennedy's house. we did patrick kennedy, the senator's son, come out of here a short while ago.

he sort of glanced over, looked at all the cameras and put his head down looking quite sombre. he was with his father when he died. he also said that he was able to spend a lot of good time with his father over these last couple of months. back to you. >> all right. d deb, thanks so much. now, to a mystery man. he is armed, daring, very dangerous. he is the man who robs banks without a mask.

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breezen heists by this man. the string continues from kentucky to north carolina, south carolina, and then two robberies in tennessee just last week. what fbi agents say they find surprising is the blatant disregard for hiding his identity. >> reporter: in this surveillance video, the alleged robber can be seen casing a bank in fletcher, north carolina, the second known bank to be robbed. if you look closely, you can see him speaking into a walkie-talkie. they think he also used a wireless phone headset in the third heist. those two robberies have prompted them to explore the

possibilities of an accomplice. they say bank robberies are not as lucrative. usually, robbers stealing to feed a drug habit. >> you have an individual going into a bank with a gun in a reckless manner. now, he might be on drugs and strung out on drugs. so that makes it even more imperative to get this individual off the street before anybody gets hurt. >> reporter: in an attempt to get this robber off the street, the fbi has placed digital bill board ads across eight southern states. >> we try to reserve the billboards for the more mobile, more egregious, violent offenders. >> reporter: the billboards have led to the arrest of more than 20 fugitives. some of the more important clues are not on the bill board. >> what it is not showing is the handgun in his right hand pointed directly at the victim

teller. >> it is not showing the distinctive tattoos up and down the forearms. >> reporter: tattoos that can be recognized by friends, family and people associated with possible past crimes. >> in addition to a family member or friends, somebody is going to rec nids this individual, maybe a probation officer or a former cellmate. >> reporter: while there have been no injuries, the fbi considers this man extremely dangerous. >> he has put the gun in the faces of tellers, threatened to use the gun against them and threatened violence against the banks themselves. certainly, we need to get this guy in custody before he does harm someone. >> reporter: the fbi tells us that the electronic bill board exposure and the coverage on cnn and cnn.com have led to calls

and tips. if you know anything, call the fbi hotline number at 423-282-8090. he was a patriarch, an icon, an institution unto himself. for all the ways ted kennedy made and changed history in his 47 years of the u.s. senate, his causes are left to others to push forward. the battle for health care reform is no less grueling in the wake of kennedy's passing late last night from the brain tumor that he had fought for 15 months. we are just getting word that heel lie in repose at his brother's presidential library before a funeral at our lady of perpetual health on mission hill in boston. he is to be buried at arlington national cemetery. this hour, we are going to

explore the senator's legacy and the prospects for what might have been his crowning achievement. president obama served with kennedy relatively briefly and favored his hardy endorsement for the white house. vice president biden served with kennedy for decades and could hardly contain his emotion. here is a bit what we heard from both men, beginning with the president on holiday in martha's vineyard. the kennedy name is synonymous with the democratic party. at times, ted was the target of partisan campaign attacks. in the united states senate, i can think of no one who engendered greater respect or affection from members of both sides of the aisle. >> he changed the circumstances of tens of millions of americans in a literal sense, literally, literally, changed the circumstances. he changed also another aspect of it i observed about him. he changed not only the physical

circumstance. he changed how they looked at themselves and how they looked at one another. >> like any number of social causes over the past half century, health care had a champion in senator ted kennedy. kennedy had a lifelong friend in fellow democratic senator, chris dodd. >> the country lost a great advocate. millions of people counted on this guy every day to stand up for him. for decades to come, history will talk about his legislative accomplishments and the difference he made in public policy. to me, i lost my best friend in the senate, a great friend. he was here on many occasions right here on this river. so it's been a long year, a year and a few months but he died peacefully about 11:30. i talked to mrs. kennedy a

little while ago. he fought like a lion this last year. >> where does kennedy's passing leave the cause of his life? joining me to push that ford is gloria borger, candy crowley and joe trippy, former kennedy aide. looking at what came out right after the announcement of kennedy's passing, house speaker, nancy pelosi, she wa t wasted no time that at 2:30 a.m., she was sending messages to reporters. not long after that, the president of the service international union issuing a statement calling for the passage. then, south carolina rep, james clyburn said, let his inspirational words use them as a guy for our best eye deals and provide decent quality health care as a fundamental right, no the a privilege.

