we've been telling you about the new storm and where it's headed. president obama came out swinging in defense of health care reform and used the death of a grandmother to slam his staunchest critics. a crime, i didn't kill anyone. i didn't attack anybody. i just stood up for what i believed was right. >> birmingham's mayor offering people arrested during the civil rights movement a refund and a pardon. why some people are saying, no, thank you. good sunday to you. you're watching hln.

hope you're having a great weekend so far. i'm susan hendricks. our top story is a tropical storm warning for parts of florida. it was just issued a few hours ago. meanwhile tropical storms anna and bill keep moving across the atlantic. let's get the latest from reynolds. >> we're talking about two systems. two is company, three is a crowd, anna and bill and tropical depression which may become one before the day is out. first you see it here off the coast of tampa. you see the counterclockwise flow. this is a system expected to gain strength, expected to make landfall around midnight around apalachicola and alabama and flash flooding could be a possibility. two other systems, of course, you've got bill right over here. then of course you've got anna. anna not nearly as impressive of as we put this in motion, anna would be the first to go. the path of the national

hurricane center showing right over the islands, hispaniola, dominican republic, cuba. over land it's not executived to strengthen. possibly tuesday into wednesday and thursday, a depression and moving over cuba as we get early into wednesday. next storm will be bill. this storm moving a little farther north trajectory than moving west northwest. if it does, expected to strengthen category three, winds of 115 miles an hour. these storms are awfully fickle. they tend to wobble. a lot can change in the next 24, 36 hours. i'm sure change is coming. this is not the only show in town. we have a lot more to talk about, the national weather coming up. thanks for that with that storm warning up for florida because of the new tropical depression and two named stormed in the atlantic as reynolds mentioned there's a whole lot to keep an eye on this coming week.

be sure to check in with meteorologist bob van dillen to get the latest on how it can affect your plans. that's on morning express. president obama stepping up reform and trying to win over critics. >> first family expressing joy at the sight of old faithful. but a sharply different emotion from the president and health care in colorado. for the first time he invoked last year's death of his grandmother to slam conservatives of sarah palin who accused him of euthenasia. >> i just lost my grandmother last year. i know what it's like to watch somebody you love, who is aging, deteriorate. the notion that somehow i ran

for public office or members of congress are in this so they can go around pulling the plug on grandma, when you start making arguments like that, that's simply dishonest. >> reporter: the only really pointed exchange. >> i'd love to have a debate, just all-out, any time oxford style, if you like. >> reporter: college student pressing whether a public option would wipe out insurance companies. >> how in the world can a private corporation providing insurance compete with an entity that does not have to worry about making a profit, does not have to pay local property taxes. they do not have to -- they are not subject to local regulations. how can a company compete with that? >> it's good to see a young person who is very engaged and confident challenging the president to an oxford-style debate. i think this is good. this is good.

you know. i like that. you've got have a little -- >> he says the charges aren't true. >> in fact now you have a lot of private companies who do very well competing against the government. ups and fedex are doing a lot better than the post office. >> reporter: in a sign of just how engaged the public is right now. lane told me he drove four hours to get here. he expressed disappointment the president did not have more details but was satisfied in one way. >> i've learned these town halls are genuine. that's something i was very, very happy with. >> really? >> i was very concerned when i came up here, i was talking to my friend, i was afraid people called on for questions would be plants. i'm not saying some of them weren't. but i came here with a genuine question. if he knew my question, he might not want to call on me. he called on me not knowing anything about me. that is one thing i do respect.

>> the first family's tour continues sunday, the grand canyon in arizona. then he wraps with the a speech to the vfw's annual convention, before heading back to washington as his fight for health reform reaches a critical change. ed henry, cnn, colorado. an american man sentenced to seven years hard labor in myanmar left the country with the senator who won his release. jim web met with leaders in myanmar to get john yettaw free. he was convicted for violating immigration laws for swimming to the home of suu kyi. he's happy but called yettaw's actions regrettable. >> we thought it was hurtful for the person he was trying to help. but at the same time on humanitarian grounds, i feel

fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me. >> senator web met with suu kyi during his visit to myanmar. he's the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now and thousands of firefighters are doing everything they can to get them under control. it is difficult, though. the biggest fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned eight square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. now, the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire, so crews are having to rely on support from firefighting aircraft. a drug operation is being blamed for another california fire that has burned more than 84,000 acres so far. the fire right mad cow started

marijuana camp. in the past month they are trying to get rid of marijuana operations tucked away in a local forest. a fire raced through a wedding tent killing 35 women and six children. a horrible story out of kuwait. authorities think faulty electrical wiring, buffet equipment. the chairs were made of very flammable materials. it moved very fast. the fire official said the fire lasted just three minutes. 58 people who were injured are still in the hospital. seven have severe burns. it looks like tomorrow may not be a commuter's nightmare in san francisco if talks to avoid the rails city on track. they made progress with management. they are facing a 7% pay cut and

reduced holiday pay. they had threatened to strike tomorrow, a move that would leave thousands of commuters stranded. a woman, her daughters and granddaughter kidnapped in oregon have now been rescued by california police. police say the girls estranged father kidnapped the family and planned to take them to mexico. he apparently stopped at this motel in bakersfield, california. the two daughters, ages 20 and 15, convinced their father to get some food. cops were patrolling the area and the girls flagged them down. their father is facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. for the first time in two years, michael vick is practicing with an nfl team. see how people are reacting to michael vehicle's presence.

parents of children who were victims of gun violence in chicago pleaded with people to turn in weapons.

they teamed up with police and commune leaders during a guns for gift cards yesterday. donations are down because of the economy but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their weapons. >> all of us are, i think, in the city much too aware of the shootings that have been taking place last year. particularly our children, our children who not only suffer from these shootings, some of them have ended up in cemeteries, some ended up in prisons as a result of it. >> it's been three years and they haven't caught the person who killed my son. i can tell you it's a stress, stress out of this world. i'm looking at this one weapon and it's out on the street. that's just unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buyback program has collected 5200 weapons so far this year. >> this is how a bunch of competitive eaters spent their

saturday. they are wolfing down as many funnel cakes as possible at minnesota's valley fair amusement park. this year's funnel eating contest is this, $1700 and world champion bragging rights. look at them go. a new york man known as eater x captured the title. he managed to eat nearly six pounds of funnel cake in ten minutes. imagine learning how to walk again after getting a new knee. right? tiger woods has figured out how to golf and do it pretty well. >> absolutely, susan. a year ago he was learning how to walk on the reconstructed knee. look how far he has come. back-to-back wins. today a shot at a record tying fifth career pga championship. in the lead for the third day, a two-shot advantage. just outside minneapolis, odds in his favor, woods never lost a major when leading after three rounds, 14 for 14 in his career. a victory today would be his 15th career major title, three

shy of jack mickelson. vick hasn't played nfl since 2006. he missed the last two seasons after pleading guilty and srveg two months in prison on dog fighting charges. dodger pitcher, the shot had such force it ricochet's into the stands. he was taken to the hospital where a ct span was negative. david rice hit in the head and went to the hospital. here is what happened to him in the fourth inning of the pitcher said he felt terrible, tried to contact him later and talked about it. his ct scan was negative. spent the night in the hospital. he managed to tell a joke off the field but he could tell deep down he was scared. ply of the day. go to the pitch. soccer fans, even if you're not.

chelsea, match winner there, just over the outstretch hand of the goalie. then does the shirtless thing to celebrate. people arrested during civil rights protests in birmingham are getting a clean slate. people say they don't want it. why they consider their arrest a badge of honor.

authorities are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously disappeared. contact was lost with the freighter, its cargo of timber and 15 member russian crew. they vanished while in the atlantic on july 28th. french marines say the ship is likely near cape verde off the coast of africa. finnish investigators say they are not sure if the demand for ransom is legit or not. the crew said it had been attacked by hijackers in swedish waters. if the ransom is legitimate it may be from a second group of hijackers. police in olympia washington shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. now the investigators want to know how the man got into the hospital with three guns

undetected. officers found two of them loaded when they were called to the hospital about an unruly patient. >> at some point he started to get unruly. that was part of the initial car, suspicion of firearms and unruly behavior. the second time he becomes unruly, just asking him to do simple things to prepare him for being evaluated further. as he becomes more unruly and loud, the officer steps into the room. as he's stepping in, at some point in there, the subject reveals another. >> that's when the trouble started and the officer shot at the man. the hospital staff tried to save him but could not. 2500 people who protested and were arrested during civil rights demonstrations in birmingham, they are being pardoned. but ebony hall from wfma reports, some don't want their names wiped from police records. >> you don't have a weapon.

>> reporter: the reverend was there as other foot soldiers looked over the original jail records to see their names literally written in the history books. >> it's a great day. great day. i can fly. >> charles avery jr. and others would be pardoned. their 50-year-old fines refunded, arrest records clean. they all have vivid memories of the day they were arrested. not all of them will accept the pardon. murny and carol watson got arrested together. >> and we were pushed into the back of a pad y wagon like sardines, pushed us in, packed us in. >> reporter: the women say they want to keep their records the way they are. they don't think a pardon is necessary. >> i didn't commit a crime, kill

anybody, i just stood up for what was right. >> reporter: they see the records as a testament to what the civil rights era accomplished. >> i'm proud of it. i want to remain part of history. >> i was in jail for justice. many people would not have the positions they have if it had not been for those of us that march. >> thanks for that story. the two women in that story say the southern leadership conference paid their fines when they were arrested. the organization played a huge role in the civil rights movement. we've got a warning for florida and we're also tracking a couple of named storms in the atlantic. there's also lots of weather for the rest of the country to keep an eye on. busy day for reynolds wolf. he joins us with information. hey, reynolds. >> for sunday what we're seeing will be pretty nice conditions in the corridor.

compressing, keeping things relatively dry. scattered showers possible through much of the south. into the nation's midsection and western half of the great lakes. look for a chance of showers, isolated tornado. west coast relatively dry conditions. for firefighters out there battling the blazes in parts of central and southern california, it's going to be a tough time. strong winds in the afternoon are not going to help the situation. in terms of your high temperatures for today 84 as wrigley field, 74 in denver, 106 in phoenix, triple digits in vegas by the strip 101, 69 in san francisco, 76 in seattle. back to the east coast, boston, new york into the 90s. warm times imgotham city, 94 washington, 88 atlanta. a chance of scattered showers in tampa with a high of 92 degrees. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. hollywood had kung fu, now

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we've been telling you about tropical storms moving across the atlantic. now there's a brand-new system that could threaten the u.s. today, as early as this afternoon. we'll tell you where it's headed. president obama came out swinging in defense of health care reform and used the death of a grandmother to slam his staunchest critics. a crime, i didn't kill anyone. i didn't attack anybody. i just stood up for what i believed was right. >> birmingham's mayor offering people arrested during the civil rights movement a refund and a pardon. why some people are saying, no, thank you. good sunday to you. you're watching hln. hope you're having a great weekend so far. i'm susan hendricks.

our top story on this sunday is a tropical storm warning for parts of florida. it was just issued a few hours ago. meanwhile tropical storms ana and bill keep moving across the atlantic. let's get the latest from reynolds. >> we're talking about two systems. two is company, three is a crowd, ana and bill and a tropical depression which may become one before the day is out. first you see it here off the coast of tampa. you see the counterclockwise flow. this is a system expected to gain strength. as it does so, it's expected to make landfall around midnight near apalachicola and could settle in parts of alabama and flash flooding could be a possibility. two other systems, of course, you've got bill right over here. then of course you've got ana. ana not nearly as impressive of as we put this in motion, ana would be the first to go. the path of the national hurricane center showing right

over the islands, hispaniola, dominican republic, cuba. with that interaction of land, it's not expected to strengthen that much. possibly tuesday into wednesday and thursday, a depression and moving over cuba as we get early into wednesday. next storm will be bill. this storm moving a little farther north trajectory than moving west northwest. if it does, expected to strengthen category three, winds of 115 miles an hour. these storms are awfully fickle. they don't roll from point to point. they tend to wobble. a lot can change in the next 24, 36, certainly 48 hours. i'm sure change is coming. this is not the only show in town. we have a lot more to talk about, the national weather coming up. in mother moments on hln. thanks for that with that storm warning up for florida because of the new tropical depression and two named storms in the atlantic as reynolds mentioned there's a whole lot to keep an eye on this coming week.

be sure to check in with meteorologist bob van dillen to get the latest on how it can affect your plans. that's on morning express with robin meade. senator jim web met with leaders of myanmar to get john yettaw freed. he was convicted of violating laws by swimming to the home of suu kyi. he called the actions regrettable. >> we thought it was hurtful for the person he was trying to help. but at the same time on humanitarian grounds, i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him

to come back here to thailand with me. >> senator web met with suu kyi during his visit to myanmar. he's the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now and thousands of firefighters are doing everything they can to get them under control. it is difficult, though. the biggest fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned eight square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. now, the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire, so crews are having to rely on support from firefighting aircraft. a drug operation is being blamed for another california fire that has burned more than 84,000 acres so far. the fire is 30% contained and homes have been evacuated. authorities say the fire started

at an illegal marijuana camp. in the past month they are trying to get rid of marijuana operations tucked away in a local forest. a fire raced through a wedding tent killing 35 women and six children. a horrible story out of kuwait. authorities think faulty electrical wiring, buffet equipment. or intense cold may be to blame for this. the chairs were made of very flammable materials. it moved very fast. the fire official said the fire lasted just three minutes. 58 people who were injured are still in the hospital. seven have severe burns. president obama stepping up reform and trying to win over critics. >> first family expressing joy at the sight of old faithful. but a sharply different emotion from the president and health

care in colorado. for the first time he invoked last year's death of his grandmother to slam conservatives of sarah palin who accused him of euthenasia. >> i just lost my grandmother last year. i know what it's like to watch somebody you love, who is aging, deteriorate. the notion that somehow i ran for public office or members of congress are in this so they can go around pulling the plug on grandma, when you start making arguments like that, that's simply dishonest. >> reporter: the only really pointed exchange. >> i'd love to have a debate, just all-out, any time oxford style, if you like. >> reporter: college student jake lane, pressing on whether a public option would wipe out an insurance company. >> how in the world can a private corporation providing insurance compete with an entity that does not have to worry

about making a profit, does not have to pay local property taxes. they do not have to -- they are not subject to local regulations. how can a company compete with that? >> it's good to see a young person who is very engaged and confident challenging the president to an oxford-style debate. i think this is good. this is good. you know, i like that. >> the president says the details are not final but broadly speaking the charges aren't true. >> in fact now you have a lot of private companies who do very well competing against the government. ups and fedex are doing a lot better than the post office. >> reporter: in a sign of just how engaged the public is right now, lane told me he drove four hours to get here. he expressed disappointment the president did not have more details but was satisfied in one way. >> i've learned these town halls are genuine. that's something i was very, very happy with.

