more allegations michael jackson took an incredible number of xanax pills every night and the extraordinary step he allegedly made to get supplies of those drugs. and a popular tourist event that's colorful, maybe a little dangerous. today the running of the bulls in spain takes a deadly turn. we'll have all the details. a disturbing video crops up on youtube, lady liberty beheaded. wait till you hear the messages that went with that. good friday to you. hope you're having a great one. i'm susan hendricks. you're watching hln "news and views." we start off today this hour with michael jackson. evidence mounts suggesting he had a very serious drug problem. a confidential court document shows michael jackson had at least a ten-xanax a day habit

back in 2004. ten a day. not only that, the document obtained by our sister network, cnn, shows he asked his employees to get the anti-anxiety and sleep aids under their names and that they personally traveled to doctors' offices in other states to get the drug. last night on cnn's "ac 360," sanjay gupta described to erica hill how addictions spiral out of control. here he is. >> reporter: people start off taking a few and they take more and more and they build up tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you just eventually get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we were studying addiction, for example, for a cnn special, one of the pain doctors told me he had a patient that took 80 vicodin a day, 80 vicodin a night. you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen. >> it can happen. a lot of questions surrounding his death. meanwhile, here's another question. could michael jackson's death have been a homicide? well, l.a.'s police chief says he isn't ruling anything out

right now, and a source close to the jackson family told our sister network, cnn, the jackson family knows it could turn into a criminal case. >> are we dealing with homicide, dealing with an accidental overdose, what are we dealing with? we'll wait to see what the coroner comes back with, and then once he comes back with his determination, it will be a much more clear and opener way what our course of action will be. >> now, toxicology results are expected back in a few weeks. "the new york post" is reporting jackson's body is in a temporary resting place. the jackson family is said to be divided now over a burial at neverland ranch. the superstar could be buried there if santa barbara county ochs it. so far, officials there say they have not been approached about that. meanwhile, michael jackson's hometown of gary, indiana, plans a memorial tonight. about 400 members of a church in northwest indiana will be paying

tribute. there they are. they have been practicing "thriller" moves twice a day since monday. and they certainly won't be alone. a number of organizations in the area are taking part in the memorial, as well. we want to tell you about this just in to hln. you're looking at a fire truck that is overturned. you see it there on the side of the road. that's in raleigh, north carolina. we're waiting for more information on exactly how this happened. we are getting reports that four firefighters on board that truck this had to be rescued. at least two have been taken away in an ambulance. local media saying the injuries, though, don't appear to be life-threatening. of course, that is good news. again, an overturned fire truck in raleigh, north carolina. we'll keep you posted. we're talking the economy now. just 40 days ago, general motors went into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. you may know that. well, today, it emerged as a smaller company and you and your fellow taxpayers own about 60% of it. ceo fritz henderson says the company will repay about $50

billion in government loans ahead of schedule. he's also promising that gm will build vehicles you will want to buy and get them onto the market faster. the company is cutting about 450 executive positions and is expected to shed thousands of other jobs by the end of this year. well, it looks like aig executives may still get millions of dollars in bonus payments. that's right. "the washington post" is reporting the insurance company is asking the government to approve $2.4 million in scheduled bonuses to 43 top executives. well, the obama administration has the power to shoot down the request if deemed excessive. aig owes about $235 million in retention bonuses for about 400 other employees. the company has received roughly $180 billion in bailout funds. a shocking story here. suburban philadelphia swim club got the attention of state officials and not in a good way at all. the state's human relations

commission is investigating whether the club discriminated against minority children from a local daycare. susan candiotti is in huntington, pennsylvania, and susan, one columnist from the "philadelphia inquirer" says this, quoting here, a splash of cold water really devastating, especially when you hear from that young boy you interviewed. >> reporter: that's true. it always hurts to see any youngster cry. interestingly enough, the people who are at this club today are saying their children are also hurting but for a different reason. apparently, the club as a whole or some members have been getting threatening e-mails because of the publicity over what has happened. but, in fact, the pool, after being closed yesterday, susan, has reopened today, for its own members. the controversy has not gone away. swimming once a week at the spacious huntington valley club near philadelphia. it sounded ideal for 65 kids described as black and hispanic and creative steps daycare summer camp.

>> i was excited. the parents and children were excited. >> reporter: but when the youngsters showed up at the pool june 29th after the day camp signed and paid a $1900 contract, this happened -- >> the children came running down the hill saying miss right, miss wright, those people up there are saying, what are those black kids doing in the pool? >> reporter: 12-year-old marcus allen, her son, said he was sitting outside the pool and heard white adults say this. >> it was, like, oh, what are all these black kids here? it didn't even say i'm afraid they might give something to my children. i don't know if they might try to steal some of my stuff or try to, like, harm my children. i was, like, amazed they would say something like this because we, like, just like you. we're just like your kids. >> reporter: mrs. wright says the swim club's director told her he was embarrassed, held an emergency board meeting, and called her back the next day to say they could not come back. >> and he said the membership says let the chips fall where they may. >> you know, marcus, i see tears

coming down your face. why does this make you cry? >> because it's just kind of, like, sad that, like, people are so sick, thinking like this. when ift like these days were over. this is 2009. >> children should not be subject to that. >> reporter: the swim club's director is quoted by lee cal media saying the day camp kids changed the, quote, atmosphere and complexion of the club. a cleb member reacted. >> i'll be asking for the president of the club's resignation today because i think the comment that he made, although taken out of context, was probably one of the stupidest comments i ever heard. >> reporter: he claims the club was simply overcrowded, not racist. he said two other unidentified day camps, both nonminority, also got the boot. they've issued a written statement denying that race had anything to do with this

decision, saying it was based on a matter of space, not race. the statement reads in part, we understo underestimated the capacity of our facilities. our club abhors discrimination in any form. i spoke at length off camera with a woman who was a wife of the man who negotiated the contract and she insists this is all about overcrowding, s saying -- acknowledged some comments she did not hear may have been made. she says people say that i thinks that are unfortunate in this world. she hopes that the story will go away, bthat the issue will go away, but with the investigation going on now by the human relations commission, it doesn't seem like it. >> that young boy really saying it all, saying that we're just like you, that young boy, so sad. whether he was supposed to take it that way or not, he did, and his feelings of course were affected. susan candiotti, thanks. spain's running of the bulls

today saw its first death in 14 years. a bull separated from the pack and charged a young spanish man. you see him this there with the striped shirt on. hard to make out there. tv cameras show him tripping over over runners, trying to get away from the bull. he tried to squeeze under a wooden fence. he died despite efforts of paramedics at the scene. three other people were gored and six more were hurt in all that chaos, including two americans. the last person was gored to death at the festival was an american back in 1995. so, we want to know, what do you think about this? what's your view? do you think the vun running of the bulls is an exciting tradition, or is it time to move on here? too dangerous, maybe? call us right now. 1-877-tell-hln. that's 1-877-835-5456. you can also e-mail us, cnn.com/hln. click under "your views." we're also taking your text messages. as we always do. text "views" plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates do apply. we'll air some of your responses

today. authorities say they will be spending months trying to clear up the scam that was apparently going on at a historic black cemetery in suburban chicago. one situation involves a man whose death helped spark the civil rights movement. what police are saying now.

welcome back. former nfl star steve mcnair's final public service announcement will never be shown. the 60-second spot on youth suicide prevention was shot a few months before he was the victim of a murder/suicide. officials say it would be inappropriate to show it now. former teammates, coaches, and dignitaries joined his family at a church memorial in nashville last night. many said they will remember mcnair for the positive impact he had on and off the field and not for the circumstances of his death. mcnair was a married father of four who had been dating 20-year-old sahel ka semi. police say she shot him four times before killing herself.

his funeral will be held tomorrow in mississippi. investigators are still trying to get to the bottom of that scam at a historic african-american cemetery in suburban chicago. four people, the manager of burr oaks cemetery, and three grave diggers are charged with one count each of dismembering a human body. authorities claim they unearthed hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots. they say some of those kormss were double stacked in existing graves. 2,000 families so far have come to the cemetery, checking on the status of their loved ones. and authorities say they have made yet another disturbing find. >> we found out about two days ago that myself, other people, we went into what's best be described as a dilapidated garage, a lot of lawn care equipment, piles of things, and in the corner of it was a casket. we went and opened it.

there was wildlife living inside of it. we finally -- we very quickly came to the conclusion it was the original casket that emmett till was buried in. >> now, till was killed back in 1955 after reportedly whistling at a white woman during a visit to mississippi. images of his battered body helped sparked the civil rights movement. he has been exhumed during an investigation of his death and reburied in a new casket. his family now wants that casket moved to a civil rights museum. all right. we want to get you updated on this story happening right now. word that police in north miami beach are investigating a suspicious package at a check cashing store. i believe that is a member of the hazmat team trying to dismember that suspicious package. this is at a strip mall at biscayne boulevard and 137th street. so far, no word of any injuries or why authorities are still concerned about this package. but, again, it is suspicious, so when they find the suspicious

package, they are precautionary sending in hazmat crews. we'll keep you posted. a senator's former mistress got a really, really big check. if that's not surprising enough to you, wait until you hear who it's from.

president barack obama and the first lady just finished meeting with pope benedict xvi. today is their first official meeting since the president took office. just three days ago, the pope criticized global capitalism, calling on the g-8 nations to help the world create wealth. the president wrapped up the g-8 summit in italy earlier this morning. at the closing news conference, he said the g-8 has sent a clear message to iraq. >> we remain seriously concerned about the appalling events surrounding the presidential election and we're deeply troubled by the proliferation risks iran's nuclear program

poses to the world. we've offered iran a path towards assuming its rightful place in the world, but with that right comes responsibilities. we hope iran will make the choice that fulfills them and we will take stock of iran's progress when we see each other in september at the g-20 meeting. >> the president is heading to ghana for another landmark visit. mr. obama will meet with the president there and address parliament tomorrow. looks like you may be able to start saving on your medicine soon. good news. under a new bill that has passed the senate, that could be good news in a bad economy for you. the plan would mean you could order your prescriptions at lower cost from canadian pharmaceuticals over the internet and have them shipped directly to you. now, this is a big loss for the pharmaceutical industry, though, which has blocked these kinds of sales. it's not legal just yet, and it has to survive house senate negotiations and votes in both houses before president barack obama can sign it. meanwhile, president obama's senate replacement may not ask

voters for the job. sources say democratic senator roland burris is expected to announce today he will not run for a full term next year. burr rils was appointed by former illinois governor rod blagojevich to fill the president's senate seat. blagojevich, as you know, was arrested for allegedly trying to sell that seat. remember this -- the woman who had an affair with john ensign? well, she got $96,000 as a gift, not from campaign, but from his parents. ensign's attorney says they wrote the check to the woman and her family after ensign told them about the affair. she worked for ensign and her husband claims she also got a big severance check. that could raise some questions now about possible campaign finance violations. but an ethics ert pert says the parents' check may not pose any problems at all because it complied with tax rules that govern gifts so it is legal. another story we're following on this friday. new york police are looking into the death of a replica of the

statue of liberty which later showed up in a shocking video on youtube. the video was sent anonymously to "the new york daily news" and the owner of the coffee shop which displayed the statue. there it is. it shows the blindfolded statue being by headed and smashed. the slogans, "we don't want your freedom" and "death to america" flashed on and off the screen. the owner thinks it could be someone with a beef against the liberal establishment and says she is scared after watching the video. >> why somebody would do this, i don't know. what it means, i don't know. i mean, what it means to me is this is a crime. you don't get to steal somebody else's property to send that message. you want to do that, get your own statue. >> ryan says the video is a clear imitation of terrorist videos. the eight-foot fiberglass statue vanished on june 22nd from the sidewalk in front of the coffeehouse. fans of sacha baron cohen have been anxiously awaiting his new movie "bruno." it hits the screen today, and an

i-reporter has some early fan reaction. >> did you see "borat"? >> yeah, i did. >> what do you like better? >> boar rat. >> why? >> the accent. >> what about you? what did you think? >> i thought tf hilarious. >> did you see borat? >> yes, of course. >> which was better? >> i'd have to stick with borat. >> borat. okay. borat fan over here. what about you? what did you think? >> i liked boar rat better, too. i thought it was really funny and a lot of nudity, i would say. definitely wasn't ready for all this genitals. >> and what did you think of the movie? >> i thought it was fantastic. i bliked borat, but it's completely different. >> some good news re views there. in the naex next half hour, cnn's jeanne moos takes a look at one risky movement and moment with the character bruno sits down with a self-described terrorist. also, sarah palin is

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back to that story now out of north miami beach. police there have detonated a suspicious package at a check cashing store. here it is. this happened moments ago. this is at a strip mall at biscayne boulevard and 137th street. you see the package there, right there. there it goes. it was detonated. so far, we have no word on any injuries or what the suspicious package contained. we do know again police detonated that package just moments ago in north miami beach. evidence mounts today suggesting michael jackson had a very serious drug problem. cnn has obtained confidential court documents that show michael jackson had at least a ten-xanax a day habit back in

2004. not only that, the documents show he asked employees to get the anti-anxiety and sleep aids under their names and that they personally traveled to doctors' offices in other states to get the drugs. last night on cnn's "ac 360," chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta described to erica hill how addictions spiral out of control. >> people start off taking a few and they take more and more and they build up tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you eventually get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we were studying addiction, for example, for a cnn special, one of the pain doctors told me he had a patient that took 80 vicodin a day, 80 vicodin a night. so, you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen. >> so many questions surrounding the alleged drug use. so many questions surrounding his death. could michael jackson's death have been a homicide? well, l.a.'s police chief says he isn't ruling anything out right now and a source close to the jackson family told our sister network, cnn, the jackson

family knows the probe could turn into a criminal case. >> are we dealing with homicide, dealing with an accidental overdose, what are we dealing with? we'll wait to see what the coroner comes back with, and then once he comes back with his determination, it will be a much more clear and opener way what our course of action will be. >> now, toxicology results are expected back in a few weeks. "the new york post" is reporting jackson's body is in a temporary resting place. the jackson family is said to be divided now over a burial at neverland ranch. the superstar could be buried there if santa barbara county okays it. so far, officials there say they have not been approached about that. well, jackson's hometown of gary, indiana, plans a memorial tonight. about 400 members of a church in northwest indiana will be paying tribute. they have been practicing "thriller" moves twice a day since monday.

