congress is about to move closer of an overhaul of the health care system with this key committee vote. we'll show you where the reform measure stands. the new song by michael jackson -- ♪ this is it >> creating a buzz. a veteran songwriter says it sounds familiar. what he's doing about "this is it." a 6-year-old boy couldn't wait to show off his new camping gear. it got him thrown out of school. we'll tell you why. hi. chuck roberts with hln "news and views." the senate finance committee is expected to pass its version of health care reform today. they're debating it right now.

chairman max baucus had legislation with input from the republican members of the committee but they're not expected to approve it. >> harmful claims made over the weekend at the hands of our health care system the idea that anyone's concerns whether the insurance companies make enough money or not is absurd because they will. >> what could have been a strong bipartisan vote reflecting our genuine desire for responsible reform is now ending as divide the vote as we take another step toward the flawed solution of reforming one-sixth of our government with more government and more taxes. >> a key republican, olympia snowe of maine indicated she

will vote for the baucus bill. there's no option in it for a government run insurance plan. it does set up co-ops to broker private insurance. the only committee member that will vote for it again, olympia snowe. we just learned that from the associated press. if this measure passes, a lot of work will have to be done before the health care reform bill can be sent to the white house of course. the finance committee bill has to be blended with a more liberal version. it all has to be reconciled with whatever clears the house. texas police and the fbi say new technology helped them solve a brutal crime 19 years after it was committed. he's identified as dennis earl bradford accused of attacking an 8-year-old girl in her home august 10th, 990. police say advances led them to bradford who was taken into custody in little rock, arkansas. the police chief of dickenson, texa told us what the man is

accused of doing. >> a young girl only 8 years old at the time was abducted from the bedroom of her apartment located not too far from here. once inside the apartment the abductor grabbed her from her bed, picked her up and took her to his car. eventually this little girl was taken to a field a couple miles from this office. this individual sexually assaulted her violently cutting had her throat from one side to the other and then left her there in that field to die. this little 8-year-old girl defied all of the odds. through her strength, determination, and with the help of nearby citizens who found her some 14 hours later, she survived this brutal attack. >> the victim is now 27 and has come forward to tell her story of the ordeal.

jennifer attended the press conference with investigators. she said she wants to help make sure that no other child has to endure what she did. >> i hope that my case will remain as a reminder to all victims of violent crime to never give up hope in seeking justice no matter how long it may take or how hard it may be. with determination and by using your voice to speak out, you're capable of anything. >> she said she always tried to remember every detail of the ordeal despite the pain it caused her so she could help police find the attacker. >> the three people accused of feeding anna nicole smith's drug addiction are in a los angeles courtroom today. a judge will decide if there's enough evidence for her to stand trial. she was 39 when she died of a drug overdose in 2007. two doctors and smith's boyfriend pleaded not guilty to conspireing to illegally provide her with controlled substances. the father of smith's daughter

is expected to testify later in the week. there's a new lawyer for the chicago honor student who was beat to death. there's an outline of derrion albert's shoe. it serves as a stark reminder of the youth violence that claimed his life. he was beaten to death a few blocks from school. the reverend jesse jackson rode a bus with students that attend the same high school. >> this is a state of emergency given the patterns of violence and the patterns of killing that get up earlier and go to school and go to the conflict and get back an hour later. they need more access to school and guarantee passage and laptops not just merely more police. >> authorities say tension between kids is partly to blame for albert's death.

albert got involved in fighting between rival gangs. his funeral was earlier this month. richard daley says he wants to add more police officers to school. jackson says a better idea would be to create a community patrol team made of local residents. a florida teen in the hospital after someone set him on fire. police are holding three juveniles in connection with the attack. 15-year-old michael brewer was doused with gasoline and set ablaze. he ran through an apartment complex and ran into a pool to put out the flames. he has burns on 80% of his body. >> this is the worst thing you could do to a 15-year-old kid. >> to anybody. even an animal. you don't do this. you cannot put fire -- you feel every single bit of pain. >> the victim's family said the attack was in retaliation because he stopped someone from stealing his dad's bicycle the day before. a county safety official says a sweat lodge where people became sick and two later died did not have needed building permit. he said the structure at the

resort was taken down before it could be inspected. the sheriff is looking to see if criminal negligence played a role in the death. they're used for cleansing rituals. most hold up to a dozen people. this one held as many as 65. the owner of the resort where it occurred would not comment. the feds have a new tool to find fugitives. it's in your wallet. fbi agents in north carolina are scanning millions of digital driver's license photos with new facial recognition software. they say it led them to a homicide suspects. federal law gives agents access to dmv data bases. the fbi is considering rolling this out nationwide but critics say it's like putting everyone through a virtual lineup. michael jackson's new song, one says it's not new at all. we'll put the talk to the test and hear both sides and both songs back to back.

"this is it" the long

awaited lost single for michael jackson was out less than a day before controversy erupted big-time. a.j. hammer with more on the copyright battle. it blew up in a day. >> it happened fast. "this is it" is the first single from the upcoming documentary of michael jackson. i want you to his tonight significantsingle released at midnight on monday. ♪ this is it ♪ here i stand ♪ sunset i'm the light of the world i feel grand ♪ ♪ i feel love i can feel ♪ and i know yes for sure it is real ♪ >> this wasn't quite it apparently. after the song's release songwriter paul anka surfaced with news that the song was actually written in 1983. he co-wrote it with michael jackson for a duet album he was working on.

jackson and anka are both credited as songwriters and co-authors here. the song was recorded by the singer safire. take a listen to a bit of the original song. ♪ here i stand ♪ in the light of the world love's grand ♪ ♪ and this love, i can feel ♪ and i know yes for sure it is real ♪ >> there you go. it's the same song. of course michael's version he only recorded a vocal track. an arrangement was added. back in vocals by his brother was added. once the news broke the single was coming out, anka approached the jackson estate and he says they did the right thing reportedly giving him 50% of the profits like this and feels like it was an honest mistake. >> what did the jackson estate say if anything? >> they said the song was picked

because the lyrics were appropriate because of the name michael gave his tour. we're thrilled to present this song in michael's voice for the first time and michael's fans responded in unprecedented numbers. doesn't explain how a mistake like this was made in the first place. paul anka says this was written in the thriller era as he said it's something they blew up in everybody's face and everybody was excited to hear new michael jackson music but also to really profit from him and now those profits are being split in half. it's exciting to have a new michael jackson song. >> sony has dozens of unreleased jackson songs in its vault. i assume they'll vet every one to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> that would be a good idea. they are talking over 100 songs that we may hear and rolled out throughout the years of michael jackson. >> always good to see you. politics is one topic you don't want to discuss with the baldwin family. joy behar asked stephen baldwin

about the family's political differences last night. >> it's a wacky group. they're fun. do you all get along with each other? >> very well. >> do you fight with alec politically? he doesn't agree with you on politics. >> well, i'll put it to you this way, we were hanging out a few months back. he said who would ever thought. he said what? little stephen, born again, conservative and republican. i said i'm a registered independent. we all know you're a republican sympathizer. >> he does a good imitation. don't miss joy behar tonight at 9:00 eastern here on hln. your child's school may have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to potential weapons. do the policy go too far? we'll hear about a kid suspended to taking a cub scout camping utensil to school.

we have new developments in the matter of a 6-year-old delaware boy suspended from

school for 45 days. he faced 45 days in reform school at the age of 6. zachary got into trouble because he took a camping utensils to use at lunch. the first grader is now likely to get a reprieve. the school district said the folding knife is banned as a dangerous instrument under the zero poll rans poltolerance pol. >> i definitely agree with them that they shouldn't bring dangerous weapons to school but i shouldn't -- i don't think that the punishment should be this bad. >> the parents say the first grader was just excited about joining the cub scouts and wanted to show off his new gadget what do you think about zero tolerance policies affected this way in schools? archie is on the line in texas. grand prairie, isn't it?

>> caller: yes. >> what do you think? >> caller: i'm done fine. i think like what zachary said, the punishment is too harsh for someone his age. he was just excited he had something new he wanted to take it and show it to his classmates now he understands, you know that bringing gadgets like that to school can be a danger to your classmates but this could have been addressed up front with teachers and principal and parents before it got this far. >> could have been headed off? >> caller: that's right. i think a lot of times the school system abuse their power instead of thinking first before they react. >> there was no malice intended, right? he didn't bring it to attack anybody? >> caller: nothing intended. an honor student doing good at school. this is something that you set down a child this young and explain it to him why we don't bring things like that to school. he don't understand. he never knew that he was doing anything wrong. >> appreciate the call.

linda is up next in california. what do you think? >> caller: i believe in zero tolerance. i also believe that it's a parents' responsibility to educate the children. having fun with a new toy is one thing at home but bringing it to a school when the school sets boundaries for safety and well-being of all i believe that it opened their eyes. >> it opened -- >> caller: it opened their eyes to the fact when they set a rule for the safety and well-being they should basically go by those rules. parents' responsibility to say you can play with it at home but don't bring it to school. >> what about reform school? did that seem harsh for a 6 year old? >> caller: it lets the kid know from an early age what he can and should not do. when a rule is set, so continue. >> john e-mailed us from maine.

doug writes -- and you've been commenting thankfully on my facebook page. just search chuck roberts hln on facebook and you can weigh in. martin writes -- tell us what you think. toll free at 877-tell-hln. e-mail at cnn.com/hln or text the word views and comment and name to hlntv. good topic. the death rate for kids with h1n1 flu is at its highest rate since the outbreak began last march. the cdc says 76 kids have died

since then with the virus. 16 of them died just last week. most had an underlying medical condition but not all of them. that's what doctors really want you to watch your kids -- why they want to you watch their kids if they get sick. you need to seek medical help if they're having breathing problems or can't wake or will not drink. watch for a rash. they say all kids over six months should get vaccinated for swine flu and seasonal flu. a woman born with half a brain said she's normal and fulfill be life. doctors say the woman's brain rewired itself because some parts were damaged during a prebirth stroke. she wanted to go public with her condition to help raise awareness. >> i wanted to do this so that

people like producers, photographers, and security guards and police officers learned about people like me that i'm normal but have special needs and that there are a lot of people like me. >> she lives with her parents but works from home doing data entry for the church. she pays her rent and does household chores. people from l.a. to san francisco bracing for a strong pacific storm. they're passing out sandbags in the bay area which could get drenched with 4 inches of rain by tomorrow. >> i often have a drip under the door in the back. i just put in a brand new floor. so i'm trying to alleviate any water coming in under the back door. >> forecasters warn there could be serious mudslides especially in parts of southern cal ravaged by wildfires. 6 inches of rain could wuash fie

debris into low lying areas. the atlanta area was just cleaning up from flooding three weeks earlier. an historically black university is crowning the new white beauty queen. the new job comes with challenges. not long ago, this man had limited mobility.