>> really? >> i was very concerned when i came up here, i was talking to my friend, i was afraid people called on for questions would be plants. i'm not saying none of them were you, but i'm saying i came here with a genuine question. if he knew my question, he might not want to call on me. he called on me not knowing anything about me. that is one thing i do respect. >> the first family's tour of national parks continues sunday at the grand canyon in arizona. then the president wraps his western swing in phoenix, the vfw's annual convention before heading back to washington as his fight for health reform reaches a critical change. ed henry, cnn, colorado. for the first time in two years, michael vick is practicing with an nfl team. how people are reacting to michael vick's presence.

it may not be an amicable divorce from the stars of the tlc show john and kate plus eight. the website reports police calmed the situation down and didn't arrest anyone. when the gosselins announced their breakup in june, they said they would take turns living in their home to separately parent their children. michael vick returned to work saturday. the first time in two years. larry smith has the latest. hey, larry. >> the best headline out there,

hide your beagle, michael vick is an eagle. the anniversary may subside but never go away. one day earlier eagles team owner and dog lover said what he did was so despicable he couldn't put it into words. so with the help of others, he put that aside and made the tough decision to sign him to a two-year contract. record books for tiger woods. a win would tie the pga championship and 15th career victory, three shy of the mark from jack mickelson. playing just outside minneapolis. this is always frightening. in his first game back from injury, texas slugger ian kinsler hit in the head by a pitch. he's okay. see him getting up but not happy about it. kinsler is not the only one

getting beamed. that coming up. the yellow car so focused on keeping the blue car from passing he let keselowski sneak up and win. busch was crying like a baby, end quote, when bulb said stuff happens when you race with idiots. ladies night in the ring. it's the first women's fight on the main card at a mixed martial arts event. the knockouts in the final second of the first round. she gets the win. that's sports. people arrested during civil rights protests in birmingham are getting a clean slate. some say they don't want it. why they consider their arrest a badge of honor.

authorities are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously vanished last month.

it was sent by a finland-based company in the arctic sea. contact was lost with the freighter, its cargo of timber and 15 member russian crew. they vanished while in the atlantic on july 28th. french marines say the ship is likely near cape verde off the coast of west africa. finnish investigators say they are not sure if the demand for ransom is legit or not. the crew said it had been attacked by hijackers in swedish waters. authorities say if the ransom is, in fact, legitimate, it may be from a second group of hijackers. police in olympia washington shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. now the investigators want to know how the man got into the hospital with three guns undetected. officers found two of them loaded when they were called to the hospital about an unruly patient. >> at some point he started to get more unruly. that was part of the original call as well, suspicion of firearms and unruly behavior.

the second time he becomes unruly, just asking him to do simple things to prepare him for being evaluated further. as he becomes more unruly and loud, the officer steps into the room. as he's stepping in, at some point in there, the subject produces another handgun. >> that's when a struggle started and the officer shot at the man. the hospital staff tried to save him but could not. 2500 people who protested and were arrested during civil rights demonstrations in birmingham, they are being pardoned. but ebony hall from wfma but as ebony hall from affiliate wbma reports, some people don't want their names wiped from police records. >> reporter: the reverend was there as other foot soldiers looked over the original jail records to see their names literally written in the history books. >> it's a great day. great day.

i feel i could fly. >> charles avery jr. and others would be pardoned. their 50-year-old fines refunded. their arrest records wiped clean. >> i never thought i would live to see this day. >> they all have vivid memories of the day they were arrested. not all of them will accept the pardon. >> murna and carol watson got arrested together. >> and we were pushed into the back of a paddy wagon like sardines, pushed us in, packed us in. >> reporter: the women say they want to keep their records the way they are. they don't feel a pardon is necessary. >> i didn't commit a crime, kill anyone, attack anybody, i just stood up for what i believe was right. >> reporter: they see the records as a testament to what the civil rights movement accomplished. >> i'm proud of it. i want to remain part of history. >> i was in jail for justice.

many people would not have the positions they have if it had not been for those of us that imagine marched. >> thanks for that story. the two women in that story say the southern leadership conference paid their fines when they were arrested. the organization played a huge role in the civil rights movement. when it comes to the environment, the car you drive to the grocery store may not have nearly as big an impact on what you buy when you get there. sounds odd. christy explains why this is true in today's ecosolution. >> reporter: here is a riddle for you, who who is more green, a vegan who drives an suv or hybrid. one question hotly debated on several online green forums so let's take a closer look at the debate. the main issue in question is the environment impact of

producing meat. recently former beatles sir paul mccartney launched a campaign which urges the public carnivorous cravings one day a week. the campaign says cutting down the red meat intake is an important step in tackling climate change. >> to encourage people no to not eat meat for one day of the week, monday, when they've overdone it over the weekend possibly. the idea is it is very beneficial for the environment. >> reporter: let's take a closer look at numbers. cows produce high levels of methane gas but belching. according to the epa, methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. a booming demand for beef means a staggering 18 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from livestock according to the u.s. while the entire transport sector -- cars, trucks, airplanes, combined -- only makes up 13% of all greenhouse

gas emissions. another issue is the water, land and food resources needed to raise livestock. so how much good does it do to cut meat out of your diet only once a week? biologists for the environmental group greenpeace say going meat-free one day a week will cut agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 10% to 20%. according to a study by the university of chicago, a vegan driving an suv is actually more green than a meat eater who drives a hybrid. according to research based on a typical american diet and typical car usage, changes to your eating habits will have a bigger impact on the environment than the car you drive. >> some interesting facts. for more green prices and other important news about the environment, just go to our website, cnn.com/ecosolutions. hollywood had kung fu. now the internet was wong fu.

see how three asian college kids make an internet movie-making sensation.

we've been telling you about the tropical storms moving across the atlantic. now there is a brand-new system that could threaten the u.s. as early as today. this afternoon. we'll tell you where it's headed. president obama came out swinging in defense of health care reform. i didn't commit a crime, i didn't kill anyone. i didn't attack anybody. i just stood up for what i believed was right. >> birmingham's mayor is offering people arrested for protesting during the civil rights movement a refund and a pardon. why some people are saying, no, thank you. good sunday to you. you're watching hln. hope you're having a great weekend so far.

i'm susan hendricks. there is a tropical storm warning for parts of florida just issued a few hours ago. meanwhile tropical storms ana and bill keep moving across the atlantic. let's get the latest from reynolds wolf. >> talking about three system here. two's company but three's a crowd. ana, bill, then tropical depression claudette. this system is actually expecting to gain strength. as it does so, it is expected to make landfall some time around midnight tonight near anticipate lash cola, could settle in parts of alabama and flash flooding could be a possibility. two other systems, bill right over here, then you've got ana, ana not nearly as impressive. as we put this into motion, let's see ana would be the first to go. notice the path from the

national hurricane center the storm going right over hispaniola, over the dominican republic, over cuba. it is not expected to strengthen that much, possibly staying as tropical storm. tuesday and, wednesday, and thursday just a trop dal depression. next up, bill. this storm moving northern, then moving a little more to the west-northwest. as it does expected to strengthen to a category 3 storm as you get to 2:00 a.m. friday with winds of 115 miles an hour. these storms are awfully fickle. they don't roll from point to point, they tend to wobble. a lot of changes can occur in the next 24 to 48 hours. this is not the only show in town. your national weather is coming up in moments right here on hln. with that storm warning up for florida, because of a new tropical depression and with two named storms in the atlantic, there is a whole lot to keep an eye on this coming week. be sure to check in with hln

meteorologist bob van dill ton get the very latest on how these storms could affect your plans. that's on "morning express" with robin meade at 6:00 a.m. eastern. an american man who was sentenced to seven years hard labor in myanmar has left the country with the senator who won his release. senator jim webb met with leaders in myanmar to get john yettaw freed. he was convicted of violating immigration laws swimming to ung su . >> he thought he was trying to help. he's not a mean-spirited human being. but at the same time, on humanitarian grounds i feel fort nat that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me.

>> senator webb met with suu kyi. he's the first congressman to visit myanmar in a decade. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now. thousands of firefighters are doing everything they can to get them under control. it is difficult though, the biggest fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned eight square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire so crews are having to rely on support from fair fighting aircraft. a fire raced through a wedding tent killing 35 women and six children. horrible story out of kuwait. authorities think faulty electrical wiring, a bproblem with buffet equipment or intense coals were the cause. the chairs were made of

flammable materials. it moved very fast. fire chief says the fire lasted just three minutes. 58 people who were injured are still in the hospital. seven have swee burns. president obama has stepped up efforts to make his case for health care reform. that means slamming his critics. as ed henry reports, trying to win over skeptics. >> reporter: family time at yellowstone national park. the first family expressing joy at the sight of old faithful. but a sharply different emotion from the president at a health care event in colorado. for the first time, he invoked last year's death of his own grandmother to slam conservatives like sarah palin who have accused him of promoting euthanasia. >> i just lost my grandmother last year. i know what it's like to watch somebody you love who's aging deteriorate. so the notion that somehow i ran for public office or members of

congress are in this so that they can go around pulling the plug on grandma? i mean when you start making arguments like that, that's simply dishonest. >> reporter: the only really pointed exchange -- >> i'd love to have a debate all-out, any time, oxford style, if you'd like. >> reporter: this college student pressing on whether a public option would wipe out insurance companies. >> how in the world can a private corporation providing insurance compete with anent continue that does not have to worry about making a profit, doesn't have to pay local property taxes, they do not have to -- they're not subject to local regulations. how can a company compete with that? >> it's good to see a young person who's very engaged and confident challenging the president to an oxford-style debate. i think this is good. you snow this is good.

you know? i like that. you got to have a hilt chutzpah. >> reporter: the president said details are not final but broadly speaking the charge is not true. in fact, right now you've got a lot of private companies who do very well competing against the government. u.p.s. and fedex are doing a lot better than the post office. >> reporter: in a sign of just how engaged the public is right now, lane told me he drove four hours to get here. he expressed disappointment the president did not have more details but was satisfied in one way. >> i've learned these town halls are genuine. that's something i was very, very happy with. i was very concerned when i came up here, i was talking to my friend, i was afraid people called on for questions would be planned. i'm not saying that none of them were but i am saying i cape here with a genuine question and if he knew my question, he might not have wanted to call on me. but he called on me not knowing anything about me and that is one thing i do respect. >> reporter: the first family's summer tour of national parks

continues sunday at the grand canyon in arizona. then the president wraps his western swing monday in phoenix with the speech at the vfw's annual convention before heading back to washington as his fight for health reform reaches a critical stage. ed henry, cnn. grand junction, colorado. we've got a warning for florida and we are also tracking a couple of named storms in the atlantic. there's also lots of weather for the rest of the country to keep an eye on as well. very biz dusy day for meteorolo reynold wolf. >> for your sunday we'll be seeing pretty nice conditions in parts of the northeast corridor. high pressure building up over parts of new york, keeping things relatively dry. scattered showers possible throughout much of the south. getting into the nation's midsection and back up into the western half of the great lakes, look for a chance of scattered showers, storms, maybe even an isolated tornado. when you get to the west coast, relatively dry conditions. for firefighters out there battling the blazes in parts of

central and southern california, it is going to be a tough time. strong winds in the afternoon certainly won't help the situation and muggy and hot for much of texas. in terms of high temperatures for the day, 84 expected at wrigley feel in chicago. 87 kansas city. 74 denver. 106 phoenix. triple digits in vegas out by the strip with 101. 69 san francisco. 78 los angeles. 76 seattle. east coast, boston, new york mainly 90s. warm times for you there in gotham city. 88 in atlanta. chance of scattered showers in tampa with a high of 92 degrees. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynold wolf for hln. for the first time in two years, michael vick is practicing with an nfl team. we will see how people are reacting to michael vick's presence.

