former president bill clinton is in north korea trying to negotiate the release of two american journalists jailed there. is he acting alone? or on behalf of president obama? four wisconsin women are accused, get this, of tieing up a man and gluing his genitals his stomach. the motive behind the alleged assault. an oregon couple tries to go an entire year without creating any trash. how they plan to do this. and this will be a learning experience for all of us here. good afternoon, i hope the day's been good to you so far. well, let's talk about former president bill clinton who is in

north korea. these are new pictures that are just coming into us, meeting with top leader kim jong il there. clinton is hoping to win the release of two merge journalists sentenced in june to 12 years hard labor. laura ling and euna lee were arrested in march on charges that they entered the country illegally. now north korea media reported that clinton delivered a message on behalf of obama. the white house calls it a private mission. robert gibbs released a statement saying "while this solely private mission to secure the release of two americans is on the ground, we will have no comment. we do not want to jeopardize the success of former president clinton's mission." meanwhile, iran is finally confirming that it has arrested three americans who were hiking in this area here in iraq. iran says they've been charged with illegal entry for crossing an unmarked border. secretary of state hillary clinton is urging iran, though, to provide more information.

>> obviously we are concerned, we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible, and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and return them as quickly as possible. >> now, a website linked to iran's revolutionary guard says the three americans infiltrated iran after being warned they were close to the border. let's talk about police in idaho who say a body pulled from a local canal is the approximate age and size of a missing local boy. but they're waiting on the coroner's report here before confirming whether it is, indeed this little boy, robert manwill. the 8-year-old vanished july 24th under what police call suspicious circumstances. >> at this time, we do not have a positive i.d. on the body. i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy,

approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family who has been incredibly strong throughout this ordeal has been notified that a body has been found. >> now, a makeshift memorial has been set up outside manwill's home. his family's asking for privacy but thanks the community for their continued support. as you remember, there had been so many people out in force looking for him, volunteers searching, we want to get the very latest. and we're joined on the phone now by reporter scott, thank you so much for being with us. how soon are you getting any word as to when we might hear from the coroner? >> well, we don't know. like so much in this story, we had hoped to get some positive identification las night at some point, but then as you've seen, the police came out and said they could not make a positive i.d., you know, it's possible the body has been in the water

in the new york canal here in boise for 11 days, there could be some serious decomposition. so an autopsy is underway as we speak right now. and when that autopsy's wrapped up, we're waiting for the coroner here, the county coroner to make a positive identification. most people in the community just have this sense that it is the missing boy, christi. >> they do, okay. and i know this really struck the community hard, there are several bizarre nuances to this. first of all, last week the police searched the mother's apartment and retrieve ed sever boxes they took. pleax explain this sorted family history here. >> well, as much as we know, a lot of this family's history is sealed in court records, but the mother's on probation for -- she was originally charged with felony injury to a child to her child, not robert, but a younger child.

that she whacked the boy's head against the surface and fractured his skull, and that charge was reduced to a misdemeanor felony, excuse me, misdemeanor injury to a child and so she's on two year's probation and her boyfriend has a background, hooe been in prison several times here in the state of idaho and has been convicted for burglary, battery, possession of drug paraphernalia. so that has a lot of eyebrows raised here in the community. >> as to what happened. okay. thank you so much for the update. scott logan, i'm sure we'll be talking to some of you there in boise there as we wait for those autopsy results. thank you, again, appreciate the update. meanwhile, moving on. despite a surprise court motion, his attorneys say michael jackson's dermatologist does not object to katherine jackson getting custody of her grand kids. they say dr. arnold kline just

wants to keep promises he made to the late singer to ensure the kids' health and stability. here's the thing the rumor that he's actually the biological father. attorneys for katherine jackson say they're not sure what dr. kline wants. >> what did you make of the arnold kline lawyer coming? >> i was totally confused by it. >> what did he want? >> well, he couldn't even tell us. he said his client was concerned about the children's education and welfare, the judge made it very clear that he didn't have standing. and i'm not sure what he was really looking for. >> are you? >> from a legal standpoint, no standing. >> now jackson's mother katherine was granted custody of all three of those kids after a deal reached with debbie rowe. rowe agreed not to fight for custody in exchange for visits with them. now a hearing is scheduled for october to look at some remaining issues, as well. tonight, though, just released

intimate video of michael jackson and his three children. plus, why does jackson's dermatologist want a role in raising them? that's a question a lot of people are asking. nancy grace investigates tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. well, the postal service may close hundreds of post offices. officials say e-mail is largely to blame here. the postal service could record a loss of nearly $7 billion this year. this, of course, despite that 2-cent increase on stamps and cuts in staff. now, nearly 700 post offices could close or be consolidated. no final decisions will be made, though, before the end of september. but we're curious to know what you think. is the post office in your mind still relevant? with today's technology, do you still use it? as much as you did before? and should the government just do away with it since we're trying to cut the budget? call us right now at 1877-tell-hln, our e-mail us, we're going to air your comments

shortly and throughout the day, as well. you can text us too, by the way, text views, your comments, your name, to hln tv, standard text rates do apply, but we're so glad you're part of our conversation here. it's a story that could make married men think twice about having someone on the side here. one man thought he was heading to a hotel for a little romance, instead he found himself in a very uncomfortable predicament.

all right. look at some live pictures we're getting from louisville, kentucky this hour. boy that area's a swamp. look at the cars there where the water -- and the water looks really gross, doesn't it? yeah, kind of disgusting as it's moving up toward the hood of the car there. severe thunderstorm left these flooded streets and parking lots. people are trapped in their cars here. some of them are stranded in neighborhoods. police are urging folks to please stay home and stay off

the streets until the threat passes and do not, do not under any circumstances try to drive through high water. we don't know if these people were parked there or -- i'm trying to get a good look to see if there's somebody in that red car, it looks like maybe it has been abandoned, we hope so for their sake. louisville fire and rescue are helping people that are stranded in their cars after they try to drive through some high water. and you can see some -- you can see some cars and trucks there driving through, a flash flood warning, by the way, is in effect for that metro area. again, this is louisville, kentucky, but boy, you can see what a mess it is for the folks there. so do be careful, please, if you're out in that area. meanwhile, the broward county florida deputy's been arrested, accused of using his badge to sexually assault illegal immigrants, one as young as 17 years old. investigators say 29-year-old jonathan targeted his alleged victims while he was on duty and

in uniform. he's charged with 14 counts of sexual battery by someone in a position of authority, false imprisonment, and stalking. the deputy suspended without pay and is being held without bail. and a couple near baltimore have been arrested for what police are calling a sickening crime. they say the man and woman made videos showing kids being sexually abused. police found the videos in their home. they say the alleged victims were between 2 and 13 years old. now the pair are charged with filming child porn, distributing it, and permitting sex with a child. >> anybody in this kind of business and public service we see a lot of very sick things and this is sickening. >> i can't believe they did that. >> now, police haven't identified all of the alleged victims here, which is one of their biggest tasks yet. so they want to talk to anyone who knows of any children who may have had contact with this couple.

a married man took one of his girlfriends to a motel, court documents allege her sister, another girlfriend, and his wife were waiting for him. he was tied up, allegedly, and his manhood was glued to his stomach. the women left, he got freed by chewing through his bindings, apparently. the women were arrested. one says the story's gotten twisted and she's embarrassed. they could face up to six years in prison, though. a north carolina teenager pitched a fit on the golf course and impaled himself in the stomach. he slammed his club against the cart and it broke in half. one part went six inches into his stomach piercing his intestine. >> when he fell down and said he was bleeding, we actually like didn't believe him at all and we went over and he was bleeding pretty bad. >> we picked him up and put him in the cart, he was turning

white. >> now, doctors say he will recover. this one just leaves you shaking your head. was ryan o'neal really devoted to farrah fawcett during her final days? that is the question some are acting after the actor admits he hit on a woman at fawcett's funeral. but wait until you hear who that woman is.

well, you better act fast, the cash for clunkers program could run out of gas by friday. the white house says it wants the senate to vote on a $2 billion extension by this weekend. now, yesterday, democrats dianne feinstein and chuck schumer say they are supporting extending that program. opponents say cash for clunkers is poorly managed. supporters say it's a success. >> if it ain't broke, don't fix it. it's working in every way, it's working as a stimulus, it's working to help families, it's working to improve mileage. what we need to do here is not put on the brakes but step on the gas, keep the program going. >> now, the white house says cash for clunkers has helped almost 250,000 people trade in their gas guzzlers. and they've been more fuel efficient than 10 miles per

gallon. it was originally intended to run through november, but even if it gets an extra $2 billion, it probably will only last through september. they burned through that first $1 billion in less than a week. here's the story, i'm sure -- what on earth, ryan o'neal made a shocking admission to vanity fair magazine. he says he was so fraz led at girlfriend farrah fawcett's funeral that he actually hit on his own daughter tatum. o'neal's son griffin was on cnn's "larry king live" last night and answered questions about the incident. >> it's been reported that your father says he didn't recognize tatum at the funeral and when she embraced him, he asked, do you have a drink on you? do you have a car? what do you think of that story? >> oh, he was flirting with everybody. >> with his daughter? >> he doesn't -- you know, my dad's getting up in the years now, i don't think he really recognizes people that he's known for years.

>> his daughter? >> it was his daughter, he didn't realize that it was her, yes, it was her. >> don't you shake your head there? it also says o'neal's son redmond questions his father's devotion was just an act. fawcett reportedly gave the bulk of her estate to redmond and left nothing to ryan. silverton, oregon, has officially disapproved of an outfit worn by the transgender mayor, remember. he wore a bathing suit, mini skirt, high heel while speaking to a group of kids. they took up a complaint about it and people were sounding off. >> i will always like you, stu, but i think you're wrong on this issue. >> the worst part of this bad behavior is your shameful self-promotion. >> i'm reluctant to speak about it because it has made more attention to you. >> any woman could've shown up in that same outfit and would not have been condemned.

he was condemned because it's stu and he's a man. >> now, the mayor says the outfit was appropriate for the humid weather, but after some debate the city council s-- they're trying to go 365 days, one year, with no trash, or at least as little as possible. their avid recycling is helping, but when the year is up they hope to only have a grocery bag worth of trash. getting a cup of joe, though, challenges that. >> you go to a coffee house and get a moco, you've got to check the kind of cup or bring your own cup and make sure it's recyclable. it's prevented a few issues, but we've worked through all of them. >> they're keeping a weekly blog on their progress, by the way. it's some mixed economic news. americans spent a little more in

june, but incomes dropped dramatically here. the commerce department says spending increased .4% but personal income fell 1.3%, that's the biggest drop in four years, incomes rose by the same amount in may because of the one-time boost in social security checks as part of the stimulus package. now, you've been warned, of course, not to talk about former employees or employers on twitter or facebook, well, now hln money expert clark howard explains why you shouldn't share your vacation plans on social networking sites either, at least not until afterwards. >> do you twitter? do you use facebook, myspace? well, remember especially with twitter, anybody can follow you at any time. well, here's a special warning from financial writer kathleen pender who is already hearing multiple reports the people who have twittered or myspaced or facebook that they are going to be on vacation going here, there, everywhere, or posting pictures realtime of where

they're on vacation and realtime come home to find that somebody came and burglarized their home. here's the thing. when you are going on vacation, you may think you can trust everybody on your myspace or facebook page, the people you twitter, but wait until you return from a vacation to show off that vacation. don't post pictures until after you return, don't post in advance when and where you're going because why foul up your summer vacation? i'm clark howard with more ways to protect yourself, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> and you can get great consumer advice from him every saturday and sunday at noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln news and views. plus going to help you save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. speaking of money with the government looking for ways to cut costs, should the post office be on the chopping block?

>> is snail mail too slow for these technological times? we're going to see what you think when we come back. stay close.

well, former president bill clinton, take a look at these pictures, in the middle of an unconventional mission right now. he's gone into reclusive north korea to win the release of two american journalists. what will it take and will he succeed? that is the big question. we're talking extraordinary diplomacy here to try to secure the release of those two journalists. north korea state-run tv released those pictures of former president bill clinton. jill dougherty is at the state department now with more on this diplomatic effort. this was clandestined to the public, obviously, jill, but if they're sending bill clinton there, they have a pretty good idea that he can be successful.

