world leaders say iran is breaking global rules on its nuclear program. 90 minutes ago, french, british and u.s. leaders lambasted iran for its new covert facilities. that debate coming up. kids across the country may be drinking water full of arsenic and lead. there's a new report that may have you packing bottled water as you send your children off to school this morning. then watch what you sweat. there's a new anklet device.

those story this is hour on "morning express." we have a lot to cover. two alleged terror plots targeting two u.s. cities. that's new today. federal agents saying the suspects in both. >> reporter: ready to pull the trigger. the arrests were in illinois and texas. separate cases, again. counterterrorism authorities say the plots were unrelated. more details on the plots throughout this hour. but first, we've got some new video from a third alleged plot. we talk about what's happening in denver, colorado. a story we've been following for some days right now. this is exclusive video of najibullah zazi. federal prosecutors say it shows him buying large amounts of a chemical that can be used to make bombs. watch this white circle. employees at a denver beauty supply store say he made several purchases recently. experts say he could have done major damage with the chemicals he bought. >> hydrogen peroxide bombs are a signature of somebody who's trained in an al qaeda training camp on the afghan/pakistan border. the government alleged that zazi's admitted to attending

such a training camp. the reason this is important is not that this guy is just buying household products. he can -- if he's got the right training, he can turn these into very effective bombs. >> you're seeing that video. zazi has been charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. that's the colorado plot. back to those apparently unrelated terror plots in two u.s. cities. first of all, in illinois, michael finton, also known as talib islam, is charged with trying to detonate a truck bomb outside a building in illinois. he tried to blow it up with remote control. he was arrested as he pushed the button. in dallas, texas, a third plot that we're exposing today. the fbi says a 19-year-old jordanian man was arrested as he tried to set off a bomb at a tower there. the products are considered home-grown. >> there's a couple of things that have drawn these plots out all at once.

it is in the vicinity of the anniversary of september 11th. it's also at the same time ramadan was just over. so there are a variety of reasons that has heightened the fervor, if you will, of the people that would like to do these things. and i think the reassuring thing is the fact that the terrorist task forces across the country are on top of these cases. >> the fbi agents say they prevented these two new attack, these plots from both texas and illinois by going undercover. we'll have more on all three of those plots later throughout this hour. stick around for that. right now, world leaders are getting down to business at the g-20 summit in pittsburgh. before it started, president obama called for global action after iran admitted it has a second nuclear fuel facility, covert. he's demanding iran open it up to international inspectors because its size suggests it could not be a power plant only as iran claims. >> iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow, endangering the global

nonproliferation regime, denying its own people access to the opportunity they deserve and threatening the stability and security of the region in the world. >> diplomatic sources say iran only admitted the existence of the nuclear facility because western leaders already found out about it. iran has said its nuclear program is about energy, not weapons. then in the backdrop of all of that, this was the scene outside the g-20 summit yesterday in pittsburgh. police fired pepper spray and rubber bullets at some of the protestors. they say some protestors threw rocks and broke some windows, too. they arrested about 20 people in that. before you send your kids off to school, you want to hear this one. drinking water at many schools across the country is tainted with toxic levels of lead and pesticides. there's a new "associated press" investigation that found kids in all 50 states have been exposed to this water for the last ten years. in all 50 states. many schools are not fixing old

pipes because providing bottled water is just plain cheaper. the epa says the number of safety violations has spiked in the last decade because of stricter standards. also related to your children this hour, if you have children's and infant's tylenol at home, we have important information for you. some of the medicine is being recalled because of possible bacterial contamination. jennifer westhoven is looking out for you on this. is this a danger to kids? >> the message from tylenol is that it isn't a danger, but that they want to be very cautious. but they are recalling it so obviously they think there is some kind of a small risk there. johnson & johnson say the ris sk remote but they want to be absolutely sure. they're recalling nearly two dozen tylenol products after they found bacteria that was in an inactive ingredient that they say was unused in the product but because it was made at the same time, they just want to be sure. here's what you can do to make sure that everything in your medicine cabinet is totally safe in case you think you may have

one of the products. go to cnn.com/robin, we have a list of the lot numbers, it's under important websites. get the medicine bottle and compare the lot numbers. look either on the bottom of the box or on the sticker that goes around the bottle. and sometimes you have to pull off the top label and it's on one underneath. >> good tip. we'll be back with more in about ten minutes. now off to bob van dillen. it is a friday, bob. you just want to kick up your feet right now. it's been a busy two weeks for you. >> yeah, it has been. i don't care for the weather pattern. same situation, low pressure area. it's a stagnant low. not being pushed out by anything. you can see with the rain wrapping up through northern iowa in towards lower minnesota, that's the low. look at the cold front ahead of this. the louisiana area back towards western tennessee, the rain is going to continue around this area and then be pushed over towards the deep south.

talking about areas that really got hammered last week, northern georgia, alabama, parts of tennessee. heavy rain over the weekend, 3 to 5 inches' worth in some of those areas. flooding concerns are definitely out there. rain breaking up around charlotte and richmond. decent an around baltimore. now that's breaking apart. moving out of washington as well. moving off the coast. a nice weekend shaping up. towards the west, here's your heavy rain. northern iowa, lower minnesota, rotating back towards south dakota. look at denver, a couple of showers around you, that will pick up later today. scattered thunderstorms upsloping around the rocky mountains. when you get over towards the northeast, it's gorgeous. let me take you live to new york city. here's the way it looks. dry conditions. a lot of clouds over you earlier this morning. today your high, 72. gusty north wind. by tomorrow, mid-60s, the nice temperatures.

how great is that shot? >> that is gorgeous. and it's going to look much better as the months go by. >> gusty winds out of the north today. airport delays are possible. i have the full details on those in just about ten minutes. >> thank you, sir. a gentleman's club in central florida is being gentleman-like. it's offering flee flu shots. rachel's gentleman's club has bought shots and given them out. the shots are given to the -- in the vip room to all castleberry city employees, seniors and residents. >> i texted my wife and told her. >> i walked in, they said, can i help you? i said, yes, can i get a job, very jokingly. then i said, no, i'm kidding you. >> so i'm thinking people might get way laid by the time they get the shot. >> think about the clientele in

this place. a little older than normal. >> they get a gourmet buffet. >> and lovely ladies while you're out there. >> biscuits, gravy. club management says this is their way to give back to the community. you've heard of breathalyzers and broad alcohol tests. now there's a device that can tell you if you've been drinking just by monitoring your skin. andes randy quaid and his we picked up in texas. gecko vo: takes lots of sweat to become that big. gecko vo: 'course, geckos don't literally sweat... it's just not our thing... gecko vo: ...but i do work hard, mind you. gecko vo: first rule of "hard work equals success." gecko vo: that's why geico is consistently rated excellent or better in terms of financial strength. gecko vo: second rule: "don't steal a coworker's egg salad, 'specially if it's marked "the gecko." come on people.

. welcome back. the woman who police say was kidnapped when she was 11 and kept for 18 years says she will testify against her alleged kidnappers if there's a trial. jaycee dugard's attorney spoke yesterday about her time in captivity. take a listen. >> she's had children in that environment. so it's really -- it's what she has known, really in essence,

for her life. so that's one competing emotion. on the other side, there's no question that she knows that terrible and wrong things were done to her. >> police say jaycee dugard was held in the backyard of phillip garrido where he fathered two daughters with her. garrido and his wife have pleaded not guilty to these crimes so far. texas police have arrested actor randy quaid and his wife for allegedly skipping out on a $10,000 hotel bill. the hotel has filed a complaint claiming the quaids did not pay that lofty bill. the couple faces felony charges of burglary, conspiracy and defrauding an innkeeper. texas authorities say that evi quaid even struggled with police during her arrest. bail was set at $20,000 for each of them. another big bank says it's cutting those very annoying and some say excessive overdraft fees. jen westhoven is here.

they can hit you when you're not looking. >> it's a topic close to my heart. it only takes one time for you to make a mistake in your head, make a couple of debit card transactions and the next thing you know, it's hundreds of dollars and your head's about to explode. and they won't necessarily take them back. this week, some of the nation's biggest banks said they were going to cut overdraft fees and now u.s. bank is following that hopping on the bank wagon. we'll see if other banks follow, too. i think the question would be, even small changes will help you. but will it be enough? the banks are hoping to stop congress from making new rules, basically because so many people have been socked by this, the fury level has gotten so high, that congress has said, maybe this isn't fair. so banks, i think, would rather give an inch and keep most of the overdraft fees than have to give up o lot more. overdraft fees are a gold mine for them, billions of dollars in

a revenue stream for them. u.s. bank, first you'd only be hit up to three times a day. that's only $115 on average? that's a lot of money. but they would also have some kind of you could only be hit so many times a year. they also won't hit you if you go under your balance by only 10 bucks. they won't hit you for a little mistake. but congress getting ready to look at new regulations on credit and debit fees. >> but it can even hit you $200 to $300 a day. >> some banks would have hit you up to ten times in the past. that's 350 bucks because you thought a check cleared or something like that. so people are writing in to us about this -- >> i think that was really nice of you, james, to say, it's like they do it on purpose. >> is that your alias, james? >> there is a thing, too, about how when it comes to accepting

deposits, they can really take a long time in some ways. back to you. >> great story. thanks for following up and keeping us up to date on certainly how to save some money now. the fbi says it caught two alleged terrorists just in time. and one of them grew up right here in the united states. we are digging deeper into why he, a u.s. citizen, might have planned on attack on his own country.

