the end or a fresh start, sarah palin steps down as governor of alaska. what you're saying about what she's done and what she plans to do now. plus, an 8-year-old idaho boy vanishes as the fbi joins the effort to find him. what we're learning about the last time robert manuel was seen last seen. and imagine being arrested for being awol when you were never in the military. i'm richelle carey. welcome hln news and views. thanks for your time. well, the white house says president obama will meet this week with harvard professor henry louis gates and james crowley. gates' arrest for disorderly

conduct sparked a national debate on racial profiling. the white house isn't saying what day this meeting will happen. the president says that both men overreacted and he wants to cool things off. it started after sergeant james crowley arrested henry gates jr. for disorderly conduct. gates was forcing open a jammed door at his own home. crowley says he's glad the president got involved. >> are you satisfied with how the president handled this? >> yes. >> you are? what about that -- what about the beer? are you going to -- are you going up to the vineyard? >> i don't know. >> well, the vineyard is martha's vineyard. that's where the president's family will be vacationing in august. the president initially said the police acted stupidly in arresting gates, the white house now says he didn't realize his words had such impact. crowley said he charged gates because he was belligerent and wouldn't stop yelling at him.

gates said the cop harassed him because he was black and actually the cambridge police department is now holding a press conference. let's listen in right now. >> -- forward. the mayor, mayor simmons, commissioner, and i are pleased to announce that the city has taken significant steps toward that end. last thursday, the commissioner announced that a group of nationally recognized experts would be organized to help us determine what lessons can be learned from that incident. since then, we have asked robert and chuck wexler to convene a committee to facilitate an analysis and develop recommendations that the department can use as guidance in the future. the mission of this committee is larger than a mere investigation into the events of july 16th. while it is important for the committee to understand those events, this committee will not be conducting an internal

investigation, nor will it make any official judgment on the actions of the offices in the department. rather, the committee will identify lessons to be taken from the circumstances surrounding the incident and how those lessons can be applied to the policies, practices, and training programs of the cambridge police department. it will examine the organization of the cambridge police department, its current policies, and its relationships with all parts of the cambridge community. the scope of the committee's work will include identifying learning points about the interaction between residents and the police, by examining the policies and training, approaches to conflict resolution and strategies to diffuse difficult situations. gauging the spectrum of views and concerns held by the public as well as offices through focus group meetings with the diverse

segment of the larger cambridge community and offices representing a wide range of ranks and assignments. identifying areas with a department can enhance its operations to handle similar incidents in the future in the best possible way. assessing how issues of race and perceptions can impact on daily encounters between the police and community members. produced findings and presenting best practices to the cambridge police department and the entire law enforcement community of this nation. bob is chairman of the strategic policy partnership and worked extensively with the federal government and many local law enforcement agencies on the issues of police strategy, diversity, and management. i have known bob for some years as he has assisted many government executives to address complex issues facing policing in an urban community.

he is a nationally recognized leader in organizational issues and has national respect. i have asked chuck wexler, the executive director of the police executive research forum to chair this committee. chuck is no stranger to cambridge. i have known chuck for some 20 years. and chuck has worked with me and the city of cambridge over that time. he is a native of boston and earned his bachelor's degree at boston university and at m.i.t. perf has a -- >> you've been listening to robert healy, the city manager for cambridge, and the president said he wanted this to be a teachable moment. it seems like the city manager of cambridge does, as well. he says that they're going to be putting together a committee not really as an internal

investigation of what happened between sergeant crowley and professor gates, but really to try to figure out ways for the police department to better relate to the community. he talked about focus groups, conflicts resolution, and he talked about relating to diverse groups within the community. so that's what the city of cambridge is talking about right now. streaming this live on cnn.com if you want to continue to listen to the city manager. but again, maybe a teachable moment. and there's also another new detail coming out about this. the woman who reported the possible break-in at the gates' home insists she never told police that the men involved were black. a lawyer for whalen said the woman only saw two men from behind, and she didn't know the race. her lawyer says she wants to correct the record that she is not a white woman and she is not a neighbor. she's portuguese and she works in the area. okay, now, gates was out of town over the weekend, someone put large angry signs on his lawn.

they accused him of racism. the signs were removed after a few hours. so that's a wrap-up of where things stand right now. another big story today, former vice presidential candidate sarah palin has officially stepped down as governor of alaska. palin talked about how much she loves her state and also looked back at her accomplishments in office. also lashed out at her critics and the media. >> you represent what could and should be a respected honest profession that could and should be a corner stone of our democracy. democracy depends on you. and that is why, that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about in honor of the american soldier you quit making things up. >> her lieutenant governor is now the governor of alaska, palin left office 17 months before the end of the term. we want your views on this.

do you think that sarah palin made the right move? or did she abandon her state? this is how you can get your views to us. you can call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln, you can e-mail  us at cnn.com/hln. there's also a link there on that page, you can post your comments there and also text us, text the words views plus your comments to hln tv, standard text rates apply, and we'll be airing your responses throughout the day. be respectful, but go ahead and bring it, that's why we're asking. all right, the u.s. and china start a new dialogue. this is really an effort to make our -- president barack obama, secretary of state hillary clinton, and various chinese officials will discuss the global economic crisis, climate change, human rights, and nuclear proliferation, among other issues, during the start of the two-day meeting, president obama predicted the relationship between the u.s. and china would shape the 21st century. fbi agents have joined the search for a missing idaho boy.

authorities say 8-year-old robert manuel vanished sometime friday night around 9:30 p.m. local time after leaving his home. they think he may have been headed to a party at a friend's house. >> somebody seen him, you know, please, please call the police. all we want is our little boy back. >> well, police are planning to drain a bond at the boy's apartment complex, but so far extensive efforts by search and rescue crews have turned up nothing. and hln's own nancy grace is working the latest developments to find missing 8-year-old robert manuel tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. lance armstrong crossed a familiar finish line yesterday, but for once, it wasn't as a winner. >> i wanted to come in first. but sometimes in sports there's somebody that's better. >> what he's saying about his

third place showing in his comeback tour de france.

astronauts are wrapping up some loose ends, literally at the international space station. two members of the crew were on a space walk. so far they had sailed through their tasks without a hitch. live pictures right now. they fixed a piece of insulation that popped out of place on a robot arm. christopher cassidy and thomas also reworked some power cables and tv cameras on a just finished japanese lab. the crew installed the final piece of it earlier and the mission, the shuttle will undock from the iss tomorrow. he finished in third, but lance armstrong said he did pretty well for someone his age. armstrong watched a teammate snatch the yellow jersey and the tour de france, it was his

comeback race. but he told sanjay gupta he is not bitter about losing out. >> coming in first, is that something you thought about? something you care? do you care if you come in first or not? >> well, i wanted to come in first. but sometimes in sports there's somebody that's better. and i was that guy for seven years. and i never understood what it felt like to get second or third. i'm 38 now and you race guys that are 24, 25, or 26 in their path, they're strong. they have acceleration. they have all of the things that you had at that age. and you get third. that's what's the great thing about the tour, is that the best man always wins. >> contador won the 2007 race. he said he'd race for his new u.s. team next year. police in atlanta say they don't have any suspects in the

killing of boxer vernon forrest. they say the former champion was shot to death saturday night and it was during a robbery. they say a man snatched his wallet at a gas station, and the man started shooting. he was hit several times in the back and legs, turned to pro boxing after the barcelona olympics when he was on the u.s. boxing team with oscar de la hoya. there's been an arrest in a former american idol contestant. yesterday, they arrested and charged a has been, you may remember cohen's audition last year. it became such a hit on the web, she tried again this past season. she was just 25. a second chicago area cemetery's being investigated after a human bone was found lying on the ground friday. the owner denies any wrong doing. the cemetery's facing a lawsuit from a family for allegedly

reselling a plot where two relatives were buried. and recently workers at another cemetery were charged with double stacking bodies and running a scheme to resell plots. atlanta police are investigating a suspicious package. this is happening all right now. all southbound lanes of interstate 75, 85 in downtown are shut down because of this. you can see these are some live pictures right now, officials trying to figure out what in the world was going on. this package was found under a bridge. again, this is a major, major interstate in atlanta. we'll bring you more on this. the system as we get it, but this is causing a lot of problems. no health insurance, no money, no problem. the health care free for all that brought bus loads of people to one tiny town.

a seattle man's vacation did not have a happy ending. he was stopped at the airport, detained for two weeks and his head was shaved for deserting the army. the problem is, wait for it, wait for it, he was never in the military. chris park says he almost signed up about ten years ago but he backed out at the last minute. >> how paperwork could've got messed up enough to say -- and i was actually -- it said i was in there for two years before they finally figured out that i wasn't and started counting me

as a deserter. >> park says he hasn't gotten a full explanation, but he thinks the recruiter never processed the paperwork to deenlist him. he says this whole thing cost him about $1,500 plus lost time at work, so now he carries documents to prove he is not a deserter. the gop is saying not so fast when it comes to overhauling your health care. senate republicans and some democrats argue no bill will pass without at least a few republican votes. and they feel pushed away from the bargaining table. they say that the current plan is too expensive and gives the government too big of a role. >> this is is not personal against the president. i like the president. but he's out of control, and he's been leading a stampede of more spending and debt and taxes and government takeovers. he's taken a bad economy and made it worse. >> it's not a question of rush, it's a question of the american people who have been waiting a very long time for health insurance that gives them

confidence if they have a preexisting condition or if they lose their job or change their job, or start a business that they will have health insurance. and i take this bill to the floor. it will win. but we will move forward, this will happen. >> speaker nancy pelosi says she has the votes in the house to pass the bill now. but the senate has told the president its version won't be ready until the fall. and health care reform can't happen fast enough for hundreds of people in virginia. they stood in line all weekend for a chance to see a doctor or a dentist. wjhl takes us to the annual weiss county remote medical clinic. >> 265, 266 -- >> reporter: before dawn, hundreds of people wait for their number to be called. >> i got here about 9:00 last night, and i'm 790. >> for many, camping out was necessary.

by sunrise, tickets were gone. >> at midnight and 1,029. >> reporter: worked with them for years. >> i'm seeing each clinic becoming larger. >> and without these clinics. >> wouldn't get what i needed. be without. >> i wouldn't be getting no glasses. >> it's not your typical doctors office here with tents and trailers spread out around a fairgrounds, but this weekend, about 1,600 patients each day will be served, at least 1,100 pairs of glasses will be given out, dentures, and over 3,000 teeth will be taken out behind me. volunteers give their time and supplies. >> a set of dentures in my practice is about $2,500, that's a pretty good sum of free work when you consider the lab's donating their part of it too. >> because people need it. >> it blows my mind how many

people are here who don't have medical care. >> reporter: and so volunteers share what they can. >> that feeling when you're driving home from wherever it is, and that's 1,000 people that are seeing sharper than they were earlier. we're all feeling the pinch in this shaky economy. hln money expert clark howard is here to help you. so log on to cnn.com/clark, submit your i-report, you might be selected to be profiled on our network and get valuable advice from america's money coach. some day bingo the bee and his mascot buddies will be able to laugh about what happened to him the other night. right now it still smarts. bingo is supposed to do a dance every time the mets land a run. bingo went to hop the right-field fence, well, you see. and the replay and the replay and the replay. double and triple ouch. and as you might imagine, it has become a youtube sensation.

now that sarah palin's resigned as alaska's governor, we're asking if you think it was a smart move. your views on her future and her parting shot.

the white house says president obama will meet this week with harvard professor henry louis gates in cambridge, massachusetts police officer james crowley. officials applaud the move and they're making a move of their own. they're setting up a new committee to advise police on racial issues. they made that announcement live a little bit ago. the committee will not specifically investigate the confrontation between gates and crowley. the city will also be releasing the tapes of the 911 call that sent police to the gates' home in the first place. >> i'm grateful for the president's comments and willingness to sit down with

professor gates and sergeant crowley, but in terms of the release of the tapes, no, i think the messages just as, i think, professor gates has said as the president has said as the parties here are saying, it's time to move forward, look at lessons learned and go from there. i hope that they enjoy their beer at the white house. >> all right. and we hope to have some of those 911 tapes for you in just a moment. and more on the tapes. the woman who reported the possible break-in at the gates home. and says she never told police the men involved were black. a lawyer for whalen says the woman only saw the two men from behind, she didn't know their race. her lawyer says she wants to correct the record, she is not a white woman, she's not a neighbor, she's portuguese, she works in the area. and while gates is out of town over the weekend, someone put large angry signs on the lawn, they accused gates of racism, the signs were removed after a

few hours. we hope to have the tapes for you shortly. atlanta police right now investigating a suspicious package. these are live pictures, this is a really, really busy area in atlanta. these are the southbound lanes of interstate 75 and 85 downtown, they are really pretty much shut down, the package was found under a bridge. this is creating, as you can imagine, a traffic nightmare. i teold you what a busy area ths is. as we get more information on what they found, we'll bring you some -- bring that to you. a deal could soon be announced to give permanent custody of michael jackson's three children to his mother, katherine, that's the word from her lawyer. right now she has temporary custody of prince michael, but first paris and prince michael ii, her lawyer told nbc "today" show, there's been too much speculation about whether debbie rowe will try to take the two older kids. >> we have been working on an agreement.