parents of children who were victims of gun violence in chicago pleaded with people to turn in weapons. they teamed up with police and

commune leaders during a guns for gift cards event yesterday. donations are down because of the economy but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their weapons. >> all of us are, i think, in the city much too aware of the shootings that have been taking place last year. particularly our children, our children who not only suffer from these shootings, some of them have ended up in cemeteries, some ended up in prisons as a result of it. >> it's been three years and they haven't caught the person who killed my son. i can tell you it's a stress, stress out of this world. i'm looking at this one weapon and it's out on the street. that's just unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buyback program has collected 5,200 weapons so far this year. imagine learning how to walk again after getting a new knee? sounds difficult, right?

tiger woods has figured out how to golf. larry, he does it pretty well. >> think of it. a year ago he was learning how to walk in the recon instructed knee. look how far he has come, back-to-back wins and today a shot at a record-tying fifth career pga championship. woods is in the lead for the third day in a row taking a two-shot advantage. the odds are in his favor. woods has never lost a major when leading after three rounds. 14 for 14 in his career. a victory today would be his 15th career major title, three shif jack nicholson. convicted felon michael vick returned to work yesterday in his first practice with the philadelphia eagles, his new team. vick hasn't played in an nfl game of any kind since december of 2006. he missed the last two seasons after pleading guilty and serving 18 months in prison on dog fighting charges. in baseball, watch this. the dodgers pitcher taking a line drive off his head. the shot had such force that it

ricocheted into the stands. kuroda was taken to the hospital where a ct scan was kept negative. he was kept overnight for observation. david wright was hit in the head by a pitch and also went to the hospital. in the fourth inning the pitcher said he felt terrible. his ct scan was also negative. the mets four-time all-star spent the night in the hospital. one of his teammates says wright told a joke after coming off the field. watch this goal. soccer fans, even if you aren't a soccer fan. in stoppage time with the match winner right there, just up over the outstretched hand of the goalie. then he does the shirtless thing to celebrate. hey, that's sports. more visitors go there each year than go to the grabbed canyon, yellowstone and yosemite

parks, combined. we're talking about the national mall in washington, d.c. it's a great learning experience and a great weekend get-away. >> washington, d.c. is a bonanza for the budget minded. >> everyone knows that washington, d.c. is full of our nation's history. in fact, the capitol is a great place for a free tour to see the intimate details of our government. >> reporter: whether it's the monument, museums, or even the national zoo, there are dozens of places to visit for free. including the smithsonian american art museum. >> what you can expect to see is the largest and most comprehensive american art collection anywhere in the world. this building displays 4,000 works of art by some of america's most prominent and most beloved artists from all periods. >> reporter: but during the busy summer season, be prepared for crowds and maybe some surprises. >> what you don't expect about washington, d.c. is that it is full of modern pleasures such as cutting-edge restaurants and really exceptional people watching.

authorities are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously vanished last month. it was sent to the finland-based company that owns the ship called the "arctic sea." contact was lost with the freightest, its cargo of timber and the 15-member russian crew. they vanished while it was in the atlantic on july 28th. french marines say the ship is likely off west africa near cape verde. finnish investigators say they aren't sure if it is for ransom or not. authorities say if the ransom is in fact legitimate, it may be from a second group of hijackers. police in olympia, washington shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. investigators want to know how the man got into the hospital with three guns undetected. officers found two of them loaded when they were called to the hospital about an unruly

patient. >> at some point he starts getting more unruly, and that was part of the original call as well, was the suspicion of firearms an unruly behavior. the second time he starts becoming unruly just with simple asking him to do simple things to prepare for being evaluated further. and as he becomes more unruly and gets loud, the officer steps in to the room. as he's stepping in, at some point in there this subject produces another handgun. >> that is when a struggle started and an officer shot at the man. the hospital staff tried to save him but could not. 2,500 people who protested and were arrested during civil rights demonstrations in birmingham are being pardoned. but as eboni hall from affiliate wbma reports, some of those arrested don't want their names wiped from police records. >> you don't have a weapon. you got a book. >> reporter: the reverend's work was there as other foot soldiers

looked over the original jail records to see their names literally written in the history books. >> it is a great day. great day. i feel like i could fly. >> reporter: charles avery jr. and others would be pardoned. their nearly 50-year-old fines refunded and their arrest records wiped clean. >> i never thought i would live to see this day. >> reporter: they all have vivid memories of the day they were arrested but not all of them will accept the pardon. >> turn the right side up, yeah. >> reporter: myrna carter jackson and carol jackson watson got arrested together. >> and we were pushed into the back of a paddy wagon and they just pushed us in, packed us in. >> reporter: the women say they want to keep their arrest records as they are. they don't feel a pardon is necessary. >> i didn't commit a crime, i didn't kill anyone, i didn't attack anybody. i just stood up for what i believed was right. >> reporter: they see the records as testaments to what

the civil rights accomplished. >> i don't want it erased, to be perfectly honest. i wants it to remain a part of history. >> i was arrested for justice. >> our thanks to affiliate wbma. the two women in that story say the southern christian leadership conference paid their fines when they were arrested. the organization played a huge role in the civil rights movement. this fan has sold his rare copy of archie comic number one in protest. in that cartoon archie is on bended knee to propose. though he got more than $38,000 for it, he says he didn't tell it for the cash. he says did he it in anger over the unexpected shift in the story line.

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. parts of florida are under a tropical storm warning. a tropical depression that just formed in the atlantic is about 90 miles away from tampa. it's expected to be near florida's northern gulf coast by later this be afternoon. president obama and his family will tour the grand canyon today. yesterday they watched old faithful at yellowstone national park. meanwhile, the president also held his last town hall meeting to perform health care reform out west yesterday. during a meeting in colorado, he talked about his late grandmother when addressing people's concerns about his plan to overhaul the current system. a third round of retainees are on trial today for protests during iran's presidential election in june. more than 1,000 people were

arrested when the government cracked down on demonstrations that took place after the heavily disputed election. those are just some of the stories making headlines on hln this sunday. i'm susan hendricks. to north carolina now where police in a rural town are taking a new look at some cold cases. evidence suggests they may have been the work of a serial killer. david mattingly looks at why investigators are giving the cases new attention. >> reporter: if someone were looking for a place to get away with murder in north carolina, ed edgecomb county's seven bridges road would be the place. since 2005 remains of five women, all african-american and suspected prostitutes have been found here among miles of woods an crops. there are any number of places you can pull off here, like this spot right here. you can just drive off and disappear into the woods in a matter of seconds. sadly, that's what's been happening to these women.

they disappear, never to be seen alive again. is the work of a serial killer? >> yes, i believe it is. yeah, i think the fact that the bodies have been found close together, really would argue for a serial killer. >> reporter: michael teague was once the state's top forensic psychologist and believes the killer is someone who could have a lot in common with his victims. >> their economic level, their background, again the same race, so i think it's a person that would fit very easily within the environment. >> reporter: all of the victims were last seen in the town of rocky mountain. we went to where they came from, an area where prostitutes work neighborhood streets. >> typically this is the area. >> reporter: but we found the streets deserted. cleared by fear. prostitutes are easy targets for killers, living fragile lives on society's fringes. still, councilman andre knight says it shouldn't have taken years for the town to take notice. is it just a matter of race, or is it possibly because of what they do for a living? >> i think it's a combination of

both. because even what a person does, they still have human rights. >> reporter: a turning point in public awareness and the investigation itself was the fifth victim. she was known to her friends as "sunshine." friends and family publicly demanded justice. local authorities asked the fbi to assist. like the other victims, she disappeared from rocky mountain. her body was found in june off seven bridges road. from the streets of rocky mount, it is only a 15-minute drive to get to places just like this. for all practical purposes, it's the middle of nowhere. and this is where investigators say that the victims are being held. they won't give us a lot of detail but they do tell us that two of the victims were strangled, one was stabbed and beaten. three other rocky mount women who police say are not prostitutes are currently missing. the sheriff of edgecomb county calls this a critical time in

the investigation, leading many to hope that this lonely country road will soon lead to a killer. david mattingly, cnn, rocky mount, north carolina. it looks like tomorrow may not be a commuter's nightmare in san francisco if talks to avoid the rail strike stay on track. the union that represents b.a.r.t. workers say they made progress with management yesterday and talks will continue. public transportation workers are facing a 7% pay cut and reduced holiday pay. they had threatened to strike tomorrow, a move that would leave thousands of commuters stranded. a woman, her daughters and granddaughter kidnapped in oregon have now been rescued by california police. police say the girl's estranged father kidnapped the family and planned to take them to mexico. he apparently stopped at this motel in bakersfield, california. the two daughters, ages 20 and 15, convinced their father to let them get some food. cops were patrolling the area

and the girls flagged them down. their father is now facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. an american man who was sentenced to seven years hard labor in myanmar has left the country with the senator who won his release. senator jim webb met with leaders in myanmar to get john yettyaw freed. he was convicted of violating immigration laws. webb is happy with the release but called yettaw's actions regrettable. >> it was hurtful to the person that he thought he was trying to help. i don't think he is a mean-spirited human being. but at the same time, on humanitarian grounds, i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me. >> senator webb met with suu kyi

during his visit to myanmar. a powerful earthquake has hit western indonesia. there are reports that at least four people were injured. the quake registered a magnitude 7.0 and was centered 70 miles off sma tumatra island. it did not touch off a snotsuna warning. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now and thousands of firefighters are doing everything they can to get them under control. it is difficult though. the biggest fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned eight square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire so crews are having to rely on support from firefighting

aircraft. a drug operation is being blamed for another california fire that has burned more than 84,000 acres so far. the fire right now is 35% contained and some homes have been evacuated. authorities in the l.a. area say it started at an illegal marijuana camp. in the past month they've been trying to get rid of marijuana operations. tucked away from a local forest. a fire raced through a wedding tent killing 35 women and six children. a horrible story out of kuwait. authorities think faulty electrical wiring, a problem with buffet equipment or intense coals may be to blame for this. the chairs in the tent were also made of very flammable materials. it moved very fast. fire department chief says the fire lasted just three minutes. 58 people who were injured are still in the hospital. seven have severe burns.

are you thinking about buying a new car using that cash for clunkers program? the dealer may not have the one you want in stock. don't give up hope yet. jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. >> hi. i hope have you some fun plans lined up for this summer weekend. if you still want to get in on cash for clunkers, the government has a new on-the-fly fix. vouchers. the program's been so popular that you may have heard some of the most popular models are gone but you can still advantage of the program even if the dealer has none left. go ahead, order the car at the dealership. you'll get a vin number and voucher. can you pick it up later when it is ready. if this catches on, it could make car buying a lot less stressful. a lot of people want a new car but hate the idea of haggling at the dealership. you're going in wondering should i dress up, dress down, then the sales person's doing that thing where they go in the back, check with the manager and leave you waiting there forever. you probably don't buy cars often enough to really master that. well, now many new gm vehicles

are going on sale on ebay. the trial is starting in california and it could go nationwide. you could haggle by clicking "make an offer," but you'd be haggling from the comfort. your own home. that sounds like maybe you get one up on the dealer. i'm jennifer rest rest "looking out for. you". >> get more great money advice from jennifer westhoven each weekday on "morning express" with robin meade from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. for the first time in two years michael vick is practicing with an nfl team. we'll see how people are reacting to michael vick's presence.

parents of children who were victims of gun violence in chicago pleaded with people to

turn in their weapons. they teamed up with police and community leaders during a guns for gift cards event yesterday. donations to run the program are down because of the economy. but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their weapons. >> all of us are i think in the city much too aware of the shootings that have been taking place this last year. particularly our children. our children who are not only suffering from these shootings, some of them who have ended up in cemeteries, some have ended up in prison as a result of it. >> it's been three years. and they haven't caught the person who killed my son. i can tell you, it's a stress. it's a stress out of this world. i'm looking at this one weapon and it's out on the street. that's just unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buyback program has collected 5,200 weapons so far this year. it may not be an amicable

divorce from the stars of the tlc show "jon and kate plus 8." police went to the pennsylvania home of jon and kate gosselin thursday night to intervene in an argument. people.com reports that police calmed the situation down and didn't arrest anyone. when the gosselins announced their breakup in june, they said they would take turns living in their home to separately parent their eight children. this is how a bunch of competitive eaters spent their saturday. they are wolfing down as many funnel cakes as possible at minnesota's valley fair amusement park. the sweet incentive at this year's funnel cake eating contest is this -- $1,700 and world champion bragging rights. look at them go. a new york man known as eater x captured the title. he managed to eat nearly six pounds of funnel cake in ten minutes. with emotions running high all around, when michael vick

returned to work an saturday, the first time in two years. larry smith has the latest. hey, larry. >> the best headline out there, hide your beagle, michael vick is an eagle. from the paper in trenton, new jersey. the controversy surrounding vick may subside but will never go aw away. one day earlier eagles team owner and dog lover said what he did was so despicable he couldn't put it into words. so with the help of others, he put that aside and made the tough decision to sign him to a two-year contract. record books await tiger woods. a win would tie the pga championship and 15th career victory, three shy of the mark from jack nicklaus. woods has a two-shot lead into today's play just outside minneapolis. this is always frightening. in his first game back from injury, texas slugger ian kinsler hit in the head by a pitch. he's okay. see him getting up but not happy

about it. kinsler is not the only one getting beamed. wait until you see what else happened last night. that's in about 30 minutes. talk about road rage. watch this. brian vickers in the yellow car was so focused on keeping kyle busch in the blue car from passing him, brian keselows skchlt i snuck up and won. busch said stuff happens when the race with idiots. ladies night in the rain. this is a big deal because it is the first women's fight on the main card at a mixed martial arts event. the knock-out in the final second of the first round. today's salute is from a

proud father to a son who was serving overseas. >> hi, robin. i'm saluting my son spencer. he's currently in qatar. i want to let him know how proud his mom and i are of him. we look forward to having him come home. sorry he's not going to be here for his 21st birthday. joining the air force is probably the best thing that ever happened to him. it gave him some focus. he made a commitment to his country and to his family. we're just so proud. we love you and we look forward to when you return, hopefully in october. >> very good. if you have somebody in the service, go to cnn.com/robin. watch for those salutes every morning on "morning express" with robin meade from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern.

