the fbi is releasing more information about the man who allegedly planned to bomb a target in new york on the anniversary of 9/11. the materials authorities say he planned to use, and where he allegedly got them. >> i'm still holding on to the steering wheel. i was just -- i took about four to five seconds. that's how fast it was to have enough time to react. just holding on for dear life. >> the driver ran right off of a road and plunged 150 feet down a steep cliff here just inches away from the ocean. now he talks about his long wait for help and his dramatic rescue.

>> threatening to put him in jail or fine him $1,000 for helping out their neighbor. >> this woman got in trouble with the state for watching her neighbor's children. she says she's helping out the friends. but the state says, she's breaking the law. good saturday morning to you. i'm natascha curry. this is hln. topping the news this morning. the man accused of plotting a bomb attack to coincide with the anniversary of the september 11 attacks is back in new york. a judge has ordered naji beulah zazi to remain in custody. authorities said zazi planned to make bombs from house hold chemicals he bought from beauty supply stores. an employee from the beauty supply store in new york described zazi as a regular. he gave the fbi a videotape that shows zazi buying a large amount of hydrogen peroxide here. >> there was some small talk. and specific to the product, i believe, one of the employees actually asked, what are you

using all of this stuff for? and he jokingly said, oh, i have a lot of girlfriends. >> zazi's father, mohammed with a lid zazi and a cleric from queens have been arrested and charged with lying to federal agents. he's a mixture between a wannabe gangster and rock star. that's how one neighbor describes a terror suspect. but a 19-year-old jordanian national appeared in court. he's accused of trying to blow up a dallas skyscraper by driving a car with what he thought was a bomb in to the garage. dash cam shows his arrest here on september 10 for driving without a license. president barack obama is hailing efforts to get the world's economy back on track. wrapping up the two-day g-20 summit in pittsburgh, mr. obama said the global economy has been brought back from the brink of the worst financial crisis since

the 1930s. but the message was overshadowed by iran's admission that it has a second uranium enrichment facility. this comes a week before teheran meets with the u.s. and five other western powers. mr. obama says the international community is united in its opposition to iran's program. >> iran is on notice that when we meet with them on october 21, they're going to have to come clean and they're going to have to make a choice. are they willing to go down the path which i think ultimately will lead to greater prosperity and security for iran? giving up the acquisition of nuclear weapons? and deciding that they are willing to abide by international rules and standards in the pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy? or will they continue down a

path that is going to lead to confrontation. >> teheran quickly fired back. mahmud ahmadinejad called mr. obama's criticism baseless. hi he accused the u.s. president for reneging on his call for international unity at the general assembly. >> translator: we did not expect mr. obama within less than 48 years -- 48 hours, to basically violate the commitment that he spoke of at the united nations. in the wake of the revelation it has the second enrichment facility, what possible military option does the u.s. have? barbara starr takes a closer look. >> reporter: this is the new ground zero in the u.s. fight with iran over its nuclear weapons program. here, 20 miles north of the holy city of qom, is where president obama says the regime has built

a secret underground nuclear fuel plant. it's been an intelligence cat-and-mouse game to track iran's latest secret nuclear site. satellites have watched overhead for signs of dirt or vehicle movement. but how can you know what's going on underground? >> that could have been through human intelligence. that could have been through penetration of their -- their computer systems. it could have been a mistake iran made and told someone what was going on. many ways. >> reporter: add to this, two other major worries. another enrichment facility at natanz and a nuclear center at ishmahan, part of iran's program to spread the program across the country and bury facilities underground. putting part of the crown jewels underground could make it tough for the u.s. or israel to effectively bomb these sites and it's tough to know if any

attempt to destroy them is successful. >> centrifuges are sensitive if you whack the mountain hard with very high levels of explosives. you may be able to cause damage through vibrations and the shock waves that go in. but in general, it's very hard to destroy something bury in a mountain. >> reporter: could iran be right in betting the u.s. can't destroy the underground facilities? the u.s. has been trying for years to build a penetrating bomb that could punch through hard rock to destroy deeply buried weapon sites. in an interview that aired sunday on cnn's state of the union, defense secretary robert gates said any military option would only delay, not end iran's nuclear program. >> the reality is, there's no military option that does anything more than buy time. >> reporter: one idea on the books for years -- a 30,000-pound bomb that would be dropped from a b-2 bomber aircraft. there's one complication in this

latest site, it's built near the holy city of qom, and nobody wants to risk inadvertently bombing religious sites in iran. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. vice president joe biden is promising quick federal help for the victims of severe flooding in georgia. yesterday, biden toured areas around the atlanta area devastate bid last week's floods. biden says he wants to create a katrina-like federal response to the disaster. >> the truth of the matter is, for someone who's lost their home, it is katrina. for someone in the situation of these people in the shelter, it is katrina. it's not katrina in the scope by any stretch of the imagination, but the impact on their lives, on your lives, we understand, it is katrina. and on a beautiful sunny day like today, the worst part of it all is, i know from experience, the tragedy what happened to you is sinking in. >> at least nine people die in georgia after days of storms

dumped as much as 22 inches of rain in some parts of the state. many organizations are stepping up to help flood victims in the southeast. but to find out what yue can do, go to our website, cnn.com/impact. there, you'll see a wide variety of resources that will help you impact your world. a california man had a close call with tragedy here when his car plunged 150 feet right off of a steep cliff in devil's slide. nearly two hours, jesse garcia's car teethered on the rocks just inches from the ocean. >> i noticed i was rolling backwards. then as the car -- i felt the car leaning towards the right. so i was rotating as i was falling and i could hear it, feel the bumps in the car crashing on the rocks. >> garcia managed to call 911 but rescuers had a hard time finding him because of dense fog. then they had to repel down the cliff to get him out of his car. luckily he was wearing his seat

belt and only suffered a few scrapes and a bump on his head. over the last week, we've been talking about the severe flooding in the southeast. what's in store for the rest of us and that area as well? check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf for the latest forecast this weekend. hey, reynolds. >> i hate to say it, it's back to the forecast in parts of the southeast. we had in some spots two feet of rainfall earlier in the week. i don't think it's in that area today. in spots, the poor drain annual. alabama, tennessee, of course, unfortunately, georgia. we could be dealing with a chance of flash flooding. we had flash flood watches and warning in effect. now through parts of the deep south. the portions of the appalachians. the reason why is this area of low pressure, this frontal boundary, everything driving to the east where it will interact with the moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean. late-day showers and storms a possibility. if you head to the west, a

different scenario. hot, dry in many places including california and the four corners. high temperatures for today. 81 in memphis, 73 in atlanta, 91 in tampa, 64 in new york. 100 in las vegas. 105 in phoenix. speaking of heating up, the tropics continue to stay pretty active. we have a system we're watching out there. tropical depression eight is in the middle of the screen. it's forecast to strengthen. if it does strengthen, it may become tropical storm grace before the day is over. at this time, it doesn't pose any threat to land. hope it stays out here. that's a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. a thrill ride for a teen turns into a nightmare for a mother. >> he was doing 100 miles per hour he had for two weeks. the car split in two pieces and disintegrated. >> now behind the wheel promoting a new type of drag racing as a way for the streets to keep safer. oh! tada! fantastically tasty, huh?

