the atlantic hurricane season is now in full force. there's a new storm threatening the florida panhandle and alabama's coast and it's not alone. two more storms are getting stronger as they approach land. police search for a man who attacked milwaukee's mayor with a pipe. but this is no political grudge. how it started and ended and what police say about the attacker. in chicago, police aren't the only ones asking people to turn in their guns. parents who have lost children to violence are begging folks to trade a firearm in for a gift card. in life, he was the king. and for elvis fans, nothing has changed. they are remembering his death, 32 years ago today.

but this year, they have something to celebrate as well. hi. thanks for having us over. you're watching hln. i'm virginia cha. our top stories, we have three tropical storms to keep our eyes on. parts of the alabama coast are under storm warnings. a new storm sprang up early this morning and it's already strengthened enough to become tropical storm claudette. some parts of the florida han hanld could get up to 10 inches of rain. and tropical storm bill is churning over the atlantic, getting stronger and heading east. it could make it to hurricane strength today. and then there's tropical storm ana, still causing worries for the caribbean as it moves westward. it may hit haiti or the dominican republic, but they can't say if it will reach the u.s. yet. stay here with hln, your full weather forecast and storm check, straight ahead. milwaukee mayor tom barrett is recovering after being beaten with a metal pipe. at last word, he was in stable

condition at a hospital. now, we don't know the extent or type of injuries he received in this attack, but police say he was alert and talking when he arrived last night. police are now searching for the man responsible who they believe is a known criminal. they say barrett was leaving the fair with his family when they saw a woman struggling with a man and heard her shouting for someone to call 911. the mayor began dialing 911 and that is when the suspect apparently stopped attacking the woman and began beating the mayor with a pipe. he then fled the scene before he could be stopped. the weekend is bringing no rest for democrats and administration officials pushing health care reform. they are hitting the talk shows. but they're also giving indications that they may be flexible about one of the most controversial aspects of the reform's proposal. president obama told a town hall meeting yesterday about the death of his grandmother to try to silence some of the criticism of his health care reform plan. meanwhile, other democrats and members of the administration are out in force today. pennsylvania senator arlen specter has faced some tough

crowds at health care reform town hall meetings. he told abc's "this week," he thinks the vocal critics are in the minority. >> i think we have to bear in mind that although those people have a right to be heard, that they're not really representative of america in my opinion. we have to be careful here, not to let those town meetings dominate the scene that influence what we do on health policy. >> reporter: it looks like the obama administration may be ready to drop a key component of the health care proposal. that's a public insurance option. appearing on our sister network cnn this morning, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said the option was not essential to the proposed plan. >> the president continues to believe that it's good to have consumer choice, let people choose an option in the new marketplace. >> he continues to be very supportive of some options for

consumers. what we don't know is exactly what the senate finance committee is likely to come up. they've been more focused on a co-op, not for profit co-op as a competitor as opposed to a straight government-run program, and i think what's important is choice and competition. and i'm convinced at the end of the day, the plan will have both of those. >> now, some republicans who have opposed the current proposals have indicated that they would accept those co-ops secretary sebelius just mentioned. meantime, president obama taking a little time off today from stumping for his health care proposal. he's taking the first family on a tour of grand canyon national park. if you want to know more about the health care debate and how the reforms could affect your family, check out the special health care in america website on cnn.com. you can get the latest from town hall debates, fact checks, i-reports, and other health care news as well. go to cnn.com/health care. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now, and thousands of firefighters are trying to get them under

control. a fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned more than ten square miles. the remote, rugged terrain mains the area so hard to reach, fire crews will depend on aircraft. and another fire in yuba county has tripled in size overnight. it's now burning in nevada county as well. as of last night, it was only 15% contained. a drug operation is being blamed for another california fire that's burned more than 84,000 acres. that fire is 35% contained and some homes did have to be evacuated. authorities in the l.a. area say it started at a covert marijuana farm. now, in the past month, they've been trying to get rid of marijuana operations tucked away in a local forest. city offices all over chicago will be closed for business monday. it's all because the budget has gone bust. police, firefighters, and other emergency response personnel, though, will be on regular duty, but you won't be able to check

out a library book or get your garbage picked up. and many city workers won't get paid. chicago is facing a budget crisis. tomorrow is one of three reduced service days planned this year that is expected to save the city more than $8 million. tomorrow may not be a commuter's nightmare in san francisco if talks to avoid a real strike stay on track. union reps for b.a.r.t. workers say they have made progress in talks with management and they plan to keep negotiating. but they haven't officially called off the strike set for tomorrow, which would leave thousands of commuters stranded. public transportation workers are facing a 7% pay cut and reduced holiday pay. now, two other unions have reached a deal with b.a.r.t., but members of this union say they're being asked to give up too much. our affiliate in atlanta, wsb, is reporting that divers are now taking part in the search for a missing north georgia woman. they found christy cornwell's cell phone. she may have been abducted while she was talking on it.

the georgia bureau of investigations says the phone was found by a man who was mowing his lawn about three miles from where this 39-year-old disappeared. police say cornwell was talking to her boyfriend on the cell phone when she was apparently abducted. >> she was abducted, placed in a vehicle, and removed from the area. that speaks for itself. she is in danger. >> we keep hope, keeping hope alive and we'll continue to do so until we find her. >> police say cornwell taking a walk down the street from her family's home at the time she disappeared. one week ago, american john yettaw was sitting in a prison in myanmar. today, he was sitting on a plane with virginia senator jim webb, the man who got him out of jail. they flew to neighboring thailand. webb met with the leaders of the military government in myanmar yesterday. he was convicted of violating immigration laws for swimming across a lake to the home of an opposition leader, aung san suu

kyi. >> i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me. he was on the aircraft with me. he's not a well man. he had a medical incident this morning when they read him his ordinance of deportation. he's now undergoing a thorough medical review here in the hospital and seeing if we'll be able to return to his family. >> senator webb also med with su, kyi during his visit to myanmar. a powerful earthquake and several aftershocks have hit indonesia. at least seven people were hurt by falling debris and one building did collapse. the u.s. geological survey said the initial quake had a magnitude of 6.7. it was centered about 70 miles off the sumatra island. it was about 200 miles away from the epicenter of the 2004 quake

that generated a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people a t that time. today's quake, though, did not touch off a tsunami warning. this morning, community leaders in chicago are trying to make their neighborhood safer, and people who have suffered unimaginable losses because of gun violence are joining that effort.

three generations of women from one family have been rescued in california after being kidnapped. police say an estranged father kidnapped his two daughters, their mother, and her granddaughter and planned to take them to mexico. he stopped at a motel in bakersfield, california. well, the two daughters were, who are ages 15 and 20, convinced their dad to let them get some food. they flagged down deputies who were patrolling the area. their dad is facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. police in olympia, washington, shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room and investigators now want to know how the man managed to conceal a handgun, even after police had searched him. officers found two other loaded

guns 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 a 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, this subject produces another handgun. >> police say that's when a struggle started and an officer shot the man. the hospital staff did try to save him. the first family is touring national parks this weekend with stops at yellowstone and the grand canyon, but controversy over gun law the president signed in may is following him. it lets registered gun owners carry firearms into many national parks. it reverses a reagan-era measure that said guns had to be locked up in the parks.

