a well-known college basketball coach confesses in a sex scandal. louisville rick pitino said, yes, he did have sex with that woman. there is more to this story. a little boy with leg braces can't move very fast or go very far so how could the five-year-old vanish. no one thought anything about three well dressed men jewelry shopping until they pulled out guns and started firing. the latest on a major london jewelry caper. happy hump day, halfway through the workweek. hope it's treating you well so far. welcome to news and views. there are allegations, you probably heard of scare tactics on health care reform at town

hall meetings take center stage. so far tempers haven't boiled over but people across the country are fired up over this issue. one town hall meeting was moderated by senator chuck grassley of iowa this morning. >> in a dumb southern iowa redneck and i see nowhere in the constitution where health care is a right, not even the general welfare clause. fined if they don't take insurance does not promote general welfare. messing with mead care, the largest seen doesn't promote general welfare. fining small businesses if they do not cover employees does not promote general welfare. i want proof out of washington, i want to hear it from obama, pelosi and company, how this is about we the people and not about taking money out of the free enterprise capitalistic system that made us a great

country and putting it in government pockets. >> grassley is the ranking republican on the senate finance committee, deeply involved obviously in health care reform bargaining process. let's talk about president obama, because he's fighting, one of the ones calling those health care reforms scare tactics head on. at a town hall in portsmouth, new hampshire, it was a lot like a campaign rally. the president accused special interest to scare and mislead people. outside the forum, protesters had signs that called him a socialist and protested what they see as a bigger government role in health care. president obama plans more town halls. the white house has launch add weshz to counter critics. during the town hall, president obama says we have the aarp on board. the aarp which has 45 million or 50 says not so fast.

the ceo says they have not endorsed any of the health care reform bill. aa rchl p is launch ag multi-million dollar advertising and organizing this to debunk critics. fbi investigating this graffiti outside dave scott. the democratic lawmaker found a swastika paint owned a sign outside his office yesterday. the congressman was recently involved in a heated debate over health care. he believes the two are connected here. he's hosting a town hall meeting saturday and says he's working to find common ground on both sides of the health care debate. >> i'm in the middle of this. i am very much in the middle of being part of the glue that brings these things together. i'm the only member of congress, blue dog, congressional black caucus and new dems. i cover the waterfront. so i'm in a position, and that's whey want to do. >> scott says he received or has

received hate mail, death threats and offensive faxes since the public debate on health care began. all right. let's get to that other story we've been talking about today. a famous college basketball coach named as the target of an alleged $10 million extortion scheme. rick pitino told police, yeah, he did have sex with the woman accused of trying to extort money from him. according to the louisville courier journal, pitino, who is married, says he and the woman met and had sex in a restaurant back in 2003. when she told him two weeks later she was pregnant, he says he paid her $3,000 to get an abortion. on the other side of the ticket, the woman filed rape charges against pitino but did so just last month after she was charged with extortion. she's pleaded not guilty to those extortion charges but police say her story has been too inconsistent to formally charge pitino. police in texas arrest add u.s. soldier who they say was

working as a hit man for a mexican drug cartel. 18-year-old private first class michael jackson apodaca was one of three men arrested. they are suspects in the shooting of an informant working for the u.s. . search forego a five-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who disappeared monday. please take a good look at this. his foster father, that's who they are looking for, his father said he left the boy outside the shoe store where his fiance, the boy's aunt, worked. when he went back outside, he was gone. here is the thing. officers say he couldn't have gotten far on his own since he wears leg braces. so far no witnesses have come forward to say they saw the boy around the shoe store. >> it is very difficult for me to believe, just applying common sense, that a five-year-old little boy who has cerebral palsy, braces on both legs, he

can barely walk could just walk away from the car and get lost. i don't see -- how could others not see him being taken from that car? >> that's right, nancy. that's a very good question. so police are trying to see if, in fact, little hasani campbell was taken away from the b mcht w that belonged to his foster parent. we have now learned it was his foster dad trying to drop him off at his biological aunt's shoe store. the fact that no one saw him walking around or being kidnapped is of grave concern. we don't know where he is at this moment but police are investigating, nancy. >> obviously an emergency there as they look for that little boy. a little brought search dogs to his home yesterday, in fact. they removed what and to be his computer. hasani's aunt got custody of him when her sister couldn't take care of him. she and her fiance are in the process of legally adopting him. two people went to the hospital after this helicopter

crashed just north of atlanta this morning. local media reports the chopper went down behind a row of houses as you can see there. so far no report on what may have caused that crash. also a small plane crashed into a stream outside suffolk, new jersey. it happened shortly after takeoff. the two men were hospitalized after the accident. authorities saying one of them may have a broken leg. divers in the hudson river have recovered the last two bodies from the air crash between a helicopter and plane. they were pulled from the river yesterday. they said investigators will check whether the plane's controls and engine were working before the crash. they will also interview flight controllers in new jersey to try to piece together just what happened here. eleven years ago the earth's population stood at 6 billion. a research group says by next year it could hit 7 billion.

the population reference bureau says most of the increase will come in developing nations and some of the poorest nations. 97% of the population increase over the next 40 years will happen in asia, africa, latin america and the caribbean. listen to this, the skyrocketing world population is affecting the environment, apparently. statisticians at oregon state university said the carbon footprint of extra children is seven times higher than other unfriendly environmental practices like recycling, using high energy appliances. that led to scientists calling to save the plant by having fewer children. so when you hear that, what's the first thing that goes through your mind? we'd love to hear from you. do you think people should have to reduce the carbon footprint? call us or e-mail or tenth the word views, your comments and

name to hln tv. standard text rates apply and we'd love to hear from you. thank you so much. we're learning more about a mig michael jackson tribute. this is a massive undertaking involving top artists. what we know about when it's going to happen and surprisingly why it's being staged in austria.

live around the world. backdrop now. austrian media reports artists could include madonna, youtube, lionel richie, whitney houston. why the hassle?

jermaine says a little like neverland but bigger. a follow-up on a search on a pharmacy in the michael jackson death investigation. a source familiar with it told cnn jackson's doctor conrad mur i didn't brought the powerful anesthetic propofol from this pharmacy. last month another source alleged murray gave jackson the anesthetic in the 24 hours before the singer died. we're getting the first look of the aftermath of a prison riot in california. hundreds of inmates, look at this, tore bathroom sinks out of the walls, shredded beds, set fire to a courtyard. this happened over the weekend. 250 were hurt and 50 taken to the hospital with serious injuries. the prison still is under a state of emergency look. at that. you know it's going to take a lot to clean up. after nearly two years of economic uncertainty, financial experts say they are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. "the wall street journal" reports most economists surveyed believe the recession is either

over or will end very soon. they also believe federal reserve chairman ben bernanke should be repointed. only one group, national bureau can officially declare the recession over. we want to point out it has not done that yet. those speaking to bernanke will announce the decision on whether to raise the benchmark interest rate. right now between zero and 1 percentage point. that's not expected to change. investors will be watching the signs whether they believe the recession is, indeed, ending. you can't pay your credit card bills, don't give up. hln money expert says negotiation can be the key to climbing your way out of debt. >> do you know there are millions of americans who for any of a number of reasons are having trouble making their credit card payments right now. well, i have some great news for you. if you can't pay the bills, and really there's no chance you ever feel you'll be able to pay

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spend less and avoid getting ripped off. aspirin may be even more of a wonder drug than we thought. some doctors believe the cheap painkiller can help people with one particular form of cancer.

tried to reach a cutoff village.

he was eventually pulled to safety. look at that. the typhoon is considered taiwan's most destructive storm in 50 years. it's killed 53 people, hundreds more are missing and appear dead and wiped out entire vimages in southern and central parts of taiwan. people have been stranded for days waiting for help there. police say one man has been arrested in connection with one of the biggest robberies in british history. scotland yard says the suspect is not one of the two well dressed men shown in that security video you just saw who are still at large. there it is. you can see they wore suits, walked into an upscale jewelry store. this is in london last week. they pulled out guns and took $65 million worth of jewelry firing two gunshots into the ground as they escaped. it happened in a busy area during the day but the men still got away. >> fairly distinctive in the pictures. i'm hoping someone is going to

say i know who that is and ring us and tell us who it is. >> the suspects used at least three getaway cars but thankfully no one was hurt. did you hear a woman attacked the mona lisa painting in paris. she threw an empty mug at the painting and it shattered. it didn't damage the painting, it's behind protective glass, but it did crack glass. she went to a psychiatric ward. not clear why she a targeted the mona lisa. the president and first lady welcomed the newest member of the highest court to the white house. at the reception she took time to thank the people who helped her get her new job. >> i am humbled by the sacred responsibility of upholding our laws and safeguarding the rights and freedoms set forth in our constitution. i asked not just my family and

friends, but i ask all of them to wish me divine guidance and wisdom in administering my new office. i thank you all again for the love and support you have shown me, and i thank president obama and the united states senate for the tremendous honor and privilege they have granted me. >> sotomayer is the third woman and first latina to be named to the supreme court. about three hours from now president obama will award the presidential award of freedom to three people, sidney poitier, billy jean king. the medal is the highest other than. these are the first president obama will hand out. other honorees, president kennedy, civil rights icon

lowery. senator kennedy won't akennedy because of the death of eunice shriver and he's also battling brain cancer. people may reduce the risk of dying from colon cancer simple bye-bye taking aspirins. they found aspirins block an enzyme that may spread the most common type of colon tumor. they saw this in patients already taking aspirin regularly. scientists say more research is needed. aspirin is already recommended for helping prevent heart attacks and strokes. going back to school after summer vacation, kids and parents have to get used to the daily drill, early bedtime, homework, all that. in this health minute, melissa long has a few tips on how to make that process smoother. >> reporter: won't be long before the endless days at the local pool turn into hours spent in the classroom. getting your child used to an earlier bedtime might not be

easy. >> one of the most difficult challenges parent will take. >> the doctor says when it comes to childhood socialization and academic performance, proper sleep is critical and most kids don't get enough. >> kids at school age require more sleep than adults. eight hours is not going to get it from them. nine, ten hours, depending on their age. >> now is the time to break bad bedtime habits. >> i would say no later than one week prior to school do you want to get them back on schedule. no less than two or three days for each hour you're trying to shift. recommends a comfortable place and keeping televisions, radios and video gaps out of the bedroom. for today's health minute, i'm melissa long. a non-profit group making the obama girls part of the new ad campaign to promote healthy school lunches. the ad may be a publicity stunt but it's grabbed the attention of the white house.

good afternoon and thanks for being with us. there are allegations of scare tactics on health care reform and town hall meetings take center stage yet again today. so far tempers haven't boiled over but people across the country are fired up about this issue. this is a town hall meeting moderated by chuck grassley of iowa early this morning. >> >> in a dumb southern iowa redneck and i see nowhere in the constitution where health care is a right, not even the general welfare clause. fined if they don't take insurance does not promote general welfare. messing with medicare when the

largest generation this country has ever seen is on retirement doesn't promote general welfare. fining small businesses if they do not cover employees does not promote general welfare. i want proof out of washington, i want to hear it from obama, i want to hear it from pelosi and company how this is about we the people and not about taking money out of the free enterprise capitalistic system that made us a great country and putting it in government pockets. >> grassley is the ranking republican on the senate finance committee, deeply involved in health care reform bargaining process. of course, president obama is talking about this as well, fighting what he calls those health care reform scare tactics head on. at a town hall in portsmouth, new hampshire, the president accused special interest to use influence to scare and mislead people. the president plans to hold more in montana and new hampshire.

the white house has a website to counter critics. during the town hall, president obama says we have the aarp on board. the aarp which has 45 million members over 50 says not so fast here. the ceo says they have not endorsed any of the health care reform bill. aarp is launching a multi-million dollar advertising and organizing this to debunk myths pushed by health care reform critics. fbi investigating this graffiti outside dave scott. the democratic lawmaker found a swastika spray painted on a sign outside his office yesterday. the congressman was recently involved in a heated debate over health care. he believes the two are connected here. the congressman says he's received hate mail, death threats and offensive faxes since the debate on health care began. >> there is bubbling up under

this debate, unfortunately the overtones this presents of hate, racism, all these things, but we must have the resolve, hate, racism, this swastika cannot be the arbiter of this debate. congressman scott is hosting a town hall meeting saturday and says he hopes to find common ground for people on both sides of the health care debate. another story a lot of people are talking about today. a famous college basketball coach named as the target of an alleged $10 million extortion scheme. louisville men's basketball coach rick pitino is who we're talking about. he told police, yes, he did have sex with the woman accused of trying to extort money from him. according to the louisville courier journal, pitino, who is married, says he and the woman met and had sex in a restaurant back in 2003. when she told him two weeks later she was pregnant, he says he paid her $3,000 to get an abortion. the woman filed rape charges

against pitino last month avs she was charged with extortion. she's pleaded not guilty to those extortion charges but police say her story has been too inconsistent to formally charge pitino. fbi and homicide detectives in oakland, california are searching for a five-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who disappeared monday. take a moment, if you will, and look at your screen. this is hasani campbell. his foster father said he left him alone outside a shoe store where his fiance, the boy's aunt, worked. when he went outside the child was gone. officers say certainly he couldn't have gotten far on his own because he was wearing leg braces. so far no witnesses came forward to say they saw the boy anywhere around the shoe store. >> it is very difficult for me to believe, just applying common sense that a five-year-old little boy who has cerebral palsy, braces on both legs, he can barely walk could just walk away from the car and get lost. i don't see -- how could others not see him being taken from that car?