all these owe motions and statements right after the death was announced, is this going to get it past? gloria? >> i don't think necessarily. you are not going to have people change their points of view. i think the irony is that if ted kennedy had been in the senate and had been able to be involved on a day-to-day basis and had been advising the president, perhaps more compromises could have been made along the way that would have contributed to passing health care. i don't think this is going to change people's minds overnight. it may change the tone of the debate, hopefully, a little bit. in the end, people are going to vote the way they are going to vote. >> who is the next face of health care, candy? >> there is no face of health care at this particular point. certainly, senator dodd is in there. we have seen that senator baucus has been in there. ken conrad has been in there, none of them have a throw away

that ted kennedy in terms of getting things done. to your primary question, you will hear his name invoked a lot on the senate floor and the house floors. you will hear it invoked by republicans as well. to gloria's point, they will say, ted kennedy also knew where to take 75%. i think you will hear that over time. i would be note at all surprised if whatever comes out might bear his name in legislation. in terms of moving things, i don't think so. you will hear his name a lot as this debate moves forward in september. >> joe, who is going to take his seat? is it going to be a member of the kennedy family or someone else? >> i don't have any idea. i don't think anybody does right now. i do think that -- i agree with gloria gloria that had he been active in the debate in the senate, working both sides of the aisle, we probably wouldn't be where we are today in terms of the ac kri

moanian we would be closer to passage of something real. that was what his life's goal was. he fought for it. it came a lot from his family, his own situation with health care, his son, teddy, jr., had cancer. kara had lung cancer. he felt privileged that he could provide them the kind of care and pay for the kind of care and afford the kind of expertise to help them and felt that every american should have the right. that's what i think he was fighting for. had he been there, we would be a lot better off today in terms of getting something passed. >> what do you think, joe, it was about him, that he could that nobody else could do? even his relationship with certain republicans was pretty astounding. >> well, he wasn't -- he knew what he wanted to fight for. he also treated everybody with

respect and treated the other side with respect and listened, which is something not a lot of us do in politics today. there is a lot of yelling at the other side but not enough listening to find some place where there is common ground. that's what he always strove for. he strove for common ground for common good. he knew that the common good was passing health care as a right for every american. that's what he was continuing to fight for. that's the tragic loss here. you know, right now, his life's goal is sitting there in the senate and the house. in jeopardy, he is not allowed to fight for it. as he said, many times, the work goes on, the cause endures. >> kyra, he was a rare politician who learned lessons from his experiences. he told his staff quite often that one of the biggest political mistakes he ever made was when richard nixon offered him some imperfect version of

health care reform, of universal health care reform and he turned it down. he turned down the compromise. he didn't think it was good enough. he was a much younger legislator then. that wouldn't be the ted kennedy you would have seen today, working on health care reform. because he learned a lesson from that. he knew when to cut a deal. he knew when to compromise. he knew how to work with george bush on no child left behind or with john mccain on immigration reform. so he think this is a politician who unlike a lot of other politicians who have come to washington for a few years and leave e was a career legislator and undertostood exactly how to get things done and brought a lot lot of power to any relationship he was in politically and could cut a deal. >> candy, push us forward and leave us with a thought here. >> i think one of the things that the senate now lacks is just that power that gloria was talking about, somebody that

people would coalesce around. one of senator kennedy's great strengths in striking some of these deals with george bush or ronald reagan was that no democrat could touch him as not being a real democrat. he was a democrats democrat. he used that to form relationships with republicans to get half a loaf or three-quarters of a lowe. i don't see anyone there right now that can step up to that plate. >> gloria, candy, joe, thanks, guys. we will be talking more. >> we will continue to cover the continuing of senator kennedy. we will hear from one of his most bitter rivals and how the two foes became two friends. let's leave health care reform and talk about straight-up health. it is threatened by a growing number of possible swine flu cases. college campuses could be a hot bed for the h1n1 var russ. why? a lot of students living close

together. not always remembering to cough into their elbows or pack perel in their backpack. >> reporter: with all of the concerns about swine flu on the georgia campus, zach smith felt it best to get checked out. >> they want you to come in if you have flulike symptoms. i figured, i usually wouldn't come in like this but all the hype about h1n1, might as well. >> reporter: school officials are urging people who feel sick, to stay home. and immediately set up an appointment with health services on campus. officials say the strategy is to approach every single case of flu as if it were spine flu. >> we are not testing all patients. if they have the right symptoms, we are treating them for suspected influenza, or h1n1. that's the main influenza that's floating around. >> reporter: so far 100 cases of suspected flu have been reported

