nday. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. officers on the ground searching for an escaped killer, days after he did the job on a prison cleanup crew and just walked away. i'm julie banderas and we're live as fox reports tonight. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> it's the outburst that ignit ignited controversy on capitol hill and coast to coast. tonight, the man behind the two words, taking on the critics and defending the feelings behind the shouts heard around the world. >> i knew what he said was not true. i read the bill. >> desperation is growing, as the search for a missing

university student is into the fifth day. they're coming through a landfill. after finding bloody clothes in the building where annie le was last seen alive. and also tonight, the coast guard in the right place at the right time. when a fishing boat goes up in flames. a city councilman jumps into action and taking on a would-be robber more than half his age. and the crackdown on, as a massive street festival descends into chaos. new tonight, president obama saying he thinks he has enough votes to pass what he called a good health care bill. one he said will reduce cost and help control the deficit over the long-term the. that with an interview with "60 minutes" on cbs after the campaign rally in minneapolis and comes to the white house and its allies look to fix focus

away from the so-called public option twhich is basically an insurance plan run by the government. senator clare mchas kill saying today that the public option has become a distraction from the real goals of reform. >> reduce the deficit, bring down costs and make health insurance available and affordable and secure for most americans. that's really the meat of the matter, not the distraction of whether it's a co-op or a public option, that's a small part of this. >> also today, a member of a key group of senators saying that they are very close, close to an agreement on health care reform. malini wilkes with the news live tonight. tell us about the agreement. >> well, julie, democratic senator conrad says it's a group of senators negotiating health care reform is close it a deal. how close, after the senators met on friday, democrat max baucus says he wants to move forward this week, but they still have work to do on the thorniest issues, malpractice,

how to deal with abortion and illegal immigrants and expansion of medicaid. senator conrad says they have a plan that won't add to the deficit. >> the agreement that we have, the congressional bubble office has told us says it's fully paid for and pends costs the right way and covers up to 94%. >> the health care reform, a major concern for the tens of thousands who demonstrated against the democrats health reform plans on capitol hill yesterday. republican lawmakers just don't believe that cutting waste from medicare can save billions of dollars and they don't want to raise taxes. meantime, president obama is trying to regain momentum on health care. rallying a crowd in minnesota yesterday. but he continues to extraedle the line on the government insurance option, he's repeatedly said he prefers a government option, but that's not the only element of reform. many republicans think it's time for mr. obama to clearly reject th

this. >> and going to take the public option off the table because it's proposed by all republicans in the senate. and therefore, there's no way to pass the plan that includes the public option. >> senator snowe part of the gang of six, their plan includes noncooperative health option. >> julie. after the so-called tea party rally government expansions and health care reform, of course, from grass roots reports today, what are president obama's plans. people who say they want health care reform, holding a march outside the u.s. capitol. we're told some participants planned to meet with their congressional representatives to talk about the future of health care. meantime, it was the outburst heard from coast to coast and the political fallout has become a mixed blessing of sorts for the man behind it. that man is republican congressman joe wilson and that outburst was the phrase "you lie", two little words that have

become one very big deal. because wilson shouted them at the president. during his speech on health care, to a joint session of congress. the uproar over his comment on wednesday sparking strong reaction from both sides of the political aisle, to some of the right, well, wilson has taken on a sort of folk-like hero status for changing the president and meanwhile, others on the left, well, they're vowing to keep him from winning reelection this year, so, today, wilson sat down from the interview fox news sunday and the congressman addressing new found fame or infamy, depending who you ask. >> i have been financial democrats by moveon.org, been named the number one target for the election next year, so, i am-- i appreciate the overwhelming response from people on to be involved and i will not be muzzled. i'm going to be speaking on behalf of the american people, but i will be doing it civilly. but that's not all, he said. wilson made another promise. caroline shively with that from

