to send me patients, not many. but i think enough to make a living, not by much. and if there isn't, i'll retire, i've been here a long time, i've done well, and i can just quit. >> reporter: gary tuchman, cnn, mcallen, texas. it is go time. we are pushing forward with the next hour of "cnn newsroom" with betty nguyen! >> hello there. madrid, 2004, terrorists blow up commuter trains, killing almost 200 people. colorado, 2009, investigators target a suspected plot for similar attacks right here in america. we are pushing forward on a probe that stretches from the suburbs of denver to the streets of new york city. plus, scobee, montana, on the u.s./canadian border. if you can't find it, just follow the dollars from washington. now, the feds are rethinking stimulus projects that some call borderline crazy! and from baghdad, the back-story. >> a cup of coffee that you don't have time to drink and the "get out of bed now we're

leaving" wake-up. >> yep, you snooze, you lose, your chance to see iraq's famous shoe thrower walk out of jail. it's not your ordinary photo-op. hello, everybody, i'm betty nguyen, in for kyra phillips at cnn world headquarters here in atlanta. and you are live in the "cnn and you are live in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com all right. so, we are pushing forward on the trail of the real deal. the words of a cnn source who's close to a respectedly develop terror probe. it centers on an afghan national in the denver suburb of aroar na. najibullah zazi is said to be answering questions for a third straight day at fbi headquarter or offices there in denver. and although he's saying nothing to reporters, his lawyer said he's innocent with absolutely nothing to hide. zazi's home has been searched as have several sites in the new

york neighborhood he visited about a week ago. sources also tell cnn that investigators found something that fueled their suspicions, and that triggered the use of unprecedented resources. so, what is that? well, we are hearing about this suspected plot, stress word here, suspected, may have targeted transit areas that don't have airport-style security. cnn homeland security correspondent, jeanne meserve, joins me now from denver. all right, jeanne, give us the latest in this widening investigation. >> reporter: well, betty, najibullah zazi and his attorney have arrived at this building behind me that houses the fbi. they got here just about an hour ago. on previous days they walked into the building. but today, they were brought into the back in vehicles with tinted glass, so it was difficult to see them. we certainly could not ask them questions or get any answers from them. this is the third day that he has been here for -- for questioning by the fbi. two sources do tell cnn that bomb-making instructions were found in the course of this investigation. one law enforcement source tells

us that these instructions were on a computer that zazi was carrying as he traveled to new york last weekend. zazi's attorney, arthurfulsome, is saying not true. it didn't happen that way. he is insisting that his client has absolutely no ties to terrorism whatsoever. in addition we've heard from multiple sources that backpacks were found in the course of the searches in new york. now, a number of backpacks. we don't know the exact number. now, you'll recall, perhaps, that in 2002 in the madrid train bombings, the explosives were hidden in backpacks that were put on mass transit. so, according to our sources, law enforcement has been developing theories that perhaps in this instance, the possible target of this alleged plot was mass transit. perhaps they were looking at a subway station or a train station, somewhere where there would be a lot of people and where there would not be a careful look to being given to carry-on baggage. but at this point in time, though several law enforcement sources do say, as you

mentioned, that this is the real deal, that this is a very important investigation unfolding, there still have not been any arrests. betty, back to you. >> the real deal, as you mentioned, and still no arrests. but there are extra security measures taking place at, say, mass transit locations? >> reporter: the transportation security administration says it doesn't have any locations or timing of the sort. it does at times surge its security measures in airports and in mass transit and some of it is going on now. they do it on a random basis all the tile, but it would not be surprising if you saw a little bit of it going on right now as this investigation is unfolding. >> well, zazi and his attorneys deny any involvement whatsoever. have you talked to anyone who knows zazi? >> reporter: well, i did yesterday speak to someone who works at this same limousine company where zazi has worked for about the last six months. he described him as a good kid. he even described him as nerdy,

he said he felt he was a good character and he had trouble believing he was involved in any sort of terrorism plot. but that's just one man's opinion. obviously the fbi remains extraordinarily interest in najibullah zazi. back to you. >> no doubt. jeanne meserve joining us live. thank you, jeanne. we are going to learn how suspicions turn into investigations and sometimes prosecutions. at quarter past the hour, right here in the "cnn newsroom." but in the meantime, search crews at phillip and nancy garrido's home have their work cut out for them today. they have been scourpg the property in connection with who cold case kidnappings. the circumstances very similar to jaycee dugard and her abducti abduction. today crews are using ground-penetrating radar to search the spot where cadaver dogs were alerted yesterday. meanwhile, we are getting a new and disturbing view of how

the garridos lived. check out these pictures taken inside the home, which has just been condemned by the county. all right, so, was raymond clark's arrest always in the cards? there are new details in the yale murder case that suggest it was. according to "the hartford curiant" data from his security swipe card told authorities early on he was probably the last person to see annie le alive. basically they were able to follow the lab tech and the grad student's movements room to room through their research building. because of all the evidence, new haven, connecticut, police were tailing clark even before le's body was found. they started undercover surveillance on saturday. she was found strangled in the lab on sunday, the day that she was to be married. we are going to bring you more details on this next hour. but, first, plenty of new developments out of iran today. three months after the nation's hotly contested presidential election, we're seeing renewed and defiant protests from the opposition. meanwhile, though, iran's

president reinforces his rail against israel. cnn's reza sayah has been watching it all from neighboring pakistan. and he joins us now live from islamabad with more. all right, reza, it's the nation's annual show of support day for palestinians. but there is a new political swift this year, correct? >> reporter: yeah, no question about it. as they've done in the past, iran's opposition supporters took advantage of what was a government-approved rally and came out, and once again protested the disputed election on june 12th and the deadly government crackdown that followed. tens of thousands of opposition supporters hitting the streets in tehran. we hadn't seen these types of numbers in nearly two months, but today they were out again, really facing off against large groups of pro-government crowds, creating a potentially explosive situation. usually that's a recipe for violence. we didn't see widespread clashes today, we saw some, but not many. the opposition supporters began

