can i see a show of hands of the people in this room who believe we have the right to share our views with our elected officials? okay. take that to nancy pelosi. >> anger and division over health care reform. hostile shouts and statements disrupt a town hall meeting led by senator arlen specter. we'll show you more. and a major boost for general motors. why the company says the chevy volt electric car will be a game changer. and how a brave 4-year-old boy saved his grandpa's life with one quick decision. happy tuesday to you. i'm christi paul. welcome to hln "news and views." thank you for being with us. pretty volatile day today.

take a look at this. >> you want to be let -- you want to be led out of here, you're welcome to go. now, wait a minute. now, wait a minute. now, wait a minute. now, wait a minute. wait a minute. >> almost getting physical there. there has been another, as you can see for yourself, town hall meeting on the latest hot button issue, of course, health care reform. this one hosted today by senator arlen specter in lebanon, pennsylvania. one of two he will be hosting. the republican turned democrat faced heated questions about president obama's plan to overhaul health care. some people got so angry they almost came to blows. police officer had to step in. specter had to step in and calm him down. most of the crowd was very vocal, though, particularly about their opposition to government-run health care. >> i don't believe this is just about health care. it's not about t.a.r.p. under the circumstanc

it's not about left and right. this is about systemic dismantling of this country. i'm only 35 years old. i have never been interested in politics. you have awakened a sleeping giant. we are tired of this. this is why everybody in this room is so ticked off. i don't want this country turning into russia, turning into a socialized country. my question for you is -- [ applause ] -- what are you going to do to restore this country back to what the founders created according to the constitution? >> i get a fairly firm message from the support you have, young lady, when you asked me to defend the constitution, that's, you know, what i've been doing.

>> yes, personally, i happen to turn 55 this year. i'm in a plan called medicare. >> getting robust there. this is a similar seen at a town hall meeting in maryland yesterday. this was hosted by senator ben cardin. he had to shout his way through the meeting as hundreds of protestors booed and heckled him. the people were hostile in mcminnville, oregon. he tried to keep things from getting out of hand by allowing people to ask question only if their number was drawn from a hat. now, i want to point out in about an hour, president obama will hold his own town hall meeting on health care. this is going to be in portsmith, new hampshire. this it may affect people who already have health insurance through their employer. what robert gibbs says they anticipate the president will be bombarded with some vigorous

debate and questions. >> well, i think we're expecting to see what we've seen in hundreds of town hall meetings that barack obama has done. people are going to raise their hand. they're going to ask questions. some will support what he's trying to do, some will have questions, some will oppose. the president has never done a town hall meeting where everybody agreed with everybody he said. he's anxious to talk directly to the american people and give them the facts about what health care reform means to them. >> the president and other democratic leaders say they believe right wing commentators are spreading misinformation about proposals in congress. switching gears here. i don't know if you heard about this yet today. eunice kennedy shriver died this morning. she's the sister of john f. kennedy and founded the special olympics. her family, including daughter maria shriver, was by her side in a massachusetts hospital. she was 88 years old. shriver's son-in-law, arnold schwarzenegger, said this about his mother in law. eunice was the light of our lives, our family. she meant so much not only to us

but to our country and to the world. she was a pioneer who worked tirelessly for social and scientific advances and changed the lives of millions of development tally disabled people all over the world. long lines in atlanta today. look at this. thousands of homeowners waiting for a chance to lower their mortgage payments. the neighborhood assistance corporation of america, or the naca, as it's called, is a federal subsidy program that helps homeowners who are going through a rough time, while borrowers can get loans restructured the same day and some can cut payments in half. they had to go through budget counseling. this event is taking place at the georgia world conference center. accident in the miami area. 18-wheeler took a turn too fast, crashed on its side, on the side of the freeway. a lot of emergency vehicles and fire trucks are still on the scene. you see a fire truck there and all the emergency personnel that have convened.

the driver was trapped inside apparently for a while, but he has been rescued, we've learned, and he does suffer from minor injuries, apparently. canada city fire crews are cleaning up a noxious chemical. they're not sure how it got out but there are no injuries reported thus far. the chemical can burn skin, eyes, the lungs. it's known as one of the most hazardous substances used in agriculture. now, can you imagine being stuck for hours in a roller coaster 80 feet high? this happened to riders on the invertigo at the great american theme park in santa clara, california. the coast is stalled near the highest point, of all places, yesterday. fire officials say all 24 people were seated upright. crews brought people down in buckets one at a time. it was 90 degrees at the time here. so you know how uncomfortable

that probably was. thankfully no one was hurt. the ride will stay closed until the amusement park figures out why there was a problem with the ride's lift chain. a car that gets about, what, 230 miles per gallon in city driving? well, general motors is projectsing for the electric chevy volt. they call eight game changer because for the first time you will be easily able to compare electric cars with others. it runs on electricity that comes from battery as a gasoline en engine. it will go on sale late next year. american women are more independent than ever, obviously. they're pretty traditional, though, when it comes to marriage. "usa today" published a study that finds 70% of americans think it's beneficial for a woman to take her spouse's last name. researchers say younger women are just as likely or more likely to change their names than baby boomers.

800 people, we want to point out, were surveyed. tell us where you stand on this issue. we thought it was intriguinintr. is there a benefit to taking your spouse's name or do you prefer to keep your identity distinct? call us at ÷1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or text the word views, your comments to hlntv. we would love to hear from you. we're going to air you response shortly and throughout the afternoon. just 16 years old. didn't stop miley cyrus from hanging off a pole during the teen choice awards. did her risque routine go too far? you be the judge.

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oh, a statement on the website, they say the 2010 tour will be a good-bye to their fans. they say it was a mutual decision here. the duo had 20 number one hits since their 1991 debut. best of luck to them. so what do you think, can miley cyrus have the beth of both worlds? seen she's trying to keep crown of teen queen and broaden her fan. this is at the teen choice awards on sunday. fans and critics say she may be following in britney spears' footsteps. that's got some parents watching closely. remember, she's just 16 years old. speaking of age, a 4-year-old boy made the 911 call that might have saved his grandfather's life. her father rode a lawn mower into a board that stabbed him in the hip. josh was the only one who saw

this happen. he called 911, stag ying on unt his mom came. >> 911. >> can we get -- can we get rescue people to come out here because my pawpaw's bad. >> what address? he doesn't know, hon. >> the family says josh's grandfather could have bled to death. a florida woman claims she was duped by an ad on criagslist. janice scholtingy says she was hired by a man to take care of his mentally disabled brother. now, for months she bottle dpfe him and changed his diaper. turns out the man is not disabled and placed the online ad himself. but here's the thing. police so no crime was committed and now there's nothing she can do but warn others to stay away. >> he would basically sit on the couch and watch tv most of the day, play video games with the kids, talk in a whispery baby

voice all the time. was always really apologetic. >> i've changed his diaper plenty of times. because i consented to changing his diapers, there's nothing they can do to prosecute. >> they grew suspicious after two months and little of the promised money apparently. now, we're hearing more about what 47 passengers went through after being stuck on a grounded plane all night. friday's flight from houston to minneapolis was diverted to rochester, minnesota, because of bad weather if it landed around midnight but passengers couldn't get off that plane until 6:00 in the morning saturday. one passenger told us the ordeal got progressively worse. >> each hour the bathroom odors got worse. the odors of the babies got worse. the air got staler. i think people got more tired. i think people were very hungry. they had no food whatsoever. and i had made a connecting flight, for example, and had not eaten for 15 hours.

so i think the combination of thirst and hunger and not able to sleep because the babies were crying, i just think there was a deterioration that took place throughout the flight in terms of people's emotional stability. >> okay. so listen to this. continental airlines is apologizing and offering refunds to passengers. express jet, which ran the flight, says passengers couldn't deplane because security screeners had gone off duty. the airport says they could have stayed in the terminal but the airline refuted. plenty of women get peeved that they are not their husband's equal. what set her off at an african conference that turned out to just be a huge misunderstanding?

one time hurricane felicia now a considerably weaker tropical depression has it moves toward hawaii at ten miles an hour. heavy rain and flooding though could be in store later today. that storm is kicking a bigger wave than bringing out the surfers to enjoy the eastern shore. look at them go there. yesterday they logged 1500 encounters called preventive action that includes directing surfers to beaches with less dangerous conditions. five rescues were needed. over in the atlantiatlantic tropical depression with sustained winds at 30 miles per hour, several hundred miles from

the camp verde islands. it will strengthen in the next day or two. we will watch that for you. hundreds of people may be buried alive after mudslides swallowed entire towns here. this is the powerful aftermath of a deadly typhoon. officials say more than 11 million people are effected. this is the n. china, of course. taiwan was also hit by mudslides and floods. one man says he may have walked on a family in a landslide. >> translator: the mountain collapsed. we live on the lower level. the landslide was on the higher ground. all of my relatives were buried. >> translator: my mother and father are in there. no one survived. i have four relatives in there. >> imagine how devastated it is for those folks. a helicopter carrying three people crashed during a rescue operation in taiwan. we don't know what happened to

them yet but crews have been trying to rescue people trapped in debris and an official in taiwan said the mudslide buried roads and cut off water and electric supplies as well. they'll be dealing with a lot there. talk about lost in translation. secretary of state hillary clinton got angry during the q and a session with congolese university students. a student speaking in french asked what president obama would think about chinese financial contracts with congo. apparently the translator made a mistake. listen to this. >> translator: what does mr. clinton think through the mouth of mrs. clinton and what does mr. mcdonald think on this situation? thank you very much. >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am.

you ask he opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i am not going to be channeling my husband. >> the state department official says secretary clinton spoke with the student afterward. they, quote, seem to have reached an understanding there. a new coffee shop in denver doing things a bit differently. giving coffee away. the store started giving away the java after it started making a profit making sandwiches. all they ask is for customers to pay it forward. >> call it karma, call it the golden rule, call it whatever you want to believe. we just believe that it comes back around and we're willing to take the risk to give you something for free. >> i just like the impact that it has on my financial situation. >> workers say customers have paid it forward, including one person who gave his neighbor a washer and dryer. okay. do you know your credit score? before you rush off to buy what you think is your real credit

score, hear what hln money expert clark howard says about the credit report you really need. >> you know one of the most difficult and confusing things for a consumer is now that we know more and more about credit reports, is trying to decipher credit scores because you heard me say scores, ploour rural, be you think you only have a single score. in fact, the credit bureaus all saying about how you can buy your score from them. do you know that only one of the three major credit bureaus sells you a real score? that's equifax. equifax sells you the fico score. that's the one that lenders actually use. but transunion and experian? they'll sell you their own made-up scores that nobody uses to make loans. so, let me tell you something. when you are going to spend money to buy your score, buy the real thing at myfico.com or at equifax.com. others wise, get a free score

that will give you an estimate at quizzle.com. i'm clark howard. for more ways for you to be smart with your wallet, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> oh, he's good. get more great consumer advice from clark howard every saturday and sunday at noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern. he's going the help you save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. this is one of those videos you can't take your eyes off of. and really amazing that everyone was able to walk away from it. take a look at this. it's at watkins glen new york. a track known for its crashes. nascar accident here. amazingly, no serious injuries. but the two guys who got it the worse, sam hornish jr. and jeff gordon. gordon did hurt his back. hornish was cut off. it was started by caskasey kahn. he hit the tire barrier. went back on track. gordon slams into him. in the end, six cars were

involved here. tony stewart, though, won the race for a record fifth time, by the way. but everybody is okay. michael jackson will be coming to the big screen this fall. are you going to buy a ticket to see his final day?

all right. i want to bring you some live pictures that we're getting out here of a car chase in los angeles. see that blue sedan, blue honda, i understand. and it has been driving erratically for the last -- it's been going on for about the last hour. this is the upper san fernando valley area, just so you know. and this car has kind of been out of control, actually driving the wrong direction on several surface streets. apparently it has traveled on the 405, the 118, the 5 freeways. obviously we only see one or two police cars behind it there. but we want to go to steve cardy.

he's a former motorcycle policeman. steve, thank you so much for being with us. when you got a car, let me ask you about this scenario. when you've got a car -- and we don't know why police began this pursuit. we need to point that out. we don't know how many people are in the car. when you have a car driving as erratically as this one is the wrong way on surface streets. as we saw there, just went through an intersection and an accident could have happened there with that car coming through. what is the protocol for police? >> well, he's traveling at a rather high rate of speed. you see there that he almost had a collision with another vehicle. he's running from the police for a reason. and he's doing so in a very reckless manner but they do have police cars in pursuit. >> now, when you get -- when you get to surface streets, obviously we're talking about how this car, we understand, and it's been going on for an hour again, on several main artery freeways, we should point out. here he goes through another intersection without any regard to anybody. now he's turning all over the flas heplace here.

looks like maybe the plpolice we looking for a pit maneuver? >> it's a little bit dangerous to do a pit maneuver here now because of the high volume of traffic. they will probably want to get some cars up ahead and probably use the strips on him to slow him down. >> oh, boy. steve, are you watching this with us? >> i've got it on. looks like they may -- yeah, looks like he slowed down. >> he just slowed down a little bit. it's disconcerting though to see him swerve to the other side of the road, going in the wrong direction because you never know. obviously we don't have a wide shot to know what's coming up. >> right. >> can you in any way give us an indication of how fast you think they might be going at this point? >> right now he looks like to be traveling at about 40 miles an hour, based upon the view that we have from the camera. earlier he was traveling much faster. and the faster he goes, that's a 3500 pound death machine if he crashes into someone. >> it's interesting that as he does kind of blow through these

intersections, okay, here we go. looks like the police officer is coming up on him again. the other cars, everybody else is stopped. i mean, are they giving out over the radio warnings, obviously, on where this car might be as people may will driving in those particular areas? >> i've been in la during pursuits like this. it is typical for the local media and the local radio stations to follow that. they may be giving a blow by blow on where they are or it could be just that it's the luck of their travel time that they are hitting the intersections when traffic is at a slow pace. >> here reis, another left-hand turn. oh, it looks like he's slowing down. we really can't gauge what he's going to do, being on these surface streets. here comes the police car up to the left side of him. and he's going to turn around again. is it true, steve, that a lot of these guys who run from police and in car chases, that they go to areas that they're familiar with? >> yeah, they do.

