what makes a texas abduction case so dangerous? the suspect is a cop and so is the victim. we hear from milwaukee mayor tom barrett for the first time since he was brutally attacked. a lot happens live on the internet but how much do you really believe? an apparent suicide may make you think twice. we'll explain it to you. we're glad to have you with us. happy hump day as we get halfway through the workweek. we're so grateful to have your company as always. we have learned today that a pioneer in the news business is dead. don hewitt, creator and longtime producer of cbs's "60 minutes"

passed away today. his career at cbs spanned a staggering 60 years. he was probably best known for his 36 years as "60 minutes" executive producer. hewitt was 86 years old. certainly our thoughts going out to our colleagues at cbs and his family as well today. a search is under way in katie, texas, for a police officer accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend who is also a cop. take a look at this picture here. investigators say rachel hillsman was dropping her children off at her mother's house yesterday when this man julio reyes abducted him. this is the victim in the case. take a good look. police helicopters are searching for them by air. s.w.a.t. teams and bloodhounds could join the search soon. the couple have a child together but they broke up months ago. friends say they had an argument on monday night and hillsman's

loved ones are beside themselves right now. >> she's wonderful. a wonderful young lady. we know that god is looking over her. >> i'm scared. i'm very scared. if trey can see us, please bring rachel home. >> hillsman was last seen in reyes' green forward pickup truck. a body found stuffed in a suitcase is identified as a former swimsuit model. jasmi jasmine's body was found in a dumpster. the canadian reported her missing after he allegedly took her to a poker party in san diego. the body was later identified by a description provided by her mother. >> i was worried.

i didn't hear from her friday and i didn't hear from her on saturday so i was worried. i was very concerned. >> ryan jenkins was a contestant on the show "megan wants a millionaire." watch nancy grace tonight for the latest breaking developments in this case. that's at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern right here on hln. an idaho woman and her live-in boyfriend appeared in court today on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of her 8-year-old son whose body was found floating in a canal. neither 30-year-old melissa jenkins nor 36-year-old dani danieludaniel urlich jr. entered a plea. >> now i can announce that late this afternoon boise police have arrested daniel edward urlich, age 36 of boise, on the charge

of first-degree murder for the death of 8-year-old robert manwill. boise police arrested robert's mother. mill issa scott jenkins age 30 for first-degree murder in the death of her son robert manwill. the district attorney says he's not decided whether to seek the death penalty. new developments in the case of missing florida girl haleigh cummings. investigators do not think haleigh was abducted by a stranger. they also made it clear that haleigh's biological parents are not suspects. the one person who is not in the clear, ronald cummings' new wife. investigators say they believe she "continues to hold important answers in this case."

the mystery was the focus of last night's nancy grace in fact. >> t.j., very stunning development. the police have announced just hours ago it was no stranger that snuck into that home and took this little girl. everybody, we have been getting your e-mails. all of your phone calls and your letters about where is haleigh cummings? simple answer, we didn't know. nothing had developed into the case. the case had just got degenerated into the mother and the father pointing the finger at each other and arguing about domestic squabbles. we were getting nowhere. but now this is a major development, t.j. >> it certainly is. this certainly narrows down the field of suspects from everyone to someone and as you remember, everyone was a suspect when this began all of the way up until the last couple of hours, too. still, one thing that you have ronald and crystal no longer

suspects but misty's story is inconsistent as it was since day one and the physical evidence not jiving with the story is the fact on the back door there's no sign of forced entrance whatsoever. >> misty croslin was baby sitting haleigh's when she vanished back in february. she married haleigh's father a month after the girl's disappearance. investigators say they have followed up on more than 4,000 leads in this case. within the hour milwaukee mayor tom barrett is expected to make his first public comments since he was injured while trying to help a woman and her granddaughter saturday night. he suffered missing teeth, cuts on his face, as he tried to fight off the little girl's father. that man is in police custody and could be charged today. we'll bring you the mayor's news conference as soon as it happens by the way. a former indiana money manager is set to be sentenced today on charges he faked his own death. you might remember the story

from earlier this year. that's marcus there. he pleaded guilty in june but his sentencing won't end legal troubles. authorities in indiana plan to prosecute him in relation to his failed business. hurricane bill strengthened to a category 4 storm. packing 135-mile-per-hour winds right now. forecasters say the storm could gain even more steam over the next 24 hours. look at that thing on the radar. it looks ominous. the eye of the hurricane still far out in the atlantic. 100 miles southeast of bermuda. bill is the first hurricane of the 2009 atlantic hurricane season and again we're keeping an eye on that for you. two store employees were fired for going after a would-be burglar. it happened a couple weeks ago

at a best buy in colorado. the men got in a scuff outsile. the store fired them for violating a safety policy. >> it was more than just a place of employment. it was a family. you know, someone steals from your family, you'll do what's right. >> the suspect got away and best buy released a statement we want to read to you. we have a long standing policy not to address issues related to the termination of any former employee. employees in our stores are aware and trained on the standing operating procedures for dealing with shoplifting or theft which includes ceasing pursuit of a suspected shoplifter once they exit the store. these procedures are in place first and foremost for the safety of our employees. in circumstances like these, we must cooperate with local authorities. what do you think about this whole story? was it right for the company to let the employees go? give us a call at 1-877-tell-hln

or e-mail us or text us your comments 45688. seen plenty of lawmakers trying to manage town hall sessions. ñ

we are hearing tough talk from white house sources on health care reform. they say democrats may go it alone and give up on working with republicans. the sources say democrats may use a budget maneuver called reconciliation to ram a bill through the senate by a single vote majority. basically it limits debate time on the senate floor and prevents a filibuster.

democrats need a simple majority, 51 votes instead of 60 to pass health care reform. two top house democrats want to know how much the nation's largest health insurers pay their ceos and how much companies make off premiums and how much they pay out in claims. the lawmakers' letter asked for the information by early next month and if the companies refuse to provide it, lawmakers could vote to subpoena them. known for his blunt talk, massachusetts congressman barney frank does not pull punches with his constituents. look at this meeting. hundreds of people showed up for a free forum that covered much more than health care reform. people wanted to talk about the cost of the wars, the federal budget, income tax and the tone was often less than respectful. >> why do you continue to support a policy as obama has expressly supported this policy,

why are you supporting it? >> when you ask me that question i'm going revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question. on what planet do you spend most of your time? [ applause ] do you want me to answer the question? you stand there with a picture of the president defaced to look like hitler and compare the effort to increase health care to the nazis. my answer to you is as i said before, it is a tribute to the first amendment that this kind of nonsense is so freely propagated. trying to have a conversation

with you would be like arguing with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> a long list of town halls are scheduled today including four back-to-back meetings for frank lucas, alabama's joe bonner will be busy hosting three a. we do have an update on an abortion law in oklahoma. a state judge overturned that the law would have required women to get an ultrasound and listen to the doctor's description of a fetus before getting an abortion. opponents argued the law was unclear. the judge ruled the law violated constitutional requirements that legislative measures deal only with one subject but he did not rule on the validity of a forced ultrasound. a maryland lawmaker used a police boat and a helicopter to stage this elaborate marriage proposal to his girlfriend.

sounds original, right? it was paid for by taxpayer dollars. what he's saying about that now.

iraq is seeing some of the deadliest violence since the u.s. handed security over to the iraqis right now. 95 people were killed in a series of bombings today in baghdad. 563 others were wounded according to iraqi officials. six explosions went off within one hour. two of the bombings targeted ministries of foreign affairs and finance. the iraqi army arrested two suspects. one official says two may be al qaeda in iraq senior leaders. three men stormed a bank in a shoot out. the taliban vowed to disrupt the national election. last night a pair of experts

talked about the threat posed by the taliban. >> a lot of people advising their families if they live outside of there not to vote. >> i don't think they'll stop the elections but can they disrupt and spoil in certain areas? can they cast a shadow over it? that's possible. >> forces are set to protect voters as they head to and from the polls. listen to these new developments in the case of an arizona mom who is reunited with her two young children after they were kidnapped from her home. the mom has now been arrested on drug charges. authorities say they found three pounds of meth and drug paraphernalia in her home. four gunman burst into the home yesterday and took a 2-year-old boy and 11-month-old girl when she couldn't meet their demands

for money. the kids were found five hours later unharmed but the suspects are still at large. investigators are trying to figure out if the gunman had illegal business dealings with the mother or her live-in boyfriend. a man is accuse of faking his suicide on the internet. police near buffalo say the man talked about slitting his wrists in the chat room and the webcam showed him lying still on his bed with his eyes closed. people overseas saw this and called police in england who called international police and the man was arrested. >> they thought he did kill himself. concerned and worried for him they contacted the local police department in england. >> he simply fell asleep while the webcam was on him. >> the man is facing misdemeanor charges now. taxpayers in baltimore footed the bill for the lawmaker's pricey marriage proposal. he's sorry for using a police helicopter and patrol boat to stage a fake raid on his

girlfriend just when she thought she was being rearrested, he popped the question. he will pay back every penny. the police commissioner wants an investigation. the cost hasn't been tallied but she did say yes. 1,300 general motors workers are going back to work in the u.s. and canada. that's 10,000 current gm workers that will get overtime. that's good news obviously in a bad economy. gm says it will roll out 60,000 more vehicles because americans bought so many in the cash for clunkers program. let me ask you. do you like to shop at the warehouse clubs? clark howard says you may spend more than you need to. >> okay. when a professor at columbia, another professor at harvard did a study that found that this is

a shocker, people who go to warehouse clubs like sam's club. you spend money on things that you didn't end to. you buy things you didn't necessarily need. come on. do we need them to study this to know that? i know that about myself. if i go into costco or sam's, i'll buy things that on reflection it's, like, why? here's my rule and one you should think about if you tend to buy things you don't need. not just the warehouse club but anywhere else. i don't get a cart. i walk around and have to carry things in my arms. my arms get heavy and i realize i didn't really need that. i put it back. it saves me a ton. i'm clark howard. for more ways to save a ton, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. police say no other case in boise history has touched so many people.

now the idaho community is seeking justice for this little 8-year-old robert manwill. the latest in the case that turned on his mother and her live-in boyfriend. ddddddd

any moment now milwaukee mayor tom barrett is expected to make his first public comment after answering a grandmother's cries for help and being attacked. this is in his front yard. when he steps up, we'll take you there live. he suffered a shattered hand, broken teeth, cuts on his face. he was trying to fight off a little girl's father. that man is in custody and could be charged today. again, as soon as the mayor steps up to the mikes there, we'll go there for you. meanwhile, the former reality tv star wanted for questioning in the death of a model may be on his way back home to canada. police say they want to talk to this man, ryan alexander jenkins

about the death of 28-year-old jasmine fiore. fiore disappeared over the weekend and authorities say her body was found stuffed in a suitcase inside a dumpster in southern california saturday morning. her remains were identified from a description provided by her mother. >> didn't hear from her on friday. i was worried. didn't hear from her son saturd on saturday so i was worried. i've been very concerned. >> jenkins was a contestant on the vh-1 show "megan wants a millionaire." watch nancy grace for the latest on this case here at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern on hln. the search is under way in katie texas, right now for this police officer accused of kid p kidnapping his ex-girlfriend who is also a cop. investigators say rachel hillsman was dropping her children off yesterday when this man, julio trey reyes abducted

here. authorities believe he's armed and dangerous. police helicopters are searching for them by air. s.w.a.t. teams and bloodhounds could join the chursearch today. hillsman's loved ones are besides themselves right now. >> she's wonderful. she's a wonderful young lady. we know she will come back safely. >> i'm scared. i'm very scared. if trey can see us, please bring rachel home. please. >> hillsman was last seen in reyes' green ford pickup truck. a idaho woman and her live-in boyfriend appeared in court today in connection with her 8-year-old son. neither 30-year-old melissa jenkins nor daniel ehrlick jr.

entered a plea. the little boy was missing for more than a week before his body was discovered august 3rd. police say he was tortured and beaten to death. now i can announce that late this afternoon boise police have arrested daniel edward ehrlick, age 36, of boise on the charge of first-degree murder for the death of 8-year-old robert manwill. also this afternoon, boise police arrested robert's mother, melissa scott jenkins, age 30, for first-degree murder in the death of her son, robert manwill. >> jenkins is being held in the jail on $2 billion monday. ehrlick is being held without bond. the district attorney says he hasn't decided whether to seek the death penalty yet. new development for you in the case of missing florida girl haleigh cummings revealed on her

6th birthday. for the very first time this week, investigators said they do not think haley was bei haleigh by a stranger and the girl's biological parents are not suspects. the one person who is not in the clear, this woman. ronald cummings' new wife, mystery croslin cummings. police believe she holds important answers in the case. the mystery was the focus of last night's nancy grace. >> t.j., very stunning development. the police announced hours ago it was no stranger that snuck into that home and took this little girl. everybody, we have been getting all of your e-mails all of your phone calls, your letters about where is haleigh cummings. simple answer. we didn't know. nothing had developed into the case. the case just got degenerated into the mother and father all pointing the finger at each other and arguing about domestic

squabbles. we were getting nowhere. but now this is a major development, t.j. >> it certainly is. this certainly narrows down the field of suspects from everyone to someone. as you remember, everyone was a suspect when this began all of the way up until the last couple of hours. still one thing you got ronald and crystal no longer suspects. but misty's story is inconsistent as it was from day one. on the book door there's no sign of forced entrance whatsoever. >> misty croslin was baby sitting when haleigh cummings disappeared. she married her father a month after the girl's disappearance. police have followed up on 4,000 leads so far. a former indiana money manager set to be sentenced

today on charges he faked his own death. remember the story from earlier this year about marcus shrenker. he crashed his plane after he bailed out and left it on autopilot back in january. he pleaded guilty in june but his sentencing won't end legal troubles. authorities in indiana plan to prosecute him on charges connected to the failed business as a money manager. he faces millions of dollars in judgments and penalties. look at hurricane bill. it has strengthened to a category 4 storm. right now it has 135-mile-per-hour winds here. forecasters say the storm could gain even more steam over the next 24 hours. looks ominous. the eye of that hurricane still far out in the atlantic. 100 miles southeast of bermuda to give you an exact location. current projected path as you see here puts it off the eastern seaboard of the u.s. but obviously we'll keep our eyes on that for you. just a reminder, any moment now milwaukee mayor tom barrett is expected to make his first

public comments since he was injured answering a grandmother's cries for help. we're going bring you his news conference as soon as it happens live. stay close.