marching early in the morning towards tehran university. that's where president ahmadinejad delivered another searing speech targeting israel, the u.s., and the west. here's a little taste of what he had to say -- >> translator: today the most important issue in the world is the issue of palestinian. if there's a conflict going on in iraq, we believe that the conflict has been instigated by the zionists. if there's a conflict in afghanist afghanistan, the war has been provoked by the zionists. if the people of sudan are being suppressed, that is due to zionists' temptations. in fact, we consider all these schemes as being just drawn up by the zionists. >> reporter: now, inside tehran university, president ahmadinejad getting plenty of cheers, but a whole different story outside of tehran university. that's where opposition porters were chanting "liar, liar" as

the president was speaking. also chant of "death to the dictator." a new chant heard "no to gaza, no to lebanon, i'm giving my life to iran." once again the turnout today an indication of the defiance of the opposition movet, betty. >> yes, they are out there by the hundreds, by the thousands. reza sayah joining us from neighboring pakistan. reza, thank you for that. listen to this story, folks, a former high school football coach tried in the death of one of his players. well, the verdict is in, and it is bringing a huge sigh of relief from sidelines from all across america. rizing body wash, you might as well be. you see, their moisturizer sits on top of skin, almost as if you're wearing it. only new dove deep moisture has nutriummoisture, a breakthrough formula with natural moisturizers... that can nourish deep down. it's the most effective natural nourishment ever. new dove deep moisture with nutriummoisture. superior natural nourishment for your skin.

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a jury in louisville, kentucky, took less than two hours to acquit a former high school football coach accused of running one of his players to death. the potentially precedent-setting trial was closely watched all around the country. here's cnn's alina cho with the verdict and the reaction. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, jason david stinson, not guilty. >> reporter: with that a huge sigh of relief from david

stinson and high school coaches everywhere. a jury cleared stinson of reckless homicide and wanton endangerment in the death of max gilpin, the 13-year-old died of heat stroke after collapsing in football practice last august. his mother said the trial had still sent a message. >> we're disappointed, but, you know, we said this going into it, the main objective was that max's death not be in vain. people were standing up to those football coaches now and people are reaching out. >> reporter: gilpin had been running sprints called gassers on a day when temperatures hit 94. >> oh! >> reporter: during the trial, players said stinson ordered the gassers as punishment for the lack of effort they showed at practice. prosecutors describe the sprints as barbaric. stinson's attorney argued it was just football. >> did not create a hostile, dangerous environment. it was a football practice. >> reporter: even without a guilty verdict, prosecutors say the trial has raised awareness.

>> every coach steps on a football field and now thinks about what he's doing a little bit more, maybe thinks about water a little bit more, watches his players a little bit more. we're all better off for having that out there. >> all right. well, that was cnn's elena cho. by the way, though, medical experts for the defense blame gilpin's death on a combination of heat, his apparent use of a dietary supplement and the attention deficit disorder drug adderall. want to get you back now to our top story, what is being described as an unprecedented use of resources that have been marshalled for a terror investigation around denver and new york. najibullah zazi is an afghan national who lives in a denver suburb and for a third consecutive day he is being questioned by the fbi as far as we know neither he nor anyone else has been arrested and zazi's lawyer says he is cooperating fully. well, we are working our sources to try to get the latest information for you. and for insights in to how these investigations work, we are

calling on our former fbi agent and veteran of the fbi task force in new york city. thank you for talking to us. i want to ask you about the fact that zazi was interviewed for eight hours yesterday. he's being interviewed again today, but there has been no arrest. is there some fear that maybe officials acted too quickly? >> obviously, since there hasn't been an arrest, there's always the concern that comes up, but you've got to keep in mind that this search warrant, these searches of the homes and other searches that have been done, this is all part of an investigation that's leading up. and obviously, if someone's not been arrested, we always think about, did they move too fast. but when you're in the jttf and you're doing these type of investigations, a lot of different pieces of the puzzles are coming at you, and teams are working together to try to figure out what exactly do we have here, and what can we do to prevent an attack -- >> right. >> -- or should we let the investigation go forward. so, these are all things that

are being discussed within the joint terrorism task force. >> no doubt. but let's look at some of the things that have been leaked, shall we say, because sources have already put on record that zazi may have trained at a pakistani terrorism camp, that there were bomb-making diagrams on his computer. there are even reports that materials taken from zazi tested positive for explosives. if, in fact, that is the case, why no arrest? >> well, if -- if that is the case, you have to look at the -- the stuff that's -- the information that's coming to you little bit deeper. do they just have a map? having a map of the subway could be just anything. so, they're trying to put pieces together and see if they have enough. sometimes as an investigator, you have individual items that come to your attention, but as a big picture as a whole, it may not be enough. for example, you mentioned one of the things you found out, he may have gone to a camp overseas. that in itself may or may not be

enough. and the question is, how did we get that information? has that been confirmed? and obviously, as you mentioned earlier in your report, he's right now just a suspect. >> right. >> as you get more information, now, how did this information come to the fbi? was it overseas intelligence? was it information through a wiret wiretap? all of these things have to come together and the f -- >> and it all has to be verified, no doubt. but let me ask you this. if he was part of a terror probe -- and we've heard officials say today this is the real deal, not specifically as to him, but as to the plot, this is the real deal, if he was part of a terrorism probe, then is there a danger in him walking around freely and not being arrested? >> and that danger that you so eloquently put out there, betthy, is always the concern that we have. when do we keep investigating and when do we disrupt the plan? before 9/11, the jttf may have gone a little bit longer and kept investigating? post-9/11, the clear marching orders are disruption, disruption, disruption. so we cannot take a chance. the fbi doesn't take any more

chances. if they suspect something, they would rather disrupt it than let it go on and obviously have some americans or citizens in the u.s. get injured. so, this may be a disruption angle. they may still be continuing their investigation. interviewing and collecting other pieces of information and seeing where that leads them. >> yeah, blee know they're interviewing zazi today. we'll see where that goes. thank you for your insifepgt, we really appreciate it. >> thank you. good luck. noed into for you. oh, no, the restaurant chain metes out the punishment for the man that is accused of a beating a black woman. better price out , they'll even match it. which means come game time... ...i'm just as ready as he is. game time costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart.

