>> i'm anderson cooper. each hour we reveal a top ten hero from 2009. the school bus driver hands out hundreds of free meals he makes at home. i'll be back with the next cnn hero and you can start voting for cnn hero of the year who will win $100,000. this is a big week for heros. we'll talk about this one in the bronx yesterday. a man, a 33-year-old shopkeeper said he did what anybody would have done. billy right there on the staircase. he climbed up there when he saw

smoke pouring out of this building and hearing desperate screams coming from the apartment building. fully involved. here he is. a 4-year-old boy. he's taken down out of the window. smoke had billowed out of that. he said the little kid was pretty strong. he held his head up. he said he felt his heart beat. it was faint but he was all right. he continued i made sure i protected him with a curtain because they were throwing glass from on top of the stairs on that fire escape. another be man was also trapped inside. he was carried to safety as well. the hero is the guy who was just walking by and did what he had to do. let's listen. >> i heard somebody scream. i didn't know what was happening outside. when i went i heard screams come from upstairs. when i looked, you couldn't see nothing. there was too much smoke. and i guess i just kicked in

gear. i put the ladder down. i went upstairs and did the best i could. >> quite a story. billy k yy cretan. gets down this morning and proposes to a woman. she said yes. >> all right. live picture from laguardia airport in new york. and that plane is piloted by none other than sullenberger. captain and first officer jeffrey skiles on the deck. that flight is about to take off for charlotte. that was the very route back in january and the same two were in the cockpit when bird strikes took out both engines. 155 people owe their life to the quick thinking crew that landed that plane safely in the hudson river on that cold, january day.

sully is back in the cockpit enthusiastic applause at both ends of this itinerary. he took off earlier from charlotte international airport. he landed safely a few moments ago in laguardia and another plane is about to make a takeoff from laguardia hopefully an uneventful flight back to charlotte. a lot of people will be watching this. we have a story in from the associated press. the autopsy is complete on michael jackson. it has been for a while. we're finding out that the pop star was in overall good health at the time of his death. the ap obtained a copy of the autopsy that says jackson's arms were covered with punctures. his face and neck were scarred and he had tattooed eyebrows and lips but he wasn't sickly. the report says he weighed 139 pounds and his major organs were described as normal.

he had inflamed lungs that left him short of breath. jackson had arthritis in his lower spine according to the report. and in some fingers. mild plaque build up in his leg art arteries. he died on june 25th. no other drugs were detected in his system. rescue workers in western indonesia are digging through piles of rubble in a race to find survivors of two major earthquakes. this woman was one of the lucky ones. she was covered with dust and debris. she was pulled out alive from the ruins of a collapsed building. local hospitals are overwhelmed. that first quake hit yesterday with a magnitude of 7.6. a second strong earthquake jolt jolt jolted an island today. this school is among hundreds of buildings destroyed in just

seconds. 30 kids were inside when the quake stuck yesterday. so far four students have been found alive. six bodies so far found in the rubble. and dozens of kids are still missing. thousands of miles away in the south pacific, an ocean paradise looks like a ghost town. strong aftershocks hit samoa today. more than 150 people dead across the region. that number will go higher. in some areas there's nothing standing. monster waves wiped out whole villages, homes and businesses and tourist resorts. american samoa is a u.s. territory. a u.s. military plane full of aid and supplies arrived today. there's still no signs of a tennessee infant taken from his mother's arms and home. doctors say the nashville woman is recovering from a collapsed lung and several stab wounds. maria was attacked on tuesday by a woman who posed as an immigration agent and snatched

her son. an amber alert has been issued for the boy. nancy grace talked to maria's neighbor about the moments after the baby's abduction. >> what happened when the mom -- when you first saw the mom following the stabbing? >> when she came to my door she said please help me. a woman has stabbed me and she has taken my baby. she's going to kill my baby. >> when you first saw her, when you saw her, the mother, what did she look like? >> she was covered in blood. blood was gushing out of the side of her neck and was coming down her face. it was all down her body. it was just dripping everywhere. >> this is an important question. did she have anything in the front yard like blue balloons or one of those stork posters or

anything celebrating bringing the baby home? >> yes. there was something there saying a baby boy was born at the hospital. there was. new arrival. >> police are retracing her steps before the attack including a visit she made to a walmart nearby. they say a car may have followed her home from the store. tonight a special nancy grace. the case of haleigh cummings. the last person to report seeing little haleigh alive is hiding something. what is misty cummings keeping to herself. exclusive interviews including haleigh's dead and his new wife, misty cummings. don't miss nancy grace's special coverage tonight 8:00 and 10:00 eastern. an american father traveled to japan in a bid to reclaim his son and daughter. according to the u.s., he has sole custody but in japan his wife has the upper hand. we've been talking about this story. now the father is speaking out

from a japanese jail. here's his message to his kids. >> reporter: in a second floor interrogation room we waited for christopher savoie on our side of the glass. police gave us 15 minutes. a stop watch running in the corner. they took our electronic devices, no cameras, no tape recorders and then an emotional christopher savoie entered the room. i'm so scared he said carefully choosing his words and speaking in japanese as required by police during a jail visit. i want americans to know what's happening to me. children have the right to see both parents. it's important for my children to know both parents. police charged him with kidnapping his two children. savoie drove the 8 year old and 6 year old to the u.s. consulate but japanese police arrest eed m from the front gate. in the u.s., he has sole custody but in japan his ex-wife is a

recognized guardian. japanese people think she's a victim here savoie told me. in the states my ex-wife is the one in the wrong. in this rural town in southern japan, those who heard about the case side with the mother even thoughing the u.s. courts awarded custody to the american father. they belong with their real mother says this woman. that cultural divide is what savoie's attorney says is difficult to fight who says japanese law clearly see s savoe as the criminal. he may have committed a crime but he shouldn't be indicted. he did it for the love of his children. savoie wanted us to get this message to his children. i love you isaac, rebecca. your daddy loves you forever. i'll be patient and strong until the day comes that i can see you both again. i am very sorry that i can't be with you. we have reached out to savoie's ex-wife but so far she's not responded to our request for an interview. as far as two children, they've

been returned to her custody. president obama has a lot on his plate dealing with health care reform, iran's nuclear ambitions and now making a personal appeal to get the 2016 olympic games in chicago. would the games be a good idea for the city? we'll get your views next.

president obama will fly nine hours each direction to copenhagen, denmark, to personally pitch chicago as the host city for the 2016 summer olympic games. the competition is fierce. first lady michelle obama is already there chatting up the international olympic committee

on behalf of her hometown. chicago competes against tokyto madrid and rio de janeiro. there will be three or four ballots. they eliminate one city on each ballot. organizers estimate the games will cost at least $3.8 billion. is all of this worth it? is it okay for the president to make this unusual, unprecedented pitch? is america helped or put at risk by this? let's go to calls. should chicago host the games and is the president doing the right thing? jean is on the line in chicago. what do you think? >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i just want to say neither my husband nor i want the olympic games in chicago. we live here. it's not a political decision. we don't belong to any of the protest groups. we voted for president obama. we voted for mayor daley.

what it comes down to is the money. we don't feel that no matter how much it generates in jobs and hotel stays and everything that chicago is going to be able to afford it because we're already so far behind in the way the transit system is and there's a great fear that the people that will have to pay for this are the taxpayers of chicago. >> you'll get the bill later. thanks. >> and to mobile, alabama. what do you think? >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i do disagree with the prior caller. i think that this will be not only great for the economy but it would be great for america as well. we need to do whatever we need to do in order to get our economy back on track. when something is broken, it just doesn't matt magically fix itself. you have to spend it. if you envrenovate your home, y have to spend money to get it the way you want it.

america right now is broken. in order for us to get back on track, we have to invest in it and we have to spend. it's all about investing. >> i see your point. a catalyst for future development. bobby is in san antonio. hi, where are you on this? >> thank you for taking my call. i think that the federal government shouldn't be paying for two airplanes to go over there for one thing. wouldn't the private sector pick it up instead of the public people if it's a good deal? private people should step up on this one and say we'll pay for it and not taxpayers. >> lots of e-mails and facebook messages. lee e-mailed this -- daryn supports rio's bid saying -- martin posted this on my facebook page --

avalon supports the games in chicago but says -- we would love to hear what you think. this bid to get the games in chicago, unprecedented move. call us toll free. e-mail at cnn.com/hln or text views plus comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. chuck roberts hln on facebook. miranda lambert is often called country music's gun toting hottie. we caught up with her in this week's road warriors. ♪ ♪ love's giving up on me . >> i'm miranda lambert. i'm a country music artist and

i'm on the road approximately 150 days a year. when i'm on the bus, this is like my home. i walk up and drink coffee. walk my dogs. everything you do at your own house. we put pictures up on our cork boards to make it homey as possible. things i have to have on the road would be my ipod, lip gloss and my cell phone. and i always have two or three pairs of jeans in my suitcase. i'm dating fellow country singer black shelton. we try to not go two weeks without seeing each other. thank you for looking at my life and my world on the road. we'll see you next time. ♪

funeral services will be held on saturday for derrion albert, the teenager, honor student beaten to death during a gang fight in chicago. police said they are fighting a code of silence as they try to track down more suspects in the case. the whole thing as you know was caught on tape or video.

dozens of young people looked on. it's cell phone video that very day. last night on our sister network cnn chicago's police superintendent vented his frustration. >> this young man was killed. the entire city is outraged. and yet we have got no tips, no calls. >> no one? >> no one has called in that i'm aware of from talking to detectives and provided us with any information. that's unbelievable to me when the offenders are teenagers. they're involved with woer teenagers that go to the same school and no one calls in. we're getting killed by this code of silence. this no snitching rule m. >> four teens have been arrested on first-degree murder charges and investigators are looking for three more suspects. another chicago teen is clinging to life in a hospital after being beaten on a north side street. police have not identified the 14-year-old victim. the boy was chased down by three male attackers who beat him. one allegedly struck him in the

head with a shiny object. the teen is in critical condition with a fractured skull. the man charged with abducting jaycee dugard says he's worried about her legal rights in a letter delivered to a tv news anchor in sacramento, phillip garrido said dugard has been denied access to an attorney while being questioned. he goes on to say that dugard's civil rights have been clearly violated. a county prosecutor says garrido is following the case from jail. he has access to tv and newspapers. garrido and his wife nancy are charged with abducting dugard and holding her hostage for 18 years in their backyard. there's his handwriting in pencil in the letter he sent to a sacramento tv station. a man in a wheelchair tackled a man accused of trying to take a little girl from a walmart in colorado. people began yelling for help as the suspect made a break for the door. cameron was worki ining at a ta in the front of the store.

