grounded. one of the busiest airport terminals in the world evacuated. we'll tell you what police found at new york's laguardia airport and why a man is now under arrest. a border patrol agent killed in the line of duty is laid to rest. now his colleagues vow to bring his killers to justice. and new help for g.i. joe. u.s. troops and their families are getting a boost that will help them pay for college. hi there, you're watching hln. i'm natasha curry. things are finally getting back to normal at laguardia airport hours after a bomb scare forced an evacuation. passengers were rushed out and flights weren't allowed to land or take off. you can imagine how much chaos

that caused on a summer saturday with people heading off for vacations. susan candiotti tells us how it all started. >> reporter: the evacuation of the central terminal at laguardia happened at about 5:00 this morning when the following occurred, according to a law enforcement source close to the investigation, a man who appeared to be intoxicated approached a security checkpoint. the tsa called in the port authority after the source says this man was wearing a backpack and in plain view attached to it were two six bolt square batteries that had wires protruding from it. when the port authority told the man to put the device down, the source said he did not comply and instead appeared as though he was looking to try to push a switch. but nothing happened. the suspicious device was seized, course. they looked at it. the new york city police department bomb squad arrived on the scene and used a water cannon to blow it up. it was determined to be a fake device.

but here's the information we have from a law enforcement source close to the investigation about the suspect. he is identified as scott mcgann, age 32 and a new york resident. he gave a fake address in manhattan. he has three prior arrests as recently as last month. and he also was holding boarding passes on united airlines. he was supposed to fly, according to the source from laguardia to chicago o'hare then on to denver and finally on to oakland, california. right now he's in police custody but, of course, all this and the evacuations caused a huge disruption at the airport. causing a lot of passengers a lot of confusion. >> well, we arrived at 10 to 6:00 when they first closed the airport, thought maybe there was an accident, no big deal. but, yeah, nobody has said anything. total chaos. absolutely bizarre. i've never experienced anything. i talked to agents, nobody seems to know what's going on. i wanted to go to kennedy to rebook my flight they said we

don't know if you can do that. i'm so frustrated. i don't live here, i live in oregon and i can wait to go home. this is ridiculous. absolutely ridiculous. >> reporter: the suspect is in custody. the passenger terminal has reopened but a lot of flights have been cancelled or delayed. susan candiotti, cnn at laguardia airport. boise, idaho police have uncovered new evidence of the disappearance of an 8-year-old he vanished eight days ago. they say the evidence shows robert manwill may be injured. and while they wouldn't confirm whether they suspect he's dead, they did say he might be the victim of a tragic event. yesterday afternoon crime scene investigators spent several hours searching the home of a couple who knows robert's family. police also went to a landfill, but wouldn't say whether the visit was connected to the missing boy. investigators say they are including interviewing area. six months in, how is president obama doing? that's what senior

administration officials and cabinet members are assessing at blair house just a short walk from the white house. they also will be looking to the future. president obama won't be at today's session, though. he'll be at camp david. several hours of closed door meetings are scheduled today and vice president joe biden is expected to speak. president barack obama is sounding upbeat on the chi. in his weekly radio and internet address he cited friday's commerce report showing the economy shrank just 1% in the second quarter. that's less than expected. he said that indicates that the economy is turning the corner thanks to the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus plan. >> as far as i'm concerned, we will not have a recovery as long as we keep losing jobs. i won't rest until every american who wants a job can find one. history shows you need to have economic growth before you have job growth.