29-year-old michael finton is accused of trying to blow up a federal courthouse in springfield, illinois.

an undercover agent posed as a low level al qaeda operative in this situation and then he gave finton a fan, supposedly filled with one ton of explosives. those bombs were fake. but finton did not know that. agents arrested him wednesday after they say he parked the van outside the courthouse and tried to detonate it with a cell phone. a federal affidavit also saying that finton, a u.s. citizen, is an ex-con who converted to islam in prison. he called himself talib islam and talked about wanting to go abroad to be trained as a jihadist. but people who worked with him said they never saw that side of him. >> i'm very shocked to hear this about him. from what i know about him, this isn't in his character as all. this element of what's on the news about him, this is -- i don't really -- didn't know him to be that kind of guy. this could be a mistake. >> authorities are saying it's no mistake. they say finton told agents he

idolized john walker lindh, an american captured for fighting with the taliban. police are using tiny devices to keep tabs on defendants now. "washington post" reporting judges are ordering ankle-monitoring systems more and more. they can track people's movements and can tell if they've had a drink of alcohol by monitoring the sweat coming out of their skin. they've been tracking offenders with gps devices for sometime and are saving a lot of money by doing it this way. a company's been accused of selling supplements that contain steroids on the internet and that company has ties too a major league baseball on top of that. do i want to hear about this? >> it makes you scratch your head a little bit. not necessarily saying this company is supplying steroids to a major league baseball team. but there appears to be a connection. "the new york times" is reporting that federal agents raided a warehouse for

bodybuilding.com for allegedly selling dietary supplements that contain steroids and designer steroids. the raid was part of an investigation by the fda. according to court papers, this site sold substances that are illegal. the site is owned by the same company that owned the atlanta braves. liberty media bought the team in 2007. they also own a stake in directv and ticketmaster. we haven't heard from them about this story. it was a picture-perfect day of golf in atlanta. the first round of the final leg of the fedex cup with $10 million on the line. phil mickelson there. tiger woods finished the day second behind this man, sean o'hair, who was probably in the league because of some advice tiger gave him. and skiing bad boy brodie miller is doing a 180. he is rejoining the u.s. ski team and hopes to qualify for the 2010 olympicsvancouver. this is after the two-time world champion had been racing independently after clashing

with the u.s. team. miller seemed to express remorse for his behavior in the past when he was just unapologetic while partying while competing in italy a couple of years ago. time for our true champion. this week, it is kristin armstrong. this 36-year-old woman won the time trial at the world championships in switzerland on wednesday after she won her gold medal in beijing. she took up the sport late after getting osteoarthritis from running triathlons. on saturday, she says she's going to retire because she and her husband want to start a family. no relation to the other armstrong. >> i was thinking armstrong -- >> no relation. >> if she gets half of his ability, she can do it. >> she's got a gold medal and he doesn't. i'm just saying. >> thanks, rafer. what are you doing next tuesday night? we have an exciting addition for you to our primetime lineup coming your way. put it on your calendar. "the joy behar show" will air every night at 9:00 eastern

right here on hln. kicked off tuesday september 29th. some convicted sex offenders, they say rules are so tough for them. they can't find a place to live. but one complex says, come on in. they want them to move in there. plus a man is accused of taking stalkings to new heights. police say he was doing it from an airplane.

we've got new exclusive video in today for you showing here denver terror suspect najibullah zazi filling a shopping cart in a beauty supply store. federal investigators say he wax buying large amounts of a chemical that can be used to make bombs and he had enough material to do major damage. and this morning, president obama calling for iran to open up a second nuclear facility to international inspectors. iran just recently admitting to having this plant. and the president saying the facility is not the right size to make fuel for nuclear energy as iran claims. iran denies that it is a nuclear

program designed for making bombs. kids across the country may be drinking water full of lead and pesticides. a new "associated press" investigation found that 100 school districts across all 50 states violated safety water standards. the epa says stricter violations have caused it to skyrocket. and a wildfire in the mountains of seventura county hopes to be contained by this weekend. it's charred about 27 square miles. about 75 homes are still threatened. those are some of the headlines we're watching for you on this friday. our top story now, today, two alleged terror plots disrupted by the fbi, separate and different ones. first off, we're digging deeper into the case in texas. 19-year-old hosam smadi will be in court in about 90 minutes. he is accused of trying to blow up a sky scrascraper in dallas.

he was given a fake bomb and they say he tried to detonate it in the parking garage of the 64 fountain place tower. people who worked there are plain shocked. >> it's very alarming, yeah. oh, yeah. i work on the 21st floor. if anything happens, then i'm gone. yeah. it is alarming. >> my stomach flipped. it turned. it's scary. it's like you hear about it but you never think it's going to happen to you. >> it appears that smadi picked fountain place tower because it houses wells fargo bank, a federal affidavit quoting him saying -- >> smadi is originally from jordan. authorities say he entered the country illegally. he got on the fbi radar by posting violent comments in an extremist chat room. that's the plot coming out of texas that we're watching.

we're just learning also that u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been released from the hospital. just getting that in. the 76-year-old became ill in her chambers yesterday afternoon shortly after receiving treatment for iron deficiency. in february, ginsburg had surgery for pancreatic surgery and was back on the bench 18 days later. the court issued a statement saying ginsburg plans to be back at work later today. we've learned five u.s. service members were killed yesterday in afghanistan. the military saying three were killed by roadside bomb. another was shot and the other was killed on patrol. this all happened in the southern part of the country where u.s. and nato forces have stepped up operations against the taliban there. also this for you, most of you don't plan to vaccinate your kids against the swine flu. that's what we're learning from a new poll by the university of michigan surveying more than 1,600 parents. only 4 in 10 say they want their

kids to have the h1n1 vaccine. some are not worried about the virus at all. now to a california man accused of stalking his girlfriend through an airplane -- using an airplane. police say several people called to complain about a low-flying plane. that one you see there over the past few weeks. once the plane dropped leiflets referencing a person and including racial slurs. too wednesday night the plane was over the neighborhood so neighbors called the police. >> psycho boyfriend is about it. >> it's a little loud. just sounded like a small engine on an airplane that was buzzing the the neighborhood a little bit. >> the pilot, tom huey, was arrested on suspicion of stalking and violating a restraining order. right now, vice president joe biden is getting a birds eye view of the flooding in georgia. people are coming home to a

massive clean-up. president obama has pledged federal relief money for several georgia counties. for some people, it's just a relief to get on home. >> last night, dealing with a lot of it, i hit a point where i was like, i wanted out of here. i want my house back. >> if you want to help flood victim, go to cnn.com/robin, click on the impact button for details on where donations are needed. let's head over to bob van dillen right now. taking a look at weather. the big concern obviously some storms you're telling us about in the east. but heat in the west. santa anas there? >> yeah, santa ana going right down the mountains and compressing the air around it. compressed air always it's up and dries out. here's the way it looks on the satellite picture. i put a little bit of an action around denver. there's your upper level low. winds coming down right around the lower parts of california. the red flag warnings are posted mainly north of l.a. 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts for the afternoon.

also real low relative humidity. single digit percentages coming in this afternoon. and hot. let me tike take you live to los angeles. here's the way it looks. that looks healthy, yeah. >> typical l.a., though. come on. >> their high today downtown l.a., about 100 degrees. it's going to be extremely hot. once again. that's warm for even this time of year. but, man, oh, man, it's going to be warm today, through tomorrow, basically into the weekend. that's los angeles for you. that's why there are red flag warnings. away from there, it's a different story. cooler pocket of air trying to move into the great lakes and the northeast. down to the south, rain coming up from out of the mississippi valley and stretching back in towards northern virginia. rain for lower parts of the washington, d.c. metro right now. now moving away from you. baltimore drying out. same with lancaster, philadelphia, and new york city. the rain comes back for areas by georgia, including atlanta. could get as much 1 to 3 inches

of rain starting tonight through tomorrow. not good. >> and you head into your weekend, your son is going to take you to see dinosaurs. >> yeah, dinosaurs are in town. >> great stuff. thanks, bob. it took undercover cops two months to bust some coffee shop workers for what they call prostitution. the lewd aks detectives say the♪ repeatedly witnessed at this coffee stand. bicycle, what are we waiting for? the flowers are blooming. the air is sweet. and zyrtec® starts... relieving my allergies... 2 hours faster than claritin®. my worst symptoms feel better, indoors and outdoors. with zyrtec®, the fastest... 24-hour allergy medicine, i promise not to wait as long to go for our ride. zyrtec® works fast, so i can love the air™. a tornado hits, air life denver takeff...