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police in san diego are switching lanes on drag racing and hoping to make it safer. it was a sanctioned race at qualcomm stadium. the aim here is to offer teens an alternative to dangerous illegal street racing. >> we really try to keep a safer community, safer streets. and they need to bring it on to a track. we just have to racetrack. not street. it works. we know that it works. >> in 2002, 48 deaths and injuries were blamed on illegal street racing. this year, police say there's been only one fatality reported. a michigan woman says that the state is threatening to fine her and possibly send her to jail, even, for baby sitting her neighbor's kid. the woman says she's just helping out her friends. the state says she's running an illegal day care. bill dobson with wzzm has the story. >> like, oh my gosh, oh, my gosh. >> reporter: when she opened the

letter from the department of human services threatening to put her in jail, lisa schnyder said she panicked. >> i called my husband. i'm threatened to be put in jail and fined. >> reporter: schnyder is facing prosecution because for a two minutes in the morning, two of her friend's little boys wait for the school bus at her house. the school bus stops at the schnyder house. >> on the bus stop. >>eporter: her friends drop the boys off on the way to work and schnyder puts them all on the bus along with her children. >> my 7-year-old was getting on here. that's what started the whole thing. >> my child is only here for 20 minutes. it's not every day. >> reporter: how much are you getting paid? >> nothing. we're friends! >> we're friends. >> friends helping friends. >> i think this is an embarrassing overreach of our government. >> reporter: state representative brian calle of portland calls the threats from the department of human services outrageous. >> threatening to put them in jail or fine them $1,000 for

helping out their neighbors. >> reporter: representative calley is introducing a bill that permits someone to regularly baby sit someone else's child if they're not in the child care business. >> i'm embarrassed there's a law required for this. it should be common sense. >> this is ridiculous. we're friends. friend can't help out friends? >> we depend on each other. that's how the world should be. >> thank you for that report. a spokesman for the michigan department of human services would not comment on specifics of the case. but said they have no choice but to follow state law. i'm larry smith. on the tour championship is one of the cooler events on the pga tour schedule. only 30 golfers are invited. the crowds are smaller. the place still intense. what a difference tiger woods makes on the course. a year ago, he was out following a knee surgery. you could feel the void. he woke up this morning atop the

leader board. here on 15, part of the two under par round of 68s on the day. tiger in a one-shot lead in to the day. they will play early trying to get ahead of the rain coming in later today. >> the guy is from chicago, detroit -- i'm talking about the hood, all right. the guy in grazier county where they were the hood, okay? >> bruce pearl with a joke that was un-pc. he apologized saying the joke was inappropriate. he was trying to point out the challenges of getting players from different backgrounds to play as a team. lou piniella calls in that cliff lee suffered neck spasms after this. see this spot. a teammate slaps him on the side of the helmet while celebrating a home run. he had to leave the game with the neck spasms. all of this while the cubs are fighting for their playoff lives. only in chicago. and only in pittsburgh.

the pirates game. how bad on the pirates? this is their one play of the day i think all year long. the japanese prime minister yukio hatoyama. he's a baseball fan. but it's not the first pitch he threw out. throws like a pirates pitcher. we're glad he's here. he's the play of the day. that's sports. at first, he said he was against it. but now, former president bill clinton says he's had a change of heart. the controversial issue clinton says he now supports.

former president bill clinton says he's changed his mind on the controversial issue of gay marriage. in an interview with anderson cooper on the sister network, cnn, the former president says he now supports the idea of letting gay couples get married. >> and i -- decided i was wrong. that if -- that if our society has an interest in coherence and strength and commitment and mutually reenforcing loyalty, then if gay couples want to call their union marriage as states and several now of a religious body will sanction it. i don't think the state should be able to stop the religious bodies from saying it. i don't think the rest of us should get in the way of that. >> clinton is saying he does not

support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. but he thinks the state should be allowed to decide for itself whether or not to legalize it. something to tell you about. joy behar is coming to hln with her own show. here's a sample of what to expect. >> so, i hear the ukraine has turned down elton john's request to adopt a ukrainian boy named lev. who's in charge there? victor yushchenko? i think i dated him. listen, victor, are you saying that elton john is too old or too gay? uh-huh? he may be gay, but he also happens to be a celebrated humanitarian and has been knighted by the queen of ed england. in fact, some people think he is the queen of england. this poor baby is unwanted, h.i.v. positive and stuck in a

depressing orphanage that makes abu ghraib look like the presidential sweet at the waldorf with no prospects to move up in the world. where's he going to go? estonia. and here's the chance to be taken in by two lovely fabulously rich parents who will give them the best health care in the universe to dress him in versace jammies and huggies. and elton will move on and find more tolerant country to be a dad. little lev will grow up in the orphanage, turn into a zwilling drunk, and will return to the orphanage saying, you [ bleep ] i'm living in the dumpster where i could have had front row seats in the garden for the rest of my life and hung out with sting and elizabeth hurley. and that's a sad story. but maybe that's just me. >> more joy on the way for you. the "joy behar show" premieres tuesday right here on hln. another obama appointee is

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the man accused of plotting a bomb attack to coincide with the anniversary of the september 11 attacks back in new york. a judge has ordered najibullah zazi to remain in custody. authorities say zazi planned to make bombs from house hold chemicals he bought from beauty supply stores. the guantanamo bay detention center may not be closed in time to meet president obama's deadline of next january. sources tell the associated press the white house is running in to legal and logistical hurdles to moving more than 220 detainees still there. and tears of joy in north korea today as families who were separated for decades are being reunited.

the reunions are for families separated by the korean war which ended in 1953 with the cease-fire and no formal peace treaty between north and south kor korea. that's a check of your saturday morning headlines here on hln. i'm natascha curry. president obama is weighing his options with the direction of the war in afghanistan. but as chris lawrence tells us, there may not be an upside to the choices he's facing. >> reporter: a secret meeting in a secured military base in europe that could help decide the fate of up to 40,000 american troops. cnn has learned general david petraeus and the chairman of the joint chiefs flew to ramstein, germany with the face-to-face meeting with the afghanistan war commander. the goal -- to better understand the troops and equipment general stan mcchrystal needs in afternoon. there's a kurnd strategy.

he was taken aback of the assessment of afghanistan's problems and the sheer number of troops needed to fix them. >> it's a discussion taking place whether it should continue to be the strategy or whether adjustments should be made. >> president obama said he only supported if it's needed to defeat al qaeda. another is a limited goal of ensuring al qaeda does not operate in afghanistan. a released audiotape from osama bin laden himself suggests he's listening to that debate. al qaeda warns european nations to leave the u.s.-led coalition and get out of afghanistan. >> reporter: analyst michael o'hanlan monitored the recent elections in afghanistan. he said there's a third option on the table besides immediately sending more troops or scaling

back the mission. >> the leading alternative contender is a blend of trying to negotiate more with the so-called moderate taliban, try to improve afghanistan government performance before relevy more resource, think of what senator levin is saying and how we can use them a little more and american forces a little less. >> holding off on the troops could give the u.s. more time to pressure the afghan government to say, look, we're not going all in here until you clean up your own corruption. as for negotiating with the moderate taliban -- problem is, a senior defense official told me the taliban believed they're winning. and a lot of afghan people believe they're winning. so he thinks it's going to be hard to co-op them right now because who wants to jump ship if you think you're already on the winning side. chris lawrence, cnn, be pentagon. president barack obama is hailing efforts to get the world's economies back on track. wrapping up the two-day g-20

summit in pittsburgh, mr. obama said the global economy has been brought back from the brink of the worst financial crisis its the 1930s. but the fiscal message was overshadowed by iran's admission it has a second uranium enrichment facility. this comes just a week before teheran meets with the u.s. and five other western powers. mr. obama says the international community is united in its opposition to iran's nuclear program. >> iran is on notice that when we meet with them on october 1, they're going to have to come clean and they're going to have to make a choice. are they willing to go down the path which i think ultimately will lead to greater prosperity and security for iran? giving up the acquisition of nuclear weapons, and deciding that they are willing to abide by international rules and

standards in their pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy. or will they continue down a path that is going to lead to confrontation. >> teheran quickly fired back. in an interview on cnn's larry king live, mahmoud ahmadinejad called mr. obama's criticisms baseless. and he accused the u.s. president for reneging on the call of international community at the united nations general assembly. >> translator: we did not expect mr. obama, within less than 48 years -- 48 hours -- to basically violate the commitment that he spoke of at the united nations. >> mr. ahmadinejad commented on the massive postelection protests in his country saying, quote, a few people complained of fraud. and he also dismissed accounts of violence against the protesters saying most of the people who were hurt were progovernment. tonight's show host conan

o'brien is recovering after hitting his head during a stunt for his show. doctors examined him today at the hospital. he's keeping quiet about his condition. the network is not saying if show production will resume next week. last night, they aired a "tonight show" rerun. o'brien is making light of the mishap. in his statement, he said, quote, i was enjoying playing with mrs. lincoln. next thing i knew, i was in bed being served cookies and juice. a powerful explosion in a city marketplace killed eight people and injured 45 others. it happened today in northwest pakistan. police say that the suicide bomber packed a car with more than 200 pounds of explosives. they arrested two suspects, but did not say how they may be connected to the attack. meanwhile, a separate bombing at a pakistani police station hours earlier killed six people. vice president joe biden is promising quick federal help for