and they won't be alone. a number of organizations in the area are taking part in the memorial, as well. michael jackson's father, joe, is expected to attend. we're talking about former nfl star steve mcnair today. his final public service announcement will never be shown. the 60-second spot on youth suicide prevention was shot a few months before he was the victim of a murder/suicide. officials say it would be inappropriate to show it now. former teammates, coaches, and dignitaries joined his family at a church memorial in nashville last night. many said they will remember mcnair for the positive impact he had on and off the field and not for the circumstances of his death. mcnair was a married father of four who had been dating 20-year-old sahel kazemi. police say she shot him four times before turning the gun on herself. his funeral will be held tomorrow in mississippi. the pennsylvania human rights commission is investigating whether a swim club near philadelphia told a group of kids not to come back because of their race. well, some of the children with

the creative steps daycare center said they heard white adults at the club making racist remarks. the first time the kids visited that pool. well, the next day, the swim club's president told the daycare center owner not to come back and returned the check the daycare gave the club. one of the kids who said he overheard grown-ups making derogatory comments told cnn's susan candiotti he was stunned and hurt. here he is. >> it was, like, why these black kids here? they might steal some of my stuff, harm my children. i was amazed they would say something like this because we're just like you, just like your kids. >> reporter: you know, marcus, i see tears coming down your face. why does this make you cry? >> because it's just kind of, like, sad that, like, people are so sick, thinking like this. when i felt like these days were

over. >> so sad hearing marcus, that young boy, how it affected him. the club's president, meanwhile, got more criticism when he told local tv stations the kids had changed, quote, the complexion of the club. the swim club says the issue was overcrowding, not the race of the kids. just 40 days ago, general motors went into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. today, it emerged as a smaller company, and you and your fellow taxpayers own about 60% of it. ceo fritz henderson says the company will repay about $50 billion in government loans ahead of schedule. he's also promising that gm will build vehicles you will want to buy and get them onto the market faster. the company is cutting about 450 executive positions and is expected to shed thousands of other jobs by the end of this year. well, it looks like aig executives may still get millions of dollars in bonus payments. "the washington post" is reporting the insurance company is asking the government to

approve $2.4 million in scheduled bonuses to 43 top executives. the obama administration has the power to shoot down the request if it is deemed excessive. aig owes about $235 million in retention bonuses for about 400 other employees. the company has received roughly $108 billion in bailout funds. president obama and the first lady just finished a meeting with pope benedict xvi. today is their first official meeting since the president took office. just three days ago, the pope criticized global capitalism, calling on the g-8 nations to help the world create wealth. the president wrapped up the g-8 summit in italy earlier this morning. at the closing news conference, he said the g-8 has sent a clear message to iran. here it is. >> we remain seriously concerned about the appalling events surrounding the presidential election, and we're deeply troubled by the proliferation risks iran's nuclear program

poses to the world. we've offered iran a path towards assuming its rightful place in the world, but with that right comes responsibilities. we hope iran will make the choice to fulfill them, and we will take stock of iran's progress when we see each other in september at the g-20 meeting. >> the president is heading to ghana for another landmark visit. mr. obama will meet with the president there and address parliament tomorrow. well, the president is now getting hammered here at home on health care by members of his own party. a group of fiscally conservative democrats known as blue dogs, put the breaks on a health care reform bill and they are pressing democratic leaders to make significant changes to the draft bill. last night, the blue dogs met with democratic leaders about the concessions they are looking for but no deals were struck. democratic leaders are working feverishly to finalize details. they have delayed the legislation's rollout until next week.

looks like you may be able to start saving on your medicine soon under a new bill that has passed the senate. that could be some good news in this bad economy. the plan would mean you could order prescriptions from lower costs canadian pharmaceuticals over the internet and have them shipped directly to you. now, this, of course, is a big loss for the pharmaceutical industry, which which has so far blocked these kinds of sales. now, it's not legal just yet, and it has to survive house senate negotiations and vote in both houses before president obama can sign it. a senator's former mistress has gotten a really, really big check. and fa

we have an update on you to a story we brought to you yesterday about the five people who were killed when their car was hit by an amtrak train. it turns out the 19-year-old driver of the car had a suspended license because of a number of violations including ignoring a stop sign. authorities say the car apparently tried to get around a crossing gate when it was hit by that train. they say the gate's warning lights were working at the time. a woman who had an affair with nevada senator john ensign got $96,000 as a gift. not from the campaign but from his parents. ensign's attorney says they wrote the checks to the woman and her family after ensign told them about the affair. she worked for ensign and her husband claimed she also got a big severance check. that could raise some questions about possible campaign finance violations, but an ethics expert says the parents' check may may not pose any problems at all because it followed tax rules that governed gifts. it may have been perfectly legal. investigators today are

trying to get to the bottom of that scam at a historic african-american cemetery in suburban chicago. four people, the manager of burr oaks cemetery and three grave diggers are charged with one wount of dismembering a human body. authorities claim they unearthed hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots. they say some of those corpses were double stacked in existing graves. 2,000 families so far have come to the cemetery, checking on the status of their loved ones. and authorities say they have made yet another disturbing find. >> we found out about two days ago that myself, other people, we went into what's best be described as a dilapidated garage, a lot of lawn care equipment, piles of things, and in the corner of it was a casket. we went and opened it. there was wildlife living inside of it. we finally -- we very quickly came to the conclusion it was the original casket that emmett

till was buried in. >> you may be wondering who till was. well, he was killed in 1955 after reportedly whistling at a white woman during a visit to mississippi. images of his battered body helped sparked the civil rights movement. he had been exhumed during an investigation of his death and reburied in a new casket. his family now wants that casket moved to a civil rights museum. i'm jane velez-mitchell, and here's my issue. if this story doesn't get you fired up, then you need to check your pulse. adorable 11-year-old lindsey baum has been missing for two long weeks now with virtually no leads. washington police have been forced to scale back their search. meanwhile, lindsey's poor dad has been called up to fight in iraq with the tennessee national guard. he's expected to fly out next week. how can he be expected to perform in a life-and-death situation in iraq when his daughter is probably in a life-and-death situation right here?

uncle sam needs to step in and do the obvious right thing -- postpone his deployment so he can look for his precious child. i'm jane velez-mitchell, and that's my issue. >> don't miss "issues tonight" with joe jackson saying he and his wife katherine would be the best people to care for michael jackson's children. will debbie rowe follow through on her reported attempt to file a restraining order to keep joe away from the kids? watch "issues" every night at 7:00 on hln. when a replica of the statue of liberty was stolen from outside a new york coffee shop, no one had any idea what lay in store for it. but when this video was mailed anonymously to the store's owner, it was obvious this was no harmless prank.

welcome back. new york police are looking into the theft of a replica of the statue of liberty which later showed up in a shocking video on youtube. here it is. here's the video. it was sent anonymously to "the new york daily news" and the owner of the coffee shop of the displaced statue. it showed the blindfolded stamp jew being beheaded and smashed. the slogans sh "we don't want your freedom" and "death to america" flash on the screen. the owner thinks it could be someone with a beef of the establishment and says she is scared after watching the video. >> why somebody would do this, i don't know. what it means, i don't know. i mean, what it means to me is this is a crime. you don't get to steal somebody else's property to send that message. you want to do that, get your own statue. >> well, she says the video is a clear imitation of terrorist

videos. the eight-foot fiberglass statue vanished june 21st from the sidewalk in front of the coffeehouse. levi johnston is speaking out again. he says sarah palin is resigning because of money. the ex-fiance of the ex-alaska governor used to live with the family. she is facing more than half a million dollars in legal fees. johnston is pursuing his own book and movie deal. a palin rep says johnston is working on fiction while honing his acting skills. president obama's senate replacement may not ask voters for the job. sources say democratic senator roland burris is expected to announce today he will not run for a full term next year. burris was appointed by former illinois governor rod blagojevich to fill the president's senate seat. as you know, blagojevich was arrested for allegedly trying to sell that seat.

death today in pamplona, spain's annual running of the bulls. a chaotic scene here. it erupted as a rogue bull gored a 27-year-old spanish man. he had tripped over other runners trying to get away from the bull which separate fwd fro the pack. the bull gored him in the neck and lung as he tried to squeeze under a fence. he died despite efforts of paramedics at the scene. three other people were gored and six more were hurt in all that chaos, including two americans. in 19 5, an american died after being dpoered there, as well. so, we want to know, what do you think about this? what do you think of running of the bulls? is it a an exciting tradition or time to move on from this? is it too dangerous? 1-877-tell-hln. that's 1-877-835-5456. you can also e-mail us, cnn.com/hln. click under "your views." we're also taking your text messages. text "views" plus your comments and name to hlntv.

standard text rates do apply. we'll air some of your responses throughout the day. a hiker spent five days stranded in a air some of your responses throughout the day. jason schilling stayed with a fellow climber who got hurt while a third climber went for help. a rescue chopper later picked up the stranded hiker. >> turned on the radio and the ranger is like turn back and we'll try to rescue them in the morning but you could be up there for three days. you've got to be kidding me. >> can you imagine that, he endured four nights alone and used everything in his emergency pack to stay warm. amazing. the next big one may be coming to california. scientists saying a spike in mysterious tremors at the san andreas fault and that could indicate stress is building up faster than expected and could lead to a major earthquake like the one in 1857.

considered the strongest ever in the history of the united states. the new observations are interesting, but it's just too soon to know what they mean. christmas in july, i don't mean a sale. i mean christmas. sears already started putting up christmas decorations already. two-week sale and they're putting up holiday merchandise. the company says it will give people a chance to use the lay-away plan they may need in the recession. by the way 167 days until christmas. never too early, right? we're certainly all feeling the pinch in this shaky economy. you may need the lay away plan. clark howard is here to help you out on this. logon to cnn.com/clark and submit your i-reports. you can be profiled on our network. get valuable advice. you have maybe seen him on talk shows, fashion runways and even eminem's lap, but what

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court papers show michael jackson may have had a serious addiction. the astonishing number of xanax pills he reportedly took every day and how his employees may have been used as enablers. more details about the chances he will be buried at neverland. >> i was amazed they would say something like this because we're just like you. african-american kids who say they were turned away from a private pool because of their complexion they are so hurt they are brought to tears. what they say they saw and heard in their own words. climbing mt. kilimanjaro, imagine doing it blind. one man's inspiring odyssey. hln news and views, happy friday. i'm chuck roberts. a swim club near

philadelphia is under investigation. the human rights investigation is investigating that club whether they told a group of kids not to come back because of their race. they heard white adults at the club making racist remarks the first time the kids visited the pool. they were invited guests. the next day the swim club's president told the day care center owner not to come back and returned a check the day care had give on the club. one of the kids who said he overheard adults making derogatory comments told cnn's susan candiotti he was stunned and hurt. >> why are these black kids here? then they were saying, oh, i'm afraid they might do something to my children. they might try to steal some of my stuff or try to harm my children and i was like amazed that they would say something like this because we're just like you. we're just like your kids. >> you know, marcus, i see tears coming down your face, why does this make you cry?

>> because it's just kind of like sad that people are still thinking like this. i felt like these days were over. >> the club president got more criticism when he told the news they changed the complexion of the club. a man who drove a car that collide would a train in michigan had a suspended license. he and four passengers died. police say 19-year-old dad broten had a number of traffic violations including speeding and ignoring a stop sign back in january. a jung suspended his license after he failed to show up at a driver's license test facility in april. the suspension actually took effect the day before this crash. police say the car skirted a railroad gate and crossed in front of an amtrak train bound for chicago carrying 170 people and crew members. nobody on the train was hurt. police haven't said if they suspect alcohol or drugs were a factor, but they do say

toxicology tests are planned as part of the autopsies. police have detonated a suspicious package at a check cashing store. this is at a strip mall at 137th street. let's take a look, if we can, at the date there it is. the detonation. we have no word on injuries, but police have made that package inert. evidence mounts suggesting michael jackson had a very serious drug problem. court documents revealing jackson had at least ten xanax tablets a day in 2004. not only that, the document showed he asked his employees to get the sleep aid and anti-anxiety pill under their names. last night on cnn's "ac 360" chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta described to erica hill how addictions spiral out of control. >> people start off taking a few and they take more and more and

they build up a tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you eventually get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we were studying addiction for a cnn special one pain doctor said he had a patient who took 80 vicodin a night. you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen. >> could michael jackson's death be ruled a homicide? the police chief said he's not ruling anything out right now and a source close to the jackson fampally told our sister network cnn that the jackson family knows the probe can turn into a criminal case. >> are we dealing with a homicide or an accidental overdose or what are we dealing with? we'll wait and see what the coroner comes back with and then once he comes back with his determination, we'll be able to speak in a much clearer and very open way what our course of action will be. >> toxicology results are due back in a few weeks. "the new york post" is reporting his body is in a temporary resting place that belongs to

motown founder barry gordie. the family divided over burial at neverland ranch. michael jackson could be buried there if santa barbara county okays it. so far officials there say they've not been approached. >> well, here's what we found out that somebody from the jackson camp, an attorney contacted the state last thursday and inquired about how they could go about burying jackson at neverland. and, basically, the law doesn't say you can't do it, by any stretch of the imagination. the state to bury your grandma in your backyard, you have to fill out a two-page form, pay $400 -- >> one step. but there's another step. >> go to your county and say is it all right we do this burial. >> that's a tricky part because santa barbara county has not been notified. >> and they have never done it. they don't have a template. they're waiting to see if, indeed, the jacksons -- it sounds like there hasn't been a decision. >> we don't know if there's a split within the family.