and many times it also happens that they're in areas that they're not familiar with based upon, you know, how eager they are to get away and how, you know, this person, his maneuvers and the way he's driving almost makes he believe that he's intoxicated to some degree, whether by drug or by alcohol. >> we can see here -- >> boxing him in here. >> boxed him in. looks like he's the only one in the car based from our vantage point from this helicopter. police obviously have their guns drawn. >> here we go. giving up his hands. his hands are coming out. the officers are approaching the car. ordering him out. ordering to keep his hands in view. the other officer is checking the rear of the car for ok pants. >> there goes the car. >> yep. >> okay. so obviously they -- the car just backed up into the police car. >> yeah. we're going to have a little bit of a -- okay, they got him outside on the ground. the car is going to move. >> okay. we understand now this started as a failure to yield traffic stop. now we know what this was about

in carson, california, we're told. obviously, one thing that struck me was the police officers very bold, obviously going up to that car, and weren't afraid of him. they -- at some point they realized maybe he didn't have a weapon? >> well, by him showing his hands, they still kept their guns on him. if they did have a taser available, that would have been the time to employ it. but right now it looks like it's come to closure without any further incident. no officers apparently injured and the suspect in custody. >> okay. yeah, four police cars we see there outside this residence. we want to watch the arrest again because it's interesting he pulled into a home. you have to wonder, steve, does he live here? >> in no likelihood, no, he probably did make a turn into an unfamiliar area and they were able to box him in and he chose not to crash into the police cars. we see here on the repeat, two officers approaching. he appears to be compliant. he's got his hands out, good

indication. now we've met with a little bit of resistance. >> why would he hold his hands up and then not get out of the car when they ordered him to do so? >> we don't know if he's intoxicated or a violent individual and we see here that they did get him out of the car and they did take him into custody without further ado. >> all righty. steve cardy, former motorcycle police officer. steve, thank you so much for watching through this. appreciate having your expertise here. you're seeing the end of what has been an hour long police pursuit in the upper san fernando area. going the wrong way on surface streets and the 405, the 118, and the 5. looks like they have things under control now. and he is in handcuffs. and as soon as we hear anything about why this all happened, we'll let you know. but again, it was a failure to yield in carson, california, that started this whole thing.

can i see a show of hands of the people in this room who believe we have the right to share our views with our elected officials? okay. take that to nancy pelosi. >> well, there's been another volatile town hall meeting on the hot button issue of health care reform. this one hosted today by senator arlen specter in lebanon, pennsylvania. he has another one scheduled today as well. they faced heated questions as you can see there, about president obama's plan to overhaul health care. most of the kround were really vocal about their opposition about government-run health insurance. some of the people got so angry, in fact, they almost came to blows and specter had to step in to calm them down. look at this. >> capitalistic country. a free enterprise. and insurance -- and -- and -- and -- you want to be -- you

want to be led out of here, you're welcome to go. now, wait a minute. now, wait a minute. now, wait a minute. now, wait a minute. wait a minute. >> i am leaving. i have every right to leave. >> wait a minute. he has a right to leave. he's right. wait a minute. wait a minute. he -- wait a minute! >> personally, i happen to turn 65 this year. call medicare! >> that's a similar meeting in mas maryland. this is yesterday. the democrats had to shout his way through this meeting as hundreds of protestors boo'd and heckled. the crowd was also pretty

hostile at yesterday's town hall in mcminnville, oregon. he pled to keep things from getting out of hand by allowing people to ask questions only if their number was drawn from a hat. here's the thing. in just a couple minutes, president obama will hold his own town hall meeting on health care. this will be in portsmith, new hampshire. he plans to highlight how he wants to overhaul the system, how that may affect people who already have health insurance through their employer. but white house press secretary robert gibbs says they are anticipating that the president will be bombarded with vigorous debate and question. >> i think we're expecting to see what we've seen in hundreds of town hall meetings that barack obama has done. people are going to raise their hand. they're going to ask questions. some will support what he's trying to do. some will have questions. some will oppose. the president has never done a town hall meeting where everybody agreed with everybody he said. he's anxious to talk directly to the american people and give them the facts about what health care reform means to them.

>> the president and other democratic leaders say they believe right wing commentators are spreading misinformation about proposals in congress. a 4-year-old thought fast when his grandfather's life was in danger. >> he handled it better than -- he handled it better than i did. >> saving awpaw's life. >> why this little guy acted just in the nick of time.

eunice kennedy shriver died this morning. she it was sister of president john f. kennedy but also founded the special olympics. her family, including daughter maria shriver was by her side.

he was 88 years old. shriver's son-in-law, arnold schwarzenegger, said this. quote, eunice was the light of our family. she meant so much not only to us but to our country and to the world. she was a pioneer who worked tirelessly for social and economic advances for millions of developmentally disabled people all over the world 4-year-old boy made the 911 call that may have saved his grandfath grandfather's life. josh smith's mother said her father rode a lawn mower into a loose board that stabbed him just below his hip. josh was the only one who saw this happen. he called 911, staying on until his mom came. >> 911. >> can we get -- can we get rescue people to come out here because my pawpaw's bad. >> okay. what address? he doesn't know, hon. here i am. >> okay. >> the family says josh's grandfather could have bled to death.

plenty of women get peeved at any suggestion their not their husband's equal. secretary of state hillary clinton is obviously among them. what set her off at an conference that turned out to be a huge misunderstanding.

i want to give you an update on the high speed chase we brought you a couple homes ago. it lasted an hour. it's an upper san fernando valley area of california. see that blue honda there? it was obviously driving erratically, just swerving around that car and in and out of lanes, driving the wrong way, mind you, on surface streets. now, obviously this is when it hit a residential area. and those high speeds slowed down a bit. you're going to see this blue honda again pull into a driveway. we don't know if this is is where the suspect lives burt yo can see police drew their weapons, boxed him in and pulled him out. obviously he had his hands up as if he was surrendering but then wouldn't get out of the car. the chase apparently started

after the driver failed to yield. thankfully no injuries were reported. you can see here the car is going to back right up into a police cruiser. talk about lost in translation. secretary of state hillary clinton got angry during a q and a session with congolese university students. the reporters in that room say a student speaking in french asked what president obama would think about chinese financial contracts with congo. well, apparently the translator made a mistake. listen to this. >> translator: what does mr. clinton think through the mouth of mrs. clinton and what does plmt obama think on this situation? thank you very much. >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. you ask my opinion, i will tell

you my opinion. i am not going to be channeling my husband. >> the state department official says secretary clinton spoke with the student afterward. they, quote, seem to have reached an understanding. the pentagon will not be forced to buy four new jets to fly top government officials around. house leaders dropped plans to add $330 million to the air force's budget for them, even though the pentagon didn't ask for it. defense secretary robert gates said they weren't needed. democratic representative john murtha said they were needed because the older ones have expensive maintenance and safety issues. we've learned that kuwait is saying it's arrested six suspects with links to al qaeda who are prodding an attack on a u.s. military base in that country. authorities say two of the suspects confessed that they were planning to ram into the base with a truck bomb. their alleged plan also included attacks on the headquarters of kuwait security agency and other government facilities a. as well. security forces say the plot was supposed to be carried out

during ramadan which begins in ten days now. one time hurricane felicia, now considerably weaker tropical depression, thankfully, as it moves toward hawaii at ten miles per hour. locally heavy rain and even some flooding could certainly be in store later today. the storm is kick up some waves and bringing out the surfers to the eastern shores. look at them go here. brave souls. yesterday lifeguards logged more than 1500 encounters called preventive action. apparently that includes directing surfers to beaches with less dangerous conditions. five rescues were needed. over on the atlantic, new tropical depression with sustained winds of 30 miles per hour. it's still several hundred miles from the cape verde islands. moving west slowly. forecaster s do expect it to strengthen to a tropical storm in a day or two. we will keep our eyes on that for you. four months after his death, michael jackson is coming to the big screen.

a feature film of his final days expected in theaters october 30th. now, this will show jackson preparing for what was to have been his summer concert series in london. and it includes london and includes interviews with friends and collaborators. it's likely to be a glowing tribute to the king of pop. the film cannot include any footage that shows jackson in a negative light. american women are more independent than ever, obviously, but they're pretty traditional when it comes to marriage. "usa today "published a new study and they said it found 75% of americans think women will take the last name when they marry. younger women are more likely to change their names than baby boomers. 800 people surveyed here. we want you to get in on this view point, as well. is there, do you think, a benefit to taking your spouse's name or prefer to keep your identity distinct?÷ call us at 1-877-tell-hln or

e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. text views and comments and name and stander text rates do apply. of course, we'll put your responses on the air all afternoon and we love hearing from you. boy, this is kind of some of that video that you can't take your eyes off of from nascar and really remarkable that everyone was able to walk away from this crash. that's a track known for its crashes here. but no serious injuries. do you believe it? watching this thing. the two guys that got it the worst walked away. gordon, obviously, an extremely popular driver did hurt his back but here's how it started. he hit the barrier and then went back on the track and gordon slammed into him. six cars were involved and in the end, tony stewart would win the race for a record fifth time. a baby elephant wound up in a situation it will never

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hi, everybody. breaking news just in on the michael jackson investigation. police have executed a search warrant at a las vegas pharmacy in connection with jackson's death. more than dozen law enforcement officers, federal drug agents and all inside the applied pharmacy in las vegas. you'll remember that law enforcement officers also served, actually search warrants, not arrest warrants, at the las vegas home and office of jackson's personal doctor, con rad murray. ted rowlands joins us now with the very latest. >> this is a follow-up according to a source familiar with the investigation into that last search warrant that you just mentioned at dr. conrad's murray's home and office in las

vegas. this is the fifth search warrant in connection with dr. conrad murray, his personal physician. two served at the clinic and two in las vegas prior to this and this now the fifth at a pharmacy not far from the clinic where dr. conrad murray practiced in las vegas. this comes on the heels of the conclusion of the coroner's report in l.a. here. they finished their report into the death investigation, but they have held it because lapd has asked them, the reason, they say the investigation continues and, clearly, this is another sign that this investigation while still being called a death investigation, is continuing and it is concentrated still on dr. conrad murray. so, the fifth, the fifth search warrant served in connection with the death of michael jackson towards his former doctor, conrad murray. >> we don't know toxicology results or anything, right?

>> the coroner has done an excellent job of keeping that private. basically with this statement they released yesterday, clearly a situation where you get the feeling that they would love for this to come out so that they can share their findings. they have an exhaustive investigation, but, they've been asked to continue this seal on it until the investigation is concluded. what we don't know is how far along the lapd and the lada who would inevitably be involved in filing charges in this case are. to what point they'll be allowed the coroner to release this information at this point, the coroner is just saying, we're done, but we can't tell you what we found until the lapd gives us the go ahead and, clearly, lapd is out serving another warrant today. >> is that pretty close to dr. murray's practice? >> yes, both on flamingo in las vegas, very close in proximity to where murray was practicing. >> ted rowlands with the latest from las vegas, thank you,

appreciate it. president obama holding a town hall meeting on health care. first of three he will hold this week. the white house said he's prepared to meet unruly protesters, like the ones who disrupted similar town hall meetings. highlighted how he wants to overhaul the system and how it may affect people who have health insurance through their employer. these are part of the preliminaries right now. the president is in the hall, he has not been introduced. to expand coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured and the president and other democratic leaders believe right-wing commentators are spreading about the proposal in congress. >> you are not letting -- >> you want to be, you want to be let out of here? you're welcome to go. now, wait a minute. >> earlier today in lebanon,

pennsylvania, senator arlen specter's town hall meeting on health care got a little volatile. faced heated questions bout the president's plan to overhaul health care. some people got angry they almost came to blows and it did get physical and specter had to sfep in to calm everybody down. most of the crowd was very opposed and very vocal about health insurance. >> i don't believe this is just about health care. it's not about t.a.r.p. and not about left and right. this is about the systematic dismantling of this country. i am only 35 years old, i've never been interested in politics. you have awakened sleeping giants. we're tired of this. this is why everybody in this room is so ticked off. i don't want this country turning into russia, turning into a socialized country. my country for you is, what are you going to do to restore this

country back to what our founders created, according to the constitution. >> a fairly firm message from the support you have, young lady. when you asked me to defend the constitution, that's what i've been doing. >> you ask me personally, i will turn 35 this year. i'm in a public plan, it's called medicare. >> similar scene in medicare. this is a town hall meeting at towson university. hundreds of protesters showed up to boo and heckle him. the crowd was also pretty hostile at a town hall meeting in oregon led by congressman david woo. he tried to calm things and keep it from getting out of hand by

asking questions from people only whose numbers were drawn from a hat. president obama greeting well wishers and about to draes a town hall meeting on health care reform in portsmouth, new hampshire. we'll watch a good part of it, as well. the event is roughly expected to draw 1,800 and he will address the concerns of those who already have health care and how those people would benefit from adjustments to the current system. we'll bring you chunks of it and get back to news and bring you more. he'll also speak this week at town halls in montana and grand junction, colorado. update on a high-speed car chase we brought you just moments ago. lasted about an hour. started about 11:45 eastern time in the upper san fernando valley. a blue honda swerving in and out of lanes driving the wrong way on surface streets going very erratically. the car finally slowed down and

as you'll see in a moment, it went into a driveway and that's where police with weapons drawn boxed him in. officers pulled in and pulled the driver out. the suspect was arrested and here is the take down. he had his hands up, but he would not comply with orders to get out, apparently. so, first one officer and then the second move in and pull him out. this chase apparently started after the driver failed to yield. the kennedy family is in mourning and for the death of eunice kennedy shriver, the sister of john f. kennedy died this morning. she founded the special olympics. her daughter was by her side at a massachusetts hospital. she was 88 years old. shriver's son-in-law, california governor arnold schwarzenegger had this to say about his mother-in-law. eunice was the light of our family, she meant so much not only to us but to the world. she worked for scientific and social advances that have changed the lives of millions of

developmentally mentally disabled people all over the world. you want proof there is still a mortgage crisis in the u.s.? take a look in atlanta. thousands of anxious homeowners waiting in the hot sun for hours to get help from lenders, but there's a catch.

the search continues in the hudson river in new york for the ninth and final victim of saturday's collision between a small plane and a tourist helicopter. divers found the body of the eighth victim yesterday but were unable to dislodge it from the plane's wreckage. officials hope to raise the aircraft which is 60 feet under water later today. the wreckage was lifted fairly in tact from the river on sunday. the ntsb is investigating. one-time hurricane felicia is now a tropical storm. the tropdle depression as it moves towards hawaii at ten miles per hour, locally heavy rain and flooding could be in store later today. it is bringing out the surfers to the eastern shores of oahu.

yesterday life guards logged more than 1,500 encounters called preventive actions. five rescues, in fact, were needed. long, long lines in atlanta today as thousands of homeowners waited in august heat for a chance to lower their mortgage payments. the neighborhood assistance corporation of america or naca are helping homeowners going through a rough patch. borrowers can get mortgages restructured the same day and some could cut their payments in half. the homeowner had to go through budget counseling and this event takes place at the georgia world congress center. do you know your credit score? before you rush off to buy what you think is your real credit score, hear what hln money expert clark howard has to say about the credit report you really need. >> you know, one of the most difficult and confusing things for a consumer is now that we know more and more about credit

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weekends. clark howard joins you saturdays and sundays noon and 4:00 eastern. he'll help you save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. american women are more independent than ever but pretty traditional when it comes to marriage. "usa today" published a new study. 70% of americans think it's beneficial to take her spouse's last name. younger women are just as likely, even, in fact, more likely to change their names than baby boomers. 800 people were surveyed. we'd love your thoughts on this. is there a benefit to taking your spouse's name? or do you prefer to keep your own identity distinct? call us now toll free 877-835-5456. e-mail at cnn.com/hln and if you pay the standard text rates, just text views plus your comment and name to hlntv. any way you choose, we'll air your responses throughout the day. a drama plays out on a florida beach as a beached mother whale and her calf fight

for their lives. an emotional moment for hundreds of onlookers, volen to ers and one i-reporters who was right there to witness it all. we'll hear from him after the break.

yesterday we brought you the futile attempt to save beached whales at hollywood beach florida in broward county but they couldn't save the mother and the calf wouldn't survive on

its own. i-reporter john was right there at hollywood beach as all this played out. he joins us on the phone right now. john, thanks for a great i-report. how did you happen upon this, by the way? >> i was walking my dog and came around the corner and saw all this commotion, lots of police vehicles, fire rescue trucks, news trucks. so, inquired with a passerby what was going on. they said there was a whale on the beach. i took my dog home and grabbed my camera and walked down the the beach. >> people from all walks of life here at this scene, right? >> this was incredible. as you can see from the quick video that i took, the people in the yellow t-shirts, a number of them. they're with the whale rescue. there were people just strangers from the beach. there was life guards, i think you can see one of the people in the hollywood life guard, the black t-shirt with the white lettering. he's -- there were just all sorts of people involved here.