park advocates told "usa today," the president has taken several steps to support the national park system, but that the new law is a hiccup that should be stopped. the law is being hailed by the nra. 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 that program are down because of the economy, but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their guns. >> all of us are, i think, in the city, much too aware of the shootings that have been taking place this last year. and in particular, our children who not only suffer from these shootings, some of them have ended up in cemeteries, some of them have ended up in prison as a result of it. >> it's been three years and they haven't caught the person that 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, that's just unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buyback program has collected 5,200 weapons so far this year. so imagine this nightmare. you show your own legal passport and then you end up in a foreign jail for months because somebody decides your lips look different. and i'm not making this stuff up. the story of a canadian woman stranded because her own homeland refused to believe her. hear what she had to do to finally get home.

hi, folks. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. it is another busy weather day. getting things started in the tropics, first and foremost, the gulf of mexico, not far from florida, in fact, right off the coast, take a look at this. you can see a batch of scattered showers and storms. this is tropical depression number four. it could be tropical storm claudette before day is out. the storm is expected to march its way to the north, eventually moving into alabama, providing heavy rain for alabama and parts of the florida panhandle. and we're keeping a sharp eye here in the intertropical convergence zone. a couple of tropical storms, this happens to be ana and this is bill. these two storms will continue to make their way towards the west and we could see some strengthening, especially with bill in the coming days. meanwhile, around the nation is what we're seeing is the possibility in scattered showers, heavy storms, maybe flash flooding for parts of the western great lakes and into portions of the midwest and the mid-mississippi valley before the day is out. still very warm for you in texas, very muggy there also. back out to the west coast,

relatively dry in many spots. still the threat of fire for you in california. nice and cool across parts of the big sky country. and in the southeast, flash and dash showers could be an issue for a good part of the day. in terms of high temperatures, chicago, 84 degrees. 94 in washington, d.c. 91 in boston and new york, also into the 90s. 88 for atlanta. 92 in tampa. 98 for memphis. 59 in san francisco and 76 in seattle. that's a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. a canadian woman was trapped in jail in another country, accused of being an imposter. why? well, because they say her face looked different in her passport picture. but she never stopped fighting to prove she is exactly who she is so she could return home to her young son. chris evy with toronto tv haze her story.

. >> reporter: she arrived to a hero's welcome, cheering spotters aspotter s and a crush of cameras. but her only thought was finding her son. >> i'm really, really happy to come back. i'm glad the nightmare is over. >> reporter: the nightmare was the three grueling months she spent detained in kenya, part of in jail, her canadian passport seized. officials in kenya said her lips did not match her 4-year-old passport photo. she was stripped of her travel documents and turned over to kenyan authorities for prosecution. >> she feels more canadian than ever before. >> she never wavered, providing documents, even fingerprints, but the kenyan authorities wouldn't budge. it took a dna sample from her

son to prove her identity and get her on a plane. >> reporter: now that she has arrived home, canadian muslim groups are asking the government to take immediate disciplinary action against the consular officials who branded her an imposter. >> if she was a white canadian named jane doe, you would not have gone after her the way the high commission and this lady, lilyian did. >> reporter: lilian is the canadian official in kenya who decided she was lying about her identity. but she alone is not to blame, says this community leader. the problem is systemic. >> in the end, you know, the buck stops at the minister's office. the minister is accountable. >> reporter: the prime minister says he wants a full accounting for what happened. in the meantime, there is talk of lawsuits, but for mohammad, that's for another day. all she wants now is to feel her son's embrace. chris evy, toronto.

this is how a bunch of competitive eaters spent their saturday, 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, 1,700 bucks and bragging rights, of course. a new york man known as eater "x" captured the title. he managed to eat nearly six pounds of funnel cake in just ten minutes. there is a new way to purchase store items while you're still at home. hln money expert clark howard has found a new website 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 report that more than

one in three items bought in the store were store brand. well, the brand name manufacturers are hurting. it's the big retailers push their private labels, their store labelst brands more and more, they're looking for a way to reach you. so now there's a new website, it'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. you go there, register, get all kinds of instant online coupons, instant savings, and you buy the same brand names you already bought. i'm clark howard. for more ways for you to get big deals, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> and for other ways to save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off, stay with us for the "clark howard show" at 4:00 p.m. eastern today right here on hln.

fans will tell you there was only one king of rock 'n' roll, with elvis aaron presley. how the king is being remembered on the 32nd anniversary of his death. ♪ aad.

mohamud. mohamud. eason is now in full fo. as a new storm threatens the florida panhandle and alabama's coast, and it's not alone. two more storms are getting stronger as they approach land. police search for a man who attacked milwaukee's mayor with a pipe. but this is no political grudge. how it started and ended and what police say about the attacker. in chicago, police aren't the only ones asking people to turn in their guns. parents who have lost children to violence are begging folks to trade a firearm in for a gift card. in life, he was the king. and for elvis fans, nothing has changed. they are remembering his death, 32 years ago today. but this year, they have something to celebrate as well.

hi. you are watching hln. thanks for stopping by. i'm virginia cha. here's our top stories. we now have three tropical storms to keep our eyes on. parts of the florida and alabama coast are under storm warnings as a new weather system brews off the northern gulf coast. it sprang up early this morning and it's already strengthened you have to become tropical storm claudette. forecasters say it could bring 3 to 5 inches of rain to florida and southwestern georgia and some parts of the florida panhandle could get up to 10 inches of rain. and tropical storm bill is churning over the atlantic, getting stronger and heading east. it could make it to hurricane strength today. also, tropical storm ana, still causing worries for the caribbean as it moves westward. forecasters say it may hit haiti or the dominican republic, but they can't say if it will reach the u.s. milwaukee mayor tom barrett is recovering after being beaten with a metal pipe. at last word, he was in stable condition at a hospital. now, we don't know the extent or

type of injuries he received in this attack, but police say he was alert and talking when he arrived last night. police are now searching for the man responsible who they believe is a known criminal. they say barrett was leaving the fair with his family when they saw a woman struggling with a man and heard her shouting for someone to call 911. the mayor began dialing 911 and that is when the suspect apparently stopped attacking the woman and began beating the mayor with a pipe. he then fled the scene before he could be stopped. the weekend is bringing no rest for democrats and administration officials pushing health care reform. they are hitting the talk shows. but they're also giving indications that they may be flexible about one of the most controversial aspects of the reform's proposal. president obama told a town hall meeting yesterday about the death of his grandmother to try to silence some of the criticism of his health care reform plan. meantime, other democrats and members of the administration are out in force today. pennsylvania senator arlen specter has faced some tough crowds at health care reform town hall meetings.

