british throne. yes he's supposed to set a good example. and yes he will probably get the grandmother of all ballocking. the real villain is the person who took the picture and sold them. i'm dubbing that person the gutless little twerp. i'm outraged i didn't get an invite to what sounds like a fantastic party. that's all for us tonight. "a.c. 360" starts now. with the tropical storm still out at sea but heading right now for the gulf coast and if it keeps going the way it's going, the storm eye sac could become a hurricane and be on top of tampa during the republican

conventi convention. chad what do we know? >> here are the new numbers. 15.7, 62.2. hurricane hunters are in there right now with their air planes, not finding in i increase in strength. just about 40 miles, maybe 45. it did not get bigger today. that's some good news. it is not getting bigger yet. because this thing is about to head right over haiti. and 400,000 people still live in tents. basically the city was knocked down by the earthquake. and now these people are going to be enduring 80 to 90 mile per hour winds and side way rain. >> the city of tampa, they're watching very closely. you say it's especially vulnerable to a hit from a hurricane of the right now where is the tracking on this thing? >> the tracking has the middle of this error cone right through the western part of florida. so the keys would get smacked

into fort myers if it would stay in this cone. i guarantee, one thing i can guarantee, this cone will go left and right over the next 4 1/2 days before it makes land fall somewhere. it could go to the carolinas or to new orleans. all the computer models they try to think what this hurricane is going to do and tonight they are very clustered into florida, at least over about 96 to 120 hours. that's four to five days. today is the day to make a plan, tonight make a plan. tomorrow figure out if that plan is going to work because after about 48 hours to go, everybody wants to get out of florida, it's too late. this could be a big storm. >> but in terms of when it would hit florida, right now it's on target on monday, right? >> that's correct. no one really understand, i'm going to take the time to show

you tampa. that's where the center of that icon was that i just 140ed you. around here, that's what the error would be at tuesday 2:00. it could be offshore here, it could be here. but the most likely area in the middle. that would be 2:00 monday and you have 50,000 people going to tampa. >> you were saying tampa is particularly vulnerable. why? >> because you have this funnel effect. the bay itself, all this water would be funneled back into the bay and all the water getting shoved up there and the air force base very low, water will rise and buildings will go under water. that's not the forecast, but it can happen. >> i remember being in tampa when a hurricane hit punta gorda. let's hope it doesn't happen. congressman todd akin shifting statements, don't stand up better than his claim that it's rare for legitimate rape to

result in pregnancy. we're also looking tonight at how bone headed science notwithstanding there's very little policy difference between congressman akin or ryan or politicians who oppose abortions here. we're pointing out that republicans notably ryan now seem to be distancing themselves from positions they once supported because of akin's language in support of similar or even identical positions on the very same subject have turned out to be politically so tox toxic. akin's list of people he says are out to get him. last night he sent out a series of tweets. he said quote, i apologize but the lab ril media is trying to make me drop out. then he said we can't be intimidated by the liberal

elite. quote, return, retweet this if you won't let the liberal elite push you around. a lot of liberal media, liberal elite language. when we was tweeting we had herniated disc from the national review, governor mitt romney as well as paul ryan. >> i think he should step aside. >> i would have liked to have seen him move aside. >> if he looks at the bigger picture, he will do what's best and step aside. >> he doesn't unfortunately recognize yet that he's dealt a mort al blow to his canned ascy. >> i'm hoping i'll give great attention to this issue today and make a decision which is in the best interest for the values he has for the country and the future of the country itself. >> not exactly the liberal elite there. so this morning mr. akin was pointing fingers elsewhere. >> i knew that the party voters took a look at our hearts, understood who we were, had a chance to meet us in many many

different ways and made a decision. and it makes me uncomfortable to think that the party bosses are going to dictate who runs. >> so now it's party bosses. but keeping them honest, the list of people urging congressman akin to bow out now runs the gamut. for republicans it's politically damages. his position on abortion is in line with many in the conservative main stream. you can agree with the position, o. disagree with the position. but paul ryan seems to be trying to have it both ways. without the harsh baggage. here he is talking about an amendment to an abortion bill last year which he and congressman akin cosponsored. >> you sponsored legislation which had the language forceable rape. >> rape is rape, period. end of story. >> so that forceable rape

language meant nothing to you at the time? >> rape is rape. there's no splitting hairs over rape. >> so he seemed unwilling to talk about what he meant by forceable rape which was on this bill just last year. congressman ryan also said he is campaigning more on the moderate romney position on abortion, not his own of the although he has voted for legislation which clues abortion in rape, it favors a constitutional ban on abortion except to save a woman's life. ryan is also on record in favor of cripplealizing abortion. ryan, a 28-year-old first-time candidate says he has consistently opposed legal abortion, and makes only one exception. the article continues. quote, ryan said he's never specifically advocated jalg women who have abortions or doctors who perform them, but added if t it's illegal, it's