that is mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett in some file video that we have on the little screen you see is his front porch in milwaukee. we're waiting to hear from mayor barrett expected to make his first public comments since he was injured answering a grandmother's cries for help on saturday night. he was just released from the hospital on monday suffering from shattered hand, missing teeth, cuts on his face we understand. the person who is accused of

beating him with a metal pipe is in custody but as soon as that news conference starts i want to let you know we'll take you to it live. also, we're hearing tough talk from white house sources on health care reform. they say democrats may go it alone and give up on working with republicans. the sources say democrats may use a budget maneuver called reconciliation. this would ram a bill through the senate by a single vote majority. it limits debate time on the senate floor and prevents a filibuster. democrats would only need a simple majority. 51 votes instead of 60 to pass health care reform. republicans contend it would be an underhanded move but they used it in the past, too. that's how president bush's tax cuts passed the senate. two top house democrats meanwhile want to know how much the nation's largest health insurers pay their ceos and how much the companies make off premiums and how much they pay out then in claims. the lawmakers' letter asked for

information by early next month and if companies refuse to provide it lawmakers could vote to subpoena them. you know him for his blunt talk, massachusetts congressman barney frank didn't pull punches with his constituents. look at hundreds showing up for a forum that covered more than just health care reform. people wanted to talk about the cost of the war, the federal budget, the income tax and the tone was often less than respectful. >> why do you continue to support a nazi policy as obama has expressly supported this policy, why are you supporting it? >> when ask you me that question i'm going revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question. on what planet do you spend most of your time?

>> you stand there with a picture of the president defaced to look like hitler. my answer to you is a tribute to the first amendment that this vial nonsense is to freely propagated. sam, trying to have a conversation with you is like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> a long list of town halls scheduled for u.s. lawmakers today including four back-to-back meetings for oklahoma congressman frank lucas. alabama's joe bonner is hosting three and texas congressman joe barton is holding two this evening. i'm jane velez-mitchell.

jenny sanford thinks the governor is addicted and was obsessed with his mistress. sex addiction is a real thing. there are programs to deal with this disease. is governor sanford a sex addict, he needs to get help. in the meantime, the governor needs to admit he's addicted to hypocri hypocrisy. this fellow wanted president clinton impeached when he was caught having an affair. i guess mr. sanford forgot about his stance on adultery when he was getting it on hot and heavy. i think a good step is stepping down. i'm jane velez-mitchell. >> tonight on "issues" more on a story we told but earlier. robert manwill found dead. his own mom and her boyfriend charged in connection with his murder. watch "issues" with jane velez-mitchell breaking it down every night at 7:00 eastern here

on hln. an update for you on an oklahoma abortion law that generated so many calls from you yesterday and we're grateful for that. a state judge we learned overturned that law which would have required women to get an ultrasound and listen to a doctor's description of the fetus before getting an abortion. opponents argued the law was unconstitutionally v lly vague what doctors should say. let's go to milwaukee as mayor tom barrett makes his way to the podium. >> i'm mayor barrett. i'm joined by my wife and my sister and my niece. we want to thank you all for being here this morning. first thing i want to thank my wife for being at my side

throughout this. obviously my children who have been just wonderful as well. molly and betsy were there through this entire incident and molly was just super. if you listen to the 911 voice, that was molly who did a great job. great job. chris was in california with her two sisters and her mother visiting her 80-year-old aunt for her birthday and i was looking for a way to avoid making dinner. it was about 5:00 and i got a call from my sister, mary, another sister who was interested in going to state fair to listen to a band that she likes a lot. my daughter, annie, was working at the state fair and my son just got home from the state fair. i said to my two younger daughters, how about we go to

state fair with aunt mary? and in the interim we called betsy and our brother, john. the four barrettes adult siblings met up at the state fair to listen to music. that was the reason that my fantastic security personnel was not with me. this was a spur of the moment decision by myself to have a family reunion with my siblings and everything was going great until we started walking back to the car a little after 10:00. that's when i encounter something that i think virtually any other citizen in this city would have reacted the same way. we were walking down the street and my two daughters, molly, too, at that point, said someone is yelling call 911. there was a woman holding a baby. our immediate thought was that there was something wrong with the baby. and so i quickly pulled up my

phone as i think molly did and we started calling 911. within seconds we realized the problem was not with the baby but with the man and he came up and was very, very agitated. and events took off from there very, very quickly. because of the criminal nature of this, i'm not going to go into that any further. some of that has come out already and more of that will come out in the coming days but we don't want to in any way jeopardize that criminal case, but i think it's fair to say that things got very, very ugly, very, very quickly. from there it was the incredible response -- first, of molly. i have to point to molly who kept her cool throughout this whole thing. and did just a great job. and then the west allis police

were fantastic. emergency transport people were fantastic. milwaukee police. the staff at the hospital was phenomenal. they got us in there very, very quickly and got things stabilized very, very quickly as well. as you can see i got hit in the face. i have some cuts on the back of my head and top of my head. and will have that -- i'll be back to the doctor on friday for that. my hand is fractured. i was at the doctor earlier this morning. i will return friday to see what the prognosis is for my hand. overall i think what i want to stress is how -- i've been in situations in this community my whole life and i can't think of a situation like this where people would not have responded the way i did. when someone says call 911, you call 911. it's that straightforward.

that's what happened here. it was only at that point where the response was so bizarre that things took off in the wrong direction. i want to thank the incredible outpouring of support that i've had from people within this community, from outside of the community. people have been incredibly kind even my son was surprised i had friends. so even teenagers can be surprised in an event like this. again, to the many people in our community who have reached out to me and my family, i want to give a heartfelt thank you. we're on the mend. everything is headed in the right direction. and i just wanted to let you know that i'm still standing. >> there is the mayor, tom barrett, of milwaukee. we're learning more about exactly what happened from his perspective on saturday night as he was at the state fair with his family. he said it was a spur of the

moment decision and that's why he did not have security with him. he felt it important to point that out. he said when they were walking to the car around 10:00 they no woman holding a baby and waiting for someone to call 911. the baby wasn't sick, there was a man there threatening them and the confrontation came up with the mayor as he tried to make things better things got very, very ugly, very, very quickly. his stress here in talking to the public, it sounds like, when somebody says call 911, please, call 911. you can see how injured he is by the cuts on his face and, again, the suspect in this case, allegedly beat him with a metal pipe and he could be charged today. finally hearing for the first time from mayor barrett there who seems to be in good spirits and has a bit of a sense of humor, as well. other news for you right

now, look what's happening in iraq. one of the deadliest days since the u.s. handed over security to the iraqis. six explosions all within an hour today killing 75 people in baghdad, and 310 others were wounded. several attacks targeted the ministries of foreign affairs and finance, as well. and three u.s. troops have been killed in two separate attacks in afghanistan. u.s. and nato troops approved security before the national election, which is tomorrow. in another incident, the three men stormed a bank in kabul. security forces killed the sources in a shootout and they were taliban members. the taliban have vowed to disrupt the national election. a pair of oexperts talked about what this means and with the taliban what this means for the national election and what might happen. but, again, 300,000 nato and afghan forces are set to protect voters as they head to and from the polls that there's a real fear that some of the people who

will geto the polls. the taliban may try to disrupt it by attacking people that are trying to make it to and from the polls. )d)d)d)d)d)d)d)d)d)d)

he stepped in between a violent man and a woman with her granddaughter. we'll hear from the mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett for the first time since he was brutally attacked. a dangerous twist in a texas abduction case. the suspect is a cop and so is the victim. store workers are fired for not letting a shoplifting get away? does that make any sense? the latest from hln news and views. good afternoon, everybody. i'm chuck roberts. tom barrett has just completed his first comments since being injured over the weekend. he spoke as his wife looked on and his niece, molly, was there, too. she called 911 saturday night after a confrontation. >> we were walking down the

street and my two daughters and molly, too, i think at that point said someone is yelling call 911, call 911. there was a woman holding the baby and our immediate thought is that there was something wrong with the baby. i pulled out my phone, as molly did and we started calling 911. within seconds we realized the problem was not with the baby, it was with the man. and he came up and was very, very agitated. >> the mayor has shattered bones and turns out barrett was trying to fight off the little girl's father. he, the father, is in police custody and could be charged today. a search continues in southeast texas for a school system police officer accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, an officer with the same force.

rachel hillsman was droing off her children at her mother's house yesterday when julio trey reyes abducted her. police believe he is armed and dangerous. s.w.a.t teams and bloodhounds are joining the search, as well. the couple have a child together, but they broke up months agoe. friends said they have an argument monday night. they are worried about her safety. >> she's a wonderful young lady. >> i'm scared, i'm very scared. please bring rachel home, please. >> hillsman was last seen in reyes' green pickup truck. a reality tv star wanted for questioning. they want to talk to him about the death of 28-year-old jasmine fiore. her body was found stuffed in a

suitcase inside a dumpster in southern california monday morning. her remains were identified by a description by her mother. >> i didn't hear from her on saturday and i was getting very worried. i have been very concerned. >> jenkins, the man police was looking for, was a contestant on the vh-1 show, "nancy wants a millionaire." don't miss that at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern right here on hln. prosecutors say the mother of an idaho boy found dead in a canal earlier this month allowed her boyfriend to find and torture and beat him to death. 30-year-old melissa jenkins and dan yell appeared in court on first degree murder charges on the death of robert manwill. neither entered a plea. the boy was missing more than a week before his body was discovered august 3rd. prosecutors have not decided yet

whether to seek the death penalty. >> obviously, the determination in this case on whether or not to seek the death penalty is one we'll make as soon as possible. under the law, we have 60 days to make a determination on whether or not to sign a notice of intention to seek the death penalty. >> jenkins is being held on $2 million bond. new developments in the case of oan arizona mom who is reunited with her two young children after they were kidnapped from her home. the mom has now been arrested on drug charges. authorities say they found three pounds of methand drug paraphernalia in her home. police say four gunmen burst into the house yesterday and took her 2-year-old boy and 11-month-old girl when she couldn't meet their demands for money. the kids were found five hours later unharmed. the suspects are still at large. investigators are trying to figure out if the gunman had illegal business dealings with either the mom or her live-in

boyfriend. two store employees were fired for going after a would-be burglar. happened at a best buy in colorado. the men got into a scuffle outside the store when a man took off with some cell phones and hard drives. the store fired them, though, for violating a safety policy. >> it was more than a place of employment, it was a family. >> the suspect got away. best buy has released a statement saying in part we have a long-standing policy not to we do not address issues related to the termination of any former employee. these procedures are in place first and foremost for the safety of our employees. was it right for the company to let the employees go? call us toll free 877-835-5456.

e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or text views and comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply and we'll air your responses all day. the national hurricane center says hurricane bill is now a powerful category 4 storm. right now, bill is centered far out in the atlantic, but that could be changing. let's get the latest on the coordinants and the projected path. the cone of probability from the cnn weather center. >> chuck, what a big storm out there. luckily it's not hitting anything right now. make big waves for the british virgin islands and all those areas out there. 1 135-mile-per-hour storm and there is miami and puerto rico and still way out there into the ocean and stay out there for the most part. a category 4 remaining a 4, not that far from bermuda, probably 250 miles missing bermuda between north carolina and bermuda and colder water north of there, but kind of making a brush at new england. so far so good.

no computer models as of yet taking anything like this close to the u.s. all the models really still out into the ocean. now, for the new finland and bay of canada, can't say that for you. taking a very large hurricane your way. what's changing, i think, in this forecast is that i hope you can understand what this is. here's the east coast of the u.s. and here are the water temperatures out here in the atlantic ocean. storm right about there. very warm water. it will not get to colder water until it's all the way past boston and that's where it will begin to slow down and lose energy. but the hot water and the lack of sheer and no other storms out there around it, chuck. this is still going to be a dangerous storm for the next several days. >> chad, i appreciate you keeping an eye on it. thanks so much. a colleague we have learned has passed. don hewitt the producer of "60 minutes" has passed away today. his career at cbs spanned a staggering 60 years but best

known as "60 minutes" executive producer. he won every major journalism award many times over. don hewitt was 86. an i-reporter going for a run in central park in new york was shocked this morning, instead of strolling through the parkways or enjoying a handsome cab ride he had to dodge branchs and get around fallen trees. we'll take a look at his pictures just in after the break.

some tough talk from the white house about health care reform. sources say democrats may try to go it alone and give up on working with republicans to forge a compromise. the sources say democrats may use a budget maneuver called reconciliation to ram a bill through the senate by single vote majority. limits debate time on the floor and prevents filibuster. democrats would only need a simple majority, 51 votes, not 60 to pass health care reform. republicans say a power grab and an underhanded move, but they've used it before themselves.

that's how president bush's tax cuts got through the senate. two top house democrats want to know how much the nation's largest health insurers pay their ceos and how much the company makes in premiums and how much they pay out in claims. they ask for the information by early next month. if the company refuse to hand it over, they could subpoena them. barney frank doesn't pull any punches with his constituents. hundreds showed up last night for a forum that covered much more than health care reform. people wanted to talk about the cost of the wars, income tax and the tone was often less than respectful. >> why do you continue to support a nazi policy as obama had expressly supported this policy. why are you supporting it? >> when you ask me that question, i will revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question. on what planet do you spend most of your time?