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been recently transferred to prison hospice care. earlier this month, atkins was denied parole for her action in the brutal manson murders. the minister who preaches to inmates runs this complex in florida. some 35 sex offenders live in that one location. people who live nearby are upset and say they're afraid for their children's safety. many offenders face tight restrictions as to where they can live. pandas are cute, cuddly and should they die off, at least that's what naturalist chris packham says should happen to giant pandas, they should die off. he says the monday invested in panda conservation would be better spent in other animals. pandas consume large amounts of bamboo threatened by logging, agriculture and the growing human population in china. the world wildlife fund says the panda population is around 1,600. do we spend too much on panda

conservation? should they just be allowed to die off? call us right now or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. we'll air your comments starting at noon eastern. five coffee shop workers are accused of serving um some skin. police in everett, washington, say the women were charging customers up to 80 bucks to take off their clothes while fixing orders, according to the everett herald. officers spent two months in an undercover investigation. >> for extra money these women would expose their entire body. if they were wearing a bikini, they would either take it off or at least lower it. there were some allegations, complaints from our citizens that they were performing whip cream shows between two of the women. >> the shop owner told local media employees sign a policy prohibiting this alleged behavior.

coffee is no longer coffee anymore, is it? >> they really took it to the next level. goodness. >> floods damaged used cars. >> this is serious. >> we should be concerned about that. it can affect the title, the value. >> and your car can just break down. you can pay full price for a used car, find out it's not what you thought it was. this is something to be on guard about. you've probably seen pictures of the flooding in georgia. but it can end up all across the country for sale. it can affect you no matter where you are. we know this happened a lot after hurricane katrina. these are cars from georgia that were just right up to their armpits, so to speak, in water. they dry them out, clean them up, people sell them and don't tell you that this happened. and the flooding can really ruin the inside of a car.

brittle wires, corroded metal. you may be able to start it and drive away. down the road, you find out it's a mess in there. so you want to go over any used car that you're looking at over the next few weeks and months with a fine-tooth comb. mud, rust, water damage, anything that might tip you off that there's been a flood. also this is going to be a time where it's worth it pr you to get one of those vehicle history reports like carfax. the better business bureau says if it was in a state that had floods, don't even risk it. i know that's bad news for honest people. but the better business bureau says it's not worth the risk. that's what happens when you have people out there telling lies. ruins it for everybody else. >> it does. >> keep it honest. >> keep it honest. let's talk about mortgage rates. >> so this is good news in a bad economy if you can afford the big monthly payment. some mortgage rates are now at

record lows. the regular mortgage rate, according to freddie mac, 30-year fixed rate, it hasn't changed but still pretty low. >> it is low. >> 5%. if you have a good score, you can get it even lower. then that 15-year rate is what we're talking about. you're agreeing to pay off your mortgage a lot earlier. so you'll have much bigger monthly payments. but look at that rate, under 4.5%. >> in the '70s, it was double digits. we'll take the 5%. how much did you weigh when you were born? >> i don't know, 7 pounds or something. >> i was a 9-pounder. this is a big baby. this baby is a 19-pounder. a woman in indonesia gave birth to a boy, 19-pound bundle of joy here. the giant baby was delivered by c-section. and this big boy didn't set the world record even if you can imagine that. the current world record is 23

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two men in north carolina accused of planning a holy war overseas are now also charged with plotting on attack on a marine base in virginia. prosecutors say daniel patrick boyd and hassan sharifi has maps of the quantico base. they had $13,000 in boyd's house. he's the alleged ring leader of seven men facing other terrorism charges. a u.s. diplomat in russia

may be the target of a smear campaign. a videotape on a russian website purports to show brendan kyle hatcher having sex with a russian prostitute. the state department is saying here it was a set-up. the tape has been doctored to discredit hatcher. the tape has been carefully edited and it's impossible to determine whether it is him. >> this kind of campaign is disgusting and deplorable. there clearly are still people who have this cold car mentality and don't want our relationship to improve. but i think that these kind of people are in a very, very distinct and small minority. >> hatcher has denied any encounter with a prostitute. the state department says he was approached by russians who tried to blackmail him but he did everything properly by reporting the incident to his supervisors. russia's foreign ministry had no comments on it. parents play a significant role in putting the brakes on

bad teen drivers, according to two new studies. teens are parents who are actively involved in setting rules and boundaries cut the risk of drinking and driving by 70%. researchers also say teens are less likely to get in a crash if they do not have their own car. all right, tiger woods gave a guy a few pointers, and then that guy goes out and has a better day than tiger himself on the course. rafer has more on that. you shouldn't give tips? >> well, he believes in giving everybody who's a friend a tip. even if that guy could end up taking $10 million out of his pocket. we're talking about tiger woods and sean o'hair. they were practicing together for the first round of the last leg of the fedex championship. o'hair is a top golfer. but hasn't been very good at putting. so tiger gave him a few suggestions. we just showed you that shot there. i'm sorry we only got the last part of it.

it was a 5-foot putt and it was beautiful. o'hair leaves the field one stroke ahead of tiger. >> i thought i could offer a little bit of help and insight to how he could change that. and now as i said, we'll now i'll go and chew him out. >> and somebody's going to cheye chew himself out, phil mickelson, this guy fell apart on the par 4 14th hole. back into the sand. he would shoot an eight on this hole. they call that a snowman and he is tied for 26 out of 30 golfers. and danica patrick signed a three-year deal to stay with andretti racing. that is good news for indy car. she's been good for the sport and good for colorful confrontations like this one with dan weldon and my favorite. and this was news because she was contemplating going over to nascar.

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right now on "showbiz tonight," the explosive mackenzie phillips incest debate. today's overwhelming reaction to mackenzie claiming her father had sex with her. mackenzie back on tv this morning, revealing even more. >> the sound bite has been a ten-year-long romantic affair with her -- that is the wrong way to characterize it. >> tonight, why members of mackenzie's own family called her a liar today and why even oprah is under attack. tonight, "showbiz tonight" with the provocative debate.

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day after her shocking claims an "oprah" that she had a sexual relationship with her famous father for some ten years. but tonight, some members of her own family are saying flat-out they don't believe her. they don't believe it ever happened. and even oprah was being slammed today for having mackenzie on her show in the first place. well, "showbiz tonight" has been on top of every new breaking development today in this very disturbing story, which all made for big news breaking. >> i need to be free. and if in doing so i have offended anybody, i am truly sorry. >> reporter: mackenzie phillips went on the "today" show this morning to address the uproar that followed her shocking claim she shared on "oprah" the day before. that she and her pop star father, john philips of the mammas and the papas, had a sexual relationship for some ten years. >> your father is supposed to protect you, not [ muted ] you. >> reporter: "showbiz tonight" can tell you mackenzie phillips' graphic details of incestuous sex and heavy drug use provoked an explosive reaction today,

including from her famous stepmother, singer michelle phillips, and her famous sister, singer chynna phillips. >> it sounds like right now there's definitely some strife within the family. >> reporter: mackenzie's father john phillips was a founding member of the mammas and the papas, the 1960s group responsible for classics such as "california dreaming." john phillips died in 2001. mackenzie's claims on "opera" are from her new book that just came out, a memoir called "high on arrival." mackenzie claims her father first had sex with her after a drug-induced blackout back when she was a teen starting on the 1970s sitcom "one day at a time." >> i woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father. >> reporter: mackenzie says that led to a consensual sexual relationship. but this morning on the "today" show, she disputed headlines online and in newspapers today