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several schools have been hard hit by budget cuts. some had to cut after-school programs and layoff teachers but parents in detroit want answers after a group of students were sent home because the school didn't have enough teachers. our affiliate wdiv has more. >> if i hear that a principal or anyone are sending children home but for an extreme emergency in any of our schools, i can tell you heads will roll in the school district. >> reporter: strong words after learning of the rough start. three teachers lose their jobs and dozens of third and fourth

grade students arrive to class monday morning only to be sent home. >> a decision was made to send children home. that is never, ever an acceptable operation to me. >> reporter: here's what happened. a guidance counselor is put in charge when the principal is out of town. we're told that counselor was told to get in contact with district officials after learning of the teacher layoffs when all efforts to make contacts failed through the counselor freeman cancels classes. >> i'm sure there's going to be some explaining to do. i would not be surprised to find her in a degree of hot water. >> reporter: instead of spread out to different classes, nearly 60 students are ordered to the auditorium to wait for their parents who arrive upset and some in disbelief. >> unfortunately there's no circumstance in which anyone should be directed to send children home. >> those 60 students will be

back in school tomorrow and will begin state assessment tests once again our thanks to wdiv in detroit. the three people accused of feeding anna nicole smith's drug addiction are in a los angeles courtroom today. a judge will decide if there's enough evidence for them to stand trial. smith was 39 when she died of a drug overdose in hollywood, florida, in 2007. two doctors and smith's lawyer/boyfriend howard k. stern plead not guilty to providing her with controlled substances. larry birkhead is expected to testify later this week. new developments in the case of a 6-year-old boy suspended for 45 days from school. he had to go to reform school. he got into trouble because he took a camping utensil a combination knife, fork, spoon to use at lunch. a school board member says the first grader is likely to get a reprieve. the school district said the

knife was banned as a dangerous instrument. weapons don't belong in school but the punishment shouldn't sob bad. >> i think it is very wrong. it's not very fair at all. i think they need to change this rule. it's not fair for the kid and it's not fair for his parents. it's not fair for anybody. >> the parents said the first grader was just excited about joining the cub scouts and wanted to show off the new gadget. tell us what you think about this. call us toll free. 877-tell-hln. e-mail at cnn.com/hln. you can also text views plus your body and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. texas police and fbi say new technology helped them solve a brutal rape case 19 years after it was committed. he's identified as dennis earl bradford accused of attacking an

8-year-old girl in her home on august 10th, 1990. advances in dna testing led them to bradford who was taken into custody. the police chief in texas described what the man is accused of doing. we have to warn you, this description is quite graphic. some viewers may find it disturbing. >> a young girl only 8 years old at the time was abducted from the bedroom of her apartment located not too far from here. once inside the apartment the abductor grabbed her from her bed, picked her up and took her to his car. eventually this local giittle g tone to a field just a couple miles from this office. this individual then sexually assaulted her violently cutting her throat from one side to the other and left her there in that field to die. this little 8-year-old girl defied all of the odds through her strength, determination and

with the help of nearby citizens who found her some 14 hours later, she survived this brutal attack. >> the victim is now 27. she's come forward to tell her story of the ordeal. jennifer schuett attended the press conference with investigators saying she wants to make sure no other child has to endure what she did. >> throughout this journey i've had two main goals and they were to find the man who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and attempted to murder me 19 years ago so that he could not hurt anyone else. and to use my voice in telling my story to as many people as i possibly could over the years in hopes that i may encourage other victims of violent crime to stand up and speak out against

criminals. today i can say very proudly that i have accomplished both of these goals. >> schuett said she tried to remember every detail of this ordeal despite the pain it caused her so she could one day help police find her attacker. president obama has not announced how many additional u.s. troops will be sent to afghanistan but whatever the number it will probably be more than formerly announced because in march the white house said it would send 21,000 additional troops to afghanistan. "the washington post" reports an additional 13,000 were also sent as support and that was never formally announced. traditionally these figures are not included in pentagon and white house announcements. senate finance committee member olympia snowe is supporting the panel's version of health care reform. the first republican to come out in favor of the health care proposes pending before congress. the legislation is being debated right now and a final vote expected this afternoon. there's a live picture of the

committee hearing. max baucus drafted the bill with input from republicans. snowe is the only one that says she'll vote for it. >> the majority has the votes in the senate and in the house. it should be about mechanics of getting the best bill. the financial well-being of all americans should not be at the mercy of one vote margin strategy. >> in the balks bucus bill ther co-ops to broker private insurance. if the bill passes, a lot of work will have to be done before health care reform reaches the desk of the president. the finance committee bill has to be blended with a version passed by the senate health education labor and pensions committee. after spending the past 40 years in cuba a suspected hijacker is being held in federal custody without bail.

he pleaded guilty in a manhattan federal court today. he's charged with attacking and hijacking a pan am flight from kennedy airport in new york and forcing the plane to land in cuba in 1968. he surrendered to federal agents on sunday at jfk. if convicted, he could face life in prison. ♪ this is it ♪ here i stand >> new song from michael jackson creating quite a buzz. one veteran songwriter says it sounds strangely familiar. what he's doing about "this is it."

pauling a anka said he'll g%

of the profits from "this is it." in 1990 he gave the song to the singer safire to record under its original title "i never heard." when you listen to both recordings, there seems to be no doubt they are the same song. first take a listen to jackson's "this is it" and later safire's "i never heard." ♪ this is it ♪ here i stand ♪ i'm the light of the world ♪ i feel grand ♪ and this love i can feel ♪ and i know yes for sure it is real ♪ ♪ here i stand i'm the light of

the world love is grand ♪ ♪ and this love i can feel and i know yes for sure it is real ♪ >> even sounds like michael jackson. anka told tmz.com after the jackson camp realized he had co-written the song they told him they know why it was so good. facebook, myspace and twitter are open to all to use. a class divide is emerging among who uses them as different social classes flock to different sites melissa long with us now to try to figure all of this out. >> it's a pecking order. >> there's a class divide that's been developing online. there's new research to back this up. there are more and more affluent users on facebook than on myspace. want to share the research with you right now which you can read about on tech pages of cnn.com. there's a lot of antidotal accounts to back up the research

as well. there are more wealthy users on facebook. this is despite public access to both sides. almost a quarter of the facebook users, more than 100,000 a year versus 16% on myspace. myspace users are more likely to earn less than $50,000 a year. facebook use is off the charts in the upscale suburbs. myspace users fall into the blue collar category and are often not college educated. why you're asking. look at society. we stick with people that are like us. the internet mirrors that. also content wise if you look at myspace you have loud pages, music features. they appeal to teens thus adding to the demographic that has been establishing on myspace. to learn more about this online divide, go to cnn.com/tech. chuck? >> all right. now, swine flu obviously a major concern for millions of people and plenty are clicking for some helpful tips on the site, right? >> we have a to do list that's been established to help people

to try to muddle through all of the information out there for people that have developed symptoms of swine flu and for those that want to prevent it from infiltrating their families. this wiis what to do and what n to do. if you have it, don't panic. it's serious but doctors say most people will find h1n1 similar to the standard flu. do get a flu vaccine for the swine flu. a cdc official says the safety record is very similar to the seasonal flu vaccine. and another note, look up local flu outbreaks for your geographic area. you can do that on google flu tracker or through the centers for disease control website to find out if your community is affected more than other communities. this information is so much more on health pages of cnn.com/health. >> that's why we have the internet. thanks. a woman who sent a poke to a facebook friend may end up in

jail. the website lets you poke, give a virtual nudge to someone on your friend's list. she got arrested. hannah has a protective court order against jackson that requires her to refrain from communicating with hannah. if convicted of violating that court order, she could be locked up for a year. talk about roughing it. a republican congressman's vacation was tropical and treacherous.

for seven days this summer, an arizona republican toughed it out on an uninhabited island in the middle of the pacific. he's sharing journals from the trip. he planned the trip for more than two years meant to test his outdoor survival skills. he only ate coconuts and fish he speared himself. the 46-year-old father of five made fire from dry branches and purified his own water and slept on a hammock on the beach. not bad. people from l.a. to san

francisco are bracing for a strong pacific storm. they are passing out sandbags in the bay area which could get drenched with four inches of rain by tomorrow. >> i often have a drip under the door in the back and i just put in a brand new floor. i'm trying to alleviate any water coming in under the back door. >> forecasters warn there could be serious mudslides especially in the parts of southern california that have been ravaged by wildfires up to 6 inches of rain could wash all of the fire debris to low lying areas. the southeast is getting soaked again this week. parts of georgia and alabama were under flood warnings yesterday. they no longer are. and there are more heavy rains coming. the atlanta area was just cleaning up from flooding three weeks earlier. a lung transplant patient is dead after he got the lungs of a 50 cigarette a guy smoker. he got the transplant in 2007 less than a year later doctors found a tumor on his new lungs. he died soon after. the hospital says it's not unusual to transplant a smoker's

lungs in the u.k. because there are not enough healthy lungs. a structure at a arizona resort was taken down before it could be inspected. the sheriff is looking to see if any criminal negligence was behind the deaths. sweat lodges are used as a cleansing ritual and hold up to a dozen people but this one held as many as 65. the owner of the resort where this happened wouldn't comment. a florida teenager is in a hospital after somebody set him on fire. police are holding three juveniles in connection with the attack. 15-year-old michael brewer was doused with gasoline and set ablaze. police say brewer ran through an apartment complex and jumped into a pool to put out the flames. he has burns over 80% of his body. >> this is the worst thing you could possibly do to a 15-year-old kid. >> to anybody. even an animal. you don't do this.

you cannot put fire -- you feel every single bit of pain. >> the victim's family says the attack was retaliation because he stopped somebody from stealing a bicycle the day before. officials say a freak accident a freak accident at a station outside cleveland could have been worse. an elderly woman lost control of her car, crashed into a gas pump and trapped a man underneath the burning pump. surveillance video shows the gas station worker helping with the rescue effort. >> she got the breakers, grabbed the fire extinguisher and did what we could. >> they're absolute heroes. >> the man sustained some injuries but is expected to fully recover. the elderly driver suffered only minor injuries. hundreds of california dmv employees skipped work to protest losing the columbus day holiday. it was scrapped to save money.

