dozens of homes scorched in california. the largest fire, 5% contained. fire officials stay could take weeks to get this thing under control. investigators make a discovery that may link jaycee dugard's kidnapping along with other crimes. unsolved abductions. a pastor. he gave a sermon so anti-obama, it put the secret service on alert. shocking words on how he wants the president to die. hln at noontime. thank you for your time. get started with this story. a small plane landed on a highway in mansfield,

massachusetts, about 25 miles southwest of boston. look at the pictures here. emergency crew, you can see, are on the scene. firefighters trying to soak up the fuel leaking out. the good news, no one was hurt. that's the first thing you want to know. faa says the plane had engine trouble had to make an emergency landing on route 495, just a mile from the airport. it could not make it, but, again, nobody was hurt. we could be seeing scenes like these for weeks. california fire officials say the largest of the wildfires burning in the state is 5% contained, and it could take weeks to get this thing under control. this fire alone has consumed a staggering total of more than 120,000 acres. more than 50 homes and our structures burned to the ground. look at that. people's homes just gone. 12,000 others are in the fire's path. thousands of people have had to get out. weather forecasters say showers are possible there today, but

that isn't necessarily good news. then say the rain might evaporate before it even hits the ground, which could spawn 40 mile-an-hour wind gusts. again, we said this is not good news. l.a. county fire department is planning a memorial service this week for two firefighters killed while battling the flame. their truck rolled down a hill. investigators are analyzing a bone fragment to see if it's human and whether it could link sex offender phillip garrido to other crime. the bone fragment was found next to garrido's yard where he allegedly held jaycee dugard captive for 18 year. this is all happening in antioch, california. we have the latest from kara. >> reporter: hi, richelle. just behind me, the garrido home where jaycee dugard was held captive 18 years, repeatedly raped, gave birth to two of garrido's children, and then raised them. the question, first and foremost in people's minds, has been, how is she doing now?

obviously, the family wants to protect her privacy as she begins to heal. we can tell you she has been reunited with her mother and on an fbi website, now there is an account by one of the fbi agents who actually witnessed that reuniting. >> when i called her, she was beside herself with joy, and i was present when she was reunited with jaycee yesterday morning. it was a very emotional scene. both of them were just overjoyed to be with each other again, and there's going to be a period of adjustment, no doubt, but they are -- they're doing very well at this point, and the two daughters are probably -- as happy as jaycee is to be part of this family as well. >> reporter: now, for the past

four days a search underway at the property behind me. that is now complete. i can also tell you the investigation, police investigation, into garrido is widening at this point, looking into whether he might have been involved in other crimes, possibly some other kidnappings. >> so far basically this could just be the beginning, quite frankly. >> reporter: right. these other investigations very early in the process, but you know, off the criticism they, perhaps, clues that could have taken them to jaycee earlier and don't want to do that again. >> kara finstrom, thank you for that wrap-up. appreciate it. u.s. military leaders are considering sending more troops to afghanistan as part of a new strategy to deal with a sharp rise in violence there. in a report to president obama, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan reportedly called the situation serious but says success is achievable. general stanley mccrystal does not ask for additional american troops in that report, but the report lays the groundwork for

that type of request. the new planned focus is more on correcting afghan civilians engaging taliban insurgents. 48 americans killed in afghanistan in augustened one of the deadliest months for u.s. forces since the start of the afghan war. so we want your views on this. do you think the u.s. should stay in afghanistan? or is it time for american troops to pull out? call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us, cnn.com/hln, or post them on my page. on facebook. and text up. text the word news, and we will be airing your responses on this, on topic throughout the day. after getting sentenced for a robbery, he was doing service time quietly. one convicted robber is suing the store he stole from.

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welcome back. an arizona pastor's shocking sermon got the attention of the secret service. listen to what he said when asked about those statements. >> i don't want him to be a martyr. i'd like to see him die like ted kennedy of brain cancer. >> a man of the cloth wants to kill our president. how sick can you get? >> as you saw there, the pastor's word brought protesters to his church. he made the statement on august 16th in a sermon while president obama was visiting arizona. according to local media, a secret service spokesperson says they are aware of this comment and is following up on them. a convicted thief is suing the michigan store he robbed. scott zielinski was shot during a robbery in 2007. now he wants more than $125,000

for his pain and his suffering. the store's customers are baffled. >> i think that's ridiculous. i don't think he should be allowed to. what if somebody else was in here when he was robbing the store? >> i don't even now hoe that's possible and he must have some lawyer trying to do something, but i don't feel like -- that's not right at all. >> zielinski is serving eight to 22 years in prison. police records say he put a knife to the throat of several store workers threatening to kill them before stealing cash and cigarettes. that's when an employee grabbed a gun and shot him in the arm and back. singer chris brown says he does remember what happened the night he was arrested for beating rihanna. at the time the singer was his girlfriend. in june pleaded guilty to felony assault charges last week sentenced to felony probation and six months community labor and this week sat down with

cnn's larry king. we aired a bit of that yesterday in the interview brown implied he did not know what happened that night. since then, he issued a statement to "people" magazine saying he misspoke and does remember and told king he's ashamed of what he did. >> when you look at this, do you feel like you're looking at someone else? >> yeah. from the outside looking in. what you see on tv, when they say -- >> you punched her a number of times. >> yeah. >> you threatened to beat the -- blank -- out of her. when you got home, also said were you going to kill her. you bit on the ear and -- all of that? obviously, this is always disparaging to hear, you don't appear like a violent person at all. >> no. >> in fact, you appear rather calm, rather nice. so what happened to you? do you think? >> well, i guess that night, just, one of those nights i wish i could take back and i really

regret and feel totally ashamed of what i did. >> well, watch all of chris brown's interview with larry king. that is tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern time on cnn. and another programming note. tonight a nancy grace exclusive. haillee cummings dad, failing a polygraph test. baby-sitter mist hey no regrets. the latest breaking developments on nancy grace at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. we now know the names of the eight people killed in a weekend massacre in a small georgia town. still no arrests, no motive, and police aren't saying a whole lot more. we'll bring you a live report on the killings, and going to have the people of this small community on edge. (announcer) your doctor knows tylenol doesn't interfere with certain high blood pressure medicines the way aleve metimes can. that's one reason why doctors recommend tylenol more than any other brand of pain reliever.

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murdered case they had seen in 25 years. eight people dead and a ninth person in critical condition and a community on edge. the victims' names released. otherwise police aren't saying much about the investigation, the motive or how these people were killed. sean callebs is live in brunswick, georgia, with the little bit that we do know. sean what can you tell us? >> reporter: well i think richelle, the one thing we can say that's characterized the past few day, authorities have been very tight lip pd then came out yesterday held a news conference and basically she had no light on what about half a mile down the road behind me at the new hope mobile home park. it happened saturday night. apparently eight people brutally murdered. we do know that 22-year-old guy heinze called 911 and said my whole family's dead. it appeared several members had been savagely beaten to death. authorities are simply calling the crime scene horrific.

heinze is in custody right now charged with possession of drugs as well as tampering with evidence. we had a chance to speak with people who live in this small coastal georgia area, and you can't say that there's an overwhelming sense of fear but certainly people are concerned. >> this is one of those situations where, hey, you know, who did this? where are they? are they still lurks? it's a little unsettling. >> i was devastated. i mean, i come from a small town where nothing like this happens and then i move here. i've been here six or eight months, and you know, when you hear about this, and that's five minutes away, it makes you not want to leave your house. you know? makes you want to lock your doors, pull the shutters in and stay home. >> reporter: now, we've talked to other people who say, look, they understand the authorities

have a job to do. if they don't have evidence, if they can't talk about a a motive or suspects, they certain understand that. we do know that autopsies have been completed and basically richelle they just confirm what we already know. the eight people were murdered. we've seen a handful of crime lab car. one from the georgia bureau's investigation. a couple other from local authorities, go down that road. clearly, they're still working that crime scene trying to find out whatever they can at this hour. >> and, sean, the flow of information has been so slow that the people in this town, i would match opinion, are looking forward to any new information they can get. there's supposed to be a briefing today. now you say that's not even going to happen? >> reporter: right. they scheduled that for about two hours, 45 minutes from now. 3:00 eastern time nap has been cancelled. we're trying to figure exactly why. could it be authorities have a significant lead or a lead and don't want to come out for a second day in a row and say, look, community, we can't tell

awe whole lot. it's a grisly crime, it's upset the area but we have no new information to divulge publicly. >> sean callebs, thank you for the wrap-up on the information we do have. appreciate it. sean callebs live in brunswick, georgia. more now on one of our other top stories we're trying to get you information on. the man accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard is a convicted sex offender whose long rap sheet dates back to 1976. of course, we're talking about jaycee dugard, when 25-year-old katie callaway hall agreed to give phillip garrido a ride after he tapped on her car window outside a super market in california. when hall stopped to drop garrido off she was handcuffed, gagged and taken to a wretched storage unit in reno, nevada. there garrido rape raped her and held her captive for hour. hours. when she finally escaped, and hall shared her story last night with cnn's larry king.

pay attention to this. >> how did you get out? >> a policeman happened to save me. it was his beat. the mini warehouse area was his beat. the policeman came around way flashlight, shining his light on each individual lock and saw one was picked and he investigated. he banged on the door. >> what did -- did phillip answer the door? >> phillip went out to answer the door and he came back in and said it's the heat. am i going to have to tie you up or are you going to be good? i said, i'll be good. i'll be good. don't tie me up. he went out there. i thought if there's a policeman out there i have to try. i went crashing through, over, under the rugs, over the boxes right out into the parking area, where the policeman was completely naked. >> whoa. and the cop immediately what? >> looked at me like i was crazy and phillip looked at me like i was crazy and i said, help me. help me, please, and phillip said, was going on? and phillip said, this is just

my girlfriend we're just in there partying. it's no big deal. i said, no, i'm not. i'm not. keep him away from me. and finally the policeman said, go back in and guess dressed, because it was november and i was freezing. there was snow on the ground. he let me go back in and get dressed. and as i was putting on my jeans, i had one shoe, one sock and jeans on, phillip came back through and the policeman let him come back through. i thought, oh, my god, he's going to take me hostage, and he came back to beg me not to turn him in. he said, please, please don't turn me in, and i stayed out of his reach. i said, okay, okay. i won't. and ran back out. half naked now. >> and turned him in? >> yeah. and turned him in. >> wow. garrido was convicted of kidnapping and raping hall. he serve ten years of his 50-year sentence then was released on lifetime parole. we'll have the story there.

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stop and look at these pictures. we could be seeing scenes like these for weeks. california fire officials say the largest of the wildfires burning in the state. it is 5% contained and could be than way for a while and it could take weeks to get it under control. this fire alone consumed a staggering 120,000 acres, more than 50 homes and other structures have burned to the ground. 12,000 others are in the fire's path. let's check in with thelma gutierrez live there giving us a status report. thelma it is the -- the pictures are unbelievable. >> reporter: well, and when you're standing here on the ground, richelle, it really does hit you.

you take a look at this home that's right behind me. there are so many homes in this area that have been completely reduced to ashes. fire officials say when the fire came roaring through this area, it completely claimed everything in its path. firefighters call it a monster fire threatening several communities northeast of los angeles. spouting flames more than 100 feet high into the sky. a massive wall of fire fueled by dense, dry vegetation chars tens of thousands of acres in the angeles national forest. doubling in size in one night. >> this is a very dynamic fire that conditions today are treacherous. >> reporter: on monday officials ordered mandatory evacuations for more than 10,000 homes. >> when you hear from law enforcement, anything about the evacuation, follow their orders. >> reporter: two homeowners who defied orders were seriously injured trying to save themselves in their hot tub.

