an isolated and primitive compound hidden from view in the middle of a suburban neighborhood. what secrets will be revealed now that the girl held 18 years is talking to police? new evidence in the killing of model jasmine fiore. what blood patterns are saying about her final moments and they were found. an angry father lashes out. how long she will spend in jail and what happened to this guy, her father after the blow up.

>> i'm susan hendricks. we begin with horrifying details about a young girl nearly 20 years in captivity and her remarkable discovery on wednesday. jaycee dugard is free and the 29-year-old is a mother of two. when she was 11 she was abducted walking to her bus stop along the california nevada border. phillip garrido, the convicted sex offender who abducted her has fathered her two children. they are now 11 and 15. and police say none of the children have ever been to school or have even been to a doctor. they were all kept in complete isolation. authorities say all three were kept locked away in a secret backyard of garrido's home in antioch california. they believe dugard gave birth to her abductor's children in

the backyard compound. she was known as ee list is a. she has a long road adjusting to her new life since she has no idea of what's outside of captivity. dugard's mother has been reunited with her daughter and the grandchildren she never knew. experts say dugard probably bonded with her kapters despite the fact that she was cut off from the outside world. >> a scht of the residence revealed a hidden backyard within a backyard. the hidden backyard had sheds and tents and outbuildings where jaycee and the girls spent most of their lives. there was a vehicle hidden in the backyard that matched the vehicle originally described in the abduction. to inhibit outside viewing and isolate the victims from outside contact. >> police say that nancy garrido seen on the left with her husband was there when he abducted dugard. the couple will be held on kidnapping and rape charges later today.

this is not the first time phillip garrido is facing those charges. he has a long rap sheet, paroled from a nevada state prison in 1988 after being convicted of kidnapping and rape. people who know him say he had been fanatic about his religious belief. on his blog he claimed to control sound with his mind. he gave a bizarre rambling phone interview to our affiliate. >> wait until you read that document. my life has been straightened out. wait until you see the story of what took place at this house and you'll be absolutely impressed. it's a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning but i turned my life completely around. to be able to understand it, you have to start there. you'll find the most powerful story coming from the witness, the victim. if you take this a step at a time, you'll fall over backwards

and find the most powerful heart-warming story. >> the case unsolved for several years started to unravel on tuesday. that is when garrido was spot d with his two children on the u.c. berkeley campus. and as carmen reports, garrido was trying to hand out flyers but something didn't seem right. >> it was all about the flyers which is the reason this whole kidnapping was uncovered. he and the two young girls went to u.c. berkeley earlier in the week the. trying to pass out the flyers and spotted by a u.c. police officer. the police officer checked with garrido, got his background information because he wanted to pass out these flyers, ran a background check and found out he was on federal parole. she contacted his parole agent in con cord and in a parole agent was the one who made garrido come in the next day. when he came in the next day, he not only brought his wife, but he brought jaycee and the two

young girls which apparently he had fathered with jaye see. the parole agent on all of the visits to garrido's home had never seen j.c. nor had he seen the two young girls. that's why he became suspicious and started asking questions and that's how they uncovered the kidnapping situation. >> you may be wondering what took place so find this woman, the girl now a woman. neighbors say there were some clues that something wasn't quite right at this household. >> cling, cling, in and out through the back. >> weirdos, they weren't average people. you could tell by looking at them. the way they walked around and stuff, you kind of got the creeps from them. >> on the internet. >> he said that he was in prison a while back for 11 years for a crime against a woman. >> pretty amazing it too that

long to find that girl. jaycee's dugard's stepfather witnessed her abduction all those years back and long-time suspect in the case. hear his emotional reaction when he learned how jaycee was found. we're asking for your views on this disturbing story. do you think red flags were ignored, did the parole system fail here? could the neighbors have helped to end this? or is it just hindsight? e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. standard text rates apply. we'll air your comments on this bizarre situation. we have new information in another case we're following. there's new evidence in the murder of swim suit model jasmine fiore. police say they found blood and signs of a violent struggle inside her car. the mercedes was found wednesday. blood spatters and swirls of blood were on the passenger

seat, the back seat, also the rear windshield indicating that she put up a fight. the bottom of the car had mud stains and weeds and twigs. they found blood stains on the patio she shared with ryan jenkins. it appears to be a domestic violence situation that went, quote, way out of hand as a result of jealousy. police in canada say they know who helped jenkins check into the hotel room where he committed suicide. that person is cooperating with the investigation but not releasing his or her name right now. police also say they have found the pt cruiser used to take jenkins to the hotel but will not say who owns it. to california now where triple digit temperatures coupled with single digit humidity have firefighters scrambling to contain several wildfires. 1500 people evacuated their homes this morning south of l.a.

the fire burning along the pal oes verde peninsula. authorities evacuated 500 homes ahead of this wildfire burning in the forest. the so-called station fire has burned 1500 acres of heavy brush in the steep narrow canyon. we're also following tropical storm danny which is slowly beginning to turn to the northwest. right now the storm is packing 40-mile-per-hour winds and centered 350 miles southeast of cape hatteras. a tropical storm watch is in effect for the north carolina coast. and forecasters say they expect danny to remain somewhat disorganized and don't expect it to gain much if any strength. the storm's projected path could bring it near nantucket but

still too early to say if that will happen for certain or not. members of the kennedy family are on hand to greet mourners playing last respects to senator ted kennedy. the viewing for the late senator is scheduled to run through this afternoon in boston. you're looking at live pictures there of the casket. a private memorial for family and friends is scheduled for later today at that library. and last night more than 21,000 people filed past kennedy's flag-draped casket. the library was closupposed to close at 11 p.m. and stayed open until 2:00 a.m. to accommodate the large crowds. you see live pictures of them catching a glimpse. a shirtless man hijacked a school bus in atlanta. terrified students on the ride home. this is surveillance video. that's the man inside a gas station before it happened. it shows him crouching down, he ran out, jumped through a window

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welcome back. we have more on the incredible story of a california girl found alive after 18 years. you were looking at home video of jaycee dugard holding her sister a month before she was kidnapped. her stepfather is still in shock that she is alive. carl was a long-time suspect in the case. he says he has slept four hours since learning the news. adds the circumstances of jaycee's captivity have led him in complete disbelief and anger at garrido who he calls sick but he's glad a long nightmare is finally over. >> are you sitting down?

yes. they found jaycee and paused for ten seconds and goes, she's alive. and we both cried for about ten minutes. as a matter of fact my voice hasn't come back. we just talk and she had told me that she talked to jaycee on the telephone. >> must have been been a horrible time for him. the last 18 years have been rough but the last two days have been pretty good. we told you about that man who police say jumped on to a school bus and overpowered the driver. about a dozen students were on board the bus. one student tried to take the wheel but the guy fought him off. the bus went flying down the hill and screaming kids went jumping out of the back as a bus crashed through the fence. police tackled the guy and noticed something strange. >> he slipped away from us and had on some type of sweat pants, he had torn them down, driving the bus with his pants down.

>> two students and the bus driver had mine or injuries, the 23-year-old man was arrested. speaking of strange, this man charging photographers outside of a courtroom. >> hey, hey! he is pretty mad, this is the latest twist in the story of a woman who prosecutors say lied about kidnapped with her daughter when she went to disney world. his outburst came after she was sentenced to 9 to 23 months in prison for identity theft and making a false report to police. there's still no word on whether he will face charges. marijuana, skin bleach and hair growth ointment along with sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs, those were a few of things police found in michael jackson's bedroom the day after he died. this is new information just released in court documents.

police searches turned up a powerful aesthetic later when they searched his home. jackson died from an overdose of that an he is thetic. jaycee dugard trying to adjust, one person to offer advice to her is elizabeth smart. she was kidnapped in 2002 and held captive for nine months. hear her thoughts just ahead. it's what doct most for headaches. for arthritis pain...

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in complete isolation. one neighbor says she suspected kids were living in the tents but her husband said she should leave the family alone and do nothing. phillip garrido and his wife nancy could be formally charged with abducting dugard today. u.c. berkeley officers spotted garrido and two daughters trying to hand out religious literature. they thought he was acting suspiciously to the children so they did a background children. they found out he was on federal parole and notified his parole officer. he did appear with his wife and dugard, who was ultimately identified. that is how that story unraveled. elizabeth smart is talking about jaycee's incredible story. she was snatched from her bedroom in 2002 and found nine months later. last night she shared emotion she thinks dugard is feeling right now.

>> i felt relief and happiness and i was just excited to be home and back with the people that i know love me and care for me and want what's best for me. i would think that jaycee is probably feeling something along those lines as well. >> when we were transferred to the salt lake police department, one of my biggest concerns was that law enforcement would try to immediately get the full story from elizabeth and i'm hopeful that jaycee will not immediately have to go through that because, that's basically reliving the whole nightmare of the time she was gone. and you know, now is a time to rejoice, be happy, to reconnect as a family. >> smart also said she hopes dugard takes all the time she needs getting reacquainted with her family. she says after she returned to her family, they went on vacation and cut themselves off from any distractions. we'll have more on jaycee's

story throughout the day. we're talking about space shuttle "discovery" now it's on the launch pad after three days. it is scheduled blastoff 1 minute before midnight tonight. nasa says a faulty sensor reading indicating a problem with the hydrogen fuel valve was ongoing but engineers determined it is working properly now. yes, believe it or not, christmas is less than four months away, not too soon to start thinking about gift giving. clark howard was a few holiday strategies that will help you give more and spend less. >> okay, you may think that i don't have a calendar in my head but i know that it's not christmas time. why would i talk to you about christmas already? well, because you got to plan for christmas. most people don't think about what they can afford to spend at

christmas time and don't really make the list and check who's been naughty or nice and reduce the number of people you're going to give to and keep it within a budget. i want you to be nice to your wallet and nice to yourself. now i want you to start preparing for how you're going to pay for stuff for christmas. if you're unemployed or underemployed right now, maybe you use the next few months to make stuff for people or do something special for people on your christmas list instead of feeling that the answer, the only one for you is to spend money on them. don't spend what you don't have. i'm clark howard for more ways i want you to take control, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. our thanks to clark. as you can imagine, there is a lot of outrage over the jaycee dugard story today. a lot of people are asking how could a girl be kidnapped and

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take a look at this area right here. this is where police say a young girl in california was held captive by a convicted sex offender for 18 long years. jaycee dugard is now a free woman and mother. police say her children were fathered by her allegeded abductor. the details are sad and horrifying. how she was found, amazing. here's randi kaye with how it all began. >> reporter: june 1991, she was grabbed as she walked to her bus stop. her stepfather on the driveway

saw his little girl dressed in pink disappear into a strange car. >> what do you remember about the day she disappeared. >> i was trying to jump on my mountain bike and get to her. i told her call 911. >> reporter: the two minutes turned into nearly two decades. there were searches and missing fly yerz and rewards money. nothing brought jaycee back. not even her mother's plea. if you hear mommy, i love you and want you to come home tonight. >> reporter: jaycee finally did come home wednesday when she walked into a police station outside san francisco with her alleged kidnappers and told officers who she was. >> my wildest dreams after 18 years, this is like a total package, like winning the lot to. >> reporter: early thursday morning he got the call from jaycee's mom. they are now separated. >> are you sitting down?