>> that's right, nancy. that's a very good question. so police are trying to see if, in fact, little hasanni campbell was taken away from the bmw that belonged to his foster parent. we have now learned it was his foster dad trying to drop him off at his biological aunt's shoe store. the fact that no one saw him walking around or being kidnapped is of grave concern. we don't know where he is at this moment but police are investigating, nancy. a little brought search dogs to the boy's home and removed what and to be a computer. his aunt got custody of him when her sister couldn't take care of him. she and her fiance are in the process of legally adopting him. two people went to the hospital after this helicopter crashed just north of atlanta this morning. local media reports the chopper went down behind a row of houses so far no report on what may have caused that crash.

also a small plane crashed into a stream outside suffolk, new jersey. it happened shortly after takeoff. the two men were hospitalized after the accident. authorities saying one of them may have a broken leg. divers in the hudson river have recovered the last two bodies from the air crash between a helicopter and sightseeing plane. police say the victims were in the wreckage of the plane pulled from the river yesterday. they said investigators will check whether the plane's controls and engine were working before the crash. they will also interview flight controllers in new jersey to try to piece together just what happened here. there is a big musical tribute to the king of pop. it will be staged september 26th. where else? an austrian palace. the michael jackson memorial concert shaping up to be just a mammoth event here. three hours, televised live around the world.

jackson's brother jermaine lined up the palace for the backdrop. austrian media reports artists could include madonna, u 2. why the castle? a little like neverland just bigger. a search on a pharmacy in las vegas in the michael jackson death investigation, a source familiar with that investigation told cnn jackson's doctor conrad murray bought the powerful anesthetic propofol from that pharmacy. another source said murray gave jackson that anesthetic in the 24 hours before the singer died. the fallout from the drug wars spills over into the u.s. military now, it seems. an army private is facing charges that he worked for a mexican drug cartel. what prosecutors say he did to an informant.

a u.s. army private is behind bars right now charged with being a contract killer for a mexican drug cartel. i know it sounds like a movie. michael jackson apodaca gunned down a drug dealer. following this story, what do you know? >> what's fascinating is it's another chilling example of the reach and influence and growing power of these mexican drug cart else. as you mentioned, three men, one of them a young u.s. soldier accused of carrying out this deadly hit. 18-year-old michael jackson apodaca, still wearing his military uniform, in handcuffs and chargeed with capital murder. el paso police said apodaca

fired the shot that killed this man three months ago outside his home in an upscale el paso neighborhood of the shooting victim was a mid level member of the juarez drug cartel but also an informant for american federal a little. >> what we do feel is this was retribution for the fact that the deceased person had pretty much gotten the person in trouble in juarez, this was retribution for the arrest. >> according to court documents he was hired and paid by doppler radar -- dorado, a member of the cartel. he paid him because he discovered the victim was talking to american authorities. >> i want to stress this was a payback situation and not something that's an ongoing type of battle like you see in mexico right now. so a whole lot different.

even though this is going to be considered to some diagnosis still we don't look at the same. >> he worked as a crew member that laumplgs patriot missiles. his family says they don't believe the charges against him. >> he's in the top of his class, talked to all the sergeants. he's a good soldier. before he went in, he was in with a bad crowd. >> authorities in el paso are quick to point out they do not believe this is a widespread problem in el paso. this was an isolated incident. that has been one of the sensitive issues for many authorities and people in el paso who feel they have been tainted by the violence just across the border in juarez, mexico. so they want to urge people to not have any fear over this particular situation. but as we've seen play out many times in shootsouts and other

violent episodes in juarez, a lot of times innocents have fallen victim to gunbattles. clearly a cause for concern in el paso. >> two things. do we know how much they were paid for this hit? secondly, they say it's not a bigger problem in el paso, but what about elsewhere? >> as far as how much apodaca and others are paid, police in el paso are saying they believe it's up near $10,000 for carrying out this hit. as far as the wider problem here, i've seen anecdotally covering a lot of these stories in the last year, border violence, you're saying more and more cases of you might hear about a soldier in a border town who turned a blind eye to people smuggling humans or drugs, various county officials, state officials along border communities that have been arrested and charged with

various corruption issues, so it seems anecdotally over the course of the last year where you've seen more and more of this. speaking with various officials at many different levels there is a concern that same talk of corruption we've talked so much about on the mexican side might begin to start creeping into the u.s. side of this equation. >> all righty. boy, keeping eyes open, obviously. thank you so much ed lavendera, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> a doctor's group defying pressure from the white house with an ad campaign. have you seen this yet? it features this girl named jasmine who asked, president obama's daughters get healthy school lunches, why don't i? he told them the president's kids are off limits in advertising. the lawyer says they are on solid legal ground and running the ad to the end of the month. the group is pushing for more fruits and vegetables in public schools. eleven years ago the earth's

population stood at 6 million. by next year it could hit 7 billion. most of the increase will come in developing countries in some of the poorest nations. the group says 97 of the population increase in the next 40 years will be in asia, latin america and caribbean. a skyrocketing world population is apparently affecting the environment. statisticians at oregon state university say the carbon footprint of extra children is 20 times higher than other unfriendly environmental practices like recycling, using high energy appliances. that led to scientists calling for people to save the planet by having fewer kids. so what do you think about that when you hear it? should people have fewer children to reduce the carbon footprint? call or e-mail or text the word

"views" your comments and name to hln. thank you for sharing your opinions with us. standard text rates apply, just so you know. police say these guys pulled off a multi-million dollar robbery pretty much in front of everybody. find out how they did it.

i'm jane velez-mitchell and here is my issue. we have to feel for the husband who lost his wife, his young daughter and nieces in that horrific drunk driving accident in new york. his wife was bombed and high when she killed eight people including herself. now her husband's job, finances, all in jeopardy. his surviving son is injured and he's been investigated by child services. it makes you wonder why he ever called that news conference saying the coroner's toxicology report on his wife was just plain wrong, that she could not have been drunk. he made excuses for his wife's actions. all that did was draw attention to this case. denial is a very dangerous thing. but instead of having blinders on, this grieving husband should be asking himself why he didn't see this coming. i'm jane velez-mitchell and

that's my issue. >> find out what else grinds jane's gears. watch issues with jane velez michelle here on hln. we're getting the first look at the aftermath of a prison riot in california. look at these pictures. hundreds of inmates tore bathroom sinks off the walls, shredded beds, set fire to a courtyard. this happened over the weekend. 250 inmates were hurt, 50 taken to the hospital with serious injuries. that prison is still under a state of emergency. meanwhile rescuers are defying treacherous floodwaters to reach typhoon survivors in taiwan. look at this video of a worker swept around in the rapids as he tried to reach a cutoff. typhoon morakot is considered the most destructive in 50 kbreers. it killed 53 people, hundreds more missing or dead. it wiped out villages in

southern and central taiwan. people have been stranded for days waiting for help there. police say one man has been arrested in connection with one of the biggest robberies in british suspect is not one of the two well dress men shown on that security video you just saw. there it is. they are still at large. the suspect wore a suit as they walked into this upscale jewelry store in london last week. witnesses say they pulled out guns and took $65 million worth of jewelry and then fired two gunshots into the ground as they escaped. this happened in a busy area, too during the day but the men still got away. >> very distinctive. i'm hoping someone will know who it is. and ring us and tell us who it is. >> the suspects apparently used at least three get-away cars. thankfully no one was hurt. you heard a woman attacked the mona lisa painting in paris. yeah. she threw an empty mug at the

mona lisa last week. the mug shattered. it didn't damage the painting because it is behind protective glass but did crack the glass. police say the woman went to a s psychiatric ward. after nearly two years of economic uncertainty, financial experts say they are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. most believe the recession is over or will end very soon. only one group, national bureau recession over and it has not done so. the federal reserve, though will announce its decision at 2:15 on whether to raise its benchmark interest rate. right now it is ranging between zero and a quarter of a percentage point. and that's not expected to change. investors will be watching for signs of whether the fed believes the recession is indeed ending. officials busted suspected

dogfighting ring in indiana. how many dogs they found and we will tell you more about their condition.

president obama accuses his opponents of using scare tactics in the debate over health care reform. what critics of the overhaul are saying at the town hall meeting today. man hunt under way for a disabled 5-year-old boy that vanished two days ago in oakland where the fbi is now searching for clues. and should people have fewer kids in order to protect the environment? we are going to get your views on a very hot button issue. hi, everybody. the latest from hln. so far today tempers have not boiled over but people across the country are still fired up about the issue. one town hall meeting was moderated from republican

senator grassley in winterset. >> nowhere in the constitution where health care is right. not even the general welfare clause of the reamble forcing people to take insurance or fired if they don't take insuran insurance. messing with health care does not promote the general welfare. fining small businesses if they don't cover their employees does not promote the general welfare. i want proof out of washington. i want to hear it from obama. i want to hear it from pelosi and company how this is about we the people and not about taking money out of the free enterprise capital its tuck system that made us a great country and putting it in government's pockets. >> chuck grassley is deeply involved in health care reform bargaining. another senator, another town

care, town hall health care meeting now, this is a live picture from hagerstown, maryland. a session about to begin and hosted by democrat ben cardin. we are watching this one for fireworks because people have been standing in extremely long lines. most of them want to get inside. a lot of them carrying signs. we have to tell you he has to shout through the majority of a town hall meeting yesterday at towson university near baltimore. so we will see what develops. we are going bring you highlights from this town hall meeting. senator ben cardin appearing right now in hagerstown, maryland. president obama is fighting what he calls the health care reform scare tactics head-on. at a town hall meeting yesterday in portsmouth, new hampshire, he accused special interests of using their influence to scare and mislead people. the president plans to hold more town halls, one in montana, another in colorado later this week. the white house launched a website to counter critics. during a town hall yesterday the president said, quoted, we have the aarp onboard. well, the aarp, 40 million

members strong, people over 50 can belong, says not so fast. its coo says the group has not endorsed any of the health care reform bills. aarp is launching a multimillion dollar ad and organizing blitz along with a website to debunk myths being pushed by some health care reform critics. the fbi's investigating graffiti found outside the office of georgia congressman david scott. yesterday the democratic lawmaker found a swastika spray painted on the sign outside his suburban atlanta office. the congressman was involved in a very heated debate over health care. and he believes the two are connected. he's hosting another town hall meeting on saturday and he said he's working to bring people on both sides of this debate together. >> i'm in the middle of this. i am very much in the middle of being a part of the glue that brings these things together. i'm the only member of congress that is a member of the blue dog coalition and the congressional black caucus and the new

democrats. i cover the waterfront. i'm in a position and that's what i want to do. >> since the health care debate began scott says he received hate mail, death threats, and offensive mail. a famous basketball coach is being named in the target of a $10 million extortion scheme. louisville men's basketball coach rick pitino told police he did have sex with a woman accused of trying to extort money from him. according to the louisville courier journal, who is married, with children, says he and the woman met and had sex in 2003 in a restaurant. when she told him two weeks later she was pregnant he said he paid her $3,000 to get an abortion. the woman then filed rape charges against pitino last month after she was charged with extortion. she pleaded not guilty to extortion. the police say her story has been too inconsistent to charge coach pitino. the police arrest ad soldier working as a hit man for a mexican drug cartel.

five at first class michael jackson abudaka was one of three men arrested. suspects in a shooting death of a member after cartel working as an informant for the u.s. the fbi and homicide detectives in oakland, california, are searching for a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy that disappeared. campbell's father says he left the boy alone outside of a shoe store. the boy's haunt where she was working. when he got back outside the child was gone. officers say he couldn't have gone far on his own. he wears a leg brace. so far no witnesses have come forward to say that they saw the boy anywhere around the shoe store. >> it is very difficult for me to believe, applying common sense, that 5-year-old little boy who has cerebral palsy, braces on both legs, can barely walk, could just walk away from the car and get lost. i don't see it. how could other not see him being taken from that car.

>> that's right, nancy. it is a very good question. the police are trying to see if, in fact, little hasanni campbell was take away from the bmw that belongs to his foster parents. it is his foster dad trying to drop him off at his biological aunt's shoe store. the fact no one saw him walking around or being kidnapped is of great concern. we don't know where she at the moment. police are investigating, nancy. >> again, no witnesses. agents brought search dogs to the boy's home yesterday and removed a computer. the aunt got custody of him when her sister couldn't take care of him. she and her fiance are in the process of legally adopting the boy. two people went to the hospital after a helicopter crashed north of atlanta this morning. local media reports the chopper went down behind a row of houses. so far there has been no report on what might have caused the crash. a small plane crashed into a stream outside of sussex, new jersey, this morning. the new jersey state police say

the crash occurred just after takeoff. the two men onboard were hospitalized after the accident. the authorities say one of them may have a broken leg. the divers in the hudson river recovered the last two bodies from that mid air crash last weekend between a helicopter and sightseeing plane. the police say the victims were in the wreckage of the plane which was pulled from the river yesterday. the ntsb chief says investigators will check whether the plane's controls and engine were working before the crash. they will also interview flight controllers in new jersey to try to piece together what caused it. the plane took off from the airport at teterboro. we watched monday as bystanders frantically tried to save a mother whale in south florida that beached herself along the shoreline. unfortunately their efforts failed and now preliminary reports indicate the mother was suffering from pneumonia, parasites, and not eaten in at least five days. marine scientists also say she wasp producing enough milk to feed her 6-month-old calf which had to be euthanized after the mother whale died. new documents show karl rove

and others in the bush white house played a key role in the firing of some u.s. attorneys. the bush administration always said the firings were the decision of the department of justice. transcripts of closed door congressional testimony indicate roe was deeply involved in the federal prosecutor in albuquerque, mexico. the documents shows politics were not behind the dismissals. the plot of a hollywood thriller came to real life yesterday in london. that's where thieves pulled off the largest jewelry heist in england's history. what happened and how much ice the thieves made off with.

the earth's population stood at 6 billion a little over ten years ago. by 2011 it could hit 7 billion. the reference bureau says most of the increase will come in developing countries and some of the poorest nations. the group says 97% of the population increase in the next 40 years will occur in asia,

africa, latin america, and the caribbean. the skyrocketing world population also affects the environment and the carbon footprint. researchers of oregon state university say the footprint of extra kids is 20 times higher than other environmentally friendly practices like recycling, driving a high-mileage car, using energy efficient appliances and that's led some scientists to call for people to say the planet by having fewer kids. what do you think about that? should people have fewer children to help reduce the environmental impact that carbon footprint? call us now toll free. 87-835-5456. what's the effect of all these people on the planet? you can e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. standard text rates apply. we will air your responses all day today. rescuers are defying treacherous floodwaters to reach survivors in taiwan.