as far as santa barbara county, they haven't heard from them and they'll deal with it when they have an application. if they come to us, yeah, it could happen. >> there are notable private burials in california. ronald reagan is on the ground of the presidential library in semi valley. jackson's hometown of gary, indiana, plan asthma morial tonight and 400 members of a church will pay tribute and they've been practicing their thriller moves. they won't be alone. a number of organizations in the area are taking part of that memorial, as well. first for president obama as he continues his busy international schedule after wrapping up a stint he had his first meeting with pope benedict at the vatican. he told reporters afterwards although things might be looking a little better, there is still work to be done. >> while our markets are improving and we appear to have averted global collapse, we know

that too many people are still struggling. so, we agree that full recovery is still a ways off. that it would be premature to begin winding down our stimulus plans and that we must sustain our support for those plans to lay the foundation for a strong and lasting recovery. >> the president next heads to ghana, the g-8 summit set a goal of raising $20 billion to help farmers in poor countries produce more food. spain running of the bulls saw its first goring death in 14 years. a bull charged a young spanish man. tv cameras show him tripping over other runners trying to get away from the bull. the bull gored him in the back and lung as he tried to squeeze under a wooden fence. he died despite best efforts of paramedics at the scene. six others hurt in the chaos, including two americans. the last person gored to death was an american in 1995. you know what, we'd love your views on that.

what do you think of the running of the bulls? exciting tradition or time to move on to something else? put a stop to this. call us right now, toll free 87 877-835-5456 or text views hlntv, standard text rates apply. we'll air your responses in a couple minutes and throughout the day. investigators are still trying to get to the bottom of the scam at a historic african-american cemetery in suburban chicago. four people, the manager of burr oak cemetery and three grave diggers are charged with one count each of dismembering a human body. they unearthed hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots. they say some corpses were double stacked in existing graves. 2,000 families have come to the cemeteries checking on the status of their loved ones and after talking with them, authorities discovered 30 more cases of disturbed graves and mising headstones. yesterday, two burials were

scheduled there. one person was buried in the wrong plot and another's plot was already occupied. aig executives may still get millions of dollars in bonus payments. the washington post reports the insurance giant is asking the government to approve $2.4 million in scheduled bonuses to 43 top executives. the obama administration has the power to shoot down the request if deemed excessive. aig owes another $235 million in retention bonuses. the company has roughly $180 billion in bailout funds. just 40 days ago general motors went into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and today it emerged as a smaller company and you and your fellow taxpayers own about 60% of it. fritz henderson says the company will repay about $50 billion in government loans ahead of schedule. he's also promising that gm will build vehicles you will want to buy and get them out of the market faster. the company is cutting about 450

executive positions. it's expected to shed thousands of other jobs by the end of the year. the guy who dated alaska governor sarah palin's daughter says he knows why sarah palin resigned. now, the palin camp is fighting back.

just outside pensacola, florida, police are searching for three men in connection with the shooting of a couple. police say eight kids were found in the home all unharmed unlong with the bodies of the couple. a relative tells the associated press the couple had 16 children altogether, some grown and 12 of the children were adopted. the suspects police are searching for are described as white men driving a red van. investigators say a security camera caught the men leaving the property in yulea, florida, just outside pensacola. president obama's senate replacement may not ask voters for the job full time. roland burris is set to announce today that he will not seek a

full term next year. burris was appointed by ousted illinois governor rod blagojevich. blagojevich was arrested for trying to sell that seat. news conference is set for 3:00 eastern and we plan on bringing you some or all of it in about an 1:45. levi johnston thinks sarah palin is resigning because of money. he says sarah palin used to talk all the time about how nice it would be to take book and tv offers and make some money. she is facing more than $500,000 in legal fees. a palin rep scoffed at all this saying justin is working on fiction while honing his acting skills. most people are expecting a huge fight over supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. 60% say a major partisan battle is likely.

republicans may target her record on race, gun rights and abortion. defending her a main stream judge. only 47% support her confirmation. hearings begin on monday. a group of hikers set a new world record by climbing mt. kilimanjaro in africa. altitude wasn't the only feat the internet can be used for a lot of things, but did you also think it could be used to slim down and get yourself in shape? dr. sanjay gupta says, yes you can in this edition of "fit nation." >> we live our lives online, we buy plane tickets and pay bills and why not fitness? >> when people want help, a lot of times the internet is the best way to search for it. if you can get that help immediately online, that's great. >> we put some of our fit nation experts on the hunt to look at the latest and greatest online

fitness tools. check out the fit orbit. a real-life fitness trainer online. >> i love the fact that you can pick the type of activity level you're in, whether you have a desk job or whether you're a frequent travel. >> your fit orbit trainer can adjust your goals on a daily basis and keep track of your nutrition. the biggest downside? >> once it's online, that intensity can be removed a little bit. >> next, if you're in the mood to run, g-map speedometer. cool free map from googal. >> for a business traveler, it's great. as you travel, you map out your course and you see the distance and i guess once you xhek the weather, you're good to go. >> if nutrition is more your focus, check on a online meal tool called sensei. >> choosing from fast food, home cooked meals and each meal-type option there is an emphasis on healthy food option. >> recipes, shopping list and cost per meal cal kurt. if all you need is a little

inspiration, called healthy mondays may be your one-stop shop. >> it really focuses on promoting small sustainable changes. overall, healthy mondays is a great program when used in conjunction with other wellness initiatives. >> dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting.

a group of 25 hikers climbed to the top of africa's highest peak. that breaks the record for the biggest group of people to make it to the top of mt. kilnman jarro. that wasn't the only record broken.

>> reporter: climbing africa's tallest mountain is a feat for anyone, but imagine not being able to see. >> my first instinct was, are you crazy? >> reporter: mike armstrong lost his sight 14 years ago and never imagined he would be able to hike, much less to the top of mt. kilimanjaro. >> i don't think we would have made it if it wasn't for the team effort that went into everything. >> reporter: using a bell to hear his group, mike and the others made it to the top. >> all 25 teammates made it to the summit this morning. >> reporter: kevin led the team. >> if you go away to accomplish a big task and you do believe in one another, great things can happen. >> reporter: 13-year-old max became the youngest blind person to summit mt. kilimanjaro learning a great deal about himself. >> in that i can do a lot more than i expected. >> reporter: never wanting to quit, even when things got tough, especially on the last day, his guide patrick serving as his hero.

>> every time i wasn't feeling good, he would just say, keep going, keep going. >> reporter: but the guides say if it wasn't for the inspiration the blind hikers gave them, they wouldn't have made it through the tough time s either. >> that's where i said, i can't fail here, i have to keep up and mike was that inspiration, that hero for me. >> as melissa gonzalez also reports, the group raised $100,000 for the foundation for blind children. demonstrations were held in many cities yesterday to mark the tenth anniversary of the student uprisings in iran. chris marrow went to one held in san diego and got reaction from a woman who had just returned from visiting tehran. >> the demonstrations were extremely peaceful. they are seeing the crowd by being around 200,000 people based on the area, i'm giving just estimates and it was absolutely silent.

they were holding signs and asking for the government to consider the votes again and then suddenly like all these police forces they turned it into a bloody event. and i tell you, it's absolutely unfair to iranian people. i think it's a human rights issue and we should not close our eyes on it. >> an estimated 3,000 demonstrators marched towards tehran university yesterday. militia members used tear gas and batons to disperse the protest. if you have pictures of breaking news or a great story from where you are or wherever you happen to be. go to ireport.com. the running of the bulls, the time honored tradition that is extremely dangerous and now a man has died after being gored by a bull. we want your views. with the danger of the bulls, is it time to end this tradition?

[ music ] >> welcome to comcast local edition, i'm donna richardson, and my guest this hour is christine bergmark who is the executive director of the southern maryland agricultural development commission. welcome, christine, it's good to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> that's a big mouthful, and i know that you're working on an extremely exciting program, bi-local challenge. >> it is an initial that we launched two years ago, and essentially what it is is the last full week of july we ask everyone across the state of maryland and beyond to take a pledge, and the pledge is eat something or drink from a farm

every day during that week. >> oh. so where do we get the information about where to find the farms or how do we sign up for this pledge? >> well, there's a website. it's www.by-local-challenge.com that website will give you all sorts of information why to buy local and where to buy local and it connects you to other statewide initiatives that are going on at the same time. if you go to the website, we've added a count. people used to say, where do i sign up? normally you have to go buy, eat something from a local farm. this year we decided to add a counter to the website. when you are' counted, you can receive a certificate with your name on it that you can put up in your office or your home or wherever. >> which is very, very important. it's reduces your carbon foot print because you're driving

hopefully a shorter distance, you have access to local products that are available, and also it helps the farmers. >> well, and in fact, our theme this year is healthy plate, healthy planet. all kinds of benefits to buying local, benefits for you, healthy, nutrition, it's fresh, and preserving our farms survive, we keep clean water, we keep clean air, we reduce the carbon footprints from things traveling 1500 miles, and it tastes good. >> exactly. now for those people who may not cook, how can they be a part of this? >> yeah, sometimes people say, well, i hate to cook. that's okay. you can go to a store or to a restaurant that features local farm products, and there are more and more restaurants every year, some of them are on our website, and you can click throughout to find out who they are,. >> what kind of items can we

acquire localfully. >> during the last week of july, there is so much product available. there's sweet corn, blackberries, all kinds of tomatoes and melons are in season, and of course, there's always wine, cheese, eggs, meatss. >> so we do have a wide variety of things we can get. say that i go and i go to a local farmer's market and purchase something, what is a vegetable that i'm not quite familiar with, how did i find a recipe. >> excellent question. there are recipes on our website. people can post their own recipes of their own events and own blogs by why they buy local. some of the things i wanted to mention is the economic benefits. we talked about the planet, we talked about the fact that it tastes good, and it's fun, but

there's also the benefit of supporting our farms, and if every household in the state mucofmaryland were to buy just 2 worth of products for 8 weeks, basically the summer season that, would put $200 million straight back into the pockets of our farmers. that would do a lot to keep our farmers thriving. >> which is so important. i know we have less than 30 seconds, but you have some partners that you wouldn't typically think of who have now joined in. >> yes. hospitals are joining in this year. fact, they're looking to do a competition to see how many people they can get involved. >> have you exciting. christine, thank you very much for coming in today. >> thank you. >> my guest today has been christine bergmark with the southern agricultural commission. if you're interested in what comcast is doing in your area, go to on demand and click get local. for comcast local edition, i'm

donna richardson. [ music ]

with the g-8 summit behind him, president obama took time out today to have his first meeting that vatican with pope benedict xvi. they discussed a number of issues including technology that was described as warm. paula newton is standing by live in rome with more from the eternal city. paula, hi. >> hi, chuck. the president leaving here about a couple hours ago now. having a one-on-one with the pope and, apparently, they discussed reproductive technology and also discussed abortion and apparently a vatican spokesman saying that the president said he will do what he can on this delicate issue of abortion and that, of course, he was trying to make sure that abortions would be prevented in the united states. now, there is a lot of controversy over this, but,

again, it is not any different than barack obama has said before in the sense of realizing that what they need to do is prevent certainly unwanted pregnancies. we're getting that line from the vatican. we don't have clarification about that from the white house officials yet. now, right now, the president is on a plane to ghana and that's a highly anticipated speech there. his first trip to black africa and he's expected to really lay out his vision on how his administration hopes to help africa really get a hand up and not a handout. chuck? >> the first lady and the two girls, were they in the audience, as well, with the holy father? >> it is interesting. we definitely saw michelle obama in the pictures. she was wearing, of course, the black veil which is protocol when you meet the pope. the first daughters were there but not in the official photographs. no doubt white house officials are describing it, really, as an honor for the entire family.

>> paula newten with the latest in rome. paula, i appreciate the update. thank you. a story just in to hln. associated press is now reporting the former senator bob dole of kansas, the gop presidential nominee, of course, in 19 94, actually 1996, i'm sorry, is recovering at a washington-area hospital after undergoing leg surgery. the 85-year-old went into a hospital last week experiencing an elevated heart rate. his law firm issued a statement saying his heart is fine but they wanted to operate on sores on his right leg. he will undergo a skin graph on monday. he was n deed, the gop presidential nominee in '96. evidence mounts suggesting that michael jackson had a serious drug problem. cnn contained court documents that showed jackson had at least a ten xanax a day habit in 2004. not only that, the document shows he asked his employees to

get the sleep aid under different names, their names. they personally traveled to doctor's offices in other states to get the drugs. last night on "ac 360's" dr. sanjay gupta explained to erica hill how addictions can spiral out of control. >> people start off taking a few and they take more and more and they build up a tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you eventually get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we were studying addiction for a cnn special one of the pain doctors told me he had a patient who took 80 vicodin a day, a night. you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen. >> could michael jackson's death by ruled a homicide? l.a.'s police chief said he's not ruling anything out right now and a source close to the family told our sister network, cnn, that the jackson family knows this probe could become a criminal case. >> are we dealing with homicide or an accidental overdose? what are we dealing with? we'll wait and see what the

coroner comes back with and once he comes back with his determination, we'll be able to speak in a much clearer and very open way what our course of action will be. >> toxicology results are due back in a few weeks. jackson's body is in a temporary resting place, that being a crypt that belongs to motown founder barry gordie. the jackson family is divided over burial at neverland ranch. he could be buried there if santa barbara county okays it. so far they in santa barbara say they have not been approached either way. jackson's home town of gary, indiana, plans a memorial tonight. 400 members are already rehearsing and they'll pay tribute. they have been practicing their "thriller" moves four times a day since monday. michael jackson's father, joe, is expected to attend. the pennsylvania human rights commission is investigating whether a swim club a private swim club north

of philadelphia told a group of kids not to and back because of their race. some of the kids with the creative steps day care center said they heard adults at the club making racist remarks the first time the kids were visiting the pool. the kids were invited there. they told the day care center owner, don't come back and he returned a check the day care had given the club. one of the kids who said he overheard grown ups making derogatory comments told susan candiotti he was stunned and hurt. >> why are these black kids here? then they were saying, oh, i'm afraid they might do something to my children because i don't know if they might try to steal some of our stuff or try to harm my children. i was amazed that they would say something like this because we're just like you. we're just like your kids. >> you know, marcus, i see tears coming down your face. why does this make you cry? >> because, it's just kind of

like sad that people are still thinking like this. when i felt these days were over. >> the club's president got more criticism when he told a local tv station that the kids have changed "the complexion of the club." >> i'll be asking for the president of the club's resignation today because i think the comment that he made, although taken out of context, was probably one of the stupidest comments i ever heard. >> the swim club said the issue was overcrowding, not the complexion or race of the kids. well, we've learned the young man, the one who crashed his car into a train in michigan yesterday had a suspended license. he and his four passengers died. police say 19-year-old dan had a number of traffic violations, including speeding and ignoring a stop sign back in january. a judge suspended his license after he failed to show up at a driver's license center in april. actually, failed to show a license in april. let me get that right.

