an oily mess in the san francisco bay right now. what caused a ship to begin leaking fuel into the bay's waters. a live tv report catches a life and death drama on camera. amazing pictures of a woman being rescued from the floodwaters. and a woman bears her breasts as part of a cancer awareness demonstration but should be it shown on air? you, the viewers, weigh in. here's the latest from hln "news and views." i'm richelle carey. thanks for your time. we're keeping a close eye on wall street right now. the dow is down about 200

points, 226 points right now. consumers may still be worried about spending money. the labor department says personal spending fell half a percent last month. largest drop in about nine months. yesterday the dow was up about 200 points because of excitement over the economic growth in the third quarter. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 are also sharply down today. down more than 2%. we'll keep an eye on this situation for you. the coast guard officer says a major effort is under way to contain an oil spill in san francisco bay. a tanker is leaking bunker fuel into the bay right now. look at that. the coast guard says it happened when oil was being transferred from a fuel barge to the ship the dubai star. no one knows how much fuel spilled into the water. we're following the story for you and we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. the coast guard searching for possible survivors after a mid air collision off the coast

of california. a marine helicopter and coast guard plane crashed last night. nine people were in the two aircraft. the plane was searching for a missing man while the helicopter was on a training mission. witnesses saw as massive fireball fall into the ocean near san diego. the coast guard says it's not giving up on finding survivors. >> we're always hopeful. we're working very hard to make sure we cover any possibility and the assumption is always that they are alive. we have not found any human remains at this point or survivors. >> the coast guard one estimates one could survive in the 60-degree water temperature for up to about 20 hours. there's been another arrest in the gang rape of a california high school girl outside her homecoming dance. the 18 year old is the sixth

suspect in custody. one suspect's aunt says he told her he only watched the assault and didn't do anything to stop it because he was afraid he would get beat up as well. the juveniles are being charged as adults and could get life in prison if convicted. police won't say if the witnesses recorded this attack on their cell phones. as many as ten people were involved in the assault and another ten watched. the victim was released from the hospital wednesday. look at these pictures. that steeple was ripped from landmark church in downtown shreveport, louisiana, yesterday. it fell on a car. pinned the driver inside. rescuers were able to free the man. he has broken bones. a line of thunderstorms spawned at least three tornadoes that touched down and is also being blamed in the death of one man after his car struck a down tree. in neighboring arkansas, the

storm brought heavy rain but no reports of injuries. drama unfolded live in little rock. a reporter was talking about why people shouldn't drive through rising water when it happened right behind him. a woman's suv went under. cameras from affiliate kark caught a man jumping in to try to save this woman and her son. look at this. the fire department showed up and got everybody out safely. >> as we was going into the water, lord, don't let us die. the water just kept rising up. as the water was rising up, lord, please don't let us die. don't let us die. the water kept on coming up. my son told me to come back where he was. i told my son to keep his head up. keep your chin up. the water was by his chin. keep his head back tilted back and keep talking to me so we could communicate. so we kept talking. i didn't hear him no more. i felt like water took him out. and so i just blanked out.

i didn't even know i was at the truck. i didn't know they broke the window. >> wow. the potential for flash flooding continues in southern arkansas with heavy rain still falling there today. eye injuries and pedestrian accidents both are among common causes of hospital visits for kids on halloween. as melissa long reports, keeping your child away from the e.r. involves planning a safe night out. >> reporter: it's what makes up the costume that counts. think short and snug. >> noah looks perfect from the head down. his hat is securely fastened. he doesn't have a mask which we recommend. nontoxic makeup would be appropriate. there is visibility and you have a brightly colored costume which

has reflective tape so cars can see you and so others can see you with glow stick and flashlight to guide you along the way. and a sword that's really flexible and short and rubbery. it won't hurt others. >> reporter: a comfortable pair of walking shoes is critical to avoid falls. >> you're shoes are perfect. >> reporter: for parents who are still unsure if trick-or-treating is right for their child, the suggestion is considering an alternative. >> you can see zoos doing things and museums and activities in ball malls all over the city. find out what's available for your child or you can have your own party. >> reporter: tricks to keep the fun around while keeping injuries away. for today's health minute, i'm melissa long. >> high school reunions, they can be fun. they can be awkward but rarely do you see one that really changes the course of history. why this 50-year reunion is such

a big deal for a small town in georgia.

washington, d.c. affiliate is breaking a television taboo. wjla is airing a two-party special on breast cancer awareness and showing an exposed breast during the broadcast. they call it "touch of life." it includes self-breast exam demonstrations. the breasts of volunteers are not blurred. the station says they are not just doing this to try to boost ratings. the abc affiliate says showing the breast provides a public service because many people don't know the right way to do a self-exam. this tv special really

pushed the envelope last night. got a lot of people talking. what do you think? we got callers on the line. first, we'll go to west virginia. hope is calling us from there. what do you think about this? >> caller: i'm a breast cancer survivor and i do wish i would have had seen a report like this one because i may have done a self-exam just out of curiosity and found my lump earlier. >> you think it's the way to go if you need to be this graphic it may save lives. >> caller: i can't believe that so many people are acting so offended about a program that is this important for women's health and well-being. >> you think everyone needs to get over it. i'm glad your a breast cancer survivor. that's for sure. >> reporter: james is calling us from las vegas. james, home says we're making a big deal about nothing because there's just too much on the line. what do you think? >> caller: i agree with her. i think it's a great public service. for myself, i have a daughter and i think it's great thing for

her to see and begin education process of knowing and seeing actually seeing how to take care of herself as she grows up to be a woman. i feel the united states we're so big on women and their breast but it's okay for national geographic and discovery channel to show third world countries africans and south americans you know with their breasts out on tv shows and they call that educational. that's one of the big issues. why are we so much bigots here in this country that we can't see women and their breasts on tv when it's educational thing but it's okay for people in third world countries to have their breast out in the open. >> all right, james. it thank you for your point of view. with we really appreciate it. a huge response to this. let's go to e-mails. robert sent us this from jackson, mississippi --

we haven't heard yet when the fcc has a problem with this. we have no idea. another e-mail -- that's just a sample of what you all are talking about. we'll continue to talk about this today. do you think that this was must see tv for every woman or do you think it really amounted to a gimmick just to grab viewers and they went too far no matter what the cause was? call us right now. 877-tell-hln. e-mail if you like.

cnn.com/hln. also if you like to do facebook thing and your own facebook search richelle carey hln and leave thoughts there or you can text the word views plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. this is an important topic. this is breast cancer awareness month after all. meg whitman is the former ceo of ebay and she's running for the republican nomination in the governor's race in california. she shares her thoughts on the economy and tips for business success in this week's mind over money. >> it's taken a while to get to this situation. it will take time to get out. if we can create a better business climate, there will be more employers, more employees paying taxes and that will help the revenue side of the equation. we have got to improve the unemployment rate in california. we are bleeding jobs to neighboring states. small business is very important so we have to create the conditions for businesses to grow and thrive.

we can either cut services or raise taxes. there's a third way which is make this government much more efficient. i know we can do this. there's billions of dollars that can be saved by doing things that we do in business every day. so government will never be run exactly like a business but a little bit of business savvy, business know how will go a long way. mean what you say, say what you mean, have a set of core values that guides your business life and your personal life. integrity, trust, authenticity is the most important thing. you have to be exactly who you are operating on a core set of values and i think that's probably the best advice i got from my dad way back when.

breaking the color barrier 50 years later. three georgia high schools celebrated their big 50th reunion together so everyone has reunions. why is it a big deal? brooke baldwin is here to tell us why it's a big deal. it's a really big deal and a really interesting story. >> here we are 2009. we're hoping about it. we hope to close this gap here. we want to go back to 1959. macon, georgia, segregation was a way of life. we're talking about separate drinking fountains, separate lunch rooms, separate schools, 50 years later the alumni of three different schools came together as classmates regardless of color. >> they are name tags. the nerves. the hugs of recognition. but a typical 50th high school reunion this is not.

instead this luncheon marks the first time macon, georgia's class of 1959 sat side by side ever. >> i grew up in a town almost 50 years with all of those people around and never knew who they were. >> reporter: 1959 the southern city's three public high schools were segregated. in the 1950s separate was supposedly equal. for this woman as a young child, segregation was simply a way of life. >> we didn't find out that we were being discriminated against until we were in high school and that high school teacher told us that we were living in a segregated society. we didn't know it. >> reporter: 50 years later there was an idea to close the five-decade gap. in a letter to macon's clee

class classes of 1959 it said -- 210 members of the class of 1959 sat together at last. >> the old saying is better late than never. i could not sleep last night. it just means the world to me. it was like waiting for santa claus to come. i realize how much we actually missed. people we could have known. >> reporter: for the former class president the gathering of old and new friends brings tears to her eyes because of the empty seats. attitudes on race 50 years later hasn't changed. >> there are some people that feel resistant to the idea and think that what we're pushing for is not a good thing. i think we have to focus on the

ones that were here today. i think those people went away with a changed heart. >> reporter: it may have taken these people 50 years to come together but unlike these old fashioned photos, their story is no longer told in black and white. reunion organizers say they did receive one very hate filled and angry piece of mail from one member. it was a success and are making plans for the 51st reunion going forward but it's an exciting time for a lot of these people to finally come together. can you imagine growing up in a small town and not knowing -- >> not knowing until -- that's what struck me, too. we missed out on so much. what i'm hoping -- sometimes you'll run into someone at a reunion and you don't talk for years, maybe they can really be friends now like they weren't before. >> continue the dialogue. >> love it. great story. thanks for sharing that with us. good stuff. got a story to follow-up on.

we've been telling you about police arresting an iraqi man accused of running over his daughter because she had become to westernized. u.s. marshals took the man into custody in atlanta. he had been on the run since this all happened in arizona last week. his daughter is in serious condition. police say he ran down his daughter in a parking lot because she was not living her life according to traditional iraqi values. consumer spending slid last month. it's the first time in five months spending has taken a hit but it wasn't a big surprise. the half percent decrease was in line with what economists were expecting. the main reason for this drop, cash for clunkers program expired. a full slate of rock n roll royalty took the stage in new york city last night. the artists who performed and what brought them together. just listen to this. ♪

we are keeping a close eye on wall street for you. down right now. 234 points. the problem seems to be folks are worried about spending. the labor department says personal spending fell half a percent last month. that's the largest drop in about nine months. if you recall, yesterday the dow was up about 200 points because folks everyowere excited over ec growth in the third quarter. s&p down today more than 2%. we'll keep you posted on this.

an emergency response is under way to contain an oil spill in the san francisco bay. a tanker is leaking bunker fuel into the bay right now and trailing a mile long sheen of oil. the coast guard says this happened when oil was being transferred from a fuel barge to the ship, the dubai star. no one knows exactly how much fuel was spilled into the water. bunker fuel is distilled crude oil. it's very dense and extremely difficult to clean up. we'll continue to follow this and get you more information on it. it's a mess. state transportation officials had hoped to reopen the san francisco oakland/bay bridge for the morning commute. it didn't happen. it's been closed since tuesday when 5,000 pounds of steel came cra crashing down on the roads. crews worked through the night to make emergency reports. more than a quarter million vehicles depend on that bridge every day and there's no order

on when they'll get this fixed and open again. this is a steeple ripped from landmark church in downtown shreveport, louisiana, yesterday. rescue workers did get the person out from the car it fell on. the line of thunderstorms spawned three tornadoes that touched down and being blamed on the death of one man after his car hit a downed tree. in neighboring arkansas that same storm system brought two tornadoes, a lot of rain as well. there's a lot of property damage. no reports of any injuries. all of the storms we're talking about caused drama that happened on live tv in little rock. a reporter was talking about why people shouldn't drive through rising water when that's exactly what happened. right behind him a woman's suv went under. cameras from affiliate kark caught this man jumping in after a woman and her son. the fire department showed up

and helped everyone get out safely. >> as we were going into the water. lord, don't let us die. the water kept rising up. and as the water was rising up, don't let us die. please don't let us die. so the water kept on coming up. my son told me to come back where he was. i told my son to keep his head up. keep your chin up. it was already by his chin. told him to keep his head tilted back and keep talking to me so we could communicate. we kept talking. then i didn't hear him no more. i felt like the water took him out. and so i just blanked out. i didn't even know they broke the window. >> just terrifying. the potential for flash flooding continues in southern arkansas and there's still heavy rain falling there today. the coast guard is searching for a possible survivor of a mid air collision off the coast of california. a marine helicopter and coast guard plane crashed last night. nine people were in two aircraft. the plane was searching for a

missing man while the helicopter was on a training mission. witnesses saw a massive fireball fall right into the ocean. this is near san diego. the coast guard said it's not giving up on finding survivors. >> absolutely we are always hopeful. we're working hard to make sure we cover any possibility and the assumption is always that they are alive. >> we have not found any human remains at this point. or survivors. >> the coast guard estimates someone could survive in the 60-degree temperature water for maybe up to about 20 hours. there's been another arrest in the gang rape of a high school girl in california outside her homecoming dance. the 18 year old is now the sixth suspect in custody. his bond set at $1.3 million. four suspects were in court yesterday for the first time. three of them were bulletproof

vests. one suspect's aunt says he told her he only watched the assault and didn't do anything to stop it. he was afraid he would get beat up as well. the juveniles are being charged as adults. they could get life in prison if convicted. police won't say whether any of the witnesses recorded this attack on their cell phones. they say as many as ten people were involved in the assault and another ten watched. the victim was released from the hospital wednesday. police in los angeles are looking for the man who shot two people in the parking lot of a synagogue. the attack happened yesterday afternoon as worshippers arrived for a service at the temple. police detained a 17 year old who matched a vague description of the gunman but they released him. they say the shooter didn't speak or try to take anything from them. so far police haven't publicly speculated on a motive in the attacks. washington, d.c. affiliate is breaking a television taboo.

wjla is showing an exposed breast during a broadcast. the program is called "touch of life. the breasts are not blurred. the special is airing during sweeps week but the station says there's not just trying to boost ratings. this abc affiliate says showing the breast provides a public service because many people don't know the right way to do a self-exam. we've been talking about this. we want to know what do you think? is this must see tv for every woman because it might show someone how to save a life or is it just a gimmick to grab viewers during sweeps? is it inappropriate? call us right now at 877-tell-hln. if you prefer, e-mail. this is how you can reach us. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. if you prefer, facebook just search richelle carey hln. send a comment that way.

you can text. text the word views and your comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. the olympic torch arrives in canada. its 2010 host country. it has a ways to go before reaching its destination. the long winding road to the opening ceremony.

live pictures for you. coast guard officer says an emergency response is under way to try to contain an oil spill in san francisco bay. live pictures from one of our affiliates there. a tanker is leaking bunker fuel into the bay right now. resulting in a mile long sheen of oil.

the coast guard said this happened when oil was being transferred from a fuel barge to a ship. no one knows how much fuel they're dealing with. bunker fuel is distilled crude oil. it's dense. very difficult to clean up. we're continuing to follow this story. we'll bring you these live pictures we have for you. an individual website gets a makeover. we did that recently. it's fancy. it's something else entirely when the whole internet and the whole thing gets a new look. let's get more on a major online change about to take effect. >> i love the way you describe our new website. fancy. it's pretty fancy. yeah. this is a major change to the web addresses. they will soon show up in

nonromance languages. you'll see web addresses in chinese, in hebrew and not just in english. and the way it is now if someone in korea were to try to go to google they would have to type google using standard roman characters. this change means they will type republic addresses in their own language. the international group that controls web code says this is the biggest change to hit the internet in 10 or 15 years. half of the world's internet users use nonromance language. it will increase useability across the world. it goes into effect very soon. november 16th. one of the interesting side effects is that companies will not only have to buy domain names in english but buy it in several languages to protect it from being used by someone else. >> it almost seems like this is long overdue, don't you think?