this is video of an emergency worker swept way in the rapids as he tried to reach a cutoff village. he clung to debris until he was eventually pulled to safety. typhoon morakot is considered taiwan's most destructive storm in 50 years. it killed more than 100 people and hundreds more are missing and feared dead. it wiped out entire villages in the southern and central parts of taiwan. people have been stranded for days waiting for help. i-reporter grace chin is a volunteer with one of the aid organizations helping people helping the relief effort in taiwan. chen works with a foundation that has been distributing supplies, setting up free decline sxiks visiting homes and doing disaster assessment after typhoon morakot hit the island. there is a push for workers to be mindful of sanitation hygienic issues that may arise due to the conditions. they are encouraged to be on the lookout for signs of a swine flu outbreak since epidemic diseases breed environments after flooding like this. providing clean water and medical treatments of those remote areas are the main

efforts now. already he volunteers and prepares and delivers more than 200,000 hot meals and 6,000 relief kits with toiltritris and food. the group is trying to emergency cash for households. many, many thanks to chen for the i-report. if you happen to be where breaking news occurs are or you have a great story to share to the world, go ireport.com and click on the outer loop load link. you will get the instructions how to submit your stories. a brawl at fenway. boston hosting detroit, three players hit on monday and the teams picked up where they left off. the pitcher almost hit boston victor martinez who doesn't like it. and the second inning, he beans kevin youkilis who charges the mound and the been muches clear. here we go. >> to the mound. here we go. >> fight on at fenway. >> the umpires may have will he

it get out of hand. they never issued a single warning monday or last night. check this out. lebron james told 50 kids he mid a half-court shot they would get free nike shoes. this was at state farm's headquarters in bloomington, illinois. boy has to scramble to get shoe sizes for all the kids. for decades aspirin, humble aspirin, has been the wonder drug. some doctors now believe the chief painkiller could help people with one type of cancer.

a new massive operation in afghanistan. going on the offensive trying to dislodge the taliban fighters from their longtime base in the southern part of the country. also, trying to improve security especially around voting sites because the presidential election is just days away. the associated press reports at least seven insurgents have been killed in heavy fighting that u.s. troops are trying to cut the taliban supply lines. we are getting a first look at the aftermath of the prison riot in southern california. hundreds of inmates tore bathroom sinks from walls and shredded beds and set fire to a courtyard over the weekend. 250 inmates were hurt. 50 were taken to hospitals with serious injuries. and the prison is still under a state of emergency. a grand jury indicted seven men accused of killing a florida couple known for adopting special needs children. the murder charges mean

prosecutor could seek the death penalty if they are convicted. they are expected in court tomorrow more formal arraignment. one woman is charged as an accomplice in the case. she pleaded not guilty. in another development the victims 'familily say the suspect left behind a safe containing $164,000 and some antique jewelry. that is different from rumors there were $12 million in the house at the time. police say one man has been arrested in connection with one of the biggest robberies in british history. scotland yards says the suspect is not one of those two well-dressed men shown in the security videos. still at large. the suspect did wear suits as they walked into the upscale jewelry store last week at london. witnesses say they pulled out guns and took $65 million worth of jewelry and fired two rounds into the ground as they escaped, sort of to punctuate it. it happened in a busy area during the day but the men still got away. >> fairly distinctive.

i'm hoping somebody is going to see who that is and ring us and tell us who it is. >> the suspects used at least three getaway cars. nobody was hurt. a big musical tribute to the king of pop will occur september 26th at an austrian palace. the michael jackson memorial concert is shaping up as a huge event. three hours televised live around the world. his brother, jermaine, lined up vienna's ancient palace for the backdrop. austrian media report artists could include madonna, lionel richie, whitney houston, to name just several. why the castle? jermaine says it is a little like neverland but much bigger. following up the search of the las vegas pharmacy we talked about yesterday, a source familiar with the investigation told cnn that jackson's doctor, conrad murray, bought the powerful anesthetic propofol from that pharmacy.

people with colorectal cancer may be able to significantly reduce their risk of dieing from the disease simply by taking aspirin and not much of it. in a new study from harvard medical school doctors found aspirin blocked an enzyme that may spread the most common type of colon tumor and saw this in patients who were already taking aspirin regularly so scientists say more research is needed. aspirin is already recommended for helping prevent heart attacks and strokes you might soon have a longer drive to go to the bank. industry analyst space banks are considering closing some of their local branches looking for losses on credit cards and real estate loans. the fed has an important meeting today and should announce whether it raise the benchmark interest rate. it ranges between nothing and a quarter of a percentage point. that's not expected to change. investors will be watching for signs of whether the fed believes the recession is ending. if you can't pay your credit card bills, don't give up yet.

clark howard says negotiation can be the key to climbing your way out of debt. here's clark. >> you know there are millions of americans who for any number of reasons are having trouble making their credit card payments right now. well, i have some great news for you. if you can't pay the bill and really there's no chance you ever feel you will be able to pay them, do you know that now more than ever you can negotiate? i have seen several published reports recently about the great success people are having who have fallen hoynd credit card debt negotiating a dealing directly with the credit card companies. you don't need to hire somebody to do it. you can do it yourself. not a game. not a gimmick. the credit card company looks at you as having no chance of paying off your debt once you hit six months that you are overdue. so if you are in a position to come up with some kind of offer to a credit card company, make it. what's the worst they can say? no.

by the way, if you do work out a deal, make sure you have it in writing before you pay a penny. i'm clark howard. for more money saving tips to teach.com/hln. a guy that will save you more and spend less and avoid getting ripped off. there is a dazzling immediator shower occur thing week in north america, the best time to view it is before dawn -- was before dawn this morning. here is what some people have already seen. >> it was very, very bright. brighter than lightning because it lit up the whole backyard. it lit up the inside of the house. but it was like two seconds. >> astronomer space the annual event noticed the shower may have up to 100 meteors per hour during its peak. a nonprofit group is making the obama girls part of a new ad xhin promoting healthy school

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tempers rising in western maryland. another senator and another health care town hall meeting under way. this is in hagerstown, community college. hosted by democrats ben cardin. >> have private insurance, stay in the private insurance plan. >> thank you. >> i'm going ask the audience to remember to respect all sides of this issue. >> senator cardin, you are in direct conflict with james madison on the general welfare interpretation. >> your question? >> the question is under your and congress' involvement in our lives, you racked up $12 trillion of debt. you are adding to it now.

structurally, the "usa today" report puts it out, $99 trillion in debt. how are you going to look at my children in their eyes and tell them they are going to have a better future with $99 trillion? say it with me. $99 trillion that you and your core short. how are you going look at my children? >> i think this is a very important question. i think it is first of all -- we -- i think it is an important question as to the debt. if we don't get health care costs under control, our national debt will continue to grow. >> that's your answer? >> health care -- health care reform that brings down the growth rate of health care costs will help our children and grandchildren in affording

health care and having less debt. i said it before and i will say it again. i am not going to vote for any bill that adds to the national debt. >> it already has! >> and so it goes. hagerstown, maryland, not much different than a town hall meeting the senator hosted earlier at towson university outside baltimore. a lot of contentious commenters, a lot of the same issues and bullet points, if you will, being raised. we will continue to monitor that and bring you highlights from senator cardin's meeting in hagerstown. president obama is fighting what he calls the health care reform scare tactics head-on at a town hall in portsmouth, new hampshire, the president viewed special anlts of using the influence to scare and mislead people. the president plans to hold more town halls. one in montana and another in colorado. western colorado. later this week. the white house launched a website to counter critics. also, during a town hall yesterday, the president said we have the aarp onboard.

well, the aarp with 40 million members over 50 is saying not so fast. the coo says the group has not endorsed any health care reform bill yet. aarp is launching a multimillion dollar ad blitz along with a website to debunk myths being pushed by some health care reform critics. the fbi's investigating graffiti found outside of the office of georgia congressman david scott. the democratic lawmaker found a swastika spray painted on his sign outside of a suburban atlanta office yesterday. he was recently involved in a health care debate, very heated session. and he thinks the two events are related. the congressman said he's received hate mail, death threats, offensive faxes since the public debate on health care reform began. >> bubbling up under this debate, unfortunately, the overtone that this presents of hate, racism, of all of these things. but we must have the resolve that hate, racism, swastika, cannot be the arbiter of this

debate. >> the congressman holds a town hall meeting sat kay and said he's working to find common ground for people on both sides of the debate. a famous college basketball coach is being named as a target of an alleged $10 million extortion scheme. louisville cardinal basketball coach rick pitino told police that yes, he did have sex with a woman accused of trying to extort money from him. according to the louisville courier jurn ashlgs pitino, who is married with kids, says he and the woman met and had sex, consensual sex, in a closed restaurant. six years ago. when she told him two weeks later she was pregnant he says he paid her $3,000 to get an abortion. the woman, karen cypruser, filed rape charges against the coach last month after she was charged with ektortion. she pleaded not guilty to the charges. police say her story has been too inconsistent to charge rick pitino. the fbi and homicide detectives are busy in oakland, california, looking for a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy that disappeared monday.

his foster father said he left the boy alone outside after shoe store where his fiancee, the boy's aunt, works. when he went back outside the child was gone. officers say he couldn't have gotten far on his own because he wears a leg brace, two braces. so far no witnesses have come forward to say they saw the boy anywhere around the shoe store. >> it is very difficult for me to believe -- apply common sense -- a 5-year-old little boy who mass cerebral palsy, braces on both leg, he can barely walk could just walk away from the car and get lost. i don't see it. how could others not see him being taken from that car? >> that's right, nancy. that's a very good question. so the police are trying to see if, in fact, little hasanni campbell was taken away from the bmw that belongs to his foster parent. we believe it is his foster dad trying to drop him off at his

biological aunt's shoe store. the fact that no one saw him either walking around or being kidnapped is of grave concern. we don't know where he is at this moment. the police are investigating, nancy. >> agents brought search dogs to the boy's home yesterday and removed what appeared to be a computer. the aunt got custody of him when her sister couldn't take care of him. she said she and her fiance were in the process of legally adopting the boy. rescuers are defying treacherous waters to reach survivors in taiwan. video of an emergency worker swept away in the rapids as he tried to reach a cutoff village. he clung to debris until he was eventually pulled to safety. typhoon morakot is considered taiwan's most destructive storm in a half century. it killed morning 1100 people and hundreds more are feared hissing or dead. it wiped out entire villages. people now have been stranded for days waiting for help. forecasters are keeping a close eye on a tropical depression in the lat atlantic. it could be tropical storm in

the next few days. where is it headed? meteorologist chad myers joins us now to tell us exactly where the storm is and which way it is headed. chad? >> it is not that far from after cars chuck. it is headed to the west. a little bit farther than the north and west but we will get to that in a second. if this td number two turns into a storm, and it is only a couple miles per hour from it, it will be ana. there is the storm now. it is way out there. how far out there? hold this thing up. here is the entire atlantic ocean. we will zoom in and zoom out. this is -- as we get in here, stormpulse.com. it is a great website. there's africa. you can't even see -- can't even see miami. there's miami there. i am more worried about the next storm that is coming off of after can a, it doesn't have a name or number yet.

it could we will keep watching. i just know, you all have to know, hurricane season is coming. even though it has been slow to start. and we have our numbers that have gone down. hurricane forecasts have gone down by the number of storms expected. there is still going to be a hurricane season. there's still going to be ground delays as well. zoom out and bigger so you can see it. newark, boston, philadelphia, baltimore. seeing delays. la guardia, jfk, dulles, 35 to 45 minutes. and now charlotte at 15 minutes with a couple of showers there. white plains, 8:00 p.m. an hour or two, hour and 45 minutes. we talked all week last week how big this storm in the pacific was. called felicia. this thing just died off like you couldn't believe. ran into colder water as we expected and ran into sheer. pushed it apart. seeing a couple more clouds pop up today. but, you know what? at least, chuck, what i'm talking about 130, 140-mile-per-hour storm heading to hawaii. i'm glad it died just in time. >> you called it.

>> the forecasters did. the models did. >> you called it. i remember you doing it. chad, thanks. when it comes to preventing global warming some people recycle, use energy efficient appliances. but research out today indicates they should also avoid one more big thing. why having extra kids could be bad for the environment.

social networking invading every as peck of our lives. how about using twitter while giving birth? sarah williams is married to the twitter's ceo. while in labor yesterday she used the site to announce she was having contractions and using an i-phone ap to time them. the next update was to say that ap was not so useful when the

pain started. then when the pain got to be too much, she tweeted -- epidural, please! some critics don't think it is appropriate to share such an intimate moment but williams says it is a great way to include her friends and family. an attempt to match every single road on this planet two laser beams at a time. modest goal among the day's most popular stories at cnn.com and our own live anchor melissa long is here with more. talk about this. >> hi, chuck. i'm sure at some point you used google maps or map quest or gps to get from point a to point b successfully. well, we are learn being the company that actually makes all of this possible. we are taking you behind the scene with the company, with the employees, and that map out the streets and the roads across the globe. we went the scenes with that company. you can see the headline mapping the world one street at a time. and we have learned about the raw data that has been created and has been generated. it uses 300 vance with gadgets

galore and then they have cameras mounted on them. 360-degree cameras. they have a pair of laser beams as well. the lead engineers for the project says the goal is to map the entire world. lofty goal there. they are make something impressive progress as well. last year the 300 vans covered 350,000 miles. each one snapping more than 100 million images at of at the headquarters they analyzed the data and look for errors. of course, you would expect some errors to pop up and send off the maps to our cell phone computers. the next goal, this will be terrific. 3-d mapping. that was the purpose of the laser beams i mentioned. the laser beams are going to allow us all to travel from point a to point b eventually using 3-d map. >> oh, my. have you ever looked at a satellite map of your house? you can see the color of my deck furniture. >> a little too close. >> you are right. you can't see anybody. while we are scoring things,

discovery in the hall of fame lay as, getting attention. >> some 300 species have been discovered in the eastern himalayas. a project ongoing for ten years. it is part of the world's wildlife fund. there is concern that the new species that we have found could be in danger. it is largely inaccessible. a lot of discoveries have been hiding out there. we have learned about this snake. spectacular snake. it was discovered in 2002. we learned about flying frog that was discovered. bright green. there it is. shiny red feet. also, the world's smallest deer. just 60 centimeters tall. it is, again a tiny little deer. one of the profound discoveries in the eastern himalayas. they could be gone as soon as they were discovered. climate change, of the greatest concern, threatening the existence of many of the inhabitants in the eastern himalayas. want to find out more, go to

cnn.com/tech. >> little deer about this big. >> so precious. >> all right. little more than ten years ago the earth's population stood at 6 billion. is group says by 2011 could it reach 7 billion. the population says most of the increase will come from the developing countries and poorest nations. the group says that 97% of the population increased the next 40 years will occur in asia and africa and latin america and caribbean. the skyrocketing population, of course, affects the environment and not in a friendly way. statisticians at oregon state say the carbon footprint of the extra children is 20 times higher than other environmentally friendly practices like recycling, driving a high-mileage car, using an energy efficient appliance. that led scientists to call for people to save the planet by of population control? voluntary or otherwise. should we be having fewer kids to reduce the carbon footprint? call us.