and i want to say that the parties have been very responsible. debbie rowe, her lawyers, mrs. jackson, they've been very thoughtful, very caring and very prudent. and we do believe that we're close to reaching an agreement and this swirling speculation is just swirling speculation. the agreement about custody is not a money issue. michael and mrs. debbie rowe had their agreement prior to his passing, that is not on the table, and that is not what we're dealing with. and despite the public inquiries, that's not what's happening. >> he went on to say that katherine jackson was regularly in touch with michael and stayed involved in his business over the years. fbi agents have joined the search for a missing idaho boy. 8-year-old robert manuel vanished sometime friday night around maybe 9:30 local time, shortly after he left his house, and they think he may have been headed to a party at a friend's house. >> somebody seen him, you know,

please, please call the police. all we want is for our little boy back. >> well, police are planning to drain a pond at the boy's apartment complex, but so far, extensive efforts by search and rescue crews have turned up nothing. and hln's own nancy grace is working the latest developments to find missing 8-year-old robert manwill, tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. new york state police are trying to find out how a mom in a minivan loaded with kids wound up going the wrong direction on a parkway causing a deadly crash. the woman, her daughter, and her three nieces were all killed when her minivan crashed head on into an suv and that minivan burst into flames. also three people in the suv were killed. and somehow, the woman's 5-year-old son survived but suffered severe head trauma. >> it was a horrific scene altogether, i've been with the state police for 24 years and never seen anything like this.

hopefully we'll be able to come to some sort of determination why this person went through the parkway the wrong way. >> and it was the second wrong way crash on that parkway yesterday. five people were hurt in that earlier crash. octomom's trying to finalize a deal that will have all of her 14 kids raking in some cash as reality tv stars. if approved by a judge, each child would earn $250 each day of filming over the next three years. 36 days in the first year, 21 in the second, and 14 in year three. for a combined salary of, we've done the math for you, roughly $250,000. this afternoon, she will be in a court to fight a lawsuit. suleman says she has the right to make decisions for her children. north korea now says it's open to new dialogue over its nuclear weapons program. the statement appears to hint at direct talks with the u.s.,

which washington has resisted. and this is is after last week's somewhat nasty exchange for the secretary of state when hillary clinton said north korea didn't have any friends left, is acting like a small child demanding attention. north korea responded by calling clinton a funny lady with no etiquette. also said six-party talks are dead, but yesterday clinton still insisted multilateral talks are still the best way to engage pyongyang. iran, which israel considers the biggest threat to its security dominated the talks and told gates his country is taking no option off the table when it comes to iran's nuclear program suggesting a military strike is not out of the question. last week, u.s. and israel conducted a joint missile defense test against a possible iranian strike. israel and iran have made repeated threats against each other.

the u.s. has acknowledged israeli concerns and wants to give diplomacy just some more time. >> i think we are in full agreement on the negative consequences of iran obtaining this kind of a capability. i think we are also agreed that it is important to take every opportunity to try and persuade the iranians to reconsider what is actually in their own security interest. >> gates also said the u.s. offer to engage iran was not open ended. he said president obama wants a response from tehran in the next couple of months. and secretary of state hillary clinton is explaining a comment by vice president joe biden. he was talking about russia, and the "wall street journal" quoted biden as saying they have a shrinking population base. they have a withering economy, they have a banking sector and structure that is not likely to be able to withstand the next 15 years.

okay, so clinton says biden did not mean the u.s. has the upper hand with russia. >> no, and i don't think that's at all what the vice president meant. there are certain issues that russia has to deal with on its own. and we want to make clear that as we reset our relationship, we are very clearly not saying that russia can have a 21st century spear of influence in eastern europe. >> clinton says the u.s. used russia as a great power, but doesn't want to see it dominate eastern europe the way the soviet union did. another suburban chicago cemetery could now be a crime scene. what triggered this investigation? and what authorities are looking for now.

welcome back. an oklahoma man is charged with gunning down two sheriff's deputies. authorities say he opened fire yesterday when the officers were just trying to serve him with a domestic abuse warrant. now he is charged with first-degree murder. a witness says the deputies were shot when they kicked open the door of the home. >> they said you've got two seconds to open the door and kick the door in open, and the guy was sitting there waiting on him. >> a woman who was standing in her yard across the street was also hit by gunfire and she is in serious condition. thousands of people stormed a small virginia town this weekend to get free health care. some people even came from other states and camped out for days in advance. the first woman in line was a woman from tennessee who says she can't get insurance because she only makes $6.55 an hour.

the annual event by remote area medical clinic, it offers free care to anybody who shows up. >> wouldn't get what i needed. >> be without. >> i wouldn't be getting no glasses. >> wow, an event organizer says more than 1,600 people showed up on friday alone. a second chicago area cemetery is being investigated. seconds after a human bone was found lying on the ground friday, the owner denies any wrong doing, the cemetery is already facing a lawsuit from a family for allegedly reselling a plot where two relatives are buried. and, of course, recently you'll remember workers at another chicago-area cemetery were charged with double stacking bodies and running a scheme to resell plots. listen to this story, a seattle man's vacation did not have a happy ending. he was stopped at an airport detained for two weeks and his head was shaved for deserting

the army. this is the problem, he was never in the military. chris parks said he almost signed up ten years ago but he backed out at the last minute. >> how paperwork could've gotten messed up enough to say i was in the military and had made it there and i was actually, it says i was in there for two years before they finally figured out i wasn't and started counting me as a deserter. >> parks says he hasn't gotten a full explanation, but he's thinking that the recruiter never processed the paperwork to deenlist him. he said it cost him about $1,300, and now he carries documents to prove i'm not a deserter. sarah palin is is no longer governor of alaska. she left office yesterday, she took some shots at democrats, environmentalists, the media, and hollywood. we'll tell you what she said and what's maybe next for her. >> thank you so much.

sarah palin is beginning a new chapter as a private citizen. she stepped down yesterday as alaska governor and as candy crowley reports she recollects didn't do it quietly.

>> reporter: she is a one-woman sound bite machine. >> by the way, hollywood needs to know we eat, therefore we hunt. >> reporter: a warning from the moose-hunting fish-catching sarah palin that hollywood wants to take away the right to bear arms, an unexpected topic for a farewell speech as palin handed over the alaska governorship, the wear, tear, and resentments of a year on the big stage were evident. her parting words, a parting shot at the media. >> so how about in honor of the american soldier you quit making things up. >> sarah palin's farewell as a three-day rolling picnic surrounded by supporters dreaming big. >> if we get a woman president, let it be her. she's a real woman, she knows about what a woman is supposed to be, she's pro-life,

pro-family, pro-woman. >> reporter: it was not all friendly going, palin has lost some of her light in alaska, and a lot of it on the national stage. >> she abandoned her state in the middle of a term. they didn't ask for her to run. >> reporter: the latest abc washington post poll found that 53% of americans view palin negatively, 40% see her positively. worse, 4 in 10 republicans don't think palin understands complex issues. still, she wouldn't be the first politician to rehabilitate herself, and it's clear while she's handing over the governor's chair, she's not relinquishing the microphone. >> no, with this decision now, i will be able to fight even harder for you for what is right and for truth. >> reporter: palin's writing a book, she says she'll help other candidates, she'll give speeches, and one of her first post governor events is at the ronald reagan library in california. she could make good money doing all of that, she could also be on a path, that leads to 2012.

it's called keeping your options open. >> because i asked for that about five minutes ago. and you know what to know what she said? she said i don't know with her little smirk. >> reporter: one thing is clear, sarah palin private citizen sounds a lot like sarah palin politician. >> and one other thing for the media, our new governor has a very nice family too, so leave his kids alone. >> reporter: exit stage right, but definitely don't fade to black. candy crowley, cnn, washington. all right, we told you about this cambridge police department has just released 911 recordings, also police transmissions on the arrest of harvard professor henry gates. this happened last week at his home. the police commissioner says the tapes speak for themselves. let's give you some background, gates supporters call the arrest by sergeant james crowley an outrageous act of racial profiling. crowley supporters say gates was

belligerent, race was not a factor. it was a neighbor who called police reporting a possible break-in at the gates' home. got all of the background. let's listen now. >> the exact location of your emergency. >> hi, i'm -- the house number is 17. >> 17. >> okay, your cell phone cut out. what's the address again? >> sorry. it says 7 ware. >> the emergency is at 7 ware street, right. >> well 17, i'm sorry, some other woman was talking next to me but it's 1717 ware street. >> what's the number you're calling me from? >> my cell phone number. >> tell me exactly what happened. >> i don't know what's happening, i just had another woman standing here and she had noticed two gentlemen trying to get into a house at that number, 17 ware street, and they --

>> control to car one. >> car. they -- >> respondent 17 ware street for a possible beating in progress. two men made their way into the home and have two cases. stand by. trying to get further. >> what's the exact location of your emergency? >> hi. i live on a street in cambridge and the house number is 17 ware street. >> ma'am, your cell phone cut out. what's the number again? >> it's 17 ware street.

>> at 17, 1-7, ware street. >> what cell phone number are you calling me from? >> from myself phone number. >> what is the problem? >> i have an older woman standing here and she noticed two older men get in the house at that number, 17 ware street, and they kind of barged in and broke the screen door and finally got in. when i looked, i went further closer to the house and i noticed two suitcases. i'm not sure if these are two individuals that actually live there. >> do you think they might have been breaking in. >> i have no idea. >> do you think there's a possibility that he might have been there? did they kick the door in. >> no, they were pushing the door in, like a screen -- part of the front door was cut. >> how did they get through the

lock box? >> i didn't see the key because -- >> you've been listening to some of the 911 call that a woman made to the cambridge police department and we'll discuss more.

the plirs have police have released the 911 tapes and his attorney says that the tape also speak for themselves. sergeant crowley supporters think that he was belligerent and race was not a factor. it was a neighbor walking by that reported the break-in at the gates home. take a listen. >> i don't know what's happening. i just heard an older woman standing here and she noticed two gentlemen trying to get in her house at that number 17 ware

street and they it looked like it was further closer to them. >> >> in progress, try to get further. >> 17 ware street. >> what is the exact location of your emergency. the house number is 17 ware street. >> ma'am, your cell phone cut out. what's the address again? >> sorry.

it's 17 ware, w-a-r-e street. sorry, another woman is talking next to me. it's 17 ware street. >> what number are you calling me from? >> my cell phone. >> and what exactly is happening. >> i don't know what is happening. an older woman is standing here and she noticed two gentlemen trying to get into that house at 17 ware street and they kind of barged in and brokethe screen door and finally got in. but when they got further closer to the house a little bit, i noticed two suitcases. so i'm not sure if these are two individuals who actually worked there, i mean, who lived there. >> you think they were trying to break in? >> i have don't know. i have no idea. >> do you think it's a possibility that they -- did they kick the door in? >> no, they were pushing the door in, like a screen, part of

the front door was kind of like cut i didn't see a key or anything because i was a little bit away from the door. but i noticed that they pushed their -- >> what does this have to do with anything? >> i don't know. that's just what i saw. >> i take it you got broke into? >> no, it's just the first floor. it's 17 ware street. it's a house. a yellow house. number 17. i don't know if they live there and just had a hard time their key but i noticed that they tried to use their soldier to get n i don't know if they had a key or not because ip couldn't see from that angle. but when i looked closer -- >> are they still in the house? >> they are still in the house, yeah. black or hispanic? >> well, they were two larger men, one looked kind of hispanic but i'm not sure.

i just saw her from a distance and this older woman was worried thinking someone is breaking in someone's house, they have been barging in. and she interrupted me and that's when i noticed otherwise i wouldn't have noticed it at all, to be honest with you. i was just calling because she was a concerned neighbor, i guess. >> okay. are you standing outside? >> i'm standing outside, yes. >> what's your name? >> my name is -- >> i don't want your name. >> all right. i guess i'll leave. >> and there you have it. that's the 911 tape made on that sunny sunday in cambridge, massachusetts, when what looked to a couple of passers by, the home of a very famous college professor at harvard university. james crowley is a veteran police sergeant.

his exchange with the dispatcher after he received a call after he engaged professor is also going to be made public, we think, and probably today we're going to play that as well. meanwhile, the white house says that the president will meet this week with cambridge officer james crowley. cambridge city officials applaud the move. they are making some of their own as well, setting up a new committee to advise police on racial issues. they will not specifically investigate the confrontation between sergeant gates and sergeant crowley. >> what you hear is an important occasion and one we will return for the city and city residents. we will come out a more unified community. >> gates was out of town over the weekend and someone put up a large angry sign, one accusing

him of racism. the signs were removed after a few hours. >> sarah palin has officially stepped down as governor of alaska. in her farewell address yesterday she talked about how much she loves her state and looks back at her accomplishments in office and talked about her critics and the median. >> democracy depends on you and that is why -- that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about you quit making things up. >> now the governor of alaska, sean parnell. what is next for sarah palin?