the report yesterday on our economy is an important sign that we're headed in the right direction. business investments, which have been plummeting in the past few months, is showing signs of stabilizing. this means that eventually businesses will start growing and hiring again and that's when it will really feel like recovery to the american people. republicans are launching new attacks on president obama's health care. today senator johnson said the proposals would force millions of americans to go from employer-based coverage to a government-run system. he says the gop plan would avoid bureaucratic interference and put payings and doctors first. >> republicans think there's a better way. we put forth proposals that will cut costs and improve care. we can accomplish health care reform while keeping patients and their doctors in charge, not bureaucrats and politicians. real reform should allow small

businesses to pool together to buy affordable health insurance for their employees. real reform should protect doctors and hospitals from frivolous lawsuits so they can stop practicing defensive medicine and instead focus on practicing patient-focused medicine. real reform should encourage wellness and prevention programs proven to cut costs. and they should get the same tax breaks as those who get insurance through their employers. a small victory for president obama and his goal of health care reform. just before the house broke for august recess yesterday its energy and commerce committee passed a comprehensive health care reform bill. it allows for negotiations with the insurance industry to determine reimbursement rates for the government run public insurance option. representatives are prepping for heavy campaigning for and against the bill while they are at home. democrats are deeply divided over the bill. and its fate is uncertain in the senate where a vote was postponed until after its august recess.

>> take a look at this mess from a storm in beverly, massachusetts, that split trees in half yesterday. some fell on to homes. power lines were knocked down and caused small fires. a lot of people got caught right in the middle of the storm. >> i heard a lot of wind and when we went outside the trees were like crushed. >> the branchs, everything, like going like really fast just flying off trees, you know, breaking off. you look over, you go to the field over there and just all trees split apart. >> got pitch black all of a sudden, and the rain came out of nowhere. next thing you know power is out, trees down all over the place. >> some drivers were trapped inside their cars. one person said they had to swerve to get out of the way of a huge tree that was coming at their car. >> did you see that? a florida man was videotaping a storm in saint augustine when a bolt of lightning suddenly struck right next door. everyone was fine.

the guy says it gave him quite a good scare. a wisconsin man accused of praying for the sick medical care for his daughter was accused of reckless homicide. he said he didn't know his daughter madeline had diabetes. the prosecutor said he should have known the 11 girl was in need of urgent care because she had gotten so ill that she couldn't walk, eat or even talk. newman and others stood around her praying as she died. prosecutors say no one bothered to call 911 until after she stopped breathing. doctors testified, if she had gotten prompt medical care, madeline would likely have survived. a border patrolman is laid to rest as some 4,000 people pay tribute. there's one issue that will not rest for the mourners.

authorities in southern california are trying to figure out who poisoned more than 20 horses and why. apparently they were given leaves from the highly toxic oleander plant. at a ranch in the san diego area. officials say ranch employees found the leaves which had been mixed with sliced apples and carrots in stall wes they arrived at work on thursday morning. the ranch owner says three horses are seriously ill, and undergoing treatment at an equine hospital. the rest are being treated at the ranch. 30 show horses worth about $2 million live at the ranch most are boarded for clients. hundreds of pounds of explosives were stolen from a storage facility in walla walla, washington. it was discovered when state troopers were doing an inspection. photos were released in hopes

someone will tip authorities. we're getting new word that michael jackson was shopping around for a doctor to give him a powerful anesthetic. an attorney for one doctor says that he asked the doctor for the drug known as diprivan. he refused to give it to jackson. a source tells our sister network, cnn, another doctor, dr. conrad murray gave jackson the drug in the 24 hours before he died. a coroner's report on jackson's death has been postponed indefinitely. tonight on hln "news and views," was michael jackson addicted to drugs? did those medicines kill him and will doctors place charges? plus, the custody issue looms as the judge decides whether to approve a deal that places jackson's children with his mother katherine. nancy grace has the breaking news at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on hln.

>> border patrolman robert rosas hoped to see his 2-year-old son follow in his foot steps and dance at his little girl's wedding. sadly that won't happen. he was laid to rest yesterday. mexican authorities said they arrested five men in connection with his killing. the fbi has not identified possible suspects yet. here's lynn stewart. >> fire! >> reporter: murdered border patrol agent robert rosas' life is marked with ceremonial good-byes. and heartbreaking ones. his children sang farewell before they got to know their dad. about 4,000 people turned out to celebrate his life. the memorial service isn't bringing complete closure. his friends and family have in the back of their minds catching his killer. the assistant secretary of homeland security assured them