authorities are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously vanished last month. it was sent to the finland-based company that owns the ship called the "arctic sea." contact was lost with the freighter, its cargo of timber and the 15-member russian crew. they vanished while it was in the atlantic on july 28th.

french marines say the ship is likely off west africa in cape verde. investigators aren't sure if the demand for ransome is legit or not. the crusade it had had been attacked by hijackers in swedish waters. authorities say if the ransom is in fact legitimate, it may be from a second group of hijackers. police in olympia, washington shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. now investigators want to know how the man got into the hospital with three guns undetected. officers found two of them loaded when they were called to the hospital about an unruly patient. >> at some point he starts getting more unruly. that was part of the original call as well, was the suspicion of firearms and unruly behavior. and the second time he starts becoming unruly just with simple asking him to do simple things to prepare for being evaluated further. and as he becomes more unruly and gets loud, the officers

steps into the room as he's stepping in, at some point in there this subject produces another handgun. >> that is when a struggle started and an officer shot at the man. the hospital started and the officer shot at the man. the hospital staff tried to save him but could not. there is a new way to purchase store items while you're still at home. hln money expert clark howard has found a new web site where consumers can save time and money. >> do you know something? americans are johnny come latelies to the idea of buying brand name -- store brands in the supermarket. more than one in three tumsz bought in the store were store brand. the brand manufacturers are hurting. the big retailers push their items more and more, they're

looking for a way to reach you. now there is a new web site called alice.com. go check it out if you buy even just some brand names because you can buy those brand names at alice.com, especially right now, cheaper than i've been able to find them anywhere else. now, you go there, you register, you get all kinds of instant on-line coupons, instant savings, and you buy the same brand names you already bought. i'm clark howard. for more ways to get big deals, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> really some great information, and for other ways to save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off, join us for the clark howard show right here on hln at noon eastern saturdays and sundays. compared to a concert of 44 years ago, it took a whole lot more green to attend the concert as well. you won't believe the price of

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we've been telling you about the tropical storms moving across the atlantic. now there is a brand new system that could threaten the u.s. as early as today, this afternoon. we'll tell you where it's headed. president obama came out swinging in defense of health care reform and used the death of ha grandmother to slam his staunchest critics. >> i didn't commit a crime, i didn't kill anyone, i didn't attack anybody, i just stood up for what i believed was right. >> birmingham's mayor is offering a refund and a pardon. why some people are saying, no thank you. good sunday to you. you're watching hln.

hope you're having a great weekend so far. i'm susan hendricks. a top story this sunday is a tropical storm warning for parts of florida. it was just issued a few hours ago. meanwhile, tropical storms ana and bill keep moving across the atlant atlantic. let's get an update from reynolds. >> you see it right here across the coast in florida, in tampa. this system actually expected to gain strength, and as it does so, it is expected to make landfill around midnight tonight. we've got those two other systems we're talking about. those two other systems, of course, you've got bill right over here, and you've got ana, ana not nearly as impressive. as we put this in motion, ana would be the first to go. the path of the national

hurricane center shows it going right over the islands, over the dominican republic in cuba, and it is not expected to strengthen that much. the tropical storm in monday and tuesday will be a depression, and moving into cuba as we get into wednesday early. bill, this storm moving a little farther north and thecn moving o the west/north west. we're expecting it to go to a category 3 storm with winds of 115 miles an hour. they don't roll from point to point, they tend to wobble. so a lot of changes that can occur in the next 48 hours, and i'm sure these changes are coming. we've got a lot more to talk about, especially your national weather. that's coming up in mere moments right here on hln. >> with that storm warning up for florida, because of a new tropical depression and with two named storms in the atlantic as reynolds mentioned, there is a

whole lot to keep an eye on this week, so be sure to keep watching bob van dillen this week to find out how the storms can affect your morning plans. an american man was sentenced to seven years of hard labor in myanmar left with the senator that arranged for his relief. yettaw was convicted of violating immigration laws for swimming to the home of opposition leader an shan suu kui. he called yettaw's actions regrettable. >> it was hurtful to the person he thought he was trying to help. i don't think he's a mean-spirited human being. but at the same time, on humanitarian grounds, i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me.

>> senator webb met with suu kui during his visit to myanmar. he is the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now, and thousands of firefighters are doing everything they can to get them under control. it is difficult, though. the biggest fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned 8 square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire, so crews are having to rely on support from fi firefighting aircraft. a fire raced through a wedding tent, killing 35 women and six children. a horrible story out of kuwait. they think faulty electrical wiring, a problem with the equipment or intense coals may

be to blame for this. it moved very fast. fighter chief said the fire lasted just three minutes. 58 people who were injured are still in the hospital. seven have severe burns. president obama has stepped up efforts to make his case for health care reform. that means slamming his critics in his reports trying to win over skep tticskeptics. >> family time at yellowstone park, faemsz expressing joy at old faithful. but a different event in colorado. for the first time, after the death of his grandfather, slamming people like sarah palin who opposed ooeuthania. >> i just lost my grandmother last year. i know what it's like to watch someone you love deteriorating.

so the notion that i ran for public office or members of congress are in this so they can go around pulling the plug on grandma? i mean, when you start making arguments like that, that's simply dishonest. >> the only really pointed exchange? >> i'd love to have a debate just all-out -- >> college student zach lean pressing on whether a public option would wipe out insurance companies. >> how in the world can a private corporation providing insurance compete with an entity that does not have to worry about making a profit, does not have to pay local property taxes, they're not subject to local regulations. how can a company compete with that? >> it's good to see a young person who is very engaged and confident challenging the president to ask for a sell debate. i think this is good.

this is good. you know. i like that. you got to have a little hutzpah. >> the president said the details are not final, but broadly speaking, the charges not true. >> in fact, right now you've got a lot of private companies who do very well competing against the government. ups and fedex are doing a lot better than the post office. >> in a sign of just how engaged the public is right now, lane told me he drove four hours to get here. he expressed disappointment the president did not have more details but was satisfied in one way. >> these town halls are genuine, and that was something i'm very, very happy with. i was concerned coming up here, i was afraid the people being called on were plants. i'm not saying none of them were, but i came here with the genuine question, and if he knew my question, he might not have wanted to call on me. but he called on me not knowing anything about me, and that is one thing i do respect. >> the first family summer tour

of parks begins sunday in the grand canyon of arizona. then he wraps up his meetings on sunday before heading back to washington where the health care reform reaches a critical stage. a woman, her daughters and granddaughter kidnapped in oregon have now been rescued by california police. police say the girls' estranged father kidnapped the family and planned to take them to mexico. he apparently stopped in this motel in barkz fiekersfield, california. the two daughters 12 and 15 convinced their father to let them get some food. cops were patrolling the area and the girls flagged them down. the father is facing kidnapping. there is weather in the rest

of the country to keep you'r ey on. reynolds joins us now. >> for your sunday, what we're going to be seeing will be pretty nice conditions in parts of the corridor. compression building up. scattered showers on much of the south, but when you get in the nation's mid section and back into the great lakes, look for scattered storms, maybe even an isolated tornado. when you get to the west coast, relatively dry conditions. for firefighters battling the blazes in central parts of southern california, it gets hot with no rain in sight. 106 in phoenix, triple digits in vegas, 69 in san francisco, 78 in las vegas, and in boston, most until the 90s. 94 washington, 88 in atlanta and

a chance for scattered showers in tampa with a high of 92 degrees. that's a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. for the first time in two years, michael vick is practicing with an nfl team. we'll see how people are reacting to michael vick's presence.

parents of clirn who were vic timsz of gun violence in chicago pleaded with people to turn in their weapons. they teamed up with police and community leaders during a guns for gift cards event yesterday. donations to run the program are down because of the economy, but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their weapons. >> all of us, i think, in the city are much too aware of the shootings that have taken place this last year, and particularly our children, who not only suffer from these shootings. some have ended up in cemetaries and some in prison as a result of it.

>> it's been three years, and they haven't caught the person who killed my son. i can tell you it's a stress, it's a stress out of this world. i'm looking at this one weapon, and it's out on the street. that's unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buy-back program has collected 5200 weapons so far this year. it may not be an amicable divorce between the stars of jon and kate plus eight. police went to the stars' homes to intervene in an argument. police calmed the situation down and didn't arrest anyone. when the gosselins announced their break-up in june, they said they would take turns living in the home to separately parent their children. this is how a bunch of competitive eaters spent their saturday. they are wolfing down as many funnel cakes as possible at

minnesota's amusement park. the winner gets this: $1700 and bragging rights. the winner is "eater x." he ate nearly 6 pounds of funnel cake in ten minutes. a year ago, he was learning how to walk in that reconstructed knee. look how far he has come. back to back wins and a shot at a record-tieing sixth pga championship. he took a two-shot advantage in the final round at haseltine just outside minneapolis. a victory today would be his 15th career major title, three shy of jack nicklaus'.

vick hasn't played in an nfl game of any kind since december of 2006. he missed the last two seasons after pleading guilty and serving 18 months in prison on dog-fighting charges. dodgers pitcher heroke coroda. the shot had such force that it ricoch ricocheted in the stands. kuroda was taken overnight to the hospital for observation. >> he said he felt terrible. his ct scan was also negative. david wright spent the night in the hospital as well. he managed to tell a joke after coming off the field, but he could tell deep down wright was scared. watch this goal, soccer

fans. in stopping time with the winner right there just on an o outstretch for a goalie and then he does the shirtless thing to celebrate.

authorities are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously vanished last month. it was sent to a company that owned the ship called the "arctic sea." the freighter is lost, timber and a 15-member russian crew. they vanished on september 8. they're not sure if the demand for ransom is legit or not. four days before the ship disappeared, the crew said it had been attacked by hijackers in finnish waters. if the ransom is legitimate, it may be from a second group of hijackers. police shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. now investigators want to know how the man got into the hospital with three guns undetected. officers found two of them loaded when they were called to the hospital about an unruly patient. >> at some point he starts

getting more unruly and that was part of the original call as well, was the suspicion of firearms and unruly behavior. and the second time, he starts becoming unruly just asking him to do simple things to prepare for being evaluated further. and as he becomes more unruly and gets loud, the officer steps into the room. as he's stepping in, at some point in there, the subject produces another handgun. >> well, that is when a struggle started and an officer shot at the man. the hospital staff tried to save him but couldn't. 2500 people who protested during a civil rights protest in birmingham were arrested. some of them don't want their names wiped from police records. >> you don't have a weapon, you have a book. >> the reverend was there as other foot soldiers looked over

the original jail record to see their names literally written in the history books. >> it's a great day, great day. i feel like i could fly. >> charles avery, jr. and others would be pardoned, their nearly 50-year-old fines refunded and their records wiped clean. >> i never thought of how it would be to see this day. >> they all had vivid memories of the day they were arrested but not all of them will accept the pardon. myrna carter jackson and her friend were arrested together. the women say they want to keep their arrest records as they are. they don't feel a pardon is necessary. >> i didn't commit a crime, i didn't kill anyone, i didn't attack anybody, i just stood up for what i believed was right. >> they see the records as testaments to what the civil rights movement accomplished.