call us or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or simply text views and plus your comments and views to hlntv. we'll air your responses throughout the day. >> new york state police are trying to figure out how a woman going the wrong way caused a deadly crash. the woman, her daughter, and three nieces were all killed when her minivan crashed head on into an suv. three people in the suv were also killed. the woman's son who was 5 also survived but suffered severe head trauma. >> i've never seen anything like this. it was the second wrong way crash. five people were hurt in an earlier crash. a deal could be announced soon to get permanent custody of michael jackson's three children

to katherine jackson. she has temporary custody and her lawyer told the nbc today show that there's been too much speculation in the media about whether debbie rowe will try to take the two older kids. >> michael trusted her dearly and was supportive and was the the most trusted person in the entire world notwithstanding what happened in 2002 and she's the most fit from a legal standpoint. judge sonia sotomayor will get some republican votes in the senate but not from jeff sessions of alabama, the ranking member of the minority leader of

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welcome back. the cambridge police department has released the police transmissions on the harvard professor henry lewis gates at his home a week and a day ago. the tapes speak for themselves. the sergeant who arrested him will be meeting both of them soon, perhaps this week at the white house. let's get the latest on the tapes. the release of the 911 tapes and the police radio transmissions from the day that professor gates was arrested. let's take a quick listen to a portion of the 911 calls. this was from lucille and we're going to pick up this call about

1:45 into the call to the emergency dispatcher. >> i don't know if they live there or had a hard time with their key. i noticed that they tried to use a shoulder to barge in. i don't know if they had a key or not because i couldn't see from my angle. when i looked closer, that's when i saw -- >> black or hispanic? >> um -- >> are they still in the house? >> they are still in the house, yeah, i believe. >> and what is the -- >> there were two larger men. one looked kind of hispanic, but i'm not really sure. and the other one entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all. i just saw him from a distance and this older woman was worried. >> and why was that significant? the woman's attorney says that she's been personally devastated because of being characterized

as racist. clearly there's no mention of the dispatcher saying white, black, or hispanic and you heard her response there. police, meantime, in cambridge says that this tape speaks for themselves. that the radio transmission tape speaks for itself as well. they are also -- they also announced that they are forming a committee not to investigate this incident but rather, chuck, to take a look at what lessons can be learned from the situation, chuck. >> any chance we're going to hear sergeant crowley's tapes speaking as the dispatcher? >> yes, you will. i can tell you from the radio transmission tapes that you can hear the sergeant will have to clarify again. we are just getting the tapes and the police will have to go through them. are these tapes going to resolve the situation in your mind? and what they said was, look, the situation is not going to be resolved because there's the

need for more dialogue. obviously these are highly emotional, highly charged issues that we're talking about when it comes to law enforcement and minority population and but what they hope is that they can at least clear the air somewhat with the release of the tapes. >> elaine, thanks. we'll hear from you and about the tapes again. >> octomom is trying to finalize a deal that would have all of her 14 kids breaking in. every child would earn $250,000. suleman will ask to assign a guardian to her kids. she says she has the right to make the decisions for her children. it was a home coming that was a nightmare. the story of a man being

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waiting on him. >> the woman was standing in the yard across the street. she is listed in serious condition. >> fbi agents have joined the search for a missing idaho boy. 8-year-old robert manuel disappeared at 9:30 local time just leaving his home. they think he may have been heading to a party at a friends' house. >> somebody seen him, please, please call the police. we want the boy back. >> so far, extensive searches have turned up nothing. stopped at the airport and detained for two weeks and his head was shaved for desserting the army. the problem is, he was never in the military. he almost signed up ten years ago, but he backed out at the last minute. >> how the paperwork could have gotten messed up enough to say that i was actually in the military and had made it there and actually it says that i was in there for two years before

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cambridge mass, massachusetts police released the tapes of the 911 and officer gates was under arrest and in handcuffs and the call came from a woman identified as lucille wayland who reported as two men possibly breaking into the house. take a listen. >> i don't know if they live there and had a hard time with their key but i did notice that they had to use their shoulders to try to get in. i don't know if they had a key or not because i couldn't see from my angle. when i looked closely, that's what i saw. >> are they still in the house? >> they are still in the house i

believe, yeah. >> there were two larger men. i'm not really sure. the other one entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all. i just saw him from a distance and this older woman was worried, he had been barging in, and she interrupted me and that's when i noticed it. i probably wouldn't have noticed it at all, to be honest with you. she was a concerned neighbor, i guess. >> are you standing outside? >> i'm standing outside, yeah. >> okay. what's your name? >> yeah, my name is -- >> all right. they are on their way. >> okay. i guess i will wait. >> and, of course, the professor gates out of town this past weekend, someone put a couple of large angry signs on and a deal

could soon be announced for michael jackson's three children to be given to his mother katherine. right now she has custody of the three children. her lawyer and debbie rowe will try to take the two older kids. and they have been very thoughtful, very carrying, and with the growing speculation, the agreement about custody is not a money issue. michael and debbie rowe had their agreement prior to his passing. that is not on the tape. that's not what we're dealing with despite the public inquiries, that is not what is happening. >> katherine says that she

stayed in touch with jackson over the years. >> judge sonia sotomayor and the commission tomorrow he will not and the temptation of resisting an activist. john cornyn say that they will vote against the first latina nominee of the high bench. they will take up the nominee of sonia sotomayor next week. local media report and all clear after a suspicious package found under a busy highway bridge. right on what they call a heart of atlanta. police say southbound laneses of 7585 have been reopened. the bomb squad has inspected the package. the freeway connector was shut down. we'll bring you more information

as we get it. a mom in a minute vee van was feeling sick just before she caused a deadly crash. her daughter and herself and three nieces were all killed three people in the suv were also killed. she called her brother two hours before and she said that she was feeling ill. baltimore police say tit for tat gang-related shootings left more than a dozen people wounded and two dead. it all happened when there was a

walk-in cookout. a two yearly girl and a pregnant man were among the victims hit. hours later, four men were shot and three separate shoot information that neighborhood. two of them were killed and police blamed gangs and drugs. >> the former champion was shot to death during a robbery. the man snatched his wallet and then the man started shooting. and on the team with oscar day la jolla. and a message for china, we're in this together. a large team of diplomats is in washington for two days of talks. they will cover claim mate change, and north korea's nuclear weapons. the president says that the u.s. relationship with beijing will shape the 21 stp century.

he's confident that the two countries can find the common ground despite their differences. >> our nation is made up of immigrants from every part of the world. we have protected our unity and struggle to protect our union by extending basic rights to all of them. these are not things that we seek to impose. these are who we are. >> hoil clinton joined as the leading delegation. officially stepping down as governor of alaska in the farewell address, she talks about how much she loves her state and looks back at her accomplishments in office. she lashed out at critics and the media. >> you represent what could and should be a cornerstone of our

democracy. democracy depends on you. and that is why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about in honor of the american soldier you quit making things up. >> you no the governor of alaska, palin left at the end of her term. what do you think about that? did she make the right move or abandon her state? give us a call toll free. e-mail address is cnn.com/hln. we're going to air your responses all day today. astronauts have finished their fifth spacewalk at the international space station. they've wrapped up loose ends, literally wrapping up loose

ends. sick of riding around in that old beater of yours and paying out the tailpipe because of bad mileage? the government has a deal though you have to act quickly.

well, you can certainly deem this good news in a bad economy but you're going to have to act pretty fast. beginning today you can get $4500, as much as, to turn your car in for a more fuel-efficient

one. the clunker can only get 18 -- i love that. let's play that often. if your old beater is worth 1,000 bucks, you'd save 3500 to $45 machine. that's a great deal. and long targeted by the industry, folks are anxious to start grabbing at the natural resources buried therein and the water itself, not the oil potentially underneath it. it's getting a lot of clicks. go to cnn.com/live. melissa, hi. >> we're talking about harvesting energy that could be in the ocean, chuck. a possibility of four to ten power plants. read more at cnn.com right now. florida's development is outpacing the energy production. so the idea is to use the power

and a lot of power and and in the early stages of making a sustainable process that is possible. they would use golf tournaments for generating energy. and 3 million homes. and shipping operations as well by next spring we could have a current pilot program in the works to test. turbines. chuck? >> i don't see why it wouldn't work. pollution in china, apparently it's improving. it's not always great news for the chinese. let's update. >> this is a story we were doing a few years ago and the months leading up to the olympics. now they are looking up in the city of beijing and they are seeing something that they haven't seen regularly. blue skies. in fact, the governor, of

course, reports that there are a number of so-called blue skies this year. it took years and hundreds and millions of dollars and really severe restrictions on vehicle use leading up to the game. they had a temporary shut down and now the economy because of the recession. many of those factories have not been functioning since last year so you have cleaner skies that are truly evidence. but cleaner skies are relevant because if you look at u.s. standards the air quality tla in beijing would not meet our standards when they do the assessment on their skies. you can read more at cnn.com. >> yeah, remember the birds nest. his trip went well.

the octomom is trying to finalize a deal that would have all of her 14 kids raking in cash as reality tv stars.

if approved by the judge, each child would earn $250 apiece for every day of filming over the next three years. 36 days and the first year, 21 the second and 14 in year three and a combined salary of roughly $250,000. today nadya suleman will be in a courtroom fighting a lawsuit that asks a superior court judge to assign a guardian for her kids. she says she has the right to make the decisions for her own children. >> an interesting look at how often gay characters are showing up on tv. a new report from the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation says that you are seeing them on hbo. 42% of the original primetime shows have gay and lesbian bisexual or transgender characters. abc and cbs have the lowest scores. secretary of state hillary clinton is explaining a comment made by joe biden. he says that they have a shrinking economy base and withering economy and a banking sector and structure that is not

likely to be able to withstand the next 15 years. >> biden did not mean to say that the u.s. has the upper hand with russia. >> i don't know that's at all what the vice president meant. there are certain issues that russia has to deal with on its own and we want to make sure that as we have our relationship, we are very clearly not saying that russia can have a 21st century spare of influence in eastern europe and they don't want to see them dominate the way that old soviet union did. >> camping out along the country's border, zel lie yeah wants to return to his province. if he returns, he claims that the interim government claims that he, zelaya, violated the

constitution. charged with first-degree murder, a witness said that the deputies were shot when they kicked open the door of the home. >> i said, you've got two seconds to open the door and kick the doosh open and this guy was sitting there waiting on him. >> the woman passing by was also hit by gunfire. >> these birds were reportedly forced to fight each other. forced to fight. connecticut police arrested 19 people who were allegedly part of a bird fighting ring. police say they took 150 birds yesterday from a house where the fighting was going on the suspects are facing illegal gam lelg charges. a furniture store goes up in flames in bremerton, washington, right on puget sound, about 50 miles outside of seattle. firefighters tried to save the

store but the fire spread to the roof causing smoke and water damage to the furniture. no injuries, thankfully. there's been no word yet on a cause. fbi agents have joined in the search for a missing boy that vanished around 9:30 local time, just after leaving home. they think he may have been heading to a party at a friends house. >> somebody seen him and please, please, call the police. >> police do plan to drain a pond at the boy's apartment complex and so far, all search and rescue efforts have turned up nothing. >> a second chicago cemetery is being investigated after a human was found skull was laying on the ground. recently workers at another chicago cemetery were charged with stacking bodies and running a scheme to resell plots.

it will be several days before scientists know what killed a whale that was apparently ran over wehale was yesterday. the company has a strict policy of trying to avoid whales. a seattle man's vacation did not have a happy ending. he was stopped at the airport, detained for two weeks, and his head was shaved for deserting the army. the problem is, he was never in the military. chris park says he almost signed up ten years ago, but he backed out at the last minute. >> how paperwork could have gotten messed up enough to say i was actually in the military and had made it there and i was -- it says i was in there for two years before they finally figured out that i wasn't and started counting me as a deserter. >> a paperwork error apparently. parks said he's not gotten a full explanation, but he thinks the recruiter never processed the paperwork to deenlist him. the whole ordeal has lost him

$1,500 and lost time at work. now he carries around documents everywhere he goes to prove he's not a deserter. expanding waists lead to an expanding price tag for health care. treating obesity counts for 10% of all medical spending. that's up considerably from 6.5% in 1998. ed study also says spending on obesity-related illnesses has doubled in the last decade. government scientists and the nonprofit research group rti international conducted the study. well, we're all feeling the pinch of a shaky economy, but hln money expert clark howard is here to help you. logon to cnn.com/clark and submit an i-report. it and you could be selected to be profiled on the network to get valuable advice from america's money coach. he's back on the winner's platform after a three-year retirement, but not as high up as he'd hoped. lance armstrong's return to the tour de france.

the end or a fresh start? sarah palin steps down as governor of alaska. what you're saying about what she's done and what she plans to do now. an 8-year-old idaho boy vanishes. the fbi has joined the effort to find him. what we're learning about the mast time robert manwill was seen. imagine being arrested for being awol when you were never in the military. i'm richelle carey. welcome to hln "news and views." the cambridge police department has just released 911 recordings and police transmissions from the arrest of harvard professor henry louis gates.

the confrontation between gates and sergeant james crowley has triggered a heated debate about race. for the latest on this, let's go to elaine inquire han live in b. >> cambridge police are hoping these tapes will shed some light. they are the police radio tr transmissions taken from the day professor gates was arrested on his own property. let's listen to a portion of the 911 call. we'll pick it up as the caller is actually describing to the emergency dispatcher what it is that she is seeing. take a listen. >> i don't know if they had a key or not because i couldn't see. when i looked a little closely that's when i saw -- >> are they still in the house? >> they're still in the house, i believe, yeah. >> white, black, or hispanic?