that the killer will be caught. >> we will not rest as a law enforcement community until that justice is done. and until we have the kind of border and kind of community that robert rosas stood for and fought for. >> reporter: several men have been detained in mexico and one person in the u.s. in connection with rosas' killing. authorities are sharing few specifics just saying the case is far from solved. thousands of law enforcement officers turned out from around the country not only to pay their respects but to make a point to the drug runners believed to be responsible for killing rosas. >> we have an important job to do. we'll rededicate ourselves to doing this mission. >> reporter: one man's life lost, thousands of others are standing behind him. lynn stewart. just when the cash for clunkers program seemed to be

too successful for its own good, a possible reprieve. how the house is trying to give it a jump start and what a dealer we talked to thinks about the program.

talk about stop and go. the cash for clunkers is quickly running through it's $1 billion limit. the house is proposing a reprieve. the plan still has to go through the senate. keith baldwin talked to a car

dealer who says he doesn't want the plan to go away because it's been great for business. >> if you can run the carfax on that vehicle. >> auto dealers saw it as the deal that they couldn't and wouldn't pass up. >> what was the reaction amongst you and your employees when this program started to move? >> when we saw the influx of business, people coming in, ready to buy. it was very exciting. i mean we had a huge weekend. >> alex of koons automotive said they sold 290 cars at their 16 locations, thanks to the cash for clunkers program and they have seen a 40% jump in sales compared to the same time last year. but then reports the $1 billion program was already running out of cash. leaving dealers as well as members of congress scrambling. >> to help our auto industry, to help consumers, to grow our economy, to do it in an environmentally sound way i think it's a perfect message for us to take home for august. >> this is a godsend for the auto dealers in my district.

don't stall what's working. give it a fill up and let's get cash for clunkers back on the road. >> the house quickly passed a $2 billion extension of the clunkers program, happy with its success the white house is also piling on the pressure. >> so we're now working with congress on a bipartisan solution to ensure that the program can continue for everyone out there who is still looking to make a trade. >> the back and forth, the threats of stop and go have some dealers nervous and searching for direction. >> it affects us right now because you're scared, you're not sure what to do or what will happen. >> the bill to extend more cash for the program still has to make it through the senate and it's not a slam dunk. on the right fiscal conservatives don't want to spend more taxpayer money. on the left some senators don't think the program goes far enough to increase fuel efficiency. senate aides tell cnn it's too soon if the senate will act next week or wait until september.

kate bolduan, cnn, washington. honda is recalling an additional 440,000 cars because of a potentially deadly airbag defect. the company says this affects honda accords, civics, acuras made in the early 2000. the driver's side airbag can overpressurize and rupture and blast pieces of metal around. honda said one person died an six others were injured. if you're car is affected you'll get a recall notice in the mail. honda had a similar recall in november. a new g.i. bill goes into effect today. it's been touted as the most comprehensive education benefit to be offered since world war ii. $78 billion is expected to be paid out over the next decade. under the bill many veterans who served after 9/11 are eligible for full tuition and fee for four years at a state university. a monthly housing stipend as well and up to $1,000 a year for books. president obama will mark the occasion at a rally in fairfax,

virginia on monday. are these tough economic times putting a squeeze on you? log on to cnn.com/clark. you could be profiled on our network. watch the "clark howard show" tomorrow at noon eastern here on hln. about 100 iranians went on trial this morning. defendants were charged with everything from attacking military facilities to beating security forces. the defendants include key opposition leaders, including a former vice president. hundreds of protestors were arrested when they accused the government of stealing the votes. last month's protest was the biggest challenge to iran's regime in 30 years. more photos are being

released of that air force one flight over new york city that caused a panic a few months ago. they are put together sequentially to show you what happened. the photos show the boeing making three passes by the statue of liberty accompanied by an x-15 fighter jet, making a steep bank not usually seen with passenger aircraft. that move may have contributed to the panic on the ground. a german man is taking thrill-seeking to a new level. check it out. instead of riding a roller he braved it on roller states. he kept his cool the entire time, even reaching speeds up to 60 miles per hour. he made his own skates and designed them. iraqi and american teams go to summer camp together.