the victims of severe flooding in georgia. yesterday, biden toured areas around the atlanta area devastated by last week's floods. biden said he wants to create a katrina-like federal response to the disaster. >> the truth of the matter is, for someone who's lost their home, it is katrina. for someone who is in a situation that the people here in this shelter, it is katrina. it's not katrina in its scope by any stretch of the imagination. but the impact on their lives, on your lives, we understand it is katrina. and on a beautiful sunny day like today, the worst part of it all is, i know from experience -- the tragedy, what happened to you is sinking in. >> nine people die in georgia after days of storms dumped as much as 22 inches of rain in some parts of the state. many organizations are stepping up to help flood victims in the southeast. but to find out what you can do, go to our website, cnn.com/impact. there, you'll see a wide variety of resources that will help you

impact your world. banks make a lot of money from extra fees. but soon, you, the customer, could get a break. jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. hey, jenn. this week, some of the big banks decided they were going to trim those nasty overdraft fees. bank of america and wells fargo started it. chase, u.s. bank followed. maybe more. so the question is, is that going to be enough to pacify congress? congress has been hearing a lot of people saying they're furious after getting socked by overdraft fees which could be around $35. and if you make a mistake and get hit with a few in one day, it can be hundreds of dollars in some cases. well, banks don't want to give them all up. overdraft fees are a gold mine for them. they brought in $38 billion this year alone. so banks are hoping to give an

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police in san diego are switching lanes on drag racing and hoping to make it safer. yesterday, drivers lined up for the annual law enforcement drag race. it was a sanctioned race at qualcomm stadium. and the aim here is to offer teens an alternative to dangerous illegal street racing. >> we really try to keep the safer community, safer streets. and they need to bring it on to a track. racetrack, not street. it works. we know that it works. >> in 2002, 48 deaths and injuries were blamed on illegal street racing. this year, police said there's been only one fatality reported. a california man had a close

call with tragedy when his car plunged 150 feet off of a deep cliff. for two hours, his car teethered on the rocks inched from the ocean. >> i noticed i was falling backwards. i felt the car leaning to the right. so i was rotating as i was falling. i could hear the bumps and the car crashing on the rocks. >> he was able to call 911 but they had a hard time finding him because of dense fog. luckily garcia was wearing his seat belt and only suffered a few scrapes and a bump on his head. i'm larry smith. with $10 million cure most of your ills? probably. but when i asked tiger woods last night it would ease the pain of not winning any majors this year. he quickly answered -- no. woods the overnight leader at the tour championship in atlanta. round three early moving up to get ahead of the rain. birdie putt there on nine.

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former president bill clinton changed his mind about gay marriage. he now supports the idea of letting gay couples get married. >> i decided i was wrong. that it's -- that if our society has an interest in coherence and strength and commitment and mutually reenforcing loyalties. and if gay couples want to call

their union marriage and state -- and several have now, a religious body will sanction it, i don't think the state should be able to stop the religious bodies, i don't think the rest of us should get in the way of that. >> clinton says he does not support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. but he thinks the state should be allowed to decide for itself whether or not to legalize it. resignation accepted. the u.s. army is granting a discharge under other than honorable circumstances to first lieutenant aaron watada. the first commissioned officer to be court-martialed for refusing to go to iraq. he refused to deploy in 2006 arguing the iraq war was illegal. a judge ruled a second court-martial would violate his constitutional rights against double jeopardy. michael jackson fans spent the

night here sleeping outside of l.a.'s nokia theater. they started forming lines yesterday to get tickets to the film, "this is it" it has behind-the-scenes looks at jackson rehearsing for his london show just before he died. the tickets go on sale tomorrow. some scientists are warning that global warming is changing the landscape of greenland. phil black along with the environmental group, greenpeace, to visit a remote glacier. he reports why climate change in greenland will likely impact the world for today's ecosolutions. this is the fjord in southeastern greenland. in this beautiful remote environment, the greenpeace ship and its crew are providing logistical support to scientists

like dr. gordon hamilton. >> the beauty of this thing -- >> i come here. oh, my god. unbelievable. >> reporter: dr. hamilton is a glaciologist from the university of maine. aboard the ship's helicopter, he showed me why greenland has the potential to change lives on this planet. the vast greenland ice sheet is an ancient reserve of frozen fresh water. the size is difficult to comprehend. >> it goes for several hundred miles. it reaches thicknesses of two miles thick. in terms of -- if you were to melt the whole ice sheet, it would recede about six meters. >> the ice sheet feeds to outlet glaciers like this one. >> you can see the glacier now. it's this trough over here.

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the fbi is releasing more information about the man who allegedly plans to bomb a target in new york on the anniversary of 9/11. the materials authorities say he planned to use, and where he allegedly got them. i'm still holding on to the steering wheel. it took about four or phi seconds. that's how fast it was. i was holding on for dear life. >> the driver ran off of the road. plunged 150 feet down a cliff here inches away from the ocean. now he talks about his way to help and his dramatic rescue. >> threatening to put him in

jail or fine them $1,000 for helping out their neighbor. >> this woman got in trouble with the state for watching her neighbor's children. she says she's helping out some friends. but the state says, she's breaking the law. hey, good saturday morning. i'm natascha curry. this is hln. a man accused of plotting a bomb attack to coincide with the anniversary of the september 11 attack is back in new york. a judge has ordered najibullah zazi to remain in custody. zazi planned to make bombs from house hold chemicals he bought from beauty supply stores. an employee from the beauty supply warehouse in new york described zazi as the regular. he gave the fbi a videotape that shows zazi buying a large amount of hydrogen peroxide here. >> there was some small talk. and specific to the product -- i

believe one of the employees asked, what are you using all of this stuff for? and he jokingly said, oh, i have a lot of girlfriends. >> zazi's father, mohammed whalid zazi and a muslim cleric from queens have also been arrested and charged with lying to federal agents. he's a mixture between a wannabe gangster and wannabe rock star. that's how one stunned neighbor describes terror suspect. the jordanian national appeared in court. he's accused of trying to blow up a dallas skyscraper by driving a car with what he thought was a bomb into a building's garage. this is not the first time he's gotten in trouble with the law. newly released dash cam videos shows the arrests here on september 10 for driving without a license. president barack obama is hailing efforts to get the world's economy back on track. wrapping up the g-20 summit in pittsburgh. mr. obama said the global economy has been brought back

from the brink of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. the fiscal message is overshadowed by iran's admission that it has a second yue rai ur enrichment facility. this comes a week before the u.s. meets with iran and five other powers. mr. obama says the world is united in the opposition to the nuclear program. >> iran is on notice that when we meet with them on october 1, they're going to have to come clean and they're going to have to make a choice. are they willing to go down the path which i think ultimately will lead to greater prosperity and security for iran? giving up the acquisition of nuclear weapons, and deciding that they are willing to abide by international rules and standards in their pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy. or will they continue down a path that is going to lead to

confrontation? >> teheran quickly fired back. in an interview on cnn's larry king live, iranian president mahmud ahmadinejad called his criticism, "baseless." and he accused the u.s. president for reneging on the call for international unity at the united nations general assembly. >> we did not expect mr. obama within less than 48 years -- 48 hours, to basically violate the commitment that he spoke of at the united nations. >> mr. ahmadinejad also commented on the massive postelection protests in his country saying, quote, a few people complained of fraud. and he also dismissed accounts of violence against the protesters saying that most of the people who were hurt were pro government. a powerful explosion in the city marketplace killed eight people and injuries 45 others. it happened today in northwest pakistan. police say a suicide bomber

packed a car with more than 200 pounds of explosives. they arrested two suspects, but did not say how they may be connected to the attack. meanwhile, a separate bombing at a pakistani police station hours earlier killed six people. a california man had a close call with tragedy here when his car plunged 150 feet right off of a steep cliff at devil's slide. for nearly two hours, jesse garcia's car teethered on the rocks, just inches from the ocean. >> i noticed i was going backwards and then as the car -- and i saw the car leaning towards the right. so it was rotating as i was falling and i could hear -- feel the bumps in the car crashing on the rocks. >> garcia managed to call 911, but rescuers had a hard time finding him because of dense fog. then, they had to repel down the cliff to get him out of his car. luckily, garcia was wearing his seat belt and only suffered a few scrapes and a bump on his head.