>> well, there were two larger men, one looked kind of hispanic but i'm not really sure around the other one entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all. i just saw it from a distance and this older woman was worried thinking somebody is breaking into somebody's house. she interrupted me and that's when i noticed. otherwise i probably wouldn't have noticed it at all. i was just calling because she was a concerned neighbor, i guess. >> okay. are you standing outside? >> i'm standing outside. >> the police are on the way. you can meet them when you get there. what's your name? >> my name is [ muted ]. >> we're on our way. >> okay. i guess i'll wait. thanks. >> now, the arrest, as you mentioned, has touched off really a firestorm, a controversy surrounding this and questions about law enforcement and how they deal with minority populations. police, cambridge police are saying, look, these tapes speak for themselves, and the attorney for that 911 caller hopes this

will clear up confusion about her client. she says there have been accusations out there, characterizations that her client was somehow racist for calling in a report of two black men breaking into a home. as you can hear from that tape very clearly, richelle, there is no mention of two black men. the caller saying quite clearly there that she was seeing it from a distance and she thought maybe one of them was hispanic. we should also tell you that cambridge police have announced that they're forming a committee, not to conduct an internal investigation they say, but rather to take a look at some of the lessons learned. obviously, this is such a heated debate, such a charged issue, they say they want to continue with dialogue and that's what this committee is supposed to help do. >> and, you know, after the president basically kind of called that time-out, everybody calm down on friday, i think we kind of thought this may have been the end of it. now with the tapes being out there, i guess we wouldn't be surprised if maybe we got a

statement possibly from the people involved. i know you don't know that yet, but we just might. >> yeah, you know, it's interesting, the story definitely still has legs. there had been talk about these 911 tapes as well as the radio transmissions possibly being releas released. there was some back and forth about that, privacy issues and whatnot, but now what both the cambridge police, as i said, and the client, the woman, the 911 caller, are hoping this will do is to really kind of enlighten them about what the circumstances were. i can tell you that i listened to a little bit of the police radio transmissions, and you hear the word uncooperative. you have to take a little closer listen there as we evaluate, but certainly obviously they want to try to clear the air on the situation. >> i think that's what everybody wants. well said, elaine, everybody just wants to clear the air. elaine, thank you for that. appreciate it. >> sure. another note to the story, while professor gates was out of

town, someone put large angry signs on his lawn. those signs were removed after a few hours. a judge says a man convicted of plotting to kill former president george w. bush should spend the rest of his life in prison. the judge said the life term is fitting because he has never renounced terrorism. he was convicted four years ago after prosecutors accused him of joining al qaeda and plotting to assassinate bush. the judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison, but an appeals court ruled the sentence should be revisited because it might be too lenient. defense lawyers argued abu ali only confessed under torture by arabian authorities. former vice president candidate sarah palin has officially stepped down as goff nir of alaska. in her farewell speech yesterday, she talked about how much she loves her state and looked back at her accomplishments in office. she also lashed out at her critics and the media.

>> you represent what could and should be a respected, honest profession that could and should be a cornerstone of our democracy. democracy depends on you, and that is why, that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about in honor of the american soldier, you quit making things up. >> her lieutenant governor, sean parnell, is now the governor of alaska. palin left office 17 months before the end of her term, and we have been asking your views, and, boy, have you been giving them. do you think sarah palin made the right move? did she abandon her state? call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln. you can also e-mail us by going to cnn.com/hln, and there's also a link on that page to my facebook page where you can post your comments. we share those on air as well. you can also text the word "views" plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply.

the u.s. and china start a new dialogue in hopes of forging closer ties. president barack obama, secretary of state hillary clinton, and various u.s. and chinese government officials are discussing the global economic crisis and also climate change. in a speech earlier today president obama touched on two controversial issues that directly involve asia. human rights issues and nuclear proliferation. the president predicted the relationship between the u.s. and china would shape the 21st century. look at that. a furniture store goes up in flames. this is in washington state. a five-alarm fire early this morning gutted this arnold's home furnishings. it helping in bremerton, washington, 15 miles outside of seattle. firefighters tried to save the warehouse portion of the store. the local media reported the fire spread to the roof. that scene there, no injuries to

report, and no word yet on what caused that. an oklahoma man is charged with gunning down two sheriff's deputie deputies. authorities can ezekiel holbert opened fire when officers were trying to serve him with a domestic abuse warrant. the deputies were shot when they kicked open the door of the home. >> they said you have two seconds to open the door. they kicked the door open, guy was sitting there waiting on him. >> the woman who was standing in her yard across the street was even hit by gunfire and she is in critical -- serious condition, pardon me. serious condition. fbi agents have joined the search for a missing idaho boy. authorities say 8-year-old robert manwill vanished sometime friday night around 9:30 local time shortly after leaving his house. they say he may have been headed to a party at a friend's house. >> somebody has seen him, you know, please, please call the police. you know, all we want is our

little boy back. >> police are planning to drain a pond at the boy's apartment complex, but so far extensive search and rescue efforts have turned up nothing. lance armstrong crossed a familiar finish line yesterday, but for once he wasn't the winner. >> i wanted to come in first, but sometimes in sports there's somebody that's better. >> what else he's saying about his third place showing and his comeback tour de france.

the economy is struggling. many of us are pinching pennies, so whose financial advice are you taking? how about warren buffett's? poppy harlow asked the legender investor for his thoughts and where he thinks americans should be putting their money. poppy has the breakdown from new

york. everybody wants this guy's ear. good for you, poppy. >> thanks. that's why they call him the oracle of omaha. he has a few more dollars to play with than we all do, but listen, warren buffett, folks, has been making money ever since his father opened a savings account for him in omaha when he was just 6 years old. he's a legendary investor. he told me one-on-one, have faith in our economy because when you look back at history, america always emerges from crises stronger. take a look. >> since 1776 anybody that bet against this country has lived to regret it. we have a system that unleashes human potential, and it will continue to do so, but you won't see that tomorrow or the next day necessarily, but i will guarantee you that five years from now, ten years from now that, you know, you and your kids and all the people around you will be living better than today. that's the history of america. >> all right. of course, buffett acknowledged sometimes we hit a bump in the road. this one, of course, a

considerable burch consider a considerable bump to say the least. he also said that american ingenuity and the entrepreneurial spirit that we have and not government intervention, government stimulus, et cetera, is really what, richelle, is going to get this economy back on track. some interesting perspective from him on that. >> okay. so along those lines where should average americans who aren't mr. buffett, where should we be investing right now? getting back on track probably means going back to the market, i think, but people are scared of that. >> they're incredibly scared of that. i asked him that question. i said, listen, should the average american, who has seen their savings, their 401(k), their i.r.a. possibly cut in half during this crisis, should they pull the money out from under the proverbial mattress so to speak and put it back to work in the market, and he said yes. and see why. >> i think you can always have confidence in america. the time to have the most confidence is when other people have the least confidence. i mean, that's when things are

cheap. people were buying these same businesses, you know, a couple years ago when the dow was 14,000 and the businesses haven't gone away. >> all right, richelle, this is something we hear from warren buffett time and time again. he is known for saying be fearful when others are degregr be greedy when others are fearful. you can see that full interview on cnnmoney.com. >> you can get more business news on cnnmoney.com. you do want to check it out. he finished in third, but lance armstrong says he did pretty well for someone his age. armstrong watched a teammate alberto con tador snatch the yellow jersey. it was armstrong's comeback race four years after he won his last tour de france. but he sold cnn's sanjay gupta he's not bitter about losing out to contador.

last week armstrong said he'd race for a new u.s. team next year. octo mom, nadya suleman, is trying to finalize a deal that will have all 14 kids raking in some cash. each child would earn $250 each day of filming over the next three years. 36 days in the first year, 21 in the second, and 14 in year three for a combined salary of about $250,000. this afternoon suleman is going to be in court to fight a lawsuit that's asking a superior court judge to assign a guardian for her kids. suleman says she has the right to make the decisions for her children. an interesting look at how often gay characters are showing up on tv. a new report from the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation says you're seeing them most on hbo. 42% of their original programming has gay, lesbian, or

transgender characters. another suburban chicago cemetery could be another crime seen. what authorities are looking for now.

the gop says not to fast when it comes to overhauling health care. senate republicans, even some democrats, says no bill will pass without a few republican

votes and they feel pushed away from the bargaining table. they say the current plan is too expensive and gives the government too big of a role. >> this is not personal against the president. i like the president, but he's out of control, and he's been leading a stampede of more spending and debt and taxes and government takeovers. he's taken a bad economy and made it worse. >> it's not a question of rush. it's a question of the american people who have been waiting a very long time for health insurance that gives them confidence that if they have a pre-existing condition or if they lose their job or change their jobs or start a business, that they will have health insurance. i when i take this bill to the floor, it will win, but we will move forward. this will happen. >> you heard it there. speaker nancy pelosi says she has the votes in the house to pass the bill now, but the senate has told the president its version won't be ready until the fall. great pictures for you.

astronauts have finished their fifth space walk at the international space station. these are live pictures. they wrapped up some loose ends, literally. they fixed a piece of insulation that popped out of place on a robot arm. they also reworked some power cable hookups. "endeavour's" crew installed the final piece of it earlier in the mission. the shuttle will undock from the iss tomorrow. a second chicago area cemetery is being investigated after a human bone was found lying on the ground friday. the owner denies any wrongdoing. the cemetery is facing a lawsuit from the family for allegedly reselling a plot where two relatives are buried and recently workers at another chicago area cemetery were charged with double stacking bodies and running a scheme to resell plots. the man who was kicked out as president of honduras is camping out along his country's

border. manuel zelaya wants to launch his return to you power from a small town in nick wag aragnica. he made brief trips back into the country this weekend. the country's government promises to arrest him if he tries to return. the government claims he violated the constitution. a seattle man's vacation did not have a happy ending. he was stopped at the airport, detained for a couple weeks, his head was shaved, all for deserting the army, and the problem is he was never in the military. chris parks says he almost signed up, and that was ten years ago, but he backed out at the last minute. >> how paperwork could have gotten messed up enough to say i was actually in the military and had made it there and i was actually -- it says i was in there for two years before they finally figured out that i wasn't and started counting me as a deserter. >> parks says he's not got an

full explanation, but this is what he's thinking. he thinks the recruiter never processed the paperwork to de-enlist him. he says this whole thing cost him about $1,500 and then there's lost time at work. now he's carrying documents to prove he is not a deserter. for the first time in his 80-year history, vatican radio is now running ads in between its religious programming. that's part of a three-month trial. listeners hear 45-second ads in five languages for italy's largest power company. it's because of the worldwide economic downturn. last year the vatican actually ran a $22 million deficit. bingo the bee got stung the other night. you could see bingo is supposed to do a dance every time his team scores a run. the another night after a grand slam he went to hop the right field fence and you saw what happened. as you might have imagined, his unfortunate accident has become a youtube sensation. now that sarah palin's

resigned as governor of alaska, we've been asking if you think it was a smart move. your views on her future and her parting shot.

