it is by any definition a state of emergency. homes under water near atlanta. hundreds cramming into red cross shelters to escape the deadly floods. the governor of georgia is doing to try to help. ed fed sent out a nationwide warning about potential terror activity. what places they are putting on alert. an arizona couple said they were treated like criminals by taking pictures of their three young daughter during bath time. welcome. i'm chuck roberts. it's a mess all over. that's how the georgia emergency management agency sums up the flooding across the southeast that so far has killed at least eight people.

schools are closed throughout northern georgia. transportation officials are urging everybody to stay off of the roads. many of those roads are washed out. others are under water. the water almost submerged the roller coasters at six flags amusement park in south georgia. a state of emergency declared in 17 counties. >> this is a 48-hour ordeal where people are staying here to care for the safety of people and i just want to thank them and thank those firefighters and first responders across georgia from east in stevens county to the west in carroll and douglas and cherokee and northwest georgia. this has been a huge effort. >> the governor is asking the president to declare a federal disaster area so georgians can begin applying for assistance. we're getting a lot of remarkable images from all over the disaster area. this is one atlanta suburb. you see a house caught fire and

the fire truck that responded got caught in the rising water. so the house just burned down. rescue teams have been using small boats, canoes, jet skis, whatever, to get people to safety. here are a couple guys using air mattresses to get back into a flooded home. they did make it. virtually all of georgia is under a flash flood watch. flashflood warnings are posted and more storms are on the way. georgia i-reporter said video and words alone can't capturing the feeling seeing familiar neighborhoods covered in eight feet of water. someone brought in canoe to help stranded residents across a flooded road. it's an awesome experience to watch everyone work together. they followed the yellow river to check out other areas saying the flooding was beyond anything they had ever seen.

am i-reporter eric brown said the water was frightening but said it was an adrenaline rush. this is a local dam sweeping acrossroads and trkrocrosse roa. an overflowed lake created an impressive waterfall and was something to listen to. it was like watching a disaster movies and in a word, scary. if you're in the flood zone, you have a camera nearby, we would love to hear from you. don't risk your own safety. head to ireport.com when you see images of breaking news or cool stories and look for upload now link to get easy instructions. we want to catch you up on other headlines today. senator robert byrd of west virginia has been rushed to a d.c. area hospital a day after taking a spill in his home. a spokesman said the 91 year old

fell after standing up too fast and his care giver called an ambulance to be on the safe side. the fbi and the justice department and homeland security department have issued security bulletins on sports stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels. memos to police won't mention specific terror plot or time line nor mention the latest arrests in denver and new york but say the sites are attractive targets to groups like al qaeda. the bulletins also recommend police sweeps and patrols at terminals and stations. this warning coincides with a terror investigation where agents are looking at a dozen people for questioning in connection with an alleged plot to blow up transportation hubs. three men were taken into custody over the weekend. two in denver. one in new york. right now they're only charged with lying to authorities. stunning developments in the case of missing florida girl haleigh cummings putting the

spotlight back on misty croslin. she was recently arrested on a gun charge and he reported he broke down during questioning. went to ronald cummings trailer the night haleigh vanished and ronald asked him to go there because he couldn't get ahold of misty. he pounded on the door but no one opened it. misty croslin insist shed was home a home all night. she awoke to find haleigh gone and the back door open. tommy croslin is held in jail hoping he'll keep talking. >> tommy tells the detectives that ronald called him from work stating that he wanted tommy to check on the trailer. he had not been able to reach misty since they had a fight on the telephone earlier that evening. this is the 10:00 hour. goes down to the trailer. he tells police he banged on the door and he got no answer.

he looked inside through the windows, saw no lights, no television, did not hear a sound. it was quiet. according to police he stopped just short of saying no one was at home. >> no suspects have been named in the disappearance of haleigh cummings. authorities say they consider the investigation a missing persons case. it's hammer time. the former house republican leader tom delay known as the hammer. you'll see more of his moment in the musical spotlight on hln news and views.

police fired tear gas in front of the brazilian embassy where the ousted president has taken refuge. the defacto president has threatened to arrest zelaya if

he leaves the embassy. he fled the country in june after he was removed from office june 28th. this morning he said he snuck back into the country traveling 16 hours with the help of some hondurans. president obama is urging israeli and palestinian leaders to do more to get stalled talks back on track. he spoke with israeli prime minister and mahmoud abbas on the sidelines of the general assembly session. >> all of us know this will not be eyes. we are here today because it is the right thing to do. i look forward to speaking with my colleagues. i'm committed to pressing ahead in the weeks and months and years to come. >> no breakthrough from the talks but they just begun. israel has been asked to freeze construction of jewish settlements in the west bank. israel committed to only a partial halt.

the president told other world leaders today the u.s. is determined to act against global warming. at the u.s. summit on climate change he said he would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and called on rapidly developing countries to do their part to fight global warming as well. this was his first speech to the united nations. do you agree with the initiative? do you think the u.s. needs to do more to combat climate change or do you think generally speaking the effects of global warming are overblown and that money put toward it would be a waste? give us a call at 877-tell-hln or you can text views plus your comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we'll air your responses in just a couple minutes and in fact throughout the day. the president talked policy and cracked jokes with david letterman last night saying he's prepared for the day his daughters start dating.

>> what do you think it is like for them to have their father be a president. what does that do to the kid experience? >> so far, this is seriously something michelle and i think about all the time. they're young enough where they don't notice it that much. i worry when they get to be teenagers because i suppose they'll want to go out on dates and i'll have all of these men with guns surrounding them. >> the president said his daughters goofed off during the summer break. something he couldn't do. letterman joked, others have. his former colleagues debate health care reform, tom delay was doing the cha-cha. check out his debut on "dancing with the stars" on abc. delay played air guitar, shook his hips to "wild thing." the judge gave him a six and two

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suppose after what happened to them yesterday. this entire subdivision under water. 30 to 40 homes buried. 6:00 a.m. yesterday this river started coming up. it's just a little creek that goes around the backside of this thing. normally it flows at about a foot high. it grew to at least 14 feet high last night. this scene echoed across much of the state of georgia. check out these pictures down the road. six flags that huge amusement park west of atlanta, it floods every once in a while, sure. nothing, nothing, like this. dramatic stuff there. that entire amusement park buried in water. not sure the ramifications of that. i-20 which you take to get to that particular area and take to get to austell, georgia here. i-20 shut down at one point this morning and added a second spot this afternoon. it's not getting better as quickly as folks certainly would like. and then up the road at

clarkdale elementary school. that school buried to six or seven feet high. even when waters recede, they'll have a long cleanup effort there. kids have school canceled today and tomorrow but for that particular elementary school it may very well be a longer go. let's talk about what happened yesterday morning. see this lincoln town car, a gentleman cruising down here at 6:00 in the morning. bringing his kids to school. hit the water. didn't even see it coming. and the car stalled. grabbed the kids and ran for higher ground. a woman at the house next door there, she lifted her garage door, chuck, like any other day not knowing what was going on. a wall of water came in and flooded her garage and first floor. she had to grab her brother and head to high ground. she was rescued by boat. this came up in a hurry. i suppose what's more amazing at least to the science guys is how this happened without a tropical storm or hurricane. 20 inches of rain in 10 days and

in some cases just a couple days is remarkable with a regular old rain event. these folks don't care about that and many don't have flood insurance. dramatic chain of events here in and around the atlanta area turning folks lives in this community upside down. >> so many people having to seek shelter or safe refuge with friends. rob marciano, thanks. we have a story just breaking out of illinois. central illinois near springfield where authorities investigating the killings of five family members in what they call a brutal homicide. three of the victims were children. officials say they found a survivor, a 3-year-old girl. police said they were responding to a 911 call of a possible shooting at a home yesterday. they found the bodies in a farming community of beason 40 miles northeast of springfield. police are following up all leads trying to i.d. a suspect who they say is armed and dangerous. former presidential candidate john edwards may change his story about an affair with a campaign worker.