vice president joe biden is promising quick federal help for the victims of severe flooding in georgia. yesterday, biden toured areas around the atlanta area devastated by last week's floods. biden said he wants to prevent a katrina-like federal response to the disaster. >> the truth of the matter is, for someone who's lost their home, it is katrina. for someone who's in the situation of the people here in this shelter, it is katrina. it's not katrina in its scope by any stretch of the imagination, but the impact on their lives, on your lives, we understand, it is katrina. and on a beautiful sunny day like today, the worst part of it all is, i know from experience. the tragedy, what happened to you, is sinking in. >> nine people die in georgia after days of storms dumped as much as 22 inches of rain in some parts of the state. got something to tell you about here. starting this tuesday, joy behar is coming to hln with her very own show.

and here's a sample of what to expect. >> so, i hear the ukraine has turned down elton john's request to adopt a 14-month-old ukrainian boy named lev. okay, who's in charge there? who's in charge there? victor yushchenko? i think i dated him. listen, victor -- are you saying that elton john is too old or too gay? uh-huh? he may be gay, but he also happens to be a celebrated humanitarian and has been knighted by the queen of edge land. in fact, some people think he is the queen of england. this baby -- this poor baby, is unwanted, hiv positive, and stuck in some depressing orphanage that makes abu ghraib look like the presidential suite at the waldorf with no prospects to move up in the world. where's he going to go? estonia? and here's the chance to be taken in by two loving, fabulously rich parents who will give him the best health care in

the universe and dress him in versace jammies and cashmere huggies. so now sir elton will move on and find some more tolerant country willing to let him be a dad. meanwhile, little lev will grow up in foster homes, turn in to a vodka-zwilling dump and return to the orphanage and say, you [ bleep ] i'm living in a dumpster and i could have had front row seats at the garden for the rest of my life and hung out with sting and elizabeth hurley. that's a sad story. but maybe that's just me. more joy on the way for you. "the joy behar show" premieres this tuesday, 9:00 p.m. eastern here on hln. a thrill ride by a drag-racing teen turns into a nightmare for one mother. >> doing over 100 miles per hour on a car he only had for two weeks. the car split in two pieces. >> cops are caught behind the wheels promoting a new type of drag racing as a way to keep the

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police in san diego are switching lanes on drag racing and hoping to make it safer. it was the annual law enforcement drag race. it was a sanctioned race in qualcomm stadium and the aim here is to offer teens an alternative to dangerous illegal street racing. >> we're trying to keep the safer community, safer street else. and they need to bring it on to a track. you have to race the track, not the street. it works, we know it works. >> in 2002, 48 deaths and injuries were blamed on illegal street racing. this year, police say that there's been only one fatality reported. a michigan woman says the state is threatening to fine her and possibly send her to jail, even, for baby sitting a neighbor's kids. the woman says she's helping out friends. the state says she's running an

illegal day care. >> it was like, oh my gosh. >> when she opened the letter from the state department of human services threatening to put her in jail, lisa schnyder says she panicked. >> i immediately called my husband. i'm like, oh, my gosh. i'm threatened to be put in jail and fined. >> reporter: snooit eschnyder i possible prosecution because for a few minutes every morning, two of her friends's little boys wait for the school bus at her house. they stop at the house. her friends drop them off on the way to work. and she puts them all on the bus with the other children. >> that's what started the whole deal. >> my child is here for 20 minutes. and it's not every day. >> how much are you getting paid? >> not anything -- we're friends! we're friends. >> friends helping friends. >> this is an embarrassing overreach of our government. >> reporter: state representative brian calley of

portland calls the threats from the department of human services outrageous. >> threatening to put them in jail or fining them $1,000 for helping out the neighbor? >> reporter: representative calley is introducing a bill to allow someone to regularly baby sit a child if they're not in the child care business. >> i'm embarrassed there's a law for this. >> this is ridiculous. we're friends. friends can't help out friends? >> we depend on each other. that's how the world should be. >> thank you for that report. a spokesman for the michigan department of human services would not comment on specifics of the case. but said they have no choice but to follow state law. i'm larry smith. you know the tour championship is one of the cooler events of the pga tour schedule. 30 golfers are invited. the crowds are smaller, the play is intense. what a difference does tiger woods make when he's here.

a year ago, he was out following knee surgery. this morning he wakes up at the championship atop of the leader board. tyinger with a birdie there on nine, one on 15. look at that friday orange going on there. this sets up another birdie for tiger. one-shot lead. they'll play early today trying to get ahead of the rains later today in atlanta. >> guy from chicago, detroit -- i'm talking about the hood. all right? i got guys from granger county where they wear the hood, okay? >> tennessee basketball coach bruce pearl with a joke that was a little un-pc. he apologized later saying that the joke was inappropriate but he was trying to point out the challenges of getting players from different backgrounds to play together as a team. another occurrence for lou piniella called the chicago cubs. watch this. derrek lee. after a home run, watch this, right here. oh, suffers neck spasms after a teammate slapped him on the side of the helmet while celebrating

in the dugout. he had to leave the game while the cubs were fighting for their playoff lives. only in chicago. to pittsburgh, play of the day. this is -- the japanese prime minister yukio hatoyama with the first pitch -- boy, it's not very good. he throws like a pirate pitcher in a way. that's how bad the pirates are. they get the play of the day. good for him, though. that's sports. napa isn't the only game in town. anderson valley, california offers amazing wine, charming vineyards, and a great weekend getaway without the crowds. to find amazing wines and charming vineyards, drive past napa to a hidden gem of the california wine country. >> the anderson valley wine country is reminiscent of what napa valley used to be 20 years ago. there's farm stands and

family-run wineries there that are really fun to explore. >> many wineries offer free tastings, and the owners will often pour the wine themselves. >> the standish wine company has the most photogenic of the tasting rooms. it's a 19th century wooden building that used to be used for drying apples. esterlina vineyards and winery are in the hills. there are panoramic views wherever you are. bowls of goldfish and cheetos come with the tastings. that's an example of how the laid back vineyards break the rules. >> beer is available in the wine country. anderson valley brewing company has hand-crafted brews and even frisbie golf.

resignation accepted -- the u.s. army is granting a discharge under other than honorable circumstances to first

lieutenant aaron watada. he's the first commissioned officer to be court-martialed for refusing to go to iraq. he refused to deploy in 2006 arguing that the iraq war was illegal. his court-martial ended in a mistrial in 2007. a judge ruled that a second court-martial would violate his constitutional rights against double jeopardy. some michael jackson fans spent the night here sleeping outside of l.a.'s nokia theater. they started forming lines yesterday to get tickets to the film, "this is it." the documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at jackson rehearsing for his london show just before he died. the tickets go on sell tomorrow. it is estimated nearly one in four women will be the victims of domestic violence in their lifetime. women of all backgrounds are at risk. but muslim women seem to be especially reluck lant to seek help.

she's raising awareness in the muslim community. she is this week's cnn hero. >> abuse cuts across religions and culture. i'm a muslim, born and raised in pakistan. migrated to new york in 1990. within the muslim community, there's a lot of denial about the issue. koran condemns abusive behavior required to speak up. i'm rabina naz and i'm helping women end abuse in their life. we do a lot of work on the streets. this affects all of us. we need to talk about it. >> i was afraid for my life. i didn't have a place to go. my family would disown me. my father even said to me that you're lucky you live in america because if you live back home, you would have been dead by now.

rabina understood the cultural nuances and all of the religious issues. >> we protect ourselves. we tell them how to get in to a shelter. what their rights are. >> she really made me understand that i'm not alone. >> we are here when ever you want to come to us. >> i told me friends, when it's the right time. there have been threats to my safety. but i know god is protecting me because i am doing the right thing. >> and for more on robina or any of our heroes, go to our website, cnn.com/heros. next week, anderson cooper will tell us which of the remarkable people have been chosen as the top ten cnn heroes of 2009. another obama appointee is out of a job. the white house says it's not caving to pressure from conservative pundits. but, is it part of a growing pattern?