>> it was so fast. it just happened. i'm not a hero. i did what i was supposed to do. >> the suspect was arrested and charged with sexual assault on a child. local police think about giving cameron an official commendation. )$)$)$)$)$)$)$)$)$$

this story just in from associated press. we learned more about the condition of michael jackson. an autopsy finds the pop superstar was in good health at the time of his death. the ap obtained a copy of the autopsy. it says jackson's arms were covered with punctures. his face and neck were scarred. he had tattooed eyebrows and lips but the autopsy says he wasn't sickly. he weighed 136 pounds within the acceptable range for a 5'9" man. his major organs were considered normal. he did have inflamed lungs that left him short of breath and he

had arthritis in his lower spine. jackson died june 25th after his personal doctor administered sedatives. no other drugs were detected in his system. now to new york. he says he did what anybody would have done when they heard screams. everybody else is calling him a hero and here's the dramatic video that proves it. his name is billy cretan. he was walking by. heard desperate screams. went up the fire escape and was handed that 4-year-old boy by a firefighter. let's listen. >> i told him to get out of the apartment. as soon as he got out, i broke his windows so the smoke would come out faster. >> he inhaled some smoke, he said. he used a curtain to wrap the boy because there was glass being thrown by firefighters breaking windows above him.

so he followed his own instinct. he said he held his hand underneath the boy's neck so he could breathe better. he felt his heartbeat. it was faint but he was all right. he carried him to safety. >> i saw the man first. i told him to get out of the apartment. when he got out i broke windows at the top so the smoke would come out faster. i wanted to clear it out to see what's inside. i realized there was a kid in the next door window. i told him to keep his head out the window and breathe. i didn't want to take out the window frame because it was going to fall out the window. i didn't want to risk that. i said keep your head up and breathe. that kid is lucky to make it. he's a strong kid. >> this morning on abc's "good morning america." >> this is desiree right here.

i have something to tell you. you know that i am a handful already. we both know that. and i promise you one thing, there's never going to be a dull moment. so therefore will you marry me any way? >> yes. >> my goodness. >> how about that for an ending. >> 33-year-old shopkeeper a hero yesterday. boy is in serious but stable condition. he's going to be okay. to the cheers of passengers, the heros of the hudson are back in the air on the same plane really. it's an airbus. this takeoff from laguardia took off much better and without incident compared to the one in january. captain chesley sullenberger flew out ten minutes ago.

the first time the two have been together in a cockpit since they were forced to ditch their plane last january? the hudson. >> if feels normal and natural. like being home again. i've done it for so long been a pilot for seo many years and thousands of hours that now after a few months requalified and refresher training and all of the skills come right back. it's like you never left. >> sullenberger and skiles are on a return trip to charlotte. they're in the air right now en route to charlotte douglas. it's the very route they were trying to fly back in january when a flock of birds knocked out both engines and forced them to ditch their plane in the hudson river. as you well know, 155 people survived. rescue workers in western indonesia are frantically digging through piles of rubble at a race to find survivors of two major earthquakes. this woman was lucky to be

alive. she was covered with dust and bruises but pulled out alive from the ruins of a collapsed building. at least 530 people were killed and hospitals are overwhelmed. the first cake hit yesterday with a magnitude of 7.6. terrified residents were volted by a second strong earthquake today. officials fear the death toll may soar into the thousands. unicef said tens of thousands of people are homeless. one-third of them children. this school is among hundreds of buildings destroyed in second. 30 children were inside when the quake struck yesterday. so far four students have been found alive. six bodies found so far in the rubble and dozens of kids are missing. thousands of miles away in the south pacific, an ocean paradise looks like a ghost town. tuesday a magnitude 8 quake unleashed a killer tsunami. 150 people are dead across the region. the number will go higher. in some areas nothing is standing. monster waves wiped out entire

villages, homes, businesses and a number of tourist reports. american samoa is in u.s. territory. planes with aid arrived today. the earthquakes in indonesia and south pacific are not connected although both happen in the vast region known as the ring of fire known for major seismic activity. one of the world's most active fault lines there are frequent volcanic eruptions and half of the world's active volcanos above sea level are part of that ring that stretches all of the way along the pacific rim from south america up to alaska and over to asia and down into the south pacific. compelling story of what happened with the tsunami as it struck the south pacific. one man talks about his experience and how it compares to what he saw in sri lanka in 2005. >> i went into town after the

traffic subsided and the road was already passable and there was debris everywhere. houses wiped out and trucks buses on the road tipped over. they were like boats like 100 meters inward. it was just a big total mess. i didn't see -- i came across a friend of mine who owns two hardware shops. >> another friend of mine was staying at the hotel here right after the waves subsided he saved a lady.

it was really devastating. the wave came in and it was like 15, 20 foot water level. back in 2005 in sri lanka and it's almost the same. i've seenvil villages wiped outd the debris was everywhere. it gave me that feeling that i was back in sri lanka. >> talk about deja vu. our thanks to our i-reporter. go to ireport.com and click on upload now link. white house spokesman robert gibbs says changes to the military strategy in afghanistan will not be made for a couple of weeks. president obama met with his national security team about this yesterday. the top u.s. commander in

afghanistan has said the situation is not getting any better and he may request more troops. the national security team meets again next week on the same subject. we're getting word of progress from talks between iran and world powers in geneva. a lot is at stake. the foreign policy chief says iran agreed to cooperate fully and immediately with the u.n. nuclear agency. he didn't explain exactly what that means. he also says iran plans to invite u.n. inspectors to a uranium enrichment facility soon which is the facility that iran admitted a couple days ago that it was secretly building south of tehran. a u.s. official held a rare meeting with his iranian counterpart on the sidelines of the general ev geneva talks and another meeting is in the works before the end of the month. the h1n1 vaccine is ready to go. that doesn't mean folks don't have plenty of questions about it. we'll address your concerns next.

president obama makes a very quick trip to denmark tonight so he can personally pitch chicago as the host city for the 2016 summer olympics. the first lady is already in copenhagen chatting up the international olympic committee on behalf of her hometown. chicago is competing against rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid for the games. the windy city is the favorite to win the vote tomorrow. we want to know what you think. should the president travel to denmark to help chicago get the 16 games? you can give us a call.

you can also text views plus your comment and name to hlntv. i got a facebook page. hln chuck roberts. standard text rates apply. at least 150 lives have been claimed by the tsunami that truck samoa and american samoa on tuesday and the toll could have been greater if residents had not received warnings minutes before the crushing waves slammed in. who actually issues those warnings? cnn.com has an exclusive look behind the scenes to find out and live anchor melissa long joins us with that. >> we talk about those response centers. the tsunami warning centers because we all know how devastating and destructive the tsunamis can be. think back to 2004 and what happened with the tragedy in the indian ocean. we'll take you behind the scenes so you know about these warnings centers. the scientists have minutes to interpret the raw data coming in from all across the globe and decide whether or not to issue a warning that could impact

millions of people. they are the first line of defense. timing is crucial. it's key. one to five minutes can pass between the time you actually have an earthquake and when data reaches the experts. it all comes in from relay stations across the globe as i mentioned which send out data. this is a time crunch. scientists can't wait for all of the information to arrive. >> it can be a lot of pressure at first. you have to get used to that. i've been here four years and i haven't gotten used to it but you do have a lot of responsibility on your shoulders and you have to act quickly and sometimes you have to issue your first initial messages based on incomplete information. >> since the tsunami in 2004 the staff has doubled at the u.s. pacific warning center. the scientists there are on assignment. two-day shifts and then they sleep in the on-site housing.

if you want to learn more about what's it's like to live and work on tsunami front lines go, to our website and find more information on a living page of cnn.com. >> i heard tsunamis move at 500 miles an hour. amazing. h1n1 vaccine ready to go but shipments will be sent out and available next week. there are concerns? >> there are a lot of questions. people have a lot of unanswered questions. we're trying to answer those questions on your website. you'll find q and a on the health pages of cnn.com. we rely on medical experts to answer your most pressing questions. one of the concerns is just how quickly the vaccine was produced but the national institutes of health say there's no serious side effects among patients so far and they have seen a very good response. what about availability? a lot of people want to know about that. the first shipments will be ready next week. most people will not have access to them for several more weeks.

parents have many questions. no serious complications with pregnant women. pregnant women are at high risk. they are especially vulnerable to h1n1. some parents are concerned about the shots containing the controversial mercury based preservative. some shots will and some won't have it. you have to ask your provider and centers for disease control say there is no scientific evidence that this preservative mercury based is harmful. we're just getting a few questions answered. there are more. you can find answers on health pages of cnn.com. >> inhalable version as well. >> a couple versions. exactly. >> we'll be right back.

for the first time we learn details of elizabeth smart's kidnapping appeal. she was raped repeatedly every day by her alleged abductor when she was 14 years old. she testified today in federal court for the first time she's on the record about her 2002 kidnapping. she says brian david mitchell was motivated by sex and used religion to get what he wanted. mitchell is charged in her

abduction. smart took the stand for his latest competence proceeding. the court ruled twice he's incompetent to stand trial. a tennessee man accused of abducting his own children in japan insists he did nothing wrong. christopher savoie tells cnn he's scared he may never see his kids again. he said he's ex-wife took the children to japan in violation of their custody agreement though japanese law considers her the sole guardian. cnn was granted a jail house interview with him but no cameras were allowed. savoie says -- savoie also has a message to his children. he says --

a funeral on saturday for derrion albert. a chicago police said they're fighting a code of silence as they try to track down more suspects in the case. the whole thing was caught on cell phone video as dozens of young people looked on. last night on cnn, chicago's police superintendent vented his frustration. >> this young man was killed, the entire city is outraged. and yet we have gotten no tips, no calls -- >> no one? >> no one has called in and provided us with any information. that is unbelievable to me when the offenders are teenagers. they're involved with other teenagers that go to the same school and no one calls in. we are literally getting killed by this code of silence, this no-snitching rule. and we have to work hard to overcome it.