do you want me to answer the question? yes, as you stand there with a picture of the president with a face to look like hitler and compare the effort to increase health care to the nazis, my answer to you is, as i said before, it is a tribute to the first amendment that this kind of bioocontempable nonsense is so freely propagated. ma'am, having a conversation with you is like arguing with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> a long list of town halls scheduled for lawmakers today. back-to-back meetings for frank

lucases and joe bonner is busy hosting three and jill bartner is holding three this evening. new developments in the missing case of haleig cummings. investigators don't think she was abducted by a stranger and she made if clear the biological parents are not suspects. the one person who's not in the clear, ronald cummings' new wife misty crosline-cummings. she continues to hold important answers in the case. misty was babysitting haleig, when when she disappeared from the family's mobile home. they received and followed up on more than 4,000 leads. it was the height of romance. a marriage proposal involving a police helicopter and a boat. only problem, taxpayers footed the bill.

you just heard a bomb going off in the heart of baghdad today. killing at least 95 people. two targeted the ministry of foreign affairs building and the ministry of finance building. those explosions left buildings flying and left others in mangled twists of metal. more than 560 injured in the attacks and this is the deadliest day and the most violent day in iraq since u.s. combat troops handed over security nearly two months ago. three u.s. troops killed in two separate attacks in afghanistan. u.s. and nato troops stepped up their efforts to improve security before the national election tomorrow. the afghan government is concerned that fear will keep voters away fraunl the polling places. reporters in afghanistan are being asked to hold off after balloting is over. the first installed harmid karzai. this time he has 40 challengers,

including two women. even with the recent violence. turnout is expected to look something like american percentages. >> the taliban said it would interfere with the election and here they have and perhaps 10% of voting places weren't open because of taliban intimidation and some afghans were advising their families not to vote if they were living outside kabul because of concerns of violence. five years ago a presidential election and that went off pretty well. i think that this election will probably go off reasonably well and the turnout may not be at 80% as it was five years ago. it might be near something like 60%, but, still, that's the level of a turnout in american presidential election when a lot of people vote as they did last time. >> international donors are helping people pay for the $223 million election. u.s. marines and soldiers are providing security. a money manager will be sentenced today on charges that he faked his own death.

marcus shrinker crashed his plane in the florida panhandle after he bailed out and left it on auto pilot in january. he pleaded guilty in june, but his sentencing in florida won't end his legal troubles. they plan to prosecute him on charges connected to his failed business as a money manager. he faces millions of dollars in judgments and penalties. a man is accused of faking his suicide on the internet. then his web cam showed him lying still on his bed with his eyes closed. people overseas saw this. they called police in england, police in england called interpoll, international police and the man was arrested. >> to them, they thought he did, in fact, kill himself. concerned and worried for him, they contacted their local police department, which was in england. according to him, he simply fell asleep while the web cam was on him. >> the man faces misdemeanor charges. taxpayers in baltimore

footed the bill for their lawmakers pricy proposal. he is sorry for using a police helicopter and a patrol boat to stage a fake raid on his girlfriend, just when she thought she was being arrested, he popped the question. he will pay back every penny. the police commissioner still wants an investigation. the cost of the hoax hasn't been tallied. by the way, she said yes. 1,300 gm workers who had been idled will go back to the u.s. and canada and 10,000 current gm workers will get overtime and that's good news in a bad economy. gm says it will roll out 60,000 new vehicles and americans bought so many in the cash for clunkers program. gm chevy cobalt and the chevy sedan some of the most popular cars in the government program. you shop at warehouse clubs? hln money expert clark howard says you may spend more there than you need to. here's clark. >> okay, some brainiacs when a

professor at columbia and another professor at harvard did a study that this is a shocker, but people who go to warehouse clubs like costco, sam's club or bj wholesale is that you spend money on things that you didn't intend to and you buy things you didn't necessarily need. come on, do we need them to study this to know that? so, i know that about myself, that if i go into costco or sam's or bj's wholesale i will buy things that on reflection is like, why? here is my rule and what you tend to think about if you buy things that you don't need. i don't get a cart. i walk around and have to carry things in my arms and when my arms get heavy i realize, i didn't really need that. save me a ton. i'm clark howard. for more ways you can save a ton, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward.

>> so, bulk up those arms, right? clark howard has great advice for you weekends saturday and sunday noon and 4:00 eastern right here. he will help you save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. clark howard weekends on hln. i-reporter christopher mastsk shot these pictures last night. he went to the park for his morning run and shocked to see limbs scattered throughout the park and uprooted trees blocking the streets. large trees were down and limbs snapped on the east and west side of the park. in his six years of running in central park, he has never seen natural distraction like that. again our thanks christopher matsko for great i-reports. when you are there when breaking news happen, you get great stories from anywhere in the world, look for the upload now link. you won't believe what got a couple store workers fired.

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prosecutors say the mother of an idaho boy allowed her boyfriend to torture and beat him to death and hid it from authorities. they appeared in court today on first degree murder charges in the death of 8-year-old robert manwill. scott logan from affiliate kbci is in boise with the latest. scott, welcome. what is the latest? >> thank you. well, the latest is that these individuals are now officially suspects. there had been communitywide suspicion about this couple ever since the little boy disappeared, especially with the revelations that the mother, melissa jenkins, was on

probation for misdemeanor injury to one of her other children. so, the police would not comment one way or the other, but now the announcement came last night, a special press conference broadcast live throughout the community that these individuals are now being charged with first degree murder. they appeared in court today. they were arraigned on these murder charges. two counts of first degree murder and two counts of withholding information of a death from authorities. the judge asked melissa jenkins if she understood the indictment and we found out that she is illiterate and could not read the indictment so the judge read it out loud which claims she aided and abetted her live-in boyfriend as he beat this boy, according to the indictment, savidgely with his hands, fist, feet, causing abdominal bleeding and that melissa jenkins, the mother, knew all about this but

kept it from police and actually hid the boy and never sought medical attention. now, this is a capital case. this is a death penalty case. earlier we asked the prosecuting attorney here in boise whether or not he was going to seek the death penalty in this case and here's what he had to say. >> obviously, the determination in this case on whether or not to seek the death penalty is one that we'll make as soon as possible. under the law, we have 60 days to make a determination on whether or not we can sign a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. >> a pretty generic statement. in fact, authorities have not been saying much about this case throughout the whole episode. i asked the district attorney when exactly that this couple became suspects in the eyes of the law. he said that would be commenting on evidence and he was loathe to do that, but certainly this couple, given his past record, his prison record and given her

past record in terms of injury to a child, it's been the buzz of the community for a long time that perhaps they were involved somehow and now the grand jury indictments seem to indicate that, as well. and they are going to be able to enter a plea on september 1st. >> okay. quick question. how long was the boy robert with that particular couple with the boyfriend and with his mother? it wasn't a long period of time, was it? >> it was not. he had been living with his father in a town nearby here, a rural town. it was some time in june. the indictment states that this beating of the boy took place through some period in june and ended july 24th with the boy's death. >> sad story. i know how much it affected everybody in boise. scott logan with kbci, thank you for the update. we really appreciate it. the mayor of milwaukee tom barrett just made his first

public comment since being injured over the weekend answering a grandmother's cries for help. he spoke as his wife looked on and his niece, molly, was there, too. she called 911 after a saturday night confrontation. >> we were walking down the street and my two daughters and molly, too, at that point said someone was yelling call 911 and there was a woman holding the baby and our immediate thought was that there was something wrong with the baby. so, i quickly pulled out my phone, as i think molly did and we started calling 911. within seconds, we realized the problem was not with the baby, it was with the man and he came up and was very, very agitated. and events took off from there very, very quickly. >> the mayor suffered a shattered hand, is missing teeth and has, obviously, cuts on his face from trying to help the woman and her granddaughter. turns out, the mayor was frying to fight off the little girl's father. the father is in police custody

and could be charged today. a former reality tv star wanted for questioning in the death of a model may be on route back home to canada. police say they want to talk to ryan alexander jenkins about the death of jasmin fiore. her body was found stuffed in a suitcase inside that dumpster in southern california saturday morning. her remains were i.d.'d by a prescription given by her mother. >> i didn't hear from her on friday and i was kind of worried and i was didn't hear from her on saturday and i was kind of worried. i have been very concerned. >> jenkins, the man police was looking for was on a contestant on vh-1 "megan wants a millionaire." a search is under way in southeast texas. katy, texas, for a school system

police officer accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend. rachel hillsman was dropping off her kids at her mother's house yesterday when julio trey reyes abducted her. officers believe he is armed and dangerous. police helicopters are searching by air for the pair. s.w.a.t teams and bloodhound could start the search. friends say they had an argument monday night. hillsman loved ones say they're worried about her safety. >> she's a wonderful young lady. >> i'm scared. i'm very scared and if trey can see us, please bring rachel home. please. >> hillsman was last seen in reyes' green ford pickup truck. sacramento is proposing a temporary camp ground for homeless people. they presented a plan to the mayor saying sacramento should provide a space with basic necessities for the homeless

living in tents near downtown. after seeing the homeless plight first hand he's behind the plan. >> those folks have more community and, most of all, it was a heart wrenching experience and it made me even made me more committed. hurricane bill is now wound up. now a category 4 storm and still 1 135-mile-per-hour winds, that's near the max. forecasters say it could gain more steam over the next 24 hours and the eye of the hurricane is far out in the atlantic and 1,100 miles southeast of bermuda. on its current projected path, bill will pass off the eastern seaboard of the united states. it might come fairly close to cape cod, but nothing closer. you won't believe what got a couple of store workers fired. they say they tackled a would-be burglar and helicoptkept him aw the goods. why their reward was a pink slip.

people in beaumont, texas, are cleaning up after a tornado that ripped through a local shopping center left a lot of damage. ten people were hurt when the twister hurt yesterday afternoon and it flipped cars, collapsed the roof of a kohl's department store and damaged parts of a walmart, pet store and book store. the trail of destruction was a half mile long. forecasters say winds from the storm ranged from 100 to 110 miles per hour. an update on oan oklahoma abortion law that generated a lot of calls from our viewers yesterday. a state judge has overturned it. the law would have required women to get an ultrasound and to listen to a doctor's description of the fetus before getting an abortion. opponents argue the law was unconstitutionally vague and

unclear about what the doctor should say. the judge ruled the law violated constitutional requirements that legislative measures deal with only one subject. the judge didn't rule on the validity of a forced ultrasound. in a nation with the third's highest number of hiv cases, the world's latest weapon in trying to block the spread of the disease is marriage. drawing a lot of clicks at cnn.com and melissa long is leer with more. melissa? >> chuck, some 2.6 million people in nigeria have hiv and the suggestion is that they should marry in order to stop the spread of the disease. the story, as you mentioned, one of the more popular today on cnn.com. in fact, we have video of a wedding. we will show it to you in a moment detailing exactly how this plan is taking place. the thinking, again, is that it will prevent hiv positive citizens from spreading the disease. the government even offering to pay a woman's dowry to encourage these kind of unions.

here's video of the wedding, as well. one benefit, according to those that have married, have tied the knot, happiness and support for them, as well, because they say they're stigmatized in nigeria and often isolated. >> before i was lonely. being with my wife, i feel good. >> so, he feels great. he's happy and not everybody agrees that this is the best idea. the u.n. aids group has doubts that the program is effective and would you believe there are already 100 such marriages that have been organized through a group like this one. chuck? >> we'll see how it works. another interesting story out there on dotcom. for many college grads the american dream is morphing into the chinese dream. >> they're moving to asia and seeking out dreams and opportunities and for some of them, they're actually finding it by becoming residents of china and pursuing their business dreams, as well.

this story i want to introduce you to a young guy, he's 31 years old and he started his own online game company and it's now a multimillion dollar business. not everyone having this kind of success that he's seeing, many americans are spending months searching for work. the job market is crowding becau because, of course, you have u.s.-educated that try to come home and get the top jobs. still, americans that are there searching for their dream jobs say it's a better opportunity for them to be living in china versus living in the united states. one young lady said if she were living in the united states right now making the kind of salary she is making in china, she would be living at home with her parent. there she has a one bedroom apartment. whether you're searching for a job or landed the plum job or started your own business learning mandarin, which is the key to getting ahead and finding that dream job. >> thank you so much, good to see you. >> nice to see you, too. two store employees were

fired after going a would-be burglar. the men say they got into a scuffle outside the store when the man took off with cell phones and hard drives. the store violated them for violating a safety policy. >> it was more than just a place of unemployment, it was a family. so, you know, someone steals from your family and you'll do what's right. the suspect got away. best buy released a statement and we quote we have a long-standing policy that we do not address issues related to the termination of any former employee. that said, i can tell you that employees who work in our stores are aware and trained for dealing with shoplifting or theft. which includes ceasing pursuit of a suspected shoplifter once they exit the store. was it right for best buy to let the employees go? call us toll free, 877-835-5456. e-mail at cnn.com/hln or, thirdly, text views plus your

comment and name to hlntv. we'll air your responses all day and don't forget, standard text rates apply. we've seen plenty of lawmakers manage their health care town halls in their own way. congressman barney frank has his own style and flourish. he had some biting responses during last night's less than civil discussion.