>> absolutely. you know, we obviously use english but imagine the people that live for instance in korea and how challenging that would be to have to type in another languag language. it's about time. it's halloween weekend. let's talk about costumes. one brought to my attention involving carrying a flat screen around on your body. what? >> i heard of spending a lot of money on a costume but these costumes were about $1,000s each. you have to see it to believe it. they are iphones. and these are two guys in florida over the top costumes. 42-inch screen on their bodies. literally an iphone. powered by a car battery. they say a little difficult to put on. i can imagine. it is fully functional. it has the tv displaying the real iphone screens. and like i said, $1,000 and they hope that they will win some

contests to help pay back on that. wow. in these times, that's a lot of money. that's just one of many crazy costumes we can show you at cnn.com. we have an entire page that is dedicated to halloween costumes and people have been i-reporters sending scenes from around the country of people that have decorated their neighborhood. does your neighborhood go all out on halloween? a little bit. there's kids in my neighborhood so there's lots of interesting looking houses for sure. >> send us a picture. we'll put it on cnn.com. >> sounds great. thank you. have a good weekend. all year we have been telling but cnn heroes. recently our sister network announced the top ten heros for 2009. in a few weeks cnn will announce the hero of the year. today sir richard branson introduces you to a woman that created a safety network in zimbabwe which rescued more than 45,000 young girls from sexual

abuse. >> hello. i'm richard branson. last year i had the honor of serving on the blue ribbon panel that selected the top ten cnn heros of 2008. these every day citizens who are changing the world are recognized during cnn heros an all-star tribute. we tackle social and environmental problems around the globe and i'm thrilled to help cnn introduce one of this year's top ten honorees. now more than ever the world needs heros.

>> go to cnn.com/heroes and vote for your favorite. they'll all be honored thanksgiving night at a special tribute hosted by cnn's anderson cooper.

the olympic flame has made its way to canada.

live pictures from our affiliate there ctv in victoria. we understand that it is lit. it is. we just don't have pictures right this moment. this is a live scene there. it will crisscross the country. i see it now. we lost the picture. we did have a live picture. it will crisscross the country. there it is. destination is vancouver, site of the 2010 winter olympics. this will be the longest domestic relay in olympic history with 12,000 torch bearers passing more than 1,000 communities before arriving at the opening ceremony on february 12th. there is your lit torch right there. in victoria. very nice. look at all of the kids. michael jackson's "this is it" documentary out in theaters right now. it's getting possible oscar buzz but is it oscar worthy?

here what gayle king told our joy behar. >> it seems like it's a fabulous film. do you think it is oscar worthy? >> i actually do think it's oscar worthy. what's funny to me is my own reaction to it. i was always a fan of michael jackson's music. i can't say that i was still into michael jackson the way i used to be. after he died and hearing all of his music it brought it all back about why i liked him. so when i went to go see this movie i can say to you i was blown away and not expecting to be. i was blown away because you see his passion for what he does. his humility and kindness to people was really something to see. >> catch "the joy behar show" here at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on hln. madonna is on a mission. we met her two years ago right here in one of the toughest neighborhoods in chicago.

it's the last place would you expect to find a garden but that's exactly what she showed me. what are we growing? >> any number of things. there are greens on the far aisle there. to start what she calls urban farm sites. why? no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't find any fresh produce in the neighborhood. >> if you wanted, to you can buy illegal drugs. you can get access to a variety of illegal drugs. if you wanted to buy a gun, you could buy a gun in this community. if you wanted to find an organic community in this community, if you didn't come here to this farm site, you you wouldn't be able to buy one. >> with few grocery stores nearby, most people do their shopping at convenience stores like this one but they're full of sugary candy. shopping at these convenience stores is part of what is making our kids fat. rexers talked to more than 800 kids outside convenience stores and found that on average, they were eating 356 empty calories

at every stop. >> what did you buy? >> chips. >> candy. >> in lower income minority communities like this one where high blood pressure, diabetes run rampant, she said we can't afford to ignore the issue. >> there has to be an insist tense that a healthy lifestyle is a must. >> two years after we first met her, she is adding store owner to her list of professions. >> and our project really tries to bring healthy life styles to the hip hop generation. >> all in the hopes she can change the tide in the evergroesh storm of obesity. cnn reporting. >> the economy is pretty scary right now. but not for some folks. in fact, for them, business is booming. xxxxxxxxxxxx

still a search and rescue over the pacific ocean, essentially off san diego. let's go life to a news conference coast guard. authorities talking right now. health listen in. >> we are also proceeding down the path of investigations that are necessary and appropriate to determine what exactly happened. what we can do to prevent things like this from happening before. the investigations will be done very closely in lock step between the marine corps and the

coast guard. a working relationship will continue to have that. we'll make certain that as we go through the investigation process, a couple geets the search efforts. we've had three to four helicopters searching all night long. three helicopters out there today. we basically have a sex area that's 644 square miles. the area of primary concentration. we've had those helicopters in doing an exhaustive search is what we're working on at the moment. there are a number of naval assets out there. the third fleet has provided ships as part of this. i think you've got some information on that last night. and you have three coast guard patrol boats and the eight-foot cutters providing command and control. we continue to search. and we'll open it up now for any questions you have.

>> a question about that. can you confirm or deny that there was a handover from the military with a deal from civilian to military radio control? you can you confirm or deny that right before the crash? >> i don't have any information on that. >> can you talk about the formation of the helicopter? the formation. where the four helicopters, were they flying close together and you how is it that only one got hit? >> i would have to let the marine corps talk about that. it was a marine corps flight. >> were they aware of each other's presence? [ inaudible ]. >> there is a lot of information that's passed as people are flying. there is a traffic density yafrl one of the things the investigation will be focusing on is asking those very questions. and we aren't able to provide information on that at this point. [ question inaudible ]

>> communications capability tuesday exist and there are warning systems. no system is perfect. we'll to have get into the investigation to determine those aspects. >> again, coast guard briefing us on this mid-air collision that happened last night. it was a marine corps helicopter. and this plane, this coast guard plane crashed last night. nine people on board. both aircraft. they're hoping again, key word, looking for survivors. the coast guard says it is possible the waters off this ar degrees. they're saying it is possible to survive. up to 20 hours. again, here's the map. this is where they're looking. search and rescue mode for the coast guard. as soon as we get more jump dates on that story, we'll bring that to you happening in california. meantime, let's to go las vegas and take a look at water, water,

everywhere. this is the las vegas strip this morning. a water main break caused massive flooding. somehow they were able to get to the right valve and shut it off. for a while, it covered all but one southbound lane of the strip between sahara and circus circus casino hotels. a coast guard officer said an emergency response is on its way to contain this oil spill in the san francisco bay area. look at this. a tanker is leaking bunker fuel into the bay, trailing a mile long sheen of oil. the coast guard said it happened when oil was being transferred from a fuel barge to the ship of the dubai star. no one knows exactly how much fuel has spilled into the waterway. bunker fuel is distilled crude oil. it is very dense, difficult stuff to clean up. we're following the story, that story from the coast guard. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get that. there has also been another arrest in that gang rape story out of california, the high schooler, 15 years of age. it happened outside her

homecoming dance. an 18-year-old carlos montana now considered the sixth suspect in custody. and his bond has been set for $1.3 million. four suspects were in court yesterday for the very first time, and they wore, three of them wore these bullet-proof vests. one suspect's aunt said he told her he only watched the assault and didn't do a thing to stop it because he was afraid he would be beaten up. the juveniles are being charged as adults and could get life in prison if convicted. police will not say whether any of the witnesses recorded the attack, possibly as video on their cell phones. they say as many as ten people were involved in this assault. another ten watched. the victim, by the way, was released from the hospital wednesday. in los angeles, police are still looking for the man who shot two people in the parking lot of a synagogue. that happened early yesterday morning as worshippers were arriving to go to service. the shooter fled the scene. initially police detained a 17-year-old who they say matched a loose description of the gunman, but they have released

him. both victims were shot in the legs. they say the shooter did not try to speak to them, to try to take anything from them. so far police have not speculated on a motive. and police have arrested an iraqi man accused of running over his daughter because she had become too westernized. u.s. marshals took the 48-year-old into custody in atlanta. he had been on the run ever since it happened. that was last week in arizona. his daughter still in the hospital, list in the serious condition. police say he ran town his daughter in a parking lot because she was not living her life according to traditional iraqi values. an exposed breast is shown on local nightly news during the sweeps period. was it all a gimmick? was it necessary to tell the whole story? why a d.c. tv station said exposure was the right thing to do. exposed

breast during the. program is called touch of life and it includes clinical examinations. during the exams, the breasts of the volunteers are not blurred. the special is airing during sweeps week. the station says they are not trying to boost the ratings they stay showing of the breast provides a public service because so many people out there do not know the right way to do a self-exam. and this tv special really pushed the envelope and it has a lot of people talking. a serious topic. we want to hear from you. we have a bunch of callers on the line. i want to go to you in virginia. is it okay to show an exposed breast on tv? to show self-exams or not? >> absolutely. i just don't even see what the big deal is. i have been a loyal viewer of wjla news. they're great on public service.

not so much gimmicks. it is breast cancer awareness month and it is their obligation to let the people know. and i don't see it being on front page news, when national gee graphic exposes a breast from a woman of ethiopia. i don't see what the big deal is. >> you respect wjla's decision it is and not a gimmick. let's to go linda. what do you think? >> caller: i don't necessarily think it is a gimmick. it's a good thing but at the same time, i mean, we as women have been taught this for a very long timism found a lump in my left breast. and my doctor found one. mine was nothing. he founld one in my right breast that was a fibroid tumor. it's getting to know your breast, that's a good thing. but i think the main thing is for men. this men's awareness. men get cancer, too, in the breast and i think it's really important that they learn, that they learn.

maybe the show should show a man how to do it. >> we've actually aired a bunch. stories on hln about that very story about, male breast cancer. to be fair, do you think they should have shown not only a woman's breast because male chest? >> absolutely. >> let's to go jody on the phone from atlanta. do you think tv is the proper platform to show this kind of thing? >> caller: yes, i think it is a very good place to show this kind of thing. i mean, having two daughters of mile own, even though they go to their mother for stuff like that, because she is very health conscious about her breasts, doing her own check-ups, but i think the people that are actually calling in and having negative thoughts about what's going on here, maybe they autd to look at a little more public television on things like fx and things like that. where you've got nip tuck and the one about the firemen and

stuff like that. those are practically legalized porn shows. >> a point a lot of people are bringing up. a lot of violent tv and you show too much on regular tv. so you don't have a problem with it. >> point. i want to get to calm of e-mails. a couple posts on facebook.

thank you, thank you, everyone. a serious topic. we want to pushl forward on it and see what you think. is this must-see tv for everyone? or is this just a gimmick to grab viewers turk sweeps? send us an e-mail. text us. grab your cell phones. text the word "views" and your comments and your name to hlntv. don't forget, standard text rates do apply and we'll be airing more of your responses throughout the day. just in. look at this video with me. look at the flames. huge flames outside atlanta. this is after a small plane

crashed into a home. you're looking at pictures from lawrenceville, georgia. the faa said the twin engine cessna took off from beginett county airport en route to sparta, tennessee. the faa said there was one person on the plane. we don't know if anyone you was inside the home but been the, massive, massive flames there burning. firefighters attacking it from all angles. as soon as we hear more about anything else pertinent to this fire, this crash in georgia, we'll bring it to you. today women have shattered a lot of glass ceilings. during world war work the you it was tougher for women to get ahead. this woman's daughter explains how she blazed through the trail. >> i'm laurel. the breakyou through woman i nominated is marian. she is a member of the greatest

generation. and her whole life was filled with breakthrough moments. she was mile mother. my mother always told me, i could do anything and she blazed a trail for me to follow. with herald own breakthrough career into a man's world of journalism. i always wanted to be a writer like my mother. the first female reporter to cover u.s. military maneuvers in 1941, the first female newspaper service editor ap 19 froox i'm proud that she held the equivalent rank of brigadier general. she was passionate about what we believed in. a civil rights activist and a hard hitting investigative reporter. she opened doors for me. for all women by breaking through the pink collar ceiling, one achievement at a time. >> how about that? do you know a breakthrough woman? go to cnn.com/robin. send us an i-report. the water rising all around them. a mother and her son were trapped in an suv. you can barely see it because it

is underwater.

i'm jane velez-mitchell. here's my issue. i've had people tell me you're wrong, there is no war on women. i'm here to say you're wrong. a 15-year-old girl you was gang raped for 2 1/2 hours after a high school dance, and nobody tried to stop it. cops say ten people may have participated in this gruesome act. and another 20 men watched this girl being raped. let me repeat that. 20 men say police watched this girl being raped and nobody did a thing. we can't treat this as business as usual. we are in a national crisis. it is time we do something to stop it. if this isn't a wake yum call, when it comes to sexually charged violence, then i don't know what is.

i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >> coming up tonight, mega bucks divorce. it has back assumer nasty and a super pricey divorce. you won't believe how much his estranged wife is asking for. it's more than most people make in a decade. watch jane velez-mitchell at 7:00 p.m. eastern time on hln. the sunday school teacher accused of killing sandra cantu is in court today. melissa huckaby may ask the judge to throw out the charges. in court papers, she may attack the police department that arrested huckaby. sandra cantu's body you was found in a suitcase in a retention pond in her home in tracy, california, in april. huckaby is accused of drugging the 7-year-old girl and a 37-year-old man. president obama doing a little more than fact gathering on the situation in afghanistan today. the joint cheefrz of staff briefing him on you how a troop

increase will affect the u.s. military. the president is considering whether to approve general stanley mcchrystal's request to send as many as 40,000 more u.s. troops. the secretary of state hillary clinton is not tipping her hand about what the president might do. she did say this morning in a tv interview that it quote won't an repeat of the same approach. one man is dead after his car hit a tree that was downed by severe thunderstorms. this is in northwestern louisiana yesterday. in fact in downtown shreveport, a steeple was ripped off a church. landed on the car. pinld the driver inside. fortunately, rescuers were able to get him out but did he break a couple bones as a result. the line of storms is responsible for spawning three tornadoes on the ground. in neighboring arkansas, that same storm system brought two tornadoes there and heavy rainfall, although there was massive property damage as you can see by the pictures, amazingly no, one you was hurt. and a drama unfolding live

on tv in little rock, arkansas. a reporter was standing there talking about why people shouldn't be driving through the rising water when you guessed it. one woman had driven through. and her suv went under. cameras from affiliate kark caught this man jumping in to save her and her son. you see him swimming. the fire department did show up and was able to get them out safely. >> we were going into the water. lord, please don't let us die, please don't let us difl water kept rising up. as the water you was rising, lord, please don't let us die. my son told me come back where he was. so i told my son to keech his head up. keep your chin up. it was already by his chin like you it was going to his mouth. keep your head back and keep talking so we can communicate. i didn't hear him no more. i felt like the water took him out. i just blanked oifltd didn't even know they had broke the window. >> wow!