grounded. one of the busiest airport terminals in the world evacuated. we'll tell you what police found at new york's laguardia airport and why a man is now under arrest. a border patrol agent killed in the line of duty is laid to rest. now his colleagues vow to bring his killers to justice. and new help for g.i. joe. u.s. troops and their families are getting a boost that will help them pay for college. hi there, you're watching hln. i'm natasha curry. things are finally getting back to normal at laguardia airport hours after a bomb scare forced an evacuation. passengers were rushed out and flights weren't allowed to land or take off. you can imagine how much chaos

that caused on a summer saturday with people heading off for vacations. susan candiotti tells us how it all started. >> reporter: the evacuation of the central terminal at laguardia happened at about 5:00 this morning when the following occurred, according to a law enforcement source close to the investigation, a man who appeared to be intoxicated approached a security checkpoint. the tsa called in the port authority after the source says this man was wearing a backpack and in plain view attached to it were two six-volt square batteries that had wires protruding from it. when the port authority told the man to put the device down, the source said he did not comply and instead appeared as though he was looking to try to push a switch. but nothing happened. the suspicious device was seized, of course. they looked at it. the new york city police department bomb squad arrived on the scene and used a water cannon to blow it up. it was determined to be a fake device.

but here's the information we have from a law enforcement source close to the investigation about the suspect. he is identified as scott mcgann, age 32 and a new york resident. he gave a fake address in manhattan. he has three prior arrests as recently as last month. and he also was holding boarding passes on united airlines. he was supposed to fly, according to the source from laguardia to chicago o'hare then on to denver and finally on to oakland, california. right now he's in police custody but, of course, all this and the evacuations caused a huge disruption at the airport. causing a lot of passengers a lot of confusion. >> well, we arrived at 10 to 6:00 when they first closed the airport, thought maybe there was an accident, no big deal. but, yeah, nobody has said anything. total chaos. absolutely bizarre. i've never experienced anything. i talked to agents, nobody seems to know what's going on. i wanted to go to kennedy to rebook my flight they said we don't know if you can do that.

i'm so frustrated. i don't live here, i live in oregon and i can wait to go home. this is ridiculous. absolutely ridiculous. >> reporter: the suspect is in custody. the passenger terminal has reopened but a lot of flights have been cancelled or delayed. susan candiotti, cnn at laguardia airport. a wisconsin man accused of praying instead of seeking medical care for his sick daughter has been accused of reckless homicide. he said he thought she fell ill with the flu and didn't know she had diabetes. prosecutors said he should have known the 11-year-old girl was in need of urgent care because she had gotten so ill she couldn't walk, eat or even talk. newman and others stood around her praying as she died. prosecutors say no one bothered to call 911 until after she stopped breathing. doctors testified if she had gotten prompt medical care,

madeline would likely have survived. boise, idaho police have uncovered new evidence of the disappearance of an 8-year-old boy who vanished eight days ago. they say the evidence shows robert manwill may be injured. and while they wouldn't confirm whether they suspect he's dead, they did say he might be the victim of a tragic event. yesterday afternoon crime scene investigators spent several hours searching the home of a couple who knows robert's family. police also went to a landfill, but wouldn't say whether the visit was connected to the missing boy. investigators say they are following hundreds of leads including interviewing registered sex offenders in the area. six months in, how is president obama doing? that's what senior administration officials and cabinet members are assessing at blair house just a short walk from the white house. they also will be looking to the future. president obama won't be at today's session, though. he'll be at camp david. several hours of closed door meetings are scheduled today and vice president joe biden is expected to speak.