he told abc's "this week," he thinks the vocal critics are in the minority. >> i think we have to bear in mind that although those people need to be heard and have a right to be heard, that they're not really representative of america, in my opinion. we have to be careful here, not to let those town meetings dominate the scene that influence what we do on health policy. >> it looks like the obama administration may be ready to drop a key component of the health care proposal. that's a public insurance option. appearing on our sister network cnn this morning, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said the option is not essential to the proposed plan. >> the president continues to believe that it's good to have consumer choice, let people choose an option in the new marketplace. he continues to be very supportive of some options for consumers. what we don't know is exactly what the senate finance

committee is likely to come up with. they've been more focused on a co-op, not for profit co-op as a competitor as opposed to a straight government-run program, and i think what's important is choice and competition. and i'm convinced at the end of the day, the plan will have both of those. >> now, some republicans who have opposed the current proposals have indicated that they would accept those co-ops secretary sebelius just mentioned. meantime, president obama taking a little time off today from stumping for his health care proposal. he's taking the first family on a tour of grand canyon national park. if you want to know more about the health care debate and how the reforms could affect your family, check out the special health care in america website on cnn.com. you can get the latest from town hall debates, fact checks, i-reports, and other health care news as well. just go to cnn.com/healthcare. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now, and thousands of firefighters are trying to get them under control. a fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned more than

ten square miles. the remote, rugged terrain mains the area so hard to reach, fire crews will depend on aircraft. meantime, another blaze in yuba county has tripled its size overnight. it actually jumped the north yuba river. it's now burning in nevada county as well. the number of firefighters working that fire was doubled to help rein it in, but as of last night, it was only 15% contained. city offices all over chicago will be closed for business monday. it's all because the budget has gone bust. police firefighters and other emergency response personnel, though, will be on regular duty, but you won't be able to check out a library book or get your garbage picked up. most city workers won't get paid either. like many municipalities across the country, chicago is facing a budget crises. tomorrow is one of three reduced service days planned this year. that is expected to save the city more than $8 million. tomorrow may not be a commuter's nightmare in san francisco if talks to avoid a real strike stay on track.

union reps for b.a.r.t. workers say they have made progress with managers and plan to keep negotiating, but they haven't officially called off the strike set for tomorrow which would leave thousands of commuters stranded. public transportation workers are facing a 7% pay cut and reduced holiday pay. now, two other unions have reached a deal with b.a.r.t., but members of this union say they're being asked to give up too much. our affiliate in atlanta, wsb, is reporting that divers are now taking part in the search for a missing north georgia woman. authorities got a break friday when they found kristi cornwell's cell phone. she may have been abducted while she was talking on it. the georgia bureau of investigations says the phone was found by a man who was mowing his lawn about three miles from where this 39-year-old disappeared. police say cornwell was talking to her boyfriend on the cell phone when she was apparently abducted. >> she was abducted, placed in a vehicle, and removed from the area. that speaks for itself. she is in danger. >> we keep hope, keeping hope

alive and we'll continue to do so until we find her. >> police say cornwell was taking a walk down the street from her family's home at the time she disappeared. a new study finds first-time moms are getting older. the national center for health statistics says the average age for first-time mothers in the u.s. jumped from nearly 21 1/2 years old no 1970 to 25 in 2006. researchers say that's partly because there's a jump in the number of older women who are having kids. in 1970, 1 out of 100 children born to moms ages 35 and older, but by 2006, 1 in 12 kids were born to women in that age group. it's okay. we can admit it. most women tend to lean towards style when it comes to choosing nice shoes, but we could actually be giving up a lot more than just comfort. elizabeth cohen has today's

"health for her". >> reporter: nicole loves shoes. from paris to payless, she's picked up more than 50 pairs. mainly cistilettos and other hi heels. nicole has been wearing heels since the sixth grade and over the years her style choice has caused her a number of problems. >> i have broken my ankles and have foot pain 24/7 and i continue to wear them. >> reporter: pediatrists say that's not unusual. many never associate their shoes with their pain. >> heel pain, bunion formation and flare-ups. >> reporter: at temple university school of poed at ric medicine, doctors use the data to better understand how different types of shoes put pressure on various points of the foot, including the balls, heels, and arches. they're finding the higher the heel, the more stress on the

toes and ankle joints, causing a multitude of long-lasting health issues. >> the chronic parts of wearing heels for a long time that actually affect the muscles, the balance, the actual deform tis and the number one thing is degenerative joint disease, with also known as osteoarthritis. >> reporter: and as women get older, deterioration if bone and muscles may cause the arches of their feet to become lax and lose support. doctors also say to avoid the flats and the flip-flops. look for something with a little heel to give you balance, but something that can still give you arch support without causing fallen arches and flat feet problems. >> our feet need support. there are a lot of different muscles and tendons and insertions that because of the different types of mechanics of your feeted yofeet, you need to them. >> reporter: and if women exercise at any age, they need to make sure they have a good-fitting shoe designed for

the sport they're involved in. elizabeth cohen, atlanta.

one week ago, american john yettaw was sitting in a prison in myanmar. today, he was sitting on a plane with virginia senator jim webb, the man who got him out of jail. they flew to neighboring thailand. webb met with the leaders of the military government in myanmar yesterday. yettaw was convicted of violating immigration laws for swimming across a lake to the home of opposition leader aung san suu kyi. >> i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to

allow him to come back here to thailand with me. he was on the aircraft with me. he's not a well man. he had a medical incident this morning when they read him his orders of deportation. he's now undergoing a thorough medical review here in the hospital and seeing if he'll be able to return to his family. >> senator webb also met with suu kyi during his visit to myanmar. he's the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. a powerful earthquake and several aftershocks have hit indonesia. authorities say say at least seven people were hurt by falling debris and one building did collapse. the u.s. geological survey said the initial quake had a magnitude of 6.7. it was centered about 70 miles off the sumatra island. it was about 200 miles away from the epicenter of the 2004 quake that generated a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people at that time. today's quake, though, did not touch off a tsunami warning.

three generations of women from one family have been rescued in california after being kidnapped. police say an estranged father kidnapped his two daughters, their mother, and her granddaughter and planned to take them to mexico. he stopped at a motel in bakersfield, california. well, the two daughters, who are ages 15 and 20, convinced their dad to let them get some food. they flagged down deputies who were patrolling the area. their dad is facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. police in olympia, washington, shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room and investigators now want to know how the man managed to conceal a handgun, even after police had searched him. officers found two other loaded guns 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 a 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, this subject produces another handgun. >> police say that's when a struggle started and an officer shot the man. the hospital staff did try to save him. the first family is touring national parks this weekend with stops at yellowstone and the grand canyon, but controversy over a gun law the president signed in may is following him. it lets registered gun owners carry firearms into many national parks. it reverses a reagan-era measure that said guns had to be locked up in the parks. park advocates told "usa today," the president has taken several steps to support the national park system, but that the new law is a hiccup that should be stopped. the law is being hailed by the nra. 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 that program are down because of the economy, but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their guns. >> all of us are, i think, in the city, much too aware of the shootings that have been taking place this last year. and in particular, our children who not only suffer from these shootings, some of them have ended up in cemeteries, some of them have ended up in prison as a result of it. >> it's been three years and they haven't caught the person that 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, that's just unbelievable. >> chicago's gun buyback program has collected 5,200 weapons so far this year. so imagine this nightmare. you show your own legal passport and then you end up in a foreign jail for months because somebody decides your lips look different.

and i'm not making this stuff up. the story of a canadian woman stranded because her own homeland refused to believe her. hear what she had to do to finally get home.