the suspension actually took effectobely the day before the crash. the car crossed in front of an amtrak train, the wolverine that was carrying more than 170 people. nobody onboard the train was hurt and toxicology reports are planned as part of the autopsies. police in miami beach have detonated a suspicious package. here's the detonation. you're going to see it. it may have gone by, if we pause long enough, you'll see it. it's coming. right here. there it is. no word yet on any injuries or why police were worried about the package. well, we're talking economy now. just 40 days ago general motors went into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. today it emerged as smaller company and you and your fellow taxpayers own about 60% of it. fritz henderson says the company will repay $50 million in government loans ahead of schedule. gm will build vehicles that you want to buy and get them on to

the market faster. the company is cutting about 450 executive positions and is expected to shed thousands of other jobs by the end of the year. aig executives may still get millions of dollars in bonus payments. the "washington post" reports the insurance giant is asking the government to approve $2.4 million in scheduled bonuses to 43 top executives. the obama administration has the power to shoot down that request if it's deemed excessive. aig also owes another $235 million in retention bonuses for about 400 other employees. the company has received about $180 billion in taxpayer bailout funds. how do you find the latest celebrity scoop? a british newspaper is being investigated for its methods.

the summer travel season is certainly in full swing. today in gerri's top tips. she tells you some of the best ways to get great deals on cheap airfares. >> we haven't seen airfare prices this low for a decade, but will the deals stick around? according to experts, there may be another round of summer fare cutting and this fall we'll continue to see lower fares. some of the best deals will be to places like florida and mexico and major domestic cities. if you see a good price, book it immediately. to get the best deals, you have to be quick and technologically

savvy. major airlines like jetblue and delta are tweeting about special deals, some of which may only be found on twitter. this is for short-term travel and 9 bucks one way to nantucket from new york. you can get real-time tweets on your cell phone or blackberry with deals from a specific airport. if twitter isn't your style, you can sign up at airfare like travelzoom.com to get alerts sent to your e-mail. airline fees aren't going anywhere, so avoid them. go paperless. pay for your baggage fees online and don't request seat preferences. what could be the wave of the future, standing only flights. being considered in europe. we'll keep you posted on developments. i'm gerri willis in new york. child obesity rates in the u.s. have tripled since 1980. this week's cnn hero is on the front lines of the crisis in georgia battling to keep the kids in her community from early graves.

meet pamela green jackson. >> life was not that great. it was not easy to carry around this weight. i wanted to be healthy and fit. >> where did we go wrong as a country where pe is no longer a priority or children's health is no longer a priority? something had to be done and i just decided to be the one to do it. my name is pamela green jackson and a physical fitness and nutrition education program. my brother bernard died at age 43 at the weight of 427 pounds. he didn't have to die. so, i promise myself that i would do whatever i could to make sure that another child didn't suffer like he did. >> you have another ten seconds. >> what we have done is converted vacant classrooms and turned them into health clubs.

this is a free program. we have personal trainers, dieticians that work with them and we allow each individual child to set their own goals. >> pamela is my hero because she's always helping me to do things that i never thought i could do. >> we instill these habits in them early, then they will grow up and become healthier adults. that's really what this is all about. saving the lives of children. >> great topic. you can find out more about pamela's work and you can nominate a cnn hero of your own, go to cnn.com/heroes july being the last month to get your nominations in. get cracking.

british tabloids known for being edgy and competitive and one has gone as far as hacking into celebrities and politicians cell phones to dig for dirt. cnn.com's melissa long joins us now with more on all this. melissa? >> that is the accusation. "the guardian" is accusing a tabloid there in the uk of

accessing the private information of celebrities and politicians. the name of the tabloid is "news of the world" and based in the uk and a very popular allocation and it paid private investigators, private investigators to obtain private phone numbers and bank statements and other information in as many as 3,000 public figures. the newspaper reported that this tabloid, which is owned by media mogul murdoch had illegally, illegally hack under to the mobile phones of hundreds of celebrities and politicians. we should point out the uk police, chuck, have dropped this probe. >> okay. so, it's a done deal. >> well, it's a done deal, but certainly generating a lot of talk online today and on the blogs a lot of people commenting about an interview rupert murdoch did with his own fox business and he was questioned about this and he said, no, i'm not talking about that issue at all today. >> deford a remark.

thank you. we're hearing that dennis leery, star of "rescue me" has done a great deed, new york city's bravest, as they say. >> we quo know him as a firefighter on the program and he is using his own foundation to help real-life firefighters with a simulator. the building cost $4.2 million paid largely with his foundation. it's the first high rise simulator in the u.s. and the fire department says after 9/11 they realized how difficult it is and how challenging it is for firefighters to actually fight a fire in a high rise building. and also coordinate the rescue. so, the simulator helps them to deal with the real anxiety they would face if they were in an emergency situation. it uses real smoke, it uses real flames. the temperatures get to 3,000 degrees and the firefighters in new york city are saying this is a tremendous tool to help them to train for those real-life emergencies. chuck? >> good for him and good for

them and good for everybody, really, in new york. thank you so much. the next big one may be growing under california. scientists seeing a spike in in mysterious tremors in the san andrea fault. that could lead to a major quake like the one in 1857 considered the strongest ever in the history of the u.s. the u.s. geological survey says the new observations are interesting, but it's so soon to know really what they could mean. beginning today some california banks will be saying no to the state's ious. california began handing them out for things like tax refunds and building projects. lawmakers wanted to buy time to balance the budget, but banks like we wills flls fargo and ba america say it's been long enough. the state says it will pay interest on the notes. investigators are trying to get to the bottom of that scam at a cemetery in suburban chicago. four people, the manager and three gravediggers, are charged with one count each of dismembering a human body.

authorities claim they unearthed hundreds of corporations in a scheme to resell burial plots. they say some of the corpses were double stacked in existing graves. 2,000 families so far have come to the cemetery checking on the status of their loved ones, and authorities say they have made yet another disturbing find. >> we found out about two days ago that myself, other people, we went into what can best be described as a dilapidated garage. a lot of lawn care equipment, piles of things, and in the corner of it is a casket. we went and opened it. there was wildlife living inside of it. we finally -- we very quickly came to 9 tthe conclusion it wa the original casket emmett till was buried in. images of till's battered body helped spark the civil rights

movement. it's something ugandans haven't seen in nearly 30 years. why they're making so much fuss over a very special birth.

court papers show michael jackson may have had a serious addiction. the astonishing number of xanax pills he reportedly took a day and how his employees may have been used as enablers. also new details about the chances he will be buried at neverland. and this -- >> i was amazed he would do something like this. >> fruly heartbreaking. african-american kids who say they were turned away from a private pool because their complexion. they are so hurt they're brought to tears. what they say they saw and heard. the fall and rise of gm. the carmaker quickly comes back from bankruptcy. it is leaner, debt-free, but what will it do differently? will it attract buyers? that's the question on this

friday. you're watching hln "news and views. "i'm s i'm susan hendricks. it's a first for obama as he continues his busy international schedule after wrapping up a stint at the g-8 summit in italy. he had his first meeting with pope benedict xvi at the vati n vatican. he told the pontiff the talks were very constructive and he told reporters after the summit although things may be looking a little better, there is still a lot of work to be done. >> while our markets are improving and we appear to have averted global collapse, we know too many people are still struggling, so we agree that full recovery is still a ways off, that it would be premature to begin winding down our stimulus plans and that we must sustain our support for those plans to lay the foundation for a strong and lasting recovery. >> now, mr. obama heads to ghana. the g-8 has set a goal of raising $20 billion to try to help farmers in poor countries produce more food.

back to the michael jackson story now. evidence mounts suggesting michael jackson had a very serious drug problem. confidential court documents show jackson had at least 10 xanax a day, a habit he formed back in 2004. not only that, the documents obtained by cnn show he asked his employees to get the anti-anxiety and sleep aid under their names and that they personally traveled to doctors' offices in other states to get those drugs. last night chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta described to erica hill how addictions spiral out of control. >> people start off taking a few, and they take more and more and they build up a tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you vept geventually get to a p where you're taking more and more. when we were studying addiction, one of the pain doctors told me he had a patient who took 80 vicodin a day. so you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen.

>> a lot of the questions surrounding michael jackson's death including this one, could it have been a homicide? well, l.a.'s police chief says he isn't ruling anything out right now. a source close to the jackson family told our sister network cnn the jackson family knows the probe could turn into a criminal case. >> are we dealing with homicide? are we dealing with an accidentalovaccident y accidental overdose? we'll wait to see what the coroner comes back with. once he comes back with his determination we will be able to speak in a much clearer and open way what our course of action will be. >> toxicology rulths are expected back in a few weeks. the "new york post" is reporting jackson's body is in a temporary resting place. the jackson family is said to be divided over a burial at neverland ranch. the superstar could be buried there if santa barbara county okays it.

meanwhile, jackson's hometown of gary, indiana, plans a memorial today. about 400 members of a church in northwestern indiana will be paying tribute. they have been practicing their thriller moves twice a day since monday and they certainly won't be alone. a number of organizations in the area are taking part in the memorial as well. michael jackson's father, joe, is expected to attend. former nfl star steve mcnair's final public service announcement will never be shown. the 60-second spot on youth suicide prevention was shot just a few months before he was the victim of a murder/suicide. officials say it would be inappropriate to show that now. former teammates, coaches, and dignitaries joined his family at a church memorial in nashville last night. many said they will remember mcnair for the positive impact he had on and off the field and not for the circumstances of his death. mcnair was a married father of four who had been dating 20-year-old sahel kazemi. police say she shot him four times before killing herself. his funeral will be tomorrow in

mississippi. investigators are still trying to get to the bottom of that scam at a historic african-american cemetery in suburban chicago. four people, the manager of burr oaks cemetery, and three gravediggerser charged with one count each of dismembering a human body. authorities claim they unearthed hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots. they say some of those corpses were double stacked in existing graves. 2,000 families so far have come to that cemetery checking on the status of their loved ones. authorities say they have made yet another disturbing find. >> we found out about two days ago that myself, other people, we went into what's best described as a dilapidated garage, a lot of lawn care equipment, piles of things, and in the corner of it is a casket. we went and opened it. there was wildlife living inside of it.

we finally -- we very quickly came to the conclusion it was the original casket that emmett till was buried in. >> till was killed back in 1955 after reportedly whistling at a white woman during a visit to mississippi. images of his battered body helped spark the civil rights movement. he had been exhumed during an investigation of his death and reburied in a new casket. his family now wants that casket moved to a civil rights museum. certainly a busy day for a bomb squad in north miami beach. a short time ago they detonated a suspicious package in front of a check cashing place along biscayne boulevard. you see the pack an under that sign. wsvn is reporting a second package in the back of the store, it has 23409 been detona detonated, but it is there. no reports of any injuries. there's no word on what was inside the package that was detonated. that boulevard was closed for a short time. it's now open again, biscayne boulevard. we have just learned the man

who drove a car that collided with a train in michigan yesterday had a suspended license. he and his four passengers died in that crash. police say 19-year-old dan vroten had a number of traffic violations, including speeding and ignoring a stop sign back in january. police say the car skirted a railroad gate and crossed in front of that amtrak train carrying more than 170 people. >> we had a horrific jolt, horrific jolt, and we saw smoke, and we could smell fumes, and we knew we had hit something, we just didn't know what. >> as she said, it was very jolting, but no one on the train was hurt. police have not said if they suspect alcohol or drugs were a factor. right now police in florida are searching for three men in connection with the shooting of a couple. police say eight children were found inside of the home, all unharmed, along with the bodies of the couple.

the couple had 16 children altogether, some of them grown. 12 of those children were adopted. the suspects police are searching for are described as white men driving a red van. investigators say a security camera caught the men leaving the property. we'll keep you posted on that search. most years it's a popular tourist event that's colorful and maybe a little dangerous, but today the running of the bulls in spain took a deadly turn. your views on this.

i'm jane velez-mitchell and here's my issue. if this story doesn't get you fired up, then you you need to check your pulse. adorable 11-year-old lindsey baum has been missing for two long weeks now with virtually no leads. washington police have been forced to scale back their search. meanwhile, lindsey's poor dad has been called up to fight in iraq with the tennessee national guard. he's expected to fly out next week. how can he be expected to

perform in a life and death situation in iraq when his daughter is probably in a life and death situation right here? uncle sam needs to step in and do the obvious right thing, postpone his deployment so he can look for his precious child. i'm jane velez-mitchell, and that's my issue. >> don't miss "issues" tonight. joe jackson says he and his wife katherine would be the best people to care for michael jackson's children. will debbie rowe follow through on her threat to file a restraining order to keep joe away from the children? that's the question. watch jane at 7:00. the pennsylvania human rights commission is investigating whether a swim club told a group of kids not to come back because of their race. some of the kids with the creative steps daycare center said they heard white adults at the club making rayist remarks the first time the kids visited the pool. the next day the president told the daycare center owner not to

come back and returned a check the daycare gave the club. one of the kids who said he heard grown-ups making derogatory comments told susan candiotti he was stunned and hurt. >> he was like why are these black kids here? then they're saying i'm afraid they might do something to my children. i don't know if they might try to steal some of my stuff and try to harm my children. like i was amazed that they would say something like this because we're just like you. like we're just like your kids. >> you know, marcus, i see tears coming down your face. why does this make you cry? >> because it's kind of like sad that like people were still thinking like this when i felt like these days were over. >> it's so heartbreaking listening to that young boy. the club's president got more criticism when he told tv stations the kids had changed

the, quote, complexion of the club. he said the issue was overcrowding, not the race of the children. spain's running of the bull saw its first goring death in 14 years. tv cameras show a man tripping over other runners trying to get away. the bull gored him in the neck and lung as he tried to squeeze under a wooden fence. he died despite efforts of the paramedics. three other people were gored, circumstances more were hurt including two americans. the last person gored to death was an american back in 1995. so we wanted to know what do you think about this? what's your view? what do you think of the running of the bulls? is it an exciting tradition or is it time to move on from this dangerous so-called sport or tradition? give us a call at 877-tell-hln. you can e-mail us, cnn.com/hln.