>> they were out there for hours and hours trying to save that mother whale. what were they saying? could you hear them say what they were trying to accomplish? >> couldn't really hear a lut. what they did was, as you can see from my angle, they did a half moon roped off area. so, the crowd was kept back a good 15, 20 yards. and, so, you really couldn't hear what they were talking about, but you could hear when someone would walk away, they might mention something to an authority figure or one of the police officers would walk by. that's how i had heard that the calf had been euthanized. one of the officers walked away and somebody he knew in the crowd, he leaned over and quietly said to her that, you know, they just put down the calf. >> what a shame. i know how disappointing it must have been because don't you think everyone thought they were able to save the baby. >> that was the overall feeling and that was the incredible thing about this. this wasn't the typical gawking

at a car accident type of mentality. everyone was so entranced and, okay, the mother's passed away and we just -- it was like assumed they're going to pick up the baby and take it to sea world or something. it was just what was going to go on. to hear that the baby had passed away, the calf had passed away and had to be intentionally put down out of a humanitarian reason just seemed like a real negative way for all this drama to end. i stood there for a while just assuming it was going to have this really positive, uplifting ending and it really was a let down. >> thank you so much. by the way, real quickly, what do these great animals look like up close? >> this particular one, they're really beautiful. they almost have like a dolphin-type quality to them. this isn't the first time i have seen these whales, not necessarily this particular whale but off surfing off the

coast here. these whales come up close to the shore and it was pretty interesting, you know, to see one like this, it's not exactly the way i've seen them before or how i ever want to see one again. but it was pretty impressive at how large these animals are. >> exactly. john kernohan, thank you. your first i-report, you have one under your belt. thank you very much. you have pictures of videos, breaking news, do like that. look for the upload now link and you'll get the instructions on how to submit your story. the taliban is denying that its leader in pakistan was killed in a u.s. missile strike. muhsud is ill, but is indeed live and safe. he will speak to reporters when he gets better. a senior u.s. official says the government is convinced he was killed in a cia strike last week. tears and long-awaited hugs filled a high school gym yesterday. 700 members of the oklahoma

national guard are back homep they're in their 45th fires brigade and just spent ten months on duty in iraq and kuwait. >> got to see him for a short period on his leave and just ready for him to be back home in my arms. >> just an amazing feeling to be back home and be a place where i'm safe and where i'm around my family. very good feeling. >> that was only the first celebration for these guard members. they'll have another one this afternoon. a 4-year-old boy made the 911 thcall that might have save his grandfather's life. her father road his lawn mower into a fence with a loose board. he stayed on the phone with 911 until his mom came. >> 911. >> can we get, can you get a rescue people to come out here because my pawapaw's bad --

>> he doesn't know. here i am. he could have bled to death. country stars brooks and dunn are calling it quits after 20 years as a duo. they said their 2010 tour will be a good-bye to their fans. they say the split is a mutual decision. the duo has had 20 number one hits. miley cyrus have the best of both worlds? she's trying to keep her crown and broaden her appeal to older fans. she's caught just short of pole dancing and fans and critics say she may be following in britney spears' footsteps and that has parent watching closely. she is just 16. you can take your significant other for better or worse but new brides that still take their husband's names. your views on a just released poll.

welcome back. live pictures from portsmouth, new hampshire. he says the white house and he are prepared to meet all the unruly protesters, like the ones that have disrupted similar town hall meetings nationwide. right now he's highlighting how the overhaul presents options for people who now have insurance. let's listen in live. >> now, i think that there are some, my republican friends on capitol hill who are sincerely trying to figure out if they can find a health care bill that

works. chuck grassley of iowa, mike ensey of wyoming, olympia snowe from maine have been, yeah, i got to admit i like olympia, too. they are diligently working to see if they can come up with a plan that could get both republican and democrat support. but, i have to tell you, when i listen to folks like lori and families all across america who are just getting pounded by the current health care system and when i look at the federal budget and realize that if we don't control costs on health care, there is no way for us to close the budget deficit. it will just keep on skyrocketing. when i look at those -- >> president obama explaining to the crowd of about 1,800 why

health care reform is urge candidately needed and, as he has said many times, it's a possible close the budget deficit without reforming health care and he won't sign a bill, he says, that is not deficit neutral. the first of three town halls for the president. friday he goes to montana and saturday grand junction, colorado. earlier today in lebanon, pennsylvania, senator arlen specter's town hall meeting got a little testy. that may be an undersmament. he faced heated questions and, watch this. one man got up and was physically restrained by another man and then the senator intervened and gave the man his time before the microphone and then the man then walked out. he was angry he didn't get a card before he went in to be one of the 30 people writing questions for senator arlen specter. a lot of people, it almost came to blows, but senator specter called him down and it was not a

dissimilar scene, the town hall meeting at towson university in maryland. this one hosted, there, senator ben carden at the podium. hundreds of protesters booed and heckled him. and the crowd was pretty hostile, as well, at a town hall meeting in oregon led by congressman david wu. he tried to keep things from getting out of hand asking people to submit their questions and then drawing the questions from a hat. we have new information now, breaking news in the michael jackson investigation as today police have executed a search warrant at a las vegas pharmacy in connection with the singer's death. this is according to a source familiar with the investigation. more than a dozen law enforcement officers, thecluding federal drug agents rated applied pharmacy on flamingo road and it's not far from the las vegas office of jackson's personal doctor. you will remember law

enforcement officers served similar warrants at conrad murray's home and office, including his offices in houston, as well. reporter ted rowlands has been covering this. he says this is the fifth search warrant executed in the jackson investigation. an update on that southern california car crash we brought you about an hour ago. it lasted about an hour. that's a blue honda being pursued by police swerving in and out of lanes and making u-turns in the middle of intersections almost cliffing several cars in the valley. the car finally slowed down and, as you can see here, it went into a driveway where police with their weapons drawn given orders to get out of the car and lay down. he merely has his hands up and one officer finally gets in and begins to pull him out aided by another officer. the suspect was finally corralled and arrested. not clear what the problem was, whether he was impard in any way. look at the car, rolling ba

backwards and all this started after the driver failed to yield and another chase along southern california streets. kuwait said it arrested six suspects with links to al qaeda who were plotting an attack on a u.s. military base in that country. two of the suspects confessed they were planning to ram into the base with truck bombs. their plan included attacks on the headquarters of the kuwait security agency and other government facilities. the plot was supposed to be carried out during the muslim holy month of ramadan which begins in ten days. the search continues today in hudson river for the ninth and final victim of the collision on saturday. divers found the body of the eighth victim yesterday, but they were unable to dislodge it from the plane's wreckage. officials hope to raise the aircraft which is 60 feet under water later today. the wreckage of the helicopter was lifted from the river on sunday nearly in tact.

eunice kennedy shriver died at cape cod hospital early today at the age of 88. she was the sister of john f. kennedy, but best known for founding the special olympics 41 years ago. president obama called shriver an extraordinary woman. wolf blitzer looks back at her life and legacy. >> reporter: the fifth child of joseph and rose kennedy, eunic kennedy shriver was a tireless crusader for the developmentally disabled. in 1962, when her older brother john was president, shriver wrote an article in the "saturday evening post" revealing one of the kennedy siblings, rosemary, was retarded. she called for a national campaign to bring people like her sister into the main stream of american life. after the assassinations of her brothers, john and bobby, eunice shriver's campaign continued. >> in ancient rome gladiators went into the arena with these words on their lips, let me win. but if i cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.

>> reporter: she founded the special olympics in 1968, the first games held in chicago lasted two day, attracting 1,000 athletes from 26 states and canada. operating with what some have called a high octane fervor, she helped develop the special olympics into a year-round global enterprise in which more than 1 million athletes participate. in 1984, president ronald reagan presented her with the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. >> her decency and goodness have touched the lives of many and eunice kennedy shriver deserves america's praise, gratitude and love. >> reporter: in 1998, another president and first lady paid tribute to shriver on the 30th anniversary of the founding of the special olympics. >> anyone just steps back for a minute and watches eunice in action, it's exhausting.

a lifetime of dedication to public service. she's been a personal inspiration to me and to so many others. >> reporter: shriver was married since 1953 to sargent shriver, the first director of the peace corps and democratic nominee for vice president in 1972. they had five children, including the first lady of california and broadcast journalist, maria shriver schwarzenegger. exuberant, restless, deeply religious, eunice shriver changed the way the world views the developmentally disabled. as "u.s. news report" said of her when the kennedy legacy was made, the changes brought by eunice kennedy shriver may be seen as the most consequential.

punk music attracted kids who felt left out and just wanted to rebel against the world around them. with a new generation of muslims igniting punk scene, the isis getting a lot of clicks at cnn. >> are you talking about your past rebellion when you talk about this music? >> i was a handful. >> the name of this very popular group, the name actually means scoundrel or scumbag, so it really does have a punk tone to it, but how muslim is this mu music? you can be the judge. relidgeson a pretty strong theme in the music. the themes, the lyrics are pretty subversive and they have an antihome phobia song and

another tune "suicide bomb the gap." here's a chance to hear some of their music. ♪ >> the movement sprung out of the 2003 novel about a fictioning muslim punk scene but this fake story spawned real bands. an alternative for american muslims who feel restricted by the religion conservative bend. you can find out more about this music and more about the young stars, muslim, youth and our special generation islam. you can find it on our website. the musicians say they hope to show peep albroad speck strm of what being a muslim can really mean. >> what a great story. very cutting edge. >> very much so. >> all right, now, a growing number of americans have peanut allergies, a lot of kids,

especially. one of the most dangerous places to go is the ballpark, but that's changing, at least for one night. >> for one night and for one young boy in particular. we introduce you to one of the stories that is more popular. he is 9 years of age and he had a chance to go to a minor league game and enjoy america's favorite pastime. spent days scrubbing down the stands and power washing the park so that families with peanut allergies can go and have some fun. direct peanut exposure could cause him to break out in hives or even constrict his airwaves. but they scrubbed down the stadium so kyle could go with other children. they are likely to have severe reaction in the open air, but children very young between 2 and 4 could have that kind of deadly reaction. peanut allergies, you may have noticed, they are on the rise. find out more, get some background on the health pages of cnn.com. and a great opportunity for kyle to have some fun with his family

at that ballpark. >> good for the barrens. good story. thanks. can miley cyrus have the best of both worlds and keep her crown as the teen queen and broaden her appeal to somewhat older fans? she's a tweener, just stopped a little bit short of a pole dance at the teen choice awards on saturday. she is following in britney spears' footprints and that has some parents watching closely as she is 16 years old. a 4-year-old thought fast when his granddad's life was in danger. >> he handled better than most -- he handled it better than i did. >> i saved pawpaw's life. >> why that little boy acted just in the nick of time.

i'm jane velez-mitchal and here's my issue. people need to stop blaming the messenger. we had two stories recently that really highlight families in denial. first, we have that new york mother who killed seven people while driving drunk and high on pot. her husband insists she wasn't an alcoholic, claimed he'd never seen her drunk. meanwhile, the family of

pitchman billy mays is upset at the coroner because they released his autopsy. billy had cocaine, alcohol and pain killers in his system the day he died. these families are lashing out at the wrong people. they need to ask themselves, why were they so clueless? also we as a society need to stop being shocked when soccer moms and tv pitchman have drugs in their system. it's not just that crack head on the corner, this is a middle class crisis and the face of drug abuse could be your neighbor. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >> find out what else jane has on her mind. don't miss it every week. weeknights 7:00 eastern right here on hln. one-time hurricane felicia is now a considerably weaker tropdical depression as it move towards hawaii. heavy rain and even flooding could be in store later today. the storm is kicking up bigger waves and bringing out the surfers to the eastern shores of

oa oahu. life guards logged more than 1,500 encounters. they're called preventive action directing surfers to beaches with less dangerous conditions. the taliban is denying that its leader in pakistan was killed by a u.s. military missile strike. a taliban spokesman says mehsud is ill but alive and safe and that he will speak to reporters when he gets better. a senior u.s. official said yesterday that the government is convinced he was killed by a cia strike. pakistan is conducting a dna test to confirm it. talk about lost in translation, secretary of state hillary clinton got a little angry during a q and a with university students, reporters in the room say a student speaking in french asked what president obama would think about chinese financial contracts with congo, but the translation or the translator made a mistake. here's the outcome. >> what does mr. clinton think

through the mouth of mrs. clinton and what does mr. obama think on this situation? thank you very much. >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state, i am. if you ask my opinion, i'll tell you my opinion. i will not be channeling my husband. >> state department officials say the secretary spoke with the student afterward and they "seem to have reached an understanding." american women are more independent than ever, but pretty traditional still when it comes to marriage. "usa today" published a study that found that 70% of americans think it's beneficial for a women to take her spouse's last name. younger women are more likely to change their names than baby boomers. 800 people were surveyed. tell us where you are on that issue, by the way.

is there a benefit to taking your spouse's name or do you prefer keeping your identity distinct? call us now toll free 877-835-5456. e-mail 7-835-5456. e-mail cnn.com/handle or text views plus your comments and name to hlntv. we will put your responses on shortly and all afternoon. standard text rates apply. tears and long-awaited hugs filled a high school gym yesterday. 700 members of the oklahoma national guard arrived home. they're in the 45th fires brigade and just spent ten months on duty in iraq and kuwa kuwait. >> got to see him for a short period on his leave and just ready for him to be back home in my arms. >> an amazing feeling to be back home and be in a place where i'm safe and where i'm around my family. >> well, welcome home, guys. the first -- not only the first celebration for the guard members. they're going to have another one this afternoon. the pentagon won't be forced to buy four new jets to fly top government officials around.

house leaders dropped plans to add to the air force's budget for them even though the pentagon didn't ask for them. robert gates said they weren't needed. john murtha had said they were needed because the older ones have expensive maintenance and safety issues. long lines in the heart of atlanta today as thousands of homeowners waited for a chance to lower their mortgage payments. the neighborhood assistance corporation of america, haca, is a federal subsidy program helping homeowners who are going through a rough time. borrowers can get mortgages restructured the same day and some can cut their payments in half. to call fi the homeowner had to go through budget counseling. this is an event taking place at the georgia world congress center. we're all feeling the pinch of a shaky economy, but hln money expert clark howard is here to help. logon to cnn.com/clark and submit your i-report. it and you could be selected to be profiled on the network for valuable money advice from america's money coach. a denver coffee shop is offering free java all the time.