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it's a mess all over. it's a state of emergency. that's how the georgia emergency management agency sums up the flooding across the southeast that has killed at least eight people. schools are closed throughout northern georgia. transportation officials urging everyone to stay off the roads. many of them are washed out. others are under water. this water has virtually submerged the roller coasters at six flags over georgia ten miles west of atlanta. the governor declared a state of emergency in 17 counties and asking the president to declare a federal disaster. here's more from the governor. >> i know it is a huge temptation for people wanting to

get back into their neighborhoods and see the damage to their homes but please, please, please safety first. >> we're getting a lot of remarkable images from all over the disaster area. one flooded house caught fire. the fire truck that was responding got caught in the rising water and is itself submerged. rescue teams have been using small boats, canoes, jet skis to get people to safety. here's a couple guys using air mass r mattresses to get back into their flooded home to check on damage. flash flood warnings are up from atlanta to the south carolina line. more storms in the forecast. here are photos taken by one of our own producers. hln's robert lee normally 40-minute commute home yesterday took four plus hours. what an ordeal. he and his wife hit flooded road after flooded road. he shot these photos at each

flooded road that he came across. the baby sitter and family were putting up robert's 4-year-old daughter and possessions into a boat to escape the flooded house. one of many stories. as bad as flooding is right now, there's a good chance it will get worse. susan hendricks is live from just outside atlanta. is the water level rising? >> reporter: it was as of last night but as of today as you see the sun is shining and the water is receding a little bit which is certainly good news here. but mass amounts of rain in a short amount of time and that's the aftermath. we've been standing here for several hours. what used to be no parking sign is a dock for that canoe. that's the means of transportation for people trying to get their belongings. i talked to people about rescues last night. mass amounts of rescues going on here. serious situation. i spoke to a young boy about 26

years old. he was visiting his parents from california. he said he had no idea that he would come home to this. i want to take to you these power lines. he said it was a close call for him. he was swimming by and he heard a crackle and a pop. his goal was to get to his mother. take a listen here. >> we kind of cruised in got about waist high and got into my mom's house. she was trapped upstairs. from that point on we just started moving any valuables we had and grandmother's old paintings, furniture, pictures, up to the top floor and as we move the water is rising at a fast pace. a lot of stuff that my parents moved up to stay above where they think the water would reach was going to reach regardless. we were hustling and by the time we left the house, we were actually swimming out. >> reporter: common mean of transportation is swimming to get their stuff to get out to

rescue people and close by mini mall here in atlanta also completely submerged in water. let's take you back over here. if you can see it through the trees a bit, this used to be a playground. several kids were coming by today. i heard wow several times because they used to play there. a swimming pool a playground, no longer there. submerged in water. also, common for me to hear today is how quickly this occurred within 24 hours people said they literally lost everything and a lot of the folks i spoke to said i lived through hurricane ivan and this, which is not a hurricane, is much worse to them. >> where are those people going? is there a good central shelter for many of them or are they just finding friends and family? >> reporter: i've noticed this is a very tight community behind me. people helping each other out with canoes loading stuff back and forth. they said we're staying with friends. a lot of the people here luckily no one was injured in this particular neighborhood. we're staying with friends and

also there's red cross areas set up. four areas in the atlanta area so they're going there as well. usually with friends is what i found. a lot of the folks here counting their blessings because no one was hurt. >> great report. thanks again. police fired tear gas on the supporters of a ousted honduran president. several people were wounded. the interim president has threatened to arrest zelaya if he leaves the compound. he fled the country after a military coo removed him from office june 28th. this morning he said he's not back into the country traveling 16 hours with the help of hondurans. the fbi, department of homeland security issued security bulletins on sports stadiums, entertainment complexes, and hotels. they don't mention specific

terror plots or targets. they don't even mention the latest arrest in denver and new york but they say the sites are very attractive targets to groups like al qaeda. the bulletins recommend police sweeps and patrols at terminals and stations. the warning coincides with a widening terror investigation. a source tells cnn agents are looking for a dozen people for questioning in connection with an alleged plot to blow up transportation hubs. three men were taken into custody over the last weekend. two in denver. one in new york. right now they're only charged with lying to authorities. we have a lot more on the southeast flooding. we also want to catch you on other headlines. senator robert byrd rushed to a d.c. area hospital today after taking a spill at his home. a spokesman said the 91 year old fell when he stood up too fast and fell over. his care giver called the ambulance to be on the safe side. he was hospitalized in may and june with dangerous infections. president obama told other world leaders today the u.s. is determined to act against global

warming. at today's u.n. summit on climate change he promoted his plan to develop clean energy sources and reduce green house gas emissions and called on rapidly developing countries to fight global warming as well. >> difficulty is no excuse for complacency. unease is no excuse for inaction. we must not allow the perfect to become the enemy of progress. each one of us must do what we can, when we can, to grow our economies without endangering our planet and we must all do it together. >> the president's first speech to the united nations. do you agree, by the way, with the president? do you think the u.s. needs to be more to combat climate change or do you consider the affects of global warming to be overblown and that any money put toward it would be a waste? where are you on this? call us toll free. there's the number.

e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or text views plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we'll have your responses on all day today. the president is urging israeli and palestinian leaders to do more to get stalled talks back on track. he spoke at the start of a joint meeting with benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas. the president is sending middle east envoy george mitchell to the region next week for another round of mediation. there have been no major breakthroughs from any of these talks. the white house has asked israel to freeze construction of jewish settlements in the west bank a condition for abbas to resume negotiations. israel has only partially committed to that. you're looking now at pictures of a small plane trying to land at the ft. lauderdale executive airport. this plane is apparently having some problems with its landing gear. he's already made one pass and

this may be the final approach to the airport. he's made one pass. people on the ground can inspect the state of the landing gear. one of those three gears is not fully deployed it would be a guess to say it is the front gear. that's just a guess. this may be the final approach at the executive airport which is north and west of the main ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. we're going to hold these pictures as this single engine plane makes a landing attempt unless he'll do a go around. this may be the landing. let's watch. >> he's down. the gears all held. all right. >> he's got a story to tell at dinner. >> you heard that sound from the helicopter pilot. he's got a story to tell at

dinner. everybody is safe on the ground at ft. lauderdale. we'll be right back.

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it's about aliens and people trying to co-exist doesn't go that well in this film. nigerians are outraged. in the film a part of the focus is on a nigerian gangster providing services for the aliens. also it includes nigerians eating alien flesh. until those scenes are gone and until they are edited out, "district nine" is banned from the country. why do they want to -- that's a direct quote from the information distributor. the film is a work of fiction. sony points out that nigerian authorities cleared the film for the release. the debated scenes about ten minutes in duration. until they're removed and there's an apology, nigerians

say the film is not wok there. >> this dispute has ensnared facebook. what's this about? >> so many people have so many options with facebook but there was one option that people did not have living in the golden heights. they were restricted as to where they could put their residency. this is about people that were in the golden heights and wanted to identify where they lived. only option they were given was syria. this infuriated israelis who also live there. the backlash resulted in a group being formed online called facebook golden residents live in israel and not syria. 2,500 people joined that protest. facebook changed the settings available to people. residents can now select israel or syria as home country. this democranot the first time happened. they deal with this on a case by case basis. another such case users in the

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i-reporters are in the heart of the flooding across parts of the southeast sending us great videos and picture. for example, rachel lives in georgia. we'll watch her video as we talk to her about what she went through. rachel, thanks. we're looking at what looks like a river. is this a dam break? what's going on here? >> caller: this is the other side of the lake in my subdivision. there's just a street separating the lake from what you see. >> did the dam give way?

is that what's happening? >> caller: there are two lakes and so speculation is that the dam gave way and this is coming through right next door to my neighbor. that's one house from me. >> how is that neighbor's house? is it gone or still okay? >> caller: they were blessed. it is fine because it didn't come up the back. it almost did. we were preparing to help in any way we can but they're okay. >> did you get a warning this was about to happen? >> caller: no. there was no warning. one minute the road was fine and this all really happened within a 20-minute period. >> we ought to turn up the sound. this is amazing. do you have drinking water and electricity? what's it like for you guys right now? >> caller: in our area we've been very lucky compared to closer to metro atlanta and douglas county. we have running water and electricity. >> great stuff. david is on the phone. he was in downtown trying to get

home. look at the images he sent in of what's called the connector. this is the major north/south artery here in atlanta. david, where were you? you were looking south. is this the 75 sl 575/85 connec? were those people able to get out okay? >> caller: as far as i could tell, the police had these exhibits bloexits blocked off. >> how did you get home? was it trouble? >> caller: i was already home and i noticed the local channels news helicopters showing it on television so i headed out. >> how about those stranded

cars? anybody inside the ones that are submerged? >> caller: a couple of the ones submerged there were people sitting on top of the vehicles early but they were rescued. when i got there, there, there was no one on top of the cars or in them. >> david and rachel, thanks very much. i-reports, great ones. if you have breaking news, go to ireport.com and submit your stories. a 10-year-old girl said she got a text message telling her to kill herself and police might consider that a crime. in indiana, police say the high school student got other messages like it even telling her she deserved a beating. investigators plan to talk to three classmates thought to be believed behind the text. >> it would be very easy for someone to hand someone their phone and say, send this for me.