>> reporter: yes, you know, yes on all of those points. after all, this according to the information that we're getting, in fact, our producer spoke with a source intimately familiar with the attempts to free these journalists and that source says if you go back after the time that these two journalists were sentenced to 12 years at hard labor, the discussion about sending a special envoy began and there were several candidates, bill richardson, the governor, you also had al gore, who happens to be the head of the media organization for which these journalists work. you had kerry, john kerry, the senator and then finally bill clinton. and it was determined by the white house, we are told, that bill clinton would be the best candidate. and one of the reasons was he now does not have an official government position. and what this administration is trying to do is keep it non-governmental, non-official,

keep him focussed basically on this humanitarian effort to free those journalists as opposed to getting into other areas like nuclear issues. his brief is not to do any nuclear negotiating, it's to keep really focussed on getting those journalists out. >> that's why they sent him because that way he couldn't get into any of those other talks. i have to believe too, you know, he is in a prime position too to assess kim jong il's health, which has been in question for quite some time. >> yes, those pictures are fascinating, because after all, it's rare to see photographs of kim jong il, and i can tell you that security people here, intelligence analysts pour over pictures like that trying to figure out whether kim jong il has had a stroke, for example, which is believed he had a stroke last year and how his health is doing. you notice he is much thinner than we're used to seeing him

previously. so that is another aspect. very rare to have a western leader standing face to face and obviously spending quite a bit of time with the leader of north korea. >> state department's being pretty mum on this too, aren't they? >> in fact, just a few minutes ago, we're looking at the briefing taking place with robert wood over at the state department and he was literally inundated with questions about hillary clinton's role, the secretary of state's role, any type of information on what is happening on that trip. and all he would say and he said it over and over and over again, we are not going any further than what the white house said, you know, no comment, no comment, no comment. so we're not going to get a lot from them. and the reason, really, christi is this is very sensitive. because, yes, in a sense it's pre-cooked, we think. it is looking very promising that he could get them out, but north korea can be unpredictable.

and nobody wants to have this fall apart at the louisiana minute. just think back to a week or two ago when north korea was making personal comments about hillary clinton herself. you know, calling her, they said at one point she looks like a schoolgirl and sometimes she looks like a pensioner and called her not very intelligent. so this was a level of discussion just a week ago. >> sure, yeah. almost impossible to prognosticate what that regime will do. jill dougherty, thank you so much for keeping us apprised to what's happening. >> okay. iran, meanwhile, is finally confirming that it's arrested three americans who were hiking in this area you see here. it's in iraq, now iran says they've been charged with illegal entry for crossing an unmarked border. but secretary of state hillary clinton is urging iran to provide more information. >> obviously we are concerned, we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible, and we call on the iranian

government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and return them as quickly as possible. >> a website linked to iran's revolutionary guard says the three americans infiltrated iran after being warned they were close to the border. i want to bring you live pictures too from louisville, kentucky, that we're getting in. this is about half -- about half foot of rain. it's what it looks like. actually this is video we got just a short while ago, a severe thunderstorm caused all of this flooding in the streets and parking lots. left people trapped in their cars stranded in neighborhoods too. police are really urging everyone to stay at home, stay off the streets until this threat passes. don't try to under any circumstances drive through that water because you really don't know how deep it is. here are some live pictures for you now. louisville fire and rescue are helping people stranded in their cars after they did drive through some of that high water and looks like people are still kind of doing so.

a flash flood warning is in effect for the louisville, metro area, though. police in idaho say a body pulled from a local canal is the approximate age and size of this missing local boy. they're waiting, though, on the coroner's report before confirming whether it is robert manwill. the 8-year-old vanished july 24th under what police call suspicious circumstances. >> at this time, we do not have a positive i.d. on the body. i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy, approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family who has been incredibly strong throughout this ordeal has been notified that a body has been found. >> a makeshift memorial has been set up outside manwill's home and his family's asking for privacy, but thanks the community for their continued support. judge sonia sotomayor is likely just days away from becoming the next u.s. supreme

court justice. the full senate is debating her nomination. now, yesterday, republican senator john mccain of arizona said he will vote against sotomayor citing what he calls her judicial activism. >> though she attempted to walk back from her long record of activism during her confirmation hearings, judge sotomayor cannot change her record. in the 1996 article in the university law review, she stated "a given judge or judges may develop a novel approach to a specific set of facts or legal framework that pushes the law in a new direction." this is exactly this view i disagree with. >> now, mccain joins other republicans from border states with large hispanic populations in opposes sotomayor. senators john cornyn, and as

well as mccain's fellow arizonan, john kyle, previously announced they would vote against her, as well. still, sotomayor is expected to easily win that confirmation. his golf buddy thought he was behaving badly, his antiques on the lengths got him impaled by his own golf club. how it happened and how he's doing now.

i'm jane velez-mitchell and here's my issue, michael jackson's long time friend arnie kline is back in the custody mix. many suspect he is the father of the two oldest kids, but dr. kline continues to dance around the issue. well now he's acting like the father. going to court, saying he should have a role in the kids' lives

when it comes to major decisions on education and medical care as if he gave michael jackson such great medical advice. jackson's kids have already been through hell, so dr. kline needs to stop feeding the old gossip machine. he should take a dna test to determine once and for all if he is the father. if he is, step up, if he isn't, butt out and shut up. that's my issue. >> find out what else jane has on her mind, watch issues every night at 7:00 eastern right here on hln. well, a couple near baltimore's been arrested for what police are calling a sickening crime. police say john nicholas and shannon made videos showing kids being sexually abused. police found the videos in their home. now, they say the alleged victims were between 2 and 13 years old. this pair charged with filming child porn, distributing it, and permitting sex with a child.

>> anybody in this kind of business and public service, we see a lot of very sick things and this is sickening. >> pretty much disgusted about it. i can't believe they did that. >> now, here's the thing, police haven't identified all of the alleged victims in those tapes, so they want to talk to anyone who knows of any children who may have had contact with this couple. a married man took one of his -- one of his girlfriends to a motel. court documents allege her sister, another girlfriend, and his wife were waiting for him. and he allegedly was tied up, and his manhood was glued to his stomach. and then the women left. he got free, apparently, by chewing through his mindinbindi. the story's really gotten twisted and one woman is embarrassed but they could face up to six years in prison. a north carolina teenager pitched a fit on the golf course and impaled himself in the

stomach with his own club. his teammates say apparently he was upset over a bad shot. he slammed his club against the cart and i broke in half, one part went six inches into his stomach, piercing his intestines. >> when he fell down and said he was bleeding, we actually like didn't believe him at all and we went over and he was bleeding pretty bad, we brought him over here. >> we picked him up and put him in the cart and his face was turning white. >> he's on a ventilator, but doctors say he will recover. how long do you think you could go without generating any trash? day, maybe a week? how about a year? i know it sounds impossible, doesn't it? one couple is planning to do it, though. how they're going to try.

lawmakers may be able to take a break from washington, but can't get away from the issues, particularly health care reform. a town hall meetings across the country, people want to know if they be covered, how much it's going to cost, in fact, check this out. courtesy of youtube, a woman in pennsylvania confronting senator

arlen specter and kathleen sebelius. >> medicaid is broke, medicare is broke. social security is broke. >> which doesn't cover 47 million people. >> that's a lie. >> the cost is rising, which has the insurance companies eliminating -- with a lot of red paint, you have a president who has organized a system to improve the situation.

take a look at the bill which has come out of congress. >> now, another congressman encountered an angry crowd in austin, texas, this weekend. he say the protests are an effort by conservatives to derail health care reform. you better act fast as we're talking about cash here, because the cash for clunkers program could run out of gas by friday. the white house says it wants the senate to vote on a $2 billion extension by the weekend. yesterday, democrats dianne feinstein and chuck schumer say they will support extending the program. opponents say cash for clunkers is poorly managed. supporters say it's a success. >> if it ain't broke, don't fix it. it's working in every way. it's working as a stimulus, it's working to help families, it's working to improve mileage. what we need to do here is not put on the brakes, but step on

the gas, keep the program going. >> the government should not be in the used car business and this is just a great example of how badly the government manages things. >> now, the white house says cash for clunkers has helped almost 250,000 people trade in their gas guzzlers and says the new vehicles have been more fuel efficient by 10 miles per gallon. >> exactly what our neighbors did. they were just -- they came over and said, yeah, we bought two new cars you've got to get this done. >> our biggest problem, we're low on cars, we're -- we have our lowest inventory we've ever had in the last three years. >> cash for clunkers was originally intended to run through november, remember, but even if it does get the extra $2 billion, the white house says probably will only last through september because they burnt through the first $1 billion in less than a week. the postal service may close hundreds of post offices. officials say e-mail is largely a blame here.

the postal service could record a loss of nearly $7 billion this year. now nearly 700 post offices could be closed or consolidated. in final decisions will be made, though, before the end of september. but it does bring us to our question for you today. with today's technology, do you still use the post office? do you think the government should do away with it as we're trying to save money here? give us a call at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us or text the words views plus your comments and name to hln tv, standard text rates apply, we love to hear from you, thank you so much. young kids who watch too much tv may be at a higher risk for high blood pressure whether they're overweight or not. u.s. and spanish researchers looked at more than 100 kids and found the less tv watched, the lower the blood pressure. kids usually eat junk food while watching tv and it can disrupt

sleep, both are linked to high blood pressure. listen to this one, actor ryan o'neal made a shocking admission to vanity fair fair" magazine. he was so frazzled that he actually hit on his own daughter. his son was on "larry king live" last night and answered some questions about this incident. >> it's been reported that your father said he didn't recognize tatum at the funeral and when embraced he asked did you have a car or drink? >> he was with flirting everybody. >> with his dotter? >> my dad is getting up in it ears and i don't think he recognized people for years. >> it was his tauter. >> yes, he didn't realize it was her. >> his son with fawcett

questions whether his devotement to her during the last year. "showbiz tonight" tonight more on the explosive accusations gebs ryan oo'neil and what is the real story behind the father and son estrangement there? 11:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. well an oregon couple taking going green to the extreme here. they are trying to go a year, 365 days with no trash or at least as little as possible. their avid recycling helps a great deal here and when the year's up they hope to only have a grocery bag's worth of trash. getting a cup of joe, though, challenges that goal. >> go to the coffeehouse and get a mocha, before that, you have to check what kind of plastic cup they use or make sure it is recyc recycleable. >> good luck to them. they're also keeping a weekly

blog on their progress. the transgender mayor is causing a bit of a controversy for one small town. after the break, the mayor's fashion choice that some are calling too risque.

former president bill clinton in north korea trying to release two journalists jailed there. police in idaho recover a body from a canal near boise. what they're doing to determine if it is that of the missing 8-year-old robert manwill. an oregon couple tries to go an entire year without creating any trash. how they plan to do it. latest news from hln mnews and views. former president bill clinton is in north korea meeting with kim jong-il and hoping to win the release of two

journalists. laura ling and euna lee. north korean media report clinton delivered a message to kim on behalf of president obama, but the white house says, no, it is a private mission. no message was delivered. at a state department briefing today a spokesman dodged questions about this. >> at this point we have nothing that we can add to what the white house has said. let me just leave it at that. >> the white house has basically said they won't say anything until the mission is completed and he's left. is that roughly where you are in. >> at this point i don't have any comment. >> the u.s. has no diplomatic relations with north korea. iran is confirming it has arrested three americans that were hiking in the irarea near iraq. secretary of state hillary clinton is urging iran to provide more information. >> obviously, we are concerned, we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible

and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and return them as quickly as possible. >> a website linked to iran's revolutionary guard says the three americans infiltrated iran after being warned they were getting close to the border. seven men accused of plotting terrorist attacks overseas in raleigh, north carolina, for a detention hearing. four are pictured here, including the ringleader daniel boyd on the far right of your screen. before the hearing, attorneys met with a judge about using classified information against the member. the u.s. attorney's office said information was gathered through fisa. the men were arrested and charged last week with planning to murder, maim and injure people overseas and eight suspect is believed to be in pakistan.

prosecutors hope to have him in custody soon. in idaho, police say a body pulled from a local canal, the new york canal is the approximate age and size of the missing local boy robert m manwill, but waiting on the coroner's report to prove it is, in fact, that boy. he vanished on july 24th under what police call suspicious circumstances. >> at this time we do not have a positive i.d. on the body. i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy, approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family, who has been incredibly strong throughout this ordeal has been notified a body has been found. >> a makeshift memorial set up outside his home. his family is now asking for privacy. despite a surprise court motion, michael jackson's dermatologist does not object to cath rn jackson getting custody

of her grandkids. dr. arnold klein just wants to keep promises he made to the late singer to insure the children's health and stability. the dermatologist is their biological father. they're not sure what dr. klein wants. >> what did you make of the arnold klein lawyer coming? >> i was totally confused by it. >> what do you want? >> he couldn't even tell us. he said his client was concerned about the children's education and welfare and the judge made it very clear that he didn't have standing and i'm not sure what he was really looking for. >> you? >> from a legal standpoint. no standing. >> jackson's mother, katherine, was granted custody of all three children. rowe agreed not to fight for custody in exchange for visits with them.

a stating hearing in october to look at remaining issues. tonight michael jackson and those three kids video and why does the dermatologist want a role in raising them? nancy grace investigates right here on hln. this week, casey anthony's father in florida could face tough questioning from prosecutors. they want to know why george anthony knows about his granddaughter caylee's death and what he knows. last week prosecutors grilled casey's mother, cindy, and lee, for hours. after a month-long search her remains were found in mid-december. her mother, casey anthony, is charged with her murder and possibly faces the death penalty. judge has pushed her murder trial to some time next summer. judge sotomayor is just steps away from being the next supreme court justice.

yesterday republican senator john mccain of arizona said he'll vote against sotomayor citing her judicial activism. >> though she attempted to walk back from her long public record of judicial activism during her confirmation hearings, judge sotomayor cannot change her record. in a 1996 article in the suffolk university law review she stated "a given judge or judges may develop a novel approach to a specific set of facts or legal framework that pushes the law in a new direction. this is exactly this view that i disagree with. >> mccain joins other republicans from border states with large hispanic populations. as well as mccain's fellow arizonan jon kyl previously

announced they would vote against the nominee. still, sotomayor is expected to gain easy confirmation. the postal service may close hundreds of post offices, officials say e-mail is larblgly to blame. they could record a loss of nearly $7 billion this year, in spite of a two cent increase on stamps and massive cuts in staff. now, nearly 700 post offices may be closed or consolidated. no final decisions should be made, though, before the end of september. we have been asking, is the post office still relevant? with all the new technology, think it is used as much as it was before. do you use it for the government do away with it or scale it back considerably? call us toll free. e-mail to cnn.com/hln and we'll air your comments throughout the day. text views and your name and views. standard rates apply. the cash for clunkers is widely popular and dealers taking a lot of trade-ins.

what happens to all the cars being swapped for new ones? we'll show you.