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the drama seems to be escalating over health care reform. president obama holding his own town hall meeting just hours after heated exchanges between some voters and democratic senator arlen specter. also, presidents both current and former join the kennedy family in grieving eunice kennedy shriver's passing. and you take your mate for better or for worse but most new brides still take their husband's name. your views on a new poll. welcome to hln "news and views" and wish you a hearty hello on this tuesday. i'm christi paul.

we're watching president obama as he's holding this town hall meeting on health care in portsmouth, new hampshire. live pictures as he addresses the people who have all gathered there to hear him. he's highlighting how he wants to overhaul the system, how that may affect people who now have have health care through their employer. so many questions out there. polling shows americans who have insurance are skeptical of proposals to expand coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured people. >> we also want to make sure that everybody has some options so there's been talk about this public option. this is where a lot of the idea of government takeover of health care comes from. all we want to do is set up a set of options so that if you don't have health insurance or you're under insured, you can have the same deal that members of congress have, which is they can look at a menu of options, we're calling it an exchange, but it's basically just a menu of different health care plans, and you will be able to select the one that suits your family

best, and i do think that having a public option as part of that would keep the insurance companies honest. >> the president says he wants a plan that even covers people with pre-existing conditions, and he stressed his overhaul would not set up so-called death panels to rule on life sustaining care for sick senior citizens. the president says the provision would only authorize medicare to pay for doctors counseling patients about end of life care, hospice care, living willing, and other issues. who has card number one? if you want to stay in the hall, if you want to stay in the hall, we're not going to tolerate any demonstrations or any booing. so it's up to you. >> got a little volatile though earlier today in lebanon, pennsylvania. senator arlen specter there. his town hall meeting on health

care really turned a little robust let's say. the republican turned democrat faced some heated questions about president obama's plan to overhaul the health care system and some of the people go so angry they almost came to blows. specter himself had to step in to calm himself down as did a police officer. most of the crowd really vocal about their opposition to government-run health insurance. >> i reviewed 3,200 the best i could. it's obviously writ within the assumption that government has the right to control our lives from prebirth to death. for that reason it's not worth considering, it's not worth modifying, it's not worth amending. it needs to be dumped totally. >> we want the same kind of care for everybody on a matter of choice. if you like the plan you have at the present time, you can keep it. >> specter went on to say that he would not vote for a bill that adds to the deficit.

okay. want to bring you up to par on something that we've been watching today. police and federal drug agents are searching a las vegas pharmacy in connection with michael jackson's death. more than a dozen law enforcement officers were seen inside that pharmacy. a dea spokesman says they're looking for all records of controlled substances provided by applied pharmacy services. remember, law enforcement officers served similar warrants at the las vegas home and office of jackson's personal physician dr. conrad murray. we want to update you on a high-speed car chase you saw unfold just a short time ago on hln. lasted about an hour in the upper san fernando valley area of california. you have to think the person in that van is wondering what's going on. local media report the -- was swerving in and out of lanes. it did slow down.

he pulled into a driveway and that's where police with their weapons drawn boxed him in. now, it looked like he was holding his hands up to surrender, but then obviously wouldn't get out of the car on his own, so officers had to pull him out. the chase apparently started after the driver filed to yield and look at that. yeah, right into a police cruiser there. well, the search continues in new york's hudson river for the ninth and final victim of saturday's collision between a small plane and a tourist helicopter. divers found the body of the eighth victim yesterday but weren't able to dislodge it from the plane's wreckage. officials hope to raise the aircraft which is 60 feet underwater, and they hope to do that later this afternoon. the wreckage of the helicopter was lifted from the river sunday nearly intact. you know, the ntsb is investigating here. we're hearing more about what 47 passengers went through after being stuck on a grounded plane all night long. friday's flight from houston to minneapolis was diverted to rochester, minnesota, because of bad weather. well, it landed around midnight

local time. the passengers weren't able to deplane until 6:00 a.m. saturday. one passenger told our sister network cnn the ordeal got progressively worse. >> each hour the bathroom odors god worse, the odors of the babies got worse, the air got staler. i think people got more tired. i think people were very hungry. they had no food whatsoever, and i had made a connecting flight, for example, and had not eaten for 15 hours. so i think the combination of thirst and hunger and not able to sleep because the babies were crying, i just think there was a deterioration that took place throughout the flight in terms of people's emotional stability. >> continental airlines is apologizing and offering refunds to passengers. express jet which ran the flight said passengers could not deplane but security screeners had gone off duty. the airport says they could have

stayed in the terminal, but the airline refused. prosecutors will asked a grand jury to indict the men suspected of killing byrd and melanie billings for first-degree murder. six men and a 16-year-old boy are accused of the home invasions that ended with the billings' death. an eighth suspect is accused of helping them afterwards. she's out on bond, but byrd and melanie billings were killed last month at their florida home where they cared for a number of adopted special needs children. she's just 16 years old, didn't stop miley cyrus from hanging off a pole during the teen choice awards. did a risque routine go to tofa? also, how does 230 miles per hour sound to you?

one month after emerging from bankruptcy, the new general motors is touting the electric chevy volt and its eye-popping

gas mileage. poppy harlow is in new york with a number that a lot of people probably cannot believe i'm thinking, poppy. >> you know, when gm told me this on the phone last night, we couldn't release the information this morning, but 230 miles per gallon city driving for the volt. we are not joking. gm has been working with the epa to measure the volt's fuel economy. the epa has still to confirm that number, but we're talking about miles per gallon here. the figure for highway driving, that hasn't been calculated yet, but the ceo, fritz henderson says he's confident the highway number will also, christi, be in the triple digits. can you believe it? >> no. which i'm thinking a lot of viewers are thinking the same thing. 230 miles per gallon. where does that number come from? >> first of all, this car works differently than other cars. it's a whole equation to get to this number. let's compare it to the prius. that's a hybrid. it gets 50 miles per gallon, but ultimately all of the energy to power that car comes from

burning gasoline. the volt, on the other hand, can go 40 miles off the bat without using a single drop of gasoline. after that the gas engine kicks in and so if you drive longer distances, you're not going to get that 230 miles per gallon. now, if you drive 80 miles straight, the volt, that fuel economy will be more like 100 miles per gallon. if you drive in the volt about 300 miles in a row, your fuel economy drops to about 62 miles per gallon, so it all depends how far you are going. >> but, okay, great economy aside, fuel economy, let's face it, we're in a recession. auto sales are pretty lousy. so is gm making a big bet on a car really at the end of the day people may not buy? >> you know, the company doesn't think so. the ceo said this is going to be a game changer. there are a lot of questions. one's affordability. the price tag will be in the high $30,000. also gm may have to sell it at a loss at first to bring customers in. also where do you charge it if

you don't have a garage where you can plug it? ? it's pretty tough for city living. want to read you some facebook comments. i'll read you a quick comment from david. he said i'd rather support our boys in detroit than the saudis or venezuelans means he'd rather pay for this than pay for a lot of gas. next, no way, no reason to buy american just for the sake of buying american. 40k is too pricey. let us know what you think. facebook.com/poppyharlow. huge miles per gallon. >> it is something. poppy, thank you for the explanation there. we appreciate it. you can get much more of today's business news on cnnmoney.com. let me ask you, can miley cyrus have the best of both worlds do you think? seems she's trying to keep a crown as disney's tween queen yet broaden her appeal to older fans. people are saying she kind of stopped just short of a pole dance during her performance at the teen choice awards sunday. fans and critics say she may be

following in britney spears food steps and that's got some parents watching closely because, remember, she's just 16 years old. country stars brookes and dunn are calling it quits after nearly 20 years as a duo. ♪ >> they are good. in a statement on their website kicks brooks and ronnie dunn say their 2010 tour will be a good-bye to their fans. they say this split is a mutual decision, but the duo has had 20 number one hits since the 1991 debut "brand new man." this is video you just kind of shake your head at because you can't believe it as you're watching it from nascar and really remarkable that everyone was able to walk away from it. it's at watkins glen, new york, a track known for its crashes. no serious injuries. the two guys who got it the worst, sam hornish jr. and jeff

gordon walked away. gordon did hurt his back, but look at those cars. hornish was cut off by kasey kahne. hit the tire barrier, went back on the track. gordon slammed into him. six cars total involved here and in the end tony stewart would win the race for a record fifth time. plenty of women get peeved at any suggestion they are not their husband's equal. secretary of state hillary clinton obviously among them. what set her off at an african conference and what she's doing to promote women's rights. x÷xxxx

i don't know if you heard the news yet today, but eunice kennedy shriver passed away, she died this morning. she was the sister of president john f. kennedy and she also founded the special olympics. her family, including daughter maria shriver was by her side at a massachusetts hospital. she was 88 years old, and slif d schwarzenegger said this, she meant so much no only to us but to the country and the world. she was a pioneer who worked toward scientific and social advances that have changed the lives of millions of developmentally disabled people all over the world. one time hurricane felicia now a considerably weaker tropical depression thankfully as it moves towards hawaii at

ten miles per hour. locally heavy rain and even some flooding could be in store later today. the storm is kicking up bigger waves and bringing out the surfers to the eastern shores of oahu there. brave souls. over in the atlantic now, a new tropical depression is keeping steady with sustained winds of 30 miles per hour. its still several hundred miles from the camp verde islands. forecasters expect it to strengthen to a tropical storm. hundreds of people may be buried alive after mudslides swallowed entire towns here. it's the aftermath of a deadly typhoon. officials say 11 million people are affected in china. taiwan was also hit by mudslides and floods. one man says he may have lost his whole family in a landslide. >> translator: the mountain collapsed. we live on the lower level, and the landslide was on the higher ground. all my relatives are buried.

>> translator: my mother and father are in there. no one survived. i have four relatives in there. >> those poor people trying to absorb what's happened. a helicopter carrying three people crashed during a rescue operation in taiwan. we don't know what happened to them yet. crews have been trying to rescue people trapped in debris. an official in taiwan says a mudslide buried roads and cut off water and electric supplies. police in michigan are looking for a man accused of holding a gun to a woman's head during a bank robbery. take a look at the surveillance pictures we have for you. they show the man first pointing a gun at the teller. this is in the bank in harrison township. police say he demanded money, tried to take a customer hostage. the woman was able to get away, but that suspect did take some money f you know anything, please call police there. can you imagine being stuck for hours in a roller coaster 80 feet high? this happened to riders on the

invertigo at the great america theme park. fire officials say all 24 people were seated upright. look at them dangling there. crews bought people down in buckets one at a time in 90 degree heat, but thankfully no one was hurt. long lines in atlanta today as thousands of homeowners waited for a chance to lower their mortgage payments. the neighborhood assistance corporation of america or naca is a federal subsidy program helping homeowners who are going through a rough time. the borrowers can get mortgages restructured the same day and some can cut their payments in half. to qualify the homeowner had to go through budget counseling. that event is taking place at the georgia world congress center. you can see it looks like it's overflowing there. well, the pentagon will not be forced to buy four new jets to fly top government officials around. house leaders dropped plans to add $330 million to the air

force's budget for them even though the pentagon didn't ask for it. defense secretary robert gates said they weren't needed. democratic congressman john murtha had said they were needed because the older ones had expensive maintenance and safety issues. well, rape is a weapon of war in the congo and secretary of state hillary clinton says that must stop. before touring a refugee camp crowded with rape victims today, she promised $17 million in u.s. aid. some of it will go toward prevention programs, but most will help train doctors to treat rape victims. such abuse is a key theme of clinton's visit to the nation. the united nations has recorded at least 200,000 cases of sexual violence of females of all ages since government and rebel troops began fighting. >> i hope that here in the drc there will be a concerted effort to demand justice for women who are violently attacked and to

make sure that their attackers are punished, and i hope that students will take the lead in this to speak out because these are fundamental human rights. >> now, another aspect of this story people are talking about. clinton got a little riled up during a university appearance yesterday because of a mistake in translation. she thought she was being asked about her husband's opinion on an issue. >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. if you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i'm not going to be channeling my husband. >> the state department officials say secretary clinton did speak with the student afterwards and they, quote, seem to have reached an understanding. american women you know more i7nd pen dent than ever, but they're pretty traditional apparently when it comes to marriage. "usa today" published a new study that found 70% of

americans think it's beneficial for a woman to take her spouse's last name. researchers say younger women are just as likely or even more so to change their names than baby boomers. 800 people were surveyed. so what do you think? let us know. "your views" are next.