>> i'm very proud of it and i do not want it erased, to be perfectly honest. i want to remain a part of history. >> i was in jail for justice. many people would not have the positions they have if it had not been for those of us who marched. >> now, the two women in that story say the southern christian leadership conference paid their fines when they were arrested. the organization played a huge role in the civil rights movement. this fan has sold his rare copy of archie comics number one in protest. archie is on bended knee proposing to veronica. that angered collector dave lukeie so much, he sold his rare copy of the comic. although he got $38,000 for it, he said he didn't do it for the

cash, he did it for the shift? story line. he said archie should have proposed to next door betty instead. three college kids put their love of film and culture into an internet movie-making sensation. x

parts of florida are under a tropical storm warning. a tropical depression that just formed in the atlantic is about 90 miles away from tampa. it is expected to be near florida's northern gold coast by later this afternoon. president obama and his family will tour the grand canyon today. yesterday they watched old faithful at yellowstone national park. meanwhile, the president also held his last town hall meeting about health care reform yesterday. during a meeting in colorado, he talked about his late grandmother when addressing people's concerns about his plans to overhaul the current system. and a third round of detainees are on trial today for protest during iran's presidential election in june.

more than 1,000 people were arrested when the government cracked down on demonstrations. this took place during a heavily disputed election. this is just some of the headlines on hln this sunday. i'm susan hendricks. police in a rural town are taking a new look at cold cases. evidence suggests they may be the work of a serial killer. david madden is looking at why investigators are giving old cases new attention. >> if there was a place to get away from murder in north carolina, seven bridges road might be the place to go. >> nothing. nothing but trees and pastures. >> since 2005, five women, all african-american and suspended prostitutes have been found here among miles of woods and crops. >> there are any numbers of places you can pull off here, like this spot right here, you can just drive off and disappear into the woods in a matter of

seg seconds. sadly, that's what's happened to these women. they disappear, never to be seen again. is this the work of a serial killer? >> yeah, i think it is. the fact the bodies have been found close together really would argue for a serial killer. >> michael teague was one of the state's top forensic psychologists and believes the killer is someone who could have a lot in common with his victims. >> their economic level, their background, the same race. i think it's a person that would fit very easily within the environment. >> all the victims were last seen in the town of rocky mount. we went to where they were last seen, prostitutes working the streets. but we found the streets deserted, cleared by fear. prostitutes are easy targets for killers, leading life on the fringes. still, he says it shouldn't have taken years for the town to notice. >> is it just a matter of race or possibly what they do for a

living? >> i think it's a combination of both, because even what a person does, they still have human rights. >> a turning point in public awareness and the investigation itself was the fifth victim. jarnice, known to her friends as sunshine, friends and family publicly demanded justice. local authorities asked the fbi to assist. like other victims, hargrove disappeared from rocky mount. her body was found in june off seven bridges road. from the streets of rocky mount, it's only about a 15-minute drive to get to places like this. for all practical purposes, it's the middle of nowhere. and this is where investigators say the victims are being killed. they won't give us a lot of detail about what they're finding, but they do tell us that two of the victims were strangled, one was stabbed and beaten. three other rocky mount women who police say are not prostitutes are currently missing. the sheriff of edgecombe county calls this a critical time in

the investigation, leading many to hope that this lonely country road will soon lead to a killer. david maddingly, cnn, rocky mount, north carolina. it looks like it might not be a commuter's nightmare in san francisco if talks stay on track. the union that represents b.a.r.t. workers say they made progress yesterday and talks will continue. public transportation workers are facing a 7% pay cut and reduced holiday pay. they had threatened to strike tomorrow, a move that would leave thousands of commuters stranded. a woman, her daughters and granddaughter kidnapped in oregon have now been rescued by california police. police say the girls' estranged father kidnapped the family and planned to take them to mexico. he apparently stopped at this motel in bakersfield, california. the two daughters ages 20 and 15 convinced their father to let them get some food.

cops were patrolling the area and the girls flagged them down. their father is now facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. an american man who was sentenced to seven years hard labor in myanmar has left the country with the senator who won his release. senator jim webb met with leaders in myanmar to get john yettaw freed. he was captured for swimming to the leader an shan suu kui. webb was glad but called his actions regrettable. >> he thought he was trying to help someone. i don't think he was being mean-spirited here. at the same time, on humanitarian grounds, i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to taiwan with me. >> senator webb met with suu kui during his visit to myanmar.

he is the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. a powerful earthquake has hit western indonesia and there are reports that at least four people were injured. it measured 7.0 and was centered seven miles off sumatra island. who can forget the last one when 2 240,000 people were killed in 2004. the wildfires are burning in the santa cruz mountains and they're doing all they can to keep them under control. it has burned eight square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire, so crews are having to

rely on support from firefighting aircraft. a drug operation is being blamed for another california fire that has burned more than 84,000 acres so far. the fire right now is 35% contained and some homes have been evacuated. authorities in the l.a. area say it started at an illegal marijuana camp. in the past month, they have been trying to get rid of marijuana operations. a fire raced through a wedding tent killing 35 women and 6 children. a horrible story out of kuwait. authorities think faulty electrical wiring, a problem with the equipment or intense coals may be to blame for this. the tent was also made of very flammable materials. it moved very fast. the fire chief said the fire lasted just three minutes. 58 people who were injured are still in the hospital. seven have severe burns.

are you thinking about buying a new car using that cash for clunkers program, but the dealer maybe just doesn't have the one you want in stock? don't give up hope just yet. our money expert jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. >> hi, i hope you've got some plans lined up for the summer weekend. if you still want to get in on cash for clunkers, government has a new on the fly fix. vouchers. you may have heard some of the most popular models are gone, but you can still take advantage of the program even if the dealer has none left. go ahead, dealership. you'll get a vin number and a voucher and you can pick it up later when it's ready. if this catches on, it could make car buying a lot less stressful. a lot of people hate haggling at the dealership. you're wondering, should i dress up, should i dress down, then the dealer goes back and talks to the manager and leaves you waiting there forever. you probably don't buy cars often enough to really master

that. now many gm vehicles are going on sale on ebay. the trial is starting in california and could go nationwide. you could click buy it at one price, you could haggle, but you would be haggling from the comfort of your own home. you can get more great money advice from jennifer westhoven on morning express with robin meade at 6:00 a.m. eastern. we will see how people are reacting to michael vick's presence on an nfl team.

parents of children who were

victims of gun violence in chicago pleaded with people to turn in their weapons. they showed up during a guns for gift cards event yesterday. donations were down because of the economy, but that didn't stop leaders encouraging people to give up their weapons. >> all of us are, i think, in the city much too aware of the shootings that have been taking place this last year. in particular, our children. our children, who not only suffer from these shootings, some of them have ended up in cemetaries, some have ended up in prison as a result of it. >> it's been three years and they haven't caught the person who killed my son. i can tell you it's a stress. it's a stress out of this world. i'm looking at this one weapon, and it's out on the street. that's unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buy-back program has collected 5200 weapons so far this year. it may not be an amicable

divorce between the stars of the tv show "jon and kate plus eight." police went to the home saturday night to intervene in an argument. the web site reports that police calmed the situation down and didn't arrest anyone. when the gosselins announced their break-up last june, they said they would take turns living in the home to separately parent their eight children. with emotions running high all around him, michael vick returned to work on saturday, the first time in two years. larry smith has all the latest. hey, larry. >> hey, susan, hide your beagle, michael vick is an eagle says the paper. the 29-year-old put on a practice jersey for the first time after serving 18 months behind bars for dog fighting. one viewer said what vick did

was so despicable he couldn't put it into words. a win would put him at a record-tying 15th major win. texas slugger ian kinsler getting hit in the head. kinsler wasn't the only one getting beaned. wait until you see what else happened last night. that's coming up in about 30 minutes. talk about road rage? brian vickers was so focused on keeping kyle busch from catching up with him. vickers was crying like a baby, while busch says stuff happens when you race with idiots.

this is the first women's fight on the main card at a mixed martial arts event. the knock-out in the final second of the first round as prontos gets the win. of course. a tv crime show had a knack of getting the scoop on big crime stories. the host was actually committing crimes to boost ratings.

authorities are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously vanished last month. it was sent to the finland-based company that owns the ship called the arctic sea. well, contact was lost with the freighter, its cargo of timber and the 15-member russian crew. it vanished in the atlantic on

july 28. they say the ship is likely in cape verde in south africa. they're not sure if the demand for ransom is legit or not. four days before the ship disappeared, the crew said it had been attacked by hijackers in swedish waters. authorities say if the ransom is, in fact, legitimate, it may be from a second group of hijackers. police in olympia, washington shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. now investigators want to know how the man got into the hospital with three guns undetected. officers found two of them loaded when they were called to the hospital about an unruly patient. >> at some point he starts getting more unruly and that was part of the original call as well, was the suspicion of firearms and unruly behavior. and the second time he starts becoming unruly just with simple -- asking him to do simple things to prepare for being evaluated further. and as he becomes more unruly and gets loud, the officer steps

into the room. as he's stepping in, at some point in there, the subject produces another handgun. >> that is when a struggle started and an officer shot at the man. the hospital staff tried to save him but could not. police are looking into weather the host of a popular tv crime show had his rivals killed to boost the ratings. it is certainly a bizarre case that brazilian authorities involved competing drug dealers and cops gone bad. here's the story. >> reporter: the police say he wasn't making it up, he was making it happen. viewers might have wondered why wallace suza's true crimes program always seemed to be fresh on the scene. they might have asked why they were so often there before the police, in this case with the victim's still smolderring remains. he was sacked for corruption,

but that was no bar for his tv career, which in turn became a launch pad for a political career. but it was the allegedly made-for-tv crimes, the deadly ratings boosters that have him in the spotlight now. >> to be honest, he went so far as creating facts and ordering crimes be committed to generate news for the program. >> reporter: the police chief is taking no chances. all the investigators have been threatened and judges in the case are being given the highest protection. as well as boosting audience figures, prosecutors say suza organized the hit to get rid of his rival. he's also accused of drug trafficking. he denies the accusations. >> so that afar they have not b able to produce any proof of any kind. >> reporter: they made sure the

chamraz weameras were there to that, too. one was a rifle with a s silenceer. in a safe they have the found $175,000 in cash. >> suza calls the charges absurd. he claims his political owe p y opponents are trying to set him up. >> this man sold his number one archie comic in protest. archie is on bending knee proposing to veronica. that angered collector dave lubke so much he sold his rare copy of the comic. although he got $38,000 for it, he said he didn't sell it for the cash. he did it out of anger for the unexpected shift in the story line. he says archie should be proposing to next-girl neighbor

belty betty instead. it took a whole lot more green to attend the paul mccartney concert as well. you won't believe the price of tickets. [ music playing ]

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

we've been telling you about the tropical storms moving across the atlantic. now there is a brand new system that could threaten the u.s. as early as today, this afternoon. we'll tell you where it's headed. president obama came out swinging in the sense of health care reform and used the death of a grandmother to slam his staunchest critics. i didn't commit a crime, i didn't kill anyone, i didn't attack anyone, i just stood up in belief of what was right. >> she was arrested for protesting during the civil rights movement. a refund and a pardon. why some people are saying, no thank you. good sunday to you. you're watching hln.

i hope you're having a great weekend so far. i'm susan hendricks. a tropical storm warning for parts of florida was just issued a few hours ago. meanwhile, tropical storms ana and bill keep moving across the atlantic. let's get the latest from reynolds wolf and get all the details. hey, reynolds. >> two is company and three's a crowd. we've got ana and bill and we've got another one that may become a storm before the day is out. right along the coast in tampa, florida, this is expected to gain strength and as it does so is expected to make landfall sometime around midnight tonight and could settle in parts of alabama and flash flooding is a possibility. we've got two other systems we're talking about. bill right over here, and of course you've got ana. ana not near as impressive. as we put this in motion, ana would be the first to go. we have the path of the national hurricane center showing the

storm going right over the islands, back over the dominican republic to cuba, and with that reactions to land, it is not expected to strengthen that much. possibly a tropical storm tuesday and wednesday as a depression and moving into cuba as we get into early wednesday. next storm up will be bill, this storm moving a little farther north and then moving a little more to the west/northwest, and as it does, it's expected to strengthen to a category 3 storm with winds to 120 miles an hour. they don't roll from point to point, they tend to wobble, so a lot of changes that could occur in the next 24 to 36 and certainly 48 hours. this is not the only show in town. we've got lots to talk about, especially national weather, coming up in a few minutes right here on hln. >> because of that storm warning in florida, and with two named storms in the atlantic, as reynolds mentioned, there is a whole lot to keep an eye on this

week. so be sure to tune in to hln bob van dillen. that's on morning express with robin meade starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern. a man sentenced to seven years of hard labor in myanmar left with the senator who won his release. senator jim webb met with the leader an shan suu kui. he is happy with the reunion but called his actions regrettable. >> he was hurting the person he thought he was trying to help. i don't think he is a mean-spirited individual. at the same time, on humanitarian grounds, i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to taiwan with

me. >> senator webb met suu kui during his visit to myanmar. he is the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now, and thousands of firefighters are doing everything they can to get them under control. it is difficult, though. the biggest fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned 8 square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. now, the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire, so crews are having to rely on support from firefighting aircraft. a fire raced through a wedding tent killing 35 women and 6 children. a horrible story out of kuwait. authorities think faulty electrical wiring, problem with equipment or intense coals may

be to blame. the fire chief says the fire lasted just three minutes. 58 people are still in the hospital, seven have severe burns. president obama stepped up his case for health care reform. that means slamming his critics, trying to win over skeptics. >> family time at yellowstone national park, the first family expressing joy at the sight of old faithful. but a sharply different emotion from the president at a health care event in colorado. for the first time, he in voekd last year's death of his grandmother to slam people like sarah palin, who accused him. euthanasia support. >> i lost my grandmother last year. i know what it's like to lose somebody you love who is aging

detear yaear yating. so the notion i ran for public office or members of congress are in this so they can go around pulling the plug on grandma? when you start making arguments like that, that's simply dishonest. >> the only really pointed exchange? >> i'd love to have a debate just all-out any time ox ford tile, if you'd like. >> college student jack lane asking whether public option would wipe out private insurance companies. >> how in the world could a public insurance company providing insurance compete with other insurance companies where it doesn't have to pay property taxes, they're not subject to local regulations? how could a private company compete with that? >> it's good to see a young person so engaged and kflt challenging the president to an outright debate. i think this is good.

this is good. you know. i like that. you got to have a little hutzpah. >> the de -- the president said the details are not final, but the allegations are not true. >> ups and fedex are doing a lot better than the post office. >> in signs of how the public is engaged right now, lane said he drove four hours to get here. he expressed disappointment that the president did not have more details but was satisfied in one way. >> these town hall meetings are genuine, and that's something i was very, very happy with. i was talk to go my friend, saying i was afraid the people called on for questions were going to be plants. i'm not saying none were, but i came here with a genuine question, and if he knew my question, he might not have called on me. but he called on me not knowing anything about me, and that is something i do respect.