a canadian woman was trapped in jail in another country accused of being an imposter. why? because they say her face looked different in her passport picture. but she never stopped fighting to prove she is exactly who she said she is so she could return home to her young son. chris evy with toronto tv haze her story. >> reporter: she arrived to a hero's welcome, cheering supporters and a crush of cameras. but suaad mohamud's only thought was finding her son. >> welcome! welcome! >> i'm really happy to come home. i'm really, really happy to come back. i'm glad the nightmare is over. >> reporter: the nightmare was the three grueling months mohamt

detained in kenya, part of it in >> she is canadian. she felt canadian from day one. she feels canadian now. >> reporter: mohammed never wavered providing documents, even fingerprints, but the authorities wouldn't budge. it took a dna sample from mohammed's son to prove her identity and get her on the plane. now that mohammed has arrived home, canadian muslim groups are asking the government to take immediate disciplinary action against the consular officials who branded her an imposter saying the decision has the hallmarks of a "racist attitude." >> if she was a white canadian named jane doe, you would not have gone after her the way the high commission and this lady,

lillian did. >> lillian is the canadian official in kenya who decided mohammed was lying about her identity. >> in the end of the buck stops with the minister. >> reporter: the prime minister said he wants a full accounting for what happened. in the meantime, there is talk of lawsuits, but for mohammed, that's for another day. all she wants now is to feel her son's embrace. chris eby, toronto. >> three, two, one. >> this is how a bunch of competitive eaters spent their saturday, wolfing down as many funnel cakes as possible at minnesota'svalley faire amusement park. a new york man known as eater "x" captured the title. he manage to eat nearly six pounds of funnel cake in just ten minutes. fans will tell you there was

only one king of rock and roll, elvis aaron presley. how the king is being remembered on the 32nd anniversary of his death.

the atlantic hurricane season is now in full force as a new storm threatens the florida panhandle and alabama's coast and it's not alone. two more storms are getting stronger as they approach land. police search for a man who attacked milwaukee's mayor with a pipe, but this is no political grudge. how it started and ended and what police say about the attacker. in chicago police aren't the only ones asking people to turn in their guns. parents who have lost children to violence are begging folks to trade a firearm in for a gift card. in life he was the king, and for elvis fans, nothing has changed. they are remembering his death

32 years ago today. this year they have something to celebrate as well. you are watching hln. thanks for stopping by. we have three tropical storms to keep our eyes on. parts of the florida and alabama coast are under storm warnings as a new weather system brews off the northern gulf coast. it sprang up early this morning. it's tropical storm draclaudett. some parts of the florida panhandle could get up to ten inches of rain. meantime, tropical storm bill is churning over the atlantic getting stronger and heading east. it could make it to hurricane strength today. also, tropical storm anna still causing worries for the caribbean as it moves westward. forecasters say it may hit haiti or the dominican republic but they can't say if it will reach the u.s. milwaukee mayor tom barrett is recovering after being beaten with a metal type. we don't know the extent or type

of injuries he received in this attack, but police say he was alert and talking when he arrived last night. police are now searching for the man responsible who they believe is a known criminal. they say barrett was leaving the fair with his family when he saw a woman struggling with a man and heard her shouting for someone to call 911. the mayor began dialing 911 and that is when the suspect apparently stopped attacking the woman and began beating the mayor with a pipe. he then fled the scene before he could be stopped. the weekend is bringing in rest for democrats and administration officials pushing health care reform. they are hitting the talk shows, but they're also giving indications that they may be flexible about one of the most controversial aspects of the reform's proposal. president obama told a town hall meeting yesterday about the death of his grandmother to try to silence some of the criticism. other democrats and members of the administration are out in force today. pennsylvania senator arlen specter has faced some tough crowds at health care reform

town hall meetings. he told abc's "this week" he thinks the vocal critics are in the minority. >> i think we have to bear in mind that although those people need to be heard and have a right to be heard, that they're not really representative of america in my opinion. we have to be careful here not to let those town meetings dominate the scene and influence what we do on health policy. >> it looks like the obama administration may be ready to drop a key component of the health care proposal. that's a public insurance option. apering on cnn this morning, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said the option is not essential to the proposed plan. >> the president continues to believe that it's good to have consumer choice, let people choose an option in the new marketplace. he continues to be very supportive of some options for

consumers. what we don't know is exactly what the senate finance committee is likely to come up with. they've been more focused on a co-op, not for profit co-op as a competitor as opposed to a straight government-run program, and i think what's important is choice and competition, and i'm convinced at the end of the day the plan will have both of those. >> some republicans who have opposed the current proposals have indicated they would accept those co-ops secretary sebelius just mentioned. meantime, president obama taking a little time off today for stumping for his health care proposal. he's taking the first family on a tour of grand canyon national park. if you want to know more about the health care debate and how the reforms could affect your family, check out the special health care in america website on cnn.com. you can get the latest from town hall debates, fact checks, i-reports, and other health care news. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now, and thousands of firefighters are trying to get them under control. a fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned more than

ten square miles. the remote, rugged terrain makes the area so hard to reach, fire crews will depend on aircraft. meantime, another blaze has tripled in size overnight. it jumped the north yuba river. the number of firefighters working in that fire was doubled to help rein it in but as of last night it was only 15% contained. a drug operation is being blamed for another california fire that's burned more than 84,000 acres. that fire is 35% contained and some homes did have to be evacuated. authorities in the l.a. area say it started at a covert marijuana farm. in the past month they have been trying to get rid of marijuana operations tucked away in a local forest. city offices all over chicago will be closed for business monday. it's all because the budget has gone bust. police, firefighters, and other emergency response personnel though will be on regular duty, but you won't be able to check out a library book or get your garbage picked up. most city workers won't get paid

either. like many municipals across the country, chicago is facing a budget crisis. tomorrow is one of three reduced service days planned this year that is expected to save the city more than $8 million. tomorrow may not be a commuters' nightmare if talks stay on tracks. they haven't officially called off the strike set for tomorrow, which would leave thousands of commuters stranded. public transportation workers are facing a 7% pay cut and reduced holiday pay. now, two other unions have reached a deal with b.a.r.t., but members of this union say they're being asked to give up too much. our affiliate in atlanta is reporting that divers are now taking part in the search for a missing north georgia woman. authorities got a break friday when they found kristi cornwell's cell phone. she may have been abducted while she was talking on it. the georgia bureau of investigation says the phone was

found by a man who was mowing his lawn about three miles from where the 39-year-old disappeared. police say cornwell was talking to her boyfriend on the cell phone when she was apparently abducted. >> she was abducted, placed in a vehicle, and removed from the area. that speaks for itself. she is in danger. >> we keep hope, keeping hope alive, and we'll continue to do so until we find her. >> police say cornwell was taking a walk down the street from her family's home at the time she disappeared. tonight on hln "news and views" nancy grace has been following the latest developments on the story as police, friends, and family des pr desperately search for her. a week ago john was sitting in a prison in myanmar. today he was sitting on a plane with virginia senator jim webb. they flew to neighboring

thailand. webb met with leaders of the military government yesterday. yettaw was convicted for swimming across a lake to the home of the opposition leader. >> i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me. he was on the aircraft with me. he's not a well man. he had a medical incident this morning. he is now undergoing a thorough medical review here in a hospit hospital. >> senator webb also met with suu kyi during his sis sit to myanmar. he is the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. a powerful earthquake and several aftershocks have hit indonesia. authorities there say at least seven people were hurt by falling debris and one building did collapse.