there he is, president obama holding a town hall meeting on health care right now in portsmouth, new hampshire. he's talking about how he wants to overhaul the system. polling shows americans who do have insurance are pretty skeptical of proposals to expand coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured people. >> we also want to make sure that everybody has some options so there's been talk about this public option. this is where a lot of the idea of government takeover of health care comes from. all we want to do is set up a set of options so that if you don't have health insurance or you're underinsured, you can have the same deal that members of congress have, which is they

can look at a menu of options, we're calling it an exchange, but it's basically just a menu of different health care plans, and you will be able to select the one that suits your family best, and i do think that having a public option as part of that would keep the insurance companies honest. >> the president says he wants a plan that even covers people with pre-existing conditions, and he stressed his overhaul would not set up so-called death panels to rule on life sustaining care for sick senior citizens. the president says the provision would only authorize medicare to doctors for counseling patients about end of life care, hospice care, living wills, and other issues. who has card number one? if you want to stay in the hall, if you want to stay in the hall, we're not going to tolerate any demonstrations or any booing. so it's up to you. >> earlier in lebanon, pennsylvania, things got pretty tense at senator arlen specter's

town hall meeting on health care. the republican turned democrat faced some really heated questions about president obama's plan to overhaul the system. and some of the people go so angry they almost came to blows. specter himself had to step in to calm them down. most of the crowd really vocal about their opposition to government-run health insurance. >> i reviewed 3,200 the best i could. it's obviously written with the assumption that government has the right to control our lives from prebirth to death. for that reason it's not worth considering, it's not worth modifying, it's not worth amending. it needs to be dumped totally. >> we want the same kind of care for everybody on a matter of choice. if you like the plan you have at the present time, you can keep it. >> specter went on to say that he would not vote for a bill that adds to the deficit. lets let's talk about some

pretty long lines in atlanta today. look at the thousands of homeowners who waited for a chance to lower their mortgage payments. a lot of people would probably do this. the neighborhood assistance corporation of americas or naca is a federal subsidy program and it's trying to help homeowners who are going through a rough time right now. borrowers can get mortgages restructured the same day and some can cut their payments in half. to qualify the homeowner has to go through budget counseling. the event is taking place at the georgia world congress center. police have executed a swasht at a las vegas pharmacy in connection with michael jackson's death. more than a dozen law enforcement officers were seen inside that pharmacy on flamingo road. >> similar warrants were served at the home and office of jackson's personal doctor conrad murray. four months after his death, michael jackson is coming to the

big screen a feature film of his final days is expected in theaters by october 30th. it will show jackson's preparations for his concert in london and will include interviews with friends and collaborators. an update on a high-speed car chase that you saw unfold just a short time ago on hln. look at this guy. lasted about an hour. this is in the upper san fernando valley. can you imagine that van sitting there wondering what are these people doing circling me? local media reports that blue honda was swerving in and out of lanes, driving on the wrong side of the street on surface streets. we saw it here, too. the car slowed down though, pulled into this driveway, as you see here where police had their weapons drawn and boxed him in. officers had to pull him out though. he looked like he was surrendering with his hands up, and then obviously refused to get out of the car. the chase apparently started after the driver failed to yield, and there you go as the car backs right back into a police cruiser. we're hearing more about

what 47 passengers went through after being stuck on a grounded plane all night. friday's flight from houston to minneapolis was diverted to rochester, minnesota, because of bad weather. well, it landed around midnight local time. the passengers weren't able to deplane until 6:00 a.m. saturday. can you imagine? one passenger told our sister network cnn the ordeal got progressively worse. >> each hour the bathroom odors god worse, the odors of the babies got worse, the air got staler. i think people got more tired. i think people were very hungry. they had no food whatsoever, and i had made a connecting flight, for example, and had not eaten for 15 hours. so i think the combination of thirst and hunger and not able to sleep because the babies were crying, i just think there was a deterioration that took place throughout the flight in terms of people's emotional stability. >> continental airlines is apologizing and offering refunds to passengers.

express jet which ran the flight said passengers could not deplane because security screeners had gone off duty. the airport says they could have stayed in the terminal, but the airline refused. general motors is predicting its chevrolet volt electric car will get, listen to this, 230 miles per gallon in city driving. the rating could give the volt a major boost when it goes on sale late next year. gm's ceo call it is a game-changer because for the first time consumers will have a third option to the hybrids and gas-powered cars on the market. the chevy volt runs solely on electricity for 40 miles and then switches to its gas engine. it's fuel economy drops the farther it's driven apparently. one-time hurricane felicia is now a considerably weaker tropical depression as it moves to hawaii at ten miles an hour. locally heavy rain and even some flooding could be in store for

you later today. the storm is kicking up big waves and bringing out the surfers on the eastern shores of oahu. draf souls there. a 4-year-old thought fast when his grandfather's life was in danger. >> he handled it better than most -- he handled it better than i did. >> why his family says this little guy acted just in the nick of time.

punk music has traditionally attracted kids who feel left out, are diseffected or who just want to rebel against the worlds around them. muslim kids are no different. american muslims igniting an

unlikely punk scene. this is getting a lot of clicks on cnn.com so reggie aqui will walk us through this. >> the name itself is pretty interesting. they call themselves the kominas. it means something like scoundrel or scumbag. so they have a punk name, but how muslim is muslim punk? well, apparently most of the themes in their music does pretty much follow religious notions at least. the lyrics are based on religious texts and practices, although most of it is kind of turning the practices on their head. they have an anti-homophobia song. they have another one, and i will stress, it's supposed to be satirical, it's entitled suicide bomb the gap. if you're wondering what it sounds like, wonder no more. this is called sharia law in the usa. ♪

now the origins of this are pretty unusual. it comes from a 2003 novel. so that novel was a fictional account of a muslim punk scene. these folks read the fictional account and then essentially made it real. they say they're doing this because they want to show people there's a broad spectrum of what it means to be american and muslim. the basie i bassist for the ban you have to throw it in people's faces and give them a different way to think about stuff. you can go to cnn.com. it's called "squgeneration isla" >> really intriguing. >> yeah. >> i know some people who have kids that have peanut allergies, and they're frightening. they can be life or death in

many cases. one of the most dangerous places to go is a ballpark normally. >> well, yeah, because of the peanuts. they are constantly served everywhere in the ballpark, yeah. and here is an example of a team that is really going out of its what i to try to invite these families who wouldn't ordinarily be able to enjoy one of life's simple pleasures, to go to a baseball field. what they did was they scrubbed down and they power washed the park. this is the minor league beam barons. that way it would be peanut-free. of course, they weren't selling peanuts at the stands that day. this is a feature that we have on the website, cnn.com, today that highlights a 9-year-old named kyle who has a very serious allergy to peanuts. information, he has to carry around one of the epi pens which is that drug that is able to kind of save someone's life if they encounter the allergy that they are a part of. the team after they scrubbed the stadium, as i mentioned, made sure that these kids were going

to be safe. kyle went there. experts say older kids like kyle are unlikely to actually -- to have a reaction in the open air, but younger kids are, and now they say they had such a good time, they may go back to another game, a regular baseball game and see if things work out okay. another interesting feature. you can check on more of that at cnnhealth.com, christi. >> that's awesome. i hope they are able to make it back. good to see you, reggie. eunice kennedy shriver, i don't know if you heard this news yet, abobut she passed awa this morning. she was the sister of john f. kennedy and founded the special olympics. her family was by her side at a massachusetts hospital. she was 88 years old. she was a pioneer really who worked tirelessly for social and scientific advances that have changed the lives of millions. this is the statement from governor arnold schwarzenegger who says, changed the lives of millions of developmentally disabled people all over the

world. obviously really will be missed there. a 4-year-old boy made the 911 call that might have saved his grandfather's life. josh smith's mother says her father rode a lawnmower into a loose board that stabbed him below his hip. joshua is the only one who saw it happen. he ran to call 911 and stayed on the phone until his mom came. >> 911. >> can we get a rescue people to come out here because my pawpaw's bad. >> what address? >> he doesn't know. hon, here i am. >> the family says josh's grandfather could have bled to death. good quick thinking there. you take your significant other for better or for worse, but are new brides still taking their husband's name these days? we've got a just released poll and your views on whether they should.

it is good to have you with us. you know, kuwait says it's arrested six suspects with links to al qaeda who were plotting an attack on a u.s. military base in that country. authorities say two of those suspects confessed that they were planning to ram into the

base with a truck bomb. their alleged plan also included attacks on the headquarters of kuwait's security agency and other government facilities as well. security forces say the plot was supposed to be carried out during ramadan. that begins in ten days. rape is a weapon of war in the congo, and secretary of state hillary clinton says that must stop. before touring a refugee camp crowded with rape victims today, she promised $17 million in u.s. aid. some of it will go toward prevention programs but most will help train doctors to treat rape victims. such abuse is a key theme of clinton's visit to the nation. the united nations has recorded at least 200,000 cases of sexual violence against females of all ages since government and rebel troops began fighting. >> i hope that here in the drc there will be a concerted effort to demand justice for women who are violently attacked and to

make sure that their attackers are punished. and i hope that students will take the lead in this to speak out because these are fundamental human rights. >> now, another part of this story is that clinton a lot of people are talking about how she got riled up during a university appearance yesterday because of a mistaken translation. that he thought she was being asked about her husband's opinion on an issue. >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. so you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i'm not going to be channeling my husband. >> state department officials say secretary clinton actually spoke with the student afterwards and they, quote, seem to have reached an understanding. all right. let me ask you, do you know your credit score? before you rush off to buy what you think is your real credit

score, hear what hln money expert clark howard has to say about the credit report you really need. >> you know one of the most difficult and confusing things for a consumer is now that we know more and more about credit reports, is trying to decipher credit scores. because you heard me say scores plural. because you'd think you only have a single score, and, in fact, the credit bureaus all sing about how you can buy your score from them, but do you know that only one of the three major credit bureaus sells you a real score? that's equifax. equifax sells you the fico score. that's the one that lenders actually use. but transunion and experian, they'll sell you their own made up scores that nobody uses to make loans. so let me tell you something, when you are going to spend money to buy your score, buy the real thing at myfico.com or equifax.com. otherwise, get a free score that

will give you an estimate at quizzle.com. i'm clark howard. for more ways for you to be smart with your wallet go to c. get more great consumer advice from clark howard at noon and 4:00 p.m. every weekend. save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. you ne american women are more independent than ever. usa today finds 70% of americans think it's beneficial for a woman to take her spouse's last name. younger women are just as likely or even more so to change their name than baby boomers. 800 people were surveyed. we want you to chime in on this. st there a benefit, you think, to taking your spouse's name? do you prefer to keep your identity distinct? call us right now or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. thank you so much for doing so.

a florida woman claims she was duped by an ad on craigslist, and it looks like she's not alone. janet says she was hired by a man to take care of his mentally disabled brother. for months she bottled fed him and changed his diapers. turns out the man is not disabled and placed the online ad himself. police say no crime was committed and now there's nothing she can do but warn others to stay away. >> he would sit on the couch and wang sponge bob most of the day. he talked in a whispery baby voice all the time. always really apologetic. >> i've changed his diaper plenty of times. >> because i consented to changing his diapers, there's nothing they can do to prosecute. >> she and her husband grew suspicious after two months and little of the promised money. a denver coffee shop is offering free java all the time. >> it doesn't cost anything. it's free. for everyone.

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high drama. pitch drama over health care reform. president obama holds a forum today just hours after the heated exchanges between voters and democratic senator arlen inspector. presidents join the kennedy family in grieving eunice shriver's passing. remembering the woman behind the special olympics. take your mate for better or worse, but do most new brides still take their husband's name? your views on a revealing poll. hi, everybody. i'm chuck roberts on a tuesday. welcome. president obama held a town hall meeting on health care today in new hampshire. he highlighted how he wants to overhaul the system and how that may affect people who already have health insurance through

their employer. deputy political director paul steinhauser has been covering this. he joins us live now in washington. no big outbursts in new hampshire today. >> reporter: you're right, chuck. a mostly supportive crowd listening to the president talk about health care reform. and actually what's in the proposal. he's pushing. there were tough questions by people who weren't crazy about what the president is proposing, and the president answered and fielded a bunch of those. no outbursts like we've seen with other lawmakers. new hampshire has a high percentage of people who currently have health insurance compared to the national average. he talked about misconceptions out there, including medicaid. take a listen. >> another myth that we've been hearing about is this notion that somehow we're going to be cutting your medicare benefits. we are not. the aarp would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining

medicare. i just want seniors to be clear about this. >> i understand he went on the defensive on other issues? >> reporter: he did other one issue getting a lot of play. that's youth in asia. we heard sarah palin on her facebook page say there would be death panels if the president's proposals are passed into law. that's got a lot of people talking. in truth, it's really looking at a law that exists in 2007 medicare law that calls for end of life planning acts. and all 50 states have those as well. it's something that is also in a similar form in one of the house bills being proposed in health care reform. take a listen to the president. >> reporter: the intention of the members of congress was to give people more information so they could handle issues of end of life care when they're ready. it wasn't forcing anybody to do anything. this is i guess where the rumor came from. the irony is that actually one of the chief sponsors of this

bill originally was a republican, then house member, now senator, from georgia who very sensibly thought this would expand people's options somehow it's gotten spun into this idea. >> more later this week on montana and maybe colorado as well, chuck. >> what were the ground rules today. >> there were tough questions there. people who didn't like parts of the plan. but, again, no outbursts like we've seen elsewhere. >> referring to that, paul, thank you very much. let's get to an outburst from pennsylvania. >> and -- and -- and -- you want to be led out of here?

you're welcome to go. now wait a minute. >> it got a little physical. earlier today, this is in lebanon, pennsylvania. that's arlen specter's town hall meeting on health care. the republican turned democrat faced heated questions about the plan to overall health care. some got so angry they almost came to blows. specter had to intervene. most of the crowd was vocal and opposed to government-run health insurance. >> i don't believe this is just about health care it's not about t.a.r.p. it's not about left and right. this is about the systematic dismantling of this country. i'm only 35 years old. you have awakened sleeping giants. we are tired of this. this is why everybody in this room is so ticked off. i don't want this country turning into russia, turning into a socialized country. my question for you is -- [ applause ]

what are you going to do to restore the country back to what our founders created according to the constitution? [ applause ] >> i have a firm question from the support you have, young lady. asked to defend the constitution, that's what i've been doing. police and federal agents searching a las vegas farm zi in connection with michael jackson's death. more than a dozen swooped in and served the warrant on allied pharmacy. they were looking for all records of controlled substances provided by applied the pharmacy

services. they also served similar warrants to dr. conrad murray. an update on a high speed chase we talked about a couple of hours ago on hln. >> look at this guy in a blue sedan. swerving in and out of lanes. he won't leave the car. he does raise his hands. they have to yank him out. then the car rolls backwards and hits the police cruiser. it all started when the driver failed to yield. the kennedy family is mourning the death of eunice kennedy shriver today. the sister of president john f. kennedy died this morning. she founded the special olympics. her family was by her side at the cape cod hospital.