yeah. they found jaycee. and she paused for a few seconds. she goes, she's alive. so we both cried for about ten minutes. >> reporter: jaycee's kidnappers are in custody. charges expected this week. here's how it unfolded on tuesday a security guard noticed mr. garrido handing out flyers with two young children. a background check showed he was a convicted sex offender on parole. at his side, his wife the two young children and a woman he called alist sa turn out to be dugard. mr. garrido admitted he kidnapped her those years ago and fathered two children with her. even though parole officers visited the house, nobody ever spotted jaycee dugard. >> there was a secondary backyard that is screened from

view all around. only access through a nar row tarp. her and the two children were living in a series of sheds. one could only be opened from the outside. >> reporter: phillip garrido served time for kidnapping and rape in nevada. the children he fathered are with their mother jaycee. they've never been to school or to the doctor. still, they and their mom are free. >> i'm just so happy. haven't gone there. >> reporter: where is this emotion coming from? >> years locked up. i'm an old vietnam vet that's shell shocked. how much nerves do i have. >> reporter: tears of joy after so many years of sadness. cnn, los angeles. so many years of sadness, that is right. police say nancy garrido seen on the left was with her husband phillip when he abducted the

young girl. the couple will be arraigned later today. this is not the first time phillip garrido is facing those charges. has a long rap sheet dating back to the '70s, paroled in 1988 after being convicted of kidnapping and rape. people who know garrido say he had become fanatic about his religious beliefs claiming that god spoke to him through a box. on his blog he claimed to control sound with his mind. and gave a bizarre rambling phone interview to our affiliate. >> wait until you read that document. my life has been straightened out. wait until you hear the story of what took place at this house. and you're going to be absolutely impressed. it's a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning. but i turned my life completely around to be able to understand it, you have to start there. >> it is hard to listen to that interview. also hard to comprehend what

jaycee dugard went through during the 18 years held captive. a psychiatrist explains the tough road ahead for the woman who was kidnapped when she was just 11 years old. >> we want your view on this story. did the parole system fail or could the neighbor have helped to end this? give us a call and let us know. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. you can text your view on the story, standard text rates apply. members of the kennedy family are on hand today to greet mourners filing past the casket of the late senator kennedy. live from the jfk presidential library with more on the viewing. high deborah. >> reporter: as a matter of fact we are just a bit away from the library, we're in the parking

lot that you have people who have gone past the caskets and writing in a condolence book. 15 of them were set up this morning. you can see lines were a longer a while ago. some bring in prepared statements and other people just writing whatever comes into their hearts and into their minds. one of those who sign the book and also paid tribute this morning. somebody ininstrumental with this library. tell me about that. >> i'm the president of the foundation. we built this library with dave and kennedys in 1979 on my birthday. >> reporter: when you see the people who have turned out for this, knowing kennedy was so instrumental in getting this done. what goes through your mind? >> very sad day. losing a great man. >> reporter: it's interesting because so many people have personal stories about him. what is the one that sticks out

most in your mind? >> there's quite a few of them that sticks out in my mind. he was very generous and helped a lot of people. and i never seen him turning down any requests. he was always doing something for the country. >> reporter: peter, a beautiful library and for folks that have been be looking at the picture of the casket inside, what's amazing is that it actually overlooks dorchester bay. there are screens down on the front. but really the water and setting quite beautiful. and the silence inside so profound. members of the family have been greeting folks who have been paying their respects. the senator's widow and daughter was there as well. even outside working the line. you see these people writing some thoughts. one of those people that came to sign the book, you are a doctor and obviously the health care push is on minds of many people. tell us about the senator's role

and what you think is important. >> i think the senator has probably the biggest role of anyone in the entire government right now in passing that health care bill. and i feel like his efforts put it on the forefront. as a doctor i see so many people come to the hospital. they are uninsured and didn't come earlier when they first had symptoms and they don't have health care. i feel like this was the cause of senator kennedy's life. if we can push this through to our senate and congress and have our president sign it, it would be the most wonderful thing for the american people and i feel that's something that i hope we can get done. >> certainly a big part of his legacy. we appreciate it. again looking at some of the people here. those online there are actually waiting for bus that's are going to take them to another parking lot to get to their cars and get on with their day. they did take a moment to pause and reflect. susan. >> it seems as though there are endless stories that folks are willing to share. we take you to atlanta where a shirtless man hijacked a

school bus terrifying the students on their ride home. check out the surveillance video. that is the man in a gas station before the incident. it shows him behaving strange and crouching down. he ran out of that store and jumped through a window on the bus and overpowered the driver. and it gets more bizarre. how he apparently lost his pants and control of the bus. don't miss it.

triple digit temperatures coupled with single digit humidity have firefighters scrambling to contain this. several wildfires out of control. nearly 1500 people evacuated their homes this morning. ahead of this wildfire south of los angeles, the fire burning

along the palos verde peninsula. authorities asked people to leave because of this wildfire burning in the angeles national forest. burned square miles in the steep narrow canyons near la canada flint ridge. we're keeping an eye on tropical storm danny that is slowly beginning to turn to the northwest. the storm is packing 40-mile-per-hour winds and centered 350 miles southeast of cape hatteras. the tropical storm watch is in effect for the carolina coast but forecasters expect danny to remain somewhat disorganized and don't expect to to gain much if any at all. forecasters say it's too early to say for sure if that will happen or not. there's new evidence in the murder of swim suit model

jasmine fiore. they found blood inside of her car. the mercedes was found wednesday in west hollywood parking lot. blood spatters were on the front passenger site and rear windshield indicating she put up some type of fight. police also found blood stains on the patio of the hotel room where fiore shared with her former husband, ryan jenkins. police say fiore's murder appears to be a domestic violence situation that went, quote way out of hand as a result of jealousy. meanwhile, police in canada say they know who helped jenkins check into the hotel room where he committed suicide. that person is now cooperating with the investigation but not releasing his or her name right now. police also say they have found the pt cruiser used to take jenkins to that motel but won't say who owns it. earlier we told you about that man who police say jumped

on to a school bus and overpowered the driver. police say one student tried to take the wheel but the guy fought them off. the bus went flying down the hill and screaming kids started jumping out. plunged down the hill and crashed through a fence. witnesses noticed something a bit strange. >> once he jumped off we grabbed him. he tried to get under the bus. he had some type of sweat pants and he had pulled them down like he was driving the bus with his pants down. >> two students and the bus driver had minor injuries. the 23-year-old man was arrested. today we're talking about elizabeth smart. she lived a nightmare similar to that of kidnapped jaycee dugard. smart was eventually returned to her family. smart, a whole lot earlier. the advice smart is giving to s dugard about reinteregrating ba into every day life. an

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>> i saw my daughter making the curve and the car darted off the

road and cut her off. i jumped on my back and heard a scream and pedaled and came back down and called 911. >> that was jaycee dugard's stepfather back in 1991 talking about how the then 11-year-old again was abducted. he gave police a description of the car she was put into. that car, a ford gren da was found in suspect phillip garrido's backyard yesterday. california police say for nearly two decades jaycee dugard has been living in tents and sheds in the backyard of the couple accused of taking her or snatching her. one of her alleged kidnappers is the father of her two daughters. authorities say they are already starting to reunite the dugard family. but as you can imagine, it will take a long time for them to heal and bond after so much trauma. forensic psychologyist shared her views. >> she was 11 when she left.

she is 29. in her parents' mind she's still the 11-year-old girl. to have those two children brought in, one the same age that she was when she was kidnapped, it's going to take a very long time. first for trust, second for being able to introduced to a world that's so foreign to her and to also in a way, and a lot of people are not going to understand this, to miss the people with whom she's lived for the past 18 years. >> there's, of course so much to sort through here. elizabeth smart is weighing in talking about jaycee dugard's incredible story. smart was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night. she was found nine months later. smart is offering some advice to dugard as she begins to get reacquainted with her family. >> i would tell her to just

relax and enjoy letter family and spend some time reconnecting and i don't know -- 11 years is such a long period of time, but maybe if it's possible to think back and think of things that she used to enjoy being with her family and going out and doing them again and finding new things she would want to do with her family, to continuing on with her life and not letting this horrible event just take over and consume the rest of your life because we only have one life. and it's a beautiful world out there and there's so many things to learn and to see and to grow in, and i just would encourage her to find you know, different passions in life and to continually push forwards and learn more and reach more for them and not to look behind. there's a lot out there.

>> meanwhile, dugard's alleged kaptors will be arraigned later today. we'll keep you updated on this story. marijuana, skin bleach sleeping pills, anti-anxiety drugs. those are just a few of the things that they found in michael jackson's bedroom the day he died. a preliminary coroner's report said michael jackson died of an overdose of that anesthetic. new information there. a take a look at this video of a pennsylvania man charging reporters outside a courtroom. he is pretty angry. this is the latest twist in the story of a woman who prosecutors said lied about being kidnapped with her daughter when they actually went to disney world. his outburst came after she was

sentenced for 9 to 23 months in prison. police detained him, but there's no word on whether he will face charges or not. there is her mugshot. a u.s. service member was killed in afghanistan today making august the deadliest month of the war for u.s. personnel in that country. august is the deadliest. according to our sister network cnn's numbers, 46 u.s. troops have died this month alone. the service member who died today was killed by a roadside bomb in the eastern part of the country. the conservative tea party express kicks off today in california. a 15-day national bus tour aimed at mustering opposition to what organizers call out of control spending, spiraling debt and liberalism. a spokesman for harry reid says the group is distorting the truth and engaging in sleazy campaign tactics. a new consignment shop is getting plenty of foot traffic, but not because of the clothes it sells. >> i didn't the spooky kind of

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in a few hours a man and his wife will be in a courtroom facing charges. what police are saying about her 18 years in captivity. thousands of people are still waiting to pay their respects to senator ted kennedy as he lies in repose at the jfk library in boston. the public viewing will last through this afternoon. her parents say it's okay, but a dutch court says 13 is too young to try things solo around the world. will her parents lose custody over this? hi, everybody. latest from hln news and views on a friday. i'm chuck roberts. we begin with horrifying details about a young girl's captivity, almost 20 years and her

remarkable discovery on wednesday. jaycee dugard is now free and the 29-year-old is a mother of two. when she was 11, and these are pictures of her at that time, she was abducted as she was talking to a bus stop in south lake, tahoe. police say fillip garrido has fathered her two children. they are now 11 and 15. police say none of the children have ever been to school or have ever seen a doctor and they were all kept in complete isolation. authorities say all three were kept locked away in a secret backyard behind a series of fences, sheds and tents in the back yard of garrido's home in antioch, california. authorities say she was apparently known as alyssa. they say dugard has a long road ahead adjusting to her new life since she has no idea what's out there. dugard's mother reunited with

them. dugard probably bonded with her captors. >> the search of the residence revealed a hidden backyard within a backyard. the hidden backyard had sheds, tents and outbuildings where jaycee and the girls spent most of their lives. there was a vehicle hidden in the backyard that matched the vehicle originally described at the time of the abduction. the tents and outbuildings in the backyard were placed in the strategic arrangement to inhibit outside viewing and isolate the victims from outside contact. >> nancy garrido was with her husband when they abducted dugard. they will be arraigned today in plasterville, california. not the first time phillip garri garrido. people who know him say he became increasingly fanatic about his relieges beliefs sometimes claiming that god

spoke to him through a box. garrido claimed to control sound with his mind. he gave a phone interview with affiliate kcra. >> wait till you read that document. my life has been straightened out. wait till you hear the story of what took place at this house. you're going to be absolutely impressed it's a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning, but i turned my life completely around and to be able to understand it, you have to start there. you're going to find the most powerful story coming from the witness, the victim, you wait. if you take this a step at a time, you're going to fall over backwards and in the end you will find the most powerful, heart-warming story. >> this case began unraveling on tuesday when garrido was spot would his two children. he wanted to hand out religious literature. police say when they began asking him questions they grew suspicious about the interaction between him and the children.