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all right. let's get your top stories right now. there are new overtures out of north korea, because there is word that the secretive communist state may be willing again to haggle over its disputes program. the ap says the north korean leader, kim jong-il, brought up the idea of resuming the stalled six-party talks to a chinese env envoy. crackle barrel says, don't come back. it's put a lifetime ban on the man accused of beating and racially assaulting a woman in the restaurant. they say troy west is no longer welcome at cracker barrel restaurant after the incident last week near atlanta. he faces a trio of state charges and the feds are investigating the case as a possible hate crime. well, there is just no letup in the heavy rain across the south. do you feel it out there? in fact, there's some flooding threats and that's getting more serious. chad myers is tracking it for us at the cnn weather center.

chad, boy, i didn't know if i needed a boat for work today. it's been raining for how many days now? >> i tell you what, it just keeps going. the showers have been spinning around this low that is to our west. not that far from memphis right now. flood warnings from memphis southward all the way down to the west of starkville. this is where it will be all day again today. we'll pan around. we'll see more showers pop up around atlanta and the carolinas. all the way up the east coast as well. it's been one of those days -- it's been one of those weeks where the rain just wouldn't move. now, we are having a little bit of a better time where the rain is a little bit more spread out. see all the way back up into kansas. all the way to ohio and then back down, where we've only had this area the past couple of days, we're going to spread it out a little bit, and that spreading it out means that not everybody is going to see as much rain as they've seen in the past. open this up for you. we'll show you where the warnings and watches are. flood watches literally all the way from south carolina, back to dallas. here's some pictures from yesterday. not too far from murraysboro,

tennessee. people were rescued, water going up and up and up. wsmv our affiliate there, out of nashville. the cows made it out okay. water over the roads. don't drive through that. you don't know how deep's it's going to be. plus, you don't know whether the road is still there or whether the water took it out. betty? >> all right, chad, thanks. when it comes to famous brands, it's still the real thing. the annual list of the world's most valuable brands is out. and the upheaval in the financial markets is apparent in some companies that lost some ground. susan lisovicz is at the new york stock exchange with the winners and the loser. all right, susan, so what brands do people trust the most? i hope you're going to say cnn. >> aha. you know, that's a very good question. when it comes -- when it comes to news, there's no question who is number one. >> the most trusted name in news! >> we're talking about consumer products. so, i give you one clue in your toss, still the real thing. how about the pause that refreshes, it is based in atlanta, home of cnn. >> coca-cola.

>> exactly. exactly. number one since 2000. according to this poll by interbrand, had is a branding agency, so this is sort of the academy awards for branding, coca-cola, you may know it for its cola, but it's actually been very busy releasing new products. we drink a lot of sports energy drinks, juices, teas, water, coca-cola has been all over there. it's number one, and it's been there for nine years. ibm is number two. the brand known as big blue. ibm has been rolling out lots of new products. it actually received 4,000 patents over the past year, more than any other company, on the top 100. and this is the point according to the -- the company that did this survey, interbrand, says you cannot be idle when times are tough. new products keep customers interested and spending, even in a recession. and that is a point well made, because sometimes when you're in

a store, whether it's a pharmacy or a supermarket, why is it that you won't go to a generic brand? you'll pay more for -- for, you know, a certain product quite willing to. why is that? >> trust issue. >> that's the power of the brand. >> we talked about the winner. everybody likes a winner. but the reality is some people lost our trust this year, too, right? >> no question about it. you can see a direct correlation to the financial crisis, betty. because the biggest drop in trust came with financial cop companies. merrill lynch, aig, fell off the list. another casualty, automakers. gm and chrysler, not on the list anymore. even toyota fell. so, you definitely saw some casualties related to the economic woes that we talk about all the time, betty. >> absolutely. no doubt. okay, susan, we do appreciate it. >> sure. hey, you know, not too many people head out this way. but a truckload of your tax

dollars almost did. i say almost for now, because uncle sam won't be dumping cash on the far-out border crossings. the question is, though, why did he want to in the first place?

the department of homeland security backpedaling fast after a plan to dump millions of your tax dollars on border crossings, far-out border crossings, in fact. secretary janet napolitano has called for a full review from washington, and cnn's special investigations unit correspondent, drew griffin, took a road trip to see for himself. >> reporter: we knew this that we had to see to believe, but after driving for hours, we thought we might never see it. we've flown to billings, montana. we've been driving for five hours through a country that has more antelope than people, and i tell you, i've done the bridges to nowhere, the roads to nowhere. but this may be the topper. it was supposed to be $15 million, to replace what appears to be a perfectly fine broader

crossing station, especially when you consider the bureau of transportation statistics say this border crossing station at scobee, montana, sees fewer than 20 vehicles a day. it's not that you could just call this border crossing slow. here i am in the middle of the day, sitting in the middle of the road. there's nobody here. it's even quieter here. the border crossing at whitetail, montana. the bureau of transportation statistics says the custom agents here get an average of fewer than two vehicles a day. yet, this, too, was to see a $15 million upgrade, thanks to the federal stimulus bill. >> well, i think everybody was pretty well blown away that they're spending $32 million in daniels county on new border stations. i believe they need to update, but that just seems to be kind of a crazy number. >> reporter: why suddenly was so

much money supposed to come to northeast montana border crossings, especially when you consider that these border crossings are so unused, they're both closed at night? could it be politics? since the democrats took over in the senate, montana's two democratic senators have become very powerful. senator max baucus is chairman of the senate finance committee. senator jon tester is on the homeland security committee, and both took credit for the millions allocated up here in a joint press release, saying they pushed homeland security for the stimulus spending. this is good news for all of montana, and especially communities across the northern tier, senator baucus said in that release. senator tester said the spending would pay off for generations to come, by creating new jobs and opportunity that will benefit all of montana. just this week senator tester reiterated his support in a statement saying, through his

spokesperson, "because our borders are only as strong as their weakest link, jon supporting sealing up all security gaps and expects to see the work done as responsibly and as efficiently as possible." the department of homeland security even told us that security concerns, not politics, drove this decision to spend on the ports. >> we feel that these ports, like all of the ports of entry, are a vital part of that network of security that we establish along the borders and that the investments that we're going to do at these ports of entry are a critical step in ensuring that we can perform our mission. >> my dad, paul. >> reporter: mark's family has been farming this border for generations. his land is adjacent to the border crossing in scobey. in winter, entire days go by, he says, where you won't see a single car. an idea to build a new border station that sees fewer than 20 cars a day at a cost of $15 million tax dollars, he says could only have come from washington.