her brother, senator edward kennedy said she touched the lives of millions. shriver's son-in-law, california governor arnold schwarzenegger had this to say about his 88-year-old mother-in-law. eunice was the light of our family. she meant so much. not only to us, but to our country and to the world. she was a pioneer who worked tirelessly for social and scientific advantages that have changed the lives of millions of developmentally disabled people all over the world. talk about lost in translation. secretary of state hillary clinton got angry with university students in africa. reporters in the room saying a student speaking in french asked what the president -- president obama might think about chinese financial contracts with congo, but the translator apparently made a mistake. here it is. >>. >> what does mr. clinton think, and what does mr. -- think on

this situation? thank you very much. >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. no, you asked my opinion. i will tell you my opinion. i'm not going to be channelling my husband. >> well, state department officials say they later spoke, the student and the secretary and they "seemed to have reached an understanding." american women are more independent than ever, but they're pretty traditional when it comes to marriage. "usa today" finds 70% of americans think it's beneficial to take her spouse's last name. younger women are just as likely or even more likely to change their names than baby boomers. 800 people were surveyed. what do you think about this? is there a benefit to taking your spouse's name? or do you prefer keeping your identity distinct? call us now toll free.

or you can send us an e-mail to cnn.com/hln or text views plus your comment and name to hlntv. we'll air your responses in just a couple of minutes and throughout the afternoon. want proof there's still a mortgage crisis in the u.s.? today in atlanta in the august heat thousands of anxious homeowners showed up and waited hours hoping to get help from lenders. but there's a catch.

can you imagine being stuck for hours on a roller coaster 80 feet high? hit happened to riders of the invertigo. it stalled near the highest point. all 24 people were seated upright, thankfully. crews brought them down one at a time in buckets in 90-degree heat. nobody was hurt. the ride will stay closed until the amusement park figures out

why there was a problem with the lift chain. the search continues for the ninth and final victim of saturday's collision between a small plane and a tourist helicopter. divers found the body of the eighth victim yesterday, but were unable to dislodge it from the plane's wreckage. officials hope to raise the aircraft, which is 60 feet underwater, later today. the wreckage of the helicopter was lifted from the river sunday, nearly intact. the ntsb investigation continues. long lines in atlanta as thousands of homeowners waited for a chance to lower mortgage payments. naca is a federal subsidy program helping homeowners who are going through a rough patch. borrowers can cut their payments in half sometimes. to qualify the homeowner has to go through budget counseling. all this takes place at the georgia world congress center in downtown atlanta. one time hurricane felicia is now a considerably weaker tropical depression as it moves towards hawaii at 10 miles per

hour. locally heavy rain and flooding could be in store later today. it's also quiet a boom to surfing. this storm has picked up huge waves and brings out the surfers. yesterday life guards logged 1500 encounters. they're called preventive actions. that includes directing surfers to the beach with less dangerous conditions. five rescuers were needed. in the atlantic a new tropical depression is keeping steady with sustained winds. it is still several hundred miles from the cape verde islands and moving west. forecasters expect it to strengthen to a tropical storm in the next day or two. hundreds of people may be buried alive after mud slides swallowed an entire town. more than 11 million people are affected in china. taiwan was also hit by mudslides and floods. one man says he may have lost his whole family in a landslide. >> translator: the mountain collapsed. we live on a lower level. the landslide was on a higher

grounds. all my relatives were buried. >> translator: my mother and father are in there. no one survived. i have four relatives in there. >> the helicopter carrying three people crashed during a rescue in taiwan. crews have been trying to rescue people trapped in debris. one official in taiwan says a mudslide buried roads and cut off water and electric supplies. she's only 16 years old, but that didn't stop miley cyrus from hanging off a pole during the teen choice awards. did her riske routine go too far?

prosecutors in t florida panhandle will ask a grand jury to indict the men accused of killing byrd and melanie billings for first-degree murder. six men and a 16-year-old boy are accused in the home invasion that ended with the billings death. an eighth suspect, pamela long wig again wiggins is accused of helping them afterwards. they cared for a number of adopted special needs children. the taliban is denying that the leader in pakistan was killed in the u.s. missile strike. a taliban spokesman says he is ill but alive and save. he also says he will be speaking

to reporters when he gets better. the government was convinced he was killed last week in a cia strike. pakistan is conducting a dna test to confirm it. michigan police are looking for a man accused of holding a gun to a woman's head duringing a bank robbery. surveillance pictures first show the man pointing a gun at the teller in the bank in harrison township. he demanded money and tried to take a customer hostage. the woman was able to get away. the suspect did take some money. the pentagon will not be forced to fly four new jets. house leaders dropped the plan to add 330 million to the air force's budget for them, even though the pentagon never asked for it. democratic representative john murtha said they were needed because the older ones were expensive to maintain and may be safety issues. tears and long awaited hugs filled a high school gym

yesterday. 700 members of the oklahoma national guard are back home. they just spent ten months on duty in iraq and kuwait. >> it's just an amazing feeling to be back home and be in a place where i'm safe and around my family. >> welcome home, y'all. that was not the only celebration for the guard members. they're going to have another one this afternoon. the electric car will get 200 electric cars to the gallon in city driving. that rating could get miles to the gallon. they call it a game changer because for the first time consumers will have a third option to the hybrid and gas powered cars on the market now. it then switches to the gasoline

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spears. brooks and dunn are culling it quit after 20 years. they say the split is a mutual decision. the duo has had 21 number hits since they debut in 1991 with "brand new man." four months after his death michael jackson is coming to the big screen. a feature film on his final days expected to hit the theaters. it will show him preparing for what was to have been his 50 concert tour in london. it will include interviewers with friends and collaborators. the proposed contract states the film can't include footage that shows jackson in a negative light. you take your significant other for better or for worse, but our new brides still taking their husband's name these days? your views on a just released poll. not long ago, this man had limited mobility.

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president obama is firing back at critics to reform health care in the u.s. he tackled that in a town hall meeting today in port smith, new hampshire. american who is have insurance are skeptical of proposals to span coverage to 50 million uninsured people. the president tried to reassure them their situation doesn't have to change. >> let me start by setting the record straight on a few things i've been hearing out here about reform. under the reform we're proposing, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health

care plan. you will not be waiting in any lines. this is not about putting the government in charge of your health insurance. i don't believe anyone should be in charge of your health insurance decision but you and your doctor. >> kritdcritics say the preside wrong. >> the status quo is unacceptable. for patients, doctors, and the entire system it's unacceptable. what we believe. what i believe is we need a patient centered system. not a government-centered system. but a patient-centered system. and a public option, a public plan, will inevitably skew the playing field so that tens of millions if not over 100 million americans will be forced from their personal private health insurance under the government plan. >> do you really believe that? >> it's happened in every other instance. let me give you an example. >> sure. >> the medicare part b program is a public option. iz has a 97 pblgt market share. crowds everybody else out of the market so that everybody ends up

on the government plan. >> the president also stresses overhaul would not set up so-called death panels for sick seniors. mr. obama says it will only be about end of life care, hospice care, living wills enothand oth issues like that. >> who has card number one? >> if you want to stay in the hall, we're not going to tolerate any demonstrations or any booing. so it's up to you. >> well, there was a lot of booing. that's arlen specter in lebanon, pennsylvania. the democratic senator's town hall meeting on health care got particularly volatile. he faced heated questions about the president's plan to overhaul health care. some of the people got angry. they almost came to blows. specter had to intervene and calm them down. most of the crowd was vocal about their opposition to any

government-run health insurance. >> i've reviewed 3200 the best i could. to me it is obviously written with the assumption that government has the right to control our lives from prebirth to death. it's not worth considering. it's not worth modifying. it's not worth amending. it needs to be dumped. >> we want the same kind of care for everybody on a matter of choice. if you like the plan you have at the present time, you can keep it. >> spec tor went onto say he would not vote for a bill that adds to the deficit. >> may i ask you personally. i happen to be 65 this year. i'm in a public plan. it's called medicare. #. >> and that's the town hall meeting. a very similar seen. this is in maryland. hosted by senator ben cardin. the democrat had to shout his way through the meeting as

hundred of the crowd booed and heckled. david woo tried to keep things from getting out of hand. he asked people to ask questions only when their number was drawn from a hat. long lines in atlanta as homeowners waited for a chance to lower mortgage payments. the neighborhood assistance corporation of america, naca, is a federal subsidy program trying to help homeowners who are going through a rough time. they can get mortgages restructured on the the same day and sometimes have their payments cut in half. this event takes place at the georgia world congress center in downtown atlanta. police and federal agents have been searching a las vegas pharmacy in connection with michael jackson's death. more than a dozen law enforcement officers were seen inside the pharmacy. a dea spokesman said they're looking for all records of controlled substances provided by applied pharmacy services.

law enforcement agents served similar search warrants at the las vegas home and office of jackson's personal physician, dr. conrad murray. four months after his death michael jackson is coming to the big screen. a feature film should hit the theaters on october 30th. jackson will be preparing for what was to have been his return. his summer concert series in london. it will include interviewers and friends. an update on the high speed chase we had for you today around the noon hour. it lasted about an hour in southern california. local media reports the blue sedan was serving in and out of lanes, driving the wrong way on surface streets. clipping, or almost clipping a couple of cars. finally slowed down in a residential driveway. police with their weapons start boxed him in, had a heart time getting him out of the car. but finally two officers were able to take him down and bring him into custody. this chase apparently began after the driver failed to yield.

the pentagon won't be forced to buy four new jets. they dropped the plans to add $330 million even though the pentagon different ask for it. defense secretary robert gates said they weren't needed. john murtha said they were needed because the older planes had extensive maintenance and safety issues. imagine being stuck for hours in a roller coaster 80 feet high. it happened to the riders on the invertigo in santa clara, california. the coaster stalled near the highest point yesterday. fire officials say all 24 people were seated upright. crews brought people down in buckets one at a time. in 90-degree heat. nobody was hurt. a drama plays out on a florida beach as a mother whale and her calf fight for their lives. an emotional moment for hundreds of onlookers, volunteers, an an i-reporter there to witness it all.

it's common knowledge that doctors believe breast-feeding your baby is best. research also suggests it may have a life saving benefit for mom, too. melissa long explains in this health majority minute. mothers transfer anti-bodies to the babies, helping infants building immunities for sicknesses like the common cold to potentially fatal diseases. that's why they recommend mothers feed breast milk exclusively for the first six months. now nursing may also reduce the risk of certain mothers getting a deadly disease. breast cancer. a new study in the archives says breast-feeding for at least

three months can cut the risk of breast cancer by 59% for nursing mother who is have a family history of the disease. researchers followed more than 60,000 women for nine years. 1% were diagnosed with breast cancer. nursing didn't affect the odds for women without the disease, it greatly affected the women with a sister, a mother, or daughter with breast cancer. a big deal considering how commonly breast cancer runs in families. the american cancer society says 20% of 30% of women have a relative with breast cancer, too. for today's health minute, i'm melissa long. yesterday we brought you the fewal attempt to save some beached whales at hollywood beach florida in broward county. rescuers could not save the mother. the calf couldn't survive on its own in the wild or cabtivity. it had to be euthanized. an i-reporter was right there as all this played out.

he joins us on the phone now. thanks for a great i-report. how did you happen upon this, by the way? >> caller: i was walking my dog. and came around the corner. saw all this commotion. lots of police vehicles, fire rescue trucks, news trucks. i inquired what was going on. they said there was a whale on the beach. i took my dog home, grabbed my camera, and walked to the beach. >> we're glad you did. there are people from all walks of life here on this scene, right? >> really. this was incredible. the people in the yellow t-shirts. there was a number of them with the whale rescue. there were people just strangers for the beach. there was life guards. i think you can see one of the people in the hollywood life guard, the black t-shirt with the white lettering. police authorities. just all sorts of people involved, too.

>> that was the incredible thing about this. not the typical gawking at car accident mentality going on. everyone was so entranced. okay, the mother has passed away. and we just -- it was just like assumed they're going to pick up the baby and take it to seaworld or something. it was just seeming that was what was going to go on. to hear that the baby had passed away, that the calf passed away and had to be intentionally put down out of the humanitarian reason, it justed like a real negative way for all this drama to end. i stood there for a while just assuming it was really going to have a positive uplifting ending. and it really was a letdown. >> great job. your first i-report. you got ununder your belt. thanks. good job. we really appreciate it. if you have pictures of video, breaking news or cool stories where you are, go to ireport.com.

we have live pictures for new york. here they are again. searchers back on the hudson river looking for the one body that's not been found from the weekend plane chopper collision. they found the eighth victim's body in the wreckage still submerged. they'll try to lift the plane from the water today. here is the 911 call somebody made right after the crash? >> what is your emergency? >> in the hudson river. a helicopter just landed. investigators trying to reconstruct what happened. the plane took off nearby from new jersey. nine people died when the plane and chopper collided. eunice kennedy shriver is being remembered today. she died just this morning at cape cod hospital near massachusetts. the sister of president john f.

kennedy founded the special olympics. her family, including daughter maria shriver was by her side at the hospital. she was 88 years old. she worked tirelessly for social and scientific advances that have changed the lives of millions. the words now from gov schwarzenegger. a 4-year-old thought pretty fast when his grandfather's life was in danger. >> he handled it better than most -- he handled it better than i did. >> i saved papa's life. >> why that little boy acted just in the nick of time.

kuwait says it's arrested six suspects with lings to al qaeda who were plotting an dwak on a u.s. military base in that country. authorities say two of the suspects confessed they were planning to ram into the base with a truck bomb. the plan also included attacks at the headquarters of kuwait's security agency and other government facilities. the plot was supposed to be carried out during the holy month that begins in ten days. a 4-year-old boy made a key

911 call that may have saved his grand dad's life. josh smith's mother said her father road a lawnmower into a loose board that stabbed him. josh tran in to call 911 and staid on until his mom came online. >> the family said josh's grandfather could have bled to death. well, one month after emerging from bankruptcy, the new general motors is touting the new chevy volt. the new electric car. and some eye-popping gas mileage numbers. cnnmoney.com's poppy harlow ha more on this. >> the numbers out from general motors saying the chevy volt gets 230 miles per gallon in the

city. they have been working on trying to measure the economy. they still have to confirm the numbers but the figures for highway driving haven't been calculated yet. fritz henderson says he is confident that the highway reading in terms of miles per gallon will be in the high triple digits. right now, boasts numbers like that one. >> how do they come up with the number? >> it's a great question. a special calculation according to gm as they've worked with the epa. let's compare it to a prius hybrid that gets 50 miles to the gallon. all of the energy for the car comes for burning gasoline. the volts will run 40 miles without using any gasoline at all. after that you've got a gas engine that kicks in to power the battery which then in turn powers the car. if you're going longer distances than the 40 miles you're not going to get the 230 miles per gallon.