we heard this before. the cash for clunkers program may be scrapped if they don't pass a senate funding bill. trying to get enough votes to add $2 billion to the program that is a hit with car buyers and dealers. dine an feinstein and susan collins of maine had opposed this additional funding, but they've changed their mind. others say the incentive is too limited. >> if you do create some incentives, people will buy things. instead of targeting one industry, we had talked about several months ago instead of the stimulus spending plan just give across the board tax cuts to businesses and to workers so they can go out and decide what to buy. it's not fair to borrow this money and charge it to people who aren't buying cars so that

few can buy cars. >> car companies and dealers say the cash for clunkers program is helping their bottom line. with so many people taking advantage of the trade-in deal, what happens to the clunkers many of you are turning in? jason carroll has the answer. >> reporter: major automakers reporting a boost in sales, thanks to the government's cash for clunkers program, consumers giving thanks, too. >> you know, we have $4,500 for this vehicle. >> we're rehappy for it. >> reporter: official numbers not in yet, but already tens of thousands of owners have dumped their old cars for new ones. what happens to the old ones? a fluid put into the engine at the dealership makes them unusable. what's next? >> this is the next step when they come in over here. >> reporter: most end up in storage yards like this one. he took us on a step-by-step process of declunking the clunker. step one, evaluation. >> these cars came in right from the dealership in teterboro

right there over the bridge. >> reporter: this is an example of some of the clunkers for cash that you're getting. >> yes, yes. so, basically on this normally if it wasn't a clunker's car i would save a door and probably the airbags and sell them. >> reporter: the government program doesn't allow every car part to be recycled because they don't want certain parts back out on the road. >> what's the next step? evaluation complete, step two, draining. >> rear end fluids, brake fluids, all the fluids are drained here in this area. >> reporter: the next step is to repsychothal items allowed, the tires, the cadlytic converter, the battery and radiator. it is the only items that the program allows to be recycled. the next step, it has to be crushed. >> reporter: once it resembles a

metal pancake, it's done. ready for its final step, shredding. >> gets exported to any metal recycl recyclers. >> reporter: what would it be? >> build relationships with the dealers out there also and also helps us to get, you know, every little bit you can out of the car. >> not much left. it's a story that could make married men think twice about having somebody on the side. one man thought he was heading to a hotel for a little romance and found himself in a rather uncomfortable predicament.

welcome back. some sudanese women wore slacks in solidarity to protest a trial of a female journalist. police responded by firing tear gas and beating some of them. 50 protesters, mostly women, were there to support hussein, a former u.n. worker facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public. pants are considered indecent under islamic law. 13 women arrested last month, but only one of three who sought trial. she wants to change the law and raise awareness around the world. she told the associated press if the court rules against her, she would be ready to receive 40,000 lashes. a couple near baltimore has

been arrested for what police call a sickening crime. police say a man and a woman made video showing kids being sexually abused. police found the videos in their homes. the alleged victims were between 2 and 13 years old. the pair is charged with filming child porn and permitting sex with a child. >> anybody in this kind of business in public service, we see a lot of very sick things and this is sickening. >> pretty much disgusted about it. i couldn't believe that they did that. >> police have not identified all the alleged victimses and they want to talk to anybody who knows any children who may have had contact with the couple. court documents allege her sister, another girlfriend and his wife were waiting for him. he was tied up and his manhood glued to his stomach. the women left, he got free by chewing through his bindings. the women were arrested. one woman said the story has

gotten twisted and she is embarrassed. the flight over the caribbean that struck extreme turbulence several said they were going to die. people were thrown against the ceilings and walls. they say they were terrified. >> i felt like we were going to crash. i felt like we were going to die. >> it was very suddenly, happened very fast and it's, you know, it's like we hit the wall,ia know. pow! it was something terrible. >> that airfrance flight she referred to, of course, was airfrance 447 which also was out of brazil. 228 people died when that plane crashed. no cause was ever determined. yesterday's flight landed safely in miami and people were treated there. a north carolina teenager pitched a fit on the golf course

and then pailed himself in the stumwalk his own club. he slammed his club against the cart and it broke in half. one part went six inches into his stomach and pierced his intestine. >> when he fell down and said he was bleeding we didn't believe him at all and we went over there and he was bleeding pretty bad. we brought him up there. >> we picked taylor up and put him in the cart and his lips were turning white. >> taylor is now on a ventilator and he will recover. michael vick is making some effort to show he's reformed. he threw a few passes with high school players and members of othe team in virginia beach and this weekend vick who served 23 months in prison will appear at a society event in atlanta. organizers now say that has been postponed. silverton, oregon, has

officially disproved of an outfit worn by its transgender mayor. sue rasmussen wore a mini skirt and high heels speaking to a group of kids. last night the city council took up a complaint. >> i will always like you, stu, but i think you're wrong on this issue. >> your shameful self-promotion. i'm reluctant to speak about it because it brings more attention to you. >> any woman could have shown up in that same outfit and would not have been condemned. he is condemned because it is stu and he was a man. >> it was appropriate for humid weather but after some debate the council censored him for it. going green to the extreme. 365 days with no trash or as little as possible. their avid recycling helps a great deal. when the year's up they only

hope to have a grocery bag worth of trash. >> go to a coffeehouse and get a mocha, well, before you do that, you have to check what kind of plastic cup they use or bring your own cup or make sure it is recycleable. it presented a few issues, but we worked through all of them. >> they're keeping a weekly blog on their progress. you've been warned not to talk about former employers on twitter or facebook. why you shouldn't share your vacation plans on social networking sites either until afterwards. >> do you twitter or use facebook or myspace. especially with fwtwitter, anyby can follow you at any time. here's a special warning from kathleen pender who is already hearing multiple reports of people who have twittered or myspace or facebooked that they are going to be on vacation going here there, there or everywhere or posting pictures real time of where they're on

vacation and real time come home to find that somebody burglarized their home. here's the thing, when you're going on vac, you may think you can trust everybody on your myspace or facebook page and trust the people you twitter, but wait until you return from a vacation to show off that vacation. don't post pictures until after your return. don't post in advance when and where you're going because why foul up your summer vacation? i'm clark howard with more ways i want you to protect yourself, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> get great consumer advice weekends. clark howard is right here saturdays and sundays right here at noon and 4:00 eastern. he'll help you save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. will your post office be closed for good? if so, would you really care? whether you would miss it if your mail carrier stopped swinging by.

former president bill clinton is in north korea meeting with top leader kim jong-il. clinton is hoping to win the release of two american journalists sentenced in june to two years of hard labor. laura ling and euna lee on charges they entered the country illegally. north korean media report clinton delivered a message to kim but the white house quickly shot down that notion. no message was delivered, they say. at a state department briefing today, a spokesman dodged all questions about it. >> at this point, we have nothing that we can add to what the white house has said. let me just leave it at that. >> the white house said they won't say anything until the

mission is complete and he's left. is that roughly where you are? >> i am saying at this point i don't have any comments. >> the u.s. has no diplomatic relations with north korea. iran is confirming it arrested three americans when were hiding in an area in iraq. iran said they were charged with illegal entry for crossing an unmarked border. hillary clinton is urging iran for more information. >> obviously, we're concerned and we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and and return them as quickly as possible. >> i should correct myself, they were hiking in an area along the border between iraq and iran. a website linked to iran's revolutionary guard said the three americans infiltrated iran after being warned they were getting close to the border.

thaer supporters packed a federal courtroom for a detention hearing today. seven men accused of plotting attacks overseas and four of them are pictured right here, including the alleged ring leader daniel boyd on the far right of your screen and played recordings of what they said boyd was telling friends and family of his love of jihad. the men were arrested and charged last week with plotting to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people overseas. an eighth suspect jude mu homudis believed to be in pakistan, but prosecutors hope to have him in custody soon. australian police say they broke up a terrorist plot to conduct suicide attacks on one army base there. four men with suspected group have been jailed in melbourne and all four citizens. dozens of australians have died in terrorist attack and many in the 2002 bali nightclub bombi

bombings. a body pulled from a local canal is the approximate age and size of a local boy, but still waiting on the coroner's report to confirm whether it is, indeed, 8-year-old robert manwell. he vanished july 24th under what police call suspicious circumstances. >> at this time we do not have a positive i.d. on the body. i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy, approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family, who has been incredibly strong throughout this ordeal has been notified that a body has been found. >> a makeshift memorial has been set up outside manwill's home and his family is asking for privacy, but thanks the community for their continued support. despite a surprise court motion, his attorneys say michael jackson's dermatologist does not object to katherine jackson getting custody of her grandkids. dr. arnold klein wants to keep

promises he made to the late singer to insure the kids' health and safety. hehas long been rumored that he's their biological father. attorneys for katherine jackson say they're not sure what dr. klein wants. >> what did you make of the arnold klein lawyer coming? >> i was totally confused by it. >> what do you want? >> well, he couldn't even tell us. he said his client was concerned about the children's education and welfare and the judge made it very clear that he didn't have standing and i'm not sure what he was really looking for. >> you? >> from a legal standpoint, no standing. >> after a deal was reached with debbie rowe, the mother of the two oldest kids. rowe agreed not to fight for custody and the hearing on remaining issues is scheduled. tonight, just released video of michael jackson and those

three kids and why does jackson's dermatologist want a role in raising them? nancy grace. the postal service may be closing hundreds of post offices soon. officials say e-mail is largely to blame. the postal service could report a loss of $7 billion this year, that's despite a 2 cent increase in stamps and cuts in staff. now nearly 700 post offices may be closed or consolidated. no final decision will be made, though, before the end of september. we've been asking what you think. is the post office still relevant to you with all the technology today and all the competition from fedex and ups, for example, do you use the usps as much as you did? should the government scale down or do away with it maybe? call and what's your solution to this? e-mail us at cnn.com/hln and we can also receive a text, just text views plus your comment and name to hlntv and standard text rates apply and we'll put your

responses in some form and on the air very shortly. iraqis have endured a lifetime of change in the last six years, but some changes they still say are not, they're not prepared to accept. >> you're a tribal society, this man says. reject its notion. >> how a trailblazing team of female wrestlers is shaking up cultural norms.

judge sonia sotomayor is likely days away becoming the next u.s. court justice. today john mccain of arizona said he'll vote no against sotomayor citing what he calls her judicial activism.

>> she attempted to walk back from her long public record of judicial activism during her confirmation hearings, judge sotomayor cannot change her record. in the 1996 article in the suffolk university law review she stated, "a given judge or judges may develop a novel approach to a specific set of facts or legal framework that pushes the law in a new direction. it is exactly this view that i disagree with. >> mccain joins other republicans from border states with large hispanic populations in opposing sotomayor. they all previously anouchbsed they would vote against her, still, she is expected to win easy confirmation. a woman is facing a brutal public punishment, 40 lashes

because her pants were deemed too tight. her trial for indecency has drawn condemination and a lot of attention at cnn.com. melissa long is here with more on her battle. is it over and nearing an end? >> what you may find interesting, chuck. this woman wants to go to trial and wants to be found guilty and wants to suffer the punishment of the brutal, as you mentioned, 40 lashes. to better understand her motivation, let me give you the background on this story. she was dining at a restaurant in the capital, it was raided. the police forces started checking woman's clothing. she and 18 others were arrested by the so-called morality police. she was told her pants were too tight and also her blouse was too sheer. we have a trial to be scheduled today and it has been postponed. that's where we are right now. the judge is reviewing if the previous job with the yooupt makes her immune from the charges. get this, she quit her job

specifically because she wanted to face the charges. the case is being reviewed right now and she said she sent out 500 invitations to this potential public whipping and she wants the world to see how it then treats its women and here's a direct quote for the young lady. i'm not afraid from pain, but flogging is not pain, it is an insult, insult to humans and insult to women. she wants to be found guilty. she is trying to make a very powerful statement, chuck. >> also grabbing a lot of clicks the story of a woman fighting to assert the rights, literally fighting, right? >> yes, fighting in the ring, howev however, they are wrestlers. this is not about beating the opponents. they are trying to beat down cultural norms and make cultural change. the team started with eight members in january in iraq's conservative province and now they have doubled that. there are kids as young as 5. young girls that are signing up. the team is not internationally competitive just yet. but they have won a local

championship and the greatest opponent the ladies say remains iraqi customs and the views of women in their home country. >> translator: we reject this notion. >> you can hear more of what the players have to say online. one of our more popular stories. one saying the tribal customs present obstacles but gets support at home from her mom to face every challenge. nice to see they have that support at home, too, chuck. >> you're two for two. >> so is your team. >> thank you. a married man took one of his girlfriends to a motel. sounds like a really bad novel, but get this, court documents allege her sister, another girlfriend and his wife were all waiting for him. he was tied up and his manhood was glued to his stomach. the women left, he got free by chewing through his bindings.

the women were all arrested and one woman said the story has gotten twisted and is embarrassed. the mother who suffthered heartbreak of a baby dying in her arms is gaga over her brand-new baby girl.

flash flood warnings are in effect for the louisville area after severe storms in kentucky dumped six inches of rain in the city. chad myers is joining us live. chad, this was six ins in just a short time frame, right? >> it started overnight and rained all morning long. we'll get into louisville right now. another line of weather moving into louisville just right on the northern suburbs right now and that could put down another two to three inches on this flood and let me show you how flooded it is. these are the live pictures we have right now from our affiliate and people are out standing in the water. they're trying to move around and we never got a rush hour this morning because a lot of the roads were literally closed. i saw people in and otof these areas with rafts and floats playing in this water. this is not something you want to do.