the potential for flash flooding continues in southern arkansas with heavy rainfall still falling there today. consumer spending will has taken a hit themselves say it wasn't a huge surprise. the half percent decrease you was in line with what the economists were thinking. stick around. we'll be right back.

take a look at these pictures here. firefighters trying to put out this massive fire that's burning outside atlanta after a small plane crashed into a house in jonch. this is a town called lawrenceville. the faa says the twirn engin en cessna took off. there was one person on the plane. no word if that person survived. we don't know if anyone you was inside the home at the time. one witness said he lives a half mile away and the windows in his house shook when the plane crashed. as soon as we get more info on that, we'll bring that you to

you also. new information just coming into us about last week's massive explosion at a puerto rico fuel deem over. the fbi now coming forward saying this whole thing you was an accident. they say there's no accident. any criminal wrongdoing even though some suspicious graffiti was found nearby in a tunnel. a vapor leak caused the blast near san juan. the fire burned for 2 1/2 days and destroyed 21 of the 40 tanks. hundreds of people were evacuated. amazingly despite these pictures no, one was seriously hurt. the coast guard has retrieved some debris from a mid-air collision off the coast of california but no sign of survivors yet. a marine helicopter and a coast guard plane crashed last night during a training mission. nine people in total were on those two aircraft. witnesses say they saw a massive fire ball just fall into the ocean near san diego. the coast guard says it's not giving up on finding survivors. >> absolutely. we are always hopeful. we're working very hard to make

sure we cover any possibility. and the assumption is always that they are alive. we have not found any human remains at this point, or survivors. >> again, search and rescue mission they say investigators looking into the cause of that mid-air collision. they say the faa controllers handed off the coast guard plane to military controllers just before the crash. and a coast guard officer says an emergency response underway right now to contain this oil spill in the san francisco bay. a tanker is leaking bunker fuel into the bay. trailing about a mile long sheen of this stuff. the oil. the coast guard says it happened, by the way, these are live pictures. it happened when soil being transferred from a fuel barge to the ship. the dubai star. i spoke with the coast guard representative a short time ago about what is being done right now. >> well, what we've done is

we've notified the oil spill response organizations that are here in the bay area. we have the most robust response organizations on the west coast. and they have been alerted and are dispatching assets out there to begin containment as well as clean-up. >> how long might that take the clean-up, the containment? >> it depends on the size of the spill. right you now we're he is maigt, we ever about a mile-long chain. that is a dynamic situation and changing as we get more information and as assessment reports come in. >> meaning it is literally a fluid situation and the oil is continuing to spill so it is a mile long now but it could become greater than that. >> that's correct. without knowing how much fuel was released from the tanks, we really won't know how much has been released into the bay. so the looks may be deceiving. until we've done those assessments, we're responding with as many assets as would be the maximum amount of fuel that

could be released from the vessel. >> still no one knows exactly how much fuel has spilled into the waterways there. bunker oil is distilled crude oifrl it is very dense, difficult to clean up. we'll bring you more info as soon as we get that. down in los angeles we go where police are still looking for the man who shot two peel in the parking lot of the synagogue. that attack happened early yesterday morning as worshippers were arriving to go to services. the shooter fled the scene. initially, they did detain the 17-year-old who matched the description of the gunman. both victims were shot in the legs themselves say he didn't try to speak to the victims or take anything from them. so far police are not speculating on any motive. meantime police have arrested an iraqi man accused of running over his daughter because she became too westernized. u.s. marshals took the 48-year-old into custody in atlanta. he had been on the run since last week, since this incident happened in arizona.

his daughter is still in the hospital listed in serious condition. police say he ran down his daughter in a parking lot because she was not living her life according to traditional iraqi values. and there has been another arrest in that gang rape of a california high school girl outside of her homecoming dance. 18-year-old carlos mondtana. his bond is set for $1.3 million. four sbrukz in court yesterday for the first zpim three had on bullet-proof vests. one suspect's aunt said he told her he only watched the assault and didn't do anything to stop it because he was afraid he would get beat up. the juveniles are being charged as adults. police will not say whether any of the witnesses actually recorded the attack on their cell phones. they say as many as ten people were involved in the assault, and then another ten watched. theville, by the way, is out of hospital. she was released wednesday.

hitting the jackpot took a different meaning this morning in las vegas.

transportation officials had hoped to reopen the bay bridge for rush hour this morning you but it didn't happen. live pictures. look at these. you crew members, they're really working around the clock, trying get it reopened. people out there need to get in and out of san francisco area. but not so easy. it's been closed since tuesday. 5,000 pounds of steel came crashing down to the road. crews worked you through the flight to make these emergency repairs and they're still doing so into friday. more than a quarter of a million people depend on this bridge

each and every day. still no word as to when it may reopen. i hope those guys aren't afraid of heights. take a look at these pictures. water everywhere on the las vegas strip this morning. a water main break broke, causing massive flooding. you can see that worker able to get the right valve turned the right way and turn it off. for a while, the water covered all but one southbound lane of the strip. it hit between the sahara and the circus circus casino hotels. and it is one thing when an individual website gets a makeover. say, like the, let's 200 our new weblt, cnn.com, check it out by the way. but it is another thing with it gets a whole new look. reggie is here with a major online change about to take effect, including reggie, with the light blown out sthflt a new funky halloween effect for this friday? >> we can look at it in two different ways.

romantic, a special time tweeben me and you or that i have been cursed this week. a plight light blew out -- a light blew out so i am doing this by flashlight. i'll go with the romantic part for how that and segue that skillfully into the story i'm about to tell you. that is the fact until now, romance languages were the only ones we could use when typing in a url. english, spanish, french. that is all going to change. you might not think about this if you speak english. if you don't and you speak arabic, fraction, or japanese, it does become do it type in web addresses when they're not in your own language and nothing like your own language. that is all changing. you'll see web addresses in chinese, hebrew, for example. they voted on this and they say this is really the biggest change to the internet in about

a decade and a half. one interesting side effect though, the companies around the world that deal in multilinguistic arenas, they will you now have to buy urls in all these different languages and that's already expensive in english and spanish and french so. imagine that times all these other languages that will be on the web. >> that's kind of cool. >> costly. >> perhaps you to you, romantic lighting, romance languages. how long were you thinking about that? >> a good 30 seconds. >> let's to go halloween costumes. a lot of people get creative. i like to see what they're tresed up as. not many 42 inch flat screen tv all over your body. >> yes. i'm a news anchor in the dark but these guys are dressed up as i-phones. i have to give them credit. this is the most elaborate costume i've ever seen and the most expensive costume i've ever seen. what you see them wearing, they're from florida. they're wearing huge plasma tvs

that they have encased to look like an iphone. and they have real iphone attached at the top. you can see it next to their head. that means oefrg their iphone is being displayed on the plasma. how much does something like that cost? about $1,000. and it is powered by a car battery. very difficult to put on. uncomfortable. and guess what they're calling it, brook? >> a guy phone. >> the guy phone. here's what they're planning on doing. they're planning on entering a lot of costumes contests to try to recoup the money they spent. i say it's worth it. they're on national television. they are now the most famous cost tul of the year. >> i guess they have some video, getting all kinds of hits. the guy phone. that's a lot of money. >> a lot of money but they're getting a lot of press. >> all right fw. good to sigh. the garridos were back in court this week.

this time there was a surprise spectator.

president obama has renewed a bill that helps people living with hiv and aids. he signed the ryan white care act today. the bill basically helps mainly low income patients with little or no health insurance. >> we can't give ryan white back to jean, back to his mom. but what we can do, what the legislation that i'm about to sign has done for nearly 20 years, is honor the courage that he and his family showed. what we can do is to take more action and educate more people. what we can do is keep fighting each and every day until we eliminate this disease from the face of the earth. >> the ryan white care act was first enacted in 1990. and the trial of an iowa mom accused of killing one son and trying to kill ooflt a jury heard a 7-year-old boy's taped interview, describing how his mother attacked him and his

2-year-old brother. michelle kmpbl ehoe is accused of slashing her son's throats. her 2-year-old son died. they were found in the family van parked in a pond. here is what shawn told police as his mother sat there and listened in court. >> we pulled him off. she was hurting my baby brother. >> did you try to talk to mom or what? >> i just went into the van and tlokd doors. >> police say the boy's mother tried to kill herself. later she told police, they had been abducted by a strange here tried to kill all of them. kehoe has pleaded not guilty. the florida community where somer thompson lived, you can believe they're really on edge as halloween approaches. her killer is still on the loose. the clay county sheriff is asking to return to some sense of normalcy but to do so with

caution. last night he told nancy grace, he believes the person who killed his daughter waited for his opportunity. he describes the moment when he was told his daughter was missing. >> i know that your grief is overwhelming. especially because you were in another town. you weren't there right on the scene when everything happened. i remember when i became a crime victim. i wasn't on the scene. i was a couple hundred miles away. and i felt so helpless. there was nothing i could do. nothing i could do to change anything. how did you learn somer you was missing? >> about 6:25 that evening, i got a call from the clay county sheriff's department. and the first thing he said was, mr. thompson, don't freak out but your daughter is missing. and we're going to find her. so at that time, that's when i

realized my daughter was missing. and i can't tell you the wave of pain and fear that runs over your body and you through your mind. you feel like your heart will stop at that time. >> talking about his daughter somer, the first grader was abducted a week and a half ago. her body you was found two days later in a georgia landfill and anyone with any information is asked to call the clay county tip line. 1877- be sure to watch nancy grace tonight. balloon boy's parents try to turn the tables on the sheriff. a special prosecutor being brought in to hear their claims. will accusing the sheriff of bungling the investigation and jeopardizing a fair trial really work? watch at 8:00 and 10:00. phillip garrido's former

victims say seeing him brought back horrible pain and memories. he raped hall in 1976. she was at the court hearing yesterday. the two were charged in the uranium and kidnapping of jaycee dugard who was found alive after being held by the couple for 18 years. hall said when she locked eyes with garrido, everything he had done to her came rushing back. appearing on the "today" show, she said she feels partedly to blame for what happened to jaycee dugard but the parole board is also. >> if the parole board hadn't been so dismissive to me and maybe encouraged me to call them, to feel free to call us, check on him, whatever. they were extremely dismissive. theld they pretty much told me, go away, little girl, we'll watch him, don't worry, there's nothing you can. do and i had to trust them and had to look out for myself.

and yes, i had to look over my shoulder my whole life. >> jaycee dugard you was kidnapped while she was waiting for the school bus in 1991. authorities say phillip garrido fathered both of her two children during her 18 years in captivity. the sunday schoolteacher accused of killing sandra cantu is in court today. they're asking to toss out the indictment charging her with kidnapping, rape and murder. he may also attack the police department who arrested huckaby. cantu's body was found in a suitcase near her home. a texas woman accuses her ex-husband of showing their daughters hardcore porn. prosecutors say they can't do a thing about it because of a state law meant to protect parents who want to teach their kids of sex education. the law is from the '70s and say parents with show harmful material to their kids.

a state lawmaker is looking into trying to change the statute. the dad, he's not charged with anything and has yet to comment. good news for all of us sleeping this weekend. we get an extra hour of sleep this weekend. sunday, mark your clocks, i guess. 2:00 a.m. we'll set the clocks back one hour to 1:00 a.m. that's back to standard time. in the u.s., hawaii, and most of arizona they will not be changing because they never set their clocks ahead in the spring. consumer spending slid last month. it wasn't a big surprise. they say the main reason for the drop is the cash for clunkers program has expired. a full slate of a rock 'n' roll royalty took to the stage in new york city. the artist who performed and what brought them together. and we are keeping a close eye on wall street. the dow industrial average, it

is down 243 points.

what a difference a day makes. down 230 points on the dough. just one day after a jump in the gdp gave markets a really big boost. major stock indexes are down over 2% because of a discouraging drop in consumer spending. down 236 points at 9,725. yesterday we were up 200 points. we'll keep you posted. the coast guard officer says an emergency response is under way to contain what you're looking at there.

that's an oil spill in san francisco bay. a skimmer on the way to help a tanker leaking bunker fuel and then trailing a mile long sheen of oil. the coast guard says it happened when oil was being transferred from a fuel barge to a ship called the "dubai star." bunker fuel is distilled crude oil. it's very dense, extremely difficult to clean up. right now the tide is moving the oil away from the bay. later this afternoon the tide will move back towards the bay. really a mess. they're trying to get their hands on it. we'll bring you more information on it as we continue to get it. the coast guard retrieved some debris from a mid-air collision off the coast of california. still no sign of survivors. a marine helicopter and a coast guard plane crashed last night. nine people were in two

aircraft. the plane was searching for a missing boater. the helicopter was on a training mission. witnesses saw a massive fire ball fall into the ocean. this is near san diego. the navy is now helping in the search. >> there is a substantial debris field, which awe are investigating. our navy partners are doing a great job to help us collect the debris so we can continue with the search and prosecute a good investigation afterwards. >> investigators are looking into the cause of the collision, trying to figure out what happened. they say faa controllers handed off the coast guard plane to military controllers before the crash. firefighters trying to put out a massive fire outside atlanta. a small plane crashed into a house. this is in georgia.

specifically, lawrenceville. the twin engine cessna took off from the airport and headed to sparta, tennessee, when this crash happened. there was one person on the plane. no word yet if that person survived we also don't know if anyone was inside the home when the plane came crashing into it. one witness says he lives about a half mile away and his house shook when this collision happened. we'll keep you posted as we get more information on this. police arrested an iraqi man accused of running over his daughter because she became too westernized. u.s. marshals took 48-year-old into custody in atlanta. he had been on the run since this happened in arizona last week. his daughter is in the hospital in serious condition. he did it because she wasn't living her life according to traditional iraqi values.

there's been another arrest in the gang rape of the california high school girl outside her homecoming dance. 18-year-old jose carlos montana is now the sixth suspect in custody. his bond is set at $1.3 million. four suspects were in court yesterday for the first time. three of them wore bullet proof vests. one suspect's aunt told her he only watched the assault. didn't do anything to stop it because he was afraid he would get beat up as well. the juveniles are being tried as adults. they could get life in prison if convicted. police won't say if any of the witnesses recorded this attack on their cell phone. they say as many as ten people were involved in the assault. another ten watched. the victim was released from the hospital on wednesday. a schoolteacher accused of killing 8-year-old sandra cantu is in court today. they may ask the judge to throw out the indictment charging her with kid map, rape and murder.