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we are getting a first look at the aftermath of the prison riot over the weekend in clean oh california, where hundreds of inmates raped bathroom sinks from the wall, shredded beds, set fire to a courtyard, and 250 inmates were hurt. at least 50 of them with serious injuries. serious enough to be taken to a hospital. that prison is sometime under a state of emergency. a grand jury has indicted seven men accused of killing a florida couple known for adopting special needs children. the first-degree murder charges mean prosecutor could seek the death penalty against the suspects. they are expected in court tomorrow for arraignment. one woman is charged as an accomplice in the case and pleaded not guilty. in other development the victim's family says the suspect left behind a safe with 164,000 dollars and antique jewelry. that's far different from the rumors there were $12 million in the safe at the house. police say one man has been

arrested in connection with one of the biggest robberies in british history. and some of it is caught on tape or video. here it is. scotland yards said the suspect is not, not one of the two well-dressed men shown on this security video. and they are still at large. the suspects all wore fashionable suits as they walked into the upscale store last week in london. witnesses say they pulled out guns and took $65 million in jewelry and fired two gunshots into the ground as they escaped and happened in a busy area during the day. the men still got away. >> fairly distinctive. i'm hope something one is going to sign on and see say who that is and ring us and tell us who it is. >> the suspects used at least three getaway cars. nobody was hurt. people with comb only cancer may be able to significantly reduce their risk of dieing from the disease by taking aspirin. in a new study from harvard medical school, doctors found aspirin blocked an enzyme that may spread the most common type

of colon tomb score saw this in patients who are already taking aspirin regularly. so more research will be needed. aspirin is already recommended for for helping prevent heart attacks and strokes. a big musical tribute to the king of pop will be september 26th at an austrian palace. the michael jackson memorial concert is shaping up to be a huge event. the three-hour show will be televised live around the world. his brother jermaine lined up the palace for the backdrop. austrian media report the artist coz include madonna, u 2, whitney houston. jermaine jackson says the castle is a little like never land but bigger. following up at a search at a pharmacy in las vegas, a source familiar with the investigation told cn nsaid jackson's doctor bought the propofol from that pharmacy. another source said he gave

jackson the anesthetic in the 24 hours before he died. a woman attacked the mona lisa last week. and the mug shattered. it didn't damage the painting. it's behind protected glass but it did crack the glass. police say the woman went to a psychiatric ward. it's unclear why she targeted one of the most famous pieces of art in the world. you might soon have a longer drive to the bank. banks are considering closing some of their local branches losses on credit card and real estate loans. meanwhile, the federal reserve today announces a decision on whether to raise benchmark interest rate. it can hardly go lower. right now the rates range between zero and a quarter of a percentage point. that is not expected to change. investors will be watching for signs whether the fed believes the recession is ending. a not profit group is making the obama girls a part of a new

ad campaign to promote healthy school lunches. it's grabbed the attention of the white house.

president obama accuses his opponents of using scare tactics in the debate over health care reform. live pictures coming to you here. what critics of the overhaul are saying at town hall meetings today. that's one from a little earlier today. a manhunt is underway for a disabled 5-year-old boy who varnished two days ago in california. where the fbi is now searching for clues. and should people have fewer kids in order to present the environment? your views on this very controversial issue and we thank you so much for chiming in. i'm christi paul. happy hump day to you. here is the latest from hln news and views. let us get you informed today. live pictures here of senator

cardin's town hall meeting. these again are live pictures as he addresses his constituents. allegations though of scare tactics on health care reform are still taking center stage today at these meetings. so far, as far as we've been told, tempers haven't boiled over but people across the country still fired up about the issue. a town hall meeting in haggersville, maryland, that's what's happening right now. that's senator cardin there. compared to a few nights ago when the senator was loudly booed angiered at, people today have been a bit more civil. >> question as to the debt. if we don't get health care costs under control, our national debt will continue to grow. health care -- health care reform that brings down the growth rate of health care costs will help our children and grandchildren in affording

health care and having less debt. i said before and i'll repeat again, i am not going to vote for any bill that adds to the national debt. >> you already have. >> republican senator chuck grassley of iowa also holding several town hall meetings today. he's the ranking republican on the senate finance committee. so deeply involved will in the health care reform bargaining process, as well. and president obama is fighting what he calls those health care reform scare tactics, doing this head-on. at a town hall in portsmith, new hampshire, yesterday, he accused special interests of using influence to scare and mislead people. president obama plans to hold more town halls specifically in montana and colorado later this week. the white house is also launching a within site to counter critics. during the town hall yesterday, president obama said "we have the aarp on board. we want to clarify here. the aarp, which has 40 million members over 50 is saying in the

so fast here, its coo says the group has not endorsed any of the health care reform bills. it is launching a multimillion dollar advertising and organizing blitz along with a website to debunk myths pushed by health care reform critics. the fbi meanwhile is investigating this graffiti outside the office of georgia congressman david scott. the democratic lawmaker found the swastika spray painted on sign outside his office yesterday. it the congressman was recently involved in a heated debate over health care and believes that these would are connected. he's hosting a town hall meeting on saturday and working to find common ground for people on both sides of the health care debate. >> i'm in the middle of this. i am very much in the middle of bringing these diverging views together. i'm a member of the blue dog coalition, the congressional black caucus and the new demes.

i cover the waterfront. i'm in a position and that's what i want to do. >> he says he's received hate mail and death threats and offensive faxes since the debate on public health care reform began. a famous college basketball coach being named as the target of an alleged $10 million extortion scheme. that's louisville men's basketball coach rick pitino. he told police yes, he did have sex with a woman accused of trying to extort money from him. according to the louisville courier journal pitino says he and the woman met and had sex in a restaurant in 2003. when she told she was pregnant, she says he paid her $3,000 to get an abortion. the woman filed rape charges last month. and police say her story has been too inconsistent to charge pitino. police in texas have arrested a u.s. soldier who they

say was working as a hit man for a mexican drug cartel. 18-year-old private first class michael jackson apodaca was one of three men arrested monday in el paso. suspects in the shooting death of the member of the cartel who was working as an informant for the u.s. the fbi and homicide detectives in oakland, california, are searching for a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who disappeared on monday. if you could take a moment and look at your screen, this is hasani campbell. his foster father says he left the boy alone outside the shoe store where the boy's aunt, would and when he went back outside, the child was gone. officers say he won't have gotten far since he wears leg braces. so far, no witnesses have come forward to say they saw the boy anywhere around the shoe store. >> is very difficult for me to believe, just applying common sense that a 5-year-old little boy who has cerebral palsy,

braces on both legs, he can barely walk, could just walk away from the car, and get lost. i don't see it. how could others not see him being taken from that car? >> that's right, nancy. that's a very good question. the police are trying to see if, in fact, little hasanni campbell was taken away from the bmw that belongs to had i foster parent. it's his foster dad trying to drop him off at his biological aunt's shoe store. so the fact that no one saw him either walking around or being kidnapped is of grave concern. we don't know where he is at this moment. the police are investigating, nancy. >> the agents brought search dogs to the boy's home yesterday and removed what appeared to be a computer. he got custody of him when her sister couldn't take care of him. tonight on hln news and views," nancy grace is looking into new questions in that wrongway crash in new york that

killed eight people. toxicology tests have shown that the driver dine schuyler had a blood alcohol levelquiv lentz to ten drinks as well as evidence of recent marijuana use. news day reports the allegedly drunk mom was caught on security video acting normally just hours before driving the wrong way on the freeway. be sure to watch nancy at 8:00 eastern tonight as she breaks that down for you. big musical tribute to the king of pop going to be is takened on september 26th at an austrian palace. the michael jackson memorial concert is shaping up to be a mammoth event here. three hours live tell advised around the world. his brother lined up the schoenbrunn palace for the backdrop. artists could include lionel richie, madonna, whitney houston. jermaine says the castle is a little like neverland but a lot

bigger. and following up on the search at a pharmacy in las vegas yesterday that has to do with the michael jackson death investigation, a source familiar with that investigation told cnn jackson's doctor conrad murray bought the andness thetd tick propofol from that pharmacy. if last month another source alleged he gave jackson the andness thetd tick before the singer died. if you're thinking about going green, you might want to rethink becoming a parent again. how having extra kids could be bad for the environment. also, detroit has been called a food desert, a place where it's easier to buy beer than a head of lettuce. how urban farmers are trying to bring fresh produce to the city.

well, a little more than ten years ago, the earth's population stood at 6 billion. a research group now says by 2011, it could hit 7 billion. the population reference bureau

says most of the increase will come in developing countries and some of the poorest nations. the group says 97% of the population increase over the next 40 years, get this will happen in asia, africa, latin america, and the caribbean. and the sky roberting world population is also apparently affecting the environment. staticetises at oregon state university say the carbon footprints of extra children is 20 times higher than other environmentally friendly practices such as recycling, driving a high mileage car, using energy efficient appliances which has led some scientists to call for people to save the planet by having fewer children. so tell us what you think about this. should people, do you believe, have fewer children to help reduce their carbon footprint? call us at 1-877-tell-hln. we love to hear from you or e-mail us at cnn.com\hln. thank you so much.

it is so hard 0 find some food in detroit that it's been referred to as a grass tro nomcal desert. could urban farming be the answer in poppy harlow is in new york not hard to find food there, obviously. some really great restaurants and the like around new york. do tell us what's happening around detroit. >> when you look at detroit, you're looking at a city that's 140 square miles. it's vast. their population has fallen from about 2 million in the 1950s to just about 830,000 today. that leaves a lot of empty abandoned space. that's probably sparked more and more talk about urban farming. i hadn't heard of it till we visited detroit a few weeks ago. essentially large community gardens where people grow their own food. you're looking at one we visited. it's run by a foundation called earth works, about two acres. produces about 7,000 pounds of food every year and it's given access to some healthy food to a

lot of kids in detroit because that access is an issue in the city. there are some independent grocery stores in detroit. i've got to tell you, there is not one major supermarket chain in the entire city anymore. that is a big problem. take a listen. >> detroit has a huge public health issue in terms of healthy food access affecting our communities in a lot of ways. higher rates of diabetes and obesity, heart disease. so having healthy fresh food access being more widespread in the city is really important. >> but the recession, christi, is only making matters worse. detroit's social services agencies are reporting big spikes in food stamp applications and the number of people going to food banks reaching out to get food from the community. >> that is mind boggling there is not a major food chain. >> not one, not one. >> oh, my gosh. i have to wonder, is urban farming enough to feed the whole city? >> probably not, right?

but it could help. that's the point of this. earth works, other urban farms are donating a lot of produce to soup kitchens and some of the kids we talked to in these after school programs, they not only learn about healthy fresh food but take some of it home and can cook it with their families. take a listen. >> i have my own garden at home from what i learned here. >> once we had some and we made pancakes. >> one of those kids told me you should only go to mcdonalds or fast food restaurants once a year because we've learned you should eat healthy food. want to know what you think of this, what you think of other detroit stories we're doing. any detroit stories you think aren't getting enough attention. facebook.com/poppy harlow. it's an interesting phenomenon, urban farming in detroit. >> no kidding. thank you.

and remember, it's all on cnnmoney.com if you'd like to check out more. goog is getting a caffeine boost. they are singing the praises of the upcoming search platform called caffeine. people testing the beta version say it yields more results that are more relevant. google surprised the tech world by unveiling caffeine in a blog post. it could keep google ahead of microsoft. social networking is invading pretty much every aspect of our lives. so how about using twitter while giving birth? sarah williams just happens to be married to twitter's ceo. that might explain her motivation here. while in labor yesterday, she used the site to announce she was having contractions and using an iphone app to time them. the next update said that ap wasn't so useful when the pain

started. when the pain got to be too much, she tweeted epidural, yes, please. some critics don't think it's appropriate to share such an intimate moment but she felt it was a grade way to includes friends and family. from the very private to the public announcing the twitter opera. london's world famous opera house will be building the plot of a new piece based on tweets. fans are contributing to the libretta one line at a time that must meet twitter standards of a maximum 140 characters. the opera house says it's a way to get more people interested in the arm form. the plot taking shape is surreal and dramatic and one critic says no one should expect the tweets to produce a great opera however. a drunk dad is accused of using his son to pick sup women at a bar. hear why witnesses called police, in fact don't feel too bad for paula abdul. she won't be back on "american

idol" but reports say she could be back on tv this fall.