at georgia tech. at smaller colleges, one case of flu has sparked heightened awareness. >> we have sent out lists of preventative measures, coughing in your elbow, wiping off surfaces that are commonly used by many people. >> reporter: officials passed out hand sanitizers to students and staff. a bottle that cory says he will use. >> i cough into my hands rather than my elbow, like you are supposed to. i guess that could spread it. i hadn't thought about it. fortunately, i got some free sanitizer. i can use that now. >> let's bring in elizabeth cohen to look at a bigger picture. >> i was coming across this letter going out to students at the university of knoxville. >> right, the university of knoxville in tennessee. we have heard this he have some cases of h1n1 swine flu. we have heard at the university

of tennessee, there are 100 cases of possible h1n1. this e-mail to students says, look, it is probably going to be just fine if you get h1n1. most cases are mild. in fact, they put in bold letters, most people who contract this virus will not need to seek a doctor's treatment. they are telling students, do not panic. we are also hearing about illnesses in other campuses, for example, university of kansas. 118 cases of possible swine flu and also at the university of georgia. they have 58 cases of the flu. they don't know if it is swine flu or not. the bottom line is this is a lot of flu activity at colleges. that's really unusual in august. you don't usually see this happening and likely the reason is that it is because it is swine flu. so i'm taking my daughter to college. what's your advice? >> first of all, don't panic. i think people hear swine flu and they freak out. it is important to remember as

they are saying at the university of tennessee, that most of the time, people do just fine with h1n16789 they are sick for a couple of days and it is over. however, you should come up with a plan. in other words, say to your child, you know what, if you get sick, you may have to isolate yourself in your dorm room. your roommate may move out and you may be there by yourself. think about what you are going to do. also, consult with a doctor beforehand if your child has any underlying illnesses such as asthma. swine flu may be more dangerous for that particular person. you want to think about ta before your child gets sick. >> how will i know if it indeed, is swine flu or a regular flu? >> here is the issue. you won't. if you have a fever and body aches and chills and all that, you have no way of knowing whether you have h1n1 or regular flu or some other virus. i think people think they will know immediately. and they won't. what's interesting, kyra, is that when you go to the doctor, they are likely not going to test you. you may show up sick and they

may say, take two aspirins and call me in the morning. >> is that okay? >> that is okay. they are treating it just like a flu. it doesn't matter in some ways whether or not it is swine flu. a swirling massive cloud in the tropics grows into tropical storm danny. is it a threat? our ted myers will tell us.

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next month. >> new home sales did jump. in fact, this he rose in july to the highest level since last september. let's look at those numbers. they were up 9.6%, a surprise to analysts at 433,000. that's up from 395,000 in the previous month. these numbers coming from the government, not just department of housing and urban development. for the housing market, it is good news for the broader economy. housing can support so many jobs when it is firing on all cylinders. once people buy a new home, they buy furniture and all kinds of things to put in that house, rugs, you name it. it's a real boom to the economy when we see this kind of activity. kyra? >> well, what do these numbers say about the state of the housing market? >> which is critically important to everybody. it looks like housing has formed its bottom and may be starting to improve. that's what a lot of numbers would seem to be telling us, especially new home sales. if you take a look at where

existing homes may be. even home prices would appear to be off their bottom for the three months ended in june. that quarter we saw prices move ahead 2.9 per. that's all good news for the housing market. as you know, that's critical to consumer confidence. if people think their home prices are increasing, they are more likely to spend money on other items as well and that helps fuel the entire economy. kyra? >> all right, thanks. the east coast could be in for round two. tropical storm danny forming east of the bahamas. what's the latest, chad? >> almost tracking over the identical course bill tracked over. the difference between danny and bill, dan in i is not as organized as bill was at this point in time. at this point in time, bill was already a category 2, working on 3 and then 4. right now, this is a disorganized piece of garbage because the center is way here,

way to the east of where the convection is. it is going to take some time for this entire thing to wrap itself around and become a potentially big storm. the problem is, it is also farther to the southwest of where bill was. so if we drive a tractor-trailer right through here the same way we drove that hurricane bill up through here, i believe this is going to be farther to the left, farther to the west and very much closer to being on land here on parts of either north carolina. i think that's the battle zone. anywhere from myrtle beach all the way up through cape hat tar russ. that's one of the landing zones. anywhere from new york city to the cape, to the bay of fundi and maine. when it only hits parts and

keeps going, it can regenerate and not die. could be a couple of landfalls here. we will keep watching. the last lion of the senate and his battle against cancer. it struck not only senator ted kennedy by several members of the extended family. today, he is being remembered at a cancer summit in ireland. our sanjay gupta is there. we will check up with him.