a pioneer in the news business is dead. don hewitt the creator of "60 minutes" passed away today of pancreatic cancer. he had only been diagnosed of that disease in march. don hewitt's career spanned 60 years at cbs. he has best been known as the executive producer of "60 minutes." he won every major journalism honor six times over. don hewitt was 86. i'm jane velez-mitchal and here is my issue. the scorned first lady of south carolina is weighing in on her husband's extra marital affair. jenny sanford thinks the governor is addicted and was actually obsessed with his mistress. now, sex addiction is a real

thing, there are actually treatments, a 12-step program to deal with this disease. if governor sanford truly is a sex addict then he needs to get help. he needs to admit he is addicted to hypocrisy. this is the same fellow who wanted president clinton impeached when he was caught having an affair. i guess mr. sanford forgot about his stance on adultery. i don't know if there is a cure for sanford hypocrisy but a good step would be stepping down. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >> tonight on "issues" more on the story we talked about earlier. little robert manwill found dead in idaho and now his own mother and boyfriend were charged with his murder. don't miss "issues" tonight on hln. tough talk from white house sources on health care reform. they say democrats may go it alone and give up working with republicans. the sources say democrats may

use a budget maneuver called reconciliation to ram through a bill in the senate by a single vote majority that basically limits debate time on the floor and prevents a filibuster. democrats would only need a 51-vote majority, not 60 to pass health care reform. that would be a power grab and an underhanded move but they're certainly guilty of using that in the past, that's how president bush's tax cuts, in fact, pass the senate on reconciliation. two top house democrats want to know how much the nation's largest health insurers pay their ceos. how much the companies make off premiums and how much they pay out in claims. the lawmakers' letter asks for the information by early next month. if the companies refuse to provide it, lawmakers could vote to subpoena them. known for his tough and blunt talk, massachusetts congressman barney frank doesn't pull any punches with his constituents. hundreds showed up last night for a free willing forum that covered much more than health care reform. people wanted to talk aboutthe

cost of the wars and the federal budget and income tax. the tone was often less than respectful. >> why do you continue nazi pol has expressly supported this policy, why are you supporteding it? >> when you ask me that question, i am going to revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question. on what planet do you spend most of your time? do you want me to answer the question? yes, you stand there with a picture of the president defaced to look like hitler and compare the effort to increase health care to the nazis, my answer to you is, as i said before, it is a tribute to the first amendment

that this kind of vial contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated. ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> well, a long list of town halls was scheduled for usa leamakers today. four back-to-back meetings for frank lucas, joe bonner in alabama will haute three and joe barton holds two this evening. taxpayers in baltimore footed their bill for their leamaker's pricey marriage proposal. john cardin said he's sorry for using a police helicopter and patrol boat to stage a fake raid on his girlfriend when she thought he was being arrested. he popped the question. he says he'll pay back every penny. the police commissioner stillents wants an investigation. the cost hasn't been tallied. by the way, she said yes. a lot of baby boomers apparently didn't quit taking

drugs after woodstock. almost 10% of americans between 50 and 59 admitted using illicit drugs. the numbers are double what they were five years before. a squirrel crashes a couple's vacation picture. wait till you see the results.

what happened the day a stunt performer died at disney world? we'll tell you what newly released 911 tapes are revealing. and a model's body found stuffed inside a suitcase inside a trash can in california. hear what reality tv star is being sought for question issing. could your parents and grandparents be doing drugs? you may be surprised about the results of a new survey about baby boomers and illegal substances. hello on this wednesday. happy hump day to you. i'm christi paul. i hope the day's been good to you so far. today in milwaukee, mayor tom barrett made his first public comments since being injured answering a grandmother's cries

for help. there he is. first pictures we're seeing of him today. he suffered a shattered hand, he's missing some teeth, you see the cuts on his face all from trying to help that woman and her granddaughter saturday night. it turns out he was trying to fight off the little girl's father and says anyone else in his position would have stepped in too. >> overall, i think what i want to stress is how i've been in situations in this community my whole life, and i can't think of a situation like this where people would not have responded the waydy. when someone says call 911, you call 911. it's that straightforward. and that's exactly what happened here. it was only at that point where the response was so bizarre, that will things took off in the wrong direction. >> now, that little girl's father is in police custody and will be charged today. a venerated pioneer in the news business is dead. that's don hewitt there, the

creator and long-time producer of cbs' "60 minutes." he passed away today of pancreatic cancer. his career at cbs, think about this spanned a staggering 60 years. he was probably best known for his 36 years as 60 minutes producer though. he won every major journalism honor. he was 86 years old. our thoughts to the cbs family and his family as well. prosecutors say the mother of an idaho boy found in a canal earlier this month allowed her boyfriend to torture and beat him to death and hid it from authorities. 30 years melissa jenkins and daniel ehrlick junior appearing in court today on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of 8-year-old robert manwill neither entered a plea. he was missing for more than a week before his body was discovered. prosecutors have not decided whether to seek the death penalty. >> obviously the determination in this case on whether or not

to seek the death penalty is one that we'll make as soon as possible. under the law, we have 60 days to make a determination on whether or not we intend to sign a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. >> jenkins is being held in the ada county on $2 million bond. ehrlick is being held without bond. a body found stuffed in a suitcase in southern california over the weekend has been identified as swimsuit model jasmine fiore. kcal tell us why police want to talk to a former reality tv star about her death. >> she had a good roommate. her roommate was friendly, friendly to everybody else. it was just a shocker. >> 28-year-old jasmine fiore say neighbors seemed excited to move into her new apartment in the fairfax district with a female roommate and this man, ryan jenkins. recently a contestant on the show "megan wants a millionaire." some neighbors described him as

her husband. >> but her fourth floor penthouse is now a crime scene. >> we are searching for any evidence that may lead to the suspect in this case. >> reporter: inside, forensic investigators dust for fingerprints and shoot videotape of her empty apartment. police want to know who strangled the 28-year-old swimsuit model and left her body in a suitcase. she was discovered in a dumpster in baena park saturday night. >> just isn't right. >> reporter: that same night, say police, ryan jenkins walked into the west hollywood stoif's substation and filed a missing person's report for his wife. then police say he went on the run in either a black bmw suv with cal gary license plates or his wife's white mercedes. >> we believe he may be heading towards canada. >> once again our thanks to stacy butler reporting from kcal in los angeles. watch nancy grace tonight. she'll have the latest breaking

developments in the case of jasmine fiore at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. well, a search is underway right now in katy texas for a police officer an kufsd kidnapping his ex-girlfriend who's also an officer on the same force. rachel hillsman was dropping off her children at her mother's house yesterday when julio trey reyes abducted her. officers believe he is armed and dangerous. police helicopters are searching for them by air. s.w.a.t. teams and blood houpds could join the search today. the couple we understand does have a child together but apparently broke up months ago. friends say they had an argument monday night. her loved ones say they can't stop thinking about her. >> she's wonderful. she's a wonderful young lady and we know that god -- >> i'm scared, i'm very scared. and if trey can see us, please

bring rachel home. please. >> hillsman was last seen in reyes' green ford pickup truck, by the way. and walt disney world is confirming another performer died on the job. the cast member was practicing a rolling tumble for the indiana jones epic stunt spectacular. the orange county, florida sheriff's office released a recording actually of the emergency call that came in. >> he's not breathing. >> okay. all right. >> we need a helicopter. we've done these a million times. we always have injuries on the stage. >> i need you to get as close to that patient as possible. >> we have somebody on him trained in cpr. >> get as close to him as possible. how old is he? >> how old is he? >> about 28. >> 28. okay. are they doing mouth to mouth and cpr on him at this time? >> are you guys doing mouth to mouth? >> yes. >> the man is the third cast member to die in the past seven

weeks at disney world. last month a crash killed a monorail driver and a week ago another performer died in an on stage fall. take a look at hurricane bill. it has strengthened to a powerful category 4 storm now. with 135-mile-per-hour winds, in fact. forecasters say the storm could gain even more steam over the next 24 hours. it does look pretty ominous, doesn't it? take a look an the trajectory. the eye still far out in the atlantic 1100 miles southeast of bermuda and its current projected path takes bill past the eastern seaboard of the u.s. we'll keep your eyes on that for you. we're hearing very tough talk from white house sources on health care reform today. they say democrats may go it alone and give up working with republicans. democrats may use a maneuver called reconciliation to ram a bill through the senate by a single vote majority. it basically limits debate time on the floor and prevents a

filibuster. democrats would only need 51 votes instead of 60 to pass health care reform. republicans say it would be an underhanded move but they've used it in the past, too. that's how president bush's tax cuts passed the senate. two top house democrats want to know how much the nation's largest health insurers pay their ceos and want to know how much the companies make off premiums and how much they pay out in claims. the lawmakers' letter asks for the information by early next month and if the companies refuse to provide it, law marburies could vote to subpoena them. >> speaking of congressman, known for blunt talk, massachusetts barney frank does not pull any punches with his constituents. hundreds showed up last night for a freewheeling forum that covered much more than health care reform. people wanted to talk about the cost of the wars, the federal budget, income tax and the tone was often less than respectful. >> why do you continue to support a nazi policy as obama

has expressly supported this policy, why are you supporting it? >> when you ask me that question, i am going to revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question. on what planet do you spend most of your time? you want me to answer the question? yes, you stand there with a picture of the president defaced to look like hitler and compare the effort to increase health care to the nazis, my answer to you is as i said before, it is a tribute to the first amendment that this kind of vial contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated. ma'am, trying to have a

conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> a long list of town halls are scheduled for u.s. leamakers today. don't know if there's get that contention. there are four meetings for joe lucas. alabama's joe bono will be hosting three. two store belize fired for going after a would be burglar. this happened a couple of weeks ago at best buy in colorado. the men say they got in a scuffle outside the store when a man took off with cell phones and hard drives ptd store fired them for violating a safety policy. >> it was more than just a place of employment. it was a family. so you know, someone steals from your family, you're going to do what's right. >> the suspect did get away. best buy released a statement want to read this to you in full --

so, let me ask you for your opinion on this particular subject. do you think it was wise for the company 0 let the employees go? call us at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us cnn.com/hln. you can text us too if you like, the word views plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we're going to air some of you what have to say throughout the afternoon. the first provisions of a credit card reform law are taking effect tomorrow. we'll take a closer look at the changes you're going to see and what you can expect from credit card companies next year.

well, some big changes with your plastic.

a new credit card reform law takes effect tomorrow. so to break it down regarding you know what, you have to say about these changes, we wanted to check in with cnnmoney.com's poppy harlow in new york because this can be a tricky subject. one of those things where you don't read all the lines, you never know what you're in for. >> some of all that fine print is hopefully going to go away. but the goal of these reforms passed back in may is to help consumers. let's go through some of the keys that are going to go into effect. the companies have to give you 21 days between when they give you the bill and you have to pay it bumped up from 14 days. also, you'll have to get 45 day's notice before a credit card issuer can raise your rate. that used to be 15 days notice. you can decline the new rate if it's too high and you can just pay off your existing balance under your existing rate but i should say if you don't accept that increased interest rate, you can't keep using the card.

>> okay, so this i understand is the first round of projections. what are some of the other changes that will take effect and that happens in february? >> sure, that's exactly right. most of the regulations are going to take effect in %ebruary. so here's what's going to happen then. again these are some of the highlights. there's a number of different things that will happen. companies won't be able to raise rates on existing balances unless are you at least 60 days late in a payment. you have to be two months late for that to happen . when you make a payment that, has to be applied towards the part of your balance that has the highest interest rate first. that should really help you out. and also, no more universal defaults are allowed. what that means is what happens today is if you default on one payment, other credit card companies can raise your rate. they won't be able to do that anymore starting in february. the goal here, help the consumer and be very clear with what the rules are. >> that does help, but here's my question. when this law pass may, credit card companies said it would make credit more expensive and

less available. so are you seeing signs of that? >> it is happen. i mean they lobbied against it but they make a lot of money when we are late paying our bills. we're getting a lot of people writing in saying their rates have gone up. riskier accounts have been closed. some people's credit limits have been lowered. it can be harder to get a credit card right now and some of the fees have increased. we've heard a lot of reports about that because the credit card issuers have to make their money somewhere and they make money off of increased fees. people are writing into me telling me what they think, some good, some bad. i want to read two comments. ishwara wrote in and said -- so less of that fine print we were talking about. vanessa wrote in and said --

>> vanessa is not very happy. logon to facebook.com/poppyhar low. i think the lesson here is a little less fine print, but your fees might be a little higher but in the end you'll have longer to pay it off. >> poby, thank you for breaking it down for us because it's confuse. you know, a lot of baby boomers apparently did not quit taking drugs after wood strok. almost 10% of americans between 50 and 59 admitted using illicit drugs. those numbers are from 2007 and double what they were five years earlier. researchers at the substance abuse and mental health services administration say the rates of illicit drug use among all other age groups stay the same or decreased over the five-year period. interesting, huh? in january, an indiana man disappeared just as his business as a high-flying money manager was falling apart.

today marcus schrenker is facing the music for an elaborate scheme to try to convince investors that he was dead.