well, michigan police have arrest a man on charges he got drunk and took his 7-year-old son to the park to pick up women. hank winchester of affiliate wdiv has more. >> people enjoying a sunday afternoon here in out ca's grant park making calls to police after noticing a 7-year-old boy

bawling. a boy police say was being forced by his father to approach women. the goal? get daddy a date. listen to the 911 calls. >> i just talked to the kid. he was sitting on the sidewalk and he was crying and he says my dad's going to be mad at me because i can't get any single women to come to the car. >> how old is this kid? >> he's about 8 or 9. >> out ca 911. >> yes, hi, i'm at grant park and there's this trunk guy sending his kid out asking women to be the mother of his children. >> when police arrived they discovered the 48-year-old father intoxicated sitting in his car alone. we're not naming him to protect the child's identity. we're told the man is divorced and has joint custody of his son. he apparently forced his son to lie, telling women his mother had died and that his father was in desperate need of a female friend. >> dad orchestrated this. he would send him up to the different women and when he

would get turned down by the women, the 7-year-old would begin to cry and trying to see if they felt sorry for him and would go back to the car with him. >> thanks to hank winchester of wdiv. police say they will notify the county child protective services about this incident, in fact purchase the drunk dad isn't the only one accused of taking advantage of children. some say an ad campaign by a doctors' group is exploiting president obama's daughters, specifically. it features a schoolgirl named jasmine who asks president obama's daughters get healthy school lunches. why don't i? white house lawyers told the physician's committee for responsible medicine that the president's kids are off limits in advertising but the doctor's lawyer says they're on solid legal ground and running the ad through the end of the month. the group's pushing for more fruits and vegetables in public schools. about three hours from now, president obama will award the presidential medal of freedom to 16 people including sid no

poitiers, billie jean king and stephen hawking. the medal is the nation's highest civilian honor. these are the first president obama will hand out. others include senator ted kennedy and joseph loughery. kennedy won't attend the ceremony following the death of his sister unes shriver. "american idol" is not the last you will see of paula abdul, fans. entertainment weekly is reporting the former idol judge is in talks to guest star on ug "ugly betty" and courted by nbc and the producers of so you think you can dance." she will, fox and the show's producers apparently couldn't agree on a new contract. the fed leaves rates unchanged. analysts say it's a vote of confidence in the recovery saying economic activity is leveling out perhapsment. central bank also signaled it would soon end one of its

programs aimed at propping up the economy. last spring, nearly eight in ten americans had a favorable opinion of former alaska governor sarah palin. suddenly that's changed. what a new poll is saying about her popularity in the gop. . they said it would never last.

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reform that brings down the growth rate of health care costs will help our children and grandchildren in affording health care and having less debt. i said before and i'll repeat again, i am not going to vote for any bill that adds to the national debt. >> you already have. >> republican senator chuck grassley of iowa is holding several town hall meetings today, in fact. he's the ranking republican on the senate finance committee and is deeply involved in the health care reform bargaining process. but here's pictures from that earlier today. president obama meanwhile is fighting what he calls those health care reform scare tactics head-on. in new hampshire yesterday,' accused special interests of using their influence to scare and mislead people. president obama plans to hold more town halls in montana and colorado later this week. the white house has also launched a website to counter critics. and also during the town hall

yesterday, president obama said "we have the aarp on board." we need to clarify. the aarp, which has 40 million members over 50, is now saying not so fast. it's coo says the group has not endorsed any of the health care reform bills. it is launching a multimillion dollar advertising and organizing blitz to debunk migs pushed by some health care reform critics. the fbi is investigating right now this graffiti outside the office of georgia congressman david scott. the lawmaker found a swastika spray painted on the sign outside his office yesterday. he was recently involved in a heat the debate over health care and believes the two are connected here. he's hosting a town hall meeting on saturday and says he's working to find common ground for people on both sides of this debate. >> i'm in the middle of this. i am very much in the middle of being a part of the glue that brings these diverging views

together, only member of congress that's a member of the blue dog coalition, the congressional black caucus and the new demes. i cover the waterfront so i'm in a position and that's what i want to do. >> scott says he's received hate mail, death threats and an offensive faxes since the public debate began. let's talk some numbers, shall we? sarah palin's luster, it appears may be dimming. at least somewhat. a new poll to tell you about on the former alaska governor. deputy political director paul steinhauser is joining us now. paul, glad to see you. what are her numbers looking like? >> they are dropping. her favorable, a brand-new poll out this afternoon from cnn opinion research corporation. a national survey that we did, and you can see 39% of americans according to our poll give her the thumbs up. that's down. check that out down from 46%s in may. you can see her unfavorables are up at 48% right now up from 43%

in may. where is this coming from? actually, it's coming from fellow republicans and look at this next poll right here. you can see that two-thirds of republicans give the former alaska governor and last year's republican vice presidential nominee a favorable opinion down from an overwhelming eight in ten back in may, christi. >> any hints to what may be behind this drop? maybe since she left her post as governor? >> that could be. one part of it definitely because we took that first poll in may and since then as you remember last month, she stepped down as alaska governor with a year and a half left in her first term and some people were critical of that move. one thing that probably isn't behind these numbers is her comments she made last week about the president obama's health care reforms and how he would have death panels. we took this poll before she made those comments on facebook and before she got a lot of controversial media attention over those comments, christi. >> thank you for keeping us in the loop there, paul.

we appreciate it. >> thank you. you heard about this one yet? a famous college basketball coach being named as the target of an alleged $10 million extortion scheme. louisville men's basketball coach rick pitino told police yes, did he have sex with a woman accused of trying to extort money from him. according to the louisville courier journal, pitino says he and the woman met and had sex in a restaurant back in 2003. when she told him two weeks later she was pregnant, he says he paid her $3,000 to get an abortion. she filed rape charges against him just last month after she was charged with extortion. she's pleaded not guilty to those charges but police say her story has been too inconsistent to actually charge pitino. police in texas have arrested a u.s. soldier who they say was working as a hit man for a mexican drug cartel. 18-year-old private first class michael jackson apodaca was one

of three men arrested monday in el paso. a suspect in the shooting death of a member of the cartel working as an informant for the u.s. rescue yours are trying to reach typhoon survivors in taiwan. this is the view of an emergency worker as he tried to reach a cutoff village. he clung to debris till he was pulled to safety. the typhoon is considered the most destructive storm in 50 years. wiped out entire villages in the southern and central parts of taiwan and people have been stranded for days just waiting for help. earlier this week, we showed you these compelling live images of a frantic whale rescue off the coast much miami. the mother whale died and her calf later euthanized. we know a lot more now what happened and why that larger whale just didn't make it.

well, we watched monday as bystanders frantically tried to save a mother whale that had beached herself along the flor shoreline. unfortunately, of course, their effortses failed and now preliminary reports indicate the mother was suffering from pneumonia. parasites and hadn't eaten in five days. look at the crowd that gattered there to watch this attempted rescue. marine scientists also say she wasn't producing enough milk to feed her 6-month-old old calf which had to be euthanized after the mother died. sad situation. folks in wellington, new

zealand, may have been shocked to see an iceberg nearly eight yards long and five and a half feet high floating in oriental bay. our i-reporter mico santos sent us video. it was all part of an anonymous art group's effort to make people aware of global warming. it was a replica that was the creation of the same specialty company that did work for the "lord of the rings" trilogy. the artist said they were trying to shock people into doing something. the prop was put in by professionals. it was clear of all shipping lanes. thank you so much, mico, we appreciate seeing that. we want to invite you when you have pictures or video of cool stories, go to cnn.com, click on i-report and find complete instructions how to submit your stories to cnn. an attempt to map every single road on the entire planet

two laser beams at a time. modest goal, right? that's among the day's most popular stories on cnn.com and cnn.com's reggie aqui has been deal, right? >> we use these things all the time, google maps, map quest. at least i have and ever wondered how does this data get into their systems. now we have the answer. these are basically the companies that provide the raw data that eventually make their way to map quest and google maps and that sort of thing. we were able to be go behind the scenes with a company called teleatlas and they use vans that are more unusual with cameras on them, laser beams and those cameras can make a 360 view of the areas that they are mapping and the lead engineer says the goal here is to try and map the entire world. they're not there yet but making

progress. so far, the 300 vans have covered 350,000 miles and each one of those vans has snapped more than 100 million images. so then back at headquarters they send this data in. the map specialists will analyze them, see if there's any problems with the data and errors and then they send it off to companies that use it to create the maps. nept goal for the company is to create 3 d maps. th's what the lasers are for reflecting off of structures and record the contours of everything along the road to help them in that goal. so you want to know, now you know. >> now we know. let's talk about exploring some new places here because i can't wait to see the pictures of these discoveries in the himalayas. >> you think by now, we would know every creature that exists. we have a lot of scientist who's did this sort of work but we haven't. newly discovered species in the himalayas. we have a couple of pictures of two of them. the first one is interesting and

this is by the way coming from a decade of research from the world wildlife fund. eastern himalayas, largely inaccessible to humans. that's why it's so long since we've seen the creatures. the leafed deer -- that's a snake. maybe the leafed deer would eat that snake. the deer is the tiniest of its species and the oldest as far as we know only measuring about two feet. here's another animal we didn't know existed before, a flying frog. you've heard of a flying squirrel but a flying frog is a new thing for us. it has webbed feet allowing the frog to glide when falling. here is the sad part about all this. it's a good thing we're getting photos now because the world wildlife foundation says that it could be that these animals will only be around for a few more years. they worry about the impact of climate change on these animals and their environment. you can learn more about these animal biz going to

cnn.com/tech. on a totally different note before i leave you, want to let you know on cnn.com live today i interviewed nene leaks from the real housewives of atlanta." we'll have that video later this afternoon. it was a juicy conversation. >> you know what? with you involved, i don't doubt it. you are so up on that. he keeps me informed, people, on that stuff, trust me. >> it was a good one. >> i count on reggie for this. i'll be watching. thank you. >> sure. there is, by the way, since we're talking about visions of these little animals, take a look at a dazzling meteor shower happening this week. in north america the best view was before dawn this morning. here's what some people have seen. >> it was very, very bright, brighter than lightning because it lit up the whole backyard and the inside of the house. but it was like two seconds. >> yeah, you didn't want to blink or you'd miss it.

t persiad shower may have up to 100 meteors per hour during his peak. we're learning more about this huge michael jackson tribute concert. organizers say it is a mammoth undertaking. what we know about when it will happen and most surprisingly possibly why it's being is takened in austria.

the fbi and homicide detectives in oakland, california, are searching for a 5-year-old boil with cerebral palsy who disappeared on sunday. this is hasanni campbell. his foster father says he left the boy alone outside the shoe store where the boy's aunt, would and when he went back outside, the child was gone. an intense search for him going on right now. officers say he couldn't have gotten far on his own since he wears leg braces. no witnesses have come forward to say they saw the boy anywhere around the shoe store though. >> it is very difficult for me to believe just applying common sense that a 5-year-old little boy who has cerebral pals su,

braces on both legs, he can barely walk, could just walk away from the car and get lost. i don't see it. and how could others not see him being taken from that car? >> that's right, nancy. that's a very good question. so the police are trying to see if in fact little hasanni campbell was taken away from the bmw that belongs to his foster parent. we have now learned it's his foster dad trying to drop him off at his biological aunt's shoe store. so the fact that no one saw him either walking around or being kidnapped is of grave concern. we don't know where he is at this moment. the police are investigating, nancy. >> in fact, at this moment it, want to bring you live pictures, live aerial shots. obviously we'll see if the camera will pan back down. there are officers looking for this bias we speak in the neighborhood there. agents brought search dawes, too, to the boy's home yesterday and rehoofed what appeared to be a computer.

his aunt got custody when her sister couldn't take care of him and she says she and her fiance are in the process of legally adopting him. a big musical tribute to the king of pop will be staged september 26th at an austrian palace. the michael jackson memorial concert shaping up to be just a huge event. the three-hour show will be televised live around the world. jackson's brother jermaine lined up vienna's ancient schoenbrunn palace for the bash. media are reporting the artists could include whitney houston, madonna. jermaine jackson says the cas is a little like neverland, just much bigger. following up, after the search of a pharmacy in las vegas yesterday, a source familiar with it told cnn dr. conrad murray brought the powerful anesthetic propofol

from that will pharmacy. social networking is invading pretty much every aspect of our lives pretty much. how about using twitter while giving birth? she just happens the to be married to the twitter ceo. she used the site to announce she was having contractions, using an iphone app to time them. then when the pain got to be too much she tweeted epidurl, yes please. >> williams says it was a great way to include her friends and family. to each his own, of course. from the very private to the very public. announcing the twitter opera. london's world famous opera house is building the plot of a new piece based on tweets. they are contributing one line

at a time. the line must meet twitter standards of a maximum 140 characters. the opera house says it's a way to get more people interested in the art form. one official says the plot taking shape is surreal and dramatic. "american idol" is not the last you'll see of paula abdul. "entertainment weekly" reporting she's in talks to guest star on abc's "ugly betty" and something with fox's "so you think you can dance." congratulations to oscar and grammy winner jennifer hudson, she's a new mom. she and her fiancee welcomed their first son, named daniel jr. the baby is beautiful and perfect. got a great voice, too, i bet. you've heard of the cash for clunkers program. find out who is not so thrilled

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president obama accuses opponents of using scare tactics in the debate over health care reform. what critics of the overhaul are saying at the town hall meetings today. a man hunt under way for a disabled 5-year-old boy in oakland who vanished two days ago. where the fbi is searching now for clues. and should people have fewer kids in order to protect the environment? we'll get your views on a very obviously controversial issue. hi, everybody. the latest from hln news and views. midweek. i'm chuck roberts. after nearly two years of economic uncertainty, financial experts say they are seeing light at the end of the tunnel. the "wall street journal" reports most economists it surveyed believe the recession is either over or will end soon.