cambridge, massachusetts, police have released a tape of the 911 call that sent officers to the home of harvard professor henry gates. when it was all over, you know that gates was under arrest and accusations of racial profiling were in the air. the call came from a woman who works near the gates' home. again, she made it clear that she doesn't live in the neighborhood, she works there. she report what had she described as two men possibly breaking into a home. >> i don't know if they had a key or not because i couldn't see from my angle, but, you know, when i looked a little closer, that's when -- >> black, white, or hispanic? are they still in the house? >> they're still in the house,

yeah, i believe. >> white, black, or hi span snik. >> there were two larger men, one looked kind of hispanic but i'm not really sure and the other one entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all. i just saw it from a distance and this older woman was worried thinking someone is breaking in someone's house. they've been barging in, and she had interrupted me. that's when i noticed. otherwise, i probably wouldn't have noticed it at all to be honest with you. i was just calling because she was a concerned neighbor, i guess. >> okay. are you standing outside? >> i am standing outside, yes. >> police are on the way. you can meet them when they did there. what's your name? >> my name is -- [ muted ]. >> police are on their way. >> okay. i guess i'll wait. thanks. we're also anticipating getting police transitions between sergeant crowley and back at the station as well. so we'll let you know if we get that. the white house says that president obama will meet this week with professor gates and police sergeant crowley. cambridge city officials are applauding that move. they also are setting up a new committee to advise police on

racial issues. the committee will not specific investigate the confrontation between gates and crowley. the panel will be led by nationally recognized experts who will offer ways the police department can apply the lessons learned from the gates' confrontation. a judge says a man convicted of plotting to kill former president george w. bush will spend the rest of his life in prison in a resentencing hearing that happened today. abu aly, the judge said the life term is fitting because he's never renounced terrorism. he was convicted four years ago after prosecutors accused him of joining al qaeda and plotting to assassinate bush. the judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison, but be a appeals court ruled the sentence should be revisited because it might be too lenient. defense lawyers argued ali only confessed under torture by saudi arabian authorities. a deal could be announced soon to give permanent custody

of michael jackson's three children to his mother, katherine. that's the word from her lawyer. right now she has temporary custody of prince michael i, paris, and prince michael ii. her lawyer told "today" there's been too much speculation in the media about whether debbie rowe will take the two older kids. >> we have been working on an agreement. the parties have been very responsible, debbie rowe, her lawyers, mrs. jackson. they've been very thoughtful, caring, and prudent, and we believe we're close to reaching an agreement and the swirling speg speculation is just speculation. it's not about money. michael and debbie rowe had their agreement prior to his passing. that's not on the table. that's not what we're dealing with. despite the public inquiries, that's not what's happening. >> he went on to say katherine jackson was regularly in touch with his son and stayed involved

in his personal and business affairs over the years. judge sonia sotomayor will get some republican votes in the senate, not from jeff sessions though. the top republican on the panel will be voting no. sessions says he's not convinced sotomayor has what it takes to resist the temptation of becoming an activist. two other committee republicans, origjoorrin hatch and john corn they will vote against her. the full senate should vote by the end of next week. new york police say a mom in a minivan loaded with six kids was feeling sick before she drove the wrong way on a parkway. that minivan burst into flames and three people in the suv were also killed. the woman's 5-year-old son survived but with severe head

trauma. >> i've been with the state police for 24 years and i've never seen anything like that. hopefully we'll be able to come to some determination why this person went into the parkway going the wrong way. >> police say that schuler called her brother a couple hours before and said she was feeling ill. i told her to pull over and he'd go get her. baltimore police say tit for tat gang-related shootings left more than a dozen people wounded and two dead. this started when a gunman walked into a backyard cookout yesterday and started firing a semi-automatic weapon, then ran off. a 2-year-old girl and a pregnant woman were among those hit. the victims were shot in the legs, arms, shoulders, and back. and hours later four men were shot in three separate shootings in the same neighborhood. two of them were killed. police are blaming gangs and drugs. president obama has a message for china, we're in this

together. a large delegation of chinese diplomats is in washington for two days of talks. we'll cover issues like climate change, the global financial crisis, and north korea's nuclear weapons. the president says the u.s. relationship with china will shape the 21st century. he's confident the two countries can find common grounds in spite of their differences. >> our nation is made up of immigrants from every part of the world. we have protected our unity and struggled to perfect our union by extending basic rights to all our people, and those rights include the freedom to speak your mind, to worship your god, and to choose your leaders. these are not things we seek to impose. this is who we are. it guides our openness to one another and to the world. >> secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary tim geithner are leading the u.s. delegation. north korea now says it's open to new dialogue over its nuclear weapons program. the statement appears to hint at direct talks with the u.s.,

which washington has resisted. this is after last week's pretty nasty exchange with the secretary of state when hillary clinton said north korea didn't have any friends left, is acting like a child, demanding attention. north korea responded by calling clinton a funny lady with no etiquette. north korea also said six-party talks are dead, but yesterday clinton insisted multilateral talks are still the best way to engage pyongyang. robert gates meat with his israeli counterpart in jerusalem today. ehud barack told gates his country is taking no option off the table when it comes to iran's nuclear program suggesting a military strike is not out of the question. last week the u.s. and israel conducted a missile defense test at a possible strike -- because of a possible strike from iran. israel and iran have made

repeated threats against each other. the u.s. has acknowledged israeli concerns but wants to give diplomacy more time. >> i think we are in full agreement on the negative consequences of iran obtaining this kind of a capability. i think we are also agreed that it is important to take every opportunity to try and persuade the iranians to reconsider what is actually in their own security interests. >> gates also said the u.s.'s offer to engage iran is not open-ended. he says president obama wants a response from iran in the next couple of months. former vice presidential candidate sarah palin has officially stepped down as governor of alaska. in her farewell speech yesterday, palin talked about how much she loves her state and looked back on her accomplishments in office, and she also lashed out at her critics and the media. >> you represent what could and

should be a respected, honest profession that could and should be a cornerstone of our democracy. democracy depends on you, and that is why, that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about in honor of the american soldier you quit making things up. >> lieutenant governor sean parnell is now governor of alaska. palin left office 17 months before the end of her term, and we've been asking for your views on this. do you think she made the right move? do you think she abandoned her state? you can call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln. you can e-mail us by going to our page at cnn.com/hln. there's also a link there to post comments to my facebook page. we'll get those on air as much as we can. you can text the word "views" plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we have to tell you that. and we'll continue to show your

responses throughout the day. astronauts have finished their fifth space walk at the international space station. they fixed a piece of insulation that popped out of place on a robot arm. they also reworked some power cable hookups and put tv cameras on a just-finished japanese lab. "endeavour's" crew installed the final piece of it earlier in the mission. the shuttle will undock from the iss tomorrow. his trip went well. it was the homecoming, oops, that was a nightmare. there you go. the story of a man arrested for being awol, even though he was never in the army.

fbi agents have joined the search for this little boy. he's from idaho, and he is missing. authorities say 8-year-old robert manwill vanished sometime friday night shortly after leaving his house. they're thinking he may have been headed to a party at a friend's house. >> somebody has seen him, you know, please, please call the police. you know, all we want is our little boy back. >> police plan to drain a pond at the boy's apartment complex. so far though their search has turned up nothing, and it's been an extensive search. a seattle man's vacation didn't have a happy ending. he ended up being stopped at the airport, detained for a couple weeks. his head was shaved, for deserting the army, the army he was never a part of. he was never in the military. chris parks says he almost signed up ten years ago, but he backed out at the last minute. >> how paperwork could have

gotten messed up enough to say that i was actually in the military and had made it there and i was actually -- it says i was in there for two years before they finally figured out that i wasn't and started counting me as a deserter. >> so what happened? he still hasn't gotten a full explanation, but he's thinking the recruiter never processed the paper work to de-enlist him. the whole ordeal cost him about 1500 bucks, lost work time as well. now he's carrying documents to prove he is not a deserter. florida waters have long been targeted for the energy industry. folks are interested in grabbing at the natural resources buried there. the most valuable energy source may be the water itself, not the oil potentially underneath it. this is getting a lot of clicks at cnn.com. it is possible that swirling in the waters off florida is the same energy could you get from four to ten nuclear power

plants. a major project is attempting to harness that energy and into homes. the idea is to use underwater turbines to produce power for the nation's fourth most populous state. researchers at florida atlantic university are now in the early stages of making this a sustainable process both financially and environmentally. powerful gulf stream currents would keep turbines whizzing, generating energy. that energy would then be converted to electricity and transmitted using a cable. the social turbines could power 3 to 7 million homes in 10 years if it works. that's the key, if it works. the available information about costs and environmental impact is very limited. state regulators would have to look at effects not only on marine life but on shipping operations as well. the current pilot program hopes to have a 20 kilowatt test

turbine deployed by next stripr. sounds interesting. sick of riding around in that old car and paying out the tail pipe because it gets such bad gas mileage? the government has a deal for you, but you have to ask quickly.

these birds reportedly forced to fight each other. connecticut police arrested 19 people who were allegedly part of a bird fighting ring. police say they took 150 birds yesterday from a house where the fighting was going on. the suspects are facing animal cruelty and illegal gambling charges. some of these birds had injuries, including blindness in at least one eye, and they may have to be euthanized. have this just in for you. the securities and he can change commission has just announced it's making restrictions on so called naked short selling permanent. a temporary restriction was supposed to expire friday. many blame negative short selling for contributing to

heavy losses on the stock market last year. this rule includes a requirement that brokers have to immediately buy or borrow securities to deliver on short sale. the s.e.c. is also considering newer restrictions on regular short selling. wanted to get that information to you. average americans spend hundreds of dollars a year on cell phone service. hln money expert clark howard gives you the straight talk about a new mobile service that could save you big bucks. >> in this time that we're all trying to become more careful with how we handle our dough, do i have a new deal for you on cell phones. now, this is straight talk for you. that's right. that's the name of the new service. straight talk.com. listen to how cheap this is. first, no contract. you buy an el cheapo phone from them, and then your service, $30 a month buys you 1,000 minutes to talk, 1,000 text messages,

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they held a news conference to talk about robert manwill. >> people have come home for the weekend. we're asking for the public's help. we've never failed in boise to have the public help us to either solve or a crime or assist us in our job. that's what we're hoping today is get that message out that the public can help us, and they can help us to produce anything that would give us a lead of where we could find robert. >> about 20 fbi agents helped volunteers search for robert over the weekend. police are asking anyone with information to call or e-mail them. . new home sales jumped unexpectedly with the biggest surge in nearly nine years. sales rose 11%. much more than experts were looking for. however, still 28% lower than a year ago. one analyst says with all the

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judge it for yourself. we're hearing the 911 call about the possible break-in at the home. what the caller didn't tell the operator. plus the end or a fresh start? sarah palin steps down as governor of alaska. what you're saying about what she's just done and what she says she's planning to do now. and she's more than a beloved pet. daisy is a survivor. ten long months after hurricane ike her family is whole again. hln news and views. hi, everybody. that's a great story. i'm chuck roberts. cambridge police in massachusetts have today release ad tape of the 911 call that sent officers to the home of harvard professor henry lewis gates, jr. when it was all over gates was

under arrest, in handcuffs, and accusations of racial profiling were in the air. the call came from a woman who works near the gates home. she reported what she described as two men possibly breaking into a house. >> caller: i don't know if they had a key. i couldn't see from any angle. >> are they still in the house? >> they're still in the house, i believe. >> white, black, or hispanic? >> two larger man. one looked kind of hispanic. i'm not sure. the other i didn't see at all. i just looked from a distance. the older woman was thinking someone is breaking into someone's house. she interrupted me. that's when i noticed. otherwise i wouldn't have noticed at all. i was just calling because she was a concerned neighbor, i guess. >> are you standing outside? >> i'm standing outside, yes. >> police are on the way.

you can meet them when they get there. >> we're on the way. >> okay. >> i guess i'll wait. thanks. >> the white house says president obama will meet this week with professor gates and crowley. cambridge officials applaud the move and are setting up a committee to advise police on racial issues. that committee will not specifically investigate the confrontation between gates and crowley, eight days ago. the panel will be led by nationally recognized expert who is will offer ways the police department can apply the lessons learned from the gates confrontation. former vice presidential candidate sarah palin officially stepped down as governor of alaska. in her farewell address she talked about how much she loves her state, looking back at her accomplishments in office. she also lashed out at her critics and the media. you represent what could and should be a respected and honest profession that could be a

corner stone of our democracy. democracy depends on you. and that is why -- that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about, in honor of the american soldier, you quit making things up? >> her lieutenant governor parnell is now the governor alaska. palin left office 17 months before the end of her first term. we would love your views on this. why do you think she did it? was it if right move? did she abandon her state? what are you thoughts? call us toll-free. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. or pay the standard text rate to views plus your comment and name to hlntv. don't ask don't tell will be reviewed by a key senate committee in the fall. a spokesperson for the senate armed services committee confirms there will be hearings. no specific legislation is under consideration. don't ask, don't tell is the

policy, the early '90s policy that prevents gay troops from serving openly. gay rights advocates say the president has not done enough to make this change happen. the u.s. and china force a new dialogue. various u.s. and chinese government officials are discussing the global economic crisis and climate change. in a speech earlier today the president touched on two controversial issues that directly involve asia. during the start of the two-day meeting the president predicted the relationship between the u.s. and china would shape the 21st century. north korea says it's open to new dialogue over the nuclear weapons program. the statement appears to be a hunt at direct talks with the u.s. which washington has resisted. two-way talks. after last week's somewhat nasty

exchange. hillary clinton said north korea is acting like a small child, demanding attention. north korea responded by calling clinton a funny lady with no etiquet etiquette. yesterday hillary clinton still insisted multilateral talks are the best way to engage pyongyang. iran, which israel considers the biggest threat to its security dominated the talks. he said his country is taking no option off the table when it comes to iran's nuclear program, suggesting a military strike is not out of the question. last week u.s. and israel conducted a missile test. israel and iran have made repeated threats against each other. the u.s. has ak onlied israeli concerns but wants to give diplomacy more time. >> i think we are in full agreement on the negative consequences of iran obtaining

this kind of capability. we're also agreed that it is important to take every opportunity to try to persuade the iranians to reconsider what is actually in their own security interest. he said the offer to engage iran is not open ended. president obama wants a response from iran in the next few months. an oklahoma man is charged with gunning down two sheriff deputies. the officers tried to serve him with a domestic abuse warrant. a witness said the deputies were shot when they kicked open the door of the home. >> they said you got two seconds to open the door and kicked the door in open. the guy was sitting in there waiting on them. >> a woman standing in her yard across the street was struck by gunfire and is listed in serious condition. in boise, idaho, authorities are searching for an 8-year-old boy who has been missing since last friday. he was leaving home around 9:30

local time. a short while ago they held a news conference to talk about young robert manwell. >> people have come home for the weekend. we're asking for the public's help. we've never failed in boise in asking the public to help us. either to solve a crime or to assist us in our job. that's what we're hoping today is to get that message out that the public can help us. they can help us to produce anything that would give us a lead as to where we could find robert. >> 20 fbi agents helped search for robert over the weekend. police are asking anyone with information to call or e-mail them at findrobert@cityofboise.org. nancy grace is looking for the

missing 8-year-old. that's tonight. right here on hln. mention animal fights and most people think of pit bulls or roosters. police were a little surprised to find song birds at the center of a fighting ring in connecticut. police arrested 19 people and seized more than 100 finches and canaries. using song birds for animal fights may be a growing trend. and the investigation may spread to other states. >> they will fight to the death. also the canaries don't make noise like the typical roosters would make. they don't have the same smell. they would fall under the radar of law enforcement. you wouldn't think it was suspicious if we saw somebody with a lot of birds. >> some of the confiscated birds had previous injuries including blindness. lancearmstrong crossed a familiar threshold, a finish

line. but for once he wasn't a winner. >> i wanted to come in first. but sometimes in sports there's somebody that's better. >> what he's saying about his third place showing in his comeback tour de france.