or we're also taking your text. text views plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply and we'll air some of your responses today just a short time from now. well, he admitted having an extramarital affair. now his attorney is detailing how senator ensign's parents were involved in the relationship. don't miss this.

welcome back. gm is officially reborn today. now, 61% government owned, the troubled automaker is leaner after exiting bankruptcy in just six weeks. it retains four brands, chevy, cadillac, gmc, and buick, but the question is can the automaker really reinvent itself. cnnmoney.com's poppy harlow is joining us with all the details on this. hi, poppy. >> hi there. i just finished a conversation with the ceo, fritz henderson. he truly thinks this company has what it takes at this point to turn around after $50 billion in u.s. aid propping it up.

here is how gm will try to turn around. they are really shedding dealerships, cutting from 6,000 dealerships down to about 3,600. what you're seeing there is the goal that gm has to improve that market share that's been declining for decades. let's show you some video and talk about the plants because gm is closing 16 plants. they'll cut 20,000 workers by the end of the year. they're also going to cut a lot of executives, about 35% of their executives there at headquarters. they're going to have significantly less debt thanks to the u.s. aid and it's going to try to make more attractive products. they'll launch ten new vehicles in the u.s. and 17 new vehicles around the world in the next 18 months. the ceo said in the press conference this morning his three priorities are simply this, customers, cars, and culture. but can you really change culture through the bankruptcy process? that's financial. culture is another thing. i asked fritz henderson that exact question. how do you change the culture at

this company? take a listen to what he told me. >> i have always been a believer that culture is about how you act and how you perform, and where you spend your time, and where we're going to be spending our time as a leadership team from me on down is great cars, customers being singular focused on customers, and finally making sure we have a culture which is faster, leaner, which has accountability embedded in it and it's all about winning. so that's where as the president of the company i will be spending my time. >> susan, so that is what the goal is for the company, change the culture there, turn it around, but, again, a lot of jobs are going to be cut. a lot of plants are going to be closed. they'll try to get that market share up. >> and the ceo, as you said, we just saw him talking about this. he's very confident, but the question is will this new gm be able to turn things around and how will the customer react. >> that's exactly the question because you have gm vehicles that are very popular outside of the u.s. china is a big market. europe is a big market. but u.s. consumers year after year buy fewer and fewer gm

vehicles. they still sell 1 in 5 vehicles on the road in this country but it's down from a peak of having 50% of u.s. market share a matter of decades ago. what you will look at when we pull up this graphic is there's been a steady decline in the number of cars gm can sell in this country at this point. when you have a problem with market share, you have a problem with viability, and steve gratner, the head of president obama's auto task force, said this this week. he said no company can be truly viable with declining market share. they need to figure out some way to increase that to get more americans to buy their cars, susan. >> that's the goal. a lot of changes. we'll see if it works. thanks so much. for much more on this subject and other business news, go to cnnmoney.com. aig executives may still get millions of dollars in bonus payments. the insurance company is asking the government to approve $2.4 million in scheduled bonuses to

43 top executives. the obama administration has the power to shoot down this request if it is deemed excessive. aig also owes another $235 million in retention bonuses for about 400 other employees. the company has received roughly $180 billion in bailout funds. president obama's senate replacement may not ask voters for the job. sources say democratic senator roland burris is set to announce today he will not run for a full term next year. burris was appointed by former illinois governor rod blagojevich to fill the president's senate seat. as you know, blagojevich was arrested for allegedly trying to sell that seat. burris has scheduled a news conference in a little less than an hour from now. we plan on bringing you that live. a woman who had an affair with nevada senator john ensign got $96,000 as a gift, not from the campaign, but from his own parents. and ensign's attorney said they wrote the check to the woman and

her family after ensign told them about the affair. she worked for ensign and her husband claims she also got a big severance check. as ethics experts say, the parents' check may not pose any problems at all because it complied with tax rules that govern gifts. the pentagon, they may consider banning smoking in the military. a federal study found one-third of service members use tobacco. that's compared to just 20% in the general population. that also means higher medical costs. the va spent $6 billion last year to treat tobacco-related illnesses. pentagon officials would phase in the ban possibly over as many as 20 years. it looks like the next big one could be growing under california. scientists are seeing a spike in mysterious tremors at the san andreas fault. some say that suggests stress could be building up faster than expected. the run of the bulls is a time honored tradition that's extremely dangerous. well, now a man has died after

being gored by a bull. so we want your view on this. with the danger to runners and slaughter of the bulls, is it time to end this event once and for all?

a mother and father of 16 children are found shot to death. now police in florida are searching for three men in connection with their killings. police say eight of the children who still live in the home were found there all unharmed along with the bodies of the couple. the couple adopted 12 of the 16 children. the suspects police are searching for are described as white men driving a red van. investigators say a security camera caught the men leaving the property. well, just 40 days ago general motors went into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and today it has emerged as a smaller company and you and your fellow taxpayers own about 60% of it. ceo fritz henderson says the company will repay about $50 billion in government loans

ahead of schedule. he is also promising that gm will build vehicles you will want to buy and get them onto the market even faster. the company is cutting about 450 executive positions and is expected to shed thousands of other jobs by the end of the year. you know, it looks like aig executives may still get millions of dollars in bonus payments. "the washington post" reports the insurance company is asking the government to approve $2.4 million in scheduled bonuses to 43 top executives. the obama administration though has the power to shoot down the request if it is deemed excessive. aig also owns another $235 million in retention bonuses -- owes that for about 400 other employees. the company has received roughly $180 billion in bailout funds. it is a first for president obama as he continues his busy international schedule. after wrapping up a stint at the

g-8, he had his first meeting with pope benedict xvi. he told reporters after the summit thault things migt altho might be looking better, there are still things to be done. >> although our markets are working and we have averted global collapse, we know too many people are still struggling, so we agree full recovery is still a ways off, that it would be premature to begin winding down our stimulus plans and we must sustain our support for those plans to lay the foundation for a strong and lasting recovery. >> mr. obama now heads to ghana. the g-8 has set a goal of raising $20 billion to try to help farmers in poor countries produce more food. we're talking about michael jackson again today, and it looks like evidence is mounting suggesting he had a very serious drug problem. confidential court documents show jackson had at least a ten xanax a day habit back in 2004. he took ten a day reportedly.

not only that, the documents obtained by cnn shows he asked his employees to get the sleep aid under their names and they traveled to other doctors in other states to get ahold of the drugs. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta described to erica hill how addictions spiral out of control. >> people start off taking a few, and they take more and more and they build up a tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you just eventually get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we were studying addiction, for example, to for a cnn special, one of the pain doctors told me he had a patient who took 80 vicodin a day, 80 vicodin a night. you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen. >> questions surrounding the singer's death including could michael jackson's death have been a homicide. well, l.a.'s police chief says he isn't ruling anything out right now. a source close to the jackson family said the jackson family

knows the probe could turn into a criminal case. >> are we dealing with a homicide? are we dealing with an accidental overdose? what are we dealing with? we'll wait to see what the coroner comes back with and then once he comes back with his determination, we'll be able to speak in a much clearer and very open way what our course of action will be. >> toxicology results are expected back in a few weeks. it's reported jackson's body is in a temporary resting place a crypt that belongs to berry gordy. the jackson family is said to be divided over a burial at neverland. he could be buried there if santa barbara county okays it, but so far officials there say they have not been approached. gary, indiana, plans a memorial this evening. about 400 members of a church in northwestern indiana, they will be paying tribute. there they are practicing their thriller moves. they have been doing it twice a day since monday. they won't be alone. a number of organizations in the area of taking part in the

memorial as well. former nfl star steve mcnair's final public service announcement will never be shown. the 60-second spot on youth suicide prevention was shot just a few months before he was the victim of a murder/suicide. officials say it would be inappropriate to show it right now. former teammates, coaches, and dignitaries joined his family at a church memorial in nashville last night. many said they will remember mcnair for the positive impact he had on and off the field and not for the circumstances of his death. mcnair was a married father of four who had been dating 20-year-old sahel kazemi. police say she shot him four times before killing herself. his funeral will be tomorrow in mississippi. investigators are still trying to get to the bottom of that scam at a historic african-american cemetery in suburban chicago. four people seen here, the manager of burr oaks cemetery and three gravediggers, are charged with one count each of dismembering a human body. authorities claim they unearthed

hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots. they say some of those corpses were double stacked in existing graves. 2,000 families so far have some to the cemetery checking on their loved ones. authorities say they have made yet another disturbing find. >> we found out about two days ago that myself, other people, we went into what can best be described as a dilapidated garage. a lot of lawn care equipment, piles of things, and in the corner of it is a casket. we went and opened it. there was wildlife living inside of it. we finally -- we very quickly came to the conclusion it was the original cass set that emmett till was buried in. >> if you're wondering who till was, he was killed in 1955 after reportedly whistling at a white woman during a visit to mississippi. images of his battered body helped spark the civil rights movement. he had been exhumed during an

investigation of his death and reburied in a new casket. his family wants that casket moved to a civil rights museum. in most years it's a popular tourist event that's colorful, maybe a little dangerous, but today the running of the bulls in spain takes a deadly turn.

spain's running of the bulls saw it's first death today in 14 years. a bull separated from the pack and charged a 27-year-old spanish man there. is the video. tv cameras showed him tripping over other runners trying to run away from the bull. the bull gored the man in the neck and lung as he tried to squeeze under a fence. he died despite efforts of

paramedics at the scene. three other people were gored and six more were hurt in that chaos, including two americans. the last person gored to death at pamplona's festival was an american in 1995. do you think the running of the bulls is exciting or do you think it's just too dangerous and we should get rid of it, move on? give us a call 1-877-tell-hln. we want your view. or you can e-mail us. cnn.com/hln, click under "your views." or we're taking your text messages as well. text views plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply and we'll air some of your responses later today. british tabloids are known for being edgy and very competitive. well, now one that is owned by news corporation has allegedly gone as far as hacking into celebrities' and politicians' cell phones to dig for some dirt.

reggie aqui is joining us with more details. >> the newspaper in question is "the news of the world." it's a tabloid newspaper in england, and it was another newspaper in england, "the guardian," that brought these allegations up in an explosive article that they now have on their site and in their printed edition. here is what they're saying. they're accusing "the news the world" which is the country's most popular sunday paper, of paying private investigators to obtain voice mail messages, private phone numbers, bank statements, and other information from as many as 3,000 public figures. so who are we talking about here? well, some government figures in england, but also some really big names in hollywood, including gwyneth paltrow, jude law, singer george michael, and the list just goes on and on. now, uk police say they have investigated this before. they say they are not opening up a new investigation, but they are going to review the details of these latest allegations.

cnn has tried to contact some of these celebrities. so farther not commenting on this. i should say there's another person not commenting on this either, and that is rupert murdoch. of course, he is the head of news corp which ultima thely own this is newspaper "news of the world." he was on one of his networks, fox business news, today. it was the first question asked by the anchor about this event and he said he wasn't talking about it today. so a lot of people not talking about it, but the accusations are flying and they are pretty fierce one. >> even though they're tight-lipped i doubt that's the last we'll hear about it. >> i think you're right. >> denis leary, he's the star of fx's "rescue me." he's done a great deed for new york's firefighters. >> here is a great example of someone who in his job portraying firefighters, it reaches over to the respect he has for the real life men and women who do this every day and put their lives at risk. he was so touched by what happened after september 11th to

so many firefighters he realized it was extremely difficult for these men and women to fight high rise fires. what he's done is he's foot the bill to build a $4.2 million training facility. it's coming from the leery foundation, or i should say from his foundation, and it's the first high rise simulator in the u.s. we're talking about firefighters dealing with temperatures more than 3,000 degrees. this simulator uses real smoke and uses real flames and it helps them to figure out how to train in situations that are dark, sometimes in air lifts, elevator shafts, et cetera. i just thought it was really interesting that this is the first time the u.s. has a facility like this, especially given how many not just new york, but how many cities across the country have so many high rises. so a great thing that an actor is doing using his foundation money to help the people he portrays every day on tv. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. he hassed a milted to having an extramarital affair.

now his attorney is detailing how senator ensign's parents were involved in the relationship. parents. keep it here.

certainly a busy day for a bomb squad in north miami beach. a short time ago they detonated a suspicious package in front of a check cashing store at a strip mall along biscayne boulevard. there's the package under one of the signs. our affiliate is reporting a second one is in the back of the store. it's not been detonated yet. no reports of any injuries, but police tell other local media that a caller claimed to be their with bombs in the packages. the package that was detonated appeared to be empty.