if you drive 80 miles in a row on the volt the fuel economy will fall to about 100 miles per gallon. if you go 300 miles. fuel economy is going to fall to 60 miles per hour. it depends on how far you're going and the calculation changes for there. >> it's a cool looking car, too. fuel economy aside, we are in a recession. are they making a big bet on a car that a lot of people may not buy? >> they're getting a lot of press. the ceo thinks this is going to be a game changer. what about the affordability. the price tag in the high 30,000s. like toyota with the prius and sell it at a loss to attract folks to the showroom. where do you charge if you don't have a home with a garage. if you live in the city. where are you going to charge these overnight? we asked people on facebook what they think. a comment from david. i would rather support our boys in detroit than the saudis or

venezuelans. also a comment from chinmay. no way. no reason to buy american just for the sake of chuck? >> poppy, great. enjoyed it, thanks very much. a lot of the business news up to the minute right there at cnn money dotcom. let's check wall street. they're extending their woes for another day. banking sector is taking a big hit todays, as the federal reserve begins a two-day policy meeting. most analysts expect the fed will hold the key interest rate steady. there's the big board numbers for you. dow off 73 points to 29264 with about ten minuteses left in the trading day. a florida woman claims she was duped by an ad on craigslist and it looks like she's not alone. janet schullty said she was hired by a man to take care of his mentally disabled brother. for months she bottle-fed him and even changed his diaper. turns out the man isn't disabled

and placed the online ad himself. police say no crime was committed and now there's nothing she can do but warn others to stay away. >> he would basically sit on the couch and watch spongebob most of the day. play video games with the kid. he talked in a whispery baby voice all the time. was always really apologetic. >> i changed his diaper plenty of times. >> because i consented to changing his diapers, there's nothing they can do to prosecute. >> schullty and her husband grew suspiciouses after two months and little of the promised money. american women are more independent than ever but they're pretty traditional when it comes to marriage. "usa today" published a study that finds 70% of americans think it's beneficial for a woman to take her spouse's last name. researchers say younger women are just as likely or even more likely to change their names than baby boomers. 800 people were surveyed. a denver coffee shop is offering free java all the time. >> it doesn't cost anything, it's free.

for everyone. any kind of coffee. >> so why is it doing this? there's got to be a catch.

high drama over health care reform. president obama holds his own town hall meeting just hours after heated exchanges between some voters and democratic senator arlen specter. you may take him or her for better or for worse, but do most new brides still take their husband's name? your views on a revealing poll. and presidents both current and former join the kennedy family in grieving eunice kennedy shriver's passing. remembering the woman behind the special olympics. welcome to hln "news and views," i'm richelle carey. thanks for your time. the president is firing back at critics of his position to reform health care. he tackled that at a town hall

meeting in new hampshire. americans who have insurance are skeptical of proposals to expand coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured people. obama tried to reassure them their situation does not have to change. >> right now, insurance companies are rationing care. they are basically telling you what's covered and what's not. they're telling you if, you know, we'll cover this drug, but we won't cover that drug. you can have this procedure or you can't have that procedure. so why is it that people would sit -- prefer having insurance companies make those decisions, rather than medical experts and doctors, figuring out what are good deals for care and providing that information to you as a consumer and your doctor so you can make this decision? the president also stressed his overhaul would not set up those so-called death panels to rule on life-sustaining care for

sick senior citizens. he said the provision would only authorize medicare to pay doctors for counseling patients about end of life care, about hospice care, living wills, and other issues like that. >> can i see a show of hands of the people in this room believe we have the right to share our views are our elected officials? okay. take that to nancy pelosi. >> all right, continuing the town hall beat, that's a town hall meeting hosted today by senator arlen specter in lebanon, pennsylvania. the republican-turned-democrat faced some really heated questions about president obama's push to overhaul health care. most of the crowd very vocal about their opposition to government-run health insurance. some of the people got so angry they almost came to blows. things also got a little unruly at a town hall meeting in jefferson college in hillsboro, mississippi. that meeting was hosted by senator clarence mccaskill. take a look at this. >> hey! hey!

okay. ma'am -- okay. everybody sit down. everybody sit down. >> clearly in missouri. i apologize for that. the incident started with two women who arrived late, brought signs to the meeting, okay that is against the college's rules. and an argument then broke out between one woman and the man in the bleachers. you can see the senator really tried to calm the situation down. many americans simply can't wait until a health care reform bill is passed to get treatment. a free health clinic is offering some of them an option. a group that brings free medical care to remote areas around the world is setting up shop this week in los angeles. so they do this around the world, ted, and they take los angeles, because clearly they see a need, i guess?

>> reporter: yeah, well they weren't sure what to expect. and boy, what they found was a lot of people showed up. we're at the forum in los angeles where the lakers used to play basketball here. they've converted this stadium into a medical center where you can look at it here, this woman is getting her vision checked. they not only check your vision here, they'll grind new glasses. you can see people waiting in line, 650 people are going to be treated today alone. and this is going on for seven days here at the forum. it's not just vision, either. there's basic medical and a lot of dental work. one of the guys that's been working with the dental side of things is dr. roger fieldman, and doctor, you've seen a lot of patients today. give us a sense of who is coming out here. >> patients are coming out with tremendous amount of knees. the patients we're seeing have multiple problems. and the heartbreaking thing is that you have a patient in your care, and you want to take care of all their needs. but you can't. because, there's so many patients waiting. so you can just do one or two of the most important things that

they need, and you have to let them go. >> what does this say about the american system? that's coming out to help out for free, or is it also sort of a window into the worst case scenario where people really are going without and waiting for an opportunity like this, which doesn't come around? >> i think people are going without. all i can say is there's a lot of need. i don't know what i can say about the american system. but there's a lot of need out there, and it's not getting taken care of. >> were you surprised how many people were here today? >> we were. we were setting up yesterday, and feeling like, as if when you give a birth day party, maybe nobody will show up. when i got here at 5:00 in the morning i was astounded by the traffic around the forum. and subsequently learned that by 4:00 in the morning, all the numbers had been given out. there's no more room for anybody. >> and they were turning people away earlier today, richelle. we're going -- we're talking about teeth cleaning all the way through root canals here in terms of the things that you're taking care of. give us a sense of what people have neglected? what's the worst-case scenario?

>> we've seen multiple infected teeth. in fact on a diabetic patient i saw this morning. this sim pacting their diabetes and obviously their whole health having all this infection in their mouth chronically. >> richelle, the sound of the dental drills, horrifying to most people, but obviously a welcome sound here for these folks that have not had dental or medical care for some time. they've come out here to los angeles. all of this is volunteers. all the doctors volunteering and the medical supplies donated. wonderful organization that now, instead of just hitting the rural areas, they're hitting the cities. it's the first urban area, and most likely the first of many stops from here on out. >> i'm thinking that, ted, because if a city like los angeles has such a need i'm sure there's so many other cities across the country that have the same kind of need, if not more. so i'm sure they're planning to make more stops. >> yeah. and we were talking to the director. he said that, you know, he gets pleas from cities across the

country. one of the things they've had problems with. you noticed there were some empty chairs. they have trouble recruiting doctors in specific areas. so what they want to do is bring doctors from across the country into different cities, if they have the notice and they have the ability to move doctors between states they'd be fine. but only the state of tennessee will allow it. even though it's nonprofit. even though they're allowing these doctors to donate their time, the states will not let them. california says no to a waiver in this case, bureaucracy, again, strangling the health care, even when they're trying to donate their time and resources, they simply can't, because of the red tape involved. and the competing interests. it's pathetic when you talk with these people, what those competing interests could be. and you know, we don't want to take anybody out here, but it really is disgusting when you think about the fact that there could be more people getting help and there are people being turned away. >> so they want to help but in some cases they can't. wow. that's really sad. >> yeah. >> ted, thank you for shedding

some light on this and for that story and for showing how many people are getting help. thanks, ted. an update to a high-speed car chase you saw a few hours ago right here on hln. thing lasted about an hour. this was the upper san fernando area of southern california. local media reports this blue car right here was swerving in and out of lanes, driving the wrong way on some surface streets. the car finally slowed down, and went into a driveway and that's where police, with their guns drawn, boxed him in. officers moved in, pulled the driver out, arrested the suspect. apparently started after the driver wouldn't stop. police and federal drug agents are searching a las vegas pharmacy in connection with michael jackson's death. more than a dozen law enforcement officers were seen inside that pharmacy. a spokesperson says they're looking for all records of controlled substances provided by applied pharmacy services. you'll remember, law enforcement

officers served similar warrants at the las vegas home and office of jackson's personal physician. that is dr. conrad murray. live pictures from the hudson river, in new york, where divers are in the water at the scene of that crash between a helicopter and a small plane. we're getting in position to attach an additional chain and more straps to some wreckage that was partially rigged yesterday, hoping to finally get it to the surface. a large crane is standing by near the wreckage, which is in about 50 feet of water, heavily damaged and water logged, making it very difficult to finish this operation. divers are also searching for the ninth and final victim. divers found the body of the eighth victim yesterday, but couldn't get it out of the plane's wreckage. she is just 16 years old. but that didn't stop miley cyrus from hanging off a pole during the teen choice awards. did a risque routine go too far? you be the judge.

american women are more independent than ever, but they're pretty traditional when it comes to marriage. "usa today" published a new study that finds 70% of americans think its beneficial for a woman to take her spouse's last name. researchers say younger women are just as likely, even more likely, to change their name than baby boomers. about 800 people participated in this survey. so, we have been taking your views on this story. rhonda is calling us from arkansas. rhonda, what do you think about taking your spouse's last name? >> caller: i believe the woman should take her husband's last name, because they are becoming a family. and i do believe that it's only fair to their children that they may have in the future. and the question is why even get married if you don't want to act as a unit? because i've always, and my belief is that marriage is becoming as one. >> okay, let me put you on the

spot here, rhonda. if it's becoming as one, how about taking the wife's last name? how about that? >> caller: you know, i think that's fine. but i think down the line, there's going to be some, you know, there's going to be some problems. i live in a small town, and i believe that, you know, you know, the kids can taunt and say why does your mom take your father's last name or why didn't you take your father's last name. you know, i just believe that, you know, it's almost like they could be an outcast. i think that there's nothing wrong with it. but i just believe that that is going to cause some trouble. >> rhonda, thank you. >> caller: with the children. >> you're thinking a little more traditional might be the way to go. thank you for your phone call. thanks a lot for putting you on the spot like that. let's read some posts i put on my facebook page. search for richelle carey hln on niceback and you can get in some crazy discussions we have on the page. allison wrote --

well, all right, teri. thank you for all of your responses. thanks for e-mailing and calling today. we still want your comments here at hln news. this is what you can do, prime news starts at the top of the hour. lots of comments -- topics there you can comment on. check them out at cnn.com/primenews and see how you can get your views heard. we've got some views on this, can miley cyrus have the best of both worlds? she's trying to keep her crown as disney's 'tween queen and broaden her appeal to older fans. she stopped just short of pole dancing in this performance at the teen choice awards sunday. fans and critics say she may be

following in britney spears' steps. parents are watching closely because, remember, just 16 years old. a carolina woman's great grandmother can check a few more things off of her bucket list. pauline sherman will turn 97 next month and she decided to give parasailing a try. pretty brave for a woman who's never even driven a car and has only been on a boat once in her whole life. great granddaughter chose the activity because she thought it was something the two could do together. afterward the senior did something else she'd never done. she drove the boat back to the marina. how about that? pretty, too. all right, proof that there's still a mortgage crisis in the u.s.? in atlanta today, thousands of anxious homeowners are waiting for hours, hoping to get help from lenders. there is a catch, though.

the kennedy family is mourning the death of eunice kennedy shriver, the sister of president john f. kennedy died this morning. she founded the special olympics. her family, including daughter maria shriver, by her side at the hospital in massachusetts. her brother, senator edward kennedy, says she touched the lives of millions. shriver's son-in-law, california governor arnold schwarzenegger said this about his 88-year-old mother-in-law. eunice was the light of our family. she meant so much, not only to us, but to our country, and to the world. she was a pioneer who worked tirelessly for social and

scientific advances that have changed the lives of millions of developmentally disabled people all over the world. race is the weapon of war in the congo and secretary of state hillary clinton said that must stop. a refugee camp crowded with rape victims today, she promised $17 million in u.s. aid. some will go towards prevention programs. but most will help train doctors just to treat all the rape victims. this is a key theme of clinton's visit to the region. the united nations has recorded at least 200,000 cases of sexual violence against females of all ages since government and rebel troops began fighting. >> i hope that here in the drc there will be a concerted effort to demand justice for women who are violently attacked, and to make sure that their attackers are punished.

and i hope that students will take the lead in this, to speak out, because these are fundamental human rights. >> well, clinton got riled up during a university appearance yesterday. you may have seen this. because of a mistake in translation, she thought she was being asked about her husband's opinion on an issue. look at this. >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. so you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i'm not going to be channeling my husband. >> all right. well state department officials say secretary clinton spoke with the student afterward and they quote, seemed to have reached an understanding. long lines in atlanta today, for thousands of homeowners waiting for a chance to lower their mortgage payments. you got to feel for these people. the neighborhood assistance corporation of america or naca

is a federal subsidy program who helps homeowners going through a rough time. borrowers can get mortgages restructured the same day, and some, some of them can cut their payments in half. to qualify, the homeowners had to go through budget counseling. the event is taking place at the georgia world conference center. it's hot out there, too. out of the starting gate today, never really recovered. with the latest on cash for clunkers, do tell, alison. >> sure, hi, michelle. investors remained cautious for a second day in a row. the hesitation comes ahead of the federal reserve's statement tomorrow about the direction of the economy. the fed began its two-day meeting this afternoon, and key bench mark lending rate is currently near zero. it's been at that level since december, and is expected to stay there come wednesday. today's economic report shows worker productivity rose at an annual rate of 6.4% in the second quarter. and that's much better than

expected. and economists say it could lead to more hiring when production picks up. so let's take a look at the numbers from today. the dow industrials fell 96 points ending at 9241. the nasdaq composite and s&p both fell more than 1%. meantime, interest in the cash for clunkers programs may be waning. edmunds.com reports that interest peaked on july 29th, and activity since then declined by 15%. and analysts for the automotive website said consumers initially were in a rush to take advantage of it before funding ran out. but now that the extra money has been approved, there's no longer than urgency to trade in that clunker. maybe people are shopping around more. what do you think? >> i think you're probably right. absolutely. thank you, alison. can you imagine being stuck for hours in a roller coaster just 80 feet high? it happened to riders on the invertigo in santa clara, california. the coaster stalled near its highest point yesterday. crews brought people down in buckets one at a time in 90 degree heat. nobody was hurt.