as troe troe -- astronauts have finished their space walk. they had to this literally wrap up loose ends, including fixing a piece of insulation that popped out of place on a robot arm. they also reworked power cable hookups and put tv cameras on the japanese lab. the shuttle is to undock from the iss tomorrow. he finished in third place, but lance armstrong said he did pretty well for somebody his age. he watched his teammate snatch up the yellow jersey at the tour de france. his comeback race four years

after he won the tour de france. he told sanjay gupta he's not bitter about losing out to contador. >> reporter: do you care if you come in first or not? >> well, i wanted to come in first. but sometimes in sports there's somebody that's better. i was that guy for seven years. i never understand what it felt like to get second or third. i'm 38 now. i race guys that are 23, 25, 26. they have acceleration. they had all the things you had at that age. and you get third. that's what is the great thing about the tour. the best man always wins. >> last week armstrong said he would race for a new u.s. team next year. ten months after hurricane ike, a beloved dog is reninetied

with her family. daisy's owners placed her in a kennel after the storm while they repaired the backyard fence. daisy and her friend had escaped. her friend was found almost immediately. daisy was nowhere to be found. >> i was in the middle of the street at 11:45 at night crying and thanking the lord. it was a wonderful, wonderful reunion. when you have a bond with an animal like that and you know how strong willed she is. >> daisy was found in a wooded area less than a mile from where she vanished. a puppy born with an extra leg is now down to four. she underwent a 90-minute surgery to remove the extra leg. but a freak show operator who planned to buy the dog from the original owner says he will fight for custody. his threat to full-time a

lawsuit prompted lily's owner to schedule the surgery a week earlier than planned. she purchased lily to save her from the freak show. >> i'm getting an incredible amounts of calls and e-mails. people are looking at the story and looking at lily and saying she's just got a heart, too. i hope the whole thing is over. i hope she's just going to have a normal life. >> we'll soon know. lily will have to wear the blue llar for a week to keep her from chewing on her stitches. so far, so good. sick of paying out the tail pipe because your old car gets such bad mileage? you have to act quickly.

judge sonia sotomayor will get some republican votes in the senate, but not from jeff sessions. when the judiciary committee takes up her supreme court nomination tomorrow the leading republican on the panel will vote no. he says he's not convinced she has what it takes to resist the temptation of becoming an activist. two other republicans will also vote against the first latina nominee to the high bench. the gop says not so fast when it comes to overhauling your health care. senate republicans and some democrats argue that no bill will pass without at least a few republican votes.

they feel pushed away from the bargaining table. they say the current plan is too expensive and gives the government too big of a role. >> this is not personal against the president. i like the president. but he's out of control. he's taken a bad economy and made it worse. >> it's not a question of rush. it's a question of the american people who have been waiting a very long time for health insurance to give some confidence that it's a preconditioning condition or if they lose their job or change their job or start a business they will have health insurance. whenty take this bill to the floor it will with win. we will move forward. >> speaker pelosi said when she has the votes in the house to pass the bill it will happen. the senate told the president its version won't be ready until tag. a study in the journal

health affair says treating obesity accounts for 10% of all medical spending. that's up considerably from 6.5% in 1998. spending on obesity related illnesses has doubled in the last decade. government scientists and the nonprofit research group rti international conducted the survey. we've been hearing a lot about the cash for clunkers program recent months. it kicks into high gear this week. what does it take to get yours to qualify? gerri willis is here with an update. hi, gerri. >> many car dealers were reluctant to do cash for clunker deals until they understood the details. the ntsb published final rules detailing how dealers can get their checks. it's cars allowance rebate system or cars for short.

it runs until the funds allotted by congress. anybody who traded in a clunker in the next week is still eligible for rebates. >> remind everybody what you need to qualify. >> your old car has to be less than 25 years on the trade-in date. it has to get 18 miles per gallon or less and must be registered under your name for at least a year. the new car needs to get at least 22 miles per gallon. # and you could get the more. the dealer has to disclose to you an estimate of the scrap value of your trade in. the dealer gets the first 50 off the scrap value, you get the ris. that's in addition to the rebate. calls the cars hot line or check

out cars.gov. >> so if the car meets the requirements what should people arm themselveses with? >> you don't need to register for the program. here's what you'll need. one-year proof of insurance. proof of registration for at least a year. a clear title. must be free of liens. if you have any you need to get them cleared up. vehicle manufacturer date founding on the driver's door proving the car is less than 25 years old. you'll need that as well. if your vehicle doesn't meet these requirements but you're in the market for a new car, wait until fall to buy. that's when the new models hit showroom floors. september, you'll be able to find great deals on the current year model send me any questions at gerri at cnn.com. some guinea pigs managed to take down harry potter at the box office. >> this is animal cruelty, but i love it.

>> disney oos "g-force" was number one over the weekend. potter a close second. that's a 61% drop from the huge opening it had last weekend. all right. now to sarah palin resigning as governor of alaska, we've been asking if you think it was a smart move. your views on her future and her parting shots. ÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷

cambridge police in massachusetts have released the 911 call eight days ago that sent officers to the door of harvard university professor gates, a door he was trying to get through because it was stuck when he got home. when it was all said and done the professor was under arrest and accusations of racial profiling were coming on the air. she reported two men possibly breaking into a house. take a listen. >> i don't know if they had a key. i couldn't see from my angle. when i looked closely that's when i saw -- >> are they still in the house? >> they're still in if house, i believe, yeah.

>> white, black, or hispanic? >> there were two larger men. one looked kind of hispanic. i'm not sure. the other entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all. i saw it from a distance. this older woman was worried thinking someone is breaking into someone's house. she interrupted me and i noticed. otherwise i wouldn't have noticed. i was just calling because she was a concerned neighbor, i guess. >> okay, are you standing outside? >> yes. >> police are on the way. you meet them when they get there. >> we're on the way. >> i guess i'll wait. thanks. >> the white house now says the president will meet with both professor graits and james crowley this week. cambridge officials applaud the move. the committee will not specifically investigate the incident involving gates and crowley. the panel will be led by

nationally recognized experts to offer ways the police department can apply lessons learned. sarah palin has officially stepped down as governor of alaska. yesterday she talked about how much she loves her state and looked back at her accomplishments in office. she also lashed out at her critics and the media. >> you represent what could and should be a respected, honest, profession that could and should be a cornerstone of our democracy. democracy depends on you. and that is why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about in honor of the american soldier? you quit making things up? >> lieutenant governor sean parnell is now the governor of alaska. she left 17 months before the end of her first term. we have a story just in. michael vick, the former atlanta

falcons quarterback has been conditionally reinstated to the nfl. that means he can participate without delay in pre-season practices, workouts and meetings. he can play in the final two preseason games assuming he can find a team that will sign him. the former qb was convicted on charges related to a dogfighting ring. don't ask/don't tell will be reviewed in the fall. there whether be hearings but no specific legislation is under consideration. don't ask, don't tell is the policy that prevents gays from serving openly in the military. the president wants congress to repeal the law. gay rights advocates says he hasn't done enough to make the change happen. president barack obama and secretary of state hillary clinton are discussing the global economic crisis and

climate change. in a speech earlier today the president touched on two controversial issues that affected asia. during the start of the two-day meeting the president predicted the relationship between the u.s. and china would shape the 21st century. north korea says it's now open to new dialogue over the nuclear weapons program. but the strong suggestion is only two pearlt talks with washington will be considered. that's after last week's comments from sec stair of state hillary clinton. she said she were acting like a child. north korea said she was a funny lady with no etiquette. yesterday hillary clinton still insists multilateral talks are the best way to engage pyongyang. defense secretary robert gates met today with counter party secretary. iran dominated the talk.

ehu dba rack says they're taking no option off the table. suggesting a military strike is not out of the question. last week they conduct ad missing defense test against a possible iranian strike. israel and made iran have made repeated threats against each other. that acknowledge israeli concerns but wants the to give d diplomacy more time. >> i think we are in full agreement on the negative consequences of iran obtaining this kind of a capability. i think we are also agreed that it is important to take every opportunity to try to persuade the iranians to reconsider what is actually in their own security interest. >> secretary gates also said the u.s. offered the to engage iran is not open-ended. president obama wants a response in the next couple of months. an oklahoma man is charged with gunning down two sheriff

deputies. holbert opened fire yesterday when the officers tried to serve him with a domestic abuse warrant. she's charged with first-degree murders. a witness said the deputies were shot when they kicked door tthe of the home. >> a woman across the street was struck by gunfire. she's listed in serious condition. in boise, idaho, police are searching for an 8-year-old boy who has been missing since late friday. he was last seen after he left his home to possibly walk to a friend's house for a party. they held a short news conference to talk about robert manwell. >> people have come home for the weekend. we're asking for the public's

help. we're hoping to get the message out. the public can help us to produce anything that would give us a lead of where we could find rober robert. >> police do plan to drain a pond at the boy's apartment complex. robert's family is also plid pleading with the public to help them find robert. >> if you've seen him call the police and help tus to bring hi home. >> police say anyone with information can call or he mail them. mention animal fights and most people think of pit bulls or roosters. police were surprised to find song birds at the center of a fighting ring in connecticut. police arrested 19 people and seized miranda warning 100 finches and canaries. they're facing illegal gambling and animal cruelty. the investigation may spread into other states. >> they will fight to the death.

also the canaries don't make noise like the typical roosters would make. they don't have the same smell. they would fall under the radar of law enforcement. we wouldn't think it was suspicious if we saw somebody with a lot of birds. >> some of the confiscated birds had previous injuries including blindness, and may have to be euthanized. surfers come out in force when huge 20-foot waves hit the shoreline. along with the swells of course comes danger. an i-reporter's look at the the monstrous waves.

they wrapped up loose ends, including fixing a piece of installation that popped out of place on a robot arm. they also reworked power cable hookups and put tv cameras on the japanese lab. the shuttle will undock tomorrow. >> life guards in california had their hands full over the weekend. waves hit up and down the shore near new port beach beckening to to surfers. a 50-year-old man was killed when the waves slammed him against the rocks. >> the current is really strong. it's pulling you towards the rocks. i heard somebody died today. it's dangerous. i was worried. >> i-reporter julie ellerton was there as the giant waves came ashore. she said red flag warnings of dangerous surf didn't stop the surfers from getting in the

water. a ten-foot great white shark spotted in the water just the day before. they are formed from high winds out of sea. life guards with 20 to 30 rescue calls a day had over 100. many thankses to i-reporter julie ellerton. go to ireport.com and click on the upload now link. sick of riding in the old car and paying out the tail pipe? the government had a deal for you. you have to act quickly.

judge sonia sotomayor will get some republican votes in the senate, but not from jeff sessions when the judiciary committee takes up her committee tomorrow. the top republican in the panel will vote no. sessions says he's not convinced sotomayor has what it takes to resist the temptation of becoming an activist. two other republicans also plan

to vote against the first latina nominee to the high bench. the full senate should vote on sonia sotomayor next week. senate republicans and some democrats argue no bill will pass without at least a few republican votes. they say the current plan is too expensive and gives the government too big of a role. speaker pelosi has the votes to pass the bill in the house now. the senate told the president its version won't be ready until fall. expanding waisting lead to an expanding price tag for health care. treating obesity now accounts for 10% of all medical spending. that's up considerably from the 6.5% figure in 1998 suspending on obesity related illnesses has doubled in the past decade. this could be good news in a bad

economy for some folks. you have to act fast, beginning today. you can get up to $4500 to trade in your old car for a more fuel efficient one. the government is hoping to get a quarter million gaz guzzlers off the road with the cash for clunkers. if your old beater is worth $1,000, that's a pretty good deal. the program ends once 250,000 cars are traded in. >> with the economy struggling and many of us pinching pennies, whose financial advice are you taking? we ask for his thoughts and where americans should be putting their money. >> warren buffett, folks, has been making money ever since his father open ad savings account for him in omaha when he was just 6 years old. he's a legendary investor.