nine officers couldn't open yesterday and othered has reduced services. >> it's too bad that they stayed home. a lot of people looking for work. we could fill those jobs right away. >> i don't think it's right. it's not fair. if they have to be at work, they have to be at work just like everybody else. >> an employees' union said it didn't agree with the contract. the governor said it's outrageous. the union would encourage workers not to show up. an oklahoma woman came to the rescue of a skunk in real trouble. its head was stuck inside a peanut butter jar. a wildlife control expert called the skunk whisperer with a little chloroform managed to free the stuck skunk. nobody got sprayed and the skunk ran off unharmed. playing elite level golf is tough enough. imagine doing it blind. a group of blind golfers compete right now for the national

championship in san antonio and amazingingly, their loss of sight doesn't hurt them on the links.

for the first time, a republican is willing to vote for a democratic health care bill. the latest on the senate finance committee's work to pass a health overhaul. should someone be behind bars for the death of anna nicole smith? find out why her last boyfriend and two doctors are spending today in court. and a 6-year-old boy couldn't wait to show off his new camping gear. but i got him thrown out of school. we'll let you know why and we'll let you share you views on that. this is hln "news and views." i'm richelle carey. hope you're having a good day. let's keep you posted on things that are happening today. senate finance committee member olympia snow is supporting the

panel's version of health care reform. she's the first republican to come out in favor of any of the health care reform proposals pending before congress. the finance committee is debating this legislation right now. a final vote is expected this afternoon. the chairman of this committee is max baucus. he drafted this proposal, this legislation with input from republicans. but snow is the only republican who says she will vote for it. >> people do have concerns about what we will do with reform. but at the same time, they want us to continue working. and that is what my vote to report this bill out of committee here today represents, is to continue working the process. i do it with reservations because i share my republican colleagues' trepidation about what will transpire on the senate floor, what will emerge

in the house/senate conference and how indeed the finance committee bill will be merged with the health bill. >> what is she voting for? what is this baucus bill? well, what it's not, there is no option in this for a government-run insurance plan. instead, it sets up co-ops to broker private insurance. there was a concession to republicans in hopes of winning bipartisan support. if the bill pass, a lot of work will have to be done before health care reform actually reaches the president. the finance committee still has to be blended with the versions passed by the senate health, education, labor and pension committees. so a long way to go. people are bracing for a strong pacific storm. they're passing out sandbags in the bay area because they're expecting maybe up to 4 inches of rain by tomorrow in the bay area. >> i often have a trip under the door in the back and i just put

in a brand-new floor. >> there could be serious mudslides especially in parts of southern california that have been ravaged by wildfires. let's talk about the southeast now. getting soaked again this week. parts of georgia and alabama were under flood warnings yesterday, and there are more heavy rains coming. of course, atlanta, the area around that city -- our city, cleaning up because we had flooding about three weeks ago. after spending the past 40 years in cuba, a suspected hijacker is now being held in federal custody without bell. luis armando pena soltren pleaded not guilty in a manhattan federal court today. he is charged with hijacking a pan am flight from jfk airport and forcing the plane to land in cuba in 1968. he surrendered to authorities

on sunday after getting off of a flight from havana. three people accused of feeding anna nicole smith's drug addiction are in court today. a judge is going to decide if there's enough evidence for them to stand trial. anna nicole smith was 39 years old when she died of a drug overdose in 2007. two doctors and smith's lawyer and boyfriend, howard k. stern, they've all pleaded not guilty to conspiring to illegally provide her with controlled substances. larry birkhead, the father of dannielynn, is expected to testify later this week. there's a memorial for the chicago student brutally beaten death and it was all captured on cell phone video. there's an outline linline of alberts' shoe.

the reverend jesse jackson today rode the bus with a group of students who attend the same high school. many live in public housing. authorities say tensions between kids from different neighborhoods is partly to blame for derrion's death. >> we need to guarantee students safe passage toshgs appeal to the board to allow them their access to school -- they get up an hour and a half earlier to go to school and come back an hour later and be bussed out from down the street. the other kids who live on the other side of town, bussed in. that's an irrational proposition. >> police say derrion who was in the in a gang got caught up in this fighting between rival gangs. the chicago mayor says he wants to add more police officers at the schools. jackson says a better idea would be to create a community patrol team made of local residents.

president obama has not yet announced how many additional u.s. troops, if any, will be sent to afghanistan. but whatever the number, it will probably be more than formally announced. in march, the white house announced it was sending 21,000 additional troops to afghanistan. "the washington post" supports on additional 13,000 soldiers were also sent as support and that was never officially, formally announced. traditionally, those figures are not included in pentagon and white house announcements. your child's school may have one of those zero tolerance policies when it comes to potential weapons. it's to keep the kids safe. but do these policies sometimes, in your opinion, go too far? see how one kid got suspended for taking a cub scout camping utensil to school.

new developments in this story we've been talking about today.

this is the case of the 6-year-old boy in delaware suspended from school, forced to go to 45 days in reform school maybe. zachary christy got in trouble because he took a camping utensil to use at lunch. a school board member is now saying zach might get a reprieve. he's saying it is obvious that zach does not present a danger at school. the school district said this folding knife, that was the part of this combo that was a problem, that it's banned as a dangerous instrument under the zero tolerance policy. on the cbs "early show" zach talked about his punishment. >> i definitely agree with them that they shouldn't bring dangerous weapons to school. but i don't think that the punishment should be this bad. >> as we said, it seems like at

least one board member maybe agrees with him. the boy's parents say he's a first-grader. he was excited about joining the cub scouts and he wanted to show off the new gadget he got. we'll be taking your views on this story and air some of them. the former top man at enron will get a chance to ask the supreme court to let him out of prison. jeffrey skilling was convicted on 19 counts of securities fraud, insider trading and conspiracy stemming from the spectacular collapse of the energy brokerage company. he claims prosecutors never proved he personally profited from the high-flying deals that brought that company down. the supreme court will hear this case early next year. the headlines out of detroit's public school system have been pretty grim. a massive budget deficit and a possible bankruptcy filing. but there are places kids are finding the inspiration to excel.

poppy harlow visited one for cnnmoney.com's "assignment detroit." >> reporter: detroit may be trying to reinvent itself, but when it comes to educating its children, the word struggle only begins to describe the situation. >> almost every kid has to walk through a metal detector just to walk to school. >> one of my students says he and his friends mentally prepare themselves for what to do if somebody puts a gun in your face. >> reporter: only 58% of detroit public school students graduate from high school. and the school system right now is battling a $259 million budget deficit. >> let's start it off. >> three plus three -- >> reporter: but as desperate as the situation may be, two wayne state university professors have found success inspiring detroit kids. and of all places, a math camp. >> remember, you want to play mathematics up here, you better keep it simple. >> reporter: in 1991 with just a few kids at first, professors

leonard and steve started matt corps, a free six-week program for youngsters grades 7 and up. what's different? complex and often scary math problems are transformed into teen challenges. >> that's perfect. >> reporter: the curriculum creates an environment where supporting others is central to learning. >> we have a support system. we support people like this. and then when they get it right, we agree. makes them feel happy when they see all these people agreeing with them. >> reporter: math corps accepts 500 students per year. they come not only to learn but also to teach. >> kids teaching kids works unbelievably well because it's not kids teaching kids. it's kids caring about kids. >> reporter: and the proof is in the numbers. 90% of students who complete math corps graduate from high school and 80% go on to college.

>> the fact that you have them on a college environment at a young age -- i'm starting to lose it. but that plants that seed in them. you're worth something, you're worth 100 points. we believe we cannot just change the school system, but change the city in a fundamental way. >> wow, poppy. we're checking in with poppy harlow now from new york. these guys, they really -- they're clearly doing everything they can to try to make a difference. how's this going to work? this has to be overwhelming. >> reporter: it is. they've been doing this since 1991. it's really in focus now because of the dire straits the detroit school system is in. but the numbers really are evidence of how it works. but what it goes -- it's far beyond that. these kids are on a college

campus. they feel like, i can be here too, i can accomplish this, i can go to college. many of these kids, we were told, come from broken homes, bad experiences in their past. when they do go to the program, they feel as though they're among their peers and people who are doing more, doing better. they learn respect from one another. really impressive program. part of "assignment detroit." cnnmoney.com/detroit and see more of our stories and a longer of what you just saw right there. >> so glad you're doing this assignment. good stuff, poppy. >> reporter: thank you. let's talk about this. the latest episode of jon and kate's real life is taking place in a courtroom. what the judge is telling them.

let's check back to this story we're covering on senator olympia snowe. this is just in. president obama is praising gop senator olympia snowe for when

he is calling extraordinary diligence on health care reform. snowe says she is planning to vote for the baucus bill. she's the only republican on the finance committee who's going to do this. the president made these comments to reporters after a meeting in the oval office where he's meeting with the spanish prime minister, jose luis rodriguez zopetera. >> i think not only chairman baucus and others, but in particular senator snowe has been extraordinarily diligent in working together so that we can reduce costs of health care, make sure that people who don't have it are covered, make sure that people who do have insurance have more security and stability and that over the long term, we're saving families, businesses and our government money. >> we really literally just got that in.

a vote on the senate finance committee is expected sometime today. let's get to the story we were about to bring you. vandals carved a hate symbol and president obama's name into the green at a country club in massachusetts. now the secret service is investigating. workers at the lakeville country club found this carved into the 18th hole early yesterday morning. the country club believes that vandals did this at night. workers tried to cover the hate message with green spray paint yesterday but they say it's dug too deep into the ground. the symbol will have to be filled with turf. the jon and kate divorce battle went before a judge today. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer is in new york. it would be too much like right if they actually resolved something today, a.j. i suspect they didn't. >> any progress, richelle, absolutely worth mentioning. according to tmz, they met in judge's chambers.

the lawyers for jon and kate gosselin. they met for about an hour. nothing was decided in terms of a settlement. however -- again, this is according to tmz -- the judge did order that jon return $180,000 in marital funds which were removed in violation of an arbitrator's order. one would have to wonder if jon still has the $180k hanging around to put back. the judge told the couple to keep their split private and amicable. oh, we can only hope. "showbiz tonight" did receive the following statement from jon gosselin's attorney regarding the hearing today -- >> they're due back in court on october 26th. that's when a judge signs off on the arbitrator's decision, as long as it's in the best interest of the kids. and let's hope somewhere in that decision is a gag order. i say it again, a gag order.