a 5-year-old boy, the sole survivor of a wrong-way crash that killed his mother, sis sister and three of his cousins leave the hospital. an autopsy found the boy's mother was drunk and high on pot when the horrifying crash happened. more with jane velez-mitchell. es

president obama, firing back at critics on his initiative to reform health care in this country. in his own town hall meeting in portsmouth, new hampshire. polling shows americans who have insurance are skeptical of proposals to expand coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured people. the president tries to reassure them any change put into place would be better than the status quo. >> for all the scare tactics out there, what is truly scary, what is truly risky, is if we do nothing. if we let this moment pass, if we keep the system the way it is right now, we will continue to see 14,000 americans lose their health insurance every day.

your premium will continue to skyrocket. they have gone up three times faster than your wages, and they will keep on going up. our deficit will continue to grow, because medicare and medicaid are on an unsustainable path. >> the president stressed his overhaul would not set up those death panels you may have heard about. the death panels to rule on life-sustaining care for sick senior citizens. the president says the provision would only authorize medicare to pay doctors for counseling patients end of life care, hospice care, living wills and other issues like that. >> who has card number one? if you want to stay in the hall, if you want to stay in the hall, we're not going to tolerate any demonstrations or any booing. so it's up to you. >> okay. trying to lay down the law there. that's earlier today in lebanon, pennsylvania. senator arlen specter's town hall meeting on health care, got a little volatile at moments.

and republicans turned democrat faced some heated questions about the president's plan to overhaul health care. some people got pretty angry at times. almost came to blows. and specter had to step in and kind of calm them down. most of the crowd was very vocal about their opposition to government-run health insurance. >> i reviewed 3,200 the best i could. to me it's obviously written with the assumption that government has the right to control our lives from prebirth to death. for that reason it's not worth considering, it's not worth modifying, it's not worth amending. it needs to be dumped totally. >> we want the same kind of care for everybody on a matter of choice. if you like the plan you have at the present time, you can keep it. >> specter went on to say that he would not vote for a bill that adds to the deficit.

the senator is holding a second event right now in lewisburg and these are some live pictures from that. and things seem to be very calm right now. boy, it was a long day for some of these elected officials. another town hall to tell you about, things got a little unruly at a town hall meeting at jefferson college in hillsboro, missouri. this is senator claire mccaskill. look at this. >> hey, hey, hey! okay. ma'am. okay. everybody sit down. everybody sit down. >> okay. so what was this about? this started with two women, got there late, brought some signs to the meeting. that is against the colleges rules. and an argument broke out between one of the women, and a guy in the bleachers, and then they just kind of all got escorted out. so kind of a wrap-up of the town hall beat today. got some live pictures from

the hudson river in new york. divers are in the water at the scene of that crash between a helicopter and a small plane. getting in position right now to attach an additional chain and more straps to some wreckage that was partially rigged. yesterday, hoping to finally get it to the surface. a large crane is standing by near the wreckage, which is in 60 feet of water, it's heavily damaged, it's water logged. it's going to make the recovery a very delicate operation. divers are also searching for the ninth and final victim. divers found the body of the eighth victim yesterday. they couldn't get it out of the plane's wreckage, though. police and federal drug agents are searching a pharmacy in las vegas. this is in connection with michael jackson's death. more than a dozen law enforcement officers were seen inside the pharmacy. a dea spokesman says they're looking for all records of controlled substances provided by applied pharmacy services. then of course you'll remember law enforcement officers served similar warrants at the las

vegas home and office of jackson's personal physician, dr. conrad murray. update on a high-speed chase you saw not too long ago. a little earlier today right here on hln. lasted about an hour in the upper san fernando valley area of southern california. local media reports this blue car right here you're seeing, weaving in and out of lanes, you can see eventually slowed down. driver pulled to a driveway. that's where police did what they do. they boxed this guy in, had their weapons drawn. officers moved in, pulled the driver out, arrested the driver, the chase apparently started because the driver wouldn't stop. one-time hurricane felicia is now a considerably weaker tropical depression as it moves toward hawaii at about 10 miles per hour. the heavy rain, even some flooding, could still be in store later today. this storm is kicking up bigger waves and bringing out the surfers to the eastern shores of

oahu. yesterday lifeguards logged 1500 encounters called preventive action. that includes directing surfers to beaches with less dangerous conditions. hey, buddy, get out of here. five rescues were actually needed. eunice kennedy shriver died this morning. of course, she was the sister of president john f. kennedy. she also founded the special olympics. her family, including daughter maria shriver, was by her side at a massachusetts hospital. mrs. kennedy shriver was 88 years old. well, she's just 16 years old. but that didn't stop miley cyrus from hanging off a pole during the teen choice awards. did her risque routine go too far? you be the judge. and how about 230 miles per gallon sound to you?

general motors is predicting its chevrolet volt electric car will get 230 miles per gallon in city driving. the rating could give volt a major boost when it goes on sale late next year. gm's ceo called it a game changer because for the first time consumers will have a third option for the hybrid gas powered cars currently on the market. the chevrolet volt runs solely on electricity for 40 miles, then switches to its gasoline engine. fuel economy drops to -- drops the further it is driven. can miley cyrus really have the best of both worlds? it seems she's trying to keep her crown as disney's 'tween queen, and broaden her appeal to older fans. she stopped just short of pole dancing during her performance

at the teen choice awards sunday. fans and critics say she may be following in britney spears' footsteps and that's got some parents watching very closely. because remember, she's just 16 years old. country stars brooks & dunn are calling it quits after nearly 20 years as a duo. ♪ the statement on their website kix brooks and ronnie dunn so they're 2010 tour will be a good-bye to their fans. they say the split is a mutual decision. sounds like a breakup or a divorce when you put it that way. the duo has had 20 number one hits since their 1991 debut "brand new man." this morning kids who felt left out or just want to rebel against the world around him, and with the new generation of american muslims igniting a

uniquely punk scene. this is getting lots of clicks at cnn.com. and dotcom live catherine callaway has more on this. this is an interesting story, catherine. >> yeah, it is. we're talking about punk music with certainly a different twist. in fact we're going to highlight a group of one of the most popular bands which is called the kaminas. that is for scoundrel or scumbag. certainly that's a punk rock name, right? so just how muslim is it? a lot of their songs really do have a strong religious theme to them. the lyrics often based on some of the religious text, or practices. in fact the kaminas have an anti-homophobia song and another satirically titled suicide, bomb the gap. here's some more of their films from the song which is called sharia law in the usa. ♪

sharia law usa ♪ >> and there you have it. now this movement sprung out of a, actually a fictional book, a 2003 novel about a fictional muslim punk scene. and the story actually, as you see, has spawned some real bands, which are providing a bit of an alternative for american muslims who feel restricted by their religion, their conservative ways of their religion. the musicians say they hope to show people a broad spectrum of what being a muslim can mean. especially in america. and it's all part of cnn.com's special on muslim youth called generation islam. very interesting to take a look. they have even the spiked hair, the whole thing, richelle, which i know, i'm sure, in your youth, you don't have any pictures to prove it, katherine. >> i know. it's a horrible rumor. >> the music sounds great though. i love that. i know peanut allergies, i've learned a lot about them

recently. i know they're becoming more and more common, so a ballpark is a place that you've got to be careful to go to take your kids. >> of course. i can't think of a worse place to go if you're allergic to peanuts because they're all over the ball park. a story on cnn.com of what the birmingham barons did, which is a minor league team. they power washed the entire stadium. they cleaned the park. the refreshment area, so that children with peanut allergies can go. and we actually highlight the story of a 9-year-old named kyle who has to take his epi pen with him everywhere in case i were to accidentally ingest some peanuts. he went. his whole family went. he says he may go back even to a regular game. but we highlight the allergy. because it is a growing allergy in this piece and it's very interesting. even if your children don't have it, chances are you're going to meet someone whose children do or meet a child who does have a peanut allergy. so a lot of information on our website about that.

cnn.com/help, michelle. >> wow, they really went above and beyond. >> yeah, they did. >> thank you, catherine. plenty of women get peeved at any suggestion they are not their husband's equal. hillary clinton is obviously among them. what set her off at an africa conference and what she's doing to promote women's rights. px֖

prime news is coming up in just a few minutes. let's check in with mike galanos to see what the topics are so you can get fired up, get by the phone. get ready to call and weigh in. this next one was a breaking news story today. >> michael jackson. 1-877-tell-hln is the number. michael jackson, we have a pharmacy raided in las vegas. we know what they're looking for. they're looking for any evidence linking this pharmacy with dr. conrad murray. we want to know exactly what they were looking for. does the term propofol come into play here? will an arrest come any time soon? all those questions on the table. we'll try and answer them for you, call in, 1-877-tell-hln is the number. call about a traveling nightmare on this one? folks going from houston to minneapolis, plane diverted to

rochester, minnesota, because of bad weather. they land about midnight. sit there, in the plane, for what about six hours. >> yes. >> six hours on the plane. didn't let them off. it's like, why not? all kinds of excuses going around out there. explain the blame game big time. couldn't imagine that one. you're talking about crying babies. overflowing toilets. >> no food. >> nasty. >> no food even. we'll get to the bottom of that one for you. and also, octomom, nadya suleman, she's coming out about the two-hour octomom documentary tv special. there you go. exploiting the kids for a little cash. do you expect anything less? >> you know you're going to tivo it. stop it. >> we'll be talking about all that coming up. 1-877-tell-hln the number, richelle and i, coming your way in 10 to 12 minutes. >> all right. kuwait says that it has arrested six suspects with links to al qaeda accused of plotting an attack on a u.s. military base in that country. authorities say two of the suspects confessed they were

planning to ram into the base with a truck bomb. their alleged plan also considered a pass on the headquarters of kuwait's security agency and other government facilities. security sources say the plot was supposed to be carried out during the muslim holy month of ramadan. that begins in ten days. hundreds of people may be buried alive after mudslides swallowed entire towns in the powerful aftermath a deadly typhoon. officials say 11 million people are affected in china. taiwan was also hit by mudslides and floods. one man says he may have lost his entire family in the landslide. >> translator: the mountain collapsed. we live on the lower level. and the landslide was on a higher ground. all my relatives were buried. >> translator: my mother and father are in there. no one survived. i have four relatives in there. >> my goodness. crews have been trying to rescue

people trapped in debris. an official in taiwan said the mudslide buried roads, cut off water and electric supplies. rape is a weapon of war in the congo. and secretary of state hillary clinton says that must stop. touring a refugee camp crowded with rape victims today she promised $17 million in u.s. aid. some will go forward prevention programs, but most will help train doctors to treat all the rape victims. abuse like this is a key theme of clinton's visit to the region. the united nations has recorded 200,000 cases of sexual violence against females of all ages since government and rebel troops began fighting. >> i hope that here in the drc there will be a concerted effort to demand justice for women who are violently attacked, and to make sure that their attackers are punished.

and i hope that students will take the lead in this, to speak out, because these are fundamental human rights. >> clinton got riled up during a university appearance yesterday, because of a mistaken translation, lost in translation. clinton thought she was being asked about her husband's opinion on an issue. >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i'm not going to be chaneling my husband. >> department officials say secretary clinton spoke with that particular student afterward and they "seemed to have reached an understanding. women are more independent than ever, but they're pretty traditional when it comes to marriage. a new study finds 70% of americans think it's beneficial for a woman to take her spouse's last name. researchers say younger women are just as likely, some cases

more likely to change their dmams than baby boomers. 800 women were surveyed. a 4-year-old boy made the 911 call that might have saved his grandfather's life. josh smith's mother says her father rode a lawn mother into a board that stabbed him below the hip. josh ran to call 911 and stayed on until his mom came. >> oh, my goodness. josh's grandfather could have bled to death. a south carolina great-grandmother can check a few other things off her bucket list. she will turn 97 next month. she decided to give parasailing a try. that's pretty brave for a woman who has never driven a car. she's only been on a boat one time. this funky senior did something

else she's never done. she drove the boat back to the marina. a denver coffee shop is offering free java, all the time. >> it doesn't cost anything. it's free. for everyone. any kind of coffee.

cnn, headlines news, or msnbc are locked on your favorites? if they are i've got the gift for you. i'm gonna richardson and my next guest is ken pullson. a pleasure to have you here. >> good to be with you >> what is the museum. most people know. >> sometimes there you an a museum in articling ton, virginia called the museum. it was an effort to remind americans of the value of news

gathering in america and a nod to the first amendment. we did so well there so we decided to take it where the action is. we have a brand new museum called a the museum on pennsylvania avenue. it's a -- it's a 45 word sign out front with the words of the first amendment 'em blazed there. we think it's healthy for them to read that says congress shall make no law. we're attempting to put it in neon. >> it is flashing? >> it's not a tribute to journalists. we had a blogger say i'm not going to set foot in that museum until they do an extra special to copy editors. it is not about you. it is a museum of history but a different kind that reports what

happened over the last several centuries through the eyes of journalists. so you get contemporary coverage of the assassination of kennedy and arrival of the beatles and the civil war and fascinating >> exactly. what have the visitors reactions been for the first year? exciting. we see the full range of course. tremendous amount of school groups and a lot of tourists visiting washingt washingto was. we bill ourselves as the world's most interactive museum. young people can play the part of a reporter or an editor or a journalist. we can even stand up in front of what you and your business called blue screen, to tape a broadcast announcement for their friends and family and then send it out to friends at home. amazing exhibits there. i well tell you, i can say this

with some degree of humility. i just joined the museum in february, i've been the editor of u.s. a. today for the last five years. we have the largest piece of the berlin wall in north america. you can go there and see that and the guard tower in collaboration and partnership with the f.b. i.we celebrate their 100th anniversary and we have phenomenal artifacts. we have the unibomber's cabin believe it or not. and depending on your age, some of your viewers probably remember patty hurst and her tenure with the liberation army. we have the gun she used in the bank robbery and the leather jacket she wore. we have can coverage including

dillinger's death mask and the bullet pruf vest he zn wear on that night >> with you have so many different exhibits. what do you have planned for us your second year? >> one of the great things about working for a museum where news is in the title we're updating and reflect the headlines in the museum. not long ago when there was an uproar in iran we covered the social network and the twittering. when newspapers have collapsed and some markets we quickly reported that. upcoming exhibits include: throughout the next year you'll be able to see manhunt exhibit about the assassination of abraham lincoln and barack ob a obama. >> i'm so sorry. we've run out of time but everyone has got and go and see

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