police did a background check and realized garrido was on a sex offender list. they contacted his parole officer who ordered garrido to appear for a parole meeting. that's what happened. he showed up with his wife, nancy, and a woman he called alyssa and those kids. that surprised the parole officer who had never seen them during visits to garrido's house. alyssa was identified as dugard. he admitted to kidnapping the young dugard 18 years earlier. jaycee dugard's stepfather witnessed her abduction back in 1991. hear his emotional reaction when he learned how jaycee was found. the main suspect is expected in a courtroom very soon. dan kerman is joining us live from kron in san francisco. he's in plasterville, california. what is the latest, dan? >> that's right. we're right outside the courtroom and at about 1:00 california time, that's when the arraignment of phillip garrido

as well as nancy is taking place. it should be closer to 1:30. we can tell you at this point the district attorney has not yet filed the formal charges. as we know he has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and rain by force. lusiddious acts with a minor and we expect some or all of the charges to be included in the formal complaint, but the d.a. has not yet filed it. >> he will be there at roughly, what, 4:30 then pacific? >> yes. some time, no, he will be there about 4:00 or 4:30 eastern time. 1:00 or 1:30 pacific time. and they should both be here for their arraignment. >> any hold up in the filing of the charges? >> no. the district attorney's office said that they're just making sure that they cover all their grounds and take as much time as they need to file exactly what they want to file. that's what they said when i was in the d.a.'s office this morning. >> we'll leave it there. dan kerman reporting, dan,

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near nantucket tomorrow evening, although forecasters say it's too soon to say that for certain. saturday, tomorrow, marks the fourth anniversary of hurricane katrina hitting the gulf coast. and it devastated not only new orleans, but neighboring mississippi, of course. heather wright, a long-time new orleans resident, a fifth generation new orleanen who returned to the crescent city joins us by phone from the big easy. heather, recall what happened four, five years ago. did you leave town and what did you take with you? >> i left the saturday morning before katrina hit and i packed my computer, i packed my ancestors love letters and papers, my two dogs, fiancee and got in the car and hit the road and we went to monroe, louisiana. >> were you in a motel or friend's house? >> caller: we stayed in a motel, yeah.

we were there for roughly maybe five to seven days, it's kind of a blur now. >> we're looking at pictures now of rebuilt areas in the ninth ward, i take it. talk about that. is this part of the make it right foundation effort? >> caller: correct. i shot pictures of brad pitt's home being built for the make it right foundation. there are quite a few homes being built in that area of the lower ninth ward and the residents are just thrilled. and the electricity bills for those houses are only $30 a month. >> wow. >> caller: yes. >> no kidding. so, you think the city has turned the corner? >> caller: i think we have rounded a corner. it has taken a long time, our recovery has been a marathon, not a sprint. but it is definitely looking better and better every day. >> was there any doubt you wanted to come back? >> caller: never a doubt i wanted to come back, but fearful

when i saw the water sitting in the streets for so long that it would be, you know, six months to a year before we would even be able to get the city dry and have the electrical grid up and things like that. >> are there neighborhood today that look like a hurricane just passed? >> caller: there are certain areas really beyond the site of the local produce manager y don't know if you can hear him, that's in new orleans. >> that's fine. >> caller: there are areas outside of the make it right foundation homes that do appear like it did shortly after the storm. there are homes that are blinded. >> we have pictures of them interspersed in this gallery. heather, great job. you have documented it very well. >> caller: thank you. >> i'm glad you got back and everything in new orleans is looking up. thank you, heather. appreciate it so much. if you have pictures of any breaking news or great stories from where you are, go to

ireport.com and look for the upload now link. a 134-year-old girl to sail solo around the world. her support her sailing but child protection thinks she's too young. the child protection board will share custody over laura with her parents for two months. during that period, a child psychologist will assess her mental state and her ability to carry out a solo journey around the world. so, we haven't heard the last of it. jady dugard is a free woman after being held captive since she was an 11-year-old girl. this series of sheds is what she had to call home for the past 18 years. she was a prisoner. did her neighbors suspect anything? we'll hear from some of them.i t multivitamin with more. only one a day men's 50+ advantage... has gingko for memory and concentration. plus support for heart health. that's a great call. one a day men's.

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11-year-old jaycee dugard holding her little sister. her stepdad who witnessed that abduction said he's still in shock she's alive. carl was a long-time suspect in the case. he slept four hours since learning the news. he's angry at phillip garrido who he called sick and the circumstances left him in disbelief. but he's glad the nightmare is finally over. >> my wife called me and said, are you sitting down? i said, yes. she paused for ten seconds and said, she's alive. we both cried for about ten minutes. matter of fact, my voice hasn't come back yet and we just talked and she told me that she actually talked to jaycee on the telephone. >> the last 18 years have been pretty rough, but the last two days have been pretty good. one question a lot of people's minds. did the neighbors of jaycee's abductor think anything was

wrong over the last 18 years? >> this morning when fbi and sheriff deputies from other counties filled up the avenue in this unincorporated part of antioch, neighbors were not totally surprised to hear of the arrest of phillip garrido. >> he said that he was in pris an while back, he was in prissen for 11 years. >> reporter: but it was the sight of three girls at garrido's house that concerned the neighbors. >> he had young girls there. how did this happen? >> the girls were caucasian, how did they have a filipino wife. >> she had a chance encounter with garrido and an 11-year-old girl. a few steps away and close to him and look back at him and confirmation that everything was

okay. she said she had an older sister that would live there and then she has another older sister who is about 28, too. that's what she just told me when i talked to them. >> reporter: the fbi continues to search the house and the property for clues as to what did go on here. >> we're looking for evidence that ties him to the abduction or, realistically, any other potential abductions. >> reporter: evidence of other crimes. in antioch, jeff pierce, kron 4 news. well, elizabeth smart is talking about jaycee dugard's incredible story. she was snatched from her bedroom in the middle of the night in 2002 and not found for nine months. last night she shared some of the emotions she thinks dugard is feeling right now. >> i felt relief and happiness and i was just excited to be home and back with the people that i know love me and care for me and want what's best for me.

so, i would think that jaycee is probably feeling something along those lines, as well. >> when we were transferred out to the salt lake police department one of my biggest concerns was that law enforcement would try to immediately get the full story from elizabeth and i'm hopeful that jaycee will not immediately have to go through that. because, i mean, that's basically reliving the whole nightmare of the time that she was gone and now's the time to rejoice and be happy and to reconnect as a family. >> smart also said she hopes dugard takealize the time she needs getting reacquainted as her dad just suggested. as they returned to their family, they went on vacation and cut themselves off from any distractions. the bodies of two virginia tech students have been found at a jefferson national forest camp ground, a popular hang out for students. the sheriff said it appears 19-year-old david lee metsler and 18-year-old heidi lynn

childs were shot to death. >> it's shocking. it's disturbing and to summarize it in one word, it's brutal. quite honestly, it's brutal. and we're all dedicated all of oour resources and efforts to bring the person or persons involved in this to justice. >> the camp ground where the bodies were found is 15 miles from the tech campus. in 2007, of course, the shooter killed 32 people on campus. he was a student at the time and then in january a co-ed was stabbed to death. cash-strapped california raising money this weekend a good old-fashioned garage sale. it's dubbed the great california garage sale, everything from cars to computers, jewelry and junk. will be available for bargain prices. naturally the events on a first come, first serve basis but if you can't make it to the warehouse in sacramento where the sale is being held, just check online. thousands of items will be

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sad details, stunning details continue to emerge in the young girl found alive 18 years after being kidnapped. the end of a horrific ordeal and the beginning of a new life for jaycee dugard who was 11 when she was abducted walking to her bus stop in south lake, tahoe along the california/nevada line and now she's a mom of two. the convicted sex offender who abducted her in 1991 fathered those two children, now 11 and 15. none of the kids have ever been to school or ever seen a doctor and they were all kept in complete isolation. authorities say all three were kept locked away in a secret backyard behind a series of

fences in the sheds and tents now visible from the air at the home of garrido in antioch, california. they believe dugard gave birth to her abductor's children in the backyard compound. drugard's mother has been reunited with her daughter and the grandchildren she never knew she had. she has a long road ahead adjusting to her new life. >> she was in good health, but living in the backyard for the past 18 years does take its toll. but she was in good health. none of the children have ever gone to school, they have never been to a doctor and they were kept in complete isolation in this compound, if you will, at the rear of the house. nancy was with her husband, phillip, when he abducted the young girl in 1991. the couple will be arraigned today in plasterville, california. this is not the first time he is facing these kind of charges. he has had a long rap sheet and paroled from a nevada state prison in 1998 after being

convicted of kidnapping and rape. people who know garrido said he became increasingly fanatic about his relieges beliefs sometimes claiming that god spoke to him through a box. on his blog he controlled sound with his mind. he gave a bizarre rambling phone. >> narrator: view to our affiliate kcra. >> my life has been straightened out. wait till you hear the story of what took place at this house. and you are going to be absolutely impressed, this is a disgusting thing that took place but i turned my life completely around and to be able to understand it, you have to start there. >> neighbors say there were some clues that something wasn't quite right in the neighborhood and at that household. >> the gate bothered me, in and out, through the back. >> weirdos. they weren't average people. you could tell by looking at them and the way that they

walked around and stuff, you kind of got the creeps from them, you know. >> they let me know he had a pass. he said that, you know, he was in prison a while back, he was in prissen for 11 years. >> it's hard to comprehend what jaycee dugard went through as 18 years as a captive, but a psychiatrist explains the tough road ahead for the woman who was kidnapped when she was 11 years old athese are pictures of her when she was that age. who dropped the ball? were red flags ignored over 18 years by, for example, the parole system? could the neighbors have spotted something amiss and intervened? call us toll free 877-835-5456. e-mail cnn.com/hln or text views and comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. california governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in los angeles and monterey counties, due to wildfires. a heat wave with triple-digit

temperatures and single-digit humidity is complicating firefighters' efforts as they scramble to contain several wildfires. 1,500 people have been evacuated from their homes ahead of a wildfire south of los angeles. the fire burning along the palos ver verdes peninsula broke out last night. police asked people in more than 800 homes to leave because of this fire burning in the angeles national forest. tropical storm danny is slowly beginning to turn to the northwest. right now, the storm is packing 40-mile-an-hour winds and still centered around 350 miles southeast of cape hatteras, the outer banks of north carolina. tropical storm watch up for the carolina coast. forecasters do expect danny will remain somewhat disorganized and they don't expect it to gain much, if any, strength. the storm's projected path along the east coast paralleling the