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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.

the mn accused of plotting a bomb attack to coincide with the anniversary of the september 11 attacks is back in new york. a judge has ordered najibullah zazi to remain in custody. authorities said zazi planned to make bombs made from chemicals he bought from beauty stores. sources tell the associated press the white house is running in to legal and logistical hurdles to moving more than 220 detainees still there. tears of joy in north korea today where families separated

for decades are being reunited. the reunions are for families separated by the korean war which ended in 1953 with the cease-fire and no formal peace treaty between north and south korea. that's a check of the headlines here on hln. i'm natascha curry. president obama is weighing his options with the direction of the war in afghanistan. but as chris lawrence tells us, it may not be an upside to the choices he's facing. >> reporter: a secret meeting at a secured military base in europe that could help to decide the fate of up to 40,000 american troops. cnn learned general david petraeus and the chairman of the ramstein, germany with a face-to-face with the war commander. the goal, to better understand the troops and equipment needed in afghanistan. but those added troops are based on fighting president obama's current strategy -- a counterinsurgency against al qaeda and the taliban. the officials tell us the

administration is taken aback by general mcchrystal's assessment by the problems and the sheer number of troops needed to fix them. >> there's a discussion of whether it should continue to be the strategy or whether adjustments should be made. >> reporter: president obama said he'd only support the expanding of the insurgency if it's proven to defeat al qaeda. there's a limited goal of making sure al qaeda doesn't operate in afghanistan. a just-released audio tape allegedly from osama bin laden himself suggests he's listening to that debate. al qaeda warns european nations to leave the u.s.-led coalition and get out of afghanistan. >> reporter: analyst michael o'han lon monitored the recent elections in afghanistan. he says there's a third option on the table besides immediately sending more troops or scaling back the mission.

>> i think the leading alternative contender is a blend of trying to negotiate more with the so-called moderate taliban trying to await improved afghan government performance before we add more resources, trying to do more of what senator levin is saying and how we can do it more assertively on american forces a little less. >> o'hanlon says holding off on the troops could give the u.s. more time to pressure the afghan government saying, look, we're not going all in here until you clean up your own corruption. as for negotiating with the moderate taliban? problem is, a senior defense official told me the taliban believe they're winning. and a lot of afghan people believe they're winning. so he thinks it's going to be hard to co-opt them right now because who wants to jump ship if you think you're already on the winning side? chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. president barack obama is hailing efforts to get the world's economy back on track.

wrapping up a two-day g-20 summit in pittsburgh, mr. obama said the global economy has been brought back from the brink of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. but the fiscal message was overshadowed by iran's admission that it has a second uranium enrichment facility. this comes a week before teheran meets with the u.s. and five other western powers. mr. obama says the international community is united in its opposition to iran's nuclear program. >> iran is on notice that when we meet with them on october 1, they are going to have to come clean and they are going to have to make a choice. are they willing to go down the path which i think ultimately will lead to greater prosperity and security for iran? giving up the acquisition of nuclear weapons, and deciding that they are willing to abide by international rules and

standards in their pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy? or will they continue down a path that is going to lead to cop fro confrontation. >> teheran quickly fired back. on "larry king live," mahmud ahmadinejad called mr. obama's criticism, baseless. and he accused the u.s. president of reneging on his call for international unity at the united nations general assembly. >> translator: we did not expect mr. obama, within less than 48 years -- 48 hours -- to basically violate the commitment that he spoke of at the united nations. >> mr. ahmadinejad commented on the massive postelection protests in his country saying, quote, a few people complained of fraud and he dismissed the counts of violence against the protesters saying most of the people who were hurt were pro government. "tonight show host" conan

o'brien is recovering after hitting his head during a stunt for his show. doctors examined him yesterday at the hospital. nbc is keeping quiet about his condition or whether he was released. the network is not saying if show production will resume next week. last night, they aired a "tonight show" rerun. as for o'brien, he's making light of the mishap. in a statement, he said, quote, i was enjoying playing with mrs. lincoln. the next thing i knew, i was in bed being served cookies and juice. a powerful explosion in a city marketplace killed eight people and injured 45 others. it happened today in northwest pakistan. police said a suicide bomber packed a car with more than 200 pounds of explosives. they arrested two suspects, but did not say how they may be connected to the attack. meanwhile, a separate bombing at a pakistani police station hours earlier killed six people. a california man had a close

call with tragedy when the car plunged 150 feet you have of a steep cliff in devil's slide. nearly two hours, jesse garcia's car teethered on the rocks just inches from the ocean. >> i was noticing i was falling backwards. and then as the car -- then i saw the car leaning towards the right. so it was rotating as it was falling and i could hear the car crashing on the rocks. >> garcia managed to call 911. but rescuers had a hard time finding him because of dense fog. then they had to repel down the cliff to get him out of his car. luckily, garcia was wearing his seat belt and only suffered a few scrapes and a bump on his head. well, over the last week, we've been talking about some severe flooding in the southeast. what's in store for the rest of us? and that area as well. check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf for the latest forecast on this weekend. hey, reynolds? hey, i hate to say it but rain is back in the parts of the southeast.

some spots with two feet of rainfall over the last week. i don't think that will be the situation today. we have low lying spots in alabama, tennessee, and, of course, unfortunately, georgia, could be dealing with a chance of flash flooding. we have flash flooding watches and warnings in effect and advisories. now just through parts of the deep south. the appalachians -- the reason why, this area of low pressure, the frontal boundary, everything driving to the east where it will interact with moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean. late-day showers and storms a possibility. if you head to the west, an entirely different scenario. wet, dry in many places including southern california and the parts of the four corners. high temperatures for the day. 81 in memphis. 73 in atlanta. 91 in tampa. 64 in new york. 100 in las vegas. 105 in phoenix. speaking of heating up, the tropics continued to play active. we have a system we're watching out here. tropical depression eight here in the middle of the screen. the forecast strengthen a little

bit. if it does strengthen, it may become tropical storm grace before it's over. at this time, it doesn't pose any threat to land. hope it stays out here. that's a look at the forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. banks make a lot of money from extra fees. but soon you, the customer, could get a break. jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. hey, jenn. this week, some of the big banks decided they were going to trim those nasty overdraft fees. bank of america and wells fargo started it. chase, u.s. bank followed. maybe more. so the question is, is that going to be enough to pacify congress? congress has been hearing a lot of people saying they are furious after getting socked by overdraft fees which could be around $35 and if you make a mistake and get hit with a few in one day, it can be hundreds of dollars in some cases. but banks don't want to give them all up. overdraft fees are a gold mine

for them. they brought in $38 billion this year alone. so banks are hoping to give an inch so they can keep most of that revenue stream intact. so bank of america and wells fargo, for example, they're cutting the number of times they can hit you in a day. it used to be ten times a day. in some cases they can hit you. $350 in fees. some banks are not going to hit you say you go over by only $10. they won't whack you for the little mistakes. see if that is enough. congress is getting set to pass new regulations on debit and credit card fees that could possibly protect you. i'm jennifer westhoven looking out for you. >> you could get more great money advice from jennifer westhoven each weekday on "morning express with robin mea meade". a thrill ride for a drag-racing teen turns into a nightmare for one mother. >> he was doing over 100 miles per hour in a car he had for two weeks. the car split in two pieces and it completely disintegrated.

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year-long protection for on-the-go women. police in san diego are switching lanes on drag racing and hoping to make it safer. yesterday drivers lined up at the annual law enforcement drag race. it was a sanctioned race at qualcomm stadium and the aim here is to offer teens an alternative to dangerous illegal street racing. >> we're trying to keep a safer community, safer street. and they need to bring it on to a track. they just have a racetrack, not street. it works. we know that it works. in 2002, 48 deaths and injuries were blamed on illegal street racing. this year, police said there's

been only one fatality reported. i'm larry smith. with $10 million cure most of your ills? probably. but when i asked tiger woods last night if it would ease the pain of not winning any majors this year, he quickly answered, "no," woods the overnight leader in the tour championship in atlanta. they moved it up early trying to get ahead of the rain projected there for later on in the game. he's five under par entering round three. this is stewart cink who, by the way, is a member at east lake. plays here several times a year. on the par 4 tenth puts two tee shots over the fence. quad ripple bogey. stands at three under par entering the fourth round. can i have my ball back? thank you. lester survived cancer. he thinks he can get past this. the red sox pitcher had to leave the game last night. lester does believe he'll pitch in the next start for boston and

continue on in to next month's playoffs. seeing the lions on tv was short lived. they were will blacked out after failing to sell out their game this week. they did sell out last week's game and could be on tv. lions lost 19 games in a row, the second worst streak in nfl history. that includes the 0-2 start this season. jenna shoe maker was being creative. she auctioned a dinner with herself in vegas on e bay. the winning bid was $275. shoemakerer cost some heat in the blog world. somebody didn't like something? what a surprise. a portion of the winnings does go to breast cancer research. that's sports. >> at first he said he was against it. but now, former president bill clinton said he's had a change of heart.d the controversial issue clinton says he now supports. but now that i'm breathing better with advair...