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today, he is being remembered at a global cancer summit in dublin, ireland. our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, is at the summit. >> reporter: kyra, we are here in dublin ireland ted kennedy is irish-american. as you might imagine, the discussions today really all surrounding ted kennedy, his impact on cancer and a lot of what's happened to him over the last several months. i talked to several people today, including the ceo of live strong, an organization that has brought this global cancer summit together. i asked the ceo specifically about the impact of ted kennedy on cancer. >> he has had a great influence on it. he spent his career fighting on behalf of people who were sick and overcoming challenges. i'll never forget the first time we visited with him in washington, d.c. we're in his office and before we started the meeting, he took us over to this wall in his office where there were so many family photos and so much history. he pointed to a photo of teddy

jr. skiing down a mountain. teddy is a survivor of osteosarcoma. he started crying and telling about the battle of his son's with cancer. it was really moving. >> reporter: a lot of people don't know teddy, jr., also having a type of bone tumor. the kennedys had dealt with cancer before. when we talk about this type of malignant glioma, the average survival, right around 14 months. we talk about surgery, radiation, chemotherapy. despite all that, the average life span, life expectancy, right around 14 months. ted kennedy surviving since may of last year, about 15 months. there are some things sort of in the pipeline, so to speak. they talked about vaccines, sort of getting the body's own immune system to try and target the brain tumor. they also talk about different types of therapies including something known as monochromeal

radiation therapy. people are hoping for some sort of genetic break through. the stat tas tickparticulars ar pretty grim. >> josh levs has been following that for us. what did you find? >> we have this page set up at i-report.com right now. it is the main topic, remembering ted kennedy. a lot of people weighing in. a lot of our i-reporters are talking about the loss of him in the context of the fight over health care. take a look. >> he was a dealmaker. even though he was a symbol of american liberalism in politics and a punching bag for the hard

right for decades, people actually respected him because he stood for something. >> is incumbent upon our president to ensure in his time of governance that he looks to this great senator in a catalyst of becoming what the senator knew he could be in getting his goal of universal health care for all. >> i am saddened to see that heel not be able to cast his vote come september 15th for the patient's choice act of 2009. i know that was a very important bill tied close to his heart. >> we are getting more comments on the blog. let me show you an example of what people have been writing us. this first one comes from joan. i would say to all of his associate senators, in lieu of flowers, pass health care. if you really care about senator kennedy like you say you do, we

shall see if your words today mean anything. regardless of the threat, we must fight. millions of americans will find themselves literally dying. i have looked through lots and lots of comments to see if people have comments about senator kennedy. i haven't seen that so far. na matt no matter where you stand, we want to hear from you. brian wrote this. i hope this is the end of the die nas particular right to elected office. the conversation has broadened out. we invite you to participate in the blog. >> senator edward m. kennedy of massachusetts has been a given. we continue to push forward his story with the people that fought with him and against him. i think i'll go with the preferred package.

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more coverage on the death of senator ted kennedy. 1980 might have been the closest he got to the presidency. former president, jimmy carter, talked about how the bitter rivalry became a friendship. >> the democratic party, the vision that was promulgated between the kennedy group and mine never was healed during that summertime and the fall campaign. that was one of the factors that was important in the election. after that occurred and even before i went out of office, ted kennedy and i were completely reconciled as far as friendship is concerned. since then, whenever i had a major problem that dealt with the business overseas or in any way related to health or welfare or the benefit of poor people in this country or others, i have called on ted kennedy. he has always been fully