>> i completely agree with you, a.j. we heard that kate was asking for alaimonalimony, spousal sup which seems normal. that's kind of house divorces go, i think. but isn't she the one working while jon is gallivanting around, right? >> it sure looks that way. she really is the breadwinner within this particular couple. we're going to turn the tables tonight. here's what we're asking on our "showbiz tonight" question of the day tonight. we're asking, should kate give jon spousal support? look at the results as of right now. >> what in the world? can i vote? >> absolutely. go to cnn.com/showbiztonight. it's pretty split. it started off with more people saying, no. it was a greater split before. a greater divide. but now, not so much. go to the website. we'll be working on those results tonight and we'll have the latest developments in all of the jon and kate drama because we are tv's most provocative entertainment news show. we'll see you back here at 11

p.m. eastern and pacific for "showbiz tonight." richelle, vote with me right now. >> don't give him anything at all except the gag order. >> nothing according to richelle. you're down. >> thanks, a.j. following this story for you, the attorney for that american dad who's being held in jail in tokyo, the attorney says that his client is being mistreated. he is claiming that christopher savoie is being held without trial. jap authorities say it's not true. savoie is accused of kidnapping his kids when his wife took them to japan. a first-grader gets suspended for bringing a camping tool to school. the problem his school called the tool a weapon and has a zero tolerance policy. now we're hearing the policy may change. your views on whether zero

tolerance policies really work.

a senate finance committee member, olympia snowe, she says she is supporting the panel's version of health care reform. she is the first republican to come out in favor of any of the health care reform proposals pending before congress. this is a pretty big development today. right now, the finance committee is debating the legislation. a final vote, they're supposed to do a final vote sometime this afternoon. the chairman of this particular committee is max baucus. he drafted this legislation with input from republicans. but he really doesn't have any of their support except for senator olympia snowe, who,

again, says that she will vote for it. let's listen. >> people do have concerns about what we will do with reform. but at the same time, they want us to continue working. and that is what my vote to report this bill out of committee here today represents. it's to continue working the process. i do it with reservations because i share my republican colleagues' trepidation about what will transpire on the senate floor, what will emerge in the house/senate conference and how indeed the finance committee bill will be merged with the health bill. >> americans are looking for commonsense solutions. americans want a balanced plan that takes the best ideas from both sides. and americans want us to craft a package that will get the 60 votes that it needs to pass. >> what could have been a strong

bipartisan vote reflecting our desire for reform is ending as another divided vote as we take another step forward toward the flawed solution of reforming one-sixth of our economy. >> all this back-and-forth is about the baucus bill. what it is not, no option for a government-run insurance plan. it sets up co-ops to broker private insurance. and that was a concession to republicans in hopes of winning bipartisan support. which we just said they really didn't get a lot of that. if the bill pass, a lot of work will have to be done before health care reform actually reaches the president. this finance committee bill still has to be blended with the version passed by the senate health, education, labor and pension committees. president obama is praising republican senator snowe for what he calls extraordinary diligence on health care reform. he made some comments to reporters a little while ago

after a meeting in the oval office with the spanish prime minister, jose luis rodriguez zofetero. >> i think not only chairman baucus and others, but in particular senator snowe has been extraordinarily diligent in working together so that we can reduce costs of health care, make sure that people who don't have it are covered, make sure that people who do have insurance have more security and stability and that over the long term, we're saving families, businesses and our government money. >> so, again, what's on our radar today is that a vote in the senate finance committee is expected sometime this afternoon. we will definitely keep you posted on that. the three people accused of feeding anna nicole smith's drug addiction are in a los angeles courtroom. a judge is going to decide if

there's enough evidence for them to stand trial. smith was 39 years old when she died of a drug overdose in 2007. two doctors and smith's lawyer and boyfriend, howard k. stern, pleaded not guilty to conspiring to illegally provide her with controlled substances. larry birkhead, the father of smith's daughter dannielynn, is expected to testify later this week. police in texas and the fbi say new technology helped them solve a brutal rape case 19 years after it was committed. this person that they've arrested is identifies as dennis earl bradford. he's accused of attacking an 8-year-old girl in her home on august 10th, 1990. police say advances in dna led them to bradford who was arrested in little rock, arkansas, this morning. the police chief of dickinson, texas, described what the man is accused of doing. we warn you, it is very graphic. some viewers might find it disturbing.

>> a young girl only 8 years old at the time was abducted from the bedroom of her apartment located not too far from here. once inside the apartment, the abductor grabbed her from her bed, picked her up and took her to his car. eventually this little girl was taken to a field just a couple of miles from this office. this individual then sexually assaulted her, violently cutting her throat from one side to the other and then left her there in that field to die. this little 8-year-old girl defied all the odds. through her strength, determination and with the help of nearby citizens, who found her some 14 hours later, she miraculously survive this had brutal attack. >> the victim is 27 years old now. she's come forward to tell her story, to tell what happened to

her. her name is jennifer schuett. she was at the press conference with the investigators. she said she wants to make sure no other child has to endure what she did. >> throughout this journey, i've had two main goals and they were to find the man who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and attempted to murder me 19 years ago so that he could not hurt anyone else. and to use my voice in telling my story to as many people as i possibly could over the years in hopes that i may encourage other victims of violent crime to stand up and speak out against criminals. today i can say very proudly that i have accomplished both of these goals. >> she says that she has always tried to remember every detail of her ordeal despite the pain

it caused her so she could help police find her attacker. after spending the past 40 years in cuba, a suspected hijacker is now being held in federal custody without bail. luis armando pena soltren pleaded not guilty in a federal court in manhattan today. he's charged with hijacking a pan am flight from new york's kennedy airport and forcing the plane to land in cuba in 1968. soltren surrendered to federal authorities sunday at jfk after getting off a plane from havana. if convicted, he could face life in prison. got some new developments in the case of that 6-year-old boy in delaware who was suspended from school and faced 45 days in reform school. not for anything major, not really. zachary christie got in trouble because he took a camping utensil to use for lunch. knife/fork/spoon combo. a school board member says he's probably going to get a reprieve.

he said it's obvious zachary doesn't present a danger. he said it was banned as a dangerous instrument because they have a zero tolerance policy and they were doing what they had to do. zachary told the "cbs early show" weapons don't belong in school, he understands that. but he says the punishment shouldn't be so bad. >> i think it's very wrong. it's not very fair at all. i think they need to change this rule. it's not fair for the kid, and it's not fair for his parent. it's not fair for anybody. >> his parents say that he was just excited because he just joined the cub scouts and he wanted to show off the new gadget he got. so we've been asking you, what do you think about this? got a lot of thoughts on this, tons of feedback. still, keep calling. e-mail us. you can also comment on my facebook page.

search richelle carey hln right there on facebook. or text "views" to hlntv. a new study show that is youget better medical care when you go to a top-rated hospital. that seems obvious. but this is the thing, how can you find one? search online, elizabeth cohen has more. >> reporter: patients have a 52% lower chance of dying at top-rated hospitals, compared to the u.s. hospital average. the study by an independent consultancy examined examination records from 5,000 hospitals between 2006 and 2008. it looked at trends in mortality and complication rates for 28 different procedures, from heart attack to knee replacement surgery to pneumonia, for patients age 65 and older. hospitals were rated as five star the best, three star, average and one star poor.

over half of the potentially preventable deaths were associated with four diagnoses, sepsis, pneumonia, heart failure and respiratory failure. the report finds that overall death rates declined from 2006 to 2008 but that the gap in quality of care between hospitals has persisted for over a decade. the american hospital association says the study is just one of many and broader data can be found at a website called hospitalcompare, developed by a private partnership.

social media monsters, the facebook, myspace, twitter, they're open to everyone. they're free to use, despite this egalitarian approach, a class divide is emerging among people who use them. cnn.com/live's reggie aqui is with us to figure this all out. i figured there is a divide among age groups. i figured that out. i did not realize this other divide. break this down for us. >> reporter: there is a class divide. and there's been a lot of anecdotal evidence of it but now there are numbers to back it up. myspace is more blue collar. facebook, a little more affluent. and i was actually really surprised at how affluent facebook is. one of the numbers coming out of the study shows that about a quarter of the users of facebook

make more than $100,000 a year. surprising to me. what are the reasons for this? that's where some of the analysis comes in. and to be honest, some of the guesswork. myspace users more likely to earn less than $50,000 a year. here's some of the explanation. facebook apparently more popular in upscale suburbs. and remember, these social networking sites tend to attract people who are, of course, sending out friends of theirs. so since like attracts like, if there's a more affluent user on facebook, it's more likely that their friends are going to be more affluent. if there are less affluent members on myspace t same applies there. another thing is xaexactly what you pointed out. there are younger use users that tend to flock to myspace. another reason that is pointed out, facebook started on college campuses. so they tend to have more college-educated users, versus myspace. >> makes sense.

>> reporter: a lot of things are at play here. do you know what the number one most affluent site is? twitter. >> really? >> reporter: yeah, also linked in. they both compete for the most affluent members. >> correct me if i'm wrong, facebook didn't just start on any college campus. i think it was harvard, am i right? >> reporter: yeah, demographic pushes in a certain direction automatically, right? >> exactly. thanks good stuff. interesting stuff to know. also people want to know a lot more about what's going on with swine flu. every time you mention it, people just want as much information as they can get. where can they get this information? >> reporter: the easiest place to go, cnn.com/h1n1 and we have links to the cdc site as well. we tried to get as many questions as we can answered there. first of all, don't panic, of course. another thing is that if you're in a high-risk group -- that's the group that needs to get the h1n1 vaccine first. but the overall advice is that

everyone should get this, although there are going to be enough vaccines for everyone in the united states if they choose to get one. we're finding in a study you can see on cnn.com, a survey, there's certainly not a majority of americans think they're going to get out and get the vaccine for a number of reasons. you can explore those by going to cnn.com/h1n1 and look at a map that shows you where the virus as spread so far. >> i've got everything i need to know. good stuff, reggie, thank you. some information in the story about that sweat lodge. there's a county safety official saying that that sweat lodge where people got sick and two later died did not have the needed building permit. he says the structure at a resort in sedona, arizona, was taken down before it could be inspected. the sheriff is looking to see if criminal negligence played a role in the deaths. sweat lodges are used for cleansing rituals. the fire chief says most of them hold maybe a dozen people.

but this one held as many as 65. the owner wouldn't comment. a republican congressman's vacation was tropical and treacherous. find out why he could be a sure thing for the next season of "survivor."