only one group can officially declare the recession over. it has yet to do so. the federal reserve today decided to leave short-term interest rates unchanged at a target rate between zero and a quarter of one percent. the central bank said they will soon end a program aimed at propping up the economy. town hall meetings on health care reform take center stage again today. people across the country are still fired up about the issue. case in point, the town hall meeting today in western maryland. compared to a few nights ago when senator ben cardin was loudly booed and cheered. still momentary outbursts like when the senator addressed care for the elderly. >> working with the same set of facts. in the house -- one of the house committees that has reported a bill, they put a provision in there basically to try to help families make their own decisions rather than government

dictating what happens. it's really for individual choice. that is what type of care do you want? you and your doctors should make the decisions on your health care needs. not the government. the provisions -- the provisions specifically allow you to be reimbursed under medicare for a consultation with your doctor as to what care you want. i can assure you that i'm not going to vote for any bill to cut off care to someone who is in need of care. and wants care. i won't vote for that bill. >> he was referring to claims that the so-called death panels the government might set up will decide who will live or die. chuck grassley of iowa has been holding several town hall meetings of his own across the state. one is scheduled to begin shortly. here's one that got pretty animated. this is in winterset, iowa.

just southwest of des moines. when a woman said in her opinion health care isn't a right. >> like i said. i'm a dumb southern iowa red neck. i see nowhere in the constitution where health care is a right. >> we will have a bill through the united states senate. probably not one i would have voted for. so if anybody criticizing me for negotiating, you've got six weeks to look a bill that you wouldn't otherwise have, and i don't think that you would have 150 people at my town meeting, or maybe 300 people here at my town hall meeting. >> chuck grassley is deeply involved in health care reform bargaining. kansas congressman dennis moore who represents kansas city said he's been getting death threats on the plan to overhaul health care. he called police after being threatened twice in the last ten days. because of the threats, moore, who is an army veteran, is not holding town hall meetings on health care. he's sending out surveys to

constituents in kansas. he's also taking opinions from voters by phone and e-mail. the fbi is investigating the graffiti outside the office of georgia congressman david scott. the democratic lawmaker found this spray painted on his sign. he was recently involved in a heated debate over health care and believes the two are connected. he's received hate mail, death threats and offensive faxes since the public debate on health care reform began. >> there is bubbling up under this debate, unfortunately. the overtones is this hate, racism, all of these things. but we must have the resolve that hate, racism, this swastika cannot be the focus of the ze bait. >> david scott is hosting a town hall meeting on saturday. he's working to find common ground for people on both sides of the health care debate. it could be just a matter of time before another home grown attack like the oklahoma city bombing occurs in the u.s.

according to a new report by the southern poverty law center it says right-wing militias are popping up at an alarming rate after a decade of decline. 50 new militia training groups have emerged in two years. in texas police have arrested a young u.s. soldier who was working as a hitman for a mexican drug cartel. the 18-year-old was one of three men arrested monday in el paso. they're suspects in a shooting death for a member of the cartel working as an informant for the u.s. a very famous basketball coach is the target of a $10 million extortion scheme. he said he did have consensual sex with a woman accused of trying to extort money from him. pitino, who is married with children, said he and the woman met and had sex in a restaurant in 2003. when she told him two weeks later she was pregnant he said he paid her $3,000 to get an

abortion. the woman filed rape charges last month get pitino after she was charged with extortion. she's pleaded not guilty to the charges. police say her story has been too inconsistent to charge the coach. the fbi and homicide detectives in oakland still searching for a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who disappeared on monday. the foster father said he left the boy alone outside a shoe store where his fiancee, the boy's aunt works. and when he got back outside the child was gone. officers say he couldn't have gotten far on his own. he wears leg braces. no witnesses have come forward to say they saw the boy anywhere around the shoe store. >> it is very difficult for me to believe, just applying common sense, that a 5-year-old little by who has cerebral palsy, braces on both legs, he can barely walk, could just walk away from the car and get lost. i don't see it. and how could others not see him

being taken from that car? >> that's right, nancy. that's a very good question. so the police are trying to see if in fact the boy was taken away from the bmw that belongs to his foster parent. it's his foster dad that was trying to drop him off at his biological aunt's shoe store. the fact that no one saw him walking around or being kidnapped is of grave concern. we don't know where he is at this moment. police are investigating. agents brought search dogs to the home yesterday and removed what appeared to be a computer. the aunt got custody when the sister couldn't take care of him. she and her fiancee are in the process of legally adopting him. divers in the hudson river in new york have recovered the last two bodies. the victims were in the wreckage of the fixed wing plane, which was pulled from the hudson yesterday. the ntsb chief says

investigators will check whether the planes controls and engines were working before the crash. they'll interview flight controllers in new jersey to piece together what caused it. the plane had taken off from the airport. officials bust a suspected dogfighting ring in indiana. how many dogs were found? and what condition they were in.

live pictures from the white house. the president is in the process of presenting 16 people with the nation's highest civilian honor. the presidential medal of freedom. senator ted kennedy was scheduled to get the medal today. he will not be in attendance. he'll be represented by his five children. other recipients include physicists, an arch bishop and the founder of susan g.komen for the cure foundation. also the late harvey milk is a recipient today as well.

a tucson man will spend time for roadside cleanup. walt is a member of group called no more deaths. it's committed to providing humanitarian help to the illegals crossing the wilderness in triple digit heat. he was cited with littering for his water jugs. he's ordered to spend 300 hours picking up trash, and he's banned from the desert area for a year. >> i'm proud of the work that i did. i think that -- i'm happy to go pick up trash. >> he plans to appeal. his group says more than 2,000 people,including children, have died trying to cross the particular desert area since 1998. we watched as bystanders tried to save a frantic whale. preliminary reports indicate the mother was suffering from pneumonia, parasites and had not eaten in at least five days.

she wasn't producing enough milk to feed her 6-month-old calf. the calf had to be euthanized after the mother whale died. a gruesome discovery for animal officials in indiana after they raided a dogfighting ring. they found nearly 100 dogs chained to trees with thick chains around their neck. it's not all that unusual, they say. we have more from an affiliate. >> she's got scarring on her front, too. >> evidence of wounds investigators believe this dog got from fighting. since 2007 the director of the gaming control division of the indiana gaming commission has been investigating this property. an alleged breeding ground for tighting dogs. >> they're scattered the throughout the 15 acres of woods. and you can tell they don't get fed or watered routinely. >> this is the living conditions for nearly 100 dogs, living on

these six foot chains with only barrels for shelter and drinking rain water infested with mosquitos out of these tires. >> this is the beginning of an embedded collar. or an embedded chain. they got big heavy log chains wrapped around the dogs' necks and they're digging in. >> the humane society of missouri works with police around the region when dogfighting is involved. they were called in today. with police officers seized the dogs and gave them medical treatment. >> she's got all these old scars. >> we're doing an examine on each animal to document wounds or injuries. and they'll go on from here to get further medical treatment if necessary. >> but this problem doesn't end here. authorities also seize nine dogs today from another property in indiana. where police say this man, brian denny was using them for dogfighting. two dogfighting warrants issued in one day. the director of the animal

cruelty task force the humane society of missouri says he isn't the least bit surprised. >> dogfighting is alive and well. we see animals abused like this on a regular basis. it's the worst environment that this animal could possibly live in. our job st to come here and remove them and make sure they're never abused again. >> what a job that is. our thanks to melanie kahn nor that report. the humane society of missouri will evaluate the dogs to see if they can be put up for adoption. aspirin is back in the news. it may be more of a wonder drug than we think. some doctors believe the cheap painkiller could help people with one form of deadly cancer.

supreme court justice sonia sotomayor took a victory lap today. the president and first lady welcome the first member of the nation's highest court to the white house. at the reception she talked about the history of the constitution and what it means to her. >> our constitution has survived domestic and international turmoil. including a civil war, two world wars, and the catastrophe of september 11th. it draws together people of all races, faiths and backgrounds from all across the country who carry its words and values in our heart.

it is the nation's faith in a more perfect union that allows a girl from the bronx to stand here now. >> sonia sotomayor, the third woman and the the first latina to be named to the u.s. supreme court. a little more than ten years ago the earth's population stood at 6 billion. a research group says by 2011 it could hit 7 billion. the population reference bureau says most of the increase will come in developing country and the poorest nations. 97% of the population increase in the next 40 years will occur in asia, africa, latin america and the caribbean. the carbon footprint of extra children is 20 times higher than other environmentally and friendly practices like recycling, driving a high mileage car, or using energy-efficient appliances. that's led scientists to call for people to save the planet by having fewer kids. what do you think about that? should people have fewer children on their own?

to help reduce the carbon footprint for the generations the to follow. call us toll free. you can e-mail at cnn.com/hln or text views plus your comment and name to hlntv. we'll put your responses on shortly. people with colon cancer may be able to reduce their risk of dying from the disease by taking aspirin. they found aspirin blocked an enzyme with the most common type of colon tumor. they saw this in patients already taking aspirin regularly. more research is needed. aspirin is already recommended for helping prevent heart attacks and strokes. back to school time. many cash-strapped parents are looking for big bills that go along with it. consumers are cutting back on what they buy and focusing more on sales. russell pearlman is the market

editor for "smart money" magazine. your first tip is to hit the super stores, right? >> that's right. this may seem obvious but places like target and walmart are going to have better prices than the local store. but also even the bigger office supply stores. so definitely go to the big super stores. hold onto your receipts. if you happen to buy something hean the following week the stores put them on sell, bring them back your receipt. >> who do you do to prioritize? >> the best thing to do is look for loss leaders. at these super stores. find out what's on the biggest sale and go that week and buy only those things. come back the next week and see what else is on sale. if you divide up your buying for back to school purchases you'll end up saving more in the long run. all right. computers. certainly a big back-to-school

priority. what do you advise there? >> the best bet is to buy the computer directly from the manufacturer. apple and dell have set up back-to-school sales. savings for students all year round. you'll get a better deal from the manufacturer than you are from going to any particular type of store. >> and do it online? >> yeah, absolutely. you can do that right online. >> people are spening less than usual this time of year? >> we've seen the trend all throughout this year. regardless of if it's a holiday or back to school. people are cutting back. people always care about getting a better deal. but now more than ever. a public wake for eunice kennedy shriver is to be held tomorrow. lit be held at our lady of victory roman catholic church from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. family members have not annou e

announced funeral plans. the sister of the ted kennedy and john f. kennedy died at the age of 88. she's credited with changing the way americans think of and treat the mentally disabled by establishing the special olympics. a big musical tribute to the king of pop is to be staged september 26th at an austrian palace. it's shaping up as a huge event. three hours televised live around the world. jackson's brother jermaine lined up the ancient palace for the backdrop. artists could include madonna, u2, and whitney houston. why the castle? jermaine says it's a little like neverland, but much bigger. and following up at the search at the las vegas pharmacy yesterday. a source familiar with the investigation told cnn that jackson's doctor bought the propofol from the pharmacy. murray gave jackson that drug in the 24 hours before the singer

died. we just told you why a group says having extra kids is bad for the environment. our viewers weigh in on the hot button issue. what they're saying about growing families and global warming.

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 the museum.

>> thank you very much >> my guest has been ken pullson president of

that's kara kennedy receiving the medal of freedom from the president on behalf of edward kennedy who is suffering brain cancer and mourning the loss of eunice kennedy shriver as well. one of 16 being handed out by the president of the united states, the nation's highest civilian honor, the medal of freedom. a famous physicist is among the other recipients. senator kennedy was to be in attendance but for obvious reasons he will not be there. working for a cure for breast cancer among the recipients.

s allegations of scare tactics as town hall meetings take center stage. people across the country are fired up about the issue. case in point -- a meeting in maryland. compared to a few nights ago, though, this was nothing. senator ben cardin was loudly booed and jeered at the earlier event near baltimore. still, the moments today included some outbursts. >> we have 700,000 marylanders uninsured. 700,000 marylanders uninsured. 47 million in the united states. >> how are you going to look at my children and tell them they're going to have a better future with $99 trillion -- say it with me. $99 trillion dollars. that you and your cohearts did. how are you going to look at my

children? >> senator cardin answered the way other senators and representatives have answered. he will not vote for a bill chuck grassley of aye also holding town hall meetings. he's deeply involved in rk reform bargaining. president obama is fighting the health care reform scare tactics headon. he accused special interests of using their influence to scare an mislead people. he plans to hold more town hall meetings. one in montana. another in colorado. the white house launch ad website to counter critics. kansas congressman called police after being threatened twice in the last ten days. and because of all this, he's not holding a town hall meeting

on health care. instead sending surveys the to con fich wents. the fbi is still investigating the graffiti outside the office of david scott. the democratic lawmaker found a swastika spray painted on the outside of his suburban atlanta office yesterday. he was recently involved in a heated debate over health care and believes the two are connected. he says he's working to find common ground for people on both sides of this debate. >> i'm in the middle of this. being part of the glue that brings this together. i'm the only member of congress that's a member of the blue dog coalition, the congressional black caucus, and the new dems. i cover the waterfront. so i'm in a position -- and that's what i want to do. he's received hate mail and death threats.

could be just amount of time before another homegrown attack happens in the u.s. all this by a new report by the splc. it says right-wing militias are popping up at an alarming rate after a decade of decline. 50 new militia training groups have emerged. a famous college basketball coach is being named as the target of an alleged extortion scheme. rick pitino told police he did have sex with a woman accused of trying to extort money from him. according to the journal, pitino who is married with children, says he and the woman met and had sex in a closed restaurant in 2003. when she told him two weeks later she was pregnant he says he paid her $3,000 to get an abortion. well, the woman filed rape charges against him last month after she was charged with tex torsion. she's pleaded not guilty to the charges. police say her story has been too inconsistent to charge the

coach. police have arrested a young u.s. soldier working for a hitman. the 18-year-old private first class was one of three men arrested in el paso. the fbi and hds detectives are still hard at work in okayland, searching for a five-year-old employ with cerebral palsy who disappeared on monday. officers say he couldn't have gone far on his own. he wears leg braces. so far no witnesses have emerged to say they saw the boy anywhere around the shoe store. >> it is very difficult for me to believe, just applying common sense, that a 5-year-old little boy, who has cerebral palsy, braces on both legs, he can barely walk, could just walk away from the car and get lost.