>> the president's national tour continues sunday at the grand canyon in arizona. then the president wraps his western swing monday in phoenix at the gop's annual national convention before heading back to washington as his fight for health reform reaches a critical stage. ed henry, cnn, grand junction, colorado. we are tracking a couple main storms in the atlantic. there is a lot of weather for the country to keep an eye on as well. very busy day for meteorologist reynolds wolf. hey, reynolds. >> for your sunday, what we're going to be seeing will be pretty nice conditions in parts of the northeast corridor. high pressure building over parts of new york and that will keep things relatively dry. scattered showers possible throughout much of the south but when you get to the nation's mid section and back to the western half of the great lakes, look for a chance of showers and storms, maybe even an isolated shower or tornado. but then on the west coast, relatively dry conditions, and

for firefighters battling the blazes in parts of western california, it becomes a different story. 84 degrees expected in chicago, 74 in denver, 106 in phoenix, triple digits in vegas with 109 degrees. 78 in loss ac angeles, 76 in la vegas. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. for the first time in two years, michael vick is practicing with an nfl team. we will see how people are reacting to michael vick's presence.

parntsz parents of children who were victims of gun violence teamed up with leaders. guns for gift cards met yesterday. donations were down because of the economy, but that didn't stop people encouraging them to give up their weapons. >> i'm sure you're all aware of the shootings that have been taking place this last year, and particularly our children, our children who have not only suffered from these shootings. some have ended up in cemetaries, some have ended up in prisons as a result of it. >> it's been three years and they haven't caught the person who killed my son. i can tell you it's a stress. it's a stress out of this world. i'm looking at this one weapon, and it's out on the street. that's unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buy-back program has collected 5200 weapons so far this year. it may not be an amicable

divorce between the stars of the tlc show "jon and kate plus eight." police went to the home of jon and kate gosselin to intervene in an argument. the web site says the police calmed the situation down and didn't arrest anyone. when they announced their break-up in june, they said they would take turns living in the home to separately parent their eight children. imagine learning how to walk again after getting a new knee. sounds pretty good, right? tiger woods has figured out how to golf, and larry, he does it pretty well. >> yeah, susan, think about it. a year ago he was learning to walk on the reconstructed knee. woods is in the lead for the third day in a row, taking a two-shot advantage in the final round at heaseltine just outsid minneapolis. the odds are in his favor. the victory today would be his

15th career major league title, three shy of jack nicklaus. michael vick returning yesterday to the nfl training camp with the eagles. he missed the last two seasons after pleading guilty and serving 18 months in prison on dog fighting charges. pivoting moments in baseball. dodgers pitcher kuroda taking a line drive off his head. it had such force he was ricochetted in the sand. he was kept overnight for observation. david wright was hit in the head by a pitch and was also taken to the hospital. here's what happened to him. he said he felt terrible. we'll try to contact him later and talk about it. his ct scan was also negative. the all-star spent the night in the hospital as well. a teammate said he managed to tell a joke coming off the field, but he could tell deep down he was scared. later today we go to the

pits. look at this. a goal made just at the out stretched hands of the goalie, and then he does the shirtless thing. that's sports.

thortsz are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously disappeared last month. it was sent to the finland-based company that owned the ship called the arctic sea. the 15-member russian crew vanished in the atlantic on june 28. they say the ship is likely in cape verde in south africa. authorities are not sure if the ransom is legit or not. they say the crew had been abducted by hijackers. if it is legitimate, it may be from a second set of hijackers. police shot and killed a man in an emergency hospital room. now they want to know how the man got in the hospital with

three guns undes -- undetected. >> at some point he got unruly. that was the original call as well, suspicious firearms and unruly behavior. then he started becoming unruly just asked to do simple things to prepare for becoming evaluated further. as he becomes more unruly, the officer steps into the room. as he stecps in, at some point n there, the suspect produces another handgun. >> that is when the trouble started and the officer shot at the man. the hospital staff tried to save him but could not. 2500 people who protested and were arrested during civil rights demonstrations in birmingham, they are being pardoned. but as ebony hall at our affiliate reports, some of them don't want their names wiped

from police records. >> reporter: the reverend shuttleworth was there as other soldiers looked over the jail records to see their names literally written in the history books. >> it's a great day, glreat day. i feel like i could fly. >> charles avery, jr. and others would be pardoned, their money refunded and their records wiped clean. they all have vivid memories of the day they were arrested, but not all of them will accept the pardon. >> turn it right side up, yes. >> myrna jackson and her friend were arrested together. >> i didn't kill anyone, i didn't attack anybody, i just

stood up for what i believe is right. >> they see the records as testaments for what the civil rights movement accomplished. >> i'm very proud of it and i do not want it erased, to be per febl effe effectual perfectly honest. i want it to remain a part of history. >> now, the two women in that story say the southern christian leadership conference paid their fines when they were arrested. the organization played a huge role in the civil rights movement. this fan has sold his rare copy of archie comics number one in protest. on next week's cover of archie comics 600, archie is on bended knee proposing to veronica. that angered collector dave lubke so much he sold his rare copy of the comics. although he got $38,000 for it,

he says he didn't do it for the cash. he did it for the anger in the unexpected shift? the story line. he said archie should have been proposing to next-door neighbor betty instead. three asian college kids turned their love of film and culture into an internet movie-making sensation. i'm robin meade. president obama welcomes the egyptian president to the white house. it's the first time they've met since june. they expect to talk about extremism. the afghan elections will take place on thursday, but

there are already exposures of fraud. on wednesday the judge is expected to rule on the case or let it go to trial. he may let the city of san francisco join the lawsuit. all those stories and much more starting tomorrow on morning express with me, robin meade. catch it every day from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. óóóóóóóóóóóóx

parts of florida are under a tropical storm warning. a tropical depression that just formed in the atlantic is about 90 miles away from tampa. it's expected to be near florida's northern gulf coast by later this afternoon. president obama and his family will tour the grand canyon today. yesterday they watched old faithful at yellowstone national park. meanwhile, the president also held his last town hall meeting to promote health care reform out west yesterday. during a meeting in colorado, he talked about his late grandmother when addressing people's concerns about liz plahis plans to overhaul the current system. about 3,000 detainees were

being held during the elections in june. about 1,000 people are still being held after the disputed election. i'm susan hendricks. to north carolina now where police in a rural town are taking a look at cold cases. evidence suggests they may have been the work of a serial killer. david maddingly looks at why the investigators are giving the cases new attention. >> if someone were looking for a place to get away with murder in north carolina, edgecombe county's seven bridges road might be the place to go. >> nothing. nothing but trees and pastures. >> since 2005, the remains of five women, all african-american and suspended prostitutes have been found here among miles of woods and crops. >> there are any number of places you can pull off here, like this spot right here, you can just drive off and disappear in the woods in a matter of seconds. sadly, that's what's been

happening to these women. they disappear, never to be seen alive again. is this the work of a serial killer? >> yes, i believe it is. the fact that the bodies have been found close together really would argue for a serial killer. >> michael teague was once the state's top forensic psychologist and believes the killer is someone who could have a lot in common with his victims. >> their economic level, their background, again, the same race, so i think it's a person that would fit very easily within the environment. >> all of the victims were last seen in the town of rocky mount. we went where they came from, an area where prostitutes work area streets. zsz typically this is the area. sdp >> but we found the streets deserted, cleared by fear. they are people living fragile lives on the city's fringes. still, it shouldn't have taken years for the town to notice. >> is it just a matter of race or is it possibly what they do

for a living? >> i think it's a combination of both. because even what a person does, they still have human rights. >> a turning point in public awareness and the investigation itself was the fifth victim. jarnice hargrove, known to her friends as sunshine. family and friends demanded justice. they asked family and friends to assist. like other victims, hargrove disappeared in rocky mount. sh her body was found in june off seven bridges road. for all practical purposes, it's the middle of nowhere. and this is where investigators say the victims are being killed. they won't give us a lot of detail about what they're finding, but they do tell us two of the victims were strangled, one stabbed and beaten. three other rocky mount women who police say are not prostitutes are currently missing. the sheriff of edgecombe county

calls this a critical time in the investigation, leading many to hope this lonely country road will soon lead to a killer. david maddingly, cnn, rocky mounl mount, north carolina. it looks like tomorrow may not be a commuter's nightmare in san francisco if the talks continue to stay on track. they made head way yesterday and talks will continue. workers are facing a 7% pay cut and reduced holiday pay. they had threatened to strike tomorrow, a move that would leave hundreds of commuters stranded. a man who kidnapped his daughters and granddaughter was found by california police. the two daughters, age 20 and 15, convinced their father to

let them get some food. cops were patrolling the area and the daughters flagged them down. the father is facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. a man facing seven hard years of labor in myanmar left the country with the senator who won his release. he was convicted of violating immigration laws for swimming to the home of opposition leader an shan suu kui. webb is proud of the release but found the actions regrettable. >> it was hurtful to the person he thought he was trying to help. i don't think he's a mean-spirited human being. but at the same time, on humanitarian grounds, i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me. >> senator webb met with suu kui

on his visit to myanmar. he is the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. there are reports that at least four people were injured. the quake registered 7.0 and was on sumatra, an indonesia island. who can forget the quake in 2004 when 270,000 people were killed. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now, and thousands of firefighters are doing everything they can to get them under control. it is difficult, though. the biggest fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned eight square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire, so crews are having to

rely on support from firefighting aircraft. a drug operation is being blamed for another california fire that has burned more than 84,000 acres so far. the fire right now is 35% contained and some homes have been evacuated. authorities in the l.a. area say it started at an illegal marijuana camp. in the past month, they have been trying to get rid of marijuana operations tucked away in a local forest. a fire raced through a wedding tent killing 35 women and 6 children. a horrible story out of kuwait. authorities think faulty electrical wiring, faulty equipment or intense coals may be to blame. the fire moved very fast. the fire chief said the fire lasted just three minutes. 53 people who were injured are still in the hospital. seven have severe burns. for the first time in two years, michael vick is practicing with an nfl team.

we will see how people are reacting to michael vick's presence.

parents of children who were victims of gun violence in chicago pleaded with people to turn in their weapons. they teamed up with police and community leaders during a guns for gift cards event yesterday. donations to run the program are down because of the economy, but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their weapons. >> all of us are, i think, in the city much too aware of the shootings that have taken place this last year, and particularly our children. our children who have not only

suffered from the shootings, some of them have ended up in cemetaries, some have ended up in prison as a result of it. >> it's been three years and they haven't caught the person who killed my son. i can tell you it's a stress. it's a stress out of this world. i'm looking at this one weapon and it's out on the street. that's unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buy-back program has collected 5200 weapons so far this year. tiger woods is trying to keep a personal streak alive, and larry, when tiger is involved, you're thinking maybe he can do it. >> absolutely, susan. he has won at least one major every year since 2004 and may keep that streak alive today with the pga championship. it seems unreal in some ways. just a year ago, woods was learning how to get around on a reconstructed knee. but he never lost when doing a

major. a win would be the 15th major championship for tiger and would tie the record for the most ever. michael vick returning to work yesterday in his first practice with the new team, the philadelphia eagles. vick hasn't played any football of any kind since february 2006. he served 18 months after pleading guilty on dog fighting charges. moments in baseball. dodgers pitcher koruda takes a line drive off his head. the shot had such force that it ricochetted into the stands. he was taken to the hospital where a ct scan was negative. he was kept overnight for observations. david wright, meanwhile, he was beaned, but he did have a helmet on, at least. he also went to the hospital. the four-time all-star went to the hospital. a teammate said he managed a joke coming off the field, but he could tell deep down he was scared.

ever wonder what happens to unused food after ball games and concerts? an organization gives that food to shelters and the yankees are contributing every night. more than 150 bands and 40 sports teams have donated millions of pounds of food. great job with that. that's sports. there's a new way to purchase store items while you're still at home. hln money expert clark howard has found a new web site where consumers can save time and money. >> do you know something? americans are johnny come latelies to the idea of buying store brands in the supermarket, but a little bit of recession goes a long way. kroger, the nation's second largest supermarket chain, reported recently in their quarterly reports that more than one in three items bought in the store were store brands. well, the brand manufacturers are hurting as the big retailers

push their store brands more and more. they're looking for a way to reach you. so now there is a new web site that's a beta, a test, an experiment called alice.com. go check it out if you buy even just some brand names because you can buy those brand names at alice.com, especially right now, cheaper than i've been able to find them anywhere else. now, you go there, you register, you get all kinds of instant on-line could you pleapons, ins savings, and you buy the same brand names you already bought. i'm clark howard. for ways to find big deals, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> to learn how to save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off, stay with us for the clark howard show at noon eastern right here on hln. a tv crime show had the knack for getting the scoop on big crime stories. you're not going to believe this one. the host was actually committing

crimes to boost ratings. aidian -- adrian, mother of three, professional babysitter. when she looked for who to leave with her kids, she did a background check. then she started screening all potential sit terz for herself, family and friends. but when adrian and her husband needed child care while on vacations, they didn't know who to call. on the drive home, they came up with a solution. seeking sitterz, an on-call babysitter service. they started their web site the very next day. >> our goal number one was to be

an on-line company. >> it lacked a local feel. >> we went into franchising to have a local person who is interactive with the community and they know all the girls personally. >> there are now 31 franchises in 12 states. but no matter how big the company gets, the driving force is peace of mind. >> would we trust this sitter with our kids? before we put them with any members.