>> fourteens have been arrested. investigators are looking for three more suspects. former alaska governor sarah palin is topping the charts. her forthcoming book is a top seller at amazon.com. hln's joy behar can't take palin seriously no matter how much conservatives like ann coulter promote her. >> nobody wanted to hear john mccain. sarah palin would show up and she got audiences bigger than obama. >> well, she's prettier that's about it. >> she's more coherent. >> ann, i like you. she's not coherent. >> she's totally coherent. >> she's not. the woman cannot construct a sentence. that's the reason she doesn't allow the media to come into her speeches because she -- >> no, no, no. >> nobody understands what she's talking about. she's like a --

>> her guest tonight is michael moore. michael vick is out of prison and playing in the league again. what about the reports one big corporate sponsor may be ready to welcome him back?

i'm anderson cooper. every hour today, we're revealing one of our top ten cnn heroes for 2009. from chattanooga, tennessee, meet jordan thomas. jordan lost his legs in a boating accident and now provides prosthetics for children in need. i'll be back in an hour with our next top ten cnn hero. go to cnn.com/heroes and start voting for the cnn hero of the year. a frantic search for survivors in two disaster zones. thousands of miles apart. shattered lives and rising death tolls in the south pacific and indonesia. the pictures you have to see to

understand the depth of the devastation. and a great story here. a complete stranger rescues a child from a burning building. what he says led him to the 4-year-old boy and the next risk he took just one day after the rescue. police hunt for more suspects in the horrible beating that left a chicago teen dead. like us, they have seen the video of that vicious attack but it's what they need to hear that is keeping the investigation in limbo. it is october 1st, 2009. so glad you're with us. i'm susan hendricks. you're watching hln "news and views." we start with breaking news on the overall health of michael jackson when he died. the autopsy concludes the pop superstar was basically in good health. the "associated press" obtained a copy after that report. it says michael jackson weighed 136 pounds, that is within the acceptable range for a 5'9" man. he had tattooed eyebrows and lips and was balding. his heart was strong but had

chronically inflamed lungs that left him short of breath. he also had arthritis in his lower spine and some fingers and mild plaque build-up in his leg arteries. jackson's face and neck were scarred, presumably from plastic surgery procedures. and we have heard that his arms were covered are punctures, but he wasn't sickly and his major organs were normal. jackson died an june 25th after his personal doctor administered an anesthetic and two other sedatives as well. no other drugs were detected in his system. to indonesia where rescue workers are frantically digging through piles of rubble in a race to find survivors of two major earthquakes. this woman you see here being pulled out shl, she's one of th lucky ones. she was being pulled aout alive from the runs of that collapsed building. 135 people people were killed. local hospitals are overwhelmed. the first earthquake hit yesterday at a magnitude after

7.6. a second strong earthquake rocked sumatra island today take a look at this school. this is among hundreds of buildings destroyed in just seconds. 30 children were icd when yesterday's quake struck. four students have been found alive. six bodies were found in the rubble. dozens of children are still missing. and thousands of miles away in the south pacific, an ocean paradise is in shambles. strong aftershocks rattled samoa, american samoa and tonga today. a magnitude 8.0 quake unleeched a killer tsunami there. more than 150 people are dead across the region. that number is expected to climb even higher. in some areas, nothing is left. monster waves wiped out entire villages.

homes, businesses and a number of tourist resort, a mess as well. american samoa is a u.s. territory. a military plane with aid arrived there today. we have some good news to bring you. to the cheers of passenger, the heroes of the hudson are back in the air and this time, their takeoff went much better than their last one. captain chesley sullenberger and his co-pilot flew out of laguardia airport a short time ago. it is the first time the two have been together in a cockpit since they were forced to ditch their plane in the hudson last january. >> feels normal, natural. i've done it for so long, been a pilot for so many years, even after an absence of a few months, you get back the training and requalified and refresher training, all the skills come right back. it's like it never left. >> he is such a pro.

he says it feels natural. sullenberger and skiles are on a return trip to charlotte after this morning's successful flight to laguardia. it was the same route they were flying back in january when a flock of geese knocked out their engines and they landed their plane in the hudson river. he says he just did what anyone would have done. everyone else is calling him a hero. we agree. we have the dramatic video that proves it. when he heard desperate screams coming from an apartment building in the bronx, horia cretan took this boy and carried him to safety. the boy is expected to recover. >> i saw the old man first. and i told him to get out of the apartment. as soon as he got out, i broke his windows at the top so the smoke will come out faster. i wanted to clear something else and see what's inside.

then i realized there was a kid on the next-door window. but i told him to keep his head out the window and breathe. that's the best he could do. i didn't want to take out the window -- the frame because he was going to fall out of the window. i told him, keep your head out and breathe. he's a strong kid. >> what he did was certainly heroic. and he used all the media attention to propose to his girlfriend on live tv. and she did accept. to tennessee now, there is still no signs of that infant taken from his mother's home. doctors say the nashville woman is covered from a collapsed lung and several stab wounds. she was attacked by a woman, she says, posed as an immigration official and snatched her newborn son. an amber alert has been issued for the baby. nancy grace spoke to the woman's neighbor -- >> what happened when the woman -- when you first saw the

mom following the stabbing? >> when she came to my door, she said, please help me, a woman has stabbed me and she has taken my baby. she's going to kill my baby. >> when you first saw her, when you saw her, the mother, what did she look like? >> she was covered in blood. blood was gushing out of the side of her neck. it was coming down her face. it was all down her body. it was just dripping everywhere. >> ms. kimble, did she have anything in the front yard like blue balloons or one of those stork posters or anything celebrating bringing the baby home? >> yes, there was something there saying baby boy was born at the hospital. there was. new arrival. >> police are now retracing the

woman's steps before the attack, including a visit she made to a local walmart. shi say a car may have followed her home from the store. don't miss nancy grace tonight. the last person to reportedly she haleigh cummings alive, police say, is hiding something. exclusive interviews with key players, including haleigh's dad and the woman in question, his new wife, misty cummings. wat watch "nancy grace" tonight. a little girl is snatched from a walmart toy aisle. when the suspect tries to get away from her, a hero on wheels brought him to the ground. he describes the takedown.

unemployment, corruption and abandonment are some of the plagues eating away at the city of detroit. but it's the things that many people don't see, like what's happening in the city's morgues that speak louder about detroit's struggle. poppy harlow reports. we should warn you here, some of the images may be disturbing. take a look. >> reporter: 67 bodies and counting at freezing temperatures, they wait, unclaimed. some for up to five years. >> this is our freezer. >> reporter: chief investigator albert samuels is in his 13th year at detroit's wayne county morgue and says he's never seen anything like it a. record number of unclaimed corpses filling the freezer at 1300 east warren street. >> i have to believe it's because of the economic problems we're having. some people don't come forward even though they may know the

people here. they don't have the money. >> reporter: darryl and cheryl did come forward. and they had just identified their late aunt. but like more and more people in detroit, they left their loved one behind. >> we try to do everything we can. but the money is just not there. >> reporter: the money would usually be there, but with detroit's economic struggles, wayne county's budget for burying the unclaimed dead ran out in june. people can apply to the state for funds, but it can take weeks, sometimes months for an application to be processed. >> to be pushed to the side and say that there's no financing or no help available, you know, it breaks your heart to know that you have a loved one sitting there in cold storage and there's nothing you can do for them. >> reporter: dr. carl schmidt says although such destation has become a daily reality, the

ramifications speak volumes. >> one of the ways that we look back historically and look at a culture's evolution is how they dispose of their dead. we see people here that society was not taking care of before they died, and society is having difficulty taking care of them even after they're dead. >> what kind of peace is the body getting sitting in a morgue in cold storage? >> reporter: positive resolution to this story, thankfully, their aunt will not remain in cold storage. since we first met the vickers, they were able to scrape together the $695 they needed to cremate their aunt. that came from social services, social security and their aunt's church. but it's really the other bodies that remain. more than 60 in the morgue freezer that tell a much darker story about detroit right now. that's just one of the many

stories we're doing on detroit. full coverage right there at cnnmoney.com/detroit. it's all part of assignment detroit. >> and an angle you wouldn't have ever thought of. thanks, poppy. a man in a wheelchair tackled a man accused of trying to take a little girl from a walmart in colorado. police say people in the store started yelling for help as the suspect moved fast. he made a break for the door. a man was working at a table at the front of the store. here's what he did. >> it was so fast, i didn't think about it. it just happened. i'm not a hero. i did what i was supposed to do. >> he tackled the guy. the suspect was arrested and charged with sexual assault on a child. local police are thinking about giving him an official honor. president obama will make a quick trip to denmark tonight to personally pitch chicago as the host city for the 2016 summer olympics. first lady michelle obama is in copenhagen now chatting up the international olympic committee

on behalf of her hometown. chicago is competing against rio de janeiro, madrid and tokyo for the games. british bookmakers see the windy city as the odds-on favorite to win the vote tomorrow. should president obama travel to denmark to help chicago get the 2016 olympics? do you think it's a waste of time? give us a call and let us know what you think. you can e-mail us, cnn.com/hln. and you can text, text the word "views" plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we go to baghdad where the power of the sun is being harassed. our reporter reports on how solar power is transforming iraqi health clinics. >> reporter: there's new hope for patients of this clinic in baghdad. not because of the medicines inside, but because of equipment installed outside. this medical center is one of only three clinics in all of iraq to use solar energy for

power. why is it a big deal? iraq's power grid is so unreliable and blackouts so frequent, most clinics can only open a few hours a day. >> this is a hot spot. people here need many services, especially at night. >> reporter: for this doctor, the frequent blackouts meant dropping child vaccinations. without reliable power, the vaccines couldn't be kept cool. that changed with the solar panels. >> that means we can give them services and we can give medical aids for them 24 hours. >> reporter: a clinic that stays open round the clock is unimaginable in iraq. besides providing jobs and medical care, it also brings hope. panels were installed, the doctor had to rely on diesel generators like this one. solar energy is cleaner and should be far more cost effective. there are 64 solar panels on the

roof of the clinic, installed about four months ago and with great fan fare. the panels are linked to batteries on the ground floor. the equipment automatically runs off the batteries. when one battery loses its charge, another kicks in. the solar panel technology was underwritten by the u.s. military and supported by the iraqi health ministry. solar systems are now installed at three clinics. the latest opened last week. colonel joseph martin on hand for the grand opening says now the doctors can concentrate on what they're good at. >> everything within the clinic operates under this system, air conditioners to medical equipment to refrigerators, everything. so it allows the doctors to focus on their patients instead of focusing on what's supporting them in the system. >> reporter: but not always. before we visited the doctor's clinic, one tampered with a key circuit board preventing the clinic from using electricity stored in the batteries. until it's fixed, the clinic is back to using that unreliable diesel generator.