>> well, when you're spending somebody else's money, the cost is no big deal, right? if i'm spending your money, what do i care? as long as you got a big pocketbook, what do i care if i spend it? the accountability that we need to have and the sensibility and the common sense needs to apply here. i mean, the senators did a fine job as far as getting money for northeast montana, absolutely great. but, would it be wiser spent on something more useful to the public generally? >> reporter: scobey and nearby whitetail would have received a temporary boost to the local economy, but not anymore. shortly after the dhs defended the project to cnn on camera, the secretary pulled the plug. ordering a full review of how her department makes spending decisions. drew griffin, cnn, scobey, montana. all right, so to be clear, cnn tried to get comments from the two u.s. senators from

montana for two weeks before the project was put on hold. the only response we received was what you heard in that report. a medal of honor recipient joins his brothers in arms. in about a half hour, army sergeant 1st class jared monti will be inducted into the pentagon hall of heroes. president obama presented a posthumous medal to sergeant monti's parents yesterday. was recognized for actions above and beyond the call of duty in afghanistan, losing his life trying to save a wounded soldier. and even as the nation honors such selflessness, questions have been raised by our highest award for combat valor, namely, why are so few medals of honor awarded for the afghanistan and iraq combats? and why aren't more awarded to living troops who fought there. more from our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. >> reporter: president obama awards the medal of honor to the family of sergeant 1st class jared monti who died trying to save others in a brutal

firefight in afghanistan. >> jared said, no, he is my soldier. i'm going to get him. >> reporter: monti is the sixth man to receive the medal for actions above and beyond the call of duty in today's wars. all of them awarding posthumously. it's the type of heroism these men know, living recipients gathered this week as they do every year. but there's no one wearing the blue ribbon from iraq or afghanistan. in fact, there's been no living recipient for any military action since vietnam. the defense secretary believes there are unrecognized acts of courage among the living. >> this has been a source of real concern to me, and i would tell you it was one of -- i think it was one of president bush's real regrets that he did not have the opportunity to honor a living medal of honor

winner. >> reporter: there are still 95 living recipients, aging heroes from past battles, world war ii, korea, and vietnam. >> when i was in the army, i had no idea what the medal of honor was. >> reporter: gary latrell was recognized for his actions against the north vietnamese back in 1970. he wonders why so few of today's warriors have been recognized. >> i've been asked this question numerous times. you know, there were 240 medals of honor in vietnam. and they have been four in iraq and two in afghanistan. two in somalia. >> reporter: general james conway, the nation's top marine, says one reason there may be fewer medal recipients these days, counterinsurgency wars don't have the big battles of the past. we asked this combat veteran if he wants a living service member to be honored. >> well, i do and i don't. anytime a soldier or marine wins a medal, his unit is -- and he's

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get you some top stories right now. the fbi is interviewing a denver man for a third day as part of a terror investigation. that man, an afghan national,

and now authorities are saying the targets of the alleged plot may have been a major transportation center like a railroad or a subway station. it all came to light this week after raids in new york. not guilty. that is the decision from a jury in the trial of a former kentucky high school football coach accused in the death of one of his players. david stinson was charged with reckless homicide after the player collapsed during a practice session. the 15-year-old died three days later of heat-related causes. the jury took just two hours to acquit stinson. let's talk about pregnant women for just a second. because they have a big decision to make in the coming weeks. should they or shouldn't they get the swine flu vaccine? the fda has okayed applications from four companies, that is, to begin producing the h1n1 vaccine shot, but clinical trials on pregnant women, those are still going on. senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, tells us now

about how patients can actually empower themselves. she joins me now. i know a lot of moms-to-we are listening very closely right now. >> oh, absolutely. they have this big decision to make. should they get the h1n1 shot or shouldn't they? so we want to empower pregnant women with information. first of all, some of the concerns we've heard in our e-mails in the "empowered patient" in-box, while it is new, they are still testing it in pregnant women, the shot, even though it's due out really in just a couple of weeks. do i really want something that is new? whereas other folks feel you know what, i kind of do want this, because, this is really important, here's this woman who was in a clinical trial. her name is amy wolf. amy said, i want to get it, because i want my baby to get immunity to swine flu. so, probably, when amy gets this shot, she'll be immune and the baby inside her will become immune. what's interesting is that once this baby, the one she's sort of saying hi to right there, once this baby is born, the baby cannot get a swine flu shot

until he is 6 months old. so, that was the decision that amy wanted to do. she wanted it so much that she actually joined a study. she's one of the first 120 women to ever get a swine flu vaccine. >> ha la lot of women may be hesitan hesitant, in fact, we've got a phone call from a viewer. i want to take a listen to that. >> caller: hi, i'm erin. i understand the h1n1 vaccine testing is being done on pregnant women. but what kind of testing is being done to what happens to the unborn baby after berth? >> that's a great question. >> it is. and the folks doing the studies, they are following up with the moms after they give birth and they are also following up with the babies. in fact, when amy gives birth, they will take some of the blood from the umbilical cord and test it to see if the baby is immune to swine flu like his mother. they'll also follow-up with the baby to see what kind of health he's in as the months unfold. >> we want to follow-up, too, with viewers that have questions like erin and other viewers as

well, you took them to the experts. where can they get a list so they know what is real and what is not about the swine flu? >> go to cnn.com/empoweredpatient, and also we'll be following up with amy to see how she's doing after that wonderful baby is born. >> all right. looking forward to it. thank you, elizabeth. well, a major boost for the scare factor on these county fair rides in washington state. a schizophrenic killer could have been riding with you on one of those rides. you'll never believe how he got loose. my doctor told me something i never knew.

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we are mushing forward to the next hour of "cnn newsroom." and a doctor says he is being blackballed over a diagnosis, and he blames his fellow physicians for some of the health care system's ills. plus, more on the acquittal of a high school football coach found not guilty in a player's collapse and death. a live interview, that's coming up.

and we asked "what the" almost every day here in the "cnn newsroom," but there aren't enough question marks to cover all the head-scratching moves that preceded a manhunt outthis story starts with a criminally insane killer on a field trip to a county fair organized by his mental hospital. a schizophrenic just walked away from his group. but maybe the biggest battle is the sheriff's director sid that no one told them they were coming and no one said anything when paul wandered away. >> it was very surprising that we weren't put on notice immediately that somebody with this type of background and this type of history walked away without law enforcement being immediately notified. >> they just came in without

notifying anyone and we weren't notified of any potential issues, whatsoever. so that's a little disconcerning. >> there's more, paul has a history of escape ever since she was convicted two decades ago for killing a 78-year-old woman. he claimed that voices told him his victim was a witch. law enforcement has issued a state wide alert to nab this guy. here's a rude awakening and a breakfast on the run for you. >> a cup of coffee that you don't have time to drink and the get out of bed now, we're leaving wake up. >> you're not dreaming, that's cnn hall perry among a gaggle of reporters and, yeah, a flock of cheap. what the heck is going on here? and, ooh, rotisserie chicken. yes, you do. [ barks ] yeah.