we're getting word of a suspicious package near atlanta, georgia. some live pictures for you now. it's aally infinite car dealership in decatur. that's all we know at this point. as soon as we get more information, we'll bring it to you. but a suspicious package there near atlanta. meanwhile -- my goodness. just one of six bombs that went off in baghdad today killing 95 people, two targeted the ministry of foreign fairs building and the ministry of finance building. the explosions sent vehicles flying and left others in mangled twists of metal. 560 people were hurt. look at this. the violence marks the deadliest day in iraq since u.s. combat troops handed over security to

the iraqi government nearly two months ago. and three u.s. troops have been killed in two separate attacks in afghanistan. u.s. and nato troops have stepped up their efforts to improve security before the country's presidential election which is tomorrow. and update for you now on oklahoma's abortion law that generated so many of you to call in yesterday. we're glad you that. here's what we know. an oklahoma judge has overturned it. this law would have required women to get an ultrasound and listen to a doctor's description of the fetus before getting an abortion. opponents had argued the law was constitutionally vague and unclear what the doctor should say. the judge ruled that the law violated constitutional requirements that legislative measures deal only with one subject. a former indiana money manager is said to be sentenced today on charges he faked his own death. marcus swrenk crashed his plane in the florida panhandle back in january. he pleaded guilty in june, but

his sentencing in florida won't end his legal trouble. authorities in indiana plan to prosecute him on charges connected to his failed business as a money manager. he's facing millions of dollars in judgments and penalties. we're back in a moment. ññño

well, today take a look at milwaukee mayor tom barrett, our first look as he makes his first public comments today since being injured answering a grandmother's cries for help on saturday. barrett suffered a shattered hand, missing teeth. you can see cuts on his face there. this is from trying to help that woman and her granddaughter on saturday night. he was trying to fight off a little girl's father. he says anyone else in his position would have stepped in, as well. >> overall i think what i want to stress is how i've been in situations in this community my whole life. and i can't think of a situation like this where people would not have responded the waydy. when someone says call 911, you

call 911. it's that straightforward. and that's exactly what happened here. it was only at that point where the response was so bizarre that things took off in the wrong direction. >> the little girl's father is in police custody and could be charged today. meanwhile, prosecutors say the mother of an idaho boy found dead in a canal earlier this month allowed her boyfriend to torture and beat him to death and then hid it from authorities. 30-year-old melissa jenkins and daniel ehrlick junior appeared in court today. there you see them. this was on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of 8-year-old robert manwill. neither one of them entered a plea but robert was missing for more than a week remember before his body was discovered august 3rd. prosecutors say they haven't decided whether to seek the death penalty. >> obviously, the determination in this case on whether or not to seek the death penalty is one that we'll make as soon as

possible. under the law, we have 60 days to make a determination on whether or not we intend to sign a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. >> jenkins is being held in the ada county jail on $2 million bond and ehrlick is being held without bond. a former reality tv contestant wanted for questioning in the death of a model way be on his way back home to canada. police in baena park, california, say they want to talk to ryan alexander jenkins about the death of 28-year-old jasmine fiore. she disappeared over the weekend. her mother says she and jenkins were briefly married this year but that the marriage had been annulled. authorities say fiore's body was found stuffed in a suitcase inside a dumpster in southern california saturday morning and authorities identified the remains from a description provided by her mother. >> i didn't hear from her on friday and i was kind of worried. i didn't hear from her on saturday and i was getting very worried. and you know, i don't know. i've been very concerned.

>> jenkins, the man police are looking for was a contestant on the vh-1 show "megan wants a millionaire." watch nancy grace tonight for the latest breaking developments in this case at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on hln. i want you to take a look if you will at hurricane bill. he strengthened to a category 4 storm here. right now, 135-mile-per-hour winds are blowing. forecasters say the storm could gain more steam over the next 24 hours. the eye of the hurricane still far out in the atlantic. here's the trajectory. 1100 miles southeast of bermuda. it's current projected path though will pass bill off the eastern seaboard of the u.s. we're hearing very tough talk from white house sources on health care reform saying democrats may go it alone and give up on working with republicans. sources say democrats may use a budget maneuver to ram a bill through the senate by a single

vote majority. it basically limits debate time on the floor and prevents a filibuster. democrats would only need a simple majority, 51 votes instead of 60 to passes the refo reform. reserves have used it in the past, too. that's how president bush's tax cuts passed the senate. two top house democrats though want to know how much the nation's largest health insurers pay their ceos and how much the companies make off premiums and how much they pay out in claims. the lawmakers' letter asks for the information by earl you next month and if the companies refuse to provide it, lawmakers could vote to subpoena them. speaking of congressmen, known for his blunt talk, massachusetts' barney frank does not pull any punches with his constituents. hundreds of people showed up last night for a freewheeling forum that covered much more than health care reform. people wanted to talk about the cost of the wars, the federal budget, income tax and the town was often less than respectful.

nshz of is it . >> why do you continue to support a nazi policy as obama has expressly supported this policy? why are you supporting it. >> when you ask me that question, i'm going to revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question. on what planet do you spend most of your time? do you want me to answer the question? yes, you stand there with a picture of the president defaced to look like hitler and compare the effort to increase health care to the nazis, my answer to you is, as i said before, it is a tribute to the first amendment that this kind of vil se contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated.

ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> a long list of town halls are scheduled for u.s. lawmakers today. no word whether they're expecting anything as contentious at that. there are four back to back meetings for frank lucas, alabama's joe bonner will host three and texas congressman joe barton is holding two this evening. >> can you imagine? you just heard one of six bombs that went off in baghdad today. killing 95 people. two tarted the ministry of foreign fairs building and the ministry of finance building 37 but the explosions sent vehicles flying. they left others in mangled twists of metal. 560 people were hurt. the violence marks the deadliest day in iraq since u.s. combat troops handed over security to the iraqi government nearly two

months ago. more women apparently are drunk driving. that's what i study by the transposhtation department is finding. it said arrests for women driving under the influence jumped by nearly 30% from 1997 to 2007. so in a ten-year period and during that same time, the study found a decline in the number of men arrested for similar alcohol-related violations. overall men's alcohol related arrests still outnumber women's four to one apparently. a search is underway right now in katy, texas, for a school system police officer accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend who is also an officer on the same force. investigators say rachel hillsman was dropping off her children yesterday when julio trey reyes abducted her. kevin peters joins us by phone with the very latest. thanks for being with us. what are authorities saying at this venue? >> well, good afternoon, christie. right now they're waiting to hear good news and in all

honesty, they tell us they are waiting to catch a break at this point. about an hour ago, the family of the kidnapped school police officer, they made a plea for her safe return as you mentioned, her name is rachel hillsman, she's 24 years old. she's a school police officer at a suburban school district just west of houston about 20 miles west. now, investigators say her estranged boyfriend, julio reyes is the one who kidnapped her on tuesday morning just outside of her mother's home and certainly what makes this case is unique is that he's also a school police officer for that same department. we're told they were once a couple. they actually have a 13-month-old daughter together. investigators tell us that he was upset because she ended the relationship back in november. and wanted to move forward with her life. now, more than 100 officers from surrounding departments and agencies have joined in this effort to look for her. they are searching on foot, searching by helicopter. they've actually set up about 13

checkpoints in and around the area where she was taken from and they still believe she may be somewhere in this area just outside of houston just to the west of houston. because the last pinpointed location is that the suspected kidnapper in this case made a text message or a phone call to an quaintence some two hours affiliate incident. they still believe they are somewhere in the area. since that time, more than 24 hours have passed with little new information and just a short time ago, her family made a plea for her safe return. >> we just pray that no rash decisions are made on julio's part, that you know, if he feels like he can't come back with her, that he will just leave her somewhere and call someone and let them know where she is. so, we can go bring her home to her babies.

>> now, this is certainly unique because this involves, of course, two officers and investigators admit there is going to be a tough case because they say it's likely he is very familiar with police search tactics. he's also an outdoorsman very familiar with the territory just west of houston and so really police this morning can see that they may have to wait for him to to -- >> okay. i apologize. we lost kevin peters there. i want to thank you so much from khou for the latest report. again, those are the two people they are looking for, the victim there on your right. they've been gone as he said for more than 24 hours. if you are in the houston area or outside the houston area, please keep your -- please keep your eyes open for them. they were last seen in his green pickup truck as i understand. well, a lot happens live on the internet, doesn't it?

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well, a man is accused of faking his suicide on the internet. police near buffalo are saying that the man talked about slitting his wrists in a chat room apparently and then his web cam showed him lying still on ÷ his bed. people overseas called police in london who called international police and the man was arrested. >> to them, they thought he in fact did kill himself. concerned and worried for him. they contacted their local police department which was in england. according to him, he simply fell sa sleep while the cam was on

him. >> that man is facing misdemeanor charges now. in a nation with the world's third highest number of hiv cases, the government's latest weapon in trying to block the spread of disease is marriage. yeah, the unconventional idea drawing a lot of clicks at cnn.com right now. let's go to nicole blempb who's going to walk us through this. >> actually, there are 2.6 million people who are hiv positive in nigeria. now they're encouraging them to get married to try and stop the disease from spreading. a local government agency is even offering to pay some women's dowries to encourage such marriages. our cameras attended up with of the weddings where both the bride and the groom were hiv positive. now, original aids groups said they have helped arrange about 100 marriages so far. the u.n. though has doubt that the program is actually going to

be effective because think about it, there are so many different strains, there are so many different strands. no evidence yet on whether or not the marriage plan does work. but one real benefit has been providing happiness and support for patients who are so often stigmatized in nigeria and so often isolated. >> before i was lonely. being with my wife, i feel good. >> and that, christie, is one of the most talked about, one of the most clibed on stories. you can find it@cnn.com right now. >> all righty. another interesting story i know on dotcom today is college grads, you know everybody's out there trying to find a job right now. but i understand the american dream kind of morphing into the chinese dream. how is that? >> because people are trying to find success and they're trying to find it a lot of recent u.s. college grads in china. they are flocking there. the numbers of u.s. grads that

are going there has increased substantially. some young americans have indeed found new fortune and jobs in china. but not everybody is so lucky. not everybody strikes it rich. we have to be real. a lot of americans spend months, a lot of time, a lot of energy looking for work. but the job market is crowded with so many u.s. educated chinese who are more likely to land those coveted jobs. still the attraction is there. one key, of course, christie is for folks to actually learn the language, actually learn mandarin and the sooner experts say you can grasp the language, the better your prospects are. so this is just one part of a bigger story of u.s. grads trying to look for work. halfway around the world. >> obviously, well, you got to go somewhere i guess, some people would say, before learning mandarin, that would be tough i would have to think. >> offer it at a lot of schools these days. just give it a thought when

you're filling out your course packet. >> good for them. thank you so much, nicole. we appreciate it. how about this study. a lot of baby boomers apparently didn't quit taking drugs after woodstock. a national survey, almost 10% of americans between 50 and 59 admitted using illicit drugs. those numbers are from 2007 and they're double what they were five years earlier. researchers at the substance abuse and mental health services administration say the rates of illicit drug use among all over age groups stayed the same or decreed over that period. best buy has canned two workers at one of its colorado stores who spotted an alleged shoplifter. it's what the workers decided to do about that theft though that got them fired and why the two say they'd do it all over again.

well, an update for you now on an oklahoma abortion law that generated so many of you to call in and we're so grateful that you did, but we want to give you the update. a state judge overturned it. remember that law would have required women to get an

ultrasound and listen to a doctor's description of the fetus before getting an abortion. opponents had argued the law was constitutionally vague and unclearunclear about what the doctors should say. the judge ruled the law violated constitutional requirements that legislative measures deal only with one subject. he did not rule on the validity of a forced ultrasound. two store employees for going after a would-be burglar. this happened at a best buy in colorado. they got in a scuffle when a man took off with cell phones and hard drives. the store fired them for violating a safety policy. >> it was more than just a place of employment. it was a family so, someone steals from your family you're going to do what's right. >> the suspect did get away. employees are trained to get police once a suspect leaves the stor

store. >> the scorn first lady of south carolina is weighing in on her husband's extramarital affair. jenny sanford thinks the governor is addicted and was actually obsessed with his misstress. sex addition is a real thing. there are a treatments and 12-step programs. if governor sanford is a sex addict then he needs help. he also needs to that he's addicted to hypocrisy. this is the same fellow who wanted president clinton impeached when he was caught having an affair. i guess he forget about his stance on adultery. i don't know if there's a cure for the hypocrisy, but i think a good step would be stepping down. i'm jane velez-mitchell. that's my issue. >> see what else jane has on her mind. "issues" right here on hln. an american lawmaker used a police boat and helicopter for

an elaborate marriage proposal. it was paid for by taxpayer dollars. what he's saying about that now. 

we're going to hear from the milwaukee mayor. first time since he was brutally attacked. authorities say the suspect is a cop, and so is the victim. store workers are fired for not letting a shoplifter get away. does that make sense to you? the latest from hln news and views. hi everybody. i'm chuck roberts on a wednesday. great to have you with us. don hewitt, the creator and producer of "60 minutes" died today. he was probably best known for the 36 years he served as the

executive producer. he won every major journalism honor, many times over. don hewitt was 86. today milwaukee mayor tom barrett made his first public comment since being injured over the weekend, answering a grandmother's cries for help. he suffered a battered hand, missing teeth and cuts on his face from trying to help that woman. the mayor was trying to fight off the little girl's father. he says anyone else in the position would have stepped in, too. >> overall i think what i want to stress is how can't think of a situation like this where people would not have responded the way i did. when someone says call 911, you call 911. it's that straight forward. that's what happened here. it was only at that point where the response was so bizarre that the things took off in the wrong

direction. >> the little girl's father is in police custody and could be charged today. a search is under way in southeast texas and houston for a school system officer accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, also an officer of the same force. investigators say rachel hillsman was dropping off her children when trey reyes abducted her. officers think he is armed and dangerous. police helicopters have joined tp search. s.w.a.t. teams and blood hounds will soon join as well. the couple have a child together but broke up months ago. the loved one say they're worried about her safety. >> she's wonderful. she's a wonderful young lady. yes know that she's going to come home. >> i'm scared. i'm very scared. if trey can see us, please bring rachel home. >> she was last seen in reyes'

ford truck. police in california say they want to talk to ryan alexander jenkins about the death of 28-year-old jasmine fiore. she disappeared over the weekend. her mother said she and jenkins were briefly married this year. feore's body was stuffed inside a suitcase. authorities i.d.'d the remains from a description. >> i didn't hear from her on saturday. i was getting really worried. i've been really concerned. >> jenkins t man police are looking for was a con tes tetes "megan wants a millionaire." prosecutors say the mother of an idaho boy found dead in a canal

allowed her boyfriend to torture and beat him to death and then hid it from authorities. they appeared in court today on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of 8-year-old robert manwill. neither entered a plea. robert was missing more than a week before his body was discovered on august 3rd. they have not decided whether or not to seek the death penalty. >> obviously the determination in this case on whether or not to seek the death penalty is one that we'll make as soon as possible. under the law, we have 60 days to make a determination on whether we intend to sign a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. >> jenkins is being held in the county jail on $2 million bond. ehrlich is being held without bond. new developments with an arizona mom reunited with her two young children after they were kidnapped from the home. the mom has been arrested now on drug charges. they found three pounds of meth and drag par fa knein her home.