calling it a ten-year affair. >> people say for ten years i had this relationship. at 18 i was molested. then maybe three years later, i started waking up with my pants down around my ankles. and then maybe two years after that, it became consensual. so to call it a ten-year affair or a ten-year relationship is not correct. >> reporter: now "showbiz tonight" can tell you the phillips family is bitterly divided over mackenzie's claims. we learned today that her stepmother, michelle phillips, who was also in the mammas and the papas is saying flat-out that mackenzie is lying. >> we spoke to michelle phillips who said that she does not believe mackenzie. >> reporter: in the new issue of "us" magazine out today, michelle phillips pulls no punches. she brings up mackenzie's long, well-known history of drug abuse. she says, you should take with a grain of salt anything that's said by a person who has had a needle stuck in her arm for the past 35 years. the whole story is disgusting. >> it's got to hurt mackenzie. because not only is she coming out here telling her truth, and

then her stepmother comes out and publicly bashes her and slams her. that's got to really sting. >> reporter: but on the other side, mackenzie's sister, chynna phillips, one-third of the early '90s singing group, wilson phillips. >> chynna, who "us" magazine explosively spoke to, is standing by her sister. >> reporter: "us weekly's" natalie thomas tells "showbiz tonight" that in chynna's shocking interview with the magazine, she revealed that she's known mackenzie's shocking incest secret for more than a decade. chynna tells "us weekly," quote, i knew it was true. i mean, who in their right mind would make such a claim if it wasn't true? >> chynna says she wasn't very comfortable with mackenzie doing the book. she wishes she had come to her first and let her know that it was happening. she does support her. she is behind her. she loves her. >> reporter: this morning on the "today" show, mackenzie phillips said the reaction from her family is all too typical. >> if you open a textbook on incest, you could see a picture of the phillips family.

we are behaving in the typical way. you know, the instinct is to say it's not true. the instinct is to deny. the instinct is to brush it under the table. the instinct is to protect the abuser. >> reporter: but mackenzie still has hope that this revelation won't tear her family apart. >> i know that, god willing, as a family, we will be stronger when this all dies down. >> wow. and there's more. in a brand-new interview on the "today" show this morning, mackenzie revealed yet another bombshell. joining me tonight from hollywood, leslie marshall, host of the leslie marshall radio show, and also in hollywood, pat lalama, an investigative journalist. and just when we thought we had heard everything from mackenzie on "oprah" yesterday, this morning on the "today" show, mackenzie didn't slam her father, she actually partially blamed herself for the consensual sexual relationship with him. you've got to watch what she said here. >> this was a warped event that occurred over time. and what it started out as, which was an act of molestation and what it became were two entirely different things.

one i believe i have no accountability for. the initial event. i believe that i have some accountability for what went down afterwards. >> i'm not sure what to make of that. mackenzie actually taking responsibility for what she says happened. pat, do you think she bears any responsibility, if this did actually happen? >> if she's listening, i want her to go to a therapist's office right now. she's not responsible if what she's alleging is in fact true. her father may not have put a gun to her head, but as i said the other day on your show, there is no consensual incest. she was under the spell of a man mired in drug and alcohol abuse, swimming in a domestic cesspool. she is not responsible for what happened. i completely disagree with her, if what she's saying is true. >> it seems that way, pat. and i can tell you, this is pretty amazing to me, there is growing evidence that the interest in mackenzie's story is really exploding here. take a look at this. put that up, charles. this afternoon, her new book

called "high on arrival" hit number three on amazon's best seller list. now, to put that in perspective, not far behind -- it's not far behind number one, which is the dan brown book, "the lost symbol," and he is the guy that wrote "the da vinci code." leslie, it seems to me, this right here, a perfect example of how mackenzie's story has been striking a chord with so many people. why do you think that is? >> because i think there are a lot of people in this country, unfortunately, that suffer from this secret. and they feel, i'm not alone, they feel they can relate to her. they can read through her nightmare and maybe not have to revisit and relive their own. statistically, one in four people in america was molested as a child. now, whether that was an incestuous relationship or not, we have very high numbers of people that have been affected by incest in this country, by molestation, and these people feel, somebody's finally speaking for me. and mackenzie has become their voice. >> but not to diminish that at

all, leslie, it's hard for me to believe that that is the sole reason a book would climb so high to number three. pat, tell me what you think here. because she also makes claims of her father shooting her up with drugs, her father teaching her how to roll joints and all the drugs they did together and plus the incest claims. do you think there's a bit of the train wreck factor too that has to be driving this thing? >> of course. and of course mackenzie knew that when she wrote the book. this is a domestic land mine, it's shocking, and we can't look away. there is -- i hate to use the terminology, but there's a certain sleaze factor to it. but a.j., aye got to tell you, if it can be cathartic for her and for millions of other people, i'm all for it. and too bad if her family doesn't like it. because you know what, i think we can learn more from her than jon gosselin's tramp of the month and the fact that he's now left eight young children in the dust. we all seem to be okay with that, but we're all right with incest. >> i don't often give a big amen, but i'll give you one for

that. and not just people that may be buying mackenzie's book that are connecting with what she went through. in her interview on the "today" show this morning, mackenzie also revealed she's been getting overwhelming support elsewhere since she told her story on "oprah." you've got to see this. >> since the publication of this book yesterday, the outpouring of support from other incest survivors has been phenomenal. this is a subject that is so incredibly taboo, and as well it should be. but there needs to be a dialogue about it. the covers need to be pulled. you can't keep sweeping this under the carpet. this is affecting families all over the world. >> and that would be a good side effect of this, but that said, leslie, quickly, do you think that more people will be disturbed by mackenzie making these claims than those who will be helped by them? >> i know from the tweets and the facebook e-mail messages and my talk show, a lot of people are very uncomfortable with her putting it out on "oprah" and not a psychiatrist couch. a lot of people were saying tmi, but now when they see how many people that are coming out and

saying, hey, this is helping me, i think a lot of people are feeling mixed. >> and a brand-new development in the story. oprah winfrey under fire for doing this interview with mackenzie phillips in the first place. >> you're very much aware that this is wrong, that this is -- this should not be happening. >> yes. >> but yet it continues to happen. >> yes. >> so why is oprah getting slammed for helping mackenzie tell this story? i'm not sure it is justified. and do people really need to cut mackenzie a break here? leslie marshall, pat lalama, i appreciate you being here. we'll get into that a bit later in the show. and now we'd like to hear from you. it's our "showbiz tonight" question of the day. sound off on this. mackenzie phillips criticized. was it okay for her to go public with her incest claims? go to cnn.com/showbiztonight. e-mail showbiztonight@cnn.com. we'll be going now to john travolta's heartbreak. john travolta takes the stand and he's forced to relive the agonizing memory of the day that his son died before his eyes as he desperately tried to save his

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welcome back to "showbiz tonight." i'm a.j. hammer in new york. tonight, travolta's agony. john travolta was expected to testify again today in an extortion trial taking place in the bahamas that's been put off until next week. during his first day of testimony, travolta had to re-live the horrific details of the day his son, jett, died. in a powerful moment, travolta said that his son was autistic

and would have seizures every five to ten days. travolta said he tried to revive his son using cpr while his wife, kelly preston, held jett's head. preston broke down in tears while she watched her husband give his gut-wrenching testimony so why did two people in the bahamas allegedly think they could extort $25 million from this famous hollywood couple? well, this case revolves around one piece of paper. here now is cnn's randi kaye for "showbiz tonight." >> reporter: it's called a refusal to transport, a piece of paper that family members must sign to refuse transport for medical services. paramedic tarino lightbourne says travolta signed that form and tried to stop the ambulance from taking his dying son, jett, to the hospital in the bahamas, so he could be flown to florida. that sheet of paper is now at the center of a celebrity drama playing out on an island paradise. lightbourne is one of the prime suspects accused of trying to

extort $25 million from travolta and his wife, actress kelly preston. in the days following their son's death. if they did not pay up, he allegedly threatened to make the private medical form public. celebrity watcher, harvey levin. >> if it's true, it's beyond despicable. >> reporter: lightbourne and former bahamian senator pleasant bridge water have been charged with conspiracy to extort. both have pled not guilty. she says there's no evidence of her involvement to commit an offense against mr. john travolta. lightbourne's lawyers did not return our calls. travolta first to testify in the bahamian court told the court, i received a liability of release document, i signed it, i did not read it, time was of the essence. and travolta had his own plane waiting. >> john initially felt he could fly him to miami faster than he could drive him there by ambulance.