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marxist. i take exception. i'm not a marxist. i own property. okay, it's in foreclosure, but still. this name-calling doesn't bother me. i'm used to it. bill o'reilly ones called me a pinhead. and a christian columnist called me a fatty boom bladdy, which version of the bible does he read? let me say something to you, i am a mature woman capable of intelligence discourse. i love to engage in cogent debate and partake in well-informed conversation. i relish the thought of sitting down with all of my adversaries. so, glenn, rush, bill, i invite all of you to come on the show and discuss things like rational adult, even if you are a big bunch of doody-heads. but that's just me. >> catch "the joy behar show"

right here on hln weeknights. funeral services will be held saturday for derrion albert, the honor student beaten to death during a gang fight in chicago. police say they are fighting a code of silence as they try to track down more suspects in the case. the whole thing was caught on tape as dozens of young people looked on. last night on cnn, chicago's police superintendent vented his frustration. >> this young man was killed, the entire city is outraged. and yet we have gotten no tips, no calls -- >> are you serious? no one? >> no one has called in and provided us with any information. that is unbelievable to me when the offenders are teenagers. they're involved with other teenagers that go to the same school and no one calls in. we are literally getting killed by this code of silence, this no-snitching rule. and we have to work hard to overcome it. >> so far police have arrested four teens and investigators are

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ooh, that is one big hairball. ( cat meows ) pick up pet hair. that's the beauty... of the pledge fabric sweeper. you'll find it where you find pledge. s.c. johnson, a family company. breaking news regarding the overall health of michael jackson when he died. the autopsy concludes the superstar was basically in good health. the "associated press" obtained a copy of that report. it says that jackson weighed 136 pounds, within the acceptable range for a 5'9" man. he had tattooed eyebrows and lips and was balding. his heart was strong but had chronically inflamed lungs that left him short of breath. he also had arthritis in his lower spine and some fingers and mild plaque build-up in his leg arteries. the autopsy also states that jackson's face and neck were scarred, presumably from plastic surgery procedures.

and his arms were covered with punctures. but he wasn't sickly and his major organs were normal. jackson died an june 25th after his personal doctor administered an anesthetic and two other sedatives. no other drugs were detected in his system. to indonesia where the death toll risen dramatically after two dramatic earthquakes hit the sumatra island. at least 1,100 people were killed. rescue workers are frantically digging through piles of rubble in a race to find survivors. this woman is one of the lucky ones. she was covered with dust, bruises. she was pulled out alive from the ruins of that collapsed building. the first quake hit yesterday at a magnitude of 7.6. a second strong quake jolted sumatra island today. officials fear the death toll may soar even higher. this school is among hundreds of buildings destroyed in just seconds. 30 children were inside when yesterday's quake struck.

so far four students, just four, have been found alive. six bodies were found in the rubble. dozens of children are still missing. thousands of miles away in the south pacific, an ocean paradise looks like this. a ghost town. strong aftershocks rattled samoa, american samoa and tonga today. on tuesday, a magnitude 8.0 quake unleashed a killer tsunami there. more than 150 people are dead across the region and that number will probably go higher as well. in some areas, nothing is left. monster waves wiped out entire village, homes, businesses and a number of tourist resorts as well. american samoa is a u.s. territory. a u.s. military plane loaded with aid arrive there had today. the first round of nuclear talks between iran and world powers has wrapped up in geneva. the eu's foreign policy chief says iran has agreed to cooperate fully and immediately with the u.n. nuclear agency.

he didn't explain what exactly that meant. secretary of state hillary clinton took a more cautious approach telling reporters it remain to be seen if iran will follow through and come clean about its nuclear program. another meeting between all of the parties is in the works before the end of the month. to the cheers of passengers, the heroes of the hudson are back in the air and this time, their takeoff went much smoother than their last one. captain chesley sullenberger and first officer jeffrey skiles flew out of laguardia airport. it's the first time the two have been in the cockpit together since they were forced to ditch their plane in the hudson last january. it feels normal, it feels natural. i've done it for so long, been a pilot for so many years, even after an absence of a few months, you get back in the training and get requalified,

all the skills come right back. it's like you never left. >> he is a pro. sullenberger and skiles are just landed in charlotte after this morning's successful flight to new york. live pictures there of that us airways flight. it is the same route that they were flying in january when a flock of geese knocked out their engines and they landed their plane in the hudson river, therefore calling it the miracle on the hudson. everyone is calling this next man a hero. we have the dramatic video that we think proves it. horia cretan rushed up the fire escape as smoke billowed out of a bronx apartment building. cretan wrapped a 4-year-old boy and carried him to safety. >> i heard somebody scream. i didn't know what was happening outside. as soon as i went, i heard the screams coming from upstairs. when i looked, you couldn't see nothing, it was too much smoke. i guess i just kicked in gear.

i put the ladder down. i went upstairs and did the best i could. >> he moved fast. truly a hero. and he used the media attention to take another big risk, live on abc's "good morning america" -- >> this is desiree right here. i have something to tell you. and you know that i'm a handful already. we both know that. and i promise you one thing, there's never going to be a dull moment. so therefore, will you marry me anyway? >> yes. >> oh, my goodness, wow. >> a great ending to this story. and some more great news regarding that young boy that he rescued, he is expected to recover. president barack obama will make a quick trip to denmark tonight to personally pitch chicago as the host city for the 2016 summer olympics. first lady michelle obama is in

copenhagen right now chatting up the international olympic committee on behalf of her hometown. chicago is competing against rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid for the games. british bookmakers see the windy city as the odds-on favorite to win the vote tomorrow. should president obama travel to denmark to help chicago get the 2016 olympics? let us know what you think. you can shoot us an e-mail. and we love taking your text messages as well. standard teshgs ratxt rates app 6 million to 7 million doses of the h1n1 vaccine could be available as early as next week. and the government expects 75 million doses to be available by the end of the year. but as we worry about how much of the vaccine will be on hand, will hospitals be able to handle a major outbreak? >> reporter: hospital beds could

be scarce this flu season. the nonprofit trust for america's health says if 35% of americans get sick from h1n1 during the peak of the outbreak, hospitals in 15 states could be overwhelmed. the trust for america's health gauged its estimates using a predictive model called flu surge, developed by the centers for disease control and prevention. that 35% number, just over 100 million americans, falls toward the low end of the government's estimate that 30% to 50% of the population could contract h1n1. if the flu surge model proves accurate, it will be the hardest to find a hospital bed in the northeast corridor. with medical centers in virginia, maryland, delaware, new jersey, new york, connecticut and massachusetts all over capacity. delaware would have the hardest time. the model predicts more than two sick people for every hospital bed in delaware at the outbreak's peak. for today's health minute, i'm susan hendricks.

at least 150 lives have been claimed by the tsunami that struck samoa and american samoa on tuesday. and the toll could have been even greater if residents hadn't received warnings moments before the crushing waves arrived. but who actually issues those warnings? that's a question many of us have. cnn.com has an exclusive look behind the scenes to find out. melissa long joins us with more on that. a question a lot of people are wondering about. >> reporter: there are new

tsunami warning centers. we're taking you behind the scenes in these centers and introducing you to the scientists and telling you what they do because we all know how devastating and destructive the tsunamis can be. think back to 2004 and the tragedy in the indiana ocean. let's take you behind the scenes. the scientists who actually staff these centers have mere minutes, just minutes to interpret the raw data coming in from across the globe and decide whether or not to issue a warning that could impact millions of people. there's between one and five minutes from between when the earthquake happens to when the data is actually sent to the centers. but it comes from relay stations around the world and they constantly send out data. and the scientists may have to actually make their decisions without actually having all the information. since the 2004 tsunami which we've mentioned, the staff has doubled at the u.s. pacific warning command center. scientists there work two-day shifts and they sleep in the on-site housing. want to learn more about what it's like to live and work at the tsunami front lines, to be

the contact point? go to the living pages of cnn.com. >> great stuff on the site today. also, the h1n1 vaccine is ready to go, many shipments sent out already. but there are many concerns and questions remaining about the h1n1 vaccine, if people should get it or not. >> reporter: and we're trying to answer those questions right now. the most pressing question, go to the health pages of cnn.com. and we're relying on medical experts to answer your questions. one concern, how quickly the vaccine was produced. but the nih says no serious side effects among the patients so far and they've seen a good response. what about availability? that's what a lot of people want to know. the first shipments will be ready next week. most people still don't have access to them for several weeks. expecting parents have a lot of questions including pregnant women, of course. 60 have been vaccinated so far. no serious complication. pregnant women are considered high-risk. they fall into that group and they are especially vulnerable to h1n1.

parents have asked about the shots and whether or not they contain a controversial mercury-based preservative. some shots do, some shots don't. you have to ask your provider, the cdc says there's no scientific evidence that this preserve incentive is harmful. we went to a couple of questions right there. go to the health pages and you can have the complete q & a. >> a lot of great information for our huers. there is an exciting addition to our primetime lineup. it's called "the joy behar show." it aired every night at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. last night she chatted with bill maher over the arrest of roman polanski. >> why is the hollywood community rallying behind roman polanski? do you have any idea what's going on there? >> i don't. i'm certainly not rallying behind roman polanski. i'm the guy who doesn't particularly like children. i don't have a dog in that kind of fight.

but i find, if you give a 13-year-old girl a qua -- lude and do her against her will, if that's not a crime, i don't know where we draw the line here. >> exactly. . >> catch "the joy behar show" right here on hln. tonight's guest will be michael moore. do you ever wish you could have a tour guide around whenever and wherever you travel? we're connecting you to some of the best hidden spots in some of america's cities. it's part of a series we're calling "my city, my secret." today, an insider tour of cincinnati. and your guide today is dahony jones. take a look. >> what's going on? don't forget, cincinnati is my city.

these are some of my best-kept secrets. you're at the mt. adams bar and grill. i come here because everybody knows my name. they have good music, bartenders are cool, the food is absolutely fantastic. we are in downtown cincinnati at the aronov center. this is art central, musicals, gallery showings. premier place for people to come express themselves. we're in eden park, bring your family and your friends. what's unique about eden park, it's in the city, next to the river and it has these magnificent lakes. i might wander down with one of my model airplanes. sometimes i run my radio-controlled cars. other times i set off rockets. i live in my own world. i take advantage of the space. the tour is over. sorry, i have to go. but i hope you enjoyed some of the best-kept secrets of the great town of cincinnati.

i'm jane velez-mitchell and here's my issue. "new york daily news said it all." no booze in blood. the nypd cop who allegedly killed a woman while drunk behind the wheel was given seven plus hours to take a sobriety test, seven hours to sober up. and surprise, surprise, there wasn't a hint of alcohol in his system when he was finally tested. "new york post" says police are investigating the first cops on the scene, whether they allegedly tried to help out their buddy giving him chewing gum and water to mask the smell of alcohol. now, i'm not naive. i realize this probably happens all the time. but that old blue wall of silence isn't what it used to be, people. with 24-hour news and cameras everywhere, cops trying to sweep something under the rug, it just ends up taking everyone down. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue.