illegal. earlier i spoke with a democratic strategist and a gop strategist. >> last year paul ryan was cosponsoring legislation that critics say was limiting the definition of rape or redefining it by talking about forceable rape. now in an interview he's saying rape arape and doesn't want to talk about it more. what's going on here? >> they're trying to find a position that's not that extreme. you only have 20 percent of the ele electorate, when you think about the independent vote or in middle america, this is a conversation that is going to recoil her. this is doing a lot of damage to the republican brand. they had a large gender gap going in 2008 and as long as, you know, this sort of extreme measures contain to be front and center for the republicanparity

and for this ticket, you're going to see that gender gap continue to stay strong and grow. and mary knows this better than most. if either candidate runs away with the woman vote in this country, that candidate is probably going to win the election. >> paul rien does seem to be avoiding what he wants to discuss what he meant by forceable rape last year. he and akin are pretty much on the same page. ryan hasn't used the same language that akin used and he didn't use the junk science, but in terms of what he actually believes, he and akin are quite similar, no? >> what paul ryan believes, i presume, because we share a faith, he's a roman catholic, he believes in the sinktity of the unborn and the legislation of 235 republicans and a couple of democrats signed on was no

federal funding for abortions which has been around forever. he is not known as a social crusader. cornell is right that the woman's vote swings the elections but he's wrong in presuming women think with our uterus. we're not as obsessed as liberals seem to think we are with our reproductive equipment. we're obsessed with the economy, with the unemployment, with the deficit, the debt what it means to our kids. this is not going to be abortion or gay marriage or dogs on roofs or any otherdistractions. >> i was going to ask you whether or not what ryan believes matter because he's not on the top of the ticket. >> only 20% of the electorate is where ryan and akin is on this thing. it is a viewpoint outside of the mainstream and it's absolutely going to hurt them.

it's about who can relate to the issue and women look at this issue and they see republicans having this debate about reproductive rights and this debate about birth control pills which they had over the summer and they think this is a party that judges doesn't get it. they don't understand me and my issues. >> mary, do you really believe this is not going to influence some people's vote. i know clearly the economy is the issue number one but when somebody gets in that voting booth, particularly a woman, you think this is not going to impact them? >> i think it could. if it wasn't soundly and roundly and universally condemned by every republican from mitt romney to rush limbaugh. look, women are used to men saying stupid things. and woe be to the male population if women attributed ig nans to all men based on the

ignorance of one man. everybody wants him to get off the ticket. the party is taking legal means to try and do that. we're hoping that when he comes to his senses we'll be able to prevail. my prediction is that they'll figure out a write in ballot. he does not speak for the party is the short and the long. >> you're focusing on the language. his position though is very much in line with much republicans' in position, in particular paul ryan. >> the republican position is we are pro-life. we support the sanctity of life. what we've been doing for years now and this campaign is not going to be fought over it and it's not likely to be to be changed. that in the cases of the exceptions and no one, even that legislation that you're referring to that was a nothing burger and has been around for other, it doesn't ban anything. so i don't, i think there are percentage of woman, cornell is

right, and it's cornell's job in the obama campaign's job to extrapolate out from a narrow position on a social issue, a distraction for the rest of the campaign. i'm just saying, women who care about birth control, i don't count myself in there, it's $9 a month. you can get it anywhere. in every poll women care more about the assault on religious liberty than on free contraceptions. they would rather the energy policy be addressed. it's just a distraction, anderson. women are not that stupid. >> appreciate you being on. let us know what you think about the discussion. i'm tweeting about this right now. also tonight one businessman's story he was the face of president obama's green energy policy. now a piece of that very same policy could bankrupt him. [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil®.

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drew griffin investigated. >> reporter: bill keith was just a roofer ten years ago when he got the idea for this. a solar powered attic fan that he dreamed up and actually made in this northwest indiana garage. >> it just pumps hot air out of your attic? >> if i take it out in the sun, as soon as it starts sensing sunlight. it doesn't even have to be in the direct sunlight. it starts going. >> reporter: drawing hot air out of your attic, lowering your cooling bills and using only the sun's energy to do it. >> sales have been good, obviously? >> yeah. >> i think my first year we did $39,000 in sales and it wasn't enough to cover the expenses and it kind of grew to where we probably our peek was a little over 2 million. >> reporter: he's one of our small business, all-american

stories. developing green energy jobs that a new administration pushing green energy just couldn't resist. >> i got a call from the white house and i was like yeah, right. who is it, really? he said we'd like to invite you to obama's town hall meeting. >> reporter: is that where you asked a question? >> i'm from sunrise solar. >> reporter: with that one town hall appearance, he became a solar superstar. each time asked to talk about his green energy business. but now, the half dozen jobs bill keith created out of this garage are about to be lost. >> this is the good stuff here.