east coast could bring it near nantucket tomorrow evening, although way too soon to say that for certain. the lines are still long as the people file past the viewing for senator ted kennedy. deborah feyerick is outside the jtk library. family members are still taking turns, aren't they, greeting people? >> they are. it's remarkable. even at this time of loss and grief, there is out there meeting people and fascinating because when you see these folks realize that they're talking to a kennedy, many of them just choke up and express their condolenc condolences. the library there right behind me. at the end of the parking lot, as you continue to walk, all of these people who have passed the casket have come out to sign these condolence books. about 15 condolence books and taking a moment to put their thoughts down on paper and not

just writing one line or two lines, many of them are writing half pages, which is fascinating. when you go inside and i had the opportunity earlier this morning when they opened the doors at 7:45 to go past the casket and really a sense of profound silence. one of those people who did pass the casket, marjorie byers. now, you really were impacted by what you saw and by the family. >> absolutely. with the young children coming along and some of the older ones, it was truly, it was like the person next door and, you know, you stop and ask yourself the question, you know, love, what love is all about. this family and that's how we feel. >> you also paid your respects to ted kennedy's brother, robert kennedy, many, many years ago. why did you feel the need to be here? >> i had to. i had to say good-bye to someone who i truly loved and someone i

never met and with someone whom i believed in there and he was there to protect the innocent, the speechless, those who cannot speak for themselves and the poor and this family, it appears, is going to carry the dream. i asked them to do that online. >> you spoke to them. what did you tell them to do? >> i spoke to each one of them and i told them, i expressed to them they don't realize how much they are loved. just take a look at the people who are here to pay respect, not just to teddy, but to all of them because we want them to carry the dream. >> thank you so, so much. we appreciate it. and among those online, members of the shriver family, the lawford family and bobby kennedy's family, all of them just shaking hands. what's fascinating, a number of people i had the opportunity to speak with online here, they come from all over the place. uganda, congo, liberia, west indies, haiti. one woman from haiti said the kennedy family made such an

impact there when you do an act of kindness it is actually called a kennedy. all of these folks just really having a personal connection and many people telling us that when they were in trouble, they called the senator and he and his office helped them. so, you think of this man who's part of american history being able to reach out to individuals and that's what they will always remember. chuck? >> they will close the doors in an hour and a half. so many people waiting to pay respect. deborah feyerick outside the jfk library. elizabeth smart lived a similar nightmare like jaycee dugard. the advice she's giving dugard about reintegrating back into everyday life. hñxñf?4? show and tell

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stepfather. in fact a car matching that description was found in the suspect's backyard in antioch, california, yesterday. california police say for nearly two decades jaycee has been living in the tents and sheds that he created in the backyard. the couple accused of taking her appears in court today. one of her alleged kidnappers is the father of her two daughters. they are already starting to reunite with the dugard family, that is jaycee is with her parents, but it will take a long time for them to heal and bond. forensic psychiatrist shared her thoughts on dugard's adjustment. >> this will take time. i mean, first of all, she was 11 when she left, she's 29. in her parents' mind she will still be an 11-year-old gurld and to have those two children brought in, one the same age that she was when she was kidnapped is going to take a very long time, first for trust,

second for being able to be introduced to a world that is so far into her and to also, in a way, i know a lot of people are not going to understand this, to miss the people who whom she's lived for the past 18 years. >> elizabeth smart is talking about this incredible story and who is she? she speaks from experience in 2002. she was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night in 2002 and found nine months later. she is offering advice to jaycee dugard as she begins to get reacquainted with her family. >> i would tell her to just relax and enjoy your family and spend some time reconnecting and, i don't know, 11 years is such a long period of time, but maybe if it's possible to think

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a horrific secret is hidden from view in the middle of a typical suburban california neighborhood. now the kidnapped girl held there for 18 years is reunited with her family and talking to police. what is she telling them about her ordeal? we may finally learn what killed michael jackson. the los angeles county coroner's office is expected to release at least a portion of its autopsy report later today. and people are still waiting to pay their respects to senator ted kennedy. live pictures for you as he lies in repose at the jfk presidential library in boston. the public viewing will last through this afternoon. hln "news and views" continues on this friday.

hope you're having a graet one so far. i'm susan hendricks. a horrific story unraveling. jaycee dugard was 11 when she was kidnapped 20 years ago. she's now free, 29 years old and the mother of two. how she was found is truly amazing, but details of her years in captivity sad, very disturbing. she was abducted while walking to her bus stop in south lake tahoe, which is along the california/nevada border. police say phillip garrido, the convicted sex offender who abducted her, has fathered her two children. they are now 11 and 15. police say none of the children have ever been to school or even been to a doctor and they were all kept in complete isolation. authorities say all three were kept locked away in a secret backyard. there is an aerial shot in the back of gir riddarrido's home.

she believe she gave birth in the compound. she say she has a long roads ahead adjusting to her new life since she has no idea what is out there. dugard's mother has been reunited with the daughter and the grandchildren she never knew. cut off from the outside world, experts say dugard probably bonded with her captors. >> a search of the residence revealed a hidden backyard within a backyard. the hidden backyard had sheds, tents, and outbuildings where gigi -- jaycee and the girls spent most of their lives. the tents and outbuildings were placed in a strategic arrangement to inhibit outside viewing and isolate the victims from outside contact. >> police say nancy garrido, seen on the left, was with her husband when he abducted dugard. they will be arraigned on kidnapping and rape charges later today. this is not the first time that

he is facing those charges. he has a long rap sheet dating back to the '70s. he was paroled from a nevada state prison in 1988 after being convicted of kidnapping and rape. people who know him say he had become increasingly fanatic about his religious beliefs, sometimes claiming that god spoke to him through a box. garrido claims to control sound with his mind even. he gave a bizarre rambling phone interview to our affiliate. >> wait until you read that document. my life has been straightened out. wait until you hear that story of what took place at this house, and you're going to be absolutely impressed. it's a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning, but i turned my life completely around to be able to understand it, you have to start there. you're going to find the most powerful story coming from the witness, from the victim. you wait. if you take this a step at a time, you're going to fall over backwards and in the end you will find the most powerful

heart warming story. >> this case started to unravel tuesday when he was spotted with his two children on the campus of the university of california at berkeley. he apparently wanted to hand out religious literature. when they started to ask him questions, they grew suspicious about the interview between him and the children. bliss did a background check and realized he was a convicted sex offender. they contacted his parole officer who ordered him in for a meeting. he showed up with his wife and a woman named alyssa and two girls. ultimately alyssa was identified as dugardful during this questioning he admitted to kidnapping dugard 18 years ago. you may be wondering why this took so long to unravel. neighbors say there were some clues. something just wasn't quite right at that household. take a listen.

>> the gate bothered me. >> cling, cling, cling. >> in and out through the back. >> weirdos. they weren't average people. you could tell by looking at them. the way they walked around and stuff, you kind of got the creeps from them. >> he let me know he had a past. he was in prison a while back. he was in prison for 11 years for a crime against a woman. >> we are also asking for your views on this very disturbing story today. do you think that red flags were ignored over those 18 years. did the patrol systrole system could the neighbors have done more? or is it just hindsight and nothing could have been done. give us a call at 877-tell-hln. text the word views, your name and comments to hlntv. standard text rates will apply and we'll air your responses. you know, one person who may know the trauma jaycee dugard

has been through is elizabeth smart. she was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night in 2002 and held hostage for nine months. we'll hear her advice for du go guard in a few moments. breaking news out of los angeles. a spokesman says the county coroner will release a portion of the autopsy report on michael jackson. specifically the coroner is expected to reveal what killed the pop star. the coroner concluded the autopsy two weeks ago but withheld his findings at the request of the l.a. police department. the lamd hpd has been conductin criminal investigation. the lines have certainly been long today. there it is, live pictures as people file past the casket of late senator ted kennedy. earlier today vicki kennedy, the late senator's widow, greeted some of those filing through in

boston. the public viewing is scheduled to last about another hour from now. more j marjorie was one who filed past. she told hln why she felt compelled to honor the late senator. >> i had to. i had to be here to say good-bye to someone whom i truly loved, someone i had never met, but someone whom i believed in, that he was there to protect the innocent, the speechless, those who cannot speak for themselves, and the poor. >> the viewing will be followed by a private memorial for families and friends and dignitaries. last night more than 21,000 people filed past kennedy's closed casket. the library was supposed to close at 11:00 p.m. but stayed open until 2:00 a.m. this morning to accommodate those large crowds paying respects. to california now. governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in los angeles and monterey counties due to the

wildfires. a heat wave with triple digit temperatures is complicated firefighter's efforts. up to 1500 people evacuated their homes today ahead of this wildfire south of los angeles. the fire burning along the palos verdes broke out and spread fast. authorities asked more than 600 people to leave because of this fire arranging in the angeles national forest. the so-called station fire has burned more than two square miles. we are also watching for you tropical storm danny. it's been stationary for the past several hours now, but it is expected to start moving again later today. right now the storm is packing 40-mile-per-hour winds. it's centered about 350 miles southeast of cape hatteras, if you know that area. also, a tropical storm watch is in effect for the north carolina coast. forecasters do warn that

dangerous rip currents could be generated along the east coast. forecasters do expect danny to remain somewhat disorganized though and they don't expect it to gain much, if any, strength at all. the storm's projected path along the east coast could bring it near nantucket tomorrow night although forecasters say it's too early to say if that will happen or not. we're keeping an eye on that. space shuttle "discovery" is on the launch pat at fld's kennedy space center right now after three delays. "discovery" is ready for its scheduled blastoff at one minute before midnight tonight if all goes well local time. nasa says a faulty sensor reading indicated a problem with the hydrogen fuel valve earlier in the week but engineers determined it is working properly. a u.s. service member was killed in afghanistan today making august the deadliest month of the war for u.s. personnel in that country. according to our sister network cnn's number, 46 u.s. troops have died this month alone. the service member who died today was killed by a roadside

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the bodies of two virginia tech students have been found at a jefferson national forest campground. this thank is a popular hangout for students. the sheriff says 19-year-old david lee metsler and heidi lynn child were apparently shot to death. these photos appear on their facebook pages. >> it's shocking and disturbing. and just to summarize it in one word, it's brutal. quite honestly it's brutal, and we'll dedicate all of our resources and efforts tro brio the persons or persons to justice. >> the campground is 15 miles from virginia tech's campus. in 2007 you may remember a student shooter killed 32 people there on campus and then in january a coed was stabbed to death. we want to show you some video of a pennsylvania man charging at photographers outside of a courtroom. here it is.

he's pretty angry. this is the latest twist in a story of a woman who prosecutors say lied about being kidnapped with her daughter when they actually went to disney world. this man is bonnie lee sweeten's father and his jour buout burst after she was sentenced to 9 to 23 months in prison. there's no word on whether he will face charges or not. cash strapped california is raising money this weekend with a good old-fashioned garage sale dubbed the great california garage sale fittingly. everything from cars to computers, jewelry, and junk will be available for bargain prices. the event is on a first come, first serve basis f you can't make it to the warehouse where the sale is being held, you may want to check online. thousands of those items will be posted on craigslist and ebay. a court in the netherlands is temporarily blocking a 13-year-old girl from being

allowed to sail around the world solo. her parents support her voyage but child protection officials think she's too young. the child protection board will share custody with her parents for two months. during that time a child psychologist will assess her mental state and ability to carry out a solo journey around the world. elizabeth smart who was kidnapped in 2002 and held hostage for nine months, she is speaking out about her similar experience of being abducted. and what challenges she says jaycee dugard will probably face now that she's out of captive. this is hln.