if his adventures on capitol hill ever get scale, congressman jeff flake may not to compete on "survivor." for seven days this summer, the arizona republican toughed it out on an uninhabited island in the middle of the pacific ocean. he's sharing pichts and the journal he kept while he was on the trip. he says he planned the trip for more than two years. it was meant to test his outdoor survival skills. he ate only coconuts and fish he speared himself. he's a 46-year-old father of five. he made fire from dry branches, purified his own water and slept in a hammock on the beach. look at this picture. that's amazing. people from los angeles to san francisco are bracing for a strong pacific storm.

they're passing out the sandbags in the bay area. they're expecting up to 4 inches of rain by tomorrow. >> i often have a drip under the door in the back. and i just put in afloor. so i'm trying to alleviate any water coming in under the backdoor. >> mud slides, serious mudslides could be a problem as well. particularly in southern california. they've been ravaged by wildfires and up to six inches of rain could wash fire debris into some low lying areas. in the southwest getting soaked again this week. parts of georgia and alabama under flood warnings yesterday. more heavy rains are coming. tp atlanta area just cleaning up from flooding three short weeks ag ago. >> a lung transplant patient is dead after he got the lungs of a smoker. he got the transplant in 2007. less than a year after that

doctors found a tumor on his new lungs and soon he died. the hospital says it's actually not unusual to transplant a smoker's lungs in the united kingdom because there just aren't enough healthy lungs available for transplants. an iowa doctor wanted to spend more time with her family after having twin girls, found a lucrative career to fall back on. a doctor. she makes a pretty penny selling things like clothing on ebay. dr. jennifer lickteig made $20,000 on ebay and told allan chernoff that it's good to have a plan "b." >> how important do you think it is for people to have a plan "b" or an alternative? >> i think it's important. you look at the recession and people losing their job. if you have something to fall back on, there's a little bit of insurance. >> well, now that her daughters are 3 years old she plans to go back to practicing medicine part time. your dog may understand

certain commands like fetch, roll over, but would you think a dog could do tricks by reading the commands? you've got to see this story. @

21st sent century police wo cracked a case. they found a man accused of raping the child. an emotional reaction of the victim came forward to tell her story in public for the first time m. a florida teen faces a long road to recovery after he was deliberately set on fire. what police think was behind if horrific attack. a 6-year-old boy couldn't wait to show off his new camping gear. it got him into a whole bunch of trouble. he was thrown out of school. welcome. it just occurred the senate finance committee has approved

its version of health care reform. all 13 democrats and one republican, olympia snowe of maine voted to send the reform plan to the full senate. she was the only republican to vote in favor of the plan. people do have concerns about what we will do with reform. at the same time they want us to continue working. and that with is what my vote to report this bill out of committee here today represents. it's to continue working the process. i do it with reservations because i share my republican colleagues trepidation about what will transpire on the senate floor, what will emerge in the house senate conference, and how indeed the finance committee bill will be merged with the health bill. in the baucus bill just passed in committee, there's no option for a government run insurance plan. it does set up co-ops to broker

private insurance. a concession to republicans. there's still a lot of work to be done before it reaches the desk of the president. it has to be blended with a senate version passed by the house committee. and reconciled with whatever emerges for the house. all the other versions include a public insurance option. a new threat in the hills of california. potentially devastating mudslides could occur if a big storm brings heavy rains. passing out where mud and debris could be washed down. up to six inches expected in santa barbara where 8700 acres burned in may. chad myers has more on the growing threat. >> chuck, this is a low. a big low pressure coming off the pacific, but it's enhanced

by what was thai foonyphoon mel. some of the moisture made its way all across the pacific and into san francisco and across the spine of the sierra. it's been raining and windy from seattle to l.a. the main winds into washington and oregon. it hasn't rained in thoo these areas for years. if you've only lived there a couple of years you don't realize what happens to the creek or stream by your house when it rain this is much. there are areas here. that pink, that purple right there, that's all the way up to 6 to 8 inches of rainfall along the spine of the zsierra. still to come on top of what's fallen in the area already, chuck. >> how about the southeast? a couple weeks after devastating floods, more rain is on the way?

has it ended. >> it has not ended. even for atlanta you can see rainfall. i want to draw your attention to this big red box. just coming out somewhere across the country. there's dallas, texas, right there. i can touch the eye, which means information. it will pop up what can't, that means about the van zandt county. this is all of the text. any time you see that there are hot warnings out there just issued. a lot of flooding tonight and the danger happens after dark when you can't tell how deep the water is and you've been driving through the same areas for years and it never floods. all the sudden tonight there's water there. if you see it, you need to stop stop. the problem is at night it's

hard to see. only goes as far as your headlights go. dangerous site today. >> very important point. well done. thanks, chad. texas police and the fbi say new technology helped them solve a brutal rape case from 19 years ago after committed almost 20 years ago. dennis earl bradford. a man accused of attacking an 8-year-old girl in her home on august 10th, 1990. advances in dna testing led them to bradford who was taken into custody in little rock, arkansas. the police chief of dickinson, texas, describes what the man has been accused of. some viewers may find it disturbing. >> a young girl only 8 years old was abducted from the bedroom of her apartment, located not far from here. once inside the apartment the abductor grabbed her from the bed, picked her up, and took her to his car. eventually this little girl was taken to a field just a couple

of miles from this office. this individual then sexually assaulted her. violently cutting her throat from one side to the other. and then left her there in that field to die. this little girl defied the odds. she miraculously survived the brutal attack. >> now the victim is 27 and has come forward to tell her story. jennifer attended the press conference with investigators. she wants to help make sure no other child that has to endure what she did. >> throughout this journey i've had two main goals, and they were to find the man who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and attempted to murder me 19 years ago so he could not hurt

anyone else and to use my voice in telling my story to as many people as i possibly could over the years in hopes i may encourage other victims of violent crime to stand up and speak out against criminal ls. today i can say very proudly that i have accomplished both of these goals. as of today i received a phone call that an arrest in my case had been made. and over the last 19 years as i've shared my stories with others they've shared their stories with me. i hope my case will remain as a reminder to all the victims of violent crime to never give up hope in seeking justice, no matter how long it may take or how hard it may be. with determination and by using your voice to speak out you are

capable of anything. justiceforjennifer.com, i will continue to reach out on my website as i am able. 19 years ago was a tragic one. today 19 years later i stand here and want you all to know that i am okay. i am not a victim, but instead victorious. thank you so much to everyone for your undying support and for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers. >> she says she tries to remember every detail of the ordeal to help police find the attacker. a florida teenager in a hospital. somebody set him on fire. police are holding three juveniles in connection with the attack on the 7th grader. michael brewer was doused in

gasoline and set ablaze. he has burns over 80% of his body. >> this is the worst thing you can possibly do to a 15-year-old kid zblchb kid. to anybody. to even an animal. you can't do this. you feel every single bit of pain. >> we're waiting for news conference in broward county with more details on that. the victim's family said the attack was in retaliation because he had stopped somebody from stealing his dad's bicycle the day before. there's the scene from the sheriff's department. no one there yet. an ugly symbol of hate surfaces next to president obama's name on a country golf course. why getting rid of it is proving to be a tough task.

president obama says he'll make his decision soon on new troops for afghanistan. the next couple of weeks. he told reporters the troop issue is one of many issues

he'll dealing with when it comes to that conflict. >> the military security provided in our ability to train afghan forces is one element of it. another element of it is making sure that we are doing a good job in helping build capacity on the civilian side, on -- in areas like agriculture. and education. and i would expect that we will have a completion of this current process in the coming weeks. in the meantime, we still have troops there who are doing extraordinary work each and every day. >> regardless of how many additional troops president deploys it will probably be more than formally announced. in march the white house announced it was sending 21,000 more troops to afghanistan. the "washington post" reports unreport

unreported was an additional 13,000 troops. vandals carved a hate symbol and president obama's name into the green at a massachusetts country club. this is south of boston. now the secret service is investigating. workers at the lakeville country club found this carved into the 18th hole early yesterday. they believe the vandals sneaked in at night. >> workers tried to cover it with green spray paint. they said it dug too zeep in the ground. instead the symbol will be filled in with dirt. i think we're going to the news conference we talked about. >> it's indescribable. out of revenge, retaliation, there's no excuse. because michael brewer reported somebody for stealing his dad's bike. because he reported somebody stealing his dad's bike. whether or not they owed him money, deliberately sought him

out, poured alcohol on him. there's no way to explain it, no way to rationalize it. i'm proud of our detectives, our deputies in deerfield beach responded. our detectives went out within a couple hours we had three in custody. there's never doubt in my mind we're going to find the people responsible. the suspects in this case need to be prosecuted. the victim in this case is probably going to be in the hospital for five months. he's currently in jackson memorial hospital. second degree burns over 80% of his body. and he's in for a long, long recovery. something we don't want any 15-year-old to have to deal with.

unfortunately it doesn't reflect well on our community or on our society. when we were in school we might have had fights in the schoolyard, but nobody ever thought of stabbing anyone or shooting anyone or setting them on fire. that's where we are today unfortunately. i can't tell you what the answer is. the violence in schools and our community with kids needs to stop. i don't know what the answer is but as parents and leaders we need to step up to the plate and do a better job in teaching our kids right from wrong. this was blatantly wrong. but this group of kids thought that because the kid may have snitched them out and turned them in because they were trying to steal his dad's bike they felt in their mind it was okay to set him on fire. we got to send the message to our kids that is not okay.

and it's not a way to resolve any kind of differences or any problems. he'll talk specifics about the case. we'll take questions you may have. >> can you tell us what is the scenario? >> sunday the victim in this case reported his father's bike stolen. an arrest was made on a juvenile that day. he was taken out of juvenile detention center and released to his parents at 1:00 monday morning. monday afternoon the victim did not go to school. neither did the suspect in the sunday case. monday afternoon the victim was back at the apartment complex yesterday waiting on some

friends to get out of school when he was approached by the suspect and four other individuals. >> what happened at that point? >> based on what some of the suspects are telling us and the witnesses that were present, the suspect matthew from sunday's incident said he's a snitch, he's a snitch. one of the suspects was arm ed with rubbing alcohol. matthew told him pour it on him. a second suspect poured it on him. and a third suspect lit him on fire. >> it sounds like they knew -- >> i don't know what else you can add to that. it's a horrific situation as the sheriff said. violence in schools needs to stop. but unfortunately he doesn't have an answer to this. a 7th grader identified as

michael brewer was in his own apartment complex. there he's been taken out of an ambulance at jackson memorial hospital in miami. this occurred in broward county at the lime tree apartments. and apparently in retaliation for as you heard the boy snitching on those who were trying to steal his dad's bicycle. he has second degree burns on 80% of his body. horrific story. three people in custody. all right. moving on. -- we'll be right back.