>> reporter: and this has been working for how long for you? >> five plus years now. >> reporter: this is the customized solar panel he needs to put together his fans. but they are put together in hong kong. it is the only part that is not made in the usa. the plastic from indiana, the motor from chicago, the wires from new jersey. the steel brackets are made just down the street. >> south bend. even my boxes are made here. the only thing that i can't get made here. and i've tried for ten years, and that is the panel. >> reporter: and that is suddenly a big problem. his panel sold in hong kong is now part of a big business, big time trade dispute between the u.s. and china. the obama administration is trying to protect big u.s. solar panel companies from having to compete with exeeper ones made in china and president obama has placed a 250% tax on the very

solar panels bill keith needs to keep his fans and his business running. this notice from u.s. customs advised him the solar panels he imported in may will face the full tariffs. >> let's say 250%, right? 2.5. that's $270,000 that i would have to come up with out of my pocket to pay customs and border. these guys are going to put me out of business and i don't have any help. i've been trying to get help. >> reporter: last month keith decided to play his political card writing to what he thought was his personal contact at the white house. greg nelson at the office of public engagement under the subject line hanging on for life here. keith asked can you help me before i have to close my doors and let everyone one? please i'm pleading with you. the response from gregory nelson at the white house office of public engagement. thanks for bringing it to my

attention. i don't know what is possible but let me talk to a few folks asap. we'll circle back soon of the it's been nearly a month. late this afternoon cnn did receive this e-mail from the white house basically stating the tariffs highlights the degree to which solar panel manufacturers have faced unfair competition from countries like china and the president's move is a way to establish a level playing field with china for american businesses and workers. the e-mail did not address how it was going to help obama's former solar super star to save his business. >> this is the kicker? >> yeah. >> you were the star? >> i know it's a little disheartening. it's hard for me to look at it. i thought about taking it down. i got swept up into this, paraded around washington, d.c., invited multiple times. i'll show you the tickets i got from the white house being invited to the events.

i get white house christmas cards and even a letter from the white house. i don't have my glasses on there but that last line what does that say? >> please stay in touch with the suggestions that will help us help pu win the future. that's the guy that hasn't talked to you in a month. >> yeah. dishardening. >> reporter: keith says he once believed president obama was on the side of small business and understood what it took to keep garages like his open. now on the brink of having to close his doors, layoff a half dozen or so workers, he can't get anyone in the white house to answer an e-mail. >> drew, why can't he get those solar panels made here? >> he has tried. he started out with a solar company in michigan which worked fine for a while but that company decided they're going to stop making small custom solar panels. he tried a company in new york. the panels were so poorly made the fans kept breakling. he's tried to find a supplier anywhere in the u.s., even going to the department of commerce

for help. they didn't have an answer, which is why he did go overseas. >> and he can't import these without the tax? >> he's fighting with theed amrgs right now. i should say with customs. they're fighting the companies that mark large industrial panels. the feeling is china is dumping their cheap solar panels in the u.s. market making it impossible for companies to compete in the u.s. but caught in the middle is this guy like bill. 95% american made product. he needs that one custom part to make it run. he says if he's forced to pay this tax, he'll be shut down. >> and unlike slin dra, he isn't getting any loans or grants from the government? >> not one dime. he pays a lot of taxes but doesn't get any subsidies at all. >> do we know how many

businesses like his are being hit with this? >> we tried to get that answer from customs. they have notified about 165 importers that their solar panels face these penalties. additional taxes that range from 31% to 250% or in keith's case possibly both, what customs couldn't tell us is the breakdown, how many are big, how many are small and how many are just like keith. >> we'll continue to follow and. coming up, alarming news, the number of people who died in america, due to the west nile virus is 42. and more than 1,140 cases involved. i'll speak to dr. sanjay gup ta about what you know to protect yourself. [ male announcer ] does your prescription medication give you the burden of constipation?