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homes under water near atlanta, hundreds of people cramming into red cross shelters to escape deadly floods. what georgia's governor is doing to try to help. the feds send out a nationwide warning about potential terrorist-type activities. and an arizona couple says they were treated like common criminals for taking pictures of their three young daughters during bath time. we have the latest for you from hln "news and views." thanks for joining us. i'm virginia cha. it is a mess all over, that is how it's being summed up across the southeast that has killed at least eight people.

schools closed throughout northern georgia. transportation officials urging people to stay off the roads still. many of the roads washed out. some just underwater. the water has almost submerged the roller coasters at six flags over georgia. the governor has declared a state of emergency in 17 counties. >> this has been a 48-hour ordeal that people have been stayed here and to care for the safety of people, i just want to thank them. i want to thank those firefighters and first responders all across georgia from the east in stevens county to the west in paulding and carroll and cherokee. >> the governor is asking president obama to declare a federal disaster so that georgians can start applying for some assistance.

our i-reporters have been letting us know just what it's like to be in the heart of this flooding you're seeing pictures of. two callers are joining us by phone. hey, guys. >> caller: hey, virginia. >> we see two people in a canoe. can you explain what's happening? >> caller: yeah, since we had the day off, we decided to see what the talk was about. so we followed the yellow river around and we found a neighborhood where people were working through the flooding problems together. that's when we decided to film the good citizens being brave and helpful to each other. they were working hard getting people across the flooded areas to get people blocked from their families on the other side of the neighborhood. >> is this someone you know ferrying people across? >> caller: no, ma'am, i actually met that person that night and i told him that he would be on

i-report -- at least i would post it up there. >> this must really reinforce your faith in your fellow man, right, seeing the people helping each other during this tough time? >> caller: yes, ma'am. i thought it was very brave and hard-working for them, helping out other people when he really just could be inside in the dry instead of being outside helping people for five hours ferrying them back and forth. >> that's incredible. we love seeing that. we want to head over to eric who joins us from woodstock which is northwest of where you are, daniel. aric, we're looking at a river running down from a road. can you explain what we're looking at? >> caller: it was overwhelming. i was almost trapped in my neighborhood because of the floodwaters reaching over the road. cars were trying to pass. some were turning around and not even dealing with it. >> was there any point where you

were concerned about either your own safety or the safety of the people around you? >> caller: luckily i wasn't too concerned about myself. i stayed a safe distance back from it. but i was concerned about the other people. that were kids in the neighborhood getting pretty close to it. at any second, that water could have burst through and knocked the earth down. >> how are you doing in terms of electricity, in terms of the flooding in your area? >> caller: luckily in my neighborhood, we're okay. we have power. my house wasn't damaged. however, less than about 100 yards from my house is the lake. and i went around it yesterday and looked and there were numerous houses where the basement was either flooded or the water was two feet from the basement. >> aric and daniel, we really appreciate you joining us. thank you so much for posting your video. >> caller: no problem. >> caller: sure, no problem. >> if you are in a flood zone, we'd love to hear from you. head over to ireport.com whenever you have images of

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the flooding that's devastating the southeast could very well get worse. at least eight people have died in georgia and tennessee and there are more storms on the way. susan hendricks is joining us

from atlanta and she is there to see how folks are coping. susan, what have you found there? >> reporter: it's really devastating, virginia. people losing their homes, losing their lives. a bit of good news here. we pulled up to this site near the chattahoochee around 10:00 a.m. eastern time and the water was up to here. i was not able to stand where i am now. so it is receding just a bit as you see there. but that really doesn't put a dent into the folks' homes that are behind me that live here. 48 hours ago, this was a functioning neighborhood with a playground to the right and a pool and a swingset and now this no parking sign here is literally used as a dock for this canoe t means of transportation, how folks are getting around. i ran into a lot of folks who are looking here in disbelief, they can't believe this is their neighborhood. a young guy about 26 years old in from california visiting his parents said, i haven't seen them since easter. i decided to come here and it

turned into literally a rescue mission. take a listen to him. >> we kind of cruised in, got about waist-high and got into my mom's house. she was trapped upstairs. and from that point on, we started moving any valuables we had, grandmother's old paintings, furniture, pictures, stuff like that, up to the top floor. as we were moving, the water was rising at a fast pace. a lot of the stuff my parents had moved, the water was going to reach that. by the time we left the house, we actually had to swim out. >> reporter: literally they had to swim out. it was a close call for him and his family. i'm happy to report they are okay and just a stone's throw away, there's a famous restaurant named canoe in atlanta. that is submerged. the entire shopping center is submerged. the governor declaring a state of emergency in 17 counties say,

it's nice today, it's not raining in certain areas. but it's far from over. we will be proactive and atlanta will rebuild. but it's pretty bad, virginia, as you know. >> ironic name for the restaurant, canoe. we've been seeing video of people using canoes trying to get around. the folks there, a lot of them taken by surprise. where have they been going to seek shelter? >> reporter: this is a tight-knit community. i've seen people use that canoe going back and forth helping their neighborhoods. they're staying with friends in the area. four red cross shelters helping people out. they're staying there as well. but a lot of the people here are staying with friends and saying, look, we'll be positive. we'll rebuild. no one died in this particular area, we're lucky. >> susan hendricks, thank you so much. we're going to show you some photos taken by one of our own

hln producer robert lee. norm his 40-minute commute turned into a four-plus-hour idea as he ran into flooded road after flooded road. he snapped these photos at each dead end. his babysitter put their daughter into a boat to escape the flooding house. covering a story in central illinois, authorities there investigating the killings of five family members and what they describe is a brutal homicide. three of the victims were children. officials say they found a survivor, a 3-year-old girl. police are saying they were responding to a 911 call of a possible shooting at a home yesterday when they got there, they found the bodies in this farming community about 45 miles northeast of springfield. police are following up leads trying to identify a suspect who they say is armed and dangerous.

an arizona couple insists the photos of their three daughters that they took are the kind of bath-time pictures that a lot of families take. but after they took the images to walmart to be developed, child protective services showed up and took their girls. this happened last fall. the kids were 18 months, 4 and 5 years old. the couple did not regain custody for more than a month while the state investigated the possibility of abuse. >> here we were forced to sit and watch helplessly as they ripped our crying, screaming, terrified children away from us. >> we now realize how much control the state has and that they can pull any one of your children out of your home right now. >> they say they're now suing the state of arizona and walmart. so far, we have no response from authorities or the retail chain. senator robert byrd was rushed to a d.c. area hospital

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it's a mess all over. that is how the georgia emergency management agency is summing up the flooding across the southeast that has killed at least eight people. schools are closed throughout northern georgia. transportation officials urging people to stay off the roads, if you can. many are washed out and the other roads are under water. the water has almost submerged the roller coasters at six flags over georgia. the governor has declared a state of emergency in 17 counties and is asking president obama to declare a federal disaster. >> i know it is a huge temptation for people wanting to get back in their neighborhoods and wanting to see the damage to their homes.

but please, please, please, safety first. >> we are getting lots of ri markable images from across the suburbs. a fire truck got caught in the rising water. take a look. we'll show you a couple of guys using air mattresses to get back into a flooded home, virtually all of georgia is under a flash flood watch. flash flood warnings are posted from atlanta to the south carolina border and more storms are in the forecast. people across northern georgia have been seeking shelter. the red cross, for example, has taken in more than 300 folks. but most of those facing the flood disaster are staying put. rob marciano is in austell just west of atlanta. >> reporter: record-shatter amounts of rain has led to scenes like this. this community inundated with water. they have a small creek that winds around the backside of

this subdivision and it quickly grew into a massive torrent of water, inundated this s subdivision. 30 to 40 homes flooding the first floors of these homes. a number of personal, in some case, harrowing stories to tell. >> we started thinking about what we could recover to take to the top step. before we could think about that, in minutes, the bottom level was flooded. we watched this guy with the car -- i'm not sure if you can see the shot. he was driving down the street and i couldn't understand where he was going. he watched his car cut off and it washed away. my neighbor had a boat and he started rescuing people. we were thankful for that. >> reporter: that's the car she's talking about. he had his two kids in the car and they splashed into a pond they didn't expect to see on their way to school. the woman lives right there that was in that little piece with

her garage door open still from letting that water in. she didn't know it was coming either and later had to be rescued by boat. the waters here are receding somewhat. certainly lower than they were a day ago. but there is still a slight chance of seeing some rain today, tomorrow and the rest of the week. but certainly nothing like what these folks saw yesterday. rob marciano, cnn, austell, georgia. the u.s. embassy in honduras has closed its doors due to the recent unrest there. police fired tear gas today on supporters of ousted honduran president manuel zelaya. it happened outside the brazilian embassy where zelaya has taken refuge. the interim president has threatened to arrest zelaya if he leaves the embassy. zelaya fled the country after he was removed from office back in june. he said this morning he snuck back into the country traveling