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more now on the incredible story of the california girl found alive 18 years after she was taken. this is home video of 11-year-old jaycee dugard. you just saw her there holding her little sister a month before she was kidnapped. her stepfather, who witnessed her 1991 abduction, says he is still in shock that she was

found alive. carl probyn was a long-time suspect in the case. he says details of her captivity have left him in disbelief and angry at phillip garrido who he says is sick, but he says he's glad the long nightmare is finally over. >> his wife called me and said are you sitting down? i said yeah. she said they found jaycee and she said she's alive. we both cried for about ten minutes. my voice hasn't come back yet, and we just talked and she had told me she actually talked to jaycee on the telephone. >> probyn says the last 18 years have been rough, but the last two days he says have been pretty good, if you can imagine that. well, elizabeth smart is talking about jaycee dugard's incredible story. smart, as you may know, was taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night in 2002. she was found nine months later. well, last night she shared some of the emotions she thinks dugard is feeling right now.

here she is. >> i felt relief and happiness and i was just excited to be home and back with the people that i know love me and care for me and want what's best for me. so i would think that jaycee is probably feeling something along those lines as well. >> when we were transferred after the salt lake police department, one of my biggest concerns was that law enforcement would try to immediately get the full story from elizabeth, and i'm hopeful that jaycee will not immediately have to go through that because, i mean, that's basically reliving the whole nightmare of the time that she was gone, and, you know, now is a time to rejoice, to be happy, to reconnect as a family. >> smart says she hopes dugard takes all the time she needs to get reacquainted with her family. >> i would tell her to just relax and enjoy her family and

spend some time reconnecting and, i don't know, 11 years is such a long period of time, but maybe if it's possible to think back and think of things that she used to enjoy doing with her family and maybe going out and doing them again and finding new things she would want to do with her family. continue on with your life and not letting like this horrible event just take over and consume the rest of your life because we only have one life and it's a beautiful world out there, and there's so many things to learn and to see and to grow in, and i just would encourage her to find different passions in life and to continually push forward and learn more and reach more for them and not to look behind because there's a lot out there. >> smart says after she returned to her family, they went on a

vacation and cut themselves off from any distractions. well, dugard's story has certainly connected with many of our viewers. a lot of you are asking how could a registered sex offender hold her for 18 years and no one notice? your view next.

later today a couple will be in a california courtroom on charges they abducted an 11-year-old girl and held her captive for 18 years. yesterday jaycee dugard was reunited with her mother who met her two grandchildren she never knew. police say dugard gave birth to who of her abuser's children and that she and the children now ages 11 and 15 were held in several enclosures hidden behind this home here in california. police say nancy garrido was with her husband when he abducted jaycee dugard in 1991. the couple will be arraigned on kidnapping and rape charges later today. this is not the first time that phillip garrido is facing those charges.

garrido has a long rap sheet dating back to the 1970s. she was paroled from a nevada state prison in 1988 after being convicted of kidnapping and rape. really the list goes on here. people who know garrido say he had become increasingly fanatic about his religious beliefs as well, sometimes even claiming that god spoke to him through a box. also on his blog he claimed to control sound with his mind. he gave a bizarre rambling phone interview to our affiliate kcra. here is part of it. >> wait until you read that document. my life has been straightened out. wait until you hear this story of what took place at this house. and you are going to be absolutely impressed. it's a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning, but i turned my life completely around. to be able to understand it, you have to start there. >> really a bizarre rambling from the suspect. so where do you even begin to rebuild your life when you're the victim? when you have been isolated from the world for 18 years with your alleged abusers?

clearly it will be a very long adjustment. psychiatrist gail saltz joins us more on this healing process. doctor, we preshappreciate your expertise on this. it had to be a living hell for her. where does she turn now? does she have a chance? >> i think the question is what does she have a chance at? she has a chance to reintegrate herself into a family and to, you know, put some pieces back together. she'll need a lot of time. she'll likely need some treatment, some help with this. my understanding is, you know, at this point there may be some questions of feeling guilty, which is a very common feeling for someone who has been abducted and who stayed with their captor. often a result of something referred to as stockholm

syndrome where basically once the person has been captured they start to bodevelop feeling to their captor and they develop an attachment and bond and later when they're found they can feel very confused about it and very guilty about it. >> she was just 11 years old when she was captured and held really in captivity from what we're learning. because of the lack of interaction with people, her mind capacity, could it be at that age, age 11, could we be dealing with that in terms of her integrating into the world. >> i think the lack of education and lack of exposure to current culture, to any events of the last many, many years will make her mindset be in a very different place. will it be an 11-year-old, no? because development does continue, so it won't be like she is halted there at age 11. but it will not be like your average 29-year-old. so i think it remains to be seen, you know. is she able to read or write or,

you know, perform any sort of math or understand money, understand news. i think that remains to be seen. >> let's talk about the suspect, the sex offender here, and what the profile of this guy is. so, of course, police can learn from this so it doesn't happen again. of course, it will. we've seen cases like this over and over again. what type of person would do this and what type of wife would go along with it? >> yeah. you know, i mean, i think it's going to take time to unravel, to understand what happened. certainly this man is a repeat offender, so he is, you know, a repeat violent pedophile. this is not something that is -- even if he were in treatment, not something easily treated at all. there is actually a high lyle -- like hihood lihood of reoffendi.

as far as his wife being involved and him blogging about hearing god talk to him and so on, those sound like delusional or psychotic thoughts, and someone who is not exposed to other people who lives with someone with psychotic thoughts can develop, and i don't know if this is the case here, but can develop something where two people -- the delusion of two people, one person becomes psychotic being with that other person and hearing nothing but psychotic material, develops similar delusions, and so i mean i would wonder, you know, about that. i would wonder about whether this woman was, you know, under his spell so to speak if she was abused in some way or emotional abused or controlled. we just don't know yet, but there are multiple possibilities. >> quickly here, dr. saltz, humans are resilient. what steps should the victim not skip here? >> i think that hopefully the

media -- i know we're all very interested and curious, but hopefully we will all go away shortly so she has privacy to take the time that she needs to talk at her own pace, which may be little to none. it really should be left up to her. she should have those options and she should have the option of being in treatment because obviously after something this traumatic, this kind of trauma can beget terrible depression and anxiety. hopefully she will have accessibility to that. but there should be not a lot of expectation for some time. >> she needs a lot of time to rebuild. doctor, thanks so much. appreciate that. we're asking for your views on this very disturbing story. heartbreaking really. do you think there were red flags, that they were ignored over those 18 years? did the parole system fail here or could the neighbors have done more or is this all hindsight? give us a call at 877-tell-hln. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln.

you can also text your views on this. text the word views, your commence and names to hlntv. standard text rates will apply. we have some breaking news we want to bring you out of los angeles. a spokesman says the county coroner will release a portion of the autopsy report on michael jackson. a portion here. specifically the coroner is expected to reveal what killed the pop star. the coroner concluded the autopsy two weeks ago but withheld his findings at the request of the l.a. police department. the lapd has been conducting a criminal investigation, as you know, into michael jackson's death. we'll bring you the latest here. the long lines continue today. live pictures as people file past the casket of late senator ted kennedy. earlier today vicki kennedy, the late senator's widow, greeted some of those filing through the jfk frpresidential library in boston. the viewing will be followed by

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disaster in u.s. history. the hurricane caused more than $81 billion in damage. a court in the netherlands is temporarily blocking a 13-year-old girl from attempting to sail around the world solo. laura dekker's parents support her voyage but child protection officials think she is too young. today the court decided the child protection board will share custody with her parents for two months. during that time a child psychologist will assess her mental state and ability to carry out a solo journey around the world. president obama, as you know, is a popular figure around the world and his image can certainly be lucrative. case in point, in egypt a man uses his name to sell dates and it's not what you're thinking probably. cnn.com's nicole lapin is here to explain this one. >> you were think being dates like going out to dinner, i am assuming, susan.

>> yeah, i was. >> this is very pg in egypt. if you put obama's name on anything, things sell, and that's exactly what a date seller is doing in cairo right now. i have to tell you they're really popular right around ramadan. they are named after popular public figures, sports players. some are even named after saddam hussein. on the flip side, i should tell you the lower quality dates, remember these are the best quality dates, the lower ones are named after egyptian villains of sorts, so former president george w. bush, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, those sell for a fraction of what the obama dates sell for. the merchant says that he really wanted to name the best dates after president barack obama because of his ethics, his modesty, and his respect for muslims and their desire for dialogue. there you go.

>> whatever works, right? >> the best dates out there. you don't get dinner with it, but a nice dessert. >> not that kind of date. nicole, thanks. a lot of other stories getting some buzz, especially katrina, what we just talked about and also some weather stories. >> we are continuing to watch danny as it turns out in the atlantic. what if we didn't have to deal with any of these hurricanes or tropical storms at all? i mean, amen for that. that's exactly what bill gates and a group of scientists are hoping for. they are looking at some technology that basically zaps a hurricane. hurricanes are fueled by warm water. this would basically take the cold water from underneath the ocean, bring it up, and surround the storm's warm water and momentum. simple as that. got to tell you some critics to this plan kind of throwing cold water on the idea. we remember these scenes. they say the problem is that you can't really predict a hirn aure and you can't get the barges out

in time and they would only really affect the center of the storm, the eye of the storm. so then you're dealing with all of the outer bands, but it is a really interesting idea that's getting a lot of discussion, generating a lot of discussion on cnn.com. it is one of the most popular stories. >> thanks so much for the update. appreciate it. we have some breaking news we want to tell our viewers about in the michael jackson case. the coroner's findings were just released minutes ago. the coroner is ruling jackson's death is, in fact, a homicide. the website tmz is reporting the cause of death as acute propofol intoxication and says other conditions contributed to the death including the benzodiazepine effect, that's a group of drugs used to treat anti-anxiety and insomnia. the final coroner's report including the toxicology report will remain on security per the lapd. jackson's death is ruled a homicide. breaking news for you. we are expecting authorities in contra costa, california, to

begin a press conference on the jaycee dugard case. it will start any moment. we'll bring you much more on this. you're seeing them set up. we're expecting to hear much more about the two suspects, the husband and wife. also jaycee dugard.