the u.s. geological survey says the initial quake had a magnitude of 6.7. 2 it was about 200 miles away from the epicenter of the 2004 quake that generated a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people at that time. today's quake though did not touch off a tsunami warning. this weekend community leaders in chicago are trying to make their neighborhoods safer and people who have suffered unimaginable losses because of gun violence are joining that effort.

three generations of women from one family have been rescued in california after being kidnapped. police say an estranged father kidnapped two daughters, their mother, and her graund daughter and planned to take them to mexico. he stopped at a motel in baxersfield. the two daughters ages 15 and 20

convinced the dad to let them get some food. they flagged down deputies. their dad is facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. police in olympia, washington, shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. investigators now want to know how the man managed to conceal a handgun even after police had searched him. officers found two other loaded guns 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 was a 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 this subject produces another handgun. >> police say that's when a struggle started and an officer shot the man. the hospital staff did try to

save him. the first family is touring national parks this weekend with stops at yellowstone and the grand canyon, but controversy over a gun law the president signed in may is following him. it lets registered gun owners carry firearms into many national parks t reverses a reagan era measure that said guns had to be locked up in the parks. park advocates told "usa today" the president has taken several steps to support the national park system but that the new law is a hiccup that should be stopped. parts 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 that program are down because of the economy, but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their guns. >> 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 are not only suffering from these shootings, some of them who have ended up in cemeteries, some vended up in prisons as a result of it. >> it's been three years, and they haven't caught the person that 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. >> they have collected 5,200 weapons so far this year. there is a new way to purchase store items while you're still at home. hln money expert clark howard has found a new website where consumers can save time and money. do you know something? americans are johnny-come-latelys to the ideas of buying store brands in the supermarket but a little bit of recession goes a long way. kroger reported recently in

their quarterly report that more than 1 in 3 items bought in the store were store brands. well, the brand name manufacturers are hurting. it as the big retailers push their private labels, their store brands more and more, they're looking for a way to reach you. now there's a new website that's a beta. go check it out if you buy even some brand names because you can buy the brand names at alice.com, personal right now, cheaper than i have been able to buy them anywhere else. you go there, register, get all kinds of instant online coupons, instant savings, and you buy the same brand names that you already bought. i'm clark howard. for more ways for you to get big deals, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> and for other ways to save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off stay with us

for the clark howard show at 4:00 p.m. eastern today right here on hln. so imagine this nightmare. you know your own legal passport and then you end up in a foreign jail for months because somebody decides your lips look different, and i'm not making this stuff up. the story of a canadian woman stranded because her own homeland refused to believe her. hear what she has to do to finally get home.

a canadian woman was trapped in jail in another country accused of being an imposter. why? they say her face looked different in her passport picture, but she never stopped fighting to prove she is exactly who she says she is so she could return home to her young son. chris eby with toronto's ctv has her story. >> reporter: she arrived to a hero's welcome. cheering supporters and a crush of cameras, but mohammed's only thought was finding her son. >> welcome! welcome! welcome! >> i'm really, really happy to be home. i'm really, really happy to be back. i'm glad the nightmare is over. >> reporter: the nightmare was the three grueling months she spent detained in kenya, part of it in jail, her canadian passport seized. consular officials in kenya said mohammed's lips did not match her four-year-old passport

photo. she was stripped of her travel documents and turned over to kenyan authorities for prosecution. >> she feels more canadian today than ever before. she is canadian. she felt canadian from day one. she feels canadian now. >> reporter: mohammed never wavered providing documents, even fingerprints, but the authorities wouldn't budge. it took a dna sample from mohammed's son to prove her identity and get her on the plane. now that mohammed has arrived home, canadian muslim groups are asking the government to take immediate disciplinary action against the consular officials who branded her an imposter saying the decision has the hallmarks of a "racist attitude." >> if she was a white canadian named jane doe, you would not have gone after her the way the high commission and this lady, lillian, did. >> reporter: lillian is lillian kadur, the canadian official in kenya who decided mohammed was lying about her identity. but she alone is not to blame says this community leader. the problem is systemic.

>> in the end the buck stops at the minister's office. the minister is accountable. >> reporter: the prime minister said he wants a full accounting for what happened. in the meantime, there is talk of lawsuits, but for mohammed, that's for another day. all she wants now is to feel her son's embrace. chris eby, ctv news, toronto. the first family is touring national parks this weekend with stops at yellowstone and the grand canyon, but controversy over a gun law the president signed in may is following him. it lets registered people carry firearms in many national parks. it reversed a reagan era measure that said guns had to be locked up in parks. park officials say the president has taken several steps to support the parks, but the new law is a hiccup that should be stopped. the national center for health statistics says the average age for first-time

mothers in the u.s. sumped from 21.5 years old in 1970 to 25 in 2006. researchers say that's partly because there's a jump in the number of older women who are having kids. in 1971, 1 out of 100 children born to moms ages 35 and older. but by 2006, 1 in 12 kids were born to women in that age group. three, two, one. >> this is how a bunch of competitive eaters spent their saturday, wolfing down as many funnel cakes as possible at minnesota's valley faire amusement park. the sweet incentive at this year's funnel cake eating contest, $1,700 and world channon bragging rights, of course. a new york man known as eater "x" captured the title. he managed to eat nearly six pounds of funnel cake in just ten minutes. fans will tell through was only one king of rock and roll, elvis aaron presley. how the king is being remembered on the 32nd anniversary of his death.

the atlantic hurricane season is now in full force as a new storm threatens the florida panhandle and alabama's coast, and it's not alone. two more storms are getting stronger as they approach land. police search for a man who attacked milwaukee's mayor with a pipe, but this is no political grudge. how it started and ended and what police say about the attacker. in chicago police aren't the only ones asking people to turn in their guns. parents who have lost children to violence are begging folks to trade a firearm in for a gift card. in life he was the king, and for elvis fans, nothing has changed. they are remembering his death 32 years ago today. but this year they have something to celebrate as well.

hi, you are watching hln. thanks for stopping by. i'm virginia cha. here is our stop story. we have three tropical storms to keep our eyes on. parts of the florida and alabama coast are under storm warnings as a new weather system brews off the northern gulf coast. it sprang up early this morning. it's already strengthened enough to become tropical storm claudette. forecasters say it could bring 3 to 5 inches of rain to parts of florida and southwestern georgia, and some parts of the florida panhandle could get up to 10 inches of rain. meantime, tropical storm bill is churning over the atlantic getting stronger and heading east. it could make it to hurricane strength today. also, tropical storm anna still causing worries for the caribbean as it moves westward. forecasters say it may hit haiti or the dominican republic but they can't say if it will reach the u.s. milwaukee mayor tom barrett is recovering after being beaten with a metal pipe. at lost word he was in stable condition at a hospital. we don't know the extent or type

of injuries he received in this attack, but police say he was alert and talking when he arrived last night. police are now searching for the man responsible who they believe is a known criminal. they say barrett was leaving the fair with his family when he saw a woman struggling with a man and heard her shouting for someone to call 911. the mayor began dialing 911 and that is when the suspect apparently stopped attacking the woman and began beating the mayor with a pipe. he then fled the scene before he could be stopped. the weekend is bringing no rest for democrats and administration officials pushing health care reform. they are hitting the talk shows, but they're also giving indications that they may be flexible about one of the most controversial aspects of the reform's proposal. president obama told a town hall meeting yesterday about the death of his grandmother to try to silence some of the criticism of his health care reform plan. meantime, other democrats and members of the administration are out in force today. pennsylvania senator arlen specter has faced some tough crowds at health care reform town hall meetings.