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former president bill clinton says he's changed his mind on the controversial issue of gay marriage. in an interview with anderson cooper on our sister network,

cnn, the former president says he supports the idea of letting gay couples get married. >> i decided i was wrong. our society has an interest in coherence and strength and commitment. usually reenforcing employees. and if gay couples want to call their union marriage in a state agrees, and several have now, and a religious body will sanction it, i don't think the state should stop the religious bodies, i don't think the rest of us should get in the way of that. >> he does not support a amendment banning gay marriage but he says a state should decide for itself whether or not to legalize it. pope benedict is on a three-day pilgrimage at the czech republic.

at a welcome ceremony at the airport, he talks ant how the communist regime was overthrown in 1989. it persecuted the roman catholic church. he encourages czechs to rediscover their christian roots. in 1991, 4.5 million czechs said they belonged to the church. a decade later, that number fell to 3.3 million. the fbi has uncovered three terror plots targeting the u.s. cities. the cases are related. with all three unfolding in a matter of days? is this pure coincidence or is there a trend here? gene meserve reports. >> reporter: bomb plots allegedly targeting new york, dallas, texas, and springfield, illinois all unfolding in the same week. although the fbi coordinated the stings in springfield and dallas, authorities say none of these cases is related. some experts say it's pure coincidence that they broke almost simultaneously, but others say the calendar is a factor. >> it is in the vicinity of the

anniversary, september 11. it's also at the same time ramadan was still over. so there's some of the reasons that heightened the fervor, if you like to do these things. >> reporter: this week also brought new charges in a plot to attack the marine base. that case in the alleged bomb plot in springfield involves american converts to islam. home grown terrorists are often hard to detect. >> they don't think this indicates it's a greater threat today than it was a couple of weeks ago. >> reporter: at least one analyst disagrees. he thinks this could signal that the domestic terror threat is growing in size and severity. >> there are a consolation of cases taken together suggests that some of the self-congratulations we had, maybe we need to re-examine that proposition. >> reporter: some terrorism experts think we should expect

more, that the situation will only get worse, not better. but they are encouraged that all of these alleged plots were short-circuited by law enforcement before they could be carried out. jeanne meserve, cnn, denver. resignation accepted. the u.s. army is granting a discharge under other than honorable circumstances to first lieutenant aaron. he's the first to be court martialed for refusing to go to iraq. when he redeployed in 2006 arguing that the iraq war was illegal, his court martial ended in a mistrial in 2007. a judge ruled a second court-martial would violate his constitutional right against double jeopardy. michael jackson fans spent the night here sleeping outside l.a.'s nokia theater. they started forming lines to get tickets to the film "this is it" the documentary offers a behind the scenes look at jackson rehearsing for his london show just before he died. the tickets go on sale tomorrow.

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the fbi is releasing more information about the man who allegedly planned to bomb a target in new york on the anniversary of 9/11. the materials authorities say that he planned to use and where he allegedly got them. >> i'm still holding on to the steering wheel. and it took about four to five seconds, that's how fast it was. i didn't have enough time to react. just holding on for dear life. >> a driver landed off the road and plunged 150 feet down a steep cliff here inches away from the ocean. now he talks about his long wait for help and his dramatic rescue.

threatening to put him in jail or fine him $1,000 for helping out their neighbor. >> this woman got in trouble with the state for watching her neighbor's children. she says she's just helping out some friends. but the state says she's breaking the law. hey, good saturday morning to you. i'm natasha curry, and this is hln. topping the news this morning, the man accused of planning a bomb attack to coincide with the anniversary of the september 11th attacks is back in new york. najibullah zazi is to remain in custody. he planned to make bombs from household chemicals he bought from beauty supply stores. an employee of the beauty supply warehouse in new york described zazi as a regular. the owner of the store says he gave the fbi a videotape that allegedly shows zazi buying a large amount of hydrogen peroxide here. >> there was some small talk. and specific to the product i believe one of the employees

actually asked what are you using all of this stuff for? and he jokingly said, oh, i have a lot of girlfriends. >> zazi's father mohammed zazi and a 37-year-old muslim cleric from queens have also been arrested and charged with lying to federal agents. he's a mixture between a wanna be gangster and wanna be rock star. that's how one stunned neighbor describes him. the 19-year-old jordanian national appeared in court friday, accused of trying to blow up a dallas skyscraper by driving car with what he thought was a bomb into the building's garage. and this isn't the first time smadi's gotten in trouble with the law. september 10th he was arrested for driving without a license. president barack obama is hailing efforts to get the world's economies back on track. wrapping up the two-day g-20 summit in pittsburgh. saying the economy has been brought back from the brink of

the worst national financial crisis since the 1920s. but it was overshadowed by iran's admission that it has a second uranium enrichment facility. this comes a week before tehran meets with the u.s. and five other western powers. mr. obama says the international community is united in its opposition to iran's nuclear program. >> iran is on notice. that when we meet with them on october 1st, they are going to have to come clean, and they are going to have to make a choice. are they willing to go down the path, which i think ultimately will lead to greater prosperity and security for iran, giving up the acquisition of nuclear weapons, and deciding that they are willing to abide by international rules and standards in their pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy, or will they continue down a path that is going to lead to

confrontati confrontation? >> tehran quickly fired back. in an interview on cnn's "larry king live," iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad called mr. obama's criticism baseless. and he accused the u.s. president of reneging on his call for international unity at the united nations general assembly. >> translator: we did not expect mr. obama within less than 48 hours to basically violate the commitment that he spoke of at the united nations. >> in the wake of tehran's bomb shell revelation that it has a second uranium enrichment facility what possible military options does the u.s. have? barbara starr takes a closer look. >> reporter: this is the new ground zero in the u.s. fight with iran over its nuclear weapons program. here 20 miles north of the holy

city qom is where he says they've built a secret underground nuclear plant. it's been a cat and mouse game. satellites have watched overhead for signs of dirt or vehicle movement, but how can you know what's going on underground. >> that could have been through human intelligence, it could have been through penetration of their the computer systems, it could have been through some mistake iran made and accidentally told somebody what was going on. so there's many ways. >> reporter: add this to two other major worries for the u.s. another enrichment facility and a major nuclear center at sfahan, part of iran's plan to spread it across the country and bury facilities under ground. putting part of its nuclear crowned jewels underground could make it tough for the u.s. or israel to effectively bomb these sites. and it's tough to know if any attempt to destroy them is successful.