>> find out what else jane has on her mind. watch "issues with jane velez-mitchell" every night at 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. easing the housing crisis has been anything but easy. even a federal plan to revitalize neighborhoods full of foreclosures hit a major snag because banks haven't been willing to lend. one woman's six-month-long odyssey to get a home in this edition of "money and main streets." >> thank you. >> reporter: finally, lisa has the key to a new home, the first she's ever owned. . when's the house-warming party? >> right now. >> reporter: but this has been a test of endurance. she bought the house with the help of the government's nsp which has $6 billion to help people buy foreclosed homes. but most of the money hasn't been spent yet and how it's distributed varies from state to

state. but in phoenix, arizona, the goal is to help 900 homebuyers. but six months into the program, lisa is just the is the third pn to close on a home. what has it been like? >> it's been rough. it's been a long process. >> reporter: tired? >> no. i was more annoyed. >> reporter: since june we tracked her progress through the neighborhood stabilization program. one program offers $15,000 to cover down payment and closing costs. the idea was to help banks get foreclosed homes off their books and neighborhoods from deteriorating in value. her real estate agent didn't think banks got the memo. did you find banks were eager to deal with you? >> no. every bank except fannie mae was unreceptive to the program. >> reporter: the housing

department official in phoenix says people like lisa are competing with real estate investors. they offer the banks cash usually at a lower price. lisa bid on nearly 30 homes before striking a deal. >> do you think this is money well spent? >> i do. any time you stabilize a neighborhood, that is a fabric of our community. ghost towns don't do anybody any good. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: maria is trying to build momentum. she tried to organize this spanish language telethon to get the word out. city housing officials say another 7 the families have been approved and are ready to start home shopping. everyone agrees this program is off to a good start but the neighborhood stabilization program won't last forever. it is set to expire toward the end of next year.

ed lavendera, phoenix, arizona. a 5-year-old, a loaded weapon and unarmed alligator, what possibly could go on? nothing if you are on the hunt. more on this preschooler.

every hour we are revealing one of our top ten cnn heroes from 2009. meet budi sehardi. this pilot funds a home in asia. go to cnn.com/heroes and vote for the hero of the year who will win $100,000. we are covering the countdown of cnn's hero finalists at hln. now let's look at the headlines. breaking news on the overall health of michael jackson when he died. the pop superstar was basically

in good health. the associate press obtained a copy of the report and it reveals he weighed 136 pounds, within the acceptable range for a 5'9" man, he had tattooed eyebrows and lips, was balding, his heart was strong, chronically inflamed lungs. he suffered from a disease that left him patches of white skin. arthritis in his lower spine, his face and neck were reported to be scarred reportedly from plastic surgery. his arms were covered with punctures. his major organs were called normal. he died july 25th after his personal doctor administered an anesthetic and two sedatives. no other drugs were found in his system. the heroes of the hudson,

sully sullenberg and jeffrey skiles have flown together and already landed. landed 25 minutes early. the first time they have flown together since they were forced to ditch their plane in the hudson just after takeoff last january. >> it feels normal. it feels natural. like being home again. i've been a pilot for so many years, decades, thousands of hours even after an absence of a few months the training and requalified and have a refresher training all the skills come right back. it is like it never left. >> the route they took was the same one they had flown in january when a flock of geese knocked out the engines as the plane was climbing out of laguardia and forced the crew to land their plane in the hudson river. sullenberger and skiles will

hold a news conversation in 30 minutes from charlotte. when he got into if cockpit he said this is your captain speaking. and the whole crew and all the passengers cheered repeatedly. as he just made the normal preflight announcements. he said what he just did would happen to anybody and anybody would respond as he did. everybody else calls him a hero. we have dramatic video from the bronx that proves it. when he heard desperate screams coming from a burning apartment building. billy fratan ran up the fire escape. a firefighter handed him a little boy. he wrapped him in a curtain. there were shards of glass. the little boy is fine. he is expected to recover. >> i saw the man first and told him to get out of the apartment. as soon as he got out i wanted

to clear the windows so the smoke would come out. i realized there was a kid in the next door window. i told him to keep his head out of the window and breathe. i didn't want to take out the window. what do you call it. >> the frame. >> the frame. the kid is lucky to make it. he is a strong kid. >> he took another big risk. he proposed to his girlfriend on live tv. she accepted. the brutal beating death of a high school student in chicago has sent shock waves through the city. now a 14-year-old boy is clinging to life after being beaten on a northside street. police have not identified the victim. he was chased down by three male attackers who beat him repeatedly. one allegedly struck him in the head with a shiny object. he has a fractured skull. funeral services for derrion

albert are set for saturday. police say they are up against a code of silence as they try to track down the rest of the suspects. the whole incident caught on cell phone video. last night on cnn chicago's police superintendent vented his frustration. >> this young man was killed. the entire city is outraged and yet we have got no tips, no calls from students -- >> are you serious, no one? >> no one has called in and provided us with any information. that is unbelievable to me when the offenders are teenagers, they're involved with other teenagers that go to the same school and no one calls in. we are literally getting killed by this code of silence, this no snitching rule. >> so far police have arrested fourteens on first-degree murder charges. they are looking for three more suspects. in indonesia the death toll has reached at least 1,100

people in the aftermath of two large earthquakes. rescue workers are digging through piles of rubble. hospitals are overwhelmed. the first quake hit yesterday, 7.6. another earthquake hit today. thousands of miles away in the south pacific here is what is left of an ocean paradise. strong aftershocks rattled samoa, american samoa andening too. more than 150 people are dead. the philippines could get another pounding from a powerful storm. they are reeling from a typhoon that killed 200. what is going on with the disasters in the pacific rim? let's go to meteorologist chad meyers with more. this is the ring of fire. >> it is, chuck. it includes part of the west coast of the u.s. all of these yellow dots are earthquakes that have happened, not large ones, but certainly

the earth moving in california. a couple of 5.0s in california. alaska is part of the ring. this is the pacific ocean. this is the north atlantic continent colliding into the pacific along the west coast and as far south as australia where other earthquakes were clearly as this tsunami hit in samoa, american samoa. not technically in the ring, but the plates are crashing here with australian plate as well back into the trench along sumatra. '04 with a 9.3, 300,000 people killed and a few days ago and the new one. this has been a crazy couple of days across parts of the pacific ocean. this included. this is a brand new typhoon. typhoon parma, p-a-r-m-a.

if you remember, there was ketsana a few days ago. this is going to get to the point of concern to me. manila is like panama. four, four, four, four, u.s. conversions to what a category four hurricane. typhoon, hurricane, cyclone, they are all the same, different oceans so they get different names this is friday, it is here. this is tuesday. so you've got friday saturday sunday monday tuesday. the wind is going to be going like this all weekend long. if you look at manila, go to google earth, there is a manila bay right there. i am concerned that manila bay may fill up like lake pontchartrain did and flood manila after 72 to 120 hours of wind blowing in the same

direction. it could get ugly. here is what happened with rainfall from ketsana. these are people still dealing with it here. literally waiting for the water to go down. you have to realize the people in manila, how many? 20 million in manila and the provinces around there. 20 million people are affected by all of this water and more disasters to come. chuck. >> well done, chad. appreciate your explanation. president obama has a lot of his plate. health care reform, iran's nuclear ambitions and now making a personal appeal to get the 2016 olympics in chicago. will the games be a good thing for the city? we get your views next.

welcome back. for the first time we are learning details of elizabeth smart's kidnapping ordeal seven years ago. she was taken from her home from salt lake city. she says she was raped every day by her alleged abductor. when she was 14. she is now 21. the first time she has been on record. brian david mitchell was motivated by sex and used religion to get what she wanted. she called mitchell, evil, wicked, stipgy and slimy. he made her take alcohol and drugs to reduce her inhibitions. he and his wife were found with smart nine months after she disappeared from her home in salt lake city. president obama will make a quick trip to den marc so he can

pitch chicago as the host city for the 2016 olympics. the first lady is in copenhagen chatting up the international olympic committee. chicago is competing against rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid. now the windy city is a slight favorite i guess to win the ioc vote tomorrow. we don't know for sure. there will be three or four ballots. they eliminate a city each time they vote. chicago has spent $100 billion on the bid. people say it is worth it. others say it not. they say the games would stimulate the economy. the city could make money since it has much of the infrastructure in place. two part question, should chicago host the games during this period in our economic history? rand do you think the president shld travel to denmark to make this pitch personally? let's go to the phones. say hi first to amy in san diego. what do you think? >> caller: i think we should go

to chicago. absolutely. it will show off the united states, one, it will give jobs in the entertainment, hospitality, security and construction industry. this will start now and take years. giving a boost to jobs which will help our economy. >> you think it is a catalyst for future growth? >> absolutely. >> keith is up next in st. louis. what are your thoughts. >> caller: i think it is good. i think it should be in chicago. it will stimulate the economy in chicago. i think the president has the final call and what difference does it make if he goes to denmark? every other nation is being represented there by their person in charge of the country. what is the big difference? >> do you think if we don't get the bid it will hurt u.s. stature by his having gone there? >> no. no more than what bush did for

eight years. >> appreciate the call. a lot of e-mails. jean in florida writes of course president obama should go help secure the olympics for the usa. he is acting in the best interest of the people of america. no one loses. >> this is not his issue. he needs to focus on true presidential issues and decisions. our country is in a world of hurt focus on that. jeff writes i do not think the president should lobby for the games. we have more important issues. let these other countries have the games. jay writes this, chicago 2016 would not only help chicago's economy, but plans are being made for olympians to train in the metro detroit area which will help our economy as well. maybe this will help clean up the streets of chicago as well as detroit cleaned up for super bowl xl.

hey, everybody, thanks for weighing in. an american dad jailed in japan for abducting his own kids. hear what he has to say.

police outside chattanooga say a baby was sleeping on a major drug stash. they found 35 bags of drugs and more than a pound of pot hidden in a crib under the child's mattress. investigators found more drugs

hidden in a suitcase behind the bed. the mother was arrested. they are looking for the mother's boyfriend who managed to get away. the department of children services are caring for a toddler and a 7-year-old who was home as well. an american dad travels 7,000 miles to japan in a desperate bid to reclaim his son and daughter. he has sole custody but in japan his wife has the upper hand. now the father is speaking out from a jail in japan. king law has his message to his kids. >> in a second floor interrogation room we waited for christopher sevoy. police gave us 15 minutes. they took our electronic devices, no cameras, no tape recorders and then an emotional christopher savoe entered the room. i'm so scared. carefully choosing his words and

speaking in japanese. i don't know how long i will be in here. i want americans to know what is happening to me. i didn't do anything wrong. children have the right to see both parents. it is very important for my children to see both parents. police have charged him with kidnapping his children. savoie drove his children to the us consulate but japanese police arrested him steps from the gate. under u.s. law he has sole custody but in japan, the mother, who abducted the children from the u.s. is the recognized guardian. in the states my ex-wife is in the wrong. in this rural town in southern japan those who have heard about the case side with the mother knowing the u.s. courts awarded custody to the american father. they belong with their real mother says this woman. that cultural divide is what

savoie's attorney is difficult to fight. japanese law sees savoie as the criminal. he technically may have committed a crime according to japanese law. he shouldn't be indicted. he did it for the love of his children. he wanted us to give this message to his children. i love you isaac, rebecca. i am very sorry i can't be with you. we have reached out to his ex-wife but so far she has not responded to our requests for an interview. the two children have been returned to her custody. cnn, japan. a florida democrat is refusing to apologize after saying the republican plan for health care is calling for sick people to die quickly. republicans are blasting freshman representative alan grayson calling his remarks despicable. he is apologizing but not the way you think. >> let's remember we should care about people even after they're

born. so i call upon the democratic members of the house, i call upon the republican members of the house, i call upon all of us to do our jobs for the sake of america, for the sake of those dying people and their families. i apologize to the dead and their families we haven't voted sooner to end this holocaust in america. >> republican congressional committee spokesman ken spain slammed grayson. special programming note, tonight nancy grace investigates further into the case of haleigh cummings. the sheriff says the last person reportedly to see haleigh alive is hiding something. what is misty cummings hiding? don't miss a special "nancy grace" 8:00 and 10:00 eastern. a little girl is snatched from a walmart toy store aisle. when a suspect tries to get away