biscayne boulevard was closed for a short time. it is now open again. the president is getting hammered on health care back home by members of his own party. a group of fiscally conservative democrats known as blue dogs put the brakes on a health care reform bill and they're pressing democratic leaders to make significant changes to the draft bill. last night the blue dogs met with democratic leaders about the concessions they are looking for. democratic leaders are working feverishly to solidify details. the pentagon, it looks like they're banning smoking in the military. a federal study found one-third of service members use tobacco. that's compared to just 20% in the general population. that is almost meaning higher medical costs. that's why they want to ban it. the va spent $6 billion last year to treat tobacco-related illnesses. pentagon officials would phase in the ban over possibly as many

as 20 years. it could take a while. we're learning president obama's senate replacement will not ask voters for the job. democratic senator roland burris is set to make the announcement shortly that he will not run for a full term next year. the associated press reports he will cite a fund-raising burden in making that decision. burris was appointed by former illinois governor rod blagojevich to fill the president's senate seat. as you know, blagojevich was arrested for allegedly trying to sell that seat. burris has scheduled a news conference for the top of the hour, 3:00 p.m. eastern time. we'll bring it to you live. the woman we've been telling but who had an affair with nevada senator john ensign, she got $96,000 as a gift, not from the campaign, but from his parents. ensign's attorney says they wrote the check to the woman and her family after ensign told them about the affair. she worked for ensign and her husband claimed she also got a big severance check. well that, of course, could raise questions about possible campaign finance violations, but an ethics expert says the

parents' check may not pose any problems because it complied with tax rules that govern gifts. it looks like levi johnston is speaking out again. he says he thinks sarah palin is resigning because of the cash. the ex-fiance of the alaska governor's daughter used to live with the palin family. he says palin used to talk all the time about how nice it would be to take book and tv offers. she's facing more than a half million dollars in legal fees as well. johnston's pursuing his own book and movie deal. a palin rep scoffed at this and said that johnston is working on fiction while honing his acting skills. you're looking at surveillance video of that car that was smashed by a train in michigan yesterday. you see it in the back side of your screen, left had been hand side. the young man who was driving the car had a suspended driver's license. there it is again. police say 19-year-old dan broughton had a number of traffic violations including speeding and ignoring a stop sign back in january. police say the car skirted a

railroad gate and crossed in front of the amtrak train that was carrying more than 170 people. >> we had a 170 people. >> we had a horrific jolt, horrific jolt. we saw smoke. we could smell fumes. we knew we had hit something. we just didn't know what. >> no one on the train was hurt. police haven't said if they suspect alcohol or drugs were a facto factor. >> it seems that taking your family to a baseball game these days can really take a bite out of your wallet. this weekend clark howard shows us how he saves at the ballpark. here he is. >> my first rule when i go to a game is to see if i can find free parking. i'm on the hunt now. look at that. look at those meters. the stadium is just across that

bridge. okay. here's my spot. this is the best space i can ever find right near the stadium. this one when it's open, and you got to know how to get to this one, is the shortest walk to the stadium. you can kind of see the stadium through the trees here. it's about three quarters of a mile. good exercise. and no money comes out of my wallet. >> great idea, right? that's just the beginning. find out how clark saving big on tickets and souvenirs. this weekend at noon eastern on hln. the next big one may be growing under the state of california. scientists are seeing a spike in mysterious tremors. some say it suggests stress could be building faster than expected and could lead to a major earthquake, like the one in 1857 considered the strongest ever in the history of the u.s. the new observations are interesting, but it's just too soon to know exactly what they

mean. you've seen them on talk shows, fashion runways, but what happened when bruno came face to face with an alleged terrorist? >> lose the beards. because your king -- 3w4r57 dd@

more allegations that michael jackson took an incredible number of xanax pills every night. and the extraordinary steps he made his staff go through to get the drugs. most years it's a popular tourist event that's colorful and a little dangerous. today the running of the bulls took a deadly turn. and lady liberty beheaded. wait until you hear the messages that went along with it. hi, everybody, on a friday. i'm chuck roberts. roland burris took over the seat that president obama has vaca vacated. now we're learning that next year the senate seat will be vacant again. it will be up for grabs. democratic senator roland

burris, the former state attorney general and the only african-american in the senate is about to announce he will not seek a full term in 2010. the likely reason, the burden of raising money to pay for a campaign. he was appointed by rod blagojevich. the ousted governor was arrested for allegedly trying to sell that empty senate seat. burris is expected to appear before reporters and microphones shortly. and in about a minute or so we'll bring it to you live. just 40 days ago general motors went into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. today it emerged as a smaller company. and you and fellow taxpayers own 60%. they will repay $50 billion in government loans ahead of schedule. he's promising gm will build vehicles you'll want to buy and get them onto the market faster. the company is cutting about 450 executive positions and is expected to shed thousands of

other jobs by the end of the year. aig executives may still get millions of dollars in bonus payments. they're asking the government to approve $2.4 million in scheduled bonuses to top executives. the obama administration has the power to shoot down the request if it's deemed excessive. aig owes another $235 million to 400 other employees. they have received about $180 in bailout funds. a first for president obama as he continued his busy schedule. he has headed for -- well, first he left for vatican city and a meeting with pope benedict he said there's still work to be done. >> while our markets are improving and we appear to have

averted global collapse we know that too many people are still struggling. so we agree that full recovery is still a ways off. that it would be premature to begin winding down our stimulus plans and that we must sus sustain our support for those plans to lay the foundation for

a strong and lasting recovery. >> president obama now heads to ghana in africa. they set a goal of raising $20 billion to try to help farmers

in poor countries produce more food. roland burris of illinois will not be a senator for long. he won't seek a full term next

year. here he is facing some supporters and reporters and others in a gathering in washington. senator burris is about to speak. hes he's having fund raising problems. can't raise enough money for a credible campaign last year. he was appointed by blagojevich to fill out the remaining months of president obama's unexpired senate term. >> thank you all so much. thank you, thank you. i appreciate all that energy. we're going to need it. thank you for joining me here today. i'm here to talk about important issues. the importance of representing the wonderful peemg of illinois and how important the united states senate to the future of our country. when i was named to the senate back in december, i stated that i would serve two-year term. i felt strongly at that time that illinois needed two full time senators. and i still feel that way. i have served the good people of this state for 30 years, public service means working, advocating, and fighting for your constituents, and their needs. day in and day out that's been my commitment. i've tried to do that every day of my career. and i'm honored to be a member of the united states senate at such a critical time in our nation's history. we have a new president with bold ideas for programs dealing with health care, the economy, jobs, schools, and the environment. all important issues for the n f senons.3 % and e eersan alike. democrat and republicns3 and it is my hope that we can come together and work together in a bipartisan manner to address these important topics. now let me say this. my last point of my remarks deal with my future plans, and, ladies and gentlemen, life is about choices.

make no mistake, i love serving the united states senate. make no mistake. i love serving the people of illinois. make no mistake about that. >> we love you! i'm the only african-american serving in the senate, and i believe that the adversity and representation of all segments of our society is essential to who we are as a nation. we must have diversity. the reality of being in the united states senate today requires not only a significant time commitment to performing the job, but almost equal commitment to raising funds to run competitively for the office.

political races have become far too expensive in this country. and i'm making this decision -- as i'm making this decision i was called to spend my time raising funds or spending my time raising issues for my state. i believe that the business of the people of the state of illinois should always come first. the business of our state should come first. and so today i have returned to the place where my political journey began in 1988. back to the south side of chicago to announce, my friends, that i will not be a candidate in the 2010 election.

and that i will not run for -- >> roland burris says he will not be a candidate next year citing that the necessities involved with raising money for a campaign would mean that he couldn't be competitive in the race. he was appointed by ousted governor rod blagojevich just before blagojevich was convicted of charges of trying to sell that very senate seat, the one now vacated by barack obama. roland burris not the favorite of a lot of people in illinois because of some of the scandal associated with relationships with blagojevich. he's capping a long and colorful and successful political career. he was the state controller. he will end the senate after a short career as appointed successor to barack obama. roland burris will not seek a full term next year. a swim club near philadelphia is now under

investigation. they're investigating whether a club told a group of kids not to come back because of their race. some of the kids with the creative steps day care center said they heard white adults making racist remarks the first time the kids visited the pool. the kids were invited. the next day the swim's club president told the day care center own not to come back and returned the check the day care gave the club. he overheard them making derogatory comments. he said he was stunned and hurt. the club's president got more criticism when he told local tv stations the kids changed the complex of the club. the swim club said the issue was overcrowding. not the race of the kids. evidence mounts suggesting michael jackson had a serious drug problem. he had at least ten xanax a day habit back in 2004. not only that, the documents obtained by cnn show he asked employees to get the

anti-anxiety and sleep aid under their name. he went to doctor offices in other states to get the pills. last night on cnn's ac 360 dr. sanjay gup that described to erica hill how addictions spiral out of control. >> people start off taking a few. they take more and more. and they build up a tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. vetch you get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we were studying addiction for a cnn special one of the pain doctors said he had a patient that took 80 vicodin a night. it's very rare, but it can happen. >> could michael jackson's death be rule ad homicide? l.a.'s police chief says he's not ruling anything out now. they said the jackson family knows it could turn into a criminal case. >> are we dealing with homicide?

are we dealing with an accidental overdose? we'll wait to see what the coroner comes back with. then once he comes back we can speak in a much clearer and opener way what our course of action will be. >> toxicology results are due in a few weeks. his body is in a temporary resting place. his hometown of gary, indiana, is planning a memorial this evening with about 400 members of a church paying tribute. they've been practicing thriller moves twice a day since monday. they won't be loan. a number of organizations in the area are taking party in the memorial. here's new surveillance video. the car smashed by a train. the young man driving the car had a suspended license. he and his four passengers died. he had a number of traffic violations including speeding and ignoring a stop sign back in

january. police say the car skirted a railroad gate and crossed into the front of the wolverine. the amtrak train bound for chicago carrying more than 170 people. the train was still up right. it did not derail. nobody on boards was hurt. police haven't said if they suspect alcohol or drugs were a factor. most years it's a popular tourist event that's colorful and just a little dangerous. today the running of the bulls in spain took a deadly turn.

a bull separated from the pack and charge ad young spanish man. tv cameras tripping over other runners trying to get away from the bull. this is another angle we haven't yet seen before of the actual impact. this bull gored him in the neck and lungs as he was trying to get under a wooden fence. he died despite all it have

efforts of the paramedics. six more people were gored. the last person gored to death was an american in 1995. what are your thoughts on this? what do you think of the running of the bulls? exciting tradition or is it time to move on? call us now. or text views plus your name and comment to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we'll air your responses all day today. a mother and father of 16 children are found shot dead. now police outside pensacola, florida, are searching for three men in connection with their killings. police say eight of the kids who still live in the home were found there, all unharmed, along with the bodies of the couple. the couple adopted 12 of the 16 children. the suspects police are looking for are described as white men driving a red van. a security camera caught the men leaving the property. a woman who had an affair

with nevada senator john ensign got $96,000 as a gift, not from campaign, but from his parents. ensign's attorney says they wrote the check after ensign told them about the affair. she had worked for john ensign and her husband claimed he also got a big severance check. that could raise questions about campaign violations. but they say the parent's check may not pose a problem because it complied with tax rules that governed gifts. when a replica of the statue of liberty was stolen from outside a new york coffee shop nobody had any idea what lay in store for it. what happened to lady liberty's replica showed this theft was no harmless prank.

new york police are looking into the threat of the replica of the statue of liberty that showed up anonymously on a youtube video. the owner of the coffee shop in which it displayed the replicaed

statue. it showed a blindfolded statue being beheaded and death. the owner thinks it could be somebody with a beef against the liberal establishment, and she's scared after watching the video. why somebody would do this? i don't know. what it means to me, this is a crime. you don't get to steal someone else's property to send that message. if you want to do that, get your own statue. >> the video is a clear imitation of terrorist videos. the statue vanished june 21st from the sidewalk. nasa is ready for tomorrow's scheduled launch of space shutting "endeavour." the already twice delayed mission is now being threatened by a 60% chance of thunderstorms. the previous delays were caused by hydrogen gas leaks which have since been fixed.

president obama is getting hammered on health care by members of his own party. a group of fiscally conservative democrats called blue dogs put the brakes on health care reform. they're pressing democratic leaders to make significant changes to the draft bill. last night they met with democratic leaders about the concessions they're looking for. no deals were struck. democratic leaders are working feverishly to finalize details. the pentagon is considering banning smoking in the military. it could take ten years. 1/3 of service members use tobacco compared to 20% of the general population. that also means higher medical costs. the v.a. spent $6 billion last year to treat tobacco-related illnesses. pentagon officials would phase in the ban over 20 years. the running of the bulls is a time honored tradition. it's storied.

it's been written about in novels and is also extremely dangerous. now a man has died after being gored by a bull. what are your views? is it time to end this event in

the mother and father of 16 kids are found shot dead. now police outside of pensacola, florida, are looking for men. eight of the kids were found there unharmed with the bodies of the couple. they had adopted 12 of the 16 children, many of them with disabilities or had come from rough backgrounds. the suspected police are zenching for described as white men driving a red van. investigators say a security camera caught men leaving the property. former senator bob dole is recovering at a washington area hospital after undergoing surgery for a serious leg infection. the 85-year-old dole went to the hospital last week after experiencing an elevated heart rate. his press office issued a

statement saying the heart is fine but they wanted to operate on sores. he's expected to undergo a skin graft on sunday. aside of serving as the senate majority leadleader for many ye he was the gop president in 1996. he says he hopes to be out of the hospital by the 22nd, his 86 birthday. roland burris of illinois took over that seat that president obama vacated. now we've just learn that had beginning next year he's going to begin standing down. he will not seek a full term in the u.s. senate. the democrat is set to announce, well, he already has, that he's not going to look for a full term because the burden of raising money to pay for a campaign is so daunting. >> political races have become far too expensive in this countr country. >> i'm making this decision i

was called to choose between spending my time raising funds or spending my time raising issues for my state. >> you remember roe band burris was appointed by rod blagojevich. he was ousted for allegedly trying to sell the empty senate seat. the sex scandal involving john ensign of nevada has taken a new twist. it involves his mom and dad. let's get the latest from paul steinhauser. a lot of money. a lot of money exchanged hands. there was intervention attempt ad couple of months ago, too, right? >> you got it. let's start with the money. this is what we learned this week. the lawyer for senator ensign concerned that senator ensign's parents gave checks totalling $96,000 to the woman that last month senator ensign seen there on the left, hampton on the

right, last month admitted to an affair with cindy, who used to work for him, for his campaign. yes, his parntds gave checks totalling $96,000 to cindy hanson. her husband doug on the right used to work for ensign as well and the two children. they were called gifts. they were from both of senator ensign's parents. and none of the checks totalling $900 so they were tax except. they say none of the money came from senator ensign or his campaign or anything like that. it came solely from the parents. remember the husband of the woman who senator ensign admitted having an affair with said his wife received a $25,000 in severance pay, chuck. senator ensign's office is not commenting directly, but they say doug hampton's comments have

been inaccurate. a liberal group is asking for an investigation to see if any campaign finance laws or anything was broken. >> you spoke of doug hampton. he enlisted the help of another senator. how did that play out? >> yes, that's what doug hampton also told a nevada tv station this week. the senator from oklahoma, another conservative republican, used to live in the same building here on capitol hill. his offices the admitted that, yes, he did reach out to senator ensign and he tried to have senator ensign end the affair. he is denying ha he told ensign to payoff the hamptons. this has a lot of twists and turns here, chuck. i don't think we've heard the last of it yet. >> there was a handwritten letter that senator ensign wrote. >> yes. this according to the las vegas sun.

they are reporting that -- and senator ensign's office is refusing to comment on the letter. >> while most people are expecting a huge fight over sonia sotomayor. 60% say a major partisan battle is likely. republicans may target her record on race, gun rights, and abortion. democrats may defend her, calling her a mainstream judge. only 47% support her confirmation. the hearings begin on monday. >> it's a first for president obama as he continues a busy international schedule. he had the first meeting with poet benedict the 16th at the vatican today. the two met for about a half hour. among other things discussed differences on abortion. the vatican gave the president a bioethics document spelling out their views on embryonic stem cell research. the president is heading for

ghana now. they set a goal of raising $28 billion to help farmers in poor countries produce more food. evidence mounts suggesting michael jackson had a very serious drug problem. confidential court documents say jackson had at least a ten xanax a day habit in 2004. not only that but the documents show that he asked his employees to get the anti-anxiety and sleep aid under their names. it also revealed they went to doctors in other states to get the pills. the document contains interviews with two of jackson's former guards as officials prepare for jackson's child moless face trial back in 2005. could the jackson death be ruled a homicide? a source close to the jackson family told sister network cnn that the jackson family knows it could turn into a criminal case.