16 hours with the help of hondurans. president obama calls his first joint meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders, quote, frank and productive. he sat down with benjamin netanyahu. president obama is urging both israeli and the palestinians to move forward with peace talks. later today, the president is meeting with his chinese counterpart. a mom says a company tried to repossess her car with her 4-year-old son still in the backseat. she said she was in the driveway when someone got in her car. she screamed and says she was dragged down the street. >> she ran my foot over. i got the back door open. i kept it open so i could try to pull out -- she just pulled out the driveway. >> no one knew that a child was asleep in the backseat of that

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developing story in ventura county. a fire has broken out in between the cities of fillmore and moore park. it has residential, agricultural, there are oil fields. there are more than 100

firefighter, ten engines, helicopters trying to fight this thing. they're taking it very seriously because the conditions right now are hot, dry and windy. that's the worst it can be. apparently this fire is just breaking now and they're trying to get a handle on it. no estimates of how much acreage has been burned yet. but we're going to follow this story and keep you posted as they try to get this under control. meantime, hundreds of firefighters also battling a wildfire near sonoma county, california. more than 300 acres burned there. it's about 50% contained. crews are hoping it will be completely contained later on today. six homes threatened. no evacuations, no injuries and no ward on a possible cause. the first day of fall today looks more like a winter wonderland in colorado. snow began falling in the denver foothills yesterday. colorado doesn't usually see the first snowflakes for another month.

corrupt politicians, flesh-eating citizens and to top it all off, prostitutes having relations with aliens. it's all part of the film "district 9" and one country says that depiction of their people won't be tolerated. reggie aqui joining us on why they are not on board with this blockbuster movie. >> reporter: when i got this job, i never thought i'd say prostitutes having relations with aliens as part of a story. but we did. this is the movie "district 9" and people in nigeria don't really like the way nigerians are portrayed in the film. the movie takes place in south africa. but the folks who are against this movie and who are, in fact, banning all nigerians from seeing it say it's offensive to them. part of the movie focuses on a nigerian gangster providing criminal services for these aliens like human prostitutes and weapons. these are scenes from the movie.

it also includes nigerians eating alien flesh in hopes of attaining special powers. and very strong language, nigerian's information minister says until the scenes are edited out, "district 9" will be banned from the country. here's what he says -- >> reporter: by the way, the distributor of the movie sony pictures says the film is a work of fiction and didn't mean any offense. sony also points out nigerian authorities cleared the film for release. in all, we're talking about ten minutes of screen time. but nigeria says, i don't care if it's a minute or ten minutes, until you cut that part out, no one's seeing it in this country. >> having relations with extra terrestrials isn't something that can happen, is it? >> reporter: as far as i know, no. but some members of the audience might disagree. >> interesting dispute, reggie,

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>> homes underwater near atlanta. a state of emergency in more ways than one. hundreds of people cram into red cross shelters to escape the floods. potential warning of terrorist activity. what types of places they're putting on alert. taking pictures of their own three daughters during bath time. who turned them in and what happened when the state interve intervened? latest from hln on the first day of fall. i'm chuck roberts welcome. battling a wildfire.

wind conditions to 30 miles per hour are making it difficult to contain. attacking it from the air and the ground. the santa ana wind gusts are as high as in fact 40 miles per hour. these are live pictures. here's tape from earlier. the fire already burned five acres in filmore still no word on how the fire started. it's a mess all over. that's a how they sum up the flooding that killed at least eight people. transportation officials are urging people to stay off the roads. many of them are washed out or underwater. governor declared a state of emergency in 17 counties. >> this has been a 48-hour ordeal that people have been staid here.

to care for their safety and of people. i want to thank them. i want to thank those firefighters and first responders all across georgia from the east in stevens county to the west in carol and douglas. and cherokee and in northwest georgia. this has been a huge effort. gl the president is asking the president to declare a federal disaster so georgians can apply for assistance. a lot of remarkable images for the disaster zone. a flooded house caught fire. see the fire truck? that's the one that responded. rescue teams have been using whatever they could find. boats, canoes, jet skis, to get people to safety. here are guys using air mattresses. of georgia under a flash flood watch. warnings up all the way from atlanta to the south carolina border. more storms are in the forecast. georgia reporter said video and

words really can't describe the feeling of seeing familiar neighborhoods covered in eight feet of water. he said he was especially moved by this rescue when somebody brought in a canoe to help stranded residents across a flooded road in snellville. they call it an awesome experience to watch everyone work together. they followed the yellow river to check out other areas. the flooding was beyond anything they've ever seen. i-reporter aric brown said the sight of the rising water was frightening and overwhelming, though also a bit of an adrenaline rush. this shows a dam sweeping along and flooding roads and trees. and rachel said there are no natural waterfalls in her neighborhood. she said it was like watching one of those disaster movies or doumryes in a word, scary. so if you're in the flood zone,

safety first, of course, but we would love to hear from you if you have a camera nearby. head to ireport.com. get instructions on how to submit your entry. more storms ahead for the flooded areas. chad myers is joining us in awe few minutes to talk about what's going on with the endless state of bad weather. it's been over a week. senator robert byrd of west virginia was rushed to a d.c. hospital after taking a spill at his home. the 91-year-old fell ill after standing up too fast. his caregiver called an ambulance to be on the safe side. he was hospitalized with may and june with dangerous infections. the u.s. embassy in honduras has closed doors due to recent unrest there. so the american assembly is closed for business. this happened outside the brazilian embassy.

he has taken refuge inside the compound. it is brazilian territory. several people were wounded. the interim president has threatened to arrest zelaya if he leaves the embassy. he fled the country after a military coup removed him from office on june 28th. this morning he spoke with cnn en espanol. president obama calls his first meeting with palestinian leaders frank and productive. they sat down with them in new york. the first meeting of the three leaders since they took office. the president is urging israel and the palestinians to move forward with peace talks. later today he meets with chinese counterparts. the fbi and the homeland security department have issued security bulletins on sports stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels. the memos do not mention terror

plot or time line nor do they mention the recent arrest in denver and new york. they say the sights are still attractive targets. they also recommend police sweeps at terminals and stations. agents are looking for about a dozen people for questioning in connection with an alleged plot to blow up transportation hubs. three men taken into custody over the weekend. two in denver. one in new york. right now they're charged with lying to authorities. stunning developments in the case of missing florida girl haleigh cummings that could put the spotlight back on the stepmother, misty croslin. her brother broke down under questioning. he said he went to the home the night haleigh vanished in february. ronald asked him to go there because he couldn't get ahold of misty. the brother says he pounded on the door but nobody opened it.

misty has insisted all the time that she was home that night. she told police she tucked haleigh in bed, went to sleep, and week up five hours later to find haleigh gone and the back door open. police are holding him in jail hoping he'll keep talking. >> tommy tells the detectives that ronald had called him from work stating that he wanted tommy to go check on the trailer. he had not been able to reach misty since they had a fight on the telephone earlier in the evening. this was about the 10:00 hour. he agrees. he tells police that he banged on the door and he got no answer. he saw no lights, in investigation, did not hear a sound. it was quiet. he stopped just short of saying no one was at home. authorities still consider this a missing persons case.