another person was burned in an evacuation area, and others who didn't leave had to be rescued. two firefighters were killed when their vehicle plunged off of a 700-foot canyon road. >> the fire was coming very rapidly, got into the vehicle, just the two of them, and were trying to reposition the vehicle, in which time for reasons still yet unknown, the vehicle ran off the road and over the side. >> reporter: as the fire edged closer to mount wilson's observatory there was an all-out air assault to protect the area. home to 20 television and radio transmission towers and fire and police communications equipment. a plume of thick, nauseous smoke hangs over los angeles. and right now the air out here is thick with smoke, also lots of ash falling on us, and even though this area is not burning, the hills just southwest of us are on fire. fire crews right now very

concerned about those homes down below on foothills. jishl. >> thelma, thank you very much for that rap jaup. we're also expecting a briefing from the governor any moment now and we're trying to keep that picture up for you. all right. also another big story we've been following. cadaver dogs found a bone fragment near the hoemt of phillip garrido, the man accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 year. california authorities say the bone was in a neighbor's yard and garrido did have access to it. it could take this several weeks to determine whether the bone is human or animal. garrido and his wife were arrested last week. police say he fathered two daughters with jaycee dugard and kept them in tents and sheds. police are looking for possible links between garrido and two girls who went missing in the 1980s. there are similarities in at least one case. mckale la was 9 when she disappeared in 1988. this poster from national and

exploited missing children, what she might look now at age 30. police say a sketch of the suspect in her case does resemble garrido, plus she and jaycee dugard were of a similar age and appearance. the missing girl's mother says stacy dugard's rescue does give her hope. >> jaycee's mother just got up and went to work one morning, like every other day, in the middle of the day received a phone call that changed everything. and i believe that that can happen for us also. >> police are also re-examining the disappearance of eileen meshlof in 199. she was 13 then and would be 34 today. jaycee dugard is just starting to get reacquainted with her family. her stepfather carl probyn said she's been reyipted with her mother, and at a disclosed location and the says a team of psychologists and several law enforcement officers is with them helping her and her children adjust to the outside

world. sharing more details last night. on cnn's larry king. >> she's with a group and they're taking care of her and they are getting adjusted and my wife and daughter are up there, and it's going really slow. she says she's doing great. she says she looks really young for being 29 years old. she looks almost the same as when she was kidnapped and she's healthy and she's smart. >> 18 years ago, probyn witnessed dugard's abduction as she was just walking to her bus stop. ahead this hour, we'll tell you about a two-part manifesto written by dugard's accused rapist and captor phillip garrido. in it he claims he has turned his life around. stick around for that. police have released new information about the eight people who were killed in this mass killing in georgia. youngest 15, oldest 46. it appears at least five of them are related. one person is still in critical condition. the son of one of the victims

found the bodies. people who live in the area are still worried the killer is out there. >> it's just one of those situations where, hey you know, who did this? where are they? are they still lurking? it's a little unsettling. >> i was devastated. i mean, i come from a small town where nothing like this happens and then i move here. i've been here six or eight months, and you know, when you hear about this, and that's five minutes away, it makes you not want to leave your house. you know? makes you want to lock your doors, pull the shutters in and stay home. >> autopsy have been conducted on all eight murders victim. the police have not released those results yet. same-sex couples can say their i dos in vermont starting today. it is the first state to legalize same-sex marriage through legislation rather than a court decision. the law passed in april and took effect at midnight. civil unions have been legal in

vermont since 2000. for other states allowing same-sex marriages, massachusetts, connecticut, new hampshire and iowa. after getting sentenced for a robbery, you'd think a thief would just serve his time quietly, not bothering anybody, but one convicted robber is suing the store he stole from. and we're also waiting for governor arnold schwarzenegger to give us an update on the wildfires ravaging the state of california. so do stick around for that.

good morning, everybody. >> governor arnold schwarzenegger now giving an update on the massive wildfires in southern california. let's listen. >> -- various people, i want to

thank chief daryl walters for the briefing and all the deputy chiefs, tim mcleyland of cal fire, for his extensive briefing and for the great work and secretary matt who is here with us and sheriff hoops. i want to thank him for being here and his great work and chief dennin and then also we have here with us lou paulson from the california professional firefighters association. thank you very much for being here, and always being right on the front line, and helping us, helping the state put out all of these fires. thank you very much. and then mayor, the mayor is also with us here. i want to thank you, also, sir. so thank you very much. you know, we have a lot of fires all over the state of california. we have fired from the northern border all the way south and from the pacific to the sierra nevada. fires, fires, fires, but we are very fortunate that we have the best and the most aggressive, best trained most courageous

firefighters in the world. and that's why we are able to push back very heavily, but while all of these fires are burning, we are already thinking about working to help victims rebuild their lives, and so yesterday i signed an executive order to boost the recovery efforts, which means that we will waiver replacement fees for birth certificates, driver's license and all kinds of other important documents. i also asked the passport and board of equalizations to assist victims with tax extensions and relief for late fees, and also declared a state of emergency in various different counties. in glasser county, monterey, los angeles, mayor ra pose sa counties and also this morning ai signed an emergency declaration for san bernardino county. that is very important because it begins to take good resources in order to fight the fires. this will cut through the red

tape and free up additional assistance in response and recovery also. i want the people to know we are doing everything that we can in order to help and to save lives, to save property and to save your memories. our most valuable resource of course is the firefighters and we are so happy and i want everyone to give a big hand to the firefighters for their great, great effort. one of the things that i've heard over and over today was that the reason why things are running so well with this local fire and fires all over the state of california is the coordination. the coordination between the local firefighters, the state firefighters and then there's also some areas where federal firefighters come in. so all of them working together really makes this work so well. i also want to say a big, big thank you to law enforcement. without the law enforcement, none of this would be possible,

because they're the ones in charge of evacuation and protecting the homes and getting the people back to their homes again and so on. so we want to thank also law enforcement. let's give them also a big hand for their great efforts. there's a lot of times questions about, do we have enough money for fighting these fires? well, let me tell you something, you will be standing here today and not having any money if i would have accepted the legislator's budget the way they sent it to me. $166 million in the home, then i made additional cuts so we have half a billion dollars in reserve and now this is why this reserve is so important. when we get into situations like this but it's unexpected fires coming up over, eight fires all over the state of california. over 5,000 fires since the beginning of the year. i mean, then you need those kind of -- this kind of money in the reserve. and this is why i'm happy that we have such a reserve to face.

>> you've been listening to california governor arnold schwarzenegger. already talking about recovery efforts, basically. dealing with wildfires he says are basically burning all over the entire state. the largest fire, in fact, only being 5% contained. he says there's a state of emergency in several counties. in particular san bernardino county, talking about giving people extensions on paying taxes, trying to replace even licenses, birth certificates, all types of things. talking about recovery, even though a lot of these fires aren't under control yet. the budget crisis, leaved to that, because able to get things trimmed they a reserve to dip into to fight things like what's going on right now in california. we'll continue to keep you posted with the wildfires ravaging the state of california. right now the pictures are unbelievable there. let's move on with some of the day's news. we've been talking about this story, too, that will have

you shaking your head. a convicted thief is suing the michigan store he robbed. scott zielinski was shot during this robbery back in 2007. well, now he wants more than $125,000 for his pain and suffering. the store's customer, just baffled. >> i think that's ridiculous. i don't think he should be allowed to. what if somebody else was in here when he was robbing the store? >> i don't even know how that's possible. he must have some lawyer trying to do something, but i don't feel like -- that's not right at all. >> zielinski is serving eight to 22 years in prison. police records say he put a knife to the throat of several store workers threatening to kill them before stealing cash and cigarettes. that's when an employee grabbed a gun and shot him in the arm and back. people in western mexico are being told to get out, because hurricane jimena is moving in. find out why some were afraid to

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hurricane jimena is a cat goir 4 storm moving towards baja, california, and mexico. you can see it right there on the radar. top sustained winds and weakened a little bit but still we're talking 145 miles per hour. emergency workers are struggling to get thousands of people to leave. they won't leave, because they're afraid their home will be looted. station wildfire near los angeles consumed more than 105,000 acres and killed two firefighters. i-reporter julie elarton visited a fire station in los angeles to honor the fallen and see how the men and women there prepare to battle all of these wildfires. this is from our fire chief. to inform there has been two of our firefighters that have been lost in the station fire. >> make sure, the nature of this stuff burns every 10, 20 years, and it needs to burn the brush

off. but it can't get close to houses. >> going into the fire-resistant tents we have. >> still burn, what happens with this material is, it won't support a flame. so you can put direct flame on it, it will burn the teerm when you take the source of heat away, then it won't support a flame. it will go out. >> these helmets are lighter in weight. because we're out there for a long time. the canteens of water, a few tools that we use and a fire shelter. >> right here. what we are required to carry with us, in case we get overrun by fire and you'd have to stop and try and make a defensive stake for yourself. >> thanks to julie elarton for that i-report. julie, thanks for thinking of the firefighters. when you have pictures of video of the breaking news or cool stories in your part of the world, go to ireport.com and clicken the upload now link. back to our top stories. the man accused of kidnapping

jaycee dugard admitted he had uncontrollable sexual urges as far back as 1977, two-part manifesto claiming he turned his life around days before he was arrested garrido walked into an fbi office in san francisco and handed over those writings. the first part is called "the origin of constituenschizophrend and the second is a god given skill. phillip garrido's manifesto. u.s. military leaders are considering sending more troops to afghanistan as part of a new strategy to deal with a sharp rise in violence there. the top commander in afghanistan calls the situation serious but says success is achievable. general stanley mcchrystal does

not ask for additional american troops in that report but he does lay the groundwork for that type of request. the new plan focuses more on protecting afghan civilians and engaging taliban insurgents. at least 48 americans were killed in afghanistan during august. the deadliest month for u.s. forces since the start of the afghan war. we've been asking for your views on this. do you think the u.s. should stay in afghanistan or is it time for the troops to come home? call us right now 877-tell-hln. you can also post your views on my facebook page. get in on the discussion there. you can also text us. text the word views and your comments and name to hlntv. some important news if you are bringing your kid back to college. many campuses have been experiencing an outbreak of swine flu. we'll go to one school where

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dozens of homes and structure are scorched in california. the largest fire only 5% contained. fire officials say it could take weeks to get everything under control. investigators make a discovery that may link jaycee dugard's kidnapping to other crimes. strategy for the u.s. led war in afghanistan is under serious review. what the top u.s. commander says about the situation there. plus, your views on afghanistan. hi, everybody. on a tuesday, the 1st of september. welcome. i'm chuck roberts. we could see scenes like these for weeks. california fire officials say the largest of the wildfires burning in the state, the station fire, is but 5%

contained and may take weeks to get under control. this is the fire that is consumed a staggering toll. more than 120,000 acres, 50 homes and other structures have been burned to the ground. 12,000 others are in the fire's path. thousands of people have been evacuated and look at the scene in the aftermath. weather forecasters say showers are possible there today but that's not necessarily good news. they fear the rain may evaporate before it hits the ground which could spawn 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts. no good news from l.a. county. the fire department is planning a memorial service this week for the firefighters, two of them killed battling the flames in a vehicle accident. look at this. this is a tower cam shot from hundreds of miles away. downtown denver in a haze. that haze courtesy of our affiliate there from kusa are from fires burning in california. it's made its way across utah, across the rockies and in fact

looking the other angle you can't even see the foothills of the rockies from downtown denver. i-reporters throughout the l.a. area meanwhile continuing to capture stunning images of this. tommy says it looked like a volcano was erupting in the middle of los angeles. firefighters used flares to set a controlled backfire. the combination of that burn and the station wildfire made the valley look like a scene out of a disaster movie "volcano." the smoke was so bad that he had to make sure the windows in his house were closed. he doesn't think the fire will threaten his home but just in case he has his photos packed up and a full tank of gas. our thanks -- many thanks to tommy for a great i-report. a reminder, always put your safety about everything else but when you got pictures or video of breaking news or great stories of where you are go to ireport.com and you'll get instructions on how to submit your stories.

more i-reports coming up. dogs found a fragment bone near the home of phillip garrido. california authorities say the bone was in a neighbor's yard and garrido had access to it. it could take them several weeks to determine whether the bone is human or animal. garrido and his wife nancy were arrested last week. police say he fathered two daughters with jaycee dugard and kept them in tents and sheds. he is a convicted sex offender whose long rap sheet dates back in 1976 when katie callaway hall agreed to give him a ride after he tapped on her car window outside a supermarket. when she stopped to drop him off, she was handcuffed and gagged and tampa bay to a rented storage unit in nevada. she was held captive for hours until she escaped. hall shared her story last night with cnn's larry king.

>> larry: how did you get out? >> a policeman saved me. the warehouse area was his beat. he shined his light on each individual lock and saw one was picked and he investigated. he banged on the door. >> larry: did phillip answer the door? >> phillip went to answer the door. he came back in. he said it's the heat. do i need to tie you up, or will you be good? i said i would be good. went back out with a receipt. i sat there for a minute and i thought if there's a policeman out there, i have to try. i went crashing through over and under the rugs and over the boxes right out into the parking area where the policeman was. completely naked. >> larry: the cop immediately what? >> looked at me like i was crazy. i said help me please. phillip said this is just my girlfriend. we're in there partying. it's no big deal. i said no, i'm not.

i'm not. keep him away from me. finally the policeman said go back and get closed because it was november in reno. i was freezing. there was snow on the ground. he let me go back in and get dressed. as i put on my jeans, i had one shoe and one sock on and jeans on. that was it. phillip came back through. the policeman let him come back through. out of his sight i thought my god he's going to take me hostage. and he came back to beg me not to turn him in. he said, please, don't turn me in. i stayed out of his reach. i said okay. okay. i won't. and ran back out. half naked. >> and turned him in. >> yeah. >> reporter: garrido was convicted of kidnapping and raping hall. he was released on lifetime parole. we have new information about the eight people who died in that mass killing in southeast georgia. police say the youngest victim was 15. the oldest, 46. at least five of them are related. one person, a youngster, is in

critical condition. the son of one of the victims found the bodies. people who live in the area are still worried there's a killer out there. >> this is one of those situations where, hey, you know, who did this? where are they? are they still lurking out there? it's unsettling. >> i was devastated. i come from a small town where nothing like this happens and then i move here and i've been here six or eight months and when you hear about this five minutes away, it makes you not want to leave your house. makes you want to lock the doors and pull the shutters in and stay home. >> autopsies are being conducted on all eight murder victims but no results have yet been released. same-sex couples can say their i dos beginning today in vermont. the law passed in april and took effect at midnight. civil unions having been legal in vermont since 2000.