we go now to contra costa county, california, for a presser on the jaycee dugard case. let's listen. >> november of 2006. you all know that the investigating agency, the venue agency is the el dorado county sheriff's office being assisted by a number of other law enforcement agencies, primarily the federal bureau of investigation, and we will not say -- offer any statements or answer any questions that might interfere with the investigation, the criminal aspects of this case. my statements and any questions that i answer will be limited to

the contact that we had with mr. garrido. on november the 30th, 2006, we missed an opportunity to bring earlier closure to this situation. a caller to our 911 dispatch offered that there were tents in the neighbor's backyard that people were living in them. and that there were young children. the caller also said that garrido was psychotic and had a sexual addiction.

we made contact with mr. garrido in the front yard of his home. the deputy determined that there was not any criminal misbehavior. warned mr. garrido that there were code restrictions with regards to living outside in a residential neighborhood. he did not enter nor request to enter the backyard. this is not an acceptable outcome. we should have been more inquisitive, more curious and turned over a rock or two. our work product should have resulted in a better outcome. we missed an opportunity to have intervened earlier.

no one knows that we could have found jaycee or the other children on that day of november of 2006. and i cannot change the course of events. but we are beating ourselves up over this. and we'll continue to do so. i'm first in line to offer organizational criticism. offer my apologies to the victims and have accepted responsibility for having missed an earlier opportunity to rescue jaycee. again, on the point of our

contact i will be willing to entertain questions you might have. it came to us by way of 911. the caller asked that the show not be personally contacted at her residence, but there was telephonic contact with her after our response. >> it was a neighbor? >> yes, it was. >> did the deputy know what his record was? >> i'm sorry. >> did the deputy -- know who he was dealing with? >> he knew it was phil garrido. to the best of my knowledge he did not know that he was a 290 register. 290 being a section code for those who have been convicted of sexual acts in the state of california. >> is that something they should have checked? >> the better question is is it something readily available to

him? i have no reason to believe that he did not check as he could through systems at the time. but we don't have any knowledge that that information would have come to him. i want to make something perfectly clear here. and that is that i am not offering criticism of any individual in the organization perhaps other than myself because there are a lot of reasons that go into these things there are absolutely no excuses. organizationally we should have had a better result. >> sheriff -- >> yes ma'am? >> can you talk us through the standard procedures that deputies would go through with this kind of complaint? >> let me try to put this in context. i want to repeat myself perhaps

using different words. there are no excuses. i'm not offering excuses. but the question requires them to put this into context. you know, we have a response to report of people living in a backyard. i have no reason to believe the officer knew that mr. garrido was a sex registrant. we know three or four calls pending behind him at the time. and viewed this as folks living in the backyard, a code violation, which is obvious. i believe, however, that organization organizationally our questions should not have stopped there. >> i got to follow that up. >> sure. >> how did you not know he was a sex offender? i thought it was standard procedure that sex offenders had to register with all local authorities.

how did that not pop onto your radar? >> let me describe that as so-called silos. if the responding officer does not have online access to certain data bases, then would not know that. even though organizationally we would know that. in this particular case since 1999 he has been reporting to us, registering. so organizationally we had records of him being a sex registrant. but again -- >> you are listening into a news conference out of california there. that is sheriff warren rupf talking about the dugard case. she was kidnapped when she was just 11 back in 1991. the sheriff is really apologizing, taking this time to

apologize. talking about an incident in 2006 where the sheriff says he missed an opportunity to end the situation, and neighbor apparently called about the suspect, phillip garrido saying there was something going on, children living in tents. the police missed an opportunity. they went there and discussed zoning. he said he apologizes to the victims that that could have ended back in 2006. we'll follow this and have much more. breaking news in the michael jackson case. the coroner's findings were just released moments ago. the coroner is ruling michael jackson's death a homicide. tmz is reporting the cause of death as acute propofol intoxication and other factors contributed to his death. they include a group of drugs used to treat anxiety and insomnia. again, michael jackson's death is being ruled a homicide. the final coroner's report including the toxicology report will remain on security per the lapd. breaking news in the michael

jackson case as well as the sheriff of contracosa county tim.

>> all right. thank you for the update. police say nancy garrido was with her husband phillip when they arrested dugard. the couple will be arraigned today on kidnapping and rape charges. garrido has a long wrap sheet dating back to the '70s. he was paroled in 1988 after being convicted of kidnapping and rape. in 1991 dugard's stepfather told investigators that he saw a woman passenger in the ford that drove off with her. police made that composite drawing, that's the one on the left of the woman based on her description. he didn't get a good look at the driver, the other person, the woman he did. people who know him say he health care increasingly fanatic about his religious beliefs zims

claiming god spoke to him through a box. he claimed to control sound through his mind. he gave a rambling interview to our affiliate, kcra. >> authorities in contra costa, california, just held a news briefing on the dugard case. he said authorities had come into contact with garrido at his house three years ago but nothing came of it.

>> we made contact with mr. garrido in the front yard of his home. the responding deputy determined that there was not any criminal misbehavior. warned mr. garrido that there were code restrictions with regards to living outside in a residential neighborhood. he did not enter nor request to enter the backyard. this is not an acceptable outcome. organizationally we should have been more inquisitive. more curious, and turned over a rock or two. >> sheriff apologizing. dugard's step dad witnessed the

abduction in 1991. hear his emotional reaction when he hears that jaycee was found. do you think red flags were ignored over those 18 years? who dropped the ball? did the parole system fail? could the neighbors have stepped in to help? call us toll-free and tell us what you think. e-mail at cnn.com/hln. or text views and your name and comment to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we'll put your comments on in a couple minutes. breaking news and back to the michael jackson investigation. the l.a. county coroner has released his findings on how michael jackson died. let's go right to kara finnstrom. >> reporter: what we've got here is a press release. they have not released the final coroner's report or the toxicology report. they have released the cause of death and that the manner of death has been ruled a homicide. chuck, it's up to the coroner's office to determine whether michael jackson's death back on

june 25th was accidental, whether it could have been from natural causes, or as he has ruled in this case, it was a homicide. he's also establish that had the cause of death was acute propofol intoxication and propofol is that powerful sedative that we've been talking about for several weeks now that michael jackson was taking to try and help cure his insomnia, given by an i.v. drip. also the cause of death established as other conditions contributing to his death. this is another drug found in his system. we've been looking at court documents that have been released over the past several weeks. in some of those police officers, you know, trying to establish a cause of death, to search and secure some information, did release a preliminary finding by the coroner that really only listed propofol as the cause of death. so what we now know is in the last five and a half weeks the coroner's office has determine that had the cause of death was not due to this one powerful

sedative alone, but that as well as possibly a number of other drugs that were in his system. and some of those court documents laid out hour by hour. what detectives say dr. conrad murray told them he administered to michael jackson. some five different administrations of drugs before he got that final dosage of propofol. so again the finding here today is that it is a homicide. and that propofol as well as some other drugs were the cause of death. big question now, chuck, is going to be what will the police department do with all of this. we don't have any word from them yet. >> kara finnstrom, thanks for the update. firefighters are trying to get a handle elsewhere in the basin on several wildfires burning in other parts of california. heat isn't helping at all. what the situation is like on the ground right now. how many people are being told to evacuate their communities. o ♪ ♪ 'cause now i'm driving off the lot in a used sub-compact. ♪ ♪ f-r-e-e, that spells free credit report dot com, baby. ♪

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if you can't make it to the house of sacramento. check online. thousands of items will be posted at craigslist and ebay. jaycee dugard is a free come after being held captive since she was an 11-year-old girl. this series of sheds is what she had to call home for 18 years. did the neighbors suspected anything? we're going to hear from some of them.

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it caused $81 being billion in damage. they arrested the suspect when he showed up at the crime scene. the man lived at the home and was the boyfriend of one of the victims. police say when he arrived he asked officers what they were doing there and why they were looking for him. the suspect is now in jail without bond. more on the incredible story of the california girl found alive after 18 years. here's home video of 11-year-old jaycee dugard holding her little sister. a little outdoor shot there. about a month before she was kidnapped. her stepfather, who witnessed her abduction those 18 years ago said he's still in shock. carl probyn was a long time suspect in the case. he adds the circumstances of jaycee's captivity have left him in disbelief and angry at phillip garrido, whom he called

sick, but he's glad the nightmare is over. >> my wife called and said are you sitting down. she goes, they found jaycee. she's alive. we both cried for ten minutes about. my voice hasn't come back yet. she told me she talked to jaycee on the telephone. >> the last 18 years have been rough. the last two days have been pretty good. may be one question in the minds of many people. do the neighbors of jaycee dugard's suspected abductor think anything was wrong? >> reporter: this morning when fbi and sheriff deputies came up, neighbors were not totally surprised to hear of the arrest of phillip garrido. >> i knew he was a sex offender. saw it on the internet. >> he said he was in prison for 11 years for a crime against a woman.

>> reporter: but it was the site of three girls at garrido's house. >> he has kids there, young girls there. how did this happen? >> the girls was plainly caucasi caucasian. >> reporter: neighbors kept to themselves on this street, but she had a chance encounter with garrido and an 11-year-old girl. >> it was a weird situation. she called him father. if he stepped a few steps away she made sure she was real close. she would look back at him as confirmation that everything was okay. it wasn't normal. she said she had an older sister that lived there and another older sister that was about 28, too. [inaudible]. >> reporter: the fbi continues to search the house and the property for clues as to what did go on here. >> we're looking for evidence that ties him to the abduction or realistically any other

potential abductions. >> reporter: and evidence of other crimes. jeff pierce, kron 4 news. >> we'll get your views on who might have dropped the ball.

well, we have three breaking stories, and they're all from california. first of all, the coroner today in l.a. county has ruled michael jackson's death a homicide. it's official. the coroner's report says drugs, including propofol and lorzepam were the pry may drugs responsible for his death. but others were also found in his system that day. they withheld findings at the request of the lapd. a final coroner's report including the toxicology report will stay sealed, at least for

now, per the lapd. police searches of jackson's home turned up the powerful drug propofol. that's not all they found. they did find in his bedroom marijuana, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs. skin bleach and hair growth ointments. authorities elsewhere in california say they missed a clear opportunity to find an abducted woman and her two little kids. the contra cotsa sheriff's department just complete ad news conference on the jaycee dugard case. he said authorities had come into contact with phillip garrido at his house three years ago but nothing came of it. >> we made contact with mr. garrido in the front yard of his home. the responding de deputy determined that there was not any criminal misbehavior, warned mr. garrido that there were code

restrictions with regards to living outside in a residential neighborhood. he did not enter nor request to enter the backyard. this is not an acceptable outcome. organizationally we should have been more inquisitive. more curious, and turned over a rock or two. >> jaycee dugard was 11 when she vanished without a trace along the california/nevada border, south lake tahoe. now she's 29 and free from her captors at last. she was held in secret sheds in the backyard of that suburban home in antioch. held by nancy and phillip garrido. a 911 caller reported people

living in tents and sheds. the officer left the property as we just heard without entering the yard. andrew thomas has more on dugard's abduction and what ultimately led to a break in the case. >> the face of a little girl missing for 18 years. and now finally that's of the man who kidnapped her. the man who for almost two decades kept jaycee dugard hostage in his backyard. the man by whom jaycee bore two children. it was in 1991 that jaycee was abducted. her stepfather said he saw a man and a woman grabbing her and putting her in the car. the stepfather gave chase. a huge man hunt ensued. mass searches, vigils and media appeal turned out nothing. >> somebody took something very near and dear to my heart from me. i want to know why. >> reporter: earlier this week phillip garrido was spotted

acted strangely while handing out religious pamphlets. he was with two children. when police did a background check they found he was a registered sex offender who should not have been with him. they demanded he explain himself to his parole officer. he turned up not only with the children but also with their now 29-year-old mother. the two minor churn turned out to be the children of jaycee and garrido. they were living at the residence in antioch since the original kidnapping. >> reporter: jaycee lived in hidden sheds unseeable from the road. the children had never been to school nor ever seen a doctor. >> she was in good health. living in the backyard for 18 years takes a toll. >> reporter: jaycee is reported to have been reunited with her mother. her stepfather told on wednesday, she was alive. >> i've gone through hell. i'm a suspect. i've been told yesterday i was a suspect. i'm the step dad.