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the heroes of the hudson have successfully finished what they started in january. captain chesley sullen berer and his first officer jeffrey skiles flew from laguardia to charlotte. the first time they have flown together since they had to ditch their plane in the hudson river in january shortly after takeoff. >> oh, it feels normal, feels natural. feels like being home again. again, i have done it for so long, been a pilot for so many years, flew thousands of hours even after an absence of a few months you go back and get training and requalified and

refresher training and all the skills come right back. it is like it never left. >> he got sustained applause from the passengers and crew when all he said on the p.a. was this is your captain speaking. the route they took was the same one in january when the flock of geese knocked out both engines and forced sullenberger and skiles to land the plane in the hudson. they will hold a news conference shortly in charlotte. new information on the overall health of michael jackson today the autopsy concludes the pop superstar was basically in good health the day he died. the associate press obtained a copy of the report that says jackson weighed 136 pounds, within the acceptable range for a 5'9" man. he had tattooed eyebrows and lips and was balding. his heart was strong. chronically inflamed lungs and suffered from a disease that

left patches of white skin. he had arthritis in his lower spine and fingers. his face and neck were said to be scarred presumingly from blast ir surgery, his arms covered with punctures but he wasn't sickly. his major organs were normal. jackson died june 25. after his person doctor administered a anesthetic and two sedatives. 1,100 people are dead after two earthquakes. rescuers are trying to find survivors. here is a woman lucky to find alive. she was pulled out from the ruins of a collapsed building. roads are cut off by debris in the hardest hit areas. the first quake hit yesterday with a magnitude of 7.6, the second one jolted sumatra

island. rescue teams are scouring this school building, 30 students were inside, four students have been found alive. in the south pacific an ocean paradise is in shambles. samoa, american samoa and tonga. tuesday a killer tsunami. 150 people are dead and that number will surely go higher. in some areas nothing is standing. monster waves wiped out entire villages, homes, businesses and a number of tourist resorts. one woman who lost her children life will never be the same. >> we lost his parents and two of our kids. we only had two kids. we lost both of our kids. my oldest is 2 years old, my youngest just turned 1. and he's already dead. >> the pacific tsunami warning center in hawaii said it issued

an alert if waves came so quickly people had minutes to respond. the earthquakes were not connected by occurred in the vast region known as the ring of fire. the seismic activity is the host promounced in the southwest part of the ring. there are frequent volcanic eruptions. more than half of the world's active volcanos are part of that rim. he said he did what anybody else would do. what he heard, when he heard desperate screams coming from a bronx apartment building, billy rushed up the fire escape as the smoke billowed out of the windows and a firefighters handed him a limp 4-year-old boy. he wrapped him in a curtain to shield him from falling debris. the kid was not doing well. he carried him to safety.

the boy is expected to recover. >> i saw the old man first and told him to get out of the apartment. as soon as he got out i broke his windows so the smoke would come out faster. i realized there was a kid on the next door window but i told him to keep his head out the window and breathe. i didn't want to take out the window, what do you call it -- >> frame. >> the frame. he was going to fall out the window. the kid is lucky to make it. he is a strong kid. >> he is a strong guy. 33-year-old billy cretana shopkeeper. he used the media attention to take another risk today. he proposed to his girlfriend on live tv. the brutal beating death of a high school student in chicago has sent shock waves across chicago. that has not ended the violence against teens. a 14-year-old boy is

hospitalized after he was beaten. a witness says the boy was chased down by three male attackers who beat him repeatedly. one struck him in the head with what they called a shiny object. funeral services for the 16-year-old derrion albert are set for saturday the honor student was beaten to death during a gang fight. police say they are up against a code of silence as they try to track down more suspects in the case. the whole incident was caught on cell phone video. dozens of young people looked on. last night on cnn chicago's police superinten zrented his frustration. >> this young man was killed. the entire city is outraged. we have gotten no tips, no calls. >> are you serious, no one? >> no one has called in tro provide us with any information. that is unbelievable when the offenders are teenagers.

involved with other teenagers and no one calls in. we are literally getting killed by this code of silence, this no snitching rule. >> so far police have arrested fourteens on first-degree murder charges. investigators are looking for three more suspects. the tennessee man who is accused of abducting his own children in japan says he did nothing wrong. he says his ex-wife took the children to japan in violation of their custody agreement. japanese law considers her the sole guardian. here is a transcript of what savoie says. i'm so scared. i don't know how long i'll be here. i want americans to know what is happening to me. i didn't do anything wrong. japanese people think she's the victim here. in the states my ex-wife is in the wrong. he has a message for his children saying, i love you, isaac, rebecca. i will be patient and strong until the day comes i can see

you both again. i'm sorry i can't be with you. president obama says the first round of nuclear talks signal a constructive beginning in a statement five minutes ago. he said he is recognizing that hard work lies ahead and iran must live up to its obligations. iran has agreed to cooperate fully and immediately with the u.n. nuclear agency, the iaea. javier solana didn't explain what that means exactly. hillary clinton says it remains to be seen if iran will come clean about its nuclear program. another meeting is said to be in the works. getting put behind bars is a form of punishment. you might not know it from this murder suspect's family visits. the odd behavior that has authorities in florida scratching their heads.

for the first time we are learning details of elizabeth smart's kidnapping ordeal. she says she was raped every day by her alleged abductor when she was 14. she is 21. testifying in federal court, the first time on record about her 2002 kidnapping. she says brian david mitchell was motivated by sex. she called him evil, wicked, stinky and slimy. mitchell is charged in her abduction. smart took the stand for his latest competency proceeding. mitchell and his wife were found with smart nine months after she disappeared. a florida man charged with killing his wife in their

million-dollar home has had unusual jailhouse visits of late. marian wynn tells about them. >> reporter: mallory ward stuck out her tongue and made hand gestures and her father waved back. this is more video of the strange behavior ward has been exhibiting after he was charged with killing his wife diane ward. >> it is like they are talking about some remote relative who died. >> a judge and a prosecutor for 13 years has never seen this type of behavior from any accused killer. >> normally the person sitting there tend to be timid. >> investigators say he shot and killed his wife in their multimillion home. then he said it was a suicide. >> i'm not worried about anybody here. i want to get out of this nasty cell. this place hasn't been cleaned in i can't tell you when. it is awful.

[ laughter ] >> i'll definitely get on house keeping for that. >> statements like that could turn off jurors and the state say he is a cold, callous killer. the defense says it can help with a sanity plea. >> she is surveying the room. she is giving it a thumbs up because it is an a-1 place. >> here is this man who has been in control who is exhibiting somewhat bizarre behavior. >> once again, the report from wftv. more recordings are expected to be released next week. there are no signs of a tennessee infant, grabbed from his mother's ams. doctors in nashville say she is recovering. maria garolla says she was attacked by a woman who posed as

an ins official. last night on "nancy grace" they talked to the neighbor about the moments after the baby's abduction. >> ms. kimball, what happened when the mom, when you first saw the mom following the stabbing? >> when she came to my door she said please help me. a woman has stabbed me and she has taken my baby. she is going to kill my baby. >> when you first saw her, the mother, what did she look like? >> she was covered in blood. blood was gushing out of the side of her neck, coming down her face, all down her body. it was dripping everywhere. >> ms. kimball, this is an important question. did she have anything in the front yard like blue balloons and a stork poster or anything

celebrating bringing the baby home? >> yes. there was something there saying baby boy was born at a hospital. there was. new arrival. >> police are retracing her steps before the attack including a visit to a local walmart speculating the car may have followed her home from the store. tonight a special "nancy grace" investigation. the case of haleigh cummings. the last person to reportedly see haleigh alive is hiding something. what is misty cummings keeping to herself? exclusive interviews. don't miss nancy's special coverage 8:00 and 10:00 eastern on hln.

the effort to save gm's saturn division is running out of gas. its deal to sell saturn to roger penske has fallen through. penske owns america's second

largest chain of car dealerships. he can't find a manufacture to build the car so he is walking away from the deal. 13,000 people are employed by saturn. they will stop making saturns after 2011. you are likely to find images from this coming report disturbing. we take you to detroit where unemployment, corruption and abandonment are plagues eating away from the city. poppy harlow reports what people don't see like what is happening in the city morgues speak louder about detroit's real struggle. >> reporter: 67 bodies and counting. they wait unclaimed, some for up to five years. >> this is our freezer. >> reporter: chief investigator albert sam yums is in his 13th year at detroit's wayne county morgue and says he has never seen like it, a record number of

unclaimed corpses filling the freezer at 1300 warren street. >> i have to believe the economic problems. some people don't come forward even though they know the people. they don't have the money. >> reporter: daryl and cheryl vickers did come forward. when they met them at the morgue they identified their late aunt, nancy graham. like more and more people in detroit they left their loved one behind. >> the money is just not there. >> reporter: the money would usual i will be there but with detroit's economic struggles, wayne county's budget for burying the unclaimed dead ran out in june. people can apply to the state for funds, but it can take weeks, sometimes months to be processed. >> to be pushed to the side and say that there is no financing or no help available, you know, it breaks your heart to know you have a loved one sitting there in cold storage and there is

nothing you can do for them. >> reporter: dr. karl schmidt, the chief medical examiner says such destitution has become says although such destitution has become a daily reality, the ramifications speak volumes. >> one of the ways that we look back historically and look at a culture's evolution is how they dispose of their dead. we see people here that society was not taking care of before they died, and society is having difficulty taking care of them even after they're dead. >> what kind of peace is the body getting sitting in a morgue in cold storage? thank fully a more peaceful resolution of this story. their aunt will not remaple in cold storage. since we first met the vickers, they were able to scrape together the $695 they needed to cremate their aunt. that came from social services, social security and their aunt's church.

but chuck, dozens and dozens of bodies remain in that morgue freezer." it's really these corpses that tell a much darker story of detroit streets and shuttered businesses. >> did you have trouble getting them to talk? >> we ran into them. when we got to the morgue, we ran into them. they were more than happy to share the story because they want people to know what's going on. >> great story, poppy harlow. signs that may show the economy is not in full-fledged recovery mode, takes cues from just released labor report. this is near the session lows. i'm not entirely clear about that, but it's around that 170 on the downside with 8 1/2 to go in the trading day. being a teenager is hard enough. well, let's read this story. nike denies a deal with michael vehicle.