he told abc's "this week" he thinks the vocal critics are in the minority. >> i think we have to bear in mind that although those people need to be heard and have a right to be heard, that they're not really representative of america in my opinion. we have to be careful here not to let those town meetings dominate the scene and influence what we do on health policy. >> it looks like the obama administration may be ready to drop a key component of the health care proposal. that's a public insurance option. appearing on our sister network cnn this morning, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said the option is not essential to the proposed plan. >> the president continues to believe that it's good to have consumer choice, let people choose an option in the new marketplace. he continues to be very supportive of some options for consumers. what we don't know is exactly what the senate finance

committee is likely to come up with. they've been more focused on a co-op, not for profit co-op as a competitor as opposed to a straight government-run program, and i think what's important is choice and competition, and i'm convinced at the end of the day the plan will have both of those. >> some republicans who have opposed the current proposals have indicated they would accept those co-ops secretary sebelius just mentioned. meantime, president obama taking a little time off today from stumping for his health care proposal. he's taking the first family on a tour of grand canyon national park. if you want to know more about the health care debate and how the reforms could affect your family, check out the special health care in america website on cnn.com. you can get the latest from town hall debates, fact checks, i-reports, and other health care news. just go to cnn.com/healthcare. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now, and thousands of firefighters are trying to get them under control. a fire in the santa cruz mountains has burned more than

ten square miles. the remote, rugged terrain makes the area so hard to reach, fire crews will depend on aircraft. meantype, another blaze in yuba county has tripled in size overnight. it jumped the north yuba river. it's burned in nevada county as well. the number of firefighters working in that fire was doubled to help rein it in but as of last night it was only 15% contained. a drug operation is being blamed for another california fire that's burned more than 84,000 acres. that fire is 35% contained and some homes did have to be evacuated. authorities in the l.a. area say it started at a covert marijuana farm. in the past month they have been trying to get rid of marijuana operations tucked away in a local forest. city offices all over chicago will be closed for business monday. it's all because the budget has gone bust. police, firefighters, and other emergency response personnel though will be on regular duty, but you won't be able to check out a library book or get your garbage picked up. most city workers won't get paid either.

like many municipalities across the country, chicago is facing a budget crisis. tomorrow is one of three reduced service days planned this year that is expected to save the city more than $8 million. tomorrow may not be a commuters' nightmare in san francisco if talks to avoid a strike stay on tracks. they plan to keep negotiating, but they haven't officially called off the strike set for tomorrow, which would leave thousands of commuters stranded. public transportation workers are facing a 7% pay cut and reduced holiday pay. now, two other unions have reached a deal with b.a.r.t., but members of this union say they're being asked to give up too much. our affiliate in atlanta is reporting that divers are now taking part in the search for a missing north georgia woman. authorities got a break friday when they found kristi cornwell's cell phone. she may have been abducted while she was talking on it. the georgia bureau of investigation says the phone was

found by a man who was mowing his lawn about three miles from where the 39-year-old disappeared. police say cornwell was talking to her boyfriend on the cell phone when she was apparently abducted. >> she was abducted, placed in a vehicle, and removed from the area. that speaks for itself. she is in danger. >> we keep hope, keeping hope alive, and we'll continue to do so until we find her. >> police say cornwell was taking a walk down the street from her family's home at the time she disappeared. tonight on hln "news and views" nancy grace has been following the latest developments on the story as police, friends, and family desperately search for kristi cornwell. for more on this case catch nancy grace tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern on hln. one week ago john yettaw was sitting in a prison in myanmar. today he was sitting on a plane with virginia senator jim webb. they flew to neighboring thailand.

webb met with leaders of the military government yesterday. yettaw was convicted for violating immigration laws for swimming across a lake to the home of the opposition leader ang sang suu kyi. >> i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me. he was on the aircraft with me. he's not a well man. he had a medical incident this morning when she read him his orders of deportation. he is now undergoing a thorough medical review here in a hospital, and soon he will be able to return to his family. >> senator webb also met with suu kyi during his visit to myanmar. he is the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. a powerful earthquake and several aftershocks have hit indonesia. authorities there say at least seven people were hurt by falling debris and one building did collapse.

the u.s. geological survey says the initial quake had a magnitude of 6.7. it was centered 70 miles off the sumatra island. it was about 200 miles away from the epicenter of the 2004 quake that generated a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people at that time. today's quake though did not touch off a tsunami warning. this weekend community leaders in chicago are trying to make their neighborhoods safer, and people who have suffered unimaginable losses because of gun violence are joining that effort.

three generations of women from one family have been rescued in california after being kidnapped. police say an estranged father

kidnapped his two daughters, their mother, and her granddaughter and planned to take them to mexico. he stopped at a motel in bakersfield, california. the two daughters ages 15 and 20 convinced their dad to let them get some food. they flagged down deputies who were patrolling the area. their dad is facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. police in olympia, washington, shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. investigators now want to know how the man managed to conceal a handgun even after police had searched him. officers found two other loaded guns 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 was a 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 this subject produces another handgun. >> police say that's when a struggle started and an officer shot the man. the hospital staff did try to save him. 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 that program are down because of the economy, but that didn't stop local leaders from encouraging people to give up their guns. >> 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 are not only suffering from these shootings, some of them who have ended up in cemeteries, some who have ended up in prisons as a result of it. >> it's been three years, and they haven't caught the person that 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 have collected 5,200 weapons so far this year. there is a new way to purchase store items while you're still at home. hln money expert clark howard has found a new website where consumers can save time and money. do you know something? americans are johnny-come-latelys 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 report that more than 1 in 3 items bought in the store were store brand. well, the brand name manufacturers are hurting. as the big retailers push their private labels, their store brands more and more, they're looking for a way to reach you. so now there's a new website that's a beta, it's 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 have been able to find them anywhere else. you go there, register, get all kinds of instant online coupons, instant savings, and you buy the same brand names that you already bought. i'm clark howard. for more ways for you to get big deals, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> and for other ways to save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off, stay with us for "the clark howard show" at 4:00 p.m. eastern today right here on hln. so imagine this nightmare. you show your own legal passport and then you end up in a foreign jail for months because somebody decides your lips look different, and i'm not making this stuff up. the story of a canadian woman stranded because her own

homeland refused to believe her. hear what she had to do to finally get home.

a canadian woman was trapped

in jail in another country accused of being an imposter. why? because they say her face looked different in her passport picture, but she never stopped fighting to prove she is exactly who she says she is so she could return home to her young son. chris eby with toronto's ctv has her story. >> reporter: she arrived to a hero's welcome. cheering supporters and a crush of cameras, but mohammed's only thought was finding her son. >> welcome! welcome! welcome! >> i'm really happy to come home. i'm really, really happy to be back. i'm glad the nightmare is over. >> reporter: the nightmare was the three grueling months she spent detained in kenya, part of it in jail, her canadian passport seized. an imposter according to her own country. consular officials in kenya said mohammed's lips did not match her four-year-old passport photo. she was stripped of her travel

documents and turned over to kenyan authorities for prosecution. >> she feels more canadian today than ever before. she is canadian. she felt canadian from day one. she feels canadian now. >> reporter: mohammed never wavered providing documents, even fingerprints, but the canadian authorities wouldn't budge. it took a dna sample from mohammed's son to prove her identity and get her on the plane. now that mohammed has arrived home, canadian muslim groups are asking the government to take immediate disciplinary action against the consular officials who branded her an imposter saying the decision has the hallmarks of a "racist attitude." >> if she was a white canadian named jane doe, you would not have gone after her the way the high commission and this lady, lillian, did. >> reporter: lillian is lillian kadur, the canadian official in kenya who decided mohammed was lying about her identity. but she alone is not to blame says this community leader. the problem is systemic.