four other states allow same-sex marriages, massachusetts, connecticut, new hampshire and iowa. u.s. military leaders are considering sending more u.s. troops to afghanistan as part of a new strategy to deal with a sharp spike in violence. in a report to president obama, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan reportedly called the situation serious but says success is achievable. general stanley mcchrystal does not ask for additional american troops in the report but he lays the groundwork for such a request. the new plan focuses more on protecting afghan civilians than engaging taliban insurgents. at least 48 americans were killed in august in afghanistan. the deadliest month for u.s. forces since the beginning of the afghan war eight years ago. we love your views on this. what do you think of status of progress in afghanistan? should the u.s. stay? time for american troops to begin pulling out? what's the end game here? call us at 877-tell-hln or e-mail us or text views plus

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a convicted thief is suing the store he robbed. he was shot during the robbery. the store's customers are baffled. >> i think that's ridiculous. i don't think he should be allowed to. what if someone else was in here when he was robbing the store? >> i don't know how that's possible. he must have some lawyer trying to do something but i don't feel like that's right at all. >> he's serving 8 to 22 years in prison. police records say he put the

knife to the throat of several store workers before stealing cigarettes and cash before an employee grabbed a gun and shot him in the back. chris brown says he remembers what happened the night he beat singer rihanna. last week he was sentenced to five years probation and six months community labor. this week he sat down with cnn's larry king for his first full interview since the attack. we aired a bit of it yesterday in which brown implied he didn't know what had happened that night. since then he's issued a statement to "people" saying he does remember and told king he's ashamed of what he did. >> larry: do you feel like you're looking at someone else? >> from the outside looking in what you see on tv when they say this and they say that. >> larry: you punched her a number of times. you threatened to beat the blank out of here. when you got home you said you were going to kill her. you bit her on the ear.

you hear all of that, obviously this is always the embarrassment here, you don't feel like a violent person at all. >> no. >> larry: you appear rather calm, rather nice. so what happened to you do you think? >> i guess that night it was one of the nights i wish i could take back and i regret and feel ashamed of what i did. >> catch all of the chris brown interview with larry tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern on cnn. another programming note, tonight a nancy grace exclusive. haleigh cummings dad reacts to report that his new wife failed a polygraph test. that's at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern on hln. jim bob and michelle duggar are expecting their 19th child. yes. you heard right.

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officials in california are feeling more optimistic about the wildfires raging north of los angeles. reynolds wolf is right at the very edge of the city limits. reynolds, what's the latest? >> reporter: it's just a complete devastation here. it's amazing to see just the charred remains of homes, trees, and all kinds of shrubs and even dead animals. there's a smell of death in some

areas. animals weren't able to escape. you see signs alive. a few leaves on some of the trees. even a few birds flying through the area. another interesting sign from this, let me show you, i'll cross the road fast. we had a resident that came by quickly and actually came over to this mailbox. one of 21 lined up here that are attached to a big wooden post. probably about 72 hours ago. when the flames came through, wood burned up, boxes came down and the poor fellow came by to check his mail and of course that mailbox on the ground. there is some charred remains. that's the electric bill. that's not good. look at this cross the street and show you the homes we have here watching traffic again. if you look over here a chain link fence but on the other side the only sign this was once someone's home would be the chimney you see in the distance.

total loss. firefighters say the temperature was 2,000 degrees fahrenheit with a fire consuming acres. you have 25,000 men and women fighting this blaze and not only people locally but from across the nation. something else, i want you to see this. look at this creek bed. as we pan up a little bit, we have john with us. a great photo journalists giving us wonderful shots. look at the hills off in the distance. how often do we talk about the prairie fires in texas and oklahoma and kansas where that certainly is tough but it's relatively flat. here what can you do? this is so difficult to get out there and battle this on the fire lines. a lot of times it either goes up in smoke or they attack these areas with aircraft. rotary aircraft, helicopters, we've seen 747s up there.

a dc-10 dropped fire retardant yesterday here in the region. attacking it from the air. attacking it from the ground. we need mother nature to help out a bit. we've had some assistance with that and in other ways it's been a pain. one is temperatures. the temperatures the last couple days in the 90s and 100s back in these canyons. today is on the cool side. that's going help. we had a few raindrops earlier but as quickly as they showed up they dissipate. another thing that's interesting is not the wind but the lack thereof. how many times we talk about fires in central or southern california where the santa ana winds play huge parts in the story. with this we've had little wind. we have just a little wind and the smoke doesn't have a chance to move out. when you have santa ana winds you can forecast where that fire is going to go. with lack of wind, the smoke builds in. visibility is poor. aircraft has a tough time pinpointing the hot spots and you have a hard time predicting where the fire is going to go. one other quick thing.

we talk about containment. you hear firefighters talk about this. we'll draw a line in this sand and dust and ash. think of this being the fire here, chuck. the glame plan is to make a perimeter. making a box around the fire. that's what they try to do. when you have santa ana, they push one direction and you expand the box. without the santa ana winds, you have no idea where it will go. that's the big struggle they battle. a big one no doubt. back to you. >> who would think the lack of wind has that much affect. that's a great explainer. thanks very much. reynolds wolf in part of l.a. proper itself. is it bad? is it hard to breathe? >> reporter: it's everywhere. you go down by the staples center, same thing. they're getting smoke as far to the east as denver, colorado. try that for size. >> great job. thank you. hurricane jimena, let's go south into the baja peninsula. hurricane jimena is now back to a category 4 storm.

it's marching toward the baja. top sustained winds weakened slightly but still 145 miles an hour. emergency workers are struggling to evacuate thousands of people from the area. many won't leave because they're afraid their homes will be looted. president obama wants to know what's being done to battle h1n1. he's being briefed by top health and homeland security officials about what they plan to do about the virus. more than 1 million americans have been ill. some 500 died from it. health officials predict a surge of cases this fall that could affect up to half of the u.s. population. u.s. airlines are bracing for the swine flu epidemic this fall. many carriers plan to follow long standing policies that keep a sick person from boarding an aircraft. they will leave in place the ban that keeps blankets and pillows off planes and they will continue offering passengers anti-bacterial wipes. airlines haven't decided if

they'll offer refunds for sick passengers. two astronauts preparing for a space walk as we speak. live pictures from the international space station. they'll remove the station's ammonia take later today. a new one will be installed on thursday. during today's space walk, other crew members will start moving tons of new equipment from space shuttle "discovery" to the orbiting station. the cargo includes a treadmill named after comedian stephen colbert. how successful was cash for clunkers? get this? ford august sales climbed 21% from the same time a year ago though the news isn't all positive. a source familiar with chrysler's numbers told the ap we should expect that company to post a 15% sales drop last month because of shortages of smaller vehicles. americans bought more than 1 million vehicles last month. monthly auto sales haven't topped a million since august of last year. u.s. military leaders considering sending more troops to afghanistan.

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we could see scenes like these for weeks. this smoke is over the southland, the l.a. basin. california officials say the largest of the wildfires is now 5% contained. that being the station fire. it may take weeks to get it under control. that fire alone consumed a staggering 120,000 acres. 50 homes an other structures burned to the ground. 12,000 others are in the fire's path. thousands of people have been evacuated. forecasters say showers are possible there today but that's not necessarily good news. the rain they say may evaporate before it hits the ground and that could spawn 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts. the l.a. county fire department is planning a memorial service this week for the two firefighters killed battling the

flames. this is what it all looks like from space. you can see the outline of the pacific coast right there. nasa's spacecraft captured this image on sunday. clouds created from the smoke rising from the san gabriel mountains. hurricane jimenez closing in on the baja. chad myers joining us to talk about the threat that jimenez poses and what is lurking. >> it could be erika. we're going to talk about cabo san lucas. there are two towns at the tip of the baja peninsula. there's san jose where most of the people that work there live and then there is cabo san lucas. most of the people that play there, play. they are 15 miles apart. it appears that cabo san lucas, the tourist part if you will, a little bit farther in closer to

the west will be closer to the eye wall and therefore will probably get more wind. wind probably gusting to 60, maybe 70 miles per hour. cabo san lucas can take that. when the storm moves up the coast it will get to areas that really are not so well built. not the concrete block type of places that you would expect in a developed tourist area. 135-mile-per-hour winds. right now 145. it will get into colder water and suck in drier air. a very mountainous area. there are dry washes that wash away and people scatter away when the rain comes down. we're talking about a little bit of rain for the fires up here in l.a. i've seen a couple showers pop up on radar.

they're never there especially in august or september. they're never there of t. this is moisture coming up from that hurricane. it would be nice if the track would not do such a right-hand turn into arizona and maybe drive itself up the west coast. right now that's not the forecast. >> atlantic and caribbean? what's going on. >> here it is right here. i always have something extra for you on this wall here. look at that. they are flying into it today. i'm very surprised that it doesn't already have a number or anything like that. they may jump right past the depression stage and go right to a storm. even though it looks impressive and good outflow, i don't know yet because they haven't flown into it. i don't know where the center is. if the center is here, that would be like some of these other storms we saw like danny that could never get its act together. if the center is there, this will get a name today. >> all right. i appreciate it. >> you bet.

>> diligence from chad myers. new information about the eight people that died over the weekend at a mass killing in a trailer near brunswick, georgia. the youngest was 14 and the oldest 46. one person is in critical condition. the son of one of the victim found the bodies. people who live in the area are very worried there's a killer out there. >> this is one of those situations of where are they? are they still lurking? >> i was devastated. i mean, i come from a small town where nothing like this happens. i move here. i've been here 6 or 8 months. when you hear about this five minutes away, it makes you not want to leave your house. makes you want to lock the doors and stay home. >> autopsies being conducted. all eight victims. police have not released the results of yet.

dogs found a bone fragment near the home of phillip garrido. california authorities say that bone was in the neighbor's yard and that garrido had access to it. it could take several weeks to determine whether the bone is human or animal. garrido and his wife were arrested last week. police say he fathered two daughters with jaycee dugard and kept them in tents and sheds. police are looking for possible links between garrido and two girls that went missing in the '80s. there are some similarities in at least one case. mica garecht was 9 when she disappeared. it shows what she might look like now at age 30. a sketch of the suspect in her case resembles garrido. plus, she and jaycee dugard were of about the same age and appearance as you can possibly tell. the missing girl's mother says

jaycee dugard's rescue gives her home. >> she went to work like any other day and received a phone call that changed everything and i believe that that can happen for us also. >> police are also reexamining the disappearance of a girl in 1989 who was 13 then. she would be 34 now. jaycee dugard is getting reacquainted with her father. her stepfather said she was reunited with her mother and a team of psychologists and several law enforcement officers is with them helping dugard and her two children adjust to the outside world. more details were shared last night with cnn's larry king. >> she's with a group and they're taking care of her and they're getting adjusted and my wife and daughter are up there and it's going real slow. she says she's doing great. she looks really young for being 29 years old. she looks almost the same as when she was kidnapped. she's healthy.

she's smart. >> 18 years ago he witnessed dugard's abduction as she walked to a bus stop in lake tahoe on the california/nevada line. same-sex couples can say i dos beginning today in vermont. the first day to legalize same-sex marriage through legislation opposed to a court decision. the law took effect at midnight. civil unions were legal in vermont since 2000. four other states allow same-sex marriages. they are massachusetts, connecticut, new hampshire and iowa. former enemies and allies came together today in poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the beginning of world war ii. soldiers placed a wreath at a monument honoring those that defended the country during the invasion. several dignitaries were on hand for the ceremony.

u.s. military leaders are considering sending more troops to afghanistan as part of a new strategy to deal with a sharp rise in violence. in a report to president obama, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says the situation there is serious but success is achievable still. general stanley mcchrystal doesn't ask for additional military troops in this report but he reportedly lays the groundwork for such a request in coming weeks. the new plan focuses more on protecting afghan scivilians thn engaging taliban insurgents. >> you can't just win by killing taliban. you have to provide hope. you have to provide a rationale for the karzai government or democratic government there. you have to provide economic development. here's the thing to look for. the question is, what's the defeat mechanism of the taliban and how does it actually work because our real enemy is al qaeda and they're in pakistan.

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from the space shuttle "discovery" to the orbiting station. a thief is suing the store he robbed. he was shot during a 2007 robbery. he wants $125,000 for pain and suffering. the store's customers are miffed. >> i think that's ridiculous. i don't think he should be allowed to. what if someone else was in here when he was robbing the store. >> i don't know how that's possible. he must got some lawyer trying to do something. i don't feel like that's -- that's not right at all. >> he's serving 8 to 22 years in prison. police records say he put the a knife to the throats of several store workers threatening to kill them before he stole cigarettes and cash when an employee grabbed a gun and shot him. singer chris brown says he does remember what happened the night he was arrested for beating rihanna. in june he pleaded guilty to felony assault charges.

last week he was sentenced to five years probation and six months community labor. this week he sat down with cnn's larry king for the first interview since the attack in february. we aired a bit yesterday in which brown implied he didn't know what happened that night. since then he issued a statement saying he does remember as he told king he's ashamed of what he did. >> larry: when you look at this, do you feel like you're looking at someone else? >> yeah. from the outside looking in. what you see on tv when they say this and that. >> larry: you punched her a number of times. you threatened to beat the blank out of her. when you got home you said you were going to kill her. you bit her on the ear. you hear all of that. obviously this is always the disparity here, you don't feel like a violent person at all. you appear rather calm and nice. what happened to you? do you think? >> well, may i just say i guess

that night -- i wish i could just take it back. i regret it and feel ashamed of what i did. >> you can watch all of chris interview. larry king's got it tomorrow at 9:00 eastern. jim bob and michelle duggar are expecting their 19th child. the duggars broke the news to "people" magazine. baby number 19 will arrive in the spring. in spite of giving birth 18 times before, mom says the pregnancy came as a shock. the names of all the duggars kids begin with "j." their lives are features on tlc's show. federal officials have arrested a woman part of a large-scale identity theft ring whose victims include ben bernanke. his wife's purse was stolen from a d.c. area starbucks last year. days later, somebody started cashing checks on the bernankes' bank account.