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i'm anderson cooper, every hour we're revealing top ten cnn heroes from 2009. from essex england, meet betty. the program she founded has rescued 35,000 young girls from abuse. go to cnn.com/heroes and start voting for the cnn hero of the year who will win. we'll have another cnn hero finalist for you just ahead. right now, the news. there are new reports on the death of michael jackson, what an autopsy found in the pop

star's body and what it did not find. u.s. airplanes flight diverted bought hudson river finally makes a safe landing in charlotte. the captain sully returned to the cockpit. the race to find survivors of two devastating. this is hln news and views. hello, i'm richelle carey. we have reports on the overall health of michael jackson when he died. the autopsy concludes the pop superstar was basically in pretty good health. the associated press obtained a copy of the report. this is what it said. it said jackson weighed 136 pounds. it does seem small but that's actually in the acceptable are not for a 5'9", tattooed eyes and lips, balding, heart was strong, chronically inflamed lungs that at times left him short of breath.

he suffered from a disease that left him with patches of white skin. he had arthritis in his lower spine and some fingers and mild plaque buildup in his leg arteries. his face and neck were scarred, presumably from plastic surgery procedures and his arms were covered with punctures. he was not sickly. his major organs were normal. jackson died june 25th after his personal doctor administered an anesthetic. no other drugs were detected in his system. for the first time we're learning details of elizabeth smart's kidnapping ordeal. it's been seven years now. she says she was raped repeatedly every day by her alleged abductor. she was just 14 years old when this happened to her. she is now 21. she testified today in federal court. this is the first time she's been on record about her kidnapping back in 2002. she says that brian david mitchell was motivated by sex and used religion to get what he

wanted. this is how she described him. evil, wicked, stinky and slimy. smart said he made her take alcohol and drugs to lower her resistance. michelle was charged in her abduction. smart took the stand for his latest competency proceedings. the court ruled twice he's incompetent to stand trial. mitchell and his wife were found with smart nine months after she disappeared from her home in salt lake city. captain sully sullenberger and his first officer during his miracle on the hudson flight have taken to the skies again. they are talking about their reunion. let's listen to the reunion now. >> all the employees at u.s. airplanes and others who helped us that day. back on january 15th, it seemed as if all of new york and new jersey received us in their warm embrace.

on january 15th, i could not have had a better colleague than jeff and since then i could not have a better colleague than jeff. jeff, i acknowledge your bravery and your skill on january 15th, and your safety advocacy since then. thank you very much. >> well, we finally made it. usair's insurance carrier was worried. and you know, it might be going a little too in-depth but we get paid too many different ways. we get paid by the hour but we're also guaranteed a certain amount of pay for the time we're away from home. and by the calculations of james ray over there, our captain on the wall, since we just finally completed our trip, dug owes us 1776 hours of pay. what we call one for three time

while we've been away. you notice he didn't say pay us. but i am -- it was very important to both sully and i to complete this flight today and complete what it is we set out to do particularly after all that's happened since january 15th. and i would like to, you know, echo what sully said in that sully is the consummate professional. i've been flying 33 years and i've never flown with a captain that exhibited the skill and professionalism that sully does every moment he's in the cockpit. in fact, it's a little trying when you're his copilot because he's always cracking the whip when you're flying with him. he's just been a wonderful manna wonderful friend, and certainly a wonderful captain and airline pilot here at u.s. airplanes. thank you.

and the gentlemen will take any questions that you have. [ inaudible ] >> first, it was great to fly with jeff again. second, being back in the cockpit felt very familiar. it was like coming home. in many ways even though several months had past since i had flown, it seemed like i had never left. i think jeff and i both being professional pilots for so many decades and so many thousands of hours, even when we don't fly every day, it's always a part of us. it's very easy to get requalified and get current again and pick right up where we left off. it felt good. >> it's been a few months, i think captain sullenberger summed it up, saying being back in the cockpit after quite a few months and what they have been through was like being home again.

took a few months to get from laguardia to charlotte. they got back on a u.s. airplanes plane he and jeff skiles after making that amazing landing in the hudson completed that flight. reluctant heroes but heroes nonetheless. on the death in indonesia, the death toll has reached a staggering number. the u.n. says at least 1100 people are dead in the aftermath of two large earthquakes. rescue workers frantically digging through piles of rubble. as you can see, they are trying to find people that are hope fully still alive. the hospitals are overwhelmed. the first quake hit yesterday and had a magnitude of 7.6. another quake hit the region earlier today. now, thousands of miles away in the south pacific, this is what's left of an ocean paradise. strong aftershocks rattled sa a

samoa. more than 150 people dead. the philippines getting another pounding from the powerful storm. the country is recovering from an earlier typhoon that killed more than 200 people. for some answers what's going on, let's go to meteorologist chad myers. my goodness, chad, what is going on? >> big typhoon, not super. its name is parma. they don't keep order like we do with the letters. but there it is right here. a very big storm yesterday. it was a super typhoon, category four and up to category five and still could be that as it cracks to the philippines. cat sana moved across manila and into vietnam. this does not look like it will take the same track but northern philippines where the island is. the problem i had, richelle, is here is friday, saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday.

so that's only about 500 miles. in five days it's only going to move 500 miles. we're going to have this spinning of wind around and round, category four hurricane, it's the same thing, just different ocean. as it comes around, i'm very much concerned what could happen to manila, kind of the same thing that happened to new orleans. where manila could actually be flooded from the wrong direction. everybody expects the rain to come in this way. but as this wind comes around and into manila, this is going to take hours and hours, but this the problem. there are going to be hours and hours of wind from the same direction driving itself right into manila bay. manila is literally right on the ocean. there's nothing -- there's one foot between houses in the ocean here in manila. so all of this, 20 million people in manila and the provinces around manila, 20

million people may be in the way of a front to back flood basically the same thing that happened in lake pontchartrain in new orleans as it pushed in the water here. this may push in the water here. >> that's a startling picture you just painted those parallel. i think they will really get people's attention, chad. what in the world is going on with all these disasters in the pacific rim area? >> it's hard to say. it's really hard to say. i'll stop this a second. we've had a lot of earthquakes, that's clear. the earthquakes are part of the ring of fire. the ring of fire is something we have in the pacific ocean and it starts in the u.s. literally and it goes all the way around the pacific ocean. as it goes around, it's because the plates are bumping into each other from california to alaska, japan, sumatra, indonesia, all these other -- here is one of

the ireports we have -- i lost it. there it is right there. here is what indonesia looked like yesterday. people trying to dig through the piles of rubble trying to find people. 1100 of them now didn't make it. it's just part of what nature happens, how it happens in the pacific ocean and you know living there. >> people are getting bombarded. >> yup. >> chad, we appreciate it. >> all right. president obama has got a lot on his plate. there's health care reform, iran's nuclear ambitions, now he's making a personal appeal to get the 2016 summer olympics in chicago. we'll get your views on that next.

president obama is planning a quick trip to denmark to personally pitch chicago as the host city for the 2016 summer olympics. first lady michelle obama is in copenhagen chatting up the international olympic committee on behalf of her hometown. chicago is competing against rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid for the games. if you're a betting person, british bookmaker sees the windy city as the odds on favorite to win the ioc vote tomorrow. chicago has spent $100 million on its bid. organizers estimate the games will cost at least $3.8 billion. some people say it's worth it. the games will stimulate the economy. the city could make money since it has much of the infrastructure in place. we want to know what do you think, should chicago host the 2016 olympic games. what do you think about the president traveling to denmark

to help make this pitch? let's get to the phones. what's your take? >> i'm not against the olympics in chicago. it's the job of the olympic committee. president obama has many responsibilities, not the least of which our nation is at war. my son is in a small remote fob in afghanistan being engaged daily. stated in "newsweek" i've only met the president three times and never really had a chance to discuss the war with him in-depth. so with all due respect to president obama, i would suggest he cut his trip to denmark short and instead spend some face-to-face time with general mcchrystal. >> okay. thank you. and thank you for your son's service as well. appreciate where your coming from on that arthur calling us from shreveport, louisiana. okay, arthur, it's your turn

now. >> thank you very much. i don't think there's anything wrong with the president traveling there to bring the olympics to chicago. it would be a great thing. number one there's a lot on his plate concerning afghanistan and iran. but he's also looking out to do something for the united states. we always go to other countries, other states. i think this is a great thing he's now bringing something -- trying to come out of the box as president and do something that would that will really enhance the united states. that's what i think. >> okay, arthur. we wanted to hear what you thought, that's why we let you talk. we got a lot of comments on facebook. here is what jessica wrote," sure it would be interesting to have olympics in chicago. it might bring business to the city. rebecca feels this way, president obama has so many issues he's taken on. i'm pretty sure the olympics shouldn't be anywhere near the top of his priority list.

jahmel feels we definitely need some positive publicity internationally. it would be for the economy of that state. i'm sure a lot of people would appreciate the jobs the olympics create. carol in wrote, i think it's beneath the office of the president to go plead for the olympics in chicago. he should delegate that responsibility to someone else. lots of different opinions there. thanks for your e-mails, your phone calls, facebook comments, texts as well. how about this, prime news, the top of the hour, lot of topics there you can weigh in on as well. check them out at cnn.com/prime news.

president obama says today's talks between iran and world powers in geneva signal a constructive beginning, but he also says iran has to follow through with action not just words, not just empty promises. >> we expect to see swift action. we're committed to serious, meaningful engagement but we're not interested in talking for the sake of talking. if iran does not take steps in the near future to live up to its obligations, then the united states will not continue to negotiate indefinitely. we are prepared to move towards increased pressure. if iran takes concrete steps and lives up to its obligations there is a path to better relations with the united states, increased integration with iran within the international community and a

better future for all iran. >> eu policy chief said iran agreed to cooperate fully and immediately with the agency. he also said iran plans to invite inspectors to the uranium-rich facility soon. after huge gains, the third day of the fourth quarter with big losses. stephanie elam with a look at what dragged the market down and the latest on auto sales. stephan stephanie, i'll leave it to you. >> not a pretty day on wall street. stocks were unsettled by disappointing reports, jobless claims jumped by 17,000, closely watched report on manufacturing. in that case growth in that sector stalled last month. on the up side personal spending

surged by the largest amount in eight years in august. sales rose 37 months in a row. the bad out weighed the good. 9509, nasdaq losing 3%, broader s&p 500 lost 2.5%. stocks not the only thing that slumped today. so did auto sales. looks like the end of cash for clunkers along with low inventories took a toll on september auto sales. declines were generally in line with forecasts. toyota which had the largest clunker related sales, de los a 13% drop compared to a year ago. among u.s. automakers gm fell 35%, ford declined 5% and chrysler fell 42%. even though all of the automakers rushed to ramp up production and replenish supplies inventories remained low. they couldn't sell them because they didn't have them. >> back on the stock market, weren't we just flirting with 10,000 not too long ago? >> in the big theory we're still all right, 9509. >> i love your take on stuff,