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nonstop rain for a week. at least it's taking a pause. people across the south getting sunshine glimpses today. could be more storms and flooding in the days ahead. let's check in with chad myers keeping an eye on that. >> it's clear in atlanta. the focus will have moved to the west a little bit, chuck. but i know we've shown a lot of pictures from atlanta in the last couple of days. yes, we have the big green flooding here. we have flooding in chattanooga and ports of north carolina, west of montgomery and into mississippi. all the deem areas are flood warnings. and all i can say is if i can't show your pictures if you don't send them to me. so if you have flooding in your area and you can be safe to take pa picture, go to ireport.com

and send me something. this is a mess. it will continue for the next couple of days especially out west where the rain has continued. not raining there today. the focus out here, from memphis back to houston where most of the rainfall comes down in the next 48 hours. that could eventually slide to the east and reinvent the flooding in atlanta. but i don't think that's going to happen right away. some of this water will begin to go down. the problem tonight is that place where is the upstream water is still high. that water may be downstream near you tomorrow. you might get flooding tomorrow. >> all right. chad, thanks. president obama is telling world leaders the u.s. is determined to act against global

warming. he pro motes his plan to develop clean energy sources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to do the part to fight global warming as well. >> we heads toward copenhagen there should be no illusions that the hardest part of the journey is in front of us. we seek sweeping change in the midst of a global recession where every nation's most immediate priority is reviving the economy and putting people back to work. and so all of us will face doubts and difficulties as we try to reach a lasting solution to the climate challenge. >> do you agree with him? do you think the u.s. needs to do more to combat climate change? or do you think the claims of global warming are overblown? money towards it would be a waste. give us a call either way. if climate change day on your

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he would have a set of headphones. he would manipulate his hand over the top of the box. it would have sound like distortion noises. like whales and all sorts of little interference noises. he would move his lips yet not spea speak. >> ever do it to you? >> all the time. >> what happened? >> notice we're smiling at each other. >> they pleaded not guilty the the dugard case. they say this is the kind of bath time pictures most people have.

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live pictures from california. immediately east of the city of ventura. hot, dry, windy conditions are making this very difficult to contain. the national weather service says santa ana wind gusts are as high as 40 miles per hour. eight fire fighting airplanes, eight fixed wing planes and four tankers are on route to the scene. it's already burned 300 acres. this is near filmore. crews say it's moving very fast. no word on the cause.

it's a mess all over. that's how the emergency management agency sums up the flooding across the southeast that's killed at least eight people. schools are closed in northern georgia. transportation officials are urging people to stay off the roads. many of them are washed out, including interstates 20 and 285 and 575. all underwater. the water almost submerged the roller coasters at six flags over georgia just west of atlanta. the park closed now. it will open by the weekend. governor sonny perdue declared a state of emergency in 17 counties, asking the president to declare a federal disaster. >> i know it is a huge temptation for people wanting to get back in their neighborhoods and wanting to see what the damage to their homes, but please, please, please safety first. >> the sun has been shining today in north georgia. the first time in a week. even so a good chance for storms will trigger more flooding. susan hendricks joins us from a neighborhood outside of atlanta.

how are people holding up, susan? >> reporter: the folks i spoke to seem to have a positive attitude about all this. you mentioned the sun beating down on us. don't let that deceive you. that really tells to story what used to be accessible by car just accessible by boats. the folks who live here really using boats to get their belongings. whatever they can salvage in and out of their homes. i want to introduce you to two brothers who grew up in this area. they're lucky enough that their house is elevated. it's charles and john. charles, you watched this thing literally unfold within hours what did you see. ? >> i started seeing it creeping up over the river bank. i call it the river bank now. the sidewalk into the street. and some brave cars started driving through it. then one unlucky accra's engine was flooded. you can't see it for the fallen tree over there.

witnessed the fallen tree take out two transformers as well. and the water just kept rising after that. i was stuck in my house with no power, no cable. >> reporter: you said you experienced something like this in the '90s. were you shocked this was unfolding before your eyes? >> i didn't expect it to happen this soon from what i hear about the floods and the schedule of those. in 1990 my mailbox had probably been up half way to that. and this year it was i think about at least a foot over it at the highest peak. >> we have to mention your brother, john. john, you had something huge planned at the club right across the way in that gazebo that's now turned on its side. tell us about that. >> well, october 17th was the date we were supposed to get married over there. but obviously we're not going to get married over there anymore. we have a backup plan. we're being positive. i told her not to worry. she's upset. i assured her everything is going to be okay. we've got it taken care of

pretty much. this puts things into perspective, doesn't it? >> it does. it puts things into perspective. we live in a positive community. everybody is stuck with each other for the last 20 years. my mother and the family lived on the streets. when a tragedy happen something good comes, the community comes together. it's a good thing. it's a positive thing. >> thank you for keeping the positive attitude. i've seen canoes go in and out. neighbors are helping each other and staying at each other's homes. friends who live outside of the area using the red cross as a way to kind of survive while this is going on to the rebuilding process starts. getting married after a flood is a good omen.

susan hendricks outside of atlanta, thanks. a lot of remarkable images from i-reporters. here's one in atlanta. this is actually tape. you can see the flooded house caught fire. the fire truck couldn't get to it before it became stuck in the water. the house is clearly destroyed. rescue teams are using whatever, small boats, canoes, jet skis to get people to safety. homes and businesses, roads, not the only thing underwater. an elementary school with water. students had to wade through water as they were sent home early yesterday. a lot of parents claned they were sent home too late. school officials waited too long. today you can't get in the building. here's a couple of guys using air mattresses to get back to a flooded hole. all of georgia is under a flash flood watch. the warnings are up. and, yes, more storms are in the forecast. now, our own producer, the guy who is in charge of this very show, robert lee took these photos near his home.

it's normally a 40-minute commute home. yesterday it turned into four plus hours as he and his wife ran into flooded road after flooded road, one dead end after another. he finally snapped the photos every time he was stopped by the water. he was trying to get to the house of his youngest daughter's babysitter. that house was over come by flood waters. they put the 4 kbleerld daugh-yr and possessions into a boat. now to central america. the u.s. embassy has closed its doors due to recent unrest. according to the state department. police fired tear gas on supporters of the u.s.ed honduran president zelaya. this happened outside of the brazilian embassy where zelaya took refuge. they threatened to arrest zelaya if he leaves the embassy. he was literally kicked out of

the country, flown out of the country, after a military coup removed him from office. this morning he said he snuck back into the country traveling 16 hours with the help of hondura hondurans. president obama calling his first joint meeting with palestinian immediateers frank and productive. he sat down with the israelian president. the first meeting of the three leaders since they took office. the president is urging israel and the palestinians to move forward with peace talks. later today he meets with chinese counterparts. in central illinois, authorities are investigating the killings of five family members in what they describe as a brutal homicide. three of the victims were children. officials say they found one survivor, a 3-year-old girl. police were responding to a 911 call of the possible shooting at the home yesterday and found e

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from heart disease. in a new study researchers looked at 39 studies conducted over a 76-year span and the potential links between flu and heart-related deaths. they found people with heart problems vaccinated against seasonal flu were less likely to have heart attacks than those who were not. they also noted in britain only 47% of people with heart disease, as thma, diabetes and other chronic conditions actually got their flu shots. the number is low ner in the u.. seasonal flu will kill thousands of people worldwide this year. i'm melissa long for today's "health minute." john edwards may change his story about an affair with a campaign worker.

some of his associates are telling "the new york times" that he might soon claim paternity of hunter's daughter. his daughter says they'll wait to see how things unfold before making any statement. you'll recall edwards publicly denied being the father in an interview on abc last year. >> i know that it's not possible that child could be mine because of the timing of events. i know it's not possible. happy to take a paternity test and would love to see it happen. >> a north carolina grand jury sin vest gaiting wheth i-- inve edwards used campaign funds to cover up the affair. in massachusetts police are using gps devices to sec retly track suspects. putting a tracking device on a suspect's car doesn't violate any constitutional rights so long as police are a warrant. the tracking device can only be used for up to 15 days. it stems from a man convicted of

cocaine trafficking after police put a tracking device in his mini van. a 16-year-old girl got a text message telling her to herself and police might consider this a crime. police in indiana said the high school student got other messages like it, even telling her she deserved a beating. investigators plan on talking with three classmates. anyone involved could face charges. >> it would be very easy for someone to hand somebody their phone and say, hey, send this for me then the person planning it with the individual who sent it is in just as much trouble as the person that actually sent the text. >> the principal said the school may punish the students responsible and parents need to keep an eye on their kids' cell phone habits. an arizona couple insists the photos of their three daughters are the kinds of bath pictures most families have. after they took them to a walmart to be developed, child protective services knocked at

the door and took their girls. this happened last fall. the kids were 18 months, 4, and 5 years old. the couple didn't regain custody for more than an month as the state investigating the possibility of abuse. >> here we were forced to sit and watch helplessly as they ripped our crying, screaming, terrified children away from us. >> we now realize how much control the state has and that they can pull any one of your children out of your home. right now. >> they are suing the state of arizona and walmart. no response from the authorities or the retail chain. a fast-moving wildfire. let's get you up to date on that in california. santa ana winds still out of control. it's not always easy living with copd, but i try not to let it hold me back... whether i'm at the batting cages... down by the lake or...