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>> as we mentioned before the break, the west nile virus is now the largest ever seen in the united states. the number of reported cases now stands at 1100. since the disease was first detected in the u.s. in 1999. so far this year, 42 people have died from the west nile virus in the united states. the cdc expects the number to keep growing. i spoke about the situation, about what you need to know about it with chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. >> how would a person know they even had it? i read that something like 80% of cases are asymptomatic. >> or they have such mild symptoms they wouldn't know to go to the doctor or get it checked out. three times the cases as is average this time of year so far in 2012. there are going to be a smaller minority of patients anderson who develop symptoms who are more characteristics. they will get fever, swollen lymph nodes. as the body is trying to respond

to the infection. they can sometimes get a characteristic rash around their chest or back. the most rare situations, the ones that people are talking about that can result in death is about 1 in 150 cases and it's known as the neuroinvasive form of west nile virus and it is exactly what it sounds like, anderson. it actually invades the area around the spinal cord, around the brain. people will become comatose. they may become weak or paralyzed in their legs. it's very frightening but rare. that's typically what happens when they die. >> so who's at most risk for the severe symptoms? it's obviously spread from a mosquito, but does it spread person to person at all? >> it doesn't spread person to person. it truly seems to be a mosquito-borne illness. as far as the people most at risk, unlike flu that affects children and elderly. this affects people who are 50, so older, but not old people.

and also people who have weakened immune systems, either medications or some disease they have. they tend to be most at risk. and those people, they're not only more likely to get the west nile virus, but also more likely to actually get that variant, or that more aggressive form, the neuroinvasive form. and why is there such a big increase in cases this year? i know you talked to the cdc. >> yeah, you know, it's really interesting. because i think there's all sorts of speculation. you talk about the idea that there has been an early spring, a milder winter. but, you know, so much of this, as opposed to looking it as a nation, you look at local phenomenons, certain states that may have had a lot of rainfall. there may be certain conditions that allowed the mosquitos to not only breed more easily, but grow to biting age, if you will, more quickly. you're seeing an accelerated schedule. most occur back half of august into september. but here you're seeing those cases appear more early, which is why at this time of the year in particular, the cases are

much higher. it's mainly weather related. >> we've got a digital dashboard question from facebook. >> kimberly wanted to know what precautions can people take to avoid infections. >> i'll preface by saying, there's no vaccine yet, kimberly. a lot of people are working on something like that. we don't have one as of yet. a lot does fall on the consumer. you hear about sprayings taking place in certain cities. but the individual, you know the dusk and dawn are going to be the worst time of day. even though it's hot, particularly in some of these states that are hard hit, wearing long pants, wearing long sleeves is going to be a benefit. then insect repellant in the form of deet, for example. mosquitos like to breed in standing water. get rid of standing water in your area. >> appreciate it, thanks. >> thank you. >> susan hendricks has 360 bulletin. >> the girlfriend of a man fatally shot while handcuffed

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welcome back. we pick up where we left off last night when ted roland told is us what he saw on a friday night when he was with some police officers trying to control a spike in violence. which's homicide rate has surged 31% so far this year and there's still four months to go. this month alone there had been at least 38 homicides and a lot of victims end up al cook county hospital where the trauma unit is stretched thin. ted spent a day with the doctors and nurses. take a look. >> reporter: 12:30 a.m., a

22-year-old gunshot victim arrives at the cook county trauma unit. he's in pain but stable and able to speak. >> listen. just slow down and relax. >> reporter: after rolling him on his side, doctors start counting the who else. >> four, five, six. what were you doing when this happened to you? >> i was walking. >> reporter: they end up finding 13 bullet holes. each one is bandaged until the drrs can see the x-rays and then they'll need a plan to save this man's life. meanwhile, two more patients just arrive adding to what fools like chaos, but to the staff, including attending physician, it's just another normal day in a chicago trauma unit. >> they come and they come. it's like machine gun fire. you can expect this to happen every single night. >> reporter: the cook county

trauma unit's patient count is up about 30% from last year. on this night there will be seven gunshot victims and two stabbing victims. that's in addition to 18 others involved in battery cases or motor vehicle accidents. upstairs in the operating room, a 29-year-old ask in surgery. he has damage to his intestine and tailbone but is expected to survive. >> reporter: the trauma unit treats everyone from start to finish beginning with emergency care, surgery if needed and follow-up. unfortunately some of these patients come back. new wounds reveal old ones, the x-rays for gunshot victim in bed two show pellets from a previous shooting. >> now i don't know what's new and what's old. >> reporter: look at this man's scar it showed where he was shot