sandra cantu's body was found in a suitcase in a retention pond near her home in tracy, california, in april. huckabee is also accused of drugging a 7-year-old girl and a 37-year-old man. president obama has renewed a bill that helped people living with hiv and aids. the bill helped mainly low-income patients with little or no health insurance. we can't give ryan white back to his mom. but what this legislation has done for nearly 20 years is honor the courage that he and his family showed. we can take more action and educate more people. what we can do is keep fighting each and every day until we eliminate this disease from the face of the earth. >> the ryan white care act was first enacted in 1990 and is the

largest federally funded program for hiv and aids patients. we are getting a candid look inside the marriage of president obama and the first lady. yes, they are the first couple with a lot on their plate. but like all normal couples the relationship is not perfect. there's ups and downs. they admit sometimes there are strains. they talked about their relationship with "the new york times" magazine. the reporter says at one point she asked the president, being the most powerful person in the world, was he able to be equal with his wife. >> it was a little tough for the president to answer the question. >> so how did he answer it? >> well, he took a couple tries. he's normalcy so eloquent and fluent and he tried once. he tried again. he says i have to be really careful about how i answer the question. mrs. obama is looking at him intently. she stepped in to say in our

jobs we are not equal now. but in our private lives we are. >> can't you just picture the moment when she's staring at him? in the same interview mrs. obama said the last thing they want to project is the image of a flawless relationship. a live tv report catches a drama on camera. amazing pictures of a woman and her son being rescued from flood waters. watch how it played out and hear the shaken mother explain why she was sure they were both going to die.

transportation officials had hoped to reopen the san francisco oakland bay bridge for rush hour this morning. that didn't happen. it's been closed since tuesday, when 5,000 pounds of steel came crashing downright onto the road. police worked through the night to make emergency repairs. more than a quarter of a million vehicles depend on that bridge every day. and there's still no word on when it might reopen.

officials say it will likely remain closed at least through the evening commute. you don't want them to rush things like that. take a look at these pictures. water was everywhere on the las vegas strip this morning. a water main broke, caused major flooding. that water was somehow able to get the right valve eventually shut that thing off. for a while the water covered all but one southbound lane of the strip between the sahara and circus circus casino and hotel. a reporter quickly realized she stumbled onto the lead story. check out how it unfolded. >> we saualways say if you run o standing water turn around and don't drown. you don't want your car to stall out when you could have stayed home. >> one was pulling down. apparently they tried to make it through there. we're just talking about this is why it's so important for you to

turn around. that situation becoming very dangerous and very serious for the driver. doesn't look like it's deep when you're approaching it but look what's happening. the car is little rally rolling in deeper and deeper, now you can see this person is running out there, a pedestrian, as melissa pointed out, a passerby, now risking his life to get that rope out there to try to get this person out of the car, which is now almost completely submerged. haven't seen anyone get out of that vehicle. the pressure on the outside is so intense you can not get the door open. >> reporter: don't know how many people were in the vehicle. we were just on the air from this location. firefighters just left from one side of the huge flooded area seeing nothing, and literally after we stop talking somebody decided they were going to risk it. now you all of these people running into the water to try to figure out what's going on with this truck. it's just been literally a

matter of one or two minutes and this car, we can see the hood at least. now it's fully submerged. why we always say turn around, don't drown. it's deceiving when you're in a vehicle. it's hard to gauge how deep the water is. it leads to this unfortunate situation there. >> looks like they're carrying the person in the vehicle out. they appear to be -- standing up on their own. >> this person very, very lucky. this was a real life and death situation here with this car in this water. >> amanda stewart was the woman pulled to safety. she told our affiliate all she could do was pray. >> i'm like, lord, please don't let us die. please don't let us die. the water just kept rising up. as the water was rising up, i said lord please, don't let us die. please don't let us die. the water kept coming up. my son told me to come back where he was. i told my son to keep his head

up. it was already by his chin like it was going through his mouth. keep your head tilted back so we could communicate. i didn't hear him no more. i felt like the water took him out. so i just branked out. i didn't know i was out the truck. i didn't know they had broke the window. >> what an experience. what an experience. more flash flooding is still possible in southern arkansas today. wow. new information coming in to us about this. remember this was an explosion that happened at the fuel depot in puerto rico last week. the pictures still just unbelievable. while the fbi is saying it was an accident after all. they were thinking at first they found suspicious graffiti nearby. now they're saying it was an accident. a vapor leak cause that had blast. this burned for two and a half days and destroyed 21 of the 24 tanks.

hundreds of people had to evacuate the area. no one was seriously hurt. imagine how different your life would be if finding your favorite website meant you had to know chinese characters or arabic scripts. how the web is changing for millions of people who see english and similar languages as nothing but unfamiliar lines and circles.

wjla is airing a two-part episode of breast cancer. the program called touch of life includes clinical demonstrations on self-exam. the breasts of the volunteers are not blurred. the special is aired during sleep period. but the station says this is not to boost ratings. the abc affiliate says showing

the breast is a public service because many people don't know the right way to do a self-exam. so what do you think? do you think it pushed the envelope? it gets people talking. so we've got callers on the line talk this out. some people would say hey, if this is what you need to do to save lives go for it. some people say it's going to too far and it's just about ratings. what do you think? >> caller: yes. i have a different take on it. it's not to down play breast cancer awareness at all. three weeks ago today i lost my father to pancreatic cancer. >> i'm so sorry. >> caller: thank you. i would like to see a greater sense of public awareness to all types of terminal cancer. breast cancer seems to get the

most media exposure. i don't believe it's any more or less important to cure any one type of cancer as it is to cure cancer. >> because breast cancer and the type of cancer your father passed away from, because they can be deadly cancers, what do you feel about pushing the envelope to raise awareness for deadly cancers? >> caller: i think it would be outstanding. national awareness to all types of cancers. >> okay. if it gets people talking. we're sorry for your loss. thank you for calling. >> caller: thank you. >> candy is calling us from california. >> caller: i believe they're using it as a ploy to show the nudity and boost their kratings. if not, during april testicular awareness month. they're not showing men how to examine themselves. it seems our world is numb to

sex in general. watching disney movies i'm blown away by the semisubtle sexual comments. our kids mimic these attitudes, behaviors, dances, comments that they see on tv. if we start allowing even for educational purposes on normal channels our kids to see this, to me that's saying our private parts really rrnt tharen't that private. >> i had a little hard time hearing you. i got the gist of what you're saying. annie i'm going to give you about 20 seconds to make your point. >> caller: thank you very much. my take is this is just a breast. it is our society that says a breast is sexual. i have lost two family members to cancer. i think it's fantastic that all this is bringing more attention to breast cancer awareness and that we are talking about this. this is fantastic. this is not about sex.

>> annie, thank you. and you understand time, too. i ran out of time there, but we're going to be talking about this the rest of the afternoon. continue to call in and e-mail. we appreciate it. how about this? the web is finally able to live up to the description worldwide. internet addresses will no longer be limited to the latin alphabet used in languages like english and french. that means others can find websites using the script they are fluent in. the nonprofit group says that will open up to the web millions of new users. it's where yusually see dot-com or dot-org. as ebooks get more popular, the priceses of hard cover books are going in the opposite

direction. clark howard tells you who is offering the best deals. >> if you're a book dealer you have to love the three-way price war going on with target, walmart and amazon. all three are trying to compete for the crown of where you'll go when you're looking for a deal. if you're not familiar, new hot selling books are all going to be priced between $8.99 and $10. who knows what the price will be at the moment you go because this is such a severe price war. the most significant thing, though, is that in the future it looks like $10 will be the key price point for books. a lot of this has to do with the way we're going to get books in the future, which weather you look it or not, overwhelmingly is going to be electronically. the idea of book lovers having cases and cases of books. well, still people will collect that way. but that will be the good old

days. the future is going to be electronic. i'm clark howard. for more of my opinions going to cnn.com/clarkhoward.

the coast guard has retrieved some debris from the mid-air collision of a coast guard plane and marine helicopter. the two crashed in the pacific off the coast of california last night. brian is our affiliate from kswb joins us now with more on the search for survivors. what's the latest you can tell us? >> reporter: that's right. we are live in front of the coast guard station in san diego. it is a very busy day. we just got briefed on the situation. some time yesterday afternoon a

c-130 coast guard airplane was dismissed because of a call of a lost small boat. that was about 15 miles west of the islands. around 7:00 p.m. that night also four military marine corps cobra helicopters were in the area. somehow that c-10 crashed into one of the marine corps helicopters. eyewitnesss say there was a big fireball that happened off the coast as well. now today there are numerous resources looking for anything right now in terms of bodies or survivors or debris. military officials say there was debris that was found. the big question today is whether there was miscommunication between the pilots of both aircrafts. take a listen to what the coast guard had to say about that. >> our people are highly trained in survival techniques. they are very highly fit, physically fit. they're able to survive things you would otherwise be surprised

of. >> you'll have a large volume of military traffic working in training areas. we do that every night. it's something we're trained to deal with. we have sensors on the aircraft that assist us. >> reporter: they're saying these military people have special survival skills. they will be okay. speaking of the conditions, as you can imagine here -- >> we just lost brian there. i believe possibly what he was going to say the water temperature is cold. but i think they were working within about a 20-hour window where somebody could possibly survive in that water. we do appreciate that report that brian was bringing us. we don't know how much oil has spilled in the san francisco bay. the dubai star began leaking during a fuel transfer. there's a mile long slick on the water.

the coast guard has been busy trying to contain the mess. let's go to a chief officer from the coast guard. keith, thank you for joining us. the most immediate focus right now is containment. could you explain that to us? >> caller: yes, ma'am. we've identified the source of the spill. we were able to secure that. no more oil is going into the water at this time. we've also secured the vessel from any of the oil surrounding the vessel from getting away. we've got teams doing a shoreline look to see if there's anything on the shoreline. what went wrong during the transfer? >> caller: our initial reports sh they were transferring fuel from the barge to the ship. similar to filling up your vehicle at a gas station, but on a much larger scale. they were transferring the fuel.

one of the lines had a mechanical failure, releasing the fuel oil into the water. >> our understanding, too, as lay people here is the type of fuel is especially dense. it's difficult to clean. is that right? >> caller: that's correct. it's a bunker fuel. it's heavier grade than normal diesel. what most people are familiar with. it's a thicker oil. not as pervasive as heavy crude oil. it's somewhere in between. >> how long of a process is this going to be for you all to contain this and to clean it up? >> caller: we have several resources working to clean up the spill. initial reports estimating that we would be able to complete a lot of the operations. very quickly. they feel they can get the majority of it today.

before i let you go. is this dangerous work people are doing? >> caller: absolutely. they can be dangerous because it's a marine environment. we're tackling this with a sense of urgency. also with the safety of responders in mind. we're doing it methodically to ensure the safety of the people responding to the incident. >> i hope everyone stays safe. keith, thank you for the update. appreciate it. thank you. firefighters say a house went up in flames and was destroyed because of a small plane crashed into it. this is in georgia, particularly the town of lawrenceville. they say one person was on the plane, don't yet know if that person survived or if anyone was inside the home where this plane came crashing down.

one witness said he lived half a mile away and the windows in his house shook when the plane crashed. got new information about last week's explosion in pouert ri rico. the fbi says it was an accident after all. there's no evidence of criminal wrong doing. what first got their attention was suspicious graffiti nearby. now they're saying it was an accident. that a vapor leak caused the blast near san juan. the fire burned for two and a half days and destroyed 21 of the 40 tanks. just a massive fire. hundreds of people had to get out of the area. no one was seriously hurt, though. police have arrested an iraqi man accused of running over his daughter because she became too westernized. he took the 48-year-old into custody in atlanta. he had been on the run since this all happened in arizona last week. his daughter is in serious condition. police say he ran down his daughter in a parking lot

because she wasn't living her life according to traditional iraqi values. the california couple accused of holding jaycee dugard captive for 18 years were in court this week. this time there was a surprise spectator.

there's been another arrest in the gang rape of a california high school girl outside her home coming dance. 18-year-old jose carlos montana is now the sixth suspect in custody. his bond is set at $1.3 million. four suspects were in court yesterday. all for the fwirs time. three of them wore bullet-proof vests. one suspect's aunt said he told

her he watched the assault and didn't do anything to stop it because he was afraid he would get beat up, too. the juveniles are adults and co prison. they said as many as ten people were involved in the assault. another ten watched. victim released from the hospital on wednesday. police in los angeles are still looking for the man that shot two people in the parking lot of a synagogue. the attack happened early yesterday morning as worshipers were arriving for a service at the temple. the shooter ran off. first they detained a 7-year-old. later they released him. both victims were shot in the leg. the shooter didn't speak. and didn't try to take anything from them. phillip garrido's former victim says seeing them in court brought back a lot of pain and horrible memories. garrido served 11 years in prison for raping katie callaway

hall in 1976. hall was at yesterday's court hearing for nancy and phillip garrido. they're charged in the rape and kidnapping of jaycee dugard who was found alive after being held by the couple for 18 years. hall says when she locked eyes with garrido everything he had done to her came rushing back. on nbc's today show she explained why she feels partly responsible for what happened to dugard. >> i don't know. because i wasn't vigilant enough to keep track of him after he was paroled or something. i feel on some level not responsible but i just feel that i should have done more. and it's something i'm going to have to live with. i'm doing this for myself but i'm also doing it to make sure this man is put away forever. i want to see it with my own eyes. i want to hear it with my own ears. >> jaycee dugard was kidnapped

while waiting for a school bus in 1991. phillip garrido fathered her two children during her 18 years in captivity. the sunday schoolteacher accused of killing 8-year-old sandra cantu is in court today. melissa huckaby's attorney may ask the judge to throw out the indictment charging her can nid kidnapping, rape and murder. sandra cantu's body was found in a suitcase in a retention pond near her home in tracy, california, in april. huckaby is also accused of drugging a 7-year-old girl and a 37-year-old man. the florida community where 7-year-old somer thompson lived is on edge as halloween approaches. her killer still hasn't been found. but the clay county sheriff is asking families to return to sense of normalcy but to do so with caution. last night somer thompson's father told nancy grace he believes the person who killed his daughter waited for his opportunity. he also described the moment he

was told his daughter was missing. >> mr. thompson, i know that your grief is overwhelming. especially because you were in another town. you were right on the scene when everything happened. when i became a crime victim i wasn't on the scene. i was a couple hundred miles away. i felt so helpless. there was nothing i could do. nothing i could do. to change anything. how did you learn somer was missing? >> about 6:25 that evening i got a call from the clay county sheriff's department. the first thing he said was mr. thompson, don't freak out. but your daughter is missing, and we're going to find her.