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this is the hot dry, conditions are making this difficult to contain. the national weather service said santa ana wind gusts have reached 40 miles an hour. there are eight fixed wing airplanes and four tankers battling the fire now. it's already burned 300 acres between fillmore and moor park. people should leave if they see flames from their home. no word yet on a cause. >> president paum is telling other world leaders the u.s. is determined to act against global warming. they are attending the summit on climate change. the president promoted his plan to develop clean energy sources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and called on rapidly developing countries to do their part to fight global warming as well lt 68. some folks in colorado might be wondering if they're seeing cooler. know began falling in the

foothills west of denver and colorado springs yesterday. that's closer to colorado springs there. a foot could fall by tomorrow. colorado doesn't see a significant snow for another month or so usually. with world leaders gathering in new york to address climate change. american policy is under an international microscope. will there be a climate change bill this year? stephanie elam joins us from money.com's newsroom in new york with more. >> whether it becomes law, this year well that's an open question. harry reid hinted health care could push the climate debate into next year. the senate plan will likely include a cap and trade proposal aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. under cap and trade companies can only emit a certain amount of pollution. if they exceed the limit they have to buy permits. the idea is controversial. opponents say it will raise

electric bills as companies pass the higher cause onto the likes of you and me. >> why do environmentalists say the bill needs to pass this year? >> that's one reason why people talk about this. it has do with copenhagen in december, chuck. when nearly 200 countries including the united states will try to hammer out a global climate change pac. if president obama signs a bill here, there's no guarantee of a global agreement. take a listen. >> as we head toward copenhagen, there should be no illusions that the hardest part of our journey is in front of us. we seek sweeping but necessary change in the midst of a global recession where every nation's most immediate priority is reviving their economy and putting their people back to work. so all of us will face doubts and difficulties in our own capitals as we try to reach a lasting solution to the climate challenge. >> now, environmentalists say passing a climate bill here at home could show china and other developing nations the united

states is serious about cutting admissions. no doubt about this one, chuck, it's probably not going to be a quick change. >> stephanie, thanks, appreciate it. get more of the business news at cnnmoney.com. let's check out wall street. a modestly upbeat session today. dow in the neighborhood of 50 points. on the plus side. commodities prices pushing stocks higher. bank stocks doing pretty well. price of gold and oil are up, so is the d.j. industrials. right before the close it looks like it's going to go home at 9,831, up 53 for the day. grizzly bear in yellowstone are back on the threatened species list. a federal court ordered the move yesterday in a response to a lawsuit. 600 grizzlies live around the park. hunting them is illegal. people killed at least 20 last year either in self-defense or by mistake. two weeks ago the griszly population was thought to be recovered. a woman's half million dollar shoe collection has no to do with jimmy chew.

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homes under water near atlanta, hundreds of people cramming into red cross shelters to escape deadly floods. what georgia's governor is doing to try to help. the feds send out a nationwide warning about potential terrorist activity. what types of places they're putting on alert. and an arizona couple says they were treated like common criminals for taking pictures of their three young daughters during bath time. how turned them in and what happened when the state intervened. the latest now from hln news and views. i'm virginia cha. let's get started. we go out to ventura county, california, where a fire captain there is warning people between fillmore and war park to

evacuate if they see a fast-moving wildfire in their area. these are live aerials. the smoke is making it very difficult to see. this fire erupting this ank. more than 100 firefighters on the scene. the hot, dry windy conditions making it tough to contain. the national weather service says santa ana wind gusts are as high as 40 miles per hour. eight fire fighting planes, four tell tankers are on their way to this fire. it's already burned several hundred acres at this point. some ranches already ordered to evacuate. still no word on how this fire started. we will keep you up to date. meantime, after a week of heavy rain, some sunshine has been a welcomed sight in northern georgia foepd the storms have left behind a serious mess. schools closed throughout northern georgia. transportation officials urging people to stay off the roads. a lot of those roads have been washed out. others under water. nine people have been killed by this flooding.

the water has nearly submerged the roller coasters. that's what you're looking at there, at six flags over georgia west of atlanta. the governor has declared a state of emergency in 17 counties. >> this has been a 48-hour ordeal that people have been stayed here and to care for the safety of people. i want to thank them. i want to thank those firefighters and first responders all across georgia from the east in stevens county to the west in caroll and douglas and cherokee and in northwest georgia. this has been a huge effort. >> governor pu due is asking president obama to declare a federal disaster so georgians can start applying for assistance. we have been getting lots of amazing images from the disaster area all across georgia. in one atlanta suburb a flooded house caught fire. the truck that responded to that fire call got caught in the rising water as you can see

there out front. rescue teams have been using small boats, canoes, jet skis to get people to safety. here are a couple guys using air mattresses to get back into a flooded home. virtually all of georgia under a flash flood watch. flash flood warnings posted from atlanta to the south carolina border. more storms in the forecast. now to some photos taken by one of our own. hln producer robert lee. normally his commute home is 40 minutes. yesterday it turned into a four-plus-hour ordeal as he and his wife ran into flooded road after flooded road. he snapped these photos at each dead end he met. as he tried to get to the house on his youngest daughter's babysitter. the babysitter an her family ended up putting robert's 4-year-old daughter and their possessions into a body to escape the flooded house. also our i-reporters are letting us know what it's like to be out there in the heart of

the flooding. read childers of atlanta says the course he learned to play golf on, unnoticeable. the popular course out of sight. pamela, these remarkable photos of a woman trying to save her horses from a flooded field. the woman is struggling. she's almost under water herself. the woman turned down her offer to help so she took pictures instead. it took about 30 minutes to get those horses to dry land. want to remind you if you're in a flood zone we would like to hear from you. head over to ireport.com whenever the images are there for you of break news, maybe other interesting stories. don't put yourself in harm's way. click the upload now button if easy instructions. authorities in central illinois investigating the killings of five family members in what they're describing as a brutal homicide. three of those victims children.

officials say they found a surviv survivor, though, a 3-year-old girl. police were responding to a 911 call of a possible shooting at home yesterday when they found the bodies in this farming community. it's about 40 miles northeast of springfield. police are following up on leads trying to identify a suspect who they say is armed and dangerous. senator robert byrd was rushed to a d.c. area hospital today after taking a spill in his home. a spokesman says the 91-year-old fell after standing up too fast and that his caregiver called an ambulance to be on the safe side. the senator's office released a statement saying doctors have determined he should remain in the hospital for antibiotic treatment and observation. the democrat was hospitalized back in may and june with dangerous infections. we have an exciting addition to our primetime lineup coming your way next week. "the joy behar show" is going to air every night 9:00 p.m. eastern on hln. we're going to give you a taste

of what you can expect. it's from "moment of joy" commentary. >> you know, unless you're a professional kick boxer or traveling salesman with a fet h fetish, there's no real reason for an adult to engage in spanking. a new study says there are parents who are spanking a 1-year-old child. now, what could a 1-year-old possibly do to deserve being spanked? come home drunk after a date? lose the family's fortune playing the ponies? start a war on the false pretenses? in my opinion, there's nothing a child can do that warrants parents spanking them. young children pee, poop, cry and throw food. okay, so does my uncle louie at the olive garden. that's another story because he drinks. that's what children do. that's their job. it's the parent's job to raise them, teach them right from wrong and communicate in a manner that doesn't involve bruising physically.

he didn't say i spank, therefore i am, he said, i think, therefore i am. when your children start carrying on and screaming and yelling and driving you crazy, don't lift your hand to them. lift your mind. think it through. spanking your children won't make them love or respect you. it will make them fear and resent you. do you want to be a parent or a network executive? i believe spanking is abuse. hopefully that's not just me. >> "the joy behar show" starts tuesday september 29th, next week at 9:00 p.m. here on hln. president obama says the u.s. needs to do more to combat climate change. so do you agree with him or do you think global warming isn't really a big deal? we'll be hearing your views coming up next. ♪

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spokesperson. police fired tear gas on supporters of outed president maun you well zelaya. several people reportedly wounded. interim honduran president has threatened to arrest zelaya if he leaves that embassy. zelaya fled the country after a military coo. he snuck back into the country traveling 16 hours with the help of hondurans. president obama calls his first joint meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders frank and productive. he sat down with benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas in new york. the first meeting since president obama and netanyahu took office. later today the president will be meeting with his chinese counterpart. meantime, president obama is telling other world leaders the u.s. is determined to act

against global warming. leaders are attending the u.n. summit on climate change. mr. obama promoted his plan to develop clean energy sources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and called an rapidly growing countries to do their part to fight global warming as well. >> as we head toward copenhagen, there should be in illusions the hardest part of our journey is in front of us. we seek sweeping but necessary change in the midst of a global recession where every nation's most immediate priority is reviving the economy and putting their people back to work. so all of us will face doubts and difficulties in our own capitals as we try to reach a lasting solution to the climate challenge. >> by the way, that was the president's first speech to the united nations. all day we've been asking for your opinions on this topic.