there's a new memorial for the chicago honor student, the 16-year-old boy who's brutal video death was captured on video. this features an outline of derrion albert's shoe. it serves as a stark reminder of the youth violence that claimed his life. he was viciously beaten blocks from his school. the reverend jesse jackson road the bus to attend the same high

school. many live in public housing. tension between kids from different neighborhoods is partly to blame for derrion alberts death. can't get the video to roll. i'm sorry. that's the reverend jesse jackson obviously. police say albert was not in the gang but got caught in fighting between rival gangs. his funeral was held in chicago this month. mayor richard daley says he wants more police officers at schools. jackson says a better idea would be to create a community control team made up of local residents. a sweat lodge where people became ill and two later died did not have the needed building permit that a structure was taken down before it could be inspected. the sheriff is looking to see if any criminal negligence played a role in the death. sweat lodges are used for cleansing rituals. most hold around a dozen people. this held as many as 65.

the owner of the resort where this occurred would not comment.

new information about this story from california. a teenager is in the hospital and will be for five months recovering from second-degree burns over 80% of his body. we've just learned that police are holding five juveniles in connection with the attack. 15-year-old michael brewer was doused with gasoline or at least a flammable liquid, it may have been rubbing alcohol. he was set ablaze. he ran through an apartment complex. he jumped into the pool to put out the flames. >> when we were in school we might have had fights in the

schoolyard. nobody thought of stabbing anyone or shooting anyone or setting them on fire. that's where we are today unfortunately. i can't tell you what the answer is. but the violence in schools and in the community with our kids needs to stop. i don't know what the answer is. but as parent and as leaders we need to step up to the plate and do a better job in teaching our kids right from wrong. this was blatantly wrong. but this group of kids thought that because the kid may have snitched them out and turned them in for stealing their dad's bike. they felt in that their mind it was okay to set them on fire. we have to send the message to our kids, that is not okay. and it's not a way to resolve any differences or problems. >> the family did say the attack was in retaliation because the boy on sunday tried to stop

somebody from stealing his dad's bicycle. texas police have cracked a real old cold case with new technology, solving a brutal rape case 19 years after it was committed. the suspect is identified at dennis earl bradford, accused of attacking an 8-year-old girl in her home on august 10th, 1990 he was taken into custody in little rock arkansas. the police chief described what the man is accused of doing. we have to warn you, it's pretty graphic stuff. >> a young girl only 8 years old at the time was abducted from the bedroom of her apartment. once inside the apartment the abductor grabbed her from the bed, picked her up and took her to his car. eventually the little girl was take on the a field just a few miles for this office.

this individual sexually assaulted her, violently cutting her throat from one side to the other and then left her there in that field to die. this little 8-year-old girl defied all the odds. through her strength, determination, and with the help of nearby citizens who found her some 14 hours later, she miraculously survived the brutal attack. >> now the victim is 27 and has come forward to tell her side of the story. jennifer schuett says she wants to make sure no other child has to endure what she did. >> throughout this journey i've had two main goals. and they were to find the man who kidnap, sexually assaulted and attempted to murder me 19 years ago so that he could not hurt anyone else. and to use my voice in telling my story to as many people as i

possibly could over the years in hopes i may encourage other victims of violent crimes to stand up and speak out against criminals. today i can say very proudly that i have accomplish ed both f these goals. >> schuett says she's tried to remember every detail of the ordeal despite the pain so she could help police find the attacker. there's a new threat in the hills of california. poeshly d potentially devastating mudslides could occur. in san francisco they're passing out sandbags in area where is mud and debris could be washed down from burned areas. six inches could fall in santa barbara. 8,700 acres burned there in may. the southeast is getting soaked again. parts of georgia and alabama under flood warjs yesterdanings.

the senate finance committee approved on a 14-9 vote. 13 democrats and one republican, olypmia snowe of maine voted to send the reform plan to the senate floor. she was the only republican to vote in favor of what's called the baucus bill. >> people do have concerns about what we will do we reform. at the same time they want us to continue working. that is what my vote to report this bill out of committee here today represents. it's to continue working the process. i do it with reservation because i share my republicans' trepidation about what will transpire on the senate floor, what will emerge in the house senate congress and how indeed the finance committee bill will be merged with with the health bill. >> my goal from the outset was

to very proudly put out a bill that we could carry and get passed and be the foundation of basis for health care reform as so needed in this country. even though we don't have quite the debris of bipart san thort that i would have hoped for, i still very much appreciate the good faith effort that everyone has undertaken, especially you, senator grassley. it's meant a lot to me personally. >> in the bill there's no option for a government-run insurance plan. it sets up co-ops, a concession to republicans in hopes of winning bipartisan report. still a lot of work to be don before health care reform reaches the work of the president. it has to be blended with a version passed by the health, education, labor and pensions committee. all the other versions include a public insurance option. president obama will make a troop decision for afghanistan in the coming weeks.

he said the troop issue is one of many he has to deal with when it comes to that conflict. >> i think not only chairman baucus and others but in particular senator snowe has been extraordinarily diligent in working. >> i apologize. that's the president reacting to the good news from the house -- from the senate finance committee on the just completed approval, the baucus bill. we had hoped to bring you his afghanistan comments. regardless of how many troops he decide toss deploy, additional troops to afghanistan, it will be more than normally announced. in march the white house said it was sending 21,000 additional troops to afghanistan. the the "washington post" reports there's a corollary, an additional 13,000 were also sent as support. it was never formally announced.

traditionally the figures are not included in announcements. vandals carved a hate symbol and president obama's name in a country club southwest of boston. now secret service is investigating. workers at lakeville country club found that carved into the 18th hole yesterday they believe the vandal snuck in at night. >> it's sick. >> it's quiet disturbing to be honest with you. a small town here. i don't know. it's troubling is the best we i can describe it. >> it's senseless. what's the point of doing something like that? it doesn't seem right. >> something that surprises me. hopefully we can find out who actually did that and make them pay for it at least. and hopefully it doesn't mean anything close to what it could symbolize. >> workers tried to cover it with screen spray paint, but it was dug too deep in the ground. your child's school may have a zero tolerance policy when it

comes to potential weapons being brought to the building, but do these policies sometimes go too far? one kid got suspended for taking a cub scout camping utensil to school.

zachary christi got into trouble because he took a spoon to use at lunch and to show off. and his school board member says the first grader is likely to get a reprieve. it's obvious the child presents no danger. the school district said the folding knife is banned. it's dangerous and there is a

zero tolerance policy. today on the cbs early show zachary talked about his punishment. >> i definitely agree with them that they shouldn't bring dangerous weapons to school, but i don't think that the punishment should be this bad. >> the parents say the first grader was simply excited about joining the cub scouts and wanted to show off the gadget. a new memorial for the 16-year-old boy brutally beaten to death. it features an outline of derrion albert's shoe. it serves as a stark reminder of the youth violence that claimed his life. last month he was viciously beaten blocks from his school. the reverend jesse jackson road the bus with the kids to school.

they say neighborhood tensions are partly to blame. >> we brought these kids to school to guarantee them safe passage. to appeal to the board to allow them to have access to school right down the street. why should they get up an hour and a half earlier to go to school come back an hour later and be bust out from down the streets. other kids from the other side of town bussed in. that's an irrational proposition. >> police say albert was not in a gang. he got caught up in twigting between rival gangs. his funeral and scenes from it there was held earlier this month. chicago mayor richardday lee says he wants to add more police officers at schools. the reverend jackson said a better idea would be to create a community patrol team made of local residents. the three people accused of feeding anna nicole's drug addiction are to stand in court. two doctors and smith's

lawyer/boyfriend, howard k. stern have pleaded not guilty to conspireing to provide her with controlled substances. larry berkhead is expected to testify later this week. a sweat lodge where people became sick and two later died didn't have the needed building permit. he says the struck cher at an arizona resort was taken down before it could be inspected. the sheriff is looking to see if criminal negligence play ad role in the death. sweat lodges are used for cleansing rituals. most hold up to a dozen people. this one held as many as 65. the owner of the resort where this happened hasn't commented. young students in detroit have their share of problems. now two university professors are giving them hope and helping them beat the odds.

we have a story just in from florida where a judge has just ruled the runaway teen who converted to christianity from the muslim faith will be returned to ohio. she will be transferred into the custody of ohio's franklin county children's service.

the parents' attorney didn't object to the ruling. she's ordered to go psychological evaluations when she gets back to ohio. the headlines for detroit public school system have been grim for years. there are places where kids are finding the inspiration to excel. poppy harlow visited one for cnnmoney.com's assignment for detroit. >> when it comes to educating its children, the word struggle only begins to describe the situation. >> almost every kid has to walk through a metal detector just to walk to school. >> one of my students said he and his friends mentally prepare themselves for what to do if somebody puts a gun in your face. >> reporter: only 58% of detroit public school students graduate from high school. they are now battling a $259 million budget deficit. >> let's start it off.

as desperate at the situation may be, two wayne state university professors have found success, inspiring detroit kids. out of all places, a math camp. >> remember, you want to play mathematics up here, you better keep it simple. you better keep it down here. >> in 1991 with just a few kids at first, these professors started math corp. a free six weeks program for youngsters grade seven and up. complex and often scary math problems are transformed into team challenges. >> that's perfect. the curriculum creates an environment where supporting others is essential to learning. >> we have a support system. we support people like this. when they get it right you agree. it makes them feel happy when you see the people agreeing with them. >> math corp now accepting 500 students per year. they come from different backgrounds with different abilities. not only to learn, but also to

teach. >> kids teaching kids works unbelievably well. because it's not kids teaching kids. it's kids caring about kids. >> reporter: and the proof is in the numbers, 90% of students who complete math corps graduate from high school. and 80% go onto college. >> the fact that you have them in a college environment -- i'm sorry. i'm going to lose it. that's planting a seed in them. you're worth something. >> we believe we cannot just change the school system, but change the city in a fundamental way. >> poppy harlow joins us live from new york. that's a great piece. this could be the answer to youth violence breaking out, too. >> good point. >> the founders say this can change detroit for the better.

but how. >> it's really about instilling in these kids the idea that we can, too. you've got them on a college campus. many never dream of going to college. a lot come from broken when they're there, they told us they feel safe, they feel like doing math is cool, they feel like they are part of something bigger than what's going on at home or in their neighborhood. and they learn respect for each other. one of the girls we profiled said she now opens doors for other people. it's a behavioral change coming from a math camp, which is surprising. they've been doing it since 1991. 2,500 students have gone through the program. they are working to greatly increase that number. it's one of our many stories on detroit. you can check out more right there. but some great work and a happy story out of a city facing a lot of challenges. >> poppy, thank you so much. the former top man at enron

will get a chance to ask the u.s. supreme court to let him out of prison. jeffrey skilling was convicted on 19 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy stemming from the collapse of the company. he claims prosecutors never proved he profited from the deals that brought down enron. the court will hear his case next year. a woman who sent a poke to a facebook friend may end up in jail. the website lets you poke someone on your friend's list. she sent a nudge to dana hanna and got arrested. she has a court order against jackson requiring her to refrain from telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating with hanna. if convicted, she could be locked up for a year. is michael jackson's "this is it" a rip-off? you'll hear both songs back-to-back.