>> reporter: bahamian authorities say lightbourne was at travolta's side as he watched the massive citizen take his son's life. in the days following the tragedy, lightbourne publicized travolta's most personal moments, telling tabloids how the actor cried and prayed as he fought to save his son. >> somebody who was with john travolta, trying to save jett, and then tried to extort money from a grieving father, it is almost beyond belief. >> reporter: was the alleged plan hatched during a dying boy's final hours? if so, levin calls that the ultimate betrayal. >> just so despicable. that was cnn's randi kaye for "showbiz tonight." right now the extortion trial is expected to last three weeks. i must tell you, the showbiz on call phone lines have been inundated. a lot of people calling in about mackenzie phillips' shocking claims that her father had sex with her. we got a call from consuella in texas. consuella says, we need to go

easy on mackenzie, because it can't be easy talking about her painful past. >> caller: i believe that's she's trying to heal and her purging on national tv and through the book is a way for her to heal. she's trying to protect her abusers, even mick jagger. i think that people need to be sympathetic, because i think her life has been very traumatic. >> thank you so much, consuella. we also heard from michelle calling in from texas. michelle says that mackenzie will probably help a lot of people. >> caller: i applaud her for bringing this out, sharing it with the public. i know it must have been very difficult for her. and i know she's been damaged by it. but maybe this will help other people in the same situation. god bless you, mackenzie. >> i appreciate your call, michelle. why don't you call us at showbiz on call to let us know exactly what's on your mind. the showbiz on call phone lines are open all the time. this is the number, 1-888-sbt-buzz, 1-888-728-2899, that's where you can leave us a voice mail.

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i don't recall, in 24 years, having anybody ever come on and say, i had a consensual sexual relationship with my father. >> now on "showbiz tonight," oprah winfrey under fire. shocking new revelations today from mackenzie phillips. mackenzie goes on tv again today while oprah is under fire for putting her on the show in the first place. cougar alert. courteney cox's new show "cougar town" debuted last night and ignited a furious debate today. why are older women criticized for dating younger men, but men don't get slammed like that? tonight, the great cougar debate.

♪ and if you needed anymore proof that beyonce's video gets everyone grooving, you have got to stick around to see this adorable video. plus, more stories breaking from the "showbiz news ticker," tv's most provocative entertainment news show continues right now. welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer, broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. and tonight, we have the incredible fallout today after mackenzie phillips' remarkable claims about having sex with her father. mackenzie spoke out again today after her family just slams her, which ignited an all-out family feud. here are today's breaking developments. mackenzie's stepmother, michelle phillips, calls mackenzie a liar for claiming she was in a sexual relationship with her dad. you have got to hear how nasty

this got today. and that led to the fired up great debate today. even if mackenzie made this story up about incest, could the dramatic attention it is bringing to incest victims actually do some good? mackenzie first made her incredible claims on "oprah" and today oprah came under attack for letting mackenzie tell her story on her show. joining me tonight in hollywood, leslie marshall, a talk radio host for the leslie marshall show, and also joining me is jane velez-mitchell, host of "issues with jane velez-mitchell", and she is also the author of this book, "i want." so a major family feud erupted just after mackenzie claimed she had this ten-year-long sexual relationship with her dad, who, of course, is famed rocker john phillips of the mammas and the papas. he died back in 2001. in a brand-new interview today, mackenzie's stepmom, michelle,

cited mackenzie's longtime drug abuse and problems and called her a liar. michelle telling this to the hollywood reporter. she's had a needle stuck up her arm for 35 years. she was arrested for heroin and coke just recently. she did celebrity rehab and now she writes a book. the whole thing is timed. mackenzie is jealous of her siblings who accomplished a lot and did not become drug addicts. michelle also tells "showbiz tonight" that what mackenzie did was so hurtful to the family. jane, the truth is, we may never for sure what actually happened. but from what you've seen and heard, does it even seem feasible that michelle phillips could be right and maybe mackenzie did make the whole thing up? >> a.j., what makes this story so tantalizing is that we don't know if she's telling the truth or not. as the old saying goes, nobody knows what happens behind closed doors. but i think michelle makes a very good point. mackenzie was arrested for alleged drug possession just over a year ago in august of 2008 and those were hard drugs, allegedly. so at the very most, she says

she's sober today. she's at best, just a little over a year sober, perhaps a lot less than that. this is not the kind of thing that is suggested to do in early sobriety. i'm a person with 14 1/2 years of sobriety. and i know in my first couple of years, what i did was i worked on my program, almost to the exclusion of everything else to stay sober. they tell you, don't get into a heavy duty relationship in your first year. so, certainly, don't go on "oprah" and say that you had sex with your father. look at how destabilizing this is. so i think she should be doing this on a shrink's couch. >> destabilizing, and obviously it opens herself up to a whole lot of extra criticism because of the addiction and abuse she endured for all those years. in another brand-new interview today, mackenzie went back on tv. this was her very first reaction to michelle's scathing words. you've got to see what she said on the "today" show just this morning. >> i'm not here to tell anybody else's story but mine. we've all experienced our dad in

different ways, thank god. and i love my sisters, i love my brothers, i love michelle. i wish that i had all of their support. but i don't. and that's all right. i understand. this is very difficult. and to be revealed on a public level such as this makes it even more difficult. and my heart goes out to them. and i know that, god willing, as a family, we will be stronger when this all dies down. >> well, they can only hope at this point. obviously, mackenzie was a lot more prepared for all of this than her family. leslie, over to you, if mackenzie did make this up, you've got to wonder, why? >> well, i would imagine attention, certainly, many people who have been through programs like jane and have been addicts, whether it's drugs or alcohol, lying definitely does seem to be an m.o. there. it could be to help sell her book. but i have to say, you know, in my experience as a woman, when i

worked with different groups of victims, whether it be rape or incest, and certainly incest is rape when it's not a consensual situation, and you have to believe, i believe, you have to believe the victim unless you can prove otherwise. and the reason so many people, especially in incest, and why it's so taboo, are uncomfortable coming forward, is because families react this way and because people don't believe them. so if -- we have to assume that she's telling the truth, unless something otherwise is proven. >> and john phillips, her father, died in 2001, so obviously won't be hearing from him. mackenzie's stepmom, not the only member of the family speaking out today. we're hearing it on the other side. today, "showbiz tonight" got our hands on a brand-new interview with mackenzie's sister, you know chynna phillips. chynna tells "us weekly" back in 1997 mackenzie had told her then about the incestuous relationship with her father. chynna says she was shocked but believed it, saying who in their right mind would make up such a claim if it wasn't true?

i wish i had been made privy to the information that she was writing this book beforehand. the repercussions of a book like this, they don't just affect mackenzie. and in some late-breaking news today, "the oprah winfrey show" just told "showbiz tonight" late this afternoon both chynna and mackenzie will be appearing together on the oprah winfrey show friday. that should be quite a firestorm there. jane, whether or not the claims are true, does the family just have ever right to be furious she's speaking out like this? >> well, these claims are kind of like taking a hand grenade and throwing into it a family situation and watching the entire family explode. obviously, it's very polarizing and there are differences of opinion, even within the family. i, myself, have a tendency to go back and forth on this one. one sound bite i think, maybe she's telling the truth, the next sound bite i think, maybe she's not telling the truth. but the fact is that there are so many factors that could come into play in this situation. michelle says, for example, that mackenzie is jealous of chynna because chynna has achieved success on her own as a singer

with wilson phillips. so is there jealousy here? is there a need in these celebrity families where everybody seems to be famous to stand out some way, even if it's not by accomplishing anything. even if it's by this sort of confessional? so it's really a very nuanced, complex situation. and i think they should also go into family therapy and work this out behind closed doors. >> wouldn't that be something? >> well, in more big news breaking today, i've got to get to, of all people, oprah now coming under fire, by a lot of people, incoming mackenzie's stepmom, michelle phillips. she told the hollywood reporter, john was a bad parent and a drug addict, but, blanking his daughter, if she thinks it's true, why isn't she with a good psychiatrist on a couch. i think it's unconscionable that oprah would let her do her show. i have every reason to believe it's untrue. oprah should be more judicious about who she has on her show. i get that she's mad at mackenzie, but leslie, is that ridiculous that oprah got

dragged into all of this, or does she have a point? >> well, i don't think michelle has a point with oprah. i think we all agree with you, psychiatrist couch and you don't first put it out there in the public. you sit down with the family, say, listen, i'm writing a book, this is what it's going to be about, i'm going to be on "oprah" and say this. but attacking oprah, she's a talk show host and it's her job to get ratings and she does that very well. and to have people come on and divulge very deep, dark secrets and that's what mackenzie did and oprah's the place you want to promote a book and that's what mackenzie did as well. >> and then the debate continues and people get to decide for themselves. even if mackenzie may have made all this stuff up, could all of the attention she brought to incest actually turn out to be a good thing? >> absolutely. because we're only as sick as our secrets. let's get it out in the open. this is the final taboo. it's something society needs to talk about. unfortunately, it does happen a lot and we do need to talk about it. >> i appreciate you being here to talk about it tonight. leslie marshall, jane velez-mitchell, thanks so much. moving on, tonight it is the battle of the sexist smackdown. i'm talking about the great cougar debate.