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we like to turn the cameras around and give you a behind the scenes look at how big news stories make it to air. sometimes they go smoothly, other times not so much. michael holmes hosts back story right here on cnn international. you got a real chopper for us. >> this is good, and as you know, on back story, we do a whole variety of things, but a lot of times the story is great, the story of how the story came about -- >> is even better. >> it can be and we have found a lot of people like to see what goes into making some stories. and we give witnesses longer periods of time to tell their story and that sort of stuff as well. you remember the shoe throwing incident. a lot of people say he had a great arm. but the guy who threw the shoes at president bush in baghdad went to jail. and he was recently released. >> some people hail him as a hero. >> they do. and a lot of people are against him and part of the reason was they saw that as disrespectful, whether they hated bush or not,

but there's an arab culture that you don't do that to a visitor. he was released from jail and said that he was tortured and whatnot. cal went out there to do the story. >> this is the shoe thrower, day two. and a top passionate producer of the network, did one of his famous wakeups, which was her cup of coffee that you don't have to time to drink and the get out of bed now wake youp. so we're headed to his house, we're expecting his imminent release. so we're going to go to his family's house and stake it out and see if we can see him there and see if we can get an idea of seeing the family hopefully celebrating. that's where we're headed now and we'll see how we get along. we're here in baghdad, outside the shoe thrower's house.

this is your baghdad media. you have got me here lined up along the street to chris's right and just below him, we have a group of sheep which are obviously here as a welcoming gift when the shoe tosser actually arrives. and once that happens, you can expect some of these to be slaughtered in honor of his arrival. across the street is where the nieces and the nephews are standing along with indeed more media. >> all right. i just got my bagel. good pictures. hu? >> we're having fun. >> i'm having fun.

you can see how difficult it is, this shoe throwing ints dent. and it's really hot. and it's ramadan so no water, no food, nothing. >> we want to give you an idea of the family home, we have been here for more than five hours. this is where the family's been obviously watching on baghdad tv where they saw the first images of him and the family's been very emotional. i have to tell you, they have been so 4hospitable, it's been hot, and they served drinks and actually it was a very touching moment.

[ speaking in native language ] >> it's really fascinating to see behind the story. we know cal, he's a colleague of ours, i know him not to be as -- was he tired? what was wrong with him? >> let's put out that initial shot of cal. you know, he was a bit down in the beginning of that. and i actually got a conversation with him. he had a temperature of 101. he had been, well, let's say, unwell all night. he had a flu, a virus, but he went out and shot this story anyway. >> and went out in 100-degree heat. >> right. >> you made a very good point about arab hospitality, when they were offering him water during ramadan and they don't drink water or anything. >> that's what i love about it, it's the story behind the story called the back story.

good to see you. there is much more to come, including this. new haven, connecticut, police were tailing raymond clark even before annie le's body was found. we are pushing forward on new details this hour. we're getting more details on the evidence that put clark in jail yesterday. he was seen trying to hide cleaning equipment. as annie le's family and friends deal with the shock of her tragic death, people who know raymond clark, they're reeling too. cnn's tom foreman tries to get a picture of the man accused of murder. >> reporter: arrested and brought into court, facing a murder charge at just 24, ray clark was not asked for a plea, just that he understood his rights. his answer, two words. >> i do. >> reporter: others, however are saying much more. the police won't talk about reports of messages between

clark and the murder victim annie le, but he makes it clear, the lab where they both worked was where the violence was born. >> this is not about urban crime, it's not about urban crime, it's not about domestic crime, it's not about workplace violence which is a growing issue around the country. >> reporter: the idea of some sort of workplace eruption is puzzling for old high school classmates. >> he was incredibly nice, he was sweet, he came off as very caring. >> reporter: michelle knew him as a fun loving and athletically gifted boy with kind and giving parents, even before a local paper reported it, she knew firsthand about a long ago police investigation into accusations that clark forced his then-girlfriend into having sex with him. no charges were filed, so michelle never thought much of it. >> you know, he never was arrested or anything like that. but it just -- it just didn't --

it just seemed like there was a problem within the relationship and, you know, it was something between them two. >> reporter: ranford police will not talk about that incident now, saying only that they are sharing information with new haven detectives. it is all painful for katelynn mann. she too new clark as a standout baseball player. and a member of a club that tries to understand asian culture. what kind of guy was ray clark in high school? >> friendly all the time, sweetheart. totally. >> reporter: if police are correct, somehow her job as a researcher, and his job taking care of the animals that she worked with brought them into a collision in the basement of this building a little more than a week ago, with tragic rugts. mail for clark was set at

$300,000 and his attorney is not talking. many students at yale are breathing easier at the arrest. but many friends of annie le and ray clark have just as many questions about how this murder came to pass. tom foreman, cnn, new haven, connecticut. so to colorado now in a third day of questioning for an airport shuttle driver from afghanistan, nagi zazi is cooperating with the fbi and claims to have nothing to do with terrorism. but a raid early in the morning in new york city turned up possible indications of a real deal terror plot. jean meserve has the latest now from denver. >> nagi. >> on previous days they have walked in the front door, but today they were brought in in vehicles with tinted windows.