this came from other places you don't even want to realize. another day worth of rain in louisville and more problems as we more into the afternoon. also, the same line of weather, although a different part of the cell, moved through indianapolis and that caused some severe weather. we're trying to get some video out of that severe weather. a couple se mimis blown off i-6. here's indianapolis, there goes the one line of weather and here it comes, big bow blew right by town. >> boy, that is a monster. talk about the storms in the pacifics. tropical storms brewing. >> actually a couple of them. one is close to a hurricane. enrique and felicia. they're spinning around one and one. here's the coast of mexico, cabo san lucas and a long way to go before they get to the hawaiian islands here. this is probably not going to make it. thousands of miles before we get

there, but the whole deal is with enrique it is now 60-mile-per-hour storm and felicia 70-mile-per-hour storm and getting stronger and getting stronger all day long. i know you don't think we're going to get an atlantic hurricane season. you can go online and see it yourself. a brand-new area of disturbance here. this is the coast of africa and here's south america, u.s. way up here. i know it's long and far out there, but our first real organized area of cloud cover that could be slow to develop, but it is moving from east to west. that's the cape verde islands right there in the central part of the atlantic. you remember the old hurricane andrew, chuck? >> south florida, right? >> the "a" storm, the first storm of the year, it didn't happen until august. just because we didn't have a storm yet, doesn't mean mother nature is not winding up fwr a big one. >> well said. chad myers, thanks. some passengers on a cont

nentdal flight over the caribbean yesterday thought they were going to die. 26 people were onboard and hurt when the flight from reoodetia nero to houston took violently and took a plunge. people thrown against the ceilings and walls. it shook out the wires and oxygen masks. many said they were terrified. >> i felt like the airplane was going to crash. i felt like we were going to die. the first thing i thought about were our friends. >> it was very suddenly very tough and very fast. you know, it's like we hit the wall, you know. it was, pow! it was something terrible. >> of course, the air france reference was airfrance 447 that went down not far from the same area in the atlantic ocean on the first of june. 228 people were killed when that plane crashed. the cause still undetermined and it also left from rio. yesterday's flight landed in miami and people were treated there. a north carolina teenager pitched a fit on the golf clors

and impaled himself with his own club. he was upset with a bad shot and one part of the club went six inches to his stomach piercing his intestine. >> when he fell down and said he was bleeding, we didn't believe him at all. he was bleeding pretty bad and we brought him up here. >> we picked him up and put him in the cart. his lips were turning white. michael vick is making new efforts to show how reformed he is. the quarterback took time out from his team search yesterday to throw a few passes with some high school players right there. members of the landstown high school team in virginia beach and this weekend michael vick who served 23 months in prison for operating a dog fighting ring will appear at a humane society event in atlanta. the southern christian leadership conference and organizers say that's been postponed.

silverton, oregon, has officially disapproved of an outfit worn by its transgender mayor. he wore a mini skirt and high heels to speak to a group of kids. speak to a group of kids. the city council took up a complaint about it and people sounded off. >> i always like you, stu, but i think you're wrong on this issue. >> the worst part of this bad behavior is your shameful self-promotion. i'm reluctant to speak about it. >> any woman could have shown up in that same outfit and would not have been condemned. he was condemned because its stu and he's a man. >> the mayor said the outfit was appropriate for the humid weather, but after some debate the city council censured him for it. an oregon couple is taking going glean to the extreme trying to go 365 days with no trash or as little as possible. their avid recycling helps a great deal.

when the year is over they hope to only have a grocery bag's worth of trash, but getting a cup of joe challenges that goal. >> go to a coffee house and get a mocha. before you do that you have to check and see what kind of plastic cup they use or bring your own cup and just make sure it's recyclablrecyclable. it's presented a few issues. >> they're also keeping a weekly blog on their progress. we have some mixed economic news today. americans spent a little more in june, but incomes dropped dramatically. the commerce department says spending increased 0.4% but personal income fell 1.3%. that's the biggest drop in four years. incomes rose by the same amount in may because of the one-time boost in social security checks as part of the stimulus package. we're all feeling the pinch of a shaky economy. hln money expert clark howard is here to help. logon to cnn.com/clark and submit your i-reports. you could be selected to be profiled on our network and get valuable advice from america's money coach. all right.

the latest passengers on one airline may opt for a bone and some petting instead of coffee, tea, or milk. after the break we'll check out pet airways, and, yes, it's exactly how it sounds.

former president clinton is in north korea trying to negotiate the release of two american journalists in jail there. is he acting alone or on behalf of president obama? police in idaho recover a body from a canal in boise. what they're doing to determine if it is that of a missing 8-year-old. and a married man had to chew himself out of a sticky situation. now three women are in trouble for allegedly taking revenge on his nether region because of his cheating ways. i'm richelle carey. let's get to a developing story. former president bill clinton is in north korea meeting with the top leader, kim jong-il.

clinton is hoping to win the release of two american journalists who were sentenced in june to 12 years of hard labor. we're talking about laura ling and euna lee. they were arrested along the chinese/north korea border in march on charges they entered the country illegally. north korea media is reporting clinton delivered a message to kim on behalf of president obama. the white house though has denied that. analysts and former senior asia correspondent mike chanoy sees this meeting as a win/win situation. >> i think this is a very important and potentially positive step forward after months and months of deteriorating relations and increasing tension between north korea and the united states. from the north korean side, the fact that a former president has come to pyongyang gives kim jong-il the kind of respect and legitimacy that he has long craved. don't forget that kim jong-il invited bill clinton in the

waning months of clinton's presidency to come to pyongyang and hold a summit and clinton wanted to go but ran out of time because of the disputed 2000 presidential election in the united states and never made the trip. so it's important from the north korean side and it's important obviously from the u.s. side. >> abc news is reporting that president clinton has actually been able to meet with those two american journalists. now, let's get back to the relationship between the united states and north korea. there are no diplomatic ties. also, the white house calls clinton's trip is private mission. spokesman robert gibbs released a statement saying this. while this solely private mission to secure the release of two americans is on the ground, we will have no comment. we do not want to jeopardize the success of former president clinton's mission. again, abc is reporting president clinton has been able to meet with laura ling and euna lee. iran is finally confirming that it has arrested three americans who were hiking in the

area -- this area in iraq. iran says they've been charged with illegal entry for crossing an unmarked border. secretary of state hillary clinton is urging iran to provide more information about this. >> obviously, we are concerned. we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible, and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and return them as quickly as possible. >> a website linked to iran's revolutionary guard says the americans infiltrated iran after being warned they were close to the border. police in idaho say a body pulled from a canal is the approximate age and size of a missing local boy, but they're waiting on the coroner's report before confirming whether it's robert manwill. an autopsy is already under way.

8-year-old robert vanished on july 24th under what police call suspicious circumstances. >> at this time we do not have a positive i.d. on the body. i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy, approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family, who has been incredibly strong throughout this ordeal has been notified that a body has been found. >> a make shshift memorial has n set up outside robert's home. his family is asking for privacy but thanks the community for their continued support. supporters packed a federal courtroom in raleigh, north carolina, for today's detention hearing for seven men accused of plotting terrorist attacks overseas. rega recordings were played.

boyd is on the far right with three other suspects. they were arrested and charged last week with plotting to murder, kidnap, maim, and injury people overseas. an eighth suspect is believed to be in pakistan. prosecutors hope to arrest him soon. judge sonia sotomayor is likely just days away from becoming the next u.s. supreme court justice. the full senate is debating her nomination. yesterday republican senator john mccain of arizona said he will vote against sotomayor because of what he calls her judicial activism. >> she attempted to walk back from her long public record of judicial activism, judge sotomayor cannot change her record. in a 1996 article in the suffolk university law review she stated, quote, a given judge or judges may develop a novel approach to a specific set of

facts or legal framework that pushes the law in a new direction. it is exactly that view that i disagree with. >> mccain joins other republicans from border states with large hispanic populations in opposing sotomayor. senators john cornyn and kay bailey hutchison of texas as well as jon kyl say they plan to vote against her. still sotomayor is expected to easily win confirmation. the postal service may close hundreds of post offices. officials say e-mail is largely to blame. the postal service could record a loss of nearly $7 billion this year. that's despite a 2 cent increase on stamps and large cuts in staff. now, nearly 700 post offices may be closed or consolidated. no final decisions will be made before about the end of september. what's your view? is the post office still relevant? do you still use the post office or should the government just

close it down? all right. call us right now. 1-877-tell-hln. you can e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. there's a link to my facebook page, you can post your comments there as well. text your views using the word "vi "view" plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we will put some of your responses on all throughout the day. a slow-moving storm stalled over louisville, kentucky, this morning swamping the city with heavy rain. it left many drivers stranded on flooded streets and highways. floodwaters also poured into louisville's main library. also a number of buildings on the university of louisville campus. as much as 6 inches of rain fell in less than three hours in the western part of that city. the storm also brought marble-sized hail and winds na knocked down trees. the national weather service warns more thunderstorms could hit the area this afternoon. 2300 people have been forced

from their homes by a huge fire in british columbia. hundreds of firefighters have been trying to deal with this thing. the weather is hot and dry, and lots of lightning storms as well. the fire is about 150 miles north of vancouver. it's a story that could make married men think twice about having someone on the side. one man thought he was headed to a motel for a little romance. instead, he found himself in a rather uncomfortable predicam t predicament. you have to hear this story.

first chrysler, then general motors, now detroit's public school system. they actually could be headed for bankruptcy as well. poppy harlow spent some time in detroit really learning the landscape and what people there are dealing with. she joins us now from new york. my goodness, poppy, what's going on? >> you know, i can't pretend to be a student having to deal with this school system or a teacher or principal, but we did see it

up front, and the school system could be the first in the country ever to file for bankruptcy protection. they've got a major, major issue. among the problems, a $259 million deficit, a 58% graduation rate in detroit proper versus 76% when you look at the state as a whole, and they're dealing with some major corruption issues, and for all of those reasons, enrollment in detroit's public schools is shrinking. i spent a day in detroit with one very concerned parent. take a listen quickly to what she told us. >> well, my daughter has never attended any detroit public schools and it's because of this. as a concerned parent my daughter would never go to a detroit public school as of now. where as i felt comfortable as a child going to school. i don't feel comfortable to allow her to attend a detroit public school. >> so her daughter goes to school in the suburbs outside of detroit. what you're looking at there, that is fredricka turner, the

mother's old high school. we walked around it with her. some windows blown out, boarded up. the school is now closed down. since 2000 enrollment in detroit's public schools is down 44% and, richelle, when you compare that to the decline in population, which is just 3% over roughly the same period of time, you can see the problem. >> that is startling. and actually, poppy, i have even heard stories of parents trying to be proactive. literally donating things to the school because they -- >> i believe it. >> they want to try to save it for their kids. how is detroit trying to turn things around? >> you know, what the state is doing really, the state has instituted an emergency financial manager to cut their costs. his name is robert bobb. take a look at the picture. he came from working in the d.c. school system. since may he's closed 29 schools in detroit. plans to close more down. he's also laid off more than 2,400 people, that, of course,

includes teaches and he's exploring that bankruptcy option for the school system. his office told us this morning no decision made yet on whether or not the school will file for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. when you look at a similar situation with corporations like general motors and chrysler this, could allow the school system, like the automakers, who renegotiate the debt, tear up some union contracts, and essentially give them somewhat of a fresh start. we asked people what they think. they're weighing in on facebook. i want to you do the same. go to facebook.com/poppyharlow. it's a story we'll be following much, much more. >> it's a great discussion to have. people need to weigh in on that absolutely because they have opinions about everything else. this is just as important, if not more. >> exactly. it's our kids' education. >> thank you, poppy. appreciate that. >> sure. >> you can get much more of today's business news on

cnn.com. absolutely do check it out. one of every ten americans ages 6 and older was taking ant anti-depressant drugs in 2005. anti-depressant use doubled from 1996. fewer people were seeing therapists. researchers say it points out that doctors who are not psychiatrists need to better learn how to diagnose and treat depression. a brand new iphone application is a big hit with parents. it uses the phone's built in gps system to locate registered sex offenders in nearby neighborhoods. critics say the app is potentially dangerous because it could increase village vigilantes. ryan o'neal admits he hit on a woman at fawcett's funeral, and wait until you hear who she is.

look at that. veteran white house correspondent helen thomas got a big birthday surprise just a little bit ago. this is in the white house briefing room. look at that. ♪ happy birthday to you >> she turned 89 years old today. the president is celebrating his birthday as well. he is 48, but he let the spotlight shine on somebody else

today. we thought we would share that with you. next story, wow, a broward county florida deputy has been arrested accused of using his badge to sexually assault illegal immigrants, one as young as 17. investigators say 29-year-old jonathan bleiweiss targeted his alleged victims while he was on duty and in uniform. he is charged with 14 counts of sexual battery by someone in a position of authority, false imprisonment, and also stalking. some say he got away with it because his victims felt they had nowhere to turn. >> they're not going to tell anybody because they know that they don't have any legal support for this type of situation, and i think it's a shame of the police department. >> this deputy is suspended without pay and being held without bail. his arrest comes just one year after he was named employee of the year. a couple near baltimore has been arrested for what police are calling a sickening crime. police say the man and woman

made videos showing kids being sexually abused. police found these videos in their home. they say the alleged victims were between 2 and 13 years old. they are charged with filming child porn, distributing it, and permitting sex with a child. >> anybody in this kind of business in public service, we see a lot of very sick things, and this is sickening. >> pretty much disgusted about t i couldn't believe they did that. >> police have not identified all of the alleged victims. they want to talk to anyone who knows of any children who may have even had any type of contact with this couple. a married man who took one of his girlfriends, one, i said one of his girlfriends, married, got all that? to a wisconsin hotel. that's what he did. but get this. court documents allege her sister, another girlfriend, and his wife were all waiting for him at this motel. so he ended up being tied up and

his manhood was glued to his stomach. the man started screaming so the women left him there. he got tree by chewing through his bindings. the women were arrested. one says the story has gotten twisted and she's now embarrassed. they could face up to six years in prison. did you get that? multiple girlfriends and a wife? a month after buying -- burying his long-time companion farrah fawcett, ryan o'neal is back in the headlines. a.j. hammer is in new york with details of some serious accusations leveled at o'neal by his oldest son griffin. you have the floor, a.j. >> yeah. this is explosive, richelle, to be sure. it's really sad in the wake of farrah fawcett's death. if you believe what griffin was telling larry king last night, ryan o'neal only stayed close hoping to cash in. he thought he was going to get everything. it turns out ryan's son redmond

got the windfall. he claims that's why ryan stays close. he claims he was mad at farrah for having cancer because it was taking the spotlight away from ryan, and also that he cheated on farrah fawcett. watch what griffin o'neal told larry king about that. >> larry: was he faithful to her in the marriage? >> no. >> larry: he saw her women? >> are you kidding? she walked in on him and he was with some other woman. >> larry: do you know this for a fact or is it hearsay? >>, sir, i know it for a fact. she told me. i was 11 years old when he gave me cocaine. i was 11. and i looked down at my little 2-year-old and i go, you know what? i'm so sorry, but i could never, ever, ever do that to my child. >> also on the drug use, richelle, griffin claimed that ryan would party with his son redmond and that ryan was

responsible for redmond's drug use and the fact it's led to so many problems in his life yoo. they did end up being arrested together. >> so sad to hear this. >> wow, we have to ask what is ryan o'neal's reaction to this? he does get a platform as well. >> ryan did respond through a publicist telling larry king before griffin even appeared that griffin has not had a relationship with farrah or ryan for many years, therefore there is no way he would have any knowledge of what was going on in their lives. griffin said the person who released that statement had no idea what they're talking about. what was the real story behind this high-level of family distinction and bitter estrangement between ryan and grif snn we'll see you at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific for "showbiz tonight." >> a lot of anger and pain in that family. good grief. thanks, a.j. the government is looking for ways to cut costs. how about this?