the wave of pain and fear that runs over your body through your mind. you feel your heart is going to stop at times. >> the first grader was abduct ad week and a half ago. her body found two days later in a georgia landfill. anyone with information is still being asked to call the clay county tip line. the number is 1-877-227-6911. you can also call crime stoppers. that's 866-845-tips. and be sure to watch nancy grace tonight. balloon boy's parents try to turn the table on the sheriff. special prosecutor being brought in to hear their claims. will accusing the sheriff of violating privacy laws, jeopardizing the chance of a fair trial really work? watch nancy grace at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. all year we've been telling you about cnn heros.

recently our sister network announced top ten heros for 2009. in a few weeks cnn will announce the hero of the year. today sir richard branson introduces you to a youth survivor. betty. she create ad safety network in zimbabwe that rescued more than 45,000 young girls from sexual abuse. >> this is cnn heros. >> hello. i'm richard branson. last year i had the honor of serving on the blue ribbon panel that selected the top ten cnn heros of 2008. these every day citizens who are changing the world are recognized during cnn's heros and all star tribute. it tackles social and environmental problems around the globe. i'm thrilled to help cnn introduce one of this year's top ten honorees. now more than ever the world needs heros. >> in zimbabwe ten girls per

day -- i founded the organization that rescues girls from abuse. vote for your favorite at cnn.com/heros.

they will all be honored thanksgiving night at a special tribute hosted by cnn's anderson cooper. hitting the jack pot in las vegas took a different meaning this morning. what caused this massive wat water main break on the vegas strip.

we were up really big yesterday. in an abrupt down today. one day after a jump in the gdp gave markets a boost, all the major stock indexes down over 2% because of bad news when it comes to consumer spending. checking the big boards. the dow is down 210 points. we're at 9,753. two days ago we were above 10,000. seems like a distant memory. we'll keep you posted. going to be closing this thing in a few minutes. a rescue drama unfolded on live tv in little rock. a reporter talking about why people should not drive through

rising water when it happens. live. right behind this a woman's suv went under. from our affiliate catching this guy jumping in to try to save a woman and her son. her son, the the fire department showed up and helped everybody. look at this. >> going to the water, i'm like, please don't let us die, lord, please don't let us die. and the water kept rising up. and as the water was rising up, i'm going please don't let it take me and my son, please don't let us die. so the water kept coming up, and my son told me to come up where he was. i told my son to keep his head up. it was going in his mouth. i told him to keep his head tilted back and keep talking to me so we can talk. i didn't hear him. i felt like the water took him out. and i didn't even know they had broke the window. >> hopefully no more drama like that. the potential for flash flooding

continues in southern arkansas. still a lot of rain there today. so hopefully nothing else like that. take a look at these pictures, water was everywhere on the las vegas strip this morning. a water main broke causing major flooding, keep your eyes on this guy, this worker. he somehow was able to get to the right valve and eventually he shut it off for a while the water southbound lane of the strip of the sahara and the casino hotels. boy, he's giving it his best shot. >> a lot of cool pictures from our i-reporters literally. they're getting an early taste of winter in colorado. snow practically covers the front of this home in ft. collins. 19-year-old will said he and his friends wanted to make a huge snow fort, so they made a snow cave around the balcony, they used three laundry baskets around the trash can to make the walls very creative, guys.

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and there we go. that is a closing bell on wall street, and with it really an end to a brutal day there. a drop in consumer spending sent stocks into a nose dive from the opening bell this morning. today's drop, yesterday's gains huge rally yesterday up something like 200 to 250 points. now, look at it, it's down. most of the broader stock markets experienced 2% drops or more. right now the dow sitting at 9,709 down about 253 points on the day. and firefighters, they say at least two people were killed when the small plane crashed into a home just outside of atlanta. these are pictures out of

lawrenceville, georgia, that's in guinnett counties. officials tell us at least one person was killed as well as, of course, the pilot of that plane. the faa says the twin engine cessna took off from the airport in route to sparta, tennessee, when it went down. windows in his house half a mile away shook from the impact of the plane. and the coast card has retrieved some debris off the coast of california, but still no sign of survivors. a marine helicopter and a coast guard plane crashed midair last night in total nine people were on both of those aircrafts. the plane was searching for a missing boater while the helicopter was on a training mission. witnesses say they felt this massive fire ball fall into the ocean near san diego. the coast guard said the navy now helping in the search. >> we have an ongoing search and rescue operation into a

collision yesterday in midair between the coast guard c-130 and marine corps covert helicopter. what we do is dangerous work as people protect our country. we do everything we can to mitigate those risks and unfortunately last night we have the scenario where we're searching for people. we're still in a search and rescue phase. our thoughts and our prays are with the families, with the friends and with the shipmates, the people that we continue to look for. >> now, investigators, they are looking into the cause of this midair collision. they say faa controllers handed off the coast guard plane to military controllers just before the crash. also the coast guard, they're busy today, also working this scene, san francisco, oil, no longer leaking, that is good news from a tanker in the san francisco bay. the dubai star started leaking leaving a mile long sheen of oil there. the coast guard said it all happened when oil was being

transferred from a fuel barge to the ship. the coast guard is making progress and hopes to have the mess cleaned up by the end of today. it is still unclear how much fuel spilled into the water. and state transportation officials had hoped to reopen the san francisco oakland bay bridge for rush hour this morning, but that did not happen. you can see these workers still working on it. it's been closed since tuesday when 5,000 pounds of steel came crashing down on to the road. crews have been working through the night to make these repairs. this is a busy bridge, more than 250,000 vehicles depend on this bridge every day and there's still no word as to when it will reopen. officials say it will likely remain closed through this evening's commute. and there has been another arrest in the gang rape of the california high school girl outside her home coming dance. his name, 18-year-old carlos montana. now the sixth suspect in custody. his bond set for $1.3 million. four suspects were in court yesterday for the first time,

three of them with bullet proof vests on. one suspect's aunt says he told her he only watched the assault, didn't do anything to stop it because he was afraid he'd get beaten up. the juveniles are being charged as adults and could get life in prison if convicted. police will not say whether any of if witnesses recorded the attack, possibly video on their cell phones. they say as many as 10 people were involved in the assault, 10 others watched. the victim, by the way, out of the hospital, released wednesday. police in los angeles, they are still looking for that man who shot those two people in the parking lot of a synagogue. that attack happened early yesterday morning as worshippers were arriving to go to service. the shooter got out of there on foot and initially police had detained a 17-year-old who matched a vague description of the gunman, but they have since released him. both victims were shot in the legs and they say the shooter didn't speak to them, didn't try to take anything from them. so far police are not speculating on a motive. take a look at these

pictures. massive destruction because mother nature. this is a steeple was ripped from a landmark church in louisiana yesterday, fell on a car, pinned the driver inside. rescuers were able to get the man out, but he did break a couple of bones. the line of thunderstorms spawned three tornadoes that touched down hence the mess. it is also being blamed on the death of one man after his car hit a downed tree. and neighboring arkansas, the same storm system brought two tornadoes and heavy rainfall. you can see all of the property damage, even on a fire truck there, but amazingly no injuries were reported. and a drama unfolded on live tv in little rock. look at this, running the safety -- why people shouldn't be driving in this high water. behind here a woman's suv submerged, you can barely see it. these cameras from kark caught this man jumping in after a woman and her son, the fire

department they finally arrived on the scene and able to get the two out safely. >> i'm like, lord, please don't let us die, please don't let us die and the water kept rising up. and as the water was rising up, lord, please don't let it take me and my son. please don't let us die. so the water kept oncoming up. so my son told me to come back where he was. so i told my son to keep his head up, keep your chin up, it was already up by his chin. going to keep his head back, tilted back. we kept talking. i didn't hear him no more. and so i just blanked out and i didn't even know i was out the truck, i didn't know they broke the window. >> wow. well, the potential for flash flooding they say continues with heavy rain still falling there today. and we'll get you some information just in here to hln. you know some american hikers detained for the past three months, they have now received visitors. yesterday, swiss diplomats paid

shane bower and the others a second visit. they told the families all three are in good physical shape. the diplomats brought some clothes, books, and other supplies. they were detained back on july 31st and news reports said they accidentally strayed across an unmarked border into iran while hiking on a trip in iraq. president obama has renewed a bill that helps people living with hiv and aids. mr. obama signed the ryan white care act today and the bill essentially helps mainly low-income patients with little or no health insurance. >> we can't give ryan white back to his mom, but what we can do, what the legislation that i'm about to sign has done for nearly 20 years is honor the courage that he and his family show. what we can do is take more action and educate more people. what we can do is keep fighting each and every day until we

eliminate this disease from the face of the earth. >> the ryan white care act was first enacted back in 1990 and the largest federally funded program for hiv and aids patients. president obama doing more fact-gathering on the situation in afghanistan currently. the joint chief of staff briefed him on how a troop increase there will affect the military. the president is deciding whether to approve the request to send in as many as 40,000 more u.s. troops. secretary of state hillary clinton, she's not tipping her hand as to what the president might do here, but she did speak out in an interview this morning saying it will not be "a repeat of the same old approach." and an exposed breast shown on the local news during a sweeps period. was this all a gimmick? why a d.c. station says this exposure was the right thing to do. we'll get your views next.

a washington, d.c. tv affiliate is breaking a tv taboo. showing an exposed breast during their broadcast. the program is called "tough of life" and includes clinical demonstrations, and during these exams, the breasts of the volunteers are not blurred. now, the special is airing during the sweeps period, but the station says it's not about trying to boost ratings. the abc affiliate in washington says showing the breasts provides a public service because so many people out there have no idea how to do a self exam the correct way. and the tv special has a lot of people talking including a lot of you. we want to know what you think here. we've got a bunch of callers on the line. i want to get to kari in cincinnati. appropriate or no? >> i think it's inappropriate. i think they're exploiting a very serious issue, you know, breast cancer for the purpose of driving up their ratings,

instead of using a high quality life-like prostettic device which is used to -- we use them for cpr, we use them for doctors to teach how to do surgery and if it's good enough for high-level medical personnel, i think it's good enough for the general public. and that a prosthetic device could also be used to show abnormalties and what will find. so i think the station is being titillating, pardon the pun, by using a real person and that they're trying to rake in money from this. and i think, in fact, that the fcc should fine them equal to the profits they're going to derive. >> okay, carrie. so you say yes, it's a tv gimmick and they could have done the same thing with a prosthetic device. let's go to peggy in california. do you agree? was it inappropriate? or was it effective? >> caller: completely effective.

my sister was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer in september. two weeks later she had a double mastectomy and is now cancer-free. it teaches men and women how to examine their breasts, it's well worth it. it could save lives. >> it could save lives and even if that means doing it on tv. i want to go to our first male caller, kevin, in portland, oregon. kevin, my bad, an e-mail. watch with amazement that a news station would show a woman doing a self-exam in full view. what's next? a self-exam for men with testicular cancer. they can get advice from any doctor. please spare us this sensationalist journalism. also a post on the facebook page. amy says if it's okay for a woman to breast-feed, i see nothing wrong with not blurring breasts. this isn't the '50s anymore, get over it.

guy says only in america is this a problem. in europe you will see these types of things on display in public areas. thank you for writing in and talking to me. it's a serious topic. that happened on wjla. in the meantime, "prime news" starts at the top of the hour. and the olympic torch arriving in canada, the 2010 host country. but still has a long way to go before reaching its destination, the long winding road to the opening ceremony.

the community where somer thompson lived is on edge here as halloween approaches. why? her killer is still on the loose. but the clay county sheriff is asking these families to return to some sense of normalcy, but with caution. last night, somer thompson's father talked to nancy grace that he believes the person who killed his daughter waited for his opportunity.

>> what are cops telling you? it all happened so fast. you and your wife were doing everything right. she was not alone, it was broad daylight. she was with a group of little friends, and she just ran ahead. that was it, boom, she's gone. >> whoever did this had to be watching and waiting for you -- for his moment because like you said, just briefly she ran ahead and was out of sight. so they went two or three second window of somebody to grab my child and take her away from us and brutally murder her and throw her in the trash like she was nothing. so if this doesn't wake everybody up in america to know that when you feel secure that your children are okay, you need to think again. you need to protect your children, you need to watch your children. you need to know where they are. don't take anything for granted ever again.

>> you know, the story, the first grader, little somer was abducted a week and a half ago, her body found two days later in a georgia landfill. and we're trying to help them solve this case here. if anyone has information, we want you to call the clay county tip line, the number is 877-227-6911. >> also, make sure you tune into nancy grace tonight. balloon boy's parents try to turn the tables on the sheriff. a special prosecutor is being brought in to hear their claims. here's the question, will accusing the sheriff of violating privacy laws, bungling the investigation, and jeopardizing the chance of a fair trial really work? watch nancy grace at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern time here at hln. police have arrested an iraqi man accused of running over his daughter because she had become too westernized. u.s. marshals took 48-year-old malaki into custody. he'd been on the run since the

incident happened last week in arizona. his daughter is in serious condition still. police say he ran her down in a parking lot because she was not living her life according to traditional iraqi values. more troubles for actor randy quaid and his wife avi after they skipped a court hearing yesterday. prosecutors say they will be seeking extradition for the couple who live in texas. why is this happening? last month the quaids were arrested and charged with defrauding an inkeeper. accused the couple of using an invalid credit card and stiffing them with a bill costing $10,000. quaid who was in the movies "kingpin" and "independence day," he and his wife have been given several chances to appear in court and failed to do so. what that morning in las vegas. water, water everywhere in the las vegas strip. a water main busted causing massive flooding. see that worker there? he was somehow able to turn the valve off, get this thing shut down. but for a while, the water

covered all but one southbound lane of the strip between the sahara and circus circus casino hotels. the olympic flame has made its way to canada. it will crisscross the country until it reaches its destination, that being vancouver, of course, the site of the 2010 winter olympics. the torch was lit at a ceremony in victoria, that is the capital of british columbia. it was held by a pair of canadian gold medal winners. and here's a tribute for you. this will be the longest domestic relay in olympic history with 12,000 torch bearers passing through more than 1,000 communities before arriving at the opening ceremony february 12th. stocks took a tumble today bringing an end to a very volatile week on wall street. allison with a wrap up of the day of trading. >> it was a scary halloween eve session for investors. stocks plunged dragged down by

disappointing numbers. spending fell in september, the last time spending fell that much it was december of last year when the recession was at its worst. we said it many times, the consumer is the driving force behind the economy. so today's reports spooking investors. the dow industrials tumbling 249 points closing at 9,712, the nasdaq lost 2.5% and the broader s&p declined about 3%. today's loss wiped out most of the dow's gain for the month while the s&p and nasdaq ended in the red for october. and the internet is gearing up for a big change. the first internet addresses containing nonlatin characters from start to finish go online next year. the group responsible for regulating the internet has approved the idea of internationalized domain names by early next year we could see internet addresses in chinese, arabic, hebrew and hindi. called a quote historic move

toward the internationalization of the internet. say that three times fast. >> that's a tough one. alison kosik, total pro, thank you. >> no problem. taking to the stage in new york city last night, we'll get a glimpse of what was going on next.