washington. >> julie, today, coneman joe wilson said he's done saying he's sorry. here he is on fox news sunday. >> i'm not going to apologize again. i apologized to the president on wednesday night. i was advised then that, thank you, now let's get on to a civil discussion of the issues, but i've apologized one time, the apology was accepted by the president, by the vice-president who i know, i have not apologized to him again. >> he's talking about his outburst during the address to congress wednesday night. mr. obama said that illegal immigrants would not get help for health insurance, wilson called out "you lie", and the congressman maintained it wasn't his intention, but he thinks because of the attention he's brought to the issue the state finance committee and president says they'll include verification provision toss make sure that illegal aliens don't get money for health care insurance. hackers are attacking wilson's

campaign website using phantom compute towers overload the site and crash it. the site was down for about five hours friday night and could hurt wilson's campaign financially. because people who want to click on there and donate can't because the site is down. overall he's not hurting. he's raised more than a million dollars since his outburst on wednesday so has his democratic competitor. miller brought in the first six months of the year, and house democrats preparing a resolution of disapproval to formally rebuke him if he doesn't apologize to colleagues for the outburst. you heard wilson, he says i'm sor sorry. >> caroline shively, thank you. a film maker took undercover video that appears to catch a worker left leaning organization encouraging, well, illegal activities. this video was given to fox news and there you can see film maker james o'keep and his friend posing as a pimp and prostitute

at an acorn office in baltimore, america. the duo soliciting help in evading the irs, for starting a brothel. the worker it seems to be willing to assist the pair and the u.s. census bureau cut ties with the group and acorn is saying that the video was doctored and the chief organizers issuing the following statement and i quote, it is clear that the videos are doctored, edited and in no way the result of the fabricated story be pror trade by conservative activist film maker o'keep and his partner in crime. james o'keefe responded to ac n acorn. >> they don't have any leg to stand on. they're saying that i dubbed in my voice, which is completely absurd. we have two microphone audio and aud audio off the video and we have the full tape and they've been

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>> now for an update on a story we brought you on the fox report last night. t the found dead before he was set to serve prison time. they found drugs in the vehicle in which christopher kelly was discovered, lying unresponsive. earlier today, the mayor after chicago suburb claimed that after kelly arrived at the hospital he told police officers that he had overdosed so he was conscious when he got to the hospital. he the medical examiner's office saying it will take weeks for toxicology test toss determine a cause of death. kelly was a key figure in the federal corporation investigation that brought blagojevich down and earlier this week he pleaded guilty to a kickback scheme in another federal case and set to begin prison term on friday and kelly and blagojevich were charged in the same indictment, prosecutors

allegedly they were going to try to sell or trade president obama's former seat on the u.s. senate. blagojevich denies wrongdoing. a massive manhunt for an escaped killer in louisiana. 44-year-old henry smith walked off a state penitentiary prison farm where he worked picking up trash. he was sentence today life for second degree murder, but he was a so-called trustee, meaning he wasn't always guarded. right now, law enforcement are searching the rugged louisiana hills, as well as the banks of the nearby mississippi river. that's about 50 miles from baton rouge. investigators say they have a good lead, but not making it public for fear it could jeopardize the search. she was suppose today get married today, supposed to be the day of her dreams, and now, authorities, well, they are extending their search for the yale graduate student who went missing just days before her wedding. her name is annie le. last seen on tuesday entering a laboratory building left on campus, we're told many students

are shocked by her disappearance. >> i feel really bad and i hope that they found her. >> i was thinking about what could have happened, and all the horrible things that was just sort of like, i don't want to think about this until something more comes to light. >> you're looking at brand new video now of police and dogs searching at yale university in new haven. this, as the fbi says investigators have extended the search north to the state capital of hartford and specifically, to an incinerator. our rick leventhal is in new haven with the story and joist us with the latest, hi, rick. >> trash from this building in new haven is taken to harvard to be incinerated and since this was where annie le was last seen, it only makes sense to follow the possible trail here to the insen rater and been there since late saturday night. state, local authorities many wearing hazmat suits and sifting through the garbage looking for