meanwhile this investigation is continuing, two sources have told cnn that instructions for building bombs have been found in the course of the investigation, one law enforcement source says the plans were found on a computer that zazi was carrying when he travelled to new york last week. zazi's attorney says not so he says his client has absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. and a source tells cnn that multiple backpacks were found in the apartment in new york city. you'll remember that in the london bombing, the explosives were left in backpacks, so sources tell us that law enforcement here thinks that this alleged plot was going to target mass transit. a place where a lot of people would gather, where there would be minimal screening of carry-on bags. authorities still don't know

exactly what they're dealing with, this investigation is going full steam ahead at this point. sources do tell us that authorities believe this is the real deal. but as yet, there have been no arrests in the case. jean meserve, cnn, denver. we are witnessing more shows of defiance in iran today as the islamic based government deals with the fallout of its conte contested presidential election from three months ago. this as iran's president ramps up his anti-israeli rhetoric. here's the latest from neighboring pakistan. >> reporter: a dramatic and emotionally charged day in teheran as iran's green clad opposition movement made a come back. hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters hit the streets in tehran. on friday they went face to face with large groups of pro government crowds, really a rest my for violence, but we really

didn't see many clashes, we saw some, but not many. friday was an annual rally to show solidarity for the palestinian cause, but as they have done in the past, the opposition took advantage of what was a government approved event to come out again and protest the june 12 election and the brutal and sometimes deadly crackdown that followed. they started marching in the morning and went to teheran university where president ahmadinejad ahmadinejad delivered another searing staech. >> today the most important issue in the world is to show palestine, if there is a conflict going on in iraq, we believe the conflict has been understand indicated by the zions. >> reporter: president ahmadinejad getting plenty of outside -- supporters chachbting

"liar, liar". also showing up on friday, four important figures in the opposition movement, opposition leader musavi, opposition figure caribi. also showing up is two presidents. the opposition movement doesn't appear to have a lot of political options left on the table. but these appearances by these opposition leaders and a strong turnout, an indication that they will continue to apply pressure to the leadership of president ahmadinejad as he begins his second term. >> so what aboutly is quds day? it's an annual rally to support the palestinian people, it is held in many arab and muslim countries all around the world. it's considered a political event, not a religious one, even though it's held on the last

friday of ramadan. the parade originated in iran after the 1979 islamic revolution. and on the heels of his rally at the university of maryland, president obama is ramping up his push for health care reform. he's sitting down with taped interviews with five -- and you can catch president obama's sit down with john king on cnn's state of union. john's on the air at 9:00 eastern, don't miss it. a day after jarrod monti was awarded the medal of honor, he is being inducted into the pentagon's hall of heroes. monti was killed in 2006 in afghanistan while trying to reach a would bed comrade in the midst of a taliban ambush, he's just the sixth medal of honor recipient from the war in iraq and afghanistan.

today is national p.o.w. and m.i.a. recognition day. the organizers of the vietnam wall memorial, they want your help. they're asking for photos of the 58,261 fallen service members whose names appear on the wall. they plan to display the photos in a yet to be constructed education center on the national mall. you're looking at an artist's rendering of that if you have a photograph, you can scan it and send a copy to the war memorial. and you can also directly upload the photo yourself. for a link, all you have to do is go to our blog, cnn.com/kyra. soldiers have to have good minds and strong characters. but they better have strong backs, strong arms, strong legs a .

cnn's jason caroroll saw for himself. >> soldiers in afghanistan have been suffering many noncombat injuries as a result of the heavy loads that they carry in afghanistan's rough terrain. now the army is taking a tip from how professional athletes train to make a better soldier. >> left, right. >> it's dawn, fort campbell, kentucky. marching in formation. traditional call citizen aches. for decades, physical training for army soldiers has changed very little. but now change has come. >> how do you feel? do you feel all right? good. >> reporter: it looks a lot different. the results unmistakable. >> and the end result will be a stronger faster soldier that will be less prone to injury. >> reporter: the new program is called the eagle tactical athlete program. etap.

these are the first wave of soldiers sweating under etap which emphasizes endurance, balance, speed and preventing injury. etap's director, dr. scott lephart says 40% to 60% of new recruits actually get hurt during training. >> if indeed we can mitigate the injury, reduce the injury and actually enhance their ability to perform their duty, it's a significant contribution on our part. >> reporter: training is based on training dr. lephart developed. professional sports teams like the steelers and penguins pay top dollar for the train iing. but these soldiers will be fighting in afghanistan, no problem, the program is customized to environment. >> they were observing a significant amount of ankle injuries due to the rough

terrain and the elevation in afghanistan. therefore we were able to integrate new intexercises that would work on balance. >> the computer program uses new technology to see how a soldier lands, how much air they take in and strength. >> the tests are not easy. >> yeah, it's tough. >> reporter: tough and easy to measure weakness. but will this new program break decades old training methods? >> i think if everybody gives it a chance and just tries it, they will come around to actually liking the program. >> reporter: the new training program is eight weeks, fort campbell hopes to have all 25,000 soldiers in the 101st airborne division fully trained on the program by next summer and those who are behind the

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all right, so first-time home buyers are really putting some ooomf into the economy, but some are concerned it won't last, unless president bush extends it beyond the ending date in november. apparently this is a good bill, but it's not going to last for long? >> it's interesting, georgia senator johnny ivanson is calling on congress to extend and expand that first-time home buyer credit. first of all it would raise the tax credit from 15,0$15,000 fro $8,000 right now. it would be available for any home buyer, new home buyer, hold home buyer, it doesn't matter. and it would also remove income caps, the senator says doing this will stabilize the home market and prevent a second dip. critics have said the extension

is just too expensive and would help people who would buy anyway and probably don't have to have the credit to buy. >> what has the tax credit meant so far for the housing market as a whole? >> it's been a lot. the irs saying that 1.4 million people claimed the tax credit and the national association of realtors saying there were 350,000 sales this year that wouldn't have happened without the tax credit. home sales would have been 6% below last year had the tax credit not been in place. and the national association of realtors, that's the industry's biggest trade group, it says that a recovery will help the economy, a recovery in housing, that is, because home buyers spent extra money on furnishing in the months after they buy that home. inventories remain high. some 8.6 million homes and condos are on the market. that is a nine-month supply.

foreclosures rising, and some of the numbers we have seen on housing is people buying distressed properties, in addition some people make points that the tax credit is only putting people in foreclosed homes. and it very tough times in detroit, folks, and that's keeping people at home. several city offices are closed today, under mayor bing far low's order. people would have to take 26 unpaid days through the end of june. the plan is aimed at balancing detroit's $300 billion budget deficit. and here's some troubling news for some of the hardest hit states in the recession. michigan tops the list with