i'm not -- i know that. i'm the last person to see her. >> reporter: phillip garrido emerging from the side of a prison van and his wife nancy coming out the back are currently being held on a million dollar bail. he made a remarkable phone call to a local tv company. >> wait until you hear the story of what took place at this house. you're going to be absolutely impressed. it's a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning. but i turned my life completely around. >> you're mentioning it's going to be a heartwarming story can you give -- can you give me an overview as to is it a love story? >> it's a constructive story of turning a person's life around, and having those two children, those two girls, they slept in my arms every single night from birth. and never -- never touched them.

you have to just take it a step at a time. >> reporter: the full story won't come out until a trial. but this morning the parents of madeleine mccann already saying jaycee's discovery showing that hope should never be lost. andrew thomas reporting garrido and wife expected to be arraigned in plast placerville, california. he said he did see a woman passenger in the car drive away with the little girl. there was the composite drawing based on his description. that's on the left. side by side compared with nancy garrido, the mug shot taken this week. the stepfather didn't get a good look at the driver of the car jaycee was driving off in. one person who nay know the trauma jaycee dugard has been through is elizabeth smart. she was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night in 2002, held hostage for nine months.

the bodies of two virginia tech students have been found at a jefferson national forest campground. that's a popular hangout for students. 19-year-old david lee metzler and heidi were shot to death. these photos appear on their facebook pages. >> it's shocking. it's disturbing. just to summarize it in one word, it's brutal. quite honestly it's brutal. we will dedicate all of our resources and efforts to bring the person or persons involved in this to justice. >> the campground where the bodies were found is about 15 miles for the tech campus. in 2007 a shooter killed 32 people on campus, a student. then in january a coed was stabbed to death. the public viewing for the late senator kennedy is over.

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quickly spread. it was an all-night assault by firefighters to keep it under control the best they could. authorities asked people in more than 800 homes to leave. the wildfire burning in the angeles national forest was not contained. it's burned more than two square miles of heavy brush. this weekend there will be no place between santa clarita down to long beach. in the atlantic, tropical storm danny has been stationary a few hours. it is expected to begin moving again later. right now it has top winds of 40 miles per hour, centered 350 miles south of cape hatteras. a tropical storm watch is up for theca carolina coast. they expect danny to remain somewhat disorganized and not gain much strength. the projected path will parallel the u.s. coast and bring it near nantucket. forecasters say it's too early to say that for issue.

saturday, tomorrow, marks the fourth anniversary of hurricane katrina hitting the gulf coast, and it devastated not only new orleans but neighboring mississippi, of course. i-reporter heather wright, a long time new orleans resident, a fifth generation there yojoin us from the phone. recall what happened four years ago. did you leave town, and what did you take with you? >> caller: i left the saturday morning before katrina hit. i packed my computer. i packed my ancestors' loved letters and papers, my two dogs, fiancee, and we got in the car and hit the road. we won't to monroe, louisiana. >> were you in a motel? >> caller: yes. we stayed in a motel. we were there roughly five to seven days. it's kind of a blur now. >> we're looking at pictures now of rebuilt areas in the ninth

ward i take it. is this part of the make it right foundation effort? >> caller: correct. i shot pictures of brad pitt's homes being built for the make it right foundation. there are quite a few homes being built in that area. the residents are just thrilled. the electricity bill for the houses are only $30 a month. >> wow. so you think the city has turned a corner? >> caller: i think we have rounded a corner. it has taken a long time. our recovery has been a marathon, not a sprint. but it is definitely looking better and better every day. >> was there any doubt you would want to come back? >> caller: never a doubt that i wanted to come back, but fearful when i saw the water sitting in the streets for so long.

that it would be six months to a year before we could get the city dry and have the electrical grid up and things like that. >> are there neighborhoods today that still look like a hurricane just passed? >> caller: there are certain areas really beyond the -- sorry, there's a local produce man driving down the street. that's a new orleans thing. >> that's fine. but there are areas outside of the make it right foundation homes that do appear like it did shortly after the storm. there are storms that are blighted. >> we've got pictures of them interspersed in this gallery. heather, i got to leave it. great job. you've documented it well. i'm glad you got back and everything in new orleans is looking up. >> caller: thank you so much. >> appreciate it. if you have pictures or videos of breaking news or stories from where you are go to ireport.com. elizabeth smart lived a nightmare similar to that of jaycee dugard. like her smart was eventually

returned to her family. the advice she's giving dugard about reintegrating back into every day life.

watched the car go up the hill. and i saw my daughter making the curve up there. the car darted across the road, cut her off. i saw a door open. i jumped on my bike. i heard her scream. i couldn't catch them in time. i came back down and called 911. >> the stepfather of jaycee dugard 18 years ago talking about how the 11-year-old girl was abducted. she was ninlly reunited with her mother only yesterday. back in 1991 her dad gave police a good description of the car she was put into. well, a car that matches that description was found in suspect phillip garrido's backyard yesterday. we've just learn ed a lot more. apparently 28 felon accounts against the garridos who were holding the girl and her two children captive for all these years. the possibility is life in prison without parole. that's the maximum right now.

we have just learned 28 felon counts against the couple both in their 50s. more details about what was life like in the 18 years she was captive. jaycee was raped by her suspected abductor, had two children by him, the first when she was 14. jaycee now 29, and her two children, 11 and 15 have spent the years in this secret backyard. a series of fences, tents and sheds kept it all hidden from view. all were kept in complete isolation. authorities admitted somebody called 911 three years ago and said they found a woman and young children living in the registered sex offender's backyard. the responding officer left without checking that part of the property. and the sheriff has apologized. elizabeth smart is talking about jaycee dugard's incredible

story. she was snatched from her bedroom in the middle of the night in 2002. she was found nine months later. last night she shared some of the emotions she thinks right n >> i felt relief and happiness and i was just excited to be back with the people who love me and care for me and what wants best for me. i would think that jaycee is probably feeling something along those lines as well. >> when we were transferred up to the salt lake police department, my concern was that the law enforcement would try to get the full story from elizabeth and i'm hopeful that jaycee will not immediately have to go through that. because that's basically reliving the whole nightmare of the time that she was gone. and now is a time to rejoice, to be happy, to reconnect as a family. >> smart also hopes that dugard takes all the time she needs, as

her dad just indicated as she returns to her family. they went on vacation and cut themselves off from any and all distractions as best they could. wall street's recent offer. something turns on on the last ten minutes or so. dow around 50 points at 9551. the other broader markets and the secondary markets were dead as well. the lines could be pretty long, but it's a big prize for tonight's megamillions lottery drawings. the jackpot is up to $325 million, the first jackpot in megamillions history. if you opt for the cash option, you get $225 million. tropical storm danny's been stationary now for several hours, it is expected to get moving again later today. it still has 40-mile-per-hour winds, and it's still 350 miles south of cape hatteras, north

carolina. forecasters warn dangerous rip currents could be generated all along the east coast. when jaycee dugard disappeared 18 years ago, her mother and stepfather went on tv. here's what they told the people who were holding their daughter in a backyard fortress.

a girl kidnapped for 18 years was recovered by police. what is she telling them about their ordeal. hln continues on this friday. i'm richelle carey. the los angeles corner has ruled

michael jackson's death a homicide, primarily due to two drugs, propofol and lorazepam. four other drugs including lied doe cane and efed dren were also in michael jackson's system. the corner finished office actually a couple of weeks ago but has been holding the findings of the l.a. police department. the final corner's report will remain on security hold, that is the request of lapd, we'll have more on the latest jackson revelations in just a few minutes from kara finnstrom who's live in los angeles. we have got a lot of developments to tell you about in the case of jaycee dugard. the suspects will be formally charged in a california court at this hour. wire learning they are facing 28 felly counts in jaycee's kid naturals. we're also learning that the suspects had a previous run in

with the police department and nothing came of it. she was snatched while walking to her bus stop and she was return this week. 54-year-old nancy garrido arriving in court a few minutes ago. garrido, a convicted sex offender abducted jaycee in 1991 and fathered her two children. authorities say her wife nancy who you just saw was with him when he abducted dugard. again they will be charged with 28 felony counts including abduction, rape, and false imprisonment and they could face life in prison, police say none of dugard's children, none of them went to the doctors or went to schools ever. all three were kept locked away in a secret backyard. take a look at that. this is a series of fences and

sheds in garrido's home, in the backyard. police say they had gone to garrido's house in 2006 and should have smelled trouble then. someone actually called 911 to say there was suspicious activity in garrido's backyard. >> we made contact with mr. garr re garrido in the front yard of his home. the responding deputy determined that there was not any criminal misbehavior, warned mr. ga eed that there were code restrictions to living outside in a residential neighborhood. he did not enter or request the enter the backyard. this is not an acceptable outcome. organizationally, we should have been more inquisitive, more

curious, and turned over a rock or two. >> not often you hear something like that. well, this case unsolved for years, it started to unravel tuesday, that's when garrido was spotted with the two children on the campus of the university of california at berkeley. he was there trying to hand out religious literature. police say when they started to ask him question, they got suspicious about the interaction between him and the children. so they did a background check and found that garrido was a convicted sex offender and was on the list. they contacted his parole officer who ordered garrido to appear to a parole hearing. the parole officer had never seen them during visits to garrido's house. ultimately alyssa was identified as jaycee dugard. garrido admitted to kidnapping

dugard 18 years. dugard has given an interview to sacramento affiliate kcra. here gray explains how he got this interview. >> reporter: phillip garrido was on the telephone and wanted to talk to me. i recorded the conversation, it was wide ranging at best. at times he said i can't answer those questions, i haven't got a lawyer yet, but he was talking about documents he had dropped off with the fbi that would explain everything. i'm going to just play some of the conversations that i had for you now. this one where he said that soon we'll know the whole story. >> i think if you read that document, my life has been straightened out. wait until you hear the story of what took place at this house and you're going to be absolutely impressed, it's a disgusting thing that took place in the beginning but i turned my

life completely around and to be able to understand that you have to start there. >> reporter: i asked him about specifically what he's admitteding and he's talking about a disgusting thing that he's admitting to. >> it's a disgusting thing that happened in the beginning, but i turned my life completely around and to be able to understand it you have to start there. i'm so sorry. i want to help you further, but i also need to protect the sheriff's office here and i need to protect the federal government and i need to protect the rights of jaycee lee dugard. >> reporter: he also mentioned that he had two children with jaycee lee dugard, also she was 14 years old when she bore the first of his two children. obviously she was kidnapped in 199

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hearing in forms of speculation, but now all of this is official, what does the coroner say about what caused michael jackson's death? >> reporter: just a short while ago, the coroner's office is behind me, this press release was handed out to members of the media. there were two key nuggets of information in it. one this is now a homicide. it's up to the coroner to determine whether michael jackson's death was due to natural causes, whether it was accidental or in this case whether it was the result of a homicide. the other big piece of information is he listed the cause of death. he listed it as due to acute propofol intoxication. that's what we have been hearing about that michael jackson was using to treat his insomnia. and also other conditions contributing to the effects is

benzodiazepine effects. what this really does is it paints a little bit more of a complex picture, that it wasn't just to the dip rry -- >> it does seem that the report kind of highlights propofol and we know that dr. murray by his own admission gave michael jackson propofol. >> the coroner determines that it's a homicide and now it's in the had of the lapd, and also the district attorney here to determine whether to press charges, obviously they have been speaking quite extensively, and he is the one that administers this drug. but he also said that there were a number of doctors involved. how this plays out now, we're going to have to wait and see.