supportive. those political skirmishes were soon forgotten and the friendship prevailed. >> we nor more about plans for senator kennedy's final farewell. thursday afternoon to friday afternoon, the senator's body will lie in repose at jfk library in boston. friday at 7:00 p.m., a memorial service the library. saturday morning, a private funeral at our lady of perpetual health basilica. his burial will take place at arlington national cemetery. for more on the burial, barbara starr. >> it will be a u.s. military aircraft that will bring senator kennedy back to washington for the final time we are told. arlington officials have been in contact with the kennedy family over the last several weeks. the arrangements are this. they have agreed on a site about 100 feet from the final resting place of sen. robert kennedy, on

the hillside, on the same hillside where both robert kennedy and president kennedy are buried. perhaps the most famous hillside in washington. this is a place where, as you can see, the eternal flame at president kennedy's grave site that attracts thousands of visitors every year. people from all over the worldcom here. on saturday, this funeral, of course, will be under very secure circumstances. it is interesting that they picked a saturday. arlington right now sadly is a very busy place. they hold about 30 funerals a day, not just for those fallen in iraq and afghanistan but many of the world war ii and korean generation are dying off. they don't really want to. they had already planned to commit to all the funerals, no matter what day senator kennedy's funeral was. by making it on a weekend, it does make it a bit easier. this will be a congressional

funeral, military hon horsors rendered at the grave site. there may be military pallbearers, a gun salute and a boogler. senator kennedy was in the army from 1951 to 1953. he served overseas in europe. he is a veteran. he will be given all of those same honors as a serving member of congress. kyra? >> thanks, barbara. tonight at 7:00, cnn will air hbo's film "teddy." it chronicles senator kennedy's remarkable life from his childhood through his speech at the democratic national convention. it includes rarely seen film. shake 'n bake, it is not just for chicken anymore. an old recipe is new again with

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burned at least 750 acres. right now, only about 10% contained. red flag warnings are in place across much of the area now. an update on new trouble in the tropics. tropical storm danny has formed east of the bahamas. chad has been tracking it. what you got now? >> let's talk about both of them. we are already here and i can do that on my wall. we will talk about danny first of all. a storm that's not very well organized. the center of danny is well off to the west of where all the convection is. how does that matter? for a hurricane to be big, it needs to be all the way around. it is making its own little weather pattern there. this is not doing that yet. the only problem is that danny, according to stormpulse.com, our friends there, may be making a run close to cape hatteras there or up into new england. this is kind of the same path that bill took. danny is not nearly as strong where it is as bill was in the

same spot in its lifetime. now, we will take you to california. there is san diego. there is l.a. right there. we will zoom you in and get you up to the north of l.a. right along the mountains. there is covina. we will fly you up to morris dam. this is the area we are seeing all of the smoke. notice how rugged the area is. here is the dam right through here. this is the national forest part of this. there are lakes through here. that's where these tankers are getting their water. here is a live shot from k-cal cbs. there is a plane flying through there. i just saw that plane drop phos-chek on the fire. they have about 600 people working on the fire, firefighters as well. it's been a rugged area. they are going to have trouble getting this out. the big threat, i think, today, is the heat. you mentioned that.

when it gets very hot, it gets very dry. there aren't that many winds out there. you can see how we almost don't have a picture here because of all the smoke. that's not a cloud. that is smoke. that may be a little bit tough for the firefighters, especially in the helicopters and planes to get to the fires. you can't fly through that. you don't know where the next mountain is. good news might be good but it isn't always the truth. why would the pentagon let a pr firm judge reporters. how much good news did they write about the military is the basis. "a few inches of water caused all this?" "but i don't even live near the water." what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you. including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $119 a year. for an agent, call the number on your screen.

they are counting the ballots, the bombs and the bodies in afghanistan. this morning, a government official from one of the country's northern provinces was blown up on his way to work. the taliban deny involvement in yesterday's blast in kandahar happening after the presidential election. it doesn't seem like anything is calming down. >> reporter: absolutely not, kyra. right now, afghanistan is in a bit of chaos, it has been for a very long time now. the cal ban not claiming responsibility for the blasts in kandahar that ripped through the

city killing at least 43 people. when you look at it, they are not denying it either. what they are trying to tell you is that they don't want to be blamed for killing civilians. civilians are a big part of winning the war in afghanistan, whether you are the coalition troops or the militants. you are fighting for the support because no war has ever been won without the civilian support. in the meantime, ballots are still being counted. 17% of the ballots already counted so far. that's about a million votes. president karzai, the incumbent, getting about 432,000. the rival, about 330,000. we expect that gap to widen when we get more votes from the south. the candidate in afghanistan needs at least 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. kyra? >> atee ia, we will keep follow

it. lieutenant governor andre bower is calling for governor sanford to step aside. his days may be numbered. the embattled gop governor has steadily been losing support since june when his affair with an angentinean woman comes to light. >> things have changed. regrettably, we have reached a point where we must all, for the interest of the people of south carolina, put their interest first. it is in my person the best interest that the people of south carolina can no longer be served by the current administration. the serious misconduct that's already been revealed along with lingering questions and continuing distractions make it virtually impossible for our state to solve the critical problems we are facing without a change in leadership. that is why i now must call upon governor stanford in the interest of our state to resign.