four gunmen came in when she couldn't meet their demands for money. the kids were found five hours later unharmed. the suspects are still at large. investigators are trying to figure out if the gunmen had illegal business dealings with the live-in boyfriend or the mother. two store employees were fired for going after a would-be burglar. it happened at a best buy near denver. the men got into a scuffle outside the store when a man took off with some cell phones and a hard drive. the store fired them for violating the safety policy. >> you're going to do what's right. >> best buy released a statement saying "we have a long standing policy not to address issues related to the termination of any former employee.

what's your thought about this? what are your views? do you think it was right for the company to let the employees go? give us a call. there's the e-mail address. cnn.com/hln. or you can text views and your comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. let's hear from you. the national hurricane center says hurricane bill is now a category 4 storm. right now it's far out into the atlantic, but it could be changing. joining us with the latest from the cnn weather center, chad myers, our meteorologist. the u.s. virgin islands. the storm will miss the islands and head to the northwest.

that will allow it to move north. the forecast is for a cat zboeg4 hurricane. the hurricane hunter aircraft in the hurricane earlier today they found a 155-mile-per-hour wind. slight above where the plane flies. not at the surface. close enough. that's a huge storm. some of the bigger ones we've seen in quite some years. the hurricane forecast that the models are making still don't have anything close to the u.s. i don't think we're going to see anything more than probably something in the neighborhood of

about 45 or 50 miles per hour as we get closer to the rest of the weekend. the storm itself, still very big. still warm water here to mess with. it's moving over warmer water as it continues to move. rip currents all weekend long if you're on any of the east coach beaches. you certainly need to keep the kids out of the water. it looks dangerous. >> very dangerous. >> building shattered in anchora anchorage. earthquake. >> pretty big earthquake here. only five miles from downtown anchorage, and about 40 miles below the surface. the city right there. only 30 miles away. we now know there was damage there in that city, chuck. >> they have a history of it. >> yeah. >> we've seen plenty of pictures and lawmakers trying to manage, somewhat unsuccessfully the decorum at a town hall in their

own way. congressman barney frank has his own style. he had biting responses during a less than civil discussion last night.

the family of sung-hui cho showed he denied homicidal thoughts a year and a half before the shootings. cho committed suicide after killing 32 students and faculty members in april of 2007, the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. tough talk from the white house about health care reform, at least sources representing the white house. they say democrats may go it alone and give up on working with republicans the sources say democrats may use reconciliation to ram a bill through the senate by a single vote majority. it basically limits debate time of the senate floor and presents

a filibuster. democrats only need a simple majority. 51 votes instead of 60 pass health care reform. republicans say it's a powergrab. they've used it in the past, too. that's how president bush's tax cut is passed in the senate. two top house democrats want to know how much the largest health insurers pay the ceos. they want to know how much they maim from premiums and how much they pay out in claims. if the companies refuse to provide it, lawmakers could vote to subpoena them. barney frank doesn't pull any punches with his constituents. hundreds showed up for a forum that covered much more than health care reform. people wanted to talk about the the costs of the war, the federal budget, income taxes. the tone was often less than respectful. >> why do you continue to support a nasty policy as o obama has expressly supported

this policy. why are you supporting it. >> on what planet do you spend most of your time? ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> a long list of town halls are scheduled by u.s. lawmakers today. it will be three town halls. texas congressman is holding two this evening. do you like to shop at warehouse clubs? hln money expert clark howard says you may spend more there than you need to. >> some brain yaks, one a professor at columbia, another professor at harvard did a study that found -- now this is a shocker -- but people who go to warehouse clubs like costco or

bjs is that you spend money on things you didn't intend to. now come on. do we need them to study this to know that? so i know that about myself. that if i go to costco or sam's or bjs that i'll buy things on reflection it's like why. so here's my rule and one you should think about if you tend to buy things you don't need. not just the warehouse clubs, but anywhere else. i don't get a cart. i walk around and have to carry things in my arms. i realize, hey, i didn't really need that and put it back. saves me a ton. i'm clark howard. for more ways you can save a ton go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> he's on saturdays and sundays at noon and 4:00 eastern here at hln. a maryland lawmaker used a police boat and helicopter to stage an elaborate marriage proposal to his girlfriend.

what he's sighing after revelations it was all paid for with taxpayer dollars.

that has to be unsettling. right in the middle of baghdad. six bombs went off today. 95 people were killed. two of them targeted the ministry of foreign affairs building. the explosion sent vehicles flying, left others in a mangled twist of metal. more than 560 people were hurt. this is the most violent day in iraq since u.s. combat troop handed over security. in baltimore taxpayers footed the whole bill for the lawmakers' pricey marriage proposal. he's sorry for using a police helicopter and a patrol boat to stage a fake raid on his girlfriend. he popped the question when she thought he was being arrested. he says he's going to pay back every penny.

the cost hasn't been tallied. by the way, she said yes. >> looks like some dents to be worked out. hundreds of dealers are leaving the program, saying the government is taking too long to reimburse them. they say the dealers have been paid for 2% of the clunkers they've made. hundreds are dropping out because they don't have the cash to offer more rebates. he promises they're going to get their money. you may not expect a former republican senate majority leader to roll up in a toyota prius, but bill frist took advantage of the government's cash for clunkers program. he talked about it on our sister network cnn with larry king and former democratic party chairman howard dean. >> we understand you traded it for a 2009 prius. true or false? >> you don't see a lot of

republicans driving the prius. i'm going to get 50 miles to the gallon. my 18-year-old suburban is going to have the junk put in it. the taxpayer gave me $6,000 to do it. so i'm out there driving my prius. i'm about to do the same. but i'm going to get a ford escape. >> cash for clunkers was so successful it sold a quarter of a million cars. have you been thinking of turning a clunker in for cash? kelly grant, senior consumer reporter for smartmoney.com is here to help. your first tip is be ware of waivers. what does that mean? >> we have heard that deal eer ships are stopping participating in the program. others are asking to sign agreements. this says if the government does not reimburse the dealership that you're going to be on the hook for the money. you have to pay it back or give

back the new car. the department of transportation says that buyers do not need to sign these waivers. if you're worried, definitely check around and see if the dealership is still participating and if they want you to sign. >> it's always good to do some research before you trade this in, right? >> it is. especially now. the cash for clunkers program may not be the best bet for some people. if your car is worth almost the program cap of $4500 you might be better off trading it in privately and going for a recent used car. avoid the 30% drop in value from driving a new car off the lot and often times get a cheaper car, too. >> lastly. shop around. >> very important to be shopping around. a lot of the availability of popular cars, you're not going to find it easy to find the exact car you're looking for down to the color and the options package. this is when dealerships are

traditionally clearing out your lot. check the inventory online. you may have to drive further than you would think. >> a lot of people getting the waivers. is that really common? >> it's something we're seeing more and more of. more dealerships are stopping participation in the program. some dealerships want you to look at the waivers. it's worth asking about so you don't get caught in the trap. >> kelly grant, thanks so much. 1300 gm workers will go back to work in the u.s. and canada. 10,000 will get some overtime. that's good news in a bad economy. gm says it's going to roll out 60,000 more vehicles because americans bought so many in the cash for clunkers program. more women are drunk driving. a study by the transportation department found. arrests for women driving under the influence jumped by nearly 30% from 1997 to 2007. during the same period the study found a decline in the number of men arrested for similar alcohol-related violations. overall though, men's alcohol

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we're looking at live pictures from minneapolis/st. paul. this is a traffic camera shot. the trees and other debris down, impeding the traffic flow along 35w in the twin cities. the national weather service issue ad tornado warnings for counties that include minneapolis and st. paul. . it has received report of a tornado ju north of downtown minneapolis at 2:11 central time. about ten minutes ago. a church was reportedly damaged. the weather service is urging people to seek shelter. tornado down just north of downtown minneapolis. today tom barrett made his first public comment since being injured. answering a grand mother's cries

for help. he suffered a shattered hand, missing teeth and cuts to his face from trying to help that woman and her granddaughter. he was trying to fight off the little girl's father. he says anybody else in his position would have stepped in, too. >> i want to stress how i've been in situations in this community my whole life. i can't think of a situation like this where people would not have responded. when someone says 911, you call 911. it's that straight forward. that's what happened here. it was only at that point where the response was so bizarre that. the little girl's father is in police custody. could appear in court later today. a search is under way in texas for a school system police officer accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, also an officer on the same force.

reyes abducted her. officers believe he's armed and dangerous. police helicopters have joined the search. s.w.a.t. teams and blood hounds are searching as well. the couple have a child together but broke up months ago that's in southeast texas. the mother of an idaho boy found dead in a callal earlier this month allowed her boyfriend to torture and beat him to death, and then hid it from authorities. 34-year-old melissa jenkins and 36-year-old daniel erlick jr. were in court on murder charges for the death of robert manwill. neither entered a plea. he was missing more than a week before his body was discovered. prosecutors have yet to decide whether they'll seek the death penalty. >> obviously the determination in this case on whether or not to seek the death penalty is one

that we'll make as soon as possible. under the law we have 60 days to make a determination on whether or not we intend to sign a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. >> jenkins is being held on $2 million. erelick is being held without bond. a former realty tv contestant is wanted for the death of 28-year-old jasmine fiore. she and jenkins were briefly married. the body was found dumped inside a suitcase saturday morning. authorities identified the remains for a description provided by her mother. >> i didn't hear from her on friday. i was worried. i didn't hear from her on saturday. i was really worried. i've been very concerned. >> jenkins, the man police are

looking for was a contestant on "megan wants a millionaire." watch nancy grace for the latest breaking developments on the case of jasmine feori. new developments in the case of a missing florida girl, haleigh cummings, revealed on her sixth birthday. they do not believe she was abducted by a stranger. they made it clear her biological parents, the mother and father, are not suspects. the one person who isn't in the clear, ronald cummings' new wife. they think she continues to hold important answers in the case. the mystery was the focus of last night's "nancy grace." >> very stunning the development. the police have now just hours ago -- it was no stranger that snuck into that home and took this little girl. we have been getting all of your

e-mails, your phone calls, your letters about where is haleigh cummings. simple answer, we didn't know. nothing had developed into the case. the case just degenerated into the mother and the father all pointing a finger at each other and arguing about domestic swabls. we're getting nowhere. now this is a major development, t.j. >> it certainly is. this narrows down the field of subjects from everyone to someone. as you remember, everyone was a suspect when this began. all the way up until the last couple of hours, too. you have ronald and crystal are no longer suspects. the story is still inconsistent as it was from day one. some of the physical evidence that's not jiving up with the story is there's no sign of forced entrance whatsoever. >> misty was babysitting when she vanished from her father's

mobile home. she married haleigh's father about a month after the disappearance. they received and followed up on more than 4,000 leads. hurricane bill strengthened into a category 4 storm. right now bill boasts 15 miles per hour winds. forecasters say the storm could gain more steam in the next 24 hours. the eye of the hurricane, and it's a well developed eye is still far out in the atlantic. 1100 miles southeast of bermuda on the current projected path it will pass off the eastern seaboard of the united states. it may graze cape cop. tough talk from white house sources on the matter of health care reform. they say democrats may elect to go it alone and give up working with republicans. the sources say democrats may use a budge maneuver called reconciliation to ram a bill through the senate by a single vote majority. it basically limits time on the senate floor and prevents a filibuster. democrats would only need a simple majority, 51 votes, instead of 60, to pass health

care reform. republicans say it would be an underhanded move. but they've used it in the past two. that's how president bush's tax cuts passed the senate. two top house democrats want to know how much the nation's largest health insurers pay the ceos. they want to know how much the companies make from premiums and how much they pay out in claims. if the companies delay or refuse to provide it, lawmakers could vote to subpoena them. a pioneer in the news business is dedead. don hewitt, the create ore of "60 minutes" passed away from cancer. he had a staggering 60 year career with cbs. john klein, the president of cnn, who used to work with john hewitt at cbs described how he changed what we see and read on the tv screen.

>> if you look on the bottom third of the screen. my name, the subject matter, don hewitt has died, those are called supers. right? don invented supers. he said, on the screen we need another way to convey information to viewers. maybe we can super impose them. he was a director. which is a technical job in television. he figured that out. >> don hewitt won every major journalism award. he was 86. more women are drunk driving. that's what a study by the transportation department reveals. arrests for women driving under the influence jumped 30% from 1997 to 2007. during the period the study found a decline in the number of men arrested for similar alcohol-related violations.

a lot happens live on the internet. how much do you believe? an apparent suicide may may you think twice.

another performer has died on the job. local tv reports the cast member was practicing a rolling tumble for the indiana jones epic stunt spectacular. the orange county florida sheriff's department release ad recording of the 911 call. >> caller: he's not breathing. >> okay. all right. >> we need a helicopter. we've done these a million times. we always have injuries on the stage. >> i need you to get as close as possible. >> we have somebody on him that's trained in cpr. >> but i still he need you to

get as close to him as possible. how old is he for me? >> about 28. >> okay. are they doing mouth to mouth and cpr at this time? >> are you guys doing mouth to mouth? yes. the man is the third cast member to die in seven weeks. last month a crash killed a monorail driver. a man is accused of faking his suicide on the internet. the man talked about slitting his wrists in a chat room, and then his web cam showed him lying very still on his bed with eyes closed. people overseas saw this they called police in england. police in england called international police and the man was arrested. >> they thought he did kill himself. concerned and worried for them they contacted the local police department in england. he simply fell asleep while the web cam was on him.