how could others not see him being taken from that car. >> that's right, nancy. that's a good question. police are trying to see in fact he was taken away from the bmw that belongs the to his foster parent. we have now learned that his foster dad was trying to drop him off at his biological aunt's shoe store. the fact that no one saw him walking around or being kidnapped is of grave concern. we don't know where he is at this moment. but police are investigating. agents brought search dogs to the boy's home yesterday and removed what appeared to be a computer. the aunt got custody of the boy when her sister couldn't take care of him. she and her fiancee are in the process of legally adopting him. divers in the river have recovered the last two bodies of the midair crash on saturday between a helicopter and a sight-seeing plane. the victims were in the wreckage of the plane, which was pulled from the river yesterday. the ntsb says investigators will

check the engine. in california, firefighters are fighting a 25,000 acre fire in northern santa barbara county. as of this morning it's only 10% contained. an evacuation warning is in effect for the southern e edge of the national forest. a spokesperson says the fire grew overnight and could spread again as afternoon highs may hit the mid-90s. well, we watched monday as bystanders tried to save a mother whale in broward county, florida. it had beached herself along the florida shoreline and unfortunately all efforts failed. now reports show she was suffering from pneumonia, parasites and hadn't eaten for days. she was not producing enough milk to feed her 6-month-old calf which had to be euthanized after the mother whale died. after two years of economic

uncertainty, financial experts are seeing light at the end of the tunnel. the "wall street journal" reports the recession is either over or will end soon. only one group, though, the national bureau of economic research can officially declare the recession over, and it hasn't done so. another possible sign the economy is leveling off, though, the federal reserve has decided to leave short-term interest rates unchanged at a target rate of between zero and a quarter of a percent. the central bank also signaled it would soon end a program aimed at propping up the economy. we're learning more about a big michael jackson tribute concert. organizers say it's a huge undertaking involving today's top artists. what we know about when it will happen, where it will happen, and why it's being staged in urine.

u.s. marines launch addi massive operation in afghanistan. they're trying to improve security, especially around the voting sights ahead of the presidential election next week. the associated press reports seven insurgents. rescuers are trying to reach survivors in taiwan. this is video of an emergency worker swept away in the rapids as he tried to reach a cut-off village. he clung to debris until he was finally pulled to safety. rather unconventionally. it's considered the most destructive storm in 50 years. hundreds are missing and feared

dead. it wiped out whole villages in the southern and central parts of taiwan. grace is a volunteer for an aide group pro viding relief for the people of taiwan. they've been distributing supplies, setting up free clinics, visiting homes and doing disaster assessment after typhoon morakot. thigh need to be careful of hygiene issues. they're encouraged to be on the lookout for any sign of swine flu, since epidemic diseases breed in environments after floods such as these. already volunteers have prepared and delivered more than 200,000 hot meals and 6,000 relief kits that contain toiletries and food. so, our thanks to grace chin for the i-report. when you have pictures or video

of breaking news or agreement story from where you are, go ireport.com. a big musical tribute to the king of pop will be staged on september 26th at an aus trtria palace. three hours televised live around the world. jackson's brother jermaine lined up the backdrop. madonna, u2, and whitney houston could be performing. why the castle? jermaine says it's a little like neverland but much bigger. following up on the search at a las vegas pharmacy, a source familiar with the investigation told cnn that conrad murray bought the propofol from the farm zi. pharmacy. he was given the drug in the 24 hours before he died. a public wake for eunice

kennedy shriver will be held tomorrow. it will be held out our lady of victory roman catholic church. family members have not announced funeral plans. the sister of president john f. kennedy and massachusetts senator ted kennedy died yesterday at the age of 88. she's credited with changing the way americans think of and treat the mentally disabled by establishing the special olympics. fe decades aspirin has been called the wonder drug. some people believe it could help people with one type of deadly cancer.

i'm jane velez-mitchell. here's my issue. we have to feel for the husband who lost his wife, his young daughter, and nieces in that horrific drunk driving accident in new york. his wife was bombed and high when she killed eight people, including herself. now her husband's job, his finances, all in jeopardy. his surviving son is injured and he's being investigated by child services. it makes you wonder why he called the news conference saying the toxicology report on

his wife was plain wrong. that she could not have been drunk. he made excuses for his wife's actions. all that did was draw attention to this case. denial is a dangerous thing. but instead of having blinders on, this grieving husband should be asking himself why he didn't see this coming. i'm jane velez-mitchell, and that's my issue. >> find out what else jane has on her mind. don't miss "issues" tonight and every weeknight at 7:00 eastern here on hln. more than ten years ago the earth's population stood at about 6 billion. now a research group says by 2011 it could hit 7 billion. the population reference bureau says most of the increase will come in developing countries and some of the poorest nations. the group says 97% of the population increase in the next 40 years will occur in asia, africa and the caribbean.

researchers say the carbon footprint of extra children is 20 times higher than environmentally friendly practices, like recycling, driving a high mileage car, or using energy-efficient appliances. that's led some scientists to call for people of the save the planet by having fewer kids. we want to know what you think. should people have fewer children to help reduce the carbon footprint for all? you can e-mail at cnn.com/hln. or text views plus your comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. some people referred to detroit as food desert. easier to buy liquor than lettuce. cnnmoney.com's poppy harlow joins us live. never heard the phrase before. >> i never heard it before we spent time in detroit. you hear it a lot. this is a city that's 140 square

miles. it is vast. the population has fallen from about 2 million in the 1950s to just about 830,000. today that leaves lots of open abandon space. that is sparking more and more talk of urban farming. large community gardens where people grow their own food. let's show you video to get a sense of where we were. this urban farm is run by an organization. they produce about 7,000 pounds of food a year. now access to fresh, healthy food is major, major issue in detroit. there are some independent grocery stores, but there is not one major supermarket chain. that is a big problem for the city that is already in dire straights. >> detroit has a huge issue in terms of public food access. higher risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease. having healthy fresh food access

be more widespread in the city is really important. >> it is important. but the recession is making matters worse. detroit social service agencies telling us they've seen big the spikes in food stamp applications, also the number of people going to the food banks is also rising right now. >> good story. is it going up right now? >> it's not. that's the point. these urban farms donate a lot on the soup kitchens in the city. kids in after-school programs that we spoke with, they're taking a lot of the fruits and vegetables home and their families are cooking dinner with them. take a listen to some of the kids. >> i took home what i learned here. >> all right. so they're learning what is healthy. that's what's going on there. let us know. logon to my facebook page. an interesting phenomenon right

in the middle of stroit. >> why not? there's more and more vacant land. poppy, thank you. cnnmoney.com. thank you. a couple fed decisions to hold interest rates steady gave a shot in the arm today. the dow was up 170. it's now up 136. good news considering the dow has been down this week. the big board shows the dow up 136 or so with 8:30 to go in the trading day. people with colon cancer may be able to significantly reduce their risk of dying from that disease by taking aspirin, and not that much of it. a new study from harvard medical school found aspirin blocks as an enzyme of the most common colon tumor. more research is needed. aspirin is already recommended for helping prevent heart attacks and strokes. a nonprofit group is making the obama girls part of a new ad

campaign to promote healthy school lunches. it may be a publicity stunt but it certainly grabbed the attention of the white house.

taking on a tough audience. all talk about health care reform brings out some hostilities. we'll take you to the shouting match. what is a pioneer, preacher, activist and athlete all have in common? role models take the spotlight at the white house. no one thought anything about three well-dressed men jewelry shopping until they pulled out guns and started firing. the late oeft a major london jewelry caper. i'm richelle carey. as always, thank you for your time. allegations of scare tactics on health care reform as town hall meetings take center stage again. still really fired up about this issue. case in point, a town hall

meeting in maryland. compared to a few nights ago, senator card inwas booed. still, we have to deal with several outbursts, including one when the associated health care with the national debt. >> is as to the debt, if we don't get health care costs under control, our national debt will continue to grow. health care reform that brings down the growth rate of health care costs will help our children and grandchildren in affording health care and having less debt. i've said it before and i'll say it again. i am not going to vote for any bill that adds to national debt. >> you already have. >> republican senator of iowa held his own town hall meeting this morning. he's going to moderate another one tonight. he is deeply involved in the

health care reform bargaining process. kansas congressman moore says he's been getting death threats over the plan to overhaul health care. he called police after being threatened twice in the last 10 days. because of all the threats, moore says he's done holding town hall meetings with health care. he will send surveys instead and phone and e-mail. and the fbi is investigating this graffiti outside the congressman david scott. i swastika was paint odd a science outside his suburban atlanta office. the congressman said he's gotten hate mail, death threats and offensive faxes since the public debate on health care reform began. he still plans to host the town hall meeting saturday and said he's working to find common ground for people on both sides

of the health care debate. could be just a matter of time before another homegrown attack like the oklahoma city bombing happens in the u.s., according to southern poverty law center. right wing militia the are popping up after a decade of being on the decline. 50 now groups have emerged in less than two years. police in texas have arrested a u.s. soldier who they say was working as a hitman for a mexican drug cartel. 18-year-old private was one of three men arrested monday in el pa paso. the suspect in a shooting death of a member of the cartel working as an informant for the u.s. emergency crews rushed to the scene of a downed plane outside phoenix today. officials say the aircraft was engaged in touch and go landing operations but lost power when it took off. the pilot, fortunately, was not hurt but the plane didn't do too well.

damage to the propeller and to the wing. two people had to go to the hospital after this helicopter crashed north of atlanta. the chopper went down behind a row of houses. so far no report on what may have caused that crash. a small plane crashed into a stream outside sussex, new jersey. new jersey state police say the crash happened shortly after takeoff. authorities say one may have a broken leg. rescue workers, floodwaters to reach typhoon survivors in taiwan. look at this. this is video of an emergency worker who was swept away as he tried to reach a village that was cut off. he clung to debris until he was pulled to safety. the typhoon killed 100 people and hundreds more are missing, feared dead. it wiped out entire villages in the soirn and central parts of

taiwan. people have been stranded for days. they are just waiting, hoping help will get there. keeping an eye on a tropical depression in the atlantic. they say it could become a tropical storm in the next few days. it's time to call in meteorologist chad myers to tell us exactly where this storm is and which way the storm is headed. who meedz to be paying attention to this, chad? >> well, the fish in the middle of the atlantic. >> well said. okay. >> okay. it is moving closer to some land. but africa will be closer to the edge of this map than that. the storm looks very impressive earlier today. it's lost a little bit of intensity. you saw some color. it's still moving to the west at 13 miles per hour. so where is it and where is it going? well, here you go. cape verde islands. africa over here. the track is to get close to the u.s. virgin islands, british virgin islands sunday into monday. still turning away from that

area, maybe turning away from the u.s. altogether. still too early to see that. i want to take your attention to a website, stormpulse.com. i will turn on the cloud cover. because it's important to seempt there's tropical depression number 2. but you may notice this is a much larger system off africa. no identity, no number, no name, but it could be stronger than tropical depression number 2. if 2 does become a storm, and that is a fork, it will be ana. a couple storms here, actually thunderstorms to talk about across the u.s., especially for moorehead city and atlantic beach. you are under a tornado warning because one cell is spinning. showers across the new york metro area. just enough to cause the airports to pack up 30 to 50 minutes at jfk, laguardia, and newark as well. showers will be with us all night. don't expect too many to be

severe. >> what is the website? >> stormpulse.com. >> all right. good stuff. i'll put that on my facebook page for sure. >> made in a guy's basement. his mom said, what are you doing? now it's on cnn. >> i love it, chad. always a good story. thank you. lots of folks are doing their part to help save the planet from recycling to getting ready of gus-gas-guzzling clunk. but would you go as far as not having kids.

welcome back. a little more than 10 years ago, the earth's population, about 6 billion. but a research group said by 2011 it could hit 7 billion. most of the increase will come in developing nations.

97% of the population over the next 40 years will happen in asia, africa, latin america and the caribbean. the skyrocketing world population is also affecting the environment. statisticians at oregon state university say the carbon footprint of extra children is 20 times higher than recycling, driving a high-mileage car or using energy-efficient appliances. that's led some scientists, just listen, to call for people to save the planet by having fewer kids. what do you think of the idea of having fewer kids to maybe save the environment. what do you think about this? let's get to the phones. rick calling from minnesota. rick, pronounce the name of the town you're from. >> caller: crow x-ray. >> fire away. what do you think? >> caller: well, i think the

information is going to the industrialized populations of the world. it would have a marginal impact because most will come from asian and third-world countries. lack of education and understanding will not get this message. eventually the earth will take care of itself. due to the larger carbon footprint any effect on water and food, those people will not have enough and the children and the elderly will be the first to go. it makes the whole thing moot, in my opinion. there will not be enough food, not enough water for everybody. and the third world countries right now cannot participate in, you know, selective decisions about whether to have children. they will be most impacted. >> you think it's just not going to work. >> caller: i think it's real limit

limited. the people they're targeted is the people who don't understand, not where it's coming from. >> i appreciate your phone call frech. rick calling from cloquet, minnesota. this is david from virginia sent us this text. there should never be a question whether or not a family needs to consider how many children they need to have. we are placed on this earth to be fruitful and multiply. it's ignorant to think the environment is affected by how many people live on it. and, while i agree a larger population equals a larger carbon footprint i don't agree that a larger family equals a larger carbon footprint. most large families are more efficient at using our environmental resources than singles, couples or small families.