he told me one on one that our economy is safe. when you look back in history america also emerges from crises stronger. >> since 17176 anybody bet against the country lived to regret it. . we have a system that unleashes potential. it will continue to do so. you won't see that tomorrow or the next day necessarily. you and your kids and all the people around you will be living better today. that's h the history of america. >> buffet acknowledges sometimes we hit a bump in the road. this one, of course, a considerable bump to say the least. he ultimately also said that american engenerje -- is what g get the economy back on track. interesti ining perspective for

that. >> where should average americans who aren't mr. buffett, where should we be investing? getting track probably means going back into the market, but people are scared of that. >> they're incredibly scared of that. i asked him that question. should the average american who has seen their ira, 401(k) cut in half, should they pull their money out and put it back to work in the market? and he said yes. see why. >> i think you can always have competence in america the time to have the most confidence is when other people have the least confidence. that's when things are cheap. people were buying the same businesses a couple years ago when the dow was 14,000 and the businesses haven't gone away. >> richelle, this is something we hear time and time again. he's known for being fearful when others are greedy.

be greedy when others are fearful. who can see the full interview right there. cnn.com/hln. a death in the arrest of a two-time "american idol" contestant. yesterday they charged a man and arrested him. you may remember cohen's cursed filled audition last year became such a hit on the web she tried out again again this season. she was 25. the octo-mom is trying to finalize a deal to have her 14 kids raking in cash as reality tv stars. if approved by a judge each judge would earn $250 each day of filming over the next three years. 36 days the first year. a combined salary of roughly $250,000. today she will be in a courtroom in l.a. that fights a lawsuit to assign a guardian for her kids.

suleman says she has the right to make the decision. a new report from the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation says you're seeing most of them on of the characters. 42% of its original prime time shows like "entourage" or "true bloo blood." he finished in third. lance armstrong said he did pretty well for someone his age. he watched a teammate snap up the yellow jersey. it was his comeback race four years after he won his last tour. he told cnn's sanjay gupta he's not bitter about losing out. >> coming in first, is that something you thought about? did you care? you're right it's not about the bike. do you care if you come in first or not? >> well, i wanted to come in first. but sometimes in sports, there's somebody that's better.

and i was that guy for seven years. i never understood what it felt like to get second or third. i'm 38 now. you race guys that are 24, 25, 26. they're fast. they're strong. they have acceleration. they have all of the things that you had at that age. then you get third. that's what's the great thing about the tour. is that the best man always wins. >> last week armstrong said he'd race for a new u.s. team next year. if you're looking for a simpler, more uncomplicated life head to tucson. aarp magazine put it on the top of places to live a simple life. she's more than a beloved pet. dayisy is a survivor.

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we're hearing the 911 call about a possible break-in at the home of harvard professor henry louis gates. what the caller didn't tell the operator. plus, can michael jackson's mother soon have full custody of his children? and octomom, nadya suleman's legal fight to be in charge of her own kids' money-making potential. here's the latest from hln news and views. i'm richelle carey. big breaking news for you from the nfl. former pro quarterback michael vick has been reinstated by the national football league, conditionally. the commissioner is giving vick permission to take part in training camps and he can play

in the final two preseason games. he could be eligible for regular season games by october. if you don't remember, he doesn't have a team right now. that's because the atlanta falcons released him while he was serving a prison sentence on federal dog fighting conspiracy charges. this is in the nfl press release, they're saying t ininil see. cambridge, massachusetts, police have released a tape of the 911 call that sent officers to the home of the professor. accusations of racial profiling were flying. the woman who made this call works near the gates' home. she reported what she described as two men possibly breaking into a house. listen very closely.

>> i don't know if they had a key or not. i couldn't see from that angle. >> are they still in the house. >> they're still in the house, i believe, yeah. there were two larger man. one looks kind of hispanic. i'm not sure. the other one entered. i didn't see what he looked like at all. i just saw it from a distance. this older woman was worried saying someone's breaking into someone's house. they've been barging in. she interrupted me. that's when i noticed. otherwise i probably wouldn't have noticed it at all to be honest with you. i was just calling because she was a concerned neighbor, i guess. >> okay. are you standing outside? >> i'm standing outside. >> the police are on their way. you can meet them when you get there. what's your name? >> my name is [ muted ]. >> they're on their way. >> i guess i'll wait. thanks. >> there's more. cambridge police have also released recordings of the radio

calls between sergeant crawly dispatching other officers in the feed. crowley asked the 911 caller meet him at the front door and later described gates as uncooperative. >> would you have the caller come to the front door? >> at her house. she doesn't live there. she's a witness in this. >> 52. >> a gentleman says he resides here. the white house says president obama will meet this week with professor gates and police sergeant crowley. cambridge city officials are applauding the move and setting up a new committee to advise the police on racial issues.

the panel will be led by nationally recognized experts who will offer ways the police department can apply the lessons learned from the gates confrontation. don't ask, don't tell will get reviewed by a key senate committee in the fall. a spokesperson for the senate armed services committee confirms there will be hearings, but says no specific legislation is under consideration. now, don't ask, don't tell is a policy that prevents gay troops from serving openly in the u.s. military. and president barack obama has said he wants congress to repeal the law. gay rights advocates say the president hasn't done enough to actually make that change happen. judge sonia sotomayor will get some republican votes in the senate. not from jeff sessions. when the senate judiciary committee takes up her supreme court nomination tomorrow the top republican on the panel will be voting no. sessions says he's not convinced sotomayor has what it takes to resist the temptation of

becoming an activist. two other members say they'll be voting against the first latina nominee to the high bench. the full senate should be voting by next week. a deal could be coming soon to give full custody of michael jackson's children to his mother, katherine. right now she has temporary custody. her lawyer told the "today" show there's been too much speculation in the media about whether jackson's ex-wife debbie rowe will try to take the two older kids. >> one of the things i want people to know is that she wasn't just some passive, loving mom. she was someone regularly in touch with michael. michael trusted her dearly. she was supportive and she was the trustee. so we believe that she is the most trusted person in the entire world, notwithstanding what happened in 2002. and she's the most fit from a legal standpoint to serve as a

guardian of the estate. >> he went on to say that katherine jackson stayed involved with her son's personal business affairs over the years. now that sarah palin has resigned as governor of alaska, we've been asking your views. do you think it was a smart move? your views on her future and parting shots.

former vice presidential candidate sarah palin has officially stepped down as governor of alaska. in her speech yesterday, palin talked about how much she loves her state and looked back at her accomplishments in office. and then she kind of lashed out at her critics in media. lieutenant governor sha eor seal is now governor of alaska. she left office 17 months before the end of her term. asking for and getting your views on this all day on whether

sarah palin made the right move leaving office. we've got some callers lined up with some pretty strong opinions. susan is calling from my hometown, houston. go for it, susan. are you there, susan? >> caller: i'm sorry, yes. >> you're on. >> caller: anyone who abandons his or her job, does not finish his or her finish wouldn't be trustworthy. i think this applies to sarah palin. >> all right. that was short and to the point. we know exactly where you stand. thank you for calling. katie is calling from south carolina. katie, do you think she made the right move by telling everybody bye for now? >> caller: yes, i think she did. because she has her own problems. and she has to take care of those. and she has done a lot for alaska. and i think she made the right move. >> would you vote for her if she decides to run for office again? you sound open to it. how about that? is that fair to say? you're open to it? >> caller: yes.

>> okay. good. thank you for your phone call. tracy calling us from georgia. you have the floor, tracy. >> caller: i'm definitely and totally disagree with your last caller. any problems that sarah has created she created herself. she knew the very moment she stepped into politics that she would be under the constant scrutiny of the media. the media can either be for or against you. apparently she has chosen the media to be against her. and she knew the consequences of every decision she's ever made. and she knew very well, and she pointed out earlier, that she shoots for food. well, we do the same thing here in georgia. some of us here even eat squirrel. but we don't go on national tv and tell everybody about it. >> tracy, thank you for your -- thanks for your phone call. i now know you like squirrel. i know where you stand on sarah

palin as well. that was a great phone call. thank you very much. mike in illinois wrote this. did sarah palin make a mistake by stepping down early? if she wanted to get out of politics, she made the right choice. if she hopes to pursue other political opportunities, yes, she may have made a mistake. tanita wrote this on my hln facebook page. i don't thij sarah palin made the wrong move to resign. i am glad she was woman enough to say i'm going to step aside instead of staying there and letting things get worse due to her ego. she understands where sarah palin was coming from. and this e-mail. sarah palin is a quitter. how on earth would anyone vote for her after leaving her job as governor 17 months early? good looks will not get her into the highest officer in our great nation. great comments and calls all day. thank you so much for e-mails and calling. we still want your comments here at hln news and views. prime news starts at the top of the hour.

lots of great topics there you can comment on. check them out at cnn.com/priknews. you can get your comments, share them that way. president obama -- wnba champs of detroit shock. the team visited the white house today. the president thanked them for inspiring his daughters. >> it's hard to believe the wnba has already been around for 12 years. that means that my daughters have never known a time when women couldn't play professional sports. they look at the tv, and they see me watching "sports center," and they see young women who look like them on the screen. and that lets them and all our young women as well as young men know that we should take for granted that women are going to thrive and excel as athletes.

it makes my daughters look at themselves differently to see that they can be champions, too. as a father, i want to say thank you. >> and the shock, they're really good. the team has won three championships since they started playing in 1998. the trip went well. it was the homecoming that was a nightmare. the story of a man arrested for being awol even though he was never in the army.

news just into the newsroom. kentucky senator jim bunting says he will not be running for re-election next year. the republican first elected to the senate in 1998. you probably knew him before that because he pitched in the major leagues for the detroit tigers and the philadelphia phillies for 17 seasons. but he's not running for re-election next year. an oklahoma man is charged with gunning down two sheriffs deputies. authorities say he opened fire yesterday when the officers were trying to serve him with a domestic abuse warrant. he's charged with first degree murder. the witness said the deputies were shot when they kicked open the door of the home. >> they said you've got two seconds to open the door. they kicked the door in open. the guy was sitting there waiting on them. >> a woman standing in her yard across the street was also hit by gunfire. she is in serious condition. fbi agents have joined the search for a missing idaho boy. authorities say 8-year-old

robert manuel vanished sometime friday night. they think he may have been headed to a party at a friend's house. at a news conference a little earlier today his aunt pleaded for his safe return. >> we just want to say that all we want to do is bring robert home. so please, if you know anything or if you've seen anything, contact the police department and help us find robert. >> police are planning to drain a pond at robert's apartment complex. so far, extensive efforts by search and rescue crews haven't turned up anything. hln's own nancy grace is working the latest developments to find missing 8-year-old robert manwill. that's tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern time right here on hln. new york state police are trying to find out how a mom in a mini van loaded with kids wound up going the wrong direction on a parkway and then causing a deadly crash. the woman, her daughter and three nieces were all killed when her mini van crashed head

on into an suv. the mini van burst into flames. three people in the suv were also killed. the woman's 5-year-old son survived ed but suffered sever head trauma. >> i've been state police 24 years. i've never seen anything like this. we have an accident reconstructionist at the scene. hopefully we'll be able to come to some determination why this person entered the parkway going the wrong way. >> it was the second wrongway crash on that parkway yesterday. five people were hurt in that earlier crash. this next story too, as well, a backyard cookout ended with gunfire that left 12 people injured. baltimore police say at least one man walked into that backyard sunday night and started firing a semiautomatic weapon, and then ran off. a 2-year-old girl and a pregnant woman were among those hit. none of the injuries are life threatening. so far police don't have a motive. police in atlanta say they

don't have any suspects in the killing of boxer vernon forest. they say the former welter weight champion was shot to death saturday night during a robbery. they say a man snatched his wallet at a gas station and forest chased him. that's when the man started firing. he was hit several times in the back and legs. he turned to pro boxing after the barcelona olympics when he was on the u.s. boxing team with oscar dela hoya. furniture goes up in flames in washington state. a five alarm fire. it gutted the arnold home furnishings store. firefighters tried to save the warehouse portion of the store. local media reports fire spread to the roof causing smoke and water damage to the furniture. no injuries to report in spite of the horrible scene. no word on what caused it. a second chicago area cemetery is being investigated

after a human bone was found lying on the ground friday. the owner denies any wrong doing. the cemetery is facing a lawsuit from a family for allegedly reselling a plot where two relatives are buried. recently workers in another chicago area cemetery were charged with double stacking bodies and running a scheme to resell plots. a man's vacation, vacation, did not have a happy ending. he ended up being stopped at the airport, detained for a couple of weeks, and his head was shaved. for deserting the army. already sounds pretty bad. it's even worse because he was never in the military. chris park says he almost signed up ten years ago. he backed out at the last minute. >> how paper work could have gotten messed up enough to say that i was actually in the military and had made it there and i was actually -- it says that i was in there for two years before they finally figured out that i wasn't and started counting me as a deserter. >> he still hasn't gotten an official explanation. he's thinking the recruiter

never processed the paper work to de-enlist him. he says the whole thing cost him $1,500. he's now carrying documents to prove he's not a deserter. octomom nadya suleman is trying to finalize a deal that will have all 14 of her kids raking in some cash as reality tv stars. if approved by a judge each child would earn $250 each day of filming over the next three years. 36 days in the first year, 21 in the second and 14 in year three. that comes to about $250,000. this afternoon, though, suleman's actually going to have to go to court to fight a lawsuit that asks the superior court judge to assign a guardian for her kids. suleman says she has the right to make decisions for her children. the markets gained today on positive news from the housing sector. stephanie elam is at our business desk in new york with the details. pretty surprising news,

stephanie? >> it's giving people a little encouragement out there right now, richelle. over the past two weeks both the dow and s&p have gained more than 11%. investors were able to continue the positive streak again today, although it was not super high. it's still in the green. the dow tacked on 15 points to close at 9108. nasdaq added two points and the broader s&p 500 gained nearly three points. this morning a surprisingly positive report showing new home sales jumped 11% last month. the biggest monthly increase in nearly nine years. the june figure is still down more than 20% from the same period a year ago. the higher rate of foreclosures over the last year has been weighing heavily on home prices. the recent rise in sales of new homes may signal that the housing market is finally bottoming out. also this morning verizon released earnings in line with estimates, along with an announcement it will be slashing 8,000 jobs before the end of the year. that's the latest. he's back on the podium

after a three-year retirement. but not as high as he'd hoped. lance armstrong's return to the tour de france.