caller on the line, david, in florida. do you agree or disagree with the president? >> caller: i agree with the president. i'm a nuclear materials engineer retired. i have degrees in geology and worked for the u.s. geonettic surveys. i do know the evidence is there. this is just part of the misinformation that has been spread by certain companies and so forth to debunk global warming efforts and to, you know, to fight against them, to resist them. same way as the cigarette companies did for so many years telling us that, oh, tobacco won't kill you, smoking interests won't kill you. there were many -- they brought forth many experts to say it wouldn't hurt you, and it was all just a big lie. evidence is there that shows global warming is taking place and man is certainly contributing to it. >> david, how urgent do you think this is?

how much of our financial resources, for example, do you think should be deployed in directing this right now? >> caller: i couldn't give you a percentage of our resources. we have to look at what we can contribute and what we can control. we've also -- one of the biggest places we need to put our efforts, i believe, is in the emerging countries such as china, pakistan, india, indonesia, places like that. we also need to get people in south america to stop burning down the rain forests. that's the lungs of the earth. the plants convert carbon dioxide back into oxygen that we all need to breathe. unfortunately, that's, you know, that's the way it's going. we have to get other people involved in this. why should they get involved if the united states won't? >> david, thank you so fuch for your call. we appreciate your opinion. viewers have been texting us. how can so many people be so ignorant of global warming in

the 21st century? another viewer says the earth has been here far longer than us and this global warming is a natural cycle of the planet. drm e-mailed us saying mr. obama is talking about global warming with the same tired speech he uses for everything else. it's a thin vail for another tax increase for the u.s. industry and eventually we all pay for his nonsense. there is no concrete proof global warming exists. anything they point to can be dismissed by el nino-type cycles. suzy in florida writes i'm appalled of the ignorance that exists in this country. i feel like i'm living in the twilight zone. are people saying global warming is not impacting our environment? wow. do us a favor and take a science class. thank god we finally have a president who listens to the voice of reason, mother nature. please, just open your eyes. thank you, to everyone, for e-mails and calling today. "prime news" starts at the top

of the hour with more topics you can comment on. check them out at cnn.com/prime news. a 16-year-old indiana girl gets a series of text messages that are so upsetting she called police. what those messages said and how the police are responding.

we taking you to ventura, county, california. a fire captain there warning people between fillmore and moore park to evacuate if they see this fast moving wildfire. more than 100 firefighters trying to battle it. it's in the rural hills northwest of l.a. it is hot, it is dry and windy. making it very tough for firefighters. the national weather service says santa ana wind gusts are as high as 40 miles per hour. eight fire fighting airplanes, four heletankers are deployed to fight the fire. already burned several hundred acres at this point. take a look at the camera zooms in. there's a ranch down there with horses. see how close the fire is. this is a very serious situation they are taking very seriously. some ranches have already been

ordered to evacuate. still no word on how this fire started. we will, of course, keep you updated. the fbi and the department of homeland security have issued security bulletins for sports stadi stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels. those memos to police don't mention specific terror plots or latest arrests in denver and new york we reported to you. the sites are still attractive targets to groups such as al qaeda. the bull tens recommend police sweeps and patrol at terminals and stations. the warning coincides with a widening terror investigation. a source telling cnn agents are looking for a dozen more people for questioning in connection with an alleged plot to blow up transportation hubs. three men taken into custody over the weekend. two in denver, one in new york. right now charged with lying to authorities. a 16-year-old girl says she got a text message telling her to kill herself and police say

this is a crime. police in indiana say the high school student got other messages some telling her she deserved a beating. investigators plan on talking to three classmates believed to be behind these texts. police say anyone involved could face charges. >> it would be very easy for someone to hand somebody their phone and say, hey, send this for me. if there is any kind of conspiracy such as that, then the person who is planning it with the individual who sent it is in just as much trouble as the person that actually sent the text. >> the principal says the school may also punish the students responsible and parents need to keep an eye on their kids' cell phone habits. an arizona couple is insisting the foe oes of their three young daughters are the kind of bath time pictures most families have. after lisa and anthony took the images to walmart to be developed child protective services showed up at their door and took the girls last fall. the kids were 18 months, 4 and 5 years old. the couple did not regain

custody for more than a month while the case investigated the possible of abuse. they're suing the state of arizona and walmart. in philadelphia police officer was pulled off street duty recently apparently because of his hair. officer thomas strain showed up to work with the corn rows. his boss didn't like it. he was put on desk duty two days until he shchopped off the brai. one officer called what happened, quote, absolutely discriminatory. a spokesman for the police department was told strain was told to cut his hair to look for professional. it was the first day of fall but looks more like winter in colorado. snow starts falling in the foothills of denver yesterday. a winter storm warning in effect. the national weather service says as much as 16 inches of snow could fall by tomorrow afternoon. to put things in perspective, colorado doesn't usually see its first snowflakes for another month. stocks bouncing back for

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after a week of heavy rain, some sun has been a welcome sight in northern georgia today. the storms have left behind a serious mess. schools closed throughout the area. transportation officials urging people to stay off the roads. lot of the roads have been washed out, others under water still. nine people have been killed by the flooding. the waiter almost sub merge the the rollers coasters that you're looking at there at six flags over georgia west of atlanta. the governor declared a state of emergency in 17 counties. >> this has been a 48-hour ordeal that people have been state here and to care for the

safety and people and i just want to thank them. i want to thank those firefighters and first responders all across georgia from the east in stevens county to the west in carroll and douglass and charity and in northwest georgia. this has been a hugest. >> governor perdue is asking president obama to declare a federal disaster so georgians can apply for assistance. amazing images from across the disaster area. one atlanta suburb a flooded house caught fire and the fire truck responding to the call got caught in the rising water there, stuck there. rescue teams have been using small boats, canoes and jet skis to get people out to safety. here are a couple of guys using air mattresses to get back into a flooded home. all of georgia under a flash flood watch. flash flood warnings posted from atlanta to the south carolina border. more storms are in the forecast.

we thank our i-reporters letting us know just what it's like to be in the heart of this flooding. lee childers of atlanta says the course he learned to play golf on barely recognizable. that's a hole flag. he says the popular bobby jones course is under water so high you almost lose sight of the flags. these remarkable photos of a woman trying to save her horses from a flooded field. look at that. you can see the owner struggling almost under water herself. in between the horses there. smart says the woman turned down her offer to help, so she decided to take these pictures instead. it took 30 minutes to get the horses to dry land. earlier today i talked to eric brown of woodstock and dan yell aliah of snellville. daniel went to check out flooding on the yellow river and was amazed to see a generous person with a canoe rescuing neighbors. >> that's when we decided to film the good citizens being brave and helpful to each other.

they were working hard, taking people across the flood area to get those blocked from their families on the other side of the neighborhood. >> this must really reenforce your faith in your fellow man, right, seeing the people helping each other during this tough time. >> yes, ma'am. i thought it was very brave and hardworking for them. like, helping out other people when he really just could be inside in the dry instead of being outside helping people for five hours, ferrying them back and forth. >> that's incredible. we really love seeing that. we want to head over to eric who joins us from woodstock which is northwest of where you are, daniel, snellville. eric, we're looking at what looks like a river running down from a road. can you explain what we're looking at? >> it was overwhelming. i was leaving to go to lunch and was almost trapped in my neighborhood by the floodwaters. reaching over the road. the cars were trying to pass. some were going ahead and

turning around and say i'm not going to deal with it. >> was there any point you were concerned about either your own safety or the safety of the people around you? >> luckily i wasn't concerned about myself. i kept a safe distance back. there were kids in the neighborhood getting police close to it. at any second that water could have bursted through and knocked some of them down. i was worried about the people that were there. >> we appreciate you joins us. thank you so much for posting your video. >> no problem. >> sure, no problem. >> thanks to all our i-reporters today. if you have pictures or video of breaking news or interesting stories from where you are, go to ireport.com. click on the upload now link. you'll find instructions on how to submit your story. ventura county, california, a developing story there. fire captain warning the people between the towns of fillmore and moore park to evacuate if they see this fast-moving wildfire. more than 150 firefighters trying to battle the flames in