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okay. a nationwide debate erupted today after courteney cox's controversial new show "cougar town" debuted last night on abc. the ratings came in late today, the show, a total hit, 11 million viewers for this thing. courteney plays the cougar, 40, lately divorced and dating men half her age. people look down at her, but is that fair? why is it okay for older men to date younger men, but not the ore way around? tonight, the great cougar debate. joining me tonight in hollywood, carlos diaz, a correspondent for "extra." also tonight in hollywood, pat lalama, an investigative journalist. >> raur. >> thanks very much. and courteney cox, i must say, is rather cougarlicious in this show.

courteney cox's character is sick of it, i tell you. look at this. >> your wife moves out a week ago and you're already sexing up sorority girls. way to go, tiger. >> we don't call each other tiger. it's always champ or samurai. look, maybe what really drives you nuts is that you couldn't bag a young stud if you tried. >> okay, pat lalama, i'm going to ask you to stand by a moment, let carlos have his say. does courteney cox have a point, is there a big double standard when it comes to older women dating younger men? >> pat, ease up. let me have my speak. as both a samurai and a tiger, i want to say this. yes, there is a complete double standard when it comes to older guys dating younger women as opposed to older women dating younger guys and i am completely for older women getting back out there and getting in the dating scene, because as a guy who can date a 20-year-old or a 45-year-old, it's just more girls for me. pat, what do you have to say about that? >> let me tell you what i have to say. for years, women fell into that

mode of believing that our breasts are sagging and our butt is flabby and we're just not attractive anymore, well, now it's our turn. we don't like flabby guts, nose hair, and snoring. so finally we get our say. and you want to know something, judging by all those male enhancement ads i have to sit through every night on tv, you poor guys -- maybe not you, carlos -- you guys are pathetic. we just want to have a good time money fame and power. >> that's the great equalizer, pat, those ads you see on tv, that's the one thing we can't do that 22-year-olds can do, so now the playing field has now been equaled. >> okay, enough about those ads on tv. let's not forget, guys, there are cougar relationships that last. may i point a few out? look at ashton kutcher and demi moore, a 15-year age difference. when they first started dating, back in 2003, she was 40, he was 25.

but they got married in 2005. and ashton tells "showbiz tonight," age doesn't matter to him at all or demi. look at this. >> demi and i have an agreement that we don't keep count. so she gives to me, i give to her. as long as it all feels even, we're good. we're not keeping count. >> carlos, would you say that demi is the poster cougar for anyone who doubts older women, younger men can work? >> yes, she is the poster cougar. i'll tell you right now, and i'm being honest when i say this, she has got it all. because it all comes down to youth versus experience, okay? now, the 22-year-old's got all the youth and none of the experience and the 45-year-old has got all the experience and none of the youth, demi moore's got both. so, pat, all we're asking, i don't know, as a 45-year-old, you hit the gym every once in a while. >> hold on a second, pat. >> i've been out with young, i've been out with old, you're all dysfunctional, so it doesn't matter. >> you do have a point there. we can't argue with that. that's not what we're talking about. stand by a moment. obviously, this has been a subject of great debate on the

"showbiz tonight" facebook page which blew up over the whole cougar issue. let me read a couple of things. candace f., "i just think that society looks at the older woman/younger guy as a bit strange, but, hey, whatever floats the boat. freedom of choice. does that apply here?" ana m. writing, "i'm surprised that linda hogan wasn't recruited for this show." well, she is now. and i'm happy to report that the newly divorced linda hogan who is 50 years old is dating this 20-year-old. watch what she told "inside edition" about the first time she saw her young love muffin. this is priceless. >> how did you meet? >> on the beach. i said, whoa, what's that. he was so hot looking. i was like, dang. >> pat, she was like dang. tell me, honestly, pat, when you hear this, do you say more power to your cougar self, linda, speaking specifically about her, or are you a little embarrassed for her, she's 50, he's 20, 30-year age difference. >> i am not embarrassed by any older woman going out with any

younger guy. let me tell you it to as i see it. >> quickly. >> i've had experience with men younger than me, not now, but earlier. the fact of the matter, i find that young guys that can handle older women are more secure, not threatened, not intimidated, they like the fact that a woman will pick up the check, that she's been around the world, that she has something to talk about. that's not threatening to them. i think a lot of guys find very experienced, together women quite threatening to their male ego. >> got to end it there. carlos diaz, pat lalama, i believe i've made a love connection here. as we move on tonight, a big return today on "the view" for elisabeth hasselbeck, at least for a couple of minutes. elisabeth on maternity leave after having her third child, isaiah. she was supposed to drop by via skype this morning, but that didn't work out. so she went old school and picked up the phone. she filled the ladies in on her newborn's health scare. >> how is isiah? >> he is great. he had a little bit of a hiccup, had him in the hospital for a couple of weeks more than we

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iran admits it has a second uranium enrichment facility and now world leaders led by president obama are demanding tehran stops the nuclear ad ambitions. federal authorities spoil two unrelated spoil plots, one in texas and another in illinois. what tipped off agents to the plans? and there is no doubt they are cute and cuddly, but none naturalist says the animals should die out. is it time to pull the mugs on the panda? it is friday. we are so glad you are with us at hln news and views. i'm susan hendricks. this just into hln. we want to get you updated.

a new reporting from osama bin ladin just hit the internet and he threatens american allies in europe asking europeans, quote, how do you think you will fare after america pulls out? referring to afghanistan. we can confirm, cannot confirm if this is bin ladin or not. we are also keeping a close eye on two unrelated target plots targeting two u.s. cities. federal agents say the suspects in both were ready to pull the trigger. arrests were made in illinois, also texas. investigators say neither case is connected with the alleged plot uncovered in colorado and new york. first, though, we want to update you in springfield, illinois, on this one where fbi agents arrested 29-year-old michael finton on wednesday. finton is also known as student of islam. he is charged with trying to dead night a truck bomb outside a federal building. the justice department says

finton tried to blow it up with a remote control. he was arrested as he pushed the button. agents have been tracking him for two years, but this sting operation started back in february. according to the fbi affidavit an undercover agent posed as a low-level al qaeda operative and gave finton something filled with one ton of explosives. the bombs were fake and he didn't know that. he parked the van outside the federal courthouse in springfield and tried to detonate it with a cell phone. now, according to a federal affidavit, finton is an ex-con who converted to islam in prison. he talked about wanting to go abroad to train as a ji what dis, but people worked with them at a restaurant and said they never saw that side of him. >> i'm very shocked to hear this about him because from what i know about him, this is not in his character at all. this element of what's on the news about him, this is -- i don't really -- i didn't know

him to be that kind of guy, and this could be a mistake. >> authorities say it is no mistake. they say finton agents he realized john walker lynn, an american captured for fighting with the taliban. and a man accused of trying to blow up a dallas skyscraper will have his first court appearance today. asam smadi is charged with trying to blow up the skyscraper. undercover officers contacted him posing an as al qaeda sleeper cell. they gave him what he thought was a bomb and then he drove it into the parking garage under dallas coup fountain place tower to try to detonate it with a cell phone. people who worked there are just glad that it was not real. take a listen. >> it is very alarming, yeah. oh, yeah. that's my city. i work on the 21st floor, if anything happens, then i'm going. yeah. it is alarming. >> my stomach flipped.

it turned. it was scary. it is like, you hear about it but never think it is going to happen to you. >> the sky creper houses wells fargo bank. the 19-year-old is originally from jordan and he entered the u.s. illegally and was living in italy, texas. people he knew there said he seemed like a stand-up guy. >> he was really good friends with a lot of people and none of us have nothing bad to say about him. this comes as a surprising shock to us. >> he worked, went home, hung out with just friends and he would call his family in jordan and that's about it. >> this is video right here of smadi's neighborhood, the areas well-known for the dome homes you see there. and in yet another terror plot that reached from colorado to new york now, a federal judge in denver has taken the first steps to send an afghan immigrant to new york to face charges. 24-year-old suspect naji zazi is

charged for using weapons of mass destruction injue dismisse of lying to federal authorities. in the exclusive surveillance video obtained by our sister network cnn, the fbi says zazi appears to be buying large quantities of hydrogen peroxide as a bomb-making ingredient. here's more on this shopping clip. >>er the first clip dated july 25th, the fbi says on this date zazi bought a huge amount of hydrogen peroxide. you see the man wearing a beard at the continuer putting one of six bottles up for the cashier. he takes out his wallet and pays for everything. and then in the second video dated august 28th, you see what appears to be the same man in an aisle of this big store. he has a cart, he bends over and he picks up a dozen bottles of

hydrogen peroxide product, loads them into his cart and pushes it down the aisle to the cashier. that same day the fbi says zazi rented a hotel with a stove nearby and again about two weeks ago the authorities found acetone residue in the vent above that stove. now, investigators say this is one of the most serious terror threats to the country since 9/11. after years of denial, iran is coming clean about a second uranium enrichment plant. tehran now says they have another facility to enrich ion rim uranium, iran claims the uranium enrichment program is for peaceful purposes only. they ran made the ad mission after learning the u.s. and french officials were aware of it. and now world leaders are threatening a strong response if iran continues to break the rules in terms of its nuclear development. >> iran's decision to build yet another nuclear facility without

notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the basic compact of the center of the non-proliferation regime. these rules are clear. all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move towards disarmament. those nations without nuclear weapons must fore sake them. >> the u.s. apparently has been aware of the second facility for several years. the obama administration recently shared information about the plant with china and russia in an attempt to get their support for sanctions on iran. we could find out soon what a former sunday schoolteacher will stand trial for the murder of her 8-year-old neighbor. melissa huckabee is back in court and the judge could set a trial date. she is charged with kidnapping, raping and killing sandra cantu. the girl's body was found stuffed in a suitcase at the bottom of a retention pond.