president barack obama is sounding upbeat on the economy. in his weekly radio and internet address, he cited friday's commerce report showing the economy shrank just 1% in the second quarter and that's less than expected. he said that indicates that the economy is turning the corner faced with a nearly $800 billion economic stimulus plan. >> as far as i'm concerned, we will not have a recovery as long as we keep losing jobs. and i won't rest until every american who wants a job can find one, but history shows you need to have economic growth before you have job growth. the report yesterday on our economy is an important sign that we're headed in the right direction. business investment, which had been plummeting in the past few months, is showing signs of stabilizing. this means that eventually businesses will start growing and hiring again. that's when it will really feel

like recovery to the american people. a small victory for president obama and his goal of health care reform. just before the house broke for august recess yesterday its energy and commerce committee passed a comprehensive health care reform bill. it allows for negotiations with the insurance industry to determine reimbursement rates for the government run public insurance option. representatives are prepping for heavy campaigning for and against the bill while they are at home. democrats are deeply divided over the bill. and its fate is uncertain in the senate where a vote was postponed until after its august recess. republicans are launching a new attack on the president's proposed health care. senator thousand said it would force americans to go from an employer-based coverage to a government-run system echlt says the gop plan would avoid

democratic interference and put patients and doctors first. >> republicans think there is a better way. we put forth proposals that will cut costs and improve care. we can keep patients and their doctors in charge, not bureaucrats and politicians. real reform should allow small businesses to pool together to buy affordable health insurance from their employees. real reform should protect doctors and hospitals from frivolous lawsuits so they can stop practicing defensive medicine and instead focus on practicing patient-focused medicine. real reform should encourage wellness and prevention programs proven to cut costs. real reform should give people who buy their own insurance the same tax breaks as those who get insurance through their employers. >> take a look at this mess from a storm in beverly, massachusetts, that split trees in half yesterday. some fell on to homes. power lines were knocked down and caused small fires. a lot of people got caught right in the middle of the storm. >> i heard a lot of wind and when we went outside the trees

were like crushed. >> the branchs, everything, like going like really fast just flying off trees, you know, breaking off. you look over, you go to the field over there and just all trees split apart. >> got pitch black all of a sudden, and the rain came out of nowhere. i went upstairs to shut my fans off and stuff. next thing you know power is out, trees down all over the place. >> some drivers were trapped inside their cars. one person said they had to swerve to get out of the way of a huge tree that was coming at their car. >> did you see that? a florida man was videotaping a storm in saint augustine when a lightning bolt hit next door. everyone was fine. the guy says it gave him quite a good scare. a border patrolman is laid to rest as some 4,000 people pay tribute. there's one issue that will not rest for the mourners.

suppose you were in the middle of the country and needed to be seen by a doctor in california. one doctor actually has a way to make that visit without either of you taking a trip. dr. sanjay gupta takes a look at futuristic medicine in today's "vital signs." dr. chung regularly sees patients via the wireless robot. he can see patients in the room from just about everywhere. >> let's go live. >> we're here controlling this robot in santa barbara. we're here in texas. dr. chung does this all the time.

he can control a robot in this hospital or anywhere in the world. >> anywhere around the world. >> a high quality robot allows his head to move from side to side. and record images from all angles. there's a laptop and remote joy stick that lets the doctor zoom in and check a patient's pupils. vital signs. even examine their brain scans remotely. a surgeon could essentially talk someone through an operation as if they were doing it themselves in real-time. >> for more on this and other exciting advances in medicine go to cnn.com/vitalsigns. authorities in southern california are trying to figure out who poisoned more than 20 horses and why. apparently they were given leaves from the highly toxic oleander plant. ranch employees found the leaves mixed with sliced apples and carrots in stalls when they arrived at work on thursday morning. the ranch owner says three

horses are seriously ill, and undergoing treatment at an equine hospital. the rest are being treated at the ranch. 30 show horses worth about $2 million live at the ranch, most are boarded for clients. hundreds of pounds of explosives and detonation cords were found in storage in washington state. washington state troopers were doing a routine inspection. photos have been released in hopes that someone will tip authorities. we're getting new word that michael jackson was shopping around for a doctor to give him a powerful anesthetic. an attorney for dr. alan medsger said he was asked to provide the drug known as diprivan. he refused to give it to jackson. a source tells our sister network, cnn, another doctor, dr. conrad murray gave jackson the drug in the 24 hours before he died. a coroner's report on jackson's

death has been postponed indefinitely. tonight on "issue," more jackson drama. reports say jackson spent his last night in dr. conrad murray's room. why? also monday is the biggest showdown. will katherine jackson get her way? just when the cash for clunkers program seemed to be too successful for its own good, a possible reprieve. how the house is trying to give it a jump start and what a dealer we talked to thinks about the program.