the rural hills northwest of l.a. the hot, dry windy conditions are making it really tough to contain this fire. the national weather service says santa ana wind gusts are as high as 40 miles per hour. eight fire fighting airplanes, four heletankers, you saw one there a second ago, helping in this fight. it burned several hundred acres already, at least one small building. some ranches have been ordered to evacuate. no word on how this fire started. authorities in central illinois are investigating the killings of five family members in what they're calling a brutal homicide. three of the victims were children. officials say they found a survivor, a 3-year-old girl. police say they were responding to a 911 call of a possible shooting at a home yesterday when they found the bodies in the farming community of piecen, 40 miles northeast of springfield. police are following up leads and trying to identify a suspect they say is armed and dangerous. and arizona couple insists the photos of their three

daughters are the kind of bath time pictures a lot of families have. after lisa and anthony took the images to walmart to be developed, child protective services showed up and took their girls. this happened last fall. the girls were 18 months, 4 5 years old. the couple didn't regain custody for more than a month. they are suing the state of arizona and walmart. walmart sent a statement saying, quote, we recognize this is an emotional situation for all involved. we take our role seriously. by arizona law it was our obligation to report and let the authorities decide whether to investigate. 16-year-old girl says she got a text message telling her to kill herself. police say this might be be a crime. police in indiana say the high school student got other messages including one that told her she deserved a beating. investigators plan on talking to three classmates believed to be behind these texts.

police say anyone involved could face charges. >> it would be very easy for someone to hand somebody their phone and say, hey, send this for me. if there is any kind of conspiracy such as that, then the person planning it with the individual who sent it is in just as much trouble as the person that actually sent the text. >> the principal says the school may punish the students responsible and parents need to keep an eye on their kids' cell phone habits. the u.s. embassy in honduras closed its doors because of unrest there. that is according to a state department spokesman. police fired tear gas today on supporters of manuel zelaya. it happened outside the brazilian embassy, where zelaya has taken refuge. the interim honduran president threatened to arrest zelaya if he leaves the country. zelaya fred the country after he was removed from congress june

28th. he said he snuck back into the country traveling 16 hours with the help of hondurans. president obama calls his first joint meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders, quote, frank and productive. he sat down with israeli prime minister benjamin net yaw hi in new york. the first meeting of the three leaders since president obama and netanyahu took office. mr. obama is urging israel and the palestinians to move forward with peace talks. the president also meeting with his chinese counterpart today. the sci-fi politic "district nine" earned district acclaim. it won't be making it in one country. who banned this blockbuster and why.

corrupt politicians, flesh-eating citizens and to top it off, prostitutes having relations with aliens. "district nine." that depiction of their people will not be tolerated. cnn.com's nicole lapin joining us now. >> nigh jeer ra is very upset. i don't know if you've seen this movie. "district nine." aliens and humans trying to get together. nigerians are saying, wait, wait, wait, this really poorly depicts our people as prostitutes, as aliens, as cannibals. they have used strong language coming out against "district nine." they want it banned from the country. why do they denigrate nigerians?

we have had enough of the stereotypes and we're not going to allow people to stig mize us. the distributor, stony pictures, says the film is a work of fiction and no offense was intended whatsoever. sony points out nigerian authorities cleared the film for release. we have to say that. in all, look, these scenes that depict nigerians make up about ten minutes of airtime. still, nigeria says it is not going to stand for this without an edit or without a bigger apology. >> wow. >> it continues. >> though it's not possible to have relations with extra terrestrials as far as we know? >> virginia, i don't know what you have been doing, bullt i thk it is -- look -- >> that's a whole different story. >> whole different story. they are saying it is fictionalized but nigerians are

saying fiction or not it still stigmatizes us and paints us in a bad light. >> i understand one o the world's most volatile regions is erupting a new controversy and facebook is caught in the middle? >> facebook is siding with them, their identity. two-thirds governed by israel, on facebook you can only select your country of origin as syria. so you can either list it as syria or leave it blank. that has created a lot of backlash by facebook residents who live in israel. 2,500 people, virginia, quickly joined the group in protest. facebook actually changed its settings. residents can select israel or syria as a home country, but this dilemma has come up in the past, as you may remember. facebook says it deals with this on a case by case basis, i should say.

users in the west bank, for example, can identify themselves as being from palestine or being from israel. still the change, virginia, actually doesn't mean a lot because we are now being told that facebook has been banned by the nation's government anyway, but it is kind of a philosophical debate that is going on right now. one, frankly, of identity and how that plays in with social networking and technology. >> absolutely. not easily decided. good to see you. >> you're welcome. you too. listen to this. a mother says a company tried to repossess her car with her 4-year-old son still in the back seat. she says she was in the driveway when someone got in her car. she said she screamed, said she was dragged down the street. >> she ran my foot over. i got up to try to open up the back door. got the back door open to get it open. try to pull him out. drug me up the whole street. >> no one knew the child was sleeping in the back of the car.

>> the mother said she was screaming telling the lady to stop. >> she was screaming, my man is about to shoot you. my man is about to shoot you. >> the repo driver later abandoned the car with the child still inside. the child is okay. no arrests have been made. some people think of grizzly bears as man killers. others argue it's just the opposite. what new steps are being taken to protect the grizzlies in .. yellowstone and why it's he th. whatcha eatin'? yoplus. it's a yogurt for digestive health. here...blackberry pomegranate. i can't find my hand. (announcer) yoplus and new yoplus light. digestive health alternatives from yoplait.

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"prime news" months away. mike galanos here to give us a preview. >> number one, imagine being a mom. she has a special needs kid. okay? and he's a handful in the classroom. she'll admit it. she goes to school and the 9-year-old is in a seclusion room. the room looks like basically solitary confinement. he has been stripped down to his underwear, told to stand on an "x" and sitting there crying. we're going to hear from that mom. what that must have been like to witness her 9-year-old in this state in this room. we'll take your calls. 1-877-tell-hln is the number.

also this one. bath time photos. you have a little one. the bath time photos they're going to be naked. what happens to the one family? they take their pictures to walmart to be developed. next thing you know their kids are taken away accused of sexual abuse. the judge throws this out and says they're innocent. the family is coming at not only walmart here, but the city and officers and child protective services who made the call to get the kids out of there. what do you think of that one? 1-877-tell-hln. how about this one? this lady doing in vitro, gets the phone call, expecting, yeah, you're pregnant. that's true. with someone else's child. they implanted the wrong embryo. we'll talk about her mindset that she has the heart to carry this child to term to give back to the other family. president obama is telling other world leaders that the u.s. is determined to act against global warming. the leaders attending the u.n.

summit on climate change today. mr. obama promoted his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emission. he called on rapidly growing developing countries to do their part to fight global warming as well. this was the president's first speech to the united nations. grizzly bears in yellowstone national park are back in the threatened species list. about 600 grizzlies live around the park. hunting them is illegal. people killed at least 20 last year, either in self-defense or by mistake. one woman found herself $80,000 in the hole. with a little help and hard work she is digging her way out of massive debt. she says you can do it, too. how in today's "money & main st." >> reporter: dawn was drowning in credit card debt to the tune of $80,000. nearly ten times the 8,300 bucks

the average american family owes on their cards. >> there was about 17 credit cards at the time. >> reporter: dawn was dealing with several factors against her. high credit card interest rates, a divorce and card interest rat divorce and using her personal cards for high expenses of opening up a second location of her video store. >> every month, i was writing out 17 checks and the interest rates, they ranged from like 6% to 33%. quite honestly, living beyond my means was another part of it. i own up to that. and just, you know, always unforeseen expenses and when you're making the minimum payments on these credit cards when you can afford to make more than that, they just -- they don't go down. >> reporter: dawn took matters into her own hands, she sold the second store location, stopped using her cards and called for help. >> i sat down one day and i called each credit card one by

one. and i asked all of them to work with me to lower my interest rate. >> reporter: but that didn't go anywhere. instead, they was directed to the debt management program of the not-for-profit consumer credit counseling service. counsel eric jackson helped dawn analyze her bills and expenses and created a plan to help her get lower interest rates. now, she makes a single monthly payment; i don't even have to think about it. which makes it a lot easier for me. because, you know, when you have a lot of debt, it's not just financial but it's emotional, you know, even physical. you think about it all the time. >> she's making her payments on time. you whoa, they are posting to her creditor accounts. you know, she has very low interest rates, that was one of the benefits and she's definitely doing well. so, she is on track to get her debts paid off in full within the five years. >> reporter: today, dawn is less than $40,000 in debt. >> i'm about halfway, yeah. it hasn't been easy, but we're

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