authorities are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously vanished last month. it was sent to the finland-based company that owns the ship called the arctic sea. contact was lost with the freighter, its cargo of timber and the 15-member russian crew. it vanished while in the atlantic on july 28. they say the ship is likely in cape verde in west africa. they don't know if the ransom is

legit or not. four days before, the crew said it had been hijacked in finnish waters. if the ransom is legitimate, it may be from a second set of hijackers. police are looking into weather the host of a popular tv crime show had his rivals killed to boost the ratings. it is certainly a bizarre case that authorities say involved competing drug killers and cops gone bad. here's the story. >> reporter: police say he wasn't making it up, he was making it happen. viewers might have wondered why wallace suza's true crimes program always seemed to be first on the scene. they might have asked why they were so often there before the police, in this case with the victim's still smolderring remains. suza was once arrested for corruption, but that was no bar for his tv career.

it was the allegedly made-for-tv crimes, the deadly ratings boosters that have him in the spotlight now. >> to be honest, he went so he went as far as creating facts and ordering that crimes be committed to generate news for the program. >> reporter: the police chief is taking no chances. all the investigators have been threatened and judges in the case are being given the highest protection. as well as boosting audience figures, prosecutors say souza organized the hits to get rid of his rivals. he's also accused of drug trafficking. he denies the accusations. >> translator: all the investigations made by the public ministry and the police in this task they have created have so far not been able to present any proof of any kind. >> reporter: but the police made sure that when souza's house was searched, the cameras were there to record that, too. they uncovered ammunition and weapons, a shopping list for more guns on order, one, a rifle

with a silencer, and in a safe, they found $175,000 in cash. >> our thanks to carl didden for that report. meanwhile wallace souza calls the charges absurd. he claims his political oppon t opponents are trying to set him up. this fan has sold his rare copy of "archie comics number 1" in protest. next week number 600 archie is on bended knee proposing to veronica. they thank angered this collector so much he sold his comics. he said he didn't sell it for the cash. he said he did it in anger over the unexpected shift in the storyline. dave says archie should be proposing to girl next door, betty, instead. paul mostly cloudy mccartney's concert set a new

trend of going green. it took a whole lot more green to attend the concert as well. you won't believe the price of tickets.

we've been telling you about the tropical storms moving across the atlantic. now there is a brand-new system that could threaten the u.s. as early as today. this afternoon. we'll tell you where it's headed. president obama came out swinging in defense of health care reform. and used the death of his grandmother to slam his staunchest critics. i didn't commit a crime, i didn't kill anyone. i didn't attack anybody. i just stood up for what i believed was right. >> birmingham's mayor is offering people arrested for protesting during the civil rights movement a refund and a pardon. why some people are saying, no, thank you. good sunday to you. you're watching hln. hope you're having a great weekend so far. i'm susan hendricks.

well our top story on this sunday is a tropical storm warning for parts of florida. it was just issued a few hours ago. meanwhile tropical storms ana and bill keep moving across the atlantic. let's get the very latest now from meteorologist reynolds wolf who has all the details. hey reynolds. >> hey, we're talking about three systems here. two's company but three's a crowd. ana, bill, then tropical depression 4 which may become claudette. this system is actually expecting to gain strength. you see the system expected to gain strength and as it does so it is expected to make landfall some time around midnight tonight near ap. latch cohas, and it could settle in parts of alabama and flash flooding could be a possibility. two other systems, bill right over here, then you've got ana, ana not nearly as impressive. as we put this into motion, let's see ana would be the first to go. notice the path from the

national hurricane center the storm going right over hispaniola, over the dominican republic, over cuba. and with that interaction of land, it is not expected to strengthen all that much, possibly staying as a tropical storm into tuesday, and wednesday and thursday just a depression and moving over into cuba wednesday. next up, bill. this storm moving far northern, than moving a little more to the west-northwest. as it does expected to strengthen to a category 3 storm as you get to 2:00 a.m. friday with winds of 115 miles an hour. these storms are awfully fickle. they don't roll from point to point, they tend to wobble. a lot of changes can occur in the next 12 to 24 to 36, certainly 48 hours and i'm sure those changes are coming. this is not the only show in town. we got a lot more to talk about, especially your national weather that's coming up in mere moments right here on hln. >> reynolds, thanks so much for that. with that storm warning up for florida, because of a new tropical depression and with two named storms in the atlantic, as reynolds mentioned, there is a whole lot to keep an eye on this coming week. be sure to check in with hln

maryland bob van dillen to get the very latest on how these storms could affect your plans. that's on "morning express" with robin meade starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern. an american man who was sentenced to seven years hard labor in myanmar has left the country with the senator who won his release. senator jim webb met with leaders in myanmar to get john yettaw freed. yettaw was convicted of violating immigration laws for swimming to the home of opposition leader aung san suu kyi. webb is happy with the release but called yettaw's actions regrettable. >> we thought it was hurtful to the person he thought he was trying to help. i don't think he's a mean-spirited human being, but at the same time, on humanitarian grounds, i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me. >> senator webb met with suu

kyi during his visit to myanmar. he's the first congressman to visit myanmar in more than a decade. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now. thousands of firefighters are doing everything they can to get them under control. it is difficult though, the biggest fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned eight square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire so crews are having to rely on support from fire fighting aircraft. a fire raced through a wedding tent killing 35 women and six children. a horrible story out of kuwait. authorities think faulty electrical wiring, a problem with buffet equipment or intense coals were the cause. the chairs in the tent were also made of very flammable materials. it moved very fast.

the fire department chief says it lasted just three minutes. 58 people who were injured are still in the hospital. seven have severe burns. president obama has stepped up efforts to make his case for health care reform. that means slamming his critics. as ed henry reports, trying to win over skeptics. >> reporter: family time at yellowstone national park. the first family expressing joy at the sight of old faithful. but a sharply different emotion from the president at a health care event in colorado. for the first time, he invoked last year's death of his own grandmother to slam conservatives like sarah palin who have accused him of promoting euthanasia. >> i just lost my grandmother last year. i know what it's like to watch somebody you love, who's aging, deteriorate. so the notion that somehow i ran for public office or members of

congress are in this so that they can go around pulling the plug on grandma? i mean, when you start making arguments like that, that's simply dishonest. >> reporter: the only really pointed exchange -- >> i'd love to have a debate all-out, any time, oxford style, if you'd like. >> reporter: college student zach lane pressing on whether a public option would wipe out insurance companies. >> how in the world can a private corporation providing insurance compete with an enity that does not have to worry about making a profit, doesn't have to pay local property taxes, they do not have to -- they're not subject to local regulations? how can a company compete with that? >> it's good to see a young person who's very engaged and confident challenging the president to an oxford-style debate. i think this is good. you know, this is good. you know?

i like that. you got to have a little chutzpah. >> reporter: the president said details are not final but broadly speaking the charge is not true. in fact, right now you've got a lot of private companies who do very well competing against the government. u.p.s. and fedex are doing a lot better than the post office. >> reporter: in a sign of just how engaged the public is right now, lane told me he drove four hours to get here. he expressed disappointment the president did not have more details but was satisfied in one way. >> i've learned these town halls are genuine. that's something i was very, very happy with. >> reporter: really? >> i was very concerned when i came up here, i was talking to my friend, i was afraid people were going to be called on for questions were going to be planned. i'm not saying that none of them were but i am saying i came here with a genuine question and if he knew my question, he might not have wanted to call on me. but he called on me not knowing anything about me and that is one thing i do respect. >> reporter: the first family's summer tour of national parks continues sunday at the grand canyon in arizona.

then the president wraps his western swing monday in phoenix with the speech at the vfw's annual convention before heading back to washington as his fight for health reform reaches a critical stage. ed henry, cnn, grand junction, colorado. we've got a warning for florida and we are also tracking a couple of named storms in the atlantic. there's also lots of weather for the rest of the country to keep an eye on as well. very busy day for meteorologist reynolds wolf. he joins us with more information. hey, reynolds. >> you're right, always gets crazy on the weekends and this is certainly no exception. for your sunday, what we'll be seeing pretty nice conditions in parts of the northeast corridor. high pressure building up over parts of new york, compressing on the atmosphere, keeping things relatively dry. scattered showers possible throughout much of the south. getting into the nation's midsection and back up into the western half of the great lakes, look for a chance of scattered showers, storms, maybe even an isolated tornado. when you get to the west coast, relatively dry conditions. for firefighters out there battling the blazes in parts of central and southern california,

it is going to be a tough time. strong winds in the afternoon certainly are not going to help the situation and muggy and hot for much of texas. in terms of high temperatures for the day, 84 expected at wrigley field in chicago. 87 kansas city. 74 denver. 106 in phoenix. triple digits in vegas out by the strip with 101 degrees. 69 san francisco. 78 in los angeles. 76 in seattle. to the east coast we go, boston, new york, mainly into the 90s. warm times for you there in gotham city. 94 in washington. 88 in atlanta. chance of scattered showers in tampa with a high of 92 degrees. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. for the first time in two years, michael vick is practicing with an nfl team. we will see how people are reacting to michael vick's presence.

parents of children who were victims of gun violence in chicago pleaded with people to turn in their weapons.

they teamed up with police and community leaders during a guns for gift cards event yesterday. donations to run the program are down because of the economy, but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their weapons. >> all of us are, i think, in the city much too aware of the shootings that have been taking place this last year, and particularly our children, our children who not only suffer from these shootings, some of them have ended up in cemeteries, some ended up in prisons as a result of it. >> it's been three years and they haven't caught the person who killed my son. i can tell you it's a stress, it's a stress out of this world. i'm looking at this one weapon and it's out on the street. that's just unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buyback program has collected 5,200 weapons so far this year. it may not be an amicable divorce between the stars of the tlc show "jon & kate plus 8."

police went to the home of jon and kate thursday night to intervene to an argument. "people" magazine's website report police calmed the situation down and didn't arrest anyone when the gosse lins announced their break-up back in june they said they would take turns living separately at home to help parent their eight children. michael vick returned to the practice field. . >> with the federal government declaring vick's debt to society paid, vick is back and looked sharp in his first day of football practice in nearly three years. he hopes to return to form after serving 18 months behind bars on dog fighting charges. former super bowl winning coach tony dungy mentored vick in recent months and he believes the 29-year-old is a changed

man. tiger woods taking another step toward his life quest of topping jack nicklaus, he takes a two-shot lead into the final round of the pga championship, it would be his first major win since after winning the u.s. open 14 months ago. tempers flare in nascar. brian vickers let brian keselowski win. vickers says busch was "krik crying like a baby." busch says that happens when you race with yidiots. brett myers injured his eye playing catch earlier in the day with his son but later he said he slipped out of his truck and hit his face. no word on which story is accurate more how severe the injury is. the first women's fight on

the main card at a mixed martial arts event, kris santos beating gina carano. ouch. that's sports. people aresd during civil rights protests in birmingham are getting a clean slate, but some say they don't want it. why they consider their arrest a badge of honor.

authorities are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously vanished last month. it was sent with the finland-based company that owns the ship called the "arctic sea." contact was lost with the freighter, its cargo of timber and the 15-member russian crew. they vanished while in the atlantic on july 28th. french marines say the ship is likely near cape verde off west africa. finnish investigators say they are not sure if the demand for ransom is legit or not. four days before the ship disappeared, the crusade it had been attacked by hijackers in swedish waters. authorities say if the ransom is, in fact, legitimate, it may be from a second group of hijackers. police in olympia, washington, shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. now investigators want to know how the man got into the hospital with three guns undetected. officers found two of them loaded when they were called to the hospital about an unruly patient.