should the post office be on the chopping block? is snail mail just too slow for these technological times or is it something we should keep? your views when we come back.

former president bill clinton is in north korea meeting with that country's top leader. of course, that is kim jong-il. clinton is hoping to win the release of two american journalists who were sentenced in june to 12 years of hard labor. abc news is reporting that clinton has actually already met with the two young women and hopes to leave north korea with them tonight. that is the hope. their names are laura ling and euna lee. they were arrested along the chinese/north korean border on march on chanrges they entered the country illegally.

north korean media says president clinton delivered a message on behalf of president obama. moments ago at the white house briefing press secretary robert gibbs had this to say. >> this obviously is a very sensitive topic. we will hope to provide some more detail at a later point. our focus right now is ensuring that the safety of two journalists that are in north korea right now. >> the united states has no diplomatic relations with north korea. iran is finally confirming that it has arrested three americans who were hiking along the iraqi/iranian border. iran says they were charged with illegal entry for crossing an unmarked border. secretary of state hillary clinton is urging iran to provide more information about what happened. >> obviously, we are concerned. we want this matter brought to a

resolution as soon as possible, and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and return them as quickly as possible. >> a website linked to iran's revolutionary guard says the three americans infiltrated iran after being warned they were close to the border. their supporters packed a federal courtroom in raleigh, north carolina, for today's detention hearing for seven men accused of plotting terror attacks overseas. dug the proceedings officials played recordings where the alleged ringleader daniel boyd talked to his family and to a witness about the alleged plans. boyd is on the far right of your screen. the other three are -- the other three suspects, the men were arrested and charged last week with planning to murder, kidnap, and maim people.

an eighth suspect is suspected of being in pakistan. the cash for clunkers program could run out of gas by friday. the white house what's the senate to vote on a $2 billion extension by the weekend. yesterday dianne feinstein and chuck schumer and republican susan collins said they will support extending this program. opponents say cash for clunkers is poorly managed. supporters though, they think it's a success. >> if it ain't broke, don't fix it. it's working in every way. it's working as a stimulus. it's working to help families. it's working to improve mileage. what we need to do here is not put on the brakes, but step on the gas. keep the program going. >> this car business, and this is just a great example of how badly the government manages things. >> the white house says cash for clunkers has helped almost a

quarter of a million people trade in their gas guzzlers because the new vehicles have been more fuel efficient by about ten miles per gallon. >> exactly what our neighbors did. they came over and they said, yeah, we bought two new cars. you have to get this done. >> our biggest problem is we're low on cars. we have our lowest inventory that we've ever had. i know in the last three years. >> cash for clunkers was originally planned to run through november. even if it gets the extra $2 billion the white house says it's probably only going to last through september. police in idaho say a boy, a body, rather, pulled from a canal is the approximate age and size of a missing local boy, but they are waiting on the coroner's report before confirming whether it's robert manwill. an autopsy is under way. 8-year-old robert vanished on july 24th under what police call suspicious circumstances. >> at this time we do not have a positive i.d. on the body.

i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family has been notified that a body has been found. >> a make shst shishift memorian set up outside robert's home. his family is asking for privacy but are also thanking the community for that you are continued support. this week casey anthony's father could face some tough questions from prosecutors. they want to know what george anthony knows about his granddaughter caylee's death. last week prosecutors questioned cindy and also her brother lee. that lasted hours. caylee's skeletal remains were found near the family home. that was back in mid-december. her mother is charged with her murder and is possibly facing the death penalty. a judge has pushed her murder trial from october until sometime next summer.

judge sonia sotomayor is likely just days away from becoming the next u.s. supreme court justice. the full senate is debating her nomination. yesterday republican senator john mccain of arizona said he will vote against sotomayor because of what he called her judicial activism. >> though she attempted to walk back from her long public record of judicial activism during her confirmation hearings, judge sotomayor cannot change her record. in a 1996 article in the suffolk university law review she stated, quote, a given judge or judges may develop a novel approach to a specific set of facts or legal framework that pushes the law in a new direction. it is exactly this view that i disagree with. >> mccain joins other republicans from border states with large hispanic populations in opposing sotomayor.

senators john cornyn and kay bayly touchensbay ly bayly hutchinson are planning to vote against her. sotomayor is expected to easily win confirmation. after all the accusations and the meeting in the white house rose garden, no matter what professor henry gates, james crowley, and president obama think about the arrest, blacks and whites have a very different take on race relations and how they affect policing in this country. a cnn/opinion research poll finds 52% of americans overall believe racism among police officers is common, while 44% think it's rare. but when you break it down by race, the numbers are drastically different. 47% of whites says racism among officers is common compared to 86% of blacks. when asked if they felt police treated them unfairly because of

race, 6% of whites said yes compared to 56% of blacks. the postal service may close hundreds of post offices. officials say e-mail is a big part of the reason. the postal service could record a loss of nearly $7 billion this year. that's despite a 2 cent increase on stamps and large cuts in staff. now nearly 700 post offices may be closed or consolidated. no final decisions will be made before the end of september. what is your view on this? what do you think? is the post office still relevant? do you use the post office? often, really not at all? should the government close it down? call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln. also e-mail us. go to cnn.com/hln. there's also a link there to my facebook page. you can post your comments that way. or text the word views plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply.

a woman faces a sentence of 40 lashes if convicted by a sudanese court. what was her horrific crime? hold onto the seat of your pants. you won't believe this one.

i'm jane velez-mitchell and here's my issue. m michael jackson's long-time dermatologist and friend, dr. klein, is back in the custody mix. dr. klein continues to dance around the issue. well, now he's acting like the father. going to court, saying he should have a role in the kids' lives when it comes to major decisions on education and medical care, as if he gave michael jackson

such great medical advice. jackson's kids have already been through hell, so dr. klein needs to stop feeding the old gossip machine. he should take a dna test to determine once and for all if he is the father. if he is, then step up. if he isn't, then butt out and shut up. i'm jane velez-mitchell, and that's my issue. >> find out what else jane has on her mind. watch "issues with jane v velez-mitchell" right here on hln. a woman is facing a brutal public punishment. 40 lashes because her pants were deemed too tight. her trial for indecency has drawn international condemnation and plenty of attention on cnn.com. reggie aqui is here with more on her battle. my goodness, reggie. >> this is quite a story. she was sitting in a cafe in the

capital of sudan, and that's when the so-called morality police ran in and started checking everybody. she got arrested. so did 18 other people. what was her crime? they say she hasn't adhering to the strict policy of what a woman should wear. now, they say her blouse was too sheer and that her pants were too tight. she was supposed to have a trial today. it actually got postponed, but a lot of people still showed up supporting her. they're holding signs showing their support. these are people who are protesting outside of the courthouse. the judge right now is reviewing if her previous job, which she held with the united nations, makes her immune from charges. i should tell you she was working in the media office of the united nations and quit that job specifically so that she would not be immune to these charges. the judge wants to see if it still applieapplies. she says that she wants to get the lashing, if that's what the judge decides to give her. she doesn't want to escape it because of the job that she had because she wants to make a point out of all this. she wants to say the lashings

that she has been sentenced to, that they should be deemed unconstitutional. you can see some of the prote protesters outside. she's sent out 500 invitations to a potential public whipping just so there are witnesses and that the whole world gets the message that this is not the way to treat women in 2009. >> there's a lot to admire about her. >> she is a brave woman. there is no question about it. >> wow. i hope people will check that story, reggie. people are also checking this out. another story of women fighting to assert their rights, but they are literally wrestling, literally. >> this is interesting because this is happening in iraq, and this is, as you say, all-female wrestling team. we're not talking about the sort of histrionic wrestling. we're talking about real wrestling, like the kind you see in high school or college. there's a big age range. the youngest woman you will see in this video is only 5 years old. she's the daughter of the coach. they're doing this in ernest.

they say they want to show that this is a great opportunity for women despite the iraqi way of viewing women. >> we are a tribal society, this man says. we reject this notion. >> the coach says the team has amazing passion and wants to give something back to their country. so you can check out that video again at cnn.com. richelle? >> how about that? >> cool, right? >> that is fantastic. good story. i'm glad you highlighted that. i like that. thanks, reggie. >> you're welcome. this is a story that could make married men think twice about having someone on the side. one man thought he was headed to a motel for a little romance. instead, he found himself in a rather uncomfortable predicament.

ready for this one? you might not be. a married man took one of his girlfriends to a motel, but get this. court documents allege her sister, another girlfriend, and his wife were waiting for him. he was tied up and his manhood, trying to be tactful here, his

moonhood -- manhood was glued to his stomach. then they left him there. he got free by chewing through his bindings. they could face up to six years in prison. actor ryan o'neal made a shocking admission to "vanity fair." he told people this. he says he was frazzled, his word, frazzled at girlfriend farrah fawcett's funeral. so frazzled that he actually hit on his own daughter, tatum. you know tatum o'neal. o'neal's son, griffin, was on cnn's larry king last night and answered questions about this incident. >> larry: it's been reported that your father says he didn't recognize tatum at the funeral and when he embraced -- when she embraced him, he asked do you have a drink on you, do you have a car? what do you think of that story? >> oh, he was flirting with everybody. he was --

>> larry: with his daughter? >> but, you know, my dad is getting up in the years now. i don't think he really recognizes people that he's known for years. >> larry: his daughter? >> it was his daughter. he didn't realize that it was her. yes, it was her. >> wow. the "vanity fair" article also says ryan o'neal's son, redmond, questions whether his father's devotion to farrah fawcett during her last days was just an act. she reportedly gave the bulk of her estate to redmond and left nothing to ryan. a federal jury has ordered a boston university student to face $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing music. he admitted he took and distributed 30 songs. he says he's not the only one who has downloaded. >> it wasn't really something that was foremost in my mind in terms of it being illegal or not. i mean, it was just sort of i had napster on my computer. when i saw it, it was just this

library of music in front of me. i did what came naturally -- so many other people of my generation tried to go to a college campus and find somebody who hasn't done this sort of s hasn't done this sort of thing. >> he plans to appeal this ruling. under the law he could have been forced to pay up to $4.5 million. you've been warned not to talk about former employers on twitter and facebook. now clark howard explains why not to share your vacationing plans on social networking sites until afterwards. >> do you twitter? do you use facebook? myspace. here's a special warning from financial writer kathleen pender who is already hearing multiple reports of people who have twittered or myspaced or facebooked that they are going to be on vacation going here, there, or everywhere, or posting

pictures realtime of where they're on vacation and realtime come home to find that somebody came and burglarized their home. here's the thing. when you were going on vacation, you may think you can trust everybody on your myspace or facebook page, you may think you can trust the people you twitter, but wait until you return from a vacation to show off that vacation. don't post pictures until after your return. boast post in advance when and where we're going. why foul up your summer vacation? i'm clark howard. with more ways to protect yourself go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. get more great consumer advice from clark howard every saturday and sunday at noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln news and views. you know he'll help you save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. flying with your pet can be stressful for owners and for the animals. doesn't have to be. not anymore.