all right. this just in to hln. a judge ruled there is probable cause to try two of anna nicole smith's doctors and her boyfriend for "providing drugs to an addict." the model died of an accidental drug overdose in 2007. her lawyer turned boyfriend howard k. stern and these two doctors will be tried for illegally funneling prescription drugs to smith. the judge found the evidence strongly suggests that the three conspired to provide drugs to a known addict. and firefighters say at least two people were killed when a small plane crashed into a house just outside of atlanta. look at the flames here.

this is lawrenurenceville, geor. officials tell our affiliate that at least one person inside was killed as well as the pilot of the plane. the twin engine cessna took off from the airport in route to sparta, tennessee. when it went down a witness half mile away still felt his windows shake from the impact of the plane. the coast guard has retrieved some debris from that midair collision off the coast of california. still no sign of survivors there. a marine helicopters and a coast guard plane crashed last night in total nine people were on board those two aircrafts. the plane was apparently out searching for a missing boater while the helicopter was on a training mission. witnesses say they saw a massive fire ball fall into the ocean near san diego. the coast guard says the navy is now helping in the search. >> they have an ongoing search and rescue operation into a collision yesterday in midair between the coast guard c-130

and marine corps covert helicopter. what we do is dangerous work as our people protect our country and protect the people in our country. we do everything we can to mitigate those risks, and unfortunately, last night we have the scenario where we're now searching for people. wer still we're still in search and rescue phase. our thoughts and prayers are with the families and the shipmates. the people we continue to look for. >> the investigators are looking for the cause of that midair collision. they say faa controllers handed off the coast guard plane to military controllers just before the crash. in the meantime, the coast guard up north, northern california says oil is no longer seeping from a tanker in the san francisco bay. the dubai star started leaking fuel earlier this morning, leaving this mile-long sheen of oil. the coast guard says it all happened when oil was being transferred from a fuel barge to the ship. the coast guard is making progress, they hope to have the

mess cleaned up by the end of the day today, but it's still unclear as to how much of that fuel spilled into the bay area. and now, some truly frightening news one day before halloween here. the dow posted its biggest one-day sell-off in the last six months. look at the numbers here. closed down now 252 points at 9,712 while the nasdaq and s&p each dropped 2.5% there. that ends a down week for -- really makes the month, as well for wall street. washington, d.c. affiliate is breaking a tv taboo. the station is wjla and what they're doing is they're airing this two-part special on breast cancer awareness. and they're showing an exposed breast during the broadcast. the program called touch of life includes clinical demonstrations on self-exams. and during those exams, the breast of the volunteers are not being blurred on tv. the special is airing during the sweeps week, but the station says they're not just trying to boost ratings with this.

the abc affiliate says that showing the breast, the entire breast provides the public service because so many people out there do not know how to perform a correct self-exam. the tv special got a lot of people talking, including a lot of you. and we're still soliciting responses here. we've got a lot of e-mails, facebook messages. first let's hear fromm mandy. she says they should have blurred it some. they don't know how many kids were watching at that time. but even without the blur, good for them for airing it. people need to do this and people need to be aware of breast cancer. it's life or death for many. another post on the facebook page. christine weighed in saying after all the killing that kids do on these video games purchased by their parents, people are upset over a healthy breast? get serious, people. you have a problem with viewing breast exams, but it's okay to call of duty modern warfare? diane writing in saying i think it's ridiculous.

i just heard a man who is all for it. why haven't they showing men checking for testicular cancer on tv? why are they always showing women being checked or x-rayed. you don't see prostate exams on tv, not that i want to see it. but once again using the women's bodies just to expose them start showing men's privates, wonder what would be said then. thank you for all your responses there. all right. move over iphone, these guys have created the guy phone just in time for halloween. and yes, it actually works.

looks like a lot of san francisco commuters will have to find another way home tonight. the san francisco oakland bay bridge still closed. repair work was held off this

afternoon because steel plates the crews need have not been delivered. the bridge has been closed since tuesday when 5,000 pounds of steel came crashing down on to the road. and this is a pain. because think about it, more than 250,000 vehicles depend on the bridge each and every day. and take a look at these pictures. what a mess here in the midwest. the steeple was ripped out of the landmark church in shreveport, louisiana yesterday. it fell on a car, pinned the driver inside. rescuers were able to free the man who suffered several broken bones and then that line of thunderstorms spawned three tornadoes that touched down. and it's being blamed in the death of one man after his car hit a downed tree. in neighboring arkansas, that same storm system brought two tornadoes, heavy rain, although you can see crazy property damage there, no injuries were reported. a rescue drama on live tv. this happened in little rock here. take a look at the video. a reporter was talking live about why drivers shouldn't be

driving through deep water. well, a woman's suv, at the same time went under that water. cameras from affiliate kark caught this man, you see him there jumping, swimming toward a mother and her son. the fire department did show up, they were able to help them out safely. >> i'm like, lord, please don't let us die. please don't let us die. and the water kept rising up. and as the water's rising up, lord, please don't let it take me and my son. please don't let us die. the water kept coming up, so my son told me to come back where he was. so i told my son to keep his head up. keep your chin up because it was already by his chin. so i told him to keep his head tilted back. keep talking to me so we can communicate. so we kept talking, i didn't hear him no more. i felt like the water took him out. and so i just blanked out and i didn't even know i was in the truck, i didn't know they had broke the window. >> can you imagine? they say the potential for flash flooding continues in southern arkansas where heavy rain is

still coming down there today. and it is one thing when an individual website gets a home makeover. have you checked it out? the newly redesigned cnn.com. it is completely different when the internet gets a new look. a major online change. i guess, virginia, they call it the worldwide web for a reason. >> yeah, absolutely, and now it'll be even more worldwide because of this change. for the first time, it won't just be limited to romance languages. so, for example, you're going to start seeing web addresses in arabic, hebrew, chinese, not just english. and this change will allow someone, let's say they're in korea and they want to go to google, for example. well, right now they type google, google. well, next month, november, they're going to be able to use their own alphabet, their own language in multiple countries. the international group that controls web codes says this is the biggest change to hit the internet in at least 10 to 15

years. half the world's internet users now use non-romance languages. this will greatly improve access and usability across the planet. the change voted on officially today in korea goes into effect november 16th, and one interesting side note, companies are going to have to buy up their names now in multiple languages in order to protect their domain from other people. >> that's interesting. that's amazing. i'm sure a lot of smart people involved in that one. this next story getting a lot of clicks. they're pretty smart, paying a pretty penny for this costume. what are we talking about? the iphone -- >> they're calling it the guy phone. >> the guy phone. >> talk about going all out, brooke. this puts a creative costume to a whole new level. these guys, a couple of them in south florida decided to make a human iphone. yeah, it really actually works. what they did was they took their actual iphones, connected them to a 42-inch screen, which they have to wear, a little

inconvenient. they're calling it the guy phone, it's powered by a car battery and say it's a bit tough to put on. i wonder why. the outfit is fully functional as i mentioned. the tv displays, real iphone screens, mounted by their chins. the get up costs more than $1,000. >> wow. >> but they say it's worth it. they say they're going to recoup some of that money by winning local costume contests. i hope they do. that's a lot of money. >> the guy phone. >> yeah, the guy phone. just in case your iphone isn't big enough for you. 42-inch screen. also i want to point out that we have a website at cnn.com/techs that has more high-tech costumes. that might be the place to go. >> uh-huh, got to wake up very early sunday morning. you know, it'll be cool to check it out anyway. virginia, thank you. >> see ya. phillip and nancy garrido the couple accused of holding jaycee dugard captive for 18

years were back in court this week. and this time there was a surprise spectator.

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away. mike galanos here with a preview of what they're working on at the top of the hour. i still can't get over this story. now another suspect involved. >> we have a sixth arrest. and the details are horrific. when we talk about this story, what gets everybody is not, yes the attack, and the brutality of that, but that up to two dozen watched and did nothing. we are going to talk to the person who did something, brooke. the person who had the courage to call 911. we're going to talk to that person. how they found out about the attack. did they have second thoughts before diving in and calling 911 and getting this victim the help that ultimately needed? >> also -- that'll be good to finally hear from that person. >> exactly. >> i was going to say the stabbing death. >> yes, exactly, another story. and that's the flip side when you talk about -- this is a snitching arrest is what we have here. because jasper howard football player, we wondered what happened. we still don't know the details. he ends up stabbed to death outside a school dance.

some people know something. you had these low lives go on websites and tell people, don't say anything. don't snitch. you want to see cowardice that's it. this clown's going to go on these websites and say don't snitch? he's facing some serious charges. we'll update you on that. and also this, this story back in 2007. and it was a radio contest. it was titled hold your wii for a wii. so a mom of three basically couldn't go to the bathroom, had to drink a bunch of water. she basically drown in all of the water she drank. well, there was no warning, they didn't know the seriousness of this, they even had warnings on the air. nurse calling in saying, this could be fatal. well, turns out a jury awarded the family $16.5 million. we'll talk about that as well as always we'll take your phone calls. your e-mails cnn.com/primenews, the text messages at hln tv. coming your way at the top of

the hour. >> mike g., thank you. phillip garrido's former victim says seeing him in court brought back painful memories. garrido served 11 years in prison for raping katie callaway hall. they, by the way, you know, they're charged in the rape and kidnapping of jaycee dugard who was found alive after being held by the couple for 18 years. hall says when she locked eyes with garrido in that courtroom, everything he had done to her came rushing back. she was on nbc's "today" show and she says she feels partly responsible for what happened to jaycee dugard but also says the parole board is partly to blame. >> if the parole board hadn't been so dismissive to me and had maybe encouraged me to call them, to, you know, feel free to call us, check on him, whatever. they were extremely dismissive. they pretty much told me go away little girl, have a nice life, we'll watch him, don't worry. there's nothing you can do.

and i had to trust them and pretty much just had to look out for myself and yes i had to look over my shoulder my whole life. >> dugard was kidnapped while waiting for the school bus in south lake tahoe in 1991. and authorities say phillip garrido fathered her two children during her 18 years in captivity. the florida community where 7-year-old somer thompson lived, they are on edge as halloween approaches and they have reason. her killer is still on the loose. but, the clay county sheriff is asking these families return to some sense of normalcy. but, of course, do so with caution. last night somer thompson's father told nancy grace he believes the person who killed his daughter was waiting for his opportunity. he also talked about that very moment when he was called, told his daughter was missing. >> mr. thompson, i know that your grief is overwhelming, especially because you were in another town and you weren't there right on the scene when everything happened.

i remember when i became a crime victim, i wasn't on the scene. i was a couple hundred miles away. and i felt so helpless, there was nothing i could do. nothing i could do to change anything. how did you learn somer was missing? >> about 6:25 that evening. i got a call from the clay county sheriff's department. and the first thing he said was, mr. thompson, don't freak out, but your daughter's missing and we're going to find her. so at that time that's when i realized my daughter was missing and i can't tell you the wave of pain and fear that runs over your body and through your mind. you feel like your heart's going to stop at that time. >> well, his daughter, the first grader, little somer was abducted a week and a half ago, he body found two days later in a georgia landfill.

anyone with information -- i'm going to give you two phone numbers. first is a clay county tip line, 1-877-227-6911. or call crime stoppers. 866-845-tips. make sure you watch "nancy grace" tonight she'll have more on balloon boy's parents and their intent to turn the tables on the sheriff, a special prosecutor is brought in to hear their claims. will accusing the sheriff of violating privacy laws, bungling the investigation and jeopardizing the chance of a fair trial really work? watch "nancy grace" at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. more trouble for actor randy quaid and his wife after they skepd a flown court hearing yesterday. prosecutors say they will seek extradition for the couple that currently live in texas. last month they were arrested for defrauding an innkeeper. of you know him from his movie

roles. he and his wife have been given several chances to appear in court and never have. an african-american woman breaking into the male late night talk show club, you probably know her comedian wandy sikes, her show premieres next week and she's talking to joy behar as to why her show airs only one night a week. >> you're only on on saturday night. >> just saturday night. >> that's how you can do all this work. >> yes. well, with a black president now, i don't have to work as hard. >> that's true. >> they wanted me to work seven nights. i was like, no, no, race card, black president. >> you can catch the show 9:00 p.m. eastern on hln. and a full slate of rock 'n roll royalty taking to the stage in new york city last night. the artists who performed and what brought them altogether.

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urgent news. a sixth arrest in the brutal gang rape of a 15-year-old girl. police say this vicious attack went on for two and a half hours. no one did anything. finally, someone was brave enough to call 911. we will talk to that courageous person. plus a mom dies trying to win a radio contest. the challenge, hold your wee for a nintendo wii. she ended up drying basically drowning in the water she was drinking. her family sued and the jury awarded them over $16 million.

how is that for a message? good. good ruling. this hour we'll talk to her grieving mom. a huge part of the show, love hearing from you. the number 1-877-tell-hln. call in. e-mail, as well, or you can text us at hln tv. just start your message with the word "prime." your chance to be heard. >> controversy, opinion, your point of view. this is "prime news." >> welcome one against this is "prime news" i'm mike galanos. new developments in the brutal gang rape of a california girl outside of a high school richmond, california. cops say the attack lasted again two and a half hours. now we know someone had the courage to call 911, we'll talk to that person in just a moment. first, let's update the case. a sixth arrest an 18-year-old, charges felony rape. >> this is one of the most brutal crimes i've seen in my 15 years as a cop. on saturday night after a dance here on the richmond campus we

responded and found our victim who was unconscious. the officers saw several people surrounding her and they fled as we approached. we caught one individual as the officers made contact with the victim found she was unconscious and stripped naked. what we do know is that multiple suspects physically beat her, robbed her and sexually assaulted her. and only a few hours ago was she released from the hospital. >> unbelievable. we are finding out kids sensed danger as they looked outside that dance, where was security? girls raped more than two hours, didn't anyone see anything? here's the school district's response to all this. >> we had four uniformed police officers and a number of teachers and administrators who were both inside and outside. we didn't do a perimeter walk of the school and this is on the far side of the school at the perimeter. >> all right. as always we take your phone calls, the number 1-877-tell-hln. as we mentioned, someone finally did step in, step up.