>> at some point he starts getting more unruly, and that was part of the original call as well, suspicion of firearms and unruly behavior. the second time he becomes unruly, just with simple asking him to do simple things to prepare for being evaluated further. and as he becomes more unruly and gets loud, the officer steps in to the room. as he's stepping in, at some point in there, the subject produces another handgun. >> that's when a struggle started and the officer shot at the man. the hospital staff tried to save him but could not. 2,500 people who protested and were arrested during civil rights demonstrations in birmingham, they are being pardoned. but as ebony hall from affiliate wbma reports, some of those arrested don't want their names wiped from police records. >> you don't have a weapon. you got a bullet. >> reporter: the reverend was

there as other foot soldiers looked over the original jail records to see their names literally written in the history books. >> it's a great day. great day. i feel -- oh, boy, i could fly. >> charles avery jr. and others would be pardoned. their nearly 50-year-old fines refunded and their arrest records wiped clean. >> i never thought i would see this day. >> reporter: they all have vivid memories of the day they were arrested but not all of them will accept the pardon. myrna carter jackson and car roll walters got arrested together. >> and we were pushed into the back of a paddy wagon like sardines, pushed us in, packed us in. >> reporter: the women say they want to keep their arrest records the way they are. they don't think a pardon is necessary. >> i didn't commit a crime. i didn't kill anyone. i didn't attack anybody. i just stood up for what i believed was right. >> reporter: they see the records as a testament to what

the civil rights movement accomplished. >> and i'm very proud of it. i do not want it to be erased, to be perfect honest. i want to remain part of history. >> i was in jail for justice. many people would not have the positions they have if it had not been for those of us who marched. >> our thanks to ebony hall from affiliate wbma for that story. the two women in that story say the southern christian leadership conference paid their fines when they were arested. the organization played a huge role in the civil rights movement. this fan has sold his rare copy of "archie" comics number one in protest. on next week's cover number 600, archie is on bended knee proposing to veronica. in case you follow it. that angered collector dave lupkey so much he sold his first copy of the comic. he got more than $38,000 for it, he says he didn't sell it for the cash. he says he did it in anger over the unexpected shift in the store yeline.

dave says archie should be proposing to girl next door betty instead. hollywood had kung fu, now the internet has wong fu. asian college kids turned their love of film and culture into an internet-movie-making sensation. >> hi there. i'm robin meade. today's salute is from a proud father to his son serviining overcease. >> hi, robin. i'm saluting my son spencer. he's currently in qatar. i want to let him know how proud his mom and i are of him. we look forward to having him come home. sorry he's not going to be here for his 21st birthday. joining the air force is probably the best thing that ever happened to him. it gave him some focus. he made a commitment to his country and to his family.

we're just so proud. we love you and we look forward to when you return, hopefully in october. >> very good. if you have somebody in the service, go to cnn.com/robin. watch for those salutes every morning on "morning express" with robin meade from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. 8xx

parts of florida are under a tropical storm warning. a tropical depression that just formed in the atlantic is about 90 miles away from tampa. it's expected to be near florida's northern gulf coast by later this afternoon. president obama and his family will tour the grand canyon today. yesterday they watched old faithful at yellowstone national park. meanwhile, the president also held his last town hall meeting to promote health care reform out west yesterday. during a meeting in colorado, he talked about his late grandmother when addressing people's concerns about his plan to overhaul the current system. a third round of detainees are on trial today for protests during iran's presidential election in june. more than 1,000 people were

arrested when the government cracked down on demonstrations that took place after the heavily disputed election. those are just some of the stories making headlines on hln this sunday. i'm susan hendricks. to north carolina now, where police in a rural town are taking a new look at some cold cases. evidence suggests they may have been the work of a serial killer. david mattingly looks at why investigators are giving the cases new attention. >> reporter: if someone were looking for a place to get away with murder in north carolina, edgecomb county's seven bridges road might be the place to go. nothing, nothing but trees and pastures. since 2005, the remains of five women, all african-american and suspected prostitutes have been found here among miles of woods and crops. there are any number of places you can pull off here, like this spot right here. you can just drive off and disappear into the woods in a matter of seconds. sadly, that's what's been happening to these women. they disappear, never to be seen alive again.

is this the work of a serial killer? >> yes, i believe it is. yeah, i think the fact that the bodies have been found close together, really would argue for a serial killer. >> reporter: michael teague was once the state's top forensic psychologist and believes the killer is someone who could have a lot in common with his victims. >> their economic level, their background, again, the same race, so i think it's a person that would fit very easily within the environment. >> reporter: all of the victims were last seen in the town of rocky mountain. we went to where they came from, an area where prostitutes work neighborhood streets. >> typically this is the area. >> reporter: but we found the streets deserted. cleared by fear. prostitutes are easy targets for killers, living fragile lives on society's fringes. still, councilman andre knight says it shouldn't have taken years for the town to take notice. is it just a matter of race, or is it possibly because of what they do for a living? >> i think it's a combination of both.

because even what a person does, they still have human rights. >> reporter: a turning point in public awareness and the investigation itself was the fifth victim. jarnice hargrove, known to her family and friends as "sunshine." friends and family publicly demanded justice. local authorities asked the fbi to assist. like the other victims, hargrove disappeared from rocky mount. her body was found in june off seven bridges road. from the streets of rocky mount, it's only about a 15-minute drive to get to places just like this. for all practical purposes, it's the middle of nowhere. and this is where investigators say that the victims are being killed. they won't give us a lot of debail detail about what they're finding, but two of the victims were strangled, one was stabbed and beaten. three other rocky mount women who police say are not prostitutes are currently missing. the sheriff of edgecomb county

calls this a critical time in the investigation, leading many to hope that this lonely country road will soon lead to a killer. david mattingly, cnn, rocky mount, north carolina. it looks like tomorrow may not be a commuter's nightmare in san francisco if talks to avoid the rail strike stay on track. the union that represents b.a.r.t. workers say they made progress with management yesterday and talks will continue. public transportation workers are facing a 7% pay cut and reduced holiday pay. they had threatened to strike tomorrow, a move that would leave thousands of commuters stranded. a woman, her daughters and granddaughter kidnapped in oregon have now been rescued by california police. police say the girl's estranged father kidnapped the family and planned to take them to mexico. he apparently stopped at this motel in bakersfield, california. the two daughters, ages 20 and 15, convinced their father to let them get some food. cops were patrolling the area and the girls flagged them down.

their father is now facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. an american man who was sentenced to seven years hard labor in myanmar has left the country with the senator who won his release. senator jim webb met with leaders in myanmar to get john yettaw freed. yettaw was convicted of violating immigration laws for swimming to the home of opposition leader aung san suu kyi. webb is happy with the release but called yettaw's actions regrettable. >> we thought it was hurtful to the person that he thought he was trying to help. i don't think he is a mean-spirited human being. but at the same time, on humanitarian grounds, i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me. >> senator webb met with suu kyi during his visit to myanmar. he is the first member of congress to visit myanmar in

morning a decade. a powerful earthquake has hit western indonesia. there are reports that at least four people were injured. the quake registered a magnitude 7.0 and was centered about 70 miles off of sumatra island. it did not touch off a tsunami warning. who can forget 2004 when a huge quake off western indonesia triggered a powerful tsunami. 230,000 people were killed. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now and thousands of firefighters are doing everything they can to get them under control. it is difficult though. the biggest fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned eight square miles so far. more than 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. a state of emergency has been declared for santa cruz county. the fire is proving very difficult to fight because of the terrain there. it is certainly hard to get equipment and people to the fire, so crews are having to rely on support from

firefighting aircraft. a drug operation is being blamed for another california fire that has burned more than 84,000 acres so far. the fire right now is 35% contained and some homes have been evacuated. authorities in the l.a. area say it started at an illegal marijuana camp. in the past month, they've been trying to get rid of marijuana operations tucked away in a local forest. a fire raced through a wedding tent killing 35 women and six children. a horrible story out of kuwait. authorities think faulty electrical wiring, a problem with buffet equipment or intense coals may be to blame for this. the chairs in the tent were also made of very flammable materials. it moved very fast. the fire department chief says the fire lasted just three minutes. 58 people who were injured are still in the hospital. seven have severe burns. are you thinking about buying a new car using that cash

for clunkers program? the dealer maybe just doesn't have the one you want in stock? don't give up hope yet. jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. >> hi. i hope you've got some fun plans lined up for this summer weekend. if you still want to get in on cash for clunkers, the government has a new on-the-fly fix. vouchers. the program's been so popular that you may have heard some of the most popular models are gone but you can still take advantage of the program even if the dealer has none left. go ahead, order the car at the dealership. you'll get a v.i.n. number and voucher. can you pick it up later when it is ready. if this catches on, it could make car buying a lot less stressful. a lot of people want a new car but hate the idea of haggling at the dealership. you're going in wondering should i dress up, should i dress down, then the sales person's doing that thing where they go in the back, check with the manager and leave you waiting there forever. you probably don't buy cars often enough to really master that. well, now many new gm vehicles

are going on sale on ebay. the trial is starting in california and it could go nationwide. you could click "buy it now" for one price, you could haggle by clicking "make an offer"but you'd be haggling from the comfort of your own home. that sounds like maybe you get one up on the dealer. i'm wchb wchb looking out for you. >> get more great money advice from jennifer westhoven each weekday on "morning express" with robin meade from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. for the first time in two years michael vick is practicing with an nfl team. we'll see how people are reacting to michael vick's presence.

parents of children who were victims of gun violence in

chicago pleaded with people to turn in their weapons. they teamed up with police and community leaders during a guns for gift cards event yesterday. donations to run the program are down because of the economy, but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their weapons. >> all of us are, i think, in the city much too aware of the shootings that have been taking place this last year, and particularly our children, our children who not only suffer from these shootings, some of them have ended up in cemeteries, some ended up in prisons as a result of it. >> it's been three years and they haven't caught the person who killed my son. i can tell you it's a stress, it's a stress out of this world. i'm looking at this one weapon and it's out on the street. that's just unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buyback program has collected 5,200 weapons so far this year. it may not be an amicable divorce between the stars of the

tlc show "jon & kate plus 8." police went to the pen pence home of jon and kate gosselin thursday night to intervene in an argument. people got calm. "people" magazine's website report police calmed the situation down and didn't arrest anyone. when the gosselins announced their break-up back in june they said they would take turns living separately at home to help parent their eight children. tiger woods is trying to keep a personal streak alive and larry, when tiger is involved, you're thinking maybe can he do it. >> absolutely, susan. he has won at least one major every year since 2004 and he could keep that with a triumph on the pga championship. he has a two-shot lead entering the final round and never lost when leading a major through three rounds. a win would be his fifth pga championship and for tiger tying the record for the most ever.

everyone rooting for him today in minnesota. convicted felon michael vick returning to work yesterday in his first practice with his new team, the philadelphia eagles. vick hasn't played an nfl game of any kind since december of 2006. he missed the last two seasons after pleading guilty and serving 18 months in prison on dog fighting charges. he could see action in an exhibition game later this season. dodger picture hiroki kuroda on the mound and takes the drive off the head. it had such force, it ricochetted into the hands. a ct scan was kept negative. he was kept overnight for observation. david wright was beaned, had a helmet on at least. ct scan negative. the all-star spent a night in the hospital. he managed to tell a joke coming off of the field but cotell deep down wright was scared.

wrap it sup an organization that gets unused food to shelters every night. 160 fans and 30 sports teams donated millions of pounds of food. guys, great job on that. that's sports. a tv crime show had a knack of getting the scoop on big crime stories. you're not going to believe this one. police say the host was actually committing crimes to boost ratings.

authorities are checking into a ransom demand involving a freighter that mysteriously vanished last month. it was sent to the finland-based company that owns the ship called the "arctic sea." contact was lost with the freighter, its cargo of timber and the 15-member russian crew. they vanished while in the atlantic on july 28th. french marines say the ship is likely near cape verde off west africa. finnish investigators say they

are not sure if the demand for ransom is legit or not. four days before the ship disappeared the crew said it had been attacked by hijackers in swedish waters. authorities say if the ransom is, in fact, legitimate, it may be from a second group of hijackers. police in olympia, washington, shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. now investigators want to know how the man got into the hospital with three guns undetected. officers found two of them loaded when they were called to the hospital about an unruly patient. >> at some point, he starts getting more unruly, and that was part of the original call as well, suspicion of firearms and unruly behavior. the second time he becomes unruly, just with simple asking him to do simple things to prepare for being evaluated further. and as he becomes more unruly and gets loud, the officer steps into the room. as he's stepping in, at some point in there, the subject

produces another handgun. >> that's when a struggle started and the officer shot at the man. the hospital staff tried to save him but could not. police are looking into weather the host of a popular tv crime show had his rivals killed to boost the ratings. it is certainly a bizarre case that brazilian authorities say involved competing drug dealers and cops gone bad. here's carl didden with the story. >> reporter: the police say he wasn't making it up, he was making it happen. viewers might have wondered why wallace souza's true crimes program always seemed to be first on the scene. they might have asked why they were so often there before the police, in this case, at the victim's still smoldering remains. souza was a police officer once himself. he was sacked for corruption, but that was no bar for his tv career, which in turn became a launch pad for a political career. but it was the allegedly

made-for-tv crimes, the deadly ratings boosters that have him in the spotlight now. >> translator: to be honest, he went as far as creating facts and committed to generate news for the program. >> reporter: the police chief is taking no chances. all the investigators have been threatened, and judges in the case are being given the highest protection. as well as boosting audience figures, prosecutors say souza organized the hit to get writ rid of his rivals. he is also accused of drug trafficking of. he denies the accusations. >> translator: all the investigations made by the public ministry and the police in this task, they have created a have so far not been able to create any proof of any kind. >> reporter: but the police made sure that when souza's house was searched, the cameras were there to record that, too. they uncovered ammunition and weapons. a shopping list for more guns on

order. one, a rifle with a silencer. and in a safe, they found $175,000 in cash. >> our thanks to carl denin n for that report. meanwhile, wallace souza cause the charges absurd. he claims his political opponents are trying to set him up. this fan has sold his rare copy of archie comics number one in protest. on next week's cover of archie comics number 600, archie is on bended knee proposing to veronica, in case you follow it. that anger collector dave rupke so much, he sold his rare first copy of the comic. although he got more than $38,000 for it, he says he didn't sell it for the cash. he says he did it in anger over the unexpected shift in the story line. dave says archie should be proposing to girl next door, betty, instead. paul mccartney in atlanta last night set a new trend of going green.

and it took a whole lot more green to attend the concert, as well. you won't believe the price of tickets.