>> the man faces misdemeanor charges. take a look. these are pictures from i-reporter from new york last night as a strong storm moved through midtown manhattan. the building with the top lid is the bloomburg building. that same storm is believed to be responsible for all the downed trees in central park. these pictures from i-reporter christopher matsko who went for a morning run in the park and was shocked to see all the limbs scattered around the park and up rooted trees. he said it looks more like a war zone than a city park. large trees were down and limbs were snapped on east and west sides of central park. in six years of running he's never seen any natural destruction like this. thanks to both reporters, i-reporters, for those great reports. you have pictures or video of breaking news or cool stories from where you are, go to jooi

report.com. massachusetts congressman barney frank doesn't pull any punches with his constituents. hundreds showed up for a forum that covered much more than health care reform. people wants to talk the cost of the wars, the federal budget, and income tax. the tone was often less than respectful. >> why do you continue to support a nazi policy as obama has expressly supported this policy? >> on what planet do you spend most of your time? trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> a long list of town halls are on the agenda across the country. back-to-back meetings for oklahoma congressman lewis. joe boehner will be busy hosting three of them.

an indiana man disappeared just as his business was dissbi grating.

an update on the oklahoma abortion law that generate ad lot of viewer calls yesterday. a state judge overturned the law t. it would have required women to get an ultrasound and listen to a doctor's description of the fetus before getting an abortion. the judge ruled the law did violate constitutional requirements that legislative measures can only deal with one subject. the judge did not rule on the validity of a forced ultrasound. >> you just heard one of six bombs that went off today in baghdad, killing 95 people. more than 565 people were hurt. the violence marks the deadliest day in iraq since combat troops handed over security nearly two months ago. the afghan government is concerned that fear will keep

voters from the polls tomorrow in great numbers. reports in afghanistan are being asked to hold off reporting on violence tomorrow until after the balloting. it's afghanistan's second ever free presidential election. the first installed karzai. this time he has 40 challengers, including two women turn out is expected to look look something like american percentages. u.s. marines and afghan soldiers are providing security. a former indiana money manager sentenced on charges that he faked his own death. he was an elaborate hoax. in january he crashed his plane in the florida panhandle after he bailed out over alabama and left it on autopilot. he pleaded guilty in june. his sentencing in florida won't end his legal troubles. authorities in indiana plan to prosecute him on charges connected to his failed business as a money manager. he faces millions of dollars in judgments and penalties.

i'm sorry? four years and three months. we just learned the sentence. four years and three months. a new credit card law, a reform law, will take effect tomorrow. let's get more on that. and what people are saying about the changes. let's check in with cnnmoney.com's poppy harlow. >> the goal here overall is to help consumers. let's talk about some of the things that will start tomorrow. credit card companies are going to have to send their bills out 21 days before they're due. it used to be 14 days. extending the pay period. also 45 days notice before they can raise rates. also you can decline a new rate if it's higher and you just don't want it. you can pay off existing balance at the old rate, but we should note if you don't accept the higher new rate then you can't

continue to use the card, chuck. >> is this like round one of protections? what other changes take effect early next year? >> these are some of the clangs. most of thisright. most of this will go into effect in february. here are some of the highlights from the new regulations that will take effect in february. companies, for example, won't be able to raise your interest rate on existing balances unless you're 60 days late on your payment or more. also, when you make a payment towards your balance, it has to be applied towards that part of the balance with the highest interest rate first. again, aimed at helping the consumers. also, there's no more universal default. what that means is if you default on the payment of one credit card, other credit card companies can raise your rate. starting in february, they won't be able to do that. only the company you defaulted on can raise the rates. >> back in may, the credit card companies said this would make credits more expensive and less available. is that coming to pass? >> it has. what we're hearing from folks,

rates are higher. we've seen evidence of that. you've got riskier accounts being closed. they're lowering the credit limit for a lot of folks. it can be harder to get a credit card. we've seen fees going up so that the credit card companies can turn a profit because they're losing out in terms of some of the other regulations. they won't be able to profit as much from delinquent borrowers. back to you. >> poppy harlow, thanks. a lot more of the business news up to the minute at cnnmoney.com. wall street has been able to hang on to gains today. here's the big board with eight and a half minutes in the trading day. the dow up to 9272. a lot of baby boomers didn't quit taking drugs after woodstock. a lot of americans admitted using illicit drugs. those numbers are from 2007. they're double what they were five years later. researchers at the substance

abuse and mental health services administration say the rates of illicit drug use among all other age groups decreased over the same five-year period. a squirrel crashes a couple's vacation picture. how this little guy is popping up everywhere.

he stepped in between a violent man and a woman with her granddaughter. we hear from milwaukee mayor tim barrett for the first time since he was brutally attacked. a dangerous twist in a texas abduction case. the suspect is a cop and so is the victim. a canadian reporter licked to no end by one very, very attentionate dog who could not stop. there's more. wait till you see what happened next. carey. hope you're having a great day. this is a tornado. a tornado that is reported to have touched down near downtown

minneapolis. the twister was represented less than an hour ago from the downtown area. we have reports that a church is damaged. obviously, this is a radar of that. the national weather service issued a tornado warning for the counties that include minneapolis and st. paul. that warning is just now expiring. the same storm moved into southwestern wisconsin. we are keeping an eye on that. again, we believe a tornado touched down in the downtown minneapolis area. we'll try to get more information for you. prosecutors say the mother of an idaho boy found dead aloud her boyfriend to torture and beat him to death. the woman and her boyfriend appeared in court today on first degree murder charges in connection with the death of robert manwill. robert was missing for more than a week before his body was discovered august 3rd. prosecutors haven't decided whether to seek the death penalties. >> obviously the determination

in this case on whether or not to seek the death penalties is one we'll make as soon as possible. under the law, we have 60 days to make a determination on whether or not we intend to sign a notice and then intend to seek the death penalties. >> they are being held in the jail on $2 million bond. errlick is being held without bond. the fbi is joining the search for a georgia woman missing for more than a week. authorities thing kristi cornwell was abducted and taken across state lines. we're in georgia taking a look at this case. what is the latest on this search? >> reporter: hi, richelle. the very latest is that the gbi called off their general search for cornwell. that does not mean they're not going to be searching for her. they're now focusing on specific tips and leads and base their searches around that. they did do a search, a three-mile radius around the spot she was last abducted.

the fbi has now searched the search. the gbi had cuts in their department. the fbi will be filling in the blanks. they'll also be helping in a few other areas. some is that local businesses around the area, there is video they've been able to collect. they don't know if cornwell was on the video. they do want the fbi to help them enhance the video to see if there were any clues that could help put the pieces together with the search for kristi cornwell. they're also bringing in a behavior profiler to pinpoint someone in their database that could be involved with this abduction. investigators are saying they believe the person who was responsible for this abduction is someone who is familiar with the area. not necessarily from the area, but familiar. because it's such a close-knit community. in this day and age, believe it or not, this is an area where people left doors unlocked. investigators think it's someone who must have known a quick escape route to get out of here quickly. they are following up on all leads and tips at this time.

>> are they thinking this is something random or kristi was specifically targeted? i believe she was a probation officer, is that right? there could be any number of suspects. >> reporter: that's right. she was a probation officer as far back as 2002. they are look into her case files. i did speak to family members. they have can't think she was talking about anybody who was strange or weird or had a strange connection to her at the time she was a probation officer. investigators have gone back and forth. at one point, they said they thought it was targeted. at one point they thought it was random. they're saying they just don't know. >> thank you for that wrap-up live. we appreciate it. watch nancy grace tonight for the latest breaking developments. that's at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern. a search under way in katy, texas for a police officer accused of kidnapping his

ex-girlfriend, also an officer on the same force. rachel hilton was dropping off her children at her mother's house yesterday when julio reyes abducted her. officers believe he is armed and he is dangerous. police helicopters are searching for them by air. s.w.a.t. teams could join the search as well. the couple have a child together. they broke up months ago. friends say they had an argument monday night. hilton's loved ones say they are very worried about her safety. >> you know, we just pray that no rash decisions are made on julio's part. that -- you know, if he feels like he can't come back with her, that he will just leave her somewhere and call someone and let them know where she is. so we can go bring her home to her babies. >> it seems like this would be outside of anything we would ever expect from julio.

certainly so. this is very -- this was a special circumstance. we just hope that they can talk things through and come back home. >> hilton was last scene in reyes' green pic truck. the mayor of milwaukee made his first public comments since he was injured answering a grandmother's cries for help. he has a shattered hands, missing teeth and cuts on his face from trying to help a woman and her granddaughter saturday night. turns out, barrett was trying to fight off the little girl's father. he said anyone else in his position would have stepped in as well. >> overall, i think what i want to stress is how i've been in situations in this community my whole life. and i can't think of a situation like this where people would not have responded the way i did.

when someone says call 911, you call 911. it's that straight forward. that's exactly what happened here. it was only at that point where the response was so bizarre that things took off in the wrong direction. >> the girl's father, he is in jail. he could be charged today. news coming in. the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing of that pan am flight over scotland has been released from prison. cnn just learned the libyan national will be allowed to go home. the scottish government is calling this a compassionate release because the man had terminal cancer. he was convicted back in 2001. 259 people on that flight were killed when this plane exploded over lockerbie, scotland. another 11 people on the ground were also killed and a crater still marks the spot of the

disaster. again, the only man convicted in this bombing has been released from prison. the video has gotten more than 100,000 hits on youtube. what happened when a canadian tv host did a segment with two dogs with the local spca. ññññññ

two store employees were fired for going after a would-be shoplifter. it happened a couple of weeks ago at a best buy in chicago. they got in a scuffle when the man took off with a cell phone and a hard drive. the store fired them for violating a safety policy. >> it was more than just a place of employment. it was a family. so, you know, someone steals from your family, you're going to do what you right. >> a family you say. the thief got away but best buy released a statement saying. we have a long-standing policy that we do not address issues

related to the termination of any former employee. that said, employees who work in our stores are trained in dealing with shoplifting or  theft once they exit the store. the procedures are in place  first and foremost for the safety of our employees. we've been asking for your  views on this story all day. you've been posting your comments on my facebook page. lets read some of them. we picked quite a few. this is what terry wrote. shame on best buy for fostering our transition into a nation of helpless victims. thank god we still have those who are willing to stand up for what's right and confront those who do wrong. rihanna says, for being good samaritans they get fired? that is wrong on so many levels and sends a horrible message. michael's waiting on the phone from montana to tell us what he thinks. what do you think about this? >> well, as a former retail employee, i've seen shoplifters have more rights than the stores

do. i have tried to stop shoplifters. i have stopped shoplifters. not a single one has been prosecuted. the big thing most stores worry about is if you touch a shoplifter, the shoplifter will turn around and sue you. >> let me ask this. having said that, that they often you think get away with it. why are you putting your life on the line? >> well, you know, sometimes it's worth it. because if more people went after the shoplifters, less shoplifters would be around. >> okay, all right. thank you. i guess thanks for risking your life like that. thanks for the phone call. we appreciate your perspective considering you're in the stores. more comments on my facebook page. joe said, i am an unarmed guard in the bank. i have been told many times, never chase anybody if there is a robbery. you never know if there is a gun. i don't want make that much money to risk my life or my job. carl wrote, if it is a rule of the store, they should enforce it. had it gone the other way, there

could be two injured or dead employees on workmans' comp, suing the store for millions. carl is like, it's a rule, don't break the rule. thanks for your comments. still comment. prime news starts at the top of the hour. we have several comments you can comment on. check them out at cnn.com/primenews. w.c. fields said never work with children or animals. we have video to prove it, at least working with animals. this is a segment from a vancouv vancouver, canada show about adopting dogs. >> he is tattooed? yes, they're not there. they're gone. just fell. get off. get off. this is crazy. now, this is ginger. hi, ginger. ginger just loves people. >> i love ginger. >> you don't have any makeup

left. >> okay, okay. >> okay, ginger, off. that's good. anyway, these two dogs are absolutely fabulous. >> ooh. >> they need a wee bit of training. >> really, you think? >> why do we do this. and is she spade because -- >> she's spade. >> ginger, off. >> it looks like she just had babies. >> you can see the stitches. >> ouch. be nice. >> i'm really tired. >> you stop that. >> do you guys want some cheese? >> anyway, so we're overrun with dogs. >> stop licking. that's so not good. sit down now. >> don't jump me. down, ginger, down. what's the phone number that people can adopt these great animals? because we so sold them. everyone is going to want these

two now. >> stop. if you call my number, which will be coming up on your screen in a second -- >> yes. >> i'll direct up to the spca. >> oh, we don't have the number. >> let's play some more. okay, ginger. >> 604-709-4670. they're at the spca. stop it. stop it. >> okay. >> oh, boy. okay, the clip has gotten thousands of hits on youtube. yes, even with all that ridiculous behavior, ginger and the other dog were adopted after the segment. don't worry, i'll put it on my facebook page for you. okay. we've senior plenty of lawmakers

try to manager health care town halls in their own way. congressman barney frank has his own style. he had biting remarks in last night's less than civil discussion.