>> what are we dealing with? >> wait to see what the coroner comes back with. once he comes back with his determination we'll speak in a much clearer way what our course of action will be? >> toxicology results are expected in a few weeks. the new york post reports jackson's body is temporarily resting in a crypt that belongs to berry gordy. the family is is set to be divided a burial at neverland ranch. officials say no one has approached them about it yet. jackson's hometown of gary, indiana, is hopping right now. they're planning a memorial this evening. 400 members of a church in indiana will be paying tribute. they've been practicing their thriller moves twice a day since monday. a number of organizations in the area will take part in the gary memorial. former nfl star steve mcnair's final public service announcement will never be

aired. the 60-second spot was shot a few months before he was the victim of a murder suicide. officials say it would be totally inappropriate to show it now. many said they will remember mcnair for the positive impact he had on and off the field and not for the circumstances of his death. mcnair was a married father of four who was dating the 20-year-old woman who shot him four times while he slept on the couch before killing herself. his funeral will be tomorrow in mississippi. we have new video in. this is surveillance video of the car that was smashed by a speeding train in michigan yesterday. the young man driving the car had a suspended license. 19-year-old had a number of traffic violations including speeding and ignoring a stop sign back in january. police say a car skirted the railroad gate, crossed into the path of the oncoming wolverine

train, speeding for chicago and carrying more than 170 people. >> we had a horrific jolt, horrific jolt. and we saw smoke and we could smell fumes. we knew we had hit something. we just didn't know what. >> nobody on train was hurt. police haven't said if they suspect alcohol or drugs were a factor. authorities will be spending months trying to clear up the scam going on in a historic black cemetery in suburban chicago. one situation involves a man whose death spark ad civil rights movement. what police are saying now.

aig executives may still get

millions of dollars in bonus payments. the insurance giant is asking the government to approve $2.4 million in scheduled bonuses to 43 top executives. aig also owes another 235 million in retention bonuses for about 400 other employees. the company has received roughly $180 billion in bailout funds. 40 days ago gm went into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but today it is officially reborn. now 61% government owned the troubled automaker is leaner, having exited bankruptcy in six weeks. that's probably a record. it retains just four brands. chevy, cadillac, gmc and buick. poppy harlow is joining us now with details. hey, poppy. >> hey there, chuck. we hope it can because it is mainly our company now as u.s. taxpayers. we have $50 billion in gm to

prop up the company. they are getting smaller. much smaller. they're shedding dealerships. the goal is to get down to $3600 by the end of next year. that's down from roughly 6,000 dealerships today. they're going to close 16 plants in the country. that will be 20,000 more gm workers will lose jobs by the end of this year. they say it's going to offer more attractive products. announcing today they will launch ten new vehicles in the u.s. in the next 18 months and during the same time about 17 new vehicles around the world. the priorities for fritz he henderson, customers, cars and culture. bankruptcy does not change culture in a company. so i asked the ceo if he can assure us, the u.s. taxpayer that now owns most of gm that the culture that led it into bankruptcy has really changed. take a listen.

>> i've always been a believer that culture is about how you act and how you perform. and where you spend your time. and where we're going to spending our time is the leadership team from me on down is great cars, customers being singularly focused on, and finally making sure we have a culture that is faster, leaner, which has accountability embedded in it and it's all about winning. that's where i'm going to spending our time. >> fritz henderson getting a tell-all website up soon. he'll respond to your questions. also he says he's going to hit the road to hear what consumers have to say. i'm sure he'll make a few sales pitches at the same time, right, chuck? >> it will be interesting to see if they come out with smaller cars and greener cars. what do insiders think? >> it all depends on if they can defy the odds or not.

we've seen the market share falling for decades now. now it stands at less than 20%. at this chart you can see what we're talking about. fewer people by the year buying gm vehicles. they outsell toyota and ford. toyota got the world's largest automaker nod last year. i'll wrap it up by saying the head of obama's auto task force said if you're going to be a a viable company you can't continue to lose market share. gm is going to have to prove they can turn things around quickly. you can see that full interview with fritz henderson on cnnmoney.com. >> a lot more business news up to the minute at cnnmoney.com. most years it's a popular tourist. it's colorful. it's a little dangerous. today the running of the bulls in spain took a deadly turn.

invest gay gator investigators still trying to get to the bottom of the scam. four people, the former manager and three grave diggers are charged with one count each of dismembering a human body. authorities claim they unearthed hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resale burial plots. some of the corpses were double stacked in existing graving. 2,000 families so far have come to the cemetery to check on the status of their loved ones. authorities say they've made yet another disturbing find. >> we found out about two days ago that myself, other people, went in what could be described as a dilapidated garage.

a lot of lawn care equipment, piles of things. and in the corner of it is a casket. we went and opened it. there was wildlife living inside of it. we finally -- we very quickly came to the conclusion it was the original casket that emma till was buried in. >> killed in 1955 after whistling at a white woman in mississippi. images sparked the civil rights movement. he was exhumed during an investigation of his death and reburied in a new casket. his family wants the casket moved to a civil rights museum. an estimated 3,000 demonstrators marched towards tehran university yesterday to mark the 10th anniversary of the student uprisings in iran. an i-reporter there shot this video as protesters made their way peacefully through the streets.

it's very raw. aziz said that didn't last long as the besieged militia began firing tear gas into the group and revolutionary guards on motorcycles started riding rode through the crowd and striking people with batons. demonstrations were also held in u.s. cities yesterday in a show of solidarity. i-reporter chris morrow went to one in san diego and spoke to a woman who had just returned from tehran. >> demonstrations were extremely peaceful. i've seen a crowd of about 200,000 people based on the area, i'm giving the estimate an it was absolutely silence, they were holding signs, they were asking for the government to consider the votes again. then suddenly, like all these police forces, they turned it into a bloody event. it's absolutely unfair to the iranian people.

i atheist a major human rights issue and we should not close our eyes on it. >> a lot of i-reporters went to a lot of trouble and some risk to bring us the latest. we thank all of them and everybody else who was involved in bringing us images and news from that part of the world. iran is certainly in turmoil. if you have pictures of breaking news or great stories go to ireport.com. spain's running of the bulls saw it's first death in 14 years. a bull separated from the pack and charged a 27-year-old spaniard. the bull gored the man in the neck and lung as he tried to squeeze under the fence. three other people were gored and six more were hurt in the chaos including two americans. the last person gored to death at the festival was an american in 1995. been a rough week on wall street. no sign of a turn around. investors are nervous, the second quarter reporting gets set to wrap up next week.

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court papers show michael jackson may have had a serious addiction. the astonishing number of xanax pills he reportedly took a day and how his employees may have been used as enablers. also new details about the chances he will be buried at neverland. >> i was amazed he would do something like this. african-american kids turned away from a private pool because of their complex. they are so hurt they're brought to tears. what they say they saw and heard. climbing mount killimanjaro. imagine doing it blind.

senator roland burris took over the seat that president obama vacated but next year that senate seat will be up for grabs. roland burris said he'll not run for a full term next year. the reason, the burden of raising money to pay for a campaign. >> political races have become far too expensive in this country. i'm making this decision, i was called to choose between spending my time raising funds, or spending my time raising issues for my state. >> you remember, burris was appointed by former illinois governor, rod blagojevich. he was arrested for trying to sell the empty seat. first for president obama as

he continues his busy international schedule. the president had a first meeting with pope benedict the xvi at the vatican. they addressed their differences on abortion. the president wrapped up a stint at the g-8 summit in italy. >> while our markets are improving and we appear to have averted global collapse we know too many people are still struggling. we agreed that full recovery is still a ways off. that it would be premature to begin winding down our stimulus plans and we must sustain our support for those plans to lay a foundation for a strong and lasting recovery. >> the president heads to talibana. the g-8 set a goal to help farmers in poor countries raise more food. the pennsylvania human

rights commission is investigating whether a swim club told a group of kids not to come back because of their race. some of the kids with the creative steps daycare center said they heard white adults at the club making racist remarks the first time the kids visited the pool. the next day the president told the daycare center owner not to come back and returned a check the daycare gave the club. one of the kids who said he heard grown-ups making derogatory comments told susan candiotti he was stunned and hurt. >> he was like why are these black kids here? then they're saying i'm afraid they might do something to my children. i don't know if they might try to steal some of my stuff and try to harm my children. like i was amazed that they would say something like this because we're just like you. like we're just like your kids. >> you know, marcus, i see tears coming down your face. why does this make you cry? >> because it's kind of like sad that like people were still

thinking like this when i felt like these days were over. wow. the club's president got more criticism when he told local tv stations he changed the complex over the club. he said the issue was overcrowding not the race of the kids. we have word former senator bob dole is recovering in an washington area hospital. the 85-year-old went into the hospital last week after experiencing an elevated heart rate. doctors want to operate on sores on his left leg. scheduled for a skin graft on money. dole was the gop presidential candidates back in 1996. here's some surveillance video camera of the car that was smashed by a train in michigan yesterday. the young man who was driving the car had a suspended license. he and his four passengers, they

were all killed. police say 19-year-old man had a number of traffic violations including speeding and ignoring a stop sign. the car skirted a railroad gate and crossed in front of an amtrak train that was carrying more than 170 people. no one on the train was hurt. police haven't said whether they suspect alcohol or drugs were a factor. a busy day for a bomb squad in north beach today. earlier they detonated a suspicious package. the affiliate reported a second one in the back of the store has not been detonated. no reports of injuries. police saying a caller claimed there were bombs in those packages the. the package the police detonated appeared empty. the boulevard was closed for a while. but it's now open again. evidence mounts suggesting michael jackson had a very

serious drug problem. court documents show jackson had at least a 10-xanax a day habit back in 2004. not only that documents obtained by cnn he asked his employees to get the drug under their name. it reveals jackson was in doctors offices in other states to get the pills. last night, cnn, a c360 dr. sanjay gupta describes how addicts spiral out of control. >> people start off taking a few, and they take more and more and they build up a tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you just eventually get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we were studying addiction, for example, to for a cnn special, one of the pain doctors told me he had a patient who took 80 vicodin a day, 80 vicodin a night. you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen.

l.a. police chief said he's not ruling anything out right now. the jackson family knows this probe could turn into a criminal case. >> are we dealing with a homicide or accidental overdose? what are we dealing with? we'll wait and see what the coroner comes back with. once he comes back with his determination we'll be able to speak in a very open way what our course of action will be. >> toxicology results are expected back in a few weeks. jackson's body is in a temporary resting place right now at forest lawn crept that belongs to barry gordy. michael jackson's body could be buried at neverland ranch. >> here's what we found out.

someone from the jackson camp, an attorney contacted the state last thursday and inquired about how they could go about burying jackson at nerve lands. basically the law done say you can do it by any stretch of the imagination, in fact the state to bury your grand main your backyard, you just have to fill out a two page form, pay $400. >> in one step? >> then you have to go to your county and say is it all right we do this burial. >> that's the tricky part. santa barbara hasn't been notified. >> they haven't done it before. what they are doing is waiting to see if indeed the jauns do decide -- there hasn't been a decision. >> we don't know if there's a split within the family. >> that's right. santa barbara will deal with it when they hear an application. clearly they indicated if they come to us, yeah, it could happen. >> there are some notable private burials in california, ronald reagan is on the grounds

of his library. jackson's home town of gary, indiana is planning a memorial this evening and about 400 members of a church in north western indiana will be paying tribute. they have been practicing their thriller move twice a day since monday and they won't be alone. a number of organizations in the area are planning to take part in this memorial. the guy who dated alaska governor sarah palin's daughter says he knows why palin resigned. now the palin camp is firing back.

a group of 25 hikers climbed to the top africa's tallest mountain. that wasn't the only record broken. >> reporter: climbing africa's tallest mountain is a feat for

anyone but imagine not being able to see. >> my first instinct, your crazy? >> reporter: mike armstrong lost his sight 4 years ago and never imagined he could hike much less to the top of mount killimanjaro. >> we count make it but if it wasn't for the team. >> reporter: using a belt and trekking rods, mike and the others made to it the top. >> in all 25 teammates it to the summit this morning. every one of us. >> reporter: kevin led the team. >> if you go away to accomplish a big task and you do believe in one another, great things can happen. >> reporter: the 13-year-old boy became the youngest blind person to climb mount killimanjaro. >> i can do a lot more than expected. >> reporter: never wanting to quit even when things got tough, especially on the last day, his guide patrick serving as his hero. >> every time i wanted to quit,

he would say keep going. >> reporter: the guides say if it wasn't for the inspiration the blind hikers gave them they wouldn't have made it through the tough times either. >> i said i can fail. i got to keep up. mike was an inspiration for me. >> the group raised $100,000 for the foundation for blind children. the next big one may be growing under california. scientists are seeing tremors under the san andreas fault. stress could be building up. and it could lead to a major earthquake. levi johnson thinks sarah palin is resigning because of money. he said he used to live with the family. palin used to talk all the time about how nice it would be to take book and tv offers.