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we could be seeing scenes like this for weeks. california fire officials say the largest of the wildfires burning in the state is just 5% contained. we want to show you this. this is the oak glen fire on the edge of the san bernardino national forest. and we wanted to show you this live picture because of how close it is to people's homes. dangerously close to people's homes. we assume this neighborhood has been evacuated, we hope that people paid attention to lots of mandatory evacuation orders that have been given. many of these fires could take weeks to get under control. one of these fires alone that we're talking about, one of the biggest ones has taken a toll on

122,000 acres. so far, 50 homes and other structures have burned to the ground. 12,000 others are in one of the fire's paths. thousands of people have been told to evacuate. we're hoping the people near this fire, the oak glen fire, have gotten out of the path of this fire. weather forecasters say showers are possible today. but you would think that would be good news. it is not. and this is way. they say the rain might evaporate before it hits the ground which could spawn 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts. the l.a. county fire department is planning a memorial service this week because two firefighters have been killed battling the flames. when we checked in earlier with governor arnold schwarzenegger when he gave one of his updates, he said that san bernardino county has been exceptionally hard hit and there's actually a state of emergency in san bernardino county. there are fire crews dealing with this fire. as we zoom out, you can see what i'm talking about.

how close the oak glen fire is to homes in the path of this fire. we'll keep you posted on this incredibly dangerous situation. the governor said there are fires burning all over his state. we have new information about the eight people who died in that mass killing in georgia. people say the youngest victim, 15. the oldest was 46. it appears at least five of them are related. one person still in critical condition. the son of one of the victims found the body. people who live in the area are still worried the killer is out there. >> it's just one of those situations where, hey, who did this? where are they? are they still lurking out there? it's a little unsettling. >> i was devastated. i come from a small town where nothing like this happens. then i move here. i've been here six or eight months. when you hear about this not five minutes away, it makes you not want to leave your house.

makes you want to lock the doors, pull the shutters in and stay home. >> authorities have conducted autopsies on all eight victims. but they have not released their ruls just yet. hurricane jimena is a category 4 storm moving toward baja, california and mexico. top sustained winds have slacked off a little bit. but not much. 145 miles an hour. emergency workers are struggling to get thousands of people out of the area. but you've heard it before. people don't want to leave because they're afraid their homes will be looted. cash-strapped kansas is taking a gamble on casinos. the state already owns four american indiana casinos planned to open its first nontribal one in december. kansas is believed to be the only state with this kind of an arrangement and will own the games and control the software that determines who wins. it can certainly use the money. state lawmakers have slashed the

money for schools and other services. as it stands, the current state budget relies on $50 million in casino licensing fees to keep the books balanced. investigators are analyzing a bone fragment to see if it's human and whether it could linked to sex offender phillip garrido, whether it can link him to other crimes. the bone fragment was found next to garrido's yard where he allegedly held jaycee dugard captive for 18 years. kara finnstrom has been following this for us. >> reporter: you referred to that bone fragment. behind me is phillip garrido's home. if we pan over, you can see the house neighboring where that bone frargment was found. garrido used to serve as caretaker for that property because it was vacant for a number of years. that's why police searched it. they found this bone fragment.

they're trying to determine whether it is animal or human bone. >> she went with her friend to the neighborhood market on a saturday morning. they road scode scooters up the. when they went inside, they left the scooters outside the door. michaela spotted one of the scooters in a parking lot next to a car and went to get it. when she did, a man jumped out of the car, grabbed her from behind, threw her into the car and took off with her. >> reporter: what you actually just heard from there is a mother of another child who had been missing, the mother of michaela garecht. she was 9 years old when she went missing back in the 1980s. police are seeing if possibly garrido could be tied to this. they're also looking at another case.

we can tell you that they're looking at a string of murders that took place in the 1990s. many of these women were prostituted who were killed. their bodies were found close to a clark and garrido actually used to work nearby. so police taking a look at all of that as their investigation continues. >> kara, the reach of this investigation is unbelievable. i have a feeling that investigators almost have no idea where it might take them. kara, thank you. people in illinois will have to pay extra to get a buzz or satisfy a sweet tooth. the state is imposing new taxes on anything from candy and soft drinks to beer and liquor. the state needs the money for schools and roads. and some taxpayers are not happy. >> i think that that is ridiculous to put a price increase that high on alcohol. >> it's just a tax on top of another tax. it seems to me our government

keeps getting bigger and there's nothing stopping it. >> the taxes are expected to bring in about $150 million a year. a convicted thief, he wants the money, he is suing the michigan store he robbed. he was shot during a robbery in 2007. now he wants more than $125,000 for his pain, his suffering. the store's customers just don't get it. >> i think that's ridiculous. i don't think he should be allowed to. what if somebody else was in here when he was robbing the store? >> i don't even know how that's possible. must have some lawyer trying to do something. i don't feel like that's not right at all. >> the man is serving 8 to 22 years in prison. police records say he put a knife to the throats of several store workers threatening to kill them before stealing cigarettes and cash. and that's when an employee grabs a gun and shot him in the arm.

jim bob and michelle disagree duggar who have 18 kids and a grandchild on the way are expecting their 19th child, yes, 19th. the couple broke the news to "people" magazine. baby number 19 will arrive in the spring and despite giving birth 18 times before, mom says the pregnancy came as a shock. the names of all the duggars' kids begins with "j." their lives are featured on "18 kids and counting." with the new arrival, maybe 19 kids and a grandchild and counting would be more fitting. the decor maybe a lit lacking but the views are stunning. how this beach home on long island could help victims of a massive ponzi scheme get some of their lost money back. hearts happy...

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the san bernardino national forest. if one of these is your home and you're in a shelter somewhere watching this because you evacuated, i can't even imagine what you're feeling right now. these flames are incredibly close to homes there. this is, we believe, san bernardino county, which earlier when we listened to the update from governor arnold schwarzenegger, this is one of the counties in a state of emergency. there are crews there dealing with these flames obviously trying to protect people's homes, everything they have. and it's so close to these flames. the entire state in different spots are dealing with wildfires. but these are so close to people's homes. again, this is the oak glen fire. thousands, hundreds of thousands of acres in the state of california have been burning for days now. one of the largest fires is only 5% contained, just to let you know how slow the progress is. and they've told us that some of

these fires could take weeks to actually get a handle on. we wanted to let you know this is the oak glen fire. we'll continue to give you updates on this throughout the day. two firefighters have already lost their lives trying to deal with these fires. same-sex couples can say their i dos in vermont starting today. it is the first state to legalize same-sex marriage through legislation rather than a court decision. the law passed in april. civil unions have been legal in vermont since 2000. four other states allow same-sex marriages -- massachusetts, connecticut, new hampshire and iowa. you may not think fast when you think of electric cars but believe it or not, folks are already drag racing them and sometimes they're even beating the gas-powered hot rods. cnn.com's poppy harlow spent a day at the races. >> people love their gas cars,

all the noise and the smoke and the flames and everything. people love that stuff. they're not going to go away. >> i think electrics are here to stay as well. >> reporter: instead of putting gas in here, you put a plug in here. that used to be the gas tank? >> used to be the gas tank. >> reporter: what's got you hooked on electric cars? >> the fact that my kids are going to have to inherit the world we live in and i wanted to make it a better place for them. we needed a change. this is the brains and this is the brawn. >> reporter: we think of porsche, we think of expensive. how much money did you put into it? >> i paid $2,500 for the car. i put less than $10,000 into the project altogether. >> reporter: less than $10,000. >> less than $10,000.

>> reporter: but then there are some pretty impressive new electric cars made by tesla. the pick-up in this thing is amazing. they're very expensive. they're about $100,000. >> nobody really came out and said let's do a high-end sports car and make it electric before the tesla guys. >> reporter: and who thought even a few years ago you'd be drag racing here in the middle of maryland in an electric car? we're used to these kind of drag racers right over here. what's about to happen is two electric cars are going to drag race against one another right here. the difference between them and all the other cars here, it's absolutely silent. take a look. i'm not kidding when i say you can even hear crickets right now. >> wow. poppy joins us now from new

york. okay, that was awesome. i'm a little jealous. how fast can those cars go? can they beat muscle cars, poppy? >> reporter: yeah, they can. and they are. they didn't at that race. but what we're seeing is those teslas that you saw topped 100 miles an hour, well over that. they were going a quarter mile in less than 12 1/2 seconds. we heard they may have set records at that race. but we did this story because you're hearing more and more about these electric cars actually beating these muscle cars powered by gasoline. and i rode in a tesla. the pick-up is so fast, it's unlike any other car that you've been in. that's what's happening. and another thing that i did there -- i want to pull up here so you can see the extended version which is only on cnnmoney.com. in that version, you're going to see an electric car built in the early '90s at m.i.t. i sat in that car. you see that the technology has

been around for a long time, more than 20 years. we're just starting to see them and not seeing them on major roadways across the united states. it was a fun story to shoot over the weekend, seeing these electric cars silently drag race the cars that were so incredibly loud that people had to cover their ears. >> that's a great story, poppy. well done. >> reporter: thanks. >> you can get much more of today's business news all on cnnmoney.com. absolutely check it out. so, does chris brown remember beating his ex-girlfriend rihanna? in an interview with cnn's larry king, it seemed like he didn't remember. but today, we're getting a different story. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer take on the tale of two browns. carol, when you replaced casual friday with nordic tuesday, was it really for fun, or to save money on heat?, why? don't you think nordic tuesday is fun? oh no, it's fun... you know, if you are trying to cut costs, fedex can help. we've got express options, fast ground and freight service-- you can save money and keep the heat on.

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we are hearing more clips from chris brown's interview with larry king. and he is now clarifying the comments that he doesn't remember beating rihanna.

so let's get to new york and "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer. so, a.j., on the show tonight, you're going to go deeper into this and maybe in this first tv interview that chris is giving, he's, it seems, going to show some remorse for that horrible night and the pictures that we've all seen. >> yeah, the fact that he beat rihanna to a pulp. i'm hopeful we're going to see a bit more remorse. it's not the first time chris has apologized for what he did to rihanna. but people watching this first tv interview he's done need to walk away feeling he is completely contrite for what happened. watch more of what he told larry when larry king asked chris brown about the details of the night he beat rihanna. let's roll. >> larry: when you look at this, do you feel like you're looking at somewhere else? >> yeah, from the outside looking in. what you see on tv, when they're saying this and that -- >> larry: you punched her a number of times, threatened to beat the blank out of her when you got home.

you also warned you were going to kill her. you bit her on the ear and finger. you hear all that. obviously, you don't appear like a violent person at all. >> no. >> larry: in fact, you appear rather calm, rather nice. so what happened to you, do you think? >> well, larry, i guess that night is just one of those nights i wish i could take back and i really regret and i feel totally ashamed of what i did. >> we have a bit of contrast from what we saw yesterday when brown answered a question when he said he doesn't remember beating rihanna. hopefully when we see the whole show, we're going to get the sense that he does take responsibility in a big way for what he did. >> and clearly, a.j., people understand tv. they can tell the interview has already been taped, it's in the can. that's tv speak. but chris has already tried to follow up a little bit because he's seen the response that people have had to "i don't

remember". >> he's saying what i said yesterday, it was only a 30-second clichlt but it's hard to understand answering a question saying, i don't remember beating rihanna. i want to read this to you -- >> we now know that it was not an isolated incident. maybe he never beat rihanna so badly. but in this particular case, it wasn't the first time there was violence in the relationship. we'll get into it on "showbiz tonight." plus, we'll show you more of the interview with larry king. you'll only see it on "showbiz tonight," 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. it's tv's most provocative entertainment news show. >> looking forward to it. thank you. got something to show you. bernard madoff's house is going up for sale this week. cottage in long island. stunning ocean views from every room. 3,000 square feet on 1.2 acres,