>> in the end the buck stops at the minister's office. the minister is accountable. >> reporter: the prime minister said he wants a full accounting for what happened. in the meantime, there is talk of lawsuits, but for mohammed, that's for another day. all she wants now is to feel her son's embrace. chris eby. the first family is touring national parks this weekend with stops at yellowstone and the grand canyon. but unless registered gun owners carry firearms into many national parks, it reverses a reagan-era measure that said guns had to be locked up in the park. park advocates told "usa today" the president has taken several steps to support the national park system but that the new law is a hiccup that should be stopped. the law is being hailed by the nra. a new study finds first-time moms are getting older. the national center for health statistics says the average age for first-time mothers in the

u.s. jumped from nearly 21 1/2 years old in 1970 to 25 in 2006. researchers say that's partly because there's a jump in the number of older women who are having kids. in 1970, 1 out of 100 children were born to moms ages 35 and older but by 2006, 1 in 12 kids were born to women in that age group. this is how a bunch of xhet tif eaters spent their saturday, wolfing down as many funnel cakes as possible at minnesota's valley fair amuszment park. t the prize, 1,700 bucks and world-champion bragging rights, of course. a new york man known as eater x tap chured the title. he managed to eat nearly six pounds of funnel cake in just ten minutes. fans will tell you there was only one king of rock 'n' roll, elvis aaron presley. how the king is being remembered on the 32nd anniversary of his

death.

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

the atlantic hurricane season is now in full force as a new storm threatens to come aboard the florida panhandle and alabama's coast. it's not alone. two more storms are getting stronger approaching land. police searching for a man who attacked milwaukee's mayor with a pipe. this is no political grudge. how it started and ended and what police say about the attacker. and aliens versus time travelers? no contest. but even the loser did pretty well at the box office this weekend. hi. thanks for having us over. you're watching hln. i'm virginia chung. our top stories, three tropical storms to keep our eyes on. parts of florida and the alabama

coast are under strong warnings. a new weather system sprang up early this morning and has strength. ed enough to become tropical storm claudette. it could bring three to five inches of rain to georgia and southwestern florida. and some parts of the florida panhandle could get up to ten inches of rain. meantime, tropical storm bill is churning over the atlantic, getting stronger and heading east. it could make it to hurricane strength today. and then there's tropical storm ana still causing worries for the caribbean as it moves westward. forecasters say it may hit haiti or the dominican republic but it can't say if it will reach the u.s. yet. stay right here with hln. your full weather forecast and storm check straight ahead. the weekend is bring nothing rest for officials preaching health care reform. they are hitting the talk shows but may be giving indications they may be flexible about one controversial aspect of the proposal. president obama told a town hall meeting yesterday about the death of his grandmother to silence some of the criticism of

his health care reform plan. meantime, other democrats and members of the administration are out in force today. pennsylvania senator arlen specter has faced some tough crowds at health care reform town hall meetings. he told "abc this week" he thinks vocal critics are in the minority. >> i think we have to bear in mind that, although those people need to be heard and have a right to be heard, that they're not really representative of america in my opinion. we have to be careful here not to let those town meetings dominate the scene that influence what we do on health policy. >> it looks like the obama administration may be ready to drop a key component of the health care proposal, the public insurance option. appearing on our sister network cnn, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says the option is not proposed for the plan. >> the president believes it's

good to have consumer choice, let people choose an option in the new marketplace. he continues to be very supportive of some options for consumers. what we done know is exactly what the senate finance committee is likely to come up with. they've been more focused on a co-op, not-for-profit co-op as a competitor as to prosed to a state government-run program. what i think is important is choice and competition. i'm convinced at the end of the day the plan will have both of those. >> some republicans who have opposed the current proposals have indicated they would accept those co-ops secretary sebelius just mentioned. president obama taking a little time off today, taking the first family on a tour of grand canyon national park. on our sister network, cnn, today gop congressman tom price says there are better ways to go about health care reform. >> there's this notion that there's just two options, the government option or a private

option, is simply false. there's a third way, which is the right way, we believe, which is a patient way, a patient-centered way to put patients in charge. and there is a way to get folks insurance without having the government option. if you have the government option, then what that does is crowd out all sorts of folks from private, personal insurance to the government-run program. there are all sorts of studies that demonstrate that. the congressional budget office demonstrates that. the heritage foundation. tens of millions of individuals would be moved from their personal, private insurance to the government-run program. we simply don't think that's acceptable. >> if you want to know more about the health care debate and how the reforms could affect your family, check out the special health care in america website on cnn.com. you can get the latest from town hall debates, fact check, i-reporters and other health care reports as well. cnn.com/healthcare. the milwaukee mayor is recovering after being beaten with a metal pipe. he is in stable condition at a hospital. we don't know the extent and

type of injuries he received but police say he was alert and talking when he arrived last night. police are now searching for man responsible who they believe is a known criminal. they say barrett was leaving with his family when he saw a woman struggling with a man and heard her shouting for someone to call 911. the mayor te be gan dialing 911, and that is when the suspect apparently stopped attacking the woman and began beating the mayor with a pipe. he then fled the scene before he could be stopped. police in olympia, washington, shot and killed a patient in a hospital emergency room. investigators now want to know how the man managed to conceal a handgun even after police had searched him. officers found two other loaded guns 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 was

simple -- asking to do simple things for preparing to be 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, this subject produces another handgun. >> police say that's when a struggle started and an officer shot the man. the hospital staff did try to save him. our affiliate in atlanta, wsb, is reporting that divers are now taking part in the search far missing north georgia woman. authorities got a break friday when they found christy cornwell's cell phone. she may have been abducted while she was talking on it. the georgia bureau of investigation says the phone was found by a man who was moeing his lawn about three miles from where the 39-year-old disappeared. police say cornwell was talking to her boyfriend on the cell phone when she was apparently abducted. >> she was abducted, placed in a vehicle, and removed from the area. that speaks for itself. she is in danger. >> we just -- we keep hope, keeping hope alive, and we'll

continue to do so until he find her. >> police say cornwell was taking a walk down the street from her family's home at the time she disappeared. tonight on hln "news and views," nancy grace has been following the latest developments on this story as police, friends, and family search for christy cornwell. catch nancy at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on hln. more people have been forced to flee their homes in california. wildfires are burning out of control in several areas as firefighters try to gain the upper hand.