she's facing more than half a mill in dollars in legal fees. a palin rep says johnston is working on fiction while honing acting skiles. a hiker spent five days on a mount terror. he stayed with a fellow climber who got hurt while a third climber went for help. bad weather delayed the rescue. >> turn on the radio and the ranger is like, the weather will turn bad we'll try to rescue tomorrow but you could be up there for three days. so, my heart sunk. you got to be kidding me. >> he spent four nights alone and used everything in his emergency pack to stay warm. >> call it a triple-double, a mother has given birth to her third set of twins and this time she finally delivered what she hoped for, that's new for you in about 20 minutes.

police in florida are searching for three men in connection with a shooting of a couple. police say eight children, eight were found in the home just outside of pensacola, all unharmed along with the body of this couple. a relative said the couple had 16 children, all together some of them grown, 12 of those children were adopted. the suspects police are

searching for are skrishd as white men driving a red van. investigators say security camera caught the men leaving the property. former nfl star steve mcnair final public service announcement will never be shown. the 60 second spot on youth suicide prevention was shot a few months before and he was victim of a murder suicide. officials said this would be inappropriate to show it now. former teammate, coaches and family joined a public memorial last night. many said they would remember mcnair for the positive impact he had on and off the field not the circumstances of his death. he was a married father of four who had been dating a 20-year-old woman who shot him four times before killing herself. the funeral will be tomorrow in mississippi. investigators are still trying to get to the bottom of that scam that scarred african-american cemeteries in

chicago. four people, the manager and three gravediggers, are charged with one count each of dismembering a human body. authorities claim they unearthed hundreds of corporations in a scheme to resell burial plots. they say some of the corpses were double stacked in existing graves. 2,000 families so far have come to the cemetery checking on the status of their loved ones, and authorities say they have made yet another disturbing find, 30 more missing graves. after barely scratching out gains yesterday stocks have landed mostly in the red. we go to new york for today's trading details. >> reporter: investors, they continued to pull back after the latest numbers on consumer sentiment looked fairly dismal showing weakness in the economy. that's adding to concerns that a significant economic recovery is further away than many had hoped. let's take a look at the

numbers. the dow industrial fell. the nasdaq edged up slightly and the s&p slid nearly half of 1%. oil prices are on the decline. oil producers chevron warned scanned quarter earnings will be worse than expected. chevron shares fell almost 3% on the news. the new general motors made its official debut as they exited from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. it was just six weeks after filing with the court. they are leaving with fewer brands, fewer dealerships and less debt. >> thank you. a florida mother just had twins and this is her third set. they arrived four days ago. they euro older brothers ages 7 and 2. they say this time mom was

praying to finally have a girl. finally. >> i was happy because i was like there's no way i'm going to have six boys. >> one of the older sons there are too many kids in the house now. >> new york police are looking into the theft of the replica of the statue of liberty which showed up on a shocking video of youtube. the owner of the coffee shop which displays the statue. it shows a blind headed statue being beheaded and slashed. the owner said she's scared after watching this video. she said the video is a clear imitation of terrorist videos. some california banks are saying no to the state's ious. california started to hand them out for tax refund and building

projects. lawmakers wanted time to bypass the budget. but some big banks said it's been long enough. the state said it would pay interest on the notes and redeem them by october 2nd. fans running of the bull today saw its first death in 14 years. this is what happened. a bull separated from the pack and charged a young spanish man. cameras show him tripping over other runners trying to get away from the bull. the bull gored him in the neck and lung as he tried to squeeze under a wooden fence. he died despite efforts of paramedics efforts. the last person gored to death was an american in 1995. we want your views on this. what do you think of the running of the bulls? exciting tradition or time to move on? call us right now on 1-877-8 35-5456 or go to cnn.com/hln. 1-

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police in florida are searching for three men in connection with an apparent home invasion that left a couple dead. eight children were found in that home just outside of pensacola. they were not hurt but they were found with the body of their parents. a relative said the couple had 16 children all together. some of those children are grown. 12 of those children were adopted. the suspects police are searching for are simply described as three men driving a red van. that's all. investigators say security camera caught the men leaving the property. it is a first for president obama as he continues his busy international schedule. the president had his first meeting with pope benedict xvi

at the vatican. they metaphor 30 minutes. they did address their differences on abortion. president obama handed the pontiff a letter from senator ted kennedy who is battling brain cancer. while our markets are improving, and we appear to have averted global collapse, we know too many people are still struggling, so we agree that full recovery is still a ways off. that it would be premature to begin winding down our stimulus plans and that we must sustain our support for those plans to lay the foundation for a strong and lasting recovery. the president's next stop is ghana, the g-8 set a golf raising $20 billion to try to help farmers in poor countries produce more food. senator roland burris will not run for the seat that now president obama vacated. you remember burris was appointed to fill that seat by

disgraced illinois governor rod blagojevich. he announced he'll not ask voters to elect him for a full term. the reason, the burden of raising money to pay for a campaign. >> political races have become far too expensive in this country. i'm making this decision -- i'm making this decision, i was called to choose between spending my time raising funds, or spending my time raising issues for my state. >> records show burris was only able to raise about $845 in the first quarter of this year and polls showed he has really very little voter support and some washington democrats basically treat him like he's radioactive. evidence mounts suggesting michael jackson had a very serious drug problem.

confidential court documents show jackson had at least 10 xanax a day habit he formed back in 2004. not only that, the documents obtained by cnn show he asked his employees to get the anti-anxiety and sleep aid under their names and jackson went to other doctors' offices in other states to get the pills. last night chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta described to erica hill how addictions spiral out of control. >> people start off taking a few, and they take more and more and they build up a tolerance. that's something that people are familiar with. you eventually get to a point where you're taking more and more. when we were studying addiction, one of the pain doctors told me he had a patient who took 80 vicodin a day. so you can get to that point. it is very, very rare, but it can happen. still can michael jackson's death been a homicide? l.a. police chief said he's not ruling anything out yet.

the jackson family told our sister network, cnn knows the probe could turn into a criminal case. >> are we dealing with homicide? are we dealing with a accidental overdose? we'll wait to see what the coroner comes back with. once he comes back with his determination we will be able to speak in a much clearer and open way what our course of action will be. >> toxicology results are expected back in a few weeks. the "new york post" is reporting jackson's body is in a temporary resting place. the jackson family is said to be divided over a burial at neverland ranch. the superstar could be buried there if santa barbara county okays it. so far officials say they have not been approached. meanwhile, jackson's hometown of gary, indiana, plans a memorial today. about 400 members of a church in northwestern indiana will be paying tribute. they have been practicing their thriller moves twice a day since monday and they certainly won't

be alone. a number of organizations in the area are taking part in the memorial as well. pretty big day. 40 days ago general motors went into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. today it emerged as a smaller company and you and your fellow taxpayers own about 60% of it. the ceo said the company will repay about $50 billion in government loans ahead of schedule. he's also promising that gm will build vehicles that you want to buy and get them into the market faster. the company is cutting about 450 executive positions and is expected to shed thousands of other jobs by the end the year. aig executives may still get millions of dollars in bonus papts. the woesh post is reporting the insurance company is asking the government to approve $2.4 million in scheduled bonuses. the obama administration has the

power to shoot down the request. aig owes another 235 million in retention bonuses for about another 400 employees. the company has received $180 billion in bailout funds. investigators are still trying to get to the bottom of that scam, that a historic african-american cemetery in chicago. four people, the manager of burr oaks cemetery, and three gravediggerser charged with one count each of dismembering a human body. authorities claim they unearthed hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots. they say some of those corpses were double stacked in existing graves. 2,000 families so far have come to that cemetery checking on the status of their loved ones. authorities say they have made yet another disturbing find. >> we found out about two days ago that myself, other people, we went into what's best described as a dilapidated garage, a lot of lawn care equipment, piles of things, and

in the corner of it is a casket. we went and opened it. there was wildlife living inside of it. we finally -- we very quickly came to the conclusion it was the original casket that emmett till was buried in. >> till was killed back in 1955 after reportedly whistling at a white woman during a visit to mississippi. images of his battered body helped spark the civil rights movement. he had been exhumed during an investigation of his death and reburied in a new casket. his family now wants that casket moved to a civil rights museum. that car that was smashed by a train in michigan yesterday. the young man driving the car had a suspended license. he and his four passengers were all killed. the 19-year-old man had a number of traffic violations, including speeding, also ignoring a stop

sign. that was back in january. police say the car skirted a railroad gate and then crossed in front of an amtrak train. that train was carrying more than 170 people. no one on the train was hurt. police haven't said if they think alcohol or maybe drugs were a factor. most years it's a popular tourist event. colorful but dangerous but today the running of the bulls in spain took a deadly turn.

spain's running of the bulls today saw its first death in 14 years. a bull separated from the pack and then charged a young spanish man. tv cameras showed him tripping

over other runners trying to get away from this bull. the bull gored him in the neck and lung as he tried to squeeze under a fence. he died despite efforts of paramedic. the last person gored to death was an american back in 1995. hln facebook users are weighing in on the running of the bulls. it seems exciting but not for me. i say run at your own risk. >> christopher says it's a tradition like mardi gras. should we not have that since people might get injured or killed? >> michael from louisiana says i'm in support of it especially considering sports in america and the deaths we have in football. who are we to speculate on someone else's culture. >> jeanne says i'm totally

against it. i think it's sadistic. thank you for your responses. british tabloids. they're known for being edgy and competitive. now one has gone as far as hacking into celebrities and politicians cell phones to dig for dirt. what have they done allegedly? "the guardian" a british newspaper, is accused a tabloid in the uk of accessing the private information of celebrities and politicians. here's the details. "the guardian" is the country's most popular sunday paper paid private investigators to obtain voice mail messages, private phone numbers, bank statements and other information for as

many as 3,000 public figures. such as george michael, jude law, and others. the newspaper reported this tabloid, which is owned by rupert murdoch, had illegally hacked into the mobile phones of hundreds of celebrities and politicians. apparently scotland yard the police were alerted. they launched an investigation and then just hours later said they didn't see such enevidence and they dropped the whole thing. that's where it stand right now. >> that is wild. quite an allegation. and just not, if it's true. >> listen to this. as you know, rupert murdoch owns here in the u.s., fox news, fox business news as well as the "wall street journal." he was interviewed on his own fox business news and he said i don't want to talk about it. >> smart man. >> right. exactly. >> very smart man.

let's talk about another celebrity. dennis leary. he's done something really nice for new york firefighters. >> absolutely. firefighters, firefighting is a cause near and dear to his heart. through his foundation, he has built a high rise simulator to help train firefighters in new york city. the building cost $4.2 million largely paid by leary's foundation. it's the very first high rise simulator in the u.s. the fire department said after september 11th they realized how difficult it is to fight a high rise fire to coordinate rescues when you're that high up. the simulator help firefighters deal with the difficulties of that kind of situation. we're talking very, very high temperatures, can be thousands of degrees. they use real smoke, real flames to train the firefighters. we're talking about doing rescues in the dark, elevator shafts, rooftop rescues, window

rescues. the fire department said this simulator, given that there's so many high rises in new york city is a very valuable training tool. >> you did say this is the first of its kind? >> yeah. isn't that amazing. it's hard to believe because we have so many high rise buildings in existence in this country. this will help them out. they can use it. check out the story at cnn.com. >> i hope they appreciate it. it was desperately needed. good for him for doing that. thanks, virginia. >> you bet. like amazing. we're just like you. african-american kids who say they were turned away from a private pool because their complexion. they are so hurt they're brought to tears. what they say they saw and heard.

more news is coming up. we'll give you a preview of right now what you can expect at the top of the hour. new details that loin add to the question was michael jackson addicted to prescription drugs.

investigators have uncovered new documents dating back to 2004. plus, last month, suspended cleveland brown's wide receiver pleaded guilty to dui manslaughter charges. now he's released before serving his full sentence. did you get that time frame? new information about two affairs that recently shocked the political world. did senator ensign's family pay off another family and did mark sanford skip out of a trade mission to see his mistress. a swim club near philadelphia is under investigation. the pennsylvania human rights commission is investigating whether a swim club told a group of kids not to come back because of their race. some of the kids with the creative steps daycare center said they heard white adults at the club making racist remarks the first time the kids visited the pool. the next day the president told the daycare center owner not to come back and returned a check the daycare gave the club. one of the kids who said he heard grown-ups making derogatory comments told susan

candiotti he was stunned and hurt. >> he was like why are these black kids here? then they're saying i'm afraid they might do something to my children. i don't know if they might try to steal some of my stuff and try to harm my children. like i was amazed that they would say something like this because we're just like you. like we're just like your kids. >> you know, marcus, i see tears coming down your face. why does this make you cry? >> because it's kind of like sad that like people were still thinking like this when i felt like these days were over. the club's president got more criticism when he told local television stations that the kids changed the face of the club. if you travel overseas, the president is getting hammered on

health care. a group of fiscally conservative democrats put the brakes on the health care reform bill andbill. last night the blue dogs met with democratic leaders about the concessions they're looking for. no deals were struck, though. democratic leaders are working feverishly to finalize the details. they delayed the rollout until next week. as of today, some banks in california are saying n-o to the state's ious. lawmakers wanted to buy some time to balance the budget. big banks like wells fargo and bank of america say it's been long enough. the state says it will pay interest on the notes and redeem them by october 2nd. listen to this. a hiker spent five days stranded in a cave on washington's mount tear. a fellow climber got hurt and a third climber went for help. a rescue chopper picked up the

injured hiker but bad weather meant it would take a little longer to rescue chilling. >> turned on the radio, and the rangers said the weather will turn back tomorrow, so you might be up there for three days. my heart sunk. i was like, you're kidding me. >> he endured four nights alone. he used everything in his emergency pack to stay warm. the next big one may be growing under california. scientists are seeing a spike in mysterious tremors at the san an tre asphalt. some say that stress could be building up faster than expected and that could lead to a major earthquake. we mean like the one in 1857, considered the strongest ever in the history of the u.s. you've seen them on talk shows, eminem's lap. what happened when bruno came face to face with an alleged terrorist? >> the king osama looks like a

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