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officials in california say they're feeling more optimistic about the fight against the wildfires raging north of los angeles. it's kind of tough to digest when you see these pictures. but that's what the folks on the ground are saying. reynolds wolf is in the l.a. neighborhood. we're going to be checking with reynolds wolf in just a moment. he's got a few technical issues he's working out. but he's been on the ground for the past few days. let's check in with him right now. he's got it all situated. give us the lay of the land, the pictures are just -- man, they're unbelievable. >> reporter: richelle, it is amazing, isn't it? it blows the mind. we're talking about a fire that is roughly the size of three times larger than the size of boston or about the size of

albuquerque, new mexico. i want to give you an idea of this expansive view. we're going to zoom out a little bit. john is with us, great photo journalist with cnn. you're going to see off in the distance, the hills, the steep terrain, a lot of burned-out trees. you'll see that in the background, very little foliage. in the foreground, you'll see some trees with green leaves. it's been hit or miss in valleys like this. in terms of temperatures. we've had temperatures down here around 2,000 degrees fahrenheit that ripped through the valley, knocked out a bunch of homes. and since the fire began, we've had 53 homes completely vaporized from the heat from these fires. we expect more. fire is big, only 5% contained. these guys have their work cut out for them. i say guys but i mean men and women, firefighters, 25,000 of them battling the blaze. and not just people from southern california. these are firefighters that have taken the time to come here from all over the country.

the terrain is weird enough to see. like the fires you'll see in texas and maybe oklahoma or kansas, the steep terrain. it's hard enough to attack it there. but if you're a firefighter, you have to climb up the stuff, obviously it's a pain, too, to say the very least. what's weird is with all this rough stuff, take a look at this, the ground is covered with ash, like a fine volcanic dust almost. no surprise when you have these intense flames this big. from our vantage point, the flames came through here a couple of days ago. you can see still smoke back here in the hills. a few miles down the road, we have several homes, one fairly close by, that's a complete loss. several others farther down that are gone. a few people decided to try to brave the flames. there's a couple -- get this -- that got into a hot tub and decided to stay in the water to try to survive the flames. they did survive but with

third-degree burns. the rest of their house, flames above, through, around it, a total loss. i'll tell you, when people tell others to evacuate, a certain area, mandatory evacuations, you need to get out. if you stay put, guess what? you're going to not only risk your life but the lives of firefighters who are going to try to come through. tough times here in the state of california. not only talking about the fire itself but when it comes to dollars and cents, the state has budgeted about $180 million to battle the blaze. half that is now gone, up in smoke. kind of like this home you see over here. only way you know that's a houshgs you see the chain-link fence but you also see a chimney. these people are going to come home, see this house and what a terrifying thing to come back. you leave some things, you can't take everything with you. everything they had is gone tlrt most part. >> reynolds, you're talking about how half of the money is gone. earlier when we were listening to a briefing from the governor, he kind of got in a jab a little

bit when he was talking about the budget issues that had a few months ago and how he was able to tighten up the budget which let them have a little bit of a reserve just for situations like this. he was talking about, hey, we got money because i made sure we had money because things like this happen in california. >> reporter: absolutely, it's a mess. who am i to say the political answer for something like that? certainly the governor has his work cut out for him and anyone would who's in this situation in this state with these kinds of conditions. you made a pretty good point alluding to things happening here in california these smoke-charred hills you see sh this is not unusual. this is part of the climate. this is a med rainian-style climate. fires have been going on here for years. it is a tremendous mess. a little bit of a side note, you notice the lighting here is like an orangish kind of thing. john, if you can pan up and get

a shot of the sun, it's a hazy, nasty -- that's from the smoke from these fires. richelle, normally when you think of fires in california, you think of those strong santa ana winds that come blasting through these canyons and push a lot of the smoke out of the way. the winds here have been relatively light. with those light winds, a lot of the smoke has been staying in the valleys. tough to breathe but it's also difficult for the firefighters to detect the hot spots and be able to react accordingly to those places most in need for, say, fire retardant or additional fire troops to combat the flames. we actually had a few raindrops this morning. but they quickly dissipated as soon as they came up. crew, we've seen a few of them. a few support vehicles have been coming down this roadway. not a lot of fire trucks because this area has been burned out for the most part. but a few people are coming by in command vehicles. they're running back and forth. everybody's in a hurry. they're only supposed to work

12-hour shifts, but on a situation like this, if you happen to be a firefighter and you're on the fire line, you're not going to just leave. you're not just going to get up and go when you have flames close by. speaking of how they battle this blaze -- check this out. it's very similar to a military operation. let's say this is your fire right here. the idea is they want to actually box the fire up, which essentially is pretty self-explanatory. this is your fire. they want to actually encircle the fire itself, get around all sides of it. then they want to attack it with aircraft, rotary aircraft, the helicopters, but at the same time, we have a 747 that's actually been in the skies above dropping the retardant. hef a dc-10 taking part in this. and then you bring in the ground crews and it's the teamwork of the men and women on the ground and the people above that all comes together to try to knock out this blaze, a blaze only 5% contain contained. over 120,000 acres, breathtaking

in scope that are under control. it's an amazing thing. hopefully we'll get a handle on it in the coming week. >> glad you said week and not weeks. let's be that optimistic if we can. reynolds, fantastic wrap-up there. you covered a lot of angles. we appreciate it and be safe. >> reporter: you bet. let's get to another big story we've been following for a few days as well. cadaver dogs found a bone fragment near the home of phillip garrido, the man accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 years. california authorities say the bone was in a neighbor's yard, but phillip garrido had access to that yard. it could take them several weeks to determine whether the bone is human or animal. garrido and his wife were arrested last week. police say he fathered two daughters with jaycee dugard and kept them in tents and sheds. phillip garrido has a long rap sheet that details his history of abduction and abuse. in 1976, 25-year-old caylee

callaway hall agreed to give him a ride. but when hall stopped to drop him off, she was handcuff and gagged and taken to a rented storage unit in reno nevada, where garrido raped her and held her captive for hours until she finally escaped. listen to this unbelievable story. >> larry: how did you get out? >> a policeman happened to save me. it was his beat, the mini warehouse area was hit beat. policeman came around with a flashlight shining his light on each individual lock and saw one was picked and he investigated it. he banged on the door. >> larry: did phillip answer the door? >> phillip went out to answer the door. he came back in and he said, it's the heat. am i going to have to tie you up or are going to be good. and i said, no, i've been good. don't tie me up. he went back out with the receipt and i thought for a minute, if there's a policeman out there, i have to try. i went crashing through over, under the boxes right out into

the parking area where the policeman was. completely naked. >> larry: and the cop immediately what? >> he looked at me like i was crazy and phillip looked at me like i was crazy. and i said, help me, please. and phillip said, what's going on? and phillip said, this is just my girlfriend, we're just in there partying. and i said, i'm not. keep him away from him. and finally the policeman said, go back in and get dressed because it was november in reno, i was freezing. he let me get dressed. as i was putting on my jeans, i had one shoe, one sock on and jeans on. that was it. phillip came back through. and the policeman let him come back through out of his sight, i thought, oh, my god, he's going to take me hostage. and he came back to beg me not to turn him in. he said, please, please don't turn me in. and i stayed out of his reach. i said, okay, okay, i won't. and ran back out.

half naked now. >> larry: and turned him in? >> yeah, and turned him in. >> garrido was convicted for kidnapping and raping hall. he served ten years of his 50-year sentence. then garrido was labeled a sex offender and put on lifetime parole. i was like, am i going to die? >> many college campuses have been experiencing an outbreak of swine flu. we'll go to one school where some students have had to be quarantined in a dorm.pl s? walmart checks other stores' prices, and they'll match any advertised price. so instead of searching for "deals" out there... you can go back to school for less, right here. save money. live better. walmart. i'm more active, i eat right, and i switched to new one a day women's active metabolism. a complete women's multivitamin plus more for metabolism support. and that's a change i feel good about. new from one a day. which beneful prepared meals. tonight?

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prepare for the expected outbreak of the swine flu this fall. as officials at all levels of government learn what to do x about swine flu, the president says it's important for every citizen to be doing the same thing. >> stay home if you're sick. wash your hands frequently, cover your sneezes with your sleeve, not your hands, and take all the necessary precautions to stay healthy. i know it sounds simple. but it's important and it works. >> the president says a flu shot program is coming soon and getting the shots will be voluntary but strongly recommended, nonetheless, since it first emerged in april, more than 1 million americans have gotten sick with the swine flu and 500 have tied from it. college campuses also are battling to block full-on outbreaks of swine flu. but even with classes just under way, many schools reporting

large numbers of sick students and some being placed on lockdown. c cnn.com/live's reggie has more. these kids, they've only been in school, some of them a few days and they're already telling mom and dad saying they're sick. >> this is a real bummer. only putting it that way, while these kids are definitely getting the flu, it doesn't appear these students are getting any sicker than that. they're not having to go to the hospital because of their symptoms. that's a good thing. mostly just a bummer and being bored in your dorm room. but it's a terrible way to start off a school year. elizabeth cohen travel today kansas to go to one campus. and already an estimated 341 student have h1n1 and the school year's just begun. that's 1% of the student population at the university of kansas. and the number may be higher if the students, in fact, didn't go to the campus clinic. six students, as you mentioned,

are on lockdown right now until their symptoms have been gone for 24 hours. one freshman puts it this way -- and i'm quoting here before you criticize me for my language -- she says, it's so boring and that she, quote, can't believe i got the friggin' swine flu. >> definitely college speak. >> the school is trying to help out and make them more comfortable. they're providing food delivery. also handing out flu skit kits to help prevent the illness, a face mask to avoid spreading swine flu. a lot of students are saying, we're following these suggestion, we're washing our hands and we're still getting sick. you remember being in the dorms. you live down the hall from someone who gets a cold, you're going to get a cold, too. >> almost like a day care center. >> it is. i hope for the freshmen, their freshman year is a little better after they get over the flu. >> absolutely.

i hope they get well soon and keep following the rules. speaking of following the rules, bending the rules of chinese government, not advised, but you were telling me that some citizens have actually found a way around the controversial one-child policy. i need some details on this. >> yeah. this was really surprising to me because as you know, that one-child law has been in effect for quite sometime now to try and get ahold of the population growth. it's been in effect since 1979. that's just been kind of the law of the land. but now there are some changes, especially in shanghai because shanghai has one of the oldest populations in the country. because of that, some of the city leaders are saying, we want to make sure that we don't have our population in this city essentially die out. so there are 19 people there encouraging the citizens to exploit a loophole in the one-child policy. parents who themselves are only children can have more than one

baby. but if you think about that for at least five seconds, you'll figure out that those numbers of people who have been only children themselves, that number is really growing because of the law. >> translator: it poses a heavy burden on the living standards and society. there are too many old people. but we cannot have too many children, either. we need to strike a balance. >> in fact, the government has even put out an ad campaign encouraging eligible couples to have more than one baby. but there are a lot of concerns here including how much it costs because many of these couples have only budgeted for one child. and the other thing is, it's not just taking care of the younger generation. they also have responsibility to their elders.@ they're kind of torn. should they follow what the government has been telling them all along or exploit the loopho loophole? interesting dilemma. >> i hope people read the website if only to learn about another culture and understand that.

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dozens of homes and structures scorched in sohn california. the largest fire only 5% contained. professionals say it could take weeks to get it under control. it may link jaycee dugard's kidnapping with other crimes. the key to unsolved abductions. and strategy for the u.s.-led war in afghanistan under review. what the top commander says now about the situation there. plus your views. latest from "hln news and views." we're keeping an eye on two severe weather stories developing on the west coast. first in southern california. thousands of firefighters continue to battle wildfires

moving through the area unabated. at this time, the fire in l.a. county has burned more than 120,000 acres. that's the station fire, destroying 53 buildings and threatening at least 12,000 more. temperatures in l.a. are a little lower today though still in the 90s. much farther south, along the baja california peninsula in mexico, residents and tourists are getting ready for hurricane jimena to come to shore. the resort town of cabo san lucas lies directly in jimena's path, and tourists are packing up and heading home if they can. meteorologist chad myers is in the weather center keeping an eye on all the action. >> chuck, have you been to cabo? >> guadalajara is as close as i've come. >> really amazing place. a tale of two cities. one city where all the workers live, and one city where all the tourists go to. the tourists go to this little tip, where there's a little bay, a little cove, and a marina there. the people that live and work in these places live 20 miles to

the east in san jose del cabo. that san jose del cabo area not built with concrete blocks and stone like these hotels are. they're in much greater danger from this storm. even though it's down to 135, it's still a very significant storm. there is cabo san lucas, the little point i was just showing you, and there is the center of this hurricane. it will make landfall along a very unpopulated or lightly populated area here to the north and west of cabo san lucas. here's where i think the eye goes itself. going to grab this and open it up. eye of the storm as probably a 135 cat 4, maybe a cat 3 as it comes onshore as it gobbles some of this dry air. this is all desert. a very hilly desert as well. when it rains 20 inches in the desert on the hill, that water is going to run off and it's going to be a real mess for some of those folks there. it will be a mess one way or the other. the only good news is the population density probably only

15 people per mile there where, if that was an american west coast beach, there would just be billion dollar houses there. it's a pristine area there on the western shore of mexico. we'll watch that for you as well. one more thing i want to get to before i run out of time. it will be the potential for this to be erika. erika could be the next storm. you say, how are you going from "j" to "e"? all the storms on the west side of the united states are in the pacific have different names, a different -- a completely different list of names as we get compared to the atlantic. now, we've seen a couple of showers, chuck, in parts of l.a. today. you think, wow, what great news. that will help the firefighters. you know what happens when the showers come down? most of the showers -- go back. most of the showers, they leave -- okay. going to hit that button because that means everything goes home. like when the rain tries to come down, it evaporated like the water on your skin when you get

out of a pool. you get cold. the air gets cold, and it wants to sink. it hits the ground, and it pushes out with more wind. so if the rain never gets to the ground, trying to rain is actually a bad thing when it comes to a forest fire or a wildfire, chuck. >> and that storm's not going to go anywhere near there, right? it makes a right turn into, what, arizona? >> it goes pretty much right over el paso by the time it makes a big right turn here. >> chad, appreciate it. more details on those fires. california fire officials say the largest of them is only 5% contained and may take weeks to get under control. here's a bit of good news. the forest service officials expect containment numbers to go up substantially once they take overnight progress into account. so they're making a little headway. firefighters setting backfires, bulldozing claergs to cross a huge swath of southern california forest land. it's very, very densely vegetated. this fire alone has consumed a staggering 122,000 acres. 50 homes and other structures have burned to the ground.