>> now, centrifuges are sensitive if you whack the mountain hard with high level of explosives, you may be able to cause damage through vibrations and the shock waves that go in. but in general, it's very hard to destroy something buried in a mountain. >> reporter: could iran be right in betting the u.s. can't destroy its underground facilities? the u.s. has been trying for years to build a penetrating bomb that can pump through hard rock to destroy deeply buried weapon sites. in an interview to air sunday on cnn's state of the union. defense secretary robert gates says any military option would only delay not end the nuclear program. >> the reality is there is no military option that does anything more than buy time. >> one idea that's been on the books for years, a 30,000 pound bomb that would be dropped from a b-2 bomber aircraft. but there's one complication in

this latest fight, it's still near the holy seed of qom and no one wants to risk inadvertently bombing religious sites in iran. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. a powerful explosion in a city marketplace kills eight people and injures 45 others. that happened today in northwest pakistan. police say that a suicide bomber packed a car with more than 200 pounds of explosives. they arrested two suspects, but did not say how they may be connected to the attack. meanwhile, a separate bombing had a pakistani police station hours earlier killed six people. a california man had a close call with tragedy here when his car plunged 150 feet right off a steep cliff at devil's slide. for nearly two hours, jesse garcia's car teetered on the rocks inches from the ocean. >> i was falling backwards and i felt the car leaning towards the

right. so it was rotating as it was falling and i can hear, feel the bumps and the car crashing on the rocks. >> reporter: garcia managed to call 911, but they had a hard time finding him because of dense fog, then they had to repel down the cliff to get him out of his car. luckily garcia was wearing his seat belt and only suffered a few scrapes and a bump on his head. vice president joe biden is promising quick federal help for the victims of severe flooding in georgia. yesterday, biden toured areas around the atlanta area devastated by last week's floods. biden says he wants to prevent a katrina-like federal response to the disaster. >> the truth of the matter is, for someone who has lost their home, it is katrina. for someone who is in a situation, the people here in this situation, it is katrina. it's not katrina in its scope by any stretch of the imagination, but the impact on their lives, on your lives, we understand, it is katrina. and on a beautiful sunny day like today, the worst part of it

all is, i know from experience, the tragedy what happened to you is sinking in. >> at least nine people died in georgia after days of storms dumped as much as 22 inches of rain in some parts of the state. we've got something to tell you about. starting this tuesday, joy behar is coming to hln with her own show. and here's a sample of what to expect. >> so, i hear the ukraine has turned down elton john's request to adopt a 14-month-old ukrainian boy named lev. who's in charge there? victor yew shan koe? i think i voted him. are you saying that elton john is too old or too gay? uh-huh. he may be gay, but he also happens to be a celebrated humanitarian and knighted by the queen of england, and some people think he is the queen of england.

this baby, this poor baby is unwanted, hiv positive, and stuck in some depressing orphanage that makes abu ghraib look like the presidential sweet at the waldorf with no prospects to move up in the world. where's he going to go? estonia? and here's a chance to be taken in by rich parents who will give him the best health care in the universe and dress him in cashmere huggies. so now sir elton will move on and find some other more tolerant country willing to let him be a dad. meanwhile little lev will turn into a bitter vodka swollen drunk and one day return to that orphanage and say you [ bleep ] i'm living in a dumpster when i could have had front row seats for the rest of my life and hang out with sting and elizabeth hurley. that's a sad story. but maybe that's just me. >> well, there is more joy on the way for you.

the "joy behar show" premieres this tuesday right here on hln. a thrill ride by a drag racing teen turns into a nightmare for one mother. >> he was doing over 100 miles an hour in a car he had for two weeks. that car disintegrated. >> now cops are promoting a new kind of drag racing as a way to keep the streets safer. ( sighs )

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it works, we know it works. >> in 2002, 48 deaths and injuries were blamed on illegal street racing. this year, police said that there's been only one fatality reported. a michigan woman says that the state is threatening to fine her and possibly send her to jail even for babysitting her neighbor's kids. the woman says she's just helping out her friend. the state says she's running an illegal day care. phil dawson with wzzm has the story. >> i was like, oh, my gosh. >> reporter: when she opened the letter from the state department of human services threatening to put her in jail, lisa snyder says she panicked. >> i immediately called my husband, i'm like, oh, my gosh, i'm threatened to be put in jail and fined. >> reporter: she's facing possible prosecution because for a few minutes in the morning two of her friend's little boys wait for the school bus at her house. the school bus stops at the snyder house. >> i'm a bus stop. >> her friends drop her boys off on the way to work and snyder

puts them all on the bus along with her children. >> my 7-year-old was getting on here, that's what started this whole deal. >> my child is only here for 20 minutes and it's not every day. >> how much are you getting paid? >> none. we're friends. we're friends. >> friends helping friends. >> i think this is an embarrassing overreach of our government. >> reporter: state representative brian callie of portland cauglls there threats outrageous. >> threatening to put them in jail or fine them $ 1,000 for helping out their neighbor? >> reporter: introducing a bill that allows someone to babysit as long as they are not the child care business. >> it should be common sense. >> this is a bit ridiculous because we're friends. friends can help out friends. >> we depend on each other. that's how the world should be. >> and thanks again to phil dawson with wzzm for that

report. a spokesman for the michigan department of services would not comment on specifics of the case but say they have no choice but to follow state law. i'm larry smith. you know the tour championship was one of the cooler events of the pga schedule. only 30 golfers are invited. crowds smaller, but play is intense. what a difference tiger woods makes when he is there. a year ago he was out following knee surgery. he woke up this morning atop the leader board with a one-shot lead. tiger with a birdi birdie putt . this sets up another birdie putt for tiger, one-shot lead, they'll play early on today trying to get ahead of the rains later today in atlanta. i'm talking about the hood. all right? i've got guys from granger county where they live in the hood, okay? >> tennessee men's basketball

coach bruce pearl on a joke that was a little less than pc. he appeared later saying the joke was inappropriate, but trying to promote the challenges of players of different backgrounds playing together. >> watch this, first baseman derek lee after a home run. watch this right there, suffers a spasm. he had to leave the game, all this while the cubs are fighting, only in chicago. roadside to pittsburgh, play of the day, this is the japanese prime minister yukio hatoyama with the first pitch that's -- boy, it's not very good. he throws like a pirate pitcher in a way. that's how bad the pirates are. good for him, though, that's sports. at first he said he was against it, but now former president bill clinton says he's

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u.s. army is granting a discharge on other than honorable circumstances to lieutenant latata. he refused to deploy in 2006 arguing that the iraq war was illegal. his court-martial ended in a mistrial in 2007. a judge ruled a second court-martial would violate his constitutional right. michael jackson fans spent the night out here. they started forming lines to get tickets to the film "this is it." the documentary offers a behind the scenes look at jackson rehearsing for his london show just before he died. the tickets go on sale tomorrow. everybody wants to save more and spend less and we have just the guy to help you. join hln money expert clark howard at noon eastern. he's going to show you ways to save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. the clark howard show noon

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the man accused of plotting a bomb attack to coincide with the anniversary of the september 11th attacks is back in new york. a judge has ordered najibullah zazi to remain in custody. authorities say that zazi planted bombs from chemicals he bought from beauty supply stores. the guantanimo bay detention center may not be closed in time to meet the deadline of next january. the white house is running into legal and logistical hurdles to moving more than 220 detainees still there. and tears of joy in north korea today as families who were separated for decades are being reunited.

the reunions are for families separated by the korean war, which ended in 1953 with a cease-fire and no formal peace treaty between north and south korea. and that's a check of your saturday morning headlines here on hln. i'm natasha curry. president obama is weighing options for the direction of the war in afghanistan. but as chris lawrence tells us, there may not be an up side to the choices he's facing. >> reporter: a secret meeting at a secure military base in europe that could help decide the fate of up to 40,000 american troops. cnn has learned general david petraeus and the chairman of the joint chiefs flew to germany for a face to face with their war commander. the goal, to better understand the troops and equipment jen stan mcchrystal needs in afghanistan. but those added troops are based on fighting president obama's current strategy, a counter insurgency against al qaeda and the taliban. officials tell us the

administration was taken aback by general mcchrystal's assessment of afghanistan's problems and the sheer number of troops needed to fix them. >> -- whether adjustments should be made. >> reporter: president obama says he'd only support expanding the insurgency if it's proved to ultimately defeat al qaeda. another consideration is a more limited goal ensuring al qaeda doesn't operate in afghanistan. a just released audio tape allegedly from osama bin laden himself suggests he's listening to that debate. al qaeda warns european nations to leave the u.s.-led coalition and get out of afghanistan. >> reporter: the analyst monitored the recent elections in afghanistan. he says there's a third option on the table besides immediately sending more troops or scaling back the mission. >> i think the leading

alternative contender is a blend of trying to negotiate more with the so-called moderate taliban trying to await improved afghan government performance before we add more resources, trying to do some of what senator levin's saying and try to think of how we can use the afghan security forces more assertively and american forces a little bit less. >> reporter: he says holding off on the troops could give the u.s. more time to pressure the afghan government to say, look, we're not going all in here until you clean up your own corruption. as for negotiating with the moderate taliban, problem is, a senior defense official told me that taliban believe they're winning. and a lot of afghan people believe they're winning. he think it's going to be hard to co-op them right now because who wants to jump ship if you think you're already on the winning side? chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. president barack obama is hailing efforts to get the world's economies back on track. wrapping up the two-day g-20