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from one family have been rescued in california after having been kidnapped. an estranged father kidnapped them and tried to take them to mexico. he stopped in bakersfield at a hotel. the two daughters convinced their dad to let them get some food. they flagged down deputies who were patrolling the area. their dad is facing kidnapping and false imprisonment charges. i'm jane velez-mitchell, and here's my issue. we have to feel for the husband who lost his wife, his young daughter, and nieces in that horrific drunk driving accident in new york. his wife was bombed and high when she killed eight people, including herself. now her husband's job, his finances, all in jeopardy. his surviving son is injured and he's being investigated by child services. it makes you wonder why he ever called that news conference saying the coroner's toxicology report on his wife was just plain wrong, that she could not have been drunk. he made excuses for his wife's

actions. all that did was draw attention to this case. denial is a very dangerous thing, but instead of having blinders on, this grieving husband should be asking himself why he didn't see this coming. i'm jane velez-mitchell, and that's my issue. tonight on "issues," a family feud over the so-called wrong-way crash mom. two members of diane schuler's family are severing ties over allegations of lying. plus, new video of schuler just hours before the deadly crash. watch "issues with jane velez-mitchell" every night at 7:00 on hln. nearly a dozen fires are burning in california right now and thousands of firefighters are trying to get them under control. a fire in the santa cruz mountains burned more than ten square miles. the remote, rugged terrain makes the area so hard to reach, fire crews will depend on aircraft. meantime, another blaze in yuba county has tripled in size overnight. it actually jumped the north yuba river and is burning in nevada county, as well. a number of firefighters working

that fire were doubled to help rein it in, but as of last night it was only 15% contained. a drug operation is being blamed for another california 84,000 acres. that fire is 35% contained, and some homes did have to be evacuated. authorities in the l.a. area say it started at a covert marijuana farm. now, in the past month they've been trying to get rid of marijuana operations tucked away in a local forest. offices all over chicago will be closed for business monday because the budget has gone bust. police, firefighters, and other emergency response personal knell will be on duty, but you won't be able to check out a library book or get your garbage picked up. most city workers won't get paid either. like many municipalities across the country, chicago is facing a budget crisis. tomorrow is one of three reduced service days planned this year that is expected to stave city more than $8 million. tomorrow may not be a commuter's nightmare in san francisco if talks to avoid a

rail strike stay on track. union reps for b.a.r.t. workers have made progress in talks with management and plan to keep negotiating but haven't officially called off the the strike set for tomorrow, which would leave thousands of commuters stranded. public transportation workers are facing a 7% pay cut and reduced holiday pay. now, two other unions have reached a deal with b.a.r.t., but members of this union say they're being asked to give up too much. when it comes to the environment, the car you drive to the grocery store may not have nearly as big an impact as what you buy when you get there. sounds kind of odd, doesn't it? well, we explain why in today's "eco solutions." >> reporter: here's a riddle for you -- who's more green, a vegan that drives an suv or a meat eater that drives a hybrid? one question that's hotly debated on several ongin green forums. so, let's take a closer look at the debate. the main issue in question is

the environmental impact of producing meat. recently, former beatle sir paul mccartney launched a new campaign which encourages the public to ignore their carnivorous cravings for one day a week. it's called meat-free mondays. cutting down your red meat intake is an important step in tackling climate change. >> we encourage people not to eat meat for one day of the week, monday. and the idea is that it's very beneficial to the environment. >> reporter: let's take a closer look at the numbers. cows produce high levels of methane gas through belching. according to the u.s. environmental protection agency, methane is a powerful green house gas, actually 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. a booming demand for beef means that a staggering 18% of all green house gas emissions come from livestock. according to the u.n. well, the entire transport sector -- that's car, trucks, airplanes combined -- only makes

up 13% of all green house 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 freenpeace says going meat free one day a week will cut agricultural green house gas emission base 10% to 20%. and now, to answer our question, 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 their 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. for more green surprises and other important news about the environment, please go to our webpage, cnn.com/ecosolutions.

taiwan's presidentsays he accepts responsibility for the government's slow response to typhoon morakot. the storm hit the island last weekend dumping more than 100 inches of rain, causing widespread flooding and mudslides. meanwhile, aid from the u.s. military has begun arriving. a cargo plane carrying plastic tarps that can be used for shelter arrived today. u.s. defense officials are calling the effort a modest

humanitarian effort. the "uss denver" is en route to taiwan with additional aid and water purification capabilities. one week ago, american john yet tow was sitting in a prison in myanmar. today he was sitting on a plane with jim webb, who got him out of jail. webb met with the leaders of the myanmar government yesterday. he was convicted of violating immigration laws to the home of opposition leader aung san suu kyi. >> i feel fortunate that the government honored my request to allow him to come back here to thailand with me. testifies on the aircraft with me. he's not a well man. he had a medical incident this morning. deportation is now undergoing a thorough medical review here in the hospital and soon will be

able to return to his family. >> senator webb also met with aung san suu kyi during his visit to mee wran mar. he is the first member of congress to visit meehyanmar in more than a decade. richard holbrooke says pakistan has made enough headway against the taliban and the u.s. can shift focus to other parts of their relationship. cal perry has more. >> reporter: barack obama's top man in pakistan and afghanistan arriving late last night in islamabad. richard holbrooke is here to discuss security issues with the pakistani government. he'll be meeting with the heads of state, the president, and the prime minister, as well as the chief of the army. as i mentioned, topping the agenda, security. we're talking about the northwest region of pakistan specifically and the swat valley. there was a very large offensive by the pakistani army in the swat vam lee some three months ago, and we hear that life is returning to normal there. it used to be really a cradle for taliban.

but, as well, that northwest tribal region, it is key not only for pakistan but also for the u.s. effort inside afghanistan. the afghan elections just four days away, but a reminder of the security problems in afghanistan, that horrific bombing. yesterday, the u.s. links both the security in pakistan with the situation in afghanistan because, of course, there is a very long and porous open border. the u.s. concerned that taliban fighters can cross easily between the two. that will certainly top the agenda for richard holbrooke, as he is here on his fifth visit since the start of the obama administration. a new study finds first-time moms are getting older. the national center for health statistics says the average age for first-time mothers in the u.s. jumped from nearly 21 1/2 years old in 1970 to 25 in 2006. researchers say that's partly because there's a jump in the number of older women who are having kids. in 1970, 1 out of 100 children were born to moms ages 35 and

older. but by 2006, 1 in 12 kids were born to women in that age group. everybody wants to save more and spend less, right? well, we've got just the guy to help you. join hln money expert clark howard at 4:00 p.m. eastern. he's going to show you ways to save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. "the "the clark howard show"" 4:00 p.m. eastern on hln. it was 32 years ago today that the king of rock 'n' roll, elvis presley, was found dead at his graceland estate in memphis. elvis plans have been flocking to memphis all week to remember him and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his final number-one hit "suspicious minds." turner classic movies is marking the anniversary of the king's death with an elvis movie marathon. among the listings, "kid creole," "blue hawaii," and, of course, "viva las vegas." big-name guitarists

including eric clapton, keith richards, and the edge have been honoring the late les paul. but you don't need to be famous to appreciate paul's contributions to rock or make beautiful music with his classic guitars. they said it would never last.

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