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former president bill clinton is in north korea trying to bring home two american journalists jailed there. is he acting alone or on behalf of president obama? police in idaho recover a body from a canal near boise. what they're doing to determine if it's that of robert manwill. and an oregon couple tries to go an entire year without creating any trash. how they plan to do it. hi, everybody. latest news from hln news and views we have word bill clinton has met with two american journalists, women still jailed in north korea. earlier the former president met with top leader. a government source said it was an emotional meeting with the

two americans serving a 12-year prison sentence. laura ling and euna lee were arrested on charges they entered the country illegally. clinton delivered a message to kim on behalf of president obama, but the white house firmly denied that. analysts and form senior correspondent mike chinoy sees the meeting as a win/win situation. >> i think this is a very important and potentially positive step forward after months and months of increasing attention between north korea and the united states. it's from the north korean side the fact that a former president has come here, gives jong il the respect and criticism he has long craved. don't forget he invited bill clinton during his presidency to come and hold a summit. clinton wanted to go but ran out

of time because of the disputed 2000 presidential election in the united states. it never made the trip. so it's important from the north korean side, and it's important obviously from the us side. >> as you may know the u.s. and north korea have no formal diplomatic relations. iran is confirming it has arrested three americans hiking in an area near iraq. iran said they've been charged with illegal entry for crossing an unmarked border. secretary of state hillary clinton is urging iran to provide more information. >> obviously we are concerned. we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible. and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and return them as quickly as possible. >> a website linged to iran's revolutionary guard says the three americans infiltrated iran

after being warned they were getting close to the border. supporters of seven terror suspects packed a federal courtroom in raleigh, north carolina. they were accused of plotting terror attacks overseas. officials played recordings where alleged ringleader david boyd talked to his family and to a witness about the alleged plan. boyd is on the right of your screen with the three other suspects. the men were arrested and charged with plotting to murder, kidnap, maim and jury people overseas. an eighth suspect is believed the to be in pakistan, although prosecutors hope to have him in custody soon. in idaho police say a body pulled from a local canal is the approximate age and size of a missing local boy. they're still waiting on the coroner's report before confirming if it is robert robert manwill. >> at this time we do not have a positive i.d. on the body.

i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy, approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family who has been incredibly strong throughout this ordeal has been notified that a body has been found. >> a makeshift memorial has been set up outside of manwill's home. his family is expressing thanks to the community for continued support but asking for privacy. this week casey anthony's father could face tough questioning from prosecutors. they want to know what george anthony knows about his granddaughter's death. last week prosecutors questioned cindy and her brother lee for hours. after a month long search caylee anthony's remains were found near the home. her trial originally set for this fall has now been pushed back until some time next summer. despite a surprise court

motion, his attorneys say michael jackson's dermatologist doesn't object to katherine jackson getting custody of the kids. he just wants to keep promises he made to the late singer to determine the kids health. it's been long rumored that the dermatologist is actually the biological father. jackson's mother was granted custody of all three of the children after a deal was reached with debbie rowe, the mother of the two oldest kids. the hearing on some remaining issues is set for october. tonight just released intimate video of michael jackson and his three kids. plus why does the dermatologist want a role in raising them? nancy grace investigates tonight at 10:00 eastern here on hln. breaking news from miami. a standoff under way involving robbery suspects and police.

pictures in. we're hearing the suspects were robbing a food market when someone, possibly an employee was shot. the shooters then fled the scene. they're holed up in a housing complex. police special response team is surrounding the building. there are canine dog teams all around. the shooting victim has been or is being air lifted to a hospital. an ongoing standoff involving police in south florida with someone barricaded in one of the houses. we'll have further details. the postal service may close hundreds of post offices. e-mail is largely to blame. the postal service could record a loss of almost $7 billion this year in spite of a 2 cent increase in stamps and cuts in staff. right now 700 post offices may be closed or consolidated. no financial decision will be made before the end of december. what do you think? is the post office still relevant? is it fading away? should the government do with it or scale it back considerably? whatever your thoughts call toll-free.

e-mail us, yes. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or text views plus your comment and name to hlntv. we hope to hear from you. standard text rates apply. flash flood warnings still in effect for the louisville area after severe thunderstorms in kentucky dumped six inches of rain on the city. and it's not the only part of the country that's watching the weather. chad myers is keeping an eye on the skies. chad, how is kentucky looking? >> kentucky looks like a mess because it's raining more. i have five or six monitors to keep you up to date on what's going on. let's start in louisville, lexington back to the south of cincinnati. just in this line of weather itself there's louisville. it rolled through indiana, i understood nap lis with damage. it rolled through lwhen people woke up they woke up to flooding.

people are still trying the to get to and from their home to their job at this point in time. it's not working out so well. literally stay home. a state of emergency basically needs to just go on. if it's not already in the area. i know we have some video, chuck. this is quick turn. we got the video in and put it on tape, edited the best stuff for you. this is from 6:00 or 7:00, 8:00 this morning. we started to get the daylight. we could get the pictures from the helicopter. now we move to the 10:00 hour. water in the neighborhoods. water in the university of kentucky. also then we also know that about half of churchill downs, the racetrack was underwater for a while. it's receding, but there's so much water it can't all go down at once. i still have more pictures. i still have more frames. i have more video sources. i have felicia. a tropical storm in the pacific.

one is 70 miles per hour. and just because i have the time and don't have anything else to tell you about. there's the atlantic system we're watching. still -- let's go to miami. that number would be 7,371 miles away. go to stormpulse.com. turn on clouds. turn on the models. oh, the season about to begin. >> it's been a weird summer. cooler than normal. >> tell the people in vermont that don't have one ripe tomato. it habit been warm enough to have a crop. hot out in the west. flip side. was ryan o'neil really devoted to farrah fawcett? that's the question some people are asking after he admits to hitting on a woman at the funeral.

judge sonia sotomayor only days away from becoming the next u.s. supreme court associate justice. the full senate is debating her

nomination. yesterday republican john mccain of arizona said he'll vote against sonia sotomayor because of her judicial activism. >> though she attempted to walk back from her long public record of judicial activism during her confirmation hearings. judge sonia sotomayor cannot change her record. in a 1996 article in the suffolk law review she stated a judge may have a novel approach to a specific set of facts or legal frame work that pushes the law in a new direction. this is exactly the view i disagree with. >> joining other republicans from border states with large hispanic populations in opposing sotomayor. kay bailey hutchison of texas as well as jon kyl. they all announce they plan to

vote against her. still her nomination is expected to win easily when the vote is taken. the senate majority leader is promising swift approval of an extension to the popular cash for clunkers program. harry reid said it will get passed before break. as he made the announcement a republican from south carolina said he would not block the bill. he was a vocal critic of cash for clunkers calling it washington's stupidity. two other senators had opposed more funding. they've changed their mind. the ford focus, honda civic, and toyota corolla, prius and camry the top five cars people are buying under the program. one of every ten americans 6 and older was taking anti-depressants. it doubled from 1996. but fewer people are seeing therapists. columbia university researchers

points out it shows doctors who are not psychiatrists need to learn better how to diagnose depression. ryan o'neil said he was so fr fr frazzled at his girlfriend's funeral that he actually hit on his own daughter. >> it's been reported that your father didn't recognize tatum at the funeral. she asked do you have a drink on you, do you have a car? what do you think of the story? >> he was flirting with everybody. >> with his daughter? >> my dad is getting up in the years now. i don't think he really recognizes people that he's known for years. >> his daughter? >> it was his daughter. he didn't realize that it was her. yes, it was her. >> vanity fair article also says o'neil's son with fawcett, red monday, questions whether his father's devotion during her last days was just an act. she gave the bulk of her state

to red monday and left nothing to ryan o'neil. a broward county florida deputy has been arrested and investigators say 29-year-old jonathan bleiweiss sexually assaulted while in uniform. false imprisonment and stalking. the deputy is now suspended woult pay and is being held without bail. well, it's a story that could make married men think twice about having something on the side. one man thought he was headed to a motel for a little romance. instead he found himself in a rather uncomfortable predicament.

they said the alleged victims were all between 2 and 13 years old. the parents are charged with distributing child porn and permitting sex with a child. >> anybody in this kind of business in public service we see a lot of very sick things. and this is sickening. >> pretty much disgusted about it. i couldn't believe they did that. >> police have not identified all of the alleged victims. they want to talk to anybody, though, who knows of any children who may have had contact with the couple. a married man took one of his girlfriends to a hotel. court documents allege her

sister, another girlfriend, and his wife were all waiting for him. he was tied up and his manhood was glued to his stomach. the women left. he got free by chewing through his bindings. the women were arrested. one said the story has gotten twisted and she's embarrassed. they could face up to six years in prison. well some passengers on board the continental 767 that hit severe turbulence thought they were going to die. 26 people were hurt when the jet shook and took a plunge all violently. people were thrown against the ceilings and walls. it shook out wires and oxygen masks. many said they were terrified. >> i felt like it was going to crash. i felt like we were going to die. the first thing i thought about was our friends. >> it was very suddenly happened very fast.

like we hit a wall. hfs terrible. >> it was air france 447 also out of rio. 228 people killeding on june 1st when that plane just disappeared. no cause has just been found. yesterday's plight landed in miami where people were treated. a north carolina teenager pitched a fit on a golf course and impaled himself in the stomach with his own club. he was upset over a bad shot. he slammed his club against the cart. it broke in half. and one part went six inches into his stomach, piercing his intestine. >> he said he was bleeding and we didn't believe him at all. >> his lips were turning wlit. >> gardener is now on a ventilator. doctors say he will recover. a florida company successfully launch ad low altitude rocket from the new mexico space port today. it rose to 2200 feet above the

desert and glided in for a belly landing. it's important because it shows the commercial viability of rocket in research and development, not just in space tourism. the company plans to launch a second rocket later today. if that succeeds it will mark the first time a private company launched two rockets from one sight on one day. silverton, oregon, has officially disapproved of an outfit worn by the mayor. he wore a bathing suit and high heels speaking the to a group of kids. last night the city council took up a complaint about it. >> i always liked you, stew. but i think you're wrong on this issue. >> the worst part of this bad behavior is your shameful self-promotion. i'm reluctant to speak about it because it brings more attention to you. >> any woman could have shown up in the same outfit and not have been condemned. he was condemned because it's stew and he's a man.

>> reporter: the mayor said the outfit was appropriate for the humid weather. after some debate the city council -- an oregon couple is trying to go 365 days with no trash, or as little as possible. it helps a great deal. when the year is up they hope to only have a grocery bag's worst of trash. but getting a coup of joe challenges that goal. >> we go to a coffee house and get a mocha. before you do that you got to check to see what kind of plastic cup you use or use your own cup. a few preventive issues we work through all of them. >> they're also keeping a weekly blog on their progress. some mixed economic news today. this is not your views by the way. it's business news. americans spent more in june. but incomes dropped dramatically. spending increased 4/10 of a point. personal income up 1.3%. biggest drop in four years.

they rose by the same amount in may because of the boost in social security checks. will your post office be closed for good? if so, would you really care? your views and whether you would miss it if your mail carrier stopped swinging by.

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call the number on your screen for free information. well, a breakthrough in north korea. we have just received word that former president clinton's mission in north korea to bring home a couple of young women who have been held for some time and faced a lengthy sentence has -- now the state media is reporting the leader kim jong il has delivered a pardon. clinton apparently had an emotional meeting with the women. laura ling and euna lee were arrested on the border in march on charges they entered the country illegally.

they reported clinton deliver ad message to kim on behalf of president obama, but the white house quickly denied all of that, saying that bill clinton was on a private mission. at a state briefing today a spokesman dodged all questions about it. >> at this point we have nothing that we can add to what the white house has said. let me leave it at that. >> the white house basically said they won't say anything until the mission is complete and he's left. is that roughly where you are? >> at this point, i don't have any comments. >> let's get you to the bulletin. the state run media has indicated that a special pardon will be granted by kim jong il. the u.s. has no diplomatic ties with north korea. rather unusual diplomatic measures have to be taken. a full pardon. the release has been ordered immediately. presumably they will go home with the former president of the united states. that much has not been confi

confirmed. iran is finally confirming it has arrested three americans hiking in an area near iraq. iran says they've been charged with illegal entry for crossing an unmarked border. secretary of state hillary clinton is urging iran to provide more information. >> obviously we are concerned. we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible. and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and return them as quickly as possible. >> a website linged to iran's revolutionary guard says they infiltrated iran after being warned they were close to the border. the men are accused of plotting terror attacks overseas. during the proceedings officials plaid recordings where alleged ringleader daniel boyd talked to his family and to a witness about the alleged plan.

that's boyd on the far right. three other suspects there in the same video train. the men were arrested and charged with plotting to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure people overseas. an eighth suspect, jude kenneth muhammad is still thought to be in pakistan. prosecutors hope to have him in custody soon. the senate majority leader harry reid is promising that his swift approval of an extension to the cash for clunkers program. he's telling reporters it will get passed before congress goes on a month long break. republican senator from south carolina said he wouldn't block the $2 billion bill. he had been a vocal critic of cash for clunkers, calling it washington's stupidity. two other senators, dianne feinstein of california and susan collins of maine had opposed for funding. they've since changed their mind. the ford focus, honda civic, corolla, prius and camry are the

top five cars being bought with the program. still waiting on the coroner's report before confirming if the body found is 8-year-old robert ma manwill. he vanished july 24th under what police call suspicious circumstances. >> at this time we do not have a positive i.d. on the body. i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy, approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family, who has been incredibly strong throughout the ordeal has been notify that had a body has been found. >> a makeshift memorial has been set up outside the home. his family is asking for privacy, but are thanking for community for their continued support. well, this week casey antho anthony's father could face tough questioning. they want to know what george

anthony knows about the his granddaughter's death. last week they questioned cindy and lee for hours. a a month long search the skeletal remains near with anthony home. her mur casey is charged with her murder and possibly facing the death penalty. a judge pushed the murder trial from october until some time next summer. judge sonia sotomayor is likely days away before becoming -- from becoming the next supreme court justice. the center is debating her nomination today. the vote could come as soon as thursday. yesterday republican john mccain of arizona said he would vote against sonia sotomayor because of what he called her judicial activism. >> though she attempted to walk back from her long public record of judicial activism during her confirmation hearings, judge sotomayor cannot change her record. in a 1996 article in the suffolk university law review she stated, quote, a given judge of

judges may develop a novel approach to a specific set of facts or legal framework that pushes the law in a new direction. this is exactly the view i disagree with. >> mccain joins other republicans from border states with large hispanic populations in opposing sonia sotomayor. as well as mccain's fellow arizonan jon kyl already announced they'll vote against her. still she's expected to easily win confirmation. following the arrest of a black harvard scholar by a white police officer, we're seeing that african-americans and whites have a very different take on race relations and how they affect policing in the country. a cnn opinion research poll finds 52% of americans overall believe racism among police officers is common. 44% think it's rare. when broken down by race the numbers are drastically different. 47% of whites said racism among

officers is common compared to 86% of blacks. when asked if they felt police treated them unfairly because of race, 6% of whites said yes compared to 66% of blacks. officials say e-mail is largely to blame the the closure of hundreds of postal services. they will record of los of nearly $7 billion this year despite a 2 cent increase in stamps. no final decisions will be made before the end of september. a woman faces a sentence of 40 lashes if convicted by a sudanese court for our fashion. how police are reacting to her supporters and what she hopes will come from all the attention to her legs.