possible leads and so far we're told they haven't found anything, but earlier today the major crimes unit for the connecticut state police did arrive on scene that. was this afternoon. meanwhile, the new haven police confirming to us this morning that bloody clothes with found inside the building over the weekend. those clothes are now being examined to determine whether or not there's any connection between those bloody clothes and annie le, but earlier today a local newspaper is reporting that in fact the investigators told them that the clothes do not match what annie le was last seen wearing. in fact, more than 100 investigators are working on this case, we've seen many of them throughout the day and the evening, moving in and out and around this building, and many cases around the back side of the building where the basement entrance is, some of those officers, k-9 officers with dogs. one thing they're also doing, reexamining the surveillance footage of some 75 cameras posted in and around this building and the adjacent parking garage. we know there are images of annie arriving at the building tuesday morning, there are no

images we're told of her leaving so they're bgoing back through the video frame by frame to make sure they didn't miss anything. they questioned the professor who canceled his class, the class that annie was suppose today attend on the day she disappeared, but also say they questioned dozens of others here on campus and so far do not even know if a crime was committed. in the meantime, le's family we're told is now here in new haven on a day that was supposed to be the happiest of her life, their wedding day, all they have is sadness and deepening mystery as to her whereabouts. >> julie: rick leventhal, thank you. a coast guard helicopter on routine flight in texas at the right place at the right time. take a look at the video. the choppers crew spotting smoke billowing over a boat, a missing boat on fire. they see two men in a life boat next to the burning vessel. a rescue swimmer drops into the water and after assessing the

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hunt for an unusual bank robber, the suspect described as a man in his 80's using an oxygen tank. tellers say he walked in, he even had a note demanding money and after he got cash we're told he walked off and took his oxygen tank with him, we assume. cops say he's 6-4 with liver spots. that's all we know about him. anyone with information should of course call san diego police for tips. the first round of h1n1 flu vaccinations could begin sooner than expected we're told perhaps as early as the first week of november-- october, rather, that according to our nation's health secretary inteel sebelius today. they'll go to health care workers and other priority groups. sebelius says the bulk of the vaccine will be distributed across the country, mid october and also confident the vaccine will be available early enough to beat the peak of this year's flu season. well, it remains to be seen whether president obama won the

need needed support for the fush for health care reform. in the prime time speech for congress this week, he spoke directly of small business owners in an effort to accumulate their fears. the well, the president talked about insurance exchanges that sa small businesses could buy into and it could expand and improve the coverage. and anita vogel with reaction to the president. >> there will be a hardship wafer for those individuals who still can't afford coverage and 95% of all small business because of their size and profit margin would be exempt. >> president obama speaking directly to small business owners across the country wednesday night attempting to ease fears they'll be forced to provide for employees or pay a fine under new health care legislation. >> small business people, probably business people in general, you've got to deal with

cost containment and you've got to deal with quality of care. and one of the interesting things, a lot of people thought you reduce costs ail reduce quality and care and that's not necessarily the case. >> research shows just offer half of u.s. employees work for a private sector small business, firms with 500 employees or less. many say health care amounts to one of their largest expenses. and would actually welcome help from washington. >> noi that big business pays about 18% less for the same coverage that small business does and that hurts. >> pete of green apple books in san francisco employs 28 workers and provides health insurance for all of them through kaiser permanent taye, he says that costs are rise ang this year paying 26% more than last year. he likes the president's idea of creating an insurance exchange or pool that small businesses could buy into. >> for people to pool together, the bigger a business you are in some ways, you take away the profit because you have a n

nonprofit, that should cut, 10, 15% off the top and the purchasing power of a bigger pool, would help lower the premium and maintain the quality of care. >> while many businesses are encouraged by heb legislation, who would expect them to be exempt from coverage or fines. how much could be saved with an insurance pool? they hope to get answers soon. in los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. >> julie: well, president obama is set to deliver a speech tomorrow mere in new york city on the economy and the markets. the president is expect today call for steps to avoid another financial crisis, including more oversight powers for the federal reserve and a series of regulatory changes. well, tomorrow's speech marks one year since the failure of lehman brothers, the financial firm that's been around since the 1800's, the collapse done on