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turn up some new developments today in the past couple of hours on the overall health of michael jackson when he died. his autopsy concludes the pop superstar was basically in good health. the associated press obtained a copy of this report. the report says michael jackson weighed about 136 pounds. it does seem light but it is acceptable range for 5'9" man. he had tattooed eyebrows and lips and was balding. his heart was strong but had chronically inflamed lungs that left him short of breath. he suffered with a disease that left him with patches of white skin. he also had arthritis in his lower spine and some fingers and mild plaque build-up in his leg arteries. the autopsy also states

jackson's face and neck were scarred, presumably from plastic surgery procedures. his arms were covered with punk turs. but he was not sickly. his major organs were normal. michael jackson died june 25th after his personal doctor administered an anesthetic and two other sedatives. no other drugs were detected in his system. none. a small town on sumatra island bore most of the brunt of the killer earthquake. 376 people are dead and the death toll may rise as rescuers reach more victims buried in the rubble. now to the scene. >> reporter: buried alive but still breathing. this young woman was killed from people searching for survivors after this earthquake. many others weren't as lucky

when the quake tore through sumatra yesterday destroying more than 500 buildings in padang the province. >> we hope we will find survivors but we cannot say for sure. we've tried our best but we've seen dead bodies inside. >> reporter: more than 500 people confirmed dead in sumatra. the country is bracing itself for that number to rise. overnight res accidents struggling to cope with the devastation had fires across the city. others were using their bare hands to surge for survivors. many are still trapped under collapsed schools, hotels and homes with thousands injured and two hospitals reduced to rubble, many victims have been treated in makeshift clinics. >> the evacuation process is still going on, although the power is down. telecommunication line also cut. the city was paralyzed after the

quake. >> the earthquake in padang came after an earthquake. >> felt the floor shaking of the little bungalow and i ran out to a little place where everyone was already summoned to get out of the houses. then we felt the sandy floor shaking in waves. >> relief teams from around the world are now arriving in both samoa and sumatra, the risk of aftershocks on the world's most active fault line remains a threat. >> thanks for that report thousands of miles away in the south pacific and ocean paradise, it looks like a ghost town. strong aftershocks rattled samoa again today. tuesday a magnitude eight quake unleashed a killer tsunami.

more than 150 people dead across the region. that number will probably go higher. in some areas nothing is standing. monster waves wiped out entire villages. homes, businesses and a number of tourist resorts as well. american samoa is a u.s. territory, u.s. military plane loaded with aid arrived there today. president obama says the first round of nuclear talks between iran and world powers in geneva signal a constructive beginning. in a statement this afternoon he said hard works lies ahead and iran must live up to its obligations. the e.u.'s foreign policy chief said iran agreed to cooperate fully and immediately the nuclear agency didn't explain exactly what that means. secretary of state hillary clinton took a more cautious report. she told reporters it remains to be seen if they will come clean about the nuclear program. another meeting between all parties is in the works before

the end of the month. heroes of the hudson have success fully landed in charlotte, north carolina. tight a few months. captain sully sullenberger and first office jeff skiles took to the air this afternoon. the first time the two have been together in the cockpit since they were forced to ditch their plane in the hudson river after takeoff. the conference you saw live a few minutes ago, sullenberger joked about finishing the trip. >> first of all this flight was a lot longer than the one in january. i was able to give mr. barker back his airport without getting it wet first. it was a beautiful day for flying throughout the east. the weather was great. flying conditions were smooth and it was a lot of fun. >> same route. same one that they flew in january. that's when a flock of geese knocked out their engines forcing sullenberger and skiles

to make that splash down. with all people on board surviving. no sign of a tennessee infant taken from his mother's home. still no sign. the nashville woman is recovering from a collapsed lung and several stab wounds. maria carillo was attacked by a woman who posed as an immigration official and then snatched her newborn son. last night nancy grace talked to the neighbor about the moments immediately after the baby's abduction. >> what happened when the mom -- when you first saw the mom following the stabbing? >> well, she came to my door. she said please help me. she said, a woman has stabbed me and she has taken my baby. she's going to kill my baby.

>> when you first saw her, the mother, what did she look like? >> she was covered in blood. blood was gushing out of the side of her neck. it was coming down her face. it was all down her body. it was just dripping everywhere. >> miss kimble, this is an important question. did she have anything in the front yard like blue balloons or one of those stork posters or anything celebrating bringing the baby home? >> yes, there was something there saying baby boy born in the hospital. it was. new arrival. >> police are retracing carillo's steps before the attack including a visit she made to a local walmart. she said a car may have followed her home from the store. tonight a special nancy grace investigates the case of haleigh cummings.

the sheriff said the last person to see haleigh alive is hiding something. key players, including the dad and new wife. nancy grace's special coverage tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on news and views. for the first time we're learning details of elizabeth smart's kidnapping ordeal seven years ago. some of this stuff is tough to hear. she said she was raped repeatedly every day by her alleged kidnapper brian david mitchell. she was just 14 years old when this happened to her. she called mitchell evil, wicked, stinky and slimy. smart took the stand in the latets conch taens proceedings for mitchell. the court ruled twice he's incompetent to stand trial. mitchell and his wife were found with smart nine months after she disappeared from her home in new york city.

he said he did what anyone would have done. everyone is calling him a hero. we have the dramatic video to prove it. he rushed up the fire escape as smoke was billowing out of the apartment. the firefighter happeneded him the boy. he wrapped him in a curtain to shield him from debris. you can see he's carrying the child to safety. >> i heard somebody skrooen scream. i didn't know what was happening outside. as soon as i went i heard the screams from upstairs. when i looked, you could see nothing. there was too much smoke. i guess i just kicked in gear. i put a ladder down, went upstairs and did the best i could. >> he kicked into a gear a lot of people don't have. use the media attention to take another big risk on abc's good morning america. >> there's a ring right here. i have something to tell you. you know i'm a handful already.

we both know that. i promise you one thing, there's never going to be a dull moment. so therefore, will you marry me anyway? >> yes. >> that was a yes, in case you did not hear. doctors say the boy he rescued should recover. how about that? the little girl snatched away from a walmart toy aisle. when the suspect tried to get away with her, a hero -- yes, another hero. this one on wheels, brought him to the ground. he describes the takedown.

you know, not for nothing, but my show has been on the air for what, like two minutes? already i've been called every name in the book. i've been called stupid, pushy, dumb, loudmouth and marxist. i take exception, i am not a marxist. i own property. okay, it's in foreclosure but still this name calling doesn't bother me. you think it bothers me? i'm used to it. bill orielle once called me a pinhead. he's mature a christians columnist called me a fatty boom blaty. which version of the bible does he read? dr. king or dr. seuss. i am a mature woman capable of intelligence discourse. i love to engage in cogent debate and partake in well informed conversation, okay? i relish the thought of sitting down with all of my adversaries. so glen, rush, bill, i invite all of you to come on the show

and discuss things like ration adults, even if you are a big bunch of duty heads. but that's just me. >> you can catch "the joy behar show" at 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. president obama will make a quick trip to denmark tonight so he can personally pitch chicago as the host city for the 2016 summer olympics. first lady michelle obama is already in copenhagen chatting up the international olympic committee on behalf of her hometown. chicago is competing against rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid for the games. british bookmakers see the windy city as the odds on favorite to win the ioc vote. we'll know the results tomorrow. a man in a wheelchair tackled a man accused of trying to take a girl in colorado. police say people that the store started yelling for help as the

guy tried to break for the door. cameron was working at a table at the front of the store and he just kind of acted like a hero. >> it was so fast, i didn't think about it. i'm not a hero. i did what i was supposed to do. >> you're a hero. he was arrested and charged with sexual assault on a child. they are thinking about giving him an official honor. american father jailed in japan for abducting his own kids is send ag message to the world and to his children. hear what he has to say on hln news and views.

coming up in a few minutes, this is when i turn to my friend, mike galanos who sets up all the light in the room. on a serious note, let's check in with mike to see what are you working on. as usual, you've got some really intense stuff. >> haleigh cummings, let's talk about that. if you followed this, the last

person to see little haleigh alive she's galavanting at the parks in orlando, universal studios. you wonder what's going on. what's the latest on that? why was she able to high tail it. was there's a fight with the husband ron at the end. we'll take questions 1877-tell-hln. you wonder how a young woman can summon up the strength, elizabeth smart, abducted by brian mitchell, she had to face him and testify about that experience, the hell she went through for nine months. the details we're hearing are horrific. we'll see this. she was raped by this animal multiple times per day. so we'll talk about that, how she could summon up that type of strength, the hole root of it is whether or not he's competent to stand trial. the state ruled he's not. also this, jon gosselin with

the power play. pretty simple details. on tuesday his name lopped off the title, not "jon & kate plus eight," just kate plus eight. he says you're not filming on my property. he's like a little kid that is taking his ball and going home. >> and he's somebody's father. >> his take on this, i like it. let's cut that show, get the kids out of the spotlight. his motives, wrong. it's all about him. what do you think? call in, 1-877-tell-hln. >> we don't have enough time. you know how i feel about this. >> prime news coming in a little more than ten minutes. listen to this. chattanooga area police say a baby was sleeping on a major drug stash. they say they found 35 bags of drugs and more than a pound of pot hidden in a crib under this child's mattress.

investigators say they found even more drugs hidden in a suitcase behind a bed. the child's mother was arrested and is facing drug also arrested. police say they are looking for the mother's boyfriend who managed to get away. the department of children's services is now caring for the toddler and 7-year-old also in this home when all this was happening. a florida democrat refusing to apologize saying the republican plan for health care is just calling for sick people to die quickly. republicans are blasting freshman congressman allen grayson calling his remarks despicable. as for grades son, he is kind of apologizing but not in the way you think. >> let's remember that we should care about people even after they're born. so, i call upon the democratic members of the house, i call upon the republican members of the house, i call upon all of us to do our jobs for the sake of america, for the sake of those dying people and their families. i apologize to the dead and

their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this holocaust in america. >> republican congressional committee spokesperson ken spain slammed grayson for what he called a pathological pattern of unstable behavior. recently released jailhouse video shows odd behavior from a florida man facing murder charges showing james ward doing a comical dance and striptease for his daughter and sister-in-law. allegedly telling 911 operators last week he shot and killed his wife in their million dollar home and later changed his story and said it was suicide n. this clip you hear him complaining about his rough accommodations in jail. >> i'm not worried about anybody here. you know, i just would like to get out of this nasty cell that doesn't have any water. i mean, this place hasn't been cleaned since i tell you when. it's awful. >> well, i'll definitely -- i'll definitely get on housekeeping

for that. i'll call housekeeping right now and make sure and have them it put a mint on your pillow, too, okay? >> prosecutors are likely to argue the behavior seen on this video is not consistent with a grieving husband. more to come.