breaking news for you from the nfl about this gentleman. michael vick. the former pro football quarterback has been reinstated by the national football league. conditionally. league commission eer is giving vick permission to take part in training camps. he can also play in the final two preseason games, and he could be eligible for the regular season for some of the games by october. at the moment, he doesn't have a team, though. that's because the atlanta falcons released him while he was serving a prison sentence on a federal dog fighting conspiracy charge. and also in a news release, the

nfl said super bowl winning coach tony dungee is willing to work with vick as an adviser or mentor. police have released a tape of the 911 call that sent officers to the home of harvard professor henry louis gates. when it was over gates was under arrest and accusations of racial profiling were flying. the call came from a woman who worked near the gates' home. she reported what she describes as two men possibly breaking into a house. listen to this. >> i don't know if they had a key or not. i couldn't see from my angle. when i looked through -- that's when i saw -- >> are they still in the house? >> they're still in the house, i believe, yeah? >> are they white, black or hispanic? >> there were two larger men. one looks kind of hispanic. i'm not really sure. the other one entered. i didn't see what he looked like

at all. i just saw fritit from a distan. this older woman was worried thinking someone's breaking into someone's house. she druinterrupted me. that's when i noticed. otherwise i probably wouldn't have noticed it at all, to be honest you. i was just calling because she was a concerned neighbor, i guess. >> are you standing outside? >> i'm standing outside, yes. >> the police are on their way. you can meet them when they get there. what's your name. >> my name is [ muted ]. >> they're on their way. >> i guess i'll wait. thanks. >> there's more. cambridge police also released recordings of the radio calls between sergeant crowley, dispatch and other officers in the field. after getting to professor gates' house, crowley asked the 911 caller to meet him at the front door and then later describes gates as uncooperative. >> could you have the caller come to the front door. >> not her home. she doesn't live there. she's a witness in this.

>> 52. >> answer 52. >> the gentleman says he resides here. uncooperative. keep the guys coming. >> the white house says president obama will meet this week with professor gates and police sergeant crowley. cambridge city officials are applauding that move. they welcome it. they're also setting up a new committee to advice police on racial issues. this committee is not specifically investigating what happened between gates and crowley. the panel will be led by nationally recognized experts who will offer ways the police department can apply the lessons learned from the gates confrontation. a judge says a man convicted of plotting to kill former president george w. bush should spend the rest of his life in

prison. the judge says the life term is fitting because he has nev-- th accused him of joining al qaeda and plotting to assassinate bush. an appeals court ruled the sentence should be revisited because it might be too lenient. defense lawyers argue he only confessed under torture by saudi arabian authorities. a deal could be announced soon to give permanent custody of michael jackson's three children to his mother, katherine. that's what her lawyer is saying. right now she has temporary custody of prince michael i, paris, and prince michael ii. her lawyer told nbc "today" show there's been too much speculation in the media about whether jackson's ex-wife debbie rowe will try to take the two older kids. >> we have been working on an agreement. >> uh-huh. >> and i want to say that the parties have been very responsible, debbie rowe, her lawyers, mrs. jackson. they've been very thoughtful,

very caring, and very prudent. and we do believe that we're close to reaching an agreement. and the swirling speculation is just swirling speculation. the agreement about custody is not a money issue. michael and mrs. debbie rowe had their agreement prior to his passing. that is not on the table. that's not what we're dealing with. despite a lot of the public, kind of, inquiries, that is not what's happening. >> he went on to say that katherine jackson was regularly in touch with her son and stayed involved in personal and business affairs over the years. new york state police say a mom in a mini van loaded with kids was feeling sick shortly before she drove the wrong direction on a parkway and caused a horrific, deadly crash. diane schuler, her daughter and her three nieces were all killed when their mini van crashed head on into an suv. the mini van burst into flames. three people in the suv were also killed. the woman's 5-year-old son

somehow survived. he does have severe head trauma. >> it was a horrific scene altogether. i've been with the state police for 24 year. i've never seen anything like this. there's an accident reconstructionist at the scene. hopefully we'll be able to come to some determination as to why this person entered the parkway going the wrong way. >> police say schuler called her brother a couple hours before and said she wasn't feeling well. he said to pull over and he would go get her. baltimore police say tit for tat gang violence shootings left more than a dozen people wounded and two dead. it started when a gunman walked into a backyard cookout yesterday, started firing a semiautomatic weapon and ran off. a 2-year-old girl and pregnant woman were hit, among other people. the victims were shot in the legs, arms, shoulders and backs. then hours later, four men were shot in three separate shootings in the same neighborhood. two of them were killed. police are blaming gangs and drugs.

judge seonia sotomayor will get some republican votes in the senate. not from jeff sessions. when the judiciary committee takes up her nomination tomorrow, the top republican on the panel will be vote nothing. sessions says he is not convinced sotomayor has what it takes to resist the temptation of becoming an activist. two other committee republicans also say they'll be voting against the first latina nominee to the high bench. the full senate should vote on sotomayor by the end of next week. president obama has a message for china. we're in this together. a large delegation of chinese diplomats is in washington for two days for talks. they're to cover issues like climate change, the global financial crisis and north korea's nuclear weapons. the president says the u.s. relationship with china will shape the 21st century. he says he is confident the two countries can find common ground in spite of their differences. secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary tim geithner are leading the

u.s. delegation. they've been busy, busy, busy. astronauts finished up their fifth space walk at the international space station. christopher cassidy and thomas washburn. "endeavour" crew installed their final piece earlier in the mission. the shuttle will be undocking from the iss tomorrow. the trip itself went well. it was the homecoming that was the nightmare. the story of a man arrested for being awol even though he was never, i said never, in the army.

fbi agents have joined the search for a missing idaho boy. authorities say 8-year-old robert manwill vanished sometime friday night about 9:30. this is shortly after he left his house. they think he may have been headed to a party at a friend's house. there was a news conference about this earlier today where his aunt pleaded for his safe return. >> we just want to say that all we want to do is bring robert home. so please, if you know anything or if you've seen anything, contact the police department and help us find robert. >> police are planning to drain a pond at robert's apartment complex. so far, extensive efforts by search and rescue crews haven't turned up anything. a seattle man's vacation, a vacation, did not have a happy ending. he ended up being stopped at the airport, detained for a couple weeks.

his head was shaved all for deserting the army. it's even worse because he was never in the military. chris park says he almost signed up ten years ago. he backed out at the last minute. >> how paperwork could have gotten messed up enough to say that i was actually in the military and had made it there and i was actually -- it says that i was in there for two years before they finally figured out that i wasn't and started counting me as a deserter. >> he still hasn't gotten an official explanation. he's thinking the recruiter never processed the paperwork to de-enlist him. he says the whole thing cost him $1,500. he had to miss work, so there's that money, too. he's now carrying documents to prove he's not a deserter. florida's waters have long been targeted by the energy industry. folks are anxious to start

grabbing at natural resources buried there. the most valuable resource may be the water itself, not the oil potentially underneath it. this is getting a lot of attention on cnn.com today. lots of clicks. it does sound very intriguing. >> very cool, right, richelle? all that water swirling around could actually create as much energy as four to ten nuclear power plants. now in florida they're trying to take that energy in the ocean and put it in your home. so this is a big project that's going on in the fourth most populous state in the united states. florida's development is really outpacing its energy production, and the state is nearing a crisis. so the idea is to use these underwater turbines to produce power. and then the powerful gulf stream currents would keep those turbines whizzing, essentially producing the energy. the energy would then be converted into electricity and transmitting the cable.

they're hoping this could power 3 million to 7 million homes in ten years, if it works. and, richelle, that's a big "if." there's still limited information available on how much this is going to cost and its environmental impact in the first place. think about it, richelle. you don't want it to cost too much. because that's going to drain another part of the state. also, you don't want it to expend more energy than you're actually going to get. so a lot of factors in place right now. but definitely one of the most clicked on stories on cnn.com right now. >> it would be great if it worked. but you also don't want it to be more trouble than it's worth. >> absolutely. >> i like that. all right. the beijing sky is very polluted. it's well known. everybody knows that. but seems to be clearing up. why would that bother anybody? >> right. well, we remember reporting, of course, for the olympics. that they really needed to get their act together. they needed to clean up the skies. actually, there are more blue

sky days, a record number, in fact, have been reported there. but the thing is, richelle, this also took years and hundreds of millions of dollars, plus it required drastic steps. so they're trying to assess whether or not these clean skies are actually evidence, richelle, of an economic slowdown. while it is pretty, that scene right there was very costly to these folks. >> got it. okay. now i get it. that's why we have you, to explain things like this. >> i do what i can, my friend. >> great job. talk to you later. sick of riding around in that old car and paying out the tail pipe because it gets such bad mileage? the government has a deal for you. but you have to act quickly. x÷x

prime news is coming up in just a few minutes. mike comes down, looks over his notes to give us a rundown of the show as usual. >> we want to start with a story that's very alarming. 8-year-old boy robert manwill,

the fbi is still looking. the way we understand the story -- 8 years old. i know. fbi's in on it. the way we understand it, friday night wanted to go to a party. the last time he was seen was a playground at his apartment complex. as richelle said, an 8-year-old boy still missing. we'll get you the latest on that. also keeping you updated on this story. the 911 call has been released in the arrest of professor henry louis gates. we're talking about the lady who made the call. we've been playing that on hln. we'll let you hear that one more time and get your thoughts on that. we want to know, and we're going to ask her attorney, what has she been going through? you make the call. now the entire country is in on this story. what are her feelings? what does she want? we'll get to that. take your calls. 1-877-tell-hln. want to hear from you on this one as well. octomom, nadya suleman, the reality show.

>> i'm shocked, mike. >> richelle. the kids are going to get, what, $250,000? when you split that 14 ways, that's about $18,000 per kid. that's not chump change. but you'd think more as invasive as a reality show is going to be. and they're nightmares for families. michael vick has been reinstated. what team is going to take on michael vick? you want your team to sign on michael vick? call us, e-mail us or text us. coming your way at the top of the hour. >> a lot to comment on today. get cracking. this next story, an oklahoma man is charged with gunning down two sheriffs deputies. authorities say he opened fire yesterday when these officers were trying to serve him a domestic abuse warrant. he's charged with first-degree murder. a witness says these deputies were shot when they were kicking open the door of the home. >> they said you've got two seconds to open the door and

kicked the door in open. the guy was sitting there waiting on them. >> a woman who was just standing in her yard across the street when all this happened, she was even hit by gunfire. she is in serious condition. take a look at these birds. they were reportedly forced to fight each other. connecticut police arrested 19 people who were allegedly part of a bird fighting ring. police say they took 150 birds yesterday from a house where the fighting was going on. the suspects are now facing animal cruelty and illegal gambling charges. some birds have injuries, including blindness in one eye. amazing pictures here, a furniture store going up in flames in washington state. this is a five-alarm fire that gutted arnold's home furnishings in bremerton, washington, 15 miles outside of seattle. firefighters tried to save the warehouse portion of the store but local media reports the fire spread to the roof causing smeek and water damage to the furniture.

no one was injured. still no word on what caused that. this number probably surprised you today. new home sales jumped unexpectedly last month with the biggest surge in nearly nine years. what's the number? sales rose 11%, much more than the experts were looking for. however, they're still 28% lower than a year ago. one analyst says with all the deals available, the fact that new homes are selling may mean the economic downturn is finally bottoming out. for the first time in its 80-year history, vatican history is running ads in between religious programming as part of a three-month trial. listeners hear 45-second ads in five languages. it's because of the worldwide economic downturn. last year, the vatican ran a $22 million deficit. bingo the bee got stung the other night. bingo is supposed to do a dance every time his team scores a

run. grand slam off the right field fence. showed you a replay there. this is now a hit on youtube. it's a beauty pageant most of us and the used to seeing. for most of the ladies, it's a day they never