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>> breaking under cover of darkness one year ago today, the destruction inflicted, leaving victims unsure if their island community would ever be the same ever again. hurricane ike slamming into galveston, texas in the early morning hours of september 13th, 2008. the strong category two storm damaging 75% of homes, many beyond recognition.

thousands of other homes from the gulf coast up to houston, 50 miles inland, also not escaped ike's wrath, but galveston alone suffered a 3.2 billion dollars in damage, by the time it blew out of texas ike had become the state's most disaster ever. you can't put a price on life. that's what ike took, 37 lives total in texas alone and in total is blamed for 72 deaths in the u.s. but from the ruins, a mission to rebuild and galveston, well, just one of the communities showing a spirit. no hurricane force winds or storm surges can rip apart. >> we have a long way to go, most every, to get to where we were pre-ike however, we've made giant steps. >> galveston is made up of people, it's not of the property that's here, and the people are still here. and the people are still hard at work, and i just think it's going to come back better than

ev ev ever. >> julie: the mayor of galveston, with us now on the phone. thank you so much mayor thomas for talking to us. >> you're welcome. >> julie: galveston suffered 3.2 billion dollars in damage, that's a lot of damage. how do you recover from that and have you? >> well, we're on the road to recovery. we probably have a one to five year and maybe longer to get back to where we were, but how we recover has to do with several things, number one, government money, the help that we've gotten from our legislators both here in texas and in washington and fema, which is slow, but it will get here? have you gotten the money you were promised? >> we're getting it. >> julie: you haven't gotten it all one year later, huh? >> no, it takes a long time. the fema's done, did a good job in the month of the storm, but when they start dealing with citizens, very frustrating process and many of our citizens

are still waiting for help from fema. >> julie: wow. >> and we are, too, the city is, too, but my concern-- the city will make it, my concern is for the citizens, we've got about 3000 citizens still trying to get back here on the island and back into their homes, a way to go. >> julie: let's talk more about the citizens you speak of. 75% of people's homes were damaged 75%. what percentage will be rebuilding do you estimate? >> ray don't know, i would say we're maybe halfway back, we've had a lot of volunteers from all offer the country, church groups, who actually doing the work, the hammer, the nail shall the painting, for many of our citizens. i can't, i really don't know the exact percentage, i could just tell that you every day a little more gets done and a few more people get moved back into their houses. >> julie: and something disturbing, the citizens of galveston as you know, had their

lives literally turned upside down one year ago and many say they're victimized all over again because crime, i understand, has skyrocketed according to some reports, up 55% from where it was last year. >> well, that's-- i'm not sure that number, but it may be that-- what happens after any catastrophic event, storm chasers come into the cities from all over the place and we have contractors that we have, laborers and strangers on the island and they do take advantage of our citizens who are distressed. a lot of the crime, i believe, is breaking into cars and some homes, but it's more, it's more auto theft, you know, stealing things out of grocery stores and they do get into the houses. we've got our police, are watching every minute, but we have a lot of strangers in town

at an event like this and doing everything we can to stop it. >> we really appreciate you coming on tonight. best of luck to you and galveston and the people there, and especially the citizens you speak of that are waiting for money from the government to be able to rebuild one year later after ike. mayor thomas, thank you. >> thank you. . >> julie: and here is your weather in texas, heavy rain causing flood concerns in the central and northern parts of the states. outside of dallas, wow, take a look at that. police braving the bad weather to help a special needs bus. as you can see, it ran into trouble there. really, really teep flood waters and luckily we're told nobody was hurt. the storms are reportedly knocking out electricity of thousands of homes and forecasters say it could be a while before things finally clear up. accu-weather joe bastardy joins us with the latest, hey, joe. >> hello, we have-- we are going to get to this. we'll get on top of this. we have an upper air disturbance over texas and only goes to show