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we have an update on a story we've been following for a few weeks now. a judge in florida has ruled a runaway teen who converted to christianity from the muslim faith, she's got to go home to ohio. she's going to be transferred into the custody of ohio's franklin count y children services department. she's 17 years old and her parts were ordered to undergo psychological evaluations once she arrives in ohio. she's been staying in florida. she ran away in july. so that is the latest on that case. we have some details now on a

case of a teen in florida who was set on fire in a vicious attack. 15-year-old michael brewer is in the hospital with severe burns on 80% of his body. right now, police are holding five juveniles in custody. they say that brewer was doused with alcohol and set on fire yesterday. police are saying this attack was retaliation because michael told authorities he knew who had stolen his father's bicycle. >> out of revenge or retaliation, there's no excuse for it. and it came out because michael brewer reported somebody for stealing his dad's bike. that's what this comes down to. it's retaliation because he reported somebody stealing his dad's bike. and whether or not as to whether they owed him money, they deliberately sought him out, poured alcohol on him, and set him on fire.

>> and now he's going to be in the hospital for about the next five months. he clearly has a long road ahead of him to recover. what happened to brewer has shocked and horrified the community in florida where he lives. jane velez-mitchell will give her take on the story in just a few minutes from now. police in texas and the fbi say new technology helped them solve a rape case 19 years after he was committed. we brought you some of this live earlier. it was riveting. their suspect is dennis earl ratford, accused of attacking an 8-year-old girl in her home on august 10th, 1990. police say advances in dna testing led them to bradford. he was arrested in little rock, arkansas this morning. the police chief described what he's accused of doing. it is graphic and difficult for some of you probably to listen to. here it is. >> a young girl only years old at the time was abducted from

the bedroom of her apartment. located not too far from here. once inside the apartment, the abducter grabbed her, from her bed, picked her up and took her to his car. eventually this little girl was take on the a field a couple miles from this office. this individual then sexually assaulted her, violently cutting her throat from one side to the other. and then left her there in that field to die. this little -year-old girl defied the odds. through her strength, determination and with the help of nearby citizens who found her some 14 hours later, she miraculously survived this brutal attack. >> and she's 27 years old now. come forward to tell the story of what happened to her. her name is jennifer, she was at this press conference with

investigators. she says she wants to make sure no other child has to endure what she did. listen to jennifer. >> throughout this journey, i've had two main goals, and they were to find the man who kidnapped me and tried to murder me 19 years ago so that he could not hurt anyone else. and to use my voice in telling my story to as many people as i possibly could over the years, in hopes that i may encourage other victims of violent crime to stand up and speak out against criminals. today, i can say very proudly that i have accomplished both of these goals. >> she says that she always tried to remember every detail of her ordeal in spite of the pain it caused her so she could help police find her attacker.

there's a new memorial for the chicago honor student whose beating death was captured on cell phone video. the peacemakers wall of respect features an outline of derrion albert's shoe to serve as a reminder of the youth violence that claimed his life. last month, he was viciously beaten a few blocks from his school. the reverend jesse jackson rode the bus with a group of students who attend that same high school. >> this is a state of emergency. given the patterns of violence and the patterns of killing. they have to get up earlier to go to school, and get back an hour later. they need more access to school and guarantied passage and laptops, not just merely more police. >> authorities say the tensions between kids from different neighborhoods is partly to blame for derrion's killing.

police say that he was not in a gang, he just got caught in fighting between rival gangs. his funeral was earlier this month. chicago mayor richard daley says he wants to add more police officers at the school. jackson says a better idea is to create a community patrol team made up of local residents. anna nicole smith has on the physically supported by her lawyer and boyfriend as she walked into the florida hotel where she died of a drug overdose. that's according to testimony today in the case against stern and two doctors. the three are in court for a judge to decide if there's enough evidence for them to stand trial. they're charged with conspiring with providing smith with controlled substances. larry birkhead is expected to testify sometime later this week. the fifth and final congressional committee working

on health care reform has passed a bill. it's the only one with no public insurance option and the only one to get one republican vote. paul steinhauser joins us from washington. paul, lots of committees. i think at least four other committees have their own bill. why was this particular committee getting so much attention? explain all this. >> we've been talking about this seems like years. and why? four other congressional panels voted health care reform bills, known with democratic votes. all those bills had that public option. this bill did not, so the big question mark today as they voted, would any republicans could onboard? the answer was yes, one republican, the moderate from maine. take a look to what she said just moments before she voted. >> people do have concerns about what we will do with reform. but at the same time, they want us to continue working.

and that is what my vote represents. it's to continue working the process. i do it with reservatiless erer. and how indeed the finance committee bill will be merged with the health bill. >> so victory today for the senate democrats and for barack obama. we'll hear from the president in about an hour. he'll go to the rose garden and make comments on health care but he spoke about the bill prior to the vote. take a listen. >> i think not only chairman baucus and others, but in particular senator snowe has been extraordinarily diligent in working together so that we can

reduce cost of health care, make sure that people who don't have it are covered. make sure that people who do have insurance have more security and stability and we're saving families, businesses and our government money over the long run. >> besides maybe an extended happy hour later tonight, where does the bill go next? >> this is not the end. this is just the beginning of the end. what happens next, the action goes behind closed doors. in the senate, they have two bills they have to merge into one. so democratic leadership will go behind closed doors, maybe a vote in the full senate by the end of the month. house leadership trying to merge three bills into one. this could go all the way to christmas. it's going to be a long haul. >> maybe they should take it behind closed doors. paul, appreciate it.

your child's school probably has one of those zero tolerance policies when it comes to weapons. but do these policies sometimes go too far? here are your views about a kid who got suspended for taking a cub scout camping utensil to school.

new developments in the case of a 6-year-old in delaware, suspended from school, faced 45 days in reform school. i said he was 6. zachary got into trouble because he took a cample utensil to school. a school board member now says that zach is probably going to catch a break, he's in first grade. he said it's office that the first grader really doesn't pose a danger to anybody. the school district said the problem was the folding knife portion of this little contraption. they said it was banned because it's a dangerous instrument and

they got a zero tolerance policy. zach told the cbs "early show" he understands but he tried to make the case the punishment shouldn't be so bad. >> i think it's very wrong. it's not very fair at all. i think they need to change this rule. it's not fair for the kid and it's not fair his parent. it's not fair for anybody. >> parents say that he's in first grade and he was just excited about joining the cub scouts and he wanted to show off the little thing he had. and we've been asking your views on this. the particular zero tolerance policy that most schools have. we got a lot of comments and this is what chuck said.

>> lisa's strict. and christine is calling from north carolina. all right, christine, we have one on one side, one on the other. you're the tiebreaker. what do you think? >> caller: i think there has to be room for discretion when it comes to zero tolerance in our elementary schools. zero tolerance is becoming more like zero intelligence when it comes to though who shouldn't

have the authority to govern what it is truly intended for. i as a parent of a 6-year-old little boy who received a phone call from his elementary school because he was pretending to use his fingers like a gun, hence, his fingers, they had threatened to as well suspend him if it happened again. i think to punish a 6-year-old so severely that doesn't quite understand what, you know, he's being punished for is ridiculous. >> were you able to work that out before your child got suspended? >> caller: yes, yes. we did. >> thank you for your phone call and sharing your personal experience. we appreciate it. got opinions on both sides and we asked your opinion and thanks for your e-mails, your phone calls. more topics you can comment on and we'll be talking about this particular topic as well. so check it out at cnn.com/primenews.

an emotional sendoff for the new navy warship the "uss new york" built with 7 1/2 tons of steel from the world trade center. ♪ >> reporter: at first, it was just a haze. unfortunately, the fog didn't lift. as the crowd grew, so did the fog. but the weather couldn't keep families, schoolchildren, active military and a retired navy s.e.a.l. waiting for hours for the "uss new york" from passing by. >> it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing. >> an opportunity the ship's builders couldn't miss. it took five careers to construct the warship with 7 1/2 tons of steel from the wreckage of september 11th. a bittersweet moment for those

that put her together. >> that's america's ship and it holds a special place in all our hearts. >> reporter: and in the hearts of the estimated 2,000 along the east bank. >> i felt crowd that our country built that amazing ship and everything. >> reporter: while the fog delayed the 684-foot vessel's trip, it was still worth it for those that wanted to catch a glimpse of the crew and to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11. >> i just had goose bumps. tears in my eyes. it's just a moment in history and it lives on and we hope we never face something like this again, but we'll never forget. >> according to the ship building company, there are two more ships under construction that will join the "uss new york." the death rate for kids with h1n1 flu is at its highest since

the outbreak began last spring. 76 kids with the virus have died since april. 16 of them just last week. most had underlying medical conditions but not all of them. that's why doctors want you to watch your kids if they get sick. if they have breathing problems, their skin color becomes blueish or you cannot easily wake them. as they get better, make sure the fever doesn't come back and the cough doesn't get worse. and watch for a rash. all children over the age of 6 months should get vaccinations for swine flu and the seasonal flu. on wall street, could the results give a boost to stocks? stephanie has a wrap-up of the day on wall street. hello, stephanie. >> stocks bounced around today but could manage to stay in

positive territory. investors had a mixed reaction to the first round of big corporate earnings reports. one from johnson&johnson which led the losses on the dow. let's show you the numbers. the dow dropping 14 points to 9,871. nasdaq picked up slightly and the s&p 500 was off a quarter of 1%. domino's pizza posted a 76% profit. but shares fell more than 9%. investors shouldn't be too concerned as the stock has nearly doubled this year. today marks the first anniversary of the dow's biggest one-day point gain ever when the blue chip surged 936 points. that record-setting jump came on the heels of an eight-day slide which the dow plummeted 2400 points. if only every day could be like

that, richelle? >> thank you, stephanie. a south florida teenager set on fire, his attackers, other teenagers. jane velez-mitchell's take on this brutal attack. esesesesesess

the senate finance committee has just approved its version of health care reform. a main republican, olympia snowe, joined the committy's 13 democrats to send it to the senate floor. he was the only republican to vote in favor of this plan. let's listen. >> we are in a circumstance as a country where doing nothing is not an option. we are already spending one in every six dollars in this economy on health care. if we fail to act very quickly, we will be spending one in every three dollars in this economy on health care.