15.2%. you've got nevada, rhode island california and oregon. with unemployment rates surging, it's no surprise that more than 9 million americans are relying on the government for help. but some of those people will soon run out of money unless congress extends unemployment benefits. and susan losovich is at the new york stock exchange. this is very important for a lot of folks out there. >> no question about it, jerry was just talking about the extension of the home buyer tax credit, well, you can't buy a home if you don't have a job. the house is set to vote on this legislation next wednesday, and it sounds as though we have been here before because there have been extensions twice before this year. this one would by congress would extend unemployment benefits to the hardest hit states. those with an up employment rate of 6% or higher.

in most states, people get 26 weeks of benefits. okay. but currently people in high unemployment states get up to 79 weeks of jobless benefits. that's a year and a half. and basically what these extensions show, betty is that it's taking a lot longer than normal for laid off workers to find new jobs. you know, the growing number of people now out of work for a year or longer so it is a big problem and it's going to get worse for the folks who are backing this unless this extension gets passed again. >> what about this, another big issue that congress is taking on is overhauling the college loan business. what are you hearing on that end? >> well, you know, it's just breathtaking what's happening in washington in some of the overhauls because this is -- this would be the biggest overhaul since college aid programs were created in the 1960s, but the house did vote yesterday to overhaul these

programs. basically it would get rid of private student lenders and put the government in charge. how big a business is this? well, private lenders made $600 billion in government backed loans last year. compared to $14 billion in direct loans from the government. it still has to go through the senate, but what the legislation would do is end subsidies to these private lenders and would boost pel grants for needy students and improve grant programs for community colleges. it's wide ranging, it's huge and it's not a done deal, not by any stretch. and opponents, among them, private lenders who say you're going to contribute to high unemployment rates because some of these would go belly up or at least result in big layoffs. >> we'll be watching on that,

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not guilty on all accounts. that's the verdict a jury in louisville, kentucky reached yesterday in the reckless hoods trial of former high school football coach david stinson. he was accused of running 15-year-old player max gilpin to his death. despite the ruling, gilpin's parents say their son's death was not in vain. the prosecutor explained why he couldn't get a conviction. >> to me, we had two things here, one is we're dealing with a man who is from a tight knit community, he was active in that

community and he was involved with these kids and he had a great deal of community support going into this case. and the second most important factor is the one that you just mentioned, we're dealing with football and i think we accept things on a football field that we wouldn't accept in any other arena. >> and despite the not guilty verdict, there is a ripple effect from this case. let's talk about it with another prep football coach who's been watching this trial, colquitt county georgia high's football coach. you may recognize the coach from the reality football show two adays. what do you think about the acquittal? do you think it was justified? >> i respect the decision of the jury. i mean i believe in the justice system and i believe that obviously, you know, they felt it was enough to acquit him. >> well, but guilty or not in this case, are you worry about a

precedent that's been set that he even went to trial because a player dayed because of practice? >> i think every coach has got to worry about it. i don't think it's something that you don't think about, everybody thinks about it every day you go to practice. i think any coach or any school system is going to think about it. as far as the president goes, i think there obviously been other football players to die and athletes to die on the field before and, you know, it's tough. it's just hard on the community, it's hard on the families, it's hard on the coach, it's hard on everybody. everybody's traumatized. >> he was found not guilty, acquitted in this case. will this keep other coaches from pushing really hard as they do, and many coaches do, they want to push you to the extreme so that you can be the best athlete that you can be. is this going to keep other coaches from really challenging their players because of what could possibly turn into a trial? >> i don't know -- i don't

believe that. i think that i think coaches already do a great job of that, of, you know, we're not like we were in the '60s and the '70s when we don't give them water breaks and we don't watch them and all that. coaches love their players. but they do push them. they push them extremely hard. i think it's just going to be a little bit more education and each school system's going to have to look at it and decide where the best care for your athletes and having trainers and having team doctors and having sports medicine and all those issues will come from the forefront with the death of any athlete. >> should there be an overall set of guidelines that coaches are given? and what about trainers and their role in this, because they're also watching players. >> every single day and every single year, i think player safety is the first and foremost that we should look at and any

innovative or new way or better way to do it for the safety of their athletes, that's what you need to do. and i think that people do that. it's going to follow each school system to make sure that that's done. >> do you think it should be individualized within the school system or should there be a national set of guidelines. >> i think there should be a national set of guidelines and each state should be able to decide on how they're going to adopt and what they're going to adopt. there are some guidelines there, but they obviously need to be revisited every single year. there's no doubt, the nfl doesn't do things like they used to do ten years ago, college football's changed, high school football's changed, we're more educated now, we know more now and we need to continue to change guidelines to make it for the betterment of the high school athlete. >> thank you for spending time on this, we appreciate your insight. >> thank you for the coverage. president obama is roll

ougout a new weapon in the battle for the health care reform, his better half. mrs. obama called on women to usher in change. >> we need to act, no longer can we sit by and watch the debate take on a life of its own. it is up to us to get involved, because what we have to remember is that now more than ever, we have to channel our passions into change. >> mrs. obama says women often make the critical health decisions in their families and she says her husband's plan will offer better and cheaper coverage. insurance companies and malpractice lawsuits, there's plenty of finger pointing when it comes to skyrocketing health care costs. but one doctor says the blame

lies wi lie. >> the price of medicare care in mccowan texas is just way too high. and he's paying a price for speaking out. >> do you think you're committing professional suicide? >> i do. i have. i mean the results are plain. dr. lester dike doesn't put most of the blame on malpractice lawyers or insurance companies for the rise in medical costs here, he blames his colleagues. >> a lot of doctors are practicing in a way that treat patients like atm machines and extracting the maximum amount of profits from the patient. >> reporter: dr. dike says he spends a lot more time on his ranch, because he says other doctors are angry with him and have stopped sending him patients. >> i am being black balled, the only way they can pressure me to stop doing what i'm doing, is to essentially cut off my referrals and make me quit practicing and

it may succeed. >> other doctors in mccowan acknowledge they're not happy with dr. dike's charge that physicians are excessive ly treating patients. >> do you feel in any way shape or form that he's right about? ? >> i think he's wrong because the overwhelming majority of physicians in this community practice good medicine. >> reporter: he said there's no effort to stop referrals to dr. dike. but he says this, patient costs in mccowan are astounding. only miami costs more. but mccowan is in one of the poorest counties in the u.s. the average worker here makers about $12,000 a year. yet incredibly, the average health care cost for a patient in this county is almost 15,000. >> what medicare spends for the typical patient in mccowan, is almost double what it spends on

the average patient nation wise. so what's going on in mccowan. >> the doctors are able to profit not only from being physicians, like we did originally. but by ordering tests on equipment that they own or sending patients to facilities that they own or have a financial interest in. >> extra tests are often referred to utilization. >> i think we have high utilization because we care for a lot of sick people later on in their care that requires more care. >> dr. cardenas works at doctor's hospital at renaissance. he's one of the doctor's owners of the hospital and that's also criticized by dr. dike, and he offers this characterization. >> a lot of doctors care more about money than their patients. >> i think there's unethical doctors that continue to send me patients, so i continue to make a living, but not by much.