in the summertime you don't need a name to cause a lot of rain. people in the mid atlantic coast know what just happened and a tropical cyclone with no name the other day and you could see the spinning going on, and what we're getting here is a lot of gulf moisture rotating across north central texas and it's not going anywhere quickly. this whole situation is going to oscillate slowly off to the east here and it's interesting, now, i lived in texas for four years and i've always backed down there. there's no mid ground in texas, hammered or in a drought one or the other and folks in texas know that and are use today that situation, but this will move off to the east and you folks in the southeast have to prepare for rain and we may see a tropical difficult off the coast of florida, but have to see how it goes. a lot of rain on the way the next couple of days. >> julie: joe, thank you, very, very much, from accu-weather. the obama administration reportedly wants to give more rights to prisoners being held in afghanistan. the u.s. military is holding

hundreds of prisoners at bagram air base and the new york times and washington post both reporting the white house is preparing new guidelines which would give the prisoners the right to challenge their detention, call witnesses and even put the evidence in their defense and we're also told the administration gave the new rules to coping for review earlier this summer. well, one of the brothers of the world's most wanted man died. the family of osama bin laden announcing that of he passed away in awsaudi arabia, the famy saying that he died yesterday not providing any details about the cause of death. the funeral taking place in the holy city of mecca, now, of course his notorious brother was a no-show and we should mention the bin laden family cut ties with the master mind. he's one of 51 children born to a poor immigrant mo built a construction empire in sawed rib. ang anger turns to violence, and

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into an annual event. people from all-around the country are taking part in it and now it's true, not everybody loves camels, they are a little smelly, i understand. not to worry if you're not into camels, you can catch the ostrich races. getting in on the action, casey and the camels are live at the races and i've never seen anybody mount a camel before today, have you. >> see the producer told me to get closer to the camel and i was afraid that was going to happen. i interviewed the camel moments ago he told me he did not want me to get up and race him around because he's really tired had a busy day. people, seriously, look forward to this all year, virginia city, nevada near reno, a small town, only about 800 people, but the population swells once a year when tourists from all over flock to this former mining town to race, yes, race camels. look at this video, just reich a

horse, the riders put a saddle in between that hump and they take them for a spin, vying for the international title. the annual event designed to commemorate the use of camels by the u.s. army in the 1800's, but just when you thought you'd heard or seen it all. they're not just racing the dese desert dwellers out here. when is the last time you saw a grown adult riding an ostrich. julie, yes, they race those, too, same concept with a saddle and all and some are raced by pulling a cart behind them. the unusual inspect cal in the 50th year from all walks of life all over the country come out for this. the question is what is the the racing for, aside for the bragging rights, aside from the fun and the trophies, the camels get to eat carrots. their favorite snack. who would have ever thought, but it's been a fun day here in

virginia city and we've had a good time. >> julie: they didn't let you ride any camels? what is up with it. i like hands on? >> i'm not qualified. i'm not qualified. i have an injury that keeps me from getting on the camel. i'm kidding. >> julie: you could probably get an injury sitting on that hump, i'm just saying it doesn't look comfortable, i've never done it. >> no, experts fell off, and i i'll leave it to them. >> julie: your sources tell you not so comfy. casey and the camels, thank you, very, very much to all of you. >> see you. >> julie: a river rescue in arizona and a tomato fight in wisconsin as we go across america. minnesota, a child pulled from the rubble of a home after an explosion, officials say a natural gas leak is likely the cause. the explosion leveled the house and set two others on fire. five people were hurt, we're told they're all expect today recover.