12,000 others are in the fire's path. thousands of people have evacuated. the l.a. county fire department is planning a memorial service this week for two firefighters killed battling the flames. president obama says no one should be alarmed about h1n1 flu virus, but we should all be prepared. a few hours ago he met with the nation's top health and homeland security officials to get a handle on what's being done to prepare for this fall's expected outbreak of swine flu. he says the flu shot program is coming soon and getting the shots will be voluntary but strongly recommended. since it first emerged in april, more than 1 million americans have gotten sick with swine flu, and 500 have died of it. later this half hour, we'll tell you how elmo is helping with the fight against swine flu and why the folks at sesame street think he can be a powerful messenger. u.s. military leaders are considering sending more troops to afghanistan as part of a new strategy to deal with the sharp spike in violence. in a report presented to president obama, the top u.s. commander reportedly calls the

situation serious, but that success is achievable. general stanley mcchrystal doesn't ask for additional american troops in the report. he does lay the ground work for such a request. the new plan focuses more on protecting afghan civilians and engaging taliban insurgents. 48 americans were killed in afghanistan in august. the deadliest, or one of the deadliest months for u.s. forces since the beginning of the afghan war. with this new strategy, what do the american people feel about the war in afghanistan? joining us now with new poll numbers just releaseded a few months ago, cnn's deputy political director paul stein hauser. paul, what's the reading? >> new numbers from cnn, a national survey. you can see just 4 in 10 americans, 42% favor the war in afghanistan. you can see right there 57% oppose the war in afghanistan. that is the highest level in cnn polling since u.s. troops first went into afghanistan in the fall of 2001. check this out. you can see the 57% opposition

is up from april, when it was just 46% in april who opposed the war. you can see that number of opposition rising until right now at 57%. chuck, where is this coming from? we broke it down by party. it's mostly coming from democrats. almost three-quarters of democrats oppose the war in iraq. 57% of independents oppose the war in afghanistan. and republicans, about 7 in 10 republicans support the war in afghanistan, chuck. >> 70%, wow. any idea if people think we're winning? >> this is really interesting. check this out. we asked, are we winning the war in afghanistan? from this right here, only 35% say we are currently winning the war in afghanistan. a little more than 6 in 10 say, no, we're not. but we also asked, can we win the war in afghanistan looking ahead to the future? almost 6 in 10 said, yes, we can. 4 in 10 said no. >> paul steinhauser, thank you. we want your views on this.

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>> this is one of those situations where, hey, you know, who did this? where are they? are they still lurking? it's a little unsettling. >> i was devastated. i come from a small town where nothing like this happens, and then i move here. i've been here six or eight months. you know, when you hear about this not five minutes away, it makes you not want to leave your house. you know, makes you want to lock the doors, pull the shutters in, and stay home. >> autopsy is being conducted on all eight murder victims. as yet, police have not released any results. cadaver dogs found a bone fragment near the home of phillip garrido, the man accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 years. the bone was in a neighbor's yard, but garrido had access to it. it could take several weeks to determine if the bone was human or animal. garrido and his wife, both in their 50s, were arrested last week. police say he fathered two

daughters with jaycee dugard and kept them in sheds and tents. garrido is a sex offender with a long rap sheet that led back to the '70s. that's when katie cal va hall agreed to give him a ride when he tapped on her window. when hall stopped to drop off garrido, she was handcuffed and taken to a storage unit in reno, nevada. there garrido raped her and held her captive for hours until she could escape. hall shared her story last night with cnn's larry king. >> larry: how did you get out? >> a policeman happened to save me. the mini warehouse area was his beat. the policeman came with a flashlight, shining his light on each individual lock and saw that one was picked, and he investigated. he banged on the door. >> larry: did phillip answer the door? >> phillip went out to answer the door. he came back in, and he said, it's the heat. am i going to have to tie you up, or are you going to be good? i said, no, i've been good. don't tie me up. he went back out with a receipt. and i sat there for a minute, and i thought, if there's a

policeman out there, i have to try. i went crashing through under the rugs, over the boxes, right out into the parking area where the policeman was completely naked. >> and the cop immediately what? >> he looked at me like i was crazy, and phillip looked at me like i was crazy, and i said help me. help me please. and phillip said -- he says, what's going on? phillip said, this is just my girlfriend. we're in there partying. this is no big deal. i said, no, i'm not. i'm not. keep him away from me. and finally the policeman said, go back in and get dressed because it was november in reno. i was freezing. there was snow on the ground. so he let me go back in and get dressed. and as i was putting on my jeans, i had one shoe, one sock on, and jeans on, phillip came back through, and the policeman let him come back through out of his sight. i thought, oh, my god, he's going to take me hostage. and he came back to beg me not to turn him in. he said, please, please don't

turn me in. and i stayed out of his reach. i said, okay, okay, i won't. and ran back out. half naked now. >> larry: and turned him in? >> yeah, and turned him in. >> garrido was convicted of kidnapping and raping hall. he served 10 years of a 15 year sentence and was released on lifetime parole. an arizona pastor's shocking sermon about president obama caught the attention of the secret service. listen to what he said when asked about his statements. >> i don't want him to be a martyr. we don't need another holiday. i'd like to see him die like ted kennedy of brain cancer. >> a man of the cross wants to kill our president. how sick can you get? >> as you saw, the pastor's words have brought protestors to his church. pass ter steven evans made the statements in his church on august 16th as president obama was visiting arizona. according to local media, a secret service spokesman is saying they're aware of his comments and are following up on him. starting today, getting a sugar rush will cost him more

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so how successful was cash for clunkers? auto sales figures for august are just out today. ford says the government's cash for clunkers program helped boost sales in august by more than 17% compared to a year ago. honda posted close to a 10% gain. toyota sales up 6.4%. the news isn't all positive. chrysler posted a 15% sales drop last month because of shortages of some of its smaller vehicles. sales at gm fell 20%. inventory hit an all-time low. industry experts are forecasting americans bought more than 1 million vehicles last month. monthly auto sales have not topped 1 million since august of last year. here's some good news in a bad economy. pending home sales are up to their highest level in more than two years. that indicates the housing market is rebounding faster than expected from its historic bust. many of the purchases are being made by first-time buyers rushing to take advantage of a tax credit that expires this fall. many banks are giving current homeowners a hard time when they ask for a little help under the

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hi, everybody, and welcome. hurricane jimena is now a category 4 storm moving right for baja california in mexico. you can see it right there heading north. top sustained winds have weakened slightly, but they're still 145 miles an hour. emergency workers are struggling to evacuate thousands of people from the path. many won't leave. they're afraid their homes will be looted. betty nguyen joins us from cabo at the very tip of baja with the latest. betty, what is it like now, and what can you expect? >> reporter: winds are starting to really pick up. the rains have been coming in intermittently. very heavy at times. the surf out there is just a paradise for those wanting to get out, but the red flags are out, and there is not a single soul on the beach.

you talk about people needing to evacuate. that's a very good point because some 10,000 people are being urged to leave shanty towns, but as you mentioned, a lot of of them are afraid their homes will get looted once they leave. at this point, safety is of the utmost concern. shelters, in fact, have been set up in schools. the big problem right now is getting people to evacuate. i will tell you that many of the tourists have already left cabo san lucas. at this particular resort where we are at, all of the tourists have been taken into an interior room. they have left their hotel rooms, gotten bags, and they have been evacuated to an interior room as this town prepares for jimena, which is expected to be a category 4, at times close to a category 5 storm. to give you perspective, the last time the u.s. saw a category 5 was hurricane andrew back in 1992. that caused $35 billion in damages. so a massive storm is headed to

cabo san lucas, and many of these resorts, not only are they boarded up but they'll honestly tell you, look, we can face a category 3. not sure what's going to happen with a category 4. >> you mentioned the shanty towns. are there a lot of poorly constructed buildings that house a lot of people? >> reporter: we're talking about a little plastic over some wood, maybe some tarp. people that really, the less fortunate, poverty stricken, that have not much to their name, and they want to salvage anything possible. many will just stay and ride it out. those homes cannot withstand the kind of force these winds are going to bring. emergency crews are going into these towns and urging people to leave. at some point it is going to become a mandatory evacuation. i know government officials are very worried about the safety of those who live in those shanty towns. as for others who just simply live here in los cabos, we were in a grocery store yesterday, and there were long lines of people getting water, nonperishable food items, just

preparing as best they can to ride out this storm. hurricanes come here every now and then, and they've seen them before. but a category 4 is something you really don't want to mess with. >> monster of a story. betty nguyen in cabo san lucas. thank you so much. california governor arnold schwarzenegger wants to reassure people whose homes have been threatened by relentless wildfires that everything possible that can be done is being done. >> i want the people to know that we are doing everything that we can in order to help and to save lives, to save property, and to save your memories. >> fire officials say they feel more optimistic about the fight against the wildfire, the station fire raging north of l.a., and reynolds wolf is in an l.a. neighborhood, tujunga. reynolds, hi again. what's the latest? >> reporter: john, no question it's been literally an uphill battle for the guys that have been fighting out there, battling the blaze. it's going to be something that's going to be real exercise

in futility at some point. we're talking about a fire that is about the size of albut kur key, new mexico. about three times the size of boston. the weather conditions haven't cooperated. although we haven't had the santa ana winds, we have very little wind which has been hampering the efforts. the smoke going up, not out. it's limited the visibility. one thing that is visible to us is the number of homes. 53 torched by the fire. this one particular home that we have, not much left of it. a couple of enclosures here and there. unfortunately, one of the things that we're starting to see is some of the enclosures. pets left inside. when people left, they happened to leave some of them. there are animals inside, the animals now victims of the fire. two people, two firefighters, brave men that have lost their lives in this blaze, a blaze that is only 5% contained. as i mentioned, you already know the size of it. it's going to really take quite some time to battle this tremendous thing. speaking of battling the blaze, john, speaking of the state of

california, you know this state is cash strapped. they only have budgeted, chuck, about $182 million. $182 million. half of that up in smoke, chuck. this is really certainly going to be a rough thing that they're going to be dealing with in terms of the economics and just trying to battle this all together. something this big with all the men and women battling it on the ground and from the skies above. it's going to be a huge endeavor. back to you. >> costly too. fema has already kicked in 75% of the cost of fighting this on the way. reynolds wolf, thank you. appreciate it. we have new information about the eight people who died in that mass killing in southeast georgia. not much new, but here it is. the youngest victim was 15. the oldest was 46. this occurred early saturday, late friday last week. it appears at least five of the victims are related. one person, a youngster, is still in critical condition. the son of one of the victims found the bodies. people who live in the area are understandably worried that a killer is out there. >> this is one of those situations where, hey, you know,

who did this? where are they? are they still lurking out there? it's a little unsettling. >> i was devastateded. i mean, i come from a small town where nothing like this happens, and then i move here. i've been here six or eight months. when you hear about this not five minutes away, it makes you not want to leave your house. you know, makes you want to lock the doors, pull the shutters in, and stay home. >> autopsies have been conducted on all victims. no results have been released. cadaver dogs found a bone fragment near the northern california home of phillip garrido, the man accuseded of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 years. authorities say the bone was in a neighbor's yard, but garrido had access to the yard. it could take weeks to determine if it's human or animal. garrido and his wife nancy were arrested last week. police say he fathered two daughters with jaycee dugard and kept them in tents and sheds. garrido is a convicted sex

offender whose long rap sheet dates back to the mid-'70s. that's when 25-year-old katie calloway hall agreed to give him a ride after he tapped on her car window outside a supermarket. when hall stopped to drop him off, she was handcuffed and grabbed and taken to a storage unit in reno, nevada. there garrido raped her and kept her there for hours. hall told larry king how she found out about his recent arrest. >> larry: how did you find out the man who went to prison for this kidnapping raped you? how did you put the two together? >> i was coming downstairs to feed my dog, and it was on the television. i walked in front of the television and heard the name. >> larry: all you needed was the name? >> all i needed was the name. >> larry: what went through you? >> i screamed. i started screaming, oh, my god, oh, my god, it's him. he's the one who kidnapped me. >> larry: did you live in fear of him all these years? >> absolutely.