summit in pithburg, mr. obama said the global economy has been brought back from the brink of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. but his fiscal message was overshadowed by iran's admission that it has a second uranium enrichment facility. this comes just a week before tehran meets with the u.s. and five other western powers. mr. obama says the international community is united in its opposition to iran's nuclear program. >> iran is on notice that when we meet with them on october 1st, they are going to have to come clean, and they are going to have to make a choice. are they willing to go down the path, which i think ultimately will lead to greater prosperity and security for iran, giving up the acquisition of nuclear weapons, and deciding that they are willing to abide by international rules and standards in their pursuit of

peaceful nuclear energy, or will they continue down a path that is going to lead to confrontation? >> tehran quickly fired back in an interview on cnn's "larry king live," iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad called mr. obama's criticism baseless. and he accused the u.s. president of reneging on his call for international unity at the united nations general assembly. >> we did not expect mr. obama within less than 48 years -- 48 hours to basically violate the commitment that he spoke of at the united nations. >> mr. ahmadinejad also commented on the massive post election protests in his country. saying "a few people complained of fraud." and he also dismissed counts of violence against the protestors saying most of the people who were hurt were pro-government. "tonight show" host conan

o'brien is recovering after hitting his head during a stunt for his show. doctors examined him yesterday at a hospital. nbc's keeping quiet about whether he was released. the network is not saying if show production will resume next week. last night they aired a "tonight show" rerun. as for o'brien, he's making light of the mishap. in a statement he said "i was enjoying playing with mrs. lincoln, next thing i knew i was in bed being served cookies and juice yths. a powerful explosion kills eight people and injures 45 others. it happened today in northwest pakistan. police say a suicide bomber packed a car with more than 200 pounds of explosives. they arrested two suspects but did not say how they may be connected to the attack. meanwhile, a separate bombing had a pakistani police station hours earlier killed six people. a california man had a close call with tragedy here when his

car plunged 150 feet right off a steep cliff at devil's slide. for nearly two hours, jesse garcia's car teetered on the rocks inches from the ocean. >> i noticing i was falling backwards and i felt the car leaning towards the right. so it was rotating as it was falling and i can hear and feel the bumps and the car crashes on the rocks. >> garcia managed to call 911, but they had a hard time finding him because of dense fog. then they had to repel down the cliff. luckily garcia was wearing his seat belt and only suffered a few scrapes and a bump on his head. over the last week, we've been talking about some severe flooding in the southeast. and what's in store for the rest of us and that area, as well? let's check in with reynolds wolf for the latest forecast on this weekend. hey, reynolds. >> i'll tell you, i hate to say it, but rain is back in the forecast for parts of the southeast. we had in some spots nearly 2

feet of rainfall. i don't think that's going to be the scenario today. still in spots, poor drainage, low-lying areas, especially in parts of alabama, tennessee, and, of course, unfortunately georgia. we could be dealing with the chance of flash flooding. we already have flash flooded watches and warnings in effect and advisories. not only through parts of just the deep south, but also portions of the appalachians. the reason why is because this area of low pressure, this frontal boundary, everything driving off towards the east where it's going to interact with moisture coming in from both the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean. late day showers and storms certainly a possibility. meanwhile, when you head out to the west, very hot, very dry in many places, including southern california and over parts of the four corners. high temperatures for the day, take a look at this, 81 degrees in memphis, 73 in atlanta, 91 in tampa, 64 in new york, 100 in las vegas, and 105 in phoenix. the tropics continue to stay pretty active. we have a system we're watching out there. this tropical depression eight right here in the middle of the screen. it is forecasted to strengthen a little bit.

if it does, it may become tropical storm grace before the day is over. although at this time it doesn't pose any threat to land. let's hope it stays out of here. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. banks make a lot of money from extra fees. but soon, you, the customer, could get a break. jennifer westhoven's looking out for you. hey, jen. >> this week, some of the big banks decided they were going to trim those nasty overdraft fees. bank of america and wells fargo started it, chase u.s. bank followed, maybe more. the question is, is that going to be enough to pacify congress? congress has been hearing a lot of people saying they are furious after getting socked by overdraft fees, which around $35, and if you make a mistake and get hit with a few in one day, it can be hundreds of dollars in some cases. well, banks don't want to give

them all up. they're a gold mine for them, they brought in $38 billion this year. banks are hoping to give an inch so they can keep most of that revenue stream intact. so bank of america and wells fargo, for example, they're cutting the number of times that they can hit you in a day. it used to be ten times a day, in some cases they can hit you $350 in fees. some banks are also not going to hit you. say you go over by only $10 on your balance, they won't get you for one mistake. congress is getting set to pass new regulations on debit and credit card fees that could possibly protect you. i'm jennifer westhoven looking out for you. >> and you could get more great money advice from jennifer westhoven each weekday on morning express with robin meade from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. a thrill ride by a drag racing teen turns into a nightmare for one mother. >> he was doing over 100 miles an hour in a char that he'd only had for two weeks. that car split into two pieces and completely disintegrated.

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police in san diego are switching lanes on drag racing and hoping to make it safer. yesterday, drivers lined up for the annual law enforcement drag race. it was a sanctioned race at qualcomm stadium. and the aim is to offer teens an alternative to dangerous illegal street racing. >> we're really trying to keep a safer community, safer streets, and they need to bring it on to a track. you just have to racetrack not street, it works, we know it works. >> in 2002, 48 deaths and injuries were blamed on illegal street racing. this year, police said that

there's been only one fatality reported. i'm larry smith. would $10 million cure most of your ails? but when i asked tiger woods if it would ease the pain of not winning any majors this year, he quickly answered no. woods was the overnight leader in atlanta. they began round three early, moving it up to get ahead of the rain projected for letter on in the day. birdie putt on 9, he's at 5 under par entering round three. this is stewart cink who plays here several times a year, and yet on the par 4 10th, puts two tee shots over the fence, quadruple bogey. can i have that ball back? thank you. john lester has beaten cancer, he's optimistic he can get past this. a line drive off his knee. the red sox pitcher had to leave the game last night, but lester does the believe he'll pitch in

his next start for boston and continue on in next month's playoffs. they will be blacked out locally after failing to sell out their game this week, they selled out last week and able to be on tv. lions have lost 19 games in a row, the second worst nfl streak in history. schumaker was being creative, auctioned a dinner with herself in vegas on ebay. the winning bid was only $275, but schumaker has caught some heat in the blog world. gee, what a surprise. she points out that a portion of the winnings does go to breast cancer research. that's sports. at first he said he was against it, but now former president bill clinton says he's had a change of heart. the controversial issue clinton says he now supports. ring ring ring ring.

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he now supports the idea of letting gay couples get married. >> i decided i was wrong. that our society has an interest in coherence and strength. and commitment. and usually the enforcing loyalties in gay couples want to call their union marriage and a state agrees and several have now are a religious body will sanction it and i don't think the state should be able to stop the religious bodies. i don't think the rest of us should get in the way of that. >> he says he does not support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, but thinks a state should be allowed to decide for itself whether or not to legalize it. pope benedict xvi is recounting the evils of communism and urging a return to christiani christianity. at a welcome ceremony at the

airport he talks of how before the communist regime was overthrown in 1989 it persecuted the church. he encouraged czechs to rediscover their christian roots. in 1991, 4 1/2 million czechs said they belonged to the church, a decade later that number dropped to 3.3 million. fbi agents say they've uncovered three terror plots allegedly targeting three u.s. cities. and they say the cases are unrelated. and with all three unfolding in a matter of days, is this a coincidence? or is this a trend here? cnn's jeanne meserve reports. >> reporter: bomb plots allegedly targeting new york, dallas, texas, and springfield, illinois, all unfolding in the same week. although the fbi coordinated the stings in springfield and dallas, authorities say none of these cases is related. some experts say it is pure coincidence that they broke almost simultaneously. but others say the calendar is a factor. >> it is in the vicinity of the

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