arizona, two people rescued from a mini-van after a storm triggered flash flooding. we're told the driver was caught by surprise by the rising waters as he tried to cross the river. rescuers tried to help the people inside the van to move to higher ground. california, check out that lightning. the national weather service reporting at least 250 lightning strikes in the bay area overnight. more than a dozen starting fire. wisconsin. >> it's pandemonium. >> julie: it's the third annual t tomato romp in milwaukee. >> that's all you can do. >> julie: the free event is to raise money for a nonprofit food bank. that's a fox watch across america. well, it's been a busy few weeks in the water off cape cod, massachusetts. first some beaches had to shut down after great white sharks respond spotted off the coast and now something else out there, something big with a lot

fewer teeth. take a look, there's a manatee swm swimming off the coast and he's huge. they do not belong in massachusetts, ten feet long, weighing in about a thousand pounds. the problem, marine biologists say that manatees come too far north and should not be in the north. they're endangered and hang out in florida and this looks like he could be stuck or most probably lost. the byologists are hoping he'll head south before anything happens to him. we know that politics is a rough and tumble business and well, this city councilman not afraid to get physical, but it's all for the the right reasons. the man breaking up a robbery in progress and more impressive, he beat off a thug half his age. that's next. ú?ú?ú?ú?ccú?÷y÷y

he's a city councilman perhaps he should consider law enforcement after he singlehandedly took down a robber half his age inside a massachusetts convenience store. >> i pushed i am had with my right arm. pushed him. this is the surveillance video to see how it went down. it shows 72-year-old councilmember confronting the suspect who reportedly demanded money and said he was armed. well, the suspect shoved him, but then runs out. handed. >> i walk in and i see that-- this unsafery individual, you know what i thought, i was going to get shot. he says that instinct took over and the same day may be responsible for three other robberies and police siefd tay still at large.

if you're ready for an experience that's out this have world, check it out. it's astronaut training and you don't have to leave this planet. that's the best part. you just have to have a strong stomach and well, be willing to fly high. lloyd goes weightless to bring us the story. >> it may look like any other small plane taking off, but it's really the ride of of your life. don't worry about the seat belts, they've taken out the seats. >> the whole thing starts on the floor of the aircraft. while i lie on my stomach, pilot howard shipman heads out of the gulf of mexico, for steep climbs and dives that suddenly make you weight less. >> whoa! >> it's a very maneuver on the aircraft. >> i fly like superman. >> and it simulates the exact sensations of weightlessness you have in space. >> and space is howard shipman's passion. >> very good. it's called the mad machine.

multi-disorientation fn and spins you in three axis. >> he's created arourora aerospe and he believes that space will be a tourist destination so he's gearing up. >> this is a former airport, mobile command vehicle and it's also the type of vehicle that is use today transport the astronauts out to the launch pad. >> it's designed to look and feel spacey. >> whoa! as much weightlessness as you can stomach and in his albatross jet grainer once owned by the east german air forces all the g-forces and rolls you can handle. it's a rush. >> why is this so much fun for you? because i want to be an astronaut and i want to be able to supply into space, something i want today do my whole life. until we can head for space, whoa! this ride may be the ultimate kick. lloyd bowers, fox news. well, sir elton john said he

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>> he's an international pop icon, knighted by queen elizabeth. and elton john could gain a new title. daddy. he's reportedly saying he wants to adopt a 14 month old boy. elton and his partner met the child in the ukraine and said apparently in the past from adopting children. his partner did. he didn't think it was fair because how much he traveled. but the acranion child stole his heart and he was there for part of the aids charity foundation. my eyes ballooned on the match

last night. she's one of the best tennis players in the world and then there was this. >> i didn't say i would kill you, are you serious? are you serious? i didn't say that! >> that was the scene at the u.s. open when serena lost the match after makeling one of apparent threats at the line judges and she illegally foot when she was serving and she lost it, started swearing, got up in the judge's face and threatened to shove a tennis ball down her throat and williams had been given a warning because they broke her racquet after losing the first set and we learned in the past few minutes, the u.s. open fined ser rena, $10,000. and this just in, we are hearing there's going to be a live news conference tonight at 9 p.m. eastern in new haven on the missing yale student, annie le. it won't be live, but we will bring you any headlines