the house agreed to give the cash for clunkers another $2 billion. the white house denies reports that the program was suspended because money was running out quicker than expected. the program offers rebates for exchanging old gas-guzzling cars for more fuel-efficient ones. it's supposed to last through the weekend.

car dealers are being advised not to close anymore deals until the program's fate is determined. honda is recalling an additional 440,000 cars because of a potentially deadly airbag defect. the company says this affects honda accords, civics, acuras made in the early 2000. the driver's side airbag can overpressurize and rupture and blast pieces of metal around. honda said one person died an six others were injured. if you're car is affected you'll get a recall notice in the mail. honda had a similar recall in november. some good news for your stocks in this bad economy. the dow was up 17 points yesterday closing at 9171. that's the highest level since november. overall the market posted an 8.6% gain in july, the best gain for the month in two decades. a new g.i. bill goes into effect today. it's been touted as the most comprehensive education benefit

to be offered since world war ii. $78 billion is expect to be paid over the next decade. under the bill many veterans who served after 9/11 are eligible for full tuition and fee for four years at a state university. a monthly housing stipend as well and up to $1,000 a year for books. president obama will mark the occasion at a rally in fairfax, virginia on monday. >> border patrolman robert rosas hoped to see his 2-year-old son follow in his foot steps and dance at his little girl's wedding. sadly that won't happen. he was laid to rest yesterday. mexican authorities said they arrested five men in connection with his killing. the fbi has not identified possible suspects yet. here's lynn stewart. >> fire! >> reporter: murdered border patrol agent robert rosas' life

is marked with ceremonial good-byes. and heartbreaking ones. his children sang farewell before they got to know their dad. about 4,000 people turned out to celebrate his life. the memorial service isn't bringing complete closure. his friends and family have in the back of their minds catching his killer. the assistant secretary of homeland security assured them that the killer will be caught. >> we will not rest as a law enforcement community until that justice is done. until it sets the kind of border and kind of community that robert rosas stood for and fought for. >> reporter: several men have been detained in mexico and one person in the u.s. in connection with rosas' killing. authorities are sharing few specifics just saying the case is far from solved.

thousands of law enforcement officers turned out from around the country not only to pay their respects but to make a point to the drug runners believed to be responsible for killing rosas. >> we have an important job to do. we'll rededicate ourselves to doing this mission. >> reporter: one man's life lost, thousands of others are standing behind him. lynn stewart. about 100 iranians went on trial this morning for protesting after the country's presidential elections. the defendants were charged with everything from attacking military fas yils to beating security forces. the defendants include some key p opposition leaders, including a former vice president. hundreds of protestors were arrested when they accused the government of stealing the vote. last month's protest was the biggest challenge to iran's regime in 30 years.

iranian television confirmed reports today that three americans have been arrested by iranian forces. they were tourists who went to a kurdish area of neighboring iraq. a kurdish official says the americans went hiking in the iraqi mountains and may have mistakenly crossed the iranian border. the spokesman said they told friends they were surrounded by iranian troops before communication was turned off. the state department says it is investigating what happened. more photos are being released of the air force one flight in new york city a few months ago. they released these pictures of the incident. they are put together sequentially to show you what happened. the boeing vc-25 make tleeg passes by the statue of liberty, accompanied by af-16 fighter jet, then making a teep bank not usually seen with passenger aircraft. that move may have contributed to the panic on the ground.

just ahead, a life-changing summer. iraqi and american teens go to camp together and find out it might be a small world after all.