prosecutors are seeking the death penalty and pushing for a speedy trial. younger witnesses scheduled to testify may have a tough time remembering specific details about the case. huckabee has pleaded not guilty. to georgia now where vice president joe biden is touring flood damage in the northern part of the state today and meeting with families left homeless by the deadly storms. folks in this video were staying at the cobb county civic center converted to a shelter for flood victims. this comes one day after president obama issued a federal disaster assistance to the hardest hit counties. the national weather service issued a flash flood watch for metro atlanta to the north georgia mountains. well, several aid organizations are helping the victims of the flooding so many are affected here to find out how you can pitch in and how you can help, just go to cnn.com/impact. you can find a list of agencies

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well, giant pandas may be adorable, but a london naturalist thinks they should be left to die with dignity. they say too much money is being used to help survive pandas that can't survive on their own. they are mostly confined to the mountains of china where they are threatened by logging, agriculture and chinese population growth. the millions spent on panda conservation could be used to save other animals, but one conservationist calls the reasoning irresponsible saying

pandas have adapted to where they live. so we wanted to know what you thought about this. should tax dollars be spent on panda conservation or should we let nature take its course? natasha, what do you think? >> caller: well, i definitely see how some people could think that we should just let nature take its course, but i know from a personal point of view, i have a little girl who has an amazing love for pandas and has collected them since she was very young and would be devastated if this were to happen, so i kind of see where people are coming from, but from a personal point of view, we would hate to see anything happen to the pandas. >> yeah. as we are talking here, we are looking at really adorable video. it is hard to imagine that would take place, that people would allow that to happen by looking at that. natasha, thanks. dan in union city, tennessee. do you agree with natasha? should nature take its course? >> caller: i agree with natasha.

the pandas are a common species that have been around for a long time, and for us to give up on them because of the cost is unimaginable. i mean, like i said, they have been around for a good long time and, you know, one of china's iconic figures, and all money should be used possible to preserve this species. >> when you hear millions of dollars, you are okay with that? >> yes, ma'am, i am. >> okay, dan. thanks. diana in sun ray, texas. how do you feel about this? should we let them die off or should we spend the money? >> caller: i agree with the other two callers. by all means, they are an endangered species, so we need to spend money to keep them going. don't erradicate something that is so beautiful. >> it surely is. a lot of people agree with you on that one. we are also getting a whole lot of e-mails on the subject. renae in florida writes this, we humans have already allowed too many life forms on the planet to

die out. we have an urgent responsibility to save all the species we can. and mike writes in saying this, regarding panda preservation, i don't think the u.s. is investing anything significant for the effort, so they should cut it. a new kind of opinion here. china is the primary country providing conservation programs and i think what they are doing is great, let them keep it up. they can afford it. mike pushing it off to them and not us. we want to hear from you on this. should tax dollars be spent on panda conservation or should we let them die out naturally? as one gentleman is saying we should. give us a call at 1-877-tell-hln. text your comments and views to hln tv. standard text messaging rates apply. actor randy quade bonded out of jail. he and his wife were arrested yesterday spending several hours in jail. they are accused of skipping out

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bankers' bonuses and they are giving latin americans more influence. much of this morning's influence was upstaged by iran operating a secret nuclear facility. the u.s., france and britain are threatening new sanctions now. if there is a trial, jaycee dugard will testify against the couple accused of kidnapping her when she was 11 and holder holding her captive for 18 years. yesterday dugard's attorney talked about her years in captivity. >> she's had children in that environment, so it is really -- it is what she has known, in essence, for her life. so that -- that's one competing emotion. on the other side, there's no question that she knows the terrible and wrong things that were done to her. >> dugard was held in the backyard of phillip garrido's home and he raped her and fathered her two daughters. garrido and his wife pleaded not guilty to those crimes. this may be a first. the california man is accused of

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♪ welcome to comcast local edition. i am donna richardson and my guest this hour is colonel george f. johnson iv superintendent of the maryland natural resources police. colonel, thank you for joining me. >> great to be here with you. >> in addition to being with the maryland natural resources you are president of the maryland police chief association, and who in addition to chief are your members? and who is working with you? >> it is comprised mostly of chief of police from all over the state and state government and law enforcement chiefs and

county and municipalities that exist in all of the state of maryland. >> i know as a group i know there are several initiatives taking place. there is a new one. checkpoint strike force. >> yes, it is a research based-multi-state situation where we pick and we go out there and we look for drivers that are impaired and work to get them off of the road and we do that through our sobriarity checkpoints and our saturation patrols. >> and so, which jerse - jurisdiction, one specific area or all of the jurisdictions now involved? >> all throughout maryland, the chiefs of police have signed on. every jurisdiction signed on in some way shape or form to participate in the checkpoint strike force. >> and so do you find that the checkpoints are helpful in

hopefully lowering traffic fatalities? >> absolutely. fatalities have been reduced 20 percent in the areas where we are doing the checkpoints . it proves to be extremely beneficial to us in many different ways. >> and do you find that the residents are supporting the checkpoints and do you have partner necessary this effort? >> yes, we do. as you know, it is a powerful organization of mothers against drunk drivers. we work with them chosely in this endeavor and other organizations. their surveys indicate 85 to 90 percent of the people they talked to support the checkpoints. >> do you do these at specific times of year or are the checkpoints ongoing initiative. >> they are ongoing initiatives. they will be taking place every week and everywhere and where

you think that it is the best possible opportunity to deploy the work force and effective use knowledge of our people in this endeavor. >> as you are having the checkpoints and i know initially you are looking for impaired drivers, but are you finding other things when you are pulling over the impaired drivers? >> oh, yes. people are very surprised what we run into on the checkpoints. the main focus is to get the impaired drivers that use alcohol off of the streets and identify them. but we are running into people who have warrants on them. their licenses are suspended, some people have drugs in the vehicle this we were able to detect and find. there is a whole gamut of things and seat belt usage. it helps us with the seat belt

initiatives and child safety seat. we are able to make different observations and of course, we put a lot of emphasis on the seat belt usage and child safety seat as well >> i know some jurisdiction or most of the them, there is zero tolerance if you don't have your seat belt on, it is amazing that people are still driving without them. >> it is with the seat belt usage, if you are involved in an accident with the impaired drivers that use alcohol that gives you that much more of a chance to survive. >> how can citizens assist with the checkpoint strike force? >> we need them to be our eyes and ears out there. as with many thing necessary law enforcement and we ask citizens to do. if they see a person driving erratically or aggressively and feel they are under the influence of alcohol. pick up the cell phone and dial the number 911 or what ever it

is that they feel comfortable in using. >> thank you, colonel for joining me. >> donna thank you for helping us. >> thank you for watching comcast local edition. i am donna richason.

a new recording reportedly from osama bin ladin just hit the internet and it in he asks europeans, quote, how do you think you will fare after america pulls out, referring to afghanistan? we can't confirm that it is, in fact, bin ladin. the voice warns u.s. allies share in the blame for air strikes in afghanistan that have killed civilians. two alleged terror plots targeted two u.s. cities and federal agents say the suspects in both were ready to pull the trigger. the arrests happened in texas.