if the teenage kids in your home are dating listen up, an alarming number of young couples are physically violent. melissa long explains in this health minute. >> approximately one in five two one in ten high school aged teens are either hit, slapped or beaten by a person they're dating. that's according to a new report on teen dating violence. researchers say the type of violation can lead to intimate partner violation in adulthood as well as unsafe sex, substance abuse, and suicide. they looked at skills for youth relationship that teaches ninth graders about healthy

relationships. it's designed to promote safe sex. in the study students either took the class or placed in a control group tla did not take the course. researchers found when ninth graders were surveyed two and a half years later rates of physically dating violence were greater in controlled students than in the student who is participated in the program. although both boys and girls were involved, the intervention had a stronger effect on boys. study investigators applied if more programs like this were taught in public schools rates of domestic violence could drop. i'm melissa long. we have a story just in from new york state. the driver involved in that deadly wrong way accident on the parkway in new york was drunk and high. new york state police say she had a blood alcohol level of .19. more than twice the legal limit. the toxicology report also shows the driver had marijuana in her

system. eight people died in the cash last week. michael vick is making an effort to show how much he's reformed. he threw a few passes with some high school players. all members of the lance town high team in virginia beach. this weekend vick, who served 2 months in prison for running a dog fighting ring will appear at a humane society event in atlanta. the southern christian leadership conference planned a homecoming party in virginia on saturday. that apparently has been postponed. first chrysler, then general motors. now detroit's public school system may be headed for bankruptcy, too. poppy harlow joins us now. >> if this happens it would be the first ever to file for bankruptcy protection. here's what's going on in detroit. it's really devastating, the school system. take a look at the numbers.

$259 million. that's the size of the deficit of detroit public schools. the graduation rate is only 58%. that's it. graduating from detroit public schools. for all of these reasons, enrollment in detroit public schools is shrinking by a lot. i spent a day with one parent in detroit very concerned about the situation there. take a listen to what she told us. >> well, my daughter has never attended any detroit public schools. it's because of this. as a concerned parent my daughter would never go to a detroit public school as of now have. i felt comfortable as a child going to school, i don't feel comfortable to allow her to attend a detroit public school. >> that was fredricka turner. she sends her daughter to school in the suburbs where they now live. you're looking at pictures of her old high school. it's abandon, closed down, windows broken out, boarded up. enrollment in public schools has

dropped. take a look at the chart. by about 44% over the past seven years or so. that's compared to a decline in population in detroit of just about 3%. during the same amount of time. >> moving out in droves from those schools. that's amazing. what are they doing to try to turn this around? >> the state is doing a lot. they've hired an emergency financial manager to cut costs significantly. his name is robert bob. since he took this position he's closed 29 schools. he plans to close more. he's also laid off about 2400 people. that means teachers as well. he's exploring a bankruptcy option for the school system. it sounds shocking, bankruptcy. like with chrysler, like with gm, this could allow the school system to renegotiate the debt, tear up the contract and give it a fresh start. let us know what you think. weigh in on my facebook page. an interesting topic.

we'll stay on top of the story, chuck. >> appreciate you bringing it to us. get more business news cnnmoney.com. it's a story that could make a married man think twice about having on the side. a man thought he was heading to a hotel for row mansz.

a married man. took one of his girlfriends to a motel. court documents allege that her sister, and girlfriend, and his wife were waiting for him. he was tied up and his manhood was superglued to his stomach. the women left. he got through by chewing through his binding. one said the story has gotten twisted and she's embarrassed. they could face up to six years in prison. actor ryan o'neil made a shocking admission to "vanity fair". he was so frazzled at farrah fawcett's girlfriend he actually hit on tatum. >> it's been report that had your father says he didn't recognize tatum at the funeral, and when he embraced -- when she

embraced him, he asked do you have a drink on you, do you have a car? what do you think of that story? >> oh, he was flirting with everybody. >> with his daughter? >> he doesn't -- my dad is getting up in the years now. i don't think he really recognizes people that he's known for years. >> his daughter? >> it was his daughter. he didn't realize that it was her. yes, it was her. >> the article also says o'neil's son with fawcett, r redmond questions whether it was only an act. she left nothing to ryan o'neil and left most of her stake to redmond. police say a man and woman made videos showing kids being abused. the alleged victims were between 2 and 13. the pair is charged with filming child porn, distributing it and permitting sex with a child.

>> anybody in this kind of business, we see sick things. this is sickening. >> i'm disgusted about it. i couldn't believe they did that. >> police have not identified all of the alleged victims. they want to talk to anyone who knows of children who may have had contact with the couple. hln money expert clark howard explains why not to share your vacation plans on social networking sites until afterwards. >> do you twitter? do you use facebook? do you use myspace? anybody can follow you at any time. here's a special warning who is already hearing multiple reports of people who have twittered or myspaced or facebooked that they are going to be on vacation, going here, there, or everywhere or posting realtime of where they're on vacation and realtime come home to find come home and

find somebody burglarized their home. when you are going on vacation you may think you can trust everybody on your mi return fron to show off that vacation. don't post pictures until after you return. don't post in advance when and where you're going, because why foul up your summer vacation? i'm clark howard with more ways i want you to protect yourself, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> and you get great consumer advice weekends from clark right here on hln, "news and views." clark howard helps you save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. stocks up higher today. dow was down at the close, it's barely up right now with about ten minutes in the trading day, trading on 4 1/2 points on the upside.

a federal jury has ordered a boston university student to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing music. he admitted he took and distributed 30 songs. tennenbaum says he's not the only one who has downloaded. >> it wasn't really something that was foremost on any mind in terms of it being illegal or not. i mean, it was just sort of, i had napster on my computer and when i saw it, it was just this library of music. so i did what came naturally. so many people in my generation go to a college campus and try to find someone who has. done this. >> under the law, he could have been ordered to pay up to $4.5 million. silverton, oregon has disapproved of an outfit won by its mayor. he wore a bathing suit and high heels to speak to a group of kids. last night, the council took up a complaint and people sounded off on both sides, but he said

the outfit was appropriate for humid weather. are the newlyweds who danced their way into youtube fame headed for divorce already? )%)%%

breaking news from north korea. a former president's surprise mission means freedom for two american journalists. the popular cash for clunkers program has been on the financial edge, senators making predictions about its future. ♪ happy birthday to you >> special day at the white house. what they're wishing for. here's the latest from hln news and views. i'm richelle carey. thank you for your time. again, breaking news from former president bill clinton's mission to north korea. the country's state-run media reporting leader kim jong-il has

issued a special pardon and release to two american journalists. they have been held there since march. the order apparently came after clinton reportedly had an emotional meeting with the two. they had been sentenced to 12 years hard labor. their names, lisa ling, una lee. they were arrested along the chinese/north korea border in march on charges they entered that country illegally. north korean media reported bill clinton delivered a message to kim jong-il on behalf of president obama. but the white house calls the trip a private mission. >> this obviously is a very sensitive topic. we will hope to provide some more detail at a later point. our focus right now is on ensuring the safety of two journalists that are in north korea right now. >> the united states has no diplomatic relations with north korea.

again, north korea says it has released those two american journalists. a slow-moving storm stalled over louisville, kentucky this morning swamping the city with heavy rain that left many stranded on flooded streets and highways. the waters also poured into the main library and lots of buildings on the university of louisville campus. up to six inches of rain fell in less than three hours in the western part of that city. >> 911 is still getting calls, fire is running out, ems is running out. we're doing everything we can to respond. the governor's support is appreciated and we may very well need more when the time comes. the congressman called and wanted to be sure that anything he could do he wanted to be available to do. i told him to -- how many cats and dogs could he get in the back seat of his car, he could help us at the shelter. >> the storm brought hail and

winds and the national weather service storms more storms could be hitting that area this afternoon. police in idaho say an autopsy is under way on a boy's body pulled from a local canal. they confirm the body is the proximate age and size of a missing local boy. but they're waiting on the coroner's report before confirming it's robert manwill. he vanished july 24th under suspicious circumstances. >> at this time, we do not have a positive i.d. on the body. i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family, who has been incredibly strong throughout this ordeal, has been notified that a body has been found. >> a makeshift memorial has been set up outside robert's home. his family is asking for privacy but they are thanking the community for their continued

support. this week, casey anthony's father could face tough questions from prosecutors. they want to know what george anthony knows about his grand daughter caylee's death. last week prosecutors questioned cindy anthony and lee anthony for hours. caylee anthony's skeletal remains were found near the anthony family home in mid december. her mother is charged with her murder and is possibly facing the death penalty. a judge has pushed her trial to sometime next summer. despite a surprise court motion, michael jackson's dermatologist doesn't object to katherine jackson getting custody. they say dr. arnold klein wants to keep promises he made to the late singer to ensure the kid's health and stability. it's long been rumored that he is actually their biological father. attorneys for katherine jackson say they're not sure what dr.

klein wants. jackson's mother was granted custody of all three of his children after a deal was reached with debbie rowe, the mother of the two oldest kids. she agreed not to fight for custody in exchange for visiting with them. a hearing is scheduled for october. tonight, just released video of michael jackson and his three kids, plus why does jackson's dermatologist want a role in raising them? nancy grace investigates tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. the senate majority is promising approval for an extension of the cash for clunker program. republican senator jim dement said he would not be blocking this $2 billion bill. he had been a vocal critic of the program, calling it washington stupidity. two other senators, dianne feinstein and susan collins

opposed their find, but changed their mind. okay, after the arrest of a black harvard scholar by a white police officer, we're seeing that african-americans and whites have a very different take on race relations and how they affect policing in this country. a cnn opinion research poll finds 52% of americans overall believe racism among police officers is common. while 44% think it's rare. but when you break this thing down by race, the numbers are drastically different. 47% of whites said racism was common compared to 86% of blacks. when asked if they felt police treated them unfairly because of race, only 6% of whites said yes, compared to 56% of blacks. veteran white house

correspondent helen thomas got a big birthday surprise in the briefing room today. let's listen. ♪ happy birthday to you >> yes, she was serenaded by fellow correspondents and the commander in chief. she also got some cupcakes as well. she's 89 years young today and she wasn't the only person celebrating a birthday today. the president himself is celebrating. he turned 48 and joked that both he and thomas wished for a real health care reform bill. will your post office be closed for good, and would you care? your views on the u.s. postal service and whether you'd miss it if your mail carrier stopped swinging by.

welcome back. the post office may close hundreds of offices. officials say e-mail is largely to blame. the postal service could record a loss of nearly $7 billion this year. that's despite a two cent

increase on stamps and also lots of cuts in staff. nearly 700 post offices may be closed or consolidated. no final decision also be made before the end of september. okay, so with a $7 billion loss, the postal service is thinking of closing hundreds of post offices. do you think you still need all those offices and the postal office? what nita, what do you think? >> caller: if people think it's unnecessary, all they need to do is ask any military family, especially after they've opened care packages or hand made cards sent from the little ones. my husband was in the gulf war in '87 and e-mail just does not carry the same impact as a hand written letter. >> all right. well said. thank you for your point of view on that. thank you for your family's

service as well. dovy calling us from tennessee. how do you feel about it, would you miss it if you didn't have your post office? >> no, i would not miss it. i think they should shut the united states post office down completely. when they did, there would be the free enterprise system take over through one of the carriers of ups, fedex or some of the other various companies. and the postal system would work just as well and probably at about 75% to 80% less at what it's costing us. everybody primarily uses the wireless communication systems except now for your elderly. >> what do you use, are you down with e-mail and these other private services? >> caller: i use all of the wireless systems and all. and i know the first thing they're going to say is oh, you're increasing the unemployment rate. that's true. but when some of the private

sectors pick up and start to get this going again, a postal service, a lot of those people will come onboard with those companies. >> dovy, thank you for your phone call. clearly you have thought this through. lots of e-mails and facebook posts to share as well. >> thanks for everyone who e-mailed, called and texted, all kinds of stuff. we still want your comments here at hln news and views.

at the top of the hour, lots of topics crammed into that show that you can comment on. check them out at cnn.com/primenews. this is a story that can make married men think twice about having someone on the side. one man thought he was headed to a motel for a little romance. instead he found himself in a very uncomfortable predicament.