joining me the woman who made the 911 call, her name is margarita, we'll talk to her in a second also joining us henry lee, reporter san francisco chronic chronicle. starting with you, thank you, first off for stepping up and doing what no one else would. so, we thank you for your courage. first off. tell us how you found out that a young woman was being attacked like this. >> i found out by my brother-in-law and my boyfriend and a couple of his friends, actually mainly my brother-in-law who came to my home and told me there was a girl beaten, raped, naked, passed out. in richmond high. so, you know, he was scared to call the cops so he came to me. and i'm the one that called the cops, so that's how i found out. >> okay. so, you get -- did you think twice about calling police? or did you -- >> no i didn't. >> were you immediately ready to get help for this girl? >> i had the phone right next to me. like i guess i was meant for the

phone to be right next to me and i got the phone and i called. i didn't even think twice about it, because i wouldn't like -- i wouldn't want anybody [ inaudible ] like -- >> again, we do applaud you. what was your reaction when you heard something like this was going on? >> my reaction, i was scared. i was worried, concerned that it might be like anybody that i know or even if it's not anybody i know, is she dead, alive, is she okay? i was scared, basically. >> are you scared now? >> um, i'm scared, but i'm like actually happy that they actually arrested some guys that did it. so, yeah. >> again, have -- as you've thought about this, i mean this is happening close to you, in your community. have you wrestled with the question of how does something like this happen to a 15-year-old? >> it might, like how i'm

thinking they shouldn't even be doing that, shouldn't even be in the minds of any 15, 16, 17-year-olds, actually like beating a girl, raping a girl. i don't know what kind of lifestyle do they live so they could think that way or think it it's okay to do that. but, richmond is known if like a bad area. >> yeah. >> you know, i don't think it's everybody that's violent, people that think wrong choices, you know, teenagers who did that so i'm guessing they were just going through something in their life where they thought it was cool or wanted to get liked by certain people. >> wow. thank you again for taking time and thank you again for stepping up and making that phone call. you could have helped save a life here. >> you're welcome. >> thank you again. henry lee, let's get everybody updated, a sixth arrest. give us the details of that and can we expect more arrests anytime soon. >> well, thursday night juan montano was arrested on similar

charges of rape by force, rape in concert and penetration with a foreign object but breaking news, mike, moments ago, i did confirm with the contra costa district attorney's office one of the six suspects will be released from custody because of insufficient evidence. and that is salvador rodriguez. so, we go from six arrests down to five. obviously, the police investigation active and on going, mike. >> what do we know about people coming forward with information? because we heard from margarita who made the 911 call, brave young woman. she's fearful. are people holding back information at this point, henry out of fear and we'll use the world "snitching" and the consequences? >> i have no reports anyone is holding back certainly because of the sense of community outrage, widespread and deep. a lot of people are very upset by b what has happened. it doesn't matter what it is on the street. a lot of it people do want to come forward and talk to plays about what happened. >> we hope that they do. how -- have you had a chance to get a sense, henry, of students

at the school in that area, are they fearful to go back to that school, what's been that reaction? >> well, as we have heard throughout the week, mike, students have to go to school nevertheless, regardless of what's going on. they've got tests to take, a lot of academics going on and the students bandied together earlier in the week as a news conference telling us this is not what richmond high is all about. we are a good community, we are a great campus, full of great people. we are outraged at this and don't want people to make any kind of stereotype -- stereotype notions about who we are. >> yeah. hopefully as they grapple with this, they'll have some, i know they've talked about better security and getting those cameras up and running that should be ready to go by january. henry, always good talking to you. thanks for the update we appreciate it. coming up, continuing to follow this one a 20-year-old football star at uconn stabbed to death outside of a school dance. all right. we want justice. his grieving family wants justice. yet, there were people going online to tell people not to

bring the truth forward. don't snitch. well, thankfully, cops have ferreted out one of those rats and we have an arrest.

welcome back. you know heart breaks for the family of university of connecticut football star jasper howard. the 20-year-old, father-to-be stabbed to death outside of a campus dance. this hour, a new arrest. not for howard's murder, for the heinous crime of making threats to witnesses who may have saw something that night to keep them from going to the cops. naming the killer. christopher muchler, charged with hindering prosecution, acts of terrorism. here's one of his threats.

he had the audacity to post this on a facebook memorial page. where family and friends were there to pay tribute. he writes, the snitches, i know you, jasper howard would not be down with that. this needs to be a lesson for all of uconn, you will be stabbed, shot, mugged or beaten for (blankin') around. friends, family crying out for justice and some coward posting threats online if someone brings forward the truth, that's what we have here? those alleged charges facing this guy. joining me to talk about this kate monohan spoke the "uconn daily campus" and also psychologist paula bloom, good to have you back, as well. kate, starting with you, what do we know about this guy? >> so far, we don't know too much other than that he was a uconn freshman from [ inaudible ] connecticut. he posted these threats one under the name c.j. and another

under a fake name. both of the threatening posts, which have been highly publicized were by him and as far as police know he is in no way affiliated with the suspects in this case. and, also, though, police have said that the threats he made were empty threats. but, they believed there was reason that it was possible that these threats had prevented witnesses from coming forward and they felt arresting him would eliminate any fears people had. >> that's right. whether or not they were empty i'm sure there might have been people intimidated by these w. you frightened or other students frightened when they see posts like that? that was threatening, threatening violence. >> yeah. yeah, well, definitely a lot of people -- i mean, over 8,000 people had access to see these posts on just the facebook page alone. so, there was a lot of people that could have seen it and thought, even though this was, this just this one guy, could have been a whole group of

people. he makes references that scareed a lot of people into thinking, you know, it's gang violence, there could be a lot of these people out there. so, i think police were kind of just thinking that, you know, arresting him definitely, i mean, you can't take threats like that, no matter what the forum. >> let me get paula bloom in on this. why? what's the mind-set here of some freshman? i mean you are talking about a grieving family and will get in the way of justice by posting these threats here online. >> yeah. i actually think this is a really good thing. people, we learn to trust and we learn to mistrust. and until people realize that there are consequences, people are going to say silent. so, i think it's wonderful that something like this happened so that people can learn that coming forward is something that's safe to do and that you're going to be protected because nowadays we have these different messages when you are a kid nobody like as

tattletale kind of things we get these messages and cultures of oufr country people do not trust people will be there to take care of them if they tell the truth. so, to me whoever is involved in this they stepped up and said, you know what, this isn't okay. because when you are terrified for your life -- >> yeah. >> o he owe it is very hard to say, well, what's the right thing to do in this situation. let me say what's going on. you've got to take care of yourself it's all about self-preservation. >> yeah. for this guy, like you said, he is the face of coward ice here preventing justice coming forward here. we'll read more of his threatening posts and take your calls at 1-877-tell-hln.

just to think what it would be like for that young child. but as jazz looks down on us, i can promise him and his family that son will have 100 -- or daughter will have 105 uncles for the rest of its life and we will do what it takes to not get through this but to grow from it. >> there again a grieving friend and teammate of jasper howard. described as a great man, great young football player, as well.

father-to-be, talking about the child that jasper howard will never know there. we've been talking about an arrest in this case. someone who allegedly was going online and threatening people who might come forward with information. here's a post on a sportsblog from christopher muchler, 18-year-old freshman facing serious charges. here's what he wrote in this post. back to paula bloom. paula, is this just some guy talking tough, mouthing off trying to be your wanna be thug? >> yeah, i'm not really sure specifically who he is but i heard you say it was found the charges were unfounded, as far as the threats, they were unfounded threats, is that correct? >> the threats he was making -- the cops are saying the threats were empty threats. >> okay. >> i don't think that matters in

the sense people were intimidated. >> right a. lot of times when we ourselves don't feel good about ourselves or feel powerfuls we get ourselves into all kinds of things to exert i can do this, i'm tough. a lot of times if he had absolutely nothing to do with this, a way to do something, to feel involved in something, part of something. >> wow. let's bring back kate. do we know anything more about the fight at all, what jazz might have been doing there? detry and break up the fight, is that what we're hearing? >> um, well, we don't really know too much because the arrests -- the arrest warrants have been sealed so the motive is still unclear. one thing that has been sort of cleared up a little bit was that, in the arraignment that occurred, it was said that the allegedly what happened was the two suspects left the dance after a small altercation was taking place, went back to the accused, who was being charged

with the murder of jasper howard's car and armed themselves with knifes and then, after that, that was when the stabbing took place. >> all right. >> but still unclear exactly how jasper howard fits into this. >> okay. we'll keep. >> people have been saying all kinds of things about rumors of was he just breaking up a fight, was he even involved, you know, it's unclear. >> okay. well, you know, i know that those details are hard to come by at this point and so many -- what do you think, after this arrest, kate, do you think more students are going to come forward now and do you think students have been holding back because of intimidating posts like what this guy was allegedly doing? >> um, well, i would hope that more people would come forward. i think that, in general, students had a good reaction to the story of the threatening posts by saying they thought, you know, please come forward if you have any information, thought it was ridiculous. but, um, obviously there is still evidence out that the police know of that haven't come

forward. so, i think anything they can do at this point to try and put people at ease and help get these people to say what they saw, i mean, that would be -- that would be the best thing to happen in this case. >> exactly. >> because we really just want to know why, the big question on everyone minds on campus. >> it has been since day one. about 30 seconds, paula. how long it will take to undo this anti-snitching feel among kids out there who might witness a crime? >> that's such a good question. i really don't know but i think this experience of somebody, they're being consequences for posting something like this and even if you put it online, it still counts. a lot of times i think with the social media people kind of have this assumption that it's sort of anonymous and kind of goes out into cyberspace. but this is very real, like speech like any other. i think this is a really good first step to showing people this. >> okay. guys, thanks again, we appreciate it. coming up a texas woman wants her ex-husband thrown in jail

for showing porn to their girls. 

welcome back to "prime news" on hln continuing our conversation authorities still -- we are still baffled where is morgan harrington? virginia tech student went to metallica concert ended up outside the arena and has not been seen since. and joining us to talk about it someone who covered this extensively senior editor for "the hook" courtney stewart. thanks again for being with us. >> thanks. >> right before we mentioned there was someone coming forward who saw her before the concert started i believe his name is dave gardner. what is he saying about morgan's mood and what was going on before the concert with her?

>> well, i have not personally spoken with mr. gardner. i've left him some messages and haven't been able to get him but from the accounts of what i've read and way understand, he parked next to morgan and her friends and had some chance to interact with morgan but not the other people in her car prior to going in and his -- his description of her was that she was enthusiastic, she was really excited for the show. she was saying we're here to see metallica. he said it didn't really appear they were tailgating or doing anything at the car she just looked like a girl that was ready to go see a show and have a good time. >> and you get the sense from what he's saying there was no real partying going on, alcohol, anything like that. she was just excited to see metallica. right. >> well, he didn't see anything that suggested it and her behavior, to him, did not suggest -- but, you know, i don't know, i don't have any first-hand knowledge what they were doing prior to arriving or anything like that but his description does not suggest they were out in the parking lot tailgating.

>> so, he's a witness that sees her beforehand. any witnesses coming forward who saw her after she ends up outside the arena for that 50-minute window? >> there are several people who have come forward and i have talked -- i've talked to several people who saw her not only when she was outside but after she was separated from her friends and both inside and outside the arena, people did have, you know, did see her in that -- in that period of time that the police are calling critical because it's after she left her friends and then, you know, ended up outside and, of course, she vanished. >> what are they saying? >> and those people, you know, had some things they noticed. >> anything specific you want to tell us? >> yeah. today, something that i've been hearing over the last few days was that she had had an injury to her face and that there was some blood. i had been told it was on her chin. the people i was hearing it from were not interested in going on the record or being the source of that and so it wasn't until i

got confirmation from the police that i felt like that was something i was comfortable reporting. but, they did confirm that, yes, she did sustain some kind of injury, they said it was minor and did not believe it would have been something that would have been sustained in like an attack or assault but it looked consistent with a fall perhaps but that's a new detail that's just come out today and provides another tiny piece of the puzzle to what was going on when she was no longer with her friends. >> exactly. i'm sure we'll be picking up on that detail. courtney stuart, thanks again, we really appreciate your insight on this story as we hope and pray for morgan's safe return. courtney, thanks again. >> thank you. coming up, the king of pop's final bow will movie fans, will this bring -- "this is it" will this bring his fans closure to his tragic death? stay with us for that.

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"this is it" michael jackson's final bow debuted this week all around the world, a movie, really a documentary, a highlight of the final

rehearsals leading up to jackson's last concerts in london, it was supposed to happen but we all know he died before the tour ever opened. so, will this much-anticipated movie finally bring closure for fans? joining me alicia quarrels who has seen the movie. my first question has to be, what did you think of it? >> i loved the movie and i'm not a huge michael jackson fan. but the movie was fantastic. you see that the concerts would have been amazing had he lived. he still was extremely musically inclined and danced like he was 25 years old, very impressive. >> all right. we've heard from jermaine and family members who seem to be really excited about it, glad that there's this movie and have heard not quite the same thing from la toya and from joe. is the family united behind this movie or not. >> the family is not united behind this movie. of course joe jackson has spoken out about the movie at ton but said after seeing it in las

vegas, the premiere there, it did provide some closure and he was happy to see his son up there doing his thing, showing his gift to the world so they're divided somewhat. >> and what is it that la toya was saying before she even saw the entire movie? some things that sound a little off. >> they are making all kinds of crazy allegations saying there were body doubles used and that really wasn't michael jackson. the allegations went on and on and on. sony put out a release saying, you know what, this is absolutely michael jackson filming this for his personal library and this is now a gift to his fans. >> speaking of the fans, how do you think the fans are processing it? we know one of his more famous fans liz taylor went twitter crazy, i think sent out 20 feets saying you've got to see this movie, you owe it to yourself. what do you think it will mean for fans. >> the fans are absolutely going to love this music. i saw in new york the night it premiered and the whole theater was shut down only showing.

this the fans were clapping during the movie, going crazy and as you said, liz taylor tweeted about it and they are tweeting and facebooking about it, everybody loves it. >> it is is supposed to be a limited release that's how they billed it, a couple weeks, already made a ton of money. you know the business do you think it will end up running longer or at the least come out on dvd or something. >> i think it's going to do both. a, i think it is going to run longer because it is making a lot of money. it's already made $22 million just in three days and absolute there will will be a huge dvd release with bonus scenes, a cash cow i think they will milk to the sgleend cash cow, we're about out of time but remind people where this money is supposed to go. >> to his children. to his estate. at the end of the day the children are supposed to benefit from this. >> alicia, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> i want to remind you. we have a very exciting special coming up for you next called "black men in the age of president obama" i sit down with

prominent men in the african-american community including actor -- for more of what matters, check out the november issue of "essence" magazine or log on to cnn.com/whatmatters. >> thanks, richelle. coming up updating a story we've been following a mom two died trying -- who died trying to win a wii. it was an irresponsible contest, basically a jury's ruling as they award the family over $16 million. we're going to talk to jennifer stranger's grieving mom coming up.

madonna redmond on a mission, we met her two years ago right here in one of the toughest neighborhoods in chicago. the last place you'd expect to find a garden that's exactly

what she showed me wamplts are we growing in here? >> any number of things there's -- those are collard greens on the far aisle there. >> she led an effort to start what she calls urban farm sites y.? because no matter how hard she tried she couldn't find any fresh produce in the neighborhood. >> if you wanted to, you could buy illegal drugs. you can get access to a variety of illegal drugs. if you wanted to buy a gun, you could buy a gun on this -- in this community. but, if you wanted to find an organic tomato in this community if you didn't want to come to our urban farm site you wouldn't be able to buy one. >> with few stores nearby most people do their shopping at conveniencesters like this one except they are full of chips, sugary drinks and candy. according to a new study, shopping at these stores is part of what's making our kids fat. researchers talked to more than 800 kids outside convenience stores and found on average they are eating 356 empty calories at every stop.