at point blank range with a shotgun last year. there are some patients that can be difficult to deal with. this guy was stabbed by his girlfriend and he came in intoxicated. security is high. some patients have police officers actually with them trying to get information from them as they get treated. a group of detectives showed up to talk to the victim with 13 bullet holes who according to the x-rays may now have a major problem. >> how did this get here, is my question. it either went this way or it came up through the arm. >> reporter: a bullet in his shoulder may have traveled through his chest which could be life threatening so the doctor orders more x-rays. dying is common here. these death packets with information for families are sitting out on a table ready to use. >> there's a lot f death that happens here. it's unfortunate. not all of it is violence, but a

good portion is. >> reporter: it's after 2:00 a.m. when the x-rays come back. the 22-year-old was in the clear. he was sent home the next morning, leaving the bed open for the next person who unfortunately will be arriving soon. >> is this the only trauma unit in the city? >> reporter: no, actually there are five level 1 trauma units in the sti of chicago. three of the five have seen an up tick in business because of the increase of violence in the streets of chicago. here in the cook county trauma unit they see an incredible 5,000 patients a year. the photos making their way around the world tonight. we want to know who would be so slimy to accept an invitation to hang out with the prince of his friends and sell the photos. details ahead. of blood flow.

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no doubt you heard that someone sold photographs of prince harry during a strip billiards game in his hotel room. the tmz ran the photos. harry is once again the center of a royal kerfuffle. it's not like he played in public or broke any laws against indecent exposure. he was in a suite at a fancy hotel when the photos were taken where he no doubt expected a measure of privacy, but his privacy was invaded no doubt. i spoke about it with richard quest. i've got to say, i think this is so unfair that anyone is making a big deal about this. this is a guy in the privacy of a hotel room, allegedly with friends. he's doing what plenty of guys his age do or would like to do in vegas. he's on vacation from military service.

how are these photos being received in england? >> the argument you just put forward is exactly that which the palace is suggesting. it was a private room and a private occasion. he was on a private holiday. unfortunately, anderson, this is the same man that less than two weeks ago stood in front of the world, representing her majesty the queen at the closing ceremony of the olympic games. and you can't have one without the other, so the argument goes. yes, he may be a 27-year-old enjoying hijinx, but surely he's had enough scandals, they say. and there's been enough in the history that he should have known better. and that's what the argument basically comes down to. he should have known better in his judgment and the right to privacy. you choose. >> the thing i all wonder in these cases is what jerk act actually took these pictures and sol them to tabloids.

it's like the person who took the picture of michael phelps at a party years ago with a pot bong. they're probably thrill to be in the same room with prince harry and then they go do this. i'd like to know the name of the person who took these pictures. >> you can't have your argument both ways on this one. and that's the point. what was harry doing playing strip billiards? >> it was late at night, whatever. but what kind of a slug would be in the room with him and then, you know, probably all excited to be in the room and then take these pictures and sell them? i just think the person must be a slug. and i wish they would be revealed so we can know about them. i would love to ask them some questions. >> well, that's certainly an issue that is one of the reasons why extraordinarily in the uk those pictures are not available. none of the newspapers are showing them. none of the television networks are showing them.

there's a degree of self-censorship about this particular case, obviously because of the phone hacking scandal. obviously because of the inquiry into these issues. obviously because they know they've been drinking at the last chance saloon so they've run in the opposite direction. a degree of self-censorship that few of us have ever seen before. what is also being asked tonight is where was his security? what were the bodyguards, the official police bodyguards doing? why have they removed people's cell phones, why didn't they intervene? they said that can't be their job. they say they have to build trust. they can't be the nannies and the watch guards, as well as being the bodyguards. that's where we stand tonight. a 27-year-old that looks rather shame faced, heading back to britain where november doubt

where no doubt there will be some stern words from her majesty. and probably a few snickers from everyone else. >> i just don't know what the guy has to be ashamed about. i think the person who took this picture has more to be ashamed of, frankly. that's just my opinion. has prince harry's image changed due to his military service? he did get in trouble over the years for a variety of things. what is the public perception of him these days? >> he's the rascal rogue that the nation loves. he is everything that william is now not. william is sensible and stead fast and married and headed towards kingship and harry is the princess margaret of our generation. he is prince andrew. the one who's going to give us spice in the royal family. and the beauty of it is, and this is where i probably shift

my argument completely. the beauty of it is, it is his duty and service in the armed forces that has changed the perspective. he demanded to go into battle. he demands to be treated like anybody else. he is the sort of person that the british people, the british working man looks at -- the british woman looks and thinks i wouldn't mind a bit of that. and the british working man thinks i wouldn't mind having a pint with him in the pub. that's harry's attraction. and i think people will shrug, ah, it's harry. let's check back in.

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