now to the breaking news on

former president clinton's mission to north korea. the country's state-run media reporting leader kim jong-il has issued a special pardon and also released two american journalists. those journalists have been held in north korea since march. the order apparently came after clinton reportedly had an emotional meeting with the women. this is what happened to them. they had been sentenced to 12 years hard labor. so far we don't know just when lisa ling and una lee will be returning to the united states. these women were arrested along the chinese/north korea border in march on charges they entered the country illegally. north korean media reports clinton delivered a message to kim jong-il on behalf of president obama. but the white house is pushing back on that. they call clinton's trip a private mission. the united states has no diplomatic relations with north korea. but, again, north korea says it

has released these two american journalists. a somewhat similar situation. iran is confirming it arrested three americans. iran says they've been charged with illegal entry for crossing the border. secretary of state hillary clinton is urging iran to provide more information about this. >> obviously, we are concerned. we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible. and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and return them as quickly as possible. >> a website linked to iran's revolutionary guard says three americans infiltrated iran after being warned they were too close to the border. supporters of seven terror suspects packed a courtroom in raleigh, north carolina today for their hearing. they're accused of plotting

terror attacks overseas. during the proceedings, officials played recordings where the alleged ringleader, daniel boyd, talked to a family member and witness about the alleged plan. they were arrested and charged last week for plotting to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people overseas. an eighth suspect is believed to be in pakistan and prosecutors are hoping to catch up with him and have him in custody soon. sudanese women wore slacks to protest the trial of a female journalist arrested for violating the dress code. police responded to today's protests by firing tear gas and beating some demonstrators. they were there to support a newspaper writer basing 40 lashes for wearing tight

trousers in public. that is considered indecent. she was among 13 women arrested last month but only one of three who wanted a trial. she wants to change the law and raise awareness around the world. a married man who took one of his girlfriends to a hotel in wisconsin. i said one of his girlfriends. get this, court documents allege her sister, another of his girlfriends and his wife were waiting for him. he was tied up and his manhood was glued to his stomach. the guy started screaming, so the women left him there. he got free by chewing through his bindings. the women ended up getting arrested. one of them says she's very embarrassed now. it's pretty serious, they could face up to six years in prison. a couple near baltimore has been arrested for what police are calling a sickening crime. police say the man and woman

maid videos showing kids being sexually abused. police found these videos in their home. the alleged victims were between 2 and 13 years old. they are charged with filming child porn, distributing it and permitting sex with a child. >> anybody in this kind of business, in public service, we see a lot of very sick things and this is sickening. >> pretty much disgusted about it. i can't believe that they did that. >> police have not identified all of the alleged victims and they want to talk to anyone who knows of any children who may have had contact with these two suspects. their names are john nicholas, 34 years old. and also 26-year-old shannon hunia. her bond is set at $5 million. an oregon couple is taking grain to the extreme. they're trying to go 365 days with no trash or as little as possible. their recycling helps a great deal. when the year is up, they hope

to only have a grocery bag's worth of trash. one of the big challenges is, they like to get a cup of coffee. >> go to a coffee house and get a mocha. before you do that, you have to see what kind of cup they use or bring your own cup. it's presented a few issues. >> you want to know how they're going to do this? they're blogging about it every week. you can follow them. yesterday was a great start to the week on wall street. stocks were able to continue that momentum today. stephanie is at the business desk in new york with all of our trading details. >> yeah, after hitting major milestones for the nasdaq and s&p 500 yesterday, investors hesitated despite more good news from the housing sector. the averages edged higher. the dow tacked on 33 points to 9320. caterpillar jumped 6% today.

nasdaq and the s&p 500 were both up fractionally. bankruptcy reports sent wall street from continuing the rally. personal income fell 1.3% in june. consumer bankruptcies surged 34% from last year, to the highest level since october of 2005. even though there are signs the economy may be starting to recover, reports like that show many consumers still remain in a deep hole and they are still feeling the pain. richelle? >> thanks, stephanie. a florida company successfully launched a low-altitude rocket from the new mexico space port today. it rose 2,200 feet and glided in for a belly landing. officials say the test is important because it shows the commercial viability of rockets in research and development. the company plans to launch a

second rocket later today. if that's successful, it will mark the first time a private company launched two rockets from the same flight on the same day. police in boise, idaho say as we speak, say that the coroners are performing an autopsy on a boy's body pulled from a local canal. not long ago, this man had limited mobility.

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breaking news coming to us from north korea. this is about former president clinton's mission there. the country's state-run media is reporting that leader kim jong-il has issued a special pardon and released two american journalists. this order apparently came after president clinton was able to meet with these two women. we are told it was an emotional meeting. these women had been sentenced to 12 years hard labor. laura ling and una lee were arrested along the chinese/north korean border in march. north korean media reports that clinton delivered a message to kim jong-il on behalf of

president obama. but the white house is saying that this was a private mission. by former president clinton. >> this obviously is a very sensitive topic. we will hope to provide some more detail at a later point. our focus right now is in ensuring the safety of the two journalists that are in north korea right now. >> the united states has no diplomatic relations with north korea. again, north korea says that it's just released two american journalists. also this just in to hln. we've learned the driver involved in last month's wrong-way crash was drunk and high. new york state police say that this woman, diane shuler, had a blood/alcohol limit more than twice the legal limit. let's listen. >> as you all know, an autopsy was performed a week ago monday

by the medical examiner's office on the body of diane schueler. the operator of the 2003 ford van who was responsible for this crash. the toxicology from that autopsy shows that diane schueler had a blood/alcohol content of .19%. in addition, the autopsy revealed that diane schueler had approximately six grams of alcohol in her stomach, alcohol that had yet to be metabolized. toxicology reveals that she had a high level of thc in her blood. thc is the active ingredient contained in marijuana. the level in her blood was 113 nano grams per milliliter. in conjunction with the collision reconstruction unit's detailed examination of the van,

investigators recovered a broken bottle of vodka. our investigation is continuing at this time, and in effort to further establish all the details that led to this crash, including attempting to identify as many witnesses as possible, to the operation of diane schueler's van on sunday, july 26th, prior to the crash, as well as any information others may have that may assist us in this investigation. the contact number is 914-769-2600. that's 914-769-2600. i'll take questions at this time. >> does this change anything in the investigation, does it become a criminal investigation now? >> it's been a criminal investigation from the inception. however, at this point it appears there will be no criminal charges. [ inaudible question ] >> it was a vodka bottle.

>> does it appear she was drinking while she was driving? >> i would say based on the fact she had alcohol in her stomach contents, it would appear she was drinking. whether or not she was drinking as she was driving or if she would stop and drive. [ inaudible question ] >> you talked to the people who interacted with diane on the morning of the 26th. what have they told the investigators regarding her state of mind, her state of sobriety, and understanding that the original statement that you didn't think drugs and alcohol were involved you made very early in the investigation, at what point did that change? >> i don't know that we ever said we didn't think drugs or alcohol were involved. we simply indicated we had no evidence drugs or alcohol were in play. obviously, we had to wait for the investigation to unfold. we do not have much in the way of people that morning describing diane schueler other

than to say she was fine up until the time that she made the phone call to her sister-in-law and also spoke to her brother after that. [ inaudible question ] >> that would be speculative. somewhere in between sullivan county and down here in westchester. [ inaudible question ] >> i might refer that to betsy sprout, if she's willing to answer that question. >> with that level of alcohol, we talk in ranges when we talk about the effects of alcohol. so she would have had difficulty with perception, with her judgment, with her memory. around that level of alcohol, you also start to get what's called tunnel vision, where your

perception is changed so you can't see peripherally all the time, depending on her tolerance that she has to alcohol as well. >> you're hearing from officials in new york state describe how impaired someone would be whose blood alcohol was .19. basically some people would barely be able to walk, much less drive a vehicle. and this woman diane schueler was behind a vehicle involved in a deadly accident a couple weeks ago. ended up eight people died, three in another vehicle, five in her vehicle, including herself. the five people killed in her vehicle, four were children. the only person that survived this was her little boy, one child survived. but the takeaway is her blood/alcohol was .19 and she also had marijuana in her system. that's why we brought you that information in that press conference live from new york state.

continuing with the day's news. iran is confirming it arrested three americans who were hiking in this area in iraq. iran says they've been charged with illegally entry for crossing an unmarked border. secretary of state hillary clinton is asking iran, urging them to provide more information. >> obviously, we are concerned. we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible. and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans and return them as quickly as possible. >> a website linked to iran's revolutionary guard said the three americans infiltrated iran after being warned they were close to the border. supporters of the seven terror suspects that were arrested last week packed a federal courtroom in raleigh, north carolina for their detention hearing. they're accused of plotting terror attacks overseas.

during the proceedings, officials played recordings where the alleged ringleader talked to his family and a witness about the alleged plan. boyd is on the far right of your screen with three other suspects. they were arrested and charged last week with plotting to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people overseas. an eighth suspect, jude muhammad, believed to be in pakistan, prosecutors hope to have him in custody soon. police in idaho say a body pulled from a can alternatively appears to be that of missing 8-year-old robert manwill. they say they now have to wait for a positive identification through dental records. robert vanished july 24th under what police call suspicious circumstances. >> at this time, we do not have a positive i.d. on the body. i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy, approximately the same age and size as robert manwill.

robert's family, who has been incredibly strong throughout this ordeal, has been notified that a body has been found. >> a makeshift memorial has been set up outside robert's home. his family is asking for privacy but also thanking the community for their continued support. senate majority leader is promising swift approval of the cash for clunkers program. he said it will get pass before congress goes on break. republican senator jim dement said he's not going to block the $2 billion bill. demint had been a critic of the program calling it washington stupidity. two other senators, dianne feinstein of california and susan collins of maine opposed more funding but they have since changed their mind. a woman faces a sentence of

40 lash it is convicted by a sudanese court. what is her horrific crime? hold on to the seat of your pants, you will not believe this one.

long-time white house correspondent helen thomas got a big birthday surprise. this is the briefing room today. let's listen to this. ♪ happy birthday to you >> yes, she got serenaded by fellow correspondents and the commander in chief. she got some cupcakes too. in case you're wondering, she's 89 years young and she was not the only person in the room at the birthday today. the president himself celebrating, turning 4.

then he joked both he and thomas wished for a real health care reform bill. there's one thing the president has that helen thomas does not, his own mountain. the highest mountain in antiga has officially become mt. obama. they wanted to recognize president obama as a symbol of black achievement. a stone sculpture and plaque honoring the president were unveiled. the decision to rename the peak became after mr. obama was elected president. facing a brutal public punishment. 40 lashes because her pants, someone thought, were too tight. her trial for indecency has drawn plenty of attention. we have more on this battle, really, virginia.

story is drawing international outrage, richelle. found guilty and suffer those 40 painful lashes. why? we'll get to that in just a moment. but first some background. she was eating at a restaurant in sudan's capital when it was raided by police who were checking women's clothing. she and 18 others were arrested by the so-called morality police. she said she was told her pants were too tight. her trial was scheduled to start today. it's been postponed until september. the judge is viewing whether her previous job with the united nations, which she had at the time of the raid, gives her immunity. she actually quit that u.n. job specifically because she wanted to face these charges. she wants to clear her name and says she wants this law to be deemed unconstitutional.

and she said she sent out 500 invitations to her potential public flogging. sudan treats its women. to find out how the u.n. is reacting, go to cnn.com. >> i know another story getting a lot of attention. also women fighting to assert their rights, literally fighting. >> yes, literally. we're talking about female wrestlers. female in iraq of all places. and they say it's not just about defeating their opponents. what they really want to do is to smash social barriers. this seem just started with eight members. it's doubled in size. one of the girls as young as 5 years old. the team isn't internationally competitive yet. the greatest opponent, though, is traditional iraqi customs. >> translator: i want to break social barriers. women have the same rights as men. we should be allowed to practice

anything. >> we are a tribal society, this the coach says the team just wants to give somebody back to iraq. richelle? >> thank you, virginia. >> you bet. this is a story that can make married men think twice about having someone on the side. one man thought he was headed to a motel for a little romance. instead he found himself in a rather uncomfortable predicament.

"prime news" is coming up in a few minutes. mike is right here with a preview of what is coming up. the first story, wow. >> yeah, you know, it's so disturbing. what we have is a couple arrested in maryland for child porn. police found horrible dvds in their house. we'll be talking to some law enforcement. they got to still find the victims. we'll talk to a psychiatrist about that. how do you get a child to come forward? we'll show you the pictures of

the accused and then you got to ask parents has your child been in contact with either of these people. so we'll take your calls on that, your comments, questions, 1-877-tell-hln. we'll keep you updated on the robert manwill story. the body of a boy was pulled from a canal in boise, idaho, matching the description pretty much of robert manwill. press conference coming up by 5:30. we'll keep you posted. have you seen this tape? a woman driving her child through a store in georgia. there it is. we don't know a lot of the back story. you figure the kid was having a tantrum. that's how mom handled it. end result here, she's charged with felony child cruelty. what do you think of that one? we'll take your calls on that one. e-mail us, cnn.com/primenews. coming up in about ten minutes.

>> we're not on the delay right now, so i can't just let it fly high. i would be in trouble, so much trouble. what in the world? >> that's right. >> we'll talk. we'll talk. after the arrest of a black harvard scholar by a white police officer, we're seeing that african-americans and whites have a very different take on race relations, and how they affect policing in this country. in a poll it finds 52% of americans overall believe racism among police officers is common, while 44% think it's rare. but when you break this down by race, the numbers are drastically different. 47% of whites said racism among officers is common, compared to 86% of blacks. and also, when asked if they felt police treated them unfairly because of race, 6% of whites said yes compared to 56% of blacks. wow. a married man took one of his girlfriends, just one of

them, to a wisconsin motel. but get this, court documents allege her sister and another of his women on the side, and his wife, were waiting for him. he was tied up, and his -- let's be delicate here -- his manhood was glued to his stoming. the man started screaming and the women left. he got free by chewing through his bindings. one is now embarrassed. they could face up to six years in prison. a brand-in you iphone app is a big hit with parents, and uses the built-in gps system to register sex offenders. but not everyone sees it as a good thing. critics say the application is potentially dangerous because it could increase vigilanteism. it looks like gorillas in the bliss and her now born baby girl, the new addition was delivered sunday morning in

germany. the spokesperson says mother and daughter appear to be gaga over each other. but we're told the baby will likely be named claudia after a german tv personality. flying can be a stress for owners and animals. a new airline.