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>> reporter: in the past 35 years, the number of obese children in america has tripled. in a new report, the institute of medicine and the national research council are suggesting steps local governments can take to curb soaring childhood obesity rates. strategies include zoning restrictions that keep fast food restaurants away from schools and playgrounds. taxes on higher calorie food and drinks. incentives to encourage grocery stores to offer healthy foods. limiting vending machines, and encouraging kids to use playgrounds by making them safer. the study also recommends ways that local public health officials can create childhood obesity prevention plans tailored to their needs. local governments can play a crucial role in the fight against childhood obesity by instructing kids how to eat better and get exercise. the committee points to successful programs already being tested in cities across the country, including new walking and biking trails, public fitness centers, and city laws that require local restaurants to put calorie information right on the menu.

for today's health minute, i'm elizabeth cohen. president obama says nobody should be alarmed about the h1n1 flu virus, but all should be prepared. today he met with the nation's top health and homeland security officials to get an update on preparation for the expected swine flu outbreak coming in a few weeks or months. as officials at all levels of government learn what to do about swine flu, the president said it's important that every citizen do the same. he says the flu shot program is coming soon, and getting the shots will be voluntary but strongly recommended. since it first emerged in march and april, more than 1 million americans have gotten sick with swine flu. 500 have died from it. would you take advice from a red furry fellow with a big orange nose? federal health experts think kids will, so they've enlisted the help of sesame street's elmo to help fight the swine flu. elmo videos urging kids to keep their hands clean are now posted on the website flu.gov. >> sneeze into your arm with

elmo. ah-chao. >> great job. >> elmo is very good at delivering simple but compelling messages for kids. those videos are on the website, originally filmed as part of a good hygiene campaign 37 i-reporters throughout the l.a. basin are capturing stunning images of the station wildfire that's been burning since wednesday. tommy says it looks like a volcano was erupted in the middle of los angeles. earlier firefighters used flares to set a controlled back burn to protect homes in the fire's path. the combination of that burn and the station wildfire made the crescenta valley look like something from the movie of "volcano." the smoke was so bad, tommy had to make sure all the windows in his house were closed tight. he doesn't think the fire will threaten his home, but just in case, he's got all his photos packed up and a full tank of gas in the car. he's ready. a lot of credit goes to tommy and all the brave i-reporters

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cnnmoney.c cnnmoney.com's poppy harlow spent an electrifying day at the races. >> people love their gas cars. all the noise and the smoke and the flames and everything. people love that stuff. so they're not going to go away. >> right now i need the warrior pant yaks. warrior pontiacs to lane number one. >> i think the electrics are here to stay as well. >> instead of putting gas in here, you put a plug in there? >> put it right in here. >> that used to be the gas tank? >> that used to be the gas tank. >> reporter: what got you hooked on electric cars? >> the fact that my kids are going to have to inherit the world we live in, and i wanted to make it a better place for them. so we needed a change. this is the brains, and this is the braun. >> reporter: we think of porsche, we think of expensive. all in, what did you buy the car for, and how much money did you put into it? >> i paid $2,500 for the car. i put less than $10,000 into the

project all together. >> reporter: less than $10,000? >> less than $10,000. >> reporter: but then there are some pretty impressive new electric cars made by tesla. the pickup is amazing. they're very expensive. they're about $100,000. >> nobody really came out and said, let's do a really high end sports car and make it electric before the tesla guys. >> reporter: and who thought, even a few years ago, you'd be drag racing here in the middle of maryland in an electric car? i mean, we're used to these kinds of drag racers right over here. what's about to happen is two electric cars are going to drag race against one another right here. the difference between them and all the other cars here, it's absolutely silent. take a look. i'm not kidding when i say you

can even hear crickets right now. >> poppy from new york rubber? how fast do these things really go? >> they do. but you can't hear anything and there's no smoke to go along with it. these are fast cars easily topping 120, 140 miles an hour. none of the electric cars at that race beat the gas powered muscle cars but they have in the past. that's why we did the story, you're seeing more and more of this, electric cars beating traditional muscle cars. i have to say the teslas finished a quarter mile in less than 12.5 seconds. >> not too shabby. >> not too shabby. >> r&b star chris brown says he does remember what happened the night of beating rewanna. he pleaded guilty to felony assault charges and last week pleaded to probation and labor. and we heard a bit of it

yesterday. in the interview, chris brown implied he didn't know what happened that night. since then, he has issued a statement to "people" magazine saying he misspoke, he does remember. as he told king, he is ashamed of what he did. >> when you look at this, do you feel like you're looking at someone else? >> yeah. from the outside looking in, when you see on tv, what they say this, that. >> you punched her a number of time, you threatened to beat the blank out of her when you got home. you warn you'd were going to kill her. you bit her on the ear. you hear all that, obviously, this is always the disparagement here, you don't appear like a violent person at all. >> yeah. >> you appear rather calm, rather nice. what happened to you, do you thin think? >> i have to say i guess that night, one of the nights i could take back and i really regret and i feel totally ashamed of what i did.

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dozens of homes and structures are scorched in wildfire ravaged california with the largest fire, the biggest one, only 5% contained. now, fire officials say it could take weeks to get it under control. investigators make a discovery that may link jaycee dugard's kidnapping to other unsolved abductions. and telling americans to take preparations and get ready to fight the swine flu. what you should be doing to keep from getting sick. here's the latest. i'm richelle carrie. hope your day is going well. a lot to get to. talk about the wildfires in

california, officials say the largest wildfires in the starkts only 5% contained, it could stay %hat way a while and take weeks to get under control. good news, officials expect containment numbers to go up substantially, once they take overnight progress into account. firefighters are settingback fires and bulldozing around a huge clearing of southern california forest and it has consumed 122,000 acres. 50 homes and other structures burned to the ground. 12,000 others are in the path of the fire. thousands of people have left. they have followed the mandatory evacuation orders. the l.a. county fire department is planning a memorial service this week because two firefighters have been killed while battling the flames. investigators are analyzing a bone fragment to see whether it is human and whether it could lend sex offender garrido to

other crimes. the bone fragment was sound next to his yard where he allegedly held jaycee captive for 18 years. in front of that yard in antioch, california, keeping us up to date on the past few days in that investigation, i don't think investigators had any idea how far reaching this thing could end up being. >> reporter: no. it just keeps unfolding. for about four day, better part of four day, they searched the house behind us and property behind us, shed and tents, this is garrido's home and next door, if we pan over forks a while, that was a vacant home and garrido was caretaker for it. we know he had complete access to that property and where they found the bone fragment they're having tested right now, not sure whether it's human or animal bone. those test are under way. this keeps unfolding. police are looking into the

disappearances of two other girls during the 1980s. both disappeared about 20, 25 minutes away from here. one of them had striking similarities to jaycee dugard in appearance. also, the suspect's sketch in that case looked very similar to garrido. here's what that mother who still remains missing had to say to cnn. >> there have been a lot of similarities between the cases over the years. the method of kidnapping was the same. they were both dragged into cars. the description of the cars was very similar. the girls look very much like each other there. have been points in the past where the investigations have crossed with the same suspects. jaycee was found very close to home and it was my home mikael la would be with her. >> reporter: police also looking into another series of crimes a

series of murders in the 1990s and many victims were prostitutes and bodies found close to a park and gar rrido worked nearby that park. they're looking into that. all of this in the early stage, not quite sure where the leads will go. victims' rights advocates have come down hard on authorities saying they should have followed up much more completely on earlier lead this is a had in the jaycee dugard case. >> obviously, garrido shares come plift in what he did in this particular case, but i think our criminal justice system also shares responsibility of what happened with jaycee. garrido was a career habitual violent predator, kidnapped a woman, rained her repeatedly and probably would have ended up dead if it wasn't for intervention with law enforcement. he should have been on the radar scale big time. >> ending on a positive note, we are told jaycee dugard has

united with her mother and the fbi agent there said it was a very useful reunion and jaycee dugard's two daughters really seemed to enjoy getting to know the dugard family. >> wow, so much going on for that family. it does seem now investigators are certainly leaving no stone unturned right now in this investigation and several others. thank you for the wrap-up. garrido is a convicted sex offender whose long rap sheet goes back to 1976. when 25-year-old katie calloway hall agreed to give him a ride after he tapped on her car window outside a supermarket in california. when hall stopped to drop g garrido off, she was handcuffed, gagged, taken to a rented storage unit in reno, nevada. there he rained her and held her captive for hours until she was finally able to escape. hall told cnn larry king how she heard of his recent arrest. >> how did you find out who the

man who went to prison for this kidnapping, raped you, how did you put the two together? >> i actually heard it on cnn. i was coming downstairs to feed my dog. it was on the television and i happened to walk in front of the television and heard the name. >> all you needed was a name? >> all i needed was a name. >> what went through you? >> i screamed, i started screaming, oh my god, my god, it's him. he's the one who kidnapped me. >> did you live in fear of him all these years? >> absolutely. >> garrido was convicted of kidnapping and raining hall. he served ten years of a 50 years sentence and released on lifetime parole. we have new information about the eight people who died in that mass killing in georgia. police say the youngest victim was 15. the oldest was 46. appears at least five of them are related. one person is still in critical condition. the son of one of the victims found the body. people who live in the area are still worried the killer is out

ther there. >> this is one of those situations, where, hey, you know, who did this? where are they? are they still lurking out here? it's a little unsettling. >> i was devastated. i come from a small town where nothing like this happens. i move here. i've been here six or eight months, when you hear about this not five minutes away, it makes you not want to leave your house, you know, makes you want to lock the doors, pull the shutters in and stay home. >> autopsies have been conducted on all eight murder victims. police haven't released the results just yet. president obama says no one should be alarmed about the h1n1 flu virus but should be prepared. this afternoon, he met with the nation's top health and homeland security officials to get an update on preparation for the swine flu this fall. as they learn what to do about

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considering sending more troops to afghanistan as part of a new strategy to deal with a sharp rise in violence there. in transports president obama, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan reportedly calls the situation there serious but still says success is achievable. senator stanley mckristol does not ask for additional troops but does lay the groundwork for that type of request. the new focus is on protecting afghan civilians and engaging taliban insurgents. 48 americans were killed in afghanistan during august, the deadliest month for u.s. forces since the start of the afghan war. so, what do you think about afghanistan? should we stay? should we go? get to the phones right now. folks pretty passionate. we're talking about war and people's lives here. mike is calling us from texas. >> caller: mike from texas. >> mike from texas, my home state, what do you think?

>> caller: i think we should go ahead and stay and finish the job. >> do you have the television on? >> caller: i'm sorry. >> do you have your television on? >> caller: be real quiet. >> i'm hearing a little something in the background, want to make sure we hear you loud and clear. go ahead. >> caller: okay. what i was saying was we have to stay there, finish the job in afghanistan. you see, the taliban was the ruling government when ever al qaeda was operating out of afghanistan. they were given free run of that country in that part of the regi region. they planned 9/11 and carried out their attacks on us, and that was their base of operations. now, today, the taliban and al qaeda are back in the resurgent mode and they're moving more and more into pakistan. of course, you know, pakistan and india are the only two countries in that region with nuclear weapons. >> okay. mike, thank you for your call. i'm hearing a little bit of background noise.

i joz if didn't hear your view that well. our next caller is richard. if anybody is speaking in the background, if everyone can pipe down, this is an important issue. rashad from georgia. you have the floor. >> caller: how you doing? my personal feeling is in light of the u.s. economy and unemployment and rising conflict involving democrats and republicans over health care for american citizens, we have dire issues right here in american that needs immediate financial backing. it it's illogical to waste time and resources on war that is this significant. i stay in garks outside the gate of fort stewart. i'm tired of seeing bumper stickers saying soldiers -- for your freedom. it would be keeping dollars in our pocket for good health care and freedom to pay our mortgage. >> you think the money we're spending on the war is money we should be spending here instead

and they should come home. i hope i recapped that right for you. thank you. rick is calling us from florida. rick, it's your turn. what do you think about this? do you think this is a winnable war in afghanistan, stick it out or everybody needs to come home? >> caller: i think we should stick it out. i'm a disabled veteran from vietnam. >> yes, sir. >> caller: i don't think we should be just letting all these guys die over there and then just leaving them. you know, it's not right. >> you think we've come too far to throw in the towel now? >> caller: yes, i do. one pin do i have, i'd rather fight a war over there than here. i know what war does to a country. look at 9/11. the people. >> go ahead. >> caller: so many people died in just a short time, and for

wha what? >> okay. rick, thank you for your phone call and thank you for your service as well. we appreciate that very much. got quite a few e-mails on facebook as well. we have to stay. we can't go in and break something and then say, oops, sorry, we'll be leaving now. we have to fix what we started. we left it unfinished there last time and ended up with the taliban. alex feels this way. >> thanks for all your e-mails and phone calls. keep your views coming. "prime news" starts at the top of the hour. lots of topics there you want to talk about. check them out at krrcnn dothcn

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same sex couples can say their i dos in vermont starting today. it's the first day to legalize same sex marriage through legislation rather than a court decision. the law passed in april will take effect at midnight.