ame mandy wrote, i think a person with several kids making good eco-friendly choice is far less damaging. and melissa, if you have 10 or more kids, that is way too many. so got you fired up. you took the time to respond. we appreciate everyone who called and e-mailed today. probably still fired up about a lot of stuff. this is what you can go to hln news. lots of topics there that you'll want to comment on. cnn.com/primenews. you can still get your views heard. we just witnessed a pretty amazing gathering at the white house. the most renowned minds all on the stage to receive the highest civilian award. 16 recipients included desmond tutu, sandra day o'connor. and the first african-american

president honored actor sidney portier for his ground-breaking work in film. watch this. >> it's been said sid any portier does not make movies, he makes milestones. milestones of america's progress. on the screen, behind the camera, on film, guess who's coming to dinner, uptown saturday night, for which he became the first african-american to win an academy award for best actor. portier not only entertains but enlightening, revealing the power of the silver screen to bring us closer together. the child of a bohemian farmer. his driving purpose, to make himself a better person. de. and he made us all a little bit better along the way. >> all right. along with portier, nancy

goodman brinker was honored for breast cancer research. medical aid for miami's homeless. and native american history yann byrd. pretty impressive class this year. for decades aspirin has been called the wonder drug. some believe the chief painkiller could help people with one type of cancer.

a 23-year-old man from suburban atlanta found guilty on terrorism related charges. he was convicted of supporting terrorists. he could get 60 years in prison at his sentencing in october. prosecutors also think he made videos of landmarks in the washington area and sent those overseas. the fbi and homicide detectives in oakland, california are searching for a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who disappeared monday. officers say he couldn't have gone far on his own since he wears leg braces. so far no witnesses have come forward to say they saw the boy anywhere around that shoe store. it is very difficult for me to believe that a 5-year-old little boy who has cerebral

palsy, braces on both legs, he can barely walk, could just walk away from the car and get lost. i don't see it. and how could others not see him being taken from that car? >> that's right, nancy. that's a very good question. so the police are trying to see if, in fact, little hasanni campbell was taken away from the bmw that belongs to his foster parent. it's his foster dad that was dropping him off at his biological aunt's shoe store. the fact that no one saw him walking around or being kidnapped is of grave concern. we don't know where he is at this moment, but police are investigating, nancy. agents brought search dogs to the boy's home yesterday and his aunt got custody when her sister couldn't take care of him. she and her fiancee are in the process of legally adopting him.

we'll keep you posted on that story. we watched month as bystanders tried to save a mother whale that beechd herself on the florida shoreline. unfortunately the while whale died. the mother was suffering from pneumonia. she hadn't eaten in at least five days. marine scientists say she wasn't producing enough milk to feed her 6-month-old calf. she had to be euthanized after the mother died. police say one man has been arrested in connection with one of the biggest robberies in british history. scotland yard said the suspect is not one of the well-dressed men in the video. the suspects wore suits as they walked into an upscale jewelry store last week. they pulled out guns and took $65 million worth of jewelry and fired two gun shots into the ground as they escaped. the suspects used at least three getaway cars.

like a movie almost. people with colon cancer may be able to significantly reduce their risk of dying from the disease simply by taking aspirin. a new study from harvard medical school, doctors found aspirin blocked an enzyme that may spread the most common type of colon tumor. they saw this in patients were already taking the aspirin regularly. aspirin is already recommended for helping prevent heart attacks and strokes. federal reserve to hold interest rates steady. but it's what the fed had to say that got wall street's attention. allison is at the business desk in new york because she speaks the language. >> there was really a good amount of optimism in the fed statement including the assessment that the u.s. economy appears to have halted the longest period of decline since the great depression.

now of course the federal bank did still caution economic activity is likely to remain weak at least in the near term. still the announcement was to send the stock higher. the dow ending at 9,361. broader s&p gained over 1%. and many consumers and businesses have been hit with high electric bills in the past year, but some relief could be on the horizon as slowing demand for electricity leads to sharp reductions in power prices. it fell 4.5% in the first half of the year. one catalyst fueling the decline is cheap natural gas and lower industrial demand. the price reductions don't mean you'll see a difference in your power bills right away since customers pay based on long-term contracts. you'll likely see price declines over time. >> all right. that's good to know. thank you, allison. >> sure. he is the troubled son of

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taking on a really tough audience. senators find all this talk about health care reform. it is bringing out hostility. we'll take you to the shouting match. ever thought anything about three well-dressed men shopping for jewelry. here's the latest from hln news and views. i'mry shell carely. let's get started. allegations of scare tactics on health care reform at town hall meetings.

case in point, a town hall meeting in maryland. ben cardin was booed and jeered. you have to deal with outbursts including what are the associated health care costs with the national deblt. >> my question is as to the debt. if we don't get health care costs under control, our national debt will continue to grow. health care reform that brings down the growth rate of health care costs will help our children and grandchildren in affording health care and having less debt. i've said it before, i'll repeat it again. i'm not going to vote for any bill that adds to the national debt. >> you already have. >> again, not as bad as it had been for him. senator of iowa held his own town hall meeting.

kansas congressman dennis moore said he's been getting death throats over the plan for health care reform. he called police in the last 10 days because of the threats. he said he is done with the town hall meetings. he's going to send out surveys for his constituents and taking opinions by voters over the phone and with e-mail. and the fbi is investigating this graffiti outside georgia congressman david scott's office. they found this swastika spray painted outside his suburban atlanta office yesterday. he was involved in a pretty heated debate over health care. i believes the two are connected. the congressman said he's gotten hate mail, offensive faxes since the public debate on health care

reform began. he said he's trying to find common grouped for people on both sides of the health care rebate. it could be just a matter of time before another homegrown attack like the oklahoma city bombing happens in the u.s., according to a new report from the southern poverty law center. it says right wing mitch issue thats are popping up after being on the decline for decades. 50 have emerge ed in two years. a 23-year-old man from suburban atlanta has been found guilty on terrorism-related charges. a jury convicted sadiki of supporting terrorists. he could get 60 years in prison at sentencing in october. he made casing videos of landmarks in the washington area and sent them oversees. police in texas arrested a u.s. soldier working as a hitman for a mexican drug cartel.

18-year-old private first class michael was one of three men arrested monday in el pass sa. suspects in the shooting death of a member of the cartel who was working as an informant for the u.s. journalist laura ling is thanking the people who helped win her freedom. in june, she and union lee were after being pardon by kim jong-il. she said i would not be here free reunited with my family, if not for the support from so many extraordinary people. words cannot adequately express my profound gratitude. and floodwaters to try to reach typhoon survivors is in taiwan. this is video of an emergency worker swept away in rapids as he tried to reach a village that is cut off.

he had to cling to a branch but was eventually pulled to safety. the typhoon is considered the most destructive storm in 50 years. it has killed more than 100 people. hundreds more on missing and feared dead. it's wiped out sbentire village. people have been stranded for days just waiting for help. relief agencies are responding in force to the many areas hit by the typhoon. if you would like to know about how to help the devastated communities, visit impact your world page on our website 37. a famous check basketball coach is the target of a $10 million extortion scheme. rick pitino told police he did have sex with a woman accused of trying to extort money from him. according to the louisville courier journal, pitino, who is married, said he and the woman

met and had sex at a restaurant in 2003. told him she was pregnant a couple weeks later, he paid $3,000 to get an abortion. she charged rape charges against pitino last month after she was charged with extortion. she has pleaded not guilty to the charges. the fbi and homicide detectives in oakland, california are searching for a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who disappeared monday. the foster father said he left the boy alone outside the shoe store when the aunt works. when he went back outside, the child was gone. officers say he couldn't have gone far on his own because he wears leg braces. witnesses have come forward to say they haven't seen the boy anywhere around the store.

>> it is very difficult for me to believe just apply common sense, that a 5-year-old little boy, cerebral palsy, braces on both legs, he can barely walk, can just walk away from the car and get lost. i don't see it. and how could others not see him being taken from that car? >> that's right, nancy. that's a very good question. so the police are trying to see if, in fact, little hasanni campbell was taken away from his bmw of his foster parent. his foster dad was trying to drop him off at his biological aunt's shoe store. the fact that no one saw him walk around or being kidnapped is of grave concern. we don't know where he is at this home but police are investigating, nancy. >> agents brought search dogs to the home yesterday and they removed a xhurt.

she got custody when the mother couldn't care for him. nancy grace flips into new questions. the wrong-way crash in new york that killed eight people, toxicology reports show the driver had a blood alcohol level equivalent to 10 drinks, as well as evidence of recent marijuana use. the allegedly drunk mom was caught on security video acting normally just hours before driving the wrong way on the freeway. be sure to watch nancy at 8:00 eastern time tonight. folks are doing their part to save the planet by recycling or getting rid of gas guzzlers. but would you go as far as to have fewer children to protect the environment. why some scientists say it's necessary.

not sure if we can do this but this is a pretty amazing video just a few minutes ago. humanitarians all on the stage to receive the highest civilian award, the presidential medal of freedom. 16 recipients including desmond tutu, sandra day o'connor and cheetah rivera. and the president honored sidney portier for his ground breaking work in films. >> it's been said that sidney portier does not make movies, he makes milestones. milestones of artistic excellence. milestones of america's progress. on the screen and behind the camera, in films such as the defiant ones, guess who's coming to dinner, uptown saturday

night, thought of the field for which he became the first african-american to win best actor. he not only entertained but enlightened, shifting attitudes, broadening hearts to bring us closer together. the child of a bahamian tomato farmer. his driver, to make himself a better person. he did. and he made us all before it better along the way. >> look at that. along with portier, nancy goodman brink man for help to go fund breast cancer research. native historian joe medicine crow bird. impressive class. two laser beams at a time.

this is among the most popular stories at cnn.com and cnn.com.life. catherine is here to explain the little task. >> did you ever use google maps. >> love it. >> you can do street view and you can see where you're going? >> yes. >> well, we actually rode with a country who takes the photographs, a lot of the photographs. teleatlas. they use 300 tricked out vans to go around the world, the country shooting photographs. they use a "360"-degree camera. they also use a pair of laser beams, as you said. they basically say their goal is to map the entire world. they are well on the way. they have made last year at least the 300 advance covered 350,000 miles and they snapped more than 100 million images. bag at headquarters they analyze

them, look for mistakes and send off map toss your cell phones, computers, navigation systems. of course the company's next goal is to create 3d maps. of course that's why they have the laser beams on there. they sort of bounce -- the lasers actually bounce off, get the contours of buildings and structures and eventually that's what we will see are the 3d images. >> i love it. >> interesting, yeah. >> looking forward to them completing this major to-do list. >> if you see an orange van, hide behind a tree or you may be on google maps. >> thanks for the heads-up for sure. this is fascinating. i've been checking this out today. lots of major new discoveries in the himilayas. >> it's on our tech page. an investigation into some of the new creatures that have been discovered in the himilayas.

and quite a few, 350 new species have been discovered in the eastern himilayas, including a flying frog and the world's smallest deer. we will show that to you in a moment. this is over a decade of research that went into this. the eastern himilayas is largely unaccessible. lots of new discoveries were hidden out there. a leaf deer. it's so tiny. it's the world's tiniest deer. it's just about two feet. i don't know. it sort of looks like a mouse. it's actually a deer. and a flying frog that has webbed feet so it can glide when it falls. beautiful frog. we'll see that in a second. but the species could be gone as soon as it is discovered because the climate change, a lot of them may not be around for a while. there's the webbed frog. it's interesting to get a look at what we don't see. all the images are for you on our tech page. >> fantastic pictures.

oh, i hope people check that out very quickly. thank you, catherine. all right. how fast do you think someone will snatch up the movie rights to this story. these guys pulled off a multimillion dollar robbery pretty much in front of everyone. find out how they did it. úxx

all right. "prime news" coming up in just a few minutes. michael is here to tell us what's on the agenda. this first story is g. you have a background in sports as well. kind of give us a little bit of a perspective here. i have some friends kentucky fans probably hooting and hollering about this. these allegations of rick pitino are serious. >> they're huge. >> serious. >> rick pitino is one of the biggest names not only in college basketball but all of basketball. here's what we have with pitino. this is six years ago he had six with a woman in a restaurant. a couple weeks later she tells him she's pregnant. he ends up paying for an abortion. six years later she is trying to extort millions of dollars from him. that's why the story is coming out, because we finally got a

look at the police report. we'll get you all the details. then the follow-up question, what do you do with coach pitino? there are clauses in his contract bringing scandal to the university, moral depravity. this is textbook. we want you to call in on this. 1-877-tell-hln. i don't think he'll be fired, but i think he should be fired. what do you think? we want to get your calls on this. and also this, watch what your kids are doing online. 13-year-old sees someone set themselves on fire on youtube, so tries it out himself. suffered second and third-degree burns. mom partially blames herself but blames the internet as well. who do you blame? 1-877-tell-hln is the number. a childless man has to serve jail time for not paying child support. you're wondering, aren't you? >> yeah. >> well, his girlfriend told him you're the father.

he wasn't. the relationship after a couple years did not work out. he continued paying child support. ended up he couldn't make the payments anymore so he gets locked talk to him about what's going to happen next. we'll say he's out of jail now, but he had to serve two stints behind bars, about 18 months in all. unbelievable story. >> how do i call in? i want to call. >> we want to hear from you, 1-877-tell-hln is the number. e-mail us, cnn.com/primenews. or text us at hlntv, the number is 45688. always love hearing from you. richelle and i coming your way in ten minutes from now. listen to this. police say one man has been arrested in connection with one of the biggest robberies ever in british history. scotland yards say the suspect is actually not one of the two well-dressed menu saw in the security video. they're still looking for these two guys. the suspects wore suits as they walked into an upscale jewelry store in london last week. witnesses say they pulled out guns and took 65 million bucks

worth of jewelry. fired two gunshots into the ground as they escaped. this happened in a really busy area during the day. the men still got away. >> they're fairly distinctive men within the pictures. i'm hoping that someone is going to say, i know who that is. and ring us and tell us who it is. >> the guys used at least three getaway cars. nobody was hurt. a little more than ten years ago, there are populations of 7 billion, and by 2011 it could be at 7 billion. the reference bureau said most of the increase will come in the developed countries in some of the poorest nations. it's also aficting the environment. the carbon footprint of extra children is 20 times higher than other environmentally friendly practices, like recycling, driving a high mileage car, using energy efficient appliances. that's led some scientists to call for people to save the

planet by having fewer kids. you've heard of the cash for clunkers program. find out who isn't thrilled by the deal that is being extended.