>> what are you guys buying in there? >> chips. >> chips? >> candy. >> let me see. but this lower-income minority communities like this one where high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity run rampant she says we can't afford to ignore the issue so now, two years after we first met her, she's adding store owner to her list of professions. >> our project -- really tries to bring healthy lifestyles to the hip-hop generation. >> all in the hopes she can change the tide in the ever-growing storm of obesity. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >> an update on this story, huge judgment, more than $16 million to a widower and children, young mother dies from water intoxication after drinking just lots and lots of water over a three-hour period part of a radio station stunt a contest titled hold your wee for an a

nintendo wii, contestants weren't allowed to go the bathroom or vomit, that would disqualify them. >> i'm very thankful and appreciative that the jurors took their time and that they held the appropriate people accountable. >> from our perspective, we're very gratified with what the jury did. the number that they determined was -- is by definition, a fair and reasonable number. >> now, the deejays were fired. we want to be clear, the deejays were not held responsible, the parent company to the radio station held responsible. joining me to talk about this, the victim's mom. nina holst, also her attorney, roger dreyer. thank you both. nina, starting with you obviously nothing can replace jennifer but what was your reaction to when the verdict was

read? >> i was very happy with the time that the jurors took in this case. they didn't rush through it. people kept asking me what's taking so long, what's taking so long. and i said, you know, they have a lot to think about. they didn't know my daughter like i knew her, like her family knee her, her friends. and each of us that testified there had to paint a picture of jen, what kind of wonderful, outstanding, caring daughter, wife, mother that she was. and i hope and pray that the testimony we gave gave them some kind of feel for the type of person that jennifer was and that she would have never done anything to put her life in jeopardy, to not thereabout to

spend every day with her children that she cherished more than anything else. >> nina, do you think it was just that, that your daughter didn't realize what she was getting into, that it could be dangerous, could be fatal? >> absolutely. absolutely. she would have never done anything to put her life in jeopardy. >> did you know that she was going to be a part of this and did she talk to you about the contest beforehand? >> just briefly she had mentioned it. didn't have any details, because i understood she didn't have any details at the time. so, you know, you would think that somebody that's holding a contest or promoting something such as this would check into everything thoroughly and make sure that there are safeguards in place, that this was something that wouldn't be harmful to people. you know, just check everything out. and they just didn't do it. >> i couldn't agree more, nina,

as we've covered this story i want to bring in roger on this. is that what it came down to, this station didn't monitor what their employees were doing and that they were bringing forth this contest that was so dangerous? >> well, it's a combination of not monitoring enforcing rules had in place, not training the on-air talent as to what the rules were to be, and how they were to comply. i mean, they had specific rules not to put people in contests that are dangerous or put them at risk and not to put contests that were in bad taste. and this contest clearly violated all those rules. and we believe from the beginning that this case nina is talking about is about responsibility and accountability, and we said that at the beginning. and that's the beauty of the civil process, is that we went six weeks, where 12 people got all the evidence. not what people read in the newspaper, or see in sound bites on tv. and they were able to assess that evidence, and determine who was accountable. >> yeah.

nina, are you satisfied that the right people paid the right price? the deejays ended up getting fired and the station's held accountable? >> i am very satisfied that the jury found the way that they did, that they listened to all the evidence. they fought, and fought hard to, you know, keep their personal opinions out of it and just listened to what the evidence was. and 12 individual people that didn't know intercom, found in favor of my daughter not being responsible at all for what happened to her, and that the right people were found accountable. >> nina, thank you for joining us. roger, you as well. nina, just wish the best for jennifer's children as they try and get past this. but thank you again. we'll continue this conversation after the break. stay with us. 

sgloenchts urgent news. a sixth arrest in the brutal gang rape of a 15-year-old girl. police say this vicious attack went on for two and a half hours. no one did anything. finally, someone was brave enough to call 911. we will talk to that courageous person. plus, a mom dies trying to win a radio contest. the challenge, hold your wee for a nintendo wii. see who can chuck the most water without having to use the restroom. she wound up dying. her family sued. the jury awarded them over $16 million. how is that for a message?

good. good ruling. this hour, we're going to talk to her grieving mom. you're a huge part of the show. loving hearing from you. the number, 1-877-tell-hln. call in. e-mail us as well, cnn.com/primenews. or you can text us at hlntv. just start your message with the word prime. it's your chance to be heard. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is "prime news." we have new developments in the brutal gang rape of a california girl. outside of a high school, richmond, california. cops say the attack last two and a half hours. now we know someone had the courage to call 911. we're going to talk to that person in just a moment. first, let's get you updated on the case. there's been a sixth arrest. 18-year-old, charges, felony rape. >> this is one of the most brutal crimes i've seen in my 15 years as a cop. responded and found our victim on saturday night after a dance here on the richmond campus, we who was unconscious.

people fled as we approached of the we caught one individual as the officers made contact with the victim and found out she was unconscious and was stripped naked. what we do know is that multiple suspects physically beat her, robbed her and sexually assaulted her. only a few hours ago was she released from the hospital. >> unbelievable. we are finding out kids sensed danger as they looked outside that dance. where was security. girl was randy for more than two hours. didn't anyone see anything? here's the school district's response to all this. >> we had four uniformed police officers and a number of teachers and administrators who wor both inside and outside. we didn't do a perimeter walk of the school. this is on the far side of the school on the perimeter. >> all right. as always, we take your phone calls. the number, 1-877-tell-hln. as we mentioned, someone finally did step in, step up. joining me now, the woman who made the 911 call. her name is margarita.

joining us in a second of the and henry lee, "san francisco chronicle." margarita, thank you, first off, for stepping up, and doing what no one else would. so we thank you for your courage first off. tell us how you found out that a young woman was being attacked like this. >> i found out by my brother-in-law, and my boyfriend and a couple of his friends who actually it was mainly my brother-in-law who came to my home and told me that there was a girl beaten, raped, naked, passed out in richmond hive. so he was there to call the cops. so he came to me. and i'm the one that called the cops. that's how i found out. >> okay. so you -- did you think twice about calling police? or did you think -- were you immediately ready to get help for this girl? >> i had the phone right next to me. i thought like it was meant for the phone to be right next to me. i got the phone and i called. i didn't even think twice about

it. because i wouldn't have wanted anybody to die. >> again, margarita, we do applaud you. what was your reaction when you heard something like this was going on? >> my reaction? i was scared. i was worried, concerned that it might be like anybody that i know, or even if it's not anybody i know, is she dead, alive, okay? i was scared. >> are you scared now? >> i'm scared. but i'm like actually happy that they actually arrested some guys that did it. so, yeah. >> again -- as you've thought about this, i mean, this is happening close to you, in your community. have you wrestled with the question of how this happens to a 15-year-old? >> it should not even be in the minds of a any 15, 16,

17-year-olds, actually like beating the girl, raping the girl. i don't know ha kind of lifestyle they live so they could think that way, or thinking it's okay to do that. but richmond is known for like a bad area. >> yeah. >> you know, i don't think it's everybody that's just like that. just people that make wrong choices. it was teenagers who did that. so i guess they were going through something in their life or they thought it was cool. >> margarita, thank you again for taking time. and thank you again for stepping up and making that phone call. you could have helped save a life here. >> you're welcome. >> thank you again. henry lee, "san francisco chronicle." we have a sixth arrest? give us the details of that. and can we expect more arrests anytime soon? >> well, on thursday night, juan montano was arrested by rape by force, rape in concert and penetration with a foreign object. but breaking news, mike. just moments ago, i did confirm

with the contra costa district attorney's office that one of the six suspects will be released from custody today because of insufficient evidence. and that is salvador rodriguez. we go from six arrests down to five. obvious lip the police investigation active and ongoing, mike. >> what do we know about people coming forward with information? we heard from margarita there who made the 911 call there, brave young woman, she's fearful. are people holding back information at this point, henry, out of fear, and we use the word snitching and the consequences? >> well, i have no reports that anyone is holding back, certainly because of the sense of community outrage, which is widespread and deep. a lot of people very upset about what has happened. it doesn't matter what the street -- what it is on the street. a lot of the people do want to come forward and talk to police about what happened. >> we hope that they do. have you had a chance to get a sense, henry, of students at the school, in that area? are they fearful to go back to that school? what's been that reaction? >> well, as we have heard

throughout the week, mike, students have to go to school, nevertheless, regardless of what is going on. they've got tests to take, a lot of academics going on. the students bantied together at a news conference earlier in the week telling us this is not what richmond high is all about. we are a good community. we are a great campus full of great people. we are outraged at this. and we don't want people to make any kind of stereotype notions about who we are. >> yeah. hopefully as they grapple with this, that they'll have some -- i know they've talked about better security. and getting those cameras up and running that should be ready to go by january. henry, always good talking to you. thanks for the update. we appreciate it. and of course, margarita as well. a 20-year-old football star at uconn stabbed to death outside of a school dance. the we want justice. his grieving family wants justice. yet there were people going online to tell people not to bring the truth forward. don't snitch. well, thankfully cops have ferreted out one of those rats.

and we have an arrest.

welcome back. our heart breaks for the family of jasper howard. the 20-year-old, father-to-be, stabbed to death outside of a campus dance. this hour, a new arrest. not for howard's murder, for the heinous crime of making threats to witnesses who may have saw something that night. to keep them from going to the cops. naming the killer. christopher muchler is charged with hindering prosecution. acts of terrorism. here's one of his threats. he had the audacity to post this on a facebook memorial page where family and friends were

there to pay tribute. he writes, the snitches, i know you. jasper howard would not be down with that. this needs to be a lesson for all of uconn. you will be stabbed, shot, mugged or beaten for blanking around. so friends, family, are crying out for justice and some coward is posting threats online if someone brings forth the truth? that's what we have here? those alleged charges facing this guy? joining me to talk about this, kate monahan, reporter for the uconn daily campus. and also with us, psychologist paula bloom. paula, good to have you back as well. kate, let's start with you. what do we know about this guy? >> well, so far we don't know too much other than that he was a uconn freshman from connecticut. he posted these threats, one under the name c.j. and another under a fake name. both of the threatening posts, were both by him.

as far as police know, he is in no way affiliated with the suspects in this case. and also, police have said that the threats that he made were empty threats. but they believed that there was reason that it was possible that these threats had prevented witnesses from coming forward, and felt arresting him would help. >> whether they're empty, i'm sure there were people intimidated by these. were you frightened, or other students fearful when they see posts like that? that was threatening. threatening violence. >> yeah. definitely. a lot of people, i mean, over 8,000 people had access to see these posts. just on the facebook page alone. so there was a lot of people who could have seen it and thought even though this was just this one guy, it could have been a whole group of people. he makes references to hartford that scared a lot of people into thinking that it's gang

violence. that there could be a lot of these people out there. i think police were just kind of thinking that, you know, by arresting him, definitely, you can't make threats like that, no matter what the forum. >> let me get paula bloom in on this. paula, what's the mind-set here of some freshman? you're talking about a grieving family, and you're going to get in the way of justice by posting these threats here online. >> yeah. i actually think this is a really good thing. we learn to trust and we learn to mistrust. and until people realize that there are consequences, people are going to stacy lent. i think it's wonderful that something like this happened, so that people can learn that coming forward is something that's safe to do and that you're going to be protected. because nowadays -- we have different messages. when you're a kid, nobody likes the talt tale kind of thing. many cultures in many parts of our country, people do not trust that people will be there to take care of them if they tell

the truth. and so to me, whoever is involved in this, it's like they stepped up and said, you know what, this isn't okay. because when you're terrified for your life, it is very hard to say, well, what's the right thing to do in this situation? let me say what's going on. you've got to take care of yourself. it's all about self-preservation. >> and for this guy, like you said, he is the face of cowardice here. he's preventing people to come forward here. we're going to continue on this. we'll read more of his threatening posts and take your calls at 1-877-tell-hln.

what it will be like for that young child. but as jazz looks down on us, i can promise him, and his family, that son will have -- or daughter -- will have 105 uncles for the rest of his life. and we will do what it takes to not get through this, but to grow from it. >> there again, a grieving friend and teammate of jasper howard. described as a great man, great young football player as well, father-to-be as he was talking about the child that jasper howard will never know there. we'll be talking about an arrest

in this case. someone who allegedly was going online and threatening people who might come forward with information. here's a post on a sports blog from christopher muchler, an 18-year-old freshman, facing serious charges. stop the snitching and post the names of anyone you know who gave information to the cops. jazz didn't deserve to die. the person who killed him didn't intend to kill him. anyone who snitched should face the social consequences of the let's go back to paula bloom. paula, is this just some guy talking tough, mouthing off, trying to be -- your wannabe thug? >> i'm not really sure specifically who he is. but i heard you say that it was found that the charges were unfounded? as far as the threats? they were unfounded threats, is that correct? >> the cops were saying the threats were empty threats. i don't think that matters since people were intimidated. >> absolutely. sometimes when we don't feel good about ourselves or we feel powerless, we get ourselves

involved in all kinds of things that exert, hey, i can do this, i'm tough. a lot of times if he had absolutely nothing to do with this, it was his way to feel part of something, be involved in something. >> let's bring back kate mo monohan. did he try to break up the fight? is that what we're hearing? >> well, we don't really know too much, because the arrest warrants have been sealed. so the motive is still unclear. one thing that has been sort of cleared up a little bit was that in the agreement that occurred, it was said that the -- allegedly what happened was the two suspects left the dance after a small altercation was taking place, went back to the accused who was being charged with the murder of jasper howard and armed themselves with knives, and then after that,

that was when the stabbing took place. but it's still unclear exactly how jasper howard fits into this. >> we'll keep -- >> people have been saying all kinds of things about rumors was he just breaking up a fight, was he even involved. it's unclear. >> i know that those details are hard to come by at this point. so many -- what do you think, after this arrest, kate, do you think more students are going to come forward now? do you think students have been holding back because of intimidating posts because of what this guy was allegedly doing? >> well, i would hope that more people would come forward. i think that in general, students had a good reaction to the story of the threatening posts by saying that they thought, please come forward if you have any information. they thought it was ridiculous. but obviously there is still evidence out there that police know haven't come forward. so i think anything they can do at this point to try and put people at ease, and help get

these people to say what they saw, i mean, that would be the best thing to happen in this case, because we really just want to know why did this happen. that's the big question on everyone's minds across the campus. >> we've got about 30 seconds, paula. how long is it going to take to undo this anti-snitching feel among kids out there who might witness a crime? >> that's such a good question. i really don't know. but i think this experience of somebody, there being consequences for posting something like this. if you put it online, it still counts. i think with the social media, people have this assumption that it's sort of anonymous, it sort of goes out into cyberspace. but this is very real. this is like speech like any other. i think this is a really good first step to showing people this. >> thanks again. we appreciate it. a texas woman wants her ex-husband thrown in jail for showing porn to their girls. d x