civil unions have been legal in vermont since 2000. four other state is a lou same sex margets, massachusetts, connecticut, nancy pelosi and iow iowa. singer chris brown says he does remember what happened the night he was arrested for beating rihanna. she was his girlfriend last june. he was sentenced to five years probation and six months of community labor. this week, he sad down with cnn's larry king for his first -- excuse me, interview since that attack. we heard a bit of it yesterday. in that interview, brown implied he didn't know what happened that night. since then, he issued a statement to "people" magazine saying he misspoke and he does remember. he told larry king he is ashamed of what he did. >> when you look at this, do you feel like you're looking at someone else? >> yeah. from the outside looking in, what you see on tv, when they're saying this, saying that. >> you punched her a number of time, you threatened to beat the

blanc out of her. when you got home, you said you warned you were going to kill her. you bit her on the ear. hearing all that, obviously, this is almost a disparagement to you, you have a lawyer here, you don't feel like a violent person at all. >> yeah. >> you appear rather calm, rather nice. so what happened to you, do you thin think? >> i could say i guess that night, i wish i could take it back and really regret and feel totally ashamed of what i did. >> watch chris brown's entire interview with larry king, tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern time on cnn. a convicted thief is suing the store in michigan he robbed. scott was shot during a robbery in 2007 and now he wants more than within $25,000 for pain and sumpgt he is serving 22 years in

prison. he put a knife to the throat of several workers in that store, threatening to kill them before stealing cigarettes and cash. that's when an employee grabbed the gun and shot him in the arm and back, i guess that's where he's talking about his pain and suffering. oka okay. some people are going green while saving green, good news in a bad economy. bank is offering zero percent interest and 12 month tloon buy a newbew bicycle. the catch, you have to open a checking account with the bank. cash for clunker, wildly popular with customers across the country and new sales numbers show how it affected the big automakers. more on that and also the trading details and wrap-up for the day. hi, alison. >> hi, richelle.

not even a couple of good reports could stop it. home sales rose for the longest streak on record. first time buyers looking to take advantage of a tax credit looking to expire for the first time this year as well as low home pri home prices. and manufacturing grew since the start of the recession. all of that wasn't enough to keep wall street out of the red, tumbling 185 pounds. the broader losing 2%. ford posted a sales gain from last year, gm and chrysler reporting higher sales last month compared to july. richelle. >> thank you very much, alison. appreciate it. the man accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard 18 years ago had a previous brush

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thousands of firefighters in southern california still battli battling wildfires moving through the area. this is what we're showing you right now, the mount wilson observatory in serious danger right now. see how close the smoke is to this. mount wilson observatory is really an amazing research facility that sits at an altitude about 5,000 feet on the summit of mount wilson. this is not what you want to see. you cannot believe, looking at this, how close the smoke has gotten to this observatory. at the time we're speaking right now, fire in l.a. county has actually burned more than 120,000 acres.

the fires are really burning all over the state in different spots. that's what the governor was telling us earlier in his briefing. you can see the smoke is intense and getting close to the mount wilson observatory. reynolds wilson is in the fire zone with the latest. there's homes threatened, sites like this observatory threatened. reynolds, these pictures really leave you with a pit in your stomach what's going on right now. >> reporter: it really does. we talk about the cost we have in terms of property, acres scorched, certainly something to consider as to fire fighters. far and away the two gallant firefighters that lost their lives is testament to those who put their lives on the line to keep the rest of us safe. many times we don't think about the losses of animals that die in these fires. as we walked around the ravines,

we found wildlife dead from smoke inhalation or flames itself. something else really disturbing or just developed over the past hour and a half, is a story right next to this home that went up in flames. look towards the center of the screen, a couple enclosures, chain-link fences and inside there, we found the bodies of about nine cats left there. we talked to some neighbors, we're not going to give you the name of the person who lives there, neighbors that don't want to be on camera said this person who lived in this home knew that the fire was coming, knew they should evacuate, decided to leave the animals there. that's one of the issues. at the bottom of this hill, something that will leave you a pit in your stomach there, happens to be a barn. in that barn, in one of the stalls locked, is a horse that didn't make it through the fire. this person was also told to evacuate, told to set the horses free at least, to give them a chance. didn't do it. the horse is dead. it's insane what happens up

here. i know people want to try to pr protect their property as best they can. in a situation like this, they're endangering their own lives and also the animals. it's senseless, ridiculous. you see the ashes going up into the sky, filtering the light here and certainly gives an eerie glow. upper level winds have carried some of this to places as far as denver, colorado. tough to breathe. something we've seen for a big area that's been burned about the size of albuquerque, new mexico and only 5% contained, they have their work cut out for them. the weather has been cooperating in terms of not having the santa ana winds but at the same time, causes the smoke to go up and doesn't clear out. if it doesn't clear out, firefighters can't get a good gander where the hottest spots are and how to strategically

fight this fire, in the best way. it has been an uphill climb for them to say the least. very sad day. rough thing to see but firefighters working hard. heroic people no doubt. >> people make the worst decisions when they wait until the last minute that you don't have options, and that's when some of the things that you just told us, that's when those people make those kinds of decision decisions. >> reporter: no question about it. sad thing to see. the thing is try to be pro-active. you can say the same thing about hurricane season, people live along the gulfcoast, a storm comes calling, all the signs are pointing towards this, so many things can be replaced, so much stuff. when it comes to lives of family or animal, you can't replace that stuff. it's a sad thing. >> it is. pay attention to the evacuation orders and be as pro-active as possible. reynolds, thank you for making those things hit home and talk about the toll this is taking. appreciate it.

stay safe. >> reporter: you bet. >> talk about being pro-active. let's talk about hurricane jimenez, a call 4 storm. top sustain ed winds, slowing down a little bit, not much. winds at 145 miles an hour. emergency workers are struggling to get thousands of people out of the area. this is why. they will not leave because they're afraid their homes will be looted. cadaver dogs found a bone fragment near the home of phillip garrido, the man accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 years. california authorities say the bone was in a neighbor's yard but phillip garrido had access to that yard. it could take them several weeks to determine whether the bone is human or animal. garrido and his wife were arrested last week and he fathered two daughters with jaycee dugard and kept them intents and sheds. he has a long rap sheet that

details abduction and abuse. in 1976, katie callaway hall agreed to give him a ride to a supermarket. when she stopped to drop him off, she was handcuffed, gagged, and taken to a rented storage unit in reno, nevada and where he raped her and held her captive for hours until he finally escaped. listen to her tell her story. >> how did you get out? >> a policeman happened to save me. it was his beat. the mini warehouse area was his beat, came shining a flashlight on each individual lock and saw one was picked and he investigated, he banged on the door. >> did phillip answer the door? >> phillip went out to answer the door, he came back in and he said, it's the heat. am i going to have to tie you up or will you be good? i said, no, i've been good, i've been good, don't tie me up. he went back out there with the vote and i sat there for a

minute, if there a's policeman t there, i have to try. i went crashing through under the rugs, over the boxes, right out into the parking area, where the policeman was, completely naked. >> whoa! the cop immediately what? >> he look at me like i was crazy and phillip looked at me like i was crazy. i said help me, help me, please. he said what's going on. phillip said this is just my girlfriend, we're there in part tig, it's no big deal. i said, i'm not, not. keep him away from me. finally, the policeman said go back and get dressed, it was november, in reno. i was freezing, snow on the ground. he let me go back in and get dressed. as i was putting back on my jeans, one shoe and one sock on, jeans in, phillip came back through. the policeman let him come back through out of his sichlgt i thought, oh, my god, he's going to take me hostage. he came back to beg me not to turn him in. he said, please don't turn me

in, i stayed out of his reach, i said, okay, okay, i won't, and ran back out, half naked now. >> and turned him in? >> yeah. and turned him in. >> garrido was convicted for kidnapping and raining hall. he served ten years of his 50 years sentence. then garrido was labeled a sex offender and put on lifetime parole. we have new information about the eight people who died in that mass killing in georgia. the youngest was 15, the oldest, 46. it appears at least five are related. one person is still in critical condition, the son of one of the victims found the body. people who live in the area are still worried the killer is out there. >> it's one of those situation, where, hey, who did this? where are they? are they still lurking? it was a little unsettling. >> i was devastated. i come from a small town where

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president obama says no one should be alarmed about the h1n1 flu virus but you should be prepared. this afternoon he met with top health care officials to give an update on the outbreak expected this fall as officials at all levels of the government learn what to do about the swine flu. the president says it's important for every citizen to be doing the same thing. >> we need everyone to get informed about individual risk factors and we need everyone to take the common sense steps we know can make a difference. stay home if you're sick. wash your hands frequently, cover your sneezes with your sleeve, not your hands, and take all the necessary precautions to stay healthy. >> the president telling you to cover when you sneeze. he says a flu shot program is coming soon. getting the shots, it will be

volunte voluntary, won't make you but recommends strongly you do. since it first emerged in april, more than a million americans have gotten sick and 500 people have died from it. battling outbreaks of swine flu, but even with classes just under way, some for just a few day m schools reporting large numbers of sick students and some being placed on lockdown. nicole has more on one of the websi website's more popular stories today. the parent can't make the kid behave when they send them away. if they get sick, they will lock them down in the dorm. >> that's what i'm saying, welcome to school and stay in your room. i feel for these kids. the university of kansas is religion feeling it. over 300 students have been affected with h1n1 virus.

if students didn't go to the  campus clinic there, on lockdown. look at them with their laptops, hanging down in the dorm room. some are going over the 24 hours, not recommended. these two roommates, elizabeth cohen went to visit these girls, they say it is so boring in there. they can't even leave. get campus deliveries. the school is trying to help them out handing out flu kits that include face masks and tip sheets about avoiding swine flumpt they said they followed every precaution, scrubbed their hands and scrubbed their dorm rooms and look, taking their temperature, happy when it is low, they still got sick. elizabeth cohen called the cdc before she went in there to see if she was okay to even do this interview. she was indeed.

hopefully she doesn't come back with swine flu. that would be bad. >> elizabeth has a lot of daughters. i figure her immune system is really really strong. >> right. yeah. she's a brave lady, going in that dorm room. first of all, that was a really nice dorm room. that's not what it was like when i was in college. >> if anyone's 0 wondering, the girls are in good shape to recover. i found this story interesting. i hope there's a lot of traffic. you don't want to bend the rules in china. the government has really strict rules. but people are finding a way around the really strict policy how many children you can have. >> remember in 1977 -- >> i wasn't there, in '79, but i do remember. >> they wanted to curb the population growth. it worked. now they need some.

they say if you were one of those babies of the one child policy, now, you can have more than one child. are you with know the government is rolling out this campaign encouraging couples to have more babies. they are saying they want the population to be younger. >> reporter: it poses a heavy burden on living standards and society if there r too many old people. we cannot have too many children either. we need to strike a balance. >> so now there are cost concerns for these folks, michelle. they're saying, look, i only budgeted for one kid. i'm trying to take care of my parents, now i want to have one kid, now, you want me to have two kids? really interesting conversation going on about that story on cnn.com right now. >> great conversation. i hope people check it out. yes, i was alive in '79. >> i'm not outing you. >> great story, nicole. >> the views are stunning. look at that! how this beach house on long

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"prime news" coming up in a few minutes. mike to my left will tell us what's coming up at the top of the hour. let's continue to talk about the investigation into the alleged abductor of jaycee dugard, phillip garrido. personally, i don't think investigators have any idea where this is going to take them when they're looking into what they thing phillip garrido may be responsible for. >> yes. it has the tip of the iceberg feel it to when we talk about new updates, bone fragments found near where phillip garrido lives, also looking at possible links to this guy with the death of several prostitutes back in the '90s. missing children's cases. and also the lady that phillip garrido abducted and raped back in 1976, what she's dealing with. that leads to the second part of that.

how did it get out? this guy was an animal and he didn't care who knew it. in testimony back in 1976, he talked about dealing with rain urges and running around the neighborhood like a peeping tom. >> didn't even serve half the time. >> 50-year sentence, he served 11. we'll talk about that and take your calls. also dealing with this story, a brutal massacre in georgia, the victims have been identified. it's basically an entire family. the question off that, who could have done this? another family member who made the 911 call, that person is in custody and last count, not cooperating at this point. so we'll see where that goes. again, we'll take your calls and your e-mails. another sad story, denise lee, 21-year-old mother of two, we know she was kidnapped and ended up being shot and killed. but when you look back, there were five 911 calls made and it was not the concerted effort that we would expect to find her. she could have been saved. her life could have been saved.

a witness heard the struggles, heard her screaming. but police were within minutes, were not dispatched. again, she ended up dead. we'll talk all about that and take your calls. coming your way in less than ten minutes. >> see you then, mike. got something to show you. madoff beach house, going up for sale this week. bernard madoff used to relax there. they call this a cottage. pretty big to me. it's in long island, stunning ocean views from every room. 3,000 square feet. sits on 1.2 acres, 150 feet from the beach. it does have a swimming pool. the feds believe it's worth about $8 million. when they sell it, they're hoping to pay back some of the victims of his ponzi scheme. same-sex couples can they their i dos in vermont today. it is the first state to legalize same-sex marriage through legislation rather than a court decision. the law passed in april. civil unions have been legal in vermont since 2000. four other states allow same-sex marriages -- massachusetts,

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