a former indiana money manager who pleaded guilty to trying to fake his own death, remember that, he's been sentenced to four years and three months in prison. this story happened earlier this year. marcus schrenker crashed his plane in the florida panhandle

after he bailed out and left it on auto pilot. that was back in january. he pleaded guilty in june. his sentencing in florida, that's not going to end his legal troubles. authorities in indiana plan to prosecute him on charges connected to his failed business as a money manager. he faces millions of dollars in judgments and penalties. we're in very tough talks from white house sources on health care reform. they say democrats may go it alone and give up working with republicans. they may use budget conciliation to ram it through the senate by a single vote majority. it limits debate time on the senate floor and prevents the filibuster. democrats would only need a simple majority, 51 votes, instead of 60, to pass health care reform. republicans say this is underhandede underhanded. but they have used this as well in the past. that's how president bush's tax cuts passed the senate. he is known for his blunt talk, talking about

massachusetts congressman barney frank. he didn't pull any punches. hundreds showed up last night for a free-wheeling forum that covered much more than health care reform. people wanted to talk about the cost of the wars, federal budget, income taxes. the tone was often less than respectful. here's a taste. >> why do you continue to support a nazi policy as obama has, expressly supported this policy? why are you supporting it? >> on what planet do you spend most of your time? ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> and there's barney frank. a long list of town halls are scheduled for u.s. lawmakers today, including four back to back meetings for oklahoma congressman frank lice, alabama's joe bonner will be hosting three meetings. texas congressman joe barton holding two this evening.

taxpayers in baltimore had to foot the bill for their lawmakers' pricey marriage proposal. maryland delegate john cardin says he's sorry for using a police helicopter and patrol boat to stage a fake raid on his girlfriend. she thought he was about to be arrested when he popped the question. he said he'll pay back every penny. the police commissioner wants an supervision. the cost of the hey, hasn't been ta tallied. yes, she said yes. >> stocks started the day in the red but turned positive around lunchtime. we are joined from new york to hear how far stocks finished the trading day. hi, felicia. >> stocks ended with modest gains as fears of a weak recovery were tempered. analysts say the trading volume is pretty light, suggesting investors are undecided on the market's direction. the dow rose to 9279.

the nasdaq and s&p both gained. oil jumped 3.23, ending at 72.42 a barrel. on this day five years ago, google went public at $85 a share. since then, google stock increased more than 400%. today, however, google shares fell about 1%. they're still trading at more than $440 a share. that wasn't even the high. they topped $700 a share back in 2007. >> those are mind-bogging numbers. >> i know. it's crazy. >> it's a word, it's a verb. it's crazy. >> google it. >> i know. thanks, felicia. >> how about this? a pioneer in the news business is dead. don hewitt, the creator and long-time producer of cbs' "sixty minutes" passed away.

approximate he won every major journalism honor several times ago. he was 86. police say no other case in boise history touched so many people. the search for justice for 8-year-old robert manwill up next.

a situation happening right now. we have a report that a houston s.w.a.t. team has surrounded what appears to be a female officer's kidnapper's home. this is a story we have been talking about all day. one of our affiliates reports that a s.w.a.t. team was called in after deputies said that officer julio reyes shot at search crews. they have been out looking for officer rachel hillsman here her home in brookshire. hillsman is reyes' ex-girlfriend. law enforcement officials are negotiating with reyes right now inside his home.

you can see the perimeter of his home. again, coming to us from our affiliate. we don't bring you live situations of stand-offs. this is tape of this happening a while ago. police have been looking for them and hoping everything is going with rachel hillsman. we had 234678information from h family a little while ago. the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing of the pan am flight over scanned is being released from prison. cnn learned that the libyan national will be allowed to go home. the scottish government calls this a compassionate release. they're saying because this man has terminal cancer. he was convicted in 2001. 259 people on that flight were killed as the plane exploded over lockerbie, scotland. when this happened, 11 people on the ground were also killed. a crater still marks the spot of this disaster. a brother of one of the victims said he is very unhappy about this ruling. >> oh, it's the wrong decision on a couple of accounts.

first of all, he got his compassionate release when he got life imprisonment and not capitol hill punishment, which scotland doesn't have. he should finish out his term and his natural life in confinement and return the body to libya. number two, he's going to be going back as a hero. he's going to be received as a hero in libya. number three, let's cut through all this information. he's being released because big business in the united states, great britain want the oil in libya. that's what's driving this whole wagon. >> an official announcement should come tomorrow morning because the condition of the release is still being worked pouft. we have severe weather to tell you about happening in minnesota. the national weather service issued tornado warnings, plural, for the twin cities area and also for southwestern wisconsin. earlier today, powerful winds knocked down trees and part of a church's steeple in downtown minneapolis. electric at some of the damage here. so far though, no reports of any

injuries. but the weather service is warning people in the area to seek shelter. it's pretty serious there. hurricane bill has reached a category 4 storm. right now bill has 135-mile-per-hour winds. forecasters say the storm could grain more strength over the next 24 hours. the eye is 1,100 miles southwest of bermuda. on its current path, it will pass off the eastern seaboard of the united states. tough talk from white house sources on health care reform. they have say democrats may go it alone and stop working with republicans. deputy political director paul steinhaus is in washington with more. they're throwing around words like reconciliation, which sounds nice but it's not. >> you're right. the president put a lot on the line with health care. he was out three times last week. i saw him three times at town

halls. no republicans on board when it comes to his health care proposal. top advisers to the president say they're actively considering pushing health care through congress with democratic votes only. it should not be a problem in the house. that's where the democrats have a very large minority. the problem is the senate. that's where you need about 60 votes to get just about anything done. what they're talking about is what you mentioned, reconciliation. it's a budge maneuver, which msnbc news you need 51 votes instead of 60. there are three senate republicans negotiating on the fiancee committee, dealing with the democrats. robert gibbs insisted today that the president is holding out hope for a bipartisan agreement. take a listen. >> the president doesn't have control over every person's vote on this. he can and will continue to work to try to get agreement on both sides of the aisle on this. the president believes this issue is far too important to not try.

>> so far not much progress on the talks between republicans and democrats. if nothing happens by mid-september, maybe they go this way with reconciliation. >> do we have any indication how the general public would feel about congressional democrats just going it alone, without everybody working together? >> right. on such a big issue like health care that affects everybody. people don't like it so much according to this one poll. this survey from a couple of weeks, 6 in 10 say, no, the democrats shouldn't do it alone. remember, they did it alone earlier this year with the big victory on the stimulus. they got it approved with barely any republican votes. it was an ugly win. will they try it again with health care? we'll see. >> we will. you always keep us updated on these things. paul steinhauser. we appreciate it. we've seen plenty of

lawmakers manage these health care town halls. barney frank has his own style, pretty blunt. many showed up last night and wanted to talk about the costs of wars, federal budgets and income taxes. the tone was not always respectful. listen to this for yourself. >> why do you continue to support a nazi policy, as obama has expressly supported this policy? why are you supporting it? >> when you ask me that question, i am going to revert to my ethnic heritage and ask you your question with a question. on what planet do you spend most of your time? do you want me to answer the question. yes, you stand there with a

picture of the president defaceded to look like hitler and compare the effort to increase health care to the nazis. my answer to you is, as i said before, it is a tribute to the first amendment that this kind of vile, contempible nonsense so freely propagated. ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. >> well, i told you it wasn't always respectful. a long list of town halls is scheduled for u.s. lawmakers today, including four back to back meetings for oklahoma congressman frank lucas, alabama's joe bonner will be hosting three, and texas congressman joe barton will hold two this evening. a former reality tv contestant wanted for questioning in the death of a model may be on his way back home to canada. police in california say they want to talk to ryan alexander

jenkins about the death of 28-year-old jasmine fiore. she disappeared over the weekend. her mother said she and jenkins were briefly married this year. her body had been found snuffed a suit case inside a dumpster in southern california sunday morning. they identified the body from a description provided by her mother. >> i didn't hear from her on friday. i was kind of worried. i didn't hear from her on saturday and i was getting very worried. you know, i don't know. i'm just very concerned. >> jenkins, the man police are looking for, was a contestant on the vh1 show "megan wants a millionaire." watch nancy grace tonight for the latest breaking developments in the case of jasmine fiore. right here on hln. prosecutors sach the mother of an idaho boy found dead in a canal earlier this month allowed her boyfriend to torture and beat him to death.

they say she hid it from authorities. melissa jenkins and daniel ehrlick injury were in court today on murder charges in connection with the death of robert manwill. robert was missing for more than a week. his body was discovered august 3rd. prosecutors say they haven't decided whether to seek the death penalty. >> obviously the determination in this case on whether or not to seek the death penalty is one we'll make as soon as possible. under the law, we have 60 days to make a determination on whether or not we intend to sign a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. >> jenkins is being held on $2 million bond. ehrlick is held without bond. walt disney confirms another performer has died on the job. local tv reports a cast member was practicing a rolling tumble for the indiana jones epic stunt spectacular. the orange county sheriff's office released a recording of the emergency call.

>> he's not breathing. >> okay. all right. >> we need a helicopter. we've done these a million times. we always have issues on the stage. >> i need you to get as close to that person as possible. >> we have somebody on him that's trained in cpr. >> i still need you to get as close to him as possible. how old is he? >> how old is he? about 28. >> weight, okay. are they doing mouth to mouth and cpr on him at this time? >> are you guys doing mouth to mouth? yes. >> this was the third cast member to die in the past seven weeks at disneyworld. last month, a crash killed a monorail driver. a week ago, another performer died in an onstage fall. could your parents or grandparents be doing drugs? you may be surprised at a new study about baby boomers and illegal substances. plus, we're following a

houston s.w.a.t. team standoff that could include a kidnapper. more on that after the break.

all right. we want to keep you updateded on this s.w.a.t. standoff we've been following. a s.w.a.t. team is basically, for lack of a better word, descended on this neighborhood in the houston area where an abducted female police officer is. the s.w.a.t. team is locked in the standoff with a man they believe is holding her. this man is also an officer. this man is julio reyes. the woman he is holding is

rachel hillsman. they believe she is being held in a vacant house. the two have a child together, but they had broken up a few months ago. this is video from earlier. we would not bring you live pictures from a s.w.a.t. situation as it is happening. again, we are keeping an eye on this. this is an officer who was obviously still probably on the scene. even though these are taped pictures. we don't have any idea how they are doing at this moment. we are keeping an eye on this situation. in the nation, with the world's third highest number of hiv cases, the government's latest weapon in trying to block the spread of the disease is marriage. the unconventional idea is drawing clicks at cnn.com. catherine callaway is here with more. interesting. >> yeah. we're talking about nigeria where there are 2.6 million people living with the virus there. the government's idea is to have

hiv patients marry each other. what they're hoping is that would reduce the spread of the disease. the government is offering to pay the woman's dowry in hopes of encouraging them to marry each other. we had a camera at one of the weddings where both the bride and the groom were definitely hiv positive. there is a regional aids group that says they have helped arrange at least about 100 of these type of marriages. no evidence, of course, whether or not this plan is going to work or will work. but there is a benefit from it, richelle, in that it is providing happiness and a bit of support to patients living with the disease. >> before i was lonely. being with my wife, i feel great. >> 2.6 million. so many people. hopefully it will stop the spread. we'll have to keep an eye on it. a very interesting story. a lot of people clicking on that

right now. >> absolutely. i know something else that is getting a lot of attention. for many college grads, the american dream is morphing into the chinese dream as well. >> a lot of college grads are having a tough time in the economy. they're heading to china in hopes that the economy over there may be a bit better. perhaps there are more jobs in the profession they're interested in. in fact, there is -- one guy featured in our report, a 31-year-old robin chan, who started his own online game company, it is now a multi-million dollar business there. but not everyone, of course, is going to strike it rich over there. many americans over there looking for work now. you've got to remember you have a lot of u.s.-educated chinese citizens also back home looking for work. it's more likely they will land the jobs first. still attracting a lot of

attention. not only because there may be more jobs, but also because they say they can live cheaper there, which is very interesting to me. more information on the website, if you're interested. the one thing you do have to know, of course, is mandarin. >> just a little. >> a little bit, yes. >> thanks for thinking that much of me. a lot of baby boomers apparently didn't quit taking drugs after woodstock. in a national survey, almost 10% of americans between 50 and 59 admitted using illegal drugs. those numbers are from 2007. they are double what they were five years earlier. researchers at the mental health administration say illicit drug use over the same period of town for other ages went down. >> an indiana man disappeared as

his business was falling apart. today marcus schrenker is facing the music for an elaborate scream for trying to convince investors he was dead. úxq

all right. prime news is coming up in just a few minutes. friend mike is h up at the top of the hour. first is something we don't want to talk about, we have to talk about. >> an 8-year-old boy, we are now finding out that his mom and her live-in boyfriend, daniel ehrlich jr., are charged with first-degree murder and getting some details on this we can say that little robert, according to the indictment, was tortured and beaten to death. again this is an 8-year-old boy. we are going to get our experts in on this, take your calls, 1-877-tell-hlm is the story. another story we are following, not an easy one either, the brutal killings of byrd and melanie billings. this is the florida couple who opened their homes, adopted 13 kids, many with special needs. now we are finding out that one of those children witnessed the

murder firsthand, talking about his dad, byrd, being woken up and people in black masks saying you are going to die. that is what we have got here, we have got that also, another motive being talked about by the alleged mastermind. cover that for you, take your calls, 1-877-tell-hln's number. and a couple of best buy employees get tackled for catching a shoplifter. employees go and tackle him it is against store policy, they can fire him. seems to me they did the right thing at its core. firing? isn't there something, a suspending? call, in what do you think? >> rules are rules, mike. >> oh, oh. we got to wrap. would you put your life on the line for hln? >> of course i would. >> we will talk later. all right. good stuff, mike. all right. a former indiana money man sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison on charges he faked his own

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