to spare the taxpayers the expense and distraction of the multiple legal problems which are now being considered. >> governor stanford has resisted previous calls for his resignation. if he did step aside, bauer would serve out sanford's remaining term. a republican senator faces heated questions in an emotional plea in this make or break month for health care reform. the senator who is also a doctor says the current proposals are the wrong prescription. cnn's jim acosta reports. >> reporter: at this oklahoma city megachurch, republican senat senator tom coburn was preaching to a conservative choir. >> i think most of us here would like to see you and sarah palin in the white house. >> that isn't going to happen. >> when one woman didn't like coburn's response on prescription drugs -- >> i am not a dumb person. i am a democrat. >> some of the crowd started shouting and they weren't saying

amen. >> wait a minute, guys. i want to make a point here. one of the things that's wrong with our country is we don't allow real legitimate debate. >> reporter: coburn, who is also a practicing physician, took questions only a doctor could answer at a town hall earlier this week. a woman pleaded for her health. coburn told us they are getting her help. >> my husband has traumatic brain injury. his health insurance will not cover him to eat and drink. and what i need to know is, are you going to help him? >> first of all, yeah, we will help. the first thing we will do is see what we can do to help you. >> reporter: he told us his office is getting her help in her community, as it should be, he said. >> we have had several people call us and say they are willing to help her, citizens. the question is --

>> can you do that with millions of uninsured people in this country that are in the same boat? >> they are not in the same boat. don't exaggerate. >> there aren't millions of people. >> are you going to ask me a question, let me answer it. >> when you hear those personal stories, does it at all change your position on this issue? >> no. >> reporter: coburn says he too is sick of the insurance companies. >> as a practicing physician who has experienced the discrimination of insurance companies based not on medical facts, never putting their hand on a patient, telling me what i can and cannot do to a patient, there is something wrong with that. >> reporter: the doctor is a firm believer that government insurance programs with public option is the wrong medicine. >> if the president drops the public option, could you support him? >> well, it depends on what's in it. >> that was our jim acosta. if you want to check out all things health care, go to cnn.com/health care. you can find out about the closest town hall meeting to you. you have got to be kidding

to me. listen to this story. so you are a reporter and you want to be embedded with the military to show how america's blood and money are being spent. you have got to get past a p.r. firm first. one of their criteria wreaks more of george orwell than george washington. quote, how much good news have you written about the military lately? that's part of how rendon analyzes the media. they came under fire around the start of the iraq war. critics claim the pentagon hired the form to basically gin up support for the war. they do grade how a subject is broadly covered by multiple media outlets. here is what they don't say. commanders take those marching orders from the pr firm. the question is, why is a pr firm beholden to a big client

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pushing forward on the death of the man who could go down as the greatest senator of his time. we know he will lie in repose thursday and friday at the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum in boston. his private funeral mass at our lady of perpetual health basilica. he will be buried near his brothers in arlington cemetery. he lost his toughest battle when he died of brain cancer at 77 years old. he is bold and daring and may have a death wish. he is a bank robber who doesn't even wear a mask. ten banks robbed across four southeastern states. brazen heists, police say, by this man caught on surveillance cameras. authorities say it all started with a robbery in louisville, kentucky, last may.

the string continues into north carolina, south carolina, and then, two robberies in tennessee just last week. what fbi agents say they find surprising is the blatant disregard for hiding his identity. >> really, uncommon just to come into a bank and show his face like he has. >> in this surveillance video, the alleged robber can be seen apparently casing a bank in fletcher, north carolina. the second known bank to be robbed. if you look closely, you can see him speaking into a walkie-talkie. later, he calmly walks out of the bank with a bag of money. they think he also used a wireless phone headset in the third heist in forest acres, south carolina. a lou