>> there's probably a lot of nervous doctors in california right now. thank you for the update. let's stick with california, the governor there arnold schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in los angeles and monterrey county. those are wildfires a heat wave with triple-digit temperatures and single digit humidity has complicated firefighters who are scrambling to contain several wildfi wildfires. the fire burning along with palos verdes canyon and spread very quickly. there were 600 homes. the so-called station fire has burned more than two square miles of heavy brush and the steep narrow canyons like canada, flint ridge. tropical storm danny has been stationary for the past several hours, it is expected to

get moving a little later today, right now the storm is packing 40-mile-per-hour winds, it centered about 350 miles southeast of cape hatteras, a tropical storm watch is in effect for the state of north carolina. dangerous rip currentses could be generated along the east coast. forecasters expect danny to remain somewhat disorganized and they don't expect it to gain much strength if any at all. the storm's projected path they it's too early to say for certain if that will happen. >> tomorrow marks the four-year anniversary of hurricane katrina's catastrophic landfall on new orleans. and tourism is on the rise. usa reports that more than 7.5 million people visited new orleans last year, and there's nearly 4 million more than two years ago and this year, attendance at mardi gras was at

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the fmaximum ten sense will be life in prison. elizabeth smart was snatched from her bed in 2002. last night she shared some of the emotions she thinks dugard might be feeling right now. >> i felt relief and happiness and i was just excited to be home and back with the people who love me and care for me and what wants best for me. so i would think that jaycee is probably feeling something along those lines as well. >> when we were transferred out to the salt lake police department one of my biggest concerns was that law enforcement would immediately try to get the full story from elizabeth. and i'm hopeful that jaycee will not immediately have to go through that. i mean that's basically reliving the whole night mire of the time that she was gone. now is a time to rejoice, be

appear to reconnect as a family. >> smart also says she hopes dugard takes all the time she needs to get reacquainted to we are family. she says after she returned to her family she went on vacation and just cut themselves off from all distractions. police say a man shot four people to death in a home outside atlanta and also wounded a 4-year-old girl. they arrested a suspect when he showed up at the crime scene, investigators believe he lived there. they have not mentioned a possible motive in this shooting. space shuttle "discovery" is on the launch pad at florida's kennedy space center. live pictures for you right there. there's been three delays but the shuttle is scheduled for its blast off at 1:30 tonight local time. a faulty sensor reading created a problem with the hydrogen fuel

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we have just gotten a look a at the suspects in that shocking story from california where a girl who was abducted in 1919 was found alive. the man accused of taking her, the man and his wife are facing 28 felony counts for the kidnapping and rape of jaycee dugard. they will be appearing in the el dorado superior court, and if convicted, the maximum penalty for both is life in prison. we have a lot of new details in the case of jaycee dugard.

a short time ago they said they west to the garrido's house in 2006 and should have smelled trouble then. >> we missed an opportunity to bring earlier closure to this situation. a caller to our 911 dispatch offered that there were tents in the neighbor's backyard that people were living in them and that there were young children. the caller also said that garrido was psychotic and had a sexual addiction. we made contact with mr. garrido in the front yard of his home. the responding deputy determined

that there was not any criminal mis misbehavior, he warned mr. ga garrido that there were code restrictions in regards to living outside in a residential neighborhood. he did not enter nor request the enter the back yard. this is not an acceptable outcome. organizationally, we should have been more inquisitive, or curious, and turned over a rock or two. as we now know, dugard and her children were kept locked away right there, in that secret backyard behind a series of fences, sheds and tents in the back of garrido's home in antioch, california. police say garrido is a

convicted sex offender, they say he and his wife abducted dugard in 1996. nancy garrido was with her husband phillip when he abducted dugard. it is not the first time phillip garrido has faced these charges. he was convicted of kidnapping and rape in 1988. people who know garrido say he has become increasesingly fanatic claiming that god spoke to him through a box. on his blog he said that his -- he gave a rambling phone interview to our akill yacht kcra. >> wait until you hear the story of what took place at this hours and you're going to be absolutely impressed. it's a disgusting thing that

took place in the beginning. but i turned my life completely around, to be able to understand that, you have to start that and you're going to find the most powerful story coming from the witness, from the victim. if you take this a step at time, you're going to fall over backwards and in the end you're going to find the most powerful story. the los angeles county conner has released the cause of death. the findings say jackson died of acute intoxication from propofol. lie doe cane was also found in his system. the coroner did not say whether he believed it was an actually

crime or manslaughter took place. he with held his findings at the request of the l.a. police department, the final corner's report will remain on security hold at the request o lapd. we turn to dr. william maroney who himself is a medical coroner. there's been a lot of speculation, but these are confirmations now of what people have suspected, so what this report says is acute propofol intoxication and it says other contributing knack tortoise death, benz sodiazepine effects. what does that mean. 's a family of drugs called benzodiazepines. one of those is called atava nnd ahn of those is lorazapam.

it's really for assisting hospital anesthesia and for anxie anxiety. the doctor was reported to reduce the dose of propofol to make it safer. once he pickets mixed it lorazepam, he contradicted his own actions because lorazepam comes with a side effects of respiratory depression. all benzodiazepines come with a side effects of respiratory depressions and you have to be cautious. >> you have to be cautious or these two things never go together? >> they never go together in your house, that's for sure. >> so if they never go together in your house, does that make you leap to a crime?

>> it makes you leap to outside the standard of care, definitely not in good practices, and if involuntary mansion is considered a crime, then it is definitely solid, concrete proof of that. >> were you surprised by the coron coroner's report today? >> what was your reaction to the medical professional? >> here's two very important points. i always felt it was going to be a cocktail of something because that's the way people are working, that's the way society is going. everybody's mixing things, that they think is good, but real, trained physicians don't do this unless they're in professional situations. i have to say that the xanax that he used to be addicted to and the lorazepam and

benzodiazepines are all in the same family. and diprivan is also -- >> medical examiner dr. william maroney. continuing with the day's news, the bodies of two virginia tech students have been found at a jefferson forest national camp ground. he say 18-year-old heidi lynne childs were apparently shot to death, these photos appear on their face book pages. >> it's shocking, it's disturbing, and just to summarize it in one word, it's brutal. quite honestly, it's brutal. and we'll dedicate all of our resources and efforts to bring the person or persons involved in this to justice. >> the campground where the bodies were found is about 15

miles from virginia tech's campus in 2007. a student shooter killed 32 people on campus, and then in january, a coed was stabbed to death. california governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in los angeles and monterrey counties because of those wildfires right now. there's triple-digit temperatur temperatures, single digit humidity making things very, very difficult for firefighters trying control these wildfires. 1,500 people had to leave their homes. a fire around the palos verdes canyon spread last night. to the north of l.a., police asked hundreds of people to leave their homes. the station fire has burned more than two miles of bridge. . tropical storm danny, stationary for the past several hours, but expects to start moving again later today.

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ed. we have this just in through the newsroom. cnn has confirmed that authorities are now searching phillip garrido's home for evidence in the murders of several prostitutes. authorities from the nearby town of pittsburgh, california served this search warrant today. garrido is being formally charged in connection with the 1991 abduction of jaycee dugard who showed up this week. those charges include rape.

police say several women's bodies were dumped near an industrial park where garrido worked in the 1990s, we'll keep you posted on that disturbing development. earlier we told you about a man who police say jumped into a school bus and overpowered the driver. there were about a dozen students on board when this happened. police say one student tried to take the wheel, but the guy fought him off, the bus went down flying down a hill. there were kids on board while all this is happening. the screaming kids tried to jump out the back as the bus plunged down the hill. witnesses tackled the guy and noticed something strange. >> once he jumped off, we grabbed him. he had on some kind of sweat pants but he had pulled them down like he was driving the bus with his pants down. >> the bus driver had minor injuries and the 23-year-old man was arrested. the recent rally on wall

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jay phillip and unanimousy garrido are now in the el dorado

criminal court in placer ville, facing 28 criminal counts. local affiliates are claling that the two have pleaded not guilty. the maximum penalty for both is life in prison. just to remind you, this child is now 29 years old. she was walking to her bus in north tahoe. police say that phillip garrido, which you can see right there, is a convicted sex offender and that he abducted this child and fathered two children with her. authorities say they were kept locked away in a secret backyard behind fences, sheds, all this in phillip garrido's backyard in antioch, california. the stepmom says that dugard's mother is difficult -- tuke to

mike gallon knows right now. that just hit me what you said. she feels guilty about what she went through ugh. >> the psychologist we're going to do you get her over this. i mean, he has the reunion with her mother and that's one of the things she mentioned, a feeling of guilt for bonding with this man. we have so much to cover on this topic. we'll take your phone calls, 1-877-tell-hln. we'll also talk about this man's criminal history. and sheriffs saying basically they blew it when you talk about checking on this guy. and how they didn't catch this sooner. so again, we'll be hitting on that topic. big news, big day in the news today. michael jackson's death ruled a homicide. propofol intoxication a part of his death, one of the causes of death. dr. conrad murray admitted to giving michael jackson propofol. >> he did. >> so when will he be arrested. is that imminent at this point. we'll take your calls on that,

1-877-tell-hln. and big developments as well in another story we're following. we're talking about the death of swimsuit model, jasmine fiore, at the hands of her ex-husband, ryan jenkins. we have a rough time line of what happened from them checking into a hotel together in san diego to going to a poker tournament together, and could be a two-hour window when he actually committed the murder. and then also what happened after that. in what ways did he try to cover the crime. and how does your mind go there. some of the heinous things he's accused of. call in, 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail us as well cnn.com/primenews. coming your way in less than ten minutes. got some pictures to show you right now. this is a two-alarm fire burning in a building in kansas city, missouri. you can see that smoke right there from interstate 70. no injuries have been reported. but we're not sure what that building is. we just wanted to let you know we've got our eye on that. a woman who thought she would be dead from cancer by now

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