neither case is connected with the third plot in colorado we have been talking about all week. we start with the teenager from jordan. he is in federal custody accused of planning to bomb the 60-story skyscraper in downtown dallas. sean calebs has more on how authorities stopped the terror plot. >> reporter: the official charge against 19-year-old hosarsamadi and say they noticed his rants and raves on the internet saying he wants to unleash a terrorist attack here in the united states. fbi agents posed as undercover al qaeda rop atives operatives and began discussions online. they are detailed in the 10-page arrest warrant. in it, it goes on to say samadi said i want to destroy targets. everything that helps america on war, arabs will be targeted. authorities wanted to find out

if he was serious about this and quickly determined he was. now, in the end, this came to a head just a couple of days ago. authorities provided samadi with a car they told him was loaded with c4 and blasting caps, the same kind of material timothy mcvai used to bring down the oklahoma federal building. he drove the vehicle near where we are now to the last building and one of the icons is called fountain place. once he got there, he parked the car at the base of the building and walked away. he used a cell phone to remotely detonate the bomb. what he didn't know was the cell phone was ringing to an undercover agent. he was taken into custody and he will be here today in court. if convicted, he could face life in prison. sean calebs, cnn, dallas. in springfield michael finton is charged with trying to dead night a truck bomb outside

the federal building. the justice department says finton tried to blow it up with a remote control. he was arrested as he tried to push the button. agents have been tracking him for two years now, but this sting operation started way back in february. according to the fbi affidavit, an undercover agent posed as a low-level al qaeda operative and gave finton a van filled with one ton of explosives. the bombs were fake, but he didn't know that. agents arrested him yesterday after they say he parked the van outside of the federal courthouse in springfield and tried to detonate it with a cell phone. a federal affidavit says finton is an ex-con who converted to islam in prison. he spoke about wanting to go abroad to train as a jihadist, but people have worked with him at a restaurant say they never saw that side of him. >> i'm very shocked to hear this about him because from what i know, this is not in his character at all. this element of what's on the news about him, this is -- i

couldn't really -- i didn't know him to be that kind of a guy, and this could be a mistake. >> authorities say this is no mistake. finton told agents he idolized john walker lind, an american captured for fighting with the taliban and wrote him in prison. and yet another terror plot that reached from colorado to new york. a federal judge in denver has taken the first step to send an afghan immigrant to new york to face charges. we told you about this one. 24-year-old terror suspect najibullah zazi is charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction in the u.s. he was in court today where the judge dismissed a lesser charge of lying to federal authorities m. the exclusive surveillance video obtained by cnn, the fbi says zazi appears to be buying large quantities of hydrogen peroxide as beauty supply stores around denver. it is a bomb-making ingredient. susan candiotti spoke with the ceo of the store where he

supposededly shopped. take a listen. >> at the time, it wouldn't be a red flag because who would think something you find at the grocery store or at many different retail stores could be the cause for alarm. not in my wildest dreams did i think that we were going to be sitting here a week later and watching the arrest of this gentleman on television. it is -- it is horrifying. >> you saw this man on the videotape and he appears to be the same man that is currently under arrest. what do you think about the fact that this man chose your store to walk into buy all this hydrogen peroxide? >> he deaf in thely picked the wrong store to go into. with 48 cameras covering every scare inch of that store, we've got him on several different angles. >> now, investigators say this is one of the most serious terror threats to the country since 9/11. after years of denial, iran

is coming clean about a second uranium enrichment plan. it now says it has another facility to enrich uranium, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons. they claim the uranium enrichment program is for peaceful purposes only. it made the ad mission after learning u.s. and french officials were aware of it. now world leaders are threatening a strong response if iran continues to break the rules in terms of the nuclear development. >> iran's decision to build yet another nuclear facility without notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the basic compact at the enter of the non-proliferation regime. all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move towards disarmament. those nations without nuclear weapons must forsake them. >> the u.s. apparently has been aware of the second facility for

several years. the obama administration recently shared intelligence about the plant with china and russia in an attempt to get their support for sanks on iran, sanctions on iran. average follow-up on a story we have been fellowing. we could soon find out when a stormer sunday schoolteacher will stand trial for the murder of her 8-year-old neighbor. melissa huckabee is back in court and the judge could set a trial date for kidnapping, raping and killing sandra cantu. the girl's body was found stuffed in a suitcase at the bottom of a pond. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. they are also pushing for a speedy trial. they say younger witnesses scheduled to testify may have a tough time remembering specific details in this case. huckabee has pleaded not guilty. we are learning more about the death of a century sis worker whose body was found with a hope around his neck. police have released the cause of death and details raise more questions.

authorities say a u.s. census worker whose body was found near a kentucky cemetery died of asphyxiation. that's the preliminary cause of death. william sparkman had a rope around his neck that was tied to a tree, but his body was touching the ground. the local coroner said the word "fed" was written across his test. the fbi is investigating whether foul play was involved and whether sparkman's death was related to a census work or not. to georgia now where vice president joe biden is touring the flood damage in the northern part of the state today and meeting with families left homeless by this week's deadly

storms. biden's visit comes one day after president obama issued a disaster declaration which gives federal assistance to some of the hardest hit countries, counties, that is. more rain is forecast for the weekend and the state. the national weather service issued a flood watch for metro atlanta to the north georgia mountains. several aid organizations, meanwhile, are helping the victims of flooding. to find out how to help out, go to cnn.com/impact. you'll find a list of agencies providing aid to those in need, there are plenty. firefighters have stepped up their efforts to contain a wildfire in ventura krlt, california. the hot, dry winds hampering their efforts have died down and a break in the low heat and humidity also helped there. the fire started on tuesday near a mulch pile in the city of moorpark. right now it is 75% surrounded and firefighters say they will have it fully contained by tomorrow. actor randy quaid has bonded

out of a texas jail. quaid and his wife were arrested yesterday and spent several hours in jail. they are accused of skipping out on a $10,000 california hotel bill. the santa barbara sheriff's department issued a warrant for the couple. they were arrested in the small town of marfa, that's in texas. quaid and his wife each face felony charges of burglary, conspiracy and defrauding an inkeeper. quaid is best known for his roles in "national lambpoon's vacation "and "brokeback mountain." . what really went down between mackenzie phillips and her father? she claims she had sex with her dad. the lead singer of the mommas and the papas, john phillips. mackenzie's mother claims, you lie. her dad can't fight back, he's been dead for eight years. i have no idea if the allegations are true, but i do

question her timing. mackenzie says she is sob, but it's been just under a year since she was arrested on drug charges. i know the first year of sobriety is not the time to jump into spotlight, so why now? the allegations impact mackenzie and her entire family. she should have talked this out in family group therapy before she spilled it on oprah. i'm jane velez-mitchell, and that's my issue. don't miss "issues "tonight. jane talked to john phillips' widow about mackenzie's claims of incest. watch this tonight at 7:00 eastern right here on hln "news and views." we are seeing huge crowds getting in line to buy tickets for the michael jackson movie. those tickets don't go on sale until sunday. the documentary "this is it" begins a two-week run starting october 28th. tickets are hoping to get

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five u.s. service members have been killed in afghanistan. the military says three were killed by a roadside bomb. another was shot and another was killed while on patrol. it happened in the southern part of the country with american and nato forces have stepped up operations against the taliban. >> by order of the city of pittsburgh chief police, i hereby declare this to be an unlawful assembly. >> dozens of people were arrested in the protest against the g-20 summit going on in pittsburgh. riot police fired rubber bullets and pepper spray on the crowds yesterday in an effort to disperse what essentially turned into a riot. demonstrators were breaking windows and crashing dumpsters into barricades. >> put your head down like that

sideways. stuart, get it. >> our sister network cnn's brian todd was caught in the pepper spray. he report that is the police efforts were, in fact, effective. he says most of the crowd scattered after that. but he is doing okay. g-20 leaders gathered in pittsburgh focusing on fostering a global recovery. that's the goal there. it is the third summit in less than a year. the european leaders are pushing for limits on bankers' bonuses and the group has agreed to give asian and latin american members more influence. much of this morning's business was upstage bid the revelation that iran has been operated a secret nuclear facility. the u.s., france and britain are threatening new sanctions as well. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is out of the hospital and plans to be back at work today, this afternoon. the 76-year-old fell ill in her

chambers yesterday and spent the night in a d.c. hospital just as a precaution. the court says ginsburg became lightheaded and fatigued after receiving treatment for anemia. she underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer back in february. if there is a trial, jaycee dugard will testify against the couple accused of kidnapping her when she was just 11 and holder her captive for 18 years. yesterday dugard's attorney talked about her years in captivity. here he is. >> she's had children in that environment, so it is really -- it is what she has known, really, in essence, for her life. so that's one competing emotion. on the other side, there's no question that she knows the terrible and wrong things that were done to her. >> dugard was held in the backyard of phillip garrido's home and that he raped her and fathered her two children. garrido and his wife pleaded not guilty to these crimes. charles manson follower susan atkins died at a prison

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