that is completely unsustainable. >> we know that this is an long way of having what they want, which is a simple payer system. frankly, i think if we ever go to that system, we'll all rue the day. this is a very costly bill, as moderate as it is in the eyes of the democrats. it's not moderate. it's very costly. it's going to cost us an arm and a leg. it's going to disrupt the practice of medicine. it doesn't do anything about tort reform. as senator grassley said, unnecessary defensive medicine that is eating us alive. >> so clearly everybody is not happy. finance committee bill will now be merged with the measure approved by a different committee before going to the senate floor. got some details in the case of a florida teen who was set on fire in what can only be called a vicious attack. 15-year-old michael brewer is in

the hospital with severe burns on 80% of his body. five juveniles are in custody. michael was doused with alcohol and set on fire yesterday. in this attack, they say was retaliation because michael told authorities he knew who had stolen his father's bike. >> out of revenge or retaliation, there's no excuse for it. and it came out because michael brewer reported somebody for stealing his dad's bike. that's what this comes down to, he reported somebody stealing his bad's bike. and whether or not they owed him money, they deliberately sought him out, poured alcohol on him, and set him on fire. >> and he's probably going to be in the hospital for at least five months. obviously he has a very long road ahead to recovery. breaking development on the story we've been following for a few months now.

a judge in florida has ruled a runaway teen who converted to christianity from the muslim faith will be returned to ohio. she will eventually be transferred into the custody of ohio's franklin county children services but first the parents must produce the emigration documents requested by the court. the teen's guardian in florida fears she's here illegally and could be deported back to sri lanka. she's 17 years old, and she and her parents were ordered to undergo psychological evaluations once back in ohio. she ran away back in july. a witness payments a bleak picture of anna nicole smith's last days. a california department of justice investigator took the stand today in a preliminary hearing for the three people accused in her death. former lawyer and boyfriend

stern was feeding her from a baby bottle. two doctors and stern have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to controlling her with controlled substances. larry birkhead is expected to testify later this week. texas police and the fbi say new texnology helped them solve a crime 19 years after it was committed. this is dennis earl bradford, accused of abducting a then 8-year-old girl from her bedroom august 10th, 1990. police say he took her to an overgrown field where he raped her, slit her throat with a knife, tearing her voice box and left her to die on an ant hill. police say advances in dna testing led them to bradford who was arrested this morning. the victim has come forward to tell her story, tell what happened to her.

jennifer was at a press conference this morning with investigators and said he wants to help make sure nothing like this ever happens to another child. >> throughout this journey, i've had two main goals, and they were to find the man who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and attempted to murder me 19 years ago so that he could not hurt anyone else. and to use my voice in telling my story to as many people as i possibly could over the years, in hopes that i may encourage other victims of violent crime to stand up and speak out against criminals. today, i can say very proudly that i have accomplished both of these goals. and today, i received a phone call that an arrest in my case had been made. and over the last 19 years, as

i've shared my story with others, they've so willingly shared their stories with me. i hope that my case will remain as a reminder to all victims of violent crime to never give up hope no matter how hard it may be. with determination and by using your voice to speak out, you're capable of anything. i will continue to reach out to everyone through my website, justi justiceforjennifer.com as i'm able. this is it in my life and 19 years ago was a tragic one. but today, 19 years later, i stand here and want you all to know that i'm okay. i'm not a victim, but instead victorious. thank you so much to everyone for your undying support and for

keeping me in your thoughts and prayers over the years. thank you. >> she says she's always tried to remember every detail of her ordeal in spite of the pain it causes her so she can help police find her attacker. president obama has not announced how many additional u.s. troops, if any, will be sent to afghanistan. but whatever the number, it will probably be more than formally announced. in march, the white house announced it was sending 21,000 additional troops. "the washington post" reports an additional 13,000 soldiers were also sent as support and that was never formally announced. traditionally those figures are not included in pentagon and white house announcements. after spending the past 40 years in cuba, a suspected hijacker is now being held in federal custody without bail. he pleaded not guilty in a court today in manhattan. he's charged with hijacking a

pan-am flight and forcing it to land in cuba in 1968. he surrendered to federal authorities sunday at jfk after getting off a flight from havana. if convicted, he could face life in prison. the former top man at enron will ask the supreme court to let him out of prison. jeffrey skilling was convicted on 19 counts of securities fraud, insider trader and conspiracy, all stemming from the spectacular collapse of the energy brokerage company. he claims prosecutors never proved he personally profited from the high-flying deals that brought that company down. the supreme court will hear his case early next year. your child's school probably has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to potential weapons. but do these policies, maybe, go too far? see how one kid got suspended for taking a cub scout camping utensil to school.

looks like a 6-year-old who was headed to reform school, he might catch a break. this 6-year-old boy lives in delaware. he was suspended from school. this is what the problem was. he took a camping utensil to school, one of those knife, fork spoon thing a-ma-jigs. he's probably going to get a reprieve. a school board member says yeah, he's probably not a danger but the problem was, the folding knife part of this contraption, that it was banned as a dangerous instrument under the zero tolerance policy.

zach talked about his punishment earlier. >> i definitely agree with them that they shouldn't bring dangerous weapons to school. but i shouldn't -- i don't think that the punishment should be this bad. >> and the punishment was going to be 45 days in reform school. what? the parents say he was just excited because he just joined the cub scouts and wanted to show off the gadget. but we'll see. facebook, myspace, twitter, all that good stuff, it's open to everyone and free. but a class divide is emerging among the people who use them. so are some sites snobbier than others, is that what you're trying to say? >> not everybody can be friends

with richelle carey at hln. but look, a lot of people say that myspace is a little more dingy. facebook is a little more high class. but now there's actual evidence to back up that anecdote. there is a new study that shows that almost a quarter of facebook users earn more than $100,000 versus 16% on myspace. myspace users are also more likely to earn less than $50,000. nielsen says facebook use is off the charts in upscale suburbs and myspace is more blue collar on their way up, perhaps not college educated. so why is this? you said right off the top that anybody can go to these sites, anybody can sign up for them.

experts say you have to look at society. that people tend to stick with people that are more like them. so one social media blogger notes that facebook's origins, you know where facebook started, right? in hartford. so it mimics like the facebook that you get when you are a freshman. so you can keep track of all of your friends. but the gates were opened and anybody can go there. but it's really interesting stuff about who goes to these social networking sites. >> good information. and also myspace tends to skew younger as well and the kids don't have the money, the parents have the money. >> exactly. >> also, people still want as much information as they can get on swine flu. i have friends asking me all the time because they think i have access to all the information. where can people get the information, nicole? >> cnn.com/h1n1. you can track your local

outbreaks on google flu tracker or the cdc. so tell your friends to go over there, because it focuses on your local community. national numbers are one thing, but you should know whether or not your hood is in greater risk or not. and that's really important to obviously get that shot as we're looking at right there. >> very useful information. talk to you later. talk about roughing it. you'll probably be impressed. a republican congressman's vacation was tropical, that sounds cool. very treacherous as well. why he could be a shoe-in for the next season of "survivor."

all right "prime news" is coming up. so let's check in with mike. you're going to dig a lot deeper into a story we touched on today. but people want answers about what happened at this sweat lodge in arizona. >> yes, spiritual claepsing and retreat. but two people ended up dead. we'll talk to a family member, and we're also asking what the

sweat lodge being operated legally, did they have a permit? because it's not uncommon for that area, so what is going on here? and we're also getting an idea how large this particular sweat shop, sweat lodge was. it's like 4515 square feet. so we'll take your comments and questions. this one is just baffling. a man busted for impersonating a u.s. marine. the lies he told. he even stumped for a candidate in colorado, telling the story. three tours of duty in iraq. he survived the pentagon attack, 9/11, lies. >> and why? >> that's the question. we'll be talking about that top of the hour. 1-877-tell-hln is the story. and a rape case involved 19 years later. we're going to hit on that. but the brave heart of generjen

is something to behold. from the age 8 on never wanted to be thought of as a victim. she said it best, i'm not a victim, i'm victorious. today is the day of victory. so really just an incredible story. and want to hear from you on that. >> i know i said it already, but i'm still so struck by the description she gave of her attacker. when you look at the sketch and the person they arrested, it looks -- it's striking how great the description is. and she was 8. so much more to talk about there. see you in a little bit. >> thanks, richelle. this story is wild. congressman jeff blake, he might want to compete on "survivor." seven days this summer, he toughed it out on an island in the middle of the pacific ocean. nobody but him. now he's sharing pictures.

he says he planned this trip for more than two years. it was meant to test his outdoor survival skills. so he ate coconuts and fish he speared himself. showing off right there. speared himself, showing over there. 46-year-old father of five. he made fire of dried branches, fewerfied his own water and slept in a hammock on the beach. look at him. from los angeles to san francisco bracing for a strong pacific storm passing out the sandbags in the bay area expecting up to four inches of rain by tomorrow. >> i often had a drip, you know, under the door in the back and i just put in a brand new floor. so, i'm trying to alleviate any water coming in under the back door. >> forecaster warn there could be serious mudslides, as well especially in parts of southern california that have been ravaged by wildfires. you can see some of the live pictures we've got for you there. up to six inches of rain could

wash fire debris into low-lying areas. parts of georgia and alabama under flood warnings yesterday and more heavy rains are coming. the atlanta was injure cleaning up from flooding three weeks ago. a lung transplant patient is dead after he got the lungs of a 50-cigarette-a-day soldier. the british solider got the tran plant in 2007. less than a year later doctors found a tumor on his new lungs and soon he died. the hospital said it is not unusual to transplant a smoker's lung in the united kingdom because there aren't enough healthy ones available for transplant. and iowa doctor, who wanted to spend more time with her family after having twin girls found a lucrative career to fall back on making a pretty penny selling things like clothing on ebay. she says she made about $120,000 on ebay last year, more than her job as a doctor and she told

cnn's allen chernoff from our sister network cnn, in this economy, you've got to have a plan b now that her daughters are 3-year-o years old, she'll that per practice, part time. ess