i have been here a long time, i've done well. and i can just retire. you're going to want to stick around because we have the latest on a texas sized controversy. yes, we're talking about the dallas cowboys, the new stadium there in nearby arlington, it puts a whole new meeting to the term, screen passed. what's the problem with this new multimillion dollar monitor and why it's got team owner jerry jones kicking mad. we'll tell you.

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newsroom every thursday. so do not miss it. i got to give you full disclosure here because i am a loyal longhorn. not only a loyal fan, but a die hard loyal family. if dallas cowboy's big screen controversy is truly texas size. sunday is the regular homeowner in a brand new billion dollar stadium. it's state of the art, but the cowboys field of dreams is starting off as a nightmare. ed lavender are, another fellow longhorn is on the road somewhere near i-45. are people going to watch the actual game or be focused on that scoreboard? >> isn't this the great assignment that puts two of the texas homers on this assign. like this isn't going to be completely biassed.

we toured the stadium a few days ago and it was unbelievable. we have talked so much -- we have heard a lot of talk about this giant scoreboard in the middle of the stadium and you're right, if you're sitting in the upper deck or in the mid level seats or even in one of the sweets over the field, you can completely see a scenario where you spend very little time watching the action on the field. i mean this thing is massive, it's 72 feet high, by 160 feet wide, it stretches roughly from the 15 yard line to the other 15 yard line and it dangles about 90 feet over the field. what's interesting is that i was told the inspiration for this, the stadium's already been called jerry's world, named after the owner of the dallas cowboys, jerry jones, the inspiration for this giant scoreboard came after he had gone to las vegas and had seen celine dion's show and there was this giant screen behind her stage and jerry said i sat there and watched the screen more than

i watched celine dion, even though she was really close to me. >> and i'm sure he had great seats. this thing is huge, people love it, you're going to be drawn to it even though the players are on the field. but there's still a lot of controversy surrounding it, right? >> the controversy comes in just kind of in a big source of a lot of laughter around the area and in the sports world. but back in august, during one of the preseason games, a punter for the tennessee titans, punted the ball right into the bottom of the scoreboard. >> yikes. >> and so imagine, all these people, people like to laugh at jerry jones, and they said, oh, my god, you've spent $1.2 billion on this football stadium and you forgot to take that into account. it turns out that nfl rules say the scoreboard has to be about 85 feet above the field, this scoreboard's 90 feet. so the cowboys are in the right, there are some people who still want the scoreboard to be

raised. and that sort of thing, but for now, it's staying put. if anyone launches a ball into the bottom of the scoreboard or into the scoreboard, they'll just replay the play. the cowboys say this will not be an issue throughout the stadium. and a lot of people say you really have to go out of your way and try hard to punt the ball into this scoreboard. >> you got to be a really good kicker to punt the ball into that scoreboard. >> rick, what you got going? we're doing something kind of serious and kind of different today. you know me, right? you and i have been friends for a long time and we have worked as colleagues. >> yep. >> and anybody who watches my show knows they don't suffer fools gladly. i especially don't like it when people lie, it makes me upset

and it makes the staff here at cnn react to it. >> what happened? >> i tell you what happened, fox news has put something out that frankly i think needs to be addressed. and you're looking at right there. that ad in the "washington post" is alleging that we at cnn along with several other news organizations literally missed a story. that's a hell of a thing to say. if they're willing to put that in the "washington post," where millions of people are going to be able to read it, then i think -- >> you mean last week's march on washington? >> yes, last weekend's march on washington. >> i was here, i reported it. >> i think it behooves us to set the record straight. and will a.c.o.r.n. get any federal money? after a series of scandalous videos, the writing is on the wall and the bank is closed.

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giving advice and even talking about murder. now congress has passed an amendment to yank federal fundings. >> 345-75. >> reporter: it wasn't even close, by a 345-75 vote. the house of representatives voted to kill all federal funding to the community organizing group a.c.o.r.n. >> a.c.o.r.n. is trying to claim that they're cleaning up their act, but i think it's too little, too late. >> reporter: it wasn't just republicans, 172 democrats also voted to defund a.c.o.r.n., an indication of the deep wounds inflicted by hidden camera videos. >> your business is a performing artist. you are. okay, so you're not lying. >> reporter: videos that show a.c.o.r.n. workers that offer help and advice to a couple of community activists posing as a pimp and a prostitute.

>> i immediately took swift action and i said, you know what? we're going to look at this, we're going to make a review from top to bottom so that this thing never happens again. we work too hard to have some trumped up thing like this happen. >> reporter: the newest tape reportedly shows an a.c.o.r.n. worker in national city near san diego advising the undercover filmmakers on how to get underaged sex workers from el salvador over the border from mexico. >> this is confidential, right? >> reporter: but a.c.o.r.n. tells cnn that the worker was just trying to deal with a challenging situation anda he was just playing along to get information. but according to a.c.o.r.n., he passed on to his cousin who's a detective at the national city police department.

this is an a.c.o.r.n. worker in philadelphia, she says she reported the couple to the police. >> it appears that mr. o'keefe lied to get his appointment. he is not dressed like he is on the internet and when we found o -- filed a report. >> reporter: this a.c.o.r.n. worker seen on one video claiming to have killed her ex-husband in self-defense. >> i just picked up the gun and i shot him and he died right there. >> reporter: but teresa kaelke said she was just playing game her ex-husband is just fine. >> he's alive and well. >> reporter: but coming on top of earlier tapes which clearly shows a.c.o.r.n. workers bending over backwards to help o'keefe and jil guiles,